Pinecrest Tribune 12.31.2012

BY LEE STEPHENS

You’re invited to the 2013Pinecrest Relay for Life, a“Go Green” communityevent.

Relay for Life steps off this year onSaturday, March 16-17, at Evelyn GreerPark, 8200 SW 124 St., beginning at Noonand ending Sunday at 8 a.m. Residentsfrom Pinecrest, South Miami, PalmettoBay, Cutler Bay, Kendall and all neighbor-ing communities are invited to participate.

Relay for Life is a non-competitivewalk that is the signature program of theAmerican Cancer Society. Money raisedis used for research, resources and pro-grams for families affected by cancer.During the 18 hours of the Relay, teamswalk the track day and night to symbolizethe fact that cancer never sleeps.

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Pinecrest ‘Relay for Life’ goes Green

Village mayor, councilmembers sworn into officeDEC. 31, 2012 - JAN. 13, 2013

BY GRANT MILLERPublisher

The public swearing-

in ceremony for the

recently elected and re-

elected Village of

Pinecrest officials was

held on Dec. 11 at the

Pinecrest Municipal

Center.

Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo admin-

istered the oath of office to James

McDonald, the newest member of the

Village Council. At the same time,

Councilmember Bob Ross and Mayor

Cindy Lerner began their second terms

in office as Village officials.

McDonald, Ross and Mayor Lerner

were officially elected in the general

election on Nov. 6. McDonald defeated

former Village councilmember Bob

Hingston to win the right to represent

Seat 3, while Ross beat Jennifer

Wollman and Germaine Butler to win

re-election to Seat 1. Mayor Lerner was

returned to office unopposed in the gen-

eral election.

This was the ninth swearing-in cere-

mony in the 14-year history of Pinecrest

since its incorporation in 1998.

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Read in Pamplona, Spain

Pictured are Pinecrest residents Ellie and Gil Levine on vacation in Pamplona, Spain, where the annu-al running of the bulls takes place in March. Of course, the Levines remembered to take along a copyof their favorite hometown newspaper and sent us back this shot. Thanks for thinking of us, guys!

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This Dog’s for YouSay hello to Trina, a beautiful

adult German Shepherd. Trinawas brought into our shelter

while she was nursing four new-born pops. She was a spectacu-

lar mom to all her babies —very gentle, caring and attentive.And while volunteers, who werestrangers to her at first, handledher puppies, Trina never showed

any signs of aggression, butrather was very trusting. She is a

good-natured dog, very sweetand kind. She gets along well

with other dogs and tries tobefriend everyone she meets.

She thrives on affection and sowe would love for her to go to a

home where she will be integrat-ed as much as possible into thefamily. If you think Trina may be

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Gulliver Prep senior Kai Ito has not for-gotten his heritage. He works everySaturday as a kindergarten teacher’s assis-tant at the Hoshuko, Inc., a Japanese schoolin Miami.

“It’s a way of keeping up with theJapanese language,” he says. “I actuallywas a student at a Japanese school. Yougraduate from the school after eighth grade.After you graduate, you still want to keepup your Japanese, so you go back and vol-unteer.”

Ito immediately asked if he could volun-teer every Saturday. His first assigned taskwas being a librarian.

“After the first year, they moved me up tobecome an assistant teacher,” he says. “Ilove talking to the kids. Not only do I assistthe class, I play with the kids on the play-ground and talk with them. It’s a very niceway to spend your Saturday.”

Ito makes time from his busy schedulefor the Saturday school. At Gulliver, he isthe president of student council.

“I’ve always been involved in studentgovernment,” he says.

Ito’s goal is to improve school spirit atGulliver.

“My job is to unify the school and bringmore spirit,” he says. “I want to make peprallies mandatory. A lot of seniors don’t, butI want them to stay.”

Ito is also the language ambassador ofGulliver.

“I’m the first; when Gulliver has openhouse, I’m representing the WorldLanguage Department,” he says. “I’m

showing off how great our language depart-ment is.”

In fact, he realized the importance ofknowing different languages when he spenttwo weeks in Africa working with kids at ashanty city for the Tehobo Project.

“It was like what I do in Japanese school,I assisted teachers there in classes,” he says.“That was a pivotal moment in my life.These kids were very poor and I was verytouched by being there. It was life changingfor me.”

When he returned to Miami, he says hestarted collecting skills that could impacthis ability to help people. Those skillsinclude learning languages and beinginvolved with the business club.

“I started having an interest in businessafter that,” he says. “When I went to Africa,I started to think about what I want tobecome. I want to work for some financialcorporation like the International MonetaryFund or the World Bank’s InternationalFinancial Corporation.”

Ito says he was impressed by how readythe children were to learn.

“They really didn’t have a great teachingfacility and they didn’t have a great educa-tion,” he says. “These kids, I believe, couldbe very successful. These kids are ready tolearn and they want to learn. I want to helpthese people.”

Along with a love for languages, Itoloves sports. He is a three-sport athlete,running cross-country and track, and play-ing soccer.

“This year I was fortunate to becomecaptain of the cross-country team,” he says.

Ito plans to attend college and he hasmade applications to the University ofPennsylvania, the University ofMichigan and the University of Miami.He is also looked at going to school inJapan.

“I hope to major in international businessor international relations,” he says. “I’minterested in international studies becauseyou study the economics and society ofcountries. It’s a very important way to learnabout a country and a culture. You can’t justgo in to help a country, you have to under-stand it.”

By Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld

Palmetto High School senior Zoe Cosnerhas accumulated about 1,400 hours of com-munity service. Many of the hours comefrom spending time in the lab at theUniversity of Miami over two summersresearching viruses.

“The first summer I worked as part of agroup and the second summer I did my partof the project,” Cosner says. “The first yearwe looked at the protein interactionbetween e coli and a virus that affects e colicalled lambda. If we know what proteinsare responsible for viral protein reactions,we can study viruses that are human specif-ic in non-human cells.”

She worked at the Molecular Biology andBiochemistry lab with Dr. Richard Myers.

“It’s led me to decide that my future willbe in biochemistry,” she says.

She found Dr. Myers through her father,who works for the UM and knew Dr. Myers.

Cosner came away from the experiencerealizing that no matter how smart you thinkyou are, you can always learn a lot more.

“I learned that teamwork makes a differ-ence,” she says. “Even if you take chargeand become a leader, you still need to relyon everyone else in your group. And Ilearned if at first you don’t succeed, then

try again because it will probably workout.”

At Palmetto, Cosner is a member of theScience National Honor Society andScience Competitors Club.

“Over the course of three years, I havecompeted in every science competition thatwe go to,” she says. “I’m currently the pres-ident of Science NHS and Competitors.”

Cosner has participated in theEnvirothon, going to regionals for threeyears and to states twice as the soils expert.

“The first time I went my team got thirdplace. The second time, we didn’t placeoverall, but we got first place for soils cate-gory,” she says. “I’ve also done Chemathonwhere we have won things. For theChemistry One section, we won third placeoverall when I was a sophomore.”

Cosner is also in Mu Alpha Theta, themath honor society. She has competed inthe Mu Alpha Theta contests and is vicepresident of competitions for the club. Shealso is vice president of service for theSocial Science National Honor Society anda member of the National Honor Societyand the Spanish National Honor Society.

Even with that busy schedule, she managedto earn her Girl Scout Gold Award. For thatproject, she worked with the Holtz Children’sHospital at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

“I created 1,000 busy bags,” she says.“Five hundred for the age group 5-11 andanother 500 for the age group 12 and up.”

The bags included an activity book thatshe created with puzzles and illustrations. Italso included a tip sheet for parents. The tipsheet for the 12-and-up group urged thechildren to speak up about their treatmentas patients and to pay attention to what pillsthey are being given and what that’s goingon with them.

“The History Channel donated note-books, DVDs and books, and Burger Kingdonated toys. I used money that I got fromselling Girl Scout cookies to print the books.We put them in big gallon Ziploc bags.”

Cosner decided to work on the projectafter visiting a child life specialist at thehospital.

“She told me some of the things theyneeded,” Cosner says. “The nurses wereoverworked and didn’t have time to openthe playrooms.”

The project took a year and a half to complete.For college, Cosner is considering

attending Brown University, Duke andWashington University. She plans to majorin Biochemistry.


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Palmetto High School senior Joshua Leveylikes to work with kids. Because of that, heenjoyed his time as a volunteer at the FiveStar Baseball Camp at Westminster.

“I worked with kids on fundamentals,”

Levey says. “They played a lot of games andI supervised them.”

Levey also taught the six- to eight-year-oldyoungsters the elements of sportsmanship aswell. He was selected to work with that agegroup of kids because they don’t have a lot ofself-control and so they act up; but Levey hadthe temperament to deal with them.

“I know how to handle kids very well,” hesays. “I don’t know why, but I can relate tothem easily and get them in line. I like work-ing with kids, especially with the sport that Ilove. I remember that was in their shoes nottoo long ago.”

Levey says he also enjoyed coaching flagfootball at Pinecrest Elementary as part of theMiami-Dade County Sports program.

“I coached with a couple of friends and Ireally liked it,” Levey says. “I love football somuch. It was a competitive league and we lostone game. I enjoyed calling the plays. It wasinteresting to be on the coaching end of foot-ball rather than the playing end.”

Levey worked at the camp for two consec-utive summers. However, last summerworked as an intern at the Beber-SilversteinAdvertising Agency and had to forego hiscoaching duties.

“I shadowed one of their leader partners,Leslie Pantin,” Levey says. “I sat in a meet-ing with him.”

Levey worked as an intern with the agencyfor three weeks, and then participated in aweek-long journalism program at theUniversity of Florida.

“I took a writing class from a college pro-fessor,” he says. “We had to put together ourown pieces of work. We learned about themodern day sources of the media.”

The students attended two lectures a dayand worked on their assignments.

“At every lecture there were three people(covering the event); one would work Facebook,one Twitter and the other one would write a sum-mary of the lecture that would be posted on theblog,” Levey says, adding that Twitter has takenover social media. “For example, if BarackObama was making a speech in Miami, all thereporters would be tweeting about it every fiveseconds.”

During the school year, Levey’s after-school schedule is taken up by baseball andworking on the school paper, but he has madetime for membership in many honor soci-eties, including the National Honor Society,Mu Alpha Theta and the English Honor

Society. He is also secretary of the JewishStudent Union.

Levey plays first base and outfield for thePalmetto varsity baseball team. This fall, he wasa starter and often was the designated hitter.Levey thinks the team to do well this year.

“We lost a lot of seniors, but I think wecould be pretty good and we could win dis-tricts this year, which we haven’t done in afew years,” he says.

Levey is the sports editor for The Panther,the school paper. He began as a staff writerwhen he was in the 11th grade and workedhis way up the ladder.

“At first, I was really strong on my writing,but I have really picked up newspaper designand I really enjoy it,” he says.

Levey’s writing is so strong that he won thecoveted Most Outstanding Junior JournalismStudent award last year. Levey says he wantsto be a professional journalist.

“My dream is to write for ESPN,” he says.Levey has applied to several colleges that

have top journalism programs, including theUniversity of Florida, Syracuse, theUniversity of North Carolina, Wisconsin,Florida State and Wake Forrest.


JOSHUA LEVEY

SWEARING, from page 1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

LLEEFFTT:: Inguanzo congratulates Mayor

Cindy Lerner on beginning her second

term in office.

LLOOWWEERR RRIIGGHHTT:: Village Clerk Guido

Inguanzo administers oath of office to

James McDonald, newest member

of the Pinecrest Village Council.

LLOOWWEERR LLEEFFTT:: Inguanzo swears in Village

Councilmember Bob Ross to a new term

in office.

Be part of the 2013 Relay for Life successby creating a team, a virtual team, by being asponsor, by donating or by joining the Relayfor Life Committee. Find a place to give a fewhours or a few dollars. Members of the newGarden of Hope will plant ‘seeds for a cure’and the new Wellness Passport will take you tonew places of health and happiness.

At noon on Saturday, March 16, the entertain-ment from schools and community membersbegins; at 4:30 p.m. cancer survivors and care-givers will be honored with a ceremony and din-

ner. When night falls and the clock strikes 9 p.m.,the lights go out and thousands of candles circlingthe field will be lit to celebrate and rememberthose caught in the fight against cancer.

Your community of friends, businesses andfamilies has built an amazing festival envi-ronment to help in the fight that touches somany lives. The last two years have seen greatsupport, but the need to continue the workremains. Please join Relay for Life on March16 and help recognize the heart and caring ofyour neighbors.

For more information, contact event chairper-son Cheri Ball by email at<[email protected]>, on Facebook and at <www.relayforlife.org/pinecrestfl>.

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Nationally recognizedauthor, adventurer and

entrepreneur Charles J.Kropke spoke to the

Dadeland-Pinecrest RotaryClub on Monday, Dec. 10,

about SOUTH BEACH:Stories of a Renaissance.

The lavishly illustrated coffee table-styled bookchronicles the businessentrepreneurs, builders

and civic leaders who pioneered Art Deco preser-

vation — transforming South Beach

into one of the travelworld’s most remarkablesuccess stories. Kropke

co-authored the book withEleanor Goldstein, a

nationally recognizedauthor, educator, and

philanthropist. Pictured atthe breakfast are Kropke

(left) and Dadeland-Pinecrest Rotary Past pres-

ident Ron Leiberman.

Author and entrepreneur Charles Kropkespeaks to Dadeland-Pinecrest Rotary Club


BY ALANA PEREZExecutive Director, Pinecrest Gardens

If you are so inclined toring in the New Year withresolutions, then make apromise to yourself to attendmore of the exciting eventsfeatured at the Gardens this

year, a resolution you’ll be sure to keep. Thismonth we have entertainment performancesfor every taste. We are also introducing newand exciting cultural and educational pro-grams designed to inspire and to spark thecreative spirit.

Jazz at the Gardens Presents — Maria

Rivas; Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. —Venezuela’s premier contemporary vocalistMaria Rivas and her four-piece band head-line this edition of our series. Her uniquesound is an intoxicating combination ofCaribbean and European strains with just theright splash of Brazilian and Latin Jazz.Critics hail Riva’s voice as “seductive…some of the most exotic, sensuous and beau-tiful music your ears will have the pleasure ofenjoying.” See her in concert for one nightonly. Tickets available at<pinecrstgardens.org>.

10th Annual Fine Arts Festival —Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 26-27; 10 a.m.-5

p.m. Come join us for one of Florida’s pre-miere juried art shows, Pinecrest GardensFine Arts Festival. Enjoy an afternoon sur-rounded by spectacular visual arts in the mostlush and luxurious setting. You can buy orjust browse the booths featuring some of thebest artists and artisans in South Florida andbeyond, with works that include paintings,photography, sculpture, original jewelry,mixed media and more. It’s a treat for yoursenses...good food, fun for kids, live musicand a day at your favorite Garden with freeadmission for all.

William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night;

Jan. 11-20, matinee & evening performances— Shakespeare Miami’s hilarious new pro-duction of Twelfth Night tells the tale of ashipwreck and separated twins, cross-dress-ing lovers, lovesick Lotharios, social climb-ing servants and possibly the greatest practi-cal joke ever played. Director, ColleenStovall pairs Shakespeare’s accessible lan-guage and broad humor with the red hot jazzof the roaring twenties to make an irresistiblecomedic event. Featuring a full cast, periodmusic, song and dance, the production is fastpaced, family friendly and funny. There willbe seven performances for the general publicbetween Jan. 11-20; go to <pinecrestgar-dens.org> for specifics; you can only obtainguaranteed seating with a $5 advance ticket.

46 Nights of Lights — A Holiday Light

Festival; nightly 6-10 p.m.; This brilliant andbeautiful festival of holiday lights is windingdown, but visitors can still catch a glimpse ofover 60 glittering, larger than life light instal-lations every evening from 6 p.m.- 10 p.m.through Jan. 6th. General Admission is $5,children under 2 enter free.

Chick Flick Friday; Friday, Jan. 4, at 8

p.m. It’s an evening of live music, martinisand a movie under the stars. This monthwe’re featuring Music & Lyrics. When thehottest pop-queen on the charts asks a has-been ’80s pop sensation (Hugh Grant) towrite her a song, he grabs for another chanceat stardom. Problem: Alex writes music, buthe can’t write words. Enter Sophie Fisher(Drew Barrymore), his beguiling and quirkyplant lady, who has a green thumb for lyricsand together, they go after songwriting suc-cess, discovering along the way that if youwant to write the perfect love song, it helps tofall in love. Steven Hunter of the WashingtonPost quotes “Grant and Barrymore are greattogether, and the movie has both zing andsong” Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for live,unplugged guitar, cocktails and snacks, andour film begins at 8 p.m. Admission $5.

Family Friday at the Gardens — The

Smurfs; Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m.; FamilyFridays continue with The Smurfs. When theevil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blueSmurfs out of their village, they tumble fromtheir magical world into New York City. DivaValez of the Diva review quotes “clever andheartwarming…The Smurfs is an unexpectedpleasure that’s a lot of fun for the entire fam-ily.” This wonderful animated film featuresthe voices of Hank Azaria, Sophia Vergaraand Neil Patrick. Flashlight tours at 7 & 7:30p.m., the movie begins about 8 p.m. and weserve the best hotdogs and popcorn in town.General admission, $5 and children under 2enter free.

Gardens Gallery presents: Art Through

Process — A Special Exhibit by CCT-ART;CCT adopted the Artistic RealizationTechnology (ART) philosophy in 2005. Thetechnique fulfills the CCT mission by allow-ing the total liberation of the creative beingregardless of the physical limitations. TheGardens Gallery proudly supports and show-cases these remarkable young artists in themonth of January. Opening reception isFriday, Jan. 11 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.Experience this extraordinary exhibit anddemonstration, and celebrate Enabling Art.Additional demonstrations will be held dur-ing our Fine Arts Festival.

From the Ground Up — A Garden Re-

Imagined; Two lectures this month; GardensGallery, Hibiscus Room; Orchid Care 101 isthe topic for this month’s horticultural lec-ture. Join Pinecrest Gardens own horticultur-ist, Craig Morel, as he de-mystifies the daz-zling and diverse world of orchid culture.From petite plants a few inches tall to giantlandscape plants a few meters tall, there are

orchids to suit every person’s skill, land-scape, and budget. Learn the basics of keep-ing your orchids healthy and happy, andsome of the insider’s tricks to getting orchidsto grow in your permanent landscape. Youwill find out that orchids are more forgivingand easier to grow than you might havethought. Lectures are held Jan. 9 from 10-11a.m. and Jan. 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in theHibiscus Room/Gardens Gallery and the $5admission fee includes refreshments.

Learning Made Fun, Botanical Arts and

Crafts; Jan. 12 or 26, 2-3:30 p.m. Join us on Saturday, Jan. 12 or Saturday, Jan.26; 2-3:30 p.m. for Krafts4Kids; our wonder-fully creative and educational arts and craftsclass. It’s all about learning and it’s all aboutfun. Children ages 6-11 will journey into“Music & Nature” making joyful noise tocelebrate the New Year using calabash andbamboo to create musical instruments. Eachchild will make a set of wind chimes to takehome. Classes are limited to 20 children andthe cost is $5 with all materials included inthe price. Call for reservations in advance at305-669-6990.

Copperplate Calligraphy for Beginners;

Jasmin Wardy, instructor; Tuesdays, 9 p.m.-11 p.m. or Sundays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Take ajourney back in time where the pen ruled thepaper and each stroke of ink was a dancingmasterpiece. You will learn everything fromhow to make your own ink, writing tech-nique, body and hand posture. Classes will beheld at Pinecrest Gardens, no experience nec-essary. Fee is $250 for a 12-week series($225 for members), two hours each weekand includes all materials. For information,call 305-669-6990.

what’s upat the

gardens?

Shakespeare, jazz, Fine Arts Fest and so much more

Maria Rivas


BY PAT MORGAN

The other morning as I

was running across the

Rickenbacker Causeway,

enjoying the fresh breeze

and amazing views, I

began reflecting on the

past year and how much

my life has changed in just 12 short

months.

It is amazing when you think about how

much change we experience in the span of

a year. There have been some big changes

for me, like moving to a new home,

expanding my business to include wellness

and anti-aging solutions, attracting new

clients and partnering with new associates

to develop business in Argentina and

Colombia. On the personal side, I have

totally changed my look, gotten back into

running, and am making healthier lifestyle

choices. It is extremely rewarding to look

back over the year and see how things have

unfolded as I have focused on my goals

and taken action toward them.

There are other goals I did not reach,

including a big one for my business.

However, rather than focus on what did not

happen, I will revise my timeline, rework

my plan and continue taking steps for my

desires to become reality. With a bright

new year ahead, there are endless possibil-

ities and fresh opportunities to make

dreams come true.

The beginning of a new year is the per-

fect time to take stock in yourself and get

focused on changes that will benefit you in

living life more fully. What will it take to

make this year different?

Begin with a change of attitude. Focus

on what is possible rather than looking at

the obstacles that may get in the way or

challenges that may hold you back.

Eliminate thoughts of lack and fear;

instead focus on thinking about and speak-

ing about what you desire.

Why not make 2013 the year you go for

it and play big? Isn’t it time to get serious

about taking steps that lead to the changes

you desire? If not now, when? Make a

strong start now with these four keys:

• Decide what you want. What would

you like to have more of in your life? Less

of? Will you stay in the same career? Move

to a new home? Start an exercise program?

Make healthier choices for nutrition and

wellness? Eliminate debt? Save more

money? Travel? What do you really want?

• Commit to your goals. Until you are

committed, your goal is just a wish. Rather

than sitting around hoping things will

change, decide that you will commit to

doing something different in order to create

different results in your life, your relation-

ships or your career.

• Chart your course. Create a plan to

use as your roadmap and guide. It is easier

to make progress when you have outlined

the specific steps to take. A clear plan will

act as a compass to keep you on course

amidst the hundreds of distractions you

will face along the way.

• Take action. Getting into action cre-

ates momentum and positive energy to pro-

pel you forward.

What will be different for you this year?

The next 12 months do not have to be like

the past 12. You have a golden opportunity

for change to create success in a way that

brings you joy and fulfillment. Why not

make 2013 your best year ever!

Pat Morgan, MBA and Success Coach,works with busy professionals to becomemore profitable and productive by capi-talizing on their strengths, improvinghabits for balance and wellness, and tak-ing focused action to create powerfulchange. She may be contacted by calling305-458-2849 or by email at<[email protected]>.

What a difference a year makes!


BY SHEILA STIEGLITZAlper JCC News

The hilarious Brad Zimmerman bringshis unique and original comedic voice tothe Alper JCC at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.19. He has worked stand-up comedy allover the country doing theatres, clubs andcomedy festivals with many well-knownentertainers such as Brad Garrett, DennisMiller and Susie Essman (Curb YourEnthusiasm). For over seven years, he hasbeen Joan Rivers’ opening act. Ms. Rivershas said, “I’ve had three great opening actsin my lifetime: Billy Crystal, GarryShandling, and Brad Zimmerman.”

He also opened for the late George Carlin.In the one-man show, My Son the Waiter,

A Jewish Tragedy, Zimmerman combinesyears as a trained actor and comedian.Zimmerman, who waited tables for 27 yearswhile he tried to make it as a New Yorkactor, brings a warm, poignant and hysteri-cal perspective on his childhood, his family,his misbegotten love life and his career.

Zimmerman uses one of his favoriteOscar Wilde quotes that he says got himthrough some hard times: “Be yourself,everyone else is taken.” With that philoso-phy, he created a show that is part standup,part theatrical and tells the story of oneman’s lengthy struggle to make it as anactor in New York. The show’s subtitle – AJewish Tragedy – refers to his struggle formany years with little money, few actingjobs and no girlfriend. As he says in theshow, his idea of a summer vacation was“turning the fan on to high.”

The energetic comic has performed theshow all across the country and recentlyopened in New York City. In addition, heworked in both television and film, mostnotably playing Johnny Sack’s lawyer in theiconic television series The Sopranos and in

the soap operas Loving and All My Children.

AUTHOR MAGGIE ANTONMaggie Anton, author of the dramatic tril-

ogy Rashi’s Daughter, discusses the firstbook in her latest series, Rav-Hisda’sDaughter on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p.m.in the Futernick Art Gallery at the Alper JCC.

In the new trilogy, Anton followsHisdadukh, one of the most frequentlymentioned women in the Talmud. Thestory is set in Third Century Babylon andunfolds as Hisdadukh’s father, his col-leagues and their students are creating thesacred Jewish text. It is a novel of love,religion and sorcery.

The Alper JCC Robert Russell Theater islocated at 11155 SW 112 Ave. For tickets toMy Son the Waiter, call 305-271-9000, ext.268, or go to <www.alperjcc.org>. Mentionthat you read this in the Pincrest Tribune andreceive a discount on advance ticket sales.

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The VIP party celebrating of the four-day exhibition of The Art of Basketballsaw Miami Heat NBA championsDwayne Wade and Chris Bosh truly intheir element of giving. As part of a col-laborative endeavor to raise fundsthrough art, Wade and Bosh joinedforces with Premier Beverage Companyto co-host the evening, which benefitedtheir respective charities.

The evening kicked-off with thearrival of Wade and Bosh walking thered carpet in the company with otherheavy-hitting friends, including fellowHeat players Lebron James, JamesJones, Shane Battier, owner MickyArison and actress Gabrielle Union.

The night peaked when Bob Drinon,president/CEO of Premier Beverage,and his wife Susan presented Wade andBosh with a check for $15,000 for theWade’s World Foundation and Bosh’sTeam Tomorrow. At the same time, twopieces of art created by Billi Kid andJoe Iurato were presented to the players.

The Heat’s own DJ Irie was in chargeof the musical backdrop as more than500 guests indulged in burgers, shakesand fries, compliments of Shake Shack.

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Kendall/Pinecrest

One of the most per-

plexing stories in the

Bible is the story of the

Binding of Isaac. God

commands Abraham to

climb a mountain and

bring his only child as a

sacrifice. Why a mountain? On the moun-

taintop, no one could witness and praise

Abraham’s faithfulness and sacrifice.

Abraham’s lonely journey up the moun-

tain to carry out God’s will is my story,

your story, the Jewish story. It is the story

of all of us who meet God alone on the

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of our convictions and make sacrifices in

our lives, whether big or small, without

anyone knowing, without anyone singing

our praises or patting us on the back.

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meeting God alone on the top of a moun-

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your sacrifices because He is there waiting

for you.

We each have our own challenges.

Sometimes it feels as if we’re walking up

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every now and then. A righteous person is

one who falls again and again, but gets up

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Whether your particular mountain is

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family members, don’t let setbacks send

you hurtling down the mountain. Learn

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even when we are wounded, we somehow

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In a previous column,someone raised the ques-tion of fear. Fear is theoverwhelming emotionwhen faced with divorce,so I thought it deserved acolumn all its own.

Divorce can be a timewhen every emotion comes to the surface,and one of them is fear. Fear of theunknown, being a single woman again,being a single parent, finances, change ofhomes, routine, status and who we are.Everyone who has walked the path ofdivorce remembers that split second whenwe came to the realization that life as weknew it was over, gone, never to be thesame. And fear sank in.

What do we do when we feel fear?Most of us try to avoid it in some way,whether it is dating, drinking, shopping,denial or engrossing ourselves in a proj-ect or work. The problem is, the fear isstill there tugging at our mind, and untilthat fear is faced we as divorced womencannot move on in a constructive way, anempowered way. Don’t make the mistakeof putting it on the back burner. As thesaying goes, just do it! Face it, conquer itand move on; momentum will lessen thefeeling of fear.

We prefer things that are familiar, wefear the unknown, even if the thing that isfamiliar is our own pain. Fear is a percep-tion, so change your perception and youwill go from fear to empowerment.Approach your reaction to these changes inyour life from a position of strength, notweakness. Look deep within yourself andknow that you are not a victim and youhave the control. You are a woman ofpower. Do not hand that power over to any-one or any situation. Let your mantra be: Ican do this!

Acknowledge the fear, take control of it

and control the negative chatter in yourmind. Have confidence in yourself, seethese changes as growth and steppingstones to a future of promise and view yourlife with anticipation, not apprehension,and you will become powerful over yourfears of divorce.

Consequently, the flip side to fear ishope. Hope is something we create by ourown attitude, not by what is going onaround us. Hope is what spurs us on tonew and better beginnings, to go furtherthan we ever thought possible due to ournewly acquired strength from facing ourfears. An unknown author said,“Sometimes in the wind of change, wefind our true direction.”

Robin Sharma sums this up quite well:Run toward your fears, embrace them; onthe other side of your greatest fear livesyour greatest life.

Note to Self:

I am stronger than fear and fear does notcontrol my destiny; I do!

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Feel the Fear and do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers; The Gift of Changeby Marianne Williamson

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BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD

As Palmetto High’s assistant principal forcurriculum Victoria Dobbs is doing cuttingedge work helping students achieve newheights and helping the school move forwardeven during the transition of welcoming anew principal.

“She’s amazing and she’s made my firstyear so seamless because of her knowledge,”said Alison Harley, Palmetto High principal.“She’s amazing. The way she’s able to handleeverything. She’s so knowledgeable. Shestays so calm about everything.”

One of the innovations Dobbs put inplace this past school year was a class tohelp students get all the credits they needfor graduation.

“This is a class that I created for studentswho needed to do credit recovery,” she said.“I found a program that the district has.”

She was able to use that program to helpthe students make up the credit in myriadclasses. Some students needed as little as halfa credit while others needed more.

“This program is used at other schools thathave eight period days,” Dobbs said. “No oneelse has used it as a seventh period so thatstudents can come to a lab and keep work-ing.”

The program is web-based and the lessons

are in video form.“I had heard about this course from some

of the schools that had more at-risk students,”she said. “They were using this as a means tohelp their students to recover courses. Theywere able to build it in within their schooldays. We are in a six-period bell schedule, sothey would be missing something else. No

one else had thought to do it as a seventhperiod. So we were able to add it on to anoth-er day.”

Harley said the after school class was sosuccessful it will be incorporated into theschool day for the 2012-13 school year.

Dobbs was one of six finalists for AssistantPrincipal of the Year because of her leader-

ship and work ethic. She wasn’t the winnerfor the district, but everyone at Palmettobelieves she is a winner.

Dobbs began her career as a teacher for theemotionally handicapped in 1991 at NaturalBridge Elementary in north Miami-DadeCounty. She worked there a couple of yearsand then worked at Gilbert Porter Elementaryin the Hammocks for a couple of years. Dobbsworked at W.R. Thomas Middle for five yearsand went on to be a program specialist atMiami Southwest High from 2001 to 2006.She has been at Palmetto High since 2006.

“I liked working at Southwest. It was a verynice school. I love Palmetto,” Dobbs said.

At Palmetto, she has been responsible forspecial education, gifted and the ESOL pro-gram. She participates in FCAT testing.

“I work directly with the teachers,” shesaid.” I work with the curriculum, testing,data, work with the staff so they can read dataand organize it so they can use it effectivelyto tailor their lessons.”

She analyzes the results of the testing tosee how Palmetto students fared and whatareas need additional work.

She also works with the PTSA in parentaloutreach.

In the upcoming school year, Dobbs will beinvolved in the new Cambridge Academyprogram.

Assistant principal helps students, teachers succeed at Palmetto High

Victoria Dobbs, Palmetto High assistant principal for curriculum, was a candidate for Assistant Principal ofthe Year.

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BY PRESTON MICHELSON

The pandemonium has

settled. Miami Heat for-

ward LeBron James now

has a glitzy 219-diamond

ring on his finger that

serves to ward off any

potential naysayers. In

years past, sports “pundits” took his suc-

cesses as anomalies and his failures as

proof. But now, when James has good

games or bad games, no one seems to

mind. He no longer penetrates the sports

news cycle.

Bear in mind, this all can change if the

Heat’s season concludes with a loss.

What has consumed local and national

sports conversations now is the Miami

Heat’s apparent lack of defense. In a tra-

ditional sense, effective defense mandates

size from the players. A height advantage

would give a team the edge.

Last year, the Heat obliterated that par-

adigm. Without an active player taller

than 6-foot 11-inches (extremely tall in

“real life,” fairly tall in basketball stan-

dards), the Heat trudged along as a

“small” team, size-wise.

The Heat’s ability baffled basketball

traditionalists, as Miami outscored their

opponents by an average of six points per

game. In the end, their defensive fortitude

put them in position to claim the World

Championship last season.

This season, the Heat are allowing five

more points a game, on average. However,

they still remain on top, as they average

five more points than their opposition.

This Heat team has been criticized for

its lack of defense and its shift from the

archetype that was responsible for a

championship. Their exemplar for win-

ning now centers upon scoring more than

their opponents. This strategy is more

malleable than focused defense, and it has

shown.

The Heat have lost and nearly lost

against teams from the dredges of the

league’s standings (Wizards, Bucks,

Cavaliers, etc.) both due to a lack of focus

and a lack of offensive production.

While their up-and-down performance

could potentially be a root for concern, it

should not be. Very often, the regular sea-

son is a poor indicator of performance in

the postseason.

In the 2010-11 Eastern Conference

Semifinals, the Heat summarily defeated

the Boston Celtics 4-1. The regular season

told a different story, as the Celtics beat

the Heat three times in four chances.

When playoff time comes around,

teams (especially ones as powerful as

Miami) flip a figurative “switch” — a

more concerted effort towards victory.

The regular season is little more than an

extended preseason, as what happens dur-

ing the regular season is rarely indicative

of anything more. As well, most of the

teams that make it to the post season were

projected to get there.

Even though the Heat have looked

shaky at various points throughout the

season — and undoubtedly will have ups

and downs for the rest of the season —

there is little reason for worry. The core of

this team has matured together, and they

have proved that they can win on a large

scale.

If this team loses in an early season

matchup to the Washington Wizards, it

holds no bearing on the rest of the season

and post season. In a similar fashion, if the

Heat blow out competitive teams, it may or

may not carry over at a later point in the

season. As well, the Heat will mold their

game plan to procure a winning formula.

They will experiment with their three-

point shooting and their defensive strategy

during this “extended preseason.”

Until the post season, the Heat are no

more than an experiment in progress —

an artwork, almost. Each stroke of the

brush doesn’t amount to much. The aggre-

gate of the strokes is the important aspect.

Preston Michelson is a senior at

Palmer Trinity School where he is the

public address announcer for all varsity

sporting events. Contact him on Twitter at

@PrestonMich or by email at <michel-

[email protected]>.

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Butterfly dreams do come true if you areMartin Feather. He’s the curator and exhib-it manager for the new ButterflyConservatory at Fairchild Tropical BotanicGarden. After 10 years of planning and twoyears of construction, the “Wings of theTropics” Clinton Family Conservatoryopened its doors on Dec 1 to about 1,500enthusiastic guests.

For Feather, a Northern England native,it’s been a long, wonder trip to find hisdream. His butterfly dream started while hewas working in London at the world’s firstcommercial butterfly exhibit. He thenbecame manager at the Edinburgh Butterflyand Insect World in Scotland, met hisAmerican wife in Costa Rica (both were ata butterfly conference, naturally), moved toHawaii with her (where there are plenty ofbutterflies to study), then to Kentucky (tocurate the butterfly exhibit at the LouisvilleZoo), then to Texas (as curator ofHorticulture and Entomology for the SanAntonio Zoo). Then Fairchild Gardenasked him to be a consultant on their youngproject. Soon thereafter, Feather negotiatedto run the conservatory and has sincemoved to South Florida where, accordingto him, “his dream is now complete.”

The dream is a 40-foot high containmentstructure that houses 2,500 butterflies fromaround 45 species in what can only bedescribe as a screen-enclosed Garden of

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“What I hear from people as they walkthrough the door is ‘Wow!’” gushesFeather. “We’re thrilled with this and theguests are absolutely blown away.”

I can attest to the feeling of awe onceinside. There is nothing quite like beingsurrounded by hundreds of these colorfulflying critters.

On average, butterflies only live aboutthree weeks. So, to keep the numbers up,Martin imports about 1,000 pupae stagewinged guests from foreign breeders. Onceat Fairchild, the chrysalis are cared forinside the Vollmer Metamorphosis Lab inspecialized cages where guests can watchthe butterflies emerge.

Twice a day, the staff releases the newlyhatched butterflies into the conservatory tothe thrill and delight of onlookers. At first,they just crawl out of the netted cage. But,when the temperature gets above 75degrees and the sun hits these brand newbaby butterflies they start to fly. It’s anamazing sight to see.

Around the grounds, there are fruit feed-ing stations where sliced mango attractssome butterflies. The exotic imported flow-ers, laden with pollen, attract the others.Feather can name each, such as heliconids,morphos and owl butterflies. I just look atthe diverse beauty that sometimes landsright on your hand or shoulder to say hello.Feather says interactivity is key.

“We want to engage the children becausethese are the people who are our next gen-eration of scientists, the people who canmove us forward,” he says. “And this is agreat way to get them enthused aboutnature and science.”

There is no doubt this is a family affair.Bring your cameras and get ready to snap alot of shots because, while incredibly beau-tiful, catching butterflies in flight is no easytask.

The butterfly conservatory is just onepart of the brand new $6 million Paul andSwanee DiMare Science Village. With fourcutting-edge educational labs, a ton ofPh.D. scientists and other resources, thepartnership between Fairchild Gardens andMiami-Dade County will allow for multi-ple teaching and classroom opportunities atall levels of education.

For Martin Feather, that’s just anotherfeather in his cap. For now he is delightedto say, “We’re instantly popular and that’sthe way we’d love it to stay.”

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However, even the most eager and

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When seeking the perfect combination of

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College Planning: What You Should Be Doing

Right Now If Your Child is in 11thGrade!If you’re the parent of an 11th grader, the college preparatory burden takes

on new urgency with the passing of the calendar to January. Colleges anduniversities will examine this tax year (2013) to determine a current 11thgrade child’s eligibility for financial aid and other tuition discounts. Justone seemingly small mistake this year can lead to an inaccurate portrayal ofa family's finances -- one that does not fairly reflect its needs – and can resultin thousands of dollars lost. One estimate had 22,000 families in Floridaforgoing $24,000,000 in 2010. The earlier your planning starts, the better.And if you have an 11th grader, then you are already "on the clock". So,now is the time to:• Get an accurate estimate of your Expected Family Contribution

(EFC) and learn the Dept of Ed. Rules! Did you know, for instance, thatmoney saved in your child's name will be penalized much more heavily inthe EFC formulas than money saved in your name? And did you realizethat your child's 529 plan is NOT considered to be money saved in yourchild's name (he's the beneficiary), but if a grandparent sets up and uses a529 then it can be treated as student income? Yes, Grandma giving YOURchild $5,000 from her 529 plan could mean as much as $2,500 less aid...How about parents who are separated or divorced? Whose informationshould you report? And what if you own your own business – do you knowthe rules for evaluating business assets? When you know this stuff in ad-vance, you have a monetary target to shoot for. Otherwise, you are just"throwing darts in the dark”.• Help your child create a preliminary list of schools. This can include

anywhere from 10-40 schools. You are in collection phase. You'll want in-state and out-of-state schools that are academic reach, target, and safety.You’re trying to identify schools that will meet your child’s academic criteria,career aspirations and social needsAND have the history and ability to meetyour Financial Needs. It's not the sticker price that you need to worry about- Never assume that you will pay full price for your child’s college education(less than 1/3 of students today do). Many schools offer generous need-basedand merit scholarships. Make sure now that the schools on your child’s listare among them.• Plan some visits. There is no better way to research a school than a visit

to campus. Ideally, go when school is in session. If considering northernschools, go when it's cold. If Johnny can't handle a couple of days in theNew England winter, he probably won't last a semester.• Don’t procrastinate. Now’s the time to properly arrange your income

and assets, not after your child has applied to and fallen in love with a par-ticular college. It may be a lot to digest, but like most things in life, thelonger you delay the fewer choices you will have. If you start now, you willfind that price need not limit your child’s options.Bonus Tip For 12th grade parents: Complete a FAFSAby February 1.

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ARSON

None

AUTO THEFT

None

ASSAULT

None

BATTERY

Case # 1205169

Location: 7351 SW 128 St

(Palmetto Middle School)

On Dec. 5, at approximately 0901 hrs, afterhaving a verbal altercation, a known offend-er pushed one of the two victims with openpalms then attempted to push victim two outof the way to flee. The offender was arrest-ed and charged with Aggravated Battery andResisting with Violence.

BURGLARY (COMMERCIAL)

None

BURGLARY (RESIDENCE)

Case # 1205167

Location: 13200 Block of SW 83 Ct

Between Dec. 1, 0700 hrs, and Dec. 4, 2100hrs, unknown offender(s) gained entry intothe victim’s residence by prying open thefront door and stole a camera, a television, alaptop, a desktop computer, and jewelry.The estimated value of the stole property is$5,700. This case is presently under investi-gation.

ROBBERY

None

SEX CRIME

None

HOMICIDE

None

THEFT

Case # 1205158

Location: 8765 S Dixie Hwy (CVS)

On Dec. 4, at approximately 0654 hrs, aknown offender was observed taking mer-chandise from the listed business and exit-ing the store making no attempt to pay. Theestimated value of the stolen property is$61.14. The offender was arrested andcharged with petit theft.

Case # 1205172

Location: 11951 S Dixie Hwy

(Pet Supermarket)

On Dec. 5, between 1015 hrs, and 1130 hrs,unknown offender(s) stole the victim’s cam-era and wallet from the open locker room atthe listed business. The estimated value ofthe stolen property is $416. This case ispresently under investigation.

Case # 1205189


(DSW)

On Dec. 5, at approximately 2009 hrs, anunknown offender was observed takingmerchandise and exiting the store makingno attempt to pay. The estimated value ofthe stolen property is $438. This case ispresently under investigation.

Case # 1205198


On Dec. 2, between 0700 hrs and 1100 hrs,unknown offender(s) stole a decal from thevictim’s vehicle tag. The estimated value ofthe stolen property is $4.

Case # 1205209

Location: 11299 S Dixie Hwy (CVS)

On Dec. 7, at approximately 2022 hrs, aknown offender was observed taking mer-chandise from the listed business and exit-ing the store making no attempt to pay. Theestimated value of the stolen property is$32.17. The offender was arrested andcharged with petit theft.

Case # 1205211


(Stir Crazy)

On Dec. 8, at approximately 0033 hrs,unknown offender(s) stole the victim’s wal-let from the bar at the listed business. Theestimated value of the stolen property is $60.This case is presently under investigation.

Case # 1205240


(CVS)

On Dec. 9, at approximately 0515 hrs, anunknown offender was observed taking merchandise and exiting the store makingno attempt to pay. The estimated value ofthe stolen property is $250. This case ispresently under investigation.

Case # 1205242

Location: 10300 Block of SW 59 Av

Between Dec. 2, 1700 hrs, and Dec. 9, 1030hrs, unknown offender(s) stole Christmasdecorations from the front porch of the list-ed property. The estimated value of thestolen property is $600. This case is present-ly under investigation.

Case # 1205245

Location: 5800 Block of SW 102 St

Between Dec. 7, 1000 hrs, and Dec. 9, 1715hrs, unknown offender(s) stole Christmasdecorations from the front porch of the list-ed property. The estimated value of thestolen property is $100. This case is present-ly under investigation.

Crime ReportCrime ReportThe following is a list of crimes reported to the Village of Pinecrest

Police Department during the week of December 3 - 9, 2012

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ARSON

None

AUTO THEFT

None

ASSAULT

None

BATTERY

Case # 1205336

Location: 13600 Block of S Dixie Hwy

On Dec. 16, at approximately 1500 hrs,

after a verbal altercation, an unknown

offender stabbed the victim in the neck.

The offender fled the scene prior to police

arrival. This case is presently under inves-

tigation.

Case # 1205342



after a verbal altercation, an known offend-

er punched the victim on the mouth. The

offender was arrested and charged with

Battery.

BURGLARY

(COMMERCIAL)

None

BURGLARY

(RESIDENCE)

Case # 1205266


On Dec. 11, between 0740 hrs, and 1820

hrs, unknown offender(s) gained entry

into the victim’s residence by an unlocked

kitchen sliding door and stole jewelry.

The estimated value of the stolen property

is $6,800. This case is presently under

investigation.

Case # 1205267


On Dec. 10, between 1000 hrs, and 1856

hrs, unknown offender(s) gained entry into

the victim’s residence by unknown means

and stole two watches. The estimated value

of the stolen property is $3,500. This case

is presently under investigation.

Case # 1205275

Location: 13000 Block of SW 63 Av


two known offenders gained entry into the

victim’s occupied residence by prying

open a rear bathroom door. The victim

called the police and the offenders fled the

scene in a motor vehicle and were appre-

hended by Pinecrest Police Officers. The

offenders were charged with burglary.

Case # 1205332

Location: 9600 Block of SW 69 Pl

Between Dec. 15, 1100 hrs, and Dec. 16,

1140 hrs, unknown offender(s) gained

entry into the victim’s residence by prying

open the master bedroom sliding glass door

and stole jewelry. The estimated value of

the stolen property is $5,906. This case is

presently under investigation.

ROBBERY

None

SEX CRIME

None

HOMICIDE

None

THEFT

Case # 1205294


(CVS Pharmacy)

On Dec. 13, at approximately 2114 hrs, a

known offender was observed taking mer-

chandise from the listed business and exit-

ing the store making no attempt to pay. The

estimated value of the stolen property is

$40.85. The offender was arrested and

charged with petit theft.

Case # 1205333


(Home Depot)

On Dec. 16, at approximately 1232 hrs, an

unknown offender was observed taking

merchandise and exiting the store making

no attempt to pay. The estimated value of

the stolen property is $501. This case is

presently under investigation.

Crime ReportCrime ReportThe following is a list of crimes reported to the Village of Pinecrest Police

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By Fabian Redler, PsyD, LCSWStudents may not have finished their school year quite the way they

had planned. They may have had all the good intentions and supportiveteachers, but brain science tells us that motivation and education areonly one piece of the intricate puzzle. As students move through themaze of education, school alone does little to develop the underlyingability to process information beyond routine memorization. The com-mencement of a new school year, however, brings with it the promise ofa fresh start if a student is helped to develop the “brain muscles” respon-sible for learning.

A simple task such as riding a bicycle requires precise and complexbrain skills that allow an individual to ride without conscious effort.Therefore, to ignore the importance of brain skills for a more complextask, such as mathematics or reading, would be ludicrous if our goal isto make it second nature. A student, for example, can practice geometryuntil they are blue in the face and still continue to have difficulty. Theability to visualize the shapes and give meaning to these figures is man-aged by a specific brain skill that is not developed by the typical processof teaching, since teaching itself does not develop a student’s brain skills.

The first quarter’s report card is a good indicator as to whether a stu-dent is brain-ready for the rest of the challenges that lie ahead. An in-tensive brain training regimen can lay the foundation to help a studentreach new heights beyond the ordinary for a successful school year.

Dearest Dr. Redler,I felt it important to write you this letter and share what a positive impact

the LIFT program has made on the beginning of Anthony’s tenth grade year.Just last year, we came to you, looking for guidance and assistance as An-thony was struggling with areas such as focus, organization and attention.Although his grades were above average, homework took hours and hours,and weekends were consumed with playing catch up and trying to stayahead of things. He was frustrated and mad-at-the-world a lot.

After following What’s On Your Mind’s very specific, targeted plan to de-velop Anthony’s dormant brain skills, I am very happy to say that Anthonyis now able to finish his homework in a reasonable amount of time, workindependently, and best of all, his confidence in his own ability to accom-plish his goals has increased tremendously.

My husband and I are grateful to have crossed paths with you and What’sOn Your Mind. Anthony is a happier, more productive student and has hissights set on college and a challenging career.Most sincerely, Nora P.

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Deirdre Capone details how she grew up with ‘Uncle Al’BY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD

When Deirdre Marie Capone was7, her beloved Uncle Al died.

She knew him as this fun manwho taught her how to swim at hisMiami Beach home on Palm Island.He taught her how to ride a bike andhow to play a mandolin. It was afterthat she learned he also was AlCapone, the mobster.

She learned that being related to aman once called “Public Enemy No.1” had consequences. Her class-mates weren’t allowed to play withher. She was fired from her first job.

“My grandfather was Al’s oldestbrother and his business partner,”Deirdre Capone said. “My grandfa-ther had one child, who was myfather. My father tookhis own life before my11th birthday becausehe couldn’t live up tothe Capone name.”

Now, the last livingmember of the Caponefamily, Deirdre MarieCapone honored hergrandfather’s requestnot to publish the fami-ly’s secrets until shewas the last one stand-ing. Her book, Uncle AlCapone: The UntoldStory From Inside His Family, details lifeas a Capone.

“My grandfather started to teach meabout the family business — it actuallywas a family business — and about howthings worked back then.”

Deidre Capone said the Capones werenot as bad as the media portrayed. In fact,they were the victims of a vendetta thatwas started by a group called the SecretSix. The Secret Six were Chicago busi-nessmen who headed up the corporationsand they wanted the Capones to be a part ofit because of their money.

“My grandfather didn’t like the organi-zation and he didn’t like banks,” she said.“There was an organized, concentratedeffort [to get rid of the Capones]. At onetime my uncle told the media, you wouldblame me for the Chicago fire if youcould.”

Despite the vendetta and being the targetof the feds, the crime they were convictedon was tax evasion. Capone said that isbecause when the tax code was first writ-ten, is said that you didn’t have to declare

any tax gained illegally. She saidthey didn’t know they had to fileincome tax because their moneycame from bootlegging and otherillegal activities.

“They both offered to pay thefine, to pay the tax,” Capone said.“Was Al Capone a mobster? Yes, he

was. Was Al Capone a monster? No, hewas not!”

In this case, the federal government didthe wrong thing, torturing a witness to lieon the stand so that Al Capone was sen-tenced to 11 years. Her grandfather, Ralph,was sentenced to three years.

“My grandfather, before he died, said nochild’s life was ever in danger. No womanever did anything she did not choose to doon her own and no innocent person was everharmed,” Capone said. “He ran the opera-tion; Al was the flamboyant one. My grand-father was very recluse and very private. Heran everything. At one time, he was runningover 300 different establishments.”

By the way, in 1991, the American BarAssociation, at a convention in Chicago,held a mock re-trial of Al Capone based onthe original transcripts. Capone said thistime, he was found innocent.

Capone is working on scheduling a booksigning at Books and Books in January orFebruary. She also has scheduled signingson cruise ships and at several Costcos inFlorida. She lives in the Ft. Myers area.

Deirdre Capone–––––––––––––––––


BY CARL RACHELSON

As our beloved Miamienters 2013 — 12/12/12gone forever and theMayan Calendar thing hav-ing fallen through — Ihave created a list thatfuture historians andGooglers will be able to

use to find out what happened in 2012 as theysearch for meaning in a life buried betweenhabitual texts and tweets.

In other words, here is a (completelybiased) Top 10 list of the most memorable artevents of 2012:

1. Pulse Art Fair, Miami Project, ArtAsia — during Art Basel.

2. Critical Mass Bicycle Rides — on thelast Friday of every month.

3. Miami Heat — becoming NBA Champsand Lebron doing his magnificent dance.

4. The Artist — being held over for sever-al weeks at the Coral Gables Art Cinema.

5. Marley — 144 minutes of reggae raptureand respect, screened at the O Cinema.

6. Black Violin — laying low at the SouthMiami-Dade Cultural Arts Center.

7. Miami Book Fair International —Miami Dade College keeping it literary for 29years.

8. Zak the Baker, Panther Coffee,Lagniappe — art, craft, eating and drinking.

9. ULTRA musicfestival — massive elec-tronic music bacchanal in Bayfront Park.

10. Miami Made Festival — at the Arsht;free, local and creative!

Despite an occasional competitive pall thatinfects locals during Art Basel, as everywhereit seems, names drop like cheap TommyHilfiger jeans from Marshall’s over boxers on

a 15-year-old in the hood, the best single eventMiami has to offer its denizens is Art Baselweek — hands down.

Though celebrity, it seems, trumps all else,with pop-up clubs from Paris, cheap big-brandalcohol sponsored parties in North Miami, andwords like vernissage tossed around like bean-bags at the fifth grade fair, legitimately bril-liant art during Basel is as ubiquitous as sweatin August or sand on the beach.

Ignoring the pretense which rides shotgun atthe Soho Beach House, the Royal James andever-increasing sponsored pool parties athotels, this posturing still cannot kill the GreyGoose that has laid the golden egg. More than1,100 galleries from around the world invadeMiami. Truly, there is something for everyone,much of it spectacular and eye popping. Thosehere anointed — Art Asia, Pulse and MiamiProject — were the #1 jewels in a heavily stud-ded crown.

In second place, Critical Mass keeps grow-ing and spreading deep love with no judg-ment, nor cost, to anyone with non-motorizedwheels. Rolling on!

Third on the list but #1 in our hearts, The Heatreigned supreme after heaps of drama and tribu-lation. Seeing Lebron’s smile light up an entiremegalopolis was justice long overdue. Alongwith Dwyane Wade, this fine young brotherdelivered us from Thunder!

Positions 4 and 5 go to the little theaters thatkeep on giving. Staid Coral Gables offered astring of great films at the Coral Gables ArtCinema. Besides the masterful, award-winningsilent throwback The Artist, both Pina andWoody Allen’s To Rome With Love filled seatsweek after week. Once edgy Wynwood’s OCinema delivered tears of joy screening KevinMacdonald’s delectable documentary Marleyon the extraordinary Rastafarian prophet’s life,rhythm and times.

Sneaking in the back door as #6 was a littleshow by Black Violin, two classically trainedstring instrumentalists who went to DillardHigh and connected their love of hip hop with,for example, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto.Exhilarating, uplifting and in Cutler Ridge.

Though Miami Spice Restaurant Month pro-vides summer relief, Miami itself has been

slow to get the crafty, beery, pickley thinggoing that those who live in Brooklyn,Baltimore or LA thrive on. Then PantherCoffee opened a while back, Zak Stern startedbaking, and the folks from Metro openedLagniappe across from the railroad tracks.Though we grant love to others, these threedeserve style points and #7.

The final three places go to events deeplyembedded in the annual calendar. Miami BookFair International — the Book Fair as we sim-ply reduce it to — is an epic institutionbeloved by more than librarians. Miami DadeCollege and chair Mitchell Kaplan, he of thedignified Books & Books aesthetic, provide uswith the cultural treasure each November. It isthe ultimate, multicultural, intellectual partyfor thinkers and keeps getting better.

ULTRA musicfestival at Bayfront Park isthe antidote for thousands of teenagers (andovergrown teenagers) frustrated by a transitsystem that is virtually disfunctional and inac-cesible, plus takes more than 90 minutes to getanywhere if you are lucky. For three daysdowntown, our young are liberated but deaf.

Last but hardly least, Miami Made at theArsht offers us a chance to see those talentedfriends and families who may one day make itbig, but for whatever mad twist of luck, haveremained local. This week reminds us thatprodigious talent, artistry, originality and fame— whether sought or not — are divided byfate, not quality.

Carl Rachelson is a regular contributor tothis newspaper. He has a Masters Degree in theHumanities and is an English teacher atPalmer Trinity School. He may be contacted byemail at <[email protected]>.

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BY DONNA SHELLEY

Volunteers armed with an assortment ofgarden tools attacked noxious vines andinvasive exotics as they cleaned up SouthMiami’s All-America Park on Saturday,November 3rd. About 45 sturdy volunteers,employees of South Miami Hospital, weredonating their precious time on a beautifulweekend morning as part of Baptist HealthSouth Florida’s “Day of Caring for OurCommunity.”

City Arborist Doug Baker identified theAll-America Park as the one most overduefor a good freshening up. Remarking on theprogress made by the volunteers, Baker said,“They accomplished a great deal todayremoving vines that were covering trees andexotics that really needed to go. I’m veryproud to be a part of this and I thank all thevolunteers for their work.”

The Day of Caring allows employees of theHospital to give a little something back to thecommunity and is part of a series of eventsover two weekends that include communities

in which other healthcare facilities of BaptistHealth South Florida are located.

“Our employees enjoy spending time withtheir families while volunteering for the Dayof Caring and we are very proud to be part ofthe South Miami community,” said LincolnMendez, CEO of South Miami Hospital.

Also in attendance were Mayor PhilStoddard, Vice Mayor Josh Liebman andCommissioner Walter Harris from the Cityof South Miami. As the Mayor removed arather healthy Philodendron vine from awell-established live oak tree he said, “Weare saving this tree from being smothered byvines and potentially damaged by high windsfrom hurricanes and other storms.”

Commissioner Harris was engaged indumping load after load of unwanted veg-etable matter. “This is a great thing for thecommunity and I’d like to see if we canarrange more days like this,” said theCommissioner.

All-America Park is located at 6820 SW64th Avenue in South Miami. It is a passive

park in a natural setting with a variety ofnative trees. There are a number of limestonebenches scattered around the park andamong the many native birds that frequentthe place, you may have the opportunity towatch a small parade of Peacocks or PeaHens who roam free. For more informationabout the Park, go towww.southmiamifl.gov.

South Miami Hospital prides itself oninnovative medical programs such as theCenter for Robotic Surgery, the Center forWomen and Infants, South Miami HeartCenter and a Level III Neonatal IntensiveCare Unit. The hospital is located at 6200Southwest 73rd Street.

Baptist Health South Florida, the region’slargest faith-based, not-for-profit healthcareorganization includes Baptist, BaptistChildren’s, Doctors, Homestead, Mariners,South Miami and West Kendall BaptistHospitals, as well as Baptist Cardiac &Vascular Institute, Baptist OutpatientServices and Baptist Health Enterprises.

Pictured are (l-r) Commissioner Walter Harris, Vice Mayor Josh Liebman, Mayor Phil Stoddard, Lincoln MendezCEO of SMH, Jeanette Stone of SMH.

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Rooney Brodie and Oliver Perez of SMH deal with aload of vines.

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Rooney Brodie, Manager of Community Relations andSpecial Programs attacks a determined vine.


South Miami Hospital sponsors All-America park clean-up day


Award-winning sci fi/fantasy writer tospeak at children’s writer’s conferenceBY LINDA RODRIGUEZ BERNFELD

Middle grade author Bruce Coville willbe in Miami Jan. 18-20 to speak to theSociety of Children’s Book Writers andIllustrators’ Florida Regional Conference. The conference is the annual gathering ofFlorida’s published and aspiring children’sbook authors and illustrators held at theSheraton Miami Airport Hotel. The sched-ule includes writing workshops Friday andSunday and a Saturday general session.Attendees come from across Florida andfrom as far away as Canada.

Coville is known for the Sixth GradeAlien series, which included My Teacher isAn Alien, and I Was a Sixth Grade Alien.He’s also the author of the UnicornChronicles, the Magic Shop series. His lat-est book is Always October.

“It’s about a boy who finds a baby on the

porch whose mother takes it in,” Coville

says. “It turns out to be a monster. The

baby looks entirely sweet and normal until

the first full moon.”

Coville’s books are a perfect blend of

fun, humor and just enough delicious hor-

ror to give kids a tingle, but not enough to

scare them. He’s perfected his craft over 35

years and published more than 100 books.

He was recently awarded the Empire State

Award for Excellence in Literature for

Young People by the New York Library

Association (NYLA).

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making kids think. Always October

prompts kids to think about fear and how

fear affects people.

“That rose naturally from the nature of

the story,” he says. “If you like the story,

you’ll be thinking about them and present

the possibilities for kids to think about

them.”Children’s book authors are often asked

‘when are you going to write a real book?’Coville says he writes books for childrenbecause it’s the most radical thing he cando.

“If you really want to affect the future,you don’t do it by what’s happening today,you do it by what’s happening in 10-20years,” he says. “I get wonderful lettersfrom people who read my books talkingabout what they are doing now.”

He also likes children’s books better thanadult books.

“It is the last refuge of the happy end-ing,” Coville says. “I’m an optimistic per-son. In the adult world, a happy ending isthe result of the weak mind.”

Coville has also taken on continuing theAmber Brown series, originally written bythe late Paula Danziger, a very good friendof his. Coville is co-writing the books withLiz Levy. The first, Amber Brown isTickled Pink has been released.

“It’s a very good collaborative process,”he says. “They are written in Paula’s voice.We write the whole thing together sittingdown.”

Coville is working on a book that is cur-rently titled The Diary of a Mad Brownie:With Supporting Documents. After that,he’s going to revisit some favorite charac-ters with a sequel to Goblins in the Castle.

“I love to see what my characters havebeen up to when I wasn’t looking,” he says.

New York Times Best Selling authorEllen Hopkins will also speak. She’s doinga school visit at Palmer Trinity School andwill sign books at Books and Books onSunday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m.

Coville will sign books Thursday, Jan.19, at 6:30 p.m. at Books and Books.

The conference faculty includes ToniBuzzeo, Dan Yaccarino, four editors andfour agents.

For conference information, go to<www.scbwiflorida.com>. For book sign-ing information, go to <www.booksand-books.com>.

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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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