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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAda) s C o m N a) a) EL: M C > a) a) a, .s m Z C n o C (1) U m a) -0 a) (I) D U Q U) 0 m E O } r r .ri CD CD m M M tp t,0 v T !' CD D [\ CD z L t it O x a m 00 OD M m C a L in a) a) E a m m Z :E C �0 D E O L— a C Lin z a) m _0 in N O x Q = c„i m in f- C ^— a - � m 41 0 21 a Oa m CV m 00 � N O on IC O� U in t -mo m ZT �p U `u ❑O O N m ♦ �.► in n O TD 2 o. i \/V � V Poo • m m `— A i m W L F- THE MAH HERALD I MiamiHetald.com DEATHS CHARLES EMERSON `CHARLIE' LECLAIR JR., 56 AIDS activist was tireless BY aim J. omon eered..,Hu wwemcam Charles Emersm .. Charlie" LeClair jr- a HTV/AIDS activist wh fought fa otbers suffer mg from the disease h cmaacted in the earl 1990s. died Sept. 9. H ares 56 LeClair was come rh-irm m of the Miami Dade HIV/AIDS Palma ship in 2005 and 200( more tbm a decade a@e the New England tras n plait[ uo became an advo who 'worked diligend! --mage ..with ase n parries, food banks health department offn teals. Poll. ,andidues and patients, said frieat Robert Hyde. The Partnershil ad ani m rs the fed-rallr funded Ryan White roto gram in Miami -Dade. Bich provides services to needy HLV/AIDS Pati®ts IeClait sham served ss Interfaith AIDS Ministry based at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and on the board of the Unity Coati tion of Miami -Dade, human -rights group f ed on issues within the H.Pavic gsy/lesbiao crearromary 'ALWAYS VOCAL' On its website, the Coalition remembered him as an "always pre- sent always vocaL ..Hz- rure at city hall serving on various boards d "Charlie was part of m fsut-ever [Gay Les- bian Bimzual Transgen- dal Lobby Day in Te71s- hou ser in 2002 and was instrumental in helping pass the county HIV/AIDS prevenrion signage ordinance," which mandated health warmugv - Spanish. l eaA died in his bed. apparently f a heart attack at the downtown Miami Riva Fork Apart- ments. President of the residents council, he helped sec, re, 15 flats for people with HLV/AIDS. He had stopped taking AIDS reediearions about two weeks before his death, believing he.mild be better able to battle serious heart problems without their complica- rions, blends said. BLESSING, CURSE LeClair found his life - prolonging medications both a messing and a curse. Last year, he told The Miami Herald that AIDS awareneu ana pns tion -p bg weren't realistic because they tend to feature "good looking" models seem- ingly unscathed by their disease or the drugs used mtearit Drugs help people live longer, he said, but "the side effects become unbearable: neuropathy, diarrhea, headaches, fatigue, nausea. Advo- cates like myself are get- ting sick and tired of say- ing the same thing. Consumers need to get involved ... 1f not their silence will equal death" LeClair came m South Florida from Quincy, Mau, where friends say he worked for a security company. Cousin Ter- ence Sullivan of Pem- broke Pines, said LeClair intentionally distanced himi lfhom his life in the Northeast because "all of his friends were dead" His relatives loved him. Sullivan said, and he was always welcome and "entertaining" ddi- tioa to family gatherings. Close friend Dee Dee Cullers, a Miami River Park resident, said LeClair "really loved his family, but when be nine out he wanted a new life and a new, place to live." amen poen AC71YE M THE COsaaUBfY: Charlie LeClair headed the Miami -Dade HIVjAIDS Partnership. e He contracted HIV in Miami Beach, said his friend Dr. Manuel Lau- reano-Vega, executive -director of the League Against AIDS I- LeClair soon threw himself into activism on behalf ofpeo- pie afIIicted with the ineurahie dbsease. "He was, always very compassionate and wor- tied about their needs," Laureano-Vega said "He was very tenacious and � t"^about his fellow [people with AIDS] and made sure they were taken care of." LeClair pushed for county funding of AIDS services. concerned that if Ryan White money dried up. 25.00(t patients would fend themselves unblero pay for housing and -mem. Fellow advocate Louis Robinson said LeClair "worked eked our trying to maintain services for [Partnershipl clients, especially medical ser- vices, home -delivered meals, housing - Any- thing that Ryan White -uld cover. 'Them weren't enough people fighting for the downtrodden. so he took it upon himself to do the work not many would do. Against all odds, he'd go out and fight" LeClair is survived by his mother. Betty LeClair, of Massachusetts. Visita- tion is planned for 7-10 pm Thursday at Funer- aria Memorial Plan, 1717 537th Ave r Funeral se follow at U am Fri- day at Trinity, 464 NE 16th st, with entombment at Dade Memorial Park Donations are, wel- come for the Trinity Epis- copal Outreach Ministry. The cimial reawch dopubes a u,noni codu ed awwmh cvnepdy kroldng fm wluabaz to inmefI se cnrdml research study to -I.. circ eeem of FDAappvwd hypetb+ - drugs Oiabeta eoonol. LOCAL & STATE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS THURSDAY. OCTOBER B, 2009 1 55 Message of safety, a day of fun 7 Students marched in parades, performed dohsand sang -tety sags to celebrate Walk Ora.._ ro School Day on Wednesday. T TOInsE Fifth -grader Marlon OLrabal walks to Twits Ickes Elementary School a ., every day, usually with friend& "Walking is fun bemuse you can eaercise: said Marlon, wearing a tall '5Walk- crown. "But you have to always look left, right left before you walk amazethe street." He and hundreds of classmates took part Wednesday in Walk Our Children m School Day, a program promoting safe walking and bicycling. Elected officials. police officers, leachers and school admitistra ors led modems inarearly m ssi ing march aroand Twin Lakes main building, At 6735 W. Fifth place in Hia- ,Jeah. The drumlin from Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High's marching band helped the ,m ucbers stay on tempo. The event was one of about a dozen that took piece South Florida and more than 5,000 ntion- wide as a pan of the bum - national Walk to School program The Program. began 12 Sears ago at a Chicago school, now includes more than 40 antrics. Four million people from countries like Chile, Taiwan Fiji, Ghana sad Portugal expected to participate in walk -to -school events this LOCALPROGRAMS A number of area schools.including Oak Grove Elementary in North Miami Berk Morn- ingside Elementary in Miami and Hialeah Gar- de- Elementary, also par- tidpatedm Walk Our CbR- dren to School Day, encouraging parents to share time and safety tips with their children during a scroll to school. WalkSafe, a pedestrian safety program started by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 200L held its annual safety event Wednesday at h,mg and Beatrice Peskoe Elementary in Homestead in anticipation of the evam, students learned a skit did a practice walk cross the streer and daigmed safety posters to spread the word to other students. "With the posters, they try to teach programs they've learned to others," said Christine Stinson, pro- gram coordinator for WalkSafe. "If they cera teach it to somebody else, then we know they've learned it" Stinson said the Walk - Safe curricul= used by. teachers all over Miami - Dade Country, has helped to reduce the number of child pedestrian injuries in b try by 41 percent since 200L I Ifyworm -you it.-,• la between dx ages of IS to 85 • Have a diartais of HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (bypenwmion) and is being nested with 1 m 3 mediedooa (imluding m ACE iahibimr or ARB) • Have a diagnosis ofTYFE If DIABETES treated with any ofd. foibwing: diet exatue, oral diabetic mediation o' food door inulin Then you rosy qualify to Panlcippe in this study. %yaw aaably end,, aadara awddwg, am proddd err ao rwvge ower euKu raw WWI -bwrernem/w rues and nand. rotor a -waw w rmaee.ser-opus fEMW rr WAIT. Mrs. Beiro's kindergarten class at Twin Lakes Elementary sings a song for Walk Our Children to School Day on Wednesday. GOOD SIfJ@ Twin Lakes second -graders Bianca Barroso. Jamis Ordovas and Bryan Molina show important bps for crossing streets. School Board Member children, every year," ahe Peri. Tabani Hamman, said "I nes be sure we will who has sponsored this all walk away with lasting tvent for the past decade, memories of safe walking outed walking to school as skills which we well put Io a great way to fight poUu- use nor only today but fa tion and combat obesity. the rest of our lives - But in order to be effec- DISTRICT PRIORITY five, she said, it has to be don safely. After the march around 'T always walk with the Twin Lakes, students filed sto the cafeteria to bear peeches, songs and per- formances about pedes- trian and biter safety. They heard wads from Miami -Dade Superintest- dent Alberto Carvalho and Twin Lakes principal Maria Is" de Leon, lis- tened to kindergartners lag Twinkle, Twinkle, Tro}Jic Light and watched fifth -graders perform a slit ezplairrirng the purpose of variaas steer sfFf s. Ca ... R n, who watched the periftermancia, Sam the front row, said the m- depu were showing the ability to make the right cessions on the fit M and in life "Saiery is the dinxicrs forst priority," he told The Miami Heald De Leon, the school principal. said she hopes the move toward safer sidewalks and —,wall. will lead to, safer highways I. the future. "13ese studetus," she said'will be the safe dri- ers and the policemen in the future helping to keep our community safe." 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(Hunts inatia A Thunman. cuc tky ata t Involved in 1-75 ardor Improvements `°^rte-�1d The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 4 will conduct an Alternatives Public Workshop to present to the public all viable alternatives that have been developed The workshop will provide a forum to view displays and discuss the project with members of the project team. Meeting information: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:30 P.m. to 7:30 p - Southwest Regional Library 16835 Sheridan Street Pembroke Pines, FL 33331 www.1-7SVision.com Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age sex religion, or family status. Persons who require sPe to accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act o/ 7990 or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Mr. Ray Holzweiss at (954) 777.4425 or toll free at (866) 336-8435 W. 4425, or by wnnng to him at the FDOT District Four Office, 3400 WeirCommercial Boulevard, FortLauderdale, Florida 33309, or emofl of rayholzweiss@dor.stote.flus or least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.