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Home My WebLink AboutMiami Herald AdTHEMAM HERALD I MamNerald.com DEATHS LOCAL Si STATE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS 01 THURSDAY, OCT08ER 8.2009 15B CITY OF MIAMI-CITY CLERK Client Name: CO tD O CO O X 0 C 0 Q U fD 0 ao m >, 1- O 0 1.0 CHARLES EMERSON'CHARLIE' LECLAIR JR., 56 AIDS activist was tireless IN 9RIOR k NREL ER abaeder(; eaneeran.cem Charles Emerson "Charlie" LeClair Jr, an HIV/AIDS activist who (ought for others suffer- ing from the disease be contracted in the early 1990s. died Sept. 9. He was 56. LeClair was named chairman of the Miami - Dade HIV/AIDS Partner- ship in 2005 and 2006, more than . decade after the New England trans- plant became an advocate wbo "worked diligently ... with case management companies, food banks. health department !fa- cials. political eandddates" and patients, said friend Robert Hyde. The Partnership administers the federally - funded Ryao White Pro- gram in Miami -Dade. which provides services to needy HIV/AIDS patients. LeClair also served as president of the Episcopal Interfaith AIDS Ministry based at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and on the board of the Unity Coali- tion of Miami -Dade, a human -rights group focused on issues within the Hispanic gay/lesbian community. 'ALWAYS VOCAL' On its website, the Coalition remembered him as an "always pre- sent, always vocal. , Su- ttee at city hall, serving on various boards and commissions. "Charlie was part of our first -ever [Gay Les- bian Biseauai Transgen- der) Lobby Day in Talla- hassee in 2002 sad was instrumental in helping pass the county H1V/AIDS prevention signage ordinance," which mandated health warnings in Spanish LeClair died in his bed, appazendy of a heart attack, at the downtown Miami River Park Apart- ments. President of the residents' council, he helped secure 15 flats for people with HIV/AIDS. He had stopped taking AIDS medications about two weeks before his death, believing he would be better able to battle serious bean problems without their complica- tions. friends said owe loo.sex. ss ACTIVE N TIE c01411/efY: Charlie LeClair headed the Miami -Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership. He contracted HIV in Miami Beach, said his friend Dr. Memel lau- reano-Vega, executive director of the League Against AIDS Inc. LeClair soon threw himself into activism on behalf of peo- ple afflicted with the incurable disease. "He was always very compassionate and wor- ried about their needs," Iaureano-Vega said "He was very tenacious and caring about his fellow [people with AIDS] and made sure they were taken care of" LeClair pushed for more county fording of AIDS services, concerned that i( Ryan White money dried up, 25,000 patients would find themselves unable to pay for housing and treatment. Fellow advocate Louis Robinson said LeClair "worked on trying to maintain services for [Partnership] clients, especially medical ser- vices, home -delivered meals, housing — any- thing that Ryan White would cover. "There werenl 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 BLESSING, CURSE out end fir 55 survived LeClair u stty LeClair, by LeClair found his life- his mother, Betty Let:lau, prolonging medications of Massachusetts. Visite- both a blessing and a lion is planned for 7-10 curse. Iast year, be told p.m. Thursday at Funer- The Miami Herald that aria Memorial Plan, 1717 AIDS awareness and pre- SW 37th Ave. Funeral sea ven Lion Campaigns vices follow at11asnFri- weren't realistic because day at Trinity, 464 NE they read to feature 'good 16th St, with entombment looking" models seem- at Dade Memorial Park ingly unscathed by their Donations are wel- disease or the drugs used come for the Trinity Epis- to treat it. copal Outreach Ministry. 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 ... If not, their silence will equal death" LeClair came to South Florida from Quincy, Mass., where friends say he worked for a security company. Cousin Ter- ence Sullivan, of Pem- broke Pines, said LeClair intentionally distanced himself from bis life in the Northeast because "all of his friends were dead." His relatives loved him, Sullivan said, and he as always a welcome and "entertaining" addi- tion to family gatherings. Close friend Dee Dee Cullers, a Miami. River Park resident, said LeClair "really loved his family, but when he came out, be wanted a new life and a new place to live." Message of safety, a day of fun IR Students marched In Wed., performed skits end sang.fety snags to celebrate Welk Ow Children to School Day on Wednesday. r5OUISEOLOatIMI.V, dawedaaBNttanwralo.ma Fifth -grader Marlon Olaaab.l walks to Twin Lakes Elementary School almost every day, usually with friends. "Walking is fun because you can exercise," said Marlon, wearing ■ tall "6WaD" crown. But you have to always look left. right, left before you walk across the eroet" He and hundreds of classmates took part Wednesday is Walk Ow Children to School Day, a program promoting safe walking and bicycling. Elected officials, police officers, teachers and school administrators led students In an early morn- ing march around Twin Lakes' main building, at 6735 W. Fifth Place in Hia- leah. The drumlioe from Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High's marching band helped the marchers stay on tempo. The ev t was one of about a dozen that took place in South Florida and more than 5.000 nation- wide as apart of the Inter- oatioaal Walk to School Program. The program, begun 12 years ago at nowa Chicago school, includes more than 40 countries. Four million people from countries like Chile, Taiwan, Fiji, Ghana and Portugal were expected to participate in walk -to -school events this month School Board Member children, every year, she LOCAL PROGRAMS Perla Tabares Hearne. said lean be sure we will who has sponsored this all walk away with lasting the move toward safer A number of area event for the part decade, memories of safe walking sidewalks and crosswalks schools, including Oak touted walking to school as skills which we will put to will lead to sat highways Grove Elementary in a great way to fight pollu- use not only today but for in the furore. North Miami Beach, Mom- lion and combat obesity. the rest of our lives" 'These students;' sh ingside Elementary in But [n order to be eftec- DISTRICT PRIORY' Miami and Hialeah Gar- rive, she said, it has to be dens Elementary, also par- dote safely. After the march around titivated in Walk Our CM- "1 always walk with the Twin fakes students filed dren to School Day, encouraging parents to share time and safety tips with their children during a stroll to school. WalkSafe, a pedestrian safety program started by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2001. held its annual safety event Wednesday at Irving and Beatrice Peskoe Elemetary in Homestead In anticipation of the event, students learned a skit, did a practice walk cross the street and designed 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 can teach it to somebody else, then we know they've learned it." Stinson said the Walk - Sate curriculum, used by teachers all over Miami - Dade County, has helped to reduce the number of child pedestrian heeler in the county by 41 percent since 2001 Diabetes? High Blood Pressure? 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I11:033031 PdeisA lbmm7,0* Dh Mk et Involved in 1-75 mem et mom a asses ur:own wear GETTING IT RIGHT: Mrs. Beiro's kindergarten class at Twin Lakes Elementary sings asong for Walk Our Children to School Day on Wednesday. 6o0D SIGNS Twin Lakes second -graders Bianca Barroso, Jamis Ordovas and Bryana Molina show important tips for crossing streets. into the cafeteria to hear speeches. songs and per- formances about pedes- rrieo and biker safety. They beard words from Miami -Dade Superinten- dent Alberto Canaille .nd Twin Lakes principal Maria Isabel de Leon, lis- tened ro kindergartners sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Truffle Light and watched fifth -graders perform a skit eaplaioing the purpose of various street signs C.rvalho, who watched the performances from the front row, said the stu- dents were showing the ability to make the right decisions on the street sad in life. "Safety is the district's first priority," be told The Miami Herald_ De Leon, the school principal, said she hopes ,orridor Improvements `4, The Florida Department of Transportation (FOOT) District 4 will conduct an Alternatives Public Workshop to present to the public all viable alternatives that have been developed. 'f 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 730 p.m. Southwest Regional Library 16835 Sheridan Street Pembroke Pines, FL 33331 www.1-75Vlsion.com Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, or fatuity status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Mc Ray Hotzweiss or (954) 777-4425 or toll free at (866) 336-8435 ext. 4425, or by writing to him at the FDOT District Four Office, 3400 West Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309, or email at roy.holzweiss@NoC.state.ELus at least seven (7) days prior to the meering.