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<br />. The Florida prepaid
<br />cOllege plan will not cover
<br />the extra costs to be
<br />charged by UF. FSU and
<br />USF next fall unless
<br />pare-nts enrolled In the
<br />program before Jan. 31.
<br />
<br />BY NOAH BIERMAN
<br />nble~MiamiHera~.com
<br />Hundreds oC Florida par-
<br />ents tried to avoid a big
<br />tuition bump at the most pop-
<br />ular public universities by
<br />enrolling in the state's pre-
<br />paid college program last
<br />month. But they were too late.
<br />The prepaid enrollment
<br />period ended in January. So
<br />
<br />thousands of parents who
<br />enrolled after that will be sub-
<br />ject to a new state l.,w that
<br />allows the University o( flor-
<br />ida, Florida State and the Uni-
<br />versity of South Florida to
<br />~gin charging an escalating
<br />tuition premium beginning in
<br />fall 2008 that will eventually
<br />increase tuition by about
<br />$1.000 a year.
<br />The law appeared to open
<br />a window of opportunity to
<br />avoid the increase, and left
<br />some parents confused,
<br />The law stated that parents
<br />enrolled in the program by
<br />July I would Dot be subject to
<br />the additional charges, Gov,
<br />
<br />Charlie Crist signed the legis-
<br />lation June 27, leading some
<br />parents to believe they had
<br />three days to sign up and
<br />avoid the premium.
<br />Virginia Trujillo signed up
<br />June 28 on behalf of her
<br />7-month-old son, after read-
<br />ing about the new law in a
<br />Miami Herald article. An
<br />additional 375 parents around
<br />Florida aho signed up
<br />between June 27 and July I,
<br />according to prepaid college
<br />plan statistics, That is an
<br />increase of 156 from the same
<br />period last year.
<br />But Trujillo and others
<br />were surpri!!ed to learn they
<br />
<br />BROWARD
<br />
<br />Traveling
<br />teenager
<br />takes an
<br />Afghan
<br />junket
<br />
<br />. A Fort Lauderdale
<br />t.en who made the news
<br />with a surprise trip to
<br />Iraq in late 2005 was
<br />heading back from
<br />another Mideast
<br />expedition.
<br />
<br />BY ROBBYN MITCHEll
<br />rm;t~ltP.'Mlamlflt'l'ald.com
<br />
<br />Seventeen-year-old Far-
<br />ris Hassan created a media
<br />frenzy 18 months ago when
<br />he took 0(( for Iraq without
<br />his mother's knowledge,
<br />has done it again - this
<br />time to Afghanistan.
<br />Farris, who turns 18 on
<br />July 3D, didn't tell his
<br />mother he would be travel-
<br />ing to
<br />Kabul, the
<br />capital of
<br />Afghani-
<br />sian, until
<br />he wu
<br />waiting
<br />{or his
<br />plane to
<br />de par t FAlIRIS
<br />(rom Miami International
<br />Airport three weeks ago.
<br />He is expected to return
<br />home Tuesday. said Shatha
<br />Atiya, Farris' mother,
<br />Farris graduated from
<br />Fort Lauderdale's exclusive
<br />Pine Crest Preparatory
<br />School this spring.
<br />'We had just gotten back
<br />{rom his sister's graduation
<br />from St. George's School of
<br />Medicine in New York,"
<br />Atiya said. "He called me
<br />{rom the airport and has
<br />called every day since he
<br />left."
<br />In December 2005, Far-
<br />ris took of ((or Kuwait City
<br />alone and e-mailed his par-
<br />ents when he'd arrived. His
<br />father, Dr. Redha Hassan,
<br />arranged for him to stay
<br />with friends in Beirut
<br />before he went 10 Baghdad.
<br />Aller a tumultuous stay,
<br />including near-kidnappings,
<br />he stopped by the Associ-
<br />ated Press office, which
<br />alerted the U.S. embassy
<br />and got him shipped home.
<br />In the {ollowing weeks,
<br />Farris ducked media
<br />attempts to interview him
<br />until he finally agreed to an
<br />MSNBG intervies.
<br />He nid he had gone to
<br />Iraq to better understand
<br />the people o( the country
<br />where his parents emi-
<br />grated from 26 years ear-
<br />lier.
<br />This time around, Farris
<br />went to Afghanistan on a
<br />mission to study the prog-
<br />ress of women's rights
<br />since the fall o(the Taliban
<br />regime, and the plight o{
<br />impoverished street kids..
<br />He talked to a number of
<br />women politicians in the
<br />country and told his mother
<br />he was impressed by how
<br />far they had come in so lit-
<br />tle time, Atiya said Farris is
<br />working on a project to
<br />build a school for the git\ed
<br />in Afghanistan.
<br />"I think lor a teenager to
<br />think so big and accomplish
<br />so much is truly something:
<br />to be proud 0(," she said.
<br />"He has opened a new road
<br />for us to start and try to
<br />make a difference in the
<br />world."
<br />
<br />FLORIDA KEYS
<br />
<br />would not be considered
<br />enrolled. Instead, prepaid
<br />oOicials consider !!uch appli-
<br />cations "pending" until the
<br />enrollment period begins
<br />ag:lin in the fall. By then, par-
<br />enls will have III pay extra if
<br />their children attend UF, FSU
<br />or USF in future years.
<br />"We have like an open
<br />enrollment period every year,
<br />and it ended on Jan. 31," said
<br />Bill Nichols, the prepaid pro-
<br />gram's director of operations.
<br />Nichols said the prepaid
<br />program readjusts costs
<br />yearly, based 00 actuarial
<br />tables, to determine how
<br />much parents will have to
<br />
<br />invest to make sure they are
<br />locked in for their children's
<br />tuition at today's prices. The
<br />program does not have year-
<br />round enrollment, but it
<br />accepts applications at any
<br />time and applies them to the
<br />neltt enrollment period. once
<br />prices are adjusted.
<br />Since this year's enroll-
<br />ment period ended, 7,402
<br />families have submitted appli-
<br />cations, an increase of about
<br />600 from tbis time last year.
<br />The program operates
<br />independently of public uni-
<br />versities, so college presi~
<br />dents are not going to inter-
<br />vene. They fought to raise
<br />
<br />tuition at their schools,
<br />believing the state's low
<br />luition has reduced quality,
<br />The program guarantees that
<br />tuition increases will not
<br />a((ect existing prepaid con~
<br />tracts.
<br />"Legally, we didn't have to
<br />exempt prepaid, but politi-
<br />cally, the Legislature
<br />insisted," said Bernard
<br />Machen, president of the Uni-
<br />versity of Florida.
<br />The board that oversees
<br />Ihe prepaid plan is expected
<br />to design an account to cover
<br />the higher costs at UF, FSU
<br />and USF, but it has not
<br />announced details.
<br />
<br />annual Underwater Music
<br />Festival included The Beatles'
<br />Yellow Submarine and Jimmy
<br />Buffett's Fins.
<br />This year, two local musi-
<br />cians - singing in the sta-
<br />tion's studio - premiered
<br />songs, and opera was added
<br />to the program for the first
<br />time.
<br />"We even played Songs of
<br />the Humpback Whale," said
<br />festival organizer Bill Becker.
<br />"But thankfully, no whales
<br />came,"
<br />Some divers wore cas-
<br />
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<br />
<br />New songs, opera played
<br />at underwater music show
<br />
<br />"';<~~t
<br />
<br />
<br />tumes and imitated musician!! ;
<br />including Elton John, Sammy;
<br />Hagar and Sonny and Cher,
<br />"I think it's totally unique:' :
<br />said Louise Trewavas, of Lon- ,
<br />don, "Not only do you have:
<br />Ihis amazing spectacle, you ~
<br />have all tbe iantastic fish that ~
<br />came to listen and take part in ~
<br />the festival.- '
<br />The event at Looe Key reef j
<br />also had a serious side. Public.
<br />service announcements about :
<br />coral reef preservation were '
<br />played between musical:
<br />selections. .
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<br />station's underwater
<br />broadcast drew more than
<br />500 divers, who listened
<br />to some rock classics and
<br />environmental messages.
<br />
<br />BIG PINE KEY - (AP) -
<br />More than 500 scuba divers
<br />and snorkelers listened to a
<br />local radio station's (our-hour
<br />broadcast Saturday. piped in
<br />beoeatb the sea. in the Florida
<br />Keys National Marine Sanctu-
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<br />76-year-old woman saved
<br />from drowning in ocean
<br />
<br />Swimmers. lifeguards and
<br />paramedics acted swiftly to
<br />save a 76-year-old woman
<br />irom drowninw; of (Haul over
<br />Beach Sunday afternoon.
<br />People in the ocean near
<br />108th Street and Collins Ave-
<br />Due alerted lifeguards about
<br />4 p.rn. to a woman struggling
<br />in the water, according to
<br />
<br />Miami-Dade fire rescue Lt.
<br />Eddy Ballester.
<br />Lifeguards jumped in and
<br />pulled the woman to shore,
<br />She was in cardiac arreSl,
<br />and the Iileguard!! began
<br />CPR, Ballester said. Within
<br />three minutes, paramedics
<br />arrived and restored the
<br />woman's pulse, he said
<br />
<br />
<br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEAC~
<br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO
<br />CONSIOER ADOPTION OF NON
<br />, VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL AND
<br />LEVY OF NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL
<br />ASSESSMENTS FOR ATLANTIC ISLE
<br />
<br />Notice is hereby given that the City Commission of the City 01
<br />Sunny Isles Beach win conduct a public hearing to consider
<br />imposing a Special Assessment lor CMstruCtiM 01 sanitary sewer
<br />laterals and associated improvemef1ts, including associated road
<br />restoration, to serve the Atlantic Isle residential neighbortlood,
<br />which is depicted as the benefited area in the map below. Owners
<br />of property to be assessed or any other persons interested may
<br />appear belore the City Commission and be heard as to the
<br />advisability 01 the proposed improvements, the cost of the
<br />improvements, the manner of payment for the improvements, and
<br />the amount to be assessed against each benefited property. The
<br />proposed schedule 01 the assessment indudes up to twenty-five
<br />(25) annual Installments to indude accrued interest costs, as lTI()(e
<br />specifically described in the Prefiminary Assessment Methodology
<br />Report and the Preliminary Assessmenl Roll. Adoption 01 the Final
<br />AIlantic Iskl Special Assessment Roll shaD be the final adjudication
<br />of the amount of the assessment and manner of apportionment
<br />unless steps are initialed in a court of competent jurisdictioo
<br />within 30 days of actiM by the City Commission, and the Special
<br />Assessment imposed on each parcel wia attach 10 the property
<br />and shan, unt~ paid, constitute a fien 00 the property. The amoUll
<br />proposed to be assessed to each benefited parcel may be
<br />identified Irom documents available OIl the City Clerk's Office.
<br />Upon completion of the improvements, the City may bin either by
<br />direct mailing of biUs 10 the assessed properties or may coRect the
<br />special assessments on the annual ad valorem talc biU
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<br />The public hearing wiD be held at 6:30 p.m. on Juty' 24, 2007, in
<br />the City Commissioo Chambers, localed at 18070 Collins Avenue,
<br />Sumy Isles Beach, Florida, 33160, for the purposes 01 receiving
<br />public comment on the proposed assessments. All alfected
<br />property owners have a right 10 appear at the hearing and to file
<br />written objections with the City Commission prior to or at the
<br />hearing. If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the
<br />City Commissioo with respect 10 any maner considered al the
<br />hearing, such person win need a reto(d of the proceedings and
<br />may need to ensure thai a vef'batim record is made, including the
<br />testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made.
<br />
<br />Copies of the Resolution Declaring the tny'a Intent to hnpose
<br />Special A$$C$smenb for Atlantic Isle, the propoHd Sp~lal
<br />Assessment Ordlnance, PrenmlnalJ Assessment Methodology
<br />Report, and PrenmlnalJ Assessment Ron, as well as plans
<br />and speclftcations for the sewer ImproWlments, Inctudlng the
<br />assessment plat and estimated costs of the Improvements,
<br />are available for Inspection during norm. I business hours at
<br />the City Clerk's otfIce at the Government Center, located at
<br />18070 CoBlns Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160. If you
<br />have any questions please contact the CfIy Manager's OffIce
<br />at (305) 792-1701.
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<br />. lnaccordancewlththeAmtricanswithOisabilitiesAct,allper$OflS~
<br />[ are disabled and who need specia.lllCCOmmodations 10 participate in this
<br />, ....,., "'''"''' ,llhal .""'my """'" "",lad II.. City ":::.J!
<br />305-947-<1606, no later than 48 hours prior 10 the pmceedingS; if hellMg
<br />~led'pJ'''' """"'" ""TOO Un. at IJO~"o-23661", __.
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