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28 Pages Vol. 50 No. 94 Saturday, November 20/21, 1976 10 Cents Weekend Edition

Bazaar fever

- Photo by KAY SEVERINSEN Bazaar fever Homemade dollies, Christmas tree ornaments, fudge and cakes, they're all to be found at the pre-holiday bazaars held every weekend by various organizations. Here a shopper examines an ornament tree at the Dade County Council of Garden Club Presidents bazaar.

No money School papers may fold

By ANA MARIA ALVAREZ Staff Writer High school papers might become a thing of the past - at least at Coral Gables Senior High and Ponce de Leon Junior - unless funds can be found to cover the mounting costs. At Coral Gables Senior, the student newspaper The Highlights, is already in debt $1,000, and the bills keep mounting. At Ponce, one of the few junior highs in the county that has a commercially printed newspaper, the school is able to cover the cost of about three out of the eight issues required by the Dade County School Board. Although the funding is different for the senior highs, both schools face a tremendous shortage in funds necessary to produce the required number of issues. "Last year we lost money and this year it is going to be worst because the printing costs have gone up and the availability of advertising has gone down," said Alan Olkes, principal of Gables. It costs Gables about See PRINTING, Page 2

Metro approves cul-de-sac, but not to residents' liking

By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer In a week or so, the area in front of Miami Heights Elementary School, 17661 SW 117th Ave, will be buzzing with workmen. But they won't be building the cul-de-sac that area residents won after six months of red tape. The workmen will be constructing a simulated cul-de-sac, with guard rails and flashing barricades. The simulation was approved by Metro this week, after the school's PTA board and other interested citizens asked that the cul-de-sac be tested before it is built. In July, Metro voted down the cul-de-sac but two weeks ago Metro reconsidered and gave the construction the go-ahead. Mike Simonoff, 5250 SW 84th St., an architect who designed the cul-de-sac that was presented to the commission, is very disappointed. "It's not possible to do a proper simulation," he said. "Temporary barricades make people think they will be down the next day." "This is definitely a set-back," he added. "It has taken a ridiculous amount of time and effort (to get the cul-de-sac passed.) I don't think it will ever be built." But the PTA board members who initiated the pre-test idea think a test is necessary to insure child safety. Pat Lough, who is chairman of the board's safety committee, said they are afraid that re-routed traffic will cause safety hazards at other intersections. "We want to be sure children will be safe at home, not just at school," she said. The board believes the re-routed traffic will go dangerously close to the Pine Lake Elementary School which will open next year. "We have asked Metro to take traffic counts at four intersections," said Mrs. Lough. "They are: 112th Avenue and 168th Street (near the new school); 119th Avenue and 178th Terrace; 119th Avenue and 176th Street; 119th Avenue and 172nd Street." "We are not against the cul-de-sac," she stressed. "If the simulation works, our problem will be solved. We feel very posi- See SIMULATION, Page 3

Clip and save

This is the seventh in a series of phone numbers most frequently called by residents of South Dade and Coral Gables. The Times/Guide is publishing these lists as a service to readers. (In last week's transportation listing, the number for Turtle Cabs which services South Miami and Coral Gables, was inadvertantly left out. The number is 665-5446.) GOVERNMENT AUTO INSPECTION Coral Gables | 443-6647 Cutler Ridge | 238-9668 Kendall | 279-7006 South Miami | 667-5692 CITY HALL (W. Miami) | 266-1122 (Gables) | 446-0881 (S. Miami) | 667-5691 DRIVER'S LICENSE Concord | 223-1731 Coral Reef | 232-0561 PUBLIC SERVICE COMM | 1-800-342-3552 POST OFFICE Coral Gables | 445-8841 Kendall | 235-7511 Ludlam | 666-0971 Olympia Heights | 226-7522 Perrine | 235-2911 South Miami | 661-1734 Tamiami | 261-5102 SOUTH DADE GOV'T CENTER | 232-1810 VOTER REGISTRATION | 358-3600 WELFARE DEPT. | 547-7600

MMAC officials deny seeking county management

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, now located at 7867 N. Kendall Drive. By CLAIRE ORTALDA Staff Writer On Friday, Nov. 5, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center officials announced to community leaders and the media that the MMAC had received the largest single collection to works of the noted sculptor Jacques Lipchitz as a gift from the Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Foundation, based in New York. The announcement touched off a speculation by a Miami daily newspaper that the Lipchitz gift would be used "in the nature of bait" for MMAC management of the county's proposed downtown library-museum. Museum officials deny that they are seeking management of the county facility. "Our structure is at the Biltmore," said Dr. Arnold Lehman, director of MMAC. "Our thinking is that the Lipchitz sculptures are going to be displayed at the Biltmore, as a gift to our museum." Conditions of the gift, set by the Lipchitz Foundation' include "Proper display" and legal responsibility by the by the MMAC board of trustees. According to Lehman, if the MMAC should be asked to display the Lipchitz collection at the downtown facility, "we cannot give up that responsibility." The final decision regarding management of the downtown facility rests with the Metro Commission. According to Connie Borgschulte, administrative assistant to the County Manager, "It has not been determined who the operating agency for the visual arts museum will be." The Arts and Sciences Council, created by the Metro Commission, has established a committee which will make recommendations to the Commission on the function of the downtown library museum. The facility will be primarily a central library for the downtown area, said Mrs. Borgschulte, with plans for one or more museums, which will share facilities, like parking. See METRO, Page 3