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ik ir-i moT M' i south Florida Sun-Sentinel SOUTH FLORIDA PB WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2002 5B Edge won't appoint cleaBEp overseer no 'l Tribe seeks action on 1992 suit settlement placing native plants, feeding the growth of exotic ones and changing the face of the shallow marsh for wildlife. Gary Goforth, the district's chief consulting engineer and an Everglades restoration expert, said more than 1 ,350 tons of phosphorus has been removed from the federally protected Everglades. The tribe wants to make sure that all sources of phosphorus are counted when determining compliance with the U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler gave government lawyers one month to respond to other requests by Miccosu-kee Indians and environmentalists for enforcement of a 1992 lawsuit settlement. The tribe claims government agencies are dragging their feet on pollution control projects and violating terms of the settlement intended to protect the Everglades from ecology-choking phosphorus.

"You're saying that there is plenty of time and plenty of op portunities and not enough dust to close our eyes," Hoeveler said, summarizing the position of state water managers. "I think that you're right." Phosphorus reduction rules took effect in 1999 at the Loxa-hatchee refuge in western Palm Beach County and will extend to Everglades National Park in October 2003 and December 2006. The tribe claims the Loxahatchee refuge is breaking the rules now and says the park deadlines will be missed by the South Florida The tribe also wants government agencies to file a report in March on Everglades National Park water quality and updates every six months starting Nov. 1 to gauge overall compliance. The biggest phosphorus-removal projects are a series of six manmade lakes between farms and Everglades, laker that soak up the mineral by the ton.

The long-term cost of better Everglades water quality and quantity is estimated at $7.8 billion, to be shared by federal and state agencies. Water Management District. After two days of testimony on the state of phosphorus-removal projects, Kirk Burns, attorney for the district, said he would be surprised if the judge adopted any of the tribe's requests. But tribal attorney Dexter Lehtinen said, "If I were the government, I would not take too much comfort in the fact that he says the deadlines are one year away." Phosphorus is a major ingredient in fertilizers and the Ever-glades' prime pollutant, dis i By Catherine Wilson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS miami A federal judge Tuesday refused to appoint a tn special overseer to closely monitor state and federal compliance with Everglades cleanup requirements. Caribbean system poses threat of serious flooding Tropical depression 10 11 p.m.

Tuesday: 16.9 77.9 Winds: 35 mph Moving: NW 7 mph A ezuela. Then it was revived as it slid into the warm waters of the Caribbean on Tuesday. Meanwhile, another tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Ocean about 725 miles east-northeast of Bermuda on Tuesday. SOARING HEAT INDEX It was forecast to move northeast out to sea, posing little threat to any land. In a related matter, weather officials said because of high humidity and temperatures in the mid-90s, the heat index went over 100 degrees in some sections of South Florida on Tuesday.

STORM CONTINUED FROM PAGE IB prepared to issue a flood watch as early as today but likely will do so on Thursday, said meteorologist Bob Pifer. Lushine said if the system stays on a distinct westerly track, South Florida might escape with a minimum amount of rain. On the other hand, he said, under an "extreme" scenario it could stall nearby and generate heavy rains on and off for up to four days with accumulations of up to 30 inches. THE NO-NAME STORM OF 2000 Even half that amount would flood streets, force rising water into homes, cause widespread power outages and damage crops. The so-called no-name storm did just that in October 2000, when it dumped 15 inches of rain on South Florida.

The current system was expected to create squally conditions in Jamaica and western Cuba by today, posing the possibility of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. At 1 1 p.m. a tropical storm warning was issued for Jamaica and a tropical storm watch was issued for the Cayman Islands. A hurricane watch may be posted for western Cuba today. Initially designated Tropical Depression No.

10, the system deflated to a tropical wave on Monday after being ground down by the north shore of Ven s7 Friday' MEXICff Mexico Thanifav Ocean WonuT TV Staff graphic Ken Kaye can be reached at or 954-385-7911. Digest STAFF REPORTS PALM BEACH COUNTY Women voters' league may revise its charter The possibility of revising the Palm Beach County charter, including the idea of electing a county executive or mayor, is being studied by the League of Women Voters. The south Palm Beach County chapter of the league will hear a presentation on those questions today at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, west of Delray Beach. Speaking will be Lisa Aronson, executive director of the Broward County Charter Review Commission. Part of the league's review will address whether Palm Beach County should have a charter review commission.

The program will begin at 10:15 a.m. For more information, call 561-368-0081. WEST BOCA Woman reported missing returns home A woman from west of Boca Raton who was reported as missing last week returned unharmed to her family during the weekend, police say. The Palm Beach County Sheriff Office had been searching for Mary Bishop, 29, since Sept. 9.

They said Tuesday that she had simply been out of the state. FORT LAUDERDALE DCF oversaw life of baby who died -i V. I i wssfc I Families remain friendly since the boy died in van. BY VICKY AGNEW STAFF WRITER Two weeks before he was born, there was a piece of paper ordering Baby Boy Gutmann into protective custody. It was all his mother could think about as she gave birth to him.

"I was scared to take him out of the hospital," said his mother, Clarice Gutmann, 23. But she did. And two weeks later, true to their word, officials with the Florida Department of Children Families knocked on the door of her Naranja home in Miami-Dade County. "They gave me absolutely no choice whatsoever," Gutmann said. "But they had to take me with them because I wouldn't leave him." Such was the beginning of the 7-month life of Phillip Gutmann, a life that ended in the back of a sweltering minivan, forgotten by a family friend who had meant to drop him off at day care.

The friend, Yunia Lleonart Perez, discovered his body in front of her apartment, which is near the Gutmann's home. Phillip died of heatstroke. Perez, 26, charged last week with aggravated manslaughter of a child, has returned home. There is no bitterness between the families. "She's devastated.

She's very scared," Gutmann said of her friend. "She's afraid she's going to lose her kids." DCF documents released for the first time Tuesday offered no new information about the investigation surrounding Phillip's death, but they did shine light on the family's struggles. Born into a family fractured by allegations of physical and sexual abuse, Phillip lived his first five months with his mother and older brother Joshua, 5, in the home of family friends appointed by DCF as custodians of the children. Joshua had been with them since November after DCF received reports that his stepfather Clarice Gutmann's husband Phillip Gutmann, 26, had sexually abused Joshua and hit his wife. Clarice Gutmann said the abuse never happened and that she was manipulated by a friend and DCF workers into saying it did.

City will build new aquatics center The city gave up thoughts of working in tandem with a private developer to get a new Swimming Hall of Fame aquatics complex on the beach opting instead Tuesday to build it on their own for $27.7 million. Having rejected developer deals to build a new swim complex in conjunction with a hotel or condos, city commissioners committed to borrowing the money. With little fanfare or debate, the commissioners' decision Tuesday night put an end to a controversy that began last year. 3 medical students get new location for training By shannon O'Boye STAFF WRITER The three medical students suspected and then cleared last week of planning a terror attack on Miami will do their clinical training at another South Florida hospital after Larkin Community Hospital turned them away, a medical school official said Tuesday. Dr.

Nancy Perri, dean of clinical sciences at Ross University Medical School where the three men are students declined to name the new hospital because of the backlash against Larkin. Larkin CEO and President Jack Michel said about 200 of the 2,000 e-mails he received after the men were detained 18 hours near the western end of Alligator Alley were so threatening he did not think it was safe to let them train at Larkin. "We respect the position Larkin has taken," Perri said. "They're in the primary business of taking care of patients. We have found training sites to take care of these students.

They will be assigned and complete their medical education in due course These students have not been charged with any crime. There was an investigation that the university cooperated with, and the outcome was such that the students were released without being charged. We're fully supportive of these students." Altaf Ali, executive director of CAIR, a nonprofit organization of Muslim activists, said he, too, understood Michel's decision. He said he hoped the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would be able to trace some of the threatening correspondence and bring charges against the authors, if appropriate. FDLE spokeswoman Lisa Akhavan said agents were looking for specific threats in the e-mails that might violate hate crime laws.

The situation began when Kambiz Butt, 25, Ay-man Gheith, 27, both of urban Chicago, and Omer Choudhary, 23, of Independence, stopped to eat Thursday at a Shoney's restaurant in Calhoun, Ga. Another customer, Eunice Stone, said she contacted authorities after overhearing the men talking about an attack in Miami on Sept. 13. The men deny making any such comments. EXPRESSING THEMSELVES: FAU student Shirley DeWitt, front, and Dara Lenoff, a student at Boca High School, protest during a visit to FAU from Gov.

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