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CG an South Dade court branch returns to full time By AMINDA MARQUES GONZALEZ Herald Staff Writer Starting Monday, the county court offices in Cutler Ridge will return to full operation with the temporary appointment of a retired judge. Two weeks ago, the South Dade court branch ran out of money to pay a retired judge to fill in at the South Dade Government Center, 10710 SW 211th St. Judge Gerald Hubbart, who was at the Cutler Ridge branch, was By Herald court judge. court pay South at moved downtown in June to fill the vacancy created when Circuit Judge Frederick Moreno moved to federal court, said acting Chief Circuit Judge Herbert Klein. But starting in January, County Judge Lauren Miller will be permanently assigned to Cutler Ridge to hear civil cases and some circuit cases like uncontested divorces, adoptions and name changes.

Once a week, a third judge will visit South Dade to take care of any overflow of cases, Klein said. "There is a need down there, not only for the convenience of the public, but the police officers," Klein said. "It saves distance, time, travel and money." According to the clerk's office in the South Dade branch, more than 7,500 civil cases and 1,027 circuit cases have been filed this year. South Dade lawyers, who heard rumblings of a permanent cutback in services, started a letter-writing campaign. "We're not going to cut services, AN JUNIOR BOWL FESTIVAL UPCOMING EVENTS 1990 JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL CALENDAR Dec.

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The moves are good news to the 60 members of the South Dade and Homestead bar associations, who feared having to travel at least 45 minutes to air their clients' grievances downtown. "This is wonderful news," said Sam Carter, attorney and president of the South Dade Bar Association. "The age of miracles is not over." He said the caseload was too much for one judge to handle. Talk of court cutbacks came on the heels of a proposal to close the county's auto tag agency in the South Dade Government Center. That office, slated to be cut by the end of November, was restored by a resolution introduced by Hawkins.

"It's kind of like the south end is cut off," said John Maas, incoming president of the Homestead Bar Association. "It seems like they're always the ones to suffer." Sweetwater gets Spanish sister city Sweetwater has a new sister. City commissioners approved Guitiriz, a city in the province of Lugo, Spain, as Sweetwater's sister city because of the ties between the two. Cubans and other Hispanics have traditionally gone to Guitiriz to soak in the city's mineral baths, which are said to have medicinal properties, said Mario Gonzalez, who put the two cities in touch. "I talked with the mayor of Guitiriz, Francisco Fernandez Santiso, about establishing a friendship and cooperation between the two and he thought it was a good idea since there are so many Cubans who visit," said Gonzalez, a columnist for Cartel Magazine in Miami and a correspondent for a newspaper in Lugo.

Gonzalez presented the idea to commissioners last week. They unanimously approved it. Sweetwater's other sister city is Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. "We're very happy about having this affinity, this friendship with Guitiriz," Montiel said. "It's nice to establish this communication and learn about each other's cultures." Affordable $19 Eye Exam by Independent Doctor of Optometry located at Cohen's Fashion Optical.

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