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Story System MIAE by PRAMSAY Time 19:25:55 Date Stor 0Stor name INL PAGESLast text user PRAMSAYE 1 F1LT Ke 1 19:25:54 by MCARROLLby MCARROLLby MCARROLLby MCARROLL CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK CYAN )( YELLOW )( MAGENTA )( BLACK LIVING ARTS www.miami.com www.broward.com SECTION EDITOR: KENDALL HAMERSLY 305-376-3667 or 954-764-7026 ext. 3667 QUICK READ TELEVISION ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS INSIDE CARL STAFF KEN SNELL AND RONNY THE HERALD CARL STAFF ANA VECIANA- SUAREZ real DRAMA lif Cancer has robbed three South Florida women of more than their hair. Their struggles are mirrored in the Pulitzer-winning play Wit STEPHEN SMITH BYLINES Channel 51 final ly tunes in to the bi gpictur There was a time not so long ago when Ana Cuervo could dash out for a jar of baby food with little fear of encountering her public because there mucho fa public if you toiled in front of the camera for WSCV-Telemundo 51. I ran to get lunch for my baby T-shirt, jeans, nomakeup. And three people Cuervo, how are you, your I wanted to run and says Cuervo, a Channel 51 reporter.

it was very frustrating. I felt we were working very hard, trying to get the best product on the air, and I felt no one was appreciating us. We used to feel like we were the little cable It is Surviv meets Miracle on West EighthAvenue the parable of a band of veteran broadcast journalists who refused to believe they would be consigned inperpetuity to also-ran status in one of hottest news markets. For a decade and a news department battled the behemoth ofSpanish-language television, WLTV-Univision 23, with one antenna tied behind its back. Networkentertainment shows were lousy, providing pathetic lead-ins for newscasts.

Not that there were many PLEASE SEE CHANNELS, 3E TIME TO GET COZY with the couch? listed the shows and their times on Page 6E. BY CHRISTINE DOLEN In Margaret Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit the scholarly heroine experiences a range of emotions as she battles ovarian cancer. Sharon Blynn, and Brenda Hark can empathize. Blynn and are living with ovarian cancer; Hark is a 15- year survivor of breast cancer. The women gathered in a cramped, second-floor room on a sultryJune night for the first read-throughof Wit the moving drama Rafael de Acha has chosen to open New The- larger space on Laguna Street in Coral Gables this Saturday.

They were there at the invitation to react, to give feedback, having lived their own versions drama. Though it employs plenty of humor and its ending is a triumph of the spirit over the flesh, it also embraces the tragic: As Vivian Bearing, the heroine, observesin PLEASE SEE THEATER, 2E TUESDAY, JULY17, 2001 S.D. N.D. BRO PB ran kyf lyw heels add pint ocol life The sun has begun to slip below the line of tiled roofs and the leafy tops of oaktrees when Alan Nowell wheels his metal and pulley treasures onto the driveway ofhis Pinecrest home. With the help of sons Dana and Chris, he tries to get the engines started.

Crank. Pull. Heave. Then cranksome more. One eventually burps into life.

So does a second one, just as noisy and smoky. The third flywheel engine, however, refuses to start no matter how much the three Nowells try to coax it. Thing is, these machines are temperamental. And old early 1900s old, as a matter of fact. Nowell is a collector of antique engines and machinery.

probably met him or at least his as he calls it if ever been to a local festival. a proud daddy of these belching machines and is not at all shy aboutshow- ing them off. As well he should be. These stationary engines played a key role during the mechanization of America from the turn of the century to World War II. They did farm chores and small-factory machine work.

With a large pulleyattached PLEASE SEE FLYWHEELS, 3E Knowing full well that you have leisure time to fill in the summer, we feature each Tuesday apaperback perfect for the beach or couch. This week Water In Between: A Journey at by Kevin Patterson. show you how to have a midlife crisis vicariously. A quick glimpse at the plot is on Page 2E along with The New York Times list of bestsellers. ROCKING IN SPRINGFIELD: R.E.M.

will join the likes of the Smashing Pumpkins, the Who and Aerosmith for an episode of to air on Fox around Thanksgiving. GROOMING AN ANTIQUE: Alan Nowell tunes up a flywheel engine at his home in Pinecrest. ART IMITATES LIFE: Barbara Sloan, left, plays a woman battling ovarian cancer in Sharon Blynn, right, is actually fighting the disease. OLDER AMERICANS have many job opportunities, but most are at minimum wage. Dick Randall offers tips to help you get an above-average salary.

Page 3E BREAKING NEWS: Anchors Ambrosio left, and Leticia Callava, center, get updates on a plane crash from Nicole Freixas. GUILTY PLEASURE.