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  UM Hospital raises standards across South Florida

  Last fall, after months of ignoring my gastrointestinal distress, I sought a blood test, which prompted an urgent message from my doctor. She warned that my kidneys were failing, my life was in danger and I had to get to an emergency room immediately.

• FIU thanks legislators for education commitment

  I would like to commend publicly our elected officials who this year put higher education front and center during the legislative session. They took the first opportunity offered by the improving economy to return funding that had been cut from the State University System and invest in the future of our state.

• Plant thief at Fairchild Gardens

  I was recently at Fairchild Gardens and after much consideration, purchased two lovely specimens from the Flowering Tree Society’s plant sale. A very nice helper offered to take my plants to the front entrance. I could have carried them with my friend Jim, but she was adorable and I told her I’d drive my car around. When I got there, her face was red and she was on the verge of tears.