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PROVIDENCE, R.I.,Nov. 23, 2015 (AP): BrownUniversity is launching aseries of lectures and work-shops on racism.
Tricia Rose, a professor whoheads Brown’s Center for theStudy of Race and Ethnicityin America, will direct theproject, the university an-nounced Monday. She’ll leadthe first session Dec. 2.
WASHINGTON, DC, 25XI 15 (AP): Estados Unidos yCuba abordarán la semanapróxima en Washingtonasuntos migratorios y de luchacontra el narcotráfico.
El Departamento deEstado dijo en un comunicadoque la reunión tendrá lugar el30 de noviembre y que en ellase tratará la implementación
WASHINGTON, DC,24 XI 15 (AP): Elprecandidato presidencialdemócrata Bernie Sandersprometió el martes crearun sistema de inmigración“humano” y expandir losdecretos del mandatarioBarack Obama sobre eltema en los primeros 100días de su gobierno si eselegido presidente.
El senador federal porVermont dijo quepermitiría que todos losinmigrantes que hanresidido en EstadosUnidos sin permiso duranteal menos cinco añospermanezcan en el país sintemor a ser deportados.Señaló queaproximadamente nuevemillones de personasestarían cubiertas por susacciones.
“Tenemos unaobligación de promulgarpolíticas que unan a lasfamilias, no que lasseparen”, dijo Sanders enun comunicado en el queanunció su plan.
La inmigración ha sidouno de los temasprincipales en la campañapresidencial demócrata,ya que Hillary RodhamClinton, Martin O’Malleyy Sanders han apelado alcreciente segmento de
WASHINGTON, DC,Nov. 24, 2015 (AP): Demo-cratic presidential candidateBernie Sanders vowed Tues-day to create a “humane”immigration system and saidif elected he would expandupon President BarackObama’s executive actionswithin the first 100 days ofassuming the presidency.
The Vermont senator saidhe would allow all undocu-mented immigrants who havebeen in the United States for atleast five years to stay in thecountry without fear of beingdeported. He said nearly 9million people would be cov-ered by his actions.
“We have an obligation toenact policies that unite fami-lies, not tear them apart,” Sand-ers said in a statement an-nouncing the plan.
Immigration has taken aleading role in the Democraticpresidential campaign asHillary Rodham Clinton,Martin O’Malley, and Sand-ers have appealed to the party’sgrowing segment of Latino
voters. The candidates have sug-gested the Obama administra-tion has been too aggressive indeporting people living in theU.S. without documentation.
Sanders’ proposal came daysafter the Obama administrationfiled an appeal to the SupremeCourt to review its plan to shieldfrom deportation millions of im-migrants who are in the countrywithout documentation. TheObama executive actions wereaimed at protecting and givingwork permits to as many as 5million immigrants but federalcourts have blocked the execu-tive actions following a lawsuitby a group of mostly Republi-can-led states.
The senator’s proposal isrooted in pursuing executiveactions without waiting for Con-gress to overhaul the nation’simmigration system, steps hiscampaign said would providerelief to nearly 9 million immi-grants living in the U.S. withoutdocumentation.
Sanders would press Con-gress, his campaign said, tochange immigration laws if he
was elected president andwould seek a 5-year pathwayto citizenship for people liv-ing in the U.S. without docu-mentation.
He would attempt todecouple the enforcement offederal immigration laws bylocal police “to stop copsbeing viewed by the commu-nity as deportation agents.”
And he would seek to pushback against the “militariza-tion” of the U.S. Southernborder and devote resourcestoward reducing borderdeaths and making U.S. Cus-toms and Border protectionmore accountable, his cam-paign said.
Clinton said earlier onFacebook that her recent useof the term “illegal immi-grants” at a New Hampshiretown hall was a “poor choiceof words.” In his immigrationplatform, Sanders refers topeople living in the U.S. with-out documentation as “aspir-ing Americans.”
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votantes latinos en el partido.Los precandidatos haninsinuado que el gobierno deObama ha sido demasiadoagresivo al deportar a perso-nas que residen de manerailegal en Estados Unidos.
La propuesta de Sandersse da días después de que elgobierno federal presentóuna apelación ante la CorteSuprema para revisar su plande proteger de la deportacióna millones de inmigrantes queresiden de manera ilegal en elpaís. Las órdenes ejecutivasde Obama tenían la intenciónde proteger y otorgarpermisos de trabajo hasta acinco millones deinmigrantes, pero las cortesfederales han bloqueado susdecretos ejecutivos tras unademanda judicial interpuestapor diversos estados, en sumayoría republicanos.
La propuesta del senadorse basa en emitir accionesejecutivas sin esperar alCongreso para reformar elsistema nacional deinmigración, pasos que, deacuerdo a su campaña,brindarían ayuda a casi 9millones de inmigrantes queresiden de manera ilegal enEstados Unidos.
Según su equipo campaña,en caso de llegar a lapresidencia, Sanderspresionaría al Congreso para
cambiar las leyesmigratorias y buscaríaimplementar unmecanismo a cinco añospara la naturalización dequienes viven en EstadosUnidos de manera ilegal.
Dijo que intentaríadesligar a la policía localdel ejercicio de las leyesmigratoria “para evitarque los policías sigansiendo vistos por lacomunidad como agentesde deportación”.
También buscaríarechazar la“militarización” de lafrontera sur y destinarrecursos a reducir lasmuertes en la frontera, asícomo obligar a que elservicio federal deProtección Fronteriza yAduanas rinda cuentas porsus actos, anunció sucampaña.
Clinton dijopreviamente en Facebookque su reciente uso deltérmino “inmigrantesilegales” durante un actopúblico en New Hampshirefue “una mala selección depalabras”. En su programapolítico migratorio, Sand-ers se refiere a las personasque viven ilegalmente enEstados Unidos como“aspirantes aestadounidenses”.
Sanders boceta plan para reforma integral deinmigraciónPor KEN THOMAS, Associated Press
Sanders outlines plan to overhaul immigrationlawsBy KEN THOMAS, Associated Press
de acuerdos migratoriosbilaterales que regulen lamigración de cubanos haciaEstados Unidos.
El encuentro estaba previstooriginalmente en julio pero fuepospuesto ante la reapertura delas respectivas embajadas, frutodel acercamiento diplomáticoque ambas nacionesadelantaron este año.
The free program will fo-cus on “structural racism” inhousing, education, wealth,criminal justice and massmedia. It will continuethrough the spring and fall2016 semesters.
The announcementcomes after the Ivy Leaguecollege in Providence un-veiled an action plan andpledged to spend $100 mil-
lion over the next decadeto address diversity andracism on campus.
Earlier this month,graduate students de-manded administrators in-crease efforts to improverace relations after a visit-ing Dartmouth Collegestudent was detained whileattending a conference forLatino students.
Al día siguiente,funcionarios delDepartamento de Estado, laDirección EstadounidenseAntidrogas, la policíafronteriza y aduanera y laGuardia Costera analizaráncon autoridades cubanasestrategias para incrementarla cooperación bilateral en lalucha contra el narcotráfico.
Brown launching public workshops on racism
EEUU y Cuba abordarán migración y drogasla semana próxima
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Detroit: En apoyo a losestudiantes para quecontinúen con su educación,Juan Manuel Solana, Cónsulde México en Detroit, entregóel pasado viernes 20 denoviembre, los fondos delPrograma IME Becas a losbeneficiarios: Plazacomunitaria Casa Amigaubicada en Pontiac, MI, Plazacomunitaria CasaGuadalupana ubicada enDetroit, MI y Michigan StateUniversity.
El Programa IME Becas secreó en el 2005 con el fin decontribuir a elevar los niveleseducativos de la poblaciónmexicana y de origenmexicano, radicada enEstados Unidos. Desde ese año,el Gobierno de México otorgaanualmente 10 millones depesos a organizacionessociales no lucrativas oinstituciones educativas quecuenten con programas deeducación y capacitación ode apoyo a la educación supe-rior, para inmigrantesmexicanos interesados eniniciar, continuar o terminarsus estudios.
Tanto la Casa Amiga, comoMichigan State University,han recibido dichos fondosanteriormente y este añorenuevan su compromiso decontinuar con su apoyo a losjóvenes mexicanos. ElíasLópez, Coordinador deReclutamiento del ProgramaCAMP (College AssitanceMigrant Program) en Michi-gan State University,comentó: “Estos fondos hanayudado a los estudiante dediferentes promedios para lacompra de libros o pagopendiente que tienen con laUniversidad; pero la mayoríade las veces es para apoyo delibros o materiales paracontinuar con sus estudios”.
Este año, Michigan StateUniversity recibió una becade 10 mil dólares. “Cada añocambia dependiendo de losfondos con los que cuente elGobierno de México y esteaño fue de 10mil. Es una ayudatremenda, ya que como dice elCónsul Solana no es muchodinero para tantos estudiantespero si ayudas a un estudiante
para comprar su libro, es ungran apoyo porque esa per-sona no sabía de dónde ibasacar ese dinero. Estamos muyagradecidos por este granapoyo”.
La oficina de Migrant Stu-dent Services cuenta con tresprogramas, dos de ellostrabajan directamente conestudiantes que estáninternados en la universidad,uno de ellos es CAMP y el otroHEP (High School Equiva-lency Program), parainternados de corto plazo; esdecir, son estudiantes que noterminaron su High School yestán ahí para completar suGED. “El apoyo de las BecasIME va para los estudiantes deambos programas”, dijo enentrevistado.
Los estudiantes de estosprogramas son migrantesque trabajan en el campo.“Todos tienen necesidadesúnicas; por ejemplo los queestán en el programa de GED,cuando se gradúan y entran aotro nivel de estudio, se lesbrinda el apoyo usando elIME becas para sus gastos deinscripción, libros omateriales, lo que ellosdecidan”, añadió ElíasLópez. “En cambio, como losestudiantes de CAMP yaestán en la universidad, lasnecesidades son diferentes”.
Por su parte, la Plazacomunitaria CasaGuadalupana ubicada en De-troit, es la primera vez querecibe estos fondos. Alrespecto, la Directora TeresaMonsivais, comentó: “Elfondo de las Becas IME nosservirá como incentivo paraestudiantes y maestro, asícomo para el material quehaga falta en la PlazaComunitaria”.
En marzo del presente año
arranco esta iniciativa de laplaza comunitaria bajo elnombre de La CasaGuadalupe, todo gracias queel Padre Mario, Sacerdote dela parroquia de Nuestra Señorade Guadalupe (anteriormenteSt. Steven) conoció elprograma de la Casa Amiga enPontiac y le agradomuchísimo, así que decidióemprender su propio proyectojunto con la Hermana Maryque tiene un programa desdehace seis años, de tutoría paradespués de la escuela de losniños, y le ha ido muy bien.
“Los dos empezaron aplanear y vieron que era unaexcelente manera de cubrirlas necesidades de nuestracreciente comunidad latina.Cuando me ofrecieron esteproyecto, quede encantadade poder ayudar a mi gente,ya que a pesar de que estoyaquí desde chiquita, nací enMonterrey, Nuevo León. Mispadres se conocieron ahí,uno de Guanajuato y otro deZacatecas. Este proyecto senecesita aquí, hay una grannecesidad de la gente porconcluir con sus estudios”,informó Teresa Monsivais.
En esta Plaza Comunitarialos estudiantes pueden recibirsus certificados de Primaria ySecundaria a través delInstituto Nacional para laEducación de los Adultos(INEA). “Empezamos con 65estudiantes y tenemos clasesen la mañana y en la tarde. Nolo habíamos anunciadoporque empezamos con pocosfondos, la escuela todavíanecesita mucho arreglo peropoco a poco vamos saliendoadelante”, concluyó laentrevistada.
En caso de que usted deseeterminar con su educaciónprimaria o secundaria, favor
de contactarse con: TeresaMonsivais de CasaGuadalupe, ubicada en el 4311de la calle Central, en Detroit,Michigan. Tel. (313) 303 4694o en Pontiac con VivianaCornejo, Directora de His-panic Outreach Services (LaCasa Amiga), ubicada en el 76de la calle William, Pontiac.Tel. (248) 338 4250(www.cssoc.org). Si eresestudiante de MSU y deseasdisfrutar de estos beneficios,comunicarte con Elias Lópezal (517) 432 9900 (http://mss.msu.edu/camp).
IME Becas se ha orientadoa diferentes segmentos de lapoblación con necesidadeseducativas particulares.Inicialmente la convocatoriase enfocó en apoyar aorganizaciones sociales yunidades educativas queofrecieran cursos de educaciónpara adultos: alfabetización,primaria, secundaria, Examende Desarrollo de EducaciónGeneral (GED por su siglas eninglés); capacitación encomputación, capacitaciónlaboral, y clases de inglés comosegundo idioma (ESL por sussiglas en inglés). Bajo estamodalidad se apoya a las Pla-zas Comunitarias ubicadas entodo Estados Unidos.
A partir de 2010, elprograma diversificó supoblación objetivo al ofrecerbecas a universidades parabeneficiar a jóvenesuniversitarios mexicanos y deorigen mexicano. La finalidaden esta modalidad ha sidoproporcionar los medios parafinanciar a estudiantesa c a d é m i c a m e n t esobresalientes que deseencompletar sus estudios enuniversidades y colegioscomunitarios de los EstadosUnidos.
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About once a month, musicfans across the country cancatch Freddy G spinning thelatest Tejano hits on WBGU-FM 88.1.
Fred Gutiérrez currentlycompiles a four-hour show thatruns 8 a.m. to noon on Sundaymornings, time that BowlingGreen State University has de-voted to international-themedshows as part of an effort topromote diversity. “La Unica”shows air on a rotating basis, soFreddy G is behind the micro-phone once every three weeks.
Over the years, Freddy G hasbroadcasted at WBGU with DJssuch as Geraldo Rosales, JoeCárdenas, Andrés Alvarez,Maribel, and Rudy Lomeli.
Gutiérrez has been broad-casting for almost three decades,first brought into the fold by hisformer co-host Juan Sánchez,who has since moved out of thearea. Both were part of a verysuccessful Tejano program onWRED 95.7FM out ofGibsonburg, Ohio, organizedby Celso Rodríguez. The 8-year program ran every week-end and included additionalDJs such as Lupe Moreno (now,lead vocalist for Tejano SoundBand), Joe Muñoz, and IsraelZamarripa.
Freddy G also co-hostedTejano programs with SuperDJ Sylvester Durán on WFOB1430AM (out of Fostoria, Ohio)and occasionally on WCWA1230AM (out of Toledo).
“I enjoy it and I enjoy mu-sic. We have so much music—lots and lots of music—I havecollected over the years,” hesaid. “I just like to put it on.Now with the Internet, you canfind any kind of music that youwant online.”
“La Unica” also is broad-cast over the Internet, so
Freddy G has found amuch wider audience,with faithful fans listen-ing in Texas, Califor-nia, and Florida, amongother locations.
“They call us on aweekly basis,” said the65-year old Gutiérrez. “Ihave a lot of music.”
Freddy G estimateshis Tejano music col-lection at “about 3,000CD’s.” That’s not badfor a kid who preferredrock-and-roll music anddidn’t like Tejano grow-ing up in Brownsville,Texas.
“Now that I’m olderand after I came up here, I justsaw the need for Mexican mu-sic, so I started listening to itand tried to get into it,” herecalled. “I speak Spanish flu-ently, so I just started to workwith people. I enjoy Mexicanmusic now. But when I was akid, I didn’t. I was a Beatles fan.You know, every kid growingup then, it was about rock, rock-and-roll. I just grew up and gotinto Tejano music—and that’swhat I do now.”
With the need to keep hisshow fresh and play the latestTejano music, his collectioncontinues to grow by leaps andbounds.
“I keep buying it, but a lot ofit they just send to us,” saidGutiérrez.
But Freddy G refuses to callhis long-time radio gig a sec-ond career.
“It’s a hobby. It’s more of ahobby,” he explained. “There’sno money involved, so, no, wedon’t make any money. Wedon’t charge for any announce-ments or anything. It’s all forthe public.”
But it might as well be a
second career. A show host hasto spend an inordinate amountof time preparing for a four-hour broadcast—lining upguests, gathering information,and deciding on that day’splaylist.
“You spend time studyingthe new music. I spend thewhole week gathering all thenew music so that when I go tothe studio, I have the latest ofthe Tejano music,” he said.
Gutiérrez was born andraised in Brownsville, Texas,and migrated to NorthwestOhio at the age of 17 to workthe farm fields. He attendedOwens Community Collegeand decided to settle in thearea.
Gutiérrez worked for pipe-line companies for over 38 yearsbefore he retired, including a26-year stint with Findlay-basedMarathon Oil. He now resides inDunbridge with his wife of 42years, Lucy. The couple raisedfour adult children—one boyand three girls. All remained inNorthwest Ohio, except onewho now lives in Denver. Allfour attended Bowling Green
State University.But his passion for Tejano
music goes well beyond the air-waves. Gutiérrez works as a showpromoter and helps to line upbig-name music acts for localsummer festivals, such as Mid-west LatinoFest and the annualSs. Peter and Paul festival.
“I go to all the shows here.Now that I’m retired, I go toTexas quite a bit. I spend fourmonths out of the year in Texas,”he explained. “I just go overthere for the festivals and do a lotof promoting over there.”
While playing music, FreddyG interviews guests and pro-motes upcoming Latino eventsacross Northwest Ohio. His mostrecent show just before Thanks-giving featured an interviewwith Elaina Hernández of ElCorazón de México dancetroupe, which had a recentfundraiser dinner.
He also promoted the Dec. 5Toys for Sylvania Tots baile atSylvania Area Family Services,featuring the Tejano SoundBand and the Nov. 28 Yvonne yGrupo Fuego show at the LatinAmerican Club in Defiance.
Freddy G interviews divaYvonne Ramos-Ybarra andGrupo Fuego
Gutiérrez conducted an in-studio interview with YvonneRamos-Ybarra on her recent winat the Tejano Music Awards asBest New Tejano Female Artistand how it continues to pay bigdividends for Yvonne y GrupoFuego, as she seems to be on theairwaves weekly with one me-dia outlet or another.
The interview also featuredher husband and bandleaderMichael Ybarra, as well as herparents, where the couple re-vealed a few upcoming plans forthe band. Yvonne y GrupoFuego now has an agent in Dal-las helping to promote their mu-sic across the country. That willcome in handy, as the band putsthe finishing touches on its sec-ond CD.
“When you’re an indepen-dent artist, it’s hard, because youdon’t have a big label backingyou,” said Ms. Ramos-Ybarra.“You have to do that footworkyourself. With us being here inthe Midwest, sometimes youdon’t know all those avenues.”
The radio interview also re-capped the band’s recent trip toSan Antonio to perform and at-tend the Tejano Music Awards
ceremony whereYvonne was nomi-nated individuallyand the band col-lectively forawards.
“It was more (thatI dreamed). Hon-estly, before we gotthere, I tried not tothink about it,” saidMs. Ramos-Ybarra.“It was a little over-whelming—andyou don’t want toget your hopes up.”
While she statedthere wasn’t a com-petition betweenthe top five groups
and singers, she admitted sheand the band did what every-one else probably did: goingonline to “size up the competi-tion.” After listening to theother musical acts, she haddecided “it was anybody’s ballgame” to win.
“It was like I was in a dream.After you win the award, theytake you backstage to thismedia room. You feel likeyou’re walking in a maze,”she said. “It was overwhelm-ing. What was really surreal isbefore the awards, they takeall the artists performing andthe top five and the presentersand take us to a ‘hole-up ho-tel,’ where we were all min-gling together. Some peopleyou wouldn’t expect comeup to say hello, and they’rethe bigger names in theTejano industry.”
Yvonne revealed that justbefore she won the award forbest new Tejano female artist,the show’s organizers pulled abit of a ruse to get her back-stage. The producers sent a textasking her to come to the lobby,because a presenter had backedout at the last moment. So shewas nervously waiting in thewings, thinking she would readanother winner’s name whenher own was called by otherpresenters.
“All of a sudden, my cat-egory comes up on the screenand it starts hitting me that‘hey, wait a minute, I’m nothere to present,’” she recalled.“The waterworks had alreadystarted and I was crying beforeI even hit the stage. I couldn’tbelieve it. When I hit the stage,I honestly felt dizzy. I thoughtI was going to pass out.”
The awards ceremony wasstreamed live online, soYvonne’s family members werehuddled around a smartphoneat her grandmother’s 85th birth-day party. On the long ride homefrom Texas in the group’s RV,a relative posted a video of thefamily’s own celebration backin Northwest Ohio, whichYvonne admitted, with a laugh,started another bawling epi-sode.
While she expected to see abig production, the friendlyatmosphere and professional-ism of the San Antonio-basedawards weekend “exceeded herexpectations.” Grupo Fuegoperformed the night before theawards at a pre-ceremony event
at Bar West, alongside a bandfrom Florida.
“It was awesome to seepeople from other areas. Therewasn’t so much pressure, notbeing from Texas,” said Ms.Ramos-Ybarra.
“It was a great feeling downthere. To be accepted in yourgenre of music in the capital, itwas great to experience it,”added Michael Ybarra. “Wegot to meet a lot of people,shake a lot of hands, and makea lot of new friends and a lot ofnew connections.”
This year’s Tejano MusicAwards may have been a turn-ing point for the music genre ingeneral, because so many art-ists and groups won awards orparticipated from other citiesand states, such as Arizona,Colorado, California, and evenIdaho.
“Just seeing all these artiststhat are finally being recog-nized and to show that Tejanois not just in Texas—the bound-aries are everywhere,” Michaelnoted. “It was a nice feeling tosee that.”
Yvonne’s father Rubén ad-mitted he had never attendedthe Tejano Music Awards be-fore, despite his long and suc-cessful musical career. But hestated he and some old friendsbecame bandmates and arepracticing an 18-song set toreturn to active performing.
“Right now, the guys I’vegot in the band, they’re sea-soned musicians. They’ve beenplaying for a long time,” hesaid. “I’m ready to play. I’mready to play.”
Rubén also revealed his fa-ther played accordion and hisgrandfather played guitar—sothe family’s musical roots rundeep. The family played in thebasement at gatherings all thetime.
Yvonne stated her son anddaughter both have naturalsinging voices, but like her,they are terrified to take thestage. But Ms. Ramos-Ybarrasomehow manages to fight offher stage fright.
Most of the Grupo Fuegoband members have knowneach other for more than 20years, which Yvonne stated ismore than a musical act, butmore like a “family.”
“It’s wonderful, becausewe’re all still close to our faith.We do a lot of prayer together.I really love that about us,” shesaid. “Now, we’re all grown up.In the 90’s, we were all just kids.Now we’re all grown up, wehave our own families, and weknow what’s important. Godfirst, family second, career third.Anything outside of thatdoesn’t work.”
So even after 20 years,Freddy G still elicits new infor-mation out of veteran and up-coming Tejano acts alike, whilepromoting a sound that fadedfor a while, but continues tomake a comeback as the Latinopopulation grows by leaps andbounds.
Not bad for a radio show—WBGU-FM 88.1—started by abunch of Latino BGSU stu-dents back in 1978 by the now-familiar names of Benito Lucio,known then as El Super Mexand now retired from Ohio Joband Family Services but whostill dabbles in radio and TV inColumbus, and his then-class-mate, future community activ-ist Margarita De León. Otherfamiliar names as DJs in thosedays included Richard Romeroof Lorain and Roberto Torresof Swanton.
Rico de La Prensa contrib-uted to this report.
LATINO PROFILE: WBGU-FM Radio Show Host Freddy G, and his fantastic interviewsBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent
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WILTON, Connecticut,25 XI 15 (AP): El actor DavidCanary, más conocido porsu trabajo en la telenovelaestadounidense “All MyChildren”, falleció. Tenía 77años.
Canary murió de causasnaturales el 16 de noviembreen su casa en Wilton, Con-necticut, dijo el miércolesPaul Pyrch, de la CasaFuneraria Bouton.
La carrera de Canaryabarcó más de cinco décadas.Apareció en las películas“Hombre” y “La masacre deSan Valentín” antes deobtener papeles recurrentesen las series “Peyton Place”y “Bonanza”. En diciembrede 1983, se unió al elenco de“All My Children” para darvida a los hermanos Adam yStuart Chandler. Suinterpretación de losmellizos, uno bonachón yuno malvado, le mereció aCanary su fama y cincopremios Daytime Emmy.
“Por más de dos décadas
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP,Mich., Nov. 23, 2015 (AP):The 5-year-old grandson offormer Michigan footballcoach Lloyd Carr has died,more than a year after he wasdiagnosed with a rare, inoper-able form of brain cancer.
Chad Carr died Mondayin the family’s PittsfieldTownship home, where theboy had recently enteredhospice care, according tohis father, Jason Carr.
“He was so full of life andlove,” Michigan coach Jim
WILTON, Conn., Nov. 25,2015 (AP): Longtime soapopera actor David Canary,best known for his role as twinbrothers on “All My Chil-dren,” has died at age 77.
Canary died of naturalcauses on Nov. 16 at his homeat The Greens at Cannondalein Wilton, Connecticut, PaulPyrch of the Bouton FuneralHome said Wednesday.
Canary’s career spannedmore than five decades, withappearances in the films“Hombre” and “SaintValentine’s Day Massacre”before earning recurring roleson “Peyton Place” and “Bo-nanza.” In December 1983,he joined the cast of “All MyChildren” as twins Adam andStuart Chandler. Playing thebrothers—one evil and theother good-hearted—brought Canary his greatestfame and five Daytime EmmyAwards.
“For more than two de-
Harbaugh said on his radioshow. “But heaven got stron-ger. Heaven has another an-gel now.”
Chad’s story brought to-gether the Wolverines’ big-gest rivals as he entered hos-pice. Michigan State andOhio State players wore hel-met decals honoring himwhen they played Saturday.It featured the image of a boyflexing his muscles and“ChadToughFDN” after thefoundation created by hisparents. Jason Carr is a former
Michigan quarterback.Michigan players wrote
“(hash)ChadTough” ontheir helmets. Last year,bands from Michigan andMichigan State joined toform (hash)ChadTough onthe Spartan Stadium field.
“I texted (Lloyd Carr) tolet him know that ourthoughts and prayers arewith him,” Spartans basket-ball coach Tom Izzo said af-ter an 89-65 win over East-ern Michigan. “I can’t imag-ine what that would be like.”
cades David Canary defineddaytime drama on ABC,” thenetwork wrote in a statementTuesday. “Our hearts go out tohis family and we mourn hispassing.”
Despite his popularity on theshow, Canary shunned the spot-light and preferred to live qui-etly with his wife and family.
“At the risk of being misun-derstood, I’m a real private per-son,” Canary told The Associ-ated Press in an interview in1993. “I don’t make appear-ances. I don’t do fan magazineinterviews. My wife and our twochildren live in a little town inConnecticut, where most of thepeople don’t watch the showand, if they do, don’t make a bigdeal out of it.”
The actor was at first reluc-tant to take a role on a daytimesoap opera. But after getting achance to play a madman on“The Doctors,” Canary spent twoyears on the soap “AnotherWorld.”
Then came the opportu-nity to join “All My Chil-dren.”
“I was reluctant to evensign a two-year contract,” hesaid in 1993. “That seemedlike a long, long time.”
Canary remained on theshow until 2011.
In addition to onscreenroles, Canary also performedon the stage, appearing in onand off Broadway produc-tions, according to an obitu-ary published in the WiltonBulletin.
Born in Indiana, Canarygrew up in Massillon, Ohio,and went on to play footballat the University of Cincin-nati, where he graduated witha major in music.
Canary is survived by hiswife, two children and a grand-child.
Associated Press writerAnthony McCartney in LosAngeles contributed tothis report.
David Canarydefinió el dramadiurno en ABC”,escribió la cadenaen un comunicadoel martes. “Nuestroscorazones están consu familia,lamentamos su deceso”.
Pese a su popularidad en laserie, Canary rehuyó de losreflectores y prefirió vivir enun pequeño pueblo en Con-necticut con su esposa y sufamilia.
“Ante el riesgo de serincomprendido, soy una per-sona verdaderamenteprivada”, dijo Canary a TheAssociated Press en unaentrevista en 1993. “No hagoapariciones. No doy entrevistasdivertidas a revistas. Mi esposay mis dos hijos viven en unpueblito en Connecticut,donde la mayoría de la genteno ve el programa y, si lo hace,no hace una gran cosa de eso”.
El actor inicialmenteestuvo reacio a trabajar en unanovela diurna. Pero tras
interpretar a unloco en “The Doc-tors”, pasó dosaños en la novela“ A n o t h e rW o r l d ” .Entonces llegó laoportunidad de
unirse a “All My Children”,pero Canary no estabaseguro si era una buena idea.
“Estuve reacio a firmarincluso un contrato de dosaños”, dijo en 1993. “Esome parecía mucho, muchotiempo”.
Permaneció en la seriehasta el 2011.
Canary también hizoteatro. Actuó enproducciones de Broadwayy el circuito off Broadway,según un obituariopublicado en el Wilton Bul-letin.
Le sobreviven su esposa,sus hijos y un nieto.
El corresponsal de APAnthony McCartney, en LosAngeles, contribuyó a estedespacho.
Muere David Canary, veterano actor de“All My Children”
Veteran soap actor David Canary dies at age 77
5-year-old grandson of former Michigancoach dies
The Mystery of theChristmas Star returns thisholiday season to theAppold Planetarium atLourdes University, 6832Convent Blvd., in Sylvania.During the stunning show,guests will journey back2000 years to Bethlehemand discover a scientificexplanation for the star thewise men followed to findthe baby Jesus.
The Mystery of theChristmas Star investi-gates possible dates for thebirth of Christ and looks atrecorded sightings of sig-nificant astronomicalevents during thistimeframe. Guests will alsosee how signs in the sky
could have been remarkableenough to cause the wise mento travel across the desertfrom Babylon to Bethlehemto see the newborn King. Thismodern retelling of theChristmas story is sure tocharm and captivate audi-ences of all ages.
Admissions prices forMystery of the ChristmasStar are $5 for adults and $4for children 12 and under.The family-friendly shows
Mystery of the Christmas Star returns to theAppold Planetarium
are offered at 7:30 p.m. onthe following dates: Sat-urday, December 5, 2015;Saturday, December 12;and Saturday, December19, 2015.
Dr. Laura Megeath,Appold Planetarium Co-ordinator, is working tosecure additional dates forthe show. Reservations arerecommended—call 419-517-8897 or [email protected].
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PANAMA, 24 XI 15 (AP):Un cineasta panameño logróconvencer al salsero RubénBlades de filmar un documen-tal sobre su vida y obra, despuésde varios años de amistad yanécdotas.
Abner Benaim dijo a TheAssociated Press que el docu-mental, del que se conociórecientemente y ha sidotitulado “Yo no me llamoRubén Blades”, hurgará sobrela influencia de sus cancionesde corte social.
“Se concentrará en lamúsica de Rubén y en particu-lar en sus letras y el impactoque han tenido sobre variasgeneraciones delatinoamericanos que lasescuchan, las cantan, lasbailan”, explicó Benaim elmartes en un correo electrónicoa The Associated Press.
Las primeras escenas de lapelícula comenzaron a rodarseen Panamá, aunque Benaimaseguró que el grueso deltrabajo se hará en el 2016 confilmaciones en escenarioscomo Puerto Rico y NuevaYork y otras ciudades deLatinoamérica.
“Será un largometraje de 90minutos y posiblemente sehaga una versión paratelevisión en episodios. Aúnno tiene fecha de estreno”,detalló Benaim, quien tienegrandes ambiciones con estaaventura.
“Si logro mi cometido, va aser una película que le gustaráa sus fans, y espero que tenga supropio mérito como películapara interesarle a gente que
quizás aún no conoce a RubénBlades”, expresó elrealizador.
Agregó que será unaproducción de AperturaFilms-Panamá y Gema Films-Argentina, con el respaldo dela televisora privadapanameña TVN, y para la cualse aplicará a fondos en Panamáy el extranjero.
Benaim, un cineasta de 43años que ganó notoriedadrecientemente con su docu-mental testimonial“Invasión”, sobre la acciónmilitar estadounidense queexpulsó al dictador ManuelAntonio Noriega el 20 dediciembre de 1989, es unseguidor de la música deBlades desde la adolescencia.
Su influencia fue tal queutilizó uno de los temasclásicos de Blades, “Plástico”,en el cierre de su primerlargometraje “Chance”(2009), una comedia críticaante los problemas quegeneran las diferencias declases.
Blades, cantautor y actorde 67 años, es intérprete denumerosos éxitos de salsacargados de crítica social ycontenido humano.
La amistad entre Benaim yBlades comenzó a forjarseprecisamente después de lapelícula “Chance”. Bladesapareció después en“Invasión” y brindó su puntode vista sobre el tema centralde esa cinta.
“Conozco a Rubén hacevarios años, desde que salió‘Chance’, y hablando con él
surgió la idea de empezar agrabarlo para un documental.Es una persona con muchahistoria y muchas historias”,destacó Benaim, quienestudió relacionesinternacionales en laUniversidad de Pensilvania ycine en Camera Obscura enTel Aviv. “Cada vez quehablábamos, usualmente enprivado, me contaba algoincreíble y yo le decía ‘estohay que grabarlo”’.
“A veces cantaba a capelay yo sentía que tenía quecompartir estos momentos,que no era para mí solo. Porsuerte Rubén accedió y ya loestamos haciendo”, prosiguió.
¿Y por qué el título “Yo nome llamo Rubén Blades”?
“El nombre tiene que vercon el hecho de que Rubéntiene otros planes. ... Haexpresado que quiere hacerotras cosas que no son cantarsalsa. Y como parte de subúsqueda ha expresado queva a hacer ciertas cosas conotro nombre”, respondió eldirector panameño. “Sientoque hay algo interesante en eltema, que hay algo muy ricoen la dualidad que vive unartista de su talla entre elpersonaje famoso y la personaprivada”.
Blades ha dicho que sedespedirá de las giras musi-cales en el 2016 para regresara la vida política en su natalPanamá, después de haberparticipado en las eleccionespresidenciales de 1994. Elmúsico terminó tercero en esoscomicios.
Documental sobre Rubén Blades hurgaráimpacto de su músicaPor JUAN ZAMORANO, Associated Press
MEXICO, 26 XI 15 (AP):“El club” y ̀ `El abrazo de laserpiente’’ ganaron cuatropremios Fénix cada una elmiércoles por la noche, perofue la primera la que se impusocomo mejor película. Susrealizadores, el chileno PabloLarraín y el colombiano CiroGuerra, respectivamente,empataron en el apartado dedirección.
“Qué honor compartir estepremio con un director tanincreíble como Pablo Larraíny con este grupo denominados extraordinario”,dijo Guerra al recibir supremio. “Espero que esta seauna semilla en nuestroentendimiento y nuestrorespeto por las culturasancestrales de nuestrocontinente, por nuestrospueblos originarios gracias aellos por dejarnos entrar y porhabernos dejado compartiralgo de esa belleza”.
Larraín envió unagradecimiento vía video“desde una ciudad en guerra,desde el lluvioso París”,donde se encuentra filmando.
La actriz Antonia Zegerssubió junto al resto del elencoa aceptar el galardón al mejorlargometraje de ficción para“El Club”.
“Esta es una película querealmente se hizo en equipoasí que vale todos estar aquírecibiéndola”, dijo Zegers.“La hicimos en tres semanas,juntos, pegados,necesitándonos mucho”.
“El club”, sobre delitosencubiertos por la Iglesia,también se alzó con loshonores al mejor guion, deDaniel Villalobos, GuillermoCalderón y Larraín, y a lamejor actuación masculina,por el trabajo de AlfredoCastro. El actor chilenocompetía en la mismacategoría con su compañero
de reparto Roberto Farías.“Quiero agradecerle a Pablo
Larraín que me enseñó esteoficio, tarde pero lo aprendí,creo. A mis compañeros actores,a todo el equipo de ‘El Club’,fue una filmación ruda perollena de amor”, dijo Castro alaceptar su trofeo. Castrointerpreta al Padre Vidal quienvive confinado en una casa conotros padres con pasadosobscuros, en su caso seencuentra ahí por abuso demenores. Otro de suscompañeros está por apoyar a ladictadura y uno más poradopciones ilegales.
“El abrazo de la serpiente”,una historia sobre exploradoresen el Amazonas a comienzosdel siglo XX filmada en blancoy negro, se llevó igualmente lospremios al mejor sonido, músicay fotografía.
El premio a la mejoractuación femenina fue para laactriz argentina Dolores Fonzi,de “La patota”, por suinterpretación de una jovenabogada que es atacada por una“patota” o pandilla de jóvenescuando va a dar clases a suciudad de origen. Fonzi noestuvo presente. Aceptó elpremio en su nombre el actormexicano Gael García Bernal,con quien tiene dos hijos.
La actriz agradeció al direc-tor Santiago Mitre “por haberconfiado en ella para interpretara una mujer tan potente”, segúnleyó García Bernal de una nota.
Y agregó: “Dolores es unagran actriz, es una gran amiga,una gran persona y una granmadre y quiero agradecerle pordejarme ser cómplice en todasesas áreas con ella. Lolo sos lomás, eres la mejor actriz y teadoro”. La pareja tiene dos hijos,pero según reportes ha estadoseparada.
“La isla mínima” delespañol Alberto Rodríguez sellevó el premio a diseño de arte
e “Ixcanul”, delguatemalteco JayroBustamante, el de vestuario.“As mil e uma noites (Vol.1,2,3)”, de Miguel Gomes, fuereconocida en la categoría deedición.
“Últimas conversas”, delfallecido realizador brasileñoEduardo Coutinho, recibióel Fénix al mejor largometrajedocumental. Aceptó en sunombre el premio el directorde fotografía JacquesCheuiche.
La segunda edición delPremio iberoamericano decine Fénix, celebrada en elTeatro de la CiudadEsperanza Iris, contó coninvitados de lujo Kate delCastillo, Paz Vega y ManoloCardona fueron algunos delos presentadores, mientrasque la música se unió al cinecon el número de Gael GarcíaBernal, Toy, Camilo Lara,Ceci Bastida y AdriánDargelos.
Por su parte Emmanuel delReal “Meme” y Luz Casalinterpretaron juntos “Un añode amor”; Julieta Venegas yCirolo dieron un toque muyespecial a “O que será” deChico Buarque, y LeónLarregui de Zoé y RubénAlbarrán de Café Tacvbarindieron una versiónfolclórica de “Lucha degigantes”.
La Filmoteca Españolarecibió el Premio a laContribución a la CulturaCinematográfica, mientrasque el Premio al TrabajoCrítico fue para Jorge AyalaBlanco. La cinta argentina“Relatos salvajes” recibió elPremio de los Exhibidores yel documentalista chilenoPatricio Guzmán obtuvo elgalardón a la trayectoria.
En Internet: http://premiosfenix.com/
Este sábado 14 denoviembre [de 2015], se harepresentado la obra de teatro“Dulcinea toma la palabra”de la toledana Valle Hidalgo,en Toledo Ohio, de la manode la Association of TwoToledos, en el Owens Col-lege Fine and PerformingArts Center.
Asistieron a larepresentación más de uncentenar de personas, queacabaron aplaudiendo en piey profesando innumerablesmuestras de afecto yfelicitaciones, a la artistaespañola. No faltaron las risasde los hispanohablantesvenidos de Latinoamérica eincluso de los numerososprofesores y alumnos, quehan aprendido el idiomaespañol en los institutos y enla Universidad de Toledo,Ohio.
Pero también el públicoque no alcanzaba acomprender el texto de larepresentación, pudodisfrutar de este espectáculo,donde los continuoscambios de vestuario, lasdiferentes piezas musicalesy las voces con las que laactriz Valle Hidalgo da vidaa Dulcinea, Aldonza,Marcela, e incluso parodia alIngenioso Hidalgo DonQuijote de La Mancha, entre
otros recursos escénicos, quelogran entretener y mantener laatención del espectador.
Bien es verdad, que la Asso-ciation of Two Toledos, parafacilitar la comprensión de laobra, repartió a los asistentes unprograma de mano, con unamplio resúmen de la acciónescénica. Y la actriz extremó suatención hacia la dicción y lagestualidad.
“Dulcinea toma la palabra”está realizando una amplia giraen el Continente Americanodurante este año 2015, en el quese celebra el IV Centenario de lapublicación del II libro de ElQuijote, que se inició en NewYork en el mes de mayo yconcluye la semana próxima enRepública Dominicana.Pasando por México, donde seha representado con gran éxitoen varias ciudades, entre ellasGuanajuato, Capital Cervantina
integramente dedicada alescritor español, donde latoledana Valle Hidalgo,actuó en el bello MuseoIconográfico del Quijote.
La Association of TwoToledos lleva desde 1931promoviendo el intercambiocultural entre estas ciudadeshomónimas. Su actualpresidenta Dagmar Varela,ha realizado un gran esfuerzopara programar “Dulcineatoma la palabra” en estaciudad estadounidense. Eldía previo a larepresentación, se ofrecióuna recepción en honor a laautora y actriz toledana, a laque asistieron numerososmiembros de la Associationof Two Toledos. Y en la queestuvo presente la banderaespañola y las canciones enespañol, a cargo del grupomusical Los Tres Amigos.
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JOLIET, Ill., Nov. 25, 2015(AP): Rene Valenciano haswatched the number of Latinoand Hispanic students growat Joliet Public Schools Dis-trict 86 from when he firststarted working there in 2011.
Valenciano, an EnglishLanguage Learners coordi-nator, said the district hasgrown by 500 students in thepast five years and, by hiscount, 480 of them neededbilingual services.
While not all childrenfrom Latino families speakSpanish, the demand for bi-lingual services has increasedover the years, he said.
Joliet has a long historyof Latino families, but theirpopulation has grown to be-come the dominant one inarea school districts. Educa-tors at elementary, middleand high schools work withfamilies through bilingualservice programs and con-nections with local socialservice agencies.
“I think as the communityevolves, the district has alsohad to evolve and look morecarefully at the needs of allkids,” Valenciano said.“Sometimes educational sys-tems tend to want to covereverybody with the samekind of programming. It’s im-portant for us to keep in mindprogramming has to be moreappropriate for the studentsand their families.”
The population of Latinoand Hispanic residents morethan doubled in Joliet be-tween 2000 and 2010 andmakes up about 27 percent ofthe city, according to the U.S.Census Bureau.
Statewide, Joliet has thesixth-largest population ofLatinos, according to theNathalie P. Voorhees Centerfor Neighborhood and Com-munity Improvement.
Recent state data show thepopulation increase is re-
flected in the schools, whereHispanic students make upabout 50 percent of those en-rolled.
In the past five years, thepercentage of Hispanic stu-dents - an ethnicity categorydefined by the state that in-cludes Latino - at District 86jumped from 50 percent to 57percent. The percentage ofHispanic students at JolietTownship High School Dis-trict 204 grew from 39 percentto 45 percent.
Within the schools at eachdistrict, Sator Sánchez El-ementary and Joliet Centralhave the highest number ofHispanic students.
Alberto Filipponi, District204 curriculum director, saidpeople have misconceptionsthat Latino and Hispanic fami-lies are immigrants, but manyhave been living in Joliet fordecades, especially on thenortheast side of the city.
The vast majority of thebilingual students at Dis-trict 204 were born in theU.S., he said.
“The population hasthrived here and they’re here tostay,” he said.
Besides bilingual educa-tion services, which are re-quired by federal law, Jolietschools try to work with stu-dents and their families inother ways.
“In every building, we’retrying to make sure there is atleast one front office personwho speaks Spanish,”Valenciano said of District 86.“At this point, we’re close.”
In the past three years, thedistrict has made sure monthlynewsletters sent by each schoolare in Spanish and English asoutlined in the district strate-gic plan. The district also has aSpanish and English interpreterat each board meeting.
Filipponi said it’s been aDistrict 204 strategic goal tocommunicate effectively with
Hispanic families. Whilemany teachers and supportstaff speak Spanish, the ma-jority do not, he stated in anemail.
“In the near future, we willbe looking into implement-ing a bilingual liaison thatcan help facilitate communi-cations between teachers andgeneral (education) studentswhose parents do not speakEnglish,” he stated.
Lourdes Paramo, bilin-gual testing coordinator andteacher lead, works with stu-dents and parents at District204 and is an advocate andleader in the Latino commu-nity, Filipponi said.
District 204 also offers abilingual program that incor-porates core graduation re-quirements in Spanish, suchas algebra, biology and phys-ics. Working with the com-munity
The Spanish CommunityCenter in Joliet meets withstaff from both districts.
Elizabeth Nevarez, ex-ecutive director of the center,said her agency focuses onbringing the districts up todate on their services so theycan in turn help their families.She said the Spanish Com-munity Center doesn’t onlywork with Latino and His-panic families.
“We’re a good resourcefor families that need sometype of assistance,” she said.
She said school districtsshould embrace diversity andmake sure their informationis geared toward everyone inthe language they under-stand.
“We need to be able toembrace every culture,” shesaid.
Source: The (Joliet) Her-ald-News, http://bit.ly/1H1vrTC
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Joliet educators work with Latino familiesBy FELIX SARVER , The Herald-News
CLEVELAND, 28 XI 15(AP): Los fiscales en Ohiodieron a conocer el sábadoun análisis cuadro por cuadrode imágenes captadas poruna cámara de seguridad, quefueron difundidas porprimera vez hace un año, enlas que se ve el momento enque un policía blanco deCleveland mata a tiros a unniño de 12 años que llevabauna pistola de perdigones.
Las imágenes fueronmejoradas por un experto envideo y serán presentadas aun jurado investigador quedecidirá si se acusapenalmente al entoncespatrullero novato Timothy
CLEVELAND, Nov. 28,2015 (AP): Attorneys for thefamily of the black 12-year-old boy who was fatally shotby a white Cleveland policeofficer last year have askeda prosecutor to allow theiruse-of-force experts to tes-tify before the grand jury.
The request follows the
CLEVELAND, Nov. 28,2015 (AP): Prosecutors in Ohioon Saturday released a frame-by-frame analysis of the sur-veillance camera footage firstmade public a year ago thatshows a white Cleveland policeofficer fatally shooting a black12-year-old boy who had a pel-let gun.
The additional images takenfrom surveillance video at a rec-reation center where Tamir Ricewas shot and killed don’t ap-pear to contain any new or sub-stantive information. The newfootage was released in the“spirit of openness,” saidCuyahoga County ProsecutorTim McGinty.
The analysis also doesn’tshow whether Tamir, as policeofficials have maintained, wasreaching into his waistband forthe pellet gun when then-rookiepatrolman Timothy Loehmannshot him less than two secondsafter getting out of the car.
The enhancement by a videoexpert will be presented to agrand jury that will decide ifLoehmann or his field trainingofficer should be charged crimi-nally for Tamir’s death.Loehmann shot Tamir outsideCudell Recreation Center onNov. 22, 2014.
Saturday’s release of the en-hancement comes the same daythat attorneys for the boy’s fam-ily asked the prosecutor to al-low their use-of-force experts to
Nov. 28, 2015: For thefirst time it nearly a decade,the Ohio State-Michigangame meant something.
The winner still had a shotat the Big Ten football cham-pionship game with a Michi-gan State loss later in the dayto Penn State.
Both teams were rankedin the top 12 for the first timesince 2006.
The border battle featuredtwo big-name coaches—Urban Meyer and JimHarbaugh—for the first timesince Woody and Bo stoodon opposite sidelines.
Even the presidents ofLatins United and the Span-ish-American Organization(SAO), normally on thefriendliest of terms, were di-vided on this day.
“Ohio State is going tocome back all mad andpeeved off, take this onedown to the wire,” said ChevoTorres, the Latins Unitedpresident proudly display-ing a Buckeye jersey andnecklace and a prediction:“We’re gonna have the balllast and win it by a fieldgoal.”
“It’ll be exciting, a hard-fought game,” predicted PhilBarbosa just before kickoff,while sporting a matchingmaize-and-blue baseball capand warmup jacket, bothemblazoned with a giant ‘M’.“We’ll see how it goes. It’salways meant something tome. That’s why they play thegame.”
“We’re going to be allover each other today,”joked Torres with a laugh.“Hopefully it’s a goodgame.”
“Nah, we’ll just sit onopposite ends. That’s just
usually the way it works out,”Barbosa countered.
Torres suggested he maysit down with Barbosa andoffer up a bet—a donation toanother local nonprofit—”tomake things more interesting.”But Barbosa refused to takethe bait, choosing instead tojust enjoy himself.
“We expect a nice atmo-sphere around here today,”said Torres.
A nice atmosphere meantabout 75 people watching thegame on a projection screen, apotluck dinner of all variet-ies—fried chicken, lasagna,homemade soups, snacks, anddesserts—shared in a family-friendly atmosphere at theLatins United hall. Attendeesalso participated in a 50-50raffle [Frances Martínez wonthe SAO 50/50 raffle] and araffle for Ohio State and Michi-gan memorabilia.
Many familiar facesstopped by to watch the gameand tease “the other side.”Those in attendance includedRoberto Torres (el hermanode Chevo), Lisa Canales, RayArce and Linda Alvarado-Arce,Carmen Barbosa, Mary Mo-rales, and one of the foundingmembers of Latins United,Sylvester Durán, who statedthe organization will cel-ebrate its 50th anniversarysometime next summer.
SAO has hosted an OhioState-Michigan party of somesort for nearly two decades atlocations all across metro To-ledo, including the Park Ho-tel, Maumee Bay Brewing Co.,and George’s. But LatinsUnited has served as the head-quarters for The Big Game thelast several years now.
The event has become afundraiser for SAO’s various
charity activities—studentscholarships, as well as Thanks-giving and Christmas baskets.
Unfortunately, on this day,both teams had a bit of a loss.Ohio State clobbered Michi-gan 42 to 13, ending the slimhopes the Wolverines had ofgoing to the Big Ten Cham-pionship next weekend. ButMichigan State won later inthe day, ending the Buck-eyes chances as well—to playin the Big Ten Champion-ship.
Barbosa noted SAO will‘adopt’ six Old South Endfamilies during its annualChristmas gathering at hishouse, where ‘elves’ will puttogether a complete holidaymeal and gifts for the childrenof at-risk families. This year’sevent is set for Wednesday,Dec. 16, 2015, 6 p.m., withdistribution to begin at all sixaddresses about an hourlater—accompanied on someof those excursions by SantaClaus. Monetary donationsare still being accepted forthe effort.
The two groups also arecooperating on a LatinoNight fundraiser at a ToledoWalleye hockey game inJanuary. The event will bemuch smaller than the long-running scholarshipfundraiser held each summerat a Mud Hens game. Eachgroup has 15 tickets to sell inthe first-ever winter activityfor the two organizations.
Editor’s Note: After theSaturday games and withloses by Notre Dame andBaylor, the AP listed the fol-lowing top six teams inNCAAF Division 1 football:Clemson, Alabama, Okla-homa, Iowa, Michigan St.,and Ohio St.
Latins United hosts Ohio St.-Michigan PotluckBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent
release of reports by prosecu-tors that concluded the shoot-ing was justified because theofficers had no way of knowingthat Tamir Rice’s pellet gunwasn’t a real firearm.
The family’s experts say badpolice tactics led to Tamir’s death.
A consultant notes that po-lice should have better assessed
the situation back on Novem-ber 22, 2014. The consultantalso criticizes the prosecutor’sexperts for assuming thatPatrolman TimothyLoehmann warned Tamir toraise his hands before shoot-ing him.
Investigators have notedthere is no evidence of that.
Loehmann o a su oficial deformación de campo por lamuerte de Tamir Rice. Loehmandisparó contra Tamir fuera deun centro recreativo de Cleve-land el 22 de noviembre de2014.
Al parecer el análisis nocontiene información nueva nisustancial, ni muestra conclaridad si, como sostienen losagentes, Tamir se llevó la manoa la cintura para alcanzar lapistola de perdigones cuandoLehmann le disparó menos dedos segundos después debajarse del auto patrulla.
En un comunicado, el fiscaldel condado de Cuyahoga, TimMcGinty, dijo que las nuevas
imágenes fueron dadas aconocer bajo un “espíritu detransparencia”.
Las imágenes fijas fueroncaptadas por una cámara deseguridad en el CentroRecreativo Cudell. Muestranángulos diferentes a los queaparecían en el video delincidente difundido conanterioridad.
“Una vez más (...) nollegamos a ninguna conclusiónde estas o de otros fragmentosaislados de pruebas”, afirmóMcGinty en un comunicado.“Individualmente estasimágenes son simples piezasde un complejorompecabezas”.
testify before the grand jury.The request follows the re-lease of reports by use-of-forceexperts hired by prosecutorsthat concluded the shootingwas justified because the of-ficers had no way of knowingthat Tamir’s pellet gun wasn’ta real firearm.
Loehmann and FrankGarmback were sent to aCleveland recreation centerafter a man called 911 to re-port that a man was waving agun and pointing it at people.The caller told the dispatcherthat the gun might not be real.The call also said the manmight be a juvenile, but thatinformation wasn’t passed onto the officers.
In a letter to CuyahogaCounty Prosecutor TimMcGinty dated Friday, attor-neys for the Rice family reiter-ated their demand thatMcGinty step aside and allowa special prosecutor to takeover the case. The letter calledthe prosecutor’s presentationto the grand jury “biased” and“improper” after the release ofthree expert reports that calledthe shooting justified. Thegrand jury began hearing evi-dence about the shooting fiveweeks ago.
The use-of-force expertshired by the Rice family“strenuously disagreed withthe conclusions of your so-called experts who concluded
the shooting of Tamir Rice wasreasonable and justified,” theletter said.
A spokesman for McGintysaid Saturday that there will bediscussions with the Rice fam-ily attorneys about allowingtheir experts to testify beforethe grand jury.
The family’s experts saidbad police tactics led to Tamir’sdeath. Roger Carr, a consultantfrom Santee, California, notedin his report that Loehmann’straining officer, patrolmanFrank Garmback, should havestopped the cruiser a distanceaway from Tamir to give theofficers time to assess the situ-ation.
“The officers created thealleged danger here,” Carr wrotein his report.
Carr criticized the prosecu-tors’ experts for assuming thatLoehmann warned Tamir toraise his hands before he shothim, which a Clevelanddeputy chief told reportersshortly after the shooting. In-vestigators from theCuyahoga County Sheriff’sOffice noted in a report thatthere was no evidenceLoehmann shouted anything.
Jeffrey Noble, the family’sother California-based expert,noted in his report that the “reck-less tactical decision” byGarmback and Loehmann tostop so close to the boy “di-rectly led to Tamir’s death.”
Attorneys for slain boy’s family want ownexperts to testify
Ohio: Difunden análisis de video de jovenabatido por agentePor MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press
Images, analysis released of Cleveland officershooting boyBy MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press
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SAN ANTONIO, Nov.25, 2015 (AP): Nearly 5,000unaccompanied immigrantchildren were caught ille-gally crossing the U.S. bor-der with Mexico in Octo-ber, almost double the num-ber from October 2014, ac-cording to U.S. Customs andBorder Protection data.
Also, in the figures re-leased Tuesday, the num-ber of family members cross-ing together nearly tripledfrom October 2014—from2,162 to 6,029.
The numbers spiked de-spite expectations of lowernumbers due to the colderwinter months coming, bet-ter enforcement along theborder and efforts by Mexi-can authorities to stem thestream of Central Americanmigrants to the U.S. Thoughtens of thousands of womenand children from CentralAmerica were caught at theborder in summer 2014, ithad dropped by nearly halfduring the 2015 federal fis-cal that ended Sept. 30.
The 4,973 unaccompa-nied children caught at theborder last month is the high-est number that Washing-ton, D.C.-based think tankWashington Office on LatinAmerica has recorded forOctober since their recordsbegan in 2009, said AdamIsacson, a border expert andsenior analyst.
The high numbers buckthe typical trends of cross-ings peaking in spring thendeclining through summerand fall, Isacson said. Butthere was an uptick in fami-lies and children crossingin July, and the numbershave stayed over 4,000 eachmonth since.
“Rather than a big jump,it’s been a steady burn,” hesaid. “I think we are almost incrisis mode with this manymonths of sustained arrivals.”
Most children and fami-lies trying to cross the borderin October were from El Sal-vador. Increased violence inthe tiny country, which aver-aged 30 murders a day inAugust, is likely partly toblame, Isacson said. Previ-ously, Guatemala had themost families and childrenapprehended at the border.
While the Rio GrandeValley remains the center ofmigration flows in Texas,immigrants are starting toventure farther west. Thenumber of unaccompaniedchildren caught in Del Riosector jumped from 120 to237, while 187 children wereapprehended in the remoteBig Bend area, up from just13 a year ago.
According to internal in-telligence files from theHomeland Security Depart-ment, most families inter-viewed told Customs andBorder Protection officialsthat smugglers decidedwhere they would try to cross.They reported that the costranged from about $5,000 tocross the border nearMatamoros or Reynosa,Mexico, across the borderfrom the Rio Grande Valley,but was about $1,500 to$2,000 to cross near CiudadAcuna, across the river fromDel Rio.
Carlos Bartolo Solis, di-rector of a shelter in Arriaga,Chiapas, said migrants areeschewing the dangeroustrain that begins its journeynear his shelter after raids byMexican immigration au-
thorities. The flow of mi-grants, however, has notdiminished, he said, add-ing that they are movingalong other routes, oftenwalking.
“They are moving inhiding,” he said in Span-ish.
The administrationwas caught off guard bythe sudden surge of chil-dren and families in 2014and made several effortsto curb the flow of peoplecrossing the border ille-gally, including mediacampaigns in CentralAmerica to scare peopleout of attempting the dan-gerous journey.
U.S. Customs and Bor-der Protection said in astatement this week thatthe campaigns are still inplace and highlight that“those attempting to comehere illegally are a toppriority for removal.”
Immigrant familiescaught illegally crossingthe border between Julyand September told U.S.immigration agents theymade the dangerous tripin part because they feltthey were likely to suc-ceed, according to the in-telligence files. Immi-grants spoke of“permisos,” or passes, thatthey believed would al-low them to remain in theUnited States.
Associated Press writ-ers Alicia A. Caldwell inWashington, D.C. andMark Stevenson in MexicoCity contributed to thisreport. Follow SethRobbins on Twitter at:h t t p s : / / t w i t t e r . c o m /serobbins
Thousands of children crossed U.S.-Mexicoborder in OctoberBy SETH ROBBINS, Associated Press
KIRTLAND, Ohio, Nov.29, 2015 (AP): Did you everwant to walk through therainbow trail in the CandyLand board game?
A nature center in north-east Ohio has created a life-
COLUMBUS, Nov. 23,2015: State Rep. DanRamos has announced$200,000 in state grants forHabitat for Humanity inOhio, including projects inLorain County. Funding ismade possible through theTarget of OpportunityGrant Program, a programthat funds organizationsthat create, expand and im-prove housing for low andmoderate-income families.
“Habitat for Humanityprovides life-changing op-portunities to low and mod-
erate-income familiesnot only in our com-munity, but in commu-nities across Ohio andacross the world,” saidRamos. “Habitat chaptersstep up, create communitiesof caring and help put fami-lies back on their feet. EveryOhioan deserves a qualityjob and a good roof over theirhead. Habitat for Humanityis one of a number of organi-zations working hard eachand every day to make that areality.”
Habitat for Humanity will
distribute $180,000 of thegrant funds to 14 affiliatesacross the state, which areexpected to construct or re-habilitate 20 single-familyhomes for as many low-in-come families. Projects willleverage more than $1.2million in local funds anddonations of labor andmaterials. The remaining$20,000 will be used ad-ministratively.
sized version of the classicchildren’s game for the holi-days.
It’s now open at Peniten-tiary Glen Nature Center inKirtland, east of Cleveland,and will stay through Jan. 3.
Ramos announces grant for Lorain CountyHabitat for Humanity
Organizers tell WJW-TV in Cleveland that visi-tors can play the gamethat has a nature-themedtwist with different sea-sons and foods from eachseason.
Northeast Ohio nature center creates life-sized Candy Land
Nov. 30, 2015: The Cleve-land Foundation board ofdirectors has approved $7.2million in grants for the monthof November.
November grantmakingincludes funding for thoseworking to improve the over-all health and stability of fami-lies, including programs thatprovide safe shelter and net-works of support.
“With the holidays andwinter season upon us, it be-comes even more critical thatGreater Cleveland familieshave access to programs andservices that provide compas-sionate care when it is needed
the most,” said Robert E.Eckardt, executive vice presi-dent of the Cleveland Founda-tion. “This month, we are proudto support organizations inCuyahoga, Lake and GeaugaCounties that serve our mostvulnerable residents.”
November grants include:• $155,000 to Rebuilding
Together Northeast Ohio forits Safe at Home program,which repairs and modifies thehomes of seniors to allow themto age in place for as long aspossible. This grant will sup-port a partnership between theorganization and the City ofCleveland Division of Aging
to provide capital repairs andsafety modifications to thehomes of 100 low-incomeCleveland seniors.
• $100,000 to Emerald De-velopment and Economic Net-work, Inc. (EDEN) for criticalupgrades and repairs to its NormaHerr Woman’s Center. The cen-ter provides shelter and supportservices to 150-200 women fac-ing homelessness. This grant willprovide match funding requiredto access a $332,500 state grantfor this project.
• $75,000 to West SideCatholic Center (WSCC) forits Moriah House Women and
Cleveland Foundation announces $7.2 millionin November grants
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov.24, 2015 (AP): A lawsuitchallenging the Indianagovernor’s decision to stopstate agencies from helpingresettle Syrian refugees al-leges that the action wronglytargets the refugees basedon their nationality and vio-lates the U.S. Constitutionand federal law.
The American Civil Lib-erties Union of Indiana filedthe federal lawsuit Mondaynight on behalf of India-napolis-based nonprofitExodus Refugee Immigra-tion. It accuses Gov. MikePence of violating the U.S.Constitution’s Equal Pro-tection Clause and Title VIof the Civil Rights Act byaccepting refugees to Indi-ana from other countries butnot from Syria.
The first-term Republi-can governor objected toplans for refugees to arrivein Indiana following thedeadly attacks in Paris. Fivedays after the Nov. 13 at-tacks, a family that had fledwar-torn Syria was divertedfrom Indianapolis to Con-necticut when Pence or-dered state agencies to haltresettlement activities.
The ACLU of Indianafiled a motion Tuesdayasking a federal judge toput a temporary hold onPence’s directive that stateagencies stop helping withthe resettlement of Syrianrefugees by using federalmoney to provide servicessuch as housing and medi-cal care.
Legal director Ken Falksaid those refugees “have
ORLANDO, Florida, 19XI 15 (AP): En su campañaen pos por la nominacióndel Partido Republicano ala contienda presidencial,Marco Rubio ha prometidollevar un cambiogeneracional a Washing-ton. Pero su política haciaCuba depende de volver acongelar las relacionesdiplomáticas con la isla,una estrategia que data demedio siglo y que no
derrocó al gobiernocomunista donde sus pa-dres nacieron.
El senador de Floridano ve ningunacontradicción entre supromesa de que lleguennuevas ideas a Washing-ton y su llamado a restauraruna política sancionatoriahacia Cuba.
“Eso es porque la gentepiensa que somos tercos oporque nos aferramos a
been vetted extensively by thefederal government.”
“Our lawsuit is quite simple.It argues that the governor hasno right to bar refugees be-cause doing so clearly violatesequal protection,” he said dur-ing a news conference.
Falk also said he expectssimilar lawsuits to be filedagainst some of more than two-dozen states _ most with Re-publican governors, like Pence_ that have taken actions simi-lar to Indiana’s in suspendingprograms to resettle Syrian refu-gees.
Pence’s office said in a state-ment Tuesday that despite thelawsuit, he’s standing by hisdecision.
The governor is “confidenthe has the authority to suspendthe state’s participation in theresettlement of Syrian refugeesin Indiana,” the statement said,and took the action to protect“the safety and security of thepeople of Indiana.”
“The governor believes thatpublic safety is not a partisanissue,” his office said.
Pence said last week he was“deeply moved” by the refu-gees’ plight but was concernedabout militants possibly infil-trating the United Statesthrough the refugee program.
Individual states do nothave the legal authority toblock refugee placement.The Refugee Act of 1980dictates that refugee resettle-ment is managed by the fed-eral government, which con-sults with state refugee coor-dinators and the nine refu-gee resettlement agenciesthat have contracts with thegovernment, but that con-
sultation is largely to en-sure the refugees are settledin cities with adequatejobs, housing and socialservices.
The Indiana Family andSocial Services Administra-tion sent letters last week toExodus Refugee Immigra-tion and Catholic CharitiesIndianapolis saying plans toaccept two Syrian familiesshould be halted.
Carleen Miller, ExodusRefugee’s executive direc-tor, said the group is pro-jected to settle about 19 Syr-ians vetted by the federalgovernment within the com-ing months.
Miller said she wishesPence could meet with a Syr-ian refugee family becausehe would then “understandwhy these people are com-ing and who they are ... theseare people who are fleeingpersecution, they’ve suf-fered great traumas. They arefamilies, they are children,they are parents and grand-parents.”
Exodus has settled 892refugees, including somefrom Syria, in the past fiscalyear in Indiana, Miller said.The group is projected tosettle about the same num-ber during 2016.
Exodus receives federalmoney through Indiana’sOffice of Refugee Programsto assist in resettlement offederally approved andscreened refugees. Themoney is used to assist withemployment training, En-glish language educationand other services, Falksaid.
Indiana governor faces lawsuit for blockingSyrian refugeesBy RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press
Rubio: sus raíces cubanas y cómo sería suPresidenciaPor JULIE PACE , Corresponsal de la Casa Blanca de The Associated Press
polí t icas viejas”, di joRubio, de 44 años, en unaentrevista con The Associ-ated Press. “Estoydispuesto a cambiar lasestrategias hacia Cuba,pero tiene que ser por unaque dé resultados”.
En la tradicional listade cosas por hacer,que los candidatosestadounidenses secomprometen a adelantaren su primer día como
COLUMBUS, Nov. 29,2015 (AP): Former Ohio Gov.Ted Strickland has been tar-geted by one of the nation’sheaviest early barrages ofoutside spending as he seeksto unseat U.S. Sen. RobPortman next year, andgroups that support theDemocrat’s victory are alsotaking aim at Portman insome big-money ad buys.
The influx of so-calleddark money into the 2016race comes in a closely di-vided battleground statethat Democrats view as oneof their best chances na-tionally at a pick-up. Someearly polling showedStrickland slightly aheador statistically tied withPortman.
An analysis of FederalElection Commission databy the nonpartisan Centerfor Responsive Politicsfound that independentgroups had spent about$2.3 million either againstStrickland or for Portmanas of Nov. 16, making hima top subject of attack adsnationally.
Democrats add another$3.9 million in announcedoutside spending to what’splanned against Strickland,while Portman’s campaignestimates $1.3 million hasbeen spent against him.
It’s all part of what thecenter calculated on Sept.
21 as a five-fold increase over2014 in very early dark moneyspending. That does not counthundreds of thousands of dol-lars the Strickland and Portmancampaigns plan to spend onadvertising in the race.
The contest also includesDemocratic Cincinnati Coun-cilman P.G. Sittenfeld, who ischallenging Strickland in theDemocratic primary.
Among groups lining upagainst Strickland are the U.S.Chamber of Commerce andAmericans for Prosperity,which FEC filings show hasspent at least $1.4 millionairing an ad titled “Bruce’sStory” on TV and online. AFPis one of the biggest outsidegroups backed by billionaireconservative donors Charlesand David Koch.
The ad features a man whosays he is a former employeeof DHL as he criticizesStrickland’s economic per-formance as governor, a jobhe held during a period whenDHL left the state.
The Chamber’s ads havealso highlighted job lossesunder Strickland’s watch,which coincided with a na-tional recession.
Jenny Donohue, a spokes-woman for the Ohio Demo-cratic Party, said some ofPortman’s policy stances inWashington have delivered forgroups backing the attack ads,so she is not surprised they are
working to “protect their in-vestment.”
“But no amount of moneycan rewrite history to buySenator Portman a record thatworks for Ohio,” she said.“Ted Strickland has earnedthe support of Ohioansacross the state by workingto lower their college costs,standing up for their retire-ment, and fighting for fairtrade that grows jobs inOhio.”
Portman campaignspokesman Corry Blisscountered: “We didn’t hearTed Strickland complainwhen his out of state lib-eral allies spent over $1million attacking Rob, butthere’s not enough moneyin the world to make peopleforget Ted Strickland’sawful record as governorwhen Ohio lost over350,000 jobs and ranked48th in job creation.”
The Sierra Club andNatural Resources De-fense Council, mean-while, have led the out-side spending chargeagainst Portman. Repub-licans estimate they’vespent about $1.2 millioncombined on mostly digi-tal ads taking issue withPortman on environmen-tal issues, including hisopposition to the Obamaadministration’s newcarbon emission rules.
Ohio Senate race already drawing millions inearly spendingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press
inquil inos en la CasaBlanca, el echar para atrásel restablecimiento de lasrelaciones diplomáticascon Cuba, polí t icaimpulsada por elpresidente Barack Obama,se encuentra arriba en sulista. Para ello tendría quecerrar la embajadae s t a d o u n i d e n s e ,recientemente abierta en LaHabana, abrir de nuevo unasección de interesesdiplomáticos y restablecerlas estrictas restriccionespara el accionar delgobierno estadounidenseen la isla y para hacernegocios.
Aún en ese escenario,Rubio dice que hay formasde lograr resultados.Estaría dispuesto, porejemplo, a permitir queempresas estadounidensesinviertan entelecomunicaciones acambio de que haya accesolibre y sin restricciones ainternet . Puede haberrestablecimiento derelaciones diplomáticascon La Habana sólo si el
gobierno cubano permitelos partidos de oposición yles dé libertad de afiliación.
También se declaraabierto a modificar lallamada Ley de Ajustecubano, comúnmenteconocida como la políticade “pie mojado, pie seco”,que otorga a los cubanosque toquen t ierranorteamericana, laresidencia permanenteluego de un año de estadía.Los que son capturados enalta mar son devueltos aCuba. Rubio no dice quépolítica reemplazaría a estaley pero dice que estaestrategia es “difícil dejustificar” ahora que loscubano-americanos tienenmás posibilidades de viajara la isla y volver.
“Cuando tienes perso-nas que llegan a EstadosUnidos y, al día siguientede cumplir el año, viajan aCuba 15 veces al año, 12veces, 10 veces, 8 veces, noparece que estuvieranhuyendo de la opresión”,dijo Rubio. “Y cuando hayotras personas que vienen a
nosotros y nos dicen, ‘¿cuáles la justificación para quegocen de condición espe-cial?’ Ese es un punto muylegítimo que tienen”.
El senador se sentó conla AP en un hotel de Or-lando a hablar de Cuba,tanto como un tema decampaña y como un asuntode t rascendenc ia per -sonal.
Rubio habla sobreCuba con unaensayada fluidez
No es de extrañar, claro,si se tiene en cuenta que susvínculos con la isla han sidofundamentales para suascenso político. En su na-tal Miami, Rubio forjóalianzas políticas con los‘kingmakers’ cubano-americanos y llegó a serpresidente de la Cámara deRepresentantes de Florida.Luego fue senador. En unacarrera presidencial dondeestá ganando impulso, suhistoria familiar le otorga asu campaña un importantetoque emocional.
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TERMS: F/T 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Supervisory ControlsIncumbent of this position works under the supervision of the Program Directorof Brothers United Program, who provides general instructions on tasks to beperformed. Employee is expected to perform duties independently. Work isreviewed through observation and written reports. Performance is evaluated interms of adherence to established policies, procedures and guidelines.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:The primary contact for participants in the Brothers United Program, theSupervisor will guide the staff through the program objectives and goals. TheSupervisor will direct activities of professional staff. Responsibilities includeevaluation of work of staff in order to ensure that programs are of appropriatequality and that resources are used effectively. Participate in the determinationof organizational policies regarding such issues as participant eligibility andprogram requirements.
DUTIES:• Assist in performing all tasks necessary to achieve the organizations goals.• Maintain updated participant files including case notes on participant progress.• Interview and hire staff.• Ensure that staff meet all program goals and outcomes.• Excellent written and oral communication.• Ability to motivate others toward achieving goals.• Oversight of community partners• Schedule, Coordinate, training, events, workshops, meetings.• Supervision of Case Management staff.• Self-motivated able to work independently without daily supervision.• Strong organizational skills• Participate in regular staff meetings, trainings, programs and supervisory
sessions.• Other duties as deemed appropriate.
EDUCATION: A Bachelors Degree in Social Work or related field.
SE ACERCAN LAS FECHAS LÍMITE PARA LOS ELECTORES PARA LA ELECCIÓNESPECIAL DE DESTITUCIÓN DEL 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2015
Se recuerda a los electores del Distrito tres de East Cleveland que devuelvan sus papeletas votadas para laElección Especial de Destitución del 8 de diciembre. Las papeletas votadas deben ser mataselladas el 7 dediciembre o antes.
La fecha límite para devolver las papeletas en persona es el 8 de diciembre a las 7:30 p.m. Las papeletas nose pueden depositar en los lugares de votación el Día de las Elecciones. Las papeletas que no se envíen porcorreo sólo se pueden devolver en persona a la Junta Electoral.
Los electores pueden utilizar una urna electoral ubicada en el estacionamiento de la Junta Electoral en 2925Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. La urna electoral segura está disponible las 24 horas al día.
Horas de la Votación Adelantada:
Entre semana hasta el viernes 27 de noviembre (excepto el día de Acción de Gracias)de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.Entre semana, del 30 de diciembre al viernes 4 de diciembre de 8:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m.Sábado 5 de diciembre de 8:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m.Domingo 6 de diciembre de 1:00 p.m. a 5:00 p.m.Lunes 7 de diciembre de 8:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m.
8 de diciembre, Votación del Día de las Elecciones:
Los centros de votación están abiertos de 6:30 a.m. a 7:30 p.m.
Es importante que los electores estén preparados para depositar sus papeletas el Día de las Elecciones mediantela confirmación de su distrito, distrito electoral y lugar de votación. Los electores pueden llamar a la Junta al 216-443-VOTE (8683) para comprobar su información electoral o verla por Internet en www.443vote.com.
Traiga identificación. Las formas adecuadas de identificación incluyen:una tarjeta de identificación con fotografía vigente y válida, licencia de conducir o identificación estatal,identificación militar, o una copia de una factura de servicios públicos actual, estado de cuenta bancaria, chequedel gobierno, cheque de paga u otro documento del gobierno que muestre el nombre y dirección actual del elector.
Lugares de votación:Distrito Electoral 3-A y 3-C vota en: Heritage Middle School, 14410 Terrace RoadDistrito Electoral 3-B y 3-D vota en: Mayfair Elementary School, 13916 Mayfair RoadDistrito Electoral 3-E vota en: Mildred L. Brewer Place, 14028 Euclid Ave.
PART TIME EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REPRESENTATIVE
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:
Performs Home Energy Assistance interviewing activities, verify applicant infor-mation and collect program data.
• Assists customer(s) in completion of Home Energy Assistance Program(HEAP) application.
• Verifies income to determine if customer(s) qualify for PIPP (winter crisisprogram).
• Verifies income to determine if customer(s) qualify for Toledo Edisonassistance (summer crisis program).
• Maintains client records for audit.• Explains the HEAP appeal process to customer(s).• Performs home visit services for elderly, homebound and handicap custom-
ers.• Secures interpreters for non-English speaking customers.• Provides assistance in the HEAP processing office. Duties include:
answering telephone calls, supplying information to customers, alphabetizingapplications, verifying duplicate applications, verifying income guidelinesand filing.
• Inputs customer information in program databases.• Works with staff on collaborations, outcome reviews, meetings, customer
inquiries and other job related topics.• Participates in training in and outside of the agency.• Provides community outreach services.• Other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:EDUCATION: High school diploma/GED required. Some post-secondary educa-tion in social work or related field is preferred.
EXPERIENCE: Two years working in human services or customer service field.
MISCELLANEOUS: Must be proficient in the use of computers, the internet anddata entry.
• Must be able to work with and be sensitive to the needs of low-income, theelderly and/or minority residents.
• Must be organized and have good record keeping skills.• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
esa historia ya es muyconocido. Rara vez Rubiodeja pasar un evento sinque mencione la decisiónde sus padres de salir deCuba y sobre lo duro quetrabajaron para dar a sushijos una vida mejor enEstados Unidos. Su padrefue mesero, su madreempleada del serviciodoméstico.
“Para ellos, Cuba es unlugar que les trae recuerdosdolorosos, pero también esobvio que era su patria yque sentían amor por ella”,dijo Rubio.
La historia del arribo dela familia Rubio a EstadosUnidos ha cambiado.Primero se refería a sí mismocomo el hijo de exiliados,palabra que usan quiéneshuyeron de la isla despuésde que Fidel Castro tomarael poder en 1959. Luego deser interrogado porperiodistas, Rubio cambióla cronología de loseventos y dijo que sus pa-dres llegaron en 1956, an-tes de la revolucióncastrista.
El padre de Rubio murióen 2010, pero su madre aún
vive en Miami. El senador,Jeanette, su esposa co-lombo-estadounidense, ysus cuatro hijos viven enuna casa no muy lejos dedonde se crio.
Nunca ha viajado aCuba, pero dijo que trata demantener sus tradiciones enbeneficio de sus pequeñoshijos. Las comidas de casa amenudo incluyen croquetasy otros platos cubanos. LaNavidad la celebran lanoche del 24 de diciembre eincluye cerdo asado, unatradición que muchoscubanos que salieron de laisla han continuado en sunueva patria.
Pero incluso en unaciudad como Miami, dondese siente la cultura cubana,Rubio percibe cómo sushijos pertenecen más al paísen el que viven que a lanación de sus ancestros.
“Estados Unidos tieneuna cultura muy poderosa,con valores y tradicionesmuy poderosas”, di jo.“Usted puede verlo. Ustedpuede percibirlo dentro deuna generación, más aún sise trata de (comparar) dosgeneraciones”.
Rubio: sus raíces cubanas ycómo sería su Presidencia(Continued from Page 12)
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NOTICE/AVISO:Toledo Smart Bilingual School
Governing Authority Regularly Scheduled Meetings2015-2016
July 14, 2015 - 12:00 p.m.August 25, 2015 - 12:00 p.m.September 22, 2015 - 12:00 p.m.October 27, 2015 - 12:00 p.m. November 18, 2015 - 5:30 pm January 26, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.February 23, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.March 22, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.April 26, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.May 24, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.June 28, 2016 – 12:00 p.m.
All meetings will be held at the Toledo SmartBilingual School (1850 Airport Highway, Toledo, OH43609) unless otherwise noted. Questions? Call MaríaGonzález, at 419-214-3290.
Attorney
Lucas County Children Services is seekingcandidates for Staff Attorney. Will prepare agencycourt cases; provide legal research, advice/consul-tation. Ohio law license and notary required. Exp.in juvenile law-related cases desirable. Ability towork in cross-cultural situations. Apply online at www.lucaskids.net This position will remain posteduntil filled. No phone calls please. EOE valuingdiversity.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SEALED PROPOSALS for bidding on Providence Metropark New ParkingLot & Kayak Launch, 13205 State Route 578, Grand Rapids, Ohio 43522 will bereceived; opened; and read aloud at the Metropolitan Park District of the ToledoArea, Fallen Timbers Field Office, 6101 Fallen Timbers Lane, Maumee, Ohio 43537Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. local time.
THE SCOPE OF WORK consists of constructing an asphalt parking lot andplacing natural stone retaining to create a new kayak launch. General constructionincludes select demolition, site grading, asphalt paving, concrete curb & walk,wooden guardrail, natural stone retaining, storm drainage with bioretention, erosioncontrol, lot striping, seeding and mulching. Bidders may obtain copies of plans,specifications, contract documents and plan-holder’s list through Newfax Corpora-tion, 333 West Woodruff, Toledo, Ohio 43604 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,Monday through Friday (check made payable to Newfax Corporation) or via theNewfax Digital Plan Room at www.newfaxcorp.com. Newfax can be contacted at419-241-5157 or 800-877-5157. A non-refundable fee of $20 is required for each setof documents obtained. For additional information, please contact Jon Zvanovec@ 419-360-9184, [email protected].
EACH BIDDER MUST FURNISH either (1) a bond for the full amount of the bidor (2) a certified check, cashier’s check or irrevocable letter of credit in an amountequal to ten percent (10%) of the bid with its bid. The successful bidder must furnisha 100 percent (100%) Performance Bond and a 100 percent (100%) Labor andMaterials Bond.
No bidder may withdraw its bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of theopening thereof.
THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF THE METROPOLITAN PARKDISTRICT OF THE TOLEDO AREA reserves the right to reject any or all bids, andto waive any informality in bidding.
By order of the Board of Park CommissionersMETROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT OF THE TOLEDO AREA
Stephen W. Madewell, Director
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The University of Toledo offers an excellent salaryand benefit package, which includes the Ohio PublicEmployees Retirement System and State TeachersRetirement System for faculty with employer contri-bution, medical coverage, paid sick and vacationtime, tuition to UT is waived for employees and theireligible spouses and dependents and 10 paid holi-days.
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Director of Multicultural Ministries
The Pastoral Center for the Diocese of Toledo issearching for a Director of Multicultural Ministries tobring all Catholics to a deeper love of Jesus Christ,and of the Catholic faith, including Hispanics, African-Americans and other cultures represented in theDiocese as well as persons with disabilities. For adetailed description of this position and how to apply,go to http://toledodiocese.org/page/employment andclick on Employment-Diocesan Offices.
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Sunshine is looking for people who want to take an ordinary day and make itextraordinary for someone with developmental disabilities.
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With our full time positions we offer a host of benefits, including medical, dental,vision, paid vacation time, and a matching 401(k) as well as an active and ongoingbonus program.
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Facilities Operations Manager
ResponsibilitiesResponsible for implementation of policies and procedures that will assure well-managed buildings and facilities at multiple locations. Maintenance, security,custodial, mailroom and agency records management in a manner consistent withfederal, state, and local regulations.Rate of Pay: Starting at: $27.81 ($57,860 DOE)
Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in business or publicadministration or a closely related discipline, plus four (4) years managementexperience. Must have both breadth and depth of experience in all facets ofproperty operation and building management. Must possess proficiency in MSWord and Excel, a valid driver’s license with driving privileges in the State of Ohiounless accommodated under ADA, with insurable driving record.
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Cleveland Public Li-brary (CPL) welcomesSharon Draper, author ofover thirty award-winningnovels, including, Out ofmy Mind, a The New YorkTimes bestselling book fornearly two years onWednesday December 2,2015, at 7:00 p.m. in theLouis Stokes Wing Audi-torium on East 6th Street andSuperior Avenue.
“Bringing accomplishedauthors to our communityand patrons is a priority forus,” said Felton Thomas,director of CPL. “SharonDraper is not only an accom-plished author and poet, butis also a National Teacher ofthe Year, and brings with her
decades of knowl-edge and experiencein education, writ-ing, poetry and lit-eracy.”
In 2015, Draper was hon-ored by the American LibraryAssociation as the recipientof the Margaret A. Edwardsaward for lifetime literaryachievement; she has beenhonored as the NationalTeacher of the Year and hasbeen honored at the WhiteHouse six times.
In addition to her novel,Out of my Mind, beingnamed a New York Timesbestseller, her novel Cop-per Sun, was selected bythe U.S. State Departmentand the International Read-
ing Association as theUnited State Novel for theInternational ReadingProject called ReadingAcross Continents.
Students in the U.S., Ni-geria, and Ghana are read-ing the book and sharingintercontinental, cross-cultural experiences. Hernewest novel, Stella byStarlight, has receivedmultiple starred reviewsfrom acclaimed publica-tions and journals, includ-ing New York Times Sun-day Book Review.
CPL hosts award winning author, educator,and poet, Sharon Draper on Dec. 2
CLEVELAND: Aftermore than a decade of flatand low results in nationaltesting, Cleveland Metro-politan School District(CMSD) now ranks near thetop in academic growth whencompared with 20 other largeU.S. urban school districts,according to the NationalAssessment of EducationalProgress released Oct. 28,2015.
Michael Casserly, Execu-tive Director of the Councilof the Great City Schools,said CMSD’s gains are “uni-formly larger and better thanany other school district inthe country.”
“The community should beencouraged and confident thatmore improvement is in storeto come, as the school systemis clearly on the right track,”Casserly said.
CMSD was one of only threedistricts in the group to im-prove on all four sections ofthe 2015 NAEP, also known asthe Nation’s Report Card. Thetest is given every two years.
CMSD fared well even whencomparisons extended be-yond the other urban districtswhose data was made public.
Cleveland showed the sec-ond largest gains in the nationin fourth-grade reading andfourth largest gains in the na-tion in fourth-grade math. Sig-nificant gains made by blackmale students and disabled stu-dents contributed to the im-provement in reading.
District eighth-graders hadthe fourth largest gains in read-ing in the nation and fifth high-est gains in math amongTUDA members.
The growth came as largeurban and other districts acrossthe nation saw their scores de-cline or remain flat this year.
CMSD must continueclimbing to catch up with manyof the other TUDA membersand the nation as a whole. Butthe results demonstrate theimpact of The Cleveland Plan,
Children’s Shelter, whichprovides temporary housingand support services to 34homeless women and chil-dren. Due to growing de-mand for its services, MoriahHouse recently became anemergency overflow site,providing overnight shelterfor six additional families.WSCC works to transitionwomen and children to morepermanent housing within60 days, with wraparoundsocial services.
• $33,980 to WomenSafeInc., which provides shelterand support services to do-mestic violence survivors inLake and Geauga Counties.
CMSD’s blueprint for educa-tion reform in the city, ChiefExecutive Officer Eric Gor-don said.
“After years of finishing lastor nearly last among other big-city school districts in the na-tion, the 2015 scores are thebest indicator we have so farthat our reforms are working,”he said.
Mayor Frank G. Jacksonhopes the upward trend con-tinues for Cleveland’s schools.
“We are making good gainsin many areas but we also knowthat more needs to be done,”said Jackson. “I am encour-aged and believe we have theright programs in place to sus-tain these gains.”
Unlike state tests that havechanged from year to year, theNAEP has remained consis-tent over time. And the boardthat oversees the tests haspushed to include the resultsof English language learnersand students with disabilitieswho might otherwise be ex-cluded.
The more stable NAEP isthe truest measure of CMSD’sperformance, Gordon said.
The grant will help the agencyreplicate its Geauga CountyEmpowered Parent programin Lake County. The programprovides one-on-one counsel-ing to reinforce healthy meth-ods of interacting with familymembers.
• $25,000 to Lake-GeaugaRecovery Centers, Inc. (LGRC)to support the completion ofthe organization’s new OakHouse facility, which will growLGRC’s capacity to providehousing and substance abusetreatment for pregnant womenand women with young chil-dren. With this new building,the organization will be ableto repurpose existing facili-ties to expand its residential
treatment services for men andsupport those who aretransitioning from treatmentto sober living.
• $19,000 to Autism Speaksfor educational efforts to im-prove the safety of childrenand adults with autism spec-trum disorder, as studies showthey are seven times more likelyto encounter law enforcementand nearly half will wanderfrom safety. The grant will sup-port special training for firstresponders on best practicesfor responding to individualswith autism, as well as the dis-tribution of safety kits tounderserved families. The kitsinclude window and dooralarms, autism alert wristbands
Cleveland Foundation announces $7.2 million in Nov. grants(Continued from Page 11) and a family wandering emer-
gency plan.• $29,100 to Greater
Cleveland Food Bank Inc. togrow its hunger relief servicesin Lake and Geauga Coun-ties, where it’s estimated40,000 residents are food in-secure or do not know wheretheir next meal is coming from.This grant will build capacityat three main food pantries inthose counties through theaddition of a walk-in coolerat each site, allowing for in-creased food storage and ac-cess to fresh produce.
For more information onthe Cleveland Foundation, visitwww.ClevelandFoundation.org/100Plus1
CMSD gains on National Report Card‘uniformly larger and better than any otherschool district in the country’