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DETROIT, Dec. 18,2008 (AP): A former CoastGuard petty officer haspleaded guilty to extorting$35,000 from a Detroit-area undocumented immi-grant, who was trying toavoid deportation.

The European immigrant

Dec. 16, 2008 (AP):Lawmakers and Latinogroups on Tuesday de-nounced the beating deathof an Ecuadorean immi-grant, saying his and otherrecent slayings of Latinoimmigrants lend new ur-gency to the need for afederal hate-crimes law.

During a news confer-ence, Sen. Chuck Schumer,D-N.Y., named three im-migrants he said werekilled “simply because ofwho they were.”

José OsvaldoSucuzhanay, anEcuadorean immigrant liv-ing in New York, wasbeaten Dec. 7 by men whoyelled anti-Latino andanti-gay slurs at him andhis brother, Rommel. Po-lice were still searching forsuspects.

“The senseless loss oflife cannot be met with si-lence but rather must becondemned with our loud-est voices,” Schumer said.

Latino leaders said con-sidering what appeared tobe rising anti-Latino sen-timent, U.S. Congressshould pass legislation toexpand the federal hate-crimes law. The bill,known as the MatthewShepard Act, would addprotections for bias crimesmotivated by gender,sexual orientation and dis-

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec.17, 2008 (AP): A leadersof Minnesota’s RomanCatholics are calling for a“compassionate dialogue”on immigration reformand an “Immigration Sun-day” in the state’s parisheson Jan. 4, 2009.

The Minnesota Catho-lic Conference made theannouncement on Tues-day, the two-year anniver-

abilities, and expand JusticeDepartment’s investigativepowers.

Current law limits federalinvestigation of hate-crimesto when a federally protectedactivity is occurring, such asvoting. But that restrictionwould be lifted under theproposal.

The bill also would givelocal officials resources toinvestigate hate-crimes.

Sucuzhanay’s death fol-lowed those of MarceloLucero, who was fatallystabbed Nov. 8, inPatchogue, N.Y., by a groupof teenagers, and the July14 death of Luis Ramírez,25, a Mexican immigrantwho was fatally beaten ineastern Pennsylvania.

Prosecutors said seventeenagers charged inLucero’s assault had set outto find a Latino person toattack. Three teenagershave been charged in con-nection with Ramírez’sdeath. The three also facecharges of ethnic intimida-tion. A fourth teenagerfaces less serious chargesand will be prosecuted as ajuvenile.

FBI statistics show therewere 830 Latino victims ofhate crimes last year, upfrom 819 the previous yearand 595 in 2003.

“We have seen that a cul-ture of fear, hate and xeno-

phobia, ultimately leads toa crime of violence,” saidSchumer, who helpedsponsor the law that re-quired the government tokeep hate crime statistics.

John Trasviña, chair-man of the National His-panic Leadership Agenda,a coalition of Latinogroups, said the bill,named after a gay collegestudent who was fatallybeaten in October 1998 inLaramie, Wyo., would en-sure hate crimes are pros-ecuted when there is re-luctance to do so at thelocal level.

“One of the most im-portant things the hatecrimes bill would dowould be to bring out thepower of the Departmentof Justice to this effort.Currently most of thesecrimes are treated as localcrimes,” Trasviña said.

Schumer said he wouldjoin Sen. Edward M.Kennedy, D-Mass., to pushfor passage of the bill in thenext Congress. President-elect Barack HusseinObama also is likely to sup-port passage of the bill.

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Latinos’ deaths prompt calls for hate crimes law Catholics to observe “Immigration Sunday”sary of the major Immigra-tion and Customs Enforce-ment raid on a Worthingtonmeatpacking plant.

Sister Anna Marie Rehais director of the Hispanicministry for the Diocese ofNew Ulm. She says Jan. 4was picked because it coin-cides with the Feast ofEpiphany, which she saysmarks the unity of being onehuman family.

Bishop BernardHarrington of the Dioceseof Winona says it’s hopedthe day’s events will raiseawareness of problemswith the nation’s immigra-tion policies.

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Detroit-area man pleads guilty in extortionscheme on immigrant

lived in the same Macombneighborhood as BenjaminBostic. Authorities say the 36-year-old Bostic promised hecould change records in ex-change for money.

When Bostic demandedmore money in 2007, theimmigrant went to investi-

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Bostic pleaded guiltyWednesday in federalcourt and faces up to threeyears in prison. He was dis-charged from the CoastGuard in October.

CARACAS, el 14 dediciembre del 2008 (AP):El presidente de Venezu-ela, Hugo Chávez, dijo eldomingo que lasrelaciones entre su país yEstados Unidos,actualmente en su puntomás bajo en varios años,sólo pueden mejorardespués que el presidenteGeorge W. Bush deje laCasa Blanca.

Chávez, quien disfrutórelaciones mutuamenterespetuosas durante elmandato del presidenteBill Clinton, dijo también

que aprueba la decisión delpresidente electo deEstados Unidos BarackObama de designar a lasenadora Hillary RodhamClinton como secretaria deEstado.

Chávez expulsó alembajador estadounidensey llamó a su embajador enWashington el 12 deseptiembre. Desdeentonces insinuó que lasrelaciones bilaterales no serestaurarían totalmentebajo el gobierno de Bush.

Durante la transmisióntelevisada el domingo de

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BAGHDAD, Dec. 14,2008 (AP): President GeorgeW. Bush’s whirlwind visit toIraq was his ostensible vic-tory lap for what oftenlooked like a personal cru-sade.

The president leaves be-hind a war that even he andhis own generals acknowl-edge is not yet over—and adevastated country whosedivisions are far from healed.

Certainly, Baghdad issafer than it was a year ago.Bush visited the Green Zoneon Sunday without beinghustled for cover from therockets and mortars thatrained down on the area onlysix months ago.

But the country is far fromsafe by any normal standard.Nearly six years after the U.S.invasion, Iraq is a country ofdaily bombings,kidnappings, and ambushes.

“There is still more workto be done,” Bush said afterhis meeting with Prime Min-ister Nouri al-Maliki. “Thewar is not over.”

Prospects for stability areas uncertain as the fleetingstare of the heavily armedsecurity guards who scourthe streets for threats whenthey escort U.S. officials whoforay outside their GreenZone enclave.

Suspicion among Shiites,Sunnis and Kurds—whichfueled the war that eruptedafter Saddam Hussein’souster—still run deep.

Nearly 150,000 U.S.troops remain in Iraq—morethan when Bush ordered the“troop surge” largely cred-ited with curbing violenceand arresting the country’sslide toward full scale civilwar.

The architect of the surge,Gen. David Petraeus, didn’teven like to use the word“victory” in connection withthe Iraq war.

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BAGDAD, el 15 dediciembre del 2008 (AP):El mundo árabe elogió ellunes a un reportero iraquíque le lanzó sus zapatos alpresidente George W. Bushen señal de desprecio, altiempo que miles deiraquíes salieron a las callespara exigir la libertad delperiodista, a quiencalificaron de héroe.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi,que el año pasado fuesecuestrado por milicianosextremistas, estabadetenido por los serviciosiraquíes de seguridad y fueinterrogado sobre sialguien le pagó para quelanzase los zapatos contraBush durante unaconferencia de prensa lavíspera en Bagdad, dijo unfuncionario iraquí.

Además, se le realizabanexámenes para determinarla presencia de drogas oalcohol, y los zapatosestaban retenidos comoevidencia, dijo elfuncionario, que habló acondición de anonimato.

Mostrarle la suela de loszapatos a alguien en elmundo árabe es señal ex-trema de falta de respeto ylanzarle los zapatos es aúnpeor.

Los iraquíes y otrosárabes mostraron el lunessu alegría ante ellanzamiento de los zapatosa Bush. Muchosconsideraron el gesto deal-Zeidi como algo heroico,expresando su profundodesprecio por el lídernorteamericano al queconsideran el responsablede años de derramamientode sangre, caos, y delsufrimiento de millones deciviles.

Ver a un árabe común ycorriente ponerse de pie ymostrar su indignación anteel líder de la potencia másgrande del mundo fue paramuchos algo asombroso.

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consideran a Bush elsímbolo de la devastaciónde Irak desde su ocupaciónen 2003 y el causante dedecenas de miles de muertosy de centenares de miles dedesplazados de sus hogares.

En una escuela primariade Bagdad, una profesora degeografía preguntó a susalumnos si habíanobservado por televisióncómo al-Zeidi le arrojaba aBush sus zapatos. Luego, laprofesora les dijo: “Todoslos iraquíes deben sentirseorgullosos de este valienteiraquí, Muntadhar. Lahistoria lo recordará parasiempre”.

En el enclave chiíta deCiudad Sadr, en Bagdad,miles de partidarios delclérigo antinorteamericanoMuqtada al-Sadr quemaronbanderas de Estados Unidospara protestar contra Bush yexigir la liberación de al-Zeidi.

Según expresaron árabesen la calle, lo que más losenorgullece de al-Zeidi eshaberse enfrentado a Bush.Muchos acusan a losautocráticos líderes árabesde acatar la políticanorteamericana en MedioOriente.

“Al-Zeidi es el hombre”,dijo el hombre de negociosjordano Samer Tabalat, de42 años. “El hizo lo que loslíderes árabes no hicieron”.

Ghazi Abu Baker, untendero de 55 años en laciudad cisjordana de Jenin,afirmó: “Este periodistadebería ser elegido comopresidente de Irak por lo queha hecho”.

Diarios en todo el mundoárabe imprimieron el lunesfotos de Bush esquivandolos zapatos, y estacionestelevisivas transmitieronrepetidamente el incidente,que fue objeto de muchasbromas y elogiado pornumerosas personas en laregión.

“Irak considera el

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Periodistas palestinosen la ciudad cisjordana deRamala bromearon acercade quién tendría el valorsuficiente para lanzarle loszapatos a la secretaria deestado norteamericanaCondoleeza Rice.

El mandatarioestadounidense dialogabacon los reporteros eldomingo acompañado delprimer ministro de Irak,Nuri al-Maliki, cuando elhombre gritó en árabe “!Este es un beso dedespedida, perro!” y learrojó los zapatos.

“Esto es por las viudas,los huérfanos y todos losmuertos en Irak”, agregó.

Bush se agachó paraevadirlos y ninguno de am-bos mandatarios fuealcanzado por losproyectiles improvisados.

El periodista escorresponsal de la estaciónde televisión iraquí Al-Baghdadia, con sede en ElCairo.

Aparentemente tratandode sacarle provecho alsentimiento árabe, laestación de televisión Al-Baghdadia, donde trabajaal-Zeidi, transmitió el lunesrepetidamente pedidos a lasautoridades para quepongan en libertad alreportero, en tantomostraba imágenes deexplosiones yreproduciendo una músicade fondo que denunció lapresencia militarestadounidense en Irak.

El mandatarioestadounidense visitó lacapital iraquí cuando lefaltan apenas 37 días paraque herede la guerra susucesor, el presidenteelecto Barack Obama,quien ha prometido acabarcon el conflicto.

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“It’s not a war with asimple slogan,” he told theBritish Broadcasting Corp.

It has taken more than4,209 U.S. deaths to learnthat simple truth. Some esti-mate that Iraqi deaths ex-ceed one million.

The U.S. presence in Iraqwas riven by mistakes foryears, starting with whatBush called the “intelligencefailure” that led him to be-lieve Saddam Hussein heldweapons of mass destruc-tion.

Bush then dispatchedenough troops to defeatSaddam’s army—but notenough the maintain law andorder. The 2003 decision todisband the Iraqi army andpurge members of Saddam’sparty drove thousands ofSunni Arabs to the insur-gency.

U.S. officials, headed byformer Secretary of StateDonald Rumsfeld, were slowto respond to the insurgents.Dismissing them as “deadenders” from the Saddam re-gime, the Bush Pentagonfailed to anticipate the Sunni-Shiite fighting that plungedthe country to the brink ofcivil war in 2006.

The U.S. was also tooquick to hand over responsi-bility to Iraq’s fresh-mintedsecurity forces—a blunderthat was reversed by thetroop surge.

As the U.S.-Americanpublic turned against the war,Bush remained resolute, evenas his popularity dropped tohistoric lows.

He ordered the surge in2006 after the Republicanslost control of Congress andagainst the advice of someof his party’s most experi-enced foreign policy veter-ans.

Experts will debate foryears whether it was the troopsurge, or a Sunni revoltagainst al-Qaida, or theShiite government’s deci-

sion to confront Shiite mili-tias that turned the tide.

Nor is in clear that thedownturn in violence will last.

Nearly 100,000 Sunni in-surgents turned against al-Qaida and joined forces withthe United States, who paidthem. But they could switchsides again if the Shiite-ledgovernment fails to honor itspromises of jobs for them.

Al-Qaida in Iraq and atleast a dozen other Sunnigroups remain active, espe-cially in the north. AlthoughU.S. and Iraqi forces crushedthe Shiite militias last spring,U.S. commanders acknowl-edge privately that many ofthe fighters eluded them andcould regroup.

With so much uncertainty,U.S. commanders are cau-tious.

“We are in no hurry to raceaway and have things crumbleon us,” said Lt. Gen. LloydAustin, the No. 2 commander.“This is hard work” becauseIraq “is so very complex.”

The future is in the handsof Bush’s successor, Presi-dent-elect Barack HusseinObama, and the Iraqis them-selves.

Obama campaigned on apromise to end the war, whichhe consistently opposed. Thenewly ratified U.S.-Iraqi se-curity agreement sets a time-table for a U.S. withdrawal by2011—something the presi-dent resisted for years.

The challenge is now tomanage the end of the warbetter than the beginning.Obama is keeping Bush’sdefense secretary, RobertGates, to oversee it.

“It’s important that wemaintain enough presencehere that we can help themget through this year of tran-sition,” Petraeus’ successor,Gen. Raymond Odierno saidthis weekend. “We don’t wantto take a step backward be-cause we’ve made so muchprogress here.”

Robert H. Reid is AP’schief of bureau in Baghdadand has reported from Iraqsince 2003.

Analysis: Bush’s Iraq trip highlights war unwonBy ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer

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Dr. Mary Sue Coleman

Dec. 17, 2008 (AP):Honor-student EfrenParedes Jr. wasn’t oldenough to drive when sen-tenced to Life in prison with-out parole for murdering hisboss at age 15.

Now 35, he has an out-side chance at freedom af-ter proclaiming his inno-cence for almost two de-cades.

The possibility is a night-mare for the victim’s fam-ily, who thought his killerwould die behind bars. Butit also means hope forParedes and supporters whosay he was wrongfully con-victed because of a rush tojudgment, unfair trial, andslanted media coverage.

Grocery store managerRick Tetzlaff, 28, was shotto death March 8, 1989, dur-ing a robbery at Roger’sFoodland in St. Joseph.Paredes was a part-time bag-ger at the store who had nocriminal record before hisarrest and jury conviction.St. Joseph is near BentonHarbor, which is south ofHolland.

The decision rests withGov. Jennifer Granholm,who under the state consti-tution can commute, or re-duce, criminal sentences.She likely will give weightto whatever recommenda-tion comes from the Michi-gan Parole Board, which thismonth held an emotional,nine-hour public hearing onParedes’ clemency request.

“I will not take responsi-bility for a crime I did notcommit,” a handcuffedParedes told parole boardmembers. “I never will dothat even if it meant I couldleave today.”

The record-long hearinginside a Jackson-area prisontraining facility drew morethan 140 people.

While commutation pro-ceedings have become morecommon in the governor’ssecond and final term,few—if any—have gainedas much attention or in-flamed so many passions.

The case isn’t just aboutguilt or innocence but alsois a referendum of sorts onwhether prisoners shouldget mandatory life sentenceswithout parole for crimescommitted before age 18.

Paredes is among morethan 300 juvenile lifers inMichigan’s 49,000-inmate

ANN ARBOR: Mary SueColeman, Presidente de laUniversidad de Michigan, ysu marido, KennethColeman, realizaron unadonación que iniciará unnuevo reto para larecaudación de fondos parapermitir a los estudiantes dela UM estudiar en elextranjero.

La donación de $ 25.000dólares, una combinación desus fondos personales y delaumento de su sueldo esteaño, representa otrocompromiso de la presidentepara mejorar los programasy oportunidades paraestudiantes, profesores ypersonal de la Universidad.

En el año 2003, los Coleman prometiieron unadonación de 500.000 dólaresa la campaña La Diferencia de Michigan para apoyar elInstituto de Ciencias de laVida, el Instituto deInvestigación Social (ISR,por sus siglas en Inglés), larenovación de la casa Trot-ter, La Escuela de PosgradoHorace H. Rackham.

En 2007, Coleman donómás de $ 15,000—equivalente al aumento desueldo de ese año—paraayudar a aumentar la ayudafinanciera para estudiantesde posgrado y estudiantesprofesionales.

“Vivir y aprender en unacultura diferente es unaexperiencia valiosa queprepara a los estudiantespara la economía mundial”,dijo Coleman. “Quieroalentar a los estudiantes avisitar otros países, en par-ticular las naciones endesarrollo, y que se desafíenen su nuevo entorno. Unaumento del apoyofinanciero lo hará posible”.

La donación lanza unnuevo desafío para fomentardonaciones para aumentarlos fondos para estudios enel extranjero. La Presidenteaportará 5 millones dedólares del presupuestodiscrecional de la Oficina dela presidencia de la UM paragenerar 10 millones dedólares en regalos - $ 1millón de aportación porcada $ 2 millones de regalo -para alcanzar un total de 15millones de dólares del programa. Más detallessobre el reto financiero seránpublicados a principios delpróximo año.

“Mary Sue y Ken Coleman

han sido donantes muygenerosos con laUniversidad”, dijo Jerry May, vicepresidente de desarrollo. “Este últimoregalo es otro ejemplo decómo ellos apoyan lasprioridades que enriquecenenormemente la experienciaeducativa para nuestrosestudiantes”.

La experiencia deestudiar en el extranjero-ayuda a los estudiantes asentirse más cómodostrabajando y viviendo enentornos en los que debenadaptarse a diferentesvalores, tradiciones,hipótesis, actitudes y normasque se que se originan conlos contactos culturalesdentro de una nuevaeconomía mundial.

En el año 2007, 1833estudiantes de la UM y 668estudiantes de postgradoestudiaron en el extranjero.Hace un año, cuandoColeman presentó las metaspara su segundo mandato decinco años, dijo que queríaduplicar el número deestudiantes que estudiabanen el extranjero.

Una encuesta de la clasede 2008 reveló que losestudiantes estáninteresados en esasexperiencias—alrededordel 70 por ciento de los 1673estudiantes querespondieron, informaronque estudiaban una lenguaextranjera.

“Las disciplinas en lashumanidades y las cienciassociales, tales como historia,arte y lenguas extranjeras,ofrecen ampliasoportunidades académicasen las diferentes culturas.Junto con el aumento de laayuda financiera para losestudiantes, quiero quepodamos identificaroportunidades de estudiopara las disciplinas menosevidentes , como latecnología y la ciencia”, dijoColeman.

Bajo el liderazgo deColeman, la campaña de laDiferencia de Michigan, quetermina oficialmente el 31de diciembre, ha recaudadomás de $ 3,1 mil millones dedólares.

Coleman previamenteestableció dos desafíospresidenciales parafomentar la filantropía enáreas que ella considera degran importancia: La

dotación de cátedras para losprofesores, apoyo basado enla necesidad financiera deestudiantes de licenciatura yayuda financiera aestudiantes de posgrado yprofesionales.

El desafío de crear 20cátedras dotadas se cumplióen el plazo de ocho meses ylos donantes se adelantaronpara hacer regalos al fondode ayuda estudiantil, antesdel plazo establecido en lacampaña.• U-M president kicksoff new study-abroadchallenge with gift

ANN ARBOR: Universityof Michigan President MarySue Coleman and her hus-band, Kenneth Coleman, aredonating to a new fundraisingchallenge to allow more U-M students to study abroad.The $25,000 gift, a combina-tion of their personal fundsand her salary increase thisyear, represents yet anothercommitment by the presidentto improve the programs andopportunities for students,faculty and staff at the Uni-versity.

In 2003, the Colemanspledged a gift of $500,000 tothe Michigan DifferenceCampaign to support the LifeSciences Institute, the Insti-tute for Social Research, Trot-ter House renovation fund,Horace H. Rackham Schoolof Graduate Studies andother initiatives. In 2007, shedonated more than$15,000—her salary increasefor that year—to help boostfinancial aid for graduate and

professional students.“Living and learning in a

different culture is an invalu-able experience that pre-pares students for the globaleconomy,” Coleman said. “Iwant to encourage studentsto visit other countries, par-ticularly developing na-tions, and challenge them-selves in their new surround-ings. Increased financialsupport will make that pos-sible.”

The donation launches anew donor challenge to en-courage endowment giftssupporting study abroad.The President’s Office willprovide $5 million from thepresident’s discretionaryfunds to encourage $10 mil-lion in gifts—$1 match foreach $2 gift—for a total of$15 million for the program.More details about the chal-lenge will be released earlynext year.

“Mary Sue and KenColeman have been verygenerous donors to the Uni-versity,” said Jerry May,vice president for develop-ment. “This latest gift is yetanother example of theirstepping forward to supportpriorities which greatly en-rich the educational experi-ence for our students.”

The study-abroad expe-rience helps students be-come more comfortableworking and living in set-tings in which they mustadapt to differing values, tra-ditions, assumptions, atti-tudes and norms that willarise from cross cultural con

system.Somber police and pros-

ecutors who worked thecase, along with tearfulfamily and friends, traveledhours to testify against hisrelease.

A large group of sup-porters came out forParedes, including family,a Lansing radio host,Michigan State UniversityLatino students, peace ac-tivists and a private inves-tigator who has helped freeinnocent people fromprison.

To advocates, Paredeswas “Efren”—an inspira-tional figure who went toprison a boy and made thebest of it by earning a GED,becoming a teacher’s aide,writing poetry, maintain-ing a good prison recordand transcribing textbooksinto Braille. He wants tostart a Braille transcriptionbusiness if let out.

“Please don’t sacrificethis man’s future to coverup the mistakes of the jus-tice system,” said JoyceGouwens, who has servedon a Berrien County juve-nile justice task force.

To opponents, Paredeswas “inmate 203116”—acold-blooded monster witha comfortable upbringingwho would be a threat tosociety if freed.

“I’m angry I have to behere,” said Tina Tetzlaff,Rick’s wife, who was preg-nant with their second childwhen her husband waskilled.

She acknowledgedParedes is making stridesin prison but asked the pa-role board to remember hertwo sons who grew up with-out their dad, afraid of theworld and in need of psy-chological treatment. Shesaid Paredes should serveout the term he was given.

Prosecutors said man-datory life with no parolefor first-degree murder

Efren Paredes, serving Life, asksGov. Granholm for clemencyBy DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press Writer

Efren Paredes Jr., age 15

Presidente de la UM hace regalopara lanzar la campaña dedonaciones para estudiar en elextranjero

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ASHLAND, Dec. 10,2008 (AP): A North Caro-lina-based company reopen-ing the former Archwaycookie plant stunned dis-placed employees by pre-senting them with $1,500Visa gift cards.

Lance, Inc., based inCharlotte, began operationsthe week before Christmasat the former Archway plantwith a staff of 50 to 70 work-ers. Nearly 300 employeeslost their jobs when Arch-way filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy in October of2008.

Each former full-timeemployee received a giftcard at a meeting Tuesday atAshland High School’sLittle Theater.

“It was absolutely as-tounding,” Ashland MayorGlen Stewart said Wednes-day. “It was a sigh of, ‘I can’tbelieve this is happening.’Totally unexpected and to-tally appreciated in a genu-ine way.”

Lance spokesman RussellAllen said it was the firsttime the company has madesuch a gesture and that it wasdone to show good will toworkers and the Ashlandcommunity.

Cathy Hayes of Ashland,who worked at the bakeryfor nearly 30 years beforeArchway’s bankruptcy fil-ing, said the company

seemed compassionate.“I’m excited. I’m ready

to go back to work,” Hayessaid. “It seems like they careabout their employees.”

Lance, which makes anddistributes cookies, sand-wich crackers and othersnacks, expected to finishhiring workers by Thursday.It has promised to hire work-ers at the same rates theywere making at Archway—an average of $14.93 perhour.

“It feels like it’s going tobe a positive change, some-thing we’ve been needingfor a long time,” said formerArchway employeeMichelle Fife of Mansfield.

The plant will resume pro-duction of cookies under theArchway brand.

Archway & Mother’sCookie Co. Inc. cited risingfood and fuel costs in clos-ing its U.S. operations.Lance announced last weekthat it completed the pur-chase of Archway CookiesLLC for about $30 million.

Lance has about 4,700

full-time employees andhas manufacturing facili-ties in North Carolina, Iowa,Georgia, Massachusetts,Texas, Florida, Arkansasand Ontario, Canada. It alsosells cookies and chips un-der the band names CapeCod and Tom’s.

Ashland is about 50miles south of Cleveland.

Information from:Ashland Times-Gazette,h t t p : / / w w w . t i m e s -gazette.com

Dec. 19, 2008 (AP): Gov.Ted Strickland tells Ohiomedia outlets that opponentsof a bailout for U.S.automakers are “playing withfire,” putting U.S.-Americanmanufacturing at risk.

In an interview with TheBlade of Toledo, the Demo-crat says Republican U.S.senators who rejected thefederal assistance are mostlylooking to settle old scores.He told the newspaper onThursday that the lawmak-ers are trying to make it “anissue of union vs. nonunion,North vs. South.”

Strickland made similarcomments to whiotv.com, the

Dic. 16 del 2008 (AP): Elprimer transplante casi totalde cara se ha realizado enuna mujer en la Clínica deCleveland, anunció el hospi-tal el martes.

La cirujanareconstructiva MariaSiemionow reemplazó el80% de la cara de la pacientecon la de una donante muerta,en una intervenciónrealizada hace dos semanas.

El hospital no dio aconocer el nombre ni la edadde la paciente.

El primer transplanteparcial de cara se realizó hacetres años en Francia, con unamujer atacada por un perro.Desde entonces se realizaronotros dos, a un campesinochino atacado por un oso yun hombre europeodesfigurado por un malcongénito.

No se conoce lanaturaleza de las heridas o laenfermedad que desfiguró ala mujer. Estos transplantesson polémicos porque nointentan salvar una vida sinomejorar su calidad, y elpaciente debe tomarm e d i c a m e n t o sinmunosupresores por elresto de su vida.

“Es muy importante el tipode receptor elegido” y lamagnitud de la necesidad,dijo el doctor BohdanPomahac, cirujano del

Honda to cutproduction atOhio plants

Dec. 12, 2008 (AP):Honda Motor Co. will fur-ther cut vehicle produc-tion in North America,including a 58,000 reduc-tion at Ohio assemblyplants in Marysville andEast Liberty.

WHY?: To adjustdealer inventory in thewake of declining con-sumer demand.

TIMETABLE: Pro-duction at the Marysvilleand East Liberty plantswill be reduced begin-ning Jan. 5, 2009. Therewill also be productioncuts at Honda’s engineplant in Anna and itstransmission plant inRussells Point.

COLUMBUS, Dec. 15,2008 (AP): A slate of Ohio’s20 electors cast their bal-lots for president and vicepresident.

Ohio Secretary of StateJennifer Brunner convenedthe 52nd Ohio ElectoralCollege at noon Monday inthe Ohio Senate.

Ohio’s 20 electoral voteswere cast by electors repre-

Dec. 18, 2008: Speak-ing to concerns ofToledoans struggling in thecurrent recession, Demo-crat Keith Wilkowskiannounced today that hewill be a candidate for To-ledo Mayor in 2009 in aone-minute video state-ment released on thecampaign’s website,www.KeithWilkowski.com

Addressing from hisown kitchen table,Wilkowski made the fol-lowing statement:

“I’m Keith Wilkowskiand I’m running forMayor. Times are tough.Jobs are scarce. And atkitchen tables across To-ledo, families aren’t talk-ing about next year’s elec-tion. They’re talkingabout last month’s mort-gage payment and thismonth’s heating bill,about putting food on thetable and presents underthe tree. But I’m makingthis announcement now

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Wilkowski is a formerLucas County Commis-sioner, who chaired the“Toledoans for Obama” ef-fort from the spring of 2007through this November’shistoric election.

A life-long Toledoan,

Wilkowski is a graduateof Woodward HighSchool, the Ohio StateUniversity, and the Uni-versity Of Toledo Collegeof Law. He has been mar-ried for 29 years to Bar-bara (Martel) Wilkowski,a registered nurse andformer social worker.They have four children:Erica, Emily (husbandLen), Greg, and Joe; andone grandchild, Colin.

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Brigham and Women’s Hos-pital de Boston, que tambiénprevé ofrecer transplantesde cara.

“Algunos pacientespueden derivar beneficiosenormes de esto. Esextraordinario que hayasucedido, es un gran pasoadelante”, dijo Pomahac.“Espero que abra la puerta alos pacientes y a otroscentros que quieran ofrecerestos transplantes”.

Las víctimas dequemaduras y traumatismosgraves necesitan mejorestratamientos, pero eltransplante de cara plantea“aspectos éticos realmentepolémicos”, dijo el doctorJeffrey Guy, director delCentro de Quemados de laUniversidad Vanderbilt.

Estos transplantes creanel dilema médico desuministrar drogasinmunosupresoras paraprevenir el rechazo ymanejar el riesgo deinfección acrecentado poresos medicamentos.

La recepción de unórgano o tejido ajenosiempre plantea laposibilidad del rechazo,porque el organismo recep-tor lo considera un cuerpoextraño. De aquí puedenderivar dos clases deproblemas.

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Ohio electors includedGov. Ted Strickland and OhioDemocratic Party chairmanChris Redfern. Also, LucasCounty Treasurer WadeKapszukiewicz.

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Electors in 50 states andthe District of Columbia cast537 votes Monday. A ma-jority of 270 required is forelection.

On the Net: Ohio Secre-tary of State: http://www.sos.state.oh.us

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The governor says the na-tion can’t give up on its autoindustry, which he says re-mains very important to Ohio’s

Governor: Bailout opponents playing with fireeconomy.

The Bush administrationon Friday announced $17.4billion in short-term loans forDetroit’s struggling car com-panies.

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El anfitrión de la cita,Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,comentó en el cierre de lacita que era mejor dartiempo a Obama a queasuma el poder y defina supolítica hacia AméricaLatina.

Morales temprano elmiércoles planteó imponerun plazo para que elpresidente electo deEstados Unidos, BarackHussein Obama, ponga fina las sanciones contraCuba, bajo pena de retirar asus embajadores.

“Quiero hacer unapropuesta que a muchos noles va a gustar: darle untérmino al nuevo gobiernonorteamericano para quelevante el bloqueoeconómico (contra Cuba)”,expresó durante la cita degobernantes de AméricaLatina y el Caribe en elnoreste brasileño.

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The Holidays are a timefor…

Christmas is right aroundthe corner, yet it seems asthough the beginning of theschool year was just yester-day. As the saying goes timedoes fly. I must admit that Itruly enjoy this time of year,especially since I am able tosee the magic of the seasonin the eyes of mi hija.

It makes me feel youngagain and causes me to remi-nisce about my childhoodand the many wonderfulholiday memories that I have.During my adulthood, how-ever, I view the season froma totally different perspec-tive—for me it is now a timeto spend with family, cel-ebrate life, gives thanks, andhelp others.

I would like to share alittle about each of these andhelp you reflect upon yourown life and maybe thinkagain about what the holi-day season means to you.

FamiliaMi familia has been the

greatest blessing and assetto me in this world. There isseldom a day that goes bywhen I do not feel a senseof gratitude for the familythat surrounds me. Likemost families we have ourtraditions and customs thatreflect this time of year.

Whether making tama-les together, Christmas Evecelebrating the birthday ofmi tío, Christmas day to-gether enjoying one an-

other while feasting on ta-males, kielbasa fromStanley’s, of course, and ourannual gift exchange;nuestra familia makes timetogether a priority.

I know that not every fam-ily is able to be together, butjust do what you can to enjoythe family that you have inyour life and let them knowwhat they mean to you.

Remember this also—it’sa great time for forgiving;nobody is perfect and ev-erybody deserves a secondchance so don’t waste theopportunity to reach out tothose important people inyour life who may havestrayed.

La vida buena, la vidadura, la vida mia, la vidatuya

Life doesn’t alwayswork out the way weplanned; there are thingsthat we just can’t control,and that is just reality.

One thing above all elseremains the same, every-body has choices. Nowthere are a million thingsthat can affect what yourchoices are, and some willhave more than others.

I recently shared an ideawith a student of mine, whowas interviewing me for ajournalism project. Sheasked me to share a quotethat I would want studentsto remember. Initially, Ithought of a few commonthings that I often say in myclassroom—things like,

ARIES: MARCH 21 - APRIL 20You keep wondering what an old flame is up to.

They think as much about you. Before you decide toreconnect, try to recall the circumstances of yourbreakup and don’t kid yourself about revisiting thepast.

TAURUS: APRIL 21 - MAY 20Fond of doing things the hard way, you still don’t

see how it screws you up. Having to prove that you’reWill is stronger than anything blocks you from theunderstanding that life only works when we go withthe flow.

GEMINI: MAY 21 - JUNE 20All this gossip makes it hard to separate truth from

lies. Your imaginings have nothing to do with the waythings are. No one’s out to get you, so dump that ideaand ask yourself why someone else always has to bethe bad guy.

CANCER: JUNE 21 - JULY 20Now that you see what went wrong, don’t criticize

yourself for not seeing it sooner. Whoever’s makingmincemeat out of your plans is now in the driver’sseat only because you let them take over every aspectof your life.

LEO: JULY 21 - AUGUST 20You don’t have to fully understand someone to

love them. Your latest flame may be a little differentbut don’t try to change their ways. They have so muchto teach you about yourself. Be open to it.

VIRGO: AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 20It’s tough to play the heavy in this situation but

being too kind or too trusting won’t work. Hold yourground. Don’t worry about how you come across.Protect your own interests no matter what.

LIBRA: SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 20None of this is as bad as it looks. Circumstances are

crazier than usual, that’s all. As soon as the dustsettles you’ll see that what lies at the core of yourrelationships is as strong as it ever was.

SCORPIO: OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 20You could use more support than you’re getting.

Too bad no one seems to care. It may be better thisway. If others have too much to say about how thisgoes it’ll limit your ability to remain in control.

SAGITTARIUS: NOVEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 20Things have changed so much you aren’t sure

where you stand. If this uncertainty makes you ques-tion recent choices know that you did the right thingand don’t try to return to what’s known and familiar.

CAPRICORN: DECEMBER 21 - JANUARY 20You know what needs to happen, but you can’t

press this. Time and the actions of others have a lot tosay about how things unfold. Those who are reluctantat this point will soon see that you have the right idea.

AQUARIUS: JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 20You made your choices and can do nothing to

change the way others respond to them. What you didwas done to preserve yourself. Those who fault youfor moving on are too messed up to see that you didthe right thing.

PISCES: FEBRUARY 21 - MARCH 20It’s time to get real. You can’t keep pretending to

be what you’re not. Living a lie is far more stressfulthan telling the Truth. You know what needs to hap-pen. The sooner you deal with it the better it will be foreveryone.

don’t be sorry, be better orno excuses, just results.

Although I feel those aregood to apply to everydaylife, I wanted to share some-thing deeper and this iswhat I said: Life is full ofthings that we cannot con-trol, but how you deal withthe things that you can con-trol will determine who youare as a person. Just some-thing to think about.

As I have written previ-ously, life is truly a gift thatwe all have been blessedwith—don’t waste it!

A quote from one of myfavorite movies Bronx Taleis ‘there is nothing worse inthe world than wasted tal-ent’. You possess your ownspecial talents and abilitiesno matter who you are. It iscritical that you discoverand embrace those talentsand abilities and then usethem to carve your path inthis world.

What are you thankfulfor?

So what is it? Health, fam-ily, talent, looks, friends, in-telligence, shelter, food, pos-sessions?

Obviously, this list can goon and on, but my point is toget you to think. Often times,we get down due to the beat-ing that life can give us.

The most important thingto do when you are goingthrough tough times is to re-main positive. I know it ishard to do, but as soon as youdevelop a mentality of nega-tivity then you are only mak-ing things worse. Instead,try to think things like thistoo shall pass, or it could beworse, because the reality isit can always get worse.

Everything happens for areason—the reason may notbe apparent right away, butin time things have a way ofbalancing out.

It’s not just about giftsThe Holidays are very hardfor some people; studies haveshown that many people be-come depressed becausethey are unable to give or getas much as they want or aresimply alone.

The saddest thing is theidea of gift giving is so com-mercialized—meaning, ev-ery commercial on T.V. orradio right now is talkingabout great gifts you can giveto your loved ones as thoughthat is the measure of yourlove for them. This causesus to then feel like we have to

buy things to show our love,which is totally ridiculous.

I am not saying don’t buygifts; what I am saying isseek the true meaning of theseason and don’t get caughtup in the hype.

Times are hard and manypeople are struggling just tomake ends meet. I can re-member being in high schooland we were really strug-gling ourselves; my popstold my brother and I that weweren’t having Christmasthis year.

I understood then andsaw how hard it was for himto have to tell us, but nowthat I am a father I truly ap-preciate what that must havebeen like for him. It is amemory like that whichmakes me think NintendoW i i … $ 2 4 9 . 0 0 …I P o d … $ 1 4 9 . 0 0 … E c k ofit…$120.00…jewelry…$500.00…people who love or careabout you…priceless.

There are others whoneed you

This is the season of giv-ing so do what you can, when-ever you can to help others.If you haven’t gotten it bynow I am big on communityservice and giving back.

Now is the perfect time tothink of others and have apositive impact on your com-munity.

My challenge to you is tomake it a priority to do some-thing for someone or someorganization in need. Youare going to have some extratime on your hands soon withwinter break, so there is noreason not to.

Hope you have a safe andHappy Holiday season!¡Hasta la próxima vez!

I would love to hear fromyou about my column pleasesend me feedback or let meknow if there is somethingyou would like me to writeabout. You can e-mail me atlaprensa5@yahoo.com.¡Gracias por tu apoyo!

cubano Raúl Castro en suprimer viaje a Brasil comojefe de estado.

No obstante, suiniciativa no fue incluidaen la declaración final de lacumbre ni generó mayorrespaldo entre los asistentesal foro.

“Tenemos que tenerprudencia y diplomacia yesperar que Obama tome elpoder. Estoy esperanzadode que habrá un cambio enla política estadounidensehacia América Latina y elCaribe”, expresó Lula.

Sin embargo, la cumbrede Brasil incluyó en sudeclaración final unllamado a poner fin al em-bargo contra Cuba

El Grupo de Ríoformalizó el martes laincorporación de Cuba aese foro de concertaciónpolítica, en lo que ha sidovisto como unarehabilitación del gobiernode La Habana en los forosregionales desde suexpulsión de laOrganización de EstadosAmericanos (OEA), en1962.

Morales admitió que supropuesta era una “medidaradical”, pero consideróque permitiría darle unaexpresión real a lasolidaridad con Cubamanifestada por losgobernantes del área en lacita de Brasil.

Exhibió en el plenariola resolución de la OEA queexpulsó a Cuba de eseorganismo, y comentó que“este tipo de resolucióndebe llevarse al tacho (dela basura)”.

De Parte del MaestroBy Josh Flores

Josh Flores

Cumbre no incluye ultimátuma EEUU por embargo a Cuba

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Lo mejor de la semana1. El cantante mexicano

Luis Miguel dio a conocera través de su página enInternet que su parejaAracely Arámbula dio a luza su segundo hijo.El bebé, un niño varón,nació a las 10:45 de lamañana en un hospital deBeverly Hills, California,el pasadojueves 18d ediciembre.

E ln i ñ o ,c u y on o m b r et o d a v í ano has i d odivulgado,así comosu mamá,s eencuentranen per-f e c t oestado de salud. Pesó alnacer tres kilos y medio ymidió 53 centímetros.

2. El actor Tom Cruiseestá planeando tomarse undescanso de películas

serias, para poder dedicarsea hacer una película aptapara los niños.Cruise admite que legustaría demostrar sustalentos de actor en unapelícula que puedandisfrutar sus hijospequeños, Conor, de 13años, e Isabella, 15, asícomo su hija biológica

S u r i ,de dosa ñ o s .“ M egustaría.N ot e n g on a d ap o ra h o r aen elhorizonte,p e r om egustane s a spelículas.Algunas

son realmente buenas, ysería de lo más divertido”,señaló el actor.

3. La cantante PaulinaRubio asistió comoinvitada a la presentación

de las e g u n d aobra deteatro deN a c h oCano, elm u s i c a lA, enM a d r i d ,acompañadade sue s p o s o ,N i c o l á sV a l l e j o -Nájera, yse les viosonrientes y en perfectasintonía.

Abordada por losreporteros, la ‘ChicaDorada’ habló sobre losplanes que tiene para el2009, donde además dehablar de su carreraincluyó el tema de lamaternidad: “Heterminado de grabar midisco y saldrá el año queviene, espero sorprender.Estoy contenta de terminarun año tan especial y tanbonito porque he estadocomponiendo yproduciendo. En el 2009llega el disco y luego elniño, claro que sí”.

4. El actor Armando Araizase encuentra separado desu esposa y en proceso dedivorcio, según informó elpropio actor a través de uncomunicado.

“Hace más de un año ymedio me encuentroseparado y enl o sr e s p e c t i v o strámites dedivorcio conla mamá demis hijas, unae s t u p e n d amujer ye x c e l e n t emadre a lacual le estaréa g r a d e c i d otoda la vida. El día de hoyno somos una pareja, peroseguiremos siendo una fa-milia”, señaló.

El actor pidió lacomprensión de los mediosen este momento delicado

para su familia.

5. Fernando Carrillo seconvirtió en padre de unniño varón que lleva pornombre Ángel Gabriel, yque nació el pasado mesde noviembre fruto de surelación con Mar Ramos.“Fue un sucesoinesperado, no planeado,pero bien recibido, contodo el amor del mundo yesperando poderconvertirme en un buenpadre”, señaló el galánv e n e z o l a n o .“No hay planes de boda nicreo que lo hagamos, perosí hay una linda amistad.Debemos tener una buenarelación en pro y enbeneficio de ÁngelGabriel”, añadió Carrillo.

Los mejores chistes dela semana

• ¿Cuál es el colmo deuna monja?

Enfermarse yno tener cura.

• Eraseuna vez quePepito sepuso a venderh u e v o sdentro de unaiglesia:

¡ H u e v o s ,huevos, a 10pesos cada

uno!Y el padre muy molesto

grita:¡Saquen a ese niño de

los huevos!Y Pepito asustado le

dice:

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Rosaleswho married on November 22, 2008.

Joe, Concepcion,and Felipe Martinez

Tom Cruise

¡Padre, mejor de laorejita!

• Había una vez un niñoque estaba escribiendo unacarta de amor que decíaasí:

María, en el desayunono como, porque pienso enti.

María, al almuerzo nocomo, porque pienso en ti.María, en la cena nomeriendo, porque piensoen ti.

María, en la noche noduermo, porque estoymuerto de hambre.

• Había una vez en Cuba

Paulina Rubio

dos Cubanos y uno lepreguntó al otro:

- oye chaval tu sabesquien es santa clausy él otro respondió:

- pue papá noely él respondió:

- pue mamá tampoco

• Un abogado tomaba elsol en un parque, cuandose le acerca una señora yle pregunta:

-¿Qué hace?-Aquí, robándole unos

rayitos al sol.-Ud. abogado siempre

trabajando a toda hora,¿no?.

Armando Araiza

Happy Holidays!

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Esperanza Inc. and TheCleveland Foundation en-tered into an historic part-nership and establishedthe Esperanza Inc. Endow-ment Fund of the Cleve-land Foundation on Dec.16, 2008.

“This has never beendone before,” saidEsperanza Founder andPresident Emeritus, LuisMartínez. He describesEsperanza as a labor oflove, and a commitment toprovide ClevelandLatinos an opportunity tobetter educational ser-vices.

“There is a sea of des-peration in our communitywhen it comes to educa-tion, and Esperanza is alittle raft keeping hopeafloat,” he said.

Martínez said the chal-lenge now is to get theLatino community to in-vest in Esperanza andunite to overcome thechallenges. He said thecity’s Latino population ispredominantly under theage of 25 and had tremen-dous potential that needsto be cultivated so theycan become leaders andgive back to the commu-nity.

“This is a dream cometrue for a disabled vet-eran,” said Martínez, whois the recipient of twoPurple Hearts.

Martínez emphasized thedemand is greater than theresources available andcredited Esperanza’s ChiefExecutive Officer BarbaraEsperón for addressing thesocial, psychological, eco-nomical, and cultural barri-ers that plague the commu-nity.

“We literally serve over1,000 students annually viaour computer training pro-gram, ESL classes, duringin-school tutoring pro-grams, after-school pro-grams, scholarships, and re-ferral services,” Esperónsaid.

The Endowment Fund willhelp the organization sus-tain its current programs,expand services, and awardmore scholarships in the fu-ture. “Our goal is to raise$1.25 million dollars in threeyears,” said Martínez. Thefundraising effort will beknown as Campaign 25 andfunds will be managed byThe Cleveland Foundation.

Caprice Bragg, VicePresident for Gift Planningand Donor Relations, saidthe Foundation was honoredto become partners withEsperanza and applaudedthe organization’s passionand commitment. She saidthe partnership has been 25years in the making and theFoundation is eager to shareits resources, “We take thisrole very seriously and are

truly honored,” Bragg said.Esperón said the En-

dowment Fund indicatesEsperanza’s boosts thecommunity’s confidencethat their funds are secure.However, the current eco-nomic slump has dwindledindividual and corporatepledges but the non-profitis marching forward, “Ourmost important strategicgoals are to findnew revenue streams andpartnerships and diversifyour current revenuestreams. More importantly,like most non-profits today,our number one objectiveis to weather the economicstorm we are all facing in-tact and to continue to be ofservice to our community,”said Esperón.

Lorraine Vega,Esperanza’s HonoraryBoard Member said the en-dowment solidifies the sup-port the Foundation hasprovided Esperanza. “Italso demonstrates wherethe Hispanic community isas a whole in terms of in-vesting in our children andcreating a stronger and dif-ferent relationship with theCleveland Foundation; thiswill put us all in a differentplace in terms of longev-ity,” she said.

Martínez incorporatedthe Cleveland HispanicScholarship Fund in 1983and the organization

awarded itsfirst schol-a r s h i p — a$200 gift toa LincolnWest HighSchool stu-dent.

The namewas offi-c i a l l ychanged toEsperanzaInc. in 1987.And in thepast 25years then o n - p r o f i thas fought an uphill battleto provide scholarships,mentoring, job preparation,and other services to a grow-ing Latino population.

Seventy-six percent ofLatino students drop out ofschool in Cleveland, thehighest percentage in thenation. Martínez said thereis an urgency to combat il-literacy, social and psycho-logical issues that preventLatinos from succeedingand a partnership with thefoundation will lift the com-munity from its bootstraps.

“I hope the fund willgrow to $10 million in ourlifetime,” Martínez said.

Andrew Connors,Esperanza Board member,conducted an in-depth di-agnostics to match afoundation’s strengthswith Esperanza’s needs and

recommended The Cleve-land Foundation to the en-dowment committee. Hesaid the Foundation offersgreat services at a level ofsophistication, unmatchedby any other organizationin the region, and its strongplatform will giveEsperanza the leverage itneeds for growth.

Cleveland FoundationPresident and CEO, RonaldB. Richard, applaudedEsperanza’s mission andassured the Foundationwould be an active partner.Quoting a Japanese phrase,Richard remindedEsperanza’s representa-tives to keep an open lineof communication, “I wantto build my own personalrelationships with the His-panic community andEsperanza,” he said.

Esperón said the orga-nization depends on vol-unteers to achieve its goaland encourages everyoneto get involved and to in-vest in time, talent, and trea-sure. To see 75 ways youcan get involved withEsperanza visit: http://www.esperanzainc.org/forms/75waysFLYER.pdf

For more information onCampaign 25, visit: http://www.esperanzainc.org/campaign25.htm

Editor’s Note: Cleve-land Mayor Frank Jacksonand Ward 14 CouncilmanJoe Santiago met withEsperanza students on Dec.17, 2008, to discuss howthe organization impactstheir lives. Watch the videoat: http://www.esperanzainc.org/videos.htm

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SAN JUAN, el 22 de dic.del 2008 (AP): Los Leonesde Ponce explotaron en elsexto capítulo con un ataquede cinco carreras para vencer9-4 el domingo a los Gigantesde Carolina y continuar supaso arrollador hacia lapostemporada en el béisbolprofesional puertorriqueño.

Ponce alcanzó su victorianúmero 22 por 11 derrotas,foja que lo coloca en la cimade la tabla con cinco juegosde ventaja sobre los Lobosde Arecibo, que después dela jornada dominicalmarchan en el segundopuesto.

Los Leones combinarontres dobles, dos sencillos, unboleto y un error defensivopara pisar el plato cinco vecesen la sexta entrada, carrerasque se sumaron a dosconseguidas en la cuarta yotra en la quinta.

El 9-4 definitivo llegó enel séptimo inning con uncuadrangular solitario deReggie Abercrombie.

José Vaquedano (4-0) fueel ganador. Emary Frederick(1-1), el perdedor.

Por Ponce, ReggieAbercormbie cerró suparticipación en el partidocon un cuadrangular en tresturnos, mientras que CarlosRivera bateó de 4-2 y Charlie

COLUMBUS: TheMLS Cup-champion Co-lumbus Crew announcedDec. 22, 2008, thatformer Crew standoutand longtime assistantcoach Robert Warzychahas been named the fifthhead coach in club his-tory.

A 45-year-old nativeof Siemkowice, Poland,and naturalized U.S. citi-zen, Warzycha was oneof the Crew’s all-timegreats on the field, whorecently completed hisseventh season on theclub’s coaching staff andsixth as a full-time coach.

Warzycha distin-guished himself during a16-game stint as interimhead coach from July 12,2005 through the end ofthat season. Warzychatook over a 4-10-2 teamand went 7-6-3 the restof the way.

SANTIAGO DECHILE, el 21 de dic. del2008 (AP): Un hincha deColo Colo murió tras sergolpeado en la cabeza porel dueño de un localcomercial mientrascelebraba el campeonatoobtenido por su equipoen el torneo clausura delfútbol chileno.

Benjamín Tapia, de 24años, fue golpeado conun bastón de seguridadpor el dueño del local.Este se molestó por losdesórdenes causados por

CALI, Colombia, el 21de dic. del 2008 (AP):América de Cali, uno delos equipos considerados“grandes” del fútbolcolombiano, venció eldomingo por 3-1 alIndependiente deMedellín y se adjudicó elcampeonato del torneoClausura.

El Cali, dirigido porel técnico colombianoDiego Edison Umaña,habiá doblegado elmiércoles por 1-0 alIndependiente en elpartido de ida. Fue elprimer campeonatopara Umaña.

El delantero delAmérica, Adrián Ramos,en una jugada sobre lamarcha y desde fuera delárea sacó un disparofuerte que venció alportero paraguayo AldoBobadilla, delIndependiente, a los 26minutos.

Bobadilla tuvo laposibilidad de atajar el

Following that season,he accepted the club’s of-fer to stay on as SigiSchmid ’s top assistantand, in doing so, becamethe first Crew assistantever to sign a multi-yearcontract. Over the nextthree years, he played avital role in the construc-tion and development ofthe most successful teamin club history. The 2008Crew won the Supporters’Shield with a 17-7-6record and 57 points, thenwent on to claim the club’sfirst MLS Cup champion-ship.

Warzycha’s retirementas a player following the2002 season capped ahighly decorated, 16-yearplaying career. He re-mains the club’s all-timecareer assists leader, with61, and ranks fifth ingames played (160) andfourth in points (99). He

Fermaint sonó doble y tressencillos en cinco turnos.

Edgardo Báez remolcótres de las cuatro carreras delos Gigantes al ligar sencilloy jonrón en tres turnos.

Mientras tanto en elestadio Hiram Bithorn de SanJuan, los Lobos de Arecibose impusieron 5-4 a losCangrejeros de Santurse alromper un empate a cuatrocarreras en la novena entrada.

Sencillos seguidos deJosé Velázquez y RichTownsend iniciaron el in-ning. Edwards Guzmántocó para sacrificarse yRené Rivera recibiópasaporte intencional. Conlos senderoscongestionados, RadamésNazario la rodó por elcuadro, pero la defensivasanturcina no pudo hacerel out y llegó la anotaciónde la diferencia.

Los Cangrejeroscarecieron de bateooportuno. Después de rayarcuatro veces en el segundotramo, les falló el remolque yal final del encuentro dejaron11 corredores en base.

Rich Townsend bateódoble y sencillo en tresturnos, al tiempo que JorgePadilla finalizó con tresindiscutibles y unaimpulsada para los Lobos.

S a n t u r c etuvo en ChrisAmador y Neftalí Soto a susmejores hombres ofensivos.Amador pegó par de hits eimpulsó una, mientras Sotose apuntó una empujada,además de registrar sencilloy doble.

El relevista BenjamínGrezlovski (1-0) se llevó lavictoria en dos tercios, en losque abanicó a un contrario.Edward Buzachero salvó suoctavo partido de latemporada y Craig Mollden(0-1) perdió.

Los Indios-Tiburones deMayag Juez-Aguadilla,guiados por cuadrangularesde Jorge Jiménez e IrvingFalú, interrumpieron unaracha de cuatro victorias alhilo de los Criollos de Caguasal vencerlos por 6-3.

Caguas se fue al frente conuna vuelta en el tercer tramo,Mayag Juez reaccionó condos en el inning siguiente paraluego asegurar el partido enla sexta vuelta con cuatrocarreras, producto decuadrangulares de Jiménez yFalú, con uno abordo cadauno.

El derecho Pedro Santiago(3-2) se acreditó el triunfo yJonathan Albaladejo (11) elsalvado. Vince Perkims (2-2)se fue con la derrota.

Puerto Rico: Ponce arrolla a Carolina encamino a la postemporada

Crew names Warzycha as newhead coach

added 19 goals in regu-lar-season play and fin-ished with two goals andnine assists in 17 careerplayoff games.

Prior to joining theCrew, Warzycha made 47appearances with the Pol-ish National Team from1988-95 and enjoyed athree-year stint withEverton of the EnglishPremier League (1991-94), among many careerhighlights.

Warzycha (pro-nounced var-ZEE-hah)and his wife, Eliza, havethree children: sonsKonrad and Bartosz, bothof whom play collegiatesoccer (at Ohio State andMarshall , respectively),and daughter Olivia.

Tapia y sus amigos, loscuales celebraban cadavez más ruidosamente amedida que pedían másalcohol.

El prefecto dei n v e s t i g a c i o n e s ,Guillermo Muñoz, dijoque el dueño delrestaurante y susempleados se enfrascaronen una riña con los hinchasen las afueras del localluego de expulsar envarias ocasiones a losbarristas.

Tapia murió el sábado

en la noche por untraumatismo craneal.

Colo Colo se coronócampeón el sábado alderrotar 3-1 a Palestinoen el partido de vueltade la final, después deque el de ida habíaterminado 1-1. Elcuadro colocolino es elmás popular de Chile ylas celebraciones delcampeonato seprolongaron hasta lamadrugada en todo elpaís, en especial en lasbarriadas pobres.

Chile: celebraciones de Colo Colo dejan unmuerto

Colombia: América logra su 13er títulodisparo, pero apenas tocóel balón y éste se fue hastael fondo del arco.

La segunda anotaciónfue un autogol deldefensa deIndependiente, JamellRamos, a los 60 minutosy Jaime Córdoba, en uncontragolpe, cerró lacuenta a los 89 minutos.

El tanto de Córdobadio paso a un carnavalmientras el volanteargentino Omar Pérez,figura del Medellín, fueexpulsado.

Diego Alvarezaprovechó un centro porizquierda del volanteDanilson Córdoba yconvirtió el tanto de latransitoria ventaja delMedellín a los 17minutos.

La final entre lospopulares conjuntos fuela segundo en la historiadel balompié local. Laprimera también la ganóel América en el 2001.

Umaña y sus

jugadores sesobrepusieron a losproblemas internos y elequipo rojo alcanzó la13ra estrella, las mismasde Millonarios, losconjuntos con mástítulos.

El Medellín, elonceno de SantiagoEscobar, buscaba suquinto gallardete enmedio de un escándalopor la captura de tres expresidentes y otros 11directivos y exdirectivos por orden dela Fiscalía en el marcode una investigación porel supuesto lavado dedinero del narcotráficoy otros delitos.

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MIGUEL A. FIGUEROAMiguel A. “Mike” Figueroa, age 72, died unexpectedly Sunday, December 14, 2008, at

his home in Coamo, Puerto Rico. He was born February 12, 1936, in Coamo, Puerto Rico.He came to Lorain in 1952 and worked for the Lorain Ford Motor Co., retiring in 1988. Hemoved back to Coamo after retiring. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Marcia (Millard)Figueroa, daughters Jeannie Rivas of Lorain, Michele (Figueroa) Ivey of Elyria and Marla(Figueroa) Greenhill of Lorain, son Michael Figueroa of Amherst, sisters Theresa, Gloria,Esther, Monserrate and Delia, all of Puerto Rico, brother Francisco Figueroa of Lorain, 8grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

He was preceeded in death by his parents Esteban and Margarita (Matos) Figueroa, sisterLillian, and brothers Victor Matos Figueroa, Anibal Figueroa, and Luis R. Figueroa.

REV. FREDDIE GARCÍA SR.Rev. Freddie García Sr., 63, of Lorain, OH, went home to be with the Lord, Monday

December 15, 2008, in his home, following a brief illness. He was born March 22, 1945, inLas Piedras, Puerto Rico and moved to Lorain as a small child at the age of six. In his youngeryears, he enjoyed boxing. He loved to sing, preach and enjoyed playing the guitar, but mostimportant of all he loved to win souls for the Lord. His motto was, “If God could save me, Hecan save anyone.” He was the pastor and founder of Jesús the Way Christian FellowshipChurch for 12 years. He also was the founder of “Drug-Free through Christ” in 1989 and“Jesús the Way Prison Ministries” in 1994. Survivors include his wife of 19 years CarmenGarcía (née Figueroa) of Lorain; mother Juanita García (née Negrón) of Lorain; sons Rev.Freddie García Jr. (Little One) of Tampa, FL and Anthony James García, Shawn MichaelBellamy and Ray Anthony García of Lorain; daughters Lorraine A. García and Selena García,both of Lorain; stepsons Alex Aponte of Buffalo, NY, José Aponte, Angel Aponte and JavierAponte, all of Lorain; 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brothers Rev. IsraelGarcía of Tampa, Fla. and Frank García, of Lorain; sisters Jenny Rivera and Lillian García(Matos), both of Lorain. He was preceded in death by his brother, Benjamin García, in 1995;his father, Francisco García, in 1997; and brother Bienvenido García in 2001.

CARMEN MARTÍNEZCarmen Martínez, age 71, of Toledo, OH, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at

St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. She was born January 3rd, 1937, to Maximo andConsuelo (Sausedo) Espinoza in Reynosa, México. Carmen was a longtime member of theStickney Congregation of Jehovah Witness. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother andgrandmother and cherished the time she was able to spend with her family and friends. Inaddition to her parents who passed away on the same day in 2000, she was preceded in deathby her son, Manuel Martínez. Carmen is survived by her loving husband of 52 years,Apolonio Martínez; children, Diana (Rick) Barrera, Larry Martínez of Tennessee, Frank(Anna) Martínez, Martin Martínez, Janie Martínez of Colorado, Michael Martínez, YolandaMartínez of Texas, Rosa (Jorge) Zapata, María Elena (David Lemmerbrock) Martínez andIrene (Mike) Collins; 27 grandchildren; 15 great-grand-children and siblings, María Bravo,Rosa Aguilar, Manuel Espinoza, Pepe Espinoza, David Espinoza, Irene Delgado, and IsraelEspinoza.

ROBERTO MATOSRoberto “Chiqui” Matos, 49, of Lorain, OH, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008,

in his home. He was born February 18, 1959, in Chicago. He came to Lorain In 1992. Whilein Chicago, he worked in home building and as a remodeling carpenter, as well as in therestaurant industry. Mr. Matos was a member of Iglesia Casa de Oración, Lorain. He wasactive in Christian ministry, visiting prisons and nursing homes. He enjoyed music, moviesand playing basketball. Among the survivors are his wife of 12 years Devora Matos (néeColon-Marrero); daughter Adinia Matos of Chicago; stepsons Edgar Otero of Lorain,Ramón, Cesar, David and Emanuel Pedraza, all of Lorain; his mother, Carmen Sánchez ofCiales, Puerto Rico; brother Angel Matos of Lorain; sisters Carmen and Evelyn Matos bothof Chicago, Linilda López of Lorain, Mayra López of Ciales, Puerto Rico and Lysette Vegaof Chicago; several grandchildren and several brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico. He waspreceded in death by his father, Roberto Matos, and a sister, María Matos.

THELMA L. MIRANDAThelma L. “Candy” Miranda, 50, of Toledo, OH, passed away in her home on Monday,

December 8, 2008. She—“The World’s Greatest Mom”—will now be with her belovedhusband. Thelma was born on March 26, 1958, in Toledo She was a graduate of WoodwardHigh School. Thelma is survived by her parents, Margaret (Townes aka Clucky) andEdward García; sons, Richard (Shannon) Adams, Joseph (Michelle) Adams, Robert(Bobbie Jo) Myers, Anthony (Christine) Wheatley, and Allen (Maria) Wheatley; specialnieces and nephews, and by 17 grandchildren. Also surviving are her sister, Jamie Townes;brothers, Edward García and Johnny Evans. She was preceded in death by her husband,Miguel Miranda and brother, Carl.

LUIS ANTONIO RUIZLuis “Louie” Antonio Ruiz was born into this world to Roberto and Eugenia Ruiz in

Toledo, OH, on October 3, 1992. In the blink of an eye, on December 14, 2008, he left thisworld suddenly and unexpectedly. Though here for such a brief time, Luis lived everymoment to the fullest. His enthusiasm and joyous spirit spilled over into everything he didand everyone he met. He enjoyed a good game of hockey and was an avid fan of the DetroitRed Wings. He was into NASCAR racing along with his Dad, uncles, and cousins. Old carsand music were also a big part of his life. Education was important to Luis and he recentlyprided himself in turning his grades around. It turns out he was pretty good in math! Oneof his favorite pastimes was eating homemade tamales and mole with his Mom and Abuelita.Luis found solace in attending a weekly youth group at Calvary Assembly of God. Most ofall, Luis enjoyed the time he spent with his big family, especially his cousins. Luis issurvived by his parents, Roberto and Eugenia Ruiz; his sister, Justice Ruiz; grandmother,Carmen Sosa; his uncles, Antonio, Gilberto (Linda), Augustine (Melanie), Juan (Sherry)and his aunts, María Meyer (Ralph), Olga, Diana Ruiz-Krause (Robert), Linda Bringman(Chad), and Lupe Carper; as well as his many cousins and friends. Luis was predeceased byhis grandparents, Antonio and Odilia Ruiz. Though Luis’s parting has left a huge void andhis family and friends will truly miss him, the many happy memories he gave us will betreasured forever.

TERRILL THOMPSONTerrill “Terry” James Thompson, 59, of Toledo, OH, passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2008,

at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. Terry was born September 5, 1949, in Barberton,OH to Donald and Ruth (Johnson) Thompson. He graduated from Kenmore High School.He went to Mount Union College and earned his Masters Degree in Accounting from TheUniversity of Akron. Terry was an A1C in The United States Air Force. He married JessieSchmelling on May 27, 1972, in New York and she survives. Terry was currently theTreasurer for Republic Development Corporation. He was a member of Grace UnitedMethodist Church, where he sang on the Praise Team and taught confirmation for fifteenyears. He was a certified USSF, NISOA, and OHSAA soccer referee, a board member of theNWOSOA and a Civil War buff. He also was a soccer referee of La Liga de las Américassoccer league, based in Toledo.

Terry is survived by his loving wife, Jessie; children, Kristen Leigh Thompson, TrevorJason Thompson, David Ryan Thompson; sisters, Rev. Ellen Little, Merry (Richard) Kostkoand brother, Dennis (Christy) Thompson and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded indeath by a daughter, Megan Lynne Thompson and his parents. Known for his sense of humorand engaging personality, Terry shared the love of Christ with others as only he could.

tact within a new globaleconomy.

In 2007, 1,833 U-M un-dergraduates and 668graduate students studiedabroad. A year ago, whenColeman put forward goalsfor her second five-yearterm, she said she wanted todouble the number of stu-dents studying abroad. Acomprehensive survey of U-M’s graduating class of 2008showed that students are in-terested in such experi-ences—about 70 percent ofthe 1,673 students who re-sponded reported studying

Presidente de la UM hace regalo para lanzar lacampaña de donaciones para estudiar en elextranjero

is Michigan’s promise tovictims’ families, a trade-off for not having the deathpenalty.

The parole board willtake longer than normal togive Granholm a recom-mendation because of thevolume of materials to re-view.

Chairwoman BarbaraSampson said the board hasno authority to exonerateParedes. It instead will ad-dress typical questions inparole and clemency cases:Does the punishment fit thecrime? Does a prisoner posea risk to society? Has he orshe made progress inprison?

Usually, the board alsowants to see remorse. ButParedes has continually saidhe’s innocent, prompting anassistant attorney generaland board members tospend much of the hearingprobing evidence.

They heard two compet-ing versions of what hap-pened.

Prosecutors said Paredesplanned and executed a“thrill kill.” He was the lastworker to punch out beforethe after-hours homicide. Ateen who served time forhis role in the crime toldjurors he picked up Paredesfrom the store after Paredesshot Tetzlaff and took$11,000 in cash and checks.

But Paredes’ mother saidhe was home during themurder, insisting she sawTetzlaff himself drop herson off before returning to

Efren Paredes asks Gov. Granholm for freedom

Uno es el del injerto con-tra el anfitrión, que se pro-duce cuando la nuevamédula ataca el organismoreceptor, o anfitrión. Otroes que el organismoanfitrión ataque la médulao la cara transplantada,

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a foreign language.“Disciplines in the hu-

manities and social sciences,such as history, art and for-eign languages, provideample academic opportuni-ties in different cultures.Along with increasing finan-cial support for students, Iwant us to identify study op-portunities for the less-ob-vious disciplines, such astechnology and science,”Coleman said.

Under Coleman’s leader-ship, the Michigan Differ-ence Campaign, which offi-cially ends Dec. 31, has

raised more than $3.1 bil-lion. Coleman previouslyestablished two President’sDonor Challenges to encour-age philanthropy to areasthat she felt were of greatimportance: endowed pro-fessorships, need-based un-dergraduate support andgraduate and professionalstudent financial support.The challenge to create 20endowed professorshipswas met within eight monthsand donors stepped forwardto make gifts meeting bothstudent aid challenges be-fore their end date.

the store. Supporters saidthose responsible for thecrime lied, cut deals andpointed the finger at Paredesto save themselves.

Paul Ciolino, a Chicago-based private investigatorwho was hired by the Paredesfamily and has helped freefive men from Illinois’ deathrow, called his case a “clas-sic” wrongful conviction.

The trial ended just 31/2months after Paredes’ arrest.Paredes said he had an “in-ept” lawyer who didn’t in-vestigate on his behalf orcounter negative pretrialpublicity coming from lawenforcement.

The jury foreman was acoworker of the victim’swife’s aunt. Paredes allegedthe foreman was crucial inpersuading other jurors whoinitially voted 9-3 for acquit-tal. Prosecutors said state andfederal courts have upheldthe conviction.

Both sides are so much atodds that they can’t evenagree on Paredes’ first name.His family says it’s “Efren,”law enforcement and prisonofficials have it as “Efran.”

Paredes’ odds of releaseprobably are slim, though hemay stand a better chancethan at any other time duringGranholm’s six years in of-fice.

In her first term, theDemocratic governor com-muted nine sentences of sickor aging inmates thought tobe close to death. Since win-ning re-election and creat-ing a clemency council in2007 to help review cases

a n dt r i mh i g hprisonc o s t s ,Granholmh a se n d e d5 2prisont e r m searly—many for non-medical reasons.

She has commuted 14first-degree murder sen-tences this year. Those of-fenders spent an average of37 years in prison beforetheir release. Some were ill.

“This prisoner is not ei-ther of those,” said BerrienCounty Chief AssistantProsecutor Michael Sepic,who tried Paredes’ case.

Paredes’ backers saidage should be a factor butin the other direction. Hewas 15 when the crime wascommitted and 16 when hewas convicted.

Supporters said even ifParedes did murderTetzlaff, juvenilesshouldn’t be treated thesame as adults when they’redeemed too young to vote,for example.

“I could have turned outto be the person others havetried to make me out to be,”Paredes said. “I’m askingfor a second chance to re-claim my life.”

David Eggert can bereached at:d e g g e r t @ a p . o r gOn the Net: The InjusticeMust End: http://www.4efren.com

Efren Paredes, Jr.,age 33

causando inflamaciones yotros trastornos en el tejidonuevo.

Cualquiera de los dosentraña riesgo para la vida.Pueden suceder a los pocosdías o semanas de laoperación, en el llamado

rechazo agudo. O puedeproducirse un rechazocrónico que socavelentamente la salud del re-ceptor.

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It doesn’t exist unless you have read it in La Prensa—Tinta con Sabor!

Father Ramírez Mendoza

The Ann Arbor Street ArtFair, the Original hasopened its 2009 Artist Ap-plication and is encourag-ing visual artists in all me-dia to apply. The applica-tion is available onZAPPlication.org and hasa deadline of January 15th,2009. Artists may contactRachael Zuppke with anyquestions involving theapplication process at:production@artfair.org

Dec. 22, 2008: The NationalSecurity Language Initiativefor Youth (NSLI-Y) program isoffering 550 full scholarshipsto U.S. high school students tostudy abroad and learn lan-guages that most students donot have opportunities to learn,but are rapidly becoming criti-cal to know.

Sponsored by the U.S. De-partment of State, Bureau ofEducational and Cultural Af-fairs, Youth Programs Divi-sion, NSLI-Y is designed toincrease U.S.-American citi-zens’ capacity to engage for-eign governments andpeoples through the criticallanguages of Arabic, Chinese,Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Russian,and Turkish.

The program is adminis-tered by a team of organiza-tions including: AFS-USA,American Councils for Inter-national Education,Concordia Language Vil-lages, and iEARN-USA. To-gether, they will award U.S.government funding in the

Letter to the Editor:I’m writing to La Prensa due to a situa-

tion that is going on at my church, SS. Peterand Paul.

On Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, everybody wasin shock when Deacon Alfredo Díaz readto us—the congregation that attended ser-vices—a letter from Bishop Leonard Blairannouncing that Father Isidro RamírezMendoza would no longer be serving ourParish.

Moreover, the Deacon—nor anyone elseat SS. Peter and Paul—did not give us aclear explanation why Father RamírezMendoza was taken out of the church andaccording Deacon Díaz, “this was a finaldecision!”

I believe we have the right, as parishioners of SS. Peter and Paul, to learn thereason behind this decision.

Father Isidro was a very good servant of God—the church was getting fuller andfuller every Sunday, and you can ask everyone there. We also were given anotherSpanish Mass at 8:00am on Sunday.

Priests like Father Ramírez Mendoza are what we need in our Parish. FatherIsidro kept me awake during the service and Mass was something that I wasanticipating each week—just to listen to him and his sermon.

I’m so upset and I believe everybody is right now. Is there anything that can bedone?—I will really appreciate knowing.

Sincerely,

Sanya RatajczakToledo, Ohio

Comment by La Prensa: If you care to express your opinion relative to this letteror issue, it is suggested that you contact Bishop Leonard Blair by writing him at1933 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604 or calling 419-244-6711.

Dec. 22, 2008: TheOhio State University un-veiled a series of steps toensure all enrolled stu-dents have the financialassistance necessary toenable them to completetheir degree programs.

A renewed, “StudentsFirst” commitment in-cludes additional finan-cial aid, emergency loansand tuition assurances. Itis designed to help stu-dents and their familieswho face increased eco-nomic hardship as a re-sult of the recession andcovers all currently en-rolled students and thoseadmitted for fall 2009.

“Our profound com-mitment is to providingaccess to Ohio State’sexcellent educational op-portunities,” said Presi-dent E. Gordon Gee.“Now more than ever, wemust assure that youngpeople are able to pursuetheir dreams, earn a de-gree, and use their talentsto enhance our economy,our state and our world.”

Elements of the Stu-dents First plan include:

• Guarantee that finan-cial aid will increase pro-portionally if tuition in-creases for the 2009-10academic year.

• Assurance that stu-dent financial aid will beprotected through anybudget difficulties.

• Reaffirmation of theuniversity’s pledge of no

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair ArtistApplications due Jan. 15

According to Zuppke,“long recognized as one ofthe nation’s finest art fairs,we are celebrating our 50thanniversary in 2009. TheStreet Art Fair also just re-ceived notice that we haveagain been included in TopTen Art Fairs and Festivalsby AmericanStyle Maga-zine (February 2009).

“One of the strengths ofour event is the outstand-ing art selected by the ju-

r o r sa n d ,w i t hy o u rh e l p ,we will continue to pro-vide a mutually benefi-cial connection betweenartists, their art and a veryappreciative audience.”

For more information,visit the Ann Arbor StreetArt Fair, the Original’swebsite: www.artfair.org

Full Scholarship Program for High School Studentspromotes study of Strategic Languages Abroad

mid-year tuition increases.• More than doubling the

university’s existing$850,000 short-term emer-gency loan fund with anadditional $1 millionthrough a transfer from theuniversity’s rainy day fund.

• Assistance, at any timeduring the year, in secur-ing additional financial aid(loans, grants, scholar-ships) for students whoseeconomic conditionchanges due to job loss byeither the student or theirparent(s).

• Personal contact withall first-year students whodid not re-enroll for winterquarter to make sure thatfinancial hardships are notan obstacle in continuingtheir education.

• Fundraising emphasison donations for studentfinancial aid, both loansand scholarships.

Ohio State students arereminded that low-interesttuition loans are availablethrough the university,which is the nation’s larg-est participant in the U.S.Department of EducationDirect Lending Program.The short-term loans of-fered by the university arefor students who are expe-riencing a temporary cashflow problem. Those loansare capped at $500 and mustbe repaid in 90 days.

Although both the Stateof Ohio and Ohio StateUniversity are preparingfor a bleak economic pic-

ture for the next year,Ohio State is committedto meeting its responsi-bility as an economic en-gine for the state by edu-cating its futureworkforce and by gener-ating the discoveries thatlead to job creation.

Ohio State hasachieved $94 million incost savings over the pastyear and hopes to buildon that through innova-tive programming, alongwith careful investments.Ohio led the nation inholding down tuition in-creases at public collegesand universities duringthe 2008-2009 academicyear.

And lawmakers haveinvested over $250 mil-lion to remake Ohio’seconomy through col-laborative programs inhigher education, par-ticularly in science, tech-nology, engineering,mathematics, and medi-cine, known as STEM. Theprograms acknowledgethe unbreakable link be-tween economic develop-ment and higher educa-tion.

Additional informa-tion can be found on theOhio State’s Student Fi-nancial Aid Web site:http://sfa.osu.edu/

Editor’s Note: Schol-arship information can beobtained online at LaPrensa’s Web site. Visit:www.laprensa1tv.com/Scholarships2.htm

form of full scholarships to550 U.S. high school and just-graduated students (ages 15-18) to participate in summer(6-8 weeks), one-semester,and full-year language pro-grams in countries wherethese languages are widelyspoken.

“Recent years have dem-onstrated how important it isthat Americans learn lan-guages of countries that willbe prominent in the 21st cen-tury,” noted Lisa Choate, VicePresident of the AmericanCouncils for InternationalEducation.

Programs immerse partici-pants in language acquisitioncourses throughout their stayin the host country. Studentslive with a host family, gain-ing invaluable formal and in-formal language practice andsparking a lifetime interest inforeign languages and cul-tures. Students will attendschool and interact with in-ternational students in per-son and through online tech-

nologies.Students wishing to apply

for full scholarships must: beU.S. citizens, be 15-18 yearsof age, and enrolled in highschool at the time of applica-tion, and have at least a 2.5GPA. Students may partici-pate in the program duringhigh school or during the ‘gapyear’ between high schooland college.

Beginning language stu-dents are invited to partici-pate, although all levels ofinstruction are available. Flu-ency is not required, but stu-dents with oral and writtenexperience in the programlanguages are especially val-ued for their experience. Stu-dents returning from theirNSLI-Y international expe-rience will be able to applytheir knowledge in univer-sity and professional oppor-tunities.

For more informationabout the scholarship and toapply online, visit: http://www.nsliforyouth.org/

Ohio State offers additional emergency loans,aid to students

Come Celebrate with us! Fun for the whole Family!

When: Saturday, January 10, 2009 Where: Knights of Columbus Hall, 2409 Airport Highway, Toledo, Ohio (corner of Airport Hwy. and Andorra)

Dinner/Dance Donation: $10/Adults. Children 10 and under Free Dinner served at 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. to Maria Gonzalez at 419-385-1150 with name of child and age Very

Important! The Three Kings will come bearing gifts for the children All are welcome to join in a time treasured tradition celebrated in Puerto Rico and throughout the World. Three Kings day is a time when three kings set out from three different parts of the known world following a star, they knew their savior was born. Gaspar, Melchor, and Baltazar arrived in Jerusalem on the 6th of January and bore gifts of gold, myrrh, and frankincense. We will be celebrating this day with food, music, dancing, and singing. There will be plenty of Salsa and Merengue as well as traditional holiday songs.

BYOB

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LOS ANGELES, el 19 dedic. del 2008 (AP):Unacoalición de organizacionesde base han comenzado unacampaña para recolectarcartas en las que se pide alpresidente electo BarackHussein Obama que detengalas redadas migratorias.

La campaña iniciada eljueves por organizacionesintercesoras de inmigrantesy grupos hispanos continuaráhasta el 16 de enero, cuandose junten las misivas y selleven a Washington paracoincidir con lajuramentación de Obama el21 de enero del 2009.

“También me gustaríapedirle que enreconocimiento de lasi n n u m e r a b l e scontribuciones de losinmigrantes a este país, porfavor use sus poderesejecutivos para ordenar elcese a las redadas de ICE (laoficina de inmigración y

aduanas), que estánseparando a familias ycausando más inestabilidaden nuestra economía”, rezala carta tras felicitar a Obama.

Las misivas puedenenviarse antes del 16 de eneroa organizacionesparticipantes comoHermandad MexicanaTransnacional, el Centro deRecursos Centroamericano(CARECEN), la Coaliciónpor los Derechos Humanosde los Inmigrantes en LosAngeles (CHIRLA), laFundación Maya, y la IglesiaNuestra Señora de Los An-geles, en la Placita Olvera.Después de esa fecha, sepueden enviar directamentea la Casa Blanca indicó elviernes Jorge Mario Cabrera,portavoz de CHIRLA.

Las misivas llegarían aWashington a través de unacentena y media derepresentantes deorganizaciones participantes

en la campaña que planean ira Washington para lajuramentación de Obama.

“La idea es que cuandoObama empiece su primerdía de trabajo, que tenga unrecordatorio positivo departe de la comunidad latina,porque se sabe que lasfuerzas antiinmigrantestambién movilizarán a susbases para que no haya loque llaman una amnistía”,agregó Cabrera. “La voz delinmigrante latino ya se hahecho ver a través de lasurnas, sin embargo, ese fueel salvo inicial. Ahoracomienza la marcha másdifícil que es recordar alCongreso y el nuevopresidente que el temamigratorio también es untema importante como laguerra, la economía”.

Cabrera agregó que notienen un mínimo de cartasque esperan recibir.

“Lo importante es que la

gente participe y mientrasmás cartas, más fuerte seescucha nuestra voz, cadacarta es considerada como10 personas”, puntualizó elactivista.

Las misivas pueden serescritas en español, agregóCabrera, aunque se prefiereque sean en inglés.

La campaña fue lanzadael jueves en la Placita Olveraen conmemoración del DíaInternacional de Inmigrante.

Otras organizacionesparticipantes son la AlianzaNacional de ComunidadesCaribeñas yLatinoamericanas, y lasorganizaciones mexicanasFederación Veracruzana,Federación Californiana deMichoacanos, FederaciónPoblana de California,Fundación Jalisco U.S.A., yFederación de ClubesYucatecos.

Juntan cartas para pedir a Obama que detenga las redadasPor E.J. T DAMARA

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NORTHGATEAPARTMENTSNow Accepting

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serves as the seniorfinancial officer for Din-ing Services, managesall financial and budgetoperations for DiningServices, providesbusiness oversight forall University DiningServices operationsincluding the Unionoperation and hasmany related duties.For a complete job de-scription including re-cruitment dates for thissearch (J-61334) andall current Administra-tive Staff vacanciesplease visit http://www.bgsu .edu /o f -fices/ohr/employment/a d m _ s t a f f /page11137.html or con-tact the Office of Hu-man Resources at(419) 372-8421 orohr@bgsu.edu. BGSUis an AA/EO employer/educator.

LOURDES COLLEGEProject Leader

Lourdes College has a current opening for aProject Leader. Qualified candidates must havethe ability to work closely with end-users helpingthem define their needs. Technical experienceprogramming in SQL required. Portal experiencepreferred. Bachelor’s Degree required in com-puter-related field or Associate’s Degree in com-puter-related field with 5 years programming expe-rience.

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A HousingCommunity for the

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Lucas County Dept. of Job & FamilyServices announces Public Meeting:

The Lucas County Services Advisory Commit-tee, a sub-committee of the Family ServicesPlanning Committee, is scheduled to meet onJanuary 9, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the Oregon Room,on the 3rd floor of the Department of Job & FamilyServices Building, located at 3210 Monroe Street,Toledo, OH.

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Drink and food Specials everyday

Monday thru Wednesday - Happy Hour all Day

Thursday Ladies Night - $3 Margaritas & Mojitos

Friday Pitcher Night - $2 OFF Beer, $4 OFF Margaritas

Saturday “MARGARITA NIGHT”

Sunday – KIDS EAT FREE

Everyday Lunch Margaritas & Mojitos $1.99

Now Open

Open late

Specials after 9 pm

Welcome private parties

Wednesday Night Salsa Dance Lessons

Also “KARAOKE” (Spanish-English) and more fun

Welcome LAST MINUTE PARTIES

DRINK AND FOOD SPECIALS EVERYDAYMonday thru Wednesday - Happy Hour all Day

Thursday Ladies Night - $3 Margaritas & MojitosFriday Pitcher Night - $2 OFF Beer, $4 OFF Margaritas

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AFTER 10 PMFeliz Navidad a todos nuestros amigos.

Everyday Lunch Margaritas & Mojitos $1.99