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LOS ANGELES, Nov.15, 2016 (AP): Los Angelespolice chief Charlie Becksays President-elect DonaldTrump’s vows to deportmillions after taking officewill not affect hisdepartment’s longstandingpolicy of staying out of im-migration issues.

Beck told the Los An-geles Times (http://lat.ms/2fc3QSY) on Monday that

PHOENIX, Nov. 16,2016 (AP): The principalof a private high school inPhoenix has denouncedwhat he describes as a deepracial divide on campus.

Brophy College Prepa-ratory Principal Bob Ryansent a letter to parents onMonday linking the divi-siveness to the recent presi-dential election.

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RICHMOND, Va., Nov.15, 2016 (AP): A reportshows the number ofschools in Virginia that areisolated because of pov-erty and race is growing.

Media outlets report astudy conducted by TheCommonwealth Institutereveals the schools that areisolated rose from 82 in

SNYDER, Texas, Nov.16, 2016 (AP): A schoolofficial in a small NorthTexas town has apologizedto administrators of a Texas-Mexico border school dis-trict after his studentschanted “build a wall”during a volleyball matchbetween teams from the twodistricts.

WASHINGTON, DC,Nov. 15, 2016 (AP): Presi-dent-elect Donald Trumpmade immigration a top is-sue in his campaign and nowhis promises from the cam-paign trail are about to beput to the test.

A look at immigration bythe numbers: Immigrants inthe country without docu-mentation: about 11 million.

• Criminal immigrants:As of 2012, the governmentestimated that 1.9 millionimmigrants were convictedcriminals and could face de-portation—no breakdowngiven as to violent versusnon-violent; misdemeanorversus felony.

• Criminal immigrants inthe country illegally: TheMigration Policy Institutein Washington estimates that

about 820,000 of the crimi-nal immigrants are here with-out documentation.

• Deportations underPresident Barack Obama:More than 2.5 million.

• Deportation costs: Eachdeportation costs an aver-age of about $12,500, ac-cording to a 2011 govern-ment estimate.

• Immigration court back-log: More than 521,000cases are pending in federalimmigration court, accord-ing to the TransactionalRecords Access Clearing-house at Syracuse Univer-sity.

• Immigrants ordered de-ported: 88,128 in 2015, ac-cording to Executive Officefor Immigration Review atJustice Department.

• Young immigrants pro-

tected from deportation byObama administration: Morethan 741,000 people havebeen approved for deferredaction, which shields themfrom deportation and autho-rizes them to legally work.

• Border Fence: About650 miles of fencing is al-ready in place along theMexican border in parts ofTexas, New Mexico, Ari-zona, and California.

• Length of Mexican bor-der: Roughly 2,000 miles.

• Border Patrol agents:18,321 agents patrol the U.S.border with Mexico.

• Arrests at the border:408,870 people were ar-rested trying to cross theborder withoutdocumentaton during the2016 budget year that endedin September.

Archer City school Su-perintendent C.D. Knoblochsaid he apologized to FortHancock district adminis-trators. He said Archer Citystudents also held DonaldTrump campaign signs atthe Friday regional tourna-ment match in the West Texastown of Snyder.

Knobloch said heated

emotions after the electionprobably were a factor andsaid “the whole communityis torn up about it.”

Fort Hancock school Su-perintendent José Francosays he accepted the apol-ogy and told his volleyballplayers that there “are a lotmore good people than ig-norant people out there.”

2002-2003 to 136 in 2013-2014. The number of affectedstudents more than doubledto 74,515 in that time.

An isolated school is onewhere more than 75 percentof students are black orLatino and over 75 percentof students qualify for freeor reduced-price meals.

The Government Ac-

countability Office reportedthat isolated schools are lesslikely to offer a full range ofmath and science courses,and that affected schoolsare more likely to expel orsuspend students.

The Institute recom-mends that lawmakers allo-cate more resources to af-fected school districts.

/bit.ly/2eG7QyS ) that Ryancondemned racist com-ments and criticized the ha-rassment of student support-ers of President-electDonald Trump.

Brophy Prep is an all-boys Catholic school in cen-tral Phoenix.

According to the letter,Latino students have beenasked if they were born hereand whether they had started

packing yet. Ryan alsowrote that some African-American and Muslim stu-dents have been subject tocomments he did not wantto repeat.

He ended the letter witha call for unity.

Ryan did not respond toa request for comment.

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his officers are “not going toengage in law enforcementactivities solely based onsomebody’s immigrationstatus.”

Beck says it is not theLAPD’s job to work in con-junction on deportationwith Homeland Security,and that’s not going tochange.

It has been departmentpolicy for decades not to

initiate contact with some-one solely to determinewhether they are in thecountry legally.

During Beck’s tenure hehas avoided turning overpeople with questionableimmigration status who arearrested for low-levelcrimes.

Information from: LosAngeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/

LAPD chief: Police won’t help deportimmigrants under Trump

Phoenix private school blames election forracial tension

Report shows more Virginia schoolsbecoming ‘isolated’

Texas students chant ‘build a wall’ at bordertown opponents

A look at Trump’s immigration plans by thefactual numbersBy ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C., Nov.17, 2016 (AP): The U.S.poet laureate who is thefirst Mexican-Americanand Latino to hold theposition will read from hisworks at Duke University.

Juan Felipe Herreraalso will meet the publicduring the free event thatbegins at 4:30 p.m. Thurs-

day in the David M.Rubenstein Library’s GothicReading Room.

Herrera is a poet, photog-rapher, anthropologist, car-toonist and multimedia art-ist who was selected as thenation’s 21st poet laureatein June 2015. His publica-tions include 14 collectionsof poetry, prose, short sto-

ries, a young adult noveland picture books for chil-dren with 21 books in totalin the last decade.

He has initiated theproject “La Casa deColores” (”The House ofColors”) where he asked US-Americans to contribute toan epic poem about the US-American experience.

US poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to readfrom his works at Duke University

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NACIONES UNIDAS,17 XI 16 (AP): EstadosUnidos fue uno de tres paísesque el jueves votó en contrade una resolución de la ONUque condena laglorificación del nazismo,por considerar que afecta ala libertad de expresión ypor temores de que Rusia laesté utilizando para atacarpolíticamente a sus vecinos.

La resolución titulada“Combatiendo laglorificación del nazismo,el neonazismo y otrasprácticas que contribuyena azuzar las formascontemporáneas delracismo, la discriminaciónracial, la xenofobia y laintolerancia relacionadacon ellos” fue aprobada porla comisión de derechoshumanos de las NacionesUnidas con 131 votos a fa-vor, tres en contra y 48

LAS VEGAS, 17 XI 16(AP): El público aún estabasorprendido de ver a Jenni-fer López cantando conMarc Anthony el clásico dePimpinela “Olvídame ypega la vuelta” cuandotodos enloquecieron porquela expareja accedió a darseun beso fraternal por ser“almas gemelas”.

“Marc, eres una leyendaviviente que va desnudandosu corazón y su alma en suviaje musical”, dijo Lópezal presentar el premio a An-thony como Persona del Añode la Academia Latina de laGrabación. “Hemosaprendido tanto, hemoscrecido tanto y siempre serámuchas cosas en mí vida, mimentor, un alma gemela, unpadre que no es solo la Per-

CIUDAD DE MEXICO,17 XI 16 (AP): El bancocentral mexicanoaumentó su tasa de interésde referencia, en un intentode enfrentar las presioneseconómicas tras el triunfode Donald Trump enEstados Unidos.

La institución informóen un comunicado queelevó en medio puntoporcentual la tasa deinterés interbancaria a undía, con lo que se sitúa enel 5,25%.

La victoria de Trumpprovocó de inmediato unacaída del peso mexicanofrente al dólar a niveleshistóricos, superando labarrera de las 20 unidadespor dólar. En su valor másbajo, llegó a cotizarse a21,26 por dólar, aunquedespués se recuperó unpoco.

El Banco de Méxicodijo en un comunicado quelos riesgos para laeconomía mundial hanincrementado, en particu-lar tras las eleccionesestadounidenses. “Si bienla economía mundial habíadado indicios de unarecuperación moderada enel tercer trimestre del año,la posible implementaciónen Estados Unidos y otrospaíses de algunas medidas

que obstaculicen elcomercio exterior y lainversión extranjera, haceque el balance de riesgospara el crecimiento de laeconomía global se hayadeteriorado”, señaló.

México es un país queexporta cerca del 80% desus productos a EstadosUnidos.

Trump ha dicho quecuando asuma lapresidencia renegociará elTratado de Libre Comerciode América del Norte, quesu país comparte conMéxico y Canadá.

El banco central esperaque el incremento de la tasade interés contrarreste laspresiones a la inflación.

Esta es la segunda vezque el Banco de Méxicoeleva la tasa de interésdesde el verano. Enseptiembre también laincrementó medio puntoporcentual hasta el 4,75%.

Tras conocerse losresultados de las eleccionesestadounidenses, elsecretario de Hacienda,José Antonio Meade, y elgobernador del Banco deMéxico, Agustín Carstens,dieron un mensaje paratranquilizar a los mercados.Sin embargo, no hicieronningún anuncio para“evitar reacciones

prematuras”.La decisión del banco

central llegó más de unasemana después, peroalgunos analistasesperaban un incrementomayor, dada laincertidumbre generadapor la victoria de Trump.

De hecho, la firmaCitibanamex estimó quehabrá un nuevo incre-mento en las tasas deinterés de 25 puntos baseen diciembre, y que ladecisión del Banco deMéxico de subir la tasa enmenor nivel del esperadose debe a un “recienterelajamiento en losmercados financieros”

El jueves, el pesovolvió a debilitarse,pasando de una tasa decambio en el mercadointerbancario de 20,34pesos por dólar a 20,41.

Según la firma deanálisis financieros,Banco Base, es poco prob-able que el peso seestabilice en los próximosdías, ya que el tipo decambio seguirácambiando con base en elfuturo de la políticamonetaria estadounidensey la especulaciónrelacionada a la nuevaadministración en EstadosUnidos.

sona del Año, es una personade toda la vida y para toda lahistoria”.

El público comenzó agritar “¡beso, beso, beso!”.Al principio Anthony sealejó de López, pero al finalse dieron un pequeño besoen la boca.

Anthony, quien estácasado actualmente con lamodelo venezolana Shan-non De Lima, le dedicó elpremio a los cinco hijos queha procreado de relacionesprevias, dos de ellos conLópez.

“Han sacrificado más quenadie para ver a papi aquíparado”, les dijo.

También se lo dedicó aquienes no creyeron en él:“Esto es para ustedes”.

“Olvídame y pega la

vuelta” fue originalmentepopularizada por el dúoargentino Pimpinela acomienzos de la década de1980. La canción fue lanzadael jueves en plataformasdigitales. López anunció queplanea lanzar un álbum enespañol editado por SonyMusic Latin a comienzos delpróximo año.

Desde que se casaron enel 2004, López y Anthonyfueron una de las parejaslatinas más mediáticas.Tuvieron a sus mellizosEmme y Max en el 2008 y enel 2011 se divorciaron.

Recientemente López yAnthony participaron juntosen un acto de campaña deHillary Clinton, perodefinitivamente esta gala darámucho más de qué hablar.

abstenciones. Ucrania yPalau fueron los otros paísesque sufragaron por el “no”.

“Condenamos sin reservatodas las formas deintolerancia religiosa yétnica u odio internos en lospaíses y en todo el mundo”,dijo Stefanie Amadeo,representante adjuntaestadounidense ante elConsejo Económico y So-cial, al explicar el voto deEstados Unidos.

“Sin embargo, debido alalcance abiertamenteestrecho de esta resolución ysu naturaleza politizada, ycomo pide límitesinaceptables a la libertad fun-damental de expresión,Estados Unidos no puederespaldarla”, afirmóAmadeo.

Dijo que su país tambiénestá en desacuerdo con ladisposición de la resolución

para disminuir la libertadde expresarse, inclusocuando el gobiernoestadounidense compartesus preocupaciones entorno al ascenso de losdiscursos de odio en todo elmundo.

“Las recomendacionesde esta resolución paralimitar la libertad deexpresión, la libertad deasociación, y el derecho areunirse pacíficamenteinfringen los principiosconsagrados en laDeclaración Universal de losDerechos Humanos y esnecesario oponerse a ellos”,dijo Amadeo.

A diferencia de lasresoluciones del Consejo deSeguridad, las de lascomisiones de la AsambleaGeneral no son consideradasde cumplimientoobligatorio.

México aumenta tasa de interés traselecciones en EEUU

El Beso: JLo y Marc Anthony se salen delguion en los Latin Grammy

EEUU: Resolución antinazi restringe libertadde expressionPor MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press

November 21, 2016:Registration is now open forthe UpTown Toledo 5kSanta Run/Walk. This fun,festive romp to ring in theholiday season hits thestreets December 17, 2016.UpTown’s third annualSanta Run/Walk will helpraise funds for the improv-ing the UpTown neighbor-hood. “We had great turnoutfor the second annual runlast December” said JulieChampa, Executive Direc-tor, the UpTown Association,“we look forward to anotherfun event for the runningcommunity and UpTown.”

All are welcomed to takepart in this premier holi-day-themed 5k. Young, old,or anywhere in between.Red-colored wear is highlyencouraged to celebrate the

season with their favor-ite ridiculous runningattire, be it a full-on re-indeer costume, elf-gearor Santa hats and sus-penders.

Santa Runs across thecountry are known forguests going all out in thename of freewheeling self-expression and fitness. TheUpTown Toledo 5k SantaRun/Walk will celebrate theunique culture of UpTownas you pound the pavementto do good for yourself andthe neighborhood. Bibs andrace packets will be providedto all participants. Registerat: uptownsantarun.org.

Immediately followingthe 5k, join the UpTownAssociation at The ToledoClub as we celebrate theseason at the official After

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DETROIT: MichiganUnido y nuestrosmiembros asociadoscondenan los mensajesracistas, y divisoriosa n ó n i m a m e n t edifundidos en el campusde la Universidad deMichigan el día lunes.Folletos promocionandomedios de comunicaciónde supremacía blanca ysitios web de derechaalternativa ‘alt-right’fueron colocados en áreascomunes como el “Diag”,una zona de reunión de losestudiantes al aire libre,los folletos citaban elodioso lema de campañadel presidente electoDonald Trump.

También promovieronel perfil racial y señalarona las familias inmigrantespara su deportación. Lossitios web listados en losvolantes son conocidosconductos de losideólogos de lasupremacía blanca queeran partidariosprincipales de Trump. Losestudiantes publicaronfotos de los volantes en lasredes sociales antes de quefueran removidos.

Los volantes sonseguidos de al menos dosreportes de intimidaciónétnica reportados en o cercadel campus. Además, losadministradores de la UM ylos estudiantes respondierona carteles similares en unincidente ocurrido a finalesde septiembre, en el que losvolantes instaron a los “euro-americanos” a “dejar dedisculparse, vivir con miedoy negar su herencia”.Informes anecdóticos deotros incidentes en Michi-gan repiten estos actos e ideasrepugnantes.

Los activistas deinmigración instan a unafuerte reacción en respuestaa las demandas de estilo vigi-lante y recuerdan a otros queen Estados Unidos, losvecinos no se denuncianunos a otros. “Me horrorizaque algunos encuentren estetipo de mensajes aceptable,y que algunos se sientancómodos provocando temory xenofobia, lo que esdesalentador. Somos mejoresque esto”, dijo AdamMageed, un estudiante de laUM y miembro de MichiganUnido quien ayudó aorganizar una oración

musulmana en el Diag.”Lo que es evidente es

que el racismo y el odio hanencontrado una nueva vidadespués de las eleccionespresidenciales. Pero aquí,en Michigan y en otrasuniversidades, losestudiantes se estánorganizando paraasegurarse de que todos sesientan seguros. Estoyconsternado por el odio encontra de los musulmanes,inmigrantes y comunidadesde color, estoy abrumadopor el apoyo que estamosrecibiendo, estamosconvirtiendo la iradesencadenada por estaelección en amor yesperanza”.

NOTA: MichiganUnido es una ampliacoalición estatal quetrabaja para reformarnuestro sistema deinmigración, el avance ala justicia por la vivienda,proteger los derechos delos trabajadores de bajosingresos y desarrollar elliderazgo. Másinformación se puedeencontrar en la páginaweb de Michigan Unido:www.miunited.org

Abogados critican los folletos racistasencontrados en UM en el Campus de Ann Arbor

LANSING/DETROIT/CHINA, Nov. 17, 2016:While a delegation of Chi-nese leaders were in Detroitdiscussing climate changemitigation, Gov. RickSnyder and his Michigandelegation met Thursday inGuangzhou with Party Sec-retary of Guangdong prov-ince Hu Chunhua duringthe sixth full day of theGovernor’s 2016 Chinainvestment mission.

Hu and a delegation fromChina visited Michigan inMay and signed a sisterstate agreement withSnyder, the first agreementof its kind to be signed be-tween the state of Michi-gan and a province of Chinasince 1982.

“Michigan was one ofthe first states to begin aformal relationship withChina, and we are commit-ted to a partnership that al-

lows that tot h r i v e .Guangdong,which is al-ready home toa number ofauto compa-nies and sup-pliers, is anatural fit forMich igan ,”Snyder said.“These agree-ments bring aunique vision to our relation-ships with China and add toMichigan’s already unprec-edented commitment to help-ing businesses and people inboth of our countries.”

Snyder is spending thelast days of his mission inBeijing and Nanchang, hold-ing a Michigan press confer-ence and meeting with busi-ness leaders and governmentofficials.

The trip marks the Snyder

administration’s sixth mis-sion to China. Other mis-sions led by Snyder or Lt.Gov. Brian Calley have in-cluded: Japan, South Ko-rea, Canada, Germany,Italy, the Netherlands, Bra-zil, Mexico, Israel, Chile,Columbia, Switzerland,Ireland, and Great Britain.

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Owens’ Accent on theArts! Concert Series wel-comes harpist Christa Grixand her Jazz Trio on Friday,December 2, 2016 at 7:30pm. This free concert willbe presented on theMainstage in the Center forFine and Performing Arts,Perrysburg Campus.

Ms. Grix has released 4recordings and her publi-

Nov. 17, 2016:Metroparks of theToledo Area haswon a record sixfirst-place awards ina statewide contestamong parks andrecreation agencies.

The park districtreceived nineawards in all fromthe Ohio Parks andRecreation Associa-tion in its annualAwards of Excel-lence contest.

“These award winnersrepresent the best of the bestin parks and recreation inOhio,” said OPRA Execu-tive Director WoodyWoodward. “These pro-grams and projects arechanging the lives of peoplearound the state and build-ing better communities inOhio.”

Three of the awards werein the Capital ImprovementsCategory: The newMiddlegrounds Metropark,opened September 17, 2016in downtown Toledo, won1st place for projects costingmore than $2.5 million.Fallen Timbers BattlefieldMetropark, opened in Octo-ber 2015 in Maumee, won 1st

place for projects costing $1million to $2.5 million.Westwinds Metropark, anarchery park in Holland thatalso opened last October,won 2nd place for projectscosting less than $1 million.

A strategic land acquisi-

tion plan, which increasedthe size of the park district by4,387 acres since 2002, won1st place in the Natural Re-sources and ConservationCategory.

A new website, Metro-parksToledo.com, won firstplace in a category recogniz-ing Marketing Innovation.

Two more awards were inthe Special Events Category:Holidays in the Manor House,a 40-year annual event thatlast year drew more than25,000 people to WildwoodPreserve over nine days, won1st place. The annual Out-door Adventure Expo, heldin May at Side Cut Metroparkin Maumee, won 3rd place.

Three awards were in theProgram Category: A grandopening event marking theopening of Fallen TimbersBattlefield won 1st place forhistorical and cultural artsprograms. A series of newOutdoor Skills programs won2nd place for recreation pro-grams. And a summer camp

program, My Men-tor and Me, in part-nership with theAbility Center ofGreater Toledo andthe Lucas CountyBoard of Develop-mental Disabili-ties, won 3rd placefor special popula-tions programs.

While 18 differ-ent agencies re-ceived awards, andnine won first place

awards, Woodward saidMetroparks broke anOPRA Awards record bytaking home six first placeawards.

The awards were judgedby a panel of 41 parks andrecreation professionalsfrom around Ohio.

The OPRA AnnualAwards of Excellence willbe presented at a banquethosted by the associationFebruary 14, 2017 at theKalahari Convention Cen-ter in Sandusky in conjunc-tion with the 2017 OPRAConference & Trade Show.One 1st place award winnerwill be presented with the2016 Governor’s Award forParks and Recreation, a“best-in-show” awardwhich includes a $500 con-tribution to the parks andrecreation foundation of thewinner.

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cations for harp are played byharpists across the world. Inaddition to the United States,her appearances include per-formances in Canada, France,Mexico, as well as the 2011World Harp Congress. Christawill be joined on December2nd by world-class Detroit areajazz musicians Kurt Krahnkeon bass and Pete Siers on drums.

Accent on the Arts! is a free

concert series featuring 4performances during the2016-2017 year. The seriesis designed, booked, pro-moted and presented by theMusic Business Technol-ogy Portfolio I class.

For more information,please contact the Depart-ment of Fine and Perform-ing Arts, 567-661-7081 orgo to www.owens.edu/arts

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Acoma Pueblo poet SaraMarie Ortiz will give thekeynote address for TheUniversity of Toledo’s cel-ebration of Native Ameri-can Heritage Month. Shewill speak at 7:30 p.m.Monday, Nov. 28, in theStudent Union IngmanRoom. Ortiz is the authorof a collection of poems,Red Milk, published in2013. Her works have ap-peared in Ploughshares andNew Poets of the West, aswell as a 2011 anthology,Sing: Indigenous Poetry ofthe Americas. A film-maker, she has worked on“Search for the World’sBest Indian Taco” (2010),

Activist/artist to visit UT for Native AmericanHeritage Month

“ I n d i o sPrimeros” 2010and “Made inNew Mexico”(2012). She ismaking a docu-mentary on thelife and legacyof her father,poet Simon J.Ortiz. An indig-enous peoplesactivist andperforming artist, Ortiz re-ceived a bachelor of arts de-gree from the Institute ofAmerican Indian Arts and amaster of fine arts degreefrom Antioch University LosAngeles. She is an educationadministrator in Burien,

Wash. The free, public talkis sponsored by the Officeof Excellence andMulticultural StudentSuccess, the Division ofStudent Affairs, and theDepartment of EnglishLanguages and Literature.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 15,2016 (AP): Thanksgivingis traditionally a day forgathering with your fam-ily and eating turkey, butthere’s a twist on the holi-day as a purely social gath-ering, and it’s calledFriendsgiving.

The menu might in-clude anything from beerand cheese fries to cock-tails and salmon. But in-stead of the host slavingaway for hours in a hotkitchen, it’s more likely tobe a party-style potluck.

The trend is also turn-ing up in ads, charity pro-motions, Evites and evenon a cruise ship, with RoyalCaribbean’s Harmony ofthe Seas ship hosting aFriendsgiving celebrationfor passengers two weeksbefore Thanksgiving thisyear.

This fall’s premiere is-sue of The Magnolia Jour-nal, a magazine fromHGTV’s “Fixer Upper”stars Chip and JoannaGaines, also featured astory about Friendsgiving.

And while US-Ameri-cans have long celebratedThanksgiving with friendswhen they couldn’t be withfamily—whether theywere living abroad, at col-lege or in the military—Friendsgivings aren’t usu-ally replacements for tra-ditional family gatherings.Instead, Friendsgivingsare held in addition to thetraditional Thursday tur-key dinner, specificallyscheduled on a differentday so as not to conflictwith family get-togethers.

New Yorker HannahRedfield says she and her

17 XI 16: MorganFreeman recibirá otroreconocimiento a toda sucarrera en el cine.

AARP anunció eljueves que el actorrecibirá el galardónMovies for GrownupsCareer AchievementAward en una gala elpróximo año.

El actor, de 79 años,ya tiene en su poder el

20-something friends are “re-ally into” Friendsgiving,which they’ve celebratedsince 2014. She calls it “amillennial-driven interpre-tation of Thanksgiving. Thisdemographic of people isn’tas concerned with preparingthe traditional Thanksgiv-ing meal but is looking foran excuse to celebrate friend-ship. In my experience,people aren’t necessarily ex-pected to show up with solelymashed potatoes, stuffing,cranberry sauce, etc.” In-stead, they bring everythingfrom cheese fries to spaghettisquash—“whatever theycould muster or afford withentry-level salaries.”

Nina Foley of Chicagoagrees that Friendsgivingsoffer an opportunity to breaktraditions: “While a familyThanksgiving would neverallow for anything other thantraditional canned cranberry,creamed corn casserole orgreen beans, because it’sFriendsgiving, we have thefreedom to get creative.” Onefriend in her group went toculinary school and includesingredients with his gour-met turkey that “none of usever saw on our plates askids—figs, preserved or-anges, fried sage!”

Friendsgivings are alsooften more like parties thanstaid sit-down dinners. Thereare Friendsgiving pajamaparties, and themed eventswith arts and crafts or games.

Platt uses the online invi-tation service Evite for herFriendsgiving and noted that“the first year was slim pick-ings for invite designs, butnow there are a lot to choosefrom.” Evite reports a 29 per-cent increase this year over

last in the number of eventsthat its Friendsgiving de-signs are being used for,totaling in the thousands.

Some Friendsgivingsdouble as fundraisers, withhosts inviting guests to sup-port a good cause. A charitycalled No Kid Hungry,which focuses on endingchildhood hunger by con-necting kids to the mealsthey need, offered aFriendsgiving fundraisingoption last year and raised$28,000 from some 50 par-ticipants. This year, No KidHungry has registered 1,400Friendsgiving fundraisers,raising $78,000 so far. Hostsask guests for donations orcharge for a specific cock-tail or treat.

Kory Stamper, associateeditor for Merriam-Webster,says the term“Friendsgiving” hasn’t yetmade it into the company’sdictionary, but “it’s a goodcandidate for future inclu-sion.” She saysFriendsgiving started beingused around 2007, withboosts from a 2011 Bailey’sIrish Cream ad and also froma “Real Housewives of NewJersey” episode.

Branding expert NancyFriedman said on her blog,Fritinancy, thatFriendsgiving first turnedup online in 2004 and waspopularized in part by a2013 Taco Bell promotion.Some people think the termis connected to the TVsitcom “Friends,” whichwas famous for its annualThanksgiving-with-friendsepisodes, but Friedmandoesn’t think the word wasever used on the show,which ended in 2004.

Life Achievement Awarddel American Film Institute,el Premio Cecil B. DeMillede los Globos de Oro y laMedalla Nacional de lasArtes del presidente BarackObama.

Aceptará el premio de laAARP en una cena elpróximo 6 de febrero enBeverly Hills, California.Antes que Freeman,recibieron el Movies for

Grownups CareerAchievement Awardactores como MichaelDouglas, Susan Sarandon,Robert De Niro, SharonStone y Robert Redford.

Freeman ganó un Oscaren 2004 por “Million Dol-lar Baby” y fue nominadoen otras cuatro ocasiones.Sus películas másrecientes son “Ben-Hur” y“Now You See Me 2”.

Celebrating ‘Friendsgiving,’ a Thanksgivingparty for friendsBy BETH J. HARPAZ, Associated Press

Morgan Freeman recibirá el premio deAARP a su carrera

BEIJING, Nov. 18,2016 (AP): China on Fri-day demanded its north-ern neighbor, Mongolia,scrap a visit by the DalaiLama, labeling the exiledTibetan spiritual leader aseparatist who seeks toalienate Chinese-con-trolled Tibet from Beijing.

The 81-year-old monkis starting a four-day visitto predominantly Bud-dhist Mongolia on Fridayevening. His visit is beingdescribed by his hosts aspurely religious in natureand no meetings with offi-cials are planned.

Despite that, China’sForeign Ministry reiter-ated its rigid oppositionto all foreign travel by theDalai Lama, who has beenbased in India since flee-ing Tibet during an abor-

tive uprising againstChinese rule in 1959.

The Dalai Lama is a“political exile who haslong been engaging insplitting China activi-ties in the name of reli-gion with the aim ofalienating Tibet fromChina,” ministryspokesman GengShuang said.

“We strongly demand thatMongolia, for the purpose ofmaintaining the general pic-ture of a sound and steadydevelopment of bilateral ties,earnestly stick to its commit-ment on Tibet-related issues,does not allow the visit bythe Dalai Lama and does notprovide any form of supportand convenience to the DalaiLama clique,” he said.

Mongolia’s herding andresource-centered economy

is heavily dependent onChina and the country iscurrently in negotiationsfor a $4.2 billion loan fromBeijing to help pull it out ofa deep recession.

Mongolian Buddhism isclosely tied to Tibet’s strainand traditionally reveresthe Dalai Lama as a leadingspiritual figure. The DalaiLama made the first of hiseight visits to Mongolia in1979, when the country wasstill under Communist rule.

China demands Mongolia scrap visit by DalaiLama

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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17,2016 (AP): Colombiansinger Manuel Medranoand Puerto Rican artistYandel each won two LatinGrammy Awards Thursdayduring a ceremony thatbegan with a strong mes-sage in defense of Latinos.

Juanes and Pablo Lópezopened the show with a per-formance of “Tu Enemigo”(“Your Enemy”), backed bya gospel choir and Cirque duSoleil gymnasts. The songincludes the lyric, “yourhands are my flag and I havea song as my border.”

Show host RoselynSánchez repeated the lyricafter their performance, say-ing, “the only barriers thatshould exist are the songs.”

Actor-director DiegoLuna, who presented thesong of the year award tothe composers of “LaBicicleta,” urged unityamong Latinos.

“Together we can fight

LAS VEGAS, 17 XI 16(AP): Víctor Manuelle lecantó “Valió la pena”,Laura Pausini “A quién”,Carlos Vives “El cantante”de Héctor Lavoe y PrinceRoyce y Julio ReyesCopello “Cambio de piel”.Ricky Martin, quien nofiguraba en el programa,también lo sorprendióentregándole el premio.

En una gala plagada deestrellas Marc Anthony fuereconocido el miércolescomo la Persona del Añode la Academia Latina dela Grabación, uno de lospremios más importantespara un cantante hispano,en la víspera de los LatinGrammy.

Veintidós amigos ycolegas del superastro dela salsa se subieron alescenario y entonaron susgrandes éxitos junto a unanumerosa orquesta,además de un par de temasde Lavoe que Anthonyinterpretara comoprotagonista de la cintasobre la vida del difuntosalsero, “El cantante” de2006. Fue una sorpresa trasotras para el agasajado, yaunque en su mayoríasabía quiénes le rendiríanhomenaje había dicho a laAP que estaba “locoporque llegue esa nochepara ver quién canta quécanciones y en qué estilo”.

“Estoy en shock, enshock, en shock...”, dijoAnthony casi al final de laceremonia, antes de cantarcon Martin y el productorSergio George sumegaéxito “Vivir mivida”.

“Estos eventos estándiseñados para sentirse tanapreciado. Me siento másvivo que nunca”, añadió.“This is crazy (esto es unalocura), muchas gracias,que Dios los bendiga ...Muchas gracias por estanoche inolvidable”.

El evento comenzó conuna cena en la que 1.400invitados, muchos de ellosluminarias de la industria,se deleitaron con un menúque incluyó una ensalada,

• Record of the YearCarlos Vives & Shakira,“La Bicicleta”• Album of the YearJuan Gabriel, Los Dúo 2• Song of the Year”La Bicicleta,” AndrésCastro, Shakira & CarlosVives, songwriters (CarlosVives & Shakira)• Best Banda AlbumBanda El Recodo De CruzLizárraga, Raíces• Best Tejano AlbumMichael Salgado, Por CieloY Tierra• Best Norteño AlbumLos Tigres Del Norte,Desde El Azteca• Best Regional Song”Ataúd,” Erika Ender,Manu Moreno & MónicaVélez, songwriters (LosTigres Del Norte)• Best Salsa AlbumIndia, Intensamente IndiaCon Canciones De JuanGabriel• Best Cumbia/VallenatoAlbumFonseca, Homenaje (A LaMúsica De Diomedes Díaz)• Best Contemporary

Tropical AlbumGuaco, Guaco Histórico2 • Best TraditionalTropical AlbumLa Sonora Santanera, LaSonora Santanera En Su60 Aniversario• Best Tropical FusionAlbumGente De Zona, Visualízate• Best Tropical Song”Vine A Buscarte,” OmarAlfano, Fonseca & YadamGonzález Cárdenas,songwriters (Fonseca)• Best New ArtistManuel Medrano• Best Contemporary PopVocal AlbumJesse & Joy, Un Besito Más• Best Traditional PopVocal AlbumJuan Gabriel, Los Duo 2• Best Urban Fusion/PerformanceYandel, “Encantadora”• Best Urban Music AlbumJ Balvin, Energia• Best Urban Song”Encantadora,” Egbert RosaCintrón, Farruko, EduardoA. Vargas Berrios & Yandel,

songwriters (Yandel)• Best Rock AlbumLos Fabulosos Cadillacs,La Salvación De Solo YJuan• Best Pop/Rock AlbumJulieta Venegas, AlgoSucede• Best Rock Song”La Tormenta,” FlavioCianciarulo, songwriter(Los Fabulosos Cadillacs)• Best Alternative MusicAlbumIllya Kuryaki & TheValderramas, L.H.O.N.• Best Alternative Song“Vez Primera,” CarlaMorrison, songwriter(Carla Morrison)• Best Singer-SongwriterAlbumManuel Medrano, ManuelMedrano

hate and discrimination,” hesaid. “We are stronger to-gether.”

Medrano was named bestnew artist and also won forsinger-songwriter album.Yandel won urban song andurban fusion for“Encantadora.” Other win-ners included Gente de Zonaand Banda El Recodo DeCruz Lizárraga.

Performances were ascommon as prizes during theceremony. Laura Pusini,Jesse y Joy and Wisin wereamong the entertainers whotook the stage.

Earlier in the evening,during an untelevised pre-sentation, late Mexican com-poser Juan Gabriel receivedhis first Latin GrammyAward Thursday.

His album “Los duo 2”was named best traditionalpop vocal album, and hismusic also won the singerIndia best salsa album hon-ors for “Intensamente India

Con Canciones De JuanGabriel.”

Singer Andrés Ceballosof Dvicio, who presentedGabriel’s award, seemedunaware the artist had died.After proclaiming him thewinner, Ceballos saidGabriel was not present andthat the academy would en-sure he received his award.

Considered one ofMexico’s greatest singersand composers, Gabrieldied in August at age 66.The Latin Recording Acad-emy recognized Gabriel asits 2009 Person of the Year.

Argentine entertainersIllya Kuryaky & TheValderramas, LosFabulosos Cadillacs, Span-ish star Alejandro Sanz, Co-lombian Fonseca and Mexi-can Julieta Venegas alsoclaimed prizes ahead of thelive broadcast of the 17thannual Latin GrammyAwards at T-Mobile Arenain Las Vegas.

un plato principal de carne,pescado o vegetales y unatarta de banana y dulce deleche. Se repartieron en unas150 mesas por una enormesala, frente a un inmensoescenario junto al cual habíatres pantallas gigantes cuyoscolores cambiaban entre lostonos rojos y azul según lacanción. La mesa de An-thony estaba justo frente a latarima, y cada uno de losartistas que se subía parahonrarlo se acercaba lo quemás podía para cantarle.

Detrás, entre las pantallasque alternaban proyectandofotos de Anthony e imágenesde videos con su voz en offrelatando en inglés y españolalgunos de los momentosclave de su carrera, seubicaba la orquesta.

“Qué maravilla, todos losancestros se manifestaron yyo quería ser parte de esto”,expresó Martin al subir alescenario de manerasorpresiva, y de inmediatorecordó que conoció a An-thony en 1987, cuando sucompatriota se convirtió enproductor de su por entoncesgrupo Menudo. “Todavíatraigo al estudio cosas queme enseñaste: tu pasión, tuhonestidad, tu entrega. ...Aquí estás, y mira lo que haslogrado. Me encanta queseas latino y tengas tantafuerza”, le dijo Martin aAnthony, y cariñosamente lollamó “loco” varias veces.

Minutos antes, en unvideo narrado por el mismoy que se proyectó en laspantallas gigantes, Anthonyhabía confesado que sesentía orgulloso de sus raíceslatinas y de lo que élrepresenta para los latinos.

Entre otros, TommyTorres, Diego Torres y GianMarco entonaron juntos“Flor pálida” y Draco Rosa,acompañado por un corofemenino, “I Need to Know”.Milly Quezada y JohnnyVentura pusieron a todos abailar, aunque sentados ensus sillas, al ritmo de “Tuamor me hace bien”, mientrasque Jesse & Joy, Fonseca yJimmy Zambrano cantaron“Volver a comenzar”.

Sin Bandera interpretó“Y cómo es él” de José LuisPerales, que Anthonyincluyó en su álbum“Íconos” de 2010; y GabyMoreno, Kany García yMon Laferte “You Sang toMe”.

“La primera vez que tevi estaba pensando yo, ‘esteflaquito de dónde saca lavoz”’, Gilberto Santa Rosa,quien interpretó con Gentede Zona el clásico de Lavoe“Aguanile”, le dijo a An-thony desde el escenario.

Anthony ha ganadocinco Latin Grammy y dosGrammy y venido más de12 millones de discosalrededor del mundo, peroel miércoles fue honradono sólo por su música, sinotambién por su laborhumanitaria.

En años recientes creó laorganización sin fines delucro Maestro Cares, cuyoobjetivo es ayudar a niñoshuérfanos de AméricaLatina. Sus múltiplesfacetas incluyen también lade ejecutivo de la indus-tria. En abril de 2015inauguró la empresaMagnus Media, que incluyetrabajos de direcciónartística, edición musical,creación de contenido digi-tal, cine y televisión, sellodiscográfico, división dedeportes y mercadeo deentretenimiento para loslatinos.

V i s i b l e m e n t eemocionada, la italianaLaura Pausini cantó“Ahora a quién” y alterminar confesó: “Marc,estoy temblando porqueeres una persona muyimportante para mí”.

Al pasar por la alfombraroja antes de ingresar a lasala, Sergio George, quienha sido por años elproductor de Anthony,destacó la carrera del artista.

“Marc es una de lasrazones mayores por lasque el mercado latino hacrecido”, dijo. “Es uno delos héroes de la juventud yde los responsables de lamúsica latina en estepaís”.

Manuel Medrano wins best new artist atLatin Grammy AwardsBy GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press

Winners of the 17 Annual Latin GrammyAwardsNovember 17, 2016, Las Vegas

Marc Anthony vive “noche inolvidable” como‘Persona del Año’Por GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press

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MEXICAN MUTUAL SOCIETY (MMS)1820 East 28th Street • Lorain, OH 44052

440-277-7375

“SAVE THE CLUB!” CAMPAIGN

NOVEMBER 2016FUNDRAISER EVENT CALENDAR

Public Welcome!The Mexican Mutual Society (MMS) “SAVE THE CLUB!” Campaign focuses onfundraising events to help sustain the operation of the MMS’s home in South Lorain.Founded in 1928, it is one of the few remaining historical ethnic clubs in Lorain.

CELEBRITY BARTENDER EVENTThe public is invited to join in the fun on Friday nights from 6-9 pm. with the CelebrityBartenders as the crowd cheers and the big bell rings as the tip donations role in for theMexican Mutual Society! Delicious Mexican food is available.

November 25, 2016. Lorain County Commissioner Lori Kokoski and Friends.

SAVE THE DATE! December 2, 2016: Experience a “Blast from the Past!” on Friday,December 2, 2016 when friends and patrons come together to celebrate the 35th REUNIONof the “LOS PANCHOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT”. Who will be behind the bar as theFriday night Celeb Bartender?

MMS Club Hours. Open at 5 pm Tuesday-Saturday and 1 pm on Sunday

Club Membership. Social Membership is open to the public for only $10.

Hall Rental Available. Christmas is right around the corner! Call the Club for furtherrental information at 440-277-7375.

Fundraiser events are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

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SUPPLIERS OF MEXICAN FOOD PRODUCTS

We make our own corn tortillas but provide all of your Mexican Food Products.

Get in the Holiday Spiritwith “A Christmas Caba-ret” at LCCC’s Stocker ArtsCenter December 9-10,2016.

Get in the holiday spiritwith “A Christmas Caba-ret,” a yearly tradition ofclassic holiday songs per-formed by The MusicalTheater Project at StockerArts Center.

“A Christmas Cabaret”will be performed at 8p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, 2016,and at 2 p.m., Saturday,Dec. 10 in the Stocker ArtsCenter Hoke Theatre.Tickets are $20 for gen-eral admission and $10for LCCC students with

JOB HELP MON-DAYS: Looking for a job? Do you need help applyingfor that job online? VisitLorain Public LibrarySystem’s Main Library forfree, basic job help sessions. No need to make an appoint-ment. Just drop in anytimeon Mondays from 2 to 4p.m. Learn how to composeand assemble your own re-sume; set up your own emailaccount; attach your resumein an email; save your re-sume online; apply for a jobonline; and set up your ownaccount with online jobwebsites. For more informa-tion, call the Main Libraryat 440-244-1192 or 1-800-322-READ. The Main Li-brary is located at 351 W.Sixth St. in Lorain.

D I N O V E M B E RPHOTO CONTEST: Thedinosaurs are back and get-ting into more mischiefwhile the library is closed. Send us a picture of whatdinosaurs do at your houseovernight. Enter LorainPublic Library System’sDinovember Photo Contestwhere the best entry will wina prize! Dinosaurs onlyplease - no humans. Cre-atively silly dinos will scorethe highest with our judges!

Entries are accepted nowthrough the evening of Dec.1, 2016.

Indicate how you wouldlike your photo credited. Full last names will not beused. Email your photo tocontest@lpls.info, post yourphoto to the library’sFacebook page, or tweetyour picture at the library(@LorainLibrary). All so-cial media entries should in-clude #LPLSDinovember. Submitting a picture con-stitutes your consent for theLorain Public Library Sys-tem to use it at any of theirlocations, on their websiteand social media sites, andin publicity to promote thelibrary. For more informa-tion, call the Main Libraryat 440-244-1192 or 1-800-322-READ.

YU GI OH! OPENPLAY TIME: Come playYu Gi Oh! at Lorain PublicLibrary System’s Main Li-brary on Monday, Nov. 21from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. JoinErnie Hernández, Duelistand organizer, for open playtime. He will share hisknowledge of the Yu Gi Oh!Trading Card Game. Openplay time is for 8 year olds to18 year olds. AdvancedFormat. Konami rules. Bring your own deck of 40cards minimum. Card trad-

ing is not allowed. Pre-registration is requiredand is available online atLorainPublicLibrary.orgor by calling the MainLibrary at 440-244-1192or 1-800-322-READ.

SEWING CLUB: Learnhand sewing and sewing ma-chine skills at Lorain PublicLibrary System’s Main Li-brary on Tuesdays, Nov. 22,Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 from 6 to8 p.m. A few sewing machineswill be provided but you arewelcome to bring your ownportable machine. Bring yourquestions and sewing projectideas. Beginners and thosewith some background insewing are welcome. Prereg-istration is required and isavailable online atLorainPublicLibrary.org orby calling the Main Libraryat 440-244-1192 or 1-800-322-READ.

LORAIN PUBLIC LI-BRARY SYSTEM CLOS-ING: All Lorain Public Li-brary System’s libraries willclose early on Wednesday,Nov. 23 at 6 p.m. and remainclosed for Thanksgiving Day,Nov. 24. The libraries willreopen on Friday, Nov. 25.

FRIENDS HOLIDAYBAZAAR, BOOKS ANDBAKE SALE: Come shopfor your holiday gifts andgoodies, and help benefitthe Friends of the LorainPublic Library, Inc. Itemsfor sale will include new orlike new books, games, craftitems, baked goods, vintagejewelry, and knitted or cro-cheted gifts. The FriendsHoliday Bazaar, Books AndBake Sale runs Friday, Nov.25 and Saturday, Nov. 26from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. atLorain Public LibrarySystem’s Main Library inthe Toni Morrison Room.This is sponsored by theFriends of the Lorain PublicLibrary, Inc. For more in-formation, call the MainLibrary at 440-244-1192 or1-800-322-READ.

FROZEN PARTY - WA-T E R F R O N TWINTERFEST: Do youwant to build a snowman?Enjoy games, crafts and mu-sic from the mega-hit ani-mated movie “Frozen” in thisafter-hours program to cel-ebrate Lorain’s WaterfrontWinterfest! Visit Lorain Pub-lic Library System’s Main Li-brary on Saturday, Nov. 26from 6:15 to 7 p.m.

LEGO® NIGHT: Do youlove to build with LEGO®bricks? The library will pro-vide the LEGO® bricks andyou supply the ideas and cre-ations. All ages are welcome.

Play at Lorain Public LibrarySystem’s Main Library onWednesday, Nov. 30 from 6to 6:45 p.m. Preregistrationis required and is availableonline atLorainPublicLibrary.org orby calling the Main Libraryat 440-244-1192 or 1-800-322-READ.

INTRODUCTION TOWINDOWS 10: Learn to useMicrosoft’s newest operat-ing system, including how tocustomize your desktop,manage files and folders, andnavigate Windows 10 atLorain Public LibrarySystem’s Main Library onFriday, Dec. 2 from 3:30 to5:30 p.m. Preregistration isrequired.

ANIME AND MANGACLUB: Hello, otaku! Joinyour fellow fanatics and en-joy anime, manga, drawing,fan culture and more at LorainPublic Library System’sMain Library on Tuesday,Dec. 6 from 5 to 6 p.m. Viewa variety of shows, from shojoto shonen, action, adventureand fantasy There’s a seriesfor everyone! Bring a friendto share in the fun and snacks. This is for fans from 13 to 18years of age. Preregistrationis required.

TEEN DRAMA CLUBPRESENTS - ANNUALCHRISTMAS PLAY: En-joy the annual Christmasplay by Lorain Public Li-brary System’s MainLibrary’s Teen Drama Club. You are sure to be entertainedby this talented group ofyoung adult thespians. Comesee the play at the Main Li-brary on Wednesday, Dec. 7from 6 to 7 p.m. For moreinformation, call the MainLibrary at 440-244-1192 or1-800-322-READ.

DIARY OF A WIMPYKID eBOOKS: The com-plete “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”eBook series including thenew book “Diary of a WimpyKid: Double Down” is nowavailable via hoopla, a LorainPublic Library System digitalservice provider. VisitLorainPublicLibrary.org,click on the eLibrary and thenhoopla to get the eBooks. Allyou need is your library card.There’s never a wait for any-thing on hoopla. So you canborrow these “Wimpy Kid”eBooks anytime you want! For more information, call theLorain Public Library Systemat 1-800-322-READ.

valid ID, children 18 andunder, and active duty mili-tary members with valid ID.

Purchase tickets onlineat www.stockerarts-center.com, by phone at(440) 366-4040 or at theStocker box office.

During the show, TheMusical Theater Projectwill fill your stocking withtreats from the best of Broad-way and Hollywood, in-cluding “It’s Beginning toLook a Lot Like Christmas,”“Winter Wonderland” and“White Christmas,” plussome presents that are sospecial only TMTP couldwrap them — like an IrvingBerlin song about Santa

that’s exactly 100 years old.So raise a nostalgic cup

of Christmas cheer, enjoyour performers NancyMaier, Joe Monaghan, BillRudman and Sandra Simon,who along with TMTP, willhelp you ring in 2017. Ifyou haven’t enjoyed thisshow before – or even if youhave – start a new annualholiday tradition with thisshow that’s sure to delightall ages.

Stocker Arts Center islocated on the campus ofLorain County Commu-nity College. For moreinformation on this andother shows, visitwww.stockerartscenter.com.

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OBITUARIES

JAIME S. SANTIAGO(September 12, 1945 - November 19, 2016)

Jaime S. Santiago, 71, of Avon Lake, Ohio went home to be with the Lord Saturday,November 19, 2016 in his home surrounded by his family.

He was born on September 12, 1945 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He came to Lorainin 1961. Jaime attended Ebenezer Pentecostal Church of God, Lorain. He retired fromLake Terminal Rail Road in 2004. He enjoyed fishing, working on cars, gardening andmaintaining his home. He loved being with his family.

He will be dearly missed by his wife of 48 years, Irma Santiago (née Figueroa) ofAvon Lake; Daisy (Richard) Kaminski of Sheffield Lake, and Damary (Thomas) Gloverof Cape Coral, Florida; son Jaime (Ruth) Santiago of Avon Lake; grandchildrenAshley, Adrienne, Savannah, Jaime III, Jeremy, Jasmine and Jacob; great granddaugh-ters Nala and Scarlett; brothers Sixto, Regalado and Marcelino Santiago all of Lorain,Eladio and José R. Santiago both of Puerto Rico; sisters Candida Ramos, both ofLorain, and Anadelia Santiago and Guillermina Santiago of Puerto Rico.

Jaime was preceded in death by his parents Marcelo Santiago and Paula Tirado anda brother Carlos S. Tirado last year.

His family received friends Tuesday, November 22 from 4 to 8 PM at the RichardJ. Reidy Funeral Home, 1783 East 31st Street, South Lorain, Ohio. His funeral servicewill be in the funeral home Wednesday morning at 10 AM. Reverend William Rios,Pastor of Ebenezer Pentecostal Church of God, Lorain will officiate. Burial will followin Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst Township.

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The Cavaliers star is do-nating $2.5 million to sup-port an exhibit honoringMuhammad Ali exhibit at theSmithsonian National Mu-seum of African-AmericanHistory and Culture in Wash-ington.

“Muhammad Ali: A Forcefor Change” opened in Sep-tember to honor the legacy ofthe boxing champ, social ac-tivist and world ambassadorwhose contributions tran-scended the sports world.

“Every professional ath-

EASTLAKE, Ohio,Nov. 17, 2016 (AP): Ahealth official says an out-break of Legionnaires’ dis-ease east of Cleveland leftone person dead and sick-ened 10 others.

Lake County HealthCommissioner Ron Grahamsays investigators believeat least a few of those people

lete, regardless of race andgender, owes a huge debt ofgratitude to MuhammadAli,” James said. “His legacydeserves to be studied andrevered by every genera-tion. I am honored to part-ner with the Smithsonian tocelebrate one of the mostinfluential figures in ournation’s history who, alongwith Jackie Robinson andJesse Owens, used the powerof sports to advance our civilrights.”

James’ business partner,Maverick Carter, also is con-tributing to the donation.

“I am overwhelmed bythe incredible generosity

LeBron James has shown,”Ali’s wife, Lonnie, said.“This exhibit will enablechildren visiting theSmithsonian to learn moreabout Muhammad’s workoutside of the ring, particu-larly his humanitarianwork and stance on socialjustice for all people.”

The exhibit includes ar-tifacts such as Ali’s head-gear and the training robeworn at Dundee’s FifthStreet Gym. It celebratesthe late champion’sachievements in commu-nity activism, resistance,politics, spirituality andculture.

were sickened during the sum-mer by Legionella bacteriathat entered the air from cool-ing towers at a company’splant in Eastlake. Those in-clude the 54-year-old manwho died in August.

The cooling towers inquestion have been cleaned,and officials said Wednesdaythat no bacteria was found in

subsequent testing.Graham says officials may

never know definitively ifthe other cases are linked tothe same facility.

People can get the diseaseby breathing in mist contami-nated with the bacteria. Thosewho become sick experiencesymptoms similar to severepneumonia.

LeBron James donates $2.5 million toMuhammad Ali exhibitBy TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer

Legionnaires’ disease leaves 1 dead, 10 illnear Cleveland

Social media has helpedto widen the communicationgap between parents andteens, but the same issuesinvolved with growing upremain constants in how aparent and teen interact.Those were among the issuesaddressed Nov. 16, 2016,when about 50 teens and par-ents attended a forum at theSofia Quintero Art and Cul-tural Center (SQACC), 1225Broadway.

“Some respect for parentsand respecting teens as well,”said Jeff Streeter, a licensedsocial worker and chemicaldependency counselor.“Talking ‘to’ teens and not‘at’ them and really trying toget to understanding wherethey’re at and where they’recoming from.”

Adelante, Inc. staff mem-bers Andrea de la Roca andAmalia Gibson organized theforum and recruited the pan-elists. The eight-memberpanel was equally dividedbetween teens and adults.

“We want to be able, as anadult, to be able to communi-cate effectively with my teen-ager. So it is important to knowwhat they’re thinking, what itis that they need from us,” saidMs. de la Roca. “We also wantto communicate effectivelywhat we want from them.”

“I wouldn’t say that we doa lousy job,” said Streeter inan interview before the forum.“We do the best we can, gen-erally, with the tools that wehave. With everybody’sschedule, this isn’t the Cosbysand the Cleavers anymore.You’ve got people workingoutside the home, you havesingle-parent homes, soeverybody’s running aroundtrying to get everything done.So really trying to get themessage across of ‘you’re do-ing the best you can, butthere’s other supports out therethat can help.’ I don’t think wedo a bad job. I think we dowhat we can in the moment.”

“Especially with drug use,with alcohol, and in this areawith the heroin problem, wewant to reach out to kids be-fore they even start doing any-thing,” said Ms. de la Roca,who runs Adelante’s BuenaVida (The Good Life) pro-gram for sixth graders. “Wewant to talk to them aboutthese things before they areeven using.”

Buena Vida uses an evi-dence-based curriculum topromote health choices andprevent alcohol, tobacco, anddrug experimentation and use.Topics in the program includegoal-setting, decision mak-ing, and peer pressure.Through the programAdelante is trying to helpadolescences and their par-ents to understand that whileteen substance use and addic-

CLEVELAND: Chefs whograduated from the HospitalityManagement Center of Excel-lence at Cuyahoga Commu-nity College (Tri-C®) will re-turn to the school in Decemberto prepare a five-course feast tobenefit student scholarships.

The Winter Festavousfundraising dinner will be heldThursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at theCollege’s Hospitality Manage-ment Center on Public Square.Cocktails and hors d’oeuvreswill be served at 6 p.m. withdinner seating beginning at6:30 p.m.

Tri-C students in the culi-nary program’s banquet classwill host the event and assistalumni chefs in the kitchen

while also plating and servingthe meals. Each course willinclude a beer or wine pairing.

Participating alumnichefs include:

• Reggie Bathurst of 56Kitchen in Solon;

• Haksoon Kim of SASAfrom Cleveland’s ShakerSquare;

• Jennifer Horvath of Toastfrom Cleveland’s GordonSquare;

• Chris Kafcak and KyleNagy of Deagan’s Kitchen &Bar in Lakewood; &

• Stephanie Robles of CakeRoyale at Cleveland’s WestSide Market.

“This is an incrediblecollection of culinary talent

tion is the number onepublic health problem inthe U.S., adolescent sub-stance use is a prevent-able public health situa-tion and addiction is atreatable disease.

The teens on the panelincluded: Zuri Verdin,who attends Toledo Mari-time Academy; 13-yearold Nathan Allan, a seventhgrader at St. John’s Jesuit Acad-emy; Dontrell Gregory, whoattends L. Hollingsworth Schoolfor the Gifted and Talented; andWaite High School studentElizabeth Gotay Escalara,who’s also very active in FLOC’sHomies Union.

The adult panelists in-cluded: Streeter; Oakdale fifthgrade teacher Michele Snow,who’s also a mother of two;Kahni Patrice, mom of a ‘tweenand teen; and family counselorJohn Meadows, who is alsoheavily involved as a BGSUresearcher in teens and trauma.

“Everybody wants to be thecool parent or the good friendbecause you’re trying to con-nect with your child in difficulttimes,” said Streeter. “Withsocial media and everythingelse out there that’s going on,they have a quick connect intowhat’s going on in the realworld.

“When it comes time to dothe hard thing like discipline,you just have a hard time pull-ing that trigger, per se. Ulti-mately trying to be the parentand have to do the hard stuff,sometimes, is difficult, but that’swhat’s got to happen. They’llcome around when they’re 25or 30 years old, hopefully.”

Streeter told parents it’sokay to check cell phones andsocial media to ensure theirteens are playing it safe, be-cause of their authority as thehead of household. But Eliza-beth Gotay Escalara warnedparents not to do it every day or“it will create trust issues.”

Teens on the panel gingerlytried to give advice to adults onhow to interact better with theirkids, trying to be both respect-ful and non-offensive in theirremarks. By the end of the bi-lingual forum, however, theteens seemed to engage morethoroughly and offer more di-rect advice on where they’recoming from as middle schooland high school students.

One particular question hadteens trying their best to tiptoe,yet still address the issue—when does caring by an adultinvade a teen’s privacy andborder on intrusiveness?

“When you’re having a badday and parents ask too manyquestions about how your daywent,” offered Allan.

Gregory’s answer was basedon when a parent notices theslightest change of mood intheir son or daughter. But hisresponse was hesitant and as

diplomatic as he could make it.“Parents don’t mean to come

off as nosy,” he said. “They justwant to know what’s going onwith their child.”

“Teens need to understandparents worry about them, careabout them. That’s not an inva-sion of personal space,” offeredMs. Escalara, who described theteen-adult relationship as “deli-cate.”

“I know I drive her crazy, butI love her,” countered Ms. Patriceof her interactions with her old-est daughter, who admitted sheasks a lot of questions and comesoff as “nagging.”

Ms. Verdin described a simi-lar scenario when she receivespermission to attend the movieswith friends and leaves thehouse, only to have her “momtext a million questions” onwhere she is and who she’s with,and what movie they’re goingto see.

“We need a lot of forumslike this because parents, I think,sometimes lose that connec-tion, that communicationpiece.” said Streeter. “Theythink ‘Oh, I’m not doing a goodjob,’ that they have failed some-how. Really, when you sit downand talk with the kids and par-ents separately and bring themback together, it really helpsthem to realize ‘Hey, you knowwhat? We’re on the same page,we’re just saying differentthings’ and need to discuss it alittle bit differently.”

“I think, through the media,they think their parents aren’tcool enough to open up to them,they might judge me, maybeI’m doing something wrongand I’m going to disappointthem,” Ms. de la Roca. “So theymight find that deep conversa-tion with friends and theirfriends are not prepared for thosekinds of questions. So they re-ally need an adult. We wantteens to understand they haveother people they can go to,that they can trust. If they don’tfeel like they can talk to theirparents they can go to someoneelse in a safe environment wherethey can open up.”

Those friendly adults whocan be trusted might be any-one from a guidance counse-lor or respected teacher atschool—or even someonelike Ms. de la Roca in a youthprogram or Streeter, who con-ducts group and individualcounseling sessions.

Adelante, Inc. plans to hostanother parent-youth commu-nication forum in the spring.

with shared Tri-C roots,”said Ky-Wai Wong, an as-sistant professor at the Col-lege who teaches the ban-quet class. “Their return tothe school gives our stu-dents the chance to workwith some of Cleveland’stop chefs.”

Tickets are $40 and canbe purchased at www.win-terfestavous.eventbrite.com.Proceeds will go to Tri-C’sHospitality ManagementClub, which offers scholar-ships and provides funds forstudent events. Tri-C’s Hos-pitality Management Cen-ter is located at 180 EuclidAve. on Cleveland’s PublicSquare.

Adelante: forum helps parents communicatebetter with teensBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

Alumni chefs return to Tri-C for fundraisingfeast

November 25, 2016La Prensa Page 12

HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2016(AP): It happens all the time.

At the taco truck, Raúl Or-lando Edwards placed his fajitaorder: “Señorita por favor,póngale la cebolla biencocida” (“I’d like the onionswell-done.”)

“Man,” said the African-American behind him in line,“how did you learn to do that?”Meaning: Why, for a black man,is your Spanish so good?

“I’m Latino,” Edwards an-swered. The director of theStrictly Street Salsa Studio andfounder of the Afro-LatinoFestival of Houston, he’s aPanamanian-Jamaican immi-grant.

The guy stated the obvious:“I thought you were black!”

“I’m blacker than you are!”replied Edwards. And, he says,they laughed.

The Houston Chronicle(http://bit.ly/2f4B4Gp ) reportsthese days, in both Texas andthe U.S. at large, skin color is anever less reliable indicator ofidentity. According to a 2015Pew survey, about a quarter ofU.S. Hispanics identify them-selves as Afro-Latino. LikeEdwards, the vast majority (70percent) are foreign-born.

Afro-Latinos are generallydescendants of African slavesbrought to Spanish and Portu-guese colonies in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean.Most are biracial or multira-cial. Being Afro-Latino, saysAlain Lawo-Sukam, professorof Hispanic and Africana Stud-ies at Texas A&M University,is less about skin color thanabout identity and a sense ofbelonging.

By their very existence,Afro-Latinos challenge the tra-ditional “one-drop” view ofrace in the United States: theidea that one drop of Africanblood makes a person black.Afro-Latinos like Edwardsaren’t simply black, white orHispanic. They’re a combina-tion—and as such, a vision ofthe United States’ racially andethnically complex future.They’re a minority inside aminority; a melting pot withinthe melting pot.

“Our identity,” saysEdwards, “is like the drop thatis spilling the glass of theblack-and-white system.”

“Here is a group that wedon’t think of much, but that’san expression of the newAmerica in the 21st century,”says Stephen Klineberg of theRice University’s Kinder In-stitute for Urban studies.

In Texas, says JasminneMéndez, “people always askme, ‘What are you?’, ‘How didyou get here?’ _ as opposed toin New York or Florida, wherethey are more familiar withAfro-Latinos.” A poet andteacher, Méndez was born inthe U.S. to Dominican parents.

“For African-Americans,whites, and even some Latinopeople, I am just another blackgirl until they hear me speak-ing in Spanish, and then theydon’t know what to make outof me,” she says.

Often, Afro-Latinos’ En-glish attracts attention as well.Whites, Edwards says, some-

MEXICO CITY, Nov.16, 2016 (AP): Dressed intheir classic silver and blackuniforms, the Raiders play-ers huddle before kickoff.After words of encourage-ment and a prayer, the teen-agers finish with head butts,shoulder slaps and a battlecry: “Uno, dos, tres...vamos!”

This is, after all, south ofthe border, where footballhas a century-old tradition,rivals soccer in popularityand millions of kids likethe “Raiders de Arboleda”play “futbol Americano”—US-American football—every weekend.

The NFL returned toMexico after an 11-year ab-sence when the Texansfaced the Raiders in a regu-lar-season game on Nov.21 in sold-out Azteca Sta-dium. For the “Mexican”Raiders and others acrossthe country, football is partof Mexican sports traditionas much as soccer, boxingand lucha libre.

“Football gives you thechance to take your pas-sion to the field, to hitpeople and not get fined,”said Raiders quarterbackGabriel Ayana, 16. “Maybethat’s why it’s so popular.”

The NFL has around 25million fans in Mexico, thebiggest number outside ofthe U.S., and its base “isstill growing,” said ArturoOlive, director of the NFLoffice in Mexico. Theleague sponsors 6,500teams in youth programs in27 of 32 Mexican states,and estimates 2.5 millionkids play flag football inelementary schools.

“Eight years ago, weplayed in only six statesand had 120 teams,” Olivesaid. “The growth has beenexponential.”

In a country steeped insoccer culture, and one thathas hosted two FIFA WorldCups, the love affair withfootball might be surpris-ing. But Mexico has twopopular college leagueswith 36 teams, a six-teamprofessional league, and upto 10 NFL games are onbasic cable each week.

The local soccer league

times tell him, “Oh, you speakso well.” They do not say “forbeing black,” but he feels surethat’s what they mean.

“I learned English frombooks and don’t speak withthe slang they associate withwrong stereotypes of a blackperson,” he says.

“I don’t understand theslang yet,” he laughs. “I ambarely Googling the mean-ing of LOL.”

“I had never thought ofmyself as belonging to a spe-cific community based on ra-cial factors,” says HeydelCepero, a video producerfrom Cuba who now lives inHouston. On the island, henotes, as well as in many LatinAmerican countries, it’s com-mon to see a wide range ofskin colors.

Spanish speakers usemany matter-of-fact descrip-tors for mestizos, or mixed-race people _ words com-monly considered no moreinsulting than “blue-eyed”or “dark-haired.” “Mulatos”have black and white parentsor grandparents, sometimeswith Asians in the mix.“Jabaos” have light skin, andoften blue or green eyes, butAfrican features. “Morenos”describe dark skin and darkeyes in some countries or abrunette, a la Eva Longoria,in others.

And in Latin America, dif-ferent attitudes go along withthe different language.Though skin-tone words ex-ist, the question “what areyou?” is almost always an-swered not with one of them,but with a reference to geog-raphy. A person fromMonterrey would tell anotherMexican that he’s a“regiomontano”; a womanfrom Havana would tell an-other Cuban she’s a“habanera.”

But here in Texas, Ceperosays, Americans seem unsat-isfied with the answer thathe’s Cuban, or Caribbean, orLatino, or American. “I am aproduct of la mezcla (the mix-ture),” he says. “I have neverthought in terms of racial per-centages, but here I wouldhave to explain that I have anunknown percentage of blackwith 40 percent Spanish, 10percent Asian.”

It’s difficult to know howmany Afro-Latinos are in theU.S. and Houston. As Lawo-Sukam explains, the concept“Afro-Latino” has only re-cently begun to gain tractionas a recognized Americanidentity.

The U.S. Census doesn’ttrack Afro-Latinos. In part,that’s because the censusdoesn’t count “Hispanic” asa racial category, but as aseparate ethnic category—which, everyone seems toagree, leads to confusion. (For2020, the Census plans a re-vamp of its racial categories.)

Asked to name their race,many Afro-Latinos chose tocheck “white alone.” In theU.S., says professor Lawo-Sukam, Afro-Latinos oftenwish to avoid negative ste-reotypes that they don’t be-

lieve fit them.But there’s another factor

at play as well. In Spanish-speaking countries, beingwhite doesn’t necessarilymean being Caucasian. White-ness, there, is considered notan absolute matter, but one ofdegrees. The difference in at-titude is rooted in history.Though both British and Span-ish colonizers brutally ex-ploited African slaves and in-digenous populations, theBritish had a more segregatedmodel than the Spaniards; inSpanish and Portuguese colo-nies, the races were more proneto mix. When mestizo familiesbegan to ascend the social lad-der in many Latin Americancountries, “white” evolved asa term more related to class.

In the Pew survey, moreAfro-Latinos identify them-selves as white (39 percent)than black (18 percent). Amajority say their racial back-ground is Hispanic (67 per-cent).

Still, in the city of Hous-ton, a sizable number of His-panics do not declare them-selves to be white: 27 percentof Latinos identified them-selves as “black alone,” “someother race alone,” or “two ormore races” combined.

Afro-Latinos are an ex-ample of the richer identitiesthat are molding the newAmerica.

“We are falling in love witheach other’s and making mul-tiracial babies in a way thathas never seen before,” saysprofessor Klineberg.

Between 1990 and 2010,black-white intermarriage inthe U.S. has increased 600 per-cent, says Klineberg. AmongU.S.-born Latinos, 28 percentof marriages are with non-Latinos.

Houston reflects that trend.Asians, for example, are alsointermarrying. In the last threeyears in this city, a third havebeen tying the knot with non-Asians, he says.

While racism is a great so-cial concern in the currentAmerica, “We are moving towhat some people are callinga trans-racial world,”Klineberg says. “We are go-ing beyond race becauseethnicity and race (identities)become less and less impor-tant (as we mix), and the greatchallenge in Houston andAmerica is not going to be anethnic divide. It’s a class di-vide.”

Afro-Latinos, says Lawo-Sukam, are uniquely able tobridge the gaps between theUnited States’ largest racialgroups. They can connectblacks and whites, Latinos andAfrican-Americans.

Méndez agrees—particu-larly in light of racial tensionsunleashed in the presidentialelection. “We could be a night-mare for some politicians if weforge a unity among races byusing our natural affinity withall of them,” Méndez says. “Ifeel that I can speak for theexperiences of many people.”

Information from: HoustonChronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com

has nine games each week,and not all of them are on TV.

Fans can even watch theThursday and Monday nightgames at the movie theater.Soccer gets the big-screentreatment only for World Cupmatches.

“I also used to play soc-cer,” Ayana said, “but pre-ferred this sport.”

Football was introducedin the country in 1896 byMexican students returninghome from U.S. colleges.They brought back “an ovalshaped ball,” said AlejandroMorales, a local football his-torian and founder ofMexico’s football hall offame. He said the first officialmatch was played that yearin the city of Jalapa in theGulf state of Veracruz, wherethe students and their friendsfaced a team of US-Americansailors from a U.S. ship an-chored in the nearby port.

Soon after, several teamswere created in Veracruz andeventually the sport spreadto Mexico City and localcolleges. UNAM, the na-tional state university withover 200,000 students,started playing in the 1920’s,and by the ‘50s, most of theMexican colleges were play-ing the game that, at the time,rivaled soccer in popularity.UNAM’s famed EstadioOlimpico, site of the 1968Summer Olympics, was usedmainly for football in thefirst decade after its inaugu-ration in 1950.

“Back then, football usedto share the spotlight with soc-cer,” Morales said. “Eventu-ally that faded, because foot-ball was not seen as a business.It was played in college andthey just wanted to help thestudents, while soccer was runby professionals.”

Although football fellbehind soccer, it remainedhugely popular. The NFLnoticed and on Aug. 5, 1978,the Philadelphia Eaglesplayed the New OrleansSaints in a preseason game inMexico City. Some 30,000fans packed the home of theCruz Azul soccer team towatch the Saints’ 14-7 win inthe first NFL game south ofthe border, and only the sec-ond played outside of the

U.S. or Canada.The NFL returned 16

years later, when the Hous-ton Oilers played the Dal-las Cowboys in Azteca Sta-dium in the first of six pre-season American Bowlshosted by Mexico. The lastwas in 2001, when the Raid-ers played the Cowboys inthe same venue.

The first regular-seasongame was played in 2005,when the Arizona Cardinalsplayed the San Francisco49ers in front of 103,467fans in Azteca Stadium,then an NFL record. Since2007, the league has heldgames annually in Brit-ain—including three eachseason since 2014—butnever returned to Mexico,until now.

“We were ready whenthe opportunity presenteditself,” said Olive, who hasrun the NFL Mexico officesince 2008. “Now we havea commitment to be suc-cessful with a game of thismagnitude.”

Azteca Stadium, built in1966 and home to the popu-lar soccer club América, un-derwent several renova-tions to meet NFL standards,including new lockerrooms exclusive for thefootball teams, new ramps,and improved communica-tion systems. The size de-creased from 100,000 to84,000 to improve seating,and all tickets were soldout in less than two hours,Olive said.

Most fans will be root-ing for the Raiders, the fifth-most popular team inMexico behind the Steelers,Cowboys, Patriots and49ers, according to theNFL. Among them will beAnaya and his friends fromthe Raiders team inArboleda, a suburb northof this sprawling metropo-lis.

“A lot of players on theteam have been playinghere since they were littlekids and are Raider fans,”Anaya said, “so they arevery excited about thegame.”

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Afro-Latinos in Texas proud of identity, history,languagesBy OLIVIA P. TALLET, Houston Chronicle

In Mexico, football—or “futbol Americano”—is a passionBy CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press

25 de noviembre, 2016 La Prensa Page 13

Nov. 17, 2016: U.S. Sec-retary of Education JohnB. King Jr. called for morehigh-quality educationprograms within correc-tional facilities – espe-cially, since nearly all ofthe U.S.’s 1.5 million in-carcerated individuals willeventually re-enter society.

In a dear colleague let-ter that coincides with areport showing low-lit-eracy skills among the in-carcerated, King urgedstates to make use of ex-panded resources under theWorkforce Innovation andOpportunity Act. Withhelp from that law, statescan shrink achievementgaps, equip prisoners withskills and credentials tofind meaningful employ-ment and support success-ful reentry.

“In order to reduce re-cidivism, it is important forthese individuals to be-come productive and con-tributing members of oursociety,” King wrote. “Pro-viding these individualswith opportunity, advance-ment, and rehabilitation isnot only the right thing todo, it also positions ourcountry to remain economi-cally competitive in a glo-bal economy. To fosterthis reintegration and re-duce recidivism, we as anation must continue toexpand and develop cor-rectional education andreentry support programs.”

King’s letter follows therelease this week of a sur-vey by the National Cen-ter for Education Statis-tics that found literacy andnumeracy skills among in-carcerated adults are farweaker than those of aver-age U.S. adults. In particu-lar, more than half of adultprisoners lack the basic

TOLEDO, November10, 2016: The StranahanSupporting Organizationof Toledo CommunityFoundation recentlyawarded grants totaling$262,225.91 to 12 non-profit organizations:

· Ability Center ofGreater Toledo –$20,000 was awarded tosupport the AssistanceDogs for Achieving Inde-pendence program.

· Advocates for BasicLegal Equality, Inc. –$25,000 was awarded tosupport the Medical-Le-gal Partnership for Chil-dren.

· African-AmericanMale Wellness Walk Ini-tiative – Toledo Chapter– $22,225.91 wasawarded to support edu-cational outreach andhealth screening ser-vices.

· Aspire – $20,000 wasawarded to support thegeneral operations of As-pire, a data-driven, col-lective impact strategy toadvance the success ofLucas County childrenfrom cradle to career.

· Catholic Charities,Diocese of Toledo, Inc. –$20,000 was awarded to

COLUMBUS, Nov. 17,2016 (AP): An astronaut, acollege football coach andpossibly a reality television“bad girl” are among thenon-contenders that certainexasperated Ohioans votedto send to the White Housein last week’s election.

John Glenn and OhioState coach Urban Meyerare among uncertified can-

skills necessary for pursu-ing higher education, secur-ing a job or participatingfully in society.

The findings were con-tained in the study, officiallyknown as the Highlightsfrom the U.S. PIAAC Surveyof Incarcerated Adults:Their Skills, Work Experi-ence, Education, and Train-ing: Program for the Inter-national Assessment ofAdult Competencies: 2014.

The report comes at a timewhen the United States hasthe highest incarcerationrate in the world, and morethan 1.5 million prisoners infederal and state correctionalfacilities. Every year, morethan 600,000 individuals arereleased from federal andstate prisons.

King’s letter points outhelping former prisonerswho have paid their debt tosociety gain new skills in-creases their chance of liv-ing productive lives, therebysaving public dollars andmaking America safer.

For instance, a 2013study from the RAND Cor-poration found:

• Incarcerated individualswho participated in correc-tional education, which in-cluded remedial, vocationaland postsecondary programs,were 43 percent less likely toreturn to prison within threeyears than prisoners who didn’tparticipate in any correctionaleducation.

• The likelihood of com-mitting another crime afterbeing released from prisonswas 13 percent lower for pris-oners who took part in cor-rectional education pro-grams while incarcerated.

• RAND estimated thatfor every dollar invested incorrectional education pro-grams, five dollars are savedon three-year re-incarcera-

tion costs.The Obama Administra-

tion has been committed tocreating a fairer, more ef-fective criminal justice sys-tem, reducing recidivismand combating the impactof mass incarceration oncommunities. Key to thishas been providing incar-cerated individuals withaccess to education andtraining, which is proven toreduce future contact withthe justice system and im-prove employment andself-sufficiency.

Last year, the EducationDepartment launched theSecond Chance Pell Pilotprogram to test new ways toallow inmates to receivePell Grants and pursue thepostsecondary educationwith the goal of helpingthem get jobs, support fami-lies and turn their livesaround.

In 2014, the Educationand Justice Departmentsannounced a CorrectionalEducation Guidance Pack-age aimed at helping statesand local agenciesstrengthen the quality ofeducation services pro-vided to America’s esti-mated 60,000 young peoplein confinement every day.

Earlier this year, the Edu-cation Department, in part-nership with the U.S. De-partment of Justice’s Officeof Juvenile Justice and De-linquency Prevention, an-nounced $5.7 million innew grants aimed at improv-ing outcomes for studentswho have been involved inthe criminal justice system.The Department also re-leased a new toolkit pro-viding guidance to educa-tors and others to support asuccessful reentry systemfor formerly incarceratedyouth and adults.

s u p p o r tthe Help-ing Handsof St. LouisOutreachCenter.

· East Toledo FamilyCenter – $25,000 wasawarded to support earlychildhood education pro-gramming.

· Habitat for Humanity-Maumee Valley – $20,000was awarded to support thenorthwest Ohio home re-pair consortium project.

· La Conexión de WoodCounty – $15,000 wasawarded to support pro-gramming and services forLatino families.

· Sunshine Foundation,Inc. – $20,000 was awardedto support the CommunityHomes for Sunshine Capi-tal Campaign.

· Toledo Museum of Art– $25,000 was awarded tosupport transportation ser-vices for arts education pro-gramming for children andyouth.

· The University of To-ledo Foundation –$25,000 was awarded tosupport the Ryan WhiteEmergency Assistance pro-gram of the Ann WaysonLocher Memorial Fund for

HIV Care at The Univer-sity of Toledo Founda-tion.

· Water for Ishmael –$25,000 was awarded tosupport early childhoodeducation programmingand English as a SecondLanguage education forimmigrant families.

Toledo CommunityFoundation, Inc. is apublic charitable orga-nization created by citi-zens of our communityto enrich the quality oflife for individuals andfamilies in our area. Inexistence since 1973, theFoundation has morethan 720 funds with as-sets of approximately$224 million. The Foun-dation provides philan-thropic services for indi-viduals, families, busi-nesses and corporationsto meet their charitablegiving needs.For more informationabout Toledo Commu-nity Foundation, visitwww.toledocf.org

Citing Prison Inmate Literacy Study, Kingcalls for more high-quality educationprograms in correctional facilities

Toledo Community Foundation Fund awardsgrants totaling $262,225 to 12 nonprofits

didates written in as alterna-tives to Republican DonaldTrump, Democrat HillaryClinton and the other op-tions. Another write-in was“Megan James,” perhapsMehgan James of realityTV’s “Bad Girls Club.”

Ohio Republicans to thehighest levels reported votingon ineligible write-in candi-dates. Gov. John Kasich

(KAY’-sik) scratched inGOP Sen. John McCain’sname. U.S. Sen. Rob Portmanvoted for Mike Pence, nowvice president-elect.

Such choices joined al-most 16,000 final, unoffi-cial votes cast for Ohio’s18 certified write-ins, andanother roughly 246,000votes cast for third-partycandidates.

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CHICAGO/MICHI-GAN/OHIO, 23 XI 16: Enestos momentos deincertidumbre y lacercanía de las fiestasdecembrinas, no hay nadamejor que convivir con lafamilia, es por eso que elInstituto Nacional deMigración (INM) lanzó elprograma piloto “AmigoCentroamericano”, enbeneficio de todosaquellos extranjeros,residentes en EU, queutilizan México como unavía para llegar a sus paísesde origen y reencontrarsecon sus familiares duranteesta época navideña.¡Amigo CentroamericanoMéxico te recibe con losbrazos abiertos!

“Estamos consientes deque muchoscentroamericanos viajan anuestro país en estasfechas, ya sea para cruzar yllegar a su lugar de origen,o bien para quedarse adisfrutar con la familia, yaque muchos de ellos estáncasados con mexicanos”,comentó en entrevistaexclusiva para La Prensa,Ernesto Andrade Sánchez,Representante delPrograma Paisano en Chi-cago, Illinois.

El INM reconoce laimportancia de la visita aMéxico de loscentroamericanos, por loque brinda atención y

orientación durante elingreso, estancia y salida delpaís, a través del OperativoInverno 2016 del ProgramaPaisano, el cual inicio elpasado 1 de noviembre yconcluye el 8 de enero de2017.

A lo largo del país seencuentran mil 295observadores de la sociedadcivil, quienes informan yasesoran sobre los trámites,servicios, derechos,obligaciones y programas deasistencia que el GobiernoFederal pone a disposiciónen 151 ciudades y 242municipios. Eso hace que elviaje sea más sencillo yademás, se puede hacer usode los 168 módulos deatención, 224 puntos deobservación y 41 paraderosde descanso donde hayespacios para comer, recibirasistencia médica, obtenerapoyo vial y turístico demanera segura.

Ernesto Andrade informóque se les brindan todas lasfacilidades a loscentroamericanos como lasfranquicias fiscales, accesovía electrónica a la formamigratoria múltiple (FMM)que es el permiso demigración para entrar aMéxico a través del portalwww.gob.mx/paisano,también pueden contar conun permiso de importacióntemporal de vehículo alpresentar su pasaporte,

titulo o registro de las placas,pago del permiso de $60dólares y dejar un depósitode garantía del vehículo. Silo desean pueden formarparte de la Caravana delMigrante.

La Caravana delMigrante sale el día 15 dediciembre a las 5:00am deLaredo, Texas, pero en Michi-gan se reunirán el día 14 dediciembre. Los que deseenformar parte de la Caravanaen Michigan y norte de Ohio,favor de comunicarse con elSr. Monroy al (269) 9291051.

“Se les están dando lasmismas facilidades que a losmexicanos, apegadoscompletamente a la ley, segarantiza el respeto a susderechos humanos y serefuerza su seguridad ennuestro territorio”, agregó elentrevistado, quien enfatizóque por el momento esteprograma es “piloto para vercómo evoluciona y a partirde ahí, se diseñará algo másespecífico para cumplir conla ley de proteger a cualquiermigrante en territorionacional sea cual sea susituación migratoria”.

Para mayor información elINM pone a disposición delos paisanos ycentroamericanos la GuíaPaisano 2016, la cual se puededescargar enw w w . p a i s a n o . g o b . m xAsimismo, si se visita afamiliares en la Ciudad de

México o en alguno de los 18municipios conurbados delEstado de México, esimportante obtener de formagratuita el “Pase TurísticoPaisano”, para quedar exentodel Programa Hoy No Circulay utilizar el auto (con placasextranjeras) durante todo tuviaje.

Favor de denunciarcualquier delito o acto decorrupción al correo electrónicoatencionpaisano@inami.gob.mx,haciendo una reseña del abusode autoridad que se hayasufrido y brindar detalles.También se pueden comunicarde forma gratuita al Centro deAtención Telefónica al 01-800-00 INAMI (46264) oal 01-800-201-85-43 desdeMéxico; y al 1-877-210-94-69 desde Estados Unidos.

Cabe destacar laimportancia de este programapiloto en momentos en quenecesitamos estar unidos comohermanos ante cualquiercambio que se pudiera dar conla futura administración enEstados Unidos. Méxicobrinda apoyo y se solidarizatanto con sus paisanos comocon los hermanoscentroamericanos.

Acciones delPrograma Paisano

A continuación sepresentan los puntos, emitidospor el INM, en los que debentrabajar las representacionesdel Programa Paisano en este

país para acompañar yapoyar las actividades delos Consulados, con el finde fortalecer la cooperacióny coordinación en beneficiode los connacionales queradican en Estados Unidos.

1. Promover la difusióny conocimiento entre lacomunidad mexicana de losteléfonos gratuitos: 0180000 INAMI (46264) desdeMéxico y 1877 210 9469desde Estados Unidos, através de los cuales el INMpuede atenderle de formapersonalizada y en loscuales puede obtenerinformación clara yoportuna.

2. Fomentar en conjuntocon la Secretaría deRelaciones Exteriores(SRE), el uso de laaplicación gratuita paradispositivos móvilesMiConsulmex, quecontiene informaciónrelevante sobre actualidadmigratoria, así como datosde contacto de losconsulados y prestadores de

servicios migratorios.3. Otorgar información

sobre la ubicación deconsulados móviles ysobre ruedas, a finde ofrecer serviciosintegrales de protección ydocumentación a unmayor número de perso-nas en sus comunidades.

4. Colaborar con la SREen la promoción delregistro y expedición deactas de nacimiento, dehijos de nacionalesmexicanos nacidos enEstados Unidos.

5. Estrechar la relacióncon organizaciones dederechos civiles.

6. Fortalecer lainformación sobrederechos y obligacionesde nuestros connacionalesen su viaje a México, comose ha hecho hasta elmomento, con especialatención en casos en dondela asesoría refiera la salidadefinitiva a México a finde brindar apoyo sobre eltrámite de menaje de casa.

¡Amigo centroamericano, México te da la bienvenida!El Instituto Nacional de Migración lanza programa piloto “Amigo Centroamericano”Por: Isabel Flores, Corresponsal La Prensa

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Inaugural Home Town Hero/LatinoAward 2016 given to José Luna

TOLEDO: José Luna was the inaugural recipient of the 2016 Home Town Hero/Latino Award according to John and Louis Escobar. Mr. Luna is the Hispanic OutreachTeacher at Toledo Public Schools.

“Our Home Town Hero has made a positive impact and provided leadership andservice within the Latino Community,” said John Escobar.

The award was given to Mr.Luna on Nov. 2, 2016 at the El Camino Real Restaurant,2500 W. Sylvania Ave., Toledo.

José and Maria Luna