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Ida Johnson Candidate For School Board Member
2 OCTOBER 2014
PublisherFelicia D.Robertsis published monthlyCentral Valley Voice
Views expressed by writers, columnists and stories printed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of Central Valley Voice newspapers. Only when indicated as Central Valley Voice's or editorial views can it be interpreted as the views of this publication. The editorial team of Central Valley Voice reserves the right to edit, cut or piece any article, letter, statement, poem, report, ads, quotes and all other materials submitted before printing.
Please accept this as my wholehearted support for Ida Johnson's re-election to the MUHSD Board of Trustees. I have known Ida for many years and have always known her to be a person who dili-gently pursues excellence in all of her endeavors. She has always modeled behavior that exemplifies an unim-peachable value system.
Having formerly served for 10 years as the District's Chief Financial Officer, I am fully aware that the proper role and responsibility of a board member is to work as a team player to develop board poli-cies and assure that the Su-perintendent adheres to all adopted policies and proce-dures. During Ida's eight year tenure, she has demonstrated thoughtful leadership andresponsible fiduciary ac-countability. She brings en-ergy as a team player who
Letters to the EditorOctober 3,2014
Letter to the Editor: To all the citizens of Merced County!Registered Voters” Please Vote!Unregistered Voters: Hurry-Register and Vote!
I am not telling you to vote for a particular political party, nor against a particular political party. However, I am strongly encouraging every voter in Merced County who sincerely believes in Democracy to vote against those who are pushing the No Right to Vote policy. That group who does not want most Afro-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and Asians to vote, and have passed legislation to make it difficult for many people to Vote need to be stopped in their tracks.
Personally, I am casting my valuable vote for Democrats, this time. I am encouraging you to vote your Conscience.
Ida Lee HansonMerced California
Crime Victims United of California has endorsed the re-election of Assemblyman Adam Gray. CVU of California was formed in 1990 and has dedicated itself to strength-ening sentencing laws for vio-lent criminals and protecting the rights of victims and their families.
After reviewing Gray's re-cord, "Crime Victims United has determined he has a good voting record on public safety issues. As such, Crime Vic-tims United, a bipartisan or-ganization, has unanimously endorsed Adam Gray for As-sembly," said Harriet Salerno, CVUC Chair.
Crime Victims United joins with Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson, the Cali-fornia State Sheriff's Associa-tion, the California Peace Offi-cers Association, the Modesto Police Officers Association, the Merced Police Officers As-sociation, the California High-way Patrolmen's Association,
recognizes and accepts the limits of her role as one who assists in the development of board policies and as one who assures the policies are enforced.
Ida is diligent in meeting board duties, is active in many facets of the community and is the best candidate for the position.Please vote to re-elect Ida Johnson.
Sincerely,Galen Chastain1567 San Luis Obispo Ct.Merced, CA 95340209-722-3406
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SACRAMENTO - County elections officials are now mailing vote-by-mail ballots for the November 4 general election. Military and over-seas ballots were mailed in September.
Whether sent by mail or cast in a polling place, all Novem-ber 4 ballots must be received by county elections officials no later than 8:00 p.m. on election day. Postmarks do not count. (A new law allow-ing ballots postmarked by election day and arriving up to three days later takes effect in 2015.)
"Each election more voters are choosing to vote by mail," said Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state's chief elec-tions official. "Voting from the comfort of home makes it
easier for voters to take time making their choices and re-lieves some of the pressure of worrying about getting to the polls on a specific day."
Any registered voter may request a vote-by-mail ballot until October 28. A voter may obtain a vote-by-mail applica-tion online at www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm or use the application in the sample ballot booklet mailed by the county elections office. In the June 2014 primary elec-tion, an all-time high of 69 percent of ballots cast were by mail. More than 51 percent of participating voters used vote-by-mail ballots in the November 2012 general elec-tion. Visit www.sos.ca.gov/elections/hist_absentee.htm for 50 years of vote-by-mail
statistics in California's state-wide elections.
All valid vote-by-mail bal-lots are counted in every Cali-fornia election, regardless of the outcome or closeness of any race. Once county elec-tions officials determine the signature on the ballot return envelope matches the voter’s signature on his or her voter registration form, and the per-son did not vote elsewhere in the same election, the ballot is counted. Keep up with the latest Cali-fornia election news, trivia and tips by following @CA-SOSvote on Twitter. To sub-scribe to state election news via email or RSS feed, go to www.sos.ca.gov/multimedia.
Election Month Starts WithFlexibility of Voting by Mail
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V2014JAMES VINEYARD
Committee to elect James Vineyard Atwater City Council FPPC 1367590
ATWATER CITY COUNCILJames Vineyard
My name is James Vineyard; I am a candidate for Atwater City Council on November 4, 2014. I have been married to my wife Kim for 29 years. To-gether we raised our two chil-dren right here in Atwater.
I earned my B.S. degree from Humboldt State Univer-sity in 1980, and started my career with Cal Fire in 1974. During my 36 years career with CDF/Cal Fire I not only was a fire fighter but I was also a P.O.S.T. certified Law Enforcement Officer sworn to up hold all California man-dated laws under PC 830.2 My career has taken me through-out California protecting life and property. After a career of serving the residents of this state it is now my time to give back to this wonderful community by running for At-water City Council, an oppor-tunity that I am truly excited about.
Vote November 4, 2014 James Vineyard For Atwater City Council
I have been a resident of Atwater City for over 28 years and during that time I have remained actively involved in the community by serving on many boards and committees including: Atwater Police Ac-tivities League, Atwater Youth Baseball and Softball, Atwater Outlaws travel softball team, Mitchell Senior assistant soft-ball coach, Care about kids, Castle Atwater Kiwanis, Atwa-ter City Traffic Commission, Atwater Volunteer in Police Service and the Atwater Po-lice Department Neighbor-hood Watch Coordinator.
I ask for your vote on No-vember 4, 2014, so that to-gether we can continue to “Make Atwater Better Today”.
James Vineyard
James Vineyard
and other law enforcement groups, in supporting Gray's re-election. "I appreciate the work Crime Victims United does for Cali-fornians and for the victims of crime. I am honored to have their trust and will always stand with victims and their families," commented Assem-blyman Adam Gray.
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Latino Likely Voters in CaliforniaLatinos make up 38 percent
of the state’s total population …
About 14 million Latinos reside in California, account-ing for 38% of the state’s to-tal population. According to census data, California’s Latino population grew 33% between 2000 and 2012—far outpacing overall growth (11%). Non-Hispanic whites account for 40% of Califor-nia’s population, while Asians (13%) and blacks (6%) com-prise much smaller shares. According to the state’s de-mographers, California—which became the first large "majority minority” state after the 2000 Census—now has a Latino plurality.
… but only 17 percent of likely voters.
Latinos represent about 34% of the state’s adult popu-lation, but according to our surveys, they account for only 17% of those most likely to vote. Asians account for
By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, and Jui Shrestha11% of likely voters and 14% of the adult population. The share of black likely voters matches their representation in the adult population (6%). In contrast, non-Hispanic whites constitute 44% of Cali-fornia’s adult population, but a far greater share—62%—of the state’s likely voters. Our surveys over the last year in-dicate that only 23% of Latino adults are likely to vote, com-pared to 39% of Asians, 49% of blacks, and 65% of whites. Part of the explanation for this voter gap may be that many Latino adults are not U.S. citizens and thus not eli-gible to vote.
Latinos tend to be Demo-crats, but many are politically conservative.
A solid majority (59%) of Latino likely voters are regis-tered as Democrats (similar to 2010); 18% are registered as Republicans and 17% as inde-pendent voters, also known as "decline to state” or "no
party preference.” Latino likely voters (59%) are less likely to be registered Democrats than black likely voters (81%) but more likely than Asian (45% Democrats, 28% Republicans) or white (37% Democrats, 39% Republicans) likely vot-ers. Latino voters are about as likely to identify themselves as politically liberal (34%) as they are to call themselves middle-of-the-road (33%) or conservative (33%). By con-trast, whites (41%) are more likely to consider themselves conservative than liberal (32%) or moderate (27%). Blacks and Asians are slightly more likely to be liberal (37% blacks, 38% Asians) than con-servative (28% blacks, 30% Asians).
Latino likely voters are most likely to live in Los Angeles.
Four in 10 Latino (38%) and black likely voters (41%) reside in Los Angeles, while nearly six in 10 Asian likely voters reside in the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area (32%) or Los Angeles (25%). White likely voters are spread across the state, with about one in five residing in the San Francisco Bay Area (22%), Los Ange-les (20%), Orange/San Diego Counties (19%), and the Cen-tral Valley (18%).
Latino likely voters are more likely to be young, less educated, and less affluent.
Half of Latino likely voters (52%) are under age 45, com-pared to fewer Asian (44%), black (35%), and white likely voters (27%). Latinos have the highest share of likely voters under age 35 (31%), while 52% of white voters are age 55 and older. Latino likely vot-ers (25%) are least likely to be college graduates, followed by blacks (31%), whites (41%), and Asians (71%). Among La-tino likely voters, 46% have household incomes of less than $40,000, while 24% earn $80,000 or more. Nearly half of white (46%) and 50% of
Asian voters earn $80,000 or more. Among black likely voters, 43% make less than $40,000, while 28% make more than $80,000.
There are slightly more women than men among La-tino voters.
Women represent about half of black (55%), white (53%), and Latino (51%) likely voters but a smaller share of Asian likely voters (58% men, 42% women). Among Latino likely voters, 37% are immi-grants, compared to six in 10 Asian likely voters (57%) and far fewer blacks (8%) and whites (5%).
Sources: Seven PPIC State-wide Surveys from Septem-ber 2013 to July 2014, includ-ing 7,525 likely voters. 2000 U.S. Census, 2012 American Community Survey. California Department of Finance.
I have been a resident of the City of Atwater for over 50 years. During this period of time, I served for 36 years as an instructor/administrator at Atwater High School.
I served on the City of Atwa-ter Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Com-mission, City Council, and most recently have served as your Mayor for the past eight years. As residents of Atwa-ter, we will work together for the common goals of in-creasing Public Safety, main-taining Utility Infrastructure and Parks and Recreation Services, Financial Solvency, and responsible Economic Development.
My strengths are: Trust, In-tegrity, and my Unwavering Advocacy for each individual. Through my political career, I have wholeheartedly in-vested my efforts to create a safe and positive community environment. It would be an honor and a privilege to continue to serve you. Please vote Joan Faul on November 4th.
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Modesto, CA - - The Mer-ced County Farm Bureau has joined the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau in supporting the re-election of Adam Gray to the California State Assem-bly.
“Assembly Member Gray has done a superb job of working on behalf of growers in Merced County,” said Mer-ced County Farm Bureau Pres-ident Bob Giampaoli. “The fact that he was able to guide the water bond to passage to be placed on the ballot in
November provides huge op-portunity for agriculture and the entire San Joaquin Valley. We look forward to working with him in the future to pro-tect agriculture, our leading economy.”
Earlier this month, Stan-islaus County Farm Bureau President Joey Gonsalves de-clared, “Adams been a fighter for agriculture and water. He’s been there for farmers and the agriculture industry from day one. Adam works well with everyone. He is a prob-
lem solver who ignores parti-sanship to get the job done.”
After learning of the en-dorsements, Assemblymem-ber Adam Gray commented, “I am proud and honored to have received the endorse-ments of the Merced County and Stanislaus County Farm Bureaus. Agriculture is the backbone of our community and during my first term in of-fice, I have fought hard to pro-tect our farms and families. These endorsements reflect those efforts.”
Farm Bureaus in Merced and Stanislaus Counties Unite In supporting Assemblyman Adam Gray
SACRAMENTO - Updated voter registration numbers released by Secretary of State Debra Bowen show 23.1 per-cent of California voters regis-tered without a political party preference – an all-time high. A total of 17,634,876 Califor-nians are registered to vote.
While the statewide voter registration database is up-dated daily, California law requires voter registration updates 60 days and 15 days before each statewide general election. After the 58 county elections officials certify their voter data, the Secretary of State compiles all data into a statewide report and offers various dissections by political district and political party.
The complete 60-day Re-port of Registration is at www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/60day-general-2014. The report reflects data gath-ered 60 days before the No-vember 4 General Election with county updates to voter registration rolls that include removal of registrants who have died, moved out of state or are ineligible to vote, as well as the addition of new regis-trants.
"This being California Voter Registration Week, it's a per-fect time to register to vote and encourage eligible friends and family to do it, too," said Secretary Bowen, California's chief elections official. "Cali-fornians will choose their lead-ers and weigh in on important public policy decisions in just six weeks."
The state voter registration application is online at Regis-terToVote.ca.gov and available on paper at many post offices, public libraries, California De-partment of Motor Vehicle of-fices, and other government offices. County elections of-ficials process registration updates and maintain voter records. People can check their voter registration status by contacting their county elections office; a convenient portal is at hwww.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status.
The updated registration to-tals for the seven qualified po-litical parties and voters who have no political party pref-erence follow, along with the comparable data from four years ago.
New California Voter Data ShowRecord-High of Voters with NoPolitical Party
6 OCTOBER 2014
MEET PAT LUNNEYPatrick N. Lunney is known
as a strong, innovative leader in law enforcement where his career has spanned over 38 years. Appointed in 1983, he served at the municipal level as the Chief of Police of the City of Merced for 15 years. In 1999 he was appointed by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to serve at the state level in the California Department of Justice. He served 8 years in the Division of Law Enforcement includ-ing 4 ½ years as the Director of the entire Division. In that capacity he commanded over 1400 personnel in six Bureaus. These bureaus included the Bureau of Intelligence, Bureau of Investigations, Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and Bureau of Forensic Services. In 2008 he returned to Merced as Chief Investigator for the Merced County District Attor-ney’s Office.
During his law enforcement career, he has always been recognized as someone who can get things done. This is exemplified by a statewide award the City of Merced re-ceived from the California Healthy Cities Project dur-ing his tenure as their Chief of Police. That award read in part: “While other cities talked about community based po-licing, Merced actually did it”. At DOJ he was instrumental
in developing the intelligence efforts of the State of Califor-nia at the national level.
Mr. Lunney graduated from the University of California at Davis with a bachelors of sci-ence degree in Biological Sci-ences. He then completed a masters degree at the Univer-sity of Southern California in Public Administration. He be-lieves in continuing education and while serving at DOJ com-pleted the prestigious Senior Executives in State and Local Government, a resident pro-gram at Harvard University.
EndorsementsPat is endorsed by every
active police chief in Merced County as and many other ac-tive and retired local leaders in business, government and law enforcement.
Patrick N. Lunney
Brown Holds Big Lead—Majorities Support Water Bond, Measure to Ease Crime Penalties
SAN FRANCISCO— Jerry Brown holds a 21 point lead over Neel Kashkari among likely voters in the governor’s race, and there is majority support both for a state water bond and a proposition that would reduce penalties for some drug and property of-fenses. Likely voters are more divided on two other state-wide ballot initiatives, one that would establish a bud-get stabilization account—or rainy day fund—and another that would give the state in-surance commissioner au-thority over changes in health insurance rates.
These are among the key findings of a statewide survey released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), with funding from The James Irvine Foundation.
Brown leads Kashkari 54 percent to 33 percent among likely voters, similar to results in July (52% to 33%). Brown has the support of 86 per-cent of Democrats, while 64 percent of Republicans pre-fer Kashkari. Independents support Brown over Kashkari (45% Brown, 31% Kashkari, 19% don’t know). A majority of likely voters (55%) are sat-isfied with their choice of can-
didates for governor and 31 percent are not. Democrats (71%) are far more likely than Republicans (38%) to be sat-isfied. Half of independents (49%) are satisfied.
Less than two months be-fore the election, half of likely voters are following news about the gubernatorial can-didates very closely (12%) or fairly closely (40%). Attention was much higher in Septem-ber 2010 (30% very closely, 51% fairly closely) and in 2006, the last time there was an election involving an in-cumbent (17% very closely, 57% fairly closely).
Brown’s job approval rating is at 55 percent among likely voters compared to 42 per-cent two years ago (Septem-ber 2012). His record-high job approval rating is 60 percent, reached in January this year.
As Californians cope with a severe drought, they will vote on Proposition 1, a $7.5 bil-lion water bond to pay for wa-ter quality, supply, treatment, and storage projects. When read the measure’s ballot title and label, 58 percent of likely voters say they would vote yes, 29 percent would vote no, and 14 percent are un-decided. Majorities of Demo-crats (68%) and independents
(59%) support Proposition 1. Republicans are more likely to vote yes (44%) than no (36%). Majorities across regions fa-vor the bond, with support highest in the San Francisco Bay Area (64%) and Inland Empire (62%), followed by the Central Valley (55%), Los Angeles (55%), and Orange/San Diego (51%). Half of likely voters (51%) say the outcome of Proposition 1 is very impor-tant to them.
Underscoring their concern about water, 72 percent of likely voters say the supply of water is a big problem in their part of California—up 11 points in just two months (61% July). The survey also asked how Californians would vote if their local water district had a bond measure on the ballot to pay for water sup-ply infrastructure projects. A strong majority of likely vot-ers (67%) say they would vote yes. Majorities of registered Democrats (77%), indepen-dents (67%), and Republicans (56%) say they would vote yes, as do residents across re-gions. And, when asked the most important issue facing the state’s residents today, 29 percent of likely voters name water and drought, second only to jobs and the economy (32%).
The Public Policy Instituteof California
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My name is Richard Lopez; I am a lifelong resident of Merced County. I graduated from Weaver Middle School and Merced High School and served in the US Army for three years. While being an aide in the Merced River School District I met my wife Leanne.
Our children: Joey, Rachel, and Vanessa have all at-tended Buhach Colony High School where my wife, Le-anne, currently works in the Special Ed Department.
I believe that the success of our students and our schools depends upon the communi-cation, connection and col-laboration among parents, teachers, administrators, and trustees: as a teacher I often
visited my students' homes to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the stu-dents. I have been Principal at Planada Elementary School for 8 years and I have always made student's needs my pri-mary focus.
As a school board trustee in the Merced River School Dis-trict for 14 years, I acquired an understanding of the balance necessary between financial accountability, State-mandat-ed core standards, and good teacher relationships. I am an advocate of lifelong learning and have recently earned my Master's Degree in curricu-lum and instruction.
You can depend on me for all our students needs as your MUHSD representative and to
Vern Warnke has spent his entire career in Law Enforce-ment as a member of the Merced Sheriff's Department. After graduation from Hilmar High School, Vern attended Modesto Junior College and the Modesto Junior College Police Academy. Upon grad-uation from the police acad-emy Vern became a full time deputy with the Merced Sher-iff's Department.
As a member of the Merced Sheriff's Department, Vern has held assignments on Pa-trol, in Civil/Criminal Warrant Enforcement, as a Superior Court Deputy, as a Detective specializing in rural ag crime and crimes against children and as a D.A.R.E officer work-ing with the youth of Merced
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In 1997 Vern was promoted to Sergeant, where he served as Patrol Supervisor and was assigned to the S.T.A.R. Un-dercover Team, working with the D.E.A and the area's multi-agency task force.
Vern was then promoted to Sr. Sergeant, serving until his retirement from full-time duty in 2008. Vern currently serves as a Reserve Deputy for the Department, still giving his time to an organization he has dedicated his career to.Richard Lopez and Family. Vern Warnke
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help make the critical choices necessary for the success of every student by acquiring the 21st Century skills nec-essary to compete in today's global environment.
I look forward to serving you and working with our board members in doing what is best for our students, employees and all schools in the Merced Union High School District.
LOPEZ...CONTINUED
8 OCTOBER 2014
Hmong Community Supports Candidates
The Hmong Community of Merced rallied together on September 23, for a Meet and Greet supporting Councilman Blong Xiong for Fresno County Supervisor, District and Trustee Steve Ly, Elk Grove City Council, District 4.
Hosts for the event were: Noah Lor, Councilman, Tru Chang, DC, Tou Blong Her, P.E, Long Thao, MD, Lesley Xiong, MD, Chog Yang, PhD, Jerry Yang, PhD, and Darryl E. Young, J.D. The Master Ceremony was Chong Yang.
An open forum held Sep-tember 16, at the Boys & Girls Club in Merced was a result of the protests in Fer-guson, Mo. The forum was to educate people about their rights as protestors. Merced Police Chief Norm Andrade answered questions. Chief Andrade discussed the right to protest peacefully and the two ways that we assem-bly which is marching and rallying. “We represent you
Community Open Forum at Boys & Girls Club
Dr. Larry and Ida Johnson program Moderators.
Necola Adams Police Chief Norm Andrade
CSU Stanislaus, which has drawn praise from Princeton Review, Forbes and Money magazine for its quality and affordability, has gotten the attention of BestColleges.com, which ranks the Univer-sity 25th nationally for serving
Hispanic students.The rating agency consid-
ers academics, student en-gagement, the percentage of Hispanic enrollees and mem-bership in the Hispanic Asso-ciation of Colleges and Uni-
CSU Stanislaus Ranked Highlyfor Serving Hispanics
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Fresno County Supervisor, District (left) and Trustee Steve Ly, Elk Grove City Council, District 4 (right) with hosts and sponsors.
Tou Her (left) Tru Chang (right).
and the law’s that are on the books” also there were sev-eral other speaker’s...Ruth Sprarks, the chief of police for UC Merced, Professor Nella Van Dyke, and Tsaih Xiong of MOPS.
The forum was sponsored by the newly formed orga-nization, “Concerned and in-formed citizens for a positive community, and co-spon-sored by NAACP, NCNW and the League of Women Voters.
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Pastor Study: (209) 722-9806Church: (209) 383-9758
RELIGIOUS NEWSAntoich holds Annual 100 Men in Black
The Antoich Baptist Church in Merced, CA, Men held their annual 100 Men In Black Pro-gram on Sunday, September 28, 2014.
The featured guest for the 100 Men in Black Program was The Pleasant Travelers of Fres-no, CA.
Throughout the course of American history, the black man has been subjected to the horrors of unjust treatment at the hands of systematic racism. Slavery was eradicated, but the attitudes of the dominant citi-zenry still viewed blacks as ig-norant, lazy, childlike and ani-malistic, a people who needed to be “dealt with harshly, and kept in their place.” Despised, so therefore segregated, the African American had to form alliances and horizontal ties necessary to survive. Black philanthropy was birthed out of the need to “help our own,” since one could not often ex-pect help to come from the very source working to keep them at the lowest realm of so-ciety.
Ostracized in every segment of mainstream society and all its institutions, the black com-munity became a refuge in which one could be treated with dignity and respect. Mu-tual Aid Societies, the Black Masons, fraternal organiza-tions, the Church, the Urban League, women’s groups and other non profits filled the gap by providing social service and benevolence to individuals as a means of helping them to rise
above adverse situations with-in society and inherently es-tablishing a black middle class. These organizations forged on to overcome obstacles of un-fairness throughout the nine-teenth century and continue to do so today.
From these historical roots, One Hundred Black Men, Inc. was established. Equally im-portant is that it occurred dur-ing one of the most turbulent times in modern American history, the Civil Rights Move-ment. Although the heart of the Movement took place in the South, conditions through-out the remainder of the coun-try were not ideal. Segregated communities were the norm. Through the media, our na-tion’s eyes were focused on the nonviolent protesters and the brutal assaults inflicted upon them by the angry mobs and police force. Many Americans had long awaited the oppor-tunity to see minorities el-evated to equal status in this country and they expected the Movement to be a vehicle that would accomplish that goal. With activities intensify-ing in the South, the spirit of the Movement began to travel across the nation, provoking others to rise up and protest the injustices, demanding their equal rights.
The concept for One Hun-dred Black Men, Inc. originat-ed in the state of New York in
Antoich men sung at their Annual 100 Men in Black program.
Deacon Houston Williamson
1963. Born out of the necessity to band together in order to gain a greater voice, a group of black men organized after an incident in which the highest-ranking black police officer in his precinct was reprimanded unjustly. He had come to the aid of a respected African American citizen in the com-munity who was arrested for questioning the actions of the predominantly white police department. Seeking advice from his peers, the decision was made by David Dinkins, Andrew Hatcher and Livings-ton Wingate to join together and organize as a means of better confronting the prob-lems, not only at the police sta-tion, but other pertinent issues in the community as well (Mar-tin, 2004).
From these beginnings arose a program that was designed to improve the lives of minori-ties. By pooling their resources, they embarked on the journey to strengthen communities in which they lived by mentoring youth and implementing pro-grams to ensure and uplift the future of people of color.
A little more than a decade later, the New Jersey chapter was established by Dr. William Hayling, followed by individual chapters which sprang up in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Los An-geles, Pittsburgh, Nassau/Saf-fol, Sacramento, St. Louis, and
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The New Faith Tabernacle 100Women In Red and Usher Board Day
Elder Phyllis Bates, Madera, CA at the 100 Women in Red. Elder Bates is sister of Bishop Dwight Amey.
The New Faith Church Usher Board celebrat-ed their 10th Annual Day, on September 27, 2014. Guest churches Usher Board shared this day with New Faith. The guest speaker was Pas-tor Sheryl Bowden from New Birth Church in Fresno, CA. Mistress of Ceremony was Mother Gwendolyn Williams.
New Faith and guest Ushers marched to the song, “We Are Soldiers.” Guest Church-es were Friendship Baptist Church, Merced;
Galilee Baptist Church, Fairmead/Chowchilla; Modesto Revival Center, Modesto; Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Dos Palos; New Birth Christian Church, Fresno; New Canaan Baptist Church, Los Banos; Mt. Olive, Atwater, and St. Matthews Baptist Church, Merced. Each church wore their Usher uniform.
Lunch was served in New Faith’s Lagway Hall prior to the program. Sister April Martin is pres-ident of the New Faith Usher Board.
Pastor Gwen Amey and The New Faith Tabernacle Church held their 100 Women in Red on September 5, 2014.
The Ladies in Red was truly
blessed. The event was spirit filled and inspirational. Guest speaker was overseer, Renee Winston, from Abundant Rem-nant, San Francisco, CA. Since
Renee Winston, Abundant Remnant
HOW TO LOVE GODBy Dave Miller
Near the end of his life, Joshua summoned all Israel together in order to deliver his farewell address to the nation (Joshua 23). On that most significant occasion, he reminded that most of the tremendous feats that God had accomplished in their be-half. He noted that God would continue His beneficent be-havior in the future. Joshua then proceeded to lay down foundational criteria by which the people could insure this continued divine gracious-ness: (1) “be very courageous” (v.6), i.e., it take real courage and strength of character to live a righteous life; (2) “do all that is written” (v.6), i.e., obey strictly Mosaic ordinances; (3) “come not among these na-tion” (v.7), i.e., don’t mingle and associate with wicked nations nor be influenced by their false religious practices; and (4) “cleave unto the Lord” (v.8), i.e., continue to hold fast to God and remain firmly loy-al to Him.
All of these remarks are summed up in verse 12: “so be very careful to love the Lord your God.” In other words,
loving God means Obeying God (cf., I John 5:3). Careless inattention to the details of God’s will demonstrates lack of love! The current religious temperament that avows great devotion to God on the one hand, while ignoring spe-cific New Testament injunc-tions on the other is, in actu-ally, unloving in God’s sight. People do not love God when they ignore His command to: sing” (Ephesians 5:17) by add-ing “play” instruments. People demonstrate lack of love for God when they fail to par-take of the Lord’s Supper ev-ery Sunday (Acts 20:7). They unlovingly reject God when they engage in any practice that is not authorized by God (Colossians 3:17).
While people say, “It doesn’t matter which church you be-long to”-Jesus says, “There is one body” (Ephesians 4:4) and “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Mathew 7:21). While people are saying, “If you love me, you will keep my command-
New Faith and their Guest Ushers.
Women of Fire Anointed bythe Spirit Conference 2014
Holy Ground Ministry Turlock/Delhi, presented Women of Fire Anointed by the Spirit Conference September 12-13, 2014 at the Double Tree Hotel in Modesto, CA.
Theme: Jesus He Knows the Real Me. Psalm 139:1
The 2-day Conference con-sisted of Friends & Family Night. On Friday night Renee Trotter with God’s Way De-liverance-San Pablo, CA was guest speaker, Shofar Horn Meaning by Joan Allen, Blow-ing of the Shofar Horn by San-dy Pruitt, and Praise Dancing by Kierrena Jones.
On Saturday, the Confer-ence concluded with Christian Survival Kit by Shemia Shelby, Praise & Worship, Praise Dance
Guest speaker Renee Trotter with God’s Way Delivere-nance-San Pablo, CA .
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visiting New Faith Tabernacle, Winston appeared on The Dr. Oz show in October. Pastor Renee talked about Emotion-al Eating.
by Women of Excellence, and Marietta Huizenga with Lega-cy Enrichment Center, Turlock, CA.
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The Merced County Arts Council invites writers of all genres and experience to join their peers at a critique circle on the third Tuesday of each month, beginning on Oct. 21, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in Room 5 on the third floor of the Multi-cultural Arts Center at 645 W Main St.
Writers can bring their work to receive constructive criti-cism and encouragement. The group will be facilitated by Bonnie Johnston, with help from Dawn Trook. Bon-nie is a writer of speculative fiction and a coach for aspir-ing fiction writers. Her pub-lications include self-help books, humor columns, but-ton slogans, technical docu-mentation, and short stories. Under her pen name, Lynn Johnston, she blogs about the craft of fiction writing at writesmarternotharder.com. Dawn is a multi-genre writer who teaches writing at UC Merced. Her poetry has been seen in Poetry Flash, Colora-do Review, Brooklyn Review and other publications. Non-fiction has been published in the DLM, Desert Candle, and other publications. Her plays and solo performance have been seen at MCAC, Obras Alive, Playhouse Merced and elsewhere. You can also find her webisodes on YouTube, where she plays her alter ego, Sweetie, the baker. Please call the Arts Council at (209) 388-1090, or email Bon-nie at bonnielala (at) gmail (dot) com for more informa-tion.
Writers’ Critiquecircle begins this month
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on the 8th. If you would like to participate please e-mail the organizers at [email protected] please come out and salute our veter-ans and stay for a very special memorial presentation at our city hall following the parade.
Cancer survivors Edna Hughes (left) and Gloria Branch (right) at The Relay For Life Event held September 13, 2014 at Shaffer School in Atwater, CA.
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On Saturday September 20th at 6 p.m. the Atwater-Merced Alumnae Chapter “Jazz Under the Stars” was held at Heather’s Garden in Atwater. The John Albano Jazz Band, played for the eve-ning.
Atwater-Merced Alumnae Chapter – 30 Year of Service to the Merced/Stanislaus ar-eas – Josephine Berry, Kilolo Brodie, PhD, Nikko Da Paz, Mary F. Ellis, Sylvia F. Fuller, Mary Grissom, Iris M. Jackson, President, Odessa Johnson, Mary C. Jones, EdD, Dolores M. Maples, Inga Maples, PhD, Lisa M. Maples, Kay McKen-zie Parker, Esq., Myisha Reed, Mary Schilling and Annette White.
Dinner was served to the guest as they visited with oth-ers at their tables and enjoyed music played in the back ground. All money raised at this event will go to help sup-port scholarships and other public service projects.
Many thanks go out to the Major Table Sponsors – Mrs. Josephine Berry, Mr. & Mrs. James and Sylvia Fuller, Mr.& Mrs. Edward & Iris Jackson, Mr. Rennard L. & Dr. Mary C. Jones, Mrs. Dolores M. Ma-ples, Ms. Lisa M. Maples & Mrs. Mary F. Ellis and Dr. Robin Trumball.
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Pictured are sisters, Inga Maples, PhD, ( left) and Lisa M. Maples (right) at the Atwater-Merced Alumnae Chapter Jazz Under The Stars Saturday, September 20, in Heather’s Garden inAtwater, CA.
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Many Insured Californians Unaware They Have Mental Health Coverage
Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance plans are generally required to pro-vide mental health coverage – but almost half of Califor-nians who have insurance say that a lack of coverage is the reason they haven’t gotten mental health treatment despite needing it.
That’s one of the major find-ings of a new Field Poll ad-ministered on behalf of the California HealthCare Foun-dation (CHCF).
The survey results point to “gaps in the public’s knowl-edge about their health in-surance and mental health coverage,” according to Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. “There needs to be greater communication to Califor-nians about the treatment options that are available to them if they have a mental health problem.”
Conducted in June, the poll surveyed just over 2,000 adults in six different lan-guages.
A majority of Californians still don’t know that health insurance plans are generally required to provide coverage
on par with the benefits they provide for other medical ser-vices. Less than 40 percent of respondents understand the concept of mental health parity – that health insurance plans, with very rare excep-tions, have to provide mental health benefits with the same rules about co-pays, deduct-ibles, and coverage limits as other kinds of medical care.
And many people who have insurance have no idea that they likely have mental health benefits and are covered for treatment of issues like de-pression. Some 47 percent of insured people say that they haven’t accessed men-tal health treatment that they needed because they didn’t have coverage.
About 30 percent of in-sured Californians say they don’t know if their insurance includes mental health ben-efits, and about 10 percent think that their plans provide no coverage.
“Under the Affordable Care Act, generally speaking, all health plans have to provide those kinds of benefits,” says DiCamillo. “Forty percent
are unaware that they actu-ally have coverage for mental health-related problems.”
Insured Asian Americans, as well as insured Spanish-speaking Latinos, are the groups least likely to know that they probably have men-tal health coverage. Less than half of insured Asian Ameri-cans and insured Spanish-speaking Latinos think that their health plans provide those benefits.
The poll also measured the public’s opinions about ob-taining mental health treat-ment.
Over 80 percent of respon-dents believe that treating mental health problems does improve people's lives. But despite that large number, many people express reluc-tance about actually seeking treatment.
When asked whether they would seek treatment if they had a mental health or sub-stance abuse problem, just over half of adults say they’d be “very likely” to do so. The numbers are lowest among Asian Americans and Spanish-speaking Latinos, with some
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SACRAMENTO—State Su-perintendent of Public In-struction Tom Torlakson announced the California De-partment of Education will receive up to $9.7 million for a pilot project that will ultimate-ly make schools safer places for students to learn. The Now is the Time Project Advanc-ing Wellness and Resilience in Education grant comes from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration External link opens in new window or tab..
"With the help of this grant, I am pleased California is work-ing to strengthen and increase the current mental health pro-grams we have for students," said Torlakson. "There is a clear need for school workers to re-ceive mental health and well-ness training to identify and support students who are ex-periencing emotional issues."
The federal grant will pay for
1,875 school staff members and other people who inter-act with students to receive training to improve their men-tal health literacy. The trainees will learn, for example, how to identify and respond to men-tal health issues in students, get them and their families the appropriate help, and cre-ate safe school environments. The trainees will then train others around the state. The five-year pilot project will be in three educational agencies: Garden Grove Unified in Or-ange County, Santa Rosa City Schools in Sonoma County, and the San Diego County Of-fice of Education.
This grant helps further Tor-lakson's initiative, A Blueprint for Great Schools, which calls for leadership in helping dis-tricts develop their mental health services for students.
Torlakson Announces Grant to Strengthen Mental Health Training in Schools
41 percent of Asian Americans saying they’d be very likely to get help, and some 47 percent of Spanish-speaking Latinos.
Spanish-speaking Latinos are also the group least likely to believe that mental health treatment can even be effec-tive (67 percent believe it can be helpful).
Overall, about 1 in 5 people say they’d be unlikely to seek help at all, even with insur-ance coverage.
When asked where they would most like to receive mental health treatment, if they had to get some kind of treatment, the most popu-lar options were getting help from a primary care doctor or from a counselor or psycholo-
gist. Latinos, especially Spanish-
speaking Latinos, are more likely than other groups to prefer help from an online cri-sis hotline, chat service, or oth-er online option. Over half of Latinos, and some 64 percent of Spanish-speaking Latinos, expressed a preference for online services, compared to less than 40 percent of Asian Americans, African Americans, and white non-Hispanics.
DiCamillo suggests that the preference for online help, which is often anonymous in nature, may “point to perhaps the stigma of treating mental health problems.”
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Growing Need for Allied Health Care Workers in Next Decade190,000 New California Jobs Will Require Training But No Bachelor's Degree
SAN FRANCISCO—Over the next decade, California is ex-pected to need nearly 450,000 new health care workers—due in part to expanded cov-erage under the Affordable Care Act but mainly to the growth and aging of the state’s population. About 190,000, or around 40 percent, of the new jobs are expected to require some college education but not a bachelor’s degree. To meet these workforce needs, California’s two-year educa-tional institutions need to ex-pand training opportunities for these positions, known as allied health care jobs.
These are among the key findings in a report released today by the Public Policy In-stitute of California (PPIC).
Allied health care jobs are technical—licensed vocation-al nurses, dental hygienists, and imaging technologists, for example—and support positions, such as certified nursing assistants, medical as-sistants, and dental assistants. They typically require an asso-ciate degree or post-second-ary certificate that can often be completed in fewer than two years.
California’s community col-
leges have an important role to play in training the allied health care workforce. They are located throughout the state and serve a large and di-verse student population. The PPIC report notes that this di-versity is especially important in light of research showing that a culturally competent workforce is crucial to quality health care. The percentage of Californians age 65 and older is expected not only to grow nearly 50 percent by 2025 but to become more diverse as well: California’s Latino and Asian populations in this age group are projected to in-crease by 85 percent and 66 percent, respectively.
"Given the importance of associate degrees and post-secondary certificates in health care occupations—and the need for workers who can effectively serve California’s increasingly diverse popula-tion—the state needs to en-sure that its institutions are meeting workforce demand and providing good job op-portunities,” said Laurel Beck, PPIC research fellow and re-port co-author.
However, the number of as-sociate degrees and postsec-
ondary certificates in health programs awarded by the community colleges has in-creased only slightly in the past decade. Most of these additional degrees have been in nursing.
Private for-profit institu-tions have driven the recent growth in the number of as-sociate degrees and postsec-ondary certificates in health programs. These institutions serve a large number of black and Latino students, but they do so at a considerably higher cost than community col-leges. Tuition and fees for a licensed vocational nurse cer-tificate program at a group of for-profit institutions ranged from $20,000 to $35,000. The total cost of the same pro-gram at community colleges is about $4,500.
For-profit schools are also more likely to offer programs in health care support fields, which tend to have lower wages. For example, nearly 40 percent of the health care certificates awarded by these schools go to medical assis-tants—one of relatively few health occupations with a projected surplus over the next several years. The report
notes that this mismatch be-tween training and future workforce demand is a cause for concern.
California can address the need for more allied health care workers in a number of ways. First, state and regional policymakers must have high-quality, integrated, and timely data to plan and make edu-cational investments. Link-ing employment and wage information with educational opportunities is essential to ensuring that the state can train an adequate number of workers to meet future needs.
The community colleges can play a bigger training role by expanding access to health care programs, although this will be a challenge given the high cost of technical courses and college budgets that fluc-tuate from year to year. The colleges can strengthen out-reach and mentoring for stu-dents from ethnic and racial groups underrepresented in health care professions. How-ever, broadening access to training and diversifying the student populations in health programs are unlikely to meet workforce needs unless steps are also taken to ensure stu-
dent success, an issue the col-leges are now addressing.
The report points to the suc-cess of the state’s Nurse Educa-tion Initiative as evidence that strong state action—includ-ing financial investment—can help increase the supply of health workers in a relatively short time. Between 2005 and the end of 2009, when Cali-fornia faced a dramatic short-age of nurses, the number of students enrolled in nursing programs increased by more than 75 percent and 35 new nursing programs were estab-lished.
"The health care workforce is important to the state’s economy,” said Beck. "With careful planning and invest-ment, the state can meet its health care needs and provide opportunities to Californians of all backgrounds for good jobs with good wages.”
The report is titled Califor-nia’s Health Workforce Needs: Training Allied Workers. In ad-dition to Beck, the co-authors are Shannon McConville, PPIC research associate, and Sarah Bohn, PPIC research fellow.
(NAPSI)—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kids aren’t getting nearly enough fruits and veggies in their daily di-ets, but you can help yours get the nutrients they need—and like it.
There are a number of ways to make getting proper nu-trition fun, whether kids are eating at home or are back at school, suggests the United States Department of Agricul-ture. Here are a few:
• Kids love to dip their foods. Whip up a quick dip for veg-gies with yogurt. Fruit chunks go great with a yogurt and cinnamon or vanilla dip.
• Make your own pizza. Use whole-wheat English muffins, bagels or pita bread as the crust. Have tomato sauce, low-
fat cheese and cut-up vegeta-bles for toppings. Warm the pies till the cheese melts.
• Put melon chunks in the freezer or make “popsicles” by inserting sticks into peeled bananas and freezing.
• Since many children simply don’t enjoy the taste of veg-etables, parents can turn to a line of high-quality fruit-and-veggie blend beverages, each containing one combined serving of fruits and vegeta-bles. The brand, good2grow, offers a tropical fruit medley and strawberry kiwi veggie that have the wholesome goodness of carrots, beets and apples.
By striving to create a strong foundation for smart eat-ing habits now, the company Families can now avoid the “eat your vegetables” meltdown with the help of a nutritious
fruit-and-veggie drink.
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Charlotte “Mama C” O’Neal at UC Merced
Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driv-ing another activist home from the Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 re-cipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Jus-tice, Diplomacy and Tolerance.
Viola LiuzzoThe University of California,
Merced, will award the prize during a Nov. 6 ceremony to Liuzzo’s three daughters, Sally Prado, Penny Herrington and Mary Lilleboe.
The Spendlove Prize was established in 2006 through a generous gift to the univer-sity from Sherrie Spendlove in honor of her parents, lifelong Merced residents Alice and Clifford Spendlove. The prize every year honors an individual who exemplifies the principles of social justice, diplomacy and tolerance in his or her work.
“Viola Liuzzo, a Northern white housewife raising her five young children, could be seen as having a number of legitimate reasons for not getting involved in the 1960s struggle for African American civil rights. Despite that she strongly believed it ‘was every-body's fight,’” Sherrie Spend-love said. “She translated her idealism and compassion into
Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Spendlove Prize
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bold and courageous action for which she and her children — because of the loss of their mother — made the ultimate sacrifice. Viola Liuzzo embod-ies the best of the American spirit, which when confronted with injustice against others, stands up, speaks out and does right.”
A wife and mother of five children ranging in age from 6 to 18, Liuzzo left her Detroit home in spring 1965 to work with Martin Luther King Jr. to register black voters in Selma after seeing news about a po-lice attack on 600 civil rights workers as they tried to march from Selma to Montgomery.
The day after Liuzzo’s mur-der, President Lyndon B. John-son appeared on television to announce that her four killers had been caught. Despite ef-forts by the FBI to discredit her for being in the car with a black man, 350 people attended Li-uzzo's funeral, including King, and her murder led Johnson to order an investigation into the KKK.
Her death also was a catalyst for legislators to pass the Vot-ing Rights Act of 1965. Liuzzo's story has been the subject of several books and a documen-tary. She is among the 40 civil rights martyrs honored on the Civil Rights Memorial in Mont-gomery and she was inducted into the Michigan Hall of Fame in 2006.
In 2013, she was awarded the Ford Freedom Humanitar-ian Award which has only been given thus far to one other per-son, Nelson Mandela.
“The Spendlove Prize Com-mittee agreed that Viola’s bold idealism and sacrifice helped to shine a light on the responsi-
Former Black Panther Char-lotte “Mama C” O’Neal shared her story of survival and life as a Black Panther.
A new documentary Urban Warrior in the African Bush about O’Neal, by filmmaker Joanne Hershfield was shown after “Mama C” performance.
The event was held Septem-ber 19, at UC Merced Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater.
This event was sponsored by the African Diaspora Student Association at UC Merced.
Pictured is Charlotte “Mama C” O’Neal at UC Merced (Left).
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NAPSI)—Popcorn, enjoyed every day but celebrated in October during National Popcorn Poppin’ Month, ex-isted long before today’s diz-zying array of snacks, tracing its roots back thousands of years. Yet, throughout the ages, this enduring fan favor-ite has remained relatively unchanged. Popcorn kernels are the seeds of a large-grain plant also known as maize. Once the kernels are stripped from the cob and dried to 14 percent moisture, they can be popped and eaten.
This seed-to-snack simplic-ity is just part of the allure. Whole grain, naturally low in fat and calories, and gluten free, popcorn is a good fit for today’s health-conscious consumer. Yet it’s the taste and versatility that continue to make this one popular snack food. Americans con-sume some 16 billion quarts of popcorn each year. That’s roughly 51 quarts per man, woman and child.
Add in popcorn’s irresistible aroma, connection to good times, seemingly magical transformation and the fact that it strikes a chord with the budget minded, and it’s easy to understand why there’s a monthlong celebration for this American icon every Oc-
tober. You can join in the fun by
making this autumnal treat, from a recipe by The Popcorn Board.
Down Home Apple Pie Pop-corn
A timely fall treat, combin-ing luscious flavors of the har-vest.
Yield: 10 cupsIngredients:3 Tbsp melted butter1 tsp vanilla extract2 Tbsp brown sugar1 tsp ground cinnamon1/8 tsp ground allspice1/8 tsp ground nutmeg 8 cups popped popcorn1 cup dried apple chips,
broken into large pieces¼ cup toffee bits Directions:1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
Whisk melted butter with va-nilla. Toss brown sugar with cinnamon, allspice and nut-meg.
2. Toss popcorn with butter mixture. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar mixture. Stir. Transfer to baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
3. Sprinkle apple chips and toffee bits over top. Bake for 15 minutes or until toffee bits start to melt. Cool before serving.
Tip: Add chopped pecans
for extra crunch. Learn why popcorn pops,
the history of popcorn, corny facts, recipes and more at www.popcorn.org.
Apple Pie Popcorn is a superb snack that’s easy to make.
believes it will help shape children’s attitudes toward healthy foods and beverages.
In addition to the blends, there’s apple juice, organic apple juice and fruit punch—which gets apples, pears and grapes to team up to create a flavorful juice that will leave kids refreshed—all made with 100 percent juice.
The beverages provide age-appropriate nutrition based on guidelines from the American Academy of Pediat-rics. There’s no added sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, arti-ficial colors, flavors or preser-vatives. Additionally, they are also non-GMO and BPA-free in colorful, recyclable pack-aging.
Each four-, six- or eight-ounce bottle is fitted with a patented spill-proof Sip-paTop™ cap featuring char-acters from Disney, Marvel, Warner Brothers, Mattel, Hel-lo Kitty, American Greetings, Nickelodeon and HIT Enter-tainment.
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Sports NewsSupport Your Local Sports
Sacramento, Calif. – The Sacramento Kings re-leased single tickets for 38 home games for the upcoming 2014-15 season. The tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. through www.kings.com/tickets and include a host of compelling matchups in a season that will honor the past while embrac-ing the future of Sacramento-era basketball. In-dividual ticket prices start at $15.
Top games on sale include: · Regular season opening night against the
Golden State Warriors on October 29th.· The first-ever Legends Games series hon-
oring Sacramento-era greats throughout the 30 seasons of Sacramento Kings basketball in-cludes:
· Jason Williams returning for the November 20th match-up with the Chicago Bulls.
· Legends from the first five years of the Sac-ramento era will attend the December 11th match-up against the Houston Rockets.
· Peja Stojakovic’s jersey retirement on De-cember 16th while the Kings host the Oklaho-ma City Thunder.
· Mitch Richmond’s Hall of Fame enshrine-ment celebration on February 5th at a game against the Dallas Mavericks.
· Doug Christie and Bobby Jackson attend-ing a February 27th match-up against the NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs.
· The final game of the season against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 13th.
· More legends will be announced in the com-ing weeks. Fans can purchase a Legends pack which includes all 6 games and is the only way for them to gain access to a private Q&A session with Kings legends before each of the 6 games. Season ticket members will already have this access.
· Five “Family games” throughout the season featuring family-centric programming through-
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out the game. These match-ups include:· Memphis Grizzlies (Sunday, November
30)· Portland Trail Blazers (Sunday, March 1)· Washington Wizards (Sunday, March 22)· Two games against former Kings point
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The Cleveland Cavaliers game (January 11) and the Lakers games (December 21 and April 13) are currently available through the purchase of a season ticket or a Big Game pack. For more information, fans can call 888-91-KINGS.
There are over 100,000 tickets for the 2014-2015 season which have been made available priced for under $20 per game.
For more information, please visit www.Kings.com.
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Education News COLLEGE PLANNINGHow Students Can Get Ahead: What Colleges And Companies Want
(NAPSI)—If your family is like most, you want a college edu-cation for your children—to-day, 75 percent of Americans have their eyes set on a college education. That's a good thing. Over a lifetime, college gradu-ates average about a million dollars more than high school graduates.
A problem is that most col-leges haven't significantly increased the size of their freshman classes. As a result, acceptance rates are declining to as low as 5.69 percent.
What Colleges WantMany admissions officers
look at the "whole student," try-ing to determine character, cre-ativity, leadership, sense of hu-mor and moral fiber. Qualities like these can't be conveyed in grades and test scores, so more weight is being given to letters of recommendation, extracur-ricular activities and essays.
So if you were to have, say, a compelling story about how you traveled the world and con-nected with other cultures, it's likely you'd get that experience noticed by admissions officers.
What Companies WantAfter college, the right sort
of educational travel can also
boost your career. A recent study led by professor William W. Maddux of the international graduate business school IN-SEAD reveals that those who travel may enjoy more job op-portunities. He discovered that an MBA student's intercultural experiences predicted the number of job offers received, even when controlling for such variables as demographics, per-sonality and the like.
Students who adapted to and learned about new cultures demonstrated more openness and initiative. They were seen as being able to bring seem-ingly unrelated ideas together into meaningful wholes. As a result, they were better able to navigate the interview process and received more job offers.
In an article for management- issues.com, Dr. David Liver-more, president of the Cultural Intelligence Center, explained that some of the most promis-ing correlations found between international travel and job prospects are:
1. Strong Sense of Self: Travel helps you become aware of your own values and priorities. Organizations want to hire pro-fessionals who are self-aware.
2. Increased Trust: Another study found that how much you trust a stranger is positively correlated to the number of places you've visited. Compa-nies want team members who can develop trusting relation-ships across virtual and interna-tional borders.
3. Creativity and Problem Solving: In a new environment, everyday tasks have to be done differently and you might even pick up new approaches to common problems. A proven ability to innovate makes for a strong advantage in a job search.
Travel by itself, however, won't ensure improved cultural intelligence (CQ™) or increased job offers. There are important variables:
• The nature of the experi-ence: Those who venture out to discover the food, transpor-tation and people of the places they visit are likely to enhance their CQ.
• The number of experiences: Individuals with multiple expe-riences in a variety of places see more of the benefits of travel.
• Age: Exposing kids to other places can be very influential, helping them build their sense
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College admissions offices and prominent employers recognize the value of cultur-al intelligence, which educa-tional travel can foster.
of self and a unique worldview. • The cultural interpreter: If a
trip's leaders focus on the neg-ative aspects of a culture, CQ can actually decrease. The in-dividual who interprets what's going on plays a large role in bringing about positive effects from travel.
• Reflection and debriefing: Many study abroad programs emphasize pre-trip training but the most important insights come from reflecting in the midst of the experience and upon returning home.
Simply listing international travel as a part of your résumé is unlikely to yield many ben-efits. But using travel to expand your view of self, integrate ideas from different cultures and creatively solve problems helps you to stand apart from other candidates.
Business leaders seem to agree. An IBM survey of 1,500 CEOs worldwide found the quality they most prize—and that's most lacking in the work-force—is creativity or innova-tion.
Stephan Turnipseed, presi-dent emeritus of LEGO Educa-tion North America, advocates fusing the traditional 3 Rs with the 4 Cs: critical thinking, com-munication, collaboration and creativity. Those skills, Turnip-seed says, often blossom be-yond the classroom. In particu-lar, he cites People to People Ambassador travel as an ac-tivity uniquely suited to spark students' global thinking and
creative problem solving.Turnipseed notes, "To be
successful in People to People, you're going to need to collab-orate—not just with your peers and leader, but with host fami-lies," as well as service provid-ers, experts and other students encountered during travel.
People to People has been a leader in guided educational student travel for over 50 years, helping students experience new cultures and encounter new places.
Learn MoreTo learn how your child can
be a People to People Ambas-sador, check out an informa-tion meeting near you. Visit www.PeopletoPeople.com or call (800) 669-7882 for meeting dates and locations.
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16bility of all people to help fight injustice,” said Mark Aldender-fer, dean of the School of So-cial Sciences, Humanities and Arts.
The Spendlove Prize Selec-tion Committee is chaired by Aldenderfer and includes a representative from the Spendlove family or a desig-nee; an undergraduate stu-dent; a graduate student; a faculty member; and repre-sentatives from the UC Mer-ced community.
The Spendlove Prize in-cludes a $10,000 award. Pre-vious recipients of the award are:
2013 – Jonathan D. Jansen, vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State and South Africa's first black dean, who is widely
known for his policy of “recon-ciliation over revenge” in the manner of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
2012 – Peter Balakian, an award-winning author and a leading voice of Armenian Genocide recognition.
2011 – Cruz Reynoso, a for-mer California Supreme Court Justice and civil rights lawyer who has spent his life fighting for immigrants' rights.
2010 – Jimmy Carter, a for-mer United States president who made the global quest for basic human rights a cen-tral platform in his adminis-tration.
2009 – Faye J. Crosby, a professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz and expert on affirmative action and inclu-siveness.
2008 – Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, founders of Childhelp, a nationwide organization devoted to the prevention and treatment of child abuse. O'Meara and Fed-derson have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work with abused chil-dren.2007 – John Y. Tateishi, a civil rights activist who led the successful redress campaign for Japanese-Americans in the aftermath of World War II internment.2006 – Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a Merced native, professor of law and founding executive director of the Charles Hamil-ton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Univer-sity.
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Amid Delay in Federal Wage Protections for Home Care Workers, NCLR Urges Swift Implementation
The U.S. Department of La-bor (DOL) announced that it will delay enforcement of minimum wage and home care protections for nearly two million home care work-ers, 21 percent of whom are Latino. The new regulation takes effect on January 1, 2015, but DOL says it will not enforce the rule until July. NCLR (National Council of La Raza) urges DOL to work diligently during the next six months to assist states in complying with the federal regulations.
“Home care workers have endured 40 years of exclu-sion from minimum wage and overtime protections,” said Eric Rodriguez, Vice Presi-dent of the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at NCLR. “States like California
and New York, which are ad-equately prepared to raise workers’ wages, should not hesitate to act. The next six months will be critical for the remaining states to effec-tively implement these long-overdue wage standards. We expect DOL to use every re-source at its disposal to guide states swiftly into compliance to bring dignity to care work.”
One year ago, NCLR, along with civil rights and public health allies, celebrated the historic victory for home care workers, who won expanded coverage under federal mini-mum wage and overtime pro-tections after being unjustly excluded since 1974. Home care work is the fastest-grow-ing job in the U.S., projected to grow by 71 percent be-tween 2010 and 2020. Most
home care workers are the primary breadwinners for their families, but turnover in the industry is high because of substandard wages. In a re-cent poll by NCLR and Latino Decisions, 70 percent of Lati-nos reported that they are not earning enough to meet their basic needs.
In response to DOL’s stated plan to “exercise discretion” in enforcement during the sec-ond half of the year, from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, NCLR was firm in its call to DOL to ensure fair pay for home care workers.
“We look forward to work-ing with DOL to ensure proper monitoring and enforcement of these wage standards that are so important to Hispanic home care workers,” conclud-ed Rodriguez.
California Faces a Gap in Skilled WorkersIf recent trends continue, California is likely to face a shortage of workers with some college education but less than a bachelor’s degree by 2025. State and federal policymakers have increased their focus on boosting educational opportunities for this segment of the workforce. This report examines labor market outcomes among workers with some college training to shed light on the types of jobs that hold the most promise for future workers and the state economy.
By 2025, California is likely to face a shortage of work-ers with some postsecond-ary education but less than a bachelor’s degree. In fact, the future gap among "some col-lege” educated workers may be as high as 1.5 million—even larger than the project-ed one-million-worker short-age of college graduates. This portends missed opportuni-ties for the state economy and also for California’s work-ers. To close the gap, the state needs information with which to better target its support for training, and students and workers need information for evaluating educational choices. Focusing on wages and in-demand occupations, this analysis looks at the type
By Sarah Bohn of jobs and skills that hold the most promise for "some col-lege” workers.
"Some college” workers is a label necessitated by sur-vey data used in this analy-sis and includes associate degree holders, those with one- or two-year technical certificates, and anyone who attended college but did not receive a credential. Though private colleges—particularly for-profits—play a role in pro-viding training, these workers with some college training primarily attend California’s community colleges. An en-try point to postsecondary education for more than two million Californians, the com-munity college system is a potential gateway to the jobs of the future.
The projected shortage of educated workers with some college stems from a mis-match between the share of the workforce projected to have some college education by 2025 (29%) and the share of jobs that will require work-ers with those skills (36%, Figure 1). This mismatch is driven by major educational and economic trends. On the education side, workers en-tering the labor market are less likely to have completed postsecondary education than retiring workers. This trend, in turn, is related to the increasing share of Lati-nos in the workforce, a group with traditionally lower rates of college enrollment. While schooling has increased among Latinos in Califor-nia—especially at the "some
college” level—educational attainment is not projected to accelerate enough to meet future employer skill needs. Adult education—postsec-ondary training later in life—could mitigate the skills gap, but not enough adults cur-rently seek retraining to have a discernible impact.
Lower educational attain-
ment levels among the work-force is problematic because economic forecasts point to the increasing demand for skill by the state’s employers. Training beyond high school has become increasingly valuable in the labor market, and forecasts of the composi-tion of industries and jobs in-dicate that this trend.
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The Delta Sigma Theta So-rority, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assis-tance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. A sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominately Black college educated wom-en, the Sorority currently has over 900 chapters located in
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ments” (John 14:15). While people declare, “We’re all go-ing to the same place, just by different paths”-Jesus says, “I am the way”) John 14:6). “There is no other name un-der heaven giving to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12), and only those who obey may be saved (Hebrews 5:9). May each of us “be very careful to love the Lord.”
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said in notifying the University of its ranking.
A dozen other CSUs were ranked in BestCollege.com’s top 50 colleges for Hispanic students.
