Anita López with her husband, Ray Arce Ask most people to tell you the functions of the Lucas County Recorder’s Office and you’re likely to get a blank stare in response. But that is sure to change now that Anita López is on the scene. Historically, the recorder’s office may have been among the least visible of county agencies and services, but its responsibilities and impact on the daily lives of citizens and taxpayers is immense. “The most common trans- action people have with this office occurs when someone is buying a home,” explains López. “Before they get a clos- ing, they go through a title Anita López: A catalyst for change By Alan Abrams, La Prensa Senior Correspondent ceive more documents ev- ery day as paperwork is filed for mortgages. In effect, we are the keeper of the records, including original land plat books,” says López, the first Latina to hold the elected position. 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And we re- Los chiítas obtienen la mayoría absoluta de los escaños BAGDAD (AP): La lista chiíta apadrinada por el gran ayatola Alí Sistani obtuvo la mayoría absoluta de los 275 escaños del Parlamento iraquí en las elecciones del pasado 30 de enero, por lo que esa comunidad oprimida por Sadam Husein detentará por primera vez el poder en el país. El presidente esta- dounidense, George W. Bush, se congratuló por la publicación de los resultados de las elecciones e indicó que ahora se debe esperar la certificación de los mismos. Según los resultados definitivos de los comicios anunciados el domingo por la Comisión Electoral, la lista de la Alianza Unificada Iraquí obtuvo 4,075,291 votos, el 48.1% de los votos emitidos, con lo que ocupará 140 escaños. After a nationwide search conducted by the Ohio School Boards Association, the Ohio Board of Educa- tion has narrowed its selec- tion for a new superinten- dent to three. Included is Dr. Cheryl D. 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Anita López with her husband, Ray Arce
Ask most people to tellyou the functions of the LucasCounty Recorder’s Office andyou’re likely to get a blankstare in response. But that issure to change now that AnitaLópez is on the scene.
Historically, the recorder’soffice may have been amongthe least visible of countyagencies and services, but itsresponsibilities and impacton the daily lives of citizensand taxpayers is immense.
“The most common trans-action people have with thisoffice occurs when someoneis buying a home,” explainsLópez.
“Before they get a clos-ing, they go through a title
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company. That title companyreviews all of the documentsin the recorder’s office per-taining to that piece of prop-erty they are buying to see ifthere are any liens. If every-thing is fine, they get a cleantitle.
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Los chiítas obtienen lamayoría absoluta de losescaños
BAGDAD (AP): La listachiíta apadrinada por el granayatola Alí Sistani obtuvo lamayoría absoluta de los 275escaños del Parlamentoiraquí en las elecciones delpasado 30 de enero, por loque esa comunidad oprimidapor Sadam Husein detentarápor primera vez el poder en elpaís.
El presidente esta-dounidense, George W.Bush, se congratuló por lapublicación de los resultadosde las elecciones e indicóque ahora se debe esperar lacertificación de los mismos.
Según los resultadosdefinitivos de los comiciosanunciados el domingo porla Comisión Electoral, la listade la Alianza UnificadaIraquí obtuvo 4,075,291votos, el 48.1% de los votosemitidos, con lo que ocupará140 escaños.
After a nationwide searchconducted by the OhioSchool Boards Association,the Ohio Board of Educa-tion has narrowed its selec-tion for a new superinten-dent to three.
Included is Dr. Cheryl D.Kreger, who has been theassociate superintendent forCurriculum, Instruction, As-sessment, and Strategic Plan-ning for the Dearborn PublicSchools, in Dearborn, Michi-gan, since 2003.
Kreger was the former
Special Services Director forDearborn Schools for six years.She is also on staff as an Ad-junct Professor at Wayne StateUniversity, in Detroit. Dr.Kreger has 34 years of experi-ence in education. She re-ceived her Doctorate of Edu-cation from Wayne State Uni-versity in 1993.
Kreger is used to workingin a school environment withethnicity. Dearborn has a largepercentage of Arabic-speak-ing students. In addition, it isadjacent to the largest con-centration of Latinos in Michi-gan—southwest Detroit.
Statistically, Dearborn haslarge populations of Arabic,Spanish, and Romanian-speaking students and fami-lies. According to Dr. Kreger,Dearborn has 46 nationalitieswithin its borders.
“I love the rich diversity
our district encompasses andrealize that the school sys-tem in Elyria offers this samerichness. I look forward tosuch a challenge if I am ulti-mately chosen as its super-intendent.
“I understand the needsof a diverse population, afterhaving taught for 18 years inall sections of Dearborn, be
Three finalistsfor Elyriasuperintendentincludes WSUgradby Rico de La Prensa
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As many of you alreadyknow, last Thursday Septem-ber 16th we signed an historiccontract with the North Caro-lina Growers’ Association(NCGA) and a side bar agree-ment with the Mt. Olive PickleCo. This ends the boycott ofMt. Olive Pickle products.
It’s a tremendous victorythat all of us have made pos-sible. This struggle was madeof many little steps. You whocalled the company and urgedthem to negotiate, you whoonce talked to a manager atyour local grocery store to stopcarrying Mt. Olive products,you who helped us leaflet, youwho invited us to speak toyour church, you whomarched, and you who prayed.You made this possible.
FLOC has already signedup over three thousand work-ers to date and continues tosign up more membersthroughout the current season.The NCGA brings about 8,000workers every year fromMexico under the H2Aguestworker program. Thisincludes not only workers onthe farms contracted to Mt.Olive Pickle Company, butworkers in other crops as well.
FLOC organized a sev-enty-nine member farmworker advisory group fromwhich the negotiating com-mittee was drawn. The result-ing contract includes impor-tant gains for the workers:
• FLOC will represent theworkers in negotiating wages,working and living conditionsfor the members.
• There will be a senioritysystem. No worker will beunfairly denied the opportu-nity to come as an H2A worker,nor will any worker be black-listed.
(AP): Michigan’s sena-tors voted last week againstconfirming Alberto Gonzálesas attorney general, sayinghe helped establish the con-ditions that led to the tortureand abuse of U.S. prisoners inAfghanistan, Iraq, and else-where.
But their objectionsweren’t shared by a majorityof the Senate, which voted60-36 to confirm Gonzáles,who was sworn in onValentine’s Day. All of the“no” votes came from Demo-crats and independent JimJeffords of Vermont.
Sen. Carl Levin saidGonzáles was a central figurein developing the Bushadministration’s policy to-ward the interrogation of pris-oners. Gonzáles served asWhite House counsel duringPresident Bush’s first term.He also is a former TexasSupreme Court justice.
In a memo to Bush,Gonzáles said the GenevaConvention’s strict limita-tions on questioning prison-ers were made obsolete afterthe Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,Levin said. Levin said thatopinion broke long-standinglegal doctrine.
“By undermining the im-portance of the Geneva Con-ventions and by refusing to
acknowledge... violations ofour anti-torture statute, JudgeGonzáles falls short of the highstandards needed in an attor-ney general, whose office is atthe pinnacle of the rule of law,”Levin said.
Levin, who is the top-ranking Democrat on theSenate Armed ServicesCommittee, said the prisonabuse endangered U.S.troops and caused severedamage to the moral stand-ing of the United States.
During his confirmationhearings, Gonzáles said thattorture and abuse “will not betolerated by this administra-tion.” He told senators that, asattorney general, he would“ensure the Department ofJustice aggressively pursuesthose responsible for suchabhorrent actions.”
Gonzáles supporterspraised him for his intelligenceand his life story as the grand-son of Mexican immigrants.Gonzáles is the first Latinoattorney general. Like Levin,he has a law degree fromHarvard University.
Levin said Gonzáles’ per-sonal history is “inspiring”but not enough to qualify himas attorney general.
• Gutiérrez sworn in asnew Commerce secretary
(AP): Carlos Gutiérrez, theformer chief executive of ce-
real giant Kellogg, was swornin on February 7th as the U.S.’s35th commerce secretary.
On his first day on the job,Gutiérrez spoke to employ-ees at Commerce Departmentheadquarters, pledging tobuild on the record of Presi-dent Bush’s first commercechief, Donald Evans, who re-signed to return to Texas.
“Through our efforts toopen markets, we can worktogether with other depart-ments and Congress tostrengthen America’seconomy,” Gutiérrez said.
Gutiérrez, one of twoLatinos in Bush’s second-term Cabinet, has the job ofbolstering the fortunes of U.S.manufacturers, a sector thatlost 2.7 million jobs over thepast four years as thecountry’s trade deficit soaredto record levels.
• Under the contract, agrievance procedure will al-low workers to file complaintsabout any abuse or injustice,without retaliation or discrimi-nation.
• The Dunlop Commissionwill be used as a private laborrelations board, as in the Mid-west.
• A worker will be paid afull day’s medical compensa-tion by the grower if s/he isinjured at work and requestsmedical attention.
• The worker can receivethree days of paid family leavefor the funeral of a close familymember.
• The cucumber pickerswhose farms sell to Mt. OlivePickle Company will receivea wage increase of over 10% inthe next three years.
• Investigation Commit-tees will be developed to lookat issues of improving hous-ing, health care, and other is-sues.
• All workers will be givenat least one half day of restevery week in a “Freedom toWorship” clause.
The H2A workers nowcovered under the contracthave experienced manyabuses, including having littlechoice in their conditions andhaving been fired and de-ported for complaining. Theseworkers now have a means toaddress such abuses throughthe union grievance process.
A private labor relationsboard is now available to actas final step arbitration in thegrievance process. TheDunlop Commission estab-lished after the conclusion ofthe Campbell Boycott will berepositioned with membersfrom the North Carolina agri-cultural community to do thejob. Furthermore, the contractprovides for joint labor andindustry committees to ad-dress the housing, health, andother special needs of the
workforce.This historic moment is not
the end of the story of thestruggle for farm worker rightsand economic justice, but theopening of a new chapter inthe book. This is a big break-through and we certainly havemany reasons to celebrate.
However, there is no timeto rest. The administration ofthe new contract opens up tre-mendous challenges, as wecontinue to work hard to so-lidify and expand justice forfarmworkers in North Caro-lina, particularly in this com-ing year:
• We need at least 15 full-time organizers for contractadministration duties for the1,000 farms covered by theagreement, which are locatedall over the State of NorthCarolina. Because N.C. is a“right to work” state, we willneed to sign up members ev-ery single year. Guestworkersare seasonal workers, and turnover is high. That means thatany education and leadershipdevelopment in one seasonwill need to be re-started thenext year.
• 1,000 camp representa-tives must be elected andtrained to enforce the contractat every farm.
• Education meetings mustbe organized in all thesecamps. These are opportuni-ties for worker empowerment
through education, training,and further organizing.
FLOC will monitor the re-cruiting process in Mexico tosecure its new seniority sys-tem and make moot the debateon the old black-listing andbribery that have long plaguedthis system.
Since the day after the sign-ing, hundreds of grievances havealready been filed and resolved,mainly due to wage violations.More grievances have to be in-vestigated, and resolutionsreached, and with the new sea-son, we can expect even moregrievances to address.
We must open an office inMexico to monitor the recruit-ing process, to secure thecontract’s new seniority sys-tem, and to dismantle the brib-ery that has long plagued thesystem.
More importantly, thisbreakthrough opens up un-precedented opportunities to
extend this victory to otherindustries as well as to theundocumented workforce inN.C. farms that are not cov-ered by the present agreement.This historic moment is simplethe opening of a new chapterin the book of the struggle forfarm worker rights and eco-nomic justice.
We thank all of our friendsfor their support during thelong struggle in North Caro-lina, and ask you to continueto walk with FLOC to over-come the challenges that weface as we implement theseagreements and as we reorga-nize to achieve breakthroughsfor other workers. We knowthat we can not continue with-out your support.
We ask for your continuedsupport. Frankly, we currentlydo not have the necessary re-sources to meet the challenges.The most critical need is neworganizers, who must be hired
and trained to work with camprepresentatives and workers inthe 1,000 camps all over NorthCarolina. Not only must wecover their salaries, but theirtravel expenses alone are go-ing to be expensive, particu-larly with high gas prices. Wemust also expand the FLOCoffice in North Carolina andopen the office in Mexico. Weneed your help.
Help support FLOC inmeeting these new challenges!
You can donate onlineat http://www.floc.com, or bymail: Farm Labor OrganizingCommittee, AFL-CIO, 1221Broadway Street, Toledo,Ohio 43609.
Thank you for your con-tinued support for justice.Thousands of farm workers willbenefit from your contribu-tions.
Hasta la Victoria!Baldemar VelásquezPresident, FLOC
Michigan senators vote against GonzálesAn Open Letter to the CommunityDear FLOC friends, supporters, and allies,
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(AP), Feb. 10: Governmentofficials, NCLR, and migrants’rights advocates criticized animmigration control bill (H.R.418, REAL ID Act of 2005)approved by the U.S. Housethat, among other things, callsfor the completion of a wallalong the United States’westernmost border withMéxico.
The measure, which U.S.representatives passed by a261-161 vote, also calls fordenying drivers’ licenses toundocumented migrant work-ers and limiting political asy-lum requests.
If the bill is approved by theU.S. Senate, it would allow thefederal government to com-plete the last 3.5 miles of asecond fence along theTijuana-San Diego border thatruns 130 feet north of an exist-ing wall.
The original fence, knownin México as “the tortilla wall,”runs 14 miles from the Otayborder crossing to the PacificOcean and was completed in1993.
“We oppose those mea-sures and that our migrants bedenied drivers’ licenses,” Inte-rior Secretary Santiago Creelsaid. “We’re against buildingany wall between our two coun-tries because they are walls
that increase our differences.And, above all, the walls don’tstop the migration flow.”
Creel said the best way tofix the illegal migration prob-lem is for both countries toagree on a guestworker pro-gram.
Migrants’ rights activistssay completing the secondfence in the Tijuana-San Di-ego border is pointless be-cause illegal crossings in thatarea have dropped signifi-cantly since 1994, when theU.S. government launchedOperation Gatekeeper.
As part of Gatekeeper, U.S.authorities doubled the num-ber of border patrol agents inSan Diego, erected newfences and installed brighterlights and more movementsensors.
“At the most, there are 20or 30 people a day trying tocross through that area,” saidGuillermo Alonzo, a migra-tion expert at the Tijuana-based Colegio de La FronteraNorte. “As a security mea-sure, I find it questionablebecause it’s been long knownthat illegal migrants attemptto cross through this area byhiding in cars or using fakedocuments.”
The would-be law has alsodrawn sharp criticism becauseits approval would allow thefederal government to buildwalls anywhere along theU.S.-México border.
Environmental groups haveargued that building the newstretch of fence alone woulddestroy an ecologically sensi-tive area in the Tijuana RiverValley, but if the bill is approved,it would allow the federal gov-ernment to prevail over state andlocal authorities.
•Republican-sponsoredand Bush-supported bill alsoimposes restrictions on driv-ers’ licenses
The bill makes states verifythat they’re not giving driver’slicenses to illegal immigrantsand to grant judges broaderpower to deport political asy-lum seekers they suspect may beterrorists.
States would have three yearsto comply with the new federalstandards dictating what featuresdriver’s licenses must have. Theycould still issue special drivingpermits to migrantworkers, butthose permits would not be rec-ognized as identities for board-ing airlines or allowing entry tofederal buildings.
Ten states now don’t requirelicense applicants to prove theyare citizens or legal residents:Michigan, Wisconsin, Hawaii,Maryland, Montana, NewMexico, North Carolina, Or-egon, Washington, and Utah.Tennessee issues driving certifi-cates to people who cannot provethey are legal residents.
Governors, state legislatures,and motor vehicle departmentsprotested the bill, calling it a
costly mandate that forcesstates to take on the role ofimmigration officers. The Con-gressional Budget Office esti-mated the bill would cost lo-cal, state and tribal govern-ments $120 million over thenext five years.
“The federal governmentcan’t seem to track the peopleit lets in the country, so it wantsto put that burden off onto thestates,” said Cheye Calvo, apolicy analyst for the NationalConference of State Legisla-tures.
• Anti-migrantworkerbill vigorously supportedby Bush administrationA similar measure was rejectedby U.S. Congress and the WhiteHouse in December when itwas part of a bill reorganizingintelligence agencies, but itwon the Bush administration’svigorous support this week,casting doubt as to the verac-ity of statements made by Presi-dent Bush that he favored mea-sures helping Mexicanmigrantworkers.
The bill faces stiff opposi-tion in the U.S. Senate.
Democrats tried, but failed,to strip the bill of provisionsthat would let judges deportasylum seekers if they find in-consistencies in their claimsrather than let them remain inthe country until appeals areexhausted.
“We might as well say, ‘Ifyou are being persecuted oryou are being abused as awoman or raped as a child,don’t come to America.’ They
are raising the bar beyond theabilities of the individuals thatare fleeing persecution,” saidRep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.
Editor’s Note: HowMichigan’s congressional del-egation voted on immigrationbill H.R. 418. A “yea” vote is avote to pass the bill. A “nay”vote is a vote to defeat the bill.X denotes those not voting.Democrats: Conyers, N;Dingell, N; Kildee, N;
U.S. House’s migrateworker-control bill and “tortilla wall”criticizedBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZAssociated Press Writer
Ever see those fancy coffeecups or signs at coffee dispens-ers professing “100%Columbian?”
Pues, with all the millionsof dollars spent in mass market-ing, you would think that themarketers would have figuredout that it should be “100%Colombian.”
But they haven’t figuredthis out yet.
Again, it boils down to cafébeing peddled based uponcultural ignorance or insensi-tivity.
The marketers, of course,are referring to coffee originat-ing from their fictitious JuanValdez (the imaginarymustachioed agent for the Na-tional Federation of CoffeeGrowers) of Colombia—notColumbia (unless cultivated
For U.S. Americans, it is 100%Columbian; for all otherAmericans, and for el mundotambién, it is 100% ColombianCommentary by Rico
in Columbus, Ohio).The country of Colombia
isel rey del café and should bespelled correctly, even incommercials marketed byU.S. entrepreneurs—it is allpart of the Nacirema-syn-drome, which was referred toinLa Prensa last January 26th,which, by the way, can beviewed on line at: http://www.laprensatoledo.com/S t o r i e s /Jan%2026%202005%20stories/American.htm.
Otra vez, ha llegado la hora de hablar del presupuesto feder-al en Washington, D.C. Los burócratas y los analistas políti-cos hablan de millones y mil millones de dólares en formacasual y ofrecen sus opiniones sobre el significado.
Lo que no mencionan es como la gente común está afectadasólo por un cambio de un número en una columna en unade las miles de hojas del presupuesto.
Como educadores que trabajan en las escuelas públicastodos los días, nosotros sabemos bastante bien como estascolumnas de números pueden cambiar las vidas de los niñosque enseñamos. El cambio de un “5” a un “0” puede sig-nificar aun más estudiantes en una sala de clase ya conges-tionada u otro año con los mismos textos escritos desdehace una década. Puede significar que un ayudante demaestro que presta ayuda a los niños con su lectura no va aestar presente el próximo semestre o que la clase semanal demúsica va a ser cancelada.
Los 2.7 millones de miembros de la Asociación Nacional deEducación (NEA) sienten esos cambios cada año. Por losúltimos dos años, esto no ha sido fácil. Cada día los maes-tros y otro personal en las escuelas en todo el país me cuen-tan como esos números que se ven inocuos hacen daño a losniños con quienes se encariñan.
Yo sé que esta perspectiva sobre el presupuesto federal no eslo mismo que está presentando la prensa esta semana. Estegobierno va a decir que los fondos para la educación nofueron reducidos tanto en relación a otras áreas del pre-supuesto, pero los requerimientos federales difíciles para lasescuelas tampoco serán reducidos. ¿Es esto todo lo quepodemos ofrecer para el recurso más importante del país—nuestros niños?
Mientras sigue el debate sobre el presupuesto, los maestros,el personal en las escuelas y los padres de familia quierenque los oficiales recuerden lo siguiente: No es sólo la canti-dad de dinero invertida en nuestras escuelas que importa,sino como se usa este dinero.
Para que este país tenga éxito en el futuro, debemos invertiren nuestros niños hoy. Esto significa invertir más recursosdirectamente en la sala de clase—el lugar donde aprendenlos niños.
La Cara del Presupuesto Federal
PorReg Weaver,Presidente,National
Education Association
¡Debemos
invertir en
nuestros niños
hoy!
Los 2.7 millones miembros de la NEA son los proponentes
principales de niños yla educación pública.
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HAVANA (AP): Cubabanned smoking in publicplaces on Feb. 7, as thegovernment of the countryknown for its famous ci-gars acknowledged thehealth risk of tobacco.
Smoking will be bannedin restaurants, except indesignated smoking areas,and cigarette machinesalso will be removed. Thelaw will also suspend salesof cigarettes to childrenunder age 16 and at storesless than 100 yards fromschools.
According to govern-ment statistics, four of ev-ery 10 Cubans smoke, and30 percent of the 15,000deaths from preventablecancers each year can belinked to smoking.
News of the ban was firstannounced last month,when it was published inCuba’s National Gazetteby the Commerce Minis-try.
The resolution said themove was “taking into ac-count the damage to hu-man health caused by theconsumption of cigarettesand cigars, with the objec-tive of contributing to achange in the attitudes ofour population.”
But some Cubans didn’t
The American ChemicalSociety is accepting appli-cations for its Scholars Pro-gram, a financial support ef-fort for underrepresentedminority students in thechemical sciences. The ap-plications are for the 2005-2006 academic year. Latinorecipients are eligible to re-ceive up to $3,000 andawards are renewable.
High school seniors andstudents in chemistry,chemical engineering, bio-chemistry, environmentalscience and related disci-plines at two- and four-yearcolleges may apply forscholarships. Financial sup-port is based on a mix ofacademic achievement andfinancial need.
The goal of the Ameri-can Chemical SocietyScholars Program is to di-versify the chemical sci-ences, both in academe andthe workforce, by helpingunderrepresented minoritygroups obtain undergradu-ate degrees, and to encour-age them to advance inchemistry or a chemicallyrelated field.
The Society expects toaward approximately$850,000 this academic yearto current and new scholars.
Relatively few minoritiespursue chemistry-related ca-reers, according to a reportprepared by the Society. In2000, for example, Latinos,who make up 14 percent ofthe U.S. population, repre-sented less than 3 percent ofthe chemistry workforce; Af-rican Americans, at almost 12percent of the population,comprised less than 2 percentof the chemical workforce;and Native Americans, repre-senting 1 percent of the popu-lation, made up less than 1percent of the chemicalworkforce.
Since the Scholars Pro-gram was launched with a $5million grant in 1995, nearly1,500 students have receivedfinancial support from theACS.
The program is a winner ofthe 2001 President’s Awardfor Excellence in Science,Mathematics and Engineer-ing Mentoring, and the 1997Award of Excellence from theAmerican Society of Asso-ciation Executives.
Several collaborating part-ners, including AstraZeneca,Bayer, the Dreyfus Founda-tion, Dupont,GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough and Xerox, have con-tributed $100,000 or more tothe Scholars Program. The
Camille and Henry DreyfusFoundation and the Procter& Gamble Company aresustaining partners that havecontributed more than$200,000 to support studentscholarships.
PPG Industries Founda-tion, Inc., a founding part-ner of the program, has con-tributed more than$500,000. Many companiesalso offer mentoring and paidinternships to selected pro-gram participants as part ofa student’s academic and ca-reer development plan.
The American ChemicalSociety is a nonprofit orga-nization, chartered by theU.S. Congress, with amultidisciplinary member-ship of more than 159,000chemists and chemical en-gineers. It publishes numer-ous scientific journals anddatabases, convenes majorresearch conferences andprovides educational, sci-ence policy and career pro-grams in chemistry.
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seem to know, or care, andcontinued to light up theirblack tobacco cigarettes inenclosed areas now desig-nated as nonsmoking.
Cigar exports continueto play a key economicrole, generating $300 mil-lion annually.
Cuban President FidelCastro, who gave up smok-ing years ago, once jokedabout giving away boxesof cigars, saying “the bestthing to do is give them toyour enemy.”
An exemption wasgranted for the seventh an-nual Habano Festival fromFeb. 21-25, said ManuelGarcia, vice president ofHabanos S.A., the firmwhich markets the island’scigars abroad. Nearly 1,000people from more than 50countries are expected toattend this year’s festival.
Cuba launches ban onsmoking in public places
Scientific society seeks minority students forscholarships that the recorder’s office qui-
etly went about doing its jobwell every day under her pre-decessor, Sue Rioux, whochose to retire from the post.But those who have followedLópez’s career in public ser-vice know she is a catalyst forchange.
Unlike those who believein the old adage ‘If it ain’tbroken, don’t fix it,’ Lópezsees challenges where othersmerely see the status quo.That’s why you can expect tosee some significant changesduring her watch. For starters,you can expect more onlineaccess, a greater public pres-ence, and higher visibility.
“You will see the recorder’soffice becoming more visibleat more public events,” prom-ises López.
“We’ll be holding forumsand educational sessions atsenior centers and VFW andother veteran’s groups. We willbe purchasing laptops to taketo fairs where we can instantlyprovide a copy of a deed or alien, and, by showing peoplehow to use the system on line,let the public look up the sta-tus of their home,” said López.
Why veteran’s groups?That’s because the recorder’soffice fulfills another function,which is not widely known tothe general public. The officeis also the repository for allmilitary discharges if chosen
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El humo de segunda mano en restaurantes y bares
afecta más a los Latinos que a cualquier otro
grupo. En un día de trabajo nuestros meseros,
cocineros y vecinos respiran un equivalente a
fumar un paquete de cigarrillos diario. De manera
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lugares de trabajo donde no se permita fumar.
A 14 MILLONES DE LATINOS SE LES ESTÁ OBLIGANDO A FUMAR.
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Anita López(Continued from Page 4)by the veteran.
“We will be able to have acopy of a veteran’s militarydischarge printed and preparedbefore we attend the program.
“So many people in the citypay taxes that go to our officeand do not know how to useour services, so we will be cre-ating user-friendly brochuresto explain who we are and whatwe do.
“I’m excited about all thepotential to make this officemore community oriented,whether it be Bono orWaterville, Sylvania or the cityof Toledo. We’re going to en-ergize this department,” Lópezsays.
López has three main goalsfor the department that shewants to accomplish duringher term. “The first is to updatethe technology and programsby taking the e-recorder online and instituting e-filingover the next four years.
The second is public edu-cation. Taxpayers should knowwhat they are paying for and,third, is to establish coordi-nated services with all the gov-ernment agencies we do busi-ness with as well as the electedofficials,” she explains.
Already available on theoffice’s website are recordsgoing back to 1985. López iscurrently evaluating addingrecords from 1972 to 1985 online. “If that happens, then themajority of documents wouldbe on line. Right now, it is a
matter of cost,” she says.López has already made
some significant changes inthe operation of the office.“I’ve established a BusinessAdvisory Committee consist-ing of representatives fromcompanies like Port Lawrence,Louisville Title, and other titlecompanies that we work withevery day. Despite the fact thatthey are our number one users,these companies have neverbeen asked to sit down at thetable and discuss long-rangeor short-term goals with us.
“This office will also bepartnering with the Board ofRealtors, the Chamber of Com-merce, and other similar enti-ties. I operate under an opendoor policy—for both my staffand the public,” says López.
“On a personal level, thebest part of this job is that nowI really get to see my childrenbecause I am finally workingon a regular schedule,” Lópezsays.
She and her husband Ro-man (Ray) Arce—an attorneywith Marshall & Melhorn, LLClaw firm—have two sons,Armando, three-and-a-half,and Andres, who turned twoon Valentine’s Day,
“Now that the campaign isover and with much less stressin my life, Ray can focus moreupon his career. He has beenvery supportive this last year,”says López.
She says it is premature totalk about her future plans atthe start of her four-year term.
“I have always told peopleI have been very blessed by
God. I believe I have beenempowered to help others, andthat is my calling in life.”
López is pro Ford, Gerken,and Skeldon Wozniak
But it certainly doesn’t pre-clude López from playing anactivist role in this November’smunicipal elections.
“I served the city of Toledoin two positions, and Mayor[Jack] Ford was always verysupportive of me. I had to dealwith elected officials in orderto forward minority empower-ment, and Mayor Ford’s wasthe first administration thattruly dealt with minority con-tracting issues.
“I know he has accom-plished many things for whichyou have to give him credit.Supporting him this year forhis reelection is number oneon my agenda,” says López.
She is also pleased withwhat she sees as the potentialfor the future of Lucas Countywith Peter Gerken and TinaSkeldon Wozniak serving onthe Board of Commissioners.“They are a dynamic duo;[Gerken and Wozniak] bringstrong leadership to the table,”López says.
López acknowledges thatshe felt a high level of frustra-tion while serving on the schoolboard. She is particularly out-spoken about fellow boardmember Larry Sykes and TPSsuperintendent Eugene Sand-ers.
“There weren’t any stepstaken to make improvements,just steps to get good head-lines.
Board members set policiesand procedures, but they woreblinders. They concentratedupon day-to-day activities,often forgetting the children.
“I couldn’t do that as a boardmember, so I knew it was timefor me to leave,” says López.
On the issue of a Latino notbeing represented on the board,López makes it clear that “I’mnot against ethnicity, I‘m sup-porting the appointed one,Steven T. Thomas.
“But I‘ve made it clear allalong that we should not putall of our emphasis upon theappointment, but we shouldbe looking to the Novemberelection when we will havethree seats up. We should beusing our new political statusto get Latinos endorsed,” saysLópez.
Mayor Jack Ford at one of Anita López’s fundraiserswhen she was running for Lucas County recorder. NEXTWEEK: Abrams on Jack Ford, who is up for re-election.
10. Shakira terminódefinitivamente su relacióncon Antonio de la Rúa, ¿larazón? Es que al parecer lacantante colombianaencontró a su pareja en unasituación muycomprometedora con unamodelo estadounidense yhasta se dice que la intérpreteya vendió la residencia quecompartían en Miami con unvalor aproximado de 3millones de dólares.
• Los chistes de lasemana, feministas ymachistas
Por qué se dice que elperro es el mejor amigo delhombre?Porque entre animales seentienden.
Un hombre se acerca a labibliotecaria y le pregunta:Señorita, ¿Dónde está ellibro “Hombre, un serperfecto”?Y ella le contesta:Allá al fondo, en lacategoría de ciencia-ficción.
En qué se parecen loshombres a los chicles?Entre más los pisoteas, másse pegan.
Por qué existe elmachismo?Porque de ilusionestambién se vive.
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Latin Pop Album: Winneris “Amar Sin Mentiras,” byMarc Anthony; other nomi-nees include:“SinVerguenza,” by Bacilos;“Pau-latina,” by PaulinaRubio; “Diego Torres: MTVUnplugged,” by DiegoTorres; & “El Rock De MiPueblo,” by Carlos Vives
7. Pop Performance by aDuo or Group With Vocal:Winner is “Heaven,” by LosLonely Boys; other nomineesinclude: “My Immortal,” byEvanescence; “The Reason,”by Hoobastank; “She Will BeLoved,” by Maroon 5; & “It’sMy Life,” by No Doubt.
50. Latin Jazz Album:Winner is “Land of the Sun,”by Charlie Haden; other nomi-nees include: “BebopTimba,” by Raphael Cruz;“Jerry González y Los PiratasDel Flamenco,” by JerryGonzález y Los Piratas DelFlamenco; “Another Kind ofBlue: The Latin Side of MilesDavis,” by Conrad HerwigNonet; & “Soundances,” byDiego Urcola.
59. Latin Rock/Alterna-tive Album: Winner is “StreetSigns,” by Ozomatli; nomi-nees include: “Komp 104.9Radio Compa,” by Akwid;“Lipstick,” by AlejandraGúzman; “Mi Sangre,” byJuanes; & “Si,” by JulietaVenegas.
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61. Salsa/Merengue Al-bum: Winner is: “Across110th Street,” by SpanishHarlem Orchestra featuringRuben Blades; nomineesinclude: “Valio La Pena,” byMarc Anthony; “Travesia,”by Victor Manuelle;“Autentico,” by GilbertoSanta Rosa; & “Creciendo,”by Son de Cali;
62. Mexican/Mexican-American Album: Winner is:“Intimamente,” byIntocable; nominees in-clude: “Titere En TusManos,” by Ramon Ayala ySus Bravos Del Norte; “PorTi,” by Banda El Recodo DeCruz Lizarraga; “AlmaRanchera,” by Rocio Dorcal;& “Veintisiete,” by LosTemerarios.
63. Tejano Album: Win-ner is: “Polkas, Gritos yAcordeones,” by David LeeGarza, Joel Gúzman, andSunny Sauceda (GrupoVida); nominees include:“Vivo,” by Vida; “Takin’ onthe World,” by StefaniMontiel; “Entre Amigos,” byEmilio Navaira; & “MiDestino,” by Jay Pérez.
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Convocatoria a comerciantes y empresariospara patrocinar la Copa México de Fútbol 2005
Participan los jóvenes mayores de 18 años que viven en Kentucky, centro y surde Indiana y Ohio y sur de Illinois. Cada selección campeona representará a su ciudad enla final por Estado (mayo a julio). El campeón por Estado jugará la final en ColumbusOhio, el 16 y 17 de Julio con los representantes de Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio e Illinois.Gracias especiales a UNIVISION INDIANA, que apoyará el evento en su difusión.
El patrocinio es de 500 dólares e incluye:• El logotipo de su empresa en las playeras de 2 equipos finalistas de
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lucro y el dinero recaudado será administrado por la empresa Corporación Deportiva, queutilizará para gastos de trofeos, medallas, publicidad, etc. Cada mes efectuará un reportede gastos para el Comité de finanzas de la Copa México de Fútbol 2005. No hay sueldosni ayuda de transportes o comida para los integrantes del Comité. Informes en el área delInstituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, IME al (317) 951-0005 ext 223.
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SAN DIEGO (AP): Elmexicano HéctorVelásquez derrotó aMarcos Licona medianteun nocáut técnico despuésde seis asaltos, en una peleadentro de la división de losplumas, la noche delviernes.
El combate, dominadopor el mexicano, fuedetenido por una cortadaprofunda que presentabaLicona en la ceja izquierda.Velásquez, el décimoretador en el escalafón delConsejo Mundial de
MEXICO (AP): Un goldel argentino César Delgadole aseguró el sábado al CruzAzul un triunfo de 1-0 sobreMorelia y de paso permitióal equipo capitalinomantener su racha perfectaen la quinta fecha del torneoClausura 2005 del fútbolmexicano.
La “Máquina” azulencabeza el Grupo 2 con 15puntos, máxima cifra delcertamen.
El “Chelito” Delgadomarcó su gol a los 49 minutos.El argentino empujó dederecha el balón a las redes alrematar a un metro de la líneafinal, aprovechando que elbalón golpeó antes eltravesaño en un remate decabeza de Francisco``Kikín’’ Fonseca.
El arquero de Cruz Azul,Oscar Pérez, se convirtió enla figura del partido al atajarhasta en tres ocasiones losremates de la ofensiva delMorelia.
Pérez le atajó un remate acorta distancia Omar Trujilloa los 36 minutos, y tresminutos después le volvió adetener dos remates seguidosal colombiano Luis GabrielRey. El colombiano ejecutóun tercer tiro en la jugada y elbalón se estrelló en un poste.
Morelia, que llegó a lafecha como el segundo mejorconjunto del torneo, perdióel invicto y se quedó condiez puntos en el Grupo 1.América que juega en elmismo grupo y que cuentacon ocho unidades, podríadesplazarlo del primer sitioel domingo cuando jueguesu partido de la fecha ante losJaguares de Chiapas.
En otro encuentro, los“Tiburones Rojos” deVeracruz superaron 1-0 a los
campeones Pumas de laUNAM.
El solitario gol delVeracruz fue obra del uruguayoGustavo Biscayzacú, quienmarcó de tiro penal a los 92minutos.
Biscayzacú anotó con tirocruzado de derecha y superó ellance del arquero SergioBernal.
Un minutos después Pu-mas estuvo cerca de empatarcon un remate de cabeza deJoaquín Beltrán, pero elarquero Jorge Bernal lo atajóespectacularmente.
Para Veracruz fue su primeravictoria en el torneo, dondesuma cuatro puntos en el Grupo3. Pumas solamente cuenta contres unidades en el Grupo 1.
Por su parte, Toluca superó1-0 al Atlante. La solitariaanotación fue del paraguayoJosé Saturnino Cardozo a los80 minutos. El paraguayovenció con remate de derechaal arquero argentino FedericoVilar.
Toluca llegó a 12 puntosen el Grupo 2 y se colocó a tresdel líder Cruz Azul. En tanto,Atlante se quedó con cinco enel Grupo 1.
En otro partido, las Chivasde Guadalajara y Tigres de laUANL empataron 2-2.
Ramón Morales y RafaelMedina pusieron adelante alas Chivas con goles a los 5 y18 minutos, pero un autogolde Johnny García y un tantocon remate de cabeza delargentino Andrés Silveraigualaron el encuentro por losTigres.
Tigres llegó seis puntos yChivas a cinco, ambos en elGrupo 2.
En otro juego, los Doradosde Sinaloa se impusieron 1-0al Monterrey, con un gol entiro penal del brasileño Valdir
Mexicano Velásquez derrota a Licona;Chávez suma otro triunfo
Boxeo, abrió la herida en eltercer episodio, y a medidaque el combate avanzó, lacortada se fue agravando.
Velásquez ganaba enlas anotaciones de los tresjueces cuando el combatefue detenido.
El mexicano, de 29 años,tiene una foja de 40-10-2,con 30 nocáuts. Licona, de30 años y originario deWestminster, California,cayó a un récord de 22-5-1,con siete nocáuts.
Ambos púgiles tuvieronun peso de 57 kilogramos.
Papel, quien marcó a los 60minutos. En la falta previaIsmael Rodríguez derribó aOscar Rojas.
Los Dorados llegaron a trespuntos en el Grupo 1, mientrasque Monterrey se quedó consiete en el Grupo 3.
La jornada comenzó elviernes, cuando los Tecos dela UAG vencieron 1-0 alPachuca. El gol fue marcadopor el brasileño EliomarMarcón a los 41 minutos.
Los Tecos llegaron a diezpuntos en el Grupo 1. Pachucase quedó con 4 en el Grupo 3.
Por la noche, Atlas logrósus primeros tres puntos en eltorneo al superar 2-0 alNecaxa, equipo que jugó granparte del partido con nueveelementos por las expulsionesde Rodolfo Espinoza y DanielHernández.
Espinoza salió a los 25minutos y Hernández a los39.
Daniel Osorno y JuanPablo García anotaron losgoles a los 15 y 46 minutos.
Atlas en el Grupo 2 yNecaxa en el Grupo 3, cuentancon tres puntos y son coleros.[Atlas ganó, 2-0.]
La jornada concluye eldomingo con los partidosAmérica-Chiapas y Santos-Puebla [Santos Laguna selevantara con un nuevotriunfo en casa, tras derrotar2-0 a los Camoteros delPuebla, en juego de la fechacinco del CampeonatoClausura 2005.]
Cruz Azul sigue en la punta al ganar de 5-5
En una contiendapreliminar, otro mexicano,Julio César Chávez hijo,puso su foja en 16-0 con 11nocáuts. El hijo dellegendario ex campeónJulio César Chávez derrotóal estadounidense LeroyNewton, en el primer asalto.
Le siguen la alianza de lospartidos kurdos, con2,175,551 votos (25.7%, 75escaños), y la del primerministro saliente Iyad Allawi,con 1,168,943 votos (13.8%,40 escaños). La participaciónfue del 59%.
Estos resultados son unrevés para los árabes sunitas,la mayoría de los cualesboicotearon los comicios. Elmenor nivel de participación,del 2%, se registró en laprovincia sunita de Al Anbar
Breves: (oeste).La lista del presidente
saliente, el sunita Ghazi alYauar, se ubicó en cuartaposición, con sólo 150,680votos (1.7% de los votosemitidos), y obtendrá cincoescaños.
El resto de los escaños serepartirá entre diversasformaciones menores, sobretodo chiítas.
“La celebración de laselecciones en la fecha previstafue una victoria aplastante”,destacó el consejo de ministrosen un comunicado al términode una reunión presidida por
Allawi, que decidió hacer del30 de enero una fiesta oficial.
El vicepresidente IbrahimJafari, uno de los posiblesprimeros ministros, tendió lamano a los sunitas declarandoque estará en contacto “conquienes boicotearon laselecciones, a condición de queno intenten arruinar el procesopolítico”.
Adel Abdel Mehdi, otro delos candidatos más firmes aprimer ministro de la listarespaldada por el ayatolaSistani, también se pronuncióen ese sentido.
Por otro lado, AhmedChalabi, que encabeza una delas listas vencedoras de laAlianza Unificada Iraquí (AUI),indicó ayer que contaba con elapoyo de esa lista para ocuparel puesto de primer ministro.
“Fui designado para elpuesto de primer ministro. Voya trabajar con mis colegas paraganar ese cargo”, declaró du-rante una entrevista telefónicacon la cadena de televisiónCNN. “Estoy apoyado por laAlianza”, añadió.
El prominente líder sunitaAdnan Pachachi dijo estedomingo estar“decepcionado” con la escasaparticipación electoral de sucomunidad en los comicios loque, en su opinión, dejará sinderechos políticos a eseimportante segmento de lapoblación del país.
“Naturalmente, estamosdecepcionados ante la
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improve much at all. Money news may be iffy at best, andcooperation is definitely lacking. Try to bypass and formof speculation. Dreams of traveling are a pleasant diver-sion from the daily grind, what are you escaping from?
TAURUS: (April 21 - May 21)You are feeling overly burdened by family responsi-
bilities. Being a strong and stable person, people naturallytend to count on you. Maybe it’s time to be a little selfishand work on your own interests. It’s up to you to decidehow much you will give to those around you.
GEMINI: (May 22 - June 21)Being ambivalent about a home problem will not help
matters at all. This could be one of those matters that mustbe approached head on. Those around you may be some-what touchy, so take that into account when dealing withall. Realign your priorities - the future is bright.
CANCER: (June 22 - July 23)Follow through on a project that is money, family or
property related. This could have potential well beyondthe immediate benefits. Distractions at work have a nega-tive effect on your concentration. You will connect witha like-minded individual who wants to help you.
LEO: (July 24- August 23)Working harder than ever, it seems as if every task
requires twice the time and effort to finish. You may be alittle rundown and that is why everything seems to be sucha big chore. Start taking better care of yourself, and youroutlook will be much brighter.
VIRGO: (August 24 - September 23)A financial matter requires your attention. Old debts
must be cleared away as soon as possible - it will take someeffort to get your cash flow situation to a comfortablepoint. You are busier than usual and have less time for funand games. A new lover is patiently waiting.
LIBRA: (September 24 - October 23)Creative opportunities during the week may be just the
opening you need in order to explore a career-related ideayou have been toying with for some time now. Give yourmind and nerves a rest, you will need to be 100% on thehome front. Romance is highlighted at night.
SCORPIO: (October 24 - November 22)You seem to be overly concerned with your financial
base. You and a mate haggle over joint funds and finallyagree on a better approach to handling your money.Relationships with coworkers are positive and beneficial.Someone will do you a big favor soon.
SAGITTARIUS: (November 23 - December 21)A powerful mutual attraction may arise between you
and someone you meet during the week. The other personwill take the lead in bolstering the relationship. Youremotions are downbeat, and probably affecting your workor health - make sure to conserve your energies.
CAPRICORN: (December 22 - January 20)Be skeptical of promises given to you by a close friend
or business partner. Your financial prospects are slowlyimproving. Be extra cautious in dealing with other people’smoney. The key is to focus on positive emotions anddiffuse tensions as they arise.
AQUARIUS: (January 21 - February 19)Although you may be in the mood to have things your
own way, it’s not a good time to insist on that. Back off withyour loved ones, they are no doubt distressed by yourefforts. You seem to be busier than ever with friends andneighbors showering you with invitations.
PISCES: (February 20 - March 20)You have a lot of personal and family obligations this
week. Despite all this commotion, you feel surprisinglycalm and more serene than usual. Old emotional issuesnow make sense and you are free to deal with them and thenlet them go and get on with your life.
IF THIS WEEK IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Being natu-rally detail minded, you tend to have few money troubles—this is your conservative and sensible side that comes outwhen handling financial matters. Try not to be picky andjudgmental with potential partners; remember there is nosuch thing as perfect.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.(AP): In response to climb-ing numbers of Spanish-speaking constructionworkers in western Michi-gan, a community collegewill begin offering conver-sational Spanish workshopsfor construction site super-visors.
Carmela Zapata, a Span-ish language instructor atGrand Rapids CommunityCollege, said she plans toteach managers between 70and 100 Spanish phrasesthey can use on the job. Theclass, scheduled to start inFebruary, will teach greet-ings and specific commandsmost relevant to construc-tion work, along with Span-ish phrases needed to con-vey employment, medicaland safety information toworkers, she told The GrandRapids Press.
“People recognize nowthat you have to have non-Hispanics who can speak
Western Michigan classteaches Spanish phrases forsupervisors
Spanish in your company,”said John Doherty, executivevice president of the WesternMichigan Chapter of the As-sociated Builders and Con-tractors. “To be bilingual inthe construction industry inWest Michigan is a real as-set.”
To get around the languagebarrier at their firm, managersat Pioneer Construction havetried to pair Spanish-speak-ing workers with bilingualemployees who can helptranslate job assignments.
About 20 of Pioneer’s 250employees speak only Span-ish, and Randy Zandbergen,Pioneer’s chief financial of-ficer, believes the company’ssite supervisors would ben-efit from language training.
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ing principal for 7 years,and heading the DearbornBilingual Program for 9years. My current assign-ment oversees this program.
“Elyria is a wonderfulcity with a supportiveschool board and parents. Ilike that,” said Dr. Kreger.“I also have friends and rela-tives in the area. I also likethat Elyria is near majorurban populations.”
This background shouldaid Kreger if she is selectedfor the position in thatLorain County has a largeLatino population. Whilethe Elyria school district isapproximately 50 percentthe size of the 18,000-plusin Dearborn, the richness indiversity is comparable.
Dr. Kreger is supportiveof the reasons behind andgoals of the nascent NoChild Left Behind Act butbelieves that the sanctionsshould be reviewed.
“Sometimes the sanc-tions don’t make sense,”said Kreger.
The other Elyria super-intendent finalists are:
• Mark O. North, who hasbeen the assistant superin-tendent of Groveport Madi-son Local Schools inGroveport, Ohio since 2002.North previously served asthe Superintendent ofSouthwest Licking LocalSchools in Etna, Ohio forfour years and superinten-dent of Frontier LocalSchools in New Matamoras,Ohio for two years. Northhas over 17 years of experi-ence in education. He has aMaster’s Degree in Educa-tion from Ashland Univer-sity.
• Dr. Paul J. Madak, whowas the Superintendent ofLakewood Public Schoolsfrom 1995-2004. Dr. Madakwas also the superintendentof Kettering Public School
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for four years and the su-perintendent of OlmstedFalls City Schools for fiveyears. Madak received aDoctorate of Educationfrom Kent State Univer-sity. He has over 38 yearsof experience in educa-tion.
The district received atotal of 23 applicants fromOhio and 10 candidatesfrom out of state, includ-ing Michigan, Georgia, In-diana, Kentucky, Mis-souri, and Maine.
“We are pleased withthe quality of applicantsand the high-interest in theposition of superinten-dent,” said Holly Brinda,president of the ElyriaSchool Board. “The threefinalists are outstandingand appear to have the nec-essary leadership to movethe district forward.”
Board members willconduct site visits inGroveport, OH, Dearborn,MI, and Lakewood, OH inan effort to become betteracquainted with the final-ists and their professionalexperience.
Dr. Kreger expects hervisit to come at the end ofFebruary or early March.
In the near future, thecommunity will have anopportunity to meet thethree superintendent final-ists and give feedback onwho they feel is the bestcandidate for the ElyriaSchool District.
“We are anxious to pro-vide an opportunity for thecommunity to have inter-action with the finalists,”said Brinda.
The school board alsovoted on an extended con-tract for Interim Superin-tendent Dr. Roger Lulowat its board meeting onTuesday, which would runthrough June 30, 2005.
bajísima comparecencia a lasurnas [de los sunitas], pues estonos impide estar representadosen el Congreso iraquí”, afirmóPachachi, ex miembro delConsejo de Gobierno de Irak,en declaraciones a CNN.
“Continúo afirmando quelas elecciones fueron algobueno. Son un importante pasoadelante para instaurar lademocracia en Irak”, dijoPachachi, quien precisó queno cuestiona la legitimidad delos comicios.
Entretanto, funcionarios
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La exacta naturaleza de losvínculos de la coalición chiítacon Irán se ha convertido en untema crucial ahora que unaalianza respaldada por losclérigos ha surgido como lafacción principal en el nuevoparlamento iraquí, en una épocaen que Estados Unidos e Iránintercambian acusaciones a raízdel programa nuclear iraní.
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YSIDRO A. CAMACHOYsidro A. “Art” Camacho, 66, of Findlay, OH, died at 3:20 p.m. Feb. 7 in the emergency room
at Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center. Ysidro was born on August 16, 1938 in Erie,Colorado to Ysidro and Irene (Zaragoza) Camacho. He married Linda Abeyta and they divorced.In September of 1970, Ysidro married Marlene Ley. They were married for 22 years.
Ysidro was a retired assembler from Findlay Whirlpool Corporation where he had workedfor 25 years. He was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Findlay, Ohio.
Surviving are three sons, Mike Camacho, Lakewood, Colorado; Ed Ruminer, Kenton, Ohio;Mike Ley, Findlay, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Art (Marcella) Wittner, Summerville, SouthCarolina; Isabelle Camacho, Denver, Colorado; 9 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; twobrothers, Lee Cortez, Denver, Colorado; Mike Camacho, Claymont, Delaware; and one sister,Jan McGee, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Preceding him in death are three sisters; one brother; andone grandchild.
ANTONIO M. LÓPEZAntonio M. López passed away on Wednesday, February 9, in his home. He was born on
March 6, 1922, in Segun, Texas, to Asencion and Otila (Muñoz) López. He was married on March8, 1947, to Leonor (Flores) and enjoyed 58 years of marriage. Antonio was employed as aconstruction worker and coordinated farm work with several area farms. He was a member ofOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Genoa and enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing,hunting, and gardening. He also played baseball in the Minor Leagues.Antonio is survived by his loving wife, Leonor A.F.; children, Otila L. (Reynaldo) Borjas, Estela( Esequiel) Escobar, Leonor Hernandez, José E.F. (Susana) López, Aurora (Raul) Cardenas, JorgeA. (Vicky) López, Juan David (Rosa) López, José Luis F. (Gloria) López, along with Victor, Lupe,and Graciela López; 31 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in deathby parents and 13 brothers and sisters; son, Antonio Jr.; daughter, Juanita, and grandchild,Veronica.
SALLY VARGASSally May Vargas, 88, of Fostoria, OH, passed away Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in her home. She
was born March 13, 1916, in Grayburg, Texas, to the late John and Dionicia (Rendon) García.She married Joseph Vargas Sr., on Dec. 30, 1939, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in
Assumption and he died Oct. 19, 2003.Those who survive her include: a daughter, Dolores F. Vargas, Fostoria; a son, Joseph Vargas,
Jr., Avon Lake; two grandchildren, Michelle Rene Huber DagDag M.D., and Jennifer Pushka;two great-granddaughters, Naialani DagDag, Katya Sage Pushka; two sisters, Lola Tomacekand Rose García, both of Toledo; one brother, Thatcher García, Toledo.
She was preceded by a husband; four sisters, Stella García, Sara Bush, Juanita Miller andPauline Rojas; four brothers, Louis, Frank, Fred and Ted García.
She was a homemaker. Her memberships include St. Wendelin Catholic Church, Fostoria.She immensely enjoyed the raising of flowers and earned the well deserved reputation of beingable to make any plant grow and flourish.
Memorials are suggested to St. Wendelin Church and Schools. Online condolences maybe made by visiting www.hoeningfuneralhome.com.
SAMUEL ALVARADOSamuel Alvarado, age 48, of Toledo, OH, died Friday, February 11, at The Toledo Hospital.
He was born October 30, 1956, in Toledo to Mr. and Mrs. Simon (Eloisa) Alvarado. He attendedWoodward High School and was employed at Kolinski Landscaping for 15 years and was amember of St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church and enjoyed fishing and being with his familyand friends. Survived by daughters, Samantha Cortez, of Toledo, Sylvia Cortez, of Toledo andMelissa Alvarado, of Defiance; mother, Eloisa Alvarado, of Toledo; stepdaughter, TracyCortez, of Toledo; grandchildren, Serena, James, Lamont, JoJo, Juan, Alina, Humberto,Enrique, Brian, Chris, Alexis and Kyle; brothers, Robert, Daniel (Nancy) and Michael (Brenda);sisters, Elizabeth (Simon) Donato, Jane (Tom) Campbell and Cynthia (Glen) Roberts; 19 niecesand nephews. He was preceded in death by his father.
JOSE E. LÓPEZJosé E. López, age 64, of San Antonio, TX, formerly of Toledo, passed away February 2, 2005.
José was preceded in death by his parents, Luis and Guadalupe López. Surviving are hischildren, Roy Franco López, Victoria Franco López, Luis (Melissa) Franco López and JessePérez López; grandchildren, Consuelo Franco López, Moriah López, Alfred López, JosephFranco López, Nathan Franco López, Luis Franco López Jr., Samuel Franco López and DestinyLópez, Julio López, Jessie López and John Anthony López, Vanessa López, Heavenly López;brothers, Leandro López and John López (deceased); sisters, Mary López, Rosa López and LucyLópez; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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St., Toledo OH; entertainment by Baldemar Velásquez, Rubén y Yvonne Ramos of LaFamilia, y más; $10 tickets on sale at FLOC, 1221 S. Broadway; 419-243-33456.
Mar. 5, 2005: The University of Toledo’s Latino Student Union’s (LSU’s) annualScholarship Baile with the Grupo Vida de San Antonio performing with area band, Aztecas.419-787-1008. Over $15,000 was raised in scholarship funds last baile and the goal is to exceedthis amount. Vida is up for a Grammy this Sunday, February 13 (Best Tejano).
Mar. 19, 8:30AM-4:30PM: 9th Annual Maumee Valley Writers’ Conference, at LourdesCollege’s Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center, Sylvania OH; many writing relatedtopics; Mitchel Whitington, Senior Editor of Dallas-based Atriad Press is keynote speaker;$99 registration fee, but $69 for students; fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch;registration deadline is March 11, 2005, by contacting Gloria Burke at 419-824-3707 or emailat [email protected].
Cleveland Happenings:Feb. 18, Noon: Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell gives her annual State of the City address,
at the Sheraton City Centre, 777 St. Clair Ave. Campbell’s political career began in the OhioHouse of Representatives, where she served six terms. She was then elected Cuyahoga CountyCommissioner, and in 2000, alcalde. Tickets are $30 for members and $40 for non-members.Lunch is included. Prepayment is required, and tickets are non-refundable. They can bepurchased by calling The City Club at 216.621.0082 or visiting the website at www.cityclub.org.
Feb. 23, 4:00PM: In recognition of U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones andher actions to protect the voters of Ohio; sponsored by The Ohio Hispanic/LatinoDemocratic Party Caucus (Cleveland councilman Nelson Cintrón, president), H-PAC(Hispanic Political Action Committee, Hugo Urizar, president), the NAACP, AFL-CIO,and the Greater Cleveland Voter Coalition; at the Local 310 Hall, 3250 Euclid Ave.,Cleveland, OH; call Marcia McCoy, 216-881-7200 or email: [email protected].
March 5 and 6, 9:00AM to 5:00PM: Youth of Hope two-day retreat, at Sagrada Familiachurch hall, Cleveland. The featured band is Who Do You Say I Am. Free event. For info callDanny Pérez, 216-631-2888 xt 16. Gratis, retiro juvenil de dos días, Youth of Hope, el sábado,cinco de marzo y el domingo, seis de marzo de 2005 en el salón de la iglesia Sagrada Familia(Cleveland) desde las nueve de la mañana hasta las cinco de la tarde. Tocara la banda WhoDo You Say I Am. Para más información llama Danny Pérez al 216-631-2888 ext 16.
March 26, 1:00-4:00PM: Habra un “Día de precauciónes de seguridad para los niñosel 26 de marzo desde la 1:00PM hasta las 4:00PM, Centro de Resurreccióh hubicado en2966 W. 25th St. para crear un conocimiento acerca de los riesgos que nuestros niñoscorren todos los días. Habran diferentes organizaciónes sociales presente al igual deorganizaciónes que especializan en ayudar a familias en casos serios de niños. También,tendremos al asembleista municipal (Councilperson) Nelson Cintrón, los capitanes depolicía, bomberos, ambulancias y mucho más.
Lorain HappeningsFeb. 22, 9:00AM: Hosted by Rev. Juan A. González, pastor of South Lorain’s Principe De
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The proposed vote is likelyto confront hurdles from thepro-statehood New ProgressiveParty, which has majority inthe local House and Senate andhas vowed to work the statusissue independently from thepro-Commonwealth governor.
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Felicidades everyone! Here is the chilling, yetcaliente, 3rd Issue of Mija Magazine. May I say, puttingthis site together is getting pretty difficult…but I canhang. As of today, Mija Magazine has received over 7,200visitors to the site…we keep growing baby! I would liketo thank all of you that enjoyed our last issue and asalways keep writing and spreading the word. Peace andhave a great New Year.
In this issue at www.mijamagazine.com: Viva La Timbalera!/Jessica Rodríguez.Emerging Mijas/Cheryl Quintana Leader President,Founder of INDIVISION.Ladies Night and Latina Hollywood/GabrielaTagliavini inspires on and off the big screen.Mijas on Stage/Doreen Montalvo’s Hot debut album“Volvere.”Salsarican /Les Rivera interviews salsera BrendaRamos.The Mija behind the “Racket”/Only 14 years old,Patricia Rodriguez stars in her own inspired movie.The Housekeeper’s Diary/Poet/Performer, LisaAlvarado.Stop Ignoring Dark-skinned Latina/os/An open letterto Latino Media...a must read.Besame Cosmetics/Gabriela Hernández makes Latinafaces stand out.Ask the Life Coach/Answering questions will never bethe same. Column of the Americas/Our Role Model Nation.Mijas in Color/The Gender Connection by Silia Hurst.Cooking con Clotilde/Keep your cocina warm thiswinter. Staying Alive Is Killing Me!/Written by Mary HelenPonce.Poet Jackie Madrigal /La Virgen de Guadalupe/Liberation of my Lips/Frida.Libros/Books/Meet Maria Guardado, an author at 14!Trip from México/A short story by Tere Avila.
Editors Note: Mija Magazine, the premier online maga-zine for Latinas, will appear in part in La Prensa on a weeklybasis, courtesy of CEO/Founder, Roberta M. Rosa. Addi-tional articles can be found at www.mijamagazine.com.
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(AP): Latina businesses areon fire, con mucho fuego.
The number of businessesowned by Latinas grew by 39percent nationwide, to an esti-mated 470,344, in the five-yearperiod that ended in 2002. Thatcompares with about 9 percentgrowth for other businesses, ac-cording to the Center forWomen’s Business Research,which draws its estimates fromU.S. Census data.
In Arizona, the number ofLatina-owned companies grewby 58.3 percent during thatsame time, to 14,538. And theygenerated nearly $726.9 mil-lion in sales from 1997 to 2002,up 10.6 percent.
Among the multimillion-dollar business successes inArizona are Josie Ippolito ofPhoenix-based La CanastaMexican Food Products Inc.,Rosa Cantor of Mesa-basedCreative Human ResourcesConcepts, Carmen Bermudezof Tucson-based Mission Man-agement & Trust Co., Eliza-beth González-Gann of Tuc-son-based JanCo Janitorial andStella Echave Burke of Phoe-nix-based SchoolCraft.
“The non-Latinas are nosmarter than Latina entrepre-neurs. They’ve only been at itlonger,” said Loui Olivas, whoresearches Latino businesstrends at Arizona State Univer-sity where he is assistant vicepresident for academic affairs.He points out Latinas have al-ways been entrepreneurial,even as they traditionally man-aged the household. Many alsowould keep small businesseson the side.
But now access to capital isopening up and Latinas areincreasingly pursuing degreesin business, he said. That’s giv-ing them a greater chance atgrowing their companies.
“And the fact is that the
Latino businesses and corpo-rate leaders are more acceptingtoday of them than ever be-fore,” Olivas said.
For Stella Echave Burke, awillingness to take a risk ledher into business ownership.Burke, whose parents were bothfrom Sonora, México, spent 20years doing nonprofit work.While serving on a board, shegot to know the previous ownerof SchoolCraft, a company thatspecializes in school libraryfurnishings and lockers, andended up becoming his gen-eral manager.
“I saw the company was inmajor trouble, but the productand client base was excellent,”she said. “So I made a proposal,and six months later I ownedthe company.”
She took the company fromhaving debt in 1994 to sales of$4.5 million in 2002. Last year,business slowed to $3 million.
“I was pretty fortunate.When I bought the company,the people working with theprevious owner stayed. Andthey were instrumental to mysuccess,” she said.
Elizabeth González-Gannof JanCo stumbled upon entre-preneurship by accident. Whileworking at a clinic, she oftenwould continue to tidy up afterthe cleaning crew left.
Compliments she receivedfrom doctors encouraged herto go into business for herself.But those kind words 17 yearsago didn’t make taking theplunge any less scary.
“I didn’t stop working rightaway,” she said. “I ran the busi-ness for five years working fulltime (at the clinic) and after-ward cleaned offices.”
She said one of her motiva-tions to become an entrepre-neur was the desire to offer herchildren a better lifestyle thanshe had known growing up. As
a child of migrant workers, sheworked the fields.
Traditionally, one of thebiggest obstacles for Latinaentrepreneurs was family struc-ture. Many women were raisedwith an emphasis on becomingwives and mothers.
“For years Latino familiesheld back their daughters fromgetting an education. Parentshad a hard time of letting go,and it crippled the develop-ment of Latinas in our commu-nity,” said RobertMontemayor, author of “RightBefore Our Eyes: Latinos Past,Present & Future.”
Some of it was self-imposed,though, said Bermudez of Mis-sion Management. “But whitewomen have demonstrated thatdoesn’t have to be the way,”she said.
Education has been key toLatina advancement.
“The more you know, themore you do,” Montemayorsaid.
Latinas make up about 37percent of Arizona’s Latinobusiness owners. But their ag-gressive growth may soon leadto a 1-to-1 ratio with their malecounterparts, he said.
Bermudez thinks playingsports is one way to developLatinas as entrepreneurs.
“It teaches discipline, itteaches endurance, and it makesyou a fighter,” she said.
But success is dependenton making good choices, suchas writing and following a busi-ness plan and hiring a team“that knows more than you do.”
Mentors, said AnnetteAlvarez of Phoenix-basedAlvarez Inc., offer support andbuild self-confidence. Trustingone’s instincts and a willing-ness to take risks also are im-portant.
“The rest will flow natu-rally as you work through thechallenges and the incredibleopportunities,” she said.
Latinas share business successBy YVETTE ARMENDARIZThe Arizona Republic
Last Tuesday, city ofLorain voters approved aquarter-percent increase inthe city’s income tax,effective March 1. Thepassage of this specialelection ballot issue takesthe tax to two percent for fiveyears; according to theLorain County Board ofElections, it passed 5,405 to2,449 (68 percent of vote). Mayor Craig Foltin waselated, informing the 200-plus crowd at the RosewoodParty Center: “the goodcitizens of Lorain refused tolet the city die.” The tax increase affectsonly those working—it is anincome tax. It is the first suchtax since 1984 and willgenerate over two milliondollars ($2,000,000.00). Its passage reversed theintended layoffs of 36firefighters & police officers.
AVISOEl 25 de febrero, el Museo de Arte presentará
Fiesta Latina, con música de Roberto Ocasioi y SuLatin Jazz Project. Boletos estarán a la vente en elCafé Bellas Artes; Precio $20 para las personas queasisten al Café Bellas Artes pagan unicamente $14,incluyendo la bebida y comida. Esta fiesta durará hastalas 12 de la noche—Hector Castellanos. ¿Preguntas?216.252.7773, x. 2 (Teo).
NOTICE: The Mexican Mutual Society of Lorain issponsoring the 8th Annual Cinco de Mayo Parade andday celebration (May 5). It is looking for girls to com-pete for the 2005 Mexican Mutual Society Queen Pag-eant. The young ladies must be of Mexican descent,between the ages of five and nine years. The MexicanMutual Society invites all groups, bands, businesses,and politicos to participate.
The parade will start at the Oakwood ShoppingCenter and end at the Hungarian Reformed Church,31st and Glove Avenue in Lorain. Call Marie Leibas at440-288-0144 or David Flores at 440-277-0078 formore information.
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Daniel CardenasMarquez, 77, was the first-boy child of DanielCardenas Cantu and Maríadel Refugio Marquez deCardenas. Born on Novem-ber 11, 1927 on a farm inEdna, Texas, he had four-teen brothers and sisters.
Although all their chil-dren were born in the U.S.,his parents were born inMéxico (his father is fromSalinas-Victoria, NuevoLeón and his mother is fromSaltillo, Coahuila).
Daniel was a very mis-chievous child. His esca-pades included sneakingout to eat sugar straight froma jar—ants and all. He onceset a wild stallion loose intoa corral because he felt badthat it was always tied upand kept away from the otherhorses.
He needed to have fun tosomehow make up for all thehard farm work he had to do.
Daniel’s mother told himthat, “As long as you be-lieve with your whole heartthat you are a person of dig-nity, you will never bepoor.” He always carried hismother’s words with him.
At eleven years old,Daniel worked his first jobat the zoo, where he fed the
animals. He enjoyed thework and everything was fineuntil his father came by oneday and saw him feeding thebears. Afraid for his safety,Daniel’s father made himleave his job. (In 1938, hisfamily moved from the dryarea of Rodríguez, México,to the city of Nuevo Laredo. Danny worked in NuevoLaredo’s zoo).
Daniel said he alwaysknew that graduating fromschool had never been in hisfuture. He learned at a veryearly age not to become aburden and any money hemade from working went tosupport his family.
Daniel rememberedspending a lot of time withthis father because his fatherwanted him to become real“macho.” However, Danielbelieved that he was morelike his mother—his motherwas an extremely under-standing person, she was verygood-hearted with people inneed and always calm instressful situations. Danielfeels that he learned thesequalities from her example.
As an adult, Daniel wouldimmensely enjoy being aparent. He knew his childrenneeded a lot of his time andattention. He never tired of
listening or helping them,even if it meant deliveringthe Sunday newspaper withthem after a long day at thesteel mill.
From age thirteen, whenDaniel left home to work inBrownsville, Texas, untilhe was twenty, he lived inboarding houses and trav-eled to work at jobs such aspicking vegetables, sack-ing potatoes, and unload-ing the banana boats.
He remembered some-times working seventy-twohours straight at a time. Hewould visit and sendmoney to his family as of-ten as he could.Cardenas leads boycott
In 1947, while workingat a cotton compress com-pany, he organized and leda boycott after the com-pany refused to keep itspromise of a pay raise andimproved working condi-tions. He eventually ledhalf of the strikers toMansfield, Ohio, to workfor the Pennsylvania Rail-road laying track and rails.
In 1948, Daniel and afew friends left the railroadand moved to Cleveland,Ohio. There he taught him-self to speak the Englishfluently by translating an
article from the newspaperwith the help of a Spanish-English dictionary. Helearned extremely fast, inabout four months, Danielwas speaking English wellwith little difficulty.
About that time, he startedworking at Jones & LaughlinSteel Mill; he met and starteddating a young woman fromPennsylvania. Daniel andElsie Cardenas were marriedon January 12, 1949. OnOctober 1, 1949, Elsie gavebirth to a baby boy, whomthey named Daniel (Danny),after his father. On January9, 1951, Daniel and Elsiebecame the parents of yetanother baby boy named An-drew. He was soon followedon October 30, 1953, by hisbaby brother, Eddie.
In 1954, Daniel startedgetting involved with com-munity organizations; hejoined the Mexican socialclub called the Club Azteca.In 1958, he was elected itspresident and held the posi-tion for eight years.
In 1960, he opened a giftshop selling Mexican curioslike pottery, jewelry, andleather goods. The wholefamily was involved andthey would travel to fairsacross Ohio and sell the im-ported goods. After six years,he closed the store.Founding member of SAC
However, Daniel contin-ued to volunteer and becameone of the eight foundingmembers on the board of di-rectors of the Spanish Ameri-can Committee (SAC). TheSpanish American Commit-tee helps people by provid-ing services to make livingin the United States easierfor Spanish-speaking fami-lies. He felt a strong call togive back to the communitynow that he was no longer inneed himself.
From 1976 to 1982,Daniel became a radio pro-gram producer and discjockey. He played Latinmusic catering to the tastesof a mostly Puerto RicanCleveland audience.
On April 6, 1986, Danielretired from the steel mill,after working there forthirty-eight years. He hadnot planned on retiring sosoon and his wife didn’t evenknow about it until it hap-pened. However, he hasnever regretted the decision.
Later that year, he trav-eled to México with somefriends, who were workingon a project. He served asguide, translator, and evengunman in certain areas. Hepicked the hotels where theystayed and helped put to-gether dinners for their col-leagues.
He spent his free time go-ing into the mountains tovisit the Indians and learnedmany of the different cus-toms associated with the dif-ferent tribes. Every coupleof months, he would travelback up to Cleveland andvisit his family. In 1988,after two years of travelingback and forth, Daniel re-turned to Cleveland to stay.
Late in 1993, Daniel’shealth suddenly started todecline. He would becomevery tired and just couldn’tfunction at his regular level.Medical tests found that themajor arteries around hisheart were blocked. Danielunderwent triple bypasssurgery. He recoveredquickly and in February of1994, he even went on avacation with his wife toCancun, México.
On September 12, 1998,Daniel’s wife suffered a mas-sive stroke. She needed con-stant care and Daniel feltthat it was his duty to takecare of her. He gave up alloutside activities and madetheir home more accessiblefor her health needs. Hecared for her twenty-fourhours a day for seven monthswith the help of family andclose friends. On August12, 1999 Elsie passed away.
Daniel then lived withhis sister, Sarah. He recon-nected with community ac-tivities. He helped get theClub Azteca to archive its
documents with the WesternReserve Historical Societyfor future generations to re-view.
He became active in suchorganizations as the LaborCouncil for Latin AmericanAdvancement, the AlejandroRamírez Coalition, and manyothers. He received manyawards and recognition forall the work he accomplishedfor these different organiza-tions.¡Que joven, Daniel!
Daniel never consideredhimself old. He pre-pared for his death, prepar-ing a will and such, but hedidn’t dwell on dying. Hefelt that he was lucky andlived in the golden age of theUnited States because of suchthings as pensions, SocialSecurity, and senior dis-counts. When he was a youngboy, he never dreamed of hav-ing such a life as he lived.
Daniel said like to be re-membered for the way he was,no more and no less. He con-sidered himself a real Mexi-can at heart because he hasnever worried about the fu-ture nor was concerned withaccumulating property ormoney. He didn’t believe inluck and felt that people madetheir own opportunities. Hebelieved that whatever youput into a thing is what youare going to get out of it inreturn.
Editor’s Note: This articleis a tribute to DanielCardenas Marquez, who diedin Cleveland, Ohio on Janu-ary 13th. The information inthis memoriam was con-densed from an unpublishedmanuscript, “Living theGood Life: The Life of DanielCardenas Marquez,” byDaniel’s niece, Jessica LynnCardenas.
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Instructional Designer/TrainerThe University of Toledo
(Job #327): The University of Toledo has animmediate opening for an Instructional Designer/Trainer. This position has the responsibility fordesigning, developing, and conducting classroomand computer-based instruction and related com-munications relative to the Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP) Project. Additional duties includedeveloping and maintaining online and hard copyinstruction manuals and serving as the training andinstructional design project leader.
A successful candidate must hold a Bachelor’sdegree from an accredited college or university ineducation, computer science, business administra-tion or related field. An advanced degree in instruc-tional technology and/or professional certification intraining or instructional design technology are pre-ferred. A minimum of 3-5 years experience in,developing and conducting workshops and class-room instruction, instructional design methodologyand computer learning environments is required.
The salary range for this position is $45,000 to$50,000 per year.
To apply, submit a cover letter (include positiontitle and job #), a resume, as well as the names andcontact information for three professional refer-ences to: The University of Toledo, Human Re-sources Department, Mail Stop 205, Toledo, Ohio43606-3390; Fax (419) 530-1490; or [email protected] . Use only one method ofapplication.
Resumes must be received by Friday, February25, 2005.
The University of Toledo is an Equal Access,Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employerand Educator.
Bowling Green State University is seeking appli-cants for an Instructorship in American CultureStudies. Three year appointment with renewal con-tingent upon favorable performance evaluation. Maybe renewed for additional three year terms. Dutiesfor position involve instruction in ACS 200, Introduc-tion to American Culture Studies, in large-lectureformat and other courses in American Culture Stud-ies. Qualifications include: (1) PhD in AmericanStudies or related field at time of appointment; (2)prior experience teaching introductory-level coursesin American Studies in large-lecture format; (3) priorexperience training/supervising graduate teachingassistants; (4) demonstrated record of teaching ef-fectiveness. Ability/experience teaching pedagogycourse and upper-division American Studies coursesare desirable. Starting date: August 2005. Appli-cants should submit a letter of application, currentvita, and three current reference letters postmarkedno later than March 11, 2005 to
Donald McQuarie, Director;American Culture Studies Program;
Bowling Green State University;Bowling Green, OH 43403.
BGSU is an affirmative action and equal opportu-nity employer and educational institution.
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TEACHER EXCHANGE 2005 /INTERCAMBIO DE MAESTROS 2005
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSANDTHE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION,MEXICO INVITES:
U.S. School Districts, The Secretaries of Educa-tion of the Mexican States with a high degree ofmigration, the coordinators of the Bi-national MigrantEducation Program, and the interested educationalauthorities of Mexico and the United States, toparticipate in:
THE 2005 MEXICO-UNITED STATESTEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM;OBJECTIVES
• To contribute to reinforce knowledge about thehistory, culture, values, and national traditions ofMexican-origin students who live in the UnitedStates, reinforcing their identity and improving theireducation.
• To encourage on-going communication betweenU.S. and Mexican teachers so as to share educationalexperiences that facilitate obtaining greater advantagein the teaching-learning process at the basic andmiddle-upper levels.
• Through teacher exchanges, to assist in improvingthe educational services offered to the Mexican andMexican descent school population living in the UnitedStates.
••• DEADLINE ON FEB. 25th 2005 •••
TO REQUEST APPLICATIONS AND MORE INFOCONTACT:
IME: Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior(Institute of the Mexicans Abroad), www.sre.gob.mx/ime
CONSULATE OF MEXICO, www.sre.gob.mx/detroit
645 Griswold Avenue, Suite 830, Detroit, MI 48226TEL 313 964.4515, 17, 32, 34 x13FAX 313 964.4522; [email protected]
Oficial/Promotor dePréstamos
Se busca unoficial/promotor de préstamos oprofesional de bienves raíces bilingüe con experienciapara tiempo completo. Tenemos gran ambiente, lamejor tecnología, contactos para dar seguimiento ybeneficios. Una oportunidad excelente para trabajoen una compañía pequeña. Llame a Chris al teléfono440.989.9200 o fax 440.989.9203. AllLenders Mort-gage, 5311 Leavitt Road, Suite 301, Lorain OH 44053.
Job Developer
Energetic, dependable team player needed toprovide job development and job coaching servicesto clients (ages 16 and older). Contractual positionwith the potential for future full time employment.Requires Bachelor’s degree, plus 1 year vocationalrehabilitation experience (i.e., job development, jobcoaching). Can substitute Associate’s degree with3 years voc rehab experience, or 5 years experienceproviding voc rehab services. Duties include con-tacting employers and actively developing job oppor-tunities for people with disabilities or injured workers.Preferred candidate will have experience in all of thefollowing: job development, employer incentives,and job searching strategies. Valid driver’s licenseand good driving record required. Excellent benefits.All minorities encouraged to apply. Send résumé andsalary expectations by 2/23/05 to:
Harbor Behavioral Healthcare,Attn: Human Resources (JD),
4334 Secor Rd.,Toledo, OH 43623-4234,or fax to 419-720-6103,
Energetic, dependable mental health professionalneeded to provide psychosocial and vocational as-sessments, and coordinate linkage between clientsand employers. Bachelor’s degree in social work ormental health related field required; or Associate’sdegree with 3 years vocational rehab experience; or5 years experience providing vocational rehabilita-tion services to BVR, ODJFS funding sources.Preference given to licensed candidate (Ohio LSWor PC). Duties include assessing client readiness foremployment, identifying client interests/skills, de-veloping employment opportunities, and evaluatingworksite/employee job match. Valid driver’s li-cense, good driving record, and ability to performtherapeutic holds required. Excellent benefits. Allminorities encouraged to apply. Send résumé withcover letter and salary expectations by 2/23/05 to:
Harbor Behavioral Healthcare,Attn: Human Resources (RS),
4334 Secor Rd.,Toledo, OH 43623-4234,or fax to 419-720-6103,
LUCAS COUNTY -WIA Program Specialist:Under general direction from the WIA Program Su-pervisor identifies the needs of clients/customersthrough assessment tools. Provides employmentand training counseling that identify the needs of theclient/customer. Conducting in-depth and exten-sive counseling of clients/customers education,knowledge, aptitude and ability to overcoming barri-ers of employment. Assist client/customer in inter-preting assessment tools.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Services,Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology; or relateddiscipline; Or an Associated degree in the abovediscipline and two (2) years experience in job loca-tion and/or placement or eligibility determination forfederal, state or local benefit entitlement programs;Or five (5) years experience in job location and/orplacement or eligibility determination for federal,state or local benefit entitlement programs. Validdriver’s license. Salary: $28,877 - $40,428 annual.Excellent benefits.
Accepting applications/resumes through Friday,February 25, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Please send resumeto: Human Resources Department, Lucas CountyCommissioners, One Government Center, Suite 450Toledo, Ohio 43604-2259, Attn: ProgramSpecialist.
Applications/resumes also accepted at theSource, 1301 Monroe Street Toledo, Ohio (419) 213-JOBS.
EEO/AA/F/M/H/V
LUCAS COUNTY -WIA Youth ContractSpecialist: Under general direction from the WIAPerformance Monitor identifies the needs of clients/customers through assessment tools. Provides em-ployment and training counseling that would enablethe client/customer to become self sufficient throughemployment. Works with the WIA PerformanceMonitor to develop contracts for all youth providers.Develop Individual Employability Plans (IEP) whichassist client/customer with career planning and se-curing employment.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Services,Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Psychol-ogy, Political Science, or related discipline as re-quired by college. Or an Associated degree in theabove discipline and two (2) years experience in joblocation and/or placement or eligibility determinationfor federal, state or local benefits entitlement pro-grams. Or five (5) years experience in youth pro-grams and/or placement or eligibility determinationfor federal, state or local benefit entitlement pro-grams. Valid driver’s license. Salary: $31,096 -$43,534 annual. Excellent benefits.
Accepting applications/resumes through Friday,February 25, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Please send resumeto: Human Resources Department, Lucas CountyCommissioners, One Government Center, Suite 450Toledo, Ohio 43604-2259. Attn: YouthSpecialist
Applications/resumes also accepted at theSource, 1301 Monroe Toledo, Ohio (419) 213-JOBS.
EEO/AA/F/M/H/V
CLERICALSPECIALIST
UniversityBookstore
Bowling Green StateUniversity
Twelve-Month, Part-Time Position. Days/hours to be arranged(approx. 20-30 hrs. perweek). Work schedule setto meet the needs of thestore; regular schedule willinclude evenings andweekends and is subjectto change at the discre-tion of the supervisor. In-surance benefits are notavailable. Serves as amember of the textbookdepartment team. As-sists in procurement func-tions directly associatedwith the bookstore’sneeds for course materi-als and textbooks. Re-sponsibilities includesourcing, ordering, adopt-ing and maintaining ad-equate inventories. Coor-dinates orders and ship-ments. Performs detailedclerical duties related tobookstore operations.
Minimum Class Re-quirements: Ability to cal-culate fractions, decimalsand percentages and toread and write commonvocabulary plus: 3 mos.exp. in office practicesand procedures; or equiva-lent. Preferred require-ments include a highschool diploma or gen-eral education degree(GED); 12-24 mos. re-lated exp. and/or trainingincluding data entry; orequivalent combination ofeducation and exp. $12.27Per Hour.
To apply for this posi-tion, an employment ap-plication must be com-pleted and turned in to theOfc. of Human Re-sources, 100 CollegePark Office Bldg., BGSU,Bowling Green, OH43403,by 1:00 p.m., Fri.,Feb. 25, 2005. (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ohr) Ph: (419) 372-8421.BGSU is an AA/EO edu-cator/employer.
TECHNOLOGYSUPPORT
SPECIALIST
InformationTechnology Services
Bowling GreenState University
Provides campus-wide support and techni-cal assistance to com-puter network and printerproblems, including up-grades, installations,hardware and softwaretroubleshooting. Super-vised directly by the Desk-top Support Coordinator,and works with Technol-ogy Support Center staff,department chairs, admin-istrative contacts, and allITS staff and student em-ployees. Contributes tospecial projects under-taken by ITS. Works withthe head of departmentsand administrative unitson a regular basis to pro-vide support for special-ized area software andhardware. Moves ex-tended problems throughproper channels, keepingmanagement informed.Creative problem solvingand ability to indepen-dently research and re-solve problems is re-quired. Great opportunityto learn and work with lat-est CISCO network equip-ment in a high-perfor-mance network environ-ment.
Minimum Qualifica-tions: Bachelor’s orAssociate’s degree, orequivalent related experi-ence involving communi-cation, documentation,record keeping, and com-puter hardware and soft-ware support. Post-degreeexperience of one year ineach of the following:
• hardware support andmaintenance• software operating sys-tem support• software applicationinstallation and trouble-shooting• cross platform support• computer networkingsupport• printer installation andmaintenance
Student-level experi-ence of 2 yrs. in each ofthe aforementioned areasqualifies. Administrativegrade level 13. Salarycommensurate with edu-cation and experience.
To apply: submitcover letter and résuméwith names, addressesand telephone numbersof 3 professional refer-ences postmarked byMarch 4, 2005, to Ofc. ofHuman Resources(Search V-014), 100 Col-lege Park Ofc. Bldg.,Bowling Green State Uni-versity, Bowling Green,OH 43403. Ph: (419) 372-8421. (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ohr) BGSU is an AA/EOemployer/educator.
HABILITATION SPECIALIST
Professional needed to develop, implement andassess habilitation programs and activities for adultindividuals with mental retardation and/or develop-mental disabilities. Bachelor degree in education,human services, nursing, psychology, rehabilita-tion, social work, sociology or special education.Experience with individuals with MR/DD preferred.
Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Sendrésumé to:
Lucas County Board of MR/DD2001 Collingwood Blvd.
Toledo, Ohio 43620Attn: Human Resources/dir
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Receptionist/Accounting Clerk
Toledo Botanical Garden seeks a full-time Re-ceptionist/Accounting Clerk to support the adminis-trative office staff. Must be proficient in MicrosoftOffice applications and understand basic accountingprinciples. Send resume and salary requirements to
Toledo Botanical Garden,Director of Operations,
5403 Elmer Dr.,Toledo OH 43615
Deadline: February 18, 2005.
EOE
Research TechnicianThe University of Toledo
(Job #308): The University of Toledo has animmediate opening for a Research Technician. Thisposition has the responsibility for operations in theLaboratory for Microbial Ecology (LME) involvingpreparation of consumables, biological assays, or-dering, and overall maintenance of laboratory equip-ment. Additional duties include assisting graduatestudents in their research efforts and conductingindependent research to augment the research direc-tion of the LME.
A successful candidate must hold a Bachelor’sdegree in Biology, Microbiology, or a related area.Previous experience with sterile techniques, solutionpreparation, bacterial culturing and maintenance,nucleic acids isolation and purification, gel electro-phoresis, polymerase chain reaction, cDNA synthe-sis, RT-PCR, and DNA fingerprinting is required.
The salary range for this position is $30,000 -$35,000 per year.
To apply, submit a cover letter (include positiontitle and job #), a résumé, as well as the names andcontact information for three professional referencesto: The University of Toledo, Human ResourcesDepartment, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390; Fax (419)530-1490; or email [email protected] . Use onlyone method of application.
Résumés must be received by Friday, February25, 2005.
The University of Toledo is an Equal Access,Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer andEducator.
LUCAS COUNTY -WIA Management Analyst -Under the general direction of the WIA PerformanceMonitor, serves as management analyst for theWorkforce Development Agency. Designs, devel-ops, implements and monitors government con-tracts and other financial records with public andprivate agencies and individuals to insure compli-ance with those contracts/records and applicablefederal and state records. Assists in budget prepa-ration, monitoring, and controlling expenditures forthe Workforce Development Agency. Prepares fi-nancial analysis for the Workforce DevelopmentAgency.
A Bachelor’s degree plus four (4) Master’s levelcourses in Business Administration, Public Adminis-tration, Accounting, Auditing, Fiscal Management orequivalent and six (6) months of experience as amanagement analyst or in budget preparation andadministration; OR Equivalent of a four year degreein Business Administration, Public Administration,or closely related field, and one (1) year of experienceas a management analyst or in budget preparationand administration. Salary: $35, 966 - $50,353.Excellent benefits.
Accepting applications/resumes through Friday,February 25, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Please send resumewith transcript to: Human Resources Department,Lucas County Commissioners, One GovernmentCenter, Suite 450 Toledo, Ohio 43604-2259, Attn:ManagementAnalyst.
Applications/resumes also accepted at theSource, 1301 Monroe Street Toledo, Ohio (419) 213-JOBS.
EEO/AA/F/M/H/V
CORRECTIONS OFFICER
CCNO is accepting applications through Febru-ary 23, 2005 for Corrections Officer. Full timepositions available with an excellent benefits pack-age including medical, dental and prescription drug.Current starting wage is $12.55 per hour and in-creases to $13.99 after 1 year. Position require-ments include: HS Diploma or GED, 21 years of ageor older, valid driver’s license, residency in North-west Ohio area serviced by CCNO or adjacentcounties. Must successfully complete psychologi-cal, physical and drug screen by CCNO approvedprofessionals. Applications may be obtained atCCNO offices at 03151 County Road 2425, Stryker,Ohio, 43557, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and7:00 p.m. seven days a week. Applications must bereceived by 4:30 p.m. on February 23, 2005 inorder to participate in initial testing sessions.
CCNO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
FOSTER PARENTS ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU!We have immediate openings for people with atleast 2 years of child care experience who are
interested in working with teens with mental healthneeds or legal involvement.
The Ohio Youth Advocate Program offers acompetitive daily stipend based on the needs of
the child, professional support and training.Call:1-800-878-8688
Wellness Coordinator
Seeking an experienced, energetic professionalto lead and grow a Wellness Program coordinatinghealth and wellness services to regional employers.Must be well organized and be able to coordinate anddeliver a variety of wellness services including pre-sentations, ongoing wellness programs, health riskappraisals, disease management, and wellness in-centive programs. Bachelor’s degree in health sci-ence or related field, with training and experience inwellness programs required; Master’s degree pre-ferred. Knowledge of risk appraisals and diseasemanagement helpful. Must be trained in and exhibitphysical fitness. Proven interpersonal and presenta-tion skills a must. Valid driver’s license, good drivingrecord, car, and ability to travel regionally required.Must have good computer skills. All minorities en-couraged to apply. Submit resume with cover letterincluding salary expectations by 2/23/05 to
LUCAS COUNTY - Data Base Specialist: Undergeneral direction from the Workforce Investment Act(WIA) Program Monitor/WDA Designer performs datasecurity service, monitoring tasks, data processing,and data documentation duties for the agency. Main-tain local Access database including creating, main-taining, and running reports for Individual TrainingAccounts. Approve eligibility in the state databasefor WIA Youth Contracts and file maintenance. Per-form computer equipment/system evaluation andmaintenance duties: make recommendations forequipment and special hardware and software needs.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Informa-tion Management, or related discipline as required bycollege and two (2) years experience as a program-mer. Or an Associated degree in the above disciplineplus five (5) years experience as a programmer.Valid driver’s license. Salary: $33,522 - $46,931annual. Excellent benefits.
Accepting applications/resumes through Friday,February 25, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. Please send resumeto: Human Resources Department, Lucas CountyCommissioners, One Government Center, Suite 450Toledo, Ohio 43604-2259, Attn: DataBase
Applications/résumés also accepted at theSource, 1301 Monroe Street Toledo, Ohio (419) 213-JOBS.
EEO/AA/F/M/H/V
Social WorkCASE MANAGER
Unison is seeking Case Managers to providecommunity support services to adults with seriousmental illness. Responsibilities will include provid-ing assistance with the social, vocational, eco-nomic, and environmental needs of assigned clientsand assisting in their ability to live in the community.Valid driver’s license required. Ohio counselor orsocial worker license and experience preferred.Consideration will be given to candidates with four-year degrees in fields related to social work. Excel-lent salary and benefits package. Send or faxresume with cover letter to:
Human Resources - CSP1425 Starr AvenueToledo, OH 43605Fax 419.693.0768
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Early Intervention Specialist
Professional needed to work with infants andtoddlers (ages 0-5 yrs.) who are at-risk or havedevelopmental delays. Must be able to provide ser-vice coordination and developmentally appropriateactivities using a family-centered approach. Re-quires a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Educa-tion, Special Education, Social Work, Nursing orrelated area plus two of the last six years of experi-ence working with infants and toddlers that are at-riskor developmentally delayed and their families in aprofessional setting. Must possess or be willing towork towards certification in early intervention. Musthave good driving/MVR report. We offer a competi-tive salary and excellent benefits. Submit résumésand/or applications to:
Lucas County Board of MR/DD,Attn: Human Resources-CSC,2001 Collingwood Blvd.,Toledo, OH 43620.
EOE
Teachers!
Educational Resource Specialist
WGTE Public Broadcasting, a leading developerand provider of K-12 educational services, seeks aninnovative and technologically proficient teacher forour educational technology services department.The candidate will provide classroom technologyintegration to educators by creating and implement-ing a host of learning services that include teacherprofessional development, on-line training, curricu-lum development, and web-based classroom ser-vices, among others. Candidates must possess aBachelor’s in Education; Master’s in EducationalTechnology or a Technology Endorsement preferred.Knowledge of current and emerging technologies andtrends in education, previous teaching experience ispreferred. Send your letter and résumé to: HumanResources, P.O. Box 30, Toledo, OH 43614. EOE/ADA.
Programs Coordinator
Full time, with benefits. Work with staff andmembers of the community to create, implement andcoordinate programming to support Museum mis-sion, vision and goals. Requires B.A. with min. of twoyears’ experience in arts-related programming, spe-cial events planning or marketing, or equivalent com-bination of education and experience. Successfulcandidate will be diplomatic individual with strongorganizational skills and ability to follow-through,analytical ability, excellent communication skills,ability to establish and maintain community partner-ships, and ability to produce and work within budgets.Must be willing to work flexible hours, which willinclude some evenings and weekends. Full job de-scription available on our website:www.toledomuseum.org. To apply, e-mail résuméwith cover letter to: [email protected] or mailto:
Human Resources,Toledo Museum of Art,
PO Box 1013,Toledo, OH 43697.
EOE.
Clinical Manager
Seeking a clinical manager to supervise clinicalstaff and provide leadership in our Defiance office.Position requires a Master’s degree or doctoraldegree in a mental health related field, plus licenseto practice independently in Ohio (Psychologist,LISW, PCC). Preference given to licensed psy-chologist. Must have demonstrated leadershipskills, experience working with private insurers, andan understanding of EAP practice including alcoholand other drug problems, mental health issues, andorganizational dynamics. Two years experience inmanagement required. Experience in vocationalservices a plus. Duties include supervising clinicalstaff, providing direct services as needed, andproviding leadership to promote excellent customerservice and maximize productivity. All minoritiesencouraged to apply. Submit cover letter with salaryexpectations and résumé by 2/16/05, to
Harbor Behavioral Healthcare,Attn: Human Resources (DEF),
4334 Secor Road,Toledo, OH 43623-4234or fax to 419-720-6103
Growing outpatient mental healthcare provider isexpanding its medical team and seeking an experi-enced Advance Practice Nurse. Must be an Ohiolicensed RN and have a Certificate to Prescribe in thestate of Ohio. Five years relevant professionalexperience, plus the ability to perform CPR required.Duties include providing medical services to peopleexperiencing mental illness, including psychiatric/medication evaluations, prescribing medications, andensuring appropriate hospitalizations. Excellent or-ganizational and communication skills are essential.Must have driver’s license and be willing to usepersonal car to perform job. Commitment to excel-lent customer service a must. All minorities encour-aged to apply. Submit résumé with cover letter andsalary expectations by 3/2/05, to:
Harbor Behavioral Healthcare,Attn: Human Resources (APN),
4334 Secor Road,Toledo, OH 43623-4234or fax to 419-720-6103
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INTERESTED BIDDERS:TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS –ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL RE-BID
Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board of Education of the Toledo Public School District until 12:00 NOONon March 02, 2005, at the Toledo Public Schools Treasurers’ Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio43608, for all labor material and supervision necessary for the New Robinson Middle School Re-Bid, as morefully described in the drawings and specifications for the project prepared by SSOE, Inc., and will be openedpublicly and read immediately thereafter.
Bid Documents for the project may be examined at the F.W. Dodge plan rooms in Maumee and Columbus,Builders Exchange in Toledo, University of Toledo – Capacity Building, E.O.P.A. – Hamilton Building, NorthwestOhio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Northwest Ohio Black Chamber of Commerce, The Plan Room inAnn Arbor, and Ohio Construction News.
Bidders may obtain copies of the documents starting February 09, 2005 which can be purchased fromBecker Impressions, 4646 Angola Rd., Toledo Ohio 43615 Phone: 419-385-5303. Drawings may be obtainedon CD-ROM for no cost with the purchase of the specifications.
A PREBID CONFERENCE is scheduled for February 23, 2005, at 3:00pm at the Existing Robinson MiddleSchool, 1007 Grand Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43606.
If you have any questions, or if you need additional information, please direct all questions in writing to AmyRunge, LGB-LLC fax (877) 281-0784 or by phone at (419) 776-5600.
Bid Item No. 1 Site Work $ 718,339Bid Item No. 2 General Trades $ 6,786,065Bid Item No. 3 Plumbing $ 458,795Bid Item No. 4 HVAC $ 1,813,000Bid Item No. 5 Electrical $ 1,539,749Bid Item No. 6 Fire Protection $ 215,000
Total Estimate: $ 12,550,448
The Regional Growth Partnership of Northwest Ohio (“RGP”)is a $2.7MM public-private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit developmentcorporation governed by a 24-member volunteer Board ofDirectors. RGP provides core economic development servicesfor Toledo, Lucas County and Northwest Ohio including economicresearch and market information, site selection, project facilitation,international business development/trade assistance, legislativeadvocacy on economic development and competitiveness issues,and regional, national and international marketing. Moreinformation is available on the RGP website: www.rgp.org.The Regional Growth Partnership plays the key leadership rolein the region in deal facilitation and serves as the first point ofcontact for site selection as well as marshalling a major outreachand marketing program for the region. RGP will also play thelead role in economic development in knowledge based industries,continuing to build on its relationships and support of the fouruniversities within its market area (University of Toledo, BowlingGreen State University, Medical College of Ohio, and OwensCommunity College). RGP, as a major asset, houses an 11county database on site development and selection, anunparalleled information resource in Northwest Ohio.The ideal candidate is currently serving as the CEO at an economicdevelopment focused entity such as a state, county or regionaleconomic development organization, a large chamber ofcommerce, a private sector development company or a majorutility. Experience with the automotive, manufacturing andtechnology industries is especially desirable. Alternativeexperience as a “#2” or other senior-level executive within alarge complex organization as noted above is also desirable.Successful candidate will have the ability to gain instant credibilitywith the business, political and community leadership and willhave specific experience working with and in the private sector. At least 15 years of progressively responsible career growth,with at least 5 years focused in economic development, isrequired. Bachelors required; advanced degree and CEcDdesignation preferred.Interested candidates should submit a cover letter addressingstated responsibilities and qualifications and a resume withcontact information, to:
Cleaning experience preferred.Paid vacation and holidays. Must
have own vehicle to travel to variouslocations. Mileage paid.
Call 419-691-6930 for interview. EOE
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