The next generation of Chicano artists is here
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The next generation of Chicano artists is here
34 YEARS of Publication 1976-2010 Vol.XXXIII XXXIV No. 23 Vol. Social Security: A Hedge Against Recession for Latino Elders By Araceli Martínez Ortega LA OPINION/NEW AMERICA MEDIA A few blocks from California’s political epicenter, the capitol in Sacramento, in a neighborhood where drug sales are common, on the second floor of a dilapidated house, are three dark rooms. Living there is 82-year old don Jesus Ruiz. “Sometimes I wish they’d just hang me from a tree,” he declared in Spanish. “I do not have hope. I cannot carry anything. I walk crawling like a cat. My neighbors do not help me, and my children turned out to be devils. They only come to take my money, and if I do not give it to them, they mistreat me. The other day, my son told me that he was going to beat me.” As don Jesus speaks, no emotion escapes his face. Born in the United States of Mexican parents, don Jesus worked for years as a vegetable loader in a cannery. “I threw my back out. I carried 50-pound boxes. One of my shoulders is very bad. I walk and I stop. I walk and I stop,” he said. None of his six children help him, he said. “When I had a surgery in 2006—a triple bypass—my children only looked for me to ask for money. I used to give them $60, $70 every time they came to see me. I had to give my son $120 so he could help me to move. He even threatened to hit me because I told him I did not want him to blow his horn anymore when he drives past by my home.” Don Jesus lives on $840 a month from Social Security, of which $400 goes for rent. He struggles to make ends meet. “I buy food in the dollar stores. When I need a shirt I go to K-Mart. I get a haircut for free at Cosmetology schools where students practice,” he said. 680,000 Latino Elders in Poverty Alone According to a report released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 680,000 California Latinos ages 65 or older live alone and in poverty. Half of those living with a spouse cannot pay for their basic needs. However, to qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in the Golden State, a person’s income must be below the federal poverty line, currently $10,210 per year for an individual. That’s not the case for Helen Garcia, who was born in Southern California, but whose parents are Mexicans. However her burden is heavy, and her case challenges the Hispanic belief that children take care of their elderly parents. After 26 years working as an elevator operator at the State Capitol building, Garcia was among those laid off in June 2008 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, due to the budget cuts that he made to close the state deficit. “I thought I’d work until I was 86years-old, but I was forced to retire. However, if I have the opportunity to come back to work, I will do it,” she stated. Garcia, 83, does not consider herself poor because she receives $642 in unemployment benefits every two weeks, plus $853 from the Social Security and $1,114 from her pension each month. However, Garcia’s unemployment benefits are very close to expiring. “I am going to be in a very hard situation with $1,967 per month,” she confided. She has to pay $369 each month for the mobile home that she just bought, plus $500 to rent her space in a mobile homes park in East Sacramento – almost 45 percent just for housing. What is more concerning is that at her age—overweigh with diabetes type 2 and arthritis in one leg—Garcia still takes care of her 50-year-old son. He cannot work because of a back injury and clinical depression. “He does not receive any help from the state,” Garcia said. “I have to care for him and cook for him, although he helps me to run errands.” Census figures show that the cities with the largest numbers of impoverished Latino elders living alone are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Santa Ana, Oxnard, Riverside and Sacramento. Steven Wallace, a professor at the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health and associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said that the recession explains only part of the economic difficulties that confront Latino elders. “They get work as janitors, as building-site workers and in restaurants with low salaries and no pension. They do not have savings and many don’t have Social Security,” Wallace said. Twenty percent of the Latino women ages 65 or older continue as domestic workers cleaning houses, restaurants and other locations, Wallace said. According to Wallace, among men over 65 who continue working, 21 percent are Latino. Most of the elder Latinos work as janitors, gardeners and security guards. However, 14 percent work on transportation and six percent as truck drivers; 13 percent are mechanics and factory workers. Fernando Torres-Gil, director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at UCLA and former head of the U.S. Administration on Aging (1993-1996) said that on average Latinos earn lower wages that the general U.S. population. On average, Latinos receive lower wages than the population as a whole. The median income for Latinos from jobs covered by Social Security was $22,400 in 2002, compared to $28,000 for all covered workers, a difference of 20 percent. Average lifetime income from jobs covered by Social Security was also lower for Latinos than for the entire population. An example is Helen Garcia, who used to make $22,000 per year as an elevator operator at the State Capitol. Wallace does not see a short-term solution for Latino elders living in poverty. “They have limited resources. They face health problems and food insecurity, while in the last two years the state government has cut help. I can see no way out of this situation in the next five or six years,” he said. Ironically, another factor against Latinos is that they live longer than the rest of the U.S. population. The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that, based on 2004 U.S. census data, Latino men aged 65 can expect to live an additional 20 years, compared to 16 years for all men. SSA also shows that Latino women aged 65 or older can expect to live an additional 23 years, compared to 20 years for all women. As a result, Latinos can expect to receive Social Security benefits over a longer period of time than general population. But Latinos also experience higher rates of chronic illness and the need for long-term care. Torres-Gil considers that with no Social Security, more than half of Latino elders would live in poverty. His analysis of 2002 census figures shows that in that year alone, the program saved 673,000 older California Latinos from going into poverty. Nevertheless, Social Security is not the entire solution for Latino elders. The program’s benefits are at a lower level than many advanced nations and leave many seniors living in impoverished conditions. But like don Jesus Ruiz, at least those benefits keep them off the streets and with a roof over their heads. Araceli Martínez Ortega is the Sacramento correspondent for “La Opinión” in Los Angeles. This is the first of two articles written under New America Media’s 2010 Ethnic Elders Fellowship program sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies. La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., Publications JUNE 11, 2010 The next generation of Chicano artists is here of children in San Ysidro. “For us, as an art gallery, is important to encourage children to continue with their artistic education,” said Leticia Gomez, director of art and culture at The Front. “The heart of what we do is the well-being of the community. We’re sure this exhibition will serve as an inspiration for our children to continue creating art.” The children have been receiving art instruction in workshop format from artists involved with the Young Rembrandts program. “San Ysidro School District students and parents are thrilled about the masterpieces these children are (see Generation, page 8) MAAC Community Charter School Students created panels with social justice leaders, such as Rigoberta Menchu. By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Among San Diego County Chicano children and youth might be the next generations of Diego Riveras, José Clemente Orozcos, or David Alfaro Siquieros. Two new exhibitions in San Ysidro and Chula Vista are proof of that. “De Colores: The Art of the Kindergartener” opens with a reception on Wednesday, June 16th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Front, Casa Familiar’s arts and cultural center in San Ysidro. The exhibition features the work of more than 200 students from the San Ysidro School District. Most of the exhibit focuses on the artwork created by kindergarteners from Sunset, Beyer, and Smythe elementary schools. It will also include a San Ysidro Middle School Photo Camp exhibit, which includes photographs taken by San Ysidro teenagers in their community. The exhibit will be divided into two different mini-exhibits. On the first reception, on June 16, students from Beyer and Sunset will show their artworks. Then, on the 23, students from Smythe and SYMS will have the chance to share their talents. The opening receptions will feature live musical selections from the district’s own Escuela de Música. “We are excited about the strong partnership among all agencies and institutions involved,” said Gloria Madera, assistant superintendent of educational services at the San Ysidro School District. “The artists are producing outstanding art and the children are thoroughly engaged and interested in what they are learning. This will be a wonderful way to showcase their talent with their families and community.” The exhibition includes images such as butterflies, balloons, relatives: San Ysidro kindergarten students are developing as artists. All familiar images in the daily lives Latino voters made their voice count By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Latino voters in the South Bay made their voice heard when they went to the polls during this week’s elections. Although the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters does not keep voter statistics by ethnicity, polling places in San Ysidro and Chula Vista showed a great number of Latinos going in to vote. Many of them were voting for the first time, after becoming citizens. Others headed to the polls looking for a change that would improve their communities. Still others said they wanted to make sure to have a representative who knew the Latino community needs. But for the majority, participating in the elections was an act of patriotism, of being Americans. “It’s not only my duty, it is my privilege,” said Sandy Lopez, a retired San Ysidro resident. Lopez was with two of her grandchildren putting signs of support for 79th District Assembly candidate Pearl Quiñones, who after all precincts had been counted, was about 14 percent behind her opponent, San Diego City Councilmember Ben Hueso. For Roberto Hernández, another San Ysidro resident, voting is also a duty. “It is a responsibility we have, to try to elect the best representatives for our community,” he said. Ana Lucia Guevara went to the polls with her young daughter. Raquel Moran (center), and Noé Aparicio (right) at the San Ysidro Senior Center. Guevara said she wanted to set an example for her daughter. “I’m not only helping the community and being part of the decisiontaking process. I’m also encouraging my daughter to do the same when she’s an adult,” she said. Outside polling places there were people with signs in support of spe- cific candidates. At the San Ysidro Senior Center, Noé Aparicio, a San Diego taxi driver, was on the sidewalk with a sign in support of City of San Diego District 8 candidate Felipe Hueso. For Aparicio, it’s important for Latinos to participate, no matter who (see Latino voters, page 8) PAGE 2 JUNE 11, 2010 Between a Rock and Respect for Life at the Border DOJ must fully investigate mounting deaths and violence at border Los Angeles – News of two recent deaths in the border region involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents highlights once again the dangers of militarization of the region and adequate training of those patrolling the area. As the border security apparatus grows in size and breadth, these untimely deaths raise many questions. The following is a statement from Angelica Salas, Executive Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), a regional human and immigrant rights not-forprofit community-based organization based in Los Angeles. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of Anastacio Hernandez-Rojas and 14-year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca. By all accounts, Mr. Hernandez-Rojas was not a criminal or a threat to anyone in his community. He was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents attempting to reenter the country he has called home since he was a minor. In the case of Sergio Adrian, he was an unarmed teen attempting to cross the border without authorization. These deaths should and could have been prevented by CBP. The use of a Taser gun, plastic bullets, or any other form of potentially lethal weapon to subdue an unarmed migrant should be a last resort and only if the life of an agent is in danger. Hernandez-Rojas’ brother who witnessed the incident says his brother was already on the ground when he was tasered. Sergio Adrian was reportedly throwing rocks at the agents when he was shot. In both cases, we believe there was an excessive use of force. We expect the truth to come out soon for the benefit of all involved and for the protection of the very freedoms and liberties we all share and value as Americans. What we can say emphatically is that no human being should expect to die when seeking a better life for themselves and their families. We are calling on DHS and the Office of Civil Rights in the Justice Department to investigate these two cases thoroughly and address the many questions the families, the community, and the Mexican government have put forth. In addition, we call on CBP to review and adjust if necessary its use of deadly weapons protocol to guarantee the American people that their government respects life at all times in the border region.” La Prensa San Diego 651-C Third Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 Ph: (619) 425-7400 Fax: (619) 425-7402 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.laprensa-sandiego.org Founded: December 1, 1976 San Diego, California Founder/Publisher: Daniel L. Muñoz Editor: Daniel H. Muñoz, Jr. La Prensa San Diego was adjudicated a newspaper of general circulation for the City and County of San Diego, Fourth Judicial District of the Municipal Court of San Diego. File #4137435 of May 9, 1978. Press releases, photos, and advertisements are accepted. Submit by mail, fax or email. La Prensa San Diego reserves the right to accept or reject material sent. La Prensa San Diego is a wholly owned subsidary of La Prensa Muñoz, Inc. ISSN 07389183 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Arizona: Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History By Roberto Rodriguez NEW AMERICA MEDIA PERSPECTIVE Before the DREAM students made their historic stance in Tucson, Ariz. in midMay to stage a sit-in in Sen. John McCain’s office, and thereby subject themselves to deportation proceedings, this Sun city had already been in the eye of the storm. Young people were not the only ones to take a powerful stance that week; several hundred indigenous peoples from throughout the world rallied at the Tucson Immigration Department Headquarters, protesting Arizona’s new racial profiling law. This was followed by the dramatic takeover of a Border Patrol station in Tucson by more than a dozen members of the statewide O’Odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective. They were protesting the state’s draconian and nation’s anti-indigenous immigration policies. Six were arrested. That law confirmed that Arizona is governed by extremist politicians. On the day it passed in April, nine human rights activists chained themselves to the capitol building. The anti-ethnic studies law, which was signed in May – resulting in 15 arrests as a result of the takeover of the state building – proved that the state has returned to the Dark Ages as this law sets up a mechanism to censor books and curriculums. (It was preceded by a siege of the Tucson Unified School District Headquarters by middle and high school students). Two days before the racial profiling law passed, 800 military-clad federal agents swooped into South Tucson looking for human smugglers. This unprecedented action, along with the two laws precipitated protests, walkouts, marches, community forums, boycotts, vigils and runs in both Tucson and Phoenix. Now, as students gathered in Tucson, something even bigger was about to happen. DREAM students from throughout the country – students without U.S. legal documents, who have been in this country since they were children – had decided to turn themselves in to bring awareness to the approximately 65,000 undocumented students who graduate annually and cannot continue their higher education. In the realm of civil disobedience, subjecting themselves to deportation was unfathomable. But as they spoke of their proposed action, they stated that they were taking this historic action because they could no longer wait for others to act for them; the leadership of their movement would hereafter be in their own hands. And if they did enter deportation hearings, they believed they might be able to remain in the country for three to five years – enough time to bring about passage of the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act, in its original form, was first introduced in 2001. The logic of the act is that children are not responsible for the acts of their parents, meaning, that to break a law, one must be conscious that one is breaking a law. Many of the students were brought to this country as infants, thus, were incapable of breaking any law. The DREAM Act seeks to permit such students to continue on with their higher education. The calculated gamble by the DREAM Students has paid off. Other DREAM students have stepped forward nationwide. Just a few weeks ago, the true identity of DREAM students was a closely guarded secret. Now they have confronted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio himself and are leading marches nationwide including the recent massive march and rally in Phoenix. The dramatic developments these past two months in Arizona – along with an international boycott of the state – reveal that resistance has entered a new phase. The movement has been led by youth. And the addition of indigenous peoples sends the world a dramatic message regarding who is legal on this continent. Despite more than a dozen copycat states, those who fear a brown nation have decided to make their stand in the Arizona desert. Next year, legislators will attempt to revoke the 14th Amendment in Arizona, which guarantees citizenship to all born in this country. The state’s governor, Republican Jan Brewer, seems to share this fear. Appealing to the nation’s anti-Mexican and antiimmigrant sentiment, she has established a nationwide legal defense fund for suits over SB 1070. Morally, Brewer — akin to George Wallace of a generation ago — is on the wrong side of history. Outcry Follows Migrant’s Death A Mexican national who died after a confrontation with US border agents has become the latest symbol of the crisis surrounding US-Mexico relations and migrant affairs. Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, a 42-year-old father of five US-born children, died in a California hospital May 31, following a violent encounter with US Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry near San Diego three days earlier. “We are deeply concerned about the incident,” Andrea Guerrero of the American Civil Liberties Union’s San Diego office told Frontera NorteSur. “We are calling for a transparent investigation of the incident.” According to US Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Jacqueline Dizdul, Hernandez became combative and ignored orders to stop fighting after he resisted deportation. Unidentified witnesses quoted in the Mexican and US press tell a different story, al- Migrant Remittances Down, Up Frontera NorteSur In the first trimester of 2010, the amount of dollars sent by migrant workers in the US to Mexico registered the worst seasonal plunge in five years, the Bank of Mexico reported this week. According to the country’s central bank, about $6.6 billion in remittances entered the country’s economy during the first four months of 2010. The sum was nearly 9 percent less than the $7.25 billion received during the same period in 2009. Averaging slightly more than $316, the typical remittance also was less than the amount received during the first trimester of 2009. Prior to the 2008 economic crash, migrant remittances had topped more than $24 billion annually. The good news for analysts from the Bank of Mexico and the Spanish-owned BBVA Bancomer bank was that positive tendencies emerged during the last two months, suggesting the remittance free-fall might have hit rock bottom. In April, remittances of $1.78 billion showed a slight gain of 0.23 percent, while preliminary reports showed dollars captured during the month of May were also on the upswing. Analysts cited some upticks in US economic activity as favoring a positive trend, but also cautioned that continued high levels unemployment and the uncertain effects of Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070 law, scheduled to go into effect next month unless it is overturned in court, could complicate the remittance recovery picture. Still, one leading observer predicted economic forces would eventually submerge SB 1070 and related anti-immigrant measures. “Economic reality will defi- nitely prevail, contended Moises Jaimes, director of Bancomer Transfer Services. “Let’s remember that migrant labor, at a reasonable cost and of good quality is an anti-inflationary measure that definitely helps produce goods and services at a lesser and controlled cost. This is perfectly part of the US economy.” Jaime’s firm processes at least 40 percent of the migrant dollars sent from the United States. Migrant remittances represent the second source of legal foreign exchange for Mexico, coming in only after petroleum exports. During the first trimester of 2010, oil income amounted to $11 billion, in comparison with the $6.6 billion in migrant remittances. However, long-term trends favor migrant remittances as Mexico’s principal source of foreign exchange in the future. According to multiple reports, Mexico only has about nine years of easily recoverable oil resources remaining. On the other hand, a youthful population with few employment prospects coupled with aging trends in the US workforce puts migrant labor in a favorable position as a primary source of dollars. Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news Center for Latin American and Border Studies New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico leging Hernandez was assaulted, shocked with a Taser gun multiple times, and then repeatedly kicked and hit by as many as 20 officers even as he was screaming and writhing on the ground. Reportedly, personnel from Mexico’s National Migration Institute witnessed parts of the altercation. Quickly lapsing into unconsciousness, Hernandez was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The San Diego coroner’s office ruled that high blood pressure, physical contact with the officers and the presence of methamphetamines were contributing factors to Hernandez’s death. The death of the 20-year US resident drew criticism from the office of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International and Tijuana Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz. Numerous videos and angry messages were posted on Twitter, You Tube and the websites of Mexico’s major news organizations. Expressing an “energetic condemnation,” President Calderon’s office criticized the “excessive use of force” by US federal agents. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry also sharply condemned Hernandez’s death, announcing it was forming a legal team to monitor the outcome of the case. With a diplomatic tussle brewing, US Ambassador Carlos Pascual and Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary John T. Morton spoke out at a Mexico City press conference last week. The high-ranking US officials said the Obama administration was very concerned about what Morton called a “very tragic death.” Pro-immigrant groups mobilized rapidly to protest Hernandez’s death. On June 1, about 50 members of the Mexicali Civic Front briefly blockaded a border crossing to the US, where they also called for a boycott of Arizona because of the SB 1070 law that criminalizes undocumented immigrants. Civic Front leader Sergio Tamay said his group would work towards establishing a common front between proimmigrant forces in Baja California and California. On the US side, the Raza Rights Coalition and American Friends Service Committee organized a June 3 rally of more than 500 people at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Garnering gestures of support from many passing motorists and pedestrians, the event included the participation of members of Hernandez’s family. “I ask for justice, not money,” said Maria de la Luz Rojas, Hernandez’s mother. “My son came to seek life and not death here.” The Raza Rights Coalition’s Adriana Jasso also took aim at the Obama administration, criticizing the White House for not changing US immigration policy and failing to legalize undocumented residents of the US. “We are all Anastasio,” chanted the demonstrators. In a statement released prior to the protest, the Raza Rights Coalition and American Friends Service Committee blasted Hernandez’s death. “The killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas by Border Patrol agents is a clear indication of the climate of hate and repression that is being fomented every day against migrant communities and is tied to the current genocidal and murderous government policy,” the two groups charged. “Our silent protest will help expose the cruelty of a militarized border that is built upon a foundation of hate and repression.” Hernandez’s death is currently under investigation by the San Diego Police Department’s homicide unit. While acknowledging it did not have all the facts at hand, Amnesty International said the Hernandez incident should be an occasion for reviewing the use of Taser guns by the Border Patrol and strictly regulating their use. The international human rights organization urged a complete investigation of Hernandez’s death, including the publicizing of the autopsy report as soon as possible. Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news Center for Latin American and Border Studies New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico TOP Ten signs you are taking the World Cup too seriously By Al Carlos 10. Paint your face team colors to go to mass. 9. Practice your yelling Goooaaaaalllll underwater in the bath tub. 8. Every time someone bumps into you, you fall down. 7. Started giving your wife yellow cards during arguments. 6. Pull your shirt over your head and run around in circles when you make a sale. 5. Bicycle kick gophers off the lawn. 4. Charge team fight song to new Why Arizona Sucks, lyrics. 3. A South African accent is not a South Central Blackscent. 2. Blowing a whistle when its time for boring relatives to leave. 1. Expecting extra injury time after an unforatunate pretty and plump date. JOHN H. SERRANO Abogado Tel: (619) 267-7300 E-Mail: [email protected] Asuntos Criminales, Accidentes, Divorcios PHONE: 619-993-5778 FAX: 619-286-2231 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO JUNE 11, 2010 Reality at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Experts Describe the Real Sources of Violence and How We Can Best Respond WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) hosted a teleconference with border and national-security experts who dissected the myths linking immigration and border violence. These experts shared their analyses of the reality of crime and violence along the U.S.Mexico border, what the real sources of violence are, and how the U.S. should respond. They all made the point that nearly twenty years of immigration policy focusing on “securing the border first” has failed to address the underlying issues and criminal cartels that are the real cause of violence along the border. The experts noted that immigration laws and policies of the past two decades have, ironically, made the border less safe and have actually benefitted the traffickers and smugglers who operate at the border. Benjamin Johnson of the American Immigration Council stressed the need to disentangle unauthorized immigration and border violence as a means for solving both problems, noting that “we are pursuing a lopsided approach of border-enforcement only and placing the highest priority on prosecuting nonviolent bordercrossers rather than dangerous criminals. Everyone wants an easy solution to solving our problems at the border, but the reality is a simple solution does not exist for complex problems.” According to David Shirk, Director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, “the Border Patrol has doubled to 20,000 agents, there are also more than 3,000 Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, 300 National Guard troops (with 1,200 more on their way), and a significant surge in the number of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms personnel. However, border security-only advocates say that this is still not enough. Further saturating the border is costly and ineffective. Indeed, the border-centric approach has encouraged drug trafficking organizations to evolve from relatively smallscale, low-level operations in the 1980s into the highly sophisticated, heavily-armed criminal organizations that are today seriously undermining the Mexican state. The flow of drugs and immigrants continues practically unabated, despite these very costly investments in border security.” He added, “the argument that can be made is that we have gone as far as reasonable to secure this part of the comprehensive approach. We have entered into a free trade agreement with Mexico that allows the flow of goods and capital, but we have not figured out how to manage labor. Border security is made difficult by the creation of a haystack of people; 200,000 people were apprehended at the border last year and 200 were found to have criminal histories. In my view, we need to figure out how to get the 99% of people who don’t pose a threat out of the way through work-visa programs or other means. This would make the Border Patrol’s job much easier by shrinking the size of the haystack.” Jennifer Bernal Garcia of the Center for New American Security explained, “it’s true that the U.S. faces a problem of national security relevance at its border. However, focusing on the problem of crime rather than crime and immigration is needed. When you build a fence, you are pushing immigrants straight into the arms of criminal cartels. There hasn’t been enough of a focus placed on prosecution and en- forcement measures against criminal cartels. Many think that the border is the ‘choke point,’ but drug cartels are sprawled out. We must think beyond the border. Going after scapegoats at the border does nothing to change or deter the criminal element.” She explains, “what is needed along the border is a coordinated strategy among federal agencies and foreign governments, not incremental acts and feelgood deployments. Such a broad strategy would focus on reducing criminal groups’ ability to violently contest state authority, both by diminishing the sources of their proceeds (drugs) and their social base (through a mix of regional law enforcement and social programs).” Aarti Kohli of the Warren Institute at California State University at Berkeley noted that programs like Operation Streamline, which places all illegal border crossers in federal criminal proceedings in certain regions, are examples of a misdirected policy. “All border crossers regardless of their criminal history are pushed through federal district courts rather than through the civil immigration court. One of the unintended consequences is that resources are taken from prosecuting higher-level offenses. In 2009, federal prosecutors in border districts turned away 1,800 drug prosecutions mostly because they did not have enough investigative and prosecutorial resources. We have created an environment where non-violent border crossers are being prioritized over more dangerous criminals like kidnappers, drug smugglers, and others.” In a recent report she found that “between 2002 and 2008, federal magistrate judges along the U.S.-Mexico border saw their misdemeanor immigration caseloads more than quadruple. Criminal prosecutions of petty immigration-related offenses increased by more than 330% in the border district courts, while smuggling and drug trafficking charges were brought less frequently or remained flat.” The panel made the compelling point that “border security first” as a policy choice long ago reached the point of diminishing returns. Reducing illegal immigration will not be accomplished solely by securing the border, but by a coordinated and comprehensive strategy. (see Reality, page 8) PAGE 3 Los electores latinos hicieron su voz contar Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz Los votantes latinos en el sur del Condado de San Diego hicieron escuchar sus voces cuando salieron a las urnas durante las elecciones de esta semana. Aunque el Registro de Votantes del Condado de San Diego no mantiene estadísticas de los electores por grupo étnico ni racial, los puestos de casillas en San Ysidro y Chula Vista mostraban un gran número de personas latinas yendo a votar. Muchos de ellos estaban votando por primera vez, después de hacerse ciudadanos. Otros fueron a las urnas buscando un cambio que mejore sus comunidades. Aún otros dijeron que querían asegurarse de tener un representante que conozca las necesidad de la comunidad latina. Pero para la mayoría, participar en las elecciones era un acto de patriotismo, de ser estadounidenses. “No solo es mi deber, sino que es un privilegio”, dijo Sandy López, una residente de San Ysidro jubilada. López estaba con dos de sus nietos colocando letreros de apoyo para la candidata al Distrito 79 a la Asamblea Estatal, Pearl Quiñones, quien después del conteo del 100 por ciento de las casillas, estaba La asambleísta Mary Salas durante las elecciones. Ella ganó la nominación Democrática para el Senado Estatal, District 40. alrededor de 14 por ciento Diego, estaba en la banqueta detrás de su rival, el regidor de con un letrero a favor del San Diego Ben Hueso. candidato al Distrito 8 del Para Roberto Hernández, Cabildo de San Diego, Felipe otro residente de San Ysidro, Hueso. Para Aparicio, es votar también es un deber. importante que los latinos “Es una responsabilidad que participen, sin importar por tenemos, para tratar de elegir quien voten. al mejor representante”, dijo. “Yo pienso que es imporAna Lucía Guevara acudió tante para tener una buena a las urnas con su hija pequeña. representación en la comuGuevara dijo que quería servir nidad. Es bueno participar en de ejemplo a su hija. los comicios”, dijo. “Voté porque es importante A un lado de Aparicio dos ayudar a la comunidad y que mujeres llevaban letreros a faseamos parte de la toma de vor del otro candidato del decisiones, pero también estoy Distrito 8, David Álvarez. Al alentando a mi hija a que haga cierre de esta edición, Álvarez lo mismo cuando sea adulta”, y Hueso llevaban la delantera dijo. en la contienda. Los dos con Afuera de las casillas había el mayor número de votos se personas con letreros de apoyo volverán a enfrentar en noa sus candidatos. En el San viembre. Ysidro Senior Center, Noé Aparicio, un taxista de San (vea Los Electores, página 8) ¿Es usted elegible para un seguro de automóvil de bajo costo? ¿Califica usted? Los requisitos del programa incluyen: El solicitante debe ser “buen conductor” Tener 19 años o mas Haber tenido la licencia continuamente durante los últimos tres años Ser dueño de un vehículo con valor de $20,000 o menos Cumplir con los requisitos de ingresos ¡Seguro de automóvil por unos $400 al año! Llame hoy sin costo al 1-866-602-8861 o visite www.insurance.ca.gov/lowcost El Programa de Seguro de Automóviles a Bajo Costo de California ofrece cobertura de responsabilidad financiera sólo para autos personales y cumple los requisitos de responsabilidad financiera del Estado. Las primas presentadas en el presente son para cobertura por un año. Hay planes de pago disponibles con el pago inicial a partir del 15%. PAGE 4 JUNE 11, 2010 Community HousingWorks HomeOwnership Center to Use Web Technology to Pre-qualify Homeowners for Loan Modifications – at No Cost The Community HousingWorks HomeOwnership Center (CHWorks), a lifeline for homeowners looking for mortgage relief, announced that they have begun using the CounselorDirect web-based software to streamline their counseling services aimed at homeowners struggling to meet their current mortgage debt obligations. CHWorks, a HUD-approved non-profit counseling organization that has been named by Freddie Mac as a Spotlight Organization for Best Practices in Foreclosure Intervention Counseling, is a chartered NeighborWorks Charter Member. Their team of mortgage and real estate professionals has been using this technology to both speed up the loan modification process and make it easier for homeowners to understand available foreclosure prevention options, including President Obama’s Making Home Affordable Program. Using CounselorDirect, CHWorks is pre-qualifying homeowners and then sending out completed borrower intake packages directly to servicers for faster processing – all at no cost to the homeowner. In addition, the software offers a host of advice and information on the process and timelines for modification or other relief. According to Gabe del Rio, senior vice president of Lending and HomeOwnership for Community HousingWorks, “We expect this technology to completely revolutionize the client intake process that occupies our staff time and can be frustrating for homeowners on tight schedules. By implementing CounselorDirect, we anticipate significant improvements in our productivity, including increases in the number of available counseling sessions and, most importantly, the ability of our clients to complete the process from the comfort of their own home on their own schedule. They still receive feedback and answers every step of the way, along with one-on-one appointments with our certified staff of professionals.” For additional information, homeowners can visit the web site at: www.chwhomeowner ship.org. About Community HousingWorks Since 1982, HUD Approved non-profit housing agency Community HousingWorks has been helping people and neighborhoods move up in the world by providing housing options combined with training and support. CHWorks serves over 17,000 people across San Diego County each year through its affordable rental housing, educational programs, counseling services and homeownership assistance programs & services. Community HousingWorks offers counseling services expressly for the purpose of helping homeowners who are struggling to meet their current mortgage debt obligations. The Foreclosure Intervention Center addresses the needs of these borrowers with a comprehensive line of counseling services, referrals to additional services, and educational workshops designed specifically to help prevent a foreclosure on their home. Homeowners seeking counseling receive one-on-one help resulting in an action plan that may include one of many referrals to outside service providers for pre-bankruptcy counseling, tax assistance, legal remedies, and financial assistance programs. If the action plan calls for a loan modification or forbearance, Loss Mitigation Specialists act as a non-profit advocate to assist the borrower in modifying their existing mortgage. All services of the Foreclosure Intervention Center are FREE to homeowners (thanks to the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program by HUD), with the exception of the costs related to a credit report, in-house copies, and/or a Distressed Neighborhood Report (AVM). More information can be found at: www.chwhome ownership.org and www. chworks.org. Latino Alzheimer’s Community Forum Scheduled for June 19, 2010 SAN YSIDRO, CA – Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to a published report by the National Alzheimer’s Association, are projected to increase more than six-fold among Hispanics in the United during the first half of the 21st Century. Across the nation, this increase means that 1.3 million Hispanics (25 million total Americans) will have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050, compared to 200,000 currently living with the disease. The Latino Alzheimer’s Community Forum will discuss Alzheimer’s Disease and the State’s Alzheimer’s Disease Plan on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at SYHC’s Adult Day Health Center, 3364 Beyer Blvd., San Ysidro from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The forum, coordinated by San Ysidro Health Center and supported by Southern California Care-giver Resource Center, Alzheimer’s Association – San Diego/Imperial Chapter, UCSD Shirley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Casa Familiar and Maxim Companion Services, is designed for people responsible for the care and well being of individuals with Alzheimer’s. 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Estar con ella unos minutos equivale a una hora del tratamiento de spa más sofisticado. Al platicar con sus familiares, también puedo ver que ella les ha contagiado esa actitud. No cabe duda de que el campo, el silencio y la cercanía con la naturaleza dan sabiduría. Esa forma de vida, comparada con la de cualquiera que vive Superintendent Finalist Community Presentation and Interview Scheduled The selection process for a new Superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District is coming to a conclusion. The Board of Education will announce the final three candidates for the position on Tuesday, June 15. These candidates will be invited to participate in a televised interview and presentation to the community at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 17, at the Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St. (92103). This community presentation marks the culmination of a search process. The Board will complete the interview process on June 15 and will announce the top three candidates on that date. The presentations are open to the public and will be webcast as well as telecast live on Cable Channel 16. Please submit your suggested questions through the Superintendent Search website at www. sandi.net/suptsearch or by email to communications@ sandi.net. en una ciudad moderna, es motivo de inspiración, y reflexión. Te permite ver la cantidad de cosas que dejas de disfrutar, de apreciar o de hacer, el espacio te agobia y te limita para vivir plenamente. ¿Cuánto tiempo dedicas realmente a cultivar tu mente, cuerpo y espíritu? ¿Lo has pensado? La mayoría de las personas sólo unos minutos y eso de vez en cuando. Quienes vivimos en las grandes ciudades anhelamos una vida más tranquila y simple para sentir un poco de paz, sin embargo, el ritmo al que se mueve el mundo lo impide. Muchos hemos tratado de encontrarla, equivocadamente, en cosas materiales como el trabajo, el poder económico o la comida, sólo para darnos cuenta de que mientras algunas cosas nos proporcionan placer, también conllevan una buena dosis de preocupación y estrés. Por otro lado, si por fuera las cosas parecen acomodarse, por dentro la búsqueda nunca termina porque la sensación de Gaby Vargas que “algo falta” permanece en el interior. Esto me recuerda una anécdota que ejemplifica a la perfección esta insatisfacción permanente que solemos tener. Durante la visita del Dalai lama a México, la embajada de China se encontraba muy molesta por su presencia y trató de sabotear su visita de varias formas. Es así que en una rueda de prensa, un periodista le preguntó: “Su Santidad, ¿tiene enemigos?”, él hizo una pausa y contestó: “Sí, claro que los tengo”, el reportero esperaba esa línea jugosa, en la que hiciera referencia a la invasión de China en el Tíbet. Y el Dalai Lama continuó: “…los tengo dentro de mí, y todos los días me peleo con ellos. Son mis pensamientos”. Gaby Vargas es la autora de Primero tú: los 7 pasos para verte bien y sentirte mejor (Aguilar 2010) We’re here for YOU So you can be there for THEM Low to no-cost reproductive health services: &HUYLFDOFDQFHUVFUHHQLQJDQG+39YDFFLQH $\HDU¶VVXSSO\RIELUWKFRQWUROLQRQHHDV\YLVLW 7HVWLQJDQGWUHDWPHQWIRU67'V KHDOWKFHQWHUVLQ6DQ'LHJRFRXQW\ WROOIUHH3/$1 ZZZSODQQHGRUJ_Se habla Español LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO JUNE 11, 2010 La fiebre del mundial: que ruede el balón Por Mar Muñoz-Visoso Ocho años atrás, mi esposo se quejaba de que necesitábamos una nueva televisión. El viejo televisor con pantalla de 19 pulgadas que yo había traído conmigo unos años antes, comenzó misteriosamente a tener problemas justo cuando el Mundial de Korea/Japón 2002 apenas comenzaba. El drama se convirtió en comedia cuando también empezó a ponerse sus lentes para lectura, los cuales raramente usa, porque según él “no podía leer” los resultados. Por supuesto, un par de días después fuimos a la tienda y regresamos a casa con una pantalla de 32 pulgadas en marco plateado— todavía de las de monitor abultado, pues las de pantalla plana estaban fuera del alcance de la mayoría de los mortales. Durante las siguientes tres semanas no hubo nada más que ver en la tele. Pues bien, la fiebre del mundial llegó de nuevo y el hombre ya comenzó a dar lata de nuevo, aunque esta vez tendrá que conformarse con la televisión que tenemos. El fútbol/soccer tiene algo especial. Es interesante ver como un fan relativamente “poco practicante”, que sigue los resultados pero ve sólo algunos partidos de vez en cuando, puede volverse un fanático tal cada cuatro años. Y no está sólo. En un espíritu filial y de lealtades compartidas; me acabo de enterar que la semana pasada le envió a su mamá su playera tricolor oficial —para que ella pueda animar apropiadamente al equipo mexicano—después de que ésta se quejara de que “a tu papá le diste la suya pero a mí nunca me regalaste una”. Normalmente una mujer recatada y dedicada a su familia, está lista ahora para los “gritos y llantos” que acompañan al mundial, ¡tan emocionada que es difícil reconocerla! Mientras tanto, mi marido alberga la esperanza de agenciarse la nueva edición de “la roja” (la camiseta oficial de España) ya que pasaremos buena parte del mundial en la “madre patria”. Por supuesto, los niños deben irle a Estados Unidos—ya los tiene aleccionados—mientras que la mamá (una servidora), pragmática como es, decidirá sobre la marcha a quién le va. Comprendí hace bastante tiempo que no hay forma de escapar la fiebre mundialista a ambos lados del Atlántico, así que más vale aprender a disfrutarla cada uno a su manera. La revista Time probablemente acertó cuando en su portada del 14 de junio califica al fútbol como “el juego global”. Realmente lo es. Aunque aquí se le llama soccer, el resto del mundo lo conoce como fútbol (o football en inglés). Sus reglas simples y su accesibilidad hacen fácil que se pueda jugar en cualquier lugar y casi por cualquier persona. Durante la Copa Mundial, las tensiones nacionales se suavizan, los orgullos nacionales emergen sin disimulos y, conforme los equipos van siendo eliminados, las lealtades se transfieren: a veces al siguiente mejor equipo en tu continente, a veces al equipo de tu jugador favorito. Cualquier persona en Japón, Camerún o México, y cada vez más en Estados Unidos, sabe exactamente quién es David Villa, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo o Samuel Eto’o. Incluso aquellos que odian el fútbol conceden que no hay tiempo para aburrirse durante la Copa Mundial. El espectáculo está en las gradas y afuera del estadio tanto como en el campo de juego. Se trata de una gran oportunidad para demostrar tanto el espíritu deportivo como la habilidad técnica y, para los seguidores, es una ocasión para divertirse y disfrutar con gente de todas partes del mundo. El mundial también es escenario propicio para testimonios de impacto. FIFA, la agencia internacional que regula el fútbol, usará la ocasión para promover el lema humanitario: “Una meta, educación para todos.” Pero hay otros ejemplos. Numerosos jugadores hacen la señal de la cruz al entrar al terreno de juego, pidiendo a Dios un buen partido o cuando menos que no sufran lesiones importantes. Algunos también apuntan al cielo o se santiguan cuando marcan un gol, bien para dedicárselo a Dios o para dar gracias por el favor recibido. En algunos casos es un movimiento calculado. En otros, una simple expresión de agradecimiento demostrado públicamente. De cualquier manera, estos gestos se convierten en poderosos testimonios que nos recuerdan que también nosotros debemos ser agradecidos, y menos tímidos al expresar nuestra fe. Por cierto, hablando de esto, conozco a unos cuantos párrocos, ellos mismos forofos del fútbol, que estarán rezando para que durante la fiebre mundialista la gente no se olvide de asistir a la misa dominical. “Primero la obligación y luego la devoción” dice un viejo refrán castellano. ¿O funciona al revés en este caso? En fin, los mejores deseos para la primera Copa Mundial celebrada en el continente africano. Que Sudáfrica y toda el África emerjan de ella como el “continente de la esperanza”, como muchos lo califican. ¡Arriba Sudáfrica! Y que gane el mejor equipo. Antes de salir a carretera este verano, asegúrese de tener cobertura aumenten con el incremento en el desempleo. Muchos conductores pueden pagar el programa de Seguro de Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado de California, un programa patrocinado por el estado para californianos con dificultades económicas y con buenos antecedentes de manejo, y ofrecen opciones de pago. De hecho, los pagos mensuales cuestan casi lo mismo que una entrada al cine. Y en muchas áreas de California, el programa cuesta unos $400 al año, lo cual lo hace todavía más accesible. Y es fácil cumplir con los requisitos, entre los que se incluyen: • El solicitante debe ser “buen conductor”. No tener más de un accidente con daños a la propiedad solamente en el cual fue responsable, y no tener más de un punto por una infracción en un vehículo en movimiento en los últimos tres años. • El solicitante debe tener al menos 19 años de edad o más y debe haber tenido una licencia continuamente durante los últimos tres años. World Cup Fever: Let the ball role By Mar Muñoz-Visoso Eight years ago my husband complained that we needed a new television set. The old 19inch screen I brought along a few years earlier mysteriously started to have problems just as the Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup was unfolding. Drama turned into comedy when he also started wearing his reading glasses, which he very seldom uses, because he “couldn’t read” the scores. Needless to say, a couple of days later we went to the store and came back with a silver colored 32" — still the old fat monitor since flat-screens were then out of reach for most mortals. For the following three weeks there was nothing else to be seen on TV. We’ll, he is at it again. World Cup fever is back — though this time the existing screen will have to do! There is something special about soccer/football. It is interesting how a mostly nonpracticing soccer fan who follows scores and watches a game every now and then, can turn into such a fanatic every four years. And he is not alone. In the spirit of filial love and shared allegiances, I just got wind that last week he mailed his “playera tricolor” (the Mexican’s team jersey) to his mom —so she can properly root for Mexico— after she complained that “you got one to your dad but you never gave me one.” An otherwise subdued and devoted family woman, she is now gearing up for the “cheers and tears” of the World Cup, so excited one can hardly recognize her! Meanwhile my husband hopes to get a new edition of Mar Muñoz-Visoso es subdirectora “la roja” (Spain’s red shirt), de prensa y medios en la Confere- while we are in “la madre ncia de Obispos Católicos de Estados patria” (“the motherland”) Unidos this summer during most of the ¿Piensa que no puede pagar un seguro de automóvil? Piénselo de nuevo. SACRAMENTO, CA – El Departamento de Seguros de California (CDI) tiene un recordatorio oportuno para los conductores durante esta temporada más cálida cuando los californianos salen de vacaciones: el estado de California ofrece un programa de seguro accesible, para que todos los automovilistas que califiquen puedan manejar con confianza. “El Programa de Seguro de Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado de California le ofrece el seguro de responsabilidad que requiere la ley, para que usted y su familia tengan cobertura para la próxima temporada de vacaciones”, comentó el comisionado Steve Poizner. “La situación económica es difícil, pero este programa es accesible y puede ser lo más adecuado para usted. Con el Programa de Seguro de Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado de California, puede llegar a su destino de manera segura y legal”. Actualmente, dieciocho por ciento de los conductores de California no tienen seguro, y se espera que las cifras PAGE 5 • No ser responsable de ningún accidente que resultó en lesiones corporales o muerte en los últimos tres años y no tener ninguna condena de delito grave o delito menor del Código de Vehículos. • La familia cumple con los límites de elegibilidad de ingresos de $27,075 para una sola persona, $36,425 para dos personas y $55,125 para una familia de cuatro. • El valor del vehículo asegurado no debe ser mayor de $20,000. Aunque los beneficios económicos son sustanciales y hay más conductores elegibles, el CDI también quiere recordarles a los conductores que tienen que tener seguro. Es la ley. Manejar sin seguro puede resultar en licencia suspendida, auto confiscado o una multa. No vale la pena arriesgarse. Si desea saber si califica para el Programa de Seguro de Auto a Bajo Costo del Estado de California, visite www. insurance.ca.gov/ LOWCOST, o llame al (866) 60-AUTO-1 (866-6028861). Cup. The children, of course, must root for the U.S. team, he has admonish them; while mom (yours truly), practical as she is, will bestow allegiances as events develop and matches emerge. A long time ago I learned it is almost impossible to escape World Cup fever on either side of the Atlantic, so you better learn to enjoy it your way… Time magazine probably has it right when its June 14 cover calls soccer “the global game.” It truly is so. Known as “football” anywhere else in the world, its simple rules and accessibility make it easy to play anywhere by almost anyone. During the World Cup, national tensions ease, national pride emerges unabashed and, as teams get eliminated, allegiances get shifted: sometimes to the next best team in your continent, sometimes to your favorite player’s team. People in Japan, Cameroun or Mexico, and more and more in the U.S., know exactly who David Villa, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Samuel Eto’o are. Even those who hate football note that there is no boring game during the World Cup. The show goes on as much in the bleachers and outside the stadium as it does on the field. It is a great opportunity to showcase sportsmanship and technical ability and, for the fans, to have fun with people from all over the world. It is also a great stage to make a statement. FIFA, the interna- tional agency regulating soccer, will do so with this Cup’s humanitarian theme: “One goal, education for all.” There are other examples. For instance, there is no shortage of players who make the sign of the cross as they enter the field, praying for a good game and hopefully no serious injuries. Some also point to heaven when they score to dedicate it to God or cross themselves in thanksgiving for the favor received. For some it is a calculated move. Others are simply grateful and like to show it in public. Whichever the case, it is always a powerful testimony that reminds us we too are called to be grateful and not shy about our faith. Speaking of which, I know a few pastors, big soccer fans themselves, who will be praying that during World Cup fever people don’t give up attending Mass on Sunday. “Primero la obligación y luego la devoción” (obligation first, then devotion) an old Spanish adage says. Or does it work in reverse in this case? At any rate, all the best wishes for the first World Cup played in the African continent. May South Africa and all of Africa emerge from it as the continent of hope many say it is. Arriba Sudáfrica! And let the best team win. Mar Muñoz-Visoso is assistant director of Media Relations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ARE YOU DROWNING IN DEBT? 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City councils, Assembly and Senate Seats in San Diego County were the bastion of the white community, along with school boards and all other elected positions. Those days are long gone! Through the years we would congratulate those Hispanics who tried, often failing, and the few winners. We could identify the winning individuals up and down the state in this short editorial space. Today there are so many Hispanics running and winning we don’t have the space to identify all of them. As the Hispanic community matures the candidates are maturing and the politics are changing. Years ago to win a race you had to look to the status quo for support and money, and do your best to distance yourself from Chicano politics, promising to support the status quo. It wasn’t so long ago when one time Chicano activists and Chicano on Committee Rights (CCR) member Ralph Inzunza, Sr., whitewashed his resume to eliminate his association with the CCR. Today candidates no longer have to go the whitewash process in order to win. David Alvarez in District 8 for San Diego City council is a good example. Juan del Rio who ran for County Supervisor proudly displayed his association with the Chicano movement, is another example. The apparent victory of Mary Salas over Juan Vargas (the margin had dwindled to 336 votes when this editorial was written) is another example of past political strategy no longer a win- ning formula. In the Salas/Vargas race it was also a vote against dirty politics which is equally gratifying. The voters this election have changed “politics as usual” by voting for term limits for the County Board of Supervisors, which will soon become the last all white board in the county. And with the passage of Proposition 14 which allows for an open primary is a statement by the voters that they are sick and tired of partisan politics and are willing to change the established election process for an opportunity to change the way they do things in Sacramento. Grassroots efforts more than anything else carried the day, again the Alvarez campaign for district 8 was a strong grassroots effort as was the effort put forth by Jill Galvez who despite big money against her campaign was able to outperform the other candidates. At the time of this writing looks like she will be in the runoff for Chula Vista council seat #2. While the number of Hispanic candidates has grown to reflect the community, the one area that is still falling behind is the Hispanic voter turnout. Voter turnout in general was poor in San Diego County with only 26% of the registered voters, voting. Historically Hispanics have stayed away from the Polls and the assumption continues with the low turnout numbers that Hispanics continued the trend of not voting. Until the Hispanic community starts to vote in numbers that reflect their population, there will not be accountability from elected officials. Without accountability, we will continue to see the type of actions we have all seen recently take place in Arizona where elected officials vote for anti-Hispanic legislation. No on Crash Tax in Chula Vista By Ed Herrera vices fees are currently attached to motor vehicle registrations, traffic citations, and other vehicle-related programs. Furthermore, many municipalities including the City of Chula Vista calculates its tax structure based on the services provided, thus adding charge backs as a source of revenue is a form of double taxation. In other words, the accident response fees levied by local governments to taxpayers amount to nothing more than additional “back door” taxes. Let us assume that we are O.K. with that. As written, funds collected through the crash tax are not earmarked and can be misallocated—it happens, often. The bottom line—no guarantees that tax dollars will be used appropriately. Therefore, not only is it irresponsible, it sets a dangerous precedent in which other city departments will most assuredly follow by proposing and enacting additional layers of “fees” passing on the burden to taxpayers rather than make necessary adjustments to its budgetary spending priorities. O.K. it is bad public policy. What about insurance? Here’s what’s going on. In last few years third party cost recovery vendors (Fire Recovery USA, LLC for example) have gone out and marketed to municipalities and public agencies such as the City of Chula Vista, raking in an average of 10-15% commission, 17% in the case of Chula Vista if approved. These third party cost recovery vendors are telling agencies and thereby, residents: “It’s O.K. We’ll just bill their insurance. It was their fault they caused the accident. It’s a Win-Win.” The fact is many insurance policies do not cover these fees and the cost is passed back down to the driver. And what about uninsured drivers? They get a pass. This sends a bad message: “Don’t follow the law and get away with it.” If residents allow this dangerous trend in the region of passing so dubbed “emergency services recovery fees”, insurance rates will most assuredly increase in order to adopt coverage. It’s clear: the proposed crash tax/ “emergency services cost recovery fee” in the City of Chula Vista is just bad public policy. As municipal government and public agency budgets continue to feel the ripple effect of the nation-wide recession, we have begun to observe one of either or a combination of reforms, budget cuts, increased scrutiny of wasteful spending followed immediately by an action plan, or some simply refuse to make reforms and/or adopt aggressive economic development strategies opting for new taxes/fees or tax increases to cope. While deep budgetary cuts have been made, many reforms which have been advocated since beginning of the recession have yet to be made at city hall. Even so, city politicians pushed against public opposition to increasing the cost of living by spending $255,000 to place a flawed, misguided tax increase on the 2009 ballot and another $19,800 in taxpayer dollars to conduct non-publicized phone survey. The tax increase would be defeated by a whopping 68 percent of voters. Fast-forward a year to the date of defeat of the tax increase. Enter the “Emergency Services Cost Recovery Fee” or more accurately, the Crash/Accident Tax—rendered for costs of services at the scene of an accident where liquid is spilt (hazardous waste). The fees would range from $435 up to $2,100 and would be collected (billed to the “at fault” driver’s insurance agency by a third party vendor cost recovery fee collection LLC (Fire Recovery USA). The sliding scale would be adjusted based on the severity of the accident and services utilized such as traffic control, body extraction, and helicopter assistance. The “Emergency Services Cost Recovery Fee “ first appeared on the City’s May 4, 2010, but was pulled at the very last minute. Incidentally, the very same crash tax was being proposed on the same day as the meeting of the National City Council. Now the crash tax is back and is being recommended for approval at the June 15, 2010 meeting of the Chula Vista City Council. There are several problems. First and most importantly, Chula Vista taxpayers already pay Ed Herrera is President of the Chula Vista Civic Assofor these services. The property and local in- ciation and CEO of the San Diego South County Chamcome taxes that help pay for first-responder ser- ber of Commerce. A New Birth of Freedom Juneteenth: Another Independence Day By Andy Porras Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that called for America to abolish slavery, Texas “masters” were still calling other human beings “property.” It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and some 1,800 of his Union Army soldiers came ashore in Galveston Island that changed Texas history once more. With him came the news that the U.S. Civil War had ended and all enslaved persons were to be set free. “For ‘various reasons’ the decree had not yet taken effect in Texas,” is what Texas History teachers tell youngsters. Officially, Gen. Granger read “General Order No. 3” to the folks from the balcony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free,” began Gen. Granger. “This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborers; the freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages and they are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.” Not exactly a resounding “Welcome to a Free America” - spill, but the one word these enslaved men, women and children waited to hear for so many decades finally rang out in the Texas seaport . . . f-r-e-e! For them, President Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address finally had meaning, specifically his line, “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.” They realized that he referred to their freedom, Black Freedom. Historians note that in the evening following the good general’s arrival and his unexpected words of a freedom promised, thousands of people in Galveston celebrated their freedom with dancing, singing, and feasting. What a sight it must have been. It was probably like Mardi Gras I. On some plantations, many slaves left immediately after hearing of the emancipation, even if their former owners offered to hire them and actually pay them some kind of wages. To add insult to injury, the early Texas media weighed in with pro-slavery editorials. Throughout that summer, many East Texas newspapers continued to advise slave holders to oppose ratification of the 13th Amendment (which abolished slavery), in hopes that emancipation might be implemented little by little, slowly. As it was, many slave owners did not free their slaves until late in 1865, disobeying the President’s orders completely. Much like the words in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the hundreds of worthless Indian Treaties, much was lost in the translation. Why did so much time pass before Texas officially let more than 250,000 slaves go free? Did the Emancipation Proclamation have little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive order? That’s one answer White Historians have been able to come up with, thus with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance. However that reply has several gaps ac- cording to some African-American Historians who are quick to point out that it took two and a half years before the arrival of such important news. They claim that oral accounts have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story (many Americans who saw ‘Roots’ on TV may recall it) of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another, is that the news was deliberately withheld by the slave masters to maintain the labor force on the plantations. And still another, is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All or neither could be true and for whatever the reason, conditions in Texas remained status quo well beyond what was statutory. Juneteenth celebrations in Texas began shortly following General Granger’s proclamation on the Texas Coast and continued for decades. Later, the tradition spread to bordering Southern states like Arkansas and Louisiana, as migrating African-Americans left Texas. Juneteenth reached as far as California and this year marks the 60th Annual San Francisco Juneteenth Festival, the largest gathering of African-Americans in northern California. Organization leaders call it It “ the most respected brand name among the more than 440,000 black households in the Bay Area because of the historical significance of the observance and the traditions that have been developed locally.” In the early 1950s, Dr. Wesley Johnson Sr. then owner of The Texas Playhouse on Fillmore Street invited all Bay Area AfricanAmericans to come join the “June 19th” celebration at his well-known Fillmore street cocktail lounge. The celebration expanded outside his doors to the point that Johnson along with local community and business leaders, led a parade down Fillmore street. Dr. Johnson and former California Speaker of the Assembly and San Francisco Mayor, Willie L. Brown Jr., both native Texans, were at the front of the procession on white horses sporting Texas-style Stetsons. The crowds celebrated their new found freedom that African-Americans received in San Francisco from a segregated Southwest, which was as important an expression as the original celebration of emancipation. The San Francisco Juneteenth Festival is the oldest and largest Juneteenth Celebration outside of Texas. Texas state legislator Al Edwards in 1979 introduced a bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday and was successful in the bill becoming law. Later, then Senator Barack Obama, cosponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Currently there is a movement to push Congress to make it a national celebration. In recognizing the history of American freedom, its advocates say, Juneteenth is as deserving of recognition as Independence Day. “We may have gotten there in different ways and at different times,” said Brown. “But you can’t really celebrate freedom in America by just going with the Fourth of July.” Today 36 states recognize Juneteenth as a legitimate state holiday. No, Arizona is not one of them. Porras, from Sacamento, is in Houston presently. Close by is Galveston, site of Juneteenth origin. Find this story online at www.latinola.com/story.php?story=8678 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO JUNE 11, 2010 Commentary/Opinion Page An Open Letter to National City (Mayor Morrison and City Council contracting with Arizona Company) By Herman Baca, CCR President Facing a $7 million deficit, National City’s (NC) Mayor Ron Morrison and his go along City Council members (Alexandra Sotelo-Solis, Rosalie Zarate and Jess Van Deventer) are currently reviewing a proposal to “photo-enforce 5 intersections,” in the city. Supposedly to “increase safety,” which has to be the joke of the year. If approved the fine for the infraction will be $485, and NC and the contracted moneymaking company will split the fine. On top of this, Mayor Morrison and the council have approved an ordinance (contracting with a private company) that requires out of town motorists who get into accidents in NC to pay for rescuers services i.e. police and firemen. The city proposed per hour charges/fees ranging from $250 for setting up a command post, to $5900 for hazardous materials incident? With out of town shoppers paying 75% of NC sales tax (city’s fact sheet), and NC facing a $7 million deficit the question is; why would any out of town shopper in their right mind shop in NC? Fact, NC’s majority population is over 68% persons of Mexican ancestry and 10% Anglo and economically the poorest city in San Diego County. What is incredulous and disturbing with Mayor Morrison’s (councilpersons Solis or Zarate have not said one word) and the city council’s “photoenforce 5 intersections,” study is that the city has proceeded to add insult to injury to NC’s majority Mexican ancestry population by entering into negotiations with a Arizona based Company…Redflex Traffic System! This after numerous counties’, cities’ and organizations in CA voted to BOYCOTT ARIZONA (NAZIZONA) for approving the race baiting anti-Mexican racist SB 1070. Unfortunately, NC under the Morrison’s administration has a history of fleecing its poor residents. Recent examples of NC’s poor residents being fleeced include the following: 1. Raising NC’s sales tax to 9 ¾% one of the highest in CA, 2. Illegally charging $10.50 “administrative fee” to over 3200 businesses, 3. Illegally charging $68.00 yearly fee for rental housing inspections and, 4. Placing Escondido type DUI check point (targeting unlicensed drivers i.e. Mexicans) at the entrance of the Mile, now the ½ mile of Cars to split revenue with contracted towing companies In the past other fleecing proposals have included: · Increasing salaries for themselves by 18% for attending 2 meetings a month, and $20,000 bonuses for top management, · Raising sewer rates and placing them on homeowner’s yearly property taxes, · Approving “sweetheart city’s pension fund,” allowing city employees to collect 90% of their salary after 30 years employment, with minimal contributions made from most employees, · Squandering $50,000 a year since 2002 on a bogus police controlled commission, As the local newspaper stated (2-17-10) “Never underestimate just how creative municipal governments can be when it comes to finding new ways to generate revenue.” In essence the “photo enforcement” proposal in reality is nothing but the latest political ruse to tax the poorest residents of SD County due to the escalating budget crisis. According to Mayor Morrison the “photo enforcement at 5 intersections” is for “safety reasons,” but in realty the real reason is to raise revenue to address the city’s $7 million deficit. Unbelievably, Mayor Morrison and the city council’s mismanagement have caused the $7 million dollar deficit, even after the passage of the 9 3/4% sales tax. The tax has proven to be a colossal failure because of incompetence, malfeasance and arrogant disregard for the will of the people by the Morrison administration. The question for Mayor Morrison and city council members is, if the issue is safety on the red lights being installed, why hasn’t the city used its own tax collected monies, instead of outsourcing the red lights? In closing, the political issue to be addressed in NC’s upcoming November elections, (since the anti-Mexican race baiting and scapegoat SB 1070 is not going to go away) will be; what are Mayor Morrison and city council members going to do about doing business with a company from the state of NAZIZONA? The community awaits your response. Gulf Oil Disaster Calls For Sustainable Transportation Revolution By Dennis Markatos-Soriano make up but 1 percent of the population. We need to make more of the route greenways and bike lanes so that the ECG is safe and accessible to all Americans. We estimate that this effort will cost around $500 million during the next several years, a sum that seems large when compared to our own bank accounts. But $500 million to upgrade 2,250 miles is only a fifth of the cost of a recent I-95 bridge over the Potomac that only stretches a few miles. And the figure is less than a tenth of the $5.6 billion in profits that BP just reported from last quarter alone. Other oil companies such as Exxon, Shell, and Chevron celebrated similar profits last quarter above $4 billion. And $500 million over five years would equal about .1 percent of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) annual budget, even though the East Coast Greenway could serve as much as 10 percent of the country’s population (30 million people live in counties the ECG connects). The DOT has begun to invest in the ECG with more than $30 million in stimulus funding allocated so far. These outlays are supporting and creating several hundred construction jobs and they complete important ECG segments that will benefit the public for generations to come. Cars and trucks, along with trains and planes, will still be useful for quick, long trips to visit family and carry freight. But for daily commutes and to experience America, its awe-inspiring natural and urban landscapes, there is no better vehicle than the bicycle. Biking and walking can increase in share from 8 percent of trips nationwide to more than 30 percent, a percentage similar to that in many European nations. Some might say electric vehicles are the answer to over-dependence on oil. But bicycles and sneakers are lower cost tools that also solve the obesity epidemic in the same fell swoop. And bicycles don’t rely on polluting coal plants for their fuel like much of today’s electric grid. We all want clean air. We want good exercise. We want to move away from fossil fuels that kill fellow Americans and wildlife. So, federal, state and local leaders — let’s invest in the East Coast Greenway as catalyst for a nationwide bicycle network. We can even chant “Pedal, Baby, Pedal!” along the way. The oil drilling explosion that killed 11 people on April 20th and the spill now killing massive amounts of wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico is a sign. It’s a sign of how bad our nation’s oil addiction has gotten and of how much we need to launch a sustainable energy revolution. Eisenhower 2.0 Eisenhower built our interstate highway system in the 1950s, before we fully understood that burning oil for everyday transport would be so harmful. Spills kill wildlife in places like Valdez and now the Gulf, an inordinate reliance on driving increases asthma rates in our cities from Los Angeles to Charlotte, N.C., and even our Earth is heated by combustion’s greenhouse gas emissions. But now we know. And it’s time to act accordingly. It’s time to build an Eisenhower 2.0 of bicycle networks across our country. Weaning our nation off of foreign oil dependence won’t happen by pretending offshore oil drilling is safe — look where that got us. The effort will necessitate reducing our demand for oil. Federal policymakers have increased fuel economy standards, which is a step in the right direction. But we need to build infrastructure completely free of oil dependence, infrastructure that provides safe and accessible routes for people to walk and bike for everyday work and school commutes. I was glad to hear that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is open to giving bicyclists and walkers a seat at the transportation table. Now the oil spill couldn’t be a clearer call for quick action. We need to fast-track completion of the National Bicycle Route Network. The first main corridor, the East Coast Greenway, is already nearing completion. This most-developed, long-distance route in the country connects cities from Key West, Fla., to the Maine border with Canada. Three thousand miles long, it’s fully mapped out with directions available online at http:// greenway.org. The East Coast Greenway (ECG) serves tens of thousands of cyclists, from local daily commuters in New York City along the Hudson River to travelers who take the endto-end trip for vacations. The route is 25 percent multi-use greenway (separated from car traffic) and 75 percent on the safest roads we could find. While experienced cyclists feel comfortable Markatos-Soriano is executive director of on most of the ECG route, experienced cyclists the East Coast Greenway Alliance. PAGE 7 La Multas por Hablar por Celular Cuando Maneja su Automóvil y Bicicleta Podrían Aumentar Por Evelyn Pineda and Marvin F. Pineda el texto de su celular cuando esté manejando. Por la segunda ofensa, la multa aumentaría de Las multas por usar el celular sin una pieza $50 a $100 dólares. de oído cuando este manejando aumentarían SB 1475 requeriría que personas que bajo la propuesta SB 1475 que fue aprobada manejen una bicicleta usen una pieza de oído por el senado de California el 3 de Junio del cuando usen su celular o y que les prohibiría 2010. usar el texto de su celular. La multa por la Bajo la ley de California, es una infracción primera infracción para bicicletitas sería $20 cuando una persona que esté manejando un y $50 por la segunda infracción. vehículo use un celular de teléfono sin un La medida fue introducida por el senador aparato de oído. Una persona menor de 18 Simitian para prevenir distracciones cuando años no puede usar, hay algunas excepciones, las personas estén manejando. El senador un celular aunque tenga un aparato de oído. Simitian indica que las leyes que prohíben a La ley también prohíbe a una persona que esté conductores el hablar por celular sin una pieza usando el texto de su celular mientras está de oído serían más eficaces si hay penas más manejando un automóvil. fuertes. La primera ofensa por manejar y hablar por SB 1475 ahora se encuentra en la Cámara celular sin la pieza de oído es $20. Por la Baja. segunda ofensa, la multa es $50. Igualmente, una persona que esté usando el texto de su Marvin F. Pineda es estudiante de UC Davis celular recibe una multa de $20 por la primera Law school. Evelyn Pineda es estudiante de la University of Southern California Davis ofensa y $50 por la segunda ofensa. La medida SB 1475 aumentaría la multa de School of Gerontology. Puede contactarlos al $20 a $50 dólares por la primera ofensa por escribirles a marvin.evelynpineda@ usar el celular sin la pieza de oído o por usar yahoo.com ¡ASK A MEXICAN! in carbs—but every time I go SPECIAL SUMMER EDICIÓN to a real Mexican place (the kind Dear Mexican: I worked a summer job where Mexicans during college in southern Arizona during are actually customers and not the late 1960s, where most of my cocooks), the only workers were Mexicans from the state of Sonora. Their favorite expression people eating when something was broken was no vale them are Coronaslamming, 250-pound bruisers in trucker verga, literally “Not worth dick,” but actually meaning “totally f..ked up.” caps and wife-beaters. I’ve never seen a What happened with this expression? 40 woman eat one of those amazing-looking seafood cocktails. Why? My main years later when I use it around Mexicans living in Southern California, question for you is this: would it be a or in Mexico, they look at me like I am a major faux pas/potential threat to someone’s masculinity for me to order gabacho tonto. Pregunta: was this expression limited to a northern Mexico one of these? La Chinita dialect, or simply a colloquialism that went away with the hula hoop? Dear Chinita: No, seafood consumption Gabacho Confundido in Mexico is enjoyed by men and women alike, but the place you’re referring to is a Dear Confused Gabacho: No, vale specific genre in Mexican restaurants in los verga is still very much around, and you Estados Unidos: the mariscos joint, where forgot to mention its noun use to denote someone who is a valeverga—who doesn’t women usually exist only as servers with toogive a shit about anything. I’ll admit that vale low blouses and too-high skirts, and the men are there to slurp down food and knock back verga isn’t as popular as you might remember it, but only because it’s in a curious beers while ogling said servers at all times. Women are allowed as customers, and you realm of the Mexican Spanish vulgarity won’t get too many stares if you enjoy dinner galaxy. Por one, vale verga’s interjectional here, but such a mariscos place is the meaning is overshadowed by its synonym, domain of men, just like certain types of vale madre (“worth mother”), because restaurants in other immigrant communities Mexicans have an Oedipal complex that (Vietnamese coffee shops, Middle Eastern would’ve made Freud forsake cocaine in hookah lounges) play the same role. But stay favor of mescal. And the use of the penis as away from seafood for a while—or at least the object of ridicule in Mexican Spanish make sure that shrimp you eat comes from slang is very rare; la verga is more the Pacific and not the pinche Golfo… commonly the object used by the insulter to harass the insultee—witness “Chupa verga” Why do Mexicans swim in the ocean (“Go suck d..k”), mamón (“c..ksucker,” and with their clothes on? I mean, denim?! not the delicious Filipino sponge cake), or Vicente Fox’s Mustache “(Object of derision) pela” (Object of derision peels back the foreskin of a penis so Dear Pochos: This is by far the mosthe can chupar verga). Contrast the status of asked question in ¡Ask a Mexican! history. penis in Mexican Spanish cussing, for So, to todos ustedes, I have my own instance, with that of the boys below— question: Are you all brown-and-chubby huevón (“big-balled”) signifies a lazy chasers? Like gabachos, an alarming number mamón. And, since we’re on the topic of of Mexicans are out of shape. According to a cussing and you mentioned Arizona, I’d be 2003 study by the Organization for Economic derelict in my duties if I didn’t urge all of Cooperation and Development, 24 percent ustedes to repeat after me: ¡A LA of Mexico’s population is overweight. That’s CHINGADA CON ARPAYASO! the second-highest obesity rate in the world, following—wait for it—¡los Estados For a summer, I lived with a halfMexican, half-Irish kid whose Mom (the Unidos! (The Mexican’s present-day note: A 2008 study found the same results. I’d Mexican side) went lesbian after his cite the exact survey, but here comes la birth. This family taught me to drink migra—gotta run!) Unlike gabachos, tequila and got me laid for the first time Mexicans respect the public when it comes to by white women. I am part-Native flashing our flabby chichis, pompis, and American and Jewish. Am I officially cerveza guts—so when we’re out near the Mexican for this? If so, am I the most pool or by the beach, we cover up. It ain’t oppressed person in America? Looking for My Place in Line Catholicism, machismo, or an homage to our swim across the Rio Grande: It’s just good Dear Injun Heeb: No for the first part; if manners. by “oppressed,” you meant “pendejo,” then Ask the Mexican at themexican@ yes on the latter! askamexican.net, be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter or ask Mexican seafood cocktails look like the perfect summer lunch for a girly girl him a video question at youtube.com/ like me—cool, light, high in protein, low askamexicano! By Gustavo Arellano PAGE 8 JUNE 11, 2010 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Oliver Stone Documentary ‘South of the Border’ Cheered by Sensacional Concierto en Tijuana de las Extraordinarias Thousands at Cochabamba, Bolivia Premiere Jazzistas Iraida Noriega y Leika Mochan Por: Paco Zavala Oliver Stone (right) and Boliva President Evo Morales (wearing flower wreaths) in El Coliseo La coronilla preview the film ‘South of the Border.’ Oliver Stone’s new documentary, South of the Border, premiered last night at El Coliseo La Coronilla, one of Bolivia’s largest indoor sports stadiums, in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. President Evo Morales attended premiere, which attracted more than six thousand people, along with the Mayor of Cochabamba, who presented Stone with the key to the city. The Cochabamba premiere followed a series of other premieres for the film in Spain and South America attended by the presidents/prime ministers of Ecuador, Paraguay, Haiti and Venezuela. The film will be released across South America in June and nationwide in the U.S. by Cinema Libre Studio starting June 25. “I don’t think in my entire career in cinema I’ve seen a crowd so big to see a movie of mine,” Stone told the audience in Cochabamba. “I’m honored to bring this film to Cochabamba.” Philippe Diaz, founder of Cinema Libre Studio, added: “We are thrilled by the extraor- dinarily warm welcome South of the Border has received in Bolivia and throughout South America. This film is a testament to the power of cinema to transcend political and cultural barriers while attracting a whole new international movie audience.” South of the Border chronicles Stone’s travels to South America in the winter of 2009 and tells the story of the rise to power of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and other South American presidents responsible for sweeping changes in the region. The film features intimate conversations with Chávez, Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and exPresident Néstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba). Directed by the three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK), the film has been produced by Fernando Sulichin, Rob Wilson and Jose Ibanez, and Executive Produced by Chris Hanley. Tariq Ali, historian and author of Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope, serves as screenwriter with Mark Weisbrot, codirector of the Center of Economic Policy and Research in D.C. The film will be distributed by Pampa Films in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Chile; Europa Filmes in Brazil; and Raul Chamorro in Venezuela. It will be released by Dogwoof in the U.K. on July 30. About Cinema Libre Studio Cinema Libre Studio has been a leader in the distribution of social issue and political films that tackle timely issues. The company is a haven for independent filmmakers offering one-stop shopping for production through distribution. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company is best known for distributing award-winning films that include: Outfoxed, Uncovered: The War on Iraq, Participant Media’s Angels In The Dust, and The End of Poverty?. Latino voters work right away on getting good paying jobs for our community, access to quality affordable healthcare, and greater funding for education. With the economic climate in California, we can ill afford a protracted and expensive process that will end once again with my victory.” Seiler encouraged Latinos to always get involved and go out and vote during elections. “It’s important for Latinos voters to participate because we have a heavy concentration of Latinos in San Diego County,” she said. “It’s important to make their voices heard and represented.” For Herman Baca, president of the Committee on Chicano Rights, the results of this elections “are a disaster for our community.” “I wouldn’t give five pesos for all the Latino candidates. We do not have the infrastructure to sustain any political activity,” he said. “We have no political representation. We can’t even make our so called Latino politicians accountable. Is not a matter of registering people, but you also have to educate them, politicize them, help them understand what their interests are.” About Latino candidates, Baca said that “what we have is a personality contest. None of them deliver.” candidatos latinos más mencionadas estaba la del Distrito 40 del Senado Estatal. La Asambleista Mary Salas llevaba la delantera después del conteo de las casillas sobre su rival, Juan Vargas. “Estoy muy agradecida con el apoyo que recibí de los votantes del Distrito 40”, dijo Salas un día después de las elecciones. “Ahora es tiempo de prepararnos para gobernar”. Para Herman Baca, presidente del Committee on Chicano Rights, los resultados en estas contiendas “son un desastre para nuestra comunidad”. “Yo no daría ni cinco pesos por todos los candidatos latinos juntos”, dijo. “No tenemos representación política. Tenemos que educar a nuestra gente y que se involucre y aprenda acerca de los verdaderos problemas”. (con’t from page 1) they were voting for. “I think it’s important to have good representation. It’s good to get involved,” he said. Next to Aparicio were two women with signs in favor of District 8 candidate David Alvarez. At press time, Alvarez and Hueso were the leading candidates in this race, where the two top vote-getters will again face each other in November. “I vote to try to make a change in the community,” said Raquel Morán, a 64 year old small business owner from San Ysidro who was rooting for Alvarez. “San Ysidro has been neglected for so many years. We have faith that our candidates will create positive changes here.” Deborah Seiler, San Diego County Registrar of Voters, said in an interview that in these elections there were 54 candidates with Spanish surnames, although she couldn’t confirm if all of them were Latinos. The Registrar of Voters doesn’t require candidates to declare their ethnicity or race. She said that some of the highest profile local contests included the 79th Assembly District and the 40th State Senate District, which after 100 percent of the polls had been counted, Assemblymember Mary Salas was ahead of Juan Vargas by more than 1 percent. “I’m humbled by the show of support that I have received from voters across the 40th Senate District,” said Assembly-member Mary Salas the day after the elections. “This was a contentious and hard fought campaign, and I appreciate the spirited debate with my opponent. But now is the time to move on and prepare to govern. We need to get to Los electores (con’t from page 3) “Yo voto para que haya un cambio en la comunidad”, dijo Raquel Morán, dueña de un pequeño negocio en San Ysidro. “Hemos sido olvidados por mucho tiempo. Nosotros siempre somos los olvidados. Tenemos fe que en los candidatos que votamos harán un cambio positivo”. Entre las contiendas con Reality at (con’t from page 3) Creating sensible immigration policies, while simultaneously and comprehensively addressing the criminal issues that are at the heart of border violence, is the only way to provide genuine security along the border and throughout the United States. Iraida Noriega, considerada gramo por gramo la mejor jazzista de México, estará de visita en Tijuana para presentar un extraordinario concierto el próximo 16 de julio a las 8:00 pm., en la Sala Teatral de la Casa de la Cultura Altamira en la airosa Tijuana, compartiendo el escenario con la no menos excelente intérprete Leika Mochan. Esta dupla de excelentes y multifacéticas intérpretes, comparten un proyecto denominado “Frágil”, en el que se encuentran para hacer y compartir música desde el sitio más sencillo, haciendo uso de los mínimos elementos, llevando consigo la transparente forma de expresión a base y cargo del arte musical, el que se vincula y realiza la excelsa unión de sus voces e instrumentos que en esta aventura las acompañan. “Frágil”, es un proyecto no técnico, es podríamos decir de experimentación, que proviene de su interior, pero con toque de naturalidad. Hablar de Leika Mochan es hablar de una verdadera in-stitución musical. Leika Mochan, inició sus estudios musicales a los 5 años de edad, tocando el violín en diversas escuelas, tomando la enseñanza musical de renombrados maestros; a los 12 años entra a un coro y a los 16 decide dedicarse a cantar y comienza a tomar clases de canto con cantantes profesionales de la talla de Isabel Tercero y con la propia Iraida Noriega, con la que hoy comparte el escenario. Ha compartido el espacio escénico con varios grupos musicales tales como: Banderlux, La Bandaocote, Natalia Lafourcade y otros; ha participado en varias grabaciones, ha realizado proyectos de danza, teatro y circo; ha recorrido la República Mexicana, América y Europa, ha impartido talleres de canto a niños y adultos en Morelos, Guadalajara y en el DF. Estudió la carrera de Jazz en la Escuela Superior de Música con la especialidad en canto, en la actualidad es Maestra de Canto e Improvisación, en el estudio Allaire y en la Escuela Superior de Música del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y ha partiipado en varios ensambles, cultivando diversos géneros como cantante y compositora, tales como “Los Aguacates”, “Kaleidojismos”, “Proyecto Gecko” y su “Muna Azul”, con este último ha recorrido países tales como Francia, Argentina, España, EE.UU. y Chile. En otro entorno musical, Iraida Noriega, se inició cantando al lado de su padre el cantante y pianista Freddy Noriega, cuando contaba con juveniles 17 años, pero en 1990, viaja a la Ciudad de los Rascacielos Nueva York y estudia durante tres años con maestros de la talla de Sheila Jordan, Bob Norton y Mimi Daitz, y desde1993 a su regreso a la ciudad de México, se ha mantenido en febril actividad musical, recorriendo y compartiendo escenarios diversos, particularmente interpretando jazz mexicano, alternando con artistas de talla internacional. Al inicio del presente siglo en el año 2000, participa en el montaje de la obra “Erótica de Fin de Circo”, del escritor y Director Israel Cortés. Iraida ha recorrido la República Mexicana y EE.UU. Iraida Noriega, poseedora de una sensacional voz, compleja y abrazada por colores, matíces, tonalidades y cromatismos increíbles y diversos, con su voz ha recorrido triunfalmente salas de México, como el Centro Nacional de las Artes, la Sala N ezahualcóyotl, Bellas Artes y el Teatro Metropolitan, entre muchos. Esta talentosa joven mujer mexicana ha expresado que el movimiento feminista ha llegado a un punto extremo y ha llegado el momento de buscar y tratar de conciliar ambas partes. Iraida, con ese halo que la cubre de belleza, con esa voz que acaricia los sentidos y los mete en un remolino de pasiones con sus geniales interpretaciones, atrae a las juventudes del mundo actual, ade- Iraida Noriega más: es considerada en la actualidad una de las mejores intérpretes de jazz en México. Ha participado en varios proyectos discográficos, uno de ellos es “Elementos” a dúo con el guitarrista Emiliano Marentes, “Reencuentros” con el contrabajista Roberto Aymes, “Cuicanitl, solo voces”, con el ensamble vocal Cuicanitl, del cual ella es fundadora, también aparece en las compilaciones “Mexican Divas” en los volúmenes II y III, y en su primer disco llamado “Efecto Mariposa”; esta última producción se mantuvo por varias semanas en los primeros lugares de ventas de jazz, allá por el año 2001. Posteriormente en el 2002, se reúne con la cantante Magos Herrera y promueven el mexicanísimo concepto Mexican divas, presentándose en diversos foros de México y de los EE:UU. Para hablar de estos dos colosos del México musical actual, se necesita mucho espacio y tinta, su labor es interminable y de muy buena factura. Asista a este extraordinario concierto que presentarán ante el público tijuanense, esta dupla de extraordinarias intérpretes y para orgullo de los mexicanos, muy mexicanas. Para información sobre este evento, el cual promete ser una noche inolvidable. Los boletos tienen un costo de $150 pesos. Contáctese a los teléfonos 01152 (664) 682-4857 y 1742845. The next Generation The four paintings were done women’s rights and her history in conjunction with the social as a Guatemalan Indian and sciences class of teacher recent Nobel Peace Prize Charlie Mejia, who is also a medal winner. The other imgraffiti artist. ages are of Nelson Mandela, (con’t from page 1) Each panel is done by a stu- John Lennon y Cesar Chavez. dent in the areas of social jus- More information: The Front, creating,” said Lisa Yegin, ex- tice. These include Rigoberta (619) 428-1115; MAAC Comecutive director for Young Menchu, highlighting her work munity Charter School, (619) Rembrandts. “When we hear in favor of Indigenous rights, 818-0173. the students make the connection between their English lan- Free Fishing Derby for 500 Local Youth guage development and their STAR/PAL will host its annual free fishing derby at Chollas drawings, that’s when we Lake in City Heights for over 500 local boys and girl, ages 715. Youth will participate in learning stations that will teach know we did it right.” Gomez said that “the next the fundamentals of lake fishing. Law enforcement officers generation of artists is here.” organize and volunteer for this annual event, where youth Another exhibition of young also enjoy a BBQ lunch prepared by local firefighters and Latino artists is happening at take home new fishing poles, t-shirts, prizes and anything the MAAC Community Char- they catch that day! When: SATURDAY, June 12, 2010—Rain or Shine! 8:00amter School, in Chula Vista. Art teacher Victor Ochoa Registration begins, 8:30am-11:30am-Fishing; 11:30am-BBQ said that the latest of four por- lunch by local firefighters; 1:00pm-Awards Ceremony tables of influential social lead- Where: Chollas Lake-City Heights- 6350 College Grove Dr., San Diego 92105 ers are now in exhibition. CLASSIFIEDS * 619-425-7400 Industrial Laundry facility has an opening for a position in the Soil Dept. The successful candidate must have a 9th grade education. The position requires standing at a work station all day & the ability to lift up to 60 lbs. Responsibilities include counting & recording of incoming soiled textiles from the customers as well as transferring soiled linens into sling formers. The position also requires preparing & transferring soiled linens to the washroom staging area. Additional other related duties as assigned by production supervisors. Excellent benefits. Apply in person by 6/14/10 @ ALSCO, 705 W. Grape St., San Diego. ALSCO is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. PUBLIC HEALTH/ PLANNING SPECIALIST The Public Health/Planning Spe- Mission Beach, Saturdays only, cialist will play a key role in co- 10 am - 3 pm. $10.00 hr. Expeordinating implementation of re- rience, Spk English, Many gion wide interventions aimed at Openings. Leave Message integrating public health, program (858) 581-0909. analysis, and policy research into regional transportation and land use planning. Qualifications: FOR RENT a bachelor’s degree in public health, regional planning, public/ business administration, or a related field, and three to five SENIOR HOUSING years experience. This is a limNOTICE OF CLOSED ited term position. SANDAG offers competitive salaries and WAITING LIST benefits. Visit www.sandag.org/ Lions Community Manor, low injobs or call (619) 699-1900 for in- come senior apts in San Diego, formation. Open until filled. EOE. has closed its waiting list eff 6/28/2010 due to the excessive length and will no longer be accepting apps for residency. A notice will be published when the list is reopened. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Anunciate en La Prensa San Diego Llámanos hoy! PART-TIME HOUSECLEANERS 619-425-7400 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO JUNE 11, 2010 PAGE 9 ~ ~ ~ LEGALS ~ (619) 425-7400 ~ CLASSIFIEDS ~ (619) 425-7400 ~ ~ ~ REQUESTING PROPOSALS REQUESTING PROPOSALS CITY OF SAN DIEGO CITY PLANNING & COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CONSULTANT FOR UPDATES OF MIDWAY-PACIFIC HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AND OLD SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY PLANS (H105124) The City of San Diego (City) is requesting proposals from highly qualified economics firms for consultant services for Economic and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San Diego Community Plans (H105124). It is the policy of the City to provide equal opportunity in its economics professional services contracts. Toward this end, proposals from small businesses, disabled owned businesses, women owned businesses, firms owned by African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, Filipinos, and Latinos, and local firms are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouraged to subconsult or joint venture with these firms. The City endeavors to do business with firms sharing the City’s commitment to equal opportunity and will not do business with any firm that discriminates on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition or place of birth. This project has a voluntary Subcontracting Participation Level (SPL) goal of 15%. SPL goals are achieved by contracting with any combination of Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) or Other Business Enterprises (OBE) at the prime or subcontractor level. Definitions of MBE, WBE, DBE, DVBE and OBE are contained in the Request for Proposals (RFP). Attainment of the SPL goal is strongly encouraged, but strictly voluntary. The City of San Diego will ensure that full access to programs, services, meetings and activities comply with Section 504, Title V, of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990, Public Law 101-336. In-depth knowledge and a strong understanding of the local environment, and a local presence for interfacing with the City’s project management staff are essential to the successful completion of this project. The proposal must address the consultant’s knowledge and understanding of: the City and other local agencies regulations and policies; local environment; and local building codes and other criteria. The proposal must also address how the consultant plans to interface with the City’s project management staff and the consultant’s workforce in San Diego County. All proposals submitted must be in full accord with the Request for Proposal (RFP) which can be obtained by requesting the RFP via email from John Mendivil, Consultant Services Coordinator, at: [email protected] City of San Diego, Purchasing & Contracting Department 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92101. When requesting the RFP, please refer to the specific project title and number, Economic and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San Diego Community Plans (H105124). For questions about RFP procedures please call John Mendivil at (619) 235-5855. A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 1:30:00 PM, at Civic Center Plaza Building, 4th Floor Conference Room, 1200 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. It is strongly recommended that all interested parties attend. For more information, assistance, to request an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language or oral interpreter for the meeting, please contact Melissa Devine, at 619-2355201 at least five working days prior to the meeting to ensure availability. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 23, 2010, at the location stated in the RFP. This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to defray any costs incurred in the preparation of a proposal pursuant to this RFP. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received as a result of this RFP. The City also reserves the right to revise this RFP, including but not limited to the pre-proposal conference date and the proposal due date. If the City revises the RFP, all RFP holders of record will be notified in writing by the City. Summary Scope of Services The City of San Diego City Planning & Community Investment Department (CPCI) is embarking on a comprehensive update of the Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San Diego community plans. This Request for Proposals (RFP) solicits an economic and fiscal consultant to complete specified tasks as outlined in the following scope. The overall purpose of the community plan update is to ensure consistency between the community’s land use policies, zoning, infrastructure, economic development strategy, redevelopment plan, mobility plan, and public facilities financing plan. The remainder of the Scope of Services is contained in the Request for Proposal for Economic and Fiscal Consultant for Updates of Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor and Old San Diego Community Plans (H105124), as Exhibit A to the Draft Agreement. Published: 6/11/2010 La Prensa San Diego REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting proposals from businesses (hereinafter referred to as CONTRACTOR(s)) for Building Cleaning Services. A summary of work is contained in the Scope of Services section of this Request for Proposals. Interested and qualified firms including disadvantaged and women owned small businesses are invited to submit a proposal. The solicitation with complete instructions is available for download at www.demandstar.com. If you do not have a username or password for the Onvia DemandStar website, please register at www.demandstar.com/ register.rsp. A pre-proposal conference will be held on Monday June 21, 2010 at 10 am (PST) at the address listed below. Proposals marked “Building Cleaning Services (SCWC-10-2) RFP Documents — Do Not Open” will be received on or before Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 2 pm (PST). Three (3) additional copies of the proposal and a completed electronic file containing the proposal on CD-R must be submitted with the original proposal packet to the address below. Late proposals will not be accepted. The attention of bidders is directed to the fact that the proposed work may be financed in whole or in part with Federal Funds. San Diego Housing Commission 1122 Broadway, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92101 Contact: Anthony Griffin (619) 578-7517 Email: [email protected] Published: 6/11/2010 La Prensa San Diego PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Board of Directors has authorized release of a Draft Proposed Amendment to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal-Setting Methodology for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010-2012 for public comment. SANDAG currently proposes an FTA DBE overall goal of 7.04% for the FFY 2010/12 goal period. The DBE goal would be applicable to FTA-assisted contracts scheduled to be solicited and awarded during the period of October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2012. SANDAG currently proposes to meet 3.40% of its overall goal utilizing race-neutral measures in accordance with Title 49 CFR Part 26.51, and 3.48% of its overall goal utilizing race-conscious measures for construction contracts. Additionally, SANDAG currently proposes to meet 0.16% of its overall goal utilizing race-neutral measures and 0% utilizing race-conscious measures for professional service contracts. After making any changes needed to address public comments and additional review by the SANDAG Board, the goal-setting methodology will be sent to FTA for approval. SANDAG’s proposed goal amendment and its rationale (developed in response to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Regulations published under Title 49 CFR Part 26, the FTA Master Agreement and Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 22 [Docket No. OST–2010–0021], February 3, 2010, rules and regulations) is available for inspection and public review for fortyfive (45) days following the date of this Notice, from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday at our administrative office located at: San Diego Association of Governments 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101 Attn: Elaine Richardson Phone: (619) 699-6956 SANDAG will accept comments for forty-five (45) days from the date of this Notice. Comments can be forwarded to SANDAG at the above stated address or to the Regional Civil Rights Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transportation Administration, Region IX, 201 Mission Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-1839. Dated at San Diego, CA, this 2nd day of June 2010. Published: 6/11/2010 La Prensa San Diego REQUESTING BIDS REQUESTING BIDS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS BID No. 171 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southwestern Community College District of San Diego County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the “DISTRICT” will receive up to, but no later than two p.m. (2:00 p.m.) of the 17th day of June, 2010, sealed bids for the award of a contract for Southwestern College Snack Bar/Café Bid No. 171 – Building Construction. Bids shall be received in the office of the Program Manager, Seville Construction Services at Southwestern College, Building 1688, located at 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910, and shall be opened on the date and at the time listed above. Each bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which will be available on June 8th at Chula Vista Blue Print Co., 26 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910, (619) 420-5500. A $300.00 refundable deposit will be required. Deposit will be retuned upon receipt of complete, undamaged contract documents within ten (10) business days. Documents can also be viewed, printed, from Chula Vista Blue Print’s online plan room at the following web address: www.chulavista blueprint.com and click on View Bid List room and click on the project name. Each bid shall be accompanied by the security referred to in the contract documents, the non-collusion affidavit, the list of proposed subcontractors, and all additional documentation required by the Instructions to Bidders. The successful bidder shall file a payment bond issued by an admitted Surety approved to conduct business in the State of California approved by the District in the form set forth in the contract documents.1 The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract, which will be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are on file and will be made available to any interested party upon request at Southwestern Community College. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. Minority, women, and disabled veteran contractors are encouraged to submit bids. This bid is subject to Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) goal requirements. This contract is subject to a labor compliance program, as described in subdivision (b)of section 1771.5 of the Labor Code. Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 and Public Contract Code Section 3300, and shall be licensed in the following classification: B – General Building ContractorAHAZhdf. Any bidder not so licensed at the time of the bid opening will be rejected as non-responsive. Contractors shall have been in business under the same name and California contractor’s license for a minimum of three (3) continuous years prior to bid opening. Contractors shall provide a minimum of three (3) references for projects similar in scope, size and schedule, which have been successfully completed in the state of California in the last twelve (12) months. A MANDATORY bidders conference will be held at Building 480 on Friday June 11th, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the bid documents and the work site. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids. RFIs are due by 12pm on June 14th. Forward any questions to the Program Manager: Seville Construction Services, Robert Depew, Project Manager, [email protected] (619) 216-6825. Dated this: June 2nd of 2010 Secretary of the Governing Board Raj K. Chopra, Ph.D Southwestern Community College District of San Diego County, California 1 A payment bond must be filed for a contract involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 (Civil Code section 3247(a)) and may be required for contracts involving smaller expenditures at the option of the District. Published: 6/4,11/2010 REQUESTING QUALIFICATIONS La Prensa San Diego REQUESTING QUALIFICATIONS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is seeking qualified firms to perform a Handicap Accessibility Needs Assessment, Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan Update for its entire housing portfolio located throughout the City of San Diego. Interested and qualified firms, including disadvantaged and women owned small businesses, are invited to submit a proposal. The solicitation packet with complete instructions is available for download at www.demandstar.com. If you do not have a username or password for the Onvia DemandStar website, please register at www.demandstar.com/register.rsp. SDHC 1122 Broadway, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101 Contact: Trevor Abney Telephone #: (619) 578-7479 A pre-proposal conference will be held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., (PST), at the above listed office. Sealed proposals with a standard label pasted on the outside that reads, “Project No. CS-HATP10-1 Handicap Accessibility Needs Assessment, Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan Update– DO NOT OPEN” will be received on or before Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., (PST). Three (3) additional copies of the proposal and a completed electronic file containing the proposal on CD-R must be submitted to the above location with the original proposal packet. Late proposals will not be accepted. Published: 6/11/2010 La Prensa San Diego Christian Valderrama This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County MAY 24, 2010 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. Assigned File No.: 2010-012116 Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 La Prensa San Diego Assigned File No.: 2010-011641 Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Fictitious Business Name: NAME TONY’S TIRES, 1771 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Mailing Address: 3779 Agosto St., San Diego, CA 92154 This Business is Conducted by: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 2-01-98 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Consuelo Nava, 3779 Agosto St., San Diego, CA 92154 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Consuelo Nava This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County APR 28, 2010 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. Assigned File No.: 2010-011948 Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: SAN MIGUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH DBA CENTER POINTE CHURCH OF CHULA VISTA; 1420 Loma Lane, Chula Vista, CA 91911 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 210805, Chula Vista, CA 91921 This Business is Conducted by: A Corporation The First Day of Business Was: 2/7/2010 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: San Miguel Community Church, Inc., 523 Teak Court, Chula Vista, CA 91911, CA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Henry A. Stanley, Secretary This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUN 02, 2010 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: CVI INVESTIGATIONS, 105 West ‘F’ Street, 3rd Flr., San Diego, CA 92101 Mailing Address: same as above This Business is Conducted by: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 12/01/2009 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Carlos Vasquez, 2512 Crooked Trail Road, Chula Vista, CA 91914 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Carlos Vasquez This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County MAY 17, 2010 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010 La Prensa San Diego Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. Assigned File No.: 2010-014910 Fictitious Business Name: Assigned File No.: 2010-014476 SPORTS PHOTOS & MORE, Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 1445 Oakpoint Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 La Prensa San Diego Mailing Address: 1445 Oakpoint Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 This Business is Conducted by: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Husband and Wife NAME STATEMENT The First Day of Business Was: N/A Fictitious Business Name: ERICK’S MOBILE RV & AUTO This Business Is Hereby RegisDETAIL, 3015½ National Ave., tered by the Following: 1. Juan M. Ortega, 1445 Oakpoint San Diego, CA 92113 Mailing Address: ye_pm@hot Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 2. Martha W. Ortega, 1445 mail.com This Business is Conducted by: Oakpoint Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91913 An Individual The First Day of Business Was: I declare that all information in this statement is true and corN/A This Business Is Hereby Regis- rect. Signature of Registrant: tered by the Following: Yul Patiño, 3015½ National Ave., Martha W. Ortega This Statement Was Filed With San Diego, CA 92113 I declare that all information in David Butler Recorder/County this statement is true and cor- Clerk of San Diego County JUN 09, 2010 rect. Signature of Registrant: Yul The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in Patiño This Statement Was Filed With this state of Fictitious Business David Butler Recorder/County Name in violation of the rights Clerk of San Diego County APR of another under federal, state, or common law. 29, 2010 The filing of this statement does Assigned File No.: 2010-015908 not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010 Name in violation of the rights La Prensa San Diego of another under federal, state, or common law. Assigned File No.: 2010-015210 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT of another under federal, state, or common law. Fictitious Business Name: J. AND A. HANDYMAN, 1245 Donax Ave. #H, Imperial Beach, CA 91932 Mailing Address: 1245 Donax Ave. #H, Imperial Beach, CA 91932 This Business is Conducted by: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Silvestre Flores, 1245 Donax Ave. #H, Imperial Beach, CA 91932 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Silvestre Flores This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUN 04, 2010 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law. Fictitious Business Name: MVN SERVICES, 1034 Broadway Ave. #100, Chula Vista, CA 91911 This Business is Conducted by: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Moises Cornejo, 2675 Caminito Secoya, San Diego, CA 92154 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Moises Cornejo This Statement Was Filed With David Butler Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County MAY Assigned File No.: 2010-015593 Assigned File No.: 2010-013732 21, 2010 Published: 6/11,18,25,7/2/2010 Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010 The filing of this statement does La Prensa San Diego not of itself authorize the use in La Prensa San Diego this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights FICTITIOUS BUSINESS of another under federal, state, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT or common law. NAME STATEMENT Assigned File No.: 2010-014333 Fictitious Business Name: Fictitious Business Name: EL GRAN TACO, 5059 Federal BEELURCA DISTRIBUTORS, Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 Blvd., San Diego, CA 92114 6377 Quarry Rd., Spring Valley, La Prensa San Diego This Business is Conducted by: CA 91977 Husband and Wife This Business is Conducted by: The First Day of Business Was: An Individual FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 05/07/10 The First Day of Business Was: This Business Is Hereby RegisNAME STATEMENT N/A tered by the Following: This Business Is Hereby Regis- Fictitious Business Name: 1. Ramon Minez, 11415 Posthill tered by the Following: SUPERIOR LIFT PARTS, 2240 Rd., Lakeside, CA 92040 Luis Enrique Alvarez Vargas, 244 Main St., Chula Vista, CA 91911 2. Rosario Minez, 11415 Posthill Palomar St. B29, Chula Vista, Mailing Address: 755 2nd St., Rd., Lakeside, CA 92040 CA 91911 Imperial Beach, CA 91932 I declare that all information in I declare that all information in This Business is Conducted by: this statement is true and corthis statement is true and cor- An Individual rect. rect. The First Day of Business Was: S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : Signature of Registrant: Luis N/A Ramon Minez This Business Is Hereby Regis- This Statement Was Filed With Enrique Alvarez Vargas This Statement Was Filed With tered by the Following: David Butler Recorder/County David Butler Recorder/County Christian Valderrama, 755 2nd Clerk of San Diego County MAY Clerk of San Diego County APR St., Imperial Beach, CA 91932 28, 2010 26, 2010 I declare that all information in The filing of this statement does The filing of this statement does this statement is true and cor- not of itself authorize the use in not of itself authorize the use in rect. this state of Fictitious Business this state of Fictitious Business S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : Name in violation of the rights Fictitious Business Name: ZAVALAS WELDING, 8455 Miguel Vista Pl., San Diego, CA 92114 The Fictitious Business Name Referred to Above Was Filed in San Diego County On: 10/12/05, and assigned File No: 2005034538-01 Is Abandoned by the Following Registrant: Jesus Fco. Zavala, 8455 Miguel Vista Pl., San Diego, CA 92114 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Jesus F. Zavala This Statement Was Filed With David L. Butler, Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County MAY 05, 2010 Assigned File No.: 2010-012776 Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010 La Prensa San Diego SUMMONS SUMMONS SUMMONS can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, as the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhlep), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. CASE NUMBER: 37-2009-00103879-CU-PA-CT NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: GENESIS GUTIERREZ and DOES 1-10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: P E D R O A C O S TA , J O R D Y A C O S TA a n d A N T H O N Y ACOSTA NOTICE: You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, as the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: San Diego Superior Court - Central, 330 W Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an att o r n e y, i s : W I L L I A M C . MATHEWS, SBN, 97899, 2801 Camino Del Rio So., Ste 307, San Diego, CA 92108. Date: DEC 17, 2009 Clerk, by D. JOHNSON, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: as an individual Published: 5/21,28,6/4,11/2010 La Prensa San Diego STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS SUMMONS - (Family Law) NAME CASE NUMBER: DN160305 Fictitious Business Name: RJL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, 13520 Evening Creek Drive N., Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92128 Mailing Address: 13520 Evening Creek Drive N., Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92128 The Fictitious Business Name Referred to Above Was Filed in San Diego County On: 8/17/2006, and assigned File No: 2006029706 Is (Are) Abandoned by the Following Registrant(s): Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc., 13520 Evening Creek Drive N., Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92128, California I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Raymond J. Lucia, President This Statement Was Filed With David L. Butler, Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County MAY 13, 2010 Assigned File No.: 2010-013371 Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010 La Prensa San Diego NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SKAGIT COUNTY In re the Adoption of: BABY RAWLINS A person under the age of 18 years. No.: 105000651 No.: NOTICE OF HEARING ON TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Unknown male AND TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that there has been filed in this Court a PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THE FATHER of the above-named child with regard to said child. A hearing regarding this matter is set for the 9th day of July, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. at the Skagit County Superior Courthouse, 205 West Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, Washington. The child was born on the 20th day of May, 2010. You have the right to be represented by counsel, and counsel will be appointed for an indigent person who requests counsel. Your failure to respond to this termination action by making an appearance on or before the scheduled hearing date will result in the termination of your parent/ child relationship with respect to the child. An ORDER OF DEFAULT will be entered against you, and your parental rights will then be terminated. Should you fail to file a claim of paternity in response to this PETITION, or under RCW Chapter 26.26, on or before the scheduled hearing date, said failure is grounds to terminate your parent/child relationship with respect to this child. An ORDER OF DEFAULT will be entered against you, and your parental rights will then be terminated. DATED: 5-26-10 Susan K Cook JUDGE/COURT COMMISSIONER Presented by: Heather D. Shand, #31056 Attorney for Petitioners Published: 5/28,6/4,11/2010 La Prensa San Diego NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: ABIMAEL TRISTAN CARDENAS You are being sued. PETITIONER'S NAME IS: ANGELINA GUADALUPE BOJORQUEZ CAMACHO You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage, your property and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. court.ca.gov/self help), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement office who has received or seen a copy of them. NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. 1. The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 325 S. MELROSE DRIVE, VISTA, CA 92081 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, is: ANGELINA GUADALUPE BOJORQUEZ CAMACHO, 612 Richmar Ave. Apt. #30, San Marcos, CA 92069 Date: APR 20, 2010 Clerk, by R. CORONA, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: as an individual Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 La Prensa San Diego SUMMONS CASE NUMBER: 37-200900077329-CU-OR-SC NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: TOMAS VICTORIANO LLAMAS CORONA; ROSALVA ELVIA LLAMAS GOMEZ; FERNANDO F. GOMEZ; JORGE F. GOMEZ; and DOES 1 through 20 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BERTHA LLAMAS NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, South County Division, 500 Third Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: BERTHA LLAMAS, In Pro Per, 772 Madison Avenue, Unit A, Chula Vista, CA 91910. Telephone: 619-585-3717 Date: JUL 30, 2009 Clerk, by V. LEARNED, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: as an individual Published: 5/28,6/4,11,18/2010 La Prensa San Diego CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (CCP 1277) CASE NUMBER: 37-2010-00093125-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: NORMAN HENRY CROWLEY JR., filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: NORMAN HENRY CROWLEY JR. to CHIP CROWLEY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: JUL 14, 2010. Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept: D-25. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this county La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Date: MAY 28, 2010 KEVIN A. ENRIGHT Judge of the Superior Court Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (CCP 1277) CASE NUMBER: 37-2010-00077448-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DAVID PHILLIP BENITEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DAVID PHILLIP BENITEZ to DAVID PHILLIP BOYDSTON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 7/16/10. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: 4. Room: 2nd Floor The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, South County Division, 500 3rd Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910-5649 A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this county La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Date: JUN 02, 2010 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 6/4,11,18,25/2010 La Prensa San Diego ¡Anúnciate en La Prensa San Diego! 619-425-7400 Fax: 619-425-7402 PAGE 10 JUNE 11, 2010 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO FAMILY FEATURES T hese recipes celebrate “Fifty Years of Flavor,” taking their inspiration from an original Häagen-Dazs favorite, a popular ethnic flavor introduced in the ’90s, and the latest addition to the trendy Häagen-Dazs Five™ line. Dulce de Leche with Hot Spiced Pecans: It starts with a delicious combination of caramel ice cream swirled with ribbons of golden caramel and adds a dash of spicy heat. Honey Bee Cookies with Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream: These cute cookies top vanilla ice cream blended with golden honey. This sweet ice cream has an even sweeter purpose: funding research to protect disappearing honey bee populations. Lemon Raspberry Clouds: Light and delicate, these meringues are heavenly with raspberry sauce and Häagen-Dazs Five Lemon ice cream. This ice cream is the height of simplicity with only five ingredients and the taste of refreshing pure lemon and sweet cream. Get more ice cream inspiration at haagen-dazs.com and helpthehoneybees.com. Dulce de Leche with Hot Spiced Pecans Makes 4 servings 1/2 cup whipping cream 3 ounces (1/2 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate 1/4 teaspoon coarse Kosher salt or sea salt 1/8 teaspoon ground chipotle or cayenne pepper (or to taste) 1/8 teaspoon granulated sugar 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans 1 teaspoon butter Häagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche All Natural Ice Cream Chocolate Garnish Heat cream to a low simmer in a small saucepan or bowl in microwave. Add 2 ounces of the chocolate and let stand 1 minute. Stir until Häagen-Dazs Celebrates smooth. Cool slightly. (Pour Fifty Years of Flavor into a squeeze bottle if desired.) n iconic ice cream brand celebrates Place remaining chocolate its 50th birthday this May. Häagenin small zip-top plastic bag. Dazs®, the name synonymous with Microwave 45 to 60 seconds ice cream quality, was created by Reuben on high until chocolate is Mattus, after selling flavored ices and ice softened; knead with fingers cream pops from a horse drawn cart on the until smooth. Snip 1/8 inch bustling streets of New York City in the off one corner of bag. Spread early 1900s. Reuben’s dream was to craft a piece of wax paper on a an ice cream of superior quality and baking sheet. Squeeze unequaled taste. He launched the all chocolate from bag into natural, super premium Häagen-Dazs ice 2-inch decorative shapes. cream line in 1960 with three classic Let stand until firm or place flavors that are still favorites today — in refrigerator for a few Vanilla, Chocolate and Coffee. minutes. Gently lift from Over the past 50 years, each new paper. Häagen-Dazs flavor has been crafted without compromise. It took Reuben six Hot Spiced Nuts years to find the perfect strawberry — Combine salt, chipotle or Hoods and Totems from the Northwest — cayenne and sugar in a small for his Strawberry ice cream. California bowl. Melt butter in skillet raisins are plumped in a rich rum blend for over medium heat. Add exactly 42 days before they’re ready for pecans and spice mix, stir Häagen-Dazs Rum Raisin ice cream. until nuts are evenly coated. Berries are “hugged” to release their juices Stir frequently over medium which are then blended into the ice cream, heat until lightly toasted and giving berry flavors their subtle all-natural fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. color. These extra steps and others guaranTo serve, drizzle four plates tee that each all-natural spoonful meets or bowls with about 1 tableReuben’s strict standards. spoon chocolate sauce. Truly made like no other, today Häagen(Remaining sauce can be Dazs ice cream offers more than 65 flavors refrigerated up to 2 weeks.) of ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt and Place a scoop of Dulce de frozen snacks available around the globe Leche ice cream over chocofor ice cream lovers seeking true taste. late. Top with spiced nuts Reuben would most certainly be proud. and chocolate garnish. For more information, please visit www.haagen-dazs.com. A Lemon Raspberry Clouds Makes 6 servings Egg white meringue shells take a few hours in the oven, so plan ahead. Make in advance and store airtight for up to a week. Meringue Shells 3 large egg whites (scant 1/2 cup) 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt 3/4 cup granulated sugar Raspberry Sauce 3 cups (about 12 ounces) fresh raspberries, divided use 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon orange juice or water 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch Häagen-Dazs Five Lemon All Natural Ice Cream Lemon zest and mint for garnish Preheat oven to 250°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine egg whites, vanilla and salt in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until foamy. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until whites hold very firm glossy peaks, about 5 minutes. With a spring-loaded ice cream scoop or large spoon, evenly space six mounds of meringue on prepared baking sheet. With the back of a spoon, form a depression in the center of each mound. Bake 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave in oven with door closed for another hour. Remove from oven and cool completely. Use metal spatula to remove from parchment paper. Store in airtight container for up to 1 week. Raspberry sauce: Place 1 1/2 cups berries, sugar, juice or water and cornstarch in a small (1-quart size) saucepan. Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer over medium heat stirring frequently. Simmer on low 2 minutes until liquid is translucent and berries are broken down. Cool. Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons raspberry sauce into depression of each meringue. Place a scoop of ice cream over sauce. Garnish with remaining raspberries, lemon zest and mint leaf. Honey Bee Cookies with Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream Makes about 5 dozen small cookies 1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus about 1/4 cup for rolling Sugar sprinkles and icing tubes for decorating Häagen-Dazs All Natural Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream In large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and spices until creamy. Gradually add flour, beating until well blended. Dough will be stiff. Divide dough in half; flatten to 1/2 inch and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until firm. (Dough can be refrigerated up to 1 week, or frozen for longer storage.) Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly flour a work surface. Place one piece of dough on surface, sprinkle with flour; roll to even 1/8-inch thickness. Cut in desired shapes and place 1/2 inch apart on ungreased or parchment lined baking sheet. Brush off any excess flour. Decorate with sugar. Bake about 8 minutes until light golden brown on edges. Cool cookies on wire rack. Add icing outlines if desired. Store airtight. Serve with Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream. Serving size is 1 scoop ice cream and 3 cookies.