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The Cleveland Metropolitan Schools District (CMSD)showcases its education success stories during an OpenHouse for parents and students on Wednesday, Feb. 1,2017.

Students are being invited to consider their college orcareer choices at a High School Choice Fair to be held atthe Wolstein Center on the Cleveland State UniversityCampus, 2000 Prospect Ave. East, 5 to 7 p.m.

CMSD is offering open enrollment to all Cleveland HighSchool students from now through March 13. Studentswill be allowed to enroll in a school that offers career techprep programs and curriculum options such as scienceand medicine, robotics, engineering, informationtechnology, health careers, visual/performing arts,culinary arts, environmental studies, civic and businessleadership, and game design.

CMSD officials are offering teens information on thedistrict’s growing portfolio of high schools, includingthree new facilities. School choice advisors will be onhand to assist with enrolling students on the spot.

Eighth graders in particular are being urged to attend thefair to choose where they’ll attend high school duringthe 2017-18 academic year.

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There will be free food and student art and musicalperformances.

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PHOENIX, Jan. 25, 2017(AP): Phoenix Mayor GregStanton is calling PresidentDonald Trump’s executiveorders on the U.S.-Méxicoborder wall and immigrationenforcement “a divisive at-tack on Latinos in Phoenixand around the country.”

Trump moved to tightenthe nation’s immigrationcontrols Wednesday, sign-

LANSING, Jan. 26, 2017(AP): Michigan Gov. RickSnyder says he doesn’t thinka primary function of stateand local police is to act asimmigration officers.

President Donald Trump’sexecutive action on immigra-tion instructs the HomelandSecurity secretary to engagewith governors and local offi-

FORT WORTH, Texas,Jan. 24, 2017 (AP): Prosecu-tors say a North Texaswoman who claimed to bethe “voice of God” mustserve six years in prison forforcing two immigrants towork for years without pay.

Olga Sandra Murra ofFort Worth was sentenced

ing executive actions tojumpstart construction of theborder wall.

He also moved to restart the“Secure Communities” programthat helped the Obama adminis-tration deport more than 409,000immigrants in 2012.

In a statement, Stanton saysTrump’s executive orders will“incite fear and chaos forLatinos and immigrants alike.”

The mayor says buildinga wall will only tear Arizona’seconomy down and damagerelationships with Méxicothat support 100,000 Arizonajobs.

Stanton says Arizona willfight the federalgovernment’s attempt “toturn the Phoenix Police De-partment into a mass depor-tation force.”

cials about agreements underwhich local law enforcementofficials could investigate, ap-prehend and detain people inthe country illegally.

Snyder told reporters Thurs-day he doesn’t view immigra-tion enforcement as one of the“primary” functions for stateand local police.

The president is also ex-

pected to soon take steps torestrict the flow of refugeesinto the United States.

Snyder says Trump “hasto make those decisions” be-cause it’s not a state responsi-bility, but regardless of na-tional immigration policies,he will “continue to promoteMichigan as a welcomingplace for immigrants.”

Monday and ordered to paythe immigrants $795,000.Murra was convicted of twocounts of forced labor and twocounts of harboring an “ille-gal immigrant.”

Authorities say Murra inthe 1990s helped smuggle thetwo Mexicans into the U.S.She forced them to work in her

cleaning business, kept themin Fort Worth and El Paso,and withheld pay and iden-tification documents.

Officials say Murra repre-sented herself as the “voice ofGod on earth,” made bothwomen sleep on a floor andforced them to listen to record-ings of her Bible readings.

Phoenix mayor criticizes Trump’sexecutive orders

Gov. Snyder: Immigration isn’t ‘primary’function of local police

Texas woman gets 6 years for forcing twoimmigrants to work without pay

BAVARO, DominicanRepublic, 25 I 17 (AP): U.S.President Donald Trump’simmigration policiesdominated talk onWednesday at a summit ofLatin American and Carib-bean leaders who vowedto defend the rights of mi-grant communities.

The leaders veered offscript after Trump signedexecutive actions callingfor construction of a bor-der wall and stripping sup-port for so-called sanctu-ary cities. Many of theleaders also warily antici-pated his support for pro-tectionist measures.

“It’s worrisome that hisintentions put our commer-cial, employment, migra-tion and environmentalinterests at risk,” said Cu-ban President RaúlCastro, whose country iscontinuing to normalizerelations with the United

States.He was among several

leaders attending a summitin the Dominican Republicorganized by the 33-nationgrouping of the Communityof Latin American and Car-ibbean States that took placedays after Trump took office.The group’s new leader, ElSalvador President Salva-dor Sánchez, said his coun-try would take action to con-front changes that were oc-curring on a global scale.

Leaders pledged to rejectthe criminalization of immi-gration and defend the rightsof migrants. Ecuadorean Presi-dent Rafael Correa called uponeveryone to “assume a clearposition in defense of migrants,not only from Latin Americaand the Caribbean, but theentire world.”

Chilean Foreign Minis-ter Heraldo Muñoz said thatduring the group’s first meet-ing, which was held behind

closed doors, an attitudeopposing protectionismand closed borders pre-vailed.

“Latin America and theCaribbean have taken astand in favor of the inte-gration, in favor of theopening, in favor of thepreservation of the ad-vances that have beenmade in the matter of freetrade,” he said.

Muñoz, however, saidthat there would be no dis-cussion of Trump’s with-drawal on Monday fromthe Trans-Pacific Partner-ship because it only affectsthree countries in the re-gion: Chile, Perú andMéxico.

The presidents of Chile,México, and Colombia an-nounced at the last minutethat they would not be at-tending the summit, whichdrew 10 presidents and twoprime ministers.

Trump influences talks at Latin American,Caribbean summit in Dominican RepublicBy EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,Jan. 24, 2017 (AP): A newproposal would prevent NewMexico law enforcementagencies from enforcing fed-eral immigration laws andturn the state with the largestpercentage of Hispanic resi-dents into a “sanctuarystate.”

Under a bill introducedby Democratic state Rep.Patricia Roybal Caballero,of Albuquerque, NewMexico police departmentsor sheriff’s offices would beprohibited from cooperatingwith federal agents in deport-ing immigrants suspected ofliving in the country ille-gally.

In addition, the measurewould ban New Mexico agen-cies from getting “federalfunds, equipment, personnelor resources for the purpose ofdetecting or apprehending”such immigrants.

“This bill focuses on pro-tecting our hardworking im-migrant families and ensur-ing our law enforcement canfocus on protecting our com-munities from violent crime,rather than tearing familiesapart,” Roybal Caballerosaid. “Now that we have athreat to our state’s values inthe White House, we must doeverything we can to keepour families strong and to-gether.”

The proposal comes as anumber of New Mexico cit-ies and towns have declaredthemselves “sanctuaries” forimmigrants living in the coun-try illegally. Activists havepressed cities and towns forthe declaration amid uncer-tainty from President DonaldTrump.

The new president cam-paigned on building a wallalong the U.S.-Mexico bor-der and promised to deploy a“deportation force.”

Democratic-led state leg-islatures are expected to pushsimilar measures in defianceof Trump.

But the fate of RoybalCaballero’s sanctuary statelegislation is unclear, even inNew Mexico where immi-grants suspected of living inthe country illegally can at-tend college at in-state tuitionrate and apply for the state-funded lottery scholarships.

Democrats control theNew Mexico Senate and theHouse, but the governor is aRepublican.

“While we haven’t re-viewed the legislation, thegovernor’s stance on theseissues has always been clear,”said Michael Lonergan, a

spokesman for New MexicoGov. Susana Martínez.

Lonergan said the Repub-lican governor’s views onimmigration have beenshaped as a former prosecu-tor from a border district formore than 20 years. “It’snever been about immigra-tion—it’s about publicsafety,” he said,

Within weeks of takingoffice in 2011, Ms. Martínezsigned an executive order re-scinding sanctuary status forimmigrants living in the coun-try illegally and who commitcrimes in New Mexico.

A spokeswoman for theHouse Republicans did notimmediately return an email.

Roybal Caballero is thenational treasurer of theLeague of United LatinAmerican Citizens (LULAC),the nation’s oldest Latinocivil rights group.

New Mexico bill would halt enforcement ofimmigration lawsBy RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press

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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO,25 I 17 (AP): El presidenteEnrique Peña Nietoendureció levemente sutono el miércoles ante lasmedidas sobre migración yla frontera anunciadas porDonald Trump, reprobó ladecisión del jefe de la CasaBlanca de construir el muroy anunció el reforzamientode las medidas consularespara apoyar a los mexicanosen territorioestadounidense.

Horas después de que unaautoridad federal dijera a TheAssociated Press que elpresidente evaluaba laposibilidad de cancelar suvisita a Washington,prevista para el 31 de enero,el mandatario pronunció unmensaje televisado encadena nacional en el quereiteró que México nopagará el muro.

“Lamento y repruebo ladecisión de Estados Unidosde continuar la construcciónde un muro que lejos deunirnos nos divide. Méxicono cree en los muros. Lo hedicho una y otra vez:México no pagará ningúnmuro”, afirmó.

“México ofrece y exigerespeto como la naciónplenamente soberana quesomos”, agregó.

Peña Nieto hizo estepronunciamiento despuésde que Trump firmara dosdecretos para, entre otrascosas, extender el muro, unapromesa que hizo desde lacampaña y que quiere quelos mexicanos costeen, ycrear nuevos centros dedetención de inmigrantesque carezcan deautorización para estar ensu país.

Diversos actorespolíticos de México sepronunciaron para que PeñaNieto anulara su reunión conel líder estadounidense, peroel presidente no aclaró siacudirá o no a la cita. Solodijo que consultará con losfuncionarios que elmiércoles viajaron a Wash-ington y con el Senado an-tes “de tomar decisionessobre los siguientes pasos aseguir”.

WASHINGTON, DC, 24 I 17(AP): El presidente Donald Trumpcomenzará el miércoles a emitirórdenes ejecutivas sobre lainmigración, empezando conmedidas para reforzar la seguridadfronteriza—incluido su muropropuesto en la frontera entreEstados Unidos y México—yotras políticas internas paracontrolar a los migrantes, segúndos funcionarios del gobierno.

Días después, se espera que elmandatario tome medidas pararestringir el flujo de refugiados aEstados Unidos. Los planespropuestos incluyen al menosuna suspensión de cuatro mesesa todas las autorizaciones deingreso de refugiados, así comouna prohibición temporal a lagente que venga de algunospaíses de mayoría musulmana,de acuerdo con un representantede una organización de políticaspúblicas que monitorea asuntosde refugiados. Dicha personarecibió los detalles de la acciónpropuesta de parte de unfuncionario gubernamental y leesbozó a The Associated Press lospasos que se esperan.

Los funcionarios y elrepresentante de la organizaciónde políticas públicas insistieronen guardar el anonimato parapoder confirmar los planes antesde que Trump haga el anunciooficial. Se espera que el presidentefirme la autorización para lasprimeras acciones el miércolesdurante una visita alDepartamento de SeguridadNacional, y otras accionesadicionales se darán a conocer enlos próximos días, de acuerdocon un funcionario.

En su cuenta personal enTwitter el martes por la noche,Trump tuiteó: “Mañana se planeaun gran día en SEGURIDADNACIONAL. Entre muchas otrascosas, íconstruiremos el muro!”

Aparentemente aún faltadefinir los detalles finales sobrelas restricciones a los refugiados.La persona que fue informadasobre las propuestas dijo queincluían una prohibición alingreso a Estados Unidos durante30 días de países entre los queestán Irán, Irak, Libia, Somalia,Sudán y Yemen, aunque la per-sona advirtió que los detalles aúnpodrían cambiar.

Probablemente también habráuna excepción a la detención derefugiados para los que huyen de

persecuciones religiosas si sureligión es minoritaria en su país.Esa excepción podría incluir acristianos que escapan denaciones con mayoríamusulmana.

Trump prometió en sucampaña hacer más estrictas laspolíticas migratorias de EstadosUnidos, incluido el refuerzo a laseguridad fronteriza y refrenar elflujo de refugiados. Exhortótambién a detener el ingreso aterritorio estadounidense depersonas provenientes de paísesmusulmanes, peroposteriormente modificó esapolítica a un enfoque sobre loque llamó una “verificación deantecedentes extrema” de losindividuos que vienen denaciones vinculadas alterrorismo.

Como mandatario, Trumppuede utilizar una ordenejecutiva para detener laadmisión de refugiados. Elpresidente George W. Bushutilizó ese mismo poderinmediatamente después de losatentados terroristas del 11 deseptiembre de 2001. Lainvestigación de antecedentesde refugiados fue renovada y elproceso fue reiniciado variosmeses después.

Aunque se desconocen losdetalles específicos de lasórdenes de Trump, los dosfuncionarios dijeron que lasacciones del miércoles estaríanenfocadas en parte en los planesdel presidente de construir unmuro a lo largo de la frontera sur.La insistencia del presidente deque México pagará la bardaestuvo entre sus propuestas máspopulares durante la campaña ygeneró vítores en sus mítines.

El gobierno mexicano haafirmado reiteradas veces queno pagará ningún murofronterizo. Días atrás, Trumpdijo que en un principio elproyecto será financiado conun proyecto de ley de gastosaprobado por el Congreso y ala larga México le reembolsaráa Estados Unidos, aunque noha especificado cómogarantizará que los mexicanospaguen.

Trump se reunirá con elpresidente mexicano EnriquePeña Nieto en la Casa Blanca lasemana próxima.

Al afirmar tener autoridadpara construir un muro, Trump

podría apoyarse en una ley de2006 que autorizó la construcciónde varios cientos de kilómetrosde bardas a lo largo de la fronterade 3.218 kilómetros (2.000millas). Ese proyecto de ley derivóen que fueran erigidos unos 1.120kilómetros (700 millas) dediversos tipos de cercas diseñadaspara impedir el paso de vehículosy peatones.

La Ley de la Cerca Segura fuepromulgada por el presidenteGeorge W. Bush, y la mayor partede las cercas en Texas, NewMexico, Arizona y Californiafueron construidas antes de queél dejara el cargo. Las últimaspartes fueron completadasdespués de que el presidenteBarack Obama asumiera elpuesto en 2009.

El gobierno de Trumptambién debe apegarse a untratado firmado hace décadas conMéxico que limita dónde y cómopueden construirse estructuras alo largo de la frontera. Dichotratado de 1970 requiere que lasestructuras no alteren la corrientede los ríos, los cuales definen lafrontera entre los dos países a lolargo de Texas y en 38 kilómetros(24 millas) de Arizona, deacuerdo con la ComisiónInternacional de Límites y Aguas,una agencia conjunta mexicana-estadounidense que administrael tratado.

Otras acciones ejecutivas quese esperan el miércoles incluyenincrementar el número de agentesde la Patrulla Fronteriza y ponerfin a lo que los republicanos hanargumentado es un sistema decaptura y liberación en lafrontera. En la actualidad, aalgunos inmigrantes que sonsorprendidos mientras cruzan lafrontera sin autorización se lesdan avisos para que se reportencon las autoridades migratoriasen una fecha posterior.

Si las acciones de Trumpderivan en que los que seansorprendidos sean encarceladosde inmediato, el gobiernotendría que definir cómo pagaríapara obtener espacio en lascárceles con el fin de detener atodos, y qué hacer con los niñosque sean capturados junto consus padres mientras cruzan lafrontera.

Zoll reportó desde NuevaYork. La periodista Alicia A.Caldwell de la AP en Washing-ton contribuyó con este reporte.

Trump se apresta a anunciar acciones sobremuro con MéxicoPor JULIE PACE, VIVIAN SALAMA y RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press

Peña: “Lamento y repruebo” la decisión deconstruir el muroPor E. EDUARDO CASTILLO y MARÍA VERZA, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC, 26I 17 (AP): El presidente deEstados Unidos, DonaldTrump, está tomandomedidas que suponen unbrusco cambio respecto alos infructuosos esfuerzosde Washington porestablecer una amplialegislación migratoria.

“No necesitamos nuevasleyes”, dijo Trump elmiércoles en declaracionesen el Departamento deSeguridad Nacional.“Trabajaremos dentro delsistema existente”.

La pieza central de lasiniciativas que ha firmadoTrump es una orden parainiciar la construcción de suprometido muro fronterizoentre México y EstadosUnidos. También haordenado recortes en lassubvenciones federales paralas “ciudades santuario” queprotegen a migrantes y tieneprevisto aumentar el númerode agentes de la patrullafronteriza y de inmigración.

Se espera que haya máscambios esta semana. Elmandatario quiere congelar laentrada de todos los refugiadosa Estados Unidos y vetar deforma indefinida a los queproceden de Siria, un paísdesgarrado por la guerra.

Un borrador de la ordenejecutiva al que tuvo accesoThe Associated Press indicaque Trump suspenderá laemisión de visados duranteal menos 30 días a personasprocedentes de varios paísesde mayoría musulmana: Irán,Irak, Libia, Somalia, Sudán,Siria y Yemen.

Las acciones, en la primerasemana de la presidencia deTrump, cumplirían promesasque impulsaron su campaña yrepresentan un giro drásticoen la política de inmigraciónde Estados Unidos. Fueronbienvenidos por aliadosrepublicanos en el Congresoy condenados por activistas afavor de los inmigrantes,además de desatar nuevastensiones con México.

Se espera que Trump firmepronto un aviso al Congresode que planea iniciarnegociaciones comercialesbilaterales con la mayoría delos países del AcuerdoTranspacífico, según unfuncionario de la Casa Blanca.El lunes, Trump dijo que sacaráa Estados Unidos del acuerdode 12 naciones, que élargumenta perjudicaría a lostrabajadores estadounidenses.El presidente dice que quierenegociar individualmente concada país.

El funcionario insistió enpreservar el anonimato, porestar hablando antes delanuncio oficial de la ordenejecutiva.

Durante años, legisladoresde ambos partidos han estadotrabajando para aprobar unaamplia reforma de inmigraciónque provea algún status legalpara personas que vivenilegalmente en el país. Dado elreciente poder electoral de loshispanos, los republicanostemían que la oposición de

algunos sectores en el partidodañaría sus prospectos derecuperar la Casa Blanca, perola victoria de Trump con sumensaje antiinmigración hacambiado la posición delpartido.

Trump da a conocer susplanes de inmigraciónmientras las detenciones enla frontera sur del país hancaído significativamente encomparación con los nivelesregistrados a finales de ladécada de 1990 e inicios dela del 2000. El total dearrestos el año pasado fue elquinto más bajo desde 1972.Las deportaciones de perso-nas que viven ilegalmenteen Estados Unidosaumentaron bajo BarackObama, aunque losrepublicanos lo criticaronpor establecer directrices queprotegían a algunos gruposde deportación, inclusoaquellos traídos al paísilegalmente de niños.

Como candidato,aprovechó las

preocupaciones sobreinmigración de muchosestadounidenses, temerosossobre la pérdida deoportunidades económicas yla amenaza de terroristas ycriminales que ingresan al país.Su llamado a construir un muroen la frontera con México fueuna de sus propuestas máspopulares.

Activistas proinmigrantesy otros fustigaron las nuevasacciones del presidente.

Omar Jadwat, director delProyecto de Derechos deInmigrantes de la UniónEstadounidense de LibertadesCiviles, dijo que el deseo deTrump de erigir el murofronterizo estaba impulsado“por prejuicios raciales yétnicos que son una vergüenzapara la tradiciónestadounidense de proteger deinmigrantes vulnerables”.

El cómo planea Trumppagar por el muro no está claro.

Aunque él ha prometidoreiteradamente que Méxicopagará los costos, se espera

que los contribuyentesestadounidenses lo hagan alinicio. El nuevo gobiernono ha dicho nada de cómopiensa forzar a México arembolsar el dinero.

En una entrevista elmiércoles con ABC News,Trump dijo: “Va a haber unpago, será de alguna forma,quizás complicada”.

El presidente mexicanoEnrique Peña Nietorespondió: “Lo he dichouna y otra vez, México nova a pagar por ningúnmuro”. Se esperaba quePeña Nieto se reúna conTrump la semana próximaen la Casa Blanca, pero unalto funcionario mexicanodijo que el anuncio delmuro le ha hechoreconsiderar la visita.

Los periodistas de TheAssociated Press Alicia A.Caldwell, Vivian Salama yAndrew Taylor en Washing-ton y E. Eduardo Castillo enMéxico contribuyeron a estereportaje.

Trump da giro brusco a la política migratoria de EEUU—Otro MuroPor JULIE PACE, Associated Press

El canciller Luis Videgarayy el secretario de Economía,Ildefonso Guajardo, teníanprevisto encontrarse conasesores del nuevo presidenteestadounidense, aunque hastaahora no se ha dado a conocerninguna información sobre lasreuniones.

Pero el hecho de que lasmedidas del republicanohayan coincidido con elprimer encuentro oficial deambas delegaciones fue vistopor diversas personalidadescomo una ofensa a México.

Por eso algunos pidieronque se suspendiera la visita dePeña Nieto a la Casa Blanca,otros apostaron por mantenerlasiempre y cuando se exijanciertas garantías—como unaagenda pactada—, y algunosmás creen que debe celebrarsepero con cautela.

“No creo que se debacancelar”, dijo a la AP elanalista y escritor Jorge ZepedaPatterson. A su juicio, Méxicodebe agotar los espacios denegociación para minimizarlos daños, máxime cuando estáen una posición de grandebilidad.

“A Trump le interesa másufanarse de un éxito inmediatoque de un resultado ambicioso,le interesan las apariencias”,agregó Zepeda Patterson. Porello, considera, Peña Nietodebería jugar el mismo juego,decir que todo está resueltocon el muro y la inmigración,y convencerlo de que logró loque quería para que busqueotro enemigo.

Sin embargo, otrosanalistas subrayan lo peligrosaque podría ser la reunión por laposibilidad de que durante éstase pacte una cosa y ante losmedios Trump diga otra.

La oposición política dePeña Nieto se inclina más porla suspensión de la cita.

El líder del conservadorPartido Acción Nacional,Ricardo Anaya, justificó supostura en que la orden deTrump es una “ofensainaceptable”. Sin embargo,agregó que si se mantiene elviaje, el mandatariomexicano deberá “decirpúblicamente y con absolutafirmeza que México rechazael muro y que no pagaremos

ni un centavo por él”.Desde el izquierdista

Partido de la RevoluciónDemocrática, el mensaje estambién anular el encuentro,y el senador Miguel Barbosaincluso calificó las últimasdecisiones del republicanocomo “actos inhumanos” y“hechos salvajes”.

“Se le estaría recibiendocon un portazo en la nariz”,dijo Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas,fundador del partido,aunque ya no miembro deél.

Sólo Andrés ManuelLópez Obrador, líder deMORENA y el candidatomás fuerte de la izquierdapara las presidenciales de2018, se mostró a favor de lareunión.

“Vaya a Washington aluchar por la libertad, no aimplorarla”, aseguró elmiércoles tras anunciar, víaTwitter, que acudirá a lostribunales internacionalespor el tema del muro.

Peña Nieto, cuya gestiónes aprobada sólo por el 12%de los mexicanos, y Trumpconversaron el sábado, y elmandatario mexicano dijo asu homólogo que estabadispuesto a trabajar en unarelación que considerara el“respeto a la soberanía de lasdos naciones”, segúninformó su oficina el fin desemana.

En su mensaje delmiércoles, insistió en que“México no cree en muros”y que los 50 consulados entierras estadounidenses“se convertirán enauténticas defensorías delos derechos de losmigrantes”.

Trump también haprometido renegociar elTratado de Libre Comerciode América del Norte, queEstados Unidos tiene envigor desde 1994 conMéxico y Canadá.

El gobierno de PeñaNieto se ha mostradodispuesto a hacerlo,aunque varios integrantesde su gobierno aseguraronque, si no se llega a unacuerdo favorable para elpaís, México podría optarpor retirarse del tratado.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017Guest Master Class: Alejandro Roca, pianist-vocal coach Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium 5:00 PMAlejandro Roca is developing a career as one of the most recognized accompanists and vocalcoaches of his generation in South America.

Wednesday, February 1University Philharmonia OrchestraHill Auditorium 8:00 PMOriol Sans, conductorDuo Villalobos (Edwin Guevara and Cecilia Palma), soloists“Spanish and Latin American Music Concert”Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

Thursday, February 2Guest Lecture: Ricardo Lorenz, composer and musicologist Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium 5:00 PM“It Takes Two to Tango: Musical Exploration of U.S./Latin America Relations.”

Thursday, February 2Guest Recital: Khemia Ensemble: “Latin American Roots”Earl V. Moore Building, McIntosh Theatre 8:30 PMThe eight members of Khemia Ensemble, representing five countries, seek to diversify andshare the music of living composers.

Friday, February 3Faculty Lecture: Louise K. Stein, musicology Earl V. Moore Building, Glenn E. Watkins Lecture Hall 5:00 PM“Cervantes, música divina, música de la jacarandina, and la música de dos orbes”A lecture exploring the continuity of musical associations and conventions throughout theearly modern Hispanic world in the time of Miguel de Cervantes, using both live and recordedmusical examples.

Friday, February 3Guest/Alumni Recital: Amy Petrongelli and Martha Guth, sopranos, Ricardo Lugo, bassand Alejandro Roca, pianoWalgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium 8:00 PM

Saturday, February 4Art Song Shared Studio Recital: Studios of Martin Katz and Richard AaronWalgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium 5:00 PMStudents of Professors Martin Katz (piano) and Richard Aaron (cello) plus special guests ina vocal/cello program of songs en Español.

Saturday, February 4Grand Finale: Sphinx ArtistsKarla Donehew, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; Hannah White, violinEarl V. Moore Building, Hankinson Rehearsal Hall 8:00 PMDonehew and Laraia are members of the Catalyst Quartet, comprising top laureates and alumniof the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition; White was the 2015 First Place laureateof the Sphinx Competition’s junior division.

“En Español: Sounds of the Hispanosphere”REMAINING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

ANN ARBOR: A week-long music festival celebrat-ing the music and musicianswho blend Western classicaltraditions with those from‘Hispanic-Latino’ culturewill take place at the Univer-sity of Michigan in Ann Ar-bor from Sunday, January29—Saturday, February 4,2017.

Titled En Español:Sounds from theHispanosphere, the entirelyfree festival is the first of itskind and was developed byCésar Cañón, a DMA pre-candidate in collaborative pi-ano at the U-M School ofMusic, Theatre & Dance(SMTD).

The festival will feature13 different performancesand events featuring studentsand faculty as well as Latinoguest artists of many coun-tries, including: Colombia,Venezuela, Brazil, PuertoRico, Argentina, Canada,and the United States.

The events will include avariety of recitals, orchestraconcerts, master classes, andlectures, taking place at sev-eral SMTD venues on U-M’sNorth Campus, and in HillAuditorium.

• Celebrated guest art-ists performing on thefestival include:

Duo Villalobos (EdwinGuevara and Cecilia Palma),a guitar-cello duo from Co-lombia and Venezuela;Puerto Rican pianist JoséRamos Santana; Colombianaccompanist and vocal coachAlejandro Roca; Venezuelan

c o m p o s e rR i c a r d oLorenz; KarlaD o n e h e wPérez and PaulLaraia, of theCatalyst Quar-tet; and violin-ist Hannah White, a first placelaureate in the SphinxCompetition’s junior division.

Works by composers AstorPiazzolla, José PabloMoncayo, Joaquin Turina,and Antonio María Valenciawill be featured, along withmany others.

A native of Colombia,César Cañón’s inspiration forcreating the festival was U-M’s mission towards embrac-ing and promoting inclusionand diversity on campus aspart of the socio-cultural offer-ings of its global community.

“I wanted to create a spacein which we could put a spot-light on an ethnic group ofwhich I am proudly a part of,”said Cañón. “Not only is it thelargest ethnic minority in theU.S, but also the second largestat the University of Michigan.As such, it is worth creating aspace in which we can sharesome of the creations of ourlands of origin.”

Cañón said that it was oddto suddenly be a member of aminority, after arriving in theU.S., but he noticed that hiscolleagues at SMTD were cu-rious and eager to learn aboutthe cultural backgrounds oftheir peers. A music festivaloffered an ideal way to sharesome of that culture.

“The Spanish-speakingcountries’ diversity is so huge

and fascinating, that I de-cided to devote this event toshowing that rich diversity,”he said. “I hope Hispanic-Latino students will find asense of belonging in thefestival’s events. By direct-ing the spotlight towardsthem, we will promote dis-cussion among their peerson the language-related andsocial implications of the richhistory and cultural back-grounds of theHispanosphere and its rolein our art forms.”

Cañón credits a number ofindividuals and organiza-tions in supporting him in hiseffort to bring the festival tofruition, including SMTDDean Aaron Dworkin, SMTDprofessors Oriol Sans (con-ducting), Martin Katz (pi-ano), and Louise Stein (musi-cology); and SMTD alum-nus Dr. Horacio Contreras(DMA ’16, cello), from Ven-ezuela, who shared the initialidea of creating the festival.

En Español: Soundsfrom the Hispanosphere issupported by SMTD’s EX-CEL program (Excellencein Entrepreneurship, CareerEmpowerment & Leader-ship); the U-MOffice of Academicand Multicultural Initia-tives; and the SphinxOrganization.

En Español: Sounds from the Hispanosphere:free U of M Latino music fest, Jan. 29 – Feb. 4

Detroit, 27 I 17: Con el fin deofrecer mejores servicios, laSecretaría de RelacionesExteriores (SRE) y el InstitutoMexicano del Seguro Social(IMSS) firmaron un conveniode colaboración que permiteacercar programas a lapoblación migrante, como es laagilización del trámite deservicios existentes, entre losque se encuentran lacomprobación desupervivencia para lospensionados del IMSS queresiden no solo en EstadosUnidos sino en todo el mundo.

Con la firma del convenio sesimplifica el proceso decomprobación desupervivencia de lospensionados que viven en elextranjero; anteriormente elproceso consistía en elintercambio de documentosfísicos por valija diplomática yel IMSS emitía un oficio que

certificaba la supervivencia;ahora dicho intercambio sehará con documentos digitalesa través de medios electrónicos,los pensionados se presentaránen la oficina Consular con suidentificación oficial y losfuncionarios harán lasgestiones y darán respuesta deforma inmediata.

Juan Manuel Solana,Cónsul de México en Detroit,comentó: “Esto es algo muybueno porque va disminuir engran medida la burocracia eneste trámite y simplificar lascosas para el usuario.Anteriormente venían alConsulado y les emitíamos undocumento que ellos teníanque enviar al seguro social,entonces era esperar a quellegara y ver si llegaba; peroahora todo se simplifico,básicamente lo que tienen quehacer es solicitar una cita yvenir para realizar su trámite, el

cual queda registradoautomáticamente en lacomputadora”.

Los requisitos que debenpresentar, son:

a) Acudir personalmente elinteresado.

b) Una identificaciónoficial mexicana, que tengafotografía y sello;

c) La identificación que loacredite como pensionista dela institución de Seguro;

d) El último recibo de pago,si lo tiene;

e) Una fotografía a color,tamaño pasaporte; tomada defrente, fondo blanco, con lafrente y las orejas descubiertas,y sin lentes.

Para realizar una cita esnecesario llamar o dejar unmensaje al teléfono 313.964-4515 extensión 13 ó enviar uncorreo electrónico aprotecciondet@sre.gob.mx el

trámite es de 9:00am a 13:00pmde lunes a viernes, es un trámitepersonal y gratuito para todosaquellos pensionistas que vivenen Michigan y Norte de Ohio yreciben su pensión deinstituciones de seguridad so-cial mexicanas, como: IMSS;ISSSTE; ISSFAM y ISSEMYM.

“Hasta el momento tenemospocos casos en esta jurisdiccióny eso nos permite brindar unaatención personalizada a cadauno de los interesados”, agregóel Cónsul Solana, quien destacóla importancia de la realizaciónde este trámite. “Lospensionados se deben presentarcada seis meses para demostrarque siguen con vida y el seguropueda continuar pagándoles;porque si por desgracia alguienfallece y el seguro no se entera,alguien más podría aprovecharsede esa situación y cometerfraude. También hay casos enque la gente trata de abusar delos adultos mayores y esta es unaformad e cuidarlos de ciertamanera al presentarse aquí y verque están bien.”

El diplomático mexicanoaseguró que el número dejubilados seguirá creciendo.“hay que recordar que latendencia latina es gente jovenpero irán creciendo y el númeroaumentará. Los números másimportantes de migración fueronen los 80´s o 90´s, por lo que losprimeros ya se podrían estarjubilando en México. Tambiénhay que tomar en cuenta quemuchos de los que están acá setraen a sus padres, hay muchosprocesos migratorios que lespermiten hacerlo y ellos también

son jubilados, entonces vemosdos tendencias interesantes encuanto al crecimiento delnúmero de jubilados en el área”.

Por otra parte, en el conveniofirmado entre la SRE y el IMSStambién se estipula la promocióndel uso de canales de atencióndigitales; mediante laplataforma IMSS Digital, lacontratación en línea del Segurode Salud para la Familia, quepermite al trabajador en EstadosUnidos asegurar porenfermedades y maternidad asus familiares en México y aellos mismos cuando seencuentran en territorionacional. Adicionalmente,realizar la asignación olocalización del número deseguridad social, consulta devigencia de derechos,actualización de los datos debeneficiarios e incorporaciónvoluntaria en el régimenobligatorio, entre otros servicios.

“Habrá muchos beneficiosmás con este convenio queayudarán para acabar con variosprocesos burocráticos, sin em-bargo todavía se está trabajandocon las herramientastecnológicas necesarias quepermitirán la operación de losmismos. Tan pronto esté todolisto, daremos a conocer losdetalles”, destacó elentrevistado.

Para concluir, el CónsulJuan Manuel Solana comentóque el Consulado de México enDetroit trabajará este añoprincipalmente en tres frentes:

1. En el departamento deprotección para defensa de

Agilizan trámite para atención a jubilados mexicanosEl Consulado de México trabajara principalmente en tres frentes este 2017Por: Isabel Flores, Corresponsal La Prensa

GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 27,2017 (AP): An art exhibitionby famed Chinese artist andactivist Ai Weiwei is open inGrand Rapids, Michigan, andis a good way to start theChinese New Year on Jan.28th, the Year of the Rooster,which will last until Feb. 15,2018.

“Natural State” is Ai’s sec-ond exhibit to visit the U.S.since his five-year house ar-rest ended in 2015. The ex-hibit will take place at FrederikMeijer Gardens & SculpturePark and display more than30 pieces of his work, theGrand Rapids Press (http://bit.ly/2j8ketM ) reported.

Grand Rapids is the only

place in the U.S. the exhibit isexpected to visit.

Ai has used his art to makecontroversial political state-ments about China and its gov-ernment. His family in Beijingwas forced into exile in a seriesof “re-education” camps in the1950s because Ai’s father, poetAi Qing, was considered an en-emy of the state.

Meijer Gardens’ chief cura-tor, Joseph Becherer, said Aireturned to Beijing in the 1990s,and found that the absence offreedom of speech and the lackof other human rights motivatedhim to take art seriously.

According to exhibit bio-graphical information, Ai’s ac-tivist-themed art at that time

didn’t sit well with the Chi-nese government, and he wasarrested and held for threemonths in 2011.

“I think (Ai) gets to twoextraordinarily important is-sues of our time: the freedomof speech and human rights,”Becherer said. “The way inwhich he does that comesthrough visual arts, comesthrough in his reference to hisbiography and comesthrough in his reference toChina.”

The exhibit will be openuntil August 20, 2017.

Information from: TheGrand RapidsPress:MLive.com, http://www.mlive.com

Chinese artist, activist Ai Weiwei exhibit tovisit Michigan

los mexicanos2. En la política para

posicionar los intereses deMéxico a nivel local

3. Promoción económica.

“Tenemos el departamentode protección que estátrabajando en dos frentes: Elprimero es la educación denuestros connacionales paraque conozcan qué hacer antediferentes circunstancias, se lesmantiene informados a travésde internet, redes sociales,poster etc. El segundo es lacontinua vigilancia decualquier maltrato o abuso anuestros paisanos para hacerlas demandas correspondientesantes las autoridades.

Por otra parte, en la partecomercial seguimos educandoa la gente sobre la importanciaque tiene México, hay quedestacar que gran parte del éxitoy bienestar de Michigandepende de la relacióncomercial con México.Finalmente, con los actorespolíticos tradicionales comouniversidades, congresistas,jueces, policías, alcaldes, etc,continuamos nuestra labor desensibilizarlos sobre laimportancia de la presenciamexicana en Michigan”,finalizó el Cónsul Juan ManuelSolana.

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Jan. 23, 2017: The non-profit organization FeedLucas County Children(FLCC) unveiled a new nameand logo during a press con-ference at its operations cen-ter in the former MacomberHigh School building indowntown Toledo. Thegroup’s leaders say the newbranding reflects an ex-panded mission.

The new name will be Con-necting Kids to Meals to re-flect a broader effort to in-clude nutrition education andengaging kids in physicalactivities, as well as urgingtheir parents to take advan-tage of job training opportu-nities to stabilize entirehouseholds.

“We’ve got a lot of work todo. Childhood hunger andpoverty are gripping out city,our region,” said Wendi Hunt-ley, interim CEO. “We’re ex-cellent at making sure kidsget hot, nutritious meals. Butwe’ve been looking at howwe can serve this communityin a much more meaningfulway. We also want to makesure we’re bringing resourcesto the table—not just for thechildren, but for their fami-lies. So we’re collaboratingwith others.”

Board of Directors chair-man Carty Finkbeinerpointed out the organizationhas served more than 3.2 mil-lion nutritious meals to chil-

Jan. 23, 2017:Jacob Estrada will besinging his praises ofAdelante, Inc. to thegreater community inaddition to hismariachi music in thecoming months. Herecently joined thestaff at the nonprofitas community rela-tions liaison.

Estrada hasworked at CherryStreet Mission Minis-tries for eight years,but recently left forwhat he described asfamily and personalreasons, jumping atthe chance to use hisbilingual skills to help immi-grant families assimilate intolife in Northwest Ohio.

“It’s basically being an ad-vocate for the Latino commu-nity and helping them find re-sources, whether it’s housing,financial stability, jobs, inter-preting—the list can go on ofthe things that we do,” Estradasaid. “It really keeps you onyour toes. I’ve only been in thejob two weeks and it’s got mereally busy.”

He had a variety of roles atthe homeless shelter during thattime, first as an overnight intakecoordinator, then as a case-worker, an information special-ist, then in the cafeteria as one ofthe head chefs. His time at CherryStreet Mission Ministries wassandwiched around a two-yearstint with his family in Mexicoon a church mission assignment.So his new role is a natural fit.

“I’ve always loved beinginvolved in the Latino commu-nity because my family migratedhere from Texas in the 1950s,”he said. “They got really in-volved in the community and Iwas raised around that. Mygrandparents were always in-volved so I got involved in theLatino community.”

One recent day found Estradahelping someone with limitedEnglish skills to construct arésumé. He already has trans-lated letters into Spanish frombanks for people who don’tspeak English so they don’t misspayment or other deadlines.

“Our focus here with the liai-son is the people that don’t speaka lot of English,” said Estrada.“They come from another coun-try and don’t speak the nativelanguage—and how many of usare really in positions like thisto really help them? When youlook at the numbers, there’s not

really that many people outthere to help them, so I takegreat pride in doing that.”

While an individual or fam-ily may come through the frontdoor of Adelante’s BroadwayAve. offices for a specific rea-son, Estrada will also “triage”the situation to assess if thereare other needs and make themaware of the agency’s otherprograms, such as Leamos Jun-tos, a preschool program forchildren and parents, orNosotras, a program for preg-nant women.

“I didn’t even really speakSpanish when I was younger.Because I got so immersed inmy culture, I started learningover the years,” he admitted.“So I’ve taken advantage ofthat and now I can have a joblike this and use what I’velearned to give back to others.I love giving back.”

Estrada also acts as a“bridge” to other communityresources. Even if a young fam-ily can speak English, he stated,they may not know aboutwhere to sign up for healthinsurance or financial assis-tance through Job and FamilyServices, utility assistance pro-grams like PIPP, or legal aid.

“There’s a lot of things theydon’t know about,” he said. “Icannot be their main problem-solver, but I can put them in thedirection where they can getthe help. If I can help them, Iwill. But the majority of thetime, I’m going to get themconnected with the person whocan really help them.”

Estrada’s role has becomeeven more crucial for Latinofamilies in need, because theUnited Way’s phone-based211 information and referralsystem is now being handledin Cleveland, where operators

don’t know metroToledo’s resources aswell. Many nonprofitslocally have had to di-rectly handle referralsas a result. Estrada statedhe’s ready to find thoseresources himself.

“When somebody’sin crisis, I go into crisismode with them,” hesaid. “I’m here to helpthem, help them getthrough this, one wayor another. I’mGoogling, makingphone calls, doing whatI have to do to get themhelp. I want them toleave saying even if hedidn’t give me all the

answers, he busted his butt. I’mused to being in crunch mode,under pressure.”

Estrada, 40, literally will beclose to his new role, recentlymoving to the Old South Endbehind the Sofia Quintero Artand Cultural Center(SQACC). He’s already veryinvolved at the center as a vol-unteer. He is the father of fourdaughters—ages 21, 20, 13,and 9— Imalai, Aylina,Salome, and Celeste, 10-yearold son Santiago, and twograndchildren.

The new position also al-lows Estrada the flexibility tocontinue to play mariachimusic at gigs all over the Mid-west. This is the “slow season,”according to him, with just oneor two appearances per weekfor his ensemble. The schedulereally picks up during springand summer.

Estrada performs individu-ally as El Guero Estrada andwith Los Mariachis Locos. Heplays a number of instrumentsincluding accordion, bass gui-tar, saxophone, drums, andkeyboards. His musical influ-ences include norteño,conjunto, tejano, tropical, andromantica. The bilingual singeralso cut his first recording lastsummer, hosting a CD releaseparty at SQACC.

The 1994 Waite HighSchool graduation even wentto massage therapy school andstill does that professionallyon a part-time basis.

But his new professionalrole is quickly becoming a full-time passion.

“I love working withpeople, that’s always been mything. I’ve always been a so-cial person, so social services,social work is definitely up myalley,” said Estrada.

dren across NorthwestOhio in its 15-year ex-istence. The former To-ledo mayor noted thenonprofit came close torunning out of moneyas recent as two yearsago, but “shored up” itsoperations with the help ofsome new leadership.

“We need to meet the chal-lenge and work with fervor toshow the rest of this countrythat you can have challenged,hurting men and womenamongst you, but you mustgive them hope that they canrise up from their present con-dition and become a wholehuman being again,” he said.

FLCC provided more than5,000 kids at more than 100locations, including schools,churches, libraries, and non-profit groups, with free mealslast summer. During the schoolyear, the nonprofit groupserved nearly 1,000 meals tochildren in low-income areasenrolled in 26 after-school pro-grams.

FLCC also increased itsfootprint beyond LucasCounty to begin serving mealsto children and families livingat or below the poverty line inWood County and elsewhere.According to the organization,343,000 people, or 140,000families within the 419 areacode are facing food insecu-rity. That translates to one ofevery five families.

“We aregoing to el-evate the is-sue of hungerto a higherlevel of rel-evance,” saidMs. Huntley.

“A child who is hungryand cannot learn becomesan adult that cannot earn.Research shows that chil-dren who lack nutrition aremore likely to experienceacademic challenges, be-havioral issues, and sufferhealth conditions long-term.”

The hope is to provideadditional programming tokids who are served meals atToledo city parks this sum-mer, as well as offer nutritioneducation to those childrenand their families. The effortcalls for Connecting Kids toMeals to collaborate withother service providers tooffer such programming be-fore, during, and after freebreakfast and lunch periods.

The nonprofit also is col-laborating with CherryStreet Mission Ministries tobuild, equip, and open a state-of-the-art kitchen to be usedby both organizations tohelp feed those in need. Thenew kitchen will increase itscapacity to provide over onemillion meals per year. Thenew kitchen is expected toopen in May.

Feed Lucas Co. Children changes name toConnecting Kids to Meals, logo; expands missionBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

Músico Jacob Estrada joins Adelante asCommunity Relations LiaisonBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

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SAN JUAN, PuertoRico, Jan. 26, 2017 (AP):Puerto Rico’s new gover-nor has signed a much-de-bated labor reform bill thattargets the private sectorand aims to stimulate theisland’s economy amidconcerns that it infringeson workers’ rights.

The law approved onThursday implements flex-ible scheduling, cuts theamount of a mandatoryChristmas bonus, reducesvacation days and overtimepay from double time totime-and-a-half, andimplements a nine-monthprobation period for mostworkers. It also strikesdown a previous law thatauthorized extra pay forwork on Sundays and al-lowed businesses to remainclosed from 5-11 a.m. onSundays.

Opponents warn the lawwill step up the exodus ofPuerto Rico professionalsto the U.S. mainland, whilesupporters believe it willstimulate investment andcreate jobs in part by low-ering the cost of doing busi-ness in the U.S. territory.

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Spread love and love willspread. On Saturday, Febru-ary 11, 2017 bring your sweet-heart to Vanimal-tine’s Dayat the Toledo Zoo from 10a.m. – 3 p.m. and help spreadthe love as many of your fa-vorite Zoo animals receives p e c i e s - a p p r o p r i a t e ,Valentine’s Day themedtreats.

Through special eventslike this, visitors are able tosee the extensive animal en-richment program in actionand on full display through-out the Zoo. The goal of theprogram is to encourage natu-ral behaviors and providechoices to the animal throughdifferent types of enrichment,or stimulation. Beth Posta,curator of behavioral hus-bandry and enrichment,points out that winter doesprovide a variety of optionsfor the animal care staff.

A surprising example ofan animal species that actu-ally enjoys the snow is theAfrican elephant, especiallyfive-year-old Lucas. Postasays: “To them, snow is anovelty. The keepers willmake snowmen with veg-etables in them for the herd toenjoy. They will also makelarge heart-shaped piles of

jobs, and this has promptedPuerto Ricans to move toFlorida and other places insearch of jobs and quality oflife,” Gov. Ricardo Rossellosaid. “It’s time to stop thismigration and the separationof families.”

The law implements someof the changes sought by afederal control board createdby Congress last year thatsaid Puerto Rico regulationstied to employee retention,severance pay, flexiblescheduling and mandatoryvacation days and pensionsshould reflect U.S. standards.

The new law now allowsprivate employees to work10 hours a day for four dayswithout earning overtime,and it increases unemploy-ment benefits from a maxi-mum of $133-$240 weekly.

However, concerns remainas the island of nearly 3.5million people struggles toemerge from a deep economiccrisis and battles a 12 per-cent unemployment rate,compared with a U.S. aver-age of nearly 5 percent.

“People will grow moreimpoverished and will spendless,” Rep. Ramón Luis Cruzsaid in a phone interview.“This will slow down the

economy instead of ad-vance it.”

He said the law also an-ticipates an ongoing pushto privatize certain gov-ernment agencies and es-tablish more public-pri-vate partnerships.

“This has been wellplanned,” he said.

The law is the latest ofseveral Rossello hassigned in a bid to stimu-late the economy as thefederal control boardpushes for more austeritymeasures.

Economist GustavoVelez said it could take upto two years to see the ef-fects of the new law, whichhe said needs to be accom-panied by other plannedreforms including lower-ing taxes and power billsand making it easier toobtain business permits.

He noted that the U.S.territory still shed jobs andpeople despite an increasein benefits for Puerto Ricoworkers in the past decade.

“Even with these reduc-tions, Puerto Rico’s laborsystem remains the mostgenerous one comparedwith any U.S. state,” Velezsaid.

snow, as the elephants havebeen known to trudgethrough it and toss it around.In that case, we use theweather to our advantage.”

This year the Zoo is alsohome to more cold-weathertolerant animals than everbefore, including red pan-das, snow leopards, polarbears, Bactrian camels, graywolves, yaks and cinereousvultures. Make plans to seeall of the animals at Vanimal-tine’s Day on Saturday, Feb-ruary 11 at your Toledo Zoo.

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the orca’s release. In the vid-eos, del Castillo says Lolita issuffering in a small tank, andshe urges people to boycottmarine parks.

In a statement, SeaquariumGeneral Manager AndrewHertz said it would be “reck-less and cruel” to move the“healthy and thriving” orca

from its home for the last 46years.

Lolita has lived at Mi-ami Seaquarium since itslegal capture off the PacificNorthwest in 1970. Hertzsays there’s no evidence theorca that’s over 50 years oldwould survive a transitionto a sea pen or open waters.

Miami Seaquarium criticizesKate del Castillo for orca campaignBy JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press

Owens Community College hosts Ann Arbor’sElizabeth Hayes Jazz Review

Celebrate ‘Vanimal-tine’s Day’ at the Toledo Zoo

PERRYSBURG TOWN-SHIP, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2017:Owens Community Collegehas announced that the com-bined enrollment for theToledo-area and Findlay-area campuses, as well as theDowntown Learning Center,was 9,196 students. Thisnumber reflects a 101 per-cent attainment of theCollege’s strategic enroll-ment target goal for springsemester.

This target was devel-oped more than a year ago,taking into account highschool completion rate data,unemployment figures, andother enrollment trends. Thedevelopment process is a col-

laborative effortby various col-lege stakeholdergroups, includ-ing student ser-vices, academicaffairs, businessaffairs, andi n s t i t u t i o n a lresearch.

The College’s 2016-2017 budget was builttaking into account thesetargets.

Looking more closely atenrollment by student type,the College exceeded tar-gets for both guest and tran-sient categories and reached99 percent of its goal forcontinuing students, the larg-

est student type.“We take a

great deal of pridein helping ourstudents accomplishtheir academicgoals on theirpath to a career oradditional education,so keeping every

student who starts with theCollege here until theycomplete their degree orcertificate is critical toour mission,” said AmyGiordano, vice presidentof Student Services.

For more informationabout Owens CommunityCollege, visitwww.owens.edu.

Owens exceeds enrollment target

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24 I 17 (AP): La tiernacarta de amor a los musicales“La La Land” recibió elmartes 14 nominaciones alos premios Oscar,empatando el récord de “Ti-tanic” y “All About Eve”con el mayor número decandidaturas.

“La La Land” fuepostulada a mejor película yle mereció menciones a susastros Emma Stone y RyanGosling así como a suguionista y director de 32años, Damien Chazelle.

“Estoy en Beijing en estemomento. Esto sólo haceque mi desorientación seamayor”, dijo Chazelle porteléfono el martes. “Lo únicoque puedo pensar es‘gracias’, un millón deveces”.

Nueve cintas, de lasposibles diez que admite lacategoría de mejor película,fueron nominadas,incluyendo “Moonlight”,‘’Arrival”, ‘’Manchester bythe Sea”, ‘’Hell or High Wa-ter”, ‘’Lion”, ‘’Fences”,‘’Hidden Figures” y “Hack-saw Ridge”.

La luminosa historia delpaso a la edad adulta de BarryJenkins, “Moonlight”, fuepostulada a ocho premios.Por su parte, la adaptaciónde Denzel Washington a laobra de teatro de AugustWilson “Fences” y el dramade Theodore Melfi sobre ungrupo de matemáticas deraza negra “Hidden Figures”se aseguraron de acabar conlas críticas por los“ O s c a r T a n B l a n c o s ”((hash)OscarsSoWhite).Tras dos años consecutivosen los que se nominó a actoressolo blancos, hubo siete per-sonas de raza negra entre los20 postulados el martes.

Jenkins, nominado porsu trabajo como director yguionista, dijo que lascandidaturas para “Moon-light” y otras películasmostraban que la genteestaba dispuesta a ponerseen los zapatos de los demás.

“Amo a la industria delcine estadounidense y verque este año siento querealmente refleja el mundoen el que vivimos y en el quetrabajamos me daesperanza”, dijo Jenkins porteléfono desde Amsterdam.“Me da ánimo, se hatrabajado mucho para queeste año no fuera unaanomalía”.

En cuanto al talentolatino, el director decinematografía mexicanoRodrigo Prieto fuepostulado por su trabajo para“Silence” y el dramaturgo ymúsico Lin-ManuelMiranda, de origenpuertorriqueño, a mejorcanción por “How Far I’llGo” de la cinta animada“Moana”. El español JuanjoGiménez fue nominado en elrubro de cortometraje por“Timecode”.

La mayor sorpresa de lamañana fue el apoyo paraMel Gibson, quien por añosfue evitado en Hollywoodtras proferir insultosantisemitas al ser arrestadopor conducir en estado deebriedad en 2006 y por sersentenciado por violenciadoméstica en 2011. Elmartes consiguiónominaciones para su dramasobre la Segunda GuerraMundial “Hacksaw Ridge”

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO,26 I 17 (AP): México daráprioridad a la CopaConfederaciones este año enRusia y enviará un cuadroalterno con un entrenadoraún por designar paradisputar la Copa de Oro quese realizará inmediatamentedespués en Estados Unidos,dijo el jueves el técnico del“Tri” Juan Carlos Osorio.

La Confederaciones serealizará del 17 de junio al 2de julio, mientras que eltorneo de la CONCACAF,que se disputa en diversassedes de Estados Unidos,arranca el 7 de julio.

“Por reglamento nos esimposible llevar el mismoequipo a las doscompeticiones”, dijo Osorioen rueda de prensa. “A mí nome disgusta la idea. Parapoder progresar en lofutbolístico, los jugadoresno consolidados tienen queir a torneos internacionalescon esa obligación (deganar), sólo así tendremosmás jugadores como(Andrés) Guardado,(Héctor) Moreno y (Rafael)Márquez”.

El colombiano dijo queél será encargado de dirigiral equipo deConfederaciones, y que otroentrenador será el encargadodel equipo de Copa de Oro.

a mejorpelícula y unainesperadam e n c i ó ncomo director.

El thrillerde cienciaficción deD e n i sVi l leneuve“ A r r i v a l ”empató con“Moonlight”como loss e g u n d o sfilmes másnominados, con ochopostulaciones cada uno. AmyAdams, la estrella de “Arrival”y quien ha sido nominada encinco ocasiones, quedó fuerade la terna a la mejor actriz.

Meryl Streep, a quien elpresidente Donald Trumpseñaló recientemente como“sobrevaluada”, obtuvo su20¬ nominación. Por su trabajoen “Florence Foster Jenkins”fue postulada a mejor actrizjunto con Stone, NataliePortman (”Jackie”), RuthNegga (”Loving”) e IsabelleHuppert (”Elle”). Además deAdams quedó fuera AnnetteBening por “20th CenturyWomen”.

Los nominados a mejor ac-tor son Gosling, Casey Affleck(‘’Manchester by the Sea’’),Andrew Garfield (“HacksawRidge”), Viggo Mortensen(‘’Captain Fantastic’’) yDenzel Washington(“Fences”). Mientras que porel premio al mejor actor dereparto se miden MahershalaAli (‘’Moonlight’’), JeffBridges (‘’Hell or High Wa-ter’’), Michael Shannon(‘’Nocturnal Animals’’), LucasHedges (‘’Manchester by theSea’’) y Dev Patel (‘’Lion’’).

Viola Davis es la actriz dereparto favorita por su papelen “Fences”. Se medirá conNaomie Harris (”Moon-light”), Nicole Kidman(”Lion”), Octavia Spencer(”Hidden Figures”) y MichelleWilliams (”Manchester by theSea”).

Ya sea justamente o no, lasnominaciones del martesfueron vistas como una pruebapara la reformada academia decine. Será la primera votacióndesde que la presidenta de laacademia Cheryl Boone Isaacsinstauró nuevas reglas demembresía y añadió 683nuevos miembros en busca dediversificar a un grupop r e d o m i n a n t e m e n t econformado por hombresblancos de edad avanzada, queahora asciende a 6.687 perso-nas.

Los Oscar tambiénreajustaron su formato denominaciones. En vez deanunciar a los postulados envivo desde Los Angeles,nominados y ganadoresprevios que incluyeron alcineasta mexicano Guillermodel Toro y su compatriota, elactor Demian Bichir,presentaron en videospreproducidos a los candidatosen las distintas categorías enuna transmisión por stream-ing en el cibersitio Oscars.com.

Aunque “La La Land” yotras nominadas a mejorpelícula como “Arrival” y“Hidden Figures” se acercan alos 100 millones de dólares enla taquilla norteamericana,ninguna de las candidatas enel rubro ha amasado más de esasuma.

Tras haber tenido unapresencia inesperada en la

temporada de premios, la cintade un superhéroe pedante“Deadpool” (que recaudó363,1 millones de dólares) nologró figurar en los Oscar, loque coloca a las candidatas deeste año entre las menoslucrativas de la historia.

El trabajo normal del Hol-lywood actual, manejado porintereses empresarios, seaparta cada vez más de latemporada de premios de laindustria, donde filmes máspequeños y aclamados por lacrítica como “12 Years aSlave”, ‘’Birdman”, ‘’Boy-hood” y “Spotlight” handominado recientemente.Solo uno de los grandesestudios, Paramount, quedistribuyó “Arrival” y“Fences”, consiguió unanominación a mejor película.

En cambio, Amazonobtuvo su primerapostulación por “Manchesterby the Sea” de KennethLonergan, que el servicio destreaming distribuyó ensociedad con Roadside At-tractions. Netflix tambiénlogró tres nominaciones,incluyendo dos en la categoríade cortometraje documentaly una por el largometraje docu-mental de Ava DuVernay “The13th”.

La otras cintas nominadasen la categoría documentalson “Fire at Sea”(“Fuocoammare”), ‘’Life,Animated”, ‘’O.J.: Made inAmerican” y “I Am Not YourNegro”.

La escasez de éxitos detaquilla representará un retopara el presentador JimmyKimmel, quien fungirá porprimera vez como anfitriónen la ceremonia del 26 defebrero. Aunque la gala de losPremios de la Academia sigueestando entre los programasde TV más vistos del año, losratings han estado en declivelos últimos dos años. Laemisión de 2016, presentadapor Chris Rock, atrajo 34,4millones de espectadores, elnivel más bajo en ocho años.

Las nominadas a mejorcinta animada incluyenpelículas de gran presupuestoy pequeñas producciones:“Kubo and the Two Strings”(“Kubo y la búsqueda delsamurái”), ‘’Moana”, ‘’MyLife as a Zucchini” (“La vidade Calabacín”) “The RedTurtle” (“La tortuga roja”) y“Zootopia.”

En la categoría de películade lengua extranjera, la cintaalemana de Maren Ade quecausó sensación en Cannes,“Toni Erdmann”, se medirácon la danesa “Land of Mine”(”Tierra de minas”), la sueca“A Man Called Ove” (”Unhombre llamado Ove”), laaustraliana “Tanna” y la iraní“The Salesman” (”Elviajante”) de Asghar Farhadi,cuya cinta “A Separation”(“Una separación”) ganó elpremio en 2012.

Afirmó que presentó uncandidato a los dirigentes dela federación mexicana.

“Hoy la federación tieneuna propuesta por escrito,presentamos dos cuerpostécnicos conformados por elnuestro y los otros de lasselecciones (menores). Lo quevamos a hacer es mezclarlos”,agregó el colombiano sinentrar en más detalles.

México venció a EstadosUnidos en un repechaje en2015 para ganar el derecho derepresentar a la CONCACAFen la Confederaciones de 2017,donde quedaron sembradosen el Grupo A junto con losanfitriones, Nueva Zelanda yPortugal.

Su primer partido es el 18de junio ante CristianoRonaldo y el resto de laselección portuguesa.

“Mi objetivo muy per-sonal, mi ilusión es estar en lassemifinales”, dijo elcolombiano. “Es un grupocompetido y el torneo es deelite”.

Con José Manuel De laTorre como entrenador, losmexicanos quedaron fuera enla fase de grupos en laConfederaciones de Brasil2013.

Su última participación ensemifinales fue en Alemania2005.

Osorio dijo que utilizará

un partido amistoso anteIslandia, que se realizará el 8de febrero en Las Vegas, paracomenzar a dar fogueo a loscandidatos a jugar la Copade Oro.

El encuentro no formaparte de una fecha FIFA, porlo que el entrenador tendráque echar manoexclusivamente dejugadores de la liga local.Osorio dijo que armar unaselección cuando tiene esasrestricciones se ha vuelto unatarea más compleja por elincremento de jugadoresnaturalizados en el torneolocal.

“Es complicado, es unatarea difícil por no decir otracosa. Hay partidos a los quevamos a ver exclusivamentea tres jugadores yterminamos viendo a uno delos tres”, afirmó el estratega.“Pero preferimos noquejarnos de eso, pero es elescenario real en el queestamos”.

Antes de enfrentar la CopaConfederaciones, Méxicodisputará cuatro partidos dela eliminatoria mundialistahacia Rusia. El 24 de marzoante Costa Rica y el 28 delmismo mes contra Trinidady Tobago; el 9 de junioenfrenta a Honduras y cuatrodías después choca anteEstados Unidos.

México dará prioridad a Confederacionessobre Copa de OroPor CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ, Associated Press

“La La Land” empata récord con 14nominaciones al OscarPor JAKE COYLE, Associated Press

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Immigration and President TrumpBy Manuela D. Policicchio, Esq.

The immigration community throughout the United States is scared, uncertain, andapprehensive of their future. As an immigration attorney, I am also nervous for my clientsin light of the recent executive orders newly elected President Trump signed in January2017. My stomach churned reading about the discrimination specifically targeted at theHispanic community.

I fear we are taking many steps back and regressing as a country. Over the past ten yearsas a practicing attorney, despite different waves of immigrants, different priorities by ICE,and different ways the federal government handles immigration, I have never felt suchdiscrimination.

The policies President Trump has set forth are excessive, unrealistic, and absurd. Here isan outline of the orders: 1) The Wall: The order empowers the secretary of homelandsecurity to immediately begin planning, designing, and constructing a physical wall alongthe US-Mexico border for which our neighboring country will pay. Questions remain relatingto funding of this wall and what sort of relationship we are creating with our neighbor.

2) Enforcement Priorities: While Obama also promised to prioritize deporting criminals(that which he most certainly did), Trump is taking action, signing an order that will deportnot only convicted immigrants but also immigrants who have been simply charged with a“crime.” This very much concerns me as it gives too much discretion to local authoritiesto question and charge individuals it deems criminals. Local authorities should not beexecuting federal law.

3) End “Catch and Release”: President Trump is ordering detained immigrants not bereleased despite humanitarian concerns, such as persecution in their native countries. Asthe order states, this is to “end the abuse of parole and asylum provisions currently usedto prevent the lawful removal of removable aliens.”

Currently, due to a lack of housing, mostly Central Americans who are requesting asylumare entering into the United States without documentation, given tethers, and released inthe interior of the country. Trump proposes to detain them until they are deported. However,many questions arise as to how we will house these arriving immigrants. I personallybelieve the undocumented Central American influx is a problem, however, I do not thinkthis executive order realistically deals with it; there are just not enough beds to accommodateall the detainees.

The upside: I do not believe President Trump has the resources to implement all that heproposes. Still, if you have a previous deportation order, you are at heightened risk to bedetained. If you have ever been charged or convicted of a crime, you are at risk to beapprehended by an immigration official. Furthermore, if you have any claim to a green card,you should file all necessary paperwork immediately at this time. This includes, forexample, those who entered the United States with a visa and are now either married to aUS citizen or a parent of a US citizen who entered on a visa.

I also strongly urge all people, who entered one time without documentation and aremarried to US citizens, to get their I-130 petitions filed so they will soon be eligible for theI-601A Provisional waiver. This is just the beginning of Trump’s anti-immigrant movement. I urge you to protect your families, have a plan in case of detention, and have moneysaved for any situation.

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DETROIT, Jan. 24, 2017(AP): The threat from DonaldTrump to tax Mexican-madecars sold in the U.S. wouldthrow the industry into disar-ray, analysts say, forcing someuncomfortable choices: Raisecar prices or swallow the cost.Stop selling Mexican-madecars in the U.S. but risk losingcustomers. Move productionto the U.S. but make lessmoney.

“I don’t think the auto in-dustry would turn up its feetand die, but it would be aterrible shock. It would createmayhem with their profitabil-ity,” said Marina Whitman, abusiness professor at the Uni-versity of Michigan and aformer vice president at Gen-eral Motors Co.

Before he was to host abreakfast meeting early Tues-day with the heads of GeneralMotors, Ford Motor Co., andFiat Chrysler Automobiles,Trump demanded on Twitterthat automakers they buildnew factories in the U.S. “Iwant new plants to be builthere for cars sold here,” histweet said. He has warned of a“substantial border tax” oncompanies that move manu-facturing out of the countryand promised tax advantagesto those that produce domes-tically.

For more than two decades,Mexico has been an oasis forthe auto industry, offeringcheap labor and access to doz-

ens of markets through free-trade deals. Whitman says De-troit automakers can’t buildsmall cars profitably in the U.S.,where a unionized auto workercan make $58 an hour in wagesand benefits. By comparison, aMexican auto assembly workermakes a little more than $8.

That helps to explain whyautomakers have announced$24 billion in Mexican invest-ments over the last six years,according to the Center forAutomotive Research, a Michi-gan think tank. In all, $50.5billion in vehicles and $51billion in auto parts wereshipped to the U.S. from Mexicoin 2015, U.S. government datashow.

Mexico’s auto sector, whilestill smaller than the U.S., isgrowing at a faster clip.Mexico’s vehicle productioncapacity is expected to rise 49percent to 5.5 million vehiclesby 2023, according to LMCAutomotive, a forecasting firm.U.S. capacity will grow 13 per-cent to 14.2 million vehicles inthe same period.

But Trump could changethat. In frequent tweets target-ing the auto industry, he hasproposed both a 35-percenttariff on Mexican-made im-ports and a “border tax,” whichwould tax companies’ imports.That’s forcing automakers toconsider a number of options.

STAY THE COURSEAbandoning Mexico and

moving production to the U.S.,as Trump demands, would costthe industry billions and scuttleplans that are years in the mak-ing. Audi, for example, justopened a plant in Mexico that itdecided to build five years ago.

“It’s very difficult to turn onyour heels quickly in the autoindustry,” said Laurie Harbour-Felax, a manufacturing consult-ant and president of HarbourResults Inc.

In recent weeks,Volkswagen, GM, Toyota, andBMW have all said they won’tshift their production plans,while stressing the amountthey’ve invested in the U.S.BMW, for example, said it’sproceeding with a $1 billionplant in Mexico that will makethe 3 Series sedan starting in2019. The German automakeralso noted that its SUV plant inSouth Carolina is its largest plantworldwide.

Trump’s border tax wouldhurt some automakers more thanothers. Volkswagen, for ex-ample, imports 32 percent of thevehicles its sells in the U.S. fromMexico, according to LMC. ButHonda imports just 11 percent,and that’s expected to fall thisyear after it moves productionof the CR-V SUV from Mexicoto Indiana.

PIVOT ON PRODUCTIONIn early January, Ford made

the surprise announcement thatit would halt construction of a$1.6 billion plant in Mexico

slated to build the compactFocus. It also announced plansto invest $700 million of thatsavings into a Michigan plantwhere it will make new electricand autonomous cars.

Ford said declining sales ofsmall cars, not Trump, influ-enced the Mexico plant deci-sion, and the company will stillmake the Focus in Mexico at adifferent plant. But Ford CEOMark Fields noted that Trump’spromise to lower corporate taxesand ease regulations wouldmake it more attractive to dobusiness in the U.S. Fields alsosaid he’s not worried about thepossibility of tariffs

Others appear more nervous.Speaking to reporters at theDetroit auto show, FiatChrysler CEO SergioMarchionne said his companymight withdraw from Mexicoaltogether if tariffs got too high.

“Those plants were de-signed, built and purposed at atime when NAFTA was aliveand well,” he said. “It’s one ofthe perils associated with thebusiness that we run.”

Trump can’t place tariffson companies or groups ofcompanies without congres-sional approval, says GaryHufbauer, a senior fellow atthe nonpartisan Peterson In-stitute for International Eco-nomics. But he could fashiontariffs that hurt some compa-nies more than others by, forexample, picking and choos-ing from the dozens of import

classifications for vehiclesand parts.

SELL ELSEWHEREAutomakers could stop sell-

ing some Mexican-made carsin the U.S. altogether, but thatwould cost them customers.They could also try to sell thecars elsewhere.

Mexico has free trade agree-ments covering 45 countries,including agreements with theEuropean Union, Japan, andSouth America. By compari-son, the U.S. has agreementswith 20 countries.

Nissan Motor Co., thebiggest producer in Mexico,made more than 823,000 ve-hicles in the country in 2015.Forty-six percent wereshipped to the U.S., but an-other 17 percent went toother countries, includingCanada and Saudi Arabia.Nissan could tweak thosenumbers if U.S. tariffs wereprohibitive.

“All carmakers will adaptto the new rules, if there arenew rules,” Nissan CEOCarlos Ghosn said thismonth in Detroit.

PASS THE COSTIf Trump imposes tariffs,

automakers could try to passalong the cost to U.S. custom-ers. But that would raise theprice tag of cars like the$17,000 Nissan Sentra or the$21,000 Chevrolet Trax bythousands of dollars.

Even a U.S.-built vehiclelike the Toyota Camry wouldcost more. Jim Lentz, CEO ofToyota North America, said25 percent of the Camry’s partsare imported, and tariffs onthose parts would add roughly$1,000 to the cost of the car.

Automakers could swallowthe cost of the tariff, but itwould hurt their bottom lines.

Dustin Blanchard, 31, whoworks for a software startup inAustin, Texas, drives a 2007Nissan Sentra that he boughtfor $18,000. His car was madein Mexico, but he didn’t thinkmuch about that when hebought it.

“The parts all come fromeverywhere. Domestic brandsare made overseas and Japa-nese cars are made here,” hesays. “It’s so interconnectedthat you don’t feel like it’s apatriotic duty to buy a Ford orsomething.”

But a 35-percent tariffwould have added $6,300 tothe cost of his Sentra, whichwould have put it out of hisreach.

Blanchard has thoughtmore about NAFTA’s im-pact since the election.When he recently drank aMexican Coke, he says, hehalf-joked that he betterenjoy it while he can.

“It’s something I had takenfor granted, that free trade washere to stay,” he says.

Auto Writer Tom Krishercontributed to this report.

How a Trump tariff could sideswipe US auto industryBy DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writer

Owens’ Dental Hygieneprogram, in collaborationwith the Toledo Dental Soci-ety, will be offering a day offree dental services for chil-dren ages six months to 18years with limited or no ac-cess to care. The event willtake place Friday, Feb. 3, 2017,8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4p.m. at the College’s DentalHygiene Clinic located on thesecond floor of the HealthTechnologies Hall on the To-ledo-area Campus.

Give Kids A Smile Day is anational initiative by theAmerican Dental Association,dedicated to focusing atten-tion on the epidemic of un-treated oral disease among dis-

Dear Community Members and Friends ofWelcome TLC,

On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, the Lucas County Commissioners passed a resolutionreaffirming the county as a welcoming, inclusive, and safe community for all residentsincluding diverse community members.

The Lucas County Commissioners were joined by members of the Welcome Toledo-Lucas County initiative and partner organizations including Art Corner Toledo,Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE), Multifaith Council of Northwest Ohio,United Muslim Association of Toledo (UMAT), Islamic Council of Ohio, Toledo SisterCities International, and City of Toledo Board of Community Relations. The resolutionwas organized by Welcome TLC Steering Committee members in partnership with ArtCorner Toledo.

The County resolution was passed one week after a local Arab American familydiscovered racist graffiti on their garage door. In recent months, Welcome TLC andcommunity partners working with diverse communities in Toledo have heard aboutadditional incidents of bullying and intimidation occurring during the presidentialcampaign and intensifying after the presidential election. Incidents reported haveincluded children having nightmares, bullying in schools, verbal attacks in storeparking lots, and racist language and homes being vandalized.

According to Welcome TLC Steering Committee Co-Chair Eugenio Mollo, Manag-ing Attorney at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE), “Especially during thistime of uncertainty, we need to stand with our fellow community members who arefearful. This resolution is a positive step forward in building and growing a culture ofbelonging for all people.”

In an additional statement from Rachel Richardson, Project Manager of Art CornerToledo, “In response and resistance to the increasing political climate promoting hateand exclusion, Art Corner Toledo is even further devoted to using public art as a toolfor activism, social justice and inclusivity.”

A version of the County resolution is being submitted for consideration to ToledoCity Council by Welcome TLC Steering Committee Member and Toledo City Councilmember Peter Ujvagi. We would also welcome any other local jurisdictions to pass asimilar resolution and will be reaching out to many of them in the coming weeks.

Several Welcome TLC partner organizations are in early stages of submitting agrant to do local anti-hate work and we will be working to support their efforts inthe coming months. During these difficult times, please let us know if there isanything we can do to further support immigrants, refugees, and people of diversecultures in our community.

Sincerely,Brittany FordProject ManagerCo-Lead, Welcome Toledo-Lucas County (TLC)Board of Lucas County Commissioners

advantaged children. Heldeach February in conjunc-tion with NationalChildren’s Dental HealthMonth, Give Kids A SmileDay provides free oral healtheducation, screening andtreatment services to chil-dren from low-income fami-lies across the country.

Owens Dental Hygienesecond-year students, fac-ulty and alumni, and areadentists will be conductingdental services, which willinclude dental education andscreening, X-rays, oral pro-phylaxis (cleanings), limitedrestorations and dental seal-ants. In addition, first-yearstudents from the health pro-

grams will provide educa-tional presentations for par-ents and children.

Owens’ program also offersdental services to area residentsthrough its Dental HygieneClinic. The 20-chair clinic isstaffed by dental hygiene stu-dents and supervised by li-censed dental professionals atOwens, and appointments areavailable during the fall andspring semesters for a $30 fee.

Individuals interested inreceiving free dental serviceare encouraged to contact theCollege’s Dental HygieneClinic at (567) 661-7294 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7294.

Appointment reservationsmust be made prior to the event.

Free dental services para niños at Give Kids ASmile Day, Feb. 3, at Owens

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MEXICAN MUTUAL SOCIETY (MMS)1820 East 28th StreetLorain, OH 44052

440-277-7375 “SAVE THE CLUB!” CAMPAIGN

February 2017FUNDRAISER EVENT CALENDAR

Public Welcome!

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

CELEBRITY BARTENDER EVENTThe public is invited to join in the fun on Friday nights from 6-9 pm. with the Celebrity

Bartenders as the crowd cheers and the big bell rings as the tip donations role in for theMexican Mutual Society! Delicious Mexican food is available.

February 3, 2017. Cheryl Giardini, owner of “Broadway Mercantile” in DowntownLorain.

CALL FOR LITTLE QUEEN CONTESTANTS FOR 2017 CINCO DE MAYOCELEBRATION!

Continuing a 42 year tradition, MMS is seeking contestants for the CINCO DE MAYOLITTLE QUEEN who will reign over the Fiesta on May 6, 2017. The little girl MUSTbe of Mexican descent, between the ages of 5 to 9 yrs. old and live in Lorain County.Registration deadline is February 3, 2017. For further details and to register a child, callthe Pageant Director, Marie Leibas @ 440-288-1044 or email leibasmarie@yahoo.com

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY PARTY! February 5, 2017Come cheer on your favorite team! Enjoy the evening watching the Super Bowl on the

BIG SCREEN, possibly the biggest TV screen in Lorain County! Doors open at 5 pm.

2017 MEMBERSHIP DRIVEMexican Mutual Society’s membership drive is in full swing! The MMS is a non-profit

organization and is sustained by fundraisers and private donations.YOUR MEMBERSHIP KEEPS THE MMS ALIVE ! “Social Membership” is ONLY $10.

“Active Membership” available to persons of Mexican descent is $15 which allowsfor a vote on Club issues. Applications are available at the Club.

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

Fundraiser Events are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

CLEVELAND, Jan. 25,2017: Ohio City TheatreProject (OCTP) and Cleve-land Public Library (CPL)commemorate and explorethe 1966 Hough Uprisingwith a live performance ofan abridged version of theplay Incendiaries.

The performance kicksoff a four-part theater work-shop series, Saturdays inFebruary, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00p.m., Cleveland Public Li-brary - Martin Luther King,Jr. Branch.

Participants will examinethe historic record of the1966 Hough Uprising andwill be introduced to theatercreation and collaborative

CLEVELAND, Jan. 27,2017 (AP): The ClevelandIndians will host the 2019All-Star Game at ProgressiveField. Today, the team for-mally announced the eventlast held in Cleveland in1997. The city also hostedthe game in 1935, 1954,1963 and 1981 at Munici-pal Stadium, which was torndown in the 1990s. In ‘97,Indians catcher SandyAlomar hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh

techniques. And with theseskills, they will be encour-aged to express their uniqueperspectives and responsesto this historic event and itsparallels to current head-lines.

Using the power of thearts to express, combine andpresent different points ofview, the workshop providesan opportunity to bring com-munity members togetherand empower them to ex-plore challenging contem-porary issues in a safe col-laborative setting.

Incendiaries began as a10-minute play for Cleve-land Public Theatre’s (CPT)2015 Fire on the Water, and

was developed into a full,evening-length work,which premiered in a Janu-ary 2016 OCTP/CPTcoproduction.

The piece has been pre-sented at CPT’s StationHope and Road to Hope.Bob Abelman The Cleve-land Jewish News praisedthe production as,“transform[ing] historicaltext, actual trial transcripts,and documented citizenaccounts into riveting the-ater.”

For more information andto make a reservations:www.eventbrite.com/e/the-incendiaries-project-tickets-30704313428?aff=es2

inning and was selectedMost Valuable Player.

Cleveland.com first re-ported the game coming toCleveland. The Indians willbe the first AL host sinceMinnesota in 2014. The All-Stars will be in Miami thisyear and Washington, D.C.,in 2018.

The AL champion Indi-ans have made significantchanges to their downtownballpark since last hostingthe All-Star game. Thou-

sands of seats have beenremoved and the club hascreated better viewing forfans with the installationof open social areas andbar rails.

CPL and OCTP present 1966 Hough Uprisingvia ‘Incendiaries Project’

Cleveland Indians will host 2019 All-Star GameBy TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer

The Ohio Theatre andEvent Center, located at3114 Lagrange, and Wel-come Toledo-LucasCounty will host the 3rd

Annual Toledo Interna-tional Film Festival (TIFF).

Each Saturday from Feb-ruary 4 to February 18, 2017for films, food, and perfor-mances from around theglobe that celebrate culturaldiversity and internationalunderstanding. Light re-freshments will be providedby local ethnic and immi-grant-owned restaurantsand the concession standwill include popcorn and acash bar.

Individual tickets are$10 Per Film ($8 in advanceonline). Patrons can pur-chase a TIFF Pass for $50 tosee all six films and perfor-mances. Advance ticketscan be purchased online atwww.ohiotheatretoledo.org.

The screening and pro-gram schedule is as follows:

Saturday, February 4,2017:

C L E V E L A N D :Cuyahoga CommunityCollege (Tri-C®) has an-nounced the lineup of tick-eted concerts for the 38th

annual Tri-C JazzFestCleveland, presented byKeyBank, June 22-24,2017 at PlayhouseSquare.

This year’s JazzFestfeatures eight shows in-side Playhouse Square’shistoric venues. The festi-val will showcase jazzicons with decades of hits,artists at the pinnacle oftheir craft and emergingtalent just beginning toetch their names in theindustry.

“These world-class art-ists reflect the diversity,power and soul that makethis music such a beauti-ful art form,” said TerriPontremoli, director of thefestival. “We’re lookingforward to celebrating jazzculture with Clevelandand regional audiences.”

Here is the concertlineup, with show timesand locations; ticketinginformation follows:

Thursday, June 22,2017: Dianne Reeves/Chris Botti — 7:30 p.m.,Connor Palace;

With a buttery-rich andfluid voice, the legendaryDianne Reeves has wonfive Grammys for BestVocal Jazz Performance.Trumpeter Chris Botti alsois a Grammy winner, withfour albums havingreached No. 1 onBillboard’s jazz charts.

Friday, June 23:Terence Blanchard’s BlueNote Sessions — 6 p.m.,Ohio Theatre;Trumpeter TerenceBlanchard and a few mu-sical friends – KennyBarron, Ravi Coltrane,Carl Allen, and DavidPulphus – perform music

Theme of the Evening:Strong Women

5:00 p.m. - Mariam (2016,France, Saudi Arabia, USA,UAE, 45min); panel ques-tion & answer with localMuslim women who wearhijab immediately follow-ing film; special perfor-mance by Drums of Thunderafter film panel discussion.

8:00 p.m. - A Girl WalksHome Alone at Night (2014,Iran, USA, 1hr 41min, Rec-ommended for a Mature Au-dience Only).

Saturday, February 11Theme of the Evening:

Family Friendly Fun5:00 p.m. - Dhanak (2015,

India, 1h 46min); specialperformance byKazenodaichi Taiko En-semble after film.8:00 p.m. - Hunt for theWilderpeople (2016, NewZealand, 1hr 41min).

Saturday, February 18Theme of the Evening:

Migration5:00 p.m. - Who is Dayani

Cristal? (2013, Mexico,USA, 1h 25min, Recom-mended for a Mature Audi-ence Only); panel question& answer immediately fol-lowing film with localLatino and immigration lawservice providers.

Special Performanceby El Corazón de MexicoBallet Folklorico after filmpanel discussion.

8:00 p.m. - Ixcanul(2015, Guatemala, 1hr33min, Recommended for aMature AudienceOnly); facilitated conver-sation immediately follow-ing film with BGSU Profes-sor of Latin American Lit-erature and Cultural Stud-ies and Graduate Student.

NOTE: The Toledo In-ternational Film Festivalis presented by the Ohio The-atre and Event Center andWelcome Toledo-LucasCounty.

For more information oneach film, see the Ohio The-atre website atwww.ohiotheatretoledo.org.

he composed for the RobertDeNiro film The Comedian,in theaters Feb. 3.

Boney James/NormanBrown — 8 p.m., Connor Pal-ace;

Saxophonist Boney Jamesfused a love for vintage soulmusic with mastery of mod-ern production to become oneof Billboard’s ContemporaryJazz Artists of the Decade forthe 2000s. Norman Brown –a guitarist, composer andsinger – has offered tasty sonictidbits of classic R&B andcontemporary jazz for two de-cades.

Saturday, June 24: JaneBunnett and Maqueque/Ali-cia Olatuja — 1 p.m., AllenTheatre;

Saxophonist JaneBunnett, a Juno Award win-ner, routinely launches cre-ative and exciting projectswith Cuban artists such as thefive young women inMaqueque. Newcomer AliciaOlatuja earned praise fromthe New York Times as “asinger with a strong and lus-cious tone and an amiablyregal presence on stage.”

Diego Figueiredo/AnatCohen Choro Ensemble —3:30 p.m., Ohio Theatre;Guitarist Diego Figueiredofuses jazz, bossa nova andclassical in a way that madehim a winner of the MontreuxJazz Competition and VISAPrize. Anat Cohen, a clarinet-ist and saxophonist, blendsLatin-infused original jazzwith the rich musical tradi-tions of Brazil in her ChoroAventuroso program.

Kamasi Washington — 6p.m., Allen Theatre;Kamasi Washington and hisband, The Next Step, offer amodern spin on a big bandwith two drummers, twoacoustic bassists, keyboards,three horns, a pianist and avocalist. He recently workedon Kendrick Lamar’s ac-claimed 2015 album To Pimp

A Butterfly.Boz Scaggs/Catherine

Russell — 8:05 p.m., ConnorPalace;

Boz Scaggs performedwith the Steve Miller Band inthe ’60s before embarking ona solo career that producedclassic albums such as SilkDegrees (1976) and MiddleMan (1980). CatherineRussell’s musical résumé in-cludes six chart-topping al-bums and a Grammy as a fea-tured artist on the BoardwalkEmpire soundtrack.

Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective — 10:15 p.m., AllenTheatre;

Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective offers a sociallyconscious journey into an ex-citing zone of grooved fu-sion teeming with funk, R&Band blues. He recorded hisnext album, Caravan, duringlive performances with the E-Collective in Cleveland,Minneapolis, and Dallas ear-lier this year.

Festival passes – whichoffer VIP seating to all eightticketed concerts, plus otherperks – are now on sale for$250. Call 216-640-8800 topurchase. Individual ticketswill go on sale at a later datethrough the PlayhouseSquare Box Office.

The 2017 JazzFest willalso include free outdoor con-certs at Playhouse Square onthe Strassman InsuranceStage from 3 p.m. to midnightFriday and Saturday on festi-val weekend. The popularperformances will feature lo-cal talent selected by a jury ofmusic industry experts.

The festival typicallydraws tens of thousands ofpeople downtown for thethree-day experience. For afull roster of Tri-C JazzFestevents, including free com-munity concerts in themonths leading up to the fes-tival, visit www.tri-cjazzfest.com.

Films, Food, and Performances at 3rdAnnual Toledo International Film Festival

Lineup announced for 38th Annual Tri-CJazzFest

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,Jan. 25, 2017 (AP): The fu-ture of one of the world’slargest single-dish radio tele-scopes is in question after theU.S. National Science Foun-dation announced Wednes-day it was accepting propos-als from those interested inassuming operations at theArecibo Observatory inPuerto Rico.

The announcementcomes as the federal agencyruns out of funds to supportthe observatory, which fea-tures a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) dish used in partto search for gravitationalwaves and track asteroids thatmight be on a collision coursewith Earth.

Officials with the founda-tion stressed in an interviewWednesday with The Associ-ated Press that the agencyprefers that the observatoryremain open with the help ofcollaborators that would pro-vide a funding boost.

“Our (community reviews)have recognized that Arecibodoes great science and willcontinue to do great science,”said Ralph Gaume, acting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,Jan. 26, 2017 (AP): ManyU.S. Muslim and Latino ad-vocates have joined forcesin opposing changes to im-migration rules by PresidentDonald Trump, bolstering analliance between them asthey mull the prospect ofaggressive restrictions.

In joint press conferencesand rallies across the coun-try, they are decrying an ac-tion Trump signed tojumpstart construction on asouthern border wall. Trumpis expected to take steps tostop accepting Syrian refu-gees, suspend the UnitedStates’ broader refugee pro-gram for 120 days and sus-pend issuing visas for peoplefrom seven predominantlyMuslim countries in theMiddle East and Africa.

As Trump signed the firstactions Wednesday after-noon, the hashtags(hash)NoBanNoWall and(hash)RefugeesWelcometrended on Twitter, andthousands signed a pro-refugee petition by Chris-tian evangelical groups.Muslims, immigrants andtheir supporters rallied inNew York City and else-where in protest.

Advocates and activistsacross racial, religious andethnic lines have linked be-fore but are now mounting amore unified response.

“An attack on one of us isan attack on all of us,” saidGreisa Martínez, an advo-cacy director of the UnitedWe Dream Network, de-scribing herself as “undocu-mented, unafraid and hereto stay.”

“We believe this is thestart of Donald Trump’s massdeportation agenda,” shesaid.

Trump said Wednesdaythat his executive actionson immigration show thatthe U.S. will get back “con-trol of its border.” But theflow of immigrants at theMexican border has de-clined, and immigrant andrefugee advocates call themoves and plans reckless,dangerous and un-Ameri-can—and say that actionstaken against one group af-fect them all.

“This is not who we are asa country,” Katharina Obser,a senior program officer withthe Women’s Refugee Com-mission, told reporters on aconference call.

The executive director ofthe Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michiganchapter questioned whetherthe signed actions would cre-

ate more security in the U.S.“These executive orders

will not make our countrysafer, rather will producemore xenophobia in our so-ciety,” Dawud Walid said ina statement. “The denial ofinnocent humans includingwomen and children who arerefugees to find safe haven inAmerica is antithetical to thestated values of our nation.”

Michigan has one of thenation’s largest Muslim com-munities and thousands ofMiddle Eastern refugeeshave settled there. A draftorder indicates Trump plansto suspend issuing visas tocitizens of seven Muslim-majority countries for at least30 days, halt the Syrian refu-gee program and stop admit-ting refugees from other coun-tries for 120 days.

The U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops con-demned plans for a wall. Car-dinal Joseph Tobin of New-ark, New Jersey, who was re-cently appointed by PopeFrancis, tweeted: “A fearfulnation talks about buildingwalls and is vulnerable tocon men. We must challengethe fear before we are led intodarkness.”

Trump also signed an ac-tion that would block federalgrants from so-called sanctu-ary cities, where local policedon’t enforce federal immi-gration laws.

Marielena Hincapié, ex-ecutive director of NationalImmigration Law Center, saidher organization has draftedlawsuits challengingTrump’s actions and that lawfirms have offered “pro bonosupport.”

“We’re committed to us-ing all of our legal resources,”she said.

In New Mexico, which hasthe nation’s highest percent-age of Hispanic residents,activists worried the execu-tive actions would hurt allLatinos and Mexican-Ameri-cans. The Albuquerque-based immigrant rights groupEl CENTRO de Igualdad yDerechos and the IslamicCenter of New Mexico held apress conference along thecity’s historic Camino Real.

“When they go afterLatinos, they go after allLatinos,” Ralph Arellanes,chairman of the HispanoRound Table of New Mexico,said. “It’s not like people arewalking on the streets andthey have identification thatsays they’ve been here fourcenturies, or three centuries,or two centuries or one cen-tury.”

Javier Gonzáles, mayor of

Santa Fe, New Mexico,vowed to fight any effort tomake the city hostile to im-migrants. Santa Fe recentlyrenewed its commitment asa sanctuary city.

“There is no presiden-tial executive order that willever change our values ofbeing a welcoming and in-clusive city. It’s what’smade our city thrive formore (than) 400 years,”wrote Gonzáles, whose tiesto the city go back to 17thcentury Spanish settlers.

A coalition of Muslimand Latino leaders, alongwith civil rights groups, alsoheld a press conference inAtlanta to persuade Geor-gians to call their electedofficials to speak outagainst Trump’s immigra-tion and refugee policies.

Edward AhmedMitchell, executive direc-tor of the Georgia branch ofthe Council on American-Islamic Relations, saidthey’re speaking out beforesome of the actions haveeven been issued in hopesthat “maybe we can makethe horrible just bad.”

Stephanie Cho, execu-tive director of Asian Ameri-cans Advancing Justice At-lanta, got choked up as shespoke about the need forsolidarity and resistanceagainst Trump’s proposals.

“I think I’m getting emo-tional because there is somuch at stake right now,”she said. “(There are) poli-cies that are affecting ev-eryone I know and careabout.”

Mexican-American ac-tivist DeeDee García Blasesaid Trump’s moves haveincreased anxiety in Phoe-nix because of Arizona lawsthat targeted immigrants.“Everybody is bracingthemselves,” Blase said.“We are telling undocu-mented immigrants: Don’tsign anything.”

Samia Assed, 51, of Al-buquerque, participated inthe recent Women’s Marchon Washington.

“I don’t think there isanything that’s going tocome out of this as far ascountering terrorism,” saidthe third-generation Pales-tinian-American. “The fearis that it will trickle downto everyday life and everydifferent aspect of Muslimlife in America.”

Karoub reported fromDetroit. Associated Presswriters Rachel Zoll in NewYork City and KateBrumback in Atlanta con-tributed to this report.

division director for thefoundation’s Division of As-tronomical Sciences.

However, he warned it’spossible none of the propos-als that have to be submittedby late April will be chosen.This would leave the foun-dation with alternatives in-cluding suspending opera-tions at the observatory, turn-ing it into an educationalcenter or shutting it down.

The first hint that the 53-year-old observatory was atrisk came a decade ago,when a panel of experts rec-ommended it be shut downunless other institutionscould help the foundation.The agency finances two-thirds of the observatory’s$12 million annual budget,and officials said it couldprovide some $20 millionover a five-year period to apotential new operator.

Scientists use the obser-vatory in part to detect radioemissions emitted by objectsincluding stars and galax-ies, and it has been featuredin the Jodie Foster film “Con-tact” and the James Bondmovie “GoldenEye.” It at-

tracts about 90,000 visitorsand some 200 scientists ayear that use the observatoryfor free to do research, saidobservatory director Fran-cisco Cordova.

However, he told the APthat could change depend-ing on the type of proposalssubmitted.

“Perhaps in the future, sci-entists might have to pay touse it,” he said, adding thatthe observatory still plays akey role in research includ-ing the study of solar erup-tions capable of disruptingelectronic equipment.

The observatory has beenthreatened in recent years bybigger, more powerful tele-scopes in places like Chileand China, where officialsrecently unveiled the Five-hundred-meter ApertureSpherical Telescope, orFAST.

The foundation said itexpects to make a decisionby late 2017 as it awaitscompletion of a final envi-ronmental impact statement,which will outline all alter-natives for the observatory’sfuture.

Muslims, Latinos unify over Trump’simmigration, border planBy RUSSELL CONTRERAS and JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press

Future of giant radio telescope in Puerto Ricoin limboBy DANICA COTO, Associated Press

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TOLEDO, January 26, 2017:In partnership with ToledoCommunity Foundation, theAnderson Foundation recentlyawarded grants totaling$69,960 to five area nonprofitorganizations.

Earlier this year, the Boardof Trustees of the AndersonFoundation partnered with theToledo Community Founda-tion to release a special fundingopportunity to area nonprofitorganizations providing ser-vices that are aligned with thegoals of Aspire. Through thisrequest for proposals, grantswere awarded to the followingorganizations:

· Catholic Club - $11,000 toenhance the early childhoodeducation program and supportkindergarten readiness work-shops for parents.

· East Toledo Family Cen-ter - $14,660 to enhance theearly childhood education pro-gram and support parent re-source workshops.

· Partners in Education -$9,300 to support a project de-signed to improve parentalunderstanding of early learn-ing milestones and access toeducational resources.

· The University of ToledoFoundation - $10,000 to sup-port the Reach Out and Readprogram.

· YMCA and JCC of GreaterToledo - $25,000 to support acontinuous improvement

Lourdes University is of-fering prospective studentsand their families the oppor-tunity to explore college andGray Wolf Country. Check-in for each visit day beginsat 10:30 a.m. at theFranciscan Center, 6832Convent Blvd., in Sylvania.The program begins at 11a.m.

Prospective students andtheir parents can tour cam-pus accompanied byLourdes students and anundergraduate admissionrepresentative. During thetour, students are encour-aged to meet their peers whoattend Lourdes, share their

Notre Dame Academy Of-fering High School Place-ment Test

TOLEDO, Jan. 26, 2017:All girls interested in startinghigh school at Notre DameAcademy (NDA) in the fall andpotentially earning a scholar-ship are invited to takethe High School PlacementTest (HSPT) at NDA on Satur-day, February 4, 2017.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 26,2017: State Reps. Dan Ramos(D-Lorain) and David Leland(D-Columbus) earlier thisweek announced the reintro-duction of legislation thatproposes Ohio join the Na-tional Popular Vote Inter-state Compact, a group ofstates that pledge their entireElectoral College delegationto the winner of the nationalpopular vote during the gen-eral election.

“On the weekend follow-ing the 2017 inauguration,with millions of people tak-ing to the streets to protest thepresidency of Donald Trump,we witnessed the largest out-pouring of dissent this nationhas ever seen,” said Leland.“Part of the energy that fueledthis protest was the belief thatTrump was not a legitimatelyelected president because helost the popular vote by a land-slide— nearly 3 million votes.This legislation is not a re-

project designed toenrich theorganization’s capac-ity to deliver highquality early child-hood education.

Aspire is a collective im-pact partnership that con-venes community leadersaround a common “cradle tocareer readiness” agenda. Itconnects service providers,citizens, researchers, educa-tors and business leadersaround the common goal ofhelping children becomehealthy, caring, responsibleadults. One of Aspire’s fivekey outcomes is that all chil-dren in Lucas County enterkindergarten ready to suc-ceed. For more informationon Aspire, visitwww.aspiretoledo.org.

Editor’s Note: The Ander-son Foundation is a privatefamily foundation whichstrives to enhance the qual-ity of life in communities inwhich the donor company,The Andersons, Inc., has busi-ness operations. Through thisunique opportunity, theAnderson Foundation andToledo Community Founda-tion are working together tosupport projects, programs orservices that promote cradleto career success for childrenin the greater Toledo area.“We at the Anderson Foun-dation are sold on the con-

cepts promoted by Aspire.There are few things morecritical than providingyoung children the tools tosucceed in life. We are reallypleased to be working withToledo Community Founda-tion and local nonprofits toidentify and fund needs inthis arena,” said Matt Ander-son, Chairman of the Ander-son Foundation Board ofTrustees. The AndersonFoundation anticipates an-nouncing a fourth Requestfor Proposals in 2017.

Toledo Community Foun-dation, Inc. is a public chari-table organization created bycitizens of our community toenrich the quality of life forindividuals and families inour area. In existence since1973, the Foundation hasmore than 720 funds withassets of approximately $235million. The Foundation pro-vides philanthropic servicesfor individuals, families,businesses and corporationsto meet their charitable giv-ing needs. For more informa-tion about Toledo Commu-nity Foundation, visitwww.toledocf.org or followus on Facebook.

litigation of the recent generalelection. Instead, it will changethe way we elect future presi-dents, so that never again willsomeone be elected withoutwinning the popular vote of thepeople.”

The National PopularVote Interstate Compact al-lows for states to apply thenational popular vote throughthe Electoral College, withoutdictating how states choosetheir electors and without theneed for a constitutionalamendment. Instead, it wouldallow states to award all elec-toral votes to whichever can-didate wins the popular vote –the vote of the people.

“This is a change that islong overdue. Two-thirds ofthe presidents elected in myadult life will have been cho-sen by the Electoral College intheir first term without receiv-ing the majority vote,” saidRamos. “Our current frame-work does not respect the di-

rect will of the people. This ispatently undemocratic andundermines confidence in thepeople that we are truly ademocracy.”

During the 2016 generalelection, two-thirds of thepresidential campaignevents were in only six states.This legislation seeks to re-store true democracy inAmerica by ensuring thepresidential candidate thatreceives the greatest total ofvotes is the candidate thatends up in the White House.

Since 2007, 10 states andthe District of Columbia – atotal of 165 electoral votes –have joined the compact.Should Ohio join, thecompact’s electoral totalwould jump to 183 electoralvotes. The compact will au-tomatically go into effectwhen enough states join torepresent an absolute elec-toral majority – 270 elec-toral votes.

academic interests with pro-fessors and advisors, discussscholarship opportunities,meet with coaches and tourLourdes’ signature apartment-style on-campus housing.

Dates include: Monday,February 20, 2017; Saturday,March 25; and Saturday, April22.

Individuals can RSVP atwww.lourdes.edu/visit. Foradditional information, call419-885-5291 or emailluadmits@lourdes.edu

NOTE: Those traveling toGray Wolves Country fromoutside the region are encour-aged to make their trek anovernight or weekend vaca-

tion. Known as the “City ofTrees,” Sylvania is locatedjust minutes from Toledo andthe Michigan border. Acharming suburban area,Sylvania offers boutiqueshops and one-of-a-kind res-taurants in the historic down-town area as well as parks, anarboretum and nature pre-serve. Our neighbor – To-ledo – offers an array of ac-tivities from the cultural arts,America’s best zoo, shop-ping, sporting events, theGreat Lakes and more.

Individuals and familiescan also choose to set up adaily tour. Tours are offeredat 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.

Scholarships of up to$3,000 will be given to stu-dents placing in the national80th percentile and above.Students applying to NDA’sninth grade are required totake the HSPT and this is willbe the final HSPT offered byNDA this academic year.

Check-in for the test is8am with the test beginningat 9am. Students are to bring

$20, several #2 pencils, anda calculator.

Notre Dame Academy, aCatholic college prepara-tory school for grades 7-12,is the only International Bac-calaureate World School innorthwest Ohio and the onlyschool offering both AP andIB advanced courses. Moreinformation can be found atnda.org.

The Anderson Foundation awards grantstotaling $69,960 to 5 non-profits

Ohio seeks to join National Popular Vote InterstateCompact to restore citizen’s democracy

Explore college during Winter and SpringVisit Days

Final opportunity to earn High SchoolScholarship

MARY WARDMay 18, 1932 – January 20, 2017

Mary (née Flores) Ward of Toledo, Ohio, passed away suddenly, Friday, January 20, 2017, ather home. She was born May 18, 1932, in Toledo, to José and Carmen Flores.

Mary graduated from Waite High School in 1950. During her following career, she wasa dedicated civil servant who began her extensive 60 plus year career with the City of Toledoat age 19 and went on to serve in various departments.

She took extreme pride in serving her city and its people and employees well and retiredin 2010, as the City’s Payroll Supervisor and longest serving civic employee at the time. Shewas a member of AFCSME Local #2058.

Mary was also passionate and actively involved in city politics and managed herbrother’s campaigns (Judge Joseph A. Flores) and she also ran for Toledo City Council.

Mary was a University of Michigan sports fan. She had an undeniable spirit for life andshe will be remembered and missed, especially by her friends and family.

Mary is survived by: sister, Esperanza (Charles) Clay, of Arlington, Texas and sister-in-law, Mary Jane (Joseph) Flores, of Oregon, Ohio. Also surviving are numerous nieces andnephews; Ted (Linda) Steele, Carmen (Mike) Stemen, LTC U. S. Army-Retired Anneliese(Major U. S. Army Retired, Doug Skaggs) Steele, Shawn (Rebecca) Flores, Mark (Celia)Flores, Denise (Bryan) Finnegan, Andre (Jessi) Flores, María (Jeff Sendelbach, Fiancé)Flores.

Mary was preceded in death by: her mother, Carmen Flores; father, José Flores; brothers,Ramón Flores, Rudy Flores, and Judge Joseph A. Flores; and sisters, Margarita Flores andEva Steele.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to SS Peter and Paul CatholicChurch or to Latins United, 706 S. St. Clair St., 43609, in care of the “Lucy Weaver ScholarshipFund” for college students.

Source: Coyle Funeral and Cremation Services. http://www.coylefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Ward-27/#!/PhotosVideos

Linda Parrareceivedher BA onDec. 17, 2016from UT, withfocus on com-munications.GPA of 3.94.¡Felicidades!

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Volunteer DJ WantedNeed a DJ to cover the following events

March 10th for the Alumni Danceand April 29th for Prom 2017.

The events are only 2-3 hours long and in theToledo/ Perrysburg area.

Please call 419-870-2797 if you are willing todonate your time for students with special needs.

Part-Time Paralegal

MDP Immigration Law is hiring a part-time paralegal.This is a part-time position that will require extensivepreparation of immigration legal forms, legal writing,and communication with clients.

Individual must have a college degree, be astrong and creative writer, and proficient in Spanish.Must be fast, efficient, and legal minded. Writing testwill be administered to test for creativity, efficiencyand grammar skills.

MDP Immigration Law, PLLC19901 Dix-Toledo HwyBrownstown, MI 48183Phone: 734-479-4200

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Want to build a career inLorain County? Sales oriented?

Looking for a select employee that is bilingual,willing to work part time to learn the insurancebusiness. This opportunity could blossom intoa great career for the right person.

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Ohio Operating EngineersApprenticeship & Training Program

Local 184 Year Apprenticeship

2017 Application Dates:

January 23, 24, 25 &February 2, 3, and 4, 2017

Applications will be accepted from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Operating Engineers are the men and women whooperate and repair the equipment that builds America!!!

“Earn As You Learn”

TEST DAY MATERIALS NEEDED:**A valid photo id.

**A copy of your high school diploma/GED or transcripts.**A copy of your discharge papers (DD214) if you are a

veteran.

We will be taking/accepting applications at the followinglocation:

Cygnet Training Center Region 29435 Cygnet RoadCygnet, OH. 43413

Off of I-75 @ exit 171 (Cygnet Exit)**3 ½ miles EAST on Cygnet Road**

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Project Engineer

Rudolph/Libbe Inc., a local area general contracting firm, has an immediateopening for a Project Engineer in our Walbridge, OH office. This position will beresponsible for assisting the project manager in managing and growing assignedproject sites/customers by providing estimating and project management services.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years’ experienceworking in the construction industry. Interested candidates should submit theirrésumé to RESUME@RLGBUILDS.COM.

Project Manager

Rudolph/Libbe Inc., a local area general contracting firm, has an immediateopening for a Project Manager in our Walbridge, OH office. This position will beresponsible for managing and growing assigned project sites/customers byproviding estimating and project management services.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years’ experienceworking in the construction industry. Interested candidates should submit theirrésumé to RESUME@RLGBUILDS.COM.

With a commitment to improving thehuman condition, The University ofToledo and University Medical Centerare seeking qualified candidates for thefollowing positions:

• Client Services Associate• Sr. Financial Analyst• Clinical Research Coordinator• Lab Assistant• Marketing Development Analyst – HealthCare• Medical Assistant• Administrative Assistant 1• Staff Perfusionist• Staff Nurse First Assistant• Certified Surgical Assistant• Staff Nurse• Nursing Assistant• Mental Health Aide (STNA)• Resource Utilization Coordinator (RN)

The University of Toledo offers an excellent salaryand benefit package, which includes the Ohio PublicEmployees Retirement System and State TeachersRetirement System for faculty with employer contri-bution, medical coverage, paid sick and vacationtime, tuition waiver is available to UT employees andtheir eligible spouses and dependents and 10 paidholidays.

For a complete listing of our openings and desiredqualifications or to apply, please proceed to ourwebsite at https://jobs.utoledo.edu

We ask that applications and required documentsbe submitted electronically.

UT and UTMC are EO/AA employersand educators M/F/D/V

Certified Inspector 1, PlumberLucas County

Lucas County Building Regulations is acceptingapplications to fill position of Certified Inspector 1,Plumber until the position is filled. Additionalinformation regarding the duties is available on theLucas County web site (www.co.lucas.oh.us). Clickon “Apply for a Job” and then select “CertifiedInspector1, Plumber” from the list to read moreor apply.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority seeks afull-time Communications Assistant to assist withdevelopment and implementation of overall publicrelations, marketing, and communication plans forthe Port Authority.

Full details are available at www.toledoport.org.Starting Salary Range: $35,400 - $44,500 with acomprehensive benefit package.

Qualified candidates may submit their résuméselectronically to HR@toledoport.org.

Résumés will be accepted until February 13, 2017,or until the position has been filled.

Invitation for BidsCollingwood Green Phase 3 Multi-Family Housing

IFB#17-B001

Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) will receive sealed bids forconstruction of Collingwood Green 3 (multi-family housing), Toledo, OH43604. Received in accordance with law until February 23, 2017, 11AM ET.Pre-Bid Meeting: Feb 2, 2017 at 10AM ET. For documents: www.lucasmha.org;435 Nebraska Ave., Toledo, OH 43604; or 419-259-9469 (TRS: Dial 711).

Bidders required to meet Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Oppor-tunity requirements as described in Executive Order #11246. Sec. 3 Compli-ance Applicable.

Employment Opportunities

Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA), located in Toledo, OH is seekingexperienced applicants for the following position(s): Housing Specialist; ServiceCoordination Specialist. For complete details, visit www.lucasmha.org/Employ-ment. Deadline: 02/12/17. This is a Section 3 covered position. HUD recipientsare encouraged to apply and are to indicate on the application if you are a LMHAPublic Housing resident or Housing Choice Voucher Program participant. Personswith disabilities are encouraged to apply. NO PHONE CALLS.Equal employment opportunity shall be afforded to all qualified persons withoutregard to age, race, color, religion, religious creed, gender, military status,ancestry, disability, handicap, sexual orientation, genetic information or nationalorigin.

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A TROPICAL PARADISE IS WAITINGFOR YOU—FREE OF CHARGE!

Forget winter! This Sunday, February 5, 2017, the Toledo Botanical Garden is offeringa rare, sneak peek of its Greenhouse. From Noon to 4 p.m., families are invited to visit thisbalmy, tropical paradise for FREE family-friendly fun! Imagine…72 degrees and lushfoliage along with make and take activities for children of all ages.

The TBG Greenhouse is located off the Bancroft Street entrance, between Reynolds Roadand Holland-Sylvania Road near Hawkins Elementary School. We look forward to seeing you!

Jan. 24, 2017: The Cleve-land Foundation is accept-ing scholarship applicationsthrough March 15 for the2017-2018 academic year.Most of the scholarships aredesignated for graduatinghigh school seniors attend-ing colleges and universities,but some of the foundation’smore than 62 scholarshipfunds provide current collegestudents and adults returningto school the opportunity topursue courses that enhancetheir professional, personaland vocational development.

In 2016, the foundation’sscholarship funds supportednearly 400 recipients.

Most of the foundation’sscholarships require resi-dence in Cuyahoga, Lake orGeauga counties, but in someinstances donors identifiedanother geographic area oftheir choice, within the UnitedStates, when they establishedtheir scholarship fund. Inter-ested individuals can exploreavailable scholarships viawww.clevelandfoundation.org/

NOTICE: FREE FORUMAT U of M concerningDACA, Feb. 2

scholarships.Candidates may com-

plete a single application tobe considered for multipleawards. On average, thescholarships range from$1,000 to $3,000, and manyare renewable for up to fouryears.

Since 1987, donors of theCleveland Foundation haveprovided more than $50 mil-lion in scholarship awards toaspiring individuals. Indi-viduals interested in learningmore about establishing ascholarship fund at the Cleve-land Foundation can contactthe Advancement team at216-685-2006 orGiveNow@CleveFdn.org.

Free forum, “Immigra-tion, DACA-Dreamers, andthe University of Michi-gan,” scheduled for Thurs-day, February 2, 2017from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm inHaven Hall 3512.

This forum, which is partof the University ofMichigan’s BicentennialEvents, will address the im-pact of the Deferred Actionfor Childhood Arrivals(DACA) immigration policyat the national level and atthe University of Michigan.

Participants include: Dr. Karma R. Chávez,

Associate Professor & Di-rector of Graduate Studies,Department of MexicanAmerican and Latina/oStudies, University of Texas– Austin;

Dr. Silvia Pedraza, Pro-

fessor in the Departmentsof Sociology and Ameri-can Culture, University ofMichigan;

Dr. Jorge Delva,Kristine A. Siefert Colle-giate Professor of SocialWork and Director of theCommunity EngagementProgram at the Universityof Michigan’s Institute forClinical & TranslationalResearch;

and Dulce Rios, a seniorin the College of Engineer-ing, who is studying Engi-neering Physics with a con-centration in Optics.

Dr. Lorraine M.Gutiérrez, Arthur F.Thurnau Professor, De-partment of Psychologyand School of SocialWork, University ofMichigan, will serve asthe moderator.

Cleveland Foundation acceptingscholarship applications

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