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El Tipico Restaurant marks its 50th Anniversary and 85th birthday of Ezekiel Villa, p. 6

Artist-Activist to speakat BGSU Latino Issuesconference, March 21

Latina artist/activistFavianna Rodríguez is

scheduled to speak atBowling Green State University

on March 21, 2018.To the left is one of her many

creations, representing one of thenumerous issues that she is

passion about.

See the flyer on page 3.

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LA HABANA, 7 III 18(AP) - Cuba consideró un“show” la intención delsecretario general de laOrganización de EstadosAmericanos (OEA), LuisAlmagro, de visitar la islapara participar de unaactividad convocada por unpequeño grupo dedisidentes.

“Ya está en marcha unaestrategia de comunicaciónde alcance internacionalpara tratar de deslegitimarla actuación de larevolución”, expresó elmiércoles una nota delperiódico oficial Granma.

Ni la “OEA ni ningunode sus funcionarios, muchomenos los que traicionanlos principios éticoselementales, han sido niserán jamás bienvenidos enla Cuba revolucionaria deFidel (Castro)”, agregó elartículo titulado“Provocaciones, premios eideas fracasadas”.

Almagro solicitó porsegundo año consecutive—en 2017 no le fueconcedida—una visa paraparticipar en La Habana dela entrega de un premio enhonor al fallecido disidenteOswaldo Payá que organizasu hija. Hasta ahora no hayrespuesta oficial al pedido.

Payá y la RedLatinoamericana de

LA HABANA, 5 III 18(AP): Cuba rechazó ladecisión de Estados Unidosde hacer permanente el retirode más de la mitad de susdiplomáticos, al tiempo queexpresó su preocupación porun eventualincumplimiento de losacuerdos migratoriosbilaterales que a lo largo dedécadas evitaron una crisisen ese sector.

La medida “responde amotivaciones políticas y notiene relación alguna con laseguridad de susfuncionarios en La Habana”,dijo en declaraciones a unpequeño grupo deperiodistas CarlosFernández de Cossio, quiense estrenó como director paraEstados Unidos de lacancillería.

Washington informó elviernes que es definitiva sudecisión de retirar al 60% desus funcionarios en laembajada de la isla luego deun supuesto ataque sónico amediados de 2017 que hastaahora no ha sido esclarecido.

Cuba reiteró que noexistió ninguna agresióncontra diplomáticos yexhortó a la Casa Blanca amostrar pruebas luego deexpresar su interés en prestartoda su colaboración paraesclarecer el misteriosoincidente.

Tras el retiro temporal desus diplomáticos hace seismeses—por ley este fin desemana debía decidirse siquedaba de manerapermanente o losfuncionarios regresaban—,las actividades de laembajada quedaron

paralizadas. Los trámites devisas deben realizarse a travésde la sede diplomática de Wash-ington en Colombia.

“La medida tiene unimpacto particular para losservicios consulares de los quedependen decenas de miles deciudadanos que se venobligados a incurrir en gastosadicionales al tener que viajara terceros países en la búsquedade visas temporales o deinmigrantes”, dijo Fernándezde Cossio, quien destacó quelos cubanos sufren un “castigofinanciero”.

Los cubanos se quejaronen las semanas pasadas por elcosto adicional que incluyepasajes a Bogotá, alojamientopor 10 días, alimentación ytransporte a fin de llegar a suscitas para visas a EstadosUnidos, adonde vivenfamiliares y amigos.

Otra de las consecuenciasdel retiro de los funcionariosestadounidenses será elincumplimiento en la entregade 20.000 visas anuales paraemigrantes que Washingtonse comprometió a dar aciudadanos cubanos, luegode la última crisis migratoriallamada de “los balseros”. Losacuerdos bilaterales fueronfirmados en 1994 y 1995.

“Cuba ha trasladadooficialmente supreocupación al gobierno deEstados Unidos”, reconocióFernández de Cossio sobre eleventual incumplimientopara este año fiscal 2018 dela entrega en los documentosde viaje. “Es cierto que esuna obligación dentro de losacuerdos migratorios y escierto que afecta la vida demuchas personas. Es una

responsabilidad de losEstados Unidos y lescorresponde a ellos re-sponder cómo van acumplir con estecompromiso”.

La Habana y Washing-ton restablecieron susembajadas y relacionesdiplomáticas en diciembrede 2014 luego de cincodécadas de interrupción. Elgobierno del expresidenteBarack Obama consideróque la política de aislamientoa Cuba a fin de cambiar sumodelo político no habíarendido fruto, pero su sucesorDonald Trump volvió aimponer medidasrestrictivas.

Heather Nauert, portavozdel Departamento de Estado,dijo que la denuncia delgobierno de la isla era“ridícula”.

“Recordémosle a Cuba:la Convención de Viena losobliga a proteger a nuestrosdiplomáticos. Es muy graveque 24 de nuestros colegasdel gobierno federalsufrieran ataques a su salud,algunos de ellos consíntomas graves ypersistentes. El secretario (deEstado Rex) Tillerson teníaque proteger a su personallimitando nuestra labor en laembajada de Estados Unidosen La Habana a servicios deemergencia”, declaró.

“Mientras nuestrainvestigación está en curso,en lugar de encontrar excusas,Cuba debería enfocarse enayudar a localizar quién oqué es responsable del dañocausado a los ciudadanosestadounidenses”, añadióNauert.

Jóvenes por la Democraciainformaron en Miami lasemana pasada que darán eljueves el galardón a laIniciativa Democrática deEspaña y las Américas(IDEA), una fundación queagrupa a expresidentesi b e r o a m e r i c a n o sreconocidos por sumilitancia de derecha oconservadora como JoséMaría Aznar y FelipeGonzález de España, MireyaMoscoso de Panamá, VicenteFox de México y ÁlvaroUribe de Colombia.

Paralelamente, en la tardedel miércoles un mensaje enTwitter de la cuenta delexpresidente colombianoAndrés Pastrana, quientambién pertenece a IDEA, diocuenta de que él mismo y sucolega boliviano JulioQuiroga sí llegaron aembarcar a Cuba paraparticipar de la actividaddisidente y fueron expulsadostras arribar en el aeropuertointernacional de La Habana.

“La dictadura de Cuba nosdeportó hoy de la isla por de-fender los principiosdemocráticos de la región.Nuestra lucha continúa”,escribió Pastrana junto a unafoto en la cual la cual se le vea bordo de un avión junto aQuiroga.

Posteriormente laCancillería colombiana

indicó en un comunicadoque tomó cartas en el asuntoal ser informada sobre la“inadmisión” de Pastrana.

“La Embajada de Cubaen Colombia informó que,desde el día de ayer, elexpresidente Pastrana fueadvertido sobre que no se lepermitiría el ingreso a Cubadebido a la actividad que ibaa realizar en la isla”,manifestó el mensaje deRelaciones Exteriores deBogotá, al tiempo quelamentó la situación creada.

Los fragmentarios y pococonocidos grupos disidentesno tienen estatus legal enCuba y son acusados por elgobierno de ser financiadospor organizaciones enEstados Unidos y Europa afin de destruir a la revolución.

Cuba no participa en laOEA desde 1962. Elgobierno de La Habanaconsidera que el organismose volvió un instrumento deEstados Unidos. Los estadosmiembros anularon en 2009la suspensión impuesta a laisla pero Cuba enfocó susintereses en otros organismoscomo la Comunidad deEstados Latinoamericanos yCaribeños (CELAC), en laque no participa EstadosUnidos.

La corresponsal enBogotá Christine Armariocontribuyó con este reporte.

Cuba califica de “show” intención de visita deAlmagroPor ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, Associated Press

Cuba objeta el retiro de diplomáticos de EEUUPor ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, Associated Press

We’re seeking local celebrity zip odes!Please send a zip ode POEM; please email it directly tosarah.jenkins@toledofhc.org by Friday, March 23, 2018. Poems should befive lines, with the number of words in each line determined by thecorresponding digit in the ZIP Code. As an example, below is one of lastyear’s winning poems by Sandra Rivers-Gill:

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DETROIT: The Mexican-town Community Develop-ment Corporation hosts BlackVelvet: A Rasquache Aes-thetic exhibit, which will runfrom March17 - April15 2018,with an opening reception onSaturday, March 17, 2018,from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. at theMexicantown CDC LatinoCultural Center.

Curators Diana Rivera,Elena Herrada, and MinervaT. Martínez have assembledthe traveling exhibit of theonce ubiquitous paintings.The collection was first ex-hibited at Casa de Rosadogallery in Lansing, MI andnow at the Mexicantown CDCLatino Cultural Center inDetroit with the support of theFord Fund.

This exhibit of black vel-vet paintings argues the op-posite sides of aesthetic.Rasquache or rasquachismo,according to Chicano art his-torian Dr. Tomás YbarraFrausto is the “politics ofmaking do.” In Spanish, it is aslang term meaning tacky orshoddy in a lower-class man-ner, or from an underdog per-spective. As a painting type, ithas simultaneously been ridi-culed and loved, consideredlow art and reviled or as af-fordable art.

Some consider Black Vel-vet painting as folk art, otherskitsch and is loved for its ir-reverence. It has been col-lected and kept for decades. Itis admired mostly because ofthe pop subjects painted –Popocatépetl, an Elvis, aJohn Wayne, a Marilyn, aJesús, a Virgin of Guadalupe,Bull Fighters, Children,Beasts and Landscapes of thesouthwestern US, the Pacific,

LANSING, MI: LaComisión Hispana / Latina deMichigan es dependiente delDepartamento de Licencias yAsuntos Regulatorios delEstado y [LARA] estáconformada por 15 miembros.Los comisionados sonnombrados por el Gobernadorde Michigan, por períodos detres años, sujetos alasesoramiento yconsentimiento del Senadoestatal. El Liderazgo de laComisión se elige dentro de laComisión.

Noel García es el Presidentede la mesa directiva de laComisión por segundotérmino, el primero fue del 2013al 2015 y el actual del 2015 al2018. “Mi termino concluye afinales de este año pero no estoyseguro si voy a continuar, noquiero dejar la Comisión hastano estar seguro que se quedatodo en el camino correcto, esoes parte de mi trabajo”, comentó.Para el desarrollo adecuado dela Comisión, Noel realizó unplan ejecutivo de trabajo, elcual se ha ido implementadopoco a poco. La creación delnuevo sitio web es parte de eseplan.

De acuerdo con García, en laComisión trabajan por mejorarla calidad de vida de loshispanos en Michigan. “Haymuchos proyectos de ley queafectan a nuestra comunidad ytenemos que alzar la voz paradecir que no estamos deacuerdo. Formulamosdeclaraciones respecto apropuestas de ley que han estadotratando de pasar, nosasociamos con otrascomisiones étnicas para trabajaren conjunto cuando esnecesario unir nuestras voces ytener más fuerza”, dijo enentrevistado.

Referente a la AcciónDiferida para los Llegados enla infancia o DACA por sussiglas en inglés, el presidentede la Comisión informó losiguiente: “Es difícil paranosotros tener un impactodirecto en DACA pero lo quehicimos fue darle la bienvenidaa los estudiantes y escuchar suspreocupaciones cuandotuvimos nuestra reunión enFlint y pudimos percibir elmiedo que hay en lacomunidad. Lo más quepodemos hacer es estar ahí paraellos, escucharlos y llevar suspreocupaciones a los

LANSING: Michiganfamilies and students look-ing for help paying for col-lege should save the date forone of MI Student Aid’s fi-nancial aid traveling one-stopshops this spring, accordingto the Michigan Departmentof Treasury (Treasury).

Under the banner “MICollege, MI Future, MI Door-step,” Treasury’s MI StudentAid Team is visiting commu-nities across the state to edu-cate and inform students andtheir families about optionsfor paying for college. At eachlocation, team members willprovide assistance with schol-arship searches, college fi-nancing strategies and stateprogram eligibility, as well asstaff a resource table with fi-nancial aid materials.

These programs are FREEand open to the public.

“Trying to figure out howto pay for college can be over-

congresistas para quesepan cómo estánsiendo afectadosnuestros estudiantes”.

García nació enCorpus Christi, Texas,sin embargo desde quetenía 13 días llegó aLansing, Michigan, endonde ha vivido todasu vida. “Mis padresfueron trabajadoresmigrantes que vivíanen un pequeño pueblocerca del Rio Grande.Ellos se conocieron enlos campos y viajabande Estado a Estado. Mihermana mayor Eliza-beth nació en Wisconsin.Cuando yo tenía apenas 13días de nacido decidieronmudarse a Lansing porque mipapá quería un trabajo fijo yescucharon que aquí habíaoportunidad, encontrarontrabajo rápidamente, mi papáen la industria automotriz y mimamá en la UniversidadEstatal Michigan (MSU), fueasí como llegamos aquí yúnicamente viajamos a Texasen navidad”, relató elentrevistado quien tambiéntiene un hermano menorllamado Jaime.

Noel cuenta con unalicenciatura y maestría enJusticia Criminal por parte dela Universidad Estatal Michi-gan (MSU) por sus siglas eninglés, actualmente seencuentra en proceso deobtener su certificadoOcupacional Interino en laUniversidad de Ferris. En elámbito laboral, trabaja comoprofesor adjunto en MSU,Ferris State University y BakerCollege (Owosso Campus) enlas áreas de procesos deinvestigación, control policialdel crimen y justicia criminal.Trabajo desde 1989 hasta el2014 en el Departamento dePolicía de Lansing como De-tective, Sargento de patrulla acargo de oficiales de patrullaen varios turnos, Teniente dePatrulla, Teniente Oficial deInformación Pública yTeniente de Unidad deAsuntos Internos. Durante los25 años que sirvió alDepartamento de Policía,desarrolló un equipo dereclutamiento dirigido a laintegración de minorías ymujeres, además fue parte dela reestructuración de unproceso disciplinario que

mostró un trato dispar haciacierto segmento de la fuerza detrabajo.

Del 2014 a la fecha sedesempeña como instructorde cumplimiento de la ley enWilson Talent Center conIngham IntermediateSchools. Previo a la ComisiónHispana, fue Presidente de lamesa directiva del CentroComunitario Cristo Rey. “Herealizado mucho trabajo enla comunidad hispana deLansing en eventos derecaudación de fondos; peroahora en la Comisión puedotrabajar para todo el Estado,con la oportunidad deconocer a más hispanos,interactuar con ellos y ver loque están realizando abeneficio de lascomunidades latinas”,compartió Noel García. “Unade las cosas buenas de estaren la Comisión es que muchosde los comisionados soncomo familia y con nuestrotrabajo ayudamos a las per-sonas no solo de Lansing sinode todo Michigan. Tengomuchos mentores en Lansing,siempre he visto el grantrabajo que han realizan yahora tengo la oportunidadde ver el trabajo de otroshispanos en todo el Estado,eso es realmente notable”.

La mesa directiva de laComisión Hispana/Latina deMichigan está integrada porJesse Venegas comoVicepresidenta; JeremiahHernández como Secretario ySonya Hernández comoFideicomisaria (Trustee). Lapróxima reunión de la Comisiónes el próximo 17 de mayo enWest Olive (Ottawa CountyCommissioner Chamber).Visitar: www.michigan.gov

whelming,” said AnneWohlfert, director ofTreasury’s Student FinancialServices Bureau. “Many col-lege-bound students and theirfamilies don’t know where tobegin. As the state’s go-to re-source for college financialaid information, we will havestaff available at these eventsto answer questions and pro-vide guidance about payingfor college.”

From March 16-29, 2018the MI Student Aid Team willbe at:Mid Michigan CommunityCollege-HarrisonFriday, March 16, from 9-11 a.m.1295 S. Clare Ave.Harrison, MI 48625Mid Michigan CommunityCollege-Mount PleasantFriday, March 16, from12:30-2 p.m.2600 S. Summerton RoadMt. Pleasant, MI 48858

and Europe.From private col-

lections andthrough loans anddonations, eighty-six paintings of var-ied themes havebeen assembled toprovide a glimpseinto the popular sub-jects of the era thatwere created in theMexico-US bordertowns of Juárez andTijuana.

Many of theworks are unsigned,as is typical of themass-production forthe style. Many oth-ers are signed byMexican velvetpainters Ortiz,Meléndez, andCásarez as well as US-Ameri-can and Canadian amateurpainters. Unique to the collec-tion is an “authentic authorizedcopy” of the Edgar Leeteg “Ta-hitian Chief.”

At each exhibition, local art-ists are encouraged to pick upthe brush and give the almostforgotten medium of black vel-vet painting another breath oflife! This community art effortwill be kicked-off with a paint-ing by Nora Chapa Mendoza[Ms. Chapa Mendoza hasworked for more than 40 years asa visual artist and has exhibitednationally and internationally. She has garnered many awardsincluding “Michigan Artist ofthe Year.” Her work is currentlyon display at the Lawrence StreetGallery in Ferndale.]

Previous showings of the ex-hibit have gained new works byartists: Celia Ramírez fromAdrian, Michigan; Diego De Leónfrom Okemos, Michigan; and

Judy Trujillo. The artists will bepresent at the opening recep-tion. The traveling exhibit willnext visit Saginaw, Grand Rap-ids, and Adrian and local artistswill be encouraged to submitoriginal velvet paintings.

For inquiries regarding thehistory of Black Velvet paint-ings, cultural context, contrib-uting or loaning original art-work to the touring exhibit,and sponsorship opportuni-ties, contact the curators of theexhibit: Elena Herrada:elenamherrada2@gmail.comor 313-974-0501 and DianaRivera, MSU Libraries:dianar@msu.edu . The exhibi-tion is free and open to thepublic.

The MexicantownCDCLatino Cultural Center in De-troit is operated by Ray Lozano,Executive Director ofMexicantown CommunityDevelopment Corporation. Onthe Internet: www.dhdc1.org

West Michigan NationalCollege FairTuesday, March 27, from8:30-11:30 a.m. and 6-8 p.m.DeVos Place303 Monroe Ave. NWGrand Rapids, MI 49503Metro Detroit NationalCollege FairWednesday, March 28, from6-8 p.m. and Thursday,March 29, from 8:30-11:30a.m.Suburban CollectionShowplace46100 Grand River Ave.Novi, MI 48374

For a complete schedule ofMI Student Aid events, go tothe MI Student Aid Calendarof Events.

For more information,contact MI Student Aid atmistudentaid@michigan.gov,1-888-4-GRANTS or@mistudentaid on Facebook,Twitter, Instagram andSnapchat.

Treasury: MI Student Aid team begins springstate tour

Noel García preside la mesa directiva de laComisión Hispana de MichiganPor: Isabel Flores, Corresponsal La Prensa

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Annual Mayor D. Michael Collins Blood DriveToledo’s annual Mayor D. Michael Collins Blood

Drive will be held Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the ToledoPolice Patrolman’s Association union hall, 1947 FranklinAve.

The blood drive honors the memory of Mayor Collins,who died three years ago today - Feb. 6, 2015. The blooddrive will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors may registerat redcross.org.

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz intends to do-nate blood on that date. City employees are encouragedto donate blood. City employees represented by Ameri-can Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employ-ees Local 7 will be offered time during the work day todonate blood if doing so does not impact operations.

C O L U M B U S ,March 5, 2018:Children’s DefenseFund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) has announcedthat Tracy Nájera,Ph.D, MPA, hasjoined the organiza-tion as executive di-rector.

Ms. Nájera, whobegan her career withCDF-Ohio as a Re-search Fellow, bringsa long-standing com-mitment to improvingthe lives of childrenand their families to her newrole.

As a recent Senior Con-sultant for Education FirstConsulting, Tracy sup-ported school districts andeducation partners to im-prove education outcomesfor children. She also servedfor six years as a Senior Di-rector of the Ohio Appala-

chian Collaborative atBattelle for Kids, where shemanaged a federal projectwith the state of Ohio toimprove the efficacy ofteachers serving students inAppalachian Ohio.

She also led the teamworking with CFD-Ohio onthe 2016 release of Ohio’sAppalachian Children at a

Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio announcesnew leadership

Crossroads: ARoadmap for Ac-tion report. Previ-ously, Tracy spenteight years at theState Office ofBudget and Man-agement, a major-ity of which sheserved as the Sec-tion Chief for Edu-cation.

For 37 years,CDF-Ohio has beencommitted to mak-ing Ohio the bestplace for children to

grow, learn and thrive.“Tracy’s understanding ofthe complexity of the issuesimpacting Ohio’s childrenmakes her the ideal personto lead the organization andcontinue to build what CDF-Ohio has achieved over theyears” said Marian WrightEdelman, President ofChildren’s Defense Fund.

Tracy Nájera, Ph.D, MPA

Toledo Zoo has more thanenough animal love to share.The Zoo invites visitors tobring their favorite stuffed palto Teddy Bear Care Fair onSaturday, March 24, 2018,from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Zoovolunteers will providecheck-ups and cosmetic re-pairs in the workshop atNature’s Neighborhood from11 a.m. - 4 p.m. to ensure allstuffed friends are fixed upand fit for another year of fun.This bear-y fun event is freewith Zoo admission.

The Zoo’s Teddy BearCare Fair showcases the many

ways that people can care foranimals, from stuffed buddiesand real-life pets to your favor-ite Zoo residents. This year ourfocus is on the health, care andactivities of our numerous bearspecies, including polar bears,grizzly bears and Kodiak bear.

Visitors can pose questionsto animal keepers and veteri-nary staff during scheduled

talks, experience the Zoo’stop notch animal carethrough animal feeds anddemonstrations, enjoy pup-pet shows, interact withdivers in the Aquarium, par-ticipate in hands-on activi-ties, and more.

Get the full schedule ofactivities at toledozoo.org/teddybear.

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Letter to the Editor,TOLEDO, March 7, 2018: “GivingTuesday” is a global day of giving, and happens

on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. This day of giving is fueled by the power ofsocial media and collaboration.

For the fifth year, our local nonprofit organizations have benefitted – in the 2017calendar year to the tune of over $710,000. What a difference a day makes!

Toledo Community Foundation, in partnership with The Blade and the Center forNonprofit Resources, introduced #GivingTuesdayNWO in 2013 to encourage nonprofitsto begin online giving programs and encourage donors to make local giving a priority.

The initiative has proven to help build the capacity of nonprofits of all sizes and withdiverse missions, as evidenced by growth in the number of organizations participatingin online giving and an increase in the amount of December fundraising revenue realizedby our local agencies.

Toledo Community Foundation, through the generosity of local donors and corpo-rations, offered a matching grants program for northwest Ohio and southeast Michigannonprofit organizations participating in GivingTuesdayNWO. The combined efforts ofthese donors and corporations with the nonprofits resulted in more than $710,000 beingdistributed to worthy causes in Toledo and northwest Ohio.

During the week of April 2, 2018, Toledo Community Foundation will be disbursingthe matching grants to 155 local organizations. Additionally, a special random drawingwas held from all of the local organizations that participated in #GivingTuesdayNWO2017, and one lucky winner was chosen to receive an award of $5,000. That award goesto the National Exchange Club Foundation.

The National Exchange Club Foundation is the fundraising arm of The NationalExchange Club, supporting Exchange Club members as they inspire communities tobecome better places to live through projects in Americanism, Community Service,Youth Programs, and the National Project – the prevention of child abuse.

For a list of all nonprofit organizations receiving matching funds, visitwww.toledocf.org.

#GivingTuesdayNWO will take place this year on November 27, 2018.

From the Toledo Community Foundation:

El Tipico Restaurant hassurvived in the same locationas a family-owned neighbor-hood restaurant for fifty years,so the daughter of its founderswill mark a special golden an-niversary month in March.

“It’s just been a true bless-ing and it’s a humbling effect.There’s nothing prideful aboutturning 50. It is absolutelyhumbling,” said Dina Villa,El Tipico’s owner, as shestarted to choke up and getteary-eyed. “To see the loy-alty of so many people and thelove and the stories they haveabout my mother and my fa-ther and my brother, it’s beenreally nice.”

Reaching a milestone likethis in the restaurant businessis no easy feat. Hundreds ofToledo restaurants haveopened and closed over fivedecades, so Ms. Villa knowsjust how lucky her family is tohave survived so long.

“How do I feel? Extremelygrateful, not only to the com-munity, to my parents who arethe founders of the restaurant,but to God for keeping us go-ing all these years,” she said.“We’ve gone through reces-sions, we’ve gone throughgood times, bad times andwe’re still here.”

So what is her proudestachievement in 50 years of therestaurant business?

“I think the fact that we’vemaintained the integrity of thequality of our food,” she said.“My mother was a farm girl. Itwas extremely important to herthat our food showed not onlyour heritage to the commu-nity. Mexican food has astigma that it has to be some-thing fast and cheap and lowquality. That is not the case atall. She always made sure thatall our food was always madefresh with the best quality in-gredients.”

Ms. Villa lamented thatover the past 15 years, the U.S.food system has “drasticallychanged, with the use of more

chemicals and processedfood.” At the same time, ac-cording to Ms. Villa, El Tipicohas made a transition to be-ing not only fresh, but or-ganic and GMO-free.

“We do our absolute bestto be as chemical free as pos-sible in order to give the ab-solute best quality food wecan to our patrons,” she said.

Ms. Villa’s late motherConsuelo started growingvegetables in her own gardento use in the restaurant 45years ago—a tradition thatcontinues today at the backof the El Tipico property. Atone time, her mother had gar-dens on four lots throughoutthe neighborhood. There arestill several fruit trees plantedby her mom outside the res-taurant—black cherry,peaches, apricots, apples,and yellow plums. The gar-den contains various pep-pers, herbs, and spices.

“We share that with ourcommunity here at the res-taurant, with our patrons,” shesaid. “I can remember look-ing out the window withpride at my mother sharingbell peppers, tomatoes, andwhatever she was picking thatmorning with the customers.That brings them joy and tothis day, we use it almost foreducational purposes forpeople who never had a gar-den and don’t know wherethis food comes from, par-ticularly kids. That’s a goodfeeling.”

Ms. Villa stated she par-ticularly still enjoys the “cre-ative side of cooking thefood.” Her late mom’s pres-ence can still be felt in thateffort, when “someone ishappy with their plate offood.”

“Sharing our heritage,sharing that food with them,that I know is nutritious forthem as well, is a really goodfeeling,” she said, despite the12 to 15-hour days and think-ing about the operation on aday off and all the paper-

work. “Even when I think Ican’t do this anymore, all ittakes is a customer to be happyand start telling us their memo-ries. You hear those storiesand you know you just haveto keep going.”

There are generations offamilies who have been cus-tomers all 50 years and newpeople who discover the res-taurant every week, accord-ing to Ms. Villa, who hasstayed steadfast in the visionof her parents to keep it a fam-ily-friendly, neighborhoodrestaurant. She called ElTipico the “only fresh andorganic Mexican restaurantin Ohio.”

That designation has at-tracted people with food al-lergies or who have medicalconditions which require themto find meals that are gluten-free or chemical-free. Word ofmouth has led people to drivelong distances for that kind ofdining experience: “clean,healthy food that has flavor toit.”

Her parents relied more onrepeat customers than adver-tising to sustain the restaurantover five decades. Ms. Villauses social media, includingFacebook and Instagram tocommunicate with faithful andnew customers alike, a moderntwist on word-of-mouth whichhas proven helpful.

¡Feliz Cumpleaños SeñorEzekiel Villa, 31 de marzo!

Patrons are being asked towrite down or videotape theirfavorite memories of the res-taurant. The top five submis-sions will be chosen to receivea taco bar for 20 people onMarch 31, which is her fatherEzekiel’s 87th birthday. Ms.Villa wants to pay homage tothe man who worked the frontof the house as a waiter in theevenings for so many years,despite working a full-timemilitary day job.

“He is the youngest man tohave ever entered, served, andretired from the United States

El Tipico Restaurant marks 50th Anniversary and 85th birthday of cofounder Ezekiel VillaBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

Air Force,” she noted.“He was 14 years old,just a child.”

Ms. Villa’s grand-parents were migrantworkers who hailedfrom Texas. Their threesons got tired of work-ing the fields, so theolder two brothers wentto take an Army examin 1948. Ezekiel taggedalong, but sat in the backof the exam room andwas inadvertentlyhanded a test, too.

“My dad was goof-ing around and openedit up and started takingthe test,” she recalled.

After the tests weregraded, according toMs. Villa, her father was theonly one in the room who hadpassed. He scored highenough on the exam; he gotto choose which branch ofmilitary service he wanted.Her father chose the Army AirCorps, precursor to the US AirForce.

“It was a snowball effect.He had no idea this was goingto happen,” she said. “Hedidn’t mean to lie his way in.When asked how many yearsof schooling he had, he heldup four fingers. The sergeantassumed he meant four yearsof high school, not the fourthgrade. After that, he told somevery colorful stories in orderto get in. When he was 18, hewent and told them the truthbecause he was up for a pro-motion and he knew theywould do a further back-ground check.”

His superior officersthreatened to court-martialhim, but sent him to serve inKorea during the war instead.During a battle with the Chi-nese, he got shot and the op-posing forces stripped him ofeverything except his pants—including his dog tags andI.D.—and severely beat him.He was left severely swollenand unrecognizable.

As Ms. Villa tells it, U.S.troops mistook him for a pris-oner of war and took him withthem.

“That saved my father’slife. Otherwise, they probablywould have killed him,” shesaid. “He was a POW on theAmerican side for a couple ofdays, because they didn’tknow he was one of them. Ibelieve this was all due to hismother, at home on her knees,praying for his safety.”

Ezekiel later returnedstateside to finish his militarycareer in a downtown Toledo

office. His wife Consuelo de-cided she wanted to open asmall Mexican restaurant. Sofrom the age of two,

Ms. Villa literally grew upin the South Avenue restau-rant, which started in one-halfof its current location in 1968as a taquería, renting what waspreviously a hot dog stand.The other half of the storefronthoused a dry cleaner.

Ms. Villa’s parents hadwanted to move back to Texasat one point after Ezekiel re-tired, but decided to stay inToledo when he instead at-tended Bible College and en-tered the ministry. The restau-rant took off, using the recipesConsuelo had developed fromher family, as well as onceworking in restaurants in herTexas youth.

Good fortune smiled on thecouple, when Toledo Bladefood editor Mary Alice Powelldid a newspaper review of thelittle taquería. Curious peoplestarted to line up outside tosample some of Consuelo’scooking. The founder ofHickory Farms, Richard Ran-som, frequented the restaurant,bringing movers and shakersfrom the business world.

Around 1970, the restau-rant had seen enough successthat the Villas decided to rentout the other side of the build-ing. By then, the dry cleanerwas gone, replaced by a smallgift shop. The couple con-verted it into a Mexican-themed gift shop to accom-pany the restaurant. The build-ing also had a back room wheretheir daughter spent her for-mative years while theyworked.

“They had a pool table inthere and I can recall riding mytricycle around the pool tableand taking my naps on a sofa,”recalled Ms. Villa. Eventually,

a wall got knocked down,so the gift shop and backroom could be convertedinto a dining room for therestaurant.

To supplement their in-come during the slow sum-mer season, Consuelo hitthe road and cooked herMexican recipes at countyfairs and festivals acrossthe region. That practicecontinued for four de-cades. But that move alsospread the reputation ofthe restaurant to out-of-towners.

“She was a smart busi-nesswoman and she knewthat that was what wouldget us through,” said Ms.Villa.The biggest change at El

Tipico over the years came in2012, when the restaurantclosed for nine months for acomplete remodel. Faithfulcustomers raced right backwhen it reopened.

“We had people waitingover two hours just to get intothe restaurant,” said Ms. Villa.“They were outside, sitting inlawn chairs, waiting to comein. It was fantastic. People weregreat. I was out there apolo-gizing. We were running outof food. They were waitingforever. We weren’t expect-ing that type of explosion ofpeople coming out to eat. Iremember them saying ‘Hey,we’ve waited nine months.What’s two more hours?’”

El Tipico celebrates itsgolden anniversary in a vari-ety of other ways throughoutMarch, including an invita-tion-only open house onMarch 11. Toledo City Coun-cil presented a proclamationmarking the milestone, alongwith a ceremonial ribbon-cut-ting. Lucas County AuditorAnita López also recognizedthe event. 50 people also willbe selected throughout Marchto order off the original 1968menu.

“That is a huge difference.We’re talking a Mexican plat-ter for three or four dollars,”she said. “It’s going to be fun.Something that goes for $14today cost three dollars backthen. We’ll also have give-aways.”

So what does the futurehold for El Tipico? Ms. Villasaid that is “in God’s hands.”

“We said after 50 years, wewould sit down and talk andmake some decisions,” shesaid. “Is it time to sell? Is ittime to retire? Or do we keepgoing? That decision will bemade sometime this year.”

Señor Ezekiel Villa

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Latinos atrapan la atención en los Oscar y esperan retenerlaPor JAKE COYLE, Associated Press

Universidad del Sur de Californiahalló tan solo un 3% de personajeslatinos con diálogos entre las 100principales películas de 2016.

No hubo ningún actor latinonominado este año, como suelesuceder. Demián Bichir (“A Bet-ter Life”) fue el último, hace seisaños, y solo un puñado han ganadoOscar, incluidos Moreno, JoséFerrer, Anthony Quinn y Beniciodel Toro.

América Ferrera, en unartículo publicado en 2016 en Dead-line, escribió: “Todos los públicosquieren ver el mundo en el queviven reflejado en las pantallasgrande y chica. Llega un ciertopunto en el que se vuelve inevitablenotar que estamos siendoignorados”. Y Chris Rock, en unacolumna publicada en 2014 porThe Hollywood Reporter, dijo:“Olvídense si Hollywood es losuficientemente negra. Una mejorpregunta es: ¿es Hollywood losuficientemente mexicana?”.

Mientras la campaña#OscarTanBlanco renovó lascríticas sobre la falta de diversidaden la industria, los latinos a menudohan quedado fuera de la discusión.

La Coalición NacionalHispana ante los Medios realizódos manifestaciones antes de losOscar: una afuera del almuerzoanual para los nominados enBeverly Hills, y otra en Holly-wood el sábado. Pero Nogalescree que es necesario tomarmedidas más contundentes. Diceque le ha pedido a cada uno de losseis grandes estudios de cine quese reúnan con el grupo en lospróximos 10 días, o la coalicióncomenzará a boicotearlos uno auno.

“Es una propuesta de tómalo odéjalo”, dijo Nogales, quien luchaporque hayan más latinos nacidosen Estados Unidos en los medios.

NUEVA YORK, 8 III 18 (AP):La 90a entrega anual de los Premiosde la Academia fue sin duda unmomento de triunfo para los latinos.

Guillermo del Toro se convirtióen el tercer cineasta mexicano enganar el premio al mejor director, ysu fastuosa fantasía de la Guerra Fría“The Shape of Water” fue coronadacomo mejor película. El superéxitode taquilla “Coco”, la mayorproducción de un gran estudio conun elenco y equipo mayoritariamentehispano, se llevó los premios a lamejor cinta animada y mejor canción.Lin-Manuel Miranda les recordóa los espectadores sobre lareconstrucción de Puerto Rico tras ladevastación del huracán María.Lupita Nyong’o defendió a losDreamers. Rita Moreno regresóresplandeciente, con el mismovestido que usó en los Oscar de1962. Y “Una mujer fantástica” deChile se impuso como mejor películaen lengua extranjera.

Pero los Oscar también fueron,por donde se los mire, una anomalía.Así de grande como fue el papel delos hispanos en la ceremonia deldomingo, así de pequeña fue surepresentación en Hollywood el restodel año.

“Fue un poco irónico”, dijo AlexNogales, presidente de la CoaliciónNacional Hispana ante los Medios.“Al tener tantos presentadores, estánpresentando una industria muydiversa cuando no lo es. Se puedeapreciar que están ahí, pero entoncescabe preguntarse: ¿es realmente Hol-lywood así? Y la respuesta es no”.

Pese a representar el 18% de lapoblación estadounidense, y el 23%de quienes asisten al cine confrecuencia, según estadísticas de laMotion Picture Association de 2017,los hispanos están crónicamenteinfrarrepresentados en las películas.Un estudio de la Escuela Annenbergde Comunicación y Periodismo de la

“Somos una fuerza de 50 millones(de habitantes), así que podemosafectar el balance”.

El poder de los hispanos entaquilla quedó evidenciado en es-pecial con “Coco”, una producciónde Pixar que cambió durante sudesarrollo para contar una historiamás auténticamente mexicana.Adrián Molina fue llamado comocodirector de la cinta animada, queha recaudado 745 millones dedólares a nivel global y rompiórecords de taquilla en México.

“Comenzamos a hacer ‘Coco’hace seis años y el clima político eramuy diferente, por supuesto, que elde ahora”, dijo el director LeeUnkrich en la sala de prensa trasganar el Premio de la Academia eldomingo. “Mientras estábamoshaciendo la película, tuvimos uncambio de presidencia y muchascosas empezaron a decirse sobreMéxico y sobre los mexico-estadounidenses que eraninaceptables”.

“Empezamos a sentir una nuevaurgencia por sacar la película almundo”, añadió. “Sabíamos loimportante que era”.

El presidente Donald Trump,cuyas políticas migratorias ypromesa de construir un muro entreEstados Unidos y México han sidoprofundamente impopulares entrelos latinos, siguió la transmisión delos Oscar tuiteando el lunes queMéxico tenía que hacer “muchomás para evitar que las drogas entrena raudales a Estados Unidos”.

Del Toro, sin embargo, hablóen el escenario del Teatro Dolbysobre el poder del arte para “borrarlas líneas en la arena”. El realizadorde 53 años nacido en Guadalajaracomenzó su primer discursodiciendo, “yo soy un inmigrante”.

Su victoria lo coloca con suscompatriotas Alejandro GonzálezIñárritu (“Birdman”, “The

Revenant”) y AlfonsoCuarón (“Gravity”)—enconjunto apodados los “Tresamigos”—como los trescineastas nacidos en Méxicogalardonados con el Oscar ala mejor dirección, todos enlos últimos cinco años. Losviejos amigos, que suelencompartir sus guiones,apoyarse y aconsejarse, handominado los Premios de laAcademia por media décadacomo pocos antes que ellos.

“Cada vez que podemosdemostrar en cualquier foro,sea en el deporte, la ciencia, elarte, la cultura, donde sea, loque tenemos que ofrecerle aldiscurso mundial, a la conversaciónmundial, es extremadamenteimportante”, dijo Del Toro entre

bambalinas. “Y esextremadamente importante quecuando lo hagamos recordemos

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de dónde venimos, porque se tratade honrar nuestras raíces, de honrara nuestro país”.

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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 EVENTS:The public is invited to join in the fun on the following Friday nights from 6-9 pm. withthe Celebrity Bartenders as the crowd cheers and the big bell rings as the tip donationsrole in for the Mexican Mutual Society! Delicious Mexican food is available.

March 16, 2018. Lorain County Auditor, Craig SnodgrassMarch 23, 2018. Cory Shawver, Ohio State House Rep. CandidateMarch 30, 2018. Lorain County United Way Director, Bill Harper

CULTURAL PROGRAMS, by EILEEN TORRES:The MMS is pleased to present ongoing cultural presentations by Eileen Torres, a Lorainnative, who has returned home after 30 years professionally performing Latin dance andlecturing on Latin culture and history. Eileen has spoken at hundreds of colleges anduniversities, and numerous Federal government agencies. The video/lectures are bothentertaining and educational and will be presented from 7-8:30 pm Friday eveningsand are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The 2018 presentations will be:

April 13, 2018. Latinos in Rock and Roll.May 11, 2018 From Ranchera to Salsa.July 27, 2018 Influences of Latin Rhythms.

2018 CINCO DE MAYO LITTLE QUEEN CONTESTANTS: The following littlegirls are vying for Little Queen to reign over the 2018 Cinco de Mayo activities.They are Angela Sánchez, Arrayah Craighead, Eleyna Szakats, IsabellaOstolaza, and Neveah Hamilton. The girls will compete in the sale of raffle ticketswith the top seller being crowned Little Queen with the others being members of theroyal court. Please support with the purchase of tickets.

2018 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: Mexican Mutual Society’s membership driveis in full swing! The MMS is a non-profit organization sustained by fundraisers, ethnicprograms and private donations. YOUR MEMBERSHIP KEEPS THE MMS ALIVE !“Social Membership” is ONLY $10. “Active Membership” available to persons ofMexican descent is $15. Applications are available at the Club. Fundraiser Events areOPEN TO THE PUBLIC! CELEBRATING 90 YEARS! 1928-2018!

March 2018 - El Centro has trained Bilingual (Spanish/En-glish) benefit banks counselors to assist families in applying forcash, medical and food assistance (SNAP), and also to assist families with recertificationof SNAP. No appointment needed, walk-ins are welcome

March 14 - ESOL Orientation will be held at El Centro from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Orientation is required in order to attend ESOL classes provided by Lorain CountyCommunity College ABLE Consortium at El Centro.

March 15 - El Centro Food Pantry – In collaboration with Second Harvest FoodBank of North Central Ohio at El Centro from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Income eligiblehouseholds (below 200% of the poverty level) are given one box of food on a first-come,first-served basis – FREE. Photo ID and proof of residency required. (This event occursevery third Thursday of each month at the same time)

Other Events and Activities:March 2018 – Walk it Out Lorain weekly walking club at General Johnnie Wilson

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HIGHLAND HILLS:Watch for clues to solve amysterious murder as stu-dents from Cuyahoga Com-munity College (Tri-C®)present In the Heat of theNight at Eastern Campus.

Seven performances ofthe play based on JohnBall’s award-winning novelwill take place March 23-31 at the Simon and RoseMandel Theatre, located at4250 Richmond Road inHighland Hills.

In the Heat of the Nighttakes the audience to 1962and the small town of Argo,Alabama. Police find a deadbody in the road on a hotAugust night. They have no

HIGHLAND HILLS:Cuyahoga Community Col-lege (Tri-C®) will showcaseinnovative business ideasfrom students and alumni thismonth during the third an-nual Tri-C EntrepreneurExpo at Eastern Campus.

The free event to sparkbusiness growth in the com-munity will take place from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, March23, 2018 in the Simon andRose Mandel Theatre Lobby.More than two dozen busi-nesses and start-up ventureswill be featured.

witnesses, no mo-tives and few clues.

But officers docome across a blackstranger namedVirgil Tibbs — ahomicide detec-tive from California who im-mediately becomes theprime suspect as the raciallytense community looks foranswers.

Performances will takeplace at 7:30 p.m. March 23-24 and March 29-31, 2 p.m.March 25 and 10:30 a.m.March 29.

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A film based on Ball’snovel and starring SidneyPoitier and Rod Steiger wonfive Academy Awards in1967. The novel also in-spired a television seriesstarring Carroll O’Connorthat aired from 1988 to1995.

Tri-C theater students stage In the Heat of theNight

In addition, theexpo will includeeducational work-shops by Tri-C fac-ulty providing tipson how to closemore sales and de-liver a dynamic andmemorable “elevatorspeech.” The workshops be-gin at 11:30 a.m.

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For more information onthe event, visit www.tri-c.edu/EntrepreneurExpo orcall 216-987-4967. EasternCampus is located at 4250Richmond Road in High-land Hills.

The 42nd Cleveland In-ternational Film Festival(CIFF42) program line-upis now online at:clevelandfilm.org.

CIFF42 will take placeApril 4 – 15, 2018 at TowerCity Cinemas and selectneighborhood screeninglocations.

The Festival will show-case 215 feature films and253 short films represent-ing 72 countries during its12-day run. Be sure to con-tinue to checkclevelandfilm.org for pro-gram updates between nowand April 15th.

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Ticket are $14 perscreening for CIFFmembers and $16 perscreening for non-members. Once on sale,tickets can be purchased online(clevelandfilm.org), by tele-phone (1.877.304.FILM), in-person at the Film Festival BoxOffice located in the lobby ofTower City Cinemas, or bymail using the Program Guideorder form.

Program Guides will bemailed to CIFF members andavailable throughout thearea, including all DollarBank branches and AT&Tretail stores, the week ofMarch 12th. Or make plansto attend the CIFF42 GET

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HAVANA, March 5,2018 (AP): A senior Cubanofficial on Monday con-demned Washington’s de-cision to make the with-drawal of 60 percent of theU.S. Embassy staff perma-nent in response to myste-rious ailments of unknownorigin and affecting U.S.personnel.

Carlos Fernández deCossio, the new director ofU.S. issues at the foreignministry, said the decisionwas motivated by politicsand had nothing to do withthe safety of diplomats.

He told reporters that thecuts would hurt consular

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,March 5, 2018 (AP): PuertoRico’s governor pledged Mon-day to reduce taxes, raise payfor police officers and imple-ment work requirements forthose on welfare to help theU.S. territory recover from Hur-ricane Maria amid the island’s11-year-old economic crisis.

The annual address by Gov.Ricardo Rossello lasted morethan an hour and focused oncrime, housing, labor, healthand energy as anger and frustra-tion grows across the island of3.3 million people over an in-crease in crime and what manybelieve are slow hurricane-re-covery efforts. More than 15percent of power customers re-main in the dark nearly sixmonths after the Category 4storm, and the Atlantic hurri-cane season begins in less thanthree months.

Rossello announced hewould reduce a sales-and-usetax for processed food from 11.5percent to 7 percent as well aslower taxes on individuals andcorporations. He said he alsoplans to help secure propertydeeds for hurricane victims whodidn’t have them and as a resultcould not obtain federal fund-ing to repair their homes afterthe storm caused more than$100 billion in damage.

“It’s been a year of intensework, overcoming great chal-lenges and difficulties,”Rossello said. “We all havelessons to learn from this hurri-cane experience with no prece-dence.”

He said his administrationhad to depend on the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers to help re-store power because of thegovernment’s fiscal crisis andthe lack of money at the PuertoRico Electric Power Author-ity, which is $9 billion in debt.

“We’ve stumbled greatly inthis assignment,” said Gov.Rossello, who has repeatedlycriticized the Corps’ work pace.

As he spoke, one legislator

DENVER, March 8,2018 (AP): Four ColoradoRepublican lawmakers onThursday brought theirideas to the White House onpunishing so-called sanctu-ary cities, hoping to buildon the Trumpadministration’s lawsuitchallenging California lawsit says protect immigrants inthe country illegally.

State Rep. Dave Williamssaid he was going to suggestholding individual citiesand their policymakers per-sonally liable during a meet-ing with the White HouseDomestic Policy Council.The Colorado Springs Re-publican says he hopes U.S.Attorney Jeff Sessions fol-lows up on the Californialawsuit this week with simi-lar legal actions against mu-nicipalities.

“These sanctuary com-munities and politicians arewillfully endangering thepublic,” Williams said aheadof the meeting. “Cities likeDenver and states like Cali-fornia are allowing criminalaliens to run loose, to kill,murder, maim or hurt ourfellow Americans.”

He said he also wouldcall for more immigrationagents in Colorado. It wasnot clear if lawmakers fromother states were attendingthe White House meeting.

The Democratic mayor

HOUSTON, March 7,2018 (AP): Texas Sen. TedCruz isn’t shying awayfrom the obvious pointbeing made about his adderiding a Democraticchallenger for using a nick-name. Cruz uses a nick-name too.

The Republican senatortold CNN on Wednesday:“You’re absolutely right. My

services and make travel moredifficult for ordinary U.S.citizens. He said it might alsoerode long-standing coop-eration on migration.

The State Departmentmade the cuts permanent lastweek. It initially scaled backstaff in October in responseto hearing loss and other ail-ments affecting at least 24U.S. citizens. U.S. investiga-tors have not determined acause and Cuba denies anywrongdoing.

A State Departmentspokeswoman, HeatherNauert, called the Cubancomplaint “ridiculous.”

“Let’s remind Cuba: They

who represents a municipalitysouth of the capital placed asign on his desk that read,“Caguas wants power.”

The Corps has said that it isdealing in part with rough ter-rain and a lack of supplies andthat it is moving as quickly as itcan.

During his address, the gov-ernor recognized the widow ofone of two police officers whodied during the hurricane and aman who welcomed 47 neigh-bors seeking shelter inside hishome, along with 30 pets.

Gov. Rossello said his ad-ministration has to learn how tobetter channel help from theprivate sector so it reaches hur-ricane survivors quicker. Andhe said the death count after thehurricane should have beenmore effective and accurate. Herecently announced that ex-perts at George WashingtonUniversity are reviewing alldeaths amid criticism that theofficial toll of 64 victims wasextremely low.

The governor recognizedthe spike in violent crime dur-ing his address, saying hewould reassign officers andconsolidate police stations tofight an increase in killings.Authorities said 142 killingshave been reported so far thisyear, compared with 121 lastyear in the same period.

Rossello said he would giveall officers a $1,500 annual payincrease, buy nearly 300 patrolcars with updated technologyand increase patrols across theisland.

“We have started the yearwith an alarming increase inmurders,” he said. “There is nomagical solution for such acomplex problem.”

In a meeting with some re-porters before the address, Gov.Rossello stressed that PuertoRico needs to access a portionof the nearly $5 billion thatCongress approved in Octoberfor states and territories affectedby the hurricane.

“We have been waiting fivemonths for that loan and it stillhas not been able to material-ize,” he said.

Opposition legislators dis-missed Rossello’s address asempty, with Denis Marquez ofthe Puerto Rican IndependenceParty noting the governor didnot address the fiscal and eco-nomic crisis.

“They’re talking about howto decorate the Titanic whenit’s sinking,” he said. “Weshould be tired already of thissituation.”

Rosselló reduciráimpuestos y subirásalarios en Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, 5 III 18 (AP): Elgobernador Ricardo Rossellóse comprometió el lunes areducir los impuestos, elevarlos salarios de los policías eimplementar requisitos detrabajo para las personas quereciben asistencia social con elfin de ayudar a Puerto Rico arecuperarse de los enormesdaños que dejó el huracánMaría.

Durante su discurso anual,Rosselló dijo que reducirá del11,5% al 7% un impuesto sobreventas y uso para los alimentosprocesados, y que tambiéndisminuirá la carga fiscal paralos individuos y las empresas.

Agregó que planea ayudar aque las víctimas del huracánque no tenían títulos depropiedad puedan obtenerlos,ya que debido a esa carencia nopudieron obtenerfinanciamiento federal despuésde la tormenta.

Rosselló dijo que el meteorocategoría 4 que azotó la islahace casi seis meses causó dañospor más de 100.000 millones dedólares.

of Denver has limited coopera-tion with U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement [ICE].Police policy is to notify ICEwhen immigrants in city jailsare to be released, but theyrefuse to grant access to jailcells. Mayor Michael Hancockand other officials have criti-cized the presence of ICEagents in courthouses and raidsnear public schools.

The Trump administrationlast year threatened to with-hold federal funding for policeprograms in Denver and othersanctuary cities. A federaljudge permanently blockedthe effort after a lawsuit.

But that didn’t stop DonaldTrump from calling for Con-gress to pass legislation thatwould strip funding from lo-calities that don’t cooperatewith federal immigration au-thorities.

“They want the money, theyshould give up on the sanctu-ary cites. It harbors horriblecriminals,” he said Thursdayat a White House Cabinet meet-ing.

Trump also lambasted Oak-land Mayor Libby Schaaf forrecently warning the publicabout an unannounced raid byfederal immigration officers.Sessions said in a speech inCalifornia on Wednesday thatSchaaf’s action allowed hun-dreds of “wanted criminals” toavoid arrest.

“What the mayor of Oak-

land did the other day was adisgrace,” Trump said. “Andit’s certainly something thatwe’re looking at with respectto her individually.”

Williams, the Coloradolawmaker who is of Hispanicheritage, has introduced statelegislation to make city andlaw enforcement officials li-able for crimes committedby immigrants in the U.S.illegally.

The measure would al-low the victims of suchcrimes to seek damages from“officials of the jurisdictionwho were responsible for cre-ating the policy to operate asa sanctuary jurisdiction.”Officials could face up to$700,000 in civil damages.

Democrats and otherschallenge the legality ofWilliams’ proposal—muchlike California Gov. JerryBrown, Chicago MayorRahm Emanuel and othersnationwide did in reactionto the Sessions’ lawsuit.

Brown says the state is onfirm legal ground with lawsthat limit police and employ-ers’ cooperation with federalimmigration agents and re-quire state inspections of fed-eral detention facilities.

Associated Press writersJill Colvin in Washington,Don Thompson in Sacra-mento and SudhinThanawala in San Franciscocontributed to this report.

name is Rafael Edward Cruz.”Shortly after the polls

closed Tuesday in Texas’first-in-the-nation primary,Cruz tweeted a 60-secondcountry jingle targeting hisDemocratic challenger,Rep. Beto O’Rourke of ElPaso. The jingle callsO’Rourke “liberal Robert”and says he “changed hisname to Beto” from his

are obligated under theVienna Convention to pro-tect our diplomats. It is veryserious that 24 of our U.S.government colleagues suf-fered health attacks, somewith serious and ongoingsymptoms. SecretaryTillerson had to protect hisstaff by limiting our work atthe U.S. Embassy in Havanato emergency services,” shesaid.

“While our investigationis ongoing, rather than findexcuses, Cuba should focuson helping to locate who orwhat is responsible for theharm caused to Americancitizens,” Nauert added.

Cuba condemns US cuts to embassy staff over‘health attacks’

Puerto Rico governor to reduce taxes, increasesalariesBy DANICA COTO, Associated Press

State lawmakers, White House talk action on‘sanctuary cities’By JAMES ANDERSON, Associated Press

Why is Ted Cruz—given name Rafael—picking on nicknames?By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press

given name of Robert.Mark Jones, a Rice

University political sci-entist, said one impliedmotive might be to re-mind Texas voters thatO’Rourke isn’t of Latinodescent.

O’Rourke will needstrong Latino turnout topull an upset against Cruzin November.

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partidos de exhibición con-tra equipos europeos ysudamericanos, y más contraequipos de Centroamérica yel Caribe.

Esos partidos podrían sermenos atractivos para elpúblico, y podrían llevar alos equipos europeos anegarse a dejar que susjugadores viajen largasdistancias para sumarse a susrespectivas selecciones.

Tras quedarse sinclasificar para el Mundial deeste año, poniendo fin a unaera en que participó en sietemundiales consecutivos,Estados Unidos ahora notiene un encuentrocompetitivo sino hasta laCopa de Oro de laCONCACAF en el 2019.

LA CONCACAF dijo quelos seis equipos que

MIAMI BEACH,Florida, 7 III 18 (AP): LaCONCACAF anunció lacreación de la Liga deNaciones, un nuevoformato diseñado para quelos países pequeñospuedan participar enpartidos más competitivos.Pero al mismo tiempo,presenta desafíos menosatractivos para potenciasregionales tales comoEstados Unidos y México.

La competenciaanunciada el miércolesreemplaza las fechas deamistosos de la FIFA, unconcepto similar aladoptado por la UEFA yque comenzará en Europaen septiembre.

Para Estados Unidos yMéxico, el nuevocampeonato implica menos

participaron en la ronda fi-nal de las eliminatoriasmundialistas del año pasadoirán directamente a la fasede grupos de la Liga deNaciones: Estados Unidos,México, Costa Rica, Hon-duras, Panamá, y Trinidady Tobago. Guatemala noparticipará porque estásuspendida por la FIFA.

Los demás 41 miembrosde la CONCACAF fueronelegidos por sorteo parajugar en clasificatoriosdesde septiembre hastamarzo de 2019.

En base a su desempeño,cada equipo al avanzar irá ala liga A, B o C, y cada ligaserá aglutinada en gruposque jugará en formato“round robin” en partidosde la FIFA en septiembre,octubre y noviembre de

Nuevo formato de la CONCACAF plantea desafíos

PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF TOLEDO

ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN

To all interested agencies, groups, and persons:

The City of Toledo is seeking comments on its Draft July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 One-Year Action Plan to besubmitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on or before May 17, 2018. TheOne-Year Action Plan is based on the HUD-approved Five-Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan submitted by theCity of Toledo for housing, community, and economic development.

The One-Year Action Plan includes a description of the federal funds anticipated to be received, as well as otherresources expected to be available within the City of Toledo during the 2018-2019 program year. The ActionPlan provides a description of the activities to be undertaken when using these resources and the expectedresults of those activities. Also, the Action Plan depicts a geographic distribution of assistance, special needsactivities, general and public housing actions, and activities specific to the 44th Year Community DevelopmentBlock Grant (CDBG), 32nd Year Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), 27th Year HOME Investment PartnershipsProgram (HOME), and the Neighborhood Stabilization Programs (NSP). In addition, the Plan will contain HUD-required certifications, as well as a summary of the community input received at the public hearings regardingthe Action Plan.

The Draft One-Year Action Plan is available for review beginning March 30, 2018 at the following locations:

1) Department of Neighborhoods 6) Toledo Lucas County Homelessness BoardOne Government Center, 18th Floor 1946 N. 13th Street, Suite 437Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets Toledo, Ohio 43604

2) Office of the Mayor 7) Toledo-Lucas County Public LibraryOne Government Center, 22nd Floor 325 Michigan StreetDowntown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets Toledo, Ohio 43604

(available at the Main Branch and by request at all3) Clerk of Council other branches)

One Government Center, 21st FloorDowntown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets 8) Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities

1154 Larc Lane4) The Fair Housing Center Toledo, Ohio 43614

432 N. Superior StreetToledo, Ohio 43604 9) Department of Neighborhoods website:

http://toledo.oh.gov/neighborhoods5) Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority

435 Nebraska AvenueToledo, Ohio 43604

Public hearings on the Draft One-Year Action Plan are scheduled as follows:

Monday, April 2, 2018, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.City Council Chambers, 1st FloorOne Government Center, Toledo, OH 43604

Monday, April 9, 2018, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.City Council Chambers, 1st FloorOne Government Center, Toledo, OH 43604

The City of Toledo will also receive comments from the public in writing until Monday, April 30, 2018, at the following address:

CITY OF TOLEDODEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS

ONE GOVERNMENT CENTER, SUITE 1800TOLEDO, OHIO 43604

ATTN: 2018-2019 ONE-YEAR ACTION PLAN

For reasonable accommodations or additional information, please contact Monica Brown, AdministrativeAnalyst II, Department of Neighborhoods at (419) 245-1400.

2019.Los ganadores de la Liga

A avanzarán a una rondafinal en marzo de 2020 ylos equipos en los últimospeldaños serán relegados ala Liga B, cuyos ganadoresavanzarán. Los últimos dela Liga B serán relegados alGrupo C cuyos ganadoresavanzarán.

La Liga A tendrá cuatrogrupos de tres equipos, y laLiga B tendrá cuatro gruposde cuatro equipos. La LigaC tendrá cuatro grupos.

La CONCACAFanunció también que losseis equipos en el hexago-nal del año pasado y losmejores 10 equipos en lasclasificatorias participaránen la Copa de Oro del añoentrante, el campeonatobianual regional.

While children chased smallballs in the gym and familiesmunched on pizza, five mem-bers of Toledo’s Hispanic Af-fairs Commission [HAC]manned a table at the BelieveCenter, encouraging Latinoadults to fill out comment cardswith their community concerns.

The effort centered onpartnering with anotherorganization’s event wherethere already would be a crowdfrom the Latino community.Dozens of young families hadgathered for the BelieveCenter’s annual Easter egghunt and Family Resource Day,held Saturday, March 10, 2018.

One of the biggest issues forcommission president JoshFlores is seeing the BorderPatrol on South Broadway andeven right outside Waite HighSchool in East Toledo, wherehe teaches Spanish and whereapproximately 35 percent ofthe student population isLatino. The sudden visibilityof ICE agents in Toledo neigh-borhoods is unsettling at best,terrifying at worst.

In fact, the HAC leader wasblunt about seeing federal im-migration agents in strategiclocations, directly and angrilycalling it racial profiling.

“Profiling Latinos, espe-cially with everything goingon in terms of the administra-tion and the White House rightnow, is causing a lot of thingsto come back and rear its uglyhead,” he said. “This profilingthing—it’s a tough job for thepolice, but at the same timethey need to understand thatwhen you’re serving the com-munity, you’re there to servethe community.”

Flores is unsure whether thepresence of federal immigra-tion agents is an outgrowth ofthe recent community polic-ing agreement signed by thetop brass at the Toledo PoliceDepartment and leaders fromthe Farm Labor OrganizingCommittee (FLOC). But specu-lation would warrant that withimproved relations between lo-cal authorities and the Latinocommunity, ICE may be on itsown in the hunt for undocu-mented immigrants.

“That’s a good question.But when you have BorderPatrol in heavily-populatedLatino areas, I don’t think that’sby chance,” he said. “I defi-nitely think that there’s somekind of purpose, so I’m notgoing to say I don’t understandwhy they’re there. At the sametime, it is a sense of profiling.You’re marking people basedon their ethnicity and wherethey live. Personally, I thinkthat’s unjust.”

If nothing else, the HAC canraise its collective voice tobring what it feels is injustice topublic light. The Border Patrol’sincreased presence in Toledois one of those situations.

“What kind of message isbeing sent that people can’teven feel safe in their own com-munities because they have toworry about that kind of stuff,”he said. “I feel that in this presentadministration, the environ-ment that’s being created

throughout the country is ex-actly that: a culture of fear. Sopeople who are here to simplyhave a better life, better oppor-tunities for their family are nowforced into the shadows andnot given the same opportuni-ties as every other immigrantwho ever came here. This is theland of opportunity and theyshouldn’t have to live in fear.Unfortunately, that’s exactlywhat it is right now.”

The commission also canorganize and sponsor eventsto encourage the Latino com-munity to address issues onthe grassroots level, if it sochooses. The mid-term Con-gressional elections in Novem-ber could be a key time forvoter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts if legislativeagendas fail at the federal levelin the coming weeks.

“There’s a huge need for aclean DREAM Act. We need todo something with the DACArecipients. We need to providea path (to citizenship),” saidFlores. “But unfortunately, theonly way we can affect that isby letting our legislators knowwhat our opinions are on thatand they need to act. If theydon’t act, then come Novem-ber, they’re going to be votedout. That’s the only voice thatwe have.”

Those comments and con-cerns may be reflective of whatcould happen to both the Boardof Community Relations andthe Youth Commission. MayorWade Kapszukiewicz wants tomerge the two advisory boardsand put those issues under oneumbrella with a single direc-tor.

But there is mounting op-position within the minoritycommunities to the mayor’sproposal and HAC and othersplan to make their voices heardloud and clear at a public hear-ing before Toledo City Coun-cil on Tuesday, March 20,2018, 6 p.m. In addition, anyare unhappy about the pros-pect of Linda Alvarado-Arce,BCR executive director, los-ing her job in such a merger.

The public is invited to at-tend.

The Believe Center appear-ance is the second outreachevent the commission has held,which has a goal of quarterlypublic input. The group set upshop at the East Toledo Fam-ily Center with a stand-aloneevent, but that effort drew fewpeople. So the commission willattach its efforts to popularcommunity events with goodattendance in order to getplenty of feedback.

Hispanic Affairs Commissionreaching out to communityPart One of Two PartsBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

Josh Flores

CITY OF TOLEDO

OFFICE OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

2018 MBE/WBE OPEN FORUM . Hosted by the Toledo Lucas County Public Library

This a free informational outreach and networking event that is planned for all

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15TH

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Presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.

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With a commitment to improving the humancondition, The University of Toledo and

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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.

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March 20thNeighborhood Housing Services

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