Cinema Latino—Una
popular serie anual, ahora en su tercer año de presentación,
llevándose a cabo el 9 hasta el 29 de enero en el Centro Wexner-ofrece
un estudio de las mejores películas clásicas y contemporáneas de
América Latina.
For 2009, get ready for the 7th Annual Latino
Scholarship Day with the Toledo Mud Hens, scheduled for July 26,
2009. In the photo above, Sonia Troche is throwing the first
pitch in the 2008 game, sponsored by the Spanish American
Organization and La Prensa.
Black Swamp Conservancy will host an informational meeting about
farmland preservation on February 3, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. The
meeting is open to anyone who owns farmland in northwest Ohio.
U-M Health Minute: Today’s top health issues and medical
research
Staying healthy in a tough economy
Ann Arbor: With the economy in a state of decline, it is
difficult for many U.S.-Americans to afford health care. Visits
to doctors are down 10 percent to 15 percent and many
individuals are not taking their medicines as prescribed.
However, there are certain measures that can be taken to lessen
the burden while facing tough economic times.
Term
limits law churns Michigan Legislature
By The Associated Press, Jan 2, 2009 •
The 110-member Michigan House will have 46 new lawmakers when it
reconvenes for a new session this month. Forty-four of the seats
were open in last year's election because the incumbents were
term-limited.
Twins born on different days, months, years
ROCHESTER, Jan. 2, 2009 (AP): They're twins, all right, despite
what their spanking new birth certificates say.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 1, 2009(AP): As it prepares to turn 100, the
Boy Scouts of America is honing its survival skills for what
might be its biggest test yet: drawing Latinos into its
declining—and mostly white—ranks.
Guests enjoy a free, guided tour of The Cleveland Museum of
Art's Armor Court. One of CMA’s oldest galleries, the Armor
Court, has been a thrill for visitors since 1916, when the
Museum first opened. Impressive armor, weaponry, and vibrant
tapestries are examples of the decorative and functional art of
European courts. For info, call 216-421-7340. Photo Courtesy:
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
has been publishing since 1989 and prints 12,000 hardcopy
of its weekly, bilingual issue, as can be verified by calling
our printer
Michigan Web Press
of
Davisburg
MI at 810-664-7403. In addition,
Mid-month,
La Prensa is part of the monthly
publication Lazo Cultural, which prints 10,000.
La Prensa has a 92% pick up rate of its hardcopy,
with a readership multiple of 3.6. It is not about numbers
being printed, but numbers being printed, then distributed, then
picked up, and then read—PR+D+PI+R.
In
addition, our Web site—
www.laprensa1.com—attracts
over 1,500 visitors per day, with an average of 14 hits per
daily visit.
About 1,000 protest
Israel, U.S. in Dearborn
By BEN LEUBSDORF, Associated Press Writer
DEARBORN (AP): Waving Palestinian flags and shouting slogans,
close to a thousand Arab-Americans and others marched through
the Detroit suburb of Dearborn on Dec. 30, 2008 evening to
protest Israeli military strikes against the Gaza Strip.
Toledo, Jan. 2, 2009: Democrat
Keith Wilkowski introduced his Toledo Economic Recovery Council,
a “blue-ribbon panel” that will advise the 2009 mayoral
candidate “on strategies to guide” the city’s economic
development.
Learn how EDGE program helps minority businesses at Jan. 12
event
In an effort to increase the number of minority-owned businesses
on the list of readily available contractors, The University of
Toledo will host a discussion with Todd McGonigle,
director of Ohio ’s Encouraging Diversity, Growth and Equity
(EDGE).
On 12/23/08, Buckeye CableSystem provided two local charities
with warm gloves, hats, scarves and socks. As part of its
winter campaign, Project Bundle Up, Buckeye CableSystem
delivered hundreds of warm items to the Cherry Street Mission
and the Battered Women’s shelter.
Library News
Maumee
Branch doesn’t look a day over 91!
Maumee Branch Library, 501 River Rd., celebrates its 91st
birthday with two days of fun. Maumee Branch opened on January
11, 1918. The structure was originally built with a donation
from the Carnegie Foundation and the Maumee Branch is the last
remaining Carnegie Library in Lucas
County to continue to operate in its original building.
Dora and Clyde López
at a concert in Corpus Christi on Dec. 9, 2008,
hosted by Freddie Martínez Records.
Upcoming Postal Service commemorative stamp offerings include:
Twelve Civil Rights Pioneers, who are commemorated for their
courage, commitment, and achievements: Mary Church Terrell
(1863-1954), Mary White Ovington (1865-1951), J. R. Clifford
(1848-1933), Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), Oswald Garrison
Villard (1872-1949), Daisy Gatson Bates (1914-1999), Charles
Hamilton Houston (1895-1950), Walter White (1893-1955), Medgar
Evers (1925-1963), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), Ella Baker
(1903-1986), and Ruby Hurley (1909-1980).
