Panaderia de las Americas is celebrating their 1st year in business this week. Owner Luis Hernandez Chora said, “I’m thankful.” See page B1for complete story. La Panaderia de Las Américas está celebrando su 1er año en el negocio esta semana. Su propietario Luis Hernández Chora dijo, “Estoy muy agradecido.”

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IsEs OurNuestro Anniversary Aniversario KC-AREA POLICE TAKE Walmart Neighborhood STEPS TO BOOST PUBLIC INTERACTION Market Officially La policía del área de KC Opens in KCK toma medidas para impulsar Se inaugura oficialmente en KCK la interacción pública el Walmart Neighborhood Market

The city of Ferguson, Missouri is calmer today, but the impact of the protesters is still being felt around the nation including greater Kansas City. Law enforcement agencies are looking at themselves closer. La ciudad de Ferguson, Missouri es más tranquila hoy dia, pero el impacto de los manifestantes todavía se hace sentir en todo el país incluyendo la gran Kansas City. Las agencias policiales están buscando a sí mismo más de cerca.

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Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market store managers with Unified Government Commissioner Ann Murguia and In-Depth Report, Part 2 Reporte a profundidad, Parte 2 Mayor Mark Holland announce the new store is open after they cut the ribbon. The new store is located in the Argentine Neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas at 2300 Metropolitan Avenue and is open 7 days a week, he Aug. 9 shooting death a muerte a tiros el 9 de agosto 24 hours a day. del residente de Ferguson, El Gerente de la tienda “Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market” (por su nombre en ingles) junto a Ann Murguía, Comisaria del Gobierno of Ferguson, Mo., African- Unificado y el alcalde Mark Holland, anuncian que la nueva tienda está abierta después de que cortaran la cinta. La nueva tienda American resident Michael Missouri, el afroamericano está ubicada en el Barrio Argentino en Kansas City, Kansas en 2300 Metropolitan Avenue y estára abierta los 7 días de la semana, Brown by Ferguson police Michael Brown, por agente del 24 horas al día. Lpolicía de Ferguson, Darren Wilson, officerT Darren Wilson, who is white, continues to bring attention to a host quien es blanco, sigue llamando la of hot-button issues. atención sobre una serie de temas by Joe Arce traduce Gemma Tornero candentes. Among them: law enforcement Entre estos temas están: los agencies’ efforts to maintain esfuerzos de las agencias del orden or the past several months, residents in the urante los últimos meses, los residentes en el or improve their interactions público para mantener o mejorar Argentine neighborhood have been talking barrio de Argentine han estado hablando de with community members; law sus interacciones con los miembros about the new Walmart Neighborhood Market la nueva apertura del Walmart Neighborhood enforcement officers’ conduct with the de la comunidad; la conducta de opening in the community. On Wednesday, Market en la comunidad. El miércoles, justo communities they serve, especially agentes del orden público con Fjust after 8 a.m. following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ddespués una ceremonia de corte de listón a las 8 am, predominately white police forces las comunidades a las que sirven, the doors officially opened. las puertas se abrieron oficialmente. “WE HAVE AN ... / PAGE B4 “TENEMOS UNA ... / PÁGINA B5 WALMART BRINGS JOBS ... / PAGE 2 WALMART TRAE OPCIONES ... / PÁGINA 2 Llevar votantes a las urnas es GETTING VOTERS TO THE POLLS importante para LULAC IS IMPORTANT FOR LULAC

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l votar en las elecciones locales, estatales y federales es un oting in local, state and federal elections is a right for all citizens derecho para todos los ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos. Una of the United States. A newly formed Northeast Kansas League of recién formada Liga del Noreste de Kansas del Consejo de United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 11082 wants to Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC por sus siglas en spread that message to the Hispanic community and encourage inglés)E 11082, quiere difundir el mensaje a la comunidad hispana Vthem to show up at the polls on November 4, 2014. y animarlos a presentarse en las urnas el 4 de noviembre de 2014. “Voting is the most valuable right we could ask for. Registering to “El votar es el derecho más valioso que podríamos pedir. El vote sends a message. Politicians will get the message and become registrarse para votar envía un mensaje. Los políticos recibirán el more interested in what is important to us,” said Cristal Perez-Garcia, mensaje y estarán más interesados en lo que es importante para vice president of the LULAC chapter. nosotros”, dijo Cristal Pérez-García, Vicepresidente de Sección de The chapter was formed June 7, 2014. Covering Kansas City, LULAC. Kansas, Johnson County and Lawrence, chapter members are reaching La Sección se formó el 7 de junio de 2014, dando cobertura a out to the millennial generation to educate them about their rights to Kansas City, Kansas, el Condado de Johnson y Lawrence, los integrantes vote and what they need to know about the issues in this year’s race. de la Sección están tratando de llegar a la generación del milenio para Their first event is called “It’s Up 2 Us”, a voter registration initiative that educarlos acerca de sus derechos de voto y lo que necesitan saber acerca will educate students and the community on the candidates running for the de los temas en la elección de éste año. November election. Su primer evento se llama “Depende de nosotros” (It’s Up 2 Us), una iniciativa de LULAC has partnered with the American Association of University Women, the registro electoral que educará a los estudiantes y a la comunidad sobre los candidatos a International Student Organization, Student Organizations of Latinos, Intercultural Center and las elecciones de noviembre. Student Activities at Kansas City Kansas Community College to present the program. SECCION ABORDO ... / PÁGINA 4 CHAPTER WAS TO ... / PAGE 4

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Walmart Brings Jobs and Grocery Options to KCK CONT./PAGE 1 Once open, the store will excited to see the people In a press release Walmart have an immediate impact on buying their groceries here stated. “The new store is the community by providing and finally having a grocery conveniently located at 2300 fresh meats, fish, vegetables store for people who don’t Metropolitan Avenue and and fruit to local residents. have transportation to go far will be open 24 hours a Unified Governmentaway.” day, seven days a week. The Commissioner Ann Murguia In addition to lower prices store will provide customers told Hispanic News she many people are also looking with low prices on fresh is thrilled that the store is for work. Pulido told Hispanic groceries and value-priced officially open adding, ‘I News she has a full time job merchandise. In addition, the have not met anyone who work at a local bank but Kansas City Neighborhood is unhappy about the new she’s in need of a second Market will offer Walmart’s Walmart.” job. With Christmas around free Site to Store program, Even though Murguia the corner she applied at enabling customers to had talked with Walmart Walmart and was hired for choose from nearly a million reps a few years ago at part time position. additional online items that one of NCLR’s conferences, “They didn’t ask me if I can be ordered on Walmart. she admitted Walmart was bilingual but I’m sure com and picked up at the was already looking at the somehow they know because store for free, often as quickly Argentine neighborhood there are a lot of Spanish- as the same day.” as a possible site for a new speaking people around During the opening grocery store. here,” said Pulido. ceremony, Walmart “They came and looked The new store employs received an award from the around … and decided up to 95 full and part-time Environmental Protection against it.” Recalled Murguia. associates. Store manager As the doors open to the new Argentine Neighborhood Wal-Mart store, hundreds of Agency in recognition of “The developer who was Deryk Cogdill began his people streamed into the open doors ready to shop. People shopping were excited that their development of the working with the retail people Walmart career in 2004 as a a grocery store had returned to their neighborhood. former Kansas City Structural of Walmart had let me know cart pusher. Tan pronto como las puertas se abrieron de la nueva tienda Wal-Mart para el Barrio Argentino, cientos de Steel Superfund Site. The personas corrieron listos para ir de compras. Los compradores estaban contentos de que una tienda de they had decided against it. “We’re looking forward to comestibles estubiera de regreso a su barrio. new Neighborhood Market “It just happened by luck serving the residents of the will anchor the 13-acre La that summer that I was being Argentine community and Plaza Argentine center and introduced to a higher level surrounding areas,” said The new KCK store is part In addition to groceries, associates can answer is a result of a partnership executive of Walmart and store manager Deryk Cogdill. of Walmart’s plan to open an the store features health and product and prescription between Walmart, local happened to talk to him of “At Walmart, we believe additional 270 to 300 small- beauty aids, pet products and questions and customers can neighborhood groups and the Argentine neighborhood it’s important that all our format locations this year. The cleaning supplies. In addition, ask about health and wellness government entities. and had a chance to promote customers have convenient store is approximately one- customers can shop a broader solutions. Kansas City The new Kansas City, Wyandotte County in general and affordable access to quarter the size of a Walmart assortment of items online at residents can easily transfer Kansas store is part of and just say to him it is a great fresh and healthy groceries Supercenter. Walmart.com and then pay prescriptions and order refills Walmart’s plan to open an place,” added Murguia. options so they can live better. The new store offers for these purchases with cash on the go with the Walmart additional 270 to 300 small- in all of Walmart U.S. stores mobile app for iPhone and Valerie Pulido said she This store will fill a major void fresh produce and a full format locations this year. The and Walmart Neighborhood Android. lives in the Argentine in the retail landscape and line of groceries from all first Walmart Neighborhood Markets, including the new neighborhood and she and significantly decrease thethe leading brand names, Next week in Part 2, we will Market opened in 1998, and Kansas City store. her neighbors have been distance residents need to including organic and natural talk with shoppers and get today there are approximately looking forward to the store travel to access the groceries selections. There is also a The pharmacy offers their take on the new Walmart 380 Walmart Neighborhood opening, “Yes I have. … I’m and merchandise they want wide variety of meat and a full range of products Neighborhood Market. Market stores nationwide. and need.” bakery selections. and services. Pharmacy Walmart trae opciones de empleo y abarrotes a KCK CONT./PÁGINA 1 todo el país. Una vez abierta, tener una tienda de abarrotes La nueva tienda en KCK es la tienda tendrá un impacto para las personas que no parte del plan de Walmart En un comunicado de inmediato en la comunidad, tienen transporte para ir más para abrir 270 a 300 prensa, Walmart indicó. proporcionando carnes lejos”. localidades adicionales de “La nueva tienda está frescas, pescados, verduras y Además de precios más pequeño formato este año. La convenientemente ubicada frutas a los residentes locales. tienda es aproximadamente en el número 2300 de bajos, muchas personas La Delegada del Gobierno también están buscando un cuarto del tamaño de un Metropolitan Avenue y Walmart Supercenter. estará abierta las 24 horas Unificado, Ann Murguía, dijo trabajo. Pulido dijo a Hispanic del día, siete días a la a Hispanic News que ella está News que ella tiene un La nueva tienda ofrece semana. La tienda ofrecerá encantada de que la tienda trabajo de tiempo completo productos frescos y una a los clientes precios bajos está oficialmente abierta,en un banco local, pero está línea completa de alimentos en productos frescos y agregando, “No he conocido en necesidad de un segundo de todas las marcas líderes, mercancías. Además, el a nadie que no esté contento empleo. Con la Navidad a incluyendo selecciones Kansas City Neighborhood con el nuevo Walmart”. la vuelta de la esquina, ella orgánicas y naturales. Market ofrecerá el programa A pesar de que Murguía solicitó en Walmart y fue También hay una amplia gratuito de Walmart, Site había hablado con los contratada para un puesto de selección de carnes y to Store, permitiendo a los representantes de Walmart medio tiempo. productos de panadería. clientes elegir entre casi un hace unos años, en una de “Ellos no me preguntaron Además de abarrotes, la millón de artículos en línea las conferencias del NCLR, si yo era bilingüe, pero tienda cuenta con artículos adicionales y que se pueden admitió que Walmart ya estoy segura que de alguna para la salud y belleza, pedir en Walmart.com, y ser estaba mirando al barrio manera ellos saben, porque productos para mascotas y recogidos en la tienda de de Argentine como un hay un montón de gente de de limpieza. Además, los forma gratuita, a menudo posible sitio para un nuevo habla hispana alrededor de clientes pueden comprar tan rápido, que sucede en el supermercado. aquí”, dijo Pulido. una variedad más amplia de mismo día”. “Ellos vinieron y miraron La nueva tienda cuenta con artículos en línea, en Walmart. Durante la ceremonia a su alrededor y decidió no hasta 95 auxiliares de tiempo com y luego pagar por éstas de inauguración, Walmart hacerlo”, recordó Murguía. completo y tiempo parcial. El compras con dinero en recibió un premio de la “El desarrollador que estaba gerente de la tienda, Deryk efectivo en todas las tiendas Agencia de Protección trabajando con la gente de Cogdill, comenzó su carrera Walmart de Estados Unidos del Medio Ambiente, ventas de Walmart me dejó en Walmart en 2004 como y Walmart Neighborhood en reconocimiento a su saber que habían decidido un acomodador de carros de Markets, incluyendo la nueva desarrollo en el antiguo no hacerlo”. supermercado. tienda de Kansas City. Sitio de Acero Estructural “Por suerte ese verano yo “Estamos ansiosos de La farmacia ofrece una Superfund en Kansas City. El estaba siendo presentada servir a los residentes de gama completa de productos nuevo Neighborhood Marke ante un ejecutivo de nivel la comunidad de Argentine y servicios. Los auxiliares está anclado en los 13 superior de Walmart, y tuve y sus alrededores”, dijo el de la Farmacia pueden acres del centro de La Plaza la oportunidad de hablar con gerente de la tienda Deryk responder a las preguntas de Argentine y es el resultado de él del barrio de Argentine, Cogdill. “En Walmart, productos y prescripciones, y una alianza entre Walmart, y tuvé la oportunidad de creemos que es importante los clientes pueden preguntar grupos de vecinos locales y promover el Condado de que todos nuestros clientes acerca de soluciones para entidades gubernamentales. Wyandotte, en general, y tengan un acceso cómodo la salud y el bienestar. Los La nueva tienda de Kansas decirle que es un gran lugar”, y asequible a las opciones residentes de Kansas City City, Kansas, es parte del plan añadió Murguía. de comestibles frescos y pueden transferir fácilmente de Walmart para abrir de 270 saludables para que puedan las recetas y el resurtido Valerie Pulido dijo que vive de medicamento con la a 300 tiendas adicionales en el barrio de Argentine vivir mejor. Esta tienda va a de pequeño formato este llenar un vacío importante en aplicación móvil de Walmart y ella y sus vecinos han para iPhone y Android. año. El primer Walmart estado esperando la apertura el panorama minorista y va a Neighborhood Market abrió de la tienda, “Sí, la he disminuir significativamente La semana que viene, en la distancia que necesitan la Parte 2, vamos a hablar PUBLISHER/PRESIDENT STUDENT INTERN sus puertas en 1998, y hoy estado esperando. Estoy (Editor/Presidente) (Becario) en día hay aproximadamente emocionada de ver a la viajar los residentes para con los clientes y obtener Jose “Joe” Arce Jose Muñiz 380 tiendas Walmart gente del barrio comprar sus acceder a las tiendas de su opinión sobre el nuevo Armando Noel Baquedano abarrotes y mercancía que Walmart Neighborhood VICE PRESIDENT Neighborhood Market en comestibles aquí y finalmente, (Vicepresidente) quieren y necesitan”. Market. KCHN is a weekly publication of Arce Communications Inc. who Ramona Arce bears no responsibility for accuracy or content advertisements. All rights reserverd. Arce Communications Inc does not EDITOR (Editor) guarantee the absence of error and every attempt will be made Jose Faus to remedy in KCHN at our next edition. KCHN es una publicacion semanal de Arce Communications Inc. quienes no se hacen responsables por la presición o contenido de SALES REPRESENTATIVES los anuncios. Todos los derechos reservados. 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scored his fourth field goal. Never mind, maybe not this Just a mild derailment on time. Okay, there was that time the way to the Super Bowl that the Jets won a game and DEPORTES scored like a gazillion points in minutes. They called it have a rabid crowd of Chiefs a minute did Succop just hit a Those screeching breaks are would be a tough one given the Heidi game. You believe fans in the stands is bound to 47-yarder? Hmm. the defense and offense both by Jose Faus that Dwayne Bowe, Donald miracles you sexy thing. There mean something. Home field grinding to a halt. That is a Stephenson or Joe Mays Hmm, and that offense can’t is still 15 games left. You advantage baby! That is what score a touchdown when two sickening sound. alk about rude. It was not would not play. But that gather yourself up, wipe the it’s about. beautiful opportunities are Its okay, you tell yourself, pretty any way you dice certainty was shaken slightly bitter taste from your mouth So what if the Tennessee right there for the taking. And but people start looking at it for Chiefs fans, in fact once it was revealed that and search for something T cornerback Marcus Cooper Titans picked up your all-pro the game is only 10-3 at the you like you are crazy. Not positive and believe it even if it was like watching a train kicker Brian Succop after half and you are losing. Well because they think you are wreck in slow motion and and swift as flash De’Anthony it seems delusional. he was beaten out by a it is not all that bad really. crazy but because they see though you could see what Thomas would also sit out the This team cannot afford to rookie kicker, a move which But you have a pit in your the look on your face that was coming you could do game. make mistakes, so they won’t coincidentally saved you stomach the size of a Brazil says you are trying to hold nothing to stop it. Now granted, these are not against the Denver Broncos about two million smackers. nut or your kicker. two opposing views at the Now some astute observers all world beaters by any stretch next week. They need to It’s not like Succop is going You look at your defense same time. This is a good will tell you that the evidence of the imagination but you got score touchdowns and not to come in here and kick and you still feel good. It’s team. This team sucks. This for the collapse was there in to admit that the absence of field goals and they will next four field goals. How many not like you’ve lost all-pro team can still win. This team the preseason. Other more those players would have some week against the Broncos in times has he done that for linebacker Derrick Johnson or will never win. astute observers will tell you kind of impact on the team. Denver. And they need to stop the Chiefs? And then there a solid guy like defensive end If they get a fumble right that the wheels came off So you expect a closer than the Denver Manning machine is Dexter McCluster. Like I Mike Devito. Wait a minute, now and take it back for a during the draft, and even regular game, but you still have and they will next week said, and then there is Dexter did they both just go out one touchdown in the next two more keyed in observers will some mighty fine weapons on against Denver in Denver on McCluster. after the other with ruptured minutes, and then do an tell you that it dates back to this team and some good solid prime time. It had all the trimmings of a Achilles heels? Say it ain’t so. onside kick recover it and last year. players. It will be close but you Yeah. You believe cause close game. So what if Cairo score in three minutes, and will win. Wait a minute. This is that is how you get off the Well, not being too keen Santos missed a 48-yard field then hold off the Titans, why You can still play with starting to look like a train tracks after surviving a wreck. on astute observers, I could goal, it’s not like Succop is we could win this game. Oh, anyone and the fact that you wreck. It sure sounds like one. Crazy full of certainty. only predict that the game going to top him. Whoa, wait wait a minute. Succop just Sección abordó cuestiones Chapter was to address local/national issues CONT./PAGE 1 and vote, they are more likely our voter registration turnout the local chapter asked the The free event will be held to return. This increases the and education, specifically community to sign a petition locales y nacionales Saturday, September 13 at likelihood that others in the the graduation and dropout requesting a Compassionate CONT./PÁGINA 1 presentaron al Congreso 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts household will vote. Getting rates and attendance. We Immigration Reform. The LULAC se ha asociado para de Liderazgo de Kansas a Center at Kansas City Kansas young people to vote early are open to any issues our signed petitions were presentar el programa con mediados de agosto. Community College, 7250 could be the key to raising community wants to bring to presented to the Kansas la Asociación Americana Asimismo, ella añadió State Avenue. Attendees can a new generation of voters,” our table and address,” said Congressional Leadership in de Mujeres Universitarias, que la sección local se ha listen to live performances, said Perez-Garcia. Perez-Garcia. mid-August. la Organización de comprometido con el avance with bilingual presenters. The current LULAC board is LULAC’s national head- She also added that the local Estudiantes Internacionales, de los que han sido ignorados Refreshments will be provided composed of Diana Aguirre, quarters is in Washington, chapter would be committed la Organizaciones de históricamente como actores to those attending. president; Cristal Perez- D.C. and has over one to the advancement of those Estudiantes de Latinos, y políticos y sociales, a través During the program, Garcia, vice president and thousand chapters around the who have been historically de la participación activa de el Centro Intercultural y residents can register to vote if Rebekah Rodriguez, treasurer. United States and Puerto Rico. overlooked as political and Actividades Estudiantiles en la comunidad. they bring a valid passport or Board members include The non-partisan organiza- social stakeholders through el Colegio Comunitario de “La Sección Noreste de an original or certified copy of active engagement of the Kansas City Kansas. Kansas LULAC se dedica a Michael Aguirre, M. Cecilia tion’s mission is to advance a birth certificate. Registered Ysaac Belmares, Arelis Flores, the economic conditions, community. El evento gratuito tendrá servir, educar y proveer los voters can take advantage of recursos para la comunidad Lenecia Nevels, Alexandra educational attainment, “The Northeast Kansas lugar el sábado 13 de the advance voting ballots D’Llachieza, Clarence Smalls, political influence, housing, Chapter of LULAC is dedicated septiembre, a las 7 pm, en de una manera significativa and cast their votes now for y accesible al mismo tiempo Daniel Serda and Julian health and civil rights of to serving, educating and el Centro de Artes Escénicas their candidates. Gomez. Latinos. Immigration reform providing resources for the en el Colegio Comunitario de que apoya un cambio de larga duración”, dijo. “We believe that when “As a local chapter we will and civil rights issues was the community in a meaningful Kansas City Kansas, ubicado young people have been focus of the 2014 convention. and accessible manner en el número 7250 de State traduce be focusing our efforts on motivated to get to the polls two main issues—increasing Perez-Garcia said that while supporting long lasting Avenue. Los asistentes podrán Gemma Tornero and learn the voting process change,” she said. escuchar actuaciones en directo, con presentadores bilingües. Se ofrecerán tentempiés a los asistentes. Durante el programa, los residentes pueden registrarse para votar si traen un pasaporte válido o el original o copia certificada del acta de nacimiento. Los votantes registrados pueden aprovechar las boletas de votación por adelantado y emitir su voto ahora para sus candidatos. “Creemos que cuando los jóvenes han sido motivados a acudir a las urnas y aprenden el proceso de votación y votan, es más probable que regresen. Esto aumenta la probabilidad de que otros integrantes del hogar votarán. El lograr que los jóvenes voten temprano podría ser la clave para dar vida a una nueva generación de votantes”, dijo Pérez-García. El actual Consejo de LULAC se compone de Diana Aguirre, Presidente; Cristal Pérez-García, Vicepresidente y Rebeca Rodríguez, Tesorera. Los integrantes del Consejo incluyen a Michael Aguirre, M. Cecilia Ysaac Belmares, Arelis Flores, Lenecia Nevels, Alexandra D’Llachieza, Clarence Smalls, Daniel Serda y Julián Gómez. “Como una sección local, centraremos nuestros esfuerzos en dos temas - incrementar nuestra participación en el registro de votantes y la educación, específicamente la graduación, deserción escolar y asistencia. Estamos abiertos a cualquier problema que nuestra comunidad quiere traer a nuestra mesa de negociaciones y hablar al respecto”, dijo Pérez-García. La sede nacional de LULAC se encuentra en Washington, DC y cuenta con más de mil secciones alrededor de los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. La misión de la organización no partidista es avanzar en condiciones económicas, logros educativos, influencia política, vivienda, salud y derechos civiles de los latinos. La reforma migratoria y los derechos civiles fueron el tema central de la convención de 2014. Pérez-García dijo que la sección local pidió a la comunidad firmar una petición solicitando una Reforma Migratoria Compasiva. Las peticiones firmadas se

TU CONEXIÓN LATINA DESDE 1996 YOUR LATINO CONNECTION SINCE 1996 KCHispanicNews.com I SEPTIEMBRE 11 DEL 2014 ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST PLANS TO EXPAND BRANCH IN KCK Fairfax Industrial District. local office in Kansas City, This location also features Mo. The construction is Expansion to a bi-lingual staff and offers scheduled to be completed services designed for in November 2014. nearly double the Hispanic community. “The response from Services offered at this the community has been branch include, personal overwhelmingly positive,” accounts, business accounts, said Hidy Ortiz, branch size of location mortgages and an ATM. (KANSAS CITY, Kan.) manager. “We are excited – Enterprise Bank & Trust “The branch has to be expanding the space announces plans to expand experienced success in so we can continue to serve its full-service branch this market. This location is our customers quickly and located at 151 S. 18th exceeding expectations in effectively.” Street in Kansas City, Kan. deposit totals and through Enterprise Financial The expansion will add July 2014, it had reached operates commercial a total of 1,073 square 88 percent of its year end banking and wealth feet to the space, and the deposit goal. Furthermore, management businesses location will total 2,646 50 percent of total deposits in metropolitan St. Louis, square feet when the project come from this branch’s Kansas City and Phoenix. is complete. The added business accounts and Enterprise is primarily space will help to meet we’ll continue to serve focused on serving the high customer demand and community business clients,” needs of privately held enable the bank to continue said Duncan Burdette, businesses, their owner to deliver exceptional regional chairman, Kansas families, executives and customer service. City. “This expansion professionals. project will not only make This branch, located within way for future growth, but Source Sturges Word Prescott Plaza, opened on enable us to better serve our Communications February 3, 2014, and was clients.” Enterprise Bank & Trust’s first location in Kansas City, The leasing agent and Kan. This branch serves the general contractor for surrounding, community, this project is Colliers including businesses in the International, which has a BITTERSWEET HARVEST: FYI THE BRACERO PROGRAM 1942-1964

“SITES is deeply gratified to share with the nation a OPENS AT THE central part of American labor history of which so few WYANDOTTE are aware,” said Anna Cohn, director of SITES. “The story of the bracero is rooted in COUNTY hope and determination. It is a testament to the enduring HISTORICAL contributions that Mexicans and Mexican Americans have made to American life.” MUSEUM The exhibition explores the braceros’ contributions n 1943, President Roosevelt to communities in Mexico announced the creation of and the United States, the what would become the opportunities that became largest Mexican guest- available to braceros and the workerI program in U.S. challenges that they faced history. Bittersweet Harvest: as guest workers during the The Bracero Program, 1942- war years and afterward. 1964, a new bilingual Included in the exhibition (English/Spanish) exhibition are 15 free-standing banners debuting at the Wyandotte featuring oral histories, quotes County Historical Museum, and photographs by Leonard 631 N. 126th St. Bonner Nadel, a photographer who, Springs, KS. The exhibition in 1956, exposed employer was created by the National violations endured by many Museum of American History braceros. The Nadel photos and explores this chapter inspired the museum’s work of American history. The on Bittersweet Harvest and the exhibition will be on view Bracero History Project, which at the Wyandotte County also includes audio clips of Historical Museum Sept. 14 former braceros relating their through Nov. 16, 2014. experiences. The firsthand Facing labor shortages accounts were collected as on the home front during part of the project’s oral- World War II, the United history initiative. States initiated a series of “This exhibition allows us agreements with Mexico to explore complex issues to recruit Mexican men to of race, class, community work on American farms and and national origin while railroads. The Emergency highlighting the irrefutable Farm Labor Program, more contributions by Mexican familiarly known as the Americans to American Bracero Program, enabled society,” said Brent D. Glass, approximately 2 million director of the museum. Mexicans to enter the United “‘Bittersweet Harvest’ is a States and work on short-term unique opportunity to share labor contracts. an important but overlooked “We are excited the chapter in American history Smithsonian Institute selected with visitors across the our museum to display this country.” very important exhibit,” Bittersweet Harvest is Trish Schurkamp, executive organized by the National director of the Wyandotte Museum of American County Historical Museum, History and organized for said. “It is important that we travel by SITES. Funding is remember and celebrate the made possible through the LOOK FOR OUR BOOTH lives of the Mexican migrant Smithsonian’s Latino Center, workers who came to the which celebrates Latino AT THIS YEAR’S FIESTA United States to work and culture, spirit and achievement contribute to our life.” in America by facilitating the The Wyandotte County development of exhibitions, Historical Museum will open research, collections and this special exhibition on education programs. For September 14 with a concert/ more information, visit www. lecture by guest Dr. Jesus latino.si.edu. “Chuy” Negrete, Chicago, IL. For more information, Dr. Negrete was part of the BUSCA NUESTRO STAND the public may call planning programming for (913) 573-5002, or visit this traveling exhibition. He is www.wycomuseum.org. EN LA FIESTA DE ESTE AÑO a nationally known folksinger and musicologist.

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HECHO EN Periódico Bilingüe Kansas City KANSAS CITY PANADERIA DE LAS AMERICAS CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR

La Panadería de Las Américas celebra su primer año

It’s all thumbs up with this billboard from Brotherhood Bank & Trust. Business Development Officer Sandra Olivas and Branch Manager Barbara Lee (right corner), congratulate their client, Luis Hernandez-Chora, owner of “La Panaderia de las Americas”, as he celebrates his first anniversary. Con los pulgares hacia arriba con esa Cartelera de “Brotherhood Bank & Trust” (por su nombre en ingles). Sandra Olivas, oficial de Desarrollo de Negocios y Barbara Lee, Gerente de la sucursal (esquina inferior derecha), felicitan a su cliente, Luis Hernández-Chora, propietario de “La Panaderia de Las Américas”, al mismo tiempo con la celebracion de su primer aniversario. aprendido y toda la ayuda que ha recibido, y and he has done a great job at maximizing by Joe Arce and Jose Faus ha hecho un gran trabajo en la maximización traduce Gemma Tornero everything. ... Luis has pretty much gone de todo. Luis ha pasado más o menos por cada through every single service that HEDC offers. servicio que ofrece HEDC. El año pasado, … Last year when he had put every single cuando él había puesto cada centavo en el penny in starting the business and needed just “Todos nosotros aprendemos inicio del negocio y necesitaba un poco más, “We All Learn From Each Other” a little more, he was still there saying ‘this is él todavía estaba allí diciendo ‘esto va a uis Hernandez-Chora, the owner of going to happen.’” suceder’.” Panaderia de Las Americas at 826 SW unos de otros” It was at that moment that the next step came uis Hernández-Chora, el propietario de la Fue en ese momento que el siguiente paso Blvd, is living his dream. On September into place. “The first assistance I had was Panadería de Las Américas ubicada en el llegó. “La primera ayuda que tuve fue la beca 15 he will celebrate one year in business the scholarship that HEDC gave me so that I número 826 de SW Blvd., está viviendo su que HEDC me dio para que yo pudiera tomar Lwith a big party starting a t 11:00 a.m.. could take Primer Paso,” explains Hernandez. sueño. El 15 de septiembre va a celebrar Primer Paso”, explica Hernández. “Allí me The celebration will not be a quiet affair. Lun año en los negocios, con una gran fiesta “There they referred me to Brotherhood Bank remitieron a Brotherhood Bank & Trust y también KCTV Channel 5 will do a live remote from & Trust and they also helped me a lot by giving a partir de las 11:00 am. La celebración no me ayudaron mucho al darme un préstamo. the bakery and Mayor Sly James has been será un asunto tranquilo. KCTV Canal 5 hará me a loan. I already had the equipment and Yo ya tenía el equipo y las puertas abiertas, invited to make an appearance and read a un control remoto en vivo desde la panadería, the doors open but I was lacking the capital to pero me faltaba el capital para invertir en mi proclamation for Hispanic Heritage Month. y el Alcalde Sly James ha sido invitado a hacer producto, materiales y la mercadotecnia, como invest in my product, material and marketing, acto de presencia y leer una proclama por el la radio, la publicidad y las licencias”. The star of the celebration will be, as it like radio and publicity and licensing.” Mes de la Herencia Hispana. always has been, the bread. And this is not Tyrone Herbert, Vicepresidente de Préstamos Tyrone Herbert, vice president Commercial just any bakery. Panaderia de Las Americas La estrella de la celebración será, como Comerciales, se reunió con él. “Luis llegó Lending, met with him. “Luis came prepared features, as its name suggests, bread from siempre lo ha sido, el pan. Y esta no es cualquier preparado para un préstamo y yo sabía que for a loan and I knew he’d be successful. all over the Americas – from the Caribbean to panadería. Las características de la Panadería iba a tener éxito. Él tenía un plan de negocios He had a thorough business plan and had Central and South America. For Hernandez, de Las Américas, como su nombre lo indica, es completo y ya había invertido su propio dinero already invested his own money acquiring pan de todo el continente americano - desde the bakery is the culmination of a life long en la adquisición de equipos y estanterías. Él equipment and shelving. He’s worked in his el Caribe a América Central y del Sur. Para ha trabajado en la panadería de su padre en fascination with bread. Hernández, la panadería es la culminación de father’s bakery in Mexico and later moved to México y más tarde se trasladó a la zona y He remembers growing up in Mexico the the area and attended HEDC small business una larga fascinación de vida con el pan. asistió a los talleres de pequeñas empresas en many days he would leave school and head workshops. Brotherhood Bank and Trust’s Él recuerda al haber crecido en México los HEDC. La extensión de crédito de Brotherhood for his father Daniel Hernandez bakery. He Bank & Trust para Luis fue la última pieza credit extension to Luis was the final piece of muchos días en que salía de la escuela e iba a learned to make bread from the other bakers. the puzzle in making his dream a reality. It la panadería de su padre, Daniel Hernández. del rompecabezas para hacer su sueño una When he finally moved to the United States in realidad. Fue tan gratificante para nosotros, el was as rewarding to us, helping this young Él aprendió de los otros panaderos a hacer 2006, he knew what he wanted to do. pan. Cuando finalmente se trasladó a Estados ayudar a este joven emprendedor, tanto como entrepreneur, as it was for him.” Unidos en 2006, sabía lo que quería hacer. lo fue para él”. “When I came here in 2006, I started “Luis Hernandez exemplifies our working in large bakeries,” he recalls. “I “Cuando llegué aquí en 2006, empecé a “Luis Hernández es un ejemplo de nuestra Hispanic culture, which brings amazing trabajar en grandes panaderías”, recuerda. cultura hispana, que reúne competencias worked five years for Price Chopper and entrepreneurship skills, dedication and “Trabajé cinco años en Price Chopper y empresariales increíbles, dedicación y el Sunfresh and that is how I could start my own the real courage it takes to launch a small Sunfresh y así es como pude comenzar mi verdadero valor que se necesita para poner en bakery business. Since I arrived in the United business. … I admire his work ethic and propio negocio de panadería. Desde que marcha un pequeño negocio. Admiro su ética States, I always wanted to work as a baker drive to create a business to support his llegué a los Estados Unidos, siempre quise de trabajo y la manera de conducirse para and since we had the bakery in Mexico, my family, and we knew the bank could follow trabajar como panadero y ya que teníamos crear un negocio para mantener a su familia, thought was always [to have] this business.” our philosophy of doing “whatever it takes” to la panadería en México, mi pensamiento fue y sabíamos que el banco podría seguir nuestra Hernandez approaches his work like a make his business a successful reality,” says siempre el tener éste negocio. filosofía de hacer “lo que sea necesario” para student. “Like people say, ‘we all learn from Sandra Olivas, Business Development officer hacer de su negocio una exitosa realidad”, Hernández realiza su trabajo como lo each other. Sometimes the student learns for the bank. dice Sandra Olivas, oficial de Desarrollo de hace un estudiante. “Como la gente dice, Negocios para el banco. from the master and the master learns from Hernandez is a practical man and methodical ‘todos nosotros aprendemos unos de otros. the student.’ I worked with people that I in his approach, He studied various locations Hernández es un hombre práctico y metódico A veces el alumno aprende del maestro y el always learned new things from like how to before he chose the Westside. maestro aprende del estudiante’. He trabajado en la manera de hacer las cosas, él estudió make the Central American, Latin American “I was looking for a place where there con gente y siempre he aprendido cosas varios lugares antes de elegir el Westside. or Caribbean breads. That exposure is what would be people from different parts of the nuevas, como por ejemplo, la manera de “Yo estaba buscando un lugar donde gave me the idea of having a bakery that had world not just specifically from Mexico. I saw hacer panes en los países de Centroamérica, pudiera haber personas de diferentes partes all the different breads from Latin America. places that were saturated with bakeries. I latinoamericanos o caribeños. Ese contacto es del mundo, no específicamente de México. Vi The name reflects that the bread is from all the lo que me dio la idea de tener una panadería saw places that were far from any Hispanic lugares que estaban saturados de panaderías. Americas.” que tuviera todos los diferentes tipos de pan de Vi lugares que estaban lejos de cualquier or Latino people. I saw Southwest Boulevard América Latina. El nombre refleja que el pan es persona hispana o latina. Vi que el Southwest His work ethic also embraces a broader is the heart of the Latino community. You de todas las Américas”. Boulevard es el corazón de la comunidad spirit. “Since I was working in Sunfresh I have not only Mexican people, but also you Su ética de trabajo también abarca un amplio latina. Usted no sólo tiene a los mexicanos, had that passion I never saw my employment see people from Guatemala, El Salvador, espíritu. “Desde que yo estaba trabajando en sino también se ve gente de Guatemala, El as something where I was working for a Colombia, Cuba and all the countries of Latin Sunfresh tuve esa pasión, nunca vi a mi empleo Salvador, Colombia, Cuba y todos los países company. I treated it and managed it like it America. They come here and see breads como algo donde yo estaba trabajando para de América Latina. Ellos vienen aquí y ven los was my bakery. I saw my fellow workers like from all over South America. … This is not a una empresa. La cuidé y la dirigí como si fuera panes de toda América del Sur. Este no es un my family.” big place but I give them a little something of mi panadería. Vi a mis compañeros de trabajo lugar muy grande, pero yo les doy un poco de While he managed the Sunfresh bakery, home.” como mi familia”. lo que hay en su casa”. Hernandez had a plan. He started buying He admits the first year has been a learning Mientras dirigía la panadería Sunfresh, Él admite que el primer año ha sido una equipment little by little in 2011 and keeping experience. “They say the first year is the experiencia de aprendizaje. “Dicen que el Hernández tenía un plan. Él comenzó a it in his house thinking that he would have hardest. I have seen the way that people comprar equipo poco a poco en el 2011, y primer año es el más difícil. He visto la forma it all ready and just find a place and open en que la gente ha respondido a la panadería. have responded to the bakery. I have seen lo guardaba en su casa, pensando que iba the doors. He did not count on the permits, what people have accepted. I have seen what a tener todo listo y simplemente encontrar un He visto lo que la gente ha aceptado. He visto inspection and licensing process, costs he lugar y abrir las puertas. Él no contaba con el lo que funciona y no funciona. En el segundo works and doesn’t work. In the second year, año, siento que estoy preparado para lo que admits equaled the money he had invested in I feel that I am prepared for whatever comes proceso de permisos, inspección y concesión equipment. de licencias, y los costos, que admite igualaron venga. Al igual que todo lo que hacemos, along. Like everything we do, we have to try al dinero que había invertido en equipos. tenemos que tratar de ver lo que funciona, He heard about an entrepreneurial and see what works little by little.” poco a poco”. Él escuchó hablar de un programa program offered by the Hispanic Economic He credits his family for his passion and empresarial que ofrece el Concilio Hispano Él le da crédito a su familia por su pasión Development Council (HEDC) and applied. what he chooses to sell. His father helps out de Desarrollo Económico (HEDC por sus siglas y lo que él decide vender. Su padre le ayuda He received a scholarship to the Primer Paso when he can and he can count on his wife to en inglés) y aplicó. Recibió una beca para el cuando se puede y puede contar con su esposa Operation Jump Start program. Michael help with deliveries but also helping expand Programa Primer Paso Operación de Arranque. para ayudar con las entregas a domicilio, pero Carmona, business development specialist, his selections. además ayudarle a expandir sus selecciones. was a recent hire at HEDC and recalled their Michael Carmona, especialista en desarrollo His wife Yeiseni Aguilera is Cuban and she first meetings. de negocios, de reciente llegada en HEDC en Su esposa, Yeiseni Aguilera, es cubana y brought her own traditions into the business ese entonces, recordó sus primeras reuniones. ella trajo sus propias tradiciones al negocio, “They were interested in starting up a introducing him to the typical breads of her “Ellos estaban interesados ​​en poner en al presentar los panes típicos de su tierra natal. panaderia (Bakery) . There was something homeland. He researched on the Internet marcha una panadería. Había algo único Ella investigó en Internet, y estudió el cómo unique about that. They are not only doing studying how the breads were made and acerca de eso. Ellos no sólo están haciendo hacer los panes, y a base de ensayo y error Mexican breads but bread from all over Latin through trial and error began making them. panes mexicanos, sino el pan de toda ellos los comenzaron a hacer. America. I thought that there was really a “That is why we have Cuban breads,” he América Latina. Pensé que era realmente una “Es por eso que tenemos panes cubanos”, need,” he recalls. necesidad”, recuerda. says. dice él. “Primer Paso Operation Jump Start is a 36- He concedes that there are times when “Primer Paso Operación de Arranque es Él reconoce que hay momentos en que las hour course for individuals that are in business the demands of the business side can be un curso de 36 horas para las personas que demandas de la parte comercial pueden ser or are about to start a business. It gives them están en el negocio, o están a punto de iniciar exhausting, “but at the end of the day you agotadoras, “pero al final del día usted dice, fundamentals such as market research, help un negocio. Les da fundamentos tales como say, ‘this is something that I wanted.’ This ‘esto es algo que yo quería’. Esto es algo que in identifying competition and market, pricing estudios de mercado, ayuda en la identificación is something that little by little will keep poco a poco va a seguir creciendo y en el futuro structures and the type of business to set up,” de la competencia y el mercado, las estructuras growing and in the future it will be a little será un poco más tranquilo”. La Panadería Michael explains. de precios y el tipo de negocio a configurar”, de las Américas se encuentra ubicada en el more tranquil.” Panaderia de las Americas is explica Michael. número 826 del Southwest Blvd., en Kansas He lauds Hernandez’s dedication. “I would located at 826 Southwest Blvd Kansas City, Él alaba la dedicación de Hernández. City, Missouri. Llame al 913-687-0504 para say that Luis has taken everything that he has Missouri Call 913-687-0504 for store hours. “Yo diría que Luis ha tomado todo lo que ha conocer el horario de la panadería. learned and all the help that he has gotten

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people consistently expressed the state of emergency in concerns stemming from Ferguson, which he had “WE HAVE AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY” specific alleged incidents, declared on Aug. 16. from general policing Nixon activated the Missouri CONT./PAGE 1 “We’re taking those with an officer should be “Officers are dying in practices, and from the lack National Guard on Aug. 18 to in predominantly African- areas and, what we weren’t conducted in a respectful the line of duty to protect of diversity on Ferguson’s provide security at the state’s American communities and working on, we are now. manner,” Wilson said. “When society from bad people; we police force. These anecdotal unified command center in the militarization of police … We have reviewed those … a police officer is disrespectful should be thanking them not accounts underscored the Ferguson, which was closed forces. plans and established some or rude to a citizen during an ridiculing them.” history of mistrust of law Aug. 27, according to a news Officials with the Kansas other protocols to help keep encounter, at the roadside is not The Ferguson incident also enforcement in Ferguson that release from his office. situations from getting out of the place to debate it. Everyone has received a good deal of City Police Department has prompted attention and Separately on Sept. 3, control, to prevent Ferguson will have their day in court, and attention.” (KCPD) and the Kansas City, action by the nation’s highest the U.S. Small Business Kansas Police Department from happening in the first every citizen can make a formal level of law enforcement. Holder said, though, that he Administration – responding (KCKPD) said the agencies place.” complaint to the chief.” U.S. Attorney General Eric knew “that the overwhelming to a request from Nixon – had practices in place Police officers are held to a Holder said in a news release majority of our brave men in a news release said it designed to keep good higher standard of conduct than Sept. 4 that, in addition and women in uniform do would make low-interest working relations with the many other citizens, he said, to the U.S Department of their jobs honorably, with disaster loans available public before the Ferguson “and this is how it must be.” Justice’s ongoing civil rights integrity, and often at great incident. to business owners and “Yes, some will tarnish investigation of Brown’s personal risk.” nonprofit organizations in the badge and pay the death, the agency has started “The Civil Rights Division’s north St. Louis County that consequences, but that an investigation to determine efforts are simply meant to had “suffered substantial number is few.” whether Ferguson police ensure that law enforcement economic injury as a result of Wilson cited the Missouri “have engaged in a pattern officers in every part of the events in Ferguson.” or practice of violations of the law that authorizes law the U.S. live up to those Nixon had said on Aug. enforcement officers toU.S. Constitution or federal same high standards of law.” 29 that the state would use deadly force, which is professionalism.” commit small business available online at http:// “As you know, our federal Holder added that the Justice loans to support the Small www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/ civil rights investigation into Department approached Business Relief Program, a chapters/chap563.htm. But the August 9 shooting death the St. Louis County Police public-private partnership Lockridge said that he also said he didn’t think of Michael Brown remains Department about a comprising the state, the St. that “citizens want a police open and very active,” Holder department personnel have “collaborative reform effort,” Louis Regional Chamber, force that looks like a bunch said in the release. “As I discussed the idea that and that the department’s the St. Louis Economic of commandos.” made clear during my visit to officers’ efforts to conduct chief voluntarily agreed to Development Partnership Ferguson two weeks ago, this themselves professionally “However, as a (matter take part. The process will and local lenders. Nixon investigation will take time. “came off as standoffish and of) day-to-day safety and include an evaluation of the appointed state treasurer impersonal.” protection of the citizens, our But the American people can have confidence that it will be Ferguson Police Department’s Clint Zweifel to oversee the “We’ve already had things police departments are not response to Brown’s state’s commitment to the acting or mirroring military fair, it will be thorough, and it “One of the focus points of in our training to improve our will be independent.” death and its aftermath. program, which Nixon said Chief Darryl Forte’s vision is overall customer service,” he units,” he said. “Now, when It also will review “racial would provide as much as that the police department and said. “Not everyone in the critical incidents happen, it Holder said he had spoken profiling; stops, searches$1 million to help Ferguson the community work together,” public is nice and compliant, is imperative that our officers with local residents during and frisking; the handling businesses damaged by Sgt. Kari Thompson of KCPD’s and we have a job to do. have the tools and personal that visit and had heard their of mass demonstrations by rioting and looting. protection necessary to safely concerns. media unit told Kansas City Probably a large percentage police officials; and law Look for the final story in Hispanic News. “Without a of the time we’re called out is and quickly bring the situation “I heard from them enforcement training both at under control.” this series in next week’s collaborative effort with our for assistance, not for volatile directly about the deep the police academy and at Hispanic News. We’ll community partners, we as a situations. They’re people Most police departments mistrust that has taken hold the continuing professional examine the media’s role in whole will not succeed. We calling for help.” face budget crunches, he between law enforcement level.” the Ferguson incident and have an open-door policy. Lockridge believes, “there is said, “and what is wrong officials and members of the Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, its aftermath, and efforts by in obtaining equipment that community,” he said in the We are open to new ideas.” some truth” to the allegation who received criticism for law enforcement agencies to can be retro-fitted to meet release. “In meetings and The department has been that many African-American his responses to the Ferguson recruit minorities and women. the demands of the local listening sessions – as well holding community forums communities’ historical incident, on Sept. 3 lifted since Forte took the helm, she distrust of police is justified in agency?” he said. as informal conversations – said. Forte was named as the certain cases. department’s 44th chief on “It’s unrealistic to deny that Oct. 12, 2011. there’s any abuse that may “We have officers meeting have occurred or may be going people in communities, at on, in all of our communities,” restaurants (and) at different he said. “Ferguson gives us functions,” Thompson an opportunity to build on our said. “We are completely relationships and (improve) transparent. We also go to them. And the community can homeowners’ association be a big part of that.” meetings. We are letting (the public) know that we are approachable.” KCPD also partners with the mayor’s office and the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department for Club KC, a program that provides places where youths can gather and socialize in safe environments. “Kids come to several community centers on Friday and Saturday nights,” Thompson said. “They can play basketball, play video games, dance (and) eat. They don’t have to worry about curfew violations, and Missouri House Rep. they can socialize. There are Kenneth Wilson (R-12th police officers (there) who District) has paid particular interact with the kids. We attention to relations between offer this from about June communities and police, and through August and have for to other issues surrounding the past three years.” the Ferguson incident. Wilson teaches ethics – specializing KCKPD offers what it calls in police ethics – at the a community partnership, Missouri Western Regional which it had started before Law Enforcement Academy in the Ferguson incident, Sgt. St. Joseph. He also is a former Emmett Lockridge said. chief of the Smithville Police “We attend community Department and the current meetings, but since Ferguson, pastor of Edgerton (Missouri) we have met with community Christian Church. leaders and talked to them He responded via email about some of their concerns to questions from Hispanic with law enforcement,” News about the Ferguson Lockridge told Hispanic incident and its aftermath. News. “Their main concerns He spoke not for the Missouri included attitude and conduct General Assembly, he said, (of) officers, diversity of the but as a retired, career law department to be reflective of enforcement officer. the community, transparency and trust, and outreach – “Police officers are community engagement. professionals, and any contact Football Specials Sat/Sun Only Serves 4 To 6 Persons

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visita a Ferguson hace dos y cacheos; el manejo de las semanas, esta investigación manifestaciones masivas “Tenemos una política de puertas abiertas” llevará tiempo. Pero el pueblo por parte de funcionarios estadounidense puede tener policiales; y el entrenamiento CONT./PÁGINA 1 bailar y comer. Ellos no se justifica en algunos casos. www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/ la confianza de que será de los agentes en la academia especialmente las fuerzas de tienen que preocuparse por “Es poco realista el negar chapters/chap563.htm. Pero justa, será a fondo, y será de policía y en nivel policía predominantemente las violaciones al toque de que ha habido algún abuso o también dijo que no cree que independiente”. profesional continuo”. blancas en comunidades queda, y pueden socializar. que pueda estar pasando en “los ciudadanos quieran una Holder dijo que había El Gobernador de Missouri, predominantemente afro- Hay agentes de policía que todas nuestras comunidades”, fuerza policial que se parezca hablado con residentes Jay Nixon, quien recibió americanas y la militarización interactúan con los niños. dijo. “Ferguson nos da la a un montón de comandos”. locales durante esa visita críticas por su respuesta al de las fuerzas policiales. Ofrecemos esto desde oportunidad de construir “Sin embargo, en la cuestión y había escuchado sus incidente en Ferguson, levantó Oficiales del Departamento aproximadamente junio a nuestras relaciones y de la seguridad y la protección preocupaciones. el 3 de septiembre el estado de Policía de Kansas City agosto y así ha sido en los mejorarlas. Y la comunidad de los ciudadanos en el día a “Escuché de ellos de emergencia en Ferguson, (KCPD por sus siglas en últimos tres años”. puede ser una gran parte de día, nuestros departamentos directamente sobre la mismo que había declarado inglés) y el Departamento KCKPD ofrece lo que eso”. de policía no están actuando profunda desconfianza que el 16 de agosto. Nixon de Policía de Kansas City, denomina una asociación El Representante de la o reflejando a las unidades se ha apoderado entre los activó la Guardia Nacional Kansas, (KCKPD por sus siglas comunitaria, que había Cámara en Missouri, militares”, dijo. “Ahora, funcionarios encargados de de Missouri, el 18 de agosto en inglés) dijeron que las comenzado antes del Kenneth Wilson (Distrito cuando ocurren incidentes hacer cumplir la ley y los para ofrecer seguridad en el agencias tenían diseñadas incidente en Ferguson, dijo el R-12), ha prestado especial críticos, es imperativo que miembros de la comunidad”, centro de comando unificado prácticas trabajando para Sargento Emmett Lockridge. atención a las relaciones nuestros oficiales tengan las dijo en el comunicado. “En del estado en Ferguson, que mantener buenas relaciones “Asistimos a reuniones de la entre las comunidades y la herramientas y la protección las reuniones y sesiones se cerró el 27 de agosto de de trabajo con el público antes comunidad, pero desde lo de policía, y en otras cuestiones personal necesarios para para escucharles, -así acuerdo con un comunicado del incidente en Ferguson. Ferguson, nos hemos reunido relacionadas con el incidente poner la situación bajo control como conversaciones de prensa de su oficina. “Uno de los puntos de enfoque con líderes de la comunidad en Ferguson. Wilson enseña de forma segura y rápida”. informales - la gente expreso de la visión del Jefe Darryl y hablado con ellos sobre ética – se especializa en ética Por separado, el 3 de consistentemente sobre las Forte, es que el departamento algunas de sus preocupaciones policial - en la Academia de La mayoría de los septiembre, la Administración preocupaciones derivadas de policía y la comunidad con la aplicación de la ley”, Policía Regional de Missouri departamentos de policía se de Pequeños Negocios de de supuestos incidentes trabajen juntos”, dijo a Lockridge dijo a Hispanic del Oeste en St. Joseph. Él enfrentan a los crujidos del EU - responde a una petición específicos, a partir de las Kansas City Hispanic News News. “Sus principales también es un ex jefe del presupuesto, dijo, “y ¿qué de Nixon - en un comunicado prácticas generales de la la sargento Kari Thompson, preocupaciones incluyen la Departamento de Policía de hay de mal en la obtención de de prensa, dijo que tendría policía, y de la falta de de la unidad de medios de actitud y la conducta de los Smithville y el actual pastor de equipos que pueden ser retro- préstamos a bajo interés a diversidad en la fuerza policial KCPD. “Sin un esfuerzo de oficiales, que la diversidad la Iglesia Cristiana Edgerton equipados para satisfacer disposición de los dueños de de Ferguson. Estos relatos colaboración con nuestros del departamento sea un (Missouri). las demandas de la agencia negocios y organizaciones sin anecdóticos dan relieve a la socios de la comunidad, reflejo de la comunidad, la local?”, dijo él. fines de lucro en el norte del Él respondió por correo historia de desconfianza en la nosotros, en su conjunto, no lo transparencia y la confianza, “Los oficiales están Condado de St. Louis, mismos electrónico a las preguntas policía de Ferguson, y que ha conseguiremos. Tenemos una y la divulgación - participación muriendo en el cumplimiento que habían “sufrido daños de Hispanic News sobre recibido una buena cantidad política de puertas abiertas. de la comunidad”. de su deber al proteger a la sustanciales económicos el incidente en Ferguson y de atención”. Estamos abiertos a nuevas “Estamos tomando esas sociedad de la gente mala; como resultado de los sus secuelas. Él no habló acontecimientos en Ferguson”. ideas”. áreas y, lo que no estábamos en nombre de la Asamblea debemos darles las gracias, Holder dijo que, sin El departamento ha estado trabajando, lo estamos General de Missouri, dijo, no ridiculizarlos “. embargo, él sabía “que la Nixon había dicho, el 29 llevando a cabo foros trabajando ahora. Hemos sino como un agente de la ley El incidente en Ferguson inmensa mayoría de nuestros de agosto, que el Estado comunitarios desde que Forte revisado los planes y ya jubilado. también ha incitado la valientes hombres y mujeres se comprometía a facilitar tomó el timón, dijo ella. Forte establecido algunos otros atención y la acción del nivel uniformados hacen su trabajo préstamos para pequeñas fue nombrado como el jefe protocolos para ayudar a “Los oficiales de policía con honor, con integridad, empresas para apoyar el son profesionales, y cualquier más alto de la nación en la número 44 del departamento, evitar que las situaciones aplicación de la ley. y, a menudo con gran riesgo Programa de Alivio de la el 12 de octubre de 2011. se salgan de control, para contacto con un oficial debe personal”. Pequeña Empresa, una llevarse a cabo de una manera El Fiscal General de EU., “Tenemos a oficiales que empezar, evitar que Ferguson “Los esfuerzos de la asociación pública-privada están encontrándose con la suceda nuevamente”. respetuosa”, dijo Wilson. Eric Holder, dijo en un conformada por el Estado, la “Cuando un oficial de policía comunicado de prensa el 4 División de Derechos Civiles gente en las comunidades, en Lockridge dijo que el personal simplemente están destinados Cámara Regional de St. Louis, los restaurantes, en diferentes del departamento ha discutido es irrespetuoso o grosero con de septiembre que, además la Asociación de Desarrollo un ciudadano durante un de la investigación en curso a garantizar que los funciones”, dijo Thompson. la idea de que los esfuerzos de funcionarios encargados de Económico de St. Louis y los “Somos completamente los oficiales para conducirse encuentro, la carretera no es sobre derechos civiles en prestamistas locales. Nixon el lugar para debatirlo. Cada la muerte de Brown, por el hacer cumplir la ley en todas transparentes. También manera profesional “han sido las partes de los EU estén al nombró tesorero del estado a vamos a las reuniones de la distantes e impersonales”. uno tendrá su día en la corte, Departamento de Justicia Clint Zweifel, para supervisar y cada ciudadano puede Estados Unidos, la agencia nivel de los altos estándares asociación de propietarios. “Ya hemos tenido cosas en de profesionalismo”. el compromiso del Estado Les estamos dejando saber nuestro entrenamiento para presentar una queja formal ha iniciado una investigación en el programa, que Nixon (al público) que somos mejorar nuestro servicio al ante el jefe”. para determinar si la Policía Holder añadió, que el dijo, proporcionaría hasta $1 accesibles”. cliente en general”, dijo él. A los agentes de policía se de Ferguson “ha desarrollado Departamento de Justicia millón de dólares para ayudar KCPD también hace equipo “No todos en la ciudadanía les lleva a un nivel superior una conducta o práctica de se acercó al Departamento a las empresas de Ferguson con la oficina del alcalde y son buenos y obedientes, de conducta en comparación violaciones a la Constitución de Policía del Condado dañadas por disturbios y el Club KC del Departamento y tenemos un trabajo que a muchos otros ciudadanos, de Estados Unidos o la ley de St. Louis respecto a un saqueos. de Parques y Recreación de hacer. Probablemente, un dijo, “y así es como debe ser”. federal”. “esfuerzo colaborativo para una reforma”, y que el jefe Busque la historia final Kansas City, un programa gran porcentaje del tiempo “Sí, algunos mancha la “Como ustedes saben, de esta serie en el Hispanic que ofrece lugares donde en que somos llamados a nuestra investigación federal del departamento accedió placa y deben pagar las voluntariamente a participar. News de la semana próxima. los jóvenes puedan reunirse salir es para ayudar, no por consecuencias, pero ese de derechos civiles sobre la Vamos a examinar el papel de y socializar en un ambiente situaciones volátiles. Es gente muerte a tiros de Michael El proceso incluirá una número son pocos”. evaluación de la respuesta los medios de comunicación seguro. pidiendo ayuda”. Brown, el 9 de agosto, en el incidente de Ferguson “Los niños vienen los viernes Lockridge cree, que “hay algo Wilson citó la ley de permanece abierta y muy del Departamento de Policía Missouri que autoriza a los de Ferguson ante la muerte y sus consecuencias, y los y sábados por la noche a de verdad”, en la alegación de activa”, dijo Holder en el esfuerzos de los organismos varios centros comunitarios”, que la desconfianza histórica agentes del orden para usar comunicado. “Como he de Brown y sus secuelas. la fuerza letal, y que está También revisará “perfilesde la aplicación de la ley para dijo Thompson. “Ellos pueden de muchas comunidades afro- dejado claro durante mi reclutar minorías y mujeres. jugar baloncesto, videojuegos, americanas hacia la policía disponible en línea en http:// raciales; paradas, registros

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