March 1St 2000

California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB ScholarWorks Inland Empire Hispanic News Special Collections & University Archives 3-1-2000 March 1st 2000 Hispanic News Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/hispanicnews Recommended Citation Hispanic News, "March 1st 2000" (2000). Inland Empire Hispanic News. 253. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/hispanicnews/253 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections & University Archives at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inland Empire Hispanic News by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -T. , ^ -• if?.- DONTFORGCTTO VOT€ ON €L€CTION DAY MARCH. 7TH Review INFORMATION ON THe CONSUS PACe 16 RevisTA Dei ceNso 2000 - PAGINA IS A Publication of the Hispanic Communication & Development Corporation Wednesday INLAND EMPIRE March 1,2000 Volume 13 Number 14 HISPANIC NEWS Serving the Hispanic Communities in the Inland Empire • San Bernardino • Colton • Rialto • Bloomington • Redlands • Fontana • Rancho Cucamonga • Ontario • Victor Valley • Riverside • Casa Blanca • Corona The Inland Empire's only Hispanic Minority Owned English Language Newspaper inland Empire Hispanic News Election erside Community College District Trustee, is a Democratic candidate for Endorsements the 65th Assembly District, which Federal Offices State Ballot Measures includes Riverside and adjacent areas. Medina has been actively involved in ALBERT GORE - President grassroots issues since the 1970's, DIANE FEINSTEIN - Senate 1A Yes marching with Cesar Chavez and JERRY LEWIS 12 Yes other civil rights causes, including im 40th Congressional District proving the educational achievement RODOLFO FAVILA 13 Yes of every student, specifically minor 41st Congressional Distirct 14 Yes ity students, equal employment rights JOE BACA 15 No and local political activities. Medina 42nd Congressional District has a BA in Latin American Studies 16 ' Yes and MA in History at the University 17 Yes of California, Riverside. He has re State Offices 18 Yes ceived awards from the National En Riverside County dowment for Humanities-Chicano 19 Yes JOSE MEDINA Jose Medina, Candidate for the 64th Literature and secondly, for 64th Assembly Distirct 20 Yes Assembly District SecondaryTeachers and Organization of American States Fellowship-Republic 21 No Jose Medina, a high school teacher of Panama. San Bernardino County 22 Yes of Spanish and Chicano Studies at NELL SOTO 23 No Poly High School, Riverside and Riv- 32nd Senate District 25 No GLORIA NEGRETE MC LEOD Governments, where he served as 61 St Assembly District 26 Yes chair, San Bernardino Counties May JOHN LONGVILLE 27 No ors Committee, League of California 62nd Assemly District 28 No Cities, serving on the Transportation, RAY QUINTO Public Works and Community Service 29 No Committees, Southern California As 65th Assembly District 30 Yes sociation of Governments and South 31 Yes ern California Airport Authority. San Bernardino Bom in Houston, Busby briefly at Supervisoral Offices tended Texas Southern University prior to serving in the Vietnam War for four years, receiving three wartime DENNIS HANSBERGER medals. He received his BS in Busi 3rd Supervisoral District ness Management at the University of JERRY EAVES Redlands and completed classes on 5th Supervisorial District contract law, pricing and proposal management at the University of Cali fornia, Los Angeles. Busby's main concern is the cur Congressman Joe Baca joins Assembly rent issue of corruption at the highest Jim Busby, former mayor of VIctorvllle, Is level and the implementation of strong woman Nell Soto, for Senator of the 32nd a candidate for the County of San corrective measures to avoid reoccur Bernardino's First Supervisorial District. rence of abuse. His platform includes Senatorial District more accessibility to constituents, fair Jim Busby, a 33 year TRW busi share of tax dollars toward the Dis ness development corporate execu Congressman Joe Baca will be joining Assemblywoman Nell Soto, candidate trict, greater economic and job devel tive retiring in 1999, was elected to opment, joint partnership between for Senator of the 32nd Senatorial District, at a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) the Victorville City Council for three private industry and govermnent, se rally at her campaign headquarters, located at 707 W. 2nd Street. Suite D in terms from 1988 to 1998, serving as nior programs, medical screening and San Bernardino, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 4th. The public is invited threetime mayor of the city. During legal services and youth programs in to attend the rally. Further information is available by calling (909) 884-2540. his mayoral tenure, he was a member cluding soccer, baseball, football and of San Bernardino Association of others. Political / Education Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, March 1,2000 Editorial: Cast Your Ballot - Make Your Mark Dollaban Student Receives Grant for Aviation Camp This is the year we've been in California, where nearly 10 million waiting for. This is the year that will Hispanics reside. This is evident by 2000. The purpose of the grant is to determine our fate, and the fate of our the efforts of presidential candidates assist gifted students to excel in an children. in both major parties to target area of interest or achievement for Hispanic communities and influence which they have a passion. They may As Hispanics, we are 11 percent of their vote. choose an instructional opportunity the U.S. population and we need to not available within the local school use our collective voice this year. We According to the League of United district, or prepare a project which need to vote or we will NOT be heard. Latin American Citizens (LULAC), holds promise for the advancement of the largest and oldest Hispanic learning of contribution to a field of Ballots and voter information is organization in the country, the endeavor. Grants are awarded in available in several languages, unemployment and poverty rates for amounts up to $500 each. Along with including Spanish. It doesn't matter Hispanics in the U.S. has dropped the grant application, the student has what language you are heard in, just dramatically, along with a rise in to show in a budget how the entire be sure that you are heard. median household income. camp tuition will be raised. The cost Venessa Carillo, a fifth grade student at Doilahan Elementary School, Rialto, was se of the camp is $699.00. We cannot let any excuse stop us Nevertheless, we are still faced lected as a recipient of a GAG Student grant. Carillo has chosen to attend the from voting on March 7 and in with many challenges; like a low The grant is presented to gifted students who excel in an area of interest or an achievement week-long Aviation Challenge Camp November. socio-economic status, a high dropout in a special career goal. in Atwater, California. This Califor rate and a lack of medical coverage If we do not vote, we will NOT The California Association for the nia facility is funded by the U.S. among Hispanics. affect policies. We will NOT make Gifted announced that Vanessa Space Camp Foundation, a non-profit, changes in govemment. We will NOT By becoming active, voting Carillo, a fifth grader at Doilahan El tax-exempt organization. For addi stir political organizations. We will citizens, we will grow to overcome ementary, 1060 W. Etiwanda Avenue, tional information contact Jerry NOT prove that we are politically those challenges. Rialto, was selected as a recipient of Rucker, Principal at Doilahan at sophisticated. a CAG Student Grant for the year 909-820-7943. We cannot continue to be the Friends, if we do not see the sleeping giant of California, as we've significance of considering the been labeled. With aggressive propositions on March 7, the determination, we will rock the state MALDEF Calls for More Latinos on Network TV politicians will not see the when we vote on March 7 and we will During Hispanic Heritage Month last Representatives from MALDEF, significance of considering us in the rock the nation when we vote again fall, MALDEF joined civil rights and the African American, Asian Ameri future. in November. media organizations in addressing can, and Native American communi ties joined the newly formed National Think about the plays Hispanics An estimated 56 percent of the minority under-representation on net Lahno Media Council (NLMC). have made on the political field eligible population of the Hispanic work television. The coalition asked Former Congressman Esteban Torres, recently. television viewers to participate in a community is currently registered to who was asked to head the NLMC, "brownout" of the four major net vote. NCLR President Raul Yzaguirre, Thanks to the Hispanic vote in works: ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX MALDEF Washington D.C. Regional 1998, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante Across the country, the Hispanic From September 12 - 26. The brown Counsel Marisa Demeo, and other became the first Latino to achieve that vote will bring new levels of out was organized to demand that community leaders and representa position in more than a century. empowerment to our community and more Latinos and people of color be tives addressed issues and Gelded will show politicians that we are here, positively portrayed and hired Hispanic voters overturned questions from the press at a Septem we care about the issues and we are throughout the news media and en legislation and spanked politicians ber press conference in New York ready to impact our political destiny. tertainment industries. geared toward denying rights to City. During this two week period, The NLMC's long range plans also immigrants in California. Hispanics will become partners MALDEF encouraged television include possible legal and regulatory with the U.S., not just a part of the The number of Hispanics serving viewers to watch movies and read remedies, addressing advertisers and U.S.

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