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You are what our business Easter, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day is all about. Weekends in the Parks Help keep Parks Clean!!! The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department is once • The simple rule "leave it again asking for the public’s assistance over the Easter, Moth - better than you found it" ers Day and Memorial Day weekends with their support of applies to all park users cleaning up after family festivities in the Parks. 1501 Arizona Suite 15-B • Any trash left in the El Paso, TX 79902 Over the Easter (April 22nd -24th), Mother’s Day (May 7th - parks should be contained 915-544-2961 8th ), and Memorial Day (May 27th – 30th) weekends thou - in a trash bag and de - 915-544-2963 Fax sands of people will descend on the city’s parks and the posited in a trash recepta - support of park goers is needed for a safe and fun-filled week - cle & not left in grocery 2930 Hillrise #3 1344 Zaragosa #A end for all. bags or empty boxes on Las Cruces, NM 88011 El Paso, TX 79936 575-373-2961 915-855-6116 the ground. Toll Free: 1-877-544-2961 915-855-6068 Fax Charcoal and other items should be taken home by park goers and thrown in the proper receptacle and not on the • No confetti or breaking piñatas. Do not hang any items in ground, next to the trash bins or trees as the charcoal can dam - trees. age the grass and kill the trees. • Charcoal should not be left on the ground, grass or by trees. Individuals should bring their own trash bags as Charcoal can kill the grass or trees. Charcoal should be put in well to assist with the clean up in the parks. a trash bag and disposed of properly in trash receptacle or taken home and disposed of properly. Checklist of Do’s and Don’ts for Park-goers • City ordinance violators should be immediately reported to • "No Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks" the police Information (915) 541-4826 SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS APRIL 22, 2011 PAGE 3 Five -Year old children to be registered at By Joe Olvera ©, 2011 limited English proficient The exciting field trip will include taking the 60 students to the El Paso Com - munity College’s Administra - tive offices on Viscount. They will be provided a lunch, but, more importantly, they will be able to see what career op - tions are available. They will not only be registered, but, will be provided with a packet of information which they can take to their parents o so that they too can keep c s a R track of their youngsters, and R a c get them ready for the day y k when they will be ready to c i R y achieve higher learning. The b s workshop will be from 9 a.m. o t o h to 1 p.m. reer services will speak to educational, business, etc.” P them about professional ca - Dominguez said. “The director of ca - reer choices such as medical, Continues on page 6 About 60 kinder - pends on the funding avail - Lorenzo Loya Pri - able. At this early grade level mary School, at 13705 So - gartners from Lorenzo Loya and at this intensity, we be - corro Road, is part of the San Primary School in San lieve it is the first group of Elizario Independent School Elizario, Texas will learn one students in El Paso County, District. It educates more than important lesson on April 20, and, definitely, the first group 650 students, 100 percent of 2011 – that it’s not a question of students at Lorenzo Loya whom are Hispanic, and 97 of “if” they go to college, but, Primary to participate in this percent who are economically “when.” type of career day.” disadvantaged. 79 percent of The children, all of them are considered to be them 5 and 6 years of age, will see what it’s like to regis - ter at the El Paso Community College – much like older students do when they regis - ter for classes. Only this inno - vative simulated experience is formulated so that the 5-year- olds will gain a hands-on ex - perience at a very early age of what it takes to attend col - lege. Carmen Dominguez, who teaches at the Primary School, said that three bilingual educators, in - cluding Ms. Berumen, Ms. Guevara, and herself decided to incorporate a meaningful and life-learning experience that will help the youngsters make an educational choice. “Hopefully, this can turn into a yearly project, but, it de - SPOTLIGHT EP NEWS APRIL 22, 2011 PAGE 4 POLICE WARN OF MAN Redistricting EXPOSING HIMSELF TO KIDS Date/Time: 01-01-11 through 04-10-11 Update Location: Pebble Hills Regional Command Suspect: Hispanic male, 18-20 years of age, black short hair, bushy eyebrows a district because the others are paired with Vehicle: Small black 2 door car, sporty looking he chairman of T incumbents. EL PASO, TEXAS – Since January of this year Officers from the Pebble Hills Regional the redistricting Command have received a total of 4 reports related to suspicious activity involving an adults committee re - The proposed map also paired interactions with school aged kids. Police have been told that a male subject was approaching leased the pro - four long time members. One pairing of school aged kids while inside his vehicle and starting up a conversation with them. During posed map of members in the panhandle won't be a con - two of these conversations the male has exposed his penis to the students and began to mas - redistricting for tested race if the plan remains the same. turbate in front of them. The male suspect has never attempted to physically control the kids the state of Texas. There has already been an announcement by force but has offered to give them a ride. Detectives have not been able to identify any Although there by one of leaving the legislature. suspects in these cases. The police department is asking that parents remind their children to were changes, the not speak with strangers and to report anyone they feel is acting suspicious at or near their boundaries for the five El Paso House The other pairing of longtime schools or playgrounds to police, school employees or a parent. If anyone has information on members remain relatively unchanged. members is not one that is easily called. these cases they are asked to contact police at 915-832-4400 or to remain anonymous they can Before going further on redistrict - The final pairing of Republicans call Crime Stoppers at 915-566-8477. ing, I would like to commend Representa - involves one member who switched parties tive Pickett's office for handling the this past year. I will let you decide who has responsibility of drawing our maps. Eddie the advantage in that race. Tierra Del Este Park #27 Miranda, the Chief of Staff, did most of the leg work tweaking maps after input from On Friday the fifteenth of April, members. It was not an easy task but he the Redistricting Committee had its first has new Dog Park Equipment installed did an excellent job of coordinating the hearing on the proposed boundaries. There drawing for Representative Pickett. were a few members who discussed con - Park is now open to Public cerns at the hearing. The members of the With a lopsided majority, some southern Rio Grande area and members in a were fearful that the Republican majority certain Houston area presented their con - The Tierra Del Este Park #27, tative Quintana will be the was going to draw maps that were unrea - cerns. 12701 Pebble Hills St. is now guest speaker for the annual sonable. Had there been the atmosphere of open to the public after hav - tree planting celebration. 2003 to 2007, the likelihood of an unrea - The longest testimony was given ing new dog park equipment sonable map would have been greater. by the Mexican American Legal Defense installed by General Services Rep. Quintana stated, “She is Chairman Solomons allowed the delega - and Education Fund(MALDEF). Their staff with the City of El Paso very excited that the animal tions to design their boundaries. That re - concern was primarily creating more Latino that was recently purchased loving community now has a sulted in very few concerns. districts. The map they presented also re - by City Council Representa - place to take their dogs. Some drew the boundaries for the El Paso delega - tive Rachel Quintana. of the dog park equipment to As a matter of fact, before the tion. I was not very pleased with their El be installed is a flex pole, wall map was released, there were comments Paso County map.