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If my kid skip school PRSRT STD who is the one in U.S POSTAGE trouble?. PAID KCMO See page 6 PERMIT NO. 990 for complete story. Si mi hijo falta a la escuela, quien es el que esta en problemas?. Vea la historia completa Periódico Bilingüe Kansas City VOL 16 No. 14 en la página 6. YOUR LATINO CONNECTION SINCE 1996 | TÚ CONEXIÓN LATINA DESDE 1996 13 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2012 Jenni Rivera Muere En Accidente Aereo Nueva Cónsul Recibe Calida Bienvenida de KC Jenni Rivera Dies in Plane Crash New a Diva de la Banda, la popular a Diva de la Banda, popular superestrella mexicana, Jenny Mexican superstar Jenni Rivera, Consul Rivera, murió la madrugada died early sunday in a plane del domingo, en un accidente crash in Ejido la Colorada, Lde avión, en el Ejido la Colorada, en LNuevo Leon, Mexico. Authorities Nuevo León, México. Las autoridades reported that the flight crew, her Gets reportaron que la tripulación de vuelo, publicist, lawyer and make-up artist su publicista, abogado y maquillista were among the seven deceased. estaban entre los siete fallecidos. Rivera’s plane was en route to Toluca Warm KC El avión de Rivera iba en camino following a performance Saturday in a Toluca, después de un concierto el Monterey. Rivera was 43 years old, a sábado en Monterey. Rivera tenía 43 mother of five and a grandmother of años, madre de cinco y una abuela de two. She was recently divorced from her Reception dos niños. Recientemente se divorcio third husband former baseball player de su tercer marido, el ex-jugador de Esteban Loaiza. béisbol Esteban Loaiza. She was quoted talking about her By Por Ella fue citada al hablar de su vida personal life following the concert in JOE ARCE & JOSE FAUS JOE ARCE & JOSE FAUS personal, después de su concierto en Monterey. “I can’t get caught up in the Monterrey. -“No puedo ser alcanzada por negative because that destroys you. … licia Kerber, una integrante de la carrera licia Kerber, a career member of the Mexican la negatividad, porque eso te destruye. I am a woman like any other and ugly del Servicio Exterior Mexicano desde 1991, Foreign Service since 1991, replaced former Soy una mujer como cualquier otra, y things happen to me like any other sustituyó al ex-Cónsul, Jacob Prado quien ha Consul Jacob Prado who has been posted to El me pasan cosas feas como a cualquier women. … The number of times I have sido asignado a El Paso, Texas. La jurisdicción Paso, Texas. The Kansas City Consular office’s otra mujer. El número de veces que me fallen is the number of times I have deA la oficina Consular de Kansas City, se extiende sobre los Ajurisdiction extends over the states of Kansas, Missouri and he caído, es el número de veces que me gotten up.” estados de Kansas, Missouri y el occidente de Oklahoma. Western Oklahoma. he levantando”. Rivera was born in Long Beach, Nacida en la Ciudad de México, la Sra. Kerber obtuvo Born in Mexico City, Ms. Kerber obtained a Bachelor’s Rivera nació en Long Beach, California to Mexican immigrants. una Licenciatura en Leyes, una Maestría en Derecho Degree in Law, a Master’s Degree in International Law and California., hija de padres inmigrantes Music was a constant in the family, Internacional, y un Doctorado (PhD) en Derecho Público a Doctor’s Degree (PhD) in International Public Law, all mexicanos. La música era una constante which included her brother the popular Internacional, todos ellos en la Universidad Nacional of them at the National Autonomous University of Mexico en la familia, lo que incluyó a su hermano, singer Lupillo Rivera. She was a popular Autónoma de México (UNAM). (UNAM). el cantante popular Lupillo Rivera. Ella performer on both sides of the border La cónsul Kerber, llegó a Kansas City el 3 de agosto del Consul Kerber arrived in Kansas City on August 3, era una artista popular en ambos lados and had received recognition for her 2012. 2012. EL NUMERO DE VECES... / PÁGINA 8 THE NUMBER OF TIMES... / PAGE 8 LA OFICINA CONSULADO... / PÁGINA 7 MEXICO CONSULATE OFFICE... / PAGE 7 Conservative KS Legislature’s La Agenda de la Legislatura Conservadora Agenda Draws Concern de Kansas, Atrae Preocupación By Traduce JOE ARCE & DEBRA DECOSTER GEMMA TORNERO he political landscape will be changing l panorama político, cambiará en Topeka in Topeka when the State Legislature cuando la Legislatura Estatal comience su begins its 2013 session. The session will sesión del 2013. La sesión se abrirá con open with both houses in Republican ambas cámaras en control republicano, controlT with a majority in the house of 92-33 and conE una mayoría en la cámara de diputados de 92-33 a 32-8 majority in the Senate. The Senate will see y una mayoría de 32-8 en el Senado. El Senado verá 17 new faces and the House will welcome 51 new 17 nuevas caras, y la Cámara dará la bienvenida a members. The tone will be decidedly in favor of 51 nuevos integrantes. El tono será decididamente Governor Sam Brownback’s legislative agenda. Nine a favor de la agenda legislativa del gobernador moderate Republican Senators lost their seats to Sam Brownback. Nueve Senadores Republicanos more conservative Republicans. moderados perdieron sus asientos ante Republicanos más conservadores. Those changes have many advocacy groups concerned of what the impact will be on key issues Esos cambios tienen a muchos grupos de defensa like immigration, education, health care and public preocupados del impacto que tendrá en problemas infrastructure. Those concerns were at the center of a claves, como inmigración, educación, asistencia panel discussion titled, “The 2013 Legislature: What médica e infraestructura pública. Esas preocupaciones Are We in For?” held at the REACH Healthcare fueron el centro de una mesa redonda titulada, “La Foundation in Merriam, Kansas. Legislatura del 2013: ¿Qué hay ahí para nosotros?”, llevada a cabo en la Fundación de Asistencia Médica “We lost a lot of institutional knowledge of how REACH en Merriam, Kansas. to work in the House and Senate,” said Melinda Lewis, director of Policy Advocacy and Research at “Perdimos mucho conocimiento institucional de El Centro, Inc. “We have a new Senate and House como trabajar en la Cámara y el Senado”, comentó IT IS GOING TO BE... / PAGE 2 ESTE VA A SER... / PÁGINA 2 NEWSROOM: (816)472.5246 | FAX: (816) 931.6397 | KCHISPANICNEWS.com | E-MAIL: [email protected] | 2918 Southwest Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 2 13 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2012 | KCHISPANICNEWS.com It’s Going To Be A Scary Year At The Kansas Capitol CONT./PAGE 1 Centro expects a repeal attempt arrest if there is reason to suspect leadership at the same time who in 2013. that the individual might be an haven’t worked together before. “We will still do our advocacy illegal immigrant. Some alleged We have people who don’t know work but it will be tougher. The that such a provision in Kansas how to run a committee. 2013 moderate conservatives that lost would make life more difficult in Topeka will be scary.” their seats in the primary and for immigrants, undocumented and documented, leading to Luis Ruiz, State Representative, the November election are gone. They had a relationship with El increased racial profiling of District 31 will begin his fifth Latinos. term. Centro and they would call us to advise them on some of the “The conservatives have a “It is going to be scary this proposed bills. That relationship strong voice and part of the work year because our Senate was is gone and these new folks that that El Centro will emphasize is the voice of reason until they are coming into office and will getting more grassroots people all got defeated by Governor take their seats in January may involved. I would like to see Sam Brownback and the Koch not have heard of us. We are more Latinos involved in raising brothers. They wanted to shift going to have an uphill climb,” their voices. Our job at El Centro everything to the right. The said Mary Lou Jaramillo, CEO is to get more folks involved and House has been that way for and president of El Centro, Inc. understand the issues. They don’t “We lost a lot of institutional knowledge of how to work in the House and Senate,” said Melinda two years with Brownback and Lewis, director of Policy Advocacy and Research at El Centro, Inc. “We have a new Senate and House Ruiz told Hispanic News that have to march but they can write now the Senate has shifted. Our to their elected officials, make a leadership at the same time who haven’t worked together before. We have people who don’t know sometimes newly elected officials how to run a committee. 2013 in Topeka will be scary.” moderate good-thinking Senate phone call and we can help them that blocked ridiculous thinking will come into the legislative “Perdimos mucho conocimiento institucional, de como trabajar en la Cámara y el Senado”, declaró session with their minds made to learn to do these things,” said Melinda Lewis, la directora de Defensa Política e Investigación en El Centro, Inc. “Tenemos un nuevo from the House is gone,” he Jaramillo. mando en la Cámara y el Senado, y al mismo tiempo, son quiénes no han trabajado juntos antes. said. up on how they are going to vote on a particular issue. El Centro, Inc. will be working Tenemos a gente que no sabe como dirigir un comité. El 2013 en Topeka será de miedo”.