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PRSRT STD U.S POSTAGE PAID KCMO PERMIT NO. 990 YOUR LATINO CONNECTION SINCE 1996 TÚ CONEXIÓN LATINA DESDE 1996 www.kchispanicnews.com VOLUME 15 NUMBER 37 / 31 DE MAYO DEL 2012 Periódico Bilingüe Kansas City Sale of West Jr. High First Step in Restoration Cancer Never Stopped Santos Arreola’s Smile La Venta de la Preparatoria West Jr., Es El Primer Paso Para Su Restauración El Cáncer The fate of West Jr. High has been a bone of contention for years. The deterioration of the facility left many wondering if there would ever be a positive outcome for Nunca Borro the site. Under a proposed development plan, residents will have a say on the use of the building. El destino de la preparatoria West Jr., ha sido la manzana de la discordia desde hace años. El deterioro de las instalaciones, dejo la duda en muchos que se preguntaban, La Sonrisa de si alguna vez habría un resultado positivo para el sitio. Bajo un plan de desarrollo propuesto, los residentes podrán opinar respecto al uso del edificio. Santos Arreola BY JOE ARCE & JOSE FAUS TRADUCE GEMMA TORNERO Westside Housing Organization La Directora Ejecutiva de la (WHO) Executive Director Gloria Organización Habitacional del Westside Ortiz-Fisher recalled taking a tour of (WHO por sus siglas en inglés), Gloria the vacant West High School with other Ortiz-Fisher, recordó dar una recorrido board members. The school was closed por la vacante Escuela Preparatoria 22 years ago. West, junto con otros miembros del “I went to see it for the first time consejo. La escuela fue cerrada hace 22 three years ago,” recalled Ortiz-Fisher. años. “The books were still on the shelves and “Fui para verla por primera vez hace the desks were still in the classrooms. tres años”, recordó Ortiz-Fisher. “Los It was as if they taught class yesterday libros todavía estaban en los anaqueles and then they closed it. … It was like y, los escritorios todavía estaban en las COMMUNITY WILL... / PAGE 3 LA COMUNIDAD... / PÁGINA 3 BY DEBRA DECOSTER These pictures of Santos Arreola smiling with his mother Leticia (Garcia) DeCaigny help ease the pain for many family and friends as they cope Memorial Day is a day when with his passing. Hispanic Scholarship Fund families visit cemeteries to place En estas imágenes de Santos Arreola sonrientes con su madre Leticia (García) flowers and American flags on the DeCaigny ayudan a aliviar el dolor de muchos familiares y amigos para hacer graves of fallen soldiers who died frente a su ausencia. Awards Most $ in Fund’s History serving their country. The holiday The Greater Kansas City Hispanic Scholarship Fund will award this coming has evolved over the century to June a record amount of scholarship dollars to area students., Giving more where families also gather to than $350,000 to 229 students entering or continuing their college education. decorate the graves of their loved Last year in 2011, the Fund awarded $256,000, which was the most in the ones who have passed away. Memorial Day Ceremony Fund’s history at that time. Memorial Day is also the The 2012 Greater Kansas City Hispanic Scholarship Fund Awards reception traditional marking of the beginning will take place on June 7 to honor this year’s scholarship recipients. The event is of summer with the opening of area swimming pools and the firing Honors War Veterans presented by UMKC and will be held at UMKC’s James C. Olson Performing Arts Center from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The event will bring together more than up of countless barbecues. It is a 400 community leaders, students, Latino business supporters and college and gathering time for many families university representatives for an inspiring evening. and friends. “Each year the Hispanic Scholarship Fund is able to help more and more This holiday will be the first one Latino students attend college, and this was another fantastic year as the Fund Leticia (Garcia) DeCaigny will spend without her son at her side. THE SUCCESS... / PAGE 6 Instead, she will sit beside his grave and remember a smile that touched everyone he met during his eight years on earth. Santos Arreola passed away two weeks ago from Janet Murguia Medulloblastoma, brain cancer, Receives Human ARREOLA’S BATTLE... / PAGE 2 BY DEBRA DECOSTER El Día de los Caídos; (Memorial Rights Award Day), es el día en que las familias visitan cementerios, para colocar flores y banderas norteamericanas, en las tumbas de soldados caídos, que murieron sirviendo su país. El día festivo, ha evolucionado The 60th annual Argentine Memorial Day celebration drew hundreds of mostly Hispanic veterans from across the metropolitan area this past Sunday. The event durante un siglo en donde ahora was held at Emerson Park and was an opportunity to celebrate and remember las familias también se juntan para those that have sacrificed for their country. decorar las tumbas de sus seres Janet Murguia queridos quiénes han fallecido. El Día de los Caídos, también BY DEBRA DECOSTER Recibio Premio es la fecha tradicional que anuncia The 60th annual Memorial Day ceremony took place Sunday in the Argentine el principio del verano con la neighborhood at Emerson Park in Kansas City, Kansas. When the color guard apertura de piscinas en el área y, marched with the American flag, veterans of all ages stood, their hands held in de Derechos Humanos el bombardeo de innumerables salute. Former Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Father Peter Jaramillo called on Washington, D.C.—Janet Murguía, Washington, D.C.—A mediados barbacoas. Es el tiempo en que se those in attendance to remember the fallen service men and women, at the same President and CEO of NCLR (National del mes de Mayo, la Conferencia de reunen muchas familias y amigos. time to not forget the men and women currently serving in the armed forces and to Council of La Raza), was honored Liderazgo sobre Derechos Civiles y Este día festivo será el primero support them as they return home. Mid-May along with Rep. Barney Humanos homenajero a Janet Murguía, que Leticia (García) DeCaigny, Frank (D–Mass.) by The Leadership presidenta y directora general del “Remember that each soldier who has died is a member of a family, missed by pasará sin su hijo a su lado. En Conference on Civil and Human Rights NCLR (Consejo Nacional de La Raza), loved ones, missed by friends. Each person is a loss to our community and to our cambio, ella se sentara al lado de for their work to bring about social y al representante Barney Frank (D- nation. Everyone knows someone who has lost a loved one in a past war or a recent su tumba y recordará la sonrisa que justice in our nation. The Leadership Mass.) por su labor para generar justicia war. We can’t forget our heroes even if they are living among us. They need our emociono a cada uno de los que él Conference selected Murguía and Frank social en nuestro país. La Conferencia support, our care, professional guidance and agencies to reintegrate them back into conocio durante sus 8 años en la for the 2012 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil de Liderazgo eligió a Murguía y a Frank our society and we need to support them and try to understand them. We need to tierra. Santos Arreola falleció hace love them and be their friends,” said Jaramillo. MURGUIA ACCEPTED... / PAGE 6 MURGUIA RECIBIO... / PÁGINA 6 LA BATALLA DE ARREOLA... / PÁGINA 2 EACH PERSON... / PAGE 8 PARA PRENSA Y RADIO FOR NEWS AND RADIO 2918 Southwest Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 | NEWSROOM: (816)472.KCHN | FAX: (816) 931.NEWS | E-MAIL: [email protected] 2 31 DE MAYO DEL 2012 kchispanicnews.com Arreola’s Battle Against Cancer Inspired Many CONT./PAGE 1 can do it then so can I.’ Santos John Bonifacio wrote, “Santos, after a four-year battle with the spread love that was contagious you sacrificed everything to teach disease. and everyone wanted a part of us about unconditional love and it,” said Paez. bring us closer to God. You Everyone remembers Santos as He underwent several rounds will be missed and remembered the little boy with the infectious always.” smile and giggle that made of chemotherapy and radiation everyone laugh. He touched treatments following his Family members hope hundreds with his determination diagnosis in 2007. At times, the that Santos will be remembered to remain positive during his tumors would reduce in size and it for his strong will power, his cancer treatments and his smile seemed that he was in remission. strength, his love of family and his never faded even when he was But then the tumors would begin faith in God. Santos’ mother did in pain. His mother said that at to grow again and Leticia would not speak with Hispanic News the end of his life, he still had a consult with the doctors on what for this story but she provided smile on his face. would be the next steps for her the following statement. son. The family held fundraisers “Hopefully one day I That smile inspired many who, to raise money to take Santos to though they never met him, can write a book for my healing Scottsdale, Arizona where the and inspiration to others. I hope immediately recognized that Envita Medical Center offered an smile when they saw pictures to help people to educate them alternative method for treating on how to make life enjoyable posted on line. Many wrote brain cancer. confessing that Santos’s smile for families. Santos always asked inspired them. His mother reached out to me to do certain things to help the community and to people others; he cared for everybody.