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| Jorge Montes & Blanca Jara at the 1st (2003) Annual Expungement Workshop |
FREE WORKSHOP: The 2nd Annual Little
Village “Expungement Workshop” will
be held this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at New Life Church, 2657 S. Lawndale Ave. The purpose of the
workshop is to help ex-offenders with information on how to clean-up their
criminal record. Six lawyers will donate their time to assist, give advice and offer
free consultations to ex-offenders. The workshop is bilingual and open to the
public.
ADULTS AND JUVENILES will learn from experts how to apply for clemency,
sealing records and expungement. Other services available for ex-offenders will
be information on employment, job training, and health care. Participants must bring
their rap sheet to the workshop.
HOSTING the expungement workshop is the
Little Village Community Council in conjunction with Attorney Jorge Montes, State Senator Steve Landek, State Representative Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, State
Representative Democratic candidate Silvana
Tabares, Blanca Jara, Clerk of
the Circuit Court office and H.O.P.E. organization [Baltazar Enriquez] and Carlos
Charneco, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Rosana Tanon, Secretary of State office and SER Jobs for Progress.
FOR MORE INFORMATION call Attorney Jorge Montes at 312/850-9844 or 312/286-3405.
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| Martha L. Lopez |
STATE CONFERENCE: The Illinois Association of Hispanic State Employees
[IAHSE] will host their 25th Annual IAHSE Conference and Dance; “A Leading Voice—Enlightening a
New Generation”. The event will be held this Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel Grand
Ballroom, 720 S. Michigan Ave. from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
THE CONFERENCE will conduct a state legislator’s session,
workshops, an award luncheon and job fair. There will be plenty of networking opportunities
and information on upward mobility. The celebration dance will have live music presented
by Everaldo y Su Flota and DJ music
by D.J. Lopez.
TICKETS are $20 or two for $50. Cash bar. VIP reserved
tables $500. Call the Hilton Chicago at 312/922-4400
for reservations. Parking is $22 onsite. Call IAHSE office 312/814-8942 or go the website: www.iahse.org
and email: jahse.assoc@illinois.gov
IAHSE
has a membership of 500, mostly state employees. Board meetings are held
monthly and the mission of IAHSE is to properly serve the Latino communities
statewide, involvement with getting bilingual pay for state workers, passed the
Hispanic Employment plan requiring state agencies and universities to report on
their efforts to hire more Latinos.
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| William Luna |
IAHSE
BOARD of Directors are Martha L.
Lopez, President; Jose M. Prado,
Vice-President; Veronica Aguirre,
Secretary; Rosario Guerrero,
Treasurer and Carlos Charneco, Past
President.
OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO: The Museum of Mexican Culture and History, 3610
W. 26th St. has been listed on the Chicago Architecture Open House
Chicago tour list for Saturday, Oct. 13 and
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Historian and Curator of the Museum, William Luna, may be contacted at 773/551-4750. CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE Foundation is presenting the “Open House Chicago” featuring 150 cool places to visit. The experience will offer behind-the-scene access to over 150 buildings, in over a dozen communities, across Chicago. See Chicago’s great places and spaces without the wait!
CAROLINE STEVENS is Program Coordinator for Open House Chicago and the event is sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Phone: 312/922-3432, ext. 317. For more information log on openhousechicago.org
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| August Sallas, Silvana Tabares, Steve Landek |
DEMOCRATIC candidates at the cookout were U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski, Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, State Representative Michael Zalewski, State Representative [21st District] candidate Silvana Tabares, Recorder of Deeds candidate Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, Cook County Commissioner 16th District Jeffrey Tobolski, Judicial candidates Ed Maloney and Terry Gallaher, Township Supervisor William “Bill” Mundy and Lyons Township officials and local officials. Sen. Landek represents part of the 22nd Ward/Little Village. More than 150 people attended the cookout.
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| Striking teachers at Castellanos Elementary |
WILDCATS: The Fraternal Order of St. Francis Wildcats will celebrate a Memorial Mass at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 at the John Paul II Newman Center, 700 S. Morgan St. at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The celebration is in memory of Wildcat members and some friends of the Wildcats who have passed. Included in the Mass will be the memory of Father Pat McPolin who died this year. After Mass a breakfast will be served in the dining room. For more info contact Memorial Mass Chairman Rudy Aguirre at 708/749-2814.
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| Diego "Chico" Corrales |
CORRALES was an American boxer. He received the prestigious “Fight of the Year” award for his acclaimed lightweight bout with Jose Luis Castillo on May 7, 2005. Both boxers fought toe-to-toe throwing hard combinations and power punches throughout the entire fight. A rematch between Corrales vs. Castillo was dubbed “The War to Settle the Score.” Corrales, 29, was killed riding a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle in an accident near his Las Vegas home May 7, 2007. If you are boxing fan, mark your calendar now, you don’t want to miss seeing this fight.