COLLEGE WORKSHOP: Chicago Public School [CPS] West Side
High School Network and the Little Village Community Council will be hosting a
Scholarship Informational Workshop. The workshop will be held at Benito Juarez
Community Academy High School, 2159 S. Laflin St. in Pilsen Thursday, April 26,
2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
SERVICES
available by:
CPS Office of Pathways to College and Career
Financial Literacy
Undocumented students
U.S. Department of Education
Federal Financial Aid
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
State Student Aid
City Colleges of Chicago
FAFSA Workshops
Illinois Education Foundation
HIGH SCHOOLS targeted are Farragut Career Academy,
Spry Link High, and the Little Village Campus Schools: World Language, Social
Justice, Multicultural and Infinity.
FOR MORE information contact CPS West
Side High School Network at 773/534-9770.
Vania Lopez & Elisa Bigurra |
Los Bom Pleneras |
FIESTA
TIME: "Culture
Night" was hosted by Columbia College Latino Alliance organization. Students were celebrating the organization’s 25th
Anniversary with a fiesta. The celebration was held at the school's Conaway
Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Food, music, dancing and a raffle was
enjoyed by students, friends and family. Advisor to the Latino Alliance, Mark
Kelly, said, "Latino
students and alumni are young, creative, and will shape the world in the
future. Latino culture will become the most exciting.”
Oveous Maximas |
ENTERTAINMENT was provided by Las Bom Pleneras, an all female, Bomba and Plena musical ensemble; poet
& Hip Hop rapper Oveous Maximas,
and dance group Juventud Boliviana and a female singer and guitar player. The
entertainment was exceptional and the food was delicious and plentiful.
THE JUVENTUD BOLINVIANAs’ ten dancers
are Miriam Bigurra, Vania Lopez, Ellsa
Bigurra, Mauricio Herrera, Geraldoyn Lopez, Ina Schaeffer, Melanie Schaeffer,
Ximena Biguerra, Patricia Gonzalez and
Diana Martinez. For more information about the group contacted Miriam
Bigurra at 224/595-8078 or email miriam.bigurra@artristan.com
LAS BOM PLENERAS can be reached by contacting directors Ivelissa Diaz at 773/441-1650 or Jessica Rodriguez
at 773/386-5685. Or, Facebook.com/bomplen.ras or Bomplenera@gmail.com
Katie Popawski Champion |
GOLDEN GLOVES: It was a night of champions at the 2012
Golden Gloves Tournament Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Gordon Tech High School.
Fifteen bouts of three rounds, each weight class pitted the best thirty amateur
boxers in the Chicagoland area to become champions.
Open 123 Weight Class: Champion Adrian
March [Scottsdale
Park] beat Kevin
Martinez [Jaw
Breakers Boxing Club].
Senior Novice 156 Weight Class: Champion Leonard Brady [Garfield Park] beat Matt Mannina [Leydon/Veteran Park].
Female Senior Novice 119 Weight Class:
Champion Katie Poplawski [Fist Law BC] beat Merdeth Lyons [Chicago BC].
Novice 147 Weight Class: Champion Eddie
Ramirez [Jesse
Torres BC] beat Raymond
Doroteo [Will
County BC]. Flores is a tough fighter.
Eddie Ramirez Champion |
Novice 125 Weight Class: Champion Jose
Rivera [Rum
Mai BC] beat Hector
Guifarro [Park
City].
Female Senior Novice 139 Weight Class:
Champion Jaime Jacobson [Fist Law] beat Shelley Kahles [Flo Mma]. This was the best fight of the evening. It was a
slugfest and the crowd reacted by giving them a standing ovation.
Female Senior Novice 147 Weight Class:
Champion Natalie
Yakhorwky [KMI
BC] beat Jill
Rizzo [Chicago
BC].
Open 165 Weight Class: Champion Limberth Pone [Alley Cat BC] beat Nathaniel Gallimore [Alley Cats].
Novice Heavy: Champion Mitch Nix [KMI BC] beat William Hoyfield [Unattached].
Master Class: Champion Ralph Vera [52] [Chicago BC] beat Phil Ranstrom [55] [Degerberg Academy].
Novice Super Heavy: Sebastian Antosiewicz [Chicago Fight Club] beat Renee Pina [Pina BC].
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Little Village Special Service Area #25
Commission Meeting
3rd Tuesday of the Month
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, May 15th
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
LV Chamber Office
2458 S. Millard Ave.