Winner of river barge design contest revealed

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Children’s Shelter
proposes new campaign
to keep children in homes
By Christina Acosta
[email protected]
There are thousands of children
in Bexar County in critical need
of foster homes.
Last year, The Children’s Shelter was unable to place 2,700
children in a foster care program
due to a lack of licensed foster
care families. In fact, 68 percent
of those children, who need a
temporary home due to abuse,
abandonment or neglect, were between the ages of five and older,
according to the local shelter.
In addition, there were at least
17 children spending a minimum
of two nights at the Child Protec-
tive Services office. In an effort
to change this unfortunate issue,
The Children’s Shelter launched
its “#2700” foster care campaign
on Thursday.
The two month recruitment
campaign will work to increase
the number of foster families
in the San Antonio community
willing to help end the issue. At
hand to make the announcement
was President and CEO of The
Children’s Shelter Annette Rodriguez, Bexar County 150th District
Court Judge Renee Yanta, District
7 Councilman Cris Medina, Richard De Jesus (Children’s Shelter
foster care parent) and Criminal
District Attorney Nico LaHood.
“We are hoping to inspire some
families and have them open our
hearts, open their homes, so that
we do not have to say no to 2,700
children. We are really excited
to be launching this campaign,”
expressed Rodriguez.
The shelter plans to double
or even triple their capacity by
raising awareness, open forum
information sessions and even
create a partnership with all city
districts to emphasize the importance of fostering. So far this year,
there are over 50 foster families
who can provide care for over 90
children.
“There are kids who need parents and even siblings. They need
a warm bed they could sleep in;
they need role models, a nurtur-
Foster parent Richard De Jesus proposes the importance and the rewarding experience of fostering
a child as a new campaign emerges to reduce the number of 2,700 children without foster homes.
(Photo, Christina Acosta)
ing and healing home where they munity steps up. We are asking Rodriguez.
can be safe, grow and prosper, but the community to please consider
See Children’s Shelter
on page 3-A
we can only do that if the com- it and make a difference,” added
Winner of river barge design contest revealed
By Lucy Almanza
[email protected]
A new and innovative barge
will make its way to the River
Walk just in time for the city’s
tricentennial celebration in 2018.
After months of anticipation,
the river barge design by Houstonbased METALAB was announced
as the winner of the San Antonio
International River Barge Design
Competition on Friday.
The City of San Antonio and the
San Antonio chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA
San Antonio) selected the winning proposal of an electric barge
that will be able to accommodate
barge tours, dining cruises, river
parades and provide a transportaThe design by Houston firm METALAB won the San Antonio International River Barge Design tion option for residents to commute on the San Antonio River.
Competition on Friday. (Photo, METALAB design rendering)
The new river barges, if approved by City Council in late
April, will replace the current
river barges that have become one
of the city’s most popular attractions since 1968.
“The San Antonio River Walk
is one of our city’s most distinguishing features,” Mayor Ivy
R. Taylor said. “As San Antonio
prepares to celebrate its 300th
anniversary in 2018, city leaders
wanted to re-imagine the river
barge experience. METALAB’s
winning design is bold, innovative
and reflects the character of our
progressive and growing city.”
METALAB’S versatile design,
inspired by papel picado patterns
and a San Antonio color palette,
will feature a single-level deck
that allows for greater wheelchair
accessibility with adjacent companion seating and railings that
pitch slightly outward to enhance
passenger comfort, which will increase capacity and legroom. The
durability of materials will require
minimal ongoing maintenance.
During the first phase of the
design competition, there were
12 proposals submitted from
across the nation. The panel of
11 jurors selected the top three
proposals based on design innovation, functionality, operational
considerations, constructability
and sensitivity to San Antonio’s
culture.
The three finalists each received
$7,500 to further develop their design concepts in the second phase
of the competition made possible
with support from the San Antonio River Authority.
The top three finalists showcased their proposals at a public
See River barge on page 3-A
Sheriff and Ecumenical Center launch ‘Chaplain for Justice’ program
By Christina Acosta
[email protected]
Law enforcement is an essential community element, but even
they have personal obstacles—
thanks to a new program, they
will be given resources to address
those emerging issues.
Bexar County Sheriff Susan
Pamerleau and The Ecumenical
Center for Education. Counseling. Health (ECECH). recently
announced a new, one-of-a-kind
accredited chaplaincy-training
program developed and administered by The ECECH, named
“Chaplains for Justice.”
The program, open to all chaplains within the Bexar County
Sheriff’s Office and the San
Antonio Police Department, will
gear towards training participants
on how to counsel first responders
through difficult situations including grief, tragedy and PTSD.
Many people don’t realize
that chaplains who support law
enforcement are volunteers. They
come from various backgrounds
and step in to assist with traumas
officers experience in the line of
duty. Until now, there has been
no standardized training to ensure
all chaplains have the tools they
need to support law enforcement
or first responders dealing with
these situations.
“Law enforcement officers
have the highest rates of stressrelated diseases, cardiovascular
diseases, the highest rate of
divorce and suicides,” Sheriff
Pamerleau told La Prensa. “If you
don’t pay attention to individuals
who have emotional and spiritual
needs, they resort to their anger
and domestic violence, drinking
and substance abuse. There is a
lot of stress they deal with.”
The idea to create the innovative program started in June
2013 when one of the detention
deputies committed suicide and
it became noticed that there
were no resources offered to law
enforcement. It then jumpstarted
in December of the same year
when chaplain Gary Hicks started
recruiting individuals who met
the requirements and be a part of
the volunteer chaplain program.
Today, the program carries 14
chaplains who volunteer their
time to provide a ministry for the
deputies at the Sheriff’s Office.
The chaplains come from various
backgrounds and step in to assist
with traumas officers experience
in the line of duty. Until now,
there has been no standardized
training to ensure all chaplains
have the tools they need to support law enforcement and first
responders.
In order to keep these officers
in line for duty, this course provides a path to certification in
chaplaincy and pastoral counseling. Participants will have to
complete a 14-week course that
requires meeting once a week in
a didactic classroom, as well as
homework to complete coursework.
The course will require over
400 contact hours in class teaching chaplains the foundation for
what they need to be accepted in
providing emotional and spiritual
support for deputies. Ultimately,
the program, with the participation of law enforcement and
chaplains, will bring the community together, provide efficient resources beneficial to both parties
and encourage others that safety
is important.
“The positive outlook this program will give consistency and
making sure that we have armed
each and every one of our chaplains for justice trainees in a way
that they know when to refer to
a mental health professional or a
counselor or a faith community,”
said Mary Beth Fisk, CEO of The
ECECH.
The program will go on every
Monday until June 27 from 6:30
to 9:30 p.m. at The ECECH locat-
ed at 8310 Ewing Halsell Drive.
“They are in the front line with
officers at roll call and are coordinating with the individuals. They
create relationships along the way
so that they are equipped to not
help only those going through a
difficult time, but to also build
a relationship to get them to the
right place. That is the beauty of
the department,” concluded Fisk.
For more information or to
learn more about this training program, please call (210) 616-0885.
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau recently announced the launch of a new, one-of-a-kind
accredited chaplaincy training program developed and administered by The Ecumenical Center
for Education. Counseling. Health. (Photo, Robbin Cresswell/BCSO)
LA PRENSA DE SAN ANTONIO
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3 de abril de 2016
La Pasión de Cristo se Protecting children, preventing
abuse and working to end neglect
celebró en San Antonio
Por Roberto J. Pérez
[email protected]
El Viernes Santo cientos de
fieles se concentraron en Milan
Park en la representación de la
Pasión de Cristo, escenificada
desde el juicio ante Pilato, el
camino al Gólgota y la Crucifi
xión frente a la Catedral de San
Fernando, como se ha venido
representando cada año y que
atrae también a feligreses de todo
el estado de Texas y aun de ciudades fronterizas en ambos lados.
El grupo de actores de la cate
dral dio vida a los personajes
históricos del drama de La Pasión
según está aceptado en los Evangelios Sinópticos, representando
a Jesús, las mujeres de Jerusalén
y a Poncio Pilato, titular de la
prefectura romana quien tenía
las funciones de gobernador de
Jerusalén.
El Juicio de Jesús se inició a
las 10 de la mañana en un escenario instalado en Milam Park, a
lo cual siguió el Viacrucis (Vía
Dolorosa) cuando un actor cargó
la cruz de madera desde el parque
hasta la catedral donde la escenifico la Crucifixión.
Para esta práctica religiosa con
espíritu ecuménico fueron invitados pastores de diversas denominaciones cristianas, entre ellos
By U.S. Representative
estaban los reverendos Krikor Lloyd Doggett
G. Chain, Prasanna Mese, Leslie
April is National Child Abuse
Hollon, Pastor de Trinity Baptist
Church; el Arzobispo de San Prevention Month, a time when
Antonio, Gustavo García-Siller; we acknowledge the importance
Reverendo TonyVilano, rector of stopping child abuse and
de la Catedral, y Dr. Ronald neglect.
As a grandfather of four, who
W. Scates, de First Presbiterian
bring such tremendous joy to
Church.
Honduras, Portugal, Costa our family, I find it difficult to
Rica, Brasil, Colombia, Líbano, understand how a child could be
Francia, Jerusalén, y México. subjected to neglect and abuse,
En algunos países La Pasión especially from a family memse representa en cierta manera ber. But far too many children
cruda, más allá de ser una práctica continue to suffer and die at the
devota no aprobada por algunas hands of those who should be
confesiones cristianas, pero que caring for them.
Thanking those on the front
se lleva a cabo por ser una coslines-- While experiencing high
tumbre.
rates of abuse—almost 5,000
reported cases last year, Bexar
County has a number of committed professionals who have
undertaken the challenge. I have
personally seen the good work
of the San Antonio Children’s
Shelter with Annette Rodriguez
and Anais Biera Miracle.
We have explored answers
at the Congress on Children
organized by Dr. Kathy Fletcher
of Voices for San Antonio’s
Children. And each April we see
reminders about children posted
across the community by Kim
Abernethy and ChildSafe.
Volunteers with the Court
Appointed Special Advocates of
Central Texas (CASA) regularly
provide invaluable assistance for
the abused, working with local
judges like Judge Peter Sakai,
a national leader on this issue.
While continuing support for
these important local initiatives
is essential, that is not enough
to fully address the challenge.
Though praising San Antonio
Children’s Shelter, the Alliance
for Strong Families and Communities, led by Marlo Nash, Catholic Charities, and others for
their excellent work, a federal
court in Corpus Christi recently
held the entire Texas foster care
system unconstitutional.
It concluded that the state
has endangered children with
unreasonably high caseloads,
dangerous foster group homes,
inadequate investigations into
abuse and neglect and a lack of
placement options.
Despite the important leadership and commitment of State
Senator Carlos Uresti and our
local delegation, the Texas
Legislature has failed abused
children. Federal leadership has
also been lacking. More state
and federal resources are long
overdue to reinforce our local
efforts to prevent abuse rather
than acting only after children
have suffered abuse.
When abuse has occurred,
more effort must be made to prevent reoccurrence and additional
harm. Currently, such follow-up
services are not made available
to 40 percent of children with
substantiated cases of abuse or
neglect.
Doing more to protect children-- The Commission to
Eliminate Child Abuse and
Neglect Fatalities, established
by legislation that I previously
authored, just released its final
report, “Within our Reach: A
National Strategy to Eliminate
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.”
The Commission focused attention on the need for prevention and more investment for
vulnerable children, shared best
local practices from around the
country and offered some modest recommendations for im-
provement. The report illustrates
how much more work remains in
making children safer.
One initiative that drew unanimous commission endorsement
is the Home Visiting Program,
which helps young men and
women become the parents they
want to be. Locally Audrey Rost
from Catholic Charities and
Gladys Gonzalez, executive
director of the Guadalupe Community Center, lead effective
efforts. As I prepare legislation
to reauthorize funding for such
programs, I remain mindful of
the commitment of their team
and the difference that they
are making in strengthening
families.
The commission estimates
that this year 1,500 to 3,000
children across America will
die from maltreatment. My new
legislation now pending before
Congress, the “Family Stability
and Kinship Care Act,” seeks to
prevent that maltreatment and
reduce those troubling numbers.
It would open funding for
preventative services that could
help keep children safely at
home—it would support more
services like counseling, parenting training and interventions
during family crises. At the
state level, much more action
is needed including adequate
staffing to lower the number of
families for which each Child
and Protective Services caseworker is responsible.
With more state and federal
leadership, we can avoid lurching from one tragedy to another.
With additional reinforcements
and a unified effort by our
friends, neighbors and child
protection specialists, together,
we can significantly reduce child
abuse.
El equipo de actores de la Catedral de San Fernando es el encargado de representar La Pasión
de Cristo, que cada año inicia su recorrido en Milam Park. . (Foto, R. J. Pérez)
www.LaPrensaSA.com
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Local home earns first Build San Antonio Green certification
for other necessities, such as
medical costs, food costs or
other bills,” stated Morris A.
Stribling, DPM, chairman of
the SAHA Board of Commissioners.
“The City of San Antonio is
committed to sustainability and
owning a Build San Antonio
Green home means you will enjoy lower utility bills and lessen
the impact on the environment,”
said District 6 City Councilman
Ray Lopez. “According to CPS
Energy’s figures, an entry-level
Build San Antonio Green home
is 40 percent more efficient than
the average San Antonio home.”
The proposed East Meadows
will be SAHA’s first LEED
ND, Leadership in Energy Efficient Design, Neighborhood
Development community. The
units will be Build San Antonio
Green Level 2 and will have
1 LEED Certified Building.
Each unit will also be Energy
Star for Homes Certified and
will be verified by a third party
contractor to determine energy
efficiency.
Since 2010, SAHA has been
consulting with BSAG on the
development of multi-family
units to ensure all units built
are Energy Star Rater certified. Through this successful
partnership, SAHA developed
its Sustainability Policy and
has been able to find a balance
between energy-efficient, costeffective and low-maintenance
products. To date, SAHA has
over 744,064 square feet of
multi-family units that are
BSAG-certified.
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Children’s Shelter...
On Friday, a ribbon cutting ceremony took place to unveil the first San Antonio energy-efficient
home that earned the Build San Antonio Green (BSAG) Energy Retrofit Level 2 Public Housing
single-family home standard certification. (Courtesy photo)
Special to La Prensa
The San Antonio Housing
Authority (SAHA) unveiled its
first energy-efficient home earning the first Build San Antonio
Green (BSAG) Energy Retrofit
Level 2 Public Housing singlefamily home standard certification.
A ribbon cutting ceremony
took place on Friday at 10145
Galesburg Rd.
“Sustainable or green building design and construction
allows the opportunity to use
our resources more efficiently,
while creating healthier and
more energy-efficient homes,”
said David Nisivoccia, San
Antonio Housing Authority
interim president and CEO.
“Success comes in the form of
leaving a lighter footprint on
the environment through conservation of resources, while
balancing energy-efficient,
cost-effective, low-maintenance products for construction
needs.”
The 1,164-square foot, threebedroom, two-bath single family house was built in 1983.
In 2015, funding for the rehab
was secured and SAHA made
River barge...
open house on March 28, where
community members viewed the
designs and provided feedback.
Each of them received a cash
prize, however, METALAB’s
winning design will be the only
one recommended to City Council to see its design constructed
and on the San Antonio River
in 2018.
The second place design came
from Luna Architecture + Design
a decision to rehab the home to
BSAG Level 2 Energy Retrofit
standards.
SAHA wanted to ensure the
house was rehabbed properly
with attention and care to the
home for the health of the family to occupy it. The home was
upgraded to be more energyefficient, earning the first Build
San Antonio Green (BSAG)
Energy Retrofit in San Antonio.
“SAHA is dedicated to the
well-being of residents and
the family who will occupy
this house will find the house
comfortable and will utilize
the savings on low utility costs
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from San Antonio with Lay Pittman & Associates from Neptune
Beach, FL. Third place was Sadi
Brewton + Jonathan Davies from
Austin.
“METALAB’s design is modular, modern and offers the possibility for barge uses we couldn’t
have imagined before,” said
District 1 City Councilman Roberto C. Treviño. “This not only
presents a great option for tourists,
but is an opportunity for residents
and the local entrepreneurial
community to propose new and
imaginative ways to use the river
barges.”
If approved, the City will issue
two Requests for Proposal (RFP)
for procurement and construction
of the barge fleet as well as for
the new fleet’s operation and programming in May 2016, followed
by a test barge in early 2017.
Pet of the week
Brock is a good boy and at 10 1/2-years-old he’s one of our most
eligible seniors! He’s a Labrador Retriever/Chinese Shar-Pei
mix with a beautiful and friendly coat that you won’t want to
stop petting. Brock knows the “sit” command and he’s a fan of
treats. Don’t count this guy out just because of his age! He’s
got plenty of love to give to his new forever family. Drop by the
San Antonio Humane Society and visit Brock soon!
Please remember to spay/neuter your pets to help ensure every
dog and cat born has a home waiting for them. San Antonio
Humane Society: Connecting Friends for Life.
Adoption fees for Cats:
Less than 5 Months - $65
Over 5 months of age - $30
*Adoption fees may vary
This adoption fee includes: spay/neuter surgery, first set of vaccinations, microchip, dewormer, flea and heartworm prevention, collar, tag, complimentary wellness exam within
the first 5 days of adoption, 14 day complimentary follow up care at any VCA animal
hospital, 30 days 24PetWatch Pet Insurance, and a starter bag of Hill’s Science Diet pet
food. For more information, visit the San Antonio Humane Society at 4804 Fredericksburg
Rd., visit SAhumane.org, or call (210) 226-7461.
De Jesus, who has fostered
60 kids for the past six years,
explained to others families that
they will not go through this
alone. In fact, the shelter will
be there every step of the way
offering resources, training and
support to keep families in order
for the rewarding experience.
“They have been so gracious
to give us every little need to
sustain this endeavor… This is
not an easy job because it comes
with a lot of pain, tears and a lot
of sleepless nights…We need
the community to wake up that
includes Bexar County and the
state of Texas and it starts with
our children,” De Jesus continued.
“At many times, there had to be
3 a.m. talks with the case worker
with the emergency number of my
child that is losing control. The
shelter will be there to teach you
how to put on a diaper, support
you and hold your hand all along
the way because this is something
you do as a support group.”
Although fostering may seem
difficult, De Jesus added that he
would not have it any other way
because he loves his children. For
him, it was important to take action and help his foster kids rather
than avoid the issue.
Ultimately, The Children’s
Shelter proposes to put an end
to closing the doors to young
children by starting to reach out
to those interested in opening the
door of love as a foster family.
The Children’s Shelter is ready
to use the tactics in front of them
to tackle the number of children
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without a stable foster home.
If you are interested in fostering
a child, The Children’s Shelter
is located at 2939 W. Woodlawn Ave. For more information,
please call (210) 212-2500 or visit
www.childrensshelter.org. Keep
in mind, that in order to foster
a child, you must be trained and
educated to obtain a license.
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Comentarios... Sophie y la gran expulsión
Esta es la
pesadilla de
Sophie Cruz:
que un día
cualquiera
se aparezcan
agentes del
Jorge Ramos
servicio de
inmigración en su casa de dos
cuartos en Los Ángeles, se lleven
a sus papás y los deporten.
Sophie tiene 6 años y nació
en California de padres indocumentados originarios de Oaxaca,
México. A pesar de su edad, Sophie comprende perfectamente la
diferencia entre ella y sus padres.
Por eso, cuando el papa Francisco
visitó Washington en septiembre,
ella rompió el estricto cordón
de seguridad, se acercó al papamóvil y logró darle una carta
al pontífice argentino. El papa
tomó la carta en que ella le pedía
que protegiera a sus papás de una
deportación y le dio un beso en
la mejilla.
Así, Sophie se hizo famosa.
Su sonrisa te desbarata. Suele
vestirse con trajes de colores con
motivos indígenas y tiene una
memoria prodigiosa.
Hace unos cuantos días, cuando la conocí, Sophie recitó un
largo poema “No te rindas”, del
poeta uruguayo Mario Benedetti
y después me presentó un dibujo
que contenía esa frase. Ese fue mi
regalo de cumpleaños: una niña
de 6 años dándome una verdadera
lección de liderazgo y de valentía.
A mis 58, tengo todavía mucho
que aprender. (Aquí está mi video
con Sophie: bit.ly/1q4S3Li ).
El plan de Donald Trump, si
llega a la presidencia, es deportar
en dos años a los papás de Sophie
y a 11 millones más. Sophie y su
hermana menor, a pesar de ser
ciudadanas estadounidenses, se
tendrían que ir a México también.
No podrían quedarse solas. (Hay
4 millones y medio de niños,
nacidos en Estados Unidos, que
tienen al menos a una madre o un
padre indocumentado).
Aquí estamos hablando de
la gran expulsión. Deportar a
11 millones de personas en dos
años ocasionaría una multitud
de violaciones a los derechos humanos y cambiaría radicalmente
la imagen de Estados Unidos en
el mundo. Además, sería costosísimo.
Las mayores deportaciones
masivas en la historia de Estados
Unidos costarían 300 mil millones de dólares, según un estudio
de la organización American Action Forum. El número de agentes
para detener indocumentados
aumentaría de 4,884 a 90,582.
Habría que comprar muchas
camas en los centros de detención: de 34,000 que hay ahora a
348,831. Y el gobierno tendría
que contratar muchos abogados;
en lugar de los 1,430 que existen
hoy, necesitarían 32,445.
Las deportaciones masivas
serían, en pocas palabras, un
desastre económico. En dos años
se perderían 10.3 millones de
puestos de trabajo y se reduciría
el crecimiento económico anual
en un billón de dólares.
Este es el horror que está proponiendo Donald Trump: deportar a más de 15,000 personas cada
día durante 24 meses seguidos.
Las cifras así, a secas, son espeluznantes. Pero no dicen nada a
menos que conozcas a alguien
que puede ser deportado. Y yo
conozco a muchas personas que
podrían ser deportadas, incluyendo a los papás de Sophie.
La gran expulsión está basada en dos grandes mentiras:
una, que hay una invasión en la
frontera sur de Estados Unidos.
Y dos, que los inmigrantes son
los culpables de los problemas
económicos y de seguridad del
país.
La invasión de Estados Unidos es un mito. El número de
indocumentados — alrededor
de 11 millones se ha mantenido
estable en los últimos siete años.
No hay ninguna invasión y la
frontera está más segura y con
más agentes que nunca.
También es falso que los indocumentados estén afectando
la seguridad y los bolsillos de los
estadounidenses. Los inmigrantes
sin papeles pagan impuestos,
crean trabajos y hacen las labores
que los estadounidenses no quieren; contribuyen mucho más a
la economía que lo que toman
de ella.
Y no hay ninguna conexión
entre indocumentados y grupos
terroristas. Ninguno de los 19
terroristas del 11 de septiembre
entró ilegalmente por México.
Además, contrariamente a lo
que dicen muchos medios de
comunicación en inglés, los inmigrantes suelen cometer menos
actos criminales que los nacidos en Estados Unidos (y para
comprobarlo véase los datos del
American Immigration Council).
Estamos frente a dos teorías
sobre el futuro de Estados Unidos: la de Donald Trump promoviendo el odio, la división y
la gran expulsión y la de Sophie
Cruz, que quiere mantener junta
a su familia y proteger a otros
inmigrantes como sus padres.
Y yo le creo más a Sophie.
(¿Tiene algún comentario o
pregunta para Jorge Ramos?
Envíe un correo electrónico a
[email protected]. Por
favor incluya su nombre, ciudad
y país).
Just a Thought: Viva Fiesta 2016
With just
11 days to go
before we begin the 125th
celebration of
Fiesta, I can’t
help but remSteve Walker inisce about
the past Fiestas I have been fortunate to be
an active part of over the last
30 years.
As a past president of the
San Antonio Junior Chamber
of Commerce (aka Jaycees),
I was able to ride in one of
the many floats in the Battle
of Flowers Parade, as well as
the River Parade in 1982 and
1983 during my one year term
as president, followed by one
year as chairman of the board.
I also marched in numerous
other years as a Jaycee board
member.
One of the big events of
Fiesta for the Jaycees was “La
Semana Alegre” held in the
HemisFair area for nearly 20
years. I actively participated
in seven of those events from
1977-1983.
During that time, we hosted many big name bands to
perform nightly, along with
providing games and other
activities during our Fiesta participation. The money we raised
was used to fund our nonprofit
events such as the Orphan’s
Christmas Shopping Tour. We
would escort kids from the local orphanages on a shopping
spree on Christmas for items
such as clothes and shoes for
school. We were never short of
escorts as the firefighters and
San Antonio police officers
participated along with us during the holidays. They got as
much out of it as we did hosting
the event.
In the late 90s and forward
to 2007 as a Balcones Heights
City Councilman or Mayor Pro
Tem, I was also able to ride in
those same two parades on a
float representing the city.
For the past eight years, I
have been actively covering
Fiesta events by shooting photos for my photo blog Walker
Report and also for La Prensa.
I begin my coverage with the
opening ceremony in the Alamo
Plaza, move on to events like
the Taste of New Orleans, the
River Parade, the Battle of
Flowers and various events
each year. Sometimes I cover
different events especially
when new ones are added to
the schedule as other groups no
longer participate.
One event I am especially
partial to covering since I can’t
cover them all is the St. Gregory’s Catholic Church Festival.
As a graduate of St. Gregory’s
in 1960 from eighth grade, I admit I favor that particular event.
Every year, I walk by my
eighth grade classroom and
reminisce about attending the
school and experience flashbacks of holding out the palms
of my hands to allow Mother
Mary John to take a whack with
a ruler for my misdeeds and
misbehavior!
Invariably, I meet a student or
two at the festival event at the
church whose classroom also
served as my eighth grade class.
With the River Parade yet to
come along with the Battle of
Flowers, I might see some of
you out there in the streets with
my camera and press pass. If so,
be sure to say hello and enjoy
the rest of Fiesta.
This year’s grand marshal for
the Battle of Flowers Parade is
none other than international
singer and motivational speaker
Dr. Patsy Torres, who I have
written about for La Prensa
twice in the past.
I have personally known her
for over 20 years. We both received our master’s degrees decades apart from the University
of the Incarnate Word. She also
recently earned her doctorate
from Incarnate Word in 2011.
Anyway, as always, what I
write is “Just a Thought.”
Steve Walker is a Vietnam
Veteran, former Journalist and
Justice of the Peace.
Nulo en políticas internacionales
Por Humberto Caspa
A la política internacional la
entendemos principalmente a
través de dos perspectivas internacionales. Por una parte, la
Realista y por la otra la Liberal.
Los países poderosos, como Estados Unidos, tienden a favorecer
la perspectiva Realista, mientras
que los países en desarrollo, especialmente los más débiles, se
inclinan por el Liberalismo.
El líder de Estados Unidos, por
ser más importante del mundo,
tiene que entender meticulosamente estas dos perspectivas. Sus
decisiones no solo determinarían
el destino del país, sino también
del mundo. Un error puede tener
consecuencias mayúsculas, incluyendo una Tercera Guerra
Mundial o una catástrofe humana:
el fin del mundo.
En una en la entrevista concedida a Anderson Cooper de la
cadena CNN a principios de esta
semana, Donald Trump hizo notar
que no tiene idea sobre la política
internacional.
Sus conocimientos sobre el
realismo, por ejemplo, son escasos. Uno de los pilares de esta
perspectiva sugiere que, si tomamos en cuenta a los Estados como
sujetos de análisis, encontramos
que “vivimos en un Estado de
Naturaleza”. Es decir, los países
son racionales, esencialmente
egoístas y conflictivos. Por eso
hay guerras en todas partes del
mundo. El conflicto Israel-Palestina lo explica esta teoría; lo
mismo la ansiedad rusa de incrementar su poder en Europa y el
Medio Oriente.
Donald Trump sugirió que los
países como Japón y Corea del
Sur deberían crear sus propias
bombas atómicas para que se
puedan defender de la amenaza
Corea del Sur. Esta política,
desde un punto del Realismo y
del Liberalismo, implica acercar
al mundo a los umbrales de una
Tercera Guerra Mundial.
En este sentido, Corea del Sur
o Japón o Corea del Norte o cualquier país con capacidad atómica
tendría la opción de empezar una
guerra nuclear. Las potencias
mundiales (Estados Unidos, Europa, Rusia y China) simplemente
seguirían los pasos de países
chicos y de menos experiencia.
Por otra parte, en el mismo
fórum del lunes, Trump dijo que
la Organización del Tratado del
Atlántico Norte (OTAN) es una
organización caduca. “No tiene
sentido inyectarle tanto dinero”,
manifestó. “Nosotros no nos
beneficiamos en nada”.
Así, Trump hizo notar que
no tiene conocimiento de los
elementos que conllevaron a la
creación de esta organización
internacional. No sabe ni “j” de la
importancia de su funcionamiento
en un mundo.
De no haber sido por la OTAN,
el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin
hubiese ordenado el bombardeo
inmediato de Turquía en octubre
del año pasado. Después de firmar
un pacto de alianza entre Putin y
Bashar al-Assad, el presidente
ruso decidió ayudar a su homólogo sirio por medio de bombardeos
a territorio rebelde.
Uno de los aviones rusos incursionó en el espacio de Turquía,
entonces fue cuando la Fuerza
Aérea turca lo detectó y lo derribó
inmediatamente, causando el malestar de los rusos. Putin se tragó
su sed de venganza debido a que
Turquía toma parte de la OTAN.
Asimismo, de no haber sido
por la OTAN, las fuerzas armadas rusas hubiesen empezado a
invadir en territorio ucraniano,
incluyendo en los ex satélites de
la ex Unión Soviética.
Ahora recién podemos explicar
por qué Putin habla maravillas de
Trump. La llegada del magnate
de bienes raíces a la Casa Blanca
implicaría el dominio de Putin en
Europa y el Medio Oriente.
Donald Trump es un tipo que
no tiene aptitudes políticas para
dirigir al país más importante del
mundo. Puede ser un empresario
con talento, pero su entendimiento del mundo es tan pobre como
sus conocimientos de la política
interna de Estados Unidos. Sus
decisiones causarían calamidades
humanas.
Humberto Caspa, Ph.D. es
profesor e investigador de Economics On The Move.
COMMENTARY...
Calendario de la comunidad
CIA POP-UP BAKERY CAFÉ — The Culinary Institute of
America at San Antonio’s pop-up café at Pearl has returned. The
café that’s open through April 14 has a continuously revolving menu,
but offers items like cakes, tarts, scones, empanadas, cookies, bagels,
salads and aguas frescas every weekday. The pop-up venture serves as
a capstone course for CIA baking and pastry arts majors, and the café
allows them to learn the daily operations of running a bakery before
they graduate in April. Stop by and support the graduates before it is
too late. The café will open until April 14 between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at CIA Bakery Café, 312 Pearl Parkway Ste. 2102
STRAIGHT FROM MEXICO CITY — Straight from Mexico City
questions the cultural context of our time and the history of painting
itself with a critical construction of identity set forth in a pictorial
practice. Organized by guest curator Octavio Avendaño Trujillo, the
works of guest artists Eugenia Martínez, Kanako Namura, Manuel
Solano and Rafael Uriegas are selected from Galería Karen Huber’s
roster. Come join us for the opening reception at the Ruiz-Healy art
to examine at an unforgettable exhibition. The exhibition will go until
April 23 at Ruiz-Healy Art, 201A E. Olmos Dr.
“BROADWAY NIGHTS” EVERY MONDAY AT THE ST.
ANTHONY — Give your regards to Broadway and “Put On a Happy
Face” as the glitz and glamour of the “Great White Way” light up
The St. Anthony’s famous Peacock Alley every Monday night. With
Broadway show tunes filling the air thanks to the beautiful ivories
of the hotel’s beloved Hamburg Steinway and the golden voices of
some of San Antonio’s finest musical performers, Woodlawn Theater’s “Broadway Nights” comes to life for you. Paired with happy
hour specials, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity
to showcase your own golden pipes, Broadway Nights at The St.
Anthony are the perfect way to start your week. Every Monday until
April 25 from 5:45 until 7:45 p.m. at the St. Anthony, 300 E. Travis St.
CINDERELLA— “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” is the
Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of “The
Sound of Music” and “South Pacific” that is delighting audiences
with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production
features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all
the moments you love — the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked
ball and more — plus some surprising new twists! Be transported back
to your childhood as you rediscover a fresh new take on the beloved
tale. For more information about tickets and show times, visit www.
majesticempire.com. The musical debuts on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30
p.m. at Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St.
RUN & WALK FOR AIDS— This year, organizers have set a goal
to raise $100,000 to help SAAF continue providing its many services
to the community, including free STD testing, prevention education
and specialty care. The route begins and ends at the Blue Star Arts
Complex and runs along the Mission Reach of the San Antonio
River. There will be food booths, music and complimentary refreshments for attendees to enjoy before and after. Early registration for
the event is now open. The fees are $35 for 5K runners and $30 for
2mile walkers. All registrations include an event T-shirt — even the
“Snooze Crew” option, perfect for supporters who’d prefer to sleep
in. Sunday, April 3 from 7 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Blue Star Arts
Complex, 116 Blue Star
BARRIO WRITERS YOUTH WRITERS WORKSHOP— The
Guadalupe teams up The San Antonio Public Library to offer Barrio Writers: Youth Writers Workshop, modeled after the nonprofit
organization that empowers teens through creative writing, higher
education, and cultural arts. This free eight-week writing workshop
will be offered in two locations, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
and the San Antonio Central Library. Each workshop will be led by a
local, active writer in the community that will focus on social justice,
empowerment and making change. Wednesday, April 6 from 5 to
7:30 pm at the San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad St.
NATIONAL BEER DAY AT SOUTHERLEIGH—The restaurant
and brewery will be open regular hours from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
in honor of National Beer Day, it will be serving its four-beer flight
for $5 (regularly priced $12-16) and its eight-beer flight for only $8
(regularly priced at $20-30). This includes Southerleigh favorites
such as the Gold Export Lager and the Pale Moon Rising American
Pale Ale. It is also the day Southerleigh’s Executive Chef Jeff Balfour
along with Brewmaster Les Locke will be hosting an exclusive James
Beard Dinner at the James Beard House. The dinner will showcase
some favorites from the menu including the Snapper Throats, and
also feature a selection of Southerleigh beers. Thursday, April 7 at
11 a.m. at Southerleigh, 136 E. Grayson St.
BALLET ALIVE!— Ballet Alive! showcases this art’s fluidity of
emotions in motion. San Antonio audiences will be transported to new
heights on a journey through five unique pieces. Willy Shives, Ballet
San Antonio’s artistic director, is set to premiere two of his ballets
at the Tobin Center—Solace and A Tropical Fiesta. Audiences will
not want to miss out on this exciting debut of different performances
including Confetti, The Whistling, Solace, A Tropical Fiesta and
Tribute. For more information, visit www.tobincenter.org for tickets,
show times and more. The ballet debuts on Friday, April 8 at 7:30
p.m. at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Cir.
BEHIND THE LENS: HENRY DILTZ AND PATTIE BOYD—
“Behind The Lens” is a live show presented by the artists themselves
as they share their amazing stories and iconic images with audiences
nationwide. “Behind The Lens” with Pattie Boyd and Henry Diltz
sold-out its first five-city tour in September 2015, exhibiting to
cheering crowds and standing ovations. Due to this overwhelming
success, Morrison Hotel Gallery is bringing “Behind The Lens” with
Pattie Boyd and Henry Diltz back on the road with a bigger, 13-city
tour in March and April of 2016. For more information, visit www.
tobincenter.org for tickets and more. Saturday, April 9 at 4 p.m. at
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Cir.
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Me gustaría conocer a un hombre que sea
detallista que crea en Dios, que le guste
vivir una vida sana sin problemas familiares
ni económicos, que sea trabajador, fiel,
amoroso, cariñoso, divorciado, soltero
o viudo, que quiera una relación sana
y estable. Soy ciudadana, pero nací en
México. Me gusta leer, viajar, soy fiel,
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Te espero. Manda tu foto y número de
teléfono. Te espero con mucho amor.
D-243
----------------------------¡Hola! Me llamo H. Soy algo alto, cuerpo
normal, un poco blanco, trabajador, sin
vicios. Me gusta divertirme sanamente,
vivo solo. Tengo dos hijos que viven
en mi país. Busco una mujer seria,
trabajadora, noble y con deseos de amar y
ser amada. Interesada mandar su número
para empezar a conocernos sin juegos, ni
mentiras. Te espero.
C-244
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Caballero jubilado sin vicios, de buen
carácter, de mente moral y espiritual de
EUA, en busca de una damita que sea
seria, de carácter humilde, hogareña, sin
vicios, que sea de estatura y peso regular.
Que sea cariñosa, sin problemas familiares,
que sea honesta. Para una amistad seria, no
importa origen ni estado migratorio. Con
fines matrimoniales.
C-245
----------------------------Dama de 46 años desea conocer un gran
caballero que sea fiel, amable, detallista,
romántico, trabajador, sin problemas
económicos ni familiares. Soy divorciada.
Me gusta una vida sana, no tomo, no
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seria para fines serios y estable. Quiero
que nos conozcamos y si se llega a un
compromiso está bien. Espero tu llamada,
foto y dirección. Tengo una hija y un hijo
grandes, viven aparte.
D-247
----------------------------Deseo conocer un gran caballero que
sea trabajador, detallista, amoroso,
cariñoso, que no tenga vicios, de buen
carácter, humilde de corazón, estabilidad
económica, que sea muy romántico. Me
considero ser una dama romántica, fiel,
soy divorciada, amorosa y cariñosa, me
gusta la estabilidad y ser fiel. Quiero
una relación estable para fines serios, sin
problemas familiares. Hay que conocernos
y te aseguro no te arrepentirás. Espero tu
llamada, dirección y foto. Te espero con
mucho amor.
D-248
----------------------------¡Hola! Soy un hombre soltero. Tengo 56
años. 5’10’’, 220, ojos azules y calvo.
Me gustan los libros, música, películas
y ejercicio. He aprendido español. Estoy
buscando una mujer simpática, de 45 a 60
años. Bonita, fiel, con intereses similares.
C-249
----------------------------Soy puertorriqueña. Mido 5’6’’. Peso
195. Tengo 62 años, soy viuda y busco
un amigo con quien compartir un buen
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me gusta hacer chistes. Soy muy alegre.
Si hay alguien de 62 a 68 años que quiera
ser amigo o algo más, estoy libre y en
Texas. Llámame.
D-246
----------------------------Señor retirado. En mis sesenta años, joven
bien parecido, bien vestido. Busco una
muchacha o señora joven, de los 30 a 60
años de edad, que no tenga compromisos,
sea cristiana y que no sea mentirosa, que
sea trabajadora, limpia y romántica. Seria
con otra gente, pero alegre conmigo.
C-250
----------------------------Soy un hombre católico, divorciado,
de buen corazón. Soy de San Antonio,
vivo en un rancho. Estoy de buena salud,
gracias a nuestro Dios. Estoy en mis 70´s,
pero no los muestro. Me gusta la música
norteña. Toco guitarra. Voy a San Antonio
cada año al Conjunto Festival. Busco una
mujer sincera, hogareña, que le guste el
rancho, los animales, caballos. Que no sepa
mentir ni jugar juegos. Para una relación
seria. De 35 a 55 años, piel blanca, ojos
claros o de color, no más de 5’7 y 135
-140 libras. Yo tengo 5´7. Peso 170 libras.
¡También tengo una Harley Davison! Me
gustaría que toque el acordeón o que quiera
aprender. También que no fume, pero en
todo Cristo es el primero, porque sin él no
tenemos nada! Llámame para platicar y si
no se puede podemos ser amigos, porque
todos necesitamos una linda amistad.
¡Bendiciones!
C-251
----------------------------Hello to whoever reads this serious message. I need a man that has a clean pure
heart and is not ashamed to be a child of
God like me. I am hoping to meet the man
that has a strong foundation to stand on
with faith and believes in God and has a
relationship with Jesus. A friend that I can
have a conversation with that has to do
with all goodness and will say to me that
everything will be alright. I ask to please
speak clear English. Age 55-60, ht. 5’10
-5’12, weight average. Hope to hear from
someone that is a Christian Brother. God
Bless and God be with you.
D-253
----------------------------Hola, soy viudo mexicano-americano,
militar retirado de 82 años, de 5’4” de
altura, 139 lbs. (delgado). Me gusta el
baile, ir de paseo a pueblos cercanos, ir a
las pulgas, parques, salir a comer y más.
Sin vicios, educado. Busco señora/amiga
que tenga tiempo para salir de casa. Prefiero señora sola de 55 a 65 años, de 4’5”,
de no más de 135 libras. (delgada). Me
gustaría conocerla y hablar socialmente
con usted. Vivo en San Antonio. Disculpe
mi español, si gusta, llámeme para hablar.
C-254
----------------------------Hola, soy un caballero de 57 años. Soy
alto, buena onda, pelo negro, no gordo,
guapo, muy decente, muy cariñoso, me
gusta el cine. Busco una dama de 45 a 55
años sin niños, por favor. Que sea cariñosa
y romántica y se valore. Quiero lo mejor
para ti. Señora de México, físico mediano
o regular, buen cuerpo. Que sea confiable,
para una relación seria. Amén. Sin bromas.
C-225
3 de abril de 2016
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Breves mareos: una amenaza para la salud
Por José I. Franco
[email protected]
Bueno, estoy de regreso a
esta sección dedicada a la salud
en la que en breve comentará
algo sobre mi testimonio durante la primera visita a la sala de
emergencia (Southwest General
Hospital/SGH), donde me dieron
excelente trato y en forma expedita los resultados sobre lo que
me llevó a registrarme para que
se me atendiera de emergencia.
En la columna previa señalé
que por primera ocasión en mis
60 años de existencia acudía a
una sala de emergencia médica.
Mi explicación fue que durante ese día por la madrugada
había sentido un breve mareo,
tras haberme preparado un té de
manzanilla y poner en su lugar
vasijas y otros utensilios, lo que
me llevó unos 15 minutos.
Por la tarde el breve mareo
volvió a pegarme de la misma
forma: sentí debilidad en las
piernas y síntoma de vomitar. A
lo que –sin pensarlo más– pedí
a mi esposa que me llevase a
la sala de emergencia. Rumbo
al hospital se me pasaron los
síntomas, pero comencé a sentir
presión pectoral y fatiga.
Luego de haber aportado mis
datos personales y, obviamente,
la presentación de la tarjeta con
el nombre de la compañía de
póliza del seguro médico personal, entonces de inmediato se me
aplicaron los primeros exámenes.
La calma me llegó cuando el
enfermero me dijo que nada malo
estaba pasando con el corazón,
que estuviera tranquilo para los
demás exámenes que de rigor se
hacen cuando uno entra a la sala
de emergencia.
Me sacaron pruebas de sangre
y a los pocos minutos se me
volvió a tomar la alta presión,
saliendo bien.
Llegó el doctor de turno para
preguntarme porqué había decidido visitar la sala de emergencia. Le expliqué sobre los breves
mareos y él me respondió lo
siguiente: “Señor Franco, lo que
padece usted es vértigo. Por lo
pronto se le va a dar medicamento y no deje de beber bastante
agua y otras bebidas que ayudan
a hidratar el cuerpo. Dese tiempo
para visitar a un especialista en
el oído, para que le ayuden a
controlar su enfermedad”.
En la edición que publiqué
sobre mi visita a la sala de emergencia tuve bastantes lectores
que me dijeron sentirse de la
misma forma. Yo les respondí
que lo que debían de hacer inmediatamente era que visitaran
a sus doctores para que ellos les
dieran un reporte con mayor información. “Mi estimado Franco,
fíjate que yo padezco algunos
malestares similares a los que
describes en tu nota. No sé qué
hacer, trabajo bastante duro y
cuando llego a casa, me doy un
baño, ceno y descanso, pero los
dolores de piernas, brazos y debilidad no desaparecen”, comentó
el lector.
Por lo pronto yo les he dicho
que si de continuar padecien
do dichos síntomas o signos
de mareos breves es por que
padecen de vértigo, para que no
se asusten y crean que el corazón
les está fallando.
Les he explicado que desde
que se me diagnosticó que padezco de vértigo, otros males
tares han desaparecido y hasta
me he sobrepasado en el estilo
de alimentarme. Yo creía que por
padecer de “ansiedad”, el mal alimentarme era lo que aumentaba
dicha enfermedad, la cual se me
diagnosticó hace diez años, tras
haberle informado a mi doctor
sobre mi estado de abstinencia
por las bebidas de contenido
alcohólico.
Ya reduje el medicamento
que tomo para el control de la
ansiedad, ya que ello me ayuda a
recuperar horas de dormir.
El mareo me ha venido dañando desde hace 30 años, porque
he dedicado mi cuerpo a dormir
menos de las acostumbradas
ocho horas. Si las duermo, no
son continuas.
En fin, ahora para controlar
el vértigo he tomado bastante
líquidos, duermo las ocho horas,
descanso lo más que pueda para
que no me vuelvan los mareos.
Sin embargo, la pasada semana,
porque realicé algunas tareas
que no debía hacer, el cansancio
y mareos volvieron a contra
atacarme. Me bastó un descanso
de 12 horas para recuperarme
y retomar, cuando menos, mis
actividades en un 75 por ciento.
De acuerdo a la información
que se me dio al abandonar la
sala de emergencia, pude leer
que la palabra “vértigo” describe
variables sensaciones, que van
desde el mareo hasta los desmayos.
Los síntomas que una persona
diagnosticada con vértigo puede
sufrir son: inseguridad para conducir automóviles, síntomas de
vómito (pero sin vomitar), visión
borrosa, dificultad para concentrarse y escribir, fatiga, debilidad
de extremidades, inestabilidad
corporal, náuseas, sensaciones
de que el entorno gira a nuestro
alrededor.
El remedio momentáneo es
buen descanso, tomar bastante
líquido y ver menos segmentos televisivos o en la pantalla
grande con bastante acción y
volumen alto. Hasta la próxima
D.M.
Sepa su riesgo de tener prediabetes
NAPSM. Aunque mucha gente
sabe lo que es la diabetes tipo 2,
otras personas no saben qué es
la prediabetes. La prediabetes es
una condición médica grave que
afecta a 86 millones de estadouni
denses, eso constituye más de
una de cada tres personas. Esta
condición frecuentemente causa
la diabetes tipo 2.
El problema
Casi el 90 por ciento de las
personas con prediabetes no saben
que la tienen.
La gente con prediabetes tiene
un nivel de azúcar en la sangre
más alto de lo normal, pero no lo
suficientemente alto para conside
rarlo diabetes tipo 2.
Si tiene prediabetes, usted tiene
un mayor riesgo de desarrollar
otros problemas graves de salud
tales como la diabetes tipo 2,
enfermedad del corazón y sufrir
ataques cerebrales. Si no se trata,
los estudios estiman que del 15
al 30 por ciento de la gente con
prediabetes tendrá diabetes tipo
2 dentro de un período de cinco
años.
Las buenas noticias
Afortunadamente, la prediabetes generalmente se puede revertir
perdiendo peso, cambiando la
dieta y aumentando la actividad
física. La clave es descubrir temprano si usted está en riesgo.
Es por eso que la Asociación
Americana de la Diabetes, la
Asociación Médica Americana y
los Centros para el Control y la
Prevención de Enfermedades se
han asociado con el Ad Council
(Concilio de Publicidad) para lanzar una campaña de anuncios de
servicio público para concientizar
sobre la prediabetes y ayudar a
quienes la tienen.
Aprenda los factores de riesgo
Existe toda una serie de factores
de riesgo que aumentan la posibilidadde contraer prediabetes.
Estos incluyen la raza y etnicidad (afroamericanos, hispanos y
latinoamericanos, indígenas de
EE.UU., habitantes de las islas
del Pacífico y algunos asiáticoamericanos están en mayor riesgo); tener sobrepeso; no realizar
actividad física; tener uno de los
padres, hermano o hermana con
diabetes tipo 2; tener alta presión
sanguínea y ser mayor de 40 años.
Sepa cuál es su estado
Averigüe si tiene prediabetes
tomando una breve prueba online
enwww.PodriaTenerPrediabetes.
org. Si envía un mensaje de texto
a RISK TEST marcando 97779
podrá tomar la prueba usando
su dispositivo móvil o portátil
(tableta o teléfono celular).
Tome medidas para revertir
la condición
Usted puede tomar medidas
para reducir su riesgo controlando
su peso, manteniéndose activo,
comiendo alimentos saludables
y dejando de fumar.
Aquí le damos consejos útiles:
1. Perder tan solo como del 5
al 7 por ciento de su peso puede
retrasar e incluso revertir la prediabetes. Para una persona que
pesa 200 libras, eso es solo de 10
a 15 libras.
2. Establezca metas realistas.
Comience con un cambio en su
dieta y siga cambiando gradualmente.
3. Realice al menos 2½ horas
de actividad aeróbica ligera por
semana. Esto es tan simple como
caminar a paso ligero por 30
minutos cinco días a la semana.
Solo 10 minutos al día también
ayuda.
4. Encuentre maneras simples
de estar más activo durante el día.
Use las escaleras en vez del ascensor. Estacione el carro más lejos
de la entrada de la tienda cuando
va de compras.
5. Trate de reducir el consumo
de alimentos con grasas saturadas o trans, además de las grasas
parcial o totalmente hidrogenadas. Lea las etiquetas para elegir
comidas sanas. Recuerde, bajo
Usted puede estar en riesgo de desarrollar diabetes tipo 2 sin
saberlo. Una simple prueba online puede ayudarle a saber.
(Foto, cortesía)
en calorías no significa bajo en
sabor. Puede asar, tostar, hornear,
a la parrilla y cocinar al vapor en
vez de freír.
6. Si fuma, hable con su médico
sobre tratamientos o programas
paradejar de fumar.
Ayuda gratuita además de da-
tos, hechos y estadísticas
Visite www.PodriaTenerPrediabetes.org para más consejos
einformación sobre los programas de prevención de diabetes
reconocidos por los Centros para
el Control y la Prevención de
Enfermedades.
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8-A
Jon Jones back at gym
after arrest
This
Week In
Sports
After spending time in jail for violating his
probation, UFC 197 contestant Jon Jones is
back at the gym constantly training. “Won’t
let nothing disturb my peace. Right back to
work,” Jones confirmed. He wants to let the
world know that he hasn’t been derailed in
his quest to become world champion again.
3 de abril de 2016
Kobe Bryant turns down European opportunities
The Los Angeles Lakers’ five-time NBA
champion was offered a contract by European club FC Barcelona and a chance to extend his basketball career overseas, however,
Bryant politely turned the offer down due
to plans of retirement for his 20 year NBA
career. Bryant opts for a post-basketball
career as a businessman.
Los Spurs con buenos resultados en plena recta final
Por José I. Franco
[email protected]
Para el timonel en jefe Gregg
Popovich y los jugadores que
integran el plantel del 2016, las
marcas (récords) que los Spurs
han logrado imponer en la 43
temporadas de militancia en la
NBA estarán siendo buenas o
de gran impacto cuando logren
superar a sus adversarios en las
series del playoff de la Conferencia Oeste, en las que tendrán que
ganar 12 partidos para disputar
lo que puede ser su séptima gran
final (NBA).
Spurs, pentacampeón de la
NBA, actualmente se encuentra
sembrado en el segundo escaño
del oeste con marca de 63 partidos ganados por 12 derrotas, lo
que le da un promedio de juego
de .838 por debajo del súper líder
y actual campeón Warriors de
Golden State, que tiene récord de
66 triunfos por 7 descalabros y
promedio de juego de .904.
En el tercer escaño se encuentra el Thunder de Oklahoma City
con 52-22.
En el cuarto lugar aparecen
los Clippers de Los Ángeles con
marca de 46-27.
En el quinto puesto se ubican
los Grizzlies de Memphis con 41
victorias por 33 derrotas.
El sexto lugar lo ocupa Trail
Blazers de Portland con 39-36,
seguido por Jazz de Utah que
tiene 37-37.
En el octavo sitio están los
Rockets de Houston, que bien se
pueden subir al séptimo lugar ya
que tienen 36 partidos ganados
por 38 derrotas. Todo depende
que Jazz continúe sumando vic-
torias y no dejar que Houston lo
rebase.
En caso de que la tabla gene
ral del oeste quede intacta, los
Spurs en cuartos de final tendrán
de rival a los Rockets, que bien
pueden hacer la hazaña ante los
capitaneados por el alero titular
Tim Duncan y el guardia francés
Tony Parker.
Los Spurs en casa (AT&T
Center) han tenido la mejor de
sus temporadas ganando 38 partidos consecutivos en lo que va
del rol regular de la temporada
2015-16 NBA.
Este sábado 2 de abril San Antonio será anfitrión del trabuco
canadiense Raptors de Toronto
(7:30 p.m. con transmisión local
por FOX Southwest Canal 26).
El miércoles 9 de diciembre,
Raptors en su estadio Air Cana
da Centre derrotaron a Spurs con
pizarra de 97 a 94 puntos.
En la alineación de Raptors
viene el ex Spur Cory Joseph
(guardia), quien en el 2011 NBA
Draft fue elegido por los Spurs,
que le dieron la oportunidad de
jugar como suplente por cuatro
temporadas logrando en la campaña de 2014 hacerse merecedor
de su primer anillo de campeón,
así como el honor de haber llevado ante sus paisanos el precioso
trofeo Larry O’Brien, que –con
permiso de la gerencia general–,
fue paseado por diversos países
por jugadores de los Spurs nativos de Australia, Italia, Francia,
Brasil, Canadá y en ciudades de
la unión americana.
Joseph, de 24 años de edad,
durante el mercado de agentes
libres, en julio 9 de 2015, firmó
contrato por 4 años (con salario
de $30 millones de dólares) con
El alero estelar angelino Kawhi Leonard (balón en manos), en su retorno a la cancha en 22:10 minutos de acción, logró encestar 16
unidades contra la defensiva del visitante Pelicans de Nueva Orleans. (Foto, Franco)
los Raptors de Toronto, de donde
es nativo, club al que ha logrado
apoyar con su estilo de juego.
Raptors llegará a San Antonio
como campeones de la división
Atlántico donde se coronaron
con marca de 49 victorias por
24 derrotas. En la Conferencia
del Este es sublíder por debajo
de los Cavaliers de Cleveland,
que tienen ya su clasificación al
playoff con marca de 52-21.
“Toronto es un gran rival, por
lo que nos tenemos que lanzar
con todo y poderles ganar en
casa. Las marcas de partidos
ganados que hemos obtenido
como equipo aún siguen siendo
partidos normales. Han sido
buenos los descansos que se nos
han dado, pero no podemos quedarnos sin hacer nada, nuestro
sistema de entrenamiento es
el mismo, para así conservar
nuestro plan de juego”, apuntó el
guardia argentino Manu Ginóbili.
En el partido que Spurs le ganó
al visitante Pelicans de Nueva
Orleans, con pizarra de 10092, el entrenador en jefe Gregg
Popovich dio de alta al alero
estelar Kawhi Leonard, que no
jugo en tres partidos por estarse
recuperando de lesión muscular
en el muslo derecho.
Leonard, que tuvo acción en
22:10 minutos, durante la prime
ra mitad encestó 16 unidades,
con 1 triple en 5 intentos, 6
rebotes ofensivos y repartió 4
asistencias, con 3 robos de balón.
“Él (Leonard) jugó como si no
le hubiera pasado nada. Luego de
verlo como se desempeñó sobre
la cancha ante Nueva Orleans,
decidimos darle confianza y que
hiciera su acostumbrado estilo de
juego. Ante Pelicans lo tuvimos
que limitar en minutos sobre
la duela, para asegurarnos que
todo estaba bien y normal. Es
probable que entre en acción el
sábado ante Toronto, se le darán
minutos de juego de acuerdo a
como se vaya desarrollando el
partido”, apuntó Popovich.
Spurs celebrate Fan Appreciation Night on April 12
The San Antonio Spurs will
pay homage to their faithful supporters with Fan Appreciation
Night during the team’s final
home game of the regular season against the Oklahoma City
Thunder on Tuesday, April 12
at 7 p.m.
The night will include hundreds of giveaways from the
Spurs and their partners, as
well as unique entertainment
throughout the game beginning
with a special National Anthem
performance from KISS legend
and Rock & Brews founding
partner Gene Simmons and
his daughter Sophie TweedSimmons. Visit Spurs.com/
fans for more information and
to purchase tickets.
“The Spurs appreciate their
fans by making us feel like part
of the team and embrace us as
their Spurs family,” said Bonnie Keammerer, Spurs season
ticket member for eight seasons.
“I thoroughly enjoy the Spurs
fever throughout our city and
the atmosphere it creates at the
AT&T Center. It’s a good feeling to know we are appreciated
as fans and are valued members
of a world class organization.”
Every fan in attendance will
receive a Spurs car flag courtesy
of BBVA Compass, the official
bank of the NBA.
“The Spurs have had yet
another exciting season, and
this is a special way for us to
reward the Alamo City’s most
passionate and loyal fans,” said
BBVA Compass San Antonio
CEO Andrea Smith. “We all celebrate this team and its ability
to deliver big, bright moments.”
Fans will also have multiple
opportunities throughout the
game to receive additional prizes such as electronics, gift cards,
coupons and free food, from Anheuser Busch, AT&T, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System,
Dairy Queen, Express Lube,
Great Clips, H-E-B, Ideal Feet,
Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino
Hotel, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut,
Raising Cane’s, Ricos Products,
Sea Island, Smile Kings Dental
& Orthodontics, Sprite, Taco
Cabana, Texas Lottery, Tissot,
Valero Texas Open and Whataburger, as tokens of appreciation
for the loyal support.
Included among the special
giveaways items during the
game are an iPhone from AT&T,
an iPad Mini from CHRISTUS
Santa Rosa Health System, a
Tissot Quickster San Antonio
Spurs watch in a Tony Parkersigned box and a dental basket
with free teeth whitening from
Smile Kings Dental & Orthodontics.
Fans can also win experiences like tickets to the Valero
Texas Open, tickets to see Carrie Underwood on April 18 and
passes and a meet-and-greet for
the 2016 Bud Light River City
Rockfest – featuring Disturbed
and The Scorpions – on May 29.
The Spurs family of teams
will be giving away several
items, including a San Antonio
FC jersey, a San Antonio Stars
opening night meet-and-greet,
tickets to San Antonio Rampage,
Stars and SAFC games, basketballs signed by the entire Spurs
team, as well as Spurs-signed
jerseys.
The Spurs Fan Shop will offer a 10 percent discount and
free shipping on all merchandise online at SpursFanShop.
com from Saturday, April 10 to
Tuesday, April 12. To access the
discount, enter the promo code
“SpursThankYou” at checkout.
A limited edition Spurs Fan Appreciation Night shirt will also
be available at the Spurs Fan
Shop online and at the AT&T
Center for just $19.99.
Fans unable to attend the
game can join the celebration
by tuning in to the game broadcast on TNT and participating
All fans in attendance will receive a Spurs car flag from BBVA Compass. There will also be
giveaways including concert tickets, signed memorabilia and hundreds of prizes from Spurs
partners. (Photo, Franco)
in special social media giveaways. Follow the @Spurs on
Twitter or Instagram or like the
team’s Facebook page and use
the hashtag #SpursFAN for a
chance to win several prizes.
Fans are encouraged to come
early and stay late, as Austinbased Top 40 cover band Electric Circus will entertain AT&T
Center guests in the Bud Light
Courtyard, just outside of Rock
& Brews, before and after the
game. “WARM UP,” the official Spurs pregame party at the
Bud Light Courtyard, will start
two hours before tipoff at the
AT&T Center and allows fans
to skip the lines so they can
enjoy live music, food trucks,
interactive games and Bud Light
Spurs Hour drink specials. Following the final buzzer, fans
can also enjoy live music and
drink specials at the Bud Light
“OVERTIME.”
Tickets are available for purchase online at Spurs.com or
ATTCenter.com, or via the
Official Spurs Mobile App.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the AT&T Center Box Office, Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or on
weekend Spurs gamedays starting at noon.
3 de abril de 2016
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Softball celebrates anniversary Broncos y Colt 45 triunfantes
of first National Championship
Por Sendero Deportivo
By Brian Magloyoan
In 1986, St. Mary’s Softball
captured the university’s firstever National Championship. To
commemorate the 30th anniversary, throughout Homecoming
Week, RattlerAthletics.com will
take a look back at the team’s
historic run, culminating on
Saturday when the team will be
honored in a pregame ceremony.
Coached by the NAIA Coach
of the Year and current Rattler’s
men’s basketball head coach Jim
Zeleznak, the ’86 team finished
with a regular season record of
25-10 earning the fifth seed in
the NAIA National Tournament.
There, the hometown Rattlers
rallied to win five-consecutive
elimination games enroute to
claiming the National Champi-
onship. The 1986 team would
feature four players that would
combine for six All-American
selections as well as eight future
St. Mary’s Athletics Hall of
Famers.
Assistant Coach Amos Miller,
Yvette Buentello, Adrian Jonietz, Donna Eckert, Kelly Smith,
Mary Kalinec, Milyse Lamkin
and Leticia Morales would later
go on to the Rattler Hall of Fame.
St. Mary’s Miles named D2
Baseball Hero of the Week
The fans have voted, and they
have chosen St. Mary’s junior
pitcher Ty Miles as the Hero Sports
D2 Baseball Hero of the Week.
Miles won the fan voting with over
60 percent of the vote, following
in the footsteps of St. Mary’s Softball’s Sydney Wellman, who won
the softball fan vote two weeks ago.
A little more than a week ago,
Miles (Jr., Seguin, Texas) – graduate of Seguin High School –pitched
a gem against No. 13-ranked Lubbock Christian, dealing the Chaps
their first shutout of the season. He
went 8 1/3 innings, allowing only
six hits with nine strikeouts.
It marked his third victory of the
season.
The performance also netted
Miles the Heartland Conference
Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA
South Central Region Pitcher of the
Week honors.
terizo, que en el quinto episodio
marcó racimo de 8 carreras.
Broncos ganaron con pizarra
de 12-3. Su campo corto, Óscar
Márquez, impulsó 2 anotaciones.
El bateador designado Gonzalo
Castro pegó cuadrangular solitario.
“Broncos jugaron en equipo, estuvieron acertados en la ofensiva y
defensiva. Lo mismo se va a hacer
en el segundo partido. Seguimos
firmes en ganar el campeonato
del playoff”, comentó el timonel
Roberto Garza.
Asimismo, el manager y jugador
de O’s, Omar Ramírez, reconoció
que les falló el bateo. “Velázquez
lanzó buen partido, le doy crédito
a Broncos, vamos a regresar más
fuertes y con mejor comunicación
entre nosotros los directivos”,
apuntó Ramírez.
Broncos y O’s se enfrentan a
las 12 p.m. y Colt 45 vs. Red Sox
a las 3 p.m. en el estadio Colt 45
Baseball Field.
Las acciones en el béisbol sabatino, categoría Veteranos, se
pusieron al rojo vivo durante la
primera jornada del playoff. El
equipo Colt 45 doblegó a su duro
rival Red Sox con pizarra de 2-1
carreras, que fueron producidas por
César Juárez.
La victoria se la agenció el
abridor lanzador Leonard Gates,
que fue relevado por Israel
González.
La derrota fue para Calixto
Moreno. “Dejamos 13 corredores
en base. Calixto Moreno hizo buen
trabajo, pero nos faltó ofensiva.
Esperamos remontar el vuelo en
el segundo partido”, afirmó Pedro
Espinoza, manager y jugador de
Red Sox.
Por su parte, Broncos de Reynosa, con el lanzador derecho Luis
Alfonso Velázquez y relevo de
Jaime Garza, propinaron paliza a
O’s, que con su lanzador estelar
Moisés Cervantes y su relevista Ri- Gonzalo (Chalo) Castro, ex jugador profesional, bateó cuadrangucardo Cabello no lograron detener lar solitario por Broncos de Reynosa ante O’s en el primer partido
el destructivo bateo del rival fron- de la serie del playoff que es a ganar 2 de 3 partidos. (Foto, Franco)
San Antonio FC concluyó partidos de pretemporada con éxito
Por José I. Franco
[email protected]
Darren Powell, entrenador
técnico del plantel San Antonio
FC (SAFC), en el estadio Toyota
Field se mostró satisfecho por el
éxito logrado durante siete partidos de pretemporada jugados a
estadio cerrado con acceso único
para los medios informativos.
De esos siete SAFC ganó 6 y
logró un empate de 0-0 ante el
equipo colegial de St. Edward’s
University.
SAFC cerró así su agenda
de partidos amistosos, jugando
doble partido el 24 de marzo en
el primer cotejo ante University
of The Incarnate Word (UIW),
el cual ganó con blanqueada de
3 a 0 goles.
Posteriormente, con una alinea
ción más formal, ante Tigers de
Trinity University, dirigidos por
el director técnico Paul McGinlay, Powell alineó bajo la cabaña
al arquero Josh Ford y al mediocampista Carlos Álvarez con el
gafete de capitán.
Durante el movido partido,
la gerencia general, encabezada
por Tim Holt, decidió comenzar
el proceso del alumbrado y de
la pantalla central, lo cual hizo
más de acorde el encuentro entre futbolistas profesionales y
colegiales.
San Antonio FC se fue al
descanso en los primeros 45
minutos de juego con marcador
de 2-0 goles.
A su retorno a la grama, los
Tigers comenzaron a contra atacar, pero la defensiva y el arquero
Ford estuvieron perfectos en sus
respectivas posiciones. SAFC
volviendo a la carga contra el
espigado arquero colegial aus-
traliano Todd Whittaker marcó
su tercer tanto, poniendo el marcador 3-0.
En el minuto 80, el timonel
McGinlay celebró la primera ano
tación que ubicó la pizarra 3-1.
Al minuto 84 con 44 segundos,
Tigers respondieron anotando el
segundo gol, recortando el marcador 3 a 2.
En los minutos restantes Po
well se empleó a fondo indicándole a sus jugadores que se repartieran responsabilidades sobre
la cancha, dándoles confianza
en la combinación del esférico,
lo cual les dio tiempo suficiente
para evitar que los desesperados
rivales buscaran adjudicarse
la posesión del balón, ya fuese
quitándoselo al rival o realizando
jugadas cerradas que les permitiera recibir el beneficio de falta
personal. No sucedió a pesar de
que se registró un breve intento
de intercambio de palabras por
empujones. Se escuchó el último
silbatazo y ambos cuadros se
felicitaron mutuamente. SAFC
ganó su sexto partido amistoso
con pizarra de 3-2.
“Durante la pretemporada en
cada partido se les dio minutos
de juego a cada jugador (los ya
fichados y los que están en calidad de invitados). Todavía queda
mucho por hacer, seguiremos trabajando duro, cada día dedicado
al entrenamiento y a la revisión
de videos para corregir fallas en
las jugadas ejecutadas (de los partidos jugados de pretemporada),
para continuar con lo que será
nuestro plan de juego en cuando
arranque la temporada. Todos
mostraron disciplina, buena
defensiva y ofensiva”, afirmó
Powell.
SAFC bajo el timón de Po
well y su equipo de asistentes de
entrenador, formado por Andy
Thomson, Nick Evans y Juan
Lamadrid, espera llegar con una
alineación saludable, a su debut
en la liga United Soccer League
(USL), donde marcarán su debut
el próximo sábado 9 de abril (7
p.m.) contra el visitante Swope
Park Rangers.
El miércoles 30 de marzo el
equipo se hizo presente en la
cancha del AT&T Center donde
durante intermedio del partido
Spurs vs. Pelicans de Nueva Orleans, donde fueron presentados
ante una audiencia de más de 18
mil espectadores.
Dicha promoción resultó un
éxito ya que la empresa propieta
ria Spurs Sports & Entertainment
(SS&E) se ha venido valiendo de
la ventaja que tiene para realizar
el marketing de la primera temporada de SAFC, que jugará en
la USL, con el propósito de que
a futuro se le proporcione a San
Antonio una franquicia del fútbol
en el circuito Major League Soccer (MLS).
Asimismo, en boletín informativo SAFC dio a conocer su
asociación con la radiodifusora
deportiva Ticket 760 AM, que
estará produciendo un segmento
radial denominado “Soccer Sa
turday”, a cargo del comentarista
Geoff Sheen, quien transmitirá en
vivo la ceremonia de apertura y
su programa alusivo al debut de
SAFC en USL.
“SAFC se embarca en una temporada histórica. El futuro de este
club y San Antonio será brillante,
estoy impaciente porque se llegue
el día de apertura”, dijo Sheen.
Para reservados y boletos de
admisión, el público se puede
comunicar al teléfono (210) 4445657 y online en SanAntonioFC.
com.
Carlos Álvarez, mediocampista de SAFC contra Tigers de Trinity University, estuvo activo pasando Acción en un tiro de esquina ejecutado por SAFC contra la portería de los Tigers de Trinity
el balón a sus compañeros en lo que fue el séptimo partido de pretemporada jugado en el estadio University, que fue resguardada por el arquero australiano Todd Whittaker. SAFC ganó el partido
Toyota Field. (Fotos, Franco)
con marcador de 3-2.
Durante intermedio del partido Spurs vs. Pelicans de Nueva Orleans, en la cancha del AT&T
Center se presentaron jugadores del equipo San Antonio FC. La mascota The Coyote les dio la En la pantalla central de la cancha (AT&T Center) se televisó la presencia de jugadores del equipo
bienvenida y posó con ellos para promoción en los diversos medios que SS&E utiliza para mantener San Antonio FC. Durante la presentación de SAFC se invitó a fanáticos para que, con tiempo,
informada a la Familia de Los Spurs.
obtengan sus boletos de admisión y reservados de temporada, que tienen precios accesibles.
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Ballet Faisán con atractivos atuendos y coreografía en El Mercado
Texto y fotos
por Roberto J. Pérez
El Ballet Folklórico Faisán en
su primera presentación en el escenario de Farmers Market, de Market
Square, para iniciar una temporada
más de actuaciones en los teatros y
escenarios más concurridos de San
Antonio.
El ballet siempre presenta una
variedad con temas de la música
mexicana en festivales en los que
siempre están acompañados de
vistosos trajes regionales, que es
una de las características que define
a este grupo.
Además de la presentación de
jóvenes y damas profesionales,
Faisán no descuida la atención que
merecen las nuevas generaciones y
sus conciertos dan la oportunidad a
niños y adolescentes, que hacen de
la música una actividad ideal acompañada de sus estudios primarios.
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3 de abril de 2016
El ex alero de los Spurs, Bruce Bowen, captado encestando el segundo balón playero.
Bruce Bowen, ex delantero de los Spurs y ahora comentarista en la cadena deportiva ESPN, con
éxito retornó a la cancha del renovado estadio AT&T Center donde en el tiempo pedido, durante
el primer periodo del partido Spurs vs. Warriors, participó en la promoción H-E-B Beach Ball
Mania. Durante 45 segundos, Bowen se dio a la tarea de atrapar balones playeros, encestándolos
en los carritos de mercancía, lo cual al final le dio como premio la cantidad de $15,000. Dicha suma
monetaria de inmediato la donó a la agencia sin fines de lucro Mission Road Ministries, que sirve
a un grupo de 825 menores y adultos con discapacidad en el desarrollo de su capacidad intelectual. La cantidad donada fue aportada por Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) y la cadena de Alentado por espectadores, Bruce Bowen se apresuró a encestar el balón que le dio la cantidad de
$15,000, la cual de inmediato fue donada a la organización Mission Road Ministries.
supermercados H-E-B. (Fotos, Franco)
En la pantalla central se transmitió la fabulosa donación de SS&E Durante el partido Spurs vs. Heat se celebró la Military Apprecia- La bandera viviente en la ceremonia del Himno Nacional del pary H-E-B a la agencia Mission Road Ministries, siendo el público tion Night (Noche en honor de las Fuerzas Armadas), patrocinada tido Spurs vs. Heat fue sostenida orgullosamente por elementos
testigo de la generosidad de ambas empresas.
por USAA, el oficial Judd Latimer cantó el Himno Nacional.
del Air Force Personnel Center.
En la promoción “USAA Starting 5”, presentada durante intermedio de la noche en honor de las Las porras Spurs Silver Dancers y “Team Energy”, al final del partido Spurs vs. Heat de Miami,
Fuerzas Armadas, tres fans participaron quedando empatados y repartiéndose el premio.
celebraron la 35 victoria de San Antonio, dándole las gracias a los espectadores por su asistencia.
Los esposos Elvia y Gilberto Rodríguez Sr., fundadores de Tex-Mex Independent Baseball
League y propietarios del club Tecolotes, en la ceremonia de apertura Verano 2016 tras ser
declarados padrinos de temporada Verano 2016. La pareja fue acompañada por directivos y
jugadores de los clubes Indios de Nava, campeón temporada invernal 2015-16, y Tecolotes,
campeón de temporada Verano 2015.
En el estadio Capitol Park, los esposos Elvia y Gilberto Rodríguez otorgaron los nombramientos
de presidente a Eddy Rodríguez, manager y jugador del equipo High Sox, y a Gabriel Cárdenas,
jugador y manejador del club Juggernauts, a quien se le entregó placa se honor en reconocimiento
por su excelente disciplina deportiva. Cárdenas fue nombrado vicepresidente. Eddy Rodríguez
recibió felicitaciones de su esposa Leah y su hijo Aaron Noah, por igual Cárdenas fue felicitado
por su esposa Jennifer y su hijo Gabriel Jr.
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Juegos mecánicos en Milam Park al inicio de la
temporada de primavera.
Personal de VIA en Marcha César Chávez.
Participación universitaria.
Un paseo dominical en River Walk.
Disfrutando del Spring Break recorriendo el centro de la ciudad.
Margo Uriegas, invitada especial a la develación del poster Piñatas en El Barrio del grupo de artistas de AUEDA. Hasta el año
anterior, Uriegas fue presidenta de esta entidad.
Contingente de niños en el Puente de Ave. Guadalupe.
NRP Group. (Fotos, R.J. Pérez)
State Farm siempre toma parte de festejos populares.
Siempre hay novedades de artesanías en Market Square.
Una feliz pareja celebró su matrimonio en el escenario de Tejano
Music Fan Fair durante el reciente festival en El Mercado.
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Local baker incorporates Latin roots into ‘Spring Baking Championship’
By Christina Acosta
[email protected]
It is rare to find a local baker
on TV representing San Antonio — until one day, when a
culinary queen decided it was
time to show off our delectable
culture.
San Antonio chef and owner
of Delice Chocolatier and Patisserie, Susana Mijares, will
compete against seven of the
country’s best bakers for a
$50,000 grand prize on the second season of Food Network’s
“Spring Baking Championship.” On the show, Mijares
is prepared to rain down the
sugary competition with sweets,
treats and other baked goods.
Originally from Mexico, Mijares embarked on a culinary
career spending 12 years operating her bakery in her homeland. La Prensa recently spoke
to Mijares about her career as
the culinary queen who is ready
to savor any sweet tooth.
Mijares explained that her
passion to be in the kitchen
started when she was a young
girl and her mother and grandmother put her in the kitchen to
prepare for big crowds.
“My mom was a day baker,
and she would allow me to help
her bake on celebrations, desserts, which opened the door for
opportunity in something that I
am passionate about,” Mijares
told La Prensa. “I feel very
blessed to do what I love most
because it is not a job. Once I
got the skills and I graduated
high school, I went to study in
France at Le Cordon Blue where
I studied cooking and baking,
but I always preferred baking.”
When she returned from
France to Mexico, Mijares got
married and bought a chocolate
shop from a Belgian woman,
who taught Mijares her Belgian
Susana Mijares, chef and owner of Delice Chocolatier and Patisserie, will be a contestant on Food Network’s “Spring Baking Championship” premiering on Sunday,
April 10 at 8 p.m. CT. (Courtesy photo)
chocolate making techniques.
Together, they started working
as a team as her husband supported her passion.
Over time, Mijares became
well rounded and brought her
international experience to her
baking by blending flavors and
technique. That is when her
husband decided to take matters
into his own hands and decided
to answer an open invitation to
the baking show. He sent his
wife’s resume and portfolio, in
which Mijares got chosen to be
a contestant on the show.
The rest for Mijares has been
a surreal adventure to the baking scene. Once she put on her
apron, she decided it was time
for the audience to know where
her true roots came from in her
food.
“My recipes are a mixture
of all the cultures I have lived
through. I tried to incorporate something from Paris, the
things that I learned, obviously
from my roots in Mexico and
here from San Antonio because
there is some rich culture in
food here. We have a lot of restaurants and bakeries. They take
a lot of pride on the Mexican
desserts including tres leches
and dulce de leche,” explained
Mijares.
Ultimately, Mijares did not
only become a participant of
the show for representation of
the Latin culture, but to also
make families come together
as her family did when she was
younger. She is doing this for
the community to come together
and learn an outer message to
listen to the heart.
“I’m really proud of my La-
tino heritage and that it represents for family, friends and
even customers to come together. I also believe I am here
to encourage others to work
hard on what you believe and
to accomplish it,” concluded
Mijares.
The second season of “Spring
Baking Championship” premieres on Sunday, April 10 at
8 p.m. CT on Food Network.
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Selena’s legacy lives on 21 years after her death
By Lucy Almanza
[email protected]
On Thursday, March 31, the music world commemorated the 21st
death anniversary of the Queen of
Tex-Mex, Selena Quintanilla Perez.
Selena’s life was tragically cut short
when she was murdered by Yolanda
Saldivar, president of her fan club,
at the age of 23.
Although, it has been over two
decades since her death, Selena’s
legacy continues to live on through
her music and is still remembered
fondly by her fans today. It was
impossible not to love her – her
voice, style and charisma inspired
millions around the world.
On Thursday, her older sister
Suzette Quintanilla and former Los
Dinos drummer, posted a heartfelt
message to Selena and her fans on
her Facebook page. Her message
said, “Can’t believe I’ve survived
this long without you....it’s insane!!
I miss you more than you can ever
imagine.... For those who wonder
what goes on inside my heart…it’s
the same as what I felt on day one.
Thank you to all who continue to
remember her and love her...”
Fans have been mirroring her
singing, dance moves, style and
even wearing her signature red
lipstick for years. In her successful
short lived trajectory, Selena made
significant fashion and music contributions, paving the way for Latin
music’s crossover artists today.
The Texas native was a top selling Latin artist of the 90s, and she
was the first female Tejano singer
It has been over two decades since the death of Selena; however, her music and style continues to
inspire millions today. (Courtesy photo)
to have an album be certified Gold
with 1990’s “Ven Conmigo.”
“Amor Prohibido” was released
in 1994 and the record’s title track
won a Grammy and went gold.
She became the first Latin artist to
have an album debut at number one
on the Billboard 200 with 1995’s
“Dreaming of You.”
Today, she is one of the most
celebrated Mexican American
entertainers of all time, having sold
over 60 million albums worldwide.
Her life was also the inspiration for
the movie “Selena,” directed by
Gregory Nava and starring Jennifer
Lopez in the lead role.
Selena spoke exclusively with La
Prensa de San Antonio in November of 1993. La Prensa celebrates
her life and legacy by remembering five of her quotes, previously
published in La Prensa’s “Tribute
to Selena” special edition on April
16, 1995, where the Texan singer
talked about her life, music, dance
moves and love for her fans.
LP: When did you know that
singing was what you wanted
to do?
Selena: “I didn’t even start taking
this seriously until I was older, when
I was about 15, when I was actually winning the awards. It wasn’t
something that I really strived for.
I’m not saying it wasn’t something
I didn’t want or didn’t wish for. But
I’ve always been the type of person
to say come what may.”
LP: Who does your choreography?
Selena: “Me, myself and I. I’m
sure you’re going to ask me do
you practice, but none of it’s routine. Come what may. Everybody
follows each other, but nothing’s
planned. We don’t say these four
measures we’re going to do this and
these for measures we’re going to
do that. Whatever I do, they follow.
Or if they were doing something,
I’ll follow. I think it’s worked for
us so far. It’s basically spontaneity
on stage.”
LP: How did you get your
sound?
Selena: “I think that’s the thing. I
never took lessons. It’s in the blood.
I’m glad we’re doing this interview,
because I’m able to tell my side of
the story. I think that a lot of people
think that because a person is a
musician that everyone has to take
lessons, and study many years, and I
got hands on practice because of my
dad. I started singing in clubs when I
was 7 or 8 years old, and you learn.
You get experience from that…
Everything I’ve learned is because
of what I’ve done on the road.”
LP: How did you fall in love?
Selena: “Chris is a very private
person and I am, too. And we wanted to keep it to ourselves, because
I was already becoming popular
and sure enough all these rumors
started flying. I think that was the
hardest time. I have enjoyed my
career my entire life. But I have to
say that the most devastating thing
to me and my family was that, one,
nobody ever talked bad about me
or my family or my band, and then
to be bombarded by all these ugly
rumors. You name it. It was said.
It bothered me and I would cry all
night…but it made me a stronger
person. Now I know that you can’t
please everybody and people are
always going to talk, no matter what
you do. You know what counts?
I’m happy. We’re together and let
people talk. I know the truth so let
them talk.”
LP: Your relationship with
your fans?
Selena: I think that’s what a lot of
artists miss out on. You can’t forget
who bought your records and who
put you there. Same thing with your
fans. Just because they want your
picture and everything, that’s not
much to ask for. It’s flattering…I
think that the contact is very important because you don’t want
to give people the impression that
you’re better than they are. Because
I firmly believe that I’m normal like
everybody else.”
There is no denying that her
legacy as a singer, performer and
style icon will continue to live on.
The feverish and frenzied life Aficionados, ya viene
of ‘Baroness von Bülop’
Tejano Conjunto Festival
Por Roberto J. Pérez
[email protected]
Después de cuatro días de
música, baile, sabrosa comida
tex-mex y otras amenidades en
Market Square con el reciente
Fan Fair, ahora los aficionados a
la música tejana se aprestan a disfrutar de festejo Tejano Conjunto
Festival, programado del 11 al 15
de mayo en Rosedale Park.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center ha preparado este festival
anual con varios eventos en
el Teatro Guadalupe y los dos
conciertos en el Rosedale Park el
viernes y sábado 13 y 14 de mayo,
donde los asistentes disfrutarán
la actuación de 25 grupos locales
y de otras partes del país.
La ceremonia de apertura de
estos conciertos está fijada para
las 5.30 p.m. para dar curso
al programa musical en el que
habrán de presentarse el grupo
Acero, Santiago Garsa, Los
Clavos y Home Town Boys,
Los García Bros y Jaime y Los
Chamacos.
Al día siguiente de 6 de la
tarde hasta las 12 de la noche la
fiesta continúa y entre otros se
presentan Flaco Jiménez y Los
Texmaniacs.
El festival se inicia en el Teatro
Guadalupe el miércoles 11 con el
Senior Dancing con entrada libre
para bailar de 10 a 12 de la noche
con el grupo de Bene Medina y
el Conjunto Águila.
Al día siguiente en el mismo
teatro la celebración continúa
con San Antonio Premier of
Conjunto Blues, concierto y baile
de 6 de la tarde a 9.30 p.m. con
boletos de 10 y 15 dólares.
Rick Frederick, artist and McNay employee, is ready to set the stage for “An evening with Baroness von Bülop” on Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the McNay Art Museum. (Courtesy photo)
By Christina Acosta
[email protected]
The McNay Art Museum is well
known for its unique exhibits and
the latest one-woman show is no
exception.
This week, the museum brings
art to the stage with “An Evening
with Baroness von Bülop.” It is an
honest take that a life of privilege
is not always glamorous.
In fact, exposure of the royal life
was put into perspective in 1939
when Cecil Beaton published the
memoir “My Royal Past.” As told
by fictional character “Baroness
von Bülop,” it tells the tale of a
socialite in minor German nobility.
Due to a series of unfortunate
events, the Baroness has much for
which to be unthankful for. To
begin with, she is the daughter of
a minor prince who marries a stage
actress, sealing her place at the
bottom ring within royal families.
“The memoir is on so many
levels really hysterical. She’s
awkward, she’s not the prettiest
young thing, but she has a lot of
wit and a really sharp tongue to
defend her. She’s finally taken under the protection of her gorgeous,
beautiful aunt and is made part of
her household,” says Jody Blake,
curator of the McNay’s Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts.
Once it got published, Beaton’s
friends assumed fictional royal
identities dressing and cross-dressing to spoof the fading aristocracy.
The Baroness remembers love, life
and loss in the era of World War II.
“She is the confidential secretary and go-between for her
aunt in terms of arranging all of
her clandestine rendezvous with
young men with good looking
legs and things of that sort,” Blake
continued.
Seventy years later, Rick Frederick, a McNay employee and artist
in his own right, will play the “The
Baroness von Bülop” in this one“woman” show on Thursday night.
The exhibit includes photographs of many of Beaton’s friends
dressing and cross-dressing as
aristocrats in the 1890s with largescale black and white photographs
from the McNay’s Tobin Collection, which will be on display
through June 5.
Described as haughty and humorous, it is a performance not to
be missed because according to
Blake, it is completely original. It
was created by an employee that
wanted to show his passion for art
on stage and created for a different
kind of audience.
“I don’t think many people realize how many artists from different
fields have day jobs working at
art museums, but at the same time
are creating an art piece for the
gallery,” Blake coyly added. “In
Rick’s case, it was directing and
acting for theatre. So when we were
first planning this exhibition, Rick
said to me, ‘Oh my, a one-woman
show, wouldn’t it be wonderful?’
and I said, ‘Oh, it would be wonderful, would you do that?’ Then,
he created a one performance
product.”
If you are interested in a hilarious presentation, stop by to watch
“An evening with Baroness von
Bülop” on Thursday, April 7 at
6:30 p.m. in the McNay Art Museum’s Chiego Lecture Hall located
at 6000 North New Braunfels Ave.
For more information, visit www. Katy Silva, Development & Marketing Manager de Guadalupe Cultural Art Center muestra el
mcnayart.org.
poster oficial de Tejano Conjunto Festival a celebrarse del 11 al 15 mayo. (Foto, R. J. Pérez)
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Expect ‘Playstation 4.5’
as early as October
By Trey Hilburn III
Playstation 4 is not only the
highest selling console on the
market, it is also the most graphically powerful and fanboy friendly. Well, it seems that those elements were not enough for Sony.
A rumor began circulating that
Sony could be introducing “Playstation 4.5” as early as October.
This new console will have more
horsepower under the hood and
ultimately be able to handle 4k
resolution; the current Playstation
4 is able to 1080p.
The announcement of Playstation VR is likely the reason for the
rushed “Playstation 4.5 release.”
Virtual reality consumes a lot of
resources while being run in order
to make it look and feel organic,
as well as polished.
Earlier this year, Microsoft’s
Phil Spencer made a vague announcement that announced a
possibility of upgrades coming to
Xbox One. These upgrades would
be installed much like PC gamers
currently install extra memory
or graphics cards. This model
would make for an affordable and
ultimately more optional way of
upgrading a system.
Considering Playstation 4 was
released only a couple of years
ago, it seems a little rushed and
“Playstation 4.5” may offer gamers a more powerful system,
capable of 4k resolution. (Courtesy photo)
confusing to already be introducing a completely new console
with a completely new price tag
to match. Rumors are circulating
that are saying Playstation 4 and
“Playstation 4.5” games will be
backwards compatible on each
individual system.
The confusing part – where
does the line get drawn for game
developers? Will Playstation 4
owners end up in the cold after
paying $400 only a couple of
years ago? For gamers that do
not own a 4k compatible TV, the
option of buying a console that
they can’t use is a pointless one.
For those doing the math and
those that do not have a 4k capable TV, you would need to
dish out the money for the TV,
between $800-$2,500 (for a good
one), the price for the “Playstation
4.5” (no price has been released,
but let’s say at least $400), and
then add to that the price of a
Playstation VR.
In my opinion, it feels like it
would be a move that will alienate more fans than anything else.
Sony seems to forget that their
sales lead over Xbox One had a lot
to do with their system being $100
less than Xbox One, at launch.
There are no exact details as
to what the pricing will be on
the “Playstation 4.5.” For those
looking to adopt virtual reality,
it seems that this will be the most
affordable option at hand. More
details are likely to be announced
at this year’s E3. However, in the
meantime, start saving those pennies and get ready to get in line.
Spanish singer Raphael to perform
at two concerts in Mexico City
EFE - Spanish singer Raphael
will perform at two concerts in
May at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, where he will be
accompanied by a symphonic
orchestra, the venue’s management said.
The singer will present his
symphonic show, which covers
the biggest hits from his more
than 50 years in the music business.
The concerts will take place on
May 14 and May 15, shortly after
the singer turns 73.
Raphael, who has released
more than 50 albums over his
long career, will perform such hits
Singer Raphael performs at a concert in Madrid. (EFE/File)
as “Yo sigo siendo aquel,” “Enamorado de la vida,” “Que tal te
va sin mi,” “Ahora” and “Payaso”
for his fans in Mexico City.
The singer said during a visit
to Mexico last month that he had
no plans to retire and if he ever
did call it quits, “no one will hear
about it.”
3 de abril de 2016
A pedalear este domingo
en la décima Síclovía
Por La Prensa
Este domingo 3 de abril, de
11:00 a.m. a 3:00 p.m., YMCA
of Greater San Antonio celebrará la décima edición de su
evento bianual Síclovía.
La ruta de Síclovía de este
domingo iniciará en la parte sur
de Broadway (Maverick Park)
y seguirá hasta cruzar a Travis
St. para luego conectarse con N.
Flores, continuar por el Bulevar
César Chávez, cruzar hasta S.
St. Mary’s, hasta finalizar en
Roosevelt Park.
YMCA explica que Síclovía
no es una carrera y permite que
el tráfico circule en ciertas porciones de la ruta.
Y dado que este año la ruta
cruzará el downtown las calles
accesibles en el centro serán:
Pecan, Houston, Navarro, St.
Mary’s, Commerce, Market/
Dolorosa. Además que si viene
desde la IH-35 la mejor alternativa para moverse en el downtown será Dolorosa/Market. Y
si usa la U.S. 281, Houston o
Commerce.
Todos las tipos de bicicletas, patines, patinetas, triciclos
(usuarios sin olvidar el casco) están
invitados a participar.
Para quienes no tienen bicicleta propia, pueden rentar una
en los puntos de B-Cycle Stations (hay 3 a lo largo de Travis
St.), uno en Houston St, otro
frente al City Hall, otro cerca
del H-E-B downtown, 3 en S.
St. Mary’s y uno en Roosevelt
Park. Para rentar la bicicleta
deberá pagar con tarjeta de
crédito ($10) por un pase de 24
horas, pero después de paseo de
30 minutos deberá reenganchar
la bicicleta en un punto de BCycle, pues si se pasa de los 30
minutos se le cobrará una cuota.
También puede alquilar bicicletas en tiendas de bicicletas como
Bike World (The Pearl o las de
su preferencia).
Asimismo, las personas que
deseen solo caminar, correr,
pasear su perro (con una correa
corta) también pasarán un buen
Desde Maverick Park (Broadway) hasta Roosevelt Park (South
St. Mary’s) es el recorrido de Síclovía 2016 este domingo 3 de
abril, que promete diversión sana con muchas actividades para
toda la familia. (Foto, R. J. Pérez)
momento.
El evento de inauguración
se llevará a cabo en las afueras
del City Hall a las 10:40 a.m. y
asistirán a él la concejal Shirley
Gonzales (D5) y el concejal
Roberto Treviño (D1). Pero el
evento arrancará oficialmente
a las 11:00 a.m. en el Maverick
Park (1000 Broadway).
Actividades
Recorrer en bicicleta la ruta
es la principal actividad de Síclovía, pero también encontrará
más actividades que realizar en
las Reclovías.
En la Reclovía ubicada en el
parqueo de KLRN (501 Broadway SATX 78209) se ofrecerán
las actividades para niños.
También habrá una Reclovía
en Maverick Park, Travis Park,
Ace Mart, H-E-B South Flores
Market y Roosevelt Park.
En todos estos lugares se ofrecerá agua a los participantes,
actividades de ejercicios, demostraciones de comida sana,
puestos de venta. En algunos
de ellos estarán las tiendas de
bicicletas, organizaciones de animales, entre otras. En Roosevelt
Park se ofrecerán actividades
de zumba, yoga, hip hop, folk
dance, International dance y más.
Dado que se pronostica que
el clima para el domingo 3 de
abril será soleado y cálido se le
recomiendo a los asistentes traer
su propia agua, a pesar que en el
evento podrán obtenerla gratis.
También puede bajar la app
de Síclovía para iPhone, la cual
le ofrecerá detalles del evento.
A través de sus anteriores
ediciones, Síclovía ha logrado
la asistencia de más de 465 mil
personas.
3 de abril de 2016
7
Mexican singer faces backlash Peter Frampton to rock out the Tobin
for violent music video
EFE - Anger over the music
video for the song “Fuiste mia”
(You were mine), in which singer
Gerardo Ortiz kills his girlfriend
and her lover after discovering
them together, has prompted
some Mexican officials and organizations to demand that his
upcoming concerts be canceled.
The attorney general of the
western state of Jalisco, Eduardo
Almaguer, said that the mayor
of the town of Tepatitlan, where
Ortiz is scheduled to perform in
April, had been urged to cancel
the show.
“The videos he’s making and
the lyrics of his songs are a clear
justification of crime,” Almaguer
told Milenio Television.
In the video, Ortiz finds his
girlfriend with another man and
kills the lover by shooting him
in the head.
Then, he locks the girl in the
trunk of his luxury automobile
and, at the end of the video,
douses the vehicle with gasoline
and sets it ablaze with a match,
apparently with the girl still
inside.
When the police arrive, Ortiz is
not at the home, and thus apparently he gets away with the crime.
The video, released in January and with 20 million views
on YouTube so far, has sparked
widespread rejection.
“Singer Gerardo Ortiz’s video
clearly invites violence against
women, in addition to minimizing and normalizing this social
scourge,” Government Secretary
Miguel Osorio Chang, Mexico’s
No. 2 official, said Tuesday in a
statement.
Moreover, Osorio instructed
the National Commission to
Prevent and Eradicate Violence
against Women to push for
measures that will help end the
use of stereotypes in the media,
particularly those that foment
violence against women.
The Tobin Center for the
Performing Arts presents Peter
Frampton on Monday, May 23
at 7:30 p.m. in the HEB Performance Hall.
Holding the notable distinction
of having one of the best-selling
live rock albums in history, Peter
Frampton remains one of the most
celebrated artists and guitarists in
rock history.
Tickets for Peter Frampton at
the Tobin Center can be purchased
online at www.tobincenter.org,
via phone (210)223-8624 and at
the Tobin Center Box Office (100
Auditorium Circle, 78205). Tickets are $39.50, $49.50, $64.50
and select Gold Circle seating is
available for $94.50.
Peter Frampton
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Peter Frampton was a musical
prodigy, teaching himself to play
the guitar at age 7. Within the next
few years, he mastered complex
jazz, blues and rock riffs.
At 16, Frampton was the lead
singer and guitarist for British
band the Herd. At 18, he cofounded one of the first super
groups, seminal rock act Humble
Pie. In 1971, despite positive
response for the albums “Town
And Country” (1969) and “Rock
On” (1970), Frampton decided to
strike out on his own.
His session work includes collaborations with such legendary
artists as George Harrison, Harry
Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others. Frampton
contributed to George Harrison’s
“All Things Must Pass” and Nilsson’s “Son of Schmilsson,” before
launching his solo career with the
debut album “Wind Of Change”
(1972). He toured extensively
over the next few years, promoting the albums “Frampton’s
Camel” (1973), “Somethin’s Happening” (1974) and “Frampton”
(1975).
The popularity of these albums
coupled with Frampton’s captivating live performances culminated
in the 1976 live double recording
“Frampton Comes Alive!,” which
sold more than 10 million copies.
The LP held the notable distinc-
tion of being the best-selling live
rock album in history, while the
singles “Baby I Love Your Way,”
“Do You Feel Like I Do?” and
“Show Me the Way” dominated
the American charts. Considered
the crowning achievement of
Frampton’s career, the album
influenced both Billboard” and
Rolling Stone magazines to name
him Artist of the Year.
With the successful release of
his 1994 self-titled album followed by “Frampton Comes Alive
II” (1995), he re-embraced his old
fans while also attracting a new
generation of rock enthusiasts. In
2001, the 25th anniversary recording of the legendary “Frampton
Comes Alive!” celebrated 16 million albums sold. Since then, he
has released a number of albums
including “Hummingbird in a
Box” (2014) which was inspired
by the Cincinnati Ballet and most
recently, he stripped his most famous tunes down, and released
“Acoustic Classics” (February
2016), featuring newly recorded
versions of “Do You Feel Like
I Do” and “Show Me The Way”
and more.
Mexican regional singer Gerardo Ortiz. (EFE/File)
One of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history, Peter Frampton, will perform at
the Tobin Center of the Performing Arts on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. (Courtesy photo)
Barry Manilow kicks off music
instrument drive for SAISD
Legendary singer-songwriter
Barry Manilow hopes others
will once again follow his philanthropic lead as he brings his
“Manilow Music Project” to the
students at San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD).
The pop icon plans to donate
a Yamaha piano to launch a
local music instrument drive.
Anyone who donates a new or
gently-used musical instrument
one week prior to show date will
receive two free tickets – valid
for pre-selected seat locations on
a first come first serve basis – for
Manilow’s April 13 show at the
AT&T Center.
The Manilow Music Project
has conducted music instrument
drives all over the country to assist local schools with their music
programs.
“I’m thrilled to once again
bring the gift of music to these
kids,” added Manilow.
The AT&T Center Box Office
will be the base for the instrument
drive in San Antonio, from April
6-13. The instrument drop-off
location at the AT&T Center is
open during regular operating
hours, Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or on
weekend Spurs game days starting at noon.
“We thank the ‘Manilow Music
Project’ for this generous gift and
their support of education,” said
Pedro Martinez, superintendent
of SAISD. “We also appreciate
the community for its role in
providing our students with this
wonderful opportunity, as music
and the arts play an important role
in enhancing learning.”
The “Manilow Music Project”
is part of The Manilow Fund for
Health and Hope. It was formed
as a grassroots organization to
assist local charities and programs. Its primary focus is to
provide musical instruments to
high schools and middle schools
and to provide music scholarships
at universities throughout the US,
Canada, and the UK. More information on the “Manilow Music
Project” can be found at www.
manilowmusicproject.org.
Tickets for Manilow’s “One
Last Time!” concert are available online at Manilow.com or
ATTCenter.com, in person at
the AT&T Center Box Office, or
charge by phone at 800-745-3000.
With worldwide record sales
exceeding 80 million, Barry
Manilow’s unparalleled career
encompasses virtually every
arena of entertainment, including
performing, writing, composing,
arranging and producing.
A Songwriters Hall of Fame
inductee, Manilow has produced,
arranged, and released more than
40 albums during the course of
his career. He has also written
and produced songs for Barbra
Streisand, Bette Midler, Dionne
Warwick and many more. He
has been honored with a Grammy,
two Emmys, a Tony Award, an
Oscar nomination and a topselling autobiography.
The public can trade a new or gently used musical instrument for free tickets to Barry Manilow’s concert on April 13. (Courtesy photo)
8
Sofia Coppola to write, direct
remake of “The Beguiled”
EFE - Film director Sofia
Coppola will write and direct
a “remake” of “The Beguiled,”
the 1971 film starring Clint
Eastwood, Variety magazine
reported.
According to the information
from Variety, Coppola is in negotiations to include actresses
Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning
and Kirsten Dunst in the cast of
her new film.
Dunst is a regular collaborator
with the director, having already
worked with her in “The Virgin
Suicides” (1999) and “Marie
Antoinette” (2006), while Fanning also worked with Coppola
in the 2010 feature film “Somewhere.”
The original version of “The
Beguiled,” based on the samenamed novel by Thomas Cullinan, focused on the story of
an injured Confederate soldier
(Eastwood) during the Civil War
who was taken in and protected
in a girl’s boarding school.
Film director Sofia Coppola. (EFE/File)
Coppola began her directing
career in 1999 with “The Virgin
Suicides” and continued with
the films “Lost in Translation”
(2003), “Marie Antoinette”
(2006), “Somewhere” (2010)
and “The Bling Ring” (2013).
The latest work as a director
by the daughter of Francis Ford
Coppola was the Christmas special “A Very Murray Christmas”
(2015), starring actor Bill Murray and produced by the online
content platform Netflix.
3 de abril de 2016

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