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A Salute To Our Veterans
Your latino connection since 1996
Tú conexión latina desde 1996
Saludamos A Nuestros Veteranos
Anyaiya Garcia
loves to compete
in gymnastics
Anyaiya García ama
competir en gimnasia
Vet2Vet program
empowers veterans
Programa Vet2Vet empodera a veteranos
Manuel Palacio, Army veteran, and First Sergeant Vincent Morales (right), stand beside an Army
jeep as they attend the Vet2Vet program held on Armed Forces Day in St. Joseph, Missouri. Morales
spearheaded the project and wanted to bring veterans together to network and receive access to
services they may need.
Manuel Palacio, veterano del ejército, y el sargento primero Vicente Morales (derecha), de pie junto a un jeep del ejército,
mientras asisten al programa Vet2Vet, celebrado el Día de las Fuerzas Armadas en St. Joseph, Missouri. Morales encabezó
el proyecto y quiso reunir a los veteranos para crear una red y así tengan acceso a los servicios que puedan necesitar.
Gymnastic Anyaiya Garcia works hard at her sport. “She has
blossomed into a good gymnast. When she competes she is
getting 9, 9.5 and 9.6 in her vault, beam, bar routine and her
floor exercises,” said Steve Garcia. The awards she has earned
are displayed in her bedroom is a reminder of her achievements
at the age of nine.
La gimnasta, Anyaiya García trabaja duro en su deporte. “Ella se ha convertido
en una buena gimnasta. Cuando compite ella recibe 9, 9.5 y 9.6 en caballete,
rutina de viga, barras y ejercicios de piso,” dijo Steve García. Los premios que
ha obtenido se muestran en su dormitorio como un recordatorio de sus logros a
la edad de nueve años.
by Joe Arce and
Debra DeCoster
traduce Gemma Tornero
A
E
nyaiya Garcia’s dream is
to be an Olympic gymnast
and bring home a Gold
medal. She has a natural
talent for gymnastics and has moved
quickly from beginner to intermediate
with the help of her coaches at the
Kansas City Gymnastics School in
Riverside, Missouri.
l sueño de Anyaiya García
es
ser
una
gimnasta
olímpica y traer a casa una
medalla de oro. Ella tiene
un talento natural para la gimnasia
y ha transitado rápidamente de
principiante a intermedio con la
ayuda de sus entrenadores, en el
Escuela Kansas City de Gimnasia,
en Riverside, Missouri.
“SHE HAS A VERY ... / PAGE 8
“ELLA TIENE UNA ... / PÁGINA 8
WACO & a new
social contract
by Guest writer
Raoul Lowery Contreras
N
ine people killed, 170
arrested on a Sunday
afternoon and the town
I first called WAH-COH
(Waco, Texas) makes the news on an
otherwise quiet wasteland Sunday
(no NFL football, it’s out of season).
Waco, Texas, is known as the place
where former President George W.
Bush has his little rancho, the home
of Baylor University and the place
were religious fanatics died 22
years ago on the day I made my
first appearance hosting a radio
talk show (I substituted for Michael
Reagan on his national radio show).
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Now, the Sunday Massacre
between rival motorcycle gangs
(the Bandidos and Cossacks gangs)
where two motorcycle punks started
a fight in a restroom that spilled out
into the Twin Peaks restaurant where
guns were drawn and the shooting
started.
I first visited Waco in October,
1949, when my new Step dad
drove us there to see one of his
brothers. When we drove past
Baylor University, I asked what it
was; he told me and as it turns out
that was the first institution of higher
learning I ever saw. I saw my second
institution of higher learning the next
day in Stephenville, Texas – Tarleton
State Teachers College.
GANG SHOOT-OUT ... / PAGE 4
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by Debra DeCoster
traduce Gemma Tornero
A
s the American Flag was carried into the
Salvation Army auditorium in St. Joseph,
Missouri, veterans stood at attention while the
national anthem played.
Gathering together on Armed Forces Day, veterans
attended the first Vet2Vet program. The event offered
them a chance to network or find out about resources
that are available to them such as health, education
and housing opportunities.
The Vet2Vet program was born out of a veterans’s
committee in St. Joseph, Missouri that was looking for
M
ientras la bandera estadounidense recorría
el auditorio del Ejército de Salvación, en St.
Joseph, Missouri, los veteranos prestaron
atención al escuchar el himno nacional.
Reunidos durante el Día de las Fuerzas Armadas,
los veteranos asistieron al primer programa Vet2Vet.
El evento les ofreció la oportunidad de establecer
contactos o averiguar acerca de los recursos que están
disponibles para ellos, tales como oportunidades de
salud, educación y vivienda.
El programa Vet2Vet nació de un comité de veteranos
VET2VET PROGRAM ... / PAGE 3
PROGRAMA VET2VET ... / PÁGINA 3
Soldados ponen manos a la obra para
embellecer Central Avenue
Soldiers work hands in dirt to
beautify Central Avenue
por Debra DeCoster
L
os soldados estaban de pie
armados con rastrillos, palas,
tierra para macetas, abono
y rosales, esperando ser
desplegados por su comandante en
el corredor de Central Avenue, para
un día de servicio en la comunidad
de Kansas City, Kansas.
“HACEMOS SERVICIO ... / PÁGINA 2
by Debra DeCoster
S
oldiers stood armed with rakes,
shovels, potting soil, mulch
and rose bushes waiting to be
deployed by their commander
into the Central Avenue corridor for
a day of service in the Kansas City,
Kansas community.
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“Hacemos servicio a la comunidad, ya que es importante para
nosotros estar involucrados en nuestras comunidades”.
“We do community service because it is important to us to be
involved in our communities.”
‘WE DO COMMUNITY ... / PAGE 2
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“Hacemos servicio a la comunidad”
CONT./PÁGINA 1
El ejército de Estados
Unidos cerró sus oficinas el 1
de mayo, por lo que más de
5 mil hombres y mujeres en
todo el país, quienes sirven a
su país diariamente, pudieron
servir a sus comunidades en
una variedad de proyectos de
servicio.
El Reclutamiento del Ejército.
ayudó a la Asociación de
Mejoramiento de Central
Avenue (CABA por sus siglas
en inglés) y a la Cámara de
Comercio Hispana de Kansas
City (GKCHCC por sus siglas
en inglés) para embellecer el
corredor de Central Avenue.
“Hacemos
servicio
a
la comunidad, ya que es
importante para nosotros
estar involucrados en nuestras
comunidades.
Hacemos
mucho trabajo humanitario.
¿Hacemos estos grandes
gestos y decimos que estamos
haciéndolo porque somos
del Ejército? No, lo hacemos
porque somos integrantes de
la comunidad también y es
importante para nosotros”,
dijo la Sargento 1ª Jennifer
Shoats, de Reclutamiento y
Reserva del Ejército del área
metropolitana de Kansas City.
El Ejército de hoy está
dedicado a la protección
de su país, pero también se
dedica a ayudar no sólo a los
residentes de su comunidad,
y también a los niños en
nuestras ciudades. Muchos
de los hombres y mujeres que
han tomado un juramento
para servir a su país, también
sirven a sus barrios como
entrenadores de Pequeñas
Ligas, entrenadores de fútbol,​​
o ayudan con proyectos de la
iglesia y están involucrados en
actividades para niños.
La Sargento Shoats y
otros integrantes del Ejército
trabajaron la semana pasada
en el Parque Bethany, en
Kansas City, Kansas. El
departamento de Parques
había quitado una cancha
vieja de voleibol que ya no
estaba en uso. Integrantes
del Ejército, trabajaron antes
en la distribución de tierra y,
prepararon el terreno para
plantar semilla de césped.
“Estamos
tratando
de
nivelar el terreno y convertirlo
en un área de juego para la
comunidad. También estamos
ayudando a limpiar el parque
y plantar rosales alrededor
de los letreros del parque.
Estamos tratando de mejorar
este parque para ellos y para
los que quieran venir aquí. Es
un buen lugar para pasar un
buen tiempo”, dijo Shoats.
El Sargento Christopher
Bennett, de la Estación de
Reclutamiento
Grandview,
trabajó rastrillando la tierra
fuera del gran montículo de
tierra a través de la antigua
cancha de voleibol.
“Ayudamos donde sea que
podamos. Estamos tratando
de ayudar a la comunidad
a tener un hermoso parque
para su uso. Cuando la
gente ve al Ejército afuera,
ayudando, esperamos que
nos vea de otra manera, no
sólo como soldados, sino
como personas que quieren
ayudarlos”, dijo Bennett.
Sargt. Michael Hornbuckle,
un
reclutador
que
se
desempeña en la zona de
Legends-West
Village
y
Leavenworth, plantó rosales
alrededor del letrero con el
nombre del Parque Bethany.
“Quería salir y hacer algo
por la comunidad. Quería
mostrarles
que
estamos
para ayudarlos. Todo el
mundo necesita una mano
a veces. Espero que nuestra
participación en proyectos
comunitarios abra un diálogo
con los jóvenes, mostrándoles
que no se trata sólo de que
luchemos por nuestro país,
sino también nos divertimos
al ayudar a los demás”, dijo
Hornbuckle.
El día de servicio estuvo en
las etapas de planificación
durante aproximadamente un
año. Marty Thoennes, director
ejecutivo de CABA, habló con
Carlos Gómez, presidente
y director ejecutivo de
GKCHCC, de cómo podrían
unir sus fuerzas para llevar a
cabo un día de limpieza a lo
largo del corredor de Central
Avenue.
“Estamos muy emocionados
de que se una la Cámara de
Comercio Hispana al ejército
de Estados Unidos para
embellecer Central Avenue.
Sé que el departamento de
Parques está feliz de tener
la ayuda adicional en la
limpieza de nuestros parques
y la plantación de algunas
flores
hermosas”,
dijo
Thoennes.
Jack
Webb,
del
Departamento de Parques,
dijo a Hispanic News que
el día de servicio les ayudó
inmensamente.
“Nosotros, como todos los
demás, contamos con poca
gente y el tener esta ayuda
adicional para embellecer
nuestros parques es muy
apreciada”, dijo.
“We do community service”
CONT./PAGE 1
The United States Army shut
down their offices on May 1,
so that over 5,000 men and
women nationwide, who serve
their country daily, could serve
their communities on a variety
of service projects.
The Army Recruiting helping
the Central Avenue Betterment
Association (CABA) and the
Greater Kansas City Hispanic
Chamber
of
Commerce
(GKCHCC) to beautify the
Central Avenue corridor.
“We do community service
because it is important to
us to be involved in our
communities. We do a lot of
humanitarian work. Do we
do the grand gestures and say
we are doing this because we
are the Army? No, we do this
because we are members of
the community ourselves and
it is important to us,” said
1St Sergeant Jennifer Shoats,
of the Greater Kansas City
Recruiting Army and Army
Reserves.
Today’s Army is dedicated
to protecting their country
but they also are dedicated
to helping not only their
community residents, but
also the children in our cities.
Many of the men and women
that have taken an oath to
serve their country, also
serve their neighborhoods as
Little League coaches, soccer
coaches, help with church
projects and are involved in
children activities.
Sgt. Shoats and other
Army members worked at
Bethany Park in Kansas City,
Kansas last week. The Parks
department had removed an
old volleyball court that was
no longer in use. Members of
the Army worked at spreading
out topsoil and prepared the
ground for grass seed.
“We are trying to level
out the ground and make
it a playing area for the
community.
We are also
helping to clean up the park
and plant rose bushes around
the park signs. We are trying
to make this park better for
them and for those who want
to come here. It is a nice
place to be,” said Shoats.
Staff
Sgt.
Christopher
Bennett of the Grandview
Recruiting Station, worked
raking the topsoil off of the
large mound of dirt across the
former volleyball court.
“We help out where ever
we can.
We are trying to
help the community have a
beautiful park to use. When
people see the Army out
helping, we hope that they
see us differently, not just
soldiers, but as people who
want to help them,” said
Bennett.
Sgt. Michael Hornbuckle,
a recruiter working out aof
the Legends-Village West and
Leavenworth area, planted
rose bushes around the
Bethany Park sign.
“I wanted to come out
and do something for the
community. I wanted to show
them that we are helping
hands. Every body needs a
helping hand sometimes. I
hope that our involvement
in community projects opens
up a dialogue with young
people showing them we are
not just about fighting for our
country, but we also have
fun in helping others,” said
Hornbuckle.
The service day has been in
the planning stages for about a
year. Marty Thoennes, CABA
executive director, discussed
with Carlos Gomez, president
and CEO of the GKCHCC,
how they could join forces to
hold a clean up day along the
Central Avenue corridor.
“We are very excited to
have the Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce join us with
the United States Army to
beautify Central Avenue. I
know the Parks department
is happy to have the extra
help in cleaning up our parks
and planting some beautiful
flowers,” said Thoennes.
Jack
Webb,
Parks
Department, told Hispanic
News that the day of service
helped them immensely.
“We like everybody else
are short handed and having
this extra help to beautify our
parks is greatly appreciated,”
he said.
The GKCHCC will have a
larger presence in Wyandotte
County as they plan to work
alongside CABA. According
to Gomez, they plan to
release exciting news in the
fall and they will be working
closely with CABA to bring
National Taco Day to the
Central Avenue corridor in
October,
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The GKCHCC has a
working relationship with the
U.S. Army through their PACE
program that helps military
veterans get job interviews
“We help out wherever we
can. We are trying to help the
community have a beautiful
park to use,” said Staff Sgt.
Christopher Bennett.
“Ayudamos donde sea que podamos.
Estamos tratando de ayudar a la
comunidad a tener un hermoso
parque para su uso,” dijo el sargento
Christopher Bennett
La GKCHCC tendrá una
mayor presencia en el
Condado de Wyandotte,
ya que planean trabajar
junto con CABA. Según
Gómez, planean lanzar una
excelente noticia en el otoño
y se va a trabajar en estrecha
colaboración con CABA para
traer el Día Nacional del
Taco al corredor de Central
Avenue, en octubre,
LA GKCHCC, tiene una
relación de trabajo con el
Ejército de Estados Unidos, a
través de su programa PACE,
que ayuda a los veteranos
militares
a
conseguir
entrevistas de trabajo con
empresas corporativas locales
después de salir de su servicio
militar.
“El ejército se acercó a
nosotros para realizar un
proyecto de servicio a la
comunidad y querían saber
si podíamos ayudarles a
enfocarse a un proyecto. Me
reuní con Marty Thinness y
discutimos en qué tipo de
proyecto de servicio podíamos
colaborar. El Ejército ha estado
muy dispuesto a ayudarnos.
Han sido increíbles al trabajar
con nosotros. Nos llamaron
y dijeron, tenemos a 70
soldados que quieren ir y
ayudar. En el Parque Lally,
los soldados reemplazaron
la bandera americana que
se había roto. Este día de
servicio es un beneficio para
todos”, dijo Gómez.
with
local
corporate
companies after they leave
their military service.
“The Army approached us
about doing a community service
project and wanted to know
if we could help direct them to
a project. I met with Marty
Thinness and we discussed
what type of service project we
could collaborate on. The Army
has been very willing to help
us. They have been incredible
working with us. They called us
and said we have 70 soldiers
that want to come and help. At
Lally Park, the soldiers replaced
the American Flag that has been
torn. This day of service is a win
win for everyone,” said Gomez.
traduce
Gemma Tornero
YOUR LATINO CONNECTION SINCE 1996
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Vet2Vet Program feels a need
CONT./PAGE 1
ways to recognize veterans,
not only for their service, but
also recognize that veterans
may need assistance in a
variety of ways.
Commandant Jerry Murphy
has proudly worn his Marine
uniform for 56 years. The
73-year-old veteran plans to
continue to wear his uniform
and talk about his service to
his country until he dies.
Murphy served in Vietnam
before Americans knew the
President Dwight Eisenhower
had put soldiers in Vietnam.
“The American people do
not realize that the Marines
were in Vietnam since 1955.
I went in as an advisor with
35 others and when we
were down to 16 men, Mr.
Kennedy sent Delta Force in
to extract us. I had a lot of
friends over there that I don’t
know where they are even
today,” he said.
Lloyd Pasay served in the
Marines from 1950 until
1954. He volunteered to go
into service since jobs were
scare.
“I chose to go to war with
the infantry.
I didn’t get
injured but I was shot at. One
time my helmet took a bullet
while I was wearing it. It felt
like I broke my neck when it
was hit. At least the helmet
took it,” said Pasay.
Manuel Palacio volunteered
for the Army in 1994. He
was stationed in Fort Collins,
Colorado and served as a
mechanic.
“I enjoyed my time in
service. I would recommend
to anyone thinking of entering
the military to do it. It is a
chance to see the world,
have a fellowship with others
and an opportunity to better
yourself,” said Palacio.
It is the camaraderie that
exists between the brothers
and sisters of the military
that First Sergeant Vincent
Morales loves and that keeps
him bound to military service.
He has been in the Army
for 13 years. When he went
enlisted, he couldn’t wait to
get out but then once he was
out, he wanted to go back. He
joined the Army Reserves and
volunteered in 2012-2013 to
be deployed to Afghanistan.
“The opportunity came
through to be deployed
again and I volunteered.
After I left the service, jobs
were not happening as I
wanted them to. I couldn’t
find
steady
employment
or the employment wasn’t
gratifying. I realized I miss
the Army,” he said.
Back in his hometown
in Kansas City, Missouri,
Morales realized that current
veterans needed a network of
people to help them find the
resources they needed to be
successful.
Today, working with the
Salvation Army as a peer
mentor, he has found his
calling to serve veterans. It
is the job that he had been
searching for over the years.
“I am the Swiss army knife
of the Salvation Army, is how
I describe my job. I do lots
of networking, learning what
is available out there and if
I don’t have the answers I
will find someone who does.
Telling a veteran no or that
it is not possible is not in my
vocabulary,” he said.
He
would
like
the
community to understand
that sometimes if individuals
take the time and listen to a
veteran and understand what
they are going through they
have helped the veteran.
“It is not verifying or
justifying their story, it is just
listening to them, and just
being there for that person.
Their stories and their time in
service are not black or white
and the answer is very gray.
All you need to do is listen,”
said Morales.
Understanding that a simple
conversation between others
who have shared the same
experiences of war could
help, he helped initiated
the Vet2Vet program to help
veterans create connections
with one another.
Veterans
of
all
different wars intermingled
at the free event while they
visited
resource
booths,
enjoyed
food,
music.
Organizers set up activities
for the children that came
with their families. A project
called A Race Against Time
is hoping to capture every
soldier’s story on video.
Colonel
Edward
Black
served as keynote speaker at
the program and comes from
a long line of servicemen.
He told the men and women
gathered that the language
of the service is the pride that
each man and woman has for
their military service.
He related the story
of his father and uncles who
answered the call to serve. He
encouraged living veterans to
get their stories told and have
them recorded for our history.
“The costs of war
are articulated in stories.
Sometimes they are put
to amazing movies but in
hermanas militares, lo que
el sargento primero, Vicente
Morales, ama y lo que lo
mantiene unido al servicio
militar.
Él ha estado en el ejército
durante 13 años. Cuando fue
alistado, estaba ansioso de
salir, pero luego una vez que
estuvo fuera, quería volver.
Se unió a la Reserva del
Ejército y se ofreció en 20122013 para ser desplegado
en Afganistán.
“La oportunidad llegó a
través de ser desplegado de
nuevo y yo me ofrecí. Después
de dejar el servicio, no había
los trabajos que esperaba.
No pude encontrar un empleo
estable o el empleo no era
gratificante. Me di cuenta
de que echaba de menos al
Ejército”, dijo.
De regreso a su ciudad
natal, en Kansas City,
Missouri, Morales se dio
cuenta de que los veteranos
actuales necesitaban una red
de personas para ayudarles
a encontrar los recursos que
necesitan para tener éxito.
Hoy en día, está trabajando
con el Ejército de Salvación
como mentor, él ha encontrado
su vocación al servir a los
veteranos. Es el trabajo que
había estado buscando a lo
largo de los años.
“Yo soy la navaja suiza del
Ejército de Salvación, es como
describo mi trabajo. Hago un
montón de redes, el aprender
lo que está disponible por ahí
y si no tengo las respuestas
voy a encontrar a alguien
que las tenga. El decirle a
un veterano no o que no
es posible, no está en mi
vocabulario”, dijo.
A él le gustaría que la
comunidad entienda, que si
en ocasiones las personas se
toman el tiempo y escuchan a
un veterano, y entienden por
lo que está pasando, ya han
ayudado a el veterano.
“No se trata de verificar
o justificar su historia,
simplemente escucharlos, y
simplemente estar allí para
esa persona. Sus historias y
su tiempo de servicio no son
blanco o negro y la respuesta
es muy gris. Todo lo que
necesitas hacer es escuchar”,
dijo Morales.
El entender que una sencilla
conversación entre otros que
han compartido las mismas
experiencias de la guerra
podría ayudar, él ayudó a
iniciar el programa Vet2Vet
para ayudar a los veteranos
a crear conexiones entre sí.
Los veteranos de todas
las diferentes guerras se
entremezclan en el evento
gratuito,
al
mismo tiempo
que visitan los
stands
donde
encuentran
información,
disfrutan
de
la comida, de
la música. Los
organizadores
establecieron
actividades
para los niños
que
vinieron
con sus familias.
Un
proyecto
llamado
Una
Carrera Contra
el Tiempo, tiene
la
esperanza
de
capturar
la historia de
cada soldado
en vídeo.
El
Coronel
Edward Black,
sirvió
como
orador principal
en el programa,
y viene de una
larga línea de
soldados.
Él
les dijo a los
hombres y las
mujeres
que
se
reunieron,
que el idioma
del servicio es
el orgullo que
cada
hombre
y cada mujer
tienen a su
servicio militar.
Él relató la
historia de su
padre y sus
tíos,
quienes
respondieron
al
llamado
para
servir.
Alentó a los
veteranos que
viven, a que sus
historias sean
contadas, y los
tiene grabando
sus historia.
Veteran Marines Lloyd
Pasay, Doyle Smith and
Commandant
Jerry
Murphy
attended
the
first
Vet2Vet
program
in St. Joseph, Missouri.
They met with veterans
to discuss benefits that
are available for former
Marines and had a short
video running about the
history of the Marine
Corps.
All three men
volunteered
to
serve
their country and proudly
say, “Once a Marine,
Always a Marine. We are
warriors.” Veterans and
their families were able to
go table to table to gather information about education, healthcare, veteran benefits
and about the Vet2Vet program.
Los veteranos marinos Lloyd Pasay y Doyle Smith; y el Comandante Jerry Murphy, asistieron al primer
programa Vet2Vet en St. Joseph, Missouri. Ellos se reunieron con los veteranos para discutir acerca de
los beneficios que están disponibles para los ex-marinos, además se proyecto un breve vídeo sobre la
historia de la Infantería de Marina. Los tres hombres se ofrecieron para servir a su país y con orgullo
decir: “Una vez que se es un infante de marina, siempre se es un infante de marina. Somos guerreros”.
Los veteranos y sus familias tuvieron la oportunidad de ir de mesa en mesa en la recopilación de
información sobre educación, salud, beneficios a veteranos y el programa Vet2Vet.
this room today, there are
real stories. Stories of war
that we need to hear. Our
soldiers stories are the fabric
of what makes our nation
great,” said Black.
“We need to preserve
our stories of war. War is
horrible. War happens when
diplomacy fails. I am living in
the golden age of veterans—
these veterans fought for the
rights that I have today as a
veteran,” said Morales.
Programa Vet2Vet siente una necesidad
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en St. Joseph, Missouri,
mismo que estaba buscando
maneras de reconocer a
los veteranos, no sólo por
su servicio, sino también
reconocer que los veteranos
pueden necesitar ayuda en
una variedad de maneras.
El
Comandante
Jerry
Murphy, ha lucido con orgullo
su uniforme de marino por
56 años. El veterano, de 73
años de edad, planea seguir
usando su uniforme y hablar
de su servicio a su país hasta
que él muera.
Murphy
sirvió
en
Vietnam antes de que los
estadounidenses
supieran
que el presidente Dwight
Eisenhower había puesto
soldados en Vietnam.
“El pueblo estadounidense
no se da cuenta de que los
marinos estaban en Vietnam
desde 1955. Entré como
asesor junto con otros 35
y cuando llegamos a 16
hombres, el Sr. Kennedy
envió a Delta Force para que
fuéramos extraídos. Yo tenía
un montón de amigos allí que
yo no sé dónde están aún hoy
en día”, dijo.
Lloyd Pasay sirvió en la
Marina desde 1950 hasta
1954. Se ofreció como
voluntario para entrar en
servicio ya que el trabajo era
escaso.
“Elegí ir a la guerra con
la infantería. No fui herido,
pero me dispararon. Una
vez, cuando estaba usando
mi casco recibí un balazo.
Sentí como si se me hubiera
rompido el cuello. Al menos
el casco tomó el disparo”,
dijo Pasay.
Manuel Palacio se ofreció
como voluntario para el
Ejército en 1994. Él estaba
estacionado en Fort Collins,
Colorado y sirvió como
mecánico.
“Disfruté de mi tiempo en
servicio. Yo recomendaría a
cualquiera que esté pensando
en entrar en el ejército, que
lo haga. Es una oportunidad
de ver el mundo, tener una
comunión con los demás y la
oportunidad de superarte”,
dijo Palacio.
Es la camaradería que
existe entre los hermanos y
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“Los costos de la guerra
se articulan en historias. A
veces se llevan a películas
increíbles, pero hoy, en esta
sala, hay historias reales.
Historias de guerra que
tenemos que escuchar. Las
historias de nuestros soldados
son el tejido de lo que hace
grande a nuestra nación”,
dijo Black.
Veterans stood at attention and held a salute as the
American Flag was raised.
Los veteranos se pusieron en posición de firmes y mantuvieron un
saludo mientras se izaba la bandera estadounidense.
“Tenemos que preservar
nuestras historias de guerra.
La guerra es horrible. La
guerra sucede cuando falla
la diplomacia. Estoy viviendo
en la edad de oro de los
veteranos -estos veteranos
lucharon por los derechos
que tengo hoy en día como
un veterano”, dijo Morales.
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Gang
shoot-out in WACO
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It was the next year that in
one fell swoop I saw my third,
Whittier College (Richard
Nixon), my fourth, UCLA
(Jackie Robinson), my fifth,
USC (O.J. Simpson) and what
turned out to be my future
alma mater, San Diego State.
Waco was a small town
then. I wasn’t impressed
because I came from Southern
California which itself was
small at the time but we didn’t
need storm cellars, cellars
that scared me.
Back
to
the
Sunday
Massacre at Waco.
Motorcycle
gangs
are
everywhere. Some years ago
my police lieutenant brother
led a raid on an El Cajon,
California bar in which the
Mongol
motorcycle-gang
congregated. The Mongols
objected to being forced
to lie down face first on the
filthy floor and threatened a
shootout with local, state and
federal officers armed with
shotguns and automatic rifles.
A firefight broke out and
miracle of miracles, no one
was shot. Motorcycle gang
members are notoriously bad
shooters.
The gang shoot-out in Waco
is proof of that. Local, state
and federal peace officers,
including off-duty officers
shopping in the mall where
the Twin Peaks restaurant is,
massed outside the restaurant
and
though
hundreds,
thousands of bullets were
fired, there are no reports of
any officers being wounded
or killed. The nine dead were
gang members as were 18
wounded.
170 arrested, over a
hundred weapons confiscated
and warnings that the gangs
had “green-lighted” their
members to engage law
enforcement officers wherever
they found them. Waco is an
armed camp today.
Readers will remember
Waco for the 1993 incident
where a Branch Davidian
compound was raided and
attacked by local, state and
federal officers that resulted
in numerous men, women and
children dying at the hands of
attacking government officers
drawn to the compound
by federal officers being
killed by armed members of
the armed religious cult of
“Branch Davidians.”
Until this weekend, the
most exciting thing to happen
in Waco since the Branch
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Davidian incident was Baylor
University football star Robert
Griffin III.
Waco and violence will
now be interchangeable
words. But there is a lesson to
be learned here.
Los Angeles reportedly has
100,000 gang members.
They are mostly Latino gangs
(Mexican and Salvadoran) but
with a sizable Black presence
(Crips and Bloods) and some
Russian and Armenian gangs.
They are usually better armed
than police forces.
Gang
violence
is
everywhere in Los Angeles.
It peaked in 1992 when
the Los Angeles Riot broke
out when four Los Angeles
police officers were wrongly
found not guilty of viciously
beating a Black man, Rodney
King. 53 people died in that
riot and neighborhoods of
Los Angeles were burned to
the ground. Massive looting
by Blacks, Salvadoran and
Guatemalan “Hispanics” in
South Central Los Angeles
was de riguer. The only
gangs that came out of the
riot with some honor were the
amalgam of Mexican gangs
in East Los Angeles (East Los)
where Catholic priests and
gangs put out the word, “no
looting.” These well-armed
gangs patrolled the streets
of East Los and there was no
rioting, no arson fires and/or
gang killings. They were so
effective that the police and
sheriffs were free to go to
where the arson and murders
were occurring in South
Central, far from East Los.
Nonetheless, Waco 2015
gives us an example of how
to handle murderous gangs
and protect innocent people.
We should invite all LA
gangs to the LA Coliseum,
give them gifts of M-16
and AK-47 automatic rifles,
grenades, bayonets and all
the bullets they can use and
turn them loose behind locked
gates to compete for a million
dollar prize for the last man
standing.
That would be cheaper
than billions spent on law
enforcement to combat the
gangs and the vicious way
of their lives that threaten the
peace we all prefer.
Call it a “New Social
Contract.”
Contreras formerly wrote
for Creators Syndicate and
the New American News
Service of the New York Times
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Your First Instinct May Not
Always Be Correct on
Multiple-Choice Questions
New Research Shows Most
GRE ® Test Takers Boosted
Scores
when
Changing
Answers
PRINCETON, N.J., /PRNewswireHISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Although you
may have heard that it is best to stick
with your first answer on multiple-choice
test questions, new, empirical research
from the GRE ® Program suggests that
students who thoughtfully change their
first answer are likely to improve their
scores.
The ability to change an answer in the
GRE ® revised General Test appears
to be popular among test takers.
According to the study, more than 95
percent of GRE test takers changed
at least one answer in the Verbal
Reasoning or Quantitative Reasoning
measures.
“The GRE revised General Test is the
only admissions test that allows business
school and graduate school applicants
to mark questions within a section and
go back to change answers if they had
second thoughts,” says David Payne,
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Vice
President & COO of Global Education.
“The test-taker friendly design can help
people perform better compared to
how they would have done without the
opportunity to change answers. Now,
we have evidence that this ability to go
back to complete or change an answer
may help test takers improve their
scores.”
The research also showed that:
•Most GRE test takers who changed
answers went from wrong to right,
and boosted scores
•All GRE test takers who skipped a
question and later completed it saw
the same or better scores.
•More test takers saw score gains on
the Quantitative Reasoning measure
than on the Verbal Reasoning
measure when changing an initial
blank.
•Changing answers helped test
takers at all ability levels.
ETS surveyed nearly 2,000 test
takers regarding the perceived benefits
or harms of answer changing. When
asked whether the original or the
switched answer was more likely to
be correct, 59 percent of the survey
respondents believed that the original
answer was more likely to be correct
and only 14 percent said the changed
answer.
“The results of this study disprove the
fallacy that the first instinct is always
correct when answering multiple-choice
questions,” says Lydia Liu, Managing
Senior Research Scientist at ETS. “It’s
important that students, tutors and test
prep companies know that the research
supports response changing when there
is a good reason for doing so.”
The GRE Program introduced the
ability to skip questions and change
answers when the GRE revised General
Test was launched in 2011. This helpful
feature allows individuals to use more of
their own personal test-taking strategies
to help them feel more confident on test
day.
Payne said, “Only the GRE revised
General Test gives test takers the power
of confidence by letting them change
answers to help them get their best
scores, and knowing they can do their
best helps them get that much closer
to their graduate or business school
goals.”
SOURCE:
Educational Testing Service
Militant Crazy Religion,
Avoid The Damage
by Glenn Mollette
F
aith has been a
major part of my life
for a long time. Belief
in God, the Bible
and church involvement
go way back for me.
There is so much about
all of it that has shaped
and
impacted
every
fiber of my life. A faith
relationship with God is
peaceful, hopeful, helpful,
positive and life changing
in so many ways. I’ve
written a lot about faith in
articles, books and public
messages.
At this juncture of my life
I can say with confidence
that my faith is as great as
ever but I detest militant
religion. I guess we
are all religious in some
areas about some things.
However, religion does not
always connote faith and
relationship,
especially
militant religion.
Some people have the
marriage religion but
they don’t have much
relationship
in
their
marriage.
They
lack
happiness,
fulfillment,
peace, rest and hope.
Mostly they just go through
the rituals of marriage.
Some are very unhappy in
marriage but put on a good
face. They go through the
daily perfunctory and
keep up appearances
but are lacking quality
relationships.
Militant
religious
people are not happy
people unless they are
imprisoning or hurting
someone else with their
rules and regulations.
The crazy militant Isis
crowd takes pleasure in
imprisoning,
torturing
and beheading people
- all in the name of their
perverted religious views.
Last year there was a
national story about a
Breakfast - Lunch
Middlesboro,
Kentucky
preacher named Jamie
Coots who died from
handling a rattlesnake
during
a
religious
worship gathering. Coots
who
became
famous
on a reality television
show, practiced snake
handling as a part of his
religion. His religion was
dangerous and cost him
his life. Religion can be
crazy.
Remember David Koresh
and the Waco, Texas
religious disaster? He
and 75 others were killed
when their compound
was raided and burned
by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms. I
believe the massive loss
of life at Waco could
have been avoided but
that’s another article.
The story of Koresh and
his followers is another
episode of religion gone
crazy.
El primer instinto tal vez no sea
siempre el correcto en
preguntas de opción múltiple
Una nueva investigación muestra
que la mayoría de las personas que
toman el examen GRE® mejoran
los puntajes cuando cambian las
respuestas
PRINCETON,
Nueva
Jersey
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PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/
-- Aunque quizás haya escuchado que es
mejor quedarse con su primera respuesta
en preguntas de opción múltiple, una nueva
investigación empírica del programa GRE®
sugiere que los estudiantes que cambian
a conciencia su primera respuesta tienen
mayores probabilidades de mejorar sus
puntajes.
La capacidad de cambiar una respuesta
en el Examen General revisado del GRE®
pareciera ser popular entre los examinados.
Según el estudio, más del 95 por ciento de
aquellos que han tomado el GRE cambiaron
al menos una respuesta en las preguntas de
Razonamiento Verbal o Cuantitativo.
“El Examen General revisado del GRE es
la única prueba de acceso a la universidad
que permite a los solicitantes a programas
de negocio o de posgrado marcar preguntas
dentro de una sección y regresar para
cambiar respuestas si no están seguros”,
explicó David Payne, vicepresidente y
director operativo de educación global
de Educational Testing Service (ETS).
“El diseño de cómodo manejo para el
examinado puede ayudarle al individuo a
lograr mejores resultados en comparación
a cómo hubiera hecho sin la oportunidad
de cambiar respuestas. Hay ahora prueba
de que esta capacidad de regresar para
completar o cambiar respuestas puede
ayudarles a los examinados a mejorar sus
puntajes”.
La investigación también mostró que:
•La mayor parte de los examinados
del GRE que cambiaron respuestas
acertaron con la respuesta correcta, y
obtuvieron mejores puntajes.
•Todos los examinados del GRE
que omitieron una pregunta y la
What about Jim Jones
who led 913 people to
their deaths in Guyana,
near
Georgetown
in
South America? Most of
these people were led
to commit suicide after
Jones’ followers murdered
Congressman Leo Ryan
and four others near the
airport in Georgetown,
Guyana. Jones was crazy
as were many of the people
who had been duped into
leaving America to live
at the People’s Temple
Agricultural Project. Jones
was a militant, crazy,
controlling
religious
fanatic
who
duped
hundreds to their death.
When I was a young
child I heard a preacher
spend an hour telling the
church about all the things
we shouldn’t do. He told
the men they shouldn’t
wear short sleeve shirts.
He told us we should keep
our hair cut short. Men,
he
continued,
should
never wear short pants.
Of course he proceeded
to tell the women how
they should wear their
hair, how long their
dresses should be and
that they shouldn’t wear
makeup. We were told we
shouldn’t dance, watch
movies, watch television,
listen to rock n roll music,
drink alcohol or smoke
cigarettes among other
things. I don’t remember
what he told us we could
do. I remember the
negatives. Needless to
say his sermon did not
encourage my faith.
There is nothing wrong
with sensible, common
sense, enthusiastic church
preaching that warns
people about the danger
zones of life. We all need
to know where the markers
are that could hurt us. The
Ten Commandments and
the Sermon on the Mount
still work very well for a
functioning world. While
the Old Testament has
some weird stuff in it I get
the message of the Bible
and am grateful.
However,
in
my
maturing years I have
come to understand that
faith liberates us. Faith
does not imprison us.
Jesus said, “The truth
shall set you free,” John
8:32. Some ministers
and religious types have
devoted their years of
clergy service to making
people feel guilty about
every move they have
ever made. Real faith is
about life, energy, joy and
forgiveness of mistakes
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and guilt.
A mean religious crowd
crucified Jesus. Jesus
did not bind or stone
people. Jesus was about
liberation, joy and life.
Jesus enjoyed life. Mean,
militant religious types are
often turned off by anyone
having too much fun.
I
would
encourage
everyone to pursue a
life and walk of faith in
God. We all need eternal
guidance and internal
strength from above. Public
worship is not always
about what we want to
hear. However, we don’t
need the shackles of a
religion that bind and hurt
people. If your church,
synagogue,
temple,
mosque or anyplace that
you worship is not helping
you to experience freedom
and joy in your life then I
recommend that you find a
different place of worship
before the damage is too
great.
Dr. Glenn Mollette is
a syndicated American
columnist and author. The
views
expressed
are those of the author
and are not necessarily
representative of any
other group, organization
or this publication.
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Horario de Cocina
completaron más tarde obtuvieron los
mismos puntajes o mejores.
•Un mayor número de examinados
mejoró los puntajes en las preguntas
de Razonamiento Cuantitativo que en
las de Razonamiento Verbal cuando
cambió una respuesta inicial en blanco.
•Cambiar respuestas ayudó a todos los
examinados independientemente del
nivel de habilidad.
ETS encuestó a casi 2,000 examinados con
respecto a los beneficios o daños percibidos
del cambio de respuestas. Cuando se les
preguntó si la respuesta original o la respuesta
cambiada tenían más probabilidades de ser
correcta, el 59 por ciento de los encuestados
creyeron que la respuesta original tiene más
probabilidades de ser correcta y solamente
el 14 por ciento indicaron la respuesta
cambiada.
“Los resultados de este estudio refutan la
falacia de que el primer instinto es siempre
correcto a la hora de responder preguntas
de opción múltiple”, señaló Lydia Liu,
investigadora científica sénior de ETS. “Es
importante que los estudiantes, los tutores y
las compañías especializadas en preparación
para exámenes sepan que la investigación
apoya el cambio de respuestas cuando existe
un buen motivo para hacerlo”.
El programa del GRE introdujo la capacidad
de omitir preguntas y cambiar respuestas
cuando el Examen General revisado del GRE
se lanzó en 2011. Esta opción útil permite
que los individuos utilicen más de sus propias
estrategias personales de toma de exámenes
para que se sientan más seguros en el día del
examen.
Payne dijo, “Solamente el Examen General
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“She has a very
driven attitude”
“Ella tiene una actitud muy
determinante”
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La joven estudiante de tercer
grado gusta de practicar sus
ejercicios de suelo en el tapete
del gimnasio y hacer volteretas
hacia atrás. Cuando los
Juegos Olímpicos de verano
se transmitan en 2016, desde
Río de Janeiro, ella estará
observando de cerca cómo
las jóvenes gimnastas hacen
sus ejercicios en la viga, las
barras y sus ejercicios de piso.
El convertirse en una
integrante
del
equipo
olímpico de Estados Unidos
es una tarea difícil para una
chica tan joven, pero sus
entrenadores y sus abuelos
creen que va a lograr ese
sueño si ella quiere.
Los entrenadores de la
Escuela Kansas City de
Gimnasia, se han sorprendido
de lo disciplinada que es
en el aprendizaje de sus
movimientos gimnásticos a
una edad tan joven.
“Ella tiene una actitud
muy determinante y toma
las correcciones de los
entrenadores. Se dedica a ser
la mejor que puede ser”, dijo
la instructora de la escuela,
Lindsey Thomas.
What’s important to Steve and Mia Garcia is that their granddaughter Anyaiya Garcia enjoys the sport of gymnastics.
The Garcia’s are having the time of their life watching her grow in the sport and having fun.
Lo importante para Steve y Mia García es que su nieta Anyaiya García goza el deporte de la gimnasia. Los García están teniendo el
momento de su vida viendola crecer en el deporte y la diversión.
CONT./PAGE 1
Gymnastics has given her an opportunity to grow as a person and she has grown
into a team player. She listens to the advice her grandparents have given her and
has passed that advice to her teammates.
La gimnasia le ha dado la oportunidad de crecer como persona y ha crecido hasta convertirse
en jugadora de equipo. Ella escucha los consejos que le han dado sus abuelos y los comparte
con sus compañeros de equipo.
La escuela, que se ubica
en Riverside, Missouri, se
encuentra en sus 30 años y
ha entrenado a atletas en los
niveles estatales, regionales
y nacionales. Atletas de KC
Gym también han recibido
becas universitarias.
Steve
García
espera
que si su nieta continúa
en la gimnasia y disfruta
haciéndolo, que va a ser
capaz de recibir una beca
para la universidad.
“Estamos viendo hacia
su futuro. Los entrenadores
han ido a la universidad
con becas de gimnasia.
Me gustaría ver que vaya
avanzando y trabaje en pro
de una beca, pero primero
queremos que ella disfrute
siempre el deporte y que sólo
lo haga si quiere”, dijo.
Los abuelos de Anyaiya,
Steve y Mía García, no se
perderían sus competencias.
De hecho, es un asunto de
familia cuando tiene un
encuentro.
Steve
García
intenta asistir a sus prácticas,
pero tiene que pasar por alto
algunas. Mía la lleva a todas
las prácticas, y se queda, ya
sea para observarla, ayudar
en los stands de concesión o
sirve como anotadora.
“Es importante para un niño
que un padre o un abuelo
esté ahí para ellos. Sé que los
padres están ocupados y, a
veces dejan a sus hijos en la
práctica, pero si te quedas y
ellos saben que estás allí, sus
rostros se iluminan cuando te
ven en el gimnasio”, dijo Steve.
Ella practica cerca de
cuatro veces a la semana y
su trabajo duro está dando
sus frutos cuando compite.
Cada gimnasta es juzgada
en sus rutinas, y un puntaje
perfecto es de 10. Anyaiya
ha estado aprendiendo de
su deporte durante 18 meses
y, sus altas calificaciones
en la competencia, están
mostrando a los demás que
ella es la chica a la que hay
que seguir.
“Se ha convertido en una
buena gimnasta. Cuando
compite, está recibiendo 9.9.5
y 9.6 en su caballete, rutina de
viga y barras, y sus ejercicios
de piso”, dijo Steve García.
La gimnasia le ha dado un
cuerpo atlético y ha crecido
hasta convertirse en una
jugadora de equipo. Ella
escucha los consejos que sus
abuelos le han dado y ha
pasado esos consejos a sus
compañeros de equipo.
Cuando se ponen nerviosos
antes de un encuentro, ella
les ha dicho: “¿Por qué estás
nerviosa? Sólo tienes que
salir y divertirte sin importar
lo que hagas”.
Como ex entrenador de
fútbol para sus hijos, Steve
García sabe de primera
mano que los padres no
deben presionar a sus hijos a
que ganen constantemente en
el deporte. Se le consideraba
un entrenador duro con los
chicos, pero con el tiempo,
se dio cuenta, de que era su
sueño el que sus muchachos
jugaran al fútbol no el de
ellos.
Algunos podrían decir que
ha suavizado su manera de
entrenar con su nieta. “Yo
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quiero que esto sea su sueño
y lo que ella quiere hacer”.
El
entrenador
Thomas
acredita a los abuelos por la
disciplina y la determinación
que ven en Anyaiya.
“Han hecho un gran
trabajo al criarla. Ellos le han
inculcado las herramientas
que necesita para tener éxito
en la vida. Es respetuosa
con los entrenadores, ella
escucha y toma correcciones
y está dispuesta a hacer las
cosas que la harán mejor”,
dijo Thomas.
Antes de comenzar a
practicar gimnasia, Steve
García describía a su nieta
como tímida, pero dijo que
la confianza que ella ha
ganado en el deporte la ha
convertido en una persona
que le encanta hablar y
conocer a otras personas.
“Sigue siendo mi niña, a
la que todo el mundo le cae
bien, pero cuando se pone
la ropa de gimnasia, es una
chica totalmente diferente.
Ella se centra en lo que va a
hacer”, dijo.
Steve García creció en el
Westside de Kansas City, y le
gustaría ver que las clases de
gimnasia lleguen a los niños
en su antiguo barrio.
“Sé que muchas personas
pueden sentir que no es
asequible, pero lo es.
Hay
algunos
gimnasios
que trabajarán con usted
para encontrar formas de
compensar los honorarios.
Creo que usted no puede
permitirse
no
hacerlo.
Cambia la vida de un niño”,
dijo.
The young third grader
likes to practice her floor
exercises on the gym mat and
do back handsprings. When
the summer Olympic games
are broadcast in 2016 from
Rio de Janerio, she will be
watching closely how the
young gymnasts perform on
the beam, the bars and their
floor exercises.
Becoming a member of the
United States Olympic team is
a tall order for such a young
girl, but her coaches and her
grandparents believe that she
will achieve that dream if she
wants it.
The
Kansas
City
Gymnastics School coaches
have been surprised at how
disciplined she is in learning
her gymnastic moves at such
a young age.
“She has a very driven
attitude and takes corrections
from the coaches.
She is
dedicated to making herself
the best that she can be,”
said school instructor Lindsey
Thomas.
The school, located in
Riverside, Missouri, is in its
30th year and has trained
athletes at the State, Regional
and National levels. KC Gym
athletes have also gone on to
receive college scholarships.
Steve Garcia hopes that if
his granddaughter continues
in gymnastics and enjoys
doing it, that she will be able
to receive a scholarship for
college.
“We are looking towards
her future.
The coaches
there have gone to college
on gymnastic scholarships. I
would like to see her moving
up and work towards a
scholarship, but first we want
her to always enjoy the sport
and only do it if she wants
to,” he said.
Anyaiya’s
grandparents
Steve and Mia Garcia,
wouldn’t
miss
her
competitions. In fact, it is a
family affair when she has a
meet. Steve Garcia tries to
attend her practices, but has
to miss some. Mia takes her
to all the practices and stays
to either watch her or helps
out at the concession stands
or serves as a scorekeeper.
“It is important to a child
that a parent or grandparent
is there for them. I know
parents
are
busy
and
sometimes drop their children
off to practice, but if you stay
and they know you are there,
their faces light up when they
see you across the gym,”
Steve said.
She practices about four
times a week and her hard
work is paying off when she
competes. Each gymnast is
judged on his or her routines
and a perfect score is 10.
Anyaiya has been learning
her sport for 18 months and
her high marks in competition
is showing others she is the
girl to watch.
“ She has blossomed into
a good gymnast. When she
competes she is getting 9,
9.5 and 9.6 in her vault,
beam and bar routine and
her floor exercises,” said
Steve Garcia.
Gymnastics has given her
an athletic build and she has
grown into a team player.
She listens to the advice her
grandparents have given her
and has passed that advice
to her teammates.
When they become nervous
before a meet, she has told
them, “Why are you nervous?
Just go out there and have fun
no matter what you do.”
As a former ball coach
for his sons, Steve Garcia
knows first hand that parents
shouldn’t push their children
in sports to constantly win.
He was considered a tough
coach with the boys, but
eventually realized that it
was his dream for his boys to
play ball, not theirs.
Some could say that he has
softened his coaching with
his granddaughter. “I want
this to be her dream and
what she wants to do.”
Coach Thomas credits
her grandparents for the
discipline and drive they see
in Anyaiya.
“They have done a great
job raising her. They have
instilled in her the tools she
needs to be successful in
life. She is respectful to the
coaches, she listens and she
takes corrections and is willing
to do the things that will make
her better,” said Thomas.
Before
beginning
gymnastics, Steve Garcia
described his granddaughter
as shy, but said that the
confidence she has gained
from the sport has changed
her into a person that loves to
talk and meet others.
“She is still my baby girl
that everyone loves but when
she puts on her gymnastic
clothes, she is a totally
different girl. She focuses on
what she is going to do,” he
said.
Steve Garcia grew up
Kansas City’s Westside and
would like to see gymnastics
classes come to the children
in his former neighborhood.
“I know that many people
may feel it isn’t affordable,
but it is. There are some
gyms that will work with you
to find ways to offset the fees.
I think you can’t afford not
to do it. It changes a child’s
life,” he said.
In Loving Memory
JOHN A. ORTEGA, JR.
John A. Ortega, Jr., 82 of Kansas City, MO died
peacefully at home Tuesday, May 12th surrounded
by his family. On Sunday, May 17, 2015 family
and friends gathered for a visitation at Redemptorist
Church, later that evening a rosary was prayed. Mass
of Christian Burial was held on Monday, May 18,
2015 at Redemptorist Fathers Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church. Burial with military honors
followed in Terrace Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions to
Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway, Kansas City,
MO 64111.
John was born January 17, 1933 in Kansas City,
MO to John A. and Mercedes Ortega. John graduated
Redemptorist High School, Class of 1951 and married
his high school sweetheart, Anita Gonzales in 1954.
John lived a life of service; not only serving his country in the US Air Force during Korea, but
in his community by serving 36 years on KCFD and a member of International Association
of Firefighters, Local 42. John was an assistant scoutmaster for BSA Troop 40, Redemptorist
Church. He has two sons and two grandsons who are Eagle Scouts. John was Honorary
Warrior Swift Moving Rain Cloud in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. He enjoyed being outdoors
hunting, fishing, camping, golfing and cooking for his family. He was a proud father and
grandfather. He led by example, never afraid of hard work and lending a helping hand.
John was preceded in death by his son Steven in 1993 and mother, Mercedes in 2004.
He is survived by his devoted wife Anita, and children Vince (Gillian) Ortega, John Pat
(Margie) Ortega, Liz (Isidore)Reyes, Mary Ortega and Joseph Ortega; sister Juanita
Ortega; 8 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Through his endless generosity, he touched so many extended family and friends. He
was an inspiration to all those around him and he will be forever missed.
Arr: McGilley Midtown Chapel, 20 W. Linwood, Kansas City, MO 816-753-6200. Fond
memories and condolences may be offered at www.mcgilleymidtownchapel.com.
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