Kentucky

The race for the Urban County Council District 11 seat has turned into a referendum on immigration.

A districtwide forum Monday night reflected the differences on the issue between incumbent Peggy Henson and challengers Ellen Hollon and Logan Weiler III.

Henson opposes seeking training for police to enforce federal immigration laws in a program called 287(g). Hollon and Weiler support seeking the training.”*

Creative Alliance Inc. is starting 2008 with a major new piece of longtime client KFC’s Hispanic marketing business and three other new accounts, adding a total of $17.7 million in capitalized billings.

The new accounts, including KFC’s U.S. Hispanic account, represent “a pretty good peak in today’s economic times” for her 20-year-old firm, said Debbie Scoppechio, Creative Alliance founder, chairwoman and CEO. “*

Francie Chassen-Lopez of the Department of History has been named the 2008-09 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. Each year the college selects a faculty member to serve in the Distinguished Professor position and deliver a lecture on the topic of their choice. Chassen-Lopez’s lecture will take place in fall of 2009.

Chassen-Lopez arrived in Lexington in 1988, having previously taught for 10 years in Mexico City, first at the National University and later at the Metropolitan University where she became an associate professor with tenure. Since that time she has served as former director of the Latin American Studies Program at UK, as a proponent of university-community relations and as the present chair of the history department.”*

Churchill Downs has selected Tequila Herradura as the “Official Tequila for Kentucky Derby(R) 134″, becoming the first tequila maker to carry this prestigious honor.

Herradura, which translates to horseshoe in Spanish, will join other official Brown-Forman brands to the starting gates for Kentucky Derby 134 and Churchill Downs’ Derby-related events, including Woodford Reserve(R) Bourbon, Early Times(R) Mint Julep, Finlandia(R) Vodka, Korbel(R) California Champagne and Fetzer(R) Wines.

“Horses run deep in Herradura’s DNA as symbolized by the horseshoe logo on our product label,” said John Hayes, managing director for Herradura brands. “Our long history and rich tradition combined with the legacy of the Kentucky Derby makes the perfect trifecta.”

Renowned for being the tequila industry’s foremost innovator, Casa Herradura introduced the first Reposado tequila in 1974 and later launched the first Extra Anejo, Seleccion Suprema. In 1994, Casa Herradura launched el Jimador Tequila to honor the men who harvest agave plants. Today, el Jimador is the #1 selling tequila in Mexico.

About Casa Herradura

Founded by Ambrosio Rosales and Aurelio Lopez, Casa Herradura is one of the oldest and most respected producers of tequila, which many believe, delivers the world’s highest quality, most authentic tequila experience because of the expertise and leadership it has developed since 1870. Located and produced in the heart of Mexico’s tequila region, in the tiny town of Amatitan, Jalisco, Tequila Herradura is 100% blue agave tequila carefully crafted using traditional methods, such as cooking the agave in clay ovens and fermenting naturally with wild yeast. This sophisticated process delivers a rich, smooth and unexpected taste that evokes memories of our agave fields.

Selected “Best Distillery of the Year” by Wine Enthusiast magazine in 2007, Tequila Herradura is all natural and estate bottled. For more information, please visit http://www.herraduratequila.com

Brown-Forman Corporation is a diversified producer and marketer of fine quality consumer products, including Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Tequila Herradura, el Jimador Tequila, Canadian Mist, Fetzer and Bolla wines, and Korbel California Champagnes. Brown-Forman reminds you to drink responsibly. Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY (C) 2008.

Churchill Downs(R), Kentucky Derby(R) and the Twin Spires design are registered trademarks of Churchill Downs Incorporated. “*

No one is quite sure what to make of Tomcito. He has done great things on the racetrack but has done them far from the limelight and against suspect competition. Is he for real, a legitimate Kentucky Derby contender, or is he a horse who will turn out to be outclassed when he faces the cream of the American 3-year-old crop?

The mystery should be solved Saturday, when the Kentucky-bred, Peruvian-raced Tomcito makes his North American debut in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. A major Kentucky Derby prep that has attracted a number of top horses, it will provide the type of test that could move Tomcito a major step toward Churchill Downs.

“We’ll have to see where his class belongs this Saturday,” his trainer, Dante Zanelli Jr., said. “But he’s an interesting horse. He definitely has the talent.”*

*From: http://www.nytimes.com
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Louisville Metro Police are taking their message to the airwaves to bridge the gap with the Latino community.

A new radio show is allowing police to communicate with thousands of Spanish-speaking residents.

On La Caliente Radio’s new show, Spanish and English speaking listeners are on equal ground.

“We’re giving you safety tips, offering resources to the community, to the Latino community, and anyone can listen to it because it’s bilingual,” said Metro Police Officer Minerva Virola.”*

*From: http://www.officer.com
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For years, Pilar Mason feared computers.

The high-tech machines were a little too complicated for Mason, who lives in Erlanger with her son Misel, 11, and daughter, Eggla, 13.

That all changed during an eight-week course offered to Hispanic families by Northern Kentucky University designed to take some of the mystery out of the instruments that have become a staple in nearly every home and business.”*

*From: http://www.kentucky.com
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A bill to crack down on illegal immigrants in Kentucky and some companies that employ them got its first public discussion yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee.

Chairwoman Kathy Stein, D-Lexington, said she expects to hold more informational hearings before deciding whether to hold a vote on the measure to allow Kentucky to take on many of the federal government’s immigration enforcement duties.”*

*From: http://www.courier-journal.com
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The Hispanic population in Kentucky is expanding fast and Lexington Police officers are ready.

The department’s Spanish Language Program is heading into its seventh year.

Right now about 20 officers are in the middle of the six month course.”*

*From: http://www.wtvq.com
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Fayette County prosecutors are actively targeting possible illegal immigrants who are in custody and accused of felonies and turning their information over to federal authorities.

Ten people have been identified already and their information has been sent to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, Fayette Commonwealth’s attorney Ray Larson said.

“We’re hoping to deter people from committing crimes who are not in this country legally,” Larson told the Lexington Herald-Leader.”*

Nearly every politician has clamored to sound toughest on illegal immigration in the waning weeks of the campaign.

Candidates for governor and attorney general have called for checking the immigration status of inmates in jails and prisons. They’ve talked about cracking down on employers. Some have said police should start enforcing federal immigration law. Adding to the debate is a commission’s report on immigration that will be delivered to Lexington’s mayor Tuesday.

But the candidates have been silent on how they would pay for such proposals. And they haven’t told voters that jails and prisons already work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport illegal immigrants who’ve committed crimes.”*

“Taco Taxes doesn’t offer free tortilla chips at its two Louisville-area locations. And it doesn’t dish out guacamole dip or cheesy burritos.

But the two-year-old business does serve up tax-filing assistance to a growing population of Hispanic workers — many of whom don’t feel comfortable going to tax-preparation services that may not be prepared to deal with their special needs, said company owner Oliver Davalos.”*

“When Carlos Hernandez decided to go into business for himself this year, he found a helping hand in the Hispanic Latino Business Council.

Hernandez was already a member of the council, which works to create and advance economic opportunities for Hispanic/Latino businesses and individuals in the Louisville area.”*

“The Louisville Metro Council will consider a resolution calling on metro government departments to adopt policies on dealing with illegal immigrants who seek services and benefits.

The measure will be introduced at a council meeting tonight by member Doug Hawkins, R-25th District, who says he wants to try to stem problems related to illegal immigration.”*

“Kentucky’s longest-serving congressman voiced his support yesterday for local police departments to seek training to enforce federal immigration laws.

Gov. Ernie Fletcher could soon take a position on the issue as well.

Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Somerset, said federal immigration authorities are underfunded and understaffed and will never get a handle on the several million undocumented immigrants in the United States without help from state and local police officers around the nation. Rogers urged homeland security directors and other officials to seek federal funding, for training from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.”

“Louisville photographer Kathleen Satterwhite fulfilled a childhood dream earlier this year — to visit Peru, from its capital Lima, to the coastal city of Pisco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas. “I’ve wanted to go since I was a little girl,” said Satterwhite, 43, who made the trip in February. “I love the culture and the people and I took 1,200 pictures.”

Then in August, she saw television news coverage of the earthquake that struck the Peruvian coast, killing more than 500 people and injuring more than 1,000.”

“Beegle is the first Hispanic female principal in Fayette County. She is a former Spanish teacher and specialist in English as a second language and worked at Maxwell Spanish Immersion Magnet and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Cardinal Valley has a large Spanish-speaking student population, which works to Beegles advantage.”

“Jefferson County saw its Hispanic population grow by nearly 6,000 people between 2000 and last year, the most of any Kentucky county, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The estimated number of Hispanics in the county as of July 1, 2006, was more than 18,300, or 2.6 percent of the population.”

“A civil rights group is suing the second-largest Ku Klux Klan group in the United States, alleging some of its members brutally beat a 16-year-old boy at a county fair southwest of Louisville.

The Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., said five members of the Kentucky-based Imperial Klans of America attacked the boy at the Meade County Fairgrounds in Brandenburg, Ky., in July 2006. The attack left the teen with two cracked ribs, a broken left forearm, cuts and bruises.”

“Whenever she talks about immigration reform, Sharon Morris voice grows tight with disappointment.

The past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster for the Lexington immigration attorney as she and her clients anxiously eyed the U.S. Senates attempts to craft a policy that would have affected the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the country. As hope for reform dissipated, Morris realized she would have to give her clients the advice shes repeated for years:

“Monitor the situation with Congress and maintain a low profile.”"

“Four middle-school aged Hispanic girls are spending the summer learning to create robots through a program sponsored by Northern Kentucky Universitys Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics.

Robotics: Soccer and Beyond will teach the girls how to program and build robots . It concludes with a competition to see which robot can win a soccer tournament.”

“Kentucky Department for Public Healths seventh annual African-American and Latino Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS is set for Saturday, June 23, at the Lexington Traditional Magnet School.”

“Miguel Gonzalez has endured the clash of two cultures experienced by other Hispanic migrant workers. He and his friends all have had to cope with differences in languages, lifestyles, foods and fashions in exchange for better jobs.

But the 43-year-old Central American also has gone through two other changes since coming to the United States — occupational and spiritual transformations.”

“A joint venture with a Mexican distiller that makes the Don Eduardo family of tequilas has been brought to a close by Brown-Forman Corporation of Louisville.

Brown-Forman is taking full ownership of the tequilas.”

“A man who pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants to work at his central Kentucky restaurant was sentenced Monday to home confinement and probation.

Jian Chai Lin, 35, of Radcliff in Hardin County, was also ordered to forfeit $42,788 that was previously seized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to the U.S. attorneys office in Louisville.”