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LATINOTICIAS-AGOSTO 2010

Hispanic Town — 8/10/2010

FRONTIER AIRLINES INAUGURAL FLIGHT

Hispanic Town — 4/22/2010

FRONTIER AIRLINES INAUGURAL FLIGHT
LANDS AT BRANSON AIRPORT

BRANSON, MISSOURI (April 20, 2010) – Branson Airport (BKG) and Frontier Airlines are pleased to announce the arrival of non-stop service to Denver, Colorado beginning today, April 20, 2010.

The addition of Frontier Airlines will allow visitors to fly to Branson from an additional 40+ cities connecting through Denver on an Embraer E190 aircraft. Customers on board this 99-seat aircraft enjoy comfortable leather seating in a two-by-two configuration. In addition, all of the E190 aircraft have several rows of STRETCH seating, which provides an additional five inches of comfortable legroom.

Today’s press conference featured comments from Steve Peet, Branson Airport’s President and CEO; Jeff Bourk, Branson Airport’s Executive Director; Daniel Shurz, Frontier Airlines’ Vice President of Strategy and Planning; Ross Summers, President and CEO of the Branson Lakes/Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau and an acappella rendition of the National Anthem by multiplatinum, Grammy-nominated, recording artist Neal McCoy.

Bourk remarked, “Today’s inaugural flight throws open the doors to Branson. Frontier’s Denver service with connecting cities, allows the western United States low fare access to and from Branson. Frontier is well known for their quality customer service, which complements our famous Ozarks hospitality.”

For flight reservations visit FrontierAirlines.com or FlyBranson.com for more information.

Denver - Branson (Effective April 20, 2010)
Departs         Arrives         Frequency         Aircraft
11:05 a.m.     1:52 p.m.     Tue/Thur/Sat/Sun     E190

Branson - Denver (Effective April 20, 2010)
Departs         Arrives         Frequency         Aircraft
2:30 p.m.     3:30 p.m.     Tue/Thur/Sat/Sun     E190

About Frontier Airlines:
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 16th year of operations, Frontier is the second-largest carrier at Denver International Airport, employing nearly 6,000 aviation professionals. Frontier is made up of one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North America offering 24 channels of DIRECTV® service in every seatback along with a comfortable all-coach configuration. Frontier offers routes to 60 destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica. In addition, Frontier and Midwest have a codeshare partnership that allows passengers of both airlines access to more than 70 destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica.

For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, please visit its Web site at FrontierAirlines.com.

About Branson Airport:
Opening its doors May of 2009, Branson Airport LLC is the first privately developed and operated commercial service airport in the United States. Currently serviced by AirTran Airways, Frontier Airlines and Branson AirExpress, a scheduled commercial service provider. Located in the heart of the Ozarks and centrally located in the Midwest, the airport also boasts a state of the art FBO, Branson JetCenter and a full service travel agency, FlyBranson Travel.

For more information on Branson Airport LLC and any of its subsidiaries please visit FlyBranson.com.

ArtsFiesta - may 1st.

Hispanic Town — 4/12/2010

Youth Soccer Tournament

Hispanic Town — 3/1/2010

Soccer Tourney Expected to bring about 1,200 to Springfield March 6-7

Springfield, Mo. – The Greater Springfield Area Sports Commission Champions Challenge Youth Soccer Tournament is set for March 6-7 at Lake Country Soccer.

About 1,200 players, coaches and fans are expected for that games set for 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.

Admission is free for spectators.

For more information, visit www.LakeCountrySoccer.org or call 862-3211.

Our ninth annual Hispanic Day at Jefferson City is right around the corner

Hispanic Town — 2/3/2010

SafeLink Wireless® Now Available to Over 711,937 Low-Income Citizens of Missouri

Hispanic Town — 1/31/2010

MISSOURI - TracFone Wireless, Inc., America’s largest prepaid cell phone provider, announced its Missouri launch of SafeLink Wireless®. Introduced in August 2008, SafeLink is the leader in wireless Lifeline service – a U.S. government supported program that ensures telephone service is available and affordable for eligible low-income households.

SafeLink is the only offering of its kind available in Missouri with nearly 712,000 residents who qualify for Lifeline services in the Show Me State. Asserting that free does mean free, SafeLink provides the cell phone at its own expense and service comes without contracts, monthly bills, security deposits or credit checks.

“TracFone is proud to bring this valuable program to the people of the great state of Missouri,” said Jose Fuentes, Director of Government Relations for TracFone. “SafeLink offers the neediest families the same access and privileges many individuals take for granted when it comes to using cell phones, including contact with current or potential employers, children away from the home, or relatives in other parts of the country, not to mention vital emergency responders,” added Fuentes. SafeLink Wireless offers low-income families accessibility, freedom and the security of knowing that should an emergency occur – wherever they are – they will stay safe and stay connected.

SafeLink provides eligible low-income households 68 free monthly airtime minutes for one year, unlimited access to 911 and the free cell phone. Any unused minutes do not expire and automatically roll over. The cell phone offers in-demand features: voicemail, text, call waiting, international calling to over 60 destinations, and caller ID.

The federal "Lifeline" program was created during the Reagan Administration. Lifeline is a federal program created by the Reagan-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1984. The program was enhanced under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was supported on a broadly bipartisan basis in Congress. The FCC’s Low Income Program of the Universal Service Fund (USF), which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), is designed to ensure that quality telecommunications services are available to low-income customers at just, reasonable and affordable rates. Lifeline support reduces eligible low-income consumers' monthly charges for basic telephone service.

With SafeLink, TracFone was the first to modernize Lifeline for how people communicate today. The prepaid feature gives customers the freedom to control the cost of their monthly telephone expense without any surprises. SafeLink customers wishing to use additional minutes beyond their free allotment can add minutes by purchasing TracFone airtime cards at local retailers. As an exclusive benefit for SafeLink customers, SafeLink phones will automatically add bonus minutes on TracFone’s 60, 90 and 120 minute airtime cards.

To qualify for Lifeline in the state of Missouri, a household must participate in one of the following: Federal Public Housing Assistance/Section 8; Federal Social Security Disability; Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP); MO HealthNet (Medicaid); National School Lunch Program (NSL); Payments Administered by the Family Support Division; State Aid to Blind Persons; State Blind Pension; State Supplemental Disability Assistance; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps); Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); Veteran Administration Disability Benefits. In Missouri, qualified applicants must submit documentation to verify eligibility.

SAFELINK WIRELESS® SERVICE ELIGIBILITY OVERVIEW BY COUNTY

Top 10 Missouri counties with the most eligible Lifeline participants:

Counties	Low Income Population
St. Louis	90,013
Jackson	79,482
St. Louis City	58,381
Greene	34,948
Jasper	18,804
St. Charles	18,188
Boone	16,430
Clay	16,088
Jefferson	15,288
Buchanan	12,316

To learn more about the SafeLink Wireless service, including eligibility requirements and additional features and benefits, please call 1-800-SAFELINK (1-800-723-3546), or visit www.safelink.com.

CLASES DE INGLES GRATUITAS

Hispanic Town — 11/9/2009

EL PRESIDENTE DECLARA UN DESASTRE MAYOR EN EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Hispanic Town — 10/25/2009

EL PRESIDENTE DECLARA UN DESASTRE MAYOR EN EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- La dirección de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional anunció hoy que se ha hecho disponible asistencia federal por desastre para el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico a fin de suplementar la labor de recuperación estatal y local en el área azotada impactada por una por explosiones y fuegos que comenzaron el 23 de octubre de 2009 y continúan.

El Administrador de FEMA, Craig Fugate indicó que las acciones del presidente autorizan a FEMA a coordinar todos los esfuerzos que tengan como propósito aliviar las dificultades y el sufrimiento causado por esta emergencia a la población local y proveer la asistencia necesaria por las medidas de emergencia tomadas, autorizadas bajo el Titulo V del Acta Stafford para salvar vidas y proteger la propiedad, la seguridad y la salud pública así como aminorar la amenaza que representa esta catástrofe en los municipios de Bayamón, Cataño, Guaynabo, San Juan y Toa Baja.

Específicamente, FEMA esta autorizada para identificar, movilizar y proveer según su discreción el equipo y los recursos necesarios para aliviar el impacto de la emergencia. Medidas protectivas de emergencia, incluyendo asistencia federal directa se proveerá en un 75% mediante fondos federales.

Fugate ha nombrado a Philip E. Parr como el coordinador federal para las operaciones de recuperación en el área afectada.

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La misión de FEMA es apoyar a los ciudadanos y a las agencias de primera respuesta para garantizar que como país trabajemos juntos para desarrollar, mantener y mejorar nuestra capacidad de prepararnos, protegernos y recuperarnos de los peligros, responder ante ellos y mitigarlos.

Hoja de Datos

PROGRAMAS DE ASISTENCIA FEDERAL PARA LA RECUPERACIÓN POR DESASTRE AL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

A continuación un resumen de los programas federales de asistencia por desastre que pueden estar disponibles según la necesidad y autorización bajo la declaración por desastre mayor del Presidente Obama emitida al Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.

“Emergencia” es cualquier ocasión o instancia en que el Presidente determina que asistencia federal es necesaria para complementar los esfuerzos locales y estatales para salvar vidas, proteger la propiedad y la salud y seguridad pública o para minimizar la amenaza de una catástrofe en cualquier parte de los Estados Unidos.

Asistencia para el Estado y los Gobiernos Locales Afectados podría incluir según requerido:

• Pagos de hasta el 75 por ciento de los costos elegibles por las medidas de emergencia tomadas para salvar vidas y proteger la propiedad y la salud pública limitada a esta asistencia federal directa.

• La asistencia inicial de FEMA está limitada a $5 millones, Si este límite es excedido, el Presidente le reportará al Congreso sobre la naturaleza y extensión de esta continua emergencia y cuales serán los requerimientos necesarios antes de aprobar asistencia federal adicional. .

La misión de FEMA es apoyar a todos los ciudadanos y a las agencias de primera respuesta para garantizar que como país trabajemos juntos para desarrollar, mantener y mejorar nuestra capacidad de prepararnos, protegernos y recuperarnos de los peligros, responder ante ellos y mitigarlos.

New toll-free number to provide H1N1 flu and vaccine information to Missouri residents

Hispanic Town — 10/15/2009

New toll-free number to provide H1N1 flu and vaccine information to Missouri residents

Call 1-877-FLU-4141 for around-the-clock assistance

Missouri residents can call a new toll-free number for information about the H1N1 flu, from symptoms and basic medical advice to the availability of the new H1N1 vaccine.

The number, 1-877-FLU-4141 (1-877-358-4141), will be answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Specialists with the H1N1 InfoLine will answer questions about flu symptoms, when to seek medical care and ways to limit the spread of the flu, including the new vaccine. Medical professionals will be available to assist the specialists with callers’ questions.

The information line is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

“As we get further into flu season, we know many Missourians will have questions about the H1N1 flu,” said Margaret Donnelly, director of the state health department. “We urge Missouri residents to do everything they can to prevent the spread of the flu and keep their families healthy. The Flu InfoLine can help answer questions they might have.”

Health care professionals can also call the toll-free number for more information about the H1N1 flu and vaccine.

The state health department is encouraging Missourians to get the vaccine as it becomes available. Pregnant women, children and young adults are the most at risk of contracting the H1N1 flu, so they will be given priority to receive the vaccine first. Studies show that older people are less at risk because they appear to have some degree of resistance to the virus.

Missouri received its first shipment of aerosol mist vaccine early this month. Additional shipments of the aerosol mist and the injectable form of the vaccine began arriving from drug manufacturers this week.

The mist version of the flu vaccine can be used by healthy children and adults ages 2 through 49. Because it contains live virus, it is not appropriate for pregnant women, children under 2 years old or anyone with an underlying health condition such as asthma. Those groups should receive an H1N1 flu shot.

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“Adequate supplies of the flu vaccine will be available for the high-risk groups,” Donnelly said. “As additional shipments of the vaccine arrive in Missouri, flu shots or vaccine mist should be available to everyone who wants them.”

H1N1 flu symptoms include fever, cough and sore throat. Most cases are relatively mild to moderate and do not require treatment. Most people with the H1N1 flu can recover at home. They should get plenty of fluids, take over-the-counter medication to reduce their fever and stay home and rest.

Pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions who think they might have the flu should contact their health care provider.

In addition to the vaccine, basic flu prevention practices can help control the spread of the flu:

Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.

Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, not your bare hands.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

Stay home when you are sick, especially if you have a fever. Remain at home until 24 hours after your fever is gone without the use of fever-reducing medication.

For more information about the flu, go to the state health department’s Web site at www.dhss.mo.gov. To learn more about obtaining the H1N1 flu vaccine, Missourians should call their local health department.

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Consulado (Colombiano) Móvil en Kansas

Hispanic Town — 10/6/2009