| While the parents study the children play and learn |
Familiar center in Montgomery is of premiere
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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While the parents receive classes of English, computing or GED his children are well elegant and receive the assistance that they need. |
Thanks to the commitment of the private enterprise, the Familiar Center Foremost in the county of Montgomery is of premiere and offers a renewed and innovative space where the children will be able to receive the services necessary for an ideal development, while his parents prepare themselves to face the life in the United States.
The Familiar Center Foremost opened his doors in 1997 like part of the program Friend of the Family of the state of Maryland, with the intention of offering educational programs for parents and of attending to vulnerable children so that they could interfere better inside his communities and develop educational capacities in the learning process of his children.
“ At present we serve for less 100 families mostly of Hispanic origin. Not only we offer classes for the parents but also we worry about assisting his needs. Our educational services go of the hand with the services socials”, it pointed out Washington Hispanic, Yolanda Pérez, coordinating committee of services of the center.
But, this year the Christmas holiday had an additional gift on having inaugurated an ambience completely renewed and adapted for the physical and educational development of the children.
This was possible thanks to an initiative of the company Discovery Communications, the Foundation Bright Horizons and the Association of Mental health. The construction services were donated by the company Clark Construction and the design donated the corporation Gensler.
The room conditioned with toys and proper decorations for the age of the children offers a suitable space where the children will be able to play, explore and learn while his parents train in the upbringing of his children or receive classes of English, GED or computing.
“ Our classes for parents are very important because they learn how to raise his children and share experiences with other parents. Also also we offer them classes so that they excel themselves. For example we offer the GED course for adults who for any reason did not finish the school being the classes of English those that have major demand”, tells Yolanda Pérez.
The center was created to advise the families in his adaptation process inside his communities. The social worker meets the family father and they analyze together his situation educational goals are established, but at the same time to identify his needs.
“ If they need to extract his passport we advise them, if they need clothes or food recount them to other community organizations. We are like a support and a place where the neediest families can find help”, pointed out Yolanda Pérez.
The services that are offered in the familiar Center Foremost are free and the only requisites are to live in the county of Montgomery and to have four-year-old younger sons.
To obtain more information about the services of the familiar center to call (301 585-3424.
The center Spring St is located in 1109. Suite 300, Silver Spring, MD.
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| School choirmaster and university student die during theft |
Murder of mother and son upsets Prince William
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Víctor Caycho
Washington Hispanic
An adolescent with police precedents joined to a housing Le Da City (Virginia) with the intention of stealing, and when he was looking for the belongings discovered a young man, whom he was meeting, sleeping in the couch. To prevent from denouncing it it shot a shot and killed it. Moments later, the door was opened on having entered the proprietress of the residence, who, on having realized the theft, tried to use the phone asking helps. The thief raised the weapon and shot again, giving death to the defenseless woman.
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| (Left) Jean Claire Smith and his son James Marshall Smith, two fatal victims. |
The double murder registered approximately at 3:00 p.m. of Friday, the 19th, in the house located in 13662 of Langford Court of Le Da City, in the field of Woodbridge of the county of Prince William.
The victims were identified like 39-year-old Jean Claire Smith, and his son 19-year-old James Marshall Smith, who was studying in the university James Madison, of Harrisonburg, in Virginia, who this week had come on returning to his house to spend the festivities of end of year with his parents.
Jean Claire Smith was much met in the local community by his civic spirit and of service with the community. His friends said that she was an enthusiast the president of the choir of the secondary school C.D. Hylton, where his son James had graduated in 2007.
Paradoxically, the suspect of the double murder also studied in the same school and there was living in the only one block of the place of the crime. Journalistic sources identified it like 17-year-old Xavier Pinckney, who was accused like adult for theft and murder.
On Monday, the 22nd, the police of Prince William announced the arrest of the killer and confirmed that this one has criminal precedents. It was imprisoned in the center of juvenile detention of the county and a hearing was programmed for January 12.
Also, two of his accomplices were detained: Jacqueline Muñoz, fiancée of the accused of murder, for complicity after the facts and for trying a false alibi; and 19-year-old Jonathan Jake Jackson, for trying to hide evidences of the murder.
The night of Monday, the 22nd, the hundreds of persons – including relatives - they congregated in the exterior area of the secondary school Hylton, to produce homage to two victims.
During the act, Rick Smith paid emotive tribute to his dear wife Jean Claire – with whom recently it celebrated his 20 years of married - and to his dear son James. “They dedicated his lives to be served fellow men”, he said thrilled, next to his other children, Sarah and Conner, before the multitude that was taking burning sails.
From Washington
Classes of English
The Hispanic Catholic Center opens his doors for the inscription period for the course of English that initiates in January, with a duration of 10 weeks from 5 on March 19. For major information he can communicate to 202-939-2426/2427 or one bring over Hispanic Catholic Center located in 1618 Monroe Street NW Washington, DC 20010.
English for business
The Latin Corporation for the Economic Development will give his classes of English for business. With a new and exciting method that initiates on January 6, 2009 at 9:00 am. Street NW will initiate with a meeting of free information in the offices of LEDC located in 2316 18th Washington DC 20009. For more information contact Moshe Briel at Moshe.Briel@Hotmail.Com
From Maryland
Christmas and new year
The County of Montgomery announces the closing for the Christmas Days (December 25) and new year (January 1). These days will be closed the offices of the County, the courts, bookstores, shops of liquors. Meter bus will have Sunday schedule, metrorail open sea of 7 a.m. up to midnight. The parkings will be free and administrative MCPS offices also closed. For information to call 240-777-6507.
Workshop for license
The House of Maryland realizes the workshop “How to obtain the driver's license in Maryland”, on Thursday, the 22nd of January 2009 from 4:00 p.m. in the facilities of the HOUSE of Maryland New center of workpeople in Langley Park located in 7978-B New Hampshire Bird. Hyattsville MD 20783. He will assist a local bank to open bank accounts by what it is requested to bring the current passport. For information 431 4185 can communicate to themselves with Francisco Cartagena del Depto of Education (301) ext 263.
It donates Blood
The city of Gaithersburg, organizations without ends of lucre and the Services of the Blood donor Inova he invites the whole community to help others in this festive period in the city of Gaithersburg by means of the participation in the Fair of blood donation this Tuesday, December 30, 2008 from 2 to 7 pm in the Community center Casey located in 810 S. Frederick Ave. To programme an appointment, call 1-866-BLOODSAVES (256-6372) or, simply, be present at the donation Fair between 2:00 and 7:00 pm. For information I contact with the Division of Services to the Community of Gaithersburg in 301-258-6395 x4.
From Virginia
Center of recycling
The Meeting of the County of Arlington announces the transfer of the Center of Recycling located in the N. Quincy Street to his new place of Quincy Park from January, 31, of 2009. For more information contact Shannon Whalen McDaniel 703-228-3685.
Community services
A new year begins learning English. The Center of Community Services of the Newly arrived person – NCSC offers the Hispanics who live in Fairfax's County, free information about the courses of ESL, and on medical services and housing to low cost. Also, we advise it in the record of the TPS.
Information in Spanish with Claudia Mantilla, on Monday and Tuesday of 9:00 to 5:00 p.m and on Friday of 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Phone 703-241-0300 ó 703-241-0301.
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| They rescue in helicopters persons caught in his cars |
Tubes rupture floods
River Road in Montgomery
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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| The firemen had to use rescue baskets from helicopters to rescue the persons caught in his cars due to the strong watercourse that River Road flooded in Montgomery. |
Caught in his vehicles for 66 inches of water to 25 grades Farenheit there remained more than one dozen of persons who were rescued by different methods, from helicopters up to rescue teams in rafts, then that the rupture of a few tubes in River Road between Seven Locks and Bradley Boulevard in the county of Montgomery were flooding the area the morning of Tuesday, the 23rd of December. Normally congested for vehicles that go to Washington DC from Potomac and the North of Bethesda, River Road turned in a real river.
In accordance with the firemen's department of the county of Montgomery, at least a dozen of persons was rescued and happily they did not present severe wounds.
The liberated ones were moved to the most nearby hospital to be treated by hypothermia, since the water quickly began entering to the vehicles and reached them.
According to the police the first call was received announcing the rupture of the tubes at 7:55 a.m. and immediately they came to the rescue of the persons, between that they were meeting a woman his small son.
The water stream continued hast wings 10 of the morning because the depth and the speed of the waters difultó the work to locate the rupture and to close the valve.
After the 11 of the morning mediated already the water escape had been controlled, but one was still keeping the streets and bordering avenues closed.
Also many hearths presented immediately court in the water service and saw others diminishing the next water pressure across his tubes.
According to a spokesman of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC, for his acronym in English) the rupture of the tubes owed to the antiquity of the same ones-40 years - and to the extreme cold of last days.
Immediately also he announced to himself that the public schools of Montgomery would close two hours and a half earlier due to the clippings in the water services in several areas of Montgomery to be able to realize the necessary repairs.
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