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Fiat seicento 1.1 SX, 23,000 miles. 21 years old.
OK it sounds a little raucous, it is a Fiat!
New plugs and HT leads fitted, sounds a bit more noisy without the air filter on, once it got on the road its running great.
Tolleson to honor desegregation history
Elementary district paying tribute to those who fought for equal rights in
schools
View photo by Michael Clawson
PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION WORKER Humberto Valenzuela smooths out fresh cement
March 16 at P.H. Gonzales Elementary School in Tolleson. The school is
installing a tribute to desegregation in front of the school.
Emily McCann
staff writer
Sixty years ago, children in Tolleson were separated at school by the color
of their skin until a group of parents banded together to fight for equal
rights.
The Tolleson Elementary District will pay tribute at 6 p.m. Friday at
Porfirio H. Gonzales Elementary, 9401 W. Garfield St., to the people and
landmark decision that desegregated their schools.
It started in 1949 when a 16-year-old boy, John "Juan" Camacho, challenged
the district's policy to segregate pupils. He went before the school board,
but saw no results.
The next year, parents filed a lawsuit against the district with the help of
three attorneys who donated their services, and Gonzales vs. Sheely was
heard in the U.S. District Court of Arizona.
On March 26, 1951, a judge ruled that segregation of children in separate
buildings because of racial or national origin constitutes a denial of the
equal protection of the laws guaranteed to petitioners as citizens of the
United States.
Goodyear resident Mary Ellen Gannon, 69, was in fourth grade when the
decision was handed down. Her father, Porfirio Gonzales, was the lead
plaintiff in the case.
"My father was a very humble person," she said. "He and this group of people
did what they had to do and never expected recognition. They were very brave
and fought for what was right."
One of the district's elementary schools was named after Gonzales, who died
in 2006 at the age of 90. Now, a tribute panel sits in front of the campus
to honor everyone involved. Part of it reads:
"This memorial is dedicated to all the brave individuals that fought with
great courage and humility to bring an end to the segregation of the
Tolleson Elementary Schools. They believed in the spirit of the United
States Constitution, that all children will be afforded the right to a truly
equal education. Their legacy is a firm reminder that the fight for social
justice continues."
The people who signed the suit were John "Juan" Camacho, Cruz Gonzales de
Contreras, Faustino Curiel, Isauro and Lupe Favela, Angelita Fuentes,
Trinidad Gem Jr., Joe Gonzales, Porfirio Gonzales, Patsy Murrieta, Manuel
Pena Sr. and Manuel "Lito" Pena Jr. The attorneys were Ralph Estrada, Greg
Garcia and A.L. Wirin.
The panel's wording was put together by a committee made up of their
relatives and also community leaders who are well-versed with the history,
including Mayor Adolfo Gamez.
"It's very important that we remember this history in Tolleson and the
people who sacrificed in many ways to make this a reality in terms of
desegregation of the schools," Gamez said.
"Most importantly is to remember that this is something that shouldn't
happen again. That's the message we were trying to send, and make sure kids
understand the history of this community."
Multiple people have been invited to speak at the event, including a pupil
from the district's JAG program and also a member of the Tolleson Teen
Council.
"Our youth speakers are symbolic of the power of the youth voice as agents
of change," P.H. Gonzales Principal Juan Medrano said.
A reception in the school cafeteria will follow the ceremony.
The tribute panel was included with other major renovations made at P.H.
Gonzales Elementary, including a new administration building and additional
science, computer and math classrooms.
The $2.9 million project added 11,800 square feet to the campus, which
accommodates about 930 pupils. The district used bond and adjacent ways
money.
"We've been very active in upgrading technologies by bringing in Smart
Boards and getting our kids better connected with more modern and advanced
technologies, so this building here in terms of its wiring capabilities,
supports that much better than our old building did," Medrano said.
Emily McCann can be reached by e-mail at emccann@westvalleyview.com.
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Smooth fox Terrier competing in the Houston All Terrier Group Show, NRG Center, Houston, Texas. July 15, 2015
Let's pull up my skirt a little to show you my legs and stockings a bit better. I'm wearing black silky hold-ups that make my legs look super smooth and at their best. The black color fits best with the dress and with my pumps so that's an obvious choice, and the stockings have beautiful lace stocking tops that are generously wide and luxurious. All nice to wear, to see and to show, hence my sweet little skirt lift, done with a playful happy smile.
Don't have a trigger-system like light barrier or such. Just using cable trigger and try to get the right timing...
Please, no multi group invitations and Bling Bling Icons!
--many thanks for your interest--
On our way home we stopped of for a walk up to Castle Hill. March 13, 2014 South Island, New Zealand.
Castle Hill is a location and a high country station in New Zealand's South Island. It is located at an altitude of 700 metres, close to State Highway 73 between Darfield and Arthur's Pass. It is private property and located within the Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area.
The hill was so named because of the imposing array of limestone boulders in the area reminiscent of an old, run-down stone castle. The front of ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch was made from Castle Hill limestone. The station was established by the Porter brothers, and later owned by brothers John and Charles Enys. John Enys was a noted entomologist, and friend of novelist Samuel Butler.
In 2002 it was named a "Spiritual Center of the Universe" by the Dalai Lama.
It is widely considered to be the epitome of New Zealand's South Island climbing scene, where on any given day one can find rock climbers bouldering the unique limestone outcroppings. This area has recently seen more visitors, as nearby Flock Hill station was used for the filming of the climactic battle scenes of the 2005 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Flock Hill also has a huge number of climbable limestone boulders though access requires a short certification procedure via the internet, unlike Kura Tawhiti which, as a conservation area, allows free access at all times.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill,_New_Zealand
DDC 1570. 2/17 "Smooth"
Smooth fur? Smooth lines? Smooth operator? Show us you and your dog's interpretation of "Smooth"!
It doesn't get much smoother than this !
A crew of workers follow behind the shotcrete operation using hand trowels to create a smooth finish on the concrete centre wall.
In this week, for my 52 Project, I decided to upload these two keyboard capture because today I just finished to read and understand the iOS dev learning book, and then I used this keyboard all the week and all the month, but now I'm so glad that I became an iOS Developer!!!
Now there are a lot of work in my future days that I should will do, I'd like to develop an application that until today it lived just in my mind!
More news are coming this or the next year, stay tuned, I'm so excited!
Hope you enjoy the HDR captures, se you soon.
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Smooth knob-tailed gecko. Nephrurus levis occidentalis.
Another variation in colour and pattern of this species.
I got the chance to photograph three of these that all look different.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory materials scientist Paul Mirkarimi (left) and LLNL mechanical technician Jeff Robinson are shown loading a mask blank substrate for defect smoothing. Using the technique of defect smoothing, researchers planarize tiny particles and pits to render a nearly perfect surface for masks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography, a process developed to produce computer chips that are faster and have more memory.
