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Dear Primos and Friends

Thank you to all who have submitted articles for February. I am always delighted with the variety and scope of the materials I receive. I even received a Texas Valentine story to share from Refugio and Sally Fernandez. That was really fun.

With the focus and emphasis on personal stories, I have the opportunity of sharing stories from books and manuscripts sent to me over the years.
It is joyful reading.

For those of you who have not yet gotten started with writing personal memoirs, let me challenge you to the task. You will be amazed at what you can remember.

With the bizarre weather we are having, maybe there are some weather incidents that trigger a memory. I remember during one rain storm in a rented Los Angeles house, pots and pans all over the floor; the drips,interestingly made a different sound. I also remember the extreme fog in Central California. You literally could not see your hand in front of your face.
Oh yes . . California earthquakes. Write your stories down for your children, nieces and nephews to enjoy. The stories don't have to be long, just a few paragraphs is fine.. . who, what, when.

God bless, Mimi

Somos Primos TABLE OF CONTENTS: February 2014, Vol. 15, issue 2

UNITED STATES
In Support of the AGIF Scholarship Program by Daisy Wanda Garcia The Elephants Knew, a Story of Love and Respect A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English Maria Contreras Sweet, Appointed Administrator of the Small Business Administration The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Líderes Initiative and 2014 Conference LATINOPIA by Salomon R. Baldenegro The Power of Latino Leadership, Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution by Juana Bordas Jordan Romero is the youngest person to climb Mount Everest Knock out Game By Dan Arellano Migration Information Source California grants law license to immigrant Abraham Lincoln, attacks U.S, President Polk for aggressive action by the U.S. against Mexico A USAID Study 40 Years Ago Showed Portions of U.S. Law and Policies on Drug Problem
Impractical By José M. Peña

HISTORIC TIDBITS
World War II in Photos
Our Hispanic Roots: What History Failed to Tell Us by Carlos B. Vega, Ph.D.
January 23, 1691, Domingo Teran de los Rios appointed first governor of Texas

LATINO PATRIOTS
HMoHS Renews Effort for Rafael Peralta to Receive the Medal of Honor
Mini-bio: Hero Street, U.S.A. by Marc Wilson
Cuento: Reminiscences of a Naval Aviator by Daniel L. Polino
Cuento: Tsunami, A Close Call by Daniel L. Polino
Cuento: A Korean War veteran erases a 60-year-old regret By Dennis McCarthy One of the best search lists compiled about Vietnam Good information of our SS benefits

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Drum & Fife Clinic hosted by the Order of Granaderos y Damas de Galvez, San Antonio "Un español desconocido: El marino alavés Iñigo Ortiz de Retes"
Por José Antonio Crespo-Francés Yo Solo: Asociación Cultural Bernardo de Gálvez y Gallardo Conde de Gálvez España y Estados Unidos, en el mascarón de Bernardo de Gálvez Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Thursday, May 8, 1783

SURNAMES: Brito

DNA:
Blue-eyed, dark-skinned hunter-gatherer emerges from ancient European DNA by Frank Jordans Deadly strain of bacteria DNA revived from 1,500 year old tooth

FAMILY HISTORY
Global RootsTech Conference Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule FamilySearch Adds More Than 145 Million Indexed Records and Images Graves Announcing the New FamilySearch Indexing Website

EDUCATION
Quote: "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed." by Cesar Chavez
Cartoon: Our Education System
State Board of Education Plans Mexican-American History Course Become an Event Sponsor for the forthcoming LEAD Summit - March 2014 Continuing Education, Migrant Education Program fills gaps in children's schooling
by Jordan England-Nelson

CULTURE
42 Years Since the Birth of Salsa
Texas Sorolla Exhibition Makes History

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Largest Latino Book Awards Open For Submissions By Alina Gonzalez Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Poetry & Arts Magazine When Mexicans Could Play Ball: Basketball, Race, and Identity in San Antonio, 1928–1945
By Ignacio M. García
Deschooling Society, Commenting on Ivan Illich by Rodolfo F. Acuña

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
February 8th: Your DNA Results can lead to far away places! SHHAR Meeting The Saddleback Valley's Hispanic Past
Cuento: My Family Yorba-Peralta-Farias and Talamantes by Eva Materna Booher,

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Cuento: Lopez Family Heirlooms, 1920 City of Los Angeles Commemorate Medal and a Pocket Watch
by Eduardo A. Lopez
Cuento: 1930s Family Fun in the Los Angeles River by Mimi Lozano

CALIFORNIA
Why Celebrate California's State Birthday?
Women in Agua Mansa History 1838-1997 by R. Bruce Harley
Mini-bio: Dolores Archuleta Trujillo (1791 -1866)
Mini-bio: Barbara Aragon Slover ( ca. 1800-1857) Early Homesteading in San Diego County Calfornia Digital Newspaper Collection
Mini-bio: Alma Reed, la Peregrina de Felipe Carrillo Puerto

NORTHWESTERN, US
Universidad Hispana expands into Mexico and South America

SOUTHWESTERN, US
Cuento: Mi Tia Deyanira Chapa de Amparan by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: Mi Tia Adelpha Chapa Cortez by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: by Son Robert Cortez
Cuento: by Son, Richard Cortez
Cuento: Love is the Secret of the Great Mystery by Irene I. Blea Arizona, What’s in a Name: Introduction to Latino and Latina Identity by Chuck Tatum Vanishing Arizona: Presidios of southern Arizona by Roger Naylor

TEXAS
Cuento: Valentine’s Day, 14 February 1954 by Refugio and Sally Fernandez
Cuento: The Bachelor Father by Ramon Moncivais
Cuento: Millie la Negra by Margarita B. Velez
Cuento: Bus Ride to Lifetime Friendship by Margarita B. Velez
Cuento: Clemente, El Zapatero by Raul Garza
Cuento: Mrs. Lambright, ATeacher by Raul Garza Viva Santa Ana! by José Antonio López Francis William Seabury Genealogy Papers by George R. Gause, Jr.
Feb 11th: Dr. Caroline Castillo Crimm: "Torn Loyalties, The Conflict for Tejanos at the Battle of San Jacinto"

MIDDLE AMERICA
Love Note by Paul Grachan, Lockport, Illinois, Source: Guidepost, His Mysterious Ways

EAST COAST
Photo: 1919, "Walter Reed Hospital flu ward."
Cuento: The Mean Streets of Washington Heights by Joe Sanchez

INDIGENOUS
Sacajawea

SEPHARDIC
Chinese Jews of Sephardic Roots

ARCHAEOLOGY
1,500- Year Old Ceremonial Site is Explored in Mexico
Peru: Archaeologists investigate ancient cranial surgery

MEXICO
Feb 20-25: Tenth International Organ and Early Music Festival, Oaxaca Dos sepulcros de la familia Muzquenze Galán Benavides Stakeholder 2013 Genealogy Year End Report by Crispin Rendon Documentos de la Dir. Gral. de Arch. e Hist.- S.D.N.
MASCOG: Tte. Corl. Intdte. Ret. Ricardo Raúl Palmerín Cordero Bautismo de José, Antonio, Andrés, Angel Andrade y Crivelli Bautismo Poeta y Actor Don Agustín Lara y Aguirre Q.E.P.D.

CARIBBEAN/CUBA
Extract from "Las Comais" by Esmeralda Santiago, from Count on Me by Adriana V. Lopez

CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
¿Que es un Argentino? por Julián Marías and comments by Ernesto Uribe

PHILIPPINES
The Filipina World Beauties, Part 2 by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Good News for the Filipinos and the Philippines starting in January,
2014
by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.

SPAIN
Juan, Pedro Y Gonzalo De Umbría por Angel Custodio Rebollo, Díbujo Jose Bacedoní La Real Expedición Filentrópica D Ela Vacuna por José Antonio Crespo

INTERNATIONAL
The Concept of "La Querencia" A Personal And Societal Comfort Zone By José M. Peña and J. Gilberto Quezada