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Many Hispanic Catholics converting to Islam

11:15 AM Tukiyooo 0

<h2 class="entry-title"></h2><div class="entry-content"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-man-full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-34498" height="225" src="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-man-full-300x225.jpg" title="1-islam-man-full" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-woman-full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-34499" height="225" src="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-woman-full-300x225.jpg" title="1-islam-woman-full" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-pages-full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-34500" height="199" src="http://cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1-islam-pages-full-300x199.jpg" title="1-islam-pages-full" width="300" /></a></div> TOP: Chris Cruz, born and raised Roman Catholic, said converting to Islam doesn’t make him any less Hispanic. He is a member of the Islamic Community Center in Tempe. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Elisa Cordova) MIDDLE: Sobida Espinoza, a member of the Islamic Community Center in Tempe, said converting to Islam caused her family to cut ties but gave her a new family through her religion. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Elisa Cordova) BOTTOM: The imam at the Islamic Community Center in Tempe said most new converts there are Hispanic. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Elisa Cordova) By ELISA CORDOVA  Cronkite News Service TEMPE – Chris Cruz was born and raised Roman Catholic but converted to Islam in large part because of its call for a healthier lifestyle, including a prohibition on drinking. But converting doesn’t make him any less Hispanic, he said. “Islam does not make you lose your culture,” Cruz said. “There’s a lot more to life than what we used to do. I grew up partying.” Sobida Espinoza, who like Cruz is a member of the Islamic Community Center here and was raised Catholic, and said she converted to Islam to find truth. “If you’re Hispanic it’s almost as if you are forced to be Catholic,” she said. “People are converting to Islam because they find the reality that isn’t defined in other religions.” Cruz and Espinoza aren’t alone. Ahmad Shqeirat, the center’s imam, or prayer leader, said that over the past few years most of the converts at his mosque have come from the Latino community. “It seems they are digging for their heritage,” he said. Shqeirat said Latino converts find similarities between Islam and the culture in which they grew up. Spanish is filled with Arabic vocabulary, he noted. Cruz said both Islam and Catholicism promote having large families, but he said his new religion offers more guidance on the family structure. That led his mother-in-law, who is also Hispanic, to convert, he said. “She noticed a big change in how we conducted ourselves and how our relationship had really grown,” Cruz said. “We don’t drink and we don’t have the big parties.” Nahela Morales, national Hispanic outreach coordinator for WhyIslam, an online resource about Islam and Muslims, said Hispanics convert because they aren’t happy with their lifestyles. “They are looking to fulfill a void that nothing else can fulfill,” she said. Morales said she believes many Hispanics don’t feel accepted in the United States because of illegal immigration and other issues. By converting to Islam, she said, they become a minority within a minority. “It’s still something very appealing,” she said. “They find that family that they lack.” Imam Didmar Faja of the Albanian American Islamic Center of Arizona in Peoria is opening mosque in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, because of interest from people there. He attributed that, in part, to problems stemming from drug cartels and other social problems. “It’s getting kind of weak, the family structure,” he said. “They are looking for other options to keep these rooted traditions with them.” Espinoza, who is single, said she was abandoned by her family when she converted. But as her family grew distant, she said, Islam became her new family and changed her life for the better. “I sometimes feel sad, but that also makes me stronger in the religion,” she said. </div>

TOP: Chris Cruz, born and raised Roman Catholic, said converting to Islam doesn’t make him any less Hispanic. He is a member of the Islamic...

Veterans Day program at PHS auditorium Monday

10:21 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">     The Town of Payson proudly presents Veterans Day 2013.  The Program will be presented at the Payson High School Auditorium and is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11.  The theme selected for this year is: </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">“OUR AMERICAN VETERANS, A NATIONAL TREASURE”</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"> ALL citizens are invited to join with friends and neighbors to commemorate those who have defended, and continue to defend, the standards and values upon which our country was founded and renew our resolve in support of our American way of life.  THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE:</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        Refreshments.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        Welcoming remarks.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        A Presentation of the Colors by the Payson Military Honor Guard/CAP.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        An Invocation by Father Lowell Andrews.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        Addresses by:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">         The Mayor of Payson.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">         Payson Police Chief.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">         Payson Fire Dept. Representative.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">         A representative from the Apache Tribal Council.</div> <div class="MsoNormal">  ·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">        A series of moving  tributes which will  include:</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">   A special tribute to the Merchant Marines.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 75pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">   A musical tribute by the Payson Choral Society Singers.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 57pt;">-   Presentations by our community youth.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 57pt;">-   And much more.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">A Patriotic Medley of Service Hymns.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">A Benediction and Moment of Silent Reflection.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Singing of “Amazing Grace”…. Followed by…</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">A moving Bugle Tribute of TAPS.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Closing Remarks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">After the Program and courtesy of the  Rim Country Classic Car Club, we will be taking a selected number of Veterans to Lunch.  The lunch convoy will be escorted by members of the Vietnam Legacy Motorcycle Club.  Nov. 11has been proclaimed as a time to honor our veterans, past and present. Join with your fellow citizens to honor our veterans on this patriotic occasion and to re-dedicate ourselves to the principles and values for which they fought, and are continuing to fight, to defend and preserve our precious freedoms.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">More than ever, during these challenging times, we need to band together and profess our belief in the basic values that our founding fathers established for our Nation.  <div style="text-align: center;">  Colonel Bill Sahno, USMC (Ret)</div></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;">Chairman, Payson Patriotic Events Committee</div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;">472-6617</div>

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The Town of Payson proudly presents Veterans Day 2013. The Program will be presented at the Payson High School Auditorium and is sch...

50s rocker bringing jazz quartet to Payson

8:52 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aoX38YYb40GNg71MxGEN0to_-A5QfotQcNaqG0BozRGDsJtWmSazInYEe_hFRIB01GpuUq7bzMbLXMBm9iO8OZl3nuVlmcEoYqXk4ae3WiM81bflMTPSVtRiD1AJG7dfSEdir9jtcWCe/s1600/Jazzist+Frank+Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aoX38YYb40GNg71MxGEN0to_-A5QfotQcNaqG0BozRGDsJtWmSazInYEe_hFRIB01GpuUq7bzMbLXMBm9iO8OZl3nuVlmcEoYqXk4ae3WiM81bflMTPSVtRiD1AJG7dfSEdir9jtcWCe/s400/Jazzist+Frank+Smith.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div align="center"> Frank Smith  </div><div align="center">featured pianist & saxophonist</div><div align="center">with</div><div align="center">Steve Douglas - Upright String Bass</div><div align="center">Gerry Reynolds - Drums</div><div align="center"> and</div><div align="center">a surprise artist</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Frank Smith is planning to bring a"surprise artist"</div><div align="center">which will now make the group a quartet.</div><div align="center" dir="ltr"> Community Presbyterian Church</div><div align="center">800 West Main St., Payson</div><div align="center">3 p.m. Sunday, November 10th</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Frank Smith has for 40 years performed with a wide range</div><div align="center">of professional stars, including Gladys Knight and the Pips, </div><div align="center">The Coasters, Frankie Valle, Little Anthony and the Imperials, </div><div align="center">The Diamonds and The Fifth Dimension. He's also been </div><div align="center">the featured soloist with the Phoenix Symphony and </div><div align="center">the woodwind soloist on an ABC TV series sound track. </div><div align="center">He plays sax, flute, and piano. Frank taught music </div><div align="center">for twelve years, most of it at ASU.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Frank is also an instrument rated commercial pilot, </div><div align="center">as well as a psychotherapist practicing in Neuro Linguistic </div><div align="center">Programming. His area of expertise is in belief change </div><div align="center">work and personal empowerment.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Mark Your Calendar To Attend on Sunday</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Door opens to the community at 3 p.m.</div><div align="center">A $5 per head donation includes refreshments.</div><div align="center">A response to <a href="mailto:gerry-reynolds@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gerry-reynolds@hotmail.com</a> will help</div><div align="center">to assure that good seats are made available.</div>

CULTURE-ARTS ENTERTAINMENT GREAT DEALS HERITAGE 50s rocker bringing jazz quartet to Payson

Frank Smith featured pianist & saxophonist with Steve Douglas - Upright String Bass Gerry Reynolds - Drums and a surprise artist Fran...

There is nothing random about LAX shooting

12:41 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="imgon2"><img alt="Paul Ciancia (inset) is suspected of killing a TSA officer and wounding two other people at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. (photo: NBC Los Angeles)" border="0" height="181" src="http://readersupportednews.org/images/stories/article_imgs10/011015-lax-shooter-110313.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Paul Ciancia (inset) is suspected of killing a TSA officer and wounding two other people at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. (photo: NBC Los Angeles)" width="400" /> Paul Ciancia (inset) is suspected of killing a TSA officer and wounding two other people at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. (photo: NBC Los Angeles)</div> <div class="txtauthor"> </div><div class="txtauthor">By Charles Pierce, Esquire</div><div class="date">03 November 13</div><div class="date"><a href="http://readersupportednews.org/">readersupportednews.org</a> </div>  <img border="0" src="http://readersupportednews.org/images/stories/alphabet/rsn-I.jpg" />t appears the TSA agent shot this morning four terminals over has died. That was the word carried by dozens of people who had decided to walk out of LAX in search of rental cars and whiskey, whose number I will be joining shortly. (One report has the shooter, in custody, as "a white man in a white shirt." Investigation is ongoing.)  Terminal 7 is gradually coming to life again; flights here will be delayed, but we are not a crime scene, so things likely will get back to normal by nightfall. There are bomb squads with dogs wandering about. The ticketing area is abuzz with low cellphone conversations reassuring loved ones that everything's okay, and that folks are likely going to be a little late going home. Every now and again, a person in a TSA uniform will wander by. They have the 1000-yard stare going. The shock waves are weaker, but you can still feel them moving through the place. A cop just ran by. Everybody turned and stared. <div class="indent">There already is some talk about this event being a "random" one. But it is not. These things are becoming as regular as rain, as predictable as the summer heat.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">The only thing "random" about it is the shooter. He could be anyone, and that's the point. There are people who spend money making sure that he could be anyone, and there's nothing "random" about how they do that.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">There is nothing "random" about this country's ludicrous disinclination to regulate its firearms. There is nothing "random" about the millions of dollars that the NRA spends to convince people that they should have the right to carry their assault weapon anywhere they want to carry it, including into an airport terminal, if they so desire. There is nothing "random" about the politicians who truckle and bow to this lucrative monetization of bloody mayhem.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">These are all deliberate acts with predictable consequences. There is nothing "random" about how we have armed ourselves, and there is nothing "random" about the filigree of high-flown rhetoric with which we justify arming ourselves, and there is nothing "random" about how we learn nothing every time someone who could be anyone decides to exercise his Second Amendment rights by opening fire. There is nothing random about how we got where we are today, here in Terminal 7, where people have sought refuge from the bloodshed, four terminals over. There is nothing "random" at all.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">We have chosen insanity over reason. We have done it with our eyes open. It is time for me to walk out of the airport now.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">I am leaving behind a terrible event. But I am not leaving behind something accidental. I am leaving behind what America has determined must happen from time to time, if we are to be a free people. I am leaving behind what America has determined is part of the cost of being an American. I am leaving behind the blood that I am told I must accept as part of the price of being a member of a free society.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">I am leaving behind a place of death, and I am joining my fellow citizens, as we make an odd pilgrimage out of a place that is now another altar of the blood sacrifice that I am told we must make, regularly, in order to be truly free.</div><div class="indent"> </div><div class="indent">I am a free citizen, I am told, of the Republic of Murder, my rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Moloch. I am leaving.</div>

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Paul Ciancia (inset) is suspected of killing a TSA officer and wounding two other people at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles Intern...

Holiday treasures on sale at Library Bookstore

9:55 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: justify;">During November the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore will feature an extensive collection of Christmas fiction, music, cook books, craft books, etc. at two for the price of one.  As always, the second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first item.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a wonderful opportunity to get a head start on selecting unique and inexpensive gifts for friends, neighbors, care givers, co-workers, secret pals, or anyone else on your Christmas list.  Bookstore gift certificates are only $3 and make the perfect gifts for those hard to shop for people.  They are great stocking stuffers as well.  Stop by and discover the Bookstore’s delightful holiday treasures.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The Bookstore will be offering all paperback books at the amazing value of 6 for $1  throughout November.  This is an extraordinary opportunity to stock up on books by your favorite author in preparation for those cold, winter days to come.  Be sure to come in soon for the best selection.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div>Bookstore stock is constantly changing.  Therefore, the wise patron stops by often.  Bookstore volunteers are always happy to see you.  All Bookstore proceeds directly support the library.</div><div> </div><div>The LFOP Bookstore is located to the right of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.  For more information visit the Library Friends of Payson website at <a href="http://www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org/" target="_blank">www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org</a>   </div>

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The ghost of UA's Old Main lingers still

12:31 PM Tukiyooo 0

<h1></h1> By Alexis Blue, University Communications | October 30, 2013 <div style="font-style: italic;"> </div><div style="font-style: italic;">Construction workers renovating Old Main have come to know the story of Carlos, its lingering ghost.</div><div style="font-style: italic;"> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"><div class="field-content"><div class="story-image" style="width: 620px;"><a class="colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement" href="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/story-images/oldmain-moon-8450-2.jpg" rel="gallery-node-53530" title=""><img alt="Photo by Jacob Chinn" height="193" src="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/story-page-headline-800-300/public/story-images/oldmain-moon-8450-2.jpg?itok=9TMdHL2J" title="" width="400" /></a> <div class="caption">Photo by Jacob Chinn</div></div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"><div class="field-content"><div class="story-image" style="width: 275px;"><a class="colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement" href="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/story-images/Old-Main-7837.jpg" rel="gallery-node-53530" title="Photo by Jacob Chinn"><img alt="Photo by Jacob Chinn" height="183" src="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_body_aspect_ratio_switcher/public/story-images/Old-Main-7837.jpg?itok=AJ7KdYO9" title="" width="275" /></a> <div class="caption">Photo by Jacob Chinn</div></div></div></div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"><div class="field-content"><div class="story-image" style="width: 183px;"><a class="colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement" href="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/story-images/Old-Main-7833.jpg" rel="gallery-node-53530" title="Photo by Jacob Chinn"><img alt="Photo by Jacob Chinn" height="320" src="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_body_aspect_ratio_switcher/public/story-images/Old-Main-7833.jpg?itok=fF3eNhW7" title="" width="212" /></a> <div class="caption">Photo by Jacob Chinn</div></div></div></div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="field-content"><div class="story-image" style="width: 275px;"> <a class="colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement" href="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/story-images/Old-Main-7814.jpg" rel="gallery-node-53530" title="Photo by Jacob Chinn"><img alt="Photo by Jacob Chinn" height="183" src="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_body_aspect_ratio_switcher/public/story-images/Old-Main-7814.jpg?itok=LhGLWvPh" title="" width="275" /></a> <div class="caption">Photo by Jacob Chinn</div><div class="caption"></div></div></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Every old building has a good ghost story to go with it, and the University of Arizona's historic Old Main is no exception. The UA's first building, Old Main has since 1891 served as the "front porch" of the UA, and it holds special significance for generations of Wildcat alumni and campus community members. Earlier this month, the University announced a $13.5 million Save Old Main fundraising campaign to restore the beloved building to its original grandeur, launching the website <a href="http://www.saveoldmain.org/" target="_blank">www.saveoldmain.org</a> and the Twitter hashtag #saveoldmain. But as the iconic Old Main undergoes the most comprehensive renovation in its history, some construction crew members are reporting ghostly goings-on. "I can't say I've seen anything, but I've heard some weird stuff as far as creaking and cracking," said Fred Briscoe, senior project manager with Sundt Construction. "We joke quite a bit that we're making Carlos mad." The Carlos he's referring to is Carlos Maldenado, who is said to have been murdered while supervising the construction of Old Main in 1888. The legend of Carlos is detailed online at <a href="http://www.uofamystery.org/" target="_blank">www.uofamystery.org</a>, a website not affiliated with the University. The story goes that Carlos often spent the night at Old Main while it was being built, chatting with members of local Indian tribes who stopped by to check out the project and keeping watch over the building, which some locals were not happy to see being constructed. One morning, Carlos's construction crew members arrived to find their beloved boss sitting in a wooden chair with a large knife stuck in his throat. His murder was never solved, and it's said that his spirit still haunts the building, where a number of students, staff and faculty have reported seeing him over the years. Word of Carlos traveled fast among workers who are currently renovating Old Main, a project scheduled for completion in the summer of 2014. Sundt Construction foreman Tomás Avilez certainly believes the legend. In fact, he enthusiastically claims to have seen Carlos twice, in the form of a shadowy figure in the attic of Old Main. "He doesn't stand still long enough to take a picture," Avilez said. "He kind of hides." "I'm not afraid of him, because I'm not afraid of stuff like that, but if you sit in the attic long enough, he might appear," he said. Carpenter Frank Contreras also has been spooked by the ghost story. After hearing Avilez and other colleagues talking about Carlos, he went online to do some investigating of his own and found the tale. Not long after, he arrived at Old Main early one morning, the first one on the site. When he entered an upstairs hallway, several faucets suddenly turned on at once, sending him in the opposite direction. Contreras's strategy, should he ever come face to face with Carlos: "Start running!" Senior project superintendent Dennis Manley has had some frayed nerves courtesy of Carlos, too. "I was here a lot by myself the first couple of weeks, and I'm a scaredy cat. When I came into work in the morning it was dark and I got goose bumps," he said. But Manley is no longer worried. "Now that he sees this place is getting a facelift, I think he's gone." Old Main's haunted history has earned it a spot on the UA's new Ghosts of the UA tour, set to launch Nov. 8, during Homecoming weekend. The hourlong walking tour, hosted by the <a href="http://alumni.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">Arizona Alumni Association</a>'s <a href="http://alumni.arizona.edu/saa" target="_blank">Student Alumni Ambassadors</a>, also will also include ghostly tales about the UA's Maricopa Residence Hall, Centennial Hall and Bear Down Gym. The free tour starts at 10 a.m. on the east side of Old Main and is open to the public. Those interested should RSVP at <a href="http://www.arizonaalumni.com/ghosttour" target="_blank">www.arizonaalumni.com/ghosttour</a>. In the meantime, renovations continue at Old Main through Halloween and beyond, with crewmembers hoping Carlos is a friendly ghost.</div></div></div>

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<h2 class="entry-title"></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cronkitenews.asu.edu/assets/images/13/10/22-boehner-pray-inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="266" src="http://cronkitenews.asu.edu/assets/images/13/10/22-boehner-pray-inside.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>After being told they could not meet with House Speaker John Boehner, the group of 44 immigration reform advocates stood in line in the hallway outside his office and prayed – and vowed to continue doing so for a week or until they get a meeting. (Cronkite News Service photo by Pei Li) By PEI LICronkite News Service WASHINGTON – They rode for 43 hours in a bus from Phoenix, hoping to appeal to House Speaker John Boehner on immigration reform, but when they arrived at his office in Washington they were turned away. So the group of 44 Arizonans gathered in the hallway outside Boehner’s district office Tuesday, singing and praying and vowing to wait – for a week or for a meeting with the speaker, whichever comes first. “We are interested in any minute or moment of the day he has for us, even that’s five minutes, we would accept any time at all,” said Ian Danley, youth programs director of the Phoenix-based <a href="http://nmphx.com/">Neighborhood Ministries</a>. “We will wait until that happens,” said Danley, who led the group Tuesday. The group left Phoenix on Saturday and arrived in Washington on Monday, with “moms, dads, children, and a lot of people of faith, DREAMers and students,” said Reyna Montoya, one of the advocates. She said they came to ask Boehner “to give a vote on immigration reform.” The Senate in June passed a comprehensive <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s744es/pdf/BILLS-113s744es.pdf">immigration reform bill</a> that includes new language on visas, tough new border security requirements as well as a potential pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who are in this country illegally. But that bill has stalled in the House, where Boehner has said he will not be rushed into considering the sweeping comprehensive Senate bill. Instead of putting the Senate bill on the floor, the House has instead considered a number of smaller measures, each of which includes part of the larger Senate package. House Democrats earlier this month tried to force the issue, introducing their own 1,100-page comprehensive immigration bill that mirrors the Senate measure – minus the tough border-security language. But that bill has yet to have a hearing, and a spokesman for Boehner said Tuesday that the speaker’s position has not changed. “The speaker remains committed to a step-by-step process to fix our broken immigration system,” said Michael Steel, the spokesman. The Arizona group had hoped to urge Boehner to allow a vote on any of the bills that included a pathway to citizenship. But they were greeted at his office Tuesday by an aide who offered to deliver their concerns, but who said the speaker’s schedule was full for the day and the office too small to accommodate the group. So the group prayed for about 20 minutes for Boehner to protect their families from deportation, before starting to sing and sway in the hallway. U.S. Capitol Police told them to keep it down and to stand along the side of the hallway, then watched as the group did just that. “We are coming with a lot of hope, with a lot of faith, we want him (Boehner) to know these families can’t wait any longer,” Montoya said. “We believe he as a man of God, as a Catholic, he can do the right thing for the nation.” Montoya called the trip a grass-roots effort, funded with $5 and $10 donations from friends and family and fueled with burritos made for the bus ride by their mothers. The group plans to sleep on the floor of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church while in Washington. Among the advocates was Jesus Magana, an Air Force veteran who said the “same country that I served and risked my life for is the country that is tearing my family apart” – his sister is in the midst of deportation proceedings. “I really love the military, I love my country,” said Magana, who planned to serve “until they kick me out.” “But I found a bigger fight back home,” he said of his family’s situation. “There is a lot of people who would like to speak to Speaker Boehner, and tell their story,” Magana said Tuesday. “Even if it’s 30 seconds, we would take that.” But when Danley tried Boehner’s office door, he found it locked. “Nobody is letting us in,” he said. That did not deter members of the group like Montoya, who graduated last year from Arizona State University and said her father is now in deportation proceedings. “I am a woman of faith,” she said. “We will be here every day.” <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">  IMMIGRATION INUNDATION  </div> Advocates from Arizona said they don’t care which of the many immigration-reform bills currently before the House is voted on, as long as it includes a pathway to citizenship, like the Senate bill passed in June. The bills are:   Senate immigration bill: - S744: A comprehensive measure dealing with border security, worker visas, a pathway to citizenship and other measures. House immigration bills: - The Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act: Allows local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws. - The Legal Workforce Act: Requires employers to use the E-verify system when hiring. - The Agricultural Guestworker Act: Establishes a temporary guestworker program for agriculture workers. - SKILLS Visa Act: Creates an immigration path for workers in science and engineering fields. - HR 15: Introduced this month by House Democrats, it mimics the Senate bill but strips out the tough border-security measures in that bill.

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