Hispanic Singles: Santa Ana service that tries to link Hispanics boasts 300 members
The window display in downtown Santa Ana caught Concepcion Beltran's eye.It looked like an oversized Valentine's Day card. Red hearts and pictures of smiling dark-haired couples, surrounded white lettering _ "Conexion de Amor" _ Love Connection. Beltran, 30, wanted to check it out. But should she? How it would look, going to a Hispanic dating service? Back home in Sinaloa, Mexico, single women do not want to seem too available.Curiosity...
Hispanic Singles: CINCO DE MAYO EVENT SET
The Battle of Puebla, popularly celebrated as Cinco de Mayo, will be commemorated next week -- May 4 and 5 -- at an annual celebration held at Pike Park, 2807 Harry Hines Blvd.The yearly festivities are sponsored by the Federation of Mexican Organizations, now in its 49th year. The observance will commemorate the 124th anniversary of the battle in which the French army of Napoleon III was defeated by a ragtag group of Mexican defenders just north of Mexico City.Although Mexico won the...
Hispanic Singles: MORMONS
Orange County gets first Spanish-speaking stake
An innocent question from a church member summed it up for Renan Disner Ramos, the new president of the Mormon church's first all-Hispanic stake, or group of congregations, in Orange County."The first time we knew there would be a Spanish stake, a young man asked me, `Bishop, does this mean we don't have to wear those earphones anymore?' " Disner Ramos said. For years at classes, conferences and often in...
Hispanic Singles: By Angie Basiouny Daily Times Staff Writer SALISBURY - Olga Zaragoza and her husband, Salvador Casiquez, a migrant farm worker, arrived in town nearly two years ago in search of something better than the roach-infested flat they had rented in North Carolina and back-breaking labor in the fields.What they found made them want to stay for a while.James E. Leonard Apartments, a tidy row of federally funded, low-rent units tucked away on Booth Street, is home to dozens of Hispanic
By Angie Basiouny Daily Times Staff Writer SALISBURY - Olga Zaragoza and her husband, Salvador Casiquez, a migrant farm worker, arrived in town nearly two years ago in search of something better than the roach-infested flat they had rented in North Carolina and back-breaking labor in the fields.What they found made them want to stay for a while.James E. Leonard Apartments, a tidy row of federally funded, low-rent units tucked away on Booth Street, is home to dozens of Hispanic...
Hispanic Singles: How marketers see us
More marketers are using clusters - computer-generated research that categorizes you by ZIP code to predict what you eat, drink and watch on TV. A look at clusters from The Clustering of America by Michael J. Weiss. (Cover story, 1B) Blue Blood Estates 1.1% of U.S. households Median household income: $70,307 Age group: 35-44 Wealthy, white, college-educated families; posh big-city townhouses Characteristics: Buy: U.S Treasury notes; Drive: Mercedes-Benzes; Read: The New...