Editor´s Message

October is one of the best months of the entire year, we have the opportunity to enjoy beautiful moons, excellent weather, and the exceptional scents of autumn. It’s the perfect time to enjoy local events with our families.

The Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated every year between September 15 and October 15 recognizing the contributions of Hispanic culture in the United States.
The origin of this festival, started back in 1968, when the United States Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, included September 15 celebrating the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, September 16 for the independence of Mexico and September 18 for the independence of Chile.
President Ronald Reagan marked in 1988 the celebration of Hispanic Heritage, in which each year is celebrated for a period of one month.
Today the Hispanic culture is an integral part of American culture and can be seen in its wide variety of flavors, colors, music & language.
I like to extend the invitation to enjoy some of our Tucson and Southern Arizona events during the month of October starting with the Mexican Baseball Fiesta 1st to 4th. Of October this year celebrated at the U of a Hi Corbet Field, Sonora, Sinaloa and Baja California professional Baseball Teams will play against some of our US teams. The Celebration and Game Days as usual will be full of entertainment, music, food, prizes and much more! For more information about this fabulous fiesta, please visit www.mexicanbaseballfiesta.com
Also, the 40th anniversary of the cultural Tucson Meet Yourself Festival, is one of the most anticipated celebrations in the city of Tucson. TMY will be celebrates as it is each year in our beautiful Downtown starting Friday, October 9 and ending Sunday October 11. Three days full of music and cultural performances. Over 40 food vendors from many different countries will be at this extraordinary festival. More information can be found at www.tucsonmeetyourself.org
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Tucson, invites you to join their Gala Night celebrating our Hispanic Business men and women of the year. This great event will be held at the Casino Del Sol Resort on Saturday October 17. There will be plenty of entertainment for all men and women attending to this event. For more information, visit www.tucsonhispanicchamber.org
And Last, I would like to congratulate our Hispanic community whom are in this country and still conserve their culture and traditions and contribute enormously to the economy of the United States of America.

Until next month everyone!
Alma R. Gallardo
editor@newsazb.com

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