<p><strong>Scripps Howard Foundation Wire</strong></p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – It can be difficult to decipher the information found in the thousands of pages in the Affordable Health Care for America Act, especially with nearly $200 million worth of ads bombarding Americans.</p>
<p>Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebe-lius said she would be surprised if the American people did not have questions about the new law, given how complex the health-care system already is.</p>

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<p>The pope should make El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint.</p>
<p>Thirty years ago this week (the week of March 31), Romero was gunned down by Salvadoran death squads linked to that country’s military. He gave his life defending the rights of the poor and standing up to the brutality of the powerful.</p>

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 $22,500 will be awarded to graduating  high school seniors
Deadline to apply April 30

Hispanic high school seniors nationwide are invited to apply for the NCLR – Best Buy Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship. $22,500 will be awarded to graduating Hispanic seniors who demonstrate excellence in community and school.

The program will award three scholarships. One grand prize winner will receive a one-time payment of $15,000. One winner will  receive a one-time payment of $5,000. One winner will receive a one-time payment of $2,500.

Northwest Civic Association will present a Mayoral Candidate Forum on Monday April 12th at 6 p.m. at the Chula Vista Civic Center Library Auditorium (4th Ave. & F St.).  Candidates committed to attend are Steve Castañeda, Cheryl Cox, and Jorge Dom-inguez. In June 2010 Chula Vista voters will have the opportunity to vote for the city’s Mayor. Come meet the candidates. The event is free & everyone is welcome. For information: (619) 307-3460 or www.northwestchulavista.org.

“Organiza el Movimiento Poetas del Mundo”

Por: Paco Zavala

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Personal Perspective</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p>My father worked 90 days at the last job of his life so he could get health insurance. In the early part of those 90 days, doctors found cancer that was eating him up fast. He needed rest and recovery, but the 90-day mark qualified him for health insurance. He needed coverage to live — and to live financially — because medical costs would have killed him, before the cancer did.</p>

<p><strong>Black Voice News</strong></p>
<p>San Bernardino City Unified School District has 11 schools rated among the worst 5 percent in the state. How these so-called failing schools will be treated under America’s new education blueprint sent to Congress on Monday (March 22) illustrates the challenges of boosting student achievement in an era of teacher layoffs, and deep budget cuts.</p>