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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Local ‘aha moments’ up for vote
Three Dayton area residents are in the running for Mutual of Omaha’s top 10 “Aha Moments,” which will be used in the company’s national broadcast advertising in 2011.
But if you’re going to vote for them, hurry. Balloting to choose the 25 finalists ends Oct. 15.
They are Bryan Suddith, who works to improve the lives of children with life-threatening diseases; Keith Vukasinovich, whose work with soldiers who spent long periods of time away from home made him value time with his own family, and Karen Jackson, who volunteers with an organization that provides school supplies to needy children.
To vote for them, go to www.ahamoment.com/vote/dayton.
During a tour of 25 cities including Dayton, Mutual of Omaha collected accounts of more than 1,000 first-person “aha moments,” described as defining moments that can change a person’s life.
The Dayton area trio are among 75 semi-finalists.
For more information, go to www.ahamoment.com.
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TweetBeavercreek author wins award
“America Libre!,” the debut novel by Beavercreek resident Raul Ramos y Sanchez, has won first place in the first-time Books Into Movies Awards sponsored by Latino Literacy Now.
The actor Edward James Olmos, who founded the awards, said they are meant to help change the way the film industry views Latinos.
Ceremonies were held Oct. 9 during the Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival.
“America Libre,” which Cuba native Ramos y Sanchez began writing in 2004, is set in the second decade of the 21st century as the immigration issue reaches crisis proportion with Latino rioting, shootings by revenge-minded Anglo vigilantes and the rise of a political demagogue who passes legislation turning urban barrios into walled “quarantine zones.”
He has also published a sequel, “House Divided.”
“America Libre” took top honors in the Action and Adventure category. Other winners were: “Hungry Woman In Paris,” by Josefina Lopez; “The Heartbreak Pill,” by Anjanette Delgado; “The Case Runner,” by Carlos Cisneros; “There’s A Coqui In My Shoe ,” by Marissa de Jesus Paolicelli; “Across A Hundred Mountains,” by Reyna Grande; “Meant To Be,” by Rutino Lara, and “Day Of The Dead,” by Mary J. Andrade.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges from the movie industry and will be presented to Hollywood studios, producers and agencies as stories to consider for film adaptation.
For more information about the awards and Latino Literacy Now, go to www.lbff.us/.
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