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April 24, 2001
Gregorio Cervantes, Director of Public Affairs
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
84-245 Indio Springs Drive
Indio, California 92203-3499
Dear Mr. Cervantes:
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting with Mr. Tony Morales on your behalf. As a result of that
meeting, I would like to present an educational program for your employees which has been successfully
implemented in other area businesses.
Our program would offer your employees a chance to learn to improve their English or to obtain their
GED (equivalent to a high school diploma). There is no cost for this instruction. Desert Sands Adult
School would supply the teacher for a minimum of four hours a week or up to ten hours a week for a
period of 100 hour blocks per session. We would provide the teacher, standardized testing to measure
student growth and the expertise necessary to foster learning. Your organization would provide space for
the classes, materials for each student (approximate cost of $23.00 for ESL per student and $17.00 for
the GED study book).
The employers involved in our workplace programs have given their employees time off to take our
classes or offer an incentive to participate either by released time during the workday or paid outside the
workday. We are able to provide the instructor through the Workplace Literacy provisions of the
Workforce Investment Act section 231.
After meeting with Tony and recognizing the need for employees to have additional awareness of
domestic violence, drug and alcohol and other social issues, it might be possible to infuse awareness
presentations into the Gass time for the participants.
It is my hope that Desert Sands Adult School and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians can enter into a
partnership that will help employees work and live better through educational success. Tony has
indicated the intensity of your work schedule and I hope that we will be able to meet in the near future to
discuss the program outlined. Thank you again for your perception and awareness of the needs of your
communi . I look forward to meeting with you in the near future.
Sincerely,
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Pro Baseball to Sponsor
$10-Million Sports Academy
From a Ames Staff Writer Angeles to expand the program.
Los Angeles City Councilman
Major League Baseball and the Alex Padilla, whose district in-
Dodgers announced Tuesday a cludes Lake View Terrace,said the
First-of-its-kind,$10-million sports land would be leased from the U.S.
academy in the Hansen Dam area Army Corps of Engineers,probably
for at-risk youth. for a long term and at a minimal
In partnership with the team and cost.
the Los Angeles Recreation and Padilla lobbied baseball officials
Parks Department, Major League earlier this year to choose the Han-
Baseball is committing$3 million sen Dam area over seven other lo-
to build the complex on 21 acres in cations around the nation.
Lake View Terrace,and$1 million "The academy will stress the
per year to help operate it. values of hard work, the values of
The academy will feature two teamwork and the values of sports-
baseball fields, two softball fields manship,"Padilla said.
and a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse Assemblyman Tony Cardenas(D-
containing lockers,two classrooms, Sylmar),who represents the area,
a weightlifting room, a training said the cost of transporting young-
room,a cafeteria and a library. sters to the academy will come out
It will offer an after-school, of the$1-million operational budget.
weekend and summer curriculum He said he also plans to ask state
blending academics with sports. legislators to allocate at least$2 mil-
The year-round programs will be lion to the academy.
taught by current and former Ma- "This project is going to teach
jor League Baseball personnel in- kids to reach for the stars,"he said.
volved in such support fields as Major League Baseball has spent
management, coaching, training, $10 million since 1991 through its
umpiring and grounds keeping. Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities
The Dodgers and baseball offi- program.More than 125,000 youths
cials said they are searching for a are participating in 160 cities around
satellite site in South-Central Los the world,officials said.