6 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 6 Number 10


Langley FCU Announces Xbox Winner for Savings Contest


Langley Federal


Credit Union has announced Staff Sgt. Kanesha Kincaid as the winner of the Langley Saves contest. Kincaid won an Xbox 360 for opening a Langley Saves account with LFCU. The Langley Saves contest was part of Military Saves, a nationwide campaign designed to encourage service members and their families to establish savings goals and set money aside for emergencies and other needs. Members who join Langley Saves agree to set a regular monthly savings goal of as little as $10. Langley Saves is part of the nationwide “America Saves” campaign


Protests in Mexico FROM PAGE 4


Mexico unchallenged for seven decades, and now has a good shot of winning the July 1st elections.


Another apparent issue that unites


the protesters is that many see Televisa and the PRI as part of the same political machine that is ruling the country. The TV channel and the political party have fervently denied that they are in cahoots with each other.


But documents obtained recently


Langley Saves winner Staff Sgt. Kanesha Kincaid poses with LFCU Air Force Branch Manager Keith Pitts.


designed to encourage individuals and families to save. Langley is the first credit union in the country to introduce the ‘Saves’ program to its membership. For more information or to enroll visit www.langleysaves.org.


Protect Against Ticks CDC recommends people:


FROM PAGE 2


• Avoid areas with high grass and leaf litter and walk in the center of trails when hiking.


• Use repellent that contains 20 percent or more DEET on exposed skin for protection that lasts several hours. Parents should apply repellent to children; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends products with up to 30 percent DEET for kids. Always follow product instructions.


• Use products that contain permethrin to treat clothing and gear, such as boots, pants, socks and tents or look for clothing pre-treated with permethrin.


• Treat dogs for ticks. Dogs are very susceptible to tick bites and to some tickborne diseases, and may also bring ticks into your home. Tick collars, sprays, shampoos, or monthly “top spot” medications help protect against ticks.


• Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors to wash off and more easily find crawling ticks before they bite you.


• Conduct a full-body tick check using a hand-held or full-length mirror to view all parts of your body upon returning from tick-infested areas. Parents should help children check


Nearly 95 percent of Lyme disease cases occur in 12 states:


• Connecticut • Massachusetts • New York • Delaware • Minnesota • Pennsylvania • Maine


• New Hampshire • Virginia • Maryland • New Jersey • Wisconsin


thoroughly for ticks. Remove any ticks right away.


Tickborne diseases can cause


mild symptoms to severe infections requiring hospitalization. The most common symptoms of tick-related illnesses can include fever/chills, aches and pains, and rash. Early recognition and treatment of the infection decreases the risk of serious complications, so see your doctor immediately if you have been bitten by a tick and experience any of these symptoms.


For more information, visit www.


cdc.gov/ticks or call CDC Info at 1-800-CDC-INFO.


SBA Awards FROM PAGE 1


V. Hagmaier, Director of Corporate Relations; Matthew Muller, Solutions Architect, Jacob E. Gibson, VP of Business Development, Interactive Achievement, Inc. Roanoke, VA.


2012 Virginia Financial Services


Champion Of The Year: Tanner A. Collins, Jr., Senior Vice President & Regional Executive Officer, REDC Community Capital Group, Inc. Richmond, VA


2012 Virginia Exporter Of


The Year: Robert Patrick Poellnitz, Steelmaster Buildings, LLC, Virginia Beach, VA


2012 Virginia Veteran Small


Business Champion Of The Year: Perry C. Casto, Jr., Colonel, U.S. Army (retired), Amissville, VA


2012 Virginia Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business Of The Year:


Dennis D. Clem, President, Clem’s Garage, Inc., Stephens City, VA


Virginia Young Entrepreneur Of


The Year: Jennifer Leah Jackson, Owner, River City Cleaning, Richmond, VA


“The individuals we are honoring


on May 18th represent the finest traits of American entrepreneurial spirit and we are proud to recognize their accom- plishments,” said Jayne E. Armstrong, District Director of SBA’s Richmond, Virginia District Office, congratulating all of the award winners prior to the event.


National Small Business Week, and for a list of winners, visit www.nation- alsmallbusinessweek.com. For more information about all of the SBA’s programs for small businesses, visit the SBA’s extensive web site at www.sba. gov.


For additional information on


by Proceso magazine that suggest Peña Nieto paid Televisa for favorable media coverage while he was governor of Mexico State, have stoked fears about an unholy alliance between the TV channel and the political group.


Political analyst Genaro Lozano,


says there are other elements of Pena Nieto’s campaign and the PRI’s style of politics that frustrate Mexican citizens and have encouraged some of them to take to the streets.


“His campaign is one of the best


marketing products that Mexico has seen in the last few years,” Lozano wrote in his weekly column in Reforma newspaper. “His ads are well made and his web platforms are the best.


“But what we don’t like are his proposals…what we don’t like is that they talk about achievements that Peña Nieto claims as governor of Mexico state, that do not correspond to hard facts,” he added.


“What we don’t like is that there


is little transparency in how he uses campaign funds. What angers us is that [the PRI] hides the authoritarian practices of its state governors in Veracruz, and Coahuila,” Lozano goes on, mentioning that Veracruz is one of the deadliest places for journalists in the world, while Coahuila’s former governor Humberto Moreira is mired in a corruption scandal that involves faking documents to obtain loans, for the —now bankrupt— state government.


Impact of the student protests Student protestors may be


frustrated with the PRI, Televisa and corrupt practices like those mentioned by Lozano. But curiously, many are not calling on their peers to vote for another party, like the PAN or the PRD.


Hector Faya says that this lack of


an electoral strategy, and the fact that protests are concentrated in Mexico City, suggests that the student movement


June 2012


is not likely to have a big impact on election outcomes.


But the student protests could have


an impact on the country by influencing candidates’ political agendas.


Hector Faya points out that the


Peña Nieto’s campaign had already reacted to students’ demand for media democratization.


In a ten point “democratic


manifesto” issued earlier this week, Peña Nieto promised to create an institution run by civil society groups that would monitor public advertising expenditures and track contracts between the government and media groups.


The proposal seems to be targeted


at those who fear that the PRI and other parties in Mexico have bought favorable coverage in the Mexican media.


“Peña Nieto has a very quick campaign team,” Faya said.


Meanwhile, students are working


on proposals to monitor the use of campaign funds by political parties.


They also plan to demand that


all TV channels in Mexico show the next debate between the country’s presidential candidates, as the first debate was shunned by TV Azeca and Televisa and replaced by a soccer match and the talent show Pequeños Gigantes.


With their protests, students have


already obtained more airtime on Televisa.


“In Televisa we value youth and


listen to their opinions. We will always be open to them,” the Channel’s CEO Emilio Azcárraga, tweeted earlier this week.


There are approximately 30


million people in Mexico under the age of 29, almost a third of the country’s population, comprising a “market segment” that is too large for Televisa or for the country’s politicians to ignore.


Student protests so far have been


limited mostly to Mexico City, and confined to political subjects like media coverage.


It seems that they have not yet reached their full potential.


Faya, who is also a professor at


the Iberoamericana, hopes that students will come up with proposals that will help their movement elsewhere in the country.


“I think this movement says good


things to us about our students,” Faya said. “They know when they are being manipulated.”


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