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From left, Sen. Tim Jennings, S.O.Y. Mariachi director Del Carmona and Ronald McKay discuss the non-profit's youth programs in its new recording studio, 1120 S. Grand Ave., Tuesday. (Emily Hubbell Photo)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Mariachi music filled the air Tuesday night as a tuneful non-profit organization dedicated its new recording studio.
“The studio brings two issues. It teaches our kids how they sound and how they record, and it will get them into engineering. It’s also a source of funding for our school,” said Bobby Villegas, a founding member of S.O.Y. Mariachi Inc., a non-profit that teaches kids how to play Mariachi music and then deposits the money the group earns performing — $350 per hour — in college funds set aside for each child.
Karen Cunagin Sypher arrives with her attorney James Earhart at the federal courthouse for the second day of her trial in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Sypher is accused of trying to extort money from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, and lying to the FBI. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has finished testifying in the case of a woman who demanded millions from him after a sexual tryst, saying he didn't immediately repor
In this July 12, 2010 photo, the new Arghandab district chief Shah Mohammad Ahmadi speaks with an Afghan National Police officer following a security briefing at the district headquarters in the volatile Arghandab Valley near Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
ARGHANDAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assas
