Cicero readies for Cinco de Mayo weekend celebrations

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(Picture: Cynthia Dorantes, Queen of the Cicero 10th Anniversary celebration of Cinco de Mayo, poses with the Dominick Cup Trophy that will be presented to the winning team on Sunday May 8 at Toyota Park, capping the weekend long celebrations in honor of Mexican Independence. Photo courtesy The Town of Cicero)(Picture: Cynthia Dorantes, Queen of the Cicero 10th Anniversary celebration of Cinco de Mayo, poses with the Dominick Cup Trophy that will be presented to the winning team on Sunday May 8 at Toyota Park, capping the weekend long celebrations in honor of Mexican Independence. Photo courtesy The Town of Cicero)

Posted By: RayHananiaINN April 21, 2016

Cicero readies for Cinco de Mayo weekend celebrations

Town President Larry Dominick and Cicero Town officials are excited to announce a weekend full of celebrations in honor of Cinco de Mayo, Mexican Independence, to begin Friday May 6 through May 8.

The celebrations, conducted in collaboration with the Cicero Mexican Cultural Committee, will be held at Community Park at 34th and Laramie Avenue, and at special events to be held at Toyota Park and also at the Hawthorne Soccer Field.

The annual Junior High Soccer Championship game will be held at Toyota Park on Sunday, May 8 beginning at 10 am. The winning finalist team will receive the Larry Dominick Soccer Cup.

(Picture: Cynthia Dorantes, Queen of the Cicero 10th Anniversary celebration of Cinco de Mayo, poses with the Dominick Cup Trophy that will be presented to the winning team on Sunday May 8 at Toyota Park, capping the weekend long celebrations in honor of Mexican Independence. Photo courtesy The Town of Cicero)

(Picture: Cynthia Dorantes, Queen of the Cicero 10th Anniversary celebration of Cinco de Mayo, poses with the Dominick Cup Trophy that will be presented to the winning team on Sunday May 8 at Toyota Park, capping the weekend long celebrations in honor of Mexican Independence. Photo courtesy The Town of Cicero)

Former State Rep. Frank Aguilar and now Community Liaison for the Town of Cicero praised the support the Mexican American community has received from President Dominick, the Town Board and also from other elected officials including State Senator and Bridgeview Mayor Steve Landek.

“President Larry Dominick, State Senator Steve Landek, and the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer Organization made it possible for these young junior high athletes get to play in a professional soccer field and the annual soccer tournament has become a major sports event in the community,” Aguilar said.

“We’re very grateful to Mayor Dominick, Senator Landek and the Chicago Fire for their support and putting a spotlight on this important Mexican American celebration each year. This is the 10th year of the festivities which are the largest celebration of Mexican heritage in the Midwest.”

Aguilar said that 19-year-old Cynthia Dorantes, who was crowned Cicero’s Cinco de Mayo Queen, will join President Dominick and Consulate General of Mexico Carlos Jimenez Macias on Sunday evening  to present the trophy to the winning team. The Awards are sponsored by Morton College.

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Hanania covered Chicago political beats including Chicago City Hall while at the Daily Southtown Newspapers (1976-1985) and later for the Chicago Sun-Times (1985-1992). He published The Villager Community Newspapers covering 12 Southwest suburban regions (1993-1997). Hanania also hosted live political news radio talkshows on WLS AM (1980 - 1991), and also on WBBM FM, WLUP FM, WSBC AM in Chicago, and WNZK AM in Detroit.

The recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, Hanania was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media;In 2009, he received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. Hananiaalso received two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild, and in 1990 was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
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Ray Hanania is senior blogger for the Illinois News Network news site. He is an award winning former Chicago City Hall political reporter and columnist who covered the beat from 1976 through 1992 (From Mayor Daley to Mayor Daley). And, Hanania is a stubborn and loud critic of the biased mainstream American news media. Hanania covered Chicago political beats including Chicago City Hall while at the Daily Southtown Newspapers (1976-1985) and later for the Chicago Sun-Times (1985-1992). He published The Villager Community Newspapers covering 12 Southwest suburban regions (1993-1997). Hanania also hosted live political news radio talkshows on WLS AM (1980 - 1991), and also on WBBM FM, WLUP FM, WSBC AM in Chicago, and WNZK AM in Detroit. The recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, Hanania was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media; In 2009, he received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. Hanania also received two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild, and in 1990 was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.

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