Education/Youth

Spanish Spelling Bee Championship Held Youth Opportunities For the second year in a row, a Frenship elementary student “I am so proud of our CALLING ALL STU- is headed to the National Spanish dual lanDENT ARTISTS FOR AN OUT-OFTHIS-WORLD COMPETITION 2021 theme is “How Space Technology Helps Improve Life on Earth”. Student artists ages 3–18 are invited to enter. Entries are Spelling Bee. Over the weekend, Willow Bend Elementary fifth grader Sara Patino took home first place in the Lubbock Spanish Spelling Bee Championship, securing a spot at the national competiguage students and their willingness to adapt to compete virtually. All due by noon, on December 31, 2020. Artwork must be submitted online by the student’s teacher, parent. To learn more, and to submit entries visit Art.SpaceFoundation.org. For general contest questions, please email Space Foundation at ArtContest@SpaceFoundation.org. tion hosted in Denver, Colorado in July 2021. On November 14, a dozen elementary and middle school students across Lubbock competed in the Lubbock Spanish Spelling Bee Championship hosted virtually by our Frenship Tigers did so well and were very well prepared,” said Senon Cruz, Frenship’s ESL and Bilingual Coordinator. “Kuddos to their coaches Mr. Nuñez and Ms. 10TH LUBBOCK SPANISH SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP: Sigma Delta Pi shared that this year’s spelling bee was a huge success! They congratulated all the students who competed along with their schools and districts! Special congratulations go to our Champion, Sara Patiño, 5th Grade student at Willow Bend Elementary School, Frenship ISD on winning the competition. The runner-up was María Rivera, 5th Grade student at Bean Elementary School, Lubbock ISD. The third-place winner was Jesús Paredes, 5th Grade student at Willow Bend Elementary School, Frenship ISD. Congratulations from FREE LUNCH Frenship ISD and Texas Tech University’s Sigma Barragan who worked very hard in Latino Lubbock Magazine! Aramark are excited to announce that Delta Pi, a collegiate Hispanic preparing our students to compete all Frenship students can eat the stan- Honor Society. Four of those stu- on the big stage.”dard breakfast and lunch for free starting December 1, 2020 through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. All students, whether they are Face-to-Face or Virtual, are eligible to receive the free meals. No sign up is required. Virtual Learners and the non-Frenship students 18 years old dents represented Frenship including Willow Bend fifth graders Sara Patino and Jesus Paredes and Terra Vista Middle School sixth graders Alma Diaz-Perez and Edwin Reyes Villanueva. Patino is the third student in Frenship’s history to advance to the national competition. Her win over the weekend also marks the second consecutive year Willow Bend had a student qualify for nationals. or younger can swing by Westwind or the After six intense rounds, Patino “It is so evident that our dual lanNinth Grade Center on Tuesdays starting came out on top as the over-all win- guage teachers teach with all their December 1 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. to pick up the free meals. ner of the Lubbock championship. Her Willow Bend classmate, Pareheart and passion. They seek perfection...capture excellence,” Cruz NEW PARK & LEARN WI-FI Access the free Wi-Fi from any Lubbock Public Library parking lots from 7AM -10PM. Password is: LBKlibrary des, followed closely coming in at third. Patino and the runner-up, a Lubbock ISD elementary student, will now represent the Lubbock said. 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Former "Si Se Puede" Tienda del Chango, J. B. Stinnett Dies Co-Host, Luis Trejo, Passes Was Dedicated to His Clients Louis Trejo died on November 21, 2020 at the age of 83. He Scout Master, Northwest BY CHRISTY MARTINEZ-GARCIA FOR LATINO LUBBOCK MAGAZINE chorizo,” he said to a representative of Swifts Meat Company out of grocer about the priest of was the husband and best friend Little League San Antonio. Once they filled that the barrio. of former councilwoman Maggie President, Publisher’s Note: On February 16, request, she told him they wanted He said Trejo. Our Lady of 2012, J.B. Stinnett came to Latino to buy a hog head, pig feet, and that when a He was known for serving as Grace, CYO Lubbock Magazine. He said he was an menudo items that he said Anglos member of the co-host of the public affairs Sponsor, avid reader and he wanted to make sure wouldn't buy. a customer’s show on KAMC 28 called, “Si Se 79415 to share his history and appreciation So, he filled that requested and family would Puede”, for over 30 years. Community for the Mexican American community started to buy boxes of menudo, pass, they Christy Martinez-Garcia, Youth that helped him build his store. Though cube it and bag it, and put it in the would he Publisher of Latino Lubbock Development modified, here is a portion of that freezer case. would ask Magazine said she that as a young Program as a interview. Local farmers would butcher their Joe Flores, girl she tuned into the "Si Se Puede" founding member, City of Lubbock hogs and would give their Hispanic who was their butcher and right- show and always enjoyed watching Ernest Barton and his sidekick Civil Service Commission, United Way of Lubbock Board of J.B. Stinnett, a former small business owner in the Arnett workers the heads and pig feet because they didn't know what they hand man, fry chicken, and then he would deliver it or have the family Luis Trejo. Directors, Parkway Neighborhood Benson died on November 16, 2020. were used for, but soon those were pick it up. "Trejo was a character. His Centers, and the League of United He was playfully referred to as “El a product that could be bought at Soon, Stinnett's became popular favorite interview came annually Latin American Citizens. Chango” by many folks in the area, Stinnett's. for other items including their fried when he got to interview the Luis was born in San Marcos, TX which became part of his marketing To further fill requests, they started burritos. pageant contestants from the on October 10, 1937 to Hipolito signature. He even had cards printed selling hominy, and chili powder, “Joe would cook them in the fiestas. I had the opportunity to and Angelina Trejo who preceded with a chango (a monkey) that he which the customers would also market. He also made BBQ, fried be one of those contestants, as him in death. He was a member handed out freely to everyone. order spices, lemons, and garlic. chicken, and soon our deli became well as the queen, and later the of Our Lady of Grace Catholic He was working around the Arnett As they bought products, Stinnett’s popular.” pageant organizer. He always made Church. Benson area and decided he wanted became known for carrying the Their meat market was in high it fun and he was dedicated to the He was also preceded in death by to go into business for himself. culturally requested products and demand, explaining that back in community," she said. a sister, Guadalupe Guerra and a Business had started developing soon became a household name to the early days beef was cut with Luis worked for the Texas brother, Raymond De Leon. Louis around the area. the Mexican American community. the bone in it. Workforce Commission and retired leaves behind his loving wife, In 1953, he bought out another On Lala’s advice, they also bought Despite the growing customer after 30 years of employment Magdalena “Maggie” De La Rosa grocer and turned his dream corn husk from Mexico. base, J.B. was not exempt from where he worked as a Development Trejo; son, Robert Anthony Trejo; into reality when he bought a “When the truck would come by, doing work where he was needed. Specialist. two sisters, Lilly Mojica and Mary neighborhood grocery store in the we would buy several bales of the “I was the owner of the store, He was involved in various Jane Gutierrez; and two brothers, 2700 block of Clovis Road - U.S. corn husk. We would then take the and I was washing pots and pans. activities and boards in the Henry and Gilbert Trejo. Highway 84. chucks and bag them up.” Everyone had their role,” said Lubbock community including: Within 10 years, he had built a new Soon they established a reputation Chango, whose name was given the Lubbock County General building at 2841 Clovis Road. He of having good clean chucks. to him as a term of endearment by Assistance Board, South Plains named the business Stinnett Food They would position products to his customers. Association of Governments, Boy Market. showcase the products using an open Johnny Villareal, who was his Stinnett said that the brick on the freezer and baskets to hold the food. neighbor recalled that everyone building came from a family story They begin to buy hog heads, and started calling J.B. “Chango” that they had in Childress. cow heads and they would display because he would often eat bananas. He said that the corner was a them in those freezers. “They would kiddingly tease him good move for them adding that at “A lot of Anglos weren't familiar and call him Chango and he would the same time he moved into the with the products,” he said jokingly. respond. Soon everyone knew him building, he also married his wife “At Thanksgiving and Christmas by that name."Dorothy that he had met on the grocery stores would advertise Villareal shared memories of J.B. telephone – she worked for KDAV. turkeys, not us, we were advertising even remembering that once he got Life was rolling right along and hog heads and other related kicked out of the store for stealing immediately they started serving products.” a piece of candy.the public because of the highway He bought groceries from affiliated "He finally let me return after I traffic that was coming in. Foods that came out of Amarillo. apologized. He was teaching me a “We had a lot of trade from even He told them to start stocking the lesson," he said.out to Shallowater, and from the products that his audience was Stinnetts opened a hamburger farms,” he said. requesting. At the time, Amarillo stand in front of the store. Later , Among the employees he had was didn't have a large Hispanic Josie Castañeda rented it from them. a woman named Lala Cavazos. population, but Lubbock’s was They made burritos and go sell them JB remembered that Lala told him growing, so they started filling the at construction sites. that they were receiving a special request. Throughout the interview, he

Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año request for Latino products, which were not readily available. “She would tell me we had called for different Latin food items,” he said. “I told her… I don’t know what He said that he advertised in the Our Lady of Grace Church Bulletins, which his wife said she remembered making the monthly payment. mentioned many friendships and individuals who shared his journey but overall he was grateful. "I appreciate all the people over that helped me in my business 48 Latinos eat.” “I remember that Father Halfmann years.... they allowed me to Nevertheless, he took her advice was a good man, served the serve the community," and begin to seek out products his community, and was someone said El Chango, J.B. growing customer base suggested. everybody respected. I had a lot Stinnett. “We're getting calls for Mexican of admiration for him,” said the Page 14 Visit us online at www.latinolubbock.net