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General News for December 20, 2004

Group offers training to women in education, productive projects, plus training in marketing, administration, and presentations

San Miguel Walk raises US$4,000

Users of ATM machines around town should beware...

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General News for December 13, 2004

Another person hit by car in which Mayor Villarreal was riding

Christmas bonuses (aguinaldos) are to be paid by December 20

Commemorative plaque unveiled in honor of library's 50th anniversary

December 12 is celebrated throughout Mexico as Guadalupe Day

Christmas celebrations in SMA

Benefit concert in January to support Casita Linda - homes for the poor

Ingrid Cabrera Cederwall - new manger for Patronato Pro Niños de San Miguel

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General News for December 6, 2004

SMA awarded $150,000 pesos for having the best preserved historic center

700 archaeological sites in the State of Guanajuato

Mayor Villarreal wants to establish bridge to foreign community to better communication

Traditional Mexican posada to benfit Centro de Crecimiento

La Conexión expands with new branch office to include more Mexican families with relatives living in the USA

Jewish Chanukah will be celebrated on Dec 10

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General News for November 29, 2004

National Brass and Wool Fair and International Festival of Jazz come to end

Scholarships for young (ages 12 to 18) mothers and young pregnant women

Getting ready for the holiday season

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Fundraising fair to benefit Paolo Mancini

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Story of the Huichol Jewelry Collection

General News for November 22, 2004

New sewage treatment plant goes into operation

Film Colony, founded by  Francesca Fisher, has received a $1.1 million peso grant

Workshops and a Regional Congress

SMA has another sister city, Tepatitlán, Jalisco

Donations

Certificates of commendation to ten social workers

Wool and Brass Fair, and Jazz Festival

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50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Biblioteca Pública

Performing Arts, Exhibitions and Openings, Workshops and Classes

General News for November 15, 2004

Administrative Tribunal has a new young administrative judge

Two orphanages going Christmas shopping - want to help?

Events of Biblioteca Pública's 50th anniversary 

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General News for November 8, 2004

Telmex planning to upgrade its customer service

First San Miguel Gourmet Fair

Biblioteca Pública needs 'cleansing'

Victim killed while crossing the highway illegally

27th National Wool and Tin Fair

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General News for November 1, 2004

Biblioteca Pública is celebrating its 50th anniversary

Mobile animal clinic conducts a sterilization blitz

New Business ... Sensual Chocolatiers

Cancer Support Group meeting

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General News for October 25, 2004

Council hosts to 90 visitors from all over the world

International Food Day on October 16

SMA Institute of Women  with Bellas Artes celebrate International Day of Women from Rural Communities

Dr, Haywood Hall is first appointed American College of Emergency Physicians ambassador to Mexico

ALMA is SMA's only old folks' home

Celebration of solar-lunar relationship

SMA Dog Show

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General News for October 18, 2004

SMA project get national and international interest

Absentee Voters table in the Jardín

Audubon October birdwalk

Dog Show at Hotel Aristos October 30 and 31

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General News for October 11, 2004

2000 phones malfunctioning

Society for the Protection of Animals

Absentee voter assistance

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General News for October 4, 2004

Fox and Carlos Romero help celebrate World Tourism Day in SMA

Sanmiguelada

San Miguel Walk sponsors raise US$2,555

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General News for September 27, 2004

Sanmiguelada comes to SMA

Vicente Fox to visit for Mexico's International Tourist Day

First National Conference of Conchero Dancers in SMA

Fireworks begin at 4 am

San Miguel Fair from Oct 1 -10

Amigos de Animales gets US$5,000 grant

New wind-powered water pumping system for Botanical Garden

Full moon ceremony at the Four Wind's Plaza

Five SMA writers read memoirs

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General News for September 20, 2004

"Save the Historic Center" projects proposed - parking, buses, Presidencia, trash

Donations requested for municipal projects for plazas and green areas.

SMA Tourism Department to create a photographic bank of SMA

Last chance to request absentee ballots in the Jardín

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Patronato Pro Niños de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.  seeking full-time General Manager

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General News for September 13, 2004

Kidnappings in SMA

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Lion's Club fund raising trip to Morelia and Patzcuaro

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Mary Murrell elected deputy executive director of 
Feed the Hungry San Miguel 

General News for September 6, 2004

Bush campaign in SMA

SMA mayor Luis Alberto Villarreal attends seminar in Germany

Young heroine Martha Alicia Vargas recognized and rewarded

Manuel Zavala recognized

Kidney transplant report

Hogar de los Angeles is a free day care center...

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General News for August 30, 2004

Cineguita causeway inaugurated

Nicolas Wilson, new editor of Atencion

Juárez Park readies it for its centennial celebration

SMA Garden Club calendar for 2005 now on sale

Celebration of the full moon on August 29

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General News for August 23, 2004

Golf and Film Developments

Sanmiguelada on September 25

Three local businesses contribute about 35% of the industrial income

Genetically modified corn (GM)

Charity Works

Help for kidney transplant

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General News for August 16, 2004

Traffic and parking problems continue to increase...

San Miguel is well known for its artists...

CASA graduates fifth class from Mexico's only Professional Midwifery School...

Audubon birdwalk ...

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Convention

General News for August 9, 2004

Proposal that SMA join the United Nations group International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Financial help needed for family with father donating kidney to daughter

Reforms to state penal code

New nonprofit music school, anYél, Escuela de Música, A.C., to provide free high-quality musical education for SMA children

New SMA venture in diversity is the Corner of Unity and Diversity

'Start with a Dot' drawing classes to donate to CASA

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General News for August 2, 2004

Two-week workshop for young Mexican musicians

Casa Hogar Mexiquito is in need of remodeling

US doctors learn Spanish for hospital care in US

Biblioteca Pública starting English classes

Workshop with over 60 international representatives to look for alternatives to corporate globalization

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General News for July 26, 2004

Absentee voter registration encouraged by Kerry

Automobile pollution control

Residents of barrio San Antonio hold meeting with police

Bullfight benefiting the volunteer fire brigade

La Placita, sells production of local women

Results of Past Fundraisers

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General News for July 19, 2004

Short film festival, Expresión en Corto, taking place in SMA and Guanajuato

Fiesta Fundraiser

CASA to benefit from San Miguel Walk

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Schedule for the Chamber Music Festival

General News for July 12, 2004

Teen-ager dead,  three others badly hurt from electrical shock

Dallas office helps Mexican immigrant workers in US

Boys at Mexiquito Boys' Home need male role models

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General News for July 5, 2004

City Council approves a 500 per cent raise in the rent in ...

Seventh Annual Festival of Short Films  will be held in SMA ...

Planning forums to direct the growth of the city to continue ...

US citizens register for absentee voting in ...

SMA Garden Club donations enhance the city ...

From the Presidencia ...

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Performing Arts & International Guitar Festival & Classes

General News for June 28, 2004

From the Presidencia

Legion Independence Day picnic

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General News for June 21, 2004

Sister city Brownsville, Texas

Land dispute problem results in special commission

Public Security meetings to encourage community action against crime

Mystery plaque at site of fountain

SMA celebrates Environment Day

10-kilometer walk within SMA supports children's issues

Charreada and bull fighting on June 20

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General News for June 14, 2004

Locos Parade this Sunday

Wild dogs targeted for euthanasia

Esperanza de Vida helps people start new life free of drugs

CASA begins fund-raising by renting apartments

SMA's Red Cross (La Cruz Roja) need your help

From the Presidencia

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General News for June 7, 2004

Rio Laja Watershed project is expanding

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On-going Exhibitions

General News for May 31, 2004

Fashion festival Modfest 04 returns to SMA

Sareda Milosz awarded the Stirling Dickinson Lifetime Achievement Award

Students of University of Houston Optometry Department check 530  children's eyesight

Carmen Riojas is winner of the photography contest sponsored by SMA Garden Club

10,000 pesos raised for Parque Olimpo

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General News for May 24, 2004

New Patronato formed to conserve traditions in San Miguel

Valle del Maíz residents celebrate

Gerry Wodin dies

Guanajuato and Jalisco fight over water

Ninth Annual Book Fair is holding forth in the Plaza Civica

International Brotherhood holds its fifth conference in SMA

SPA annual meeting

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General News for May 17, 2004

Olimpo Park project begins

From the Presidencia

San Miguel School of English

SMA has had a public service television channel

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General News for May 10, 2004

SMA providing immunization service against measles

Angela Peralta Theater begins its celebration of 131 years 

Fox announces end of Mexico-Cuba relations

Sports being given greater support by city

SMA being promoted on radio and TV

Free short movies to SMA's largest rural communities

Outlying communities to get needed buildings

Carmen Masip de Hawkins dies

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General News for May 3, 2004

Forty doctors, dentists, eye specialists and nurses help bring better health to about 400 people in SMA area

Mystery murders

Festivals of El Chorro ask for financial help from city

Horsemen and women of the SMA area gain honors in the sport of dressage

Vermiculture arrives in SMA

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General News for April 26, 2004

New sewage system to eliminate water pollution

Tips to avoid Montezuma's Revenge

From the Presidencia

Movie tickets for sale at the Santa Ana Theater

Churches and chapels in SMA's countryside are worth visiting

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General News for April 19, 2004

New trash containers in Jardin

SMA runners in Boston Marathon

Bullfighter, El Marabino, in SMA on April 17

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General News for April 12, 2004

Friends of Saint Patrick donate $10,290 pesos to two homes for children

Bridge teacher Gary Mitchell donates US$1,250 from bridge lectures to the Center of Development (Centro de Crecimiento) for disabled children

Monthly Audubon birdwalk on Apr 18

From the Presidencia

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Classes for April, May, June

General News for April 5, 2004

Clocks spring forward this weekend

Cancer Support Group meeting

Religious Observances 

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General News for March 29, 2004

US Consul Philip Maher to retire

Gerry Wodin after 20 some years from the 24-Hour Association

Upcoming religious celebrations