Deming High art students finalists in Vans Custom Culture Contest msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DEMING – Art students in Jesse Kriegel’s Deming High School Advanced Art Class are bidding to become frequent finalists on a national scale. For the third year in a row, two of Kriegel’s students have qualified for the Vans High School Custom Culture Contest.
Senior Kamryn Zachek and junior Annette Guzman designed and decorated Vans sneakers with a cultural flair that may speak volumes for southwest and “The Land of Enchantment.”
Vans, the popular sneaker company that appeals to a younger set, chose “Hometown Pride” and Head Above the Clouds” as this year s themes for the contest.
The 2021 Vans High School Custom Culture Contest has recognized 50 students for their shoe designs as finalists throughout the country and now the DHS art students need your help. Zachek and Guzman are the lone southernNew Mexico high school finalists.
Chicago and Cook County allocate the bulk of CARES Act funding to police and jail spending wsws.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsws.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal stimulus money toward labor costs for the sheriff’s office, drawing alarm from Black activists who have renewed calls to reallocate law enforcement spending since the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal relief money toward labor costs for the sheriffâs office, drawing alarm from Black activists who have renewed calls to reallocate law enforcement spending since the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
The county was granted more than $428.5 million in April under the federal coronavirus relief bill. About $181.7 million was expensed by the Cook County sheriffâs office for direct âlabor costsâ such as payroll and benefits, according to a Jan. 31 report posted on the county website.
The budget for the sheriffâs office, which runs Cook County Jail, the electronic monitoring of detainees and a small police force, has long been a target for local activists who say taxpayer dollars for a criminal justice system that disproportionately incarcerates Black people should instead be invested in housing, health care, transportation and other initiatives. Those calls, along with s