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TIME's Adam Pitluk was in Las Vegas last week to see what would be the fatal bout between Leavander Johnson and Jesus Chavez. A report...
Your inspiring profiles of influential Hispanics provided a compelling impetus for a national U.S. holiday to honor farmworkers' advocate Cesar Chavez. He was a social-justice paragon akin to Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi. Chavez empowered disenfranchised and politically oppressed people. He emulated Gandhi's pacifism and reverence for life. All Americans should commemorate his birthday, March...
...Jonell Chavez, 49, was able to draw on a lifetime of valuable experience when she bought JD's Farm and Ranch, a hardware and farming store, nearly two years ago. Chavez, who grew up on a farm, had been working in the Moriarty, N.M., store since 1984, doing everything from loading cattle feed and ordering supplies to waiting on customers. When the owner of the shop wanted to sell, Chavez saw a perfect opportunity for herself. She didn't want to be out of a job, wasn't ready to retire and hoped to stay in a business that...
...when she was seeking acquisition financing, which she ultimately obtained from Business Loan Express LLC, a New York City--based small-business lender that provides loans of up to $5 million to companies nationwide. "Even though there are no women that I know of running a hardware/farming store," says Chavez, "I was able to capitalize on my knowledge of this field to get a loan and also gain credibility with my vendors...
...Chavez enjoys presiding over her 10,000-sq.-ft. store and 35,000 sq. ft. of storage buildings, providing her customers with everything from hay to plumbing supplies to power tools. But in addition, like all baby boomers who have plunged into unconventional fields, she relishes the novelty of her position. "It's kind of a kick," she says, "that I stand out from the pack as a woman in a man's world at this point in my life...