Day 5 (Thurs., June 3)


Caption: Christian Truong and Kenya Molina, both seven years old, await their free lunch Thursday at Blanton Elementary School in Arlington. Sara Mapela, a food specialist with the Arlington Independent School District, prepares their meal.

Work, work, work. I love it. I came here to work and work is what I am doing. Today, I visited the town of Arlington (most people know about Arlington because it's the home of the Texas Rangers professional baseball club). First assignment (above) was to shoot kids eating during lunch as part of a free meals program by the Department of Agriculture. The second assignment (below) was to go to the League of United Latin American Citizen's convention. Both assignments kept me busy and I had a chance to visit Arlington. This place seems fun. There's Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor and the Texas Rangers. I bet I will be spending a few days off here. Today was cool. I had the two assigments, went home to cook a nice meal (I think it was nice, well at least it wasn't poisonous because neither did Sal or I pass out). After, we headed the Coconut Island Grill, where we met up with a few of the other interns. It was the first time I met them and they seem real fun. Especially Lynn (a graduate of Oklahoma Sooners, who is doing a lay-out internship) and Jay (a University of Maryland student doing reporting). Both seem cool and I can't wait to meet the rest of the crew.

Caption: (from left) Administrator of U.S. Food and Nutrition Service Roberto Salazar, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck, League of United Latin American Citizens Deputy State Director Roger Rocha and LULAC President Sally Diaz.

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