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' Ed Martinez's “I Love You, Mommy. ' president o f N ordstrom ’s H um an Resources and D iversity. "W e are privileged to have a diverse group o f em ployees and custom ers, and w e w ant to continue to find unique and creative w ays to celebrate d i­ versity.” The exhibit will feature 27 inter- national artists, including C ristina A costa and T im othy Fernandes- Parsons from Bend. T he exhibit will run from T hurs­ day, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 and will be displayed in P o rtlan d 's dow ntow n N ordstrom location at 701 S.W. Broadw ay St. Get Paid To Learn No skills required, just a willingness to learn Construction Trades Mexico Sends Disaster Relief Mission www.bestOJT.com Operation first on U S soil since 1846 (A P )— A M exican army convoy crossed into the United States near Laredo, Texas on Thursday to bring aid to hurricane victim s, becom ing the first M exican m ilitary unit to operate on U.S. soil since 1846. T he 45-vehicle convoy w as ca r­ rying w ater treatm ent plants and m obile kitchens to San A ntonio, w h ere the so ld ie rs a p p a re n tly planned to feed and provide other help for evacuees from the New O rleans area. The first green trucks, with M exi­ can flags attached to the sides, crossed the international bridge at Laredo, Texas w ith another 12-ve- hicle aid convoy on the way. A M exican navy ship has also been sent tow ard the M ississippi coast with rescue vehicles and helicop­ ters. Radio talk show s and new spa­ pers in M exico buzzed with excite­ m ent over new s that this country, long on the receiving end o f U.S. disaster relief, was sending a hurri­ cane aid convoy north. M exico has sent disaster relief aid m issions to other Latin A m eri­ can nations, but not to the United States. In 1846, M exican troops briefly advanced ju st north o f the Rio G rande in Texas, w hich had then recently joined the U nited States. M exico, how ever, did not then recognize the Rio G rande as the U.S. border. T he tw o countries quickly becam e m ired in the M exi­ can-A m erican W ar, w hich led to the loss o f half o f M exico’s territory in 1848. T he convoy has “a very high sy m b o lic c o n te n t," said Ja v ier O liv a , a p o litic a l s c ie n tis t at M ex ico ’s N ational A utonom ous U niversity. “T his is a very sensi­ tive subject, for historic and politi­ cal reasons.” The convoy includes tw o m o­ bile kitchens that can feed 7,000 people a day, three flatbed trucks carrying m obile w ater-treatm ent plants and 15 trailers o f bottled w ater, blankets and applesauce. T he 195 M exicans taking part in­ clude m ilitary engineers, doctors and nurses. click on orientation This is the first tim e that the U nited States has accepted a m ili- work, said Javier Ibarrola, a new s- paper colum nist w ho covers m ili­ tary m ission from M exico” for such tary affairs in M exico. 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