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DALLAS (AP) Jonathan Molina-Garcia joined a family crew of ruferos in 2009 to earn money for college. In many ways, it became college.

It seeded curiosity and respect in him for the tile roofers, who sweated through their crafts with dancers' balance atop Dallas' mini-mansions.

Later, as he labored on a double degree in photography and art history, he also worked as a house painter. There, as with the roofers, he took intimate photographs of crew members who were immigrants like him.

The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1jieSkk ) reports the experiences led to two portfolios of photographs, titled "Ruferos" and "Odessa," and other work, and won him accolades from the University of North Texas and even the Dallas Museum of Art.

Now, he's been awarded a $100,000 scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts, where he plans to get a master's degree in fine arts. The award comes from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which supports those who "work hard, stay focused and defy the stereotype that poverty precludes high achievement."

Exploring borders of rich and poor, immigrants and natives is the hallmark of his work.

While working as a painter, he noticed that workdays started on streets named after great artists of the Renaissance Botticelli, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci. The names struck him as a "kooky juxtaposition," where homeowners were "trying to put themselves in this status position." His parents fit into that real-life canvas, too.

"I liked the names next to my parents, painters who are proud of their work," the wiry 24-year-old said.

His mother, Maria Alarcon, landed her first job as a baby sitter in Los Angeles at age 28. After moving to North Texas, she sent for the four sons she had left behind. She and her children are here legally under temporary protected status, which is given to immigrants from select countries hit by war or natural disasters.

She is posed proudly in a portrait of house painters in the "Odessa" portfolio. Her oldest son, Elmer, can be seen in "Ruferos." Both portfolios were part of Molina-Garcia's application for the graduate school scholarship.

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Airdries only pool will be shutting its doors for three months next summer.

During council June 17, aldermen learned 50,000 square feet of tile is in need of replacement.

Its been 10 years since its opened and we need to replace the pool deck, hot tub and changing room, said Lynn MacKenzie, aquatics team leader at Genesis Place.

She proposed closing the facility between August and November of 2015 in order to complete the $123,000 worth of work.

Mackenzie explained the schools use the pool between October and June and most user groups between September and June.

She added public use is high in the summer months of July and August when children are off of school.

To accommodate all areas, we decided August to November, she said of the proposed closure dates.

Alderman Candice Kolson didnt support the motion. She noted August is a hot month, and with all of the students out of school, a pool was a necessary oasis.

Other councillors questioned the length of the closure.

What was the life expectancy when it was built, asked alderman Ron Chapman.

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Score one for the little guys.

The 60-year-old Pelham Bay Little League was reimbursed two weeks ago after being forced to cough up cash to repair a city-owned baseball field destroyed by faulty sprinklers.

The city contractor that punctured a sprinkler system after workers drove heavy machinery across Pelham Park last year agreed to pay league officials $9,500 for repairs they made out of pocket in order to keep the baseball season afloat.

The Little Leagues dont have a lot of money and theyre not powerful, said Throgs Neck attorney Steve Kaufman, who represented the 48-team league in its dispute with the insurance company used by the contractor, UA Constsysydfsdfdrruction.

It makes me feel great I was able to step up to the plate and do something for these kids, added Kaufman, who served as a New York state Assemblyman between 1989 and 2004.

Kaufman presented league president Vinny Prestopino with the check June 6 at the Pelham Bay Little League fields.

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The sprinkler system doused a fire Wednesday evening in the 40-story Grant Building, Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Safety Department spokeswoman Sonya M. Toler said.

The fire started at 6:35 p.m. in an office on the 18th floor of the building at 310 Grant St., activating the sprinkler system that confined the flames to the office, Toler said. However, there was water damage to the 16th, 17th and 18th floors, she said.Investigators determined that the fire was caused by a switch in a heating unit, Toler said.

Michael Hasch is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7820 or mhasch@tribweb.com.

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