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Thursday, September 21st, 2006 the Latino Chamber of Commerce of Monmouth County celebrated the Hispanic Heritage Month while conducting a Business Networking Event. It was, once again, an occasion to meet the Chamber members and their families to discuss business opportunities while enjoying the evening cocktail hour and an excellent dinner. To celebrate the Hispanic Heritage Month, Latino traditional dances were the highlights of the evening. The keynote speaker was Luis A. Valentin, Monmouth County Prosecutor, who said that he was very proud to be “a Latino” emphasizing, among others, the need to properly educate our children to ensure they would have a better future. The traditional dances were performed by the Colombian Group Orquidea de Oro, Peruvian Group Sangre de Campeones and to complement the South American Dances, Natalia Coredero, a senior student at the Long Branch High School, performed traditional Flamenco dances from Spain demonstrating her tap dancing ability to the delight of the audience. In continuing with the Chamber efforts to recognize those Latinos that have performed extremely well, beyond and above of what is expected, Chamber acknowledged with pride two other Latinos who have excelled within their corresponding areas of expertise. The Latino Chamber was very pleased to recognize Jackeline Biddle, of J Biddle & Associates and Jaime Hoyos owner of the Manhattan Steak House in Oakhurst for each having reached the equivalent status of the “First of a kind Latino”. Jackeline Biddle, originally from Puerto Rico, broke an over one hundred year barrier to become the first Latino person to be elected to the position of Councilwoman in the City of Long Branch. The second achiever was Jaime Hoyos, originally from Colombia, has been awarded the NJ Restaurant Association 2006 Gold Plate Award which is an award given to unique individuals for their contributions to the community and the service of fine cuisine, these individuals represent the best in the industry within the State of NJ.
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