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About Opportunity news. (Woodburn, Oregon) 1965-1968 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1966)
Page 2 ____________ OPPORTUNITY NEWS, Friday, May 6, WHAT'S NEW AT INDEPENDENCE? NOTICIAS DE INDBPENDEl Migrants are coming in daily to the camps in the Independence area, according to a report from the opportunity center by Mrs. Eva Garcia. They are arriving from Tex as, Arizona, California and other states. Los trabajadores llegan a en los campos del área de I n d i O P P O R T U N IT Y The strawberry crop is coming on rapidly, now in the blossom stage. NEW S Voi. 2, No. 18 Friday, May 6, 1966 This newspaper is a publication of the VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE P. O. Box 128 Woodburn. Oregon Valley Migrant League phone 981-3171 Newspaper phone 981-9711 Will P. Pape, Executive Director Gary. Lansing, Assistant Director * * * Don Wilcox, Editor Rick Simon, Assistant Editor Priscilla Carrasco, Editorial Assistant and Circulation Manager Samuel Hernandez Translation Assistant Judi Jarvill Secretary * * » OPPORTUNITY NEWS i s published weekly for free distribution to seasonal farm workers of this area, and to per sons interested in the activities of the VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE. GET YOUR DOG VACINATED Dogs need vaccinations every two years. The Marion County Health department w ill provide clinics next week and w ill vaccinate dogs for $2.00 each. The clinic schedule is May 10-12 in Salem, Stayton, and Silverton; May 10-13 in Woodburn. For fur ther details, call the Marion County Health Department. SANDY REPORTS CAC MEETING Last week the VML Opportunity Center in Sandy was the scene of a meeting of the Community Action Council. Acocrding to Ken Killary, supervisor at Sandy, several groups are now learning to feel "at home" at the center, including the teen age and the adult clubs. REUNION DE CAC EN SANDY La semana pasada el Centro de Oportunidad de Sandy fue el centro de reunión del Consejo de Acción Comunal. Según Ken Killary, Sup ervisor de Sandy, varios grupos es tán ahora aprendiendo a sentirse "en casa" en el centro, incluso los clubes de adultos y jóvenes. Items from this newspaper chosen for reprint Occasionally an item from this newspaper is reprinted in another pub lication. In the issue of April 1, 1966, the Opportunity News printed several photos which one of the editors, Rick Simon, took in California of the Delano Grape Strike and its leader Cesar Chavez. The magazine St. Joseph, American's Catholic Family Magazine, has borrowed the photos for reprint in a coming issue. In the March 25 issue of this newspaper, the story of Mrs. Enid Breed ing, entitled, "Migrants do the Impossible," appeared. This story has been reprinted, with the permission of Mrs. Breeding and the Opportunity News, by the Laubach Literacy newspaper, News For You, issue of May 4. An article about the Russias at Woodburn, entitled "Characters From Tolstoy—Making a Start in Oregon," appeared in the A pril 8 issue of The National Observer. It was written by one o f its staff members, Mark R. Arnold, who came to this area to gather information. Mrs. Priscilla Carrasco n ° pportunitY News staff, and Vasily Bodunov, a member of the Valley Migrant League board, assisted him in gathering material The growers are now harvesting asparagus. The work of cutting, grading, and packing goes on daily, through Saturdays and Sundays. Meanwhile, there's active social life provided by the Spanish Ameri can Organization o f Independence, with a dance planned for Thursday of this week at the City Hall, com plete with tamales. dence, según un informe del I de oportunidad por la Sra. E v l cía. Están llegando de Texas zon, California, y otros e s ta d l La cosecha de mora está p i n l bien, ahora está en el paso d e l I cimiento. ron Los agricultores ahora I recogiendo espárragos, Estánl tando, seleccionando, y e m p a l diariamente, hasta los sábac . . tor< domingos. ,. Mientras tanto, hay activid n< sociales por medio del la OiPai zación Española Americana d'- dependence, con un baile planH'1« para el jueves de esta se m a n a l alcaldía, se venderán tamalesgra ay EMPATE EN VOTO DE COMI d I TIE VOTE IN HILLSBORO ON ABUNDANT FOODS ISSUE ABUNDANTES EN HILLSBORO J Last Sunday at Hillsboro, 7 grow ers attended the meeting of the Mexican Club of Washington Coun ty, to present their reasons for want ing "abundant foods" from the gov ernment. Emilio Hernandez pre sided at the meeting. El domingo pasado en H ills l 7 agricultores asistieron a u n | unión del Club Mexicano del I dado de Washington para pres I sus razones por querer cc I abundante del gobierno. E I Hernández presidió la reunióiB On Tuesday o f this week the county commissioners of Washing ton County met to consider the re quest for abundant foods. The four commissioners voted on the pro posal, and the vote was 2 to 2. El martes de esta semana le I iciales del condado de W ashiiB reunieron para considerar el H tud para comida abundante, for cuatro oficiales votaron y los H fados quedaron 2 a 2. According to Ruby Ely, super visor of the VML center in Hills boro, Washington County is the only large county in Oregon that does not have an abundant foods program. There are three smaller counties that do not have it, but they are applying fo r it. Según Ruby Ely, supervisa I centro VML en Hillsboro, el H dado de Washington es el solo¡on dado grande que no tiene unH grama de comida abundante. ^ ’11 tres condados más pequeños“ v no lo tienen, pero ellos están*'e endo sólictudes. ________________________ _ r t 3S. Woodburn bounces back-beats Independe! ur A strong Woodburn baseball team, after losing to Independence last Sunday, came back to defeat the same team the following Sab bath by the score of 8 to 5. Woodburn's play was dominated by strong pitching and hitting at the opportune moment. It appears now that the Wood burn team w ill be the team to beat in the newly organized baseball league being formed by various op portunity centers o f the VML. Un equipo de baseball dinar I después de perder a Indepe d 1 ' n ,d el domingo pasado, volvió a J el segundo juego el siguientes jys una cuenta de 8 a 5. t t El juego de Woodburn fue I ¡nado por "pitching" y "h itO muy fuerte en los momentos len eos. Parece ahora que el equipi Woodburn será el equipo m ásH cil a ganar en los próximos ¡iva en la liga de baseball que see ; formando en los varios centre oportunidad del VM L Usan cosas de este periódico en otra publicación Cada vez en cuando un artículo de este periódico se lo usan en otr< publicación. En el Opportunity News del I de abril, I960, hubo varios fotos d, R.ck Simón, uno de los directores de este publicación con el líder de l< Huelga de Trabajadores de Uva en California, Cesar Chavez. La revist. St. Joseph, American's Catholic Family Magazine, ha pedido las fotos pan usar en una publicación para el futuro. ' í j " ®,APeriódico1de,i 25 de marz°> la cuenta de la Sra. Enid Breeding titulado, Migrants do the Impossible," apareció. Con el permiso de Sra Breeding el News for You" lo volvió a publicar. Un articulo sobre los Rusos de Woodburn, "Caráteres de Tolstoy - empezando en Oregon" lo publicaron en The National Observer. Fue es cnto por Mark R. Arnold, quien vino a este área para recoger la información Priscilla Carrasco, del Opportunity News, y Vasily Bodunov, miembro de Comité de Directores del Valley Migrant League, ayudó en recoger la in formación. to bat! Then he struck out. ACTION around home p, Shots of both teams at bat. EL fuerte "Casey" llegó a batear! Entonces lo dieron 3 "strikes!" Vistas de los equipos. ACCION cerca del home pj
