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____________ 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.
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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