OPPORTUNITY NEWS, Friday, October 28, 1966
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O P P O R T U N IT Y
NEW S
Vol. 2, No. 43
Friday, October 28, 1966
This newspaper is a publication of
the VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE
P. O. Box 128
Woodburn, Oregon
VML phone 981-3171
Newspaper phone 981-9711
WILL P. PAPE,
Executive Director
DON WILCOX, Editor
PRISCILLA CARRASCO, Asst. Editor
JUDI JARVILL, Editorial Assistant
and Circulation Manager
LEONORA GUINAZZO, Translator
SAMUEL HERNANDEZ, Translator
GUADELUPE BUSTOS, Translator
The VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE,
sponsor of this newspaper, is a part
of the President's War on Poverty
and is funded by the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity, Washington,
D. C.
OPPORTUNITY NEWS is pub
lished weekly for free distribution
to seasonal farm workers of this
area, and to persons associated
with the activities of the VALLEY
MIGRANT LEAGUE.
If you do not qualify for free
copies, please send $2.00 for a 1
year subscription. Group rates on
request.
SUPERVISORS OF VML CENTERS
AUMSVILLE
HENRY WOODS,
Area Supervisor
phone 743-2111
DAYTON
RUBEN CONTRERAS,
Area Supervisor
phone 864-2223
HILLSBORO
JOHN LITTLE,
Area Supervisor
phone 648-5080
INDEPENDENCE
LEON GURNEY,
Area Supervisor
phone 838-1810
SALEM
IVAN WELLS,
Area Supervisor
phone 585-1454
SANDY
KEN KILLARY,
Area Supervisor
phone 687-7471
WOODBURN
JUAN RUIZ,
Area Supervisor
phone 981-3171
VML SCHEDULE AT DAYTON
CENTER
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-6
p.m., general activity.
Mon., Wed., Fri., 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,
study hour for high school and
grade school children. Supervis
ion provided by the center.
Tues. and Thur., 7-9, Basic Educa
tion and Spoken English classes.
Sat., 10 a.m.-lO p.m., general ac
tivity.
Sun., closed.
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CAN THE POOR LEAD THE POOR?
This question cries for an answer:
Can the poor lead the poor?
No modern miracle could be
more wonderful than this: that the
people in poverty lead themselves
put of it.
Never before in history has such
a large, bold anti-poverty program
been undertaken.
To succeed, it
surely needs the best leadership
the nation can provide. Can a part
of such leadership come from the
people who are suffering poverty?
For many people, poverty is like
an illness.
Thirty-four million
people in this nation are waiting,
for some sort of miracle to relieve
them of their affliction.
We want tha^miracle to happen.
We applaud every gain. We chal
lenge those whose poverty has not
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cures.
defeated their spirits to come forth
We believe that it is possible for
with effective cures for this illness.
leaders to rise from the ranks of
The OEO—the Office of Econom
poverty if they possess not only
ic Opportunity, with its headquar
spirit
and w ill, but also creative in
ters in Washington and with pro
sights and the energy to drive
grams all over the country — is, fig
ahead with constructive programs.
uratively speaking, the "doctor."
Their leadership, motivated by their
This "doctor" wants every individ
comprehension of human suffering,
ual patient to be concerned about
is a precious thing indeed. It should
his own economic illness. And be
be utilized to the full.
yond this — what? Shall the pa
We cannot close this editorial
tients prescribe their own medi
without adding a special word of
cine? Perform their own opera
praise for several persons who
tions?
have written helpful letters to this
Surely the poor cannot be asked
newspaper, to discuss questions of
to contribute the whole remedy.
common concern. Obviously these
What, then, can they do? They can
letter-writers know migrant life
describe their personal situation,
and are sensitive to ’ its problems.
and join in a concern for others.
Through their letters, they are pro
They can "cry" from their pains.
viding a share of leadership.
But they must trust the skilled "doc
— Don Wilcox
tor" of economic ills to prescribe the
Too many debts — what can we do?
By Ken Killary
PART 1
(EDITOR'S NOTE: We believe the
following article, written by Ken
Killary, supervisor of the Sandy
Opportunity Center, contains some
valuable observations, not only for
farm, laborers and their families,
but for all families. The second part
o f the article w ill appear next
week.)
Owing too much money has be
come the number one family finan
cial problem of our times.
A heavy load of debts eats away
our income. We pay too much for
high finance charges and credit
fees.
Quarreling over money matters
at home can become damaging to
family life.
Unfortunately, many families
spend so much that they have to
take out new loans to pay old ones.
Sometimes a husband and a wife
do not actually know the costs of
their loans.
Do families have no control over
their own use of money?
Sometimes the reasons that
families get into debt are realistic,
practical reasons.
There are unex
pected medical bills.
There is the
cost of shifting from a summer job
to a winter job. Sometimes the rent
is increased. Often, large families
try to exist on an income that
would not be adequate even for at
family of half the size.
Yet many families would find
that their take home pay is ade
quate if they would learn to man
age the money better.
The usual
money problems are (1) rent, (2)
food, (3) lights, gas and utilities, (4)
clothing, (5) doctor bills, and (6)
paying back loans.
But sometimes there are hidden
emotional problems for going into
debt. |
Sometimes husband and wife
cannot plan together the use o f’
their money without quarreling or
making needless purchases to
please each other.
(This article w ill
next week.)
be continued
Problemas familiares de dinero
Por Ken Killary
PARTE I.
(NOTA DEL EDITOR: Nosotros
creemos que el siguiente artículo,
escrito por Ken Killary, supervisor
del Centro Oportunidad de Sandy,
contiene algunas observaciones de
valor, no solo para las familias de
los trabajadores agrícolas, pero,
todas las familias. La segunda parte
del artículo aparecerá la próxima
semana.)
Endrogarse con mucho dinero es
el número uno financiaro familiar
problema de nuestro tiempo.
Una droga pesada consume
nuestro salario.
Pagamos mucho
por reditor altos y cargos de
crédito.
Una droga pesada consume
nuestro salario. Pagamos mucho por
reditor altos y cargos de crédito.
Pleitos en casa sobre el dinero
puede ser perjudicial para la vida
familiar.
Desafortunadamente!,
muchas
familias gastan tanto que tienen
que pedir dinero prestado para
viejas deudas.
Algunas veces el
esposo o la esposa no saben
actualmente el costo de sus pres
tamos.
¿Las familias no tienen control
sobre e l, uso de su propio dinero?
Algunas veces las razones por que
las familias se endrogan son
realísticas y prácticas." Hay cuentas
imprevistas del doctor. Hay el costo
del cambio trabajo de verano a uno
de invierno. Algunas occasiones la
renta es aumentada. Muchas veces
una familia grande trata de vivir
con un salario que no es adecuado
ni aún para una familia de la mitad
de su tamaño.
Aún así, muchas familias en^
cuentran que la entrada de dinero
es adecuada si aprenden a manejar
su dinero mejor.
Los problemas
más comunes son (1) renta, (2)
comida, (3) luz, gas y agua, (4)
ropa, (5) medico, (6) y pagos a
deudas viejas.
Pero algunas veces hay problem
as emocionales escondidas que los
llevan a endrogarse. Algunas veces
el esposo y la esposa no pueden
planear ¡untos el uso de su dinero
sin enojarse o haciendo compras
sin necesidad para complacerse
mutuamente.
(Continuará la próxima semana.)
A bit of heaven far a little girl
By Christie Corbett
(The following paragraph is
quoted from Christie Corbett's Day
Care-Summer School report to the
program director, Sam Granato.)
One little girl's glimpse o f hea
ven is remembered: One of a group
that went on a field trip to the zoo
one cool day, she had not sweater
or jacket over the thin little dress
that clung to her skin.
A staff
member went to a Portland shop
and bought a bright red, velvety-
finish, warm jacket and put it on
the little girl. It was the intention
to use it for other coatless children
later on. But, the shining joy, the
momentary disbelief, the radiance
that spread over the child's face as
she lovingly stroked its softness or
held it against her face or asked
others to touch it because " it felt
so soft and good," changed the in-*
tentions completely. The little girl
went home the owner of the most
beautiful coat in the world — her
own. Over and over, she asks ev
eryone, "Is it really mine?"
It is such things that provide a
consultant's life with "vermillion,
indigo, jade and gold,"