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Bush Pushes Minority Homeownership President says economy will improve if more minorities own homes (A P) — President Bush said Tuesday his goal o f getting 5.5 m illion more black and H ispanic fam ilies into their own hom es will give the U.S. econom y a $256 bil lion shot in the arm over the d e cade. "This project is not only good for the soul o f the country, it’s good for the pocketbook o f the country as w ell,” Bush said at a daylong W hite H ouse Conference on I n c r e a s in g M in o r ity Homeownership. “T he idea of encouraging new hom eow nership and the m oney that will be circulated as a result o f people purchasing homes will mean people are m ore likely to find a jo b in A m erica,” he said. A lm ost three-quarters o f w hite American families are homeowners, but the sam e can be said for less than h alf o f black and H ispanic fam ilies, or ju st over 13 m illion h ouseholds. “T h a t’s a h o m e o w n e rsh ip g a p ,” said B ush. “ I t’s a gap th at w e ’ve g o t to w o rk to g e th er to clo se, fo r the g o o d o f o u r c o u n try, for th e sake o f a m ore hopeful fu tu re .” Online Language Program Helps Washington Minorities Tw o V ancouver teachers have been selected for a unique on-line preparation program sponsored by W ashington S tate U n iv e rsity ’s C ollege o f E ducation to better pre pare them to teach the grow ing num ber o f language m inority stu dents in their classroom s. This fall, the teachers will begin the coursew ork to com plete their Bilingual Education or English as a Second Language endorsem ents through a com bination o f on-line distance education courses and a sum m er institute. T he new pro gram is supported w ith a three- year, $700,000U .S. D epartm ent of Education grant, explained assis tant professor Joy E gbert w ho coordinates the program . T h e te a c h e r s a re A d ria n Advincula, who teaches sixth grade at Jason Lee M iddle School and LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED CCB107426 April D alyrum ple, w ho teaches sixth grade at M aple G rove M iddle School. The V ancouver teachers were selected from 170 applicants state wide for free enrollment in the prepa ration program . The project funds the prepara tion for tw o cohorts o f 15 teachers each, beginning in the fall o f 2002, Egbert said. Because the courses are offered through the Internet, the teachers will rem ain in their hom e com m unities that can be lo cated anyw here in W ashington. There is a critical need for teach ers prepared to teach language m inority students in W ashington, Egbert added. Language m inority, or non-native speakers o f English, currently com prise 23 percent o f all students in the state, and repre sent 96 language groups. Lions and Tigers and Kids, Oh My! Albina Ministerial Aliance Head Start students took an educational trip to the Oregon Zoo. 13 students sponsored by Oregon Zoo events coordinator Christa Swan got to attend the World Animal Festival. Super vised by Sam Blocker, a volunteer grandmother for the group, Kaylee Hay, Stephanie Alvilez Mendez, Michelle Vega, and siblings Christopher, Nycolette and Tasyanna Lartigue o f the John Garlington Center o f Albina Headstart got to pet a tiger pelt with the help o f a zoo employee. photo B y M ichael D urham Annual Event Supports Chicano and Latino Students T he C h ican o /L atin o S tudies Program at Portland State U niver sity is hosting its sixth annual gala, “C elebrating C ontributions” on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the O regon C onvention C enter. 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