Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, November 05, 2003, Page 9, Image 9

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    Novem ber 05, 2003
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Luis Miguel
Has New
Album ’33’
(A P )— M exican pop singer Luis
M iguel is acting his age with his
new album , "3 3 ,” w hich he intro­
duced in the C aribbean coast resort
o f C ancún.
M iguel presented the 1 1 songs
on the new disc recently and started
a tour through Latin A m erica and
Luis Miguel
the U nited States.
“ E a c h a lb u m r e p r e s e n ts a a g e n c y N o tim ex .
s ta g e o f m y life , a n d th is o n e
Miguel acknow ledged that many
re fle c ts som e o f my ex p e rie n c e s. songs on the new disc had to do
I th in k th e n u m b e r 33 is an im ­ with lost or frustrated love, but said
p o rta n t s ta g e fo r a n y m a n ,” he that d id n 't necessarily reflect his
t o l d th e g o v e r n m e n t n e w s ow n life.
flic liRHOR G€ ts D ate liitu L opez
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he finally got
his date with Jennifer Lopez as he poses with the entertainer
to announce leadership appointments to the New York City
Latin Media and Entertainment Commission on which Lopez
will serve as honorary chairwoman. (AP photo)
Activist Performs in Bilingual show
Portland social activist Kathleen Her influences include her own Irish
“Catal i na” Juergens will show case heritage and the Latin A m erican
traditional and original songs in N ueva Cancisn movem ent.
S p an ish and E n g lish d u rin g a
Juergens is best know n for w rit­
T hursday, Nov. 6 perform ance at ing songs based on local history,
7:30 p.m . at the Red and B lack C a ll, including the story o f Dignity V il­
2138S.E . D ivision St.
lage and 1999s W TO protests, dur­
Juergens’ voice has been co m ­ ing which she spent five days in jail.
pared to Judy C ollin s, and her
Last year she wrote "W elcome to
tightly-constructed songs to the A m erica I Bienvenido a Amirica,” a
young Phil O chs. She sings o f love searing ballad in the tradition o f Bob
and social justice in a fiercely o rigi­ D ylan’s "Hurricane" about the death
nal and often hilarious style that is o f Jose Mejia Poot at the hands of
both analytical and passionate.
Portland police, which was released
“ 1 w rite from my m ind and heart as a bilingual CD single to benefit
at the same tim e,” Juergens explains. im m igrants’ rights groups.
Drug Campaign
Targets Families
(A P) - A new anti-drug m edia
! c a m p a ig n ta rg e tin g H isp an ic
youth urges their parents to talk
■ to children about the dangers o f
m arijuana and other illegal drugs.
The initiative will be partially
funded by $31 million in federal
, money for anti-drug efforts by the
| O ffice o f National Drug Control
Policy. The rest will com e from
■ public and private organizations.
The cam paign focuses on use of
marijuana by Hispanic teenagers,
who showed the highest rate o f use
Kathleen Juergens
among different ethnic groups and
whites, according to a study done
for the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
The m arijuana available today
health insurance.
is m uch stronger and potentially
He pledged to attack the lan­ j m ore dangerous than the variety
guage barrier by funding transla­
that w as circulating in the 1960s,
tors, including a 24-hour m edical
w hen the drug becam e popular,
translation system . He said larger ; said John P. W alters, head o f the
hospitals w ould be given resources
federal drug office.
for trained m edical translators on
“T h is is not the m arijuana we
staff.
saw at W oodstock." W alters said.
Community Health Centers Supported
(A P) - North C arolina Sen. John
Edw ards w ooed H ispanic voters
last week with prom ises that, if
elected president, he will double
federal funding for co m m u n ity
health centers.
“T h e re is no ex cu se in o u r
A m erica for A m ericans to be dis­
crim inated against in the quality o f
health care that they get based on
the co lo r o f their skin or the lan­
guage
th a t
th e y
s p e a k ,”
Edw ards said health centers often
serve asa last resort for 12.8m illion
H ispanics in A m erica w ho lack
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