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Consumer
Brochures
in Spanish
The Oregon Public Utility
Commission has updated and
translated into Spanish a
popular, free brochure en
titled “ N avigating Your
Phone Bill.”
The intention of the bro
chure is to clear up confu
sion with phone bill charges
and codes, but also to assist
consumers in making better
informed decisions about
which telephone service pro
vider they will choose.
“Increased com petition
for your telephone service
and a flood of new service
packages being introduced
is making your phone bill
more compl icated than it used
to be,” said PUC Commis
sion Chairman Lee Beyer.
“This brochure defines many
of the charges, fees, and
taxes you are likely to see on
your monthly bill.”
A second newly-translated
brochure called “Telephone
Services for Those at Risk
of Domestic Violence” ex
plains a new law aimed at
preventing telephone service
from being cutoff to persons
at risk of domestic violence.
It is one of nearly a dozen
consumer pamphlets avail
able in Spanish from the
PUC.
To request a free bro
chure, call 1-800-522-2404.
The brochures are also on
the PUC w ebsite at
puc.state.or.us.
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November 15, 2006
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MEXICO:
A Sudden View
"M exico: A Sudden V iew ,"
is a collection o f photographs
from (he border regions o f
M exico by M. Bruce Hall on exhibit
through Nov. 28 at O nda Arte
Latina/CrossCurrents Gallery, 2215
N.E. Alberta St.
H all's photographs are decep
tively sim ple--they seem to give all
their inform ation in a first glance.
Then a detai I catches the eye, or the
bri I liance o f composition comes into
focus, and suddenly the p hoto
The people of Mexico that
are not on the tourist
paths are pictured in M.
Bruce Hall's photographs,
exhibited this month at
Onda Arte Latina/Cross
Currents Gallery, 2215
N.E. Alberta St.
yields its ineffable secrets.
He started his serious interest in
photography as a means o f per
sonal expression after graduating
from University o f Houston with a
fine arts degree in graphic com m u
nications.
W hile living in Los A ngeles and
photographing around dow ntow n
LA with occasional trips to San
Francisco in the 1980s and early
1990s, he developed a sensitivity
totheextraordinary in the ordinary.
Oretega Charters New Course for Nicaragua
Preaches reconciliation, stability
Raising his arm s in victory, he led
thousands in a rendition o f an old
' revolutionary song: "The people
united will never be divided."
He prom oted socialist ideals
such as free education and medical
care, lambasted U.S. Republicans
| for the w ar in Iraq and thanked
LAP) - Daniel O rtega returns to jeans. His guide, he says, is God,
Nicaragua's presidency a shadow not Karl Marx.
o f the fiery revolutionary who in
The United States and his rivals
Cold W ar times vow ed an endless w orry the Sandinista revolutionary
fight against a U.S. governm ent in him will resurface, as Venezuelan
determ ined to overthrow him.
President Hugo Chavez and Cuban
B alding, w eakened by heart leader Fidel C astro w elcom e him
trouble and often appearing alm ost in to a c lu b o f leftist leaders fighting
docile, he now preaches reconcili Am erican dom inance in the region.
ation and stability, and prom ises to
But O rtega, w ho was president
maintain close ties with the U.S. in 1985-90, the height of the Contra
and the veterans o f the Contra army insurgency, says he has traded w ar
it trained and armed against him.
for peace, love and consensus.
He has traded his w artim e mili
His victory speech last week was
tary fatigues for a w hite shirt and tinged with som e o f his old tire.
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Daniel Ortega
assuring skeptics that he plans no
radical changes and will em brace
free trade, jo b creation and close
U.S. ties.
On S atu rd ay , O rteg a said his
C ab in et m in isters w ill be nam ed
by the people — not h im se lf —
and he had asked local rep rese n
tativ es to send him p ro p o sals for
can d id ates. He vow ed that h a lf o f
top o ffic ia ls w ould be w om en.
He also promised more than 1,000
Sandinista peasant leaders that the
governm ent would buy land for
people w ho need it, w hich they
could pay for "little by little even if
it is with a sack o f corn."
other leftist Latin A merican leaders
for their support. But most o f his
speech was dedicated to praising
dem ocracy and reaching out to
o p p o n en ts.
Ortega, who turned 6 1 Saturday
and takes office Jan. 10, has been
careful not to sound trium phalist.
His speeches have focused on re
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El Carnaval del Caribe
The M att D ishm an and Penin
sula Park com m unity centers col
laborate w ith Portland Parks &
Recreation’s Latino O utreach Pro
gram to host El Cam aval del Caribe
(C aribbean Carnival) on Friday,
Nov. 1 7 ffom 6 p .m .to 8 p .m .atM att
D ishm an, 77 N.E. Knott St.
The fun will include live music
by Cana Son and snacks for sale
from the local Cuban restaurant.
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Pambiche. Free Salsa lessons and
d em o n stratio n w ill be offered
b y A fro -C u b an /S alsa dance in
structor Juan LaRosa, instructor
at Portland State University. There
wil I be crafts, face painting, carni
val gam es, free fam ily sw im and
raffle prizes. Admission is free with
tw o cans o f food. Carnival gam e
tickets are four for $ 1. For inform a
tion, call 503-823-3673.
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Diversity Factoids: Population More Diverse
Latinos remain the largest
ethnic group in the U.S., in
creasing their numbers by one
m illion fro m 2 0 0 4 -2 0 0 5
alone. Blacks are the second
largest, with a nearly two per
cent increase in the same
year. Asians round out the top
three.
Lack of Minority Teachers:
More than 40 percent of stu
dents are people of color, yet
most teachers are white (90
percent). Forty percent of all
public schools have no teachers
of color on staff, and fewer
than half of teachers participate
in diversity-related professional
development.
Women Businesses Increase:
The number of women-owned
businesses nearly doubled be
tween 1997 and 2004, rising from
nine percent to 17 percent.
Women Stilt Earn Less:
In 2005, women made up nearly
44 percent of all full-time work
ers but only 31 percent of work
ers in the highest-eamings cat
egory.
Latino Businesses Grow:
The number of Latino-owned
businesses has grown at three
times the rate of all other busi
nesses.
Senior Population Changes:
In 2003, whites accounted for
nearly 83 percent of senior citi
zens. By 2030, the Census Bu
reau projects white representa
tion to decrease 11 percent,
while the percentage of people
of color in this population is
expected to increase. Latinos
will comprise 11 percent of
seniors in 2030, compared with
six percent of seniors com
prised of latinos in 2003.
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