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Police Foot Patrol
Welcomed in Parkrose
Need for Bilingual Health Care Grows
Mt. Hood
recruits non
native speakers
W hile the need for trained
health care p rofessionals c o n
tinues to rise, there is also a
grow ing need for hi 1 inguaI heal th
c a re w o rk e rs . A n ew p ilo t
project at Mt. H ood C om m unity
C ollege is helping to fill that
need by p reparing non-native
speakers o f E nglish for careers
as C ertified N ursing A ssistants.
“T h e re 's a shortage o f nurs
ing assistan ts in O reg o n ,” said
Steven Storla, C areer Pathw ays
C oordinator. “ M ore and m ore
residents o f nursing hom es and
long-term care facilities have
differen t ethnic b ackgrounds.
T hey m ay be living in a nursing
hom e w here no one speaks their
lan g u ag e.”
T he new C N A program p ro
vides a pool o f bilingual a p p li
cants trained in health care.
T he first 11 students to go
through the nursing assistant Pursuing the healthcare path, nurses connect in a meaningful way.
training program for bi-lingual
speakers have ju st passed the
O regon State B oard o f N ursing
C e r tif ie d N u rsin g A s s is ta n t
ex am and are now C ertified
N ursing A ssistants.
T he C areer P athw ays m odel
g iv es no n -n ativ e speakers o f
E nglish additional tim e w ith the
m aterial and language support
to b etter prepare them for the
C N A ex am . S tu d e n ts atten d
theory and lab practice as well
as 80 hours o f practicum at a
nursing facility, w hile partici
pating in additional E nglish lan
guage classes.
Since the pilot program was
so successful, the training will
be offered tw ice in the com ing
academ ic year. T he next class
w ill begin Sept. 24.
For m ore inform ation about
th e tra in in g , c o n ta c t S tev en
Storla, C areer Pathw ays C o o r
d in a to r , at 5 0 3 - 4 9 1 - 7 2 5 1 ,
S te v e n .S to rla @ m h c c.e d u .
C a re e r P ath w ay s tra in in g s
a re s h o r t- te r m , jo b - f o c u s e d
trainings leading toem ploym ent
upon com pletion.
Music, Food Supports Art Theater Studies
A m usical and g astronom ic event
featu rin g N elda R eyes, a M exican
perform er, and G erard o C alderon, a
L atin A m erican folk m usician, takes
place Saturday, June 23 and Saturday,
June 30 betw een 6 :3 0 p.m . and 10
p.m . at O regon C ity ’s M itzil R estau
rant, 212 M olalla A ve. T here is no
co v er charge but d o n atio n s w ill be
a c c e p ted .
A s custo m ary in B ohem ian trad i
tion, patrons will enjoy a taste o f M exico
featuring special dish es o ffered ju st
for this even t in the intim ate com pany
o f beautiful m usical pieces, including
M exican, Spanish and C uban "tro v a ,”
boleros, ranchera, rum ba, tango and
o th er rich and ex citin g Latin beats.
T h e e v e n in g is a fu n d ra ise r to s u p
p o rt R e y e s ’ in v ita tio n to a tte n d the
S u m m e r M o sc o w A rt T h e a tre S chool
in C a m b rid g e , M ass. — one o f the
w o rld ’s le a d in g sc h o o ls fo r acto rs.
M o sco w A rt T h e a tre S ch o o l te a c h
e rs b rin g to A m e ric a th e best R u ssian
th e a tre tra d itio n has to o ffe r — the
sp irit and k n o w le d g e e sse n tia l fo r the
art o f a c tin g .
Reyes is studying at Portland State
U niversity for her M aster's degree in
theater w hile w orking as an actor and
educator at M iracle Theatre Group.
Calderón has been playing Latin Ameri
can folk music for more than 20 years and
studied classical guitar at the Escuela
Superior de M úsica in M exico City.
Nelda Reyes
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continued
.from Metro
While walking his beat, Slyter
happened upon the family, then
found them a shelter and ar
ranged for a Tri Met bus to take
them and their belongings to
their temporary home. But be
cause the shelter lacked accom
modations for the children, the
family found themselves buck
at the park.
Discovering that they had re
turned, Slvter searched again
fora shelter, and this time found
help from a southeast Portland
church. The church was able to
provide the family w ith enough
money for four days of meals
and a place to stay long enough
to secure other housing.
In a letter of commendation
to Slyter, East Precinct Com
mander Michael Crebs wrote:
“If it wasn’t for persistence and
unwavering compassion, it is
unknown what would have be
come of this family. W'hen it
would have been easier to just
look the other way and keep on
moving, or given up at the first
roadblock, you persevered and
came up with a solution to a
very difficult problem.”
Those kinds of actions don’t
show up in the crime statistics,
nor would Slyter's shadowing of
a prostitute long enough to drive
her and other prostitutes out of
the area. Slyter’s measurement of
success will have to come from
those who call Parkrose home.
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Mexico City Considers Legal Prostitution Have you seen me?
Regulations called necessary
(A P ) — T h e p a rty th a t le
g a liz e d g ay u n io n s an d a b o r
tio n in M e x ic o C ity s a id
W e d n e sd a y it w a n ts to m ak e
p ro stitu tio n legal.
M exico C ity leg islator Juan
B ustos o f the D em ocratic R evo
lution Party, w ho subm itted the
bill last w eek, said the m ove is
necessary to protect prostitutes
from abuse and regulate the sex
industry.
C orrupt police frequently use
the current law not to arrest sex
w orkers but as a threat to shake
them dow n for bribes o r sexual
favors.
B ut
P re s id e n t
F e lip e
C a ld e ro n 's c o n se rv a tiv e N a
tio n al A ctio n P arty said it had
p ro b le m s w ith a sp e c ts o f the
bill an d th at the g o al sh o u ld be
to g et w o m en out o f p ro s titu tution in designated areas at least
tion.
roughly 1,000 feet from schools,
In m ost M exican cities, pros parks, churches and apartm ent
titution is considered the equiva c o m p le x e s, th o u g h p im p in g
le n t o f a m is d e m e a n o r. In w ould rem ain a crim e. It also
M exico C ity, it is punishable by w ould require prostitutes to ad
12 to 24 hours in ja il and fines here to health standards or face
punishm ents sim ilar to those
equal to about $ 5 1 to S93.
Som e cities have informal red- under the current law.
T he new law w ould g u aran
light zones w here prostitution is
tolerated, such as the border tee prostitutes' rights and m ake
them eligible fo r governm ent
city o f N uevo Laredo.
T he bi 11 w ou Id legal i ze prosti- services, B ustos said.
Quake Rattles Cocaine Production Grows in Peru
Nerves
(A P ) — D espite in creased is flourishing in the South A m eri grew 7 percent.
(AP) - A powerful earth
quake rattled Guatemala and
El Salvador, forcing terri
fied residents to flee shak
ing buildings, hut there were
no reports o f casualties.
The U.S, Geological Sur
vey said the June 13 earth
quake had a magn itude of 6.8
and was centered in the Pa
cific Ocean some 46 miles
south ofthe Guatemalan town
o f Escui ntla. The quake oc
curred at a depth of about 40
miles.
B uildings inG uatem ala
City sw ayed for about 30
seconds and people ran into
the streets. Parents form ed
long lines outside schools to
look forthcirchildren, and
authorities asked residents
to stay out ofhigh buildings.
A n a ly sts say P e ru 's risin g
drug-fighting efforts, production can country.
Peru has struggled to reduce dru g p ro d u c tio n is larg ely the
o f the plant used to m ake c o
cain e has risen in P eru, the cocaine production despite more resu lt o f a c ra c k d o w n in C o
w orld's No. 2 cocaine producer, than $300 m illion in U .S. aid lo m b ia , th e w o rld 's la rg e st
c o c a in e p r o d u c e r , p u s h in g
along w ith the am ount o f land since 2000.
T he U.N. O ffice o f D rugs m ore c o c a g ro w e rs a c ro ss the
u se d to c u ltiv a te c o c a , the
and C rim e said in its annual ju n g le b o rd e r b e tw e e n the tw o
U nited N ations said.
T he findings com e as P resi report the am ount o f co ca leaf c o u n trie s.
dent A lan G arcia has called for grow n in Peru increased 8 per
an intensified anti-drug strategy cent in 2006 from 2005, w hile
am id signs cocaine production the area cultivated w ith coca
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