11,1'^Iortlauò (©bserlier____________________ September24.2008 PageAò Rubio Named Policy Advisor New Portland City Commis sioner Nick Fish has appointed Canncn Caballero Rubio as his senior policy advisor, communica tions manager and bureau liaison. Rubio has served as the Com munity Affairs Director for Port land Mayor Tom Potter, where she acted as lead contact on com munity partnerships, outreach and recruitment, and civil and human rights issues. She man aged projects such as the cre ation of the Office of Human Re lations and Human Rights Com mission, and the Immigrant and Refugee Task Force. ‘‘She represents the best of Portland’s emerging new lead ers, with valuable policy expe rience both in and outside City Hall. Her relationships with a broad range of communities will bring a diversity of new voices to participate in city govern m ent," said Fish. Also joining Fish’s staff is Sam Chase as chief of staff and Hannah Kuhn as senior policy director. ____________________ 9 ‘Dos Pueblos’ bounces between two lands "Dos Pueblos” bounces between the lands of sitcoms and las tierras de telenovelas, sweet sixteens and quineeaneras, Ronald McDonald and Paneho Villa. The stories of the overlapping cultural histories of Mexico and the U.S. have warped over time, forcing emotions deeper and wilder. Yet we remain connected as much as divided. In this cantankerous reflection of the relationships be tween the two countries, Dos Pueblos reveals our co-depen dence, our brutal rage and our undeniable mutual attraction. The original, bilingual production in collaboration with Hand2Mouth Theatre of Portland and La Comedia Humana of Mexico City is currently on stage Thursdays through Sunday this week and Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 4 next week at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St. Admission is $20 - $22 depending on date; $ 16 for students and seniors any performance; , Tickets can be purchased online by visiting milagro.org, calling 503-236-7253 or at the PDX Ticket Network box office at the Hollywood Theatre. State Farm* Providing Inswante and financial SofVK.es O bservador Connectedand Divided el I M ie U M C I Home Office Bluonmiyiun. Illinois 61/1(1 Ernest J. 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A versatile artist and a key col laborator in many ground-breaking theater projects, Flores' play writing and stage performance credits in clude Fear of a Brown Planet and No Man’s Land. He has performed at the National Hip-Hop Festival in Havana.’Cuba and was featured on Season 4 of Russell Simmons Presents: Def Po etry Jam on HBO. ■MMMMMM FZxtremely Com petitive Monthly M em bership Rates! "It ’.v NEVER too late to get in shape!! ” Hip-hop artist Paul Flores will explore the world of rap and Latino culture during a free presentation with area students on Monday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Milagro Theatre, 525 S.E. Stark St. Flores is a published poet, novel ist and one of the nation’s promi nent spoken w ord perform ers. Raised on the Tijuana/San Diego border, issues of immigration, bor der experience and Latino identity Oregon Ballot Measure Targets English 4545 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. PDX, 97211 503.288.4717 Limits second language classes Michael Tillery Broker 503.975.8004 (AP) — Ina high school class room, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teen agers about M anifest Destiny — the 19th century belief that the United States was divinely fated to stretch from sea to shin ing sea. But these students are chil dren of im m igrants, and they first have to learn English. They might soon have to learn it faster if Oregon voters approve a bal lot measure in November to limit the am ount of time students can spend in English-as-a-second- language classes. The proposal, modeled after laws in California, Arizona and M assachusetts, is one of a hand ful of immigration-related ballot measures this fall on state and local ballots across the nation. There are 64,000 non-English speakers enrolled in Oregon's public schools, the vast major ity of whom are Spanish speak ers. The proposal would limit high school students to two years o f ESL classes, even less for younger students. Chavez and his fellow teach ers acknow ledge that most of their students pick up collo quial English within two years. michael@> bridgetownrealty.com Please call me, your neighborhood specialist, for any of your Real Estate needs. My success is built on a commitment to quality service. B R ID G ETO W N r REALTY It Catholic school in Portland with a strong academ ic reputation. ", am w orried, what if I don't understand? I have to go to college." L o n g -te rm s tu d ie s h av e shown that full mastery o f aca dem ic E nglish takes five to sev en y e a rs, sa id D r. Jim Cum m ins, a professor at the University of Toronto who spe cializes in second language ac quisition and literacy develop ment. Cum m ins said non-English speakers are trying to catch up to a m oving target as their En summer history class at Benson High School. There is a ballot glish-speaking classm ates also measure up before Oregon voters in November to limit the improve. And complex academic amount o f time students can spend in ESL classes. (AP photo) language isn't som ething stu dents can pick upon the streets, giving them enough fluency to tion." C h a v e z 's s tu d e n ts have he said, because it's generally poke fun at a team m ate, answer a text message or order a slice of mixed feelings about the pro used only in classroom s or text posal, partly depending on fu books. pizza. But Bill Sizemore, sponsor of Faculty m em bers worry in ture goals. C a rlo s P e re z , 17, to o k the Oregon measure and a long stead about academic English — the skills that will let stu Chavez's summer history course time anti-tax activist who was den ts su cceed in ad v an ced to catch up after oversleeping the GOP's gubernatorial nom i c la s s e s , w h e th e r th e y are and often m issing his first-pe nee in 1998, said the measure deconstructing Beow ulf or re riod class during the school year. was intended to help im m i citing the principles o f photo He thought lim iting ESL to ju st grants, not sideline them. He said schools warehouse two years would be no problem synthesis. their students in ESL courses for The Oregon initiative is "just for him or his friends. longer than necessary to keep But Beatriz M unoz, 16, who a diversion to the real prob federal and state money flowing. lems," Chavez said. "We are said she wants to be a doctor or If O re g o n ia n s ap p ro v e the a law yer, sharply disagreed. not looking at what English lan change, students will join the "For me, it is not enough, guage learners need. We are mainstream faster with the tools just two years," said Munoz, ju st looking to take away. Let's they need to compete, he said. who is transferring to a private talk about the quality of instruc Have you seen me? Endangered Missing 1-800-THE-LOST Witness FIVE Title Bouts and a 205-pound SUPERFIGHT in the 25-foot Cage known as “ The Slammer" at The Full Contact l ighting Federations’s Rumble (a) The RosehBd MMA Event! IfatV Y W itcav • W iM th v u M i f Shown from left lo right Timothy Willard (Age 8), Melissa Willard (Age 8), Lukas Willard (Age 10 ), Thomas Willard (Age 16), Agne Willard (Age 18), Katherine Willard (Mother) C*AiNri«Ns«in» BAffTAffwricwi v Licm H m v v w , h c íi Sorr«i icmt Date Missing: June 29,2008. Missing From: Boonsboro, MD. 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