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at McNary Heights Ele-
mentary School and had
been with the district for
10 years. She also had three
children in the Umatilla
school system.
“Her loss is felt by staff,
students and the communi-
ty,” Superintendent Heidi
Sipe said.
Sipe called Flores a “tre-
mendous educator and ded-
icated mother.” She said
Flores was known at the
school as an especially tal-
ented reading instructor and
had been involved over the
years in a number of reading
initiatives, most recently by
teaching an after-school
class called Rocket Read-
ers to help boost students’
reading skills.
“Her students excelled un-
der her instruction, and she
was truly dedicated to ensur-
ing their success,” she said.
Sipe said Flores, who
was bilingual, was also
quick to volunteer around
the school for anything that
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was a “strong conduit be-
tween the school and many
families.”
Flores’s co-workers and
teachers at her childrens’
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Sunday. The district mo-
bilized its crisis response
team to provide grief coun-
seling and other support to
staff and students on Mon-
day.
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bilingual, so they switch in
and out of Spanish and En-
glish, and so a lot of our au-
diences end up being bilin-
gual,” he said. “The whole
thing is that this is available
for anyone. If you speak
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He said “Searching for
Aztlan,” written and direct-
ed by Lakin Valdez, is part-
ly a take on “The Wizard of
Oz” but it examines cultur-
al issues, as well.
According to a Desert Arts
Council press release, the play
is set in January 2012 after the
Tucson school board agreed
to shut down the Mexican
American Studies program in
its schools and remove those
books from classrooms. A gi-
ant dust storm, or “haboob,”
strikes the city and leaves
Dolores Huelga, a teacher,
unemployed and in an alter-
nate reality. Lost in the desert,
Dolores sets out on a quest for
the mythical city of Aztlán.
Along the way she en-
counters quirky a High-Span-
ic, a militant Super-Chicano,
and a working class Latina
immigrant — all dispos-
sessed exiles — with whom
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truth, justice and the “indige-
nous way.”
“We got pretty good re-
views from the local press
here in Portland,” Guz-
man-Orozco said. “It’s an
interesting topic. It is sort
of to generate a conversa-
tion. It deals partly with
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what happened in Tucson
with the change in curric-
ulum, trying to outlaw cer-
tain ethnic studies.”
Susan Winter, Echo,
said the directors of Teatro
Milagro are her personal
friends, and she is excited
to see the play.
“They use magical real-
ism,” she said. “They basi-
cally portray all the differ-
ent kinds of Latino people
we have in our society.
They open the topic up in
kind of an impersonal way,
so the art kind of frees peo-
ple to look at society.”
Winter said the theater
group visited Echo last
year, and the community
response has been positive
so far this year as well.
“Last year was a real
success and brought a lot
of different people togeth-
er from different ages,” she
said. “We had kids from the
Echo School and kids from
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from the Hispanic Adviso-
ry Committee. That’s the
whole idea: It’s community
building through drama.”
Winter said the actors
are professionally trained
with college degrees in dra-
ma. She said they made the
community workshop last
year a great experience.
“It was fun to see people
of different ages doing a lit-
tle bit of improv together,”
she said. “They have a nice
framework that they give
you, so you’re not just up
acting like an idiot, you’re
portraying things. It’s con-
tagious, and they know how
to work a crowd. These
young people are really
good. They’re invigorating.
They engage their audience,
and they’re bilingual.”
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Teatro Milagro performs ‘Searching for Aztlan,’ written and
directed by Lakin Valdez. The group will present the bilingual
play at 7 p.m. Friday at the Armand Larive Middle School
auditorium. The group will also host a community workshop
and potluck from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today in the Lanham
Room at the Hermiston Public Library. Both events are free,
but space is limited. To reserve a spot, call 541-561-1332.
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