HispanicTips » Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Recently promoted to teller coordinator, Erika Montes, 21, works as a bilingual bank teller for U.S. Bank in Seaside. Montes has worked for the bank for more than a year and a half and is swiftly moving up in the ranks, as well as bringing in more Spanish-speaking customers because of her bilingual skills. - Astoria, Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/recently-promoted-to-teller-coordinator-erika-montes-21-works-as-a-bilingual-bank-teller-for-us-bank-in-seaside-montes-has-worked-for-the-bank-for-more-than-a-year-and-a-half-and-is-swiftly-movi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/recently-promoted-to-teller-coordinator-erika-montes-21-works-as-a-bilingual-bank-teller-for-us-bank-in-seaside-montes-has-worked-for-the-bank-for-more-than-a-year-and-a-half-and-is-swiftly-movi/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:18:02 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/recently-promoted-to-teller-coordinator-erika-montes-21-works-as-a-bilingual-bank-teller-for-us-bank-in-seaside-montes-has-worked-for-the-bank-for-more-than-a-year-and-a-half-and-is-swiftly-movi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/recently-promoted-to-teller-coordinator-erika-montes-21-works-as-a-bilingual-bank-teller-for-us-bank-in-seaside-montes-has-worked-for-the-bank-for-more-than-a-year-and-a-half-and-is-swiftly-movi/feed/ KRYP-FM, known as “El Rey,” has become the king of Portland radio. Only 17 months old, the station is drawing 6.4 percent of the Portland audience listening to radio at any one time. No other privately owned station — country, rock, news/talk — got more than a 5 percent share. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/kryp-fm-known-as-el-rey-has-become-the-king-of-portland-radio-only-17-months-old-the-station-is-drawing-64-percent-of-the-portland-audience-listening-to-radio-at-any-one-time-no-other-priva/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/kryp-fm-known-as-el-rey-has-become-the-king-of-portland-radio-only-17-months-old-the-station-is-drawing-64-percent-of-the-portland-audience-listening-to-radio-at-any-one-time-no-other-priva/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:17:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/kryp-fm-known-as-el-rey-has-become-the-king-of-portland-radio-only-17-months-old-the-station-is-drawing-64-percent-of-the-portland-audience-listening-to-radio-at-any-one-time-no-other-priva/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/kryp-fm-known-as-el-rey-has-become-the-king-of-portland-radio-only-17-months-old-the-station-is-drawing-64-percent-of-the-portland-audience-listening-to-radio-at-any-one-time-no-other-priva/feed/ Central Oregon’s Latino population doubles http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/central-oregons-latino-population-doubles/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/central-oregons-latino-population-doubles/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:04:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/central-oregons-latino-population-doubles/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/central-oregons-latino-population-doubles/feed/ Measure Limiting English Learning to Cost Oregonians a Quarter of a Billion Dollars http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/measure-limiting-english-learning-to-cost-oregonians-a-quarter-of-a-billion-dollars/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/measure-limiting-english-learning-to-cost-oregonians-a-quarter-of-a-billion-dollars/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:04:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/measure-limiting-english-learning-to-cost-oregonians-a-quarter-of-a-billion-dollars/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/measure-limiting-english-learning-to-cost-oregonians-a-quarter-of-a-billion-dollars/feed/ Latinos continue to be the fastest-growing population in Oregon — five to six times faster than whites in the Portland metropolitan area, new U.S. Census Bureau figures show. In Multnomah and Clark counties, the number of Hispanics climbed the most, by 7% in 2007, while Washington and Clackamas counties each saw a 6% increase last year. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/latinos-continue-to-be-the-fastest-growing-population-in-oregon-five-to-six-times-faster-than-whites-in-the-portland-metropolitan-area-new-us-census-bureau-figures-show-in-multnomah-and-clark/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/latinos-continue-to-be-the-fastest-growing-population-in-oregon-five-to-six-times-faster-than-whites-in-the-portland-metropolitan-area-new-us-census-bureau-figures-show-in-multnomah-and-clark/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:19:20 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/latinos-continue-to-be-the-fastest-growing-population-in-oregon-five-to-six-times-faster-than-whites-in-the-portland-metropolitan-area-new-us-census-bureau-figures-show-in-multnomah-and-clark/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/latinos-continue-to-be-the-fastest-growing-population-in-oregon-five-to-six-times-faster-than-whites-in-the-portland-metropolitan-area-new-us-census-bureau-figures-show-in-multnomah-and-clark/feed/ Latino immigrants suddenly avoiding the DMV - The number of Spanish-speaking people taking Oregon’s driving test plummeted in February, just as Gov. Kulongoski’s executive order took effect requiring test-takers to provide valid Social Security numbers. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/latino-immigrants-suddenly-avoiding-the-dmv-the-number-of-spanish-speaking-people-taking-oregon%e2%80%99s-driving-test-plummeted-in-february-just-as-gov-kulongoski%e2%80%99s-executive-order-took-e/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/latino-immigrants-suddenly-avoiding-the-dmv-the-number-of-spanish-speaking-people-taking-oregon%e2%80%99s-driving-test-plummeted-in-february-just-as-gov-kulongoski%e2%80%99s-executive-order-took-e/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/latino-immigrants-suddenly-avoiding-the-dmv-the-number-of-spanish-speaking-people-taking-oregon%e2%80%99s-driving-test-plummeted-in-february-just-as-gov-kulongoski%e2%80%99s-executive-order-took-e/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/latino-immigrants-suddenly-avoiding-the-dmv-the-number-of-spanish-speaking-people-taking-oregon%e2%80%99s-driving-test-plummeted-in-february-just-as-gov-kulongoski%e2%80%99s-executive-order-took-e/feed/ Juntos Podemos helps with English literacy - Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/24/juntos-podemos-helps-with-english-literacy-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/24/juntos-podemos-helps-with-english-literacy-oregon/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:41:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/24/juntos-podemos-helps-with-english-literacy-oregon/ Blogante News from HispanicTips.com - The Most Relevant Hispanic y Latino News :: Trusted, Comprehensive & Useful]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/24/juntos-podemos-helps-with-english-literacy-oregon/feed/ Undocumented worker ruling could rattle Oregon’s economy http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/22/undocumented-worker-ruling-could-rattle-oregons-economy/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/22/undocumented-worker-ruling-could-rattle-oregons-economy/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:49:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/22/undocumented-worker-ruling-could-rattle-oregons-economy/ "As a federal court decision nears that could require employers to verify workers' Social Security numbers, Oregon employers and economists are trying to gauge the possible economic impacts.

The most recent analysis says the state could lose up to $656 million in tax revenues and 173,500 jobs -- a huge rock in Oregon's economic pond that could ripple beyond undocumented workers to the services, businesses and industries they support and spend money on." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/22/undocumented-worker-ruling-could-rattle-oregons-economy/feed/ Cornelius police at full force, hire Latino officer - Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/17/cornelius-police-at-full-force-hire-latino-officer-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/17/cornelius-police-at-full-force-hire-latino-officer-oregon/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:24:33 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/17/cornelius-police-at-full-force-hire-latino-officer-oregon/ "Cornelius has achieved two key goals in its police department. For the first time, it will have a full force of 14 officers and -- also crucial -- one of them is a bilingual/bicultural Latino." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/17/cornelius-police-at-full-force-hire-latino-officer-oregon/feed/ CAUSA: Oregon’s Anti-ESL Measure Debated http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/16/causa-oregon%e2%80%99s-anti-esl-measure-debated/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/16/causa-oregon%e2%80%99s-anti-esl-measure-debated/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:40:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/16/causa-oregon%e2%80%99s-anti-esl-measure-debated/ "On Sunday, an article appeared in the Salem Statesman Journal addressing concerns over Bill Sizemore's anti-ESL ballot measure heading for Oregon's November Ballot. Aside from it's unintended consequences, the ballot measure would prohibit teaching a public school student in a language other than English for more than two years.

Although the article titled, Bilingual Debate, included several important points on why the measure is a bad idea for Oregon, it failed to address a couple crucial details much like the ballot measure itself. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/16/causa-oregon%e2%80%99s-anti-esl-measure-debated/feed/ Starting fresh on Cesar Chavez - Portland, Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/15/starting-fresh-on-cesar-chavez-portland-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/15/starting-fresh-on-cesar-chavez-portland-oregon/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:34:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/15/starting-fresh-on-cesar-chavez-portland-oregon/ "B y the time the Portland City Council abandoned its plan to rename North Interstate Avenue for Cesar Chavez last year, it had badly bruised every constituency with a stake in the renaming, and damaged its own reputation in the bargain.

The Latino community, businesses, neighborhoods along Interstate, innocent bystanders who'd only watched the racially charged saga unfold, all were disgusted. And the Chinese American community was angry. The council's last-minute proposal to rename Fourth Avenue struck many in that community as disrespectful, since Fourth runs through Chinatown. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/15/starting-fresh-on-cesar-chavez-portland-oregon/feed/ Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy - Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/10/report-immigration-no-match-policy-could-hurt-state-economy-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/10/report-immigration-no-match-policy-could-hurt-state-economy-oregon/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:02:10 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/10/report-immigration-no-match-policy-could-hurt-state-economy-oregon/ "Pending federal legislation that would use Social Security records for immigration enforcement would have damaging effects to Oregon’s economy, a new study commissioned by the Coalition for a Working Oregon has found. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/10/report-immigration-no-match-policy-could-hurt-state-economy-oregon/feed/ George Lopez Add Laughs To Legends Golf Classic - Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/george-lopez-add-laughs-to-legends-golf-classic-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/george-lopez-add-laughs-to-legends-golf-classic-oregon/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:48:24 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/george-lopez-add-laughs-to-legends-golf-classic-oregon/ "George Lopez, the popular stand-up comedian and television star, has committed to play in the 2008 Pacific University Legends Golf Classic. The tournament, a fundraiser for Pacific University's 20-sport athletics program, takes place July 27 & 28 at The Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club in Aloha." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/george-lopez-add-laughs-to-legends-golf-classic-oregon/feed/ Si, Se Puede (Eventually) - César Chávez Rename Effort Re-emerges - Portland http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/si-se-puede-eventually-cesar-chavez-rename-effort-re-emerges-portland/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/si-se-puede-eventually-cesar-chavez-rename-effort-re-emerges-portland/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:30 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/si-se-puede-eventually-cesar-chavez-rename-effort-re-emerges-portland/ "TWO WEEKS AGO, Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Sam Adams quietly convened a meeting with top-level city staff.

On the agenda: Reviving the effort to name a street for civil rights and labor leader César E. Chávez—a project that took several contentious turns last year, after members of Portland's Latino community initiated the project." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/si-se-puede-eventually-cesar-chavez-rename-effort-re-emerges-portland/feed/ Learning the Language: Anti-Bilingual-Education Initiative to Be on November Ballot in Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/19/learning-the-language-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-to-be-on-november-ballot-in-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/19/learning-the-language-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-to-be-on-november-ballot-in-oregon/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:28:25 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/19/learning-the-language-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-to-be-on-november-ballot-in-oregon/ "Though advocates of bilingual education still groan when they hear his name, it's been several years since Ron K. Unz, a California businessman, stepped away from the national debate on how best to educate English-language learners. Before Mr. Unz's withdrawal, he financed campaigns that succeeded in getting voters in Arizona, California, and Massachusetts to approve ballot initiatives to curtail bilingual education in those states. He financed a similar campaign in Colorado as well, but lost that one." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/19/learning-the-language-anti-bilingual-education-initiative-to-be-on-november-ballot-in-oregon/feed/ CAUSA: Anti-ESL Instruction Measure Qualifies for November Ballot in Oregon - would prohibit teaching a public school student in a language other than English for more than two years http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/causa-anti-esl-instruction-measure-qualifies-for-november-ballot-in-oregon-would-prohibit-teaching-a-public-school-student-in-a-language-other-than-english-for-more-than-two-years/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/causa-anti-esl-instruction-measure-qualifies-for-november-ballot-in-oregon-would-prohibit-teaching-a-public-school-student-in-a-language-other-than-english-for-more-than-two-years/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:49:23 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/causa-anti-esl-instruction-measure-qualifies-for-november-ballot-in-oregon-would-prohibit-teaching-a-public-school-student-in-a-language-other-than-english-for-more-than-two-years/ "Today the Oregon Secretary of State’s office announced that Initiative Petition #19 has qualified for the upcoming ballot. The unfunded mandate termed “English Language Instruction” would prohibit teaching a public school student in a language other than English for more than two years. This November, Oregonians will have the choice to reject or pass a law which will take control away from local school boards, families and educators and place it in the hands of convicted racketeer Bill Sizemore.

“School children targeted by Bill Sizemore’s measure speak over a hundred languages in our public schools and come from a variety of backgrounds. Many of these children suffer from economic hardship and some have spent years in refugee camps with no formal schooling before coming to Oregon,” said Kayse Jama of the Center for Intercultural Organizing. “This is a new low even for Sizemore, destroying their educational hopes in a land where they should be given equal opportunity".

Similar measures that have been passed in other states have been shown to hinder the ability of children to learn English. In California, a recent study revealed that after six years since an anti-bilingual education measure’s passage just one-quarter of Hispanic pupils could expect to be reclassified as fluent in English.

This staggering revelation shows that students have been prevented from making the most of their education thereby having a negative impact on their economic future and the future of the communities they live in. The fact remains, children learn English more quickly, along with math and science and other academic subjects, when at least some of their instruction is in their native language. Last year, there were 62,084 students enrolled in English Language Development programs in Oregon school districts.

A broad coalition of immigrant, refugee, educators and ally organizations are set to fight the ill-conceived measure by educating Oregonians about the additional costs the measure will create, the fact that it will take federal money away from Oregon’s General Fund Budget, the harm it will do to children and the control it will take away from local school boards, families and educators, those whom know best about educate our children.

"We are in the process of educating families in communities around Oregon about the harmful consequences of this measure”, said Aeryca Steinbauer, coordinator of CAUSA. “Oregonians everywhere should be concerned about its damaging effects on children and disruption of local control"." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/causa-anti-esl-instruction-measure-qualifies-for-november-ballot-in-oregon-would-prohibit-teaching-a-public-school-student-in-a-language-other-than-english-for-more-than-two-years/feed/ Mexicana to Cut Flights Out of PDX - Portland, Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/mexicana-to-cut-flights-out-of-pdx-portland-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/mexicana-to-cut-flights-out-of-pdx-portland-oregon/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:25:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/mexicana-to-cut-flights-out-of-pdx-portland-oregon/ "The rising fuel prices hobbling airlines claimed their first major casualties at Portland International Airport on Monday as Mexicana Airlines announced it will stop flights from PDX to Guadalajara and Mexico City on Sept. 2.

Mexicana began serving Portland in 2003 when it launched the Guadalajara route, which grew from three to seven days a week. The airline added Mexico City flights a year ago this month, citing demographic and economic studies that suggested a big opportunity in the region.

" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/18/mexicana-to-cut-flights-out-of-pdx-portland-oregon/feed/ Center for day laborers opens in Portland, Oregon http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/17/center-for-day-laborers-opens-in-portland-oregon/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/17/center-for-day-laborers-opens-in-portland-oregon/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:34:25 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/17/center-for-day-laborers-opens-in-portland-oregon/ "Latino activists, workers and Portland City Council members celebrated the opening of a government-sponsored center for day laborers this afternoon.

The center, for now a trailer and an awning inside a parking lot owned by the Portland Development Commission, offers day laborers a safe and centralized place to seek work in landscaping and construction.

City leaders and activists are hoping they'll congregate there starting Monday morning instead of their usual gathering spots -- the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Interstate 84 and Southeast 6th Avenue and East Burnside Street." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/17/center-for-day-laborers-opens-in-portland-oregon/feed/ Outbreak squeezes local salsa producers - Oregon (luckily I love salsa verde) http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/outbreak-squeezes-local-salsa-producers-oregon-luckily-i-love-salsa-verde/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/outbreak-squeezes-local-salsa-producers-oregon-luckily-i-love-salsa-verde/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:44:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/outbreak-squeezes-local-salsa-producers-oregon-luckily-i-love-salsa-verde/ "“I’m sure we’re going to see some” drop off in sales, said Stan Stubble­field, president of De Casa Fine Foods, a Eugene company that makes Salsa De Casa. “Hopefully consumers will understand the stores are on top of it. ... This is our big time of the year.”

Several grocery chains contacted Reser’s Fine Foods in Beaverton this week, wondering if they should pull Reser’s salsas off their shelves, said Steve Loehndorf, the company’s technical director. He figures that he wrote “probably 50 letters,” assuring buyers that Reser’s doesn’t use raw tomatoes and that the product is safe, he said." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/outbreak-squeezes-local-salsa-producers-oregon-luckily-i-love-salsa-verde/feed/ Immigrants grappling with Oregon license law http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/immigrants-grappling-with-oregon-license-law/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/immigrants-grappling-with-oregon-license-law/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:42:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/immigrants-grappling-with-oregon-license-law/ "Elias Garcia had to decide whether to keep his Chevy Tahoe.

With gas prices now exceeding $4 a gallon, many drivers are asking themselves whether to stick with their sport utility vehicles. But Garcia's choice had nothing to do with fuel efficiency.

The native of Honduras living in Salem had to decide whether to keep his SUV when rules from Senate Bill 1080 take effect July 1. His driver's license is about to expire, and the new law requires applicants to prove legal residence." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/12/immigrants-grappling-with-oregon-license-law/feed/