September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. During the Identity and Community Unit we will interview family members. We will “Tell their Stories” about what it means to be a member of the community. Students will interview family members and write a narrative essay. (Click images to enlarge)
In this lesson, students will practice analyzing skills to understand how Latinos have had an impact on Colorado’s farming industry. Students will create a poster or a PPT presentation. Additionally, students will write an informational essay on Latino farming in Colorado. (Click images to enlarge)
In this lesson, students will analyze traditions tied to celebrations/holidays in their community using interviews and primary artifacts to create a presentation on how historic celebrations and cultural interactions/movements have influenced today's celebrations in Colorado. (Click images to enlarge)
Union negotiators told workers on Saturday that the approved 3-yr. contract was the best they could get. The union was Pueblo Steelworkers Local 2102, representing 1,600 production and maintenance workers. They hoped that better business conditions for the CF&I would lead to a better contract in the future.
"We all played ball... It was awesome. Those baseball games were crazy. Sometimes they'd start at four in the afternoon and go some time until it'd get dark at 8:00... your older sisters played ball... you passed on your gloves to your siblings... We were called Flores Grocer. Like I said, it was a community and everybody just kind of helped out"
Sharon Villalon, executive director of HOPE Alive, said Salt Creek residents have complained to her agency that the lack of adequate public transportation remains among the neighborhood’s chief problems.
Laguna Street in Salt Creek floods after heavy rains. Water is abundant in Salt Creek, with several springs that emanate from the nearby cliffs. Few people use wells these days, but flooding is getting worse.
Local residents say it is frustrating and discouraging to feel they are stranded outside the City.
3 clippings from unidentified Pueblo papers: (1) Citizens claim Community Organization-Outreach of Pueblo, an anti-poverty project, was slighting Salt Creek, Aug. 1, 1974; (2) Cooperation by Salt Creek residents tied to CO-OP aid in area, Dec. 11, 1974; (3) Salt Creek park opened, June 9, 1975
Residents of the Salt Creek community asked the county commissioners to improve and pave roads in the community—an issue that has been raised repeatedly for several years. Louis Garcia, chairman of the Barrio de Salado Improvement Association, accused Road Commissioner Martin Moore of failing to meet past promises to pave roads in Salt Creek and of being a racist.
