Hispanic

OGDEN — Parents are concerned that budgeting constraints will force the Ogden School District to trim a program for at-risk youths.

Right now, the Colors of Success program exists at four schools in the district and aims to help at-risk youths build healthy futures, primarily through mentoring.

But, the district higher-ups are taking a close look at their budgets and may ax the program.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election remains “up for grabs” because neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans have convinced these voters that they are on their side.

OGDEN -- Weber State University will have a Latin Dance event from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday in Student Union Building Ballroom B.

OGDEN -- Odyssey Elementary Principal Dale Wilkinson shifted easily between Spanish and English as he discussed one child's work with his mother, congratulated a second for getting his testing done, and commiserated with a third who looked quite green and said he was sick in class. It is fortunate Wilkinson is bilingual.

Odyssey Elementary, built to be a magnet school for science education for students throughout the Ogden School District, has turned out to be primarily a community school in a part of Ogden that is mostly Hispanic.

OGDEN -- Cash is king for small businesses, but in the end, any payment will do because, after all, money is money. Haley Zenger is the owner of The Queen Bee, a book and game shop on Historic 25th Street in Ogden. About 80 percent of her business is in credit cards, and she takes checks written out for less than $50, but is glad when customers use cash.

LOS ANGELES -- A Southern California street gang's campaign against blacks began during a meeting at a local park in 1992.

From there, prosecutors contend, the predominately Latino street gang went on the attack in Azusa, east of Los Angeles.

Graffiti with racial epithets began appearing around the city, including "Get out n...." sprayed on garage doors of some black residents. Gang members allegedly beat up blacks they found in their "territory," telling one man "We hate n... in Azusa. This is Azusa."

OGDEN -- A number of Cinco de Mayo celebrations will recognize Latino heritage throughout the state.

The Weber County Library has held a Cinco de Mayo event for many years, and this is the second year the library is having a program at two branches, the Main Library branch, 2464 Jefferson Ave. in Ogden at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and at the Pleasant Valley Branch, 5568 S. Adams Ave. in South Ogden at 4 p.m. Saturday.