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HISPANIC NEWS
INLAND
EMPIRE m y
Wednesday
January 20,1988
Volume 1, Numbers
»Agua Mansa: Doom For South Colton Barrios ?
By Stephen Martinez
On a early Saturday morning, one day
during the early 1960's, a young family
from Los Angeles decided to visit
Grandma in Colton. Perhaps it was a
carryover from the early days of high­
way travel, but the father determined that
it was best to set out for Colton no later
than 6 a.m.
For most members of the family, the
eastbound trip on the old Highway 90
was an uneventful ride through the
"country." The seemingly endless rows
of orange trees and acres of green fields
did not hold any particular interest for the
early moming travelers. Not even the
crisp and clean air were worthy of any
conversation, as in those times smog was
considered a minor technical problem to
J)e easily solved by scientists in the fujre. As the family made its way towards
Colton, the members spent the time argu­
ing over control of the radio—the father
wanted to listen to Country and
Westem, the mother favored Mexican
music, and the kids wanted to hear the
Beatles.
Finally arriving at Grandma's house
on "M" Street, the kids did not waste any
time scrambling out of the station wagon
and running to La Victoria Market to buy
their favorite candies. Later, sitting in
the shadow of the then mighty Slover
Mountain, the kids listened to the
whistles and clanging of the iron of slow
moving trains. The children were con­
tent, and satisfied that nothing would
ever change.
That was over twenty years ago, be­
fore the concept of the Enterprise Zone
was even known. But today, the Agua
Mansa Enterprise Zone raises some seri­
ous concems for residents of South
^olton. The Enterprise Zone Program
^AB 40) is designed to stimulate busi­
ness activity in economically depressed
areas, and does so by local state entities
reducing regulatory controls and other
governmental burdens. On paper and in
ieavily escorted marchers help celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Sunday, Jan. l7.
For more photographs see back page.
theory the Enterprise Zone Program community in South Colton.
appears to be a sound idea. However, the
The Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone
manner in which the program is imple­ encompasses close to ten-thousand acres
mented could pose a severe threat to the in San Bemardino and Riverside Coun­
ties as well as portions of the cities of
Colton, Rialto, and Riverside. That
PERSONAL PROFILE portion of Colton included within the
zone lies between La Cadena Drive and
Mt. Vemon Avenue north of Interstate
10, and east of Rancho Avenue to the
Santa Ana River south of Interstate 10.
The city of Colton Redevelopment
Agency and Plaiming Commission have
repeatedly stated that there are no plans
to bulldoze any houses within the Zone.
Furthermore, the Agua Mansa Industrial
Growth Association (AMIGA), admin­
istrative arm for the Enterprise Zone, has
no condemnation powers. Officially, the
Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone poses no
concrete threat to residents in South
Colton. However, that official position
may simply be a matter of convenience.
"Music relaxes me and takes my mind
The real test will come when a developer
off my work. I find it very fulfilling."
makes a multi-million dollar proposal to
officials
at Colton City Hall, where a
Story on page 5
Please see Agua Mansa, Page 3
Santos Rodriguez
Mditortar
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Inrdrnies
D & F Flooring
Funds Still On Hold
Dan Equihua is still waiting for the
funding for his D & F Flooring School
which has been held for seven months.
Equihua applied to the county for
J.T.P.A. (Job Training Partnership Act)
funds for his school last July.
To this date, Equihua has not received
these monies, even though J.T.P.A. has
approved his contract. On January 11,
the Board of Supervisors was supposed
to vote on the $125,(XX) funding alloca­
tion to operate the classroom training for
1987/88. This item was taken off the
agenda.
"This is just a minor delay," said Bill
Bethel, director of the Department of Job
Training and Employment Resources.
"This item was taken off because the
Floor Coverers Union wanted to meet
with Equihua. The contract has already
been approved by the Private Industry
Council."
Entertainmenti
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Hispanics Are "In"
Personal Profile:
Santos Rodriguez
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, Community Calendar
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Editorial
Wednesday, January 20,1988
Inland Empire Hispanic News
The Orange Tree
There is an orange tree, which
branches fall outside our office park­
ing lot. The tree went virtually unno­
ticed and untouched until the month
of December.
As if it knew the season, its fruit
started to ripen. Slowly homeless
people with a hungry look in their eye
started appearing in our parking lot
picking an orange or two. They
seemed to only take what they could
eat and leave for others.
The orange tree seemed to have a
never- ending supply of fruit all
through the month. Never did a per­
son visit it, come out empty handed.
Right before Christmas a man and
his young daughter knocked on our
door, their hands full of oranges,
asking us for a bag to put their valued
nourishment for the day.
Why do people come by for or­
anges when they could probably re­
ceive more substantial assistance
elsewhere? Maybe they felt that this
fruit was not a handout but a gift.
Before picking the oranges they don't
have to qualify for them by filling out
an exhausting number of personal
questions.
This orange tree has also let those
of us inside our comfortable offices
see how those less fortunate are hav­
ing to live outside with only the
clothes on their back.
Our country, with all its social pro­
grams, is notdoing a very good job for
its downtrodden. And the problem of
the homeless seems to be growing.
It's not a social problem that like
certain incidents in the current ad­
ministration were conveniently for­
gotten.
Fortunately, there are still oranges
on the tree; unfortunately, there are
still hungry people in San Bernar­
dino.
REJOICE! HISPANICS ARE "IN" IN'88
By Zalman Vitenson
Those of us who live in the nation's
capital never feel tmly prepared for a
new year until we have read our Jan.1
Washington Post.
As inevitably as every bureaucrat,
politician, journalist and consultant
counts on his or her EverReady desk
calendar refiU to plan daily activities for
the year ahead, so do we rely on the Post
to tell us how and with whom to behave.
Or misbehave.
Annually, the Post publishes what it
caUs "The List" — a compilation of 100
"Ins" and "Outs" — to help us maneuver
effectively in this city's politcal and
social fast lanes.
Reading my Jan. 1 Post, for exartiple,
1 learned that the '87 favorites Brie and
Evans and Novak are out, deposed by
Borscht and Bartles & Jaymes.
BMWs have been replaced by Jag­
uars and wine bars by brew pubs.
The exciting news for me, as a native
of Panama, is that — by Post executive
order — Hispanics are 'In' in 1988.
This comes eight years after a beer
company gave us the whole decade, but
— based on what's happened between
1980 and 1987 — a Post proclamation
has got to carry more weight than that of
a brewer who wants to flatter us into
drinking his brand.
By hiring and coverage traditions
over the years, the Post has made it clear
that it has no such ulterior motive. His­
panics are definitely not a priority in its
master plan. ,
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On the Post's '88 list, Hispanics re­
placed Shakers. I am not sure exactly
what it meant by that, but I imagine it had
something to do with Movers, which are
Shaker's political kin. Or maybe it is a
reference to a religious group.
I can imagine the intricate forecasting
techniques and degree of thought that
went into our being selected. For ex­
ample, to conclude that flavored Perrier
is out, I am positive that sales for 1986
and 1987 were audited in major metro­
politan areas and Yuppie marketing
analyses were then performed on the
data.
I envision the following intensive
analysis of the Hispanic condition, con­
ducted in a smoke-filled, ink-stained,
executive dining room:
"Hey, Ben, what about that guy Matainayz (Martinez) in Florida. You
know, the new govemor. He's Hispanic,
isn't he? And that guy Sisnerosis
(Cisneros) in Dallas? Or is it San Anto­
nio?"
"Hey, hey! What about the Miami
Sound Machine?"
"Not to mention 'La Bamba' and
immigration and population growth.
They're regular rabbits."
"Ok then. That's it Hispanics are
'In.' Where'd that Salvadoran kid go? I
need another glass of ice water."
Once the work is out, I see Ted Koppel exploring the "Hispanic phenome­
non" on "Nightline" at least once a
month, and possibly even including an
occasional Latino or Latina among the
experts he interviews. , .
Robin Leach will yisit Oscar de La
Renta at least twice.
The Los Angeles Raiders wiU rein­
state 40-year-old Jim Plunkett as their
quarterback.
Even more TV sitcoms will mention
Hispanics. Alex Keaton, of "Family
Ties," wiU get a Hispanic girlfriend —
and crack a lot of Mexican food jokes.
On the 43rd ballot, the deadlocked
Democratic convention will abandon
Cuomo, Hart and Jackson to draft Henry
Cisneros as its presidential candidate;
the Republicans wiU hastily counter
with Columba Gamica, the Mexican
wife of George Bush's son Jeb.
My personal fortimes should also
improve. In'87,1 was turned down twice
for a date with a gorgeous, upwardly
mobile, blonde, blue-eyed secretary
from Arkansas. Both times happened to
be her "hair-washing" evenings, she
explained.
Although I am no Julio Iglesias lookalike, I'm no twin of Danny DeVito,
either. I intend to underline "Hispanics"
on the Post's "In" list and drop it next to
the lady-of-my-dreams' typewriter. My
phone will be ringing before I have a
chance to get back to my desk.
My only concern is that she might ask
me out on the same night that Barbara
Walters wants me to tell my life story on
"20/20."
{Zalman Vitenson, of Washington,
D.C., is an investment analyst.)
t s.
In our last edition we incorrectly
printed the phone number for
lYojeCt Redirect. The Correct
number is (714) 824-5350. '
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The Inland Empire Hispanic
News will publish, any correc­
tions regarding factual errors or
misleading information.
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HISPANIC NEWS
Wednesday, Januaiy 20, 1988
Vol. l-No.9
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Inland Empire Hispanic News
Wednesday, January 20,1988
SALVATION
FOR THE
HOMELESS
KKK to Protest M.L.K. Parade
FONTANA - The head of the largest
national Ku Klux Klan organization
s^|Wednesday (1-7-88) that he wiU
jom fellow Klansmen in Fontana on
Jan. 17 to protest a parade and other
festivities honoring Martin Luther
King, Jr.
SUN, 1-7-88
Nine Charged for Slaying of Drug
Agent Camarena
LOS ANGELES - Nine men were in­
dicted Wednesday (1-6-87) in the
1985 torture-slaying of a U.S. drug
agent, including a reputed Mexican
drug lord and the former Mexican po­
lice official who headed the probe of
the agent's death.
SUN (AP), 1-7-88
Air Accidents Increase Last Year
WASHINGTON - The number of ac­
cidents involving scheduled commer­
cial airlines jumped last year to the
highest level in 13 years, and the death
toUof231 was the highest in five years,
tbflfederal government reported Tuesdl^l-12-88).
The Daily Report (Knight-Ridder
New Service), 1-13-88
m
More Babies Carry AIDS Virus
NEW YORK - One of every 61 babies
bom in New York City last month car­
ried antibodies to the AIDS virus, indi­
cating that their mothers were infected
and that many of the babies were carri­
ers of the deadly viras. The results
were found in a statewide program in
which the blood of every infant bom
during a month-long period beginning
irrlate November was tested for AIDS
vims antibodies.
SUN (The New York Times), 1-13-88
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Newspaper Ruling Upsets Teachers
Some area high school principals ap­
plauded and joumalism teachers con­
demned a Supreme Court mling Wed­
nesday (1-14-88) that broadens school
ojjfcals' right to censor student newspHR^ and other forms of student ex­
pression.
SUN, 1-14-88
Scientist Discover New Galaxies
AUSTIN, Tex. - Scientists believe
they have discovered galaxies that
formed when the universe was young,
hidden in the dark sky much farther
away than anything anyone has ever
seen before.A team of scientists from
the University of Arizona searched a
random patch of sky last spring to see
if they could find distant galaxies that
had been postulated but never seen.
L.A. Times, 1-14-88
By Roy Saldafia
AGUA MANSA
CONTINUED from Front Page
simple change in Zoning Law or the San Bernardino Valley— land and land
exercise of eminent domain could speU usage. Business and government view
the end of the way of life for many land usage as a means to prosperity and
residents in South Colton.
progress. Hispanics, descendants of the
What will happen to those individuals original pioneers, identify the land and
who might be displaced? While it is tme the physical presence of houses and
that many of the residences are substan­ businesses as a reflection of their com­
dard and in a dilapidated state, they still munity and way of life perhaps more
are homes to many who simply cannot significant is the polar relationship be­
afford to live anywhere else. If officials tween change and the resistance to
determine that it is for the "public good" •change
that homes must be taken away, it is also
Many things have changed since that
the responsibility of those officials to family from Los Angeles visited their
provide an alternative for displaced indi­ 'Grandmother in Colton over twenty
viduals.
;years ago. Gone are the orange groves,
Assuming that the older houses re­ the 91 Freeway has replaced the old
main intact, and that AMIGA is success­ Highway 90, Slover Mountain is not as
ful in attracting industry into the Enter­ mighty as it once was, and La Victoria
prise Zone, will the pattern of develop­ Market is boarded up. However, certain
ment that occurred in Los Angeles to things remain the same. Kids still rush to
create barrios and ghettos be repeated in the neighborhood grocery store to buy
Colton? Because the Agua Mansa Enter­ their favorite candy, people still line up at
prise Zone is designed specifically for La Carreta to purchase masa and tortil­
heavy industry, there is the potential of las, wedding receptions are still held atEl
South Colton residents being fenced in, Sombrero, and the whistles stUl blow and
surroimded by businesses over which the iron still clangs on the railyards at the
they have no control, and being virtual foot of Slover Mountain. What this all
prisoners of their own community.
means is that the Hispanic Community is
The issue with regards to South not defined by a physical presence, but
Colton and the Agua Mansa Enterprise by a spiritual survival and a pride in
Zone is the same as it always has been culture.
since the first settler passed through the
EQUIHUA cent, from front page
Equihua said that the unions had a
problem with the wages his students
would be employed at. "They thought
1 would be placing them at wages under
$7.35 because of the wording in the
proposal 1 submitted. I assured them 1
would place my students at wages start­
ing at $8.
"I am training people who haven't
had many opportunities.
"They are scared that these funds
win be misspent, however, the school
doesn't get any funding unless the stu­
dents are placed and then I don't re­
ceive full payment until they have been
at their job for ninety days," said
Equihua.
"We should work together not
against each other," notes Equihua.
Equihua hopes that this will soon be
resolved since he only has about six
months left on the contract
Many of the homeless in San Bernar­
dino find hope and refuge at the Salva­
tion Army Corps Community Center at
746 West Fifth Street. The Salvation
Army is a religious and charitable or­
ganization that is a branch of the Chris­
tian Church and operates in a military
like fashion This center shelters sixty to
seventy people every night and has been
in operation at this location for forty-five
years.
There are hundreds of people who are
jobless, hungry and penniless in Sai^
Bemardino. A need is created by this for
expert intervention to help solve this
tragic community problem.
When
someone unfortunately finds himself in a
destitute situation. The Salvation Army
will unconditionally provide shelter,
food and a place to shower. Upon enter­
ing the men receive a kit that consist of a
razor, lather, comb, underwear, t-shirt
and socks.
This Christian Organization meets
the needs of these people at the point of
their need. They also assist these people
to stabilization and self-sufficiency.
The homeless problem is rapidly
growing. This is why the Salvation
Army wishes to open an additional loca­
tion at 845 King Street. The building and
property are paid for, but $200,000 is
needed to refurbish the building,
$50,000 for furnishings, and $150,000
annually to operate. Until the present
financial need is met, this site wiU remain
out of commission.
Statistics of the San Bemardino
homeless:
40% functionally illiterate
15% drug addicted
14% alcoholic
15% mentally iU
7% disabled and aged
9% choose to live on the street
The mission of this church is to preach
the gospel of Jesus Christ, supply basic
human needs, provide personal counsel­
ing and under- take the spiritual and
moral regeneration and physical reha­
bilitation of all persons.
If you are concemed with the home­
less situation and would like to make a
donation of food, furnishings, services or
money. Please contact Captain Robert
Anderson at:
The Salvation Army
746 West Fifth Street P.O.Box 947
San Bemardino, CA 92402
Phone: 888-1336/864-5007
Nuestra Cultura
Inland Empire Hispanic News
Wednesday, January 20,1988
LOS HISPANOS Y LA OFICINA DEL CENSO EN CONFLICTO
For Linda Chdvez
A medida que comienzan los preparativos para el censo decenal de 1990, la
Oficina del Censo puede convertirse en
el prdximo campo de bataUa donde se
libre el combate de la polftica 6tnica. La
tarea de contar a las personas que viven
en los Estados Unidos no parece set muy
controvertida a primera vista. Pero
rdspese la superficie de este debate, sin
embargo, y se encontrard la pasidn verdadera.
Los Hispanos y los negros tienen
mucho que ganar, dependiendo del
modo de hacer el conteo. Y los beneficios son verdaderos: Miles de millories
de ddlares por concepto de ayuda federal
y el aumento de funcionarion electos
negros e Hispanos.
Desde el primer censo, en 1790, el
gobiemo federal ha venido efectuando
sus conteos fundamentalmente del
mismo modo, realizando entrevistas de
casa en casa y enviando cuestionarios
por correo a todas las familias. Recientemente, estos mdtodos ban sido criticados cada vez mds, debido a que ciertas
personas eluden a los enumeradores del
censo; por ejemplo, las muy pobres, las
desamparadas y un grupo nuevo e importante, los extranjeros ilegales.
La Oficina del Censo estima que, en
1980, dejd de encontrar a cerca de
3,200,000 personas. Los negros e
hispanos formaron un porcentaje mucho
mds alto de estas personas faltantes que
los blancos. Los grupos que representan
a negros e hispanos han venido instando
a la Oficina del Censo a adoptar medidas
correctivas. Pero la forma de hacerlo es
un problema escabroso.
Es factible el estimar la cantidad de
personas que ha sido pasada por alto,
utilizando tdcnicas de muestras
estadfsticas y ajustando las cifras del
censo con posterioridad. La mayor parte
de la investigacidn en materia de ciencias sociales se realiza asf, incluyendo a
la presente serie de Estudios de la
Poblacidn Actual de la Oficina del
Censo. .
Hace poco, sin embargo, la oficina
decidid no ajustar sus cifras para incluir
a aqudllos que ser^n pasados por alto en
el censo. Sus razones, aunque vilidas,
tienen probabilidades de ser atacadas por
hallarse motivadas polfticamente; Las
cifras del censo, despuds de todo, determinan la redistribucidn con vista a los
cargos electivos federales y estatales.
Entre quienes critican a esta decisidn,
los hispanos tienen probabilidad de ser
los que levanten mds la voz. Ellos se han
quejado durante afios de que no han sido
contados por completo. Los miembros
hispanos del Congreso han estado tratando, durante largo tiempo, de lograr
que la oficina mejore sus mdtodos para
contar a los hispanos.
Si todos los hispanos fueran contados
en el censo de 1990, incluyendo al gran
ndmero de extranjeros ilegales que se
hallan ahora en los Estados Unidos,
California tendria probabilidades de
lograr uh escaflo adicional en el Con­
greso mediante la redistribucidn,
ademis del estimado de cuatro que ganard empleando los m^todos actu^es del
censo. Esa podrfa ser una buena noticia
para los poKticos y activistas hispanos,
pero muchas otras personas no lo ven asf.
La Constitucidn limita la cuantfa de la
Cdmara de Representantes a 435 miem­
bros. El crear un nuevo distrito congresional en California que tuviera proba­
bilidades de elegir a un hispano significa
quitarle un distrito a algun otro estado.
Lo que complica las cosas ulteriormente es que la distribucidn de
escafios legislatives no se hace contando
solamente a las personas elegibles para
votar, o siquiera a las que residen legalmente en los Estados Unidos.
Los dictdmenes de los tribunales han
ordenado que virtualmente todo aqud
que acierte a estar en el pais al momento
de tomar el censo, sea contado, ya sea
que est6 aquf legalmente o no.
Es comprensible que aqudllo^Pe
tengan probabilidades de perder en la
manipulacidn de la redistribucidn se
resientan por dso. Quidn puede culpar.'a
la Oficina del Censo por no querer exacerbar este problema al ajustar sus cifras
por el numero de extranieros ilegales que
probablemente pasara por alto en 1990?
Es legftamo el pregunt^r por qu6 los
ciudadanos deberfan de perder su parte
de la representacidn, para que las perso­
nas que estdn aquf ilegalmente puedan
ganar una medida de representacidn en
un cuerpo legislative al que no pueden
elegir.
Linda Chdvez prestd servicios como
directora de personal de la Comisidn
Estadounldense de los Derechos Civiles
y posteriormente en la Casa Blanca
como ayudante adjunta al presidente
para el enlace con el publico. Fue la
persona hispana de mayor jeraquia en
el gobierno de Reagan. Actualmente
aporta comentarios semanales
Radu) Publica Nacwnal y al "Chicago
Sun-Times," y es presidenta de "U.S.
English."
SNAPSHOTS OF CAMPESINOS IN A STRANGE LAND
By Margarita Mondms Engle
I am an agronomist. I work on farms
and ranches, in orange groves and pas­
tures, avocado groves and alfalfa
fields. In my daily routine, I encounter
poverty and wealth, joy and fear. Side
by side.
This is not an ordinary opinion col­
umn. I won't try to tell you what to
think. I won't even tell you what I
think.
What I want is the chance to share
with you a collection of glimpses of
campesinos, country people, in a
strange land.
HUNGER
An old woman comes to the door of
my office. Looking for food, she ex­
plains. I drive her to the Senior Citi­
zens' Center, where I know she will be
given a hot meal. As we pass a straw­
berry farm perched on a steep slope, she
gestures. "Thirty years," she says.
"Thirty years I worked in that field, and
now they only want Oaxacans, who
will woik for less because they are new
and don't have papers."
STAR BREAK
I drive past a hundred men. Every
morning they gather, waiting for some­
one to stop and offer woik.
STAR BREAK
I am woiking in an orange grove. A
young woman approaches me. Where
can she find woik,? she asks. Her hus­
band has been here seven years. She has
just crossed "la Ifnea" — the border. If
she can't find work, she tells me in a
voice choked by weUing tears, she wiU
have to go back alone.
HOMELESS
The men ride to work on bicycles, up
and down the steep hiUs. On Sundays
they carry groceries in plastic sacks,
walking in groups. They live under the
trees in the orchards where they work.
HOPE
An irrigator follows me through the
avocado grove. I am anxious to get to
woik, but I stop and listen. "They don't
pay us enough," he says. "I have papers
now, I have amnesty. Now I can quit and
get a better job."
DESPAIR
We have known Alfredo only five
months. He is from a smaU town high in
the mountains of Guatemala. I have seen
his town through the window of a bus.
He wishes for amnesty. "Please," he
asks us,"can you write me a letter saying
you have been my employer for many
years?" No, we agree. That is something
woman with long braids is surrounded
by her own little ones, crying, fighting,
tugging at her.
Suddenly, in the midst of the chaos,
she breaks into song, a deeply impas­
sioned love song. Her voice is ordinary,
her serenity exceptional. For months, I
have carried the memory of her song."
we cannot do.
BELIEFS
Everyday some landowner tells me
about "his" Mexicans or"his" Guatema­
lans. I think about my own children. I
hope they will not grow up
expecting to own anyone.
STAR BREAK
One day a black dog appears in our
neighborhood. "Mexicans must have
dropped it off," a neighbor tells. "They
want us to fatten it up. Then they'll come
back for it. They eat them, you know."
JOY
On Sundays the women drift down
from the steep hills in their best dresses,
babies on their backs. As we drive by, we
see them clustering at bus stops. For a
moment, I forgot that I am in the United
States.
STAR BREAK
I am at woik. Through the wall of my
office, I hear them singing, talking,
laughing.
STAR BREAK
An old man sells freshly roasted
"elotes" — com on the cob •— on the
street Smiling, he praises my children
and teUs me his name.
STAR BREAK
Outside the kindergarten class, we
wait for our children. A short, daik
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Inland Empire Hispanic News
Wednesday, January 20,1988
Personal Profile: Santos Rodriguez, La Onda Chicana
Santos Rodriguez wants to introduce
the Hispanics of the Inland Empire to La
Onda Chicana. He believes that if
peiiople hear this type of music, they will
• 'enjoy
en
it.
La Onda Chicana is our mu­
sic," explains Rodriguez. "It is
composed and performed by
Chicanos and it is definitely not
restricted to Texas.
He is careful to point out that a lot of
people refer to La Onda Chicana music
as Tejano music but — it's not
As a boy growing up in the South
jn- Texas Valley, Rodriguez and his entire
family traveled all over the United States
working as farm laborers. Rodriguez
• • remembers working the potatoe crop in
Alabama, the string beans in New Yoric,
the cherries in Michigan and the sugar
beets in Nebraska. Woridng all over the
United States, he realized that La Onda
Chicana exists in almost all states where
Acre is a large concentration of Chica­
• nos.
"I come from a musically inclined
family. My family used to get around the
fire at los campos and sing," he remem­
bers.
However, it was not until he was a
freshman in high school that Rodriguez
became interested in performing music.
"My friends started a band and I wanted
to be part of it so I talked my brother, who
knew how to play guitar, into teaching
me." Rodriguez's enthusiasm was such
that he learned to play in six months.
At the age of 20 he joined the Air
His wife has since received her
teaching credentials and is currently
teaching at Burbank Elementary
School.
Rodriguez never thought of re­
turning to Texas during the hard
times because according to him it's
equally as hard there.
"Back home there is no chance to
get out of that vicious poverty cycleit's almost a family tradition."
Rodriguez stayed in San Bernar­
dino and accepted a position as a
Transportation Specialist with the
San Bernardino Unified School
District. From that position he was
promoted to Assistant Supervisor to
Transportation Planning and then to
Transportation Manager — aU this
in a span of 12 years.
This whole time he was educat­
ing himself and seeking employ­
ment, Rodriguez still had his band
going. "This drive inside me is
something I can't explain — I feel
it's part of my duty to share my culture
with other people."
Rodriguez's band consists of two
trumpets, one saxophone, a guitar, a base
guitar, drums and keyboards.
His band charges between $600 - $700 to
perform at functions, depending on the
distance involved.
Force because he did not want to work in
the fields aU his life. "I saw no future
where I was and I joined the military to
try and get ahead,", said Rodriguez.
Rodriguez was stationed in Korea,' Japan
and Okinawa. His last 18 months he
spent at George Air Force Base in Victorvdle, which served as his introduction
My band is super hot right
to the area.
Wasting little time, he started playing now. It is composed of most
guitar and singing with a band called Los professional people, college
Vagos in Victorville. Rodriguez came graduates, who don't do it for
down to San Bernardino with Los Vagos.
the money but for the love of it."
He soon'started his own band,
"Santos Rodriguez y La Compania Currently we are working on a
Suave" while still living in VictorviUe. show-dance performance.
"We played mostly at weddings, night
clubs in San Bernardino, Barstow,
"I reaUy enjoy my family time." San­
Needles and the Los Angeles area."
tos and Rosalinda have seven children,
He picked that particular name be­ the oldest 15 and youngest 1 1/2. The
cause Rodriguez explains suave is slang Rodriguez family enjoys camping.
for really bad as in qu^ suave.
Rodriguez enjoys all types of music.
"When I was discharged from the
service, I headed back to Weslaco, Texas
with the intentions of starting my own
band there. However, when I arrived I
immediately went back into the fields
with my father. I did not want to do that
for the rest of my life so I came back to
California."
With the assistance of his G.I. Bill he
started attending college first at San
Bernardino Valley College and then at
California State University, San Bernar­
dino and went on to obtain his Masters
Degree in School Management.
In 1971, he went back to Texas to visit
his parents and ended up bringing his
childhood sweetheart, Rosalinda, back
with him. "At first it was hard because
we were both going to school and woricing part time jobs.
"We really
struggled," he recalls.
rock, country music, mariachis, and
jazz.
"La Onda Chicana is like the melting
pot of all styles of music.
If you listen to La Onda
Chicana, it
will grow on you. The main
problem is that it wasn't pro­
moted before.
Rodriguez points out that things are
looking good for this type of music
thanks to Gilberto Esquivel who
allowed La Onda Chicana to be
broadcast. Every Saturday and Sunday
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. you can tune
in to Santos Rodriguez Y La Onda
Chicana on KDIF, Radio 1440.
"The response has been fantastic,
the show has good ratings. Listeners
call in and express their gratiitude for
playing that type of music." According
to Rodriguez, people used to be biased
towards La Onda Chicana but they are
now starting to feel the energy behind
this music.
This type of music helps
people feel allegre. The ma­
jority of the music revolves
around la allegria.
Rodriguez recently began a monthly
newsletter which is produced by the
California Chicano Music Association.
"I started the newsletter because the
Chicano vision is too scattered - we
are going away from our musical
roots." He has a list of 1200 people
who have previously attended CMcano
music performances and by April he
hopes to increase that to 3000. The
newsletter goes out all over Southern
California. "I'm trying to unite Chi­
cano music lovers to move this music
up to the status of Mexican music."
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Business
Wednesdi
gMi^ESS'OF-THE WEE®
PANADERIA VALLARTA
You walk through the door and the
aroma of pan dulce welcomes you. The
Vallarta Bakery still stands at its origi­
nal site nearly 31 years later.
Vallarta Bakery was first opened by
Adolfo Vallarta July 11, 1957. Later
Dolores and Loretta Ramos bought the
bakery in 1962 from the Vallarta family
after the death of Adolfo.
The present owner is Jorge Sanchez,
who came from Mexico 17 years ago
and worked at the bakery where he met
his wife Maria, daughter of the Ramos.
Sanchez has been baking all his life.
He comes from Michoacan where he .
started working at bakeries since age 10.
"I also studied in Mexico City where
I learned to bake all the different types of
breads, like conchas, campechanas, pan
birote and chorreadas." Sanchez also
taught at various bakeries before coming
here to San Bernardino.
"When my parents bought the bakery,
it was a smaU business." remembers
Maria. The Vallarta's were distributing
to businesses and not selling over the
counter. The Ramos added the bakery to
increase it to its present size. When
The Inland Empire Hispanic Cham­
ber of Commerce wiU hold its 32nd
Annual Installation of Officers on Sat­
urday, January 30 at the Chris Davis
Supper Qub.
Keynote for the event is Senator Art
Torres, 24th Senatorial District.
Providing musical entertainment is
"Latin Society". Social hour starts at 6
p.m. and dinner will start at 7 p.m. fol­
lowed by the dance at 9 p.m.
Mario Porras, a founding board
member, remembers when the chamber
was first started in 1956 as the San Ber­
nardino Mexican Chamber of Com­
merce (the name was later changed to
Inland Empire Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce).
"It was real hard at the beginning
and we were discouraged when we only
had four or five members but by the
third year we had 25 to 30 members,"
said Porras. The chamber's first meeting
was held at Mitla's he recalls.
Porras stated, "We needed something
to unite the Hispanic business commu­
nity, to help them communicate with one
another.
"The chamber asked for better lighting,
increased police protection and im­
proved sanitary services from the city."
He believes that the chamber has
made inroads into the community and
has developed a lot of respect. "I am very
proud of the chamber," said Porras.
Outgoing President George Aguilar
said he has worked to make the chamber
a good vehicle for businesses. "If they
have a problem, I wanted them to feel
they can come to us and if we can't help
them we can refer them to someone who
can."
Aguilar believes the chamber should
take the lead and represent the Hispanic
the oven area and take it off the racks,"
Sanchez said.
Vallarta's clientele comes from
Barstow, Indio — even Los Angeles.
When these people come through San
Bernardino, they often stop at the bak­
ery to pick up bread.
Former Mayor Holcomb likes the
pan birote, also known as boliUos.
Some of the popular selling breads are
the pan de huevo or conchas, the bolillos, and Pac Man cookies.
"One of the types of bread that we
have to make daily are the marranitos,
people count on us to have them daily."
Some people know that a certain
bread comes out at a particular time of
the day so they make it a point to be here,
Maria's father died in 1975,. Jorge and
as soon as it hits the shelves noted San­
Maria bought the bakery from her
chez.- Most of the bread sells for 20
mother
cents a piece and the customer gets to
Maria practically grew up at the bak­
select their own bread off the shelves.
ery because she was the eldest of her
family.
The bakers start the bread at 4 a.m.
and the bakery doors open at 7 a.m. and
close at 9 p.m. The bread is baked on a
seven day basis. AH the bread is baked
daily because the people have grown ac­
customed to it, explained Sanchez.
"People want the bread as fresh as
possible, they practically want to go into
Senator Art Torres to Speak At Chamber Installation
community as a whole not just the busi­
ness community.
He will now serve as past president
and wiU be able to vote. "The hardest
part of being president is not being able
to vote," said Aguilar.
New board members to be installed
are Esther Mata, Carmelo Soto and Dr.
Jorge Zaragosa.
One of the main concems of Alfredo
Gonzalez, incoming president, is to work
with the San Bernardino Police Depart­
ment for more police protection. "The
merchants want more police visibility,"
said Gonzalez. "The problem with alco­
hol and drugs is stiU there between 4th
and 9th streets. I have already spoken to
Bob Hammock about the problem and
intend to speak to the Chief of Police."
"By the end of 1988 I would like to
have 200 members, presently we have
115." Another goal for Gonzalez is lo­
cating a building that is owned either by
the county or the city where Hispanic
organizations can have functions, "so
we don't have to beg the Orange Show."
Gonzalez believes the problems^
with the Orange Show started-when the^
G.I. Forum tried to rent the facilities two
years ago for a convention. "They ap­
parently don't want to rent to Hispanics," said Gonzalez.
"We will continue to have aU our
regular programs, the Queen Contest,
Cinco de Mayo, Dlez y Seis, Hispanic
Hall of Fame, and the Christmas Party
this year," said Gonzalez.
Tickets for the installation are $30
per person or $55 a couple. For more in­
formation call the Inland Empire His­
panic Chamber at (714) 888-2188.
Informes/Noticias
7
cal fimess. For more information caU
Diet Dynamics at 877-4605 or
Hutton Center at 370-5086.
M.E.C.H.A
California State University, San Ber­
nardino
First M.E.C.H.A./L.B.S.A. Leadership
^fcnference Jan.30, 1988
a.m. to 12:30 noon.
CSUSB-5500 University Parkway
, San Bernardino, Ca
Purpose of conference is to enlighten
high school and college students of new
^ leadership skills and how these skills can
best be utilized to help the Latino com­
munity. For further information please
call Jesse Valenzuela at 888-0207 or
Sharon M. Headrick 889-3192 (after
6pm).
The conference wiU be in Spanish. Pub­
lic is invited.
'
Speakers will be: Attomey Carlos
Juarez, Father Luis Olivares, President
of the Coalition for Human Immigration
Reform of Los Angeles (CHIRLA); and
Mrs. Carmen Lima, President of Coali­
tion for Visas and Rights for the undocu­
mented. For more information please
call 889-3528
Foro Informativo De Inmigracion
Sabado 23 de Enero
5:30 a 9:00 p.m.
Biblioteca "Norman Feldheym"
555 W. 6th Street
San Bemardino, Ca
San Bernardino Valley College
Con: Lie. Carlos Juarez-Problemas de
Friday, January 29, 1988
inmigracidn; P. Luis Olivares- Presidente-Coalicidn pro inmigracidn
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Staff Lounge, Campus Center 103
Humanitaria-CHIRLASan Bernardino VaUey College
Carmen Lima-Presidenta-Coalicidn
701 S. Mt. Vemon Ave., San Bernardino Pro-Visas y Derechos para indocumenAdult Re-entry Center
tados, LA. Informacidn: (714) 889FREE workshop on "PREVENTING 3528.
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE".
In addition to information on the inci­ Diet Dynamics
dence and prevention of exploitation fo Announcing the move of Diet Dynamics
^juldren they will be giving and over- to the Colton Library Community Room,
^Rw of the Victim Witness-Program, 656 N. 9th Street.
Wednesdays -5:(X) - 8:00p.m.
and information on employment.
For more information contact Kathy $20 a month with Senior Citizen and
family discoimts available.
Flynn at 888-5411 ext. 181.
Learn control of problem and situational
eating through proper eating behavior
Immigration Conference
management, food preparation, mental
January 23,1988
attitude and portion control.
5:30-9:00 p.m.
Look and feel good through new confi­
Norman Feldheym Library
dence, attitude, achievement and physi­
555 W. 6th Street, San Bemardino.
Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Workshops wiU be offered in English
and Spanish and free transportation and
free child care will be provided.
Sheep Day
Workshop I, "Ways to Prepare Early for
College," will cover information useful
January 23, 1988
to parents of younger children. Learning
Los Angeles Fairplex Park, Pomona
8:30a.m-4:30p.m.
strategies for use in the home, how to
Topic- "The Ewe and Reproduction".
support college goals early, and brief
Broad spectmm of speakers: University information about the college enroll­
of California, Hopland Field Station, ment process wiU be provided.
U.S.D.A. Meat Animal Research Sta­ Workshop II, "How to Get Your Child
tion.
into College" offers information to par­
For more information please contact Jim ents of 9th through 12th graders on
SuUins/Glenace Brown-387-2171
choosing a college, college prep classes,
admissions tests, enrollment procedures
and financial aid.
Valentine's Dance
FEBRUARY 13
The seminar will take place on Wednes­
Valentine's Day Dance. Chris Davis' day, January 20, from 6 to 8p.m. at the
Supper Qub. Music by the "AFTER San Bemardino Valley College Liberal
SEVEN" band. Dancing from 9:00p.m. Arts Building.
to 1:00a.m. Doors open at 8:00p.m.. The A-i- Committee is a new parent or­
PRICE: $8.00 per person—$15.00 per ganization working to tum around the
couple. Tickets available at the Esper- dropout rate among minority students at
anza Market, San Bemardino or call 824- San Bemardino High School and in­
9551. Don't miss the biggest event of the crease their college going rates.
new year! Limited tickets, so hurry.
Sponsoring organizations include San
Bemardino Valley College, the Boys
San Bernardino Chamber of Com­ Club, Kiwanis Qub of Greater San Ber­
nardino, McDonalds and the Achieve­
merce
ment Council.
Thursday, January 21 at 7:45a.m.
San Bemardino Area Chamber of Com­ For more information on the seminar,
please caU 888-6511. To reserve trans­
merce
portation to the seminar, please caU the
546 West Sixth Street
Boys Club at 888-6751.
San Bemardino, Ca 92402
At this meeting we wiU discuss ways in
which vocational education programs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
can respond to the needs of local busi­ Hispanic Round Table
Regular Meeting
ness and better prepare employees.
For more information please call Bar­ January 23,1988
9:00 a.m.
bara Newcombe—885-7515
AU members welcome.
Quarterly Calendars Available..
Ways to Prepare Early for College
A free seminar on getting students into For more information please caU 888college wiU be presented by the A+ 2188.
Committee for parents of students from
HISPANAS, POLITICAS MIX WELL TOGETHER
By Melinda Machado
Before leaving for a conference in
Miami recently, Denver City Councilwoman Debbie Ortega had to search
for an altemate babysitter for her 6-yearold daughter; her mother was out of town
vacation.
The
District 9 councilwoman, elected
•
last year in a city of more than 2 miUion,
is an example of the growing number of
Latinas balancing family, community
and civic responsibilities with newly
attained political empowerment.
Ortega is one of 592 Latina elected
officials included in the current roster
published by the National Association of
Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
NALEO reports Latina elected offi­
cials increased a record 20 percent be­
tween 1986 and 1987. In fact, Latinas
make up 18 percent of the 3,314 Hispanic
elected officials inNALEO's survey last
year—100 more than in 1986. In the
general population, women hold 12 per­ nity. But in the United States, Latina
cent of the elected posts. (The survey did Officials are a relatively recent phenomenpn. Many came into office in the
not include Puerto Rico.)
"Nearly one in five of aU Hispanic late 19^0's and early 80's, a time frame
officials are women, and that is totally that coincides with the women's mpvecounterintuitive to what we think of the ment.
New York State Sen. Olga Mendez,
Latino community. We think of it as
dominated by machismo Yet our rate of who represents the 30th District in New
electing women is about 50 percent Yoik City, has served in the legislature
greater than society as a whole," says for 10 years. "I think the Latino commu­
NALEO Executive Director Harry nity, both men and women, have no
problems whatsoever in accepting the
Pachon.
In Florida, Dade County School political leadership of Latina women,"
Board member Rosa Castro Feinberg, she says. However, she cautions, "Lati­
who is a Cubana, believes "Machismo— nas initially have greater problems in
that popular stereotype—has either de­ being accepted by Latino men in public
ceased a lot or operates only in certain office."
The bloc of the Hispanic male politi­
areas, and public life doesn't appear to be
cal power structure is one Gloria Molina
one of them."
A long history of women officials — faced throughout her campaign a year
including in judicial posts — in both ago to become the first Latina ever voted
Cuba and Puerto Rico has resulted in a onto the Los Angeles City Council.
respect for 'females in office among During that election, the former state
many segments of the Latino commu­ assemblywoman found a groupof Latino
political power brokers trying to talk her
out of running, claiming a woman could
never win in that heavily Hispanic dis­
trict. They even ran a candidate against
her.
Texas state Rep. Irma Rangel, who in
1976 became the first Latina elected to
the House there, says, "Our men are
finally realizing the need for the
woman." Ten years later, Judith Zaffirini became the first Mexican American
womaninthatstate'sSenate. Shewonin
every predominantly Mexican Ameri­
can county in her vast district, from
Laredo to San Antonio.
The community is coalescing, agrees
the only Hispanic elected official in
Rochester, N.Y., Nancy Padilla, who is
Puerto Rican now in the middle of her
second four-year term on the city's edu­
cation board. "But whatever I do, I have
to do at 150 percent," she says.
Phoenix City Councilwoman Mary
Please See Hispanas, Page 8
8
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Inland Empire Hispanic News
Westside
Wednesday, January 20,1988
MINI-NOTAS DEPORTIVAS
que boicotearon los juegos olimpicos en
respuesta al boicot impuesto por Estados
Unidos y otros pafses aliados, a las
olimpiadas en Moscii en 1980. Si Rusia
participa en los juegos olimpicos de
1988, esta serfa la primera competencia
para sus atletas, despues de doce afios de
receso en este tipo de competencias
intemacidnales.
Respecto a las olimpiades, creemos
que el maximo evento deportivo mun­
dial, pronto se encontrard con el
problema econdmico de los pafses del
tercer mundo, pues como es sabido por
todos, la deuda externa de estos es cada
dfa mayor, y sus recursos econdmicas
cada vez mas limitados, y creemos que a
dichos pafses les serd casi imposible
pagar las elevadas sumas de dinero que el
Comitd Olimpico Intemacional cobra
por el derecho de organizar las
olimpiadas...Los aficionados de filtbol
tendrdn la oportunidad de ver en accidn
de los mejores equipos del momento, en
el Coliseo Memorial de Los Angeles,
cuando se enfrenten Las Qiivas del
Guadalajara y Bordeaux, el proximo 22
de Enero en encuentro que se espera muy
reflido por las posicidnes que ocupan
estos equipos en sus respectivos pafses.
Y para acquellos que no puedan ir a ver
dste sensacidnal encuentro futbolistico
el 22, pueden hacerlo el 24 ya que en esta
fecha se estarin enfrentando Las Chivas
del Guadalajara-Colonia y Dinamo Kiev
y Bordeaux...En otras noticias del
mundo del box, el Campedn Gallo del
CMB , el Colombiano Miguel "Happy"
Lora, se enfrentard al Argentine
Lucio'MetraUeta" Lopez, el 4 de Marzo
en una plaza aiin no indicada. Este
combate serd por el Campednato
Gallo versidn CMB. Lora tiene un rec­
ord de 28 peleas ganadas 14 por la via
rapida, y tiene 26 afios de edad, y defendid con dxito su campednato en Mi­
ami, el pasado 27 de Noviembre frente a
Ray Minus, Jr...Femando Valenzuela
panic commimities, Padilla explains.
Dade County's Castro Feinberg, who
was appointed to her position, will face
CONTINUED From Page 7
her first election November, 1988. She
Rose Wilcox agrees. "You go through will rely on two base constituencies—
a lot. You buck up against the good ol' Hispanics and women. "It's a natural al­
boy network and you must have to stay liance," she says.
strong and prove you can be just as
Bettie Baca, former head of the His­
much of a leader."
panic Affairs Division of the Democratic
More than 80 percent of the 592 National Committee and now the execu­
Hispana elected officials in the tive director of the Congressional His­
NALEO survey serve on local school panic Caucus, has been involved in
boards or at the municipal levels. They Latino and party politics for more than
are women like Mary Irizarry, a former 20 years.
Parent-Teacher Association president
"Elected politics start at the local
and now a member of the school board level and move forward. We're going to
for District 19 in Brooklyn.
see a tremendous growth of women and
Political involvement of Latinas of­ Hispanics in higher office in the next 10
ten begins at the school board level be­ years," she predicts.
cause education is a priority for His­
Today the highest-ranking elected
Latina is New Mexico's Secretary of
State, Rebecca Vigil-Giron . NALEO
shows only 14 Latinas elected to state
bodies. Most elected Latinas can be
found in Texas (233), Califomia (102)
and New Mexico (100). Florida has only
six.
"The record still needs great im­
provement," suggests Pachon. Looking
to '88 and beyond, Maidez smiles. "The
ground is fertile."
Por Jesse Sepulveda
Mauricio Aceves, clasificado numero 10 Welter Junior del CMB, se enfrentard a Roger Mayweather el proximo
dia 24 de Febrero en la Arena Deportiva
de Los Angeles, en lo que serd su primer
intento por apoderarse del Campednato
Welter Junior en poder de Mayweather.
Mayweather es un duro peleador de raza
negra con un record de 31 peleas ganadas
y 5 perdidas, mientras que Aceves tiene
en su haber 29 peleas ganadas y
perdidas...Todo parece estar listo para el
maximo evento deportivo mundial en
SeiU, Corea del Sur, en el que los deportistas del mundo se reunirdn en las
Olimpiadas de 1988, que esperamos no
sean boicoteadas por ningun pals como
ocurrid en 1984 cuando Rusia y otros
pafses del bloque comunista boicotearon
las Olimpiadas en Los Angeles, argumentando que las medidas de seguridad
no eran adecuadas, cuando la verdad es
HISPANAS
espera que el afio 1988 sea im mejor afio,
pues en 1987 no le fiie muy bien que
digamos, y termind con un discutido
record de 14 ganados y 14 perdidos, lo
cual no le deja muy bien parado ante los
aficionados y mucho menos ante los
directivos de su equipo, y menos aiin si
recordamos que el proximo afio se convertiri en agente fibre, al menos que las
cosas, despues de la temporada 87, quu^
la directiva de los Dodger no estd n^^
interesada en sus servicios y dste se
convierta en agente fibre. Pero en fin,
esperemos que la suerte le sonria al
Zurdo de Oro y que renueve el contrato.
For favor manden informacidn sobre
deportes de esta drea al Sefior Jesse
Sepdlveda, 619 N. "K" Street, San Ber­
nardino, CA 92411..
(Melinda Machado is a reporter with
Hispanic Link News Service in Wash­
ington, D.C.)
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DAWN
Rain clouds hover over
the arrid planes of
the evening earth.
The thunder ROARS
and the lightning
STRIKES.
THE rain pours and
Leaves
a calm blanket of
mist.
Then peeking through
the clouds of gray
comes the
sun's gift
of day.
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Inland Empire Hispanic News
Crime Tip: TEEN SUICIDE "
aged by physical awkwardness, failure
in academics or athletics, lack of praise,
incidents that hurt a young person's
pride.
"GROWING PAINS'- Some­
times teens aren't ready to handle bigger
responsibilities, new relationships, or
physical changes, etc. On the other hand,
some teens may feel ready to take on
more responsibilities than society will
allow.
Sgt. Dan Hernandez
San Bernardino Police Dept.
Suicide is a serious problem among our
young. It can be a preventable problem
if we learn to recognize the danger signs
and help the ones who are displaying the
signs.
There are countless reasons for why a
young person chooses to die. Some
possible reasons for suicide might be:
DEPRESSION- It's common
for teens to feel depressed because it's a
time filled with many changes and losses
to them. Depression can make every­
thing seem so overwhelming that death
seems to be the only way out.
^ , FAMILY PROBLEMS- Divorce,
marital instability, etc. can create feel­
ings of rejection and worthlessness.
Many teens who have attempted suicide
feel that their families don't understand
them.
SIGNinCANT LOSS- Death, di­
vorce, separation, moving, boyfriend/
girlfriend break-ups, loss of health or
respect can create feelings of over­
whelming loss.
PRESSURE TO SUCCEED- For
some teens wirming is everything
leaving no room for failure.
POOR SELF-ESTEEM- Feel­
ings of self-worth can; be severely dam­
Suicide is not something that hap­
pens at the "spur of the moment". Sui­
cide is planned and it's important to be
aware of the danger signs. Clues may
include:
PREVIOUS SUICIDE AT­
TEMPTS- If an unsuccessful attempt has
been made-others may follow.
VERBAL THREATS- State­
ments such as "You're better off without
me" or "I wish I were dead" should be
taken seriously.
PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLFalling grades, sleeping in class, emo­
tional out bursts, or behavior that's un­
characteristic of the student.
THEMES OF DEATH- Show­
ing up in artwork, poetry, essays, etc.
SUDDEN UNEXPECTED
HAPPINESS- Following prolonged de­
pression can indicate a feeling a relief be­
cause a person has decided to "end it aU".
and offer to go with that person to that
source of help.
SOURCES OF HELP-May be a
family physician, school persormel,
community health center, clergy, etc.
Avoid making the following mis­
takes. They are fatal.
Don't sidestep the issue by of­
fering empty reassurances such as "you
have it better than most", or "It's not so
bad." Assure the person
he or
she can be helped.
OTHER SIGNS- Can include
physical complaints, frequent accidents,
hyperactivity, aggressiveness, sexual
Don't keep suicide plans a se­
promiscuity, attention-getting b e h a v ­ cret. Friends should be able to confide in
ior or prolonged grief after a loss.
each other, but when it comes to endan­
gering you friends life it's
time to
A person displaying these signs des­ break that confidence.
perately needs to know that others care.
Show your care by:
Don't leave that person alone if
BEING DIRECT-Talk openly
about how serious the person is about
suicide. Ask direct questions such as
"Are you thinking aboutsuicide?" "Do
CHANGES IN BEHAVIORyou have a plan?" "Are you willing to
Such as the active becoming withdrawn
talk with someone who can help?"
or the cautious taking unusual risks.
you feel any immediate danger. Get
help and wait until help arrives.
Remember, you can't control what
the person decides to do, so don't feel re­
sponsible for saving the person. You can
help a person by showing that you care
and by helping him or her get profes­
LISTEN- Lpok for nonverbal sional help.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE- Alco­
clues displaying how the person is feel­
If you or someone you know has been
hol and drugs appear to be significantly
ing as well as listening. Don't make considering suicide, keep in mind that
linked to teen suicides.
moral judgements, act shocked or dis­ others care and you are not alone. The
gusted, argue or lecture.
crisis will pass. Don't be embarrassed or
UNUSUAL PURCHASESashamed of what you've been thinking.
Such as a weapon, rope or anything out
SHOW YOU CARE-By telling Get in touch with someone you know and
of the ordinary.
the person you're available to talk about trust or call:
the things that are troubling him or her. Suicide Crisis Intervention 24
GIVING AWAY POSSESReassure the person thatyou care and HourHotline at 886-4889.
SIONS-Like records, clothing, etc.
that others feel the same way.
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Childrens Crises Center Developed to Obtain Child Abuse Evidence
them with the patient's number. "They
Rose Houston worics at St. can only be released by a court order,"
Bemardine's Medical Center at the Chil­ said Houston. One of the tapes is put in
dren in Crises Center. Houston's job is to permanent storage at the hospital and the
talk to kids about good touches and bad other is made ready for law enforcement
and defense or prosecution attorneys.
touches.
"I don't do therapy, I do evaluations,"
"Children are usually referred to us
said Houston. Inorderforkidstobeseen by law enforcement. "TTiey are usually
by Houston, a guardian must sign a con­ not on an emergency basis," she said.
sent form, which wiU soon be available
"I usually start by telling the children
in Spanish. The social woricer does in­ that anybody that did anything to them
take and video interview which takes will get help."
about two hours. "I don't do therapy, I do While the videotape is being produced
evaluations," said Houston.
the parents or guardians are not allowed
Houston conducts forensic eviden­ in the filming booth are in the room with
tiary interviews to establish or rule out Houston and the child. Houston will then
child abuse. "We are here to support the ask the child to use the dolls and explain
legal process."
what happened being careful not to put
"We make two videotapes at the same words in their mouth.
time which are kept private by labeling
Please see EVIDENCE, Back Page
SiiSi
Rose Houston with new Hispanic family of dolls usea m filming.
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Enfertainmerit
Inland Empire Hispanic News
Wednesday, January 20,1988
iQn
Por Jesse Sepulveda
For
Se
tener su propio programa en el cual acompanaron grandes actores como
representaba
a 5 diferentes per- Carlos Yustis, Puk Miranda, Sylvana
Luis de Alba, uno de los
comicos mexicanos mas activos del sonajes, como el hermano sol. El Pir- Duran y otros actores cdmicos...
rurris y otros que por mucho tiempo
Ricardo Montalb^n, el heroe de
memento,
hicieron reir al publico.
tantas y tantas peliculas y tminfador
sigue cosechando 6xitos en su cada
Luis
de
Alba,
un
hombre
luchador,
de "The Fantasy Island', y Placido
vez mas ascendente carrera drtissiempre
en
busca
del
dxito,
siguid
Domingo uno de los mejores interpretica, que lo ha llevado a actuar en
adelante
con
su
empeno
de
colocarse
tes de la opera modema, recibieron un
radio, television, teatro y cine en
en
el
gusto
del
publico,
pero
esta
vez
merecido
homenaje por su labor en
toda Latino America.
su
meta
era
el
cine,
y
despues
de
algun
pro de los ninos pobres. Dicho home­
Hace solo unos di'as que termino
tiempo
entrd
al
cine
con
partes
naje les fud offecido por el Concilio
su actuacion en la obra teatral
pequenas
que
poco
a
poco
le
fueron
Asesor Hispanico del Hospital Orcdmica "No La Chifles Que es
abriendo
las
puertas
hasta
llegar
a
topedico de Los Angeles y la
Cantada". misma que se presentd
en conocido teatro de South Gate y interpretar co-estelares al lado de Asociacidn de Amigos de Placido
en la cual el fu6 el actor principal. grandes artistas mexicanos, en alred- Domingo.
Entre los presentes pudimos notar
Luis de Alba se did a conocer en edor de 15 peliculas.
Luis
de
Alba
ha
sabido
combinar
la presencia de Esai Morales, estrella
la radio mexicana con el personaje
muy
bien
sus
actuaciones
en
la
televi­
de
"La Bamba". a quien preguntamos
de "solm" en la radio novela "Calision, el cine y el teatro y reciente- su opinion sobre el cine Latino
man, el hombre increible", que se
transmitfa con mucho dxito a toda mente termind su actuacion estelar Americano, y las oportunidades para
la Republica Mexicana, a traves de en, "Luis de Alba entre Gringas y la los actores latinos en el cine
Migra". en la cual representd diferen­ Norteamericano.
XEW y RCN.
tes personajes, como El Pirrurris" y
"El cine hispano, nos dijo, es en
Despuds de algunos pro- otros siempre en plan estelar. En este momento un reflejo de la violengramas en television, se le Dicha obra para el video, le cia actual. Respecto-a las opor­
brindo la oportunidad de
tunidades en el Americano para el*
actor hispano, yo creo que_son muy
buenas, pues los productores y directores al fin se han dado cuenta de
la importancia del latino en este
pais, y se estan preocupando en
hacer cine para el latino, con actores
latinos". ...Los 300 clubs de admiradores de Elvis Presley, celebraron el
52 aniversario del nacimiento de
Elvis, con una gran fiesta en recuerdo de €ste gran fdolo del rock,
que si viviera tencWa 52 anos de
edad. Elvis, que murio el 16 de
Agostode 1977, sigue siendorecordado con carino por sus 300 clubs de
admiradores a traves del mundo.
Dichos clubs de admiradores,
coleccidnan discos, fotos y articulos
que pertenecieron a Elvis y cada ano
celebran y recuerdan los aniversarios de nacimiento y muerte del
gran fdolo.
HOW MUCH MONEY IS TOO MUCH? "WALL STREET" REVEALS
SECRETS OF STOCK MARKET
By Malaquias "Hollywood" O'Toole
How much is enough is the question
raised by "Wall Street", Oliver Stone's
latest movie.
The answer, too much money is not
enough.
This is the story of corporate raider
Gordon Gekko, played deliciously by
Michael Douglas. The Gekko character
is loosely based on real life Wall Street
villain Ivan F. Boesky, who was not long
ago busted for insider trading.
Story follows the education of Buddy
Fox (Charlie Sheen), a low level securi­
ties salesman who yearns to work with
his hero, Gekko. Fox wants to be a major
league player.
Shortly after linking up with Gekko,
Fox leams that his mentor is not finding
lucrative stock deals through hard work
or crafty research, but by trading and
inside information. Inside information,
whose use is illegal, refers to tip offs,
news or data not available to the public.
While superficial, "Wall Street" is a
quick paced look at the comings and
goings of high investment on
capitalism's main street. The film is
lush, colorful and provides viewers a
glimpse of the investment world. It is a
world of young brash stocktraders who
woik feverishly around the clock in an
effort to score the lucrative big deal. And
from there, it's on to the next really big
deal.
Oliver Stone said of "Wall Street", "I
wanted to concentrate on the ethics of the
characters and see where they lose their
way, where they lose their sense of val­
ues, where net worth starts to equal self
worth.
1 think "WaU Street" is really about
the urban culture of the 80s. The pres­
sure is enormous on these young guys to
produce. I think they are perverted right
off the bat. Why would someone whose
making $100 million have to make an­
other $20 million? Because he has to
stay ahead of the next guy. Money is a
way of keeping score. A line in the script
says it all; 'How many boats can you
water ski behind?' Ultimately, it's not
about money, its about power."
Douglas, coming off an impressive
performance in the 87 box office hit fatal
attraction, is very effective as the ruth­
less, greedy and persuasive Gekko. Al­
though 1 am not a Douglas fan, I have to
admit that he played the role quite excep­
tionally.
At one point, Gekko comes down on
Fox, trying to hip him to the cut-throat
realities of high investment. Gekko tells
Fox, "If you need a friend get a dog."
As of evidence of Gekko's ruthlessness, another corporate raider. Sir Law­
rence Wildmon (Terrence Stamp) tells
Gekko, "You'd sell your mother."
Gekko doesn't disagree.
In another scene, Gekko makes a
revealing speech at a stockholders meet­
ing. "Greed is good" is the message. (In
fact, Boesky delivered a similar address
to graduating business students at UC
Beikeley when he was a Wall Street big
shot.)
"Wall Street" takes place in 1985,
which we now know was the middle of
the 80s' bull market. That bull market,
characterized by a trend of rising stock
prices, came to a crashing halt last Octo­
ber 19, dubbed "Black Monday" after
stocks plummeted world wide. A scan
three months later the U.S. stock markets
remains extremely volatile.
To a large degree, the bull market was
fueled by greed and "WaU Street" cap­
tures the era and the feeling. Many wall
streeters made miUions and used it to get
the best of everything, but they wanted
more.
Many people consider the investment
world of WaU Street as a fixed game, and
the film" WaU Street" confirms that
perception. At one point Gekko says
(And they might as well be his watch
words), "the most valuable commodity I
know of is information, wouldn't you
agree?"
And it is this underworld that Fox gets
involved in, quite willingly. In one key
scene, Gekko gives Fox an ultimatum;
get some information or get lost. Buddy
thinks it over quickly, then says "Okay
Mr. Gekko you've got me." The camera
catches Gekko's smiling face. It's the
look of the devil. He's got Buddy's soul.
Shortly after a big Gekko deal. Buddy
is rewarded and successfuUy bids on a
roomy swank Manhattan apartment. It's
cost; $950,(XX).
Another key acquisition; the beauti­
ful and classy Darian (Daryl Hannah), a
friend of Gekko's.
What is disappointing in "WaU
Streeet" is that the female characters are
mere backdrops, including Hannah.
Sean Young, the fetching looker in "No
Way Out", plays Gekko's wife, but if
you are not paying attention you'U miss
her.
Also, what is Fox's attraction to Dar­
ian?
Nevertheless, "WaU Street" is an
impressive follow-up to Stone's Acad­
emy Award-winning blockbluster "Pla­
toon".
The flash of WaU Street is aU here;
corporate jets, limousines, pricey Man­
hattan restaurants, and expensive inte­
rior decorating jobs.
It is HoUywood, though, like "Pla­
toon" was a cinematic treatment of Viet­
nam, let's not forget this.
But clearly the greed is real.
As one character says, "The main
thing about money is that it makes you do
things you don't want to."
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MARCHERS HONOR THE SPIRIT OF DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
On Sunday afternoon de­
spite the presence of the Ku
Klux Klan and wet cold cli­
mate, the parade celebra­
ting Martin Luther King
Jr.'s birthday, went on as
scheduled.
About 200 marchers
braved the weather and
marched from the Santa Fe
Park to the Fontana Per­
forming Arts Center singing
songs of solidarity. Later
Sunday night Martin Luther
King III spoke to a full house
at the Center.
The Fontana Ministerial
Association organized
Sunday's march which had
stirred controversy due to
expected opposition from the Klan. A couple
of weeks ago, the imperial wizard of the Invis­
ible Empire of the Knights of the Ku KluxKlaj^
James W. Farrands who intended to travel
from Connecticut to Fontana. It is not known
ifFarrand did actually appear.
However, lining the route of the marchers
were unrobed members of the KKK, the Inter­
national Committee Against Racism, and the
Jewish Defense League.
Ironically, King once said, "It takes a
strong man to stand up to a violent situation.
Non-violent passive resistance exposes the
moral d^enses of the opponents ..."
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In addition to the videotaped inter­
view, an examination is done to look for
sexual abuse. This examination is done
externally only. A coloposcope is used
which magnifies 10, 20 and 30 times.
The examinations are done by pediatri­
cians, obstetricians and gynecologist At
this examination, slides are done to illus­
trate medical fmdings. The Loma Linda
University Medical Center and the Riv­
erside County Hospital are the only other
facilities which conduct such examina­
tions.
Payment for these services are made
by law enforcement agencies. Child
Protective Services and Medi-Cal. The
center is not allowed to bill the patients.
"We are not a drop-in center, if you
suspect child abuse you should contact
local law enforcement agencies or the
child protective services," said Houston.
Since the Children in Crises Center
opened June first of this year they have
seen 87 patients, 18 of those have been
Hispanics. Consequently, Houston or­
dered a family of Hispanic anatomically
correct dolls to join the other families of
dolls used for the video taping. The
family of four was made by Peggy Spurgeon who works at St. Bemardines and
were donated by the St. Bemardine's
Medical Auxiliary.
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