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Lubbock, TX 79409 U s F; ``t Budget Could Be News Briefs Plan Gives College Test Of Latino Political Clout Guidance to Poor By Joseph Torurs By 1995 that number in- Under a new plan announced by President Clinton, child- It's a window of opportunity creased to more than six mil- ren from poor families would have the chance to pair up with that's already the target of a lion, or 14 percent. mentors, tutors, and counselors as early as grade six to gear political stone or two But the The administration's budget them toward college, reports Associated Press. federal government may fi- proposals included raising Clinton unveiled the $140 million effort Wednesday, say- nally address the paramount funding for Title I of the Ele- ing there are plenty of poor children who just need a little need to raise the academic mentary and Secondary Edu- spark to go on to great things." performance and high school cation Act by $393 million to The High Hopes for College program aims to provide child- completion rate of Hispanic $7.8 billion. Title I awards ren from disadvantaged families with support to guide them to students nationwide. grants to school districts that college and brighter futures. Clinton's fiscal 1999 budget a!- - President Clinton's $1.7 provide additional services to lots $140 million and an additional $70 million to be phased in trillion budget for fiscal year help low-income K-12 stud- during 2000 and 2001 for the program. 1999 calls for spending $600 ents meet academic stan- Under Clinton's proposal, colleges would form partner- million on an education plan dards. In 1994-95, 32 percent of ships with middle and junior-high schools that have large that increases funding for all students served by Title I concentration of children from low-income families. The programs affecting Hispanic were Hispanic. president hopes to reach more than 1 million students at 3,000 students. El President Clinton y el Vice Presidente Gore The administration request- middle schools over the next five years. Pressed by the Congression- durante una junta donde prometieron trabajar ed $394 million, a $33 million By working with parents, churches, local businesses and al Hispanic Caucus during a increase, for adult education. para el mejoramiento de la educaci6n con los din- community groups, children in the program would receive in- •White House meeting last Hispanics make up 34 percent formation on the significance of attending college. They year to give the community's eros del nuevo presupuesto. El nuevo presupuesto of the 3.9 million adults would receive help as minor as filling out a college applica- proximos educational concerns top pri- se considera por el Congreso durante los served through Adult Basic tion, and as major as taking part in trips to campuses, sum- ority, the president has taken meses. Education courses. Sixty-sev- mer programs and after-school activities to whet their appe- the first step. en percent are enrolled in tites for college. Vice President Al Gore and English-as-a-Second-Lan- They also would have to take tougher classes to prepare Education Secretary Richard ministration didnt just throw who never enrolled in school, guage classes. them for the academic rigors of poet-secondary education. Riley revealed the adminis- money at the problem, they is 30 percent, more than dou- Of all schools seeking teach- Their parents would receive a "21st Century Scholar" certifi- tiation's goals for Hispanic conceded. It made a genuine ble the national average. It ers for their ESL and bilin- cate that spells out the amount of college aid for which their has been there or higher for education at a White House effort to consult with the cau- gual education classrooms, children would be eligible, Clinton said, "so they will never ceremony Feb. 4, the same cus and Latino educational the past 30 years. Hispanics 27.2 percent have difficulties have any doubt that if they do their part, they can, in fact, go on day Clinton submitted his groups. make up 56 percent of all U.S. filling vacancies, according to college." proposal to Congress for the Here's why Hispanics insist immigrants, but 90 percent of to the U.S. Department of Edu- The program was the brainchild of Rep. Chaka Fattah, D- - nation's first balanced budget that education of their child- all immigrant dropouts. In cation. Fewer than one in five : Pa., who patterned it after programs in Philadelphia that pro- in 30 years. ren must become a national 1976, there were 2.8 million teachers serving Limited- vide disadvantaged students with mentors, tuition assistance Hispanic advocates ap- priority: Latino kids attending public English-Proficient students and general encouragement. plauded both the action and the The Hispanic dropout rate, schools, making up 6.4 per- are certified in either ESL or "These young people ... are the future of our country, and way it was handled. The ad- which includes immigrants cent of the student population. Continued on Page 3 the choices that they make in their lives will either tax our so- ciety or benefit our society," Fattah said. "This life that these young people have been given is not a dress rehearsal. This initiative challenges them to do their absolute best." Social Security Fix a Clinton Priority President Clinton today prodded Congress to make saving surplus funds for a future fix of Social Security "the driving principal of this year's work," reports Associated Press He also announced that the first of four regional forums on overhauling Social Security would be held April 7 in Kansas Established 1977 - Texas' Oldest Hispanic Owned Newspapers City, Mo. It was Clinton's first extended remarks on Social Security since he suggested in his State of the Union address last Month tr,1i- ‚I. that Congress set aside any budget surplus to help shore up the . ta),.1ivy lmY I 6 pI) - y_ . lirsil_ nation's retirement program. Social Security currently takes in more payroll taxes from working Americans than it pays out in benefits to retirees. But In what Councilman Victor Lubbock City Council from alent to the "old mil tax" used only unwarranted but unwel- c6me as well. The solution is after baby boomen' start to retire around 2010, that situatior Hernandez said was an effort placing before the voters the to reduce the ad valor em prop- easy, place the issue before the will be reversed. Without changes, Socia1 Security by 2029 that the City undertake some issue of a tax increase to be erty tax rate; and voters." will be unable to pay due retirement benefits. positive steps toward reaching used for "economic develop- d. the creation of a Region- ment initiatives:; al Economic Development 1'he steps outlined were " If we act soon, less is more," Clinton told his audience of a region-wide resolution to meant as initial steps which b. a temporary "cap" on the Commission. mostly students. "We can take relatively modest steps in any long-term economic develop- Hernandez said were needed amount of funds which can be Councilman Hernandez number of directions to run this 2029 number well out into the ment goals, the Councilman to be undertaken. "The reso- future. introduced 4 resolution to be transferred to Market said that "It is critical that the Lubbock,, Inc, at a rate equiv- issue of whether or not the citi- lutions to this issue will not be Most GOP leaders in Congress want to use the anticipated considered at the week's easy, nor will they be neces- alent to the "old mil tax"; zens wish to continue to fund budget surplus for tax cuts. meeting. sarily popular with all -- but C. a resolution which calls economic development initia- Clinton disagreed and said Congress instead should put the Of the seven members of the they will be vital to this City's for an election which would tives' be determined. Just as money aside. "I think it should be the driving principle of this Council only 4 were present continued growth and well- determine, once and for all, there are those adamant in years work in the United States Congress. Do not have a tax on Thursday and none sec- being," said Hernandez. cut. Do not have a spending program that deals with that onded the motion for consid- the preference of Lubbock Cit- their position of continuing to With no one seconding the surplus." eration of the resolution. izens to either: a) continue to fund economic development and "economic development by whatever means, there are resolution when placed before "I was encouraged that Speaker (Newt) Gingrich said the The resolutions called for the Council, the resolution es- initiatives" through a rate those just as adamant that the other day that he felt we should save the surplus until we had a, a voluntarily imposed sentially died but alternative fixed Social Security first," Clinton said. moratorium, prohibiting the equivalent to the "old mil continued use of taxes to fund tax"; or b) have a rate equiv- economic development is not efforts are being planned by However, what Gingrich said was that Congress could save Comenkats Hernandez. any budget surplus for Social Security and still give Ameri- cans a tax break -- if Clinton would give up new spending pro- Aprobacion De Presupuesto posals. ro The Clinton administration is forecasting that, not only Every now and then we Podria Ser Prueba will the budget be balanced for the first time in 30 years in fis- cal 1999, but there will be a $200 billion surplus over the next have to remind our readers Po Joseph Torres Los defensores hispanos latinas de la enaePanza. five years. Fiscal 1999 begins next Oct. 1. that this newspaper doesn't Es uns ventana de oportuni- aplaudieron tanto a la acciOn He aquf el por qu€ los hispa- In addition to announcing the date and location of the first run on love. dadqueyaeselblancode uns como al modo de manejarla. nos insisten en que la ense- Since this piedra politics o dos. Pero el El gobierno no se limit6 a tlanza de sus hijos debe llegar Social Security forum, Clinton said that he would participate in a teleconference on the subject on March 21 sponsored by the Saturday is gobierno federal puede enfo- "tirar dinero" al problema, a ser uns prioridad nacional: Valentine's Day I i segim reconocieron aquellos, La tasa de abandono de los Pew Charitable Trust. carse por fin sobre la necesi- The teleconference will enable him to speak with people in thought it might dad imperiosa de elevar el de- - sino que hizo un esfuerzo gen- estudios entre los hispanos, 10 cities. be good to again sempeflo academico y Is tasa uino para consultar con el que incluye a los inmigrantes remind you. de terminaci6n de estudios Grupo y las organizaciones The saying Love makes the secundarios por parts de los Food Stamp Debit world go around doesn't estudiantes latinos en toda Ia reallyapply in the making of nacio'n. Cards Ease Shame this newspaper. What makes El presupuesto del Presi- Phildaelphia Inquirer - Some people describe it as a quick, the world go around for us is dente Clinton pars el alto fis- sideways glance that silently communicates volumes: disap- it's avertisers who week end cal de 1999, ascendente a $1.7 proval, resentment, disgust, sometimes even pity. and week out put their trillones, dispone el desem- Others say its more like a stare: slow and judgmental. advertising in our bolso de $600 millones pars un Eyes carefully study the groceries on the conveyor belt, mov- newspaper. Many times it's plan de ensefanza que au- ing from the boxes of cookies to the bottles of soda, vigilant for very hard to get people to spend menta el financiamiento signs of extravagance. Mumbles rise from the others on line money advertising and meke pars los programas que sur- about the extra wait. them realize that our readers ten gran efecto sobre los estu- It'a a common experience at the checkout line for someone do spend money and care diantes hispanos. paying with food stamps. Soon, people on public assistance about who really wants their Apremiado por el Grupo wont be so conspicuous. business enough to support a Congresional Hispano dura- Under the 1996 federal welfare-reform law, states are re- newspaper that realtes to nte uns reunion en Is Casa quired to replace cumbersome, paper-laden food-stamp pro- them. Blanca el aflo pasado pars que grams with automated systems that give recipients access to It seems that daily we get diera prioridad maxima a los their benefits with the whisk of a card. comments about how people intereses de la comunidad por New Jersey began distributing food stamp benefits elec- love to read our paper. But yet la ensenanza, el presidente tronically two years ago in a pilot program in Essex, Hudson manyofour advertisers don't ha dado el primer paso. and Camden Counties, which account for half the state's wel- get the message. El Vice-Presidente Al Gore y fare caseload. Several other counties are due to go on-line in Do us a favor, next time you el Secretario de Instrucci6n the spring. go shopping, eating, looking Püblica Richard Riley revel- Fifteen other states are also using cards on a limited basis. for a place to fill out your aron los objetivos del gobierno Under welfare reform, all 50 states must at least have begun income tax, etc. they them you Para Is enseftanza de los his- an electronic benefits program by 2002. read about their services in El panos en una ceremonia en Is In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, welfare and food stamp Editor. And next time you go Casa Blanca el 4 de febrero, el benefits are wired to accounts established for each recipient. into a store that you have mismo dla en que Clinton Recipients can use the cards to get cash welfare benefits as neverseem them advertise in present6 su propuesta al Con- well as to pay for food. They can be used at ATMs almost any- El Editor.... ask them why greso para el primer presu- where in the country to get cash, and at supermarkets through- out Pennsylvania and New Jersey. they don't. W e sure would puesto equilibrado de la na- Continued on Page 6 appreciate it. ci6n en 30 afios. EI Editor, Lubbocl , Tx February 12, 1998 n Sittin' Here 1 • lay. ^ kI ^ i•': • . ^_^ Think in' Por Victor Landa Tengo este häbito de decir a acostumbraba ser un lugar carreteras y helipuertos Como la fronten sean detenidos al la gente que soy on iapaz de la donde el tiempo era sefalado Si estuvieran preparändose azar en los retenes de control, Cutlers on the Web! fronten. Lo digo como re- por el sol poniente, el sonido pars un asedio. Ningün otro mirando hacia dentro del lugar lo permitirfa. by Ira Cutler - caiiön de un rifle? spuesta a la inevitable pre- de las campanas de las igle- The other day I was sittin here doing my other job - being gunta: "tDe donde eres7 Y sin embargo, las protestas tNunca, dicen ustedes? sias y la vista de los päjaros a partner in a consulting firm - and I wanted to locate a fel- cuando conozco a alguien. constantes en contra de lo que que maniobraban por encima En Presidio, Ezequiel Her- low I had not seen or heard about in years. The thing is that y se asentaban en asciende a ser una ocupacion nändez fud muerto mientras Desde luego, los recien cono- los ärboles he would be just the right person for a piece of work that we militar de la fi-ontera han cuidaba su rebafio de cabras. cMos parecen fijarse en la enormes de las plazas. might end up getting a contract to do. Putting the right person quedado sin respuesta. No fu€ F1ie muerto a tiros por In- palabra "rapaz", cuando en Para mi disgusto, el lugar on the right assignment is a lot of what success in consulting verdad lo que yo creo que sea pacffico con sus mareas alta y sino hasta que un joven pastor fantes de Marina que haclan is all about. de Presidio, Texas, fue muer- su trabajo. 1Quidn -fa interesarit.e es el hecho de que baja de personas y vidas, se hab At any late, I got so desperate that I tried to find my former soy de la fronten. ha convertido en una fronten to por estar en su lugar acos- pensado que tal ama fuera pa- tumbrado a su horn de ws- sjble? colleague by entering his name in Yahoo!, the search engine No puedo decir que soy üni- de contenciön. Los informes on the web, and ultimately I found some phone numbers and tumbre, que la operacibn mil- Nunca, decfan ellos. Pero camente de Laredo, Texas, recientes de los Infantes de addresses that just might turn out to be him. It is really tough porque serla solo media ver- Marina de los Estados Unidos itar the puesta en tela de jui- sucedi6, tan irreal como pue- cio. to hide out these days. - da sonar. dad. La otra mitad de la vex patrullando las zonas fron- And then, for the fun of it, I looked me up and, lo and be- Pero todavfa los soldados dad es que soy de Nuevo Lare- terizas, Como si fueran una Si se necesita mäs patrullaje hold, Yahoo! found 24948 web pages in response to a search permanecen. Mäs reciente- pars combatir al träfico de do, M€xico, tambi€n. Durante zona de Buena, parecen caM for Ira Cutler. The first dozen or so are really about me -- ar- mente, han estado desbara- narcöticos a lo largo de la la mayor parte de mi niflez y irreales. tides I have written, some Sittin' Here Thinkin' columns tando el "llano" con el pretex- fronten, 6por qud no aumen- adolescencia atravesaba la Entre el ganado y los coyotes and some a little more scholarly -- but then as soon as they to de que les ayudarä a hater tar la cantidad de agentes frontera polftica entre los Es- del llano, entre el "mezquite" ran out of stuff on Ira Cutler, they listed references to what y el "huisache" y el polvo su trabajo mejor. pars la ejecuciön de las leyes tados Unidos y Mexico por lo seems to be all the other Cutlers in the world. What a bunch eterno del desierto, hay ahora El extremo serfa ridfculo. El de narcoticos en todo el pals? menos dos veces al dia, uns they are. extremo sei-fa desplegar a los ^Por que no aumentar el nivel vez yendo y la otra viniendo. muchachos fuertemente ar- One interesting Cutler was Alpheus Cutler who, on Tues-

Infantes de Marina en todos de cooperation entre las de- - He vivido y estudiado en mados vestidos de camuflaje, day, March 23 1847, met with Brigham Young and others in los lugares de la nation pendencias que combaten al acobas nations y tenfio ami- capacitados pars matar. Y Nebraska to define new boundaries for the Winter Quarters gos a los donde se compran y venden träfico de narcoticos a ambos dos lados. Conozco entre el afän y el apurillo del City. A scholarly Cutler, William G. Cutler, apparently narcöticos. El extremo serfa lados de la - fronten? Por qud las calles y los callejones de comercio fronterizo tipico de- wrote the definitive "History of the State of Kansas" which

enviar a soldados armados a no hater algo substantial re- - todas las comunidades fron- bemos agregar ahora el soni- was first published in 1883. A scientist, HC Cutler, produced patrullar las calles de las ve- specto a disminuir la deman- terizas tan bien como conozeo do de los helicöpteros mili- a paper in 1942 that established the system of recognition and cindades mäs peligrosas del da de narcoticos que esdaviza a las mejores "taquefias" de tares que dispersan a los gru- classification of maize or corn into distinct "races." pals, pars crear un estado a las mentes de tantos de ambas ciudades. (Desde lue- pos de "urracas vespertmas. Other prominent Cutlers include Lloyd Cutler, who was militar a fin de reprimir los nuestros j6venes? go, en Laredo, Texas, a los ta- Su razo'n expuesta es que van persuaded by President Clinton in 1994 to serve as White c os del desayuno se les llama a unirse a la guerra contra los males del träfico ilegal de Lo que me preocupa es lo que narcoticos. El extremo nunca House counsel during Clinton's first term. Cutler, described " pueda suceder una vez que es- manachis", y en gran med- narcoticos. as "the ultimate Washington lawyer" and a "Washington sucederfa, porque no lo per- tas operations militares ida pars disgusto de las cam- Para estar seguros, la fron- gray eminence," had held the same job in the Carter admin- mitirfamos. "mfnimas" dejen de detener areras. Y yo agrego "sin gui- ten meridional de los Esta- istration. His role for Clinton was to help quiet the uproar tarra" cuando los ordeno.) dos Unidos es una zona como De modo que, Lqu€ es lo que a los narcöticos. hate que la fronten sea dis- El extremo puede no estar over White House ethics. Lucky Lloyd! Another Cutler law- Hay matices ligeros en los no hay otra en el pals. En yer is the infamous Bruce Cutler, chief attorney for convict- ritmos de cada lado del rfo ningün otro lugar de estos Es- tinta? tan lejos Como parece. LCunto tiempo pasarä antes (Victor Landa es director de infor- ed mobster John Gotti. There is a lot more on the Web about que solo alguien que haya tados Unidos el gobierno fed- Bruce than Lloyd, oddly enough, especially on The John Got- vivido inmerso en los dos erai desplegarfa visiblemente de que se detenga a los ciuda- maci6n de la estaciÖn de "Telemundo" danos privados en las cant- KVDA-TV, en San Antonio.) ti Tribute Page, which also comes up when you do an In Cut- lugares puede descubrir. tropas armadas. En ninguna Propiedad literaria registrada por 1er web search. Mucho ha cambiado desde otra zone no militar del pals, tens porque luven sospecho- Hispanic Link News Service en 1998. Distribuido por The Los Angeles There are a lot of more ordinary, less famous Cutlers as que atravese el Puente Inter- las Fuerzas Armadas de los sos? tCuänto tiempo pasarä antes de que los residentes de Times Syndicate well. Richard Cutler, a handsome young man from the De- nacional por ültima vez, pero Estados Unidos construjrfan partment of Mathematics at Utah State University, has a web page of his own, as do a number of either out of work or end- lessly hustling Cutlers. Rupert Cutler, for example, provides The Marines Have Landed a range of consultancy services to assist those involved in the property industry and related fields. Christopher W. Cutler, D.D.S. is on the faculty of Emory University School On The Mexican Border of Dentistry. Koli Cutler from Los Angeles advertises her- self as an American Standard Sign Language translator. By Victor Landa Much has changed since I non-military area of the ways because they look suspi- William (Bill) Edward Cutler is a freelance/contract write- I have this habit of telling last walked across the Inter- country would the U.S. Armed cious? How long before reM- r-editor serving a wide variety of businesses and he has a people I'm a border brat. I say national Bridge, but it used to Forces oonstruct roads and dents of the border are stopped real nice Website but a rather forbidding picture of himself. it in response to the inevitable be a place where time was heliports as if preparing for a at random check points, look- Try to smile, Bill! "Where are you from?" when marked by the setting sun, the siege. No other place would ing into the barrel of a rifle? Craig Cutler is one of a number of artistic Cutlers, a pho- I first meet someone. Of sound of church bells and the stand for it. Never, you say? In Presidia, tographer here in New York. Maybe Craig could take a hap- course, new acquaintances sight of birds swirling over- And yet the constant protests Ezequel Hernandez was pier picture of Bill. Jack Cutler is a photographer, too, offer- seem to fix on the word "brat, t head and settling in the mas- against what amounts to a killed while protecting his ing "an any of glamour nudes for downloading and for when in fact what I believe is sive trees of the plazas. military occupation of the bor- herd of goats. He was shot by sale." Jack's nude pictures are art, I am glad to say, not interesting is the fact that I'm Much to my chagrin, the der have gone unheard. It Marines doing their job. Who smut; not that I looked at them too much. Prince Ivor Cutler from the border. peaceful place with its predict- wasn't until a young would have thought such a is a Scottish poet, musician and actor who was in the Beatles' I can't say I'm only from able ebb and flow of people and goatherder in Presidio, thing possible? Never, they film "Magical Mystery Tour." Elisabeth Cutler, a singer- Laredo, Texas, because it lives has turned into a border Texas, was killed for being in said. But it happened, surreal songwriter, has a new album out called Bury The Ghost. You would be half the truth. The of contention. Recent reports his usual place at his usual as it may sound. can click on her Website and hear some of it. Amazing, other half of the truth is that of United States Marines pa- time that the military opera- If more patrolling is needed huh? I'm from Nuevo Laredo, Mex- trolling the bother areas as if tion came under question. to combat drug trafficking There are a lot of Cutler cömpanies out there, too. Cutler ico, as well. Throughout most it were a war zone seem al- And still the soldiers remain. along the border, then why not Graphics, Cutler Realty (which is on Old Cutler Road in of my childhood and adoles- most surreal. Most recently they have been increase the number of drug Miami) and CUTLER & COMPANY, an investment man- cence I crossed the political Among the cattle and coyotes tearing up the Llano with the enforcement agents in the en- agement and mutual fund company in California, Oregon, border between the United ofthe llano, among the mez- excuse that it will help them do tire country? Why not in- and Indiana. Then there is Cutler Pheasant Supply, Inc. in States and Mexico at least quite and huisache and the theirjob better. crease the level of cooperation Michigan and, of course, there is Cutler-Hammer which, twice a day, on going and eternal dust of the desert there The extreme would be ridic- between drug fighting agen- with sales of approximately $2 billion, 54,000 employees and once coming. are now heavily armed boys ulous. The extreme would be des on both sides of the bor- 155 manufacturing sites in 26 countries around the world I've lived and studied in both dressed in camouflage, to deploy Marines to every der? Why not do something and sales for 1996 of $7 billion. nations and have friends on trained to kill. And amidst place in the nation where ille- substantial about decreasing There is a Residence Hall at Case Western Reserve Uni- either side. I know the streets the hustle and bustle of the typ- gal drugs are bought and sold. the demand for drugs that en- versity named Cutler and an article in the campus maga- and back alleys of each border ical border commerce we The extreme would be to send slaves the minds of so many zine in which a student is complai ning about mice getting community as well as I know must now add the sound of armed soldiers to patrol the of our young people? into her ramen noodle soup there. Colorado College's Cutler the best taquenas in both army helicopters dispersing streets of the most dangerous What worries me is what Hall, built in 1878, is the oldest building on campus and is on towns. (Of wurse, in Laredo, the swirls of evening urracas. neighborhoods in the country, may happen on these the National Register of Historic Places. Cutler, Maine is Texas, breakfast tacos are Their given reason is to join to create a military state in "minimal" military opera- home to the Little River Lodge, which sounds like a charm- called mariachis, and much in the war on drugs. order to squelch the evils of tions fail to stop drugs. The ing bed and breakfast. A Cutler Middle School serves Mys- to a server's chagrin. I'll add To be sure, the southern bor- drug trafficking. extreme may not be as far off tic, Connecticut. There is a Cutler Health Center at the Uni- sin guitarra when I order.) der of the United States is an The extreme would never as it seems. versity of Maine and Cutler, Illinois is the home of the Tri- There are nuances in the area like no other in the coun- happen because we wouldn't (V'ictor Landa is news director of the County Pentecostal Church "Where everybody is somebody, try. In no other place in these permit it. So what makes the Telemundo station KVDA-TV in San and Jesus Christ is Lord." rhythms of each side of the Antonio.) river that only someone who United States would the feder- border different? Copyright 1998, Hispanic Link News I only went through the first 200 of the nearly 25,000 Ira has lived in both places can al government blatantly de- How long before private citi- Service. Distributed by the Los An- Cutler search responses. Up ahead, I suspect, they will run detect. ploy armed troops. In no other zens are stopped on the high- geles'ISmes Syndicate out of Cutlers and start telling me about Inas - Ira Gershwin, Ira Hayes who raised the flag on Iwo Jima and others. I ex- pect to be told as well about Individual Retirement Accounts to) y McAllen- Edinburg- - desde 8.87 millones hasta 9.13 I 1 ^ 1 i 1^ • i Mission (29.2 por ciento). millones. and the Irish Republican Army. De las MSADs consolidadas Estrada agregb que los au- But it is the Cutlers I feel most close to, although it is al- 1P1LI &C 1. 1 1 1. con el crecjmiento mayor, mentos extraordinarios de la most certain that not a single one of them is in any way re- California tiene ti-es y Texas poblacion hispana en tales zo- lated to me. How do I know? Well, the deal is that my family Por Joseph Torres Un informe de la Oficina tiene dos (v€ase el cuadm es- nas pueden atribufise a la ju- has not been Cutlers for very long. We were the Mastrofski Los hispanos estän en movi- del Censo de los Estados Uni- ventud de la poblacion, su ths- family when my father's relatives left Russia and some- tadfstico). how, through bureaucracy or forged papers or whichever miento. Literalmente. dos, publicado el 31 de diciem- El Profesor Leo Estrada, de posición a emigrar pars en- Un par de encuestas de la bre, reve16 que la migration la Universidad de California contr-ar empleo y las redes de family legend you choose to believe, we became Cutlers by Oficina del Censo que fuenn hispana desempeß6 un papel en Los Angeles, dijo a Hispa- las familias extendidas que the time we reached New York. publicadas en las semanas considerable en las zones nic Link que los latinos flier- los latinos tienen en comun- I plan to contact some of the Cutlers, anyway, especially recientes seflalan a los lati- metropolitanas que experi- on participantes considera- idades dadas. the rich, powerful and/or interesting ones and maybe I can nos de los Estados Unidos, es- mentaron los aumentos de po- bles en nueve de las 10 zonas Los inmigrantes son por lo find some Mastrofskis, too. These days we all need all the pecialmente los inmigrantes, blaci6n mäs räpidos y metropolitanas de crecimien- general cumplidores de las connections we can get. Ira Cutler, [email protected] , says he's seeking a semi-legitimate Como una brisa fresca que re- mayores entre 1990 y 1996. to mäs räpido. El agreg6 que leyes y merecen eF€dito extra outlet for thoughts and ideas too irreverent, too iconoclastic, or just too nasty vigoriza al clima econömico De las diez Zonas Estadfsticas la inmigraciön y el movi- por mejorar la calidad de la for polite, serious, self-important company. He promises us a Monday col- y social de las zonas metro- miento de los hispanos fueron vida en las zonas a las que se umn most weeks. More recently Ira has become involved in communicating Metropolitanas (MSADs en ' another way, through speeches which he calla Standin' Here TallQn'. Estados mudan, agieg6 politanas por todos los ingles) con el crecimiento tambidn contribuyentes im- ei. El los vi6 Unidos. mäs räpido, cuatro estän en portantes a las 10 zonas met- Como un factor en la raz6n de Se gün aqudllos que han re- - Texas, y una cada una en ropolitanas que tuvieron los que la delincuencia en las aI Cditor Newspaper visado la information, esta ciudades tales Como Nueva Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, mayores logros num€ricos. is a weekly bilingual published every Thursday by Amigo Pub- poblacion mövil estä surtien- Florida, Nevada y Utah. La Si no hubiera sido por un au- York haya disminufdo, atrib- lications in Lubbock Texas, 1602 Ave. M, 79401. Tel. 806-763- las do un efecto positivo sobre MSA de Las Vegas, mento de 550,000 habitantes en uyendo tambien la disminu- 3841. Subscribing $40 per year payable in advance. Opinions comunidades urbanas de urn- Nevada/Arizona, encabez6 la la poblaciön hispana del Con- ci6n de la delincuencia juve- and commentaries expressed by guest columnists do not neces- - earily reflect the opinions of the publisher or of advertisers. dos tan inesperados Como dis relation con 40.9 por dento, dado de Los Angeles, el con- nil en escala national a la minuyendo In delincuencia y inmigracion. Editor/Publisher -- Bidal Aguero seguida por dos MSADs de dado habrfa perdido mäs de Manager -- Olga Riojas-Aguero eliminando montones de ba- Texas: Laredo (32.7 por den- 300,000 residentes entre 1990 y La necesidad de disponer de Subscription -- Bob Craig sura. 1996. En vez de eso, credo Continued on Page 4

El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 12, 1998 Page 3 with paramilitary units fir- ßuMn^^äiber^ Chiapas Counterinsurgency weaapons at n one fig lower caliber arms Tinto Campaign Spreads Fear the air. BY MARY JO MCCONA- there," said Hector, 28, a HAY health attendant. "But I can't they came to Polho "to concentrate in a place where POLHO, MEXICO -- This r ' see how we are going to re- cold, cloud-shrouded Indian solve the problem of food perhaps they couldn't kill us " one 38-year town, far from the hot lowland There is an air of crisis. farmer us' pl ains Or, as LuLuciano c says , jungle headquarters of the ' . During daylight armed townspeople distribute dona-hours, p1 all die togetherLu i that was Zapatistas, is living ^ . • what was to happen." proof of how far the Chiapasg — tions from civilian or ganza-i The military is now every- rebellion has spread. Filling tions -- taking food, clothes. with the displaced, surround- f ed by new police and army ;'. outposts, Polho has become one I ` ', of the newest hot spots in a t counterinsurgency campaign r that threatens to engulf Mexi- ' \ ^}' co's southernmost state. ‚ r -+l\ d Talks between the Mexican 1 r 1 ' government and the Zapatis- . New officers for the American GI Forum were tos broke down two years ago. i installed this past week to serve for the coming An official cease fire is in t year. place but conflict has con- / Newly installed officers were sworn in by Pete timed by other means, turn- _., Garza (left) and include: (1-r) Robert Narvaiz, vice ing Chiapas into a checker- commander; Frnacisco J. Guterrez, commander; board of authorities and ' ` `e"' Joe Carrillo, sgt.-at-arms; Bill Romero Camp, sec- loyalties. retary and not pictured Maria Campos, treasurer. Displacement began in m During the installation, Gutierrez stressed the jungle regions in 1995 when Marcos considera que las maniobras de •"desarme" importance of building a strong forum as a family Zapatista sympathizers fled Roberto Albores asumiö como que realizan las Fuerzas Armadas pueden provoc(. their homes in fear as army nuevo gobernador del estado de "enfrentamientos armados entre nuestras fuerzas y veteran's organization. Gutierrez said that one of the main projects of the Forum was going to build a troops entered their settle- Chiapas. las del gobierno". where. Camouflage-painted ments and erected bases. m the Chenalho district is toys and school books from trucks carrying soldiers and memorial for all Lubbock veterans in Lubbock About a year later, thousands home to Tzotzil Indians, who trucks on the highway down supplies outnumber private county. more -- including non-Zapa- sympathize with the Zapatis- slippery, narrow trails to en- cars. A satellite dish marks a tistas -- were forced from vii- tas. campments where families new army post at the village of Tages in the Northern regions Modest houses spread huddle, some with only a thin Xoyep, also bursting with ref- by paramilitary units linked downhill from a two-lane plastic sheet to protect them ugees. MDA covers America — with 230 clinics, to the ruling party (the PRI) highway among coffee-rich from the rain. Outside principal towns, r 1 185 local offices, and the most and the government. green mountains about 50 complete range of services for But at noon one recent day, soldiers and federal police children and adults affected by Now displacement is hit- males north of the colonial members of the town council search for guns and check neuromuscular diseases. ting the highlands. This town Sty of San Cristobal de las stood before a heavy metal documents. At dusk, soldiers Gasas. chain barrier and turned hunker down behind sand- From Page 1 Polho is an ordinary-look- away a delegation from the bags on the roadside, rifles in ing village, centered on Ministry of Health -- although hand. 7 Muscular Dystro ph y church and school, but fragile, Jerry Lewis. National Chairman bilingual instruction. The medicines are badly needed -- In Mexico City, opposition in open-walled shelters spill because the town will not ac- - members of Congress de- 1-800-572-1717 budgetget ccalls for milliono train beyond the town, which has additional spending to cept aid from the PRI-led gov- mand that the district be de- - in become a haven for villagers ernment. militarized. The govern- five y teachers over the next from miles around fleeing five years to teach LEP stud- paramilitary violence in They feed and protect the ment's Human Rights Com- eats. paramilitaries who put us mission says the indigenous ista enfermo usted o alquien de su Funding for bilingual edit- their own hamlets. In the last here," fumed one farmer population "fears" the army, ihmifla? Pues se sentira aua mejor, cation itself would increaseff year, Polho's population from the hamlet of La über- and the government says it is from $199 million to $232 mil- bs increased from 1,000 to tad. The displaced say they do open to new talks. As yet, cuando su doctor le explique en espanol lion and the dollars allocated over 7,000. not check on their homes or President Ernesto Zedillo has de Si' enfermedad y su tratamiento en to Hispanic Serving Institu- According to interviews crops for fear the paramilita- not moved to recall any of the lions in higher education wth residents of several vil- ries will pick them off on the troops or Federal police, and would climb from $12 million lages and reports from hu- - way. As the hour grows later, the army has not disarmed the La Nueva Clinica to $28 million. man rights groups, the pan- the men gather in knots to paramilitaries. Clinton also asked for $60 itary targets have includ- talk-- over soft drinks, as the Meanwhile, the army is million in 'new funding to ed not only Zapatista sympa- . aelf-declared "autonomous" trying to win hearts and La Misiön de improve education programs thizers but neutrals who re- - Zapatista communities have minds -- repairing roads and for migrant youths and f to pick up arms against pledged to keep themselves offering soft drinks, posting amiliar adults. Support for migrant their neighbors, adherents of dry. On the highway above, signs promising help in Cuidado F education, which serves the opposition Democratic they can see soldiers in dark Spanish and Maya Indian "La MisiOn 610,000 students, would climb Revolutionary Party (PRD) -- green, state police in dark languages. from $305 million to $354 mil- which has done very well in blue, federal police in black Deeper in the countryside, Centro de lion in fiscal year 1999. elections in the area -- and passing by or just loitering. these efforts appear unwel- Cuidado No More Excuses," a report village PRI figures who have Luciano, 35, a member of come. On a trail to Xoyep, commissioned by the admin- spoken out publicly against the autonomous Zapatista mu- members of an army "Social Familiar" istration and released by the the violence. nicipal council, says the Work" unit smooth a trail calle 26y Hispanic Dropout Project dur- After the December 22 mas- civilian community is un- with picks and shovels while ing the ceremony, offered sacre of 45 unarmed Indians armed, and feels defenseless, others stand by ready to ladle avenida Q several recommendations to at Acteal, only 6 miles up the "encircled" by the military. rich-smelling food from remedy the high dropout rate. road, the human flow into Like many others, Luciano steaming pots, and there is a It concluded: 'Hispanics con- Polho became a flood. "ran all the way here" when clinic, staffed with nurses Dr. Guillermo Villalona he heard the shooting at Ac- front too many excuses for the We cannot ask these peo- and stocked with medicines. country's inaction regarding ple to return to their homes, teal. That lasted six hours, But an officer said that in according to eyewitnesses, La Misiön Family their education status." because there is danger three days, there had been no Among Latinos on hand at takers. „ A ^ the ceremony to laud what the - r. Health Center administration has labeled its "Hispanic Education Ac- \A Conveniente y Atenciön Rapida lion Plan" were House mem- bers Ruben Hinojosa (D- 26th & Avenue Q Texas), Loretta Sanchez (D- Calif.) and Ed Pastor (D- \ /_ ms (8o6) 749-3332 Ariz.) 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D.C.) - Se Habla Espanol Copyright 1998, Hispanic Link News Service Distributed by the Los An- geles Times Syndicate Page 4 El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 12, 1998 Boxing De la Hoya's Wrist Injury Spring Training Set Postpones Charpentier Bout LAS VEGAS, - World Box- ing Council welterweight To Begin In MLB champion Oscar de la Hoya suffered an injury in train- ing, postponing his title bout By BEN WALKER leagues since the 1892 season. against Patrick Charpentier PHGEND( - So, where were The Detroit Tigers also of France until March 14th, we? made a move, going from the Top Rank said on Tuesday. Moises Alou, Kevin Brown AL East to the AL Central. De La Hoya suffered the in- and Robb Nen were winning That let Tampa Bay take its geographically correct spot in jury in sparring over the wee- the World Series for the Flori- kend in Coachella, Califor- da Marlins. the AL East, and Arizona will nia, where he had been train- The Milwaukee Brewers join the NL West. ing for several weeks. The were playing in the American Not all of baseball's top unbeaten champion was League. Pedro Martinez was players will be in action right scheduled to fight Charpentier in Montreal, Chuck Kno- away, however. All-Star catcher Todd on February 28th in Atlantic blauch in Minnesota and City, New Jersey. Kenny Lofton in Atlanta. Hundley may miss the entire year because of elbow trouble De la Hoya, 25, is 27-0 with Davey Johnson still had a 22 knockouts. Charpentier and former Cy Young winner job. The Tampa Bay Devil is26-4-1 with 22 knockouts. John Smoltz is expected to Rays and Arizona Diamond- The 12-round bout will be in start the season on the disa- backs didn't have any play- Las Vegas. ers, not really. bled list because of elbow sur- Has it really been just 108 gery. los hispanos tienden a ser in- darse a las zonas suburbans days since Edgar Renteria's NL MVP Larry Walker From Page 2 quilinos y no propietarios de de las ciudades del sur y del two-out single in the bottom of also is having elbow trouble, viviendas, dijo dl. oeste que a otras partes, porque the 11th inning ended Game 7 and ace pitchers David Cone materiales de desecho solidos Con la cantidad de empleos dependen de los automöviles y in Miami? and Kevin Appier are taking ha disminuido en California, en las ciudades que va en dis- porque las estructuras fisicas Now, its time for the sweet- it easy. Florida pitcher Alex aün cuando la poblacion haya minuci6n y las familias his- y culturales de las comun- est sound of spring. No, not Fernandez will be sidelined aumentado. Estrada acreditö panas establecidas mudän- idades estän mäe de acuerdo the shush of the Olympic bob- the whole season after a torn esa disminuciön en parte a dose a los suburbios, hizo no- con sus estilos de vida. sleds nor the swish of Michael rotator cuff finished bim in los inmigrantes, que tienen tar Gregory Rodriguez, beca- La poblaciön latina juvenil Jordan's jumper. the NL playoffs - at least he mayores probabilidades de do de investigaciön de la Uni- de los Estados Unidos totaliza "We're not going to be a Those magic words that remained on the roster, un- reprocesar los art(culos tales versidad Pepperdine, de Ma- ahora 32 millones. Alimenta- typical expansion team by baseball fans wait all winter like Alou, Brown, Nen, Como las ropas, en vez de tir- libu, California, los suburbios da por las tasas de nacimien- any stretch of the imagina- to hear. It's time for pitchers White, Al Leiter, Jeff Conine arlas. mismos tienden a llegar a ser tos y por,la inmigracion, estä tion," Arizona owner Jerry and catchers to report to and a half-dozen others. A medida que los hispanos y mäe pobres. creciendo a un ritmo de mäs Colangelo said. spring training. Brett Butler, Eddie Murray otros inmigrantes se mudan a Ray Suärez, moderador.del de un millön al alb. De modo The Diamondbacks will When camps start opening and Ryne Sandberg retired. las ciudades, otras familias programa "Talk of the Na- que dondequiera que hays es- head two hours south of Phoe- Thursday - the Marlins, Cle- But career saves leader Lee hispanas son parte de anti tion" de la Radio National pack y empleos, la nation nix and train in Tucson, veland and Cincinnati will Smith, who retired last July, corriente national continua Püblica, ha estado explorando puede esperar que los hispa- Ariz., and the Devil Rays will be the first to get going - much is trying a comeback with the de poblaciton desde las el exodo urbano conjunto en la nos se conviertan en un fen6- work out at St. Petersburg, of the major league landscape Royals. ciudades centrales hacia los investigaciön documental meno demogräfieo national, Fla., just a few minutes Brom will have changed. "I don't like sitting around suburbios. Otra encuesta del pars su libro proximo a publi- no en un fenömeno aislado en their home field. doing nothing. I'm going to carse, titulado "Huyendo de bolsones €tnicos en anti rela- When the Marlins, who Censo publicada en Diciem- Several clubs will be in have to play some ball so I can Casa". Suärez observ6 que, ci6n limitada de ciudades y shed 12 members of their 25- bre hallo que en el perfodo de new places this spring. The relax a little bit," Smith said. aunque muchos latinos estän estados. man World Series roster in a 12 meses comprendido entre Chicago White Sox left Sara- Many other big-name play- marzo de 1995 y marzo de comprando hogares suburba- (Joseph Torres es el editor del se- salary purge, play the first ex- sota, Flt, and shifted to Tuc- manario naeional Hispanic Link ers have new addresses. 1996, 853,000 latinos salieron nos que estän disminuyendo hibition game of the year Feb. son, while the Cincinnati Weekly Report.) Martinez, the NL Cy Young de •sus residenldas urbanas de valor y revitalizando las Reds packed up from Plant 25, many of the differences winner, was traded from hacia la vida suburban mäs vecindades que faeron una City, Fla., and moved into will be readily apparent. Montreal to Boston and tranquila. vez predominantemente Sarasota. There will be 30 teams this signed a record $75 million, El analizador de cursos de blancas, algunas de tales zo- ATTENTION

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continued next week DJ's Batting & Ts Sat Feb. 14 10 am-6 pm DJ's Batting & T's Sat Feb. 21 10 am-6 pm DJ's Batting &'Ps Sat March 7 10 am-6 pm Read It In Irons Jr. High Tues. March 10 6:30-9:00 pm El Editor First El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 12, 1998 Page 5 tied her. "I met Gloria Anzal- düa (author of "Borderlands, the New Fronten ") and the Latina Authors Find Border No Bather first thing she told me was, 'I am a chicano, I come from a minority and I'm a dyke.' By Michelle Garcia scribes it more precisely -- from determines whether you "I remember meeting San- Two Latina literary giants house, which sits on the fringe are shunned by chicanas as dra Cisneros, who, of couree, traveled far fmm their Mexi- of the city's historical district. an unscoured immigrant or has such a great personality co City and Texas homes this Sandra Cisneros Cisneros, a strong cultural dismissed by the mejicanas and was so generous with me. month to share their talents, advocate, used the issue to as a sell-out. I met Cherri Moraga (co-edi- wisdom and spiritual gifts. challenge the group's failure A member of the audience t tor of "A Bridge Called My The National Museum of to respect the city's Mexican asked Poniatowska about her Back") and she was extraor- Women in the Arts in roots. relationship as a mejicana dinary, a great poet and very Washington, D.C., hosted Cisneros mesmerized the writer to chicana writers. La rasa en strong. Elena Poniatowska and San- audience with a political es- The author recounted her in- "They were so self-asser- dra Cisneros. say tied to a personal loss troduction to chicana authors tive. Were not taught to be as- They stood side-by-side on when her father died. Then many years ago at a historic Mango sertive in Mexico. We are just stage -- a mejicana and a cM- she shifted to an intimate mo- meeting of chicana and meji- cana -- facing an overflow taught to marry someone, to ment between a tia and her cana writers in Mexico. catch a man. I admire chica- audience of mostly brown niece from her work in pro- "I found out they were very faces. Two days after tickets nos so much." ovedora...encaneadora y rierno.... Como la mejor gress, "Caramelo." . , brave," she said. We Mexi- While they pay homage to for the event were placed on poesla, obr- las venranas del coramön sin uno pelabra malgasrada." Excerpts from both novels can women are not as brave public sale last month, the —Miami Herald their roots, the writings of ended with the triumph of tru- as they are. They came from Cisneros and Anzaldüa relate museum's small theater was ly strong women -- one a no- two cultures that tried to de- fully booked. the experiences of a culture body, the other famous -- over stroy them. that straddles the border, Both women read from their the Mexican hills for a scene dation "Genius" Award. Po- - loss, betrayal and the reality "They didn't belong to the uniquely chicana and often works and conversed with in her latest novel, niatowska translated of sexism. They were reali- Mexicans. 'Tu no eres meji- their audience in English, "Tinisima," a sizzling fic- "Mango Street" for publica- tejana. Cisneros responded to ties known by readers on both cana. Americans didn't ac- - the "here" versus "there" per- flavored occasionally with tional biography of photogra- tion in Latin America. sides of the border. cept them either. 'No, you're Spanish. pher Tina Modotti. Cisneros is probably best spective in an earlier inter- But it was the relationships not an Anglo-Saxon.' So they view. Pioneer Mexican novelist The younger Cisneros has known beyond literary cir- between mejicana and chica- built up a very strong person- "I think once you see your- Elena Poniatowska, who be- produced three books, includ- cles for her battle last year na writers that seemed to ab- ality. They have a lot of cour- self in the other, in that person gan her career as a journalist ing the top-selling "The with a San Antonio preserva- sorb their audience most. age about issues that we didn't who is most unlike you, then in the 1950s and has authored House on Mango Street." Two tion group over its demand Barrio wisdom often plays have..." the story has done its political more than 40 books, swept the years ago, she received a that she repaint her purple -- on their differences. It claims Chicanas' outspokenness -- work. Then we cease to be a dominantly female crowd to prestigious MacArthur Foun- 'periwinkle," Cisneros de- - the side of the border you come "forma muy abierta" -- star- 'they' or 'that' or 'those kind,' and we become humans." Cisneros added her perspec- I •_ _I k': ._ 1^ 1 •_ _ ^ •_ 1 f_ 1 •Al . ' _ .'1 1 ' k' , , _L.^i _ •_ _ l^J tive on the division. "I'm in a Por Michelle Garcia nice vantage point of being neither Mexican nor com- Dos gigantes literarias lati- cluyendo el de mayor yenta Esas eran realidades conoci- "chicanas" hace muchos altos Anzaldüa (la autora de pletely American. From the nas viajaron lejos de sus titulada "La Casa de la Calle das por los lectures de ambos "Borderlands, en una reunion histbrica de la Nueva middle, I can see the places hogares de Ciudad Mexico y Mango". Ha ce dos aflos, ella lados de la firontera. escritoras "chicanas" y Fronterä) y lo primero que where the two don't fit. Those Texas en este mes pan com- recibiö un prestigioso Galar- Pero fue la relation entre las "mejicanas" en Mexico. ella me dijo fue: "Soy chica- interstices are a rich place to partir sus talentos, sabidurta don "Genius" de la Funda- escritoras "mejicana" y na, vengo de una minoria y "Encontre que ellas eran write." y dones espirituales. El Mu- ciön MacArthur. Poniatows- "chicana" lo que pareciö ab- soy un dique.D muy valerosas", dijo ella. But that rich place is becom- seo National de Mujeres en ka tradujo "Mango Street" sorber a su auditorio en "Nnentras 1 mrnaraa .novl_ "Recuerdo haber conocido a ing a harder place to culti- las Artes, de Washington, parr su publication en la Sandra Cisneros, quien, vate. While the two neighbors DC., recibiö a Elena Poma- America Latina. desde luego, tiene una person- encourage more commercial towska y a Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros es probablemente '^ alidad muy y fue muy Brande trade, the natural flow of peo- Ellas estuvieron una al lado mejor conocida mäs allä de generosa conmigo. Conocf a ple and ideas is becoming re- - de la otra en el escenario -- los circulos literarios por su Cherri Moraga (co-editora de stricted by U.S. attempts to una mejicana y una chicana - batalla del aho pasado con un "A Bridge Called My Back") - de frente a un auditorio con- grupo de conservation de San seal the border. Writers such y ella era extraordinaria, una as Cisneros and Poniatowska gestionado primordialmente Antonio, por la exigencia de gran poetisa y muy fuerte. El- de cans pardas. Dos dial este de que ella volviera a will increasingly become the las eran muy agresivas. En crossing despues que los boletos parr el pintar su casa de color pür- foot soldiers Mexico no se nos enseiia a ser threatened bridges for our sto- acontecirniento fueron puestos pura -- color de "hierba don- agresivas. Solo se nos enseha ries and voices. a la vents püblica el mes pa- cella", la describe Cisneros a casarnos con alguien, a sado, el pequefo teatro del mäs precisamente -- que estä LMjchelle Garcia is a reporter with atrapar a un hombre. Yo ad- Pacifica Radio in Washington, D.C.) muceo estaba reservado por situada en el distrito histärico miro znucho a los chicanos". Copyright 1998, Hispanic Link News coinpleto. de la Ciudad. Cisneros, defen- Mientras ellas rinden Service. Distributed by the Los An- geles'Rmee Syndicate Ambas mujeres leyeron de sora cultural sOlida, us6 el homenaje a sus rakes, los es- sus obras y conversaron con asunto parr retar al grupo por Continued on Page 6 su auditorio en ingles, condi- herber dejado de respetar las mayor medida. cans, no somos tan valientes mentado en ocasiones con el mites mexicanas de la Ciu- La sabidurla del "barrio' se Como ellas. Elias vinieron de espaiiol. dad. enfoca a menudo sobre sus di- dos culturas que trataron de La novelista mexicana pre- Cisneros hipnotizö al audi- ferencias. Alega que el lado destruirlas. cursora Elena Poniatowska, torio con un ensayo politico de la fronten de donde se pro- "Elias no pertenecian a los que empezö su carrera Como enlazado con una perdida cede determina si una resulta mexicanos. "Tü no eyes me- periodista en el decenio de personal cuando muriö su pa- esquivada por las "chicanas" jicanä. Los estadounidenses 1950 y ha sido autora de mäs dre. Entonces ella cambi6 a Como una inmigrante no Jim- no las aceptaron tampoco. de 40 libros, llevo a la multi- un momento Intimo entre una pia o descartada por las "No, tu no eres anglo-sajonä. hid predominantemente fe- tIa y su sobrina, de su libro "mejicanas" Como una De modo que ellas con- menina a las Colinas de Mex- mäs reciente, "Caramelo". "vendida". struyeron una personalidad lea pars una escena de su Los extractos de ambas nov- Un miembro del auditorio muy fuerte. Elias tienen novela mäs reciente, elas terminaron con el triun- preguntö a Poniatowska sobre mucho valor sobre los asun- "Tinfsima", una biografla de fo de mujeres verdadera- su relation Como una escri- tos, que nosotros no fiction muy caliente de la fo- mente fuertes -- una que no tora "mejicana" con las es- teniamos..." tögrafa Tina Modotti. era nadie y la otra famosa -- entoras "chicanas". La flanqueza de las chica- Cisneros, que es mäs joven, sobre perdida, traición y la La autora record6 su presen- nas -- "forma muy abierta" -- ha producido tres libros, in- realidad del prejuicio sexual. tacibn a las autoras le asombrö. "Conti a Gloria LET OUR HISTORY BECOME PART OF YOURS.

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I El Editor, Lubbock, Tx, February 12, 1998 Page 6 desaparecerän si pensamos lones a $28 millones. constantemente que nustros Clinton pidi6 tambien $60 News Briefs hermanos son enviados de From Page 1 millones de nuevo financia- Turban Wagstaff, a carpenter on disability, said he was Cristo pars nosotros, como miento pars mejorar los pro- que nunca se matricularon en pleased that the coupons would soon be history. cartas, y cantariamos siem- gtamas de enseflanza Para "No more standing in line at the bank or out in the cold at pre agradecidos con salmon, Is escuela, es del 30 por ciento, jOvenes y adultos migrantes. the check-cashing stores, waiting for your stamps or to cash ]timnos y cänticos inspira- mäs que el doble del promedio El apoyo a Ia enseilanza pan national. Ha estado en esa your [ welfare ] check," he said. dos. los migtantes, que presta State officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey say they n Rayito EI II Corintios 3,3. leemos cifra u otter superior durante servicios a 610,000 estu- plan to install machines that can read the cards in a wide var- qua Pablo dice que somos una Ios 30 atlos recientes. Los his- diantes, aumentaria de $305 iety of locations, including large and small stores De Luz - carts de Cristo escrita por el panos forman el 56 por ciento millones a $354 millones en The Pennsylvania program allows four free transactions a Espiritu Santo, en el mismo de todos los inmigrantes a los el ario fiscal de 1999. month at cash machines, including balance inquiries and For Sofia Martinez coraz6n. Y, una calts, siem- Estados Unidos, pero tienen el "No Mäs Pretextos", un in- withdrawals. After that, there is a 50-cent fee per transaction. En Ia Palabra de Dios en- pre es un mensaje, un infor- 90 por ciento de todos los de- - forme encargado por el gob- The fees apply to welfare benefits, but not food stamps contramos tambien las bases, maci6n importante, una sertores escolares entre los ierno y publicado por el State welfare officials say recipients can avoid frequent use y fundamentos de nuestra petici6n///Si somos una carts inmigrantes. Proyecto pars los Desertores of cash machines by going to supermarkets, where they can vida de comunidad, de como de Dios, somos algo muy im- En 1976 habfa 2.8 millones Hispanos durante Is ceremo- draw cash welfare payments and get account balances after debemos comportarnos con los portante Para nuestros her- de chicos latinos que asisttan nia, ofrecla varias recomen- making purchases. hermanos. En Col. 3,16, ve- manos y tenemos que estar a las escuelas publicas, for- daciones pan remediar Ia Pennsylvania recipients can also call a 24-hour, toll-free mos que tambi6n los demäs muiy atentos pars saber cual mando el 6.4 por ciento de la rasa elevada de deserciones number for account balances 888-328-7366. timen algo de Cristo Para no- es el mensaje que el Senor poblaci6n escolar. Para 1995, escolares. Y terminaba di- sotros, pues su Palabra habits quiere darles a nuestros her- ese numero ascendfa a mäs ciendo: "Los hispanos se en- en ellos. De aquf podemos manos por medio de nosotros. de Beis millones, o sea el 14 &entan a demasiados pretax- Group Says Programs ap ender a recibir Ia correc- Somos catas de Dios, y no Be - por ciento de Is poblac16n es- tos Para Is inaoci6n del pals for Kids a Priority ci6n fraterna y pensar que asi ben quedarse encerradas en colar. en lo referente a su situaciön como nosotros somos "cartas" el sobre, sin que naide las Las propuestas presupuestar- A child advocacy group says child care and after-school en Is ensefianza". de Cristo Para ellos, tambi6n pueda leer, tenemos obliga- ias del gobierno incluyeron el programs steer children away from crime, and the govern- Entre los latinos presentes allos son pan nosotros. d6n de hacerlas llegar a su aumento del financiamiento ment should spend more money on them, reports Associated en Is ceremonia pars elogiar Muchos enojos y sentimientos destino.(Colosenses 3,16). Press. CI CAIXA1 Para el TItulo I de Is Ley de lo qua el gobierno ha titulado ASIFI S Ensetlanza Elemental y Se- The group, dubbed "Fight Crime Invest in Kids," said su "Plan de Acci6n de Ense- cundatia en $393 millones, mors than 180 law-enforcement leaders and crime victims Ranza pan los Hispanos" se basta $7,800 millones. El TI- support their position and have urged Congress to put more hallaban los Representantes tulo I concede subvenciones a emphasis on preventing crime. Ruben Hinojosa (dem6crata los distritos escolares que pro- The group has criticized juvenile crime bills pending in por Texas), Loretta Sanchez porcionan servicios adi- Congress, saying they will starve child care and after-school JAJ (demöcrata por California) y cionales a los estudiantes de Ed Pastor (democrats por Ari- programs that include sports, music and drama activities. ingresos bajos entre el kin- The bills would toughen federal laws dealing with juvenile zona). dergarten y el 12x grado. En Otra asistente, Lisa Navar- crime and give states strong incentives to do the same. AVISOSIF,GAIF.S s k elcurso escolar de 1994 a 1995, Supporters of get-tough measures pending in Congress say ja rete, portavoz del Consejo Na- el 32 por ciento de torlos los es- cional de La Raza, elogi6 el they are designed to fix weaknesses in the juvenile justice tudiantes servidos por el Titu- system and that prevention is addressed in other legislation. COMERCI14LE.S conjunto legislativo Como que p lo I fueron hispanos. They also have said that spending more money won't neces- se enfoca sobre los campos El gobierno solicit6 $394 sarily reduce crime. correctos, especialmente los millones, un aumento de $33 estudiantes j6venes. President Clinton's budget proposal for 1999, released Mon- millones, pan Is ensefianza day, seeks increases for Head Start and several programs to Pero se pronostica uns luchs iH aaa economias o haaa dinero! de adultos. Los hispanos for- importante pars hacer que el boost child care, including child care tax credits for middle- man el 34 por ciento de los income people, child care subsidies for poor parents and day Samos vendedores de taAelas telefonlcas al oar mayor v al Betaffe Congreso apruebe los aumen- 33 min. a Mexico 69 min. dentro de los EU. 3,900,000 adultos a quienes se tos. care block grants for states. presto servicios a traves de los The Fight Crime group issued a report yesterday citing 17 min. a EI Salvador 23 min. a Guatemala._33 min. a Colombia. El Presidente de Is Camara, ***** por $10 ***** torsos de Enseflanza Bäsica Newt Gingrich (republicano studies showing the benefits of the programs they back. Para Adultos. El 67 por ciento In a letter to Congress, the group asked lawmakers to spend por Georgia), ya se ha mani- Införmese con Maria al estän matriculados en clases festado como que se opone a an additional $10 billion on Head Start and at least $20 billion de Ingl6s Como Segundo Idio- for the Child Care and Development Block Grant to make los gastos de enseflanza pro- rq 1 -888-255-2426 ms (ESL). puestos por el presidente, di- Child care available to more pare nts. J De todas las escuelas que ciendo que cualesquiera Convention Services Coordinator procuran maestros pan sus "superävitait presupuestairios Auroras Latinos sofas de clases de Inglds Beben utilizarse pars rebajar From Page 5 High energy organizations seeking enthusiastic, dependable and computer literate individual to ass- coma Segundo Idioms (ESL) y los impuestos. dos circun- ensefianza bilingue, el 27.2 altos de Cisneros y Anzaldtia lugares donde las ist meeting planners and association executives, Ala presiön de los latinos se relatan la experiencia de una stancias no encajan. Enos in- par ciento tienen dificultad provide pre-convention, on-site and post-convention le acredita con ayudar a envi- cultura que estä a horcajadas tenticios son un lugar n o Para llenar las plazas va - ar "a la Iona" el plan de Bob sabre la frontera, singular- Para escribir". planning and meeting management services. Ideal cantes, segün el Departamen- candidate will possess hospitality or hotel industry Doman Para usar a sus ami- mente"chicana" y a menudo Pero ese lugar rico estä lle- to Federal de Is Ensenanza. gos de la Camara a anular su Menos de uno de cada cinco mejicana'. Cisneros re- gando a ser un lugar mäs di- background. Excellent organizational, public rela- Barrots a manos de Loretth spondi6 a la perspectiva de ficil Para cultivar. Aunque tions and communications skills required. College maestros que ensefian a los Sanchez. "aqul" versus "all.4 en una los dos vecinos alientan a un degree preferred. Please send resume and refer- estudiantes con Conocimien- Pero se espen que esta sera' entrevista. mayor comercio, Is corriente ences to M. Skiers, Convention & Tourism Bureau tos Limitados del Ingles una lucha ma's intensa. Po- (LEP) han sido certificados, "Creo que una vez que al- natu al de personas e ideas of Lubbock, P.O. Box 561, Lubbock, TX 79408. drla ser Is primera prueba del guien se ve a sf mismo(a) en estä llegando a ser limitada ya sea en ESL o en Is ense- poder politico latino, no solo las tentativas estadouni- la otra persona, en esa per- por EMPLOYMENT ftanza bilingue. El presu- Para ieunir a su propia com- sona que es ma's improbable- denses de sellar Is frontera. puesto pide $33 millones en unidad, sinn pars mantener mente usted, entonces el rela- Las escritoras tales como Cis- KCBD, NEWSCHANNEL 11, has an opening for desembolsos adicionales pars el asunto en un lugar alto en capacitar a 20,000 maestros to ha hecho su trabajo politico. neros y Poniatowska llegar- Community Relations/Graphic Artist. Oversee News- Is lista de prioridades del durante los cinco afros pr6xi- Entonces dejamos de ser an a ser, cada vez en mayor Channel 11's Public Affairs activities. Providegraphic gobierno y pan procurar un los soldados de in- mos, a fin de ensenar a los es- 10 ellosD, o "esa o "esa class y medida, support to News, Creative service & promotions. Re- apoyo s6lido de todos los alia- en fanterla que atraviesan los tudiantes LEP. nos convertimos quires organizational & people skills; self-starter, team dos, dentro y fuera de Is com- puentes amenazados pars El financiamiento pars Is humanos". spirit. Photoshop or Illustrator experience preferred. unidad de Ia ensefianza, a enserlanza bilingue misma Cisneros agreg6 su perspec- nuestros relatos y nuestras Prefer Telecom or PR Degree, with computer design ex- quienes pueda encontrar. aumentarla de $199 millones tiva sobre Ia division. "Estoy votes. perince. Apply at KCBD-TV, 5600 Ave A, Lubbock, TX (Joseph Torres es el editor del se. a $232 millones, y los d6lares en un punto ventajoso de no (Michelle Garcia es reporters de Pa- 79404. 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