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Tfir INLAND EMPIRE mT A Publication of the Wednesday Hispanic Communication January 6,1988 and Development Corp. HISPANIC NEWS Volume 1, Number 8 &Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone, Community AMIGA or Enemiga?

By Stephen Martinez authored by Assembleyman Pat Nolan. One of the most important issues fac­ Under the legislation, the zones are ing many city and county governments established for a 15-year period during in the United States is the economic de­ which those who are doing business in terioration of urban areas and commu­ the enterprise zone will qualify for tax nities. These "economically de­ credits and/or deductions. pressed" areas are characterized by In order to fulfill the require­ high unemployment rates, low income ments of AB40, the Counties of San level of residents, a decline in business Bernardino and Riverside, and the cities activity, and low tax revenue for the city of Colton, Rialto, and Riverside—aU in which these areas lie. jurisdictions in which portions of the However, the economic de­ Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone pertain— cline of urban areas is not a problem entered into a Joint Powers Agreement exclusive to the United States, but is in which established the Agua Mansa fact a world-wide phenomenon. Great Industrial Growth Association Britain was the first nation to imple­ (AMIGA). AMIGA , a separate public ment the "Enterprise Zone" concept in agency, is responsible for coordinating, revitalizing depressed local areas. The marketing, and administering ecomo- British have successfully demonstrated mic development programs within the that the Enterprise Zone concept can Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone.. revive depressed areas. Some community groups, par­ The Enterprise Zone concept is ticularly in South Colton, part of which Dased on taking advantage of a Free lies within the Agua Mansa Enterprise IRlarket environment to solve urban Zone," have voiced serious concem over problems, and relies on private enter­ prise Zones. The Free Market environ­ In the fall of 1986, the Agua Mansa die potential consequences to residents prises to woik in conjunction with city ment created by government incentives Enterprise Zone was so designated by and harm to the environment. Because and county governments. In theory, the would allow for private firms to create the California State Department of the Zone is geared primarily, but not concept works by reducing taxes, regu­ jobs—particularly for disadvantaged Commerce under the Enterprise Zone exclusively, for heavy industrial use, lations, and other obstacles to ecomo- workers—and expand economic activ­ Program(AB40), a state assembly bill there is concem over the possibility of mic opportunity in designated Enter­ ity. water contamination and increased air „ Please see AGUA MANSA, Page 6 Bishop Straling, On Use of Anacephalic Infants as Organ Donors PERSONAL PROFILE By the Most Reverend Phillip F. even exist. support systems solely to harvest their Straling, Bishop of the Roman The use of organs from whole brain organs there may occur a de-personali­ Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino dead babies does not contradict the zation of the human being. The church (The following is the text of a state­ teachings of the church on the sanctity is therefore concerned that anenceph­ ment issued by the Bishop) and dignity of life. alic babies not become exploited as a It is understood that anencephalic source of biological material. Reduc­ With a strong tradition of compassion babies are often bom with a functioning ing an anencephalic child to the state of and respect for the dignity of aU human brain stem, which means that the baby is an object is morally unacceptable. life, the Catholic church commends able to breathe without life sustaining Sustaining anencephalic infants on the medical advances that have made it equipment. If allowed to die naturally, life-support systems for an indefinite possible for organ transplants to save usually within hours or at the most, period of time for the sole purpose of lives. days, there is often damage to the or­ harvesting their organs is not compat­ But with the rapid advances in gans rriaking them unsuitable for trans­ ible with the church's teaching on the •nedical skills and technology a new plants. dignity of life. 'dilemma—the morality of using In order to obtain these organs be­ The church is also concerned that if anencephalic babies purely as organ fore damage occurs, anencephalic ba­ the current standard of "whole brain Frank Ponce donors—must now be addressed. bies are being placed on life support death" is changed in order to harvest "At some point you need to come back Medical science has moved so rapidly systems until death occurs. anencephalic infants' organs it may and touch your roots again to see that a year ago the problem did not The church has a grave concem that put at risk other kinds fo patients such where they started..." in placing anencephalic infants on life as the permanently comatose. PLEASE see Page 5 Editorial Cultura Entertainm

Down Came The Walls Menudo; The Mexican Personal Profile: Frank Ronstadt- Canciones De All Elixir Ponce, Coming Home Padre Dia De Los Reyes Magos

IWil wiaiifia li y ;• • / <.i ^ i i - -.V %• I»» »^ /• : A ^ J ^ J i V it" ^ 4 . A 2 '•/A ^ *• -m tie •i ** >-V Editorial Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988 Down Came The Walls In this cold impersonal world we live An elderly lady opened her bag and in, people do not seem to care about offered the people sitting next to her anyone else but themselves. Drivers some type of holiday bread. Another may be stranded on the roads for what woman offered to watch a young moth­ seems an etemity because no one stops ers' girls while she stood in line to buy to help. People are assaulted in the her children food. An airline steward­ middle of the day in front of thousands ess took under her wing three young because muggers know people will just girls who were flying alone to see their go about their business. mother and were visibiUy shaken. Two With this in mind, it is refreshing to young women approached a mentally see people take down waUs, they nor­ retarded man, who seemed to not under­ mally put up, and show some concem stand the situation, and offered to help for one another. Airline passengers, him. including yours truly, were recently "Where were you going?" "1 was snowed-in at the Stapleton Airport in flying to Boston." "Where will we stay Denver Colorado. tonight?" "What about our baggage?" At first people went through a period The airport was transformed into a of disbelief and anxiety. Slowly travel­ haven of good will for the stranded ers' sense of humor surfaced and they travelers. started breaking down their impersonal When the airport reopened and walls. People started to talk to each flights were announced, people wished other and the hostile environment their new friends weU and almost changed. seemed to sadden as they bid goodbye. Mother Nature was trying to bring They knew they would never see these all these holiday travelers together in people again and they knew that even more than a physical sense. People of though their busy lives had been put on all races sat together waiting to hear hold, this had been a special time they about the status of their flights and an now wanted to savor. amazing thing happened. Please see AIRPORT, Page 5

Correction Notice: The In­ land Empire Hispanic But I Am Back Where I Came From News will correct all tual errors in its columns or much of the Hispanic population pre­ living in a communist country today. clarify misleading informa­ By Linda Chavez dates the influx of "Anglos" by centu­ Not what he had in mind, I'm sure. tion. Please call (714) 381- ries. Yet many of us are stiU thought of The beauty of America is that even "When did your family come to as foreigners. though 1 can trace my heritage in the 6259 America, Miss Chavez?" That message was brought home to Southwestern United States back nearly The question doesn't surprise me me recently when 1 happened to see a 20 generations, 1 am no more American anymore. In fact, 1 take perverse pleas­ letter generated by a column of mine in Uian my Hispanophobic correspondent ure in the response my answer usually the Chicago Sun-Times on the diversity who trace his roots here barely one of Hispanics in the United States. The generation. Y Y EMPIRE ^ Y brings. HISPANIC NEWS "On the Chavez side, 1609," 1 say. writer wasn't at aU happy with what What is unfortunate is that some of "My mother's family, who emigrated some have taken to calling the Brown­ us forget that privilege based on lineage Wednesday, January 6, 1988 Vol. l-No.8 from England and Ireland, came a ing of America, which the new census is one of those affectations that the figures on the burgeoning Hispanic Founding Fathers dispensed with. couple of hundred years later." The INLAND EMPIRE HISPANIC NEWS is a Most people who ask the question population dramatize. Ours is a nation whose ideal is to judge weekly publication (after January, 1988), owned mean well. Many, 1 imagine, hope it His suggestion was to build a wall people not on how long they've been and operated by the Hispanic Communication and Development Corporation. Send letters, articled will elicit some tale of immigrant along our Southern Border; his aim, to here, but on what they've accomplished and inquires to 719 N. "D" St.,San Bernardino, CA achievement, the kind of thing every stop aU immigration, at least from Span­ in that time. 92401 and subscription requests to P.O. Box 1597, political candidate would like to work ish-speaking countries. He suggested San Bernardino, CA 92401. into his or her official biography. sending people like me "back where Publisher Graciano Gomez When 1 ran in Maryland for the U.S. they came from." Acting Editor- Sonia D.T. Rodriguez What was most striking about this Photography/Layout Michael Ponce -. Senate last year, 1 faced a millionaire Secretary Irene Santiago businessman in the Republican primary particular xenophobic ranting was that Account Executive Lorraine Enriquez who frequently talked about his great­ the writer admitted to being a second- Circulation grandfather stepping off the boat from generation American. Both his mother Ireland penniless, barely 100 years be­ and father came to the United States The INLAND EMPIRE HISPANIC NEWS is dis­ from Eastern Europe in their youth. tributed free of charge to designated "free zones" fore. Fimny, 1 never heard anyone raise within the city limits of San Bernardino, roughly the question about how long his family Now 1 could go back where 1 came coinciding with the geographic boimdaries of the had been here, though. from. In fact, 1 suppose 1 could even (Linda Chavez served as Staff Direc­ West Side. Its total circulation is 7,000 to include move into my father's family home, tor of the U.S. Commission on Civil carrier and mail delivered pieces. Residents outside 1 suppose it has to do with the image the free delivery zone may subscribe by calling or most Americans have of Hispanics. which StiU stands at the plaza in Old Rights and later in the White House as writing: (714) 381-6259 P.O. Box 1597, San Ber­ We're often referred to as the newest Town Alburqueque, N.M., where it was Deputy Assistant to the President for nardino, CA 92401. Ratesare$15peryear, $9for six months, $5 for three months. immigrant group. first occupied by the Armijos in the late Public Liaison. She was the highest Few people outside the Southwest 1770's around the time the U.S. ranking Hispanic in the Reagan Ad­ Classified Advertisement seem to have any idea how many His­ Constitution was ratified. ministration. Presently she contrib­ To place classified advertisement, visit offices from panics trace their roots back two, three, If 1 did, I'd still be an American utes weekly commentaries to National 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday or nearly four hundred years. In states citizen. But,if my forebears had dealt Public Radio and the Chicago Sun- mail classified form with check or money order to with this gentleman's parents in the way Times and is President of U.S. Eng­ 719 N. "D" St., San Bernardino, CA 92401. Ap­ such as New Mexico and parts of Cali­ pointments for display advertising by calling Lor­ fornia, Texas, Colorado and Arizona, he suggested that 1 be dealt with, he'd be lish.) raine Enriquez at (714) 381-6259.

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WHAT'S THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN 1987?

Have New Schools A Superior Court judge refused ^onday, December 21, to order jpolntana Officials and the developers of Southridge Village to start build­ ing long-promised elementary schools in the South Fontana hous­ My mother had a heart attack last year at this time. I am happy ing project. she is still alive. / am also grateful she is celebrating the New SUN, 12-22-87 • Year at home with me. Simgle Geme FoiMd to Deter- Ana Cortez, Colton mme Sex CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Scientists believe they have found nature's sex ^ ..J T- 1 . trigger, a single gene that determines whether a fertilized egg will grow to be a boy or a girl. Their study sug­ „ I'l. . gests a person's sex is governed by the absence or presence of this gene, which acts as a sort of master regula­ tor. SUN (AP), 12-23-87 ... -'lui V ' Nader Adds Jmce to Grape My family was together and healthy. Alma Reyes, San Bernardino WASHINGTON — Consumer ad­ vocateVL Ralph Nader and 15 liberal terest groups joined farm labor eader Cesar Chavez on December 22, in trying to reinvigorate the "Wrath of Grapes" campaign against California farmers. . SUN (McQatchy), 12-23-87 r m grateful I still have my health. V m also happy I was able to spend the holidays with my family again this year. I was e John Paial Delivers previously living away from here and last year was the first time

VATICAN CITY — Blending fam­ in a number of years I was together with my family. I hope to ily-style informality with the pomp spend the holidays with my family every year now. of ancient public ceremony. Pope Juanita Bailey, Riverside John Paul II celebrated Christmas with a call for people everywhere to overcome "the heavy dullness of their egoisms" in search of spiritual fulfillment. L.A. Times, 12-26-87

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est Threat HAYWARD — A sizable earth­ Last New Year's I spent it in the hospital. I couldn t walk. I am quake along the Hayward fault ould destroy railroad, water and happy that I can now walk. I can work around the house even 'ility lines feeding the San Fran­ repair my roof. I feel new again! •icisco Bay area and do more damage Santos Aguilar, San Bernardino*^ to the region than a quake along the larger San Andreas fault, according to a state engineering study. SUN (AP), 12-27-87 LATIJERA -J-'-'. •"*7 ' . r .. •'"i;.. 'It.

Social Security Tax Rise New BARBER SALON

WASHINGTON — The Social Se­ LOOKING GOOD STARTS WITH YOUR HAIR « If curity payroll tax rate went up on New Year's Day for the 13th time in HOURS: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY- 9a.m. to 6p.m. the past quarter-century as workers THURSDAY- 9a.m. to 9p.m. pay a price for the 1983 bailout of the SATURDAY- 9a.m. to 5p.m. retirement program. SUN, 12-28-87 For information Please call (714) 825-6703 4 Nuestra Cultura Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988 MENUDO: The Mexican Elixir

By Malta Salinas ing the spicy little chunks of meat. Mexican dance in Fresno, Calif., a few latecomers. During my teens, I was more often years ago. Much tequila and rum was I felt the change taking place in my T-shirts on barrel chests of barrio than not in a dreamy state. Sometimes consumed, a lot of it by me. own body and it filled me with awe. I youth in the Southwest boast I wondered, as I let my tongue slide over That night i watched an entire club was close to tears. It was like finding "Menudo—Breakfast of Champions." the many grooves and ridges in the fuU of boisterous, swaying dancing myself unexpectedly in the middle of a Latinos and Latinas on both sides of the tender pieces of meat, what I was chew­ people mellow out when large ceramic family reunion at my Abuelita's with a U.S.-Mexico border regularly give tes­ ing on. I meant to ask my mother, but I bowls of the steaming red stew were bowl of fresh tamales on the table and timony to its curative powers—particu­ always forgot. placed on their tables. the smell of anis or canela coming frQ|fi|f Even when I took courses in anat­ larly on such critical dates as Jan. 1, the The manic glow of hilarity left their the stack of stiU-warm-from-the -ovl^'' morning after the night before. omy and physiology in my freshman faces in direct proportion to the amount "empanadas" It was "piflatas" and Menudo's roots reportedly reach year of nursing and had to handle the of menudo they consumed. When the "dulce de leche" all at once. I shared a ^ back to the Aztecs. Mexicans and their cold and slippery intestines of a cat, last piece of com tortilla was dunked closeness and cultural pride with every- * cultural descendants are addicted to it. with their formaldehyde odor, I didn't and the last spoonful of menudo was one in the room. make the connection. Thankfully, I At least, the ones I know are. eaten, a look of contentment settled in Had my mother known all along of « When I was growing up in Yancey, don't think my love for menudo could their eyes. menudo's sedative and restorative Tex., South of San Antonio, mama have survived the association. A collective sigh engulfed the room. powers? Is there a receptive gene in the prepared it on Saturday night for our Since then, I have converted a few I have never seen a more remarkable blood of Latinos? version of Sunday bmnch. When she non-Latinos to menudo simply by say­ transformation. No answers came that night, but I left first served it to me, I had no idea what ing, "Eat some first. Then I'll tell you All ages and strata of the community the dance happy and thoughtful and it was made of —beef tripe simmered what's in it." were there. Local Latino dignitaries surprisingly sober. for long hours in the company of oreg- After a bowl or two, they don't care. and reporters sat shoulder to shoulder Another piece fit snugly into the ano, garlic, onions, red pepper and For centuries, I guess, after the fiesta with migrant workers and "homeboys puzzle of my Latino heritage. It's not hominy. I didn't question it. Ijustliked on Saturday night, menudo has been and homegirls." Only menudo could Dunkin' Donuts; I have Menudo Sun­ administered to the revelers when they it. have united them. day. My parents, both teetotalers, never awaken on Sunday as a cure for "la Strictly speaking, it was Sunday cruda," that peculiar state of existence informed us children that menudo had a morning already—about 3 a.m. The reputation as a sure—^possibly the that follows a bad drunk. mariachis shifted to soft, mournful love (Marta Salinas is a Registered Nurse only—cure for hangovers. I just I didn't experience menudo's magic songs. El ReloJ, Crei, and other re­ working at a migrant farm labor clinic powers until after I left the protective thought that menudo on Sunday was a quested favorites. Waitresses contin­ in Woodburn, Ore. She is presently family tradition. I ate bowls of it, savor­ custody of my parents. It happened at a ued to appear with more menudo for writing an autobiographical novel.) he Silent Spring Of San Elizario inside the house and pouring into it fish. Beto now can use the river year "In essence, what the health By Jaime Guerra several pounds of a water-softener round , but apparentely water suitable district has been doing is undertstating T the problem", said Forrest Sprester, called Calgon. to drink and bathe with is stiU an In 1950, Navy boot camp changed my exclusive privilege of the area's rich. Environmental Engineer, for the City- life forever. It introduced me to the At the two farms Dad owned, the County Health District according to world of running water. second one in Fabens 35 miles from In fact, the area's water problems one story. the city, we were unable to find have become big-time news. The My buddies thought I was some drinkable water at any level. What Washington Post, Life magazine and Of course they have been doing kind of nut because I showered water we found, generally at levels as the wire services have had reports on that. The lack of good water in the several times daily and drank water deep as 75 feet, was so salty we had to it. The latest lead read thus: subsoil is an act of God; the obliga­ constantly. I was fascinated at being clean the strainer on the pump every tion to bring it from outside is the able to drink the same water I used for two months or so. Even then we were "An independent study shows that politicians'. But they won't, although bathing and at the way I could get all lucky to get a mere trickle of El Paso County's water and sewer according to the report, more than 350 the water I wanted, hot or cold, brownish water that stained clothes problems are worse than health colonias are affected and the area's ** merely by twisting a metal handle. and all it touched, gave you a rash officials thought. population could nearly double to and dried your skin. 125,000 by the year 2010. Before entering the Navy, I had "Health officials had been estimat­ been to the home of El Paso (Texas) You could actually smell the putrid ing that 10,000 people in El Paso The study also points out that County Sheriff Joe Campbell and water as it came out of the ground. County lived in Third World condi­ nearly all of those affected are "Meci- other gabachos — White folk—in the And that was before anyone could tions in 100 colonias without adequate cans." At least one official had been Lower Valley, so I was familiar with afford a septic tank. One drink had water and sewage systems. quoted by the press as saying, "The indoor plumbing. But discovering a the effect on your stomach of five gal­ Mexicans wouldn't bathe if they had world where I could get all the water I lons of castor oil. You had to beg for "But the report, release Monday, water, no how." wanted—even waste some without,^ relatively safe drinking water from revealed that 28,000 of the 68,(XK) feeling like a criminal and bathe fortunate neighbors who found a vein county residents who live outside El That's another irony: El Paso has without feeling heroic—seemed better on their land. We treasured water as Paso city limits have no reliable the most severe water shortage in the than discovering sex. No "Mexican" life itself. source of clean drinking water. The nation, yet leads the work in politi­ has ever had it so good, I thought. I report showed that 53,000 county resi­ cians with wet brains had always believed that good water Those were days of drought, so dry dents have no sewer service and most was a privilege reserved for the that once a man was caught walking liveon land unsuitable for septic Will someone please pass the gabachos. across the Rio Grande with a 500- tanks." Calgon? pound bale of cotton on his back. He Bathing in my beloved San had stolen it from Ralph Gonzalez's Ain't that nice? Two engineering (Jaime Guerra is a copy editor with Elizario, a mere 21 miles from cotton gin. firms charged $150,0(K) to tell our il- the Houston Chronicle) downtown El Paso, was an ordeal, lustriousofficials what everybody in whether done in searing heat, freezing All this is ironic because in July their ireas has known for decades. cold or during a blinding sandstorm. my great friend Beto Lara took my Therenever has been a reliable source It called for hand-pumping the water, wife and me fishing in that same spot of drinkingwater in the valley, mainly heating it over alamo wood in five- on the river and the water was so high because thepoliticians don't want it. gallon lard cans, carrying it to a tub and the current so strong we couldn't People Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988 Personal Profile: Frank Ponce

Bom to migrant farm workers in August 1977. An encuentro is a na­ cuentro were given to the Bishops. At Ponce has lectured and written Idaho 46 years ago, Frank Ponce came tional process of grass roots consulta­ the third national Encuentro, held in extensively on Hispanic culture and to San Bemardino at the age of four. He tion, especially of Hispanic laity, em­ 1986, the focus of the consultation religion. "1 have leamed that culturally, was raised in San Bemardino where he powering them to help themselves. shifted. "Hispanics assurrsed a deeper the United States is not equipped to deal attended Our Lady of Guadalupe "Through the Encuentro process, lay responsibility for leadership l oles in tlie with Mexican Americans, who repre­ School and was part of the first graduat­ people began to reflect in a critical way church, instead of asking tlie church to sent a new reality which needs to be ing class of Aquinas High School. on their daily lives and their Catholic solve all their problems." National En- understood in a unique way." One of his childhood recollections faith." The results of the Second En­ cuentros are held every six years. "After four years in D.C., 1 started gmwing up in San Bemardino was seeing the effects of our work. "Out of to the main library, since there 173 diocese, 130 now have Offices for was not a library on the Westside, and Hispanic Affairs. There are also four coming home hauling 20 books. "My regional offices for Hispanic affairs. family used to poke fiin at me for bring­ "1 have woriced to raise the con­ ing home so many books." sciousness of the church about Hispanic ^ Ponce enjoyed growing up in the needs." Ponce noted that non-Hispan- barrio across from Our Lady of Guada­ ics used to ask him. What is it that you lupe Church. people want? Now they want to learn "Everybody knew everybody else, from us. "Hispanics are now seen as a so when I went away to school I was gift to the church." shocked that I was not around all Mexi- Ponce went to Paris to study history, canos." cultural anthropology and theology at Ponce attended the University of the Sorbonne and the Institut San Diego, where he received a Catholique de Paris. His dissertation Bachelor's Degree in English. At the deals with inculturation, the process by University of San Diego he was which a culture becomes rooted to awarded the Woodrow Wilson Fellow­ Christianity. ship. This fellowship is given to stu­ "In inculturation, God speaks dents interested in teaching at the uni­ through culture. Before we label any versity level. Upon receiving a masters culture as superstituous, we have to degree in English, Ponce retumed to the study deeply. Christianity and the His­ University of San Diego to teach Eng­ panic culture are compatible." lish. After two years, he retumed to Ponce realized that he was very Stanford to study for his doctorate. American when Jie lived in Columbia in \Uttn a year he decided to go into the 1976. In Cplun^a he realized he was s^mnary. as American as apple pie and refried He completed his seminary training beans. "My cultural roots make me dis­ at St. Patrick's Theologate Seminary, in tinctly American." Menlo Park, CA. Upon completion of NALEO Sponsors Poster Competition Currently he is working with The his seminary training, he spent a year as Guidelines: Entries must be stu­ National Coalition of Hispanic Health a deacon in San Diego. Deciding to take WASHINGTON—Student artists dent-original artwoik that are two-di­ and Human Services Organizationa. 1 more time before his ordination. Ponce could win more than $7,000 in scholar­ mensional and suitable for poster dis­ have worked there since 1985. studied and taught English at Stanford ships and prizes for designing a poster play. Deadline: Must be received by In his spare time, he sings, writes, and for the next two years. that encourages immigrants to seek Tuesday, March 1,1988. Entries must has played tennis for 25 years. Ponce came home to be ordained a U.S. citizenship, the National Associa­ be sent by certified mail to: "1 am also an omniverous reader, I priest on December 16, 1972, at Our tion of Latino Elected and Appointed NALE0,1114 South Lorena St., Los like to read depth psychology and con­ Lady of Guadalupe Church. His first Officials (NALEO) announced. Angeles, Calif. 90023. NALEO wiU temporary fiction." assignment was at St. Joseph's in This unique contest, which is made not be responsible for submissions Ponce remembers that his parents al­ Rarstow where he woiked from 1973- possible through a generous grant from imtil they are received. ways instilled in him the importance of 75. While at Barstow, he began woik- the Kraft Corp., will provide two Potential applicants and/or their remembering his roots — where he ing with a diocesan equipo on leader­ $2,500 scholarships—one for a high teachers are urged to call NALEO's came from. Frank Ponce would like to ship development and the relationship school student and another for a junior toll-free hotline for contest informa­ return to his roots and woric with the between faith and culture . This woric college student —for the best designs. tion. Telephone: 1(800) 44-NALEO. people of San Bemardino. with the equipo continued at Our Lady One of the two first place designs will An advisory panel comprised of artists "1 have been thinking very seriously of Guadalupe until 1977. then be used in NALEO's U.S. citizen­ wiU make its decision in April 1988. of coming back home. At some point " Our Lady of Guadalupe became a ship promotion campaign throughout NALEO is in the midst of a five- you need to come back and touch your homebase as Ponce and the equipo trav­ the nation. year campaign to promote the benefits roots again to see where they started. eled the diocese organizing basic "We are calling on students to use of obtaining U.S. citizenship among When you go back, you discover there C|^tian communities (Comunidades their talents to develop a poster that immigrant groups with low levels of are more resources than you thought E^reiales de Base). reflects an immigrant's meaningful naturalization, particularly foreign- You need to drink again deeply from In 1977, Ponce was appointed Asso­ transition from permanent residency to bom Hispanics. The campaign in­ your own wells." ciate Director of the Secretariat for His­ U.S. citizenship," says Dr. Harry cludes toll-free hotlines, public educa­ panic Affairs at the National Confer­ Pachon, NALEO's National Director. tion and working with community- ence of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) in 'Many of these students may have had based groups. Washington D.C. The NCCB houses friends or relatives who have become NALEO's previous poster, which WALLS various national offices that coordinate U.S. citizens." was designed by a professional artist, church life for the U.S. Catholic Including the scholarships, the two was distributed to thousands of people CONTINUED from Page 2 Church. "It is the national hub for the first-place winners will be guests at and institutions, including all Hispanic church," said Ponce. NALEO's Annual Conference in San elected officials, libraries and commu­ Next time 1 go into an airport, In Washington, Ponce continued to Antonio, Texas, in June, where they nity organizations. "The success of people will be rushing from gate to work with Hispanic Catholics on a na­ will be recognized for their work. In this first poster has inspired us to take gate, bumping into each other with tional level. "A national equipo wanted addition to the first prizes, NALEO on this ambitious project, which will that blank stare on their faces. It is to develop a national pastoral plan for will select entries for second and third benefit student-artists and the immi­ unfortuntate that nowadays it takes Hispanic Catholics. He also worked on places, which will receive $1,5000 and grant community," Pachon says. emergency situations to force people the Second Encuentro which took place $500 respectively. to act like human beings. Business

Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, JanuaryfiJig^ Wi

Casa De Flores has a new casa (home) at 342 South Mt. Vemon. 'This is a dream come true," said Inez Lucero, owner. For the past 13 years she had been paying rent at a shop also ocated on Mt. Vemon. After a year of refurbishing an old upholstery shop with the help of her husband Jess, her brother Art Sanchez and her son-in- aw Frank Montano, Lucero was able to move to her new location. "When my shop was blessed by the priest, I wanted to cry," said Lucero. The shop is a dream she hopes to leave as a legacy to her children and grand­ children. In fact her Assistant Manager is her daughter Lindy Gonzales. Lindy has worked with me for 13 years, she is my right hand, I don't know what I "I worked at Inland Flowers and at want, our dressmaker can make that would do without the Norton Flower Shop before I dress to your personal taste." She re­ her." opened my own business," she said. called that a woman wanted a dress for Gonzales designs Customers will find an array of serv­ a New Year's celebration and brought stained glass ices at Casa De Flores. They provide in a sketch on Dec. 28, four days later which can also be everything from limousine rentals to she had her party dress. purchased at Casa helium filled balloons. In addition, The shop's busiest time seems to be De Flores. Two of ^ Lucero hopes to expand her bridal sec­ Mother's Day noted Lucero. In oim her granddaugh­ tion to provide more variety and selec­ culture that day is a very important ters work at the tion. At Casa De Flores one can find and she notices that to be especially shop. authentic Mexican bridal accessories true with recent immigrants who think Lucero, who is originally from since Lucero buys articles like bou­ nothing of spending $50 on a floral ar­ Deming New Mexico, came to this Lucero worked at an area dry clean­ quets, lassos and rosaries from a sales­ rangement for their wives and/or area after she married at the age of 16. ers for 14 years but in the back of her man that brings in products from mothers. She comes from a family of eight all of mind she always wanted to open up a Guadalajara. "I enjoy my profession and that who have done well for themselves flower shop. In 1973, Lucero along "We also carry communion and shows when I serve my customers." stated Lucero. She recalls her father with a friend started attending night baptismal attire," noted Lucero. Customers notice this immediately was a bricklayer in New Mexico and school in Ontario to receive training in A unique service provided by Casa when they walk into Casa De Flores. now one of her brothers is an architect. floral design. After six months Lucero De Flores is custom dressmaking. "If "My father taught us the value of edu­ completed her training and began work- you bring us a sketch of a dress you cation." ing in the profession. Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone: AMIGA or Enemiga? CONTINUED from Front page Mansa Enterprise Zone, clearly, is not their area. Officially, the Agua designated as a High-Technology Mansa Enterprise Zone is so named Zone, but is geared specifically for la­ because it roughly follows Agua Mansa pollution. Indeed, Assemblyman No- bor intensive industry such as mining, Road. However, the Enterprise Zone Housing and Urban Development manufactoring, or assembling. The could have just as easily been named agency. With those separate entities— implication is that the Enterprise Zone after the early Nineteenth Century pio­ city, state, and federal—woiking to­ Program wiU keep the unskilled work­ neer village of Agua Mansa, which wards the redevelopment of the Mount ers "unskilled" and the disadvantaged survived as a result of cooperative ef­ Vemon Corridor, residents fo South workers "disadvantaged" as they fail to forts by Indian, Mexican, Spanish, and Colton will benefit from subsequent acquire the labor skills demanded by a Anglo settlers along the Santa Ana economic revitalization through dynamic California economy moving River. The Agua Mansa Enterprise greater employment opportunity, and towards high-technology and comput­ Zone, like the settlement which name it higher property value. Lastly, erization. bears, is the result of a joint effort by AMIGA has no powers of condemna­ However, it is still far too early diverse communities, and the goals of tion, and therefore has no plans of to fully comprehend all the implica­ which are not unlike those of the Nine­ The Inland Empire Hispanic bulldozing any residence in the Zone. tions, positive or negative, of the Agua teenth Century pioneers: Economic News regularly features a business One aspect of the Enterprise Mansa Enterprise Zone. It will be years growth and social progress, but at what in the Business of the Week section. Zone Concept is to increase employ­ before the Enterprise Zone realizes its price? This in no way is a form of endorse­ ment opportunity for "disadvantaged" full potential for economic growth. ment on the part of the newspaper or workers. Indeed, as indicated in the Indeed, the Zone and its governing its staff. The Hispanic News simply Executive Summary of AB40, of the agency, AMIGA, may serve as models wishes to introduce our readers to ten designated Enterprise Zones in the for the future which may require the the many business that are either State, only two may be designated as cooperative efforts of diverse commu­ This the first of a two part series on owned by Hispanics or relate to the High-Technology Zones. The Agua nities to insure economic growth for the Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone Hispanic community in this area. Informes/ Noticias Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,198^

Performance Evokes Martin Luther Friends. Club meets every first Friday King of the month at the county museum A one-man show evoking the life of located at 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Martin Luther King, Jr., will be per­ Redlands. formed by professional actor Felix Jus­ tice at 7 p.m., Jan. 14 in the Recital Martin Luther King Birthday Party Hall at California State University, The City of Cotton's Human Services Leadership Workshop at C.S.U.S.B. More information is available from Cal San Bernardino. Department invites children of all ages A one-day leadership skills workshop State M.E.Ch.A. Chapter President The production, Martin Luther King: to celebrate Martin Luther King's for high school and college students Sharon Hedrick at (714) 889-3192. Prophecy in America, is a dramatic Birthday with a party on January 18, will be held Saturday, Jan 9 at Cali­ college based on the writings and ser­ 1988. Starting at 9:00 a.m. with bus fornia State University, San Bernar- " A Healthier You" mons of the late civil rights leader. The pick-ups at Veteran's, Municipal and |dino. The program will convene at 9 On Thursday, January 14, 1988, at performance, free and open to the pub­ Rich Dauer Parks and ends when the a.m. in the Student Union Mutlipurpose 7:00 p.m. The San Bemardino Com­ lic, marks the university's observance buses return at approximately 4:00 p.m. Room. Pre-registration is possible munity Hospital will present its third of Martin Luther King's birthday. A fee of $9 includes transportation, through Jan. 4th by calling Jesse program on preventive health care Justice is in his sixth touring season of lunch, admission fees and supervision. Valenzuela at (714) 888-0207. titled, "Start the Year Right-Nutrition the show which has been seen through­ Com|jto the party! For more informa­ Coordinated by M.E.CH.A., the Latino for a Healthier Lifestyle." Speakers out the United States and Africa. Based tion please call the Hutton Center at Business Students Association and the will be Dr. Ralph Mallinger and Betsy in San Francisco, Justice has been act­ 370-5086. Institute for Social Justice, the seminar Kline, Registered Dietician. ing/directing for 28 years. will focus on goal setting and time The program will be held in the Solar­ The Cal State production is sponsored Dia De Los Reyes Dance management, social and business issues ium located on the fourth floor of the by the Black Student Union and Intel­ Orquesta' SIBONEY in the Hispanic community and build­ Medical Office Building, which is adja­ lectual Life and Visiting Scholars 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Saturday ing skills for successful leadership, cent to the Hospital at 1800 N. Westem Committee. More information is avail­ January 9,1988 among other topics. A $5 fee will cover Avenue in San Bemardino. able at (714) 887-7673. Chris Davis Supper Club. conference materials and lunch. There is a $2.00 charge for the program. 333 E. Foothill Blvd. Among the presenters will be Dr. Carlos For further information and registra­ San Bernardino County Museum Rialto, CA Cortez, professor at the University of tion, please call Jean Deetz, director of Friday, January 1,1988, 7:30 p.m. More information, please call Mr. California, Riverside, and Hispanic The Inland Center for Women's Health California Turfle/Tortoise Qub Lozada at 823-0044. businessman Gil Lara. at 887-8228 How to Take Care of your Hard Shelled ASENCIO, ANTERIOR REHEN, SITU ADO EN EL NUEVO PAPEL Por Frank G6mez y los cursos de accidn en ambos lados de doras" de ensamblaje podrfan ser inmigracidn, el gobiemo ve ahora que nuestra frontera meridional de 2,000 destruldas por los costos mayores, y las debe de actuar responsablemente en Un acontecimiento raro en los anales millas. plantas se in'an de Mdxico. vista de la Ley de Reforma y Control de de los asuntos de inmigracidn de los Acontecimientos alentadores apare- El comercio fibre? El gran influjo de la Inmigracidn . Las perspectivas ob- 'Estados Unidos pcurrid a principios de cen, sin embargo, en el informa de dicha capital estadounidense devorarfa al tenidas por la primer visita de la 1987: Se nombrd a un hispano pre- comisidn sobre su primera misidn, a sector comercial de Mdxico y los pro- comisidn reflejan una actitud nueva que sidente de una entidad clave para anal- principios de Diciembre ultimo, a ductos Mexicanos baratos inundarfan al sdlo puede verse como positiva, expli- izar y informar sobre los asuntos de Mdxico. Asencio, hablando ante un mercado estadounidense. caron eUos. inmigracidn. simposio en Washington de contactos Los miembros de la comisidn Hubo un reconocimiento muy ex- Diego Asencio, diplomdtico de car- con el gobiemo, incluyendo al Pre­ quedaron impresidnados por una visita tendido entre los participantes, sin rera jubilado que ha prestado servicios sidente Miguel de La Madrid, y al pres- a embargo, de que Diego Asencio fud un en calidad de Embajador de los Estados tigioso "Colegio de Mdxico." Zacatecas, uno de los principales esta­ factor principal en el dxito de la misidn. Unidos en el Brasil y en Columbia, fu6 "Cualesquiera preguntas acerca de dos 'de procedencia'. Pidieron a los Criado en Newark, Nueva Jersey, seleccionado para presidir la Comisidn cudn bien serfa recibida nuestra misidn, trabajadores de una granja cooperativa despuds de que su familia emigrd desde para el Estudio de la Migracidn desaparecieron rdpidamente despues de que levantaran las manos si hablan es- Espafta, Asencio trae a su trabajo la Internacidnal y el Desarrollo nuestra Uegada," dijo el. tado en los Estados Unidos. Todas las sensibilidad de un hispano-Americano, Econdmica Cooperative. Asencio regresd con una promesa manos se levantaron. Asencio comentd pero no el "equipaje" de un Mexicano- Dicha comisidn, creada por el Con- del Presidente de La Madrid para coop- que los trabajadores se mostraron elo- Americano. Por otra parte, dl conoce greso en 1986 despuds de la aprobacidn erar plenamente con el grupo estadoun- cuentoes. "Les preocupa la bien a Mdxico, por haver prestado servi­ de la Ley de Control de Inmigarcidn y idense, para crear una entidad paralela y documentacidn que exige la nueva ley cios all! como diplomdtico y haber Refugiados, tiene que informar al Con- para compartir los andlisis sobre la de inmigracidn y su efecto sobre la viajado posteriormente como Sub-Se- greso y al Presidente hacia Julio de migracidn Mexicana, intema y externa. capacidad de ellos para sobrevivir" cretario de Estado Para Asuntos Consu- 1990. Asencio, cuya comisidn de 12 L comisidn hizo notar que las zonas lares cuando se estaba debatiendo el Si el nombre de Asencio suena cono- miembros abarca a congresistas y ex- irrigadas envfan una cantidad menor de proyecto de ley Simpson-Mazzofi, a cido, es porque, en 1980, dl pasd dos gobemadores, atribuye la recidn hal- personas. Sin irigacidn, una vez que se principios de 1980. El presidid al grupo meses como rehdn de los terroristas lada cooperacidn a dos factores: ban recogido las cosechas, la gente no de trabajo entre las dependencias del Colombianos del M-19. Elnegocidsu 1) La aprobacidn de la Ley de Control tiene nada que hacer, y emigran al gobiemo federal acerca del proyecto de ipropia puesta en libertad y la de sus de Migracidn y Refugiados de 1986. Norte. El dindmico gobemador de ley. 'colegas diplomdticos mediante le de- 2) La situacidn "hfbrida" de la Zacatecas, explicd Asencio, pidid a los CcMi entusiasmo caracterfstico, plomacia, el ingenio, la comprensidn comisidn, ya que no pertenece a la rama antiguos residentes de Zacatecas que Asencio cree que su comisidn puede cultural y otras habilidades. ejecutiva ni a la legislativa. viven en los Estados Unidos que com- terminar su investigacidn y presentar Asencio, nacido en Andalucfa, esta "La presentamos sobre esa base," praran accidnes de la deuda exterior, a sus informes al Presidente y al Con- empleando ahora esas habilidades para dijo Asencio. "La independencia de la 60 centavos por cada ddlar, y emplearan greso hacia Enero de 1989, mejor que hacer frente a un asunto insoluble y comisidn nos dio acceso y verosmili- los ingreso para convertir antiguos edi- en Julio de 1990 Dada la urgencial del desilusionador que ha retado a la dir- tud." ficios en hoteles de turismo. Eso ha asunto, el anticiparse a la fecha Ifmite igencia polftica de los Estados Unidos Asencio explicd que la comisidn ayudado tambidn a mantener a algunas seri un acontecimiento agradable. por decenios: El de la inmagracidn procurd "retar al juicio tradicidnal" personas en el estado del centro de Asencio tiene todas las herramientas ilegal. La comisidn estd estudiando a sobre la cuestidn de la inmigracidn. El Mdxico con que hacerlo—y hacerlo biea todos los pafses 'de procedencia'. con hacer rico a todo el mundo en Mdxico— Los participantes del simposio, entre un enfoque especial sobre el principal adn si fuera posible—pasa por alto el ellos algunos emditos Mexicanos, ind- {Frank Gdmez es consultor de asuntos de entre ellos: hecho de que el trdmite del desarrollo es caron que considerando que Mdxico internacidnales en Washington, D.C.) Mdxico. La cuestidn estJ colmada desestabilizador. Deigualmanera, sise habfa adoptado por largo tiempo una de factores econdmicos, polfticos y emplea la economi'a para enfocar al actitud de alejamiento hacia la culturales que pesen sobre las actitudes problema, las industrias "maquila- legislacidn estadounidense sobre la 8 Westside Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 1988 PROJECT REDIRECT, CREATING POSITIVE TRADITION The majority of the Somos Hermanas Unidas program's funding is through (SHU) was founded and incor­ J.T.P. A. (Job Training Partner­ porated in 1976 by eleven ship Act) and Colton, Red- woman. "The key women in­ lands and Yucaipa R.O.P. volved were Lucia Valdez, Rita (Regional Occupational Pro­ Arias and Esther Murrillo," said gram). EmmaLechuga, program direc­ For those students needing tor. child care services, the SHU- "SHU was started through a Child Development Center grant provided by the Chicana provides "onsite" child care for Service Action Center out of children ages 2 to 14 years of Los Angeles, which was set up age through its licensed child to train Chicana leaders care center. The Child Devel­ throughout the state," she re­ opment Center also welcomes calls. children from the community For the first four years the at large. If students are women who made up the board J.T.P.A. enrolled there is no of directors met and partici­ charge for the daycare serv­ pated in problem-solving, pro­ ices. For students who are not viding referrals to people, espe­ J.T.P.A. enrolled are R.O.P. cially youth who were in need of enrolled, every effort is made referrals to mental health facili­ ties, dmg abuse programs and medical to refer them to the welfare department, facilities. who runs a childcare subsidy program "We acted basically as a referral childcare programs and we received educational/vocational skills training and also an altemate payment program. source then we started toying with the $30,000 in seed money in 1981. Project but also the appropriate job search skills Some of the program's future plans idea of establishing a counseling cen­ Redirect was bom. to make them competitive in the job is to to offer a complete course in word ter." Women would be put to woik in market. Students are provided with processing. SHU would also like to What really pushed SHU to begin per week with their sponsoring em­ services even after graduation, to assist expand it Childcare capacity, currently Project Redirect was the high incidence ployer and spend 20 hours going them in their search for gainful employ­ they are licensed to accommodate only of gang activity in 1978. through educational programs at SHU ment. Courses offered to all San Ber­ 35 children. Lechuga would like to "In 1978 we had a lot of problems to prepare for their G.E.D. test because nardino City and San Bemardino setup a second Child Development with gang activity between the cities of the majority of them were high school County residents include: Center, possibly in San Bemardino. Colton and San Bernardino. "Kiko dropouts. After a year they graduated •Secretarial Training For two consecutive years 1986 and Gomez was able to convince these with their high school diploma or a •G.E.D. Preparation 1987, SHU-Project Redirect has re­ gangs to a peace treaty," said Lechuga. G.E.D. certificate in addition to the •Child Care Aide Training ceived Outstanding Program Operator However, she notes that the women work experience. •Adult Basic Education (reme­ awards for its exemplary youth pro­ involved in these gangs were not ad­ Project Redirect expanded its serv­ diation) grams featuring Adult Basic Education dressed. Through Gomez and Lucia ice after their first year, to include sec­ •English as a Second Lan­ and GED preparation, in addition to its Valdez, the women also became in­ retarial training and bookkeeping and guage secretarial training programs. These volved in the peace treaty. childcare aid training and the G.E.D. •Vocational English as a Sec­ awards are issued annually by the Pri­ "We met with these women on a 6 training preparation classes. ond Language vate Industry Council who oversees the month basis and did a needs assessment. After spending its first six years "The only classes that require a fee Job Training Partnership Act program. "Most of them said they wanted voca­ operating out of Casa Ramona, SHU be paid are the latter two on the list. The For more information, contact SHU- tional, employment, child care and moved to its present location at 254 East fee is $25 a month which comes out to Project Redirect at 824-4350 or visit the educational opportunities," said "E" Street in Colton. about 60 cents an hour." school and child care center at 254 East Lechuga. Project Redirect is currently a school According to Lechuga all the classes "E" Street, Colton SHU applied and received a grant for men and women which offers edu­ are on an open-entry, open-exit basis. through C.E.T.A. for $450,000 to woik cation and training for employment. All "We have a reasonably good balance of specifically with gang related women. courses use up-to-date computer eur- people from Fontana, Bloomington, "After six months we were able to prove riculum for academic and job market San Bemardino, and RerMands. Class to the state that our childcare center skills. Students are provided not only size varies from 10 to 40 students. would not be a duplication of other

DEUKMEJIAN APOYA A LAS MAQUILADORAS DE LA FRONTERA Considerando el aumento potencial Los oficiales se pusieron de acuerdo menos costoso y por la cantidad dis- oficina mercantil Califomiana en la econ6mico y de mano de obra, el durante la conferencia, la cual tran- ponible de la mano de obra barata, Ciudad de Mdxico, fue apoyado en la Gobemado George Deukmejian recien- scurrid un plazo de dos dfas, que la ademds a las ciudades fronterizas en los conferencia por los Gobemadores Evan temente se uni6 con nueve gobema- expansion de la dicha industria maqui- EE.UU. les atrae el aumento de la Mecham del Estado de Arizona, Wil­ dores de los estados que co-lindan con ladora tendrfa positives beneficios inversidn econdmica que les representa liam Qements de Estado de Texas, y Mdxico en apoyar la decisidn a JKO- econdmicos para ambos, Estados a sus comunidades. tambidn por Garrey Cairuthers del Es­ mover activamente el aumento del de- Unidos y Mdxico. Sin embargo, Mientras que los que critican a la tado de Nuevo Mdxico. sarrollo industrial en la frontera do Los tambidn reconocieron que el rapido industria maquiladora se preocupan que Representando a Mdxico se encon- Estados Unidos y Mdxico.. desarrollp industrial tiene sus proble- las plantas les quitardn el empleo a los traron los gobemadores de los Estados La decisidn a darle mayor prioridad mas, tal como la contaminacidn trabajadores de los EE.UU., el Gober- de Sonora, Baja Califomia, Coahuila, a la industrializatidn a lo largo de la atmosfdrica, los cuales debcn ser con- nador Deukmejian documentd que los Nuevo Le6n, Chihuahua y Tamaulipas. frontera se hizo durante la sexta Confer- siderados. estudios muestran que por cada puesto encia de Gobemadores de la Frontera Las maquiladoras son plantas indus- creado en la Frontera Mexicana, se entre los Estados Unidos y Mdxico, la triales, ya sean do los EE.UU. o ex- crean dos puestos en los EE.UU cual se Uevd a cabo principios del pre- tranjeras, que se montan en Mdxico. El Gobemador, quien confirmd que sente mes en Las Cmces, Nuevo Las empresas son atrafdas por el tcrrcno scriamcntc csta considcrano poncr una Mexico. Safety Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988 Crime Tip: DarejTo Keep Kids Off Drugs

school in the San Bernardino City for 5th and 6th graders because they will with our children is very important. School District will have received be going to junior high school soon. Raising children is no easy task. With D. A.R.E. This includes several private This semester, the officers have also today's pressures, especially the easy schools. instructed a program designed for accessibility to drugs, our job as parents grades kindergarten through 4th. This is even harder. Try to practice these WHAT IS D.A.R.E.? means every child in the eleven shcools tips: D.A.R.E. is a new approach to edu­ win have received D.A.R.E. That's cating young people. Based on recent over 5,000 students for the 1987 FaU •Establish family rules that research, the traditional scare tactics are semester. make the use of drugs non-negotiable. de-emphazied. Kids do not want to be told what not to do. Teens instead, want WHY DO KIDS LIKE D.A.R.E.? •Educate yourself about drugs, Sgt. Dan Hernandez to act grown-up. Many of them think There is no other program available soyou cantalk informatively with smoking, drinking and using drugs are to the San Bernardino students where your children and answer their ques­ San Bernardino Police Dept. their passport to adulthood. they actually can talk to, learn from and tions. So D.A.R.E. tries to teach students have fun with a real police officer. The what being grown-up really means. Not officers do not wear their gun belts in •Since peer pressure is a major giving into peer pressure, making your the classroom. Because of this, the factorin teen druguse, know your More and more we hear about young own decisions and learning to cope with children see our D.A.R.E. officers as childrens' friends. kids taking drugs. Sometimes children life's problems in positive ways are the real people who care and have feelings, are trying drugs at the mere age of five essence of the D.A.R.E. program. who laugh and sometimes cry, just like •Talk with other parents. Try or six. Realistically the problem tends they do. Students receive a workbook to establish uniform rules thatmake to start at the junior high school level. WHO INSTRUCTS D.A.R.E.? and a binder. The workbook must be access to drugs harder for your children We've tried to scare children away One of the unique features of Project completed to pass the course. They are and their friends such as curfew, the from drugs by showing them pictures, D.A.R.E. is the use of police officers as tested on the subject matter. Role play­ amount of spending money they receive teUing them all the bad things that could instructors. The San Bernardino Police ing is an important part of the training. and the use of the car. happen to them if they take drugs, even Department has three officers (Cpls. At the end of the semester the students showing them movies. Education is Tony Aragon, Chuck Greene and Ray participate in a D.A.R.E. graduation •If problems arise, try to seek definitely one answer to keep kids off Rocha) assigned to the program. The ceremony. During this event, the stu­ advice and counsel from someone both drugs. D.A.R.E. originated in Los school district has assigned Sgt. Walter dents receive a certificate and various you and your child respect and can Angeles in 1983. The City of San Ber­ Snyder from the school police. These awards are handed out. relate to. nardino implemented D.A.R.E. in five officers instruct the program on a full- _schools in 1985. It was so successful time basis. The officers teach at selected TIPS FOR PARENTS Feel free to talk to one of ourD.A.R.E. ^at D.A.R.E. is presently being in- schools for the entire day once a week Remember, D.A.R.E., school, officers by dUlling the Crime Preven­ "structed at eleven elementary schools for seventeen weeks. Each week the sports, etc. are not always the 100% tion Unit at (714) 384-5715. this semester. By the end of tlie 1987- officers instruct a different subject to answer to keep kids off drugs. Love, 1988 school year every elementary the children. The program is designed understanding and communicating Officer Shootings Involve Minorities STATE GRANT AWARDED TO In the past couple of months there pect fired two more shots into the air, has been a number of officer related then lowered the weapon in the officers' INLAND EMPIRE EDUCATION shootings in San Bernardino. A large direction. At this point the officers number of these shootings have in­ imultaneously fired their weapons, volved minorities. striking the suspect., Bruce Joseph CONSORTIUM Houston of San Bernardino. On November 19 patrol officers A group of Inland Empire educa­ the Inland Empire is destined to become In another instance narcotic officers responded to a report of a residential tional institutions led by Cal State, San the sixth region in the state to offer serving a search warrant December 23 robbery at 589 N. Meridian. During the Bernardino has been awarded a $28,000 specialized, focused informational and at 156 S. Giovanola in San Bernardino investigation a negro male adult, simi­ California Student Opportunity and educational services to targeted stu­ shot Benjamin Navarrete DeLeon. lar to what the victim had described as Access Program (Cal-SOAP) plarming Upon arriving at the residence the offi­ dents. Services may include tutoring, *'• the suspect, arrived and began walking grant to promote higher education with academic advisement, financial aid cers surrounded the house and after they to the front of the house. One of the low-income and minority students. received no response from knocking woiicshops, campus visits and printed officers ordered him to stop and ob­ The funds wiU be used to form a information. Other Cal-SOAP projects they kicked open the door. They were served a shiny metallic object in the consortium of secondary schools, com­ exist in Santa Barbara, Whittier, San confronted by the suspect, DeLeon, male's right hand which he held close to munity colleges and four-year universi­ who was armed with a 22 caliber Ruger Diego, Oakland.^ his waist as he continued to walk. At ties by April 15,1988 in order to secure automatic. DeLeon aimed at the offi­ Reacting to receipt of the grant that point the officer fired his weapon another state grant for implementation cers as they came through the front award, Dr. Juan Gonzalez, assistant to ^Kking the male in the mid-torso area. of a coordinated college outreach pro­ door. An officer then fired one shot at the president at Cal State said, "This is A San Bernardino Police Officer gram. the suspect. an important development for under- responded to a fight at the Boy's Club at Participating institutions include "In these instances, these officer represented students in San Bernardino 1180 W. 9th Street on Saturday, De­ Cal State, San Bernardino; the Univer­ related shootings have involved minori­ and Riverside counties because the cember 12. While responding the offi­ sity of California, Riverside; the Uni­ ties," said Sgt. Dan Hernandez, public program mandates that the new strate­ cer advised other officers of the fight via versity of Redlands; Riverside City information officer for the San Bernar­ gies developed for access to higher radio. When the first responding officer College; San Bernardino Valley Col­ dino Police Department. education will not duplicate existing arrived, he observed several people lege; Chaffey Community College; the programs, so this effort will be supple­ "Officers in these situations are outside the east doorway of the club. As College of the Desert; Moreno Valley faced with a task requiring a rapid mental to programs already serving the officer approached, he heard a gun­ Unified School District; Rialto Unified evaluation and decision as to shoot or some of the 'best and the brightest' low- shot fired in his direction and immedi­ School District; Colton Joint Unified income and minority students. not to shoot, in the protection of life. ately focused on the suspect who was School District; and Aquinas High "Some situations, you just don't get a standing near the doorway with a School. Other school districts which second chance." weapon in his hand. The officer sought have indicated support are San Bernar­ "Given the circumstances, concern cover and was immediately joined by dino Unified, CoacheUa Unified and and training, all of that comes together two other officers. The officers ordered Desert Sands Unified. absent the color of the person involved the suspect to stop. However, the sus­ With the Cal-SOAP planning grant. in the shooting," said Hernandez. 10 Entertainment Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988

ciaba en el medio artistico Mexicano, desde muy temprano para ganar las habla Hispana como uno de For Jesse Sepulveda quien se convirtid mas tarde en su mejores localidades y admirar a sus mejores cantantes Mexicanos a quien esposa y amiga, y al final en su repre- artistas favoritas o simplemente recrear se le quiere y se le respeta por su pro- No cabe duda que detras de cada gran sentante. su vista con las bellas chicas que en poca fesionalismo y su simpatfa. hombre, hay una gran mujer, y 6sto ha Rogelio Guerra es un actor hecho en ropa hacen las delicias de los caballeros Este ano Josd Josd ocupo un cuarto quedado demostrado una vez mds en la televisidn y su prinicipal fuente de que acuden a ver dichas obras teatrales lugar de popularidad en los Estados el case de Josd Josd, el cantante trabajo la constituyen las tele-novelas cuya principal atraccidn son los per- Unidos con su interpretacidn de la Mexicano mds popular en el dmbito en las cuales se inicid ddndose a conocer sonajes cdmicos y la ya conocida cancidn, "Soy Asi.", misma que se intemacidnal, que por mds de una atravdz de estas intemacionalmente, y picardfa Mexicana que aimque un toca con mucho dxito en todas las ddcada ha cautivado al publico de haciendo de vez en cuando algunas poquito subida de color hace reir al estacidnes de radio Hispanas aquf en habla Hispana con sus interpre- presentacidnes especiales en el cine. espectador de principio a fin. los Estados Unidos y en toda Latino taciones musicales que lo ban man- Todo parece indicar que el matrimo- Cuando Josd Josd se encontraba America. tenido siempre en los primeros luga- nio entre la cantante Mexicana Lupita sumido en el vicio de las drogas, con- El actor Mexicano Rogelio Guerra res de popularidad en el medio D' Alessio y el cantante Argentine Sabu ocid a Anel, quien con su ayuda y esta felfz y contento pues su esposa artistico Latino Americano. pronto sera cosa del pasado. Se dice que carifio, logro que el cantante, quien con quien contrajo nupcias reciente- Hace algunos anos cuando Jos6 todo anda mal entre ellos y que muy estaba alejado del medio drtistico, se mente ya esta esperando bebd y se Jos6 se iniciaba como cantante, se pronto habrd divorcio. Para Lupita esto reincorporara al mismo, siendo ella y su esperaquenazcaamediados de 1988. casd con una mujer que por desgracia sera un golpe duro, pues apenas se recu- hermano quienes paso a paso llevaron a Aunque eUa es mucho mds joven que en vez de ayudarlo y apoyarlo en su peraba du su anterior divorcio y ya tiene Josd Josd por el camino del dxito, dl, ambos aseguran que hasta ahora carrera artfstica, por el contrario lo otro en puerta. primero en Mexico y despues en todo todo es felicidad pues todo marcha destruyd moralmente, haciendo que Tal parece que los productores de Latino America. bien en su matrimonio. dste moralmente se sintiera derrotado obras teatrales frfvolas o "Burlesque" Anel y su hermano fueron desde un en todos los aspectos de la vida, y ban encontrado la manera de hacer buen principio quienes se encargaron de los agobiado por los problemas co- dinero pues ya tenemos tres teatros en el contratos y giras del cantante, cuidando nyugales se refugiara en las drogas. drea de Los Angeles que se estan dedi- todos los detalles para que siempre re- Pero un buen dfa aqueUa pesadiUa cando a este tipo de espectdculos, y sultaran en un rotundo dxito tanto termind al separarse de su esposa credme que con muy buen dxito, pues en nacional como intemacional. Y es gra- conocer mas tarde a Anel, una todas las funcidnes registran muy cias a ellos que Josd Josd en la actuali- ^oven y bella modelo que se ini­ bucnas entradas y la gente hace lineas dad es conocido en todos los pafses de Ronstadt Shines in " Canciones De LA BAMBA'S SUCCESS# Mi Padre" WAS CONTAGIOUS IN '87 too hard to reach that hard driving note. resent as many as 7 million tickets, sold by Eduardo Leal The music accompainment and mix By Antonio Mejias Rentas a $4 each—or $28 million. is excellent with several mariachi " 'La Bamba' grossed $53 million," When you hear the name Linda groups used including the weU known In many ways, achievements by he says. "How much of that was Ronstadt— you ask yourself what type Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Latino artists and entertainers in 1987 brought in by English-speaking Lati­ of music is she singing now? Ronstadt's voice is not lost among vio- were epitomized by an old folk song nos?" Ronstadt has come a long way since line, trumpets, her voice flows out from the Mexican state of Veracruz. La Bamba made the Hollywood she first hit the radio waves with her sweetly and effortlessly. A good ex­ Without a doubt, it was the year of studios scramble for Latino products. group the Stone Poneys back in the late ample of this is "Y Andale" which is the "La Bamba," with an emphasis on con­ Following its success. Universal rushed sixties. Ronstadt has matured as a only song off this album to receive tributions by U.S.-bom Hispanics. to get out Cheech Marin's comedy singer and a writer since leaving the major radio air play. "La Bamba," one of the year's most "Bom in East L.A." Most of the "ma­ Stone Poneys and embarking on a solo No matter what intentions Ron­ talked about films and a healthy box jor" studios put in bids to release the career, which has taken her through stadt had when she recorded this album office contender, was the story of a Ramon Mendez/Tom Musca independ- • different styles ranging from pop rock, it's a must for your record collection. home-grown Latino rock-and-roll star, ent production "Walking On Water," big band, and folk/country music (the Overall it's an excellent album, from told by a home-grown writer/director, which stars Edward James Olmos as latter, as a trio with DoUy Parton and which Ronstadt should reap great re­ co-produced by his brother and acted by East Los Angeles math instmctor Jamie Emmylou Harris.) wards. In addition, it's also refreshing various U.S. Latinos. Escalante. Wamer Bros, won out, put­ Her latest venture draws her closer to see a person of Ronstadt's caliber, And Ritchie Valens' rock version of ting up a $4 million advance on the film, to her roots with an album recently versatility and origin come forth with a "La Bamba" was recreated for the which win be released in Febmary. released titled "Las Canciones de Mi style uniquely Hispanic. It will be inter­ movie by Los Lobos , a Chicano rock At least a dozen other Latino filn^b Padre ". She is in a sense paying esting to see what direction Ronstadt band from East Los Angeles that took it will be released by the majors in 198^r homage to her heritage — her father will take next. A follow-up album all the way to the No. 1 on the national including the Robert Redford-directed, being of GermanAlexican decent. along the same style will be a definite pop charts. Moctezuma Esparza-co-produced This album features corridos, ranch- plus but whatever her direction you can "La Bamba" —^both the Luis and "Milagro Beanfield War." eras and boleros which showcase some be rest assured her work will be ad­ Daniel Valdez film and the Los Lobos "La Bamba" was also influential in of her best vocal talents especially the mired. single— was a hit first with so-called boosting the careers of three excellent slow love hurt ballads like ' 'Hay Unos An item of interest, Ronstadt re­ mainstream audiences and then easy actors who, coincidentaUy, represent Ojos" and "Por Un Amor" where her cently appeared on the Saturday Night crossovers to the Spanish-language the three major Latino subgroups in the voice comes across with a sense of Live late night television program sing­ Hispanic market. The film and the song nation; Rosanna de Soto (Mexican sureness, the crispness that is there on ing several of her songs from her new proved that general audiences enjoy American) and Esai Morales (Puerto all the high notes is similar to Amalia album. This was a first for Saturday well-made Latino products with a dis­ Rican) were reunited (again as mother Mendoza's with true feelings, so strong Night Live to have a mariachi group tinctive Latino flavor, and that Latino and son) on a "Hispanic" episode of that one can almost feel the hurt. appear as a musical guest. Maybe audiences are choosing to be enter­ NBC's drama "Miami Vice." De Soto, Ronstadt does an excellent interpre­ Ronstadt will help expose this music, tained, with the mainstream, in English. who has been mentioned as a possible tation of a corrido on "Corrido de which has so long been almost uniquely According to Santiago Pozo, a for­ Academy Award nominee, starred in a Cananea"; however, on some of the enjoyed by Hispanics. mer publicist for Universal Studios, a faster upbeat rancheras she seems to try "hit" in the Latino community can rep­ PLEASE See La Bamba, Page 12 Classified 11 Inland Empire Hispanic News Wednesday, January 6,1988

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1 La Bamba CONTINUED From Page 10 Employment New York production of "La Ft Vida," There was increased attention vested on Opportunity a trilogy of one-act plays by Puerto exhibits like Hispanics Art in the United Rican playwright Reinaldo Povod. States: 30 Painters and Sculptors, Cuban American Elizabeth Pena par­ which began a national tour in May at Student Litem Wanted layed her "La Bamba" success into a the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, starring role in her own ABC sitcom, I moving to the Corcoran Gallery in Married Dora," and a feature role in Washington, D.C. in October. Excellent chance to have work published and get on the job experience Stever Spielberg's Christmas release. The show demonstrated a cohesive- For more information call (714) 381-6259 "Battf ies Not Included." ness among Hispanic artists who work ! id "La Bamba," as recorded by in a variety of forms and styles. Los L bos, became the first all-Spanish It even seemed as if there was more song » make it to No. 1 on Billboard participation by Hispanic actors and Magazine's pop charts. playwrights on "mainstage" theater It was not the only hit this year with across the U.S.A. In Southem Califor­ a distinct Latino sound. While singers nia alone three major companies—the like Madonna threw Spanish phrases Los Angeles Theater Center, Costa 1 I into songs like "La Isla Bonita" and Mesa's South Coast Repertory and San INLAND EMPIRE HISPANIC NEWS "Who's That Girl?:" various U.S. -bom Diego's Old Globe—had projects to I Latinos went to the pop charts with develop Latino theater. Subscription Order form I styles aU their own. Before 1987, Chicano rock-and- 719 N. "D" Street, San Bernardino, CA 92401 I Strong from a multi-hit album in '86, roller Richie Valens was remembered 381-6259 I the Cuban American act Gloria Estefan by many as a shooting star. Only rock I and the Miami Sound Machine fol­ historians recognized his vital influence I lowed in '87 with "Rhythm is Gonna to that "All-American" art form. I would like to start receiving the INLAND EMPIRE I Get You." And New York-bom Puerto With their film, Luis and Daniel HISPANIC NEWS. Please bill me for the following I Rican singer Lisa Lisa provided relief Valdez have made it easier for all of us subscription: I from the Madonna sound-alikcs who to see that the contribution of home­ I inundated the airwaves . If there is grown Hispanics to this country's cul­ 1 year $15.00 I justice left in the industry, Lisa Lisa's tural beat has been a continuous and 6 months 9.00 I soulful rendition of "Lost in Emotion," significant one. 3 months 5.00 I the year's most danceable tune, is an • I assured Grammy nominee in various (Antonio Mejla's Rentas, oflos Ange­ Please bill me Enclosed is my check for $. I categories for 1988. les ,covers arts and entertainment for I Even Hispanics in art circles bene­ the national newsweekly Hispanic Name I fited from the "La Bamba" experience. Link Weekly Report) Address I City/State/Zip I Phone i I I