Giving Thanks for Native American Culture

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Giving Thanks for Native American Culture Let’s Talk About it: About the Artist: Merriwether’s Growing up Pharmaceutical Alternative Casimiro Castro Guide to Edible Latino: Capitalism Remedies Wild Plants of Texas The Rocket and the Southwest 2 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018

This grass roots publication is the life Let’s Talk About it... source for a community that is not easily afforded viable access to diverse and ac- cessible media. San Antonio and the sur- Alternative Remedies rounding counties have become accustomed to relevant news brought to them in both English and Spanish since 1913. By Yvette Tello an excellent anti-inflamma- fruits, herbs. cut with them. They placed Before pharmaceutical tory. It even fights cancer gauzes over the webs and Steve A Duran Sr. CEO/Publisher companies, we had herbal cells. Cream of tartar aids on Jeff Hull: bandaged my foot. No doc- [email protected] remedies like Belladonna headaches. Manzanilla tea is Don’t forget the weed in tor, no ER, no stitches. In a Ramon Chapa Jr. plant soaked in alcohol for great for relaxing to sleep, the green alcohol for muscle week I was running around Co-Publisher [email protected] insect bites, Vicks on your as is green tea. And, VICKS pain or at least that’s what barefoot again. Lol, even Yvette Tello feet for a cough, rubbing an is good for bites, itches, nail my grandparents did. Lol! now I hate wearing shoes!I Executive Vice President egg for a spiritual cleans- fungus, calluses, pimples, learned in an anatomy course [email protected] ing. Much research on the coughs and colds. Pineapple Jazmin D Zuñiga: that platelets do exactly what Roxanne Eguia Editor In Chief healing rituals and herbal juice with honey for coughs, Always! before I take a the spiderwebs did, form a [email protected] medicines of Native Ameri- and Cranberry for UT infec- pill, I try home remedies, net and trap red blood cells Victoria Ward cans has not been performed tions..the list goes on and on Arnica for injuries helps with to stop bleeding. Those old Graphic Designer [email protected] because the technology to ! Natural remedies are, and pain, bruising & swelling, wives really knew their stuff! test whether or not the pro- should be a saving grace in ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, Steve Walker Ricardo Romo cedures work is not yet avail- view of the exorbitant cost lemon, honey, tea tree oil, Mary Svetlik Watkins: Jessica Duran able. What do you think? Do as well as danger of so many aloe vera, apple cider, an Two years ago I had hor- Contributors [email protected] you use any remedies your pharmaceuticals. Above all egg, herb teas, tiger balm rible allergies. I got my ears mom, grandma or great PRAYER IN FAITH! LORD for headaches & Vicks for candled. It was amazing. grandma used to make you JESUS STILL HEALS and everything. Pharmaceutical I swear by peppermint for feel better? Please share. MIRACLES still happen to is just a business that controls headaches and pineapple Let’s talk about it.. those who believe! the government, not the other juice for mucus coughs. way around. Vicks on your feet, ginger Irene V. Zertuche: Armando Cantu: for upset stomachs. Cayenne Yes, still have my mom Less than half of the time Tammy Polk Herrera: pepper too. It also kills bad doing the egg on us. I use remedies. I just take a Baking soda/water paste germs. pill or two. for insect bites. Carmen Madariaga: Belinda Rodriguez: The mission of the Westside Develop- ment Corporation (WDC) is to foster Absolutely! Very low cost, Tiffany Campbell: Blue Rose Alvarez: Yes I use all natural rem- economic development, promote the de- almost never any negative White willow bark for A paste made with water edies that I can remember velopment and redevelopment of real estate within its target area, create viable urban side effects, great results headaches and of course and meat tenderizer is used that my grandmother showed communities, and preserve the character, encourage me to learn all I Echinacea tea when a cold to soothe bee stings.When me from the egg to teas, for culture and history of the Westside. The vision is a vibrant Westside com- can about what the Creator is coming on… I was 10 years old, I cut a example a paper cone placed munity where people want to live, work, provided upon the earth for huge gash on the bottom of in ear to relief pain for ear and visit. our wellness. I grow a lot of Amanda Cena: my foot. I was not rushed to aches. Leonard Rodriguez President /CEO aloe vera, and am beginning Prayer and marijuana.... the doctor or ER Our neigh- [email protected] to cultivate other healing not at the same time. But I bors ran around grabbing La Prensa Texas San Antonio is published once herbs and roots! Tumeric is do both and of course teas, spiderwebs and covered my a week by La Familia Duran Inc. San Antonio, Texas (210) 686-0600. Subscription price in the U.S.A. $125 per year (52 issues). The opinions expressed in the editorials of this publication represent the positions and ideology of this newspaper; the opinions expressed by writers and guest columnists are not necessarily the opinions of the management staff or ownership of this newspaper; the contents of which they are solely and exclusively responsible for. Letters from our readers are welcome and will be published, subject to space availability so long as they are signed and have a proper return address. All letters will be reviewed and edited for offensive language, libel, slander, defamation, proper grammar, spelling, and accuracy, according to our style. La Prensa Texas San Antonio is not responsible for advertisements that may be deceitful or fraudulent, and does not guarantee in any way the products or services offered, of which only the advertiser is responsible. All Rights Reserved. Published and printed in the United States of America. La Prensa Texas 210-686-0600 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 3 About the Cover Artist: Casimiro Castro By Dr. Ricardo Romo as free people, not slaves to offer and lived in Texas until to rule as emperor. Texas faced a double threat anyone. the Texas Revolution broke to their existence with the In- Book and print seller James out in 1836. In the early 1860s Kicka- dian Wars and the American E. Arsenault described this The Kickapoo made a poo Indians met with Em- Civil War. If the Kickapoos print as, “a rare lithograph decision to side with the peror Maximilian to inquire lost their land in Mexico, showing the presentation of Texas-Mexicans, a decision about their legal status and they would be forced to re- a group of Kickapoo Indians that cost them dearly.Viewed land holdings. Casimiro turn to Texas where slavery and runaway Texas slaves as enemies of the new Texas Castro’s famous lithograph was permitted. Some tribe at the court of the Austri- Republic, they were unsure of the Kickapoo Indians members had married run- an Archduke and Emperor about their safety living resulted from that meeting. away slaves, actions which of Mexico, Maximilian in in Texas territory. Mexi- Two French citizens living placed both the Indians and 1865.” can officials understood the in Mexico and working as former slaves in grave dan- In his lithograph of the Kickapoo printers at the Decaen lithog- ger if they were to live in Kickapoo Indians, he also dilemma and offered the raphy firm made copies of Texas. gave us firsthand insights Indians land south of the the lithographs and distrib- Today the Kickapoos, Tri- into the politics of French Rio Grande near the town uted them. bu Kikapu, as they are known occupation of Mexico in the of Musquizin the state of Collaborating with the in Mexico, live largely in the 1860s. The story begins with Coahuila. Decaen firm in Mexico City, Muzquiz Municipality. Over Casimiro Castro, a brilliant the entry of Kickapoo Indi- The new Texas govern- Casimiro Castro received the the last century some of the Mexican artist during the ans into Mexican territory ment did in fact engage in the assistance and expertise in tribe members moved back 19th century, gave us many during the 1830s. “Indian Wars,” principally color lithography to produce to Texas and today live in stunning portrayals of life Just prior to the Texas Rev- fighting the Comanches and a portfolio of images related Maverick County on the and culture of that era. olution, the Mexican gov- Apaches. The Texas mili- to Mexican society. Joseph Kickapoo Indian Reserva- What makes this print ernment invited Kickapoo tia and the Texas Rangers Antoine Decaen, an emigrant tion of Texas not far from the rare is the inclusion of two Indians to take up residence fought these two tribes for from France, decided to town of Eagle Pass. runaway slaves who went in Mexico’s northern fron- another fifty years. present Emperor Maximilian Life changed for the better with the Kickapoo Indian tier, which included present The Kickapoos, who made with several fine art pieces in 1983 for the Kickapoos leaders to see the emperor day Western and Southern their home in Northern Mex- created by Castro. The Kick- when the tribe was granted and became part of Mexican Texas. Mexican officials ico, witnessed the arrival of apoo print was presented federal tribal recognition. history and an important ar- hoped that the Kickapoo In- French forces in 1862. Under to the Emperor, whose rule That federal status allowed tistic story. dians would serve as a buffer President Benito Juarez, over Mexico proved to be them the right to operate In American art one sees to Anglo-American settlers Mexican forces won some short lived. The Mexican casinos on their land. While portrayals of slaves and who were encroaching on early victories, but they were Indian print was one of more their population remains images of runaways, but Texas territory. Various vanquished in 1863 by the than two dozen lithographs small, estimated at about none painted in such an bands of Kickapoo Indians, French military. In the fol- created by Casimiro Castro. 850, most adults on the res- inclusionary manner as in unhappy with the American lowing year, Napoleon Ill The Kickapoo Indians had ervation are now employed this Kickapoo lithograph by government efforts to re- created a new monarchy in every reason to be concerned at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casimiro Castro. All those settle them in the Oklahoma Mexico and chose Maximil- about their status in Northern Casino which opened in in the print are represented Territory, took the Mexican ian von Habsburg of Austria Mexico. Indians living in 1996. 4 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018 Merriwether’s Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Texas and the Southwest #1. Burdock Nutritional Value: Carbohydrates Scientific Name: Arctium minus, Arctium Dangers: Beware the similar-looking arrow arum, (Peltandra virginica) lappa plant which has an arrowhead-shaped leaf and produces tubers same Abundance: Rare as Sagittaria species. What: Young leaves, flower stalks, 1st year root #4. Turkey Tail Mushrooms How: young leaves raw, as tea, stir-fried, or Scientific Name(s): Trametes versi- boiled in 2-3 changes of water; peel green color, also called Coriolus versicolor skin of plant stalks to reveal inner white core Abundance: common which is eaten raw or cooked; root of 1st-year What: Mushroom plants less than 1” in diameter and must be How: Tea, tincture peeled then boiled in two changes of water Where: Dead trees until tender; roasted roots for coffee When: Spring, summer, fall, winter Where: Open fields, sunny areas, woods Nutritional Value: Medicinal When: Leaves in spring, flower stalks in Dangers: Beware of mimic False Tur- summer, roots summer and fall #1 Burdock key Tail crust mushroom (Stereum

Nutritional Value: Roots contain some min- ostrea) and Gilled Polypore (Tremetes #4 Turkey Tail Mushrooms erals, vitamins C & B6, and some calories. Leaves contain many vitamins betulina) and phytochemicals Other uses: you can stick a bunch of the burrs together to make a crown, #5 Maple but that usually ends badly Scientific Name: Acer spp. Dangers: burrs are clingy, do not confuse with toxic Cocklebur (Xan- Abundance: Common thium pennsylvanicum) What: Inner bark, seeds, leaves, sap #2. Dandelion How: Boil inner bark or dry into Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale flour, cook seeds, young leaves raw Abundance: Common or cooked, boil sap down to syrup What: Leaves, flowers, roots Where: Everywhere How: Young leaves in salad or boiled; flow- When: Anytime ers are used in wine; roots are roasted to make Nutritional Value: Sugar in sap, #5 Maple a coffee substitute or boiled for twenty-thirty protein and carbohydrates in seeds, minutes before eating minerals in leaves, carbohydrates in inner bark. Where: Yards, sunny areas When: Spring, early summer #6 Stinging Nettle Nutritional Value: Vitamins A, B, thiamine, Scientific Name: Urtica chamaedryoi- riboflavin, minerals, and protein #2 Dandelion des, U. dioica, U. urens #3 Arrowhead Abundance: Common What: Leaves and young stems Scientific Name(s): Maranta spp. and Sagit- Cooked greens, tea taria spp. How: Where: Woods, borders, abandoned Abundance: Uncommon areas, woods, sunny and shady areas What: Tubers, young leaves, young flower Spring, early summer stalks When: Nutritional Value: Rich in vitamins How: Boiled, roasted A,C,D,K, minerals, and high in protein. Where: Marshes, water Dangers: can cause skin irritations, han- When: Tubers all year, best in late fall and early dle while wearing leather gloves. Cook winter; young leaves in early summer; flower to remove stingers before consuming. #6 Stinging Nettle stalks well before flower buds have opened. #3 Arrowhead 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 5

#7 Wild Violet drunk, made into ice cream, mixed Scientific Name: Viola species drinks, preserves. Abundance: Uncommon Where: Sunny fields What: Leaves, flowers When: Fruit-late summer, pads- How: Leaves and flowers raw (great in all year though younger pads taste salads), tea from flowers better. Where: Small, heart-shaped flowers in Nutritional Value: Vitamin C, shady, moist areas some minerals and omega-3 fatty When: Winter (in Houston), Spring, acid early summer Dangers: The spines and tiny, fine Nutritional Value: Very rich in vitamin A,C hairs are very irritating and can Dangers: Violets contain the chemical #7 Wild Violet even be fatal if lodged in the throat. #10 Prickly Pear Cactus Violine which, in VERY large doses, can Burn off the spines/hairs to remove. cause vomiting and diarrhea. #11 Willow #8 Plantain Scientific name: Salix spp. Scientific Name: Plantago species Abundance: Plentiful Abundance: Plentiful What: Twigs, inner bark What: Leaves, young seed pods How: Tea made from chopped up How: Raw, steamed twigs; inner bark is an emergency food Where: Sunny fields, urban yards and is eaten raw or dried and ground When: Spring into flour Nutritional Value: Minerals, vitamin B Where: Woods, water, sunny fields, Other uses: Rub mashed leaves on in- landscaping sect bites to relieve pain/itching When: Twigs highest in salicylic acid #8 Plantain in early spring; inner bark any time Nutritional Value: Inner bark con- #9 Cattails tains carbohydrates Scientific Name: Typha latifolia Other uses: Willows contain salicylic Abundance: Common acid which is a precursor of aspirin. What: Tubers, shoots, male portion of Dangers: Salicylic acid can cause #11 Willow flower, pollen stomach upset in high doses and trig- How: Tuber starch granules are removed ger Reye’s syndrome in young children. by hand from fibers, young shoots cut from tubers, older stems can be peeled back to Foraging Texas Founders get soft, white edible pith, male (top) part of flower steamed before it become fluffy, Dr. Nicole Apelion pollen from male section is shaken into Scientist, mother, educator, researcher, expeditionary leader, safari guide, paper bag from flower and use as flour herbalist and traditional skills instructor. A leader in the field of trans- Where: Shallow water formative nature education, Nicole is excited to share her knowledge and When: Tubers in winter, shoots in spring/ expertise of nature connection, indigenous knowledge, natural wellness summer, pollen and flowers in spring and survival skills with the world. Nutritional Value: Young shoots have #9 Cattails low amounts of minerals. Pollen is high in Samual Thayer protein. Tubers are high in calcium, iron, potassium, and carbohydrates. Renowned author and forager and internationally recognized authority Other Uses: Fluff is good tinder and insulation, leaves can be woven into on edible wild plants. His mission is to promote responsible foraging, baskets and used to thatch huts. appreciation and conservation of Nature, and sustainable food produc- Dangers: Fluff may cause skin irritation. Wash thoroughly before eating tion systems. parts raw so as to avoid picking up any infectious, water-borne microbes. Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen #10 Prickly Pear Cactus Forager, chemist, author, inventor, adventurer, rogue botanist, husband, Scientific Name: Opunita lindheimeri and parent! Abundance: Plentiful What: Fruit (tunas), pads (nopalito), flowers, juice For more information go to www.foragingtexas.com or email How: Peeled pads can be pickled, fried, made into jerky; fruit can be [email protected] with any questions. raw or blended into a smoothy/icee drink; juice from strained fruit can be 6 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018 Bobcats le ganó 6-2 el clásico a Royals Piratas y Rieleros en histórico empate Por José I. Franco mantuvo empatado 1 a 1 Liga dominical. Cubs tarde, finalizando empata- sacar adelante al cuatro La onda gélida del pasado carrera. Bobcats despegó 6-4 ante Cardenales. Bron- dos 3-3. En el cierre del sép- veces campeón Piratas de fin de semana no fue obs- por el resto del combate con cos de Reynosa SA 4-0 timo capítulo Piratas con su Sabinas. táculo para que las ligas de pizarra de 6-2. vs. Calaveras, con jonrón lanzador relevista Brayan Liga Potranco convoca a béisbol independiente, Colt Por su lado Juggernauts solitario conectado por Rey Guerrero y el estelar recep- la afición para que asista al 45 Baseball League y Liga apalearon 11-1 a los Mets. Hernández al lanzador Ja- tor Lupe Guerrero (padre tradicional Torneo del Día Potranco, cancelaran las En Liga Potranco el cir- son Guerra. Mineros de de Brayan), con las bases de Gracias a jugarse el 24 acciones. cuito sabatino Veteranos, Jesús Ramírez Sr., derrotó llenas y dos outs en cerrada y 25 de noviembre con la En el legendario estadio arrojó los siguientes re- 8-1 a Bravos, con vuela- acción en la registradora participación de los equi- Colt 45 administrado por sultados: Red Sox 12-4 cerca de Marco García. “quemaron” al veloz corre- pos Tuneros de San Luis Jaime Guerrero, el clásico ante Cachorros de Nava. El clásico entre el dor Iván Maldonado, quien Potosí vs Agujita, Coahuila. categoría Abierta, lo gan- Mineros 16 Cardenales 5, campeón Piratas de Sabi- en sus ganchos pudo haber Indiana vs. Selección San aron Bobcats (dirigidos por con salvamento del lanza- nas dirigido por Sergio De anotado la cuarta carrera y Antonio en los respectivos John Guzmán) a su duro dor derecho Hugo Méndez. Luna y Rieleros de JP Reza, así celebrar la victoria, sin horarios de las 10:30 a.m. rival Royals. El partido Yaquis de La Sauceda 9-0 a se disputaron la victoria embargo padre e hijo se y 2 p.m. hasta la quinta entrada se Westsiders. hasta ya entrada la lluviosa fajaron una vez más para

Hugo Méndez, lanzador relevista de Mineros. (Foto Franco) Acción en el partido Bobcats y Reales. (Foto Franco) 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 7 GROWING UP LATINO MANGUERA MEMORY: The Rocket placed your clothes in a bas- of the Rocket as you were ket with a lock and kept track to dive off the Sams Pool of your basket number with Diving Board into the deep a huge numbered safety pin end of the pool. You had to you attached to your bathing be THAT brave to climb up suit, and if you were brave the treacherous and rusty, enough, Sams Pool was squeaky steps and then walk where you could dive off the over the unsteady tandem, and zebra swings, past the noons. It was the forbidden highest diving board in town. catwalk bridge with the bars huge mound metal turtles place to go to if you attended Ringgold Park was where that made it look like a cage and lady bugs, and Dumbo Cummings Intermediate many happy childhood mem- and then slide down the and Donald Ducks that sat on School. ories were created before our steep, often times scorching iron coils, and those swings Ringgold Park was home town was given the Gladys hot, slide. Come to think of that could propel you higher to Sams Pool and the Blue Porter Zoo in 1971. it, every ride in that asphalt than any other swings at Gar- Dolphins Swim Team, and Back to the place I avoided park turned into a scorching field Park or Lincoln Park. the best place to be during as a kid afraid of heights . . skillet during the summer Ringgold Park was also the those sweltering summer Rosa Maria Gonzalez, B.A., J.D., . The Rocket slide. You had months because every ride C.W.L.S. only park in town with these months . . . Sams Pool was to be pretty brave and as was made out of iron or Board Certified- Child Welfare Law weird hilly ups and downs the pool where you slid in on Specialist, National Association of brave to climb up to the top sheet metal. Que kid friendly that you could run up and the cold wet concrete floors, Counsel For Children, as authorized park ni que nada . . . it was down on (or skateboard up by the American Bar Association and outdoors and it had water the Texas Board of Legal Specializa- and down on or ride your fountains, so it was a kid tion. bike up and down on), and Born and bred in Brownsville, Texas, friendly park by any defini- that you could also fall down Gonzalez has lived in San Antonio for tion in the 1970s. That park over 30 years. She attended St. Mary’s off of and catch a mean rasp- and that slide brought out the University where she earned her Bach- berry on your knee or elbow elor of Arts in Political Science and kid in everyone as much as if you weren’t careful and later her law degree. it tested the true kid grit in paying attention. Gonzalez has a family law practice every one of us who played and is a graduate of the Women’s Ringgold Park was THE in it and ran through it with Campaign School at Yale University. park to go to during those She has a long established history of complete and utter raw kid summers so long ago. The coordinating campaigns and consult- abandon. ing for women candidates. park included the Pavilion Not a single last day of where I danced as a Charro By Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez school or 1st day of summer for Tiny Tot Daycare. I still Summer meant visits to has come and gone with- remember the black charro Ringgold Park . . . that was out thoughts and memories suit I donned with my velvet the place that was home to of Ringgold Park and the charro hat and “patillas y The Rocket slide. It loomed Rocket Slide for as long as bigote” that were drawn on tall, reaching into the hot, I can remember. Every dip to my face with my Mom’s muggy summer sky. It was in any pool takes me back to black eyeliner pencil, damp- a tower made of hot metal, Sams Pool and the towering ened with the tip of her and stairs that led up to the palm trees that surrounded it. tongue. top of the steepest slide every Every playground slide takes Ringgold Park was the 5 year old in Brownsville me to a place of nervous place for smitten lovers and could imagine. It sat, impos- anticipation and echoes of juicy raspas on Sunday after- ing among the iron elephant children’s laughter. 8 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018

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Wintu Bodewadmik Kickapoo Na:tinixwe Northern Potawatomi Paiute Kutsipiuti Omaha Iowa Miami Goshute Delaware Pawnee Kanien’kehaka Captain John, Numa Tsitsistas

Ne-O-Mon-Ne, Bah-kho-je Shawnee Muwekma Costanoan Little Turtle, Twightwee Arapaho Oto

Amah-Mutsun Missouria Costanoan Ute Western Kanza Shoshone Chief Cornstalk, Shawanwa Nuwuvi Pamunkey Southern Paiute Shoshone Mesaw, Newe Hinoeino Warrior, Ehakatci

Chief Manuelito, Diné

Pueblo Nations Tah-Chee, Ani’yunwi’ya Tuscorora Navajo Chief Black Dog, Niukonska Mohave Posuwaegeh Cherokee Kizh Osage Catawba Gabrieliño Kiowa A:shiwi Ned Christy, Ani’yunwi’ya Juaneno Coushatta Wichita Cahuilla Yavapai Quapaw Chickasaw Chumash Diegueno Cocopah NdehApache Choctaw Ocmulgee Maricopa Tunica Mvskoke Etvlwv NumunuuComanche Caddo Creek Pima Kitikiti’sh Yamasee Kitsai

Seminole Aha Macav Biloxi Bidai Tonkawa Timucua

Atakapa

Tickanwa’tic Karankawa Chief Billy Bowlegs, Mikasuki

La Prensa Texas is happy to support the @ Friends of Milam Park and Fantasyland @ Milam Park. A FREE holiday celebration and tree lighting festival. This family friendly event takes place the Saturday after Thanksgiving, on 11/24/18. There will be Santa visits, train rides, face painting, and Christmas tree lighting at dusk. Enjoy hot chocolate & cookies from Mi Tierra’s while enjoying the beautiful holiday tree and new installations at Milam Park. No better way to kick off the holiday season than with family, friends and community merriment. 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 9 EVENTOS ESPECIALES Veterans Parade

Photos by Steve Walker Food Distribution La Prensa Texas partnered with Last Chance Ministries and Amerigroup to Provide Free Food Distribution to the homeless, needy and economically disadvantaged citizens. La Prensa Texas is proud to partner with organizations to help improve people’s quality of life! Pictured with Volunteers from Amerigroup is La Prensa Texas Co Publisher and Pastor Jimmy Robles.

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Remembering Indigenous Roots

Pharmaceutical Capitalism By Yvette Tello medications today. In fact, and has been known to help A tree curing back aches; many ingredients used in ease respiratory problems is this possible? It is not various modern medica- such as asthma and bron- uncommon for a person tions are actually derived chitis; basil helps stimulate in Western culture to be from Native American cul- brain function; mandarin thinking it is not. We were tures. has a cheerful refreshing raised with the belief that Herbal medicine is be- and inspiring effect in the our medical society largely ing reintroduced through individual. based on chemical concoc- various forms of alternative Through these various tions is powerful because medicine. Out on the mar- forms of alternative medi- it has cures for everything ket we see aromatherapy, cine, Native American be- from various cancers all the acupuncture, herbology, liefs pertaining to nature way down the list to the and many more forms of and spirituality are being common cold. Don’t get me alternative medicine. awakened in American wrong, the medical profes- Herbology is a practice culture. sion is quite effective, but which seeks to heal people Why is alternative medi- for several generations, Na- through a variety of herbal cine becoming so popu- tive Americans have been supplements. lar? Are people starting to using herbs to cure aches Aromatherapy deals with doubt the effectiveness of and pains, and various other various scents to change the Western medicine? Ameri- illnesses. Many of the herbs mood of individuals. Dif- cans looking for new ways all the technology and nature has been disturbed. used by Native Americans ferent scents have different to cure themselves from stress of the Western medi- By performing shamanic are the ones you can actu- effects. Lavender helps various illnesses may be cal society makes it easier healing practices through ally find in aspirin and other bring peace and balance finding that escaping from to deal with their illness various rituals, the Navajo and to focus on getting bet- Native Americans believe ter. Herbal remedies are not they have solved their prob- as stressful and depressing lems with the Gods and as some medical techniques Goddesses. because the main focus Before medical technol- is on making peace with ogy was available, doctors nature and the whole body, relied on Native Ameri- not just the place of illness. can knowledge of nature Nature is the most im- to heal illnesses. When portant aspect of the uni- medical technology became verse in which humans only available, people started play a part. That is why to depend heavily on the Native Americans spend a technology and seemed to great deal of time restoring have forgotten about their balance and harmony with roots in Native American nature. Native Americans cultures. People began to believe that the reason why focus more on advanc- a person becomes ill is ing technology and to try because the balance with improving the ways that 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 11 medicine works, that they forgot to thank those who gave them their knowledge from the beginning: the Na- tive American Indians. When Native American medicine men and women are healing people, they are not only treating the illness By Leonard Rodriguez This column will highlight inspir- such as a sore throat, for ing stories of Latino leaders. For example, but they are also more than 500 years, Latino men healing the whole body. and women have positively influ- Native Americans believe enced the face of United States that the only way a person society. Let us celebrate these can be healed is if they can outstanding hispanics. rid the body of the evil that has fallen upon it. Healers must also know the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental state of the patients as well. Native healers don’t apply the same medication or process to the same physical symptoms in different patients because they treat entire entities, Vincent Lopez whole persons, and not Born in 1895 in Brooklyn, symptoms. At the other ex- N.Y., to parents of por- treme, the medical society tuguese descent, Vincent uses identical treatment Lopez spent several hours techniques and medica- a day learning to play the tions on patients who share piano as a child. While similar symptoms. While performing at a Brooklyn the medical society has far saloon, he got his break more advanced technology when he substituted for a and medications to help bandleader and soon was them treat patients, Na- headlined as the youngest tive American healers use orchestra leader in New knowledge, nature, and York . After landing the prayer to heal their patients. position as a bandleader Both Native American for the Hotel Pennsylvania, Indians and the medical Lopez’s career skyrocketed society have similar types . He played at President of medicine. They just use Coolidge’s inauguration, them in very contrasting began making radio ap- ways. pearances and toured the U.S. Lopez, Who passed away in 1975, is cred- ited for introducing jazz in London where he opened his own nightclub, and for developing big-name talent such as Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw during TV’s early days. 12 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018 FINANCIAL FOCUS Share Your Financial Abundance with Your Family of action, including these steps: nursing home stay. Consider this: The some potentially unpleasant surprises • Review your estate plans. If you average annual cost for a private room when it’s time to settle your estate. Also, haven’t done so already, take this op- in a nursing home is more than $97,000, by making your wishes known to your portunity to review your plans for man- according to a survey by the insurance family far ahead of when any action aging your estate – and if you haven’t company Genworth. 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www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC MKT-5894G-A-A1 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 13 Prayers For Brady El Desarrollo de Una Boerne Fire Department on the Grey Forests Engine. has deployed one Firefighter/ Other departments sending Nacion en Funcion Paramedic (Brady Cons- apparatus and personnel are tatine) through TIFMAS San Antonio Fire Depart- (Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual ment, District 7, Schertz Fire del Tiempo Aid System) to California. Department and Grey Forest Por Dr. Abel J. Navarro produce. dedican a ello. Los productos The firefighter is filling a seat Fire. Todos los gobiernos tratan La organización del go- y los servicios se vuelven de desarrollar su país, apr- bierno es muy importante, obsoletos muy rápidamente. ovechando sus recursos na- porque a través de ella se Tiene una vida útil muy turales y humanos y creando pueden lograr los objetivos limitada, como es nuestra una estructura económica y metas del desarrollo en el propia existencia. El tiempo que le permita generar em- corto tiempo de su gestión. lo cambia todo. pleo, retener el em- Cuando se pleo y tener una base promete algo, hay impositiva que le que calificarlo y permita dinamizar el cuantificarlos en proceso. Sin embargo el tiempo. Una un factor importante regla muy sen- es el tiempo en que se cilla, pero a veces pueden realizar sus difícil de aplicar- proyectos, de acu- la. erdo a sus recursos y Todos los obje- RESERVE LA FECHA prioridades que fijen tivos que tenemos sus dirigentes. son ideales, pero Haga plan para asistir El tiempo es una dimen- Todos los proyectos para tenemos que convertirlos sión que está unido a to- solucionar problemas de en metas reales a base de LA SESIÓN PÚBLICA dos nosotros y que tiene un pobreza, bienestar y nivel reflexionar en los recursos DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DE CPS ENERGY límite, pero no al país física- de vida de sus habitantes con que contamos y con la mente hablando. requieren de tiempo, porque prioridad que determinamos Por eso es muy impor- es un problema dual: por un en función de las necesidades tante tener una visión de lado está la asignación de de los grupos que se verán 27 de noviembre de 2018 largo plazo y pensar en lo recursos que se enfocan a afectados con nuestras de- Villita Assembly Building que podemos realizar en el esta tarea y por otro lado está cisiones. corto plazo, con el objetivo el nivel educativo que se re- Criticar un gobierno no 401 Villita Street de lograr lo que nos pro- quiere para que la población tiene sentido, si no partici- Estacionamiento gratuito en Navarro Street Garage, 126 Navarro ponemos. cambie su actitud ante la pamos y contribuimos en Un gobierno tiene muy vida, en el poco tiempo de forma productiva al desar- 5 - 6 p.m. Regístrese para hablar poco tiempo para transfor- su existencia. rollo de nuestro país. Tener 5 - 6 p.m. Evento “FALL” INTO SAVINGS mar un país. Se requiere que La educación es un pro- conciencia en lo anterior es el Reciba consejos y descubra programas sus recursos humanos traba- ceso formativo que se vive primer paso para lograr una 6 - 8:30 p.m. Sesión Pública jen a una alta productividad día a día. No es suficiente gran nación. y con la mejor tecnología lo que aprende- disponible. Pero también se mos en la Es- necesitan concientizar a la cuela y en las poblacion de los valores de Universidades. honestidad, conocimiento Todo cambia y habilidad para desarrol- con los avances lar un trabajo, precisión en de la Ciencia y lo que realiza, trabajo en Tecnología que equipo y utilizar el tiempo se genera por en todo aquello que le de los recursos hu- valor agregado en lo que se manos que se 14 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018 The Hidden Tribes of America America has never felt On the topic of Immigra- points, mock opponents, and find what can bring us back ing, and we no longer seem so divided. Bitter debates tion impact, 49% said Im- talk over each other. On the together. to have each other’s backs. that were once confined to migration nowadays is bad Internet, social media has The report that you can Everyone appears to have Congressional hearings and for America, costing the become a hotbed of outrage, download at https://hidden- a varying version of world cable TV have now found welfare system and using takedowns, and cruelty—of- tribes.us/pdf/hidden_tribes_ events, and it feels harder their way into every part of resources that could be spent ten targeting total strangers. report.pdf is the first part of than ever to sort fact from our lives, from our Facebook on Americans while 51% But this can change. A ma- More in Common’s year- fiction. Our news feeds seem feeds to the family dinner said Immigration is good jority of Americans, whom long Hidden Tribes project to to just echo our own views, table. But most Americans for America, helping sectors we’ve called the “Exhausted understand our polarization and when people post alter- are tired of this “us-versus- of our economy to be more Majority,” are fed up by and study what can reunite native opinions they are of- them” mindset and are eager successful and competitive. America’s polarization. They our fractured communities. ten attacked by angry mobs. to find common ground. This Our research concludes know we have more in com- Today’s polarization re- We don’t seem to disagree is the message we’ve heard that we have become a set of mon than that which divides flects a perfect storm: Un- anymore without perceiv- from more than 8,000 ing another person’s Americans in one of our views as stupid, wrong country’s largest-ever or even evil. We’re studies of polarization: being played off each We hold dissimilar views other; and told to see on many issues. How- each other as threats and ever, more than three in enemies, not Americans four Americans also be- just like us but with sep- lieve that our differences arate experiences and aren’t so great that we views. The loudest and can’t work together. most extreme voices A range of major issues get heard, and others split the country in a re- just feel like tuning out cent poll called More in altogether. Common (2018).Which Nobody wants simply do you agree with more? to turn the clocks back, On the topic of sexu- because there was a lot al harassment, 49% of that wasn’t right about people polled said sexual the world of the past. harassment is common- Today, we seem more place while 51% said fractured and fragment- nowadays, too many ordi- tribes, with different codes, us: our belief in freedom, settling changes in our ed than anyone can remem- nary behaviors are labelled values, and even facts. In equality, and the pursuit of economy and society have ber. Instead of helping us as sexual harassment. our public debates, it seems the American dream. They left many Americans feel- find solutions to move us all On the topic of White that we no longer just dis- share a deep sense of grati- ing like strangers in their forward, politics is driving privilege, 48% of people agree, we actually reject tude that they are citizens of own land. Old certainties us apart. polled said Nowadays white each other’s premises and the United States. They want are gone. The secure job, When people don’t under- people do not have any real doubt each other’s motives. to move past our differences. the growing wage, and the stand each other, they can’t advantages over others while We question each other’s Turning the tide of tribal- safety of neighborhood life converse or find common 52% said many white people character and block our ears ism is possible―but it won’t where everyone knew each ground. Yet somehow, if we today don’t recognize the to diverse perspectives. At be easy. Americans have other—these all feel like could only press a “reset” real advantages they have. home, polarization is souring real differences and real dis- relics of a bygone era. It button, it feels like things On the topic of Islamopho- personal relationships, ruin- agreements with each other. feels as though hard work is could be different and we bia, 51% said many people ing Thanksgiving dinners, We must be able to listen no longer rewarded, and the could move forward together nowadays are too sensitive and driving families apart. to each other to understand gap between rich and poor as a country. to how Muslims are treated We are experiencing these those differences and find widens every year. To continue the conversa- while 49% said many people divisions in our workplaces, common ground. That’s the Many Americans wonder tion, please visit https://hid- nowadays don’t take dis- neighborhood groups, even focus of the Hidden Tribes who and what they can still dentribes.us/. crimination against Muslims our places of worship. In project: to understand better trust. The institutions that seriously enough, the media, pundits score what is pulling us apart, and once bound us are disappear- 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 15 SPORTS MLB Selects 2018 Rookies of the Year By Jessica Duran American League Rookie of expected to have Tommy- .285 batting aver- The Major League Base- the Year. John surgery on his right age and finished ball has selected Braves’ out- Ohtani is just the 4th Japa- elbow, which is his pitching the year with 93 fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. as nese-born player to be named arm, earlier in the season hits and earned 59 the National League Rookie rookie of the year. Ohtani has but ultimately waited until runs. of the Year and Angels’ been battling a number of the end of September. The The Venezuelan pitcher Shohei Ohtani as the injuries this year and was 24 year old rookie will miss born outfielder the 2019 season and won’t Acuna Jr. also had be expected to be anywhere an impressive sea- near the pitcher’s mound un- son. He finished til 2020 as he recovers from the year with a surgery. batting average of Baseball runs in Acuna’s Ohtani nicknamed “Sho .293, 127 hits, 78 earned blood as his father and time” pitched 10 games and runs, 26 home runs, and grandfather both played in finished with a 4-2 record brought in 64 RBI’s. Acuna the minor leagues. His uncle pitching, an impressive 3.31 Jr. also managed to snag 16 Jose Escobar played for the era with 63 strikeouts for stolen bases and finished Cleveland Indians and he the year. More impressively, with a fielding percentage currently has four cousins he batted this year with a of .974. playing baseball as well. Saints Marching Towards Another Super Bowl Run By Jessica Duran touchdowns to become sec- But to get to another On game day in the city ond on the list behind Peyton Super Bowl appearance of New Orleans, “When the Manning. He now needs just in February scheduled in Saints Go Marching” can be 42 touchdowns to surpass Atlanta, they’ll need to heard all round the French Manning. shape up their defense. Quarter, that’s exactly what The Saints have the num- Their defense is ranked the Saints football team is ber one ranked offense in the 23rd in the league and doing, marching to another league and score an average gives 25.8 points a game Super Bowl appearance. of 36.7 points per game and and give up over 376 The 8-1 Saints are the hot- averaging 413.9 total yards total scrimmage yards a test team in the NFL with fu- per game. With the signing game. A big advantage ture hall of fame quarterback of former Seattle Seahawks for the Saints is that the Drew Brees leading the way wide receiver Brandon Mar- last two games of their once again. Brees is hav- shall, Marshall provides a season are home games. ing a historic season break- solid replacement for the They face division ri- ing Brett Favre’s All-time injured Dez Bryant and pro- vals Carolina Panthers hosting Carolina in their sec- fix the defense, this might completion record of 6,300 vides relief for running back in week 15 in Carolina, then ond matchup and final game be an easy Super Bowl drive completions and passed Brett Alvin Kamara and wide re- host the Pittsburgh Steelers of the season. for Drew Brees and the Big Favre in All-time passing ceiver Michael Thomas. and then finish off the year The NFC is a tough of- Easy. fensive conference. If they 16 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018 Our Favorite Super Hero Dies at 95 American comic book business. nized with numerous awards writer, editor, publisher and “The person viewing the including the American Na- former president of Marvel cartoon or reading the book tional Medal of Arts in 2008. Comics, Stan Lee, died Mon- should have something to By giving us superheroes day at the age of 95. think about, not just look at that proved all too human, Stan Lee gave us over six mindless pages of running Lee has assured himself decades of work like The around,” Lee said. a permanent place in pop Incredible Hulk and The Born Stanley Lieber in culture. Amazing Spider-Man — su- New York City in 1922, he perheroes we could identify took the pseudonym Stan with, characters that allowed Lee in order to save his us to suspend our disbelief real name for more literary because they reacted to bi- pursuits. But those pursuits zarre situations like you or never came. Instead, Lee I might. devoted more than six de- In a 1998 interview, Lee cades to the comics industry, were tormented, who were one I loved, I think it was told me, “Before Marvel co-creating Spider-Man, unhappy.” the Fantastic Four, and they started, any superhero might Black Panther, the Fantastic The increased complex- were at a ball game at Yan- be walking down the street Four, the X-Men, Iron Man ity of Marvel’s characters kee Stadium and there were and see a 12-foot-tall mon- and Daredevil. In 1970, he broadened their appeal to a lot of press photographers ster coming toward him with successfully challenged the older audiences. Lee, al- there. So I told [comic book purple skin and eight arms restrictive Comics Code ways a savvy businessman, artist] Jack Kirby to draw breathing fire, and the char- Authority with a story about spearheaded the expansion Peter Parker in the back- acter would have said some- ground with a camera. And thing like, ‘Oh! There’s a we made no mention of it, monster from another world, he was just in the panel, and I better catch him before he we got about a million letters destroys the city.’ Now, if saying, ‘We saw Peter Parker one of our Marvel charac- at the game. That’s terrific.’ ters saw the same monster, And it made it seem like I’d like to think Spider-Man these were real characters would say, ‘Who’s the nut who live in the same world in the Halloween get-up? I and occasionally they get wonder what he’s advertis- together. And that was some- ing?’” thing I got a big kick out of.” Robert Scott, owner of Lee built a sense of community between fans and Comickaze, a San Diego Credit: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/stan-lee-marvel-comics- comic book store, says Lee spiderman-x-men-black-panther-a8307751.html creators. He engaged readers put the human in superhu- through his column, Stan’s man. drug abuse in Spider-Man. of Marvel Soapbox, and often signed “He would talk about prej- But Lee also injected a Comics from a division off on his letters to fans with udice, racism,” Scott says. “I sense of self-doubt in his within a publishing house to the catch-phrase “ ‘Nuff mean the X-Men, here was characters. a large multimedia corpora- said.” And he became as rec- a group of people who were That was the revolution tion. ognizable as his superheroes only trying to do good things that Stan Lee did,” says Lee’s larger vision was through his many cameos on and only trying to help and David Goyer, who adapted to create a shared Marvel TV and in movies. they were constantly ostra- the Marvel character Blade universe in which charac- After entering the comics cized by being mutants.” for the screen. “He was the ters from one series would industry as a teenager and For Lee, having compel- first one to create, with Spi- crossover into another. He helping to move the medium ling, thought-provoking sub- der-Man, superheroes who cited one example at a 2008 to mature and expand, Lee’s ject matter was crucial to his doubted themselves, who fan convention: “There was impact on comics was recog- 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 17 Solo un Pensamiento: “¡Los Buenos Viejos Tiempos!” Luego fue un médico tras en la Escuela Católica de St. otro y, finalmente, en noviem- Gregory fue asesinado en el bre, un neurocirujano no me cumplimiento del deber casi al dio el mismo pronóstico. mismo tiempo que yo estaba Ese día (2 de noviembre de allí. Durante la Tormenta del 2015) me informó que tenía Desierto durante 6 meses en tres opciones: morir, estar el Pentágono, visité el Muro paralizado o esa cirugía de de Viet Nam en D.C. y vi su viernes. Obviamente, me hice nombre en el muro. Jugamos una cirugía. Ese viernes, 6 de en la liga pequeña y su padre noviembre, pasó tres horas y era el entrenador. Estupendo media limpiando mi columna chico. por una hernia de disco. De- Habiendo crecido en los Steve Walker is a Vietnam Veteran, former Justice of the Peace and finitivamente tengo un fuerte años 50 y 60, mis contemporá- Journalist deseo de revivir los días de neos han experimentado un Por Steve Walker antaño. cambio radical en el estilo de Muchas veces los viejos Esos recuerdos pasados de vida y los precios se dispara- nos ponemos nostálgicos y la juventud son los buenos ron por las cosas que dimos anhelamos los “buenos viejos momentos en que la vida por sentado “en el pasado”. tiempos”. parecía más fácil, menos com- Avancé a 1981/82 cuando Como alguien que sobre- plicada y mucho menos cos- fui presidente de la Cámara de vivió a un ataque al corazón tosa. Para algunos de nosotros, Comercio Junior ayudando a no asustó menos en mi cum- los buenos tiempos pasaron personas menos afortunadas. pleaños número 69, eso llamó hace más de 50 años, lo que Mi compañero de cuarto en mi atención. No es lo que parece ser para las genera- ese momento era Oscar Zaldi- tenía en mente para mi cum- ciones más jóvenes como el var. Él fue el primer hispano pleaños. (ahora 72) Ese “in- pasado lejano o la historia en ser elegido presidente de JC cidente” definitivamente me antigua. A veces incluso nos el año anterior a mí. da un fuerte deseo de volver referimos a nosotros mismos Después de mí también continuamente a los viejos como “dinosaurios”. elegimos al primer presidente tiempos. Afortunadamente, el En 1970 fui asignado a Viet negro. Irónicamente, uno de médico en ese momento me Nam por un año. Sobreviví los miembros le dijo a nuestro Catholic High School. ¡Dos boleto y me diría que tenía 12 dio un buen estado de salud gracias al Señor, pero luego grupo que me elegirían para semanas antes de asistir, mi años. ¡Me creyeron y obtuve hasta donde llega mi corazón. descubrí que mi compañero un cargo más alto cuando un y compañero Miguel Najar hombre negro fuera presi- padre me informó que nos el precio por niño! Traté de es- dente. ¡Sombras de profecía mudábamos a Massachusetts! tirarlo a 16, pero para entonces cuando fui elegido juez el Henry habría sido mi compa- no lo habían comprado. mismo año (2008) cuando ñero de clase junto con Son- Ahora que soy anciano y un Barack Obama fue elegido ny Melendrez, el juez John “hombre de mi edad” todavía presidente! Longoria (año por delante) los puedo caminar por el camino Casi al mismo tiempo (81- hermanos Velásquez, Ralph y de los recuerdos, aunque a 82) cuando Henry Cisneros Willie y algunos más. Eso no veces se vuelve un poco con- corrió para alcalde, los estu- es un paseo agradable por el fuso. Supongo que será mejor diantes de mi gobierno en La camino de la memoria. que escriba un libro sobre mis Memorial ayudaron a rellenar Si usted es una persona recuerdos. Si no, lo olvidaré. sobres y pusieron carteles mayor ahora como yo, bus- Sí, para mí y para muchos para él. Regresar en el día me camos descuentos. Recuerdo de mi generación, esos fueron da buenos recuerdos y no tan “Back in the Day” cuando los viejos tiempos. Ahora que buenos recuerdos. era un adolescente que iba al estoy en el estatus de senior, Estaba tan emocionada centro cuando tenía 14 años tal vez debería referirme a el- que me aceptaron en Central para ver una película. Subiría los como esos “¡buenos jóven al mostrador para obtener un tiempos!” 18 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018

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Do Latinos Have Reasons

to Distrust Democrats?

CAST Med High School

Parent Information Session By Bob Dane just to the pain of deporta- panic voters that most main- Syndicated columnist Ru- tions, but also to how many stream media outlets refuse Come learn more about San Antonio's newest career-focused high school, CAST Med, opening ben Navarrette is about as immigrants commit crimes, to acknowledge. during Fall 2019!

During the session, parents will get to meet liberal on immigration policy or abuse social services,” How else to explain that in Principal Dr. Eddie Rodriguez and get an overview about the school, including: as any garden-variety Demo- Navarratte stated. a state like Texas, where 40

• The school’s mission crat. So it’s newsworthy The columnist says too percent of the population is • Pathways offered • Student and parent expectations • Educational learning opportunities when he says Democrats are many Democratic candidates Hispanic, Democrats haven’t • Transportation information • Information on how to apply taking Latino support for have an outreach strategy won a statewide election

The presentation will be done in both English & granted. that can be summed up in six since 1994? Spanish. A self-proclaimed “Never words: “Vote for us. We’re The Party of Jefferson and Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Brooks Hotel & Spa, Trumper,” Navarrette wrote not Republicans.” Jackson may rationalize that 7610 South New Braunfels last week that he now under- Whether he’s onto some- voter turnout among Latinos Tuesday, Nov. 27th from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. stands where “Latinos for thing in these midterm elec- has been anemic. Yet that’s

For more information, please Trump” are coming from. tions, or just whistling Dixie, merely a symptom of a party contact (210) 554-2660 “They have a front-row Navarrette raises a legitimate failing to motivate a growing

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CASTschools.com His- that it historically claims as its base. Things could go the Demo- crats’ way today, though Navarrette is far from sanguine about the pros- pects from a Latino perspective. “In reality, Dem- ocrats have never been there for La- tinos. And now they’re surprised this group may not be there for them in the midterm elec- tions?” he muses. Na- varrette is a decent guy who generally doesn’t demon- ize those whose opinions differ from his. Demo- crats – and Repub- licans — would do well to heed his counsel here. 18 de Noviembre de 2018 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 19 NON- PROFIT HIGHLIGHT 16th Festival of Puerto Rico in San Antonio Slated Sunday, November 18 The Puerto Rican Heritage has held this event,” said to Rico just for this event. Society will host its six- Belinda Vazquez, 2018 A Kids Zone set up with teenth Festival de Puerto Festival chair. all children in mind will Rico in San Antonio today “Now more than ever, as exhibit and share Puerto Ri- at the San Antonio Shrine we are still recovering from can children’s games, plus Auditorium, featuring per- Hurricane Maria’s devastat- hands-on arts and crafts and formances from local and ing effects on the Island, dances. international musicians and the Festival is a way of The Festival doors open at performers including Victo- coming together,” added 12 noon and close at 6:00 ria Sanabria, directly from Vazquez. This year, the p.m. General admission About PRHS: Furthermore, we participate Puerto Rico. The Festival is Puerto Rico Relief Informa- fee is $20 at the door for Puerto Rican Heritage So- in community endeavors, an official SA 300 Tricen- tion and Fundraising Zone adults; $18 in advance. ciety (Sociedad Heren- embracing and fostering tennial event. was created to show how Purchase tickets online cia Puertorriqueña) has diversity within the city The Festival offers six the local SA community at https://www.eventbrite. been organizing Festivals of San Antonio. www.Co- hours full of fun and en- united and provided relief com/e/16to-festival-de- since 1988! It is a 501(c) quiSA.org tertainment in a family- to the victims puerto-rico-en-san-anto- 3 tax-exempt non-profit friendly environment where In addition to the continu- nio-tickets-49098240158; organization founded in Contact: the audience will share in ous performance on two children 6-12 years old 1984 with the purpose of Olga Mayoral Wilson, the traditional aspects of stages, festival goers will be $8.00 ; and, free for chil- preserving and promoting Communication Chair the Puerto Rican culture of able to experience authentic dren 5 and under. One third the culture and traditions 787-306-0448 cuisine, arts & crafts and Puerto Rican cuisine. The of the proceeds goes di- of Puerto Rico in San Anto- @olgamwilson energy packed music. featured artist on the main rectly to the Hector Mendez nio. We promote education Twitter: @coquisa210 “For 30 years, the Puerto stage is Victoria Sanabria, Scholarship Fund. by offering scholarships www.CoquiSA.org Rican Heritage Society arriving directly from Puer- to high school graduates.

Featured artist, Victoria Sanabria, known as “The Queen of Trova Improvization,” will interpret the Decima Puertorriquena or folk countryside music with salsa and Back by popular demand Las Hijas de Boriken, a folkloric dance troupe composed 16th Festival de Puerto Rico en San Antonio Conmemorative poster by Puerto Rican plena creating a musical fusion of of nine professional women residing in Houston, will delight Festival goers. (Photo artist Lucy Llera who was inspired by Puerto Rico’s rebirth after Puerto Rican culture and everyday life. credit: Provided by Las Hijas de Boriken.) the 2017 devastating hurricane Cat. 5 “Maria.” (Photo: Lucy Llera) (Photo credit: Victoria Sanabria.) 20 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 18 de Noviembre de 2018