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THE V EQUI S T MESF-153 Esperanza Beach Vieques, Puerlo Rico 00765

WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE ISLA NENA$20 Million in Dope Washed In

Tke shadow of the locust falls on Vieques. Seep. 5

20 Drug Dealers Washed UpIn a pre-dawn raid in various local neighbor-

hoods on November 17. a P.R. Narcolics task forcerounded up 20 alleged trafickers, each accused ofhaving sold drugs to undercover agents.

"]"h suspects were arrested, cuffed and Irans-ported by air and sea to the rnain island for arraign-merit in Superior Court. Several were a/most imme-

diately released on bail.None of the arrested were considered by unoffi-

cinl police sources to be kingpins in the local tradeand at least one report woukl have it that they weremere "mules" used in transporting t:ocaine and her-oin to Puerto P,ico, Vieques beitg merely a steppingstone from the Virgin Islands Free Ports. The fuct iseach was charged with sales perpetrated in Vieques.

Unofficial but streelwise sources say Ihe raid wasdirecled ttg’dnst "nickel ,and dime small fry" ,’rod thatthe results should have no effect in stemming theflow of drugs to die island.

At present there is no search policy for personstravelling between Vieques and Puerto Rico so po-lice leaders feel hampered in their investig,’tions,not only for drugs, but also for the transport ofstolenproperiy they believe is being fenced in Puerto P, ict.

An enormous quantity of baled marijuanawas fished aboard on iNovember 19 by a com-bined fleet of patrol boats flom the PoliceMaritime Units of Vieques and Puerto Chico,Tim Department of Natural Resources andRapid Action Task Force (FURA) assisted by aspotter helicopter.

Acting on a tip from a lobster diver, Sgt.Sergio Ortfz ordered local boats launched andestablished radio contact with higher authori-lies in Puerto Rico. In a matterof hours the local

police,, stution ort cochere was filled with some70 sah-sea-soaked sacks" averaging 17ore 80100 ponnds and dozens more were being pickedup and transported dimcdy to Fajardo.

The marijuana, apparently from Colombin,had only been afloat for a day or two, asjudgedby the lack ofbarnacle growth. It is unofficiallybelieved that the 130+ bales (Cont. p, 3)

i’l;t. Sergio Ort& counts the bales All photos "IVT

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MARIJUANA Coal. from p. Iwere jettisoned from a foreign vesse] when thecrew spotted U.S. Naval warship activity off theeast end of Viequcs.

This is not the first time that schools of "SquareGroupers" have been fished in Vieques waters andno sooner had lhe police taken to lhe water when arush ofenteq3rising civilians look 1o their boats andhorses and heuded up the coast to "hunt for sea-shells."

Word on tle street has it that a wet sack canbring some $30,000 but the figures released by thepolice are apparently based on retail prices, hencethe $20 million headline.

Meanwhile the bars abomad wilh pot pundits

pontificating on proper procedures for de-saltwa-terizing the pre-Christmas gifts from the briny.

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Raising the Haluey flag at Puerto DiabloIn a symbolic ceremony at restricted Puerlo DiaNa BeachIhe cust of lhe TAINA production "Encuentro con[lalney", members ofthe Vieqaes Conservalion &Hislorical Trust, lhe Hulncy Canoe lTutlO alld membersthe community, ruiscd lheir flag to renume lho bay andbeach "Puerto Hatney" in memory of the heroic islandchicflin. This was where Ihe expeditionaN dngontcanoe Hatuey came to shore unmanned Inst year.Pneo Hatney lies within the Camp Garcia slrafingNavy liaison was provided by Lt. Rolrm Lago.

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ESTP ELZA

En EIParadorVilla Esperanza%

Vicente Rosario, your friendly bank teller,

(center) was all smiles at his "Night of Stars"

variety show staged Nov. 12 at Villa Esper-

anza where owner Moncho Cox donated the

use of the parador’s convention center. The

activity included a fashion show by Modelos

de Vieques, athletic dancing by Las Chicas

Thriller, comedy, magic routines by Eric the

Magician (top right), disco sounds by Juan

MartinezofHappy Soul (top left) anddubbed-

over pop song stylings by Vicente himself.

Over 200 persons paid admission to the spec-

tacle which was charmingly M Cee’d by high

school senior Evely Delerlne (right center).

Cox told the Times of plans for a 300-seat

night club in the theatre-in-the-lobby.

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The Day of the iLocust Has ItA cornfield in Aibonito (central Puerto Rico)

has been decimated by a plague of locusts, accord-

ing the Rend CoJn, director of the PR Agricuhure

Dept. phmt sanitation office, He added flint a large

swlna (sometimes millious) ofthe flying insects in

a teeding frenzy could level an entire stigar cane

planiutioin a day.,No crop damage hus been reported in Vieques.

Coldn, who was in Vlues tointerview Queen

Bee producers, told the limes that the l)cpt, is

faced with a serious dilemma as o dealing with the

dangers of the biblical pest, which looks like a

brown grasshopper with pink legs that turn redder

ts IIe feeding frenzy ensues once every ten years

and lllay rage for two months.The Department has insecticides that work

against the locust, hut would also kill other insects

beneficial to agriculnre. Besides, the flying eating

machines can easily oalI’Ul] the }lUlllun spray sq u’dds.

There is also a baclcrial delrrent but ils long-range

side-effects could be worse than the locusts.

Their hopes are flint native blackbirds will eat

many oflhe bugs and that, being naluratly migra-

tory, the rest may move o0 of their own volilion. It

is believed that flese locusts were blown here by

hurricanes Gilbert and loan during one of their

feeding frenzies on the African coasl.

The specimens exalnined here were fotmd to

be: firsl exhausted and then hungry.

The first specimen positively identified as an

African locust was found by an agricullurc iospec-

lot at Roosevelt Rouds Naval Station shortly after

Ihe storms passed. The swarms have appurentlybeen dispersed all over the Caribbeau. The indi-

viduals found in Vieques were discovered by

school children who first thought them to he some

kind of umlsttally colored praying mantis or Esper-

anza, a bright green species localIy considered to

be good luck.The good luck so far has been that not many

appeur to have survived ilia wild rans-atlantic ride

to Vieques. And curiously enough, lhe blackbirds

:hat ac now the first line of locul &lEnse were

vritten up in the Times just a year ago as recent

invlders and a purasidc pest, according to a De-

Come to Pass?

This sIleclmen,fot.nd hy children in Esperanza Lagoon.,easured well over lhree inches in length. TVTphoto

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larmlent of Natural Resol.lrces report,After addressing the locust issue, Coldn rout

with local bee keepers who are soon to receive

special lraining in the production of Queens-for

sale at the Univcrsily of Puerto Rice’s Mayagiiez

laboratory. They include Antonio Figuerou,

Adalbetc Velez ad Wendy Price and Ctlso

Corsino.A parasitic blight in Puerto Rico and in the

United States has created a quarantine forbidding

the sale or export of queen bees from anypluce btlt

Hawaii and Vieques, which are holh considered

cleun, safe hatchery ureas so tim

Coldn’s office is also instituting strict SeCtl-

rily meUStlres lo pleVOlt the imporl of honey,

honeybees or any other beokeepiug products or

paral)hernaliu lhal might corllamillale VicqLieS.


oys will be boys, but the toys these youngsters dug up atthe Puerto lIatuey ceremony appear to be exploded divebomber rocketfins, makingfor scary beachcombing.

P.R. Books Available in EnglishLocal high school students may bog down in

the reading of required material such as thecurrently assigned La Charca, a novel of rurallife in 19th century Puerto Rico.

There is, however, a highly readable transla-tion by Kal Wagenheim available from Water-front Press at 52 Maple Ave., Maplewood, N.J.07040. Waterfront carries a full catalog ofPuerto Rican books, many in modem paperbacktranslations.

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Elections Results SlowNo Changes For ViequesAlthough the counting and recounting is still

going on in San Juan, there can be no doubt aboutthe outcome in Vieques where incumbent MayorManuela Santiago ColIazo (PNP) has won by acomfortable margin of more than 500 votes.

This may give the Mayor four more years inwhich to bring her many projects to fruition but italso means four more years ofbeing an oppositionparty municipality since the incumbent GovernorRafael I-lern.ndez Col6n (PPD) also won.

Losing Vieques candidate Dimaso Serrano(PPD) apparently went for broke in the long, loudrace and there is a movement among the partyfaithful to launch a series offund-raising food salesto forestall rumored foreclosures of mortgagesassumed during the campaign.

REQUIEM MASS FOR DEAD PRISONERAlthough expected protest demonstrations were

cancelled in Vieques the memory of Angel Ro-dffgue CristdboI was honored in a Mass said byPadre Ayala of the Episcopal Church.

Rodrfguez, arrested with 20 other protesters fortrespassing on a Marine beach in Vieques severalyeus ago, was subsequently found hanged in hiscell in a Federal prison in Florida.

Many independence advocates consider him amartyred hero and massive demonstrations werestaged at Federal installations in San Juan.

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Abogado NotarioREBECCA SANTIAGO MENDEZ

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20 Atrapados por Drogas en RedadaEn una redada relmpaga en la madmgada

del dfa 17 de noviembre, agentes del escuadrdn

de narcdticos armstaron a 20 alegados tr,4ficantes

de dmgas en varios barrios de Vieques. Cada

uno fue acusado de haber vendido sustancias

ontroladas a los agentes incubiertos.

Los 20 fueron esposados y transportados,or mar or pot aire, It Puerto Rico para set

acausados en Tribunal Superior. Algunos

fueron inmediatamente puesms a libertad bajo

fianza.Fuentes policiacos no oficiales opinan que

ninguno de los arrestados l’uera "pez gordo" en

el mercado local y pot 1o menos tin infonne pub- .:...:’:.5...::hcado |ndlca que ftlefol llc-rdmellte mtllds, en

el transporte de cocaina y heroina desde

Vrgenes hacm Puerto Rico, utilizando a Vieques

finicamenle como puente. Sin embargo, cada

uno queda acusado de ventas realizadas en el

propio Vieques.

RepentinaFuentes en la calle indican que la la redada

rue dirigida contra los que "velloneaban" y por

ende no afectar en gran medida al flujo de

drogas en Vieques.La policfa se sienta impedida por la falta de

algfin tipo de pdliza de inspeccidn a viajeros y

carga entre Vieques y Puerto Rico. No solo en

casos de drogas, sin6 tambidn cuando se trata de

propiedad robada aquf y transportada hacfa la

isla grande para la venta.

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$20 Millones en MarijuanaPescados en Aguas de Vieques

Un enorme cantidad de marijuana fuepescado el 19 de noviembre por una flotilla delanchas de las Unidades M,timas de Vieques yFajardo, el Departamento de Recursos Naturales

la Fuerzas Unidas de Acci6n R:ipida (FURA).ueda tambidn cont6 con la ayuda de un

helic6ptero de la FURA.Actuando sobre un informe de un pescador-

buzo, el Sgto. Sergio Ortfz mand6 a hechar laslanchas locales y avis6 a las autoridades en Iaisla de Puerto Rico para que coordinara susmaniobras. En cuesti6n de horas la marquesinadel cuartel de policia se llen6 de ms de 70 sacosenchumbados de agua del mar que se estimacontenfa de 80 a 100 libras de pasto cada uno.Mientras tanto se recojfan docenas y docenasmis que fueron embarcados directamente hacfaFajardo.

La hierba, que se crea provenfa de Colom-bia, mostraba pocos dfas aflote, segfin la falta deballas y encrustaciones en los bultos. Extra-oficialmente se supone que los 130+ bultosfueron lanzados al mar desde una emb,qrcaci6n

estranjera al divisar la presencia de unos barcosde guerra de los EEUU en el 5.tea este deVieques.

Esta no fue la primera vez que se pescancaldumes de "mero cuadrado" en Ias costas deVieques y tan pronto que la policia ilegaba consu primera pesca se form6 un corre-corre entreciviles arrancando hacfa el este "a cojer cara-coles."

En la calle dicen que un saco de La Moj6""puede valer unos $30,.000. Pero los ntmeroscotizados por Ia policm aparentemente sonbasados en precios al detaI. De allf se saca eltitular de los $20 millones segfin citado en otroseri6dicos y emisoras.

AGENTES DEL PENTAGONOOBSERVAN LA SITUACIONEN LA INDUSTRIA LOCAL

E1 problema: cierres y desempleo de 50+%.La solution: reclutar fuentes de empleo.La carnada: contratos para la defensa, rentas

bajas y exension sobre impuestos.La perspectiva: nada halaguefia.Todas lasfdbricas cerradas ten[an relaciones

con el Departamento de Defensa.La industria m,’is reciente en abrir en

Vieques, Artais, que fabrica sistemas computari-zadas de pronosticar el tiernpo, y vinculada conGeneral Dynamics, un contratista de los "TopTen" en la defensa, ha reducido su fuerza laborala tan solo diez empleos locales despues demenos de 14 meses de production. Tres otrosedificios-fibricas, propiedad del Gobierno dePuerto Rico, estzin cerrados. Y la posible con.strucci6n de un parque industrial de 11 fbrcasse ve muy distante en este momento.

Los 25 especialistas en procuraci6n quevisitaron desde Washington en noviembre, nodejaron mis mensaje que sf investigarin laposibilidad de conseguir mis contratos de de-fensa para los manufactureros de Vieques.

La Vieques Development (Vedco) vislumbraun brillante futuro para la embri6nica industriade carbon de bayahonda, promueve una plantaincubadora industrial en el actualmente cerradoVieques Graphic con la participaci6n de ungrupo de 35 costureras y tambidn auspicia eldesarrollo de Buzos Unidos, una cooperativa decarrucheros.

Vedco director Fabiin Martfnez dice que seha mandado una carta al Pentigono, al Navy y aFomento explicando el crisis de desempleo yavisando de una situaci6n con un grupo depresi6n dirigido por Flavio Silva. Reiter6 que lacomunidad debe entrar en la membresfa deVedco, as/adquiriendo derecho a elegir su

Y ahora, en los bares, los sabios-en-la- propia directiva, en vez de complicar la situa-naterial pregonan recetas para la desalinaci6n e ci6n, organizando gmpos de protesta.

los regalos navidefios que pueden aparecerMart/nez dijo que la finica funci6n de Vedco

temprano en el mar. es el desarrollo econ6nimo de Vieques y que notiene fines polfticos-militares.

TRADUCCION 2


ENCUENTRO CON HATUEY

Mario Soils e hijo exhibieron su coleccidn de artefactosindigenos durame lafuncidn cultural.

Las indigenax modernasforman su c[rculo en preparaci6npara un baile ceremonial.

El "Failer de Artes lsla Nena, Asoc,

(TAINA), funcionando con pequefios donativosde la Puerto Rico Community Foundation y de la

National Endowment for the Arts, mont6 su

primera producci6n teatral en la tama delCentro de Usos Multiples en la noche del 19 de

noviembm con la panicipaci6n de 25 esmdiantes

bailando, actuando y cantando.El espectculo recibi6 fuertes aplausos de

una audiencia de 300 personas, incluyendo unos

estudiantes extfificos. Muchos pidiemn admisi6nal grupo de taller imnediatanmnte despues de lafimci6n.

La drama musical recont6 las expefienciasde los indios nativos antes y despues de la

Ilegada de los conquistadores. Los j6venesartislas bailaron, cantaron y tocaban tambores

mientras enactaron los cuentos en areyto acom-pafiado pot la narraci6n de la vida pacrfica de su

tribu, y de las batallas y de las muertes de los

caciques locales" Yabureibo y Cacimar,C y fi-

nahnente de la ejeuci6n por fnego del her6ico

Haluey. Con 1o mas bsico en muebles, cortinas

y m6ilcs con dsefios aboffgnes, [os

muchachos lograron unos efeclos sorprendiente-meme sofisticados, tal como la invasiSn anfiade Puerto Rico por los guerrcros viequenses.

Fueron apoyados en la fatima (estilo-atelier) por su maestro de drama Ltfis Mel6ndez,

la maestra de baile Mercedes de Bonano y por lacantante-directora Myrna Pagin. Pero fueron losmismos mtchachos quienes seleccionaron sus

papeles, adaptaron su vestuario, cantaron sus

canciones (yen una ocasidn basra la compuso).Fue arriesgado presentar una obra teatral

con mfsica, luces, baile dmm,ftico, y vesmario ymaquillaje de escena en el Centro no obstante su

6xito. PoNue la verdad es que el Centro de UsosMultiples, como teatro, tiene muchos incon-

venienles: no existen camarinos; no hay espacioentre bastidores; no hay tel6n ni de boca, ni de

rondo, ni de foro; no hay acceso al escenario

excepto atrav6s del pfiblico; no hay concha delapuntador; no hay declive ni niveles, etc. Sin

embargo Taina planea repetir el espect,’iculoaquf yen las escuelas.

Los miembros del grupo adolescente en-

sayan los s,Sbados pot la mafiana y cuentan conel servicio de la guagua escolar municipal paratr,’msportaci6n basra el taller que puede ser en elbalc6n de alguien, o en la casa de alguien, o en elbatey de alguien. Se espera que, en un futuro,TAINA podri conseguir un local adecuado con

permanencia.Un carteldn en colores conmemorando el

Encuentro con Hatuey es disponible por undonativo de cinco d61ares al taller TA1NA, queutiliza la direcci6n y tel6fono del Vieques Times.

TRADUCCION 3


TOMAS NECESITAAYUDALos sollozos, los gritos y los gemidos queen

losvientos viajan sobre la canchade t6nis parecenser los lamentos de unaperraen luto o de unavacaen parto, pero los gritos y las protestas alamanecer y al anochecer solo pueden provenir deun ser humano desesperado.

Que diablos fue esoEs el viejo Tomfis. Ya esti casi ciego y

cuando se tira fuera de la casita se cae en el fango,se enreda en las espinas o se engancha en losalambres--

E1 Viejo Tomfis, conocido por todos comoTom,is "El Kid", por su famoso andar a carrerasno obstante su edad incalculable, ha sobrevividotodos los ancianos de Esperanza y no queda nadieen el Barrio que se acuerde del tiempo queTomsno viviera en la playa hasta ahora.

Ahoraest aislado en un pequefio cuarto quele provee el duefio detrs de1 edificio abandonadoLord of the Flies ". DespuEs de un intento

infructuoso hacia la expropiaci6n de su antiguacasucha debajo el tamarindo de la playa, se lleg6a un acuerdo a tumbar el ranchito tan feo yconstmirle una casita nueva en los terrenos adya-centes del hotel. Para serjusto, el cuarto dondevive estfi mejor que su antigua casucha. El duefiotambien sepreocup6porllevar aTomsal mddicoen Puerto Rico un par de veces. Y de costumbre"Maria Gladys", una vecina y empleada del hotel,se preocupa de llevarle algo de comer.

Pero Toms se encuentra solo, sucio (notiene facilidades sanitarias), se siente encorraladoy hecha de menos su casucha en la Playa y laamistad de los pescadores y los que hacfanpicnicPor lo menos allf podfa compartfrde un pescado

frito, un trago, un cigarro en compafifa de otrosseres humanos y de sus perros.., y allf esti su mardonde 61 acostumbraba bafiarse a cualquier horadel dfa o la noche parapurificarse espiritualmenteo ffsicamente. El ex-carbonero-estibador siguefuerte y claro de mente pero se queja pot lasoledad agobiante.

"/,Si no puedo tener mi playa y un par deespejuelos, porque no me buscan un rinc6n en unasilo de ancianos?".

Poco antes de las elecciones un porta-voz dela Alcaldfa nos inform6 de planes para trasladarloa un asilo, pero hasta la fecha los lamentos deToms se escuchan al igual por turistas y vecinos.Segfin inform6 un visitante al recinto del Kid

CARTA DE EXTENSION AGRICOLAEstimado Sr. Connelly:La Oficina Local del Servicios de Extensi6n

Agrfcola del pueblo de Vieques se encuentra lo-calizada en el Edificio de Vieques Developmenten el Barrio Monte Santo.

E1 Servicio de Extensi6n Agrfcola es unaagencia de servicios educativos puesta a la dis-posici6n de la comunidad. La oficina cuenta conun Agr6nomo y una Economista del Hogar. LaEconomista del Hogar tiene a su cargo ofrecertoda la informaci6n sobre Economfa del Hogar yNutrici6n alas Familias en el pueblo de Vieques ysus barrios. El Agr6nomo ofrece orientaci6ntEcnica en Agricultura. Ambos estaremos organi-zando clubes de j6venes 4-H.

Por este medio nos reiteremons a sus 6rdenesincondicionaImente.

Respetuosamente, Mafia C. Orta (Economistadel Hogar) y Rafael Septilveda (Agr6nomo)

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HISTORIA DE VIEQUES EN SANTA CRUZDurante los dias 9, 10 y 11 de noviembre los

profesores Nilda Medina y Robert Rabin de laescuela Germfin Rieckehoff participaron en unaserie de conferencias sobre Vieques en las escuelasde Santa Cruz. Invitados por la Asociaci6n deEducaci6n Bilingiie de las Islas Vfrgenes, el Pro-fesorRabin present6 conferencias sobre la Historiade Vieques en la Central High, Central HighAnnex yen la Country Day School, una escuelaprivada. Adems, los maestros viequenses ofreci-eron una conferencia con vistas fijas en lacomunidad de Machuchal, donde residen la mayorparte de los viequenses que viven en esta hermanaisla.

"... la filtima vez que lo bafiaron fue para vestirlo yllevarlo a votar el dfa 8 de noviembre..."

[ Sus acostumbradas payasadas y vestimien-tas durante pasadas campaas electorales con-tribuyeron mucho a la popuIaridad de su apodo.Ed.]

Tiene pluma de agua cerca de la casa cuandola encuentra pero no compara 6sta con la memoriade 80o90 afios de salfrporlapuertay tirarse al mar.

Este anciano necesita ayuda, pero si 61 pudieraescoger, estarfa contento con vivlr el resto de susdfas en una cobacha a la sombra del Tamarindo enla playa donde un tropez6n en la arena o en el aguani io lastima ni lo deja enfangado.

TRADUCCION 4

Volunle 2-4 THE V EQUES IMES Lale November 1988

A Poor, Blind, Old Man Cries For Help..The moaning, the, shrieking and tim sobbing

lhat floats across the lennis courts in chilling wavescould be mistaken at limes for a cow in labor or ahound iu mourning but the belabored Gin’sing in thetI3ornings alld itl the afleruoons could only come

"What the hellis that ["ll’s old TomSs. He can’t see much, so when

he gets ott he falls in the mud or gets wrapped upin the them bushes or hooked on IIe tSnces

Old Tom:is, better known as"El Kid", becauseof his famous fast gait in spite of his incalculableage, has outlived all lhe Esperanza old tilners andthere is no one alive in the neighborhood who canremember when the Kid did not live on EsperanzaBeach umil recently.

Now he is quartered in a t)nced-in, tiny woodenroom, provided by de owner, behind the aban-doned Lord of the Files buildiag. After an unsc-cessful atlempt at expropriation of Tomt{s’sightly shack by "El Ta marindo" Irce on the beach,a deal was made to raze the building and give himbelier shelter within lhe neighboring hotel com-plex. [1 till fairness, lhe roonl he lives in is betterlhali the old one. And the owner has twice lakenTom,is to Puerto Rico for medical allen(ion. Andnormally, a daily meal is delivered by Dofia Gla-dys, a neighbor and hotel employee.

But Tomfis is lonesome, dirty (he has no toiletlacdmes), lcls caged in and misses his old shackon the beach with the ca maraderie of the fishermenand dm picnickers. At least there he could share asmoke, a drink, a fish fit and dm company ofhullltlns arid or his (logs- illd there was the seainto which he was prone to phmge for spMltial andphysical abhltions at arty hour. The former char-coal maker and stevedore i slill amazingly slrongand lucid, but agonizes at lhe helpless feeling.

"Ill can’t have my beach and a pair of glasses,lhen why woll’l lhey find me a place in an old 151kshome ?"

Just prior recite(ions a senior City Hall spokes-person tokl the Times of plans to lodge h)m m asenior citizens home but at Ibis wriliilg, Fonlais’lament can slill be heard by local and lonrist alike.And according to a regular visilor at Tomais’compound, the last time he bathed was when somepeople came lo wash and dress him and take hinl tothe polls on November 8.

There is a water lap at his house, bul it seems

7omas .l Ktd

to mlebeside thememoryofS(/or9(lormorcyearsof stepping out the door and plunging into Ihe sea.

.’This olfl man needs help, hnt given a choice

he would be conleill to live otlt his life in a lean-tohy E1 Tamarindo on the beach where, when hestumbles, he won’t get hurt or dirty.

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THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY STAY IN VIEQUES

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Vieques History Hits St. CrolxVieques High School teachers Nilda Medina

and Robert Rabin took part in a series of confer-ences on Vieques held in St. Croix from Novem-ber9- 11.

At the invitation of the Bilingual Education

Association of the Virgin Islands, Rabin lecturedon Vieques history at Central High, Central HighAnnex and at the Country Day School.

The Vieques teachers also held a specialconference in the community of Machuchal, an

almost entirely Vieques emigr6 neighborhood onthe south coast.

Roughly half the people of St. Croix are

Puerto Ricans and most of them have roots or

relations in Vieques. The ties are so tight that

Vieques Air Link offers twice as many scheduledflights to St. Croix than to St. Thomas.

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THE VIEQUES TIMES Late November 1988

Letters to the EditorEsteemed Mr. Connelly:The local office of the Agricultural Extension

Service is located at the Vieques Developmentbuilding in Barrio Monte Santo.

The Agricultural Extension Service is an

agency which provides educational services to the

community. The office is staffedby an agronomistand a Home Economist. The Home Economist

offers all sorts of information on Home Economyand Family Nutrition for people of all neighbor-hoods in Vieques. The agronomist provides tech-

nical orientation in all phases of agriculture. Wewill both be organizing 4-H Youth Clubs.

We are unconditionally at your service.

Respectfully, Maria C. Orta ( home econo-

mist) and Rafael Sepfilveda (agronomist)

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Defense I)epl. Procurement Expertsqhke Hard Look at Vieques ProblemThe problem: factory shut-downs and mass

(5(-%) unemployment.17he solution: to recruil lnbor-intensive phmt

operalions.The bait: l)efense contracts and lax incen-

tives.The outlook: bleak.All (/ thefailedfactory operators had

The most recent venture, Arlais, a comptlter-

izcd wealhercheck system manutktcturer with

close ties to General Dynamics, a lop-ten de-

fense conlractor, has cut back to a mere tn local

jobs after only 14 months of operation, qhrce

other huge, govt,-owncd factory buildings are

COSeC. All( the pronlised coilstrtlct[on of a Rewl-factoW industrial jewelry park seems a long

wa off.Phe 25 ashington specialists who visited in

November left no mcss;ge otherlban to saythey’ll look inlo lhe possibility of more defense

coltracts for Vieques mantlfacttliefs,

The V ieques Economic Development Corp.operating on Detnse Department

unds hokls high hopes for jobs in lhe develop-ing mesquite cbamoal induslU, will sponsor an

incubator business project nt

Vieques Graphic building with the tenant partici-of a 35-member seamstress group and is

)romoting the advance of a conch divers co-op.Vedco direclor Fabian Martfnez said the

)ompany has written letters to the Navy, the

Pentagon and to the P.R. Government telling of

the job crisis and a possible situation brewingwilh a local pressure gronI) led I)y Flavio Silva.

Martfnez reiterated his position that the

;community should join as members of Vedco

and t;e a more active role in lhe economic

development of the island, He stressed that

membersl?ip is open to the general ul,licwhih,be feels, could accomplish far more in member-

ship than by the fomation of splinter groups.

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ENCUENTRO CONHATUEY

The Taller de Artes Isla Nena, Asso. (TAINA),working with mini-grants from the P.R. Commu-nity Foundation and the National Endowment forthe Arts, staged its first production on November19 at the City Center with the participation of 25student dancers, actors and singers.

The performance was received with warm en-thusiasm by an audience of some 300 includingmany schoolchildren whowaxed ecstatic. Manyofthem requested tojoin the workshop group imme-diately after curtain call.

The musical drama recounted experiences ofthe natives before and after the arrival of the Con-quistadores The children danced, sang and beattheirdrums as the stories were enacted and narrated

of the peaceful life in the villages and of thebattles and of the deaths of local chiefs Yabureibo

tumes, sang theirsongs (andin one case, even com-posed it).

It’s an ambitious full-costume dramatic per-formance for staging at City Center (which holdssome heavy drawbacks as a theatre: no dressingrooms, no backstage area, no stage curtains, nowayon or off the stage except through the audience, noprompter’s box, no slope, no split levelling, etc.),TAINA does plan, however, to do some repeatper-formances, both here and in the schools.

The members rehearse on Saturday morningsand have been granted the services of the munici-pal schoolbus to and from the workshop which sofarhas been someone’s house orporch or yard. It ishoped that TAINA will be able at some future datto acquire permanent quarters.A full color poster commemorating the Encuen

and Cacimar and finally ofthe burning at the stake tro con Hatuey is available at five dollars fromof the great Chief Hatuey. With the simplest of TAINA, c/o The Vieques Times.

props and curtains and hanging mobiles depictingaboriginal petroglyphs, the youngperformers wereable to bring off some rather sophisticated maneu-vers, such as the amphibious invasion of PuertoRico by the Vieques warriors.

They were supported by the onstage (atelier-style) presences of drama coach Luis Meldndez,dance teacher Mercedes Bonano and singer-directorMyrna Pagin. But the kids themselves se-lected their roles, rigged and adapted their cos-

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Vohlme 24 FIMLSTHE VIEQUES a

Fort Restoration to Begin

Victor,losd Edpez ReyesThe lnslitutc of Puerlo Rican Culture (ICP) has

sent architect Victor Josd L6pez Reyes to Vieqnesto revise plans for lhe restructuring ofthe presenllycondemned El Fortin, lhe aucieut Connt of Mira-sol Fort which overlooks ihe town of Isabel II.

After a visual inspection L6pez met withmembers of the Yaumibo Culture Center and timVieques Conseation &Historical Trnst. t to toldthe Times that he has already acqnired a Iruckloadofausubo (ironwood) beamsand will beannounc-ing an auction to bid on the construction wbichsboukl begin sometime in Januaw.

Ldpez, recenlly back #ore a study tour in Italy,said moisture has been the main culprit in damag-ing the structure. His plan calls for a completewaterproofing of the roof and a re-channeling ofrainwaler catchments and wotfld provide tonrgroup access to the ripper ramparls wbem them isspectacular view over the harbor.WI/ITE YOUR OWN COMIC CAPTION

Lale November 1988

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