Volume Nine (ESPAIqOL Traducein Ad’entro"’") Early October 1987

WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE ISLA NENA

UND EDS OF: mSL.A D FOLKFLOCK ABOARD OCRACOKE

left: Coast Gu-r Ocvacoke dock’.

uP in Esperanza. Right: lout groups lined tip to g{

aboard ai"e briefed b-y Lt. JG James Rendon, BM]

Pat Dorny and QM Steve Hogan. The crew had t{

construct a wooden staircase and jury-rig a systenof gangplanks for the safety of visitors at thdismamled oldbotosTVT

October 4, 1987...,OPEN HOUSEaboard one of the new island-class high-speed

cutters huih specifically to beef np the U.S. Coast(uard’s law enforcement fleet. Law enforcement!in t!fis c,’se means drag smuggling interception.

Fhe Oeracoke, named after the island of thatame near Cape Hatteras in .,N,.o. Carol!na, is one ofive stationed at Rosie Roads.These vessels, of[3ridsh design have relatively low-draft hulls ofight steel and boh-on superstructures of evenC’onl, on page 7 >>>

Huascar Abreu rounds up the younger "Sons ofI’:inn".._ nn pa tde 3

Volume Nine THE VIEQUES TIMES Early October 198

THE EDITORIAL WHEEZE & WHY’SA senior citizen, retired because of a back

injury, was severely beaten about the head andhoulders in an unprovoked attack by aaeighborhood psycho brandishing a stout stick.The citizen survived the clubbing by absorbing

the bulk of the beating on his formidableforearms and shoulders which were badlybruised, swollen and scraped to the bone.The police were called, the culprit apprehended

and the assault case taken to court.The courtremanded the accused to the big island forpsychiatric assessment.

According to police, the shrinks asked him afew questions which he answered reasonablyenough not to qualify for immediatehospital admission.

So the next day this nut was back in theneighborhood, waking up the good folks at 4:00A.M. with loud shouting about the devils in hismother’s house and Reagan in the White House.

The senior citizen sees and hears his assailantranting and raving along the streets where the.ylive just a day after his arrest so he is

understandably apprehensive. Their paths arebound to cross.

He,.at the advice of neighbors, returns to thepolice station to sign a formal complaint.., getsomething on record in the event of a conceivablydisastrous future confrontation. The top brasswas called out and another trip made to the courtwhich found itself powerless to proceed prior toreceiving a written report from the psychiatricFacility.The victim checked with the court secretary to

see if the report might.be in the mail bag. He wasinformed that such correspondence usually takesabout a month to arrive. Have to wait...Meanwhile the weIl-fed, well-muscled young

attacker is popping beer tops in the street andranting and raving at the worid at large. So we

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feel it’s not really unfair to ask the Systenshake out a few wrinkles before this guy takstick to someone who may not have such strforearms. Or to someone who may pack a bitstick.

NOW THEN,...NOISE!We’ve mentioned before that there are

against unnecessary noise. For the most partfalls on deaf ears or soon-to-be-deaf earsthere are still as-yet un-deaf ears which shoalhave to suffer the slings and arrows of dedecibelage.We were recently invited for cocktails

private home in E1 PiI6n. Took us fifteen minto get there from Esperanza by car and jeep.even at that distance our host had to chcbetween raising the volume of his record plor listening to the lowest-priced aggroupatioEsleranza over loudspeakers across the hill

Bad taste knows no bounds.But there’s always more than one way to

a bully.The Regulations and Permits Administra

(ARPE) of the Puerto Rican Governmwithout whose written and registered permisno one can build, occupy or operate a businspecifies contractually that the permit willvalid only as long as said business refrains fiemanating noxious smeIls, dusts, smokenoises that may contaminate the neighborhambience.

In other words, the license of a noise nuisacan be revoked administratively if a complairsubstantiated.That’s one alternative to callingcops.

JLunes a S&bado Hasta las OclJBenitez Guzmin 60..741-881

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Volume Nine "FILE VIEQUES TIMES Early Oclober 1987

KUTIN SILVA: INDEPENDENT RANCHERlhat. You see, members’ cows don’t ever calve

only directors’s cows. And they’re apt to haw

triplets..What did is I bought t4 cows from theCo-op and brought ’era np here and sure enough.every single one calved. Question of not havintoo many partners..."

"Enough yucca to sluff everyone in Vieques..."

Humrt "Kutfn’ Silva is an out-spoken man

who disagrees vehemently but not humorlesslywith government experts and organizers."Subsidy sounds too much like suicide..."

(In Spanish the words are indeed simil:subsidio and suicidio. Ed note.)"They send out these college guys in neckties

to offer incentives to plant. But to plant what?The last incentive was for plantains] Well anyfarmer knows that Vieques is nol plantaincountry...Vieqtes is hot and d, not cool andmoist Ihe way plantains like it."What does well,, in Viequs? Black-

eyed Ias do well and cona and swat tatsand pidgeon peas and yucca_.lk at this yucca[Seven, eight pounds per plant and rnay 2,lants per acre. Try it on a calculator, go ahead,,ou’ll see a couple of acres is enough to stuff;veryone on Vieques. 1 could plant more, now

that Ive got my own seed, but ld have to have a

tuyer on the big island. Vieques could never:onsume it all even if they ate it eveN day."--Can’t government help?"I once presented a proposal for a $40, loan

develop the entire 200 acres. They offered five

thottsand. Guess they thought I wanted to buy a

donkey or something...local fu’mer wants

govermnent financing he’s got to go in with

o -neone with blue eyes or wrap a towel aroundis head and tW to pass for Arab..."

How aleut co-ops?1 was a memr of the Cattlemen’s Co-op.

After they n it bankrupt they sent me a letter

asking me Io resign. Didn’t want too manymenabers when it came time to liquidate. But Idemanded that first they pay me my dividendsand return my livestock. They did a want to do

"So anyway, much as I like famaing,concentrating on the horses. We’re set up prettygood in the Paso Fino business: My

placed top ten at thecompetitions and has won every meet shc’entered all over eastern Puerto Rico. She’s adaughter of who was raised and trained hymy son-in-law, Titoi Abreu, who’s the Ixst rider

in these parts.All these colts are sons of Taino.."And there’s an old stud from that still

struts his stuff. You know, Papa Cmdi soldfor something like $35,00/) back in

days... So with fifty mares in tile field we’clooking forward to some heavy production...

"And now that Paso Fino competition hs

spread to the States there’s more and more peoplelooking for good colts...See, in Vieques they canbuy a good six-month-old for around three-.thousand-dollars so even after handling andtransportation it’s good business w.h,e,n yofigure what they’d have to pay in Miami..--So what about the vegetable fatal?"Oh, 1’11 keep planting for local consumptiol

but I don’t expect any help from the powers thai

be. Even when had my own family on the

municipal council didn’l get any breaks."Vieques tends to be a great step-mother

she can be awfully tough on her own sons."(It requires Ial knowledge to find the fam

but Kutfn Silva fffcan be reached at P.O.Rox24, Vieques, P.R. 00765. Ed. note.)

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Volume Nine

TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS

TONGUE-IN-CHEEK COMMENTARYby... W.P.

The other day I heard some people discussingLhe traffic in town and what might be done aboutit. One man touted one-way streets. Anothervould build a huge parking lot at the edge oftown and ban all cars from city streets. Anelderly gentleman saw nothing wrong with horsebuggies. Still another talked mass bus transit andfewer cars. One athletic looking woman saidwe’d all be a lot healthier if we walked.Let’s consider the first, one-way streets. It is

almost impossible to go to town withoutdeveloping a temporary amnesia that causes youto forget the reasons you went in the f’trst place,until you’ve already gone past your destination.Maybe the store you selected doesn’t have whatyou want but the one back down the road might.Or you see a friend who needs a ride or justwants to talk. You could catch them on thesecond lap, but how long would it be before youwere tempted to put the car in reverse? How longwould you stay on the merry-go-round? Soonthere’d be a whole lane created for cars goingbackwards.As for banning cars and building the huge

parking lot...where? There would have to be oneat the crossroads below the police station, forpeople coming from that side of the island, andanother one built for people on the Santa Mariadde. If you wanted to visit someone from adifferent neighborhood, would you have to parkyour car, walk through town and keep anothercar on the other side for these occasions? Andwhat about the people who live in town? They’dhave to convert their garages into extra rooms.As it stands right now we have a happy medium:for years there has been a parking lot in the centerof town, right in front of the post office.Horses and buggies would be romantic, if you

could hire enough people to clean the streets.How would the want ad read? Persons tomaintain urban area free of superfluous organicdeposits? Who would apply, no matter how youdisguised it? No, horse and buggy is moreobsolete than walking.Buses sound good, but who would want to

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THE VIEQUES TIMES Early October 1987w en e cou m an mr-con mone carinstead?Possibly after years of public and private

research, public hearings, committee findings,government funding, etc. a viable solution mightbe reached, but in the meantime these concernedcitizens fall to realize the importance of theautomobile in great numbers. We are justbeginning to feel the first waves of real trafficjams. We are held up for a few seconds, maybeeven a minute or two. Soon it will be hours!Now that’s progress. Look at any major city.Serious cases of congestion are like havingchoked arteries from a rich diet. It’s a barometerof business and a symbol of success.So the next time you see a car stopped in front

of you, the driver talking to the driver of a car inthe opposite lane, and a few stand-bys talking toboth of them, don’t blow your horn. Rejoice. Afew minutes for solitude, reflection, meditationor getting reacquainted with family and friends.Better yet, get out and join them. It may be thenext meeting of citizens concerned about traffic.

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Volume Nine TFIE VIEQUES TIMES

LOS SOLES TRUNCOSAnd Other tlappenings

Vequcs drmna teacher Lufs Mel6ndez isrchemshag a cast for a production of Ren6Marquds’ "Los Soles Truncos", a tragi-comedyin two acls, bsed on an earlier short sto called"l:’urification on Cristo Street."

Marquds (1919-1979) is [st known to NorthAmeric:m audiences for his plty "La Caweta"lhe )xcarU uI Soles Frunco (I anbgbls) ha.

enjoyed huge success throughout Latin AmericaIt relies heavily ou symbolic color lighlinchanges through the fan-shaped windows as lhesibling love-hale rivalry between three aginsisters, self-condemned to house aest, developto the ineviiable, not-quite accidenlal, auto-da-ft, Time becomes contorted and the U.Soccupation of Puerto Rico plays like backgrouncmusic: and everyone ontside the colored windowis labelled "Barbarian" and San Juan takes or:overtones of Stnsurg way-back-when.The sistcrs’s roles are being read by Carlina

Fermindez, Eva Torres and Mynaa Pagan.Althougb this is a consummately Puerto Ricar

work, one is bonnd to sense a vaguer)Tennessee Williams vapor and the cast ts

presently debating whether or nol to include atleast one performance in English. qe showshould be ready in Novemr,

+++Viequcs poet Anita Vdlez Milchell was recently

isummoned to the White House to receivepersonal congralulations from President RnaldReagan in the Oval Room and to accept her 1. fEAchievement Award" which was presented by’,lctor Josd FelTer.

Ms. Vdlez, president of the Puerto RicanAssociation of Writers of New York, plans awhirlwind theater season in mdon beforereturning to Puerto Rico for literary lectures at theMayagfiez campus and a pleasure lrip to the lslaNena where her brother, Carlos V61ez Rieckehoffis a director of the Yaureibo Culture Center and ahoard member of the Vieques Conservation andFlistorical Trust.

+++l..ufs Castillo, owner of the Green Palace in

Isabel 11, handed Blanca Rivcra a check for $356for her CENIM project which includes thebuilding of a school tr children with multiplehandicaps. According to Castillo the checkrepresents five per cent of the Green Palace’sgross sales fir the montb ol Augnst.

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Early October 1987

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Clle 65 Inf, 183, iequenTel. 741-8887

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Kitchen open 1t :00 A.M. 9:30 P.M.Bar 11:00 A,M. 1;00 A.M.Closed Mondays & Tuesdays

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Volume Nine THE VIEQUES T1MES Early October 1987

"IFs so-o-o-o peaoefu| down here..."

"E$ a-a-a-an tranquilo aqul abajo..."

Abierta desde las 5:00 A.H.Calla Benltez Guzman 741-8679

TEACHERS NEED HELPTeachers from the German Rieckehoff school

are planning a shaded rest and recreation area fothe students at the which lacks a cool placfor students to escape the direct rays of thetropical sun in periods between classes. Theypresently spend their free time bunched up in thehalls or staircases to seek cool shade.The citizenry is hereby invited to take

advantage of a chance to contribute to the well-being of the students by creating a healthyenvironment conducive to higher achievemenlduring school hours.Inrerested well-wishers may contact the

principal, Sra. Inocencia D/vila, at 741-8340 ormail contributions to the Shade Project, GermanRieckehoff High School, Vieques, P.R. 00765

LITERARY REVIEW DEADLINETime is winding down for submissions to next

year’s1987.

Caribbean Writer: deadline is October 15,

The Cwibbean Writer is a 100-plus-pageannual review of poetry and fiction reflecting aCaribbean heritage, experience or perspective",published by the Caribbean Research Institute ofthe University of the Virgin Islands in St. Croix.The editor is UVI English professor Dr. Erika J.Smitowitz.

[’IIITIITI [TI[I d]]fl] Guidelines call for submission of previouslyunpublished work in English. No more than five

(ISalzaflo Para Tofla ka gamilia) poemsor twoshort stories per contributor. Shortstories not to exceed 15 pages, one-act plays

Cal 1 e Antonio G. Mel 1 ado 20 pages. About five pieces of black & white artBOX 518, Vieques,PR..741-3861 work will be used...vertical format, limit 8"x

All submissions must be "blind", i.e. name andROMERO REAL ESTATE address and manuscript title on separate sheet of

SlleS llld Ilelltal$ paper, only the title affixed to manuscript.&ntania Hellada Street Tel. (BOg) Accepted authors, photographers or artists will

Niequea,PR,00765 741 -:220 1 be notified by February 1, 1988.

I,’llKllr IlllMEBll.-.Liceasefl Braker Payment is in copies.Further information available from Dr. Erika

milowitz, Caribbean Research Institute, UVI,?,R 02, Box 10,000 Kingshill, St. Croix VI,

Camisetas, orrs Sudaderan

Jos H. Emeric

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Volume Nine THE VIEQUES TIMES October 1987

LOS SOLES TRUNCOS Y OTROS SUCESOSLuis Mel6ndez maestro de ieetPo de la oscuela Euoenio Maria de Hesles est6 ansayando un

elenco pare une producci6n de,n.z, une Comedia trgica en dos actos pop RenMaPques basada en el cuento cJ_O.o_[_C.g_O.r_L pop el mismo autor.Marqu(s 1919- 1979) es mejor conccido

pero LOS Soles Iruncos ha tenido 9ran exito an America Latin& La obre depende bestante sabre el

cambio simb61ico de luces reflejades par los soles truncos en el desarrollo de le relaci6narlqor-odlo entre ires hermanes encerradas par si-rnismes. La accI6n culm Ina an une inevitable,

no aecidental, purificaci6n par fuego. El tiempo es retorcide y la ocupaci6n de Puerto Rico parlos Estades Unldos hace fonde mlentres I.oda persona al otto lado de los soles truncos es

considerado "Barbara" y San Juan se transforma en el Strasburoo de antailo.

Los pepeles de las ires hermanes sePn protagonizades par Car line Fernandez, Eve ToPPes yMyrna Pagan.Le obra es puramente puePtorriquea, sin embargo, hay cierto aire de Tennessee Williams y

los artistes estn considerendo oirecer par lo menos una actuaci6n en ingl6s. Se ospera tenor la

producoion Iista pare fines de noviembra.

Anita Ylez Mitchell, la ptlsa vioquonse, viajO a La Cesa BIanca pare reclblr

felicitacionos del Presidenta Ronald Reaaan al set premiada con el "Life Achievement Award"

entrec,:Io par ol eclat puertorriquotio Jos Ferret.La SPa. lez Mitchell, actual Presldenta de la Asociaci(n Puertorriqueia de Escritores de

Nueva York, har una (3ira teatral par Londres antes de regresar a Puerto Rico pare conferencias

literaries on el campus de Mayagiez de la U.P.R.. Sa espera qua visita a Vieques dende reside su

hermano Car los V61ez Riekehoff, Yic8-Presidente del Centro Cultural Yaureibo y miambro de

direct ira del Fideicom iso de Conservaci6n e Historia de Vieques.

Luis Caslillo, dueo del Green Palace en Isabel Sagunde, ha donado $356 al proyecto CENIMdirigide par BIanca Rivara. CENIM conslruir una escuela papa nios con impedimentos

mOltiples. Seoon CastilIo el cheque entregado a la SPa. Rivera representa el 5% de las ventasreaIizades en el rues de agosto.

ISTA TRAIDUCCION CORTES IA DE .S-UPERi’IERCADO PORTEL&]

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Volume Nine THE VIEQUES TIMES October 1987A PALO LIMPIO Y LIBRE POR LA CALLEUn ciudadano, mayor de edad, pensionado pot la espalde lastimade, fu agredide pot- un

psic0pata de barrio, quien le entr6 a palo limpio sin aviso previo. El atacante Io hiri0gravemente en los hombros y los brazos cuando el ciudedano intentaba protegerse la cabeza consus brazos fuertes, y sufri6 contusiones y laceraciones qua llegoron al huoso.

Al evisar ala Policia stos arrestaron al atacante y el caso se llev6 a corte La corte envi6 alacusado ala Isle Grande pare evaluaci6n psiquietrica.

SagQn la Policia, el ecusado fur entrevistado pot los psiqui6tros y al contester variespreguntas evaluaron qua su condici6n no merecia bospitalizaci6n inmediata.

Resulta que el die siguiente el acusado rondeaba de nuevo en el barrio, despertando a susvecinos ala 4:00 AM con gritos, condenando al diablo en la case de su Madre y a Reagan en la CaseB lance.

El herido escucha los gritos de su atacante y love descontrolado por las callas y naturalmentese atemoriza Sus caminos cruzaren inevitablemente.SkJuiende los consejos de sus vecinos la victima se presenta de nuevo al cuartel y formalize los

cargos, cosa qua si occuriera alguna nueva desgracia todo esteen record. Nuevamente es llevadefrente al Juez quien le arise qua nada se puede hacer hosta qua no IIegue la evaluaci6n pot escritode los psiquietras.

La victima pasa ala secretaria a preguntar pot la evaluaci0n y ella le informa qua estacorrespondencia demote cerca de un ms en Iegar. Hay qua esperar...

Mientras tanto el joven y musculoso acusado camina pot las callas con su cerveza en manovociferando y amenazande al mundo enter& Consideramos osier justificados en pedirle alasAutoridades qua se hagen los arraglos pertinentes antes qua el loco le entre a palos a algunapersona qua no tango los brazos tan fuertos o quien, tel vez, cargue un palo rues fuerteAHORA AL ALBOROfO:

El Times ya ha escrlto sobre los leyes que existen contra los ruidos inecesarios. Estomayormente car sobre oidos sordos o qua pronto estaren sordos, pero existen oidos atn no-sordosqua no merecan sufrir los efectos d ostos decibelios onsordcedores.Recientemente aceptamos una invitaci)n a case de un amigo en El Pil6n. Nos tom0 5 minutos

pot auto y jeep IIegar al lugar desde Esperanza. Pero a]n a esa distancia nos atacaban lasreverberaciones del conjunto rues barato de la Isle amplificado Io suficiente pare cruzar pot losmonies.El real gusto no tiene limite.Pero hay rues de un modo de despellejar a un gato.ARPE especifica al entregar permisos de construcci6n o de uso que el contrato sere velide

mientras el negocio respete las layes contra la contaminaci6n sea pot polvos, olores, humo oruile qua destrwa el ambiente del vecinderio.

Es decir que una queja comprobada servir8 como base pare revocarle la licencia al infractor.Es una alternative ala de llamar a la Policia.

LA I31TANA DICE..Querida Gitana:

L,Oue plensas de Io ourrido en Africa del Sur donde una madre actu omo Madre Substitutepare el bab de su propia hija? Y luego pare hater la cosa ms terrible dis a luz trillizos. Todosestos experimentos con el proceso natural de la reproducci6n son horripilantes.

Firma: Preocupade.Querida Preocupada:Considet’a la confusion qua los espera a los trlllizos.Me recuerda una canci6n c6mica de mi juventud qua parec8 ahora haber previsto el estado

arte de intervenlr en el procaso de la reproducci6n. Aunque la canci0n trataba de un linajeperplejo de antaPio podMa set el proximo "Hit" musical de mailana.... ",Soy Mi Propio Abuelo",

Firma: Oitana Al Natural.

Volume Nine HiE VIEQUES TIMES OctoberKUIqNHumberto "Kulin" Silva est6 en desacuerdo con Ins expertos gubernameniates, pare con humor.

"Subsidio Buena touche a suicidio...""Envian estos tipos con sus bachilteratos y sus corbatas a ofrecerle a uno incentives pare

sembrar. &Pero sembrar quB? iEI Oltimo incentive foe pa’ platanos! No hay agricultor qua nosepa qua Vieques no es lugar pa’ platanos....Vieques es 8Mdo y caluroso, no hQmedo y fresco comelee gusto a los platoons."LQu6 se de bien, normaimente, en Vieques? Aqui se cosecha el maiz y ]as batatas, los oandu lee,

la yuca.,m irate esta yuca.! 5ete, echo lbras per planta, y qulzas 2,000 plantas per cuerde. 5aceill compute,dora, y mira a vet si con par de cuerdes no es suficiente pare hatter a rode ieques.Podria sembrar mas, ahora qua tenon mis propias semillas, pare neces;to un mercade afuera.Vieqoes no puede consumirlo rode ni aunque/o comiera rode Ins dies."**L.Y el gobierno no puede ayudar?"Una re2 presents una propu@sta de $40,000 pare sembrar los 200 cuerdes. He ofrecieron

$5,000 HabrBn ponsa’o one me queria comprar un burro aqui el agricullor qua quierefinanciamiento del bierno tiene quo juntarse con alguien de ojos azlles o amarrarse una toallaen la caboza y tratar de poser per 8robe.

LY qu6 de los cooper’at ires?"o era miembro de la Cooperative de Oanaderos. $o van ala bancarrota y me mandeo una carte

pidiencio qua renuncie No querian touches miembros cuande 11e0ara la hera de liquidar. Pare yoexigi qua primate me pagaran mis ganancias y me entregaran mi ganado Eso no Io querien hacerLos races de Ins miembros nunca paten, Ltu comprendes?, solo paten los races de los directores.Y a races baste tr fl Iizos. Lo qua hice foe comprarle 14 vacas ala Co-operative me los traje pa’ac y efecUvemente, parieron redes. Es cosa de no tenor touches socios_."

"Asi que pot" rues qua rne guste la agriculture, me estoy concentrando en los cabai]os. en0o unbuen negocito de Past) Finns. Hi yegua BAI LARINA calific6 entre los primates 10 en loscompetencias internaciona]es V ha nado redes sos competencias en el @ste de Puerto Price. Eshija de ]AINO, qua rue criado y entrenade per ml yet no, Tltoy Abreu, el major montador de to’esto. Todos estos potros son hijos de TAIN0..

"Y al;I fay un padrote de VOLARE qua todavia se ]a heeiqa. SabrBs qua Pap6 Cund6 vend16 aVOLARE en $35,O00, en el tiempo de/a guBcara..ast qua con 50 yegues en campo esperamosbuena producciBn...

"Y ahora qua el deporte se ha extendlde a Ins Estados Unldos hay robs y mBs genie buscandebuenos ejemplares...aqui en Vieques te puedes comprer un potro ee sels mesas per $3,000,que aQn contande la transportaciBn y el manejo es buen negocio cuande consideras Io qua tendriasqua pager en

** qu de la finca de vegetales?"Bueno, yo sign sembrando pare el consume local, pare yo no esper’o ayude del gobierno. N1

cuando tena familia en la Asamblea i’lunicipa] me ayudeban."Vieques es buena madrastra, pare puede set male madre."

LA 01TANA DICE:OueridaFallaste al b}anco cuando }e contestaete e la Sra. Ooraje qulen escribi6 sobre ]os Hgones de la

playa. Lo" Bikinis" eisten he ya touche tlempo, ya es hera qua los hombres estenacostumbradee y no hagen tanto teetro. No lo considero uste qua te he/as burlado de ella. Boronstouches los qua renames la misma queja.

Firma: Otra Srta. Coroje.Ouerida Srta. Coraje Tembln:Considero, querlde, qua sete est6 escapando el punto. No es el" Bikini"In qua Ins tiene tan

rascinados sine tlos Ins pontes dainties al descubierto. La reacct0n masculine 81 cuerpo desnudode la mujer exlste hace touche ms tlempo qua los "taparabitos". &Es justo ofrecer tanto a lavista y condoner al quo Io mira’ Firma: Le Oltana

Volume Nine THE VIEQUE$ TIMES October 1987OCRACOKE

4 de octubre de1 1987.,, i"18s de cuatro centos vlequenses visltaron uno de los mas velocosescampampaviasde"claseisleia"construideespecificamenteparaproveer ala guardia costaneracon una nueva embarcaclon con el prop6slto de mantener la lay y el arden. En este caso slgnifico la

vililancia contra el contrabande de sustancias controladas.El Ocracoke, el cual IIeva el hombre de une isle cerca del cabo Hatteras, en Carolina del Norte, es

uno de los cinco que estSn anclados el Base Roosevelt Roads. Dichas embarcaiones, diseedas enGran Bretaa, poseen un armaz6n de acero relativamente liviano, con superestructurasatornilladas hechas de un aluminio ross liviano. La reducoion en peso permite una mayor velooidady un manor usa de combustible.

Esta embarcacion de IlO pies de eslora, deserrolla haste 30 nudes de velocidad y lleva

suficiente combustible coma pare llegar de Vieques haste Nueva Scotia sin reabastecorse. Est8propulsado par dos motores gemelos diesel, marca Paxman, tipo V- 16 de 3,000 cabellos de fuerza

carla uno.E10cracoke tiene aire econdicionade central y posee’aletas estabilizaderas oontrolades

automaticamente par giroscopios pare mayor eflciencia de la trlpulacion. Tlene des generadoresde IOOKW pare proveer energia, una planta pare convertir el ague del mar en ague potable parosmosis en reverse.Ocraooke posee uno de los mas modernos equipos electronicos, computarizado y automatizado de

vlgilancia, comunlcaciones y navegocion. Lo suficlente pare meter miede al mas grande de lospirates del contrabando de drogas.Y hablande con seriedad el ascompavias posee un caflon de 20 millmetros,

2 ametralladoras M60 y todo un arsenal de rifles automatioos Ml6 y todo tipo de armas de fuego.Tamblen tien una balsa de rescate Avon de 5 metros totalmente impresionate, equipada con un

motor de 65 caballos de fuerza.Este ascampavlas no lleva todavia un ao en servicio y ya ha llevade a cabo varies redadas de

drogas no solamente en aguas de Puerto Rico sin6 tambien en las castes de Colombia y Haiti.En mayo de oste a1o se acreditO la rededo contra la cocaina ross grande hecho par las agencies del

arden en los EEUU. Confiscaron 3,700 fibres de cocaine en una lancha pequea qua logr6 hacer suviaje desde Colombia haste Santa Cruz. El valor del material en el mercade de drogas era de uncuarto de billon de dlar as.Ms tarde un exparto de computadoras aborde comenz6 a colcular su valor al divldirle en kilos,

fibres, onzas y gramos. Las estadisticas son infinitas. Pero una verdederamente impresionante dicequa si tode el material se asparciera en "Iineas" coma pare set ingoridas par un sorbeto, el largototal de la linea seria la distancia de Santa Cruz haste la isle de Ocraooke en Carolina del Norte.

El comandante del barco, James Boynton, un ac,admico, tiene experiencia merltima enrompehielos, escampavias y veleros grandes, pero tambien ha servide coma analista decontrabando y jeje de inteIIgencia pare la interdicci6n de fronteras pare el comlt naslonal del

Vice-prasidente acerca de los narootioos. ##-#

AUXI L IAR DARA CLASESEl capltan de distrito Harry BoniIla anunci6 una serie de clases sabre marineria, piloteaje y el

manejo de pequeas embarcacionas. Las mismas serSn ofrecidas en Viequas comenzando el demingo25 de octubre.

El primer curso carter8 par tros demlngos consecutlvos de las 8:00 A.M. a 12M. y de la 1:00P.M. a5 P.M

El salon de conferencias del Parador Yllla Esperanze servir de salon. Se Invita al pbIico engeneral.Una vez aste curso haya terminado, dijo Bonilla, saran astudiados solicitudes de membresla ala

Guardia Costanera Auxiliar.La idea as crear eventualmente una flotilla auxIIIar en Yiequas pare ayudar en rescotas, facllitar

la inspecci6n de bates y equipo y asistir a arras adquirir conocimientos y liconcias maritimas.

Vohune Nine THE VIEQUES TIMES Early October 1987

COKE CUTTER ON COURTESY CALl_,

OCRACOKE, cont. from front page...even lighter-weight aluminum. The reduction inweight produces higher speeds and lower fuelconsumption.This 110-ft. vessel has a top speed of about 30

knots and a cruising range with normal fuel loadIof "roughly from Vie ues to Nova Scotia, non-q

nIstop. ge is powered by t,.w,n V-16 Paxmadiesels cranking out 3,000 horsepower each.Ocracoke is completely air-conditioned and has

gyroscopic automatic fin stabilization to increasecrew endunmce. There are two 100-KWgenerators aboard and a reverse osmosis watermaker which makes sea water drinkable.Ocracoke also boasts a vast array of state-of-the-

art computer automated electronic surveillance,communications and navigation equipment,euough to take the starch out of the heartiest ofsmugglers.Andon the business end the cutter carries a 20MM cannon, two M-60 machine guns and awhole arsenal of M-16 automatic rifles, shotgunsmd handguns,Also impressive is a five-meter rigid inflatable

kvon boarding or rescue lannch with a 65-HPoutboard.This cutter has only been in commission a little

over a year and has already made major drugbusts not only in local waters but also off thecoasts of Colombia and Haiti. In May of this yearshe was cre,d,ited with tlm largest single cocaineseizure by ny U.S. law enforcement agency,3,700 lbs.,, taken off a 30-ft. open boat that hadmade it all the way from Colombia to St.Croix.q%e street value of that load was estimatedat a quarter of a billion dollars.

Later, one of the combuter buffs aboardworked out a table of other market figures.., if itwere sold by the kilo, pound, ounce or gram,ere.The statistics are infinite but one of the most

Ocracoke skipper, Lt. Peter J. Boynlon, flanki"’by Harry Bonilla (left), Captain of the USCGAuxiliary’s P.R. District and Emilio Venegas,aids-to-navigation officer of the Auxiliary’sPonce flotilla.

amazing calculations proved that if the entire loadwere poured in as though for snortingthrough straws, the length of the total line wouldbe exactly equal to the distance between St. Croixand Ocracoke Island.

Commanding Officer James Boynton, aacademy man, has sea experience oi1 ice-breakers, cutters and sailing ships but has alsoserved as maytime smuggling analysis chief andchief of intelligence for the Vice-President’sNational Narcotics Border Interdiction Syseg!.CG AUXILIARY TO GIVE CLASSESDistrict Captain Harry Bonilla has announced

that a series of classes in seamanship, pilotingand smallboat handling will be given in Viequesstarting on Sunday, the 25th of October.The first course will run for three consecutive

Sundays 8:00 A.M.to NOON and from 1:0{3P.M. to 5 P.M.

The conference room at Parador VillaEsperanza will be the classroom. The generalpublic is invited.

Once this basic course is completed, Bonilksaid, membership applications to the CoaslGuard Auxiliary will be considered.

The idea is to eventually set up an auxiliarflotilla in Vieques to assist in search and rescuemissions, facilitate Ixat and equipmenlinspections and assist interested members inacquiring or upgrading maritime licgnces.

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A Stinger in the PosteriorCan Make Things a Little Drearierby Wendy Price

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GRINDING IN THE NIGHTby: Dr. Jos6 L. Gonz,51ez, Dental SurgeonAn estimated one in twenty adults and three in

twenty children unconsciously grind their teeth anight. It is the sound of bruxism. While the noi: emay disturb spouses or children, it has a far movdistressing effect on the sleeper. Nocturnalgrinding can exert thousands of pounds pfpressure per square inch on the surface of theteeth. It can be rough not only on the teeth but othe supporting bone, the gums and the jaw joint.

For many years, bruxism was attributed tothe release of tension from emotional stress.However, many dental authorities today believethat the causes exist in the patient’s mouth. Nightgrinding may be an unconscious effort to correctirregularities of the chewing surfaces of the teeth

Dentists term this a malocclusion. They grindaway to eliminate a spot that is too high or to fin,a comfortable place to fit the upper and lowerteeth together.

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Signet:Another Mad MS..Dear Mad Ms. T-:

I believe you miss the poim, my dear. It’s notthe Bikini the guys are ogling, hut all the spots i[

misses, and the male reaction to file bared femalebody has been around a lot longer than the "ittsybitlsy leeny weeny". Is it fair to offer so much toview then condemn the viewer?

Signed:Gypsy.

Dear Gypsy Woman:What do you think about the story of the

woman in South Africa who was surrogatemother for her daughter’s baby? Then to makethings worse she gave birlh to triplets, All of thisexperimenting with the natural bit’th processseems very fl’ighmning to me.

Signed:Worried.Dear Worried:Consider the confusion in store for the triplets!1 recall a silly song from childhood which

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TALES OF TIlE TAMARINDO

someone said wasn’t that a shame.>> Shame? What’s a shame about that? They’regetting plenty of exercise and proteins to mate

Besides it’s a piece somebody already threw

away. Besides when they get through they can

take a dip and give lhe cuda family a chance to

get even...Yeah, but it seems like someone ought to take

care of those pr animals...>> "e bmTacudas?No, the dogs. They shouldn’t have to eat that

ash.>> You ever notice what people eat?

How about that guy in FajaMo got caughtselling those dog-R pasteliJlos[>> Nothing wrong with that. Plenty of fancywhite folk r)tired to Floda and munching awayat their daily cans of Ken Ration...

Guess you’re right. It’s nothing when youthink about those minors of dogmeat shNh-kebabs at cmaiwtl...,> Well if the issue has got to be, then let’s

mt it in perspective. Let’s say this conut shelluas a globe of the world, okay? Now if we lookat the pas that was originally dog country yu’ds:on realize that there ain’t no dogs left, just

hungry people...Where’s the dogs gone to? To the high rent

districts, Ihal’s where. They’ve got elevators andair-conditioned apartments and uniformed door

men to let them in and out and gown men to

walk ’em and clean up after them with theirdamnfool poopm-scoopers and their garbagecans with pretty little flowers pa}ned o thqmand all full of stinking dog turcl...eepmg me

neiNrhoc neat!They take om watching, those, dog lovers,

Ifirst they pat em and go goo-goo and soon as

[they stroke ’era into submission sn.ick-stu*ckthey’re chop 9ing off their tails or thetr es or

’theiunmentionables. I swear they ought to leave

them dogs None.But be’s homeless, poor little

ng..,Anydy ever seeabuild a house?Man’s best friend...sum...as long as he’s

willing to eat peoleum bi-products in

lightweight bags and lick someone’s %el andwhatnot. If there was really any kind of love and

TFIE VIEQUES TIMES Earl, October 1987

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