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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE SLA HENA

Volume 48

Navy Opens Oil Spill Control Center(Navy Press Release)An office has been established at Rooseveft Roads Naval

Sration to combat theoil spill that has reachedEastern Puem)Rico and Vieques.

A Coast Guard action officer working with dm Roosev-elt t,uad, Environmenlal Engiueemg division will establishan o.fic, the ba.,e fi-om which to direct oil s nl c e:a -upeffork at o...’elt Roads, in Ioca’, cormmnities and o, thenorthand: tb ;resofVicques V,hc:"ostGuardlV’uarineSafety Offi ;, ;an nan has ebt:une0 anP:orizafion for!unchng the .h’.tn.ub and h,:v c,.mth, d com,:.’my

The 2ua..,t (,ua. ;,. ,il ab,o brihg l,, a .,.; , coordina-tor from the mainland ? determine th.z dam.a,,, ofmangrove

protection :f Lbese sites aguinet oil spills and similarproblems.

Oil began veashing up on the I:eaches at Rooseve!, ,"cadsand Vieqae: March 26, after the sinking of abar,c, off St. Kitts three weeks before. Over fifty Navypersonnel are :.,ing to cleam up the beaches at RooseveltReads, which physically is the: largest naval base in theworld, Recent reports have indicted oil is also washing upin Ceiba, Fujardo and other Eastern P. R. communities.

St. Chm!ie ConnellyEditor, "I[E VIEQUESDear ChaAie,

We just received the March issue of n TIMES and&:vided to writeand congratola|n youon the greatjob you’red<,.qng with the paper, and above all foryour tenacity. knowit s not easy to do what you’re doing and maintain, amongother kmgs, a sense of hnmor. Anyway, and beyondeverydun, ar went before, yon really pulled one off withtbe amrism map ofIsla Nena. The production ofsomethingalong thn: lines was longoverdue: you are certainly "teach-ing the v,ay" to two or tlvee offices in our illustriousgow.’rnmenl which should have thonght of it a long lime ago.B r,vo Cbarlie.

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EDITORIALA six-year-old child was run over and killed by a truck

at high noon on Main Street in the middle of/hebusinedisu’ict. T’," m:Iire conmunity was impacted by thetzagedy,

Btt to make matters ,,orse, the police, going by thebx)k [ell the battered, bltd; iittie body on the stw.’tand cordon o; the area 1 ,: :. long, agonlzin.’, h,

If Jd.;, to rcm;:m bh,’,3 and dumb-- then

l,c |’,es.plc c, Vieques ae sbt,,cked, aggrieved andfurious, If this i going hy the bk. hen the book mustbe re-writR’., ot at least have some pages tom out,

Abogado NotarioREBECCA SANTIAGO MENDEZ

C:ounsellor at LawAve. Campo Rico GQ-14

Ave. Muhoz Rlera 361 Urb. Country Club,Vteques, P.R. 00765 llo Pledras, P.R. 924

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THE VIEQUES TIMES April 1991

Modern Media Means MoreBut Not As Immedia[e

%, Nana Ortiz de CastatIoSince the #orld we live in was creat nothing has

"emained slatic. Everything h gone on evolvingrffing itself since e Stone Age was inked tooblivion. Homo Sapiens developed the menl capacitymventiions never forc(em of by hffms.

Gulenb "e invent movable ty. Benjin FrlinNscover ekclricity m c atmosphere, ison hhe mc-descent light bu[l and, I me a king stoW shor Einsteinspill lhe atom and crle(l Om atom mb and other factfor ufl desmcon.Sincee Renaissance science has evolv by giant steps.

Suel Morse discovers Se telegraph which is wherews heading. In the 30’s the fasts[ rncal]s of communica-on from lhe island of Viequesw the helioaph. It winslocated in a small house by ia Gloricm (on c shore belowPorlcla’s). From Oere by means of mirs and sunlightmessages were sent ad [it)m Puerto Rico. Ofcoupe onvery cloudy or rainy days such comnmnicalJon was impos-sible. Eque Vdi:di as the first hclingmph operatoricommunity afar d numN-r of yrs he w transfeed toMorropo and U:l)[acl by Antonio S,o at the :eliograph.Years went by before Ow. lelegrapi ;each cse shores.c telegraph building is stilI there at the comer of Baldori-olyd Santo Rosa. 1 sewed for years to nd telegrams.money orders and night letter,:. A!l of the aived adestination ’,,’qhitl ,ninums.

’i] unyield g march o time g(x:a on d brings us themagic o[e tch’pb, me, hm in tle lmgi:,mng Omre were very

mty in Viequcs h the 60’s ano the 70’s the telephonencIwuk grew :t. finall’_, ph:kscd out :e Iclcgraph. 1 is

doll’t even gc a dt.l tom:. The tcleD aph always gave good

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sun hms, and fl-e lelegraph key which Fsnilied andreceived messages m simple ly {ace. Now, long imepassing, the mlephone, radm, mlevision, post office

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Chamber Music: at City CenterImpressionsby Nana Ortiz de Castatto

After having tven immersed in spiritual retreat, inhaling

the airs of holiness during the final three days of the Passion

feel exhausted, depleted, enervated. Suddenly the phone

rings...it was my friend Myrna Pagan inviting me tn attend

a concert of Chamber Music at the City Center. I accepted

and we arrNed on time on Easter Sunday, the Day of

Resurrection.The Chamber Orchestra is comprised of 5 professional

musicians with extensive studies in Zmich, ,,,ce, Italy and

he United States, there are 11 young men .:n. iadies. The

Orchestra was directed by the young Hcru-y Hutchinson

Negron, the worthy scion o Howy Hutchinson Sr., cele-

brated violinist we listened to so often in the past releasing

melodies from his violin, which rang in our earslike the echo

of crystalline cascades of water flowing down into the river

rapids. The Chamber Orchestra is composed enti=dy of

suings: violins, guitars, violas, cellos and basses.

This concert delighted listeners with music by Puerto

Rican composers bringing to life the creative labor of this

unforgettable artists of yesterday, today and forever. The

music ofthose violins, basses and violas in thecapablehands

ofthese musicians as they executed the passage from danzas

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Henry Hutchinson relaxing at La Central in Esperanza. The

maestro sees Vieques ideal for music camp/festivals. TVT

to dance music was nothing less than d;amlike.found myseff transported back 63 years in time and

space when we used to dance in the Salon of City Hall or at

some private home. remembered that promenade on the

ann of my escort and the flirtatiousness with which we

handled our Spanish fans, knowing we were being admired

by some handsome young man.

That afternoon of the 31st of March is still latent in my

memory. With masterful movements of their bows those

musicians made their violins vibrate with their interpreta-

tions ofthe compositions ofRafael Herndez,ourjibarito,Mom’ozeau, Morel Cunpos and Ernesto Cordero. IVlany

people profess apathy toward chamber music because they

conflse it with opera that may be difficult to understand and

did not attend this beautiful connert which was presented

free of charge.I wish 0a make it clear that the primordial objective of

these musicians is to present our Puerto Rican folklore in all

quarters of Puecto Rico and adjacent islands. Anyone who

missed this chamber music lostout on apricelessexperiencefrom which we all emerged spkitually rejuvenated and filled

with the pride of our cultlral entity It goes without saying

that the orchestra received the gratitude of the people as

everyone preseut at this cultural act rose. to their feet in a

standing owtiou which was appreciated and gentecly rycip-

roculed with a dan;a by’ Simon Madera tbr an encore. We

wish these young nnlsicians greal success, may they con-

tinue to perforrn with such characteristic professionalism.

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Old Spanish Lighthouseto :::Become Seaport Museum

The Municipality of Vieques has acquired rights to Punta Mulaslighthouse at Isabel II harbor and will use Federal funds to restorethe historic monument as a maritime museum.

The light itself is actually in use by the U.S. Coast (by remotecontrol) as the principal aid to navigation on Vieques’s 21-milenorth coast. The building however had been in disuse for yearswhen Mayor Manuela Santiago, aided in part by a grant from theVieques Historical Trust, launched a clean-up progam.

Final restoration plans would include park grounds and confer-ence salons, photo: Stacy Notine

NO "Wild Horses" HereThough you’re bound to see horses roaming the

roadsides they are not wild, just loose for grazing.So don’t attempt to rope a mustang for your camp-site corral an irate owner will soon show up.

Horsebreeding, both of cow ponies and PasoFinos is an art in Vieques where shows and com-petitions are held periodically and a prize PasoFino may bring in upwards of $30,000 on theinternational market.

Cock Fightsare held on weekends during the winter months.They’re open to the public but betting is head tohead, not at a ticket window, and often consum-mated by hand signals. So get guidance before-hand. The locals know each other and have nodoubt whether that raised palm meant five bucksor five hundred bucks. Let the bettor beware; it’sdefinitely a macho trip.

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Why was "Lord of the Flies" filmed here? The OldestPuerto Rican Was ViequenseDirector Peter Brook needed a place safe Puerto Ferro Man, now on exhibit at the Uni-

enough to grant free rein for months to 40 British versity ofPuerto Rico’s Archaeological Museum,schoolboys and their nannies. Moreover there had

was a skeleton unearthed last year on EsperanzaFarm at the end of a line ofrocks pointing to Bio-

to be a wide variety of topographical locales to Bay. CarbondatingplacedPuertoFerroMancircaprovide backdrops such as beaches, caves, cliffs, 1900 B.C.mountains, tropical rain forest terrain, "African"veldt, a vastness of "unpopulated bush" and allwithin minutes from base camp which turned outto be an abandoned pineapple cannery in Esper-anza. It’s still all here.

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"Did you hear the monkey last night?""That was no monkey, that was my yaboa."Back in the lagoon, over the ululating hubble-

bubble ofthe myriad wetlands frogs, can be hearda startling sound like the cackle ofsome dementedape. It is the cry ofthe yaboa bird which looks likea short, yellow-legged blue heron wearing a cos-tume ball mask, strange sight for a strange sound.

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Vistas Sobre LanchasEjecutivos de la Autoridad de los Puertos y su examina-

dot oficial llegaron hasta la Plaza Pfiblica de Vieques paraofrecer unas vistas ptlblicas y se encontraron con alrededorde cien ciudadanos protestando por el alza en las tarifas.Entre los que didgieron sus mensajes a la mulfitud estabanel Senador Joaqu/n Pella Pefla, el Representante SamuelCepeda, la Alcaldesa Manuela Santiago y portavoces delComit6 de Transpormci6n.

Comenzaron las vistas en el Centro de Uos Mtiltiples,con una propuesta del organizador y maestro Ismael Guada-lupe para que el examinador Alberto Ferrer abandonara supuesto debido a sus alegadas expresiones a ha prensa quesegtn Guadalupe dejaban comprometida su objetividad.

E1 examinador no di6 lugar a la moci6n. Ademsealoque cualquier comentario que haya hecho a la pransa en SanJuan no afecta su imparcialidad y, adem, neg6 haberrecibido instrucciones del Director de la AP, Jose Buiwago.

Siguieron los testigos, queaunque enfocaban en diferen-tes temas, etaban umtnimes en su posici6n de que no seaumenten has tarifas. El primero, Sen. PUlIa Pefla, por ra-zones de brevedad comparti6 la ponencia escdta del Repre-seutante Cepeda y se refui6 a una premisa hist6rica sinprecedentes.., una declaraci6n conjunta de amhas c&marasofreciendo testimonio en contra de una propuesla agencial.

Cepeda ley6 un mensaje que hablaba sobre las vicisi-tudes ya sufridas por el Pueblo viequense, informes financioeros que indicaban que la AP tenia acceso a otras fuentes deentradas, y abog6 por un tratamiento eslecial para hasmunicipa!idades de ViequesyCulebra donde sedependedelservicio madtimo como pfioridad contrario a Catafio queesconectadoporcarretem. Seref’6 alpropuestoaumentocomo brutal y hasta criminal cuando se considera que la Ma-rira.de los Estados Unidos ocupa 3/4 del terreno y existe unacnsts econ6mica. Recomend6 subsidios, especificamentedel Gnbierno Federal, que segfin 61 tiene una obligaci6nmoral ya que el usode tanto terreno por laMarina ha llevadoal empobrecimiento de Vieques yhaafectadoadversamenteal desarrollo del turismo. Habl6 sobre la posible neeesidadde una nueva legislaci6n si el sistema existente implica unainjusticia que dejar’ a la poblaci6n con ha asombrantealtemativa de nadar hasta Vieques en aguas infestadas detiburones.

Lasemanapasada, se pas6 en el Capitolio una orden parainvestigarlasituaci6n delas lanchasen haAP.Cepeday PeflaPefla se opusieron al alza de tarifas antes de que se concluy-era la investigaci6n.

La Alcaldesa Manuela Santiago Collazo habl6 de unVieques que todavia se esta recuperando del Huracfn Hugoy que enfrenta una tasa de desempleo dem de un 50%.

Otros ciudadanos dieron testimonio sobre ha malaadministraci6n, los deplorables programas de manten-

mieto, el mal sricio, las condiciones inhumanas paralospasjeros que waJan en ha cubierta superior y llegan a sudestinaci6n empapados por buenas que est6n has condi-clones del tiempo, los ataudes flotantes (ref’u-iendose alasdos nuevas embarcaciones que ya han sufrido daflos, lap6rdida de equipos, y sistemas de aire-acondicionado quenunca funcionaron). Hubierun quejas de los malos olores delosbaosyel humonegro del escape, itinerarios inc6modos,la reducci6n de iajes y la velocidad de los mismos.

April 1991

Pormvoces Victor Emetic y "Pupa" Encaruaci6nmuy serio el asunto TVT

Unadelas sugerenciasrueladelaratacorta,larutaactualde Isabel II a Fajardo es de 18 milhas de largo, mientras queha distancia entre Vieques y P.R. es solo de ocho milhas. Laruta ahorrar/a ms tie ha mitad del cotnbustibte, y ladeterioraei6n de las embarcaciones.

E1 Director Buitrago, quien no estux;o presente, hacomentadoque harulartano es una verdaderasoluei6n, yaque envolverfa arreglos especialescon ha Marina.

El panel de ha A.P. compuesto ,,r el,oLic. Francisco:Acevedo, Miguel Maldonado y Jos6 Pepe Iseru, opt6 pot’viajar a Vieques en avi6n.

Ya que hay menos de 20 millas de mar abierto entrepuertos seguros en la rata de Vieques, has reglas de "Inland

aters aplican al gual que entre San Juan y Catao.De hecho las embarcaciones de Catao son usadas con-

stantemente para substJtuir has lanchas averiadas deVieques.

Hay una vasta diferencia entre las aguas mansas de haBah/a de San Juan y el mar picado del Pasaje de Vieques.Muchos marineros de vastos conocimientos, incluyendoalganos capitanes de ha A.P., consideran que el mar bravo deVieques requiere naves superiores, ms fuerUs y msestables.

Eduardo "Cheo" Acevedo Cruz premiado como Estudi-ante Desmcado del Aode Humacao Community Collegecon promed:e de 4.0. Se gradua en diciembre..

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Un nil’al de sets athos de edad mllri6 atmpellndo pot unncamioncla at mcdio dfa n la callc"principl,l dc[’:’ puchlo. L’.comtmidad complcla fuc inlpactda I,)r la tragedia.

Peru la silmtcidn empcord ya qlte la Imlica, actmtndoel iibro, di6 el pequelk cucrpim, gollado ylado, sobm el pavimento de la calle y cordon6 el ’eadunmleI largas horns agonizmtes de espera en Io que lmdo Ilegarun oficial fomnse de la isis pars ordenar el levantanlienloczdver,

Esm es ley y }a hemos criticudo ies porqueViues no tiene jz ni fiscal residente tma lblaci6avctilnn de stiff’it el ulmje de indignidad mhs nllIrfigica afliccidn, EssalvajC ICrueH

Si Justicin mamielm ciega y IIItR pus alguienen el Capitolio liene qne mwcrc.

genie de Vieqims esi abaft&l, horroriTzda yfldoa. S e3ts d@u’se Ilevarporel libra, c31*mceg hay qteedbir un }ibro nuevo, o, Io meno, annncnr algunaspfigins del viejo.

’, cntoccsel papcl del EtAseria alto entre i#kts y PilalNo huho pregunlas dcl pnncLFelix enamces imput6 los pr(cdimicnm; lr no

vising pllblicas ya que no haban sido ammciadas id pueblo,

y una srie de Ilamadas. Alcaklfa dcsdc c 29 de mar;o,

El ivoz del Comit6 Pm M@ "Hans[fiaci6nMMtitna, Viclor Enmric, quicn consideni cBic elserial una hacna allenuJtiv ro no funclonaifa sinfncilidades demt:p(laci6L tambi6n scqtmj6sobc tapubiicid ames de hu; vistas y dijo quc dcberhm repcsc

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ORQUESTA DE CAMARA CONCERTODespuds de haber estado inmersa en recogimiento espir-

itual y olor de santidad durante el TRIDUO final de laSEMANAMAYOR me siento exhausta, sin voluntad paranada. De pronto suena el tel6fono....era mi amiga MymaPag,’in invit2andome para asistir aun concietto de MUSICADE CAMARA que se llevarfa a efecto en el escenario delCENTRO DE USOS MULTIPLES de esta localidad,

Acept6 la invimci6n y nos presentamos all[alahoraindicadarecisameme el DOMINGO DE RESURRECCION.La ORQUESTA BE CAMARA CONCERTO est,’l inte-

grada por quince mfisicos profesionales con exunsos estu-dios en Zurich, Francia, Italia y Eslados Unidos. Lacompo-nun oncej6venes y cuatro dumas. El direcor de la orquestaes el joven Henry Hutchinson Negr6n, digno vfistago de supadre Henry Hutchinson, aquel c61ebre violinista a quientantas veces escuchamos en 1 pasado, arrancarle al violinmelod/as que sonaban en nuestros ofdos como el e,co decascadas de agua cristalina al caer sobre el empedrado de tun

rlo. La instrumentaci6n de CONCERTO es toda dec:rdasa saber: violines, guitarras, violas, chelos y bajos.

Esta ORQUESTA DE CAMARA CONCERTO deleit6 aha concurrencia all/congregada con un concierto de mfisicade autores puertorriquefiosdandoa conocer la labor creativade estos inolvidables compositores de ayer, de boy y desiempre. [t m6.sica de aquellos violines, bajos, y violas enlos hfibiles marius de estos mfisicos al comenzar a tocar el3aseo de las danzas, para luego enlrar en la pane bailablesimulabn un ensuefio. En cuanto a mise refiere meremontaon 63 ar3os atrfis en el tiempo y el espacio cuandosulfurous bailaren el saldn de acms de la Alcaldhaoen la salade una casa de familia. Record6 aquel paseo tomada telbraz.o de mi pareja y la coqueleria conque man@ibamos elabanico espafiol a sabiendas de que 6ramos admiradasalgfin mozo guapo,

Esa tarde del 3l de matzo estfi hatente en mi memoria.Con hfibiles movimientos del arco en sus manos estos

mtisicos hicieron vibrar los violines para interpretar loscomposiciones de Rafael Hernfindez, nuesh’o jibarito,Monrozeau, Morel Cnpos y Emesto Cordem. Muchaspersonas sienten apaUa por ha mica de cAmara porque haconfunden con 6peras diffciles de entender y por esta mzdnno asisten a estos hermosos conciertos que se ofrecen gratui-tamente.Deseo aclarar que el objetivo primordial de estos mgsicos

es el de llevar nuestro folklore puertorriquer’lo a tutus losrincones de Puerto Rico e islas adyacentes. Todo el que no

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St. Chzrlie ConnellyEditor, THE VLEQUES TIIvIESEstimado Charlie:

Hey recibimos la edici6r de matzo del TIMES y decidfescribir para felici’larte pot el gran trabajo que hacos con elperi6dico y sobre todo por tu tenacidad, pues s6 que no esfficil hacer 1o que tu haces y mantener, entre otras cosas, elbuen humor. Sin embargo, sobre todo 1o anterior, quierodeck’qe que te la comiste con el mapa turfsdco de Isla Nena.Hace tiempo que algo asf debi6 producir; ciertamente leestas "ensefiando el camino" a dos o tres oficinas de nues’a’oilustre gobierno que hace into debieron pensar en eso.

Bravo Charlie.Firmado: Dr. Nelson (CETIL)American Universit de PRasisd6 a este concierto con MUS1CA DE CAMARA seperdi6 un precioso concierto tel cual todos salimos re-mozados espiritualmente y orgullosos de nuesro entc cut-rural. Eshh demdeck que la ORQUESTA DECAMARACONCERTOreibi6 la grafitud del pueblo cuando todos losasistentes a este acto ultttral, puestos de pie les obsequia-mos un caluroso y cerrado aplauso "standing ovation" queellos agradecieron mucho y fueron tan gentiles que nos

obsequiaron con una danza de Sim6n Madera.Exio a estosj6venes que componen la ORQUESTA DE

CAMARA CONCERTO y contintien su arte con ese pro-fesionalismo que tanto los caracteriza.

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Despn6s de la crcaci6n del ramMqen que vivimos had8qucd6 csttico. Tndo ha id[ evohlcionalldo y

en cl olvido. El mbre (homo sitpiens) desarroll6 una

incandcscenle y para al,rev Jar Einsk:i dividi6 el Iomo

llegar,I)uanm la (10ca&t del 30 el m,Mio ( commfici6a

rpi& que tuvo N isla de Vieques tim el helidgmfo.ubiclo en una cxauefia frente a la GIoela. l)Ke allfy pot medio de esjos y la luz lar enviabma la tsla dc Ptmno Rico y vicevcrsa. Clam eaA, en Io8tmblados con mucha Itttvh la cnmunicidn N h;

sible. Enrique Vilhdf rue asladado a Morml siettdoAnmnlo Sore el nuevo empleado il helidgrafo. Tranur-ten los afios y [Iega a nuestrs play el teldft, ArMconrva el edificio (sire ca calle Smlm Ro eNuiBatdotioty) que pot umlos aSos sii6 para envhtr

setvicios Ilegaban a su desino et cuesl:i6n deSigue el liem) su mmcha inexonble y nosm magia

del tcl6fono aunque a principio dNn muy os, demanera que el lelggralb gtifil ofra:iendo sns rvicias acormmidad vicquense. En Is d&ads del 60 y cl 70 la rltclefiStdca cwci6 y &;phlz6 el tetdgdb hacindok

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eslo es buo a nivel con la ezonomfa, lr querotto

isla pmm o , rfa como esUir t,icn vcstMo con 1lsillo lla’o. Olla vez R?rminMo los proyeglos de

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