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Horsing around
Joarna Thorrpson/EI Iadepeadiete
Alex Goodman and his father William having a fun-filled evening riding the
merry-go-round at the carnival off of Sixth Avenue and l-10.
South Tucson location for new AIDS research
By Jeff Lund
Staff Writer
Money can't buy a life
back, or compensate for the
pain felt by those living with
HIV or AIDS, but with a grant
received by an assistant pro-fessor
at the University of
Arizona it might prevent
South Tucson residents from
contracting the disease.
A federal grant worth
nearly $1 million was awarded
to Andrea Romero - an assis-tant
professor of Mexican-
Por Cheryl Lange
Reportera
Todos los días a las 9:30
n.m., Francisco G. Maldonado
abría la puerta de la tienda
Valencia Market, localizada
en la 29th Street, y entraba
para platicar con la dueña del
local.
Ellos charlaban sobre el
clima o las últimas noticias.
Despuás compraba algunos
comestibles- generalmente
salchichas o "hot dogs" que
les repartía a sus vecinos. Al
salir tomaba un puño de dul-ces
de una cubeta que man-tenía
la dueña junto a la puer-
American studies at the
University of Arizona - to
study AIDS prevention in
South Tucson.
Romero said the project
would focus primarily on
Mexican-American women
and teens in the community
because of their statistically
high risk for acquiring HIV.
South Tucson is 83 per-cent
Mexican-American,
Romero added.
In 2001 the Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention, reported that
Recuerdan a un amio,
el amistoso "cowboy
ta, y se los repartía a los niños
del vecindario.
EI cliente más fiel de
Valencia Market ya no regresa
cada día. El 19 de septiembre,
Maldonado, de 69 años de
edad, fue encontrado muerto
en su casa, localizada en la
cuadra de numeración 300, de
la West 38th Street. Arlene
Carlin, de 29 años de edad,
junto con tres otros, fueron
arrestados.
Se encuentra Carlin
detenida en la cárcel dei
Condado Pima. Según la
Vea Maldonado
en página 2
Hispanic women account for
20 percent of AIDS cases
among women, and Hispanic
children make up 23 percent
of the infected youths in the
United States.
"We are very excited.
This is a fantastic pro-gram
and will be very
helpful for the commu-nity."
-Andrea Romero
By Sarah Meske
Staff Writer
The blue bins that line the
streets of neighborhoods in
Tucson and surrounding areas
have not made their way to the
one square-mile City of South
Tucson.
But South Tucson is look-ing
into recycling program
options, said Angel Lopez.
South Tucson public works
director.
As of now, Tucson offers
South Tucson businesses and
residents few recycling
options, local business owners
and residents said.
Some South Tucson busi-nesses
get around that road-block.
Mission View Elementary,
2600 S. Eighth Ave., relies on
Waste Management, Inc. - a
The three-year grant to
fund HIV prevention and sub-stance
abuse research was
awarded by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, said
Romero, who will be heading
the UA portion of the project
and collect the results for dis-tribution
upon completion.
"We are very excited. This
is a fantastic program and will
be very helpful for the com-munity."
Romero said. "This
is the first time we have
applied for funding with this
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Amigos y familiares han puesto flores y recuer-dos
en frente de la casa de Francisco Maldonado.
City undecided
on recycle plan
private company - to pick up
aluminum cans and boxes,
said Maria Sandoval, the
Mission View community rep-resentative.
Waste Management sup-plies
businesses with a recy-cling
receptacle for newspa-pers,
aluminum, tin, plastic
and corrugated cardboard.
Blas Rojos, Walgreens
store manager at 1900 S. Sixth
Ave., said Waste Management
picks up the store's discarded
boxes.
Even if the city had a
recycling program, there is not
much more that Walgreens
would have to recycle, Rojos
said.
Ken Haller, employee of
Circle K, 2002 S. Sixth St.,
said that boxes are usually the
only items the store has to
See Recycling page 7
agency. I have applied through
other agencies."
Special Emphasis
Coordinator Steven Kreamer
will oversee the South Tucson
aspect of the project.
Kreamer said the project
will bring much needed atten-tion
to the threat of HIV and
AIDS in South Tucson. He
said that one of the biggest
problems was a lack of infor-mation
and awareness and
almost a fear of talking about
See UA Grant page 2
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Inside
- South Tucson
gets together to
make a difference,
page 3.
- Teachers find flip-ping
burgers for
students worth-while.
page 7.
- Hospital may be
cutting back on
sevices offered,
page 8.