El Independiente

              UN LUGAR BASTANTE OCUPADO
FOTO POR REBECCA YETLER
Sues Fish and Chips ofrece una alternativa, especialment durante los viernes, para la gente que no puede comer
carne de res por razones religiosas. El restaurante tiene más de 50 años en South Tucson.
Dias de Pascua atraen
un gentío a la Sue's
Por Jarrett Carien
Escritor
Durante
la Cuaresma, los viernes tam-bién
se podrían llamar Día Frito
debido a la popularidad de Sue's Fish
and Chips en Tucson y South Tucson.
Sue's, en la 2500 Sur de la Cuarta Avenida
desde 1953, sirve pescado fritoy papas fritas,
haciendo que el restaurante sea un lugar pop-ular
para los locales quienes no comen carne
roja debido a sus creencias religiosas.
"Está es la época mas ocupada del año,"
dijo Jason Rubink, el jefe de Sue's, "Y los
viernes, hay gente sin parar todo del día.'
La Cuaresma es la temporada 40 días antes
de la Pascua, excluyendo los domingos, que
comienza el miércoles de ceniza y termina en
el sábado santo. Los católicos y otros
seguidores no comen carne los viernes como
recordatorio de la muerte de Cristo.
El área alrededor de Sue's es mayoritari-amente
católica, y el restaurante se benefi-cia
de ser uno de los pocos lugares en la
Ver SUE'S página 7
By Molly Alliman
Staff Writer
Drivers along South Sixth
Avenue have been advised to slow
down during a campaign against
speeding this month.
Since the end of March, the
police have patrolled South Sixth
Avenue during the morning and
evening rush hours to reduce vio-lations,
said SgI. Richard Munoz.
Citations will be issued for speed-ing,
following too close, failure to
yield to pedestrians and other
moving violations.
Truancy in schools
caused by low parent
involvement, some say
Page 3
'The construction on I-io has
caused traffic to divert onto Sixth
and ioth avenues," Munoz said.
"Fraffic seems to become faster
and heavier and accidents are
more severe."
Since Jans, there have been 27
accidents on South Sixth Avenue
between 29th Street and 39th
Street, including one pedestrian
fatality on South Sixth Avenue
and 31St Street, according to
Munoz. Five morn accidents have
occurred on ioth, Third and
Fourth Avenues, Munoz said.
Referred to as a "zero tolerance
/976-28 Years of Service-2004
traffic deployment," the cam-paign
will end when police notice
a significant change in the num-ber
of accidents and tickets
issued.
So far officers have written 28
citations for moving violations, 19
warnings, i6 for non-hazardous
violations, and three criminal vio-lations,
Munoz said.
A lot of accidents happen in the
evening during rush hour, said
Kenyon Gee, manager of T&T
Market on South Sixth Avenue
See SPEEDING, page 5
LINDEPEND TENT E
Police saturate S. 6th in search of speeders
Group
pushes to remove
billboards that it says
promote alcohol use
Teen 'cops'
prepare for
Las Vegas
Page?
ByJohn Lundock
Staff Writer
A South Tucson program aiming to get kids inter-ested
in law enforoement is preparing for a show-down
and will be heading to a regional competition
in Las Vegas this summer.
The Explorers Post 317 is a i6-member youth
group that has raised just enough money for the
team to compete in Las Vegas this July. Under the
advisement of the local police department, the
members, ranging in ages from 14 to 20, meet on a
weekly basis to practi staged police situations
such as traffic accidents, homicides, building
searches and D stops.
The volunteer group does community service and
fund raising for competitive activities on a continu-ai
basis. At the end of March, the Explorers hosted a
bowl-a-thon at Santa Cruz Lanes and every Sunday
the group participates in a bake sale at the Santa
Cruz Church.
The Explorers are currently trying to raise enough
money to participate in the national competition
and conference in Atlanta. The trip will cost the
group about $14,000, officer E.W. Cajas said.
'There are Explorer competitions just like there
are chcerleading competitions," Cajas said. The
emphasis of the program is not to win competitions,
but to teach Explorers a sense of teamwork, time
management, commitment and self-sufficiency.
"Just because you score a lot of points in a com-petition
doesn't mean you'll become a good cop,"
Cajas said.
One of the goals of the program is to give the kids
a solid background in law enforcement. When they
are ready to apply for a job or enter into the police
academy, they will already have the training, Cajas
said.
See POUCE EXPLORERS, page 6
PHOTO BY
ERIN O'BRIEN
South Tucson
police are step-ping-
up enforce-ment
of traffic
laws to increase
safety along South
Sixth Avenue. A
memorial marks
the spot where a
pedestrian was
killed in early-
February.
Weed and Seed
programs continue
despite loss of funds
-
Page 5
El Periódico de South Tucson April/abril 2004