El Independiente

              Thousands of dollars in food and
equipment have been stolen from the
Pascua Pueblo elderly center.
Yaquis exigen más policías
Traductora: Leticia Green
Afirmando que el Departamento de
Asuntos lndfgenas no puede controlar a
los 'astutos vándalos" que han causado
recientemente más de $5,000 en daños al
Centro Liogue dei Pueblo Pascua, jefes
de la Tribu Yaqui están reclamando un
mejor sistema de seguridad.
En un documento presentado el 6 de
septiembre al Departamento, Tony V.
Sanchez, director dei centro, ha solicita-do
la instalación de 10 cámaras de luz in-fra-
roja, una cerca de metal de siete pies
de alto y rejas de metal para tas puertas y
ventanas.
Sánchez declaró, "Estamos remitiendo
By Toppy Burke
Health-care providers are becoming
increasingly alarmed about health risks
that appear to be hitting Latino popula-tions
harder than others.
El Independiente will focus on each of
the following areas in the next three is-sues.
Infectious diseases, particularly those
which are sexually transmitted like
AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea and chiamydia
are increasing dramatically in Latino
populations.
These diseases result in death, inferlil-ity
or birth defects said Miguel Rojas, a
public health advisor with the Pima
County Health Department.
Syphilis and gonorrhea were nearly
wiped out until 18 months ago in Pima
County.
Their rapid resurgence can be attribut-ed
to sexual activity at crack cocaine
houses said Robert P. Lalime, program
coordinator at the Theresa Lee Clinic, an
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Vandals hit Yaqui center; police 'inadequate'
Photo by CLOS M. Lund
Miles de dolares en comida y equipo
han sido robados del asilo Pascua
Pueblo.
este presupuesto para que las rejas y las
cámaras nos protejan ya que la policía no
lo puede hacer".
La policía del Departamento no pudo
ser ubicada para declarar al respecto a
pesar de repetidas llamadas de El Inde-pendiente.
Anselmo Valencia, el principal jefe de
la tribu Yaqui de Pascua confimó lo di-cho
por Sánchez, diciendo: "Necesitamos
más policías no sólo para proteger el cen-tro,
sino para toda la reservación".
Sólo tres policías federales y dos
guardias de seguridad se encargan de
proteger 4,250 residentes de la comu-
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outreach program of the County Health
Department. The highly contagious dis-eases
then spread quickly into the rest of
the community.
A relatively new disease, chlamyzlia is
growing at a disturbing rate. Lalime said
this disease appears to be a mutant strain.
Last year 663 cases were reported in Ju-ly,
but that number jumped to 1,039 a
year later.
If untreated, this disease can cause in-fertility
in women Lalime said.
Chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea are
all curable and treatment is simple, said
Lalime. At the Theresa Lee Clinic
screening and medication cost $5.
Several other problems are the result
of lack of preventative care.
Dr. Elisabeth MacNeill, director of
Disease Control at the Pima County
Health Department, said studies are re-vealing
that pre-natal care often occurs
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By Elizabeth P. O'Keefe
Saying the Bureau of Indian Affairs
police cannot handle the "cunning, smart
vandals" who have wreaked $5,000 in
damages to the Liogue Senior Center in
Pascua Pueblo, Yaqui officials axe call-ing
for an elaborate security system.
In a proposal sent to the Bureau Sept.
6, Tony V. Sánchez, the director of the
center, has asked for $14,704 to install
IO mfra-red cameras, a seven-foot fence,
steel shields, wrought iron doors and
window guards.
"We are sending the proposal in the
hopes that the fences and cameras will
defend us from these hoodiums because
the police can't," Sánchez said.
The ETA, police could not be reached
for comment, despite repeated calls from
El Independiente.
Anselmo Valencia, traditional chief of
the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, agreed with
Sanchez, saying, "We need more police
not only to protect the center, but for the
whole reservation. There should be more
police to answer our calls."
Three Federal B.LA. police and two
security guards serve the 4,250 residents
of Pascua Pueblo in semi-rural Pima
County, about 20 miles from Tucson.
And, the situation is not likely to
change, tribal officials contend.
"The government only gives us so
much money and we have to take no for
an answer," Valencia said. "If we could,
we would finance another (police) per-son,
but then we would have to get an-other
vehicle too."
Sánchez, the center director, said the
lack of police protection has forced him
to take matters into his own hands.
Nivel de las enfermedades crece en la población latina
Health problems, disease increase in Latino population
Traductora: Leticia Green
Dirigentes de varios centros de salud
están alarmados por et aumento de enfer-medades
entre la comunidad hispana.
Ei Independiente publicará una serie
relacionada a estos problemas en- sus
próximas ediciones.
El nivel de las enfermedades infec-ciosas,
particularmente las que son
trasmitidas sexualmente, como el SIDA,
sífilis, gonorrea y chlamydia, que está
creciendo.
Estas enfermedades pueden ser mor-tales,
o causar infertilidad y defectos ge-n&
icos, según Miguel Rojas, miembro
- dei consejo dei departamento de salubri-dad
dei condado de Pima.
Agregó Rojas que la sífilis y la gonor-rea
fueron casi eliminadas hasta hace 18
- meses enel condado de Pima.
Ei rápido resurgimiento de estas enfer-medades
se debe a los contactos sexuales
que se practican en casas donde se trafica
con dsoas como "crack" y cocaína
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"Four or five times I've had calls from
the B.I.A. police at two and three in the
morning and I've had to come down here
and guard this piace (the center) myself,"
he said. "When the money we are asking
for comes and the security stuff is in
place, t won't have todo that anymore.' -
Pascua Pueblo Fire Chief Ronald D,
Ballard echoed Sánchez, saying, "Law
enforcement is a problem here. They
need help real bad."
According to Ballard, firefighters at
Pascua handle the police department's
calls because the police do not have a
dispatcher to take emergency messages.
"About 90 percent of the caBs out here
are police related," Ballard said. "An
emergency message will come in, the
firefighter will try to page an officer and
hopefully one of them will hear it. A lot
of times none of them know they are on
cali and the person on the line will get
angry with us."
Since 1989, the fire department has
handled 2,706 B.I.A. police calls, Ballard
said, predicting 3,200 calls for fiscal year
1990-91.
In his proposal for the security system,
Sánchez said, "We sincerely feel that the
police protection we currently have on
our reservation is inadequate for the cun-ning,
smart band of vandals doing enor-mous
damage to the Liogue Senior Cen-ter,
other departments and residents of
Pascua Pueblo."
In an interview, Sánchez said, "I want
the center to look like a jail so no one
will get in."
The Liogue Senior Center has been
raided more than 20 times, with vandals
ransacking freezers and stealing food
earmarked for homebound elderly peo-
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declaró Robert P. Lalime, coordinador de
la Clinica Theresa Lee, perteneciente al
departamento de sálubridad dei condado.
Estas enfermedades, a su vez, son
trasmitidas fácilmente ai resto de la co-
.munidad.
Una enfermedad relativamente nueva,
la chiamydia, se está transmitiendo de
manera alarmante. El alio pasado, 663
casos fueron reportados. Ahora, la cifra
es 1,039.
Lalime señaló que esta enfermedad
parece provenir de un virus mutante.
Agregó que este virus, puede ser causar
la infertilidad en la mujer.
Lalime expresó que la chlamydia, la
sifilis y la gonorrea son enfermedades
curables y el tratamiento no causa com-plicaciones.
En la Clinica Theresa Lee, ei costo de
una visita ai médico y el medicamento es
de cinco dalores.
Agregó que la mayoría de estos prob-
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