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BUSINESS PROFILE:

ENTERTAINMENT:

PHOTO CONTEST:

Community Organizer Summer Intern at The Pasadena Playhouse

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Beacon Media’s Photo Contest

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Thursday, September 10, 2015 - September 16, 2015

Fourteen Years Ago Almost 3,000 People Died as a Result of Terrorist Attacks

COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 37

BY TERRY MILLER I was supposed to visit my ailing father in New York early September 2001. My family had decided later in year would be better for visiting, when his cancer treatments were at a minimum. Of course, it would be much later due to the fact that no aircraft was to fly into or around New York for many days post 9/11. I managed to get the last seat on a Jet Blue flight to Kennedy on Sept. 26. The aircraft was full, many service men and women; firefighters and National Guard. It was a somber flight indeed. I visited my parents but, as a photojournalist, my quest to get down to “ground zero” was pressing. SEE PG. 8

The scene at World Trade Center’s Ground Zero on Sept. 28, 2001.

U.S. Senate Candidate Loretta Sanchez Credits ‘Head Start’ for Her Success

El Monte City Council Celebrates Community Achievements

BY JOHANNA SALESKA

In July of 1965, just after the launch of a new government education program for low-income children called “Project Head Start,” a small-town newspaper in El Monte, California featured a grainy photograph of one local Head Start attendee. It was Loretta Sanchez. In the photo, then fiveyear-old Sanchez wears a concentrated expression along with a pair of thick-

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wired earphones while her teacher and mother, both smiling, look on. In the 50 years since that photograph was taken, Rep. Loretta Sanchez of California’s 46th congressional district has come a long way. Sanchez still credits Project Head Start for her success in the Orange County Public school system, which led to a degree in economics from Chapman, an MBA

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from American University, a successful career as a financial analyst, and, eventually, a position in the U.S. Congress. Now, Sanchez has her eyes set on the Senate seat that will open up when Barbara Boxer retires next year. Born in Lynwood, California to Mexican immigrant parents, Sanchez describes her childhood self as “voiceless.” She was so

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Community members and organizations were recognized by the city council at a special city council meeting on Tuesday night. Held in the El Monte Community Center, the meeting was packed with excited award recipients and their family and friends. Council members told jokes and gave out hugs and handshakes to the many winners of the city’s recognition awards. From acknowledg-

ing athletic and academic achievements to congratu-

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lating the hard work of community organizations and

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