Vol. 52, No.35
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
September 10, 2014
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Where were you on Tuesday, September 11, 2001? As the images began to appear on the news broadcast, I could remember holding my 3 week old son and receiving a phone call from my husband asking if I was watching the news. “I answered no, why?” Thus began my day of watching the serial pictures of the planes crashing into the World Trade Towers. As the images appeared on the television, and my eyes watched in horror, my brain could not comprehend that this was happening to us, America. We as Americans
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Remembering 911
watch this happening to everyone else and not us. As the days and now years go by and people get back to their normal routines, we must never forget that there are people in our world that disagree with our opinions, religion, politics and our way of life and because of that they want to harm us, Americans. America is know as a melting pot and we have so many different races, religions and cultures that make up this beautiful country, it’s sad that we still have people in this world that feel it’s necessary to harm one another because of beliefs, religion and culture. Below is recap of some of the events that happened on this tragic, blood stained day in American history. “ The morning of September 11, 2001 started like any other for most people -- not least of all the morning anchors and producers expecting to report on kids going back-to-school, fall fashions and other stories typical of a Courtesy photo Tuesday in September. But the morning turned out very differently. All the
major networks were
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live with footage of the World Trade Center by 8:52 a.m., minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower. Matt Lauer cut an interview short to deliver the news with Katie Couric on “Today,” while Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer broke the news on “Good Morning America.” News about the terrorist Remember 911 continued on page 10
Partnerships with Schools to Sign-Up El Monte Children for Health Coverage by Lorena Sanchez El Monte
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As students in El Monte head back to school, an innovative partnership is working to ensure that students are healthy and ready to learn. The Mountain View School District, along with three other schools in Compton, Lynwood, and Pico Rivera is continuing to work in collaboration with the Children’s Defense Fund and The School Superintendents Association (AASA) to identify and enroll uninsured children into health coverage. “Ensuring every child is enrolled in the health coverage they need to survive and thrive will help level the playing field for children and close the opportunity gap. I applaud the Mountain View School District for recognizing that healthy children are going to be
learning children and working to ensure enrollment of children in health coverage becomes an integral part of the school culture,” said Marian Wright Edelman, President of The Children’s Defense Fund. While California has made tremendous progress in reducing the number of uninsured children over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of California children remain uninsured and many of those children are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance but are not yet covered. “This project will bring us a step closer to ensuring that every child has the health care they need to do well in school,” said Lorena Sanchez, Health Programs Coordinator at Children’s Defense Fund-California. A
growing body of research demonstrates what teachers and parents know: healthy students are more likely to attend school, are better able to focus in class and are more ready to learn, ultimately earning better grades and achieving more in school. This will be the second school year that the district works to identify children who lack health insurance and links them with assistance to apply for health coverage. The district is taking steps to ensure that this is being done effectively and sustainably within its routine school practices. Last year, the district took the initiative of modifying its student enrollment and emergency cards to include a question about a students’ current health
coverage status, a model originally spearheaded by CDF as a tactic schools can easily implement to achieve identifying those children needing health insurance. Those children who indicate they lack health insurance on the school forms will be immediately connected to a local community health worker who will assist the family and child in obtaining health coverage. To get the word out about the importance of getting children covered, the school district is reaching out to parents, school personnel, and their local community through their Back-toSchool Nights, health fairs, and other special activities. “This partnership between school districts and supporting organizations is essenHealth Care continued on page 5