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Publisher Leo Ventocilla Editor-in-Chief Greg Pawlak Movie Editor KLEDLIVE.COM Broadcaster Jorge Tenorio Foreign Correspondent Fred Grunland Theatre Editor Linda Pena Lake Elsinore Office Account Executive Manager Ronika Star Hollywood Office Jaime Escalante with VPE Director Leo Ventocilla (Foto Archive) Account Executive Bill Jones Legendary Teacher Jaime Escalante has Passed Away EPGP Staff Photographers The family of famed teacher about his Garfield AP Calculus changed American education, and I EPGP Jaime Escalante, 79, has program, Stand and Deliver, will work to ensure that it contin- Graphic Designer announced that he passed away at remains one of the most popular ues long into the future." Webmaster 2:27 pm. The cause of death was and beloved films ever made about "Jaime's greatest gift not only to coronary and respiratory failure, the teaching profession. me but to anyone taught by him or Gaspar Enterprises precipitated by cancer. His career has been celebrated in who saw Stand and Deliver is that Distribution A native of La Paz, Bolivia, and a number of books, most notably no matter who you are or where the son of two elementary-school Escalante: The Best Teacher in you came from you can achieve Gilbert Pena teachers, Escalante came to America (1989), by Washington anything," said actress Vanessa Distribution Manager America in 1963 at age 33. Post writer Jay Mathews. He Marquez, who played a student in Although he was already an became a presence in classrooms the film. "It is no surprise that after Parker Stanbury LLP accomplished and popular science throughout the U.S. - and the world meeting him I aced all of my math Legal Advisor and mathematics teacher in - through the PBS series classes in college and I have used Bolivia, he spoke almost no FUTURES with Jaime Escalante. what I learned from him for the News Service English and had to return to school One of the most popular classroom past 23 years. He will always be a Newscom to become a certified teacher in programs in the history of public part of my life." PR News California. broadcasting, FUTURES com- Escalante is survived by his wife, City News He worked at a series of jobs as bined examples of Escalante's two sons, and six grandchildren. NAPS he studied, from a restaurant to a teaching style with his purpose to Services are pending. "The best computer company, and in 1974 help his students discover reward- way to honor the life and work of Proud Member of the Hollywood attained his goal. Arriving at ing careers in math and science. this great man is to keep it going Chamber of Commerce Garfield High School in East Los "Jaime exposed one of the most and I, along with others whose Angeles, he encountered a culture dangerous myths of our time - that lives he touched, intend to do that," Editorial control is retained by the of low expectations, gang activity inner city students can't be expect- said Olmos. in lieu of flowers I am editorial staff of VPE. The and administrative apathy. ed to perform at the highest levels," asking those who share this goal to Publisher reserves the right to alter His success in overcoming these said Edward James Olmos, who send donations to the Jaime or refuse any advertisement or edi- odds and in enabling "unteachable" played Escalante in Stand and Escalante Legacy Project at 236 torial submissions. Submission are students to master advanced math- Deliver. "Because of him, that West Mountain Street, Suite 105, the views of the writers and do not ematics made him a national and destructive idea has been shattered Pasadena CA 91103. necessarily reflect the view of the international hero. The 1988 movie forever. This is a legacy that management of VPE Inc. October 1 - 15, 2010 www.Dtodos.org DTodos 03 VECINOS gifts they received or gave, tax dreds of pages of documents. He Noriega ruled Panama from 1982 returns, bank accounts and outside also announced a toll-free hot line to 1989, and worked for decades business interests. for people to report allegations of with the CIA and later with Pablo They also were ordered to give misconduct against Bell officials, Escobar´s Medellin cartel, receiv- depositions to state lawyers begin- including possible voter fraud. ing kickbacks for allowing ning Aug. 19, according to a state- "My office has received several Colombian cocaine to pass through ment from Brown's office. reports from residents of Bell indi- his country. In addition, the city itself was told cating that city officials encour- Noriega was captured in a US to produce records relating to a law aged them to fill out absentee bal- invasion on Dec. 20, 1989 and firm that formerly handled city lots and then collected the ballots," taken to the United States, where business. Brown said. he was convicted of drug-traffick- Salary scandal ing, racketeering and other crimes. By Leo Ventocilla He was in prison for 20 years, though he was originally sentenced When I was working for the Press to 40 years in jail, which was Telegram many years ago (8 years reduced for good behavior. ago, if my memory serves me Panama´s government has long right) a group of Bell City residents pushed for Noriega´s extradition, came to my office to report such but the United States agreed to crimes. It was published then in El extradite him for a retrial in France, Economico, a Spanish version of where he had been tried and con- PT. It was very difficult to gain victed in absentia 11 years ago. access to this corrupted City offi- Jacques Leberquier, one of cials; but as usual, justice comes Noriega attorneys, said that the sooner or later. Here is what is hap- Paris court´s sentence was "extremely severe" and that it was pening now. Defiant Council member California's attorney general sub- politically motivated and influ- poenaed nine present and past Bell The identities of the officials Brown said his office wants to enced by the United States. city officials ordering them to turn under scrutiny were not disclosed determine, among other things, The court also ordered the confis- over their financial records and but were likely to include highly whether there was any wrongdoing cation of 2.3 million euros of funds undergo questioning under oath in paid City Council members and during a 2005 election that turned stemming from the Medellin cartel a widening investigation into a several officials who left after Bell into a charter city, exempting and ordered Noriega to pay a 1 mil- salary scandal. details surfaced regarding the siz- it from certain state limits on offi- lion-euro fine to the state of able salaries they earned to govern cials' salaries. Panama. Bell, a city of about 40,000 people Fewer than 400 people voted in Panama wants Noriega to return that is one of the poorest in Los the election, and many of them to face charges for the murder of Angeles County. filed absentee ballots. dissident Hugo Spadafora en 1989. Former city manager Robert A retired Bell police sergeant has But few Panamanians want him to Rizzo earned about $1.5 million a filed a lawsuit claiming off-duty return. According to a poll by firm year in pay and benefits before officers were recruited to distribute Unimer in mid-June for La Prensa resigning along with the assistant absentee ballots in last year's elec- daily, almost 60 percent of city manager and police chief in tion and tell people which candi- Panamanians are against his return. the face of public outcry. dates to vote for. -Latinamerica Press. Brown said at a news conference State Controller John Chiang has that his Office had been trying to said his office is launching an audit contact Rizzo without success. of city spending. "We have people serving subpoe- Hotline number: (866) 625-4400. nas," Brown said. Robert Rizzo Messages left by The Associated Press for Rizzo at his Huntington PANAMA "When city employees of a tiny Beach home and his horse ranch in Latinamerica Press Source. suburb of L.A. make as much as or Washington State were not imme- France gives Noriega seven nearly double the salary of the diately returned. years The mayor and three council president of the United States, Former Panamanian dictator members who each earned nearly things are out of control," Attorney Manuel Antonio Noriega was sen- $100,000 a year recently agreed to General Jerry Brown said in a tenced to seven years in prison by a slash their salaries by 90 percent. statement. Paris court for using banks in the Brown, a candidate for governor, Brown's office ordered the offi- European country to launder previously subpoenaed hundreds of cials to turn over records related to money stemming from the city records and has received hun- Manuel Antonio Noriega, USA friend at their pay and pension benefits, Medellin cartel in the late 1980s. one time, but now enemy #1 October 1 - 15, 2010 www.Dtodos.org DTodos 04 MOVIE REVIEWS OLD DOGS Por: Leo Ventocilla/VPE Compiled by: Leo Ventocilla/VPE Algo increíble acerca de una película nada.