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Tia Lencha’s Dispatch: ¡Que Viva Los Doyers! Unlikely Heroes

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This has been quite a week for Fernando Valenzuela and Mexican-American Dodgers and Dodger fans.

Tuesday, Valenzuela, one of my childhood heroes, had his number 34 jersey retired.

There was a whole weekend of festivities in his honor, including a video of his brothers and sister congratulating him all the way from Mexico.

His story always made me proud to be Mexican while I was growing up in the 1980s, when it wasn’t a particularly great time to be Mexican.

Mas…Tia Lencha’s Dispatch: ¡Que Viva Los Doyers! Unlikely Heroes

Around Our Town: Ñews from the Neighborhood

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Girl Scout Cookies: Troop 112, sponsored by the Pocho Estates Women’s Club, will set up a table next Tuesday after school outside the Safeway on Ritchie Valens Drive. Thin Mints are in short supply so quantities are limited, with only two boxes per person. Cash only, no layaways.

Band Concert: The Edward Olmos Middle School Concert Band invites you to their first performance of the New Year Thursday at 3 PM in the school auditorium. The program includes Stairway to Heaven, LaLaLaLaLa Means I Love You and Turn the Beat Around .

Mas…Around Our Town: Ñews from the Neighborhood