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ANTHONY VICTORIA
Los Angeles Dodgers fans celebrating their team's 11-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, which assured their place in this year's World Series. This is the first time in 29 years the Dodgers will play in the fall classic. Outfielder Enrique “Kike” Hernandez hit three home runs, he Los Angeles Dodgers including a grand slam, during are back in the World Game 5 of the National League Series--and they did it in Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs to secure their colossal style. By Anthony Victoria
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return to the fall classic. three decades the “boys in blue” Local fans, both young and old, will host a World Series game at who have watched their team fall Dodgers Stadium. short for years leading up to “Words can’t explain how I feel Thursday were left without words. It’s the first time in nearly Dodgers, cont. on pg. 2
Veterans touched by high school diploma recognition
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FERNANDA TOVAAR
Colton resident Luis Ramirez Duran, a World War II veteran, received his high school diploma on Oct. 18, as part of Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project. By Fernanda M. Tovar
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or most students, high school graduation is an important part of their lives. However, that was not the
case for Colton resident Luis Ramirez Duran. After completing middle school, Duran worked at his father’s lumberyard until 1942 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Then
18 years old, Duran did not put much thought into missing high school. Duran, now 93, along with six other veterans, received high school diplomas during the ninth annual Operation Recognition
Veterans Diploma Project ceremony on Oct. 18. The recognition is bestowed on behalf of the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and the county's Department of Veterans Affairs. “I never thought I would have this opportunity,” Duran said. More than 260 veterans have been honored through the project since 2009. The state’s education code gives veterans and internees who didn’t complete high school the opportunity to receive a diploma. Those honored served with distinction during World War II, Korea, or Vietnam and live in San Bernardino County. Duran served in the Philippines and was stationed in Korea after the war’s end. Going back to school and getting his high school diploma never crossed Duran’s mind when he returned home in 1946. “I got back from the war and I went back to work the next day,” Duran said. Willie Thomas of Rialto was also “all work” before and after Diploma, cont. on pg. 2
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