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Donna Fox-Coots was only 16 on Feb. 3, 1959. The memories of that day in her life still come back to her like the scenes of a movie. It was the day the teenage rock idol Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper …
Donna Coots, now a resident of Pollock Pines, was Valens’s sweetheart, the inspiration for “Donna” his biggest hit record.
After 28 years, the events of that day, of Valens’s career and his relationship with Coots have been brought back to life in “La Bamba,” a new film released by Columbia Pictures …
Film makers first contacted Coots about a Valens movie in 1975, she said. But it was not until last year that they showed her the rough draft script, she said …
“Some people have said that the love angle was a little weak (in the movie),” Coots said. “But we were only 15, 16. And it wasn’t a love story. It was a story about a young man’s struggle to have his music heard, not so much stardom. Ritchie wasn’t so hot on being a star as he wanted everybody to hear his music. That was his whole life.”
George M. Smith, incumbent, and Lowell O. West are the two candidates nominated at the recent Primary Election to have their names on the ballot as candidates for election as Sheriff at the November election.
A canvass of the absentee ballots during the week showed that James P. Morton was the third man in a field of five aspirants, which included Harry W. Gay and James Darrington …
The melancholy days are here, the saddest of the year for those who enjoy swimming, for the Placerville plunge will close for the season on Sunday, September 13th.
Announcement of the closing date was made during the week by Charles Molinari, playground commissioner, who pointed out the grammar school is scheduled to open on Monday, Sept. 14th.
Luigi Raffetto, a cousin of our townsman, F. J. Raffetto, died at Oakland on Sunday, the 24th instant, from complications resulting from rheumatism, He formerly resided at Newtown, but left this county about twenty-five years ago and was, at the time of his death, a prominent business man of Oakland. His age was sixty-two years, and he leaves a widow and two sons.
The last day in the evening we have three additional campaign cards for county offices — A. S. Bosquit, present incumbant, and Grant Hill, of El Dorado, who is well known but makes his first bow to the public, for Sheriff; and Joseph Scheerer, of Georgetown, a thoroughbred, for Clerk. We are for all of them till the convention makes its choice and then will stake our office on the nominees …
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