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FAMILY WEDS LOVE WITH COMMITMENT

Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - Sunday, March 3, 2002Auhor!"yline# D$NN%S McCA&'$diion# *alley ro+Secion# News

age# N3'he +residen announced las wee ha he wans o s+end .300 /illion on +rogra/s +ro/oing/arriage a/ong low-inco/e cou+les wih children

%1e go a eer idea Sae he /oney and go isi he Magdaleno fa/ily in San 4ernando, insead'hey1re a case sudy of srong, successful /arriages orn ou of low-inco/e acgrounds

'his year, hree of 5enaido and 4eli+a Magdaleno1s children - 'rino, Al and Delfina Daniel - will eachcelerae heir 60h wedding anniersaries

'wo ohers - &udy and his siser Annie Cisneros - hae chaled u+ 77 years, and heir siser, Delia

Alidre8, 9us celeraed her golden anniersary las weeend

'hen here1s he ay of he Magdaleno fa/ily, $sella Miranda She1ll e celeraing her :7h weddinganniersary his year

&osie Cano, he oldes siser, would hae een u+ here, oo, if she hadn1 oulied oh her husands

;;'he 9oe around San 4ernando when % had /y ay was ha he ciy was e/+y,11 says Chrisine Lee,Annie1s younges daugher ;;$eryone was a he hos+ial11

Mos of he second generaion of Magdaleno ids are woring on 30 and 37 years of /arriage -

following in heir +arens1 foose+s, Chrisine says

ou don1 need a .300 /illion goern/en +rogra/ o undersand why ou 9us need o go ac 60years and isi a lile house on A/oy Aenue in San 4ernando

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;;>rowing u+, we all hough our +arens had he +erfec /arriage, one ha was uil on loe, res+ecand radiion,11 says &udy Magdaleno, /arried 77 years o Connie

'hey all saw ha, Delfina agrees - all learned fro/ he 76 years heir +arens were /arried ill deah didhe/ +ar

;;My /oher was a dee+ly religious wo/an, who raised us o e close and o care aou each oher,11she said ;;%f we had +role/s, we aled i ou wih each oher "u he i/+oran hing was we allnew we were neer alone