POP/ROCK - Aug. 25, 1987

A music scholarship for young Latinos was unveiled Sunday in honor of Ritchie Valens, whose brief rock ‘n’ roll career in the late 1950s is portrayed in the current movie, “La Bamba.” The Ritchie Valens Music Scholarship will support young Latinos wishing to pursue a college music education. The fund began with a $5,000 presentation to the Youth Opportunities Foundation, which will administer the scholarship. The ceremony was attended by Valens’ 72-year-old mother, Connie Valenzuela, and Lou Diamond Phillips, who portrays Valens in the box-office hit.