FANS' LOVE OF VALENS BURNS ON.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: May 8, 1998 | Copyright information

Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer

Like his 1950s rock idol Ritchie Valens, Jim Wegner has always had a fear of flying. But today, the Wisconsin man will board a plane for the first time in his life and follow the music to Pacoima.

The anxiety is worth it for Wegner, 34, a die-hard Valens fan who comes west to visit Valens' hometown for the fourth annual Ritchie Valens Festival this weekend. And as a bonus, he is being welcomed into the home of Val...

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