FATHER'S LIVING LEGACY DAUGHTERS HONOR THEIR DAD FOR GIVING THEM BETTER LIVES.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Eddy Ratnam was a dreamer. Not for himself. For his little girls. He and his wife, Lucy, knew exactly what their daughters' lives would be like growing up in India in the 1970s in a family that wasn't wealthy. There would be no education available. They would have arranged marriages The purpose of an arranged marriage is to form a new family unit by marriage while respecting the chastity of all people involved. As suggested by the term, an arranged marriage is typically arranged by someone other than the persons getting married, curtailing or avoiding the - just like theirs had been. He wanted better for his girls. Wanted them to grow up to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders - anything they wanted to be. Just not the property of a husband they probably wouldn't love. So Lucy quit her job as a nurse and went ahead to America in 1976 to work three jobs to save money for her family's arrival. Eddy quit his job in 1977 as the supervising head clerk of the post office in their little town of Chennai, India, and followed his dreams. He worked two jobs to provide his daughters with the best education he could afford. He dug ditches for the county's Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
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Later he would become a parking lot attendant at the Van Nuys courthouse - the same parking lot where one of his girls, Jhayne Eddy, would one day park her car on her way to court as an attorney. In India, the father's first name becomes the family's last name. ``The first time I pulled into that parking lot as an attorney, and realized this was where my dad worked all those years, I burst into tears,'' Jhayne said. ``I knew he would have been so proud.'' At 62, her dad died seven months after open heart surgery - two months before he had the chance to see another one of his girls fulfill his dreams. ``I was doing my residency A duration of stay required by state and local laws that entitles a person to the legal protection and benefits provided by applicable statutes. States have required state residency for a variety of rights, including the right to vote, the right to run for public office, the at Northridge Hospital, and Dad said he wanted to come over and sit in the lobby,'' Dr. Elizabeth Eddy said. ``I asked him, why? He said he wanted to hear my name being called over the loudspeaker loudspeaker or speaker, device used to convert electrical energy into sound. It consists essentially of a thin flexible sheet called a diaphragm that is made to vibrate by an electric signal from an amplifier. . 'Paging Dr. Eddy.' I laughed and told him he'd have to wait a few months. But he didn't have a few months.'' Eddy's daughter Mercy is a teacher at Lassen Street Elementary School elementary school: see school. , and another, Priscilla, is an administrator with Kaiser. ``We all know we would have nothing if it hadn't been for our father and mother giving up their lives in India for our futures in America,'' Elizabeth said. And now it's payback Payback The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money. time, the Eddy girls say. Jhayne Eddy is a dreamer. Not for herself. For every child in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. without a father. She stands in the middle of a crowded banquet room banquet room n. A large room, as in a restaurant, suitable for banquets. filled with men Saturday morning, thanking them for coming to this Father's Day breakfast she was hosting. The men are judges, attorneys, clergy, public and police officials, business and community leaders, and anti-gang activists - all fathers trying to help Eddy Ratnam's daughter make her dream come true. To reach out to the men in this city who aren't doing a good job as fathers and get them to try harder. And to ask the good fathers out there to find some time to mentor kids without fathers. ``This woman is our conscience, men,'' said Federal District Court Judge Ronald Lew. ``We should all have a heart like hers.'' After years of serving as a public defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was , Jhayne saw too many kids coming through the system who didn't have a strong father figure like she and her sisters had. ``In India, we were Christians and women - the bottom of the barrel,'' Jhayne said. ``Our father gave up his own dreams for ours, and kept us focused on education. We want to do the same for fatherless kids in Los Angeles.'' She has all the statistics. That 90 percent of all homeless and runaway children are fatherless, and 85 percent of the youths sitting in prisons today grew up fatherless. About six years ago, Jhayne began knocking on doors with this crazy idea she had to start a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. called ``A Father's Heart,'' which can be reached by calling (818) 506-5276. ``Jhayne's trying to break the cycle, and the men in this room are trying to help her,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Cmdr. Val Paniccia, assistant commanding officer of the Valley Bureau. ``We have to get more men in the community involved in getting the fathers not doing the job to do it, and also help future fathers be good fathers,'' he said. Be Eddy Ratnams. Dreaming dreams - not for themselves. For their children. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The daughters of Eddy Ratnam, from left, Priscilla Jesudasson, Elizabeth Eddy-Bertrand, Mercy Ising and Jhayne Eddy - are grateful for the sacrifice their late father made in bringing them from India to America for a better life. The women all became professionals, just as their father dreamed. David Sprague/Staff Photographer (2) Jhayne Eddy talks with community gang activist Blinky Rodriguez, left, and LAPD Commander Val Paniccia, assistant commanding officer of the Valley Bureau, on Saturday. Gus Rueles/Staff Photographer |
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