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By Abigail Neet
News Editor
Ritch Espino was a very busy
man. White teaching at Clackamas
Community College, Espino was also
a partner at Lovejoy Chiropractic and
retired in 2007 to spend more time
teaching and with his family.
Espino died unexpectedly on
Thursday, Jan. 28.
Espino had been the lead full-
time instructor of anatomy and phys­
iology at Clackamas since 1989.
Espino got his associate’s degree
from Clackamas and earned his doc­
torate in Chiropractic Medicine from
Western States Chiropractic College
in 1990.
Espino resided in Oregon City
since graduating from clackamas.
He was bom in Los Angeles,
Calif. onApril 11,1951.
He is survived by his three sons,
Ritchie Espino Jr., Joey Espino and
Nico Espino, his two sisters Marisela
Cruz and Liz Gomez of Anaheim,
Calif, and preceded in death by his
parents Ricardo and Alicia Espino.
“He was extremely dedicated,
probably the most selfless person.
He always put everyone before him­
self” said Naomi Sether, department
secretary of Engineering, Life and
Physical Science. “He was so much
more than a friend,” Sether added
tearfully.
“The most important tiling to
him was people succeeding,” Sether
said.
Kelly Steigleder, assistant to the
dean of business, math and sciences,
said, “He was very much a mentor.
He was an incredible worker and an
incredible friend. He was the type of
person you wanted to know. So good
and pure, he drew people in, he had
such a big heart” In his spare time,
he enjoyed riding his motorcycle and
playing in his band.
Although Steigleder and Sether
discussed whether or not his motor­
cycle was a Harley or a Kawasaki,
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they both agreed he enjoyed his bike.
Ritchie Espino, Espino’s son, cleared
up the situation and admitted that his
father’s bike was a Kawasaki.
“He did everything he could to
make it look like a Harley,” Ritchie
Espino said.
“He enjoyed so many things,”
Ritchie Espino added. “He was a big
car guy.”
According to Sether, he loved to
party and was the best host ever.
“He loved being with his friends
and above all loved being with kids,”
Sether said.
Ritchie Espino also said his father
put out three records in the 1970s
and was a great drummer as well as
singer.
“He was an excel!
believe me, I went a
Sether said.
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about his father’s musk]
was famous in his on
said.
He also added that his
a lot to him. “He was pa
it,” he said, also saying,
awesome dad”
A memorial service 1
in Gregory Forum Saturn
at 2 p.m.
Donations can be ni
Ritch Espino Children’s i
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Mingo moves behind the camera for fall term sabbat
By Erik Andersen
Associate News Editor
! Andy Mingo, a broadcast journal­
ism professor and movie script writer,
has decided to go on sabbatical for the
next fall term.
. When asked what sabbatical was
Mingo said, “Depending on the insti­
tution ... generally around every seven
years, full time faculty are given a
year off for research and/or profes­
sional development So it’s basically
paid leave.”., A
■ According to Mingo, sabbatical is
a. “great aspect of academia.”
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it is a great time for professors to
do things such as write books and
heighten their skills.
Even though Mingo has decided
to take just the fall term off, it is pos­
sible to take as much as a year off for
sabbatical.
During his time off Mingo has
decided to work on a short film that he
has written tiie script for, one in which
he wants the plot to be kept secret
until he is done, hopefully in the late
fall. He said that they will be going
into production some time in the late
summer and into the fall where he
will then finish up such ends as shoot­
ing and editing.
Mingo explained that he mainly
works on drama these days and that
this film will be no exception.
Aside from making the film,
Mingo also anticipates learning more
about the new equipment his classes
have, such as the new cameras, and to
“become more proficient in all aspects
in digital film making and produc­
tion,” he said.
To take the temporary place of
Mingo next fall will be part-time pro­
fessor Brian Lindstrom vftio currently
teaches digital video editing here at
Clackamas Community College.
“[Mingo] invited me to teach and
I thought it would be a great expe­
rience,” Lindstrom told Clackamas
News Online reporter Brian Baldwin.
“I love teaching and I love being
on campus,” said Lindstrom.
Lindstrom explained to Baldwin
that when he was around 18 or 19 and
fresh into college, he became inter­
ested in telling stories and how film
was able to do that
Lindstrom went to film school for
directing and screen writing. Since
then he has made a couple of docu­
mentaries called “To Pay my Way
with Stories,” which he said follows
three participants in’what is called
“Write Around Portland,” a series of
writing workshops. Lindstrom also
made a film called “Finding Normal”
where he follows three long term
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