By Anthony Victoria

Dr. Cony Martinez,founder and chief execu-tive officer of the Cinema

Culturas Inland Empire, is helping

the youth of Riverside’s CasaBlanca neighborhood learn the cin-ema arts in order to develop theircritical thinking skills. Three work-shops are scheduled to take placeon June 6, 20, and 27 at the Casa

Blanca Library.Beginning last month, with thehelp of assistant and recentCalifornia Institute of the Arts

Children of Casa Blanca totell stories on screen

San Bernardino Valley Municipal WaterDistrict announces conservation plan

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Photo/cony MArtinezcinema culturas inland empire founder and chief executive officer Dr. Cony Martinez (center) with children ofthe casa Blanca neighborhood of riverside.

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June 1 was the first dayGovernor Jerry Brown’sexecutive order to reduce

water usage across the state tookeffect. Water used for irrigationwill need to be cut by half in thenext nine months. San Bernardino Valley MunicipalWater District (SBVMWD) offi-

cials during a press conference onMonday explained that agencieswill have to cut their usage by 24-to 36-percent in order to avoid pay-

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Photo/Anthony VictoriASBVWMD display of 15 55-gallon drums symbolizing the amount of water the average consumeruses daily.

The 21st Annual FreeFamily Health Clinicwill be held on Sunday,

June 14, 2015, from 9 a.m. to2:00 p.m. at Indian SpringsHigh School, 650 N Del RosaDrive, San Bernardino,California 92410. This freeclinic is for people who do nothave health insurance or themeans to pay for health care. The community health clinicwill be providing free serviceand consultation including:internal medicine; women andchildren’s medical health care;eye, ear, nose and throat med-ical services; blood sugar andcholesterol screenings; dentalservices; alternative medicineand acupuncture. .This event will be staffed bymedical professionals, staffand volunteers from theBuddhist Tzu Chi Free Clinic.This year the Tzu ChiFoundation will be partneringwith the San Bernardino CityUnified School District, LuckyFarms, Mexican ConsulateOffice, Molina Health Care,LULAC, and other school dis-tricts and community organiza-tions. Pre-registration is suggested.Please call Angelica Quiroga,909-381-1294.

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ing $10,000 per day fines. Resi-dents who are not compliant withthe mandate face up to $500 perday fines. Officials are hopingthey and residents don’t have todeal with any sanctions. “We are encouraging residents tosee this period as an opportunityto make a permanent and positivechange in the way we use water inthe Inland Empire,” said SB-VMWD president Mark Bulot.“These low levels of cumulativestorage have been a wake-up callthat our region needs to do a betterjob of storing more water in ourgroundwater basins during ‘wetyears’ to ensure that there will al-ways be adequate supplies whenthe next drought comes.”California’s current drought,now in its fourth year, has wateragencies relying on the lowestlevel of storage in the region’s pri-mary groundwater basin in his-tory. It has caused concern overthe ability of local water suppliesto operate sufficiently if thedrought continues for months oryears to come.The region is no stranger todrought conditions. In 1954--inthe middle of an ongoing 20-yeardrought-- (someone/entity)formed the SBVMWD to find away of importing supplementalwater into western San BernardinoCounty to make up for shortfallsin local water supplies. Douglas Headrick, SBVMWD’sgeneral manager, promised InlandEmpire residents that the region’swater source will not come to ahalt.“We want to assure everyone in

the region that should this droughtcontinue, as history shows has oc-curred in the past, the Inland Em-pire will not run out of water,”Headrick said. ““The Inland Em-pire has alternatives that otherplaces in California do not havewhere they are running out ofwater. Our domestic wells couldbe lowered, at enormous cost, butwe would prevail — and wewould recover.” The SMVMWD, which servesareas of San Bernardino, Colton,Loma Linda, Redlands, Rialto,Bloomington, Highland, Mentone,Grand Terrace and Yucaipa, is inthe process of creating an approx-imate $2.5 million fund to help re-move turf in high-traffic andhigh-visibility areas. According toHeadrick, the turf-removal planwill have $828,000 invested fromthe state, SBVMWD and a localretail water agency that wouldapply for funding. Former San Bernardino MayorPat Morris, while praising the ef-forts of the water agency, said hewas disappointed that there is cur-rently no program in place to helplow-income residents transitionfrom grass lawns to more drought-tolerant landscapes.“I’m fearful that low-incomefamilies will let their lawns gobrown in the absence of an ag-gressive program to help themconvert to a new drought-tolerantlandscaping,” said Morris. “Weneed to alter permanently our be-havior and practices in regards towater usage for our homes.”

graduate Lydia Hicks, Martinezhas helped children ages 6 to 14years old develop their own storiesthrough screenwriting, directing,and storyboarding. Martinez, a former professor ofLatin American Film and Litera-ture at Pomona College andUCLA, believes the cinema artswill allow the participants to em-brace who they are. She intends onusing the stories developed by thechildren for a film that will bescreened during the Cinema Cul-turas Film Festival in November.“We want to tell children thattheir stories matter,” Martinezsaid. “When you allow someone totell their own stories, you are al-lowing them to be themselves andto embrace who they are.” “La Imaginacion” (The Imagina-tion) is the first part of what Mar-tinez explained is a continuingprocess that will transform thechildren into high-level performerswho will be ready for higher edu-

cation and career paths. As a first-generation collegegraduate, Martinez said she faceddifficulties adapting to college be-cause of her lack of exposure tocritical thinking and educationalresources. She believes teachingyoung children reading and writ-ing skills from the beginning oftheir education spur success in theclassroom.“When I was growing up I didn’thave a story read to me at night,”she said. “When you have that inyour life, it can be beneficial. Thekey is that children learn and showprogress. They are not going to getwhat they want in one day. If weteach them this from day one, theywill continue on and be success-ful.”So far Martinez said the storyideas presented by the participantsrevolve around the idea of helpingthe community. Through the use ofsuperheroes and princesses, theplots created by the children em-phasize saving someone. Martinezemphasized that it could be a

theme that focuses on saving theircommunity. “When you offer a child thespace to be creative, it is an optionfor them to not seek gangs or vio-lence,” she said. “We are lookingfor a place to belong. Instead ofgoing to the streets, they belong inthe classroom.”The workshops for this month arescheduled for two sessions: thefirst for children ages 6-12, begin-ning at 12:00 p.m., and the secondfor children ages 11-14, beginningat 1:30 p.m. Children of othercommunities are also invited aswell. For more information, con-tact Beverly Arias at (951) 858-5727 or atBeverly951@yahoo.com.

Contact the author at (909) 269-9585;victoriaanthony91@gmail.com.

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PHOTO/CONY MARTINEZDr. Cony Martinez (center) and her assistant Lydia Hicks (right) with the children of casa Blancaduring one of the cinema cultura workshops.

Photo/Anthony VictoriASan Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD)general manager Douglas Headrick.

“We want to tell children that their stories matter...When you allow someone to tell their own stories, you are allowing them to be themselves and to embrace who they are.”

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Congratulations Graduates!

What a busy time of the yearfilled with celebrations for our stu-dents graduating from one grade toanother, from high schools, col-leges and universities and manycompletion ceremonies for thosein specialized areas such as EMTs,paramedics, nursing, police andfire academies and many more.It was a privilege to be the com-mencement speaker at my almamater - San Bernardino HighSchool. I shared the stage with stu-dent speakers, Connie Hurtado,Alejandro Avila, Melissa Brito,Susana Murrillo, Julissa Vejar,Joshua Craig, Breanna Jordanand Anthony Hernandez who allspoke of their dreams and grati-tude for the support of their fami-lies, teachers and fellow students.It was bitter sweet for principalSandra Rodriguez who will beleaving the school after a longtenure for a position at the Districtoffice as she wished the studentswell in their future endeavors. Ijoined Dr. Harold Vollkommer,Deputy Superintendent; Dr. Bar-bara Flores, SBCUSD SchoolBoard Member; Ted Alejandre,San Bernardino County Superin-tendent of School, and CharlesBrown Jr., Director, Departmentof Equity and Student Achieve-ment in congratulating and shak-ing hands with every graduate whowalked in the ceremony. Class of2015, I wish you well and I am soproud of your accomplishments.

The Drought:

Effective at the start of thismonth city water departments inthe valley are asking customers toreduce water use by 28% as re-quested by the State's Water Re-sources Control Board. So eachmonth's usage will be compared tothe same month in 2013. The seri-ous water shortage has 93 percentof the state facing serious droughtconditions impacting 30 millionresidents. Up and down the stateWater agencies are issuing conser-vation mandates. In SanBernardino the Municipal WaterDepartment is enforcing the fol-lowing conservation mandates:• Irrigation is permitted only be-

fore 8am and after 6 pm• Irrigation will only be allowedon Mondays, Wednesday and Fri-days of each week• No watering of outdoor land-scapes that cause excessive runoff• No irrigation for 48 hours aftera measurable rain• No washing down driveways,sidewalks or other hardscapes• Washing of vehicles is not per-mitted except using hoses with au-tomatic shut-off device or at acommercial car washing facility• No use of fountains that usepotable water unless the water isrecirculated• All water leaks shall be cor-rected within 72 hoursIf customers do not comply therewill be two warning notices fol-lowed by a $100.00 fine and pos-sible additional monetary penalty.The mandates apply to all watercustomers be they commercial orresidential.

League elects officers:

The League of Women Voters ofthe San Bernardino Area electedofficers and directors at its annualmeeting. New officers include:Gloria Anderson and Jill Vassi-lakos-Long, Co-Presidents;Kathryn Ervin, Secretary; Den-nis Baxter, Rachel Clark,Dorothy Garcia, SusanLongville, Marilyn Patterson,Vanessa Perez, and Betsy Star-buck, Directors. Continuing areValerie Lichtman, Treasurer; andGloria Macias Harrison, MarySaxon Hobbs, and BarbaraSokoloff, Directors. The League also adopted thelocal chapter's program of issuesfor 2015-2016. The program in-cludes supporting measures andresearched positions on the SanBernardino Charter, Libraries,Equality of Opportunity forWomen, Education, Health Care,Mental Health, Homelessness,Urban and Regional Planning,Transportation and Water.

Save the Date:

Saturday, June 6 - the Wild-wood Park Neighborhood Associ-ation presents an All-You-Can-EatPancake Breakfast at the LutheranChurch, 5050 North Sierra Wayfrom 8a.m. to 11a.m. The organi-zations meet on a regular basis toexchange information on wateruse, public safety issues, busi-nesses in the area, and discussionswith the local councilman. For in-formation email: Wildwood-ParkSB@gmail.com

Saturday, June 6 - the RedlandsFamily Services presents a familyfriendly 5K Hunger Walk at theUniversity of Redlands, 1200 E.Colton Ave. proceeds from thisevent will benefit the Agency'sSummer Food Program. For infor-mation call: 909.793.2673 or visit:www.redlandsfamilyservice.org

Saturday & Sunday, June 6 &7 - the Annual St. Anthony Fiestawill take place at 1640 WesternAve., San Bernardino. Entrance isfree to this event that features liveentertain, food booths, activities

for children, door prizes and raffle.Fiesta hours are Saturday, noon to11 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9p.m. For information call:909.887.3810

Monday, June 8 - the LomaLinda Chamber of Commercepresents its 27th Annual GolfTournament at the ArrowheadCountry Club 3433 ParksideDrive, San Bernardino. For infor-mation call: 909.799.2828 oremail stephaniemahe@lomalin-dachamber.org

Tuesday, June 9 - the HispanicInland Empire Chamber of Com-merce presents a small businessworkshop at 8 p.m. at the Arrow-head United Way office, 646 N. DStreet, San Bernardino. For infor-mation call Linda Gonzalez at951.213.9916 or email hispani-ciechamber@gmail.com

Wednesday, June 10 - the SanBernardino City Library Founda-tion presents a One-DayFundraiser at the Mexico Cafe,892 E. Highland, Ave. from 11a.m. to 9 p.m. Proceeds benefitnew technology and materials forthe San Bernardino Public Li-braries. For information or to do-nate call: 909.381.8211 or visitthefoundation@sbpl.org

Saturday/Sunday, June 13 &14, the American Cancer Societypresents Relay for Life of SanBernardino at Cajon High Schoolfrom Saturday at 9 a.m. to Sunday9 a.m. This is a community eventthat supports the mission of theAmerican Cancer Society and cel-ebrates survivors and their caretak-ers, remembers loved ones wholost their battle and educates thepublic to fight back throughhealthy lifestyles and early preven-tion. For information call: DeniseDesirello at 951.675.3198, email:denise.desirello@cancer.org orv i s i t :hhp://RelayForLife.org/san-bernardinoCa

Friday, June 19 - the ArrowheadUnited Way Women's LeadershipCouncil will hold its QuarterlyLuncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00p.m. At the Bank of America -Downtown, 303 North D Street,San Bernardino. For informationcall Gretchen Strutzenberg at909.884.9441 or email WLCAd-min@ahuw.org

Monday to Friday, June 15 to19 - the Humane Society of theSan Bernardino Valley will host itsAnnual Critter Camp - a week-long, interactive, learning experi-ence for students entering thesecond, third, fourth and fifthgrades. Through this hands-oncamp, children will learn the im-portance of kindness and compas-sion toward all living creatures.The children will be experiencethe world of bugs, marsupials,therapy and service animals, thedifference between wild and tameanimals plus animal art activities.For fee information and assistanceand to register call 909.380.7844or visit www.hssbv.org or stop bythe Humane Society office, 374 W.Orange Show Rd. For questionscall Jill A. Henderson at909.386.1400 ext. 224.

Saturday, June 20 - the 2015CommUnity Festival will occurfrom 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. atPerris Hill Park in San Bernardino.The free event will feature localmusic performances, live art, civiclounge, children’s activities, yogafitness classes, vendors, raffles,

food vendors and much more. Or-ganizers are Generation Now.

Friday, June 26 - the SanBernardino Symphony conductedby Frank Fetta present MosaicoMusic Festival at 8:15 p.m. Theconcert features a symphonic trib-ute to Mexican composer Augus-tine Lara and other LatinAmerican classics. The concertwill also feature Mateo Oliva'sMosaico National, a symphoniccelebration of folk themes fromthroughout the regions of Mexico.Soloists are mezzo-soprano AnaGonzalez and tenor Gustavo Her-nandez and the Ballet Folkloricode Los Angeles.

Saturday, June 27 - Habitat forHumanity San Bernardino Area,Inc. presents Flapjack Fundraiserfrom 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Apple-bee's, 2046 W. Redlands Blvd,Redlands. Raffles and other funactivities are planned. For ticketsand information visit the Restoreat 25948 Business Center Drive,Redlands or call: 909.478.1176

Saturday, June 27 - the city ofSan Bernardino presents a FreeCar Show from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00p.m. The event is part of welcom-ing of the 2015 Hemmings MotorNews Great Race. The day'sevents include: Parade of Patriots,Chili Cook-off, live music, gour-met food trucks, and many more

activities. For information contactthe Parks and Recreation Depart-ment at 909.384.5233 or visit:www.sbgreatrace.com

Sunday, June 28 - the SanBernardino Sunset Rotary Clubpresents TINMAN Triathlon & 5kplus KIDS Triathlon and TricycleRace. This event supports Rotaryscholarships and local and interna-tional projects. For informationcall: 909.237.9368 or visitwww.rotarytinman.org

Tuesday, July 7 - the Food Pol-icy Advisory Council of the Com-munity Action Partnership of SanBernardino County will meet from9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at ImmaculateConception Church, 1106 N. LaCadena Drive, Colton. Guestspeaker is Jared Call, ManagingAdvocate, California Food PolicyAdvocates who will speak on thelegislative agenda of the group andupdates on current programs suchas Summer Meals Program. Forinformation visit the CaliforniaFood Advocates website athttp://CPA.net/

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Astudy done by theCounty of SanBernardino in 2012

demonstrated that 22-percent ofadolescents in the region said theybelieved occasionally gettingdrunk was alright, as long as it didnot interfere with work, school, orother day-to-day responsibilities. But why should researchers evenpose such a question to teenagersand young adults? I will tell you:because we are seeing more andmore teenagers drinking, as wellas using other substances aroundschool campuses, neighborhoodparks, and vulnerable locations(such as alleys, hideouts, etc.).This is demonstrated in staggeringstatistics that can be found on nu-merous abuse center organizationwebsites. According to the NationalHousehold Survey on DrugAbuse, conducted by the Sub-stance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration, sevenpercent of new female drinkerswere under the age of 14. Today,some three year later, the figure isat 31 percent. The World HealthOrganization's Program on Sub-stance Abuse points out that 10 to30 million children worldwide areorphaned and must support them-selves by working, begging, steal-ing, selling sex and traffickingillicit substances. Estimates saythat up to 90 percent of thesestreet children use substances ofone kind or another. According toa survey conducted by the Na-tional Center on Addiction andSubstance Abuse one in fourAmerican teens said they had afriend or classmate who had usedEcstasy, while 17 percent saidthey knew more than one user. The figures don’t lie. Our com-munity continues to lose youngpeople to the chains of the localprison system and to early gravesdue to the effects of substanceabuse. Of the 30.7-percent ofteenagers who admitted to drink-ing or using other drugs, howmany have been incarcerated, re-ceived treatment, or are now lyingsix-feet deep in the ground?In late 2012 a friend of mine losther life as she was driving on thefreeway after colliding with an-other vehicle. Her decision todrink and drive and get behind the

wheel resulted in her tragic deathat the tender age of 20. She leftbehind friends, family, and a littleboy. At the beginning of that sameyear, I was with a friend, gettingintoxicated at a nearby park. I did-n’t realize I may have been at thecusp of losing my education andmy job--the things I value in life.After being told by a police offi-cer to step out of the vehicle andbeing frisked, we were told to sitdown. The officer then said...“You should be ashamed to behanging out with this loser, thisnobody,” the officer said to myfriend, noticing she had a childseat in the back of her car. As madand frustrated as I was because hesaid that, and despite me scream-ing “you don’t know who I am orwhat I do,” I realize, that at least I was nothelping out the situation by con-suming alcohol with her. And yet,many young ones also find them-selves with others who enable in-stead of help. That is why it is essential thatgroups such as the Colton, Rialto,and Bloomington CommunityCoalitions for Change and theMental Health Systems (MHS)nonprofit organization are con-tributing to curbing drug and al-cohol usage among teenagers andyoung adults. Since 2010, theCoalition for CHANGE has part-nered with residents, communityorganizers, city officials, and lawenforcement to address the issuesof alcohol and drug use. Leaders like MHS’ Mirza Mar-tinez-Andrade have witnessedtragedy and have grown frustratedof seeing young people lose theirlives. The Under-21 Think-O-No-Drink-O campaign and MHS’push to convince the Colton CityCouncil to pass the social host or-dinance have provided essentialsteps that have seen a change inculture in recent months.“It was very difficult at first be-cause people didn’t understandthe ordinance,” Martinez ex-pressed. “The activities and re-sources we offer have helpedattract more interest. People did-n’t want to get near us and nowwe have lines of residents waitingto participate.”As a journalist, I am proud tocover the work of organizationsthat are continuously fighting forhelping better the lives of our res-idents and young ones. I like tobelieve I have bounced back re-soundingly from that experiencein 2012. Now, I can say ‘gettingdrunk’ is not cool. My job allowsme to shed light on these issues--also in the hope of helping of savelives.

Gettingdrunk isNOT cool

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California taxes among the highestin nation

California’s sales and personalincome taxes are rated the highestin the nation by the Tax Founda-tion. Our gas tax is second high-est, and corporate taxes are thehighest in the West. Even withProposition 13, California prop-erty taxes are not low, ranking19th highest in the nation.

The Howard Jarvis TaxpayersAssociation’s “Follow theMoney” report documented bil-lions of dollars in waste, fraud andabuse in California state govern-ment, including $194 million inuncollected bills at the state De-partment of Toxic SubstancesControl; $848 million in overpay-ments by the CalWORKs pro-

gram; and $80 million in illegalmoney transfers.

Why raise taxes if governmentcannot spend responsibly themoney it already receives?

Jeff Dyer,Pinon Hills

Congratulations to SB CountySupervisor Ramos

I’d like to offer my congratula-tions to San Bernardino CountySupervisor James Ramos who wasrecently recognized with the SueMatheson Award for his work sup-porting and empowering youngpeople in San Bernardino County.The award was presented in Sacra-mento by the California Coalitionfor Youth.

Supervisor Ramos is well knownfor his commitment and leader-ship on issues related to helpingyouth maximize their potential —especially among the NativeAmerican communities, fosterkids and those at risk of homeless-ness. Aside from supporting youthinvolvement and youth and familyempowerment, he is a coalition-builder, advocate and mentor.

Every youth deserves a chance atimproving their own lives, and Su-pervisor Ramos’ work helps en-sure the youth in his communityhave a chance to do so.

Matt Cate Executive Directorfor the California Stat

Association of Counties

United States should not haveended the draft

The biggest mistake was endingthe draft and going to an all-vol-

unteer military. I served in theArmy from 1962-1965, along witha lot of draftees who came fromfamilies of all economic and socialbackgrounds. Many will recall theanti-Vietnam War sentiment thatprevailed.

But when families — many ofthem affluent— began losingmore and more family members,politicians finally began endingthe war. If nothing else, the draftkept Americans more focused onreigning in the War Hawks (mostof whom never had family mem-

bers in the Armed Forces).

The draft was replaced with thecliche “Thank you for your serv-ice.” In other words: “I’m gladyou are fighting our wars and myfamily is not.” The American pub-lic lost its focus, and the WarHawks are getting us into stupidwars again.

Mark Bixler,Redondo Beach

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With San Bernardino being oneof the Great Race stops along theirlong route from St. Louis area, thecity has really stepped up to theplate to make this stop the bestalong the Great Race route.

This is such a huge event to kickstart our city on the road to recov-ery and show residents SanBernardino is back. We hopeevery person who lives hereshows up to support this familyevent.

We have had many local volun-teers willing to help, as well as do-nations from the Elks Lodge,Crest Chevy, R81 Print, Crown

Printing, Cooly’s Hardware,Molly’s Cafe, San BernardinoGolf Club, IWC Motorsports andArrow Auto Air.

With all the blocks closed offdowntown, there will also be1,000 vehicles, a free car and mo-torcycle show for 1980 and olderAmerican cars and motorcycles, ahuge veterans parade with restoredmilitary vehicles, professionalchili cook-off, bands, two radiostations broadcasting from theevent, 15 gourmet food trucks,stage coach rides, beer garden,speciality drag racing, NASCAR,choppers, movie and TV cars ondisplay and restored fire trucks. At

least three major Hot Rod maga-zines will be there to cover theevent, and every TV news channelhas been invited as well.

Also, there will be a specialshow put on by “Wild Thang,”120 Great Race cars arriving at 5p.m., and more. The event opensfor the cars to come in at 10 a.m.,cruising starts at 11 a.m., and theveterans’ parade is at 3 p.m.

Help support our city and be apart of this first-class event onJune 27.

Steve Portias,San Bernardino

Gearing up for Great Race in SanBernardino

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Words to Think About:Fast Food...Then and Now

By G. W. Abersold Ph.D.

Iam addicted to fast food. Ilike the prices of fast foodrestaurants and I like the di-

versity of their food specialties.All of them have a few dishes incommon, but they all have theirown specialties.For example Wendy’s offerbaked potatoes and chili. McDon-ald’s has oatmeal and sweet rolls.El Pollo Loco has various kinds ofquesadillas and lots of salsa. Sub-way has a Veggie Delight sand-wich and hot soup. Burger Kinghas a “pulled pork” special. Onand on.When I was a kid (7) 80 yearsago, the only fast food I can re-member was named White Castle.A hamburger cost only a nickel.Wow!! There was an occasionalConey Island shop. Hot dogs. Thatwas all.Right now there are at least 25fast food places within 2 miles ofour home. Since I’m diabetic andinsulin dependent, I don’t frequentthe donut fast food places. All oth-ers I’m a frequent flyer.Within the two mile radius, I’vecounted 5 Subway’s, 3 McDon-alds, 3 Jack in-the Boxes,2 KFC’s, 2 Taco Bell, 2 DelTacos, 2 Bakers, 2 Carl’s, 1Wendy’s, 1 El Pollo Loco, 1Cuca’s, 1 Burger King, and severallocal independents.Several fast food restaurants pro-vide play areas for children.The McDonald restaurant beganon May 15, 1940. Seventy-fiveyears ago by two brothers, Richardand Maurice McDonald at 1398North E Street in San Bernardino,

California. They popularized “fastfood” on service, hamburgers anddrive-in service. This philosophyhas pretty much been typical of allfast-foods. Today the building is amuseum of McDonald memora-bilia. It is owned by Albert Okura,founder of Juan Pollo.The McDonald brand is in 128countries around the world. Thirtythousand locations serve 52 mil-lion customers each day.Ray Kroc is credited with reallybuilding McDonald’s after hebought out the brothers. FromApril 15, 1955 when he franchisedthe restaurants. Today 70 percentof them are franchised and the re-minder owned by the corporation.The corporate stores establish

product lines new menu offerings.Last year McDonald’s Corp. hadsales in excess of $27 billion.Masab, local manager and a na-tive Israeli, is proud of the store onBaseline; the employees are a mix-ture of white, black and Hispanics,and the cleanliness of the store in-cluding restrooms. A college Busi-ness major he is committed tomaintain the high quality.Subway fast food was started byFred Deluca and Dr. Peter Buck,on August 28, 1965. They decidedon the franchise approach andBrian Dixon was the first one sold.Currently they have 43,417 loca-tions in 110 countries. They spe-cialize in subs of all varieties; freshvegetables and 2 hot soups and sal-ads.In 2010 Subway became one ofthe largest fast food chain world-wide with 22, 749 restaurants.Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)specializes in fried chicken. It wasfounded by Harland Sanders. In1930 he took over a Shell Stationand started selling fried chicken onthe side. In 1936 he bought arestaurant and was soon honoredby Kentucky Governor Ruby Laf-foon with the honorary title ofKentucky Colonel.In 1964 Sanders sold his com-pany for $2 million.KFC was first franchised in 1952in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today theyhave 18,875 locations and in 2013had an income of $23 billion.The history of Wendy’s beganwith the dream of Dave Thomas.After a stint in the military and

working for several restaurants, in-cluding KFC, in 1969 Daveopened the first Wendy’s, namedafter his daughter.His emphasis was “fresh meat”,a salad bar, chili, frosties andchicken sandwiches. The businesscatapulted in popularity in the 80’swith Clara Peller statement.“Where’s the Beef?”In a recent conversation that I

had with Tony, an Iranian and Dis-trict Manager of several Wendy’s,there are 833 company stores inthe USA and 85 more in Canada.There are 4843 franchised stores inthe USA, 275 in Canada and 385internationally.Dave Thomas died on January 2,2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida atthe age of 69.Carl’s Jr. fast food or CKE wasstarted by Carl Karcher in 1941.He and his wife Margaret beganwith a hot dog stand in Anaheim,California. Listed among the top10 fast food restaurants they areworld-wide but focus on Califor-nia and Texas. Karcher died at age 90 on Janu-ary 11, 2008. The company hadbeen accused of insider trading bySEC and fined $500,000. In 1990he was ousted as CEO by theBoard of Directors.The business has failed in manystates but has succeeded recentlyin Texas. There are two stores inthe Highland vicinity.Fast food restaurants have gonethrough a drastic evolution in re-cent years. From limited menusthat stressed high fat hamburgersand french fries, they are all cur-rently including healthy menus.Salads, grilled sandwiches and notonly deep fried ones, specialtyfoods like oatmeal, chili and bakedpotatoes.Appearance wise they have alsoimproved with clear windows,white paint and bright lights. Inmany respects, McDonald’s hasled the way.A few years ago we were on acruise that stopped at Aruba. Tomy amusement, scores of cruisersraced to a large McDonalds to geta Big Mac. After all the food avail-able on the ship.I’m not the only fast food devo-tee.Amen. Selah. So be it.

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Upcoming ActivitiesLearn photographyfundamentals at theJoslyn Senior Center

Join other seniors at the Joslyn Senior Center for a fun and hands-on class learning the fundamentals of photography, including howto use the settings on your camera and effective use of light. The

class is free, but participants must provide their own cameras. Classesare held from 2-3 p.m. Thursdays, from May 21 through June 11, at theJoslyn Senior Center, 21 Grant St. For more information or to register,call the Joslyn Senior Center at (909) 798-7550.

Licata Brothers musicranges from Irving

Berlin to Led Zeppelin

Teen brothers Jimmy and Tony Licata will bring their upbeatacoustic guitars and artful vocal harmonies to the Redlands Com-munity Senior Center from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25. With

a repertoire spanning the 1920s through 1980s, including Hollywoodshow tunes, music by Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra, The Everly Brothers,Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin (as well as local songwriters), the brothersappeal to audiences of all ages. Admission is $2 and everyone is invited.Guests are welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic beverages.To register or for more information, please call the Joslyn Senior Centerat (909) 798-7550. The Joslyn Senior Center is located at 21 Grant St.

Kids eat free thissummer at SummerLunch Program

Beginning June 15 through Aug. 7, the Redlands CommunityCenter will provide free lunches and snacks to all youththrough age 17. Food will be provided by 180 Degrees and Still

Standing with fresh produce provided by local farmers. Serving timefor lunch will be from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. followed by snack from 4 to 5p.m. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.No registration is required however if participants have any food al-lergies please notify the Community Center prior to receiving food.Menus’ with serving portions are available at the beginning of eachmonth. For questions please call (909) 798-7579, or visit the center at111 W. Lugonia Ave.

City CouncilMeetings

Colton: First and third Tuesday,6 p.m.; 650 N. La Cadena Dr.Highland: Second and fourthTuesday, 6 p.m.; 27215 Base Line.No meetings in August.Loma Linda: Second and fourthTuesday, 7 p.m. (check city Website as dates are subject to change);25541 Barton Rd.Redlands: First and third Tues-day, 6 p.m.; 35 Cajon St.Rialto: Second and fourth Tues-day, 6 p.m.; 150 S. Palm Ave.San Bernardino: First and thirdMonday, 3 p.m.; 300 N. “D” St.

Afternoon DelightDance Socials

All seniors, couples and singles,welcome at free dance socials.Opportunity to make new friendsand remember music of our youth.

Joslyn Senior Center: First andsecond Tuesday 2 p.m., 21 GrantSt., Redlands (909) 798-7550.

Redlands Community Center:Every third Friday 2 p.m., 111 Lu-gonia Ave., Redlands (909) 798-7572.

Highland Senior Center: Everyfourth Tuesday 2 p.m., 3102 E.Highland Ave., Highland (909)862-8104.

CommunicationClasses

Mondays at 6 p.m.: Town &Country Toastmasters Club offersclasses at Trinity Lutheran Church,2900 N. "E" St., San Bernardino.

For more information, please call(909) 887-3472.

Democratic Lunch-eon Club of SanBernardino

The Democratic Luncheon Club ofSan Bernardino meet at noon onFridays at Democratic Headquar-ters, 136 Carousel Mall (near thecentral glass elevator) in SanBernardino. Speaker Schedule:5/29 Susan Lien Longville, BoardMember, SB Valley MunicipalWater District: Local DroughtImpacts and Proposed Reforms6/5 SB Public Transportation up-date: OmniTrans system changes6/12 Bill Manis, SB Deputy CityManager: Attracting develop-ment and investment to SBVisit us at www.sbdems.com orour new Facebook page atwww.facebook/SBDems.

Ballet FolkloricoCultural Classes

Mondays 5:30-6:30 5-11yrs,Mondays 6:30-8:30 11-adult. Nocharge. 951-233-7027. Knights ofColumbus, 740 Pennsylvania St.,Colton, Ca.

ARMC weeklyFarmer’s Market

Wednesdays from 9 a.m. – 1p.m. in front of the hospital. Stopby on your lunch break for certi-fied fresh produce and artisanbreads. ARMC partners with theSouthland Farmers Market Associ-ation on the weekly market to helppromote health and wellness to thecommunity.

ARMC will hostHealthy Livingclasses

Starting June 2for six weeks

from 9:30-12pm at ArrowheadRegional Medical Center(ARMC). The classes are designedfor individuals with chronic healthconditions, or for their caregiversand friends. The workshops, led bytrained facilitators, will be offeredeach Tuesday for six weeks, in theSequoia conference room, on thefirst floor of the hospital at 400North Pepper Avenue in Colton.Who should attend?• Adults interested in becomingmore physically and socially ac-tive• Adults with diabetes, highblood pressure, lung disease, orother health conditions• Caregivers, family members, orfriends of someone with an ongo-ing health condition

You will learn how to:• Eat healthy and be active• Better manage your health• Set goals and solve problems• Communicate better with yourdoctors, family and friends• Manage your medications• Relax and use meditation• Reduce stress, pain and lack ofsleep.The classes are interactive andoffer mutual support designed tobuild participant’s confidence intheir ability to manage their health.The class is free and open to all.Registration is required. To regis-ter, call 909-580-1200.

Bingo Fundraiser

Saturday, June 6 from 12 noonto 4pm. Doors open at 11:30am.at 1729 E. Baseline, SanBernardino. Hosted by LadiesKnights of Columbus. $10 per per-son and includes lots of fun, 2

bingo cards (50 cent per additionalcard), free door prizes and fingersandwiches, salads, chips, dessertand ice tea. All monetary proceedsbenefit high school senior scholar-ships. All - Yo u -

Can-EatPancake

Breakfast Saturday, June 6 the WildwoodPark Neighborhood Associationpresents an All-You-Can-Eat Pan-cake Breakfast at the LutheranChurch, 5050 North Sierra Wayfrom 8a.m. to 11a.m. The organi-zations meet on a regular basis toexchange information on wateruse, public safety issues, busi-nesses in the area, and discussionswith the local councilman. For in-formation email: Wildwood-ParkSB@gmail.com 5K Hunger

Walk Saturday, June 6 the RedlandsFamily Services presents a familyfriendly 5K Hunger Walk at theUniversity of Redlands, 1200 E.Colton Ave. proceeds from thisevent will benefit the Agency'sSummer Food Program. For infor-mation call: 909.793.2673 or visit:www.redlandsfamilyservice.org

SB City LibraryF o u n d a t i o nHosts Mexico

Cafe Fundraising EventWednesday, June 10 from11am to 9pm. The San BernardinoCity Library Foundation invitesyou to dine at The Mexico CaféRestaurant at 1892 East Highland

Avenue, San Bernardino, for aone-day fundraiser event. 15% ofyour total bill (pre-tax) will beDONATED back to support ourgroup! Present a flyer when order-ing in the dining room on Wednes-day, June 10, 2015 from 11:00 amto 9:00 pm. The proceeds willbenefit the New Technology andMaterials for the San BernardinoPublic Libraries! The flyers areavailable to print on the SanBernardino Public Library web-site. www.sbpl.org. For more in-formation call the Foundation at909-381-8211 or visit our websiteat www.sbpl.org Cal i f o r n i a

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holding a Free VisionScreeningSaturday, June 20 from 8am to2:30pm at the Rialto CommunityCenter, 214 N Palm Ave., Rialto.Sponsored by Rialto BreakfastLions Club. For More informationcall: Lion Letty - 909-820-2077,Lion Mike - 951-321-0362,Soledad - 909-820-7595. The vi-sion screening is not meant to re-place a comprehensiveexamination that is obtain throughyour eye doctors office. The visionscreening is designed to assess forocular health concerns and providea useable pair of recycled eye-glasses until you can obtain profes-sional services.

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Flash back to the 50’s at Building a Generation’s“Evening at the Burrage Mansion” fundraiser

By Yazmin Alvarez

Cuff up those jeans, dust offthe PF Flyers and brushup on the Jitterbug, Twist

and Bunny Hop — a 1950’s-erafundraiser comes to Redlands thisweekend.The area nonprofit Building aGeneration is hosting its 4th an-nual “Evening at the BurrageMansion” from 6 to 10 p.m June 6.Proceeds from the event will ben-efit the group’s programming, in-cluding assisting families withchildren ages 0-12 in the RedlandsUnified School District and sur-rounding communities.Guests at Saturday’s event willbe taken back in time to enjoySwing-dancing to the sounds froma jukebox, live music and enter-tainment by Renee Rojanaro &After Dark and special perform-ances by the Limónadas DanceCompany, a Riverside-baseddance company. Attendees can also delve intohors d'oeuvres provided by AlfaroCatering, sip on cocktails and bidthe night away during a silent auc-tion with premier club suite ticketsto a Padres game, Angels tickets,along with several more. Other highlights Saturday will bea baking contest among local pas-try chefs, which will provide theirbest desserts for the event.Building A Generation serveschildren and parents by providingpersonalized education, support,and connections to community re-sources, enabling them to become

healthy and self-sufficient fami-lies."If we can bridge families to bet-ter opportunities for their children,it increases their chance of suc-ceeding in school, being happy,and feeling safe - something everychild should be able to experi-ence,” said Melinda Corral, exec-utive director of Building AGeneration, in a news release. "Fi-nancial help from fundraisersgives us the ability to help thosechildren that would otherwise slipthrough the cracks because ofgrant stipulations or being ineligi-ble for outside programs.”Tickets for an “Evening at theMansion” are $60 for an individ-ual or $100 for two and are avail-able by advanced purchase only.Reserved or sponsor tables rangefrom $400 - $1,000. All Sponsor-ships will receive special recogni-tion.Tickets can be purchased directlythrough Building A Generation909-793-8822 or visitingEventbrite atBAG1950s.eventbrite.com. Donations are also being ac-cepted by calling Building A Gen-eration or visitingwww.BuildingAGeneration.org.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat iecn.yazmin@gmail.com.

COURTESY PHOTOS/LIMÓNADAS DANCE COMPANYMembers of the Limónadas Dance Company will help get the night into full swing performing sev-eral 1950’s-style dancing at Building a Generation’s 4th annual fundraiser, “Evening at the BurrageMansion.” The June 6 event is 1950’s themed.

Local officials: Drowning is 100 percent preventable

By MJ Duncan

With the onset of sum-mer local agenciestook the opportunity to

raise awareness of the dangersposed by water sources as we taketo the beaches, pools and rivers.On Wednesday, May 27, Safe KidsInland Empire and Loma LindaUniversity Children’s Hospital(LLUCH) along with the InlandEmpire Drowning Prevention Net-

work (DPN) converged at SplashKingdom to demonstrate the im-portance of water safety, raiseawareness about the dangers ofdrowning, and to remember theseven lives lost in 2014 to watersubmersion.The message that resonatedthroughout the presentation wasthat drowning is 100 percent pre-ventable. It is also the leadingcause of death among childrenaged 1 – 4.

During the presentation seven in-flatable bodies were placed in thepool, and were individually re-trieved by Splash Kingdom life-guards, who then handed themover to personnel from the Red-lands Fire Department. They wereconsequently placed on the groundand covered with black tarp; agrim reminder of the perils watercan pose.According to Clark Morrow ofthe San Bernardino County SheriffDepartment, there are an unaccept-able number of fatal and neardrownings in the Inland Empire,and stressed the ABC’s of drown-ing prevention: Adult supervision,Barriers and Classes.Dr. Shamel Abd-Allah fromLLUCH pediatric intensive careunit described the neurological in-juries associated with submer-sions. “The brain is the leastresistant organ, and with the lackof blood flow to the brain for 20 –30 minutes, the likelihood of neu-rological injury significantlyrises,” he explained. Drowning is a silent accident.According to Dr. Abd-Allah,young children lack the strength tosplash back to the surface, andthey slowly sink to the bottom.Parents are urged to maintain 100percent eye contact with their chil-dren, and if they can’t find theirchild, the first place to look shouldbe the pool.CPR should be performed imme-diately to return oxygen to thebody to prevent brain damage,making a significant difference inthe person’s recovery.

“This is so tragic, that one minuteyou have a healthy, happy kid run-ning around the pool, and the nexthe suffers from neurological dam-age,” Dr. Abd-Allah said. Dr. Jesse Wyatt, also fromLLUCH pediatric intensive careunit, participated in a researchstudy of drowning incidents in theInland Empire from summer 2007through September of 2014. Dataprovided insight into effective pre-ventive measures and first aid re-sponse. During the seven yearsthere were 266 incidents, 168 of

those occurred among childrenaged 1 – 4. 83 percent of adults re-ceived CPR, compared to 67 per-cent of children. Data suggestedthat fencing serves as passive pro-tection – 71 percent of incidentsreported during the study periodhad fencing around the pool. Fi-nally, data procured showed thatsocio-economics does not play afactor in water safety, it affects in-dividuals at all levels of status. “Hopefully through education wecan help prevent these bad out-comes,” Wyatt concluded.

PHOTO/MJ DUNCANOn Wednesday, May 27, Safe Kids Inland Empire and LomaLinda University Children’s Hospital (LLUCH) along with the In-land Empire Drowning Prevention Network (DPN) converged atSplash Kingdom to demonstrate the importance of water safety,raise awareness about the dangers of drowning, and to remem-ber the seven lives lost in 2014 to water submersion. Pictured isDr. Jesse Wyatt from LLUCH pediatric intensive care unit sharingdata retrieved from a seven-year study of water submersion in-cidents in the Inland Empire.

PHOTO/MJ DUNCANSeven inflatable bodies were placed in the pool at Splash King-dom to remember the lives lost last year to water submersion.Splash Kingdom lifeguards, who then handed them over to per-sonnel from the Redlands Fire Department, individually retrievedthem. Pictured is Jerome Mathieson from RFD.

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SBCUSD board member announcespush for Assembly seat

By Anthony Victoria,Staff Writer

San Bernardino UnifiedSchool District boardmember Abigail Medina

has decided to run for the Califor-nia State 40th Assembly seat in the2016 elections. The seat is cur-rently held by Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga). Among hermain goals, if elected, is to providemore educational opportunities forlow-income youth.Hailing from a working-classfamily background, Medina saidher longtime involvement in par-ent advisory boards and districtcommittees has helped her under-stand and solve issues SanBernardino County children en-counter in the classroom. Amongthe topics Medina said she intendsto improve are accessibility to col-lege-prep classes that satisfy Cali-fornia State University (CSU) andUniversity of California (UC) re-quirements (more commonly re-ferred to as A-G requirements),accessibility for grants and schol-arships, and improve transparencybetween leaders and residents.“I can relate to a lot of the issuesthese students and families are fac-ing,” the 39-year-old mother offive said. “We have to make op-portunities readily available to stu-dents in our neighborhoods and itcan be done through reliable sup-port systems.” On May 28, Medina received en-dorsements from Assemblymem-ber Jose Medina (D-Riverside; norelation), AssemblywomanLorena Gonzales (D-Oceanside),and from the California LatinoCaucus Leadership political ac-tion committee.Medina previously worked as the

senior parent organizer for theCongregation Organized forProphetic Engagement (COPE), aswell as vice-president of SB-CUSD’s English Learners’ Advi-sory Council (ELAC), and was amember of several district coun-cils. In 2013, she was encouragedby community residents to run fora seat on the board. That year shedefeated incumbent Judi Penmanin a tightly-contested election—winning by 61 votes. "As Chair of the State AssemblyCommittee on Higher Education,I am proud to endorse AbigailMedina for Assembly, a fellow ed-ucation leader and advocate whobrings years of experience in cre-ating educational opportunitiesand equity for all students in SanBernardino County,” Assembly-man Medina said. “The families ofthe 40th Assembly District de-serve her leadership in Sacra-mento.”Medina said education will bevital for the rebuilding of the localeconomy and the retention ofyoung qualified employees.“We want to make sure whenthese students graduate from highschool and college that they willthrive in these communities,” shesaid. “They need to receive em-ployment, be employable, and beable to compete in jobs that are indemand. Let’s create opportunitieshere in our own communities.”

Anthony Victoria is a StaffWriter for the Colton Courier andEl Chicano Newspapers and canbe reached at (909) 269-9585 orat victoriaanthony91@gmail.com

PHOTO/FABIAN TORRESSan Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) board member Abigail Medina sitting nextto Cal State San Bernardino president Tomas Morales during a San Bernardino City StrategicPlanning meeting earlier this year. COURTESY PHOTO

Abigail Medina with fellow San Bernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict board member Dr. Margaret Hill.

Inland Empire Community Newspapers • June 4, 2015 • Page A9

San Bernardino Generation Now finishesSeccombe Lake Mural Project

PHOTO/ROBERT PORTERTwo children helping paint the barriers at Seccombe Lake Parkon May 30.

PHOTO/ROBERT PORTERSan Bernardino Generation Now (SBGN) for over a year has committed to picking up trash,sweeping sidewalks, raking the playground area, and removing debris from the lake at the 44-acre park. For the past two months, they painted most of the parks infrastructure--emphasizingmore modern art that they hope will inspire change.

Center provides free lunches,snacks to Redlands youth

By MJ Duncan

Continuing with its effortsin providing a free, hot,nutritious meal for youth

17 and under, the Redlands Com-munity Center will begin servingfree lunches and snacks this sum-mer from June 15 through August7. With a substantial percentage ofyouth who qualify for free mealsthrough the Redlands UnifiedSchool District, this program iscritical to ensuring that youth con-tinue to receive nutritious mealswhen school is out of session.“A lot of families count on the

school lunch program, and some,unfortunately, don’t have access toresources to provide a nutritiousmeal for their kids,” said DaveJaffe, Redlands Community Cen-ter Recreational Coordinator.”

Our program is important becauseit provides the opportunity forthose families to access a fresh, hotmeal.Funding for the program comes

from Project 180 and Still Stand-ing. This year the city of RedlandsDevelopment Services Depart-ment, which also coordinates theweekly Market Night, had grantedfunding to purchase produce fromlocal farmers to further enhancethe program.According to Jaffe this is unique

from past years because all thefood served will be locally grown.When school is back in session,

the community center will shift toprovide free dinners for youth 17and under, as well as snacks. Theyear-long program serves an aver-age of 300 youth each day. According to Jaffe families learn

about the program through the

school district, flyer distributionand the Redlands Boys & GirlsClub, as well as different localcommunity groups.“This is a wonderful program and

it’s critical that we are able to pro-vide kids in our community with afresh, hot and nutritious meal,”Jaffe concluded.Serving time for lunch will be

from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. followed bysnack from 4 to 5 p.m. Food willbe served on a first-come, first-served basis.No registration is required how-

ever if participants have any foodallergies please notify the Commu-nity Center prior to receiving food.Menus’ with serving portions areavailable at the beginning of eachmonth.For questions please call (909)

798-7579, or visit the center at 111W. Lugonia Ave.

PHOTO COURTESY/REDLANDS COMMUNITY CENTERContinuing with its efforts in providing a free, hot, nutritious meal for youth 17 and under, the Red-lands Community Center will begin serving free lunches and snacks this summer from June 15through August 7. Pictured is Chef Lee Burton demonstrating healthy eating habits to youth.

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Cal High rallies to beat San G in CIF quarterfinalsBy Richard Dawson

Adominant effort by Cali-fornia High starter DanielAlvarez and a two-run

triple by Mike Elliott in the sixthended San Gorgonio’s baseballseason with a 4-1 defeat during theCIF-SS Division 4 quarterfinal atSan Gorgonio High School on Fri-day, May 29. Alvarez struck out nine Spartanswhile limiting the offense to onerun on six hits and two walks overseven innings. San Gorgonio starter HazahelQuijuada was equally dominant,carrying a no-hitter and a 1-0 leadthrough five innings, but thingsfell apart in the sixth.

Quijuada issued a walk and hit abatter to put two on with one out.Then a wild-pitch to Mike Elliottadvanced the runners to secondand third. The Condors’ freshmanhit the next pitch to deep center fora two-run triple and the 2-1 lead.Elliott came in to score on a singleby Alvarez one batter later to makeit 3-1. An RBI double in by EricSotello in the seventh made it 4-1. It was the first loss of the seasonfor Quijada, who allowed threeruns on two hits and five walkswhile striking out three as the SanAndreas League champs finish theyear 23-5-1.California (26-5) moves on to thesemifinals and will host PhelanSerrano on Tuesday, June 2. It is

the second consecutive year theCondors have reached the semis. With the game scoreless, theSpartans looked poised to have abig fourth inning but squanderedthe opportunity. Quijada doubledand singles by Adan Alvarado andDylan Konoho loaded the baseswith one out.Alvarez buckled down and in-duced Dillon Brown and BryanRivera into consecutive fielder’schoices to end the threat. Miguel Arauz almost singlehandily got San Gorgonio on theboard in the fifth. Aruaz reachedwith a two-out single, stole secondand advanced to third on a wildpitch before scoring on a single byJason Wright.

PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONStarting pitcher Hazahel Quijada suffered his first loss of the yearas San Gorgonio fell to California High 4-1 during the CIF South-ern Section Division 4 quarterfinals on Friday.

PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONSecond baseman Matt Negrete turns a double play for San Gor-gonio in the third inning.

PHOTO COURTESYA Military Banner Installation for John C. Adame took place May 27, 2015. His Banner is lo-cated on Valley Blvd, 3 poles west from Linko’s.

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NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that the SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District ("DIS-TRICT") invites sealed bidsfor Bid No. F15-08 DistrictWide MarqueeRefurbishment andReplacement .

SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on theBid Forms furnished by theDistrict. Bid Forms, togetherwith all required attach-ments to the Bid Forms,shall be delivered to theDISTRICT in a sealed enve-lope with a copy of the com-pleted required bid coversheet affixed to the outsideof the envelope and placedin the Bid Box in the Lobbyof the San Bernardino CityUnified School DistrictBoard of EducationAdministration Building("BOE"). The Bids are due at10:00 a.m. on Thursday,June 18, 2015.

Bid forms received by thestipulated times will bepromptly opened in publicand read aloud immediatelyafter sealed envelopes arecollected at the time, date,and location stated above inConference Rooms A&B.Bid Forms or Attachmentsthereto received after thestipulated time will be reject-ed and returned to Biddersunopened. Each Bid shall beaccompanied by a cashier'scheck made payable to theSan Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District, or a satisfac-tory bid bond in favor of theDISTRICT, executed by theBidder as principal and aCalifornia admitted suretycompany as Surety, in anamount not less than tenpercent (10%) of the BaseBid submitted by the Bidder.

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CMD GROUPPublic Plan Room:www.cmdgroup.com

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Norcross, GA 30092Michael Lunan

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Reed Construction Data (770) 209-3414

REQUESTS FOR BIDINFORMATION, CLARIFI-CATIONS, and ADDENDA:Questions in writing (only)may be directed to theDistrict's Business OutreachCoordinator, Ms. Jennifer

Wilhelm via email at jen-nifer.wilhelm@sbcusd.k12.ca.us or fax, (909) 885-9991.The deadline to submitRequests for Bid Information("RFBI") is 12:00 p.m. onTuesday, June 9, 2015. AllResponses to Requests forBid Information, clarifica-tions and/or addenda will beissued no later thanMonday, June 15, 2015 andwill be issued to plan hold-ers or registered planreviewers only. Suchresponses will be posted atthe C2 reprographics publicplan room website atwww.c2repro.com. Digitalcopies are considered anaccepted form of Addendadelivery method.

PROJECT DELIVERYMETHOD AND REQUIREDLICENSES: The work underthese bids will be a unit pricebid and all bidders to beconsidered responsive shallhave a current California Band/or C45 License.

PREVAILING WAGE:Department of IndustrialRelations (DIR) compli-ance, Effective January 1,2015:No contractor or subcontrac-tor may be listed on a bidproposal for a public worksproject (submitted on orafter March 1, 2015) unlessregistered with theDepartment of IndustrialRelations pursuant to LaborCode section 1725.5 [withlimited exceptions from thisrequirement for bid purpos-es only under Labor Codesection 1771.1(a)].No contractor or subcontrac-tor may be awarded a con-tract for public work on apublic works project (award-ed on or after April 1, 2015)unless registered with theDepartment of IndustrialRelations pursuant to LaborCode section 1725.5.This project is subject tocompliance monitoring andenforcement by theDepartment of IndustrialRelations.PREQUALIFICATION OFBIDDERS: NOT APPLICA-BLE FOR THIS PROJECT

SCOPE OF WORK: Refer toproject site's specific sum-mary of work contained inSections 01 11 00 of theProject Manual. The con-tractor is responsible for theperformance and comple-tion of all items according toplans, specifications andany addenda including butnot necessarily limited to thework listed below:

Provide and install up to 50multiple color LED electronicmarquee signs at variousdistrict locations with variousmounting applications.Signs are to be approxi-mately 4'x10' in dimensionand may be single or doublesided. Signs will include mis-cellaneous electrical andlow voltage infrastructureand connections. Signs willinclude illuminated I.D. cabi-net with graphic overlay andelectronic message centercapable of 4 lines of a mini-mum of 5" character textand a minimum of 15 char-acters per line.

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE(DVBE) PARTICIPATIONGOAL AND REQUIRE-MENTS: Bidders mustadhere to the District'sDisabled Veteran BusinessEnterprise (DVBE) participa-tion goal, prevailing wagesand labor compliance pro-gram, and license require-ments; information regard-ing prevailing wage rates isavailable athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/sm b u s / d e f a u l t . h t m ,http://search.cadvbe.org/dvbes/search andhttp://www.bidsync.com/DPXBisCASB.

PRE-BID CONFERENCESAND JOB WALKS: A Non-Mandatorypre-bid confer-ence and job walk will beheld at 10:00 a.m., Friday,June 5, 2015, beginning atthe Facilities andMaintenance OperationsDepartments Offices.

Site addresses: 956 W. 9th Street, SanBernardino, CA 92411

IMPORTANT DATES: FirstPublication THURSDAY,MAY 28, 2015Second PublicationTHURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015Pre Bid Conference andJob Walk 10:00 A.M., FRI-DAY, JUNE 5, 2015RFI Due TUESDAY, JUNE9, 2015Addendum Due MONDAY,JUNE 15, 2015Bid Opening 10:00 A.M.ON THURSDAY, JUNE 18,2015Bid Posting on FacilitiesWebsite FRIDAY, JUNE 19,2015Tentative Board MeetingTUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015NOA Issued(Tentative)WEDNESDAY,JULY 22, 2015CNS-2756206#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO5/28, 6/4/15 E-7089

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEFile No. 7443.20969 Title Order No.NXCA-0169471 APN 0239-212-51-0000 YOU ARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OF TRUST,DATED 05/18/2013. UNLESS YOUTAKE ACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BESOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OF THENATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.A publicauction sale to the highest bidderfor cash, cashier’s check drawn ona state or national bank, checkdrawn by state or federal creditunion, or a check drawn by a stateor federal savings and loan associ-ation, or savings association, orsavings bank specified in §5102 tothe Financial code and authorizedto do business in this state, will beheld by duly appointed trustee. Thesale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title, possession,or encumbrances, to satisfy theobligation secured by said Deed ofTrust. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address orother common designation, if any,shown herein. Trustor(s): ANDREWTAYLOR AND AMBERLE TAYLOR,HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded:05/29/2013, as Instrument No.2013-0224664, of Official Recordsof SAN BERNARDINO County,California. Date of Sale: 06/10/2015at 11:30 AM Place of Sale: On thesouthside of the main entrance tothe Chino Public Library, 13180Central Avenue, Chino, CA The pur-ported property address is: 17921WHITE WILLOW WAY, SANBERNARDINO, CA 92407Assessors Parcel No. 0239-212-51-0000 The total amount of theunpaid balance of the obligationsecured by the property to be soldand reasonable estimated costs,expenses and advances at the timeof the initial publication of the Noticeof Sale is $413,810.81. If the sale isset aside for any reason, the pur-chaser at the sale shall be entitledonly to a return of the deposit paid,plus interest. The purchaser shallhave no further recourse againstthe beneficiary, the Trustor or thetrustee. NOTICE TO POTENTIALBIDDERS: If you are consideringbidding on this property lien, youshould understand that there arerisks involved in bidding at a trusteeauction. You will be bidding on alien, not on the property itself.Placing the highest bid at a trusteeauction does not automatically enti-tle you to free and clear ownershipof the property. You should also beaware that the lien being auctionedoff may be a junior lien. If you arethe highest bidder at the auction,you are or may be responsible forpaying off all liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, before you canreceive clear title to the property.You are encouraged to investigatethe existence, priority and size ofoutstanding liens that may exist onthis property by contacting thecounty recorder’s office or a titleinsurance company, either of whichmay charge you a fee for this infor-mation. If you consult either ofthese resources, you should beaware that the same lender mayhold more than one mortgage ordeed of trust on the property.NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:The sale date shown on this noticeof sale may be postponed one ormore times by the mortgagee, ben-eficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuantto Section 2924g of the CaliforniaCivil Code. The law requires thatinformation about trustee sale post-ponements be made available toyou and to the public, as a courtesyto those not present at the sale. Ifyou wish to learn whether your saledate has been postponed, and ifapplicable, the rescheduled timeand date for the sale of this proper-ty, you may call 877-484-9942 orvisit this Internet Web sitewww.USA-Foreclosure.com orwww.Auction.com using the filenumber assigned to this case7443.20969. Information aboutpostponements that are very shortin duration or that occur close intime to the scheduled sale may notimmediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the InternetWeb site. The best way to verifypostponement information is toattend the scheduled sale. Date:May 15, 2015 NORTHWESTTRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., asTrustee Victoria Gutierrez,Authorized Signatory 1241 E. DyerRoad, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA92705 Reinstatement and Pay-OffRequests: (866) 387-NWTS THISOFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSEORDER # 7443.20969:

PUBLISHED EL CHICANO5/21/15, 5/28/15, 6/4/15 E-7084

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LIEN SALENotice is hereby given pur-suant to sections 3071 and3072 of the Civil Code of theState of California, theundersigned will sell the fol-lowing vehicles at lien sale atsaid address(s) at saidtime(s) on:to wit:Thursday, June 18, 2015YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSESTATE91 HYUND3H3C242S9MT2002061VC4676 CA92 OSH4MLC64226NM68400905 PONT1G2NE52E35M1022477GZR252 CATo be sold by: BILL & WAG'SINC., 1516 S BON VIEWAVENUE, ONTARIO, SANBERNARDINO COUNTY,CA91761 (06:00 PM)YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSESTATE00 MERZWDBLJ65G4YF1607816MCM399 CATo be sold by: BILL & WAG'SINC., 1516 S BON VIEWAVENUE, ONTARIO, SANBERNARDINO COUNTY,CA91761- (06:00 PM)YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSESTATE89 BMWWBABB1306K82743396BEP319 CATo be sold by: CALIFORNIATOWING & STORAGE LLC,12167 ARROW ROUTESUITE B, RANCHOCUCAMONGA, SanBernardino COUNTY, CA91739 (10:00 AM)Said sale is for the purposeof satisfying lien of theabovesigned for towing, stor-age, labor, materials and liencharges, together with costsof advertising, and expensesof sale.Clear Choice Lien Service,Inc.P.O. Box 159009San Diego, CA 92175CNS-2757483#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO6/4/15 E-7090

SAN BERNARDINO CITYUNIFIED SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT777 North "F" Street

San Bernardino, CA 92410NOTICE TO CONTRAC-

TORS CALLING FOR BIDS(Section I)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the San Bernardino CityUnified School District of SanBernardino County, State ofCalifornia, acting by andthrough its GovernmentBoard, hereafter referred toas the “District” will receiveup to but not later than: June18, 2015 @ 11:00 a.m.,sealed bids for the award of acontract for:Requirements Contract forSlurry Sealcoating -DistrictwideBid No. 14-36District reserves the right toaward all or part of this con-tract to the lowest responsi-ble bidder.The lowest “total compositeprice” will be the basis forcontract award.All bids shall be made on abid form furnished by theDistrict.Bids shall be received at:Purchasing DepartmentSAN BERNARDINO CITYUNIFIED SCHOOL DIS-TRICT777 North "F" StreetSan Bernardino, California92410and shall be opened at theabove-stated time and place.Each bid must conform andbe responsive to the ContractDocuments, which are on atthe Purchasing Department777 N. F Street, SanBernardino, CA 92410.Contractors who are desirousof securing plans, specifica-tions, and proposal forms forthe purpose of preparing andsubmitting a proposal for thiswork may do so subject tocertain conditions, hereinafterstated, from the PurchasingDepartment, 777 North FStreet, San Bernardino, CA92410. It is strongly suggest-ed that potential Biddersacquire a copy of the contractdocuments prior to themandatory pre-bid job walk,so they can familiarize them-selves with the project.Companies requesting clarifi-cation of any areas of this Bidshall submit all such requeststo the following dedicatedDistrict e-mail address –bruce.coonrod@sbcusd.com.The District will respond to allsuch submitted questions.Answers to any questions willbe posted on the District webs i t ehttp://sbcusd.com/bids.aspxas an addendum. Checkingwebsite for addendum(s) isthe sole responsibility of thebidder. All questions must besubmitted by June 15, 2015at 12:00 noon.Each bid shall be accompa-nied by the security referredto in the ContractDocuments, all items indicat-ed in Section II, and a list ofproposed subcontractors.Each bid must include acompleted Contractor'sQualification Statement,Section X. Failure to do sowill result in rejection of thebid.Local and minority biddersare specifically encouraged.District reserves the right toreject any or all bids or towaive any irregularities orinformalities in the bids or inthe bidding.The California Department of

Industrial Relations (DIR) andSenate Bill 854 require thatall contractors and subcon-tractors who bid or work onany public works project mustregister and pay an annualfee to the DIR. As of April 1,2015, no contractor or sub-contractor may bid or work ona public works project unlessregistered with DIR. DIR reg-istration is required for thisbid. Proof of DIR registrationand compliance is to be sub-mitted with bid.As stated in Labor CodeSection 1771.1(a), a contrac-tor or subcontractor shall notbe qualified to bid on, be list-ed in a bid proposal, subjectto the requirements ofSection 4104 of the PublicContract Code, or engage inthe performance of any con-tract for public work, asdefined in this chapter, unlesscurrently registered and qual-ified to perform public workpursuant to Section 1725.5. Itis not a violation of this sec-tion for an unregistered con-tractor to submit a bid that isauthorized by Section 7029.1of the Business andProfessions Code or bySection 10164 or 20103.5 ofthe Public Contract Code,provided the contractor isregistered to perform publicwork pursuant to Section1725.5 at the time the con-tract is awarded. A mandatory pre-bid con-ference for all interestedbidders will be held in theMaintenance & OperationsConference Room, 956West 9th Street, SanBernardino, CA 92411 onWednesday, June 10, 2015at 9:00 a.m. THIS WILL BETHE ONLY OPPORTUNITYTO INSPECT THE SITESPRIOR TO BID.No bidder may withdraw hisbid for a period of 60 daysafter the date set for theopening of bids.Publish:BID NO. 14-36PUBLICATION DATE: June4, 2015Pre-Bid Conference: June10, 2015 @ 9:00 a.m.(MANDATORY –Maintenance & Operations)Bid Opening: June 18, 2015@ 11:00 a.m.CNS-2756116#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO6/4/15 E-7091

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Community Emergency Response TrainingComes to San Bernardino Fire Department

By Ricardo Tomboc

On May 15, a 20-hourCommunity EmergencyResponse Team (CERT)

training was held at the main SanBernardino Fire Station. It's theFire Department's 7th CERT Acad-emy. Twelve people participatedin the training that was cospon-sored by the San Bernardino Po-lice Department. The PoliceDepartment was assigned theEmergency Operations responsi-bility for the city. San BernardinoPolice Sergeant Eric Fyvie waspart of the trailing team and waspresent during the entire trainingprocess. The two main training in-structors were Captain Rolf Lind-blom and Fire Engineer BrentBerkompas who is also the CERTProgram Manager for the Fire De-partment. All of the participants were eitherresidents of the City of SanBernardino or city employees.Councilman John Valdivia andCity Clerk Gigi Hanna wereamong the CERT trainees. The CERT training Manuelstates, "CERT is a critical programin the effort to engage everyone inAmerica in making their commu-nities safer, more prepared andmore resilient when incidentsoccur." Repeated several timesduring the class was that CERTmembers are to: "Do the greatestgood for the greatest number ofpeople." It was stated during classthat the large 8.0 Mexico earth-

quake of 1985 killed several thou-sands of people. The immediatecommunity's response after theshock resulted in the saving of 800lives from the rubble. However,100 untrained rescuers were killedduring the process. The CERTtraining will enable trained volun-teers to safely approach an inci-dent, evaluate the situation, andrespond only to the boundaries oftheir training capabilities and re-port those who are trapped and re-quire professional rescue. With the looming 7.5 magnitudeearthquake that has been predictedfor the San Bernardino area, every-one in the community should takeCERT training. Captain Lindblomstated that there would be moreclasses held in the near future.CERT volunteers once registeredin San Bernardino, will be placedon a list of CERT trained and qual-ified volunteers with the U.S. De-partment of Homeland Securityper Sergeant Fyvie. The CERT training included:Team work training, safety precau-tions, Incident Command System(ICS) training, hazards and poten-tial impacts, light search and res-cue and the proper markings toplace on structures, turning offutilities, fire extinguisher usage,first aid and CPR procedures, Dis-aster Psychology, terrorism andseveral table top exercises and apractical exam, which includes theextraction of an unconscious vic-tim.Captain Lindblom said, "Partici-pating in Community EmergencyResponse Team (CERT) training isan excellent way to increase the se-curity and resiliency of your fam-ily and community. You get tomeet your local firefighters, whilehaving a bit of fun.”Councilperson Valdivia com-mented, "I thoroughly enjoyed theopportunity to learn and preparefor emergencies. The course of-fered by our SBFD is free and hasvarious course offerings in comingweeks. I have an immense appre-ciation for the CERT training sem-inar and encourage our communitymembers to become CERT trained.The tips and training are valuableand highly useful as we plan andprepare for future events. Protectyour family, loved ones and neigh-bors!"On Sunday May 17, 11 CERTmembers of the 7th Academy wereawarded their certificates of train-ing. Future classes will be taughtin modules, according to ChiefLindblom. So if a CERT trainee

misses a portion of the class theyonly need to retake the part of theclass they missed and not retakethe entire 20-hour course overagain. The names of past CERT mem-bers are being track down and will

be given to the Police Department.The CERT members will be as-signed under the Emergency Re-sponse Manager at the PoliceDepartment. Chief Lindblom said that hewould commit and return to in-

struct future CERT classes regard-less of what the future of the SanBernardino's Fire Department maybe. Chief Lindblom's commitmentto the city and the CERT programshould be commended.

PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCFour ladies taking the CERT training, from left to right, GigiHanna, Genevieve Silva, Chantal Power and Kathie Bennett.

PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCCouncilman John Valdivia liftsa heavy load from a manikinusing a large pry bar and lever-age technique.

PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCSan Bernardino Fire Department's CERT Academy 7 graduates (back row from left to right): In-structor/Engineer Brent Berkompas, Instructor Greg Breiner, Mark Castenada, Don Miller,Gilbert Valdivia, Councilman John Valdivia, Aaron Chamberlain, Roger O'Donohue, FireChief Rolf Lindblom, Fire Commissioner Fred Grochuliski. (Front row from left to right) CityClerk Gigi Hanna, Genevieve Silva, Chantal Power, Kathie Bennett, Fire CommissionerChairperson Ricardo Tomboc and San Bernardino Police Department Sergeant Eric Fyvie,Emergency Operations Manager.

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Redlands, Inland Empire communitypack meals for victims of Nepal quake

By Yazmin Alvarez

When a call to help oth-ers arises, Inland Em-pire residents are no

strangers to answering. Hundreds of locals from Red-

lands, Fontana and throughout theSan Bernardino Valley-area cametogether May 30 spending theirsummer-like Sunday morning re-sponding to the humanitarian crisisin Nepal by packing 50,000 mealsfor delivery to the earthquake-stricken capital and the area’shard-hit villages. In classic assembly line-style,

volunteers of all ages filled an areaof the parking lot of the Tri-CityShopping Center in Redlands,carefully sorting, measuring, fill-ing and sealing the thousands offood bags by hand. Each plasticbag contained rice, dehydratedvegetables and soy protein — acomplete meal to feed six people. Sunday’s gathering was part of

Dream Dinners of Redlands’ vol-unteer meal packing event to helpfeed and meet the needs of under-privileged families globally.While most of the packaged meals

will be shipped to Nepal throughDream Dinners’ partnership withFriends and Family Connection,about one-third of the meals willremain local to benefit YouthHopein Redlands, said StephanieCarnes, owner of Dream DinnersRedlands.This is the first large-scale relief

aid service organized by the In-land-based group since recentlypartnering with Friends and Fam-ily. Carnes says she doesn’t plan on

it being the last.“The response from the commu-

nity in their wanting to help is un-believable,” she said. “Thecommunity connection has me onthe verge of tears.” And efforts to support the cause

was near and dear to even theyounger volunteers.Twelve-year-old Michael Zepeda

wanted to do whatever he could tohelp.“I think it’s really cool how we

can make a difference for familiesby just taking a couple hours outof our time,” he said while meas-uring out a scoop of protein. “Idon’t mind spending my day here

doing this especially if it meansmaking a difference in anotherkid’s life.”To learn more about Dream Din-

ners and Friends and Family Con-nection visitwww.dreamdinners.com andwww.ffccsd.org

IECN PHOTO/YAZMIN ALVAREZMichael Zepeda, 12, (left) helps Bella Herrera, 12 (right) and Alexia Clark, 9, (back) fill mealbags May 30 to be shipped over to help quake-hit villages in Nepal. The volunteer effort was madepossible through a partnership with Dream Dinners of Redlands and Friends and Family Connection.

IECN PHOTOS/YAZMIN ALVAREZMichael Lana Dunn, 6, measures out a scoopful of rice to com-plete a meal bag for families in Nepal.

IECN PHOTOS/YAZMIN ALVAREZVolunteers help fill complete meal bags for families in Nepal.