El Chicano

By Jazmine Collins

San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District celebratedthe grand opening of George

Brown Jr. Elementary School on

Thursday March 13, 2014. The grand opening celebration washeld on school grounds and includedmusical presentations by ArrowviewMiddle School Mariachi and the SanBernardino High School Drumline.

The school, named after late Rep.George E. Brown Jr., D-SanBernardino, who died 14 years ago.George Brown Jr. was known for his

George Brown Jr. ElementarySchool celebrates grand opening

Sinfonia Mexicana studentsprepare for military life

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San Bernardino gathers to celebrate the grand opening of George Brown, Jr. Elementary School.

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From Sinfonia Mexicanacome amazing youth.Seryna Limtiaco and

Esteban Lepe are leading examplesof excellence both on stage and off.Seryna and Esteban were taughtand mentored by Grammy-awardwinning trumpet player Cindy

Shea, who plays with MariachiDivas.Seryna says that although Cindy

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Left to right: Tony Bocanegra, Seryna Limitiaco, Esteban Lepe, Gloria Bocanegra.

The Consumer ProtectionUnit of the San BernardinoCounty District Attorney’s

Office filed 12 counts of grand theftand 9 counts of the unauthorizedpractice of law against 76-year-oldJoseph Robert Lopez, Sr., of WalnutPark.The charges are pending in theRancho Cucamonga Superior Court.Lopez was arrested on Feb. 27, 2014,and is currently in custody with bailset at $360,000.The charges stem from an investi-gation conducted by district attorneyinvestigators showing that Lopezpresented himself as an attorney whocould help individuals with bank-ruptcies, family law matters, immi-gration matters and civil and crimi-nal representation.According to investigators, Lopeztook money for these services whichhe could not deliver. Lopez is not,and never has been a licensed attor-ney.Further investigation revealed thatLopez specifically targeted Spanish-speaking individuals as his victims.Investigators believe that his fraudu-lent activities have occurred in SanBernardino, Los Angeles, Orangeand Riverside counties.A bail hearing is scheduled forMarch 24, 2014 in RanchoCucamonga Superior Court.Individuals who believe they havebeen victimized by Joseph RobertLopez, Sr. should contact the SanBernardino County DistrictAttorney’s Consumer Protection unitat (909) 891-3330 or via the DistrictAttorney website athttp://www.sbcountyda.org.

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is no longer teaching at SinfoniaMexicana, she still continues toadmire her. "Cindy Shea taught mea lot more music theory than Iknew, and she's helped me a lotwith music," said Seryna. "She hasso much experience, it's amazing."Seryna began playing the violinin fourth grade, but as her musicalinterest progressed with SinfoniaMexicana, she explored other in-struments such as the ukelele,piano and guitar. She started withSinfonia Mexicana as a freshmanplaying violin and has continuedthroughout high school. "I'velearned a lot more Spanish here

than the four years I took in highschool," she jokes. She is currently awaiting to de-ploy for Air Force boot camp andcredits Sinfonia Mexicana withovercoming fears like speaking infront of crowds, something shesays she was never able to before.Seryna hopes to gain a spot withinthe Air Force Strings, one of themost diverse and flexible units ofThe United States Air Force Band.Esteban was born in Los Angelesand by kindergarten his familymade their way to San Bernardino,where he has resided since. Al-though Esteban began playingtrumpet his later years of elemen-

tary school, it wasn't until his bandinstructor at Chavez middle schoolacknowledged Lepe's potentialthat he began to take music seri-ously. "He moved me up to ad-vanced halfway through the year.That kind of got my morale up andthat's when I heard about SinfoniaMexicana," said Lepe."When I first got here I had noidea what a scale was," he said."Now I know a good amount ofscales and it's all thanks to CindyShea, who was our trumpetteacher. She's probably one of themost talented trumpet players outthere," he said. "It's just an awesome experience,

being able to join (Sinfonia Mexi-cana) in middle school," said Este-ban. Esteban will be graduating thisyear from Arroyo Valley HighSchool and will be joining the Ma-rine Corps. "I found out that theMarine Corps had a Drum andBugle Corps," he said. "Once Ifound that out, I didn't hesitate togo sign up." He has an auditioncoming up this Thursday for theband. Rafael Palomar from MariachiVargas, is currently an instructor at

Sinfonia Mexicana and alsoserves as a current mentor for thetwo teens. Sinfonia Mexicana will be host-ing a fundraising scholarship galaon Saturday, April 5th at Arrow-head Country Club from 6:00 p.m.to 10:00 p.m. For more informa-tion regarding the program or gala,call 909-884-3228.

Jazmine Collins is a reporter forInland Empire Community news-papers and can be reached [email protected]

efforts in fighting for equalrights.“Today we celebrate the openingof this school in honor of a man,his legacy and commitment topublic service,” said PrincipalMaribel Lopez-Tyus. The George Brown Jr. Elemen-tary School mascot called Explor-ers, are aptly named to reflectBrown, a physicist whom had apassion for science and technol-ogy.Master of Ceremonies, HansJohnson, whom served as ProjectDirector for the George BrownLegacy Project, said “GeorgeBrown himself came from veryhumble beginnings and rose togreat heights of public service

while maintaining his humilityevery step of the way.” The grandopening took place 94 years afterBrown’s birth. “We gather together here in SanBernardino to celebrate this schoolnamed for him and this school asign of the resilience of this com-munity and a testament to the per-severance of this ‘can-do’community,” said Johnson. “George Brown was a very spe-cial person. He loved knowledgeand he wanted to inspire the ac-quisition of that knowledge ineveryone, whether you were akindergartener or a PhD student atone of our colleges or universities.He would be so excited to knowthat you have honored him withthis special recognition today, but

this is just the beginning,” statedBrown’s widow, Marta Brown,was also in attendance to celebratethe grand opening. “I hope someday be invited to the graduationceremony of some of these stu-dents from one of our colleges oruniversities.” The elementary school is locatedat 2525 North G Street in SanBernardino. The school sits onnine acres and currently has 663students enrolled. The total projectcost was $17 million, which camefrom 100% State Capital funding.School amenities include a multi-purpose room, library, soccer andbaseball fields, outdoor basketballcourts and dedicated student drop-off lanes.

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George Brown, Jr. Elementary kindergarteners perform during the grand opening of the school.


Brown’s widow, Marta Brown addresses the audience duringthe celebration.

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Instructor, Rafael Palomar, and students practice the song “Gema” during a recent class atSturges Center for Fine Arts PHOTO/COURTESY

Esteban Lepe, a trumpet player for Sinfonia Mexicana preparesfor life in the Marine Corps.

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Petitioner or Attorney:Tanisha Lena Deckard-Fairley, 1795 E. Sonora Ave.,San Bernardino, CA 92404Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino,303 West Third Street, FirstFloor, San Bernardino, CA92415-0210PETITION OF: Tanisha LenaDeckard-Fairley, FORCHANGE OF NAMEORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case Number: CIVDS1311541TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: Petitioner: TanishaLena Deckard-Fairley hasfiled a petition with this courtfor a decree changing namesas follows:Present name: Tanisha LenaDeckard-Fairley to Proposedname: Tanisha Lena DeckardFairleyTHE COURT ORDERS thatall persons interested in thismatter shall appear beforethis court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, ifany, why the petition forchange of name should notbe granted. Any personobjecting to the namechanges described abovemust file a written objectionthat includes the reasons forthe objection at least twocourt days before the matteris scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If nowritten objection is timelyfiled, the court may grant thepetition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING Date:4-21-14, Time: 8:30 a.m.Dept: S-35The address of the court is:same as noted aboveA copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published atleast once each week for foursuccessive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on thepetition in the following news-paper of general circulation,printed in this county: ElChicano NewspaperDated: SEP 20 2013BRIAN S. McCARVILLEJudge of the Superior Court

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Petitioner or Attorney: HumbertoFlores, Jr., 701 E. 19th St., SanBernardino, CA 92404Superior Court of California,County of San Bernardino, 303West Third Street, First Floor,San Bernardino, CA 92415-0210PETITION OF: HumbertoFlores, Jr., FOR CHANGE OFNAMEORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAMECase Number: CIVDS 1402024TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: Petitioner: HumbertoFlores, Jr., has filed a petitionwith this court for a decreechanging names as follows:Present name: HumbertoFlores, Jr., to Proposed name:Humberto Flores Garcia, Jr., THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any personobjecting to the name changesdescribed above must file a writ-ten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the matteris scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING Date:04-7-14, Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S-32The address of the court is:same as noted aboveA copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published atleast once each week for foursuccessive weeks prior to thedate set for hearing on the peti-tion in the following newspaperof general circulation, printed inthis county: El ChicanoDated: FEB 24 2014BRIAN S. McCARVILLEJudge of the Superior Court

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NOTICE OF PETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATE OF:

LUCY MAY SWARTZCASE NO.: PROPS

1400126To all heirs, beneficiaries,creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who maybe otherwise interested inthe will or estate, or bothof: LUCY MAY SWARTZA PETITION FOR PRO-BATE has been filed byGEORGETTE SUZANNEMCCAMBRIDGE in theSuperior Court ofCalifornia, County of SANBERNAR-DINO THE PETITION FORPROBATE requests thatGEORGETTE SUZANNEMCCAMBRIDGE beappointed as personal rep-resentative to administerthe estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requeststhe decedent's WILL andcodicils, if any, be admittedto probate. The will andany codicils are availablefor examination in the filekept by the court.THE PETITION requestsauthority to administer theestate under theI n d e p e n d e n tAdministration of EstatesAct. (This authority allowsthe personal representa-tive to take many actionswithout obtaining courtapproval. Before takingcertain actions, however,the personal representa-tive is required to givenotice to interested per-sons unless they havewaived notice or consent-ed to the proposed action.)The independent adminis-tration authority will begranted unless an interest-ed person files an objec-tion to this petition andshows good cause why thecourt should not grant theauthority.A HEARING on the petitionwill be held on April 10,2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.S-16 located at 351 NorthArrowhead Avenue, SanBernardino, CA 92415.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should either appearat the hearing and stateyour objections or file writ-ten objections with thecourt before the hearing.Your appearance may bein person or by your attor-ney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITORor a contingent creditor ofthe decedent, you must fileyour claim with the courtand mail a copy to the per-sonal representativeappointed by the courtwithin the later of either (1)four months from the dateof first issuance of lettersto a general personal rep-resentative, as defined insection 58(b) of theCalifornia Probate Code,or (2) 60 days from thedate of mailing or personaldelivery to you of a noticeunder section 9052 of theCalifornia Probate Code.Other California statutesand legal authority mayaffect your rights as a cred-itor. You may want to con-sult with an attorneyknowledgeable inCalifornia law.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. If youare a person interested inthe estate, you may filewith the court a formalRequest for Special Noticeof the filing of an inventoryand appraisement ofestate assets or of anypetition or account as pro-vided in Section 1250 ofthe California ProbateCode. A Request forSpecial Notice form isavailable from the CourtClerk.Attorney for Petitioner:Josephine A. Rich1200 Nevada Street, Suite101Redlands, CA 92374Published El Chicano3/13,3/20,3/27/14 E-5684

AVISO DE AUDIENCIAPÚBLICA Y REVISIÓN

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POR MEDIO DE LA PRE-SENTE SE NOTIFICA que elAyuntamiento de la Ciudad deFontana ha preparado su Plande Participación del CiudadanoRevisado en conexión con losprogramas de SubsidiosGlobales para el DesarrolloComunitario (CDBG, por sussiglas en inglés), Asociaciónpara Inversiones en ViviendaHOME (HOME, por sus siglasen inglés) y Subsidio paraSoluciones de Emergencia(ESG, por sus siglas en inglés)del Departamento de Vivienday Desarrollo Urbano de losEstados Unidos (HUD, por sussiglas en inglés). La publi-cación de este aviso es el iniciodel período de revisión de 15días requerido bajo elReglamento Federal 21 CFR91.105. El período de revisiónpública y los comentarios porescrito comienzan en Marzo21, 2014 y corre hasta Abril 8,2014.ADEMÁS POR MEDIO DE LAPRESENTE TAMBIÉN SENOTIFICA que se llevará acabo una audiencia pública y elPlan de Participación delCiudadano Revisado será pre-sentado al Consejo Municipaldel Ayuntamiento para suaprobación en la fecha que seindica enseguida:

FECHA: Abril 8, 2014HORA: 7:00 P.M.

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En esta junta, el ConsejoMunicipal recibirá comentariospúblicos sobre el Plan deParticipación del CiudadanoRevisado el cual será presen-tado a HUD. ANTECEDENTESEl Plan de Participación delCiudadano es un documento elcual especifica como elAyuntamiento proporcionaoportunidades a los ciu-dadanos para participar en eldesarrollo del próximo PlanConsolidado 2015-2019,Análisis de Impedimentos en laElección de Vivienda Justa2015-2019, y el Plan deDesempeño Anual 2015-2016 -documentos que especificacómo el Ayuntamiento gastalos fondos de CDBG, HOME yESG para beneficiar a la comu-nidad. Se propone que el Plande Participación del CiudadanoRevisado reemplace el plan envigor actual el cual fue aproba-do por el Consejo Municipal en

Abril 28, 2010. El Plan deParticipación del CiudadanoRevisado incorpora cambiosen las regulaciones decre-tadas por HUD desde el 2010. COMENTARIO PÚBLICOCopias del Plan deParticipación del CiudadanoRevisado estará disponiblepara la revisión pública en lossiguientes lugares:

Oficina del SecretarioMunicipal

8353 Sierra Ave Fontana, CA, 92335(909) 350-7602

Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo de Negocios

8353 Sierra Ave Fontana, CA, 92335(909) 350-6657Biblioteca Lewis 8437 Sierra Ave

Fontana, CA 92335(909) 514-4500

Se invita al público a que pre-sente sus comentarios porescrito sobre el Plan deParticipación del Ciudadano.Todos los comentariosdeberán ser presentados alAyuntamiento de la Ciudad deFontana, Departamento deVivienda y Desarrollo deNegocios antes de las 4:00P.M. en Abril 8, 2014.Las preguntas y los comentar-ios por escrito referente al Plande Participación delCiudadano Revisado puedenser dirigidos a ValerieGonzales, Especialista deProyectos, Departamento deVivienda y Desarrollo deNegocios, 8353 Sierra Avenue,Fontana, CA 92335. Ustedtambién podría llamar al (909)350-6625 para cualquier pre-gunta que le concierne con losdocumentos mencionadosanteriormente.ACCESIBILIDAD A LAS JUN-TAS Y DOCUMENTOSEl Ayuntamiento tiene comoobjetivo cumplir en todo conrespecto a la Sección 504 dela Ley de Rehabilitación de1973, tal y como se enmendó,la Ley de Americanos conDiscapacidades (ADA) de1990 y la Ley de Enmienda aADA del 2008, la Ley deVivienda Justa, y la Ley deBarreras Arquitecturales. Siusted necesita documentospúblicos en un formato accesi-ble, el Ayuntamiento hará loposible dentro de lo razonablepara dar cabida a su petición.Si usted requiere acomodoespecial debido a alguna dis-capacidad para asistir o partic-ipar en una audiencia o junta,incluyendo aparatos auxiliares,o si requiere servicios de tra-ducción para personas que nohablan Inglés, por favorcomuníquese a la Oficina delSecretario Municipal por lomenos 48 horas antes de lajunta al (909) 350-7602. Lanotificación de 48 horas antesde la junta le permitirá alAyuntamiento hacer los arreg-los necesarios para asegurarla accesibilidad a esta junta.Peticiones recibidas más tardede las 48 horas antes de lajunta no podrán ser tomadasen cuenta debido al tiempolimitado para acomodar dichaspeticiones. Toni LewisSecretario MunicipalCNS-2599258#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO3/20/14 E-5690

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE T.S No. 1368631-31APN: 0261-391-14-0-000TRA: 7010 LOAN NO:Xxxxxx1703 REF: Graves-deslauriers, IMPORTANTNOTICE TO PROPERTYOWNER: YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEEDOF TRUST, DATED August18, 2006. UNLESS YOUTAKE ACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, IT MAYBE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OFTHE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. On April 09, 2014,at 1:00pm, Cal-westernReconveyance Llc, as dulyappointed trustee under andpursuant to Deed of Trustrecorded August 30, 2006, asInst. No. 2006-0594075 inbook XX, page XX of OfficialRecords in the office of theCounty Recorder of SanBernardino County, State ofCalifornia, executed by PaulGraves-deslauriers and PaulaGraves-deslauriers, HusbandAnd Wife As Joint Tenants, willsell at public auction to highestbidder for cash, cashier’scheck drawn on a state ornational bank, a check drawnby a state or federal creditunion, or a check drawn by astate or federal savings andloan association, savings

association, or savings bankspecified in section 5102 ofthe financial code and author-ized to do business in thisstate: Near the front stepsleading up to the city of chinocivic Center, 13220 CentralAvenue Chino, California, allright, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by itunder said Deed of Trust in theproperty situated in saidCounty and State describedas: Completely described insaid deed of trust The streetaddress and other commondesignation, if any, of the realproperty described above ispurported to be: 6614Churchill Street SanBernardino CA 92407 Theundersigned Trustee disclaimsany liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address andother common designation, ifany, shown herein. Said salewill be held, but withoutcovenant or warranty, expressor implied, regarding title, pos-session, condition or encum-brances, including fees,charges and expenses of theTrustee and of the trusts cre-ated by said Deed of Trust, topay the remaining principalsums of the note(s) securedby said Deed of Trust. Thetotal amount of the unpaid bal-ance of the obligation securedby the property to be sold andreasonable estimated costs,expenses and advances at thetime of the initial publication ofthe Notice of Sale is:$289,672.06. If the Trustee isunable to convey title for anyreason, the successful bid-der's sole and exclusive reme-dy shall be the return ofmonies paid to the Trustee,and the successful biddershall have no further recourse.The beneficiary under saidDeed of Trust heretofore exe-cuted and delivered to theundersigned a written declara-tion of Default and Demand forSale, and a written Notice ofDefault and Election to Sell.The undersigned caused saidNotice of Default and Electionto Sell to be recorded in thecounty where the real propertyis located. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: If youare considering bidding on thisproperty lien, you shouldunderstand that there are risksinvolved in bidding at a trusteeauction. You will be bidding ona lien, not on the propertyitself. Placing the highest bidat a trustee auction does notautomatically entitle you tofree and clear ownership ofthe property. You should alsobe aware that the lien beingauctioned off may be a juniorlien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are ormay be responsible for payingoff all liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, beforeyou can receive clear title tothe property. You are encour-aged to investigate the exis-tence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may existon this property by contactingthe county recorder's office ora title insurance company,either of which may chargeyou a fee for this information.If you consult either of theseresources, you should beaware that the same lendermay hold more than one mort-gage or deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale dateshown on this notice of salemay be postponed one ormore times by the mortgagee,beneficiary, trustee, or a court,pursuant to section 2924g ofthe California Civil Code. Thelaw requires that informationabout trustee sale postpone-ments be made available toyou and to the public, as acourtesy to those not presentat the sale. If you wish to learnwhether your sale date hasbeen postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled timeand date for the sale of thisproperty, you may call(619)590-1221 or visit theinternet websitewww.dlppllc.com, using the filenumber assigned to this case1368631-31. Informationabout postponements that arevery short in duration or thatoccur close in time to thescheduled sale may not imme-diately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on theInternet Web Site. The bestway to verify postponementinformation is to attend thescheduled sale. For salesinformation:(619)590-1221.Cal-Western ReconveyanceLLC, 525 East Main Street,P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA92022-9004 Dated: March 10,2014. (DLPP-436815 Published El Chicano3/20/14,3/27/14,4/3/14

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Public Plan Room:www.reedconstructionda-ta.com30 Technology Pkwy S, Ste100Norcross, GA 30092Michael LunanArchitectural SourceRelations SpecialistReed Construction Data(770) 209-3414

REQUESTS FOR BIDINFORMATION, CLARIFICA-TIONS, and ADDENDA:Clarifications and/or addendawill be issued to plan holdersor registered plan reviewersonly. Such items will be post-ed at the C2 reprographicspublic plan room website atwww.c2repro.com .PROJECT DELIVERYMETHOD AND REQUIREDLICENSES: The work underthese bids will be aDesign/Build bid and all bid-ders to be considered respon-sive shall have a currentCalifornia B License withCAL/OSHA certification.SCOPE OF WORK: Refer toproject site’s specific summa-ry of work contained inSections 01010 of the ProjectManual. The contractor isresponsible for the perform-ance and completion of allitems according to plans,specifications and any adden-da including but not necessar-ily limited to the work listedbelow:The new Community DaySchool shall house 200 to 250students, from 2nd gradethrough 12th grade.Classrooms for theCommunity Day school shallbe designed to accommodateand separate these differentgrade levels, accordingly. TheCommunity Day School shallinclude one (1) secondary sci-ence lab, an appropriate pathof travel, adequate parking,etc. Primary students willneed to be isolated fromSecondary student by physi-cal barriers, as necessary.The school administrationarea shall be also housedwithin modular building com-plex and include some privateoffices, separate restroomsfor staff and/or students, aspossible. Food service will uti-lize the existing commercialkitchen in the North NortonPark building and optionallunch shelter should be pro-posed. Play fields and existingstructures may need to beupgraded for each age groupand shall be limited to thearea between the NorthNorton Park and CID building.District has an inventory ofDSA-approved, pre-checked(PC) modular buildings locat-ed throughout many campus-es. An informal site studyshows that 16 of theseDistrict-owned modular build-ings may accommodate theintended program.The portion of work thatincludes 16 modular buildingsmay require DSA plan reviewand approval; however, otherregulations may apply for thisor other portions of the site;such as campus accessibility(path of travel), fire alarm, firetruck access, etc. BUSINESS ENTERPRISE(DVBE) PARTICIPATIONGOAL AND REQUIRE-MENTS: Bidders must adhereto the District’s DisabledVeteran Business Enterprise(DVBE) participation goal,prevailing wages and laborcompliance program, andlicense requirements; infor-mation regarding prevailingwage rates is available athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbu 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-Mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk will be heldat the site starting at 8:30AMon Friday, March 21, 2014. Site address: 8088 Palm Lane SanBernardino, CA 92410IMPORTANT DATES: Pre Bid Conference and JobWalk At 8:30AM, Friday,March 21, 2014Bid Opening By 10:30 AM,Thursday, March 27, 2014Bid Posting on DistrictWebsite Thursday, March27, 2014Tentative Board MeetingTuesday, April 1, 2014NTP Issued (Tentative)Wednesday, April 2, 2014CNS-2599998#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO3/20/14 E-5689

NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the San BernardinoCity Unified School District(“DISTRICT”) invites sealedbids for Bid # F13 – 04R NewCommunity Day School Re-Bid, 8088 Palm Lane, SanBernardino, CA 92410.SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on the BidForms furnished by theDistrict. Bid Forms, togetherwith all required attachmentsto the Bid Forms, shall bedelivered to the DISTRICT ina sealed envelope with acopy of the completedrequired bid cover sheetaffixed to the outside of theenvelope and placed in theBid Box in the Lobby of theSan Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District Board ofEducation AdministrationBuilding (“BOE”),Community Room locatedat 777 N. “F” Street, SanBernardino, CA 92410. TheBids are due at 10:30 a.m.on Thursday March 27,2014.Bid forms received by the stip-ulated times will be promptlyopened in public and readaloud immediately aftersealed envelopes are collect-ed at the time, date, and loca-tion stated above. Bid Formsor Attachments theretoreceived after the stipulatedtime will be rejected andreturned 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 that ten per-cent (10%) of the Base Bidsubmitted by the Bidder.BID AND CONTRACT DOC-UMENTS: The full notice invit-ing Bids, Bid documents andcontract documents may beviewed and ordered throughC2 Reprographics PlanWellService online by clicking on‘Public Plan room' atwww.c2repro.com afterTuesday, March 18, 2014.There is a refundable depositof one hundred dollars($100.00) for each set ofdrawings andspecifications,upon paymentby cashier's or companycheck made payable to SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District. ProspectiveBidders may secure up to twobid sets. Eligible deposits willbe refunded upon return ofsaid documents to C2Reprographics in goodacceptable condition withinfive (5) business days afterbids are opened. Bidders inneed of more than two sets ofbid documents may purchaseat their own cost based onC2’s current rates at that time.

C2 Reprographics3180 Pullman StreetCosta Mesa, CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329Public Plan Room:www.c2repro.com

Bid documents will be avail-able at C2 Reprographics forviewing after Tuesday, March18, 2014. Bid documents willalso be available at the follow-ing public plan rooms:

F.W. Dodge McGraw-Hill,Inc.Public Plan Room;www.mcgraw-hill.com4300 Beltway Place Suite 180Arlington Tx 76081Diana BoylesDodge [email protected]: 1-800-393-6343Fax: 1-877-836-7711

The Blue Book Building &Construction NetworkPublic Plan Room:www.thebluebook.com800 E. Main St.P.O. Box 500Jefferson Valley, NY 10535TJ Downey [email protected]: (800) 431-2584 Ext.3177Fax: (914) 243-4936

High Desert/ Apple ValleyReprographicsPublic Plan Room:www.hidesertplanroom.com 15353 Anacapa Road, Suite 1Victorville, CA 92392Sandra [email protected]: (760) 243-2111

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NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the San Bernardino CityUnified School District(“DISTRICT”)invites sealedbids for Bid # F13-10:Lincoln Elementary SchoolPreschool ClassroomRelocation, 255 West 13thSt., San Bernardino, CA92405SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on the BidForms furnished by theDistrict. Bid Forms, togetherwith all required attachmentsto the Bid Forms, shall bedelivered to the DISTRICT ina sealed envelope with acopy of the completedrequired bid cover sheetaffixed to the outside of theenvelope and placed in theBid Box in the Lobby of theSan Bernardino CityUnified School DistrictBoard of EducationAdministration Building(“BOE”),Community Roomlocated at 777 N. “F” Street,San Bernardino, CA 92410.The Bids are due at11:00a.m. on Friday, April11, 2014.Bid forms received by thestipulated times will bepromptly opened in publicand read aloud immedi-atelyafter sealed envelopesare collected at the time,date, and location statedabove. Bid Forms orAttachments thereto receivedafter the stipulated time willbe rejected and returned toBidders unopened. Each Bidshall be accompanied by acashier's check madepayable to the SanBernardino 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 that ten per-cent (10%) of the Base Bidsubmitted by the Bidder.BID AND CONTRACT DOC-UMENTS: The full noticeinviting Bids, Bid documentsand contract documents maybe viewed and orderedthrough C2 ReprographicsPlan Well Service online byclicking on ‘Public Planroom' atwww.c2repro .comaf terThursday, March20, 2014.There is a refundabledeposit of one hundred dol-lars ($100.00)for each set ofdrawings andspecifications,upon paymentby cashier's or companycheck made payable to SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District. ProspectiveBidders may secure up to twobid sets. Eligible deposits willbe refunded upon return ofsaid documents to C2Reprographics in goodacceptable condition within-five (5) business days afterbids are opened. Bidders inneed of more than two sets ofbid documents may purchaseat their own cost based onC2’s current rates at thattime.

C2 Reprographics3180 Pullman StreetCosta Mesa,CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329Public Plan Room:www.c2repro.com

Bid documents will be avail-able at C2 Reprographicsfor viewing after Thursday,March 20, 2014.Bid docu-ments will also be available atthe following public planrooms:

F.W. Dodge McGraw-Hill,Inc.Public PlanR o om ; w ww . m c g r a w -hill.com4300 Beltway Place Suite 180Arlington TX 76081Diana BoylesDodge [email protected]: 1-800-393-6343Fax: 1-877-836-7711

The Blue Book Building &Construction NetworkPublic Plan Room:www.thebluebook.com800 E. Main St.P.O. Box 500Jefferson Valley, NY 10535TJ Downey [email protected]: (800) 431-2584 Ext.3177Fax: (914) 243-4936

High Desert/ Apple ValleyReprographicsPublic Plan Room:www.hidesertplanroom.com

15353 Anacapa Road, Suite 1Victorville,CA 92392Sandra [email protected]: (760) 243-2111

Reed Construction DataPublic Plan Room:www.reedconstructionda-ta.com30 Technology Pkwy S, Ste100Norcross, GA 30092Michael LunanArchitectural SourceRelations SpecialistReed 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. JenniferWilhelm via email at [email protected], (909) 885-9991. Thedeadline to submit Requestsfor Bid Information (“RFBI”) is3:00 P.M.Thursday, April 3,2014. All Responses toRequests for Bid Information,clarifications and/or addendawill be issued no later thanMonday, April7, 2014 andwill be issued to plan holdersor registered plan reviewersonly. Such responses will beposted at the C2 reprograph-ics public plan room websiteat www.c2repro.com.PROJECT DELIVERYMETHOD AND REQUIREDLICENSES: The work underthese bids will be a generalcontract bid and all bidders tobe considered responsiveshall have a current CaliforniaBLicense with CAL/OSHAcertification.SCOPE OF WORK: Refer toproject site’s specific summa-ry of work contained inSections 01010 of the ProjectManual. The contractor isresponsible for the perform-ance and completion of allitems according to plans,specifications and any adden-da including but not neces-sarily limited to the work listedbelow:The project consists of relo-cating an existing relocatableclassroom building from onearea of the campus to anoth-er at Lincoln ElementarySchool, 255 West 13th Street,San Bernardino, CA 92405.The site shall be graded andnew paving shall be installed.The site shall be graded toaccept the building. Paving,concrete foundations, power,water, sewer, data, fire alarmsystems, signage, painting,carpeting, ceiling tiles, fenc-ing, gates, etc. are included inthe scope of work. Remainderof work is indicated on plansand specifications. The gen-eral contractor is responsiblefor the performance and com-pletion of all items accordingto the plans, specifications,and any addenda issued.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 regardingprevailing wage rates is avail-able athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smb u s / d e f a u l t . h t m ,http://search.cadvbe.org/dvbe s / s e a r c h a n dhttp://www.bidsync.com/DPXBisCASB.PRE-BID CONFERENCESAND JOB WALKS: A Non-Mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk will be heldat the site starting at 1:30PMon Friday, March 28, 2014.Site address: 255 West 13thSt., San Bernardino, CA92405IMPORTANT DATES: Pre Bid Conference andJob Walk Friday, March 28,2014; 1:30PMRFI Due Thursday, April 3,2014; by 3:00PMAddendum Due Monday,April 7, 2014Bid Opening Friday, April11, 2014; at 11:00AMBid Posting on DistrictWebsite Friday, April 11,2014Tentative Board MeetingTuesday, May 6, 2014NTP Issued (Tentative)Wednesday, May 7, 2014CNS-2601175#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO3/20/14 E-5697

NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the San Bernardino CityUnified School District(“DISTRICT”) invites sealedbids for Bid # F13-07Bradley ES CanopyReplacement 1300 ValenciaAve., San Bernardino, CA92404 & Marshall ESCanopy Replacement 3288North G Street, SanBernardino, CA 92405SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on the BidForms furnished by theDistrict. Bid Forms, togetherwith all required attachmentsto the Bid Forms, shall bedelivered to the DISTRICT ina sealed envelope with acopy of the completedrequired bid cover sheetaffixed to the outside of theenvelope and placed in theBid Box in the Lobby of theSan Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District Board ofEducation AdministrationBuilding (“BOE”),Community Room locatedat 777 N. “F” Street, SanBernardino, CA 92410. TheBids are due at 11:00 a.m.on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Bid forms received by the stip-ulated times will be promptlyopened in public and readaloud immediately aftersealed envelopes are collect-ed at the time, date, and loca-tion stated above. Bid Formsor Attachments theretoreceived after the stipulatedtime will be rejected andreturned to Bidders unopened.Each Bid shall be accompa-nied by a cashier's checkmade payable to the SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District, or a satisfacto-ry bid bond in favor of the DIS-TRICT, executed by theBidder as principal and aCalifornia admitted suretycompany as Surety, in anamount not less that ten per-cent (10%) of the Base Bidsubmitted by the Bidder.BID AND CONTRACT DOC-UMENTS: The full notice invit-ing Bids, Bid documents andcontract documents may beviewed and ordered throughC2 Reprographics PlanWellService online by clicking on‘Public Plan room' atwww.c2repro.com afterThursday, March 20, 2014.There is a refundable depositof one hundred dollars($100.00) for each set ofdrawings andspecifications,upon paymentby cashier's or companycheck made payable to SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District. ProspectiveBidders may secure up to twobid sets. Eligible deposits willbe refunded upon return ofsaid documents to C2Reprographics in goodacceptable condition withinfive (5) business days afterbids are opened. Bidders inneed of more than two sets ofbid documents may purchaseat their own cost based onC2's current rates at that time.C2 Reprographics3180 Pullman StreetCosta Mesa, CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329Public PlanRoom:www.c2repro.comBid documents will be avail-able at C2 Reprographics forviewing after Thursday,March 20, 2014. Bid docu-ments will also be available atthe following public planrooms:

F.W. Dodge McGraw-Hill,Inc.Public Plan Room;www.mcgraw-hill.com4300 Beltway Place Suite 180Arlington TX 76081Diana BoylesDodge [email protected]: 1-800-393-6343Fax: 1-877-836-7711

The Blue Book Building &Construction NetworkPublic Plan Room: www.the-bluebook.com800 E. Main St.P.O. Box 500Jefferson Valley, NY 10535TJ Downey [email protected]: (800) 431-2584 Ext.3177Fax: (914) 243-4936

High Desert/ Apple ValleyReprographicsPublic Plan Room:www.hidesertplanroom.com 15353 Anacapa Road, Suite 1Victorville, CA 92392Sandra [email protected]: (760) 243-2111

Reed Construction DataPublic Plan Room:www.reedconstructionda-ta.com30 Technology Pkwy S, Ste100Norcross, GA 30092Michael LunanArchitectural Source RelationsSpecialistReed Construction Data(770) 209-3414

REQUESTS FOR BIDINFORMATION, CLARIFICA-TIONS, and ADDENDA:Questions in writing (only)may be directed to theDistrict's Business OutreachCoordinator, Ms. JenniferWilhelm via email at [email protected] orfax, (909) 885-9991. Thedeadline to submit Requestsfor Bid Information (“RFBI”) is3:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 1,2014. All Responses toRequests for Bid Information,clarifications and/or addendawill be issued no later thanTuesday, April 8, 2014 andwill be issued to plan holdersor registered plan reviewersonly. Such responses will beposted at the C2 reprograph-ics public plan room website atwww.c2repro.com .PROJECT DELIVERYMETHOD AND REQUIREDLICENSES: The work underthese bids will be a generalcontract bid and all bidders tobe considered responsiveshall have a current CaliforniaB License with CAL/OSHAcertification.SCOPE OF WORK: Refer toproject site's specific summaryof work contained in Sections01010 of the Project Manual.The contractor is responsiblefor the performance and com-pletion of all items accordingto plans, specifications andany addenda including but notnecessarily limited to the worklisted below:1. Demolition of existing walkcanopies, canopy founda-tions, sidewalks andhandrails. 2. Minor grading and earth-work as necessary. 3. Repair of adjacent struc-tures affected by canopyremoval. 4. Temporary support andprotection of canopy mountedconduit and reinstallation ofconduit on new canopies. Re-install all electrical systemstemporarily removed for work.Verify all systems are opera-tional when complete.5. Construction of new metalcanopies, canopy foundationsand sidewalks. 6. New handrails andguardrails. 7. Rework and repair of adja-cent surfaces affected by theabove work. ADA related cor-rections and Path of TraveladjustmentsBUSINESS ENTERPRISE(DVBE) PARTICIPATIONGOAL AND REQUIRE-MENTS: Bidders must adhereto the District's DisabledVeteran Business Enterprise(DVBE) participation goal,prevailing wages and laborcompliance program, andlicense requirements; informa-tion regarding prevailing wagerates is available athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbu 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-Mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk will be heldat the site starting at 9:30AMat Bradley ES and 11:30AMat Marshall on Friday, March28, 2014. Site address: Bradley ES 1300 ValenciaAve., San Bernardino, CA92404Marshall ES 3288 North GStreet, San Bernardino, CA92405IMPORTANT DATES: Pre Bid Conference and JobWalk Friday, March 28, 2014;9:30 & 11:30AMRFI Due Tuesday, April 1,2014; by 3:00PMAddendum Due Tuesday,April 8, 2014Bid Opening Tuesday, April15, 2014; at 11:00AMBid Posting on DistrictWebsite Wednesday, April16, 2014Tentative Board MeetingTuesday, May 20, 2014NTP Issued (Tentative)Thursday May 22, 2014

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By G. W. Abersold Ph.D

I’m glad that I am alive. Myfather died at age 60 from sil-icosis –black lung from

working in a foundry. My motherdied at 65 from diabetes and liverfailure. One of my grandmotherslived to be over 100. I am 86 yearsold.King David, writer of most of thePsalms said that “Three score andten “are our allotted years. How-ever, the Book of Genesis statesthat we are to live for 120 years. Ihope to live a few more years.(Genesis 6:3)I owe my measure of health tothe providence of God; to my fa-vorable genes; to sports and con-tinued exercise and toknowledgeable and compassionatedoctors. I have a feeling that theylike me and I certainly like them.Gayid, Andzel, Agee, Rimmer,Phillips, Steinman, Arruda, Pobla-cion, Dentist and Thong, Pharma-cist.I am grateful for the measure of

health that I have. In spite of a fewailments. Seven years ago I devel-oped Neuropathy in my lowerlegs. The result of my reaction toa statin medication. After a musclebiopsy, Mayo Clinic said I wouldnot get better, but if I didn’t exer-cise I’d get worse. So, I exercise atthe local YMCA five days a week.

Not too long or strenuous. In addi-tion I’m insulin dependent andhave a shot every day. I also haveglaucoma and my eyesight is nottoo good.Otherwise I’m in pretty goodhealth. One major drawback.Stella won’t let me drive. Gettingolder has contributed to that eventhough I did get my driver’s li-cense last September.I am reminded of Henry WardBeecher. “God asks no one if theywant to be born. That is not any-one’s choice. The only choice wehave is what we are going to dowith the time we have.” After retiring as a minister, I de-cided to write a column for anewspaper. Currently I write everyweek an article for five newspa-pers. To do that I need to read- notas fast as I once did-but I can readat about half the pace I once did.My books are very eclectic. I al-

ways have a novel in hand. I loveto read books on archaeology,humor, Bible scholars, ancient his-tory and politics. My second tier of

books is about magic, history ofpeople like Mandela, Pope FrancisI and religion. When writing an ar-ticle on a particular subject, I do alot of research reading.I value and treasure good friends.The other day while watching anepisode of Bonanza, an Indianchief said they should cherish andsee their friends before they die.None of us know when that time

will come, so I try to think andcherish my friends often by doingseveral things. Stella and I haveabout 500 e-mail friends. We sendthem my articles every week. Afew weeks ago I counted the num-ber of friends I pray for everyday—over 300. It may not do themmuch good but it sure helps me.We try to have lunch with many

of them often. For example, thisweek we’ll have lunch with Kenand Harriett, Frank and Betty,Larry and Linda, Maria, Tom andMartin and our kids and theirspouses. Friends are like flowers.They need to be cultivated.There is sameness about most of

our days. We get up early, afterearly morning prayers and exer-cises. Leg exercises are essentialfor my Neuropathy. Breakfastcomes next, followed with a seniornap.We leave the house at 7:30 AM

and make a quick trip to Jack-in-the Box or McDonalds. Then offto the YMCA for a casual bit moreexercise. Prior to our “friendshiplunches” we pay homage to Wal-mart or Inland Center Mall orBarnes and Noble or Citrus Plazaor 99 cent stores or doctors orpharmacies. The latter two havepriority.Twice a year we go on cruises.For example this May we take atrain from LA to Seattle, then aship through the Inland Passage;then back home by way of Amtrak.By the way, I’ve been on 123cruises.As often as I can I do sit-down

comedy and sit-down magic. Oncea week I meet with several magi-cians.My spare time is spent reading,writing and researching for weeklyarticles for our e-mails and news-papers. My recent books Words toLive By, Words to Think About,will be followed by Words ThatMake You Laugh (in the processnow) Words to Travel With, Wordsto Read While Eating and Wordsof Faith.I thoroughly enjoy this life butI’m also preparing for the life be-yond. Stella and I belong to “Bod-ies for Science,” and I’ve alreadywritten my own Eulogy.Above all, that which brings methe greatest joy is Stella and ourkids—all of them. My Faith, Fam-ily, Friends, and our Flag, are mypriorities at age 86.Amen. Selah. So be it.

More alternatives being added to traditional public school sports settingBy Harvey M. Kahn

There is a growing trend ofalternative learning choicesfor young students. In San

Bernardino County, there are char-ter schools, virtual schools, inde-pendent study and home school. InRiverside and San Diego counties,they are taking it a step further bysupposedly using high-end alterna-tive schools to lure athletic andscholastic competitors.Comparatively, school districtslike Colton's manage to operate twoalternative high schools on a shoe-string. They emphasize social guid-ance as much as academics, saythose at the Colton Joint UnifiedSchool District.Nearby Corona-Norco UnifiedSchool District houses its "alterna-tive high school of choice" on thecampus of Norco Community Col-lege. Known as John F. KennedyHigh, it is defined as a college mid-dle school geared for the under rep-resented. Some reporters havecalled JFK a magnet campus whichattracts top athletes from outsidethe Corona-Norco District.

JFK students are eligible to partic-ipate athletically at Corona-NorcoDistrict Schools, where its teamshave consistently performed wellabove normal. JFK students canearn a high school diploma and as-sociate of art's degree simultane-ously. Officials at the California Inter-scholastic Federation (CIF) saidthat middle college high schools arenot considered charter schools."Students at middle college highschools can participate athleticallyat the high school within their resi-dence. That school must also havea 'multi-school agreement' with theschool district," said CIF-SouthernSection spokesman Glenn Mar-tinez. He said home schooled stu-dents are not eligible.Colton Joint Unified School Dis-trict spokesperson Katie Orloffsaid the two alternative highschools in her district place an em-phasis on student structure. Al-though similar in principle to JFKHigh, both Washington High andSlover Mountain Continuation aredifferent overall. At the same timethey are different from each other,says Orloff.

"Slover Mountain provides stu-dents a chance to catch up and getback on track," said Orloff. "Wash-ington provides more supportiveservices and programs." Among thecomponents at Washington is an"at-risk program" for those K-12.Under the right circumstances, stu-dents at Washington High Schoolcan remain until age-20.While JFK says it is one of thelargest "middle college programs"in the state, the Classical AcademyHigh in Escondido has to be con-sidered the top-model. Aspokesperson at Classical Academysaid it is a public charter schoolwhich combines more elementsthan most alternative schools.Under the jurisdiction of the Escon-dido Union High School District,the Classical Academy offers inde-pendent online courses, and classesthat can be taken either at home oron the CAHS campus.Like JFK, the Classical Academy"home school" provides students allthe perks of a community college(San Marcos College) but unlikeJFK, it is eligible to field its ownCalifornia Interscholastic Federa-tion (CIF)sanctioned athletic teams.

Its football team plays in DivisionV of the CIF-San Diego Section. Itsgirls volleyball team won the Sec-tion title last year. The San Bernardino Public SafetyAcademy is a public charter schoolsanctioned to play in the CIF, but itseducational options are limitedcompared to Classical Academyand JFK. The National EducationPolicy Center in Colorado hascalled some charter high schools afarm system for college athletics. Itsays that high school athletes arebeing attracted to charter schoolsfrom out of state, all at the taxpayer's expense. Colton High athletic director ScottSunderland said that his school hasnever had a alternative school ath-lete on any of its teams. Sunderlandsaid in theory, a student from Wash-ington or Slover Mountain couldbecome eligible to play at ColtonHigh on a case-by-case basis butthat decision "would be made bythe school district." Sunderland saidthat JFK High is somewhat of amodel to local districts. He thinksthe alternative study school is be-coming more and more prevalent.

PHOTO COURTESY/LANDON DONO-VAN

Current Major League Soccer'sall-time leading scorer LandonDonovan went to traditionalpublic high schools at Red-lands HS and Redlands EastValley before enrolling for hissenior year at the college prepschool in Florida called Bollet-tieri Sports Academy.

Words to think about: Mylife at age 86

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It’s spring! We made it!The birds are extra chirpy in themorning, squirrels are out search-ing in pots and planters for treatsand flowers are blooming, blos-soming and bountiful.Not that we had the worst winterever imaginable, but still, it’s offi-cially spring!So, now what you ask?Well, I’ll tell you. Time to grab those allergy pills alight sweater and head outside toenjoy life.With plenty of sunny days andcool nights ahead, and we’ve allhad a preview of the gorgeousdays to come, there’s a little some-thing going on for everyone prettymuch everywhere.So take a walk, take a hike, takea nap in the sunshine--point is, getout!And being the great goings-onfinder that I am, I’ve rounded upsome local events worth springinginto action for.As usual, thank me later fordoing all the legwork.March 22Insectival at the SanBernardino County Museum,2024 Orange Tree Lane, RedlandsExplore the fascinating world ofarthropods—insects, arachnids,myriapods, and more. Events include perennial cock-roach races with new obstaclecourses, getting up close and per-sonal with bugs and other hands-on activities. Free with paid admission to themuseum. Event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Norton Air Force Base Mu-seum Anniversary Event, 16013rd Street, San BernardinoThe museum is holding a cele-bration to commemorate its firstyear. Food trucks, a band, displays,raffles and a car show will be part

of the festivities.Event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.- Fishing workshops at Yu-caipa Regional Park, 33900 OakGlen Rd, YucaipaJunior Fishing Workshop forchildren ages 7 to 15 years old andAdult Fishing Workshop for thoseparticipants 16 years of age orolder.Set for 7:30 a.m. Info: 909-790-3127

March 29 - 29th annual RedWine and Blues, at the RedlandsCountry Club, 1749 GardenStreet, Redlands.Join the Redlands Rotary Clubfor an evening of fine wine tasting,music and delicious food. Therewill be live and silent auctionitems, and all proceeds will bene-fit the Redlands Rotary Scholar-ship fund and other Redlandscommunity youth programs.Ticket info:www.redwineand-blues.com

April 2-6 - 30th annual Red-lands Bicycle ClassicThe annual event kicks off inHighland then heads to Big Bear,Beaumont with the last two racedays wrapping up in Redlandswith the Sunset ride. Visit www.redlandsclassic.comfor event schedule.

April 19 - Rialto SpringEggstravaganza, 150 S. Palm Av-enue, RialtoFree family event includes anegg hunt, crafts and giveaways.Info:909-877-9706

April 5-23 - April Music atHangar 24Beginning April 5, Hangar 24has a lineup of entertainers pairedup with some releases. Sit back,kick your feet up and have a beer.Visit, www.hangar24brewery.comfor a list of musicians and times.

April 27 - Run Through Red-landsGet those legs moving, this eventis happening rain or shine. To kickoff the event, a Food Truck Festi-val will be held April 26 from 11a.m. to 8 p.m.Run a 2K Color Splash run, a5K, 10K or half marathon.Registration info: www.redlands-events.comEarly registration is openthrough April 21.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire CommunityNewspapers, you can reach her [email protected]

Yazmin Alvarez

I have hired hundreds of peopleover the years in my career andhave nothing against Levis andpullover shirts, but to apply for ajob you should be at your verybest and shining. Doesn’t anyonein school teach kids how to applyfor a job?

Last week I was in the local drugstore and I was talking to the man-ager and this guy was filling out ajob application. He might havebeen very qualified and a nice per-son, but first he didn’t have a re-sume, had on Levis and a pullover

shirt, tattoo on his arm, a plug inhis ear, a piercing in his lip, andsome facial hair.

Soon as the guy walked away themanager says, “To think this iswhen they are trying to impressme, and it won’t get any betterthan this. No shot at another firstimpression.”

His application was in the trashbefore the guy was out of the door.

Most businesses do not hire peo-ple to deal with any retail or cus-

tomer who have visible tattoos orpiercings. They need to know howto speak to someone and lookthem in the eye when being inter-viewed.

I think kids should be taught aclass on how to apply for a job andhow to appear and make a goodimpression — but then againmaybe some of the teachers todayshould set an example in theirclassrooms as well.

Steve Portias,San Bernardino

If you want to get a job, present yourself well

The residents of Grand Terraceare hard-working people, manywith long commutes. The demandsof raising a family and work leavelittle time for civic engagement.This situation, replicated acrossthe state and nation, engenders a“micro-political environment” ofthose voters who do have the timeto engage.

Ultimately, this is bad for anycivil society as the city hall regu-lars realize they have an “outsized”role in shaping the political dis-cussion.

The rest of the citizens can onlyread newspapers or watch cabletransmission of the meetings. Butwe are not getting proper cover-age. Newspaper budgets have beenslashed. With the proliferation ofcable providers, only ComcastCable subscribers can view thelive meetings, meaning there areno other airdates. The City Councilin 2013 set as a goal the live-streaming or at least the availabil-ity for viewing recorded meetingsonline. The dissolution of redevel-opment agencies created a fiscalcrisis and that goal immediately

went “off the table.”

Coming into the role as a citycouncil member, I understood thefinances of the city were bleak. Wewere compelled to declare a “fis-cal emergency” and place a utilitytax, Measure C, on the ballot.Measure C failed. After its failurewe had an embarrassing discoveryof “unanticipated revenues.”

Local finance is extremely com-plex. The former RedevelopmentAgency created a byzantine matrixby using tax increment financing.On Feb. 25, we had in our agendapacket a fairly good midyearbudget report. But, once again, theauditor-controller informed staffvia a late afternoon email that therevenues calculations were flawed.Yes, we are again nearly broke,after “not broke” and now nearlybroke again. Would we better off ifMeasure C passed? Of course, butwould it have been fair to collectmore in utility taxes than weneeded?

Our just scrapped “Mid-YearBudget Review” kept us whole forthis fiscal year and projected a

$100,000 deficit in 2015. Itseemed like a good, palatable pathback to solvency. I felt confidentwith new business locating in ourcity we could close the gap. Theproblems were still huge; we areoperating the city with an inade-quate staffing complement, a re-tired city manager, retired assistantcity manager and contract financestaff. At some point we will needpermanent staff which brings theadded costs of funding benefits.

This city has a chance to save it-self. First, the citizens must knowwhat is going on at City Hall. Sec-ond, bitter “camp” divisions mustmove toward “civil, responsibleaction.” What I mean is that wemust collaborate to solve these se-rious challenges facing the city.While we failed to appoint a newmember to the council, we do havea November election. This is thetime to display our best leadershipand show courage.

Councilwoman Sylvia Robles,city of Grand Terrace

Grand Terrace has a chance to save itself

Flight MH370 just disappeared.There is an easy solution to keepthis from happening again.

Every plane will have a transmit-ter/GPS device that begins to func-tion as soon as the plane leaves the

ground and continues to functionuntil the plane again reaches theground. This device continuouslytransmits the location of the plane,cannot be turned off by the crew,is not accessible in flight and hasits own power supply, separate

from the plane. Via this device, theimmediate, precise location ofevery aircraft would be known.Problem solved.

Floyd PetersenLoma Linda

Easy fix for airliner disappearances

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Park cleanups at Nunez, Seccombe Lake Parks assembled bigcommunity participation

By Anthony Victoria

Since October’s “Make aDifference” clean up atPerris Hill Park, the Parks

and Recreation Commission, withthe help of community groups,have taken the necessary steps tomake sure San Bernardino parksare maintained. Parks and Recre-ation commission chair LarryGuidry explained that since then,he has made every effort to engage

with different groups in hopes ofgarnering more participation. “This is the gateway park intoour city. It is the first park peoplesee as they drive into SanBernardino,” said Guidry ofNunez Park. “It’s important to getpeople on this side of town en-gaged in the process.”The city’s two park cleanups atNunez and Seccombe Lake onMarch 15 were the first of ten pro-posed for 2014. An estimated hun-dred people were on hand to plant

flowers, pick up trash, and pullweeds. Also assisting in the week-end cleanups were First Wardcouncil member Virginia Marquezand San Bernardino City MayorCarey Davis. At Seccombe Lake, volunteersfrom Beautify San Bernardino andSan Bernardino Generation Nowpainted several sets of bleachersand four light standards; emptiedout about two dozen tree wells andplaced bark, as well as moved dirtinto squirrel holes; painted en-

trance gates at the cemetery, parkbenches, bike racks, the local littleleague’s foul pole and outfieldfence; and uncovered, cleaned andpolished over 300 headstones atPioneer Memorial Cemetery.

The Urban Conservation Corps(UCC) has also been instrumentalin park maintenance. They haveestablished citywide crews whohelp maintain parks everyday.UCC had approximately 28 mem-bers present at Nunez Park, mostchoosing to give up their free timeto participate.“I think its great working withthe crew,” said Jason Ciabatti. The23-year old supervisor believesthat San Bernardino’s youth are re-sponsible for bringing the cityback on its feet.“It all starts with building greatrelationships and a good workethic. That’s what the corps doeswith its youth. It’s time for the cityto work together.”The Del Rosa Neighborhood As-sociation Group (D.R.N.A.G.),whose boundaries extend fromHarrison Street on the west end toSterling Avenue on the east end, inaddition to providing their servicesto Nunez Park, has also replacedthe dedication plaque at HarrisonCanyon Park that was stolen sev-eral years ago. They organizemonthly hour and a half long cleanup events in which they cut weedson neighborhood side streets andpick up trash. “We hope to see more volunteersin the coming weeks and months,”expressed Association PresidentEvelyn Alexander. “We need in-volvement from all people in all

age groups. It doesn’t have to belimited to the parks. You can vol-unteer at Church’s, Schools, andany other community locations. Itis all needed.”Davis, who is only two weeksinto his term as Mayor, said he en-joyed participating in the eventand is very encouraged by thecommitment of city residents.“I think it’s great to see all thesepeople helping to maintain ourparks,” he said. “To see all thispeople coming together is encour-aging.”

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San Bernardino City MayorCarey Davis at Nunez Park.


Members of the Del Rosa Neighborhood Association Group. From left to right are: Melissa Fulton,Lydia Villa-Laskowski, Evelyn Alexander, Darrell Brooks, Dan Direen, and Betty Brooks.

ARMC Will Host a Rally for Respiratory HealthArrowhead Regional

Medical Center(ARMC) is pleased to

host the American Lung Associa-tion Respiratory Rally free lunghealth event from 9:30 a.m. to 3p.m., on Saturday, March 29. Theevent will be held in the OakRoom on the first floor of thehospital at 400 North PepperAve., in Colton. Attendees willlearn about managing and livingwith chronic lung disease.“We are hosting this rally be-cause we want to reach out to in-dividuals who may have chroniclung disease to provide them withthe education and tools they needto have a better quality of life,”said ARMC Respiratory CareServices Director, Laura Ellers.“This is an educational event foradults who are living with thedisease and their loved ones andcaregivers.”The Respiratory Rally will fea-ture presentations by physiciansand health care professionals ontopics including Chronic Ob-structive Pulmonary Disease(COPD), a lung disease that in-cludes bronchitis and emphy-sema; nutrition for individualswith lung disease; pulmonary re-habilitation (teaching patientshow to live with the disease); andmore. Individuals who havechronic lung disease and are liv-ing active lives will speak abouttheir experiences. The event alsoincludes exhibitor information;community resources; a conti-nental breakfast and lunch.

Keynote speaker Dr. HeatherMerry, a thoracic surgeon in theLung Transplant Program at theCedars-Sinai Women’s GuildLung Institute, will speak aboutend-stage lung disease, lungtransplantation, and other treat-ment options.“Adults with lung disease, in-cluding emphysema, chronicbronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis(lung tissue that is damaged andscarred), and asthma, will benefitfrom attending this event,” saidTerry Roberts, area director forthe American Lung Associationin California – Inland Empire.“Attendees will have the oppor-tunity to meet others who are liv-ing with lung disease in a relaxedand supportive environment.”For more information, or to reg-

ister, call Roberts at 909-321-3290; [email protected], or goto: action.lung.org/coltonrally. The Lung Association’s missionis to save lives by improving lunghealth and preventing lung dis-ease through education, advocacyand research. ARMC is a state-of-the-artacute care facility with a fullrange of inpatient and outpatientservices including a Level IItrauma center, mobile medicalclinic, primary stroke center, anda regional burn center. ARMC isa leader in the treatment of chil-dren with asthma through itsschool-based Breathmobile pro-gram. For more informationabout ARMC, go to: www.arrow-headmedcenter.org.

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Colton: First and third Tuesday,6 p.m.; 650 N. La Cadena Dr.Highland: Second and fourth

Tuesday, 6 p.m.; 27215 Base Line.No meetings in August.Loma Linda: Second and fourth

Tuesday, 7 p.m. (check city Website as dates are subject to change);25541 Barton Rd.Redlands: First and third Tues-

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second 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: Every

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The Democratic Luncheon Club ofSan Bernardino meet at noon on Fri-days at Democratic Headquarters,136 Carousel Mall (near the centralglass elevator) in San Bernardino.For additional information visitwebsite www.sbdems.comSpeaker Schedule:3/21 Ameenah Fuller, DemocraticEndorsed Candidate, State SenateSD-233/28 George Aguilar, Trib-ute to Cesar Chavez4/5 ANNUAL BANQUETSAVE THE DATE: Annual Ban-quet and Installation of Officers4/5/2014. Elk's Lodge, SB, DoorsOpen at 11:30.Table of 8: $250Blue Sponsor (Includes two tablesand sponsor recognition): $500Event Sponsor (Above plus recog-nition on Club Web site, socialmedia and program)Individual: $35,Couple: $65Other Important Dates:CDP Convention, Los Angeles 3/7-9SD-23 Special Election 3/25Visit us at www.sbdems.com orour new Facebook page atwww.facebook/SBDems.

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Saturdays from 10am-12pmCome Sing with The Inland Em-pire Prime Time Choraliers as theybegin a new season on Tuesday,January 7, 9:00 AM. Rehearsals

are held each Tuesday Morning. atSt. Paul’s Methodist Church, 785No. Arrowhead Ave., SanBernardino, CA 92401 (corner ofArrowhead and 8th).

Church EstateSale

Saturday, March 228am-2pm-The Christian Science Churcu at290 N. Riverside Ave., in Rialtohas closed. There will be books, ta-bles, chairs, 2 organs, pews, book-cases, etc. for sale. Information:(909) 882-1037 or (909) 882-9259.

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Every Wednesday beginningFebruary 5 through March 26 -6pm-8pm Hosted by the SanBernardino Police Department.Classes will be held at the SanBernardino Police Dept. MainStation, 710 N. D St., SanBernardino. The academy is freebut seating is limited so call to re-serve your spot. (909) 388-4946or (909) 384-5753.

Crafton HillsCollege An-nual Gala

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Valley will be having a fundrais-ing afternoon at Dave & Buster’sOntario (4821 Mills Circle, On-tario). Visit www.hssbv.org todownload and print a flyer or stopby the Humane Society of SanBernardino Valley (374 W Or-ange Show Road, SanBernardino). When you bring theflyer with you to the Dave &Buster’s between the hours of2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. 15% ofyour bill will be donated back tothe HSSBV (including food, non-alcoholic drinks and power-cards)! Play some games, eatgreat food and help the HSSBVhelp animals at the same time!For more information on this

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Sunday, March 30- 2:30pm -The film Cesar Chavez more thanfour years in the making is thefirst major motion picture aboutthe leader and co-founder of theUnited Farmworkers Union. Directed by Diego Luna, Cesar

Chavez stars Michael Pena asChavez, alongside Rosario Daw-

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to celebrate the legacy of CesarChavez, Latino Network, in con-junction with UDW AFSCMELocal 3930, will be presenting aspecial screening of the movie atthe Riverside Plaza Stadium 16Theatre. Tickets are available ona first come first served basis andspace is limited. Tickets may be purchased at the

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Latina Confer-ence 2014

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By Anthony Victoria

More than fifty peoplegathered at Sal andLimon Gourmet and

Mexican Food restaurant in Rialtoon Wednesday March 12 to meet,greet, and show support for SanBernardino Community CollegeDistrict Trustee Joseph Williamswho is striving to be elected into asecond term. Williams, who is the founder andCEO of non-profit organizationYouth Action Project replaced for-mer trustee James Ramos on Feb-ruary 2013, as the latter waselected into the San BernardinoCounty Board of Supervisors inNovember of 2012. He is runningfor SBCCD’s District 2 position.Ramos is among several promi-nent community leaders who sup-port Joseph Williams’ campaignfor election into the SBCCDboard. Other supporters includeformer California Assembly mem-

ber Wilmer Amina Carter and Ri-alto Mayor Deborah Robertson.In 2006, Williams served on theSBCCD board as student trusteebefore moving on to the Univer-sity of Redlands where he receiveda Bachelors Degree in Business.He has also worked for the SanBernardino County Department ofBehavioral Health and the Work-force Investment Board. He cur-rently serves on the CaliforniaState Workforce InvestmentBoard, in which he has the oppor-tunity to advise Governor JerryBrown on setting and guiding pol-icy in the area of workforce devel-opment. Williams holds the specialdistinction of being the only boardmember currently serving on acommunity college board. It wasat the community college, asRamos indicated, where Josephwas first introduced into the polit-ical sphere.“Joseph serving in that role asstudent trustee for the students at

San Bernardino Valley College ad-dressed an issue relating to a fivedollar increase in health services,”Ramos explained to supporters inattendance. “He came to me andsaid ‘what should I do?’ I said tohim, ‘If there’s an issue, we needto put it on the table! So we didthat. He went back and it turns outsome of the students wanted it. Hewas beginning to learn the politicsat that time.”“I didn’t want to pay a five dollarfee because I didn’t have access tothose services since I was attend-ing school at night,” Williams ex-plained. “He (Ramos) showed methe process of how to get some-thing on the agenda and how toask questions. Being a trustee andstudent trustee is vastly different.It is a very different experience.”Today Williams continues to ad-vocate for students. He is currently

working on an initiative to buildtwo additional Middle CollegeHigh Schools.“The reason why I want to con-tinue to serve in this capacity is be-cause I want to see two newmiddle colleges come to our dis-trict, one in Yucaipa and one in thecity of Rialto,” said Williams.“The Middle College is an inter-esting program because it allowshigh school students to obtain anAssociates Degree and a HighSchool Diploma at the same time.It saves money and time. We’reliving in a time where money iscritical for our folks. It is an eco-nomic imperative.”Additionally, Williams expressedhe looks to garner more local par-ticipation. He explained thatSBCCD recently passed a localhire policy which will see fifty-five percent of their employment

opportunities go to local residents. “I cannot say go to school and getan education if there are no placesfor you to go to work,” he said.“Opening up the district to ourlocal community is a very impor-tant thing. It’s all about equity, ac-tion, and choice.”SBCCD Chancellor Bruce Baronsaid that “commitment” and “pas-sion” are the two words that cometo mind when thinking ofWilliams, as he believes that hewill continue to bring good servicein the areas of workforce develop-ment, matching labor needs witheducational offerings, and expand-ing the Middle College program.“We need somebody with vision,we need somebody with commit-ment,” surmised Baron. “Josephhas been a real pleasure to workwith and has been a great additionto the board.”


SBCCD Trustee Joseph Williams addressing guests at Sal andLimon Gourmet and Mexican Food restaurant in Rialto on March12.


Pictured Left from Right: SBCUSD Board Member Margaret Hill, Former Calif. Assemblymem-ber Wilmer Amina Carter, SBCCD Trustee Joseph Williams, San Bernardino County Super-visor James Ramos, SBCCD Chancellor Bruce Baron, SBVC Outreach Technician ClydeWilliams, and Rialto Mayor Deborah Robertson.

Candidates sought for California Senior Legislature Elections

The County of SanBernardino Department ofAging and Adult Services

is seeking candidates for the Cali-fornia Senior Legislature (CSL)Elections in May.The California Senior Legislaturevolunteers will gather ideas forstate and federal legislation, turnthe ideas into formal proposals forpresentation to members of theLegislature or Congress, and advo-cate for laws to implement theideas. The May election will be forone Senior Senator and three Sen-ior Assembly members. Qualifiedcandidates must be SanBernardino County residents andregistered voters who are 60 orolder on the May 21, 2014 electionday.Eligible Candidates for CSL willspeak briefly at the Senior Advi-sory Committee (SAC) meeting onMay 21 and eligible Senior Advi-sory Committee members will castballots to fill the seats of the Sen-ior Senator and three Senior As-sembly members.Anyone interested in candidacyshould contact the Department ofAging and Adult Services at (909)891-3910 no later than March 31,2014. Candidate nomination peti-tions and packets are due April 14,2014. A list of eligible candidateswill be posted the week of April21, 2014. CSL Election Methodand Procedures are available onthe DAAS website at http://hss.sb-county.gov/daas/.“This is an opportunity to give a

voice to San Bernardino County’sseniors and raise awareness aboutissues affecting our seniors,” saidRon Buttram, Director of Agingand Adult Services.Department of Aging and AdultServices wants seniors and de-pendent adults who are victims of

abuse to call the Adult ProtectiveServices hotline first at 1-877-565-2020 as they are the designatedstate agency to investigate refer-rals of abuse. All referrals are han-dled with discretion, dignity andrespect. APS services are alsoavailable to persons between 18-

64 years of age who are unable toprotect their own interest due to a

physical or mental disability.


Assemblymember Cheryl R. BrownSelects Small Business Owner,

Community Leader Linda Gonzalez as the 47th Assembly District’s

Woman of the Year

Assemblymember CherylR. Brown (D-SanBernardino) has selected

Bloomington resident Linda Gon-zalez as her 2014 Woman of theYear. During Monday’s AssemblyFloor Session, Gonzalez was hon-ored for her outstanding leadershipand strong advocacy in support ofwater resources, education andsmall business.“I’m very proud to recognizesmall business owner Linda Gon-zalez as my Woman of the Year,”said Assemblymember Brown.“She’s been a dedicated leader inthe Inland Empire region for overthirty years. She was recentlyelected to the West Valley Water

District of San Bernardino County.She broke the proverbial ceilingwhen she was appointed as thefirst Latina president of theBloomington Woman’s Club in2010. Most notably, she served aschairwoman and board member ofthe Bloomington Municipal Advi-sory Committee (MAC) for thir-teen years, and as vicechairwoman of the Colton JointUnified School District Measure GCommittee. She’s always givingback and I just want to recognizeher for the great work that she’sdoing to enhance our community.”Gonzalez has owned MAS Autoand Truck Electric for over 25years. It’s currently based inFontana. The company specializesin rebuilding alternators, startersand generators.She’s involved in several boardsand committees including theDemocratic Women’s Club of SanBernardino, the Inland EmpireHispanic Chamber of Commerceand the SANBAG West Valley

Community Advisory Group. For-merly, she served as a board mem-ber of the Fontana Area Chamberof Commerce.Gonzalez was nominated by herson, Thomas Gonzalez. “It’s aprivilege to nominate my mother,Linda Gonzalez, for Woman of theYear. She is a mother, a Latina,and equally important, a womanwho gets the job done. As amother, she is an inspiration to herchildren. During family dinners,my mother always instilled in usthat true happiness is found inhelping others. Her commitmentto community service has com-pelled me to give back to my com-munity and help those who areoften overlooked. My mother ismy hero.”Gonzalez has been married to herhusband for twenty eight years.Together they have four childrenand one grandson. When free timeis available, she enjoys spending itwith her family and friends.

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Pictured left to right: Assemblymember Brown, Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway,Linda Gonzalez, Assembly Speaker John A. Perez and Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal,chair of the California Legislative Women's Caucus.

ObituaryWilliam Kent Smith

1936 - 2014

William Kent Smith, 77,passed away Friday,February 21, 2014.

Born to Bill and Wanda Smith inColton, California on December 5,1936 and grew up there with hisbrother Richard and sister, Pat. Heserved in the U. S. Navy, and wasstationed in Hawaii, and on the U.S. Boxer. Bill will be rememberedas a loving father, grandfather,great-grandfather, brother, uncle,and friend. He was known for hislove for all. Bill is survived by hisbrother, Richard; daughters, Deb-bie, Teresa, Rene; sons, Bill Jr.,Max, Willie; Grand-daughtersShanna, Ashlyn, Hanna, Lauren;grandsons Michael, Kent, Jake.Mickey, Billy great-grandchildrenChristiana, Daniel, Liam, Kamryn;cousin Neil. A memorial will beheld, followed by a celebration ofhis life on March 29 at 11:00am.To obtain details email family [email protected] Kent Smith

Can we rely on Godfor health?

Millions of people be-lieve in the power ofprayer to heal illness. Is

it really reasonable to rely on thepower of God, instead of materialremedies? Speaker Brian Talcott,says, “I’ve found in my own expe-rience that prayer is a reliable formof health care.” Talcott will present a talk titled,“How Relying on God BringsHealing” on Sunday, March 30,2014 at 2 pm at First Church ofChrist, Scientist, 1728 North “E”Street, San Bernardino. Talcottsays that learning to pray throughthe deep study of the Bible andScience and Health with Key tothe Scriptures by Mary BakerEddy has brought him lifelonghealth. This led him, over 30years ago, to become a practitioner

of Christian Science healing andlater a teacher of this Science.“In this lecture I explore themental nature of both the causeand cure of illness, explaining howMary Baker Eddy found and fol-lowed Christ Jesus’ approach tohealing,” says Talcott. “I will ad-dress the resistance to trusting Godwith our health and wellbeing. Acentral focus of my lecture is gain-ing the understanding that we inti-mately coexist with God, who isLove. You can demonstrate foryourself, through communing withGod, that you can bring the powerof divine Love into your life.”A member of the Christian Sci-ence Board of Lectureship, BrianTalcott travels from his home inBerkeley, CA, USA.

Afree concert by Italiansinger Matteo Setti, whois filming his first public

television special at the CaliforniaTheatre of the Performing Arts, isat 7 p.m. Saturday (March 22) inthe historic downtown venue.Presented by International Mediaand billed as "Italian ClassicMeets American Cool," the con-cert is first-come first served andgeneral admission seating. Thetheater, at 562 W. Fourth St. andbetween E and F streets, opens at6 p.m.Discovered by legendary Italiantenor Luciana Pavarotti, Setti per-forms a variety of swing era clas-sics, including "Luck Be a Lady,""That's Life," "For Once in MyLife," "Volare," and many otherclassic Italian and American hits.For more information, call 909-885-8263.

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Redlands Post 106 celebrates American Legion’s 95th Anniversary

By Yazmin Alvarez

“CQCQCQ… This is W6TAL--Redlands Post 106 of the AmericanLegion. We’re celebrating theAmerican Legion’s 95th birthdayand we’re having a special eventstationed--CQCQCQ and listen-ing…”

That was the nation-widecall made out Saturdaymorning by the group’s

amateur radio club as they kickedoff a small ceremony recognizingmembers and the post’s longstand-ing history in Redlands. Operators reached out to nearly a

dozen people throughout the U.S.,and some as far out as Croatia dur-ing the celebratory call, said DougMacomber, club member and sec-retary of the radio club, as he con-tinued call out on the ham radio. And the reveling didn’t stop there.To help mark the group’s mile-

stone, the U.S. Postal Service ap-proved a pictorial postmark--acancellation stamp--for the Ameri-can Legion’s anniversary. The postmark is a black-and-

white inked stamp of the American

Flag with the words, “AmericanLegion 95th Anniversary Station.” The process to obtain the stamp

was in the works for severalmonths, but with the help of Post-master Liz George of the RedlandsPost Office, the group was able tounveil the commemorative stampduring the anniversary Saturday.Roger Baty, radio club president,

said the stamp is a perfect way tomark any community celebration.“The post is celebrating its 94th

year,” said Baty, of Post 106. “How many organizations in Red-

lands can say they have been herefor 94 years.” The commemorative cancellation

stamp is available for 30 days--April 15-- at the Redlands Post Of-fice on New York Street and theAmerican Legion’s Redlands Post106 where they have pre-stampedenvelopes available.The stamp can be obtained by

bringing in a first-class stamped en-velope to the Redlands branch andasking any postal service employeeat the service desk.The American Legion Post 106of Redlands is at 814 W. ColtonAvenue in Redlands.

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From left, George Humphrey and Doug Macomber, secretary of Redlands Post 106 amateurradio club, make a call out celebrating the American Legion’s 95th anniversary March, 15.


A commemorative cancellation stamp celebrating the AmericanLegion’s 95th anniversary will be available through April 15 at theRedlands Post Office on New York Street.


Members of the American Legion Post 106 of Redlands received certificates of recognition alongwith a commemorative stamp celebrating the Legion’s 95th anniversary.

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“Take the Cake Bake-Off” raises thousands to fight childhood hunger

By Yazmin Alvarez

It was a sweet success fordozens of bakers Saturday atthe region’s first-ever “Take

the Cake Bake-Off.”Hosted by the The Cakewalk in

Redlands, the inaugural event atSan Manuel Stadium in SanBernardino March 15 lined up 60local bakers for a competition witheven sweeter results--helping endchildhood hunger.And with more than $20,000

raised in proceeds from the event,the benefactor, “Share OurStrength, No Kid Hungry” cam-paign is one step closer to reachingtheir goals. “We’re extremely grateful of the

success and couldn’t have done itwithout the help of the communityand the baking community,” saidErik Martinez, who owns TheCakewalk along with his wife, Lau-ren.The event drew in a crowd of

more than 1,000 people.“We’re lucky to have such a big

reach with the baking communityand with this event we were able tosuccessfully highlight their talents.” And a group of celebrity judges--Heather Paul from SugarbirdDesserts, Suite 106, two-timeCupcake Wars winners, Rico &Mambo from Q104.7, CliffYoung, host of the radio showOut to Eat and special fan judgeselected through a YouTube com-petition Serafina Weaver--provedthere were several.Bakers competed in one of three

categories for the event--cupcakes,cake pops and cookies.Taking first place under the cup-

cake category was Pomona’s Syn-fully Sweet followed by first placecake pop category winner, CakePops for U and first place cookiecategory winner, Riverside’s Flour& Faith Bakery. Treat tasters in attendance Satur-

day were giving 12 tasting vouch-ers and received an event T-shirt,event reusable bag and lanyard. In addition to supporting the No

Kid Hungry Campaign, Cakewalkalso reaches out to benefit the localcommunity by donating five per-cent of their sales monthly to Red-lands schools through their“Cakewalk Cares” program. “We agreed that from day one, as

soon as we were able to make itpossible, we’d give back,” saidMartinez. In over 18 months, every school

in Redlands has received a dona-tion through Cakewalk Cares.

Eventually, the hope is to branchout, Martinez said.“It’s about education--it’s most

important.”To learn more about the first Take

the Cake Bake-Off visit,www.takethecakebakeoff.com.Cakewalk Cake and Candy Sup-

plies is at 2083 Orange Tree Ln,

Redlands.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire Community News-papers and can be reached [email protected]

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The event, benefiting the “Share Our Strength, No Kid Hungry”campaign brought out 60 bakers to compete for bragging rights.More than $20,000 in proceeds from the even was raised in sup-port of the campaign.

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More than 1,000 people attended The Cakewalk’s first “Take the Cake Bake-Off” competition, afundraiser to help fight childhood hunger.

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CSUSB swept by UCSD

By Richard Dawson

The Cal State SanBernardino softball teamcouldn’t gain an edge

against UC San Diego on Satur-day, March 15, losing both a pitch-ing duel and a rout duringCalifornia Collegiate AthleticAssociation action. The first game saw StephanieLuhman suffer the loss despitegoing the distance for the Coyotesand allowing just two unearnedruns on five hits and five walkswhile striking out four. Tied 1-1 in the top of the seventh,Luhman gave up a one-out single

to the Tritans Grant. A passed ballproved costly allowing Grant toadvance to second, who was thenmoved over to third by the nextbatter Romero. With two down, UCSD (18-4,13-3 CCAA) pinch hitter Devotosingled to right field, scoring Grantfor what turned out to be the gamewinner. Kristin Lopez singled to reachbase with one out in the home halfof the ninth for CSUSB (16-13,10-10), but she was left stranded atsecond as the offense mustered

just two ground ball outs to end thegame 2-1. In Game 2, the Coyotes foundthemselves down by nine beforetheir second at-bats after twocostly errors led to six unearnedruns for the Tritans during a 13-4loss. CSUSB got on the board with a

four-run third, started off whenVictoria Lievanos hit a basesloaded single up the middle toscore Alyssa Ramos. MaryMenicucci was the next batter andfollowed with a two-run doubledown the left field line that scoredBrittany Resendez and NicoleNobbe. A bases loaded walk to

Thalia Ortiz scored the final run.The Coyotes struggles started aday earlier, losing both games ofthe first doubleheader with the Tri-tans by scores of 8-3 and 15-10. CSUSB does not play again untila March 26 doubleheader againstthe University of Hawaii at Hilo.

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Centerfielder VictoriaLievanos finished 1 for 3 withan RBI.


Nobbe waits to make a tag on a UCSD baserunner.


Nicole Nobbe finished 3 for 4during CSUSB's Game 2 lossto UC San Diego during aCCAA doubleheader on Satur-day, March 15.

66ers Adopt Emmerton Elementary SchoolPartnership made possible by San Bernardino CityUnified School District’s Adopt-A-School program

The Inland Empire 66ersand Emmerton Elemen-tary School took their long

standing community partnership astep further by entering an officialAdopt-A-School agreement. Adocument was signed at Emmer-ton Elementary by 66ers GeneralManager Joe Hudson, Superin-tendent Dr. Dale Marsden, SchoolBoard President Michael Gallo, aswell as Principal Tasha Doizan of-ficially recognizing the partner-ship made possible by SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict’s Adopt-A-School pro-gram. Other adopters of Emmer-ton included Target and JoyHarvest Church.The Adopt-A-School Program,which is sponsored by the SanBernardino Area Chamber ofCommerce, is a school communitypartnership which builds a closerelationship between a specificschool and a specific business. Thebusiness “adopts” the school andprovides varying kinds of assis-tance to students and staff duringthe school year. Adopt-A-Schoolis designed to encourage businessand community support for the

schools; to provide the businesssector with the opportunity to be-come involved in public educa-tion; and to give the students theopportunity to meet and interactwith the decision makers and lead-ers in the business world.“Once we were made aware ofthis program we immediatelywanted to be a part of it,” statedHudson. “The Adopt-A-Schoolprogram is a way as an organiza-tion to show the kids of EmmertonElementary that not only do wecare about their success, but arehere to help as well.”A strong withstanding relation-ship between the two organiza-tions includes the 66ers Hit theBooks program where the 66ersfront office with the assistance ofthe team’s mascot, Bernie, hold anassembly to teach the importanceof reading. Students are rewardedfor reading a set number of booksor minutes with two free tickets toa 66ers game. The 66ers have alsohosted Emmerton Elementary’sfundraiser each year when theschool raises money by sellingtickets to a 66ers game. Tostrengthen their partnership, the

66ers have pledged to get more in-volved with Emmerton’s Dr. SeussDay and fall festival.Emmerton Elementary serves ap-proximately 600 pre-schoolthrough third grade students in SanBernardino. Their focus is increas-ing literacy through reading andwriting and increasing the use oftechnology in all grade levels.About 200 of the students werepresent for the ceremony and theneveryone celebrated with cake af-terwards.The road to winning back-to-back California League Champi-onships begins when they visit theHigh Desert Mavericks on Thurs-day, April 3rd. The 66ers open athome a week later on Thursday,April 10th when they welcome theMavericks to San Manuel Sta-dium. To purchase your 2014 sea-son tickets, group ticket options, orget more information on this pro-motion or upcoming promotions,please contact the 66ers at 909-888-9922 or visit them online atwww.66ers.com. All promotionsand times subject to change.

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Bishop Gerald Barnes urges parishionersto sign up for health coverage

Jazmine Collins

Bishop Gerald Barnes ofthe Roman Catholic Dio-cese of San Bernardino

issued a letter to parishioners thatwas read last weekend duringmass at all parishes in Riversideand San Bernardino counties. The letter’s intent is to provideclarification and direction regard-ing the new federal healthcare law.“It is understandable that manymay have questions and fearsabout how to comply with thislaw.This is reflected in the reportsof low health insurance enrollmentamong members of our Hispaniccommunities,” stated BishopBarnes in the letter. “However, toignore this law or put it off will re-sult in negative financial conse-quences for you and your family.”Bishop Barnes states that al-though the church clearly stands inobjection to certain elements at-tached to the Affordable Care Act,such as contraception and abortionservices, the church will “continueto address these issues with law-makers and through the courts,”which he fully supports. “However, these factors do not

mean that we, as Catholics, shoulddisobey the new healthcare law. Ifwe happen to have an insuranceplan that includes services that areobjectionable to our faith, whichmost plans in California do, our re-sponse is to not utilize these serv-ices. We do this through aninformed conscience and reflec-tion on the teachings of ourChurch about the value and dig-nity of every human life and God’splan for creation,” he states.Bishop Barnes said the Afford-able Care Act offers an opportu-nity for many individuals andfamilies who have never hadhealth insurance to obtain it andimprove overall quality of life, a“chief reason” why the Bishops ofthe United States have supportedthe idea of healthcare reform. According to the letter, thosewilling to sign up can first contactCatholic Charities SanBernardino-Riverside at (909)388-1239 or, (760) 342-0157 inthe Coachella Valley. CatholicCharities is a certified Medi-Calenrolled and can connect parish-ioners directly to a certified Cov-ered California enrollmentcounselor. Both St. Bernardine

Medical Center in San Bernardinoand St. Mary Medical Center inApple Valley are also able to pro-vide information and enrollmentservices through Covered Califor-nia. The deadline to sign up forhealthcare coverage is March 31.

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Bishop Gerald Barnes calls theAffordable Care Act, an opportu-nity for those who’ve never hadhealth coverage to obtain it.

New Mr. Cardinal Cityto be crowned April 5

On April 5, SanBernardino High Schoolsenior David Skidmore

will hand his crown to a new Mr.Cardinal City, marking the end ofhis reign and ushering in a newone.The Mr. Cardinal City pageantinspires school pride in contestantsand the entire student body. Forsome students, it’s a way to showtheir school pride, while for othersit is a chance to get involved intheir community.“Mr. Cardinal spreads good willand shows the community the cal-iber of students attending SanBernardino High,” pageant coor-dinator Jamie Rios said. “And,every Mr. Cardinal gains valuable

experience and gives back to hisschool and community.”The 2014-2015 Mr. Cardinalcontestants are: AlejandroGomez Villarreal, Luis Valencia,Rosalio Cruz, James Laskey,Robert Noble, Jorge Flores Na-jera, Oswaldo Bribiezcas, DanielMurillo, Samuel Moreno,Joseph Ortega, Jacob Tucker,and Anthony Hernandez.To purchase tickets to the April 5event, contact any Mr. Cardinalcontestant or pageant coordinatorJamie Rios [email protected] or (909)881-8217. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.at Sturges Center for the Fine Artsin San Bernardino.

"Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Luncheonto take place in San Bernardino"

As part of commemoratingthe Cesar E. Chavez hol-iday locally, the Chicano

Latino Caucus of the Inland Em-pire is inviting the public to jointhem for the Cesar E. Chavez Me-morial Luncheon on Sunday,March 30, 2014 from 1:00pm to3:00pm at the San BernardinoHilton Hotel located at 285 EastHospitality Lane, San Bernardino,92408.The memorial celebration comesas we observe the life and legacyof Cesar E. Chavez. Cesar Chavez

began building the United FarmWorkers, one person at a time inone small valley farm worker townafter another. Cesar Chavez and asmall group of dedicated men andwomen who joined him built amovement based on selfless serv-ice to others. In so doing they in-spired so many farm workers andmillions of others from all walksof life who never worked on afarm to social and political ac-tivism. Their example is as rele-vant today as it was decades ago.The Keynote Speaker will be

Maria Elena Durazo, ExecutiveSecretary-Treasurer, Los AngelesCounty Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and Special Guest Speakerwill be Mario Martinez, GeneralCounsel, United Farm Workers.Entertainment will be provided byDanzantes Del Sol, award winningAztec Dance Group.Tickets for the Cesar E. ChavezMemorial Luncheon are $30 perperson. For more information andto rsvp, please call 951-906-3130.

It’s not a show...It’s an experienceCircus Vargas Presents Magikaria Extreme!

Get ready, Inland Empire,for the ultimate entertain-ment extravaganza for all

ages! Circus Vargas will debutits most mind-blowing, highly an-ticipated spectacular ever! Join us,where the magic begins and theheartpounding, death-defying ac-tion takes place! It’s awe-inspiring‘Edge of your Seat’ excitement, allunder the big top…where imagina-tion comes to life and the world isfull of possibility and wonder!“This is the culmination of atremendous amount of hard work”,states Nelson Quiroga, producer ofCircus Vargas. “There will be moremagic and more excitement thanyou can imagine! We can't spill allthe secrets or give away all the de-tails but, we can tell you that thisshow will be a masterpiece of ex-treme entertainment!”Don’t miss Circus Vargas’ newmagical, mega-hit sensation in:· San Bernardino at the I-10 Free-way and Waterman Ave. fromMarch 20 – 24· Ontario at Ontario Mills fromMarch 27 – April 7· Chino at Chino Fairgroundsfrom April 10 - 14

Meet and mingle with the cast ofMagikaria! Arrive thirty minutesearly for an exciting, interactivepre-show where children (of allages) can create their own magicunder the big top!For more information about Cir-

cus Vargas and to purchase ticketsvisit www.circusvargas.com, byphone at 877-GOTFUN-1 (877-468-3861) or at the circus box of-fice, which opens one day prior tothe first show.

Open Hours, Story Times at theSan Bernardino Public Libraries

The four San Bernardinocity libraries remain openand continue to offer a

wide array of services, includingpre-school story time.The Inghram Branch Library, lo-cated at 1505 W. Highland Avenue,is located in the New Hope Com-munity Center. The Inghram Li-brary is open in collaboration withSolomon’s Ujamaa Center, Inc. Li-brary services are available Tues-day through Saturday from 2:00pm to 6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00am to 2:00 pm. Inghram story timesare at 3:00 pm on Tuesdays &Thursdays and at 2:00 pm on Sat-urday.The Howard Rowe Branch Li-brary, located at 108 E. Marshall, isopen on Monday and Tuesday from3:00 pm to 8:00 pm and Wednes-day and Thursday from 10:00 amto 3:00 pm. The Rowe Branch of-fers story time at 10:30 am eachThursday morning. The Paul Villasenor Branch Li-

brary, located at 525 N. Mt. VernonAvenue, is also open on Mondayand Tuesday from 3:00 pm to 8:00pm and Wednesday and Thursdayfrom 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Vil-lasenor Branch offers a Family Sto-rytime at 6:00 p.m. on Mondayevenings. The Norman Feldheym CentralLibrary is open Monday throughThursday from 10:00 am to 6:00pm and Saturday from 1:00 pm to6 p.m. Saturday hours will tem-porarily be 10:00 am to 6:00 pmthrough April 12th during the taxseason during which free tax assis-tance is offered from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. The Feldheym Central Li-brary offers preschool story time onTuesday and Thursday at 10:30 amand offers a school age craft onWednesday at 4:00 pmFor more information on the li-braries and the special programsand activities they offer, log intotheir website at www.sbpl.org.

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Kicked Out of Rehab For TouchingWomen and Refusing Drug Test

Chris Brown got thrownout of rehab last Fridayfor three different rules

violations, according to reports,including one designed specifi-cally for the singer.

The 24-year-old was ordered tostay at least two feet away from allthe women there, given that he'son probation for a felony assaultagainst Rihanna.

Fair or not, the people who runthe facility imposed this highlyunusual requirement on Chris,who violated it by "touching el-bows and hands" with a woman.

The second reason he got theboot was that he left the facilitylast week on an authorized outing,then refused a drug test upon hisreturn.

Sources say he later took the testand passed, but the initial refusalwas a violation of rules.

Insiders say Chris also had somekind of sexual encounter with awoman at the facility this month,but that is not part of the basis forbooting him.

This is also the second rehab fa-cility to kick Brown out since hisOctober arrest.

The death of L’Wren Scott,the high-end fashion de-signer who was the long-

time girlfriend of Mick Jagger,caught by surprise fans andfriends alike.

One of the first to offer condo-lences was Jagger’s first wifeBianca, who posted on Facebook:“Heartbroken to learn of the lossof the lovely and talented L’WrenScott. My thoughts and prayersare with her family. May she restin peace.”

Scott, who left Utah as ateenager to become a model inParis, was found in her Manhattanapartment on Monday from an ap-parent suicide. No note was foundand there was no sign of foul play,police said.

Investigators said the Hollywooddesigner has texted her assistant90 minutes earlier and asked herto come to the apartment, but gaveno reason as to why. Scott wasfound kneeling with a scarfwrapped around her neck that hadbeen tied to the handle of a Frenchdoor, police said.

Her spokesperson requested pri-vacy for her family. A representa-tive for Mick Jagger said thesinger “was completely shockedand devastated by the news” ofher death.

The Rolling Stones frontmanposted a poignant tribute Tuesdayon Facebook, saying he is stillstruggling to understand her deathand will never forget her.

“We spent many wonderfulyears together and had made agreat life for ourselves,” Jaggerwrote. “She had great presenceand her talent was much admired,not least by me.”

Bianca Jagger, a Nicaraguanhuman rights activist who wasmarried to the singer from 1971 to1978, also commented on Face-book about the media’s coverageof Scott’s death, calling it sexist.

“Appalled at the sexist reporting,lack of compassion and lack of re-spect for L’Wren’s accomplish-ments by most world media,” shewrote.

Scott, whose elegant designs inlush fabrics were favored bycelebrities like Madonna, Nicole

Kidman, Oprah Winfrey and firstlady Michelle Obama, was a fix-ture on Jagger's arm since theymet in 2001. On red carpets, the

striking 6-foot-3 designer toweredover her famous 5-foot-10boyfriend.

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Mick Jagger’s Ex-Wife Mourns The Suicide Of His Girlfriend, L'Wren Scott

David Brenner Dies at Age 78

Comedian David Brenner,a comedian and regularon The Tonight Show, has

died after a battle with cancer, afamily spokesman said. He was78.

Brenner was a staple on JohnnyCarson's late-night TV show, ap-pearing 158 times (more than anyother guest) according to a bio onhis official site.

He also helped write, produceand direct 115 TV documentaries,earning him nearly 30 awards, andwas the author of five books overthe years.

Even in death, Brenner kept the

jokes coming - a tough feat.

His final request, according tospokesman Jeff Abraham, was tohave $100 in small bills tucked inhis sock, "just in case tipping isrecommended where I'm going."

His grave site will also read: "Ifthis is supposed to be a joke ...then I don't get it!" That's prettygreat. Comedian Joan Rivers, alongtime friend, Tweeted:

"RIP David Brenner. I adoredhim, and laughed more with himthan anybody. Sad, sad, sad.Knowing David, he's now makingthe devil laugh."

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Crowe Won't Get Vatican Blessing

Noah” is not feeling thelove from the Vaticanafter Pope Francis re-

portedly nixed a tentative meet-and-greet with the creative teambehind the Biblical epic starringRussell Crowe.

According to Variety, which firstreported the news, Paramount Stu-dios had been scrambling toschedule a meeting with the Pon-tiff as a photo-op before the re-lease of the film on March 28.

The meeting was tentativelyscheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednes-day with Crowe being joined bydirector Darren Aronofsky andParamount vice chair Rob Moore.

Crowe, 49, had reached out tothe Vatican last month via Twitter,offering him a preview of the filmwith the hope he’d give “Noah”his blessing.

“Dear Holy Father… the mes-sage of the film is powerful, fasci-nating, resonant,” the Australianactor wrote.

The Vatican reportedly cancelledthe meeting over concerns that itwould be leaked to the press andfans would cause a spectacle, par-ticularly after Crowe and Aronof-sky touched down inRome,Variety reported.

“[The Vatican] was concernedthat because Russell is such a bigcelebrity, a meeting could becomea huge spectacle,” NY Post’s PageSix reported.

Variety reached out to Aronofskylast week, who said the meetinghad been proposed but that itwouldn’t happen if it was leakedor reported ahead of time.

Page Six reported Studio Para-mount denied that a meeting wasever scheduled.

While the Pontiff does not nor-mally screen films, he met withPhilomena Lee, the subject of theOscar-nominated film “Philom-ena.”

“Noah,” which also features

Emma Watson, Jennifer Connellyand Anthony Hopkins, raised crit-icism by some religious groups fortaking too many liberties with theBiblical story of Noah’s Ark.

Matt Damon and ABetter World

Matt Damon wants hisdaughters to be proudof his work – espe-

cially his efforts to make the worlda better place.

Dedicated to providing cleanwater to those in need, and withWorld Water Day this month,Damon, a co-founder ofWater.org, says, "I have four girlsof my own, and I want them to beproud of the impact I'm making inthe world."

The Monuments Men and Be-hind the Candelabra star, 43,helped start the organization as aresponse to the poverty he encoun-tered during his travels a decadeago.

"I just can't think of a cause thathas a larger impact than access tosafe drinking water and basic san-itation – especially for women andgirls," he says. I'm looking forward to sharingthe work with my family. I thinkit's a really valuable opportunity to

learn and curate your own pas-sions for giving back at an earlyage."

Damon says his organization'spartnership with Zynga.org, aproject that raises money for char-ity through games, has helped tensof thousands of people in Haitigain access to safe drinking water.

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St. Bernardine Medical Center hosts “Gathering at Twilight”By Jazmine Collins

The St. Bernardine MedicalCenter Foundation heldtheir 15th annual Gather-

ing at Twilight “Venetian Mas-querade” on March 8, 2014 atNational Orange Show. The gala served as a night tohonor supporters of the MedicalCenter and to raise funds forPET/CT scan for St. Bernardine.In a statement, Ron R. Rezek,Chairman of the Board of Trusteesfor St. Bernardine Medical CenterFoundation, thanked the Sanmanuel Band of Mission Indians,who have been “generous patronsthroughout the years, providingthe hospital wight the means topurchase vital equipment.”The PET/CT scan serves a dualpurpose and is a highly effectivedevice in the diagnosis and treat-ment of cancer. The addition of the

equipment will provide critical in-formation and will allow for perti-nent questions to be answered forboth physicians and patients. “Funding for the PET/CT is thestarting point for our vision of acomprehensive cancer deliveryservice system.In the next fewyears it is the will of the MedicalCenter to expand this service lineand creat an environment wherepatients are able to acquire all thecare they need in a single place,”Rezek stated.Martin and Evelyn Matich werethe events Honorees. “It’s theirpassion to live the mission thatspurred the creation of the Auxil-lary and Foundation. They werestrong supporters in every facet ofthe hospital and will be remem-bered not simply by the naming ofthe Matich Conference Center, butfor the years of services, visionand guidance to mold this great in-stitution. The Matich legacy will

live on for generations to comethrough our memories,” statedRezek. The gala included a live auctionof wine tours, a Maui vacation, aTour de Rome, a jewelry shoppingspree and much more. All items upfor auction were generously do-nated. Attendees also had the op-portunity to participate in the“Fund-a-Need” auction, whichwill provide blanket warmers toSt. Bernardine. St. Bernardine Medical Centerhas been serving the communitysince 1931 when the Sisters ofCharity of the Incarnate Wordopened its doors on October 10.Today, the Medical Center is alarge tertiary, acute-care hospitalwith the second largest cardiacprogram in Southern California.To learn more about the Founda-tion, visit: www.supportstbernar-dine.org or call (909) 881-4516.

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The Most Reverend Bishop Barnes who gave invocation at the galaevent with Eileen Gutierrez, whom attended with husband, SamGutierrez (not pictured).

By Patrick Fite

The first phase of the Cityof Redlands Pavement Re-habilitation Program is un-

derway and will includeresurfacing approximately 110lane miles of city streets by Sep-tember.The City of Redlands MunicipalUtilities and Engineering Depart-ment (MUED), headed by Direc-tor Fred Mousavipour, isoverseeing the project, whichbegan in February and is sched-uled throughout the city during thenext six months. Notices will bedistributed to residents regardingwhen repair work is scheduled forspecific areas, and “no parking”signs will be placed. Currently,work is being done in the area ofFranklin Ave.“We’ve been getting nothing butpositive feedback from residents,”said City of Redlands MunicipalUtilities andEngineering ProjectManager Ross Wittman. “Peoplewill be temporarily inconve-nienced, but we’re trying to causethe least amount of disturbance aspossible. We’re trying to distrib-ute the work equally throughoutout the city so no one area is ef-fected all at once.”In addition to resurfacing streets,there has also been some concretework on sidewalks, creating“ramps” where there were previ-ously curbs. The goal of the side-walk work is to improvenon-motorized connectivity in thecity.According to Wittman, the TheRedlands City Council approvedthe first phase of street resurfacingand rehabilitation in 2012 andawarded the bid to Matich Corpo-ration of San Bernardino for a costof $13,210,000. Wittman said theproject is being funded by the Cityof Redlands Local Transportation

Fund, and that no General Funddollars will be used.“I believe this is probably thelargest street repair program thecity has ever undertaken,”Wittman said. The six-month project is the firstphase of a five-year street repairprogram that, when fully imple-mented, will result in the rehabili-tation, repair, and maintenanceneeds of more than two-thirds ofthe city’s street infrastructure at atotal cost of more than $43 mil-lion.The city’s Department of Innova-tive Technology (IT) staff utilizeseRoads Pavement technology, orsimply “eRoads,” as an automatedpavement evaluation system thatcreates a database of the currentinventory of city street conditions,treatment options, and cost esti-mates for each treatment available. Under the eRoads system,MUED staff uses a PavementCondition Index (PCI) to analyzethe condition of all city streets.The PCI numerical index is be-tween 0 and 100, with 0 beingworst and 100 being best. The conclusion was that, due tothe lack of comprehensive and sys-tematic maintenance of the City’sroad systems over a number ofyears, the city’s average PCI haddropped to 53, which is generallyconsidered poor condition. This iscompared to the PCI for SanBernardino County pavement,which is 70; and the PCI for thestate of California pavement,which is 66. The strategy is to increase theCity’s PCI to approximately 80 infive years.

The Redlands PavementRehabilitation Program is a com-bined effort of the city’s PavementManagement Program (PMP)along with the Pavement Acceler-ated Repair Implementation Strat-egy (PARIS) approved by the

Redlands City Council in 2012.The PMP was developed by theRedlands Municipal Utilities andEngineering Department in con-junction with the city’s Depart-ment of Innovative Technologies.In addition to evaluating the phys-ical condition of city streets and

determining their projected lifecycle, the PMP identifies a sched-ule for maintenance and recon-struction of the streets.The PARIS part of the projectsubmitted a report that included amethod for identifying, quantify-ing, and recovering costs associ-ated with the damage caused bythe major contributor to pavementdeterioration, which was identified

as city operated utility vehicles. For more information about theproject, you can call the MunicipalUtilities and Engineering Depart-ment at 909-798-7698. You canalso go to the city’s PavementManagement Program site atwww.cityofredlands.org/pave-

mentmanagement, and the PARISsite athttp://cityofredlands.org/paris.

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The finished product of the asphalt resurfacing.

Redlands Street resurfacing underway

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