Inland Empire Weekly November 20 2014

Redlands youth, police revel in tailgateactivities

By Yazmin Alvarez

The Serrano culture andlanguage is strong andthriving in the Inland

Empire.Area students celebrated NativeAmerican Heritage Month

throughout the Crafton HillsCollege Campus in Yucaipa Nov.13 and 14 with several activitiesaimed at keeping native traditionsalive.From basketry to pottery andmusic, students received hands-onlessons in the Serrano Indian lan-

guage and history of the SanManuel Band of Mission Indiansas part of the annual California'sFirst Cultures: A Celebration atCrafton Hills/Waa’t observingNative American Heritage Day

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By Yazmin Alvarez

University of RedlandsBulldogs picked up anew fan base last week.

Nearly two dozen youth along

with officers from the RedlandsPolice Department and itsVolunteer Citizens Patrol enjoyeda Saturday afternoon tailgate partyin front of Ted Runner Stadiumbefore the Bulldogs faced offOccidental College.

It was the first time brothersSergio, 10, and Adrian, 8,Cervantes had ever been on a col-lege campus, let alone played foot-

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Redlands youth battle it out in a touch football game against Redlands police officers Nov. 15 dur-ing a tailgate party at Ted Runner Stadium.

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Students from the Redlands area learned about Serrano culture as part of Native AmericanHeritage Month. The event was held throughout Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa.

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The City of RedlandsRecreation Division andRedlands Police

Department along with severallocal businesses are collectingtoys for the 17th AnnualChildren’s Christmas BlockParty. All monetary and toy donationswill assist in providing toys,food, bicycles, games and craftsto children during the annualblock party, which is scheduledfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,Dec. 13, at the RedlandsCommunity Center, 111 W.Lugonia Ave. The annual blockparty has an average attendanceof 3,000 to 5,000 families. Formany of the children, this will bethe only “Christmas” theyreceive.You can join in the spirit of giv-ing by donating new, unwrappedtoys for children between theages of 4 and 12. Toys may bedropped off through Dec. 12 atthe following locations through-out the City: Toyota of Redlands – 921 NewYork St.Redlands Ford – 1121 W.Colton Ave.Redlands Metro Nissan – 1665Industrial Park Ave.Gerrards Market -705 W.Cypress Ave.Redlands Family Restaurant-107 E. Colton Ave.A.K. Smiley Public Library –125 E. Vine St.Redlands Olive Avenue Market– 530 W. Olive Ave.Oscar's Restaurant -19 N. 5thSt.Hogi Yogi – 501 E. Citrus Ave.Redlands Community Center -111 W. Lugonia Ave.Redlands Police Department -1270 W. Park Ave.For additional information onthe Children’s Christmas BlockParty, contact Officer ElyzabethGreen at (909) 798-7534 ext 2.

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Toy donationssought for communityblock party

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Youth take on Redlands Police officers in a friendly game of touch football Nov. 15 during tailgate fes-tivities before the U of R’s Bulldog game.

The City of Redlands has ex-panded its alternative fuel-ing station at the City’s

Corporate Yards with the additionof new Compressed Natural Gasfuel dispensers. The new dispenserswill allow up to four alternative fuelvehicles to fuel at the same time.The City has operated the Lique-fied Natural Gas/Compressed Nat-ural Gas fueling station at itsCorporate Yard located at 1270 W.Park Ave., since its construction in2003.Compressed Natural Gas is aclean burning alternative fuel thathelps reduce carbon emissions andcosts less than fossil fuels.Assembly Bill 2766, signed intolaw in 1990, provides for the col-lection of an additional $4 in DMVfees to fund various air pollution re-

duction efforts. Thirty cents of eachdollar is deposited into a discre-tionary fund overseen by the Mo-bile Source Air Pollution ReductionReview Committee (MSRC),which is made up of local electedofficials as well as state and localgovernment appointees. The goalof the MSRC is to assist local gov-ernments to implement timely, ef-fective air pollution reductionprojects and directly support citiesin meeting and promoting clean airwithin South Coast Air QualityManagement District (SCAQMD).In 2011, the City of Redlands ap-plied for funding from the MSRC’s$5 million Alternative Fuel Infra-structure Program and was awardedfunds in the amount of $85,000.In July 2014, the Redlands CityCouncil awarded the $222,604 con-

tract for the alternative fuel expan-sion project to Buena Vista-basedFueling and Service Technologies,Inc. The project groundbreakingtook place in September and thenew fueling stations, includingcanopy extension and two fast fillhose dispensers, will open later thisweek.CNG fueling dispensers are opento the public between 6 a.m. and4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The dispensers accept debit cardsas well as American Express, Dis-cover, Mastercard, Visa, WrightExpress and Voyager fleet cards.More information is available onthe City’s website at www.city-ofredlands.org/qol/equipment.

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LNG/CNG fueling stations at the Corporate Yard in Redlands arenow open to the public.

ball with a group of police offi-cers, and hopefully not the last, saidtheir mother, Sabrina Meras.“It’s a great opportunity for thekids to see that police officers aren’tthe enemy,” said Meres. “They’rehere to be part of the communityand be mentors, you can see that here.”The youth-centered tailgate partywas the second of its kind for thedepartment and held in effort tobuild relationships between localyouth, parents and police officers. Spearheaded by Officer ElyzabethGreen, this year’s event was doublein size.

“We’re steadily growing,” shesaid. “The hope is to continue tocreate trusting relationships withour kids in the community.”For Meres, it was an event sheknows her children will always re-member.“Look at how much fun they’rehaving,” she said, as she stood onthe sidelines cheering on her boys.“This is great for them.”As part of the festivities, youngtailgaters and families enjoyed hotdogs, snacks and several rounds oftouch football. Members of the Boys & GirlsClubs of Greater Redlands andRiverside’s Hansberger ClubhouseCollege Bound program also par-ticipated in the revelry.

In addition to pregame fun, thegroup had the opportunity to meetthe Bulldog team and watch thempractice before kickoff.Tickets to the game were madepossible by the University of Red-lands.The Bulldogs had a 54-28 winover Occidental College.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].

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Officer Elyzabeth Green of the Redlands Police Departmentserves up snacks for youth during a Bulldog tailgate party Nov. 15.

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Bulldogs win 54-28 over Occidental College Nov. 15.

Nov. 29. The event brought together Red-lands and Yucaipa elementaryschool students and Native Ameri-can instructors with the San ManuelEducation Department to teach theIndian culture native to the area andSouthern California. Highlights of the event, whichwas held over two days, includedsinging a traditional Bird Song withJames Ramos, who helped organ-ize this year’s effort and serves asSan Bernardino County’s 3rd Dis-trict supervisor, presentations byPaakuma’ “Shorty” Tawinat of theSan Manuel Band of Serrano Mis-sion Indians, storytelling and learn-ing about basketry from Rose Ann

Hamilton of the Cahuilla Band ofMission Indians. The event helped reach more than400 students in the area.

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San Bernardino County 3rd District Supervisor, James Ramos (left) leads a Serrano Bird Song atCrafton Hills College Nov. 14 as part of a Native American Heritage month celebration.

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Hispanic Awards:Hispanic Lifestyle announced itwill reintroduce the Inland EmpireHispanic Image Awards on De-cember 3rd at the Riverside Con-vention Center. Latinos will berecognized for contributions in theareas of community service andeducation. The event starts with anetworking reception at 5:30 fol-lowed by an awards program.Dessert, coffee and networkingwill follow the recognition of the2014 honorees. The three 2014honorees being recognized fortheir efforts to promote positives

images of Latino community onthe Southern California Inland Re-gion are:• Community Advocate - SeniorDeputy District Attorney GerryLopez has been a RiversideCounty prosecutor for 24 yearsand is the primary architect andlead attorney for the Juvenile Di-vision's Community ProsecutionUnit. Considered an expert spe-cializing in juvenile delinquencyprevention and intervention, Mr.Lopez was appointed to the Cali-fornia Juvenile Justice Committeeand he currently serves as an inter-national trainer for a White Houseprogram designed to reduce youthgang participation in the UnitedStates and Central America.• Community Service - Cesar E.Chavez Memorial Committeewas formed in 2010 by the River-side Latino Network to spearheadthe effort to turn the dream of aCesar Chavez Memorial Statueinto reality. Since then it has nowdedicated the Monument memori-alizing Cesar Chavez and thefarmworkers movement to the cit-izens of Riverside as part of thecity's Peacewalk in the Mainstreetpedestrian mall.• Educational Advocates - TheLEAD Organization housed atCalifornia State University, SanBernardino serves as a primary sitefor a set of innovative and produc-tive programs, publications, andevents for Latinos and Education.The purpose of LEAD (Latino Ed-ucation & Advocacy Days) is to

promote a broad-based awarenessof the crisis in Latino Educationand to enhance the intellectual,cultural, and personal develop-ment of our community's educa-tors, administrators, leaders,parents, and students. Enrique G.Murillo Jr. Ph.D. Is the executiveDirector of LEAD.We congratulate the honoreesand Richard Sandoval, presidentand founder of Hispanic Lifestylefor reinitiating the Image Awardsthat he first debuted in 1998.Throughout the years over 100Latinos have been recognized fortheir achievements in the InlandEmpire. Over 2.2 million Latinosreside in San Bernardino andRiverside counties.

Save the Date:Sunday, November 23 - theChicano Latino Caucus of theInland Empire presents and wel-comes speaker Bobby Verdugo.Mr. Verdugo will share the story ofthe struggles to theWalkout/Blowout of 1968 in EastLos Angeles and how this startedthe movement for equality in edu-cation for Latinos in California.The HBO movie, Walkout, basedon the events of the walkout andits leadership will be shown. Thepresentation starts at 1:00 p.m. at195 Carousal Mall. For informa-tion and to RSVP call:951.906.3130

Sunday, November 23 - Mar-tindale Productions present Tak-ing Time to Give Thanks, a benefitconcert to support the homelesswomen and children of Time forChange Foundation. Meet andGreet/ Gift Drop Off is slated from

2 to 3 p.m. – items such as coats,socks, bus passes and gift cards areencouraged. A community prayerand benefit concert with light buf-fet starts at 3 p.m. at CommunityHospital of San Bernardino, 1805Medical Center Drive. For infor-mation call: 909.649.6900 or909.886.2994

Friday, November 31 - the SanBernardino Valley College The-atre Arts department presentsRomeo & Juliet by WilliamShakespeare and directed byMelinda Oliver at 7:00 p.m. at theAuditorium, 701 South Mt. Ver-non. Tickets available at the doorwith special prices for students,seniors, military, and children. Forticket info visit:https:/bookstore.valleycollege.edu/.

Wednesday, December 3 -Symphonie Jeunesse presents thepremiere concert of a compositionby William Zeitler written anddedicated in their honor at 6:30p.m. at the Castaway Restaurant inSan Bernardino.

Friday, December 5 - Friendsof Santa Claus, Inc. present TheGlory of Christmas Traditionsevening Gala at the National Or-ange Show starting at 6 p.m. witha cocktail reception and tree pre-view followed by a dinner extrav-aganza. This evening ofcelebration includes: Holiday Spe-cialty Boutiques, Silent AuctionGift Baskets, Live Auction, andDancing to a live band. For ticketinformation call: 909.862.0732 oremail: [email protected]

Saturday, December 6 -Friends of Santa Claus, Inc.present The Glory of ChristmasTraditions luncheon and fashionshow starting at 10a.m. with treepreview and shopping with lunch-eon at 11:30 a.m. This day of cel-ebration includes: HolidaySpecialty Boutiques, Silent Auc-tion Gift Baskets, Live Auction,Macy's Holiday Fashion Show,and Designer Tree Raffle. Forticket information call: 909.862.07or email: [email protected]

Friday, December 12 - theColton Wilson Alumni presentthe 10th & Final Wilson Scholar-ship Holiday Dance from 5 p.m.To 10 p.m. At the American Le-gion Post 155 Hall, 1401 N. Veter-ans Way, Colton. Food by Rosiecatering and music by GrupoNeblina are features of this schol-arship fund raising event forColton High. For information onreservations call: 909.794.0601

Saturday, December 20 - theSan Bernardino Symphony pres-ents Home for the Holidays con-cert at the California Theatre 562W. 4th Street. The program will in-clude many holiday favorites withselections from Tchaikovsky's TheNutcracker, Handel's Messiah andAnderson's A Festival of Carols.For ticket information, visitwww.sanbernardinosymphony.orgor call 909.381.5388

Gloria Harrison is publisher ofthe Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reached [email protected]

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Santa’s Pajama Parties atRedlands, Apple Valley

museums

Event date: reserve now for

December 5 and 6, 2014 at theCounty Museum in Redlands andfor December 13 at the Victor Val-ley Museum in Apple ValleySanta will visit families at theSan Bernardino County Museumin Redlands at two pajama parties,Friday December 5 and SaturdayDecember 6, from 6:00 to 8:00pm. A third pajama party is sched-uled for the Victor Valley Museumin Apple Valley on Saturday, De-cember 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.Advance reservations are requiredfor each party.Pick one evening to bring yourfamily to play holiday games, hearholiday stories, make winter crafts,enjoy refreshments, visit withsome live animals (at the main mu-seum), and have a photo op withSanta. You can wear your pajamasand bring your favorite teddy bearto keep you company. Please ar-rive by 6 pm to enjoy the wholeparty.“Families love this program andreturn year after year,” said JoleneRedvale, curator of education.“Our relaxed, seasonal atmospheregives everyone a chance to enjoyeach other’s company while theytake part in long-held holiday tra-ditions including story time,snacking, craft-making and, best

of all, the thrill of talking to SantaClaus himself.”Cost is $10.00 per person. Underage 1 is free with paid adult. Eachadmission includes all holidaycrafts and activities, a chat withSanta, and refreshments. Space islimited and fills quickly—onlyreservations with payment re-ceived by 4:30 pm on Wednesday,December 3, will be eligible toregister for either party at the mu-seum in Redlands. Reservationsmust be received by Thursday, De-cember 11 for the event at the Vic-tor Valley Museum. No paymentswill be accepted at Santa’s PJParty, and the museum is unable togive refunds for this program. Call(909) 798-8611 with questionsabout the Redlands events or (760)241-2111 for the Victor ValleyMuseum party. Registration formsare available at the museums oron-line at www.sbcountymu-seum.org.The San Bernardino County Mu-seum is at the California Street exitfrom Interstate 10 in Redlands.The Victor Valley Museum is abranch of the San BernardinoCounty Museum located at 11873Apple Valley Road in Apple Val-ley. Parking is free. For more in-formation, visitwww.sbcountymuseum.org. Themuseums are accessible to personswith disabilities.

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By the time you read this,a critical decision thathas implications of rais-

ing tuition by five percent forUniversity of California studentsfor the next five years will havebeen decided by the system’sboard of regents.While UC President JanetNapolitano believes the proposedhike is the result of the Californiagovernment’s short change to thestate’s premier research universitysystem, lawmakers like GovernorJerry Brown and Senate pro-temKevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles)shared sentiments of oppositionand have presented alternatives tothe proposal. Disagreements like these willcontinue to exist in California aslong as the economic climate con-tinues to fluctuate.However, considering that thestate has plenty of money to fundprisons ($9.8 billion) and univer-sity officials seeming to alwayshave room to raise their chancel-lor’s salaries, it is unfair to placethe burden on your top consumer:the adolescents and young adultsof California. We should not beasking working class and middle-class families to sacrifice moremoney.UC undergraduate tuition (cur-rently at $12,192 a year) is abouteight times more than what it wasin 1989. Add on campus fees,books, housing, associated stu-dent fees etc., you're looking atabout an average of over $28,000a year.In September, the UC regentshiked up the pay of officials atSanta Barbara, Santa Cruz,Merced and Riverside campuses

of up to 20% and awardedIrvine’s new chancellor up to24% more than his predecessor.

Do you see the problem?

In the 1960’s California intro-duced its Master Plan for HigherEducation that included the Com-munity College, California StateUniversity, and University of Cal-ifornia systems. In that plan, edu-cators envisioned free or low-costtuition for the state’s students thatwould eventually become educa-tors themselves or communityleaders. We have dramaticallymoved away from that vision andare moving more in towards pri-vatization. And despite Gov. Brown’s andother lawmaker’s plans to in-crease funding (most notablyBrown’s plan to increase thestate's contribution to 4% a yearover the next two years), for UCPresident Napolitano, it is still notenough. Even more controversial is thatstudent leaders were not involvedin the conversation. A recent edi-torial in the Daily Californianmentioned that the decision wasmade in the absence of many stu-dent leaders across all ten cam-puses. UC officials arehandicapping their students.In the end, all involved partieswill suffer greatly: UC officialswill be at the negative end of a fi-nancial and educational debate,California lawmakers will be ac-cused of not prioritizing educa-tion, and most importantly,students and their parents willhave to pay more money for tu-ition, taking out more loans, andfalling further into debt. By 2020, the year my little sisteris projected to graduate from highschool and pursues her dream ofattending UCLA, my father (whois on the cusp of retirement) ispossibly looking at a $15, 563 billfor tuition. Like Papa, I’m hopingMargaret does well enough togarner scholarships and grants tohelp her pay for school.Not everyone will have thatsame fortune. The Master Plan isno longer a leading cause.

Anthony Victoria is a commu-nity writer for the Inland EmpireCommunity Newspaper Groupand can be reached at [email protected] or at (909) 381-9898 Ext. 208

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What is with all the support weare giving to this monthly foodtruck feeding frenzy SanBernardino puts on? We haverestaurants closing all around usand now we want to support thisand more money being taken infrom businesses out of town?

Who is spearheading and sup-porting this? We have enoughproblems with the casino under-cutting and driving the closing ofour local businesses. Now this.

What is wrong with the people

who run this city? They need tostart learning to run it like a busi-ness.

Steve Portias,San Bernardino

Food trucks taking a bite out of local businesses

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Incentives could help improve voter turnoutMany years ago, I would forget itwas election day and would notvote. Remember cars riding up anddown streets with a bullhorn blar-ing messages? Well, that mightwake some of us up.

While that may be one of themany reasons so few people votetoday, maybe a little bribing willhelp get voters to the polls. How

about a free coffee? The “I Voted”sticker could have something to in-dicate they get a free coffee. Theremight be other businesses thatwould offer incentives, from freemeals and merchandise to dis-counts on whatever.

If getting more people to thepolls would make this a safe city, Ithink that would benefit the many

businesses that would participate.

I also wonder if transportation isa factor in the low voter turnout.Maybe all they need is a ride to thepolling place.

Liz Lopez,San Bernardino

A cancer patient knows what decision involvesWhat real choices do you havewhen handed a terminal diagnosis?The religious fanatics will arguethat only God can choose, sothey’ll pray for a miracle to hap-pen and a cure. If this God theyspeak of can help, why did heallow the person to acquire the ill-ness in the first place?

As a cancer survivor, I believe inthe dignity of the subject. Whatgood is the quality of life when itstarts to dissipate in terminally illpatients? My belief would be thatit’s best to stay around as long aspossible. However, when I’vereached the point of no return, I’lldepart this world on my terms.

The state should have the right-to-die law. If there is a forgivingGod, which he’s supposed to be,he’ll welcome me into his king-dom.

Lou Solo,Gardena

Bible teachings as important as HolocaustEnough on the Holocaust al-ready!

There’s always going to be peo-ple who will never accept the fact

that such a horrific event as theHolocaust could ever have takenplace, and no matter what you maytry to teach people about it, somewill never accept it as fact.

The Anti-Defamation Leagueand devout Jews are insistent on amandatory teaching of the Holo-caust, yet these same people do notbelieve in Jesus Christ as being thesalvation of mankind. His birth,life, ministry and crucifixion are

well-documented in a book put to-gether by people who witnessedevents that happened, it’s calledthe Bible. If they want to educatepeople on the Holocaust, then inturn they should be willing to beeducated on the life of JesusChrist.

Peter Paddison,Hesperia

Alcohol abuse leads to domestic violenceIt is pretty well known thatspousal and child abuse, called do-mestic violence, is a major prob-lem in the nation. Recent cases ofprofessional athletes abusingwomen and children are but a tipof the proverbial iceberg.

What is not generally recognizedis the spark that triggers such vio-lence. It is booze! Alcohol drink-ing is conservatively estimated in70 percent to 80 percent of domes-tic violence cases in the nation.

An article on domestic violence

by Caroline Knapp was publishedin the New York Times in 2000,which emphasized alcohol drink-ing’s heavy involvement in suchviolence.

The reason we tend to ignore the“elephant in the room” is becausewe (the 70 percent of the popula-tion that drinks alcohol) like whatit does for us. We seek the eu-phoric mood swing. However, infar too many cases, the sedation ofrepressed emotions, specifically,anger, sparks violence, usuallyperpetrated on those we live with.

Legislators and anger-manage-ment program leaders who en-deavor to reduce domesticviolence need to seriously addressexcessive alcohol use (addiction)among violators or they will con-tinue to spin their wheels.

Mike Kennedy, San BernardinoThe author is a former alcoholprogram administrator and in-structor at San Bernardino ValleyCollege.

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Man who helped put Cookie Monster on internationalmap visits ESRI

By Harvey M. Kahn

Did such a large crowd de-scend on Redlands earlyin November to see Gary

E. Knell, CEO and President of the

National Geographic Society. Ordid they come to see Gary E.Knell, former behind the sceneshitmaker at Sesame Street whohelped put Cookie Monster on theinternational map.Gary E. Knell's visit didn't draw

the front page headlines like RalphNader when he came to Redlandsas part of the Environmental Sys-tems Research Institute's speaker'sforum three years ago. Knell does,however rank up there as one ofthe more significant person's in

America. Knell is the current Pres-ident and CEO of National Geo-graphic, the 126 year oldphotographic magazine which hasgrown into one of the largest sci-entific and educational nonprofit'sin the world.Snell spoke to a capacity crowdon Nov. 4 at the campus hall of En-vironmental Systems Research In-stitute's (ESRI) headquarters inRedlands. Tickets to get into thefree event were taken within 24hours of his booking. An overflowof those still hoping to enter linedthe front door, said a spokespersonat the University of Redlands,whose Town Hall alumni associa-tion co-sponsored the event. It was Knell who oversaw theformation of the Sesame StreetWorkshop, the nonprofit arm ofSesame Street responsible forbringing the children's educationalentertainment show into 150 na-tions. According to Knell's biogra-phy, he worked 22 years at SesameStreet Workshop and 12 as itsCEO. From 1989 to 2011, Knell iscredited with not only bringingSesame Street global recognition,but is said to have expanded itsrevenue significantly.With Knell at the helm, SesameStreet Workshop developed co-productions in South Africa, India,

Northern Ireland and Egypt. Dur-ing that time, he oversaw the cre-ation of the Fox Noggin Channeland the Sprout Channel.Knell didn't come to Redlands tospeak about Elmo, instead to dis-cuss the collaborations in the fieldof Geographic Information System(GIS) mapping between NationalGeographic and ESRI. The twoworked together to produce ahighly defined, small-scale worldmap. Their joint efforts have beenaided by the United States Geo-graphic Survey database.ESRI has remained at the fore-front in the development of GISsoftware. Since founded in 1969, ithas produced, merchandised anddistributed at least eight state-of-the art mapping applications. Theday after Knell's visit, ESRI an-nounced its newest applicationcalled SciPly. It basically will sim-ply and improve tasks needed byoceanographers, meteorologists,and transportation geographers. Before earning his law degreefrom Loyola University, Knell re-ceived his B.A. from U.C.L.A.where he worked on the UCLADaily Bruin. He is now an advisorto USC's Annenberg School forCommunication and Journalism.

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Gary E. Krell helped create Sesame Street into world commodity. Krell spoke at ESRI in Redlandson Nov. 4th.

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Current president of National Geographic Gary E. Knell was the former head man for SesameStreet Workshop.

By G. W. Abersold Ph.D.

Thanksgiving Day, Novem-ber 27, 2014, is in manyrespects the National Hol-

iday of the United States. We wor-ship it with adoration andreverence.It is the essence of our religion.Our icons are the turkey and foot-ball-both college and the NFL. Weeat the turkey and all of its trim-mings. Then we collapse in our

pews (the couch or easy chair) andargue the subtle points of football.The spirit of Thanksgiving wasnot always so pagan. The threegreat monotheistic religions: Ju-daism, Christianity and Mo-hamedism, all have their specialdays of worship. Christmas andEaster; Hanukah, and Yom Kippur;Ramadan. Interesting enough,thanksgiving-in its purest form isthe basic expression of devotion ofall three. Read the book of Psalms,which all three religions accept.Thanksgiving to God is the themeof most of the Psalms.So, it was quite natural for thePilgrims to celebrate with thanks-giving to God on December, 1621,for His blessings. They had sur-vived their first winter and harvest. However, where and when thefirst Thanksgiving was held in theUnited States is open for debate.St. Augustine, Florida declares itwas on September 8, 1565 in theircity.Many historians say it was in Vir-

ginia and not in Plymouth. Asearly as 1607. It is recorded in thefounding charter in Charles City,Virginia that a day of Thanksgiv-ing was held in 1619. However,December of 1621 is generally ac-cepted as the time of the first dayof Thanksgiving in the U.S.A.In 1789 George Washington pro-claimed a national Day of Thanks-giving on November 26. AbrahamLincoln did the same for the lastThursday of November in 1863.In 1939 President F. D. Roo-

sevelt proclaimed a national dayon the fourth Thursday of Novem-ber. Every President since then hasfollowed this tradition.Ben Johnson, the great Englishessayist, is reported as saying,“Gratitude is seldom found amongmost people.” Seemingly, the moreindependent we become and themore self-sufficient we become,the less likely we are to acknowl-edge a spirit of gratitude. Whichalways precedes thanksgiving.As great as Mark Twain became,

he was the exception. At the top ofhis popularity, he was paid be-tween three and five dollars foreach word he wrote. A fan wrotehim a letter requesting his(Twain’s) favorite word. He in-cluded a five dollar bill. In hismost inimitable way, Twain sentback one word-THANKS.Remember the story of RobertStroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz?He was a vicious, resentful, mo-rose killer. He spent fifty of hisseventy years incarcerated inprison.However, he became a well-

known author and rehabilitated hislife. He became an authority onbirds. Especially what caused theirsickness and death. Reportedly, hischange began when a sparrow flewinto his cell and was ill. He caredfor it and it became well. He thendid something unusual for him. Heasked a guard for help.The jailor was at first resentful

but then relented and gave him asmall box that Stroud had askedfor. Then came his response,“Thanks.” The first expression ofgratitude.

Ultimately gratitude is a spiritualexpression. Most Christians areaware of the word “Eucharist.” Itis the word used for the Sacramentof Holy Communion and TheLord’s Supper. Its meaning inGreek is “Thanksgiving.” The cel-ebration of the Holy Eucharist wasthe first Sacrament of the Christianfaith.Karl Barth, the great Swiss the-ologian of the last century, said itthis way, “Gratitude is the only ap-propriate response any of us canmake to God.”Helen Keller said, “I never feelso alive as when I take time to say,“Thank you.”Dale Carnegie stated that, “Grat-itude should be expressed but notexpected. Thankfulness is a key. Itunlocks so many things that wereclosed, from frozen relationshipsto harden hearts.”However you spend Thanksgiv-ing Day this year, I urge you to in-clude time to express gratitude toGod.Amen. Selah. So be it.

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Afternoon DelightDance Socials

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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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Democratic Lunch-eon Club of SanBernardino

The Democratic Luncheon Clubof San Bernardino meet at noonon Fridays at Democratic Head-quarters, 136 Carousel Mall (nearthe central glass elevator) in SanBernardino. For additional infor-mation visit website www.sb-dems.comSpeaker Schedule:Friday 11/21 Mark Westwood,Vice Chair, SBCDCC: Mediaand Local PoliticsHAPPY THANKSGIVINGFriday 12/5 Election of OfficersFriday 12/12 Holiday Partyand PotluckFriday 12/19 Hon. MarshaSlough, Presiding Judge, SB Su-perior Court: SB Justice Centerand Court UpdateHAPPY HOLIDAYS1/9/2015 First Meeting of theNew YearDues of $15 are due andpayable now for 2015. Pleasepay at the meeting or mail acheck to PO Box 451, SB 92402Visit us at www.sbdems.com orour new Facebook page atwww.facebook/SBDems.

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The Inland Em-pire Prime TimeChoraliers

Saturdays from 10am-12pmCome Sing with The Inland Em-pire Prime Time Choraliers as

they begin a new season on Tues-day, January 7, 9:00 AM. Re-hearsals are held each TuesdayMorning. at St. Paul’s MethodistChurch, 785 No. Arrowhead Ave.,San Bernardino, CA 92401 (cor-ner of Arrowhead and 8th).

ARMC weeklyF a r m e r ’ sMarket

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

San BernardinoFarmers Fair &Market Night

Mondays-San Bernardino Farm-ers Fair and Market Night held atPerris Hill Park, 1001 East High-land Ave from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30p.m. For more information call(909) 844-7731.

Free classes inbasic Italian

The Redlands Community Sen-ior Center offers a perfect andsimple introduction for newcom-ers to the Italian language. Thisfree course is designed to givetravelers to Italian speakingcountries, or those who are sim-ply interested in enlighteningthemselves, an introduction tocommunicating and understand-ing the basics of Italian. Immerseyourself in the Language of Loveat the Redlands Community Sen-ior Center every Thursday, be-ginning Sept. 18, from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Grand Viewroom. No signup is required. Formore information please call the

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Ho l i d a yBoutique

Saturday, November 22 from9am to 3pm. Join the LadiesAuxiliary Unit 777 at the Ameri-can Legion Post 777, 194 E. 40thSt., San Bernardino, for a Holi-day Boutique. Browse & shopthrough handmade items, jew-elry, baked goods, decorations,painted items, holiday gifts, can-dles and more. Snack bar will beopen. Call (909) 882-3110 formore information.

ThanksgivingNight ofCelebration

Sunday, November 23 at6:30pm in the Sunrise ChurchWorship Center, 2759 N. AyalaDr. Rialto, CA 92377. Eveningwill include Music! Dance! Tes-timonies! Message from God’sWord! Service will belivestreamed! Childcare avail-able for birth-kindergarten.Bring your favorite dessert forthe potluck following the serv-ice! For more info, call 909-875-5566, or visit us @www.sunrisechurch.org.

Inland EmpireHispanic ImageAwards

Wednesday, December 3 at5:30pm at the Riverside Conven-tion Center. Latinos will be rec-ognized for contributions in theareas of community service andeducation. The event starts witha networking reception at 5:30followed by an awards program.Dessert, coffee and networkingwill follow the recognition of our2014 honorees. For sponsorship

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IEFL ReunionConference

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Home for theH o l i d a y sConcert

Saturday, December 20 at7:30pm The San BernardinoSymphony is gearing up for theirfirst holiday concert in manyyears. The “Home for the Holi-days” concert will feature musicfrom Tchaikovsky’s The Nut-cracker Suite, Anderson’s Festi-val of Carols, Handel’s Messiahand Judas Maccabaeus,Williams’ Home Alone, andmore. All regular season con-certs will be performed at thehistoric California Theatre, 562W. 4th Street, San Bernardino.Both season and individual tick-ets may be purchased by calling(909) 381-5388 or visiting theSymphony box office at 198 N.Arrowhead Ave., SanBernardino.

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Annual car, bike show fundraiser to benefit GATE programBy Pasul Rasso

On Thursday, November15 the BloomingtonCommunity came to-

gether to support the 4th AnnualCar and Bike Show fundraiser forthe GATE (Gifted and TalentedEducation) program at the JoeBaca Middle School within theColton Joint Unified School Dis-trict. The GATE program accord-ing to the website at California.govGATE is an educational programdesigned to address the learningstyles of the students who havebeen identified as gifted and tal-ented, and the goal of the programis to meet students’ intellectualneeds.Approximately 450 communitymembers, staff and volunteerswere present and ready to supportthe event. Three of the major spon-sors were Street Life, Cities Finestand The Hook Up Wire andWheels, who supported and pro-moted the event and brought sev-eral classic, custom and lowridercars for the community to enjoy. Inall about 35 cars and several bicy-cles were present at the event. TheRialto SWAT and Explorer teams,also supported the event andbrought out the Rialto P.D.’sSWAT vehicle for the students toenjoy. Students were given the op-portunity to wear the SWAT teamsgear.Spectators were greeted withmenudo, a taco bar, corn and chili,and plenty of other food and drinkitems. The American Cancer Soci-ety (Mina's Angels Relay for Life)was represented and was doing a

raffle for a 60" HD TV, as well asgroups like the Mexican AmericanOpportunity Foundation, andmany other vendors doing cottageindustry wares.DJ Services were donated by 11year old Dj Jojo from Colton whoentertained the spectators with var-ious music for all to enjoy. Studentperformances included the BacaMiddle School Band, BaileFlorico, Christina Camerena,Tommy Gunn Dance crew, andLittle Michael Jackson, Ramsey.

He is a 7 year old student fromGrimes Elementary, and beforeperforming he told students’ andstaff, “if it had not been for drugshis idol Michael Jackson would bealive today!”The cheers from the crowd dur-ing the performances and trophyawards showed how much the stu-dents, staff and community en-joyed the event! The school looksforward to having the 5th Annualevent next year.

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15 year old Christina Camarena performed on Saturday.


Little Michael Jackson per-forms his dance.

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The Redlands RecreationDivision is partnering withthe Music Changing Lives

foundation and Ranch Market ofRedlands to host our annual FreeTurkey Shootout. This event isbeing held on Saturday, November22nd from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Fun basketball games will beplayed before the main event: ashoot-out contest between eachage division to win a free TurkeyDinner provided by Ranch Market.Our facility will be open for allattendees to play pool and foos-ball. Music Changing Lives willalso be hosting a free arts andcrafts class during the event for allyoung children.Registrations are now being ac-cepted. Walk-ins are welcomed,but space is limited. Call us at theRedlands Community Center to re-serve your child's spot today.City of Redlands press releasesand other information are availableon the City’s Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/cityofred-lands or on the City’s website atwww.CityofRedlands.org

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Conference at Inland Empire Job Corps “EmpowersWomen and Inspires Change”

By Anthony Victoria

Like many Inland EmpireJob Corps students, MariaGuadalupe Cervantes

overcame adversity. During this year’s Women Con-ference held at the Job Corps cen-ter’s gymnasium at 3173 Kerry St.in Muscoy on November 14, Cer-vantes spoke on her upbringingthat involved rebellion, sorrow,and frustration.“After graduating high school,this question arose to me, “ ‘nowwhat?’ ”, Cervantes said to theyoung women in attendance. “Iwanted to go to college, but Ididn’t know what to do career wiseand really had no guidance or sup-port from my family at the time.”The first generation college grad-uate said she learned about the JobCorps and decided to get her “feetwet” and utilize the free servicesthe school provided. Cervantes, who is now 28 and afinancial consultant, said her faithin Jesus Christ provided her withthe strength to avoid negative in-fluences and provide her the con-

fidence to finish school.“I am very grateful for the helpand tools that Job Corps offeredbecause it really gave me a boostcareer wise,” said Cervantes. “Iwant other people to know that if Ican make it considering the chal-lenges that I have faced in life, youcan do it too.”Along with Cervantes, severalother keynote speakers providedpresentations that aimed to “Em-power Women and InspireChange”. Presentations on HumanTrafficking, Overcoming Adver-sity, Accountability and Ethics inthe Workplace, the Power of Deci-sion-Making, and Self-Esteem andSocial Media, aimed to inspire fe-male students to succeed in school. A significant portion of the stu-dent body at the Inland Empire JobCorps is at-risk youth, who comefrom single parent homes, are par-ents themselves, have had no for-mal education, or were homelessat some point in their lives. “Our goal is to remind them thatthere is help and hope,” said theschool’s Business and CommunityLiaison director Claudia Lopez.

Diana Martin, the Chief Execu-tive Officer of non-profit organi-zation Begin from Within,emphasized the importance of fail-ure in relation to success in herpresentation on the power of deci-sion-making.“Reality is, you’re going to fail,”she said. “Without failure, there isno success. The key is to identifyyour underlying weaknesses andpressures to learn from them. Fearis nothing but an obstacle thatstands in the way of progress.”Porsche Nichols, Director of Re-

source Development at the Arrow-head United Way, performed a skitalong with students to demonstratethe “do’s and don’ts” of the work-place environment. Nichols em-phasized the importance ofrespecting other people’s rightsand being cooperative. “It’s important that you alwayslook at how you can do somethingdifferent,” she said. “It is impor-tant that you be kind, stay positive,and communicate with fellow co-workers.”Business Office Technology stu-dent China Carroll, 19, said thepresentation on human traffickinginterested her the most because she

was not aware that the SanBernardino area is affected by thedangerous criminal element. Car-roll believes the conference mayhelp motivate female students atJob Corps pursue their goals anddreams.“I thought it was amazing,” shesaid. “A lot of females grow upweak minded because they’reawareness of life is limited due totheir circumstances. An event likethis shows how you can be posi-tive, love yourself, and grow as awoman.”Carroll’s goals are to attend afour-year university and open adance studio.

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Young female students of the Inland Empire Job Corps listen to Porsche Nichols’ presentationon “Accountability and Ethics in the Workplace”, during the Women Conference on November 14.

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China Carroll, 19, interacts with her fellow students during theWomen Conference at the Inland Empire Job Corps Center inMuscoy on November 14.

Sunrise Church offersseveral community

servicesGRIEF RECOVERYAre you having a hard time deal-ing with the loss of a loved one?Join us every Saturday from 10:00a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in Room 150!For more info, call us @ 909-875-5566, or visit us @ www.sun-risechurch.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERYThis is a ministry for anyone bat-tling an addiction.Open Session: Friday’s @ 7:00p.m. @ Sunrise Mission (690 W.Etiwanda Ave., Rialto)For more info, call 909-875-

5566, or visit us @ www.sun-risechurch.org.

CHRISTMAS CONCERTGet ready for a special evening ofChristmas music, presented by ourWorship Arts Department. Child-care will be available birth throughkindergarten. Service will belivestreamed. Call 909-875-5566,or visit the website @ www.sun-risechurch.org.

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Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K in Redlands to benefit local organizations

By Yazmin Alvarez

With plenty of holidayparties up ahead andplans to gobble up

everything in sight, why not startThanksgiving Day off on the rightfoot and get out for an early morn-ing run around Redlands during

the inaugural Turkey Trot. The 5k course, which windsthrough the the scenic streets sur-rounding the University of Red-lands and Sylvan Park, is not onlya way to get in exercise before thebig game and big dinner, but a wayto offer up a little giving yourself,said Mallory Mudge, president ofthe Redlands Educational Partner-

ship Foundation.“We know some people may beout of town but those staying incan bring guests and run withneighbors to help out some localorganizations,” she said.REP, which supports arts, tech-nology, sciences and school gar-dens in Redlands Unified Districtschools, is one of three organiza-

tions that will receive a portion ofproceeds from the Turkey Trotfootrace. Through the help of fundraising,REP was able to allocate money toevery school in the district for fall.Close to $60,000 was dispersed.“We’d like to be able to givemore,” Mudge said. “The more weraise the more we can give back.We’re hoping for a good turnoutfrom this.”Other organizations includePhoenix Hope International, whichis organizing the race, and is anon-profit committed to providingaid and assistance to individuals inpoverty stricken communities inGuatemala and other developingcountries. Canned goods will alsobe collected and benefit InlandHarvest, which helps feed the hun-gry throughout the Inland Empire. “The event will help give a littlebit to everyone,” Mudge added.Race registration is open online

at active.com as well as the morn-ing of the race. Participants cansign up for the 5k, $35 and a chil-drens 1k, $20, is also available.Check-in begins at 7 a.m. andrace time for the childrens 1k is7:30. The 5k begins at 8 a.m. andawards are scheduled to begin at 9a.m.A $5 discount will be applied tothose who donate a canned good toInland Harvest. A limited number of scholarships(free entries) are available for chil-dren in grades K-12 that attendschools in Redlands. Those inter-ested can email their name, gradeand school to,[email protected]. To learn more or for registrationinformation call Phoenix Hope In-ternational, 909-519-9203.

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The inaugural Turkey Trot 5K in Redlands benefitting local nonprofits will take place Nov. 27. Thecourse winds through the streets surrounding the University of Redlands.

New California Housing LawHelps Keep Pests at Bay

Cockroaches are the mostcommon pests that theCoordinated Asthma Re-

ferral and Education (CARE) staffencounters when conductinghome visits. Clients often com-plain that their management com-pany does not address infestationsand only provides exterminationafter repeated requests. The newCalifornia Senate Bill, SB1167,signed on July 7, 2014, addressespest infestation in residentialdwellings.Pests often come back after ex-termination. They return becauseof cracks and holes in walls andfloors, and leaky plumbing in thedwelling. Homes that are moistand damp, not dry, due to moldand plumbing issues, can be agreat habitat for pests looking forwater. Such pests have a detri-

mental impact on human health,particularly for someone withasthma. There is a causal link betweencockroach and rodent allergensand an increase in the prevalenceand also the severity of childhoodasthma in inner-city homes na-tionwide. SB1167, now part of the Califor-nia Health and Safety Code17980, relates to vector control.The bill requires landlords whohave been cited for pest infesta-tion to also fix any structural de-ficiencies associated with theinfestation. This is a better, long-term solution to pest manage-ment. It limits repeated exposureto recurring infestation and pesti-cide use. Tenants can contacttheir city code enforcement officeto complain about infestation is-sues. Clients can also take stepsto minimize pests.What does every pest need?Food, water, and shelter. Keephomes clean, dry, and structurallyfixed to prevent cockroaches androdents entering.

FOOD:● Store food and trash in sealedcontainers and take trash out reg-

ularly● Keep surfaces, sinks, tables,and floors clean and clutter-free,● Wash dishes and wipe upcrumbs and spills as quickly aspossible● Clean greasy areas with soapand waterWATER● Quickly dry areas that get wetfrom spills, leaks or condensation● Repair leaks in plumbing andsewage● Eliminate excess damp from:

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ing or ventilation systemSHELTER● Seal openings where pestsenter● Store things in organized anduncluttered fashion● Reduce or throw away thingsyou don’t needFor more information about theCounty of San Bernardino De-partment of Public Health CAREasthma home visitation programor referrals to other asthma re-sources in the community, pleasecontact us at 1-800-782-4264, M-F, 8-5 PM.


SBVC finishes season withwin over East LA

By Richard Dawson

San Bernardino Valley Col-lege closed out the 2014season with a 42-14 win

over East Los Angeles College inSan Bernardino on Saturday, No-vember 15. Coming off a disappointing losslast week to Chula Vista South-western that ended the postseasonhopes for SBVC, the offense anddefense made big plays throughoutthe game. Kendrick Dorn led the way withtwo touchdowns and 138 rushingyards on 19 carries while AlijahWatson added 117 yards and ascore on 11 carries as the Wolver-ines totaled 300 yards on theground as a team. SBVC started quick on thegame’s opening possession asDaniel Epperson found KevinDyer for a 22-yard touchdown tocap off an 8 play, 61-yard drive tomake it 7-0.East LA evened things up earlyon in the second when an Epper-son pass was picked off and re-turned 68-yards for the score. That is when the running gametook over for SBVC. Dorn fin-ished off back-to-back drives withtouchdown runs of one-yard and12-yards to push the lead to 21-7heading into halftime. The Wolverines added a five-playscoring drive on their second pos-session in the third when Watsonbroke through the defense for a 48-yard scamper to pay dirt for a 28-7 lead.

Antawuan Jones joined the scor-ing festivities with a 5-yard runthat made it 35-14 with 11:31 leftin the fourth and Neamitup Tuifuapoint an exclamation point on thewin with a 96-yard interception re-turn for a touchdown with fourminutes remaining in the game.

Isaiah Gibbs top the centurymark to lead the Wolverines with101 yards on six catches on a nightwhen the passing game struggledto find rhythm. Angel Delgado and KevinStephenson also had interceptionsfor SBVC.

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Kendrick Dorn (#1) rushed for two touchdowns in San BernardinoValley College's 41-14 win over visiting East LA College on No-vember 15.


SBVC cornerback Kevin Stephensen (#28) out-jumps an EastLA wide receiver for an interception.

Inland Empire Job Corps Center Delivers Thanksgiving Baskets

to Muscoy Elementary

It is that time again …Thanksgiving! Inland Em-pire Job Corps Center staff

and students will join forces tobring a Thanksgiving feast to theless fortunate in our community.We plan to adopt 20 families fromMuscoy Elementary School andprovide them with generousThanksgiving baskets withturkeys, beans, canned corn, greenbeans, pasta, potatoes, stuffing,

cranberry sauce, and many moredelicious items. We hope we canbring good spirits to the families inthese hard times.We will be putting the baskets to-gether on Wednesday, Nov. 19, andthe delivery will be on Thursday,Nov. 20, to Muscoy Elementary,located on 2119 W. Blake St., SanBernardino, CA 92405. A big component of the Job

Corps program is “service learn-ing” training. By focusing on so-cial, political, and cultural issuesthat are impacting the community,the Job Corps program aims to in-still in its students a deeper appre-ciation for helping others and theircommunity. The goal of the JobCorps program is to get students tobecome productive and contribut-ing members of their communities

and society.For the past 50 years, Job Corpshas provided opportunities to morethan 3 million economically disad-vantaged young Americans. Ad-ministered by the U.S. Departmentof Labor, this voluntary, residentialtraining program offers vocational,academic, and social skills trainingto students ages 16 through 24 at125 centers nationwide, including

the District of Columbia andPuerto Rico. Each year, Job Corpsserves approximately 60,000young people.Job Corps is the nation’s largestand oldest federally funded careertraining and education program.For more information about theprogram, call (800) 733-JOBS orvisit www.recruiting.jobcorps.govor http://jobcorps/doleta.gov.

BaseballCamp

starting inJanuary

Chaffey College is hostinga six week baseball campstarting January 4. Chaf-

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REV easily routs North in playoff opener

By Richard Dawson

Redlands East Valley’sfootball team was a jug-gernaut all season and it

carried over into the postseason. REV dispatched Riverside J.W.North 61-17 in the first round ofthe CIF-Southern Section InlandDivision playoffs at Citrus ValleyHigh School’s Hodges Stadium onFriday, November 14.

The Wildcats offense scored onits first five possessions to take acommanding 31-10 lead in the firsthalf with the Huskies offense hav-ing no shot to keep pace. North actually got on the board toopen the game, as a 40-yard scam-per by Armstrong Mephors cappeda quick four-play scoring drive tomake it 7-0.After that it was all REV. TheWildcats were driving when MalikLovette picked up a fumble at theHuskies 5 yard line and ran in it totie the game at 7. A three-and-out by North led togood field position for REV andanother quick scoring drive asquarterback Armando Herrerafound Kris Vaughn for the first oftwo touchdowns to take the lead14-7. Mason Biggerstaff extended thelead to 17-7 with a 27-yard fieldgoal on the Wildcats next posses-sion.When REV got the ball back inthe early part of the second quarter,Herrera connected with Vaughn,this time for a 23-yard strike, tomake it 24-7. After a North field goal, Vaughnhelped set up REV’s final score ofthe half, returning the ensuingkickoff to the Huskies 46 yard line.

This time Herrera found Joey Har-mon on a third down swing passthat turned into a 36-yard touch-down. Harman finished with 171 rush-ing yards on 13 carries along with

54 yards receiving to pace the of-fense. It is the ninth straight win for theCitrus Belt League champs whoadvance to play Elsinore on No-vember 21.


Malik Lovette leaps over a Huskies defender for his secondtouchdown of the game.


REV defensive end Trevor Jackson tackles a North running backnear the goal line.


Running back Joey Harmon had a game-high 171 yards rushingas Redlands East Valley defeated JW North 61-17 in the openinground of the CIF-SS Inland Division playoffs on Nov. 14.

66ers to Host Free HolidayMovie Screening of Elf

The Inland Empire 66ersare proud to announce itsfifth annual holiday movie

screening on Friday December,12th at San Manuel Stadium. Themodern Christmas classic Elf star-ring superstar Will Ferrell andcomedy legend Bob Newhart willbe the feature shown on the ball-park’s enormous 35’ X 32’ videoboard. The event is free but atten-dees are encouraged to bring anddonate an unwrapped toy to be col-lected by the team for the event’stoy drive to benefit the childrenaided by Santa Clause Inc.Santa Claus Inc. is a local non-profit organization with a missionto provide new toys, clothing and

books to over 17,000 underprivi-leged children each Christmas.The organization’s goal is to makeparents feel as if they a “Christmasshopping” rather than receiving adirect offering from a charity. Hun-dreds of volunteers lovingly worktogether to preserve the dignity ofapproximately 5,000 parents,grandparents and guardians in theSan Bernardino region. Visitwww.santaclausinc.com for moreinformation.Gates to San Manuel Stadiumwill open at 6:00 pm with the filmscheduled to begin at 6:30 pm. At-tendees may choose to sit in theseating bowl or on the field, how-ever only blankets will be allowed

onto the grass (no lawn chairs ortents). Concession stands will beopen for fans to purchase food anddrink throughout the event. InlandEmpire 66ers mascot Bernie willbe at the event and his specialguest will be the big man himself,Santa Claus.The 66ers open the 2015 regularseason on Thursday, April 9thwhen they face the Stockton Portsat San Manuel Stadium. Fans cancurrently purchase season ticketsor group packages for the upcom-ing campaign by contacting thefront office at (909) 888-9922. Tolearn more visit www.66ers.com.



Bonnes Meres annual auction inspires hearts, benefits children

By Yazmin Alvarez

Afurry sheepdog rangthrough the BonnesMeres Auxiliary’s annual

fundraising auction at the NationalOrange Show Events Center last

week capturing and inspiring thehearts of hundreds of donors tosupport of the organization's ef-forts—helping at-risk children inSan Bernardino CountyThe mission of Bonnes Meres isto prevent child abuse in the com-

munity; to ensure that at-risk chil-dren who are abused, neglected,impoverished or abandoned re-ceive adequate food, shelter, cloth-ing, medical care and education;and to provide equal opportunityfor social development for those

children.Proceeds from the event will sup-port the Children's Fund of SanBernardino County benefiting at-risk children in the community andits programs.Mac, the group’s therapy dog,was used a visual to help explainthe sense of comfort many chil-dren feel when they interact withhim at the San BernardinoCounty’s Children’s AssessmentCenter, the place where childrengo to begin to heal, said the cen-ter’s Dr. Amy Young, during herspeech at the Nov. 13 event. “He’s a blessing that has helpedso many at-risk, abused, neglectedand impoverished children duringthe healing process. He’s helpedchildren open up and feel comfort-able in vital cases,” she said.The hope is to expand the therapy

program with additional dogs andmonies raised from the event’sFund-an Item, will help in doingso, Young added.In addition to Fund-an-Item,monies from a live auction, whichwas hosted by Redlands’ MarthaGreen and included big ticketitems such as luxurious getaways,diamond earrings and resort trips,will also support the Children'sFund. To learn more about BonnesMeres Auxiliary and its efforts,visit bonnesmeres.org.

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

COURTESY PHOTO/BONNES MERES AUXILIARY

Martha Green, a local philanthropist, hosted a lively auction in support of the Children’s Fund ben-efitting at-risk children in San Bernardino County.

COURTESY PHOTO/BONNES MERES AUXILIARY

San Bernardino County’s Children’s Assesment Center’s Dr. AmyYoung and Mac the therapy Dog during the Bonnes Meres Aux-iliary’s annual auction Nov. 13 at the National Orange ShowEvents Center.

Edison International, theparent company of South-ern California Edison

(SCE), reminds students that theapplication period for its 2014-15Edison Scholars Program runsthrough Feb. 1. The $1.2-million program, whichoffers 30 scholarships valued at$40,000 each paid over four years,is for Southern California highschool seniors with a 2.8 GPA orabove who either live in or attendpublic or private high schools inSCE’s service area and plan topursue college studies in the sci-ence, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) fields. Studentsfrom underserved communitiesand ethnic minorities are espe-cially encouraged to apply. “I encourage high school seniorsfrom SCE’s service area who qual-ify to apply for an Edison scholar-ship. As an energy company, werecognize the skills needed for ourfuture workforce and to advance

our country, and so our scholarshipprogram is geared to studentspreparing for careers in science,technology, engineering and math,also known as STEM,” saidTammy Tumbling, director of Phi-lanthropy and Community Invest-ment for SCE. Since 2006, Edison Internationalhas awarded nearly $4 million inscholarships to more than 400 Edi-son Scholars. “We place special emphasis onawarding scholarships to under-represented students pursuing ca-reers in STEM because ourphilosophy of giving is that allpeople should have opportunitiesto do well,” Tumbling said. To apply and to get additional el-igibility information, students areencouraged to go to:https://www.scholarsapply.org/edisonscholars/ Scholarship recipients will be an-nounced in April and recipientsmay also be eligible for summer

internships at SCE after complet-ing their second year of college.Dependents of Edison Interna-tional employees are not eligiblefor the Edison Scholars Program.Edison International(NYSE:EIX), through its sub-sidiaries, is a generator and distrib-utor of electric power and aninvestor in infrastructure and en-ergy assets, including renewableenergy. Headquartered in Rose-mead, Calif., Edison Internationalis the parent company of SouthernCalifornia Edison, one of the na-tion’s largest electric utilities. Edison International’s support ofcharitable causes is funded en-tirely by Edison Internationalshareholders. The company’scommunity donations are part ofits commitment as a leading cor-porate citizen. Southern CaliforniaEdison (SCE) customers’ utilitybill payments do not fund com-pany donations.

SCE Encourages College-Bound Latino Students to Applyfor $1.2 Million 2014-15 Edison Scholars Program

30 scholarships valued at $40,000 to be awarded

PHOTO/SO CAL EDISON

Tony Hua of South El Monte High School was one of thisyear's 30 Edison Scholars.

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