inland empire weekly june 04 2015

Redlands fifth graders put athleticskills to the test at field day

By Yazmin Alvarez

Slow and steady didn’t winthe race for Junior JohnsonSaturday.

Being hungry did.The reddish-brown haired dachs-hund boxer mix who loves baconshowed he loves cupcakes just asmuch during a Cupcake - Pupcakeeating competition during theHumane Society of SanBernardino Valley’s fundraisingbirthday bash May 30. Junior along with his pet parents,John and Yolanda Johnson of SanBernardino, were among thedozens who attended HSSBV’s45th anniversary celebration.A party the two said they would-n’t miss. “We’re big supporters of theHumane Society and we donate asoften as we can,” said John. “Werescued Junior and they’ve reallyhelped us along the way in peteducation, so coming out for someextra support for them is the leastwe can do.”Highlights of the event, whichwas a more extravagant version oftheir annual Paw Party, included

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By Yazmin Alvarez

Lugonia Elementary fifth-grader Vanessa Lopez hadonly two worries Monday

morning — not to drop the batonor trip over her own two feet —otherwise she was as confident asever that she’d be just as fast as theother runners.

“It happens,” she said, pacingback and forth. “It’s true, I’ve seen

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IECN PHOTO/YAZMIN ALVAREZLugonia Elementary fifth grader Vanessa Lopez jets off after being passed the baton during the 4x1relay at Ted Runner Stadium for Field Day.

COURTESY PHOTO/HSSBVNBC4’s Tony Shin hosted pet competitions during HSSBV’s45th birthday bash May 30.

45th birthday bash for Humane Society ofSan Bernardino Valley goes to the dogs

RedlandsHorticulturalSociety honors

veterans

The RedlandsHorticultural andImprovement Society

honored veterans on SaturdayMay 23 when eight members ofthe Floral Design Group usedcoffee mugs to create beautifulfloral designs.John Grimm, Chairman of theFloral Design Group, coordinat-ed all of the efforts. Donna McIntosh, ChrisSedmack (RHIS President),Donna Mitchell, Marla Reagle,Jeanne Silberstein, Terry Brownand Lani Howard used their cre-ative talents to construct out-standing floral designs usinglarkspur, Bells of Ireland, rosesand hydrangeas. The 49 colorful mugs wereproudly delivered to theVeteran’s AdministrationHospital in Loma Linda thatsame Saturday. They were greatly appreciatedand were immediately taken upto the veterans in their hospitalbeds. The Floral Design Group creat-ed a heartwarming experiencefor themselves and the patientsand staff at the RetirementHome at the hospital.

~Redlands Horticultural andImprovement Society

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it happen.”As runners took to their mark, a

rumble began at the U of R’s TedRunner Stadium from cheering stu-dents and parents and then thesound of a horn let off. “Okay, here it goes,” Vanessa said

anxiously.And as quick as they took their

positions, runners reached theirteammates to pass the baton in the4x1 relay race and Vanessa was off.She didn’t drop the baton or trip.

In fact, she and her teammatescame in third placing Lugonia onthe list during the first-ever Red-lands school district-wide field day,“Are you fit as a fifth grader.”The athletic event, made possible

through a partnership with the Red-lands YMCA and the RedlandsUnified School District, broughtout close to 1,300 fifth-graders toshow off their competitive side insix events: a foam ball relay, quar-ter-mile race, softball toss, minutepush-ups/sit-ups and the 4x1 race. A great way to end the school

year, said Redlands school boardmember Richard Haller.

“It’s a great opportunity for themto celebrate their hard work andalso a great opportunity for a littlecompetition to get the summer

started,” he said. “Competition in-stills excitement and promotesphysical activity, just in time forthose off months.”

With that same reasoning is whythe event was organized, said Dar-win Barnett, YMCA chief execu-tive officer.

“Promoting health and fitness issomething we really push for andwanted to show children that it canbe fun,” he said. “The hope here isthat they take the drive to stay ac-tive, the motivation to work withothers and a lesson of teamwork farbeyond today.” At the end of the 3-hour-plus

event awards were presented toschools who showed the YMCA’score values and were most spirited.McKinley Elementary Schoolearned The Four Core Valuesaward for caring, honesty, respectand responsibility.The teamwork award went to

Bryn Mawr Elementary for work-ing best together and Cram Ele-mentary School took home thecoveted Y Cup. School next yearwill have the chance to earn the tro-phy, which will remain with thewinning school until the next fieldday event.

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

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iecn photo/yazMin alvarezstudents and teachers from cram elementary celebrate after winning the “y cup” during the first-ever district-wide Field Day.

pet activities and games, a photobooth, a Paw Print Craft Areawhere guests could personalize abandanna, visor or greeting cardwith their pet’s paw print, photo op-portunities with members of theOntario Fury Soccer team and On-tario Reign Dance Team, and spe-cial guest emcee Tony Shin, NBC4

Inland Empire news bureau chiefand reporter.While the plenty of activities kept

pets and people busy, the group’sannual pet contests brought out themost excitement.Pets competed in everything from

happiest to best kisser, with audi-ence members cheering on their fa-vorites. And making a fashionstatement as always was Slippers

Timothy Sheehan the Chihuahuawearing a crisp tuxedo, completewith bow tie. Slippers keeps histitle for another year as “BestDressed.” This year’s celebration helped

raise more than $11,000 in supportof the Humane Society’s programsand services.

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redlands fifth graders participate in the first-ever district wide Field Day. the event was organizedin partnership with the redlands yMca and redlands unified school District.

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slippers timothy sheehan keeps his title as “best Dressed” foranother year during the hssbv’s 45th birthday celebration.

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John Johnson and Junior win the cupcake -pupcake eating competition.

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Dozens of pets showed off their best talents during pet competi-tions at the humane society of san bernardino valley’s 45th birth-day celebration May 30.

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Congratulations Graduates!

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

The Drought:

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

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

League elects officers:

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

Save the Date:

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

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

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

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

Monday, June 8 - the LomaLinda Chamber of Commercepresents its 27th Annual GolfTournament at the ArrowheadCountry Club 3433 ParksideDrive, San Bernardino. For infor-mation call: 909.799.2828 oremail [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Astudy done by theCounty of SanBernardino in 2012

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

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

Gettingdrunk isNOT cool

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California taxes among the highestin nation

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

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

gram; and $80 million in illegalmoney transfers.

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

Jeff Dyer,Pinon Hills

Congratulations to SB CountySupervisor Ramos

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

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

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

Matt Cate Executive Directorfor the California Stat

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United States should not haveended the draft

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

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

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

bers in the Armed Forces).

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

Mark Bixler,Redondo Beach

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steve Portias,San Bernardino

Gearing up for Great Race in SanBernardino


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

By G. W. Abersold Ph.D.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Upcoming ActivitiesLearn photographyfundamentals at theJoslyn Senior Center

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

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

Licata Brothers musicranges from Irving

Berlin to Led Zeppelin

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

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

Kids eat free thissummer at SummerLunch Program

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

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

City CouncilMeetings

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

Afternoon DelightDance Socials

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

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

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

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

CommunicationClasses

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

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

Democratic Lunch-eon Club of SanBernardino

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

Ballet FolkloricoCultural Classes

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

ARMC weeklyFarmer’s Market

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

ARMC will hostHealthy Livingclasses

Starting June 2for six weeks

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

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

Bingo Fundraiser

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Yazmin Alvarez

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

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

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

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

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

Local officials: Drowning is 100 percent preventable

By MJ Duncan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


SBCUSD board member announcespush for Assembly seat

By Anthony Victoria,Staff Writer

San Bernardino UnifiedSchool District boardmember Abigail Medina

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

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

Anthony Victoria is a StaffWriter for the Colton Courier andEl Chicano Newspapers and canbe reached at (909) 269-9585 orat [email protected]

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

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


San Bernardino Generation Now finishesSeccombe Lake Mural Project

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

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

Center provides free lunches,snacks to Redlands youth

By MJ Duncan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

about the program through the

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Military Banner Installationfor John C. Adame


Community Emergency Response TrainingComes to San Bernardino Fire Department

By Ricardo Tomboc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Redlands, Inland Empire communitypack meals for victims of Nepal quake

By Yazmin Alvarez

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

strangers to answering. Hundreds of locals from Red-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

inland empire weekly june 04 2015

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