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IECN PHOTO COURTESY RUS MILLERThe Wrestling Season by Laurie Brooks and directed by Rus Miller, is a story about the issuesthat teenagers face throughout their high school journey. The Wrestling Season will be in pro-duction at Carter High School starting Thursday, December 6 to Saturday, December 8. In photois freshman Fernando Martinez (center) he plays the refree in the production.

by senior Tiffaney Williams) re-gret having too much too soon,and Nicole (played by senior KatieDietz) has so little self-esteem thatshe agrees with everyone. The Wrestling Season uses im-ages, movements and sound ascast members function as a chorusand as individual characters whosestories are interwoven to create atheatrical event that challenges andrevels their search for identity.Other cast members include Willy(played by junior Mark Soleta)and the referee (played by fresh-man Fernando Martinez). Thestage manager for this productionis senior Joanna Campos. “This particular piece is stylisti-cally different from most high

school plays in that there is a sim-ple set of a wrestling mat, simplelighting, few props and uniformcostumes,” Miller said. “Remind-ing us that all you really need toactualize a play are players and aspace.”This production is one that youdefinitely do not want to miss,Bring out the whole family, espe-cially if you have teenagers. Youthare faced with challenges and is-sues that those who have been outof high school for awhile cannoteven imagine. As time changes,the generation changes. Some-times all youth need to know isthat someone understands their sit-uation and will be there for them. “I hope young people gain an un-derstanding that they are not alonein the rites of passage of findingone’s self during adolescent

years,” Miller said. “I hope adultsremember what it’s like to be inhigh school; the fears, frustrations,and trials. I hope everyone willlook into their hearts with empathyand understanding toward peoplewhom may be different fromthem.” For those who would like to seethe production Carter High Schoolis located at 2630 North LindenAvenue, Rialto. Tickets are $8.There is no admission after cur-tain, which is at 7 p.m. The next production will be inthe spring and they will be goingback to children’s theatre with theproduction of “Winnie-the-Pooh”,based on the book by A.A. Mine,and adapted by Kristin Sergel.This production is set to run fromApril 10 to 13, 2013.

Wrestling, cont. from front

IECN PHOTO COURTESY ANGELA PERRYAfter the ceremony there was a health fair available for gueststo learn about the importance of exercise, receive informationon the fitness center and a variety of more information regardingthe importance of their health.

For those who are unfamiliar withthe Rialto Racquet and FitnessCenter there are a variety of serv-ices that are offered. They includeaqua fitness, family fun events, lapswim hours, pool rentals, privateswim lessons, recreational swimhours, swim lessons, racquet ballrooms and of course fitness roomwith a variety of gym equipment. Children can also stay in shape bygoing to the Rialto Racquet andFitness Center through the Fit 4Kids program. The Fit 4 Kids is anafter school program where kidslearn the importance exercise and

participate in a variety of sports.The program is open two days aweek for kids ages 7 years to 13years of age. Classes are an hourand a half. Low to moderate in-come families that reside in Rialtoare eligible to enroll their childrenin the program. The next ceremony that will beheld will be a Children’s Cere-mony where they will be givenawards for their hard work. Theceremony will be held on Satur-day, December 22 at 10 a.m. For more information on the fit-ness center please visit www.Rial-toRec.com.

Fitness, cont. from front

On December 15 at 7 p.m.at the Rialto Stake Centerof The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints, 1375N. Willow Avenue, Rialto therewill be a “Rialto Inter-faith Christ-mas Musical Concert” consistingof church choirs, acappella groupsand individual members of all con-gregational faiths according to

Elder Alan Dyer, Stake Media Re-lations Spokesperson for the RialtoStake of The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints.The event is being co-sponsoredby Pastor Lara of the RialtoLutheran Church, and Stake Pres-ident, Robert Chandler of TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All inter-faith mem-bers are welcome to come to the

practice at the following sessions:Sunday, December 9 from 6:30p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, De-cember 15 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.The concert call time is at 6 p.m.and the program will start at 7 p.m. For more information and to reg-ister choir members for concertcontact Bradley Hampton at (909)730-3241 or E-mail him at acap-pellaizer@yahoo.com.

Interfaith Christmas Concert

Rialto retail sales show slight increase for second quarter

According to the latest sta-tistics provided by theHdL Companies, taxableretail sales increased by 1.1% fromthe 2Q/2011 to the 2Q/2012, afteradjusting for accounting aberra-tions. This compares with an 8.7percent growth rate for the Countyof San Bernardino. New automobile sales drove thestrong countywide (and statewide)performance as consumers rushed

to replace aging vehicles and takeadvantage of historically low fi-nance rates. Because there are nonew car dealerships in Rialto, Ri-alto’s growth rate could not keeppace with the County’s. In addi-tion, fuel sales declined by 12.2percent and this sector representsthe backbone of Rialto’s taxableretail sales base sluggish sales inthis sector have a pronounced ef-fect on Rialto. Full year sales tax receipts (based

upon a four quarter moving aver-age calculation excluding pool al-locations) are now approximately$8.5 million dollars, down from apeak of approximately $12.2 mil-lion in 2008. Current sales reflectwhat the City actually recorded in2003. According to HdL, consumersare reducing fuel consumption asa result of higher fuel prices andmore fuel efficient car purchases.

Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Improvements

The City of Rialto, in part-nership with the RialtoUnified School District(RUSD), submitted an applicationto the State of California Depart-ment of Transportation (Caltrans)for a Federal Safe Routes to School(SRTS) Program requesting grantsto install an In-Roadway WarningLight (IRWL) system along withCurb, Gutter, Sidewalk, and ADAimprovements in the vicinity ofMerle Casey Elementary School. The IRWL system consists of

amber lights embedded in thepavement on both sides of thecrosswalk markings. The systemwould enhance pedestrian safetyand increase visibility of pedestri-ans crossing the street by alertingdrivers to exercise caution as theyenter the school zone. There arecurrently significant barriers towalking and cycling to school cre-ated by nonstop traffic in front ofthe school. Unfortunately, this cre-ates a significant risk to children

trying to cross the street to Merle Casey Elementary School.The adjacent residential neighbor-hood also lacks sidewalks for chil-dren to walk to school on. Theparkway strip between the streetcurb and property line fences ispart of the City’s street right-of-way, and this project proposes toconstruct new sidewalks along thisarea. The City is currently coordi-nating with property owners thatwill be affected by the construc-tion, to work in ways to minimizeremoval of existing landscaping re-quired to construct the new side-walk. The City scheduled aneighborhood workshop on De-cember 4, that was held at theMulti- Purpose Room at MerleCasey Elementary School, to dis-cuss the project. The plans are being completedwith City Council’s approval to bescheduled in January 2013, bid-ding for the project is anticipatedfor February 2013, and construc-tion to start by April 2013.

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