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By Anthony Victoria
The graduates of CaliforniaState University, SanBernardino enjoyed sever-
al celebrations in the past twoweeks. Ending with commence-
ment on June 14, many had theprivilege to enjoy cultural cere-monies commending their hardwork during their time on campus.Charli Eaton, who receivedBachelor of Arts degrees inAnthropology and Social Sciences
in the multidisciplinary track andwas president of the Ethnic Studiesstudent organization, was praisingin the efforts the university made toinclude Native American students
CSUSB honors philanthropic leadersHardy Brown, Cardenas Family
Mothers in community aim toimprove opportunities for youth
Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use! June 19, 2014Vol 51, NO. 24
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CSUSB students celebrate during the commencement ceremony on Friday June 13 and SaturdayJune 14.
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CSUSB cont. on next page
By Anthony Victoria
Two mothers--MarthaIvonne Servin andElizabeth Romero work
hard to make sure accommoda-tions are made to best serve thestudents of the San BernardinoCity Unified School District.For several months they havebeen attending SBCUSD boardmeetings, Local ControlAccountability Plan (LCAP) meet-ings, and holding parent-led meet-ings to encourage other parents totake an active interest in their chil-dren’s education.But the road has not been an easyone for Romero, the mother of sixchildren, and Servin, mother offour. As a parent leader at BradleyElementary School, Romero feltthe urgency to get involved with
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Photo Courtesy/Ed Source & Martha Srvin
Parent leaders Elizabeth Romero (left) and Martha Servin (right).
FNX, First NationsExperience, the first andonly public TV network in
the U.S. dedicated to NativeAmerican and World Indigenouscontent, has been approved as a full-time channel on the PublicTelevision Interconnect System.This major advancement meanspublic stations across the countrywill soon have satellite access toFNX. The Public TelevisionInterconnection Committeeapproved the FNX request at therecent PBS Annual Meeting in SanFrancisco.
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If you have any youth that wouldlike to attend our YouthSMAART Conference "The
Turn Up" this will be a FREEEVENT FOR YOUTH AGES 11-15.Educational Engaging Empowering.FREE LUNCH BUFFET.
Keynote Speaker will be formerNBA Chicago Bulls Player CoreyBenjamin and we will have an excit-ing event that will provide an oppor-tunity for youth to learn and developskills guiding them on their path tosuccess. Register by July 21, 2014
Monday July 28, 2014 from 10:00AM to 2:00 PM at Splash KingdomWaterpark, 1101 California StreetRedlands, CA 92374
"The Turn Up"Youth Conference:Speaker will beformer NBAChicago BullsPlayer CoreyBenjamin
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Page A2 • June 19, 2014 • Inland Empire Community Newspapers • El Chicano
Chamber prepares for“It’s a Great Day for Business in
San Bernardino” Golf Tournament
The San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce will be host-ing their annual “It’s a Great Day for Business in SanBernardino” Golf Tournament benefiting the San Bernardino
Area Chamber of Commerce at the San Bernardino Golf Club at 1494South Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino, commencing at 11:00 a.m.The package includes on-course competitions, goody bag, raffle for ayear’s unlimited free golf at the course for one lucky winner, lunch,beer and soda during the game, team prizes, awards and a great buffetdinner at the end of the day. The Cummings Auto Group have spon-sored the hole-in-one competition where some lucky participant couldwin a brand new 2014XV Subaru Crosstrek, other sponsorship oppor-tunities are still available ranging from a tee sponsor for as little as$100.00 to a dinner sponsor for $2,500.00.The event is open to the public and a place may be reserved by con-tacting the Chamber at (909) 885-7515, the cost is $95.00 per person(or a team of four for $380.00) which includes 18 holes of golf, lunchdinner and beverages throughout the game.
in the annual Latino Graduationcelebration.“All the students were able tospeak and deliver their messages,”she said. “The Chicano-Latino ismy adopted community, so I feltstrongly about being there. It wasbeautiful.”Eaton, a participant in the Chi-cano student blowouts in East LosAngeles in the 1960’s, said beinga part of the festivities was atremendous moment for her. It’s afeeling she said she can hardly de-scribe to anyone. “To see all these minorities get-ting college degrees makes thework we did in the 60’s and 70’sworthwhile,” she said. “That’swhat we fought for and wanted.”The ceremony, along with theBlack Graduation on June 8, setthe theme for the commencement
a week later. Two of the InlandEmpire’s prominent leaders andentrepreneurs received honorarydegrees. Both recipients happen todemonstrate the ethnic backgroundof the area. Hardy Brown andJesus and Luz Cardenas receivedthe Honorary Doctorate of Hu-mane LettersBrown, an influential figure inthe Inland Empire’s African Amer-ican community, co-foundedBrown Publishing Company toproduce the weekly communitynewspaper, Black Voice News,which focuses on local communitynews in Riverside and SanBernardino counties.
Along with his wife Cheryl, theCalifornia Assemblymember ofthe 37th district,, have been recog-nized as the only living publishersto be included in the 175th an-
niversary of the Black Press ofAmerica. Their names were addedto along with other historic pub-lishers as Frederick Douglass, IdaB. Wells-Barnett and Carlotta Bass– who all overcame adversity topublish the truth. Black VoiceNews reaches over 10,000 readersper edition.Mr. Brown would go on to co-find California Black Media(CBM), a network of AfricanAmerican media owners across thestate of California. The organiza-tion has served as an outlet to bet-ter inform and educate the AfricanAmerican community about issuesthat affect their communities. Cal-ifornia Black Media consists of 22African American newspapersacross the state. Paulette Brown-Hinds, one offour Brown children and a currentconsultant and communicationsprofessor spoke on behalf of herfather, reading a manuscript hewrote up.“My wife and I have never shiedaway from the social justice teach-ings of our parents,” she read on.“Which is one of the reasons wenever left the westside of SanBernardino. We cannot choosewhere we come from, but we canchoose where we want to go.”Originally from Jalisco, Mexico,the Cardenas family migrated tothe U.S. and spent years workingin fields in California. Jesus andLuz began selling meat and ethnicfoods. Their products grew in pop-ularity and in 1981 they openedtheir first store in Ontario.Since then it has evolved into oneof the most successful privatelyowned companies in the InlandEmpire. Today, Cardenas Marketsowns 30 stores in Southern Cali-fornia and Nevada with more than3,000 employees.The family established the Car-denas Markets Scholarship Foun-dation Inc., which serves as one ofthe Inland Empire’s leading phil-anthropic organizations. They sup-port programs at Cal State SanBernardino as well as the Univer-sity of California, Riverside, CalPoly Pomona, the University of LaVerne, Mt. San Antonio College,Chaffey College, College of theDesert and Imperial Valley Col-lege.With tears in her eyes, Luz Car-denas looked on as CSU TrusteeMarco Robles read her statementto the crowd.“We are deeply honored in re-ceiving this very important hon-orary degree,” he said. “Oursuccess and our commitment to re-spond to the community’s needscould not have been done withoutthe support of our employees.”
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the faith-based Inland Congrega-tions for Change (ICUC) becauseshe had lost out on the resourcesthat could have helped her eldestson during his time in the SB-CUSD. “I had to become involved be-cause I wanted to help my son suc-
ceed in school,” she said. “I no-ticed many of the parents wereconfused as a result of not gettingthe right information. So I made itmy commitment to becomeknowledgeable about the re-sources to get them the right infor-mation.”ICUC organizers, who committheir time to strengthening the
community by addressing issuessuch as health care affordability,educational and immigration re-form, took notice of Romero’s dili-gence in helping fellow parentsand recruited her to be a parentleader.“I was already doing it on myown, but they wanted me to jointheir organization to strengthen myability to influence the communityon a grander scale,” Romero ex-plained. Servin already aware of ICUC’swork in the Inland Empire becameinfluenced by her son David, 17, ayouth leader with the organizationto become more involved.“Since they knew me through myson, they invited me to severalmeetings to learn more about theorganization and what they do,”she said. They currently face an uphill bat-tle to try to convince SBCUSDboard members to appropriatestate funding received through the
Local Control Fundability For-mula (LCFF) to address theachievement gap and devastatingsuspension rates present in the city.SBCUSD has proposed to use the$52 million added on throughLCFF to focus on the "cradle tocareer" needs of Latino, African-American students, and Englishlearners. However, many ICUCleaders are questioning the $11million that will be directed forsalary increases--urging the dis-trict to redirect that money intoprograms and hiring counselors toadvise students with needs. “If it’s always the same people inthe discussions, nothing willchange,” said Romero. “They needto listen to our feedback becauseafter all, isn’t it what they wantfrom us? We’re interested in theeducation of our children.”Romero emphasized the commit-ment of all the parents involved inthe LCAP meetings and in the re-search of data.
“What we do is strictly volunteer.None of us get paid to be here.Whatever we want to put forwardis up to us,” she said. “We all justdo it because we want to uplift ourcommunities.”Raquel Hernandez Hermosillo,Romero’s mother, said she becameinvolved because of the love shehas for the youth of the city. Shesaid all she hopes to see in the nearfuture is for young adults and chil-dren in her community to have op-portunities to succeed and changeSan Bernardino’s current condi-tion.“I never had the opportunity tostudy,” she said. “I am a grand-mother who is heavily involvedand wants only to see youth haveunlimited opportunities. They de-serve the right to work and studywith full devotion and dedication.That’s all I want as a grand-mother.”
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Parents meet during an ICUC and LEEC organized meeting atBradley Elementary School.
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Paulette Brown-Hinds places a medallion around her father,Hardy Brown’s neck during CSUSB’s Commencement on June14.
PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIA
English Linguistics Track graduate Fabian Torres receives hisbachelors degree.
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CSUSB President Dr. Tomas Morales speaks to students duringthe commencement ceremony on June 14.
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The center stage of the CSUSB’s College of Arts and Letterscommencement on June 14. Hardy Brown was awarded an Hon-orary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • June 19, 2014 • Page A3
Arrowhead Water Co. has generated billions fromSan Bernardino bore holes
By Harvey M. Kahn
After more than one hun-dred years of being thesource for the Arrowhead
Water Company and the billions ofdollars that's been derived fromartesian wells in WatermanCanyon, there is no evidence thatSan Bernardino has ever gained fi-nancially. Since 1909, an esti-mated 20,000 gallons ofArrowhead Springs water per dayhas been tapped and transportedfrom wells in Arrowhead Springs,located five miles above 40th andWaterman. San Bernardino has ba-sically turned water into gold forwhat has grown into an interna-tional giant, now known as NestleWaters North America.
San Bernardino's spring wateris the main reason that Switzer-land-based Nestle has become theworld's largest bottled water com-pany and a smaller reason thatNestle S.A. is the world's largestfood company. The ArrowheadWater Company was purchased byNestle in the 1980's after Nestlestarted a massive expansion in1976 to market its Perrier Water inNorth America. Along with beingknown as the fast food capital, SanBernardino is the capital of com-mercial drinking water. It becamesuch a money-maker that the Stan-dard Oil Company owned Arrow-head Springs Water during the
1930's, one of many corporateowners over the years.
According to a company cus-tomer service phone-bankspokesperson named John, only anunspecified amount of ArrowheadWater now comes from its originalsource adjacent to the old Arrow-head Springs Hotel. John said thatthere are concerns about theamount of water that is being de-pleted from its San Bernardinosite. John explained that there'snow 15 sources for its ArrowheadWater brand, including some inCanada.
A search of the San
Bernardino County fictitious busi-ness website did not list any deriv-ative of Arrowhead MountainWater conducting business in thecounty. The real estate listing site,loopnet.com stated that ArrowheadSprings Road was recently an-nexed by the City of SanBernardino. Officials in the citybusiness licensing said to contactthe county clerk of the board, whosaid to call the assessor, who saidto call the real property specialist,who said to call the clerk, who saidto call flood control properties.
John said the ArrowheadWater Company continues to
transport its water out of SanBernardino in trucks carrying twostainless steel tanks. John wouldnot say how much, how often orwhere the water is delivered. Johnrefused to provide his last namedue to "company privilege." A re-quest to speak to a company super-visor was not granted. John did saythat Arrowhead feels a need tomaintain its association "with itsoriginal water source" in SanBernardino. He referred to a$75,000 grant Arrowhead recentlyawarded to an Inland Empiregroup whose been cleaning litteralong the Santa Ana River.
According to a content analy-sis of Arrowhead Water reports,the estimated 20,000 gallons ofwater per day that were beingtransported out of ArrowheadSprings is based somewhat on oralhistory. The two tanks carried bytruck can haul a load of 4,000 gal-lons in each tank. From 1909 to1960, there was a train carryingabout six large glass-lined tankersthat went daily from Rialto Ave.and D Street, then directly up Mt.View to Waterman Canyon.
When that is computed overthe course of 100 years, there is thepossibility that John is correct byindicating that Arrowhead SpringsWater is being pumped out fasterthan nature can replace the watertable. According to the ArrowheadCompany web site it has fourdrinking water wells bored at Ar-
rowhead Springs. It has anotherwater pump site in RunningSprings. Its third site in SanBernardino County is in DeerCanyon Springs.
John would not answer ques-tions about the current drought andhow the Arrowhead Companycould be affecting the local watersupply. "Company privilege," saidJohn. However, the ArrowheadCompany does admit that some ofits purified drinking water maycome from the municipal watersupply.
A 1992 press release, statedthat the Arrowhead Water Com-pany Corporation opened a largebottling plant in Ontario. At thattime, it stated that Connecticut-based Perrier Group of Americawas Arrowhead's parent company.Taxes and fees are paid for bottlingin Ontario but no amount could befound paid to San Bernardino forits water.
Court cases alleging fraud inmarketing San Bernardino springwater can be traced to 1910. ARiverside judge ruled in favor ofthe Arrowhead Hot Springs Com-pany against Los Angeles-basedArrowhead Springs Water Com-pany over misleading newspaperadvertising. Over the past 100years, Arrowhead Springs Waterhas been accused of fraudulentlymarketing mineral water, as statedin articles published by the River-side Independent Enterprise.
PHOTO COURTESY/JACK WHITMEYER/CHRISTIAN TOBAR
Water trains brought down daily shipments of Arrowhead SpringsWater. This train was traveling up Mt. View median near 34thStreet in San Bernardino about 1949.
By G. W. Abersold Ph.D
Thomas Paine was a strongvoice with his writingsduring the pre-revolution-
ary days. In January of 1776 hewrote, “We have it within ourpower to make the world overagain.” Six months before theDeclaration of Independence.The truth of Paine’s thought isalso applicable to the individual-you and me. We have the powerwithin ourselves to make ourworld as we would like it to be.Change begins with us.One way to remake our world isto challenge the condition thatoften affects people. “LearnedHelplessness.” It is very close tothe psychological concept of habit-uation.Helplessness must be learned.
Consider a young child. Child Psy-chologists affirm that a childlearns more in the first six years oftheir life than any other compara-ble time. They absorb everything.Their curiosity is unbounded.Stella and I have three great-grandchildren under 2 ½ years old.Their parents will verify my prem-ise. They are like sponges. Theywant to do everything by them-selves. The opposite of helpless-ness. Then comes the firm hand or
voice of discipline of parents; theguidance of teachers; the will ofreligion; the force of peer pressure.All of these forces encourage themto be helpless. Many of them suc-cumb to it and become couch po-tatoes or living squash. They learnto be helpless; victims of their en-vironment. Weak worms of thedust. Change their world? Hardly.But it can happen. It is never toolate.By and large they accept theirworld as it is. Fettered and boring.My answer to “learned helpless-ness” is found in a book entitled,“Not Somehow, But Tri-umphantly,” by Bertha Munro.Her major theme was, “If YouDon’t Like It, Change It.” Shadesof Thomas Paine.Most football enthusiasts knowthe name Mike Utley. A pro withthe Detroit Lions, he suffered avertebrae accident and became aparaplegic. Have you heard of EricLeGrand? On October 16, 2010,he suffered a similar vertebrae ac-cident and was paralyzed from theneck down.Through perseverance and God’shelp he has become a functional
paraplegic-movement in his shoul-ders and sensations throughout hisbody. He’s finished his college de-gree and published two books. Asa motivational speaker, his themeis BELIEVE. He hopes to becomea sports broadcaster. He obvi-ously fulfilled the promise sug-gested by Thomas Paine.Incidentally, Eric played collegefootball for Rutgers University andwas drafted by the Tampa NFLteam.Warren Mitchell is a veteran ofthirty years in the U.S.A. AirForce. As a widower, he compen-sates his loss by writing poetry. Ina recent poem that he sent me, hewrote, “Always blessed; never en-titled.” I’ve thought about what hemeant by it and what it means tome.It takes a great deal of faith to ac-
knowledge the continuing pres-ence of life’s blessing. In the Bookof Hebrews, chapter eleven andverse six, it reads; “Without faithit is impossible to please God.”I’ve met people that seem todoubt everything; questioning thevery essence of life. Yet, faith isthe framework of our experiences.That money placed in the bankwill be there when needed. Faiththat drivers will stay on their sideof the road. Faith. That food or-dered in a restaurant will not bepoisoned. Faith. That doctors willbe skillful while operating on us.Faith.We are the recipients of life’sblessings. Including life itself. Notbecause we deserve them. Not thatwe are entitled to them. But ratherbecause of God’s nature.As we care for our children; pro-
viding housing, food and clothing.Because it’s our nature. We lovethem. We are God’s children. Heloves us. The song writer has spo-ken well. God has not promisedskies always blue or flower strewnpathways all our lives through. ButGod has promised strength for ourdays, unfailing sympathy andundying love.”A very good Muslim friend ofmine recently gave me a DVD ofa Muslim professor explaining the
various venues of his faith. Hespent a great deal of time tellingthe commonality among Chris-tians, Judaism, Muslims, Buddhistand Hinduism. Whether they believe in God,Jesus, Allah, the Superior Being orUltimate Reality; they all believein a Creator that is a Provider. Justas the birds are cared for, so wehumans are also cared for. Our re-sponse must be one of gratitude.Amen. Selah. So be it.
Words to think about: ChangeBegins With Us!
&OPINION EDITORIAL Views expressed in Opinion & Editorial do not necessarily reflect the views of IECN
Page A4 • June 19, 2014 • Inland Empire Community Newspapers
YOUR COMMUNITY COMMENTARY!All letters must be signed. Please include your name, address & phone number
for verification purposes only. Anonymous letters will not be printed.
On June 21st we will cel-ebrate the Summer Sol-stice, the longest day of
the year. In the Inland Empire,where we get an abundance ofsunshine year-round, this oftentimes means more heat for alonger period of time, whichdoesn't sound appealing to manyof us who have lived here all ourlives. But this year, what itmeans to me, is the perfect dayto celebrate the many achieve-ments and advances we havemade in solar power and localclean energy.Just 3 weeks ago, my organiza-tion, the Sierra Club’s My Gen-eration Campaign, along withnon-profit GRID Alternatives,with the support of SanBernardino City Hall, Supervi-sor James Ramos, State SenatorNorma Torres and Mayor PeteAguilar hosted a Green JobMixer in San Bernardino, con-necting solar companies withcommunity members for poten-tial career opportunities.According to Mosaic, an online
market place that offers solar in-vestments to the public, a newsolar system is installed every 4minutes in America. This is anoptimistic statistic that meansmore job creation for our com-munities, better health for ourpeople and our planet and rein-vestment in American ingenuity.Mosaic is currently celebratingthe Summer Solstice by askingpeople where they would like tosee solar installed in their com-munity. If you’d like to see solarinstalled on your home, church,city hall or school you can visithttps://joinmosaic.com/putsola-ronit and suggest where you’dlike to see solar go up in yourcommunity. I for one wouldlove to see us put solar on theCarousel Mall and keep ourreinvestment into SanBernardino going. So let’s quitwasting time and #PutSola-rOnIt!
Allen Hernandez, CommunityOrganizer with the Sierra ClubMy Generation Campaign
By Allen Hernandez,Community
Organizer with theSierra Club
My GenerationCampaign
The Center for Community Ac-tion and Environmental Justice(CCAEJ), and the residents ofWestside of San Bernardino held arally at an Omnitrans event onTuesday April 22nd, 2014 that il-lustrated their frustrations andanger about the tanks being intheir neighborhood. Since thisevent, the community has decidedto continue attending Omnitransmonthly Board of Director’s meet-ings in order to keep up on what istaking place. CCAEJ CommunityOrganizer Ericka Flores and about30 residents of the Westside of SanBernardino attended an Omnitransboard meeting on Wednesday June4th to express their ever increas-ing concern about the highly flam-mable Liquefied and CompressedNatural Gas tanks that are still sit-ting in their neighborhood. Thecommunity also attended to askcritical questions related to thedangers of the tanks that have notbeen previously answered by the
establishment. One communitymember, Maria Hernandez wantedto know “in the case of an accidentor natural disaster, what would bethe geographical impact in ourneighborhood?” Residents wantedto know whether or not Omnitranshas a safety plan that will protectthe surrounding communities inthe event that the flammable tanksexplode. CCAEJ community or-ganizer Ericka Flores informed theOmnitrans board that the commu-nity has no intentions of ceasingbeing present at their board meet-ings. “We love our neighborhoodand just want to make sure that itis safe for us, you are not doingyour job!” Flores exclaimed.When the public comment periodended, the board of Omnitransseemed completely detached fromthe words spoken by the anxiouscommunity. In fact, most were toodistracted by their smart phonesand other technological devices toeven look at the residents dressed
in bright red t-shirts, standing di-rectly in front of them, who ex-pected at least some sort ofresponse to their questions. Theboard of directors did howevergive a brief update about hiring aconsultant to conduct a study onthe potential dangers of the LNGand CNG tanks being stored in aresidential area. This proposal wasfirst introduced during one of Om-nitrans’ board meetings on May7th, 2014, and the community wastold that this hiring of a consultantwould occur within thirty days ofthat date. The residents of theWestside of San Bernardino willnot slow down or stop their effortsto finally get the explosive tanksout of their community and into asafe and controlled industrial area.
Center for Community Actionand Environmental Justice ,
Riverside, CA
Westside Residents Still Waiting for Omnitransto be a Good Neighbor
Voting is a constitutional rightand should be taken seriously byinformed citizens. Unfortunatelya large portion of the voter popu-lation is ignorant and they votewithout knowledge of whom theyare voting for. A perfect example
of this is the secretary of staterace.
Leland Yee is a state senator run-ning for secretary of state. He wasarrested by the FBI earlier thisyear for political corruption and
firearms trafficking involving ter-rorists. He dropped out of the sec-retary of state race after his arrestbut his name remained on the bal-lot.
Some 300,000 uniformed andignorant voters voted for him forsecretary of state even though hedropped out of the race. How can
voters be so stupid?
I guess that is why we haveBrown as California governor andObama as president.
Dave Van BurenHighland
Voting is a right, should be taken seriously
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An ambitious homeless interven-tion put together by the mayor’soffice, Councilwoman VirginiaMarquez and Police Chief JarrodBurguan passed the City Councilon June 2!
Why does this scare me? Thecity, in its bankruptcy with nomoney to spend on services, is tak-ing on this project.
Mark my words, it will cost thecity money one way or the other.
San Bernardino does have a seri-ous homeless problem and a lot ofproblems are caused by homelesspeople. Our city is not a nanny forthe homeless; why doesn’t the pri-vate sector, which has a lot moreexperience working with thehomeless, take over this project?
Before one cent is spent, let SanBernardino nonprofits address thisissue. I have one in mind that runsa model program for homelesswomen right here in SanBernardino: Kim Carter of Time
for Change Foundation. She hasthe credentials to run this programand do it right the first timearound. If the city wants to knowhow to run an award-winninghomeless program they better justturn it over to her. I have been aneighbor of one of her homes for anumber of years and I know first-hand how she runs the homes. Shehas many homeless women whohave graduated into society withjobs, homes, bank accounts andare on their own with backup fromher foundation to keep them on
track. That is the way the cityshould run its program.
The city is doomed with anotherpie-in-the-sky idea with no ideahow to run it. Mayor, City Coun-cil, City Manager, Chief of Police,listen to my words and followthrough with what I suggest! Keepit in San Bernardino with no out-side studies wasting money!
Tom Tissot,San Bernardino
Homeless plan another pie-in-the-sky idea
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • June 19, 2014 • Page A5
ObituaryRobert (Bob) Ahumada
Robert (Bob) Ahumada, 76of Winchester, Oregon,slipped away peacefully
to be with the Lord on Wednesday,May 14, 2014, in Roseburg, Ore.Robert, a past Highland resident,was preceded in death by his par-ents, Nestor and Pauline Ahumadaof Colton, Ca. where he was bornand raised. He attended Coltonschools and later San BernardinoValley College. Robert was a pa-triot and proudly served in theU.S. Navy for four years abroadthe U.S.S. Fletcher, as the boileroperator.Robert married Angie Bautistaand they were happily married for54 years. After leaving the Navy, Robertwent to work for Rohr AircraftCorporations in Riverside for twoyears. In 9163 he went to work forNorton Air Force Base in the en-gineering department as a steamplant operator. He was quicklypromoted to steam plant supervi-sor, then superintendent of severalCivil Engineering departments. He
was also appointed “FacilitiesManagement of the entire CivilEngineering Department until thebase’s closure in March 1994.Robert lived in Highland manyyears where he enjoyed golfing,dancing, traveling and RV camp-ing with family and friends. Heloved the outdoors and nature andin 2005, he and Angie moved toOregon to be with their daughter.He leaves behind a brother,Rudy, of Fontana; a daughter,Laura Cox of Roseburg, Ore.; ason, Robert Jr., of Highland; fivegrandchildren: Alex and SpencerCox of Roseburg, Ore.; Nicole,Cory and Brandon Ahumada ofCalifornia. He also leaves two“spiritually adopted” daughters,Maricela Aguayo Plascencia andMargerita Aguayo Rojo of High-land.Robert attended New Life Chris-tian Center in Roseburg, Ore. Bur-ial services were held on Friday,June 6 at the new VA Cemetery.
Lugo graduates from Bourns College ofEngineering despite medical challenges
By MJ Duncan
Rosemblim Lugo, a nativeof Mexico who traveledacross the border with his
parents when he was a child seek-ing a better life for their son, grad-uated from UC Riverside’s BournsCollege of Engineering Monday.The years that led up to this mon-umental day were fraught withmedical and financial challenges,offset by the joys that came whenhe and his wife, Karen, welcomedtheir son Rosemblin F. Lugo, andhis acceptance to BCoE.Lugo’s fervor for discovery wasevident in his teen years when hespent hours taking apart a varietyof devices to learn how they oper-ated. His knack for it led peopleto bring various items for him tofix, and this passion for inventionwould eventually steer him to-wards becoming an electrical en-gineer.
A first generation college stu-dent, his higher education experi-ence began at Imperial ValleyCollege and Southwestern Com-munity College. He navigatedthrough the maze of college tryingto avoid becoming lost in the sys-tem. In order to make ends meet heworked as an audio visual aide andoffered assistance to people withdisabilities.A momentous highlight wasLugo’s acceptance to UC River-side’s BCoE in 2009, which wasbook-ended by two medical inci-dents. The first was the necessaryremoval of his tear glands, whichleft him unable to produce his owntears that frequently makes hiseyes appear red and fatigued. Thelatter, far more devastating, waswhen a doctor diagnosed a lumpunder his eyelid as lymphoma in2010. Tumors were also discov-ered on his back and abdomen. Lugo was able to obtain treat-
ment at Loma Linda UniversityMedical Center due to his univer-sity-based insurance, but he could-n’t take time off school becausehis medical insurance would beterminated. Before he began his eight-monthchemotherapy treatment he andKaren decided to get married andtry to conceive before the chemowould ravage his body. In 2010they joyfully welcomed their firstson, Rosemblim F. Lugo. “My advisor recommended that Itake a quarter or two off, even ayear off if necessary. I would al-ways tell them no,” he said. “I wasafraid that I would start workingsomewhere, and never ever findtime to go back to school. I justwanted to finish the program, nomatter what it took.”In 2012 buckling under the bur-den of medical bills, raising ayoung family and running out offinancial aid Lugo was convincedhe wouldn’t be able to finish theprogram. Thankfully Lugo’s par-ents were able to cover the major-ity of his academic and livingexpenses, while he simultaneouslyworked and went to school.As busy as he was, Lugo stillfound the time to serve on theBCOE Leadership Council and asa board member with the Instituteof Electrical and Electronics Engi-neers, which led to a full time po-sition at ZebraSci, a medicaldevice company in Temecula.His challenges and hard workculminated on Monday when the34-year-old walked across thestage in front of friends and familyto formally received his degree inelectrical engineering.“They are very glad to see me fi-nally graduate. I have been goingto school for so long, hackingaway a little bit at a time, andworking while I went to schooltoo,” he said. “I’m just glad I was-n’t ‘another guy who just went toschool and took some classes.’ Iknow I left my mark at BCoE, andat UCR. I’m glad I finished anddid my best with what I had. Ithink I really got the full experi-ence.”While doctors are happy withLugo’s diagnosis, he continues toundergo monthly chemo “mainte-nance” treatments.
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Rosemblim Lugo graduated with a degree in electrical engineer-ing from UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering Monday.His college experience was fraught with medical challenges thatincluded the diagnosis of lymphoma whereby he underwent eightmonths of chemotherapy. He was steadfast in his resolve tocomplete the program and he was successful. He is picturedhere with wife Karen and son Rosemblim F. Lugo.
Rialto Rotary Club Announces 21st AnnualRun Whatcha Brung Car Show June 20, 21
Over 400 vintage cars,trucks, street rods andspecial interest vehicles,
food trucks, vendors and live en-tertainment will be yours to enjoyat the Rialto Rotary Club’s 21stAnnual charity fundraiser, “RunWhatcha Brung.” Always a hitwith car enthusiasts, this familyevent will be held on FoothillBoulevard (Route 66) and River-
side Avenues in Downtown Rialto,California (San BernardinoCounty.) Co-sponsored by the City of Ri-alto and co-hosted by the Old FartsRacing Team, the event will in-clude a cruise night. The cruisewill be held Friday night, June20th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM onFoothill Boulevard (Route 66) be-tween Acacia and Riverside Av-
enues in Rialto. The annual car show will be heldon Saturday, June 21st from 7:00AM to 4:00 PM along RiversideAvenue, south of Foothill Boule-vard in Rialto.With hundreds of cars and truckson display, you won’t want to missthis event!Car owners can pre-register bypaying a $35 entry fee and submit-ting the registration form availableat www.rialtorotary.org. or call(909) 877-0200. The $35 entry feeincludes entrance to the car show,the Friday night cruise, and a freet-shirt. Car owners who just wantto join the cruise pay $10.
Spectators get in for free!
Proceeds support the Rialto Ro-tary Club’s charities, includingEnd Polio Now and Rotary YouthLeadership Academy.
CSUSB to close on Fridaysas part of its Summer 4/10
schedule
For the 14th consecutiveyear, Cal State SanBernardino will again op-
erate on a four-day, 40-hour work-week throughout the summer,beginning Monday, June 16.As has become tradition atCSUSB following June com-mencement ceremonies, the cam-pus will operate on the 4/40schedule through Sept. 5. Operat-ing hours are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Monday-Thursday. Some officeswill remain open on Fridays dur-ing the summer, and UniversityPolice remain on duty every day.The university will return to itstraditional five-day work scheduleon Monday, Sept. 8.The condensed workweek hashelped the university reduce its en-ergy consumption, while allowingthe public more time to access uni-versity services during the ex-panded hours.The university also has encour-aged energy conservation meas-
ures such as turning off lights inunused rooms, reducing lighting inhallways and turning off comput-ers and other electronic equipmentthat are not in use.During the week of June 30, thecampus will revert to an 8 a.m. to5 p.m. schedule and will be closedon Friday, July 4 in observance ofIndependence Day. The campusalso will be closed Monday, Sept.1, in observance of Labor Day.The university’s summer sessionclasses begin Wednesday, June 18.The regular 10-week summer ses-sion runs from June 18 throughAug 28, while accelerated six-week sessions are scheduled forJune 18-July 24 and July 28-Sept.3.The fall quarter will begin onThursday, Sept. 25.For more information, contactCal State San Bernardino’s Officeof Public Affairs at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.
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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, 3 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
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more information, please call (909)887-3472.
Democratic Lunch-eon Club of SanBernardino
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ChoraliersSaturdays from 10am-12pmCome Sing with The Inland Em-pire Prime Time Choraliers as theybegin a new season on Tuesday,January 7, 9:00 AM. Rehearsalsare held each Tuesday Morning. atSt. Paul’s Methodist Church, 785No. Arrowhead Ave., SanBernardino, CA 92401 (corner ofArrowhead and 8th).
Ballroom Waltzdance classes
Waltz lessons will be held begin-ning Monday, May 5, through June2 at the Redlands Community Cen-ter. The class runs Mondays from6:45 to 8 p.m. (There will be noclass on Monday, May 26, due tothe Memorial Day holiday.) Regis-
tration fee is $8 per person for fourweeks of lessons. Partners are notrequired. No dance experience isnecessary. Walk-in registration isavailable at the Redlands Commu-nity Center or register online atwww.cityofredlands.org/classes.For additional information, pleasecall instructor Joe Sidor at (909)792-6076. All classes are held at theRedlands Community Centermulti-purpose room.
Ba s e b a l lF u n d r a i s e rNight
Saturday, June 28-7:05pm atSan Manuel Stadium in SanBernardino. This event is hostedby ARMC’s Volunteer Auxiliaryand the Inland Empire 66ers.Formore information about theARMC Fundraiser Night, or topurchase tickets, call (909) 580-6340, or go to: http://www.ticket-master.com/inland-empire-66ers-vs - r a n c h o - c u c among a - s a n -bernardino-california-06-28-2014/event/0B004B75D38485B3?artistid=1200323&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=10. Please enteroffer code “Breathmobile” in thedesignated box so your purchasecan benefit the Breathmobile®program.
2014 YAP BookExchange
Saturday, June 21-10am-2pm-Donate your old books! Join us inthe fight against illiteracy in ourcommunity! Donate or exchangeyour new or used books (in goodcondition) to help provide ouryouth with the tools they need tobe successful. New Hope FamilyLife Center, 1505 W. Highlandave. San Bernardino Ca 92405.
Coffee withthe Council
Saturday, June 21- 9am-10:30pm. Redlands City Councilmembers will continue their Cof-fee with the Council communitymeetings. at Augie’s CoffeeHouse, 113 N. Fifth St. This is inkeeping with the schedule of hold-ing the meetings on the third Sat-urday of the month and is a changefrom earlier calendars which re-ported the meeting would be helda week earlier.The remaining schedule for thisyear’s Coffee with the Councilmeetings is included below.July 19 - Olive Avenue MarketSept. 20 - Cuca's Mexican FoodOct. 18 - Augie's Coffee HouseNov. 15 - Olive Avenue Market
CalRTA Bi-m o n t h l yMeeting
Wednesday, June 25- 12;00Lunch. CalRTA ( California Re-tired Teachers Association) Divi-sion 90, including Fontana,Colton and Rialto, will be havingtheir bi-monthly meeting atGrace Lutheran Church, 539North Acacia Ave., Rialto, CA.92376. Lunch Menu includes:Teriyaki chicken, Meat Loaf,Baked Beans, Potato Salad/fruit.Price: $ 12.00. Reservations callor e-mail Wendy Bettar at (909)989-3194 [email protected] to con-firm your attendance.
Inland EmpireCareer FairThursday, June 26- 9am-
12:30pm. Doubletree Hotel – On-tario Airport, 222 North VineyardAvenue, Ontario, CA 91764Parking: Complimentary. Bring10-15 Resumes ● Dress BusinessProfessional ● This is a free eventfor job seekers. Job Opportunitiesinclude: Inside Sales Reps, OutsideSales Reps, Account Executives,
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Thursday, July 10- 5:30pm-8:30pm. Food and Wine event,Live and Silent Auction. HamptonSuites, Highland at San ManuelVillage, 27959 HigVillage, 27959Highland Ave., Highland. Ticketsavailable at 8088 Palm Lane, SanBernardino. For more informationcall (909) 384-5426. Hosted by theFriends of the C.I.D.
Critter Camp
Thursday, July 14- 8:30-12:30.The Humane Society of SanBernardino Valley is hosting itsannual “Critter Camp” – a week-long, interactive, learning experi-ence for students entering thethird, fourth and fifth grades.Some of the guest presenters in-clude: docents from SanBernardino County Museum;Kaylynn and her registered ther-apy alpaca, Jasper; Wonders ofWildlife with creatures includinga python, chinchilla, potbelly pig,lizard, tarantula and opossum; In-land Empire Pet Partners therapyand service dogs, cats and minia-ture horses; local artist/cartoonist,Darlene Douthit; and Guide Dogsof the Desert. The fee to attendCritter Camp for the week is just$25 per student. To register visitwww.hssbv.org, call 909-380-7844 or stop by the HSSBV (374W Orange Show Road, SanBernardino).
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Mayor Davis Declares San BernadinoMen’s Health Week June 9-15
Mayor Carey Davis hasissued a proclamationdeclaring the week
that ends on Father’s Day, June 9-15, 2014, as San BernadinoMen’s Health Week. This impor-tant awareness period is part of anational effort to celebrate father-hood while helping to educatemen, boys, and their familiesabout disease prevention, medicalscreenings, and living healthylifestyles.This year marks the 20th An-niversary of the establishment ofNational Men’s Health Week. Thelegislation was sponsored by Sen-ator Bob Dole and CongressmanBill Richardson and was signedby President Bill Clinton on May31, 1994.In California, the life ex-
pectancy for men is nearly sixyears fewer than for women. Ac-cording to the National Center forHealth Statistics, men also havehigher rates of death from cancer,diabetes, and heart disease. More-over, the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention reportswomen nationwide are 100 per-cent more likely to visit their doc-tor for annual exams andpreventative services than men.“We applaud Mayor Davis forhelping raise awareness of thehealth issues facing men and theirfamilies by declaring June 9-15Men’s Health Week in SanBernadino,” said Ana Fadich,Men’s Health Network (MHN)Vice President. “Men’s health is
truly a family issue, impacting notonly men but also the women intheir lives. We hope that by pro-moting the health and well-beingof men and boys around Father’sDay, they will take action and seta doctor’s appointment in June.”In preparation for SanBernadino Men’s Health Week,MHN encourages health care pro-fessionals, private industry, faith-based organizations, communitygroups, and other interested or-ganizations and individuals toplan activities and events whichfocus on men’s health during theweek of June 9-15. For ideas andopen resources in both Englishand Spanish, visit www.men-shealthmonth.org
Sinfonia Mexicana¡Concierto de Alegria! A Father’s Day Tribute Concert
Sinfonia Mexicana¡Concierto de Alegria! A Fa-ther’s Day Tribute Concert
Sunday June 22, 2014, at 3:00PM. Sturges Center for theFine Arts, 780 N. “E” Street,San Bernardino, CA 92410
Music Provided by:Trio Ellas, Rafael Palomarand the Sinfonia MexcianaMariachi Youth Academy
“¡Concierto de Alegria!” pre-sented by Sinfonia Mexi-cana on Sunday June 22, is
a special Tribute to Fathers. Al-though one week after the tradi-tional “Father’s Day Celebrationthe event and music is a way tohonor “Dads” anytime. The con-cert will feature the ever popular“Trio Ellas” a first time in the area.Special performers will also in-clude former lead singer for Mari-achi Vargas, Rafael Palomar whois lead vocal instructor for the Sin-
fonia Mexicana Mariachi YouthAcademy. Palomar will performwith Trio Ellas as well as with theAcademy students.Trio EllasTrio Ellas has been makingwaves with a unique sound thatcombines traditional mariachi andclassic romantic tunes with a freshcontemporary twist. The trio'sdebut album "Con Ustedes"earned them a nomination for a2012 Latin GRAMMY®.The trio is composed of SuemyGonzalez (violin and vocals), a re-cent graduate of USC's prestigiousThornton School of Music , NellyCortez (guitarron and vocals), afourth generation mariachi musi-cian and recreational pilot, andStephanie Amaro-Abad (guitarand vocals), a versatile musicianwho performs and records in gen-res ranging from electronica tomariachi.The girls’ high level of musicalproficiency has allowed them tocircumvent stereotypes and workat a world class level, with a pro-fessional track record that includesrecordings for artists such as Ben-jamin Gibbard and Lady GaGa,and live performances with a myr-iad of top Latin artists rangingfrom Mariachi Vargas de Tecalit-lan to Mariachi El Bronx.Rafael Palomar,Born in the port of Veracruz,México, Rafael Palomar startedplaying in the Plaza Garibaldi with
different groups at the age of 13,while studying in the EscuelaLibre de Música in México City.Directed by his father RomanPalomar, Rafael performed withMariachi Charros de Ameca for 15years.As a member of Mariachi VargasRafael Palomar traveled to manycountries including the USA,Japan, Holland, Canada, China,Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador,Chile, Peru and others. They ac-companied many singers, includ-ing Lucha Villa, Lucero, BeatrizAdriana, Estela Nuñez, AídaCuevas, Guadalupe Pineda, andmore. A very significant aspect ofhis work with Mariachi Vargaswas Palomar's participation in ap-proximately 35 recordings, consid-ered classics in the genre today.Rafael Palomar currently residesin the United States and teachesmusic & singing. In his free timehe composes arrangements forsingers and mariachis who requestthem.Snfonia Mexicana a 501-(c)3 nonprofit organization will celebrateits 30th anniversary in 2015. In1985 Sinfonia was started bymembers of the San BernardinoSymphony and Hispanic membersof the community with the purposeof introducing the classical musicof Mexico to the Inland Empire.The concert featured the SanBernardino Symphony Orchestradirected by Maestro Abraham
Chavez, then the conductor of ElPaso Symphony, at that time oneof the finest symphonys in theSouthwest.Sinfonia Mexicana started aMariachi Youth Academy in Feb-ruary 2009 at the Sturges Centerfor the Fine Arts in SanBernardino. Middle and highschool students learn to developtheir instrumental and vocal tech-niques, which may be applied toany style of music, especiallymariachi. Sinfonia Mexicana alsosponsored a weekly after schoolmariachi class at Curtis MiddleSchool in San Bernardino as anenhancement to the SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict's (SBCUSD) arts program.Tickets for “¡Concierto de Aler-gia! can be obtained by contactingSinfonia Members or call the of-fice at 909.884.3228.
Next Coffee with Redlands CityCouncil scheduled Saturday, June 21
Redlands City Councilmembers will continuetheir Coffee with the
Council community meetings onSaturday, June 21, from 9 to 10:30a.m. at Augie’s Coffee House, 113 N.Fifth St. Mayor Pete Aguilar andCouncil Member Pat Gilbreathwill attend.As part of the City’s continuingefforts to increase interaction withresidents and promote trans-parency in City affairs, the CityCouncil began a monthly “CoffeeWith the Council” in February2011.The informal meetings are heldfrom 9 to 10:30 a.m. on the thirdSaturday of each month, rotatingamong three local restaurants –
Olive Avenue Market, 530 W.Olive Ave; Cuca’s Mexican Food,1752 E. Lugonia Ave.; andAugie’s Coffee House, 113 N.Fifth St. Council members rotateattendance, with no more than twomembers at each meeting.Mayor Aguilar suggested themeetings as a way for residents toask questions or share concernswith Council members outside theformal setting of a City Councilmeeting.The remaining schedule for thisyear’s Coffee with the Councilmeetings is included below.July 19 - Olive Avenue MarketSept. 20 -Cuca's Mexican FoodOct. 18 - Augie's Coffee HouseNov. 15 - Olive Avenue Market
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San Bernardino educators honored at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral
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Educators of Excellence were honored along with 103 year old former teacher Frances Jane Stofelat Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral Hall in San Bernardino. Stofel served as a teacher from 1948to 1975 in San Bernardino.
By Jazmine Collins
Former Ramona AlessandroElementary schoolteacher, Frances Jane
Stofel, 103, was honored for herlong time dedication to SanBernardino youth during the firstannual Educators of Excellencecelebration, held at Our Lady ofthe Rosary Cathedral Hall. Frances Jane Stofel was born on
February 28, 1911 and began ateaching career after receiving herBachelor of Science in Elemen-tary Education from NortheastMissouri State Teachers Collegein 1935. She taught grades 3 and1 in Kurksville, Missouri. Ms. Stofel made her way west to
San Bernardino in 1947 and beganteaching Kindergarten at RamonaAlessandro School where shetaught from 1948 to 1958. Ms.Stofel continued teaching atDavidson, Riley and Wilson Ele-mentary Schools until her retire-ment in 1975. She continued toserve the community of SanBernardino as a catechism teacherat Our Lady of the Rosary Cathe-dral. Other honorees included Mrs.
Gloria Macias Harrison, SanBernardino Valley CollegeTrustee and former CraftonHills president; Ms. Leyla Avila,math teacher at San GorgonioHigh School; Ms. MicheleSanchez, kindergarten teacherat Holy Rosary Academy; Dr.Mandy Batalo, graphics profes-sor at San Bernardino ValleyCollege; Brad Leveige, mathteacher at Arroyo Valley HighSchool; Patti Espina and Ri-cardo Osoria of STAR pro-gram; and D. Nathan Ciezynskiof the Inland Fair and HousingMediation Board.
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SBCCD Board of Trustees Installs New Student Trustees
The San Bernardino Com-munity College District(SBCCD) Board of
Trustees installed newly electedStudent Trustees Alexis Panagui-ton from Crafton Hills College andTiffany Joy Guzman from SanBernardino Valley College. BoardPresident Donna Ferracone sworein the two students at their regu-larly scheduled meeting on June
12.SBCCD Board of Trustees Presi-dent Donna Ferracone said, “Serv-ing on the Board of Trusteesprovides both students with the op-portunity to learn first-hand aboutbalancing the needs of their variousconstituency groups against theconstraints of the state budget.They also will have a wonderfulopportunity for training in team-
work, leadership, planning andcommunication.”SBCCD Chancellor Bruce Baronsaid, “Previous student trusteeshave identified specific issues thattheir electorates were interested in,have researched those issues, andproffered policies and proceduresthat the Board has taken very seri-ously. We look forward to workingwith both Student Trustees and to
providing them with a rewardinglearning experience.”Crafton Hills College StudentTrustee Alexis Panaguiton firststarted her academic career atCrafton Hills College, there pursu-ing a degree in respiratory therapy.Not only is Alexis the first in herfamily to attend college, but shehad the desire to seek more by join-ing the Student Senate as the SocialEvents Officer. As the SocialEvents Officer, Alexis was the leadon combating the implementationof AB955 at Crafton Hills Collegewhich was successful. As StudentTrustee, she plans to be the voiceof her fellow students by workingwith administrators, classifiedstaff, and the student senate to helpestablish a positive learning envi-ronment.After completing her degree andthe respiratory program at CraftonHills College, she plans on obtain-ing a position at Loma Linda Uni-versity Health Care for her ultimatedream.San Bernardino Valley CollegeStudent Trustee Tiffany Joy Guz-man grew up in Redlands, Calif.,where she played Varsity GirlsGolf and took health and nutritionclasses at Redlands High School. ALiberal Arts student at San
Bernardino Valley College, Tiffanyis involved with the AssociatedStudent Government and waselected Campus Events Directorfor the 2013-14 academic year. Inaddition, she was an assistant mod-erator for the 31st District congres-sional forum on campus, whichprovided more than one hundredstudents the opportunity of meetingthe candidates. The time spentbeing Campus Events Director ledher to pursue a political journeywithin San Bernardino CommunityCollege District, where she cam-paigned for her new role as a Stu-dent Trustee. Tiffany said, “I wouldlove to plant the seed of motivationin student’s lives and help themreach their goals.” Ms. Guzman isactively involved as the secretaryof the newly established chapter ofthe SCTA (Student CaliforniaTeachers Association) club on theSBVC campus.In addition to installing the newstudent trustees, the Board recog-nized the outgoing student trustees,Yazmeen Flores from Crafton HillsCollege and Rosalinda SosaSanchez from San Bernardino Val-ley College for their year of servicewhich completed this month.
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the sBccd Board members welcome the new student trustees at their installation on June 12.shown left to right, front row, are crafton hills college student trustee alexis panaguiton; trusteenickolas W. Zoumbos; Board Vice president Kathleen (Katy) henry; Board president donna Fer-racone; san Bernardino Valley college student trustee tiffany Joy Guzman; trustee Gloria maciasharrison; Back row: trustee dr. donald singer; trustee John longville and sBccd chancellorBruce Baron.
Redlands police add armored vehicle to fleet
By Yazmin Alvarez
Redlands Police Depart-ment unveiled the newestaddition to its fleet re-
cently--a Mine Resistant AmbushProtected rescue vehicle--or MRAPfor short. The department says it is to pro-tect its officers and residents in dan-
gerous situations.“Just like a gun or a ballistic vestis used for the protection and safetyof officers and citizens from violentcriminals, the ballistic rescue vehi-cle is a tool that officers will haveavailable in the event of an activeshooter or other highly volatile andviolent incident,” said Police ChiefMark Garcia during the June 4 pub-
lic unveiling.The vehicle will be used on an“as-needed” basis, Garcia added.Redlands Police Department re-ceived the decommissioned MRAPin September 2013 at no cost fromthe Department of Defense, accord-ing to police officials. It was one ofaround 165 of the surplus vehiclesprovided to police departments na-tionwide as part of a national mili-tary surplus program started byPresident Bill Clinton in the 1990s,according to a news release. Redlands was the only city in SanBernardino County to not have atactical vehicle in its fleet, officialssaid.And since the addition of theMRAP, department officials suchas police Cmdr. Chris Catren, feelRedlands PD is better prepared totake on violent incidents since theyno longer would have to rely on ob-taining a rescue vehicle from an-other city.“It’s another tool in the toolbox,”Catren said. Although the vehicle will only bedeployed during volatile situations,its presence in the town has broughton concerns from several residents,raising questions during city coun-cil and town hall meetings. Garcia, however, insists it wouldonly be used to protect the commu-nity. “We would use this for any situa-tion that is high risk where some-one may be armed and any tacticalsituation where the use of a vehiclewould help us to rescue people orenter a dangerous zone withoutjeopardizing the lives of our offi-cers,” he said. “Having the equip-ment ourselves is beneficial. If Ihave a situation where I need thisand can deploy it in 20 minutes,that helps me to be able to keep mycommunity safer.”Since the department acquired thevehicle, the MRAP has been recon-figured and repainted. Changes areincluded to its interior to make itsuitable for deployment as a rescuevehicle, according to Redlands po-lice. While the vehicle includes a
turret that will serve as an observa-
tion platform for officers, there areno weapons mounted on the vehi-cle, said the news release. The $28,000 cost to retrofit thevehicle totaled $28,000 and waspaid for entirely with asset seizure
funds, which is what the depart-
ment receives from the proceeds ofproperty seized from convicteddrug dealers, the release said. NoGeneral Fund money was used topurchase or retrofit the vehicle, of-ficials added.
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the redlands police department received one of 160 mrapsor mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, from the depart-ment of defense. the rescue vehicle was remodeled to fit rpdneeds.
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66ers fall to Rawhide headinginto all-star break
By Richard Dawson
The Inland Empire 66ershad to settle for a four-game split after falling to
the Visalia Rawhide 6-2 on Satur-day, June 14th, at San Manuel Sta-dium in San Bernardino.The Rawhide put pressure on66ers starter Mark Sappingtonearly and often, as 11 hits led tothem scoring in four of the firstfive innings. A sac-fly by SteveMcQuail in the first scored RaulNavarro, who doubled earlier inthe inning, to put Visalia out infront. Brandon Jacobs hit a two-run home run to left in the secondto extend the lead to 3-0. Jacobsand Navarro both finished withthree hits.Inland Empire answered withtwo runs in the home half of thethird as Andrew Ray doubled offVisalia starter Aaron Blair to leadoff the inning and scored whenSherman Johnson followed by sin-gling down the right field line tocollect his team-leading 37th RBIof the season. After Mark Shannonflied out, Wade Hinkle doubled tocenter, scoring Johnson from firstto make it 3-2. Blair struck out JoeWeik and Cal Towey to end the66ers threat.Blair finished the game with ninestrikeouts over seven innings, al-lowing five hits, to pick up thewin.
Visalia scored inthe fourth, fifth and ninth inningsas the Rawhide offense generated17 hits in the game.Inland Empire finished the Cali-fornia League first half with arecord of 25-45 overall, whileVisalia takes a 36-34 record intothe four-day break. Pitcher Austin Adams will be the66ers representative in the Califor-nia League/Carolina League All-Star game on June 17th inWilmington, Delaware. PitchersNate Smith and Kurt Spomer were
also selected to the game but willnot participate after being pro-moted to double-A Arkansas. When action resumes on June19th, Inland Empire hits the roadto play the Rancho CucamongaQuakes for a four-game set.
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Sherman John-son was 2-for-4for the InlandEmpire 66ers ina 6-2 loss toVisalia on Satur-day, June 14.
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Wade Hinkle talks to the 66ers third base coach. Hinkle had anRBI double in the game.
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Mark Shannon makes a run-ning catch in center field for In-land Empire.
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Three Inland EmpirePitchers Name All-Stars
The Inland Empire 66erswill be represented wellby their pitching staff at
the 2014 California League/Car-olina League All-Star Game to beheld in Wilmington, DE at Fraw-ley Stadium on June 17th. Right-handed relievers Austin Adamsand Kurt Spomer were named tothe California League All-Starcontingent as was left-handedstarter Nate Smith.Austin Adams has been nearlyunhittable in 2014 for the 66ers.The Zephyrhills, FL native is 0-1with one save this year. In 26.2innings of work, the righty out ofthe University of South Floridahas given up an anemic 12 hits inthe Cal League this season andsports a 2.39 ERA. Adams hasnot given up a hit to a left-handedbatter this year and has struck outa total of 34 men. He has not al-lowed an earned run in 16 inningsat the home confines of SanManuel Stadium.Fellow reliever Kurt Spomeralso gets the All-Star nod. If theAngels could have an organiza-tional All-Star it may very well bethe Honey Creek, IA native. Theside-arming righty has used hissinker in Inland Empire this yearas well as two stints in Triple-ASalt Lake and currently in Dou-ble-A Arkansas. Despite his pro-motion to the Texas League thisweek, Spomer is expected to be in“The First State” for the All-StarGame. The former walk-on at
Creighton University was a non-drafted free agent signee by theAngels in 2012. At Inland Empirehe allowed an astonishing one runin 26.2 innings and was 2-1 witha team-best three saves. He helda 0.34 ERA and struck out 18 bat-ters while opponents batted just.174 against him.Nate Smith, the southpaw fromWest Chester, OH was 6-3 withInland Empire in the starting ro-tation over 10 outings. He had a3.07 ERA and allowed just 41 hitsin 55.2 innings pitched for theSixers. The Furman (SC) Univer-sity product struck out 51 whilewalking just 14. The 6’3” leftywill not participate in the gamedue to his promotion to the Dou-ble-A Arkansas Travelers on May22nd. The 2013 eighth-roundpick of the Angels is currently 1-0 with a 3.75 ERA in two TexasLeague starts.The Inland Empire field staffwill be in the dugout for the Cal-ifornia League squad by virtue ofthe 66ers’ California LeagueChampionship title in 2013.Denny Hocking will managewhile Matt Wise will serve asPitching Coach. As holdoversfrom last season’s staff, HittingCoach Brenton Del Chiaro andAthletic Trainer Omar Uribe willenjoy the spoils of their champi-onship season in person. A viewof the entire team can be found atwww.californialeague.com.
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Library Days celebration tofocus on history, music and art
By Yazmin Alvarez
The A.K. Smiley Public isgearing up for its third an-nual Library Days this
weekend and organizers are turn-ing to residents to share wartimememories. In commemoration with the up-coming centennial of the start ofthe Great War, Smiley Library As-sociate Archivist Maria Carrilloand historian Ann Deegan will bedocumenting local histories ofWorld War I veterans and civil-ians. They ask Redlanders to bringphotographs, documents and shareany other WWI-related items from11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at thelibrary’s Heritage Room duringthe Library Days celebration.“It seems that World War I isoften overshadowed by the con-flicts that came after it. We’re ex-cited to learn stories of how thewar affected Redlanders,” Carrillosaid.Help conducting family tree re-search will also be available. Ron Running, from the RedlandsArea Genealogy Society, and Smi-ley Library Archivist Nathan Gon-zales, will also host a workshop inthe Heritage Room from 10:15a.m. to 11 a.m., explaining how totrace Redlands family history or aCivil War ancestor.
While previous Library Daysevents marked historical mile-stones including the 40th anniver-sary of the library’s HeritageRoom and the city’s 125th an-niversary, this year’s event isbranching out to not only focus onhistorical themes, but also explorethose of music and art.“Music will be a key part of ourcelebration", said library director,Don McCue.“If you’ve ever wanted to try outa ukulele, hand drum or other folkinstruments, now is your chance.” To highlight the musical portionof this year’s event, library offi-cials have gathered a few bignames such as John, Peter, Pauland Ringo, making up the area’svery own Beatles tribute band--The Fan Four.To mark the 50th anniversary ofthe “British Invasion” the groupwill play a 45-minute set--dressedin full Beatles-style garb and offer-ing plenty of bowl hairstyle tou-sling--at the Contemporary Club,173 S. Eureka Street, just south ofthe Lincoln Shrine. The Fan Four is scheduled to hitthe stage at 1 p.m. For those in search of a differentbeat, musician Ray McNamara,will be on hand playing the steelpan drums and offering an interac-tive “percussion jam session” open
to audience members of all ages.McNamara, whose film and TVcredits include “Indian Runner”directed by Sean Penn, “TheDevil’s Rejects” by Rob Zombie,the Grammy nominated score forPixar’s “A Bug’s Life” withRandy Newman, “The RoseanneShow”, “Who’s The Boss”, and“Going to Extremes,” will be per-forming between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.at Smiley Park along with musi-cians from the Folk Music Centerand artists from Division 9. The Library Days celebrationtakes place in and around the A.K.Smiley Public Library and is freeand open to the public. The eventis made possible through a grantprovided by ESRI. The first 400 guests who partici-pate in any Library Day event be-tween 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.or show their library card at thecirculation desk that morning willget a special treat – a coupon goodfor a free In-N-Out lunch from theIn-N-Out truck.To learn more about LibraryDays or for the event schedule,visit www.akspl.org.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire Community News-papers and can be reached [email protected]
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the third annual Library Days celebration is set from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in and around the libraryand smiley Park.
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the Fan Four, a Beatles tribute band, will perform at the Contemporary Club at 1 p.m. as part ofthird annual Library Days celebration saturday in redlands.
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musician ray mcNamara will hold a jam session saturday atsmiley Park for the annual Library Days celebration
Colley Ranch Elementarystudents honored
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Cooley ranch elementary students, Daniel Laredo (left) andJordan Barrera were recently recognized for achieving the Prin-cipals honor roll for Advanced subjects with straight A’s all year.Barrera also was recognized for his perfect attendance. Picturedwith Laredo and Barrera is their teacher Mr. Schumacher.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • June 19, 2014 • Page A13
Hundreds of dogs, cats to be available atMega Pet Adoption Event
Hundreds of pets in needof loving homes will beavailable for adoption
during the Mega Pet AdoptionEvent June 28 and 29 at YucaipaRegional Park. Animal rescuegroups from throughout the countywill have dogs and cats of all ages,sizes and breeds available foradoption at the two day event.
Low-cost vaccinations and microchipping will be available from 10am to 2 pm each day. Admission isfree to the public; gates will beopen from 10 am until 4 pm. Park-ing for the event will be at the RickMcCown Soccer Complex, whichis directly adjacent to the areawithin Yucaipa Regional Park. TheSoccer Complex has a distinct sep-
arate entrance from the park.The annual event, now in its thirdyear, is the result of the County ofSan Bernardino Animal Care andControl (ACC) Division’s partner-ship with the Humane Society ofSan Bernardino Valley (HSSBV)and Yucaipa Animal PlacementSociety (YAPS).“The Homeward Bound MegaPet Adoption Event assists inmeeting the health and social serv-ices needs of the County’s popula-tion and supports the CountywideVision Statement where all sectorswork collaboratively to reachshared goals,” said Brian Cronin,Chief Animal Care and Control.“By building new and expandingexisting partnerships among pub-lic agencies, businesses, and non-profit and faith basedorganizations.” Vendors and animal rescuegroups interested in participatingshould contact Dale [email protected], or bycalling 1-800-472-5609. Participa-tion is limited and will be filled ona first come basis.
More Low-Income SoCalGasCustomers Eligible for
Bill-Assistance ProgramsSouthern California Gas Co.
(SoCalGas) customer Con-suelo Torres, a single
mother of two girls in Lennox,Calif., says she is grateful that thecompany, along with the MaravillaFoundation, replaced the originalheater in her 1935 home during acold spell earlier this year. KeithBarton, another SoCalGas cus-tomer, also had work done in hisNorth Hollywood, Calif., home.They took part in the Energy Sav-ings Assistance Program. Now,more SoCalGas customers are eli-gible to take part in these state-sponsored, money-saving, no-costcustomer assistance programs as aresult of updated income guide-lines that went into effect on June1.“SoCalGas is committed to en-rolling as many of our eligible cus-tomers as possible into ourassistance programs,” said RodgerSchwecke, vice president of cus-tomer solutions for SoCalGas.“With that in mind, we are cur-rently launching a targeted com-munications campaign to help getthis message out. We know ourcustomers like to receive informa-tion in a variety of ways so we areutilizing different channels toreach them, including socialmedia.”CARE: The CARE program pro-vides a 20 percent rate discount onthe monthly natural gas bill for el-igible households and has alreadyenrolled about 1.7 million cus-tomers throughout the SoCalGasservice area. Those who qualifyand are approved within 90 daysof starting new gas service willalso receive a $15 discount on theService Establishment Charge.Energy Savings Assistance Pro-gram: This program provides no-cost, energy-efficient homeimprovements to income-qualified
renters and homeowners. Servicesinclude:
·Door weather-stripping andcaulking to keep unwanted draftsout of the home;
·Attic insulation to help the homestay cooler in the summer, warmerin the winter;
· Low-flow showerheads that cansave energy used to heat water;
· Furnace replacement (owneroccupied residences only);
· Other minor home repairs.
Customers may automatically beeligible if their household incomeis below the new guidelines belowor a household member currentlyreceive benefits from any of thefollowing programs: Medi-Cal/Medicaid, Medi-Cal for Fam-ilies A&B, Women, Infants andChildren (WIC), CalWORKs(TANF) or Tribal TANF, HeadStart Income Eligible (TribalOnly), Bureau of Indian AffairsGeneral Assistance, CalFresh(Food Stamps), National SchoolLunch Program, Supplemental Se-curity Income, Low Income HomeEnergy Assistance Program (LI-HEAP), or Supplemental SecurityIncome (SSI). More customers cannow qualify for these programs.As of June 1, 2014, the new CAREand Energy Savings AssistanceProgram income guidelines, basedon pre-tax annual income, are asfollows:
HouseholdNew Income Guidelines(2014-15)1-2$31,4603
$39,5804$47,7005$55,8206$63,9407$72,0608$80,180
For each additional householdmember, add $8,120Customers can learn more andapply for these programs by visit-ing http://www.socalgas.com/for-your-home/assistance-programs/orby any of the following:
Apply for CARE online athttps://carescgp.sempra.com/careappl.aspx .Apply for Energy Savings Assis-tance Program online athttp://www.socalgas.com/for-y o u r - h o m e / a s s i s t a n c e -programs/esap/form/index.shtmlCall SoCalGas toll-free at (800)427-2200 or (800) 342-4545 inSpanish.In addition to CARE and the En-ergy Savings Assistance Program,SoCalGas also offers other pro-grams. The Gas Assistance Fundhelps provide a one-time grant tocustomers during the winter whoare income-qualified and unable topay their bill. The Medical Base-line Allowance program assistscustomers who have a person intheir home with certain medicalconditions that may require addi-tional heating to sustain theirhealth. There are no income re-quirements for The Medical Base-line Allowance program; howeverdoctor certification is required forthis program which offers naturalgas at the lowest baseline rate.
Assemblymember Cheryl R. BrownIssues Statement on Budget Passage
Assemblymember CherylR. Brown (D-SanBernardino) issued the
following statement in response tothe budget passage:“This year’s budget, craftedthrough the collaborative efforts ofthe Assembly, the Senate, and thegovernor, will provide vital re-sources to California and fund pro-grams and projects that benefitcommunities throughout the state,including the 47th Assembly Dis-trict. The budget provides over$100 million for affordable hous-ing and will help create jobs inareas of new construction. It alsocontains a $500 million allocationto county sheriff’s offices for jailspace and other facilities to helpease the cost of prison realignmenton our local law enforcement offi-cials with a special emphasis onrehabilitation. I am especiallypleased about the $223 million in-crease in court funding, which in-cludes $40 million in one-timefunds for court facilities. Finally,
this budget reinvests in our stu-dents and repairs the damage doneby multiple years of budget cutsthat eroded our state’s public edu-cation system by sending billions- including an additional $4.7 bil-lion in local control funding and$6 billion in deferral repayments -back to our schools. I am proud to have joined mycolleagues in supporting this bal-anced and on-time budget thatpays down debt, creates a rainyday fund and reflects California’spriorities. I urge Governor Brownto initiate the final step in thisprocess by signing the budget.” Assemblymember Cheryl R.Brown represents the 47th Assem-bly District, which includesColton, Fontana, Grand Terrace,Rialto, San Bernardino, and theunincorporated communities ofBloomington and Muscoy.Website of AssemblymemberCheryl R. Brown:http://www.asmdc.org/members/a47/
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NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that the SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District (“DIS-TRICT”) invites sealed bidsfor Bid No. F13-16Construction of Walk InRefrigeration Unit atVermont ElementarySchool.SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on theBid Forms furnished by theDistrict. Bid Forms, togetherwith all required attach-ments to the Bid Forms,shall be delivered to theDISTRICT in a sealedenvelope with a copy ofthe completed requiredbid cover sheet affixed tothe outside of the enve-lope and placed in the BidBox in the Lobby of theSan Bernardino CityUnified School DistrictBoard of EducationAdministration Building(“BOE”), ConferenceRooms A&B located at 777N. “F” Street, SanBernardino, CA 92410. TheBids are due at 1:00 p.m.on July 27, 2014.Bid forms received by thestipulated times will bepromptly opened in publicand read aloud immediatelyafter sealed envelopes arecollected at the time, date,and location stated above.Bid Forms or Attachmentsthereto received after thestipulated time will be reject-ed and returned to Biddersunopened. Each Bid shall beaccompanied by a cashier'scheck made payable to theSan Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District, or a satisfac-tory bid bond in favor of theDISTRICT, executed by theBidder as principal and aCalifornia admitted suretycompany as Surety, in anamount not less that ten per-cent (10%) of the Base Bidsubmitted by the Bidder.BID AND CONTRACTDOCUMENTS: The fullnotice inviting Bids, Bid doc-uments and contract docu-ments may be viewed andordered through C2Reprographics PlanWellService online by clicking on‘PUBLIC PLANROOM' atwww.c2repro.com afterThursday, June 12, 2014.There is a refundabledeposit of ten dollars($10.00) for each set ofdrawings and specifica-tions,upon payment bycashier's or company checkmade payable to SanBernardino City UnifiedSchool District.Prospective Bidders maysecure up to two bid sets.Eligible deposits will berefunded upon return of saiddocuments to C2Reprographics in goodacceptable condition withinfive (5) business days afterbids are opened. Bidders inneed of more than two setsof bid documents may pur-chase at their own costbased on C2's current ratesat that time.C2 Reprographics3180 Pullman StreetCosta Mesa, CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329Public Plan Room:www.c2repro.comBid documents will be avail-able at C2 Reprographicsfor viewing after Thursday,June 12, 2014. Bid docu-ments will also be availableat the following public planrooms:
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REQUESTS FOR BIDINFORMATION, CLARIFI-CATIONS, and ADDENDA:Questions in writing (only)may be directed to theDistrict's Business OutreachCoordinator, Ms. JenniferWilhelm via email at [email protected] fax, (909) 885-9991. Thedeadline to submit Requestsfor Bid Information (“RFBI”)is 12:00 p.m. on Friday,June 20, 2014. AllResponses to Requests forBid Information, clarifica-tions and/or addenda will beissued no later thanTuesday, June 24, 2014and will be issued to planholders or registered planreviewers only. Suchresponses will be posted atthe C2 reprographics publicplan room website atwww.c2repro.com .PROJECT DELIVERYMETHOD AND REQUIREDLICENSES: The work underthese bids will be a unit pricebid and all bidders to beconsidered responsive shallhave a current California BLicense with CAL/OSHAcertification.SCOPE OF WORK: Referto project site’s specificsummary of work containedin Sections 01010 of theProject Manual. The con-tractor is responsible for theperformance and comple-tion of all items according toplans, specifications andany addenda including butnot necessarily limited to thework listed below:The project consists of siterenovations to include, butnot limited to: saw-cut/demolition and removalof existing paving, grading ofareas as required, new con-crete slab on grade andretaining walls, new fencingenclosure and mechanicalunits, new AC paving andcoordination of the installa-tion of refrigeration unit to beprovided by the owner. Theproject consists of existingbuilding renovations toinclude, but not limited to:demolition and removal ofexisting walls at new doors,reframing/infill of walls,minor plumbing and electri-cal work related to refrigera-tion unit, new doors andrepair of interior and exteriorfinishes.BUSINESS ENTERPRISE(DVBE) PARTICIPATIONGOAL AND REQUIRE-MENTS: Bidders mustadhere to the District’sDisabled Veteran BusinessEnterprise (DVBE) participa-tion goal, prevailing wagesand labor compliance pro-gram, and license require-ments; information regard-ing prevailing wage rates isavailable athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/sm b u s / d e f a u l t . h t m ,http://search.cadvbe.org/dvbes/search andhttp://www.bidsync.com/DPXBisCASB.PRE-BID CONFERENCESAND JOB WALKS: A Non-Mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk will beheld at the site, 3696Vermont St., SanBernardino, CA 92407, at9:00 a.m. on Wednesday,June 18, 2014.IMPORTANT DATES: Pre Bid Conference andJob Walk 9:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, June 18, 2014RFI Due 12:00 p.m., Friday,June 20, 2014Addendum Due Tuesday,June 24, 2014Bid Opening At 1:00 p.m.,Friday, June 27, 2014Bid Posting on FacilitiesWebsite Monday, June 30,2014Tentative Board MeetingTuesday, July 15, 2014NTP Issued (Tentative)Wednesday, July 16, 2014CNS-2632843#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO6/19/14 E-5738
HOUSING AUTHORITY OFTHE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
NOTICE FOR “REQUESTFOR PROPOSAL”
RFP #PC777 TREE TRIM-MING SERVICES AS
NEEDEDHACSB CONTACT PERSON:Angie LardapideProcurement OfficerHousing Authority of SanBernardino715 E. Brier Drive, SanBernardino, CA 92408HOW TO OBTAIN BID DOCS:1. Access www.hacsb.com2. Click onto “Business”3. Click on link to PublicPurchase website to completeRFP PC777.PROPOSAL SUBMITALLRETURN: All bid documentsare to be uploaded to the Public Purchase Website.PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONDATE: July 2, 2014 @ 2PMPSTCNS-2633185#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO6/19/14 E-5739
LIEN SALENotice is hereby given pur-suant to sections 3071 and3072 of the Civil Code of theState of California, the under-signed will sell thefollowing vehicles at lien saleat said address(s) at saidtime(s) on: Wednesday, July 2,2014 to wit:YEAR MAKE VIN LICENSESTATE07 PONT5 Y 2 S L 6 5 8 5 7 Z 4 0 0 7 8 76NZV923 CATo be sold by: Danny's TowingService, 2305 West HighlandAvenue, San Bernardino, SanBernardino County,CA 92405 (10:00 AM)Said sale is for the purpose ofsatisfying lien of the abovesigned for towing, storage,labor, materials and liencharges, together with costs ofadvertising, and expenses ofsale.LienTek Solutions, Inc.P.O. Box 443Bonita, CA 91908CNS-2634834#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO6/19/14 E-5740
ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatthe undersigned intends to sellthe personal property describedbelow to enforce a lien imposedon said property pursuant toSections 21700-21716 of theBusiness & Professions Code,Section 2328 of the UCC,Section 535 of the Penal Codeand provisions of the Civil Code.
The undersigned will sell at pub-lic sale by competitive bidding onthe 2nd day of July 2014, at12:30 pm, on the premises wheresaid property has been storedand which are located atSparky’s Self Storage 1775 PalmAve Highland, CA 92346 Countyof San Bernardino, State ofCalifornia. The following:Household items, personal items,furniture, hardware or materials,miscellaneous boxes-contentsunknown.
Ashton T. Howard A1015;Andrew Paramo AI034; SalemYacoubou AI062; Domenick A.Caringella AU100; Geraldine A.Conway AU108; Deidre A.Garrett AU122; Anthony C. HallC1222; Thomas Fitchitt E1272;Shante Whitaker FI305; Lionel E.Burleson H1337; Michael P.Hunter MU461; James MartinOSS41.
Purchases must be paid for atthe time of purchase in cash only.All purchased items sold as isand must be removed at the timeof sale. Sale subject to cancella-tion in the event of settlementbetween owner and obligatedparty. Said sale is for the purposeof satisfying a lien of the under-signed for non-payment of stor-age rent.
Dated this 19th day and 26th dayof June, 2014.
William K. Ritch of West CoastAuctions, state license#BLA6401382, (760) 724-0423.
Published El Chicano6/19/14, 6/26/14 E-5735
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Office (909) 381-9898 • EL CHICANO LEGAL ADVERTISING • Fax (909) 384-0406NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE APN: 0139-252-03-0-000 T.S. No. 011378-CAPursuant to CA Civil Code2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS ASUMMARY OF THE INFOR-MATION IN THIS DOCU-MENT ATTACHED IMPOR-TANT NOTICE TO PROPER-TY OWNER: YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEEDOF TRUST, DATED 9/7/2007.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTIONTO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT APUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER On6/12/2014 at 12:00 PM,CLEAR RECON CORP., asduly appointed trustee underand pursuant to Deed of Trustrecorded 9/21/2007, asInstrument No. 2007-0541361, of Official Recordsin the office of the CountyRecorder of San BernardinoCounty, State of CALIFOR-NIA executed by: EdwardSteven Ponce and Anna M.Ponce, husband and wifeWILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION TO HIGHEST BIDDERFOR CASH, CASHIER'SCHECK DRAWN ON ASTATE OR NATIONALBANK, A CHECK DRAWN BYA STATE OR FEDERALCREDIT UNION, OR ACHECK DRAWN BY A STATEOR FEDERAL SAVINGSAND LOAN ASSOCIATION,SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,OR SAVINGS BANK SPECI-FIED IN SECTION 5102 OFTHE FINANCIAL CODE ANDAUTHORIZED TO DO BUSI-NESS IN THIS STATE: At theNorth Arrowhead Avenueentrance to the CountyCourthouse, 351 NorthArrowhead Avenue, SanBernardino, CA 92401 allright, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by itunder said Deed of Trust inthe property situated in saidCounty and State describedas: AS MORE FULLYDESCRIBED ON SAIDDEED OF TRUST The streetaddress and other commondesignation, if any, of the realproperty described above ispurported to be: 839 NORTHK STREET SAN BERNARDI-NO, CA 92411-0000 Theundersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for anyincorrectness of the streetaddress and other commondesignation, if any, shownherein. Said sale will be held,but without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied,regarding title, possession,condition, or encumbrances,including fees, charges andexpenses of the Trustee andof the trusts created by saidDeed of Trust, to pay theremaining principal sums ofthe note(s) secured by saidDeed of Trust. The totalamount of the unpaid balanceof the obligation secured bythe property to be sold andreasonable estimated costs,expenses and advances atthe time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is:$318,595.53 If the Trustee isunable to convey title for anyreason, the successful bid-der's sole and exclusive rem-edy shall be the return ofmonies paid to the Trustee,and the successful biddershall have no furtherrecourse. The beneficiaryunder said Deed of Trustheretofore executed anddelivered to the undersigneda written Declaration ofDefault and Demand for Sale,and a written Notice ofDefault and Election to Sell.The undersigned caused saidNotice of Default and Electionto Sell to be recorded in thecounty where the real proper-ty is located. NOTICE TOPOTENTIAL BIDDERS: If youare considering bidding onthis property lien, you shouldunderstand that there arerisks involved in bidding at atrustee auction. You will bebidding on a lien, not on theproperty itself. Placing thehighest bid at a trustee auc-tion does not automaticallyentitle you to free and clearownership of the property.You should also be awarethat the lien being auctionedoff may be a junior lien. If youare the highest bidder at theauction, you are or may beresponsible for paying off allliens senior to the lien beingauctioned off, before you canreceive clear title to the prop-erty. You are encouraged to
investigate the existence, pri-ority, and size of outstandingliens that may exist on thisproperty by contacting thecounty recorder's office or atitle insurance company,either of which may chargeyou a fee for this information.If you consult either of theseresources, you should beaware that the same lendermay hold more than onemortgage or deed of trust onthe property. NOTICE TOPROPERTY OWNER: Thesale date shown on thisnotice of sale may be post-poned one or more times bythe mortgagee, beneficiary,trustee, or a court, pursuantto Section 2924g of theCalifornia Civil Code. The lawrequires that informationabout trustee sale postpone-ments be made available toyou and to the public, as acourtesy to those not presentat the sale. If you wish tolearn whether your sale datehas been postponed, and, ifapplicable, the rescheduledtime and date for the sale ofthis property, you may call(714) 730-2727 or visit thisInternet Web siteWWW.LPSASAP.COM, usingthe file number assigned tothis case 011378-CA.Information about postpone-ments that are very short induration or that occur close intime to the scheduled salemay not immediately bereflected in the telephoneinformation or on the InternetWeb site. The best way toverify postponement informa-tion is to attend the scheduledsale. FOR SALES INFORMA-TION: (714) 730-2727 Date:5/14/2014 Date Executed:CLEAR RECON CORP.,Authorized Signature CLEARRECON CORP. 4375 JutlandDrive Suite 200 San Diego,California 92117 A-FN4460356 PUBLISHED EL CHICANO5/22/14, 5/29/14, 6/5/14 E-5726
STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY___________________________________________________U.S. Bank National Association425 Walnut StreetCincinnati, OH 45202
PlaintiffSUMMONSReal Estate Mortgage ForeclosureCase No: 14 CV 1716Honorable Daniel A. Noonan
VsCase Code: 30404
Joyce Arliece Jordan1594 West Clark StreetUpland, CA 91784
Unknown Spouse of Joyce Arliece Jordan1594 West Clark StreetUpland, CA 91784
Unknown Tenants2100 West Roosevelt DriveMilwaukee, WI 53209
Landmark Credit Union5445 South Westridge DriveNew Berlin, WI 53151
City of Milwaukee200 East Wells StreetRoom 103Milwaukee, WI 53202
Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court901 North 9th StreetCourthouse Room 104Milwaukee, WI 53233
Defendants___________________________________________________THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
To the following party named as a defendant herein: Joyce ArlieceJordan and Unknown Spouse of Joyce Arliece Jordan
You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has fileda lawsuit or other legal action against you. The Complaint, whichis also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legalaction. Within 40 days after May 27, 2014, you must respond witha written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of theWisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The Court may reject or dis-regard an answer that does not follow the requirements of thestatutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the Court,whose address is
Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court901 North 9th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53233
and to Dustin McMahon / Blommer Peterman, S.C., plaintiff’sattorney, whose address is:
Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100
Brookfield, WI 53005
You may have an attorney help or represent you.
If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the courtmay grant judgment against you for the award of money or otherlegal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose yourright to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the com-plaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judg-ment awarding money may become a lien against any real estateyou own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by gar-nishment or seizure of property.
Dated this 16th day of May, 2014
Dustin McMahon /Blommer Peterman, S.C.State Bar No. 1086857165 Bishops Way, Suite 100Brookfield, WI 53005262-790-5719
Blommer Peterman, S.C. is the creditor’s attorney and isattempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any informationobtained will be used for that purpose.TS#: JORDAN/ 14 CV 1716 FEI # 1075.00015 PUBLISHED EL CHICANO 5/29/14, 6/5/14, 6/12/14. 6/19/14E-5729
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NOTICE OF PETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATE OF:
PEDRO M. SANCHEZCASE NO.: PROPS
1400364To all heirs, beneficiaries,creditors, contingentcreditors, and personswho may be otherwiseinterested in the will orestate, or both of:PEDRO M. SANCHEZA PETITION FOR PRO-BATE has been filed byRaymond M. Sanchez inthe Superior Court ofCalifornia, County of SANBERNARDINO THE PETITION FORPROBATE requests thatRaymond M. Sanchez beappointed as personalrepresentative to admin-ister the estate of thedecedent.THE PETITION requestsauthority to administer theestate under theI n d e p e n d e n tAdministration of EstatesAct. (This authority allowsthe personal representa-tive to take many actionswithout obtaining courtapproval. Before takingcertain actions, however,the personal representa-tive is required to givenotice to interested per-sons unless they havewaived notice or consent-ed to the proposedaction.) The independentadministration authoritywill be granted unless aninterested person files anobjection to this petitionand shows good causewhy the court should notgrant the authority.A HEARING on the peti-tion will be held on 7-15-14 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.S54 located at 351 NorthArrowhead Avenue, SanBernardino, CA 92415.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should either appearat the hearing and stateyour objections or filewritten objections with thecourt before the hearing.Your appearance may bein person or by your attor-ney.IF YOU ARE A CREDI-TOR or a contingent cred-itor of the decedent, youmust file your claim withthe court and mail a copyto the personal represen-tative appointed by thecourt within the later ofeither (1) four monthsfrom the date of firstissuance of letters to ageneral personal repre-sentative, as defined insection 58(b) of theCalifornia Probate Code,or (2) 60 days from thedate of mailing or person-al delivery to you of anotice under section 9052of the California ProbateCode. Other Californiastatutes and legal author-ity may affect your rightsas a creditor. You maywant to consult with anattorney knowledgeablein California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. Ifyou are a person interest-ed in the estate, you mayfile with the court a formalRequest for SpecialNotice of the filing of aninventory and appraise-ment of estate assets orof any petition or accountas provided in Section1250 of the CaliforniaProbate Code. ARequest for SpecialNotice form is availablefrom the Court Clerk.Petitioner:Raymond M. Sanchez1575 West Virginia StreetSan Bernardino, CA92411Published El Chicano6/19/14,6/26/14,7/3/14 E-5741
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSCALLING FOR BIDS
(Section I)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatthe San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District of San BernardinoCounty, State of California, actingby and through its GovernmentBoard, hereafter referred to asthe “District” will receive up to butnot later than: July 10, 2014 @10:00 a.m., sealed bids for theaward of a contract for:
Requirements Contract forSprayed Polyurethane
RoofingSystem (SPRS) Repairs and
Recoat District-wide
Bid No. 14-09
District reserves the right toaward all or part of this contractto the lowest responsible bidder.The lowest “total compositeprice” will be the basis for con-tract award.
All bids shall be made on a bidform furnished by the District.
Bids shall be received at:Purchasing Department
SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNI-FIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
777 North "F" StreetSan Bernardino, California
92410
and shall be opened at theabove-stated time and place.
Each bid must conform and beresponsive to the ContractDocuments, which are on file forexamination at the PurchasingDepartment, 777 North F Street,San Bernardino, CA 92410.
Contractors who are desirous ofsecuring plans, specifications,and proposal forms for the pur-pose of preparing and submittinga proposal for this work may doso subject to certain conditions,hereinafter stated, from thePurchasing Department, 777North F Street, San Bernardino,CA 92410. It is strongly suggest-ed that potential Bidders acquirea copy of the contract documentsprior to the mandatory pre-bid jobwalk, so they can familiarizethemselves with the project.
This is a Requirements Contractfor the listed items and sites. Theinitial contract term shall be forapproximately (12) twelvemonths from the Notice toProceed (NTP). Bids may beextended on an item-by-itembasis, in twelve-month incre-ments, not to exceed a total offive years. The initial annual esti-mated dollar value of this con-tract is anticipated to be$200,000.00. The Districtreserves the right to award all,part or none of this bid and esti-mated contract amount. TheDistrict reserves the right to pur-chase more than, less than, or
none of the quantities indicated,as needed, throughout the dura-tion of the contract or any exten-sions on an item-by-item basis.The District reserves the right toadd additional contract dollaramounts throughout any term ofthe bid or extension. Bid pricesto remain firm throughout anycontract term or extension,except for inflationary adjust-ments which may be approvedby the District at its sole discre-tion annually. The total contract,including any extensions shallnot exceed $4,000,000.00.
Companies requesting clarifica-tion of any areas of this Bid shallsubmit all such requests to thefollowing dedicated District e-mail address – [email protected]. The Districtwill respond to all such submittedquestions. Answers to any ques-tions will be posted on the Districtweb sitehttp://sbcusd.com/bids.aspx asan addendum. Checking websitefor addendum(s) is the soleresponsibility of the bidder. Allquestions must be submitted byTuesday, July 8, 2014 noon.
Each bid shall be accompaniedby the security referred to in theContract Documents, all itemsindicated in Section II, and a listof proposed subcontractors.Each bid must include a com-pleted Contractor’sQualification Statement,Section X, pages 97 through101; failure to do so will resultin rejection of the bid.
Local and minority bidders arespecifically encouraged.
District reserves the right toreject any or all bids or to waiveany irregularities or informalitiesin the bids or in the bidding.
District has obtained from theDirector of the Department ofIndustrial Relations the generalprevailing rate of per diemwages, in the locality where thiswork is to be performed, for eachcraft or type of workers needed toexecute the contract. Copies ofthe ascertained wage rates areon file in the District offices andare available to any interestedparty on request. The successfulbidder will be required to post acopy thereof at each job site.
It shall be mandatory upon theContractor to whom the contractis awarded, and upon any sub-contractors under him, to pay notless than the said specified ratesto all workers employed by themin the execution of the contract,per the requirements of LaborCode Sections 1770 & 1773.
Each bid must conform and beresponsive to the ContractDocuments and shall be accom-panied by the (1) Bid Bond orother security referred to in theContract Documents; (2) List ofProposed Subcontractors; (3)Noncollusion Affidavit; (4)Contractor’s QualificationStatement; and (5) EqualOpportunity Certification. No bid-der may withdraw his bid for aperiod of sixty (60) days after thedate set for the opening of bids.
The Contractor to whom the con-tract is awarded may avail him-self of the provisions ofGovernment Code Section 4590,which allows certain securities tobe substituted for monies with-held to ensure performance.
A mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk for all inter-ested bidders will be held inthe Maintenance & OperationsConference Room, 956 West9th Street, San Bernardino, CA92411 on Thursday, July 3,2014 at 9:00 a.m. THIS WILLBE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITYTO INSPECT THE SITESPRIOR TO BID.
The District will conduct site visitsfollowing the pre-bid conferenceto inspect those areas that will berenovated. The work to be per-formed under this contract will bedone only during times whenschool is not in session. Thismeans all prices shall be inclu-sive for work done on weekends,holidays, and after normal schooloperating hours. It is mandatorythat each bidder have an author-ized representative attend thismeeting so that a clear under-standing of the scope and detailof the work may be understood.Failure to be represented at thispre-bid conference will result inthe rejection of your bid. Plan for a minimum of three (3)hours for pre-bid conference, andto walk identified sites.
No bidder may withdraw his bidfor a period of 60 daysafter the date set for the openingof bids.
Publish:BID NO. 14-09Pre-Bid Conference: Thursday,July 3, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m.(MANDATORY – Maintenance& Operations)
Bid Opening:Thursday, July 10,2014 @ 10:00 a.m.Published El ChicanoJune 19, 2014 E-5736
NOTICE TO VENDORSREQUESTING BIDS
Bid No. 14-06For
Plumbing Supplies & Materials
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatthe San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District of San BernardinoCounty, State of California, actingby and through its GoverningBoard, hereafter referred to as the“District”, is soliciting sealed bidsfor: Bid No. 14-06, PlumbingSupplies & Materials, from qual-ified vendors.
Bids will be received up to, butnot later than: Thursday, June26, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
All bids shall be made on the bidform furnished by the District,unless otherwise indicated in thebid documents. Vendors who aredesirous of securing a copy of thebid including specifications andbid forms for the purpose ofpreparing and submitting a bid forthis work may do so (subject tocertain conditions) from thePurchasing Department, 777North F Street, San Bernardino,CA 92410, or website. A copy ofthe bid will be posted on the webat: http://sbcusd.com/bids.aspx
Each bid must conform and beresponsive to the bid documentsthat are on file for examination atthe District’s PurchasingDepartment and posted on theWeb.
Bids will be received at theBOARD OF EDUCATION BUILD-ING BID BOX, Located in theFoyer at, SAN BERNARDINOCITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DIS-TRICT, 777 North F Street, SanBernardino, CA 92410, and shallbe opened at the above-statedtime and place. All bids must beclearly marked on the outside of asealed envelope with the vendor’scompany name, and the title: “BidNumber 14-06”. It is the vendor’ssole responsibility to ensure thatits bid is received at the correctlocation, and by the time sched-uled for the opening. No vendormay withdraw its bid for a periodof 60 days after the date set forthe opening of bids.
Purchase is contingent on avail-ability of funds. Local, minority,and disabled veterans businessesare specifically encouraged torespond and to submit bids.
Bid award(s) to be made accord-ing to bid instructions and condi-tions. The District reserves theright to accept or reject any or allbids, and to accept or reject anyitem, to withdraw a line item orentire bid, and to waive any irreg-ularities or informalities in the bidsor in the bidding, to be the solejudge as to the merit, quality, andacceptability of materials pro-posed and compliance to specifi-cations, and to not necessarilyaward to the lowest bid of anyoffered if it is in the best interest ofthe District. The District reservesthe right to award by individualline item, by group, or by means ofa single award to the overall low-est responsible bidder bidding onall line items and meeting Districtspecifications and requirements.The District may award any, all, ornone of this bid.
BY: Bruce Coonrod, Buyer,Purchasing Services San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District, San Bernardino,CA(909) 381-1129
BID Opening: Thursday, June 26,2014 at 11:00 a.m.
Published El ChicanoJune 19, 2014 E-5737
Justin Bieber D.A. To File Vandalism Charges Today In Egging Case
Chris Brown is free ... freeat last ... because he fi-nally dumped two prop-
erties he's been trying to unload --including his notorious and hatedgraffiti monster house in the Hol-lywood Hills.
Real estate sources tell us ... theHH home is in escrow ... for$1.79 mil. We're told he also justsold a penthouse condo in WestHollywood that's been on the mar-ket for 2 years.
Chris decided to sell the Holly-wood Hills home after battling thecity of L.A. and his neighborsover the brightly colored creatureshe painted on his walls. He even-
tually covered it up.Chris bought the 3-BR crib for$1.5M in 2011 ... with real estatefees, he'll be lucky to break even.
As for the WeHo condo ...Brown bought it for $1.6 in 2011and sold it for the same price.
Chris' neighbors will certainly becelebrating ... they hated him forthrowing loud, endless parties.
GossipInland Empire Community Newspapers • June 19, 2014 • Page A19
Chris Brown: Dumps Graffiti Home And Condo
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Justin Bieber will be chargedwith criminal vandalismMonday in connection with
the egging case ... sources familiarwith the situation tell TMZ.
We do not know if Bieber will becharged with a misdemeanor or afelony. TMZ broke the story ... theprosecutor who investigated thecase told the victim, "If this isn't afelony, nothing is." The neighborhas estimates showing $20K indamages from the egging. Thecase was sent to the top honchosin the D.A.'s office for a final de-cision.
The charge comes on the heels ofthe D.A.'s decision not to chargeBieber in an alleged incident lastmonth at a batting cage ... where awoman claimed he verballyabused her and grabbed her cellphone. The D.A.'s investigationturned up no evidence to supportthe woman's claim. The L.A. CityAttorney is reviewing the matter,but it will almost certainly gonowhere.
There's plenty of evidenceBieber did the egging. TMZposted video shot by the victim at
the time of the January attack, andalthough it's dark you clearly hearthe Biebs. And Bieber's own sur-veillance video -- seized in a now-famous raid -- shows he was frontand center during the egging.
Kelly Clarkson Gives Birth to Baby Girl!
The 32-year-old singer saidon Twitter on Saturday,June 14, that she gave
birth to her and hubby BrandonBlackstock's daughter, who istheir first child together. Perfecttiming, too—the news comes aday before Father's Day!"Our baby girl River RoseBlackstock arrived on June 12th!"she tweeted. "Thank you everyonefor all of your well wishes! Bran-don and I are on cloud 9!! :)"The first-time mom, who mar-
ried Reba McEntire's stepson in asmall ceremony in Tennessee thispast October, couldn't be happierabout being a parent! Just weeksbefore she and Brandon tied theknot, she revealed on Elvis Duranand the Morning Show, "I wantbabies, like, right off the bat!"
"Well, I'm totally gonna have agirl," she predicted. "My firstchild will be a girl—I know it inmy soul." (When her predictionturned out to be three months
later, she tweeted, "I knew it!Only a girl could cause this muchdrama with all this vomiting ha!")
But all that morning sicknesswas worth it! Because now, Kellyand Brandon get to welcome theirdaughter into their home, whichthey also share with his 12-year-old daughter Savannah, and 8-year-old son Seth, from a previousrelationship. "I really lucked outwith the whole kids situation,"Kelly said of her stepkids in a
radio interview with Valentine inthe Morning. "They're amazing.""I probably want two more[kids] though," she said at thetime, just weeks before revealingshe already had one baby on theway. "I kind of want to have twoaround the same age."Maybe baby Blackstock willhave another sibling sooner thanyou think!
Kourtney KardashianThrows Scott to the Curb
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Scott Disick had a rough Fa-ther's Day weekend ...Kourtney Kardashian
threw him out of their Hamptonssummer rental.
Our Kardashian sources sayKourtney was pissed off at Scottfor constantly leaving his familyto party. They got into a nuclearargument at the beginning of theweekend which ended when sheordered him to leave the house.
We're told the conflict is ongoing-- Scott likes to party and Kourt-ney likes to stay home with theirkids. Kourtney is especially upsetbecause when Scott drinks
and parties it often ends badly ...with Scott arguing and fightingwith others.
Kourtney instagrammed Scott onFather's Day, saying, "Thanks forbeing a loving daddy more thananything else." It's unclear if she'sbeing sarcastic.
It's unclear if Kourtney has letScott back in yet ... but one sourcesays this happens a lot, "Same olds**t. They fight, get back to-gether, he parties, she doesn't likeit."
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