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125th anniversary Community SculptureProject on display at Smiley Library
By Yazmin Alvarez
Students at SmileyElementary aren’t just cele-brating the end of a school
year, they’re also marking the
beginning of a healthy runningfuture thanks to a recently builttrack.More than $20,000 worth ofdonations to build the track wereraised throughout the years by
PTA fundraising efforts, as well asa generous $5,000 grant from theMcDonald’s Operators’Association of Southern
Inland Empire
By Yazmin Alvarez
The A.K. Smiley PublicLibrary unveiled itsnewest addition last week,
but the piece isn’t quite a page-turner, it’s a work of art.Smiley Library officials alongwith Redlands Mayor Pro Tem,Paul Foster, helped unveil an art
piece celebrating the city’squasquicentennial--The Redlands125th Anniversary Community
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Redlands Mayor Pro Tem Paul Foster, Smiley Library Director Don McCue and Melanie Papp ofArt Renew unveil the 125th anniversary Community Sculpture Project.
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Students at Smiley Elementary test out their new track by taking a few victory laps.
New running track at Smiley Elementaryopen for summer
June is jumpin’ again thisyear as the City ofRedlands continues the
popular series of events kickingoff the summer, includingSurfin’ State Street and Moviesin the Park, and a new eventthis year, the Downtown ArtWalk & Crab Boil.The June is Jumpin’ seriesbegins June 13, with the Surfin’State Street Car Cruise ondowntown State Street fromOrange to Ninth Street, from 5to 9 p.m. The event will featurethe popular local surf band, TheTornadoes, a classic car cruise,delicious food vendors, beersfrom Hangar 24 and wines fromState Street Winery.On June 15, it’s theDowntown Art Walk & CrabBoil. Local artists will beexhibiting their works in thealleys and sidewalks of down-town Redlands accompanied byperformances from local bandsand solo artists. Swing by EdHales Park to feast on the craband crawfish boil! Grab a beeror a glass of wine by RitualBrewery, Hangar 24 or StateStreet Winery in the beer andwine garden adjacent to thepark.Bands include Sam Marsey,Kiksim Crux, Summon the Yeti,and the Great Late. The eventfeatures many local artistsincluding: James McClung,Aeron Brown, ChristineCoates, John Brownfield, SkoolBoiz, Nick Bahula, FrankPerez, Rob Mardis, OwenKlass, Jean Hall, TomFontanes, Christine White,Paige Lyman, Tim Silvis andmany, many more. On June 27, Movies in thePark is back with “The LegoMovie” at Ed Hales Park. Theactivities begin at dusk and lastuntil 9 p.m. Before the moviethere will be children’s craftsand games, musical entertain-ment, Lego building and tons ofwholesome family fun! FreeLego goodie bags will be givenaway while they last, For more information or toparticipate in any of theseevents, call the City ofRedlands EconomicDevelopment office at 909-798-7629.
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All of Smiley Elementary took a lap around the newly built track last month. The track has been fouryears in the making as PTA fundraisers and a few private donations helped fund the project.
California 2013 School HealthGrant Program, said Mindy Cock-eram, Smiley’s PTA president. The money was originally in-
tended for playground equipmentbut after several unsuccessful at-tempts, a running track was a betterfit, officials said.The track, a four-inch deep sur-
face made from decomposed gran-ite, is a ⅙ mile course that waschosen because its low impact, saidCockeram. It was unveiled during a school-
wide celebration in May. Students and staff ran, walked and
jogged a few victory laps aroundthe new surface during the celebra-
tory event that was about four yearsin the making.“It’s motivating to run when you
have a path,” Cockeram said, tak-ing her own test walk around thetrack. “And it’s less to worry about.”Before the track was complete,
students, including members ofSmiley’s Running Club, had to runon a grassy area inundated withholes and uneven muddy ground.Children were ruining their shoes
and some even took a few falls be-cause of the surface, said SmileyPrincipal, Jennifer Sherman.Additionally, other than cones,
there was no proper way to createthe track and measure the kid’smile accomplishments as part of
physical education requirements,Sherman added.While the track is located on the
Smiley campus, it is not solely forthe use of its students, but rather thecommunity as well, Cockeramadded..“We believed a demarcated and
measurable track would attractcommunity members who couldwalk in a safe and measurable en-vironment. It’s a path to a healthylifestyle for students and nearbyneighbors.”
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].
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Sculpture Project. The piece was created in the Mis-
sion Gables courtyard during Red-lands’ 125th Extravaganza and wasthe brainchild of Melanie Papp ofArt Renew. The aim behind the project was to
highlight some of the city’s land-marks as well as its diversity, Pappsaid.“It was really pulling in everyone
in the community,” said Papp of theNovember one-day project.The cubed-shaped sculpture is
comprised of five panels and in-cludes hand-painted tiles fromcommunity members of all ageshighlighting some of Redlands’rich history. Depicted on the tilesare paintings of the Redlands Bowl,The Lincoln Memorial Shrine, theUniversity of Redlands’ MemorialChapel, and on top, the 125th an-
niversary logo. The block sculpture will be on
display at the library throughout themonth and be can viewed duringregular business hours.While a permanent location to
house the piece has yet to be cho-sen, Papp said it would great if theartwork became a traveling pieceshowcased throughout Redlands.To view the community art proj-
ect, visit the A.K. Smiley Public Li-brary at 125 W. Vine Street inRedlands. To learn more about Papp’s com-
munity outreach projects, visitwww.artrenew.com.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].
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The sculpture depicts iconic Redlands landmarks including theRedlands Bowl, A.K. Smiley Library, the Lincoln Memorial Shrineand the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel.
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Melanie Papp, the artist who spearheaded the community projecteffort, explains the top tiles of the sculpture to a guest. The topfeatures the 125th anniversary logo.
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Alyssa Montenegro, a fourth grader at Smiley, takes her first smooth ride with her friend ShirinMohamed, along the new track on campus. Before the track, Alyssa was not able to take her wheel-chair along the grassy area and fell several times due to holes and uneven ground. The decom-posed granite track allows her to smoothly ride the path.
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Words to think about: My love for food
By G. W. Abersold Ph.D
Ilove food almost as much asI love Stella. Between foodand my kids, it’s a tossup.
Not really, but almost.Unfortunately it doesn’t mattermuch what kind of food. I like itall. All kinds of ethnic food.Whether it is hot or cold; fruits orvegetables; fowl, beef or fish; highcaloric or low. I like it all.No wonder then that I’ve paidclose attention to the food special-ties of the 84 countries I’ve visited.In my opinion, the international fa-vorite food is Italian. Especiallyspaghetti.
Without a doubt, every one of the84 countries had spaghetti on themenu. For example, when I was inTokyo, Japan, I stayed at a verynice hotel for several days. Everyday the restaurant had spaghetti onthe menu. And I ordered it everyday.It was always delicious. Alwayswith a slightly different flavoredsauce, but always excellent. Ofcourse I visited the palaces androde their trains, but always sam-pling the cuisine, that was typi-cally Japanese.In my opinion, the second most
popular food in the countries I’vevisited is Chinese. Stella and I visitone of the many good Chineserestaurants at least every twoweeks.In my travels I especially enjoyedthe food in Hong Kong, Macaoand Mexicali, Mexico. The lattercity has approximately fifty per-cent Chinese population. Thereseems to be a Chinese restaurant inevery block.In Hong Kong, the McDonald’shave rice instead of French friesand always egg rolls. In Mexicalithey serve the traditional Chinesemenu. My favorite dish is alwayschop suey with fried rice. Ofcourse, I’m always surprised whenI hear Chinese speaking fluentSpanish.I’ll never forget eating in Kenyaand Brazil. Both countries have afavorite restaurants featuring whatthey call Brazilian B-B-Q. InKenya the restaurant was calledCarnivore. On a sign were themeats that were available. All were
from nature animals: wildebeest,crocodile, ostrich, monkey, turkey,chicken, duck, hogs, snake, lion,tiger, hippo, rhino, buffalo, leop-ard, cheetah, and giraffe. I don’tthink elephant was mentioned.The meal lasted for 4 hours. Thesame was true in Rio de Janeiro.I’ve been to Israel eight times.
There are several kibbutz that pro-vide hotel facilities for tourists.That includes food. A choice isprovided. Either regular Americantype food or kosher food. I alwayschose the latter. The food was al-ways delicious.The rules for kosher is compli-cated. Obviously there was neverany ham, pork or bacon. I’ve been to Cuba four times.
Twice when Batista was the dicta-tor and twice when Castro was ac-tive. The people were alwayssmiling and happy. The music andfood was great.For food I particularly like: arrozcon pollo, fried bananas and beefstew. Family restaurants were veryprominent. They were usually inthe back yards and only had onecourse per day. They were plenti-ful and delicious.I think of Argentina quite often.
Not only for Pope Francis, but alsofor their scenery, the people andthe food. I’ve never seen so manyItalian restaurants. Every blockseemed to have 4 or 5, and I triedto visit every one.The pasta seemed to differ andthe sauce. Spaghetti was usuallyserved with a steak.Oh, my I can taste them now.While I’m writing about
spaghetti I’m also rememberingmy visits to Peru. We often speakof Irish potatoes and Idaho pota-toes, but the real origin of them isPeru. They prepare them in a scoreof ways, because potatoes areeaten for every meal—breakfast,lunch dinner and in-betweenGreeks are noted for many thingsincluding their food. There aremore Greeks in Melbourne, Aus-tralia than in any other city in theworld-except Athens.I’ve been in Melbourne severaltimes and eaten Moussaka,Baklava and especially Gyro sand-wiches. The latter are especiallydelicious.I’ve eaten pot roast and Shep-
herd’s pie in England; herring inSweden; curry in India; chop sueyin Hong Kong; steak in SouthAfrica, bad food in Russia; Mc-Donald hamburgers in severalcountries.The national food of Spain is
PAELLA. Throughout the countryit is available. In my visits to SpainI ate paella every day.There is a village in Spain that
has an annual paella cook-off. Thevillage has a huge skillet-1 ½ feetdeep and 10 feet in diameter. Overa huge fire, the villagers add ingre-dients like: rice, chicken, sausage,fish, oysters, beef, seasoning,tomatoes, potatoes, clams andwhatever.After hours of cooking, each
family fills a bucket and eats andeats. I wish I could participate.Amen. Selah. So be it.
Educators of Excellence Celebration to be held on June 14
By Cynthia Mendoza
On Saturday, June 14,noteworthy educators,past and present, will be
recognized at the First Annual Ed-ucators of Excellence Celebration,which will be held at Our Lady ofthe Rosary Cathedral Hall in SanBernardino.
The afternoon tea, which is spon-sored by Union Bank, TELACU,Wells Fargo, Gloria Posada Graph-ics and San Bernardino ValleyConcert Association, will recog-nize the following educators:Mrs. Frances Stofel, retiredschool teacher; Gloria Macías Har-rison, San Bernardino CommunityCollege District Trustee, formerCrafton Hills College presidentand former San Bernardino ValleyCommunity College professor;Leyla Avila, teacher at San Gor-gonio High School; MichelleSanchez, kindergarten teacher atHoly Rosary Academy; Edie Brad-bury, Math teacher at Cajon HighSchool; Brad La Viegie, mathteacher at Arroyo Valley HighSchool; Patti Espina and RichardOsoria of the STAR (science the-ater art and recreation) Programand D. Nathan Ciezynski of the In-land Fair Housing MediationBoard.Each of these individuals individ-ually and collectively within theirrespective roles have made ameaningful difference in the livesof students and their communitiesas a whole through their positiveinfluence inside and outside theclassroom.Given her long and rich historyin the community, former studentsor families of former students whowere well acquainted with Mrs.Stofel are encouraged to attend orshare their memories of their for-mer teacher and friend.The afternoon tea will be heldfrom 2 to 4 p.m. General admis-sion is $35 and student admissionis $10. Proceeds benefit ChristmasWith Santa, a youth toy give awayin December, a Tamalada withSanta for the “young at heart” and
a scholarship to Holy RosaryAcademy. The event will also in-clude an opportunity drawing.There are still sponsorship oppor-tunities available.To RSVP contact Lori Vasquez at(951) 217-2624. For more infor-
mation on sponsorships or theevent itself, contact Alycia Enciso,who is the lead organizer, at (909)882-2276.Our Lady of the Rosary Cathe-dral Hall is located at 265 West25th Street in San Bernardino.
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On Saturday, June 14, noteworthy educators, past and present,will be recognized at the First Annual Educators of ExcellenceCelebration, which will be held at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathe-dral Hall in San Bernardino.
Next Coffeewith the Councilscheduled for
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. This is in keepingwith the schedule of holding themeetings on the third Saturday ofthe month and is a change fromearlier calendars which reportedthe meeting would be held a weekearlier.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 Pete Aguilar suggestedthe meetings as a way for resi-dents to ask questions or shareconcerns with Council membersoutside the formal setting of a CityCouncil meeting.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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Report:For the fifth consecutive year
San Bernardino County and theCommunity Foundation of River-side and San Bernardino countieshave produced a San BernardinoCounty Community IndicatorsReport. It takes a hard look at thisvery large and diverse countythrough the prisms of the econ-omy, schools, healthcare, publicsafety, environment, and overallquality of life.It is part of an effort started five
years ago as residents and gov-ernment officials gathered to for-mulate a Countywide Vision.
To quote Janice Rutherford,chair of the Board of Supervisorsand Dr. Jonathan Yorba, presidentand CEO of the CommunityFoundation from a recent joint let-ter, " The idea behind making thisreport an annual effort was tomeasure our performance and de-tect trends so that the communitycould assess and refine its effortstoward achieving the CountywideVision." The hope is that the report will
encourage government leaders,business people, community andfaith-based organizations and oth-ers to discuss, build awarenessand build collaborative initiativesthat address systemic changes. The Indicators Report will be
formally launched this Septemberbut can be assessed on the Com-munity Foundation web site underpublications - [email protected]
Must Read:
My friend Randy Barth, Founderand Chief Executive Officer of
THINK Together, brought to myattention an article in the NewYork Times on suburban poverty.The Inland Empire communitieswere mentioned as illustrations ofexisting poverty in suburbanareas. Years ago people movedfrom the inner cities to escapepoverty but now poverty is in thesuburbs and there is a lack of in-frastructure and support systems.The following is an excerpt fromthat article but I recommend thatall of us working on buildingcommunity and improving thequality of life in our region readthe full article at http://www.ny-times.com/2014/05/10/us/hard-ship-makes-a-new-home-in-the-suburbs.html?r=0
"Five decades after PresidentLyndon B. Johnson's declared awar on poverty, the nations poorare more likely to be found insuburbs like this one than in citiesor rural areas, and poverty in thesuburbs is rising faster than in anyother setting in the country. By2011, there were three millionmore people living in poverty insuburbs than in inner cities, ac-cording to a study released lastyear by the Brookings Institution.As a result, suburbs are grapplingwith problems that once seemedalien, compounded by am short-age of Institutions helping thepoor and distances that make itdifficult for people to get to jobsand social services even if theycan find them.In no place is that more true than
California, synonymous with thesuburban’s good life and long amagnet for restless newcomerswith big dreams. When takinginto account the cost of living, in-cluding housing, child care andmedical expenses, California hasthe highest poverty rate in the na-tion, according to a measure in-troduced by the Census Bureau in2011' that considers both govern-ment benefits and living costs I.Different parts of the country. Bythat measure, roughly nine mil-lion people - nearly a quarter ofthe state's residents - live inpoverty"
Save the Date:
Saturday, June 14 - the Robertand Frances Fullerton Museumof Art (RAFFMA) presents its44th Annual Student Art Exhibi-tion. The exhibit runs until July 3.The museum is open everydayexcept Friday and Saturday; gen-eral admission is free although a$3 donated is appreciated. For in-formation call 909.537.7373
Saturday, June 14 - the 1st An-nual Educators of ExcellenceCelebration Tea to honor localand regional educators. The eventis slated for Our Lady of theRosary Cathedral Hall, 265 West25th St., San Bernardino from1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. For informa-tion call Alycia Enciso at909.882.2276
Saturday, June 14 - CaliforniaCommon Cause presents a freescreening of Robert Reich's awardwinning documentary Inequalityfor All at the A. K. Smiley PublicLibrary, 125 W. Vine St. Redlandsat 1 p.m. To RSVP [email protected]
Wednesday, June 18 - the In-land Empire Economic Part-nership presents the Chairman'sReception from 5 - 7:30 p.m. atHMC Architects, 3546 ConcourseStreet, Ontario, CA. This is a net-working event with business lead-ers from San Bernardino andRiverside counties. To RSVP con-tact Michelle Cazares [email protected]
Friday, June 20 - the 10th An-nual Women of DistinctionAwards Ceremony & Dinnerwill be held at the National Or-ange Show from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.honoring Woman of Year, SusanZador and establishing theChristina Milian InspirationalScholarship. A special presenta-tion by Symphonie Jeunesse willbe part of the program. For infor-mation call 909.801.5040
Friday, June 27 - the RedlandsBowl Summer Music Festivalstarts its 2014 season with the SanBernardino Symphony perform-ing "The Music of John Williams& Andrew Lloyd Webber" underthe direction of conductor FrankFetta. Popular vocalist HaqumalSharpe and Brooke deRosa jointhe orchestra for this performanceof award winning movie andstage hits. Admission is free andperformance starts at 8:15 p.m.
Friday, June 27 - Inland Re-gional Center Consumer Advi-sory Committee presents MonteCarlo Night from 5 to 8 p.m. atthe IRC Conference Center, 1425S. Waterman, San Bernardino.For information call909.890.4776
Saturday & Sunday, June 28& 29 - the High Desert MusicFestival and BBQ Showdown atthe Victorville Fairgrounds.Music will include Pop, Blues,Rock, Old School, and R&B. Pit
Gloria MaciasHarrison
My wife, Dee, and myself rodethe new sbX bus line on openingday — the entire 16-mile route.What a pleasure to see somethingso positive in our deteriorating city.
First, the work included upgrad-ing the appearance of most of ourbusinesses on E Street with newsidewalks, landscaping, and newlypaved streets from Base Line ondown, and cleaning up weed-filledvacant lots for four of the park-and-ride areas.
The 16 boarding stations werewell lit with security cameras, trashcans, bike parking, and everythingneeded to make it safe and conven-ient, including bus passes andschedules.
There is no waiting, since every10 minutes another bus comes by topick up and drop off passengers. Onthe deluxe new buses there are ac-cessible facilities, interior bikeracks, spacious seating, and the lat-est in WiFi hook-ups for the Inter-net at no extra charge. Now theelderly, students, handicapped peo-ple, and those who can’t afford ex-pensive gas prices, can travel fromPalm and Kendall avenues to CalState San Bernardino, Stater Bros.,drug stores, the movie theater, base-
ball stadium, swap meet, mall, Mc-Donald’s Museum, Hall ofRecords, restaurants and HomeDepot on Hospitality Lane, thenover to Loma Linda UniversityMedical Center, the Children’sHospital, and veterans’ hospitalwithout any parking issues.
Since there are no health foodstores in San Bernardino, we wentshopping at a Loma Linda healthfood store and got right back on thebus next to the store. The bus isnice to use for visiting friends in thehospitals or for your own doctor’sappointments.
The bus line also created manynew jobs and will increase sales formany local businesses, all a posi-tive for San Bernardino to now lookmore like an upscale city. SanBernardino and Loma Linda onlypaid for 4 percent of all the cost ofthis. I’m sure there will be some is-sues in the future with graffiti andvandalism, but there are cameraseverywhere at each boarding sta-tion and in the parking lots as wellas inside the buses. Streets do needto be repaved north of Base Linefor a better ride.
Steve Portias,San Bernardino
We had a state senator who wasrunning for secretary of state butwas caught in a sting for illegal guntrafficking, among other charges,and is currently out on bail. It wasextremely embarrassing to him andthe Senate as he was at the timesponsoring legislation on gun con-trol. He did withdraw his namefrom the race but the ballots werealready printed. Some 287,590people voted for him. And there’san assemblywoman who is on
three years’ probation after plead-ing no contest to shoplifting atNeiman Marcus. She now ran forstate Senate and got 14,595 votesputting her in third place in a fieldof five, beating vote counts for thelast two combined. As P.T. Barnumis credited with saying, “There is nosuch thing as bad publicity.”
David O. Erickson,West Covina
sbX bus line a benefit forSan Bernardino
What could truly embarrassa politician?
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masters will compete for prizemoney in this sanctioned smokeout by the Kansas City BarbequeSociety. For information visit HighDesert Festival
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San Bernardino Kiwanis Clubwill host a Chili Cook-Off andTalent Show at Jones ElementarySchool, 700 N. F Street. The eventis slated to start at noon. For entryand ticket information call909.383.0370
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Edwin Johnson remembers plight , helping youth throughC.H.O.R.D.S. program
By Anthony Victoria
The Creating Hopeful Op-portunities and Resiliencyby Developing Skills
(C.H.O.R.D.S.) program wasstarted by Edwin Johnson in 2011to provide youth an outlet to show-case their skills through music andthe arts. It has provided them agateway out of the hardships of ed-ucational budget cuts and vio-lence.Johnson said motivation to startthe program grew out of his ownexperiences living in SanBernardino. At the age of 16, helived in an unstable home anddropped out of school to makesure he and his family stayed outof poverty. Youth organizers such as TomDolan of Inland CongregationsUnited for Change (ICUC) wereinstrumental in shaping Johnsoninto the youth coordinator he isToday. Dolan helped him organizethe newspaper “Reality Check”and guided him along his strugglesas a teenager. He said he feelsyouth should not have to gothrough the same hardships as hedid.“Growing up we used to be a partof this after school program. Weused to go there to eat because wedidn’t have much growing up,”Johnson said. “I ended up learninga lot of different life skills to be-come a youth leader at a young
age. I was able to learn the toolsthat I use Today.”Teenagers of similar rough back-grounds are now capable of pro-ducing and recording their ownmusic, creating clothing brands,and broadcasting radio showsthrough C.H.O.R.D.S. Addition-ally, unlike Johnson who used tohave to walk from the old SaharaHotel on G St. to his home on DSt. with his siblings everyday,youth involved with the program
have transportation and mealsavailable to them if needed.“Some of the parents who havekids in the program don’t haveenough money to put gas in theircar but we don’t look at it in a neg-ative light,” said Johnson. “We un-derstand that poverty exists andwhat we do is pick up the kids.”And while some of the youthstart the program struggling withclasses, getting involved withdrugs, or discouraged by the neg-
ativity that surrounds them, John-son explained that music is a piv-otal factor in developing them intorespectful young adolescents.“Music is what a lot of youthlike, especially now a days,” hesaid. “We just don’t say, ‘heyyou’re not supposed to use thattype of language’, but we actuallyshow them the reason why theyshouldn’t use profanity. By thempracticing their music, they auto-matically start to change their lan-guage. They research words thatthey could use in their music to notallow them to curse. We give thekids responsibilities.”Some of the responsibilities theyhave is training other youth whocome into the program, givingtours of facilities to parents, andorganizing different events like theInland Empire’s Got Talent eventthat took place at the CommUnityFest on May 31. Leon Abdullah, 17, learned howto become an audio engineerthrough Johnson. He is one of theyouth leaders who trains youngerkids about music production andsongwriting. To him, music is thebest way to express your senti-
ments. “Some kids have a hard time ex-pressing themselves during con-versation, but if they do it byperforming a song they feel morecomfortable,” he said. “It’s howthey develop their social skills.”Michael Bennett, 17, of ChinoHills, the winner of this year’s In-land Empire’s Got Talent show-case will be working with musicproducer Romeo Williams on afull album beginning on July 14.The senior at Ayala High Schoolwho sounds a bit like Frank Sina-tra and Michael Bublé when heperforms with Jazz band Give Upthe Junk, said the work Johnsondoes is phenomenal and he isgrateful for the opportunity theprogram has provided to him.“People like him taking theirtime out to help the youth is im-portant,” he said. “Everyone isabout themselves nowadays, so it’sgreat to see people do things notbecause they want attention, butbecause they genuinely love help-ing people. That’s something a lotof us in today’s world need moreof.”
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Participants from C.H.O.R.D.S. during the IE’s Got Talent showcase at the CommUnity Festival on May 31.
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Pictured above is Mr Pernice (left)--taken while he played at the Toshiba Classic at Newport BeachCountry Club this past March. Mr Tim Evans of Highland (right) is the Executive Director of TheUnforgettables Foundation in Redlands--serving all of Riverside, San Bernardino and OrangeCounties with essential bereavement and burial support for families when a child dies. www.un-forgettables.org
PGA Champions Tour top 10 Star Tom Pernice Jr who keeps a residence in the Inland Empire, wonthe Principal Charity Classic tournament in Des Moines Iowa this past Sunday June 1. Tom, whowon on tour last year as well at the 3M Championship event in Minnesota, annually presents a golf
event at his home course of Bear Creek in Murrieta called the Tom Pernice Jr Charity Golf Classic of whichhe splits proceeds with the Redlands based charity The Unforgettables Foundation. Pernice who has partneredwith and appeared for the Unforgettables for over 5 years, has an exceptional 20+ year career on the regularPGA Tour and Champions. The UCLA grad is regularly at or near the top of the leader board these daysjoining the real legends of the game and friends like Fred Couples, Tom Watson, and John Cook--who alsobenefits the Unforgettables. Pernice's event sold out in 2013 and all players went home with a brand newScotty Cameron putter fitted that day for them since he plays that brand of putter under the Titleist companybrand. He will put on the next fund-raising event as part of Tom Pernice Jr Charitable Foundation on Sept14 and 15 in Murrieta. Last year one of a kind golf collectables came from Rickie Fowler, Fred Couples,Phil Mickelson and Kenny Perry.To sign up for this most unique event with one of the Senior Tours top stars call 909.335.1655.Pernice became familiar and very supportive of The Unforgettables because of the connection hisyoungest daughter Brooke has with the group. She is a nationally known blind recording artist andtheology student in Tennessee. TUF founder Chaplain Tim Evans says--"I sure hope that Brookewill ultimately be a chaplain too. She has incredible skill, heart and instinct for it!
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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.
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The Democratic Luncheon Club ofSan Bernardino meet at noon on Fri-days at Democratic Headquarters,136 Carousel Mall (near the centralglass elevator) in San Bernardino.For additional information visitwebsite www.sbdems.comSpeaker Schedule:5/9 Larry Walker, SB CountyAuditor-Controller Treasurer TaxCollector5/16 Ruthee Goldkorn, DisabilityActivist5/23 DARK - Memorial DayWeekend5/30 Connie Leyva, Candidate forState Senate SD 20Visit us atwww.sbdems.com or our newFacebook page at www.face-book/SBDems.
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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 Center multi-purpose room.
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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.
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Coffee withthe Council
Saturday, June 21- 9am-10:30pm. Redlands City Councilmembers will continue their Coffeewith the Council community meet-ings. at Augie’s Coffee House, 113N. Fifth St. This is in keeping withthe schedule of holding the meet-ings on the third Saturday of themonth and is a change from earliercalendars which reported the meet-ing would be held a 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
Inland EmpireCareer Fair
Thursday, 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,Retail Managers, Account Man-agers, Insurance Sales, CustomerService, Technical Sales, SalesManagers, Pharmaceutical Sales,Telesales, Sales Trainer, Merchan-diser, Mortgage Brokers, FinancialPlanner, Route Sales, Retail Sales,Retail Management, Human Re-sources and much more!
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Critter Camp
Thursday, July 14- 8:30-12:30.The Humane Society of SanBernardino Valley is hosting its an-nual “Critter Camp” – a week-long,interactive, learning experience forstudents entering the third, fourthand fifth grades. During CritterCamp, the campers will experiencethe wonderful world of bugs, mar-supials, therapy and service ani-mals, the difference between wildand tame animals, and “make &take” animal art activities. Some ofthe guest presenters include: do-cents from San Bernardino CountyMuseum; Kaylynn and her regis-tered therapy alpaca, Jasper; Won-ders of Wildlife with creaturesincluding a python, chinchilla, pot-belly pig, lizard, tarantula andopossum; Inland Empire Pet Part-ners therapy and service dogs, catsand miniature horses; localartist/cartoonist, Darlene Douthit;and Guide Dogs of the Desert. Thefee to attend Critter Camp for theweek is just $25 per student. Fi-nancial assistance is available. Toregister your child for Critter Campvisit www.hssbv.org, call 909-380-7844 or stop by the HSSBV (374W Orange Show Road, SanBernardino).
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Priscilla’s Helping Hands provides spark inDel Rosa neighborhood
By Anthony Victoria
What began as the Hos-pitality and Outreachministry of the Eccle-
sia Christian Fellowship Church inthe 1990’s continues to blossom asone of San Bernardino’s most ac-tive non-profit organizations ded-icated to helping others.Priscilla’s Helping Hands, Inc.Project R.E.A.C.H. (PHH), lo-cated at 1314 E. Date St. in the DelRosa neighborhood of SanBernardino ensures that the disen-franchised and poverty-strickenmembers of their community canaccess programs and services tohelp them live more sustainablelives. As one of the founding membersof the Inland Empire CommunityCollaborative (IECC), PHH had itsstart through a one year capacity
training program initiated by First5. The organization, according toExecutive Director, Marche’Haynes, was fortunate enough tobe among the first to be chosen.From there on, PHH was able todevelop their strategic plans, sus-tainability plans, and review theirmission and vision statements.“It gave us the opportunity tostep back outside of our owngroup, have some fresh ears andeyes, and really flesh out who wewere and what our intentions werein the community,” she said. “Es-pecially fundraising. That’s a hugepart of small non-profit organiza-tions. You live and die by thegrants.”PHH continued to go to the ca-pacity trainings for several yearsdue to their success rates. At theend of their third year in the pro-gram, they decided to form their
own collaborative with the help ofseveral other organizations.“That’s what funders are lookingfor,” Haynes explained. “Theydon’t want to fund individualagencies so much as each aredoing the same thing in their ownway. So we wanted to bring all ofour resources together to see whatwe could do as a group.”PHH focuses primarily on pro-viding resources to young chil-dren. Their mission is to help themthrive in all the definitions of suc-cess, according to Haynes. Theyoffer a School Readiness Pre-school program and a Case Man-agement Program for parents.Ranging from the basics to morecomplex issues, they provide avast amount of assistance to fami-lies in need.“We make sure they have ade-quate shelter, food, health, and
clothing and we look at social,mental, and emotional issues,”Haynes said. “Based on our as-sessment findings, we then referthem out to experts. A number ofkids in our area are traumatized inone shape or form. We comealongside and provide a safe havenfor the kids.”One of those safe havens is theweekly Soccer Clinics organizedby Public Relations ManagerAraceli Fosado. Every Saturday at Jefferson HuntElementary school children fromthe Del Rosa neighborhood gatherto receive lessons on how to prop-erly stretch before practice, how todribble a soccer ball, how to re-ceive and give a pass, and learnabout ethics and sportsmanship. “This is more than just playingsoccer,” said Fosado. “These chil-dren are learning how to becomepart of a team, build a strongercharacter and interact with mem-bers of their own community.”
Fosado, who is also a Communi-cations (Public Relations) studentat San Bernardino Valley Collegewas quick to thank college-agedvolunteers like Moses Orona andMayra Venegas for the time theyput in to organize the clinics."This program is also possiblethrough the hours that college vol-unteers provide to us on a weeklybasis," she said. Beginning in July, PHH will beconducting the “Summer FunDays” educational workshops thatwill provide children in the DelRosa neighborhood the opportu-nity to interact with college stu-dents and learn about numeroussubjects that range from Art toMathematics."Our intent is to provide safe al-ternative activities to enrich thelife-styles of these kids".For more information, contactPriscilla’s Helping Hands at (909)881-2800.
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Children of the Del Rosa neighborhood playing a scrimmage during one of many soccer clinicsorganized by Priscilla’s Helping Hands.
Cardenas Markets founders to receive CSUSB honorary Doctorates
The late Jesus Cardenas andhis wife Luz, founders ofthe Cardenas Markets
chain, will be awarded honorarydoctorates of humane letters fortheir remarkable contributions tobusiness, education and quality oflife in the Inland Empire by the Cal-ifornia State University system andCalifornia State University, SanBernardino.The doctorates will be bestowed toLuz and to Jesus (posthumously) atCal State San Bernardino during thecommencement ceremony of theuniversity’s College of Businessand Public Administration on Satur-day, June 14, at 3:45 p.m.“It is truly an honor to recognizeJesus and Luz not only for their ex-traordinary accomplishments in cre-ating one of the most successfulcompanies in the Inland Empire, butalso their advocacy of issues that arecrucial to our region, such as educa-tion and health,” said Tomás D.Morales, president of Cal State SanBernardino. “Their work in thecommunity is beyond exemplary. Itplaces them in the company ofsome of California’s most importantfigures.”Luz Cardenas thanked the Carde-nas Markets employees for theirhard work and dedication in servingthe community.“We are deeply honored in receiv-ing this very important honorary de-gree,” Luz Cardenas said. “Oursuccess and our commitment to re-spond to the community’s needscould not have been done withoutthe support of our employees.”
The official announcement wasmade April 10 during the fourth an-nual Inland Empire Hispanic Lead-ership Council Gala, held at theCardenas’ home. The Cardenas willjoin Hardy Brown Sr., who will re-ceive an honorary doctorate of hu-mane letters during the College ofArts and Letters Commencementceremony.The Cardenas’ personal journey isa classic American success story.After migrating from Jalisco,Mexico, and years working in fieldsup and down California, Jesus andLuz began selling meat and ethnicfoods, including Luz’s home-
cooked recipes from Jalisco. Theirproducts grew in popularity and in1981 they opened their first store inOntario.It was a family business from thevery beginning, with Jesus and Luzas partners, and has since evolvedinto one of the most successful pri-vately owned companies in the In-land Empire. Today, CardenasMarkets has 30 stores in SouthernCalifornia and Nevada with morethan 3,000 employees.Even as it has grown, it remains afamily business. The Cardenas’children – Jesus Jr., Jose, Lupe andGeorge – are involved in the day-to-
day operations. Jesus Cardenas diedin March 2013.Along with being leaders in thebusiness community, the Cardenashas been strong advocates of educa-tion, health and any efforts that im-prove the quality of life in thecommunity.The family established the Carde-nas Markets Scholarship Founda-tion Inc., which has served as one ofthe Inland Empire’s leading philan-thropic organizations, supportingprograms at Cal State SanBernardino as well as the Universityof California, Riverside, Cal Poly
Pomona, the University of LaVerne, Mt. San Antonio College,Chaffey College, College of theDesert and Imperial Valley College.The Cardenas Markets Scholar-ship Foundation has also supportedthe Esperanza Scholarship Founda-tion, the Inland Empire ScholarshipFund and Bright Prospect andPromise Scholars, all organizationsmentoring and assisting students toachieve academic success.For more information, contact theCSUSB Office of Public Affairs at(909) 537-5007 and visitnews.csusb.edu.
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44th annual Student Art Exhibition opens Friday at CSUSB
By Yazmin Alvarez
Art students from CalState San Bernardinowill showcase their cre-
ative works and achievementsduring a culminating celebrationand annual exhibition at theRobert and Frances FullertonMuseum of Art at Cal State SanBernardino. The 44th annual student art ex-
hibition runs June 15 throughJuly 30 at the Robert and FrancesFullerton Museum of Art,RAFFMA, at Cal State SanBernardino.An opening reception for the
exhibition and end of the yearparty will be held from 6:30 p.m.to 9 p.m., June 13. “It is always so gratifying and
awe inspiring to see what the stu-dents have been working on inthe studios.” said KatherineGray, CSUSB professor of art ina news release.
“An amazing display of work,it illustrates a determination tomaster a material or genre thatshows in the flourishing of theircreative vision.”The artwork displays include
paintings, sculptures, glass andceramic art, photography, metalworking, installation art, graphicdesign, print making, woodwork-ing and plenty more, accordingto event coordinators.This year’s event, which will
display about 50 exhibitions, willbring in artist April Greiman asthe select juror for the highlycompetitive showcase.“The student exhibit has a long
history featuring the next gener-ation of artists,” according to aRAFFMA news release. “Stu-dents submit their work with a 30percent chance of being selectedfor display in RAFFMA’s maingallery. Each year the exhibitionreflects the students’ unrestrictedand artistic feeling and attitudetoward the most current social is-
sues.Students who were not selected
as entrants in this year’s showwill be displaying their artworkin the hallway of the museum,said coordinators. The June 13 opening reception
is free and open to the public.General admission to the mu-seum is free, however, a $3 do-nation is suggested. Parking atCSUSB is $5.The museum is open Mondays
through Wednesdays and Satur-days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 7p.m.; and is closed Friday andSunday. To learn more, call 909537-7373 or visit the RAFFMAwebsite athttp://raffma.csusb.edu.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterfor Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reacheda [email protected]
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Select works from art students at Cal State San Bernardino will be featured during the 44th annual Student Art Exhibition at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museumof Art on campus. The opening reception is planned June 13. Featured here are works from last year’s exhibition.
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Last year’s art exhibition showcased works from about 70 student artists.
COURTESY PHOTO/CORINNE M. MCCURDY/CSUSB
The 44th annual Student Art Exhibition runs June 15-July 31.
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Brianna Irwin won prep athletic awards as she fought bullyingBy Harvey M. Kahn
Brianna Irwin was cutfrom the San GorgonioHigh School soccer team
as a freshman. By her senior yearshe was All-CIF first team in soc-cer and track and was selected tothe Southern California CoachesAll-Star soccer team. In betweentime, Irwin found herself in themiddle of an anti-bullying cam-paign at San G. as well. First shehad to help herself. By Irwin'ssenior year, she turned a D aver-age into an A average. She willstudy accounting and play soccerat UC Riverside next year."I got kicked off the soccer
team at San Gorgonio as a fresh-man because of grades. It wasn'tgoing good," recalled Irwin."Sports was everything to me andto not play was a reality check. Ifyou don't study, you don't play.That's what I'm most proud of,the way I finally grew up." As a
freshman, the thought of beingthe SGHS girl's Ken HubbsAward winner never crossed hermind. I knew it was a big dealwhen Paul Rodriguez won theHubbs last year. Everyone wastalking about it and I just hopedthat someday that it would be me.When they called me into the of-fice and told me I had won, I wasfilled with enjoyment. I appreci-ate the watch the Hubbs Founda-tion presented me."Irwin was forced ato grow up
in other ways at SGHS. As a sen-ior athlete she was part of a men-toring program where she helpedguide seven freshman. That'swhen she inadvertently got in-volved in trying to stop bullying."One of my students was gettingbullied because she didn't lookthe way other kids looked. Shedidn't look the way society sayspeople should look," said Irwin."I went up to the bullies and toldthem they were hurting my friend
and that it was just wrong. Thebully didn't realize what theywere doing. Bullies are just im-mature. I told the administratorsabout it. People must speak up.Most will just go along with it. Itis very rare when you find peoplewho stick up for those gettingbullied." Irwin's resume is filled with
soccer and track honors. She wasa member of the SGHS San An-dreas League championship teamas a junior and the league's defen-sive MVP as a senior. Along withher CIF selection, she was chosento the San Bernardino Sun All-County 2nd team. She later ad-vanced to the CIF-Track Prelimsafter winning the SAL champi-onship in the 100 and 300 meterhurdles. She played varsity vol-leyball as a junior. Irwin was atwo-time female athlete of theyear at SGHS and a three-timescholar athlete of the year.
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Brianna Irwin excelled both in and out of class at San GorgonioHigh School.
Tahir Rashed-Mills concludes record-breaking career at San Gorgonio High
By Harvey M. Kahn
San Gorgonio High gradu-ating senior Tahir Rashed-Mills finished his prep
career with a pile a honors. Hequarterbacked the Spartans foot-ball team to a 10-0 record and tothe 2013-14 San Andreas Leaguechampionship, leading the teamto the CIF-SS semifinals.Rashed-Mills was selected to theCal-Hi All-State 1st team, wasthe SAL Offensive MVP and theSan Bernardino Sun Player of theYear. As a first time track per-former, he qualified for the CIF-Prelims in four events. He wasSan G's school Ken Hubbs Awardwinner.Rashed-Mills, a native ofPhoenix, wasn't bitter when dis-cussing not receiving the overallKen Hubbs Award. "I knew aboutthe award because Paul Ro-
driguez and Ryan Hunter-Simmsfrom San G. had won it beforeme. Some of the coaches told memy grades weren't good enough,"said Rashed-Mills. "The guy whowon it, deserved it." That guywas Bloomington wrestlingchamp Uzoma Owuama, whohad a grade-point-average of 3.7.Rashed-Mills had a 2.24."High school was fun for me. Itwas like a stepping stone."Rashed-Mills said the fun is overand it's all business now. He is al-ready taking college-levelcourses online in preparation ofhis move to Yuma, Arizona onJuly 1st. He will quarterback theArizona Western Matadors fortwo years at the community col-lege level and prepare for a ca-reer in criminal justice. There arealready a dozen Division I col-leges lining up for his services.Fresno State, New Mexico, Ore-
gon and UCLA are a few.Rashed-Mills broke individual
records and helped break manyteam records, some stood at SanG. for 30-to-50 years. Heeclipsed the school season scor-ing record by throwing and rush-ing for a combined 45touchdowns, this despite playingin only portions of some gamesdue to lopsided scores. San G. athletic director Matt
Maeda called Rashed-Mills' per-formance "dominant" in the SanBernardino-Riverside CountyAll-Star Football gamer. Maedasaid Rashed-Mills was featuredfour consecutive weeks by NBC-TV on Fred Roggin's HighSchool Football Hero Highlights.Maeda said Rashed-Mills helpedconduct the San Gorgonio HighSchool Annual G-Force Leader-ship Academy.
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Tahir Rashed-Mills finishes record-breaking career at San Gor-gonio High School.
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Elizabeth Rosas contributes on the athletic courts,in the community
By Harvey M. Kahn
Elizabeth Rosas went toColton High School herfirst two years and decided
to go the new Grand Terrace Highfor her junior and senior years. Itwas her decision to enroll in a newschool in order to be among thefirst. By her senior year, Rosashelped hang the first and onlychampionship banner in theschool's new gym. It reads: GrandTerrace Titans 2014 SunkistLeague Tennis Championship. "Itwas shocking," noted Rosas.Rosas was also captain of the Ti-
tans soccer team that qualifiedtwice for the CIF-playoffs andwon its first post season game thisseason. Earlier, she was namedAll-Sunkist League 1st tennis dou-bles and ran the 1,600 meters intrack. "If I would have stayed at
Colton High, I'm not sure I wouldhave made varsity. Probably," saidRosas. At Grand Terrace, she wasnamed the female athlete of theyear and the school's 2014 KenHubbs Award winner.She will attend Cal Baptist Uni-versity next year and take pre-nursing classes. She is not certainif she'll play soccer but "keeps intouch with the coach." Grand Ter-race athletic director Tiffany Gor-don wrote that Rosas had a 3.45GPA in Advanced Placementclasses. Rosas said that budgetingtime was not an issue. "Homeworkand practice was never anything Ithought about. It depends on yourmotivation. I found the time," saidRosas. "There were a lot of schoolactivities that I couldn't attend butI'd rather be at practice."Rosas does acknowledge that
she might need extra time to focuson her studies at the college level.
"It takes a lot to play," she says. Ei-ther way she will continue to playrecreational soccer. She neverplayed on a travel ball team yethelped Grand Terrace soccer coachRyan Pacheco's team to a 17-4-6record this season. "Many schoolshad girls that played travel ball.Yes, they were better. They take itmore serious. It wasn't that diffi-cult for me to go against them. Itmotivated me to play better."
School officials point out thatRosas spends time volunteeringthrough her church, Christ the Re-deemer, where she helps organizeretreats and fundraising events.She is a youth leader who helpsprepare holiday baskets and fooddrives for the homeless. Throughschool, she contributed to the com-munity as a member of the InteractClub. "I like helping others. Itmakes me feel good," concludedRosas.
Well traveled prep soccer star Riley
Phillips visited foreign orphanages
By Harvey M. Kahn
As a member of the Arrow-head Christian Academysoccer team Riley
Phillips was named All-Ambas-sador League first team four years.As a junior she was selected theleague Offensive Player of theYear. As a senior, she was pickedthe Defensive Player of the Year.Phillips helped the Eagles to anundefeated league title in 2013,followed by another championshipin 2014. Phillips filled in her freshman
and sophomore years as a memberof the U.S. Olympic DevelopmentProgram team. In between time,Phillips was a member of the ACAtrack team and performed whenneeded in the high jump, the 4 X400, and the 400. Over two EasterBreaks, she went on 10-day mis-sions to the Dominican Republic
and the Ukraine. In those coun-tries, girls do not compete in sportsso she played some goodwill soc-cer against the boys."Going to those countries mademe appreciate the opportunitiesthat I have," said Phillips. "It gaveme a greater understanding of howother people live." Phillips andother ACA students spent ten daysentertaining children in orphan-ages. The school's Athletic Direc-tor Greg Wojczynski traveled withthe students through the StudentsInternational sponsored mission.Wojcyznski said that due to theoverall body of contributions thatPhillips made at ACA, that shewas the school's 2014 Girls KenHubbs Award winner. "Riley wasvery active in ASB and was ranked#11 academically out of 78 sen-iors. She was the senior class sec-retary and earned a LifetimeCalifornia Scholarship Federationmembership," said Wojcyznski.She was also selected the Top So-cial Science student at ACA.
Phillips will attend Cal BaptistUniversity, Riverside next yearand will play soccer on a fullscholarship. She will take coursesin preparation of becoming a com-munications disorders specialist."My ideal plan would have meworking in some kind of schoolsetting," said Phillips. Wojcyznskithought Phillips would be takingsome courses in American SignLanguage.Although Phillips was selected asone of the top-25 prospects in thecountry in the 18Under soccer di-vision and was able to competeagainst U.S. Olympic hopefuls,she will no longer seek to make the2016 team. She was driving aloneto Olympic training facility inChula Vista and the 200 mileroundtrip drive was too much."After I finish playing in college,I might be open to that again,"commented Phillips, who is cur-rently on vacation with her momin South Africa.
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Riley Phillips was selected to the 18Under U.S. Olympic Devel-opment Soccer Program and was a 4-time, all-league performerat Arrowhead Christian Academy.
PHOTO COURTESY/HUBBS FOUNDATION
Elizabeth Rosas helped lead Grand Terrace High to its firstschool league championship.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • June 12, 2014 • Page A13
20 schools receive over $11,350 from InlandCenter for school supplies
For the past 15 years InlandCenter has helped 20 localelementary schools each
year in their School Cents programwhich runs from August throughMay and rewards schools for re-ceipts and participation in mall
sponsored community events. Themall has, in total, given over$170,000 to local schools. On June 4th, at an awards cere-mony Inland Center handed outover $11,350 to these 20 schoolswhich include:
The First Place Winner St. Ade-laide Academy who received$2,000, Second Place Holy RosaryAcademy, Third Place Our Ladyof the Assumption, Fourth PlaceSt. Catherine of Siena School andFifth Place Norton Space & Aero-
nautics Academy…Anton Ele-mentary, Hillside Elementary, SoarCharter Academy, Gateway Edu-cation Center, Wilson Elementary(San Bernardino), Abraham Lin-coln Elementary (Colton), Mt.Vernon Elementary, Thompson El-ementary, Birney Elementary,Highland Grove, Woodrow WilsonElementary (Colton), RedlandsAdventist Academy, Calimesa El-ementary, Bradley Elementary andYucaipa Christian School.These schools also participated inmall sponsored events such as In-land Center’s We’re Sweet OnSoldiers which sends Valentinesand supplies to soldiers overseas.Schools handmade 10,415 Valen-tines and donated 5,592 supplies toInland Center in partnership withBlue Star Mothers H.O.M.E. Va-lerie Holmes, Chaplain from BlueStar Mothers gave each of the par-
ticipating schools certificates atthe Awards. In addition, theseschools participated in an e-wasterecycling program and turned inover 56,000 plastic bottles to be re-cycled with monies to be donatedto the Childhood Cancer Founda-tion. “The School Cents program con-tinues to help local schools withmuch needed supplies while at thesame time benefitting the commu-nity and bringing awareness to themall. We’ve been very privilegedto work with such outstandingschools that truly help our childrengrow.” Said Terri Relf, SeniorMarketing Manager, Inland CenterMall.The 2013-2014 program wassponsored by Macy’s SanBernardino.
Delta Sigma Theta holds Culmination
at San Bernardino Valley College By Joandrea Reynolds
Those who made historyand will change the futurewere honored at Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. SanBernardino-Riverside Area Alum-nae Chapter’s Culmination. SanBernardino Valley College markedthe location for which individualscelebrated accomplishments, unityand heritage. Honorees included:Chief Deputy of Riverside CountySheriff Department ShelleyKennedy-Smith, (the first AfricanAmerican woman to hold this po-sition) who quoted Dr. MartinLuther King Jr., and inspired atten-dees with the following: “If youcan't fly then run, if you can't runthen walk, if you can't walk thencrawl, but whatever you do youhave to keep moving forward.”Acquanetta Warren, Mayor ofFontana, addressed issues thatchallenged her growing up in theinner cities of Compton and LosAngeles. Her message was howshe turned negativity into some-thing constructive. This is whatprompted her to run for mayor andbecome the first of her gender andof African descent to hold the title
Mayor of Fontana. Mayor Warrenchallenged the audience to takenotice of our youth and injusticesoccurring throughout the InlandEmpire. Also among this groupwas the Mayor of Banning, Deb-bie Frankiln who spoke eloquentlyof her slave decent and how thiswas a factor which made her deter-mined to be an instrument ofchange. Deborah Robertson, thefirst African American Mayor ofRialto was unable to attend butsent a representative. The San Bernardino-RiversideArea Alumnae Chapter paid rever-ence and awarded seven scholar-ships to Inland Empire graduatingseniors who will attend a four yearcollege or university. Additionally,two elementary and one juniorhigh Inland Empire student wereawarded monetary accounts thatwill accrue interested to be usedfor college supplies. These stu-dents participation in an essaycontest and had to write on thetopic of Slavery and Martin LutherKing. Jenascia Henderson the firstplace elementary winner said, “Iam so happy to have been a part ofthis contest while writing myessay I learned a lot about my his-tory and how slavery affects all
people.” Delta Academy and DeltaGEMS which is composed ofyoung women from the InlandEmpire showcased their intellect,talent and accomplishments withprestige and class. Lloyd AshfordIII a participant in the Empower-ing Males to Build Opportunitiesfor Developing Independence(EMBODI) was awarded a lap topto aid in his studies as he will be anew student entering SanBernardino Valley College. The Jr.Black Achievers-Dynamic Step-pers put forth a step performancewhich left all in awe and admira-tion. The Social Action Committeealong with many members of thechapter coordinated this remark-able and memorable event. Thechapter president Lisa M. Beairdstated, “culmination is where weunfold openly the many programsand projects the chapter toiled dili-gently to make successful thissorority year and their impact onthe cities we serve. There is muchmore work to complete and com-munities to change and as Deltaswe must continue to transformlives for the better one person at atime.”
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LLUCH receives wagons as fun alternative to wheelchairs for patients By Yazmin Alvarez
Pediatric patients at LomaLinda University Children’sHospital will be riding in
style thanks to a donation from Mc-Carthy Building Companies.The Southern California divisionof the company recently donated 20red Radio Flyer wagons through its“Heart Hats” community outreachprogram to LLUCH as a way toprovide a fun alternative means oftransportation within the hospital.Since the hospital already useswagons to help nurses and familymembers transport childrenthroughout the units and the hospi-tal grounds, the donation from Mc-Carthy was greatly appreciated as ithelps expand the alternative tousing wheelchairs, said LLUCH. “McCarthy’s donation of thesewagons is just one of the many con-tributions the company has made toChildren’s Hospital during ourlong-standing relationship,” saidJillian Payne, executive director,LLUCH Foundation, in a news re-lease.McCarthy Building Companiesconstructed LLUCH more thantwenty years ago and also built theJames M. Slater, M.D. ProtonTreatment and Research Center. “We appreciate their commitment
to giving back to the communitiesthey serve through the Heart Hatsprogram.”The wagons were assembled by
McCarthy staff during the firm’s re-cent 150th anniversary celebrationand team building exercise in Or-ange County. A total of 120 bikes
and wagons were built during thecelebration for donations to six areachildren’s organizations and hospi-tals, including Loma Linda Univer-
sity Children’s Hospital; RadyChildren’s Hospital; CHOC Chil-dren’s, Orangewood Children’sFoundation, Roy W. Roberts, IIWatts/Willowbrook Boys and GirlsClub (WWBGC) and Boys & GirlsClubs of Greater San Diego.Loma Linda University Chil-dren’s Hospital, CHOC Children’sand Rady Children’s Hospital allreceived wagons for pediatric pa-tients to use while undergoing treat-ment at the hospitals. “There is no better way to cele-brate McCarthy’s 150th anniver-sary and to reinforce our heritage asa community-based builder than byconducting a community outreachevent and giving back to the com-munities in which we live, workand play,” said Randy Highland,McCarthy president, California re-gion.The wagons were delivered byMcCarthy Heart Hats to staff atLLUCH May 27.According to LLUCH hospital of-ficials, the wagons will be dis-bursed throughout multiple units ofthe Children’s Hospital.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire Community News-papers and can be reached [email protected]
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCH
McCarthy Heart Hats team donated 20 red Radio Flyer Wagons to Loma Linda Children’s HospitalMay 27. The wagons will offer a playful way to transport children throughout the hospital.
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCH
The Southern California Division of McCarthy Building Compa-nies, the firm that constructed LLUCH more than 20 years ago,assembled 60 Radio Flyer wagons to give to six area children’sorganizations and hospitals. LLUCH was the recipient of 20 ofthe wagons May 27.
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCH
LLUCH patient Lorraine Castillo, 9, enjoys a ride in one of 20 wagons delivered to the hospital bythe McCarthy Heart Hats team on May 27.
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The San Bernardino CountyLibrary invites you travelback to the dinosaur days
and join our Summer Reading Pro-gram. We will be hosting programs,performers and all around fun timesthis summer at a larger than lifescale at each of our 32 branch li-braries. Stomp into your local SanBernardino County Library to sign-up and be a part of our read for re-wards program. Children and teenscan earn amazing incentives eachweek just for logging what youhave read in your Summer Readinglog. Reading for rewards is just thebeginning… the library will behosting a stampede of programsthroughout the summer includingspecially themed Storytimes, di-nosaur themed crafts, and wonder-ful performers that range frommagicians to balloon shows to jug-glers and more. This year, all li-
braries will also be offering an adultsummer reading program, so comeon in and sign the whole family up.The best part: this program is ab-solutely free!The fun doesn’t stop there. Wewill offer special opportunity draw-ings for children and teens whomeet the County Library Chal-lenge. The Children’s challenge isto read at least 45 books or ourequivalent in pages or minutes toreceive a ticket and for teens wewant you to read at least 8 books orthe equivalent to receive the same.Also, for every 25 books you checkout this summer, receive anotheropportunity to enter and win. Wehave awesome awards this year forthe grand prize winners which in-clude Nook HD+ tablets, a summerfun basket filled with goodies andgreat summer reads, a WiiU gam-ing system and a Star Wars Lego
Millenium Falcon set. A special raf-fle for kids who wear their SRPshirts to the programs this summercan win them a 5 foot inflatable T-Rex, this summer’s Library mas-cot!New this year, we have 4 huge di-nosaurs that have invaded ourbranches who will be visiting for alimited time before they have to go.These dinosaurs can be found atour Lewis Library in Fontana,James S. Thalman Library in ChinoHills, Hesperia Branch Library andour Newton T. Bass library inApple Valley. They will be visitingeach site for 2 weeks, so come seethem before they’re extinct!For more information on ourSummer Reading Program, oppor-tunity drawings and huge dinosaurvisitors you can visit our website atwww.sbclib.org or call your localbranch library.
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