LLUCH patient helps kick-off inaugural family fitness expo By Yazmin Alvarez W hat do you get when you mix pizza, turtles in a half-shell and thousands of people? Turtle power, of course. Fans of the 80s and 90s mega popular fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, came in droves to Superbad Action Figures in Redlands May 9 to cel- Inland Empire By Yazmin Alvarez At just 11-years-old, Adrian Grajeda of Palm Desert has learned that you don’t get very far if you let things hinder you. In fact, he’s taking his circumstances and running with them. Adrian, a Loma Linda Children’s Hospital patient and amputee, helped kick-off the Big Hearts for Little Hearts Loma Linda Guild’s inaugural Family Fitness Fun 5K TMNT, cont. on next pg. Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use! May 14, 2015 Vol 10, NO. 39 W W e e e e k k l l y y IECN IECN . . c c o o m m Fitness expo, cont. on next pg. COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCH Hundreds of runners sprinted across the starting line, including Adrian Grajeda, a LLUCH patient and amputee, during the inaugural Family Fitness Fun 5K and Expo at the Burrage Mansion in Redlands. IECN PHOTO/YAZMIN ALVAREZ Thousands flocked to Superbad Action Figures in Redlands to celebrate TMNT Day. TMNT Day draws crowds to Superbad Action Figures in Redlands Pets hope to find forever homes at adoption event H undreds of pets in need of loving homes will be available for adoption during the Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event on May 16 and 17 at Yucaipa Regional Park. Animal rescue groups from throughout the county will have dogs and cats of all ages, sizes and breeds available for adoption at the two day event. San Bernardino County’s Animal Care and Control (ACC), the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley (HSSBV) and Yucaipa Animal Placement Society (YAPS) will be hosting the event, now in its fourth year. Parking will be at the Rick McCown Soccer Complex, which is directly adjacent to the area within Yucaipa Regional Park. The Soccer Complex has a dis- tinct separate entrance from the park. Admission is free to the public. Gates will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Low-cost vaccinations and micro chipping will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please call the San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control Program at 1-800-472-5609 or visit www.sbcounty.gov/acc. Got News? S end information to Inland Empire Weekly Community News Editor Yazmin Alvarez at [email protected] or call her directly at 909-381-9898 ext. 207. THIS THIS WEEK WEEK INSIDE INSIDE HOW TO REACH US HOW TO REACH US Inland Empire Community Newspapers Office: (909) 381-9898 Fax: (909) 384-0406 Editorial: [email protected]Advertising: [email protected]A19 A9 A3 Another 100-Gallon Member Late Congressman’s archives unveiled in 2016 Gloria’s Corner ONE SECTION, 20 PAGES Calendar A7 Classifieds A14 Legal Notices A15 Opinion A4 Service Dir. A7 Sports A11-12
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LLUCH patient helps kick-offinaugural family fitness expo
By Yazmin Alvarez
What do you get whenyou mix pizza, turtlesin a half-shell and
thousands of people? Turtlepower, of course.Fans of the 80s and 90s megapopular fictional team of fourteenage anthropomorphic turtles,
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,came in droves to Superbad ActionFigures in Redlands May 9 to cel-
Inland Empire
By Yazmin Alvarez
At just 11-years-old, AdrianGrajeda of Palm Desert haslearned that you don’t get very far
if you let things hinder you. Infact, he’s taking his circumstancesand running with them.Adrian, a Loma Linda Children’sHospital patient and amputee,
helped kick-off the Big Hearts forLittle Hearts Loma Linda Guild’sinaugural Family Fitness Fun 5K
TMNT, cont. on next pg.
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Fitness expo, cont. on next pg.
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCHHundreds of runners sprinted across the starting line, including Adrian Grajeda, a LLUCH patientand amputee, during the inaugural Family Fitness Fun 5K and Expo at the Burrage Mansion inRedlands.
IECN PHOTO/YAZMIN ALVAREZThousands flocked to Superbad Action Figures in Redlands to celebrate TMNT Day.
TMNT Day draws crowds to SuperbadAction Figures in Redlands
Pets hope to find
forever homes at
adoption event
Hundreds of pets in needof loving homes will beavailable for adoption
during the Homeward BoundMega Pet Adoption Event onMay 16 and 17 at YucaipaRegional Park. Animal rescuegroups from throughout thecounty will have dogs and catsof all ages, sizes and breedsavailable for adoption at the twoday event.San Bernardino County’sAnimal Care and Control(ACC), the Humane Society ofSan Bernardino Valley (HSSBV)and Yucaipa Animal PlacementSociety (YAPS) will be hostingthe event, now in its fourth year. Parking will be at the RickMcCown Soccer Complex,which is directly adjacent to thearea within Yucaipa RegionalPark. The Soccer Complex has a dis-tinct separate entrance from thepark. Admission is free to the public.Gates will be open from 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
Low-cost vaccinations andmicro chipping will be availablefrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.For more information, pleasecall the San Bernardino CountyAnimal Care and ControlProgram at 1-800-472-5609 orvisit www.sbcounty.gov/acc.
Got News?
Send information to InlandEmpire WeeklyCommunity News Editor
Yazmin Alvarez [email protected] or callher directly at 909-381-9898 ext.207.
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ebrate TMNT Day, or TeenageMutant Ninja Turtle Day. Packing the shop’s parking lotwere fans of all ages dressed astheir favorite turtle, dozens upondozens of cosplayers and severalreplica movie cars including theTMNT Van itself.One fan, Julius Best, 33, of Red-lands, arrived to the party dressedfrom head-to-toe as his favoritehero in a half-shell, Leonardo.“I’ve been a fan since the 80s and
there’s no way I would have missedthis,” he said.While the event offered an oppor-tunity to meet the turtle gang, a cos-play crew from Highland’s CartoonTeenage Ninja Turtles, it was alsoa chance to fundraise for cosplaygroup and The Loma Linda RonaldMcDonald House, said Superbadowner Bryan Boudreau, who alsoorganized the event. “We’re hoping there’s plentymore events in store,” he said.
and Expo at the Burrage MansionMay 3. Wearing a prosthetic, he led agroup of about 200 runners at thestarting line, an inspirational andemotional moment for participantsand organizers alike.In October 2013, Adrian was in-jured when a car drove through afence in the schoolyard where hewas playing, according to aLLUCH news release. He wastransferred to Loma Linda Univer-
sity Children’s Hospital for spe-cialized care. His injuries led to thepartial amputation of his right leg,according to the news release. “Seeing Adrian running in the 5Kis an inspiration not only to justkids, but everyone,” said KerryHeinrich, Loma Linda UniversityMedical Center CEO, in the re-lease. “He’s faced challenges thatmany of us could never imagine. Icommend him and his family forthe positive message they portraythat anything is possible.”In addition to the 5K run/walk
through the streets of Redlands,highlights of the day’s event in-cluded an adventure course wherechildren were guided through ac-tivity stations like golf, tennis, hulahooping and crafting. More than 25exhibitors also provided activitiesand information to the nearly 300event attendees.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].
Fitness expo, cont. from front
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCHBig Hearts for Little Hearts Loma Linda Guild’s first-ever Family Fitness Fun 5K and Expo at the Bur-rage Mansion in Redlands drew hundreds of participants.
COURTESY PHOTO/LLUCHBefore participating in the 5K, Loma Linda University Medical Cen-ter CEO, Kerry Heinrich presented Adrian Grajeda with a NewEngland Patriots jersey signed by Tom Brady.
IECN PHOTOS/YAZMIN ALVAREZThe fun during TMNT Day at Superbad Action Figures was forfans of all ages. Julius Best, 33 of Redlands, dressed as his fa-vorite turtle in a half-shell, Leonardo.
Below, children enjoy the chance to sit in the TMNT Van.
The Joni andFriends/Wheels for theWorld, Redlands Chapter,
would like to express their appre-ciation to the Inland Empire formaking April's wheelchair drivethe most successful one yet!
We received 113 wheelchairsand numerous other mobilityequipment to help the disabledand needy all over the world.During the drive, we also col-lected our 2,800th wheelchairsince our chapter began in 2008.Donations are accepted year
round.
To learn more about how tohelp, contact Jeanette Burkhart at909-792-2308 or 909-213-8480or email her at,[email protected].
COURTESY PHOTOPictured from April's drive wheelchair drive from left to right: Linda Laurie, Jeanette Burkhart,Jan Donahue, Jim Galyen, Vince Laurie and Tilden Spencer. Not pictured are Dick Burkhartand Curtis Allen Sr.
Thank you Inland Empirefor your support
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Happy Anniversary:Childhelp Inland Empire Chapteris celebrating its 35th Anniversaryand will honor former county su-pervisor Barbara Riordan. Thisorganization exists to raise fundsfor the prevention and treatment ofchild abuse. Current officers in-clude: Barbara Ehlers - presi-dent, Annette Winn, TraceyWillhed, Angie Wheeler, Debo-rah Granfell, Clair Van Loon,Jo-Ann Von Wald, Kathy Hy-land, Addie Collins, Peggy Brier,Barbara Katzka, and GailMummery. Thank you for all thework you do for this worthy cause.
Home Dedication:The keys to a new SanBernardino Habitat Home will beofficially given to the CalderonFamily on May 30th. The homededication and key ceremony ispossible through the hard workand generous contribution ofdonors, sponsors, many volun-teers, and the sweat equity of thefamily. There are many educationalhomeownership services thatHabitat offers including a storewith reasonable prices for recycledand new items for home repair andrefurbishing. Six future homes areplanned for the San Bernardinoand Grand Terrace area with abasic design of three bedroomsand two bathrooms in 1147 squarefeet. Dennis Baxter is the CEOwith a committed and hardwork-ing Board of Directors that in-clude: Scott Johnson, TimPrince, Renea Wickman,Georgeann "Gigi" Hanna, Bar-bara Keough, Kathleen Henry,Jesse Mock, Dr. Timothy Gille-spe, and Martha Cowles. Forservices and donation informationcall: 909.478.1176 or visit the website - www.habitatsb.org
Assembly representatives:Assemblyman, 40th DistrictMarc Steinorth's has moved hisdistrict office to 10350 CommerceCenter Drive, Suite A200, RanchoCucamonga, Ca 91730. Officetelephone is 909.476.5023Assemblywoman, 47th DistrictCheryl Brown can be reached at290 North D Street, Suite 903, SanBernardino, CA 92401. Telephone
contact is 909.381.3238
Save the Date:Friday, May 15 - the Seven StarsFoundation will hold its 1st An-nual Lt. Jared M. Landaker,USMC Memorial Golf Tourna-ment at the San Bernardino PublicGolf Course. Proceeds will beused to sponsor the children offallen and wounded military per-sonnel to a YMCA camp in BigBear Lake. For information con-tact Laura Landaker atwww.sevenstarsfoundation.comor email [email protected]
Saturday/Sunday, May 16-17 -the American Cancer Society pres-ents Relay for Life of Colton atColton High School, 777 W. Val-ley Blvd from 9 am to 9 a.m. Forinformation on this 24 hour eventcontact: Randy Rivera at [email protected] or ReneeRivera at [email protected]
Sunday, May 17 - Friends. Ofthe UCR Botanical Gardens pres-ent Primavera in the Gardens,Riverside's premier food and winetasting event from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.Guest will enjoy delicious foodfrom local restaurants, wines, craftbeer, art and music. For informa-tion: 915.784.6962 [email protected] - www.gar-dens.ucr.edu
Tuesday, May 19 - the SanBernardino Police Departmentpresents the 11th Annual - K9'Unit Fundraiser, Dollars for Dogsfrom 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Police of-ficers will serve lunch and dinnerat the Mexico Cafe, 892 E. High-land, Ave. All tips and donationswill benefit the K-9 unit In addi-tion there will be K9 demonstra-tions throughout the day and theopportunity to meet and greet theSBPD's newest K9s and their han-dlers.
Tuesday, May 19 - the HispanicInland Empire Chamber of Com-merce presents Building YourToolbox for Growth, a workshopfor small businesses from 6 to 8p.m. at the Arrowhead United Wayoffice, 646 N. D Street, SanBernardino. For information call:Linda Gonzalez at 951.213.9916or email:[email protected]
Wednesday, May 20 - the SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict will hold a DedicationCeremony for the Bob HolcombElementary School, 1345 W. 48thStreet from 2 to 3 p.m. To RSVPcall: 909.381.1250.
Thursday, May 21 - a benefitperformance of Rumors by theRedlands Footlighters will benefitthe Ak Smiley Public LibraryAdult Literacy Program. To RSVPemail: [email protected]
Saturday, May 23 - the SanBernardino Symphony presentsTriumphant Season Finale withhorn soloist Joseph Ognibene.Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at theCalifornia Theater 562 W. 4th
Street. For ticket information call:909.381.5388 or visit www.san-bernardinosymphony.org
Saturday/Sunday, May 23-24 -the Redlands Festival of Arts pres-ents its 3rd Annual Festival of Artsin Redlands at Smiley Park 125 W.Vine Street. This festival that ben-efits community based programsfor the arts education and enrich-ment, includes a line-up of morethan 100 artists, a Kids' Art Zone,a food midway and wine and beergarden. $6,000 in prizes will beawarded participating artists invarious categories. For informa-tion contact: Trisha Vinson oremail [email protected]
Saturday, May 30 - SinfoniaMexicana presents A Tribute to Se-lena featuring Como La Flor Trib-ute Band at 7:30 p.m. at theCalifornia Theatre, 562 W. 4thStreet, San Bernardino. For ticketinformation call: 909.885.5152 orv i s i t :www.sinfoniamexicana.com
Saturday, May 30 - the HumaneSociety of San Bernardino willcelebrate its 45th Anniversary witha Birthday Party from 8:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. at 374 W. Orange ShowRoad. Party will include exhibits,pet contests and activities plusvendors.
Saturday, May 30 - the Commu-nity Action Fund presents theaward winning SxSW Film Festi-val documentary Vessel at SmileyLibrary, 125 W. Vine Street, Red-lands. A mixer is slated for 12:30p.m. with showtime at 1:00 p.m.To RSVP contact: Community-ActionFund.org/Vessel
Sunday, May 31 - Kiwanis Clubof Greater San Bernardino pres-ents its 2nd Annual Golf Tourna-ment at the San Bernardino GolfClub, 1494 S. Waterman Ave. thisevent benefits scholarships forlocal high school students; the Pe-diatric Trauma Unit at Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center; andthe Kiwanis International Elimi-nate Program. For information:915.660.8909 [email protected]
Saturday, June 6 - the RedlandsFamily Services presents a familyfriendly 5K Hunger Walk at theUniversity of Redlands, 1200 E.Colton Ave. proceeds from thisevent will benefit the Agency'sSummer Food Program. For infor-mation call: 909.793.2673 or visit:www.redlandsfamilyservice.org
Monday, June 8 - the LomaLinda Chamber of Commercepresents its 27th Annual GolfTournament at the ArrowheadCountry Club 3433 ParksideDrive, San Bernardino. For infor-mation call: 909.799.2828 oremail [email protected]
Tuesday, June 9 - the HispanicInland Empire Chamber of Com-merce presents a small businessworkshop at 8 p.m. at the Arrow-head United Way office, 646 N. DStreet, San Bernardino. For infor-mation call Linda Gonzalez at951.213.9916 or email [email protected]
Saturday/Sunday, June 13 &14, the American Cancer Societypresents Relay for Life of SanBernardino at Cajon High Schoolfrom Saturday at 9 a.m. to Sunday9 a.m. This is a community eventthat supports the mission of theAmerican Cancer Society and cel-
ebrates survivors and their caretak-ers, remembers loved ones wholost their battle and educates thepublic to fight back throughhealthy lifestyles and early preven-tion. For information call: DeniseDesirello at 951.675.3198, email:[email protected] orv i s i t :hhp://RelayForLife.org/san-bernardinoCa
Sunday, June 28 - the SanBernardino Sunset Rotary Clubpresents TINMAN Triathlon & 5kplus KIDS Triathlon and TricycleRace. This event supports Rotaryscholarships and local and interna-tional projects. For informationcall: 909.237.9368 or visitwww.rotarytinman.org
Saturday, June 27 - the city ofSan Bernardino presents a FreeCar Show from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00p.m. The event is part of welcom-ing of the 2015 Hemmings MotorNews Great Race. The day'sevents include: Parade of Patriots,Chili Cook-off, live music, gour-met food trucks, and many moreactivities. For information contactthe Parks and Recreation Depart-ment at 909.384.5233 or visit:www.sbgreatrace.com
Gloria Harrison is publisher ofthe Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reached [email protected]
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If you ever wanted to stepinto another reality, here’syour chance.
SoCal theme parks are intro-ducing some new attractions thissummer and here’s some sneakpeeks at what’s in store.Fair warning, there may be afew spoiler alerts, but how elseare you supposed to find outwithout a few teasers?Universal Studios Hollywood-If “D’oh” is in your everydayvocabulary and if your mouthwaters at the sight of burgers,donuts and beer, then Univer-sal’s ‘The Simpsons’ Springfieldis where you need to plan yournext getaway.The new life-sized town, whichopened May 13 to complimentThe Simpsons Ride, includes allthat Springfield has to offer. From a fully functional KrustyBurger (which the burger is ac-tually pretty darn good and notjust a fist-sized sloppy pattyslapped between a soggy bun)Luigi’s Pizza, Lard Lad’sDonuts (yes, a huge pinkdonut… mmm..donut), Cletus’Chicken Shack and Moe’s Tav-ern (where you can order an au-thentic Duff Beer in a souvenirglass). Other town staples in-clude Stu’s Disco, the Spring-field Police Station, SpringfieldElementary and the SpringfieldPower Plant, and heads up, theoccasional melt down can hap-pen. Knott’s Berry Farm -
You can take the plunge andbecome a brave deep sea navi-gator at Knott’s this summer andsave the park from a becoming awatery doom in its newest ride— Voyage to the Iron Reef —a4-D interactive experienceequipped with your very ownfreeze ray.Opening May 15, the four-minute adventure aboard thefour-person submarine takes youthrough the ocean floor to blastblowfish, eels and other crea-tures from Kraken Queen’saquatic armies, which are all outto cause havoc on the themepark and its historic Boardwalk.Features of the ride include en-chanting underwater forests, dis-orienting ocean currents tunnelsand mysterious mechanicalwreckages, according to Knott’s.Along the way, the submarinesnavigate 600 feet of track andinclude 11 scenes featuring hun-dreds of media-based creaturesand live action special effectsfor a unique experience everytime, Knott’s added.Six Flags Magic Mountain-Six Flags is bringing back anoldie but goodie, with a twist.Twisted Colossus.It’s the park’s highly antici-pated, world-record-breakinghybrid coaster.Simple enough?The iconic wooden coaster isrevamped with a state-of-the-artIron Horse Track, which takesyou on a four-minute journeythrough nearly 5,000 feet oftrack and two lift hills.The advanced technology,available exclusively at SixFlags, provides ride experiencesnever before possible onwooden coasters, such as over-banked turns and inversions, ac-cording to Six Flags. TwistedColossus will feature numerousexciting components including a“Top Gun” element, an inver-sion where the train slows downupside down; Western Hemi-sphere’s first “High Five” –where two trains pass through anoverbanked turn facing eachother with the illusion that riderscan reach out and “high five”each other; Zero G Roll wheretrack twists 360 degrees; and awhopping 116-foot drop at 80-degrees.So, if excitement is your sort ofthing, any one of these placeswill do. Pack a few snacks, slapon the sunscreen and don’t for-get a change of pants for thesethrillers.
Police, firefighters not only one’shurt by bankruptcy
The causes are myriad and havelong existed. However, the extentin U.S. cities has greatly increasedin the last 20-50 years. Lack ofreasonably-paying jobs — or anyjobs at all — is a significant factorcaused by outsourcing so much ofour manufacturing.
Social psychology and commu-nity conditions matter. Lack of ed-ucation is also a major factor. Allof these and more factor into a cul-ture of poverty for which there isno simple cause or solution.
Well-meaning as it may havebeen, Lyndon Johnson’s “War onPoverty” was a dismal failure be-cause it fostered reliance on wel-fare programs. Ronald Reagan’s“trickle-down” economics di-verted much of the gross earningsof workers into the pockets of thewealthiest people.
Today’s ultra right-wing policiescaused so much economic distressafter 2008, driving many middle-class workers into distress while
cutting funding to essential infra-structure elements. The divisive-ness and hatred by conservativestoward anything progressive exac-erbated and exaggerated tensionsbetween the haves and have-nots,especially disgust of the powerbrokers toward the poor. Today,it’s not welfare for the needy —it’s welfare called “subsidies” forgiant corporations.
Walt Haddock,San Gabriel
A growing gap between haves andhave-nots
It is sad that police officers andfirefighters are leaving the city ofSan Bernardino. From what I un-derstand, not one police office orfirefighter lost a job due to reduc-tion in force. Those who left havechosen to leave. Granted their ben-efits have been reduced, whichmay have been a factor in their de-cision, but they have continued to
receive salary increases due toSection 186 of the City Charter.
There has also been a mass exo-dus in the rank-and-file employeesin Public Works, Parks and Recre-ation, Library, Community Devel-opment, and the non-swornpersonnel in the police and fire de-partments. These employees didnot leave by choice; their positionswere eliminated. The remainingrank-and-file employees have alsohad their benefits cut. However,unlike sworn safety personnel,
they haven’t received a salary in-crease since 2007. Talk aboutmorale being low.
So please don’t make it soundlike only police officers and fire-fighters have been hurt by thebankruptcy. There are many dedi-cated employees working for thecity, but they don’t make the head-lines. They are appreciated just thesame.
Marilyn Sauer,San Bernardino
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On behalf of the Sierra Club, Iwould like to thank Congress-woman Torres for taking a standagainst big polluters and big cor-porate interests by committing tovote against fast-tracking theTrans-Pacific Partnership.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) is a multinational trade dealthat is likely to be both bad forworkers and for the environment.Trade deals of this magnitudehave a bad track record of ship-ping local jobs overseas and ofstripping away crucial environ-mental regulations.
During my time as the regionalorganizing director for the SierraClub’s My Generation Campaign,a campaign focused on cleaningour air, keeping fossil fuels in theground and promoting a 100%
local clean energy economy; wehave had our ups and downs withMs. Norma Torres at the statelevel in the past. We have sharedvery productive moments, such asworking on promoting local cleanenergy together, as witnessed bylast year’s Green Job Mixer/Fairin San Bernardino. We have alsoshared in some challenges with theCongresswoman, such as differingwith Ms. Torres’s stance in hersupport of hydraulic fracturing(fracking) in the state of Califor-nia.
But last week, CongresswomanTorres did the right thing, and forthat we thank her.
Most of all, however, I wouldlike to thank the room full of pas-sionate environmental and laboractivists who turned out to a TPP
town hall at the offices of UFCWLocal 1167 last month to holdboth Congresswoman Norma Tor-res and Congressman Pete Aguilaraccountable to the Inland Empire,our environment, our jobs and oureconomy. It was those voices inthe room that day, and the millionsof voices throughout the nationuniting against fast-tracking theTPP that will make the differencein fighting back this horrible tradedeal.
We are currently still waiting forCongressman Aguilar to committo a “No” vote.
Allen Hernandez is theStatewide Lead Organizer for
the Sierra Club’sMy Generation Campaign.He is a resident of Fontana.
Congresswoman Norma Torres commits to
vote “NO” on fast-tracking the TPP
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RedlandsCommunity SeniorCenter Upcoming
Activities
Redlands Follies
Join the Redlands Community Senior Center for dinner and ashow at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 14, as the Encorez Entertainer'spresents “The Redlands Follies Dinner and Theater.”
The dinner menu will include tri tip, mashed potatoes, green beans,green salad, bread, coffee, soda and a lemon meringue pie. Ticketprices are $10 for general admission and $5 with a patron card. Red-lands Follies Dinner Theater will consist of popular music from thepast: ballads, show tunes, oldies but goodies, and some countrywestern. Reserve your spot by May 7. Please call the RedlandsCommunity Senior Center at (909) 798-7579 for information orreservations. The Redlands Community Senior Center is located at111 W. Lugonia Ave.
Health Fair May 14 and 15
The Redlands Community Senior Center and JoslynSenior Center will each host Senior Health Fairs May14 and 15. More than 25 vendors from all over San
Bernardino County will be on hand to provide free informa-tion on promoting healthy living and ways to stay healthy andactive.The Redlands Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave., will holda Health Fair on Thursday, May 14, followed by the JoslynSenior Center, 21 Grant St., Health Fair on Friday, May 15.Both events are scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. A free breakfastwill be served from 8 to 8:30 a.m. while supplies last. Therewill also be a free raffle including gift giveaways.The theme, “The Power of Healthy Living,” promotes themany ways seniors can improve their health and feel morepowerful in daily living. Dr. G.W. Abersold will be thekeynote speaker on both days. Following his talk, Dr. Aber-sold will sign his book, “The Power of Laughter.”During the Joslyn Senior Center Health Fair only, there willbe a “Shredding Event” from 9 to 11 a.m. Seniors may bringany type of paper that needs to be shredded. The shreddingtruck is equipped with a camera for secured shredding. Noregistration is required, just bring your senior friends and fam-ily and learn about ways to live your life to the fullest. For more information, please contact the Joslyn Senior Cen-ter at (909) 798-7550.
Words to Think About:Longevity
By G. W. Abersold Ph.D.
Dr. Bernie Siegal, M.D.,world renowned surgeon,often began his lectures
by asking his audience how longthey expected to live. On the countof “Three” they were to yell outtheir response. He then would re-spond by saying, “You’ll comeclose to your expectation.”The Bible has a couple of inter-esting views on human longevity.In the Book Psalms, 90 and verse10, the writer, King David, statesthat our years will be threescoreand ten-70. I often say that he saidthat number after a bad night withBathsheba.In the Book of Genesis, chapter 6and verse 3, it says our allottedyears are 120. Interestingly a num-ber of national magazines reportedrecently that several scientists havepredicted that before the century isover, thousands of people will beliving 120 years.Today, there are several universi-ties in the USA that have depart-ments that are specializing in thestudy of “Gerontology.” “Thestudy of humor and especially oflaughter.”I have in my files the report givenby several cardiologists when theymet at the University of Maryland.They have studied the effects oflaughter upon the arteries leadingto the heart. It was significant. A“diet” of laughter leads to a signif-icant enlargement of the arteries,decreasing the potential of heart at-tacks by up to 30 per cent.Descartes with his Cartesian phi-losophy dominated Western medi-
cine for several centuries. “Thereis no connection between the bodyand the mind.” Norman Cousins,Ph.D. and Hans Selye, M.D. de-stroyed that theory. The mindDOES affect the body. Also thebrain is not an organ but a gland.
Norman Cousins was di-agnosed terminal with a collagendisease—the breakdown of theconnective tissue of the body.Through humor and specificallylaughter, he got better. Through hisstudies, he made the word “endor-phins” an acceptable word. It is asecretion from the brain, caused bylaughter.Most interesting is that endor-phins are triggered by laughter,which acts as morphine; which isa pain killer. It has the same mo-lecular structure as morphine.Our immune system is made upof white blood cells. That qualityis essential for optimal health. Itacts as the “Special Forces” of thebody that attacks any infection ordisease in the body. It is the natu-ral defense. Yet, there are threetimes when the immune system isweak. When we were babies, whenwe are older and when we areunder stress.It is never stationary. It is alwaysfluid. White blood cells are essen-tial for healthy living.Two examples. One evening inclass Cousins told us of an experi-ment he did. He listened for thirtyminutes to sad and negativeevents, war news and crime sto-ries. He then took blood samples,revealing the level of white bloodcells. He then hypnotized himselfand dreamed of the same things.Upon awaking his white bloodcount had gone down by 20 per-cent. He then reversed the process,only he listened to funny, happyjokes and watched pleasant travelscenes. After hypnosis and pleas-ant thoughts with plenty of laugh-ter, his white blood count went up35 percent.Dr. Lee Berk and Dr. Stanley Tanperformed similar experiments onstudents at Loma Linda University.The results were different. Theirwhite blood count went DOWN 35% and UP 40%. Laughter wasin both experiments.Humor and laughter are essential
in slowing the ravages of Demen-tia and Alzheimers. It is a phase ofCognitive Therapy. When there are“double entrande” bits of humor,the exercise of comprehension and“getting the point” of the jokes be-comes a stimulant that slows downthe above mental diseases.The final benefit of laughter is inregard to stress. Whether it be dis-tress (bad) stressors of eustress(good) stressors. Examples wouldbe divorce and marriage.In my doctoral studies, I foundthat 55% of stress is job relatedand 45% is family related. Themost stressful vocation job seemsto be air-traffic controllers. Mostof the next nine are in the helpingprofessions. Firemen, police, doc-tors, ministers, lawyers, schoolteachers, nurses, etc.Other observations are: 1) Stressis cumulative, 2) It is not based onethnicity, 3) or gender, 4) or age.In the Holmes, Rehe, Abersoldstress test, it rated stressors from1) Death of a spouse, 2) Divorce 3)Aging, 4) Family problems, 5)Economy, 6) Loss of a pet, etc.down to 24) Christmas, 25) Birth-days.Back to the impact of Stress.
During the Vietnam War, I waspastoring a large church in OrangeCounty. A family in the church re-ceived word from the Pentagonthat their son had been killed inVietnam. The mother was strickenand rushed to the hospital. Fourweeks later the family receivedword that a mistake had beenmade. Their son was well andwould be home in a few days.The good news (eu-stress) gaveher a heart attack and she cameclose to dying.How do people respond to stress?Too many times we revert to whatI call “Maladaptive Behaviors.”Smoking, drinking, promiscuity,overweight, using drugs and evensleeping too much.Studies have shown that by de-veloping good personal habits like:laughing, exercise, going tochurch, cultivating family activi-ties, going on cruises, losingweight, and eating healthy, we willlive longer and be healthier. Remember. Stress is a killer.Amen. Selah. So be it.
Bag Book Sale at FeldheymCentral Library
The Friends of the SanBernardino Public Libraryare planning a Bag Sale on
Saturday May 16, 2015. It will beheld in the Friends’ Room located atthe rear of the Norman F. FeldheymCentral Library, 555 W. 6th Street inSan Bernardino. The public is wel-come from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.Buy a grocery bag for only $2 andfill it up with your choice of books.Memberships to the Friends areavailable at nominal cost in the li-brary’s administration office beforethe sale, and in the Friends’ room onthe day of the sale.“Like” Friends of the SanBernardino Public Library on Face-book to get a coupon for the booksale. For more information, pleasecall 909-381-8251 or visit sbpl.org
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San Bernardino City Unified School District2015 High School Graduation Information
Arroyo Valley High School
Baccalaureate: Friday, May 22, 6 p.m., AVHS PerformingArts TheaterGraduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., AVHS Karen CraigStadiumGraduates: 599*Valedictorian: Aneel Ramirez Vargas and Alvaro MelchorSalutatorians: Andres Aguilar, Silvia Gomez-Estrada, andJeniree Martinez
Cajon High SchoolRegalia: Thursday, May 14, 6 p.m., Cajon’s gymnasiumGraduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., Cajon’s JackWilkins Cowboy StadiumGraduates: 582*Valedictorians: Aaron Ainsworth, Nicholas Ainsworth,Lou Chen, Alejandra Davila, Hannah Fejzic, Billie Luong,Jeah Monreal, Willson Nguyen, and Marisol ZarateSalutatorians: Saul Bailon-Calderon, James Cabrera,Pablo Barrios, Tricia Rogers, and Gabriela Gonzalez
Indian Springs High SchoolInaugural Graduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., Cal StateSan Bernardino Coussoulis ArenaGraduates: 215*Valedictorians: Rita De Haro and Valeria Suarez RojasSalutatorians: Carolina Hernandez and Ashley Forbes
Middle College High SchoolSenior Crossing: Monday, May 18, 6 p.m., Middle CollegeHigh MU RoomGraduation: Wednesday, May 20, 6 p.m., San BernardinoValley College Greek TheatreGraduates: 53* (includes 12 students who will also earnan A.A. degree)Valedictorian: Anh Thu Nguyen LeSalutatorians: Andrea Gabrielle Monteon and RichardWallace White
Pacific High SchoolGraduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., Pacific’s BaileyBowlGraduates: 350*Valedictorian: Evelyn LemusSalutatorians: Carolyn Armenta, Ly Ha, Eunique Masha,Lucille Ames, and Tristan Todd
San Andreas High SchoolGraduation: Tuesday, May 26, 6 p.m., San Manuel (66er)Stadium, 280 South E StreetGraduates: 225* (includes Destination Diploma graduates)
San Bernardino Adult SchoolGraduation: Friday, May 29, 6 p.m., California Theater,562 W. 4th StreetGraduates: 350* (includes high school diploma and GED
certificate graduates)
San Bernardino High SchoolGraduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., SBHS StocktonFootball FieldGraduates: 400*Valedictorians: Joshua Craig and Breanna JordanSalutatorians: Alejandro Avila, Melissa Brito, SusanaMurrillo, and Julissa Vejar
San Gorgonio High SchoolSenior Celebration: Friday, May 22, 6 p.m., San Gor-gonio’s gymnasiumGraduation: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., San Gorgonio’sPhil Haley StadiumGraduates: 450*Valedictorian: Sydney RichterSalutatorians: Peter Chau and Charity Gikura
Sierra High SchoolGraduation: Wednesday, May 27, 6:30 p.m., Cajon High’sJack Wilkins Cowboy StadiumGraduates: 146*
Approximately 3,370 San Bernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict students will receive their high school diplomas thisyear. This does not include those graduating from voca-tional programs.
Teens Make a Difference Awards, Local TeensRecognized For Volunteering
The Teens Make A Differ-ence Awards Ceremonytook place at Inland Center
Mall on Thursday, May 7th at7:00pm Center Court. The cere-mony recognized local high schoolstudents for their outstanding vol-unteer service at communityplaces such as libraries, hospitals,schools, nonprofits and commu-
nity based organizations.A total of 55,704 hours of servicewere volunteered by 913 highschool students from 10 schools inthe past year. All students with 25hours or more were recognizedwith awards and received a goodiebag filled with fun items donatedby Arrowhead and Inland EmpireUnited Way and Inland Center
stores.· The top student with the most
hours volunteered was AaliyahSena from Carter High Schoolwho won the “Top Dawg” Awardfor volunteering 882.5 hours!· The Top School Award went to
Redlands High School for volun-teering over 12,677 hours.The value of a volunteer servicehour is $26.87 as determined bythe Independent Sector; therefore,a contribution valued at$1,496,766 has been provided toour community.“The ‘Teens Make a DifferenceAwards’ ceremony was created byInland Center Mall to encouragehigh school teens to volunteer intheir communities and has grownfrom 35 students to 913! This pro-gram has helped thousands of highschool students recognize thevalue of volunteering and helpsthem to become better studentsand community leaders.” said TerriRelf, Senior Marketing Manager at
Inland Center Mall, “It’s a wonder-ful opportunity to recognize theseteens who have unselfishly volun-teered their time to help others inour community. I’ve had severalparents come up to me afterwardsand thank the mall and Arrowheadand Inland Empire United Way forputting on this program and howmuch it has meant to their kidswho have volunteered and theirwhole family. It’s a great way torecognize and appreciate all thegood things that young people doin our community.”Communities that have benefitedfrom volunteer hours performedby the students are: Colton, GrandTerrace, Highland, Loma Linda,Redlands, Rialto and SanBernardino.“We recognize local teens thatvolunteer because they change thelives of others and as a result theylearn skills to become the leadersof tomorrow” said Doug Rowand,President of Arrowhead United
Way “Raising up young people todaywho will become tomorrow’s lead-ers and value giving back to ourcommunity is critical to the futureof the Inland Empire.” said Gre-gory Bradbard, Inland EmpireUnited Way CEO. “It is our pleas-ure investing in youth through theTeens Make A Difference pro-gram.”Since the inception of the awardsceremony in 1993, we haverecorded a total number of 11,791volunteers completing1,214,628.53 hours. This is a pro-gram of Inland Center Mall, Ar-rowhead United Way’s VolunteersUnited program and Inland EmpireUnited Way’s Volunteer Initiative,Hands On Inland Empire. The mallis located at 500 Inland CenterDrive, San Bernardino. For moreinfo call Inland Center Mall at909-884-7268 or log on to themall’s website at www.inlandcen-ter.com.
PHOTO COURTESYAaliyah Sena “Top Dawg” recipient.
PHOTO COURTESYRedlands High School Students accepting Trophy on behalf of their school
City Council Meet-
ings
Colton: First and third Tuesday,6 p.m.; 650 N. La Cadena Dr.Highland: Second and fourth
Tuesday, 6 p.m.; 27215 Base Line.No meetings in August.Loma Linda: Second and fourth
Tuesday, 7 p.m. (check city Website as dates are subject to change);25541 Barton Rd.Redlands: First and third Tues-
day, 6 p.m.; 35 Cajon St.Rialto: Second and fourth Tues-
day, 6 p.m.; 150 S. Palm Ave.San Bernardino: First and third
Monday, 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 and
second Tuesday 2 p.m., 21 GrantSt., Redlands (909) 798-7550.Redlands Community Center:
Every third Friday 2 p.m., 111 Lu-gonia Ave., Redlands (909) 798-7572.Highland Senior Center: Every
Mondays at 6 p.m.: Town &Country Toastmasters Club offersclasses at Trinity Lutheran Church,2900 N. "E" St., San Bernardino.For more information, please call
(909) 887-3472.
Democratic Lunch-eon Club of SanBernardino
The Democratic Luncheon Club ofSan Bernardino meet at noon onFridays at Democratic Headquar-ters, 136 Carousel Mall (near thecentral glass elevator) in SanBernardino. Speaker Schedule:5/14 (Thursday) Meet and Greetfor Insurance CommissionerDave Jones at 9:00 a.m. Theevent will be co-hosted by theRedlands Area Democratic Cluband will be held at the lovelyhome of Dianne Landeros in Red-lands. Refreshments will be avail-able. No charge admission for theevent, but the clubs will acceptvoluntary donations to supportour work for candidates and thelocal Democratic Headquarters.RSVP # will be made available.5/15 DARK for DemocraticState Convention in Anaheim5/29 SB Public Transportationupdate: OmniTrans systemchanges6/5 Bill Manis, SB Deputy CityManager: Attracting develop-ment and investment to SBhttp://www.cademconvention.org/ Visit us at www.sbdems.com orour new Facebook page atwww.facebook/SBDems.
Saturdays from 10am-12pmCome Sing with The Inland Em-pire Prime Time Choraliers as they
begin 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).
ARMC weeklyFarmer’s Market
Wednesdays from 9 a.m. – 1p.m. in front of the hospital. Stopby on your lunch break for certi-fied fresh produce and artisanbreads. ARMC partners with theSouthland Farmers Market Associ-ation on the weekly market to helppromote health and wellness to thecommunity.
Senior ServicesHealth Fair 2015
Thursday, May 14 at RedlandsSenior Center, 111 W. LugoniaAve., Redlands, CA (909) 798-7579 and Friday, May 15 atJoslyn Senior Center, 21 GrantSt., Redlands (909) 798-7552.Both days from 8am to 11am.-Breakfast will be served 8am-8:30am while supplies last.Keynote speaker is Dr. G.W. Aber-sold “The Power of Laughter”.Both events are free.
Calendar GirlsHit the Stage
Friday, Saturday & Sunday,May 15, 16 & 17 -Make a datewith "Calendar Girls," the criti-cally acclaimed stage comedyabout a group of English womenwho discretely pose in the nude fora calendar to help raise money fora local hospital, which is beingstaged at the California Theatre ofthe Performing Arts. Presented byTheatrical Arts International, theplay is being presented at 8 p.m.May 15-16 and 2 p.m. May 16-17.Tickets are $38.50-$77.50, and are
available through the box office at909-885-5152 or www.ticketmas-ter.com
SB SymphonyTriumphantSeason Finale
Saturday/Sunday, May 23-24 -the Redlands Festival of Arts pres-ents its 3rd Annual Festival of Artsin Redlands at Smiley Park 125 W.Vine Street. This festival that ben-efits community based programsfor the arts education and enrich-ment, includes a line-up of morethan 100 artists, a Kids' Art Zone,a food midway and wine and beergarden. $6,000 in prizes will beawarded participating artists invarious categories. For informa-tion contact: Trisha Vinson oremail [email protected]
Annual RedlandsFestival of Arts
Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24 - The 2015 Festival of Arts willbe at Smiley Park in Redlands,California. The festival includes aline-up of more than 100 artists. Ifyour are interested in volunteeringwith the Redlands Festival of Artsor need more information contactNancy O'Connor [email protected].
McKinley SpringCarnival andCarshow
Friday, May 29 from 4:30-7:30pm- at McKinley Elementary, 600West Johnston St., Colton. All pro-ceeds support school eventsthroughout the year.
Si n f o n i aMexicana
Saturday, May 30 - SinfoniaMexicana presents A Tribute to Se-lena featuring Como La Flor Trib-ute Band at 7:30 p.m. at the
California Theatre, 562 W. 4thStreet, San Bernardino. For ticketinformation call: 909.885.5152 or www.sinfoniamexicana.com
SB Humane SocietyBirthday Party
Saturday, May 30 - the HumaneSociety of San Bernardino willcelebrate its 45th Anniversary witha Birthday Party from 8:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. at 374 W. Orange ShowRoad. Party will include exhibits,pet contests and activities plusvendors.
Kiwanis of GreaterSan BernardinoGolf Tournament
Sunday, May 31 - Kiwanis Clubof Greater San Bernardino pres-ents its 2nd Annual Golf Tourna-ment at the San Bernardino GolfClub, 1494 S. Waterman Ave. thisevent benefits scholarships forlocal high school students; the Pe-diatric Trauma Unit at Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center; andthe Kiwanis International Elimi-nate Program. For information:915.660.8909 [email protected]
Bingo Fundraiser
Saturday, June 6 from 12 noonto 4pm. Doors open at 11:30am.at 1729 E. Baseline, SanBernardino. Hosted by LadiesKnights of Columbus. $10 per per-son and includes lots of fun, 2bingo cards (50 cent per additionalcard), free door prizes and fingersandwiches, salads, chips, dessertand ice tea. All monetary proceedsbenefit high school senior scholar-ships.
or Bankruptcy Paralegal.$395 includes Certificate, Portfolio and
Placement. (Classes in all counties)www.mdsandassociates.com
626-552-2885
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Symphony to conclude 2014-15season with a flourish
May 23 concert will feature horn soloistJoseph Ognibene… and a few special surprises
The San Bernardino Sym-phony is offering anotherfull evening of classical
entertainment on May 23 withtheir “Triumphant Season Finale.”The concert will include WolfgangAmadeus Mozart’s Symphony No.40 in G Minor, Ludwig VanBeethoven’s Symphony No. 7, andRichard Georg Strauss’ Horn Con-certo No. 1 featuring virtuosichorn soloist Joseph Ognibene. “We wanted to honor the many
requests we have received for aconcert that focuses on the horns,”said Symphony Conductor andArtistic Director Frank Fetta. “Ouron-going goal is to create a concertexperience that engages the re-gion’s diverse audiences in newand exciting ways, and I think au-diences will be delighted with thisevent.”
“The event will also include afew surprises, including a specialpreview of an educational publica-tion being created about the Sym-phony and our beautiful principalvenue, the California Theatre ofthe Performing Arts,” said Sym-phony Executive Director Dr.Anne Viricel. “We are so blessedto have this beautiful landmarkbuilding in which to perform. Thearchitecture is amazing and it’s notuncommon to see people comeinto the lobby and just stand andgaze for a while. From the ornategolden flourishes on the staircaseto the hand-painted trey ceilingsand murals in the concert hall, thisnot-to-be-missed venue graces ourcommunity. So clearly we were,
absolutely thrilled when SanBernardino Valley College Profes-sor Judy Zak Jorgenson ap-proached us with the concept tocreate an educational activity bookhighlighting the San BernardinoSymphony in our principalvenue.”The talented young artist for the
publication, student Jeremy Noble,will be at the May 23 concertworking on the book’s venue-in-spired artwork and concert atten-dees are welcomed to come andwatch his process in the lobby atintermission. (See separate story.)The Triumphant Season Finale
concert, itself, will be full of sur-prises, as well, beginning withMozart’s Symphony No. 40 in GMinor. Completed on July 25,1788 and premiering throughoutGermany in 1789 and 1790, this iswas one of the composer’s finalpieces and one of only two of hissymphonies composed in a minorkey. “We are thrilled to provide this
outstanding season full of beautifulart and music,” added MaestroFetta. “This is such a fitting con-clusion to what has been clearlyone of our loveliest and most pop-ular seasons.”Season tickets for the 2015/16
subscription concerts will also beavailable at the May 23 concert.Up-coming ConcertsAlthough the 2014-15 season
will have completed on May 23,the San Bernardino Symphonywill still be performing nearby. OnJune 26, they will perform “Mo-
saico” at the Redlands Bowl aspart of the Redlands SummerMusic Festival. The Symphonyhas long provided the Festival’sopening concert and the annualopera concert (which this year isscheduled for July 31) and Maes-tro Fetta is the Bowl’s Artistic Di-rector and conductor.On September 20, the Symphony
will perform at Our Lady of theLake Church in Lake Arrowheadfor the Arrowhead Art Association.Tickets for this concert are avail-able from the Association directly.Several other Inland Empire con-certs are also in process.The Symphony’s 2015-16 season
will open October 3 and will in-clude a Latin American Concert, aholiday concert, a patriotic con-cert, and two beautiful classicalconcerts. A number of young fea-tured performers have been con-tracted to bring their energy andcreative interpretations to the se-lected pieces.Tickets and Venue InformationAll regular season concerts will
be performed at the historic Cali-fornia Theatre, 562 W. 4th Street,San Bernardino. Both season andindividual tickets may be pur-chased by calling (909) 381-5388or visiting the Symphony box of-fice at 198 N. Arrowhead Ave.,San Bernardino. Tickets are alsosecurely available on line atwww.sanbernardinosymphony.org,and with limited availability at thetheater box office the evening ofeach event. (Students: $10; Gen-eral: $20, $35, $45, $55.)
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Upcoming events atSunrise Church, Rialto
Men's Conference:Sunrise Church willbe holding a Men's
Conference, "Men of the Word"for ages Junior High and up onSaturday, May 30th from 9am -3pm @ Sunrise Church Rialto.Keynote speaker will be Dr. Vod-die Baucham and Special speaker
Pastor Joel Sanchez. The cost is$15; after 5/15, $25. Lunch willbe provided by Baby Roo's. Pur-chase tickets online @www.sun-risechurch.org/conference-mail-page. For more information, callPastor Scott @ 909-875-5566 ext218.
Hundreds of pets to be availableat adoption event
Hundreds of pets in need ofloving homes will beavailable for adoption
during the Homeward Bound MegaPet Adoption Event on May 16 and17 at Yucaipa Regional Park. Ani-mal rescue groups from throughoutthe county will have dogs and catsof all ages, sizes and breeds avail-able for adoption at the two dayevent.San Bernardino County’s Animal
Care and Control (ACC), the Hu-mane Society of San BernardinoValley (HSSBV) and Yucaipa Ani-mal Placement Society (YAPS) willbe hosting the event, now in itsfourth year.“The Homeward Bound Mega Pet
Adoption Event assists in meetingthe health and social services needsof the County’s population and sup-ports the Countywide Vision whereall sectors work collaboratively toreach shared goals,” said BrianCronin, Chief Animal Care andControl. “By building new and ex-panding existing partnershipsamong public agencies, businesses,and non-profit and faith based or-ganizations.” Parking will be at the Rick Mc-
Cown Soccer Complex, which isdirectly adjacent to the area withinYucaipa Regional Park. The SoccerComplex has a distinct separate en-trance from the park. Admission isfree to the public. Gates will be
open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hun-dreds of adoptable pets will beavailable to adopt. Low-cost vac-cinations and micro chipping willbe available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.For more information, please call
the San Bernardino County AnimalCare and Control Program at 1-800-472-5609 or visit www.sb-county.gov/acc.Animal Care and Control is doing
its part to help the communityachieve the Countywide Vision byensuring public safety, publichealth, and the happiness thatcomes with responsible pet owner-ship. Information on the County-wide Vision can be found atwww.sbcounty.gov
Bicycle to Ballgame:Get Free Tune Upand 66ers Tickets
Omnitrans is partneringwith local organizationsand businesses to cele-
brate National Bike Month with afree event for bicyclists on Sun-day, May 17. Additionally, thetransit agency is offering a chanceto win a new commuter bicyclethrough an Instagram photo con-test.Bikes are welcome on all Omni-
trans fixed-route vehicles at noextra charge. Buses on local, free-way express, and OmniGo shuttleroutes have front racks for up tothree bikes, and the sbX bus rapidtransit line offers interior racks forfour. Over 1,000 bikes are trans-ported on Omnitrans buses eachweekday.Bring Your Bike to the Ball-gameWhen: Sunday, May 17th12:30 to 2:00 pmWhere: San Manuel Stadium,280 South E. Street, SanBernardinoWhat: Ride your bike to the
ballgame—get a free bike tuneup courtesy of the Inland Em-pire Biking Alliance and a freeticket to stay and see the InlandEmpire 66ers baseball team takeon the Lancaster JetHawks at2:05 pm. Radio remote byKOLA radio with games andgiveaways.Omnitrans Instagram contest:
Enter to win a free bicycle cour-tesy of Don’s Bicycles. Details at:http://www.omnitrans.org/promo-tions/bikes/Event Sponsors:Omnitrans: www.omnitrans.orgInland Empire Biking Alliance:
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • May 14, 2015 • Page A9
Late congressman’s archivesto be unveiled in 2016
By Anthony Victoria,Staff Writer
George Brown LegacyProject director HansJohnson finds it partic-
ularly gratifying when peoplewho are seeking local office orhold a position at the local levellatch on to the late congress-man’s story and record of leader-ship as the impetus for their ownwork.He believes freshman congress-man Pete Aguilar (D-RanchoCucamonga) is fighting for manyof the same things Brown be-lieved in.“I think our new congressmanhas done that,” Johnson said toabout forty people at a LegacyProject spring reception andfundraising event held at DianneLanderos’ home in Redlands onSaturday May 9. “He has showna fluency in some of the thingsGeorge cared about. When itcomes to environmental preser-vation, civil rights, and immigra-tion reform we have someonewho is very attuned to the needsof this district.”Aguilar, 35, formerly theMayor of Redlands from 2012 to2014 was the event’s guestspeaker. He acknowledged thatthe concept of community valuesis driven by residents.“When we think of the contri-butions of Congressman Brownwe can’t help to think about twopieces that were his touchstones--civil rights and the environ-ment,” he said. “The concept ofcivil service revolves aroundcommunity driven values. You(the community) drive the deci-sions. Your priorities becomewhat drives elected representa-tion.”Brown—the only congressionalrepresentative to oppose theVietnam War in the House in1966—played a pivotal role inadvocating for scientific re-search, environmental sustain-ability, human rights, andeducation throughout his 35years in congress. On Saturday
Johnson explained the committeeis currently preparing for thegrand opening of the GeorgeBrown Archives at UC River-side’s Tomas Rivera Library. Theuniversity has hired an archivistto organize and sort through thecorpus of the collection (525boxes and nine filing cabinets).The opening is projected to takeplace in early 2016. The archiveswill be placed next to theTuskegee Airmen exhibit on thefourth floor of the library (spe-cial collections), according toJohnson.“We are now in the very happyposition of preparing a grandopening celebration,” said John-son. Longtime Redlands mayor BillCunningham attended thefundraiser. Additionally, SanBernardino Community CollegeDistrict trustees Gloria MaciasHarrison, Don Singer, and JohnLongville were present as were,San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District presidentMichael Gallo and board mem-ber Abigail Medina. Steeringcommittee members and sup-porters Jane Block, Dennis Her-nandez, Judy Jacobs, BobbieJohnson, Sam Crowe, RobertArmenta, Cathy Brian,Matthew Hawkins, ElaineRosen, Carol John Coley, andCarol Robb also attended. Honorary Committee ChairMarta Macias-Brown said herlate husband would be grateful ofall the people who have made thearchival project a reality.“You’re out there in thetrenches doing the work thatneeds to be done,” she said.“We’re on the verge of doingtremendous things as a countryand as a world. George would beever so grateful to know thateach of you has taken a step orposition in helping that process.”For more information on theGeorge Brown Legacy Project,contact Hans Johnson at 202-329-7202 or at [email protected].
Anthony Victoria is a StaffWriter for the Colton Courier andEl Chicano Newspapers and canbe reached at (909) 269-9585 orat [email protected]
PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIACongressman Pete Aguilar (left) and George Brown Legacy Project director Hans Johnson(right).
PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIAGeorge Brown Legacy Project Honorary Committee Chair MartaMacias Brown speaking to approximately 40 supporters, digni-taries, and project organizers on Saturday May 9.
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Students strut in style for Angels’Closet fundraising fashion show
By Yazmin Alvarez
Cameras flashed as youngmodels walked the run-way donning the latest in
summer styles from local bou-tiques during Angels’ Closet Char-ities annual spring fundraisingfashion show May 9.More than 100 guests filled Red-
lands East Valley High’s WildcatCafe for the nonprofit’s secondshow aimed at raising awarenessthat for youth, fashion really doesmake a difference.From crop tops to mismatched
socks, the newest in Bohemianand festival-style wear —all ofwhich happen to be the season’shottest trends—students rockedthe show in head-to-toe collectionsfrom DenM, Nectar and Seed, alllocated in downtown Redlands.Formal fashion wear, perfect forprom season, from Angel’s Closetwas also debuted. At the end of the show, three out-
fits complete with shoes and ac-cessories, were auctioned off withthe proceeds benefitting the non-profit. Those with the winningbids were offered the opportunityto keep the outfits or donate theclothing to Angels’ Closet.
“Whether you admit it or not,fashion helps build confidence,”said Pat Williams, the organiza-tion’s founder and president. And behind that very reason is
why she began the “closet” sevenyears ago out of her living room. “A new pair of jeans, a new top,
shoes, sneakers, even just perfumeor body spray,” she said. “Theneed is there, and believe me, thesmallest things make teens feel sogood about themselves, especiallywhen their families can’t provide.”Now, the organization runs out of
five portable classrooms at REVand has helped support more than2,000 area students. Angels’ Closet accepts new and
gently-used clothing and acces-sory donations year round. Tolearn more about the organizationor to donate, visit www.angels-closet.org. Check can be mailed toAngels’ Closet Charities, P.O. Box648, Mentone 92359.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].
IECN photo/yazmIN alvarEzmodels took to the runway may 9 for angels’ Closet Charities fashion show at redlands East valleyhigh School. the organization provides clothing and accessories to students in need.
IECN photo/yazmIN alvarEzFashion for both boys and girls from Seed were featured duringangels’ Closet Charities annual fashion show may 9.
ICENI photo/yazmIN alvarEzCollections from Denm, Nectar and Seed were showcased dur-ing angels’ Closet Charities fashion show. proceeds from theevent will support the nonprofit.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • May 14, 2015 • Page A11
Margaux Jones, Caleb Webb earn 2015Ken Hubbs Top Athletes of the Year Awards
By Harvey M. Kahn
Margaux Jones of Red-lands High School andCaleb Webb from Big
Bear were named the girl and boyoverall winners of the 2015 KenHubbs Award in ceremonies heldMonday in the Ken Hubbs Gym-nasium at Colton High School.Jones and Webb were selectedfrom an outstanding group of 50athletes representing 25 highschools in the greater Colton area.Jones made her mark in track and
field, setting new standards in thesprints and was among the nationalleaders in the long jump. Jonesbroke most of Redlands trackrecords as she added the CIF-Statelong jump championship to herbio. She is a two-time CIF-South-ern Section female track athlete ofthe year who will take her skills toUSC on scholarship next year.Jones' academic achievements arejust as impressive, including atwo-time academic decathlon goldmedal.Webb accomplished the difficulttask of breaking nearly every dis-tance running record at Big BearHigh School, a place where manyathletes have prepared for interna-tional competition. But in 51 yearsof the award, only Webb, RyanHall and Kriss Proctor have beenHubbs winners from Big Bear.Webb also broke the school'srecord in the 3,200 meters set byOlympian, Ryan Hall. Webb wenton to be a two-time CIF-Statechampion in the 3,200. Webb will attend the Universityof Portland on scholarship nextyear. Among his many volunteerduties was that of youth basketballcoach. Webb said afterwards thathe and Ryan and Chad Hall haveworked together in Big Bear. This year's Ken Hubbs SchoolWinners included Vivian Ledesmaand Daniel Chavez from ColtonHigh. Skyler Lewis and JohnLogan Odenbaugh were namedfrom Grand Terrace High. Bloom-ington's school winners were Eliz-abeth Stangl and EduardoSanchez.In accepting their awards, both
Jones and Webb told the audienceof about 225 that they were awareof the human qualities of the lateKen Hubbs, who excelled in foursports at Colton High and was the1962 National League Baseballrookie of the year. Hubbs waskilled in a 1964 plane he was pi-loting. Within months of his death,the Ken Hubbs Foundation was es-tablished. The first local HubbsAwards were presented to a total of20 athletes from five area highschools. As the number of Colton areahigh schools started expanding,only one overall Ken HubbsAward was issued per year. Thenumber of Ken Hubbs Awardnominees from each high schoolwas reduced to one. Shelton Diggsfrom San Bernardino High wonthe inaugural award in 1973. KodiJo Lavrusky won the first girls ver-sion in 2012. Ken Hubbs' brother,Keith said the original Ken HubbsAward was presented in 1965 tohis brother's Chicago Cubs team-mate Ernie Banks.Many more Ken Hubbs Awardspopped up throughout the countrybut ran their course by 1970. TheChicago Area Sports Writers Asso-ciation once presented a nationalhigh school Hubbs Award. KeithHubbs said there used to be a KenHubbs Little League in Chicago.He pointed out the existing KenHubbs Little League in Colton.San Bernardino Valley Collegenamed a Ken Hubbs Award winnerin 1966 and so did the BarstowJunior Chamber of CommerceBasketball Tournament.The Ken Hubbs Award presented
from the home of its namesake inColton is considered high school'smost prized, private honor in thewestern region of the UnitedStates. With the growth of onlinepublishing and independentvideo's, the Hubbs Award is now
been reported more than ever.Jones and Webb have now alsoearned the distinction of being en-shrined into the longest runninghonor in local sports history--theKen Hubbs Award.
PHOTO/HARVEY M. KAHNBig Bear High's Caleb Webbwas named 2015 Ken HubbsAward winning athlete of theyear. Webb was presented byDavid Higginbotham (Right)Regional VP, Stater Bros. Mar-kets.
PHOTO/HARVEY M. KAHN2015 Ken Hubbs Award winning girl athlete of the year MargauxJones pictured with Redlands High School classmate CalMende, who was the school's Hubbs Award by nominee.
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Grand Terrace softball hits five HR’s in win
By Richard Dawson
The Grand Terrace powertrain kept chugging alongas the offense totaled five
home runs in a 10-1 win overRolling Hills Prep during non-league action at Grand TerraceHigh School on Saturday, May 9. Sophomore Eliyah Flores pacedthe Grand Terrace offense with a4-for-4 afternoon, including her
team-leading 13th homer of theseason and two doubles. The Titans (21-3) were up 4-1after two innings and broke it openwith a five-run third. Flores andsenior Destini Peck led-off withback-to-back solo shots to make it6-1. Juniors Melanie Olmos andJocelyn Betancourt followed withconsecutive singles and sopho-more Morgan Parsons put the fin-ishing touches on it with three-run
bomb to right field to make it 9-1. The offensive onslaught has be-come the norm for Grand Terraceas this marked the seventh straightgame in which the team scored atleast 10 runs. “It’s good and bad how we havebeen doing in league,” said TitansHead Coach Bobby Flores. “Butwe have a good hitting team, wehit live every day, we don’t hit offa machine and I believe that helpsus out.”Sophomore Alyssa Martinez andfreshman Alyssa Graham eachadded solo shots in the second. Olmos was her typically domi-nant self from the circle, strikingout 10 while allowing one run ontwo hits and four walks to earn her17th victory.The Titans clinched the SunkistLeague title for the second straightyear after Kaiser lost to Summitearlier in the week. That gave thema three-game lead with two gamesremaining. Grand Terrace, 13-0 in league,has a shot to go undefeated if itbeats Kaiser, 10-3, in the final twogames of the season. “Our goal is to finish with the topseed,” said Flores. “It’s not aboutfinishing 15-0, it’s about finishingwith two wins and being stronggoing into the playoffs.”
PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONGrand Terrace junior Melanie Olmos pitched a complete gameduring a 10-1 non-league win over Rolling Hills Prep at GrandTerrace High School on Saturday, May 9.
PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONTitans sophomore Morgan Parsons (far left) is greeted by teammates after hitting a three-runhome run in the third inning.
PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONSophomore Eliyah Flores went 4-for-4 with a home run and twodoubles.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • May 14, 2015 • Page A13
Dodgers’ Puig Rehabswith Quakes
By Richard Dawson
Yasiel Puig came back toRancho Cucamonga tobegin his rehab assign-
ment as the Quakes edged theVisalia Rawhide 5-4 in 12 inningsat LoanMart Field on Thursday,May 7. Puig, who played 14 games withthe Quakes in 2012 before beingcalled up by the Dodgers, went hit-less in four at-bats with two strike-
outs while testing his injured ham-string in live action for the firsttime. While the late announcement ofhis appearance didn’t carry thesame hype of other players likeMatt Kemp or Andre Ethier, fansbraved through low temperaturescombined with wind for a chanceto see the Cuban native, and heobliged many with autographs be-fore the game. Rancho Cucamonga (16-12)
found itself down 4-3 heading intothe 12th inning, but fortuneschanged quickly against Visalia re-liever Johnny Shuttlesworth. RobGarvey doubled to lead off the in-ning and scored when DillonMoyer singled to left to tie thegame. Moyer went to second onthe throw home. Devan Ahartcompleted the comeback with aninfield single off the glove of sec-ond baseman Jamie Westbrook, al-lowing Moyer to score. Visalia (20-8) had just taken thelead in the top half of the 12th aftertwo walks against AJ Venegas anda successful double-steal put run-ners at second and third, allowinga sac-fly by Stewart Ijames tobring home Breland Almadova. Starting pitcher Zach Bird wasstrong for the Quakes, allowingthree runs on three hits and twowalks while striking out eight forthe no-decision. The Rawhide got on the boardwith two runs against Bird in thesecond inning, but the Quakes an-swered when single by Garveywas followed with a double byMoyer to make it 2-1 in the homeat-bats. Brandon Trinkwon led off thethird with a walk, Tyler Oglereached on an infield single andJoey Curletta singled homeTrinkwon to tie the game. Oglecame around to score on a wildpitch to give Rancho Cucamongathe lead 3-2.
PHOTO/RICHARD DAWSONYasiel Puig, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, started his rehab as-signment with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes against theVisalia Rawhide on Thursday, May 7.
Crafton Hills College Celebrates82nd Fire Academy Class Graduation
Crafton Hills College(CHC) graduated its 82ndFire Academy Class on
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 6p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.This year’s 33 graduates are An-
Carrasco (Colton), Manuel Cas-taneda (San Gabriel), Ryan Cas-tro (Yucaipa), Cody Cloughesy(Rancho Cucamonga), MichaelDelcid (Redlands), John Fee(Highland), Gerardo Garcia(Highland), Michael Garcia(Apple Valley), Paul Gill(Moreno Valley), Steven Hol-loway (Rancho Cucamonga),Daniel Kidd (Cathedral City),Jacob Knapp (Chino), KyleMathews (Mentone), David
Mendoza (Rialto), Mark Moore(Yucaipa), Joshua Noden (Cal-imesa), Collin Ortega (Big BearCity), Adam Persitza (RanchoCucamonga), ChristopherPinedo (San Bernardino), StevenRaasch (Upland), John Roberts,II (Yucaipa), Jonathan Sandberg(Yucaipa), Paul Topoleski (BigBear City), Roman Vega (On-tario), Aaron Vrana (Yucaipa),and Eric Zaragoza (Ontario).The objective of this certificate is
to develop the skills required forFirefighter I Certification and todevelop teamwork, attitudes andpublic service commitment. TheFirefighter I Basic Training Acad-emy is approved by the CaliforniaState Fire Marshal's Office as anaccredited Regional Training Cen-ter. In conjunction with CAL FIRE,these graduates also earned a CALFIRE Basic Wildland Fire FightingCertification.As one of the 112 colleges in the
California community college sys-tem, Crafton Hills College is com-mitted to providing citizens in theregion with an accessible highereducation. The philosophy of Cal-ifornia's community colleges is thateducation is the key to better jobs,a better economy, and a better qual-ity of life. CHC offers 50 degreeprograms and 25 occupational cer-tificate programs. For more infor-mation, go towww.craftonhills.edu.
PHOTO COURTESYCHC 82nd Fire Academy graduates.
Inland Empire Community Newspapers • May 14, 2015 • Page A19
Another member joins the 100-Gallon ClubBy Ricardo Tomboc
Daniel was just recently recog-nized for his 99th donation duringLifeStream's annual "Gift of LifeTribute." Daniel has been ablood/apheresis donor since 1984. Daniel Dean is a man that serveshis community not only as a blooddonor but he is an active police re-serve officer with the SanBernardino Police Department.Daniel is also a retired school Po-lice Officer.When Daniel's first wife waspregnant with their first child hisfather-in-law recommended thatthey start setting blood suppliesaside, just in case. Daniel startedmaking blood donations, however,that started a trend that has nowbecome part of his lifestyle. After Daniel's first wife passed,he converted to a full apheresisdonor. He watched his wife’s bat-tle with cancer and he saw a needfor consistent platelet donors andhow not everyone is capable of do-nating platelets. Apheresis donorsare eligible to donate their plateletsonce every two weeks as opposedto once every eight weeks forblood donors. Daniel met his current wife Au-rora six years ago. Both Danieland Aurora are now donors andAurora is working on her third gal-lon donation. During Daniel's 100th donation,
unbeknown to Daniel, LifeStreamstaff members hung a large bannercongratulating his 100th donation. Throughout Daniel's two-hourdonation on the apheresis reclinerhe received several visitors includ-ing Field Representative JohnFutch from Supervisor JamesRamos' Office, Dr. Frederick Ax-elrod President/CEO ofLifeStream, and his wife Aurora.Several of the LifeStream nurses,phlebotomist and staff membersalso came by to congratulateDaniel. After Daniel's donation, while
seated at the refreshment waitingarea, several people congregated topay tribute to Daniel's achieve-ments. Dr. Axelrod and the repre-sentative from Supervisor Ramos'office presented Daniel with vari-ous achievement awards of appre-ciation. Daniel's wife Aurora alsoreceived an award of appreciationfor her support of her husband'sgoals. Daniel displays a lifestyle of giv-ing and of service to his commu-nity and was well recognized forhis efforts.
PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCDr Axelrod (left) presents an award to Daniel Deane for his 100thgallon donation.
PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCField representative John Futch from Supervisor JamesRamos’ Office visits with Daniel during his apheresis donation.
PHOTO/RICARDO TOMBOCDaniel's wife Aurora received an award of appreciation from Dr.Axelrod for her support of her husband's goals.
Arts & Music FestivalFeatures Orquesta SalsaCaliente, Professional,
Emerging Artists
Professional and emergingvisual artists, fun kids’ ac-tivities, great food, talented
local bands and the band thatplayed “Dancing with the Stars,”Orquesta Salsa Caliente, headlinethe Third Annual Arts & MusicFestival on Friday, May 15, at CalState San Bernardino.Presented by CSUSB and its Col-lege of Arts and Letters, the entirefestival is free and open to the pub-lic with free parking in lots C, Dand L.Scheduled from 4-9 p.m., the fes-tival also will feature live demon-strations in ceramics, painting,wood-working and glass blowing,exhibits in the Pfau Library, achalkwalk, and a juried art fairwith more than 50 artists exhibit-ing and selling original artworkand fine crafts. Featured artistswill come from throughout SanBernardino, Riverside and Los An-geles counties.Orquesta Salsa Caliente, whichalso has performed at Dodgers Sta-dium and has been featured onVH1, MTV and a Diet-Coke com-mercial, will close the Latin jazzperformances. The group will bepreceded by the UCLA andCSUSB Latin jazz bands from 5-7p.m., followed by local favorite,
Latin Society at 7 p.m. All of theperformances are free of chargeand are family-friendly.Underground Music Society, incollaboration with Guitar CenterSan Bernardino and EclecticRoots, will host the third annual“Best of the Bands” contest. Thisis the premiere event for emergingmusicians in the Inland Empire asit showcases their music in front oflive audiences. Winners will re-ceive a grand prize and be namedthe “2015 Best of the Bands.”In addition to the musical per-formances, there will be theatricalones as well. Flash mobs may per-form spontaneously throughout theevent.Festival activities will extendacross the campus from the Best ofthe Bands stage in front of theRobert and Frances Fullerton Mu-seum of Art along Camphor Driveand the Pfau Library, to the Latinjazz stage at the Lower Commonspatio. For more information, visit theArts & Music Festival website atamf.csusb.edu, AMF Facebookpage. For information about partic-ipating in the art fair, call the spe-cial events and guest servicesoffice at (909) 537-7360, or (909)537-7783.
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Inland Water Agencies Partner withHome Depot to Promote WaterSaving Garden Friendly Plants
As California continues toendure its latest drought,Inland Empire water
agencies are again working withThe Home Depot to promote theuse of water saving gardenfriendly plants. Sales events areplanned across Riverside and SanBernardino counties this spring.“Landscaping typically accountsfor about 70 percent of residentialwater use. So by using water sav-ing garden friendly plants, we canmake more efficient use of ourlimited water supplies,” said BobTincher, manager of water re-
sources for San Bernardino ValleyMunicipal Water District.Water Saving Garden Friendlyplant sales are scheduled as fol-lows:— May 16, The Home Depot,14549 Ramona Avenue, Chino, 8a.m. to noon. — May 16, The Home Depot,12255 Pigeon Pass Road, MorenoValley, 8 a.m. to noon.— May 16, The Home Depot,3323 Madison Street, Riverside, 8a.m. to noon.— May 30, The Home Depot,695 E. Hospitality Lane, San
Bernardino, 8 a.m. to noon. — June 6, The Home Depot,16005 Sierra Lakes Parkway,Fontana, 8 a.m. to noon.— June 6, The Home Depot,1151 W. Lugonia Avenue, Red-lands, 8 a.m. to noon.For more information on WaterSaving Garden Friendly plants aswell as water conservation tips,tools and rebates, please visit wa-tersavinggardenfriendly.com andiEfficient.com.
Hangar 24 Airfest in Redlands takes off May 16By Yazmin Alvarez
Sky-high sights and spectac-ular sounds will fill the run-way at Redlands Municipal
Airport Saturday during Hangar24’s seventh anniversary celebra-tion and Airfest.From jaw dropping aerial per-formances, rockin’ headlining trib-ute bands and some big additionsfor a more community-style event,this year’s celebration—May 16from noon to 10 p.m.—is expect-ing to bring at least 15,000 peopleto the airport and has somethingfor everyone, said Hangar 24spokesman Mark Burkholder. Focusing on providing aviationeducation and family fun, Hangarhas hugely expanded its Kids Zonearea where families can enjoygames, sports, magic shows, craftsand plenty more, added Burk-holder . The Kids' Zone, presented byAlarmCo, will be a separate areainside the event, and will be openfrom noon until 7pm. Activities in-clude bounce houses, slides, a rockwall, face-painting, woodcraftingwith the folks from Home Depot,and a chance to meet SB 66ersmascot Bernie. In addition to theactivities, families can also enjoyfive hours of live family-focusedentertainment. Kicking off atnoon kids can check out the Heli-copter 305 from Disney's Planes
II: Fire & Rescue; live entertain-ment on the main stage with theMinor Strut Kids Band; auto-graphs from Frozen’s Anna andElsa; sidewalk chalk art contest;and a bike raffle.Admission to the kids zone areais included with ticket purchase.
For the adults, the Airfest alsobrings plenty of entertainment, avariety of food trucks and a wideselection of Hangar 24 beers, in-cluding the release of the brew-ery’s 7th Anniversary Ale ondraught and in limited edition bot-tles. At least 35 different Hangar
24 beers from throughout the yearswill be available to attendees, al-lowing guests to take a trip backthrough seven years of locallybrewed beer.An afternoon music session from1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will feature coun-try bad-boys Redneck Rodeo,
widely recognized surf-rockersSlacktone, and minor rockersMinor Strut. Opening ceremoniesare scheduled to follow the bandsat 2:50 p.m.The aerial lineup includes VickyBenzing in her Boeing Stearman;the Red Eagles Formation Team;Jon Melby in his Pitts S-1-11BMuscle Bi-Plane; and Jon Melbyand Super Dave in his Edge 540racing against Bill Braack in hisSmoke-n-Thunder Jet Car.Just after the four hour airshowconcludes, The Pettybreakers willhit the stage from 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m., with Bonfire ending theevening with performances from8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m..To view the entire aerial lineup,entertainment times and for ticketpurchase, visit Hangar 24 atwww.hangar24airfest.com.Ticket purchase will also beavailable at the gate. General ad-mission tickets are $15, kids' tick-ets are $5 for kids aged 6-12, andadmission is free for kids five andunder. Parking is $5 cash at thedoor.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].
COURTESY PHOTO/HANGAR 24Bonfire Tribute to AC/DC will headline Hangar 24’s Airfest May 16.
COURTESY PHOTO/HANGAR 24Hangar 24’s 2015 Airfest May 16 will include a four-hour aerial show, complete with live musicalentertainment and an expanded kids zone. Gates open at noon and the event run until 10 p.m. atthe Redlands Municipal Airport.
COURTESY PHOTO/HANGAR 24Hangar 24 Brewery will release its 7th Anniversary Ale ondraught and in limited edition bottles during Airfest 2015.
