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Model Colony plannedcommunity.

After Rudy’s presentationthe Board elections were

held which brought a fewchanges. Our Director ofCommunications, Glenn

Anderson has resignedand that position iscurrently vacant as well asEvent Tour Director. Heand his wife, Rose servedon the Board since 2009being a tremendous helpto us and will be missed.

We are excited to

Here’s What We Are

Planning

March 22 – AnnualOntario Heritage Historic

Walking Tour April (Date TBA)- 2ndquarter meeting &potluck, open to all.May-Model Colony

Awards. We will be thereto greet the winners.May 31-Fundraiser torestore an historicstructure in downtownOntario. Join us for an

evening of fun sipping wine and raising funds.

June 7-We will have aninformation booth at theKiwanis Annual PancakeBreakfast & Rotary ClubCar Show to promote

Ontario Heritage’smission and events. July 4-Ontario Heritage will again acceptdonations for bottled

water, canned sodas,prepackaged individualsnacks before & duringthe Independence DayParade on Euclid Avenuein the Delmans’ front

yard. All donations will beused to further historic

preservation. July (Date TBA)-3rdquarter meeting &potluck, open to all.October 11-OntarioHeritage’s 5th annualhistoric cemetery tour atBellevue Memorial Park.November (Date TBA)-4th quarter meeting &potluck, open to all.December 6-OntarioHeritage will again havean information booth atthe “Christmas on

Euclid” event.

2014 Heritage Events

Presidents Message

1st Quarter 2014

O NTARIO H ERITAGE BOARD

Petrina Delman

Richard Delman

Randi CampbellLouise Melton

Wendi Hafner

Rudy Zeledon(ex-officio)

Debra PoradaCity Council Liaison

Contact

InformationOntario Heritage

P.O. Box 1Ontario, CA 91762

Phone: 909-984-6558

Website: www.ontarioheritage.org

Email:info@ontarioheritage.org

www.facebook/ontario.heritage.com

welcome Wendi Hafner tthe position of AssociateBoard member. She andher husband, Walt recentlpurchased a beautiful

historic home in Ontarioand have becomemembers to help us in oupursuit of historicpreservation.

Additional positions for Associate Board memberare also available.

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SOME NEWS ANDUPDATES ON EVENTS!

On Sunday, January 26, 2014 we had our 1st quarter meetingand potluck along with Boardelections. Thank you verymuch to those of you whoattended and brought such a

wonderful variety of deliciousfood.

Our guest speaker, RudyZeledon, Senior Planner withthe City of Ontario gave a veryinformative and interesting

presentation on the New

Heritage Events 1

President’s Message 1

Contact Information 1

Heritage Corner 2

Volunteer Information 2

Upcoming Events 2

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Do you treasure Ontario’s

We are an all volunteer localnon-profit organization and

we need you! Is preservingour historic downtownimportant to you? Orlearning about the richhistory of the ModelColony? Our MissionStatement is “Preserving,Protecting and PromotingOur Model Colony” notonly for us but for ourfuture generations. Havinghistoric home tours, annualhistoric cemetery tours,being present at local eventsare all part of pursuing ourmission and making thepublic more aware of ourpurpose. It’s an important

goal but who says we can’thave fun pursuing it! If youare already a member ofOntario Heritage, wesincerely thank you! Ifyou’re not yet a member,please consider joining uson this journey. Not only

will you become moreaware and knowledgeableof Ontario’s past history,you will be inspired to walkbeside us as we moveforward in “Preserving,Protecting and PromotingOur Model Colony.”

Benefits of Membership:

1. Participation in OntarioHeritage events such asHome Tours, Annual

2014 Ontario Heritage Membership

2014 Heritage Events (Cont. from Page 1)

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HERITAGECORNER

Question : What is aMills Act Contract?

Answer: A Mills ActContract is a contractbetween the owner of adesignated historicalresource and the Cityof Ontario. Allproperties within theCity of Ontario thathave been designatedas Local HistoricLandmarks,contributing structuresin Designated LocalHistoric Districts andproperties listed on theNational Register ofHistoric Places or theCalifornia Register ofHistoric Resources areeligible for Mills ActContracts, pursuant tothe provisions of

Article 12, Section50280 through Section50289, Chapter 1, Part1, Title 5, of theCalifornia GovernmentCode.

The purpose of a Mills Act Contract is toprovide property tax

relief for historicproperties in return forthe owners of theproperty maintainingand preserving thehistoric character ofthe property.

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Please mark yourCalendars for March 22

when we will be holdingour annual walking tour

which starts promptly at

10 a.m. ending at 12noon. This year the touris in the Historic ArmsleySquare District. We willfind out how it all began

with John S. Armstrongand learn about theoriginal ownersof the homes. You won’t

want to miss this event!

We will continue to havequarterly meetings andpotlucks. Our goal is tohave them at differenthistoric venues eachquarter.Our May fundraiseroriginally set for May 3has been rescheduled toMay 31 beginning at 6:00pm.

T O ALL ARTISTS , ARTS GROUPS , AND SUPPORTING

ORGANIZATIONS :

Request for Proposals for theMural Design for the new

Ontario Town Square. Very important informationameeting to be held ThursdayFebruary 6, at 4:00 pm at the

Museum of History & Art, 225Euclid Ave, Ontario, CA .

Proposals are due March 7, 20

Contact the City PurchasingDept. at 909/395-2012 for

further information.

We are an all volunteer localnon-profit organization and

we need you! Is the ongoingprocess of preserving ourhistoric downtownimportant to you? Orlearning about the richhistory of the ModelColony? Our MissionStatement is “Preserving,Protecting and PromotingOur Model Colony” notonly for us but for ourfuture generations. Havinghistoric home tours, annualhistoric cemetery tours,being present at local eventsare all part of pursuing ourmission and making thepublic more aware of ourpurpose. It’s an important

Historic Cemetery Tour,potlucks, local communityevents, historic and educa-tional programs.

2. Discounts to events

3. E-mail Newsletters

4. Advocacy for preservationof our historical environ-ment and cultural heritage

5 Access to information con-cerning restoration and reno-

vation6. The knowledge that youare part of the effort to pro-tect, preserve and promotethe Model Colony.

Volunteers Wanted!

If you would like to volunteer your time at our events, please contact us at:

volunteers @ontarioheritage.org

Ontario Heritage Webmaster: Paulette Melton

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Ontario Heritage Membership Form (June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014)

*Name: ____________________________________________

*Address: __________________________________________

*City: _____________________ State: ________

*Zip Code : ________________

*Phone: ____________________________________________

*Mobile Phone: ______________________________________

*E-Mail: ____________________________________________* Required Information

Membership Categories (For the 2014 Calendar Year) o Individual $25.00o Senior (62 years) $15.00o Family $40.00o Family-Senior $30.00o Corporate $250.00

TOTAL ENCLOSED $_______

I am interested in:o E-mail Alert Networko Volunteering at Eventso Other (specify) ____________________________________

Mail with Your Check Payable To: Ontario HeritageP.O. Box 1Ontario, CA 91762

In an effort to keep dues low, most communication will bevia email, so providing us your email address is vital.

Please know that you do not haveto own or rent a historic home tobecome a member of OntarioHeritage. Maybe you grew up hereand moved away but still have aninterest in Ontario. Maybe you re-cently moved to Ontario anddream of someday owning a his-toric home or you have lived herefor years and are just interested inhistoric preservation. You are all

welcome to become members.

Below is a membership form youcan fill out and mail to us or youcan go to our website at

www.ontarioheritage.org to com-plete the form and pay online withPayPal if you choose.

President’s Message

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Ontario had no lack of rain in January 1916. This is a picture of the 100 NWBlock of the historic downtown business district on Euclid Avenue.

Advertise your

Preservation-minded

Business in our quarterly

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Heritage Corner(continued from page 2)

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When was the last time you went tothe Ontario City Library and walkeddownstairs to visit the wonderful

Model Colony History Room? Doyourself a favor and go see the fasci-nating history of Ontario that ishoused in this special room.

. We want to thank Kelly Zackmann,Local History Librarian for provid-ing us with the following write up:

Mills Act contracts are for a period

of 10 years and are automaticallyrenewed unless a notice of non-renewal is submitted. With a noticeof non-renewal the contract will beterminated at the end of the 10 yearperiod. Any cancellation of a Mills

Act contract is subject to a penaltyof 12½ percent of the assessed mar-ket value of the property.

When will the savings be re-flected in my Tax bill?

It can take up to 18 months fromthe time the application is submitteduntil you see the savings. All con-tracts recorded during the Calendar

Year (from January 1st until Decem-ber 31st ) go into effect during thenext year’s tax cycle.

For additional information on theMills Act contract please go to:

www.http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=581

The Ontario Colony was founded in

1882 by two Canadian brothers,George and William Chaffey.

It soon became known as SouthernCalifornia’s “Model Colony” becauseof the Chaffey’s innovative ideas. Inrecognition of this, the Ontario CityLibrary established the Model Col-ony History Room in 1970.

The Room contains reference mate-rials concerning the social, economic,and governmental history of Ontarioand the western region of San Ber-nardino County

Many of these materials date back tothe founding of the colony. In No-

vember 2004, the city recognizedformer mayor Robert E. Elling-

wood’s tireless efforts in preservingthe history of Ontario by renamingthe Library’s Model Colony HistoryRoom the Robert E. EllingwoodModel Colony History Room

Some of the materials you’ll find inthe Model Colony History Roominclude:Records relating to Armstrong Nurs-eries, the General Electric Hotpoint

Works plant, and the Ontario MotorSpeedway, as well as many smallercollections of business and personalrecords.

Local area maps and aerial photo-graphs.

Local city and telephone directoriesdating back to 1884.

Large collection of local area photo-graphs.

Architectural surveys of many older O

tario homes and buildings. Yearbooks for Chaffey High School,Ontario High School, Colony HighSchool, and scattered editions of UplHigh School.

Local newspapers on microfilm, 188present.

Local census records on microfilm, 1-1930.

Books, journals, and magazines relatthe local area and general California tory.

We also have materials available onli

Looking for an obituary, marriage re-cord, or birth record? Want to perusesome old All States Picnic artifacts?Check out their local history newspapand artifact index here: http://catalog.ci.ontario.ca.us/LibraryNewspaperIndex/

We have streaming audio and video ftoo. Looking for some All States Picn

video footage? Want to hear an oral htory recording of an Ontario pioneer?Check out our collection on the Inter

Archive:https://archive.org/details/ontariocitylibrary.

The Model Colony History Room isopen Monday-Wednesday, 1pm-6pm Thursday, 1pm-9pm; and Friday, 1pm6pm. For more information about theModel Colony History Room and its lections, visit our webpage at:http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.asppage=390. Feel free to give us a call send us an email with your questions

Local History Room to Visit!