inland empire weekly may 15 2014

Heads Up! Hangar 24’s AirFest to take tothe skies

By Yazmin Alvarez

About a dozen studentmodels took to a runwaySaturday at Redlands

East Valley’s Wildcat Cafe in

hopes of raising funds for a chari-ty that has provided many area stu-dents a boost of confidence. The event--“Fashion Makes aDifference”--was presented byAngel’s Closet Charities and was afirst fashion show fundraiser for

the nonprofitBased out of Redlands EastValley High, Angel’s Closet col-lects and distributes new and gen-tly used school clothes, formal

Inland Empire

By Yazmin Alvarez

Eye’s will be fixatedupward this weekend asHangar 24 celebrates its

6th Anniversary with a most antic-

ipated AirFest. Planes will take to the skies overthe Redlands Airport for aerialacrobatics starting Friday after-noon for the two-day event pre-sented by Hangar 24 Charities,

which also features a lineup of liveentertainment that runs throughMay 17.Headlining this year’s show is

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Vicky Benzing will fly her modified German-built single seat Extra 300S, performing aerial acro-batics during Hangar 24 Brewery’s 6th anniversary celebration and AirFest.

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Students modeled the latest in summer fashions from DemM, Nectar and Seed during Angel’sCloset first-ever Fashion Show: “Fashion Makes a Difference.”

Students hit the runway in support ofAngel’s Closet Charities

The Wilmer AminaCarter Foundation willhost a fundraiser and

gallery brunch May 17.The inaugural event, “Bridgesthat Carried Us Over:Archiving Black History in theI.E.” will be held from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the National OrangeShow in San Bernardino, 689 SE Street.The foundation invites thecommunity to join in the effortto help digitally preserve histo-ries, stories, and legacies ofAfrican Americans settlers inthe Inland area.The event will feature stories,dance, poetry and song.Cost is $50 per person andbenefits digital archiving.Sponsorships are still available.To learn more about theWilmer Amina CarterFoundation or for ticket infor-mation, visit www.thecbsfoun-dation.com or call, 909-820-4406.

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HSSBV plansPaw Party

The Humane Society ofSan Bernardino Valleywill be hosting a Paw

Party- A HSSBV Fundraiser.The free fun is set May 17

Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. at Humane Society,374 W Orange Show Road, SanBernardino.Festivities include a Walk forthe Animals, The event will bea day of fun for pets and theirpeople with activities such as aDoggie Day Spa, Pet Photos,Pet Caricatures, a Pooch PlayArea, vendors, raffles, a 50/50drawing and a Walk forAnimals.Anyone raising over $100 inpledges for the walk willreceive a free event t-shirtwhile supplies last. All money raised at Paw Partywill go directly to the HSSBVprograms and services.Paw Party is sponsored byBoehringer Ingelheim, EmpireCompany and PK Design.

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AirFest guests will be able to sample more than 30 beers spanningHangar 24 Craft Brewery’s six years of operation, as well as pur-chase bottles of the brewery’s 6th Anniversary Farmhouse Sai-son.The 6th anniversary beer features artwork by local artist Chris Her-nandez, the winner of a label design contest held by the Brewery.

Everclear, which is expected todraw crowds to Saturday’s closingday, according to Hangar 24.But the music selection isn’t theonly thing crowds will be revelingfor this year. Joining some AirFest favoriteslike John Melby and his Pitts S-1-11B Muscle Bi-Plane and KentPietsch and his Truck Top Landingand will be Royal Canadian AirForce Cpt. Adam "Manik" Rungein his McDonnel Douglas CF-18Hornet offering up a one-of-a-kindFull Afterburner Twilight Show.Hangar’s AirFest is one of two airshows plane enthusiasts can catcha Royal Canadian Air Force per-formance this year.“We’re doing things bigger andbetter this year with more enter-tainment, more food and biggerperformances,” according toHangar 24. AirFest launched last year as aone-day event in celebration ofHangar 24’s five-year anniversaryand brought out more than 15,000attendees. This year’s anniversary show willfeature a Country music lineup Fri-day evening leading up to a per-formance from country star, JTHodges. In total, the two-day event

will bring nine bands to the Red-lands Airport.Throughout both days guests willbe able to sample more than 30beers spanning Hangar 24 CraftBrewery’s six years of operation, aswell as purchase bottles of thebrewery’s 6th Anniversary Farm-house Saison, which will be avail-able only at Airfest, and featuresartwork by local artist Chris Her-nandez, the winner of a label de-sign contest held by the Brewery.Food from over 40 food trucksand vendors will be available forpurchase in a variety of food courtsspread throughout the festivalgrounds. The Brewery’s TastingRoom will offer its normal optionsacross the street from the event.Tickets to AirFest can be pur-chased at http://www.hangar24air-fest.com. Proceeds from the event will ben-efit Hangar 24 Charities and theirefforts to preserve the agriculturalindustry in the Inland Empire.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].

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attire, business attire, graduationcaps and gowns and other necessi-ties.The fashion show was aimed atraising awareness of the organiza-tion’s efforts in helping clothe areamiddle and high school students inneed.And the event was a perfect fit.Making their runway debut, youthof all ages modeled fashions fromDemM, Nectar and Seed. The out-fits, complete with shoes and ac-cessories, were the latest in youthsummer fashion trends and wereauctioned off at a discounted princeduring the end of the show. Those

with the winning bids were offeredthe opportunity to donate the cloth-ing to Angel’s Closet, which givesyouth and teens the chance to pickout their clothing items of choicewhen they visit the store. For students like 18-year-oldREV senior Chris Harris, the op-portunity makes all the difference.Harris shared his story and lovefor Angel’s Closet during the show,explaining how the organizationhelped his family during Christmasand also helped clothe his littlebrother. Harris also received a year-book through the charity.“It’s all those little things thatcount,” he said. Guests were able to tour Angel’s

Closet after the fashion show andvendors in attendance contributed50 percent of proceeds made dur-ing the event to Angels’ ClosetAngels’ Closet accepts clothingand accessory donations yearround. To learn more about the or-ganization or to donate, visit an-gels-closet.org. Check can bemailed to Angels’ Closet Charities,P.O. Box 648, Mentone 92359.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporterwith Inland Empire CommunityNewspapers and can be reachedat [email protected].

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Students modeled the latest in summer fashions from DemM, Nectar and Seed during Angel’s Closetfirst-ever Fashion Show: “Fashion Makes a Difference.”

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Angel’s Closet Charities held its first fashion show fundraiser May 10. The nonprofit has helped pro-vide clothing to area students in need.

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Author G. W. Abersold,Ph.D. , recently launchedhis new book, “Words To

Think About: Live Well, LoveMuch, Laugh Often” and celebrat-ing with a signing at Barnes &Noble in Redlands May 3.Abersold says his writing is“mundane” but motivation istwofold: for personal therapy and“to stimulate the readers to think.”

The themes in his writings coverinspiration subjects, seniors, con-troversy, travel, humor and reli-gion.The book can be purchased at theRedlands store and on Amazon. Other titles written by Abersoldinclude, “Words To Live By” and“The Magic of Humor.”All books are available on paper-back.

Local author launchesnewest book

Words to think about: The Value of GoldBy G. W. Abersold Ph.D

In one of her novels, DanaStabenow gives a detailedanalysis of number 79 on the

periodic table. AU. Considered bymany to be the most valued andprized of metals. It is more com-monly known as “gold.”It became popular in the late

1800’s when gold was found inmany places from Alaska downthrough California. The “goldrush” brought thousands of would-be-miners to the West Coast.Its history goes back 3000 years

to ancient Egypt. After that everynation of dominance made goldtheir metal of choice for coins ofhigh value. The aureus, thesolidus, the ducat, the guilder, thesovereign, the double eagle, thekrugerand. The use of gold wascommon among the Greeks, theRomans, the Aztecs, Mayas andthe Incas.Gold is a soft metal and an ounceof it can be beaten into a sheetlarge enough to cover the roof of asmall home. It doesn’t corrode,making it ideal for jewelry. It is tasteless and an excellentconductor of heat and electricity.Gold is rare, second only to mer-cury.Panning for gold is a favorite

pastime for many, including Stellaand myself. We got enough goldout of the Chena River in Alaskaand Dawson City, Canada for twolockets of medium size.Gold is yellow, Ruby is red,Emeralds are green, Sapphires areblue, Pearls are white, Opals areblack, Diamonds are transparentand Onyx is alternating colors.Next to gold, my favorites are

diamonds, which are often smug-gled in clear water; and pearls. Atthe center of every pearl is a grainof sand that is covered with a se-cretion in the oyster, thereby cre-

ating a pearl.As of today, gold is selling at$1313.30 per troy ounce on themarket.The possession of gold has se-

duced many a person with itssiren’s song. From Midas to the in-habitants at Sutter’s Creek. For mypurposes I see gold as a metaphor.Projecting its physical and materi-alistic characteristics or to spiritualand philosophical values.For instance there is an intrinsicvalue to gold. Nothing has to beadded to make it valuable. It does-n’t have to be cut-like diamonds-to enhance its worth.Gold’s multiple uses increase itsworth. For jewelry; for a conduitof electricity; for a cover-for ex-ample the gold roof of the Mosqueof Omar in Jerusalem.Perhaps its most important use isas a measure of a person’s wealth.This has been true from antiquity.What does gold have in commonwith us?The value of we humans is simi-lar to gold. Our value is intrinsic-with each one. Often variousethnic groups have minimized thevalue of others, determining theirvalues by the color of the skin.But as people have become moreeducated, this observation hasbeen put aside. Consider Einsteinwho was Jewish, consider Mar-coni, who was Italian, considerGeorge Washington Carver, whowas black, consider Braun, whowas German, consider Pasteurwho was French, and considerEdison who was American.As the uses of gold is varied, sois the potential of humans.Philosophers, scientists, explorers,teachers, religionists, inventors,miners, housewives, writers.The uses of gold are myriad. So

are we humans.The metaphorical meaning ofgold and mankind is similar in an-other way. To get maximum usage

both must be cultivated. Goldmust be mined or panned. Left toits natural state, its value is lim-ited. Without education, so are wehumans.Another metaphorical usage of

gold and humans is their misuse.All humans do not behave for theirown good or for the good of hu-manity. The misuse of gold(money) is well known. The Biblesays, “The love of money (gold) isthe root of all evil. (I Timothy6:10) This also implies the use ofmoney.King Midas is popularly remem-bered in Greek mythology for hisability to turn everything hetouched into gold. Thus, thephrase “the Midas touch.”King Midas was rewarded by thegod Dionysus. Everything hetouched was turned to gold. Midaswas pleased at first until when hetouched food and drink, theyturned to gold. He loathed the gift.Another myth account hasMidas’ daughter turning into agolden statue when he touched her.The demise of King Midas was notunexpected.A few years ago, J. Paul Getty,one of the richest men on earth atthat time, had his grandson heldfor ransom. His ear was sent toGetty as a token of their serious-ness. Getty’s response was unbe-lievable. He refused to pay andsaid, “We were never very close.”Warren Buffett and DonaldTrump reflect the two basic ap-proaches to the use of money.From what we know of them,Trump uses his money to get moremoney and for his own personalgreed. Buffet uses his billions tobenefit others, particularly theneedy. The same goes for BillGates.Our world is better because ofthe Warren Buffetts.Amen. Selah. So be it.

Paakuma’ K-8 school groundbreakingmarks end of successful campus buildingprogram for San Bernardino City Unified

School named after historic American Indian leader and namesake of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

The San Bernardino CityUnified School Districtwill break ground on its

15th and final new campus onMay 16, capping an aggressiveconstruction campaign that startedin 2004.Paakuma’ K–8 School, namedfor San Manuel Band of MissionIndians’ revered leader SantosManuel, will break ground at 10a.m. on May 16 at the campus, lo-cated at 17875 Sycamore CreekLoop Parkway near Devore. Thepublic is invited to the ground-breaking ceremony, which willfeature a blessing and bird songsby San Manuel Tribal Memberand Santos Manuel’s great-great-grandson Paakuma’ Tawinat andKim Marcus, member of the SantaRosa Band of Cahuilla Indians.Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena,great-great-granddaughter of San-tos Manuel, will also speak duringthe ceremony.Paakuma’ is the Serrano Indianname of Santos Manuel, leader ofthe Yuhaviatam Clan of Serrano

Indians and namesake of the SanManuel Band of Mission Indians,who is remembered as a commu-nity builder and as a person who,following years of turmoil, estab-lished a forward-looking relation-ship with the people of the SanBernardino Valley. He was knownfor his generosity, caring not onlyfor his fellow tribal members, butalso travelers who stayed on thereservation for ceremonies, cele-brations or to work on the fruitgroves in the San Bernardino val-ley.When it opens in the 2015–16school year, the school will serveas many as 1,088 students inkindergarten through eighth grade.Thirty-nine classrooms will span18 acres adjacent to the RosenaRanch housing development offInterstate 15. The school’s $25million price tag is being paidthrough a 50/50 match betweenthe District and the state.Since the District’s facilities cap-ital improvement program beganin 2004, 15 new campuses have

been built or are in the midst ofconstruction, said Assistant Super-intendent John Peukert, who over-sees the District’sFacilities/Operations Division.The construction campaign costin excess of $1 billion and will add15,000 new classroom seats.“This has been a remarkableschool construction campaign notonly for San Bernardino but for allof California,” Peukert said. “Ourguiding principle through theyears has always been to create thebest learning environment for thestudents of the San BernardinoCity Unified School District.”For more information about or toRSVP for the Paakuma’ K–8School groundbreaking ceremony,please call the District’s Commu-nications/Community RelationsDepartment at (909) 381-1250.The groundbreaking ceremonywas originally scheduled for De-cember 20, 2013, but it was post-poned due to inclement weather.

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George E. Brown:

I am very pleased to join aunited community in support ofthe George E. Brown Jr. (Con-gress-man, 1962-71; '73-'99)archives at the University of Cal-ifornia, Riverside. Many peoplewho respect the life and legacy ofthe late Congressman continuetheir efforts to preserve and makepublicly available the archives ofthe visionary Congressman, aworld class leader and one of thebest ever from California whodedicated his life and public serv-ice to the cause of equal justiceunder the law. George Brown played a key rolein the passage of the landmark1964 Civil Rights Act, whose50th anniversary we celebrate thisyear. He committed his entire ca-reer in public service to the causeof civil rights, from the early1940s, when he helped integratestudent housing for the Universityof California system, protested theinterment of Japanese Americanduring World War II, and in the1960s supported the farm workermovement under Cesar Chavez,to the late 1990s when he movedto end discrimination againstLGBT people. As both, a consci-entious objector to war and lateran Army veteran, he worked tomake the justice system accessi-ble for Americans of small means.Locally he pushed for creation ofa federal courthouse for the InlandEmpire. The reception in hishonor and to raise funds forarchives is Sunday, May 18th atthe Federal Court House in River-

side.

Women of Distinction:The Tenth Annual Women ofDistinction Awards Ceremonyand Dinner is slated for Friday,June 20th at the National OrangeShow. Organizers of this eventstarted by former Assembly mem-ber Bill Emerson and continuedby Assemblyman Mike Morrell(now State Senator) are seekingnominations from the public. Weall know of a woman who has in-spired and touched our lives orthe lives of others. Nominationsmust be made by May 19th. Forinformation call 909.801.5040 oremail [email protected] visit http://district23.cssrc.us/

Grand Opening:The Grand Opening for theChildren's Assessment Center ofSan Bernardino County will takeplace on Wednesday, May 21from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The newlocation of the Center is 700 E.Gilbert Street, San Bernardino.The Center is the project of theChildren's Fund, a non-profitwhose mission is to prevent childabuse in our community; to en-sure that at-risk children who areabused, neglected, impoverished,or abandoned receive adequatefood, shelter, clothing, medicalcare and education; and to pro-vide equal opportunity for socialdevelopment, for these children.Since it's inception, Children'sFund has served more than 1.3million children. The Children'sAssessment Center treats childrenages 0-18 from every area of SanBernardino County. Nearly halfof the children seen at the Assess-ment Center are under the age of5. Last year the Center treatedmore than 1,300 children fromour communities. This is a veryimportant resource and vital tochildren who do not have a voiceand are victims of abuse.

Get Ready to Vote:On June 3, 2014, voters will de-cide on two proposed state laws(Proposition 41 and 42) and alsochoose which candidates getvoted on in the November elec-tion. Whether you mail in yourballot or vote at a polling placeread the candidates statements,look at their experience, read non-partisan literature availablethrough the League of WomenVoters at EasyVoterGuide.orgThis is a multilingual resource fornew and busy voters in English,Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese,and Korean. Also look atCAvotes.org and SmartVoter.org

for comprehensive ballot cover-age and for the Pros & Cons pub-lication. Most importantly voteJune 3, 2014.

Save the date:

Friday, May 16 - CommunityAction Partnership of SanBernardino County presents its2014 Fundraising Gala featuringan Art Show & Silent Auction at 6p.m. at the San Bernardino Inter-national Airport Terminal, 105Leland Norton Way. For ticketand sponsorship information call909.723.1514 or 909.723.1517.

Friday, May 16 - Boys andGirls Clubs of Greater Red-lands-Riverside presents "Fieldof Dreams, Celebrating Today'sYouth As Tomorrow's Stars" atthe San Manuel Stadium in SanBernardino. For sponsorship andtickets contact Kimberly Staufferat: 888.822.6535

Saturday, May 17 - the SanBernardino Symphony Guildpresents "Come Fly With Us!" AnAdventure of International Cui-sine and Entertainment at the Ter-minal Concourse at SanBer-nardino International Airport,294 S. Leland Norton Way. Pro-ceeds to benefit the San Bernardi-no Symphony and the Guild'sEducational Programs. For ticketinformation call 909.520.5887

Sunday, May 18 - the GeorgeBrown Legacy Project presentsits Fourth Annual reception"Equal Justice Under Law" from3 to 5 p.m. at the George BrownFederal Courthouse, 3470 12st.Riverside. For more informationcall Hans Johnson at [email protected] or call323.669.9999

Sunday, May 18 - Universityof California, Riverside BotanicGardens presents "Primavera inthe Gardens", a foods and winetasting event featuring some ofRiversides best restaurants, localwines, craft beer, art and music.This event is from 2 to 5 p.m. inthe Botanic Gardens of the uni-versity. For information call:951.784.6962

Tuesday, May 20 - Young Vi-sionaries presents a Scholarship& Awards Gala from 6 to 9 p.m.at Cal State San Bernardino in theSantos Manuel Student UnionBuilding. For information call:Karla Stone at 909.521.8621

Thursday, May 29 - San

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Bernardino County Superintend-ent of Schools will hold a rededi-cation of the Roy C. Hill EducationCenter at 601 North E Street at2p.m.

Saturday, May 31 - SanBernardino Community Festivalfrom 10a.m. to 6p.m. At Perris HillPark. Open to the public this eventfeatures live art, local bands,dancers, games for all ages, ven-dors, fitness classes, prizes, and kidactivities. Information available onwww.communityfests.com

Favorite Quote:

"No, no, we are not satisfied, andwe will not be satisfied until Justicerolls down like waters and right-eousness like a mighty stream"

Dr. Martin Luther KingMarch on Washington for Jobsand Freedom which called for

the passage of what became the1964 Civil Rights Act

Gloria Macias Harrison is co-publisher of Inland Empire Com-munity Newspapers and can bereached at [email protected]

Pete Aguilar for Congress

Will Democrats never learnis the question I keep askingmyself, surely by now afterlosing elections in districtsleaning toward a democrat,one would think that theparty would have some disci-pline in place to prevent somany democrats running forthe same office and splittingthe vote. For example in the 2012election in the 31st Congres-sional District, Pete Aguilarran a very strong race andmost agreed that he wouldmake it to the primaryagainst an un-named republi-can opponent. However dueto change in the election lawthe two top vote getting can-didates would be eligible forthe general regardless ofparty affiliation. Due to a

massive influx of money forthe two republican candi-dates and four democratssplitting the democratic vote,two republicans made it tothe primary and a republicanwon the seat.

Now in 2014 due to the res-ignation of the republicancongressman the seat is openagain. Once more the field iscrowded - two republicansand four democrats. Will his-tory repeat itself? I hope not.

El Machete

Editor's note: El Machete hasnot appeared in our newspaperssince the 1980's. We anticipatemore political comment from thiswriter in the future.

Will history repeat itself?

IECN endorses Pete Aguilar for the 31st Congressional Dis-trict. He has the knowledge, values and commitment neededto serve the needs of the resident of the district. While the other candidates in the race are nice people, weas voters have to look at the experience and long-term in-volvement in order to get the best representative for the area.Pete's municipal experience with budgets, planning, andmanagement of a city are excellent. Also his work with re-gional entities has garnered him the support of other electedofficials in the area. The decision is clear - vote for Pete Aguilar for Con-gress.

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Larger facility to treat victims ofchild abuse opens Wednesday

BY MJ Duncan

Over 1,300 children lastyear were victims ofchild abuse and nearly

half of those children were underthe age of 5. These astonishing sta-tistics were provided by theCounty of San Bernardino, and thenumbers could be even higher.The numbers reflect how manychildren between the ages of in-fancy to 18 were treated at thecounty’s Children’s AssessmentCenter (CAC) last year, up from900 two years ago.The CAC will be moving to anew, larger location in SanBernardino to better serve thecommunity. Children’s FundPresident’s Circle is hosting thegrand opening next Wednesday,May 21 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. andthe public is invited to attend. Thenew location is 700 E. GilbertStreet.According to Blanco a larger fa-cility was necessary due to the in-

crease in suspected victims ofchild abuse, not because of the in-crease in incidents, but more peo-ple are aware of such a facility andmore are stepping forward.The new facility will boast threemedical rooms as opposed to thesingle one at the old facility, andthere will be four interview roomswith one-way glass for law en-forcement officials to sit in obser-vation. Across the nation there are onlyless than 300 trained pediatricianswith forensic certification, and twoof them are at the CAC. “We arevery lucky to have them, theyknow what to look for,” Blancoexplained. “If a child comes inwith a broken arm the pediatricianwill know how to look for signs todetermine whether it was due toabuse or accident.”The CAC will also be offeringsupport to young adults who findthemselves pregnant, and lack par-enting know-how, such as the factthat shaking a baby can and will

damage the brain. According toBlanco, some of the abuse happen-ing to youngsters are committedinadvertently by inexperienced,young parents.“The CAC will provide therapyand training to young adults so wecan get ahead of the curve,”Blanco said.Some of the featured speakers atWednesday’s grand opening in-clude county supervisors JaniceRutherford, James Ramos andGary Ovitt, County District Attor-ney Mike Ramos, County SheriffJohn McMahon and Children’sFund cofounder and former SanBernardino City Mayor Pat Mor-ris.Tours will include medical examrooms, interview and observationrooms, children’s kitchen andplayroom, therapy rooms and thegarden area. A dedication and aspecial announcement will bemade during the presentation.

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Children’s Fund President’s Circle will be hosting the grand opening of the Children’s AssessmentCenter on Wednesday in San Bernardino. This will replace a smaller facility to better serve childrensuspected of child abuse. Pictured is the cheerful playroom at the new CAC.

San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District 2014 High

School graduation informationArroyo Valley High SchoolBaccalaureate: Friday, May 16, 6p.m., AVHS Performing Arts The-aterGraduation: Thursday, May 22, 6p.m., AVHS Karen Craig StadiumGraduates: 552*Valedictorian: Robert NguyenSalutatorians: Milly Rodriguez,Andrea Brito, and Raylene Perez

Cajon High SchoolGraduation: Thursday, May 22, 6p.m., Cajon’s Jack Wilkins Cow-boy StadiumGraduates: 600*Valedictorians: Andrew Cham-berlain, Vanessa Huerta-Navarro,Jesse Jacobs, Archibald Lai, andJulian VeraSalutatorians: Jessica Ajoku,Graciela Covarrubias, AnthonyGonzales, Josue Montoya, andLily Sim

Middle College High SchoolSenior Crossing: Monday, May19, 6 p.m., Middle College HighMU RoomGraduation: Wednesday, May 21,6 p.m., San Bernardino ValleyCollege Greek TheatreHigh School Diploma Graduates:47* (includes 14 students whoalso earned an A.A. degree) Valedictorians: Karla Gutierrez-Alfaro and Flor LorenzoSalutatorian: Stephanie MoraGarcia

Pacific High SchoolGraduation: Thursday, May 22, 6p.m., Pacific’s Bailey BowlGraduates: 465*Valedictorian: Maria CruzRamirezSalutatorians: Valerie Rose Tru-jillo and Carlos Jesus Meza

San Andreas High SchoolGraduation: Monday, May 19, 7p.m., San Manuel (66er) Stadium,280 South E Street

Graduates: 250* (includes Janu-ary 2014 graduates and Destina-tion Diploma graduates)

San Bernardino Adult SchoolGraduation: Wednesday, May 28,6 p.m., California Theater, 562 W.4th StreetGraduates: 400* (includes highschool diploma and GED certifi-cate graduates)

San Bernardino High SchoolSalute to Seniors: Monday, May19, 6 p.m., SBHS AuditoriumGraduation: Thursday, May 22, 6p.m., SBHS Stockton FootballFieldGraduates: 400*Valedictorian: Marina DuchesneSalutatorians: Rosa Garcia andLuis Bautista

San Gorgonio High SchoolSenior Celebration: Thursday,May 15, 6 p.m., San Gorgonio’sTheaterGraduation: Thursday, May 22, 6p.m., San Gorgonio’s Phil HaleyStadiumGraduates: 522*Valedictorian: Son TruongSalutatorian: Evelyn Batz

Sierra High SchoolGraduation: Wednesday, May 21,6:30 p.m., Cajon High’s JackWilkins Cowboy StadiumGraduates: 250*

Approximately 3,486 SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict students will receive theirhigh school diplomas this year.This does not include those grad-uating from vocational programs.

*Note: Graduate counts are ap-proximate at this time. In some in-stances, exact counts are notavailable until just prior to grad-uation.

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Rialto resident Michael An-derson has been influen-tial to the success of the

city’s youth basketball league formany years. Many of the coachesat the league have begun to emu-late the Arroyo Valley varsity girlsbasketball head coach’s style.In recent years Anderson hasbeen successful in ensuring hisplayers receive both accolades onand off the court. “A lot of kids don’t understandthat college is a way out,” Ander-son said. “Growing up aroundgangs was bad and I hate to seekids get into that. For me to me topass on my teachings is a bless-ing.”On Saturday May 4, coach An-

derson gave a presentation toyouth basketball coaches at theCarl Johnson center on the impor-tance of being a role model andteacher to youth.“Just so that you guys know,”Anderson said. “It starts with youguys. It’s important that we’re onthe same page and that basicallymeans that we’re all here for thekids.”In five years at Rialto, Andersonled the Knights to five league ti-tles, a 123-21 record. He also wona CIF-SS title in 2011, finishingrunner-up for the state title thatsame season. Anderson coached atthe Johnson center for seven of hisfifteen year coaching career. Hewas partly responsible for the re-painting of the surfaces outside, re-placing the backboards, and for theinstallation of a new floor inside

the gymnasium at the center.One of the biggest challenges ofcoaching at both the youth andhigh school levels according toAnderson, is dealing with the par-ents of players. He said it's criticalthat coaches lead by example anddouble as both an instructor andmentor.“What you teach these kids isprobably going to follow themthrough their high school and pos-sibly college careers,” he said.“For me it basically paved the wayto have a superior career as acoach in the Inland Empire. Win-ning games here made it easy forme at the high school level to be-come a successful coach.”Ron Fleming, who serves as anassistant on Anderson’s coachingstaff at Arroyo Valley, said hemakes sure he is always involved

with youth or prep basketball be-cause he knows the greater impor-tance. “I’m always here, whether it’s asa referee or simply watching agame,” he said. “I am trying tomake sure that our kids are beingtaken care of. As a coach we havea greater influence over a greatamount of kids, teachers, and evenparents. It’s not hard to behindsomebody that’s doing somethingfor our children.”Anderson said what he enjoys

most about his coaching experi-ence is speaking to the communityand hearing their success storieson the court and in the classroom.“This is important for me be-cause my family lives in the com-munity,” he said. “For somepeople its a dead end, but it don’thave to be. It’s what you want it tobe, it’s what you make of it. To beable to be successful and sharesuccessful stories and being in theplace they are now is motivationalto me. It’s all about giving back.”

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Arroyo Valley Girls’ basketballhead coach Michael Andersonspeaking to parents andcoaches at the Carl Johnsoncenter in Rialto.

Carter Aquatics finishes successful season at CIF-SSChampionships, wins first trophy in eight years

BY Antony Victoria

Despite not owning a pool,the Carter High Schoolswimming program has

managed to send a nine swimmersto the CIF Southern Section Divi-sion 4 Swimming and DivingChampionships in Riverside thisweek.The program also won their firsttrophy in eight years when theyfinished second in the SummitSpring Swim Invitational on April12. And they have done it with class.They have broken 11 schoolrecords in the process in both thegirls and boys circuits. Notably,senior Austin Edwards broke hispersonal and school record timeagainst Pacific last month in the500 Freestyle finishing with thetime of 6:01.21 (previous besttime: 6:44). In last week’s San An-dreas League finals, they had fourchampions: two in the free relayand two in the individual medley.This is despite most of the swim-mers coming into the programwith no prior experience. RialtoUnified School District substituteteacher Nathan Harding has beenput in charge of all Carter Aquat-ics, meaning he oversees bothWater Polo and Swim teams. Hebelieves he can mold his programsinto a perennial contender in the

Inland Empire.“Since I’ve been coaching, I’veprobably had only four or five kidsthat have prior swimming back-grounds,” he said. “That’s the taskI have at hand. I have to teachthese kids the basics and thenwhen they get to the junior-seniorlevel, I can begin to expose themto the essentials. This is one of thereasons I want to start a competi-tive swim club so that kids canenter Eisenhower or Carter and

have at least a year or two ofswimming experience. That wouldput this area so much further inbeing competitive with everyoneelse.”The difficulty of having to prac-tice and host matches at a differentschool provides no hinderance tothe Carter High School Aquaticsprogram. In fact, Harding statedthat holding practices at city rivalsEisenhower has been a positive ex-perience.

“The coaches here have beenvery helpful,” said the 27-year-oldRialto Unified School District sub-stitute teacher. “Astin Sparks hasbeen a cool guy. If he wasn’t ashelpful as he we wouldn’t havehad this much success.”The team will be moving into thetougher Division 1 next season,jumping ship from the San An-dreas into the Citrus Belt League.Harding believes the challenge ofqualifying for CIF will be more

difficult, but believes his returningswimmers have the determinationto see out the challenge.“It’s a pretty steep goal to try tomake CIF in Division 1. It’s goingto take a lot of hard work and sac-rifice, but it’s not impossible,” hesaid. “We’re trying to build thisprogram up.”Junior swimmer Kailey Tometichsaid moving up divisions is a bigstep up and can be intimidating tosome. However she thinks herteammates should ultimately swimfor the enjoyment.“I swim because I love thesport,” she said. “It’s great that wecompete, but when it comes downto it, we swim because we enjoyit.”Tometich also expressed theteam’s appreciation for Harding’s“high spirit”.“We have confidence in him be-cause he’s always been here forus,” she said. “He’s been there forus emotionally always pushing usto improve and physically. Some-times the kids don’t enjoy it butthey know that it is what’s best fortheir success.”“People put a lot on me but Ithink the kids are out here doingthe work,” Harding said. “I’vebeen blessed with some naturallygifted athletes, natural swimmers.”

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BY Anthony Victoria

The forum held at SanBernardino Valley Collegeon Thursday May 8 fea-

tured candidates from the Califor-nia’s 31st congressional districtreceiving questions from studentsregarding the newly-implementedAffordable Care Act (ACA), ben-efits for military veterans, prisonovercrowding, and tuition to namea few.All but one of the candidates, SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict board member Danny Till-man (Dem.), were present at theevent. Democrat Joe Baca Sr. ofRialto left early due to otherarrangements.The candidates had the privilegeof introducing themselves. Theyprovided brief background on theircareers and lives and explainedwhy they aspire to win the con-gressional seat.City of Redlands Mayor PeteAguilar (Dem.), 34, the father oftwo children and small businessowner grew up in the city of SanBernardino. He said that he under-stands the difficulty that the city isdealing with. Aguilar said he choseto run because he believes con-gress is failing the middle class.“We see unemployment rising,we see families struggling to putfood on the table, and we have dif-ficulties in our communities andwe just don’t see congress provid-ing solutions,” he said. “I want tomake sure that every Inland Em-pire resident has the same oppor-tunity to climb into the middleclass and realize the AmericanDream. That’s what we need.”As mayor, Aguilar said he’s ad-dressed several issues by creatingjobs, supported small businessgrowth, invested in infrastructure,implemented a gun buyback pro-gram that removed 300 guns andten assault rifles in Redlands, andhas passed a climate action planthat has reduced pollution.“We can accomplish so much byworking together,” Aguilar said.“Congressman Miller’s retirementoffers us a tremendous opportunityfor a fresh start. It’s an opportunityto elect a leader who will fight forthe middle class, stand up forworking families, support our stu-dents, create jobs, honor our veter-ans, and take care of our seniors.”Baca Sr. (Dem.), despite leavingearly, wanted to make it clear toeveryone in attendance that the bigdifference between himself and theother candidates is that he is a vet-eran having already served in theU.S. House of Representativesfrom 2003 to 2013.For someone in congress, youwant someone with experience,”he said. “That makes a big differ-ence in dealing with a lot of the is-sues.”Ryan Downing (Rep.), 25, ofWhittier is the youngest of all thecandidates. He is running becausehe said politicians are failing thepeople. Downing said his experi-ence in canvassing the SanBernardino area has provided thatmotivation to want to serve thepeople of the 31st congressionaldistrict.“I could use my skills to work formy people,” he said. “A congress-man is supposed to be a civil ser-vant. No more than a common firechief or city police officer.”Compared to the average 25-

year-old, Downing said he has thematurity to be a civil servant. “Ourgovernment has failed us and de-ceived us, but if we start to put theright people in office, we can pro-vide change and it all starts withthe people. Ryan Downing isn’tdoing anything special, it’s theyoung people who stand up.”Eloise Gomez Reyes (Dem.)grew up in the area and beganpicking onions from the fields be-fore school at the age of 12, alongwith her other siblings. As ateenager she started a drill team,the Smiling Faces of Colton thatperformed in parades all over theInland Empire. She moved on tograduate from San Bernardino Val-ley College, the University ofSouthern California, and LoyolaLaw School. Gomez Reyes Todayworks as an Attorney and ifelected, strives to guarantee equalpay for women, improve publicschools, and create more jobs.“I’ve worked hard all my life andI appreciate the hard work thatother people put forth,” she said.“That’s very important to who Iam and why I am doing what I amdoing because people are strug-gling. I think we need to do moreto try to find jobs and engageyouth. These are the things thatcorporations can and should do.”Paul Chabot (Rep.) served in Iraqand obtained the rank of LT Com-mander working with all the mili-tary services and later served inlaw enforcement. As a small busi-ness owner, he aims to reducetaxes and provide more services tomilitary veterans.Leslie Gooch (Rep.) served as aSenior Policy director under Con-gressman Gary Miller. Accordingto her biography on the voter in-formation guide she has craftedand advocated for fiscal measuresthat promote economic growth andled initiatives that stabilized thehousing market in the Inland Em-pire.In the question and answer por-tion of the event, students in atten-dance asked candidates questionsregarding any topic of their choos-ing. A member of student organi-zation “All of us or None” askedthe candidates a question regard-ing incarceration rates in SanBernardino County.“Here in San Bernardino Countywe have the highest rates of incar-ceration per capita in the state ofCalifornia,” the student said. “If

elected, what policies can you seeenacted to better serve this popu-lation and their families?”“I did not come across folks thatwere there for minor crimes. Whenyou look at our state prison sys-tem, we have some violent peoplethere,” said Chabot. “That beingsaid, I completely believe in re-demption. People can change.”“Talking about second chances,we absolutely have to provide sec-ond chances,” said Gomez Reyes.“People make mistakes. If we

throw the key out, then we’redone. We need to invest in educa-tion not in prisons, that’s numberone. I work with legal aid to try toexpunge criminal records. Thoseare the sorts of things we need todo to help people get the jobs.”“In recent decades the explosivecost of health care have financiallycrippled millions of Americanfamilies,” said Tim Forrest, Vice-President of the Associated Stu-dent Government (ASG) at SBVC.“What cost-cutting measures will

you advocate for when you as-sume office?”“The thing I’m concerned aboutwith ACA is that it’s almost takenus back a few steps where we haveneeded to be,” said Gooch. “Nowthat we have ACA it’s no longeraffordable for people. They needto choose a health plan that theycan afford.”The forum came to fruition be-cause of the influence of the stu-dent body said Legislative AffairsDirector Omar Castro. “I pitched this idea out to ASGand they thought it was a greatidea,” said Castro. “It’s a criticaltime in the Inland Empire and I’mglad students were able to hearfrom all the candidates. Now theyhave the opportunity to vote forwhomever they please.”Rachel Kanakaole, a Justice inASG and a member of communitygroup San Bernardino GenerationNow, said hearing the candidatesrespond to questions from studentspushes her to do more research. “I think they responded well, butI want to make sure what they sayis actually true,” she said. “I haveto do the research to see whichcandidate is best suited for the po-sition.”

Anthony Victoria is a contribut-ing writer for Inland EmpireCommunity newspapers and canbe reached at email [email protected]


Forum provides SBVC students with outlook on California’s31st congressional district candidates

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Calif. 31st congressional district candidates from left to right: Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, PaulChabot, and Ryan Downing.

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Fashion show fundraiser heldin support of LLUCH

By Yazmin Alvarez

Dozens gathered in supportof the Big Hearts for Lit-tle Hearts Loma Linda

Guild’s first-ever fashion showheld at the Centennial Complex atLoma Linda University Health lastweek in support of the Loma LindaChildren’s Hospital.The inaugural event--Carolyn’sCloset: An Evening of Fashion andMusic--brought mother and daugh-ter duos to arrive stylish to checkout some of the latest trends andhad men donning crisp suits all inthe name of fashion.Students from local high schoolsas well as LLUCH patients mod-eled fashions from Le Roy’s Shoes& Clothing and women from theInland Empire-area modeled de-signs from Chico’s.But the fashion show was morethan just a focus on clothes.It was an opportunity to acquaintthe community with the hospitaland its teenage patients, as well asraise funds for some much neededitems in the hospital’s pediatricemergency department.Proceeds from the event will gotoward the purchase of a fetal mon-itor and the addition of rockingchairs to the department. The chairs will hopefully serve asa compassionate factor for parentsin an aim to rock their child incomfort, said Leigh Anderson,event coordinator for the event.The fashion show idea stemmedfrom wanting to try something dif-ferent and new to reach families inthe Inland Empire, Anderson said.The hospital periodically hasfundraisers that encompass otherwalks in the community, sheadded.“This is for the parents of thosechildren in the hospital. It’s for theteenagers and their moms. For thecommunity, it was a chance to seewhat’s going on in the fashionworld and support a place where somany medical miracles happen.” In an addition to the fashionshow, members of the Loma LindaBrass Quintet and the RedlandsEast Valley Singers were also onhand to perform throughout theevening. Hospital officials said they hopeto have the monitors and rockingchairs added to the emergencyroom by the end of the year. To learn more on how to donatetoward the Loma Linda Children’sHospital, email Dixie Watkins [email protected].

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire Community News-papers and can be reached [email protected]

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Student models from the Loma Linda and Redlands area donnedgear from Le Roy’s Shoes & Clothing during the Big Hearts forLittle Hearts fashion show May 7 to benefit the Loma Linda Chil-dren’s Hospital.


Local women hit the runway wearing fashions from Chico’s dur-ing the Big Hearts for Little Hearts fashion show May 7 to benefitthe Loma Linda Children’s Hospital. (above& right)


Girls from local high schools helped model the latest spring fash-ion from Le Roy’s Shoes & Clothing during the Big Hearts for Lit-tle Hearts fashion show May 7 to benefit the Loma LindaChildren’s Hospital.

ObituaryMichael (Onebear)

Cordova

Michael (Onebear) Cor-dova, passed away sud-denly on April 14,

2014 at his home in Colton. Bornon January 9, 1957, Michael en-joyed music, fishing, photographyand drawing. Preceded in death byhis parents, Larry )Lalo) Cordovaand Nora DeLaRosa Cordova.Survived by 2 brothers, DavidCordova and Lorence Cordova; 4sisters, Carol Haley; Roberta Mer-cer; Cathy Palomera and BarbaraChavez and several nieces andnephews. Services will be held onFriday, May 23, 2014 at 12;00p.m. at Centerpointe Church, 170West “F” Street, Colton, Califor-nia. The Interment of ashes will bea private ceremony on a later dateat Montecito Memorial Park.Michael (Onebear) Cordova

ObituaryManuel A. Ochoa (Banjo)

Manuel A. Ochoa(banjo) Born:04/19/1950 Passed:

04/30/2014He was a life resident of Colton,CA was living in Phoenix, AZ forthe past five years. He attendedPhoenix College and was sched-uled to receive his AA Degree inBusiness in May 2014.He has two daughters DeniseAghuan in San Bernardino, andDianne Arevalo in Colton. He has five grandchildren andhis siblings are Carol O. Valenciafrom Colton, Edward Ochoafrom Colton, Nancy Garcia fromGrand Terrace, RosemaryMazzella from San Jose, andFrances Ochoa from Colton. Services with be held at Her-mona Cemetery in Colton on Fri-day May 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

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Redlands celebrates “Give BIG” with Broadway Block PartyBy Yazmin Alvarez

San Bernardino County gavebig last week--more than$500,000 worth.

Partnering up with the Commu-nity Foundation for its “Give BIG”campaign, about 2,500 uniquedonors gave 3,500 donations to 262local nonprofits, according to a SanBernardino County press release. From 7 a.m. on May 8 to 6:59p.m. on May 9, supporters of SanBernardino County nonprofits wentonline, connected with causes theycared about and made donations. "I want to thank each and every-one of the 2,500 donors that loggedon and made a difference in ourcommunity. Nonprofits play a vitalrole in improving the quality of lifeand environment for our residents.I'm so very proud of the supportshown from the community," said5th District Supervisor Josie Gon-zales in a news release. While efforts to support localcharities came through the 24-hourfundraising blitz, several organiza-tions partnered up and took to pub-lic places in hopes of gatheringattention for their cause.As was the case for the RedlandsCommunity Music Association,who brought crowds to SmileyPark Friday afternoon for theirBroadway Block Party and Give-Big Kick-Off.The event brought together 17area groups participating in thecampaign to set up informationbooths, crafts and games, whereGive BIG supporters were offered

freebees as a “thank you.”“What we did was took one of ourBroadway Block Party shows andgathered nonprofits from our re-gion to celebrate “Give BIG” andpromote the idea that people cangive during this big campaign,”said Valerie Peister, who runs com-munity programming for the Red-lands Bowl. The Broadway-style musicalevent also showcased the talents ofprofessional and elementary schoolsingers, performing stage hits like“Dreamgirls” and students fromMariposa Elementary School’schorus and members of the Red-lands High School cast of “Okla-homa” also hit the stage of theLincoln Shrine. Participating organizations in-cluded, Boys and Girls Club ofGreater Redlands-Riverside,Crafton Hills College Foundation,Family Service Association of Red-lands, Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio,Historical Glass Museum Founda-tion, Redlands Art Association, SanBernardino County Museum Asso-ciation, The Wildlands Conser-vancy, KVCR, Arts Connection,Yucaipa Animal Placement Society(YAPS), KVCR, Boy Scouts ofAmerica - California Inland Em-pire Council, City of RedlandsRecreation, Inland TemporaryHomes and Micah House.

Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter forInland Empire Community News-papers and can be reached [email protected]

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The Redlands Community Music Association partnered up with 17 area nonprofits to hold a Broad-way Block Party and Give BIG kick-off event May 8. Professional and student performers took tothe stage performing Broadway hits such as “Dreamgirls.”


The inaugural “Give BIG” campaign kicked off with a Block Partyin Redlands May 8.


The inaugural “Give BIG” campaign kicked off with a Block Party in Redlands May 8.

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Mathewson, Padilla helpKaiser clinch Sunkist League

BY Richard Dawson

Adominant pitching staffand high powered of-fense had made sure no

team has come close to beatingKaiser in Sunkist League this sea-son.Kaiser (22-1, 13-0 League) aceChris Mathewson was in vintageform, holding the Grand Terraceoffense scoreless as he has manyoffenses this season, striking out12 in the process.What came as a surprise wasGrand Terrace (12-10-1, 7-5-1)starter Albert Valdez matchingzeros with him for six innings. This time, it wasn’t a home run,or even an extra base hit thatsparked the Kaiser offense, insteadit was a timely bunt single by RayPadilla to lead off the top of theseventh and manufactured a hardfought 3-0 win over Grand Ter-race. “All these seniors know how tobunt,” said Kaiser Head CoachMichael Spinuzzi. “They havebeen with me for four years, Ray

saw an opportunity, that was allRay Padilla.” Padilla found himself in a pickleand was nearly thrown out in be-tween first and second after amissed bunt attempt by DanielHuizar, but the Titans couldn’t ex-ecute on the run down.“We had our bunt play on,” saidGrand Terrace head coach MikeReh. “We get the runner (Padilla)in a rundown, unfortunately forour side, he gets around our firstbaseman and is safe, that’s thewinning run.”Huizar got a bunt down on thenext pitch to move Padilla to sec-ond. Padilla then stole third andscored on a single by Joe Gonza-lez for what would be the game-winning run.Things unraveled a little bit forthe Titans after that as an error anda single by Mathewson led to twomore runs.Valdez had limited the Kaiser of-fense to four hits and two walksbefore the Padilla bunt single.The win clinched Kaiser’s fourthleague title in five years.

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Chris Mathewson struck out12 during Kaiser's 3-0 win overGrand Terrace to clinch theSunkist League title.


Albert Valdez held the Kaiserhigh-powered offense to threeruns, two earned, over seveninnings.

San Gorgonio rebounds to beat Carter

BY Richard Dawson

Aday after losing to RialtoCarter 2-1 despite pitcherHazahel Quijada tossing

a no-hitter, San Gorgonio got an-other strong performance fromRainier Aguilar to edge its rival 2-1. Aguilar, typically a catcher andmaking just his second start of theseason, went the distance for theSpartans, striking out 13 and handthe Lions their first loss in San An-dreas League action this season.“He didn’t have his first start ofthe year until last week,” said SanGorgonio Head Coach BillEatinger. “He is so valuable behindthe plate, but we rolled the dice andgave him a start last week, becausehe can help us in the playoffs, andhe threw a no-hitter.”It didn’t come easy, as ChrisLujan earned a lead-off walk tostart the top of the seventh. AdamLovell followed with a sacrificebunt that was fielded cleanly byAguilar, but his throw to secondended up in center field to put twoon with no outs and Carter (18-5,

12-1 League) had its heart of thelineup coming to the plate. Aguilar battled, inducing agroundball from Marcos Castanonto third baseman Adan Alvarado,who touched his bag but couldn’tthrow out Castanon at first. Still having the tying and go-ahead runs on base and cleanuphitter Jose Gonzalez batting, Lujanmade a costly base running mis-take at second. Aguilar caught Lujan leaning toofar from the bag and threw a pick-off to second, resulting in a rundown and after a few back-and-forth throws, the Titans tagged himout for the second out. Aguilar proceeded to strike outGonzalez on three-straight pitchesand punctuate a strong perform-ance.“We were playing for pride,” said

Eatinger. “They’re going to winleague unless something recklesshappens, but we want to end ourseason on a positive note and get agood draw in the playoffs.”The Spartans got on the board inthe bottom of the fourth, scoringtwo runs off Lions starter JohnLandazuri. Two walks and a hit-by-pitchloaded the bases with one out forSan Gorgonio (19-3, 11-2). Lan-dazuri issued another walk to Al-varado to bring in the first run andJason Atilano added an RBI singleto bring in the second run and endLandazuri’s day. Carter answered in the top of thefifth when an RBI single from Cas-tanon scored Ryan Maestas, whohad singled and stolen two bases tolead off the inning.


Rainier Aguilar struck out 13in a 2-1 win for San Gorgonioto hand Carter its first San An-dreas league loss this season.

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Jason Atilanohits an RBI-single for theSpartans inthe bottom ofthe fourth.


Carter's Ryan Maestas beats a throw to steal third base.


Ken Hubbs Awards 50th Anniversary called biggest of allBY Harvey M. Kahn

Former National FootballLeague linebacker and 1997Ken Hubbs Award winner

Ryan Nece addressed the crowd of400 family and well wishers at the50th Anniversary of the HubbsAward at a ceremony Monday in theColton High School Gym. Necepointed out that other honors andawards have come and gone but nosingle award has withstood the testof time like the Hubbs Award. TheCalifornia Interscholastic Federa-tion has handed out awards for 100years, the Shriner's have named all-star teams and the defunct HelmsBakery sponsored division all-league teams for 40 years.Nece described the Hubbs Award

as one that lasted so long due to thelegacy of its namesake and thosewilling to work to keep it alive."Ken Hubbs was a professionalbaseball player but his off the fieldaction are the reason we are heretoday. He was willing to risk break-ing some rules in order to do theright thing," said Nece. He was re-ferring to the habit that Hubbs hadof signing autographs in violation ofsome Chicago Cubs rules. Nececommented that Ken Hubbs alwaysspent time serving youth. Hubbswas baseball's National LeagueRookie of the Year in 1962 and diedin a plane crash at age 22 in 1964.Nece noted that good parents arethe one's whose sacrifices makegood athletes he said the modern-day mother is playing a larger rolein the development of athletes. It

was an observation backed by themany mothers who stood up bythemselves when their sibling wasintroduced Monday night. Necesaid that was often the case with hismom, Kathy, who was also in thecrowd of observers. He said thateveryone knows who his father is(Ron Lott), yet in his case it was hismother who was the driving force.Nece told the 48 athletes who at-tended that in order to excel, onemust "do the things that you don'twant to do. Are you willing to makethat sacrifice." Each athlete in atten-dance had already been selected astheir school's Ken Hubbs Awardwinner. Uzoma Owuama and LorenLandrus were the overall winners.The Ken Hubbs Foundation is theonly private athletic honor awardedin San Bernardino County. Other

past winners in attendance wereScott Smith, Shaun Battle andTrevor Hoyt.NFL Hall of Fame member RonLott and Nece are the only father-son team to win the Hubbs Award.Other's who progressed to the NFLafter winning the Hubbs Awardwere: Charles Johnson, MarkCollins, Shelton Diggs, and AllenBradford. Greg Colbrunn, the 1987winner had a long MLB career andKyle Kopp was an Olympic waterpolo coach and player.For most athletes on Mondaynight, it was their first shot at publicspeaking. If they had a plannedspeech, the script was lost theminute they took the podium andlooked out at the large crowd. Trueto their form, the teens were shortand brutally honest. "If it wasn't for

my parents I wouldn't be up heretalking because I don't feel like it."And "I wouldn't have gone to prac-tice if my mom hadn't made me."And "Wow. This feels like theGrammy's. Hubbs Foundation President RonDoty told the crowd that the bestathlete or those with the best resumedon't always win. "There's a lot ofcharacter involved in the choice."Keith Hubbs, the brother of KenHubbs, told how his brother wasable to play football, basketball andjuggle baseball and track at thesame time at Colton High, beingnamed a two-time prep All-Ameri-can and 4-time All-CIF performer.Each of the 48 Hubbs individualwinners were presented an en-graved watch with 50th anniversaryon the face.

Loren Landrus of Citrus Valley High named 2014 GirlsKen Hubbs Award winner

BY Harvey M. Kahn

Being a member of threeCIF-Southern Sectionchampionship soccer

teams at Citrus Valley High School,plus winning the 2013 CIF-SS Di-vision 6 player-of-the-year awardelevated Loren Landrus to the topof an impressive list of nominees

for the 50th Annual Ken HubbsAward. For good measure, Landrusranked No. 1 this season in theMountain Valley League in fourtrack and field events, where sheadvanced as a CIF-qualifier in the400 Meters, 4x400, Long Jump andtriple Jump. "This is amazing. I'm grateful to

all my coaches. What a good wayto go out on my high school ca-

reer," said Landrus. "There wereeight of us who were on all three ofthose CIF championship soccerteams at Citrus Valley and they allhad a chance to win this awardtonight." With just a few weeks leftin high school, Landrus can addstill more honors at the CIF track fi-nals. Off the track, Landrus wasawarded for her civic contributions

by Senator Barbara Boxer and fromthe San Bernardino City Council.Citrus Valley athletic director BoydLium said that in each of her fouryear's at Citrus Valley, Landrusmade the Principal's Honor Roll,the California Scholarship Federa-tion, National Honor Society andwon the Scholar-Athlete Award."Our school motto is C.L.A.S.S.which stands for Character, Lead-ership, Attitude, Scholarship andService. Loren exhibits exceptionalcharacter and leadership as well asan outstanding attitude through herparticipation in multiple sports onour campus," wrote Liam."Loren has accepted the responsi-bility of being chosen as a captainon our soccer and track teams. Her

efforts to lead and earn the respectof her teammates have been ac-knowledged," said Liam, whoadded that Landrus will graduateamong the top-50 in her seniorclass and will attend the Universityof Northern Colorado on a fullscholarship. "She is truly a rolemodel for our younger students."Her bio reads that she is thewriter/photographer for the CitrusValley yearbook, was an ASB rep-resentative, is a member of theMake A Wish Club, and works part-time at Basic Backflow. Landruswas also named first team soccerAll-San Bernardino County andfirst team All-Area (Inland Em-pire).

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2014 Girls KenHubbs Award win-ner Loren Landruswas a member ofthree CIF champi-onship soccerteams at Citrus Val-ley High.

Bloomington's Uzoma Owuama wins

2014 Ken Hubbs Boys Award

BY Harvey M. Kahn

Bloomington High School'sUzoma Owuama didn'tjust earn the 50th Annual

Ken Hubbs Award because he wasone of the best wrestler's in Cali-fornia. There were prep athleteswith longer resumes. However, itwas the accumulation of many ofOwuama's qualities that were con-sidered when the Ken HubbsFoundation Board of Directors se-lected him over 23 others. In thefirst tournament that Owuama everwrestled as a sophomore, he went5-0, pinned four opponents and al-lowed only four points to bescored against him. Uzoma is called "Uzo" on theBloomington campus and was a 4-time member of that schools run offive consecutive CIF-SouthernSection wrestling championships.Uzo accomplished the difficulttask of qualifying twice for thestate high school wrestling cham-pionship. His biggest accomplish-

ment was win-ning the nationally

acclaimed DOC Buchanan Tour-nament where he pinned the de-fending champion. He placedthree times in the Section Master'sTourney and won five area tourneytitles, including the respectedTemecula Valley Battle for theBell Championship. In 2014, hewas once ranked as the state'snumber-2 wrestler at 138 pounds.He finished at number-5 amongmore than 2,000 California highschooler's in that weight class.Bloomington High officials saythat it was Uzo's humanitarian ef-forts away from sports that helpedhim to the Ken Hubbs Award, af-fectionately called the "HighSchool Heisman." Bloomingtonathletic director Chris Brickleysaid that it was what Uzo did whenhe thought no one was looking thatmade him stand out. In a jointcomment, Brickley and BHSwrestling coach Gabriel Schaefersaid that Uzo took advanced place-

ment classes and helped servefood on both lunch breaks.On weekends, he volunteered tohelp setup and breakdown stadiumequipment in preparation of PeeWee Football games. "Uzo en-couraged teammates to get better,was a great leader with intangibleassets. He set a high example bothacademically and athletically,"said school officials. Schaefer saidUzo was often seen coachingyounger wrestlers in his "sparetime." He said Uzo was an ex-tremely hard worker and seldommissed practice. "Omuama has abright future ahead of him. Hiswork ethic and charisma make himthe type of individual others wantto be like or around," observedSchaefer. "He simply representswhat is best about being a Bloom-ington Bruin and what is para-mount about being a wrestler."Omuama said afterward that hedidn't think he had a chance at theHubbs Award because nearly allHubbs Award winners played mul-tiple sports. "I thought I was out ofthe running. I'm realizing just howimportant this award is," said Uzo,as five reporters and ten photogra-phers flocked around him. "I'myoung and as time goes on I'llknow more about this. Ten or 15years down the line, I'll understandeven more about its importance."Omuama will attend GrandCanyon University and wrestlenext year on a full scholarship. Hewill graduate from Bloomingtonwith a class academic rank of 35among 466 seniors. He has ayounger sister at Bloomington.His brothers, Ike and Ifay playedfootball at BHS. Uzo has traveledto his family's Nigeria homelandon numerous occasions, saying itgives him a greater appreciation oflife in America.

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B l o om i n g t o nHigh Schoolwrestler UzoOwuama onright won the2014 Ken HubbsBoys Award forachievements asan athlete,scholar, and hu-manitarian. Pic-tured on left isformer team-mate CarlosGarcia.

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BY Cynthia Mendoza

In 2014 the Regional Occupa-tional Program (ROP) of theSan Bernardino County Su-

perintendent of Schools (CountySchools) celebrates its 40th an-niversary of equipping studentswith the skills and training theyneed to carve out successful fu-tures after high school. Their mis-sion is to help students gain careerreadiness skills and hands on train-ing and to help them find their pas-sion. In the 1974-75 school year therewere 65 students in the programand an average daily attendance of100, as some students were en-rolled in more than one class. Atthat time the ROP served 10school districts in the county and

its budget was $158,000. In 2014, the ROP serves 16 dis-tricts, plus juvenile court school,has an average daily attendance of3,980 students and a total enroll-ment of a little over 17,000 stu-dents. While the programs areopen to all high school students,priority is given to juniors and sen-iors. Through their tireless effort inserving students, the ROP has aproven track record of success; ac-cording to Kit Alvarez, the ROPadministrator for County Schools,90% of ROP high school seniorsgraduate from high school, 55%go on to continue their educationand 40% go on to enter the work-force. “Our system is good for kids,”Alvarez said. “It helps reduce drop

outs, they explore careers and stayfocused on their career path.”Alvarez shared just one story ofmany that show how the ROP candirectly alter the life of young peo-ple; there was young man who wasbragging to his friends about drop-ping out of high school but thencame across the ROP program. Hejoined the automotive technologyprogram, found he had a flair forit and went on to pursue a two-year program after high school. Hewas the first in his family to grad-uate form high school and go col-lege. It is this kind of life-impactingsuccess that the ROP is celebrat-ing. The ROP also firmly believesnot only in its mission but in therole it plays in improving the qual-ity of life in the Inland Empirethrough education. They also recognize the highvalue this region places on careerand technical education and thevital role it plays fostering a bettereconomy by creating productive,taxpaying citizens.“We want to keep that legacygoing strong,” Alvarez said. “Wehelp advance students to post sec-ondary education. We really wantto build up our region, which is aneconomic force that is coming ofage. That’s what the anniversary isall about.” For more information on theROP visit http://www.rop.cc

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The ROP’s 40th an-niversary logo designwas created by ROPstudent SerenityRogers, a senior atApple Valley HighSchool. She wasawarded first place inthe San BernardinoCounty Regional Oc-cupational Program’s40th Anniversarytheme design con-test as well as firstplace in the Califor-nia Association ofRegional Occupa-tional Centers Pro-gram’s SouthernRegion In-servicetheme design con-test.

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Serenity Rogers, creator of the ROP 40th anniversary logo, wasrecognized on Wednesday, May 15 at the ROP’s 40th anniver-sary celebration at the National Orange Show. ROP studentBrandon Hall (photo not available), a student at Rim of the WorldHigh School was also recognized for receiving the BridgestoneAutomotive Technology scholarship to pursue an automotive ca-reer. His teacher is Dave Meigide. These students are just twoof thousands of students in the county who benefit from the ca-reer and technical education programs offered by the ROP.

County Supervisorsaward two Give BIG

donation pledges

Supervisors Josie Gonzalesand James Ramos will eachdonate additional funds to

Lighthouse Project, Inc. of BigBear in reward for reaching out togarner the highest number of indi-vidual donors during Give BIGSan Bernardino County.Supervisor Ramos personallypledged an additional $1,500 tothe third district nonprofit with thehighest number of unique donors.Supervisor Gonzales pledged $1for each Facebook “like” she re-ceived before the end of the GiveBIG campaign to the nonprofitwith the highest number of uniquedonors. She received 505 likes andhas now offered to increase herdonation to a total of $1,000. Both donations will go to theLighthouse Project Inc. of BigBear which received donationsfrom 222 individuals. The super-visors will deliver their checks inperson to the Lighthouse Project ata later date.“I am so proud of my district forbringing over 130 nonprofits to thetable. Lighthouse Project reallystepped up under the leadership ofMichael Perry,” said SupervisorRamos. “While I congratulate you

for your hard work, I also chal-lenge you to continue to cultivatenew donors to support you in yourefforts to create a child honoringcommunity in Big Bear.”“Our local nonprofits and resi-dents really came together andhelped make the County’s firstGive BIG year a huge success.Lighthouse Project earned everydollar by reaching out and spread-ing the message, my congratula-tions to them. I give my deepestthanks and appreciation to the over2,400 individuals that gave andhelped make a real difference inour community,” said SupervisorGonzales.The Give BIG San BernardinoCounty web-a-thon raised a totalof $582,000 548,214 (including$34,000 in sponsorships) from2,465 individuals making 3,533donations to the participating 262nonprofits throughout our county,exceeding the goal of raising$300,000. The Supervisors thankthe Community Foundation for itspartnership in making this day ofgiving such a success.More information on the GiveBIG results can be found atwww.givebigsbcounty.org.

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