redlands magazine spring 2011
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This is a community-based magazine for the city of Redlands, California and the surrounding area.TRANSCRIPT
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14Many of the world’s top cyclists will compete in the Redlands Bicycle Classic, including Kristin Armstrong. Meet the
Olympic gold medalist, and discover what keeps her motivated.
Also, some of your neighbors say the Classic is a great time to party.
A STARRING ROLL
DEPARTMENTS
FROM THE EDITOR Behind the scenes 6
CAN’T MISS Special things to do 8
ARTS & CULTURE Calendar of events 8
STATUS REPORT A.K. Smiley Public Library 36
HEALTH Prescriptions and drugs 38
HOME Great finds at Mozart’s 46
TASTE Mu restaurant, bar and lounge 52
SEEN Assistance League Camellia Luncheon 58 Watchorn Lincoln Dinner 60 Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner 61 St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation Gala 62 Redlands Forum 63
OUR TOWN One photographer’s social project 64
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CONTENTS SPRING 2011 vOLUME 2, ISSUE 4
ON THE COVERSpicy seafood pasta at Mu RestaurantPhoto by Micah Escamilla
HOPI HISTORY COMES ALIVE Mapping movements of ancient peoples
THE wAR’S EARLY dAYS Shrine marks Civil War events
FORUM ATTRACTS FABULOUS GUESTS Esri events series shows its star power
Public Parking Lot, Between 5th & 6th Streets
*Except Holidays, Thanksgiving, and the week between Christmas and the New Year. To maintain the health and safety of our patrons, smoking and animals are not permitted at the market. Minors must be accompanied by an adult after 8 pm.
For More Information Please Call 909.798.7629Downtown Redlands, State Street
Proudly Sponsored by the Downtown Redlands Business Association
Come enjoy the fresh produce from the local farmers around the area. You can even smell the fresh aroma of all the fruits and vegetables while walking around the parking lot. Instead of going to the grocery store, buy your groceries at the Farmers’ Market and get everything you need straight from the farm to the streets of Redlands. The farmers benefit just as much as the public. Come give it a try. You will not be disappointed.
For More Information Please Call • 909.798.7629
Downtown Redlands
Downtown Redlands Business Association presents ...
*Except Holidays, Thanksgiving, and the week between Christmas and the New Year. To maintain the health and safety of our patrons, smoking and animals are not permitted at the market. Minors must be accompanied by an adult after 8 pm.
Bring the whole family and enter into an inviting atmosphere complete with lighted trees, brick sidewalks, historic buildings, and great musical entertainment. You’ll be surrounded by over 150 food and merchandise booths, offering the best from our local growers; not to mention the downtown shopkeepers who stay open every Thursday night.
Discover the fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables from local growers, lovely cut flowers, a huge variety of roasted nuts, jerky, and fresh breads in our certified farmers market. The streets are filled with delicious aromas from the eateries lining our streets; whether you prefer your corn roasted on the cob or popped in a kettle, fresh seafood, a medley of ethnic cuisine, or the traditional favorites, you’ll not be disappointed.
Our weekly entertainers include clowns, magicians, horse drawn carriage rides, face painters, many bands and musicians, including jazz, country, contemporary, blues, rock, Christian and classical music.
Market Night
Thursdays 6 to 9pm
Saturday Mornings8 am - 11 am
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My father would call
it an “organizational
moment.” It was that time
when things became so complex and
potentially overwhelming that you
had to stop and develop a new
strategy for a changing situation.
It doesn’t necessarily mean “crisis,”
but it is an acknowledgment that
priorities need to be evaluated and
new thinking is in order.
It seems there is a lot of this
going around these days — in
government, in business, even
in personal lives as families and
breadwinners deal with new
economies and altered workplace
realities. If you find yourself among
those scratching their heads, you’ve
got a lot of company.
One gratifying constant, even
in the midst of change, is how
community members hold on to
core values and express them in
ways to help each other.
In redlands, it feels like you
find this everywhere including at
the library where director Dr. Larry
e. Burgess, like many in the city,
is working to maintain quality
of services while shrinking
expenditures, in a coffee shop where
a photograher discusses a book
designed not only to be creative but
to help the homeless, and across the
way in a gift store, where the owner
recounts a visit to China and talks
of factory workers whom she wishes
she could help like her own
daughters.
What makes a community is
constancy and values — a
willingness to reach out and
introduce yourself at the forum,
buy a book
for a child,
participate in
a good cause
or make a
gift of money,
food or
clothing to
an agency
to help those
less fortunate
than yourself.
talking about the children’s
reading programs at the a.K. Smiley
Public Library, Burgess said the
library is particularly eager to
increase its support for children’s
programs, especially family Day
which draws some 800 children and
family members. “the goal has
always been, and we’ve met it so far,
is to give every child that comes a
book.” for many children, this is
the first book they’ve ever owned.
across the way, at the Lincoln
Memorial Shrine, there’s an original
Norman rockwell painting, “the
Long Shadow of Lincoln.”
for me, the most poignant image
in the painting is at the bottom.
a pair of hands, presumably those
of a black man, are reaching into
the canvas. Some interpret those
hands as a symbol of a promise,
yet unfulfilled, of equality and
opportunity for everyone. the good
part is rockwell painted another set
of hands — reaching out to help.
for those of us who can, now’s a
good time to reach out and hold on.
to those who do, thank you.
Don [email protected] 909-386-3899
from the editor
Reach out and hold onFred H. HamiltonPUBLISHER & CEO
Don SproulMANAGING EDITOR
Peggy del ToroPRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER
JJ Jones V.P. SALES & MARKETING
Lynda E. BaileySALES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Shawna FederoffRESEARCH DIRECTOR
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & EDITORS
Allan Borgen, Catherine Garcia Joy Juedes, Steve Ohnersorgen
Jerry Rice, Suzanne Sproul
Rick SforzaPHOTO EDITOR
PHOTOGRAPHERS
James Carbone, Micah Escamilla Lea Reed, Eric Tom
Sandy Gray, Melissa Six SALES MANAGERS
ADVERTISING SALES ExEcuTIVES
Linda Bauer, Vikki ContrerasMariana del Real, Carla Ford-Brunner
Jennifer Lucas, Maria Mendoza, Christa MorinMelissa Morse, Snezana Tomasevic
Larry Williams, Adil Zaher
SALES ASSISTANT
David Wastell
ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGN
Christie Robinson, lead designerGinnie Stevens, designer
MARKETING
Veronica Nair
Inland Custom Publishing Group
Steve LambertEDITOR & GENERAL MANAGER
Frank PineEXECUTIVE EDITOR
Kathryn JohnsonV.P. OF FINANCE
John WartingerV.P. OF OPERATIONS
Joe RobidouxV.P. OF CIRCULATION
CONTACT USEditorial: 909-386-3899; fax 909-885-8741
or [email protected] tising: 909-386-3936; fax 909-884-2536
or [email protected] subscribe to Redlands Magazine call 909-386-3923
or visit www.redlandsmagazine.com
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REDLANDSVOLUME 2, ISSUE 4
A PUBLICATION
REDLANDS MAGAZINE P.O. Box 9400, San Bernardino, CA 92427-9400, is produced by the inland Custom Publishing Group of The Redlands Daily Facts, The Sun and inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Single copy price: $3.95. Subscriptions $14.95 per year for 4 issues. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to P.O. Box 9400, San Bernardino, CA 92427-9400. Copyright 2011 Redlands Magazine. No par t of this magazine may be reproduced without the consent of the publisher. Redlands Magazine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos or ar twork even if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Upcoming Shows
Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, RiversideTickets available at ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and the Box Office.
For Box Office Information call (951) 779 9800. Visit us on the web at foxriversidelive.com
FOXPerforming Arts Center
Riverside, California
April 1
Scott StappThe Voice of Creed
March 26
Chris Botti
March 25
Wanda Sykes
Comedienne Extraordinaire!
April 10
Arlo Guthrie“Journey On” Tour
May 13
Bob James
May 7
Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
June 3May 20-22
BURN THE FLOOR
The Mystery of King Tut March 22Seussical April 12
These programs are for school audiences only. Contact the Fox Box Office for program details.
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arts&cultureTHE CALENDAR
can’t missWHAT TO SEE & DO
REDLANDS ART ASSOCIATION THROUGH JUNE – Mini Multi Media Show (possibly the only juried show in Southern California with traditional ar t, contemporary ar t and f ine crafts), through April 1; Plein Air Show, April 10-16; Ar t in the Park, May 7-8; Hang Show, June 18. RAA Gallery and Art Center, 215 E. State St., Redlands; 909-798-3415, www.redlandsar tassociation.org.
SPRING GARDEN WALK MARCH 20 – Kimberly Crest House & Gardens, 1325 Prospect Drive, Redlands; 909-792-2111, www.kimberlycrest.org. Also: Wedding Open House, March 20; Princesses at the Castle (open for young princesses ages 2-11), April 10; Summer Garden Walk, June 19.
EASTER EGG HUNT APRIL – Annual event hosted by the Redlands Police Depar tment and the Downtown Redlands Business Association. Easter Bunny, egg hunt and other fun activities. Date to be announced. Fifth and State Street, downtown Redlands; 909-798-7572, www.ci.redlands.ca.us.
MARKET NIGHT THURSDAYS – Certif ied farmers market, with more than 150 food and merchandise booths, enter tainment and fun for the whole family. Presented by the Downtown Redlands Business Association. Downtown Redlands; 6-9 p.m.; free admission; 909-798-7548, www.downtownredlands.com.
‘RETURN ENGAGEMENTS’ THROUGH APRIL 3 – Comedy featuring three couples, who are revisited in the second act 20, 25 and 30 years later. Redlands Footlighters, 1810 Bar ton Road, Redlands; $15, $10 students; 909-793-2909, www.redlandsfootlighters.org. Also: “Leading Ladies,” May 19-June 5.
CALIFORNIA THEATRE THROUGH MAY – “Blues Brothers Revue,” March 25-27; Pink Floyd Experience, April 1; “Young Frankenstein,” April 6-7; “The General” (silent f ilm), April 9; Paul Rodriguez, April 16; “Titanic,” April 23, “Cats! ,” April 30; Rock ’n’ Roll Legends, May 14; Blue Man Group, May 19-22. California Theatre of the Performing Arts, 562 W. Four th St., San Bernardino; 909-885-5152, www.californiatheatre.net.
CITRUS BELT QUILTERS ONGOING – Special events and workshops scheduled regularly. Meetings at Church of the Nazarene, Young Hall, 1307 E. Citrus Ave., Redlands; www.citrusbeltquilters.org.
WOMEN OF DISTINCTION LUNCHEON MARCH 19 – Honoring Inland Empire women for their achievement in many areas, including education, medicine, volunteerism, law and social services. The annual event is presented by University of Redlands Town & Gown. Orton Center, University of Redlands; 11 a.m.; $50; 909-748-8011, www.redlands.edu/alumni.asp.
KENNY LOGGINS MARCH 24 – Concer t featuring the popular singer with staying power; he’s had hit songs in four straight decades. San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland; doors open at 6:30 p.m.; $25-$35;
VINTAGE REDLANDS APRIL 29 – Wine-tour walk through historic downtown Redlands. Sample wines and appetizers from restaurants and wineries. Live enter tainment at multiple stops along the tour. Proceeds benef it the Citrograph Scholarship Fund. Downtown Redlands; 6 p.m.; 888-494-9044, www.vintageredlands.com.
REDLANDS SYMPHONY APRIL 9 – Family concer t and petting zoo. Musicians will be available after the concer t to help children play a variety of instruments featured in the concer t. Memorial Chapel, University of Redlands, 1200 E. Colton Ave.; 2 p.m.; 909-748-8018, www.redlandssymphony.com. Also: “Grafted Hymnologies,” the performance debut of the work by University of Redlands faculty composer Anthony Suter, April 16; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, May 21.
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800-359-2464, www.sanmanuel.com. Also: All Star Comedy Jam, March 31; Peking Acrobats, April 14; Los Temerarios, April 28.
WANDA SYKES MARCH 25 – Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Ave., 951-779-9800, www.foxriversidelive.com. Also: Scott Stapp (the voice of Creed), April 1; Katipunan, April 2; Riverside County Philharmonic, April 9 and May 14; Arlo Guthrie, April 10; California Baptist University Choir and Orchestra, May 5; Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, May 7; Corona Symphony Pops, May 13; “Burn the Floor,” May 20-22.
NUCLEAR COWBOYZ MARCH 25-26 – Performance by a large cast of freestyle motocross riders including Ronnie Faisst, Adam Jones and Mike Mason. Citizens Business Bank Arena, 4000 Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario; 909-244-5600, www.cbbankarena.com. Also: NASCAR Hauler Parade, March 24; Revolve — Dream On, April 15-16; Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam, April 27-May 1; Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown, June 24.
JAY WHITE MARCH 26-27 – Concer t featuring Neil Diamond tribute ar tist. Agua Caliente Casino Resor t Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage; 888-999-1995, www.hotwatercasino.com. Also: Brian Setzer Orchestra, April 2; Jason Aldean, April 6; American Storm, April 8; Michael Bolton, April 23; LeAnn Rimes, April 29; Gabriel Iglesias, May 5.
‘RUTH’ MARCH 26-MAY 8 – The uplif ting story of Ruth is recounted in an award-winning musical. LifeHouse Theater, 1135 N. Church St., Redlands; 909-335-3037, www.lifehousetheater.com. Also: “The Count of Monte Cristo,” May 21- June 26; “Jungle Book,” July 9-Aug. 14; “Les Miserables,”Aug. 27- Sept. 25.
CESAR E. CHAVEZ BREAKFAST CELEBRATION MARCH 31 – Ninth annual event to mark the life and times of Cesar Chavez. Breakfast donation $5. Proceeds go to scholarships for local students. American Legion Post 650, 1532 N. Church St., Redlands; 7-9 a.m.; 909-748-8809.
HISTORICAL GLASS MUSEUM ONGOING – More than 6,000 items made by American glass makers and ar tists are available for display, including an 1885 Mary Gregory cake plate, which was par t of a recent donation of 79 pieces. 1157 N. Orange St., Redlands; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, group tours weekdays by appointment; 909-793-3333, http://historicalglassmuseum.com.
April 9, 20117:30 p.m.
“Gypsies and other virtuosos”
Guest Artist: Jourdan Urbach,
Violin
Sarasate, Saint-Saëns,
Ligeti, Tchaikovsky
May 14, 20117:30 p.m.
“Short, sweet, and to the point”
Stars of the Philharmonic
Bach, Stravinsky, CPE Bach,
Karim Al-Zand
July 3, 20117:30 p.m.
Riverside National Cemetery
“Concert for Heroes”
Admittance Free
PHILHARMONICRIVERSIDE COUNTY
� �eason o� �irsts
Tomasz GolkaMusic Director/Conductor
Season Tickets 951-787-0251 ❘ Fox Box Office 951-779-9800New start time for all concerts is 7:30 p.m.
at the Riverside Fox Performing Arts Center
2010-2011 SeaSon
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arts&cultureTHE CALENDAR
THE FOUR TOPS APRIL 2 – Concer t featuring the vocal quar tet that was par t of the Motown sound. Primm Valley Casino Resor ts, Interstate 15 at the California/Nevada state line; 8 p.m.; 800-745-3000, www.primmvalleyresor ts.com. Also: Jenni Rivera, April 16; Josh Turner, April 30; Rick Springf ield, June 18.
KIWANIS PANCAKE BREAKFAST APRIL 2-3 – Serving pancakes at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. 7-11 a.m.; $5; 909-748-0637, redlandsnoonkiwanis.org.
MONOPOLY TOURNAMENT APRIL 9 – Four th annual benef it, which includes two 90-minute preliminary rounds and a f inal round with the top six competitors to determine the winner. Proceeds help fund student programs and scholarships. Advance registration required. The Grove School, 200 Nevada St., Redlands; $20 students, $30 adults; www.grovemonopoly.com.
RELAY FOR LIFE APRIL 9 – American Cancer Society fundraiser, and an opportunity to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. Redlands East
Valley High School, 31000 E. Colton Ave.; 9 a.m.; main.acsevents.org.
RUN THROUGH REDLANDS APRIL 10 – Certif ied 5K, 10K and half-marathon, along a course of tree-lined streets that goes past many Victorian homes and historic sites. Star t and f inish in downtown Redlands; 909-748 0637, www.redlands-events.com/RTR1.htm.
YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHT APRIL 16 – The Redlands chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association will host its annual free f ly day for ages 8 to 17. Redlands Municipal Airpor t, 1745 Sessums Drive; 10 a.m. check-in; 909-425-1346, www.youngeagles.org.
FLOWER SHOW & GARDEN TOUR APRIL 16-17 – 99th annual event presented by Redlands Horticultural & Improvement Society. Esri Cafe, 370 New York St., Redlands; www.rhis.org.
ORANGE MUFFIN FESTIVAL APRIL 16 – Live music, handcrafted merchandise and enjoy the original Edwards
REDLANDS BICYCLE CLASSIC MARCH 31-APRIL 3 – The 27th annual event features some of the world’s top professional and amateur cyclists. Downtown Redlands and surrounding areas; www.redlandsclassic.com. For more information, please read the stories star ting on Page 14.
For reservations call 909-883-1231 • 4775 North Sierra Way, San Bernardino
Le Rendez-VousRESTAURANT
Experience the finest in French and Continental cuisine. Le Rendez-Vous is a gorgeous restaurant nestled at the base of the mountains in San Bernardino. We offer an elegant atmosphere,
impeccable service, and delicious gourmet cuisine. Le Rendez-Vous is a wonderful setting for your birthdays, anniversaries, romantic evenings, meetings, events, and other special occasions.
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arts&cultureTHE CALENDAR
Mansion recipe for orange muff ins with orange butter during the annual event hosted by Plymouth Village. Muff ins may be purchased individually or in larger quantities. On the lawn of Kendall Place historic home, 120 E. Palm Ave., Redlands; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 909-793-9195.
THE GREAT ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH CIRCUS MAY 6-22 – The 71st performing season featuring aerial, pyramids, trapeze, unicycle, wire and other circus-type acts. Tickets on sale star ting April 18. Redlands YMCA, 500 E. Citrus Ave.; $12-$14 adults, $9 children; 909-798-9622, www.ycircus.org.
REDLANDS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL MAY 12-29 – The Bard’s best works are presented during this annual event, with this year’s offerings presented in conceptual style. “As You Like It” will be a western melodrama; “Titus Andronicus” as a gothic vampire tale; “The Merchant of Venice” as an Italian comedia dell’ar te production. Redlands Bowl, 25 Grant St.; free admission; www.redlandsshakespearefestival.com.
50 YEARS OF SALZBURG MAY 13-14 – Weekend celebration includes a showing of the sing-along version of “The Sound of Music,” f ireworks, traditional food and drink, music, lectures, special guests, a festive biergar ten and more. University of Redlands, 1200 E. Colton Ave.; 877-867-2586.
FASHION SHOW MAY 14 – Soroptimist International of Redlands’ annual fashion show brunch, with door prizes and raff les. Redlands Country Club, 1749 Garden St.; http://si-redlands.org.
CITRUS CLASSIC TOURNAMENT JUNE 3-5 – AYSO invitational open to teams from all sections. Rain dates June 10-11. Redlands Soccer Complex, 1790 Dearborn St.; www.redlandsayso.org.
SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL JUNE 24-AUG. 19 – 88th season features 20 performances by various groups, productions and a presentation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Cinderella.” Redlands Bowl, Smiley Park, off Brookside Avenue between Eureka and Grant streets; 909-793-7316, www.redlandsbowl.org. The lineup: Opening concer t with conductor Frank Paul Fetta, June 24; Winners of the 2011 Young Artists Auditions, June 28; Highland Way, Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band, July 5; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, July 8; U.S. Coast Guard Band, July 12; Pacif ico
Dance Company, July 15; Barrage, July 19; Symphony concer t with pianist Esther Keel, July 22; “Cinderella” dress rehearsal, July 26; “Cinderella,” July 28-30; Dr. Jack Poster’s Tribute to Harry James & Friends, Aug. 2;
Opera highlights, Aug. 5; Lisa Haley & The Zydekats, Aug. 9; State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, “The Jungle Book,” Aug. 12-13; Dallas Brass, Aug. 16; Closing symphony concer t with violinist Rober to Cani, Aug. 19.
GOLF TOURNAMENT JUNE 13 – The 19th annual A. Gary Anderson Memorial Golf Classic, presented by the Bonnes Meres Auxiliary, a benef it for abused and at-risk children within the San Bernardino area. Red Hill Country Club, 8358 Red Hill Country Club Drive, Rancho Cucamonga; 909-383-9772, childrensfundsbcounty.org.
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Speed & colortraditions | redlands bicycle classic
Sweat, Spandex and a blur of
broad shoulders and bright hues whisking at right angles through the street. In Redlands, when the Bicycle Classic, now in its 27th year, hits town it’s hard not to get caught up in the excitement as top professionals gear past in rides that mark the opening of the racing season. the Classic runs March 31 through april 3, and is sure to excite.
Speed & colorBy SUZANNE SPROUL
Kristin Armstrong won
gold in Beijing in 2008 and
took home top honors
twice at the World time
trial Championships before deciding
to start a family.
But even while she was pregnant a
year ago, she managed a team at the
redlands Bicycle Classic. she’ll be
returning this year, as one of the
featured racers.
“When i decided to stop racing after
winning the world championships in
2009 it was solely because my husband
and i wanted to start a family,” said
Armstrong, who also has five national
championships. “i am back because
i enjoy competition and love the sport
of cycling.”
the prestige associated with the
redlands Bicycle Classic continues.
the annual race, which returns march
31 to April 3, is on the competition
radar of many olympians and other
world-class riders.
“since i began competing in 2003
on a professional level, the redlands
Classic has always been one of the
premier bike races on the women’s
calendar,” Armstrong said. “Each year,
Armstrong returns ... Kristin, that is
Cyclists compete in one of the Criterium races
last year.
Photo by EriC tom
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7223 Church Street, Suite A17, Highland • 909-425-0393Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 am to 9 pm, Sunday 10 am to 9 pm
Please Watch for Our Grand Opening in April
in Our New Location!
Mi CoCinaMexican Restaurant
is one of the Inland Empire’sbest small business success stories.
Now, Norma and her brother, Armando Arroyo, are taking over much of the work with the hope that their parents can soon retire and start enjoying their golden years.
“When we were growing up, mom and dad had two and three jobs to make sure we lived a good life,” Norma said. “We never want to lose sight of how hard they worked and the fact that it was their blood, sweat and tears that got us where we are today. Mom always said, ‘We’re gonna make it,’ and she did not let us down.”
Along with Mi Cocina’s stellar service, Norma says the recipes have not changed — nor will they in the future. Her father and her uncle Pedro (head chef) created all of them and tested each one until they were satisfied with the taste.
The Super Fajitas, and Shrimp and Fish Tacos, are the biggest sellers. The fajitas ($16.95) and tacos ($10.45) are both served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Other popular dishes include Enchiladas Rancheras ($10.45), Classic Tostada ($6.25), Grilled Red Snapper ($11.95) and Carne Asada ($10.45).
Open seven days a week, the restaurant also serves breakfast and offers a wide variety of desserts, appetizers and a la carte items.
“Everything here is hand-made except for our tortillas,” Norma said. “We have something for everyone’s taste, and even have health-
conscious dishes. Dad says that if we put it on the menu, it has to be good. I think that’s been the greatest secret for keeping our customers happy.”
Mi Cocina Restaurant
MC
The family owned establishment opened in 1991 and has grown by leaps and bounds. Business has increased so much that owners Carlos and Margaret Lopez plan to move the restaurant to a larger location in April in the San Manuel Village Shopping Center in Highland.
The new space will be twice the size of the existing restaurant, and also will feature a bar, outside patio seating and private banquet room, says Norma Arroyo, the restaurant’s manager and the daughter of Carlos and Margaret.
The expansion has been a long time coming, and will take Carlos and Margaret’s original dream of restaurant ownership to a new level.
Customers, of course, can expect the same high quality food and attentive service that has made Mi Cocina so popular.
“Our best advertising has been by word-of-mouth, and we appreciate our customers so much,” Norma said. “We have relationships with them and think of them as an extension of our own family.
“Just because we are growing, doesn’t mean that’s going to change. They can be reassured of that.”
Carlos and Margaret are proud that Mi Cocina is a warm and welcoming place where locals can meet friends and enjoy delicious homemade food. It took untold hours of hard work to achieve that goal, but it has been worth the effort.
7223 Church Street, Suite A17, Highland • 909-425-0393Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 am to 9 pm, Sunday 10 am to 9 pm
Please Watch for Our Grand Opening in April
in Our New Location!
Mi CoCinaMexican Restaurant
is one of the Inland Empire’sbest small business success stories.
Now, Norma and her brother, Armando Arroyo, are taking over much of the work with the hope that their parents can soon retire and start enjoying their golden years.
“When we were growing up, mom and dad had two and three jobs to make sure we lived a good life,” Norma said. “We never want to lose sight of how hard they worked and the fact that it was their blood, sweat and tears that got us where we are today. Mom always said, ‘We’re gonna make it,’ and she did not let us down.”
Along with Mi Cocina’s stellar service, Norma says the recipes have not changed — nor will they in the future. Her father and her uncle Pedro (head chef) created all of them and tested each one until they were satisfied with the taste.
The Super Fajitas, and Shrimp and Fish Tacos, are the biggest sellers. The fajitas ($16.95) and tacos ($10.45) are both served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Other popular dishes include Enchiladas Rancheras ($10.45), Classic Tostada ($6.25), Grilled Red Snapper ($11.95) and Carne Asada ($10.45).
Open seven days a week, the restaurant also serves breakfast and offers a wide variety of desserts, appetizers and a la carte items.
“Everything here is hand-made except for our tortillas,” Norma said. “We have something for everyone’s taste, and even have health-
conscious dishes. Dad says that if we put it on the menu, it has to be good. I think that’s been the greatest secret for keeping our customers happy.”
Mi Cocina Restaurant
MC
The family owned establishment opened in 1991 and has grown by leaps and bounds. Business has increased so much that owners Carlos and Margaret Lopez plan to move the restaurant to a larger location in April in the San Manuel Village Shopping Center in Highland.
The new space will be twice the size of the existing restaurant, and also will feature a bar, outside patio seating and private banquet room, says Norma Arroyo, the restaurant’s manager and the daughter of Carlos and Margaret.
The expansion has been a long time coming, and will take Carlos and Margaret’s original dream of restaurant ownership to a new level.
Customers, of course, can expect the same high quality food and attentive service that has made Mi Cocina so popular.
“Our best advertising has been by word-of-mouth, and we appreciate our customers so much,” Norma said. “We have relationships with them and think of them as an extension of our own family.
“Just because we are growing, doesn’t mean that’s going to change. They can be reassured of that.”
Carlos and Margaret are proud that Mi Cocina is a warm and welcoming place where locals can meet friends and enjoy delicious homemade food. It took untold hours of hard work to achieve that goal, but it has been worth the effort.
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all of the top teams come to Redlands to kick off the
season. The race organization provides a professional
atmosphere and quality racing, which keeps me coming
back each year.”
Juggling a career and family can be a challenge, but
Armstrong works to maintain the right balance between
the two.
“As long as you keep balance in your life as well as
a positive attitude, you can accomplish whatever you
set your mind to,” she said. “One of my favorite
questions I ask myself from time to time is: Do you have
to? Or do you get to? As long as I answer with, ‘I get to,’
I know I am on the right track.”
That track has changed during the years. Part of a
military family, sports participation was both supported
and encouraged. Armstrong was a Junior Olympian in
swimming by age 17 and later competed in the Hawaii
Ironman World Championships. Then came a medical
diagnosis of osteoarthritis. Running was ruled out and
cycling was considered the best therapy.
“They told me to stop running. Instead, I learned to fly,”
she says in her publicity bio.
When she’s not training or racing, she and business
partner Nicola Cranmer run the Peanut Butter & Co.
Kristin Armstrong pedals on her way to winning the women’s time trial race in Switzerland in 2009.
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Team TWENTY12. Armstrong also
conducts bike camps for women
throughout the West. Participants in
all skill levels are taught bike
maintenance, core strengthening and
stretching basics.
“Kristin is one of the most decorated
female athletes in the United States.
Her standards are high,” Cranmer said.
“After Beijing, she became sort of the
go-to person. She has natural
mentoring skills and people recognize
her as a focused person.”
So much has happened in the past
year, but planning for the future hasn’t
stopped for Armstrong.
“Next up is 17 months from now
and competing in the London
Olympics with my family by my side,”
she said.
But first, she’ll take on the streets of
Redlands.
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The sounds of 180 cyclists
whirring by at breakneck
speeds in their bright multi-
colored uniforms are as
synonymous with springtime in Redlands
as the blossoms that adorn the thousands
of trees the city is known for.
The Redlands Bicycle Classic organizing
committee is preparing for the 27th annual
event, which since 1985 has welcomed
thousands of racers including many elite
international pros. It all started after then-
Mayor Carole Beswick attended a mayors’
conference, where she learned about a race
in another city. Beswick, Councilman dick
Larson, local businessman and former
danish national team member Peter
Brandt, and a small group of local residents
thought it would be a great idea to bring
a professional bicycle race to Redlands to
draw attention to the downtown. The rest
is part of American bicycle racing history.
With its rolling hills, diverse architecture
and temperate springtime climate,
Redlands is a perfect host for an
international bicycle competition. some
may consider our community as southern
California’s answer to the many quaint
towns dotting the hillsides in europe,
where bike racing is second in popularity
only to soccer.
The great racing names associated with
world championships, olympic teams and
the legendary Tour de France are many:
Americans davis Phinney, Alexi Grewal,
Thurlow Rogers, eric heiden, steve hegg,
Jonathan Vaughters, and Russian Viatislov
ekimov for the men; American Alison
dunlap, olympic gold medalist Kristin
Armstrong, Christine Thorburn, and the
legendary French star Jeanne Longo for the
women. They, along with the current crop
of the sport’s rising stars — Chris horner,
Levi Leiphiemer, Christian Vande Velde,
Tom danielson and Ben King — all have
one thing in common: they have raced the
streets of Redlands.
Perhaps the truly unique quality of the
Redlands Bicycle Classic, which is entirely
run by volunteers, are the local residents
who organize the event year round, and
A world-class springtime rolls into the city
Photo by ERIC toM
Cyclists make their way along Sunset Drive during last year’s Sunset Road Race.
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then open their homes to the athletes who
come from far away. How many people can
say they gave up their bedroom to host an
Olympic or world champion? The people of
Redlands have a long history of community
involvement, and the Bicycle Classic is a
great example of that. The Rendlers, the
Barichs and the Robertsons may not be
famous, but they are as important to the
fabric of the community as the race itself.
“Many of the teams become so attached
to their hosts, they become extended
family, keeping in touch year round as the
team travels,” said Craig Kundig, a former
race director and longtime event organizer.
“Redlands is well known through the
cycling community as a more than great
place to race, it is a great city to call home.”
The community also benefits greatly
from the scores of racers of all ages who
take part in the public racing events. The
youngest racers, at age 3, will start the
rides on their tricycles and Big Wheels in a
50-yard dash to the same finish line the
pros cross. Races continue all day with the
School Duel competition, adult races, and
USA Cycling elite amateurs.
This year’s Classic offers four days of
racing action beginning with a short but
tortuous prologue time trial on Thursday,
March 31. Then, the action moves to
neighboring Beaumont, which is hosting
a “circuit” race on a 17-mile loop of the
city’s perimeter on Friday, April 1. The
weekend opens with a crowd-pleasing
figure-eight criterium course in downtown
Redlands, which is a combination of
NASCAR speeds and Formula One
handling for the men and women pros, on
Saturday, April 2. The Classic wraps on
Sunday, April 3, with the famous Sunset
Road Race, which loops 80 miles through
the hills of Redlands, and the fourth year
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“Redlands was built on the theme of
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that came out to see the handcycle races
were a testament to the character of the
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By SUZANNE SPROUL
In EuropE, cycling fans bring out
cowbells and raucously rattle them,
shouting “Allez, allez, allez” (French
for “go”) as riders seemingly fly by.
In redlands, it’s a bit more laid back
but just as enthusiastic as residents make
it all a party.
It has become a local tradition — going
back more than 20 years for some —
to celebrate the redlands Bicycle Classic
by inviting friends and families to enjoy
the day as world-class, Lycra-clad racers
charge local hills.
Last year, there were even prizes awarded
for those who could party the heartiest. The
winner was Kerry King — as judged by ray
Dickinson, the Classic’s entertainment director
who last year visited as many of the parties
as he could.
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it.
“Scott (Welsh) and I were trying to come
up with ideas to get even more community
involvement, so I volunteered to check the
parties out,” Dickinson said.
“Someone had to take control of the
situation, and I was the guy to check out
all the massive amounts of food, wine and
drinks, not to mention water and soda.”
He expects to be out there again this year,
dressed in his bright red Classic shirt.
“Last year there was no criteria,” Dickinson
said. “I just tried to stop by as many of the
parties as I could, talk to everyone and I went
from there. I’m looking forward to doing
that again.”
So what made King’s front yard the
place to be? Maybe it was the delicious buffet
that featured food from a variety of ethnic
cuisines and the year’s signature drink:
a Cosmopolitan. or maybe it was the bounce
house she rented for the younger set.
Maybe it was King herself.
Race time is party time
Kerry King and crew after winning last year’s top party honors
‘It all started as a barbecue, and we didn’t even realize there was a race. But now it’s a party and people just seem to come whether I call them or not.’
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“I was excited to have won last year and
I have some ideas for this year, but I can’t
give out any of my secrets,” she said.
King’s “bike party,” as she calls it, is a
great chance for friends to get together
and have fun.
“I lived in another house on the route
before moving to this one,” she said. “It all
started as a barbecue, and we didn’t even
realize there was a race. But now it’s a party,
and people just seem to come whether I call
them or not. It’s just really fun to be able
to see certain people at least once a year.”
About 100 people stop by on race day.
Tables covered with tablecloths and flowers
are in the front yard for the adults, and
rented play equipment is in the backyard
to entertain the children.
“I just think I have the best location,
fun friends and the best food and beverage
out there,” King said.
The Classic party story is similar for the
neighboring Palmer family. It started with
one barbecue and an ice chest set out on
the driveway.
Now, the guest list usually includes 50
people, not counting the firefighters at the
nearby station, police officers who handle
crowd control and the occasional biker
who, for whatever reason, might end his
or her race dream by stopping and eating.
“My family started this basically because
it’s right there,” Kim Palmer said. “During
the years, the get-together got somewhat
bigger. It spawned, but the fun factor has
always been the same.”
The get-together is affectionately called
“The Classic Que,” and features homemade
Italian sausage, chicken, hamburgers and
ribs.
Now that the party has expanded in size,
Kim concentrates on hosting and four of his
friends bring the main dishes and cook.
“We try to make sure there’s enough food
and that everyone is having a great time,”
he said. “We’re low-key by design because
this started out as a grassroots effort. Now
it has become a tradition since the Classic
is so integrated into the city. I know
it’s become integrated into our lives.”
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education | exploring the past
U of R project brings ancient Hopi culture into the computer age
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Modernizing history
By JERRY RICE
Wes Bernardini’s present
is rooted in the past — some
300 to 800 years ago.
The associate professor of
anthropology and sociology at the University
of redlands is leading an effort to document
and preserve Hopi culture, using a method
today’s younger generations will especially
appreciate.
With esri’s arcGis explorer software,
Bernardini is building a 3-d experience that
will allow users to virtually travel through
space and time to learn how ancient Hopi
clans made their way to the place their
From left, a corrugated pot, a cylinder jar, and a black mesa pot, all part of a collection of Hopi-style pots handmade by Wes Bernardini.
pHoto By MicaH EscaMilla
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descendants now call home, the arid highlands of
northern Arizona. With a few clicks of a mouse, the
landscape portal will digitally resurrect old travel routes
and bring villages that time has forgot back to life on a
computer screen.
When the program is finished this spring, Bernardini
expects teenage Hopi students will be among the first
to use it.
“We wanted an interactive tool — something that
drew on their existing interests with digital technology,”
he said. “They should be able to take the driver’s seat in
deciding how they want to explore the landscape. Then
ideally in the end, if they want to know more about
these places than the tool can tell them, they would ask
other members of the community who have a richer
knowledge of the places.”
The Hopi are a proud, spiritual people with a history
that goes back a millennium in what is now the
southwestern United States. Centuries before the first
Europeans landed in the Americas, the Hopi were
migrating through a region that stretched from what
would eventually become Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona south to Central America.
Today, their descendants — numbering fewer than
7,000, according to the 2000 census — occupy a much
smaller area. The Hopi reservation in Arizona covers the
area on top of and surrounding three mesas, about a
60-mile radius. One of the mesas includes Old Oraibi,
the oldest continuously inhabited village in the United
States, according to the website hopi.org. The settlement
was established around 1050 A.D.
“The tribe is interested in learning the history
internally and expressing it externally for a couple
of different reasons,” said Bernardini, who has been
working with the Hopi tribe for about a decade — the
last two years on the landscape program. “They want to
have a say in what happens to all of that ancestral land
that they once lived on but no longer do. They want
other people to understand that they have attachments
to those places, that ancestors are buried there, that
ancient clan ruins are still there.
“Also, they want the story of Hopi history to be
understood by others,” he added.
While Bernardini is a published author, he figured
Wes Bernardini surveys New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, a sacred ancestral homeland of the Hopi and Pueblo peoples.
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that writing a Hopi history book was not the best way
to reach its intended audience. But this project —
produced with the help of programmer Nate Strout
of the Redlands Institute and U of R student Alicia
Barnash — is in a format that promises to be more
relevant in today’s world.
“Hopi youth are distracted by their cell phones and
video games as much as anyone else these days,”
Bernardini said.
Once the program is released, packed with information
about 1,200 archaeological sites, the work still won’t be
over. Bernardini hopes the tribe will start adding more
details about those locations and many more.
“They’re always doing interviews with elders and people
who know oral information about these ancestral places.
But it often goes into paper files — which is really not
a good way of organizing it,” he said.
“Because this program displays time and space
both at the same time — and you can attach anything
to a time-space point, whether it’s an audio file or a
photograph or a video — then it should be a really
useful repository for Hopi traditional knowledge.”
Hopi Archaeology ProjectFor more information, visit:http://bulldog2.redlands.edu/fac/wesley_bernardini/hopi
The images on the rocks behind Bernardini are Katsina masks. The dieties are associated with water and rain, and have been a part of Hopi religion for at least 600 years.
Lee Wayne Lomayestewa, left, a member of the Hopi tribe, stands with Bernardini near the Tutuveni petroglyph site in Arizona where the Hopi lived for five centuries or longer. Bernardini has written about the area in the book, “Hopi History in Stone.”
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Archaeology: real vs. reel
Wes Bernardini was first drawn to archaeology as a child.
“I was one of those kids interested in old stuff from a very young age,” he said. “I was always out looking for fossils.”
As for America, the country’s interest in the field was sparked 30 years ago this summer by the release of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
“Of course, the Indiana Jones movies are not a particularly accurate depiction of archaeology as it’s practiced now,” Bernardini said. “They’re kind of a glamorized version of how it was practiced back in the early 20th century. But the movies put the field into the popular consciousness.
“There certainly are many more popular media depictions of archaeology now than when I was a kid,” he added. “There are all kinds of TV shows that focus on the search for artifacts that open up portals to other dimensions. It’s sort of silly stuff, but it’s all based on some interest in the past.”
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By DON SPROUL
It’s hard not to look him in the face and take a measure of the man.
With quills in his nose so he could breathe, abraham Lincoln sat while
plaster dried for a life mask in 1860.
today, it seems he peers out across time from those hollowed orbitals. his
clean-shaven chin is slightly askew. already, creases line his gaunt face. the
Civil War, the great test for man and nation, still lies ahead.
More than 150 years later, another man sits across the table an adjacent room.
Shrine marks anniversaries of events in an unfolding Civil War
An American timeline
don McCue is bespectacled and kindly;
his middle years marked by his salt and
pepper hair. Like a teacher, he shares his
passion for history, but he’s also
something of a time-traveler. this
June, he’ll mark 25 years as curator
in service to a long-dead
president at the Lincoln
Memorial shrine.
Locals know the shrine
as the only significant
collection of Lincoln
materials west of the
Mississippi. they won’t be
surprised to see a docent
uniformed in the army of the
Potomac standing by. But for
history lovers, admirers of ideals
of freedom and equality, the place
is constantly fresh and young.
today, like its curator and namesake,
the shrine also is engaged in an exercise
of time travel. It has begun a four-year
project of changing exhibits and timelines
designed to explore the sesquicentennial
of the Civil War.
among the features now playing at the
shrine, a cannon ball from Fort sumter.
also a piece of ephemera inspired to stir
natives of the Golden state: a recruiting
poster for Col. Baker’s California regiment,
which features an eagle astride a shield
with a clutch of arrows in its talon.
In the eagle’s beak is a banner declaring,
“No compromise with traitors, No
argument but the Cannon’s Mouth.”
Volunteers were apparently to sign up at
the 4th Ward hotel at 813 Fitzwater st.
Don McCue
Fort Sumter cannonballPhotoS by Lea ReeD
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‘There’s the animal himself.’ — Abraham Lincoln, 1860
A casting of Lincoln
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The timeline on the walls of one side of
the Shrine marks the key events, month by
month, starting with Lincoln’s election in
November of 1860 and running through
December of 1861. Exhibits on the floor
expand on the events, Fort Sumter in April,
Bull Run in July ...
It’s all there to examine close-up and
personal — that’s what the Shrine is about.
Talking about the exhibit only a few days
before New York Times best-selling author
James L. Swanson (“Manhunt: The 12-Day
Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”) was to speak at
this year’s Watchorn Dinner, McCue clearly
enjoys the reality of the period. History
isn’t just past, it lives and breathes — with
real people and real emotion, both then
and now.
“We’ve been doing this for 79 years,
so those in the Lincoln community are
aware of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s
existence and the responsibility we have
to be a bastion for Lincoln lovers and
Civil War enthusiasts on the West Coast,”
McCue explained.
“So as a result we’ve gotten most of the
significant luminaries in the Lincoln field,”
A Civil War recruiting poster The wreath that adorned Lincoln’s casket
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for one.
Carl Sandburg, the poet?
“The poet. Yes. A Lincoln scholar,” McCue said.
“He wrote a six-volume set, ‘The Prairie Years and
The War Years.’ ” He spoke at the dinner in 1959.
Of the exhibits, McCue, like anyone has his favorites.
The Conkling letter of 1863,
which he can quote by line, and
in which Lincoln defends in
plain language his position to
defend the Union and execute
the Emancipation Proclamation.
“It’s eight pages long. A very
eloquent defense of ‘Why I
freed the slaves,’ and tying it to
the war effort,” McCue said.
“The Emancipation
Proclamation itself is pretty
stilted, dull boring language.
This letter here is the real meat and potatoes as to ‘Why I
freed the slaves,’ ” he added. (The document, of course, is
for another year’s exhibit.)
The manuscripts for McCue are more than just archival
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time to understand the thoughts and decision-making
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status report | a.k. smiley public libary
36 | redlandsmagazine.com | spring 2011
By DON SPROUL
With the city of Redlands tightening
its belt and budgets across all
departments, Dr. Larry E. Burgess,
director of the A.K. Smiley Public
Library, faces the same challenges other city
department heads face: tighten up, be more efficient,
innovate — but with one addition, library services,
generally speaking, need to be free.
Free is a tall order any day, and, in truth, someone
actually pays — usually the city and, by extension,
residents. But those
who “pay” also include
volunteers, donors and,
of course, staff who
juggle shifts and hours
to make things work.
the solution?
“the easy answer in a
crisis when budgets are
being cut,” Burgess says,
“is money, but it’s more
than that.”
Fresh from a meeting
with the library’s Board of Directors, Burgess broke
down the library’s strategy to weather this difficult
time: economies, community and innovative service.
this against a backdrop more difficult for the
library than the Depression.
“in the ’30s the library actually kept its hours
and had more employees to serve the public than
during this great recession. the difference being the
federal government, between the W.P.A. and P.W.A.,
put in all kinds of funds to keep services
of government going.”
“isn’t that ironic?” he asked.
Now the reverse is true; the library has had
cutbacks in hours and fewer employees. this in an
operation with a $2 million annual budget, which
serves more than 270,000 visitors a year. But through
the direction of the library board and with help
of the staff, A.K. Smiley remains open seven days
a week, Burgess said.
Other economies have
included shifting as many
costs as possible out of
the city-budgeted funds.
When gift or endowment
income funds come in or
magazines subscriptions
are sponsored by donors,
supplies, certain insurance
payments and programs
can be funded with the
monies saved.
“What we’re trying
to do is not lose the quality
of the offering while still
cutting back. it’s a tricky balance, but it can be done,”
Burgess said.
Assistance also comes from the Friends of the
Library, which helps pay for acquisitions, computer
equipment, programming and sponsoring other items
like the cost for the library to join a consortium that
allows card holders to remotely check out ebooks
for their personal readers.
“People often joke about what a library card gets
you. Actually it gets you a lot; other people are
paying $9.99 for a book,” Burgess said.
there’s also the Lincoln Memorial Association,
which advances the library’s museum and archive,
the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, and of course
individual contributions by volunteers who
help support programs and do other things
like repairing books.
Where to help?
Burgess looks ahead to summer and children’s
programs.
the library has grown its children’s reading
programs in past years and would like to continue to
expand them — one project, Family Day in October,
includes giving each child a book of their own.
there’s also a need for catalogers and docents and
funding or sponsorship for any of a wide variety of
library programs. to learn more, contact the library
administration office.
Burgess will be sure to help.
Innovation, economies, engagement
‘In the ’30s the library actually kept its hours and had more employees to serve the public than during this great recession.’
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better living | your health
Most folks have a few semi-transparent orange bottles in their medicine cabinets — prescription drugs for allergies, infections and likely some hold-overs, such as a few pain pills left over from a minor medical or dental procedure. for this issue, we invited Dr. Rudolph Mireles of Western University of Health sciences’
pharmacy school to answer a few questions about medications. As always, any pressing medical issue should be brought directly to a qualified health care provider.
Prescriptions & drugs
Question: ok, first of all, what
actually qualifies as a “drug?” We’ve
heard a lot about witch hazel, st.
John’s wort and echinacea teas over
the last few years. Are these actually
drugs, and could they interact with
prescribed drugs or over-the-counter
products?
A: Yes, they are all drugs. All of
the dietary supplements such as st.
John’s wort and echinacea teas can
be considered a drug and have the
potential to interact with many
prescription and over-the-counter
medications. In fact, anything
you can swallow or put on your
body that is a chemical can be
considered a drug.
Dietary supplements can cause
an allergic reaction when mixed
with other prescription and non-
prescription medications or any
other supplements. so, before
using any of these “so-called”
herbal remedies or dietary
supplements, be sure to discuss
it with your local health care
provider or pharmacist to
determine the risk versus
the benefit.
Q: Common drugs, unexpected
dangers. We know about liver
damage from the use of
acetaminophen with alcohol, that
aspirin may cause stomach bleeding
and we’ve heard about ibuprofen
poisoning deaths. Is there anything
else — common drug, unexpected
consequence — we should know
about?
A: this is a tough question to
answer really because all over-the-
counter medications can have the
potential to have major adverse
reactions and/or death. And just
because it does not require a
prescription does not mean
it is safer. talk to your doctor or
local pharmacist to learn more about
the potential complications
associated with these medications or
the medications you are currently
taking.
Q: A follow-up. By the way, aren’t
those drugs — acetaminophen,
ibuprofen and aspirin — supposed
to be safe?
A: Yes. they are very safe drugs to
spring 2011 | redlandsmagazine.com | 39
use when you follow the
manufacturer’s
directions, but each
person is unique.
For instance, a person
may have a medical
condition that these
types of drugs may
aggravate and may not
be recommended for.
A general good rule of
thumb is to always
carefully read the label
and obey directions, talk
to your pharmacist if you
have questions, and
choose the lowest dose
on the label first.
Q: We’ve heard about
drug interactions. How
common a problem is it
for the average person,
and does it change as I
age? Shouldn’t my doctor
or pharmacist be able to
prevent this?
A: The incidence of drug interactions has always been
there, but as we use more and more drugs the potential of
drug interactions increases.
In particular, as we get older, our doctors have more
options with medications to improve our quality of life.
Here are a few tips to help you and your doctor decrease
the possibility of a drug interaction. Always let your primary
doctor know what you are taking as over-the-counter and/or
what another doctor has prescribed for you, even if you only
take them occasionally.
Also, try to go to one pharmacy where your pharmacist
knows your medical condition and has all your medications
on file, reducing the potential of drug interactions. Lastly,
check with your doctor or pharmacist before beginning any
new treatment, even for over-the-counter medications.
For the most part, drug interactions can be prevented, but
sometimes unforeseen allergies can develop out
of the blue or sometimes full medical histories are not
completely known by doctors. So, it is incredibly important
Dr. Rudolph Mireles is the director of the pharmacy at Western University of Health Sciences Patient Care Center in Pomona where he supervises students, residents and fellows as well as manages pharmacy operations including patient care and counseling. A graduate of the USC School of Pharmacy, Mireles taught at UC San Francisco and was a district supervisor for CVS drug stores before coming to Western U.
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that you are open with your doctors about
your medical history so that potential drug
interactions can be avoided.
Q: Are there any common indicators of a
drug interaction? How could I know I have
a drug interaction as opposed to some
other medical condition?
A: The best advice I can give you is that
when you start a medication, any
medication, and you just do not feel right
that could be a drug interaction. Contact
your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
The most common symptoms of a drug
interaction are headaches, nausea,
dizziness, fatigue, heartburn, and changes
in blood pressure. However, that can be
a side affect of almost any medication,
so that is why it is always best to just
talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you
are concerned.
Q: If I have old drugs in my medicine
cabinet, what’s the best way to get rid of
them? Can I just flush them down the
toilet?
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has designated local sites, during the year,
where you can properly dispose of unused
medications. Also, some of our local police
departments have been authorized to
accept medications. Contact your local city
or county police departments.
I know you all have done it, flushing
unused medication down the toilet.
Experts say this method may be potentially
harmful to our environment. Modern waste
treatment plants are not fully designed to
deal with medications in the sewer system.
Long-term health risk posed by
consumption of even a small amount of
these medications in drinking water and
the full extent of environmental damage
remains unknown.
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another product in a pharmacy?
A: As you are aware, the federal
government considers marijuana an illegal
drug here in the continental United States.
In California, laws are more lenient, but
pharmacies will usually follow the most
stringent law of the land. In this case,
federal law is more restrictive than the
state. Until the federal government
changes the status of marijuana from a
legal drug to a controlled medication, you
probably will not see many pharmacies
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Esri events series attracting big-name guests
42 | redlandsmagazine.com | spring 2011
fa bulous forum
By JOY JUEDES
The Redlands FoRum is gaining prominence.
What started in october 2009 with a speech by
former nebraska senator and medal of honor recipient
Bob Kerrey has grown in both attendance and its
lineup of top-notch personalities. Two examples:
pioneering British primatologist Jane Goodall was featured in
February, and consumer advocate Ralph nader is coming this fall.
organized by esri’s shelli stockton and Char Burgess, Shelli Stockton Char Burgess
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Renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall was a recent speaker at the Redlands Forum.
spring 2011 | redlandsmagazine.com | 43
vice president and dean of student life at
the University of Redlands, the educational
series started — appropriately enough —
with a conversation between Stockton,
Burgess and Esri founders Jack and
Laura Dangermond.
“(Esri’s) new building was about to open,
and Jack was saying he would love to have
ideas as far as what do with the
auditorium,” Burgess said, referring to the
conference center. “What evolved was a
sense that they were going to have this
wonderful space and he wanted to do some
things that would build community.”
Stockton and Burgess consider possible
participants then run them past the
Dangermonds. The speakers must have
a connection to Redlands or be coming
to town.
“We’ve been lucky (because) we’ve been
able to piggyback on speakers who will be
here for Esri meetings or visiting the U of R
for some reason,” said Stockton, an
industry manager for Esri. “People have
suggested ideas to us — local people and
people coming to town — so we’ve had
a pretty easy time so far.”
They try to plan out the schedule for
the whole year during the summer.
“We’ve had lots of ideas, sometimes
even more people than we can fit in,”
Stockton said.
Ideas for forum guests come from many
places. When Dangermond and Stockton
‘We’ve been lucky (because) we’ve been able to piggyback on speakers who will be here for Esri meetings or visiting the U of R for some reason.’
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University of redlands Associate Professor of Physics tyler Nordgren stands in front of one of his photographs from Grand canyon National Park as he gives his presentation, “Stars Above, Earth below,” at Esri last year.
were in Yosemite for a conference, they met actor Lee
Stetson, who portrays naturalist and conservationist
John Muir.
“We thought, he’s so great, we need to get him
to come down to Redlands,” she said.
Stetson brought “The Spirit of John Muir” to a forum
in February.
That same month, Stockton and Dangermond spoke
with Nader on the phone.
‘People are willing to listen to things they didn’t know about, and i think that’s one of the most fun parts about it.’
Esri president Jack Dangermond
spring 2011 | redlandsmagazine.com | 45
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“Jack was telling him about the forum
we had and the goals we had creating more
community,” Stockton said.
To that end, at each presentation
audience members are asked to introduce
themselves to someone sitting nearby they
do not know. One idea that came out of a
November forum resulted in a website that
will soon allow residents to suggest ideas
for community improvement.
Education is a big part of every event.
“People are willing to listen to things
they didn’t know about, and I think that’s
one of the most fun parts about it,”
Stockton said.
The forum continues to cover a variety
of topics featuring a range of speakers,
with the goal of being informative, but
not political, Burgess says.
“We also try to throw on something in
music or in the arts so we have a balance,”
Stockton said.
For example, two local performers
dramatized Truman Capote’s “A Christmas
Memory” in December.
Next year’s schedule already is in
progress, Burgess says. “As people have
ideas, we’re happy to hear them.”
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By CATHERINE GARCIA
Their styles may be different, but dorothea and amelia
dinmore both know how to express their inner creativity.
dorothea is the owner of mozart’s, a gift shop in downtown
redlands, and her daughter amelia, 24, is a freelance
hairdresser and makeup artist who recently was on the cover
of two tattoo magazines.
“We’re learning from each other,” dorothea said. “We eat breakfast together
and bounce ideas off of each other. Our styles couldn’t be more different,
but what we want to inspire in other people is the same.”
dorothea got her start more than 30 years ago when she opened mozart’s,
a German-style deli in redlands with a sliver of a gift shop.
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“I had the deli for 10 years,” she said. “It was hard work,
and the girls were little, so I just kept the gift shop. I thought
I’d semi-retire.”
Twenty-one years later, Mozart’s is bigger than ever.
“The store took on a life of its own,” Dorothea said. “We’ve
been expanding sideways into storefronts as they opened.
It’s just been a progression, and I love it.”
Mozart’s offers keepsakes and collectibles for all holidays
and everyday use.
“It’s never boring,” Dorothea said. “It’s never the same thing.
Right now we have Easter, and we just had Valentine’s Day.
Then there’s Christmas and Thanksgiving.”
Amelia and her sister, Alison, grew up in the store, but
Dorothea knew her younger daughter was going to go in
a different artistic direction.
“Her first word was ‘earring,’ ” she recalled. “When she was
little, if I gave her a mirror, she was entertained. Starting in
middle school, she would wear these unique outfits, and everyone
would copy her style. She stops traffic. It’s fun to go with her
to Forever 21. She is the most artistic person I’ve ever met.”
Her hair, makeup and style “are a way of expressing what
goes on in my mind,” Amelia said. “I’ve always known I wanted
to do hair — once I chopped my sister’s hair and mine the
day before picture day.” (Continues on Page 49)
Mozart’s has an explosion of goods tucked in every nook and corner including beaded and Brighton handbags, costume jewelry and a wide-ranging variety of gifts and collectibles.
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In addition to all the other goods, Mozart’s has a collection of Lindsay Phillips sandals, which feature convertible straps and decorative buttons.
Gifts and collectibles – some that change lives
Mozart’s is filled to the brim
with keepsakes and collectibles
from dozens of lines, including
Brighton, Vera Bradley, Fringe studio,
swarovski and Katherine’s. at Christmas,
the store sparkles with glittery ornaments
and wreaths, and at Easter, fuzzy bunnies
and chicks are around every corner.
owner Dorothea Dinmore’s favorite
items in the store come from halfway
around the world.
“the russian boxes are museum pieces,”
she said. “they are so breathtakingly
beautiful. they are hand painted by
russian artists, and it’s really a lost art
form. they are very special to me.”
Mozart’s is divided into several different
rooms — one just holds baby clothes,
another jewelry, and yet another tea
paraphernalia. the favorite room of
amelia, Dorothea’s daughter, is the
Birthday room, which features everything
needed to throw a fabulous party or shower
the birthday girl with gifts.
“It’s full of cupcakes,” she said.
“I love sweet things, and it’s all bright
and colorful.”
Mozart’s strives to help artisans from
around the country and the globe, and
offers items like cards that are handmade
in africa.
“It’s a new direction I want to go in,”
Dorothea said. “I want an area in the store
with fair trade, where everything you buy
changes a life. If you spend $4.95 on a
card, let it change somebody’s life.”
(Continued from Page 47) On any given
day now, her hair is a unique color in
a new style.
“My hair is lightened, so changing
it is easy,” she said. “I alternate between
colors and add extensions. I’m inspired
by time eras and bright things, and do it
different every day because I feel different
every day.”
Amelia didn’t get serious about doing
hair and makeup though until after she
graduated from high school. She has
worked at various salons in the area, and
now freelances so she can have more time
to work on photo shoots.
“I never took modeling too seriously,”
she said. “I wanted to do hair and makeup
for photo shoots, and I figured some small
time photo shoots would get my foot in
the door.”
“She ended up in front of the camera
instead of behind,” Dorothea said.
Amelia wasn’t expecting to become
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To fill the store, Dorothea and her
Mozart’s team attend trade markets
across the country, and also import
items from Europe.
“I’m always trying to find something
not at Pier 1 or Target,” she sad.
There are 24 employees, mostly part-
time, who work at the store “because
they want to be here,” Dorothea said.
“It’s a fun place to come to, and we’re
like a little family. We take care of
each other.”
They also take care of their customers.
“We gift wrap for free, try to give
good customer service, and keep prices
low,” Dorothea said. “I’ve always tried
to keep prices affordable and want
people to be surprised.”
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a cover model. She networked at vintage car shows and
tattoo conventions and was contacted by photographers
and magazines via Facebook.
The more people she met, the more opportunities
were presented, and she is collaborating with artists
from around the country for clothes, shoes and
accessories to use in photos. She’s now been on the
cover of two magazines — Nordic Tattoo and Savage.
“I told Amelia her life is going to change, and it has,”
Dorothea said. “Once she was in the second magazine,
I said, ‘I think your life has taken off into this direction.’ ”
The Dinmores are inspired by everything from vivid
colors to their Redlands home.
“We live in a 100-year-old house, and Amelia told
me that she loves Victoriana because of me,” Dorothea
said. “I find I’m getting attracted to an edgier, younger
design look.”
Both recognize the theater that goes into artistic work,
whether it’s setting up a store or taking a photograph.
“She creates something new in every corner of the
store,” Amelia said. “You step into another place. That’s
what I love about photography, too — you create worlds,
and feel like you’re in another place.”
“We build a stage here in the store,” Dorothea agreed.
“Mozart’s isn’t stuff, it’s an experience. We have
music in every room, and different potpourri in
every room. It’s about transforming your environment
to another level.”
Some of her ideas come from trips, and she recently
returned from a weeklong excursion to China, where
she networked with 130 other shop owners who excel
at selling the Brighton brand, which offers purses,
jewelry and accessories.
“We were whisked away,” Dorothea said. “We went
to four factories in three countries.”
It was emotional for Dorothea, as she saw the
women working in factories who looked so similar
to her daughter.
“We adopted Amelia when she was 4 months old,”
she said. “Seeing how hard these girls work in the
factories, in survival mode, made me think of our child
who is able to express herself artistically, and it made
me feel good.
“We’ve encouraged her to be who she wants to be, and
not to be shy about it. I wanted to put my arms around
the girls and bring them all home.”
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Browsing at Mozart’s is like exploring — the shop rambles through several suites which the store absorbed as vacancies occurred.
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Brighton is Dorothea’s favorite line, and
about 20 percent of Mozart’s business is
Brighton. She appreciates the founder’s
ethics, and what he has done for his
employees — including lifting many
out of poverty.
“I had dinner with the owner, and
traveled with him, and he has poured
money and machines into China and
made it a better place,” she said. “It was
a $1 million trip, and he did that because
he honors us, and wants us to grow from
the experience.”
While Dorothea and Amelia channel
their artistic sides more, the rest of the
Dinmore family is successful in their own
right; Dorothea’s husband Ian is a teacher
at Grove High School and a part-time
professor at the University of Redlands,
and daughter Alison is in law school
and interning at an organization that
does policy writing for the homeless.
“There’s variety in this household,”
Dorothea said.
There’s also respect for each other,
and appreciation.
“I’m very grateful I have parents who
taught me to do what I love,” Amelia said.
“I was given a second chance — not just
because I was adopted, but I was blessed
with two wonderful parents. I would never
have had the same opportunities with
anyone else.”
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Mu restaurant, bar and lounge serves delicious selections from throughout Southeast Asia
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Tantalizing
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Mu restaurant, bar and lounge serves delicious selections from throughout Southeast Asia
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By ALLAN BORGEN
LIKE A FINE fine diamond, Mu restaurant,
bar and lounge is a beautiful upscale place
that has many facets to it — making it easy
to feel that you are in for a pampered and
special experience.
The main dining room is decked out with dramatic
Thai artwork and tasteful contrasting colored walls that
create a peaceful modern Thai ambiance that engulfs the
soul. Fresh flowers on each table and dim lighting add
to the romantic yet casual dining experience.
Besides the elegant dining room, Mu also has an
upstairs banquet room, a patio dining area and a martini
bar and lounge. No matter where you decide to sit,
you are in for a special culinary experience.
The menu features a myriad of Southeast Asian cuisine
including dishes from China, Vietnam and of course
Thailand. The emphasis
is on fresh fish and
seafood, which is
delivered daily, as well
as classic Thai dishes.
The food is fresh,
loaded with flavor and
polished in presentation.
Owners Daranee
Muongpruan and chef
Michael Chareonraj
are passionate about
serving only quality
food and providing
the best service.
Daranee is no stranger
to the culinary scene.
She has been at the
same Redlands location for more than 20 years,
and chef Michael has vast culinary experience that
is reflected in his refined and creative dishes.
The food is exciting and fun.
When I visited, the Spicy Tuna ($13) was a great
choice. Small cubes of fresh tuna were in a 3-inch square
formation and served with a small seaweed salad. The
sashimi grade tuna was tossed in sesame oil, soy sauce
and a small amount of chilies. The tuna was fresh tasting
and well presented, as are all of the dishes.
Another appetizer was the Sautéed Manila
Clams ($13). This dish consisted of about a dozen or
so fresh clams sautéed in a light but delicious butter,
lemon and garlic broth with fresh chilies and Thai basil.
The clams were plump and the broth really
complemented the clams.
Cool Thai ambience, upper left, and comfortable patio dining at Mu
Daranee Muongpruan, owner of Mu Restaurant
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Spicy Tuna with seaweed salad
Then it was time for some terrific entrees. The popular
Vietnamese selection called Bo Luc Lac ($14) was a
wonderful, tasty dish comprised of marinated cubes of
skirt steak sautéed and finished with butter, black pepper
and served with a salad, tomatoes and a citrus pepper
dipping dressing.
The Bangkok Duck ($23) was
yet another dish that should not be
overlooked. The seared duck breast
was served with a lovely reduced
Port wine sauce. Sautéed fresh
vegetables and rice also came with
the dish. The duck was perfectly
prepared, and the sweet tangy sauce
was another example of a perfect
pairing between the meats and
sauces — a common theme in
all of the dishes that I tried.
For those who love fresh fish, I highly recommend the
Thai Spiced Barramundi. “Barramundi” is an Australian
aboriginal word for a large-scaled river fish belonging to
the perch family. It is highly regarded as the best eating
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fish in Australia and is difficult to find.
The good-sized filet served to me had a tasty cumin,
cinnamon and garlic crust. Pan roasted with the skin nice
and crispy, it came topped with a mild-tasting sweet and
sour sauce with mushrooms and chilies. It was plated
with a mound of rice and a fresh veggie mélange that
included carrots, shitake mushrooms, zucchini, Swiss
chard, onions, potato and bok choy. The fish was
mild-tasting, moist and flaky. The dish was
definitely worth its $23 cost.
Sea bass, escolar and salmon also are served.
The house special entrees come with a choice
of soup or salad.
My journey through the entrée section of the
menu ended with Seafood Linguini Kee Mao.
If you like pasta, you will love the fairly large
portion of linguini pasta topped with extremely
tender sautéed calamari, succulent shrimp,
a jumbo scallop, mussels, crab legs and pieces
of sea bass sautéed with a simple but flavorful
soy, garlic, chili and Thai basil sauce. At $20,
this dish was a steal!
For dessert, I had the pleasure of trying the decadent
Black Bottom Vanilla Bean Crème Brule and the
tantalizing thin, crisp crepe with caramel sauce and with
sliced bananas on top of each of the six crepe triangles.
These desserts were the perfect ending to a most
Apple martini
Bangkok Duck, a seared duck breast served with reduced Port wine sauce
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exciting and memorable dining
experience.
In addition to outstanding food,
the impressive wine list offers many
selections by the glass, more than 24
special martinis as well as a full array
of house and exotic alcoholic drinks.
I was very impressed with everything
Mu had to offer, particularly the
first-class food, beautiful ambiance,
professional service and affordable
prices considering the high quality
and attention to detail that is displayed
throughout the restaurant. This truly
is one of the top restaurants in the
Inland Valley.
Allan Borgen can be heard on the “Let’s Dine Out”
radio show, 3-5 p.m. Saturdays on KTIE-AM (590).
E-mail [email protected], call 909-910-3463 or
visit his new website, FeedMe411.com.
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(1) Redlands Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Sceranka, right, passes the gavel to Peter Lehmann as he is installed as the Chamber’s 2011 president. (2) Mary Jo Holmes, left, and Marsha Gebara (3) Allan Griesemer, left, the 2011 Man of the Year, greets his son, Paul Griesemer, as his two other sons, Steve and David Griesemer, look on. (4) Claudia Leyden is named Redlands Police Officer of the Year.
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Martha Green and a rooster. Mike ramos looking out from under an umbrella. But Perrie Mundy on a harley?
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It goes further than that. A new
photographic collection of sometimes
whimsical images capturing some
of Redlands’ best-known citizens also
includes tightly focused, often gritty
portraits of the homeless.
There’s Charlie, for instance, a
well-known local homeless man who
has a face that vaguely recalls John
Muir. And he’s not alone. Portraits of
the local homeless population also
include a woman, boys and other men.
They’re all mixed in together, with
Green, Ramos, Carole Beswick,
Bill Hatfield, Buddy and Benji
Schwimmer, and chef Roberto
Argentina, who posed with a pig’s
head, to name a few.
The project called “THE FACE
of Redlands” is an effort by
commercial real estate broker and
Antwerp-born amateur photographer
Marc Piron, who wanted to use his
part-time passion to build something
creative while helping the homeless.
The idea had been simmering
in Piron’s mind for some time. He
had envisioned a 5-foot by 5-foot
composite image comprised of
portraits of the homeless along
with other Redlands citizens.
But after bumping into Redlands
Police Officer Alex Paredes, the
homeless liaison for the city,
plans changed.
As Paredes recalls it, he was
working panhandling calls when
he met Marc, who happened to have
his camera and had offered to pay
a homeless man so he could take
his picture.
The officer had seen some of Piron’s
work in a coffee shop, and the two
struck up a conversation.
“He wanted to learn more about
the homeless in the area,” Paredes
said, explaining that some people
aren’t even aware of the population.
Others, Paredes said, make good-
natured but misguided attempts to
help by donating cash or dropping
off clothing and food at places where
they congregate. The book will help.
“I absolutely believe this will help
raise awareness. Folks believe it
isn’t a problem,” he said.
Paredes suggests residents help
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by donating through agencies, which
have the facilities to store food
and clothing and distribute it.
Donations just dropped off
at a park or gathering place largely
go to waste because the homeless
can’t store anything, Paredes said.
Local organizations helping
the homeless include the Blessing
Center (909-793-5677), Salvation
Army (909-792-6868), Youth
Hope Redlands (909-663-4543)
and the Family Service
Association (909-793-2673).
Oversize photos from Piron’s
collection, on display in an exhibit
that was occurring at press time
(March 16-18), were on sale as well
as a 13-inch by 11-inch book ($150)
with profits designated to go to the
Salvation Army to benefit its work
in the local community.
Recently, Piron previewed a
copy of the book during a meeting
at Augie’s Coffee House. Most of
the photos were taken over the
last few months.
“There’s a story behind every
picture,” Piron explained. “The
challenge for me was to first get
these people to work with the
project, then to get them to do
something unusual instead
of the standard static portrait.”
He flipped through his pre-print
proof book, talking about the
motorcycle shot, Charlie, Mimi
Barre’s portrait and a very serious
Martha with one of the roosters from
the restaurant. Piron ended up using
Green’s photo to help him explain
the book to other participants.
The text is minimal, but the
photos speak for themselves.
Why the homeless with business
and civic leaders? “We were looking
for a different way to bring attention
to the issue,” Piron said.
“We tried to do it in a more
artistic way through photography.
And then rally the community
behind it involving them.”
The result is “THE FACE of
Redlands,” a portrait of people and
their condition: strong and weak,
well-off and less so — a snapshot
of our one little space in humanity.
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