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Page A2 • April 25, 2013 • Inland Empire Community Newspapers • Colton Courier
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Angels Cheer Minis (kindergarten through second grade age)were first place champions in their age category at Nationals atthe Sharp International Tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday,April 20.
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Savannah Medina, 11, of AngelsCheer was named Cheerleader ofthe Year by her coach Patty Ro-driguez, for trying hard not complain-ing and her wilingness to try differentmoves.
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Though sad to see the old house go, city officials were very excited on Wednesday, March 20 dur-ing the demolition of the last structure on the property where the new senior housing complex willbe located. From left: Interim City Manager Stephen Compton, City Clerk Eileen Gomez, WynHolmes of Eagle Colton 55, project developer, Councilwoman Susan Oliva and Randy Friend,Eagle Colton 55. Standing behind Oliva, on tractor, is Mayor Sarah Zamora and very top,from left, Councilman Frank Gonzales and Councilman David Toro.
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Colton Joint Unified School District Board member Patt Haro,left and state and national wrestling champion Derrick Jones.Haro is one of the biggest fans and supporters of the BruinsWrestling Team and now more than ever; Derrick Jones finishedfirst in CIF Championships and went on to win the FLO Nationaltitle as well, making him the first CJSUD wrestler, if not othersports, to win state and national titles.
As a coach, Schaefer couldn’t beprouder. “It’s a great experience,”he said. “I strove for that mywhole life [as a wrestler] andnever achieved it. To see someoneI trained succeed feels just asgood as if I had. It couldn’t havehappened to a nicer kid.”Schaefer describes Jones as verysocial and positive and a youngman who’s always willing to helppeople out.Schaefer says that although col-leges haven’t formally startedcalling yet, he expects that Joneswill be a top recruit, especiallysince he’s still not as his peak andcan still develop more as awrestler.“He’s on the map,” Schafer said.For the team as a whole Schae-fer says he’d like to work more onhow to win very close matches,where 1 point makes a differencebetween win or lose. He alsohopes the team can finish in thetop 10 next season.For Jones, the win and the factthat he’s wrestling at all was veryunexpected. His freshman year hewas encouraged to try wrestlingand at first, he wasn’t too fond of
the idea. But he tried it and washooked.“After my first win I thought, ‘Ican do this,’” he recalled.Jones credits great teammates asone of the reasons he stuck withwrestling.“They make it fun,” he said.
He says that the state and na-tional wins gave him a huge boostof confidence and a push to keeptraining hard for next season.“The big target’s on my back,”says Jones.Academically, while he’s notsure where he wants to go toschool yet, Jones said he’s like tomajor in forensic science or pos-sibly kinesiology.As he’s overcome some his ownchallenges to succeed, Jonesshares some tips for success withhis peers.“I’d push them to the limit to bethe best they can,” he says aboutwhat he’d do and say to encour-age others.Congratulations to the entireBruins Wrestling team and theircoaching staff for their hard wordthat paid off big rewards andmade their community veryproud!
The three age groups were theMinis, for girls kindergartenthrough second grade, Little An-gels for third and fourth grade girlsand Angles for girls fifth throughseventh grade. There are a total of19 girls between the three teams.The girls competed against hun-dreds of girls and teams nation-wide.Angels Cheer is led by Patty Ro-driguez, who also teaches gymnas-tics for the city of Colton at theGonzales Community Center. Shehas coaching cheer for 12 years.“I never go to any competitionworried about winning,” Ro-driguez says. “I feel if the team hasfun then my job is accomplished.But I was very happy to hear theywon first place. They worked hardthis year and have accomplished a
lot.”Apart from winning, AngelsCheer stands out in other, very im-portant ways as well. Parent DianeMedina, praises Rodriguez for thegreat job she does with the girls,selecting appropriate music andmodest dance uniforms.“I put my daughter in cheer be-cause she was shy and didn’t havea lot of confidence,” Medina says.“It really helped her a lot. Pattydoes a great job with the girls.”The work paid off for SavannahMedina, 11. Apart from being on awinning team, she was also se-lected by Rodriguez as cheerleaderof the year on her team.“I gave out cheerleader of theyear to the cheerleader who alwaystried hard, never complained wasalways willing to try anythingfrom flying to basing to dancing,”Rodriguez said.
Savannah was very excited aboutthe recognition and the team’s winas well.“It didn’t feel like it was real,”she said about the ‘unrealness’ ofthe wins. “Things like this don’tusually happen to people like us,”[understood to mean ‘normal’,everyday people]. For her hard work, Savannah re-ceived a giant trophy, one almostas tall as her.“We work together really welland we listen to our coach,” shesaid about the team’s win. “Andwe have a good attitude and goodspirit with the crowd.”For more information on AngelsCheer, contact Rodriguez by emailat [email protected]. She alsoteaches gymnastics at the Gonza-les Center Monday through Thurs-day from 3 to 7 p.m.
codes of the City of Colton inorder to protect the health, safetyand welfare of the community; and,where violations occur, to workwith citizens to achieve compliancethrough an efficient and fairprocess. The ultimate goals of the CodeCompliance Division are to... *Maintain an attractive, safe, andhealthy environment in order toprovide a high quality of life for ourresidents and visitors; *Improve both the appearanceand value of residential and busi-ness property; *Provide prompt, courteous andprofessional service to the citizensof the City of Colton; *Encourage responsible propertymaintenance; *Seek voluntary compliance withthe provisions of the City Code;and *Maintain open communications
and continuing education with thecommunity. *While these goals may soundsimple, cooperation and supportfrom businesses, property ownersand residents are necessary to makethem attainable.The City of Colton is not only fo-cused on improving the quality oflife for residents but also workingwith businesses to succeed withinthe city. The City of Colton wantsto find ways to say “Yes” to localbusinesses, including new busi-nesses, instead of saying “No”. Themain goal is to promote a positiveimage to the community and alliedCity Departments fostering a cul-ture that is helpful, approachable,and knowledgeable and of thehighest integrity. Please feel free tocontact the City of Colton at(909)370-5555 or City of ColtonCode Compliance division to dis-cuss code compliance issues at(909) 370-5114.
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