El Chicano July 30 2015

By Anthony Victoria

San Bernardino Mayor CareyDavis is trying a newapproach in hopes of help-

ing curb one of the city’s long-

standing issues--panhandling.On June 29 and July 22, theMayor visited the WatermanAvenue 210 freeway off rampswith a Public Works sign that pro-vides information on San

Bernardino Municipal Code 9.60,which addresses panhandling andsolicitation in public areas. Thesign reads, “Panhandling is Illegal:

San Bernardino Mayor addressesongoing panhandling issue

Holiday of Hope Tour eventprovides children essential items

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PHOTO/CAREY DAVISSan Bernardino Mayor Carey Davis holding a sign that reads, “Panhandling is Illegal” in hopes ofcurbing the issue.

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Children’s charity KidsWish Network and theCity of San Bernardino

worked in unison to provide

$500,000 worth of merchandise tochildren during the Holiday ofHope On Tour event at the RudyHernandez center on July 25.The groundbreaking programwas designed to help at-risk chil-dren facing life-altering challenges

such as abuse, neglect, illnesses,homelessness or poverty.During the event, firefighters,policemen, and city dignitariesaccompanied over 2,000 childrenas they walked through the gym ofGiveaway cont. on next page

It’s that time again!Molina Healthcare,Molina Medical and the

Tzu Chi Foundation are happyto announce our 4th annual“Care 4 a Healthy IE” event!This is a free event! The eventwill be taking place on August14th thru August 16th at theNational Orange Show in SanBernardino. Everyone seekingservices such as medical, den-tal, vision and acupuncturemust pre-register on Friday,August 14th from 2 pm – 7 pmat the National Orange Show.No services will be renderedwithout pre-registration.Again, all services are free!In addition to the health careservices, we will be having a“Resource Day” on SaturdayAugust 15th. No registration isrequired for the resource fairwhich will include informa-tional tables/booths highlight-ing programs and servicesavailable throughout both theRiverside & San Bernardinocounties. Plus, there will befree haircuts, Kids zone activi-ties, music and much, muchm o r e !www.sbcusd.com/chavez. ormore information, call 1-855-665-4621 or visitwww.care4ahealthycommuni-ty.org.

FourthAnnual

"Care 4 aHealthy IE"

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July 30, 2015

RhayAppointed toState FraudCommission

Karla Rhay, administratorof the CaliforniaSchools Employee

Benefits Association and theSouthern California SchoolsRisk Management joint powersauthorities, was appointed byGov. Jerry Brown to the state’sFraud Assessment Commission. The commission, which worksthrough the state Department ofInsurance, allocates funding tofraud prosecutors acrossCalifornia. Rhay will be one ofseven appointees to the commis-sion.

PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIAA San Bernardino Police officer handing toys to children at the Rudy Hernandez center on Jul. 25.

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the Hernandez Center, choosingout items from school notebooksand pencils to toys and clothing.In addition, local restaurants suchas Rosa Maria's, Jose’s MexicanFood, Super Burrito, BJ’s, andChili’s donated food to hand outto children and their families.To select the cities, the organiza-tion identifies communities thatare in most need. “We saw that San Bernardinowas a good place to have anevent,” said Kids Wish NetworkMarketing Manager Kendra Ken-ney. “The partnership has beenwonderful. There was a lot of re-sponsibility that fell on the city.They were able to get the volun-teers and it turned out great.”Councilwoman Virginia Mar-quez--who helped convince theKids Wish Network to host a Hol-iday Hope event in the city-- be-lieves the event served as amotivator for children.“This is a great example of part-nership and cooperation,” saidMarquez. “A lot of these kidsdon’t have much. For many of

them, this could be a chance of alifetime.”Isaac Solis of Fontana--a fatherof three-- said he is aware of theimpact events like the Holiday ofHope have on underserved chil-dren. He volunteers his time at theTrue Vine Christian Center, serv-ing breakfast and lunch to thecommunity every Sunday.“Some of these kids don’t havenothing,” Solis said. “It was apretty awesome thing for the cityto do for our community. To offerthem these items demonstrates theintentions of some of our leaders.I think it’s great.”

Anthony Victoria is the StaffWriter for the Colton Courierand El Chicano Newspapers. Hecould be reached at (909) 637-6369 or [email protected]

S.B.M.C. 9.60.”For the most part, the Mayor’sactions have received positivefeedback from residents.“I wasn’t sure about the responseit would receive,” Davis said in aninterview. “It is a way to providesome type of discouragement. Itdefinitely hit a chord with the driv-ers.”Davis explained his motivationbehind utilizing the sign was a re-sult of the disillusionment of issu-ing tickets to panhandlers. Davisexplained that many of them can-not or simply refuse to pay fines.“It doesn’t have the same im-pact,” he said. “The idea resultedout of frustration with the inabilityto provide an effective mechanism.This was a test to see what elsemight work.”Resident Kathleen Bird-Rainbolt,who accompanied Davis on July22, explained that it is vital thatpeople distinguish betweenchronic panhandlers and homelessindividuals.“The homeless situation is awhole other issue,” Bird-Rainboltsaid. “There is a huge distinctionbetween a chronic panhandler anda homeless person. The majority ofthe panhandlers off the Watermanexit either live in a house or apart-ment within a two mile radius ofwhere they are working.”The number one complaint to

dispatch at the San Bernardino Po-lice Department is panhandlingand homeless, according to Bird-Rainbolt, who is a graduate of thedepartment’s Citizens Academy.She believes there needs to bemore education on panhandling.“First impressions are the mostlasting,” Bird-Rainbolt said. “Taxpaying residents are working hard,beating the pavement, getting offto come home on a Friday night--only to see the same view out theirwindow every night when they getoff the freeway. Nobody wants ourcity to be portrayed like that andno one wants our residents to beduped.”Inland Congregations United forChange organizer and Universityof Redlands creative writing stu-dent Erika Ruiz believes most res-idents already know about theillegality of panhandling, and try-ing to inform people by holding asign will do nothing to stop theissue.“By putting up the signs theMayor isn't doing anything that isactually effective,” Ruiz said. “Ifeel it's mostly for show and is try-ing to tackle the problem in themost easy way possible.”Ruiz said the Mayor should in-stead advocate or create policiesthat will help keep employment inSan Bernardino. In her opinion,Panhandling is an issue of povertyand should not be viewed as solelya criminal problem.

“San Bernardino, as a city, hashad a really bad history with keep-ing the community's money withinthe city, which is a big reason whywe are bankrupt,” she said. “Pan-handling is a result of poverty.Poverty in San Bernardino is a re-sult of ineffective policy that ben-efits corruption within city hall andusually screws over the peoplewho need the most financial help.”When asked about whether hisactions were forcing out homelessindividuals or those with specificneeds, Davis firmly stated it wasnot his intention.“It was not my approach,” he

said. “I treated them respectfully. Ioffered water. I didn’t create a con-tentious situation. And of course,they left at their own accord.”Davis said the success of hiscampaign will depend on thosethat are willing to take on change.“It all depends on the volun-teers.”Bird-Rainbolt said she applaudsthe Mayor’s efforts. She has chal-lenged councilmembers to do thesame.“Him standing on the corner isshowing leadership,” Bird-Rain-bolt said. “I challenge every coun-cilman to do the same and followhis lead. This is the only way resi-dents will be educated and get theword out.”

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PHOTO/ROBERT PORTERSan Bernardino Mayor Carey Davis with two residents on July 22.

COURTESY PHOTOSan Bernardino Councilmember Virginia Marquez with two vol-unteers.

Message fromC.H.O.R.D.S. Please help us get this van

for our program. Somedays we have to pick up

the youth from their homes forthem to come to CHORDS be-cause their parents do not have gasmoney for their cars or do not owna vehicle. Edwin Johnson goes outhis way to make sure he and vol-unteers can pick up the youth. Heensures that youth come to theprogram and not be on the streets.Our city has reach 34 murdersthus far and they mostly happenaround the time kids have to walkhome. This is dangerous. We don't

want kids to get hurt because theyenjoy our program. The youth atCHORDS performs across the cityfor other nonprofits and youth.These performances help increasetheir self esteem, relationshipbuilding skills and allows them toget out their environment tem-porarily. We want to reward theyouth by taking them on trips outof the city but have not been ableto because we don't have a vehi-cle, and some volunteers can nottake them. For more information,contact Edwin Johnson at(909)658-9550.

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New School Year: Beginning this week our streetsand highways will be full of busesand parents transporting studentsto school and of course teachersand other school personnel gettingto work. So let's be careful and beaware.It's an early start for elementaryschools in Colton as they startedon July 29 and middle and highschools start Wednesday, August5. San Bernardino schools beginon Monday, August 3. Rialtoschools start Wednesday, August5. Fontana Unified starts onThursday, August 6 while Red-lands schools open on Wednes-day, August 12.The community colleges in ourarea begin classes as follows:Crafton Hills and San BernardinoValley - August 18, Chaffey Col-lege - August 17, and RiversideCity College - August 31. The Cal-ifornia State University, SanBernardino starts classes on Sep-tember 25 while the University ofCalifornia, Riverside beginsclasses on September 24.

Water Conservation Tips:Hopefully all of us are doing ourpart to conserve water by checkingfor leaks indoors and outdoors, in-stalling low-flow shower heads,taking quick showers, watering ondesignated hours and days andseeking information on rebatesand water conservation kits. Alsovisit the web sites of your waterprovider for information on semi-nars and workshops. Check yourwater bill to see how you are doingon water consumption. We canconserve!

Save the Date:

Now to Saturday, August 1 -Junior University presents TheJungle Book an original adaptionwith music and lyrics by WilliamR. Dixon at the Roosevelt Bowl atPerris Hill Park, 925 E. HighlandAve, San Bernardino. Performancestarts at 8:15 p.m. tickets are avail-able at reasonable prices for fami-lies and individuals. Forinformation visit www.junioruni-versity.org

Now to September 1 - a newpublic art project - This is San

Bernardino - by poet Juan Del-gado and photographer ThomasMcGovern is on display in thewindows of 468 West Fifth Street,the former Arts on 5th. The win-dow display combines photo-graphs of historic andcontemporary San Bernardinowith poetry exploring personal andshared experiences of the city. Inaddition Delgado has createdbook-themed installation with dis-carded library books and oversizedbookmarks. The artists have alsocreated a website(juanandtom.com) so the com-munity can post pictures, poetryand stories about San Bernardino.

Friday, July 31 - Colton Com-munity Services presents Moviesin the Park with Space Jam atRanch Mediterranean, 700 E.Washington Street. Movie starts at8:15 p.m. with games and activi-ties earlier. Bring blankets andlawn chairs and enjoy the snackson sale. For information call:909.370.6153 or visitWWW.CI.COLTON.CA.US

Friday, July 31 - the SanBernardino Parks, Recreation &Community Services Departmentpresents Movie Nights at the Parkwith Cars at the Soccer Complex,2500 E. Pacific Ave. families areencouraged to bring picnics, blan-kets and chairs and enjoy watchingthe movie on the big screen. Allpre-movie activities start at 6 p.m.with movie starting at dusk. Forinformation call: 909.384.5421

Friday, July 31 - the RedlandsCommunity Music Association,Inc. presents The Singing Cinemaat the Redlands Bowl, 25 GrantStreet starting at 8:15 p.m. Thefree concert features cinematic ex-cellence in opera used in a moviescore to enhance a story or a filmcreated to give an operatic piecenew life. Soloists will performarias and duets from operas suchas, La Boheme, The Marriage ofFigaro, Carmen, The Magic Fluteand other selections. Soloists in-clude: Candace Bogan, MatteoBitetti, Erin Wood, HaquimaiSharpe, Nandani Maria Sinha,Ralph Cato, Brooke de Rosa,and Begona Bilbao. Frank PaulFetta conducts the orchestra.

Tuesday, August 4 - the Red-lands Community Music Associa-tion presents The New Hot Club ofAmerica at 8:15 p.m. at the Red-lands Bowl, 25 Grant Street. Mod-eled after the originalinstrumentation of The Hot Clubof France the group features someof the top gypsy jazz and musiccomposed and performed byDjango Reinhardt & StephaneGrappelli. The New Hot Club ofAmerica is the newest project ofArgentine jazz and gypsy swingguitar Virtuoso Gonzalo Bergara.A Community Sing starts at 7:20p.m. and features Curtiss B. AllenSr., Kim Hoeptner and HarrietTalbert.

Tuesday, August 4 - Youth Ac-tion Project presents an Evening ofWine and Jazz Under the Starsfrom 5 to 9 p.m. at the MissionGable House, 168 S. Eureka

Street, Redlands. Featured will beThe New Hot Club of America.This fundraiser is offers generaladmission and VIP packages. Forinformation contact DakiraWilliams at 909.915.1717 oremail [email protected]

Wednesday, August 5 - His-panic Life Style presents the 2015Southern California BusinessExpo and Conference at the On-tario Airport Hotel and ConferenceCenter. The event starts at 8:30a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. with aluncheon at noon. For sponsorshipand vendor opportunities and reg-istration information call:951.940.9099 or email [email protected]

Friday, August 7 - the ColtonCommunity Services presentsMovies In The Park with Malefi-cent at Fleming Park, 525 La Ca-dena Drive. It is also AnnualPrincess Night so dress up as yourfavorite Princess or character fromthe movie. There will be games,activities, and snacks for sale. Themovie starts around 8:15 p.m. Forinformation call 909.370.6153 oremail:[email protected]

Friday, August 7 - the RedlandsCommunity Music Associationpresents the Redlands SymphonyOrchestra conducted by FrankFetta featuring guitar virtuosoTim Callobre at the RedlandsBowl, 25 Grant Street at 8:15 p.m.The program includes Rodrigo'sConcierto De Aranjuez as well asexcerpts from Stravinsky's Pul-cinella and Mendelssohn's ItalianSymphony.

Tuesday, August 11 - the Red-lands Community Music Associa-tion presents A Tribute to GlennMiller at the Redlands Bowl, 25Grant Street at 8:15 p.m. This freeconcert features the Tex BenekeOrchestra, former LawrenceWelk co-star Mary Lou Metzger

and popular local group "Stringof Pearls." For information visitthe web site - www.redlands-bowl.org

Thursday, August 13 - the As-sociated Students and the John F.Pfau library at California StateUniversity, San Bernardino(SBUSB) presents a free summermovie- Avengers: Age of Ultron -on the CSUSB south library lawn,5500 University Parkway at 8 p.m.Attendees are encouraged to bringblankets and to dress as a favoritesuperhero. Free parking in Lot D.Snacks and drinks will be avail-able for purchase. For informationcall: Iwona Contreras at909.537.3447 or email [email protected]

Friday, August 14 - the Red-lands Music Association presentsIncendio, a fusion guitar groupthat recast the sound of Spanishguitar in powerful modernarrangements with Afro-Cuban,Celtic, Latin, and middle-easternrhythms. The core trio is com-prised of Jim Stublefield (guitar),JP Durand (guitar, guitar synth),and Liza Carbe (bass, guitar).Drummer Tim Curle and percus-sionist Nicole Falzone round outthe group. This free concert beginsat 8:15 p.m. at the Redlands Bowl,25 Grant Street. For informationcall: 909.793.7316.

Tuesday, August 18 - the Red-lands Music Association presentsNavy Band Southwest at the Red-lands Bowl, 25 Grant Street at8:15 p.m. One of the oldest mili-tary bands will perform some ofAmerica's favorite patriotic music.Under the direction of Lt. Jane E.Hoffmann, the band serves themilitary and civilian communitiesthroughout the Southwest UnitedStates. For information call:909.793.7316.

Thursday, August 20 - the Asso-ciated Students and the John F.

Pfau Library present a free sum-mer movie - Pitch Perfect 2 - onthe CSUSB south library lawn, 55University Parkway at 8 p.m. Freeparking is available in Lot D andattendees are encouraged to bringblankets and lawn chairs. Foodand refreshments will be availablefor purchase. For information call:Iwona Contreras at 909.537.3447or email [email protected]

Thursday, September 3 - Kiwa-nis of Greater San Bernardinopresents "The Whole World Is AClassroom" installation dinner inhonor of incoming President Mar-garet Hill at the Arrowhead Coun-try Club, 3433 Parkside Ave. from5:30 to 9 p.m. For ticket informa-tion contact: Marielena Shorett [email protected] or call:909.864.4719.

Thursday, September 11 - theSan Bernardino Black CulturalFoundation presents the 26th An-nual Black Rose Humanitarian andCommunity Service Awards Ban-quet at the National Orange Showfrom 6 to 9 p.m. The Black Cul-tural Foundation recognizes thecommunity's unsung heroes - indi-viduals and/or organizations - thatgo above and beyond normal com-munity volunteering and civicservice. This year special recogni-tion will be made of the commu-nity's first responders inremembrance of 9/11. For infor-mation visit www.sbbcfounda-tion.com or call: 909.888.1696.

Favorite Quote:"A hero is someone who under-

stands the responsibility thatcomes with his freedom"

Bob Dylan

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Iwas given a reality check bymotivational Ron Kaufmanlast week.

Noticing that I had my Canoncamera in hand, Kaufman, whotravelled to San Bernardino fromSingapore for the second time tospeak to city residents and em-ployees, used me as an example todemonstrate the effectiveness ofcustomer service.My only task, Kaufman ex-plained, was to take “the photo-graph”, meaning he wanted aimage that illustrated a captivatingmessage of what was taking place.Let’s just say it was what people“expected.”In describing his Six Levels ofCustomer Service on July 21,Kaufman described the third cate-gory (expected) as nothing special.In fact, it’s the average, the usual,or the norm. “The customer might come backto you, but only if no better op-tions exist,” Kaufman said toabout a hundred people at the Na-tional Orange Show auditorium.It made sense. I knew it wasn’tthe best photograph because I did-n’t have a good angle. I went as faras admitting so when I was askedby the New York Times best-selling author if it was my bestshot.But that was Kaufman’s point.The expected was for me to juststand there and “do the best” to geta decent photograph. The desired,surprising, and perhaps even theunbelievable thing would havebeen to try another angle or movearound, in order to get that uniqueshot.When it comes to our city, offi-cials, community leaders, mediarepresentatives, employees, andeven residents have all deliveredthe expected. Almost two years re-moved from the change of leader-ship, a majority of the city’s issuesremain the same--with many ofthe same individuals leading thepath towards progress. Currently, city officials are hav-ing difficulty communicating ef-fectively with one another, as wasreported recently by Cassie Mac-Duff of the Press Enterprise. Inturn, some residents have becomedisillusioned and frustrated atwhat they perceive as “bad leader-ship.” Other residents have taken

initiative and formed coalitions,neighborhood groups, and socialmedia pages in hopes of turningthings around.There is effective leadershippresent in our city. I don’t thinkpeople doubt that. However, canresidents and leaders of differenteconomic, ethnic, and politicalbackgrounds come together forone united cause? Can these indi-viduals look beyond the language,cultural, and social barriers to helprevive a city that has lost its aura? Kaufman remains optimistic. “You’re not the first big organi-zation to go through tough, diffi-cult times,” Kaufman told theaudience. “You might be the citypeople talk about as an example ofhow to recover and become great.”“The architects of a new begin-ning,” Kaufman said about SanBernardino’s leadership.The person who helped architectKaufman’s workshop was Policeofficer Lt. Richard Lawhead. Hewent beyond what residents askedof him and sought out an expertwho could provide some trainingto troubling professionals whowere losing hope. Mind you, Law-head is not a resident of the city.But his dedication and work ethicis embedded in San Bernardino.He simply felt that employees hadbeen disappointed by the city’sstruggles with bankruptcy, and hewanted to restore faith into theseindividuals. The officer’s diligenceis a fine example of what can beaccomplished.Kaufman during that time spoketo employees about the categoriesof value: primary product; deliv-ery system attitude, “the eye con-tact, the body language, the tone ofvoice, the friendliness”; and ongo-ing relationship.For many, the biggest lesson thatwas learned that day was the corevalue of providing great service.Kauffman alluded that the purposeof a laborer, whether blue collar orwhite collar, is to provide a bene-fit to others.“A lot of times people think thattheir job is about doing their job,when in fact the purpose of a job isto do something that creates somebenefit and value for somebodyelse,” Kaufman told the Press En-terprise. “Sometimes you can losesight of that.”San Bernardino needs to remem-ber these lessons as it moves for-ward. The expected isn’t goodenough anymore. Let’s surpriseeveryone by doing the unex-pected--the unbelievable. As ar-chitects of a new beginning, weneed to be innovative and get outof our shells.

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The collapse of the 10 Freewayin the desert of Southern Califor-nia is a direct reflection of theGOPs commitment to push ournation into the 19th century.

Time and again, infrastructureimprovement bills have been pre-sented to improve bridges, stormdrain, roadways, and the list goeson and on.

Each and every time, over thelast six years, the GOP has stooddefiantly to thwart progress for

this ailing system. As early as thisyear, the GOP blocked legislationthat would have funded thousandsof projects. The GOP argued itwould cost too much. They arguedit requires new taxes.

Not the case. These projectscould be funded by closing taxloopholes and forcing “big busi-ness” to pay their fair share. In-stead we now have a huge hole ina major transportation thorough-fare, and billions at stake in com-mercial dollars.

In addition to this freeway break,consider the number of waterpipelines breaking in the greaterLos Angeles area (with millions ofgallons of water being lost duringa drought), the thousands of milesof storm drain pipeline that needimprovement on the eve of a po-tential El Niño season. What hap-pened to putting America first?

Carlos D. Bravo,Fontana

Bridge collapse could havebeen prevented

Before expanding, make currentsystem reliable

Before the transit system is aug-mented, it needs to work. I havebeen a faithful commuter on theBlue Line from Wardlow todowntown Los Angeles for almost15 years. Scarcely a week goes bywithout a major disruption inservice caused by “mechanicaldifficulties.”

It has recently deteriorated to thepoint that I am seriously consider-ing reverting to commuting by au-tomobile. Just this week,northbound service was delayedone morning for at least a halfhour as the result of “mechanicaldifficulties”; and southboundservice was delayed for at least as

long on another evening for thesame reason.

It is little wonder that the systemis unable to attract additional rid-ers who have alternative means oftransportation. It is simply unreli-able.

I am a transplanted New Yorkerwho was a habitual user of thesubway, which was constructed atthe turn of the last century. It con-tinues to operate, at least in myexperience, with fewer break-downs than the Blue Line, whichis only 25 years old.

Another gripe is that the seats in

certain cars were simply not de-signed for prolonged sitting,which becomes even more of anissue when the train is delayed.

Management touts the expansionof the system and its coverage.Note that they do not tout its reli-ability.

Frankly, at this point, I would notbe in favor of a further tax in-crease to augment a system thatdoesn’t work as it should.

Chris O’Connell,Long Beach

Gov. Brown’s ambitious climatechange goals

In a blind pursuit of his “sky isfalling” legacy, Gov. Jerry Brownhas assumed the role of the leaderof environmental zealot move-ment by increasing the negativeeconomic impact of AssemblyBill 32’s carbon tax.

However, that wasn’t enough. The

governor is now riding the moon-beam of Senate Bill 350, legisla-tion that will impose more abuseof power by requiring half of thestate’s electricity be generatedfrom costly, unreliable renewableresources by 2030.

Indeed, with Gov. Brown’s cli-mate change goals, it doesn’t mat-ter that there will be an enormousimpact on the economy and costof living. No, there’s more to SB350, which requires a 50 percentcut in the consumption of gasolineto be administered by the gover-nor’s appointed California Air Re-sources Board. Worse, there isnothing in SB 350 to preventgasoline rationing.

It’s bad enough that California al-ready has the highest gasolineprices and gas tax ($1 per gallonover the national average). Andthat California will not allow theconstruction of new oil refineries,or adding new oil and natural gasresources. Or that California’sgreen additive blend of gasoline isnot only costly, but damaging tovehicle engines. Now Brown’s hitteam wants to stick oil companieswith an oil extraction tax. Clearly,the sky’s the limit for Californi-ans’ cost of living.

Daniel B. Jeffs,Apple Valley

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Words to Think About: A Little Bit About Authors

By G. W. Abersold Ph.D.

There is a bond among au-thors that defies com-plete understanding.

However, there are a few insightsthat contribute to the bond. It isalmost a cultic thing.

I’ve written fourteen books andhad them published. Most of theauthors that I know personallyagree that many publishers andeditors are a pain. They automat-ically believe they can improveon what they read. My stock an-swer is, “It’s my book.”

Years ago an author shared withme an insight about finishing abook. “It’s like giving birth to ababy.” I imagine it’s a sense of re-lief. At least that has been myfeeling.I know ten authors personally.

Marilyn Cram Donahue, MichaelModzelewski, Bob Harvey,David Parker, Jr., Don Davis,Subia Johni, Lowell Linden,Stephen Clark, Steven Hite, andLynn Williams.Writing is an art form and it

must be cultivated. I’ve onlyknown two men that neverneeded to rewrite what they hadwritten Jack Smith, who wrotecolumns for years for the L.A.Times. And Charles Roberts, ed-itor of a local paper. It is an amaz-ing skill.However, I’ve never met an au-

thor who can write a finishedparagraph without change or cor-rections.Authorship has many varied

venues or expressions. Novels,documents, scientific journals,biographies, text books, maga-zine articles, newspaper columns,catalogs, transcripts, dictionaries,etc.Most of the authors I know are

voracious readers. I am. I alwayshave 4 or 5 books that I’m read-ing. Always one is a novel. Oneof my favorite authors is DavidBaldacci.Writing for a newspaper is a

specialty in itself. Thirty yearsago when I started to write fornewspapers I visited several edi-tors for advice. Much of their ad-vice was extremely helpful. I wastold to read the writings of peoplelike Jack Smith, Art Buchwald,H.L. Mencken, Mark Twain andErma Bombeck.Write short paragraphs with

words that ten year olds can un-derstand. Focus on themes thatare of interest. Decide on your in-terest: news, investigative arti-cles, human interest, religiousnews, political emphasis, travel,etc.Andy Rooney, in one of his

books told an interesting storyabout Igor Stravinsky. As ayoung man, he was a columnist,but it drove him crazy with itsbreadth. There was not a limitedfield of endeavor. So, he turned tomusic. Music is limited to thenotes of a scale. He became agreat musician with over 100compositions.

I prefer the former vocation ofnewspaper columns. The reason?It provides me and other similarauthors with an opportunity toexpress a large range of ideas. It is really ideas that make the

world go around. For good or ill.Consider the history of humanfreedom. It was Moses who in-jected the idea into human historythat no one had the right to makeanother a slave. The Greeks gaveus the word “democracy” butJews gave us the meaning of theword-freedom. Think of the au-thors you appreciate reading.Ideas are their stock in trade.What makes their books readableand interesting are their ideas.On the down side it was an idea

that spawned Hitler and theNazis. The idea was that theywere “the super race.” There wasno equal to them. This idea stim-ulated the forces of World War II.To reinforce this concept, here

are the words of Victor Hugo.“There is nothing more powerfulthan an idea whose time hascome.” The metaphor obviouslyapplies to the moment of child-birth.Can you think of any idea more

powerful than forgiveness? Think

of what happened in Charleston,South Carolina a few weeks ago.Nine people were viciously killedby a demented man. Yet, in retal-iation to the slaughter, the fami-lies of the nine victims allexpressed the idea of forgivenessto the perpetrator. Victor Hugohad it right.

When ideas remain in the ab-stract, they become stagnant; nulland void. They must be actual-ized. Bishop Gerald Kennedy,one of my many mentors, whenspeaking about the art of preach-ing, emphasized the priority of“emotionalizing the truth.” Orideas.That is as easy to do as it is to

say. The use of illustrations, ex-amples, stories, or anecdotes willclarify the truth or idea.THE OBSERVATION OF VIC-

TOR HUGO AND THE AD-MONISHMENT OF BISHOPGERALD KENNEDY AREWORTH THE ATTENTION OFALL AUTHORS.The above mentioned authors,

including myself, follow the ad-vice of Bishop Kennedy, in theirwritings.Amen. Selah. So be it.

Another Successful Future Leaders Conference

114+ Latino eighth- andninth-grade students fromschools representing San

Bernardino, Riverside and LosAngeles counties participated inthe 31th Annual Inland EmpireFuture Leaders Program(IEFLP). This year’s programwas held at the Idyllwild PinesCamp in Idyllwild, June 28, 2015to July 3, 2015 with the openingregistration on June 28, 2015 at9:30 A.M. at California StateUniversity San Bernardino. Theclosing ceremony program tookplace at the Santos Manuel Stu-dent Union at California StateUniversity San Bernardino onJuly 3, 2015 beginning at 4:00P.M.The program’s goals are to en-

courage the students to stay inschool, strive for academic excel-lence, become leaders in school,and community, and eventuallyearn a college degree. In addi-tion, participants received leader-ship training, financial literacyinformation and communicationskills which were emphasized incombination with cultural prideworkshops, says Dr. Tom M.Rivera, associate dean emeritus

of Undergraduate Studies at CalState San Bernardino and chair ofthe IEFLP board of directors.According to recent research,parents of Latino high school stu-dents want their students to suc-ceed and they are in need of rolemodels to help them be success-ful and go to college and that isexactly a purpose our programstrives to address says Dr. Ronald(R.C.) Heredia, a native ofColton, CA and current professorof psychology at East Los Ange-les College. The 2015 recipientsof the IEFL Art Arzola Scholar-ship are Jordyn Sandoval of SanBernardino, Jake Ceja of Indioand Michelle Quintero of River-side.Participant from the very first

conference in 1985, Carlos Mon-agas, Riverside County supervis-ing deputy district attorney,delivered the keynote address tothe students. “It has been a weekwhich I will cherish for the restof my life. I look forward to re-turning as staff in the followingyears.” Johnny Garcia, a 1991delegate and staff member, ex-plained, to return to Future Lead-ers as a staff member and give

back to this camp “Truly gave mehope and opened my eyes to an-other world that I had never seenprior to attending.” 2011 delegateand 2013-2015 staff member,Luis Castellanos, from theCoachella Valley, said "It's amaz-ing how much I use the informa-tion I learned from camp inschool, in my ASB leadershipclass, and in life. What I findeven more amazing is that I getpass everything I learned on toeverybody else I meet. IEFL ismore than a program, it is alifestyle that is able to enrichevery aspect of your life by giv-ing you the tools to succeed, andbecome a better person andleader." Dr. Farah Meadows, a1991 delegate and a 2015 staffadvisor, said, “If I had to countthe most valuable and impactfulmoments in my life on one hand,attending Future Leaders wouldbe one of them. This camp trulytaught me: how to be a leader,give back to my community, havepride in my culture, focus on col-lege, set high goals for myself,and never give up until I achievethem! I was the first in my familyto graduate with a degree from a

four-year university, and now Ihave my doctorate from USC; Iowe this accomplishment and somuch more to this organization.”Over the past thirty years, InlandEmpire Future Leaders hashelped many of its delegates at-tend and graduate from: Harvard,Notre Dame, Pepperdine, Stan-ford, UCLA, USC, UCR, UCSB,UCSD, and the list goes on andon. Many of the conference’s del-egates have gone on to become:lawyers, teachers, doctors, andeven a congressman (Congress-men Pete Aguilar and Dr. RaulRuiz)! Over 3,900 students have par-

ticipated in the program, whichcommenced in 1985. The pro-gram’s popularity and effective-ness among students, parents,educators, and community sup-porters can be shown from sur-veys taken every year since 1990,which indicate that 99 percent of

student participants graduatefrom high school and 90 percentattend college, Rivera said. Ourstaff of over 60 individuals ismade up entirely of volunteersadded Heredia.Volunteers from area school dis-

tricts and community service or-ganizations, such as the KiwanisClub of Greater San Bernardino,whose members used their pro-fessional expertise to encouragethe students to participate in com-munity service projects, joinedwith 50 former Future Leaders toimplement this year’s program.Funding for the program is pro-

vided through individuals, com-munity groups, businesses,foundations, and governmentagencies.For more information contact

Dr. R.C. Heredia, Executive Con-ference Director, (310) 413-0041,[email protected].

Candidate filing begins for the2015 Consolidated Election

Candidate filing is under-way for the November 3,2015 Consolidated Elec-

tion and will continue through 5p.m. Friday, August 7.Citizens who are interested in

running for any of the offices upfor election may obtain and filethe appropriate documents at theSan Bernardino County ElectionsOffice, 777 E. Rialto Avenue inSan Bernardino from 8 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through Friday.For more information on this

election, please visit the ElectionsOffice website atwww.sbcountyelections.com or

call (909) 387-8300.

City CouncilMeetings

Colton: First and third Tuesday,6 p.m.; 650 N. La Cadena Dr.Highland: Second and fourthTuesday, 6 p.m.; 27215 Base Line.No meetings in August.Loma Linda: Second and fourthTuesday, 7 p.m. (check city Website as dates are subject to change);25541 Barton Rd.Redlands: First and third Tues-day, 6 p.m.; 35 Cajon St.Rialto: Second and fourth Tues-day, 6 p.m.; 150 S. Palm Ave.San Bernardino: First and thirdMonday, 3 p.m.; 300 N. “D” St.

Afternoon DelightDance Socials

All seniors, couples and singles,welcome at free dance socials.Opportunity to make new friendsand remember music of our youth.

Joslyn Senior Center: First andsecond Tuesday 2 p.m., 21 GrantSt., Redlands (909) 798-7550.

Redlands Community Center:Every third Friday 2 p.m., 111 Lu-gonia Ave., Redlands (909) 798-7572.

Highland Senior Center: Everyfourth Tuesday 2 p.m., 3102 E.Highland Ave., Highland (909)862-8104.

CommunicationClasses

Mondays at 6 p.m.: Town &Country Toastmasters Club offersclasses at Trinity Lutheran Church,2900 N. "E" St., San Bernardino.

For more information, please call(909) 887-3472.

De m o c r a t i cL u n c h e o nClub of San

BernardinoThe Democratic Luncheon Club ofSan Bernardino meet at 12:15 onFridays at Club Headquarters, 136Carousel Mall (near the centralglass elevator) in San Bernardino. Speaker Schedule:7/31 Rafael Rawls, Candidatefor SB City Council, Ward 68/28 Congressman Pete AguilarVisit us at www.sbdems.com orour new Facebook page atwww.facebook/SBDems.

Ballet FolkloricoCultural Classes

Mondays 5:30-6:30 5-11yrs,Mondays 6:30-8:30 11-adult. Nocharge. 951-233-7027. Knights ofColumbus, 740 Pennsylvania St.,Colton, Ca.

ARMC weeklyFarmer’s Market

Wednesdays from 9 a.m. – 1p.m. in front of the hospital. Stopby on your lunch break for certi-fied fresh produce and artisanbreads. ARMC partners with theSouthland Farmers Market Associ-ation on the weekly market to helppromote health and wellness to thecommunity.

Pineapple JamUkulele Club

Meets: Scherer Senior Center,12202 1St Street Yucaipa Ca,Ukulele class meets everyWednesday from 9:00 a.m. til11:00 a.m. Bring your Ukulele anda friend. All levels of playing.

Public ArtProject

Now to September 1 -a newpublic art project - This is SanBernardino - by poet Juan Del-gado and photographer ThomasMcGovern is on display in thewindows of 468 West Fifth Street,the former Arts on 5th. The win-dow display combines photo-graphs of historic andcontemporary San Bernardinowith poetry exploring personal andshared experiences of the city. Inaddition Delgado has createdbook-themed installation with dis-carded library books and oversizedbookmarks. The artists have alsocreated a website(juanandtom.com) so the com-munity can post pictures, poetryand stories about San Bernardino.

Evening of Wineand Jazz UnderThe Stars

Tuesday, August 4- Youth Ac-tion Project presents an Evening ofWine and Jazz Under the Starsfrom 5 to 9 p.m. at the MissionGable House, 168 S. EurekaStreet, Redlands. Featured will beThe New Hot Club of America.This fundraiser is offers generaladmission and VIP packages. Forinformation contact DakiraWilliams at 909.915.1717 oremail [email protected]

Everest BaseCamp Trek

Tuesday, August 4 at 7:30pm.Presentation by Jim Vanderaa atthe San Bernardino County Mu-seum, 2024 Orange Tree LaneRedlands, CA 92374. Exit Cali-fornia Street from I-10 Freeway in

Redlands. PUBLIC INVITED.Parking and Admission Free butdonations are accepted for roomrental. For more information:www.sangorgonio.sierraclub.orgralph.salisbury@sangorgonio.sierraclub.org (951) 686-4141. TheSan Gorgonio Chapter of theSierra Club covers the geographicarea of San Bernardino and River-side Counties.

Celebration atSB Library

Saturday, August 8 at 2:00 PMin the Bing Wong Auditorium atthe Feldheym Central Library, 555W. 6th Street to celebrate the 30thanniversary of Feldheym CentralLibrary and also the end of thisyear’s Summer Reading Program.This is the wrap-up event for allfour of the City Libraries’ SummerReading Games. Pacific AnimalProductions will present their“Songs of the Wild” animal showin the auditorium beginning at2:00 PM. The show features liveanimals and the sounds they make.Drawings for the Reading Gamegrand prizes will be done immedi-ately following the animal show.Participants in the children, teen,and adult reading programs whoreceived raffle tickets will be eli-gible for the grand prize in theircategory. You do not need to bepresent to win. In honor of our30th birthday, we will also havesome drawings and give-aways forthe attendees at the event. Every-one who attends the animal showwill receive a raffle ticket forchances to win other prizes, evenif they did not participate in theSummer Reading Program. Spon-sors for this event and the summerreading program are The Friendsof the San Bernardino Public Li-brary, Auntie Anne’s Pretzels,Baker’s Drive-Thru, Carl’s Jr.,Hometown Buffet, Chick-fil-A,Fiesta Village, Del Taco, Jose’s

Mexican Restaurant, RainforestCafé, In-N-Out Burger, Wiener-schnitzel, The San BernardinoSymphony, the Raymond Alf Mu-seum of Paleontology, and the SanBernardino Parks & RecreationDepartment. For more informationcall 909-381-8235 or visitwww.sbpl.org

Colton BusinessSummit

Wednesday, August 12 at 3pm-The Business Community workingtogether…We need YOUR inputto make a difference! Spaces islimited… call now for more infoor to RSVP! Contact Chetay Cata-lano-Colton Chamber @ 909-825-2222.

Free MusicLessons

Wednesdays and Thursdays.-3:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M. InstrumentsProvided by IM INC. Lessons forelectric guitar, electric bass, drumsand piano. Music theory, voice andstage presence. Registration: August19th & 20th, 2015, 3:00 P.M. – 5:00P.M. Del Vallejo Middle School,1885 East Lynwood Drive, SanBernardino, CA 92404. For youthages 8, through 17. School Phone,(909) 881-8280. First come basis:Lessons start 3:00 P.M. at DelVallejo Multi-Purpose Room, Au-gust 26th, ending at 5:00 P.M. Call,(909) 496-5112. 1885 East LynwoodDrive San Bernardino. CA 92405.Dennis Morgan Brown, ProgramAdministrator. IM INC, Inter-Pre-vention Meaningfully InterceptingThe Negatives Toward Children.“See You There”!

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Special Olympics contestants, coaches resideat UCR before games kick off in Los Angeles

By MJ Duncan

The UC Riverside campuswas transformed into atraining camp last

Wednesday through Friday whenit accommodated nearly 500 ath-letes, management staff andcoaches who participated in theSpecial Olympics in Los Angelesthat kicked off Saturday, July 25and will conclude with closingceremonies this Sunday. Sincethe event’s inception in 1968, the2015 Special Olympics WorldSummer Games took place inL.A. for the second time.Participants from across the na-tion resided at UCR and offeredthe community a colorful array ofpersonalities. Tiffany Pricer isone of three Southern CaliforniaSpecial Olympics Softballcoaches. The team will competeagainst 10 other internationalteams in their quest for gold.“The athletes are an inspiration.You fall in love with each andevery one of them. When they getexcited, I get excited,” CoachTiffany explained.Originally from Roseville, Cal-

ifornia Tiffany went to Cal PolySan Luis Obispo and majored inrecreation. As a senior project,she raised funds for the SpecialOlympics – from that momentshe was hooked. “I’m like theteam mom to these athletes,” shejoked. “I make sure everyonetakes their medication, I makesure we get to things on time, I’mthe mom!”One of dozens on the softballteam is 43-year-old Rusty Davis.A right fielder who’s been play-ing ball since 1989, this is hisfirst World Games. “I’m very ex-cited. This has been such a greatexperience, going to differentcities, meeting athletes fromother countries – I love what Ido,” he said.The most recent World SummerGames were in Athens, Greece in2011. The 2015 SpecialOlympics World Summer Gamescould bring as many as a half-million people to the greater LosAngeles area from 25 July to 2August 2015. “These Games will change thelives of people around the worldwho are mistreated and excludedbecause they’re ‘different,’” said

Patrick McClenahan, Presidentand Chief Executive Officer ofLA2015, the Games OrganizingCommittee.The Games also are a chance forspectators and volunteers to havetheir preconceptions about peoplewith intellectual disabilitieschanged forever. Getting in-volved with the Games by cheer-ing from the stands or handingout cups of water to thirsty ath-letes is a sure way to change yourview of people of all kinds.Special Olympics World Games-- and all of the 90,000 SpecialOlympics competitions thatoccur every year--invite the pub-lic to see the talents and capabil-ities of people with intellectualdisabilities. It's a way to openeyes, to change attitudes and tobreak down barriers that ex-cluded people with ID from themainstream of community.The Los Angeles Games willalso provide a venue for globaldiscussions and action on the im-pact Special Olympics can haveon the lives of people with intel-lectual disabilities. As many as200 million people worldwidehave an intellectual disability,making it the largest disabilitygroup worldwide. Intellectualdisability crosses racial, ethnic,educational, social and economiclines, and can occur in any fam-ily.

Photos courtesy UC RiversideUC Riverside accommodated nearly 500 Special Olympics con-testants, coaches and management staff last Wednesday throughFriday before they left to Los Angeles where the 2015 SpecialOlympics World Summer Games will take place all week. Pic-tured are the tallest and shortest Special Olympics USA basket-ball players: Andre Markfort from Minnesota and Kim Vo fromTexas.

Photos courtesy UC Riverside43-year-old Rusty Davis has been playing softball since 1989.This is his first trip to the Special Olympics World Games.


Organizers aiming to shutdownenergy plant due to high pollution

By Anthony Victoria,Staff Writer

Sierra Club My GenerationCampaign organizer andlongtime Fontana resident

Allen Hernandez is helping lead aneffort to retire the Etiwanda Gen-erating Station in Rancho Cuca-monga. On Thursday July 23, approxi-mately 20 organizers and city res-idents held banners and signsdemanding that the plant be closeddue to its heavy pollution rate.“We’re pushing for the retire-ment of this plant to try to getclean energy instead,” said Her-nandez. “The plant’s operation isnot necessary. It has done its shareof harm. We think it’s time for itsend.”Constructed by Southern Califor-nia Edison (SoCal Edison) andopened in 1953, Etiwanda wassold by the former due to thestate’s energy market deregulationover a decade ago. Now owned byNRG Energy, the plant deliversover 640 megawatts of natural gasto the region through the use ofsteam-turbine generators. SoCalEdison currently uses the station asa backup power source when en-ergy is in high demand in the re-gion. According to the U.S. Energy In-formation Administration, the sta-tion discharges carbon pollution ata rate of over 1,500 pounds permegawatt hour (MWh), which ex-ceeds the 1,100 pound MWh min-

imum performance standard set bythe California Energy Commissionin 2007.The Sierra Club in a recent reporthighlighted the environmental is-sues that the plant contributes to.Located in the state’s most pol-luted region, as determined by theCalifornia Office of Environmen-tal Health Hazard Assessment’senvironmental justice screeningtool, the Etiwanda station con-tributes to approximately 192,819pounds of carbon dioxide.“The Etiwanda gas plant contin-ued to run during dirty air daysemitting smog pollutants in anarea which cannot afford any ad-ditional stressors,” the reportstates.Meanwhile, the South Coast AirQuality Management District(AQMD) is proposing to slashemissions by strengthening its cur-rent regulations on pollution out-put. Stationary sources, such as theEtiwanda station and SoCal Edi-son’s Mountain View Power Plantin Redlands, currently emit up to

26 tons of Nitrous Oxide a day.The District proposes cutting Ni-trous Oxide output 14 tons per dayby 2022. The Sierra Club has ex-pressed its satisfaction of AQMD’sactions. Nevertheless, the environ-mental advocates believe there isstill much work to do.“The atrocious air in the regionrequires our air regulators to cutpollution wherever they can,” saidMarta Stoepker, spokesperson forSierra Club's My Generation Cam-paign. “Still, there’s work to do tomake sure this rule adequately pro-tects public health.”According to Stoepker, the lawrequires the District to reduceemissions by 14.85 tons per day.“Rounding down to 14 tons letspolluters off the hook and threat-ens public health,” she said. “Sec-ond, the implementation scheduleis really weak and delays criticalreductions in pollution.”SoCal Edison and NRG were notavailable for comment.

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Sierra Club organizer Allen Hernandez. In the background isthe Etiwanda Generating Station.

Author & Former LAPDOfficer Norman E. Edelen

to appear at the SanBernardino Public Library“What went down one

month before Watts burnedup, August 1965? Author

Norman E. Edelen will be at theFeldheym Central Library onTuesday, August 11, 2015 at 6:00PM in remembrance of the 50thanniversary of the Watts Riot,which began August 11, 1965,triggered by the arrest of Mar-quette Frye, his mother, and hisbrother.Mr. Edelen was a young police

officer during that time and wasinstrumental in establishing thehuman relations organizationwithin the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment. He will be dis-cussing provocative aspects ofthe LAPD, the Watts Riot, and his

presence there at that time, aswell as efforts being made to im-prove relations between theLAPD and the community. Mr.Edelen will also be discussing hisbooks. The first novel in his tril-ogy, After a While you Wonder,was drawn from his experience inthe LAPD.

Mr. Edelen is a former TVwriter-producer and ex-LAPD of-ficer. Following his years as a LosAngeles Police Officer, he startedwriting professionally. A memberof the Writer’s Guild of America,Edelen wrote the first thirteenepisodes of “Serendipity”, a chil-dren’s TV show that won anEmmy Award. He was writer/as-sociate producer of “Preacher

Man”, a TV documentary thatwas nominated for an Emmy.Edelen was also co-writer/pro-ducer of a bicentennial TV spe-cial called “The Greatest StoryNever Told” about freed blacksand slaves who in 1763 petitionedthe Colonies for freedom.

Books will not be available atthe presentation, but are availableat Amazon or Barnes & Noble tobring with you for signing. Ede-len’s trilogy consists of After aWhile You Wonder; TuesdayAfter Next; and It Don’t Matter:Amor Regge Senza Legge.For more information call the li-brary at 909-381-8238 or visitwww.sbpl.org

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Rialto High School Girl’s SoftballTeam Host Fundamentals Clinic

Courtesy PhotoThe Rialto High School Girl’s Softball Team Hosted a fundamentals clinic on August 21, 2015. Many of the Rialto High School alumni and current players helped withthe event. The ages targeted were from 7 to 13. Many of the parents were very appreciative of the event.

Courtesy PhotoThe Rialto High School Girl’s Softball Team Hosted a fundamentals clinic on August 21, 2015.(Above) The girls receive instructions. (Right and Below) The girls participate in catching and infielddrills.


"Go-Getter" Tamera Harris selected as IndianSprings' first female Hubbs Award nominee

By Harvey M. Kahn

Tamera Harris will runtrack in college, was anAll CIF softball player in

high school but will no longerplay basketball her favorite sport.The 2015 Indian Springs HighSchool graduate tacked on a SanBernardino School District ath-lete of the year award to go withher being named Indian Springsfirst female Ken Hubbs Awardnominee. Like Hubbs, Harriswould run from a track meet to abaseball field on the same day.

In between, Harris was pres-ident of the school's health acad-emy and was editor of the schoolyearbook for two years. For goodmeasure, the teenager was re-cently promoted from a cashier toa management position at Carl'sJr restaurant. "I've never had aproblem budgeting my time. It'sbeen pretty easy," said Harris. "Iwill probably continue to work at

Carl's during college. It's got itspro's and con's." She earned herpromotion there in less than ayear.

Through her presidency of thehigh school health academy shehas "gotten her feet wet" whileobserving at Loma Linda Univer-sity Hospital and at its school ofmedicine. Harris says she enjoysall areas of math except geome-try. Her love of trigonometryequates to a #19 ranking among291 graduating seniors at IndianSprings. She walked on gradnight with high honors. All thatadds up to an academic scholar-ship to Cal State San Bernardinowhere she will study nursing toeventually work with children orwith elderly in nursing homes.

Harris said she knew nothingabout Ken Hubbs prior to hernomination for the award. "Iknew there would be a lot of ath-letes at the ceremony but I didn'tknow there would be that many

people there." The Hubbs Awardbanquet was held in the ColtonHigh School Hubbs Gym withover 200 in attendance. "I did notknow that I'd be called up to givea speech but I had a little time togather my thoughts as otherswere called before me."

She acknowledged that theIndian Springs yearbook hadquite a few pictures of herselfamong the pages. But fellow stu-dents say she deserved any men-tion. It was her job to make surethe articles accurately describedthe photos and the overall layoutand design was in order. As a jun-ior, Harris was basketball teamMVP and her .438 batting aver-age and 27 stolen bases landedher on the All CIF softball 2ndteam. In addition, she was a CIFtrack qualifier in the 400 metersand 400x4 meters relay team.

Indian Springs Athletic Direc-tor John Chamberlain said bothHarris and Carlos Aguirre Garcia

were excellent representatives asthe school's first Ken HubbsAward selections. "We nominatea group of athletes and the HubbsFoundation makes the decision.We are very proud of our firsttwo. Tamera was the whole pack-age--a good athlete, very aca-demically sound and active in thecommunity," said Chamberlain.

"Her dedication and desire tohelp others sets Tamera apart.That's why she's going into nurs-ing," stated Indian Springs Bas-ketball coach DenieshaCulverson. "She's willing to tryanything and never quits. She'sgot an inner toughness." Culver-son said Harris brings those as-sets to the basketball court whereshe was the point guard and cap-tain. "You won't see a lot on herstat sheet but she was able to dis-tribute the ball to the right personand was a standout defensively,averaging three or four steals pergame. She's just a go-getter."

PHOTOS COURTESY/TAMERAHARRIS AND HUBBS FOUNDATION.Tamera Harris was consideredthe whole package by IndianSprings High School officials byexcelling in softball, basket-ball,and track along with beingpresident of the school's healthclub. Harris was the first femaleKen Hubbs Award nomineefrom Indian Springs. Grand Terrace Hubbs Award nominee

Odenbaugh speaks from the heart

By Harvey M. Kahn

John Logan Odenbaugh ad-mits that he was never verygood at any of the sports re-

quiring catching or throwing aball like Ken Hubbs, however histenacious will power and amaz-ing self-discipline were morethan enough to earn him the rightto be called the first male HubbsAward honoree from Grand Ter-race High School. Listed in hisextensive resume are threeSunkist League wrestling cham-pionships and three CIF-SS top-8 qualifications. He qualified forthe Master's wrestling tourna-ment as a junior and was a two-time GTHS Wrestler of the Year.

Odenbaugh has already en-rolled at Cal State SanBernardino in pursuit of a degreein business management. He willtake a temporary leave fromwrestling, swimming and runningto concentrate on studies. "That'swhat I'm going to miss abouthigh school." The 5-foot-6 Oden-baugh did not say he would miss

maintaining his wrestling wait of115 pounds during his four-yearsin high school. "I'm thinkingabout eventually going into box-ing or MMA but my parentswould hate it," offered Oden-baugh.

The 17-year-old Odenbaughexplained that his father, alsonamed John was his wrestlingcoach at Grand Terrace. Hisgrandfather was John MelvinOdenbaugh, who producedwrestling champions at ColtonHigh and University of Redlands."Hey. I grew up prepared to be awrestler and I got to be the best Icould be." He described wrestlingfor his dad as "somewhere be-tween getting my ear chewed offand enjoyment," adding that "Iloved every minute of it."Odenbaugh also described the

thrilling moment when he at-tended the Hubbs Award banquet

held in the Colton High SchoolKen Hubbs Gym. "My grandpawas Ken Hubbs' football coach atColton High. I grew up in Coltonand know all about the legend ofKen Hubbs. How he was an All-American and excelled in foursports and was important off thefield, too. Then, I heard my namecalled out in the same gym thatKen Hubbs actually played in. Iunderstand how important thatis."

Like Hubbs, Odenbaugh's re-sume includes an immenseamount of non sports entries. Hewas Grand Terrace High's mocktrial lawyer team MVP and a Ro-tary Club speech contestant run-ner up. His public speakingabilities has been sought by hisparish at Christ the Redeemer inGrand Terrace. At 15, he was al-ready serving as master of cere-monies for the Diocesan High

School Youth Council. "I neverhave a planned script when pub-lic speaking. I don't want to belooking down reading. I want toengage the audience by speakingfrom the heart." He uses just anoutline of bullet points.

He continues to be a trustedcolleague to Bishop GeraldBarnes who he accompanies inhopes of recruiting other youth."It's kind of cool to be on a firstname basis with Bishop Barnes,"said Odenbaugh, who's been pub-lished in the Inland CatholicBYTE newspaper. Odenbaugh concluded by say-

ing he will join the ToastmastersClub on campus at Cal State SanBernardino and said eventuallyrunning for elected office hascrossed his mind.

Photos CourtesyHubbs Foundation photo

John Logan Odenbaugh'sgrandfather was Ken Hubbsfootball coach at Colton HighSchool.


By Richard Dawson

The bats for both teamswere alive and well Sun-day, but it was the Ran-

cho Cucamonga Quakes whofinished on top after a 15-10slugfest with the Inland Empire66ers at San Manuel Stadium. The two teams combined for 30hits and 24 runners stranded onbase in a game where the Quakes(54-43, 14-14 second half) scored

in every inning but the first andninth. Victor Alcantara started for the66ers (47-50, 12-15) and took theloss after allowing seven runs onnine hits and four walks over 41/3 innings while striking outfive. Carlos Frias of the Dodgersstarted for the Quakes as part ofa rehab assignment but it didn’tlast long. The 66ers scored tworuns off him before he exited

after just two outs. The Quakesused seven pitchers on the day,with Zack Bird earning the windespite allowing six runs over 21/3 innings. The fifth inning was saw lots offireworks from both teams. JoeyCurletta hit a three-run home runbefore Cody Bellinger added atwo-run blast as part of a six-runtop of the fifth for the Quakesthat made it 10-3 and look like itcould turn into a rout. The 66ers answered right backwith six runs of their own in thebottom half of the inning to cutthe deficit to 10-9. Mike Fish ledoff with a solo shot, his second ofthe year, and Kody Eaves high-lighted the rally with a three-runhomer, his tenth of the season.Fish also doubled twice in thegame. Both teams scored a run in thesixth. The 66ers bullpen couldnot hold down the Quakes of-fense however and allowed tworuns in the seventh and eighth in-nings while the 66ers offensecouldn’t answer over the finalthree frames. Jared Weaver of the Los Ange-les Angels will start his rehab as-signment with the 66ers at homeon Thursday, July 30.

Photo/Richard DawsonKody Eaves hit a three-run home run during the 66ers 15-10loss to the Quakes at San Manuel Stadium on Sunday.

Photo/Richard DawsonSecond baseman Andrew Daniel finished 3-for-4 and scoredtwice in the loss.

Burbank Little League Stays Aliveat West Regional

By Richard Dawson

It was win or go home forBurbank Little League at theWest Region softball tourna-

ment and they weren’t ready togo home. The 11 and 12-year old southernCalifornia champions took con-trol of the game with a four-runthird inning to beat Sparks Cen-

tennial Little League (Nevada)10-2 at Al Houghton Stadium inSan Bernardino on Monday, July27. Even with the win, Burbank (1-2 overall) needs to win againstOlivehurst-Linda Little League(2-0) of Northern California andthen hope some other dominoesswing its way to move on to thesemifinals on Thursday, July 30.Memorie Munoz went 3-for-3,including a home run, double athree RBIs to lead the SoCal of-fense. Munoz got SoCal on the boardin the bottom of the first with a

ground-rule double that scoredBella Orozco, before scoring her-self on a wild pitch that made it2-1. Then in the third inning withgame tied at 2, Munoz drove theball to deep center for a two-runinside-the-park home run. So Calwould add two more RBI singlesin the third to take a 6-2 lead. SoCal pitcher Daisy Rubalcavalimited Nevada (0-2) to twoearned runs on five hits and sixwalks while making her first startof the tournament. SoCal had lost 5-2 to SouthSnohomish Little League (Wash-

ington) on Saturday and 14-8 inits opener on Friday. There were three other gamesplayed earlier in the day. Hawaiirouted Utah 12-0 by mercy infour innings behind a three-hitshutout by Trinity Spencer. Oregon edged Arizona 6-5,highlighted by Alexis Miles 10strikeouts in the win. Idaho defeated Alaska 11-4after a six-run fifth inning brokethe game open.

Photo/Richard DawsonMemorie Munoz hit a two-runinside-the-park home run forSoCal during its 10-2 win overNevada during the LittleLeague Softball Western Re-gionals at Al Houghton Sta-dium on Monday night.

Photo/Richard Dawson (Right)SoCal starter Daisy Rubalcavalimited Nevada to two hits andsix walks to earn the win.

Photo/Richard Dawson A Nevada runner is tagged out on a force play at first base in thesecond inning.

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NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat theSan Bernardino CityUnified School District ("DIS-TRICT") invites sealed bids forBid No. F16-01 Chain LinkFencing at Wilson & VermontES. SUBMITTAL OF BIDS: Allbids shall be made on the BidForms furnished by the District.Bid Forms, together with allrequired attachments to the BidForms, shall be delivered to theDISTRICT in a sealed envelopewith a copy of the completedrequired bid cover sheet affixedto the outside of the envelopeand placed in the Bid Box in theLobby of the San BernardinoCity Unified School DistrictBoard of EducationAdministration Building("BOE"). The Bids are due at2:00PM on Thursday, August20, 2015. Bid forms received bythe stipulated times will bepromptly opened in public andread aloud immediately aftersealed envelopes are collectedat the time, date, and locationstated above in ConferenceRooms A&B. Bid Forms orAttachments thereto receivedafter the stipulated time will berejected and returned toBidders unopened. Each Bidshall be accompanied by acashier's check made payableto the San Bernardino CityUnified School District, or a sat-isfactory bid bond in favor of theDISTRICT, executed by theBidder as principal and aCalifornia admitted surety com-pany as Surety, in an amountnot less than ten percent (10%)of the Base Bid submitted bythe Bidder. BID AND CON-TRACT DOCUMENTS: The fullnotice inviting Bids, Bid docu-ments and contract documentsmay be viewed and orderedthrough C2 ReprographicsPlanWell Service online byclicking on ‘PUBLIC PLAN-ROOM' atw w w . c 2 r e p r o . c o m a f t e rThursday, July 30, 2015. Thereis a refundable deposit ofTwenty-Five dollars ($25.00) foreach set of specifications, uponpayment by cashier's or compa-ny check made payable to SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict. Prospective Biddersmay secure up to two bid sets.Eligible deposits will be refund-ed upon return of said docu-ments to C2 Reprographics ingood acceptable condition with-in five (5) business days afterbids are opened. Bidders inneed of more than two sets ofbid documents may purchase attheir own cost based on C2'scurrent rates at that time. C2Reprographics 3180 PullmanStreet Costa Mesa, CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329 PublicPlan Room: www.c2repro.comBid documents will be availableat C2 Reprographics for viewingafter Thursday, July 30, 2015.Bid documents will also beavailable at the following publicplan rooms: F.W. DodgeMcGraw-Hill, Inc. Public PlanR o o m ;www.construction.com4300Beltway Place Suite 180Arlington TX 76081 DianaBoyles Dodge [email protected] Phone: 1-800-393-6343 Fax: 1-877-836-7711The Blue Book Building &Construction NetworkPublicPlan Room: www.theblue-book.com 800 E. Main St.P.O.Box 500Jefferson Valley, NY10535TJ [email protected]: (800) 431-2584 Ext. 3177Fax: (914) 243-4936 CMDGROUP Public Plan Room:www.cmdgroup.com 30Technology Pkwy S, Ste 100Norcross, GA 30092 MichaelLunan [email protected] Architectural SourceRelations Specialist ReedConstruction Data (770) 209-3414 REQUESTS FOR BIDINFORMATION, CLARIFICA-TIONS, and ADDENDA:Questions in writing (only) maybe directed to the District'sBusiness Outreach Coordinator,Ms. Jennifer Wilhelm via emaila [email protected] or fax, (909) 885-9991.The deadline to submitRequests for Bid Information("RFBI") is 12:00PM onThursday, August 13, 2015. AllResponses to Requests for BidInformation, clarifications and/oraddenda will be issued no laterthan Monday, August 17, 2015and will be issued to plan hold-ers or registered plan reviewersonly. Such responses will beposted at the C2 reprographicspublic plan room website atwww.c2repro.com. Digitalcopies are considered anaccepted form of Addendadelivery method.PROJECTDELIVERY METHOD ANDREQUIRED LICENSES: Thework under these bids will be a

unit price bid and all bidders tobe considered responsive shallhave a current California Band/or C-13 License. PREVAIL-ING WAGE: Department ofIndustrial Relations (DIR) com-pliance, Effective January 1,2015: No contractor or subcon-tractor may be listed on a bidproposal for a public works proj-ect (submitted on or after March1, 2015) unless registered withthe Department of IndustrialRelations pursuant to LaborCode section 1725.5 [with limit-ed exceptions from this require-ment for bid purposes onlyunder Labor Code section1771.1(a)]. No contractor orsubcontractor may be awardeda contract for public work on apublic works project (awardedon or after April 1, 2015) unlessregistered with the Departmentof Industrial Relations pursuantto Labor Code section 1725.5.This project is subject to compli-ance monitoring and enforce-ment by the Department ofIndustrial Relations. PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BID-DERS: NOT APPLICABLEFOR THIS PROJECT SCOPEOF WORK: Refer to projectsite's specific summary of workcontained in Sections 01 11 00of the Project Manual. The con-tractor is responsible for theperformance and completion ofall items according to plans,specifications and any addendaincluding but not necessarilylimited to the work listed below:Furnish and install new chainlink fencing, including emer-gency gates; removal of exist-ing fencing; installation of con-crete and asphalt and demoli-tion at locations specified inspecifications. BUSINESSENTERPRISE (DVBE) PAR-TICIPATION GOAL ANDREQUIREMENTS: Biddersmust adhere to the District'sDisabled Veteran BusinessEnterprise (DVBE) participationgoal, prevailing wages andlabor compliance program, andlicense requirements; informa-tion regarding prevailing wagerates is available athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus/default.htm, http://search.cad-vbe.org/dvbes/search andhttp://www.bidsync.com/DPXBisCASB. PRE-BID CONFER-ENCES AND JOB WALKS: Amandatory pre-bid conferenceand job walk will be held at thesites on August 11, 2015 at10:00AM. Site addresses:Vermont ES: 3695 Vermont St.,92407; Wilson ES: 2894 BelleSt., 92404 IMPORTANTDATES: First PublicationTHURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015Second Publication THURS-DAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 Pre BidConference and Job WalkAUGUST 11, 2015 AT 10:00AMRFI Due THURSDAY, AUGUST13, 2015 Addendum DueMONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015Bid Opening 2:00PM ONTHURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015Bid Posting on FacilitiesWebsite FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,2015 Tentative Board MeetingTUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015NOA Issued (Tentative)WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,2015 END of NOTICE INVIT-ING BIDCNS-2777058#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO7/30, 8/6/15 E-7117

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NOTICE INVITING BIDSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat theSan Bernardino CityUnified School District ("DIS-TRICT") invites sealed bids forBid No. F16-02 Parking Lotand Sitework atProfessional DevelopmentCenter. SUBMITTAL OFBIDS: All bids shall be madeon the Bid Forms furnished bythe District. Bid Forms, togeth-er with all required attach-ments to the Bid Forms, shallbe delivered to the DISTRICTin a sealed envelope with acopy of the completedrequired bid cover sheetaffixed to the outside of theenvelope and placed in the BidBox in the Lobby of the SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict Board of EducationAdministration Building("BOE"). The Bids are due at10:00am on Tuesday, August25, 2015. Bid forms receivedby the stipulated times will bepromptly opened in public andread aloud immediately aftersealed envelopes are collect-ed at the time, date, and loca-tion stated above in theCommunity Room. Bid Formsor Attachments theretoreceived after the stipulatedtime will be rejected andreturned to Bidders unopened.Each Bid shall be accompa-nied by a cashier's checkmade payable to the SanBernardino City Unified SchoolDistrict, or a satisfactory bidbond in favor of the DISTRICT,executed by the Bidder asprincipal and a Californiaadmitted surety company asSurety, in an amount not lessthan ten percent (10%) of theBase Bid submitted by theBidder. BID AND CONTRACTDOCUMENTS: The full noticeinviting Bids, Bid documentsand contract documents maybe viewed and orderedthrough C2 ReprographicsPlanWell Service online byclicking on ‘PUBLIC PLAN-ROOM' atwww. c 2 r e p r o . c om a f t e rThursday, July 30, 2015.There is a refundable depositof Fifty dollars ($50.00) foreach set of specifications,upon payment by cashier's orcompany check made payableto San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool District. ProspectiveBidders may secure up to twobid sets. Eligible deposits willbe refunded upon return ofsaid documents to C2Reprographics in good accept-able condition within five (5)business days after bids areopened. Bidders in need ofmore than two sets of bid doc-uments may purchase at theirown cost based on C2's cur-rent rates at that time. C2Reprographics 3180 PullmanStreet Costa Mesa, CA 92626Phone: (866) 632-8329 PublicPlan Room: www.c2repro.comBid documents will be avail-able at C2 Reprographics forviewing after Thursday, July30, 2015. Bid documents willalso be available at the follow-ing public plan rooms: F.W.Dodge McGraw-Hill, Inc.Public Plan Room; www.con-struction.com 4300 BeltwayPlace Suite 180 Arlington TX76081 Diana Boyles Dodgedocument [email protected]: 1-800-393-6343 Fax:1-877-836-7711 The BlueBook Building & ConstructionNetworkPublic Plan Room:www.thebluebook.com 800 E.Main St.P.O. Box 500JeffersonValley, NY 10535TJ [email protected]: (800) 431-2584 Ext.3177 Fax: (914) 243-4936CMD GROUP Public PlanRoom: www.cmdgroup.com 30Technology Pkwy S, Ste 100Norcross, GA 30092 MichaelLunan [email protected] ArchitecturalSource Relations SpecialistReed Construction Data (770)209-3414 REQUESTS FORBID INFORMATION, CLARI-FICATIONS, and ADDENDA:Questions in writing (only) maybe directed to the District'sBusiness OutreachCoordinator, Ms. JenniferWilhelm via email [email protected] or fax, (909) 885-9991.The deadline to submitRequests for Bid Information("RFBI") is 12:00PM onTuesday, August 11, 2015. AllResponses to Requests forBid Information, clarificationsand/or addenda will be issuedno later than Thursday, August13, 2015 and will be issued toplan holders or registered planreviewers only. Such respons-es will be posted at the C2reprographics public planroom website atwww.c2repro.com. Digitalcopies are considered anaccepted form of Addenda

delivery method.PROJECTDELIVERY METHOD ANDREQUIRED LICENSES: Thework under these bids will be aunit price bid and all bidders tobe considered responsiveshall have a current CaliforniaA and/or B License. PREVAIL-ING WAGE: Department ofIndustrial Relations (DIR)compliance, EffectiveJanuary 1, 2015: No contrac-tor or subcontractor may belisted on a bid proposal for apublic works project (submit-ted on or after March 1, 2015)unless registered with theDepartment of IndustrialRelations pursuant to LaborCode section 1725.5 [with lim-ited exceptions from thisrequirement for bid purposesonly under Labor Code section1771.1(a)]. No contractor orsubcontractor may be award-ed a contract for public workon a public works project(awarded on or after April 1,2015) unless registered withthe Department of IndustrialRelations pursuant to LaborCode section 1725.5. Thisproject is subject to compli-ance monitoring and enforce-ment by the Department ofIndustrial Relations. PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BID-DERS: NOT APPLICABLEFOR THIS PROJECT SCOPEOF WORK: Refer to projectsite's specific summary ofwork contained in Sections 0111 00 of the Project Manual.The contractor is responsiblefor the performance and com-pletion of all items according toplans, specifications and anyaddenda including but not nec-essarily limited to the work list-ed below: Site demolition;grading and compaction;storm drainage includingWQMP work; asphalt pave-ment; concrete walks, curbsand gutters; landscaping andirrigation; fire hydrant reloca-tion; parking lot lighting andADA parking upgrades. BUSI-NESS ENTERPRISE (DVBE)PARTICIPATION GOAL ANDREQUIREMENTS: Biddersmust adhere to the District'sDisabled Veteran BusinessEnterprise (DVBE) participa-tion goal, prevailing wagesand labor compliance pro-gram, and license require-ments; information regardingprevailing wage rates is avail-able athttp://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbu s / d e f a u l t . h t m ,http://search.cadvbe.org/dvbes/search andhttp://www.bidsync.com/DPXBisCASB. PRE-BID CONFER-ENCES AND JOB WALKS: Anon-mandatory pre-bid confer-ence and job walk will be heldat the sites on August 10, 2015at 9:00AM. Site addresses:4030 Georgia Blvd., SanBernardino, CA 92407IMPORTANT DATES: FirstPublication THURSDAY,JULY 30, 2015 SecondPublication THURSDAY,AUGUST 6, 2015 Pre BidConference and Job WalkAUGUST 10, 2015 AT 9:00AMRFI Due FRIDAY, AUGUST14, 2015 Addendum DueWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19,2015 Bid Opening 10:00AMON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25,2015 Bid Posting onFacilities Website WEDNES-DAY, AUGUST 26, 2015Tentative Board MeetingTUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015NOA Issued (Tentative)WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,2015 END of NOTICE INVIT-ING BIDCNS-2778138#PUBLISHED EL CHICANO7/30, 8/6/15 E-7116

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Second Annual SBVC CarShow has Great Turnout

Photos/AriAnnA CoronAthe san Bernardino Valley College campus “rocked” on July 25, as the school’s Latino Faculty,staff and Administrators Association (LFsAA) held its second annual scholarship fundraiser. Leadsponsors for the event, in addition to LFsAA, included the sBVC office of the President andPharaohs inland Empire Car Club. Event co-sponsors include the college’s Black Faculty andstaff Association (BFsA), san Bernardino Community College District Chancellor Bruce Baron,DJ Mix habit, Chem-Pak Products for Business, ojo rojo, DJ rix XXplosive Enterprises, EliteClub Mix.com Video Productions, san Bernardino Community College Police Chief Pierre Galvez,hip hop school of Arts, KCAA radio, obezzo’s Auto Center, oG radio.com, showtime MusicWorks, suavesitos southern California Car Club, thump records, and Ultra Printing. sound forthe event was provided by Michaelnebula.com.


UCLA Bruins football playersteam up with LLUCH patients

By Yazmin Alvarez

Agroup of UCLA footballplayers ran a routestraight out of a Holly-

wood playbook last week in LomaLinda.Taking a page from the block-

buster, The Game Plan, more thana dozen members of the Bruins’’freshman football team set out towin the hearts of patients at LomaLinda University Children’s Hos-pital during its “movie day Fri-day” screening the sports-themedfamily comedy. The visit was part of the team’s

commitment to community serv-ice as they start summer trainingcamp at Cal State San Bernardino. Taking the buddy system ap-

proach, Bruins partnered up withyoungsters at LLUCH’s ActivityCenter for the full movie experi-ence complete with popcorn,snacks and a little chitchattingwith patients.“It’s the perfect movie,” said

Tevita Halalilo, UCLA freshmanoffensive lineman. While hisbuddy was more of a basketballfan, Halalilo said his goal by theend of the film was to convince hisnew friend that football is the sportof choice. “It’s the way to go,” he said jok-

ingly, nudging his friend.The Friday movie was one of the

team’s first service outings andjust as the film’s star Dwayne

"The Rock" Johnson played therole of a football stud on the field,he also learned a valuable les-son— the importance of caring forothers, which ultimately resonatedwith the group of young players,specifically the team’s StephenJohnson.It was the first time the 18-year-

old receiver stepped foot inside ofa hospital and said he wasn’t sureof what to expect.A bit overwhelmed at first, John-

son warmed up to the experienceand to his buddy, 17-year-old

Katherine Givens.“To be honest, it feels good to be

doing something productive andmeaningful,” Johnson said. “I’dprobably be doing nothing if Iwasn’t here. So being out and get-ting a chance to interact with thekids and just hang out with them isa good experience. It’s somethingdifferent and shows that there’s alot out there and there’s differentways you can help others, even if

it’s just building a friendship.”And that was the very goal be-

hind the visit, said Bruins directorof player development DeshaunFoster, to be exposed to thingsgoing on outside of campus. “When you sign up to play with

UCLA, it’s more than just playingball,” Foster said.“It’s the importance of giving

back. This is the first opportunityfor the players to start this commit-

ment and start serving the commu-nity and building character.”This is the fourth year CSUSB

has hosted Bruins football fortraining, with support from StaterBros. Markets.UCLA’s 2014 football season

will kick off when the Bruins takeon University of Virginia at theRose Bowl in Pasadena on Sept. 5

courtesy photo/loma linda children’s hospital

Jesus simental, 7, from san Bernardino, got a front row seat withucla Bruins football players rick Wade (right) and andre Jamesas loma linda university children’s hospital hosted movie dayFriday July 24. patients and players enjoyed a screening of “theGame plan.”

iecn photo/yazmin alvarez

members of ucla’s Bruins football visited loma linda chil-dren’s hospital July 24 for movie day Friday.

courtesy photo/loma linda children’s hospital

ucla Bruins freshman football players visited loma linda university children’s hospital July 24.for movie day Friday. patientsand players enjoyed a screening of sports-themed comedy, “the Game plan.”

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