July - San Dimas Community News

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July 2014
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San Dimas Sheriff’s Boosters
Eclectic Three Person Show Featured
21st Anniversary Shine It! Show at 2nd Story Gallery
Pastels, oils and watercolors in Twist
with a variety of mediums and is
rich
splashes
of
color
created
by
most known for her abstract work
Raul
Acosta
likes
to
paint
‘outIt! Car Show
artists Renee Matter, Raul Acosta side the box’ with his contempo- in acrylics and pastels.
Quiet, quaint and tree-lined
Bonita Avenue will erupt into
sound on Sunday, July 27th
when, for the 21st year, it will
host the San Dimas Car Show.
This year, the venue will again be
west of Iglesia Street to Cataract
Avenue, and will allow for exhibits of specialty vehicles, live music,
and demonstrations from various
organizations supported by The
Sheriff’s Boosters Club.
The entire area will become a
showcase for antique automobiles,
classic cars, custom street rods,
and stock and modified trucks.
Auto enthusiasts, whether owners or admirers, will have the opportunity to demonstrate their devotion to, and celebrate their love
of automobiles – from vintage to
contemporary.
Enjoy a delicious Pancake
Breakfast for $6, hosted by the
San Dimas Mountain Search and
Rescue Team featuring the “Fantastic Flapjack Flippers”, from
7 a.m. until 10 a.m. Cars will be
displayed along Bonita Avenue,
which is home to many antique
shops, eateries and various shops.
Trophy winners from among
the various categories will be an-
nounced at 2:30 p.m.
The free, family-oriented event
is sponsored by the San Dimas
Sheriff’s Boosters, a non-profit
organization that raises funds in
support of the many volunteer
groups associated with the Sheriff’s station. In addition to admiring the cars and trucks on display,
visitors will be entertained by live
music and have the opportunity to
participate in opportunity drawings for many great prizes. Music
will be provided by Impulse Band
and DJ. The Pacific Railroad Museum, housed in the old Railroad
Depot on Bonita Avenue, offers a
wide range of railroad memorabilia, and will be open to visitors.
Several vendors and other San Dimas non-profit organizations will
take part in the event.
Whether you are eager to polish and show off your “pride and
joy,” or looking to appreciate the
efforts of others, the San Dimas
Car Show is certain to be an event
to remember.
For more information or to register a car in the show, please contact the Sheriff’s Boosters at (909)
542-8805 or www.sandimascarshow.com.
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and Shannon Littleton, are premiered at 2nd Story Gallery on
July 11th & 12th, and 18th &
19th . Stop by for a glass of wine,
good conversation and exquisite
artwork. Each artist celebrates
color and form with styles from
Impression to POP art created in
their own way.
rary POP art. He describes what
drives his art, “I see beauty in tin
cans and discarded wood boxes.
If I do paint a bird or an animal
Littleton releases her creativity
on the canvas using her internal
guide. “I have always created art
emotionally and on a more spiri-
Migration
I want him to look a little surreal.
I’ll cover it in polka dots, odd colors
or anything that crosses my mind
at the time.”
To achieve his wildly fun artistic expression, Acosta uses unconventional techniques to achieve
the perfect aesthetics. First, he
covers his canvasses with newspaper dipped in brewed tea to
tual plane. My inspirations come
from my relationships-past and
present, a deep mysterious dream,
or a beautiful story begging to be
released. A delicious foray into another place and time.”
She goes on to say, “I adore the
idea of not being held to any particular type of ‘rule’ when I’m creating. Most days you will find me
with several different projects on
my easels. I’ve tried many other
areas of art, but find myself returning to the abstract, time and
time again. It’s my love…always
will be.”
Littleton is a member of the Pomona Valley Art Association and
has enjoyed participating in the
PVAA’s revolving Co-Op gallery
and Gallery SoHo. Shannon is
now looking forward to expanding
her exhibition venues throughout
Southern California, as well as
the American Southwest.
If you are looking for something fun and different to do, join
the artists and their supporters at
the 2nd Street gallery. The dates
are July 11, 12 and 18, 19, at 5:308:30. The Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop will also be
open. 2nd Story Gallery is located
at the Walker House, 121 N. San
Dimas Avenue. Wine and Hors
d’oeuvres are served on Friday
evenings. This event is open to the
public at no charge. We hope to
see you and your friends there to
enjoy the art, talk with the artists
and have a wonderful time. For
more information call (909) 5995374 or go to www.sandimasarts.
org.
Renee Matter-Impressionistic
Colorist
Renee Matter grew up in San
Gabriel. Her first artistic stirrings
began when she seven years old.
While her passion for art was influenced by her mother, Matter
believes that it was the Impressionists, and in particular, Renoir,
who influenced how she sees color
and light. But, the abstract art of
Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock
have informed her work with
freedom and expression. Matter is a “self-taught” artist. The
medium of choice for her rich colorist landscapes is oil paint. She
believes that her “paintings are
a celebration of nature.” It also
helps that she is a ‘mountain girl’
and her passion for California’s
mountains, deserts, rock, streams,
oceans, and trees are the subjects
she most loves to paint.
Raul Acosta Pop Art with a
The Warmth of Your Mysteryweb
Morrow Rock
give them an antiqued look. Then,
he glues the newspaper onto the
canvas and paints his pop images. As a proud American, Acosta
has begun painting old, tattered
American flags. “Red, white and
blue painting gives me pride in
my country and is my way of saluting ‘Old Glory’ and the good old
U.S.A.”
Shannon Littleton Emotional
Inspirations
Shannon Littleton is an award
winning artist from Southern California. She likes to experiment
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San Dimas Community News
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July 2014
Farmers Insurance Receives
“Young at
Recognition for Support of United States Heart” Dinner
Guard and Reserve Program
and Dance
San Dimas — The San Dimas
Senior Citizen/Community Center is hosting a fun-filled, dinner
and dance for everyone “Young at
Heart” on Friday, July 11, from
4:30-7:00 p.m. This event will be
sponsored by San Dimas Community Hospital.
The evening will include appetizers, dinner, complimentary
glass of wine, souvenir photo, and
raffles. Pre-dinner entertainment
will be provided by the “Berrytones”. After dinner, “Palminteri
and the Big Band” will be performing songs of the 1940’s and
1950’s.
Don’t miss out on this special occasion! Only $10 per person. Tickets on sale at the San
Dimas Senior Citizen/Community Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave.
San Dimas. For more information
call (909)394-6290.
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Pictured from left to right is San Dimas Council Member Emmett
Badar, Farmers Insurance Corporate Representative Gearard Lefore,
Farmers Insurance District Manager Timothy Roe and U.S. Air Force
Retired and ESGR Presenter Farrell Chiles.
Farmers Insurance District Office of San Dimas and District Manager Timothy Roe were recognized by the Department of Defense and
ESGR for our continued support of our country’s Guard and Reserve
program on the 5th of June. Our pledge states that:
Future and Past
come together
• We fully recognize, honor and enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
•
• We will provide our managers and supervisors with the tools they
need to effectively manage those who serve in the Guard and Reserve.
•
• We appreciate the values, leadership and unique skills service members bring to the workforce and will encourage opportunities to employ
Guardsmen, Reservists and Veterans.
•
• We will continually recognize and support our country’s Service
members and their families in peace, crisis and in war.
We are honored to have this designation and we are committed to
hiring veterans at the district level as well as offering our country’s heroes the rewarding opportunities afforded owners of a Farmers Agency.
Please contact us at (909) 599- 8482, if you would like more information about ESGR or are interested in career opportunities with Farmers
Insurance.
At the San Dimas Historical Society Ice Cream Social last
month, the future and the past
came together. This fall, Chelsea Harbin will begin teaching
at Ekstrand Elementary School
in San Dimas. Seventy-five years
ago in 1939, 102 year-old Mary
Hunter (the oldest living alumna
of the University of La Verne)
began teaching at San Dimas Elementary School. They met at the
Ice Cream Social. This was a very
special moment.
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Multi-Chamber Care Meridian - Title Sponsor
Mixer
For This Year’s San Dimas
Heroes Golf Tournament
Elected Officials Attend LeRoy
Haynes Annual Multi-Chamber
Mixer. La Verne City Councilmember Charlie Rosales chats
with LeRoy Haynes Center Director of Development Jane Woods
at the eight-city multi-chamber
mixer at LeRoy Haynes Center
in La Verne. Claremont Mayor
Pro Tem Corey Calaycay also attended the event. Participating
were chambers from La Verne,
Claremont, Glendora, Irwindale,
Montclair, Pomona, San Dimas
and Upland.
CareMeridian, a post-acute
care and rehabilitation company
which will be breaking ground
on a facility in San Dimas in the
near future, has agreed to be the
title sponsor for this year’s tournament.
“CareMeridian is delighted to
be a new member of the San Dimas community and additionally
pleased to be given the opportunity to be a sponsor of this year’s
Fourth Annual Tournament, supporting our veterans -- a key component of our patient population,”
said CEO Jim Ashby. “We are
proud of the facility we are building here which will provide postacute care in a beautiful home-like
environment for people of all ages
with brain, spinal cord and other
life-altering illnesses and injuries
-- many of them esteemed members of our military forces.”
CareMeridian specializes in offering subacute and skilled nursing for patients suffering from
traumatic brain injury, spinal
cord injury and medically complex
cases. Its military and veteran
care program offers active duty
servicemen and VA patients specialized care from skilled medical
and rehabilitation professionals in
a home-like setting.
This year’s San Dimas HEROES Golf Tournament and
banquet will be held on Monday,
September 8, 2014, at Via Verde
Country Club. For more information about the tournament,
or if you would like to donate an
auction item or door prize, please
contact the tournament committee by phone at 909) 542-8511 or
by email at SanDimasHEROESgolf@gmail.com.
Proceeds from the golf tournament will go towards ongoing
maintenance and upkeep of the
Veterans’ Monument at Freedom
Park.
San Dimas Community Foundation/HEROES is a Non-Profit
501(C)(3) Organization with Tax
ID #37-1591712.
Prime Healthcare Inland Hospitals Train Staff as
First Receiver Operations to Enhance Community
Safety
In May 2014, 128 employees
of Prime Healthcare’s Inland Empire hospitals, including Chino
Valley Medical Center, Montclair
Hospital Medical Center, San
Dimas Community Hospital and
Desert Valley Hospital, were officially certified as First Receiver
Operations (FRO) with the state
of California, which took each
person 16 total training hours to
complete.
With the safety and protection
of the community as its number
one priority, PHS Emergency
Preparedness Department has
implemented a program and
a designated decontamination
team for each hospital. The team
includes nurses, technicians, engineers, house keepers and nonclinical employees who all volunteer to be a part of this effort.
They help determine best practices and action required during
earthquakes, fires, floods, terrorist attacks, hazmat incidents and
more. Prime Healthcare Services’
Inland region decontamination
teams are certified as FRO. Although FROs have the same roles
and responsibilities of Decontamination Team members, the level
of training, knowledge and backing of the state ensures the highest level of education, credibility
and compliance in order to carry
out their duties.
The team leader and Emergency Preparedness Program Manager for San Dimas Community
Hospital and Montclair Hospital
Medical Center, Cambria Boyer,
worked with their sister facilities,
Chino Valley Medical Center and
Desert Valley Hospital on getting several employees certified
as First Receiver Operations with
the state of California. Cambria
was assisted by fellow co-worker
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Brian Lugo, in conducting
this two week regional training
where all four hospitals sent a few
employees to become certified and/
or to “refresh” their certification.
“As sister facilities we rely on each
other and will be called upon to
assist in an emergency/disaster,”
says Cambria Boyer. “Therefore
it is crucial that we are all given
the same level of training and
certification. The well-being and
safety of our patients and communities are our main priority”.
As an added bonus, contracted
FEMA instructor Rick Bearden
was flown out to aid in certification. With over 30 years of experience, Rick teaches Haz Mat for
several different agencies including the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama.
By the end of the two week train-
ing program, these three individuals have both refreshed and added
members to four Prime Healthcare
facility decontamination teams.
In the state of California, hospitals are required to have a decontamination plan and team
but those on the team are not required to be FRO certified. Prime
Healthcare’s Inland Region takes
it one step further by certifying
their teams while other hospitals
may not do so. In order to become
a certified First Receiver Operations with the state, students must
meet a minimum attendance of
16 hours while accomplishing all
objectives and participating in the
training exercise. Also, they must
pass the CA Specialized Training
Institute (CSTI) First Receiver Operations and Decontamination for
Health Care written exam with a
minimum score of seventy percent.
The First Receiver Operations and
Decontamination for Health Care
course includes guidance on how
to recognize, react and respond to
a Haz Mat incident as well as several training exercises.
We at Prime Healthcare Services are proud of our decontamination team and the commitment
and dedication they have demonstrated to each other and our
community. Thank you for your
service!
Summer groups for teens and
young adults now forming
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News from the Bonita Unified School District
Superintendent’s Message
students. Some of those future
challenges include:
Dr. Gary Rapkin
Future Challenges
The Bonita Unified School District consistently uses a wide variety of indicators and multiple measures to determine how each of our
students and schools are performing. I am pleased to report, based
on these indicators and measures,
that all of the schools throughout
the Bonita Unified School District
experienced an overall exemplary
2013-2014 school year.
After an analysis of the previous school year, it is always important to begin carefully looking
at future challenges as we set
the bar high to provide a rigorous comprehensive education for
all Bonita Unified School District
• College and career readiness
• Meeting the rigor of the Common Core State Standards
• Ensuring that our educational
technology is designed to enhance
and deepen the educational experience for all students
• Ensuring that the arts, athletics, and student activities are
structured in a manner that provides students the opportunity to
explore their talents
• Moving further along the road
to ensure that all schools and
classrooms are continually encouraging and assisting students
to take greater responsibility for
their learning
• Ensuring that each student
has the opportunity to learn in a
safe, nurturing environment so
they can best gain access to their
dreams
I believe we can and will exceed
these challenges with our talented
team of educators and support
staff, in partnership with our parents and community.
Dr. Gary Rapkin
Superintendent
La Verne Heights Lions Walk Right Past Goal and
Raise $45,655
Teachers, students, parents, and community members take La Verne Heights Elementary School’s 17th
Annual Walkathon to a new level raising over $45,000.
La Verne Heights Elementary
School raised over $45,655 at its
17th Annual Walkathon, “Roaring with Pride,” in May. Sponsored by the La Verne Heights
PTA, the Walkathon brought
students, families, businesses,
and the community together to
raise funds to support the outstanding programs in place at La
Verne Heights. Donated funds
support the school’s award winning Accelerated Reader and
Math programs, assemblies, field
trips, and the Character Counts!
Mollie Choa Wins New Car for Perfect Attendance
Bonita High School student Mollie Choa won the Glendora Chevrolet
“Cool to be in School” Perfect Attendance Grand Prize, a 2014 Chevy
Sonic.
Ed Jones Education Center
student Luis Lopez won a fistful
of gift cards at the Glendora
Chevrolet “Cool to be in School”
Perfect Attendance Rally.
Bonita High School student
Mollie Choa won a 2014 Chevy
Sonic as the grand prize in a perfect attendance raffle hosted by
Glendora Chevrolet. This is the
second year of the dealership’s involvement with both Bonita Unified and Glendora Unified School
Districts. Each school reports increased positive attendance habits thanks to Glendora Chevy’s
incentives.
“Our number of students with
perfect attendance has increased
tremendously since implementing
this program,” Bonita High School
Assistant Principal Joshua Kirk
said. The 2011-12 school year was
the last year before the program
was implemented, and BHS had
roughly 20 students who finished
the year with perfect attendance.
In 2012-13 we finished with 115,
and this year we finished with 87.”
San Dimas High School reports perfect attendance numbers
nearly tripling since the contest
began: Eighteen students in 2012,
44 in 2013, and 55 in 2014.
The Ed Jones Educational
Center had fifteen percent of their
student body qualify for the contest this year. “Glendora Chevrolet has been more than generous
in attending each of our Renaissance Rallies helping to keep the
program relevant in the eyes of
our students,” Ed Jones Dean Joe
Hansen said.
Staff members of the Month at
San Dimas, Bonita, and Chaparral High Schools were loaned the
Chevy Volt for a period of one
week each. “Every month our staff
would nominate their colleagues
for the wonderful work they are
doing on campus,” Kirk said. “The
teacher or staff member with the
most nominations was honored
with the Teacher/Staff of the
Month Award.”
Glendora Chevrolet has shown
incredible support for all three
schools. “After hearing about how
Chantal Oxier had persevered
through two years of perfect attendance only to be sent home
with a 102 degree temperature
the last week of the contest this
year,” Hansen continued, “Ryan
Wines the Glendora Chevrolet
director of events gave Principal
Maureen Williams a slew of gift
cards for Movies, Jamba Juice, Inn-Out and more, to pass along to
Chantal for her efforts.”
Additional student winners:
Oluwafunmito Akinkugbe, Bonita High School, gift cards, and a 32 inch
Flat Screen TV
Shelly Greer, Ed Jones Center, gift cards
Devin Lachner, Bonita High School, gift cards
Luis Lopez, Ed Jones Center, gift cards
Devon Salazar, San Dimas High School, tablet
Daylen Shields, Ed Jones Center, gift cards
program.
Last year, 89 percent of the
students at La Verne Heights
participated in the walkathon
raising $40,100. With 94 percent
participation this year, the students passed their $40,500 goal
by over $5,000.
Over one hundred community
and business sponsors donated
to the cause, including the La
Verne Police Department, the
Mayor, and City Council Members. Of these, 13 businesses
donated $500 or more, including
Anderson Tax Service, Anaheim
Carpet & Flooring, Foothill Credit Union, Valero, Jiffy Lube, My
Delight Cupcakery, Steven Takamatsu DDS, Toyota of Glendora,
Tensor ID, ExxonMobil, Delt
Builders, BJ’s Restaurant, and
Investors Team Realty.
The students and staff of La
Verne Heights offer their thanks
to the La Verne Heights families,
local businesses, and the community as a whole for their generous
support.
Chaparral High School
Graduates 44
Chaparral High School graduates 44 students. Top Row: Michael
Trussell, Derek Johnson, Alexander Turner, Scott Thomas, Brent
Smith, De Vonshe McFadden, Jamale Antwine, Joshua Arias, Leon
Dameron III; 2nd Row: Jonathan Hernandez, Hector Gomez, Chase
Entrikin, Master Johnson, Travis Harker, J.R. Purification, Edward
Arana, Luis Lopez, Zac Watters; 3rd Row: Reuben Benitez, Matthew
Cote, Latisha Hassan, Moncerrath Contreras, Geovani Hurtado, Tyler
Gebbie, Gabriel Smith, Javeion Sims, Anastasia Tovar; Bottom Row:
Eric Takemori, Alexa Merritt, Savanah Simpson, Dameion Thomas,
Linda Harwood, Desiree Spadaro, Sharon Lopez, Marie Ortega,
Manuel Martinez, Stormie Lynch, Brianna Luna, Elva Escobar.
Graduated but did not walk: Sedrick Speed.
Over 600 friends and family
were joined by the Board of Education and District Administration to celebrate the 44 graduates
from Chaparral High School at
their 2014 graduation ceremony
in the Avalon Room at the Pomona Fairplex on June 3. Principal Maureen Williams commissioned the graduates to “Discover
the path that fits your style, and
in the same compassionate manner you displayed at Chap, go
make the impossible possible!”
Chaparral graduate Savannah Simpson, recipient of the
math award and the La Verne /
San Dimas Educational Foun-
dation Perseverance Scholarship, stated during her student
address, “The teachers believed
in us when no one else did and
helped us when no one else
would.”
Chaparral High graduate Linda Harwood, who was awarded
the San Dimas Senior Citizens
Club Scholarship, applauded the
school’s positive culture in her
address. “Here at Chap we were
constantly told that we could
do anything if we only put our
minds to it.”
Student of the Year Sharon
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News from the Bonita Unified School District
Bonita High School Graduates Lauded for
Leadership and Achievement
Bonita High School 2014 graduate Joseph Neves accepts a handshake
from Principal Robert Ketterling at the June 6 Commencement
Ceremony.
Christian Botello addresses his classmates at the 2014 Bonita High
School graduation ceremony at Citrus College.
Bonita High School Principal
Bob Ketterling recognized the
school’s 492 graduates for their
leadership in the four A’s: academics, athletics, the arts, and activities at Commencement Ceremony
on June 5, 2014, at Citrus College.
Class of 2014 Achievements
• Two hundred forty-two students are enrolled in a four-year
university
• Twenty-one members of the senior class were inducted into the
National Honor Society
• Eighty-seven students earned
a Grade Point Average of 4.0 or
higher
• Girls’ Basketball made it to the
CIF finals and came within a basket of winning the Championship.
• Six teams won Hacienda
League Championships: Boys
Cross Country, Girls Cross Coun-
try, Girls Basketball, Girls Water
Polo, Baseball, and Softball.
• Three athletes, Seth Morales
in wrestling, Dominique (Nicki)
Wheatley in basketball, and
Natalie Rivas in water polo, were
named by the San Gabriel Valley
Tribune and/or the Inland Valley
Daily Bulletin as Athletes of the
Year.
• Natalie Rivas (Girls Water
Polo) and Dominique Wheatley
(Girls Basketball) were named
Hacienda League MVPs
• Dominique Wheatley was
named to All-CIF and All-State
Teams
• Eighty-six percent of the graduates started together in Bonita
Unified School District Kindergarten classes.
• Nineteen seniors had perfect
attendance
• The football team defeated San
Dimas High School 33-13 in the
Smudge Pot
• Seventeen Bonita Student
Athletes will be playing college
athletics
• Jacob Broussard was accepted
into the University of Southern
California’s Thornton’s School of
Music.
• Dillon Nobbs was accepted into
the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He will be training at Elite Triathlon in Colorado
Springs for a chance to compete in
the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Salutatorian Dominick Copas took two Honors classes and
twelve Advanced Placement (AP)
classes and tests and is an AP
Scholarship with Distinction. He
played water polo three years and
was named to the All-League,
First Team. He will be attending
St. John’s University in the fall
and studying economics and finance.
Valedictorian Eduardo Gonzalez took three Honors classes and
12 AP Classes and tests. He was
the Associated Student Body president for two years, a phenomenon that has not occurred since
1943. He participated in track and
cross-country for four years and
soccer for two. His senior project
was the Effects of Government on
the Youth of America. He will be
attending Harvard in the fall and
studying government.
Lopez, who also received
the Every Student Succeeding
Award, was given the honor of
leading the students in the poignant turning of their tassels.
Prom King Ruben Benitez asked
students to “take a moment to
reflect on the impossible odds we
faced just to achieve something
that most people take for granted: an education.” Graduates Brianna Luna and Anastasia Tovar
reminded the seniors that “tonight is a celebration; tomorrow
is a new opportunity.”
The ceremony included a slide
presentation with photos from
the school year set to the song
“These are the Days.” “The lyrics
mirrored the thought of each staff
and family member,” Principal
Maureen Williams said. “You are
touched by something that will
grow and bloom in you!”
San Dimas High School graduates (left) Jennifer Aguinaga, Janell
Wheaton, Jackie Clark, and (right) Peter Marquez represent the
Saints at their graduation ceremony June 4.
San Dimas High School graduated 285 students on June 4,
2014. During his address at the
ceremony, Principal Michael Kelly highlighted some of the graduates’ remarkable achievements
and then encouraged the students
to seize their future:
Class of 2014 Achievements
• One hundred and three students are enrolled in a four-year
university
• Nick Aufrecht, Daniel Dubrowa, Aleksy Fernandez, Olivia Hernandez, Cameron Jaeger,
Daniel Mantilla, Fracela Palencia,
Marcus Reedstudents, and Travis
Schiewe maintained perfect attendance for their senior year
Class of 2014 Future Plans
Community College Total: 199 • The class contributed 12,000
University of California Total: hours of community service
• The class established the first
40
California State University ever SDHS Girls Water Polo
Team
Total: 81
Private Colleges and Univer- • Chino Barrios, Hunter Chaputa, Jonah Phipps, and Jacob Pivasities Total: 121
Out-of-State Colleges and roff earned perfect scores on both
sections of the California High
Universities Total: 19
Trade or Technical Schools School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
• Brandi Elizalde became the
Total: 4
first ever SDHS Girls’ Wrestling
Armed Services Total: 17
CIF Champion
• Travis Schiewe was named
CIF Champion for Character
• Sarah Baiedi was selected for
All State Honor Choir three out of
Acheivement Awards and Scholarships
four years
Accelerated Reader
Brent Smith
• SDHS Football Team won the
Alternative Learning Center Hector Gomez
CIF Championship
Bonita Unified Management Brianna Luna
“And now the time has come
Team Award
to
move
to the next adventure in
Career and Technical Ed
Chase Entrikin
your
life.
San Dimas has been a
Delta Kappa Gamma Society Travis Harker safe
harbor
for all of you to enjoy,
Citizenship Award
and Don Johnson
but
I
want
each of you to think
Economics
Desiree Spadaro
about
these
words attributed to
English
Anastasia Tovar
Mark
Twain:
‘Twenty years from
Every Student Succeeding Award
Sharon Lopez
now
you
will
be
more disappointed
Fine Arts
Josh Arias
by
the
things
you
didn’t do than by
Government
Josh Arias
the
ones
you
did.
So throw off the
Journalism
Michael Trussell
bowlines,
sail
away
from the safe
La Verne-San Dimas Educational Savannah Simpsoson,
harbor.
Catch
the
trade
winds in
Foundation
Desiree Spadaro, your
sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Dis
DJ Thomas, and cover,”
Kelly
said.
Michael Trussell
Undaunted by the crowd of
Math
Savannah Simpson
4,000
friends and family members
Perseverance Award / Student
Sharon Lopez
who
filled
the athletic stadium, Saof the Year lutatorian
Danielle (Nina) Escueta
Renaissance
Alexa Merritt
charged
her
classmates, “We’ll all
ROP Business
Briana Luna
face
the
future
together, because it
ROP Event Planning
Tyler Gebbie
starts
right
here,
right now!”
San Dimas Senior Citizens Club Linda Harwood Valedictorian
John Morcos had
Scholarship
Alexa Merritt
a
similar
message:
“What you did
Sarah Stewart Citizenship and Josh Arias
yesterday,
or
last
week, or last
Perseverance Award Chaparral High School Graduates 44
Cont. from page 4
San Dimas Graduates
Encouraged to Explore, Dream,
Discover
year doesn’t matter. The past is
the past, and the future is yours
for the taking.”
Class of 2014 Future Plans
Community College Total: 146
Community College Transfer
Total: 95
University of California Total:
22
(Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles,
Merced, Riverside, San Diego,
Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz)
California State University
Total: 43
(Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, Cal St. Channel Islands, Cal St. Chico, Cal St.
Fullerton, Cal St. L.A., Cal St.
Monterey Bay, Cal St. San Bernardino, Cal St. San Marcos, San
Francisco St. Univ.)
California Private Colleges
and Universities Total: 19
(Azusa Pacific University, Biola
University, California Baptist
University, DeVry University,
Fashion Institute of Design &
Merchandizing, Hope International University, LeCordon Bleu,
Pepperdine University, Pitzer
College, Point Loma Nazarene
University, The Art Institute, San
Francisco Art Institute, University of La Verne, University of San
Diego, and University of Southern
California)
Out-of-State Colleges and
Universities Total: 19
(Briar Cliff University, Cesar Ritz
College, Colorado State University, Concordia University, Hofstra University, Northern Arizona
University, Pennsylvania State
University, St. John’s University,
University of Arizona, University
of Florida, University of Northwestern Ohio, University of Oregon, University of Hawaii, Manoa,
Washington State University)
Trade or Technical Schools
Total: 8
(Los Angeles Technical Trade
College, Lufthansa Flight School,
Universal Technical Institute,
JATC Power Lineman School)
Armed Services Total: 19
United States Air Force, United
States Air Force Academy Prep
School, United States Marine
Corps, United States Navy
Total Known Financial Aid
as Reported by Students:
$566,582
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Library Highlights
San Dimas Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library
145 N. Walnut Avenue, San Dimas, CA, 91773
Telephone (909) 599-6738
Tuesday–Thursday 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday–Saturday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Library Website http://www.colapublib.org/libs/sandimas/
All Library programs are FREE!
THE KIDS’ CORNER
READ AND PLAY STORYTIME
Friday, July 11th, 18th & 25th at 10:30 AM: We will enjoy stories
& have playtime with educational toys. In addition to stories we sing
songs, learn fingerplays, enjoy flannel board stories and more! Preschool
aged children are welcome, as well as any who can sit quietly and listen.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ART ACTIVITIES
Friday, July 11th, 18th & 25th at 3:00 PM. Join us for art activities
in keeping with our Summer Reading Program theme “Paws to Read”.
On July 25th we will have a special guest artist, Charlotte Cano, who
will show us how to make “animals in a box”. It should be a very creative
afternoon! All supplies will be provided.
CHILDRENS SUMMER READING
PROGRAM
Come in & sign up, earn books and prizes just for reading!
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
These Wednesday programs are held next door to the Library at the
Community Building and begin promptly at 3PM.
July 2nd -- Christopher Yates’ “Dr. Rusty’s Dinosaur Safari”!
July 9th -- Fantastik Patrick – Juggling and more!
July 16th – Annie Banannie – Balloon Storyteller!
July 23rd – Clint Perry and the Boo Hoo Crew – music and more!
July 30th – Richard Woloski – Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!
BOARD GAME AFTERNOON
Saturday, July 12th at 3:00 PM. Come on in and challenge your family and friends to good old-fashioned board games! There’s lots of fun to
be had!
ARTFELT PUPPET STORYTIME &
WORKSHOP!
Saturday, July 26th at 11:00 AM. For kids ages 2 through 6 years
old. This special Storytime includes puppets, finger plays and more!
Parents learn about developmental stages of children and their learning needs.
TEEN FUN
MANGA WORKSHOP
Join us at the library as professional artist, Darlene Douthit, hosts a
manga workshop. Learn hands-on how to draw in your favorite cartoon
style: manga!
POETRY FUN
Thursday, July 10th at 3:00 PM. Not a poet? Wouldn’t know a
metric foot from your own foot? No problem! Experiment with artistic
blackout poetry in re-purposed books or get out of your comfort zone and
create your own poetry from random key words. It’s easy and fun!
COSPLAY ANIMAL EARS
Thursday, July 17th at 3:00 PM. Let your inner beast free by making and wearing your own animal ears. We provide the headbands and
material, you provide the creativity. Let the world see your sly fox ears!
July 2014
Chino Hills
27 Quick and Easy Fix Ups to
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On June 6th, 2014, Qihui Zhai,
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charged with felony animal cruelty for beating his dog for duration
of ten minutes. The beating was
captured on video thanks to the
courageous efforts of local kids.
Late last month, a family
heard what sounded like an animal crying in pain. When the family of three went to their window
they saw their neighbor beating
his young dog. The two quick
thinking younger children immediately pulled out their cameras
and started videotaping the beating. The mom quickly called the
Inland Valley Humane Society
& SPCA to report the abuse. Humane Officer William Taber arrived on the location shortly after
and found the dog in a neglected
state and being kept in a very
small, feces infested wire pen.
Officer Taber immediately
seized “Mookie”, the 3 year old
female Cocker Spaniel, and transported her to the Inland Valley
Humane Society & SPCA. Dr,
Shannon Beals, DVM, resident
shelter veterinarian examined the
dog and started treatment immediately.
“We are never surprised by the
ingenuity of today’s youth”, said
Supervisor of Animal Services,
Beth Les of the Inland Valley Humane Society”. “Their quick thinking not only saved this dog from a
life time of abuse but they were
able to ensure we had the evidence to pursue criminal charges
against the abuser”.
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with felony animal cruelty and if
convicted he could face jail time,
fines, counseling & probation.
The Inland Valley Humane
Society & SPCA is happy to report
that Mookie has since healed and
found a new home.
The Inland Valley Humane
Society and S.P.C.A. is a private,
non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to providing protection, shelter and medical care to
abandoned and injured animals
of our community. For more information, contact IVHS at info@
ivhsspca.org or by phone at 909623-9777.
TEEN & ADULT SUMMER READING
PROGRAMS
Come in to the Library and sign up for summer reading and win prizes;
for every three books that you read, you have a chance to win a Kindle
Fire! And don’t forget to also sign up for our Online Program: SummerReadingLA.org
ADULTS
DOG OBEDIENCE TRAINING
Saturday, July 26th at 3:00 PM. Have a willful hound or a disobedient puppy? Come to the library and learn from a professional dog trainer what it takes to train your pet and pick up some useful tips and tricks.
BOOK
PARTY BOOK CLUB
The Book Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM.
It is held at the San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave., in San
Dimas. This month we discussed Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn.
THIRD THURSDAY BOOK CLUB
Thursday, July 17th at 6:30 PM. Join our Thursday evening book
club. This month’s selection is Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
Copies of the book are available for check out at the San Dimas Library.
BALLOON ART: WILD ANIMAL EDITION
Thursday, July 24th at 3:00 PM. What could be more beautiful
and delicate than a wild stallion galloping across the plains? Your own
balloon art stallion, that’s what! Come, inflate, and create!
BEASTLY PENCIL TOPPERS
Thursday, July 31st at 3:00 PM. Don’t let your pencil go naked!
Come in and create a cute little critter to perch there out of pompoms
and pipe cleaners.
JOIN FRIENDS OF SAN DIMAS
LIBRARY!
Meetings are usually held on the third Tuesday of every month in the
Library Meeting Room at 9:30 a.m. All meetings are open to the public.
Friends are always in need of volunteers to help sort books for our ongoing lobby sale.
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Citrus College
Aquatics
Program Hosted
Japanese
National
Women’s Water
Polo Team
GLENDORA — The Citrus
College Aquatics program hosted
the Japanese National Women’s
Water Polo team at the Citrus
College Aquatics Center.
The Japanese Women’s National Team used the Citrus College Aquatics Center to train from
May 27 to June 1, during which
time the team went head to head
with the United States Women’s
Youth National Team in the water.
“The entire Citrus College
Athletic Department and I were
excited to welcome the women’s
national water polo team from
Japan to train here on our campus,” said Citrus College Head
Women’s Water Polo and Women’s Swim Coach Andrew Silva.
“We were happy to extend this opportunity to them as they worked
towards qualifying for the 2016
Summer Olympics in Brazil. It
speaks volumes of our facilities
and staff that we were able to welcome such a prestigious group of
athletes.”
Women’s Water Polo has been
a part of the Olympic Games since
2000. The Japanese Women’s National team missed out on their
first-ever qualification in 2012
after finishing third in the Asian
Water Polo Championships.
“It’s been a great opportunity
that we’ve also been able to give
our United States Women’s National Youth Team a place to train
and compete here at Citrus, as
well to help them prepare for their
upcoming tournaments this summer,” Silva said.
July 2014
Easy
Mustard Crusted Tri-Tip Is a BBQ Favorite
By Janice Masters
I must say that it’s very nice to
have a spouse who loves to cook
as much as I do. And I must also
say that my husband Clay has
a knack for
creating delicious grilled
foods
that
far exceeds
my own. For
those
who
follow
this
column, you
may rememJanice Masters ber
Clay’s
Grilled Lemon Chicken from last
summer. Google LA One-Pot
Meals and look for the article
Grilled Lemon Chicken Is Summertime Simple if you haven’t
tried it. Wow. So simple, but so
delicious!
Well, he’s done it again. You
might think slathering a tri-tip
with mustard (and I do mean
slathering) and then coating it in
coarse kosher or sea salt would
make for a roast that is much
too salty, even for me—and I do
adore salt. But this simple recipe
has been tested numerous times
with about 50 different people
and the reaction is always the
same: OMG! The grilling cooks
away most of the saltiness leaving the tri-tip beautifully crusty
on the outside, juicy and savory on
the inside. Another Wow for the
Clay BBQ repertoire. So here are
the instructions straight from the
Master Griller himself:
Clay’s Mustard Crusted Tri-Tip
Take one well-marbled tri-tip
(figure 1/2 pound per person),
rinse and dry, trim fat if you want
but don’t trim too much (the fat
will melt into the tri-tip, “self basting” if you like that term better).
Let the tri-tip sit out and reach
room temperature, which can be
done before or after preparing it
for cooking. Coat the tri-tip with
mustard (really slather the mustard on the hunk of meat). Use
whatever mustard you like—
cheap store brands work as well
as any other type. Liberally sprinkle with coarse kosher or sea salt
(the coarser the better).
Prepare charcoal or gas BBQ
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with high heat on one side and
no heat on the other side. Brown
the tri-tip over the coals for about
5 minutes per side then move to
the indirect heat on the other side
of the grill to cook (covered) an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until
the meat has reached the desired
doneness. A meat thermometer is
a big help for this.
Allow to stand 10 minutes and
then slice across the grain in slices
about 1/2 inch thick.
Serve this delectable hunk of
beef with your favorite BBQ fixin’s,
or if you’re looking
for ideas Google
LA One-Pot Meals
where you’ll find
Zesty
Crockpot
Chili, Spinach and
Bacon Salad, Secrets for Making a
Mean Potato Salad,
Cheesy Ranch Sesame Bread, Homemade Strawberry,
Peach or Coffee Ice Cream, and
many more mouth-watering recipes to help make your summer
gathering truly memorable.
Former Citrus Singer to Make Debut in Sting’s Upcoming Broadway Play
GLENDORA — A former member of the internationally renowned
and universally celebrated Citrus
Singers is set to make her debut on
Broadway this fall.
Shawna Hamic – who graduated
from Citrus College in 1998 and has
performed in regional productions
such as “Twist – An American Musical” (directed by Debbie Allen) and
“Once Upon a Mattress” – successfully landed a role in a new Broadway musical written by 16-time
Grammy Award winner Sting, who
composed a number specifically for
the Citrus College alumna to sing
during the show.
“I am so proud of Shawna and
the successes she’s achieved since
graduating from the Citrus College Fine and Performing Arts Program,” said Superintendent/Presi-
Former Citrus College student
Shawna Hamic was selected to
join a new Broadway musical
by Grammy Award winner
Sting, who composed a number
specifically for the Citrus College
alumna to sing during the show,
which will open in October
dent Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D. “She
sets a prime example for everybody,
which is to reach for the stars and go
after their dreams.”
The musical, called “The Last
Ship,” tells the story of a group of
unemployed shipyard workers who
are inspired to take back their shipyard and build one last ship for their
own community pride. Hamic will
play the role of Mrs. Dees.
“This has been a dream of mine
for my entire life,” said Hamic, who
now lives in New York City and recently completed a three-year stint
playing Madame Thénardier on the
25th anniversary national tour of
“Les Misérables.” “It is both monumental and precious at the same
time.”
Hamic, a Bonita High School
graduate, was a member of the
Citrus Singers from 1995 to 1998,
where she had the opportunity to
tour Europe twice and perform in
Hawaii for four weeks. During her
time at Citrus College, a $10 million
recording arts studio was built to allow student performers to record in
a professional facility and learn the
finer points of performing arts.
While enrolled in the Citrus
College Fine and Performing Arts
Program, Hamic learned a variety
of music genres, from pop to jazz to
classic choral to rock, from instructors who have impressive backgrounds in the entertainment business.
“At Citrus College, their philosophy is that you have to be able to do
everything and do it well if you want
to succeed,” she said. “That philosophy has served me in the years since
I’ve been away from Citrus, and I
am grateful to all of my teachers –
who I think of as some of the most
talented directors, choreographers
and music directors I’ve ever worked
with – for guiding me down a path
that allows me to reach my dreams.”
“The Last Ship” will open on
Broadway in October, following a
pre-Broadway world premiere from
June 10 to July 13 at Chicago’s
Bank of America Theatre.
“It is so exciting to see one of our
former students have such an impact on the performing arts world
and to catch the attention of someone as legendary as Sting,” said Dr.
Patricia A. Rasmussen, president of
the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees. “It is truly
rewarding to hear about the successes of our former students.”
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July 2014
The Valuing Of Antiques And
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In my capacity as an appraiser
and estate liquidator, I am constantly asked “is my (enter your
prized possession here) valuable?”
This is a tough question to answer
without careful examination of
the object and the marketplace.
In the world of
appraising, even
experts cannot
always agree on
true value of a
unique antique
or
collectible.
David Baiz
However, there
are some general guidelines that
experts generally follow, and
which novices should take note
before diving into antique purchases for investment.
the mid-19th century had a high
fabric content, whereas later paper tends to discolor and become
brittle). Do a search of names in
the document through museum
or university archives, or even
ancestry.com. This sometimes
clues you in to the history of persons mentioned and the times
they lived. If you feel you may
have a famous signature, you can
compare signatures with other
documents online. This does not
always guarantee authenticity
as forgeries are omnipresent, but
it gets you one step closer to authenticating. The same research
approach can be used to authenticate glassware, jewelry, textiles,
etc.
as selling ice cubes to Eskimos.
Finally, market trend is often
based on overall economic patterns, as well as public tastes.
For instance, in a down economy,
higher valued collectibles such as
jukeboxes, classic cars or even artwork may see a dip in sales and
consequently a dip in value. For
speculators, this would be the
time to buy low with the expectation of a later turnaround. Public
tastes is slightly harder to gauge
and requires more vigilant online
monitoring of sales. Last year,
mid-century furniture seemed
to pique in value. This year, the
trend is waning and by late 2015,
mid-century furniture may lose
30% of its high value.
VALUE
The value of an object is generally determined by a number of
factors, including rarity, condition,
and market trends. But these determining factors are not always
linked. For instance, if an item is
exceptionally rare, condition may
be a miniscule determining factor
of value because of its rarity. Conversely, a collectible item’s value
may rest solely on condition and
collector demand, even though
there may be a glut of the items
on the marketplace (do Beanie
Babies ring a bell?). So in order to
better determine value, you must
first research the history of the object in question.
KNOW THE MARKETPLACE
There’s a great volatility to collecting antiques for investment
purposes. If you invest in stocks,
you likely read the NASDEQ
every morning. With regard to
collecting antiques, a similar approach should be used. Online
auction houses can give you results for any item previously sold
at auction. That information can
help you value your item and even
forecast future sales potential.
If you plan on selling your item,
you need to know your audience.
A seascape painting by a listed artist will likely sell for considerably
less to someone in Palm Desert
than someone in Santa Barbara.
In today’s marketplace, American
Vietnam war memorabilia is in
high demand overseas, and will
often command 5-10 times more
return by selling to buyers in China than in the United States. Put
simply, selling Wedgwood china to
Millennials makes as much sense
DOCUMENTATION
Many of you may have heard
the word provenance. Provenance
is the chronology of the ownership,
custody or location of a historical
object. This is often a determining
factor in proving your supposed
Jackson Pollock painting is either
an authentic million dollar art find,
or merely a thrift store knock-off.
Documentation can be in the form
of auction records, or simply a letter written by the original owner
attesting to how the item came into
their possession. Oral history of an
item is almost never considered as
embellishing is often handed down
through generations, along with
the artifact.
If you start by following these
basic rules, you will not only be
able to determine the general value of objects currently in your possession, but you may even be able
to determine the value of an object
before you hit the flea markets and
auction houses.
RESEARCH
Thanks to the internet, any
person with a computer and a
tinge of curiosity can become a
competent sleuth. If your object is
a document, learn the properties
of paper (almost all paper up to
July 2014
Page 9
Local Attorney Breaks Boundaries
Elizabeth Briceño is a family attorney. After practicing in a very large
firm for 10 years, she decided to open
herownsmallfamilylawfirm,Briceño
Law Firm, in Glendora.
Ms. Briceño is a first generation
Mexican American. Her parents, Victor and Amalia, immigrated from
Mexico to the United States to make
a better life for themselves and their
family. Briceño grew up in Covina attended St. Frances of Rome (Azusa),
St. Lucy’s Priory High School (Glendora) and continued her education at
UC Santa Barbara, and Loyola Law
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School.
Her parents placed great importance on religion and education,
although neither of them had more
than an eight grade education. They
also encouraged bilingualism, and particpation in sports. Victor worked very
hard as a jeweler to pay for private
schooling. She contributed to her educational costs by achieving academic
success, scholarships, grants and receiving financial aid. It was while 17
year old Briceño was working at Carls
Jr. that she met her future husband,
Jorge Velasco.
“I could not have achieved everything I have without the support of my
family, friends and, community,” said
Briceño, “I believe in giving back to my
community. For this reason, I have
made a personal commitment to be
accessible and affordable. My hourly
fees are very reasonably priced. I am
willing to represent low income people
on a limited scope flat fee basis.”
The38yearold Briceñohasresided
with her husband and two daughters,
Natalia (7) and Valentina (10 mos) in
La Verne, for the past eight years.
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July 2014
You Afford to Live to 100?
Citrus College Awarded 2,119 Associate Degrees Could
Submitted by Cindy Bollinger
Student Leaders Among Graduates Honored at 98th Commencement Ceremony
Edward Jones Financial Advisor
GLENDORA — On June 14,
Citrus College awarded 2,119 associate degrees to students including
its Woman of the Year and Man of
the Year for 2014, Alejandra Morales and Tyler Hernandez. Both
graduates have achieved and overcome personal challenges and significant triumphs over the course
of the academic careers, and they
are among the nearly 800 students
who graduated with honors.
“I am so proud of all of our
graduating students for their constant dedication to their studies
and reaching this momentous oc-
Here’s an interesting statistic:
Over the past three decades, the
centenarian population in the
United States has grown about
66%, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau. Of course, this doesn’t
necessarily mean that you have
a good chance of living to 100 —
but the possibility may not be as
remote as it once was. In any case,
if you do plan to retire in your mid60s, and you are in good health,
you may well have two, or even
three, decades ahead of you. To
enjoy this time to the fullest —
and to help prevent the possibility
of outliving your financial resources — you will need to invest for income and growth throughout your
retirement years.
As a retiree, how much income
do you need from your investments? There’s no one “right”
percentage for everyone. Furthermore, you shouldn’t have to
rely solely on your investment
portfolio, because you may have
other sources — such as Social
Security and potentially your employer-sponsored retirement plan
— from which to draw income.
Nonetheless, your investments
can play a big role in providing
you with the income you’ll need
during retirement.
Many retirees depend on fixedrate investments for a good portion of their retirement income
— so it’s a real challenge when interest rates are low, as they have
been for the past several years.
Consequently, when you retire,
you’ll certainly need to be aware of
the interest-rate environment and
the income you can expect from
these investments. Longer-term
fixed-rate vehicles may be tempting, as they typically offer higher
rates than shorter-term ones, but
these longer-term investments
may have more price fluctuation
and inflation risk than shorterterm investments. Ultimately,
you’ll likely need a balance be-
casion in their lives,” said Superintendent/President Dr. Geraldine
Perri, Ph.D. “My hope is that Alejandra’s and Tyler’s stories inspire
their fellow graduates to be courageous leaders, continue to set their
own goals and strive to achieve
them. Congratulations to the Class
of 2014!”
Morales, a Baldwin Park High
School graduate, is a member of
several honor societies and honor
programs, including Phi Theta
Kappa (PTK). As a member of
PTK, Morales was one of the originators of the Citrus College Com-
pletion Corps, which helped shape
the College of Completion initiative
and establish the Citrus College
Institute for Completion, expected
to launch this fall.
As an undocumented student,
however, Morales had little hope
that she would be able to continue
CITRUS LEADERS: Tyler
Hernandez, left, and Alejandra
Morales were recently honored as
Citrus College’s 2014 Man of the
Year and Woman of the Year, the
college’s most prestigious honor
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country, Morales will now attend
UCLA to study English. She plans
to get master’s and doctorate degrees in higher education administration and return to Citrus College to teach.
“I entered Citrus College with
the idea that I would never reach
my educational goals because I
am an undocumented student and
would never be able to go any further than a community college degree,” Morales said. “I have proven
this idea to be wrong, and I will always remember Citrus College as
the place that changed the course
of my life forever.”
Hernandez, an Azusa resident
and outgoing Associated Students
of Citrus College (ASCC) president, has been actively involved
in student government since he
began his academic career at the
college.
Described as a deep thinker
whose knowledge is impressive
and balanced with wisdom, Hernandez plans to attend either Cal
State Long Beach or UCLA. He
wants to study political science
with an emphasis in comparative
politics in the Eastern Asian region.
“At the end of my government
career, I hope to teach comparative
politics at a college or university,
hopefully at my alma mater, Citrus College,” said Hernandez, who
served as Student Commencement
Speaker during the ceremony.
The celebration, took place
on Saturday, June 14 at Citrus
College’s stadium, marked a tremendous milestone for the new
graduates, said Board of Trustees
President Dr. Patricia Rasmussen.
“All of our students have demonstrated determination, creativity, leadership, strength and resolve
to complete their education here at
Citrus College and hopefully beyond, as well,” Rasmussen said.
“Commencement is a window to so
much opportunity, and I am proud
of the Class of 2014 for getting to
this point. Congratulations to all.”
tween short-, intermediate- and
long-term fixed-income investments to provide for a portion of
your income in retirement.
While it’s important to invest
for income, you can’t ignore the
need for growth — because you
won’t want to lose purchasing
power to inflation. As you know,
we’ve experienced quite mild inflation recently. But over time,
even a low rate of inflation can
seriously erode your purchasing
power. To illustrate: If your current monthly costs are $3,000,
they will be about $4,000 in 10
years with only a 3% annual inflation rate. And in 25 years at that
same rate, your monthly costs will
have more than doubled, to about
$6,200. To help protect yourself
against inflation risk, you should
consider having at least some
investments that offer growth
potential, rather than only owning fixed-income vehicles. And
some investment vehicles, such
as dividend-paying stocks, can offer both growth potential and current income. In fact, some stocks
have paid, and even increased,
their dividends for many years in
a row, giving you not just income,
but rising income. (Keep in mind,
though, that companies are not
obligated to pay dividends, and
can reduce or discontinue them at
any time.)
To determine the right mix of
growth and income vehicles for
your individual needs, consult
with a financial advisor who is familiar with your retirement plans,
your risk tolerance and your family situation. And it may well be a
good idea to plan for a very long
retirement. You may not live to be
100 — but it would be a good feeling to know that you could afford
to do so.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local
Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
July 2014
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A patient experienced a burning and itchy sensation at the back
of her head. At first, I thought the
problem was
originated
from
her
neck.
After
thorough examination, I
couldn’t find
Dr. Yu Chen
anything
wrong with her neck. I focused on
easing her symptom for the first
2 treatments. The itchiness was
mostly gone after 2 treatments.
However, the burning and pain
were still there. I conducted another detailed diagnosis and found
that she had chronic migraine as
well. After discovering her chronic
migraine condition, I changed the
treatment to heal the migraine.
She felt a lot better right after I
changed the treatment plan. She
was cured after a total of 7 treatments. She only comes once a
week now for maintenance.
Most headaches and migraines
originate in the neck. It could be
caused by an old injury or bad
posture. One of my patients had
headaches for more than 10 years.
He had many examinations, but
nothing wrong was found. I told
him the headaches were probably
from his neck. He then remembered the injury from 12 years ago.
He recovered after 12 treatments.
Another patient always feels pain
in his arm when throwing a ball.
I found the pain originated in his
neck. He actually had been in an
accident a couple of weeks earlier.
Sometimes the symptoms don’t
occur at the problem area.
A patient came in one afternoon with severe PHN (postherpetic neuralgia), also known as
after shingles pain. It had been a
couple of months ago that he had
had shingles. Normally, it takes
4-6 acupuncture treatments to
cure shingles if caught in the early
stages meaning the first or second
week of the occurrence. Once the
shingles developed into PHN, it is
a little harder to cure. In this case,
the patient felt better after his
4th acupuncture treatment. After
eight treatments most of the pain
has resided and after a couple of
more treatments he should completely healed.
The best results from I Ching
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Acupuncture is not only best
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and sports injury; it’s also the best
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fall into one of two perspectives: vitalism and mechanism. Vitalism
is based on the premise that an
intelligence exists that organizes
physical matter and is responsible
for the creation and maintenance
of life. Mechanism claims that
life began by chance and our existence is merely limited to material
causes and mechanical properties.
The vitalistic practitioner is
attentive to the whole person
and determining the underlying
causes of malfunction (or a lack of
harmony) in the body. Identifying
these causes, a person can choose
supportive methods of care that
will enrich normal, natural function. Discovering these causes of
disharmony enables a person to
make different lifestyle choices
and literally choose to be healthy.
The mechanistic provider is
focused on diagnosing conditions
and eliminating symptoms. These
providers may prescribe drugs or
may use alternative therapies.
Despite the method used, the intent is to treat the symptom. Although feeling better quickly may
seem appealing, neglecting the
cause of the problem allows for
continued malfunction. And treating symptoms without correcting
the cause of the problem often disrupts or limits the body’s normal
healing process.
Today, parents are more disturbed than ever about the adverse effects medications can have
on their children. Parents are increasingly questioning their doctors, “Is this really the best option
for my child? Isn’t there a safer
alternative?”
Parents are often reluctant
to merely mask symptoms with
drugs and are troubled about
side effects. Their wish to pursue
which enhance their children’s
own natural ability to be healthy.
This is the intent of Chiropractic care. Based on a major premise that recognizes the natural
process of healing, the purpose
of Chiropractic care is to identify
that which interferes with natural
health, correct the cause and support our innate ability to be well.
Chiropractic was founded on principles congruent with the vitalistic
paradigm.
The Chiropractic Family Wellness Lifestyle is defined as intentionally making health choices
from the vitalistic perspective. In
other words, with the knowledge
and trust in the body’s ability to
heal, we as parents can choose
methods of health care that are
supportive not suppressive. We
can choose care for our families
that will enhance normal body
function, rather than treatments
that simply cover up symptoms.
We can make lifestyle choices that
heighten the way the body was
designed to heal.
Our purpose in writing for our
community’s paper is to offer you
information on the types of care
consistent with the vitalistic perspective and most importantly
give you a greater insight and respect for the body’s inherent wisdom to be well. In this and in our
articles to come, we are pleased to
share the principles of Chiropractic that have made it the largest
natural healing profession available today.
San Dimas – A Reverse Mortgage is an effective finance tool allowing Seniors additional cash by
converting a portion of their home
equity into loan proceeds which
can supplement their retirement.
Unlike a traditional mortgage,
there are no monthly loan payments to a bank.
Top Ten Reasons a Reverse
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4. Insurance in case of reduced
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5. Unexpected expenses: home
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wish.
6. Retire early and postpone social security benefits until age 67
to receive larger benefits.
7. Offers both Fixed and Adjustable rate options, your choice.
Rates are low – a good reason to
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8. Flexibility, receive your Reverse Mortgage proceeds by cash,
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you.
9. Keep your retirement accounts longer by using the reverse
mortgage proceeds instead.
10. Peace of mind, insured by
FHA with safeguards in place.
You retain full ownership of your
home.
The FHA Reverse Mortgage is
one of the most flexible and valuable assets a retiree may utilize.
You owe it to yourself to learn how
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On Friday, June 13, 2014, Senator Carol Liu hosted a special Woman of the Year luncheon at the Pasadena Hilton. It was called Women
Mean Business luncheon. We had two Chamber members who won.
Amie Boersma who represented Prime Healthcare and San Dimas
Hospital won for the Outstanding Junior Businesswoman of the Year
and Jody Gmeiner from Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity won for
the Outstanding Non-Profit Executive Director. Pictured above from lst
to right: Amie Boerman, Brian McNerney - CEO La Verne Chamber of
commerce and Jody Gmeiner.
909-592-0757
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July 2014
San
Dimas
Chamber
of
Commerce
Business Skills Intern Program
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce
Annual Report for 2013-2014
The San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce has continued to grow
while working hard to make improvements to the products, services and programs we offer so
we can better serve our local businesses and our community.
Creating a Strong Local Economy
We promoted the community,
provided networking opportunities, and helped create a strong
local economy through our annual
events such as the San Dimas
Day at the Fair, Birthday BBQ,
Western Days, Awards Dinner,
Christmas Tree Lighting, Toast
of the Town and our Golf Tournament. We also launched our
Discover San Dimas campaign to
help generate awareness and help
engage our local businesses and
their employees in the San Dimas
community.
Everything the Chamber does
is geared to help create a strong
local economy. Our events, business training, resources, marketing, and even our Shop Local
programs are coordinated to help
foster and promote growth.
Representing the Interests of
Business with Government
We fostered relationships and
represented the interests of business with government through
our State of the Community
Breakfast, State of the School District Luncheon and our Legislative Round Tables with Congresswoman Napolitano, Senator Liu
and Assemblyman Holden. We
also showcased San Dimas and
the San Gabriel Valley by hosting
a Sheriff’s Candidate Forum.
Providing Networking Opportunities
We promoted and provided
opportunities for members to network with each other and local
citizens. We added a Table Top
Mixer and Speed Networking to
the mix to increase connection opportunities and we continued Coffee Hours and Chamber Orientations to showcase membership.
Promoting the Community
We continued to grow our annual events and are in the process of rebooting Western Days to
make it more community based
while promoting the City’s western theme and citrus heritage. In
addition to our annual community events, we published a new San
Dimas Business and Community
Guide. The book highlights all of
the great resources San Dimas
offers along with promoting the
Chamber and our members.
Providing Marketing Opportunities
The Chamber continues to offer members free and inexpensive
ways to market their businesses
through the Chamber’s website
and publications. In addition, a
“Charlie the Chamber Bear” social media campaign was created
to help showcase Chamber Members and help them tell their stories.
Providing Business Tools for
Success
In addition to promoting our
free “Tools for Business” online
resource guide, we continued our
business workshops and are in
the process of launching a new
online training program to help
businesses with everything from
human resource training to sales,
marketing, and everything in between.
We have done all this and more
so we can be everything a Chamber should be and more for our
members and the community. We
know that the stronger our businesses are the stronger our community can be and we are here to
help.
Join the Birthday BBQ Party August 2
The City Turns 54 and We Are
Celebrating! Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 2nd for
the best family “Country Picnic”
Birthday Party in town. Last year
close to 2,000 of your friends and
neighbors came out to celebrate
our wonderful city. You don’t want
to miss our famous deep pit BBQ
beef with all the fixings. It is an afternoon and evening of family fun
with your friends and neighbors
for less than a trip to the movies.
The schedule includes kids entertainment and vendor displays
from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., dinner from
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., and entertainment from the “Soundbytes”
and dancing from 6 p..m. - 10 p.m.
Businesses have a great opportunity to get involved by becoming
a Birthday BBQ Sponsor. It’s the
perfect way to support the community and promote your business at the same time. Sponsorships start at only $150 or you can
sign up to be the BBQ title sponsor
for only $1,000. Businesses and
non-profits can also get involved
by registering for exhibit booth
space. It’s a great way to interact
with members of the community
in a fun and entertaining way.
Pre-sale tickets will go on sale
at the Chamber office, City Hall
and the Senior Center. Volunteers are always needed to ensure
the success of this event. Everything from food servers, ticket
takers, drink and cake servers are
needed. You might even be volunteering with the Mayor. Please
take a moment to call the Chamber office at 909-592-3818 and ask
how you can participate at the
Birthday BBQ celebration. Additional information is available at
www.sandimaschamber.com.
And The Chamber Survey Says...
Keep Breakfast And Add Luncheon
The recent Chamber survey shows there is an interest
in changing the monthly breakfast to quarterly and adding a
monthly luncheon to the list of
member benefits. We know that
not everyone can or even wants
to participate in Chamber events
and that not everyone can attend
breakfasts or will be able to attend
luncheons. However, to ensure we
are able to meet the needs of our
members who wish to have events
where they can learn and connect
with others, we are planning on
switching things up a bit based on
the survey responses.
Starting in July, we will be
changing our breakfasts to quarterly with the first one scheduled for August 7th (February,
May, August and November).
The breakfasts will continue to
be held at the San Dimas Can-
yon Golf Course. The focus of the
breakfasts will change to be more
community oriented with presentations about the City of San Dimas, San Gabriel Valley, Education, Real Estate, Development,
Infrastructure, Public Safety and
Legislative News. It’s the perfect
opportunity to learn more about
your community while meeting
community leaders.
We will begin hosting monthly
member luncheons at the San Dimas Canyon Golf Course on the
4th Wednesday of every month
with first one scheduled for July
23rd. The luncheons will be structured more like a focus group
round table based on the success
of our previous focus group meetings. There will be a presentation
on specific topics and then we will
learn from each other during the
discussion time. This will give
Begins at Chamber
members more of an opportunity to talk about topics that are
important to the success of their
businesses/organizations. Discussion topics will include Marketing
Your Business, Social Media Best
Practices, Partnering For Success Opportunities, Technology
Trends, and Cyber Security Best
Practices.
In addition to the discussion
time, we will offer members the
opportunity to be the Member
Spotlight Sponsor and we will be
showcasing a member resource
each month.
Thank you to everyone who
took time to complete the survey.
Your input helps us better provide
services that meet the needs of our
membership. Visit our website
and Facebook for news on upcoming breakfasts and luncheons.
Interns from left to right
Mikel Evalle, Michael Gardner and Allen Black
Commerce created a new Business Skills Volunteer Intern
Program in an effort to help high
school and college students learn
valuable job skills. We currently
have Mikel Evalle and Michael
Gardner both from ITT and Allen
Black from Cal Poly taking advantage of the new program.
The three month (12 week),
10 to 15 hours a week, program
started June 9, 2014 and lets students apply their skills in a business environment in the areas of
Marketing, Business Management, and Technology.
The interns have already
started and their first assignment was to learn about the San
Dimas Chamber of Commerce
and the important role we play
in the community. They are now
working on a multitude of different projects in an environment
designed to simulate a marketing department of an organization. Some of the projects they
have started on include social
media marketing, project management, and data collection. The
interns will be publicizing their
progress along with information
about each of the participants in
our newsletter, on our website,
in the San Dimas Community
News, and through social media.
Interns will be invited to attend
the Chamber Luncheon on August 27 to receive a certificate of
completion and a letter of recommendation from the San Dimas
Chamber.
For more information about
the Business Skills Volunteer Intern Program or to register for a
volunteer Intern position, please
call us at 909-592-3818 or email
us at info@sandimaschamber.
com.
San Dimas Summer Shop Local Campaign
Shop San Dimas this Summer
and have a chance to win: Over
$500 in great prizes to be given
away over an eight week period.
Shop any San Dimas Chamber of
Commerce Member and double
your chances to win.
Here’s how it works:
Beginning July 1, 2014
through August 29, 2014 bring
your receipts to the San Dimas
Chamber Office. For every $150 in
receipts spent in the local community and submitted to the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce, you
will receive an entry form for the
Free Summer Shop Local Campaign Drawing. If any receipts
are from a San Dimas Chamber
of Commerce Business Member,
located in San Dimas or a surrounding city, you will receive an
extra entry form. Residents and
non-residents, ages 18 and older,
may participate.
Be sure to bring your receipt
in early and often as their will be
a drawing July 22, August 5, August 19 and the final drawing will
be held on September 2.
As a community we need to
support our local businesses. We
can do this by embracing, nourishing and always supporting the
local businesses that help create
jobs and financially help make
San Dimas a better place. If not,
it will be our local businesses that
won’t be here tomorrow, which
means our community won’t be
able to offer the quality of life in
which we have chosen to live,
have our families and grow old in.
During the campaign, the San
Dimas Chamber of Commerce
encourages everyone to visit the
Chamber’s website at www.sandimaschamber.com for additional
information about the campaign
and to learn how your local tax
dollars benefit the San Dimas
community and you. In addition,
there will also be special Hot Deal
discounts offered to help your dollars go a little further. Contact
the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce at info@sandimaschamber.
com or call 909-592-3818 if you
would like additional information.
July 2014
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San DimasRibbon
Chamber
of
Commerce
Cuttings
Top Things the San Dimas Chamber
Has Been Doing for Business
Foothill Federal
Credit Union
to Host Multi
Chamber Mixer
– July 17th
The San Dimas Chamber heads into summer at full speed. Here’s what
the Chamber has been doing recently to promote San Dimas and Business:
Hosted the Centennial Celebration and Awards Dinner to honor the
Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year,
Police and Fire of the Year, Chamber Awards and more while promoting the Chamber’s history of helping build strong businesses and great
family friendly community events.
Member Mixers Offer
Business Networking
Opportunities
Come and be apart of our
next networking mixer hosted
by Foothill Federal Credit Union
on Thursday, July 17th, which is
located 645 S. Lone Hill Ave. in
Glendora. San Dimas Chamber
members will get an opportunity
to network with members from
La Verne, and Glendora while
enjoying the opportunity to meet
new contacts and enjoy great food
and more.
The mixer starts at 5:30 p.m.
and offers door prizes and one
lucky Chamber Member will win
$20 in lottery tickets guaranteed. Members are encouraged to
bring door prizes to promote their
business and also bring lots of
business cards to share with new
contacts. There is no charge for
our mixers and prospective members are always welcome and encouraged to come by.
Commerce is always striving to
help people connect. Mixers offer
members the opportunity meet
new people and expand their network of friends, business contacts
and possibly even new clients.
Visit us at www.sandimaschamber.com for more information.
Started the new Business Skills Intern Program to offer college students
hands on experience in working in a business environment while learning how the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce helps support business
and the community.
Launched a new Online Training Program, which gives business members of all sizes easy access to employee training and learning tools to
help them grow and be more successful.
Ribbon Cutting for San Dimas Farmers Market
Continued to promote the Spring Membership Spree in an effort to
promote membership and help local businesses and organization know
more about how the Chamber can help.
Hosted two Chamber Ribbon Cuttings to help promote new Chamber Members.
Partnered with two different Chamber members to create Chamber
and City videos plus started working on a program to offer members an
opportunity to register for their own videos.
Continued our outreach program to promote and educate businesses
and the community about the new Southern California Gas Company’s
Advanced Meter Project.
Worked with Chamber Committees such as our Legislative, Economic Development, Member Services, Education, and Ambassadors to
continue our efforts to better serve our membership and promote the
community.
Worked with the Birthday BBQ Committee and Western Days to
plan for the two biggest events in San Dimas.
Sleep Number Ribbon Cutting
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce
Direction for 2014-2015
The Board of Directors held
there annual strategic planning
meeting to review the past year
and to begin the process of establishing goals for the coming year.
In addition to keeping on our current path, here’s an overview of
just some of the new projects and
updates planned for the coming
year:
Improve member involvement
and create community awareness
- Change the monthly breakfasts
to quarterly (August, November,
February and May) and add a
monthly luncheon to the list of
member benefits. The focus of the
breakfasts will change to be more
community oriented with presentations about the City of San Dimas, San Gabriel Valley, Education, Real Estate, Development,
Infrastructure, Public Safety and
Legislative News. The luncheons
will be structured more like a focus group round table based on
the success of our previous focus
group meetings. This will give
members more of an opportunity to talk about topics that are
important to the success of their
businesses/organizations.
Continued to promote the “Charlie the Chamber Bear” campaign,
which gives members a fun and fresh way to showcase their businesses.
Charlie’s business visits are posted on the Chamber’s Facebook.
Expand our Economic Development efforts to support business retention and bring business to San Dimas - Continue to
coordinate Shop Local programs
and promote our Discover San
Dimas campaign to help promote
shopping centers and businesses
in addition to offering San Dimas
information to their employees
to generate more community
awareness. Continue to help
businesses start, grow and get
stronger with the use of our Tools
for Business online resource program and expand our partnerships with the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership and
SBDC so we can offer additional
resources and showcase San Dimas.
Foster partnerships between
education and the business community - Launch a new online
training program for businesses
with everything from human resource training to sales training.
Continue to work with local colleges, high school, and businesses
to learn what skills are needed
and how to match students with
jobs. Create a job skills incubator
type program to help promote
real world business experience
for students. Create a Principal
for a Day program and expand
our presence at high school and
college Career Days.
SUMMARY
The San Dimas Chamber
of Commerce proudly provides
services to businesses and the
community as a means of maintaining and growing a healthy
business climate. We understand
that a strong business community
is an important component to any
city and the tax dollars generated
by businesses help fund services
such as police and fire for the
community. We also understand
that healthy, active businesses
are more likely to get involved
and serve as members of service
organizations and or donate to
charitable organizations which
in turn help the community grow
stronger. We are proud to know
that through our hard work we
have been and will continue to be
the driving force and business resource center for local businesses
and the community.
A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to help the Chamber accomplish their goals of helping business grow while helping enhance the
City of San Dimas. We are here to help build a better local economy,
help businesses and support a strong community. We are proud to serve
our community and encourage all businesses to be members of the San
Dimas Chamber of Commerce. Visit www.sandimaschamber.com for
more information about the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce and
see how we are always working to help businesses and the community
grow.
Western Days Festival Vendor
Applications Now Available
Have you been looking for a
way to showcase your business to
thousands of people and have fun
in the process? On October 4 and
5, 2014, the 47th rendition of San
Dimas Western Days will take
place in our downtown district giving businesses, organizations and
crafters the opportunity to promote their products and services.
What is this event? Western
Days consists of various activities
for the entire family including
games and rides for the kids, live
entertainment on the main stage,
food vendors, crafters, business
and vendor displays, a community parade, and so much more.
It is the biggest event in San Dimas and showcases everything
that is great about our wonderful
city. In addition, partnerships are
created with organizations such
as the San Dimas Historical Society and Bonita Unified School
District to promote the history of
San Dimas.
How can you participate? The
event is made possible because
of business support. Join the fun
and enjoy the activities and best
of all take advantage of promoting your business or organization
with either a display booth, by being in the parade or by becoming
a sponsor of the biggest event of
the year in San Dimas. By supporting Western Days, you are
supporting your community and
giving local residents an exciting
and fun event where they get to
enjoy their city and all that is has
to offer. Help make this year’s
event a success. It’s a great way
to make a difference in your community. For more information
about Western Days Festival,
please call the San Dimas Chamber (909) 592-3818 or go online at
www.sandimaschamber.com.
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San Dimas Historical Society
Murder
in Mud Springs
A four-part series by Paul McClure
This is Part 2 of a four-part series about the first recorded murder in
Mud Springs, the early name of San Dimas. This series includes:
Part 1—The Marriage
Part 2—The Murder
Part 3—The Suspects
Part 4—The Outcome
Part 2: The Murder
In 1856, ranch foreman John
Rains married Rancho Santa Ana
del Chino co-heiress Merced Williams
one day after her father’s funeral.
Rains then put Merced’s share of the
35,000-acre rancho solely in his name,
and soon traded it for the 13,000-acre
Rancho Cucamonga. These transactions soon led to the first murder in
Mud Springs.
AttheTopofHisGame
In 1861, John, Merced, and their
three children moved from Chino to
their new brick hacienda at Rancho
Cucamonga near the present-day
intersection of Vineyard Avenue and
Hemlock Street.
Rancho Cucamonga was strate-
On November 29, 1862, the Los
Angeles Star reported, “[O]n the
morning of leaving home, as his wagon was being prepared, he [Rains]
went to his drawer for his pistols,
but they were not there; he inquired
for them, but no one had been using
them nor did anyone know where
they were. The fact, now seen to be
so fatal, singular to say, attracted
very little attention and the doomed
gentleman left home without a companion, without his arms.”
No Word, No Report
As John Rains passed through
Mud Springs, he just seemed to have
disappeared. Two days after he had
left on this fateful trip, his unharnessed horses appearing ‘ridden hard’
Rains House at Rancho Cucamonga, Circa 1970
gically located at the base of Mt. San
Antonio (aka Mt. Baldy)—with water from three sources: San Antonio
Canyon, Cucamonga Canyon, and
Cucamonga—and at the confluence
of the Mojave Trail, the Old Spanish
Trail, and El Camino Real.
At that time, Rains was rich, wellliked, politically influential, and appreciated for the abundant hospitality
at his Cucamonga home. He occupied
a prominent place in business and
political circles and in 1860 he was
a delegate with John Bidwell to the
democratic national convention, at
Charleston.
Rains increased the size of his
vineyard; made improvements to
his winery, shops, and stage station;
and furnished employment for many.
This respected land baron had transformed a tumbleweed wasteland into
an agricultural oasis.
In addition, Rains invested in two
other ranchos as well as the Bella
Union Hotel in Los Angeles.
MortgagingtheFuture
Soon trouble arrived. A severe
drought devastated the area in 1860
and 1861, followed by catastrophic
floods in 1862.
During this period Rains had
overextended his credit. On November 12, 1862, John and Merced signed
a mortgage for $16,000 on Rancho
Cucamonga and the Bella Union Hotel with Philip Sichel, Isaias Hellman,
and Solomon Lazard. They both
signed the mortgage despite the fact
Rancho Cucamonga was in John’s
name only.
On November 17, 1862, five days
after Rains had signed the mortgage,
and at the peak of his career, 33-yearold John left his wife and four children
in Cucamonga and drove off in a wagon toward Los Angeles. He would
only make it as far as Mud Springs.
FirstMurderinMudSprings
galloped back into the stables of the
Cucamonga Ranch. Rains’ wife Merced didn’t alert authorities until a pair
of Los Angeles businessmen arrived
at his ranch days later inquiring why
he missed a scheduled appointment.
For 11 days there was no trace of
Rains or his wagon. Finally, his body
July 2014
SAN
DIMAS SENIOR CLUB ADVENTURES
By Jay Pace
First of all I want to thank
Joanne for taking over [and was
told by many she did a fantastic
job] while I was visiting all my sisters in Ohio. I personally had no
worries because she’s been doing a
fantastic job as Program [2nd Vice
President]
Delia, our Sunshine Lady told
us that Gerry is out of the hospital,
Madaline is doing better, Jeanine
[as I write this is in Kindred on
Ada in Glendora] — she had a
stroke and is in 207B if you’d like
to visit her [make sure she is still
there if you want to visit her] Our
prayers are with you all!!!!!
I hope the fourth of July was
very special. We had a very busy
June. Joanne had Darell come
back to talk to us again about
Safety. Didn’t he do a great job
last month? Well let’s back up a
minute or two...San Dimas Fire
Department was called the night
before and Joanne didn’t get an
answer so asked Darell to come
talk to us about additional safety
tips. He had a whole half an hour
of info and lo and behold, San Dimas Fire Department did indeed
show up. Soooo Captain Ruben
Reyna, Firefighter Jimmy Mc
Donald and Engineer Michael
Dollard talked for the first part
of the time about getting an item
to check on Carbon Dioxide being
in home without knowing it was
there [odorless] and also making sure your fire alarms were in
working order. Now if I just told
you that that’s all they informed
us about those of you who were
there would say umm... They
gave us many other very important information and questions
were asked and answered. [See
when you snooze you lose.] Captain Reyna told us about sidewalk
CPR that was going on in June.
He said that he would let us know
when they would have that in
San Dimas. As soon as I know I
will let the San Dimas Club members know, also. Even though
Darell was asked the night before he came up to the plate and
had many items to share with us.
Time didn’t allow that to happen
so he is coming back to talk to us
some more about safety. Special
thanks go out to all the gentleman
that came out and gave us things
to keep us safe.
The 17th of June Jimmy Weldon came out and talked to us
about OUR AMERICAN FLAG
OF ThE UNITED STATES
and what it stands for and what
it went through over the years.
We had the pleasure of having
Jimmy before. He is 91 and I
can’t remember what I had for
dinner last night but he shared
the whole 45 minutes filled with
mucho info memorized. VERY
INTERESTING!!I He would like
to go to different schools to talk
about our flag so if anyone out
there knows of a school that would
be interested please let us know
and we will forward that info to
him.
We had 31 people go on the free
bus trip to Laguna Beach. Thanks
again Joanne for getting things
done so that we could go and enjoy
the day. The bus driver gave us
two choices to be dropped off and
some of us took the high road and
some took the low road. Personally I never knew that a bathing suit
could consist of two small pieces of
material. I remember years ago
seeing a pregnant woman in a bikini. Do you remember when you
were pregnant and wore a bathing
suit, and proud of how you looked
in it? Oh well, things change as
we get older don’t they... We also
watched a woman holding a little
boy walking toward her son who
went back to get his shoes followed by her little daughter in the
sand. Memories.... Sand and all,
and all thinking ‘thank you God,
that isn’t us’.
She made it look way to easy.
We got back on the bus and were
back way before 4:00 all wondering what trip Joanne has planned
for us next.
July-come join us for a month
full of fun. The 8th we will have
our Club Meeting. Godzoots, I
didn’t write down what is happening on July 15th. July 22nd, Two
For The Show will be here. They
entertained us one Friday night
and were so good that Joanne
asked them to come and entertain
us, too.
Last Tuesday is B-l-N-G-O ...
.50 cents a card and ALL money
goes out that day to winners.
Again, thank you Albertson’s for
our Birthday cake you provide
each month.
People have asked me to check
Sanders to see if we could use
their truck during the October 4th
Rodeo parade. I did and they need
to know how many would be on
the float AND if they are able to
climb a ladder. [4’ tall]. We need to
be responsible for ourselves. Sooo,
if you’d like to be on the float,
please let me know ASAP. That
day they will also have B-I-N-G-0
and soooo much more to keep EVERYONE BUSY.
00000HHH!!!!! Nancy told me
that we now have 118 YES 118
members. Please come and join us
each Tuesday...it’s for fun and for
free and....you get your supply of
hugs to last until you return next
Tuesday. Don’t forget to stay for
lunch [if not a regular, don’t forget
to call to make an appointment]
Hope you’re enjoying the Farmer’s
Market every Wednesday. Talk to
you next month. Jay
Walnut Groundbreaking Ceremony for Pomona
Valley Habitat for Humanity
80 people in attendance, it
was a great opportunity for the
partners to meet with all of the
extremely generous donors to the
project. This project, known as
a typical Habitat house, but PV
Habitat did not want to pass on
this extensive learning experience
in green building, as well as the
opportunity to serve another fam-
ABC 2.0 (meaning the house will
be Affordable, Buildable and Certifiable with all green agencies) is
a Net Zero house; it will produce
the energy it needs, thereby helping the family keep their energy
costs very low.
The Walnut house will not be
ily. Interested Veterans should
call Pomona Valley Habitat for
Humanity at (909) 596-7098 to be
placed on an orientation waiting
list. Veteran families currently living in the Pomona Valley Habitat
service area are eligible to apply.
Pomona Valley Habitat serves the
Romon Carrillo
suspect then hero
was found near Mud Springs, and
the motive appeared to be murder,
not robbery.
The Star also reported that “the
body of Mr. Rains was discovered
about 400 yards from the main road
in a cactus patch. The body gave evidence that the unfortunate man had
been lassoed, dragged from his wagon
by his right arm, which was torn from
the socket, and the flesh mangled
from the elbow to the wrist. He had
been shot twice in the back, also the
left breast and right side. His clothes
were torn off when he lost one boot
in the struggle. The body was not far
from where the wagon had been concealed.”
That was the first recorded murder in Mud Springs. The next questions: who did it and why?
To be continued…
local cities of, Chino, Chino Hills,
Claremont, Covina, Diamond Bar,
Glendora, La Puente, La Verne,
Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Upland, Walnut and West Covina.
Please note, for the Walnut and La
Verne houses, eligible Veterans living in those cities will be given first
consideration. If we are not able to
find eligible Veteran families currently living in the cities of Walnut
and La Verne, those two houses
will also be available for Veterans
living in our entire 16 city service
area.
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July 2014
Travel Story
Story & Photos By Stan Wawer
Welcome to Kuala Lumpur,
where everything is the best, the
tallest or biggest in the world.
Whether that
is true or not
is up to interpretation. One
thing is certain; KL (as it
is known) may
Stan Wawer
be the cleanest
city in the world.
Kuala Lumpur, a federal territory, directly under the control of
the Malaysian federal government,
easily outdistances any other large
city for the title of Mr. Clean. Graffiti? You will not find it here. Those
The city’s urban sprawl extends
well beyond the boundaries of the
territory into surrounding Selangor
state, particularly along the Klang
Valley — the powerhouse of the
Malaysian economy, where much
of the city’s workforce and industry
reside.
On my first day in KL, I took a
group tour of the city with Rosli as
our guide. He took us to the King’s
Palace first, about a 20-minute drive
from our hotel, the Ritz-Carlton.
We arrived at the official residence of the king greeted by a ceremonial guard on Horseback. Malaysia is a positional monarchy. A
king holds a five-year term. There
The 88-story, 1,483-foot-high Petronas Towers.
who are caught defacing public
property are punished with the loss
of a hand. A little harsh perhaps,
but it works as a salient deterrent.
I traveled to Kuala Lumpur
with great trepidation. Friends and
family reminded me that Malaysia
was a Muslim country and as an
American, it might be wise to find
someplace “safer” to travel. I’m glad
that I did not take their advice. I
found KL safe, squeaky clean and
friendly — and English is the language of choice.
I walked the streets alone at
night without incident and was
greeted time and time again by
smiling faces. The young crowd
starts partying after midnight and
continues until the sun comes up
over this city of more than 1.3 million people.
KL is a modern Asian city of
beautiful skyscrapers, including
the Petronas twin towers (once the
tallest building in the world), but it
retains much of its local flavor that
has disappeared in other Asian
boom cities such as neighboring
Singapore. KL is a mix of Moorish
and modern design.
KL has a plethora of colonial
buildings in its center; a vibrant and
historical Chinatown with street
vendors and night markets, a bustling Little India and in the middle
of the city, the oldest rain forest in
the world.
are nine royal families in the country and they rotate the ceremonial
position. Yellow is the official color
of royalty. The palace is almost 50
acres and has its own golf course.
The king serves as chief of police
and head of the military police. The
changing of the guard takes place
every four hours.
was lowered and the Malayan flag
was first raised after independence)
and the Sultan Abdul Samad Building — the Big Ben of KL. There is
a 305-foot-high flagpole where the
Malaysia flag hangs. “It’s the highest flagpole in the world,” Rosli said
proudly. “We like to show the world
we have the tallest everything.”
In the same vicinity lies the old
cricket club, Selangor Club, with
its mock-Tudor architecture, plus
Cathedral of Virgin St. Mary, one of
Malaysia’s oldest Anglican churches. Stroll around the area to appreciate the other old colonial buildings
with their captivating Moorish designs.
When Malaysia was a British
colony, England had its information
office in Independence Square. Malaysia was given its independence
from England in 1957. In 1974, it
became a federal territory. Close by
is a building that once was a British
prison but is now a police station.
The British built the city’s old train
station. For obvious reasons, there
is still a strong English influence in
Malaysia.
Melaka was Malaysia’s name
before independence. Overlooking
Independence Square is the Bukit
Aman (peace mountain) building. The Malaysian flag has 15 red
and white stripes, representing the
country’s 15 states. The blue field
represents harmony, yellow is royal
and the star and moon represents
Islam. A memorial to Malaysia’s
independence opened in August of
2002 in KL. Malaysia’s independence day is Aug. 31.
As we drove toward Modern
Chinatown, we passed a cemetery
where World War II Japanese
soldiers are buried. The Modern
Chinatown area is called River of
Money because of the business that
takes place in the area. The RitzCarlton is in the River of Money.
This is KL’s Golden Triangle. The
city is in the middle of a confluence
of two river mouths (Kuala Lumpur means “muddy convergence”).
The Petronas is the landmark in
this area.
KL has a park where Asians
had their first meeting in the city
and where the Chinese go for Tai
Chi exercise. The park is more than
222 acres. In the park there are 260
species of birds — the largest number in the world, according to Rosli.
The Islamic Heritage Museum
has artifacts from all over the world.
At this site is the Malaysian na-
Sri Maha Mariaman Temple in Chinatown is the oldest Hindu temple
in KL.
Malaysia uses the British system of government — Lower House
(senate) and Upper House (representatives) of Parliament.
In Jalan Raja Chulan, you can
explore the city’s colonial core where
even more structural marvels await
you. These include the National
History Museum, Independence
Square (where the Union Jack flag
tional mosque. It was completed in
1986 for 10 million Ringetts. It holds
up to 10,000 people and is generally
filled on Friday.
The two rivers, the Kelang and
Gombak, head straight for the
Melaka Sea. Where the two rivers join is the oldest mosque in KL,
built by the British.
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Old Chinatown is in the old part
of KL. It was once the trading post
for Chinese who came to KL during British rule. It’s always been
Chinatown. They have a night
market that is a beehive of activity.
You can purchase knockoffs of topname brands here. Copyright laws
have become an issue, according to
Rosli — especially with CDs. These
knockoffs are openly sold here, not
like in the states.
The Sri Maha Mariaman Tem-
baggy, flowery pants for us to wear.
High fashion. A KL gentleman, who
does business in Allentown, PA,
asked us if we got two pair free for
the purchase of two pair. Everyone
enjoyed a nice laugh at our expense.
I learned quickly that the scooter
is KL’s favorite mode of transportation. They are everywhere, scooting
in and out of traffic.
Malaysia has one of the most
beautiful and modern airports in
the world. A clean, high-speed train
The Malaysian flag flies atop the tallest flagpole in the world.
ple is the oldest Hindu Temple in
KL. It’s in the heart of Old Chinatown. You have to leave your shoes
outside. There is a nominal fee (20
cents when I was there) to hold
your shoes. The temple is free. The
Indian population in KL is about 7
percent.
We visited Royal Selangor
Pewter Factory, the largest pewter factory in the world, situated at
Setapak, north of Kuala Lumpur.
The combinations of 97 percent tin
and 3 percent copper and antimony
makes pewter. Young Peng Kai
founded the factory. He developed
pewter industry in KL in the 1930s
and ’40s. There is still tin mining in
Malaysia, but it’s no longer as profitable. The famous Royal Selangor
pewter, hand-made to its perfection, is known worldwide. The
factory has more than 700 skilled
craftsmen producing pewter ranging from cutlery, jugs, souvenirs,
goblets and more.
Part of the process is hammering. It takes six months to learn to
hammer and the lady we watched
can do 50 a day. The girl doing the
hammering has been an employee
for more than 35 years.
The Petronas Towers are open
Tuesday through Sunday. You can
go up to the observation deck or to
the skybridge, which is 558 feet
up. Above that point are offices.
The twin towers are 1,483 feet high
and 88 stories. We had lunch at KL
Tower (one of the world’s tallest
towers at 1,403 feet), which overlooks the city. Four of us were wearing shorts, which is a no-no in the
restaurant. They had drawstring,
zips you along the countryside into
Kuala Lumpur. Sunday on the way
in by train, we passed some low-income housing. People had laundry
hanging from their balconies, but
almost every balcony had a satellite
dish. Welcome to the 21st century.
If You Go
The rate of exchange is 3.22 Ringetts to the US dollar.
Malaysia Airlines flies from LAX
to Kuala Lumpur, with a stopover
in Taipei, Taiwan. Check flights
and prices on www.malaysiaairlines.com.
Where to Stay
The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur. It is the first all-butler hotel in
Malaysia and includes complimentary continental breakfast served in
your room. For more information,
go online at www.ritzcarlton.com.
The JW Marriott is on Bintang
Walk in the heart of the “Golden
Triangle.” Go online at www.marriott.com.
All information is accurate at the
time of publication but prices, dates
and other details are all subject to
change. Confirm all information
before making any travel arrangements.
Travel Editor Stan Wawer is a
La Verne resident, a member of the
Society of American Travel Writers
and editor of his own travel blog,
www.travelwithstan.blogspot.com.
Address all travel related questions
to his blog. His travel Facebook page
is www.facebook.com/TravelWithStan.
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