Redlands Daily Facts back issues from January 2008:
Letters of thanks
Jan 02, 2008; ... Dear Serviceperson, Thank you for helping to keep us safe and free. I hope you aresafe and sound. I want to ask you how it is like being in the U.S.Army? I'm thankful for all the great work that you men and women doto help keep the world safe. Please be careful and be safe and ...
TV show will feature Redlands art program
Jan 02, 2008; ... David Lawrence feels children should be introduced to art at ayoung age. To that end, he has worked with an art program at SmileyElementary School, the idea of which he hopes will spread to schoolsnot only in the Redlands Unified School District, but schooldistricts throughout ...
All heirlooms are priceless
Jan 02, 2008; ... The year 2007 is behind us, and 2008 is looming large - theperfect year to begin your own family history project. "When will this person stop talking about how artifacts can tellstories about the past?" you ask? Well, perhaps while reading thelast two columns about history and ...
Traffic collision sends five to hospital
Jan 02, 2008; ... REDLANDS - A traffic collision at the intersection of Lakesideand Olive Avenues sent five people to Loma Linda University MedicalCenter on Wednesday. A yellow Jeep lay turned on its side after its collision with atwo-door Scion TC at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday ....
A healthy year
Jan 02, 2008; ... The year 2007 was a year of breakthroughs and groundbreakings atboth Redlands Community Hospital and Loma Linda University MedicalCenter. New hospital wing After roughly two years of construction, the state-of-the-artSurgery and Maternity Services building at Redlands ...
Cherms not a military man?
Jan 02, 2008; ... Gary Cherms, a Redlands advocate for prisoners of war, is walkingall the way to Sacramento to convince Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerthat the POW/MIA flag should be flown at all state and cityfacilities. According to Cmdr. Ron Riley of American Legion Post 106 inRedlands, Cherms had ...
Baby greets her Daddy in Iraq via teleconference
Jan 02, 2008; ... REDLANDS - Dixee Rogers, who was born Friday night, slept whileher father had his first chance to see her. "Look Dixee, wake up,it's Daddy," mother Larissa Rogers, 21, said Monday while dad lookedon from a computer screen, thousands of miles away.Dixee's father, U.S. Marine Cpl ....
POW advocate admits lying about being a Marine
Jan 03, 2008; ... Gary Cherms, a local advocate for prisoners of war and thosemissing in action, admitted to lying about serving in the military. Cherms, 58, had falsely touted himself as a former U.S. Marine,but after an unexpected revelation from his brother Don Cherms, Garyadmitted to lying ...
Mansion's owner wants to help kids
Jan 03, 2008; ... REDLANDS - Lloyd "Tim" Rochford has plans for the Burrage MansionEstate, but they do not include subdivision or commercialenterprises. According to Perrie Mundy of REMAX Advantage Realty,who handled the sale, his plans include children. Mundy said Rochford was searching Redlands ...
Footlighters presents character-driven show with religious undertones
Jan 03, 2008; ... REDLANDS - "God's Man in Texas," the next show to open atFootlighters, may have a religious undertone, but the cast andproduction team say it is more about the relationships of the threecharacters in the show. "God's Man in Texas" takes place in the "Super Bowl" of ...
Auditions for 'Hamlet'
Jan 03, 2008 ... REDLANDS - The Redlands Regional Players and Riverside's 3Theatre Group will hold auditions for their March productions of"Hamlet" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," 6 to 10 p.m.Friday, Jan. 11, and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at theUniversity of Redlands Glenn Wallichs ...
BurritoQuest '08: La Rosita's
Jan 03, 2008; ... REDLANDS - A burrito that comes ready to eat on the road isimportant to a guy who usually has to pencil in breathing in hisschedule. I don't always have the time to sit down and enjoy aleisurely meal with a burrito, so needless to say, the to-go mealhas become something of a way of life ...
On sail at the Frugal Frigate
Jan 03, 2008; ... We have all heard stories of children who have grown into adultsexcelling in the passions that they held as young people. You must have heard of the kid who always checked the change forwheat pennies becoming a famous coin collector, or the kid who allthrough school went through ...
What's new at the A.K. Smiley Public Library
Jan 03, 2008 ... These new selections will help put the Happy in your New Year. Can you learn to be happy? Yes - according to Tal Ben-Shahar, oneof Harvard University's most popular teachers in his book "Happier."By balancing the need for pleasure and the need for meaning in ourlives we maximize ...
Catherine says, 'Head down to San Diego'
Jan 03, 2008; ... San Diego is a favorite destination for many of us here at theDaily Facts (Jennifer M. Dobbs and Shamu are tight, as she visitsSea World every chance she gets), and I'm sure you realize, if youread the Arts & Entertainment section (with our residentburritophile Jesse B. Gill's ...
Solar panels have club's meter going backward
Jan 03, 2008; ... REDLANDS - The 9,600-square-foot Boys & Girls Club of Redlands,which held its grand opening in December, is just one of severalarea locations saving money and electricity by using solar panels toprovide energy for the building. A solar panel is a device that collects and converts ...
Gourmet Pizza Shoppe serves 'Gouda' pizza
Jan 03, 2008; ... Last week the Gourmet Pizza Shoppe gave the Redlands Daily Factsand its readers a peek inside one of the hottest kitchens in town. Nearing their 10th anniversary, the family-owned pizza parlor hasbeen creating interesting, creative and delicious combinations ofpizzas since Jan. 8, ...
A religious festival's rowdy history
Jan 03, 2008; ... Sunday, Jan. 6, is a special day for readers in the liturgicalchurches, in that it is the Feast of the Epiphany, better known toShakespearians by its Renaissance name, Twelfth Night. TraditionallyEpiphany, or Jan. 6, is regarded as the last of the 12 days ofChristmas. Originally ...
Senior centers offer many ways to get fit
Jan 03, 2008; ... What's at the top of the "to do" list every Jan. 1? Right - diet and exercise. Who of us hasn't thought about this, planned it, begun it andthen gave up? Guilty as charged. However, that doesn't mean we should ignore keeping our bodies ashealthy as they can ...
Emmerson addresses Rotary Club
Jan 03, 2008 ... California will just have to ride out a state budget shortfallfor at least two more years, as bond and loan repayments level out,said ...
Emmerson sees better fiscal future coming soon
Jan 04, 2008; ... California will just have to weather a fiscal storm for anothertwo years. The forecast predicts a brighter outlook in 2010, AssemblymanBill Emmerson told members of Rotary Club of Redlands during theirlunch meeting Thursday at the Masonic Temple on Cajon Street. Emmerson, ...
Warren Hooper, 92
Jan 04, 2008 ... Warren Henry Hooper, a longtime resident of Redlands, died Jan. 1at Asistencia Villa in Redlands, following a heart attack. He was92. He was born May 21, 1915, in Yonkers, N.Y., to Jane and JimHooper. He was proud to be the son of "the Yonkers Strong Boy." Hisfather had a ...
Sunrise Rotary's students of the month
Jan 04, 2008 ... Sunrise Rotary Club of Redlands' December Students of the Monthare Alexis Garcia Irons of Clement Middle School, Stevie Laudeman ofBeattie Middle School, Cecily Palmer of Cope Middle School and IanVannix of Moore Middle School. Following are profiles of each student. Cecily ...
Nancy Ryan, 75
Jan 04, 2008 ... Nancy Marie Ryan,former head nurse in the neonatal intensive careunit at Loma Linda University Medical Center, died Dec. 31 at herhome in Cherry Valley after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Shewas 75. She was born Dec. 7, 1932, in Philadelphia and graduated fromHanneman ...
Sharing the harvest
Jan 04, 2008; ... The major cold snap that threatened local citrus crops a year agowon't threaten a local charity that provides food for those in need. Inland Harvest, a Redlands charity that endeavors to provide asmuch food as possible to local organizations throughout the InlandEmpire, won't be ...
Recycle your Christmas trees
Jan 04, 2008; ... Greetings, dirty thumbers! Hey, the city of Redlands is once again running a free Christmastree recycling program. Recycling is a wonderful thing, especiallyif it is free, and remember, green is a Christmas color. Just remove the ornaments, tinsel, nails, etc. and place ...
Gardening in rain or shine
Jan 04, 2008 ... Gardening chores for January can keep you busy when the sunshines and on rainy days as well. Holidays are over, and gardenersare clutching at their pruners and are eying their shovels with anitchy foot to start digging into the soil. Don't start to turn over the garden soil until ...
Eagles victorious over Western Christian
Jan 04, 2008; ... REDLANDS - One would think after scoring 34 points, grabbing 12rebounds and blocking six shots, that it couldn't get any better. For Arrowhead Christian Academy senior center Mark Dunham, itwasn't even his best game of the past week. Led by one monster performance from Dunham ...
Eagles get stellar play from their stars
Jan 04, 2008; ... REDLANDS - It was not quite the start Arrowhead Christian Academygirls' basketball coach Barbara Grainge envisioned in her team'sChristian League opener. Fortunately, it had a finish she could deal with. In a game filled with over 40 fouls, numerous missed free throwsand ...
Panel looks at options for the park downtown
Jan 05, 2008; ... REDLANDS - The Downtown Redlands Business Association is making arecommendation on the future of Ed Hales Park Tuesday. The association and the Redevelopment Agency have been workingtogether on developing a plan to rehabilitate the 30-year-old park.The agency is contributing ...
Fontana has dirtiest air in the Southland
Jan 05, 2008; ... Fontana has the most toxic air pollution of 10 areas sampled inSouthern California, edging out downtown Los Angeles in the largeststudy ever conducted in the region, air-quality officials saidFriday. The study by the concluded that the cancer risk from airpollution in Southern ...
Convicted murderer sentenced for slaying of Bryn Mawr postmaster
Jan 05, 2008; ... A 48-year-old Redlands man who confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend last year will spend at least 15 years in state prison. San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Arthur Harrison on Fridaysentenced Gilberto Hernandez to 15 years to life for the murder of52-year-old Maureen "Marcey" ...
No wimps, no whiners allowed in the Ice Bowl
Jan 05, 2008; ... REDLANDS - As rain lightly fell and the sky turned a darker shadeof gray, disc golf enthusiasts gathered in Ford Park Saturdaymorning to play and raise some money during the inaugural RedlandsIce Bowl disc golf tournament. "It's the die-hards out today," player Steve Chapman said ...
Committee to discuss north Redlands projects
Jan 05, 2008 ... REDLANDS - The North Redlands Visioning Committee holds its firstmeeting of the new year Monday in the Redlands Community SeniorCenter, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. The committee is discussing 2008 construction projects plannedfor north Redlands. The North Redlands Visioning ...
UR's proposed arts center on ERC agenda
Jan 05, 2008 ... REDLANDS - Several new development projects are making their waythrough the approval process this week.At its Monday meeting the Environmental Review Committee istaking a look at the University of Redlands' new center for the artsand an addition to the Glenn Wallichs Theater, a ...
Arlene Eberly
Jan 05, 2008 ... Arlene Eberly, a longtime resident of Redlands, died Dec. 31 ather home in Redlands, following an illness. She was 84. She was born Sept. 25, 1923, in Arkansas City, Kan., to Nora Annand Roy Haskins. She graduated from high school in Arkanas City andworked on a local newspaper ...
Rachel Marin
Jan 05, 2008 ... Rachel Sainz Marin, a native of Redlands, died of complicationsof diabetes Dec. 31 in Fontana. She was 59. She was born Dec. 5, 1948, in Redlands and graduated fromRedlands High School. She had lived in San Bernardino for 25 years. Her family said she loved spending ...
Dorothy Moran
Jan 05, 2008 ... Dorothy C. Moran, a former resident of the Redlands and Yucaipaarea, died Dec. 28 at her home in Bentonville, Ark., following anillness. She was 95. She was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Harbor City, Calif., to Jay Covaland Eliza Mary Garvin West and was one of six children. She ...
George Norton
Jan 05, 2008 ... George Medicus Norton, a longtime resident of Redlands, died Dec.16 at his home in Redlands, following an illness. He was 92. He was born Jan. 26, 1915, in Wartrace, Tenn., to Sandford PorterNorton and Annie Bell Cortner Norton (later Thompson). The family moved to Redlands ...
Working on the freeway
Jan 05, 2008 ... Interstate 10 westbound Lane closures will occur on up to three lanes between SixthStreet and Ford Street from 8 p.m. Jan. 10 to 4 a.m. Jan. 11 andfrom 9 p.m. Jan. 11 to 6 a.m. Jan. 12. A minimum of one lane willremain open during these closures. Orange Street westbound ...
New year, with a new approach
Jan 05, 2008; ... I eat cookies for breakfast. Sometimes, its Cheez-its. Junk food for some, I consider these the breakfast foods ofchampions. Because we get to work at 5 a.m. and eat these foods. Andanyone who can make it to work by 5 a.m. is a champion in my book. I drink straight out of the ...
Remembrance & respect
Jan 05, 2008; ... In remembrance of the things they endured, nine local formerWorld War II prisoners of war have made a concerted effort to flythe POW/MIA flag at their homes. Marty Schlocker, Tom Miller, Neil MacDonald, Bob Chism, DaveFeldman, E.C. Rodriquez, George Peterson, Don George and ...
UR grad, former museum director spends $48,500 for portrait
Jan 05, 2008 ... W. Richard West Jr., a University of Redlands graduate and formerdirector of the National Museum of the American Indian, spent$48,500 of the museum's money to commission his portrait and pickeda non-Indian artist to paint it, according to The Associated Press. The Associated Press ...
My travel wish list
Jan 05, 2008; ... Over the holidays, my brother-in-law showed me an article in theJanuary edition of Smithsonian Magazine titled "28 Places to GoBefore You Die." Like many people I meet, he assumed I had been to them all andwanted to know where I was going next. I looked at the list andlaughed ....
Assistance League of Redlands presents 'Magic Carpet Ride'
Jan 05, 2008 ... The Assistance League of Redlands will present "It's Magic 2008:A Magic Carpet Ride" Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Harry Blackstone Jr.Theatre on the campus of Redlands East Valley High School. There will be two performances, at 2 and 8 p.m. A gala withrefreshments and a chance to ...
Town and Gown offers sampling of music, theater performances
Jan 05, 2008 ... REDLANDS - The University of Redlands Town and Gown invites thecommunity to an evening of performing arts featuring four Redlands-based arts organizations. The Performance Loft, Redlands Shakespeare Festival, Universityof Redlands School of Music and Redlands Footlighters will ...
Red Wine and Blues
Jan 05, 2008; ... REDLANDS - The Redlands Rotary Club is hosting its 24th annualscholarship fundraising event - Red Wine and Blues. "It's a really lively event. It's the biggest and best party inRedlands," said event coordinator Ray Watts. From 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, guests can peruse ...
From child's play to a career
Jan 05, 2008; ... Lara Urrutia, a former winner in the Redlands Bowl Young Artists'Auditions who now is on the faculty of the University of Redlands,is the featured soloist in the next Redlands Symphony Orchestraconcert, on Jan. 12 and 13. Just 24, Urrutia has been making a name for herself on the ...
Several Bulldogs earn postseaon honors for 2007
Jan 05, 2008 ... It was announced late in December that the University of Redlandsgained five National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)All-West Region players and one All-American.For the women, junior midfielder Becky Willis and senior defenderKim Gerhardt landed on the All-West ...
Police think counterfeit scams are connected
Jan 07, 2008 ... REDLANDS - At least three local businesses were victims ofcounterfeit fraud on Friday, and Redlands police think the cases areconnected. Gallagher Jewelers and Big Lots in Tri-City Center and Starbuckson Orange Street all sold goods to a group of men paying withcounterfeit $100 ...
City considers new committee for design review
Jan 07, 2008; ... REDLANDS - A new city commission could be on the horizon. In aspecial meeting the Planning Commission is discussing the creationof a Technical Design Review Committee or an Architectural ReviewBoard at a cost of $100,000 per year. In an effort to improve design consistency the ...
Redlands Community Hospital's first baby of the new year is born
Jan 04, 2008; ... REDLANDS - At Redlands Community Hospital, the new year was rungin with the cries of Anai Vasquez, the first baby born at thehospital in 2008. According to Nikyah Pfeiffer, marketing manager at RedlandsCommunity Hospital, Anai was born at 5:39 in the morning on Jan. 1. "It ...
One hundred years ago in Redlands
Jan 05, 2008; ... JAN. 6 On Tuesday morning, Mrs. M.G. Place will face a jury in theSuperior Court at San Bernardino to answer to a charge in what hasbeen and is likely to be one of the most remarkable criminal casesin the annals of the county courts. For Mrs. Place has been in jailever since ...
Baseball clinic set for Jan. 13 at Clement
Jan 05, 2008; ... An Elite Basbeall Clinic for baseball players ages 7-14 will beheld on Jan. 13 at Clement Middle School from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is $50 per player and $25 for siblings, and will be agreat opportunity to polish your baseball skills for the upcoming2008 season. For any ...
Mentone man arrested after bar fight victim dies
Jan 07, 2008 ... YUCAIPA - San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies arrested aMentone man after a man injured in a bar fight died Sunday. According to a Sheriff's Department press release, deputiesresponded to a bar fight at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Saturday atAngels Roadhouse Bar in Yucaipa ....
Jay Brown Jr., Blaine Geviss earn Eagle rank
Jan 07, 2008 ... Jay Scott Brown Jr. and Blaine Geviss, both of Boy Scout Troop 16of the First Baptist Church of Redlands, received their Eagle Scoutawards and rank in November. Friends, family, local scouting dignitaries and members of Troop16 attended the ceremony held at the home home of Jay ...
Rhodes to become superintendent
Jan 07, 2008; ... REDLANDS - School board President Donna West announced in a memoto school district employees this morning that the board had offeredDeputy Superintendent of Educational Services Lori Rhodes theposition of superintendent, effective Feb. 1. An official appointment and announcement ...
Baker's drive-through robbed
Jan 07, 2008 ... REDLANDS - The Baker's fast-food restaurant at 1265 W. ColtonAve. was held up at gunpoint on Thursday. According to Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker, a manapproached the restaurant's drive-through window just after 10 p.m.Thursday. The man brandished a handgun and demanded the ...
Author! Author!
Jan 07, 2008; ... For writer Bruce McAllister, 2007 was an astonishingly successfulyear. His name may not be recognized by millions around the globe yet,but horror writer Stephen King recognized McAllister's talent, andincluded McAllister's short story "The Boy in Zaquitos" in his guest-edited ...
Intimate portrait
Jan 08, 2008; ... Jordan Burgess has probably traipsed through the A.K. SmileyPublic Library's used bookstore only a couple of times in his life -likely looking for his dad, Jerry, who is a board member of theFriends of the A. As of Monday afternoon Jordan, who turns 20 in February, had noidea ...
Betty Ver Husen, 76
Jan 08, 2008 ... Betty L. Ver Husen, a longtime resident of Redlands who wasactive in many community organizations, died Dec. 31 in Tustin, fromcomplications of a stroke. She was 76. Born on May 10, 1931, in Fort Collins, Colo., she had lived inRedlands for more than 42 years. She attended ...
Patty Michaels, 71
Jan 08, 2008 ... Patty Michaels Patricia C. "Patty" Michaels, 71, died Dec. 31 at her home inYucaipa, after a 15-month battle with cervical cancer. Her familywas with her when she died. A native of California, she was born Dec. 9, 1936, and had livedin Yucaipa for 30 years. She ...
Antoinette Wassenaar, 85
Jan 08, 2008 ... Antoinette Wassenaar, a former resident of Redlands and schoolcafeteria supervisor, died Dec. 31 in Ellsworth, Minn., following anillness. She was 85. She was born March 13, 1922, in Sioux Center, Iowa, to Gerrit andBertha Altena Int'Veld. She attended country school near ...
University of Redlands proposal moves forward
Jan 08, 2008; ... REDLANDS - The Environmental Review Committee sent the Universityof Redlands' proposed addition to the Glenn Wallichs Theater and newcenter for the arts on to the Planning Commission. The university plans to construct a 15,927-square-foot additionto the existing theater on ...
Zanja 8 will jazz up magic show gala
Jan 08, 2008 ... REDLANDS - The Zanja 8, a jazz ensemble of young Redlandsmusicians, will perform at the evening gala between resentations of"It's Magic 2008: A Magic Carpet Ride," Saturday, Jan. 12. The magic show, with performances at 2 and 8 p.m. at RedlandsEast Valley High School, is a benefit ...