The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif. back issues from September 2005:
TROUT PLANTS
Sep 01, 2005 ... </1fish> SAN BERNARDINO: Big Bear Lake, Gregory Lake, Jenks Lake. RIVERSIDE: Hemet Lake. LOS ANGELES: Bouquet Canyon Creek, Jackson Lake. SAN DIEGO: Doane Pond. INYO: Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle,South Forks, and Intake II), ...
Panel to oversee Yucaipa development
Sep 01, 2005 ... <bysw>Stacia Glenn YUCAIPA A 20-member committee is hunkering down to decide how todevelop 1,229 acres along Interstate 10, which is expected to rake inmuch-needed tax dollars when big-box stores set up shop. The City Council appointed the chairman of each city ...
Local relatives fear the worst
Sep 01, 2005; ... Veleata Scott can hardly watch television as she frets whether herfamily is safe. "We know for certain their homes are under water because we grewup there,' said the 50-year-old Devore resident, who was raised inNew Orleans and still has family there. Many families in San ...
Fontana hungry for racing bounce
Sep 01, 2005; ... Staff Writer FONTANA As Dale Earnhardt Jr. maneuvered to the stage, Mayor MarkNuaimi's voice crescendoed as he asked the cheering crowd to give theNASCAR superstar a "big Fontana welcome.' The crowd estimated at28,000 strong did just that. That was Fontana's RaceFest block ...
Foster's fate on horizon Only small circle of officials have seen complete report
Sep 01, 2005; ... Embattled Chief of Staff Jim Foster can expect to know his fatewithin a week, said his boss, 3rd District Supervisor DennisHansberger. The investigation into a county land sale in Redlands and Foster'sinvolvement in that purchase concluded last week, but San BernardinoCounty ...
POLICE BRIEFS
Sep 01, 2005 ... RIALTO Hearing date set in cruelty case A pre-preliminary hearing date has been set for Charlotte andJonathan Spadaro on Oct. 20. The mother and son each face one count of cruelty to animals andone count of concealing evidence. On ...
Chiropractor loved to help people, joke
Sep 01, 2005; ... SAN BERNARDINO Dr. Tory H. Flower enjoyed his career as achiropractor, helping many of his patients work through theirinjuries and return to top physical shape. When asked what Tory loved most about his chiropractic career, hiswife Jo Ann Flower said, "Well, he loved people and ...
OCEAN FISHING REPORT
Sep 01, 2005 ... </1fish>1HOT BITES TUNA: There is a tremendous body of pelagic fish off the SouthernCoastline. While most of the San Diego boats are focusing on theyellowfin tuna, the catch always includes yellowtail and dorado,along with some bigeye tuna. The better action is 95 to 120 ...
COMING FRIDAY
Sep 01, 2005 ... Former Fontana Mayor David Eshleman will be in the driver's seatFriday night when he competes in the Spirit of Fontana ...
YOUR TOWN
Sep 01, 2005 ... COLTON Council has workshop on salary philosophy The City Council on Tuesday had a workshop to discuss itsphilosophy for compensating city employees. The council asked city staff members to come up with guidelinesfor determining how much employees will get paid compared ...
(this is with the mainbar not this story) Associated Press Rhonda Braden walks through the destruction in her childhood neighborhood, Wednesday in Long Beach, Miss. Braden was checking on her father's house, which received major water damage from Hurrica
Sep 01, 2005; ... Staff Writer From children to churches and all sorts of businesses, InlandEmpire residents are anxious to help however they can in theaftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "Everybody wants to do something,' said Yevette Ramos, director ofdevelopment for the American Red Cross ...
<CM Bulletin has photos with this; all names cq> I.E. volunteers travel to lend needed hand
Sep 01, 2005; ... Dick Lake was praying for the victims of Hurricane Katrina when hewas stirred into action. "I felt moved in my heart to go down to the Red Cross,' he said. The 66-year-old retired sheriff's deputy from Yucaipa will attenda Red Cross disaster training course Friday, then head ...
Colton residents irked about discolored water
Sep 01, 2005; ... COLTON Residents vented their frustration Wednesday night toCouncilman Richard De La Rosa about the city's failure to eliminate adiscolored water problem. De La Rosa hosted a neighborhood meeting at McKinley Park to hearresidents' concerns about brown, orange and yellow water ...
One killed, one hurt in deputy shootings
Sep 01, 2005; ... Two San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies shot a man and awoman in separate incidents within hours of each other in the HighDesert on Tuesday and Wednesday. The man was wounded in Victorville. The woman was killed inNewberry Springs. A deputy shot a man suspected of firing ...
Riverside County hillside plan delayed
Sep 01, 2005; ... RIVERSIDE County planning authorities moved closer to creatingguidelines for developing hillsides at its meeting Wednesday butstill put off a final decision. The Riverside County Planning Commission unanimously delayed theproposal to a future meeting and agreed to have a review ...
POLICE BRIEFS
Sep 01, 2005 ... WRIGHTWOOD Brush fire chars 7 acres Flames burned about seven acres of brush in the Mountain Top Cafearea late Wednesday. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. It did notthreaten homes or cause any injuries, U.S. Forest Service fireofficials ...
NASCAR Loyalty takes hit
Sep 01, 2005 ... Random thoughts before the start of a very busy and muchanticipated NASCAR weekend at California Speedway, wondering whateverhappened to former NASCAR Winston West driver Ruben Garcia. For years, what set NASCAR's top level of competition apart fromthe country's other major ...
Nemechek on the march
Sep 01, 2005 ... Speaking for myself and members of the U.S. Army team, much like aheavyweight fighter who gets knocked out and wants a quick rematch,we've been anxiously awaiting our return to California Speedway. I guess it was more of a TKO for us at California in February weled the most laps ...
Fair hearing required for surgical hospital
Sep 02, 2005 ... <rr;ah> Regarding the Precise Plan of Design application to build theCalifornia Heart and Surgical Hospital in Loma Linda, some members ofthe public may be confused as to what kind of decision is before theCity Council. The actions the City Council takes are legislative, ...
KATRINA'S AFTERMATH
Sep 02, 2005 ... New Orleans stirs nation's sense of charity Natural disasterbrings a natural desire of fellow Americans to help ease thesuffering. The Big Easy has been turned into the Big Hardship in thewake of potentially the nation's deadliest hurricane in more than acentury. With most of New ...
Look for local construction costs to escalate more
Sep 02, 2005; ... Cement, lumber and other building blocks that have fueled theInland Empire's growth will get more expensive, making costs for newhome and business construction even higher, experts said. The ripple will come as resources are diverted to massivereconstruction efforts on the Gulf ...
Area health-care workers ready to help Gulf Coast
Sep 02, 2005; ... Staff Writer Scenes of woe, despair and desperate need in New Orleans and alongthe Gulf Coast are chafing at Inland Empire doctors, nurses and otherhealth-care workers eager to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That call could come as early as this weekend, said Dr ....
Witness IDs man, places guilt in trial of bank security guard's 2000 slaying
Sep 02, 2005; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A woman told jurors on Thursday that shehelped Joe Henry Abbott before and after he killed a security guardduring a $225,000 Ontario bank robbery. Brenda Maza testified Abbott told her about his plan to rob a bankand kill a guard at least a week beforehand, and ...
YOUR TOWN
Sep 02, 2005 ... BANNING Commission to address eminent domain case The Planning Commission is scheduled to discuss the U.S. SupremeCourt's recent ruling about eminent domain at its meeting Tuesday. The court ruled in the case of Kelso v. City of New London thatlocal governments can seize ...
Teen always put others first
Sep 02, 2005; ... SAN BERNARDINO Even though Michael Paul Kindel had been diagnosedwith cystic fibrosis when he was born, he kept a positive attitudegrowing up and always thought of others before himself. "He was awesome. He (was) always concerned about other people,more than himself,' said the ...
| Area steps up to aid disaster-relief efforts on Gulf Coast
Sep 02, 2005; ... No good deed goes unnoticed most certainly not for a little girlin Victorville named Brittany. The 7-year-old delivered nearly $8 in coins in an envelope onWednesday to the High Desert Chapter of the American Red Cross, wherevolunteers and employees were deeply touched by the ...
This week we all have watched
Sep 02, 2005 ... television coverage of Hurricane Katrina, transfixed by thedevastating impact of the storm on the Gulf Coast, especially in andaround New Orleans. Although the full extent of the damage is not yet known, it isclear that hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans have died, andmany ...
Doctor's actions questioned
Sep 02, 2005; ... VICTORVILLE The owner of Desert Valley Hospital directed at leasttwo medical staff managers to falsify patient and billing records toboost Medicare reimbursements, a former nursing administratortestified Thursday. Tina Buchanan, complainant in a civil suit filed against ...
These were low-priced gas stations Thursday in San Bernardino County. The prices listed are for 87 octane fuel. $2.68, Costco, Central Avenue and Interstate 10, Montclair $2.69, Arco Foothill Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, Fontana $2.69, Costco, Tippecanoe
Sep 02, 2005; ... Staff Writer By 5 p.m. Thursday, many turned their thoughts to family and funover the Labor Day weekend. And gas prices. "Can you believe this?' Mira Loma resident Susan Matthews said asshe pumped unleaded gas at $2.87 a gallon. "Everyone's feeling ...
Thousands revved up in Fontana
Sep 02, 2005; ... Staff Writer FONTANA Thousands of giddy race fans once again crammed downtownon Thursday afternoon as California Speedway revs up for a NASCARtriple-header over the Labor Day weekend. Attractions ranged from a fireworks show to live music to an ArmyBradley Fighting Vehicle ...
Katrina donations keep rolling in
Sep 02, 2005 ... Major League Baseball and the NBA have each pledged $2 million tohelp the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and the SoutheasternConference is donating $1 million to disaster relief. MLB and its players' association and the NBA and its teams willgive $1 million to the American Red ...
Traffic plans in place Speedway easing your traffic burden
Sep 01, 2005; ... FONTANA Race fans filing in and out of California Speedway thisweekend will have loads of information, triple the roadway signs andseveral agencies assisting the commute. "Traffic and parking are an absolute priority," said Phil Tucker,director of operations at California ...
Owners, drivers police themselves
Sep 01, 2005; ... Don't expect NASCAR to step into the issue of driver-ownercontracts, or to create a policy to stop the latest trend of signingdeals for future years. Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch while still under contract through2006 announced last month they had signed contracts with new ...
As an immigrant, I
Sep 01, 2005 ... commend the article "Migration weighs heavy on schools,' by ConorFriedersdorf, Beyond Borders, Aug. 27) for having the courage toreport the devastating impact of mass immigration on our schools. Our schools, freeways and other infrastructure are overburdened,in large part because ...
Area health-care workers ready to help Gulf Coast
Sep 02, 2005; ... Staff Writer Scenes of woe, despair and desperate need in New Orleans and alongthe Gulf Coast are chafing at Inland Empire doctors, nurses and otherhealth-care workers eager to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That call could come as early as this weekend, said Dr ....
POLICE BRIEFS
Sep 02, 2005 ... LANDERS Off-roader dies after being ejected A man ejected off his off-road Honda motorcycle when he hit amound of dirt died, officials said Thursday. Russ Ecklind, 42, of Landers was riding in the desert northeast ofDeer Trail about 2 a.m. Wednesday when he struck a small dirt ...
FONTANA Once again, California Speedway will serve as a staging ground for race fans to help those in need.
Sep 02, 2005; ... In 2003, the speedway was a collection center during the reliefefforts for the victims of the wildfires throughout SouthernCalifornia. Beginning today, the focus is on the American Red Crosseffort for those effected by Hurrican Katrina. "Race for Relief" will replace the "Fill the ...
Donations sought for girl's funeral 5-year-old hit by SUV backing out
Sep 02, 2005; ... School and community groups are raising money to pay funeralexpenses for a 5-year-old girl who was killed when she was run overby a neighbor's SUV. Thelma Delgado was playing with friends in front of her apartmentin the 200 block of Berkeley Court in Colton on Tuesday night ...
A banner day in San Gorgonio Pass; A community says thank you
Sep 02, 2005; ... BEAUMONT An 8-foot-long banner emblazoned with Anthony Martinez'sface sat outside the Civic Center on Thursday on an over-sized thank-you card for an Idaho waitress who helped identify the 10-year-old'ssuspected killer. Anthony's mother, Diana Medina, flew in from Morgan Hill, near ...
Former mayor takes on new kind of race
Sep 02, 2005; ... FONTANA When David Eshleman was mayor, the idea of a speedwaybeing built near here excited him primarily for the economic andrecreational benefits it would offer the city and the region. Butthere were personal reasons, too. "I wanted it for me to have my own little playground," he ...
Infield atmosphere draws in the fans
Sep 02, 2005; ... FONTANA Dan Holzhauer has a name for the space usually known asCalifornia Speedway's infield. "We call this Waco, Fontana," said Holzhauer, 41, of Ontario. "Doyou know what Waco means? We Ain't Coming Out until Monday." NASCAR's triple-header weekend in Fontana culminating ...
TONIGHT'S WEEK 0 GAMES
Sep 02, 2005 ... (Last year's records in parentheses) Silverado (10-1-1) at Cajon (1-9) Time: 7 p.m. Site: Cajon HS Outlook: Coming off a sub-par season, Cajon will pin its hopes onSr. QB Cedric Greene, Sr. RB General Parnell and Sr. WR Ricki Sharp.But Silverado will be ...
[ In 2001, New York's Mike Mussina came within one strike... ]
Sep 02, 2005 ... In 2001, New York's Mike Mussina came within one strike of thefirst perfect game in the 89-year history of ...
Mavericks' title put on hold
Sep 02, 2005; ... ADELANTO High Desert's bid to clinch at least a tie for its firstdivision pennant since 1998 hit a snag Thursday night. Lake Elsinore led the first-place Mavericks, 8-5, in the bottom ofthe eighth inning before a sparse crowd at Mavericks Stadium.Meanwhile, second-place Lancaster ...
Treaster and Deborah Sontag New York Times News Service
Sep 02, 2005; ... NEW ORLEANS Despair, privation and violent lawlessness grew soextreme in New Orleans on Thursday that the flooded city's mayorissued a "desperate SOS," and other local officials, describing thesecurity situation as horrific, lambasted the federal government asresponding too slowly to the ...
Handicapping the Sony HD 500
Sep 01, 2005 ... Handicapping the top 35 for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Sony HD 500 atCalifornia Speedway. Sunday, 200 laps. 1. Carl Edwards With a Roush car, it could be time for a backflip. 2. Tony Stewart Hard to go against the hottest driver on thecircuit. 3. Jeff Gordon Has history ...
THE SCOPE
Sep 01, 2005 ... Hurricane Katrina could become the nation's deadliest naturaldisaster since at least the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. THE RESCUE Pentagon mounts one of largest search-and-rescue operations inU.S ....
[ Best of the Web for publication Thursday, Sept. 1 ]
Sep 01, 2005 ... Best of the Web for publication Thursday, Sept. 1 The top fivestories on www.sbsun.com for Aug. 30, 2005: 1. Lack of arrestsbaffles teen 2. Crime and public ...
Concerns mounting over gas prices, supplies
Sep 01, 2005; ... In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the average price of regularunleaded gasoline in the San Bernardino-Riverside metro area reacheda record $2.83 Wednesday, up 3.6 cents from Tuesday, the AutomobileClub of Southern California reported. Across the country, gasoline prices spiked ...
JUST NEEDS READ
Sep 01, 2005 ... FOR A3 RAIL School junk food bill advances California may be onestep closer to getting junk food off its K-12 campuses. The Assemblypassed Senate Bill 12 on Wednesday, 42-22. Written by state Sen.Martha Escutia, D-Montebello, the bill bans any foods containing morethan 35percent of its ...
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Sep 01, 2005 ... Governor prudent not to declare state of emergency Other statesmight be doing it, but California should be wary of such tactics.Illegal immigration has an undeniable impact on California. But tocall it a crisis, and declare an emergency, would only exacerbate theproblem. Just ...
A recent column on the subject of stinky feet (Aug.
Sep 01, 2005 ... 4) elicited a big response. I seem to have hit a nerve. Or a nostril, anyway. I noted that more and more office workers are taking walkingbreaks during the day. You see them in the downtown areas of SanBernardino, Ontario, Riverside, Redlands and other Inland Empirecities ....
House hit by Old Fire burns again
Sep 01, 2005; ... The home was so close to completion. The framing was pretty much done. The plumbing was being set. Butjust as all seemed to move forward, fire once again claimed the SanBernardino home. "The house had burned in the Old Fire," said Lynn Mixon,girlfriend to the property's ...
Time running out for hospital input
Sep 01, 2005; ... All submissions are due by 5 p.m. today and must be in writing. Nocomments by telephone will be considered. For more information, call(909) 799-2810. LOMA LINDA - Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline tosubmit comments for or against the proposed California Heart andSurgical Hospital, which ...
College planning can't start too soon
Sep 03, 2005; ... <rr;ah> I remember sending my oldest daughter off to college as ifit were yesterday. Now, as summer draws to a close and parents acrossthe country send their kids back to school, I recall the excitementand the concern that comes with preparing for that momentous day. Sending a ...
George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald
Sep 03, 2005 ... Rumsfeld knew the names of the 9/11 terrorists and their plan ofoperation before 9/11. This beautiful and benevolent country of ours needs a lot of help. Halliburton, whose former CEO is Dick Cheney, has been given no-bid contracts to supply our troops. That which they can't ...
Robert's response to inappropriate questions will be
Sep 03, 2005 ... gauge of integrity <rr;ah> With hearings set to begin Tuesday on the confirmation of JohnRoberts, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, manywill be listening for answers to questions which should not beanswered and shouldn't be asked. The asking will put in ...
Gun range ordered to create noise plan
Sep 03, 2005; ... HIGHLAND A controversial shooting range may have to shut down ifit doesn't submit a new plan to the federal government within a monthshowing how it plans to reduce noise. The Bureau of Land Management warned Inland Fish and GameConservation Association in a letter this week that it ...
CHARITY
Sep 03, 2005 ... Stuffed animal toy drive SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Join Chris Lopez and Friends in donatingnew, unwrapped stuffed animals to the pediatric portion of the LomaLinda University Medical Center now through Sept. 28. The drop offlocations are as follows: Our Town, 243 Carousel Mall, ...
Profiling called factor in sweeps ACLU ties claim to documents
Sep 03, 2005; ... A civil-rights group contends that hundreds of governmentdocuments released on last summer's Border Patrol raids in inlandareas "seem to confirm the agency targeted people based on race,'though border officials vigorously dispute that claim. The American Civil Liberties Union of ...
Women's club remembers, recruits at (909) 864-3267 or Johnette Welton at (909) 864-6282.>
Sep 03, 2005; ... HIGHLAND When Wilma Trammell joined the Highland Woman's Club in1958, things were different. Trammell had resigned four years earlier from a secretarialposition with the superintendent's office at the San Bernardino CityUnified School District. A mother of four, Trammell ...
Bed shortages result in early inmate releases Inquiry made into situation
Sep 03, 2005; ... BANNING Even as new jail beds are under construction here, theRiverside County Sheriff's Department and other officials are tryingto staunch a stream of early inmate releases. The Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning is expected toreceive another 240 beds next year. But ...
<CM WITH ART>
Sep 03, 2005 ... In 1995, The Sun ran an Associated Press story titled "Couple testfires new life at rocket site,' in which a California couple gotmarried at a rocket test site near Simi Valley. Amid signs that read "Hazardous Area: Do Not Enter Without ProperProtection,' in the lee of a steel ...
SoCal unites for flood aid
Sep 03, 2005; ... Southlanders reacted Friday to the barrage of televised images ofchaos and devastation in the Gulf Coast with an outpouring ofgenerosity, organizing fundraising drives and collecting food andclothing for the storm-ravaged victims of Hurricane Katrina. Children emptied piggy banks ...
Husband-wife lawmakers targeting sexual abusers
Sep 02, 2005; ... The legislation Jessica's Law proposed by state Sen. George Runnerand his wife, Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, both R-Lancaster, would,among other things: Require registered felony sex offenders to wearglobal positioning devices SAN BERNARDINO Local law enforcement officials and ...