The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif. back issues from February 2007:
New skills enhance work experience
Feb 01, 2007; ... More than 20 years ago, Mary A. Ramirez passed up a high-payingmanagerial position and the opportunity to get a bigger house, anicer car and fancy dinners out. She chose instead to be a homemaker. "The decision was really hard for me, I could stay home with mychildren, but at the ...
LLU offers free dental exams
Feb 01, 2007 ... On Jan. 28, the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry hostedits 18th annual Clinic With a Heart event, providing free dentaltreatments to 303 individuals from surrounding communities. Though registration was held on a first come, first serve basisfrom 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., some ...
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP
Feb 01, 2007 ... Dozens of local church members and students gathered at Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center's after-school site in San Bernardino knownas "The Gardens" to paint, plant, build and clean up the site. Thevolunteers also cleaned up empty lots in the surroundingneighborhood.The ...
Family agency provides services to all ages
Feb 01, 2007; ... Family is what a 60-year-old San Bernardino agency prides itselfon. The agency offers services to the young, the old and those inbetween, making sure not to leave anyone out. "We have something to help everyone," said Christine Edgcombe,president and CEO of Family Services ...
Heritage Gardens staff making a difference
Feb 01, 2007; ... At Heritage Gardens Health Care Center and Retirement/AssistedLiving, they have taken it upon themselves to make their facilitiesas homey as possible. On Jan. 25, Heritage Gardens was honored by the Loma Linda Chamberof Commerce as Business of the Year 2006. According to ...
Crafton Hills College awarded Title V grant
Feb 01, 2007; ... Crafton Hills College is holding onto its dream and working tomake it come true. CHC DREAMS Express, Developing English and Math Skills, is a newapproach to reach out to the school's students. "It's geared toward students coming to Crafton underprepared totake college ...
Poker tournament to help raise funds for treatment center
Feb 01, 2007; ... Texas Hold'em poker is growing in popularity for cable televisionand now Inland area card savvy players can cash in on the craze whileat the same time helping underprivileged youth. Clear View Treatment Center is a nonprofit residential treatmentprogram in San Bernardino that ...
Great Y Circus fun for their families too
Feb 01, 2007; ... For many families, going to watch a circus performance is greatentertainment and serious quality time spent together. But forperformers of the "The Great All American Youth Circus" based at theYMCA of the East Valley in Redlands, the circus simply means beingpart of an extended family ....
68th annual Lincoln Pilgrimage to be held Feb. 10
Feb 01, 2007 ... Southern California youth will walk the streets of Redlands forthe 68th year to honor President Lincoln on Feb. 10 with the LincolnPilgrimage. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Redlands Boys & Girls Clubmembers, Redlands YMCA Youth Circus, 4-H mounted horse units, localmiddle ...
Car show serves as vehicle for helping sick youths
Feb 01, 2007; ... Who would have thought someone's love for Chrysler PT Cruiserscould be translated into raising funds for sick young people? Highland resident Ardell Lesnick did just that. Lesnick, who first joined a social club for PT Cruiser ownerscalled I-210, combined her passion for cars ...
Bush pushes outdoor activity to fight obesity
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that childhood obesityis a costly problem for the country and puts stress on Americanfamilies. "One way for this nation to cope with the issue of obesity is toget people outside - whether it be through sports or ...
Community service not unnoticed
Feb 01, 2007; ... Susan Gray is a community member whose service to the communitydid not go unnoticed. Gray was selected by the Yucaipa Chamber ofCommerce as the 2006 Citizen of the Year. "We received several applications and there was a vote on them andwe selected Susan gray," said Pamela Grigg, ...
County Supervisor given the Perfect Partner award
Feb 01, 2007; ... The San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Foundation held its 23rd annualfoundation dinner, honoring one of its members with the PerfectPartner Award. "The award is chosen to (honor) an individual, group, organizationthat has committed years of services or has given or ...
Banning police takes to the streets
Feb 01, 2007; ... In the waning moments of the mission briefing, Banning DetectiveDoug Monte said a few final words about the individuals they wouldencounter during the day's assignment. After Monte finalized the patrol areas for each of the teams,Deputy District Attorney Develyn Watson added some ...
Ramirez donates 16 inches of hair to Locks of Love
Feb 01, 2007; ... Rene Ramirez is your typical employee. He goes to work, is neatly dressed and now after almost six years,is clean-cut. In a way, Ramirez was looked at as a rebel because of his longhair. But he had a purpose for not taming his mane. The San Bernardino ...
Questions for Operation Phoenix not all legit
Feb 01, 2007 ... Eight months into Operation Phoenix, it is understandable that SanBernardino City Council members would expect full accountability onwhere the money is being spent. Especially as it comes time todetermine how to divvy up the revenues that will be generated byMeasure Z, the sales tax ...
Board harmony key to Biane
Feb 01, 2007; ... San Bernardino County needs new freeway infrastructure, satellitehealth-care centers and a downtown San Bernardino jail tower, saysPaul Biane, the new chairman of the Board of Supervisors. But before he and his four board colleagues construct thesethings, Biane says, they'll first ...
County schools chief sets agenda
Feb 01, 2007; ... Preparing students for the work force and supporting children whoaren't scoring well on state tests are priorities this year for theSan Bernardino County superintendent of schools. Third-term Superintendent Herbert Fischer outlined those goals andothers Thursday in his eighth ...
Newspaper In Education
Feb 02, 2007 ... NIE is a nationally recognized collaboration between corporateand community sponsors, local newspapers and schools providingstudents with the opportunity to become more literate andknowledgeable citizens. Newspaper In Education is devoted toencouraging community involvement in the ...
Two arrests made in Rialto homicide case
Feb 02, 2007; ... RIALTO - Chula Vista police on Thursday night captured a mansuspected in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend. Police alsoarrested a 24-year-old woman who was with the shooter at the time ofthe Rialto murder. Rialto police detectives planned to bring Carlos Silva Bernal ...
Police officers and residents injured in fire
Feb 02, 2007; ... RIALTO -- Seven people, including two police officers, wereinjured in a house fire Thursday. The home in the 300 block of East Walnut Avenue was engulfed inflames when Rialto police arrived about 8 a.m. Officers heard screamscoming from inside the house. Officers rushed ...
It's going to be how hot this weekend?
Feb 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY -- Get ready for sunny skies, warmertemperatures and light winds in the Inland Empire this weekend. Forecasters expect temperatures to rise, peaking as high as 86degrees on Sunday. The area will be between 34 to 40 degrees ...
I-15 crash victim identified
Feb 02, 2007; ... MOUNTAIN PASS -- A man killed in a tractor trailer crash onInterstate 15 early Thursday was identified today as Ricardo Lopez ofLas Vegas. Lopez, 39, was driving a moving van northbound on I-15 in MountainPass near the Nevada state line at 12:32 p.m ....
Kidnap suspect arrested
Feb 02, 2007; ... ADELANTO -- A man suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a 14-year-old girl was captured in San Bernardino late Thursday. Herman Maurice Chambers, 41, of Hesperia was arrested and bookedin jail, said San Bernardino County sheriff s spokeswoman JodiMiller. The victim told ...
Police search for two gunmen in Highland
Feb 02, 2007; ... HIGHLAND -- Sheriff s detectives continued their search today fortwo men who shot a pair of men during an argument in an alley lateThursday. San Bernardino County sheriff s deputies came to an apartmentcomplex in the 6700 block of Orange Street at 8:49 p.m. Two victims,a man ...
Daughter testifies at trial of father
Feb 02, 2007; ... BARSTOW - The daughter of a former teacher charged with lewdconduct with children testified Friday that her father was "upset anddisappointed" when pornographic material collected by his son wasfound behind a couch at their home. Jaime McKinley, 21, told Barstow Superior Court ...
In Brief 02-02-2007
Feb 01, 2007 ... COLTON Officials upbeat after talks about Delhi fly The city remains "cautiously optimistic" about reaching anagreement with the federal government over issues related to theDelhi Sands flower-loving fly, Assistant City Manager Mark Nuaimisaid Thursday. Nuaimi and ...
College offers free job-training class
Feb 01, 2007; ... The steel-manufacturing industry helped put Fontana and its KaiserSteel Mill on the map. Many of Kaiser Steel's workers retired when it closed in 1983, butsome took jobs at other manufacturing plants like California SteelIndustries, which sits on the former Kaiser mill site ....
Chopper commotion bothers local residents
Feb 01, 2007; ... It's been a couple weeks since the story about San BernardinoPolice Department's "Air 1," was published and I'm still getting afew calls about it. Many were positive, but others were calls of disappointmentregarding a factor that was not addressed in my article. Mind you, ...
Vocational training
Feb 01, 2007; ... Achieving a goal is never as easy as it seems. But when you're given a tremendous amount of support, offeredopportunities and provided the correct tools, the goal becomes justobtainable. And that's what students at SIATech and Job Corps are realizing. "It's a great ...
Animal cruelty
Feb 01, 2007 ... The roosters recently confiscated by the Riverside CountySheriff's Department and now under the care and control of RiversideCounty Animal Services will be given safe shelter and a humane death,instead of the horrific death they would have surely faced whilestill in the hands of the ...
Resignation clouds up cleanup of perchlorate
Feb 01, 2007; ... RIALTO - Will the water contamination around the city ever becleaned up? That's a question Rialto residents could be excused for askingafter the long road to the cleanup of perchlorate hit another potholeWednesday when the man in charge of ordering the cleanup of theestimated ...
CSI: SB edition
Feb 01, 2007; ... A woman has been stabbed over 100 times in her home, and blood isspattered, streaked and pooled all about the house. Her husband tellspolice he saw three men running away as he came home. The evidence says otherwise, but is scrambled in a riddle. Only dexterous use of the ...
SB native, pals joined Coast Guard
Feb 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - On Donald "Donny" Davidson's 19th birthday in1943, he was aboard ship in the South Pacific looking throughbinoculars at a passing patrol craft. Knowing that four of his buddies from San Bernardino High Schoolwere on the ship, including Buzz Clark, who was also ...
Stories conflict in Barstow trial
Feb 01, 2007; ... BARSTOW - Two women told a Superior Court jury Thursday that aformer teacher placed his hands over the chest of a fourth-grade girlat Cameron School in September 2005, but the girl herself denied thatshe was touched inappropriately. The contradicting testimony came in the trial of ...
Prisons' role to grow
Feb 01, 2007; ... A proposal to house nearly 1,000 mentally ill inmates at theCalifornia Institution for Men in Chino, and 45 more at a nearbywomen's prison, has again united officials in Chino and Chino Hills. CIM is one of six prison sites being recommended to house themen's mental health units ....
A pesky lover of flowers
Feb 01, 2007; ... We've done so much for the flies. I think it's appropriate to askat this point: What are the flies prepared to do for us? Colton has put a lot of effort lately into a complicated plan thatwill allow the city to proceed with long-delayed development plans,while at the same time ...
Rustler hits cinema
Feb 01, 2007; ... REDLANDS - Talk about brazen withdrawals. An early morning visitor to the Krikorian Redlands Cinema 14desperately wanted to get inside the lobby Thursday, but it wasn'tfor the latest blockbuster or the popcorn. This theater-goer smashed the front window, lassoed an ATM ...
Woman guilty in shooting over debt
Feb 02, 2007; ... A day after hearing closing arguments from attorneys, a jury of 12women found Linette Luna guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004shooting death of Keith Parks over a $150 debt. Luna sobbed and some jurors teared up as the verdict was readThursday afternoon in San Bernardino ...
Slaying suspect delays hearing
Feb 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Sitting in the jury box awaiting a hearing incourt, a heavily tattooed Javier Joaquin Luque appeared upbeat andsmiled occasionally while chatting with his two attorneys. Luque is charged with the September fatal shooting of RonaldJaramillo and Elizabeth Amaya ...
Cyberdraft urges Gore to run again
Feb 02, 2007; ... Hey Al, you're being drafted. A cyberspace movement is using the Web to try and entice formerVice President Al Gore to make another stab at the presidency in2008. Word of the Web site, www.draftgore.com, has begun circulatingaround the country. The effort is another example ...
Community Events Calendar
Feb 02, 2007 ... PROGRAMS/MEETINGS/SERVICES Central City Lutheran Mission, 1354 N. G St., San Bernardino, runsa daily homework-help center from 3 to 6 p.m. in English and Spanishfor children ages 5-12. The mission's after-school program providesdaily activities for teens at the same time, with rap ...
Miller defends property deals
Feb 02, 2007; ... Rep. Gary Miller on Thursday dismissed allegations he violated taxlaw, and threatened the city of Monrovia with a lawsuit if officialsthere continue to make "misstatements" about his business dealings. In a wide-ranging interview, the Diamond Bar Republican defended aseries of ...
A global warning
Feb 02, 2007; ... Danger and opportunity lurk behind this generation's biggestcrisis: global warming. At least, that is what 600 of the world's top scientists areexpected to conclude today in the first segment of an extensive four-part report on an issue experts say we can no longer ignore ....
California not a place for legislative secrecy
Feb 02, 2007; ... One of California's more remarkable political inventions is therequirement that lawmakers do their lawmaking in the open for all tosee.Call it the people's entitlement to democratic voyeurism: Membersof city councils, boards of supervisors and school boards (amongother local ...
Showcasing Colton bands Festival to bring 300 students in district together for performance
Feb 01, 2007; ... As Colton High School continues its major remodeling project,dramatic changes have been made to the campus' landscape. Classeshave been shifted around and many have been moved to portables. The band facilities, which used to occupy five large classroomsand a storage room have been ...
Former boyfriend is sought
Feb 02, 2007; ... RIALTO - Police on Thursday were searching for a Chula Vista gangmember wanted in connection with the brazen fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend. Stephanie Ann Lenczyk, 24, of Yucaipa was shot twice in the chestand abdomen outside her friend's home in the 500 block of ...
Toasty
Feb 02, 2007 ... Everyone remembers the blistering heat wave last summer that hadJune and July feeling like a blast furnace when early summer isusually dominated by the cool, gray "June gloom." It may be no surprise that 2006 turned out to be the warmest yearon record in the United States ....
Enough questions to merit probe
Feb 02, 2007 ... Rep. Gary Miller, R-Diamond Bar, may have threatened Monrovia witha lawsuit, but enough questions have been raised about his landdealings with Monrovia and Fontana to explain the FBI's apparentinterest. Although Miller insists he has done nothing wrong and saidThursday he would ...
Enjoying the winter desert
Feb 01, 2007; ... Even the desert itself takes on a milder shape and tone with thelower sun. And the temperatures are always pleasant. Podcast: Trevor's Travels - The Palm Springs Tramway Taking a tour of the area is a great day out as there are so manyplaces to enjoy, but for those wishing ...
Phoenix concerns
Feb 02, 2007 ... I just attended an Old Timers luncheon for San Bernardino HighSchool, where Mayor Pat Morris spoke. I was somewhat concerned, sincehe said he wanted to change the purpose of the tax we voted on, anduse it mainly to support his Operation Phoenix program. If I remembercorrectly, that tax ...
Many arrested randomly in immigration raids
Feb 02, 2007; ... POMONA - The recent roundup of 338 illegal immigrants acrossSouthern California targeted those who had ignored deportationorders, criminals, fugitives and others.But out of those arrests, about half - 159 - involved randompeople who officials came across and found to be in the ...
Davenport's latest CD features eclectic mix
Feb 01, 2007; ... Before his dedication to cityhood efforts and his love of theoutdoors and horses, for Bloomington resident Eric Ross Davenport,there was a trumpet. "I always wanted an instrument since I saw Elvis in King Creole,so I asked my mom for one," Davenport said. It was the guitar ...
Crime and Public Safety 02-02-2007
Feb 01, 2007; ... REDLANDS Armed robber takes cash, lottery tickets A man stole money and lottery tickets during a gas station robberylate Wednesday, police said. About 10:50 p.m., an armed robber walked into the Union 76 gasstation at 1075 Parkford Drive. He grabbed money, lottery ...
Woman injured in gun explosion
Feb 03, 2007 ... HIGHLAND - An unidentified woman was injured today when herautomatic handgun misfired and exploded, sending shrapnel into herhands and face. Paramedics and Highland Police were called to the Inland Fish andGame Conservation Association ranges on Orange Street south of ...
Potter polishes people's skills in studio at SB park
Feb 03, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Paul "Bear" Bradford surveys his domain - shelvesof glistening ceramic samples glazed in celadon, pigeon-blood red,rich deep mallard greens and Aegean blues. Bradford, a professional potter, is the instructor here at thePerris Hill Park Pottery Studio ....
Nearly 3 decades of aiding needy
Feb 03, 2007; ... I feel like I've just interviewed the Energizer Bunny - except theanimated rabbit doesn't inspire you to intermittent laughter andtears like Sister Mary McKinney.She's compact - about 100 pounds of boundless energy - a blur whoscrambles up stairs faster than someone half her ...
Long-term plan to help homeless ready to begin
Feb 03, 2007 ... As much as San Bernardino needs to turn its attention to economicdevelopment, there are other issues too long swept under the rug thatalso deserve the city's attention. Perhaps the most pressing ishomelessness. Mayor Pat Morris, who pledged at the new year to make ...
Framing the question
Feb 03, 2007 ... I give great praise and affirmation to the words of Ron Landers ofHighland ("New perspective needed in Iraq, Afghanistan," Point ofView, Jan. 26). His firsthand view of both situations - the truthful perspectiveon the ground in Iraq vs. the skewed opinions of members of ...
A blessing for site of new church
Feb 03, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - In song, they journeyed down a peaceful path insearch of hope. They found it at the southwest corner of Tippecanoe Avenue andBase Line. It's the site of the new Our Lady of Hope church that will be hometo Catholic parishioners who now pray at St. Anne, ...
State's projected take from casinos disputed
Feb 02, 2007; ... The Legislative Analyst's Office reported Friday that Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger's budget overestimated the amount of money that thestate could receive if new Indian gaming compacts went into effectthis year. Last year, the governor signed amended compacts with five gamingtribes, ...
Community Events Calendar
Feb 02, 2007 ... PROGRAMS/MEETINGS/ SERVICES Central City Lutheran Mission, 1354 N. G St., San Bernardino, runsa daily homework-help center from 3 to 6 p.m. in English and Spanishfor children ages 5-12. The mission's after-school program providesdaily activities for teens at the same time, ...
Dispute over van blocking Highland alley turns deadly
Feb 02, 2007; ... HIGHLAND - A van parked in the middle of a narrow, dark alleyblocked Hector Ordaz and Juan Jaramillo Ramirez from leaving theirapartment complex late Thursday. Photo Gallery: 02/02: Victims of Highland shooting When the pair got out of their van to ask someone to move ...
Alley shooting leaves 1 dead
Feb 02, 2007; ... HIGHLAND - One man died late Thursday after he and another manwere shot in an alley, sheriff's officials said. The men were not identified. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting that the two had been shot about 8:49 p.m. in ...
Your $50,000 hush fund
Feb 02, 2007; ... Suppose John Q. Public walks into the San Bernardino CountyGovernment Center and asks what his elected county supervisor hasbeen up to. Say, for example, he wants to see his supervisor's appointmentcalendar and whatever business communications his supervisor hascreated or ...