South Ontario News from Chino, California • Page 1

Wednesday June 22, 1994 published by Champion Newspapers 628-5501 Office at 9th Sts. in Chino Price 500 SC3 PES 9 News Briefe Ifiiifpa on me lse First class from Woodcrest As the first promotion class from Woodcrest Junior High makes its way to the front, many are greeted by family and friends. The ceremony was marked by an encouraging speech by principal Adair Satterfield. Staff photo by PtU Samtora By Charter Hurley-Engeron Stat Writ With the 1993-94 school year completed, students in South Ontario have the satisfaction of either bumping up a grade, or finishing high school. Ontario High seniors celebrated graduation on Wednesday, June 15 at commencement ceremonies held at Montclair High.

Senior class member Jame-cia High tower sang the National Anthem and "Yesterday-County Supervisor Larry Walker gave the salutation before the salutatorian, Noel Johnson, and valedictorian, Christopher Pagtakhan, gave their speeches. Eighth grade students at Wood crest Junior High had the honor of being the first class promoted from the Chino School District's newest junior high to high school Thursday, June 16. Promotion ceremonies were held on the blacktop behind the classrooms on campus following an awards ceremony. Student Natalie Batista lead students and visitors in the pledge of allegiance and Tenika Johns sang "Hero, We're all together Members of the eighth grade class at Grace Yokely Middle School get together one final time before promotion to have their picture taken. After promotion, these students will head off as freshmen in the fall.

Staff photo by Pattt Samtora Ontario libraries to close July 4 The Ontario City Library (Main and South Ontario branches) will be closed Sunday, July 3 and Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, July 5 at both locations. For more information, call the Library at 988-8481. Phone fraud reported Ontario police are warning citizens against phone fraud. Officials reported a male caller, identifying himself as an investigator with- the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), states that he is seeding assistance in investigating an international telephone fraud ring.

The victim is told that an operator will call them in a few minutes and ask them if they will accept the charges on a long distance call. The victim is told to say yea" so the call may then be traced to the fraud ring. The victims do not realize that this is a scam until they receive their telephone bills with $500 to $700 charges for calls all over the world. City meetings planned The CLOUT Baldy View Coalition meeting will be held tomorrow (Thursday) June 23 at 7:30 a.m. at the Ontario Marriott.

Ontario Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Romero Buick, 1307 Kettering Dr. A Business and Manufacturers Council Meeting will be held June 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 2041 E. 4th St Mayor Gus Skropos will serve as the Bpeaker.

Paint-out Saturday Ontario will hold a graffiti paint-out Saturday, June 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. Residents are asked to volunteer their time to help keep the city clean. rTht "city-will providfr- materialaandUrectioBa," but-vohinteers must provide their own transportation. City yard sale scheduled Ontario city departments will put surplus items and memorabilia up for sale Saturday, July 2 on the Euclid median from 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Items collected so far include discontinued police patches, man hole covers, posters from previous city events and pins. ERT training The Ontario Office of Preparedness and the Ontario Fire Department will train Emergency Response Teams (ERT) for businesses, schools, families and mobile home parks in the areas of team organization, disaster triage and first aid, search and rescue, basic fire fighting, damage assessment and victim transportation. There is no charge for the classes. For more information call 391-2503.

Ontario Strike Force The City of Ontario Strike Force will be the topic of the June NeighborNet Community Forum. Steve Holtrust, a City of Ontario Battalion Fire Chief and member of the Strike Force, will present an informative program explaining the Strike Force, how it operates and some of the changes that have been implemented in the city since the inception of the force two months ago. The NeighborNet Forum will be held on Wednesday, June 29 at 7 p.m. at the Multipurpose Center, 225 E. St.

in Ontario. For more information call Suzanne Thomas of the Neighborhood Operations Bureau at 467-2750. J. VrV' i performed by Marian Carey. Associated Student Body President Stephanie Putnam gave an emotional address that put the entire eighth grade class in tears and teacher Bob Dyer read a six-page poem to commemorate the day.

Closing exercises for De An-za Middle School in the Onta-rio-Montclair School District were held Wednesday, June 15 in the Ontario High School gymnasium. Student Body President Tiffany Pham lead the pledge of allegiance. Eighth graders Ranga Perera, Heather Da-vies, Darlene Matranga and In rememberence Flowers commemorate the loss of student Sylvester Kincade at the De Anza Middle School promotion ceremonies. The ceremony was dedicated to his memory as his classmates were promoted to high school freshmen. Staff photo by Pattl Sander TV, stage, movie star honored Jaime Martinez gave addresses.

Students and visitors were treated to a musical perfor- nance of "Solfegietto" by CPE Bach with soloist David Laz- zara. Grace Yokley students also held promotion ceremonies at Ontario High. Students in the mixed grade band provided the music for the day. Kelin Covington lead the flag salute and eighth graders Saul Amezuca, Elica Lopez, Daniel Quesada, Kati Price, Mujtaba Saiffud-din and Jileen Maki addressed the crowd. The chorus sang "One Moment in Time" and the Grace Yokley senior band played Northern Spirit March.

rity spokesperson for the Ontario DARE program, making appearances at nearly all of the special events held during the year such as picnics, soft-ball games and other activities. Officer Sullivan explained that she has attended almost all 28 graduations per year and congratulated over 10,000 fifth and sixth grade students for their efforts to stay off drugs. In addition to her work with the DARE program, she visits senior citizens in rest homes and children in local hospitals, an activity she did before becoming involved with DARE. She also speaks at local community service group meetings and continues to act Ms. Volz was surrounded by many of her family members ij when the first star for the Ontario Walk of Fame was unveiled with her name emblazoned on it.

"It's really exciting," she said prior to the ceremony. Each year, the citizens and employees of Ontario will nominate people who have given unselfishly to the people and city of Ontario. An appointed committee will choose one person each year to receive a star in their name added to the Ontario Volunteer Walk of Fame. (Go to Page 7) Gentle Touch Dentistry Join Our Family X-Ray Earn CtMuina $35 Chldran Undvtt $30 ComulWion Family Dentistry Evening Appointments Insurance Welcome Emergency Care HarteyA.Deisem,D.D.S. 12875 Mountain Ovno (Conwof MountMt A RMretdt) 591-0316 By Charlene Hurley-Engeron Staff Writer Nedra Volz, an actress who appeared on television as Adelaide in the hit series "Different Strokes," and as a guest on numerous other series, movies and TV commercials, received a a star on the Walk of Fame earlier this month.

WelL.almost. This particular walk of fame is not in Hollywood, but at Ontario City HalL The Ontario Walk of Fame was the brainchild of former Drug Abuse Resistance cation (DARE) officer Mike Sullivan who wanted to recognize the 86 year-old Upland resident for the time and dedication she has given to the Ontario program. During the last four years, Ms. Volz has been the celeb Remedial Sk.Ts Phonics Acfvancc3 XJornprshension AS "i K-12 Locations -SSuiyUjt "Algebra -i''-- So. Cat Reading Math CCnic 6 Locations CaH 627:8761 READING MATH In Tcdrvr'o -N ...0 Ranch View honors citizens and readers The following students have been, honored as citizens of the month at Ranch View Elementary in South Ontario.

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