Redlands Daily Facts from Redlands, California • Page 3

Board meets Crafton and Valley move to reduce use of energy Crafton Hills and Valley College will do their part to cut down on the use of gasoline and electricity, but not at the expense of educational programs at the two schools, 8 trustees of the Community College District said yesterday afternoon at the monthly board meeting. William L. Grigsby, assistant superintendent, told the board that a committee of staff members knowledgeable about the technical aspects of conserving electricity, gas and gasoline had produced a list of energysaving recommendations that were being acted on at both campuses. Recommendations at Crafton Hills College include equipping air conditioner and furnace units with time clocks that will be turned off Friday evening and reactivated at 5 a.m. Monday morning; installing street light control devices that will allow certain sections of street and parking lot lights to be turned off at appropriate times; and turning off lights in rooms not being used.

Similar recommendations are being carried out at Valley College. Grigsby said that 200- watt light bulbs will be replaced with 150-watt bulbs and that the staff has been asked to close windows and I turn off lights when rooms are not in use, as well as clearing all classrooms by 10:15 in the evening college program. "We've also asked the Edison company to 8 IT- YOURSELF SHIPBUILDER Millard C. Stephenson displays making, will be home for Stephenson and his model of the double-masted, multi-hulled cement outrigger he is next summer. The cement-hulled boat will a that used to house his poultry ranch at 13527 pleted, considerably lighter than a wooden building on property California street.

Retired now, Stephenson both designed and i is (Facts photo by Kenison) building the 54-foot sail boat himself. The boat, two years in the 54-foot outrigger Yucaipan building multi-hulled cement boat, plans, long voyages By BETTYE WELLS Millard C. Stephenson and his wife, June, of 13527 California street, Yucaipa, may have to send their friends several new mailing addresses next summer when the couple moves onto, what could be the world's first multi-hulled cement boat. Ports of call such as Toronto, London, Sydney, Australia, the Fiji and Marshall Islands, Java and hundreds of others will provide temporary berths for the seafaring wanderers, but home will be the 54 foot, 18-ton cement outrigger Stephenson is building himself. "I've wanted to build a boat since World War II when I was in the South Pacific," the retired poultry rancher said.

"I decided the only way I could afford to have a boat at all was to build it myself." Stephenson, a soldier stationed on the Persian Gulf during WWII who was frequently ferried around the Pacific by the Navy, began his project two years ago after he designed the plans for the multihulled, double-masted cement sail boat. "It's an unusual design," he said proudly. "I think it's the world's first hulled boat in cement. I don't know of another one like it that's either completely finished or under construction." Despite the implication that a cement said he is getting "very excited" about the hull would be far heavier than the prospect of moving onto the craft next traditional wooden frame, Stephenson summer and is currently trying to meet a said the craft will actually be lighter than plastering deadline in January. a wooden counterpart.

Although the boat is home-made, floats, complete with their Stephenson said it doesn't have to be inOutrigger flotation material, are designed to spected to meet Lloyd's of London inown retract under the hull. surance specifications. "It makes the boat unsinkable," "But I will have a marine surveyor Stephenson said. check it for safety features," he exThe outrigger, under construction on plained. "It does have to meet certain land that formerly housed his poultry Coast Guard regulations." ranch, will sleep eight and include "all the Stephenson said he has had no training of home," including a galley piloting a ship, but has taken the U.S.

comforts with a freezer and electric range, washer Power Squadron course that teaches navigational skills and boating rules of the and dryer. 110-volt generator aboard ship will road. He also plans to take a Coast Guard A needed. course when the boat is finished that will is the craft alone, teach him how to handle the craft in such provide all the power Stephenson building but said he and his wife don't plan to do maneuvers as docking. much solo sailing.

Stephenson said the completed "We have six children and quite a few outrigger will be taken by professional friends, so we won't be doing a whole lot of boat-movers to Wilmington a large launwhere he said. crane will lift it into the water for sailing alone," of them married, are But he added that he and his wife will Stephenson said that the couple's ching. children, most all over the world" and that he probably forego the traditional "scattered and his wife plan to visit them. christening ceremony of breaking a The retired rancher said he has no idea champagne bottle against the hull. how much the outrigger is costing him to "That's a waste of good champagne," build "the way prices are rising." But he he chuckled.

Two Crafton Valley Board members delay Hills men aid action on accepting pay career book Two Crafton Hills College The San Bernardino Community College District board of Trustees postponed a decision yesterday afternoon on whether to compensate its members for attendance at monthly meetings as is now allowed under new state legislation. Assembly Bill 1489, passed earlier this year, authorizes districts having less than 60,000 ADA (average daily attendance) to provide compensation to their trustees for attending meetings. San Bernardino trustees would be allowed $20 a meeting, but no more than $120 a month. The seven-member board usually meets only once a month. Trustee Allen B.

Gresham asked if the district had the funds for such compensation, but later recommended that the board wait until trustees Joe Snyder and Lois Carson were present. District superintendent Raymond F. Ellerman told the trustees that while the district had not specifically allocated funds for that purpose, money is available in the district's undistributed reserve. "This (recommendation) is entirely legitimate and wouldn't cost us too much," Ellerman said. In other action the board approved a recommendation from the physical education staff at Crafton Hills College that a Tartan synthetic floor be installed in the P.E.

Center install new poles and lights in the parking lots as part of the city street lighting system. allowing us to turn our parking lot lights off at 10:30 p.m.," he said. "'The savings on the campus electricity bill would more than offset the additional rental of new poles and fixtures and would provide better lighting during evening college hours." Board chairman William Claypool and trustee Edward Taylor balked at the suggestion that the library at Valley College be closed on weekends to conserve energy, however. "I really question the idea of closing the library," Claypool said. "That's part of the function of the school." Taylor agreed, adding, "The library is part of the educational function of the school.

Claypool asked Grigsby to delay closure of the library, which would have gone into effect Dec. 23, until a tally of the number of students using the library on weekends can be obtained. Trustees did not leave themselves out of energy-saving measures yesterday. Only half of the four rows of flourescent lights in the district board room were lighted, drapes were open to allow the sun to filter in, and the room thermometer was set at a chilly 68 degrees. "We may be doing only a little, but we are doing something," said district superintendent Raymond F.

Ellerman. Area News DAILY FACTS, Redlands, Calif. Saturday, December 8, 1973-37 Full moon to be flat on bottom tomorrow Tomorrow evening the full moon may look like a beach ball with some of the air let out. Briefly, it will be a bit flat on the "bottom." This illusion will be created a partial eclipse. It will be so limited that some people may look at the Moon and not even notice it.

The circumstances of the partial eclipse are: Moon enters earth's shadow .5:09 p.m. Middle of eclipse .5:44 p.m. Moon leaves shadow ..6:20 p.m. At most, only 11 per cent of the Moon will be in shadow; 89 per cent will still be glaring and bright. At 5:09 when the Moon first begins to "touch" the shadow of the Earth, it will be only a few minutes above the skyline.

The actual moment of Moonrise varies widely in the Redlands area depending where you are standing in relation to the jagged skyline of the San Bernardino mountains. An average tomorrow might be around 5:02 p.m. Although this will be a "crummy" eclipse, the December full moon is usually the one that is noted by the largest number of people because it occurs at such an early hour. Also, the December full moon rises in a conspicuous place on the skyline, being well to the north of east. As observed from most points in Redlands the moon will rise to the north of the great pyramid of Mt.

San Bernardino. Plymouth Village starts new project Plymouth Village accounted for the bulk of Redlands' new construction total this week, obtaining permits for two residential structures and an administration building with a stated value of $167,000. Two four-plex homes will be built on Salem drive within the retirement community, each with a permit value of $58,000. There will be a pair of twobedroom dwellings and two one-bedroom units in each of the two buildings. Enclosing 2,798 square feet, each of the buildings will be on a concrete slab, with frame and stucco construction and a shake roof.

The administration building, valued at $51,000, will be at 919 Cajon street, on the site of the old J. S. Edwards mansion. It will have 2,340 square feet, Yucaipa boy, drowns in pool wife when it is completed weigh 18 tons, when commodel of the same design. Stephen Riddell takes out council papers Stephen M.

Riddell, 18-yearold Crafton College student, declared himself a possible City Council candidate yesterday by applying at the City Clerk's office for nomination papers. Riddell is a resident of 345 Franklin avenue, and works at the Bank of America outside school hours. He majors in business administration at the college, where he is a freshman. He is the son of Col. and Mrs.

Forest M. Riddell, and has been active in speech Redlands high school and at college. He is a recently qualified a Eagle Scout, with musical accomplishments on the organ and trumpet. Riddell was the seventh potential candidate, for whom nomination blanks were issued at the clerk's office. Mentone Rotary to plant flower seeds Yellow and red African daisies, or Mentone daisies as they are sometimes called locally, will bloom in gay profusion along Mentone boulevard next spring if the Mentone Rotary Club's flowerplanting project tomorrow is successful.

Rollie Hanson, secretary of the Rotary Club, said that club members will begin planting four pounds of the flower seeds along the road at 10 a.m. "We're looking for 'any volunteers willing to help," he siad. Hanson said that the project will probably start at the Redlands-Mentone boundary. and go as far east as Greenspot. "We're doing this because we want to brighten up Mentone," he explained, adding that the volunteer gardeners will be planting millions of the seeds.

"I've been told that there are a million seeds in a gram and we're planting four pounds," he said. One ounce equals 28.35 grams. The project will cost the organization approximately $65. Firemen called out twice Redlands firemen were called out twice yesterday afternoon and evening. The first alarm at 4:46 p.m.

was for an automobile fire at State and Redlands boulevard. A minor fire flared up in the engine compartment of a car driven by Steve Warren, 821 Lombard street. The second alarm at 6:39 p.m. was for an electric motor fire at 31-Flavors, 405 East State street. Firemen used smoke ejectors to clear the building.

The only damage was to the motor. A four-and-one-half year old Yucaipa boy was found dead in a neighbor's pool yesterday about 4 p.m. Scott T. Carey, of 12671 14th street, was found floating face down in the fenced-enclosed pool by his brother, William Gibson, 19, Deputy Coroner Jean Dupertius said. The youth was found after a one-and-onehalf hour search.

The boy was taken to Redlands Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Dupertuis said. Betty Carey told sheriff's deputies her son was last seen at 2:30 p.m. playing outside their apartment. The family had moved into the area about one week ago, the coroner said. First half of county taxes due Monday resembling the dwellings in type of construction.

Ray Schall is the contractor, and C. Paul Ulmer was shown as, the architect. Other permits were: Sandman Motel, 18-by-36-foot swimming pool at 920 W. Colton avenue, Aquatic Pools, contractor. William E.

Brown, 18-by36-foot pool at 1669 Cypress avenue, Prestige Pools, contractor. Robert O'Brien, converting garage to living quarters at 333 Marion road, $4,000. Christian Missionary Alliance church, adding three rooms and bath to parish house at 933 College avenue, $3,500. W. J.

LeBrun, carport at 925 Sharon road, $800. The first installment on the San Bernardino County Property Taxes must be paid by Monday, Dec. 10 if taxpayers are to avoid a six per cent penalty, according to Tax Collector John A. Gartner. To be certain that the payment is made before the deadline, he urges that they be taken to the nearest post office.

This will insure a postmark on, or prior to Monday. Depositing in a corner mail box does not always mean it will be postmarked before the delinquent date. The Tax Collector has over 7,000 tax bills that have no mailing address or have been returned undelivered by the post office. Failure to receive a tax bill does not relieve the property owner from payment of a penalty if the taxes become delinquent, Gartner pointed out. Tree on tram scheduled for occupancy by September 1974.

The district had awarded a bid of $1,102,829 to Maveric Construction Company at a special meeting in midNovember that included installation of a Dex-o-Tex floor. The Tartan floor now scheduled for installation, nicknamed the "Cadillac of snythetic floors" at the special meeting, was recommended after the CHC staff compared the durability and maintenance costs of both floors. "The staff submitted a list of seven reasons why they are recommending the Tartan floor," said William L. Grigsby, assistant superintendent. He said that the list includes such factors as reduced maintenance costs, lower costs for refinishing the Tartan surface, better traction and abrasions, and the fact that the Tartan floor can be sanded while Dex-o-Tex cannot.

Grigsby said that changing the contract to include the Tartan floor will add another $18,508. Trustees also authorized completion of working drawings and advertising for bids for the maintenance building at Crafton Hills College. Finished working drawings will reflect the building's location, a small storage shed for fertilizer storage, blacktopping and fencing the maintenance yard. Grigsby said the cost of the project is estimated at $85,000. Board members experienced a few light-hearted moments while they discussed leasing facilities at the El Correcaminos Training Stables in Highland for horseshoeing and horsemanship clases for CHC students.

The request was approved. The board also: -Approved a proposal to be submitted to the National Science Foundation to monitor micro-earthquakes beneath the San Bernardino Valley metropolitan area. The $71,451 network of 10 seismographs would cost the district no more than $6,700. The NSF is also being asked to pay 23 per cent of the costs to the district. -Approved granting an A.S.

degree in Airframe and Power Plant Technology at Valley College. -Heard a special report detailing the creation of the Friends of KVCR, a volunteer organization designed to support the Valley College television (Channel 24) and radio (91.9 FM) The group was recently incorporated and is affiliated National Friends of Public Boradcasting, which has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.: President of the organization is Mrs. Joy Chambers; a member of the national organization, director of communications for Fifth District, PTA, and coproducer of KVCR-TV's "Reaching Out with PTA." staff members played key roles in the development of an environmental career book just published in New York. The book, "Jobs that Save the Environment," is authored by science writer Melvin Berger and published by Lathrop, Lee and Shepard Company as one of a series of guidance books for junior and senior high school students. Berger first contacted Dr.

Edward L. Chapin, then head. of the geography department at Valley College, when he began working on the book. Chapin, now dean of evening, summer session and vocational education at CHC, had developed an urban planning and redevelopment certificate program, one of two in the country at the time. Chapin asked John Harder, then SBVC coordinator -of public information, to photograph a picture story on the urban studies program.

Four of the pictures appear in Berger's book, one of which is featured on the book jacket. Laguna swap meet At the Irvine Bowl in Laguna Beach the annual Christmas Fair swap meet and flea market will be held tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Arts, crafts, antiques and collectibles will be featured. On display now in Palm Springs at the Top of the Tram are 80 foot Christmas trees decorated with 3,500 lights.

They will be on display until December 31. CITIZENS OF MONTH Redlands Rotary Club Thursday honored five students from secondary schools who were chosen as the Citizens of the Month by their schools. They are, front row: Yolanda Rocha, Moore Junior high; Kim Kanatani, Redlands High; Patty Segovia, Clement Junior high; top row: William A. Slade, Orangewood; Victor Wright, Cope Junior high. The students were guest of Rotary this week.

William Fawcette is chairman of the recognition program. (Facts photo by Kenison).