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Colton teachers have Youth on skateboard tentative agreement f6yCar a V-'-. i Column VI in the 20th year will be S387; and Column VI in the 25th year will be 1668. These increments would go into effect Feb. 1. Also agreed on, she said, is extending the present contract, which expires in June, to June 1982 with a salary re-opener next year.

Fringe benefits will remain the same next year, she said, with the district paying any rate increases. Molumphy said bargaining teams will work to finalize the contract language before teachers are asked to ratify the agreement sometime before the winter vacation. The contract would then be ratified by the Board of Education, possibly at the Jan. 5 meeting. The tentative agreement ended months of negotiations, during which the teachers declared an impasse and called for a mediator.

UPLAND A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured Saturday when he was struck by a car as he rode his skateboard down a busy city street, police said. Rodney Discencia, of 212 S. First Upland, was reportedly riding his skateboard in the right hand lane of Euclid Ave-nue, between Ninth Street and Arrow Highway, about 5 p.m., when he was hit by a car, police said. Officers said the driver of the car attempted to swerve and avoid the youth, but was unable to do so. COLTON The Association of Colton Educator (ACE) has reached a tentative contract agreement which would give teachers a 10 percent raise, assocaition president Dawn Molumphy said.

The tentative agreement was reached during a mediation session Wednesday, she said. The agreement would give teachers a 10 percent raise retroactive to Nov. 13. Teachers were asking for 10 percent effective Nov. 1, which would have meant one-half percent more new money than what has been tentatively agreed on.

However, Molumphy said, the tentative agreement means teachers would receive the anniversary increments the association proposed. They are as follows: Column in the 20th year will be $485; column in the 25th year will be $523; Mark Ralston at work on a carousel base. They're making toys Continued from B-l) Rex chuckled as he recalled the story a teacher told him about two youngsters arguing, almost violently, over whether a Ralston fire engine they were playing with was red or yellow. The toy was made of unpainted wood. Rex, now 46, said he never imagined that he would be anything but a "corporate executive," but he is happy with this turn in his life.

"I don't think I'd ever go back to working for someone else," he said. Owning your own business is never easy though. "You trade one set of problems for another set of problems. One day you have lots of money, and the next day you're scratching for money to buy food with," Rex said. "When Proposition 13 hit we were basically doing business in California," he said.

Lower taxes Fontana, where Rex was raised, and set up shop. "You've got to go where you can make a living," Dene explained. The Ralstons, their sons, and two other persons manufacture about 750 toys every month. Rex creates the designs and everyone plays some part in transforming large slabs of hardwood into 24 different toys designed to delight and survive a child's attention. The toys include toasters with toast that pops up, cash registers that work, trains, bulldozers, carousels, mixers and more.

"The major consideration in design (is) durability. That, and keeping it basic so the kids can use their imaginations. That's another reason we don't color the toys. Kids will color them in their minds." meant less money for some preschool programs, and the Ralstons' business plummeted. Rex had to do odd jobs at an apartment complex "just to pay the rent." Like the saying goes, he said, "self-employment is when you give up working 40 hours a week for someone else to work 80 hours a week for yourself." Rex said he and Dene are "just approaching the point" where they will be making as good a living as when they worked for corporations, but he is confident about continuing success.

"As preschools continue to grow mainly because there are so many working mothers, our business will continue to grow also," he said. Rex said he already is planning some new toy designs. "I don't think the business ever gets fully out of our minds. You're always thinking of ways to improve Everyday you may be missing a perfect opportunity to achieve your personal goals and aspirations. While there are many pathways to success, college education is among the most exciting, direct and reliable particularly with a high-quality, TUITION-FREE community college just a short distance away! To take advantage of this incredible opportunity, you need only apply for admission.

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Lakeshore is now the Ralstons' biggest customer. are getting less and less competition," Dene said. Playskool and Creative Playthings are gradually dropping their wood toy lines in favor of more cost-effective mate- rials, she added. "Ours are all hardwood and therefore more expensive, but also more durable," Rex said. In addition to establish-1 big" the toy company, the Ralstons have spent the past several years trying to find a location that provided a good living and working environment.

Their odyssey took them from Claremont to Laguna Beach, on to us tin and then Placerville in Northern California, where they went to "escape the smog and congestion." "We nearly died financially in Placerville," Dene said ruefully. Shipping costs, poor of labor and high rental prices were a few of the burdens they acquired while seeking fresh air and open spaces. 'r In April they moved to the wedding picture Montoya, Cota FONTANA Danette Sue Cota became the bride of Frank S. Montoya Nov. 10 in San Bernardino.

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