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Wednesday, July 31. 1985 Metro Final The Sun 13-3 Public warned about door-to-door heat detector sales smoke detectors. Sales people claim their heat detection system does a better job of "Most (fire-related) fatalities we encounter are from smoke inhalation," Roberts said. In addition, sales people are not in One woman told authorities she had paid $1,400 for the system and an additional $500 because she entered into a monthly payment plan with the unnamed company. Roberts wouldn't name the company, but said the firm currently is selling the heat detectors in the Fontana area.

He said the system includes five or six wind-up heat detectors and possibly a single smoke detector. Sales people tlso offer to install the system. "Some (systems) may even carry state fire marshall approval, but they're not worth the money," Roberts said. He said the usual sales pitch centers on the purported ineffectiveness of By JOHN de LEON Sun Staff Writer (' FONTANA County fire officials are warning residents to "know all the facts" before purchasing an expensive home heat detection system currently being sold door-to-door in this city. Sales people are using "high pressure" jr sales tactics and disputing the worth of I smoke detectors to help sell the heat de-; tectors, said John B.

Roberts, division chief for the San Bernardino County Fire Agency. "By the time (the sales people) leave, they have you convinced that if you don't purchase the product immediately, you won't survive the night," Roberts said Tuesday. The heat detectors, ranging in price from $1,400 to $1,900, operate as advertised and are legal, Roberts said. However, he said inexpensive home smoke detectors will do a better job at a much lower cost. He said the sales tactics and some of the claims made by sales people were unethical.

Roberts said the Central Valley Fire Protection District received two complaints Tuesday from Fontana residents who had recently purchased the systems. The residents were unhappy with their purchase. alerting occupants that the house is on fire. "They make statements that, contrary to what the fire department tells you, there's always flame before smoke," Rob-erts said. "Which in our experience, is not true." 1 It's these claims that have concerned fire officials, he said.

A homeowner who purchases one of the heat detection systems could be lulled into a false sense of security, Roberts said. A home could fill up with smoke from a smoldering fire before the detectors are activated by the heat, he said. forming customers that they nave tnree days from the purchase to rescind the contract. The notification is required by law, he said. Residents who are offered the systems shduld contact their local fire fighting agency, such as the Central Valley Fire Protection District in Fontana and Mus-coy, Roberts said.

"If you still want to buy it, fine," he said. "But people should at least check with us if they're uncertain about Japanese students get first-hand peek into American jail mmmmmmm 9mm If te( i fera T'M by j- I yA Most can understand English if you speak slowly, Zadravec said. Asked how it felt to be the only male student in the group, Yasuhi-ro Hasegawa, 18, smiled broadly and replied, "Good." Hasegawa said the highlight of the trip for him so far was the visit to the Police Department. "Japanese police most secret don't let you take pictures," he said. "But not here." After seeing the jail's cell and fingerprinting areas, the students were led outside to see the SWAT team's weapons and equipment.

While some students posed for pictures with officers, others checked out police cars and the equipment. Officer Joy Snyder said she was asked how she became a policewoman because, the students told her, women in Japan are only allowed to be traffic personnel. The students later toured the Colton Fire Department, where firefighters demonstrated paramedic equipment and how the ladder truck operates. King said International Training and Exchange sets up foreign-exchange programs all across the country. An office recently opened in Japan to screen students.

While host families are sometimes difficult to find at first, said King, once a family hosts a student they usually want to do it again. "The kids really have a good time," she said, "and it's good for the host families, too." "Most of the famiies (host) two students," said Zadravec, "and they prefer it that way because they can help each other out." Before the students leave Aug. 8 for home, said teacher Barbara Whiteley, they will give a farewell dinner of traditional Japanese food for their teachers and host families. By OWEN SHEERAN Sun Staff Writer COLTON For 19 students from Japan, seeing the inside of a police station was a first. And going into a jail cell, handling SWAT team weapons and receiving Colton Police Department uniform patches only added to all the excitement.

The students, who arrived July 20, are here as part of a program sponsored by International Training and Exchange in San Francisco. Their primary goal is to learn conversational English. Their tour of the police and fire departments Tuesday was part of the group's daily program of field trips. This summer's group is the second to visit Colton from Japan, said coordinator Debbie King. The first group came in February.

The students, who live with families in the area, spend three hours each day with teacher Christine Zadravec at the Colton Library learning English. Afternoons are spent on field trips. "They're doing really well," Zadravec said. "We're keeping them too busy to be homesick." Every Friday the students are taken on a day-long trip. They have already visited Olve-ra Street, Little Tokyo and the Farmer's Market in Los Angeles and Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

A visit to Universal Studios is scheduled this week, followed by Disneyland next week. Zadravec said members of the group, consisting of 18 women and one man, range in age from 18 to 25. Most are university students. While some of the students' parents paid for their trip, others worked at part-time jobs to earn money to pay their own way. All of the students read and write English, Zadravec said, and many are fluent in French, German and Spanish.

Two of the students are Spanish majors. Staff photo by Own Shaaran Visiting Japanese students examine Cotton Police Department's jail cell inside and out. Park may display ancient Indian carvings natural as possible," Meachum said. It includes a outdoor amphitheater, three more acres of picnic grounds, a large nature education center, a botanical garden and an equestrian center. First priority, he said, will be construction of a 300-foot water-slide and development of a three-acre recreational vehicle campground, both scheduled for completion by next summer.

Meachum said he didn't know when the other projects will be finished. Although park traffic is light on weekdays, Meachum said it is crowded on weekends, particularly in the picnic areas. "At times we are inundated," he said. Under the master plan, the existing facilities, which include five group picnic sites, two softball fields, equestrian trails, a swimming lagoon and water slide, will be expanded by 35 acres. "This plan seems to be the best possible one to keep the area as FiF Eft MI MIX Qs the only one of its kind in San Bernardino County, were made in 1978 by archaeologists from Riverside County, but Meachum said the city has been very careful to protect the area from the public until it can be properly developed.

"Very few people know where it is," Meachum said. Unfortunately, he added, shaking his head, "there is some graffiti in the nearby areas, but it has not affected the Indian site. "These etchings are very primitive," he said. "They are important because they are so clearly marked." The site, designated a national landmark, is located at one end of the park's 325 acres. Only 13 acres have been developed so far, but intitial state funding has been received to begin development of a master plan.

Some details must be reviewed by the Planning Commission, but Meachum said he is fairly confident the plan will be approved by September. Construction could begin soon afterward. By INGRID BECKER Sun Staff Writer FONTANA Indian stone etchings, possibly 7,000 years old and hidden in the foothills of Martin Tudor Jurupa Hills Regional Park, may be on display to the public next summer, said Gil Mea-chum, director of parks and recreation. The etchings feature such symbols as serpents and the sun, designs archaeologists believe were carved by Indians to encourage fertility and good weather. They were carved between 1,000 and 7,000 years ago and were first discovered in the 1930s by Dr.

Gerald Smith, former director of the San Bernardino County Museum. The five-acre site on which the etchings are located also includes a large stone mortar and other artifacts believed to be from the Hupa, Karok, Shasta and Tolowa tribes. Although the land is privately owned by a development company, Meachum said the site soon will be donated to the city. Reports on the site, which is Units Maybe a new car can solve your problem. 1 1 CO Another county jail inmate stabbed; third in eight days (Continued from B-l) ning Commission and council since 1980.

In August 1984, City Attorney Dallas Holmes advised the council that apartments not in subdivision parcels could be exempt from Prop. and that supported Tuesday's decision. Poss said it is imperative the council impose an apartment moratorium and put the issue on the ballot in June 1986. The council has asked the Proposition Committee to meet with city staff and Holmes to review its own report and "put into ballot language" the issues the members believed should be put to the voters, including the apartments question. A half hour before the hearing, the Redlands Unified School District delivered a letter from its attorney advising the council it recommended the Gibraltar de velopment be charged fees to ease potential classroom overcrowding.

The council, however, has not recognized the district's statement of overcrowding. Alan Pierpont of "The Friends of Redlands" urged the council to review its Prop. policies "because the community has reached a tolerance." Other speakers said there are concerns about noise and traffic problems as well as density stresses and crime. But Beswick, Johnson and Lar-sen sat united in support of their vote, telling the audience each issue had been reviewed by commissions and departments in a thorough-going preliminary process and no problems are foreseen. The Gibraltar apartments will be designed for the upper middle income tenant like Norton Air Base officers, doctors, technicians, and university faculty and personnel, according to Cindy Ertman, a company spokeswoman.

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for an attempted murder conviction. He was being held at the jail on a Barstow Superior Court warrant. May said it is unknown what provoked the stabbing. On July 22, two inmates suffered minor wounds when they were stabbed during a fracas in the jail's dining hall. SAN BERNARDINO An inmate was listed in satisfactory condition after being stabbed in a corridor of the San Bernardino County Jail on Tuesday, sheriff's and hospital officials said.

The attack was the third stabbing at the crowded jail in the past eight days. Sgt. Charles May said Rick Washington, 24, who was serving time for resisting arrest, was stabbed once in the upper body with a sharp object about 6 a.m. in a corridor outside the felony holding tank. He was taken to the San Bernardino County Medical Center for treatment, said a hospital spokeswoman.

A second inmate, Fred Archuleta, was arrested after the stabbing and booked for investigation of attempted murder. Authorities LLOYD LAM, M.D. 200 E. CITRUS REDLANDS 793-7S75I2S-9500 1175 E. HIGHLAND SAN BERNARDINO-M1-2323 34299 YUCAIPA YOCAIPA 797-9155 9699 SIERRA AVE FONTANA -350-0519 membh fdic Hbw ocxtdoor neighbor.

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