| Patience in an Instant World |
Remember when it took several minutes or longer to load a simple Webpage on a dial-up connection? At the time, it seemed like a minor inconvenience to connect to the World Wide Web as we often called it then, but today such a delay would confound even the most tolerant among us.
We have grown accustomed or perhaps addicted to high-speed connections that provide near instant gratification. Experiencing even the slightest delay sends us searching for the newest technology to speed things up.
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| Supervisor Rutherford’s Report from the National Association of Counties |
Last month I attended the annual conference of the National Association of Counties in Portland, OR.
The most valuable aspect of a conference like this is networking with my colleagues from around the state and nation. I was keenly aware of the contrasts between our county and most of the other counties in the nation.
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| Volunteer Discovers New Career Path at Library |
Jorge Torres, 25, is one of the thousands of San Bernardino County residents who volunteer their time to help out in our County library system.
Jorge, an AB Miller High School graduate who grew up in Fontana, began volunteering at the Lewis Library and Technology Center earlier this year.
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| Food Trucks: Coming Soon to the County |
Food trucks didn’t get the green light on Aug. 9, but the Board unanimously agreed to proceed with developing new rules to allow more stationary food truck events.
Many spoke at the hearing, most arguing for a lifting the County's food truck ban, including a restaurant owner who wants to expand his business by having a truck. Another local restaurateur favored the ban, arguing such competition was unfair to brick-and-mortar establishments.
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| Volunteers Pick Fruit, Vegetables for Food Pantries |
| Are you tired of picking up fruit that’s fallen from your trees? Well, the volunteers with GleaningHOPE program can help.
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| 9/4/2011 |
Lake Gregory Regional Park in Crestline will host the popular end-of-summer sand sculpture contest. The contests begin at 10 a.m.
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| 9/29/2011 |
Join Supervisor Rutherford for breakfast at The Big Apple Restaurant in Fontana. Discuss issues facing the region, and get to know your county supervisor. Call (909) 948-5037 to RSVP or for more information. |
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| 9/3/1982 |
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sponsored a 3-day music festival billed as the next Woodstock at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore.
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| 9/9/1850 |
California was admitted into the Union as the 31st state.
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| 9/25/1956 |
The first transatlantic telephone cable was inaugurated.
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Last Issue’s Answer: The former Mickey Thompson’s Fontana International Dragway, which operated from 1955 to 1972, would be located in the Village of Heritage in Fontana if it were still around today.
Question: What is the name of the community that once encompassed Devore? (Hint: The community was named after a Native American village located near the Cajon Pass.) |
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| 7/20/2011 |
County Route Marker program gets its kickoff on Route 66
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| 7/27/2011 |
County shares results of homeless survey and report
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| 8/1/2011 |
SANBAG President McCallon takes Office
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