W e e k l y COLTON COURIER Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use!
Vol 144, NO. 24
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Vietnam era veterans find comfort through each other’s company
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From left to right: Vietnam era veterans Johnny Gonzales, Jerry Hernandez, Rudy Silva, and Bernie Urrea. By Anthony Victoria
here were smiles, tears, and plenty of reminiscing among a few veterans during an informal gathering at the
VFW post 6476 on Tuesday morn- Corps veteran Rudy Silva--are ing. members of Colton High School’s Class of 1968. They have grown The four men--Army veterans up together, and supported each Johnny Gonzales, Bernie Urrea, Jerry Hernandez, and Marine Veterans cont. on page 2
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Colton Joint Unified School District High Schools demonstrate their prizes. Pictured behind them are school board members and community stakeholders.
need to showcase some of the district’s positive student achieveolton Joint Unified School ment by rewarding students with District Student Services prizes and gifts. Coordinator Christy Padilla said her department felt the “We work with a lot of at-risk By Anthony Victoria
students, which means we deal with a lot of suspensions and expulsions” she said. “But not everything is negative. Today we Giveaway cont. on page 2
ear Future Leaders and Supporters,
I deeply appreciate ’93 FL alumnus, Jeran Jaurique & Jorge Lopez effort because they have volunteered to help us organize this year's golf tournament, and also, help us raise funds for next year's leadership conference.
While we have enough funding for this year's program, funding for next year's program definitely provides a challenge. We expect next year's program to cost nearly $97,000, half of that for the cost of the camp alone.
This summer we will celebrate our 32nd anniversary. We ask for your help to assure that our program lives to celebrate yet another year of “molding minds and changing destinies.” For more information, please contact Dr. Tom Rivera at (909) 213-0515.
About Inland Empire Future Leaders: Founded in 1985, the program conducts a six-day leadership training program for 120 students and one academic-year workshop for camp alumni and their parents. Training in diverse aspects of leadership, cultural activities to enhance self esteem, college preparedness and career information are provided by role models representing law, medicine, education, government, and community volunteer organ i z a t i o n s . The IEFLP Summer Leadership conference is a sixday conference for eighth- and ninth-grade students that this year will take place in Idyllwild, CA at the Idyllwild Pines Camp.