W e e k l y COLTON COURIER Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use!
Vol 143, NO. 51
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TERRORISM IN SAN BERNARDINO
Colton feels effects of San Bernardino mass shooting
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December 10, 2015
Santa shares joy of reading with young learners
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Photo/JeNNiFer thalaSiNoS Jennifer thalasinos with her husband Nicholas, one of the 14 victims of last wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino.
By Anthony Victoria
ayor Richard De La Rosa was finishing his speech during Colton Joint Unified School District’s monthly community cabinet meet-
Winter Wonderland Brings joy to San Bernardino
ing at Joe Baca Middle School last Wednesday when he witnessed several officers get up and leave in urgency. “When the call came in, one of the officers jumped up and went outside,” he said. “Within five
minutes we knew there was an active shooter in the area, we just didn’t know where. At that moment I was praying that it wasn’t anything severe.” Shooting cont. on next page
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus honored by Mayor and councilmembers
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tudents in Colton Joint Unified School District’s San Salvador Preschool had a surprise visitor last week – Santa Claus! Santa stopped by to share holiday joy and something else very special: Books! Each child at the school received a book of their own from Santa. The books were donated by California State University, San Bernardino. The Colton Joint Unified School District is committed to ensuring that students are reading at grade level by the third grade. This goal also is reflected in the San Bernardino County Community Cradle to Career Roadmap. Melissa Williamson, Director of Child Development for the Colton Joint Unified School District noted that early literacy is essential to future success. “Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. There is never a more crucial time than now to develop the lifelong passion of reading in our preschoolers.”
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below them, henry and dorothy Calderilla.
By Anthony Victoria
fter 20 years of bringing Christmas joy to the Inland region, Henry and Dorothy Calderilla, both 70, will
now be spending their holidays at mation for their outstanding comhome. munity service as Mr. and Mrs. On Tuesday, Mayor Richard De Santa Claus. La Rosa and members of the city “We know you have been very council visited the Calderilla’s at Calderilla cont. on next page their household to deliver a procla-
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ontact El Chicano and Colton Courier Staff Writer Anthony Victoria. He can be reached at (909) 6376369 or at victoriaanthony91@gmail.com.