COLTON COURIER Weekly
Vol 148 , NO. 39
Septembe r 10 , 2020
Colton Lions Club teams up with Dr. G on community cleanup www.iecn.com
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From left: Dr. G, Council Member; Pablo Ramirez, Lions Club President; Carlos Araiza, Lions Club member. By Dr G (Dr. Luis S. Gonzalez)
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ver the last six years, Dr. G has been engaged in trash clean-up efforts in the downtown areas and nearby main streets and alleys. From time to time various individuals
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and groups have joined in to offer some assistance in the clean-up effort. In many cases, these efforts have been mentioned publically, but mostly, the individuals and groups have volunteered to fulfill a sense of local pride and contribution to our community. In all cases, however, their
efforts were well-received with heartfelt appreciation, and of course, properly thanked. Recently, the idea of community trash cleanups have been catching on to a higher degree. Periodically, someone in the community drops by to offer a
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hand. In fact, one individual in particular, Nellie Cortez, has now teamed up with Dr. G on a weekly basis to tackle the never ending battle of litter on our public walkways. The best part of the entire project, explains Dr. G, is Cleanup, cont. on next pg.
County makes steady prog ress on contact tracing ef for t
an Bernardino County is in the middle of a campaign to encourage more of our county residents to get tested for COVID-19, especially now that the self-swab nasal tests are so simple, painless and results are usually returned within 48 hours. But hand-in-hand with a robust testing effort must be an efficient contact tracing program. Officials from the County Department of Public Health (DPH) report that the department’s contact tracing program is showing notable improvement in Tracing, cont. on next pg.
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