EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 58, NO. 37
Septem ber 2, 202 1
First 5 San Ber nardino hosts much needed backpack drive through this past Saturday By Eric Sandoval
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his past Saturday, First 5 San Bernardino partnered with IEHP and Ecclesia Christian Fellowship Church for a Backpack and Kinder Kit Drive Thru event. The event lasted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Once ten o’clock rolled around, cars were lining up around the corner with children and families excited to get their free backpacks and kinder kits. “I want to pick a blue one because that’s my favorite color,” exclaimed Vasni Duran, age 5, of San Bernardino County.
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Saturday was a scorching hot day, reaching 104 degrees. Despite the heat, families showed up and First 5 San Bernardino PHOTO FIRST 5 provided them with essential Hundreds of cars lined up on East Date Street in San Bernardino to participate in First 5 San school supplies. Bernardino’s drive through Backpack and Kinder Kit giveaway on August 28, 2021. Dr. Wendy “We had over 700 people regisLee, First 5 San Bernardino employee, gets a little help from Heavenly Ekpo, age 4 of Highland, handing out backpacks in a variety of colors and kinder kits full of supplies that kindergarten stuFirst 5, cont. on next pg. dents need.
Iconic 160-foot water tower at for mer Nor ton Air Force Base moved to San Manuel Landing
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he historic and iconic Norton Air Force Base water tower, a longstanding San Bernardino landmark, was lifted in one complete piece the morning of Tuesday, August 24, 2021, and installed that same afternoon at its new permanent location at San Manuel Landing at the southeast corner of Victoria Avenue and 3rd Street in San Bernardino, CA. Built in 1959 by the U.S. Air Force at Norton Air Force Base, the 160-foot tower provided the base’s water supply. The water tower was installed 600 feet to the west where it will serve as the focal point of San Manuel Landing, a 50+ acre lot on the site of the former Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, featuring droughttolerant landscaping and artistic murals paying homage to San Bernardino’s history. Tower, cont. on next pg.
PHOTO SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS The 825-ton crane lifted the water tower in one piece, turned it 90 degrees to the path of travel, and then “walked” it to its new location progressing about 60 feet at a time as crews set up wooden beams on which the crane traveled on.