February 9, 2012

Find money you never knew you spent!

FREE seminar for Business Owners, CFO’s, Controllers, and HR Professionals.

Reservations required.

Dramatic Changes in health care legislation are now causing employers, who have used standard benefits packages, to re-evaluate options and help manage soaring health care costs.

The Mission Inn
3649 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA

Registration: 11:30am to 12 noon
Lunch & Seminar: 12 noon to 2:00pm

Bill Giamarino, Moderator

This COMPLIMENTARY seminar demonstrates the integration of customized wellness programs and analytics, with fully insured and partially self-funding environments, to bend the curve.

Session 1: Why Analytics and Biometrics Programs are the Key to Realizing Real Savings & Cost Containment
Speaker: Jennifer Stuckert, Interactive Health Solutions

Session 2: Alternative Benefits Funding Methods
Speaker: Chris Moyer, Director Benefit Analytics, HealthNow Administrative Services

Space is very limited. To reserve your place, please call – 909.383.7040 or email EdwardS@Henehan.com.

Visit www.henehan.com/seminar for more information.

“This is a great opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore technology over time,” said Nielsen. “Together we’ll look at historic objects from the museum’s study collections and see just how well they worked for the jobs they were meant to do—tasks that may or may not be part of today’s world. Come try your hand at an old-fashioned way to make a tasty treat, and explore written communication before the personal computer.”

“When you think it over, people living long ago wanted many of the same things we want today like clothing to wear, hair styles that reflect the latest trends, good-tasting food, ways to communicate with other people,” continued Nielsen. “In the past, people did many of the same things we do today, just using different tools. Those tools are the focus of our presentation.”

The John Rains House is a historic site of the San Bernardino County Museum at 8810 Hemlock in Rancho Cucamonga. The fired-brick house was built in 1860 on the Cucamonga Rancho by John Rains and his wife, Maria Merced Williams Rains. The house and grounds became the property of the County of San Bernardino in 1971. Ample parking is free. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org.

The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening devices or other auxiliary aids are needed in order to participate in museum exhibits or programs, requests should be made through Museum Visitor Services at least three business days prior to your visit. Visitor Services’ telephone number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD) 909-792-1462.

The concert is at 4 p.m. at Watchorn Hall, Frederic Loewe Performance Hall at the University of Redlands, 1200 Colton Avenue. Tickets are $20. Admission for any music student is $5.

The Redlands Chamber Music Society will continue its season on March 18 with the Emerging Artist Concert featuring prize-winning concert pianist, Jingfu Peng, a sophomore at Redlands High School and Grand Prize winner in the 2011 Glendale Piano Competition and Victoria Jones, flute, a University of Redlands senior, who has a student substitute position with the Redlands Symphony.

For ticket, donations or other information, contact Mark Braunstein, executive director of the Redlands Chamber Music Society at (909) 327-6611 or board member Adriane Gram at (909) 798-9253.

Jean-Sébastien Vallée Biography:

Active conductor, scholar, clinician, and adjudicator, Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée is one of the  nation’s leading new figures in the world of choral music. Dr. Vallée is Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Los Angeles where he teaches conducting at both the undergratudate and graduate levels in addition to conducting the University’s three choral ensembles. Prior to his appointment at CSULA,  Jean-Sébastien was Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at the University of Redlands.

Jean-Sébastien has conducted more than thirty ensembles in Canada and the United States including the Canada National Youth Choir and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Dr. Vallée’s ensembles have received the highest acclaim – they have been invited to perform for the California Music Educators Association state conferences, and the University of Redlands Chapel Singers received three awards at the San Luis Obispo International Choral Festival in 2010.

Vallée has studied under such renowned conductors as Chester Alwes, Eduardo Diazmunoz, Iwan Edwards, Agnes Grossman, Chantal Masson-Bourque, Nicole Paiement, Raphaele Ponti, Miroslav Papsavov, Donald Schleicher, and Jon Washburn. Dr. Vallée holds degrees from the Université Laval, the Université de Sherbrooke, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In addition to his interest in choral, operatic, and orchestra music, Vallée is an advocate of contemporary music, making one of his priorities to premiere and commission works by young composers and program rarely performed repertoire.

As a scholar, Dr. Vallée has presented his work on Renaissance French music at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Oklahoma City, and at Festival 500 in Newfoundland, Canada. Vallée has also been invited to present his research on Michael Tippett’s oratorical works at the 2011 National ACDA convention in Chicago. In January 2012, Dr. Vallée will be presenting his research on Micheal Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.

Dr. Vallée is also Musical and Artistic Director of the Mountainside Master Chorale, and Director of Music at  Glendale City Church.

Artists with easel, canvas, and paint in tow will demonstrate their painting skills and compete for $5000 in awards and prizes. Painting locations are:

“GEMS OF RIVERSIDE”

Saturday, February 18
The Mission Inn on Mission Inn Avenue

Sunday, February 19
Points of interest around Mission Inn Avenue

Monday, February 20
Oak Quarry Golf Club
7151 Sierra Avenue, Riverside, CA 92509

Tuesday, February 21
St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church
4700 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 92507

Wednesday, February 22
Historic Fox Theatre
3801 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501

Thursday, February 23
La Sierra University, Visual art center campus
4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA 92515

Friday, February 24
California Citrus State Historic Park
9400 Dufferin Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501

Saturday, February 25
QUICK DRAW 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Views from the Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501

Sunday, February 26
FREE DAY, paint at any of the previous locations
Exceptions: Oak Quarry Golf Club or the St. Andrew Orthodox Church

PROUD SPONSORS OF PAAR’s PAINT OUT
HKHOLBEIN, Inc., www.holbeinhk.com – RAYMAR, www.raymarart.com
GIRAULT PASTELS, pasteletc@aol.com – RANDY HIGBEE GALLERY, www.kingofframe.com
STRATHMORE, www.strathmore.com, GOLDEN ARTIST PAINTS, Inc., www.goldenpaints.com
JUDY COYLE, THE BRUSH LADY, judycoyle@gmail.com, COPIC MARKER, www.copicmarker.com
BEST BRELLA, www.bestbrella.com, UART, www.uartpastelpaper.com,
NORTH LIGHT BOOKS, www.fwfookstore.com,
FOX RIVERSIDE THEATER FOUNDATION, www.riversidefoxfoundation.org
RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM, www.riversideartmuseum.org

On Saturday, February 4, Californians can experience the sites and sounds of World War I – and honor World War I veterans and all veterans since. This World War I traveling exhibition will be located at March Field Air Museum, 22550 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside, Ca. Visitors will experience the tight conditions of trench warfare, see the relatively primitive tools, weapons, equipment and uniforms of a war from 100 years ago.

This is all a part of the Waddell & Reed “Honoring Our History” Tour. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Waddell & Reed – working in partnership with the National World War I Museum – developed a 18-wheel traveling World War I museum that will visit 75 cities from coast to coast in 2011/2012.

The tour is designed to raise funds and awareness for cultural institutions across the country during tough economic times. Funds raised at each stop will be divided between the March Field Air Museum and the National World War 1 Museum, based in Kansas City, Mo. After touring the exhibition, kiosks will allow the public to make donations to support the March Field Air Museum and the National World War I Museum, the first and only WWI museum designated by U.S. Congress.

Waddell & Reed is one of the country’s oldest mutual fund companies. The two founders of Waddell & Reed, Chauncey Waddell and Cameron Reed, were veterans of World War I. The exhibit includes founder Chauncey Waddell’s flight gear, his flight suit and log book. The event at March Field Air Museum is being coordinated by Waddell & Reed in Riverside. The Honoring Our History Traveling World War I Exhibition is open free to the public on:

· Saturday, February 4, 2012, 9am to 4pm
· Located at March Field Air Museum, 22550 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside, Ca
· Admission is free to the museum on February 4, although donations are appreciated. Donations will benefit the March Field Air Museum and the National World War I Museum.
· Regular admission will apply at March Field Air Museum.

The Traveling World War I Exhibition will travel to four additional California cities in 2012:
· Feb 7: San Jose at the Winchester Mystery House
· Feb 10: Redwood City at San Mateo County History Museum
· Feb 15: Napa at 3rd & Main Street (near Veteran’s Park)
· Feb 17: Stockton at University of the Pacific

For details about the national tour, visit www.honoringourhistory.com.

Presidents’ Day Weekend, February 18-20, 2012, is when it all hits home in our local Calico Ghost Town with three full days of re-enactments of the battles, bugles, and banjos of the Civil War era.

More than 300 members of the American Civil War Society become the rival armies of the Union and the Confederacy.  Visitors will get a first-hand experience of the day – they can visit soldiers’ campsites see how the troops lived during this era; watch processions of cavalry troopers and horses thunder into town; view formal troop inspections and military drills conducted twice daily; and they must not miss the spectacle of the battles (not that the boom of cannon fire will let them miss it).  In addition, walk among the fashions of the day paraded by the men and women and enjoy live music of 1860’s.  The weekend promises non-stop Civil War activities, including appearances by Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg address each day of the event.

Calico Ghost Town offers RV and tent camping, as well as cabin and bunkhouse rental.  To reserve camping, book online at www.sbcountyparks.com.  For cabins and bunkhouse reservations call (800) 86-CALICO.

Daily admission for the Civil War event is $10 adults; $5 ages 6-15.  Children 5 and under are FREE.  A two-day pass is available for $15 adults; $8 ages 6-15.  Visit www.calicotown.com for detailed information.

Attendees will enjoy a fabulous dessert and drink bar, live music from the local band The Rippers – as well as music from D.J. American Mic, drawings and door prizes, and a complimentary Valentine’s Day gift for the first 30 ladies.

The event will be Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the San Moritz Lodge, 24640 San Moritz Drive, Crestline.

Pre-sale tickets can be purchased for $15 online at www.sbcountyparks.com (Online General Store link) by February 9, 2012, or at the Regional Parks Administration Office at 777 E. Rialto Ave, San Bernardino during regular business hours.  In town, tickets can be purchased at Leisure Shores, 24658 San Moritz Drive, Crestline, CA 92325, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Tickets at the door will be $20.  For more information call County of San Bernardino Regional Parks at (909) 387-2461.

Parade, Live Performances, Music, Children’s Village, Arts and Cultural Displays, Films, History, Fashion, Food, and Fireworks! Something for the whole family!

Saturday, January 28th, 2012
10:00am to 6:00pm
Downtown Riverside
Mission Inn Avenue and Lemon Street
Free Admission!

Download the Performance Schedule

For more information, check out www.LunarFestRiverside.org

Do You Have A BIG IDEA? The ADDY Deadline is Here.   Today is the early deadline for the 2012 ADDY Awards.  We are still accepting entries up until Friday, Feb. 3rd.

All of the information, rules and submission information can be found here, http://aaf-inlandempire.com/addys/

Please contact John McCarthy or Jon Burgess if you need any help, have questions, or would like more information.

THE RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM AND THE INLANDIA INSTITUTE INVITE YOU TO RAM FOR THE BOOK LAUNCH OF BOOKMARKED: TEEN ESSAYS ON LIFE AND LITERATURE FROM TOLKIEN TO TWILIGHT

The book will be available for purchase during the evening, along with a chance to meet some of the essayists. All proceeds go to a scholarship fund for the Honors Literature students at John W. North High School.

“Bookmarked is an eloquent and moving tribute to the liberating power of the written word. These young students have discovered in books new ways of understanding themselves and their world and the kinds of future that books have helped make possible for them. It deserves to be read, not only for its own merits but as an inspiration for other readers—and their teachers.” —Dr. Edward Mendelson, professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

In more than 50 essays, young people from a wide range of backgrounds reflect on how words from literature connect with and influence their lives, goals, and personal philosophies. The essays explore topics including suffering the death of a parent, facing a life‐threatening illness, letting go of perfectionism, making friends, realizing goals, and grappling with questions of faith and sexuality. Books cited range from The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby to Twilight and Lord of the Rings. Each essay includes a brief biographical sketch letting the reader know where the essay writer is today.

Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501. For more information, visit www.riversideartmuseum.org/events.

Drop in to record a special message to your loved one any day between February 7th to 11th from Noon to 5 p.m. Are you a procrastinator? Don’t worry there will be a last chance on Valentine’s Day to record from Noon until 6 p.m.

RDP is holding two special events as a part of Love in Riverside. The Culver Center will begin the broadcast of Video Valentines and Love in Riverside tweets on Saturday, February 11th from 2 to 6 p.m. projected on the LED Screens located in the front of the Culver Center for the Arts building. The event will also feature music by DJ Snipes, free gifts, and prizes. In addition, participants can get a Passport to Love, for an opportunity to enter to win one of two grand prizes with three stamps from participating merchants, including the Culver. The first grand prize: Be My Valentine; includes one night stay, a long stemmed red rose, and $50 resort gift card for the romantic Mission Inn, as well as a $125 gift certificate for dinner at Mario’s Place. The second grand prize is dinner for two at Applebee’s and tickets to the Fox Theater Performance of your choice.

Another opportunity to record a Video Valentine for those last minute planners will take place onTuesday February 14^th. Create that special message between Noon and 6 p.m. then watch the broadcast while enjoying music and other festivities from 5 to 7 p.m. After the video recording, get your ‘Passport to Love’ and head out to one of five restaurants offering ‘Love in Riverside’ last minute deals and a final chance to get those passports stamped to enter for the grand prizes.

All ‘Love in Riverside’ Valentine festivities will take place on the pedestrian mall in Downtown Riverside in front of the Culver Center of the Arts at 3834 Main Street., near the intersection of University and Main Street.

To find out more visit www.LoveinRiverside.com or look for Love in Riverside on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Some of Riverside’s best known faces scheduled to record early Video Valentines include: Mayor Ron Loveridge, Riverside City College President Cynthia Azari, and Kelly Roberts of the Mission Inn.

About Riverside Downtown Partnership (RDP):

RDP is a not-for-profit organization that was formed in 1981 to advocate for a better downtown. RDP manages Downtown Riverside’s Business Improvement District.

RDP’s vision of Downtown Riverside is the regional destination for businesses and service industries. With employment opportunities and attractive locations for growth, downtown Riverside is recognized for the quality of its cultural life, concentration of arts, educational programs, and urban living opportunities.

Stalling is a certified rape crisis counselor through the Office of Emergency Services, and a council member for California Coalition against sexual assault (CALCASA). She is also an appointed member of the State Advisory Committee (SAC) for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the State of California, Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).

During the luncheon, Stalling will give insight into the growing epidemic of rape, what women can do to protect themselves, and what actions they should take if a situation of this nature occurs.

“Personal safety and being aware of ones surroundings is a very important issue in today’s society, especially in an industry where many of us are working outside of a traditional office, and having Candie here provides invaluable advice as to how to avoid unsafe situations,” said Jennifer Guenther head of CREW publicity. “These are not issues that should be overlooked or taken lightly, and we encourage everyone to come out and listen intently to the information that will be given — it could very easily save your life or the life of someone close to you.”

Local business and community members are invited to attend. Attendance is $35 for members and $45 for non-members before Jan. 6 after which time a $10 late registration fee will be charged. Register at www.crew-ie.org.

About CREW Inland Empire

CREW Inland Empire is a member of CREW Network, the Commercial Real Estate Women Network, and is comprised of members serving local San Bernardino and Riverside County markets. CREW Network is the industry’s premier business networking organization with more than 8,000 commercial real estate professionals in 74 major markets across North America. It is dedicated to advancing the success of women in commercial real estate and commercial real estate related fields of study and provides networking, business development, leadership opportunities and professional education. For more information visit, www.crew-ie.org

This is the first Town Hall meeting of the year and Mayor Warren plans to hold a meeting each quarter reaching all areas of the City.  “The first Town Hall meeting in the south was a great success. I was so grateful to hear the residents’ thoughts and concerns and I look forward to continuing our dialog about the betterment of this great City.” said Mayor Warren.

Mayor Warren, the City Manager and department representatives will be available to listen to comments and answer questions.  Mayor Warren is looking forward to open discussion with the community to help her understand and take into consideration perspectives from residents as she plans for the future of the Fontana Community.

REDLANDS, CA (January 26, 2011) – The University of Redlands has announced a new engineering program beginning Spring 2012.

The engineering program is a partnership with Columbia University that provides students the opportunity to earn both a B.S. from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and a B.A. or B.S. from Redlands.  The program combines the strengths of a liberal arts education in a small college setting with professional education at a highly regarded school of engineering.

“Our partnership with Columbia gives students the best of both worlds.  Becoming an engineer is right up there with becoming a lawyer, doctor, or businessman, as one of the careers that practical-minded high school students set their sights on,” said Eric Hill, associate professor of Physics who has led much of the program development efforts for the partnership.  “Even in economic times like these, the demand for engineers remains high, as is reflected in graduate salary surveys year after year.  Still, you can’t beat a small liberal arts college for a personalized education or the breadth of experiences and skills that are so important for any career path and for a rewarding life.”

For the first three years, students study at the University of Redlands and complete requirements for their major, a B.S. in General Education, and pre-engineering courses.  During the second semester of their junior year, they apply for admission to Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, which is guaranteed if they have successfully fulfilled the program’s requirements.

For the final two years, students attend Columbia in New York City.  Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded a double major—one from Redlands and the other from Columbia.  Students are free to pair any Redlands undergraduate major with any Columbia University engineering or applied science major although the pre-engineering requirements are most compatible with the Physics B.A. or individualized Johnston emphases, Hill explained.

In addition to preparing students for a career in industry, the degrees offer entree to graduate work in engineering, mathematics, or the physical sciences.

“Regardless of whether a student participates in this Combined Degree program, the pre-engineering courses, in combination with a science or math undergraduate degree, are good preparation for enrolling in an Engineering graduate program,” Hill said, adding that students interested in this program must work closely with a program advisor to develop a suitable plan of study.  Hill said that in addition to the Columbia University agreement, additional partnerships with other universities offering affiliate engineering degrees are in development at the University of Redlands in order to provide students with a variety of options and experiences at renowned U.S.-based schools.

More information and requirements for the program can be found at http://www.redlands.edu/engineering3-2

Held at The Magnolia at Highland apartments located at 2196 Medical Center Dr. in San Bernardino (at the corner of Highland and Medical Center Drive), the event kicks off four days of activities, highlighted by guest speakers and presentations from local officials, residents, supporters, refreshments and personal tours.

“We are extremely pleased to share this beautiful and luxurious new apartment community with prospective new residents and are pleased to have such a strong presence in the City of San Bernardino,” said Kim Pollack, Vice President of Western Seniors Housing.

She also added that approximately half the apartments are already occupied and the remaining apartments are renting quickly.  Pollack encourages those interested in applying to become a resident to take advantage of the application fee waiver this weekend and make plans to visit The Magnolia at Highland as soon as possible.

Western Seniors Housing, Inc., a management company that strives to create an environment for seniors where the quality of life is as important as life itself, manages the Magnolia at Highland.

“As a leader in the senior housing industry, Western Seniors Housing is committed to raising the level of quality senior housing in the industry through thoughtful management programs geared towards maintaining a high level of satisfaction for the residents, operators and owners of senior apartment communities,” said Pollack.

The new senior community has turned what was once a blighted automotive site into 80 upscale, spacious, affordable apartments for seniors conveniently located near freeways, public transportation, shopping, dining and Community Hospital of San Bernardino.

“While it is important for seniors to have safe and affordable housing, it’s also important to live in a beautiful place with a high quality of life,” said Aaron Mandel, Vice President and senior project manager at Meta Housing Corporation. “That is why the Magnolia at Highland is designed and built reminiscent of a luxurious resort community.”

Apartments are very spacious complete with upscale appointments such as solid wood cabinetry, granite counter-tops, built in computer desk, central heat and air conditioning, modern appliances, with walk in showers in some units.

The beautiful grounds feature a landscaped courtyard with a tranquil fountain and outdoor fireplace in a resort like outdoor patio area with shade trees, barbecue grills, a large swimming pool, spa and multiple areas for relaxed seating.

The amenities don’t end there. For those residents who prefer to participate in activities indoors, there is a computer center, fitness center, billiards room and also a clubhouse offering resident programs through the nonprofit organization EngAGE.

EngAGE transforms aging and the way people think about aging by turning affordable senior apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness and creativity.

“This development shows what Meta Housing Corporation can do when we work together with good government focused on the needs of our most treasured resource – seniors,” said Mandel.

Carrying a total development cost of $19 million, Meta Housing partnered with Western Community Housing, the San Bernardino Economic Development Agency, Optimus Construction, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, Chase and the California Community Reinvestment Corporation, to design and build The Magnolia at Highland for seniors in San Bernardino.

“This is the culmination of several years of hard work,” said Carey Jenkins, San Bernardino Economic Development Agency’s Housing and Community Development Director.  He added, “It is exciting to deliver a project that has an immediate benefit to our senior residents and the city.”

The San Bernardino Housing and Community Development Agency subsidy for the project is $7 million from its low to moderate income housing funds. That investment is what allows some rents to be as low at $357 a month.  These funds are for housing only and cannot be used for the City’s general fund.

In addition to the age requirement, those interested in becoming a resident at the new Magnolia at Highland senior living community will need to meet the maximum allowable income for potential residents.

What this means, is that a single person household can earn up to a total of $25,795 a year. A two person household can earn up to $29,480 a year, with a family of three earning as much as $33,165 a year.

“Please join us for our grand opening weekend starting Thursday January 26th at 2:00 pm at The Magnolia at Highland” said Pollack.
To schedule a personal tour or to learn more bout The Magnolia at Highland senior apartment community contact Western Seniors Housing, Inc., at (909) 473-1000.

About Western Seniors Housing
Western Seniors Housing, Inc. is a management company that strives to create an environment for seniors where the quality of life is as important as life itself. As a leader in the senior housing industry, Western Seniors Housing is committed to raising the level of quality senior housing in the industry through thoughtful management programs geared towards maintaining a high level of satisfaction for the owners, operators and residents of senior apartment communities.

The primary objectives of Western Seniors Housings sponsored programs and activities are to increase occupancy, enhance resident satisfaction and maintain properties in top condition.

A true alternative to in-house resources, Western Seniors Housing offers a high degree of practical experience, know-how and empathy with seniors and their needs.

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Wiens Family Cellars was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Wiens Family Cellars is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Wiens Family Cellars for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Wiens Family Cellars is one of the very best Ceremony and Reception Venues within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/wiens-family-cellars-temecula/5010ecd95b0c2971.html.

To learn more about the Bride’s Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

In this presentation, Accent’s Marketing Manager Courtney Kaufman attempts to solve the IT mystery for small business owners, financial executives and entrepreneurs. She will explain today’s hot topics and how they affect the risks and costs associated with IT in “executive terms.”

Key issues covered include:
·     Strategic technology planning for growth
·     Cloud Computing
·     Security basics everyone should implement
·     Protecting your critical data
·     Acceptable use policies
·     Reducing IT costs and getting better results
·     Risks most executives don’t know about

This presentation approaches IT industry topics in a straightforward and simple manner – one in which executives will be able to understand and identify with, rather than find dull and too complex to comprehend. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the real issues associated with IT.

“Most business owners are not really interested in IT as long as it works,” said Kaufman.  “This presentation will help businesses understand how their IT systems should be working for them, and how a few small IT changes can save money and time.”

Seating is limited.  For more information or to register visit www.iewbc.org, or call (909) 890-1242.

About Accent Computer Solutions
Founded in 1987, Accent Computer Solutions, Inc. is a leading information technology solution provider serving a wide spectrum of businesses and organizations in Southern California and across the nation. Accent is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. and also has offices in Riverside, Los Angeles and Orange counties. The company caters to the needs of small to medium-sized businesses, as well as to multi-office, multi-location enterprises. Accent focuses on reducing the cost and risk of information technology by providing proactive IT services, IT outsourcing, network services, business telephone/VoIP, new building and remodel cabling, and wireless solutions. For more information, visit www.TeamAccent.com, or call (909) 481-4368.

January 27, 2012: Regular Deadline for entries
February 3, 2012: Late Deadline for entries (comes with a late fee)

The AAF-Inland Empire is proud to announce the dates for its 2012 ADDY competition and Gala. The AAF-Inland Empire ADDYs® are the first step in the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting about 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions. The mission of the ADDY competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. As the premier event for the AAF-Inland Empire, we encourage you to review your work throughout the year with the ADDYS in minds so that you can be sure to include all your worthy pieces for judging.

We are also pleased that our gala will be returning to the Historic Mission Inn in Riverside on March 9, 2012.

http://aaf-inlandempire.com/addys/

The Milliken Avenue Grade Separation is a $50 million project planned for completion in June 2013. The new construction will elevate the existing railroad tracks over Milliken Avenue, enhancing traffic flow and reducing vehicular congestion and emissions.   The girder installations next week will require road closures on Milliken Avenue from Guasti Road to Airport Drive.  To minimize impacts to the community, road closures are scheduled at night, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Monday, January 23, Tuesday, January 24 and Monday, January 30.  Detours and alternate routes will be posted.

The Salton Sea is the largest inland surface water body in California. The National Wildlife Refuge at the south end of the sea is a major stop on the Pacific Flyway.

“The Salton Sea supports one of the most diverse bird populations in the United States, with more than 375 species,” said Robert McKernan. “It is one of the most impressive areas in the nation for observing wintering bird life. This day trip will provide us an opportunity to learn about the natural history of the Salton Basin.” An ornithologist, Robert McKernan has conducted research at the Salton Sea for more than 30 years and has led hundreds of field trips to the area.

Participants in the field trip will meet at the museum at 6:30 am and return about 6 pm. McKernan recommends bringing along a field guide to birds and a pair of binoculars. Wear sturdy, comfortable shoes, a hat, and a jacket.

The cost of $70 per person ($60 for Museum Association members), includes transportation, lunch, snacks, and beverages. Space is limited, and pre-paid registration is required by January 25, 2011. Call LaWanda Avery-Brown at (909) 307-2669 ext. 225. The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org or call (909) 307-2669.

Participants in this workshop will be provided with an introduction to the business plan, learning the steps needed to create a stand-out plan.  This is a basic workshop, and serves to outline what is necessary, but the information is clear and concise, and participants will come away from the workshop with a thorough understanding of what is required in the task ahead of them.

The workshop will be presented by Angel Cardoz, Director of CVWBC.  The workshop is presented in an innovative and motivational manner, so that the participants learn the steps to follow to make the writing process less tedious.

The CVWBC is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at California State University San Bernardino, in partnership with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

CVWBC provides free business counseling, training, mentoring, and networking designed for entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on women in business or women who want to start a business. The Center’s programs and services provided are targeted to a diverse range of needs and skill levels to meet client needs, providing services both in English and Spanish.  In an effort to encourage entrepreneurship, CVWBC provides assistance to all persons, regardless of gender, and in spite of the inference of our name.

The CVWBC is located at 77-806 Flora Road in Palm Desert.  For an appointment, information on the programs and services, 2012 schedule or more information please contact Kim Scanlan at 760.345.9200, visit and register at www.cvwbc.org.

For those who are curious about all the buzz surrounding social media but not sure where to start, or whether it is worth the time and effort, this free webinar is an excellent starting point.  In this webinar, participants will learn the importance of social networking as an integrated marketing tool for business – including such applications as Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and LinkedIn, among others.

This presentation is part of a larger group of 25 webinars and classroom presentations offered by CVWBC in partnership with CARAT (California Resources and Training), all of which train business owners in technologies necessary to grow a business.  Additional webinars and presentations will take place over the next five months.

The CVWBC is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at California State University San Bernardino in partnership with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).  The CVWBC provides free business counseling, training, mentoring, and networking designed for entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on women in business or women who want to start a business. The Center’s programs and services are targeted to a diverse range of needs and skill levels to meet client needs, providing services both in English and Spanish.  In an effort to encourage entrepreneurship, CVWBC provides assistance to all persons, regardless of gender, and in spite of the inference of our name.

The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center is located at 77-806 Flora Road, Suite C in Palm Desert.  For an appointment, information on the programs and services, or a 2012 Calendar of seminars and events, please contact Kim Scanlan at 760.345.9200.  Visit and register at www.cvwbc.org.

Artifacts from the Holcomb family include the rifle Holcomb carried in the San Bernardino Mountains to protect himself from the Grizzly Bears and a rocker box used when Holcomb discovered gold in Big Bear in 1860.  Also loaned to the society is an original photo of five pioneers, William F Holcomb, John Brown, Sr, John Brown, Jr, George Miller, and BB Harris.  This photo was so clear, it allowed us to make a life-size print of WF Holcomb holding the rifle.

The Pioneer Society included founders of San Bernardino such as John Brown, both Sr. and Jr., Nicholas Earp (father of Wyatt Earp and his brothers), and many others who built this valley.

In 1901, they built a log cabin for the upcoming visit of President McKinley. He was unable to visit the cabin, but was moved to eulogize the Pioneers for their efforts. They built 3 more log cabins in the following ten years for various events. The last one in 1911 was set up in Pioneer Park where it remained until fire damaged it in 1973.

The display will show many other artifacts and photos collected by the Pioneer Society.

Californians pay some of the highest state income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, DMV fees, business license fees, even dog license fees. Now, the Governor wants to raise our taxes even more – $35 billion over 5 years. This must stop. I have seen the books; our government has enough of our money and doesn’t need any more!

Californians continue to struggle with unemployment and making their dollar stretch; I am committed to turning around our economy by reducing taxes and regulations – freeing businesses to create real, long-lasting jobs. Remember, it’s our money, not the governments and it needs to do a better job of managing our money. Let’s focus on getting people back to work – let’s get rid of regulations that stand in the way of small businesses creating jobs. Allowing growth will change California’s future.

Assemblyman Mike Morrell represents the 63rd Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Fontana, Grand Terrace, Highland, Loma Linda, Moreno Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Upland and Yucaipa.

All audience members are invited to a post-concert reception at a private home to meet the artists and music lovers. The wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres reception is included in the price of the ticket.

For ticket, donations or other information, contact Mark Braunstein at (909) 327-6611 or Adriane Gram at (909) 798-9253.

The Hausmann Quartet joins San Diego State University as the 2010-2012 Joseph Fisch/Joyce Axelrod Resident String Quartet. Previously, the Hausmann Quartet were recipients of the Morrison Fellowship Award in residence with the Alexander String Quartet at the International Center for the Arts, San Francisco State University.

Since the Hausmann Quartet’s formation in the summer of 2004 at LyricaFest in New Jersey, they have been acquiring a reputation as one of the great young quartets performing today. Praised for their charismatic playing and rich tone, the quartet made their debut on the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music series and was soon named Lyrica Boston’s Young Artists in Residence.

The Hausmann’s collaborations have included performances with pianists James Tocco, Jeremy Denk, Victor Rosenbaum, and violists Kim Kashkashian and Toby Appel. Recent projects have included performances with cellist Angela Lee, composer Liam Wade, and the Alexander String Quartet.

The Hausmann Quartet has performed in venues including Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Blossom Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Music@Menlo, and Aspen Music Festival. Most recently they held a fellowship appointment at the La Jolla Music Society’s 2010 Summerfest. During 2010-2012 the Hausmann quartet will have a concurrent affiliation sponsored by the La Jolla Music Society as part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to community engagement and outreach.

For ticket, donations or other information, contact Mark Braunstein at (909) 327-6611 or Adriane Gram at (909) 798-9253.

Hester and her five fatherless children live in hopeless poverty as she struggles to find help in this shocking tragedy based on the The Scarlet Letter.

January 26, Thursday, 8:00 pm

January 27, Friday, 8:00 pm

January 28, Saturday, 8:00 pm

February 2, Thursday, 8:00 pm

February 3, Friday, 8:00 pm

February 4, Saturday, 2:30 pm Matinee

February 4, Saturday, 8:00 pm

ARTS Building – Studio Theatre, ARTS 113

Tickets:  (951) 827-4331  $14.00 General admission, $12.00 Students and Seniors

Parking:  $5.00 in Lot 1 (No fee with UC permit)

The Department of Theatre at the University of California, Riverside, is pleased to present IN THE BLOOD, a play by Suzan-Lori Parks.

In the world of Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, single motherhood is everywhere, poverty is everywhere, exploitation by people in the system is everywhere, and help is nowhere.

In the Blood is the playwright’s spin on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter in which the heroine Hester, persecuted for having a child out of wedlock, must make her way in an unfriendly world.  Parks’ Hester, La Negrita, is a single mother entirely dependent on the kindness of strangers – strangers who take advantage of her to their own gain. Parks uses an interesting theatrical device by having the adult actors who play Hester’s children double as influential people in her life (a minister, a social worker, a friend). She uses a familiar landscape and predicament as a foundation for layers of heightened language and storytelling of mythic proportions.

BIOGRAPHIES

SUZAN-LORI PARKS (Playwright) was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” in 2002. She became the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog (2002). A MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, she has also been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is recipient of a Lila-Wallace Reader’s Digest Award, a CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts (Drama) and a Guggenheim Foundation Grant.

Her numerous plays include Father Comes Home From The Wars, The Book of Grace, In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Venus (1996 OBIE Award), The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Fucking A, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (1990 OBIE Award for Best New American Play), and The America Play. In 2007 her 365 Plays/ 365 Days was produced in over 700 theaters worldwide, creating one of the largest grassroots collaborations in theater history. Her work is the subject of the PBS Film The Topdog Diaries.

She has written screenplays for Spike Lee, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Jodi Foster and Oprah Winfrey, adapting Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. As a film actor Parks has appeared in the fictional-documentary …Plus One which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.

Her current projects include a Ray Charles musical Unchain My Heart scheduled to premiere on Broadway, an adaptation of theclassic opera Porgy and Bess which recently premiered at the American Repertory Theatre and her innovative performance piece Watch Me Work.

She is an alumna of Mount Holyoke College and holds an honorary doctorate from Brown University.  In 2008 Parksbecame the first recipient of the Master Writer Chair at the Public Theater, and also serves as a visiting arts professor in dramatic writing at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her writing teacher and mentor James Baldwin declared Parks “an astonishing and beautiful creature who may become one of the most valuable artists of our time.”

JULIAN WHITE (Director) is the Chair and head of Directing at Cal Poly Pomona, Department of Theatre and New Dance, He received his BFA from Webster University Conservatory of Performing Arts in St. Louis, Missouri, his MFA from The University of Iowa – Iowa City, and his classical training from Oxford University in London. He has taught acting, movement, stage combat and directing at Cal Poly Pomona, CalState University Northridge, Cal State University Dominguez Hills, CerritosCollege, and Long Beach City College.  Julian is also a professional actor, director and stage combat choreographer. Directing projects include: Cabaret, Road to Mecca, The Grapes of Wrath, Noises Off, Working, Eleven Zulu (Long Beach City College), SubUrbia (Company of Angels Theater), for colored girls who have considered suicidewhen the rainbow is enuf (Morgan Wixon Theater) and The God Squad (Chance Theatre).

Selected acting credits include major roles in works by Shakespeare (that include Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, Titus Andronicus and Macbeth) performed in the United States and in London, as well as lead roles in A Raisin in the Sun and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. He is a member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, Black Theatre Network, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and the Society of American Fight Directors.

MARC LONGLOIS (Scenic Designer) is Production Manager of the Department of Theatre, Head of StageManagement, Staff Scenic and Costume Designer, and Lecturer in Design, History, and Technical Theatre.  He received his MFA fromSouthern Methodist University where he studied with acclaimed Broadway designers William and Jean Eckart; Rosemary Ingham, author of The Costumer’s Handbook; and Richard Corson, author of the definitivetext Stage Makeup.  He has worked for professional regional theatres, including the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; for opera companies, and in television and industrialproduction.  He is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 and has designed costumes, scenery, and sound for over 100 productions during his 33-year career at UCR.

NOËLLE RAFFY (Costume Designer) is an accomplished freelance designer, and has created costumes for numerous stage productions including Guys and Dolls, The Eumenides, Love and Bones and La Danserie.  She has worked on a wide range of films thatinclude Robin Hood, Adventureland, Bridge to Nowhere, Shelter and the Oscar-nominated film The Road.   She was Head ofCostume for the English National Ballet School in London where she also worked with The Tricycle Theatre and Academy Costumes. She exhibited her designs for The Birds in the Prague Quadrennial (2007) and designed costumes for The Orestia Trilogy, which was voted “Best Play of 2007” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While at Otis College of Art and Design, she was awarded the Rudi GernreichScholarship by the Fashion Group International of Los Angeles.

GLEN DUNZWEILER (Sound Designer) has an MFA in Lighting and Sound Design from the University of Missouri at Kansas City  and is the resident Lighting and Sound Designer for the UCR Department of Theatre. He has designed for the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Henlopen Theatre Project in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and International City Theatre in Long Beach, California. While in LasVegas, he was the Resident Designer for the UNLV Dance Department and worked for the moving light company VariLite Production Services. In 2005, his work was featured in the ‘How I Did That’ section of Lighting Dimensions Magazine. He has worked with sculpture artist Randy Cooper on lighting his Shadow Sculptures, has written a new theatrical work, The Bad Play, and has recently produced a feature-length documentary about the middle-class homeless called yHomeless?.

Department of Theatre

900 University Avenue

Riverside, CA 92521-0325

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Currently the company employs a staff of 31 full-time management, IT specialists, service representatives and administrative workers.

About Accent Computer Solutions
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The next Junior Fishing Workshops will be held:

January 21, 2012 at Prado Regional Park, 16700 S. Euclid Ave., Chino.

February 4, 2012 at Glen Helen Regional Park, 2555 Glen Helen Pkwy., San Bernardino

February 18, 2012 at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park, 800 N. Archibald Ave., Ontario

Workshops begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m.

Boys and girls ages 7 to 13 will learn this favorite outdoor pastime under the instruction of expert teachers.  The junior anglers will rotate through five hands-on stations, learning the basics of lake-shore fishing, including the anatomy of a fish; what gear to use and knot-tying; rules and safe practices; cleaning, cooking, and tasting; and tips for casting and catching.

Once the kids have completed the organized training, they can check-out a fishing rod and reel and practice their new skills at the lake.  Each participant also gets their very own event t-shirt at the end of the workshop.

All equipment and tackle is provided for each child with the $7 registration fee. There is a $10 vehicle entry on the day of the event.

For registration deadlines or additional information on the Junior Fishing Workshop, contact (909) 387-2461.  Registration forms can be obtained online by visiting the parks website at www.sbcounty.gov/parks.

AUW will use the gift to fund programs to assist the local area’s underserved population in education, income, and health.  The education programs improve access to education and promote academic success.  The income programs bring financial stability by assisting with basic needs, job placement programs, and financial education.  The health programs increase awareness about health risks, improve access to healthcare, and encourage healthy behavior.

AUW is a volunteer driven organization that actively supports health and human services by focusing on education, income, and health.  These services address the underlying causes of the community’s issues and create lasting change. The organization was established in 1891 and is led by prominent respected community leaders; it is one of the oldest United Ways in the country.  AUW encourages individuals to become more involved in the community by giving, advocating, and volunteering.  For more information about how to become involved with AUW, please call (909) 884-9441 or visit www.ArrowheadUnitedWay.org.