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Local Competes in Academic Olympics

Clarinetist and recent 2010 graduate of Redlands East Valley High School, Myles Davis, is a 17 year old who competed in the Riverside NAACP’s local Academic Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). He advanced to the 32^nd Annual National Competitions, which was held on July 9^th during the 101^st NAACP National Convention where he received two bronze medals in the categories of instrumental classical and instrumental contemporary (jazz).

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

"The Last Emancipation" Stage Play

BROTA Productions presented "The Last Emancipation" last week in Rancho Cucamonga. The original stage play written by Richard O. Jones dealt with combating negative commercial images. Pictured above are Alex Avila and Tiffanny Aikhaaliq.

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CASA Program Needs Volunteers

By Dianne Anderson

Unless someone steps in to break the self-destructive cycle, odds are stacked high against 4,000 foster kids in San Bernardino County who shuffle from foster care to group homes, then “age out” into high unemployment, jail or living on the streets.

Some of the kids are challenged, to say the least. They've seen hard lives. Many were raped or molested as children. Through their formative years, they were beaten, neglected and emotionally abused.

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Young Visionaries Host Fundraiser

A lot of folks got a lot for their money last Friday night when they attended the Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy-Inland Empire / Pistols 2 Pencils program fundraiser: 'All You Can Eat’ Cajun style fish-fry dinner. Included was an evening of live old school, funk, jazz and spoken word from Pistols 2 Pencils program participants and other artists. Pictured are Arnetta Brown, Cory Lewis, Ashley Robinzone, Ashlie Delgado, Shawndrea Rawal, and program director Monette Miles. Read more...

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Rialto School District Holds Media Day

By Eliz Dowdy

The Rialto School District recently held a media day to underscore the needed improvements and enhancements of the 29 schools in the district. The proposed bond, now named Measure Y by the county, would not impose any new spending on local residents but would extend the current tax rate that voters are paying.

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Black Infant Death Rates Still Soaring

By Dianne Anderson

Still way off the charts, the infant death rate for black babies soars over twice the rate of white babies with a statistic that’s barely budged over the decades.

Now that the state of California has cut the cord on the Black Infant Health program, local maternal programs and hospitals may try to pick up the slack in outreach from lost funding for the program.

But that outreach is not mandated.

San Bernardino County ranked among the highest death rate for Black babies at 16.9 deaths per 1,000 compared to 12.4 per 1000 statewide, according to the California Public Health Department. Only San Joaquin and San Francisco counties ranked higher. Read more...

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

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