COMMUNITY

Amazing College Race: Riverside Edition

CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS! 

This Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, take part in a college scavenger race involving the four higher education campuses in the City of Riverside and vie to win money for books!  Discover some of Riverside’s treasures while competing for money in a race against time and peers!

Teams of 3 with college ID only costs $20.00.  Free t-shirts for the first 150 teams to register! There will be a scavenger hunt, prizes for the top five teams, food and fun!  Grand prize: Each member of the winning team will win a $500 book scholarship. 

Click here to register today!  For more informtion, please call (951) 826-2436.

The College Council of Riverside (CCOR) is an advisory group of students from the four higher education campuses (UCR, RCC, CBU, LSU) working to promote Riverside as a “university community” by elevating quality off-campus experiences, engaging in activities that encourage a “college” culture, and connecting students and recent alumni to the region’s workforce through internships.

3rd Annual “Cookies With Santa”

SANTA will be making a special appearance at 3943 Chapman Place (the house with the train) this Saturday, December 10th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.  Santa’s helpers will be serving hot chocolate, cookies and cupcakes for children and adults!  If you forget your camera, we’ll take photos for you.

The train will be
spouting off real smoke, and the wheels actually turn ’round and ’round, with real train sounds too!   Kids, young and old, can sit inside the train for photo opportunities. 

Many people are
curious as to when
the Chapman Place Christmas decoration tradition began.  One
of our neighbors did some research and found a 1966 Press-Enterprise newspaper article.  The
tradition of decorating the street was proposed in 1950 by Chapman Place resident Charles M. Wilson. 

 In 1950, the west end of the street was still an orange grove, yet the homeowners gathered in Charlie’s garage to make 8-foot tall Christmas trees out of aluminum foil.  The 1966 newspaper photo showcased
life-sized lit candlesticks that lined the street, which the current residents reproduced and put in place this year for the whole neighborhood to enjoy! 

Take a stroll down Chapman Place tonight….

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Let us all be grateful for our loved ones, a roof over our head, the food with which we satisfy our hunger, and the ability to be consciously grateful for all that we have.  We wish you a most grateful Thanksgiving, and leave you with three thoughts of gratitude: 

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; 
to the honest man it comes as frequently
as the heart of gratitude will allow.  –Edward Sandford Martin

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them
is the true meaning of Thanksgiving. –W.T. Purkiser

 As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.  –John Fitzgerald Kennedy

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!

What is a Veteran?

A “Veteran” — whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve — is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount of “up to, and including his/her life”.

We thank all the Veterans, who are now serving, or who have served in the past.  Thank you, and your families, for your sacrifices. 

Burning Wood Requires Air Check

 
Southern California residents are now required to check the air quality before they burn wood in a home fireplace — or risk violating regulations that went into effect this week.  Fines for repeat offenders can be as high as $500.  

As part of the Healthy Hearths™ initiative, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is asking residents to participate in its “Check Before You Burn” program to help improve wintertime air quality by not burning wood in their fireplaces when unhealthful air quality is forecast. 

Under the program, AQMD will issue a 24-hour no-burn advisory for residential fireplaces and wood stoves — from November 1st through the end of February 2012. 

AQMD is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties – the smoggiest region of the United States. 

For more information, exemptions, or to sign up for AQMD email notifications, go to www.AQMD.gov.  Call 866-966-3293 for “Check Before You Burn” information if you
don’t have internet access.