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OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Vol. 2, No. 1 — January 2019

(Religious organizations meet on Sundays unless otherwise noted)

Rocky Point Fellowship

2116 Mentone Blvd.,

Mentone, 92359

Avodah Fellowship (Friday nights):
Rocky Point Fellowship (in the fellowship hall)

2116 Mentone Blvd., Mentone, 92359

Faith Chapel
1259 Agate Ave.,
Mentone, CA 909-863-8145

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Mentone (English and Spanish)

(Saturdays 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.) 1230 Olivine Ave., Mentone Mentone, CA 909-799-3521 Mentonechurch.org

Mentone Indonesian-American SdA Church (Saturdays)
1331 Turquoise Ave.,
Mentone, CA 909-799-3521

New Life Christian Women’s Luncheon @ Mill Creek Cattle Co.,

Mill Creek Cattle Co., 1st Thursday of the month

AA/NA Rocky Point Fellowship,2116 Mentone Blvd., Mentone, 92359, Tuesdays

Republican Committee Tea Party,
Mill Creek Cattle Company,
1874 Mentone Blvd., Mentone, First Wednesday each month, 10-2

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Vol. 1, No. 19 — December 2018

In our most recent edition we stated our ignorance of how the Chamber got involved in the tax fight (due to lack of time to call everyone who might have been involved and ferret out the whole story, before getting back to much more pressing matters). Shortly after publishing that edition we received the following e-mail:

“The Chamber of Commerce was asked to lend its name to the list of complainants. The Board was surveyed, and approved the request. In none of the correspondence, with the principles, (sic) was there any mention of financial contributions. So, rather than ‘getting a free ride’, we have been waiting for further communications. If there is a request for funds, it will be presented to the Board of Directors of the Chamber, for discussion, and action. Prior to publication of the December Mentone Matters, the Chamber was not contacted by the editor to clarify any of the story.”

(Signed)

David W Wilder, President, Mentone Chamber of Commerce

Mentone Matters stands corrected. We hope all who were copied on the e-mail enjoy the rest of this edition.  -MM


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MENTONE MERCHANTS MAKE MERRY

Vol. 1, No. 19 — December 2018

A Noteworthy Realty and the Mentone Chamber of Commerce held its open house Christmas party on December 17, from 4-8. Many members and families came, including Santa, said Gabe and Angie DeLaRosa, hosts. “Santa was there for the guests to enjoy. We also had food, played a game with prizes and sang some Christmas Songs out in the front of the building,” they added.

The DeLaRosas also told Mentone Matters that the “Mill Creek Cattle Company had their Christmas Party on December 19 for their workers and the public was invited, with free food and drink and DJ.”

Chamber of Commerce and MACA members Warren Wendel (treasurer) and Gabe De La Rosa (president of MACA and vice-president of the Chamber and C.O.M.E.T.) put up the yearly Seasons’ Greetings, lighted tree and annual Mentone tumbleweed Snowman at the location of the Welcome to Mentone Sign by the Hovey Tile Company. Owner Dean Hovey generously allowed use of his area and electricity for the display,” the DeLaRosas concluded.

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WE HAVE A NEW COUNTY SUPERVISOR

Vol. 1, No. 19 — December 2018

Because the former Supervisor for the area in which Mentone is located, James Ramos, was elected to the State Assembly, Dawn Rowe of Yucca Valley was elected to fill the last two years of his term. Ms. Rowe “will be attending some [MACA] meetings,” according to Gayle Covey, Field Representative, Third District Supervisor for San Bernardino County. Welcome, Ms. Rowe!

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THERE’S A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN!

Vol. 1, No. 19 — December 2018

The building located at 1899 Mentone Boulevard, previously occupied by Citrus Pawn, is being transformed into The Goodie Girl Shoppe, a furniture refurbishing and sales store. Owner and designer Janelle Goodie’s Facebook page states: “I’m a furniture painter that specializes in bold finishes on vintage pieces. I’m also a retailer of Wise Owl Chalk Synthesis Paint, which is a super eco-friendly and health focused product line that’s made here in the US.” Goodie posts examples of her work on her Facebook page. Classes in refinishing furniture will also be offered, as she has been teaching her skills in her previous location in Redlands.

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LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS

Archive: Vol. 1, No. 19 — December 2018

MACA (Mentone Area Community Association) meets the second Tuesday of each month in Diamond Jim’s Saloon (at the rear of the Mill Creek Cattle Company) 1874 Mentone Blvd., 6:30 p.m. Ample parking wraps around a neighboring home. MACA did not meet in December.

C.O.M.E.T./CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Meetings: last Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., at Rocky Point Fellowship in the back meeting room. The Chamber did not meet in November or December.

Mentone Senior Center, 1331 Opal Avenue (in the Library building): Senior Breakfast on Tuesday mornings. Call 909/794-0327 for more information.

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Archive: Vol. 1, No. 18 — DECEMBER 2018

Sorry, readers, that there has been no little or news to report: MACA and the Chamber were dark during December, and the Chamber also did not meet in November. When MACA meetings resume in January, MM hopes that there will be something positive about having a school crossing guard on Crafton, like there is on Wabash. Also, your editor has been swamped with personal tasks and is still awaiting the completion of MentoneMatters. com.

Some readers may wonder where the fire tax [see lead story] came from, particularly for properties in the Valley. The Board of Supervisors sneakily took a 12-year-old vote in one territory and applied it to the whole County. We quote extensively from the complaint because it has so many important details: the excuses for taxing everyone, what is said will be done and what is really done, and so on. MM believed that readers would not want to wade through all 113 paragraphs of legalese, necessarily repetitious. Readers may note that one of the grounds of the lawsuit is CEQA; that was the point on which the Greenspot folks won; hopefully, if the Constitutional grounds are ignored, the Court will still look at the CEQA violations. In most Civil cases “discovery” is done, with each side being able to submit their questions and requests for evidence to the opposing side. It is not presently being conducted in this case but we would be interested to know exactly how many protests the County acknowledges receiving, out of the total number actually sent out.

Presumably the Chamber is getting a “free ride” as to the attorney fees and costs because, although MM attends its meetings, the lawsuit was only tangentially referenced in the October meeting and, to MM’s knowledge, no funds were voted to pay for Mentone’s participation. -MM

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IF YOU HAVE A WATER LEAK DON’T CALL REDLANDS’ CITY WATER DEPARTMENT; CALL THE POLICE INSTEAD!

Archive: Vol. 1, No. 18 — DECEMBER 2018

The water department is on vacation from December to January 7, 2019. A new small water leak developed in Mentone. MM called the Water Department; MM was then re-routed to the Redlands Police Department dispatcher (non-emergency number), who took the information. MM was then called back by someone on call with the Water Department, who asked the information again. Several days later, someone is supposed to come out. Apparently, there was a gas issue, as well, according to a local resident.