Vincent Velasquez, of the Houston Astros, celebrates with Mayor Elliot Rothman of Pomona. Vincent had just signed his first major league contract. Both longtime residents of Pomona, CA, this was a day of celebration.

A Call To Action - Wesley Goo

"A Speaker's Way To Inspiring An Audience," presented by Wesley Goo, was enthusiastically received by the audience of public speakers. WOW Action Services was on hand to record this informative event.

Memo to the Citrus Valley Assn of Realtors

CVAR members and affiliates can, now, have your own affordable TV commercial . . . in your service area. You can use your people and your clients . . . in your commercial.
Ed Pruitt, CVAR member and long-time producer of cable television commercials, explains, "We provide affordable media exposure to small businesses, including brokers, realtors and affiliates . . . so you can maximize your advertising dollars. Together, you and I will create and produce your very own TV commercial. Once you have your edited commercial, you can choose cable networks that you feel will provide you the exposure you want. HBO, CNN, Lifetime, ABC Family, ESPN, Travel Channel, A&E, The Food Channel and many more. It's fun and effective and sellers really appreciate the extra exposure for their listings."
Cost of production of your own, unique, commercial ranges from $850 to $1,500. The air time can be purchased for as low as $2.50 per commercial, depending on which networks you choose. Ed has samples, he will gladly share, of low-budget commercials they've produced for small businesses and brokers.
You can contact Ed Pruitt, Citruz Productions, (909) 622-3302 or E-mail: citruzp@msn.com

Support Your Local Media - Letter to the editor

Dear Mr. Pine

Our family would like to give Michelle Gardner and Louis Brewster a standing ovation. For months now, I have openly congratulated the Daily Bulletin on your tremendous coverage of local amateur, high school and college sports. We especially like the interviews and the listing of upcoming contests. This has made a significant difference, I do believe, in the attendance figures for the schools and their teams.

My only suggestion, at this point, would be that the photos chosen be the sort that players and their families would be proud to see in your paper. Successfully getting a shot away, over an outstretched arm or scoring the winning run, is certainly better than a tangled up offensive player and the back of a defenders' head . . . or a collision at home plate where neither player is clearly identified. The student athletes and their families, throughout the Inland Valley, love your sports reporting. Provide photos that the kids will be proud of and truly hope everyone will see . . . will surely sell more newspapers.

Thank you for this opportunity and keep up the great reporting.

Respectfully,

Ed Pruitt and Family

Sincerity . . . forever

A genuine smile . . . a firm handshake . . . and sincere compliments. Hopefully, these personal qualities will forever be appreciated. With more and more of our waking hours being occupied in front of the computer, television or behind the wheel, I'm afraid we are gradually disconnecting with quality day-to-day human contact.

Letter writing has, virtually, become a thing of the past. Can you remember the joyous swell of emotion when you would receive a hand-written letter from a friend or loved one? You knew the writer took the time to think about you and you alone. They composed their thoughts and shared them with someone special . . . . you. These days we have email and text messaging. For business and/or emergencies, this electronic wizardry can be lifesaving. But there is a, very negative, flip side to this. Our kids are now reverting to a cryptic shorthand and abbreviations in order to say more with less words. I foresee, in the future, our kids having a tougher time with vocabulary, spelling and sentence composition. Surveys have shown our kids continue to lose ground, educationally, compared to youngsters around the world.

Whenever possible, talk to and really listen to others. Every day, you have ample opportunities to share your most genuine smile . . . a good firm handshake and extend sincere compliments. Enjoy the mutual benefit from extending yourself to others. Quality human contact must live forever.