EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 59, NO. 46
November 3, 2022
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Inland Empire Community News 2022 General Election Endorsements
City of Colton Frank Navarro
City Council District 2 Kelly J. Chastain District 3 Luis S. Gonzalez District 4 John Echevarria
CJUSD - Governing Board Area 1 Israel Fuentes Jr.
City of Rialto - At Large Ed Scott Karla Perez
City of San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran San Bernardino Community College District - Governing Board Area 4 Nathan D. Gonzales
SBCUSD Governing Board Mary Ellen Abilez Grande Barbara Flores SBCUSD - Governing Board (Short-term) Travon R. Martin Vote NO on San Bernardino County’s Charter Amendment
Vote YES on RUSD’s Exibit A
Vote NO on D&EE
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Dr. Marcus Paulson of Paulson Orthodontics presenting Caden Henderson (right) with a $1,000 check.
By Caden Henderson
s you may know, each year I host a drive benefitting Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (LLUCH). As Inland Empire residents, we are all so lucky to have this top notch highly rated children's hospital in our own backyards.
In 2016, I was briefly admitted to LLUCH for a non-life threatening GI issue.
During my stay the hospital staff, especially the Child Life Department worked so hard to make things comfortable and entertaining. Seeing other children and families who were there for more serious issues really gave my Mom and I a lot
of perspective. After that I began hosting a variety of drives to give back to the hospital that helped me! For three years, along with local businesses, I hosted Caden's Teddy Bears for Kids, collecting over 1,000 total bears to be given to patients in the hospital during the holidays. The COVID-19 pandemic
PHOTO CADEN HENDERSON
made it impossible to carry on with a teddy bear drive. During my discussion with representatives from the hospital, I found out iPads were desperately needed. They can be used for entertainment purposes, as distraction tools for minor procedures, and for patients in isolation to use to communicate and iPad Drive cont. on next pg.
San Bernardino High School football player is heading to the All-American Bowl, calls upon community for assistance
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By Manny Sandoval
ne ultra talented San Bernardino High School Student and Football Player Raymond Ortega, 14, received a rare opportunity to compete in the Dream All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys) from December 19th-22nd, 2022.
Raymond, who has been playing center since he was just 5 years old with the City of San Bernardino’s parks and recs pop-warner, will be facing the best of the best from across the nation with coaches scouting from some of the country’s top universities and professional athletes who are alumni of the competition. Football, cont. on pg. 2
PHOTO DANIEL ORTEGA
Daniel Ortega and Raymond Ortega garnering the support of San Bernardino Mayoral Candidate Jim Penman at a sporting event in September 2022.