Rialto Record 10/13/22

W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD

Vol 21, NO. 03

Octo ber 13, 2022

Rialto Resident Allene Langford Dixon celebrates 100th bir thday with city council

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Allene Langford Dixon celebrating her 100th birthday on September 28th, 2022 in Rialto.

By Manny Sandoval

ongtime Rialto Resident Allene Langford Dixon celebrates her 100th birthday on September 28th, 2022, a day on which the city council declared Allene Langford Dixon Day. Dixon, born in Prescott, Arkansas, to Claudia and

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George Langford, now lives in Rialto with her daughter.

“After graduating high school and attending nursing school, Allene married Rayburn Dixon (whom she met in high school) in St. Louis before moving to San Bernardino in 1942,” said Mayor Pro Tem Ed

Scott.

Dixon is a retired nurses aide and ward clerk from San Bernardino Community Hospital and has five children, eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. “I had the privilege of

going to her home, meeting with her family, and I have to tell you she is sharp as a tack. On Saturday, the Rialto Police and Fire departments went by her house to wish her a happy birthday and the fire department presented her with a rocking chair,” continued Scott.

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During the proclamation, Scott presented Dixon’s daughter, Roslin Middleton, with a certificate of recognition from Supervisor Joe Baca Jr. “I’d like to thank Supervisor Joe Baca Jr., the City of Rialto, Mayor Deborah Robertson, and B-day, cont. on next pg.

Preston Elementar y teacher helps students share

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culture, pride with class project

tudents in Raquel Fuentes’ third-grade class at Preston Elementary School flashed bright smiles as they shared in each other’s cultural heritage with a popular class project recently.

The “My Culture Presentation” project had officially returned!

Students in Fuentes’ class created projects to show off their cultural heritage. The disRUSD, cont. on next pg.