Colton Courier 04 02 20

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COLTON COURIER We ekly

Vol 148, NO. 1 6

April 02, 2020

Colton Public Librar y brings for th edutainment during quarantine By Manny B. Sandoval

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midst COVID-19 stayat-home orders, Colton Public Library brings forth creative activities for the entire family in an innovative way to connect to the community. Since the middle of March, the library staff and its Literacy Program Assistant Thomas Robles (Library Tom) have generated Facebook and YouTube videos, inclusive of story time, a sing-a-long music segment and even cooking demonstrations. “We began this online Library Tom Storytime series about three weeks ago. The Community Services Department is unable to engage with the community at this time, so we found a way to bring stories, music and activities to children and families in Colton and beyond,” said Robles. The videos, which are produced by the staff, originated on Facebook…but have recently expanded to YouTube last week.

“The feedback we’ve received has been so positive. The only critique or advice we received is for us to place the videos on YouTube so they can stream the videos on their TV screens,” continued Robles. “There is no shortage of inspiration moving forward. When we post our how-to’s, parents will post their child’s drawing in the comments section for us to see and that is amazing to see,” Robles said. When operating at full capacity, the library usually hosts a bilingual storytime to engage with children, students and parents… so this online series closes a gap that would be missing without the implementation of this technological innovative way of learning. “We have so much to look forward to now and in the future. Moving forward we will be Library, cont. on next pg.

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MARYJOY DUNCAN

Library Tom (Thomas Robles) is one of the faces providing online edutainment education to the Colton community and beyond.

County Public Health tests 450 people for coronavir us in fir st drive-thr u site COVID-19 outbreak in Yucaipa nursing facility Pg. 5

Suppor t our local restaurants Pg. 3

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MARYJOY DUNCAN

The county’s first drive-through testing site was held at the National Orange Show on Friday, Mar. 27. Additional sites will be available in different areas of the county as testing kits become available.

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an Bernardino County Department of Public Health offered the first drive-through testing site at the National Orange Show on Friday, March. 27 conducting 450 tests.

People were required to pre-register for the test online or by phone and screened based on their symptoms. According to DPH Public Information Officer Lana Culp, future testing sites are

planned as testing kits become available. San Bernardino County has updated its coronavirus dashboard to include the number of

cases by city. The feature was added on Monday, Mar. 30 and can be viewed at wp.sbcounty.gov/dph/coronCOVID, cont. on next pg.


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