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RIALTO RECORD Weekly

Febr uar y 18 , 2021

Vol 1 9, NO. 23

Trapp Elementar y 2nd grade student needs your vote in national contest test for K-5th grade in which thousands participated. The community is invited to vote for Clemmie and his colorful design that features a playground, hand sanitizer and scattering germs with tagline “Germs can’t hide when you sanitize.”

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If Clemmie wins, he will receive a $300 gift card and Trapp Elementary will be awarded $1,000, including up to 1,000 hand sanitizers featuring his design that will be stationed around campus. “This is awesome; I’m very happy,” Clemmie remarked. “I’m surprised because I’ve never won anything before.”

County Redistricting Commission seeks residents

By Maryjoy Duncan

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Clemmie Taylor, a 2nd grader at Trapp Elementary, is one of 5 finalists nationwide for his colorful hand sanitizer design. Please vote for him daily at the website at the end of the article.

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lemmie Taylor, a second grader at Trapp Elementary School in Rialto, is one of five finalists nationwide in the SC Johnson Professional Happy Hands con-

The community can vote once daily for Clemmie, up until February 28. According to Clemmie’s teacher, Shirley Lee, his design Clemmie, cont. on next pg.

Community grieves sudden loss of Michelle Her nandez doting mother, devoted daughter, fierce women’s advocate By Maryjoy Duncan

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H OW TO R E A CH U S Inland Empir e Community Newspaper s Of f ice: (909) 381 -9898 Editorial: ie cn1@ mac .com Adve r tising : sale s@iec n.c om Le gals : iec nle gals@ hotmail.com

ichelle Hernandez of San Bernardino, a beloved mother, daughter, friend and community member who dedicated herself to helping those most vulnerable, died unexpectedly at the age of 41 from COVID-19 on January 12, leaving behind two adult daughters, two tween/teenage sons, and her mother, Joann Lopez. Michelle worked tirelessly alongside Melinda Cuellar, CEO and founder of nonprofit organization Divine Connections H.O.P.E. that provides support to victims of domestic violence, as the administrative director. Michelle advocated for abused women as a certified Domestic Violence Advocate, Facilitator for Batterers Prevention, selfesteem coach, designed a curriculum for and taught a teen domestic violence class. Michelle, cont. on next pg.

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Michelle Hernandez dedicated herself to her children, her family and victims of domestic violence through her work at Divine Connections HOPE, Option House and The Way World Outreach.


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