Upland News, The (Newspaper) - December 24, 1970, Upland, California The Upland News Seventy-Sixth Year No. 40 December 24, 1970, 22 10 Cents Holiday care urged Upland Police Chief John A. Wessely is urging all citizens to increase their usual precautions during the holiday Crime statistics locally indicate significant increases in crimes against property during the month of according to Chief Such crimes as robbery and theft will register increases of 10 to 15 per cent above normal during this he The chief offered the following tips for homeowners to help prevent burglaries and A residence which presents a lived-in appearance is a deterrent to When going out at leave on one or lights a radio Timers fray chased that will turn lights on and off Make certain windows and doors are Before An open garage door advertises and is an invitation for Hr Be a good Immediately report all strange suspicious persons or vehicles in your Remember that most burglaries occur during the daytime or early evening when occupants are temporarily away from their Chief Wessely also encouraged shoppers to lock their even when leaving them for only a few He warned against leaving purchases in plain sight in the Businessmen are asked to demand proper identification before cashing checks to prevent the usual increase in bad checks during the the chief reminded motorists that extra care should be exercised in driving during the holidays due to increased traffic and On behalf of all members of the Upland Police Chief Wessely wishes and yours a happy and safe holiday Vice consul to speak Frank W. Hagen U. S. Vice Consul in Salmon will speak Dec. 28 at p.m. at the Upland Woman s about Viet Hagen who has been in the diplomatic service for more than 20 is spending the holidays with Ms family m Walton international policy and projects chairman of the Upland Woman's received clearance from the State Department to allow Hagen to address the club and members pf the During his time in the state Hagen has been stationed in the and Hagen will return to Saigon following the The woman's club is located at 590 N. Second 1 st phase done The of debris removal and channel work was completed by the Army Corps of Engineers before the rains set according to information from Arthur county flood control Work on the San Antonio Heights the cross walls below the intercept and Prankish and Marble Canyons above the intercept were the scene of clearance and the enlargement of basins prior to the Funds for the as well as other work in West End came from the from the Office of gency Preparedness after San Bernardino County was de- clared a disaster area in the wake of last fall s acre watershed Federal Holidays A long weekend system is planned for Americans next To answer here are the federal holidays which become effective beginning Jan. 1. New Year's Day Jan. 1 Washington's Birthday third Monday in Memorial Day last Monday in May Independence Day July 4. Labor Day first Monday in September Columbus Day second Monday in October Veterans Day fourth Monday in October Thanksgiving fourth Thursday in November Christmas Dec. 25. Editorial Questions need answering Many questions need answering in the Chino Basin Municipal Water District and the Upland city council It seems strange that the matter has been pending for two years without the two groups Possibly one reason is that the Upland attendance at the meetings is One he is no longer on the council attended a couple of Elwin city Fred city engineer and Don city have at- tended one or two the minutes of do not show any record of these people making any Then there is the matter of the agreement with How can we have a working agreement with Ontario on a ment and not know for three years that Ontario was making Possibly there are other things that need answering in the It is the council's as elected representatives of the citizens of to start getting the information that will answer these The public has a right to JENNY KIRKPATRICK Christmas is for children? By Elbert N. pastor Upland Brethren in Christ Church It almost looks that way as you see the red-nosed the giant the the and all For Whatever gave us that It is because we want to relive those beautiful days when we were ing breathlessly the sleigh and eight tiny too ex- cited to Or the ous decorating of the mas Or the mountain of presents and the delight of dis- covering each ne and bit to fling tilt tiff it full of and with is for still still still we see a spark les a tlame nearly lost in our own We see in them the joy of simple Their love is the honest reward for each gift and But why should Christmas be for children Is the peace and joy and love no longer real? Is it something to store in the attic or throw away like a broken That first Christmas day long ago was not for children It was for shepherds hard rugged and It was for wise men learned archs from another er It was for aged Simeon and who had searched throughout life for complete It was for Mary and Joseph lonely in a strange in the slum Christmas was for for who listened to the voice of who acted in who gave themselves in worship and who acknowledged that Jesus Christ was God's Only adults can make mature decisions of of of commitment to Jesus Christ as And that is not It is easier to relive the days of childhood than to make an adult It is easier to dream of the past than to build our world of the It is easier to talk of love and and joy than it is to show that we really that joy and peace control our daily Until we can make a supreme mature adult commitment to the Son of Christmas will re- main a memory of City dark horse in sewer pact An allegedly ment between Ontario and the Ontario National Golf Course over land jointly owned by the cities of Ontario and Upland was brought to light at Monday s meeting of the Upland City According to Elwin land city the land which is used for a for treated effluent from On- tario and is handled through a joint powers ment between the two The land lies just south of Ontario International In 1959, the cities agreed to lease 240 acres to the golf course then Pacific Western if the course would continue to accept gallons of treated per day of age for Alder said the including the course was adequate to handle the total output of the sewage treatment plant which is also jointly owned by the two In 1967, when National Golf leased the the city of Ontario the contract for lons per Alder ing the council a picture of the two f Alder maintains Upland t know about the second agreement and only recently found out about it. we can't get rid of our Alder because the remaining area so limited we can't use Alder Indicated that this was one of the reasons Upland was being to sign the interim sewer agreement with the Chino Basin Municipal Water Ontario has already the council was The wants to build a three stage treatment plant close to the current plant site which would produce water pure enough for such sports as White fir on Mt. Baldy Photo by Roy Murphy The above winter wonderland was photographed by Roy Murphy and taken from his collection of excerpts from Nature's one man show at the Los Angeles County Arboretum located in For another photograph from Murphy's see Page 2. Battle rages over sewage The it or leave at- of the Chino Basin Water District on the subject of an interim sewer agreement resulted in a saw battle between the council and representatives of the at Monday night's cil The council contends that the has us over the head and refused to cate with The district keeps telling us to or be left Representatives of the Roy Ferguson and Alex said the council had for two years indulged in and that was running out don't say that because we're in a hurry to push the ment but we have to move immediately because of failure to meet The which as ly stretched over the past two years centers around the dis- posal and treatment of sewage in the West End communities of Montclair and Monday's debate concerned two on an interim agreement which Ontario has The second item is a plan for a regional sewer treatment tem handling the effluent from all four Tobin is the elected sentative on the board whose district includes He told the council that Upland's effluent was be- ing treated by the Ontario but that this plan reached and the was in a position to provide a sewage treatment Tobin asked for a joint sion of a committee from the city council and the board to your problem and our Upland Mayor George Gibson said the city has objection to handling the but we would like to have thing to especially when taxes are levied in our Gibson emphasized that the city government tion in the on the board that votes for this city is Tobin make-up of the water district is such that it is divided into five Upland is in the district 1 was elected to I believe you have direct representation on the not asking you to sign a contract for a sewer but to open channels of com- for this and other Tobin Gibson said Upland has a com- comprised of Councilmen A.M. Hawkins and old Bailin who had asked to meet with two from the Ontario cil and two from the According to and a letter produced by the Upland City the request had been Tobin and Ferguson disclaimed knowledge of the said he was with Tobin's request for a ing between council tives and the board and other city think we ought to he herguson said the is upon referring to the city of the Ontario He said the would to in- clude but time is running Councilman Ronald Rossiter said he was at the manner in which all this was being conducted and the speed with which it was being long as I am on the I will do all in my power to assure the best possible deal for our It should be a regional system and the city council should be Rossiter asked if the voter district would if the city is given 30 days to get in or Ferguson said are running out of time to wait for Upland to make up its When we reach the point where we have to we have to not precipitous at Tobin has been foot-dragging for two He said two years ago when he came onto the the program had been presented to the all interested cities staff with staff of every including is a problem unto Waste is a problem of the entire What is so Two years ago the problem at Ontario was It was coming close to failing to meet water treatment For two years we have tried to handle the We hammered out what to be an Tobin are not asking to do thing You can do ever is in the interests of If the staff finds its better to go sends its waste to On- tario for We on a regional system so we would not have Our organic law gives us the right to manage the don't have a cation problem with Montclair and Chino because they have representatives at our If Upland wants to do it do it
