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Calimesa Community Garden supporters and organizers held a groundbreaking, Tuesday, at the future site of the garden on land owned by the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church on Avenue L that the church is donating for the use of the garden.

CALIMESA - Isaac Kim stood on the fertile ground of the 4.7 acres of land on south Avenue L that the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church owns. The land lies unused, but in the near future, he envisions this patch of yellow stubble being transformed into a flourishing vegetable and herb garden in which the entire community can partake of its bounty.

As the Acting Senior Pastor of the church, Kim says that the church is pleased to offer part of the land for a useful and much-needed community project in Calimesa - a community garden.

"We are excited about this," Kim said. "This is all part of neighbors wanting to be good neighbors. This is what a church should be doing in a community. This is a wonderful bonding and sharing with our neighbors."

CALIMESA - Belonging to the Chamber of Commerce has many benefits that can help a local business expand its marketing opportunities, and create a bond and fellowship with other local small business owners.

"One of the many benefits of membership includes the wide array of marketing opportunities provided to our members," says Chamber President, Jim Murcray in his Welcome to the Neighborhood address. "From newsletter advertising, to on-line Membership Directory, from information packets and webstreaming to in office referral, membership has its benefits."

Reduced Fees For In-Home Businesses,
In 2009, the Calimesa Chamber of Commerce encourages in-home business owners to join the chamber. For the discounted price of $60 a year for your first year membership, new members of in-home businesses will find chamber membership a key to networking and increasing referral and word of mouth, says Murcray.

For more information, call (909) 795-7612, or visit www.calimesachamber.org. Membership applications can be completed on the website.Click Here For Chamber website

CALIMESA - Jim Murcray, president of the Calimesa Chamber of Commerce says their are about 200 to 300 home-based businesses in Calimesa.

Murcray, who owns a mobile Internet radio business, also works from his home. Joining the chamber helps expand the small business owners horizons and helps attract more customers.

"We want the home-based businesses to come and be a part of the chamber," he said. "It's a great way to network and costs only $5 a month."

To help Calimesa home-based businesses, the chamber is hosting a Welcome Mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 8:30 a.m. at the Calimesa Inn Motel.

What: Calimesa Chamber of Commerce Welcome Mixer.
Where: Calimesa Inn Motel
1205 Calimesa Blvd.
Calimesa,CA.
Who: Calimesa home-based businesses .
When: Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Time: 8:30 a.m.

Joyce McIntire, left, John Chlebnik, and Ella Zanowic are candidates
for the Calimesa City Council.

CALIMESA - Three of the four candidates vying for seats on the Calimesa City Council sat before an attentive audience in a full multi-purpose room at the Norton Younglove Senior Center Monday night for a candidates' forum.

And at times the forum got a bit contentious between the candidates as Mayor John Chlebnik, Joyce McIntire, and Ella Zanowic, took a few verbal swipes at one another's positions and past actions on some issues.

Zanowic said the city council must be more fiscally responsible; that wasteful spending has brought the city to near bankruptcy. "We need to balance our budget," she said.