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News Release:
OAK GLEN - The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum in Mansfield, Missouri is generously sharing a special gift with the Inland Empire. On May 30th and 31st, Rileys at Los Rios Rancho will host the museum's traveling Laura Ingalls Wilder, Journey of a Pioneer Family exhibit.
Rarely seen outside of Missouri, the exhibit contains photographs and information relating to Mrs. Wilder, her famous Little House books and Americas westward expansion.
The exhibit will be open to the public 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Los Rios Rancho packing shed. Admission and parking is free. Along with the museum exhibit, there will be a pioneer wagon and schoolhouse display, and special horse-drawn wagon rides. Children can try on clothing of the "Little House" period and try their hands at butter churning and other pioneer crafts and games.
The bakery, BBQ, picnic grounds and wildlands trails at Los Rios Rancho will be open both days from 10a.m. - 5 p.m. The bakery will be featuring cider floats and apple hand pies.
For information, call (909) 797-1005 or visit www.losriosrancho.com.
Rose Sanders,
Events and Tours Coordinator
Rileys at Los Rios Rancho
(909) 797-1005
info@losriosrancho.com
OAK GLEN - The ranches in Oak Glen are best known for growing apples, but of late at one ranch in particular, an old musical tradition is undergoing a revival.
On the third Friday of each month at Los Rios Rancho, the Dennis Riley family hosts Gospel Night.
The sweet, melodic tunes of traditional gospel hymns drift out of the Los Rios Rancho packing shed and carry on mountain breezes across the ranch. Tunes such as, "Victory In Jesus," "At The Cross," "When The Roll Is Called up Yonder," and "Sweet, Sweet Spirits," harks back to a simpler time, of a musical folklore long missed by many.
Gospel night began in January 2008 and has drawn a growing gathering from throughout the Inland Empire and well beyond, said Debbie Holley, who along with Dennis and Shelli Riley, host the event.
"We have had people come to Gospel Night from Europe, France, Victorville, Hemet, and Orange County," Holley said.
OAK GLEN - Brad Powell has his ears and eyes always on the lookout. He hears about a zebra up for adoption and he jumps at the chance. He sees on Craig's List that exotic snakes and cages are for the take on the cheap side, he makes the call.
Powell is the Animal Curator at the Oak Tree Village Animal Park in Oak Glen. He's always trying to add to the park's collection of animals, birds, and reptiles. Especially those facing extinction because of man's intrusive nature.
Recently he added three Brush Tailed Bettong to the park's growing exotic collection of animal and bird species.
The Bettong measures about eight to 10 inches high when it stands on its hind feet. They come from the Marsupial family, and actually look like miniature kangaroos. But in their native habitat in Australia, the Bettong is fast disappearing.
"Because of European's introduction of fox, dog, cats, and rabbits into the Bettong's habitat, they are disappearing," Powell said. "They are less than 1% on the continent now. They used to be 60%."
OAK GLEN - Jim Riley of Oak Glen has some great information and photos about Wednesday's "Tax Day Tea Party," or as it goes by another name, "Taxed Enough Already," that was held at the corners of Yucaipa Blvd. and Oak Glen Road.
Oak Glen School House Museum
("Dressed in White" by Ethel Courtney was the 2006 Oak Glen School House Museum Association's Photo Contest Winner.)
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
OAK GLEN - San Bernardino County Special Districts invites everyone to come to the Re-opening Ceremony of the Oak Glen School House Museum Park on Saturday April 18, 2009.
The ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. and will include the groundbreaking for the replica of the 1888 Wooden Schoolhouse. Oak Glen's "Citizen of the Year" will be honored and refreshments will be served.
The park features new playgrounds for older and younger children, a climbing rock, new bathrooms, cement walkways, new picnic tables, a small stage and a heritage apple orchard.
Special activities are planned for your enjoyment on Saturday and Sunday at the School House Museum and all around Oak Glen. Watch for special Apple Blossom Festival signs that announce the events and participate in the first night hike of the season at Los Rios Rancho.
For more information please call the Museum 909-797-1691.
Oak Glen Schoolhouse Museum
11911 S. Oak Glen Road
Yucaipa, CA 92399
909-797-1691
oakglenshmuseum@yahoo.com
By Rose Sanders,
Events and Tours Coordinator
Rileys at Los Rios Rancho
(909) 797-1005
info@losriosrancho.com
OAK GLEN, CA - On Saturday, April 18th, Rileys at Los Rios Rancho will celebrate spring with an Apple Blossom Hoedown. The Riley's Mountaineers band will pick, fiddle, and sing traditional bluegrass, Western, and gospel tunes.
Dance caller Dennis Riley will lead guests through old-fashioned, kick-up-your-heels polkas, quadrilles, reels, and waltzes.
The hoedown is just part of Oak Glen's annual Apple Blossom Festival, taking place April 18th and 19th. The hoedown begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7.50 for kids 3-12, and can be purchased online or by calling Rileys at Los Rios Rancho.
For information about the hoedown log on to www.losriosrancho.com or call (909) 797-1005. For more about the Festival, check www.oakglen.net.
NEWS RELEASE:
By Devon Riley, OGAGA President
c/o Rileys at Los rios Rancho
(909) 797-1005
dvnriley@aol.com
OAK GLEN - On April 18th and 19th, visitors to Oak Glen can celebrate spring and take part in a decades-old tradition at the annual Apple Blossom Festival. Throughout the weekend, the member businesses of the Oak Glen Apple Growers Association (OGAGA) will be hosting a variety of special events, full of family-friendly fun for all ages.
The Festival kicks off at 10 a.m. on Saturday the 18th (for early birds, theres a Gospel Night musical sing-along at Los Rios Rancho on Friday the 17th at 7 p.m.).
Oak Tree Village will have crafters and artisans, a petting zoo, pony and train rides, exotic animal & reptile shows, and Old West shootouts featuring the Oak Glen Gunslingers. Theyll also host pie eating contests for adults and kids both days.
OAK GLEN - Back in the mid to late 1800s outlaws and bank robbers terrorized the west. They rode into town, robbed the local bank, and rode on to the next town - repeating their dastardly deeds.
Standing in their way were a few brave law men who shot it out with the bad guys in a hail of gunfire and flying bullets.
Up in Oak Glen the "lead" is still flying. The Oak Glen Gunslingers, a group of modern day cowboys toting Colt .45s, and Colt Lightnings, plus an occasional shotgun, hold reenactments in Oak Tree Village.
The group has 12 gunfighter members. Some of their character names are real, while others are concocted. There's "The Concho Creek Kid," "Tombstone Tony," "Doc Holiday," and for one of the few women, "Callie Hawkins," who in real life is Melissa Schad.
"She was a gambler from about 1870 to 1880," Schad said. "She could gamble with the best of the boys."
Last Saturday, Skip Higginson, AKA, "The Concho Creek Kid," and his deputies, including "Doc Holiday," enacted by Tony Redburn, squared off in the main street of "Dodge City" against the Jesse and Frank James Gang after they had robbed the bank.
In a hail of gunfire, the James Gang hit the dust and the good guys prevailed. This time. But there were times the outlaws won too, said Higginson.
"This is typically the way it happened," he said.
For Oak Glen visitors, the gunslinger reenactments take place in Oak Tree Village periodically throughout the weekend.
OAK GLEN - Most chili cookoff competitors gladly help their fellow cooks during a chili cookoff. Short an onion? A red chili? No problem. Here you go.
But when asked if they share their "secret recipes," that might be asking a bit too much, said Maggie Harris with a laugh. "We are a big family of cooks and we like to help one another, but we don't give out the complete recipes."
Maggie and Ron Harris, who go by the name, "Hillbilly Chili," were among the cooks who gathered in Oak Glen on Saturday for the "Oak Tree Village Regional Chili Cookoff."
Cooks came from as close as Yucaipa to as far away as Bellflower and Palmdale to wet the appetites of chili-tasters. And to tantalize the tongues and persuade the judges to vote for their chili in the judging part of the cookoff.
The secret to making a sumptuous pot of chili? It depends on the cook.
"I've been cooking chili and been in cookoffs for 25 years," said Karl Smith of Bellflower, who goes by, "Just Smitty's."
OAK GLEN - Got a taste for some Chili? Then head to Oak Tree Village in Oak Glen today for the Chili Cook Off.
There's much to do in Oak Glen including visiting the Animal Park at Oak Tree Village, and enjoying some homemade apple pie topped with a scoop of ice cream. Along with visiting all the quaint little shops.
For more information, visit www.www.oakglen.net, or call (909) 797-5337
News Release:
Oak Glen - Rileys at Los Rios Rancho, in the beautiful hills of Oak Glen, is hosting another season of Hometown Jamborees. On the first Saturday of each month, folks can tuck into a tasty meal and enjoy a hand-clappin', knee-slappin', toe-tappin' good time as Riley's Mountaineers and special guest performers pick, fiddle and sing their favorite old-time bluegrass, western, and gospel tunes, as well as a few surprises along the way.
Guest musicians are always welcome to tote along an instrument or two and join in the free-wheeling jam after the show. You never know who'll turn up, or what you'll hear next!
Jamborees start at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for kids 12 and under. For information or tickets, visiit www.losriosrancho.com or call (909) 797-1005.
The Hometown Jamboree dates:
Feb. 7th, 2009.
Mar, 7th, 2009.
Apr. 4th, 2009.
May 2nd, 2009.
June 6th, 2009.
*(no July).
Aug 1st, 2009.
Sept 5th, 2009.
Oct 3rd, 2009.
Nov 7th, 2009.
OAK GLEN - Oak Valley College will open next year in scenic Oak Glen located in the mountains above Yucaipa. The curriculum will be based in the liberal arts, including classes in biological and social sciences, humanities, business, management, and entrepreneurship.
For more information, or to apply on line, visit www.oakvalleycollege.org.
Or call Admissions Officer, Kimberly Toole at (909) 965-2247.
YUCAIPA - From Cabazon to Oak Glen, snow started falling about 10 a.m. this morning. On the Interstate 10 in the Pass Area, the snow came down hard, but melted fast. In Oak Glen it stuck around to a depth of about eight inches.
If you had to work in it like the Stater Bros. Market employee chasing down shopping carts, it was miserable. But if you had the afternoon off, what fun sledding and building snowmen in Oak Glen.Click Here To See More Photos
OAK GLEN - Jacob Roberson's cheeks were turning red and the 11-year-old was starting to break a sweat as he pushed and pulled, pushed and pulled.
"It's hard work," Jacob said. And that's just what Dennis Riley wanted to hear.
Jacob spent Friday morning at the Apple Butter Festival at Los Rios Rancho in Oak Glen learning how pioneers of the 1800s lived. The hardest part was learning how to operate Riley's One-Man Folding Drag saw.
The saw was made in 1888 and used by pioneers to cut their firewood and to fell trees, said Riley. It's a one-man operation and it will cause a man to sweat - which Jacob soon found out. The secret, Jacob later explained, is to have a good rhythm of pushing and pulling.
Riley along with a crew of volunteers at Los Rios Rancho were giving children hands on demonstrations of how pioneers lived, and how hard they had to work to survive.
"We are teaching children the value of work," Riley said. "I ask them, 'do you know what work is?' Kids today are wired into electronics and don't have a clue what it's like to get your hands dirty like pioneers did on a farm."
YUCAIPA - We have the grandkids for the weekend, so we drove up to Oak Glen later in the afternoon, had lunch and then hiked through the Wildlands Conservancy trails at Los Rios Rancho.
We hiked for about 1 1/2 miles in crisp mountain air, the leaves have turned colors of reds and yellows, and the views are beautiful. Hiking the trails is a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of city life.
The trails at Los Rios Rancho are open Saturday and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. And the Wildlands Conservancy has scheduled night hikes. For more information visit the The Wildlands Conservancy at www.WildlandsConservancy.org. Or call (909) 797-8507.
Fun for all with plenty to do in picturesque Oak Glen
Listen and learn how to play the Didgeridoo this weekend
from Animal Park Curator, Brad Powell.
Oak Glen - Labor Day weekend traditionally kicks off the tourist and apple season in Oak Glen. People come from miles around to pick apples, visit Riley's farms, Oak Tree Village, and the restaurants in the little village nestled in the foothills above Yucaipa.
At Riley's Farm, owner Jim Riley said that the time is ripe for picking apples, watermelons, strawberries, and raspberries. Live blue grass music, hayrides, and food will be available on Saturday and Monday (closed Sunday.)
"Labor Day weekend tends to be the first weekend of the season and picks up to the end of October," said Riley. Visit www.rileysfarm.com to learn more.
At Oak Tree Village, the Animal Park will feature several events taking place on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday including the popular Pioneer Life program where visitors can learn about early California settler life, milk a goat, watch pig races, and visit the park's newest arrival, a Bennett's Wallaby.
And they can watch Animal Park Curator, Brad Powell, give a boomerang demonstration (the boomerang actually returns to him after he throws it) and listen and learn as Powell plays his Didgeridoo.
Don't know what a didgeridoo is? "It's a musical instrument that originated in Australia that the aboriginal tribes play," said Powell. "The use it to play songs, ceremonies, and get togethers. The didgeridoo is to the aborigines, as the drum is to Native Americans."
A graceful, leaping Bennett's Wallaby new to Animal Park
On Monday Animal Park welcomed it's newest family member.
Oak Glen - She's only about 2 1/2 feet tall, yet she can easily leap eight feet high, and jump 15 feet in one bound. And that's while carrying her baby tucked safely inside her pouch.
Meet the yet-to-be-named beautiful, three-year-old, brown-eyed female Bennett's Wallaby, which arrived at the Oak Tree Village Animal Park on Monday. And little known to Animal Park Curator, Brad Powell, was that the Wallaby had a baby burrowed deep within her pouch.
"We were surprised and didn't know she had had a baby," said Powell.
Animal Park a learning center for Bloomington kids
Children tried their hand at milking "Floppy," the park's Nubian goat.
Oak Glen - An eager group of children converged on Oak Tree Village Animal Park on Thursday, their voices reverberating throughout the park as they made friends with some animals and birds they've only read about or seen in books, or on television.
One hundred kindergarten through sixth grade students from Bloomington Christian School spent Thursday morning petting and feeding animals and birds, and they even got to milk a Nubian goat.
"This is part of our summer field trip program," said David Prince, Day Care Director of the school. "This is great for the kids, and the (animal park) people are very nice and knowledgeable."
Officers learn to ride in hilly terrain
Twenty police officers from as far away as Antioch (near San Francisco) to Palm Desert, and from West Covina to Victorville took a ride from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Academy through the scenic, winding road leading to Oak Glen on Monday morning.
But this was no joy ride. The officers are in the middle of a two-week basic motorcycle class, said City of San Bernardino Police Lt., Richard Taack, who is teaching the class. "This is their first trip riding in the hills getting used to this type of terrain," he said.
The class spent the previous week learning to ride through various cone patterns, and had just passed a test earlier in the morning.
When the officers graduate from the class, they will return to their departments and undergo more training. In the basic class, officers are taught collision avoidance maneuvers, how to balance a motorcycle, clutch and throttle control, steering and leaning.
"It all culminates in avoiding collisions on the street," said Taack. Officers will also undergo range training - shooting firearms. "Range training teaches them to get off the (motorcycle) quickly and how to use it for cover, and shoot with their gloves on," said Taack. For some officers, learning to shoot with their gloves on is a challenge, he said.
To become a motorcycle officer takes talent to ride and experience as an officer, said Taack. The officers in the basic class have at least three to four years experience in law enforcement.
The most dangerous part of the job isn't on the freeways chasing bad guys, but at intersections. "It's the right-of-way violators pulling out in front of them, and (motorists) making left turns in front of them that are the most dangerous part of the job," said Taack.
The officers pulled into a Oak Glen parking lot and parked their black and white Kawasaki Police 1000's, BMW's, and Honda's side-by-side in a neat, single file row, 20 yards long. Most hung their helmets on the handlebars and laid their gloves across the gas tank.
The sight of so many officers riding into peaceful Oak Glen on a quiet Monday morning drew a few spectators.
"It looks like that would be fun," said one observer to another.
Fun, but a bit dangerous, especially in the intersections.
There's lots to do in Oak Glen including a visit to the Oak Tree Village Animal Park. Take a visual tour through park that animals and birds of many species call homehere
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