The Uplanders Club will launch it's 41st year at their first general meeting and luncheon at 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 8 at the Avocado House, 11618 Central Ave., Chino.

Attendees must RSVP by Friday by calling Betty Merfeld at 909-624-3234.

Guests are welcome.

The Uplanders Club is a non-profit organization that fosters friendship through social activities and community service.

There is still some contention among the Upland City Council over a lawsuit they are fighting against the County over a $102 million settlement with a Rancho Cucamonga Developer.

Councilman Ken Willis made some comments during the city council meeting on August 23 regarding the exorbitant legal fees associated with fighting the lawsuit.

The city has spent more than $2million and is looking to make more cuts to their 2010-11 budget.

Cal Trans and the San Bernardino Associated Governments is also being sued.

"$102 million of tax payers money was paid out and now we're looking at $150 (million) or $160 million of tax payer money is being asked for to go to the county and tax payer money is paying for all the legal fees and all the attorneys and everything else," Willis said.

"We're being forced to defend ourselves by the our county government which essentially is doing something that is totally unprecedented, never heard of before - where a county will turn around and sue a city inside it's own governance."

Willis said the city is paying more than $100,000 a month to fight the suit.

"With $100,000 we could do over 100 sidewalk repairs in one month, average cost," he said. 

"With $100,000 we can keep a couple policemen on the street, no sweat. With $100,000 we can do all kinds of things every day that benefits our city."

Challenger Bowling sign-ups have begun.

This league is for special needs adults and children ages 7-years-old and up.

The league begins Sept. 18 at Brunswick Zone, 451 W. Foothill Blvd., Upland.

It will run for 10 weeks.

For more information and to sign up call Cora Peterson at 909-987-7276.

The city has nominated two "Community Heroes" for this year's L.A. County Fair.

Karissa Burgos, junior hero, and Kathy Pruitt, adult hero, will be honored at 5:30 p.m. during Upland Day during the fair at Fairplex, 1101 West McKinley Ave. Pomona, on Sept. 9.

Every year the L.A. County Fair honors community heroes from 18 surrounding cities during the 23-day-long event.

Junior hero Burgos is a recent graduate of Upland High School where she was active in the National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, as ASB senior class vice president and in choir, dance and pep squad. 

A Girl Scout for the past 12 years, Burgos earned her Gold Award with her volunteer efforts at the City of Hope. For the City of Hope, she founded Gifts of Hope, an organization which collects donations of age-appropriate gifts for patients. 

More than 350 items have been donated. Burgos is also an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and a member of Jobs Daughters. 

She helped organize a "senior prom" at a local senior center and has volunteered at the Foothill Family Shelter. 

Over the past five years, Burgos has participated with the American Cancer Society's Upland Relay for Life. 

Her team has raised more than $30,000.

Adult Hero, Pruitt, volunteers with the Upland Public Library, the Upland Public Library Adult Literacy Program and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Pruitt was described as a "wonderful pillar" of support for the Adult Literacy Program. 

She began as a tutor in 1994 and has since tutored 19 students, helping them to meet their literacy goals and logging in more than 2, 500 hours of time in the process. 

Pruitt started the Reading Club for adult learners and has raised money for the literacy program - for the last seven years she has participated on the Tutor Titans trivia team at the annual Literacy Trivia Bee and Silent Auction fundraiser. 

Pruitt has worked tirelessly as a spokeswoman for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. She has served as a liaison between Coiner Nursery and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Coiner Nursery is the original creater of the Pink Promise rose, which is the national rose dedicated to breast cancer awareness. A portion of the sale of every Pink Promise rose goes to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Upland Day will celebrate volunteers, humanitarians, students, neighbors and community organizations working to make their city a better place to live.

There will be a parade down Broadway featuring civic organizations and school bands.

Cost is $5 before 5 p.m. 

Residents will be able to watch the movie "UP" at 8:45 p.m. in Magnolia Park, 651 W. 15^th St., on Aug. 18.

The band, Swing For Sale will be performing at 7 p.m.

Food and beverages will available at the Kiwanis snack bar.

The Upland Public Works' water education and conservation and the Upland Rrecycling Division will host the kids' event, "Fun with Bubbles."

Attendance is free.

For more information call 909-931-4280.

Guy Roubian has left his position as Upland High School principal to pursue a new career in human resources with the Ontario Montclair School District.

Roubian was principal at Upland High for the last ten years. 

He was joined by a second principal, Ben Rich, three years ago. Rich will continue to be principal. 

The Upland Unified School District will decide this week if they will replace Roubian.

But, many teachers at the school believe Roubian will be impossible to replace.

Julie Kawai, an English teacher at Upland High School, said Roubian is an honest, charismatic person who will be irreplaceable and immensely missed.

Kawai said she first met Roubian when she was a student at the school. She graduated in 2000, when Roubian was still Vice Principal.

"He always made time for teachers, students and parents and truly listened to their concerns," Kawai said. "I've always felt that he was a supportive, professional principal who 'always had my back.'  He truly cared about student success and keeping Upland High traditions alive."

Roubian was also recognized as a major supporter of Upland sports.

"He was often seen at sporting events rooting Upland teams on or showing his support by attending other extracurricular activities," Kawai said.

Dave Ficke, a recently retired Upland High science teacher, said Roubian is a man of respect and integrity and is a friend.

"I just retired form UUSD, Upland High School after 33 years and I will tell you of all the principals that I have gone through Upland he is the only one that when it was announced that he was the new principal he received a standing ovation," Ficke said. "The only one out of six."

David Geller, Upland High physics teacher, said Roubian will be missed.

"He was a great leader because he knew the difference between a gimmick and a great idea," Geller said. "He could motivate us because we knew he was authentic."

The 3rd Pursuit Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force will have a Gala Warbird Fly-in from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Cable Airport, 1749 W. 13^th St., Upland.

Admission is free.

Numerous resorted WWII era aircraft will be flown and on display.

The 3rd Pursuit Squadron is named in honor of the unit in which their friend and former charter member, Erik Shilling, served in the American Volunteer Group, The Flying Tigers, during the period of WW II. 

These heroic volunteers flew P-40's in the China theater against the Japanese. This unit is dedicated to memorializing and celebrating the feats of these famous aviators.

For more information on the American Volunteer Group visit www.flyingtigersavg.com.

The Commemorative Air Force is a National 501(c)3 Museum dedicated to the

preservation and restoration to flying condition, of historic aircraft, so the sacrifice of the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America is never forgotten.

Members of the 3^rd Pursuit Squadron travel with the aircraft to air shows all over California. Monthly work groups wash, fly and maintain the aircraft. 

There are dinner meetings with guest speakers who recant their lives in the cockpits of the flying machines. 

The squadron regularly invites local Veterans to share dinner and fellowship.

For more information on the 3^rd Pursuit Squadron visit www.3rdpursuit.com.

There will be a free Medicare seminar from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Gibson Senior Center, 250 N. Third Ave., Upland.

Jeffrey Hackbarth will discuss Medicare options and attendees will be able to review the 2010 Medicare changes and available health benefits.

The seminar is free, but pre-registration is required.

To register call the Upland Recreation and Community Services department at 909-981-4280.

Local families can take their picnic blankets to Magnolia Park, 651 W. 15^th St., for a showing of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The Kiwanis snack bar will provide food and beverages. The band, The Answer will be the musical entertainment for the evening.

The event begins at 7 p.m. The movie begins at 8:45 p.m.

The Kids Swap Meet will be going as well. Children who wish to sell items must register for $5 in advance.

For more information or to register for the swap meet call 909-931-4280.