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"Our Yucaipa" © Submission Policy We're looking for fun, interesting and heart- warming stories about life in Yucaipa. If you've been here for generations or are fairly new, we invite everyone to share. We're accepting photos and articles about events from 100 years ago to events from last week. And if you have something planned for next month, let us know. We'd love to help you promote it. Yucaipa really is a great place to live and this is one way to acknowledge that. This is our publication about our town… Our Yucaipa. If you have any questions, or would like more information about advertising in "Our Yucaipa," please call Courtney Taylor at 909-797-3647 or e-mail YucaipaNews@yahoo.com. And be sure to go to imageup.uberflip.com to see all the issues on line. "Our Yucaipa" Invites You… 2 OUR YUCAIPA | MARCH 2014 OUR YUCAIPA | MARCH 2014 3 Contents Zanja Peak on Dump Trail. Photo by Kelly Griswold, Yucaipa resident. YUCAIPA PHOTOS WANTED! If you have a photo you'd like to submit for consideration for a future cover, please send high-res digital photos to YucaipaNews@yahoo. com. If we select your photo for the cover, you will receive a $25 gift card for a local restaurant. Editor/Publisher Courtney Fox Taylor Assistant Editor Emily Isaak Contributing Writers Jaelin Palmer Michele Peters Randy Peters Yucaipa Chamber of Commerce Account Executive Stacey Parr Staff Photographer Hilary Peters If you have suggestions or would like to submit an article to Our Yucaipa, call Image Up at 909-797-3647. Our Yucaipa Magazine 4-7 Chamber Of Commerce News Business news around town 8-9 Ahhh - take a HIKE! Beautiful trails are just a few steps away 10 NEW FEATURE! Yucaipa Life Send us your photos of life in Yucaipa 11 Spring Break Some ideas for kicking it in town 12-13 St. Patrick's Day A little luck of the Irish would be nice 14 Middle of the Road An ode to spring… and Yucaipa "His name's Doug and he's a dog, that's why he's Doug the dog." That's the little diddy I came up with when looking for a little stray terrier/ corgi's owner. About a month ago, I had gone to pick Ben up from school and pull up to find him sitting on the corner holding a puppy. I rolled down the window and said, "Ummmm no." "But he doesn't have a home," Ben argued. "Yes he does. Besides, your dad would say absolutely not." "I can't just leave him here, on a busy corner, with cars whizzing around." "Fine!" We went home and I took a picture and made 50 signs. The dog, not yet named, bounced around in the backyard much to the annoyance of our grumpy old lady dog Rosie. The puppy took all of Rosie's toys and was throwing them over his head and the running after them while Rosie gave me a "what the hell" look. We took the dog and the signs back to where we found him. I taped signs to every solid object within three blocks of that corner while Ben went door to door with the dog, asking if anyone recognized it. As we walked together, we began a very dangerous talk. "He looks like a Kirby to me," Ben offered. "No, we're not naming it." "Here Kirby," Ben called. The dog didn't blink. I was silent. Ben offered a few more names. Rascal, Jefferson, Gizmo. Finally I couldn't stand it. "His name is Doug." The dog turned around. "See?" "Huh!" Ben said. That's when I came up with Doug's theme song. We sang it as we walked from house to house. In my heart I knew it was over for me. Naming a dog is bad enough, coming up with a theme song for it… That's love. Over the next week, my desire to have someone claim him waned. I told my husband that if he let us keep Doug it could be my Valentine's AND birthday presents. I know a way to a man's heart is through his wallet. Ben said that he would take care of Doug - feed him, walk him, pick up after him. I didn't even listen. I knew Doug was going to be with me most of the time and it was me who had to like him. And I did. A lot. So now we have a new Doug. He's all puppy, which means shoes are being moved from bedrooms to the backyard without notice. And he's also a kleptomaniac. He's broken into our neighbor's house and returned with their dogs' toys. Lucky for my neighbor has a sense of humor. Rosie is still not completely sold. I'm trying to think of a way to make it up to her. Maybe she needs a theme song of her own… Doug ownership MusiC To MY eArs

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