1st Quarter 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Heritage Events Presidents Message Contact Information Heritage Corner Upcoming Events 1 1 1 2 2

2014 Heritage Events

Heres What We Are Planning March 22 Annual Ontario Heritage Historic Walking Tour April (Date TBA)- 2nd quarter meeting & potluck, open to all. May-Model Colony Awards. We will be there to greet the winners. May 31-Fundraiser to restore an historic structure in downtown Ontario. Join us for an evening of fun sipping wine and raising funds. June 7-We will have an information booth at the Kiwanis Annual Pancake Breakfast & Rotary Club Car Show to promote Ontario Heritages mission and events. July 4-Ontario Heritage will again accept donations for bottled water, canned sodas, prepackaged individual snacks before & during the Independence Day Parade on Euclid Avenue in the Delmans front yard. All donations will be used to further historic preservation. July (Date TBA)-3rd quarter meeting & potluck, open to all. October 11-Ontario Heritages 5th annual historic cemetery tour at Bellevue Memorial Park. November (Date TBA)4th quarter meeting & potluck, open to all. December 6-Ontario Heritage will again have an information booth at the Christmas on Euclid event.
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ONTARIO HERITAGE BOARD Petrina Delman Richard Delman Randi Campbell Louise Melton Wendi Hafner Rudy Zeledon (ex-officio) Debra Porada City Council Liaison

Presidents Message
SOME NEWS AND UPDATES ON EVENTS!

Contact Information
P.O. Box 1 Ontario, CA 91762 Phone: 909-984-6558 Website: www.ontarioheritage.org Email: info@ontarioheritage.org www.facebook/ ontario.heritage.com

Ontario Heritage

welcome Wendi Hafner to the position of Associate Board member. She and On Sunday, January 26, 2014 After Rudys presentation her husband, Walt recently we had our 1st quarter meeting the Board elections were and potluck along with Board held which brought a few purchased a beautiful historic home in Ontario elections. Thank you very changes. Our Director of much to those of you who Communications, Glenn and have become members to help us in our attended and brought such a Anderson has resigned wonderful variety of delicious and that position is pursuit of historic food. currently vacant as well as preservation. Event Tour Director. He and his wife, Rose served Additional positions for Our guest speaker, Rudy Zeledon, Senior Planner with on the Board since 2009 Associate Board members the City of Ontario gave a very being a tremendous help are also available. to us and will be missed. informative and interesting (continued on page 3) presentation on the New We are excited to Model Colony planned community.

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HERITAGE CORNER
Question: What is a Mills Act Contract? Answer: A Mills Act Contract is a contract between the owner of a designated historical resource and the City of Ontario. All properties within the City of Ontario that have been designated as Local Historic Landmarks, contributing structures in Designated Local Historic Districts and properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historic Resources are eligible for Mills Act Contracts, pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, Section 50280 through Section 50289, Chapter 1, Part 1, Title 5, of the California Government Code. The purpose of a Mills Act Contract is to provide property tax relief for historic properties in return for the owners of the property maintaining and preserving the historic character of the property.
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2014 Ontario Heritage Membership

goal but who says we cant have fun pursuing it! If you are already a member of Ontario Heritage, we sincerely thank you! If youre not yet a member, please consider joining us on this journey. Not only will you become more aware and knowledgeable of Ontarios past history, you will be inspired to walk beside us as we move forward in Preserving, Protecting and Promoting Our Model Colony. Benefits of Membership: 1. Participation in Ontario Heritage events such as Home Tours, Annual Historic Cemetery Tour, potlucks, local community events, historic and educational programs. 2. Discounts to events 3. E-mail Newsletters 4. Advocacy for preservation of our historical environment and cultural heritage 5 Access to information concerning restoration and renovation 6. The knowledge that you are part of the effort to protect, preserve and promote the Model Colony.

We are an all volunteer local non-profit organization and preserving we need you! Is the ongoing our historic downtown process of preserving our important to you? Or historic downtown learning about the Or rich important to you? history of the Model learning about the rich Colony? Our history of the Mission Model Statement is Preserving, Colony? Our Mission Protecting is and Promoting Statement Preserving, Our Modeland Colony not Protecting Promoting only Model for us but for our Our Colony not future generations. Having only for us but for our historic home tours, annual future generations. Having historic home cemetery tours, tours, annual being present at local events historic cemetery tours, are all present part of pursuing our being at local events mission and the are all part ofmaking pursuing our public more aware of our mission and making the purpose. Its aware an important public more of our purpose. Its an important

Volunteers Wanted!
If you would like to volunteer your time at our events, please contact us at: volunteers@ontarioheritage.org

2014 Heritage Events (Cont. from Page 1)

Please mark your Calendars for March 22 when we will be holding our annual walking tour which starts promptly at 10 a.m. ending at 12 noon. This year the tour is in the Historic Armsley Square District. We will find out how it all began with John S. Armstrong and learn about the original owners of the homes. You wont want to miss this event! We will continue to have quarterly meetings and potlucks. Our goal is to have them at different historic venues each quarter.
TO ALL ARTISTS, ARTS GROUPS, AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS:
Request for Proposals for the Mural Design for the new Ontario Town Square.

Very important informational meeting to be held Thursday, Our May fundraiser February 6, at 4:00 pm at the originally set for May 3 has been rescheduled to Museum of History & Art, 225 S. May 31 beginning at 6:00 Euclid Ave, Ontario, CA .

pm.

Proposals are due March 7, 2014 Contact the City Purchasing Dept. at 909/395-2012 for further information.

Ontario Heritage Webmaster: Paulette Melton

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Presidents Message (Continued from page 1)

Please know that you do not have to own or rent a historic home to become a member of Ontario Heritage. Maybe you grew up here and moved away but still have an interest in Ontario. Maybe you recently moved to Ontario and dream of someday owning a historic home or you have lived here for years and are just interested in historic preservation. You are all welcome to become members. Below is a membership form you can fill out and mail to us or you can go to our website at www.ontarioheritage.org to complete the form and pay online with PayPal if you choose.

Advertise your Preservation-minded Business in our quarterly Newsletter! Ontario had no lack of rain in January 1916. This is a picture of the 100 NW Block of the historic downtown business district on Euclid Avenue.

Ontario Heritage Membership Form (June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014)
*Name: ____________________________________________ *Address: __________________________________________ *City: _____________________ *Zip Code: ________________ *Phone: ____________________________________________ *Mobile Phone: ______________________________________ *E-Mail: ____________________________________________ * Required Information State: ________ Membership Categories (For the 2014 Calendar Year) o Individual $25.00 o Senior (62 years) $15.00 o Family $40.00 o Family-Senior $30.00 o Corporate $250.00 TOTAL ENCLOSED $_______ I am interested in: o E-mail Alert Network o Volunteering at Events o Other (specify) ____________________________________ Mail with Your Check Payable To: Ontario Heritage P.O. Box 1 Ontario, CA 91762

In an effort to keep dues low, most communication will be via email, so providing us your email address is vital.

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Heritage Corner (continued from page 2)

Mills Act contracts are for a period of 10 years and are automatically renewed unless a notice of nonrenewal is submitted. With a notice of non-renewal the contract will be terminated at the end of the 10 year period. Any cancellation of a Mills Act contract is subject to a penalty of 12 percent of the assessed market value of the property. When will the savings be reflected in my Tax bill? It can take up to 18 months from the time the application is submitted until you see the savings. All contracts recorded during the Calendar Year (from January 1st until December 31st) go into effect during the next years tax cycle. For additional information on the Mills Act contract please go to: www.http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/ index.aspx?page=581 The Ontario Colony was founded in 1882 by two Canadian brothers, George and William Chaffey. It soon became known as Southern Californias Model Colony because of the Chaffeys innovative ideas. In recognition of this, the Ontario City Library established the Model Colony History Room in 1970. The Room contains reference materials concerning the social, economic, and governmental history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County Many of these materials date back to the founding of the colony. In November 2004, the city recognized former mayor Robert E. Ellingwoods tireless efforts in preserving the history of Ontario by renaming the Librarys Model Colony History Room the Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room Some of the materials youll find in the Model Colony History Room include: Records relating to Armstrong Nurseries, the General Electric Hotpoint Works plant, and the Ontario Motor Speedway, as well as many smaller collections of business and personal records. Architectural surveys of many older Ontario homes and buildings. Yearbooks for Chaffey High School, Ontario High School, Colony High School, and scattered editions of Upland High School. Local newspapers on microfilm, 1882present. Local census records on microfilm, 1860 -1930. Books, journals, and magazines related to the local area and general California history. We also have materials available online! Looking for an obituary, marriage record, or birth record? Want to peruse some old All States Picnic artifacts? Check out their local history newspaper and artifact index here: http:// catalog.ci.ontario.ca.us/ LibraryNewspaperIndex/ We have streaming audio and video files, too. Looking for some All States Picnic video footage? Want to hear an oral history recording of an Ontario pioneer? Check out our collection on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ ontariocitylibrary. The Model Colony History Room is open Monday-Wednesday, 1pm-6pm; Thursday, 1pm-9pm; and Friday, 1pm6pm. For more information about the Model Colony History Room and its collections, visit our webpage at: http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx? page=390. Feel free to give us a call or send us an email with your questions.

Local History Room to Visit!

When was the last time you went to the Ontario City Library and walked downstairs to visit the wonderful Model Colony History Room? Do yourself a favor and go see the fasciLocal area maps and aerial photonating history of Ontario that is graphs. housed in this special room. Local city and telephone directories .We want to thank Kelly Zackmann, Local History Librarian for provid- dating back to 1884. ing us with the following write up:

Large collection of local area photographs.