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Section 5 – PROJECT or PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Using a 12-point font and on no more than two single-spaced typed pages please elaborate on the following eight considerations in relation to this grant request: A. Please describe the history and mission of applicant organization: The City of Lake Elsinore is the second oldest city in Riverside County and is located along Interstate 15 in Southwest Riverside County within District 1. The City of Lake Elsinore was incorporated in 1888 and today is…

To share, for example, I’ve had a significant event that has helped me identify myself as an expert within my community of practice. It started off one Christmas performance at the California Theatre, downtown San Bernardino. My instructor suggested for the whole mariachi group to go rehearse at this specific theater at a certain time before the performance. He approached us saying “I want you all there for practice, Saturday morning…

and Men”, he uses animals to describe the characters to allow the readers to get to know what each character is like in an interesting way. Steinbeck writes about two best friends, George and Lennie, who are looking for a job they can keep in the California farms of depression. They are complete opposites but have one thing in common, the dream. Both friends want to save enough money to buy a ranch of their own. The dream is the glue that keeps…

Just at the sound of iconic characters’ names, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Cinderella, takes people of all sorts of ages to nostalgic memories of how they would drag their parents to the theaters and watch movies filled with imagination and magical adventures. Disney has not only made an influence into our childhood stage but it has positively impacted people as they grew older. Not only would the youth watch their favorite Disney movies, but a child’s ultimate dream was to visit the…

“Erin Brochovich” This film was based on a true story about a brave woman trying to make an independent living while raising her children and fighting for a community. The movie is about a single mother who is struggling to make a living for herself and her children. She was involved in a terrible automobile accident that left her unemployed and searching for financial income. She becomes connected with attorney Mr. Ed Masry who is representing her, but she ends up losing the case. So she…

Chargers’ relocation application was thought of as BS by the San Diego leaders. The lead negotiator for the county and city efforts to keep the Chargers in town tried unsuccessfully in obtaining a copy of the teams’ application to relocate to Los Angeles. The officials are concerned that the application might have inaccuracies in it. Attorney Chris Melvin tried requesting the document from the NFL and the Chargers and they have not provided it to him. Monday night the Chargers’ had a video…

(“About San Diego, California”) San Diego is also certainly not bereft of economic riches as the San Diego Metropolitan Area has a median household income of $66,192. (“San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos California Household Income”) The aforementioned figure becomes even more impressive when one takes into account the national average for household income —$53,657—a figure almost 13 grand less than that of the San Diego metropolitan area. (“San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos California Household Income”)…

Gold Star Park is located in Wetumpka, Alabama on the banks of the Coosa River. It is underneath the city's historical “Bibb’s Grave Bridge” in between City Hall and the Wetumpka Public Library. Gold Star Park used to house an outdoor church. Gold Star Park is surrounded by history, such as the city’s first jail and the antique movie theater. Furthermore, Gold Star holds outdoor activities, a playground, and festivals that make the community thrive. To begin, Gold Star Park is home to two…

Salton Sea is the largest inland body of water in California, measuring at 35 miles long and 15 miles across. Its salt level is fifty percent saltier than the ocean itself. The Salton Sea is beneficial to more than four hundred and twenty different species of birds. The species range from “white and brown pelicans to eared grebes, curlews, ibis, avocets and snowy plovers. It also supports millions of fish and a host of invertebrates, important food sources for the birds.” (Blogger, 2015) Salton…

comprised of people of European descent, but if you look closer the true ethnicity of Simi is more subtle. In the last century there were predominantly people of hispanic origins living in Simi Valley. That makes since California was originally a part of Mexico and even when California was signed over to the United States, the people who lived there remained there. Victor Andazola remembers that he “lived not too far from Simi and [he] would come over and pick oranges from the groves that were…