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MARCH FIELD MUSEUM

Bob Hope's well-known USO shows had their inception in 1941 at what was then March Field.

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TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION

Gary Cooper won his first Oscar for portraying Alvin C. York, a World War I hero, in "Sergeant York" in 1941.

NOBANK

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Jeff Hayes, left, and Rodolfo Pinon are part of a community group working to bring Riverside County's Credit Union to Coachella's old firehouse. The city only has one bank.

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The Toro Loco carniceria offers many of the services of a traditional bank. Many local shops provide similar services because there is only one bank in Coachella.

MAGGIE

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Margaret Stumpp, right, senior managing director at Prudential Investment Management speaks with coworker Rich Crist in the firm's Newark, N.J. office. Margaret Stump, formerly Mark, had a sex change.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When Margaret Stumpp had a sex change to become a woman, many coworkers had to come to grips with the issue.

BLACK

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Safety complaints led the California Highway Patrol to check the clearance for trucks carrying water from Paul Black's property. Despite opposition from residents and Riverside County, he continues to sell water on his property.

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A water truck loads up at Paul Black's spring at a turnout on Highway 243 between Pine Cove and Idyllwild earlier in the year.

DEAST

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Frances Pearson, 78, of Indio visits the grave of her husband, World War II Army veteran Donald Pearson, at the Coachella Valley Cemetery.

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Donald Pearson's grave will be adorned with an American flag on Memorial Day, thanks to the efforts of the East Valley Memorial Day Committee.

DOTIS

Retiree Otis Clever will be the subject of the Banning Chamber of Commerce's Inaugural Community Appreciation Roast.

SFARM

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Edelmira Gaytan, left, of Mira Loma, attends to customer Bev Segal of Temecula at the farmers market in Old Town Temecula.

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Dallas Earle of Murrieta communes with Zipper, a female cockatiel, at the Temecula farmers market. Dallas was helping his mother, Pamela Earle, who sells birds.

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Kim Akasaka of Rainbow chats with customers while helping her husband with the greenhouse at the Temecula farmers market.

STEETH

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Cathy Nakoney smiles after free dental work to help replace some of her front teeth. From left, Philip Israel, dental assistant, Todd Curley, dentist, and Lori Keyfauver, office manager, check the results of the work.

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Dr. Todd Curley works on Cathy Nakoney during his annual "smile makeover." Each year Curley chooses a patient he feels deserves the free work.

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Nakoney is prepped for a new set of 10 teeth. It took several months to prepare her gums and muscles for the procedure. Her new permanent teeth should be in in two weeks, by the time her eldest child gets married.

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Timothy Tuttle, a history teacher at Santiago High School, talks to students in a Right to be Informed class. He won the California Teachers Association state nomination for a national teaching award.

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Timothy Tuttle has been teaching for 26 years.

BWOMEN

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Kimberly MacKinney teaches the women's studies class at Kaiser High School in Fontana.

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The women's studies class at Kaiser High offers a female perspective to history.

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Junior Danavan Hilton, 17, follows along as teacher Kimberly MacKinney reads.

BHIST

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Larry and Judy Johansen's Queen Anne home dating to 1903 is going to be named a Redlands Heritage Home.

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BUTTON

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Fran Warner, 74, center, joins other members of the Fontana Slovene Button Accordion Club in the opening act of the 25th Anniversary Far West Button Box Jamboree.

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Visitors dance to polka music by one of the 100 accordion bands at the Button Box Jamboree.

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Karrie Patnode, 28, of Wasilla, Alaska, performs with the Button Box Gang. Her group traveled the farthest to the Far West Button Box Jamboree in Fontana. Band came from 28 states.

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Members of the Fontana Slovene Button Accordion Club lean into the music. "Our music is happy music," says club President Frank Vidergar of Colton. "It's not tears and beers."

PLANES

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Beth Parrott of Hemet fulfills a lifelong dream by sitting in the cockpit of the famed SR-71 spy plane. Her son gave her an SR-71 model for Mother's Day.

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Army veterans Bob Minor, left, and his son Bary, Minor, both of Temecula, look at the cockpit of a P-38 fighter plane. Bob Minor had several Army buddies who flew the World War II aircraft.

HLIB

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The limit of 15 books per checkout wasn't strictly enforced as patrons stocked up on reading material before the temporary closure of the Hemet Public Library. The library will reopen in a new building June 21.

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Bare shelves attest that audio books are a popular item at the Hemet Public Library. A new $14.5 million library will be five times larger.

CCINCO

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Members of the Sol De Mexico Ballet Folklorico perform on Sixth Street during Corona's Cinco de Mayo Parade.

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Alva Pena of Corona prepares to take a picture of her daughter on the 2003 Cinco de Mayo Queen Court float.

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Nacho Hernandez performs a rope trick during Corona's Cinco de Mayo Parade.

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Rialto sisters Stephanie Cummings, 9, left, and Crystal Cummings, 8, get sprayed during the Extreme Lagoon Water Show.

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A boy reaches for a high-five from his pal as they play a basketball video game inside the Xbox dome at the National Orange Show.

RRALLY

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Baraka May, Miss Jurupa Valley 2003, sings "Hero" during the second annual Memorial Day Community Heroes celebration in Pedley.

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Vanessa Steggs and her fiance, Tom Delgado, both of Fontana, enjoy the festivities.

BHORSE

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Beau, a 4-year-old American paint horse, is led up a trail to safety by Capt. Rich Higgins of the Chino Valley Fire Department.