SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – (Wednesday, August 1, 2012) – The Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous will remain in downtown San Bernardino this year. The dates are Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, September 16, 2012.
“Over the past week there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the status of this year’s Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous®,” states Wayne Austin, president & CEO of the San Bernardino Convention & Visitors Bureau. “With input from the Board of Directors of the SBCVB, our major event sponsors and city officials, I am pleased to announce that the classic cars will continue to cruise our downtown streets of San Bernardino this September. We are moving forward with our goal of having the most successful Rendezvous ever.”
Spectators will enjoy the classic cars, music and entertainment located on two separate stages, sponsor displays, legendary guests, contests and commercial exhibitors. For schedule of events and additional information, visit www.ROUTE-66.org.
Several local non-profit educational and charitable organizations are given the opportunity to participate, earning dollars for their respective community projects. About San Bernardino Convention & Visitors Bureau
The San Bernardino Convention & Visitors Bureau (SBCVB), producers of the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous®, is a private, non-profit corporation providing destination sales and marketing services for the city of San Bernardino.
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(San Bernardino, Calif.) ABO, Enterprises, Inc., a leading Inland Empire based commercial real estate firm has completed an agreement with California Attorney Services to lease office space at 2130 North Arrowhead Avenue in San Bernardino.
“While the market has not bounded back completely, activity has definitely perked up in recent months, with businesses looking to the Inland Empire to locate their company,” said Jack Katzman, president of ABO, Enterprises, Inc. “We are experiencing a dramatic increase in commercial interest for both small and large offices during the first quarter of the year.”
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(Sherman Oaks, Calif.) In danger of losing your home? Want to buy a your first home? Attend the Free foreclosure pretention and first-time homebuyers’ workshop in Sherman Oaks with special guest Congressman Brad Sherman. Meet with HUD certified councilors on site with representatives from Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. Realtors and lenders will also teach first-time homebuyers’ to benefit from the lowest interest rates and home prices in 20 years. Presented by Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
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■ A list of your monthly expenses
■ A utility bill
■ Your most recent mortgage statement
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■ Self-employed individuals must also provide bank statements for the most recent 4 months; a 2010 or 2011 tax return; and YTD profit and loss statement.
“As pediatricians, we strive for 100 percent immunizations of pediatric patients and, while that’s probably a utopian objective, our goal is to get as close as to that 100 percent as we can,’’ says Dr. Albert Arteaga, president and founder of LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc. . “This CDC recognition is the fruit of two to three years of intense labor on part of the LaSalle staff, my wife Maria and I.”
(San Bernardino, CA) The transmission of the influenza (flu) virus from health care the tao of badass professional to patients has become a growing concern. In fact, each year in the United States, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized, with as many as 49,000 people dying after contracting the flu.
To a large degree, the flu virus is passed from person to person. A fact that has not been lost at San Bernardino based LaSalle Medical Associates. Dr. Arteaga understands that health care professionals play a key role in combating the spread of the flu virus. LaSalle Medical Associates has a culture of preventative care, starting with their employees and family.
“It is extremely important for us to show leadership and to set an example for our patients by getting immunized to prevent germs from circulating,” said Dr. Albert A. Arteaga, president of LaSalle Medical Associates. “In many cases we may be the only barriers to preventing the spread of the virus. Therefore, we encourage our staff to do exactly what we are asking others to do.”
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently released its annual report on vaccination rates among health care employees across the state. It says that while employee vaccination rates has increased slightly form 2010 to 2011, only 64 percent of health care personnel receive vaccinations to combat against the flu.
Operating clinics in Hesperia, Fontana and two in San Bernardino, LaSalle Medical Associates boast an overall average of 91 percent vaccination rate for staff and health care workers.
As a dedicated advocate for immunizations, Dr. Arteaga stresses that vaccinations remain the single most effective tool to fight the spread of the virus from professional to patient.
“I believe that the vaccination of all health care professionals is essential in preventing transmission of germs causing illness from patient to patient,” said Dr. Arteaga. “At LaSalle we are doing everything possible to lead by example, and encourage our employees to receive flu vaccinations. In fact, our corporate office has a 100 percent flu vaccination rate.”
Nurse gives an immunization. LaSalle Medical Associates has a culture of preventative care, starting with their employees and family.
This is a belief that Dr. Arteaga holds very dear. In fact, he believes it so strongly that he personally asked all of the LaSalle staff to get their vaccinations, as well as their families. As a result, LaSalle offered its employees and family members vaccinations free of charge.
“The importance of this issue in preventative health should not be minimized. However, it must be a belief that is embraced from the top down,” said Dr. Arteaga. “I am very proud of our employees. Our entire staff has really answered the call to be proactive and create a barrier to the spread of germs by using this preventative measure couples therapy los angeles
. ” About LaSalle Medical Associates
LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc., operates four clinics employing more than 120 dedicated healthcare professionals, treating children, adults and seniors in San Bernardino County. LaSalle’s patients are primarily served by Med-Cal and Healthy Families and they also accept Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Molina, Care 1st, Health Net and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP). LaSalle’s clinics are at 17577 Arrow Blvd. in Fontana, 16455 Main St. in Hesperia and1505 West 17th St. and 565 N. Mt. Vernon Ave. in San Bernardino.
LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc., is also an Independent Practice Association (IPA) of independently contracted doctors, hospitals and clinics, delivering high quality patience care with more than 190,000 patient visits per year in Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin and Tulare Counties.
LaSalle’s IPA members in the Inland Empire include: LaSalle Medical Associates, Banning Medical Group and San Bernardino Urological Associates. Hospital affiliations include: Rancho Springs Medical Center, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Community Hospital of San Bernardino, St. Bernadine medical Center, Mountains Community Hospital, Redland Community Hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Corona Regional Medical Center, Riverside County Medical Center, Parkview Community Hospital, Kaiser Moreno Valley, Kaiser Fontana and Kaiser Riverside from dating chat social website.
(Hesperia, Calif.) “Delivering patient care with courtesy and respect is the goal for LaSalle Medical Associates. In our journey to provide patients with quality care, LaSalle is happy welcome Kevin Yim as our new Physician Assistant,” said Dr. Albert A. Arteaga, founder and president of LaSalle Medical Associates.
“We are all very excited to have Kevin as part of the LaSalle family,” said Dr.. Arteaga. “He is a great addition to the Hesperia clinic, providing care with respect and compassion to all our patients.”
Kevin joins the LaSalle’s clinic located at 16455 Main St. in Hesperia. Among his duties, he conducts physical exams in order to diagnose and treat patients.
“I always wanted to treat patients like a doctor,” said Kevin. “Like most people, I thought that the only option or way to do it was to go to medical school and become a doctor. While earning my undergraduate degree at UC Irvine, I learned that as a physician assistant, I could treat patients, much like a doctor does. It seemed like a good fit.”
Physician assistants (referred to as PA’s) are people who practice medicine under the supervision of a licensed doctor. In many ways, they are similar to doctors. They have many of the same responsibilities, and perform many of the same tasks. Much like doctors a physician assistant works in a general family practice, or may specialize in a specific area of medicine, such as obstetrics, cardiology or orthopedics.
After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Biology form UC Irvine, Kevin continued his journey, as he was accepted to the Physician Assistant program at Western University in Pomona. Upon obtaining his degree, he began working as a PA for an urgent care clinic in Claremont, Calif.
While he enjoyed working in urgent care, his passion for pediatric care remained in his heart. Fortunately, he saw an opening with LaSalle for a pediatric physician assistant.
“LaSalle is just the type of place I want to be,” said Kevin. “While we provide care for both children and adults, my focus is just on pediatric care.”
Kevin stresses the need for a proper diet, immunizations and consistency in annual check ups as essential elements in the preventive care he now provides his patients.
For more information or to make an appointment, call (760) 947-2161.
About LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc. LaSalle Medical Associates is one of the largest independent minority owned healthcare companies in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc., operates four clinics employing more than 120 dedicated healthcare professionals, treating children, adults and seniors in San Bernardino County. LaSalle’s patients are primarily served by Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. LaSalle also accept Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Molina, Care 1st, Health Net and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP). LaSalle’s clinics are located at 17577 Arrow Blvd. in Fontana, 16455 Main St. in Hesperia, 1505 West 17th St. and 565 N. Mt. Vernon Ave. in San Bernardino. LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc., is also an Independent Practice Association (IPA) of independently contracted doctors, hospitals and clinics, delivering high quality patient care to more than 190,000 residents in San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Fresno, Kings, Madera, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare Counties.
LaSalle’s IPA members in the Inland Empire include: LaSalle Medical Associates, Banning Medical Group and San Bernardino Urological Associates. Hospital affiliations include: Rancho Springs Medical Center, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Community Hospital of San Bernardino, St. Bernadine Medical Center, Mountains Community Hospital, Redlands Community Hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Corona Regional Medical Center, Riverside County Medical Center, and Parkview Community Hospital.
Former San Bernardino City Manager Charles McNeely at a reception in 2009
Former San Bernardino city manager says partisan infighting drove city over “fiscal cliff”
By: Chris Levister
(San Bernardino, Calif.) Despite plummeting tax revenue, lost jobs, lost development projects, slumping housing values and rising public safety costs, bankruptcy was avoidable said former San Bernardino city manager Charles McNeely.
On July 10 the city abruptly succumbed to its financial insolvency when a divided City Council authorized a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing after they were presented with a dismal financial picture.
“It was really about the politics of this community and its elected leader’s stunning lack of will to protect San Bernardino from ruin,” said McNeely in a July 13 interview, calling the acrimonious environment at City Hall “a hotbed of poisonous bickering, intimidation and denial.”
“As elected officials, we lacked the will to govern,” Sixth Ward Councilman Rikke Van Johnson said during a heated town hall meeting two days after the historic vote.
His voice shaking, the two-term councilman said he was surprised when interim City Manager Andrea Miller recommended bankruptcy after presenting a dismal financial picture. He stopped short of suggesting the entire council and administration be recalled instead urging residents, businesses and church leaders to rise up, get involved and demand accountability from the city’s elected officials.
“The eight photographs of your elected leaders hanging in City Hall should be replaced,” Johnson said. “This is a terrible stain on our city.”
For McNeely who resigned unexpectedly in May the first signs of trouble came in June 2009 shortly after he took the job in late 2008 following a 13-year run as city manager of Reno, Nevada.
“Friends and colleagues across the country called me saying – ‘what are you thinking, can’t you see you’re flirting with disaster,’” recalls McNeely.
Undaunted McNeely hit the ground running viewing San Bernardino’s problems not unlike other aging and economically challenged communities across the nation.
“I wanted desperately to see this city rise from the ashes. What some saw as a waiting disaster I saw as great potential,” he said.
Rather what McNeely discovered in plain view was a city headed off a fiscal cliff. Revenues were plummeting. Cash was so tight that potholes went unfilled, burned out street lights were ignored, parks and other public spaces were left unkempt, businesses moving out – criminal gangs moving in.
The city’s retail sales fell from $3.28 billion in 2005 to $2.3 billion in 2011, a 30 percent decline. Meanwhile, the assessed value of the city’s housing stock dropped from $12.2 billion in 2008 to $10.3 billion in 2011. About 70 percent of homeowner’s mortgages were under water.
The city’s public safety budget had ballooned from 53% in 1996 to 63% in 2005 to 75% in 2012.
The state’s decision to abolish California’s redevelopment agencies exacted another blow. San Bernardino used $5 million in RDA funds to repair roads, trim trees and boost its general fund, said Mayor Patrick Morris. Now approximately $125 million in annual redevelopment funds were also gone.
City leaders slashed public employee jobs, demanded concessions from unions, and auctioned off swaths of public land.
But they failed to heed warnings that such onetime cuts weren’t enough to stop the bleeding,” said McNeely.
Soon after his arrival in 2009 McNeely made tough recommendations to fix the endemic financial issues. In that presentation he recommended drastic structural changes such as revenue enhancements, restructuring labor contracts, looking at consolidation of some city functions, exploring further charter changes, examining privatization of some city services and establishment of joint powers agreements.
“We uncovered a lot of duplication, for example we had separate financing and human resource functions in several different departments. We had too many department heads. I said we can’t keep spending money we don’t have. The council’s response was to make some cuts, but they were unable to make the major decisions necessary to put the city on sound financial footing,” said McNeely.
That was late June 2009 two years after a 2007 report from Management Partners labeled San Bernardino’s financial situation ‘tenuous’.
The report also says, “The reality is that the city’s general fund finances are tenuous. Aside from public safety, it is questionable whether the City can maintain funding for existing program service levels, and there are unmet needs that are becoming critical.”
Based on that review, almost three years before the July 10, 2012 bankruptcy vote, McNeely says he authorized Management Partners to revisit the city’s financial status. A subsequent report painted an even more daunting picture.
What was the council’s reaction to the warnings?
“I was roundly criticized. Some members of the council accused me of using the ‘B’ (bankrupt) word as a scare tactic to raise taxes. Others alleged I was hiding money, calling my recommendations too conservative and draconian,” said McNeely.
In 2010 McNeely says he brought in outside professionals including John Husing, the region’s leading economist to help make his point that real changes were needed.
On March 11, 2010, Husing laid out a “most likely case” financial projection at a budget workshop warning the full City Council of financial ruin. “Again those warnings went unheeded,” said McNeely.
In August 2010 McNeely gave a presentation to the council that became known as Ground Hogs Day. “We called it that because like the movie with same name, the same financial gimmicks kept happening again and again with the same results – no substantial changes.”
McNeely said the atmosphere grew more toxic after the 2011 election.
“You cannot have the employee on one side of the table and the person that they’re contributing to their campaign on the other side,” said San Bernardino City Councilman Fred Shorett referring to the 2011 election when two labor candidates were elected. “That’s not going to lead to fair negotiations, and the proof is in the pudding.”
McNeely weighed in on City Attorney Jim Penman’s surprise allegations that 13 of 16 years of budget were falsified to indicate a surplus saying he had no knowledge of anyone ‘cooking the books’. He pointed to a July 12 statement by the city’s auditors indicating no falsification signs.
McNeely said, “Penman was at virtually every budget meeting we had from the time of my arrival. He heard the bad news in 2009 and every year since; he was and is fully aware of the city’s fiscal crisis.”
Former Councilmember Tobin Brinker agrees that Penman knew of the fiscal problems. “On Aug. 23, 2010, Treasurer David C. Kennedy, then-City Manager Charles McNeely, then-Finance Director Barbara Pachon and an auditor warned that reserves were nearly depleted, investments down $40 million and the city had all the symptoms of bankruptcy.”
“McNeely said he referred several matters for investigation during his tenure to the police and district attorneys office, none of them had anything to do with bankruptcy.”
Looking back McNeely describes his three years as city manager as “extremely frustrating.”
“Most of these elected officials are hard working dedicated public servants, however, as a group they simply could not get past their partisan bitterness.”
McNeely has kept a low profile since the bankruptcy vote choosing not to participate in the dueling news conferences and flying accusations over who is to blame for the city’s troubles.
“At a time when the city is faced with major financial issues, kicking the can down the road, blaming people and point fingers which is characteristic of this city’s history is not going to make the problems go away. It’s time for the city government to come together and use all of their resources and to make the tough choices to put this city on a sound financial footing,” said McNeely.
At the end of the day McNeely says, even with the city’s monumental challenges and uncertain future, “San Bernardino remains a city with extremely dedicated employees and great potential.”
Finger pointing and distraction continue in San Bernardino (San Bernardino, Calif.) Monday July 16th, City Councilmember Wendy McCammack said during a hearing to decide if the should file a State of Emergency and that San Bernardino was borrowing from restricted funds. She stated that she was unaware of the “illegal transfers”.
However in a February 7. 2009 article in the San Bernardino Sun McCammack calls for the city to transfers from restricted funds.
In the article by Andrew Edwards headlined: “SB police, firefighters may not be shielded from budget axe”. She is quoted as saying:
“McCammack said in a interview that she is not convinced sales tax revenues will be as low as projected. She also proposed that the city borrow from other (restricted) accounts to bolster its general fund before laying off key employees.”
“When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, sometimes you have to live off the credit card, don’t you?,” she asked.
A March 11, 2009. Press Enterprise editorial headlined: “Fiscal Shame”. San Bernardino City Attorney is quoted:
“City Attorney Jim Penman said, for example that the City might be able to borrow against the $18 million reserve in a (restricted) sewer fund for up to two years interest-free.”
Documents also show that councilmembers knew of and asked for transfers from restricted funds.
In a February 11, 2009 request for council action, Councilmember McCammack requested a transfer of restricted funds to pay for city employee salaries.
In a February 11, 2009 memo from the office of the city attorney, submitted by John F. Wilson, Senior Assistant City Attorney said “Nothing in the Charter of the City of San Bernardino precludes a transfer of revenues from one City fund to another.”
There is proof positive that San Bernardino City official’s new of, requested, approved and transferred funds from restricted accounts with the full knowledge and approval of the majority of the city council and city attorney’s office.
The present interim city manager agrees. “I saw no indication of an order to hide information from the council,” said Andrea Travis-Miller, who was hired nearly a year ago as Assistant City Manager.
“The city was seeing very large declines in revenue we were just trying to pay our bills,” she added.
On July 10th the San Bernardino City Council voted to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protections.
PDF of Documents referred to in story: Smoking gun docs
(Los Angels, Calif.) Blacks receive far less adequate mental health treatment in California than whites and this discrepancy will continue until the state’s mental health system embarks on some culturally congruent changes, according to a state-commissioned report released Tuesday in Los Angeles.
“It is unpleasant to admit, but many African Americans do not receive appropriate mental health services, even when they go to places that are suppose to help them,’’ said V. Diane Woods,Dr.P.H., director and lead investigator of the California Reducing Disparities project (CRDP) for the African American population, We Ain’t Crazy! Just Coping with a Crazy System: Pathways into the Black Population for Eliminating Mental Health Disparities.
The report was commissioned by the California Department of Mental Health and is the California Reducing Disparities Project for the African American Population. Its primary goal is to paint a clearer picture of the state’s mental health system as it relates to the African American community, Woods said. Event slide show
As a fact-finding approach, the report’s investigators initiated 35 focus groups, 45 individual interviews, 635 surveys, and nearly a dozen public forums throughout the state of California to collect data on African American’s opinions on what practices promote good mental health in the community. Investigators also compiled and analyzed data and literature by African American experts throughout the country on mental health and social issues.
Nicelma J. King, a public policy analyst and one of the principal investigators on the study, said lack of knowledge about mental health, coupled with poverty, fragmented families, stigma associated with mental health, and a need for culturally proficient providers are some barriers to treatment in the Black community.
“Most of us know when we fall out of a tree and break our arm we go to the hospital. But most of us (Blacks) don’t know where to go when we’re severely anxious or depressed, or we are around someone who is severely anxious or depressed,’’ she said. “We (Blacks) don’t know what the response ought to be. We won’t have change in mental health in our community until people know where to go to see about these problems.”
Based on the community’s responses, investigators created a list of 274 different recommendations for addressing mental health disparities in California.
The recommendations include developing programs to help build resilience, especially among youth; supporting community agencies, clergy and families as first responders; developing mobile mental health centers; and require cultural proficiency training by mental health providers. The report also calls for establishing community based oversight commissions to ensure providers are knowledgeable on handling patients of different races and work with the mentalHealth Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. “We need to get this to the governor’s level; we need a commission to get this information out,’’ an impassioned Virniecia Green-Jordan, president of the Perris Elementary School District in Perris, Calif., said during Tuesday’s conference. “We need some legislation to bring it to another level.’’
Woods said the next step is to start devising a statewide strategic plan, which will begin this fall. “We are setting the political agenda, from your opinion, what types of policies need to be in place for ethnic populations to get the services they need and to implement the recommendations,’’ she said.
For a copy of the report go to http://www.aahi-sbc.org/. To comment or become a part of the change contact Dr. Ron Chapman, MD, MPH, director and state health officer, California Department of Public Health (916) 558-1700. A copy of the final report and supporting documentation can be downloded for the next eight days at this address: https://www.sendthisfile.com/1473GguafRlswjKISYY8AhKE If the above link is not clickable, copy and paste the link into a browser to download your file.
Tom Serrato, president of Far West Meats leads the crowd in America The Beautiful as the flag is raised for the first time on the new flag pole.
(HIGHLAND, Calif.) Far West Meats served thousands of free barbecued Hot Links, tri-tip, brisket, ribs, chicken, hot dogs, with different barbecue sauces, gourmet cheese puffs, grapes, smoothes and more at a barbecue held recently at its newly re-opened plant in Highland.
Their meats are available at many southern California restaurants and at Food 4 Less, Stater Brothers, El Super, Superior Markets, Smart and Final, Albertson’s and Ralph’s Markets.
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“The grand opening was a great success with so many of our customers, friends, family and neighbors here to help us celebrate our return to our home,“ said Tom Serrato, president of Far West Meats. He added, “It was so much fun to see so many friends here.”
We woke up to the smell of the heavenly barbecue,” said neighbor Susan Brown. “We came over for the barbecue and end up staying for hours. It’s such a fun family event with fun for the kids, good music and a great atmosphere.”
We smelled the smoke and came for the barbecue. We had so much fun we stayed for two hours.
The celebration included two live top 40 bands, face painting for the kids, clowns, magicians, a reptile show, raffle prizes every 15 minutes and discount coupons for Far West Meats.
“People were so involved with enjoying all of the different varieties of Far West Meats that they really didn’t pay attention to the free raffles,” said Serrato. “We announced the prize numbers over our two PA systems and the team and I walked through the crowd announcing the raffle prize numbers and people didn’t seam to be interested in prizes, they were enjoying the meat!”
Tom Serrato, Far West President reads the winning number to a $50 raffle prize. People were too busy enjoying the barbecue to take the money.
In the end the Far West Meats team gave $25 to $50 gift cards randomly to the people attending.
During the flag raising ceremony lead by local Veteran’s of Foreign Wars members, Serrato sang American the Beautiful and the crowd joined in, ending in applause and cheers.
“We could have shut down after the fire and moved to the beach. But that’s not what I wanted. We have a responsibility to our family, to our customers and to our community. We couldn’t wait to get back home, “ said Serrato.
The 90-year-old butcher and meatpacking company invested $3 million to rebuild after a devastating fire two years ago. Far West Meats temporarily moved to a smaller plant in Colton but produced at half capacity.
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The rebuilt location gives Far West Meats the production capacity they need to reclaim lost market share and increase sales.
Far West Meats’ product line includes all cuts of beef, pork, poultry and 10 flavors of their famous Hot Links, including hot and mild, pork, chicken and beef.
Jerry (Chef Cujo) Caldwell, of Cujo’s Big Smoke B-B-Q was the prime preparer of the tri-tip & brisket beef that was served from a booth ‘staffed’ by Far West Meats volunteers and the Highland Rotary.
Customers can order from the website FarWestMeat.com for shipping anywhere in the United States or for pick up at the Highland location. The website also offers free tips on meat handling, cooking, recipes, and catering.
For more information please call (909) 864-1990.
About Far West Meats – Tom Serrato, President and CEO Far West Meats is a 90-year-old Highland based butcher and meat packing Company. Their products are sold throughout California. Product includes many cuts of beef, pork, and chicken as well as their 10 flavors of their famous signature smoked sausages and a complete line of smoked meats. Every product sold is guaranteed 100% for quality and freshness.
