Ryan Sones Archives – La Verne Magazine

Baking Clay For Pay

May 1, 1998 | Features

During the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s, there was a mass exodus of ceramic and pottery plants out of California to Mexico due to the downfall of the economy.

Churning Milk Into Fiscal Success

May 1, 1998 | Features

The land in parts of India resembles a hard-packed, dry desert — a place, where it seems, a person not readily would find a drive-up dairy.

Tiny Asian Restaurant Satisfies Big Appetites

May 1, 1998 | The Knife & Fork

The scent of fried rice, spicy chicken and cooked noodles is what someone can smell half a mile down the street from the Bowl House.

Paper-Pak: An Absorbing Industry

May 1, 1998 | Features

Griff Hopkins, chief executive officer of Paper-Pak Products, has watched his absorbent tissues become a sought-after and successful product. The business, located at 1941 White Ave., was listed in 1996 Chamber of Commerce records as being the largest industrial employer in the city.

From Saigon to the White House to La Verne: A Life in Pictures

May 1, 1998 | Features, Profiles

Looks can be deceiving. Van Lim, the owner of La Verne’s Top Hour Photo, does not look like Indiana Jones, Rambo or John Wayne. Yet, he has been through more than any of those heroes could handle.