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Linfield Christian School football player Alex Ruiz suffered a traumatic injury while playing the game that would forever change his life and leave him with a tough decision. see page A-6

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2017: A year in review Kim Harris and Alex Groves VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM

2017 was a year of change for the Temecula Valley. From changing landscapes due to heavy rains that helped to end the yearslong drought to changing facades of local cities due to growth and expansion, the entire coverage area saw new and exciting things over the past year.

First responders also made the news in 2017, from swift water rescues to quickly knocking down wildfires that threatened thousands of homes, these local heroes went above and beyond to keep local communities safe from danger.

There were literally tens of thousands of news items that affected our coverage area last year, so take a journey with Valley News as we look back at some of the biggest news stories from 2017.

January An onset of heavy rains throughout the region meant good news for Lake Elsinore and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District at the beginning of the year. The Canyon Lake Dam spilled over for the first time since 2011, bringing a new supply of freshwater to the lake.

An Army soldier from Hemet was killed in a noncombat-related incident Jan. 12. The soldier, Spc. John P Rodriguez, died while “supporting the U.S. Army Central (Command)” as a combat engineer in Kuwait as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, an army spokesman said.

Murrieta firefighters performed two swift water rescues in late January. The first incident happened on Skypark Lane near Vista Murrieta Street around 4 p.m. when a driver of a Hyundai sedan became stuck in deep, fast moving water. The second incident happened about 5 p.m. when a family of four became stuck in some fast-moving water along Monroe Avenue south of Los Alamos Road. In both incidents, people were pulled to safety from their vehicles.

Hemet Police Sergeant Gabriel Gomez, has his father Gabriel pin his badge to his uniform during a special promotion ceremony held at the Hemet City Council Chambers, Jan. 4.

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February The Murrieta City Council approved an amendment to an agreement with Fire Recovery USA to slash emergency medical fees for city residents from $48 to $24.

The city began collecting the fees in January 2013 to sustain the fire department and prevent the closure of one of its stations.

Retired Claremont Police Captain and Four Seasons resident Russ Brown was selected to serve on the Hemet City Council Feb. 7 in a 3-1 vote. Brown filled a seat left by former City Councilman K. Paul Raver, who had resigned.

Retired Temecula City Manager Ron Bradley was appointed Menifee’s interim city manager Feb. 16 to fill a vacancy left by

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Marines line the path to the stage in respect for Sgt. Billy Hamlett at the Stars of the Valley event held Feb. 4, at South Coast Winery. He was the young adult beneficiary of this year’s event.

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Major General Julian “JB” Burns (retired) awards Sgt. Joseph E. Engles, age 71, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor for Gallantry in the Face of the Enemy at The Battle of Soui Tre in 1967. The ceremony took place at Town Square Park in Murrieta, Monday, March 20.

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Anatalia Villaranda, right, performs against Missy Robertson, in the Battle Rounds on the hit NBC television show “The Voice,” in March.

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Todd Haig speeds along Lake Elsinore during the Lake Elsinore Diamond Classic water ski marathon race, April 2. Haig won first place in Sunday’s Heat A. Shane Gibson photo

nounced his June retirement.

Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21.

Doug McAlister, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition, presented the 2017 State of the Region to a full house April 27 at The Diamond Club at Storm Stadium.

May Murrieta City Council approved a resolution allowing them to explore the option of moving from at-large to a by-district election system during a special meeting Monday, May 8, in response to

a letter received by the legal firm of Shenkman & Hughes claiming the city’s current voting system dilutes the ability of Latinos to elect city council candidates of their choosing.

Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will restore millions of dollars in revenue taken away from four cities in Riverside County and used to pay for public safety realignment programs.

Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Menifee and Wildomar all benefited from the move.

Temecula approved the “Fallen Heroes,” memorial to be placed at the city’s Duck Pond.

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the resignation of former city manager Rob Johnson. Johnson submitted his resignation following a period of employee review where it came to light that he had signed a $12,400 check to pay the current Mayor Scott Man to attend a leadership seminar at Harvard without council approval.

Chaparral High School student Anatalia Villaranda wowed the judges of NBC’s the Voice with her performance of Bruno Mars’ “Runaway Baby,” during the first episode of the shows newest season Feb. 23.

March Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin held a Public Safety Town Hall meeting in Temecula’s City Hall. During the meeting, Hestrin called the county’s crime increase “troublesome,” putting the blame squarely on the 2012 prison realignment plan and the 2014 Proposition 47 releasing “non-violent” prisoners early and making thefts under $900 misdemeanors.

Robert Renzoni Vineyards & Winery won the Cilurzo Award for “Winery of the year” during the Xenia Awards at Wilson Creek

Winery March 14. The award is named for the pioneering winemaking family of Vicenzo and Audrey Cilurzo, who planted the area’s first vineyards in 1968.

In late March, TVUSD sent out 21 layoff notices as a result of a resolution passed by the board decreasing particular kinds of services.

April The city of Murrieta announced that Murrieta’s Assistant City Manager, Kim Summers, would take on the role of city manager after the current City Manager an-

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Vista Murrieta High School student Tiffany Stills, acts as a deceased victim of a drunken driving accident and is placed into a hearse in front of the watchful eyes of the school’s sophomore, junior and senior class, April 27.

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Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival volunteer Polina Zagorodnay helps keep varieties of wine and Champagne ready to be served to guests, during the annual event held June 2-4.

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2017 from page A-3 The proposed memorial will cost about $184,000 is intended to honor Temecula residents who have been killed in action during their military service.

June Communities of Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore and Menifee announced the formation of a Regional Cancer Treatment Task Force to research and address cancerrelated issues.

Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival was held June 2-4. Tens of thousands of people

visited the annual event held at Lake Skinner.

A Powerball ticket sold at Marietta Liquor and Deli, located at 27985 Bradley Road in Sun City, successfully matched all six numbers for a $447.8 million jackpot, the California Lottery announced. It was the seventh largest jackpot in the history of the game.

The city of Temecula broke ground on the Temecula Parkway interchange project in a June 6 ceremony. Construction is set to take approximately 18 months, with completion targeted for December 2018 Visit Temecula Valley hosted

Palomar Observatory docent and tour guide Mike Bertin, discusses the elements of the 200-inch mirror used in the Hale Telescope with a small-scale model on display for guests taking a guided tour at the observatory. The primary mirror made of Pyrex, was cast by Corning Glass Works in New York in 1934, then shipped by rail to Pasadena where Caltech worked for over 13 years to polish the glass before Shane Gibson photo installation at Palomar Observatory.

its annual “State of Tourism” luncheon June 15 at Fazeli Cellars Winery. The tourism industry in the valley generated over $712 million in 2016, a 55 percent increase over the 2004 total of $459 million.

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July Lake Elsinore City Council unanimously approved the planning application to develop 81 multifamily residential units known as the Mission Trails Apartment project.

Filming began in the office of Temecula Mayor Maryann Edwards for Entertainment Factory Group’s production, “Garlic and Gunpowder.”

The Wildomar City Council recognized Sheriff ’s Deputy Robert Ochoa for his help in locating a stolen vehicle while off-duty in early June and Ileana

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Prodded by a lawsuit threat and pinched by a tight deadline, the Temecula City Council finalized a shift from at-large elections to geographic districts.

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August A brush fire that erupted on the west end of Lake Elsinore, blackening just over 200 acres, was 100 percent contained Aug. 3. The noninjury “Rose” fire was reported at 2:20 p.m. Monday in the 14800 block of Amorose Street, near Grand Avenue, on the edge of the Cleveland National Forest.

Murrieta Police Department has begun exploring the use of police body cameras, falling in step with nearly a third of law enforcement agencies across the country.

Alex Meyerhoff resigned his position as the Hemet city manager following a Hemet City Council closed session meeting.

Dozens of people flocked to Marna O’Brien Park in Wildomar to view a partial solar eclipse Aug. 21. While the eclipse was only about 60 percent locally, a swath of the United States – from coast to coast – experienced a total eclipse for the first time in 100 years.

September The city of Murrieta unveiled its 9-11 Memorial in a special ceremony at Town Square Park, Monday, Sept. 1.

Benjamin Matthew Whitten, 33, and his live-in girlfriend, Jeryn Christine Johnson, 25, both made their court appearances in person as they entered not guilty pleas at their arraignment hearing. The couple were charged with torture and cruelty to a child resulting in great bodily injury, as well as a slew of other charges after first responders were called about 10 a.m. to their Murrieta residence at 24001 Verdun Lane, near Mountain Pride Park, regarding a child in medical distress.

A fire broke out at Lake Elsinore’s historic Machado House Saturday, Sept. 2, causing $150,000 in damage to the 159-year-old structure. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Murrieta resident Dino Luciano was announced as the winner of MasterChef Season 8 in the twohour season finale. Luciano left the popular FOX television show with $250,000 and a spot as a featured chef on the MasterChef cruise departing later this year.

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The three development plans – each in different quadrants of the city – marked the largest flurry of council planning approvals since the 2008 recession tightened its grip on Temecula and the rest of the nation.

see REVIEW, page A-6 Madelyn Maduska, 5, of Murrieta, places a painted rock in the city of Murrieta’s 9-11 Memorial. The Memorial, located at Murrieta’s Town Square Park, was unveiled during the city’s “Sunset 9-11 Service,” Monday, Sept. 1.

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MasterChef contestant and Murrieta resident Dino Luciano celebrates his win during “The Finale, Pt. 1/The Finale, Pt. 2” two-hour season finale episode of MasterChef, which aired Wednesday, Sept. 20.

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REVIEW from page A-5 October Bright headlights and squealing tires announced the arrival of Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee as he made a grand entrance into the large dining hall at Pins & Pockets, driving a custom dune buggy and golf cart hybrid during the city’s annual State of the City address.

Reviewing the city of San Jacinto’s recent rapid economic and residential growth was Mayor Scott Miller at the annual State of the City address breakfast, sponsored by the San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce, at the Soboba Springs Country Club Murrieta’s Economic Development director, Bruce Coleman, was honored with a by the city.

Coleman left Murrieta to take a job as director of business development with the city of McKinney’s Economic Development Corpora-

Lake Elsinore Councilman Steve Manos didn’t let dress shoes and a suit stop him from doing some pullups on the city’s new Serenity Park Fitness Trail following a ribbon cutting, Oct. 17.

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Wildomar Mayor Tim Walker excitedly discussed where the city had been and where he sees it going Thursday night, Oct. 19, during the ninth State of the City event at the City Hall Council Chambers.

Business leaders and city officials from across the region gathered together at Temecula City Hall for a day where they could learn more about certain kinds of emergencies and prepare for them. The city of Temecula’s first Emergency Management Business Continuity Summit was an all-day event that included keynote speakers, panel discussions, informational booths and more.

Lake Elsinore residents have a new weapon in their battle against the bulge with the opening of the Lake Elsinore Fitness Trail. A first for the city, the trail features

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Thrill seekers meet scary characters through the Sinister Valley Haunted House maze at Vail Headquarters in Temecula.

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Teen injured in football game chooses leg amputation for more active life

Danza Azteca Guadalupana performs at City Park in Lake Elsinore during the city’s Dia de los Muertos Festival, Oct. 28.

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The Wildomar fire burns in National Forest land northwest of Murrieta Thursday, Oct. 26.

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Linfield Christian Quarterback Alex Ruiz made the difficult decision to amputate his leg, but he says he sees it as the right choice, one that will allow him to be more active.

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Linfield Christian School football player Alex Ruiz suffered a traumatic injury while playing the game that would forever change his life and leave him with a tough decision: Whether to keep his leg and live with limited mobility, or to amputate for a chance at a more active life.

After consulting with a close network of friends and family members, the teen made the choice to amputate and live with a prosthetic.

“You never really think you’re going to go through life being an amputee,” Ruiz said, “but I think it was just time to really think about what was the best option for me going forward and what was the best option for me to continue to do the things I like to do.”

The quarterback was injured Oct. 6 facing the Ontario Knights during an away game. He had the option to keep the ball or throw it to a teammate and chose to keep it.

That’s when he got caught up with some blockers and pushed back.

In an attempt to step over a player, Ruiz hyperextended his right leg, causing his knee to dislocate, tearing multiple ligaments and dissecting the popliteal lining that provides blood flow to his lower leg. The accident caused permanent damage below his knee.

It took doctor’s some time to determine how the teen was injured.

“At first they didn’t really know,” Ruiz said. “They just thought it was knee dislocation, so they put it back into place and then they realized there was no pulse in my foot so they rushed me to a different hospital and got me into surgery 10 hours after my injury.”

Ruiz said doctors told him he was lucky to keep his foot, but that he would likely never have motor function, never have sensation and never be able to move his foot without the help of a special boot

he would need to wear.

The teen – an avid football player, baseball player, and member of his student body – said that being active had always been an important part of his life and he wanted to continue to be active.

“That was practically the breaking point, was I wanted to be able to run,” he said.

Ruiz said he’s going to have to go through several surgeries in the coming months, including getting skin grafts to close up his wounds, fasciotimies to increase the blood flow in his leg, possible knee reconstruction and the eventual amputation.

The quarterback said he’s grateful to have had such a large support network, from his parents, friends and Coach Dechon Burns, to people he’s never met before.

“I can’t explain how much they’ve helped,” he said. “Seeing the support from not only my inside community and close friends, but people I never even knew or people who never even knew me or heard of me, they want to be interested in me and figure out what’s going on with me and ask how I’m doing.”

Alex’s mom, Shirley Ruiz, said she at first was against the idea of her son having his leg amputated.

But now, having come around, she sees her son as an inspiration to others to “keep looking forward.”

“We were talking about the amputation and it was a hard conversation,” she said, “And he said, ‘I don’t see it as losing something of mine, I see it as gaining an opportunity to do the things I really love to do.’”

Ruiz said he’s looking forward to being able to do things and try new things once he’s recovered from surgeries. But for now, he’s taking things one day at a time.

“Waking up every day, yeah I have my bad days and good days,” he said. “But as long as I have more good days than bad days, then I’m all right.”

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Artisan and craftsman Bob Morris, 84, at his De Luz home. Morris first arrived in Temecula in 1969 and fell in love with the town’s quaint-old western way. His vision influenced what many locals and visitors to Old Town Temecula came to love.

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OCTOBER from page A-6 one-fifth of a mile of stations designed to help users get fit as part of the city’s Healthy LE initiative. It is conveniently located in Serenity Park making it easy for parents to hit the trail while children take advantage of the skate and BMX parks adjacent to it.

The city of Lake Elsinore held its annual Dia de los Muertos celebration Oct. 28.

November An 850-acre fire broke out in the Cleveland National Forest a few miles southwest of Wildomar Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Wildomar Off Road Park, near the intersection of Los Alamos Truck Trail and South Main Divide.

A full house of attendees flocked to the Lake Elsinore Cultural Arts Center Nov. 2 for a frank discussion on homelessness in the city.

The inaugural Homeless Outreach Community Coalition meeting featured city leaders, county officials, nonprofit groups, church leaders and interested residents, who discussed the ongoing problem in the city and what could be done to alleviate the problem.

Rancho Damacitas Children & Family Services, will be switching gears and using its residential campus to house and help mothers with young children who are in need. The nonprofit had previously used that campus to house and care for foster children since its inception 35 years ago, but organization officials cited legislation signed by

Fixed-wing aircraft prepare to dump retardant on the Liberty Fire Dec. 7. Kim Harris photo

Gov. Jerry Brown as the reason the organization could not continue to provide care for foster youth.

The Menifee City Council unanimously selected Armando G. Villa to fill the city manager role starting Dec. 18. Villa will be replacing interim City Manager Ronald Bradley, according to a city news release.

December An Old Town Temecula building composed of historical elements was demolished to make way for an upscale hotel, leaving historians, long-time residents and the designer of the building saddened and wistful for a bygone era.

Temecula City Councilmember Mike Naggar and fellow Councilmember Matt Rahn invited officials from several other cities

as well as representatives from the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians to Temecula City Hall for the first of multiple meetings to develop a game plan for improving traffic.

A 300-acre fire in the Murrieta area was fully contained three days after it started, but the blaze managed to destroy at least one home, prompt evacuations and to cancel school for a day. The blaze, dubbed the Liberty fire, was reported about 1:14 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the area of Los Alamos and Liberty roads and tore through heavy brush with the help of strong Santa Ana winds.

Police chiefs from as far away as Palm Springs, Hemet and San Jacinto City officials, state and county elected officials’ representatives joined with 200 other

guests to honor Hemet Police Chief David M. Brown Thursday, Dec. 14, at his retirement party at the El Patron Mexican Restaurant.

Mayor Pro-Tem Natasha Johnson was voted in as Lake Elsinore’s mayor, her second time filling the role in her tenure with the council, and councilman Steve Manos was voted mayor pro-tem. Jonathan Ingram was selected as mayor of the city of Murrieta, with Alan Long being selected as Mayor pro-tem and Crystal Ruiz, was selected as mayor of San Jacinto.

The city of Murrieta approved a donation agreement with the nonprofit Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley for a Holocaust Memorial in Town Square Park.

Riverside University Health System expands access to doctors through the telephone RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Jonathan Perkins was surprised the first time his primary care doctor at Riverside University Health System called him on the phone to talk about issues they’d discussed at one of Perkins’ earlier clinic appointments.

“I’d never had a doctor call me in my entire life – and I’m 55,” Perkins, a patient at the RUHS Community Health Center in Rubidoux, said. “It saves so much time to get a call from a doctor you’ve dealt with and not some unknown person or a robot.”

The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems and the California Health Care Safety Net Institute have named Riverside University Health System as the 2017 Quality Leader in Ambulatory Care Redesign. The award recognizes RUHS’s pioneering work in developing telephone visits, which adhere to specific protocols to ensure they are meaningful and effective.

“RUHS is improving right-place, right-time care for patients by making it easier for patients to access care and for patients and providers to communicate,” Giovanna Giuliani, executive director of the California Health Care Safety Net Institute, which works closely with California’s 21 public health care systems on a variety of performance improvement efforts, said.

Together these systems serve 2.85 million people annually and make up the core of California’s health care safety net.

Primary care doctors up and down the state are now putting RUHS’ telephone visit program to work to help them keep pace with a growing demand for services, Giuliani said.

RUHS launched its telephone pilot at just one Riverside-based Community Health Center in 2013, with just a handful of providers who were overwhelmed by patients that had become newly insured through the Affordable Care Act, Dr. Shunling Tsang, vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at RUHS, said.

“We are one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. We recognized we had to come up with sustainable solutions to meet the needs of Riverside County’s 2.3 million residents,” Tsang said.

Today, more than 50 physicians at 12 RUHS primary care clinics across Riverside County are using telephone visits to help patients stay healthier and meet the demand for services. With fewer than 35 health care providers for every 100,000 residents, the telephone visit program is also helping to keep patients out of local emergency departments, Dr. Geoffrey Leung, ambulatory medical director at RUHS, said.

Expanding access to clinic services means there are cost efficien-

cies but – even more importantly – that patients are connecting to their providers, Leung said.

“Many of our patients have long faced barriers to access, including lack of transportation, child care

obligations and difficulty taking time off work,” Leung said. “We brainstormed on how we could continue to provide timely high quality, patient-centered care. As a result, patient and physician satisfaction

have improved.”

For Perkins, the patient who was surprised the first time his doctor called him, the telephone visits have helped ease the stress of getting to the clinic for routine

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“I love it, and I can’t stop talking about it,” Perkins said. “I’m telling everybody.”

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A look back at the 2017 year in local sports

Dodger’s great, Reggie Smith, speaks to young players and their families about what he learned from the game during January’s Community Baseball Day. JP Raineri photo

In February 2017, Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore had her bat and a ball signed by herself and two of her female teammates placed at the National baseball Hall of Fame.

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It was a great year in sports for parents, athletes, teams, coaches, players and fans from Southwest Riverside County and whether it was championship teams making a lot of noise, Special Olympic players bringing home awesome hardware, Taekwondo champions kicking their way to glory, gold medal winning skydivers soaring to greatness or USA Olympians representing the area proudly… the Valley News Sports Department tried not to miss a beat, goal, score or cheer. Here are some of the highlights from 2017 featuring what those of us at the Valley News in the Sports Department believe were some of the top stories over the course of the past year in local sports.

January 2017 kicked off with a big Community Baseball Day event that took place at Murrieta Mesa High School where a youth camp was put on, plus hundreds of players showed up to showcase themselves, hoping to be seen by player development coaches and major league scouts in attendance. Seven-time MLB All-Star Reggie Smith, who played on the Dodgers’ 1981 World Series team, spoke to those in attendance, as did Murrieta Mayor, Rick Gibbs and one of the nation’s top young prospects, Garrett Mitchell.

The San Diego Chargers announced they would be bolting to Los Angeles according to the NFL team’s chairman Dean Spanos.

The move followed a 56 year span that the team spent in San Diego; they joined the Los Angeles Rams in LA, who returned for the 2016 season after spending two decades in St. Louis.

Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore, who plays Division 1 softball at Cal State Fullerton, made national news in 2016 when she and two other females signed contracts with the Sonoma Stompers professional baseball club. All three had personal items in January 2017 placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

February National Signing Day took place the first Wednesday in February and nearly 100 senior student athletes were reported by athletic directors from schools all over Southwest Riverside County to have begun the next step in their sports careers by signing their national letter of intent.

Vista Murrieta senior Keilani Cooper recorded a school record 47 points against Temecula Valley High School. The previous record of 46 points was set by guard Nasrin Ulel in 2015, who had broken forward Jaelyn Brown’s record of 44 set in 2014.

March Murrieta Mesa’s softball team took the lead late in the final game of the Stu Penter Classic to claim victory over Riverside Poly, win-

Vista Murrieta senior, Keilani Cooper, set a school record by scoring 47 points against the Lady Golden Bears in February 2017.

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In March 2017, Kaylee Westmoreland, a senior at Tahquitz High School, shattered the CIF record for saves, finishing with 846 over her Courtesy photo four years of play as a goalkeeper.

Thunder helps with the introductions of Storm players as Lake Elsinore starts their 24th year of minor league Baseball in April 2017.

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ning 4-1. The Lady Rams came through in the top of the seventh when sophomore Kelci Hill doubled to drive in three runs. Autumn Pease earned the win going seven innings, allowing one run, nine hits, striking out 12 and walking zero.

Three Hemet Unified cheerleading teams advanced to the United Spirit Association’s (USA) National Spirit competition at the Anaheim Convention Center. The cheerleading teams from Hemet High School and West Valley High School competed in the coed Varsity Novice division and Tahquitz High School competed in the coed Varsity Non-Tumbling division.

Kaylee Westmoreland, a Tahquitz High School soccer player, beat a 21-year CIF Southern Section record in Girls’ soccer. The Lady Titans goalkeeper, not only beat the record, but shattered it. Kari Bates, the previous record holder had 749 saves in 1992-1996; Westmoreland finished with 846 saves.

April The Lake Elsinore Storm opened their 2017 season to a large crowd in early April. The crowd of over 7,000 was treated to a clean game with plenty of excitement, but by the final pitch the Modesto Nuts bested the Storm 3-2 in a 14-inning affair.

In just her sophomore year, Murrieta Mesa’s Deyjanae Williams set a new school record for points

per game on the basketball courts.

Williams set the new record for the school with 16.8 points per game.

She was also selected as a First Team All-Southwestern League nominee.

Temecula’s Greta Pontarelli, 66, took up pole exercise at 59, won her fifth world title at the Pole Art Italy World Championships in Turin, Italy.

Chaparral High School alumnus Sarah Hammer finished second in the points race at cycling’s 2017 UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong. Hammer was third in two sprints and fifth in another, finishing with 51 points.

Great Oak High School had 31 student athletes sign their National Letters of Intent during their spring signing ceremony.

The Temecula Valley Auto Mall sponsored the ninth Annual Temecula Special Games, which was the ninth anniversary of the event that was held at Great Oak High School.

May With their 5-3 win over Temecula Valley, the Vista Murrieta Broncos baseball team secured their third ever Southwestern League title and n the South Valley League; the Rancho Christian Eagles also took the top of the standings and had their best season ever.

Over 120 area high school athletic programs were announced as

At age 66, Temecula’s Greta Pontarelli won her fifth world title in March 2017 at the Pole Art World Championships in Turin, Italy. Courtesy photo

Ethan Lawler, a participant of the 2017 Temecula Special Games, gives two thumbs-up after receiving his medal at the closing ceremonies held in April at Great Oak High School.

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winners of the 31st Annual CIF-SS FORD Academic Awards program and were recognized by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The awards also included Academic Awards for Individual Athletes of the Year.

Forza1 Volleyball hosted the USA Women’s Volleyball team in

a USA Red-Blue scrimmage again this year at Murrieta Mesa High School. USA Head Coach, Karch Kiraly, scheduled the Red-Blue intrasquad scrimmage to provide match-like competition and to bring

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San Jacinto’s Sarah Robles, who won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, won the women’s over-90-kilogram title at the USA Weightlifting National Championships in Lombard, Illinois.

As many as 400 students from Murrieta Valley Unified schools competed in the district’s first ever Special Olympics. The games, which took place at Murrieta Mesa High School in the Ram’s stadium, were a great success.

Lake Elsinore opened Serenity Park, located on Palomar Street (just west of Corydon Street), which not only has a BMX track, but also has a dog park.

San Jacinto’s Sarah Robles, who won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, won the women’s over-90-kilogram title at the USA Weightlifting National Championships in May 2017. Courtesy photo

In May 2017, Murrieta Valley High School 11th-grade student Maria Cortez throws a ball during an event at the Special Olympics held at Murrieta Mesa High School.

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Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee welcomes riders and guests attending the grand opening of the city’s new BMX pump track in May Shane Gibson photo 2017.

In June 2017, Murrieta Mesa Head Coach Tony Romero raises his softball team’s CIF-SS Championship plaque up for the crowd at Courtesy photo Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine.

June Makenzie Collins from River Springs Charter School in Temecula won the school their first league championship ever with a time of 14.58 in the 3200 mm and became the first River Springs student athlete to win a CIF league championship in the same event.

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crushed a ball well over the center field fence to give Murrieta Mesa a 3-1 win and their first ever Division 3 Championship title. Ace pitcher Autumn Pease helped keep the game against Hart High School tight through the eighth inning before Clark belted the walk off.

The seventh annual Inland Empire Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game pitted the best seniors from Riverside County against their San Bernardino County counterparts and the Riverside County All-Stars won 9-2 at the home of the Inland Empire 66ers.

Hemet’s Tahquitz Titans beat Simi Valley’s Grace Brethren Lancers in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 Championship game at The Sports Complex at UC Riverside Saturday, June 3. It was the first ever championship win for the program.

Murrieta Mesa head coach, Antonio Romero was named the All CIFSS Division 3 Coach of the Year while his player, Autumn Pease, was named the All CIF-SS Division 3 Player of the Year. Temescal Canyon’s Tyler Hardman, a commit to Oklahoma and draft pick by the Colorado Rockies, was named as an All CIF-SS selection in Division 2 and Sara Lillie of Vista Murrieta was named to the All CIF-SS Division 1 softball team.

The fourth annual Corey Pavin Invitational was held at the majestic Cross Creek Golf Club in Temecula and Harrison Kingsley from Murrieta finished tied for third, Eddy Yi from Murrieta tied for 15th, Serena

Sepersky from Temecula finished second and Alyson Bean from Murrieta finished fourth.

July Master Jef Go and his staff from Sparks Taekwondo, located in Murrieta, sent a handful of athletes off to compete at the 2017 USA Taekwondo Nationals held in Detroit, Michigan in early July. The tournament is the world’s largest with over 3,600 participants from all over the country. Eight of their athletes qualified for Nationals earlier in the year at the State Qualifiers and performed well in their respective weight divisions.

Ontario’s own Cynthia Landgrave represented not only her city, but the USA Marathon Team when she competed in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon, in Australia on the Fourth of July. Landgrave came in sixth in a group of 80 girls from around the world and brought home four medals for her individual racing.

The July 15 races at Perris Auto Speedway included main event wins by the daughter and father combination of Alyssa and Tom Smith. Alyssa Smith finished first in that night’s Factory Stocks feature.

Tom Smith won the Super Stocks main event.

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, USA Wrestling and FloWrestling released their first national rankings for high school girls and Alyssa Aceval, a senior at Corona High School, who hails from San Jacinto, was included in the top

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rankings for girls as a wrestler in the 122-pound weight class.

August The Temecula Warriors, which host tournament travel teams comprised of players from the Temecula Valley Inline Hockey Association (TVIHA), participated in the AAU inline hockey Junior Olympic Games in Corona and the 12U Warriors won gold in their bracket, the 8U Warriors won silver in the tournament and the 10U Warriors won bronze in the tournament.

Inquoris “Inky” Johnson, a standout football player from the University of Tennessee spoke to students at Murrieta Mesa on the first day of school about what happened to him when a routine tackle turned into a life-threatening injury. Now, as a motivational speaker, Inky travels around the country inspiring others, like he did for the students at Murrieta Mesa High School.

Thousands converged upon Lake Elsinore’s Diamond Stadium to catch the game between the Storm and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes where they were also able to catch a glimpse into the upcoming 49th annual Lake Elsinore Grand Prix during “Storm Takeover Night.”

The Lake Elsinore Grand Prix, a dirt bike race “rooted in tradition,” was first held in the late 1960s and takes place in and around the Lake Elsinore.

September The Los Angeles Chargers held their first practice at their new regular-season training facility, the Hoag Performance Center in Costa Mesa.

The team had two 70-yard fields to practice on, along with what Coach Anthony Lynn described as side

fields for individual player drills.

The 57th California State Junior Golf Amateur Championship concluded early in September at Bear Creek Golf Club and Edwin Kuang of Murrieta was crowned champion of the elite 87 player field after shooting a two-day total of 137.

Kuang joins Rickie Fowler (2005), Bryson Dechambeau (2010), and Rico Holy (2012) as champions of the prestigious California Junior Amateur Championship.

The first Southwestern League cross country meet of the season saw the Vista Murrieta Lady Broncos snatch first place away from Great Oak with a score of 27 points.

For the boys it came down to just seconds of separation between the Wolfpack and the Broncos as Great Oak pulled out the win with 40 points.

Murrieta Valley’s standout wide receiver, Marquis Spiker, who is now committed to the University of Washington, tied an Inland record with 6 TD catches against Redlands in Week Two action. Spiker’s end zone catches tied a record set by Arlington’s Ronnie Thomas (1991) and Nuview Bridge’s Dane Futrell (2011).

The inaugural Michelle’s Place Walk of Hope took place in late September and brought together people who believe in the power of cancer support. Many showed up to walk or run a 5K, which all began at Vail Headquarters, around the back side of the Wal-Mart shopping center, off 79 South. Those that participated in the Walk of Hope helped provide free services and resources to individuals impacted by cancer in our community.

A local skydiving team won two gold medals in 4-way canopy

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Sparks Taekwondo athletes from Murrieta competed and placed at the 2017 USA Taekwondo Nationals in July.

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Kim Gerrish, Michelle’s Place Executive Director (left), is pictured here with another board member during the Michelle’s Place 5K Walk of Hope benefiting Michelle’s Place Breast Cancer Resource Center in September 2017.

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formation skydiving at the U.S. Parachute Association National Parachuting Championships at Skydive Paraclete XP in Raeford, North Carolina. The team, Elsinore Too Wrapped Up, won the national championship for the third consecutive year. Their win earned them slots on the prestigious U.S. Parachute Team that will compete at the 2018 World Parachuting Championships in Australia.

October In front of a packed gymnasium filled with teammates, friends, students and staff from Chaparral High School, senior Justin Dedich was selected to play in this year’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl game which will take place Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at 1 p.m. Eastern time/noon Central time Local high school girls’ volleyball teams participated for the 10th straight year in the annual ‘Play for the Cure’ event, which raises money for the Kim Horton Foundation as well as Michelle’s Place Breast Cancer Resource Center. Games throughout the valley will ensue in the following weeks leading up to the playoffs and the participating schools this year include Chaparral, Murrieta Mesa, Murrieta Valley, Great Oak, Temecula Valley, Temecula Prep, Vista Murrieta, Elsinore and Temescal Canyon.

There’s a new face at the helm for the Great Oak High School varsity baseball program. With former Head Coach Eric Morton being named the new athletic director for the school, long time assistant coach, Chris Dress, has been named the successor as new head coach of the Wolfpack squad.

The Temecula Valley Auto Mall returned this year to sponsor the second annual Southwestern League Sportsmanship Conference. Nearly 300 high school athletes from the Temecula Valley and Murrieta Valley Unified School Districts gathered to attend the Southwestern Sportsmanship Conference at Murrieta Mesa High School. The event – which focused on sportsmanship, leadership and respect – included guest speakers, lunch and prizes for the student athletes.

After a well fought three-set sweep of Vista Murrieta, Temecula Valley got their revenge and took control of the Southwestern League girls’ volleyball standings for the second straight year. The league leading squad had not lost a league game since 2015 when the Lady Broncos beat them earlier in the month.

November 18 local high school girls’ volleyball teams got to continue their season into the CIF-SS playoffs and again, for the second consecutive year, the Southwestern League had all six of its teams qualify for the playoffs, five of whom will represented the valley in the elite Division 1 bracket. In the Sunbelt League, Elsinore won their 20th league titles after going undefeated in league this season and moved on to the post season along with Paloma Valley, who finished right behind Elsinore. South Valley League cochampion Rancho Christian was the No. 2 seed in Division 9, but when all was said and done, no teams made it past the quarterfinal round.

Great Oak’s cross country teams swept the Southwestern League Finals at Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet. The Wolfpack boys’ were ranked No. 1 nationally and won their fifth consecutive league title while the girls, who are ranked No. 2 nationally and No. 1 in the Southern Section’s Division 1of the CIF, won their 10th straight league title.

Vista Murrieta’s Edgard Villa and the Wolfpack’s Fatima Cortes were the top individual winners.

A West Valley High School student was one out of 96 students across the nation to be named a Semper-Fidelis All-American athlete. Krystina Lorch, a senior at West Valley, was anonymously nominated last year for the honor and received an all-expense paid trip to Washington with the other

Elsinore skydiving team, ‘Too Wrapped Up’ won two gold medals in 4-way canopy formation skydiving at the U.S. Parachute Association National Parachuting USPA/Daniel Angulo Championships in September 2017.

nominees over the summer.

Fifteen local high school football teams went into the first round of the 11-man CIF-SS playoffs but only 7 teams came out on top after week one. Murrieta Valley, Heritage, Citrus Hill, Murrieta Mesa, Paloma Valley, San Jacinto, Chaparral and the Rancho Christian Eagles all advanced.

The Temescal Canyon boys’ water polo team defeated Don Lugo 10-7 to win the CIF Southern Section Division 5 championship at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center giving them the first for the program that is no stranger to being in the spotlight. On the Girls’ tennis courts Temescal Canyon was also firing on all cylinders when they beat Orange High School in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 finals.

Another year, another dominating performance by the Great Oak Wolfpack Cross Country program at the CIF-SS Finals, held at Riverside City Cross Country Course. The Great Oak’s boys and girls teams swept the field to claim the Division 1 titles for the fourth consecutive year. They also both swept the CIF State Cross Country Championships that took place at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Great Oak linebacker Jack Lamb received his Under Armour AllAmerican game jersey during a presentation at his high school, which was put on by the American Family Insurance Selection Tour.

The 6-foot-4, 220 pound Lamb is a Notre Dame commit and is the 13thranked linebacker in the country according to ESPN. December The storybook season for three local high school football teams was put to rest in early December as Murrieta Mesa, the Heritage Patriots and Paloma Valleyall lost in the semifinals. Rancho Verde High School is the only local team moved on to the CIF-SS Finals this year, where they lost to Cajon, 70-23.

The 2017 girls’ volleyball AllSouthwestern Team was selected and Lexi Hadrych of Vista Murrieta was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. Hadrych (390 kills, 39 aces, 31 blocks and 191 digs) helped lead the Lady Broncos to a second place finish behind Temecula Valley this season.

The high school basketball season started and Great Oak and Rancho Christian took top honors at the prestigious Battle Zone Tournament, which took place at Centennial High School. Other local tournament winners include the Temecula Valley girls’ basketball team who won the SoCal Classic Tournament and the Vista Murrieta Lady Broncos who took home the championship trophy from their Bronco Tip-Off Classic in early December.

The 2017 All-Southwestern League Football Team was selected and Murrieta Valley’s Marquis Spiker was named Player of the Year. Spiker not only broke a long standing record, but established a new State Record for Career Touchdown Receptions this season.

Murrieta Valley QB Hank Bachmeier was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player, Great Oak’s Jack Lamb was the Defensive MVP and Justin Dedich of Chaparral was named the Lineman of the Year.

For the second straight year Murrieta Valley’s Faith Pearson, now a junior, was named as the All-Southwestern League girls’ tennis MVP. Temecula Valley’s Jordyn Parr took control of the Southwestern League when the girls’ golf finals took place earlier this year. Parr won the 36-hole tournament by a single stroke over Vista Murrieta senior Aly Bean and was rewarded with being selected as MVP for the 2017 season.

The 2017 All-Southwestern League Boys’ Water Polo Team was also recently selected, and Murrieta Valley’s Collin Winters was named Most Valuable Player.

The California Interscholastic Federation offices that represent the Southern Section put together their

lists for the All-CIF teams as 2017 came to an end and 15 local student athletes were named for their specific sport from the Fall sports.

The 2017 All-Southwestern League Cross Country teams were also selected for both the boys’ and girls’ teams from the six competing schools and Great Oak has once again received top honors. Nine of the 20 selections were chosen from the Great Oak program while Vista Murrieta came in with representation from six student athletes.

Chaparral had four runners selected and Murrieta Valley wrapped up the season with one runner being named to the All-Southwestern League teams.

The Murrieta Mesa boys’ basketball team took third place in the Inland Empire Classic where Lamar Wright scored a record high 38 points as the Rams overwhelmed Summit 110-71 in the consolation game.

Bert Esposito, a longtime Temecula resident and one of the valleys most long standing successful football coaches has now officially returned to head coaching after announcing that he’s the new head football coach at Temecula Valley High School.

The Third Annual Jared Mandville Hoop Festival took place in mid-December at Temecula Valley High School and involved local area high school basketball teams from the Sunbelt and Southwestern Leagues. The tournament is put on to honor former Perris boys basketball coach Jared Mandville, who died of cancer in 2015.

The Murrieta Mesa Girls Basketball team took second place in the 2017 Ramona High School Winter Classic, which took place just after the holidays. Deyjanae Williams and freshman Keslyn Henson were selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Paloma Valley took second place in the Paloma Valley Winter Shootout Tournament toward the end of 2017. The Wildcats were defeated 66-59 by Valley View in the finals.

Megan Ormiston, a four-year varsity basketball player at Murrieta Valley High School, recorded her 1,000-career point against Colony High School. After the basket, the game stopped momentarily as Murrieta Valley’s Head Coach Nicolas Pardue presented the senior with a special basketball signifying the occasion.

The Temecula Valley Pop Warner program sent their Bears cheer squad out to Florida where they competed in the Junior Varsity Division of the Cheer & Dance Championships. The Pop Warner program from Temecula Valley is no stranger to success, they won the National Championships in 2012 and this season the program not only won at their local competition, they won at Regionals and can now call themselves National Champions again as they took the top spot in three different categories while in Florida.

The Valley News Sports Department is excited to bring our readers

In October 2017, Murrieta Mesa student athlete Jasonnia Burleson takes the stage with Tom Rudnai of Temecula Valley Toyota and Athletic Director John Broussard at the second annual Southwestern League Sportsmanship Alicia Salcedo photo Conference.

Temecula Valley volleyball players celebrate after clinching their share of the Southwestern League title by beating Vista Murrieta in October 2017.

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Murrieta Valley’s Marquis Spiker celebrates his 67th career TD reception in November 2017, setting the all-time high school record Jerry Soifer photo for TD receptions in the state of California.

In December 2017, the Temecula Valley Bears Pop Warner Cheer Squad won a National Championship at the 30th annual Cheer & Dance Championships at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Time Stood Still Photography Orlando.

Head Coach Nicolas Pardue gives Murrieta Valley senior, Megan Ormiston, a special basketball commemorating her 1,000-career point as a Lady Nighthawk in December 2017.

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Menifee Valley Medical Center Christmas choir spreads holiday cheer

Menifee Valley Medical Center’s “Christmas Choir” gathered in the hospital lobby to begin a tour of the hospital to bring holiday cheer through music and Christmas carols.

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Menifee Valley Medical Center’s “Christmas Choir” makes its way through the Menifee Valley Medical Center corridors.

MENIFEE – The Menifee Valley Medical Center’s holiday choir gathered a mix of senior leadership including hospital CEO Dan McLaughlin on guitar, nurses, radiology technicians and executive Assistants who made the holidays a little brighter by bringing some joy and laughter to the patients and employees.

As the chorus strolled through the hospital visiting each floor, patients and staff alike in the

emergency room and other hospital departments greeted the singers with special requests for favorite Christmas carols and many greetings of “Merry Christmas,” which were returned with equally cheery responses and good spirit.

All in all, the choir provided a wonderful day of employee camaraderie and gave folks in the hospital a bit of good cheer and laughter while at Menifee Valley Medical Center.

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Be a weight loss helper, not a hinderer American Counseling Association SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

Know someone trying to lose weight as one of their new year’s resolutions? Probably yes, since weight loss is traditionally the most common resolution that people make.

While dropping a few pounds is clearly highly personal, if there’s a spouse, family member, co-worker or friend aiming for a trimmer waistline, people have a number of ways to support their loved ones bringing their resolution to fruition.

A good starting point in being helpful is often not trying to be so helpful.

Sometimes things people do or say may make them feel like they’re providing assistance when it actually has a negative effect. Activities to avoid include acting as the food police; buying exercise equipment or pointing out new diets; citing health risks of being overweight or constantly asking for

leads to eating because food is a great way to temporarily feel better.

Offer ongoing encouragement, not about weight loss, but about the person in general. Sending sincere, honest, positive messages is a good way to help combat negative feelings, such as low self-esteem that often trigger eating.

It also helps to be a positive role model. It’s not necessary to begin dieting with them, but set an example by making healthy, sensible food choices.

Being a person who understands the challenges of losing weight and is willing to listen and support, rather than lecture about weight, can go a long way in helping someone achieve their goal.

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More recently, after much resistance from the addiction treatment field, antidepressants like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, etc. became acceptable to the addiction industry. Now, medications are emerging like Campral and Naltrexone, with the promise of diminishing cravings. The point is that medications have been a part of “abstinence based” treatment for years. While the field, gradually, accepted these medications; the ultimate goal of treatment programs was abstinence-based outcomes.

The philosophy was reinforced by 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, which often served as the personal recovery foundation for most of the management and clinical staff in programs across the country.

A small group of treatment programs, which believe in harm reduction, held that for some, drugs like opiates were best treated with Methadone and was far superior to abstinence. An uneasy, begrudging acceptance existed between these two schools of thought. However, Methadone programs were viewed, for the most part, as pseudo-treatment

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Such actions can, in reality, be sending destructive messages which reinforce the person’s negative feelings that something is wrong with them unless they lose weight. Even more eating may occur as a way to temporarily overcome these negative feelings.

Instead, the goal is to practice positive behaviors that can assist the weight loss effort. Start by encouraging the person trying to lose weight to express their feelings, especially negative ones that may be triggering eating. Allowing the person to talk about such things might help them focus on what may be the real problem that affects their eating habits.

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and that those on methadone, were not in recovery. All of this turmoil was about to change in 2004.

With the epidemic of opiate addiction in 2004, medications like Hydrocodone, Oxycodone and others resulted in a flood of pain pill users admitted to treatment facilities, jails and emergency rooms. The truce gave way to open conflict and criticism. The addiction field formed into two adversarial camps, resulting in name calling and further division.

It was during 2004 that Hill Recovery outpatient program decided to use Buprenorphine or Suboxone, with tremendous success and much criticism. The recovery center was called an “opiate maintenance” program by inpatient peers and was openly criticized for using Buprenorphine over extended periods of time.

Hill Recovery considered it patient -centered treatment, and outcomes soared. Unfortunately, even today the American Society of Addiction Medicine reports that less than 30 percent of treatment programs offer medications, but the positive results were irrefutable for the center.

To make matters increasingly contentious, but infinitely more hopeful for the opiate addict, the medication for opiate dependence was approved and championed by the federal government. It also was demonstrated, in study after study, to work. As the Drug Enforcement Administration clamped down on the national spread of pain pills, addicts began to discover that heroin was cheaper and easier to acquire. Emergency rooms, morgues and treatment programs began to fill with heroin-dependent patients.

Programs willing to use Buprenorphine medication-assisted treatment programming were few in 2004.

However, they saw their recovery rates sky rocket with greater patient retention and found unique ways to use Buprenorphine, in conjunction with treatment; thus, enhancing outcomes from single digits to high double digits.

The inpatient programs were having their philosophical foundations rocked, while many potential patients were now going into outpatient treatment or seeing individual Buprenorphine-certified physicians, instead of going into opiate detox in residential programs.

Finally, science had caught up with the addictions industry. Ironically, organizations like the National Association of Alcohol Treatment Providers were threatening to boycott the American Society of Addiction Medicine because of their support of Buprenorphine and its confirmed success at helping to save lives. Simultaneously, the federal government and the most prestigious physician’s groups were in direct conflict with the

largest and oldest inpatient treatment provider’s group over a medication that was demonstrated to save lives and served to help opiate addicts find their way to recovery.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

The Hazelden Institute, directed

by Dr. Marv Seppala, bought the Betty Ford Center, who were both staunch critics of Buprenorphine, and announced that they were going to begin to open Betty Ford Center outpatient programs and embrace medication-assisted treatment along with long-term use of Buprenorphine.

This move proved to be a game changer, as both were key figures in NAATP. In the 1980s, The Hazelden Institute was the leader in the creation and integration of the 28-day treatment program and 12-step programming with family therapy. The Betty Ford Center furthered the treatment of children from addicted families, under Jerry Moe’s brilliant leadership.

Today, the field of addiction treatment is at another crossroads, as they begin to integrate science deeper and deeper into the field. Treatment centers must acknowledge that abstinence from addictive substances can be enhanced by the schooled, studied embrace of medication enhanced recovery.

It is important to note the key factors that allow Buprenorphine to be so effective and safe. Buprenorphine does not create a tolerance, produce a high or lead to overdose. It serves as a blocker on the Mu and Kappa receptor sites, while still eliminating the acute and post-acute withdrawal from opiates and whose anhedonia causes the relapse for so many patients. A secondary gain is that Buprenorphine procedures significant pain relief for 0-6 pain levels and also, serves as a major source of reduction of damaging stress hormones like cortisol. Its sublingual administration makes its highly advantageous for patients who have had gastric bypass procedures.

The field needs to define the parameters, goals and standards that define “recovery.” By splitting into warring camps, treatment centers confused patients and diluted the care that patients deserve.

Ultimately, the future of treatment will increasingly consist of medication-assisted treatment, with the goal being abstinence, plus life function enhancement. Too many people are dying and losing loved ones in this epidemic of opioid addiction. Saving lives must supersede filling beds.

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A cure for America’s diabetes crisis lies in early education Satesh Bidaisee SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

The greatest health threat to America’s youth isn’t opioid addiction or cancer – it’s diabetes.

The number of children and teens diagnosed with Type 2, socalled “adult” diabetes, increased 5 percent every year between 2002 and 2012.

The disease dooms millions of Americans to early deaths. Treating it costs more than $100 billion a year. Consequently, it’s the nation’s costliest chronic condition.

Perhaps the saddest thing about these statistics is that diabetes is preventable, but efforts to stop young people from contracting the disease have failed.

A new approach is needed – one that battles diabetes with rigorous, individually targeted education programs.

Type 2 diabetes generally results from obesity, which prevents the body from regulating blood sugar levels.

The percentage of children who are obese has tripled over the past half-century, and the prevalence of diabetes has surged too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates one in three Americans will have diabetes by 2050.

The condition can lead to devastating health conditions. Half of diabetes patients die of heart disease. Diabetes is the primary culprit behind nearly half of cases of kidney failure. Diabetics are twice as likely to suffer from depression as nondiabetics.

Diabetic youth are especially at risk. More than 70 percent of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes as children or teens suffer from at least one diabetes-related complication.

It’s impossible to reverse the disease. And for a variety of reasons, diabetics have trouble adhering to treatment plans. Just 10 percent of patients follow their doctor-recommended exercise, diet and medication regimens.

As a result, many diabetics become sicker. Diabetics are hospitalized for complications

related to their inability to adhere to their treatment regimens more than any patient group except the mentally ill.

The best way to manage the disease is to prevent it in the first place.

Education has proven an effective tool against the condition.

Patients who participated in a program developed by England’s National Health Service that focused on physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 80 percent.

U.S. groups are ramping up their education campaigns, too.

The American Diabetes Association recently held its first diabetes prevention camp for youth at risk of developing diabetes in Santa Clarita, California. Students learned how improved nutrition and increased physical activity could help them dodge diabetes.

The YMCA of the East Bay and University of California Berkeley researchers recently developed a program that teaches overweight children how to eat healthier. After a year, participants were able to reduce their body-mass indexes and regulate their blood sugar levels more effectively.

Meanwhile, “Reach In! Reach Out!” a diabetes prevention program in Chicago, offers cooking classes to help children and parents learn how to prepare healthy meals.

St. George’s University in Grenada, where I am a professor, is training students to tackle the diabetes epidemic. We’re working with our government to provide exercise classes to locals and boost physical activity in schools.

The students and staff are also training Grenadians to use the “Touch Toe Test” to screen for diabetes. This procedure involves applying pressure to toes. Diabetes can sometimes cause peripheral neuropathy, or nerve damage in hands or feet. That can lead to injuries, infections and amputation.

Since its implementation, the test has proven to reduce the number of diabetes-related amputations.

The rising prevalence of diabetes

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Menifee City Council approves increased DIF schedule Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Despite pleas from landowners, the Menifee Chamber of Commerce and Business Industry Association representatives will phase in new Development Impact Fees equally over a two- to four-year period, the Menifee City Council approved new DIF collection schedule Tuesday, Dec. 6, as recommended by staff.

Initially, the city staff prepared the new DIF schedule to begin July 1, 2018, with both nonresidential and residential developers paying 100 percent of the new fees. The increased fee schedule recommendation was made in a Willdan Financial Services DIF Nexus study looking ahead to 2040.

Cities, including Menifee, are permitted to collect DIF fees from any new developments, from housing to industrial interests to help pay for or mitigate the added cost of public facilities and improvements brought on by the increase in population, business and industry.

In Menifee’s case, residential, commercial and industrial devel-

opment fees have not increased significantly since it became a city in 2008. When it became a city, the new council adopted the Riverside County DIF schedule, but in 2009 because of the Great Recession, it reduced those fees until 2011. Currently, new costs for infrastructure have come to the city including a major storm drain project along Encanto Drive in the southeast portion of the city. A substantial increase in the DIF was warranted according to the Willdan study, which was seen as questionable by Menifee developers of both commercial and residential properties.

The proposed DIF schedule showed a huge increase in fees for single-family homes, jumping from the current $3,598 to $7,803 for single-residential units; the rate is DIF 16 in the storm drain area of the city – a $3,905 increase per unit. In DIF 17, outside of the storm drain area, the residential unit fees went from $5,185 to the $7,803 per unit cost – a $2,618 price jump. The amended rates are still below the maximum rates recommended by the Wilder study.

The city first introduced the

new DIF fee schedule in its Nov. 15 city council meeting, and on the request of developers and the Building Industry Association, the city manager met with them Nov. 17 and Nov. 27 to discuss the DIF schedule. Different options were requested by the developers including a freeze on the fees and a new study.

The city manager and staff, following the meetings, amended the DIF schedule that was introduced at the Tuesday, Dec. 6, meeting.

Under the amended DIF schedule, the nonresidential developer would be required to pay 50 percent or half of the fees for their project, July 1, 2018, with the remainder to be paid July 1, 2019. The residential developer still would have to pay 100 percent of the DIF fee July 1, 2018. There was no freeze or longer delay in the amended schedule; however, the fees might change if the assessor determines a change in the cost of living and market value.

The council opened the discussion for public comment that brought a number of residential and commercial developers affected by the increased DIF to the podium.

While most noted they had no objection to an increase in DIF fees since they are needed to meet the infrastructure needs regarding law enforcement, fire protection, flood control, streets and highways, etc. in the city, but they saw the collection time element in the Nexus study still as a detriment to their already planned projects. Those project costs in a large part were based on the current lower DIF schedules. They urged the council to approve the amended DIF time schedule as recommended by staff.

Several developers and landowners during the public hearing asked the council to consider extending the fee collection time even longer to three to four years equally for both commercial and noncommercial developments and even to freeze the new DIF schedule until a new Nexus study could be made.

Councilman John Denver made a motion to modify the proposed DIF fee ordinance to give the landowners and developers of both nonresidential and residential the same 50 percent fee collection in the first year, due July 1, 2018, and the remainder one year later

and to give the new city manager, who had not taken part in the earlier discussions with developers, time to review the DIF rate schedule in April to determine if a fair rate was being charged for the homes and facilities.

Denver’s motion failed following a statement by Mayor Neil Winters that the council would be making a tough decision and it would determine the future of the city.

“This is a tough decision we have to make,” Winters said.

He said the city had to find ways to get enough money to make sure all its residents have the infrastructure they need to assure their safety and well-being far into the future.

He said the decisions the council make are always a “give and take” proposition which the city had done with the development community.

Following the first motion’s failure, the council voted to approve the new DIF payment schedule and to approve an ordinance, amending the previous DIF schedule as recommended by the Nexus study and staff.

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Jan 9

Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 11

Jan 12 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18

Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26

8-9:30am. Coffee Connection at Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, 26790 Ynez Ct, Temecula, CA 92591. Join us for a FREE networking event at the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce! The Coffee Connection is a monthly open house style networking event, where you can come and go as you please. Make sure to bring lots of business cards and a smile!

Complimentary coffee and a continental breakfast will be provided. Hope to see you there!

9-11am. TVCC and the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center present “How To Start A Small Business” @ TVCC. 12-1:30pm. Business Encounter “The New Tax Bill” at TVCC. 8-9am. Membership Committee Meeting at TVCC. 8:30-10am. Professionals Collective - Exclusive to “Restaurants and Wineries”. Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, 26790 Ynez Ct, Temecula, CA 92591.

9-11am. Professional Development - TBD. at TVCC. 11:30am-1:30pm. Southwest California Manufacturing Council, (Exclusive to Manufacturing Companies Only) 5:30-7:30pm. Mixer Hosted by Fabozzi & Miller, APC – Event held at Oakhill Academy, 29275 Santiago Road, Temecula.

3:30-7:30pm. All Chamber MEGA Mixer presented by Murrieta Chamber @ Murrieta Spectrum 25125 Madison Avenue, Ste 105, Murrieta, CA 92562.

7:30-9:15am. Morning Mixer at BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, 26500 Ynez Road, Temecula.

5:30-7:30pm. VYP Monthly Mixer. Location TBD. 9-11am. Professional Development - TBD at TVCC.

Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 16 Jan 27 Jan 29

Jan 3

12pm. Murrieta/Wildomar Lunch with Friends at Franklin’s Cove, 40675 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Murrieta, CA 92562, 951-696-2211.

Everyone purchases their own meal!

Jan 4

5:30pm. First Thursday Mixer! Rancho Springs Medical Center, 25500 Medical Center Dr., Murrieta, CA 92562, (951) 696-6000.

Jan 5

9am. Ribbon Cutting at Arraml Café, 24520 Village Walk, Murrieta, CA 92569, 949-229-0455.

Jan 5

11am. Wild Wing Website Workshop At the Murrieta Chamber Office.

Come learn how to use the Chamber’s website to your businesses advantage! Sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings!

Jan 8

12pm. Ribbon Cutting at Nail’d It Salon & Spa, 40711 Murrieta Hot Springs Rd, Murrieta, Ca, 951-600-4646.

Jan 10

12pm. Murrieta/Wildomar Lunch with Friends at BURGERS AND BEER, 41577 Margarita Rd , Temecula, California 92591. 951-2969716. Everyone purchases their own meal!

Jan 11

7:30am. NEW Location! Networking Breakfast at The Corporate Room, 34846 Monte Vista Drive, Wildomar, CA 92595, (951) 2494343. $15.00 For Members/$20.00 For Future Members. Guest Speaker: Brian Ambrose, City of Murrieta. Must call the Chamber to RSVP your space.

Jan 11

3pm. Ribbon Cutting at Uptown Jungle Fun Park, 39449 Los Alamos Road, Murrieta, CA 92563, 619-517-5717.

Jan 15

Chamber Office is closed in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Be kind always.

Jan 16

12pm. Ribbon Cutting at DeForest Chriropractic, 41660 Ivy St. Suite B, Murrieta, CA 92562, (951) 696-6976.

Jan 17

12pm. Murrieta/Wildomar Lunch with Friends at The Shamrock Irish Pub & Eatery, 39252 Winchester Road, Murrieta, CA 92563. Everyone purchases their own meal.

Jan 18

3:30-7pm. All Chamber MEGA Mixer! At the Murrieta Spectrum, 25125 Madison Ave., Murrieta, CA 92562. Booth Space available members $150, $300. Non-Members standard space or 10 x 10 Limited space $250.member or 500. Non-member rate. First come-first served.

Jan 19

8:30am. Power Partners at The Liquid Leaf, 39028 Winchester Road, Suite 109, Murrieta, CA 92563, 951-461-0707.

Jan 22

12pm. Southwest California Legislative Council at SRCAR, 26529 Jefferson Avenue, Murrieta, CA 92562.

Jan 23

8:30am. Coffee with the City of Murrieta At the Murrieta Chamber office. Join us for coffee with some of Murrieta’s City Staff. Bring your questions, you’ll get answers!

Jan 23

4pm. Ribbon Cutting at True Signs and Graphics, 27464 Commerce Center Drive C, Temecula, CA 92590, 951-506-5788.

Jan 24

12pm. Murrieta/Wildomar Lunch with Friends at Robek’s Juice Wildomar, 36250 Hidden Springs Rd. Suite C, Wildomar, CA 92595, (951) 678-4444. Everyone purchases their own meal.

Jan 25

9am. Ambassador Meeting (Members Only) At the Murrieta Chamber offices. If you are a Chamber member and would like to be more involved and work with a fun group, join our Ambassador Team!

Chamber of CommerCe

Jan 25

4pm. Ribbon Cutting at Hammer & Stain DIY Workshop, 24831 Jefferson Ave #112, Murrieta, CA 92562, 951-230-8287.

January Events:

Jan 26

11:30am. Ribbon Cutting Phoenix Moirai At the Murrieta Chamber office, 25125 Madison Ave 108, Murrieta, CA 92562.

Jan 31

12pm. Ribbon Cutting & Murrieta Wildomar Lunch with Friends at Ideku Sushi & Ramen, 25285 Madison 105, Murrieta, CA 92562.

Everyone purchases their own meal!

12pm. Ribbon Cutting TLS Weight Loss Solutions.

7pm. Tribute to the Beatles.

8:30am. Women in Business Network.

7pm. Tribute to Rod Stewart.

3:30pm. Taste of the Valley.

For additional details visit www.hsjvc.com

New Members: • Peppertree Communities • Tino’s Tacos • SeneGence Int. • 102.5 The Vine Radio Station • San Jacinto Certified Farmers Market • La Michoacana Ice Cream Parlor Hemet West • TLS Weight Loss Solution • Stewart’s Fun Adventure • Crystal Clear Solutions LLC • Southwest Emergency Medical Service • Appreciation Financial

President’s Message: While the Hemet San Jacinto Chamber has many businessrelated services, keep in mind the office also is the San Jacinto Valley Visitors/Tourism Center. Stop by the office to get additional details regarding the many things to see and do!

Located at 615 N. San Jacinto St. in Hemet.

Wishing you and your family a very successful New Year!

615 N. San Jacinto, Hemet, CA 92543 (951) 658-3211 | info@hsjvc.com www.hsjvc.com

New Members: • Big B’s Plumbing • Film Southern California Wine Country • JIL Group USA, Inc. • LEAPS Hydro • Magic Brow Franchise, Inc. • Mizu Art • Murrieta/Temecula Interfaith Council • Panic Button Tech Support • Parties Outta Sight • REACH Air Medical Services/AirMedCare Network • Temecula United Methodist • Tier1 Solar • Unique Pastry Factory • Wongz Donutz

President’s Message: The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is the voice of local business for 52 years and has diligently fulfilled its mission as the advocate for business excellence. We create, enhance and promote the thriving economic environment in which we work and live. We strive to bring value to our members through Legislative Advocacy, Community Resources, Business and Professional Development, Economic Development, or Members Services. As we head into the holiday season, we would like to encourage everyone to shop local. By supporting local business, you simultaneously create jobs, fund vital city services through sales tax, invest in neighborhood improvement and promote community development. When businesses succeed, everyone benefits! For more information, please visit the TVCC website at www.temecula.org or call (951) 676-5090.

Sincerely, Alice Sullivan, President/CEO

Canyon Lake Chamber of CommerCe President’s Message: “Do you know what the Canyon Lake Towne Center has to offer?” If not, you are missing out!

The Towne Center has many businesses that are here to serve area residents; not just Canyon Lakers, but everyone in the Canyon Lake and surrounding communities. The Chamber would like to encourage everyone to get to know the businesses that are here. They are convenient, offer quality services, products and excel in customer relations.

Please visit our Towne Center today!

– Jim Randle, President Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce 31658 Railroad Canyon Road, Canyon Lake, CA 92587 (951) 244-6124 | canyonlakechamber@outlook.com www.canyonlakechamber.org

Lake Elsinore Valley Jan 10 Jan 12

26790 Ynez Courte, Suite a, Temecula, Ca 92591 (951) 676-5090 www.temecula.org

Menifee Chamber of CommerCe January Events: Jan 4 Jan 10 Jan 10 Jan 16

Jan 18 Jan 18

8-9am. Wake Up Menifee. Guest speaker CSO Office John Thomas. At Miguel’s, 30362 Haun Road, Menifee.

11:30am. Menifee’s New Fire Station #7 Grand Opening.

Corner of Cherry Hills Blvd and Bradley Road.

5:30-7:30pm. January Mixer at Bad Hombre Tacos, 28057 Bradley Road, Sun City. Co-hosted by LCL Reality.

12-1pm. Knowledge is Power luncheon. Keeping an eye on the bottom line, record keeping, business entity selection and avoiding IRS audits. Guest speaker Jack T. Ferguson, CPA. Bring a lunch and learn with us. 29737 New Hub Drive, #201, Menifee.

11:30am. January Monthly Lunch at Breakfast House Los Tejabanes, 27701 Scott Road, Menifee. Topic: Menifee Police Update.

3:30-7pm. The Original Murrieta Mega Mixer for All Chambers.

Murrieta Spectrum, 25125 Madison Ave, #105, Murrieta.

Admission is one business card or $1.

29737 New Hub Drive, Suite 102, Menifee, CA 92586 (951) 672-1991 | ceo@menifeevalleychamber.org www.menifeevalleychamber.com

January Events:

January Events:

January Events: Jan 5

8:30am-9:30am. Hump Day Morning Mixer at Lake Elsinore Casino Restaurant, 20930 Malaga Road, Lake Elsinore.

12-1:30pm. Lake Elsinore Nooner. Drop in, buy your own lunch and network. Main Street Kitchen & Tap.

132 West Graham avenue, Lake elsinore, Ca 92530 (951) 245-8848 www.lakeelsinorechamber.com

25125 madison avenue, Suite 108, murrieta, Ca 92562 (951) 677-7916 | pellis @murrietachamber.org www.murrietachamber.org

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Nurses at Hemet Valley Medical Center reach tentative collective bargaining agreement HEMET – Registered nurses at Hemet Valley Medical Center in southern Riverside County have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that will provide economic improvements while rebuffing reductions in contract protections, the California Nurses Association and National Nurses

United announced.

Registered nurses in Hemet voted on the proposed agreement in membership meetings at the hospital. Certified nursing assistants represent 300 nurses at the facility.

The association expressed relief at the agreement in which they staved off hospital management efforts to erode restrictions on

unsafe clinical assignments and their ability to take needed time off. The settlement is especially gratifying, they said, after years of financial turmoil at the former district hospital that is now operated

by Physicians for Healthy Hospitals and KPC Global.

Under the agreement, the nurses will receive pay gains of 5 percent

Santa flies in for military families TEMECULA – “On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen. On Comet, on Cupid, on Donnet and Blitzen...” That might be the usual way Santa flies in Christmas Eve, but not Dec. 9 at Camp Pendleton.

On that afternoon, Santa flew in on a UH-1N helicopter, also known as a “Huey,” to greet the military families on base at Camp Pendleton courtesy of the National Charity League’s Temecula Valley Chapter, a philanthropy partner with Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton at the HMLA-267 Stinger Christmas Party Santa Fly in.

National Charity League’s Temecula Valley Chapter hosted a craft station at the Stinger Christmas Party Santa Fly-In event alongside popcorn- and donut-making stations. The families enjoyed live music, food and artistic face painting.

“It’s such an honor to be on base to experience this festive event with the HMLA-267 Stinger Family.

There was a great sense of pride and gratitude throughout the day. As mother-daughter volunteers, we felt like we were a part of the military family, the Marines welcomed us like we were their own,” a Patroness or mother member said.

National Charity League is a nonprofit national organization of mother and daughter members in chapters across the United States.

One of the Temecula Chapter’s missions is to work with the military and partnering with Camp Pendleton. Mothers and daughters at the

Santa greets the crowds who came to see him aboard Camp Pendleton, Dec. 9.

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event had the opportunity to get to know the families on base.

One 6-year-old boy told a Ticktockers or daughter members how excited he was to see his father as he sat and made a beaded candy cane ornament. That morning as he made his way to the festivities under the hanger, he said he saw his dad fly over in a helicopter, and he waved with excitement to his father from afar. He was looking forward to seeing his dad face to face. He said that his dad is often gone at work, so he doesn’t get to see his dad often even when they are both on base.

“Stories like this fills our hearts with gratitude. Words cannot ex-

Santa hits the streets to wish Canadians a warm winter holiday

press the gratitude we have to all the military that serve our country. It is an honor for NCL, Inc., Temecula Valley Chapter to continue to have a partnership with our local military,” Jennifer Nguyen, president of the Temecula chapter said.

Through the mother-daughter relationship, National Charity League works to develop strong women leaders, serving and impacting communities today and for generations to come.

National Charity League’s Temecula Valley Chapter is currently holding their annual membership drive. Mothers and current sixth grade daughters are welcome to join the 2018-2019 year by inquiring on their website, www.temeculavalley. nationalcharityleague.org, about how to find a sponsorship.

over the next three years on the years of experience wage grid.

Specialty care nurses, who are not on the employer-sponsored health plan, will see a significant additional increase to correct past pay disparities. Compensation at the hospital has been lagging behind nurses at other hospitals in the region, they said, which has made

it difficult to retain experienced nurses and recruit new nurses.

In addition, the nurses won contract language that accords with current California law requiring safe patient handling measures to protect patients from falls and accidents and to reduce nurse workplace injuries.

Pala donates toys for foster children

Team members of Pala Casino Spa & Resort in north San Diego County recently donated 150 toys to the Koinonia Family Services agency in Temecula for distribution to its foster children Christmas Day. Team members and guests donated the gifts during the annual toy drive. Pictured left to right are Nathaniel Llanos in facilities, Rodrigo Guerrero-Rosales in facilities, Noelia Tinoco De Martinez in housekeeping, Delia Tinoco in housekeeping, Davy Ouk in table games, Faviola Tinoco Cazares in housekeeping and Juliana Villena in table games.

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TEMECULA – Visit Temecula Valley flew to Vancouver, Canada, to join Santa in wishing everyone a warm holiday. With temperatures there falling between 19-20 degrees Celcius, Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country makes a great hub for spending a sunny winter in the beautiful outdoors.

Santa Claus was his jolly self, wishing young and old a very merry Christmas while his elf handed out sun block and inflatable suns and wishing them a sunny holiday in California. Families enjoyed taking photos while friends clicked selfies.

One gentleman even asked for Santa to take a photo with his dog. Many Canadians are still discovering the Temecula Valley as a sunny destination for a winter getaway.

Temecula Valley has seen an increase in visitors from Canada as the word spreads to family, friends and neighbors that there’s a winter paradise for lovers of golf, wine, food and outdoor recreation. The Visitor Center, located in Old Town Temecula, had 77 Canadians walk in during 2013; whereas they expect to see more than 1,000 visitors from British Columbia to Quebec in 2017.

Canadians are finding there is a plethora of activities to enjoy in the warm sunshine during the winter months. The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve is a hidden gem that offers a fascinating glimpse into the history and ecosystems of the area. Consisting of 9,000 acres, the reserve protects unique ecosystems and vernal pools, as well as more than 200 species of native birds and 49 endangered, threatened or rare animal and plant species. The Temecula Wine Country Golf Trail is a burgeoning golf destination.

Among reasons why golfers-in-theknow celebrate the game in Temecula

Valley are six excellently designed courses along with resorts and hotels with appealing golf-and-lodging packages. Golfers seize the day with expansive views, dramatic elevation changes and tournaments on courses embraced by nature.

The best time to visit Temecula is on weekdays for a quiet, relaxing atmosphere and chance conversations with winemakers and winery owners.

There are also discounted tastings and activities and special offers during weekday visits. Some Canadian visitors have chosen to stay at one of the beautiful wine country vacation rentals during the winter season; others stay at Temecula Valley’s top hotels just minutes from all the attractions for three to five night stays.

Temecula Valley is in the spotlight for its award-winning wines; however, behind the scenes, culinary artisans are creating dishes that are gaining attention from visitors and foodies across the globe. Ingredients are sourced locally from citrus groves, olive ranches, berry farms, chicken and pig farms and more.

Canadians enjoy dining alfresco with scenic vineyard views and in historic Old Town Temecula.

Other nearby destinations to enjoy lie just within an hour’s drive, including San Diego, Orange County and Palm Springs. Visitors take one of several transportation options to arrive in the Temecula valley: a scenic drive down the West Coast or a short flight into the San Diego or Palm Springs airports.

For more information, explore www.VistTemeculaValley.com. The Temecula Valley Visitors Center is located in Old Town Temecula on Mercedes Street adjacent to the Old Town Parking Garage. For visitor assistance, call (888) 363-2852 or (951) 491-6085.

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Ringing in the New Year, Temecula style

People skate on an ice rink at Town Square in front of Temecula City Hall during the city’s annual New Year’s Eve Grape Drop, Dec. 31.

The Resonate! vocal group performs a variety of songs during the Temecula New Year’s Eve Grape Drop, Dec. 31.

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Children ride a super slide at the Temecula New Year’s Eve Grape Drop.

People skate on an ice rink at Town Square in front of Temecula City Hall during the city’s annual New Year’s Eve Grape Drop, Dec. 31.

People skate on an ice rink at Town Square in front of Temecula City Hall during the city’s annual New Year’s Eve Grape Drop.

Andrew Gardiner (left), 10, and Daniel Koda, 10, ride a super slide at the Temecula New Year’s Eve Grape Drop event, Dec. 31.

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Hundreds packed Town Square for music, food and family-friendly fun as they waited for a cluster of brightly-lit grapes to descend from the top of city hall to ring in the new year.

The grapes were dropped twice during The New Year’s Eve Grape Drop, once at 9 p.m. to sync up with the ball drop at Times Square and once again when it was officially midnight on the West Coast.

The first drop brought many families with young children while the second brought a group of younger adults that had been partying in the nearby bars and clubs.

While many of the event’s visitors were from the Temecula area, some came from far away locations.

Fabrizio and Miriama Fernandes, Brazilian natives who are studying in San Diego, decided to visit Temecula because they were

looking for a new place spend New Year’s Eve. Fabrizio Fernandes said they had gone to some wineries, a wine bar and Old Town and that they had only just arrived outside city hall for the grape drop event.

“It was really cool,” he said.

“It was a place that maybe we’re gonna come back soon.”

Leo and Aisling Barrera of Irvine brought their young daughter Katelyn to see the grape drop while other members of their family sat down and ate at a nearby restaurant.

The Barreras said they used to live in Temecula and they came out from Irvine to see the grape drop because they thought it would be the right environment to bring a child.

“A lot of places we can’t find somewhere that has a 9 o’clock New Years,” Aisling Barrera said. “Here it’s quiet and safe and small.”

Leo Barrera said he liked that Temecula was versatile enough

to offer both family friendly and adult entertainment options.

“We used to go to the casinos and the wineries and then we had a baby and got to switch it around,” he said with a laugh.

This year’s iteration of the event offered music from the young performers of Resonate! Vocal Group as well as The Barn Stage Company performing songs from “Little Women, The Musical.”

Both children and children at heart could ice skate in a rink or slide down a gargantuan slide that was set up outside the city hall parking garage.

Visitors frequently traversed back and forth between the area outside city hall and some of the other open spots.

The back room of The Merc was packed with people as the Valley Winds Swing Band performed a variety of jazzy tunes. Rosa’s Cantina had a line nearly going out the door, as did the nearby Lorimar Winery tasting room.

Later in the evening the musi-

A large cluster of festive grapes hangs from the clock tower at Temecula City Hall before the grape drop countdown for the new year.

cal tone shifted to rock bands and cover bands.

The band Lifetime Rocker performed shortly before 9 p.m. performing such songs as the Chicago hit “25 or 6 to 4,” and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.”

Later in the evening guests could enjoy performances from blues band The Bayou Brothers or Huey Lewis & The News tribute band The Heart of Rock and Roll.

“Old Town is rocking tonight,” said city councilmember Maryann Edwards from the city hall balcony

shortly before 9 p.m.

She told the audience that grapes were about 10 feet tall and weighed close to 1,000 pounds.

As the audience counted down the grapes were lowered onto the balcony and the lights were turned off, signifying the New Year on the East Coast.

Dozens of people grabbed their significant others and kissed or hugged in celebration of another year.

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Education

Mt. San Jacinto College shares highlights of board of trustees meeting SAN JACINTO – The Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Trustees held its annual reorganization meeting, Dec. 14, before its regular board meeting. Trustee Bill Zimmerman was selected to serve as board president. Trustee Tom Ashley will serve as clerk of the board.

Also, the board adopted a resolution to certify the final environmental impact report and adopt the campus master plan for the Interstate 15 corridor. The project would guide the district’s future growth and development by incorporating several project objectives.

First, it would further the district’s mission to enhance access to higher education and lifelong learning for the growing population in southwestern Riverside County, and it would further the state’s identified mission and function of a community college

The Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Trustees held its annual organizational meeting, introducing from left to right, Trustees Dr. Sherrie Guerrero and Dorothy McGargill, new board President Bill Zimmerman, Trustee Ann Motte and new Clerk of the Board Tom Ashley.

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in an area where there is a marked demand for two-year degree programs, vocational training and other educational opportunities for the community.

It would provide increased opportunities for education, create new jobs, and accommodate planned growth in the region and create a campus that is compatible with surrounding land use and that provides both passive and active recreational opportunities for the community.

Lastly, it would create a stateof-the-art, full-service campus with an emphasis on science and technology and conserve valuable biological resources on-site, consistent with goals and objectives of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan.

The board also approved a reso-

lution to authorize the issuance of $120 million from the Measure AA facilities bond. The total $295 million bond was approved by voters in 2014. The first $72 million of the bond funds have been used to for emergency and energy efficiency improvements throughout the district, including the installation of a solar field, of emergency phones in classrooms and of renovations of the Athletic Complex at the San Jacinto Campus. In addition, upgrades of the district’s wireless system, emergency generators and fire alarm systems.

Finally, the board of trustees approved the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges’ Institutional Self Evaluation Report.

For more information, visit www.msjc.edu.

Citrus Hill High School’s theater production ranked Top 3 in the Inland Empire PERRIS – The California Educational Theater Association ranked Citrus Hill High School’s theatre production of “Argonautika” as one of the Top 3 in the Inland Empire. In 2013, Citrus Hill received this honor for their production of “The Iliad, the Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less.”

“I particularly value this recognition from CETA because it

is based on sharing complete productions with the judges, families and friends. Other competitions involve taking bits of plays to the competition. Here the judges come to us and evaluate us on our own terms” Joshua Brady, dead of the Citrus Hill High School’s theater department, said.

A selection from “Argonautika” will be presented at the CETA festival Sunday, Jan. 14,

in Rancho Cucamonga.

Written by Mary Zimmerman, the play combines modern elements with classical texts to tell the story of “Jason and the Argonauts,” the original Avengers of Greek mythology, as they journeyed from Greek to Colchis to reclaim the golden fleece.

The Citrus Hill Theater students created most of the costumes, all of the masks and set pieces in

the school’s Career Technical Education-based theater program, which is led by Deanna Long.

The theater department also collaborated with the visual arts department, and students created complimentary artwork that was displayed at the show’s entrance.

Through this production, the theater department raised hundreds of dollars for Thanksgiving meals for needy area families, and

Christmas presents for the foster youth of the community.

Citrus Hill High School has earned recognition based on the quality and creativity of their performances from educational programs like CETA, the Drama Teachers Association of Southern California, as well as the Lieutenant Governor’s office.

Chase Kiser of Murrieta named to president’s list at Champlain College BURLINGTON, Vt. – Chase Kiser of Murrieta was named to Champlain College’s president’s list for the fall 2017 semester.

Students who are named to the president’s list have achieved a semester GPA of 4.0 or higher.

Founded in 1878, Champlain Col-

lege is a small, not-for-profit, private college in Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland.

Champlain offers a traditional undergraduate experience from its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain and more than 60 online

undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates.

Champlain College’s distinctive career-driven approach to higher education embodies the notion that true learning occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge.

Champlain College is included in the Princeton Review’s “The Best 381 Colleges: 2017 Edition.”

Champlain College is featured in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” for 2017 as one of the “best and most interesting schools” in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.

Champlain College was named one of the “Most Innovative Schools” in the North by the U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 “America’s Best Colleges” and No. 91 in the overall list of “Best Regional Universities in the North.” For more information, visit www.champlain.edu.

Belmont University announces fall 2017 dean’s list NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The following students achieved the dean’s list at Belmont University for the fall 2017 semester. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a GPA of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

Cameron Allen of Murrieta and Nathan Brewer of Temecula were named to the dean’s list.

Approximately 35 percent of Belmont University’s 8,080 students qualified for the fall 2017 dean’s list.

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Thomas Burns said, “This achievement for the fall semester indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work at Belmont and have invested time and energy in their studies. It is our strong belief that consistent application in this manner will reap great benefits, which will equip them for a lifetime of learning and growing.”

Ranked No. 5 in the Regional Universities South category and

named as a “Most Innovative” university by U.S. News & World Report, Belmont University consists of more than 8,000 students who come from every state and more than 36 countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont University brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service.

The university’s purpose is to

help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world’s needs. With more than 90 areas of undergraduate study, more than 25 master’s programs and five doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individual’s horizon.

For more information, visit www. belmont.edu.

Daniel Camarillo named to dean’s honor roll at East Central University

At the growing Eastvale STEM Academy, high school students build knowledge in medical science and engineering within an innovative learning community guided by Kim Lu Lawe’s leadership and vision.

ADA, Okla. – Outstanding academic work during the 2017 fall semester has earned listings on the dean’s honor roll for students at East Central University.

Daniel Camarillo of Menifee was named to the dean’s honor roll, which lists students who have at least a 3.33 GPA and at least 12 credit hours completed successfully

during the semester.

For more information, visit www.ecok.edu.

Jacob Bachelier of Menifee named the dean’s list at Graceland University LAMONI, Iowa – The honor roll lists for Graceland University’s 2017 fall term have been announced, and Jacob Bachelier of Menifee has been named to the dean’s list.

Graceland University students

with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.64 are named to the dean’s list.

Founded in 1895 and sponsored

by Community of Christ, Graceland University is more than just a school. It is a community of passionate, caring and dedicated

individuals who put their relationships with students first.

Campuses are located in Lamoni, Iowa, and Independence, Missouri.

For more information and to see additional student achievements, visit www.graceland.edu.

Hemet Unified School District thanks sheriff’s department members with Good Apple Awards

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HEMET – The Hemet Unified School District awarded several members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department with Good Apple Awards for their work in training over 200 district staff members about how to handle active shooter scenarios, Oct. 2-3, at Tahquitz High School, including Capt. Leonard Purvis, Deputy Pete Lawson, Deputy Chris Waters, Deputy Scott Larsen and K-9 Deputy Roscoe.

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and have no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly.

The sheriff’s department in partnership with the school district aimed to enhance preparedness through a “whole community” approach by providing products, tools and resources to help district staff prepare for

From left to right, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Capt.

Leonard Purvis, Deputy Pete Lawson, Deputy Chris Waters, K-9 Deputy Roscoe and Deputy Scott Larsen receive Good Apple Awards from Hemet Unified School District Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Darel Hansen.

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and respond to an active shooter incident.

The staff members in attendance

ranged from custodial, office staff, maintenance, campus security and management.

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Entertainment

The Dustbowl Revival to bring musical awakening to Temecula fans Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM

There are certain kinds of music that listeners can’t help tapping their toes to and the “soul drenched, dance floor ready” sound of The Dustbowl Revival is one of those sounds. For those lucky enough to land a ticket to the Friday, Jan. 5, performance of this legendary band, toe tapping is only the beginning.

Called a “meld genres – folk, bluegrass, Dixieland jazz, New Orleans swing and a little bit of gospel – into a modern take on roots music,” by LA Weekly, The Dustbowl Revival will deliver it’s bold, new sound to concertgoers at the Old Town Temecula Theater during their one-night-only performance.

Vocalist Liz Beebe said that those in attendance can expect to sing, dance and just have a great time.

“We always aim to connect with people on a personal level,” she said. “Music is such a great tool to release stress, spread joy, access parts of ourselves that maybe we don’t always allow ourselves to access and create community almost instantly.”

The Dustbowl Revival has been making a name for itself with a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds. Critics have proclaimed

The Dustbowl Revival, performing at the Old Town Temecula Theater Jan. 5, has been making a name for itself with a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds.

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that this eclectic eight-piece “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans’ French Quarter” according to the Los Angeles Times.

Rob Sheffield, in Rolling Stone, hailed them as a great band “whose Americana swing was so fun I went back to see them again the next day.”

Music from The Dustbowl Revival’s new, self-titled album, “The Dustbowl Revival,” is sure to be a hit with concertgoers, according to

Beebe who said the thought process for the album, which was released June 16, was simply, crafting good songs.

“The execution of this was exciting and new for us,” she said. “We spent the better part of December 2016 in the rehearsal studio with our producer of the album Ted Hutt, constructing, deconstructing and re-constructing the songs. Ted was very generous with his time and it’s the first album that was created in such a collaborative manner between the eight of us musicians and

a producer. It produced an album that we feel is hard hitting, honest, authentic and a true example of our sound as an eight piece.”

Their exhilarating new sound jumps out on the album’s opening tracks, “Call My Name” and “If You Could See Me Now.” Drummer Joshlyn Heffernan and bassist James Klopfleisch lay down a righteous groove that trumpeter Matt Rubin and trombonist Ulf Bjorlin supercharge with their big blasts of horns. This Stax Records-style soul builds to a pair of showstoppers: “Good Egg” and “The Story.”

On “The Story,” Beebe, along with her sexy, full-throttled vocals, teams with band founder Zach Lupetin for an emotionally charged love song that features some infectious interplay between the horn players and the string-men – mandolinist Daniel Mark and fiddler Connor Vance.

While “The Story” really showcases her vocal abilities, it’s the song “Debtors Prison,” that Beebe said ranks highest on her list of favorites.

“Zach wrote it about the current state of our country and how people are struggling to make ends meet right now,” she said. “The song is in the form of a story about two

people who lose everything but each other. I can relate to that story, and I think a lot of our fans can as well. I enjoy performing it, not only because I’m proud of the playing and construction of that song but because connecting with our audience members is my main goal each show. Emotionally charged, honest songs like ‘Debtors’ Prison’ are one of the best ways to do that.”

Beebe said she and bandmates are excited about playing in Temecula since the band doesn’t get to play south of Los Angeles very often.

“We do San Diego two or three times a year, but we are really looking forward to coming to Temecula and getting to know the community,” she said.

See The Dustbowl Revival at the Old Town Temecula Theater, 42051 Main St., in Temecula, 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5. Tickets are on sale now at https://tickets.temeculatheater.org.

To learn more about The Dustbowl Revival, visit them online at www.dustbowlrevival.com.

“If you can’t wait until the show, you can check out our website to listen to music and also head over to our YouTube page to check out hundreds of videos to tide you over,” Beebe said.

First local Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade to take place in Murrieta Will Fritz VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM

The Murrieta and Temecula area’s very first Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade will take place in 2018.

The Inland Empire Men’s Club will host both the parade, Jan. 15, and a scholarship fundraiser banquet, Jan. 13, in honor of the civil rights icon.

Charles Washington, president of the men’s club and owner of Rico’s Barbershop in Murrieta, said high attendance at a small memorial celebration at his business earlier in 2017 sparked a conversation about

a larger event.

“We decided that the interest was pretty good, and people came to us and said, ‘why don’t you guys expand this and do something bigger?’” he said. “We saw the interest, and we saw how many people showed up for that and we had the (Murrieta) mayor here and we had the mayor give a little speech, and we decided to move forward with it.”

He said members of the men’s club got in touch with local leaders and set to organizing a parade. The parade will head through downtown Murrieta along B Street, 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15. The route

will stretch from Washington Avenue to Town Square Park – a shorter route than the city’s Veteran’s Day parade.

He said the parade would include various high school organizations, as well as some college fraternity alumni organizations.

“We’re minimizing the vehicles because the route is so short, (and) because we have a lot of kids in it,” Washington said.

The parade will include retired Riverside County sheriff’s deputy Shelley Kennedy-Smith as grand marshal.

Parade entrants will make a $25 donation, and banquet attendees

will pay $60 for tickets. The proceeds, Washington said, will go to the men’s club scholarship fund for local high school seniors who can apply at www.iemcmentoring.com.

He said scholarships in recent years have been as much as $1,500.

“We try to give out as many as we can, but if we only have one person to apply, we just give that person whatever money we have for the scholarship,” he said.

The banquet will be held at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, and will feature Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington as a guest speaker.

Both Martin Luther King Jr. Day events are a work in progress, Washington said, but they’re something he hopes to see continue in the future.

“We’re excited about this, and we’re just trying to get the word out,” he said. “A lot of times when you start something like this, you don’t have all the pieces to the puzzle, but as you move forward year after year after year, and things get bigger, and then the pieces start coming together. So we’re getting a lot of support now, we’re getting closer to it, and I can see everybody getting involved now.”

Temecula Community Services Department introduces new TV series: ‘Around & About Temecula’ TEMECULA – The city of Temecula’s Community Services Department introduced a new TV series named “Around & About Temecula.” The show captures the look and feel of living in Temecula and appeals to residents and

visitors by showcasing its people, parks, programs, events and natural beauty.

“Around & About Temecula” is hosted by Jeff Lawrence, TCSD community services manager, who has worked for the city for 23 years

Pala’s 60-plus Club, CAVE to host free performances in January PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will continue its free events series in January, featuring the 60-plus Club 1 p.m. Tuesdays and the underground wine CAVE on weekends. Due to construction of Pala’s $170 million expansion and renovation, no tribute concerts or performances in Luis Rey’s lounge are scheduled. The 60-plus Club will be held in the Pala events center.

The free January entertainment schedule includes 1 p.m.

Tuesdays in the 60-plus Club: Captain Cardiac and The Coronaries, the premier rock and roll party show, Jan. 9; Cash, Killer & The King, a tribute to Johnny Cash,

of the city’s 28 years of incorporation. Each episode will be 12 to 15 minutes in length and will be available to view in its entirety on the city’s website, Channel 3, YouTube page and social media outlets airing twice a month beginning in 2018. Video segments feature guest testimonials, wide-sweeping shots, photo montages, time lapses and a community calendar.

All video footage is shot inhouse by TCSD staff member Michael Morey and includes captivating still photos by Shawna Sarnowski Photography. Segments highlight Temecula’s parks, facilities, programs, classes, performances and events set to royalty-free or locally produced music.

Expanded and condensed versions will also be used in the future for

marketing purposes.

The first episode was published Friday, Dec. 22, with future episodes airing on 10th and 24th of each month beginning in January.

For more information on community relations and sponsorships in Temecula, contact the city of Temecula Community Services Department at (951) 694-6480.

Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley, Jan. 16; The Everly Brothers Experience, featuring the Zmed Brothers, Jan. 23 and The Smokin’ Cobras, rock, rockabilly and surf music hits from the 50s and 60s, Jan. 30.

In the CAVE, 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 5 p.m. Sundays, the underground wine cave will feature Dove & Reno, variety and instrumental music, Jan. 5-7; Doug MacDonald, acoustic pop and roc k, Jan. 12-14 and Warren La Plante will perform nuevo flamenco, Jan. 19-20 and again Jan. 26-28.

For more information, visit www.palacasino.com.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS CHILDREN AND TEENS: ONGOING – Explore Science every Friday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Pennypickle’s Workshop. $5 per person. 42081 Main St. in Temecula. Information: www.pennypickles.org.

ENTERTAINMENT: Jan. 5 – 8-10 p.m. The Dustbowl Revival at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula. Information and tickets: https:// temeculaca.gov/temeculatheater.

Jan. 6. – 7 p.m. Tralain at Diamond Valley Arts Center, 123 N. Harvard St., Hemet. $20 general admission, $15 members, student discount available. (951) 652-3822.

Jan. 7 – 2-4 p.m. Rat Pack: 102 Years of Sinatra at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula.

Information and tickets: https:// temeculaca.gov/temeculatheater.

Jan. 26 to Feb. 4 – 7:30 p.m.

“My Old Lady” at the Ramona Hillside Playhouse, 27402 Ramona Bowl Road, Hemet. Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $15 reserved seating. $10 opening night. Information: (951) 658-5300.

Jan. 11-21 – 8-10 p.m. Little Women at the Old Town Tem-

ecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://temeculaca.gov/temeculatheater.

ONGOING – 7 p.m. Second Saturday of the month. Speakeasy at the Merc presents live Traditional Jazz of the 20s-40s.

Performances feature the house band, Second Hand Jazz with vocalist Rosalie Porter, in rotation with prominent southern California Traditional Jazz artists. 42051 Main St., Temecula. Tickets www.tickets.temeculatheater.org.

ONGOING – 7-9 p.m. Country Live at the Merc, presented by Gwyn Sanborn. Every first and third Saturday for a live country music show featuring the house band backing up the valley’s hottest country artists. Check the schedule online at www. countryatthemerc.info. A second show will be added at 9 p.m. if first show sells out. 42051 Main St., Temecula. Information: (866) 653-8696 or email: tickets@temeculaca.gov.

ONGOING – 3 p.m. Classics at The Merc. Presented by California Chamber Orchestra association with Temecula Presents.

Co-produced by the California Chamber Orchestra and Temecula Presents. Every second and fourth Sunday afternoon.

Features an individual musician or small ensemble performing a wide range of music. 42051 Main St., Temecula. Information: (866) 653-8696 or email: tickets@temeculaca.gov.

ONGOING – 7:30 p.m. Jazz at the Merc, presented by Sherry Williams. Each Thursday (and special performance dates throughout the year). Be treated to a different jazz group in the intimate space known as “The Merc.”

42051 Main St., Temecula. Information: (866) 653-8696 or email: tickets@temeculaca.gov.

COMMUNITY EVENTS: Now-Jan. 8 – 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Temecula on Ice at 41902 Main St. in Temecula. Information: temeculaonice@gmail.com.

For a full schedule and pricing, visit www.temeculaca.gov.

Jan. 10 – 11:30 a.m. Grand opening of Menifee Fire Station 7 at the corner of Cherry Hills Boulevard and Bradley Road in Menifee. Join us to celebrate the opening of Station 7, Menifee’s first city-owned and built fire station. Riverside County and Cal Fire officials will make a brief presentation. Information: www. cityofmenifee.us.

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300 East Latham Ave. Get your comics on for this fun event featuring the Southland Ghostbusters. Story boarding classes, artists alley, manga drawing classes and much more. Free with library card. Free comic book for the first 10 participants. Information: kcaines@cityofhemet.org or ajacomet@cityofhemet.org.

Jan. 15 – 7:30-10 a.m. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast at the San Jacinto Campus Library. 1499 N. State St., in San Jacinto. The 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast “Next: The Struggle for Social Justice and Equity” will feature a full breakfast, an art contest, presentations on the theme of the day, and Native American drummers and dancers.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is strictly limited and an RSVP is required to: Professor Willie Hamilton at (951) 487-3685 or whamilto@msjc.edu.

ONGOING: Weekly classes at the Hemet Art Association Gallery, 144 N. Harvard St. in Hemet. Tuesdays, Painting with Acrylics (beginners to intermediate) 4:30-7:30 p.m. Information: Paula Squier (805) 341-2707.

Thursdays 9 a.m. to noon, Portraits in Oil (all levels). Cost for class is $15. Information: Jack Roberts (951) 652-3679. Thursdays 1-4 p.m. Painting in Oil (all levels). Information: Jerry Horn (951) 654-5620. Fridays 1-4 p.m.

Watercolor Painting (beginners to intermediate). Cost for class is $15. Information: Judy Stoh (951) 927-4176. All classes are open to the public.

ONGOING – 8-11 a.m. Fundraising breakfast at Lake Elsinore/ Wildomar Elks Lodge No. 2591 to raise money for the Lodge and five Boy Scout units chartered by the Lodge. Third Saturday of each month. Cost $9 for adults and $5 for children under 7.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jan. 9 – 9:30 a.m. Murrieta Garden Club meeting at 41816 Juniper St. in Murrieta. Business meeting followed by a guest speaker from U.C. Riverside.

Please join us for an informative, fun morning. Information: Barb at (951) 677-7310. Like us on Facebook.

Jan. 10 – 11:30 a.m. Menifee NAFE Meeting. Merna’s Cafe & Grill, 26850 Cherry Hills Blvd in Sun City. Cost: $10 for NAFE Members $15 for guests. Meal is not included. Information: Robbie (951) 255-9200 or rmotter@ aol.com.

Jan. 15 – 11 a.m. Temecula Valley Newcomers Club Meeting and Luncheon. Our January entertainment features Anthony the Magician, the talented Anthony Hernandez. Everyone is welcome. If you have recently moved to the Temecula Valley or have lived here for many years and want to get out more, meet new people and have fun, Temecula Valley Newcomers Club (TVNC) is for you. Come see what it’s all about at the TVNC monthly luncheon at Wilson Creek Winery, 35960 Rancho California Road, Temecula. Paid reservations are required at least one week before luncheon, RSVP to Anne at (951) 677-7149. This Club is a social organization with many different activities for members such as card games, book clubs, mahjong, movie groups, theater trips, lunch and dinner groups and much more.

Information Gwen at (951) 4611525.

Jan. 24 – 1-3 p.m. Hospice Orientation Session at The Elizabeth Hospice located at 27720 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 200 in Temecula. Are you thinking about becoming a hospice volunteer?

Please join us for an upcoming volunteer orientation session

to find out more about why so many volunteers find this role so rewarding and fulfilling. You will also learn about the application and training requirements process, what qualities we are looking for in a volunteer, and what the expectations are for a volunteer. Once on board, volunteers will serve in the area they live. Information: https://elizabethhospice.org.

EVERY THURSDAY – 6-7 p.m.

Parent Support Group for parents of young adults battling chemical dependency at Hill Recovery, 41877 Enterprise Circle N. Suite 100, Temecula. Education, intervention tools, peer support, peace of mind. Information: Erin (951) 719-3685 or Kathleen (951) 4402014. www.hillrecovery.com.

ONGOING - Truth and Tavern Society at the Pitstop in Menifee on the third Sunday of each month. Come to an atmosphere where people can talk and discuss life’s issues they have. Submit questions through a variety of social media locations, which become the basis for conversations that month. Location allows for people to come and go at their leisure, while being a relaxed and neutral atmosphere to hold conversations. Information www. truthandtavernsociety.com.

ONGOING – Animal Friends of the Valleys needs donations: cat food, dry cat food, wet kitten food, dry small breed dog food, dry dog food, dry senior dog food, dry weight maintenance dog food, wet dog food, cat litter and newspaper. Donations can be dropped off at Animal Friends of the Valleys, 33751 Mission Trail, Wildomar.

ONGOING – Desert Hills Memory Care Education and Connections support group at 25818 Columbia St. Hemet on the second Monday of every month at 10 a.m. Complimentary respite care will be available for loved ones during these meeting. Open to anyone who would like more support and education while caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or related form of dementia. Information: Chantelle (951) 652-1837.

ONGOING – Sun City Certified Farmers Market is held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday in the parking lot of the Menifee United Church of Christ, 26701 McCall Blvd. Vendors offer produce, crafts, food and more. Information: Pamela (951) 491-4111.

ONGOING – Memoir Writing Group every second and fourth Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the Mary Phillips Senior Center, 4845 Sixth Street, Temecula, everyone has a story, join them and write.

ONGOING – Parent Support Group available for parents whose children of any age struggle with addiction. Education, Skills, Support. Every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 43397 Business Park Drive. Suite D8, Temecula. Information: (951) 775-4000 or info@ thecenter4lifechange.com.

ONGOING – Lake Elsinore/ Wildomar Elks Lodge 2591 hosts Bingo at the lodge each Thursday to raise funds for its charities. Occasionally the lodge arranges for additional Bingo games to help community groups raise funds as well. Located at 33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar. Information: (951) 674-6804.

ONGOING – The Elks Ladies of Lake Elsinore/ Wildomar Elks Lodge 2591 Clippendales processes newspaper coupons to send to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. Jean Babinski the group which meets the second Tuesday of each month at the lodge at 5 p.m. to cut and process the coupons which are then sent to military families to use at the commissary, PX and other stores where they receive discounts on their purchases.

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The new year at Bel Vino Winery has promise Most popular ethnic cuisines vary across the country TEMECULA – What constitutes “ethnic” food differs from person to person. Someone of Italian descent may dine regularly on garlic-infused pasta dishes, while a person from another area of the world may find such foods exotic.

In the cultural melting pot of North America, various cuisines representing countries that span the globe are within arm’s length for many people. According to Technomic, a Chicago-based research firm, 77 percent of Americans enjoy ethnic foods while dining out once a month.

Around 38 percent order ethnic food weekly. In addition, many more people prepare ethnic cuisine at home.

A growing interest in ethnic foods is fueled by young people.

Technomic notes that millennials are more apt to want to try various cuisines and to incorporate them into their regular dining experiences. The National Restaurant Association found that 60 percent of people are likely to “tie their favorite ethnic food to their family history.” Interest in ethnic foods tends to be highest in urban areas where restaurants and

ingredients may be more readily available.

When it comes to the top ethnic cuisines enjoyed throughout the states or provinces and territories, Chinese, Mexican and Italian rally for the top spots on diners’ plates. While the National Restaurant Association has Italian cuisine as earning top-billing, Technomic’s list said that Chinese food, at 76 percent, followed by Mexican food, 74 percent, and Italian, 71 percent, comprise the biggest ethnic draws. Japanese or sushi comes in a distant fourth at 32 percent in the United States.

The statistics portal Statista indicated that, as of January 2015, Chinese, American and Italian foods are quite popular in Canada. However, the percentage of people who cook these foods as opposed to eating them out at a restaurant varies. Chinese food is most widely enjoyed in a restaurant setting, while Italian food is frequently whipped up at home.

As immigration tides change, ethnic cuisine may change with them. However, interest in experiencing ethnic dining is likely to remain consistent.

Chinese food is one of the most popular ethnic cuisines enjoyed in both Canada and the United States.

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Farm-to-table is changing the restaurant business TEMECULA – Farm-to-table is a movement that promotes serving local products, preferably food and beverages acquired directly from a producer.

Farm-to-table eateries source ingredients locally as much as possible, and diners are increasingly expressing a preference for these establishments. According to the National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot in 2015” survey, locally sourced meats and seafood, locally grown produce, environmental sustainability and natural ingredients or minimally processed foods were among the most popular food trends.

Farm-to-table establishments reduce carbon footprints by cutting back on the amount of resources necessary to get food from the farm to the restaurant.

The farm-to-table movement began as a countermeasure to big agriculture and chemically controlled produce.

Although there is no hard data on just how many restaurants can be considered farm-to-table, organic farming in general is big business. In its 2014 Organic Survey, the U.S Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service said that sales of organic products increased by 72 percent since 2008. Califor-

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Supporting farm-to-table establishments can benefit the planet, but consumers should know that there are additional advantages to patronizing such businesses.

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Those who enjoy sipping from a bottle of red, white or blush wine but find that a trip to the Bordeaux region of France simply isn’t in the cards right now needn’t give up their desires to visit a winery or vineyard. Wineries and fully functioning vineyards dot the landscape of Temecula Valley’s Wine Country and are open to all.

With more than 40 wineries, Temecula Valley Wine Country has a wide variety of offerings from

virtually every region of the world, each designed to please even the most sensitive of palates.

Visiting any one of Temecula Valley’s wineries or vineyards can be educational and fun. Most offer wine tours which can be entertaining as visitors are able to choose their own tasting adventure depending on their level of interest in wine, their budget and what they would like to get out of the experience. Some local wineries and vineyards offer extensive tours of the harvesting and production aspects of wine-making. Others Live Music Every Friday from 6 to 10 no cover Bistro Hours Friday 1-9pm Saturday & Sunday 11-4pm

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Happy wine sommeliers wait to great eager wine tasters at Mount Palomar Winery.

will give visitors a chance to mingle among wine barrels and witness the fermentation process.

For wine tours, check out South Coast Winery Resort at www. southcoastwinery.com, Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards at www.wilsoncreekwinery.com and Mount Palomar Winery at www. mountpalomarwinery.com, among many others.

While in wine country, don’t forget about the boutique wineries located on the DePortola Wine Trail.

Gershon Bachus Vinters, www. gershonbachus.com, Oak Mountain Winery, www.oakmountainwinery. com and Cougar Vineyard and Winery, www.cougarvineyards.com, are just a few of the many wineries located in this picturesque section of Temecula Valley Wine Country.

In regions such as the Temecula Valley where there are many wineries and vineyards in close proximity to one another, guided tours are available, or wine aficionados can easily explore areas on their own.

For tours of wine country, be sure to check out Grapeline Wine Tours at www.gogrape.com, Executive VIP Wine Tours at www.execvipshuttle. com/tours.htm or the Winery Hopper at www.wineryhopper.com.

According to viniculture experts from Professional Friends of Wine, grapevines are fairly adaptable plants that can thrive in a variety of soil types and temperatures.

Soil, sun exposure, drainage and topography all play roles in how the grapes will ripen and taste, giving Temecula Valley wines an amazing taste all their own.

The chance to support a local business is another great reason to make a trip to any number of Temecula Valley Wine Country’s wineries. Most produce their wine and sell it close to home so by supporting small business, oenophiles can contribute to the success and the diversity of offerings right here in their own backyard.

Wine tastings are an enjoyable recreational pursuit. Remember to drink responsibly, to join the mailing lists of Temecula Valley wineries and vineyards and to take advantage of wine club memberships to learn more about tasting events and food pairings.

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Tour guide Marti gives guests a sample of a fortified port at the end of a wine tour at Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyards. Andrea Estrada photo

Relaxing in their environment while enjoying a glass of Aeolus is Julie Ngo, right and Jerry Koncher, left, both Temecula natives at Gershon Bachus Vintners.

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Alicia Richardson takes in the scenery that is all around her at Oak Meghan Taylor photo Mountain Winery.

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For Maurice Car’rie Winery, earning a Wine Country long list of awards is solid affirmation Events Calendar that Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country is entering the world stage Friday, Jan 5

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When people think of wine there are certain locales that instantly pop into mind, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany and Napa Valley.

But here in Southern California, Temecula Valley’s blossoming wine country is producing excellent varietals that are earning accolades.

One such winery, Maurice Car’rie, has received 122 awards just this year in regional, state and international competitions for their diverse array of white, red and dessert wines.

The winery has placed well in some of the recent competitions, including the Los Angeles International Wine Competition, Sunset International Wine Competition and Critics Challenge Wine Competition.

For Maurice Car’rie General Manager Gary Van Roekel, entering award competitions is not necessarily about marketing, but it is about successfully gauging how Maurice Car’rie’s wines perform among a broad spectrum of competitors.

“Having a tasting room, you get interaction every day of the week, and that’s the general public and that’s really important to us,” Van Roekel said. “But then to be able to really take it to the next level, going to and entering your wines in the competitions, now you’re dealing with the industry experts. People who are experts in wine making, all aspects of the industry, so it’s another report that kind of tells you where you stand in the bigger picture.”

Winemaker Renato Sais said the winery, and the greater Temecula Valley Wine Country, is maturing.

No longer is the wine country just a location for a weekend excursion; it’s become a haven for serious wine drinkers looking for highquality vintages, he said.

“I think we’re making a statement that we can make good wines just like any other valley, whether it’s in California or any other country,” Sais said. “Our wines are up against all these other wineries, and we have had really, really good results and the numbers show it.”

Sais said there are lots of steps involved in creating the best wines possible. He said it starts early in the wine growing season with making sure that vines are pruned appropriately and are blooming well and that they are receiving just the right amount of water.

“Everything is about the quality raw material, which is the grape,” he said.

Once the grapes are plucked from Maurice Car’rie’s 74 acres worth of vines, the next stage is ensuring quality and taking all the steps to turn that raw material into the best quality wine possible, Sais said.

That includes monitoring the juice and sugar content in the grapes and also the temperatures during the fermentation process.

“Making sure that our fermentations are not totally warm, but cooler, in order to be able to exploit the aromas and the flavors,” he said.

Sais said it’s hard to pick out his favorite wines among the award winners because they’re like his children, but some of his favorites include the Chenin Blanc “Soft” and Gewurtztraminer, two lesserknown white wine varietals.

The 2015 vintage of Chenin Blanc Soft is crisp and clean with hints of apple and pear. Sais said Maurice Van Roekel herself wanted to add “Soft” to the label to acknowledge the way the wine goes down.

The Gewurtztraminer is white wine with lots of fresh fruit flavors and a little bit of sweetness to it. In an effort to maintain some of those fruity characteristics, it’s fermented in stainless steel and bottled early.

“It just gives phenomenal aromas and flavors,” Sais said. “Another variety that is not as common as riesling but it’s a varietal that’s outstanding. It grows perfectly here.”

In spite of its growing prominence and success, Maurice Car’rie Winery remains a family business in more ways than one.

Van Roekel said that many of the winery’s employees have worked

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Tapas & Wine, Retroblast, Bel Vino Winery

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Live Music, Natalie Kirkwood, Avensole Winery Patio

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Live Music, John Evans, Avensole Winery Restaurant

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Live Music, Brennen & Amanda, Danza del Sol Winery

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Live Music, JD Priest, Miramonte Winery

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Late Night Happy Hour, The Vineyard Rose, South Coast Winery

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Tapas & Wine, On The House, Bel Vino Winery

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Live Music, Michael LeClerc, Avensole Winery Patio

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Live Music, Aris & Shea Duo, Cougar Winery

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“This is a family-owned and operated winery, so we’ve got a big family here, and it really helps in being able to go from your vineyard to your end process because everybody is a stakeholder if you will,” he said. “They’re very much involved in the process.”

Family also plays a large role in the naming of the wines as well, with vintages such as Cody’s Crush, Heather’s Mist and Sara

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Gary Van Roekel said people would come in and ask his dad questions about the wines and why they were named the way they were, and Budd would use that opening to start conversation with them.

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January 5 – 11, 2018

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Volume 18, Issue 1

REAL ESTATE / HOME & GARDEN TEMECULA – Home improvement projects ramp up when the weather warms up, as homeowners channel the rejuvenating feelings of spring and tackle their home to-do lists. Large-scale renovations can greatly affect a home, but smaller projects can yield impressive results and be completed over the course of a single weekend.

If time is of the essence, these weekend or one-day projects may satisfy homeowners’ desires to fix up their homes.

Create an accent wall. Painting a focal wall in a home can create a serious impact. The bonus is it will not take as long or require as many materials as painting an entire room. Accent walls frequently feature a bold color, so decide on placement and tackle this project in less than a day.

Install stair runners. Dress up hardwood stairs with decorative carpet runners. Runners come in elongated pieces of carpeting or individual pieces that can be placed on each step. If carpeting doesn’t fit with the home’s design, painting individual stair treads also can create visual appeal.

Dress up the entryway. An entryway is a guest’s first impression of a home. Many entryways can use a minor overhaul, both inside and outside. Paint the front door a different color so it pops from the curb. Install a new mailbox or decorative house numbers. A new welcome mat can change the look as well. Inside, consider laying a new floor. Resilient vinyl tiles come in many different patterns and can mimic the look of wood, travertine or marble. Installing a floor can take a day or two.

Install a new faucet. Instantly improve a kitchen or a bathroom with new fixtures. New faucets can provide aesthetic appeal and low-flow faucets can help conserve water.

Create a gallery on the staircase.

Gather and arrange framed photos, artwork or wall accents so that they ascend the wall of a staircase. This visual interst creates a designer touch and can dress up an often barren area of wall space.

Install a fresh light fixture. Improve drab spaces with a little illumination. Better Homes & Gardens said replacing an existing fixture with something new and vibrant. If hanging a new fixture is not within one’s skill set, free-standing table or floor lamps also can cast a new glow on a space.

Add molding. Molding can add instant aesthetic appeal to a room.

Molding is appropriate near the floor, at the top of walls where they meet the ceiling or even mid-wall as a chair rail. Some homeowners like to create framed molding on walls in formal living spaces.

Update kitchen or bathroom hardware. Replacing hardware is a fast and easy project, but it is one that can have immediate impact.

Swap out tired or outdated hardware for newer brushed metals and

Complete these home improvements over the weekend Swap out tired or outdated hardware for newer brushed metals and more impactful shapes and designs.

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New faucets can provide aesthetic appeal and low-flow faucets can help conserve water.

Replace an existing fixture with something new and vibrant.

more impactful shapes and designs.

Home renovations do not need to take weeks or months. Many

projects can be completed over the course of a weekend.

Large-scale renovations can greatly affect a home, but smaller projects such as painting can yield impressive results and be completed over the course of a single weekend.

Avena by Pardee Homes to celebrate grand opening

Avena, a neighborhood of single-family homes will have its grand opening Saturday, Jan. 6.

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FRENCH VALLEY – The grand opening of Avena, a new singlefamily home neighborhood by Pardee Homes, is slated for Saturday, Jan. 6.

“Whether this is your first home or next home, you’ll discover that Avena delivers on its promise of providing premium value and architecture that is fresh yet timeless,” Matt Sauls, vice president of marketing and product development for Pardee Homes, said.

“Don’t miss our grand opening celebration Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and be among the first to tour the three beautiful model homes plus enjoy complimentary refreshments, music, a visit by ‘Elsa the Snow Queen’ and a cooking demonstration featuring culinary consultant Sandy Krogh showcasing the amazing gourmet kitchens.”

Ideally located in the French Valley, Avena is nestled against the backdrop of Temecula’s Wine Country and will feature spacious two-story floor plans offering a modern feel. With anticipated pricing from the mid $400,000s, Avena is designed to appeal to savvy home shoppers seeking a convenient lo-

cation, easy access to an abundance of recreational amenities and the highly acclaimed Temecula Valley Unified School District.

Home shoppers can select from four floor plans with a range of three to five bedrooms, three to four baths and approximately 2,585 to 3,070 square feet. Masterfully designed to suit diverse family needs, the spacious interiors offer innovative features and options that make it easy to personalize a home.

The versatile Residence 1 lives as a single-story home yet has a spaceenhancing second story offering extensive bonus room space with a half-bath. Residence 2 features traditional two-story living with a downstairs den and loft upstairs.

Residences 3 and 4 both have four bedrooms, a second-floor bonus room and options for a fifth bedroom. Plan 3 has a three-bay garage, and Residence 4 offers buyers Pardee Home’s exclusive GenSmart suite featuring its own entrance and spaces for living, sleeping and eating, making it ideal for visiting family and friends or for

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Pets

Pets of the Week Animal Friends of the Valleys

My name is Fiona. I am a 13-yearold senior Chihuahua whose former guardian passed away, and I’m hoping to find my forever home! I am a total lap dog and would love to spend my days cuddling and hanging out with you! Stop by and say hello, I’d love to meet you! Intake Number: 378649

My name is Remington I am a 4-yearold domestic short hair, Maine Coon cat. I get along with everyone, dogs and other cats included! I love getting pets and will love you non-stop. I’ve been called majestic don’t you agree?

Intake Number: 379961

SPECIAL: All cats/kittens, pit bulls and Chihuahua adoptions are just $5 (spay/ neuter fees, if applicable, are additional). Dog & cat adoption fees include a microchip, basic shelter vaccines (excluding rabies and a free vet check).

Retrievers & Friends

My name is Milo. I am a 3-year-old Chihuahua and came to the rescue after my family decided they no longer had time for me. I am housetrained, gentle, good with other dogs and children and I love to be held. I would make a wonderful companion and am looking for a loving home.

For more information on Milo, please visit the Retrievers and Friends website at www.retrieversandfriends. com or call (951) 696 2428.

Website: www.animalfriendsofthevalleys.com Address: 33751 Mission Trail, Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (951) 674-0618 Hours of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ramona Humane Society

My name is Biscuit. I am a 3-year-old Labrador, Shepherd mix and a very loveable guy. I am good with other dogs and will steal your heart. I am up-to-date on my shots, neutered, good with children, housetrained and am all ready to go home with you!

Intake Number: 127741/R218660

My name is Friday. I am a beautiful, 3-year-old domestic short hair cat and such a sweet and well-behaved fellow! I am neutered, up-to-date on my shots, good with other kitties and litterbox trained. I don’t like dogs. I would like to find a loving home!

Intake Number: 57057/R217489

For more information on Biscuit, Friday and other great pets for adoption, contact the Ramona Humane Society at (951) 654-8802 or visit www. ramonahumanesociety.org.

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Georgia cat that arrived in the Inland Empire goes back home in time for the holidays RIVERSIDE – A cat from Georgia had a wild ride in the back of a soda truck all the way to Riverside County, but he arrived back home for the holidays with the help of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The 5-year-old, domestic shorthaired cat, Kitty Bitty, ended up in the county’s care after he was discovered at a Pepsi facility in Riverside.

Officials believe he got to Inland Empire by boarding one of the Pepsi’s cross-country trucks Dec. 15, according to an ASPCA news release.

When Riverside County Animal Services Officer John Hergenreder responded to a call from the Pepsi plant, he could see the animal was underweight.

Animal Services employees examined the skinny cat and treated him for dehydration.

The cat’s cross-country sojourn didn’t just come as a surprise to animal control officers, but also to the cat’s owner, Teresa Cameron of Pooler, Georgia.

Kitty Bitty, a cat from Georgia, surprises Riverside County Department of Animal Services officers by making an appearance at a Riverside Pepsi plant, but with the help of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the county was able to get the cat back home.

Cameron said she was thrilled to learn her cat was still alive, but she was confused about how he could have ended up all the way in California.

Kitty Bitty was connected to Cameron because of a special tag around his neck. The tag said that he had been vaccinated for rabies and had Cameron’s information printed on it.

Faith

2018 readies breakthroughs of faith Lynn Donovan SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Something is about to break. A paradigm, a transition, change.

Looming, thick awareness.

The pressure is building, seismic.

The tension is tangible.

This awareness of impending change leading to contention within isn’t born of disaster. You are recognizing the birth pangs of reformation born of heaven. A change, a repositioning of significance.

Breathe through the transition.

Fix your gaze wholly on me. In the pain and confusion that swirls about you, let my years of faithfulness be your strength and truth.

The moment of revelation draws nigh. And your laboring in prayer hastens the end. You are in the midst of transition, and the struggle is great. Your efforts intensify, anxiety is prone.

Grip my hand as you push forward. Fear not. For great is your reward.

You will see the goodness of the Lord in this new season. Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things.

Enter into the joy of your Lord.

Father, I surrender my fear concerning changes that will arrive in the New Year. I step into faith and belief that you are my good father and have prepared a year, overflowing with breakthroughs in my faith life, my family and every challenge placed before me. I will prayerfully look to you to guide me with your wisdom through the months ahead.

And I thank you for your faithfulness, love, provision and grace that have followed me all the days of my life. In Jesus name, Amen.

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Palm 23:6

Menifee church serves 75 Christmas dinners MENIFEE – Menifee United Church of Christ served 75 free Christmas dinners to people in need, to the elderly and to those who wanted to spend Dec. 25 with others.

“We want to thank the people who came for a free meal,” the Rev. Bill Freeman, senior minister of Menifee United Church of Christ, said. “And we want to

thank those who volunteered today; we couldn’t have done it without them.”

Volunteers brought food – turkeys, ham and all the trimmings – and they helped serve and cleaned up afterward.

Menifee United Church of Christ, 26701 McCall Blvd., in Menifee conducts worship services 11 a.m. Sundays.

After discovering the cat had an owner, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services reached out to the ASPCA to get the ball rolling and to get Kitty Bitty home.

ASPCA Relocation Driver Therese Holmes took off on a flight, Dec. 22, with Kitty Bitty, traveling from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia, and helping reunite the cat

Riverside County Animal Services officer John Hergenreder pets Kitty Bitty, a missing cat from Georgia.

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with Cameron.

“We’re excited to have one of our ASPCA Relocation team members accompany and care for Kitty Bitty on his long trip back to his family in Georgia, in coordination with Riverside County Animal Services,”

Jill Buckley, ASPCA senior director of Los Angeles programs, said. “We believe the safest place for animals is in their own loving homes, so we’re very happy to help reunite Kitty Bitty with his family in time for the holidays.”

Real Estate / Home & Garden Avison Young completes lease for Freedom Solar in Temecula SAN DIEGO – Avison Young, the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm, announced that it has negotiated a new, 88-month, 21,365-square-foot flexindustrial lease on behalf of Freedom Solar in Temecula.

Freedom Solar, which will use the space as its headquarters, will be relocating and expanding to its new space in March 2018. Its current location is in Murrieta and totals approximately 8,000 square feet.

Avison Young principal Stan Nowak represented the tenant, while Avison Young principal Corey Martin represented the landlord, Johnson Asset Management. Nowak and Martin are both based in the company’s San Diego office.

“This new headquarters for Freedom Solar was a perfect fit for its expansion, employees and business strategy,” Nowak said. “The building offered the only true flex/industrial option for the firm’s size requirement

in the local area. The property also features raw space that will enable the company to embark on an extensive tenant-improvement program.”

Built in 1989 and located at 43445 Business Park Drive, the two-story building totals 32,638 square feet and, with this lease, is now fully occupied.

The property recently completed a major capital- improvement program, including a complete exterior refresh.

“This property had a strong amount of tenant interest, as it is proximate to amenities, Old Town Temecula and offers easy access to Interstate 15,” Martin said. “Even though overall vacancy in this market is low, larger blocks of contiguous space for this asset type are difficult to find–especially in shell condition offering a build-tosuit opportunity.”

Located in Rancho California Business Park, two blocks west of I-15 via Rancho California Road, the property is across the street from Ballast Point Brewery and Restaurant

and is near numerous other dining and retail shops, professional services and the downtown business district.

Temecula is home to several large employers, such as technology-based International Rectifier; biotech firms EMD Millipore or Merck, Abbott Vascular and Medline Industries; distribution company Scotts and manufacturers Milgard Windows and Bomatic.

Avison Young is the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its principals. Founded in 1978, the company comprises 2,600 real estate professionals in 82 offices, providing value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial, multi-family and hospitality properties.

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WaterSmart and the newest – HomeSmart bringing smart technology that helps homeowners stay comfortable, in control and connected.

Avena’s prime location in the French Valley offers homeowners a relaxed small-town lifestyle with beautiful vistas of the neighboring mountains. Nearby, a wide array of family recreation and shopping cater to everyday needs and wide-open spaces offer a variety of hiking and biking trails. Easy access to major employment centers via Interstate 215 and Interstate 15, the highly acclaimed Temecula Valley Unified School District, with an elementary school located just a half mile away and natural beauty of the area make Avena an excellent choice for growing families.

Pardee Homes Inland Empire designs and builds new homes and communities for first-time through

luxury homebuyers. Established in 1921, Pardee Homes Inland Empire is accomplished in the planning and development of master-planned communities, green homebuilding measures, environmentally sensitive development practices and customerfocused processes for new home purchase and is also widely known for its steadfast civic outreach. Pardee Homes is a member of TRI Pointe Group, a family of premium regional homebuilders. TRI Pointe Group is one of the largest homebuilders in the U.S. and was recognized as 2014 Developer of the Year by Builder and Developer magazine and 2015 Builder of the Year by Builder magazine.

For more information about Pardee Homes Inland Empire, visit www.

PardeeHomes.com/Region/InlandEmpire.

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multigenerational living.

“We anticipate Avena will be a standout among the existing homes in the French Valley with features such as solar power system with a signed lease agreement, flexible room options and our coveted GenSmart suite option,” Sauls said. “Extensive use of volume, spacious great rooms, covered patios and optional glider or stacking doors, large bonus rooms and optional spa showers are sure to entice today’s home shoppers.”

Like all new homes built by Pardee, Avena will feature the LivingSmart package of standard and optional measures that increase energy-efficiency, save water, save money and contribute to the homeowner’s peace of mind.

LivingSmart homes are designed with five core components: EnergySmart, EarthSmart, HealthSmart,

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Real Estate / Home & Garden

Make owning a home a goal for 2018 Mike Mason SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

leverage capital. Buying real estate is one of the very few opportunities most Americans will ever have to substantially leverage their cash. A hefty conventional 20 percent down payment will allow the borrower to leverage their money at a 5-to-1 ratio.

That 10 percent down allows for a 10-to-1 leverage of their money, and the Federal Housing Administration buyer with only 3.5 percent down is actually leveraging their money 28.5 times. Certainly Wall Street won’t loan that type of money to purchase stocks.

Next, rent or own? Everyone is paying someone’s mortgage, so it might as well be their own.

Make the investment in forced savings. Many people can typically justify spending the extra dollar in their pocket now rather than putting it away for tomorrow. Paying down the principal on a home loan every month is usually a form of “forced savings.”

Don’t forget the tax benefits.

Homeowners can deduct their mortgage interest and property taxes from their income taxes and have a hefty allowance to exclude capital gains when they sell for a gain.

Lastly, inflation plays a part. Despite the housing issues of the past decade, the costs of owning a home have historically been less than the rate of inflation which makes owning a home an attractive proposition.

The real reasons for homeownership are usually more personal.

While financial incentives are

Homeownership is the quintessential American Dream.

There are many reasons, why “Home Ownership Matters,” as many reasons as there are people in the world today. America continues to draw people from every continent and nearly every country on the planet for the promise of a brighter future for themselves and their children. It starts with a place to call home.

Last year, The New York Times published an editorial entitled “Homeownership and Wealth Creation” which said, “Homeownership long has been central to Americans’ ability to amass wealth; even with the substantial decline in wealth after the housing bust, the net worth of homeowners over time has significantly outpaced that of renters, who tend as a group to accumulate little if any wealth.”

Interestingly, the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finance concluded that the average net worth of a homeowner was nearly $200,000, or $194,500, which is 36 times that of the average renter at only $5,600.

Let’s examine several of the economic factors that motivate Americans to buy a home and other real estate.

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Even homebuyers who don’t have children, or even plan on having any in the near future, consider the quality of schools, neighborhood characteristics and amenities when purchasing a home. They want to keep the possibility of a family open and to improve the home’s resale value.

Comfort and security are the second most popular reason to purchase a home. It should not be a surprise that everyone wants to be secure and not to worry about their own comfort and security or the security of their possessions.

Space to do the things the family or individual wants to do is the third most dominant reason. Who doesn’t like having a garage to drive into and walk directly into the home? Who doesn’t like having an expansive open floor plan so they can be busy in the kitchen and simultaneously interact with family members and guests in different parts of the home?

Americans agree that owning their own home allows homeowners the ability to define spaces in their homes that meet their own unique wants and needs – something that can be very difficult when renting.

Control over living space. Is there anyone out there who would not like a say on what color the walls of their bedroom are? Having control over living space, being able to update or renovate on personal terms is a major driving force that motivates Americans to buying their first home and pursuing homeownership throughout their life.

And the bonus reason: While not appearing as a motivating reason in the referenced surveys, one of the major benefits of owning a home, rather than renting, according to a 2003 study conducted by Donald Haurin, professor of economics at Ohio State University, is the long-term impact it will have on the children of the homeowner.

The children of homeowners are much more likely to attain a higher education; they are 25 percent more likely to finish high school and 116 percent more likely to graduate from college.

Furthermore, there are social benefits to the children of homeowners as well. Their daughters are 40 percent less likely to become pregnant teenagers, out of wedlock and are 40 percent less likely to be dependent on welfare or other public assistance.

Regardless of the social and family reasons that motivate people, homeownership is the most practical method for Americans to build wealth. A renter that desires to build wealth should seriously consider working with a local real estate agent who can expertly review the local real estate market and explain the benefits of purchasing a new home rather than leasing it.

Call (951) 296-8887 and get the information needed to make an educated decision.

For questions regarding available inventory or other real estate matters, contact Mike@GoTakeAction. com. Mike Mason, Broker/Owner of MASON Real Estate Cal. BRE: 01483044, Temecula Valley resident for 30+ years, Board of Director (since 2011) Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors.

County property sales slide, prices creep higher RIVERSIDE – Home sales fell in November in Riverside County as prices climbed, matching activity throughout Southern California, a real estate tracking firm said.

According to Irvine-based firm, CoreLogic, which specializes in property analytics, 3,283 homes were sold countywide in November, compared to 3,453 in October.

The modest drop coincided with a 2 percent month-to-month increase in the median home price – from $358,000 to $365,000, the data showed.

By comparison, in November 2016, homes at the median in Riverside County went for $340,000, 7 percent below the current level, according to CoreLogic. The firm said 3,408 housing units sold at that time, roughly 4 percent more than last month.

Month-to-month sales activity

dropped regionally as prices edged higher, with the exception being San Bernardino County, where the median price fell about 1 percent and sales slipped by just over 5 percent, according to CoreLogic.

Ventura County recorded the largest decline in homes sales – 11.5 percent – as well as the biggest bounce in the median price – 6.3 percent – from October to November, figures showed.

CoreLogic said that the aggregate median price, covering most of Southern California, in November was $505,000, tying record-high peak prices reached in 2007. However, in inflation-adjusted terms, the decadeold prices were higher.

CoreLogic analyst Andrew LePage said the Southern California median home price has risen steadily for 68 consecutive months.

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Real Estate / Home & Garden Create an efficient, inviting outdoor living environment

The Kreg mobile project center offers a versatile work surface that can be used indoors or outside for tasks like the one these do-it-yourselfers have undertaken – laying out interior trim before installation.

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TEMECULA – Be ready to enjoy the warm days of spring and summer with an “updated” outdoor dining, living and garden area that is welcoming and efficient. Woodcraft has the tools and supplies needed, along with helpful advice at a local store and free how-to articles on Woodcraft.com.

For projects, take stock of the outdoor furniture. Is more needed?

Would colorful new Adirondack chairs, a new picnic table and maybe a garden bench and planters be more inviting? Or perhaps a cleanup and new paint would bring existing furniture to life for another season? Does the porch, patio or deck area need to be resurfaced or enlarged?

Streamline dining areas by building mobile carts to transport food for prep and for serving. Add a butcher block

top to the food prep cart and storage drawers to both and improve the efficiency and pleasure of the dining experience.

Gardeners may want to build a potting bench and wooden flatbed wagon to haul plants and supplies.

Consider tools, supplies and howto instructions.

“Make anywhere your workspace with the Kreg mobile project center,” Peter Collins, Woodcraft senior product manager, said. “It’s a portable workbench, sawhorse, assembly table and clamping station all in one that provides a versatile work space for DIY, repair and woodworking projects.”

The large polypropylene work surface is 31.5 inch high, 27 inch wide and 31 inch deep. It supports a 350

pound load capacity, and two centers can be connected to double the work area. Collins also said adding the new Kreg in-line bench clamp and bench clamp system for dog holes to make almost every clamping task possible.

Visit Woodcraft.com to see building plans for outdoor furniture, as well as Adirondack chair templates.

The website also offers a large number of how-to articles such as “Laid Back in a Classic Adirondack” that shows how to build with Adirondack chair templates, while “WoodSense: Spotlight on Outdoor Projects,” describes woods that work well outdoors.

For building projects, the Freeman 18-gauge brad nailer is a professional quality, innovative home improvement tool that is great for furniture. Its oil-free operation requires no regular maintenance and eliminates the risk of stains on project surfaces. If the chosen joinery requires screws, the Groz instadrive screwdriver features a patented retractable, rotating bit cartridge that makes it easy to find, store and change driver bits.

For hauling lumber or other large items to a project site, use the Xstrap heavy duty ratchet tie down to hold up to 1,000 pounds in place on a truck bed.

To finish new furniture or recolor existing pieces – and brighten outdoor landscape – choose one of the 28 premixed General Finishes milk paint colors that can be mixed, lightened, glazed, layered, antiqued and distressed. Other good choices for outdoor surfaces include General Finishes outdoor oil finish for use over

exterior oil stain or exterior clear oil finishes for additional protection and General Finishes 450 varnish, which minimizes fading, retards mold and fungus growth.

For painting guidance, watch “Hand Applied Milk Paint from General Finishes at Woodcraft” and read “Create a Milk Paint Masterpiece” on Woodcraft.com.

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Setting ‘SMART’ goals to start off the new year right Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Every year as December comes to a close and a new year hovers on the horizon, I have always set new goals for myself. Some people like to call these new year resolutions, but over the years I have determined that calling these plans “goals” is a more positive way to approach the changes I want to make in my life.

I’ve learned over the years that resolutions fade too quickly in my mind, but by creating a set of realistic goals and then actually tracking them, it’s easier for me to achieve those goals. I once read a book on goal setting that revealed the five “golden rules” to goal setting. I wish I still had that book, but as I usually do, once I

memorized the content I passed it along to a friend.

Those five rules are easy enough to remember and to follow, and as long as you remain dedicated to those goals, you should be able to achieve your goals too.

One of my biggest goals – set way back in 2016 – was to become completely debt free by the end of 2018. I am happy to announce that while there have been a few setbacks here and there thanks to some unplanned car repairs and a few other things that popped up in 2017, as long as I remain diligent and follow my plan, I should be debt free by the end of this year.

This particular goal, like most of my goals, falls into the five golden rules of goal setting, and by using that system I read about, I have learned I can attain pretty much

anything to which I set my mind.

So, what are the five golden rules of goal setting? Simple, set goals that motivate you, be sure you are setting “SMART” goals – more on that later, write those goals down, make an action plan and stick with it.

Now most of those rules are self-explanatory and are things that I had done in the past, mostly with success, but the whole sticking with it thing was tricky for me at times. What I really wanted to share was the “SMART” goal setting system. That step is what was missing from my plan in the past. Since implementing them, I have found it much easier to reach my goals.

“SMART” goals are simply goals that should be designed to be smart – Specific, Measurable,

Attainable, Relevant and Time bound.

For my goal to become debt free, I made sure it was specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound, I want to be debt free by Dec. 31, 2018. Let’s face it, you can’t be more specific than that, and when is it not relevant to pay off debt? So, I totaled all my debt and divided by 36 months to ensure it was attainable and that I could make the necessary payments each month to reach the goal. To measure that goal, I did a three-year bill plan which included extra payments to all my debtors that I refer to every month as I pay bills, so I could get that debt paid down and eventually paid off.

I am happy to report, so far, so good. By writing those goals down in my payment plan and tracking it

each month, I am holding myself accountable, which seems to have done the trick for me. I hate to let people down, especially myself, so it’s become easier for me to walk away from those impulse buys that generally went on a credit card, which was always my biggest problem.

New this year, I am adding a specific savings component to my plan so that I have a specific amount in the bank at the end of the year, and I am super excited to see how this goes as well.

If you are looking at setting some goals for yourself in the new year, I would encourage you to set “SMART” goals and stick with them. After all, if I can do it, anybody can.

But hey, it’s only my opinion.

is often the only time members not assigned to a bill’s specific committees actually see the bill. Since this session is the final year of the current two-year session, any bill that doesn’t pass by adjournment dies.

Even though the partisan makeup in Sacramento is lopsided, with 55 Democrats and 25 Republicans in the Assembly and 27 Democrats and 13 Republicans in the Senate, I remain optimistic that we will be able to work together on many

issues. I’m looking forward to a productive new year.

Minority Floor Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

Legislators are back in session for 2018 Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

The 120 California Legislators reconvened to begin the second half of the 2017-2018 session, Jan. 3. Over 2,000 bills are likely to be introduced in the next few weeks.

Some bills will be controversial, though many will pass with wide bipartisan support.

Bills that didn’t pass their house of origin, either Assembly or Senate,

before adjournment in September must pass by Jan. 31 in order to move forward. With some exceptions, all new legislation must be submitted to the Office of Legislative Counsel

by Jan. 19 with the final submission date, Feb. 16, for the completed bill. Generally, these bills will go through numerous amendments as they move through the committee process. There are legislative and committee deadlines throughout the spring and into the summer. Legisla-

tion with a fiscal impact greater than $50,000 for Senate bills or $150,000 for Assembly bills will be referred to their respective Appropriations Committee’s “Suspense Files.” That title simply means these bills require more detailed scrutiny before they go to the floor for a final vote.

All bills must pass through their committees and house of origin

by June 1; final passage by both houses is required by the time we adjourn Aug. 31. This final floor vote

Blotter Two die in separate crashes in Hemet HEMET – Two fatal car crashes occurred over the holiday weekend in Hemet involving cars that swerved out of control, police said Jan.1.

The first crash happened at 11:45 p.m. Friday near the intersection of State Street and Domenigoni Parkway when a speeding car swerved and left the roadway, overturning and killing the driver, said Hemet police Lt. Jeff Davis.

The identity of the victim was withheld pending notification of the family, Davis said.

Hemet man arrested in woman’s shooting

Woman dies at Lake Elsinore intersection LAKE ELSINORE – A Lakeside woman died at a Lake Elsinore intersection just after the New Year began, the Riverside County coroner’s office said Jan. 2.

Pamela Draper, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene at

12:32 a.m. Monday on Riverside Drive at Joy Street, the coroner’s office said. She suffered an injury at 12:01 a.m.

Details on the woman’s death were not immediately released.

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The second crash happened at 11:21 p.m. Sunday on Florida Avenue near Lyon Avenue when a car swerved off the eastbound roadway and smashed into pole located in a gas station parking lot, according to Davis.

The driver, later identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s office as Robert Ingram, 68, of Hemet, was hospitalized but later died of his injuries.

It was not clear if alcohol or drugs were a factor in either of the crashes.

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Kevin Lorrel Carter was booked into Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of attempted murder, Courtesy photo authorities say.

Hemet police arrested a 39-yearold man who they believe shot a woman before trying to shoot at a police officer who pursued him.

Kevin Lorrel Carter, of Hemet, was arrested on suspicion of three counts of attempted murder and was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.

Shortly before 5 a.m. Jan. 1, authorities went to the 600 block of West Florida Avenue for a call of a shooting, according to a Hemet news release.

They arrived and found a woman suffering from gunshot wounds to her torso, according to the release.

Carter, the suspect, was last seen walking from the area, according to authorities.

At the same time officers were responding to the injured woman, another officer tried to stop Carter.

Officials say that’s when Carter resisted the officer, pulled out a firearm and shot at the officer.

Carter then fled on foot but was later apprehended during a neighborhood search.

The woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, according to police. The officer suffered minor injuries in the incident.

Police officials are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Matthew Gomez by calling (951) 765-2422.

Seven acre fire burns west of Murrieta MURRIETA – Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a small group of spot fires that burned seven acres on a hillside in the Santa Rosa Plateau, west of Murrieta, Dec. 31.

The fire was 50 percent contained as of 3:15 p.m.

The flames ignited shortly before

1:30 p.m. near Clinton Keith Road and Avenida La Cresta, said Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department. Motorists on nearby Interstate 15 made multiple reports about the fire to California Highway Patrol dispatchers.

According to Hagemann, 150 firefighters, two helicopters and

two air tankers were deployed to the fire site.

No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported, she said.

The westbound lanes of Clinton Keith Road remained closed at the Murrieta city limit for about 3 hours while firefighters battled the blaze.

Barricaded man with hostage ignites fire in Temecula home TEMECULA – Deputies arrested a man who barricaded himself in a bedroom with an elderly woman and started a fire inside the home, a sheriff’s sergeant said Saturday, Dec. 30.

Deputies were dispatched at 12:08 p.m. Friday to a two-story house in the 32000 block of Corte Carmona when they received a suspicious circumstance call, said Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Menchaca.

When law enforcement personnel entered the home and attempted to open the door to the upstairs master bedroom where the 26-year-old suspect had barricaded himself, he allegedly lit a fire.

“Officers forced the bedroom door open and they were able to rescue the elderly female, and get her to safety,” Menchaca said.

As the interior of the home burned, the suspect broke a window and jumped onto the roof of the

building.

Eventually the suspect was arrested and taken to a hospital for undisclosed injuries, according to Menchaca.

Riverside County firefighters put out the fire, he said.

The suspect, who was not publicly identified, will be booked into jail when he is released from the hospital, Menchaca said.

Probationer leads cops on car, foot pursuit MURRIETA – A convicted felon who allegedly fled from Murrieta police officers in a stolen vehicle while armed, crashing into two cars before he was stopped, was being held without bail.

Ryan Sergio Ballew, 25, of Oceanside was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 27 on suspicion of vehicle theft, felony evading, possession of controlled substances, receiving stolen property, being a felon in possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and probation violations.

He’s being held at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.

According to Murrieta police Lt.

Mark Reid, a patrolman spotted Ballew commit a traffic violation and attempted to stop him on Harveston Way in neighboring Temecula about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Ballew allegedly responded by flooring the sedan and entering heavy traffic in the area of Winchester and Ynez roads, Reid said.

The suspect’s car collided with two vehicles before coming to a stop, at which point he bailed out of the car and ran behind a business at 40915 Winchester Road, where officers quickly chased him down and took him into custody without further incident, the lieutenant said.

None of the occupants of the cars Ballew allegedly struck were injured, nor was he, according to Reid.

The lieutenant said officers confirmed that the car the suspect was driving had been stolen out of San Diego County, as well as several items found inside the sedan.

A loaded pistol and an undisclosed quantity of illegal drugs were also seized, Reid said.

According to jail records, Ballew has an active felony warrant pending from another county, but no details were available.

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Bill Viele Awarded Realtor Emeritus Status Bill Viele was awarded Realtor Emeritus status this week in a ceremony at the Real Estate Board office in Hemet. Realtor Emeritus status requires the recipient to have been a member of the Real Estate Board for a minimum of 40 years and to be at least 70 years old.

Bill Viele

Bill, a lifelong resident of the Hemet Valley, graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1961. He has been an active member of the Hemet San Jacinto Board of Realtors since 1974, and was a top 10 realtor several times. He also served as a director on the Board of Realtors. He has been with Brubaker Culton Real Estate for most of this time.

Specializing in all phases of real estate, Bill has experience in all of your real estate needs.

Golf is also his specialty and he has been playing since 1949, winning the Riverside County Amateur Championship 3 times, and finishing in the top 3 in that tournament, 11 times. He also played on the Senior PGA tour for a time, qualifying for several tournaments, including the 1993 and 1994 United States Senior Opens.

If you have real estate needs, Bill is the man to call and you could learn a little bit about golf at the same time.

He can be reached at 951-925-2096.

Quality and Upgrades!

Clean Single Story!

Briercliff Village 55+

4BR/3BA, 1,700+ sf, 12,000+ sf lot, 1958 yr built. Custom uUpgraded 4BR/3BA pool home w/ RV access!

Great neighborhood! Functional floorplan! Good size bedrooms with Jack and Jill! Fully manicured landscaping! Huge backyard complete with deck, fire pit, and lagoon deep end swimming pool with a spa!

4BR/2BA, 1,946 sq.ft., 7,400 sq.ft. lot, 2011 yrblt.

Versatile Newer Build 5BR/2BA Floorplan All on One Level! Huge Family Kitchen! New Paint and Carpet!

Brand New Landscaping! Quiet Neighborhood! Awesome Location on Outskirts of Town! Hurry!

Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath home in a lovely senior community. Step inside a clean, spacious home with a great kitchen. Quiet cul-de-sac location and near the clubhouse and pool. Listed for only $150,000!

Offered at $299,900

Offered at $299,900

Offered at $150,00

Attention Investors...

Owner Will Carry

This is a mobile home on its own land. This is with a 433...this has been built 1998...this home has a 7,841 sq.ft. lot...this home is a rental with good long paying tenants that want to stay or can move. This home has a detached garage. This home is for investors that want to keep the tenants. Did I say the asking price is only $160,000?

This large 2BD, 2BA, completely remodeled Mfg. Home is located on almost 3/4 of an acre lot. It includes an enclosed sleeping porch, new kit, new paint inside & out, sparkling - ready to move in. It also has a barn with second story rooms and a garage. Perfect for someone with a home business or someone who needs shop or storage space. Priced to sell NOW!

Beautiful East Hemet Estate

Offered at $160,000

Offered at $229,900

Turnkey Mobile Home

Exclusive - Safe, Gated Senior Living!

Charming home in the quiet, gated 55+ community of Eastlake. Features countless activities. This home displays wonderful pride of ownership and shows very well. Detailed with plantation shutters, laminate floors, custom paint and your very own reverse osmosis water filter. Screen covered patio boasts tranquil green views. Large master bedroom with walk-in closet. Guest bedroom has plenty of cabinet space and mirrored closet doors. Large laundry area and 2 car enclosed garage. Front yard is landscaped with artificial turf for easy maintenance.

Offered at $159,900

2BD/2BA patio home with attached garage, vaulted ceilings, wood floors and a lot of windows for natural light. Large doors to both baths. Inside W/D and new refrig INCLUDED! Trash and landscaping are included in HOA which has Clubhouse, activities, bistro, pool and so much more! Beautiful lawns and landscape throughout the entire neighborhood make property feel luxurious. This home feels so bright and clean. Safe and friendly neighborhood. 55+!

Offered at $163,900

Bring your tool belt, you have found a diamond in the rough and at a competitive price. RV parking, dog run and a spacious back-yard plus a pool and a koi pond. With a little work and imagination this pool home will be the talk amongst your friends, family and neighbors. This home is perfect for entertaining.

Offered at $259,900

Why You Want a Big House Completely new totally remodeled inside and out 4143 sf SUPER HOME on a spacious 19,602 sf lot in an absolutely beautiful neighborhood. Talk about entertainment – this home is a must see if only for the TRUMP ROOM, a larger-than-a- condo room complete with a wet bar for adult entertaining, SUPER BOWL PARTY, or large enough for a little league team if you want to turn the kids lose. This 4BD, 3BA, 3 car + garage, dream home has been totally upgraded, from the entry pavers in front to dark wood finish interior flooring.

Covered patio spanning the length home.

Offered at $569,500

Hemet / San Jacinto

Murrieta / Temecula

990 W. Florida Ave. Hemet, CA 92543

30111 Technology Dr, Ste 150 Murrieta, CA 92563 (Off Winchester Rd)

(951) 658-7211 • www.brubakerculton.com