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Volume 16, Issue 6
Renovations moving along at historic Vail Ranch Headquarters in Temecula
Greg Bruce Redshank Riders President When I first joined the Back Country Horsemen of California about 25 years ago it was mostly just for the name. I grew up in Canada and riding in the back country was what we did. When I move to California even finding the backcountry seemed a challenge. see page A-4
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Swapmeets now held every Saturday Jodi Thomas Area Manager The Swapmeet is the place to be Saturday mornings, either to buy or sell your treasures and wares. The vendors requested to have the Swapmeet every week for the few months before Christmas. When vendors were asked before the Hall’s kitchen shut down for remodeling from Christmas into the New Year, 80 percent wanted to continue to hold the swapmeet every week in the new year. see page A-4
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VaRRA President Darell Farnbach explains a four-sided stone monument which will have plaques describing to the observer what they would be looking at in each direction back in time. Each of the four perspectives indicate a Native American village, cowboys (at the Vail Ranch site), the Shane Gibson photo Southern Emigrant Trail and the Butterfield Trail. See more photos on page A-6
Chairbound learn self-defense tactics at Anza Community Hall Tony Ault Writer
Riverside County Fair fun for all Jodi Thomas Area Manager The Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival is full of fun and fantasy will be running Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 21. Camel, Zebra, Osage races, farm animals, open stage theater, musical stars and more can be found there. Don’t forget the famous dates and date shakes and fair food. All shows are included in the fair’s ticket.
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Wheelchair bound Anza residents Sharon Perrin and Barbara Cox came to Michael Patke’s selfdefense class expecting to learn how to defend themselves from their wheelchairs, but learned something even more important in the class. Patke, a martial arts instructor, Progressive Fighting Systems certified, offers chairbound residents in Anza Valley free self-defense classes at the Community Hall on Wednesdays. Perrin and Cox have attended most of his classes and are learning ways to defend themselves from any attackers despite their disabilities. Wednesday, Jan. 20 the two ladies after doing some stick fighting exercises with Patke and his assistant instructors, smiled feeling confident they could handle any attackers, but more importantly feeling “really good”
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see SELF-DEFENSE, page A-5
Martial Arts assistant Michael Patke gives Sharon Perrin another tactic to throw an attacker off balance. Tony Ault photo
Anza’s Health Mart Pharmacy tops in prescription needs Tony Ault Writer Almost everyone in Anza Valley who has ever suffered a severe cold, pain or other health ailment knows SoJi Akanwo, the owner of the Valley’s only pharmacy. Because of Health Mart Pharmacy at 56555 U.S. Highway 371 in Anza, residents needing to fill a prescription, get first aid supplies or other health needs don’t have to go 15 or 20 miles into the Valley. For those who are shut-in due to illness or other reasons and have to have numerous prescriptions Health Mart Pharmacy will make deliveries into the rural areas of Anza and Aguanga. The pharmacy, according to Akanwo serves 60 to 70 percent of all residents in the area. Akanwo, originally from Nigeria, is a registered pharmacist Soji Akanwo, owner of Health Mart Pharmacy in Anza, stands waiting to fill your prescriptions in a timely and professional way. Tony Ault photo
see PHARMACY, page A-7