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Historic Medieval Battle event brings armored fighters to Temecula

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The Menifee City Council continued its discussion on the latest census required redistricting process and suggested some new ideas for the distribution of Community Development Block Grants funds at its Wednesday, Feb. 2, meeting. see page A-2

Local Linfield teacher fired after video of racist rant goes viral Trevor Montgomery SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A Southern California couple has come under fire after allegations of COVID-19 based racism toward Asian Americans recently surfaced following a verbal altercation that occurred near Fashion Island in Newport Beach over the weekend. see page A-4

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Armored fighters battle against each other using a variety of blunt weapons in 5 vs. 5 melee during the Historic Medieval Battle event at the California Ranch Company in Temecula, Feb. 5. Fighters are covered in metal armor. Blunt metal weapons are used in an effort to prevent injury and damage to armor. See more photos on page B-1.

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Military Explorers youth program branches out Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Phillip Ayala started the Military Explorers Post III program to teach youth beneficial life skills. A San Jacinto resident since 2005, Ayala is a teacher in San Bernardino where he started the program in 2014 to support students. In 2016, the program was initiated in the San Jacinto Valley, headquartered at American Legion Post 53 of Hemet. Ayala’s goal is to expand into the Temecula Valley area as well as the Corona and Eastvale areas within the year once he can secure a permanent location for meetings.

“We want to work closely with the surrounding school districts and possibly their career and technical education departments to provide support for students that want to be part of this program,” Ayala said. “It would help to have local community supporters and sponsors get behind us as well.”

Ayala was elected to the San Jacinto City Council in November 2020 and is currently serving as Mayor Pro Tem. “I have now

Military Explorers Post III founder and Troop Advisor Phillip Ayala with his daughter, Alyssa, who was San Jacinto Valley Academy’s valedictorian in 2016. A recent graduate of California Baptist University, she received her commission as a California Army National Guard second lieutenant in May 2021 and is awaiting her spot for Army flight school.

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realized that my life has been dedicated to service. First was service to my country, then service to my students, then service to my soldiers in the state guard and now it is service to my community. I believe service should be a cornerstone for every American in our country because it makes you appreciate where you live, where you came from and how service can mold great leaders.”

It is that realization that he wants to instill in the youth that are part of Military Explorers Post III. The program is a “military-oriented, high adventure, career pathway resource for young men and women.” The purpose of the program is to provide hands-on training and military experiences that can assist youth in deciding on a military career or not; military commitment is not a requirement. The program is designed to teach Explorers about the seven values of the U.S. Army, which are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. see EXPLORERS, page A-6

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Redistricting process continues, future CDBG funding discussed

by Menifee City Council Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Menifee City Council continued its discussion on the latest census required redistricting process and suggested some new ideas for the distribution of Community Development Block Grants funds at its Wednesday, Feb. 2, meeting.

It also authorized city manager Armando Villa to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Menifee Global Medical Center and formulated plans for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, Wednesday, March 30.

The three-hour meeting presentations began with the latest suggested changes to the census required voter redistricting process made by Bear Demographics & Research with principal Andrew Westafall hired to help with realigning the voting districts blockby-block.

Bear Demographics & Research provided the city council with two draft maps. Draft Map No. 1 has an overall deviation of 2.2%, while Draft Map No. 2 has an overall deviation of 6.2%. Both draft maps are within the legal standard for overall deviation as directed by the 2021 city census.

The council heard a detailed explanation of the changes to the four city voting districts with their proposed borders. That information along with maps of the districts

are available on the city’s website at http://www.cityofmenifee.us.

After viewing the two Bear redistricting draft maps, each of council members and Mayor Bill Zimmerman took exception to a change that would have divided the Oasis 55+ community in the city on one of the maps. Council member Lesa Sobek, who supported the suggestion to keep the Oasis Community surrounding the 36-hole Menifee Lakes Country Club south of Newport Road together, cited 15 letters she received from the HOA members asking that it not be divided.

The council said Interstate 215 was the best place to divide the district boundaries wherever possible. Their suggestions will be taken into consideration by the demographic firm as the redistricting process continues. Westfall said they received two other redistricting map ideas from two community members which allowed a greater and lesser deviation from the Bear maps.

Community members can still submit their redistricting ideas during two upcoming public meetings at the Feb. 16 and March 2 city council meetings at City Hall.

The final redistricting map will be approved by March 16 and submitted to the state for consideration.

A public hearing and discussion on the Community Block Grant 2022-2027 Consolidated Plan

Preliminary Priorities was held.

Each year, the city is granted a certain dollar amount from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the city’s Community Development Department. The funds must be spent to enhance the community housing needs for low to moderate income families. Fifteen percent of those funds are given to nonprofits and community service organizations, while the city spends the rest on housing and living needs of the lower income neighborhoods.

In recent months, community meetings have been held to determine what the residents most would like to see out of the CDBG monies. A survey of more than 500 residents was taken to see what needs were there. The survey found things like more senior services, more after-school care, better internet connections, available transportation, parks and community services in Menifee were the most requested. The CDBG monies are allowed to be distributed under strict requirements so they benefit the most underserved residents.

The council was asked what they thought might be the best way and where the new money could best be spent. It was agreed that some of the most underserved community members, outside of the senior Sun City residents, were those in the Quail Valley area. Un-

fortunately, the CDBG consultants said the area was not one the HUD has seen as needy to date.

Suggestions from the council for that area included more parks, better transportation and services.

Because of the current non-HUD designation, Quail Valley wasn’t included in the funding.

“But that can change,” the consultants said.

They indicated they would contact HUD about that lower income area in the city which was not identified previously.

Peter Baronoff, CEO of KPC Health’s Menifee Global Medical Center, appeared before the council to plead his case for the city and the city’s major hospital to enter into a memorandum of understanding to best determine the Menifee residents medical needs and how the two entities can work together in improve the area’s health care. The MOU would cost the city an estimated $30,000 to approve the measure that would provide information and direction to residents to best fit their local health needs.

The council saw no reason not to improve their relationship with the privately owned hospital that is the city’s only emergency room and urgent care medical treatment facility. It was pointed out by Mayor Bill Zimmerman, however, the city has been a major help to the 82-bed general hospital in the

past with street widening, a street light and other amenities on McCall Road in front of the hospital.

Sobek also asked why the hospital hasn’t moved forward on developing a maternity center and other needed medical treatments for the growing number of younger residents as they promised. Baronoff said they are still working on those things, and the MOU might encourage those actions. The MOU was approved by a 4-1 vote.

Concluding the council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Dean Deines suggested the city should hold an event, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, to honor those veterans who were not treated well after they came home after the Vietnam withdrawal.

“You didn’t even want to wear your uniform in public after that,” Deines said.

He said the day would help them overcome the denial of their hard fight for the country and the people of Vietnam.

March 30 was suggested for the day. The council decided it should be done outside and the veterans could be given some sort of challenge medal from the city like they had at past veterans events. The council ideas were taken under consideration and more information on the special event will be announced soon.

Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

San Jacinto Council approves major Mistletoe Park restroom improvements Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The San Jacinto City Council approved a major improvement to the Mistletoe Park restroom facility, a $10,000 allotment of Community Development Block Grant funds to Voices for Children and the submission of a Regional Housing Needs Assessment plan to the state at its Tuesday, Feb. 1, meeting.

The improvement to the aging Mistletoe Park restroom at a cost of approximately $480,000 taken from CDBG funds will consist of removing and replacing the existing restroom facility and installation of the new facility that conforms with current ADA accessibility standards and requirements. The park is located at 421 S. Mistletoe Ave. on 2.23 acres near Tahquitz Street in the city.

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Children for $10,000. A Voices for Children representative attended the teleconference meeting and presented their case. The mission of Voices for Children organization, coming from Riverside County’s Court Appointed Special Advocate, is to transform the lives of abused, abandoned or neglected children by providing them with trained volunteers who provide a single child or sibling group with comprehensive, individualized advocacy in court and in the community.

The $10,000 will support the local CASA staff, allowing direct services to five San Jacinto youths who are in foster care, according to the representative. She said that there are nine more children on the CASA waiting list in the city.

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Mayor Crystal Ruiz joined the council in agreeing the current Mistletoe Park restroom is inadequate for handicapped people, affords little privacy and needs to be improved. Using a part of the $520,000 CDBG funds is allowed for the project because it serves the low to moderate income people who are most likely to use the park, including homeless people. The $480,000 CDBG allocation that will be dispersed over a two-year period, covers engineering plans/ inspection, design, demolition, construction and other soft costs.

A sketch of the planned improved facilities showed a more enclosed and larger three urinal area, a machine blow dryer, sinks, drinking fountain and a larger storage area.

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Travis Randel, director of San Jacinto Community Development, said he was happy to present the final draft of the 6th Cycle from 2021-2029 Housing Element based on new California Department of Housing and Community Development mandates to the council.

The newest Housing Element requires San Jacinto to have 3,192 new housing units in their General Plan for low to moderate income families by 2029. The city will have to provide an additional buffer of approximately 25% more units to accommodate the increase in residents, along with enough land in reserve to ensure the RHNA obligations are continuously met.

Randel assured the council in his report that the city has “adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing and mobile homes and shall make adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the community.”

The Southern California Association of Governments divided the number of homes in each Southern California county and city they saw to meet the state’s RHNA obligation, arriving at the 3,192 homes needed in San Jacinto. Randel described all of these details to the city council.

In a chart taken from the Southern California Association of Govern-

ments, he showed the number of those homes for people making up to $75,300 a year, which is considered moderate income would total 1,567 home, while those making less than $22,590 a year, which is considered extremely low income, would total 400 homes. He listed the numbers of homes in the very low and low income categories as well, at 400 and 465 respectively.

Randel showed the council a map of the areas which would be set aside in the general plan for the different categories. The map can be found on the city website.

While the council approved the final draft of the RHNA, Ruiz voiced her opinion that California’s northern side “dumped” most of the homes needed into Southern California, pointing out that the original figures were even more impossible to reach. Even with the newest RHNA obligations for the city, she said they were almost as impossible to reach, based on the number of new homes coming into the city in the last 10 years.

Initially, the RHNA goals for the newest cycle, which were approved by the Legislature and the governor, were meant to help reduce the growing number of homeless people in the state due to the low number of houses being built and the higher cost of rentals.

Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

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A fire erupted Wednesday, Feb. 2, in an abandoned RV parked in East Hemet, damaging the mobile home but not causing any injuries.

The blaze was reported about 5:05 p.m. at the intersection of Nathan Drive and Sixth Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Several engine crews were sent

to the location and encountered a fire burning inside the RV. Firefighters prevented the flames from spreading outside and threatening adjacent properties amid stiff Santa Ana winds blowing in the San Jacinto Valley, according to officials at the scene.

The fire was knocked down by 5:20 p.m.

There was no immediate word regarding what might have sparked the blaze.

Motorcyclist killed in crash on SR-74 in Santa Ana Mountains City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

An unidentified motorcyclist was killed in a crash on State Route 74 Sunday, Feb. 6, prompting the partial closure of the highway in the Santa Ana Mountains.

The crash occurred at about 9:10 a.m. on the eastbound lane north of Rocky Road, according to the

California Highway Patrol.

The CHP reported that a motorcycle slammed into a guardrail.

Riverside County fire officials later said the motorcycle ended up 65 feet over the side of the roadway and that the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Eastbound SR-74 was shut down temporarily at the crash site.

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‘The Future is Bright’ women’s conference slated for Feb. 24 Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The San Jacinto Valley Women’s Conference will celebrate its 10th anniversary with this year’s event, “The Future is Bright.” A full day of inspirational speakers, personal development and networking will be available Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Soboba Casino Resort Event Center, 22777 Soboba Road, in San Jacinto. Doors open at 8 a.m.

Since its formation in 2012, the nonprofit has awarded more than $35,000 in grants and scholarships to support women in furthering their opportunities and to support the annual Girl Power Conference sponsored by Soroptimist International of San Jacinto Hemet Valley.

Sponsorships are still available at multiple levels to allow businesses of all sizes to participate in this empowering event for women.

Sponsorships include admission to the event which includes breakfast and a full lunch meal. Door prize

drawings are available for all attendees. Tickets are $70 per person through Feb. 11, before increasing to $75 each. Tables of 10 can be reserved for the discounted price of $630. The offer has often been utilized to reward employees and support professional and personal development.

All proceeds from the event are used to help women in the community become more successful in their endeavors. Each conference also gives women entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their companies, nonprofits or community projects while inspiring and motivating others by sharing their personal journeys.

To learn more about the organization, with the possibility of becoming a sponsor, vendor, volunteer or a scholarship recipient, contact Lauri Morris at 951-692-5725.

For more information, visit http://SJVWC.org or http://www. facebook.com/SanJacintoValleyWomensConference.

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Firefighters make quick work of small brushfire near Temecula Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Firefighters extinguished a small brushfire, but not before closing Rancho California Road near De Luz Monday, Feb. 7.

Cal Fire Riverside County Fire Department responded to the brusher at 7:53 a.m. and quickly closed Rancho California Road at Ridge Park Drive so they could fight what Cal Fire Riverside County Fire Department spokesperson Jodi Hagemann called a “small spot fire.”

Firefighters made quick work of the 20 by 20 foot brusher which was burning in heavy fuels with full containment at 8:18 a.m., Hagemann said Julie Reeder contributed to this story.

A fire starts in the hills off Rancho California Road going into De Luz, Monday, Feb. 7.

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Cal Fire Riverside County Fire Department closes Rancho California Road after a fire starts in the hills off Rancho California Road going into De Luz Monday, Feb. 7.

Hemet and San Jacinto motorists seeing short closure of Commonwealth Avenue for water pipeline installation Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Hemet and San Jacinto residents normally driving on Commonwealth Avenue are warned that Eastern Municipal Water District project to install a 60-inch diameter pipeline began Monday, Feb. 7, forcing the closure of the roadway between Kriby and Emily streets until the end of March.

The 2.2 mile long pipeline, according to EMWD, is a critical step toward the district’s long term efforts to provide a safe and reliable source of water to the residents of the Valley. Heavy equipment has to be used to dig the trenches for the pipeline along the roadway causing the closure to regular vehicle traffic.

The purpose of the first phase of the pipeline will convey untreated water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Inland Feeder pipeline to EMWD’s Hemet Water Filtration Plant located on the southwest corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Kirby Street. Currently the plant relies on a smaller 33-inch pipeline to serve the plant. This change will almost double the amount of water rushing through the lines.

The pipeline construction began at Warren Road and Esplanade Avenue, and will end at Commonwealth Avenue and Kirby Street.

The residents living near the area have been notified of the road closure so they will use alternate routes for the time being.

EMWD said once the first phase of the project is completed, it will have additional capacity in the region to operate its existing groundwater replenishment facilities and both the filtration plant and its new Mountain Avenue West Groundwater Replenishment Basin

in San Jacinto which was recently completed. Officials said it could be a critical need if the drought now facing the state continues.

The project in both normal and wet years EMWD imports water from the MWD canals coming out of Northern California that is of higher quality than that water coming from the now diminishing Colorado River.

The project will also provide additional system reliability for EMWD to meet its groundwater replenishment obligations as part of the Soboba (Water) Settlement Agreement.

In the Menifee area, the city is announcing other EMWD water pipeline projects now underway that includes the $16 million Murrieta Road Transmission Pipeline to better serve the increasing homes in the area with reliable water. That project included the construction of a 36 to 42-inch in diameter pipeline that runs from the Perris II Desalter Complex in the city of Menifee to La Piedra Road. It was announced recently that that project will result in closing a portion of Murrieta Road from Puerto Vallarta Way to La Piedra Road for approximately two weeks in April. The update on closures can be found at https:// www.emwd.org/post/murrietaroad-transmission-pipeline-project.

Night work on that project will also take place causing some traffic redirection.

A portion of that project has already been completed in the Sun City and Salt Creek area.

Also in Menifee, a street resurfacing project is taking place on McCall Boulevard to Encanto Road and Oak Hurst Avenue with restriping to being once sidewalk work is completed. The project will be delayed during school hours in

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Southern California Edison is working on an underground utility project on Goetz Road north of Kabian Park. Travel lanes will still be accessible with the project expected soon to be complete.

Scott and Leon roads intersection improvements with paving work on the shoulders has been underway

and not impacting travel lanes.

Back in the San Jacinto and Moreno Valley the offramp off Gilman Springs Road to Highway 60 has been used by Riverside County Transportation concrete contractors working to build highway’s new truck lanes.

In that regard, RCTC said for motorists to keep an eye out for a

weekend full closure of westbound Route 60 and daytime lane closures of eastbound Route 60 as crews build transitions from the existing roadway to the new lanes. Closures are targeted through Friday, Feb. 11, with schedules subject to change.

Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.

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Temecula teacher fired, husband placed on leave from city job, after video of racist rant goes viral Trevor Montgomery SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A Southern California couple has come under fire after allegations of COVID-19 based racism toward Asian Americans recently surfaced following a verbal altercation that occurred near Fashion Island in Newport Beach over the weekend.

Cellphone video of the incident, which was first shared to TikTok but has since been widely circulated on Twitter, Instagram and other forms of social media, has led to growing calls for action against the pair.

The now-viral video appeared to show 55-year-old Roger Miller, director of Coronado’s Recreation and Golf Services, and 56-year-old Sandra Miller, a teacher at a private school in Temecula, making racist comments toward another couple, while walking to their car in one of the mall’s parking garages.

Bowing to growing pressure to hold the Temecula pair accountable for their alleged tirade, Roger Miller, who along with Sandra Miller was seen making obscene

gestures toward the couple filming him as he and his wife left the parking garage, was placed on administrative leave from his city position Monday, Jan. 31.

Meanwhile, Sandra Miller, who was heard yelling “Go back to China!” in the video, was terminated from her job as a teacher at Temecula’s private Linfield Christian School.

Linfield Christian School, a K-12 school in Temecula, posted a statement online Monday morning that said Sandra Miller had been terminated from her job at the school.

The school’s statement said that it was “aware of the video involving Ms. Sandra Miller. After speaking with Ms. Miller regarding the incident, Linfield has terminated her employment immediately. The statements made by Ms. Miller do not reflect the beliefs of Linfield, are inconsistent with Linfield’s mission statement and fail to meet the behavior Linfield expects employees to model for its students.”

Although the video’s poster said the Millers made multiple racist

comments, including statements about Chinese people being the cause of and spreading COVID-19, the video picked up after the verbal altercation had already begun and did not include footage of what may have led to the confrontation.

In the video, the Millers are seen in a parking structure walking away from the other couple filming the incident, who thus far have managed to remain anonymous.

As the video continues, Sandra Miller can be clearly heard saying, “I love that we are not in their country, right? I love that we are not communism. I love that very much.”

When the couple filming asks, “Are you saying those words to us?” Roger Miller is seen turning directly toward them and saying, “Yeah maybe, could be,” to which the filmer replies, “Yeah, we’re not even Chinese by the way.”

Moments later, as Sandra Miller is seen getting into her car, she is heard saying, “America is a free country. Go back to China!”

In a subsequent interview with

SanDiegoVille, the person who recorded the video explained, “My girlfriend and I were just shopping around Fashion Island in Newport when a couple walks by us, makes eye contact with looks us, and say ‘Oooh, COVID is gonna get you ... those Chinese spreading COVID.’” Although the video appeared to show the Millers continuing to discuss the matter amongst themselves while walking away from the couple filming the video, the man behind the camera said the couple was “purposely loud enough for us to hear the racial slurs and comments.”

“Then they loudly blurt out racial commentaries as about another Asian couple and baby walk by,” he continued, adding, “When we confronted them, they saw no fault in their actions and instead proudly and continuously blurt out racial commentaries attacking us.”

Responding to growing pressure over what can be heard in the video, Tina Friend, Coronado city manager, said Sunday, Jan. 30, the city “took immediate action” once

it became aware of the video, and followed up Monday, Jan. 31, with a statement indicating that “the person involved has been placed on administrative leave pending an independent, full and fair investigation.”

“Our city’s culture and values are core to who we are, and that culture is based on professionalism, service and respect,” according to Friend’s statement. “We take matters such as this extremely seriously, and the city has zero tolerance for all forms of discrimination.”

Roger Miller previously made headlines in 2018, after the San Diego Reader published an article accusing him of improprieties in his position overseeing the Coronado Municipal Golf Course.

In that article, Mike Horvath, a 25-year employee at the golf course said, “Miller has done pretty much what he pleases, City of Coronado bylaws be damned,” adding that he engaged “in a campaign of retaliation against anyone who dared question the operation of his 18-hole fiefdom.”

One of Don Starkey’s favorite landscape photos is viewing Diamond Valley Lake from Simpson Park in Hemet. “The clouds just drew me in,” he says.

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I see landscapes more as an artwork,” he said. “Even though I enjoy wildlife and pets, they are not my greatest photographic adventure.”

About five years ago, Starkey began sharing his talent with the community by volunteering to photograph special events at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District. The partnership came about by chance. Starkey would spend time at the organization’s local parks taking pictures of the nature found there while on his regular walks. One day he shared his photos with retired park superintendent Mike Thomas who told Dean Wetter, general manager of Valley-Wide, about them.

It wasn’t long before Wetter met with Starkey and asked if he would like to be the district’s volunteer photographer. He and his camera have been a major part of ValleyWide events since then.

“I was so impressed with Dean Wetter that we hit it off right

away,” Starkey said. “Not only is he a valued friend, but a compassionate person who really loves the communities that he serves. Plus, it is a pure delight volunteering alongside his excellent staff who share an equal passion for the community.”

Wetter said, “Our organization has a big heart for everything good in the fabric of our community.

Our success can be attributed to our volunteers and those who want to contribute in their special ways.

It’s about providing quality of life and creating community.”

Photo processing As some months are more active than others, depending on scheduled events, Starkey, 71, said it is hard to calculate how much time he puts in each year for ValleyWide. He said he spends as much time in editing as in the picturetaking itself, and it is the part he enjoys most, no matter what the subject matter is.

“I really got the bug for photography about 10 years ago,” he said. “And as much as I love taking pictures, I love the editing of those photos even more. I love to tell a

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story with my images. I want them to take you places.

“Other than being with some wonderful people, I’m always thinking about the edit before I take the image. I’m considering the composition, the story and then anticipate the moment. And of course, looking for that ‘memoryshot.’ In other words, that one image that can represent the entire event,” he said.

Although Starkey enjoys landscapes, he said he has taken a series of photographs of an outdoor cat named Garfield that adopted his wife, Patty. He also enjoys taking portraits of people.

“The best aspect to taking their image is freezing a moment in time where they were celebratory or fascinated by something they were witnessing,” he said. “I love taking unrehearsed images of their emotions that can continue to live on, every time they view that photograph.”

Passion for more than photos Starkey has moved back and forth between Hemet and his hometown of San Diego during the past 40 years, mostly due to his pastoral roles. He retired from a career as a hospice chaplain. The father of five has grandchildren in Hemet, Menifee, Minnesota and Oklahoma and also has three great grandchildren that keep him busy.

“There was one Home Health and Hospice where I served in four roles,” he said. “I was the medical social worker, hospice volunteer coordinator, bereavement coordinator and chaplain at Fallbrook Hospital Home Health and Hospice.”

He served as a social worker at The Village skilled nursing facility in Hemet and as a bereavement coordinator at Cornerstone Hospice in Colton. He also served in these roles at other facilities, starting at Ramona Visiting Nurses and Hospice in Hemet.

“The draw is in helping people when they are in their greatest need,” Starkey said. “Even though one’s education and skills help, the true effectiveness is found in just being there. I call it the ‘ministry of presence.’”

He has expanded on that presence by writing four Christiancentered books. The self-published author said his first book, “Grief’s Untold Stories,” is his most popu-

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lar to date and is based on “reallife experiences of Christians that I’ve personally ministered to that died courageously and left a positive inspiration on everyone that was left behind.” Another book is on eternal security, and one is a Christian fantasy on the afterlife.

“Passion always steers my writing,” Starkey said. “Something has touched my heart in such a profound way that I want to share.

I am working on a short commentary on the Book of Jude in the New Testament. My strength has always been in the creative storytelling of a vision, not as a bricklayer in exactness.”

Artistic roots Starkey said when he was in his 40s and 50s he had more of an interest in video production and editing. But he has had a lifelong connection to art. Growing up in San Diego, he used to go to the park with his grandfather who would sell his oil paintings alongside other artists.

“I love images that include clouds, whether stormy, sunrise or sunsets,” he said. “There is something magical in the way that clouds influence an image.

My grandfather used to paint murals on the office walls of rich Oklahoma oil men back during the Great Depression. He often included clouds.”

Although he is a self-taught photographer, Starkey said he has studied a host of articles and YouTube videos over the years.

He has also spent time analyzing various paintings and photos of famous artists.

“It’s important to understand your photographic tools and their strengths and limitations but at the end of the day what matters even more is capturing that moment, that certain expression that tells a story,” Starkey said. “I like what Ansel Adams said, ‘A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.’”

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Ramona, played by Kayla Contreras declares her love for Alessandro, played by Joseph Valdez, during a Saturday, March 17, 2018, performance of “Ramona.”

Legislature take a better look at the injustice faced by Native Americans in the 1800s has been presented.

The play, shown in the 5,000plus seat outdoor amphitheater at 27400 Ramona Bowl Road and backdropped by the California hills begins this year on April 23, 24, 30 and May 1, according to the Amphitheater’s website.

The play’s cast of hundreds includes elementary school students posing as Rock Indians, Indian Bird singers and dancers, and will feature Mariachi music, brightly

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With the continuing relaxation of the COVID-19 crowd restrictions, the Ramona Bowl Amphitheater is now looking ahead and selling tickets once again for the world famous “Ramona” outdoor play and opening things up for more community events in the coming year.

It has been two years since the Ramona Play based on Helen Hunt Jackson’s famous book, “Ramona” that turned to make the American

Spanish Dancers Randy Phares and Patricia Garcia perform a dance at a fictional celebration at Senora Moreno’s rancho during a special snowbird performance of “Ramona” at the Ramona Bowl Ampitheatre in Hemet in 2018.

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costumed dancers, cowboys and blank gunfire.

The Ramona Play is the story about an adopted rich Spanish family’s daughter Ramona, and Alessando, a Cahuilla Indian, who falls madly in love with her. That love, however, ends tragically.

Starting things off for this year’s planned performance was a Ramona Bowl President’s gala at the Soboba Casino Resort on Jan. 22 where many of the upcoming cast, including Ramona and Alessandro, were presented to the audience.

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were in attendance. This was followed by a casting call on Feb. 5 for Rock Indians for children from 7 to 14 who wanted to participate in the play.

Other events are now underway including a Food Truck Friday scheduled from 3 to 9 p.m. Feb. 11, which will feature local food truck vendors, a beer garden and a classic car cruise night taking place at the Bowl’s courtyard and parking lot. Parking admission is $5.

A Rummage Sale is planned for Feb. 11 and 12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a number of vendors that

will feature the sale of “Ramona” play items, more food and good bargains. Parking is $5. Organizers hope to host more events, including a concert series, at the amphitheater to be announced at a later date.

For tickets, details and seat reservations to this year’s Ramona outdoor play, visit www.ramonabowl.com, call 951-658-3111 or email ramona@ramonabowl. com.

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EXPLORERS from page A-1 Joining the program Faith McNeely and her younger brother, Noah, got involved with Military Explorers Post III when she was a freshman in high school.

Now 20, Faith said, “My favorite thing about the program was the ability to change and learn to be better as a leader. I think at this time we are watching a lot of division occur and this program brought us all together no matter our backgrounds.

We all had the same opportunities to become a leader and improve how we wanted to while being able to interact with one another.”

Faith is studying biology at UC, Riverside, and is currently in the Army ROTC program and a recipient of the Minuteman Scholarship.

Her career goals are in the health care field. Noah, 17, was in the program for four years and is on schedule to graduate from Marine Corps boot camp at the end of this month after graduating from high school a year early.

She said Ayala was a good leader because he had a vision and a drive to give the cadets a strong foundation. “He set an example for us and before we knew it, we took over the program as leaders and began running it ourselves learning from each other. What’s good about this program is yes, Chief Ayala is the person in charge, but he allows us to fill in the roles of being leaders and taking initiative.”

Kayla Kelly is an Explorer and recent high school graduate who joined the program about four years ago. “My favorite thing about the program is being the Company commander and a Major for the program and being able to teach cadets everything I know,” she said.

“I like that the program teaches different things and different fields you can’t learn about anywhere else at such a young age.”

Kelly, 19, said her career goals are to go into the military and become a cryptographer after she finishes college where she is pursuing a business degree. “Chief Ayala is one of the most amazing leaders I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anyone else who wants to help kids tap into their leadership skills,” she said. “He’s also the humblest man you’ll ever meet. I don’t even know if he knows he’s the most amazing leader anyone could have.”

Delivering on experience Ayala was a cadet with the California Cadet Corps and JROTC while a student in Los Angeles from 1986 until 1991, then an adult advisor for California Cadet Corps’ Los

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Angeles and Inland Empire units from 1992 to 2013. Ayala has been a volunteer with multiple youth organizations throughout his career.

He enlisted in the United States Army in 1991 and served until 2002. In 2012, he enlisted in the California State Guard where he is currently a Chief Warrant Officer III and a California State Guard and Joint-training Command Instructor.

“In 2003, I was recruited by the San Bernardino school district to work on military programs,” he said. “I built one middle school cadet program that was recognized as the largest unit in the entire state of California. In 2006 I was responsible for initiating the district’s second high school program and during my tenure there, my unit of cadets received dozens of state, regional, city and school district awards and accolades.”

Ayala was recruited to manage military-based programs at two other high school. “Having been an educator for almost two decades and a volunteer of youth programs for almost three decades, I saw a void where students lacked the support and guidance for enlistment and career preparation and also scholarship research for military-bound students. That’s where the Military Explorers Inland Empire Post III comes in.”

After a year of research, he found the Learning for Life program sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America.

Upon enrolling as an active unit, BSA provided the program with a charter and scouting number as well as the proper liability insurance to manage the program.

Support from within A Parent Advisory Council oversees the operations of the program.

Kimberly Miller has been on the council since 2013 and is now

remained committed to the program and “supporting the success of other people’s kids besides her own because she knows this is a life-changing program for kids. She saw what it did for me and she wants that for others.”

Working a part-time job as a Transfer Peer Mentor at the college since mentorship is a big part of his life, Simeone is a fourth-year Political Science major with a minor in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.

“In addition, I am currently completing a Virtual Student Federal Service internship with the U.S. State Department. I also formerly did work as an undergraduate researcher with the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism where I did work related to anti-Asian hate crimes that was widely cited by media outlets and federal lawmakers during debates on the passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act which was signed by President Biden last year. This opened the door for me to work as a co-author with another professor on a book about global terrorism that is set to be published

by ABC-CLIO. Public service is very visibly important to me, but this wouldn’t be happening if not for the Explorers.”

Important programs Simeone said that he’d like to believe programs such as this one are important for the country. “They are important to national security because an informed youth that is aware of the military’s role in that and the importance of American leadership on the world stage will be better prepared to defend those freedoms as well as why those freedoms matter because not everyone in the world enjoys the same privileges that Americans get to,” he said. “I think I can speak to that in detail as someone who has studied, written

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It’s also a way to foster positive and engaged citizenship which also has an important role in our national security in many ways, even if it isn’t always acknowledged as playing that kind of role.”

Growth begins The Military Explorers Post III’s second unit, Bravo Company, was started when Ayala’s daughter pressured him to initiate one in their hometown and became one of its first members. In 2018, the program officially became a nonprofit organization to better acquire donations and grants. Ayala said, “Being a self-funded and self-operated program, all of our students, who mostly come from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, have to pay for every event on their own. In the Military Explorers’ first years, it was myself and my family contributing the funds to operate this program. While we operate on a very thin budget, we do our best to provide all services, events, activities, uniforms and equipment almost free of charge to every active participant.”

Faith McNeely, of San Jacinto, said. “The biggest thing to note about this program is, it’s about the kids. It’s always been about them.

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While we are a military oriented program, we do not place pressure on joining the military and are supportive no matter the pathway our Explorers take in the program be it college, trade school or the military.

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Chairperson. Her son, Simeone, was the first Explorer when Ayala founded the program’s Alpha Company. “Phil has been a true mentor for my son and helped shape him into the leader he is today,” Miller, of San Bernardino, said. “He is still active in the Military Explorers as an Assistant Advisor.”

She said Ayala has mentored many youths and assisted them in starting their military careers and careers in public service. “I attribute my son’s achievements to Phil for developing him into the young man he is today, and all because of a program that taught him structure, how to be organized, stamina and endurance, and commitment to reaching goals and dreams that are now becoming a reality for my son, who will be graduating from Cal State San Bernardino this summer.”

Simeone Miller, 23, was in the California Cadet Corps for three years before Ayala started the Military Explorers that he joined in his sophomore year of high school.

Love for the military “The reason I joined both programs was because I had a deep love for history and the military because my grandfather was a WWII veteran. I looked up to him a lot and wanted to follow his example by joining the military,” he said.

As an assistant adult advisor, Simeone Miller’s role is to support Troop Advisor Ayala with the program’s operations during events and monthly unit training assemblies and to provide Explorers with leadership development training.

“Many of our parents are deeply committed to supporting the success of the program, their children and other people’s as well,” he said, adding that he saw his mother’s dedication firsthand. After he aged out of the program at 21, she has

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The legacy of Mahlon Vail

Rebecca Marshall Farnbach SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Mahlon Vail’s story starts with his father’s success story and how it set the scene for Mahlon’s life and his love for Temecula. Walter Vail left his home and family in New Jersey on the day he turned 21. With $100 in his pocket, he left to seek fame and fortune in the West.

When Walter didn’t strike it rich in the silver mines of Virginia City, Nevada, his Uncle Nathan in Los Angeles urged him to buy a ranch in Arizona to start a cattle business.

Believe it or not, it was on their Arizona ranch where Walter made it rich with silver. He and some partners developed a huge ranching enterprise southeast of Tucson called the Empire Ranch and found a fortune in a silver mine on their property.

Walter married his longtime sweetheart Margaret Newhall from New Jersey and brought her to their Empire Ranch home. He made great improvements to change the bare adobe into a home for a civilized lady. From the crude dwelling with dirt floors and no windows or doors, he eventually built a 22-room Victorian home with electricity, indoor plumbing and a bay window. It made a wonderful

Mahlon Vail, seen in early 1960s, spent much of his time on the big ranch he loved so well in Temecula.

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home for Walter and Margaret to raise seven children.

Mahlon was born there in 1890, the fifth of seven children and the fourth of five boys. The name Mahlon is a Bible name from the book of Ruth in the Old Testament. Mahlon Vail was named for his paternal grandfather.

Mahlon and his siblings enjoyed the freedom of their ranch with a million acres and 40,000 cattle. The boys had plenty of room for running and horseback riding. They watched seasoned cowboys roping and branding. They tagged along as men hunted and fished, repaired fences and butchered meat. Life was hard work for the grownups,but it was wonderful for the Vail children.

By the early 1900s, the Vails owned and had developed much of Huntington Beach and many properties in downtown Los Angeles.

They owned Santa Rosa Island, west of Santa Barbara. They imported thousands of cattle from Mexico and took them to pastures and feedlots to fatten them for market. They would buy cattle at 200 pounds and sell them at 1,200 pounds. The Vail Company leased the entire San Fernando Valley from Mr. Lankersheim and Mr. Van Nuys.

In 1904, Mahlon’s father Walter found land for sale near Temecula.

He bought 87,500 acres of grazing land. Temecula had a railroad station convenient for shipping of cattle to market.

L.A. residents By then, Walter and Margaret and their seven children lived in a prestigious neighborhood in Los Angeles on Mulholland Drive where it was convenient for Walter to manage his many businesses and the children had access to good schools. They depended on the ranch foreman to take care of business at the Pauba Ranch, as the Temecula Vail Ranch was called in those days.

While at the height of his success and shortly after purchasing the Temecula ranchos, Walter was crushed between two streetcars in Los Angeles and died at 54 years of age.

Not only did the family reel from the untimely death of their father, but they also had a huge company to manage. The question was: Who would take care of all of Vail’s businesses.” Harry Hefner came from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to Temecula in 1905 to manage things until 1910 “when the boys took over,”

As a young man, Mahlon Vail managed the Temecula Ranch.

meaning Walter’s sons. Mahlon was just 15 years old when Walter died.

Walter’s widow Margaret and her seven children formed the Vail Corporation, and each was assigned an area of responsibility. Listing them in order of their births, Nathan Russell was president of the Vail Company.

Walter Jr. managed their holdings in Argentina. Mary Vail was a director.

William Banning stayed in Arizona with the Empire Ranch. Mahlon Vail managed the Temecula Ranch. Edward Vail was in charge of operations on Santa Rosa Island. And Margaret Vail was a director.

Taking responsibility When Mahlon turned 20, he took over responsibilities for the Vail Ranch. When he was 29, he married Irene Howard, a socialite from Los Angeles. He built Casa Loma, a beautiful adobe on the hill above the ranch headquarters for their home.

Casa Loma had an airstrip and a golf course, which were great for entertaining.

Irene didn’t like living in Temecula, however, and didn’t feel safe.

Mahlon built a secret staircase in the house for Irene to escape to the roof when she was frightened, but she decided to return to live in Los Angeles. Ranch foreman Louie Roripaugh moved into Casa Loma with his wife and children.

Whenever Mahlon was in town, he would stay at his “hunting camp,” an adobe building at Vail Lake. The hunting lodge is still standing at Vail Lake and is now a bar. Mahlon often brought friends to hunt, camp and play. He and his buddies would stay at the hunting camp, called “the

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Vail Dam was constructed for a cost of over a million dollars, which was the largest privately financed dam in the world at the time.

The plaque at Vail Dam honors Mahlon Vail who oversaw construction of pumping stations and brought electricity and phone lines to the Vail Headquarters.

prison camp” by the family, referring to the use of the place in another era.

He no doubt fondly remembered the freedom of his childhood on wideopen land of the Empire Ranch in Arizona, and he continued to play well into his adulthood.

Mahlon always had a good car.

In the early days, Mahlon drove Model A or Model T Ford Roadsters.

Later, he graduated to Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles that got beat up on the poor roads of the area.

Roripaugh manages When Mahlon was in Los Angeles taking care of business, he left the day-to-day management of the Pauba Ranch to his foreman Louie Roripaugh and eventually to his nephew Sandy Wilkinson. Although Mahlon had no education, he had business smarts like his father. Leo Roripaugh said Mahlon was an easy man to work for. Cowboy Lester Reed said Mahlon treated him better than any man had ever treated him. Many photos show Mahlon as a jokester, and a guy who knew how to have fun.

But he possessed the same strategic intelligence as his father. His partners in play, whether golfing, hunting or camping were military officers and luminaries from Hollywood and Los Angeles. His Temecula guests included Gen. Omar Bradley, baseball great Ty Cobb, aviation pioneer Donald Douglas and Temecula author Erle Stanley Gardner.

During Mahlon’s leadership at the Pauba/Vail Ranch, the ranch was the major employer of the valley, and the First National Bank of Temecula, now a restaurant called The Bank of Plates and Pours, was built to handle the Vail payroll.

Mahlon’s leadership was at its best when he negotiated settlement of a longstanding lawsuit between U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and the Vail family for water rights.

This issue culminated in 1948 with the construction of Vail Dam for over a million dollars, which was the largest privately financed dam in the world at the time.

Mahlon oversaw construction of pumping stations and brought electricity and phone lines to the Vail Headquarters. There were small encampments throughout the ranch including Lower Camp, Upper Camp, the Dairy, Yoder Camp and the Santa Rosa.

In the book “A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley,” Tom Hudson told a story about a 1956 visit that the editor of the Lake Elsinore Valley Sun had with Mahlon at his hunting camp.

Mahlon said he wouldn’t talk to a newspaper editor unless his lawyer was present. Mahlon sat on the top rail of a corral fence. The interviewer climbed up and sat next to him. Ignoring the editor, Mahlon reached into his shirt pocket for his bag of Bull Durham smoking tobacco and proceeded to roll and light a cigarette.

The editor extended his hand for the tobacco bag, and when Mahlon saw the newspaper editor was capable of rolling a decent cigarette, Mahlon struck a match on the corral fence to light the cigarette for his guest and they spoke. After the interview concluded, the editor dined with Mahlon and other guests including movie producer Hal Roach. They ate steak and beans in a barn-like structure and finished with spiked coffee.

When the editor wrote about the interview, he said Vail was an agile man of average height. Vail maintained an office on the prestigious Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, but his ruddy complexion was proof that

he spent much of his time on the big ranch he loved so well in Temecula.

He moved among the big names of Los Angeles and Hollywood with ease and self -assurance, and he spoke their language. On the ranch in Temecula, he moved with equal self-assurance among the men who worked for him, and he spoke their language.

Kaiser makes purchase On Dec. 4, 1964, after running the ranch for 60 years, the Vail Company made the difficult decision to sell the ranch holdings. They sold the 87,500 acres to Macco Realty, Kaiser Industries and Kaiser Aluminum, and Mahlon retired.

Mahlon died six months later at the age of 74, while doing something he loved. He suffered a heart attack while playing a round of golf in Borrego Springs. The June 10 issue of the Riverside Daily Enterprise carried two death announcements related to the Vail Ranch: Mahlon’s and Harry Heffner’s, the man who ran the ranch until Mahlon came of age after his father’s death. Heffner was 91. The same newspaper edition carried an announcement that David March, the son of the maid for the Roripaughs at Casa Loma, was named co-valedictorian of his graduating class.

Mahlon keeps promises The Daily Enterprise minimized Mahlon’s importance to the ranch in the headline of his death announcement: “Mahlon Vail, son of ranch’s founder, dies.” Walter made the purchase of the ranch, but he did not live long enough to oversee it. Mahlon was involved for the entire 60 years of the ranch, but he was identified as the “son of the founder.”

It occurred to me that Mahlon was a man who kept his promises. He was a person shouldered his responsibilities and had the dogged determination to do what he needed to do. He also knew how to have fun and he formed a lot of friendships and did many things with them.

When I meet children of the ranch workers, I ask about Mahlon. They have nothing but good to say about him. He provided each family with a vehicle and a place to live. The children always received Christmas gifts. Mahlon’s family members said he was an upstanding man.

Mahlon ran his historic ranch headquarters, which was the seat of financial power and influence in the Temecula Valley. The Temecula Valley Historical Society is presently finalizing the nomination of the Vail Headquarters for recognition as a National Historic Site.

There are two Mahlon Vails living today, and both have visited Vail Headquarters. “Mahlie” Vail Lawton, a granddaughter of Walter Vail lives in the Palm Springs area, and the other is a great grandson of Walter Vail, who is associated with California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Rebecca Marshall Farnbach is a member of the Temecula Valley Historical Society and is an author and co-author of several history books about the Temecula area. The books are available for purchase at the Little Temecula History Center or online from booksellers and at http://www. temeculahistoricalsociety.org. Visit her Amazon author page at http:// www.amazon.com/-/e/B01JQZVO5E. The Little Temecula History Center Museum, the red barn at the corner of Redhawk Parkway and Temecula Parkway in Temecula, is open on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

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Participants in modern armored combat battle against each other during the Historical Medieval Battle event at the California Ranch Company in Temecula, Feb. 5. Fighters are covered in real metal armor and blunt metal weapons are used in an effort to prevent injury and damage to armor.

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A team of armored fighters prepare to battle against an opposing team in a 5 vs. 5 melee. Winners from the two-day Historical Medieval Battle event will go on to the championships in Romania later this year.

Armored fighters battle against each other in a 5 vs. 5 melee during the Historical Medieval Battle event in Temecula. Armor and weapons are regulated by Middle Age historical authenticity.

An Historical Medieval Battle fighter goes down during a fight. When a fighter goes down they have to stay down, but they can be used to trip other opponents during a fight.

Armored fighters battle against each other using a variety of blunt weapons in a 5 vs. 5 melee during the HMB event in Temecula.

Armored fighters battle against each other using a variety of blunt weapons in a 5 vs. 5 melee during the Historical Medieval Battle event in Temecula.

An HMB fighter has his helmet changed during a break in a fight in Temecula.

[Top right photo] A fully armed fighter prepares to enter the arena at the California Ranch Company in Temecula during the armored fighting event hosted by Historical Medieval Battle.

A fully armed fighter prepares to enter the arena at the California Ranch Company in Temecula during the armored fighting event hosted by Historical Medieval Battle.

An armored fighter rests during a break in between battles at the HMB in Temecula.

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Theatre Talk: ‘Clue’ is a fun and entertaining show

Six strangers are welcomed to Boddy Manor by Wadsworth the butler and Yvette the maid in the Temecula Valley Players’ production of “Clue” at the Temecula Community Theater. Valley News/Shawna Sarnowski photo

Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Temecula Valley Players have done it again! They’ve brought laughter back to town with a night of family fun. To enjoy this thriller as much as I did, be sure to take your funny bone.

After all, ‘It was a dark and stormy night,’ in Washington D.C., 1954. As lightning flashes and thunder rolls around the foreboding, yet beautiful, Boddy Manor; the curtain lifts as the doorbell rings.

“On this very evening in 1954, six strangers, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum and Miss Scarlet find themselves invited to a mysterious dinner party at Boddy

Manor,” director Carol Damgen writes. With a keen eye for sleuthing, she cleverly withholds evidence until the very, very end to reveal the murderer when it’s stated, “No! It happened like this.”

Stately butler Wadsworth greets each distinguished dinner guest and announces that for this one night only, each will be given a different name while leading them to the lounge to await dinner.

Later, when Wadsworth defines the nuances of the game, in what else but, “Clue,” he then distributes, what else, but the murder weapons. Wait for it. It’s coming.

And then. The air is filled with foreboding mystery-music.

The eerie melody emanates from the 88 as played onstage by 18-year-old musical protégé, con-

ductor Randon Lane Jr. His illustrious presence at the keyboards, outfitted in white tie and tails with candelabra, defines why he has been given a full-ride at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Even though opening night jitters showed a bit in the opening scene, overall, the cast settled into their roles and as they say in showbiz, they “brought it off.”

Special effects for this show are over the top and the same goes for the set decorations.

A Game costumes Another reason “Clue” is visually stimulating is because Jillian Barr brought her A-game to the costumes. Does it matter that she is only 14 years old? Probably not. She has a keen eye for style.

Folks, this play is set in 1954, her

grandmother may not have even been alive then! A freshman at Vista Murrieta High School, Barr designed and made, no doubt with her own Singer, an award-winning wardrobe.

In its 39th season, TVP happily participates in the arts program for area high schools by inviting talented students in to share their various talents. Drop in and you will understand why this is a rewarding program for us all.

And now, what you’ve all been waiting for, in order of appearance, the cast: Tyler Lloyd portrays the priggish Wadsworth, Annalise Valenzuela the saucy maid, Yvette, while Katie Bailey is the hipswinging-MaeWest-mimic known as Miss Scarlet. Patti Drew portrays the eccentric Mrs. Peacock.

Kristine Kultzow brings it to the too-much-married-widow Mrs. White. Tim Wheeler returns to the stage as the inimitable Colonel Mustard. Cole A. Harvey emerges as Professor Plum and former Marine J. Kay Weldon aptly inspires his character Mr. Green. Enhancing the silliness in the eight-ensemble roles are Mary Bean, Rossi C. Smith and Nicolas Amador.

Fun choreography Let me take a moment to tell you about the hilarious brilliance of the choreography created by movement coach Peter Varvel. What appears as spontaneity-of-movement by the cast is actually a series of carefully thought-out steps from the imagination of Varvel. His ingenuity lifts the overall production beyond measure as cast members tippy-toe from room to room or spiral about in “No! It happened like this.” Varvel’s step sequence is

comically creative with an homage to The Pink Panther’s stealth. His comic sense of movement provides the connectivity between scenes.

While TVP is not an Equity house, the performers must withstand the same scrutiny as union members. Not being the only person in the audience to lay claim to judgment, each seat is filled by a critic. This night the house laughed and guffawed, indicating high praise for the show. That is why I believe the cast will only brighten in the few remaining performances, no doubt hitting its full stride on closing night Sunday, Feb. 13.

All performances are at the Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St. For ease of parking, use the free public parking center next to the police station on 2nd street off just a few blocks east of Front Street coming into Old Town. For tickets, visit www.temeculatheater. org or call 866-653-8696.

Visually this whodunnit is a 10+.

Enthusiasm value is 10, yet not ready for prime-time on opening night…therefore it is an 8 out of 10.

Also running is “Nunsense” at The Welk Resort, 760-749-3182; “Life Sucks” at The Cygnet in Old Town, 619-337-1525; “Catch Me If You Can” at San Diego Musical Theater, 858-560-5740; “Desert Rock Garden” at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, 760-433-3245; “Heisenberg” by Scripps Ranch Theater at 858-395-0573; and “Trouble in Mind” and “El Borracho” in Balboa Park, 619-2345623. More shows are opening in March.

Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal can be reached at eyoungman@ reedermedia.com.

Temecula Presents’ to show ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in student-led arts education internship program TEMECULA – We’re off to see the wizard. Make plans to bring the entire family to enjoy one of four performances of “The Wizard Of Oz” at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2526, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and

Sunday, Feb. 26-27. The musical is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of TAMS-Witmark, and musical recording provided by The MT Pit LLC. Temecula’s free Student-Led Arts Education Internship Pro-

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gram provides a three-month mentorship from experienced artistic advisers and technical production masters resulting in a full-length musical production annually.

Performers and crew members range in ages 12-18 in Temecula’s inclusive, equitable and accessible program which began rehearsing in December 2021.

“The Wizard Of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, follows the yellow brick road to the stage adaptation of the beloved tale and features the iconic musical score from the MGM film.

The timeless tale, in which young Dorothy Gale travels from Kansas somewhere over the rainbow to the

magical Land of Oz, continues to thrill audiences worldwide.

Tickets for “The Wizard Of Oz” are $15, and all four performances are on the main stage at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater. Purchase tickets online at http://TemeculaTheater.org, in person at the ticket office, 42051 Main Street, or by calling 866-6538696. There’s no place like home.

Submitted by city of Temecula.

Families can enjoy one of four performances of “The Wizard Of Oz” at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2526, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27.

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Dream Night 2022 fundraising dinner to take over Diamond Stadium Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Lake Elsinore Dream Center is gearing up for Dream Night 2022 at Diamond Stadium Saturday, Feb. 26. The annual event is designed to raise faith, friends and funds to continue to meet the demands of the Dream Center. Its mission is to “restore and rebuild the people and property of Lake Elsinore physically, emotionally and spiritually.”

As director of strategic development, Matthew Dobler said the nonprofit service organization operates the food pantry in Lake Elsinore, offers youth programs to help underserved youth in the community and offers other services to help those who need a hand up in life.

“We have a weekly AdoptA-Block program that meets on Saturday and goes out and serves the community in different ways,” he said.

Dream Center’s annual vision cast and fundraising dinner will give guests an opportunity to hear more about the activities that regularly take place in the city and surrounding areas as well as the center’s plans for outreach and programs for 2022.

With a vision to have a community of resilient people whose lives have been redeemed by God’s love, it is hoped that the men, women and families that are helped through this organization go on to share the love they’ve received, pass on the hope they have been given and make transformation possible for others.

The Feb. 26 event will also include ministry updates, live music and a silent auction from 6-9 p.m.

In the beginning “Our founding is rooted with the Free Methodist Church of Southern California,” Dobler said. “We welcome all believers from non-denominational and denominational backgrounds to worship and serve with us. Pastor Brett Masters is our founder and executive director, as well as lead pastor.”

The Lake Elsinore location, which has been in operation for seven years, is modeled after the Dream Center of Los Angeles and is a member of the vast network of 75 Dream Centers in 29 states and seven different countries.

“In 2008, Brett frequently drove down Main Street and noticed many homeless occupying City Park,” Dobler said. “He was troubled by what he saw and prayed about it. He recalled visiting the Dream Center in L.A. as a youth and was quite impressed with the work they were doing to help the homeless and mentally ill. He felt God calling him to do something about what he was seeing. At that time, he was working as a financial planner. As the calling on his life became clear, he studied for the pastorship and was blessed by the Free Methodist Church of Southern California to head the Dream Center of Lake Elsinore.

He worked both vocations for the past seven years until October 2021, when he was able to retire from financial planning and become a full-time pastor for the Dream Center of Lake Elsinore.”

Working with the city of Lake Elsinore was instrumental in the success of the Dream Center, and it still remains a high priority.

Growing the vision Dobler, one of six staff members, got involved with the Lake Elsinore Dream Center a few years ago when he started volunteering at its food pantry and fell in love with helping people. He was hired as the director of strategic development to help the organization grow and expand. He works with different ministry/outreach directors to help them reach more people. He also assists with fundraising and the development of processes to help the organization function effectively and efficiently.

“The roots of Dream Center is our Adopt-a-Block program, held every Saturday morning,” Dobler said. “We go into the community, form friendships and find any needs that we can assist with.

Our motto is ‘find a need and fill it, find a hurt and heal it.’ This is

from the Dream Center itself. In addition to food, we distribute hygiene items and laundry detergent.”

He said the vibrant youth program is under the direction of Pastor Dave Snow, who has overseen youth projects, summer athletic programs, a distance learning program during COVID and a homework club.

Dobler said Dream Night has a few tables left to be sponsored.

The cost is $250 for a half table and $500 for a full table. Attendees

Young adults volunteer to clean up Spring Street Apartments as part of the Lake Elsinore Dream Center’s mission.

who don’t want to sponsor a table are welcome at no admission cost, but reservations are required no later than Sunday, Feb. 20. Businesses or individuals who would like to donate items for the silent auction are asked to arrange a collection through Thursday, Feb. 24. Contact board member Cathy Cook Templeton at Cathy@ DreamCenterLE.org or 714-8158059.

For more information, visit http://www.dreamcenterle.org/ dream-night.

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how Dream Center began, before we had a building.”

The program is coordinated

by Cheri Allen, who oversees the volunteer base and assigned communities. It is something that is geared toward regular involvement, at least twice a month, as it does come with the requirement of forming trusting relationships with the community.

“Frequency of contact is formative to that trust,” Dobler said.

“Again, we find out what the particular needs might be and do our best to meet those needs. In the past, some have gone into rehab programs, others have needed help in finding assistance with rent, others needed prayer; the list is longer.”

Other regular events include an Easter celebration with an egg hunt, games and lunch; a Backto-School Bash, where they give out backpacks and shoes, free haircuts and dental exams and a barbecue lunch among other fun activities for children; a fall event called “City Serve” which is in conjunction with the city of Lake Elsinore and has about 200 volunteers doing an assortment of projects for neighbors in need such as painting, pulling weeds, removing trash and more.

“We have a pantry that feeds 1,500 people a month, operated mainly by a solid volunteer army,” Dobler said. “It is located at 506 W. Minthorn, just a short distance

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HEALTH

Inland News Group names Hospice of the Valleys winner of the Inland Empire Top Workplaces 2021 Award 8th consecutive year MURRIETA – Hospice of the Valleys was awarded a Top Workplaces 2021 honor by Inland News Group. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution and connection, just to name a few.

Dr. Leslee Cochrane, execu-

tive medical director of Hospice of the Valleys, congratulated and recognized the Hospice of the Valleys team.

“This award is a testament to the compassion and dedication to our amazing staff and volunteers who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure that we were able to answer the call to those in need of our care,” Cochrane said.

Despite working short-staffed during a once in a hundred-year pandemic, Hospice of the Valleys

was one of 33 select Inland Empire businesses who were ranked by their employees as a Top Workplace. This year, Hospice of the Valleys was ranked as the No. 4 Press Enterprise Top Work Place in the Inland Empire among small businesses for 2021. Of all 33 Businesses recognized as a Top Workplace, Hospice of the Valleys was the only organization to have been named as an Inland Empire Top Workplace Recipient for the past eight years in a row.

Hospice of the Valleys began in

early 1982 by two sisters in Sun City, California who recognized the need for specialized end-of-life care for people in their community.

Making this care available, these sisters received hospice training as volunteers and began going door-to-door raising money on their patients’ behalf. After years as a volunteer-run organization, Hospice of the Valleys eventually became a full-service, nonprofit organization.

Hospice of the Valleys employs a team of experienced clinicians

and administrative professionals, and continues to have a group of dedicated volunteers who touch the lives of our patients each and every day. After 40 years of caring for hospice patients living in southwest Riverside County and Fallbrook, Hospice of the Valleys remains committed to the mission of its founders by providing loving hospice care to all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay.

Submitted by Hospice of the Valleys.

The secret life of your body under anesthesia

Most people don’t recall anything about the procedure after being put under anesthesia.

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Shelby Ramsey SPECIAL TO THE VALLEY NEWS

When getting ready to have surgery, a patient is normally briefed by the surgeon, the nursing staff and the anesthesiologist as to what will take place during the operation and what they can expect afterward.

But, have you ever wondered what’s really going on with your body while you’re asleep under anesthesia?

Dr. Bryan Marascalchi, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discussed the process as

an expert in the field. “(Anesthesia) is really kind of a mixture of different components,” Marascalchi said. “You have the lack of pain, the lack of motion, the lack of consciousness or awareness and more.

“We use different agents to augment those different parameters.

So, for immediate surgical pain we give non-opioids adjuvants such as acetaminophen or NSAIDs as well as opioids – a medication that works on opioid receptors to reduce pain while you’re under anesthesia,” he said.

Think about being under general anesthesia and the beginning of

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“It’s just like if you hurt yourself, you would have an increased heart rate or blood pressure,” Marascalchi said. “You would have the same thing due to surgical stimulation under anesthesia, and to prevent that we use pain relieving medications.”

Most people don’t recall anything about the procedure after being put under anesthesia. The medications that prevent memory formation of the events that transpired while on the operating table are called amnestic agents.

Marascalchi said a common agent used is Midazolam.

Memory loss “That prevents memory from forming,” he said.

When it comes to administering agents which leads the patient to lose consciousness, “which is a reduction in brain wave activity,” there are “agents like anesthetic gases – sevoflurane, isoflurane, desflurane; those are kind of the more popular ones and then Propofol.”

According to Marascalchi, the last part of anesthesia is “paralysis, and we use paralytic drugs so when there’s a surgical stimulus,” the patient doesn’t move.

In discussing Propofol, he provided further clarification on the drug.

“Propofol acts really quickly,” he said. “That’s why it’s given first.”

He explained that while Propofol can be used as a sole anesthetic for certain non-painful procedures, or throughout a case in conjunction with other agents “oftentimes it is used just to get you deep enough for intubation, and then we switch to the anesthesia gases.”

It was interesting to learn that Propofol puts a patient under within seconds, compared to having to breathe anesthesia gases to achieve the same result – not to mention their pungent odor.

Propofol or?

And it is just the beginning stage of being put under.

The next phase is undoubtedly unpredictable, ever-changing and warrants a keen eye by the anesthesiologist.

Marascalchi said the primary thing an anesthesiologist is closely monitoring for when a patient is under is that “all of the different organ systems could, in theory, be affected.”

Is age a factor in anesthesia?

Acknowledging that the topic is debatable, he said.

“We don’t really want children to have to go under anesthesia if they don’t have to,” Marascalchi said. “We believe that to protect the neurons, you don’t want to give them anesthetic drugs, especially during development.”

He said that if it’s an elective surgery, it’s ideal to wait until the child is over the age of 3 years.

It makes sense, but everyone knows sometimes it’s unavoidable due to early-life complications some infants experience.

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Understanding a patient’s medical history is key for anesthesiologists, including any previous problems with major organs such as kidneys, liver, heart, etc.

When looking at the other end of the spectrum, older patients can experience delirium after being put under.

“If you’re older after you awaken from anesthesia you can be delirious, which is known as postoperative delirium,” he said. “So, it can affect cognition. In those with delirium at baseline the post-operative effects can be as long as 6 months.”

Age side effects Those side effects and concerns are for those two age brackets, but for the general public, anesthesia “can also affect a lot of other organ systems,” Marascalchi said.

The experience begins when a patient lies on the operating table.

Marascalchi said at that point an injury can occur.

“How you’re positioned on the operating table is very important,” he said. “You have to make sure that everything’s padded and you’re well placed.”

While it is early in the process, there are endless things that need to be exact for the benefit of a patient’s health and recovery.

If Propofol is used, as an example, Marascalchi explained it is a drug that “very much lowers your blood pressure.”

It can also affect the function of the heart.

“Heart rate can either go up to try to maintain the blood pressure or your heart rate can go down and both can be concerning,” he said.

“Too much Propofol would be deadly. And that’s exactly why it’s a so carefully titrated drug.

“Anesthetic gases do the same thing. For the most part they vasodilate, and that dilation reduces blood pressure and alters heart function and [the anesthesiologist has] to be able to react to that,” Marascalchi said.

How is a drastic rise or fall of a patient’s blood pressure treated? Is it by lowering the gases used or are medications commonly provided intravenously?

“A little bit of both,” Marascalchi said. “Basically, you can dial in the anesthetic gases, but that takes a little bit of time. If you have time you can just wait.”

The other solution is giving medications “that increases the vasoconstriction of the vessels, speeds up the heart rate, or improves the strength of the heart contractions – thus increases the blood pressure or there’s medications that do the exact opposite,” he said. “Beta blockers and other agents (can be administered) that decrease the heart rate and blood pressure. So you can be in control of (treating a patient) through multiple different ways.”

Understanding a patient’s medical history is key for anesthesiologists. As every patient’s body is unique, being fully transparent before surgery can only provide benefits. This information includes any previous problems with major organs such as kidneys, liver,

heart, etc.

Marascalchi said that most, if not all, organs can be affected by anesthesia. For example, “Certain drugs can affect the kidneys. There are certain drugs that are metabolized by the kidneys and should somebody have kidney issues you don’t want to give these medications to them.” It could result in a dangerous outcome.

The same goes for the liver and such; people can have liver failure.

In addition, treating patients that are arriving on an emergency basis at the hospital presents another set of challenges.

Watch drug interactions “For example, there can be drug – drug interactions, so you have to be careful of the drugs that can harm various organ systems, as well as individual variations, and pre-existing conditions,” Marascalchi said. “I almost think I could come up with an example of every organ system. Anesthesia affects the cardiovascular system, central nervous system, gut, almost everything. Even the eyes can be affected, if they are not closed and protected.”

Things like vision loss, stroke, kidney injury and more are linked to blood pressure, so maintaining the right blood pressures of each patient is paramount, he said.

And after all is said and done and the patient is in the recovery room, some experience that their bladders are slow to wake back up. Marascalchi clarified that “anesthetic medications including opioids can cause urinary retention, where the bladder is unable to void urine and (the patient) retains urine.”

In addition, he said, “Opioids slow down the gut.”

If you are a person that has experienced nausea post-surgery, Marascalchi said that, except Propofol, “many anesthetic agents including opioids and the anesthetic gases can cause the CTZ (chemoreceptor trigger zone – known as the ‘vomit center’ in the brain) to activate, causing nausea.”

The mysterious ways human bodies react to anesthesia can be complex. A patient’s life is literally in the hands of the anesthesiologist and surgeon during surgery.

Marascalchi, while also serving as an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and in the pain management division, he specializes in treating patients with persistent pain in the spine, complex regional pain syndrome, disc pain, sciatica and neuropathic pain, in addition to more. Marascalchi is also an innovator in his field, having helped develop the Pneumico Ventel and the Pain Scored platform.

Shelby Ramsey is the author of the http://www.thehonestmigraine. com blog, which also features interviews with migraine sufferers and medical experts.

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Proper etiquette is being taught in Temecula Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

As the mother of six adult children, Beverly Harmon said she found that teaching and learning have always been the most important elements of raising children.

“When kids learn young, they gain confidence,” she said.

That motivation led her to add monthly etiquette classes to her Cottage Tea Parties business in Temecula.

“When first starting the business, my focus was just dress-up parties for kids,” she said. “Because of COVID, I had to think outside that box, and that’s when High Tea was added along with etiquette. My focus remains on providing a place for fun and connecting with friends and family with great service and tea.

“I did not grow up learning manners or being exposed to cultural things. Somehow it just came naturally to me despite the lack of training I had,” Harmon said.

Lessons learned “Parents often comment that etiquette lessons are lost in today’s society,” she said. “They have been very happy to find a place for their kids to attend classes as this has not been offered in school. The kids who attend get a workbook to take home so parents can go over the curriculum at a later time. We recently had a six-year-old who attended twice as she liked the class so much. She later had High Tea with mom and proceeded to give her mom lessons that she learned.”

The workbook covers many things Harmon doesn’t have the time to go over in depth. It is meant to be a reinforcement for the things the children learn in class with added activities they can do that are related to the lessons.

“I purchased the curriculum from a mentor who helped guide me with my business,” Harmon, 56, said. “We like to present the curriculum in an interactive way to reinforce the lessons. The kids love the props, and it keeps the

Edie Quigley, 7, helps her sister Ollie Quigley, 5, during lunch after the conclusion of an etiquette class in Temecula. Valley News/Courtesy photo

class interesting and fun.”

As a stay-at-home mother for 28 years, Harmon gained firsthand experiences in how children can be receptive to learning proper manners and concepts of polite behavior. She said she wanted to create a place where children could have an unforgettable elegant experience that could boost their confidence and carry that with them as they mature.

She first opened her business in Old Town Murrieta in 2015 but had to move after a year to take care of some family obligations. She opened in her current Temecula location in May 2019, while doing an internship at World Harvest Bible Training Center after her graduation.

“Because of my internship, I was focusing my time and effort in that direction thinking as soon as that was completed in May of 2020, I would focus my time and effort on the business,” Harmon said. “Of course, I had no idea COVID would happen.”

The pandemic caused her to shift gears, and she began offering High Tea events until things calmed down. These events were held on her outdoor private patio area and became very popular.

Always abiding by the latest safety

protocols, Harmon resumed the etiquette classes, covering many different topics, from phone and dinner table etiquette to how to be a proper guest and host and how and when to write thank you notes.

“It has quickly become one of my favorite events. I believe the kids have enjoyed it that much also,” she said. “So far all the kids who have attended have been very receptive and interested in the curriculum. Kids love learning and want to do adult things.”

Manners matter Students range in age from 6 to 12, and Harmon said no one is too young to teach.

“I feel like the most important thing I would like for them to take away is confidence,” Harmon said. “Confidence to accept a new classmate and make them feel comfortable, confidence to talk to an adult and look them in the eye, confidence to shake someone’s hand, confidence to answer the phone and not give away information that would put them at risk and confidence to set a table and eat with family and reflect manners that the parents can be proud of.”

The most recent etiquette class was held Saturday, Jan. 29, with five participants. Harmon said she

caps the classes at 10 guests.

Nine-year-old Sanai Rockett said she was excited to share what she learned and go over the workbook with her mother, who said her daughter looks forward to attending more classes.

Sarah Rockett of Temecula said her daughter’s favorite part was going over proper table settings and enjoying lunch with the other girls who were there.

“I was excited for her to learn while having fun,” she said.

Rockett said she thought the class would be a great experience for her daughter.

“I think proper etiquette skills will be beneficial for a lifetime,” she said. “This class teaches that manners matter and she learned a lot.”

Harmon said Sanai was the most amazing when it came to writing thank you notes and that all the students paid attention and participated in all the activities, including the tea party afterwards.

“They remembered and executed everything we talked about, including how to leave their silverware on the plate once they were finished,” Harmon said. “My favorite part was when they were eating. I would stay aside so they could talk among themselves, and they all really socialized together in conversation.”

Aside from the etiquette classes, Harmon said she tries to host a themed holiday tea each month such as Mother’s Day and Easter.

Everly Larson, 7, was taking her first etiquette class, but she attended a St. Patrick’s Day themed afternoon tea at Cottage Tea Parties in March with her mother and grandmother who said they felt it was a special and unique experience.

“Everly has always enjoyed tea parties, as many little ones do, so learning classic table manners and etiquette sounded like a great next step,” her mother Stephanie Falco said. “We thought (the etiquette class) would be a fun and unique learning experience for her.”

Falco said she hoped the class

would help her daughter gain some confidence in using good manners and being more intentional about being polite.

“I hoped she would learn that being courteous and kind are traits she can carry with her through life; I think it was successful,” she said, adding that Everly had a wonderful time and enjoyed the sugar cookies and meeting new friends.

“I appreciated the fun approach to teaching good manners and proper etiquette. Everly said the time passed quickly and she was so happy to have attended,” Falco, of Murrieta, said.

High Tea The Quigley family lives in Temecula, and Angela Quigley said she was happy to see her two daughters attend the etiquette class. Edie, 7 and Ollie, 5 had previously attended a High Tea party event, but she looked forward to having her girls learn table manners and stay busy for a couple of hours so she and her husband could have a mini-date at a nearby restaurant.

“I think it’s a really cute set up and the girls loved it; they got all dressed up and wore their fancy jewelry,” Quigley said. “I used to go to high tea with my aunt and always loved the feeling of being more ‘grown up’ drinking out of the fancy teacups with my pinkie out.”

She said her daughters are already using “please” and “thank you” more. They admitted their favorite part was the food, especially the sweets.

Harmon said, “When a child comes in and I overhear them saying ‘this is the best day ever!’

I know my mission has been accomplished!”

The next etiquette class is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Cottage Tea Parties, 27715 Jefferson Ave., Suite 202, in Temecula. For more information, call 951-8375742, email cottagetea1@verizon. net or follow @cottageteaparties.

Rose Care FUNdamentals February 2022 produce long, sturdy, upright and sometimes arching canes which can grow up to 15 feet, going beyond a trellis, fences, arbors or pergolas. They tend to produce more flowers when grown horizontally rather than vertically.

Getting your tools ready Before pruning, get the equipment in good order. Ideally, gardeners should have gloves with arm protectors, a long handle lopper, a hand-held pruning saw and a pair of sharp clean “bypass” hand pruners. The standard hand pruner is good for a half inch diameter cane, the loppers and saw are better for anything thicker. Using too small a pruner on too large a cane can damage the cane and “spring” the pruner so it doesn’t produce a

Frank Brines SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

In southern California, winter is usually short and sometimes confusing. Winter for some plant life is a time of withdrawal that precedes renewal. For roses, it is necessary to help them in that process. February is the time to perform a few procedures to help reset the hormonal clock and get them ready for a great year of rose blooms. That’s the main purpose for pruning.

According to experienced rosarians, the proper time for the major annual pruning is “late winter.”

That designation has many meanings in an area like So Cal which has numerous weather zones. The bottom line is prune late enough to avoid risking frost damage to the tender growth that will emerge as a result of pruning. After this pruning, you can usually expect a flush of blooms eight to 12 weeks later, depending on the temperatures during that period – the warmer it is, the shorter the time until it blooms. But all things being equal, if you prune in the latter half of February, you will likely have blooms in mid- to late-April. If you want blooms for a specific date, count backwards approximately 10 weeks from that date. Pruning should be complete on this date.

In most of the region the last average frost date is mid March, so that means it’s probably safe to prune in mid- to late-February.

It is always a gamble and the best advice is to watch the weather. If there is winter rain during January/ February, pruning can be held off awhile since these rains are cold making the ground colder and wetter than usual.

If gardeners haven’t begun or finished pruning by now, they shouldn’t fear. There is still plenty of time to have blooms for rose shows or special spring events.

Classes of Roses Different classes of roses benefit from different styles of pruning.

To discover the class of a rose a gardener is working on, visit https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/ plants.php and type all or part of the rose’s name to get links that best match the rose. In that information will be the class. This month’s column presents pruning

clean cut.

What does “bypass” mean?

Bypass pruners have a sharp cutting blade which slices through the cane and a dull curved non-cutting blade which holds the cane in place during the cut. The sharp blade “by passes” or over shoots the dull curved blade. This type is in contrast to an “anvil” pruner which has a straight blade that comes down on a straight bar.

Follow these steps to get those tools ready. Lubricate the moving parts with a little light oil, such as 3-in-1 oil, and make sure they operate without resistance. Clean all tools with rubbing alcohol before and during the job. It helps prevent

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techniques that work well for the first five classes described below.

They are not really applicable to climbers, ground cover roses or shrub roses – all those types have their own pruning methods.

Think of hybrid tea roses as “florist roses.” Their buds are usually borne on long stems with elegant high centers before opening, and 30-50 petals. If blooms are consistently removed, most hybrid teas will produce a new “flush” of blooms every six to eight weeks.

Floribunda roses have large clusters of flowers and are generally in continuous bloom through the growing season. They require less care and offer practically a hands-free experience.

Grandiflora roses include a subclass of hybrid teas but with floribunda features. They have elegant showy clusters of three to five blooms with nearly hybrid tea form and a constant growth cycle like floribundas. They tend to be larger and taller than hybrid teas.

Polyantha roses, like floribundas, are much shorter and with smaller, prolific blooms. They work well for edgings and hedges and can be easily grown in pots.

They are generally low-maintenance and relatively disease-

resistant.

Miniature roses have hybrid tea or grandiflora forms but are typically shorter and a bit more compact. Miniature roses can grow anywhere between 15-30 inches, whereas miniflora roses tend to be intermediate-sized blooms closer to the size of a floribunda.

Shrub roses tend to sprawl from 5 to 15 feet in every direction, producing abundant clusters of blossoms. There are many subcategories, including the “David Austin English Roses.” Note: To prune shrub roses, cut them back to conform to the space you want them to fill, inspect and clean out dead and diseased material from the center, shorten canes and remove about one third of the growth.

Groundcover Roses, which are also called “landscape” roses, are low-maintenance and well suited as space fillers. They sprawl outward but reach no more than three feet tall, are generally disease- and pest-resistant, and bloom continuously.

Climbing roses are not a class, but more of a description – that is, there are grandiflora or floribunda climbing roses. They can’t actually “climb” like vines, but they

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BUSINESS

Menifee selects Pete’s Music & Guitar Shop for January Business Spotlight

Pete’s Music and Guitar Shop is Menifee’s Business Spotlight for January.

MENIFEE – Menifee announced Pete’s Music & Guitar Shop as the city’s January Business Spotlight, a program that is a part of the Economic Development Department’s B3 Building Better

Businesses program.

Pete’s Music opened in Menifee in 2001 and has been serving the community for over 20 years. It is a one-stop shop, full-service music center that not only sells

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instruments of almost every kind, but also specializes in repairs, rentals and lessons as well as buys unused or unloved instruments.

Pete’s Music aims to offer unique and unusual items that may not be

found anywhere else, making it one of Menifee’s unique retailers and a regional shopping destination. Pete’s Music added a second location in Temecula in 2002.

Music education is an important aspect of providing children with a well-rounded education and assists them in growing self-esteem, building essential skills and preparing for bright futures. Knowing the value of teaching music to our youth, Pete’s Music is proud to serve the Menifee Union School District, which has over 10,000 students, with the instruments and repairs for their music programming in the district.

“Pete’s Music has been a staple in Menifee for over two decades and has invested significantly into our community over the years,” District 1 Councilmember Bob Karwin said. “It’s always a pleasure to highlight forward-thinking businesses that saw the value of choosing Menifee even before its incorporation.”

For more information about Pete’s Music & Guitar Shop, visit http://www.petesmusic.com. To view Pete’s Music & Guitar Shop spotlight video, visit https://youtu. be/9xc8k9K4kgQ. The Menifee Business Spotlight is part of the Economic Development Department’s B3 Building

Better Businesses program, which aims to showcase local businesses that go above and beyond the call of business, foster pride in Menifee’s thriving business community and promote diversity in Menifee’s local economy. The Business Spotlight is a free business recognition program with the purpose of creating awareness for the variety of local businesses and their contributions to the Menifee Community. Chosen applicants, who are nominated by the community, are honored during a special presentation at a city council meeting and receive a free 30-second professional video developed by the Department of Economic Development and their team that is showcased on the city’s business website at http:// www.menifeebusiness.com.

Nominations are encouraged to recognize businesses in Menifee that contribute to the betterment of the Menifee community. Apply by visiting https://www.cityofmenifee.us/499/Menifee-BusinessSpotlight-Program.

For more information on the Business Spotlight program or other resources available to Menifee businesses, contact the Economic Development Department at econdev@cityofmenifee.us.

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Romance is everywhere in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country TEMECULA – For those looking for something extra special to give this Valentine’s Day, Visit Temecula Valley suggests the many romance packages and experiences available to pair with local wines and spirits.

Overnight stays Bolero at Europa Village announced a romantic Spanish escape with their February that includes overnight accommodations, breakfast for two in-room dining, chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of sparkling wine.

Carter Estate Winery and Resort offered a one-night stay in a private bungalow, chocolate covered strawberries, rose petals, a bottle of Carter Estate sparkling wine and complimentary breakfast.

Pechanga Resort Casino featured a Love is in the Air package that includes Four Diamond accommodations, sparkling champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, in-room American breakfast for two

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and late check-out.

With The New Inn’s “Buy 2 Get 2” offer, visitors can purchase any two packages and receive two enhancer items of their choice. En-

hancers include wine, rose petals, gourmet snack pack, essential oils for massage, four local craft beers, mini cake or chocolate covered strawberries.

Ponte Vineyard Inn offered romance with house-made chocolate-covered strawberries, a bottle of red, white, sparkling or nonalcoholic wine and a $50 Ponte Family Estate gift card.

South Coast Winery Resort & Spa getaway included one-night luxury accommodation, a welcome bottle of wine, chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of South Coast sparkling wine.

Date night ideas Tour del Vino added a fondue for two add-on with their Valentine’s Day wine tours which includes fruits, baked goods and melted chocolate for dipping.

Sugarplum Zoo & Chocolates offered a private wine and chocolate pairing experience the entire month of February.

Hot air balloon flights are popular this time of year for popping the question. Balloonists make it extra memorable with a special

banner and sparkling wine. Booking options include A Grape Escape, California Dreamin’, Cielo Balloons and Magical Adventure Balloon Rides.

Temecula Carriage Company whisks couples on a private, romantic horse and carriage ride through the vineyards. Upgrades are available that include sparkling wine, chocolate covered strawberries, roses and a picnic. Reservations are required.

Grazing Theory offered an Italian tasting experience with seven Italian wines and a personal tasting board for two that includes premium Italian cheeses and cured meats.

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EVMWD recognized as 2021 Inland Empire Top Workplace LAKE ELSINORE – Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District is honored to be one of 33 companies recognized as a Top Workplace in the Inland Empire for 2021.

EVMWD, staffed by members of the Water Employee Services Authority, was selected as a Top 5 workplace in the midsize business category. A total of 1,306 employers in the region were invited to participate in the 2021 program, with 29,151 employees surveyed.

Responses were collected by a third-party employee research and

technology firm and compiled by the Inland News Group.

“We are grateful to be recognized as a top workplace for the third year in a row,” Greg Thomas, general manager at EVMWD, said. “In addition to serving the community with unwavering dedication, our team works hard to create a company culture that is professional, caring, family-oriented, and collaborative. Our team members have made EVMWD into the top workplace it is today.”

Providing 24/7 water and waste-

water services can be a demanding job, but EVMWD employees continually rise to the challenge.

Throughout 2021, staff showed exceptional adaptability and innovation in the midst of difficult circumstances. Each member of the EVMWD team recognizes that high quality water is essential to public health and a thriving community – and they are passionate about making it happen.

A top workplace requires top talent, and EVMWD is committed to providing a workplace that

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paired with wines will be served at several Temecula Valley wineries including Altisima Winery, Akash Winery, Bolero at Europa Village, Café Champagne at Thornton Winery, Cougar Winery, Danza del Sol Winery, Doffo Winery, Lorimar Winery, Meritage at Callaway Winery, Pinnacle at Falkner Winery, Somerset Winery and The Vineyard Rose at South Coast Winery Resort.

Baily’s restaurant in Old Town Temecula will celebrate lovers with a four-course dinner. Be Good restaurant will be mixing up specialty drinks: Tequillin’ Me Softly, Match Makers Old Fashioned, Two of Hearts, Change of Heart, Red Velvet Kiss and Casual Encounter.

All these Valentine’s Day specials and more along with booking and ordering information can be found under Wine Country Romance at

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Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country is a yearround vacation destination pouring award-winning wines as well as craft beers and spirits. The emerging and evolving culinary scene, small town atmosphere and outdoor recreation and entertainment in Temecula Valley Wine Country, Old Town Temecula and Pechanga Resort Casino culminate to create a spirited destination inspired by the vine.

Visit Temecula Valley is the region’s official tourism marketing organization and resource for visitors. The Visitor Center is located in Old Town Temecula. For visitor information and assistance, call 888-363-2852 or visit http:// VisitTemeculaValley.com.

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bushes can grow quite large, so start with some gross pruning to bring the project down to size. I use loppers to cut every bush down to about 3-4 feet high.

Next, remove all the leaves from the plant and discard into a green waste bin, removing diseased material and helping the structure be more visible.

Use your hand pruners or loppers to remove canes that are twiggy, dead, crossing other canes or passing through the center of the plant.

Fine Pruning After removing all that material from the interior of the bush, it is ready for fine pruning. Apply these guidelines.

Prune each cane down to a height you feel comfortable with, likely between 12-24 inches tall.

When pruning a cane, make an angled cut about half an inch above an outward facing bud. It ensures that the stem grows away from the center of the plant. Note that there are always one to three buds wherever a leaf meets the cane; outward-facing buds tend to be about 4 inches apart. If you prune lightly to moderately – that is, if a gardener keeps their canes a little longer rather than shorter – and if frost damages the tender young growth, then they can still reprune to the next bud down.

Attempt to end up with a domed

top to the degree possible so the plant will bush out in a pleasing, balanced manner.

Clean and Feed Clean the ground thoroughly of all rose debris and dispose of all cuttings and other materials in the green waste bin and put it on the street: Do not compost it.

Assess the irrigation system for any needed repairs while there is no new growth and mulch has not been spread.

Apply a dormant spray to the plants and the soil surface to ward off diseases. Then apply 2-4 inches of composted mulch to cover the entire garden area.

The first fertilizing will be when new growth is about 2 inches long. I recommend lower values of the three elements – Nitrogen (3), Phosphate (4), K Potassium (3) – with a slightly higher value for Phosphate.

Two weeks later, begin with heavier feeding every two weeks for great blooms or at least monthly.

Be sure to visit Rose Haven Heritage Garden, 30592 Jedediah Smith Road, in Temecula. The cross street is Cabrillo Avenue.

For more information, visit http:// www.TemeculaValleyRoseSociety.org.

Spread the word and spread the joy of roses.

MENIFEE – For the fourth consecutive year, Menifee was named a “2021 Top Workplace” by the Inland News Group. The annual program invites hundreds of businesses and thousands of employees in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to participate in a unanimous survey rating their workplace on benefits, leadership, training, compensation and most noteworthy, workplace culture. Menifee was the only city government agency awarded the distinction of the 33 organizations selected from public, private, nonprofit and government agencies from the two-county designation.

“Earning this distinction four years in a row is a great honor and a testament to our work culture of purpose, engagement and value amongst our employees who are a fundamental part of Menifee’s success,” Armando G. Villa, city manager of Menifee, said. “We believe it is paramount

a “Wine-a-Gram” as a way for people to send a custom labeled bottle to a loved one. A photo, sentiment and note can be added to the label.

Consider these events for a date night: Kenny G at Pechanga, Feb. 11; Wine & Belgian Chocolate Pairing at Altisima Winery, Feb. 12-13; Paint & Sip Class at Masia de la Vinya Winery, Feb. 13; Ana Gabriel at Pechanga, Feb. 17; Hiplet Ballerinas at Old Town Theater, Feb. 19; Smokey Robinson at Pechanga, Feb. 19, or Viking Night at Batch Mead, Feb. 26.

Dining for two Masquerade Valentine’s Day Dinner + Magic Show Saturday, Feb. 12, includes a three-course dinner, dessert, two glasses of mead and a magic and fire show.

Special Valentine’s Day dinners ROSES from page B-5 transmitting diseases from plant to plant, and use it as first aid for punctures and scratches to the skin.

Sharpen each blade with a small diamond file, which are available at garden centers, trying as much as possible to match the original bevel of the blade. Every 100 cuts or so, swipe the file over the blade a few times to keep it sharp. If a gardener notices that their pruners are crushing the stems and/or leaving a “tail,” a small strip of tissue sticking up from the cut, then it’s past time to sharpen them.

Gross Pruning For all cuts, orient your pruners or lopper so that the non-cutting blade is in contact with the portion of the cane that will be removed, and the cutting blade is on the side of the cut that will remain on the plant. It will make more sense when they are actually holding the pruners and getting ready to cut.

A word of caution when gross pruning. Look for the small nests of hummingbirds, as it is the nesting period for two varieties in the area. Also, if a gardener discovers praying mantis egg cases on any branches they remove, they should find a place to put them where they will be undisturbed and hatch out so they can benefit from the offspring.

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Thirty Olympic athletes from California competing in Beijing

Hailey Langland, who spent some of her youth growing up in Temecula, is making her second Olympic appearance at the age of 21.

Cayla Barnes, who was raised in Eastvale, is a former gold medalist and is among 15 returning members of the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team.

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As California has its sights set to host the 2028 Olympic Games in its biggest city, Los Angeles, the state is currently sending more athletes to Beijing 2022 than any other state in the United States.

It has been 14 years since China last hosted the Olympic Games, with Beijing being the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games. This will be the second time in a row NHL players will not be given a break to play in the Winter Olympics.

The projected ad revenue from the 2022 Winter Games is set to be around $600 million, which is 10%

less than from the 2018 Winter Games. The amount should benefit the 30 members of the 224-strong U.S. squad for the Winter Olympics, who hail from California.

That number includes defending women’s snowboard halfpipe champion Chloe Kim, who counts Los Angeles as her hometown, as well as reigning men’s Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion Shaun White, who calls Carlsbad his home. Men’s singles figure skating champion Nathan Chen, back-back women’s Olympic snowboard slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson and ascending women’s moguls star Kai Owens are other high-profile Californians in the U.S. Olympic party.

Shaun White, the reigning men’s Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion, hails from Carlsbad.

California’s athletes also includes Kaillie Humphries, a twotime Olympic bobsled champion who has switched allegiance from Canada to the U.S. and now also

lives in Carlsbad, as well as Alpine skier Alix Wilkinson, who was a late call-up following Breezy Johnson’s injury.

Although much of California

has a climate which is not conducive to playing winter sports, it also contains mountains and is a see OLYMPICS, page C-2

New water polo program looks to gain a local ‘Edge' JP Raineri Sports Editor

It’s no secret that water polo in our area is getting more and more competitive and with the addition of a brand-new club in Temecula, there should be an uptick in youth athletes taking to the sport by the time they reach high school.

Edge Water Polo club was started by Alvaro Moreno, a 13-year coaching veteran who played at the

National Level in Spain. Not only has Moreno coached at the highest professional level, in Southern California he also coached at the Division 1 and 2 high school level for the CIF Southern Section with MLK High School.

Currently, Moreno serves as head coach for Great Oak High School and is also the head coach for the Olympic Development Program, SOPAC Area Cadet group.

Founded in 2021, Edge Water Polo

was created to promote the sport of water polo as a path for personal development. Their main goal is to promote a growth mindset, teaching their athletes the physical and mental skills needed to succeed both inside and out of the pool.

Edge is a year-round competitive club serving the Temecula Valley and surrounding area where they work with youth ranging from see POLO, page C-3

Great Oak High School’s head water polo coach, Alvaro Moreno, started Edge Water Polo club in 2021.

Valley News/Courtesy photos The sport of water polo is seeing an increase of local participants.

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Palm Desert defeats Temecula Valley in Division 1 CIF-SS Dual Wrestling Finals Lenny Dykes WRITER

The Division ring was on the line Wednesday, Feb. 2, as No. 4 in the state Temecula Valley Golden Bears hosted No. 5 in the state Palm Desert Aztecs.

The Golden Bears came into the night having already defeated the Aztecs in a prior dual. But with the CIF SS title on the line, the pressure was on. Temecula head coaches Arnold Alpert and Lyndon Campbell were looking to add to their overflowing championship resume by adding to their 12 CIF titles. Palm Desert looked to capitalize on their program’s rise and add to their 2020 CIF title.

This night was historic for both teams, as both were in the midst of record-breaking seasons.

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concluded, and Brock Mantanona of Palm Desert took the circle, facing Temecula Valley’s Nathan Perryman (126). The two young athletes come from wrestling families. Brock’s older brothers are mainstay wrestlers at University of Oklahoma and Nathan’s father is a former wrestler at Arizona State. Not to mention the older brothers are currently two of the best in the state. The matchup jolted into action immediately with a flurry of shot attempts by Perryman. Mantanona showed off his pedigree and won the scrambles. Mantanona ended the match early with a pin, sending a clear message that Palm Desert was playing to win.

Temecula, a team that will never roll over or be intimidated, sent out Devin Avedissian and he responded by defeating Ethan Guillermo (132), 6-3, with solid inside singles and a smothering top game. He ended the night with a crowd roaring blast-double that marked the first eruption from the home crowd. Abel Gaitan, one of Temecula’s fab five, fifth ranked in the Top 10 in state, welcomed the challenge of facing one of the nation’s top wrestlers in Buea Mantanona of Palm Desert.

Mantanona showed off his freakish speed and Gaitan responded with scramble attempts as the two covered the entirety of the mat. In the end, Mantanona was too much on top and won the match 9-3.

Alpert hyped the crowd knowing the next few matches could be the decider of the dual. Alec Peralta, Bill Takara, MJ Gaitan and Matt York took care of business by winning. MJ Gaitan once again reminded the crowd that he is unstoppable by showing off his own version of the Hulk smash.

However, Peralta and York were unable to secure the precious team points by pinning their opponents.

The Aztecs knew they could not be pinned, the grittiness of David Alonzo of Palm Desert was a prime example as he squirmed for three rounds, stacked in vicious cradles, but never wavered.

The Temecula Valley run was ended, and the Palm Desert onslaught began. The Aztecs ripped off three wins in a row, all by pins. Temecula forfeited to the No. 1 heavyweight in the state, Daniel Herrera of Palm Desert.

The score sat at 34-23 with the Golden Bears needing to win the next three matches. Not a problem for the powerful Golden Bears. They earn their ranking by being as good as anyone in the lower weights. The pressure mounted and the two teams and coaches were on their feet, knowing the match would most likely be the decider of the dual. Erik Ramirez of the Aztec faced Kyle Baldonado (106) of the Golden Bears in a wild battle. The two tied up immediately and Ramirez worked a front headlock into the first score of the night with a take down. Baldonado had a deep take down but was ended by the bell. From the bottom Baldonado showed some slick sit throughs but Ramirez seemed to win every scramble and maintained the top.

Baldonado was stacked tight and was nearly pinned. He battled but could never get to his feet to

OLYMPICS from page C-1 former Winter Olympics host. The 1960 Winter Olympics were held in California at Squaw Valley, which has since been renamed Palisades Tahoe. Los Angeles has twice before hosted the Olympics, in 1932 and 1980, and California is the only U.S. state to have staged both Summer and Winter Games.

Colorado is second on the state leaderboard, with 24 athletes in the U.S. squad.

As for hometown Olympians, Hailey Langland, who at one point hailed from Temecula, is back after making her first Olympic appearance at the age of 17, representing the United States in a vile and sloppy style at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

Langland, who first got on the map winning gold in the Big Air event at the Winter X Games in 2017, is also renowned for being the first female snowboarder to

Coaches Arnold Alpert, center, and Lyndon Campbell give advice during last week’s CIF Southern Section Dual Meet Wrestling Division 1 Finals against Palm Desert.

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Temecula Valley’s Manuel Gaitan defeats Palm Desert’s Noah Morris by scoring a pin to pick up points for the Golden Bears.

Temecula Valley fell short in their bid to defend the CIF-SS Division 1 championship they won last year, dropping last week’s match to Palm Desert 37-35.

mount his own attack. The match ended, the irrelevant last matches were forfeited and the scoreboard read 37-35, with the Palm Desert

land a double cork in X Games history. She was born and raised in San Clemente before moving to Temecula, and has since moved back to her hometown.

Former gold medalist Cayla Barnes, who was raised just down the 15 freeway in Eastvale, is back four years later as a member of the current 23-player U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team. The neighbor to the north, Barnes, is among 15 returning players on the roster for the Beijing Games with previous Olympic experience.

The 2022 Winter Olympics officially began with the Opening Ceremony Friday, Feb. 4, and will run through Sunday, Feb. 20, in Beijing, China. However, the competition did start with early rounds of curling Wednesday, Feb. 2, two days before the Opening Ceremony.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Aztecs taking the title of CIF SS champions.

The year is not finished and both teams are poised to make

deep runs at the daunting California State Championships.

Beating a top 5 team in the state, twice, is no easy task.

The complete list of California Olympians is: Alpine Skiing - Bryce Bennett, Tahoe City Alpine Skiing - Keely Cashman, Strawberry Alpine Skiing - Travis Ganong, Tahoe City Alpine Skiing - AJ Hurt, Carnelian Bay Alpine Skiing - Maureen Lebel, Truckee Alpine Skiing - Joanne Reid, Palo Alto Bobsled - Kaillie Humphries, Carlsbad Bobsled - Carlo Valdes, Newport Beach Cross-Country Skiing - Hannah Halvorsen, Truckee Cross-Country Skiing - James Clinton Schoonmaker, Tahoe City Figure Skating - Mariah Bell, Irvine Figure Skating - Nathan Chen, Irvine Figure Skating - Karen Chen, Fremont Figure Skating - Madison Chock, Redondo Beach Figure Skating - Alysa Liu, Richmond Figure Skating - Vincent Zhou, Palo Alto Freestyle/Free ski - Kai Owens, Avon Freestyle/Free ski - Brita Sigourney, Carmel Freestyle/Free ski - Tyler Wallasch, Mammoth Lakes Ice Hockey, Men - Brendan Brisson, Manhattan Beach Ice Hockey, Women - Cayla Barnes, Corona Snowboarding - Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe Snowboarding - Robert Burns, Mount Shasta Snowboarding - Dusty Henricksen, Mammoth Lakes Snowboarding - Chloe Kim, Los Angeles Snowboarding - Hailey Langland, San Clemente Snowboarding - Maddie Mastro, Wrightwood Snowboarding - Tessa Maud, Carlsbad Snowboarding - Shaun White, Carlsbad

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SPORTS

CIF Southern Section football awards announced Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

CIF Southern Section officials released their list of those student athletes honored as All CIF football players from the recently completed fall season on Monday, Jan. 31.

Division 2: Murrieta Valley: Wide Receiver, Tiger Bachmeier (11) Quarterback, Brandon Rose (12) Vista Murrieta: Quarterback, Gavin Galzote (12) Tight End, Jack Pederson (12) Linebacker, Alexander Poyer (12) Division 4: Chaparral: Halfback, Devyne Pearson (11) Defensive Back, Trevor Crump (12) Offensive Lineman, Izaiah Souriolle (11) Division 6: Temecula Valley: Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Samuel Gbatu Jr., Wide Receiver (12) Wide Receiver, Christian Kretz (12) Quarterback, Zachary Zella (12) Linebacker, Jake Sinz (11) Defensive Lineman, Darius Knight (12) Offensive Lineman, Christopher Torres (12) Defensive Lineman, Caleb Madrid (12) Division 7: Heritage: Senior Linebacker/Defensive Lineman: Kanye Young Division 8: Elsinore: Running Back, Donovan Harvey (12) Tight End/Linebacker, Matt Hodges (12) Offensive/Defensive Lineman, Elijah Ignacio (12)

Temescal Canyon quarterback, Koe Apana (11).

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Chaparral running back, Devyne Pearson (21).

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Gonzales (11) Tackle/Defensive End, Collin Greathouse (12) Running Back, Juziah Crump (12)

backer, Desean Norwood (11) Guard/Defensive End, Manamoui Ohi (11) Tahquitz: Linebacker/Tight End, Xavier

Division 14: Hamilton: Defensive Lineman, Aurelius Orozco (12) Wide Receiver/Defensive Back,

Elsinore running back, Donovan Harvey (12).

Temescal Canyon: Quarterback, Koa Apana (11) Division 12: Lakeside Running Back/Outside Line-

Ethan Scott (12) Offensive/Defensive Lineman, Zack Vollan (12) Also released this week were the 8-man football award winners.

Division 1: Cal Lutheran: First Team Reece Kennedy (12) Nathan Nash (11)

February Signing Day for Valley News All-Area Volleyball local student athletes Team announced Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Murrieta Mesa’s Mia Golovich signs her National Letter of Intent to play golf at Sonoma State University next season during a ceremony Valley News/Courtesy photo held at the school Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Across the area Wednesday, Feb. 2, was a day to celebrate as several student-athletes announced they were signing to play sports at the college level. This list is a compilation of social postings as well as information that has been emailed to Valley News.

Hemet High School Jake Hiner, Baseball - Vanguard Damary Vargas, Soccer - Lincoln Katelyn Sonnier, Volleyball San Francisco State Jacey Goldbach, Volleyball Chatham University Heritage High School Vivianna Galvan, Volleyball Purdue Northwest Jameson Sanders, Volleyball Cal State LA Adriana Abrantes, Softball Colley College POLO from page C-1 5 to 18 years old of all skill levels.

The program is committed to putting their athletes on track to compete at a high level in high school and in college and they believe in three fundamental values.

Work Ethic: Having consistent dedication, commitment and focus toward practicing and learning the fundamentals of water polo.

Teamwork: We are successful in water polo when we work together to achieve a common goal.

Integrity: Being honest and having strong ethical values. Showing respect to those around us and doing the right thing when no one is watching.

Edge Water Polo follows USA Water Polo’s guidelines to determine age group eligibility. Ath-

Aneliz Mendez, Soccer - Lincoln University Murrieta Mesa Claressa Zepeda, Soccer - Sonoma State University Savanna Herz, Soccer - Northwest Nazarene University Angela Schumacher, Soccer Christian Community College Justin Schneider, Swim - Penn State Eryk Elizondo, Swim - St. Thomas University Riley Renaud, Swim - Milligan University Carson Dickey, Lacrosse - Colorado Mesa University Alexis Hamilton, Lacrosse Longwood University Lauren Kuschel, Lacrosse - Emmanuel College Mia Golovich, Golf - Sonoma State University Cade Moran, Track & Field University of Michigan letes are placed in the age group based on the athletes’ age as of Aug. 1 each year. For example, if a player turns 12 on Aug. 1, they will be eligible to play with the 12 and under age group. If the player turns 13 on July 31, they will no longer be eligible for the 12 and under category. They are, however, eligible to participate in the 14 and under category.

The club is actively seeking new members and is offering a two-week trial for those between 5 and 18 years old, with little to no experience required. Practices are held three nights a week at Great Oak’s pool and more information can be found online by visiting www.edgewaterpolo.com.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

As the area high school volleyball season winds down, it’s time to hand out end of the season awards.

Co-Coaches of the Year (Divisions 1-5): Cheyanne Te’o of Great Oak Te’o led the Wolfpack to their best season since the departure of longtime coach Mark Motluck with an 18-6 overall record (7-3 in Southwestern League play). Great Oak swept South Pasadena in their playoff opener before falling in a second round match at Laguna Beach.

Stephen Kaas of Paloma Valley Kaas lost the core of his backto-back CIF-SS runner-up teams Kaas led Paloma Valley to another Ivy League championship at 11-9 overall and 7-1 in league play.

Coach of the Year (Divisions 6-9): Dena Lindsey of Lakeside Lindsey took his team to places the Lancers have never been in ‘21 by winning a Inland Valley League championship at 7-1, reaching a CIF-SS D9 Quarterfinal, and setting a record for overall wins at 11.

Honorable Mention: Dana Ortiz of Linfield Christian Whoever took Linfield Christian’s girls volleyball job after Eric and Dani Hawes departed the program was going to have a tough act to follow after back-to-back CIF-SS championships. Former Murrieta Valley/Florida/Oregon State standout Ortiz took on the challenge and guided Linfield Christian to a third straight playoff appearance with an 17-11 overall record (8-6 Ambassador League).

That record includes a 6-0 mark in five set matches.

And now the team…

Vista Murrieta gets three picks as a division one team. All other teams are awarded spots based on where they were eliminated in the playoffs.

Wildcard, Round 1 or Round.

2 = 2 picks Quarterfinals or Semifinals = 3 picks Appearing in a Section or State final = 4 picks Vista Murrieta (3): Claire Little, Lexy Duffy and Abby Jones Great Oak (2): Sierra Cates and Fatima Sheriff Temecula Valley (2): DNR Murrieta Valley (2): Madi Bailey and Mya Jackson

Vista Murrieta’s Claire Little.

Elsinore’s Kyleigh Moore.

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Honorable Mention for Coach of the Year goes to Dana Ortiz, seen here addressing her Linfield Christian school team. Valley News/Courtesy Group

Chaparral (2): Saige Rivera and Bella Rittenberg Hemet (2): Jacey Goldbach and Katelyn Sonnier Linfield Christian (2): Breann Mitchell and Jalee Nash Elsinore (2): Trysta Vincelli and Kyleigh Moore Heritage (2): Jameson Sanders and Alexia Ramirez Lakeside (3): Zoey Carter, Annette Leyva and Arianna Alvarez

Temecula Prep (3): Abby Perkuz West Valley (3): Cayla Crawford, Hailey Goldbach and Allyson Scollon California Lutheran (3): Julia Ash, Calla Treder and Kiera Schroeder St. Jeanne’s De Lestonnac (2): DNR River Springs (2): DNR Temescal Canyon (2): Delaney Jones and Ryan Boatman

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EDUCATION

Riverside County Office of Education offers free access to interactive, early literacy program, Footsteps2Brilliance RIVERSIDE – From pre-reading activities and read-to-you stories, to alphabet recognition songs and grammar rules games, the youngest learners in Riverside County now have interactive, new tools right at their fingertips, to boost their early learning and love of reading as a result of a new partnership between the Riverside County Office of Education and Footsteps2Brilliance.

As part of the Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative at the Riverside County Office of Education, the new partnership with the Footsteps2Brilliance platform will plant the seeds of learning for preschool children and nourish the love of reading for elementary students as learn through play via the free apps available on smartphones, tablets and computers at http://www.myf2b.com/riverside.

“It is a well-known adage that students who learn to read by third grade, will then read to learn for the rest of their lives. But, if

students aren’t confident readers, they will struggle to learn as they approach middle school, and become a dropout risk in high school,” Edwin Gomez, Riverside County superintendent of schools, said. “The pandemic has only heightened the urgency to focus on reading proficiency, so we are excited to be offering all Riverside County families and school districts a comprehensive literacy support tool that already engages millions of students every day in over 100 districts across the United States.”

With the Footsteps2Brilliance partnership, RCOE is providing free access to the suite of bilingual learning programs for all birth – fifth grade children and their families in Riverside County. These programs are accessible 24/7 from the smartphones, tablets and computers that families already own – with or without Internet access. To kick off this initiative, Gomez challenged the children of

Riverside County to read 3 million words by April 30, 2022, on the Footsteps2Brilliance platform.

“We are honored to be part of Dr. Gomez’s bold vision for early literacy. His initiative will undoubtedly serve as a national model for other communities who understand the impact of early childhood literacy,” Ilene Rosenthal, CEO of Footsteps2Brillance, said.

“This is a historic moment for Riverside County as it embarks on its mission to get all students reading proficiently by 5th grade with fun activities to get started before they ever enter a classroom,” Ruth Perez, deputy superintendent of Riverside County Office of Education, said. “We encourage all Riverside County families to download these fun and educational programs and use them daily for 15 minutes with their children to accelerate academic achievement.”

Through the Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative, launched in late

Black History Month essay contest now open Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Human Relations Council of the Greater Hemet, San Jacinto and Menifee Region is seeking submissions for its 18th annual Black History Month Essay Contest. Open to all middle, high school and college students in the area, this year’s topic/theme is “Black Health and Wellness.”

The nonprofit sponsors this event, among others, to help promote its mission of fostering interracial respect and acceptance.

Since it was founded in 1998, the organization has been committed to engaging in activities that nurture harmonious relations among an increasingly diverse community in the region.

According to contest guidelines, this year’s theme “acknowledges the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing (e.g., birthworkers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, herbalists, etc.) throughout the African Diaspora.” Students have a large list of people of color involved in the health and wellness fields to choose from and are encouraged to “think outside of the box.”

Writers are asked to choose a

person who “illustrates the triumph of the human spirit.” Essays must be written as historical fiction as students are instructed to imagine living at the time of the chosen person and being acquainted with them in some way. The essay should be written about the person from that unique point of view and must include who the person is, when they lived and what they did to “triumph over circumstances and prejudice to build a life of accomplishment.”

Essay lengths vary according to grade level but will be eliminated if they are shorter or longer than required. Home-schooled and charter school students are urged to participate. The deadline for submission is Friday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m.

Students will be judged on their ability to address the topic, to demonstrate original, creative thinking and to express their ideas in a clear, articulate manner. There is also an award for the best recorded presentation which will be judged before the awards announcement.

Human Relations Council members and other community members who are experts in Black history, long‐time participants in the Civil Rights movement, sociologists and/or educators will make up the judges’ panel. Winning students only will be asked to present their essays virtually.

Prizes in each of the three grade level categories will be $100 for best essay, $50 for runner-up, $25 for three essays earning an honorable mention and $50 for the best presentation. Awards will be announced virtually along with recorded presentations of the winning essays at 6 p.m. Friday, March 4.

The Human Relations Council explains that celebrating Black History in the United States began in 1926, when Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D., initiated “Negro History Week.” Woodson, a historian, chose the second week in February because it included the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, the United States’ bicentennial, the week‐long observance was extended to the entire month of February to have enough time for celebratory programs and activities.

For questions and to submit an essay, contact President Mary Morse at marymorse@humanrelationscouncil.com or 951-634-4048.

For more information on the Human Relations Council of the Greater Hemet, San Jacinto and Menifee Region and its many programs and projects, http://www. humanrelationscouncil.com or http://www.facebook.com/human. relations.council.

SNHU announces fall 2021 president’s, dean’s list MANCHESTER, N.H. – Southern New Hampshire University congratulated the following students on being named to the fall 2021 president’s and dean’s list.

From Canyon Lake, Christopher Vecchione, Trey Gilles and Hope Skajem were named to the president’s list, with Benjamin Krake, Micaela Brittos and Danielle Martin, all from Lake Elsinore.

Menifee residents Charlie Seon, James Hernandez-Armentrout and Robin Reyes were honored on the president’s list with Murrieta residents Austin Turner, Kristina Holgado, Liz Sepulveda-Gomez, Justin Hilton, John Betando, Serena Cruz, Matthew Lopez, Carrie Marlow and Mercedes Van Norman.

Asdis Guimond and Kate Anderson, both of Winchester; Brian

Perkins, Austin Hong and Elias Haynes, all from Wildomar, and Hannah Wenman and Marc Haist, both of Sun City, were all named to the president’s list.

From Temecula, Jessica Tuccinardi, Darah Clark, Ashli Meroney, Zyon Dolias, Angela Yanagisawa, Quest McClure and Emilee Frost were honored to the president’s list.

Arnold Argueta of Lake Elsinore was named to the dean’s list, along with William Leaver and Stacy Stout, both of Menifee.

Murrieta residents Stephanie Penticoff, Cassandra Chatman, William Hunter and Emily James were honored on the dean’s list with Sherria Ferguson of Wildomar.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum GPA of 3.700 and above are named to

the president’s list. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester and online students must earn 12 credits in either EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6.

Full-time students were named to the fall 2021 dean’s list, earning a minimum GPA of .3.500 to 3.699.

Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester and online students must earn 12 credits in either EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6.

Learn more at http://www.snhu. edu.

Submitted by Southern New Hampshire University.

2020, Gomez strived to promote and expand literacy throughout Riverside County. Strong literacy skills are the foundation of all learning and contribute to a student’s ability to graduate from high school academically and socially prepared for college, the workforce and civic responsibility.

Essential literacy skills include the ability to read, write, listen, speak, research and represent in order to think critically, create, collaborate and communicate with empathy in all content areas. Resources available on the Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative website include access to online books, video tutorials for teachers of reading, recordings of RCOE educators reading to preschool students and more.

The Riverside County Office of Education is a service agency supporting the county’s 23 school districts that serve 430,000 students – more than the student population of 17 states. RCOE services include administrative

support to districts, programs for preschool, special education, pregnant minor, correctional, migrant and vocational students. In addition, the organization provides professional training, support and resources for more than 18,000 teachers, administrators and staff throughout the 7,000 square miles of Riverside County. Learn more at http://www.rcoe.us.

Footsteps2Brilliance, Inc. is the breakthrough early learning platform that accelerates early literacy achievement by uniting the power of mobile gaming technology with the latest in cognitive research.

Footsteps2Brilliance provides enticing, interactive, 24/7 learning experiences that digitally link school and home to give students the edge they need for success in school today and the world tomorrow. For more information, contact info@footsteps2brilliance.com.

Submitted by Riverside County Office of Education.

Rotary club seeks high school students for invitational music competition showcase Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

High school students who reside within Riverside County are invited to compete at an invitational music competition showcase sponsored by San Gorgonio Pass Rotary Thursday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m.

It is the first step for musicians and vocalists who are being encouraged to compete in the 22nd annual Rotary Music Competition which provides an introductory platform for high school musicians to perform and for many, to advance their career opportunities.

Program director Rod Tankerson will host the first level of competition at the Banning Woman’s Club, 175 W. Hays St., in Banning. Entrance fees are waived. As founder of MVI Productions Inc., Tankerson said he is eager to provide opportunities for youth to share their musical talent. Due to restrictions during the pandemic, the competition was not held for the past two years.

The three categories of competition are pianist, vocalist and instrumentalist with cash prizes available for top finishers in each. Vocalists must sing a classical or theatrical number, but musicians must perform classical selections only. Each performance is recommended to be

Rod Tankerson, musician, producer, songwriter and owner of MVI Productions Inc., will host an invitational music competition showcase sponsored by San Gorgonio Pass Rotary, Thursday, Feb. 24.

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five to seven minutes in length.

Students, including those who are home schooled, must register in advance to participate at the event.

Finalists from this invitational will advance to the Rotary District 5330 semifinals/finals to be held in upcoming months.

For more information, visit https://musicinvitational2022. eventbrite.com or contact MusicAndVoice@yahoo.com or 951572-2270.

EVMWD to co-host free STEM event for high school students LAKE ELSINORE – Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District will once again co-host the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Public Utilities Learning Lab for local high school students. The weeklong event, from July 11-15, is a collaboration between Riverside Public Utilities, EVMWD and the Science & Technology Education Partnership.

Through the STEM PULL program, students have the unique opportunity to meet industry experts, participate in hands-on projects, and explore future career paths in the utility industry.

“We are excited to once again offer this program to local high school students,” Kaitlyn Wu, who oversees EVMWD’s education programs, said. “Through STEM PULL, students gain real-world skills and engage with industry

professionals. We hope this will open their eyes to the many careers that exist within the public utilities field.”

Throughout the weeklong event, students will participate in live presentations, facility tours, handson activities and a final design challenge where groups compete for up to $1,000 in prizes. Sessions will cover numerous subjects in the water, wastewater and energy fields for a comprehensive look at how STEM concepts are applied in everyday settings.

The program is open to all high school students in EVMWD’s service area at no cost. Visit http://www.evmwd.com/STEMPULL for event registration or contact Kaitlyn Wu at kwu@ evmwd.net with any questions.

Submitted by Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

Louis Fiacco named to College of the Holy Cross’ fall 2021 dean’s list WORCESTER, Mass. – Louis Fiacco of Temecula was named to the College of the Holy Cross fall 2021 dean’s list. A member of the Class of 2022, Fiacco is studying computer science.

Fiacco was among more than 1,375 students named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

To qualify, students must pass four or more letter-graded courses with no failing grades during the semester and earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

The College of the Holy Cross,

in Worcester, Massachusetts, is among the nation’s leading liberal arts institutions. A highly selective, four-year, undergraduate college of 3,100 students, Holy Cross is renowned for offering a rigorous, personalized education in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. Since its founding in 1843, Holy Cross has made a positive impact in society by graduating students who distinguish themselves as thoughtful leaders in business, professional and civic life.

Submitted by College of the Holy Cross.

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REGIONAL NEWS

California court says developers exempt from local rules THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Developers who include affordable housing in their projects are exempt from many local limits on height, zoning and density, a California appeals court ruled in a decision that, if upheld, could have immense impact as the most populous state struggles with a housing crisis.

California’s 1979 Density Bonus Law requires local governments to grant permits and waive conflicting development standards for builders who commit to provide certain levels of low-income housing for their projects, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled.

The court made the ruling Jan.

7 and Wednesday, Feb. 2, certified it as a precedent for future court cases after hearing from the California Building Industry Association and others, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

There are exceptions for threats to public health or safety, harm to a historic resource or conflicts with state or federal laws, the paper said.

The case involved local opposition to a 20-story mixed-use project currently being built near Balboa Park in San Diego. The city approved a plan for a building more than 25% higher than local development standards normally would allow, with 204 housing units instead of 147, after the de-

veloper promised to make 18 units affordable.

The ruling was condemned by an attorney for a neighborhood group that challenged the development.

“It seems to be saying that if you have a density-bonus project, you can do whatever you want,” Everett DeLano, lawyer for the Bankers Hill/Park West Community Association, said.

The association hadn’t decided whether to appeal to the California Supreme Court, DeLano said.

Trial courts statewide will have to heed the ruling if it becomes final.

The case illustrates the clashes occurring over local control of

development as the state faces a crisis in affordable housing.

The median price of a Southern California home in December hit nearly $700,000.

Critics say cities and counties have contributed to the shortage over the decades by favoring single-family homes and limiting larger residential projects.

Many local governments have “attempted to erect all manner of obstacles to the construction of new housing, whether market-rate or affordable,” Bryan Wenter, an attorney for the California Building Industry Association, told the Chronicle Thursday, Feb. 3.

“This makes new housing harder to provide generally, and substan-

tially more expensive than it would otherwise be.”

Experts have said the state needs to build more than 1 million to as many as 3.5 million homes in the next few years to deal with the housing shortfall.

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved two measures designed to deal with the issue by sidestepping local zoning ordinances.

One allows local governments to rezone neighborhoods near mass transit for up to 10 housing units.

The second requires cities to approve up to four housing units on what was a single-family lot.

Opponents are gathering signatures for a ballot measure that would restore local control.

State audit: San Diego County fails to curb inmate deaths Julie Watson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Inmate deaths in San Diego County jails have ranked among the highest in California for the past 15 years and authorities have consistently failed to address the problem, according to an independent review released Thursday by the state auditor that recommended intervention by the Legislature.

From 2006 through 2020, 185 people died in San Diego County’s jails, one of the highest totals in California.

The review requested by lawmakers found that the San Diego County Sheriff ’s Department failed to adequately assess inmates’ physical and mental health, which it said likely contributed to the deaths. Corrections officers also did not visually check enough on inmates to ensure their safety.

A citizen-governed board approved by San Diego County vot-

ers to restore public confidence in county law enforcement also failed to investigate nearly one-third of the inmate deaths that happened over the past 15 years, according to the report.

That means that dozens of deaths did not get scrutinized with a key form of review conducted outside of the Sheriff’s Department, which runs the county jails, according to Acting California State Auditor Michael S. Tilden.

Tilden called on the Legislature to step in immediately to ensure that changes to the jails are made “in light of the ongoing risk to inmate safety, the Sheriff’s Department’s inadequate response to deaths, and the lack of effective independent oversight,” according to a letter from Tilden to Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders.

San Diego County has faced numerous lawsuits from families of inmates who have died over the years.

In November, a county jail nurse was charged with involuntary manslaughter after being accused of walking away from a 24-yearold inmate who collapsed in front of her on a cell floor before the inmate died.

The sheriff’s department said in a statement that it supports the report’s recommendations and that they “align with our existing practices, current and future plans, as well as proactive efforts to continuously improve health care services and the safety of our jails.”

“We participated and cooperated throughout the entire process,” the statement said. “We take the findings of the audit seriously and are taking action to implement the recommendations.”

The department said it was in the process of hiring more staff for its jails, especially nurses, and it is also planning on renovating its detention facilities.

It also is adding medicationassisted treatment programs and

Sheriff’s Deputies escort inmates down a secured hallway at downtown Central Jail Nov. 18, 2015, in San Diego. San Diego County jails have had more inmate deaths than comparable sized counties for the past 14 years and have consistently failed to address the problem, according to an independent review by California’s state auditor that recommended the state Legislature intervene.

(Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

mental health evaluations for incoming inmates when they are booked into its jails and the de-

partment is looking at ways to use technology for better checks on inmates and their welfare.

California gas utility fined $10M for ratepayer money misuse

This Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, shows a gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon storage facility in Los Angeles. The California Public Utilities Commission fined SoCal Gas $10 million Thursday, Feb. 3, for improperly using ratepayer money on advocacy work around energy efficient building codes.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Kathleen Ronayne THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO (AP) — A major California gas utility must pay the state nearly $10 million and reimburse customers money it improperly spent on work related to the development of energy efficient building codes.

The penalties that Southern California Gas Co. faces were handed down Thursday, Feb. 3, by the California Public Utilities Commission.

The commission, which regulates California’s major utilities, in 2018 prohibited the utility from

spending any ratepayer money on advocacy work related to building codes after its internal watchdog found the utility fought standards designed to make homes and businesses more energy efficient.

Between June 2018 and January 2021, SoCal Gas continued to send employees and consultants to participate in workshops, conference calls and meetings about the development of new state and federal building standards and also withheld key information from the commission, the ruling said.

The utility showed “profound, brazen disrespect for the commission’s authority,” the commission

wrote in its ruling.

Christine Detz, a spokeswoman for the utility, said in a statement that the utility was reviewing the decision and looked forward to “further engagement on this issue.” She declined to comment further.

The $9.8 million fine falls far short of the $124 million penalty that was sought by the commission’s watchdog group and by Earthjustice, an environmental legal group that was involved in the proceedings.

But the fine sent a strong message, Sara Gersen, a senior attorney for Earthjustice, said.

“SoCal Gas has gone rogue for too long, trying to undermine California’s climate goals and keep Californians reliant on polluting gas appliances. It’s good to finally see some measure of accountability,” she said in a statement.

SoCal Gas distributes natural gas to nearly 22 million consumers in central and Southern California, according to its website.

It’s not the first time the utility has been mired in controversy. A 2015 blowout at the utility’s Aliso Canyon storage facility took almost four months to control and became the largest known natural gas leak in the nation’s history.

The utility and its parent company, Sempra Energy, settled with 35,000 plaintiffs for $1.8 billion last year.

This week, the utility settled another lawsuit related to the leak that alleged it violated a California

law requiring businesses to warn people about possible exposure to toxic chemicals, the Los Angeles Times reported. The agreement requires the utility to pay $1.55 million to the Center for Environmental Health, which filed the lawsuit, the state and counsel, Detz told the Times.

The California Public Utilities Commission’s Public Advocates Office, the ratepayer watchdog group, has also alleged the company has improperly used ratepayer money on activities to promote the continued use of natural gas in buses and convincing cities not to encourage electric appliances in new construction. Detz, the utility spokeswoman, did not immediately comment on those claims.

California has set some of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy goals, and reaching them will require phasing out the use of natural gas.

That’s already underway in some cities, which have banned gas appliances in new construction.

The California Energy Commission stopped short of requiring new construction to be all-electric in its most recent update to state building codes. But the use of electric heat pumps is encouraged and new buildings must be “electric ready” even if they use natural gas.

Meanwhile, a recent study by California researchers found that gas-powered stoves are emitting more methane than previously thought, even when turned off.

Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.

California utilities are allowed to spend ratepayer money to participate in state and federal efforts to update building standards, but only if they’re promoting stricter standards, not weaker ones.

In 2017, the Public Advocates Office found SoCal Gas had been using ratepayer money to fight against the adoption of stricter building codes that would diminish the need for natural gas.

That prompted the public utilities commission in 2018 to prohibit SoCal Gas from using ratepayer funds on any activities related to new building standards, regardless of the utility’s position. It did allow them to transfer ratepayer money to other utilities working on such issues.

The $9.8 million fine is a result of the utility continuing to engage in that work by sending employees and consultants to participate in workshops, conference calls and meetings around the development of new state and federal building standards, the commission wrote in its decision.

The bulk of the fine is a $10,000 per day charge over 960 days, from June 1, 2018, to Jan. 15, 2021. The ruling also limits incentive payments to shareholders related to energy efficiency programs.

The amount of money the utility must return to ratepayers has not yet been calculated.

Navy identifies SEAL candidate who died during ‘Hell Week’ City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

One Navy SEAL candidate died and another was hospitalized several hours after their basic underwater demolition class completed

“Hell Week,” military officials said Saturday, Feb. 5.

The Navy said the SEAL candidate Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, N.J., died at Sharp Coronado Hospital. The other candidate was in stable condition at

Naval Medical Center San Diego Saturday.

Both candidates were assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command.

Hell Week is part of the first phase of the Navy SEAL assess-

Man struck and killed walking on highway south of Perris City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 35-year-old man was struck and killed in Meadowbrook Wednesday, Feb. 3, after he walked into traffic on Highway 74, authorities said.

Peter McCluney of Homeland was fatally injured about 6:45 p.m.on the northbound 74 at Taylor Road, southwest of Perris, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officer Mike Lassig said that McCluney was walking south in the northbound No. 1 lane when a motorist approached in a 2003 Ford F-250 pickup.

The driver, identified only as a 48-year-old Perris man, was going about 55 mph and did not see the victim until the last second, at which point he slammed on his brakes but was unable to stop before impact, according to Lassig.

He said that the motorist, who

was not hurt, immediately pulled over and called 911.

Riverside County Fire Department paramedics reached the location within a few minutes and pronounced McCluney dead at the scene.

The highway remained open. The driver was questioned and released, Lassig said.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the CHP Temecula office at 951-506-2000.

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The sailors were not actively training when they reported symptoms and were taken to hospitals to receive emergency care, Navy officials said.

The cause of the candidate’s

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The deceased sailor’s immediate family was notified and his name was being withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin were notified in accordance with Navy policy.

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Lawmakers weigh in on denial of parental consent for child COVID-19 vaccines Paul J. Young CITY NEWS SERVICE

RIVERSIDE – Two Inland Empire Republican congressmen joined their GOP colleagues in calling on leaders in the state Assembly and Senate to abandon legislation that would permit children as young as 12 years old to obtain, without parental consent, a COVID-19 vaccination, saying the proposal “suffocates the ability of parents to make appropriate health decisions” for their children.

“We are gravely concerned about this attack on parents’ rights,” the GOP delegation wrote Feb. 3. “These are the rightful burdens and obligations that require parental involvement.”

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Temecula and Ken Calvert, R-Corona, were among the eight signatories to the letter concerning California Senate Bill 866, the “Teens Choose Vaccines Act,” jointly introduced two weeks ago by state Senators Richard Pan, D-Sacramento and Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco.

The measure would authorize waiver of parental consent to achieve what Wiener characterized as “the

autonomy of young people to receive life-saving vaccines, regardless of their parents’ beliefs and work schedules.”

“It’s unconscionable for teens to be blocked from the vaccine because a parent either refuses or cannot take their child to a vaccination site,” the senator said.

The same week that SB 866 was proposed, Pan and Wiener also introduced SB 871, which seeks to revoke the “personal belief exemption” from the list of objections to receiving a COVID-19 immunization as a condition to admission to public and private schools. The shots would be included with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations already required.

Parents have voiced their concern that if there is an adverse affect, as has been the case nationwide in thousands of young people, including death, parents are the ones responsible, not only to pay medical bills, possibly lifelong, but also to be the caregivers. Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says, “There have been no long-term safety studies on these vaccines, especially with children.”

“The most effective way to keep

schools open and safe is to ensure the COVID vaccination rate of students and school staff is as high as possible,” Pan, who is a licensed pediatrician, said.

Neither SB 866 nor SB 871 have been assigned to committees for hearings yet.

“SB 866 suffocates the ability of parents to make appropriate health decisions for their minor children,” the GOP representatives said. “It presents dangerous threats to an individual child’s health, depending on their personal health circumstances.

A student may not have detailed knowledge of their complete health history, including allergies to medication, previous illnesses and other essential medical details that would substantially impact a decision to seek vaccination.”

Issa wrote a letter independently to Gov. Gavin Newsom regarding SB 866, saying “parents have a clear, undeniable right to direct the health, education and safety of their children.

“Parental engagement is more than beneficial; it is essential to student development,” the congressman said, in urging Newsom to veto the bill should it reach his desk. “Recent

trends in which politicians, educators and school officials undermine and overtake the decision-making of parents are completely unacceptable.”

In October, Newsom issued an executive order mandating student vaccinations, set to take effect later this year, but the governor’s order maintains personal exemption allowances.

The governor said the mandate was “about protecting our children and school staff, and keeping them in the classroom.” He added that the state’s mandate would rely on guidance from the California Department of Public Health, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Wednesday, Feb. 2, of the roughly 880,500 deaths associated with or coded as COVID-19 nationwide, less than 800 involved victims under 18 years old. Of the 5,918 documented coronavirus-related fatalities in Riverside County, only five have been minors, according to the

county Department of Public Health.

Federal health authorities last year approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine for children 5-17. The Johnson & Johnson and Moderna shots are under review for minors, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

City News Service asked Riverside County’s assembly members and state senators for comment on SB 866 and SB 871, and most declined comment, though several cited the need for committee hearings to vet the proposals further.

The one lawmaker who did comment, state Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Beaumont, told CNS that she was “extremely concerned about what appears to be a constant effort to dismantle the family unit by the California Legislature.”

“I believe it should be our prerogative to do all that we can to support the health and autonomy of our families. We should focus on legislation that empowers our families to make informed decisions and allow them to exercise personal responsibility,” Bogh said.

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Dry January means less water than normal in California snow

Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, right, places the snowpack measuring tube of a scale held by DWR’s Anthony Burdock, center, as DWR’s Andy Reising, left, looks on during the second snow survey of the season held at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.

California Department of Water Resources via AP/Kenneth James photo

Kathleen Ronayne THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The water contained in California’s mountain snow is now lower than the historical average after a January without significant rain or snow – a dramatic reversal from December that demonstrates the state’s challenges in managing its water supply.

Snow totals updated Tuesday, Feb. 1, by the state Department of Water Resources show the amount of water in the Sierra Nevada mountain’s snowpack is at 92% of what’s normal for this date. In December, heavy rain and snow left

the state with 160% of its average snow water content.

“Our climate is experiencing these volatile shifts from wet to dry year after year, and even month after month,” Sean de Guzman, manager of the department’s snow surveys and water supply forecasting section, said.

The extremely wet December followed by a dry January was strikingly similar to previous months, which included a very wet October followed by a dry November.

De Guzman spoke from a location near Lake Tahoe where the state periodically measures

snowpack. Snow totals there were slightly higher than average, indicating the varying conditions across the state. It’s one of hundreds of locations where the state manually and electronically measures snow totals and water content.

The whipsaw effects of the weather and precipitation were illustrated by the situation on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe in Reno, which had zero precipitation the entire month of January for the first time in recorded history. That change came months after the city experienced its wettest October since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1893.

California needs a wet winter to ease the drought because much of the state’s precipitation typically falls between December and March. Most of California is now in what’s considered severe drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, with only a small part of the state classified as being in the more serious extreme drought. It’s a significant improvement over the situation a year ago.

Winter snow is a crucial part of California’s water supply, and December through March are typically the wettest months of the year.

Snow that melts in the mountains and runs down into California’s lower elevations makes up about a third of the state’s water supply.

As of now, the water content in the snow is at 57% of the April 1 average, a key measurement data that indicates how much water the state will have from runoff in the spring and summer.

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“That one dry month of January basically wiped out whatever head start we had as we head towards the end of winter,” De Guzman said.

Meanwhile, officials at the State Water Resources Control Board announced Tuesday that Californians met Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a voluntary 15% reduction in water use for the first time in December, thanks to the heavy precipitation. Overall people used 16.2% less water compared to the December before. Still, cumulative savings since Newsom made his request in July sit at just 7.4%, officials said.

E. Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the

water board, called the December conservation numbers “incredibly impressive” and said they demonstrate that people are being more mindful of their water use during wet times. The state board recently adopted mandatory water restrictions including a ban on watering lawns within 48 hours of a rainstorm, but that rule wasn’t yet in effect in December.

But he stressed that continued conservation is necessary as dry conditions have returned.

“We’re looking to hopefully get a few more storms this water year, but the storm door may be closed,” he said.

Agency seeks grant to buy high-frequency communications equipment for emergencies City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized the county Emergency Management Department to apply for a $60,000 state grant that would enable the agency to purchase high-frequency communications gear intended to improve coordination with federal and state agencies during crises in its Tuesday, Feb. 1, meeting.

In a 4-0 vote without comment, and with Supervisor Manuel Perez absent, the board cleared the way for the EMD to compete with other agencies statewide for the California Office of Emergency Services High Frequency Communications Program funding.

“EMD would use the funds to purchase interoperable HF communications equipment that would allow EMD to communicate with

CalOES and federal agencies without the need for an amateur (radio) license,” according to an agency statement posted to the board’s agenda. “The funds will expand communication capabilities at our emergency operations centers.”

There are county EOCs in the Riverside metropolitan area, as well as the Coachella Valley.

If the county receives the grant award, the money would need to be expended on procurements between April 2022 and October 2023. Federal funding is also available, officials said.

The county operates a digitally encrypted communications system for law enforcement operations, encompassing not only the sheriff’s department, but almost all municipal police agencies throughout the county, but that network does not extend to state and federal entities.

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Governor ending New Jersey’s school mask mandate Mike Catalini THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor intends to lift the statewide COVID-19 mask requirement in schools early next month in a major step toward getting back to normal as the omicron surge drops off, his office said Monday.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy was scheduled to announce that the mandate would end March 7. It was not immediately clear whether individual school districts could continue to require masks.

New Jersey is one of a dozen states with mask mandates in schools, according to the nonpartisan National Academy for State Health Policy. New Jersey’s rule has been in place since classes resumed in person in September 2020.

The state’s COVID-19 caseload is dropping after a spike around the holidays fueled by the omicron variant, a trend seen nationwide, too.

New cases per day across the U.S. have plunged by more than a half-million since mid-January, when they hit a peak of more than 800,000. Cases have been declining in 47 states in the past two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The number of Americans in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen 24% since mid-January to about 111,000.

Deaths are still running high at more than 2,400 per day on average, the most since last winter, reflecting a lag between when victims become infected and when they die.

Murphy faced pressure from Republicans and some parents who have held rallies at the statehouse in support of rescinding the requirement. But the governor has had support for the mask rule from the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s biggest teachers union.

In a statement, the union’s leadership urged Murphy to continue to analyze data and “do whatever

is necessary to best protect the health and well-being of students and staff.”

It added that trends show COVID-19 heading in the right direction.

“It is appropriate for Gov. Murphy to allow local districts to continue to require masking in communities where that is prudent based on local conditions,” union leaders said in a statement.

It is unclear how many and how soon the state’s 600-plus school districts might end the wearing of masks.

In Paterson, the state’s thirdlargest city, the school system will take time to consult with administration officials, principals, parents and staff, district spokesperson Paul Brubaker said.

Melissa Alfieri-Collins, a mother of two who disagrees with mask mandates in schools, saying she prefers “choice,” called the governor’s decision good news. But she raised concerns that districts might keep mask rules in place.

“For this reason, parents need

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy talks to students in a pre-K class at the Dr. Charles Smith Early Childhood Center, Sept. 16, 2021, in Palisades Park. Murphy will end a statewide mask mandate to protect against COVID-19 in schools and child care centers, his office said Monday, Feb. 7.

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

an opt-out option for when and if districts do this,” she said.

Republicans claimed responsibility for pushing the governor to end the mandate. Murphy has said he wasn’t swayed by political pressure.

“Gov. Murphy will never admit that the pressure is getting to him, but it absolutely is,” Republican Senate Leader Steve Oroho said.

News that Murphy would end the mandate was first reported by The New York Times.

Top lawmakers call on scientists who privately supported lab leak theory to provide answers under oath Zachary Stieber THE EPOCH TIMES

Top members of Congress are calling on scientists who privately supported the theory that COVID-19 came from a laboratory but offered the exact opposite stance in public to answer questions under oath.

Many of the scientists in question, including Wellcome Director Dr. Jeremy Farrar, joined a teleconference in February 2020 with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Francis Collins, until recently the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Despite many of them expressing in emails that

the virus, also known as SARSCoV-2, came from a Chinese lab, they soon published a paper claiming it originated from nature.

In letters sent Feb. 3 to Farrar and the other scientists, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and additional top Republicans urged the group to answer questions “about what, if any, underlying science changed in a matter of days after meeting with top government health officials.”

“Alarmingly, it appears that the decision to suppress the lab-leak hypothesis was rooted in political calculations rather than scientific principles. NIH documents show that scientists on the Feb. 1, 2020, teleconference pushed the natural

evolution theory because they believed the lab-leak hypothesis could cause China too much scrutiny,” the lawmakers added.

“Transparency is a bedrock of scientific credibility. Continuing to shield the truth equates to hiding information that may inform future pandemic responses, advise the United States’ current national security posture, and restore confidence in our public health experts.”

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House minority whip, and Rep. Jim Jordan, the top GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee, joined Comer in calling for testimony from the scientists.

In addition to Farrar, the trio wants to hear from Dr. Kristian

Andersen and Dr. Michael Farzan, professors at Scripps Research; Dr. Robert Garry, a microbiologist at Tulane University; Dr. Edward Holmes, professor at the University of Sydney, Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity; and Dr. Andrew Rambaut, professor at the University of Edinburgh.

None of the scientists responded to requests for comment.

Fauci and Collins have also ducked questions on the call, which took place just days before the scientists published a paper called “Proximal Origins” that claimed the CCP virus came from nature.

Emails disclosed through Free-

dom of Information Act requests show both Fauci and Collins were involved in drafting the paper and gave feedback that led to an updated version that asserted the analyses contained within “clearly show that SARS-CoV-2 is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus.”

Neither U.S. doctor was named in the acknowledgments.

Most of the scientists who joined the teleconference and co-wrote the paper later received increased funding from Fauci’s institute, The Epoch Times found.

Fauci has not agreed to Republicans’ request to sit for a transcribed interview under oath.

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‘Freedom Convoy’ protests are spreading throughout world as truckers lead the fight against mandates expected to gather outside Parliament House.

It comes as Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency on Sunday, alleging a “serious danger” posed by the trucker protest. Protest organizers say their movement is peaceful.

“IMPORTANT: Anyone attempting to bring material supports (gas, etc.) to the demonstrators could be subject to arrest. Enforcement is underway,” Ottawa police also said in a statement on social media Sunday.

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Jack Phillips THE EPOCH TIMES

Following the tactics used by Canadian truckers in Ottawa, a growing number of truckerinspired protests appear to be gaining momentum worldwide, with groups in the Netherlands, Austria, the United States, the UK, Australia and New Zealand forming.

The Ottawa protest, known as the “Freedom Convoy,” aims to do away with Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates, namely for truckers crossing the U.S.–Canada border. On Sunday evening, the mayor of Ottawa declared an emergency, while police started making arrests and seizing the truckers’ fuel.

In New Zealand, truckers reportedly launched a convoy from both the North and South Islands. They are slated to converge at the country’s capital, Wellington, according to the New Zealand Herald.

One of the truckers, who only called herself Jess, told the Toronto Star that she is attempting to organize a trucker protest in New Zealand, which has some of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions in the world, because “her country needed to hear the call to stand up.”

She confirmed that the two groups will converge in Wellington in the near future after communicating with truckers via social media.

“I think you’re starting to see what will become a big global movement to end these mandates,” Brian Brase, co-organizer of the U.S. protest, told Fox News Sunday, Feb. 6, referring to vaccine requirements. “It’s a violation of your human rights to be mandated

CLASSIFIEDS Farm vehicles joining the trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 mandates parked in Ottawa Feb. 5, 2022.

(Courtesy of Simon Alary)

to take this vaccine. If you want it, go get it, but being mandated to get it, we’re standing up against that.

We think it’s wrong.”

Last week, organizers of a U.S. freedom convoy criticized Facebook after the social media giant removed a page organizing protests. The truckers told Fox News that they were planning to drive from California to Washington, D.C. Truckers in the United Kingdom will also demonstrate against mandates in a Glasgow suburb and will drive to Edinburgh, the capital, before heading to London, organizers told the Scottish Daily Express newspaper. Freedom convoys will also depart in the English cities of Manchester, Exeter, Bristol and Bournemouth, as well as in cities in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

In the Netherlands, according to the local NL Times, dozens of trucks and other vehicles gathered in Leeuwarden to protest local COVID-19-related mandates and restrictions on Sunday. A video posted by the “Freedom Convoy Nederland” showed the group.

Elsewhere in Europe, Aram Lemmer, a business owner and organizer in Austria, told the outlet that he got commitments from about 2,500 vehicles to drive to Vienna, the capital, to protest against mandates. Recently, Austria passed a law that will mandate vaccinations for all eligible people aged 18 and older or they’ll face hefty fines.

And police in the Australian Capital Territory say they expect crowd sizes for the “Convoy to Canberra” to peak on Feb. 8 when Australia’s Parliament resumes.

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the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a group representing the truckers.

“In a free and democratic society that is governed by the rule of law, citizens can freely associate with each other, including the giving and receiving of goods and gifts. There is no law that would allow the Ottawa Police to arrest people for giving fuel or food to another Canadian,” Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms lawyer Nicholas Wansbutter said in a statement.

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Gerald Clarke appointed to California Arts Council Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that Gerald Clarke, 54, of Anza’s Cahuilla Reservation has been appointed to the California Arts Council Thursday, Feb. 4.

Clarke is an artist, cowboy, university professor and tribal leader.

He is a member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and lives on the Cahuilla reservation with his family on their ancestral land near Anza. He served two terms as a Cahuilla Tribal Council member and is an enrolled citizen of the tribe. He raises cattle as his father, grandfather and other Cahuilla Indians have done since the Spanish Colonial period over 250 years ago.

As an artist and teacher, Clarke has served as a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California Riverside since 2016. He held several positions at Idyllwild Arts Academy from 1998 to 2016, including visual arts department chair, adjunct instructor of art and summer art faculty.

Clarke was cultural preservation coordinator for the Cahuilla Band of Indians from 2009 to 2010. He was an assistant professor of art at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, from 1998 to 2004.

Clarke was art department chair at Northeast Texas Community College from 1996 to 1998. Clarke earned a master’s degree in sculpting and painting from Stephen F. Austin State University.

In his “Falling Rock exhibit book, Clarke said, “Within the Cahuilla community, as in the world at large, I’ve seen how certain people are naturally drawn toward fulfilling the roles of healer, leader,

Anza’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1873 is asking cooks in the community to assist them with preparing breakfasts and dinners at the post. see page AVO-2

Local Ease flu symptoms this season Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Winter cold and winds bring the flu, and this year is no exception.

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Gerald Clarke of Anza’s Cahuilla Reservation has been appointed to the California Arts Council by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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For many, living in the country means wide open spaces and the freedom to roam. It has been a long-standing tradition in many areas to jump on a dirt bike, allterrain vehicle or other off-road vehicle and go for a ride. But in unincorporated Riverside County, it is important for riders to know the rules regarding off-road play.

Anza Lions Club to inaugurate new members Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Lions Club of Anza Valley announced their membership inauguration meeting slated for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, at the Anza Community Hall.

“It’s official,” Lions Club secretary Chris Skinner said. “If you are a current member, guest or interested in becoming a Lion, we would love for you to attend.”

Current members will be officially inaugurated by the district governor of the Lions Club, as well as receive their membership cards and membership kits.

The club encouraged the community to attend the special event to show their support. Reservations are encouraged, however.

The meeting will be available for viewing online through Facebook Live and can be found on the Lions’ Facebook page.

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Lions Club of Anza Valley members Lorne Larsen, left, Dennis McQueary, Chris Skinner and Greg Sandling will inaugurate new Lions members Monday, Feb. 21.

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Anza pet pig survives dog pack attack Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

A pet pig in Anza was attacked by a group of loose dogs Friday, Jan. 28. Owner Tara Butchart said she could not believe what she saw as the dogs ravaged her pig, Rosie.

“I threw a pitchfork at them,” she said. “I am just thankful it was a big pig and not one of my smaller potbellies. The dogs would’ve killed a smaller pig for sure. There were at least three of these ugly dogs.”

It is not the first time Butchart had seen these stray canines, she said. They are a recurring problem for the neighborhood and came onto her property to harm her pets.

“Both of Rosie’s ears are ripped

up,” Butchart said. “I’m sick of all these loose dogs here on Table Mountain. I’m afraid to let my own dogs out in their own yard.

I’m fenced and hot wired, but today, these dogs dug under an old donkey shelter where there was no electric wire. I don’t walk my dogs in my own neighborhood. I get dogs that sometimes get out.

But these dogs are always out. I’ve almost hit them as they chase my car on Burnt Valley Road. They are a nuisance.”

Butchart said she went to work tending to the pig’s injuries right away, making sure Rosie was comfortable and dressing her wounds.

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Tara Butchart sits beside her pet pig Rosie, who was attacked by a pack of loose dogs Friday, Jan. 28.

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out what is happening using Hamilton’s online calendar at http:// www.hamiltonbobcats.net/apps/ events/calendar/.

Hamilton Museum – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays at 39991 Contreras Road in Anza. For more information, call 951-763-1350 or visit http:// www.hamiltonmuseum.org. Find them on Facebook at “HamiltonMuseum-and-Ranch-Foundation.”

Health, exercise, resources and recovery meetings Fit after 50 – 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday and Friday mornings at Anza Community Hall. Free. Wear comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Call or text instructor Teresa Hoehn, at 951-751-1462 for more information.

Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – 6 p.m. Every Tuesday at Shepherd Of The Valley Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. Open participation.

Veterans’ Gathering Mondays – 9-11 a.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 39075 Contreras Road, in Anza. Men and women veterans come to share and help each other deal with posttraumatic stress disorder and other difficulties. Call John Sheehan at 951-923-6153. If you need an advocate to help with VA benefits, call Ronnie Imel at 951-659-9884.

The Most Excellent Way – Christ-centered recovery program for all kinds of addiction meets Fridays from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 8-10 a.m. Program is court approved; child care is provided. Transportation help is available. The group meets at 58050 Highway 371; the cross street is Kirby Road in Anza.

AA Men’s Meeting – 7 p.m.

Meetings take place Thursdays at 39551 Kirby Road in Anza, south of Highway 371.

Alcoholics Anonymous – 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road in Anza.

For more information, call 951763-4226.

Bereaved Parents of the USA – The Aguanga-Anza Chapter of BPUSA will hold its meetings at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 49109 Lakeshore Blvd. in Aguanga. For more information, contact chapter leader Linda Hardee at 951-551-2826.

Free Mobile Health Clinic – Open every third Wednesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

No appointment is needed. Uninsured may only be seen in the Anza Community Hall’s parking lot or inside the hall.

Medication Assistance and Treatment for Opioid Dependence – Get treatment for heroin addiction. Transportation to the clinic is provided. For more information, contact Borrego Health’s Anza Community Health Center, 58581 Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call 951-7634759.

Food ministries F.U.N. Group weekly food ministry – Deliveries arrive noon Thursdays at the Anza Community Hall. To order a paid box and help feed those who can’t afford to pay, drop off payment and cash donations by Thursday at 1:30 p.m., to ERA Excel Realty,

56070 Highway 371, in Anza. Pay inside or drop off during the day in the red box outside. To drop it off, put name and request on an envelope with payment inside. A $30 box has about $100 worth of food and feeds six people. Half boxes are available for $15. Food is delivered once a week to those who cannot find a ride. For more information, call Bill Donahue at 951-288-0903.

Living Hope Christian Fellowship Community Dinner – 1 p.m.

Dinners are held the last Sunday of the month at the Anza Community Hall. All are welcome. Donations of time, money, etc. are always welcome.

Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m.

The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit. All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at 951-763-5636.

Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m.

Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m. For more information, call Ruiz at 951-445-7180 or Nathan at 760-399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.

Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza.

For more information, call Nella Heredia at 951-763-0856.

Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at 951-763-1111.

Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at 951763-1257 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call 951-763-4226 for more information.

Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza.

For more information, call 951763-4622.

Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7

p.m.; small group share, 7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30 p.m.

Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at 951-7634937, anzabptistchurch@gmail. com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs TOPS Meeting – Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group meets Wednesdays weekly. Weigh in at 8:30 a.m., meeting at 8:45 a.m. at Thompson Hall at the Anza Baptist Church, 39200 Rolling Hills Road, in Anza. For more information, visit http://www.

TOPS.org.

High Country Recreation – Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at 951-492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at 805-312-0369.

HCR Bingo fundraisers – 6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.

Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 – Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@ gmail.com. For more information, call 951-763-4439 or visit http:// vfw1873.org.

High Country 4-H Club – 6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at 951-663-5452.

Anza Valley Artists Meetings – 1 p.m. Meetings are the third Saturday of each month at various locations. Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guest speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at 951-928-1248.

Find helpful art tips at http://www. facebook.com/AnzaValleyArtists/.

Anza Quilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.

Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club has been reinstated and is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. The group is working on securing a new venue for meetings. Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club of Anza Valley Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/LionsofAnzaValley. For more information, email president Greg Sandling at President.AnzaLions@ gmail.com or Chris Skinner at Secretary.AnzaLions@gmail.com.

Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at 951-551-3154.

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy

Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call Ginny Kinser at 909-702-7902.

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at 951-403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org.

Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call 951763-5611 for information.

Redshank Riders – 7 p.m.

Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at 951-663-6763.

Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza.

The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon. Contact Carol Wright at 951-763-2884 for more information.

Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at 951-763-4560.

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon.

Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission.

Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at 951-595-2400.

Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m.

General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets.

Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Ferrellgas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call 951-282-4267.

Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership.

For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org.

VFW seeks creative cooks for weekly feasts Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Anza’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1873 is asking cooks in the community to assist them with preparing breakfasts and dinners at the post. The weekly Friday dinners and Sunday breakfasts are an important fundraiser and exceptional social event for the group.

“Do you like to cook?” Melanie Lassen-Turner asked on social media. “Do you like to be of service?

We need you at the VFW. A lot of our previous cooks and helpers have moved on, either out of town or because of inability to continue.

We need lead cooks and helpers.”

A lead cook will be required to shop, prepare and supervise the cooking crew for either a breakfast

Sunday or dinner Friday night. A helper will follow the lead cook’s instructions to either prep or serve the meals.

“It’s a great way to get to know the people in your community, have fun, laugh and enjoy,” Lassen-Turner said.

If interested, call Annie Ashby at 760-519-6062 and let her know you are ready to volunteer and be of service to Anza’s vets and community.

The VFW is located at 59011 Bailey Road in Terwilliger. For more information, visit them at https://www.facebook.com/Anzavfwpost1873.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Cooks are needed at the Anza Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1873 to help create meals Fridays and Sundays.

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Ease flu symptoms this season Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Winter cold and winds bring the flu, and this year is no exception. But add the complications of COVID-19 and Anza Valley residents have a recipe for a miserable flu season.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza, also known as the flu, and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. COVID-19 is caused by infection by the new coronavirus, and the flu is caused by infection by influenza viruses.

Because some of the symptoms of flu and COVID-19 are similar, it may be difficult to tell the difference based on symptoms alone. Testing may be needed to help confirm an accurate diagnosis.

Both COVID-19 and flu can have varying degrees of signs and symptoms, ranging from none to severe. Common symptoms that COVID-19 and flu share include: fever or feeling feverish/ chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle pain or body aches and headache.

Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though these symptoms are more common in children than adults.

The influenza virus strikes both young and old, giving them aches, pains, congestion and fever. People who are 65 and older or those younger than 2 years of age can be at increased risk of serious complications from the flu. According to health experts, young children are actually at higher risk

of severe illness from the flu than from COVID-19.

Those people with chronic conditions including problems with lungs, heart, kidney, liver or a weak immune system can be at high risk of complications from the flu. Native Americans and Alaska Natives are also at higher risk for complications.

There are many things that can be done to ease flu symptoms while it runs its course. Home remedies can help reduce the devastating effects so you can be more comfortable and rest more easily. Sleep and relaxation have a big impact on getting better faster.

It may be hard to stay home from work or school, but it really is imperative. In the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is mandated by health officials.

Get plenty of sleep and do not risk infecting classmates or coworkers. When someone is sick and contagious, they should make restorative rest a priority and help protect those around them health officials say.

Fever is your body’s way of trying to cook and destroy the invading virus. The increased heat results in aches and soreness.

Treating a fever can be done with over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen, ibuprofen or naproxen.

Help alleviate hacking cough with over-the-counter remedies for quick relief.

Drink more liquids, such as fruit juices, water, flavored water, herbal teas, sports drinks and broth-based soups. It keeps the respiratory system hydrated and helps turn that thick mucus into a thin liquid that can be coughed up and eliminated. Dehydration can occur if a sick person isn’t eating

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or drinking normally. Diarrhea and fever can also sometimes cause severe water loss, so it is vitally important to replenish liquids.

Create a steam room in the bathroom shower. The moist, warm air helps ease congestion and coughs.

A humidifier can also be beneficial.

Saline nose drops or sprays are available over the counter at any drug or grocery store. They work and they’re safe.

The CDC recommended baloxavir marboxil, called Xofluza; oseltamivir, called Tamiflu; peramivir, called Rapivab, or zanamivir, called Relenza, when flu symptoms first appear or when someone has been exposed. These drugs work best when taken within 48 hours of the first symptoms or exposure and may shorten the course of the illness.

Eat a bland diet. If a patient has the stomach flu, consume small

amounts of food at a time. Easyto-digest foods are a must, such as bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, crackers, cooked cereals, gelatin, boiled potatoes, soft boiled eggs and well cooked chicken. Avoid dairy products, spicy/fatty/fried foods and alcohol.

It is time to see the doctor if a person is suffering with an earache or drainage from their ear, pain in their face or forehead along with thick yellow or green mucus for more than a week, a temperature 100.4 degrees F or higher in an infant less than 3 months of age, temperature higher than 102 degrees F in older children or adults, hoarseness, sore throat, or a cough that won’t go away, wheezing, shortness of breath or vomiting.

The flu, like COVID-19, can sometimes lead to deadly health complications. It can trigger other viral and bacterial infections in

the lungs, throat, ears and other areas, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, ear infections or encephalitis. Seek urgent medical attention if your symptoms have not improved after one to two weeks.

There are multiple influenza vaccines produced annually to protect against the several flu viruses that are anticipated to circulate each year.

Several COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for use by the FDA. It is advised that high risk people and those required to be vaccinated receive these important vaccines.

Flu symptoms can begin suddenly and are typically severe. But these simple methods can help to ease the illness.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Off-road laws for Riverside County Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

For many, living in the country means wide open spaces and the freedom to roam. It has been a long-standing tradition in many areas to jump on a dirt bike, allterrain vehicle or other off-road vehicle and go for a ride. But in unincorporated Riverside County, it is important for riders to know the rules regarding off-road play.

An off-highway vehicle, or OHV, is defined by the Riverside County as a motor vehicle designed to travel over any terrain, meaning a machine capable of cross-country travel “without benefit of a road or trail, on natural terrain.” It includes motorcycles, quads, ATVs, side-by-sides, buggies and three-wheelers, plus four-wheel drive vehicles, Jeeps, trucks, SUVs, etc. OHVs must be registered, either as street legal with a California license plate and registration or as strictly off road, with a state off-highway vehicle sticker. Both registrations are handled by the California Department of Motor Vehicles and the laws regarding them are dictated by the California Vehicle Code.

Riverside County ordinance 529 outlines some basic rules governing off-road vehicle use. Riders must have written permission to ride on private or public property.

The ordinance exempts certain vehicles like golf carts, farm tractors and related machinery from this requirement. Public and private off-road parks or tracks such as Anza’s Cahuilla Creek Motocross track are also exempt.

Ordinance 348.4213 goes into much more detail. No one should operate an off-road vehicle in

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such a way that disturbs the peace of their neighbors by dust, noise, smoke or fumes. All OHVs must have a legal muffler and spark arrestor as required by the California Vehicle Code. OHVs may not access highways unless they are street legal and these include county maintained dirt roads, side streets and even alleys.

“According to California state law, any off-highway vehicle must be equipped with an approved muffler, brakes and spark arrestor.

This is for the safety of all of us,” Anza off-roading enthusiast Chris Williams said.

Destruction of the environment has always been a concern to offroad drivers, and it has made it necessary to enact restrictions to help prevent damage to habitats and fragile plants and wildlife.

Creatures like the desert tortoise are one species affected by offroad activity. Not everyone is aware of these small animals, and laws were developed to help ensure their safety and protect their habitat.

Regarding minors and off-road fun, any person under the age of 18 must take a training course or be under the supervision of an adult with a training certificate.

Children under 14 must be directly supervised by an adult.

Anyone that has had their California driver’s license revoked or suspended is not allowed to operate an OHV on any public lands.

Helmets are required at all times on those vehicles requiring them, such as dirt bikes. OHVs must all be equipped with a spark arrestor to prevent their hot exhaust from potentially causing a wildfire.

There are also noise limits that must be adhered to. Drinking and

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All off-highway vehicles must be registered, either as street legal with license plate and registration or as strictly off road, with a California off-highway vehicle sticker.

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wheeling is not permitted.

“My biggest concern is people driving under the influence,” Sharon Evans said. “There are many that seem to feel that once they leave the pavement, DUI does not apply. It really takes the fun out of off-roading when you see Lifeflight coming in because someone has been injured due to drinking and driving.”

It is not OK to zoom all over the neighborhood, creating dust and noise. OHVs sometimes cause issues with hikers, equestrians,

bicyclists and private property landowners. If a resident is being disturbed by illegal OHV activity, what can they do?

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has officers dedicated to the Riverside Off-Highway Vehicle Enforcement program, ROVE. These law enforcement officers are specially trained in offroad travel, laws and enforcement and can educate the public in what they can and cannot do.

About 100 deputy sheriffs countywide have completed a cer-

tified law enforcement ATV course that combines skills, training and resources to enforce Riverside County OHV laws.

Contact ROVE by calling the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department non-emergency dispatch number at 951-776-1099 or by filling out a form on the ROVE webpage at https://www.riversidesheriff.org/rove.

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All American Asphalt receives Rancho California Road/Anza Road reconstruction contract Joe Naiman WRITER

All American Asphalt was awarded the contract to reconstruct the approach to the roundabout at the intersection of Rancho California Road and Anza Road.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday, Feb. 1, with Manuel Perez absent, to award All American Asphalt the contract for the Corona company’s bid amount of $1,031,660 and to approve an addendum to the plans and specifications. The reconstruction will replace existing deteriorated pavement for approximately half a mile between all four legs of the roundabout.

The county’s general plan classifies Anza Road as a major road and Rancho California Road as a

mountain arterial road. They are both two-lane roads with widths ranging from 26 to 46 feet as they approach the roundabout. The pavement has deteriorated on these roads, which requires reconstruction. The board of supervisors voted 5-0, Nov. 16, to approve the plans and specifications for the project, authorize the clerk of the board of supervisors to advertise the project for bid, set a Dec. 8 deadline for receipt of bids and find the road reconstruction to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.

The reconstruction will remove the existing asphalt concrete and underlying material and place new hot mix asphalt concrete pavement over an aggregate base while placing geotextile between

the pavement and the aggregated base and between the aggregate base and the natural soil. The geotextile will provide subgrade enhancement which will prevent premature failure of the pavement structure. The improvements also include placement of an asphalt concrete dike, curb and gutter reconstruction, pavement safety edge work, traffic striping and a thermoplastic crosswalk and other pavement markings.

The contract was structured with a base bid addressing the reconstruction and three alternative bids which would have provided manhole adjustments for three different agencies. None of the agencies concurred with the bid prices proposed by All American Asphalt, so the contract will include the base bid work only and

the agencies will perform the manhole adjustment work with their own employees or contractors.

The estimated cost for the base bid was $1,065,185. Six bids were received by the Dec. 8 deadline.

All American Asphalt had the lowest bid, has been deemed qualified to perform the work and has provided bonds and insurance documents. R.J. Noble Company of Orange submitted the secondlowest base bid of $1,079,319.10.

The Road Repair and Accountability Act passed by the state legislature in 2017 raised the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon and raised annual vehicle registration fees from $25 to $175 based on vehicle value, and that revenue will be used for 90.9% of the total cost while developer contributions will account for the other 9.1% of

the funding.

The work will include a sevenday full closure of the intersection with 24-hour shifts to excavate, compact and pave the road. Traffic will be detoured through Calle Contento, Pauba Road, De Portola Road and Glen Oak Road, and a temporary roadway will be constructed on private property for commuters and residents who need to access the northerly leg of the roundabout. The rest of the work will be phased to keep the road open during construction as much as possible, and the work will take approximately three weeks to complete. The work is scheduled to begin in spring 2022.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

EMWD approves Regional Park and Open-Space emergency fuel storage District to add 14 staff positions facilities contract be used for 11%. trol and monitor open-space areas.

Joe Naiman Joe Naiman WRITER

Schuler Contractors Inc. was awarded the Eastern Municipal Water District contract to construct four emergency fuel storage facilities at EMWD treatment plants including the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility and the Temecula Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility.

A 3-0 EMWD board vote Wednesday, Feb. 2, with Stephen Corona and Randy Record absent, approved a contract with Schuler for $3,039,800, authorized a $387,400 contract with SPEC Services Inc. for construction support services, authorized EMWD general manager Joe Mouawad to issue contracts with necessary suppliers and engineering support consultants and appropriated $4,074,200 for the project.

“We needed to do it, and I’m glad we passed it,” EMWD board president Phil Paule said.

Eastern has standby generators to power facilities in the event of an emergency, but those generators have limited fuel storage which would enable operation in a longterm or district-wide emergency.

If a large-scale emergency occurs, EMWD currently has limited access to fuel, and regional fuel distribution centers might not be as reliable due to their dependence on local refineries.

The emergency fuel storage facilities will each have a capacity of 15,000 gallons. The storage tanks will provide up to a seven-day supply of diesel fuel. The San Jacinto, Temecula, Moreno Valley and Perris Valley reclamation facilities were chosen due to their geographic distribution, and the facilities can provide fuel to nearby EMWD facilities which operate with diesel generators.

In March 2021, EMWD contracted with SPEC Services Inc., whose headquarters office is in Fountain Valley, to prepare a preliminary design and a performance-based bid package for the fuel storage facility installation. In August 2021, EMWD

authorized the purchase of four 15,000 gallon tanks for $482,500 from Mass Tank Sales Corporation; the pre-purchase was to allow the tanks to arrive prior to the start of construction.

The scope of work for the Temecula Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility includes installing a diesel storage tank, building a concrete containment and installing a fuel dispensing system. The work for the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility will install a diesel storage tank and a fuel dispensing system.

The deadline for receipt of bids was Dec. 21. Three contractors submitted proposals. Schuler Constructors, which is based in Riverside, had the low bid of $3,039,800.

Pacific Hydrotech Corporation of Perris had the second-lowest bid at $3,133,900. The engineer’s estimate was $3,700,000, although that factored volatility in the construction market.

SPEC Services will complete the final detained engineering design and record drawings based on Schuler’s shop drawings and submittals. SPEC Services will respond to requests for information, review submittals, provide support for change orders, provide design clarification during construction and review and validate any design modifications Schuler proposes.

The $4,074,200 authorized amount of appropriations covers $39,600 for soils and staking contract services, $146,100 for inspection, $142,500 for contract administration, $10,000 for EMWD operations labor costs and $4,800 for engineering branch labor as well as the Schuler and SPEC Services contracts.

“It seems like a huge expenditure,” Paule said. “It’s in line with the operations cost.”

The work is scheduled to start later this month. The contract has a duration of 365 calendar days.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District will be adding 14 staff positions.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors members are also the board of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District, and the county supervisors’ 4-0 vote Tuesday, Feb. 1, with Manuel Perez absent, added five Park Ranger II positions, four Park Maintenance Worker positions, one Bureau Chief position, one Natural Resources Manager, one Park Attendant, one Park Interpreter and one Facilities Project Manager I. The cost of these positions for the remainder of fiscal year 2021-2022 is $1,072,629; the district operating fund will provide 53 percent of that amount while the Habitat and Open Space Fund will account for 36% of the funding and the Lake Skinner Fund will

The coronavirus outbreak led to mandated park closures, which reduced park revenues. The park district reduced staff, reduced or suspended maintenance services, reduced operations, closed park facilities and delayed capital improvement projects. The 20212022 budget was created with a level of caution, and although revenues over the past year have been below target, attendance at parks has increased. The park district spent 32% less than what was budgeted, which increased reserves.

Three of the Park Ranger II positions will be added to regional parks and reserves with high levels of camping and park visitation. One of those rangers will be seasonally assigned at Idyllwild/ Mountain Parks and Lake Cahuilla when park attendance occurs. The other two positions will be added to the Open-Space Division to pa-

The Park Attendant will be assigned to the Lake Skinner Recreation Area, which has experienced growth in use and attendance since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. Site-specific revenues will fund the position which will improve customer service at the entrance. The Park Attendant will help collect fees, explain rules, check in campers and conduct quagga mussel inspections.

The four Park Maintenance Workers will address recurring maintenance needs and undertake preventative measures. Three of the positions will be assigned to the Lake Skinner Recreation Area, Hurkey Creek Park in Mountain Center and western park facilities in the Jurupa area. The fourth position will address trail maintenance.

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Supervisors approve ARPA funding for EVMWD sewer projects Joe Naiman WRITER

Riverside County is utilizing some of its American Rescue Plan Act funding to support infrastructure projects, and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors allocated $8,400,000 Tuesday, Feb. 1, to the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District for sewer projects.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote, with Manuel Perez absent, approved the project list covering the two sewer projects, directed the county’s executive office to initiate project agreements with the Elsinore Valley district and authorized the executive office to coordinate with EVMWD staff with regard to ARPA infrastructure eligibility submittals. The money will fund $8,000,000 for the Highway 74/ Ethanac Sewer Extension Project and $400,000 for the Grand Av-

enue Lakeland Village Community Center Sewer Project.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 included $350 billion of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds allocations for eligible state, territorial, tribal and local governments. The funding addresses the public health emergency and economic impacts of the coronavirus epidemic and can be utilized for four eligible categories: mitigation of negative economic impacts, premium pay for eligible workers performing essential work, provision of government services lost revenue would have eliminated and necessary infrastructure investments including water, sewer and broadband.

The Oct. 19 board of supervisors meeting approved the allocation of $65,000,000 of ARPA funds for infrastructure projects in Riverside County.

The Highway 74/Ethanac Sewer Extension Project will construct 12,500 feet of sewer and extend EVMWD sewer service from Rosetta Hills to Ethanac Road. An estimated $2,000,000 EVMWD match will fund the rest of the estimated $10,000,000 project.

The Grand Avenue Lakeland Village Community Center Sewer Project will extend service to the Lakeland Village Community Center and nearby properties. The estimated total cost is $500,000, which would equate to a $100,000 EVMWD match.

The Elsinore Valley district will administer, construct and maintain the sewer projects. They are required to be completed by December 2026.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Supervisors OK contract with firm for regulation of short-term rentals City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors signed off on a $346,240 contract Tuesday, Feb. 1, with a real estate data processing firm to monitor and manage the registration of short-term rental providers throughout unincorporated areas of Riverside County in an ongoing effort to improve regulation of the fast-growing industry.

“The industry is exploding because of the internet,” board Chairman Jeff Hewitt said ahead of the 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Manuel Perez absent. “It’s important for us to get this technological element into it.”

The county Transportation & Land Management Agency sought the three-year agreement with San Diego-based Deckard Technologies Inc. as part of TLMA’s modification of Ordinance No. 927, approved in January 2016, which established standards by which short-term rental property owners and agents are supposed to abide.

Short-term rentals are defined as units where individuals are paying for overnight stays that last 30 days or less.

The ordinance requires landlords

to register their properties with the county and specifies that rentals be subject to “quiet time” enforcement, with no noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. It further prohibits parking that creates street hazards and requires owners to pay a 10% transient occupancy tax, similar to what hotels and motels owe the county for doing business.

Similar ordinances are on the books in Cathedral City, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage.

County Planning Director John Hildebrand said there are about 750 permitted short-term rental businesses in unincorporated communities countywide, but he estimated that the actual number in operation – without registration – is possibly triple “what we have on file.”

“We need to identify them and bring them into compliance,” Hildebrand told the board, eliciting a small round of applause from the audience.

“We get a significant number of complaints,” Supervisor Chuck Washington said. “We have deputies going out for noise complaints on nights and weekends. We need a robust management system, and that’s what we’re working on today.”

Washington and Supervisor Kevin Jeffries joined in 2020 to propose

enhancements to Ordnance No. 927.

Hildebrand said the contract with Deckard Technologies is one of the modifications, and others will be submitted to the board in proposed amendments to the ordinance in a few weeks.

Several public hearings will be held to solicit input from landlords and others before the amended ordinance is slated for final consideration.

In 2020, Jeffries, who had opposed short-term rental regulations in 2016, said he was appalled by the way “communities are being overwhelmed.”

“You have 200 to 300 people showing up for parties and other events,” he said. “Houses are being used for 20, 30, 40 occupants spending the night. Buses are coming and going from communities where there’s one paved road. We need to start diving further and seeing where we can make changes to protect property rights on both sides of the fence.”

Deckard Technologies, which was selected from among three companies that bid on the management contract, will be responsible for creating an online registration portal for prospective short-term rental providers, producing and distribut-

ing packages on rules and regulations and using county-authorized compliance measures to ensure collection of transient occupancy taxes and that complaints against

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ATTACK from page AVO-1 going to need more time and effort to recover than I first thought. But I’m confident she will pull through just fine,” she said.

Rosie was expected to make a full recovery, but Butchart said her pet will carry the scars of the assault for the rest of her life.

Dog attacks have been on the increase in recent weeks, she said, as loose packs of canines are hunting for food and sport, threatening residents’ livestock and pets.

“This is your one and only warning,” Butchart said. “I have seen these dogs all over Burnt Valley Road and on my property before.

rental providers are remedied.

The county will have the option of renewing the contract annually after the original three-year compact ends.

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This is an ongoing problem. It ends next time they show up here. They picked the wrong pig.”

Responsible dog ownership is safe dog ownership, for both the dog and others in the community. Residents are reminded to report aggressive loose dogs that are a threat to pets, livestock or children. If you suspect animal cruelty, abuse or neglect or need to report stray or marauding dogs, call Riverside County Animal Services at 951-358-7387. Anonymous reports are accepted, and an animal control officer will be sent to investigate the claim.

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Felon sentenced to more than five years for COVID relief fraud City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A felon who submitted fraudulent claims to obtain over $4 million in relief payments intended for those left jobless during the coronavirus public health lockdowns was sentenced Friday, Feb. 4, to five years, three months in federal prison.

Gabriela Llerenas, also known as Maria Sandoval, 49, entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in September, admitting a single count of mail fraud.

U.S. District Judge John Holcomb in Riverside imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.

According to prosecutors, from April to October 2020, Llerenas exploited the expanded eligibil-

ity for unemployment insurance benefits provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act signed into law by then-President Donald Trump in March 2020.

The defendant filed almost 200 fraudulent relief claims to obtain jobless benefits, resulting in a total $4,298,093 in unemployment insurance payments being disbursed, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Holcomb ordered the full amount to be repaid to the government in restitution.

Llerenas’ scheme led to the California Employment Development Department authorizing Bank of America to mail debit cards to claimants with addresses that the defendant provided, including her own home in Perris, her husband’s place of work, her mother’s apartment and the addresses of friends

and other family members, according to court papers.

“Llerenas charged the named claimants a fee for filling the applications, which was often paid out of the fraudulently obtained benefits,” according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement. “In at least one case, she told the named claimant that she was still employed at EDD and could control the distribution of the unemployment insurance benefits, and then demanded an additional payment for ‘releasing’ the benefits.”

CARES funding was made available to a wide variety of individuals, including those who identified as independent contractors and self-employed, and the defendant took advantage of that component, falsely listing the bogus claimants as being in those categories, according to the

Woman carjacked on I-15 in Temecula City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A woman was carjacked after pulling onto the shoulder of Interstate 15 in Temecula. A suspect was later arrested in San Diego after allegedly trying to flee from officers in another stolen vehicle.

The carjacking occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, on northbound I-15, near Temecula Parkway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officer Mike Lassig said the victim, identified only as a 37-year-old Murrieta woman, was driving her 2020 Mercedes when she felt a tap

on her rear bumper from a 2004 Toyota Matrix directly behind her, prompting her to pull onto the inner shoulder, next to the center divider of the freeway.

Lassig said the driver of the Toyota approached her, pulled a knife and forced the victim out of her Mercedes. He then got behind the wheel and sped away on the freeway, according to the CHP representative.

The victim was not injured.

The suspect left the Toyota behind, and the woman called 911, but law enforcement officers in the area could not immediately locate the Mercedes.

Checking the abandoned Toyota they identified the suspect as Adam

Assi, 21, of Vista and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Later Assi was identified by police driving another alleged stolen vehicle in Carlsbad. A pursuit followed with the vehicle striking three other cars before coming to a halt. The suspect was then taken into custody.

Assi was booked at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery and possession of stolen property.

Anyone with information about the incident was asked to contact the CHP’s Temecula office at 951506-2000.

DA receives federal grant to fund cold case investigations City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Monday, Feb. 7, authorized District Attorney Mike Hestrin to accept a $535,000 federal grant intended to aid the DA’s office in solving or prosecuting cold case violent crimes, relying on forensic evidence.

In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on receipt of the U.S. Bureau of Justice grant award, which must be expended

by Sept. 30, 2024.

According to prosecutors, a cold case is defined as any violent crime, missing persons or unidentified persons incident unsolved after three years.

The federal grant aims specifically to cover costs incurred from DNA analysis.

“Provided that DNA attributed to a known or unknown suspect who has been identified, funding support includes investigative activities and crime and forensic analyses that could lead to pros-

ecuting violent crime cold cases and decreasing the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution,” according to a DA’s office statement posted to the board’s Tuesday agenda.

The agency’s Bureau of Investigations maintains a Cold Case Unit, which assists the sheriff’s Cold Case Squad and detectives in municipal police agencies countywide.

government.

Llerenas obtained some of the names, Social Security numbers and other identifying information she used to submit the fraudulent claims through her prior work as a tax preparer, prosecutors said. A total 197 debit cards were sent out with ready cash available for the defendant to siphon from the U.S. Treasury, according to prosecutors.

In her plea agreement, Llerenas admitted falsely stating on some of the applications that the claimants were residents of California entitled to unemployment insurance benefits administered by EDD, when in fact they lived elsewhere.

She additionally admitted that she inflated the incomes that she reported for claimants to maximize benefits.

The scheme was uncovered in the first half of 2021 as part of an

investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force, involving multiple agencies.

Llerenas worked at the EDD as a disability insurance program representative, but she resigned in March 2002 after admitting that she had signed off on disability payments for self gain. She received a 37-month federal prison sentence because of the fraud.

State auditors have estimated the losses due to fraudulent CARES unemployment relief funding claims to be at least $20 billion, with money going to parties outside California, prisoners and jail detainees.

Investigations are underway statewide, with multiple cases awaiting adjudication in Riverside County.

Temecula woman killed in two-car collision in Hemet area City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A Temecula woman was killed in a two-car collision in Hemet Friday, Feb. 4.

The collision was reported about 8 p.m. in the area of Cactus Valley and Sage roads near Grace Landmark Missionary Baptist Church,

according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Kathleen Hydrusko, 63, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.

It was not immediately known if anyone else was injured. The cause of the collision was under investigation.

One dead in Lake Elsinore motorcycle crash City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

One person died when a motorcycle and a vehicle collided in a Lake Elsinore intersection, authorities said.

The crash was reported just

before 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at McVicker Canyon Park Road and Grand Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Ryan Rice, 38, of Lake Elsinore was pronounced dead at the scene, fire officials said.

Illinois judge blocks school mask mandate, state to appeal Tom Ozimek THE EPOCH TIMES

An Illinois judge has granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit that sought to end mask mandates in school districts statewide, effectively blocking the masking requirement and other mitigation measures, prompting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office to declare that it will appeal the ruling.

Sangamon County Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow said in a Feb. 4 ruling that the defendants, Pritzker, the Illinois State Board of Education and more than 140 school districts, are barred from enforcing school mask mandates, exclusion protocols and COVID-19 testing requirements.

The ruling, which explicitly states that some of the measures are “null and void,” comes in a case that saw parents file suit against a series of COVID-19 restrictions as set out in a number of Pritzker’s executive orders. The executive orders directed students and staff to wear masks inside school buildings, required people unvaccinated against COVID-19 to submit weekly negative tests in order to occupy school buildings and refused entry to buildings for students and teachers who were “close contacts” of confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases and if they refused to submit to a test.

The premise for Grischow’s decision was that the suing parents have due process rights in objecting to the various mitigation measures that are violated by blanket statewide executive orders.

“This Court acknowledges the tragic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken, not only on this State, but throughout the nation and globe,” the decision reads. “Nonetheless, it is the duty of the Courts to preserve the rule of law and ensure that all branches of government act within the bounds of the authority granted under the Constitution.”

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Grischow’s ruling temporarily blocks Illinois public school districts from requiring students and teachers to mask up, unless a local health department issues a quarantine order.

The court decision also bars districts from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly negative tests in order for individuals to enter school buildings, unless such individuals are first provided with the due process of law.

The ruling also states that teachers and students deemed a “close contact” of an individual infected with COVID-19 can’t be denied entry to school buildings, with a similar caveat of due process having to be provided to individuals that object.

Following the ruling, Pritzker said in a statement that he has asked the state attorney general to seek an expedited appeal of the decision.

“The grave consequence of this misguided decision is that schools in these districts no longer have sufficient tools to keep students and staff safe while COVID-19 continues to threaten our communities, and this may force schools to go remote,” Pritzker said. “As we have from the beginning of the pandemic, the administration will keep working to ensure every Illinoisan has the tools needed to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.”

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Another young person with almost zero potential COVID-19 liability irreparably harmed by the ‘cure’

Juile Reeder PUBLISHER

Whether you are for mandates or against mandates has a lot to do with the information you have.

Some people who only know what they hear on the nightly news, may believe that the mandates are necessary and we all need to “do our part.” They may believe that young people are in great danger and they all need to be vaccinated. Others believe we should all be wearing masks.

Some people like me, because of my job, seek information daily from all over the globe. It’s important to know the stats, if the stats are reliable, the studies and if the studies were paid for by the industry they represent. What are politicians voting on? Are the politicians being paid to pass or stop a product or law?

Why are there scientists and doctors on both sides of the issue? There’s a lot to sift through and consider. And it’s my job to be skeptical.

After all the reports, stats and rhetoric, the one thing you can’t get around is someone’s personal experience.

I am against the mandates for a few reasons, civil rights, no longterm studies, adverse events, etc.

If you’ve read my editorials for the last few years, you know that my family has experienced vaccine injuries. Besides our immediate family, my niece, and now a nephew by marriage, who needs to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, has his story. We will call him Tom. Tom is in his 30s. He’s in peak physical condition, smart and married with a beautiful wife and two children. He has been in the military for years and loves being in the military. It was his plan to make it his career, until he got the first Pfizer shot on March 5, 2021. That vaccine changed his and his family’s lives.

Just days after his first shot, on April 5, 2021, he started to get a radiating numbness starting from his spine and spreading to his whole right side from his armpit to his waistline. He had lost feeling from the right side of his spine, and that spread from his armpit line down to his feet. He claimed that the sensation cut off all motor functions, including bowel control. He could tell things weren’t normal, and he knew he needed help, and he needed it fast.

When he approached one of his superiors at work to let him know he was having trouble and needed to seek medical help, he was told, “You will be fine, get back in the field.

You just came back from leave and have had plenty of time to rest. We can’t afford for you to not be here.”

But after five days of struggling at work and the symptoms clearly getting worse, he took it upon himself to go to the hospital on base.

Unfortunately, his local military hospital was no help at all. He

was told they didn’t know what it was and he should just go home, take some Tylenol and hopefully it would go away. He was also given a COVID test and was told to wait 72 hours for any changes, and if the symptoms continued to return. So he went home.

After he was cleared as being negative from the COVID test, he returned to the hospital. With obviously worsened symptoms he was asked by the staff, “what are you doing here?” He then responded with “The symptoms have not gone away, and I was told to come back if things were still the same.” This is all within 10 days of receiving the vaccine that was said to be protecting him. He had zero signs of any neurological disease before those 10 days.

Tom explained that this was an extremely difficult time for him.

He was getting no answers from his assigned medical professionals.

There was no access to a neurologist on staff in that hospital. He was sure it had to do directly with his COVID-19 vaccine, yet he was being told by the hospital staff that he was the “one in a million exception who had an adverse effect.”

He says he was told that he shouldn’t talk about it because he would cause others to have “vaccine hesitancy.” Now, in addition to not knowing what was happening to him, why it was happening or how to make it better, he said that he was being shamed into silence. There was no one to talk to.

Shamed into silence is a common occurrence according to vaccine injured athlete Kyle Warner, a professional mountain bike racer who was diagnosed with pericarditis, he says was brought on by Pfizer’s

COVID-19 vaccine.

At this time, there is no help for those injured by the vaccines from the vaccine injury court because the vaccines at the time Tom and Warner were injured were unapproved.

The Emergency Use Authorization releases any liability from the manufacturers, so injured people have nowhere to turn.

Tom finally was taken by an ambulance to a civilian hospital to receive better treatment for his condition, three hours away from his home on post. When he arrived, the neurologist on-site asked, “What in the world took you so long to get here?”

Due to the requirements of the military, Tom couldn’t go to a civilian hospital without a referral from his military provider. Immediately the civilian hospital ran tests, collected samples and performed a spinal tap. They found lesions on his spine, and positive Oligoclonal Bands, which are indicators of Multiple Sclerosis.

Tom was later diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis, a neuro disease that affects the Myelin Sheath, the insulating layer that forms around the nerves including those around the brain and spinal cord. Although intense doses of steroids, and Plasmapheresis were done to treat the symptoms, Tom was told he would likely not regain the use of his legs, and he would have permanent nerve damage.

This made things even worse for him. He explained that he wasn’t able to work. He worried about how he would support his family. The military was quietly discharging him and leaving him to fend for himself with state disability. He said his wife had to quit her part-time job because

she was needed at home, not only for their children, but also to assist him. He was growing increasingly depressed, and angry due to feeling shunned by his unit, and because of their lack of support, and communication.

His superior reached out while he was in the hospital, and instead of asking about how he was feeling, or if his family needed anything, they asked when he would be able to go back to work.

After being discharged from the hospital, and completing what little physical therapy he could do, Tom was wheelchair bound, and returned home. Although his case manager was handling his appointment scheduling, and determined he needed to be moved to the Wounded Warrior unit on post, his command and unit had left him, and his family to fend for themselves.

After returning home, another problem arose. Tom’s current home was not ADA equipped, and was a two-story house, making things difficult for him to bathe, and sleep since all the necessities were upstairs. He attempted to reach out to his housing office, but was told that there would be a wait, and they wouldn’t be able to accommodate him until his name came up on the list. After eight months of struggling to deal with his condition, Tom was eventually transferred to the Wounded Warrior unit.

He’s not happy with what has happened to him, but at least he’s getting the attention he needs now and the help his family needs.

Now his attention is on his children.

“No one is getting near my kids with that shot,” he said. “No way.”

Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Valley Center, 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.

State-run health care? Not so fast

Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Last week, Assembly Bill 1400, establishing state-run health care for all Californians, crashed and burned in the Assembly. Opposition was widespread from all sectors of the health care field and citizens.

There were several reasons for this, including the astronomical costs. The entire state budget is $262 billion and cost estimates to provide health care for 40 million Californians range up to $400 billion more. What about the unelected 9-member board running the program? Could an unaccountable state bureaucracy really make competent health care decisions? Ask a million or so EDD claimants who waited months for unemployment payments, many are still waiting. The

bill also eliminates Medicare for millions of seniors, along with all private health insurance, including employer provided plans.

There is no mention of funding sources in AB 1400, and without funding the bill is irresponsible and imaginary. A separate bill, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 would authorize funding, including massive tax increases on businesses and employees making over $49,900 per year. ACA 11 requires a two-thirds vote in the Legislature, an impossible hurdle since AB 1400 supporters were unable to ensure a bare majority (41 votes). Even if passed, the measure would still require voter approval.

Ninety-three percent of Californians already have some form of medical coverage, one of the nation’s highest coverage rates.

Improvements are necessary, such as increasing Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for providers,we rank below 48 other states, often making finding doctors or scheduling timely appointments problematic.

But destroying our health care system, doubling our already high tax rates, driving more people, businesses and health care providers out of California, can’t be the answer.

My Caucus unanimously opposed AB 1400 and many Democrats also withheld support. Thousands signed petitions we provided opposing the

bill and my office received hundreds of constituent calls and emails.

Thanks to these efforts, a huge coalition blocked a state takeover of your health care.

COVID-19 vaccines in children Dear Editor, I am writing this under the veil of anonymity for fear of losing my job.

As a pediatrician with over 30 years of experience and a lifelong provaccine advocate, I cannot remain silent regarding the attempt to force COVID-19 vaccines on our children.

This is occurring at both the state and federal levels.

The most up to date data demonstrates the percent of children under the age of 19 who die from COVID-19 compared to all COVID-19 deaths be 0.62% – 482 of 77,774 total deaths – in California and 0.1% – 838 of 834,949 total deaths – in the U.S. Virtually everyone of these children who died from COVID-19 had very serious underlying disease and/or obesity. This is not the percent of children who have COVID-19 and die, that number is nearly unmeasurable.

For the very serious, but uncommon post COVID-19 complication, MIS-C, which can rarely cause death, one small study showed a

0.86% fatality rate, greater than 99% of these patients recover. This complication appears to possibly be even lower with the current Omicron variant.

So why the push to use an experimental vaccine, which is unlike any current childhood vaccine, without sufficient short or long term safety data, on our children? It is not ethical to use children as test subjects without very strict parameters. Since when do we try to “protect” our children from a virtually non lethal disease with very minimal post infection sequelae?

My conclusion is, power and control over the population in regards to all things COVID-19. Using children to help further frighten every parent into submission is just wrong. The serious associated morbidities from COVID-19 in our children, including loss of education and socialization, school failure, increases in eating disorders, obesity, anxiety, depression, drug and alcohol abuse are real and has been deadly in many cases.

As scary as it is, when I see a tween or adolescent who has not gained a lot of weight these last two years I need to explore the possibility of anorexia. I have patients under the age of 10 with treatable anxiety from fear of COVID-19. There is nothing OK about this.

This needs to stop. As pediatricians we are to “first do no harm.”

We need to stop the forced vaccination of all our children and let them be regular children who get colds and survive since the beginning of time which is essentially what COVID-19 is in healthy children. Anything else is unethical.

Anonymous, M.D. FAAP

tionship with Jesus. Once you put your faith in Jesus and believe in His finished work on the cross, the next step is to be baptized in his name.

It’s important to note that water baptism doesn’t save you. Only your faith in Jesus does that. See Ephesians 2:8-9. But baptism does two things. First, it is a public declaration that you are a disciple of Jesus Christ. Second, it is a symbolic partnership with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.

See Romans 6:4. That’s why you’re baptized after you make a profession of faith.

We must teach new disciples the commands of Jesus.

Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commands” in John 14:15. So what are the commands of Jesus?

They are everything written in the holy scriptures, the Bible. We are commissioned by Jesus, the one who has supreme authority, to teach

people what the word of God says.

As Jesus said, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” in Matthew 4:4. Every disciple needs this to grow in their faith.

We are to remember that Jesus is always with us.

It’s easy to feel like you’re alone in this world, especially if you’re a follower of Jesus. But Jesus, in his kindness, reminds us that we’re never alone. He said, “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

So, here’s my question to you.

What are you doing to fulfill the mission Jesus has given you?

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, visit https://www.fusionchristianchurch.com, http://www.encouragementtoday.tv or find them on Instagram.

Editor’s note: Due to the threat of retaliation, Valley News has opted to keep the identity of this editorial writer as anonymous. Valley News did verify that the writer is a pediatrician who works in the Reeder Media coverage area of Southern California.

FAITH

What is the Great Commission?

Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Has anyone ever given you a command or instructed you to do something? The answer to that is undoubtedly, yes. You cannot go through life without receiving some sort of direction as to what you are to do. And it’s no different for Christians.

Jesus gave a direct command widely known as the Great Com-

mission, and it applies to all believers.

Here’s what he said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age,” in Matthew 28:18-20.

Let’s break this down a little so we can understand it and fulfill it.

Jesus has all authority.

As a child, did you ever say, “you’re not the boss of me” or “you’re not in charge” to someone?

You said that because you understood the power of authority even at a young age. When the one in authority spoke, you listened.

Jesus has all authority in the universe and the spiritual realm.

So, we better listen. You will treat

the great commission as a mere suggestion if you miss this.

We are commanded to go.

Jesus, the one who has supreme authority, didn’t tell people to stay put. He told them to go. Go where exactly? Into all the world. The Christian mission given to us by Christ, is a global one. It is the direct orders from the commanderin-chief. The world is the mission field.

We are commanded to make disciples.

What is a disciple exactly?

Simply put, a Christian disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus.

That’s the mission in the world.

To go by the authority of Jesus and make faithful followers of Jesus-disciples. How do they do that exactly?

We must baptize them in water.

Water baptism is the first step someone takes in their new rela-

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202117378 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GO FAST CLOTHING 11153 Pierce St, Ste B,Riverside, CA 92505 County: Riverside Elemeniko -- Nau, 11151 Pierce St, Ste B, Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 12/28/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Elemeniko Nau Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/28/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3505 PUBLISHED: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202200389 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OC BEST HOME REMODELING 20814 Haines St, Perris, CA 92570 County: Riverside Marilyn - Cervantes, 20814 Haines St, Perris, CA 92570 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Marilyn - Cervantes Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/11/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3506 PUBLISHED: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202200919 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GREAT NAILS 3106 Temecula Pkwy Ste C3, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside Dnaza Inc, 3106 Temecula Pkwy Ste C3, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 01/13/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Duc Dong Truong, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/21/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3509 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202117526 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ABSOLUTE CLEANING SERVICES 2626 Elsinore Rd, Riverside, CA 92506 County: Riverside Yvonne Louise McCormick, 2626 Elsinore Rd, Riverside, CA 92506 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Yvonne Louise McCormick Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 12/30/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3510 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202200252 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KING COMB CUTS 32467 Temecula Pkwy Unit 10, Temecula, CA 92092 County: Riverside Courtney Lamon Ross, 42211 Stonewood Rd Apt 301, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Courtney Lamon Ross Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/06/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3511 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202200438 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. URBAN DOG STARS 2. URBAN SOL 40435 Chauncey Way, Temecula, CA 92091 County: Riverside Angela Lorali Douglas, 40435 Chauncey Way, Temecula, CA 92091 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Angela Lorali Douglas Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/11/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3512 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201171 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. VCLASSY MEDIA 2. VCLASSY 31251 Strawberry Tree Ln, Temecula, CA 92092 County: Riverside David Christian Monzon, 31251 Strawberry Tree Ln, Temecula, CA 92092 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 1/18/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: David Christian Monzon Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/27/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3518 PUBLISHED: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2200362 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: JESSICA MARIE SMITH Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: JESSICA MARIE SALDIVAR Proposed Name: JESSICA MARIE RODRIGUEZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 03/17/2022 Time: 8:00 AM Dept: S101 The address of the court: Riverside Superior Court, Southwest Justice Center, 30755-D Auld Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 2/3/22 Signed: Joni I. Sinclair, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3521 PUBLISHED: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022

AMENDED FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202112112 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRECISION ENDODONTICS 25109 Jefferson Ave Ste 220, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Shawn R. Anderson, DDS, MSD, Inc., 25109 Jefferson Ave Ste 220, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 04/02/2014 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Shawn R. Anderson, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 08/26/2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3419 PUBLISHED: September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 Republished: November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2021 Date of filing was wrong in first publication.

Republished February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022 AMENDED HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TITLE. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201467 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUBWAY 26926 Cherry Hills Blvd, Menifee, CA 92586 County: Riverside Saini Foods, Inc., 26926 Cherry Hills Blvd, Menifee, CA 92586 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 02/01/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Aman Jyot Singh, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/02/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3519 PUBLISHED: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201008 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COLD STONE CREAMERY 21016 2433 W. Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92545 Mailing address: 252 Bahama Court, San Jacinto, CA 92583 County: Riverside Stata LLC, 2433 W. Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92545 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 01/12/2012 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Rohit Patel, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/25/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3515 PUBLISHED: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201532 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ADVANCE WINDOWS & DOORS S.C. 2. ADVANCE REPLACEMENT WINDOWS RIVERSIDE 4160 Temescal Canyon Rd, #401, Corona, CA 92883 County: Riverside Samuel Salvador Garcia, 29364 N Lake Dr, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 01/01/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Samuel Salvador Garcia Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/04/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3520 PUBLISHED: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201158 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHRI VISHNU SPIRITUAL ASHRAM 19647 Lonestar Ln, Riverside, CA 92508 Mailing address: 19744 Beach Blvd. #355, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 County: Riverside Shri Vishnu Spiritual Ashram, 19647 Lonestar Ln, Riverside, CA 92508 This business is conducted by a Corporation This Corporation is registered in the state of CA Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Farzana-Khanam, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/27/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3516 PUBLISHED: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201026 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PERSONAL PROTECTION ACADEMY LLC 38281 Oaktree Loop, Murrieta, CA 92562 Mailing address: 24046 Clinton Keith Road #111, Wildomar, CA 92595 County: Riverside Personal Protection Academy LLC, 38281 Oaktree Loop, Murrieta, CA 92562 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC is registered in the state of CA Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 1/1/2022 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).)

Registrant: Michael Pettengill, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 01/25/2022 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3517 PUBLISHED: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

ABANDONMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-202117466 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): GREAT NAILS 31069 Temecula Pkwy Ste C3, Temecula, CA 92592 County: Riverside County: Riverside Duc Dong Truong, 45656 Nora Circle, Temecula, CA 92592 Thi Huynh Ngoc-Nga, 45656 Nora Circle, Temecula, CA 92592 This business is conducted by a Married Couple The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 12/29/2021 Signed by: Duc Dong Truong THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 01/13/2022 LEGAL: 3508 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

ABANDONMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: R-202004105 Filed Riverside County Clerk’s Office Peter Aldana The following fictitious business name(s) has been abandoned by the following person(s): GREAT NAILS 27517 Ynez Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 County: Riverside County: Riverside Duc Dong Truong, 27517 Ynez Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in Riverside County on 03/19/2020 Signed by: Duc Dong Truong THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON 01/13/2022 LEGAL: 3507 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW 2200204 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: KIMBERLY LYNN BLACK DALEY Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. KIMBERLY LYNN BLACK DALEY AKA b. KIMBERLY LYNN BLACK AKA c. KIMBERLY LYNN DALEY Proposed Name: a. KIMBERLY LYNN ZIMMER b. KIMBERLY LYNN ZIMMER c. KIMBERLY LYNN ZIMMER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE Pursuant to Appendix I, Emergency Rule 3, the court will be conducting certain civil hearings telephonically, until further notice Therefore, the above entitled case is scheduled for TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE re: Order to Show Cause re: Change of Name as follows: Date: 03/10/22 Time: 8:00 am Dept: S101 To appear by telephone dial (213) 306-3065 or (844) 621-3956 (toll free), when prompted enter: Meeting Number: 288-888-954# Access Code: # (no number after the #) Please MUTE your phone until your case is called and it is your turn to speak> It is important to note that you must call fifteen (15) minutes prior to the scheduled hearing time to check in or there may be a delay in your case being heard.

For additional information and instructions on telephonic appearances, visit the court’s website at https//www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/PublicNotices/ Webex-Appearances-Public-Access.pdf.

The address of the court: Riverside Superior Court, Southwest Justice Center, 30755-D Auld Road, Suite 1226, Murrieta, CA 92563 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anza Valley Outlook Date: 1-19-22 Signed: Joni I. Sinclair, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3513 PUBLISHED: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

SUMMONS 1) Name of Person Filing: M. Christine Sommers Mailing address: 1308 Stockton Hill Rd #A350 City, State, Zip Code: Kingman, AZ 86401 Daytime/Evening Phone Number: 928-897-4635 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MOHAVE COUNTY 2) M. Christine Sommers 3) Case Number: CV 2021-01033 Plaintiff SUMMONS AND 4) Craig & Patricia McDonald Defendants AND Mohave County Treasurer WARNING: This is an official document from the court. It affects your rights. Read this document carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help.

FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: 4) Craig & Patricia McDonald AND Defendants Mohave County Treasurer 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this Summons.

2. If you do not want a judgement or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the Court, and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his or her Petition or Complaint.

To file your “Answer” or “Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 415 East Spring Street, Kingman, AZ 86401 (P.O. Box 7000, Kingman, AZ 86402-7000) or the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 2225 Trane Road, Bullhead City, AZ 86442, or Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 2001 College Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404. Mail a copy of your “Answer” or “Response” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons.

3. If you were served within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. If you were served outside the State of Arizona, your “Response” must be filed with THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. Service by Publication is complete (30) days after the date of the first publication.

4. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least (3) three days before your scheduled court date.

SIGNED AND SEALED this date: 9/28/2021 CHRISTINA SPURLOCK, Clerk of the Superior Court LEGAL #:3514 Published: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022

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