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Section Volume 16, Issue 7
Know Your Neighbor; Steven Gregoire of Gregoire Combatives
Tony Ault Writer Anza residents anxiously awaiting the first broadcasts of their own KOYT 96.3 community radio station are invited to contact the station’s programming committee if they want to try their hand at being a D.J. or commentator for the first broadcasts coming soon. see page A-3
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RCWD approves Vail Lake Sundance Properties guidance document Allison Renck Writer The guidelines on the future development of the Vail Lake and Sundance Properties will be a little less murky due to the approval of the Guidance Document Feb. 3 by the Rancho California Water District. With the approval, residents of the Temecula, Aguanga and Anza areas have a better understanding of what might occur at each site. see page A-4
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Tin horses may once again jump over the foothills of Temecula Tony Ault Writer Those unique tin sculptured life-sized horses and mountain goats that greeted motorists on the foothills coming into Temecula on Highway 79 may be gone, but not for long, said renowned metal sculptor Ricardo Breceda.
Gregoire Combatives accomplished adults pictured from left are Colleen Rollins, Nathan Morse, Brent Puterbaugh, Steve Silkotch, John “Red” Donley, Steven Gregoire Head Trainer and Founder, Eric Gregoire and Justin Nelson. Jodi Thomas photo
Jodi Thomas Area Manager The Anza Valley and the surrounding areas may be considered small town but here you will find those with sizable hearts; unique people whose lives produce extraordinary results. This is the case with Steven Gregoire head trainer
and founder of the martial arts studio Gregoire Combatives in Anza. His attraction to martial arts as a child growing up in Compton, not only served as an essential survival tool but has led him down a path to excellence. Excellence not only in his talents in the disciplines of North American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and
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life skills. But Gregoire Combatives is also successful at martial art competitions as well. Last year Gregoire Combative adult students traveled to Texas, Arizona and Northern California, just to name a few places, taking numerous gold medals
see GREGOIRE, page A-7
Local parents find alternative ways to educate their children
see page A-5
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Kyin Kung-Fu but in the ability to teach and mentor others in those disciplines to victory. Gregoire has a way of looking at life through his experiences and infusing them into teaching of martial arts. This wisdom transfers through his teaching methods to his students and has the ability to enhance and change their lives giving them tools, valuable
Vanessa Carson instructs, homeschooled students Holly Carson and Riley Jones on how to construct a bottle composter. Allison Renck photo
More and more parents in the United States have made the decision that a public school education is not the best way to educate their children. It was estimated in 2011, 1.77 million students were homeschooled in the United States, 4.5 million students were being educated in private schools and 2.3 million were being educated in charter school. The “one size fits all” of educating children appears to be changing, with more and more parents choosing different educational opportunities for their children. Parents have many reasons for educating their children at home. In the early 70s the parents that choose
to educate their children at home usually fell into two categories – conservative parents that believed public schools were too liberal in their teaching and the countercultural left that felt the public schools were too conservative and catered to conformity. Today that trend seems to be changing and the population of homeschooling families has become more diverse in their demographics and belief systems. The local parents that were interviewed for this article seemed to have chosen homeschooling because it fit with their views and lifestyle. Local Aguanga parent Amber Secules has educated her five children at home and says for her it is
see EDUCATION, page A-6
The Corner Shack, a unique marketplace at Radec Junction to celebrate its grand opening Jodi Thomas Area Manager Along Highway 79 between Temecula and the junction of Highway 371, there is a group of buildings at the intersection of 79 and Sage Road known as historical Radec Junction. The Corner Shack building was once a well-loved cafe full of history and good memories. For many years it has stood empty and unused. Now it has been remodeled and given new life, becoming The Corner Shack, a unique marketplace were local artisans can sell their handcrafted one of a kind treasures. The Corner Shack’s Grand Opening will be celebrated Feb. 13
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Feb. 14 from 10-4 p.m., there will be free giveaways one per family, discounts and refreshments. The shop is warm and inviting with a beautiful original mural of Radec Junction, originally painted in the 1960s preserved on the wall. Owners Dawn Zavala and Henry Gonzales are no strangers to the struggle many small town artisans have in trying to get their wares before the public. They started out selling their Redshank – a unique local wood – birdhouses and feeder years ago at farmers’ markets and at any venue that they could. Finally, they were lucky enough
see SHACK, page A-4
The Corner Shack a unique marketplace were local artisans can sell their handcrafted one of a kind treasures will celebrate their Grand Opening Feb. 13 and 14. Jodi Thomas photo