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Students, parents perform peaceful protests against mask mandates

Local Menifee opens Talavera Park Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

A large crowd turned out for the dedication and opening of Talavera Park in Menifee Feb. 12, the city’s latest of many more neighborhood parks to open this year. see page A-2

Local Hemet Fire Department discusses critical needs at city council meeting Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Hemet City Council members focused on the future and current needs of the city’s fire and police departments to serve the residents in the community at its Tuesday, Feb. 8, regular meeting. see page A-4

People protest against mask mandates in front of Temecula Middle School, Feb. 9. A number of parents of students at TMS are rallying in support of the students or their parents having the choice in whether or not their children wear masks at school. See more photos on page A-4.

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Colorful parrots fly free in the San Jacinto Valley

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Ryan Birke, left, with Barry Horton and Heather Stevenson let their parrots enjoy a recent free flight.

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Saying SoCal Parrot Free Flight is for the birds is an unfair statement. It is just as much for the people who enjoy helping their feathered friends do what comes naturally. Ryan Birke has been training parrots for five years and currently has five macaws and one cockatoo.

“I would consider parrot free flight training a hobby/lifestyle,” the San Jacinto resident said.

“Basically, we train the birds to fly around and return to us. There’s nothing more satisfying than watching your pet happily cruise the skies like nature intended, then returning to your hand.”

He and other bird owners believe captive pet birds should never have their wings clipped.

He said the practice is outdated and unnecessary and that the birds end up overweight, susceptible to see PARROTS, page A-6

Lake Elsinore City Council meeting starts and ends with Cal Fire Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Lake Elsinore City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 8, began with the final quarter statistics report presented by Cal Fire Division Chief Lonny Olson. It concluded by honoring the memory of Cal Fire Firefighter II Jake Flores, who died Friday, Jan. 14.

The 2021 fourth quarter incident report for Lake Elsinore Cal Fire/ Riverside County showed 1,690 calls within the city. The majority of responses, 1,212, were for medical calls. The fire marshal report noted 342 reviews had been conducted from October through December 2021, and 1,962 total inspections were performed. Olson also shared year-end statistics, citing 6,682 calls for service in 2021. see ELSINORE, page A-8

The Lake Elsinore City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 8, is closed in memory of Cal Fire Firefighter II Jake Flores, pictured here, who died Friday, Jan. 14.

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Menifee opens the neighborhood Talavera Park Feb. 12, city’s first of many to open this year

Menifee 4th District Councilmember Dean Deines greets his constituents and visitors to the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Talavera Park, the first of many parks opening this year in the city.

Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman, Menifee 4th District Councilmember Dean Deines and City Manager Armando Villa in the front row and other city and state officials wait their turn to speak at the Talavera Park Grand Opening Feb. 12.

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A very happy State Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (23rd District) honors Menifee City officials for opening Talavera Park in the community at ceremonies Feb. 12.

Menifee Mayor Pro Tem Dean Deines, surrounded by city, county and state officials, readies to cut the ribbon at the opening of the city’s Talavera Park, 27931 Calle Talavera, Feb. 12.

Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

A large crowd turned out for the dedication and opening of Talavera Park in Menifee Feb. 12, the city’s latest of many more neighborhood parks to open this year. The park,

located at 27931 Calle Talavera in Menifee, will serve the residents of more than 170 new single family homes in the new KB Home Talavera Community.

The park, on the northeast side of the community has a restroom, large kiddie playground, hiking

trails, sports field and other special amenities like a doggie drinking fountain. The park was constructed in partnership with KB homes who is opening several other parks this year in the growing community.

On hand for the opening ceremonies and ribbon cutting were

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This dog enjoys a cooling drink at his own “doggie fountain” at Menifee’s newest neighborhood park, Talavera Park. It is the city’s first new park to open this year.

Mayor Bill Zimmerman, District 4 and Mayor Pro Tem Dean Deines, Councilmember Bob Karwin, Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto, State Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (23rd District), representative for Riverside Supervisor Jeff Hewitt, Menifee Director of Community Services Jonathan Nicks, Menifee City Park Commissioners and KB Homes Director of Forward Planning Vernell Williams and other community leaders.

Menifee City Manager Armando Villa said Talavera Park is only one of many other parks expected to open this year. “We have a lineup all year.”

“I am super excited to deliver this beautiful place,” Zimmerman said. “This is your park.”

Deines, who represents the people in District 4 where the park is located, said the park will improve the city’s and residents’ “quality of life” and it is a park

they can enjoy and a place for family fun. He said the park’s amenities are an example of what the city’s Measure DD funds are able to help in the park ventures.

Bogh said the park and the wellplanned growth of Menifee are due to its local leadership. Bogh, Seyarto and Hewitt presented the city with certificates of appreciation for establishing the new park and the many others in the city.

Following the ribbon-cutting, adult and child dancers of Ballet Folklorico of Menifee with their brightly colored flowing dresses entertained the audience. Children observed demonstrations from the City Parks Department, joined in the races and athletic activities presented by Health Menifee, played on the playground and enjoyed a warm sunshining day at their new park.

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These little Ballet Folklorico of Menifee show off their dancing skills in their colorful costumes at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at Talavera Park in northeast Menifee.

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Two nonprofits merge to double their humanitarian efforts Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Rancho Damacitas Children & Family Services and Community Mission of Hope merged into a single nonprofit to maximize their impact on local communities. With similar mission statements and long-term visions, it made sense to combine forces to better support the targeted populations each were individually serving.

Rancho Damacitas, which was founded in 1983, owns and operates the 12-acre Empowerment Village in Temecula. The community of single mothers and children leads the women through an extensive two-year program, learning to take care of themselves and their children. The long-term goal is to keep the children out of the foster care program and with their mothers who are taught how to be selfsufficient.

“There are many wonderful nonprofits in our community, but combining the efforts of two large and longstanding organizations brings many operational efficiencies so more resources can go directly to helping individuals and families in need,” Chris Close, chair of the Rancho Damacitas Board of Directors, said.

Community Mission of Hope, which was founded in 2009, owns and operates a large food distribu-

tion and housing resource center in Temecula. CMOH provides case management, homeless intervention and housing counseling. In addition, CMOH operates the Hope Family Housing program offering the stability of affordable housing during uncertain times paired with a multi-layered support system in parenting, financial health, job training and more.

“The two are perfect complements for each other, ensuring people in need can get the tangible help and support they deserve as they walk a road toward health, happiness and self-sufficiency,” Scott Treadway, president of Community Mission of Hope, said.

The agreement between the two organizations was signed Thursday, Jan. 27, and the groups are already working together to responsibly serve individuals and families in the Temecula Valley.

In a show of support, Lennar Homes recently began renovations of Empowerment Village, continuing their generous partnership with Rancho Damacitas. These improvements will allow current mothers to reside in dignity with their children and provide homes designed to last for decades to come.

Allison Willits, executive director of the merged organization, has been with Community Mission of Hope since 2013. She said she is eager to begin this new adventure,

the idea of which was first discussed in 2019.

“Both nonprofits help and house families at risk of homelessness and felt we could build a better program together, using donated resources more efficiently and effectively,” she said. “At the present time, we have homes in Temecula and Murrieta, but the residents come from many different areas, generally southwest Riverside County.”

Ready to go, Willits said both organizations have staff members who wear many hats.

“And the absolutely best volunteers,” she said.

The goal is to take two organizations aligned in mission and streamline business and operations to create one highly efficient organization and help as many people as possible.

Temecula resident Joseph Gray joined the Rancho Damacitas Board of Directors in 2004.

“It has been my honor to meet some really inspiring people through this organization; these incredible individuals are all part of the rich history of Rancho Damacitas,” he said. “I had the pleasure of working with James Fullmer of Fullmer Construction. James was the board chair when I first joined and we continue to honor his legacy through an annual community award known as the Jim Fullmer Visionary Award.”

Menifee Police Department to conduct DUI patrols MENIFEE – Additional officers from the Menifee Police Department will be out on patrol Monday, Feb. 28, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

“Menifee PD is committed to keeping Menifee safe, and we have passion for enforcing impaired driving laws,” Menifee Police Chief Walsh said. “I am aware of the damage drunken, and high, drivers do to a community, families and themselves. I am proud of our officers who make these arrests

and for their continued work in this critical area, please drive sober Menifee.”

Menifee Police Department reminded the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol.

Some prescription medications or over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. Always follow directions for use and read warning labels about driving or “operating heavy machinery,” which includes driving a car. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.

If you plan on drinking or taking medications that may impact your ability to drive safely, plan on staying at home. Driving sober is your safest bet. Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI will pay a stiff price: an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Chris Close, chair of the Rancho Damacitas board, and Scott Treadway, president of Community Mission of Hope, sign an agreement to merge the nonprofits.

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Gray said current board chair Close has played an instrumental role in helping the board fulfill its responsibility to preserve and grow the nonprofit’s legacy into a new and exciting future together with Community Mission of Hope.

“I remember when CMOH was just an idea and I’ve been so impressed with how their organization has grown and flourished over the years and has had such a huge positive impact for our community,” he said. “It’s such an honor for our board to be a part of bringing these two wonderful organizations together.”

Willits said all existing programs will continue, just under a bigger umbrella. These include Empowerment Village, a transitional housing program for single mothers and their children; CMOH Hope family housing program and affordable housing units; CMOH Housing Resource Center, homeless services, rental assistance and housing counseling; case manage-

ment services and the Food Pantry.

She said that all housing programs include support with financial literacy, parenting classes and wellness counseling. They are all designed to help residents become self-sufficient and reduce their risk of homelessness.

“Uniting these two nonprofits together, as one, is a huge step forward in realizing our vision of breaking the cycles of poverty and transforming lives,” Willits said.

“I am honored to be a part of it and I want everyone to know how wonderful our organizations are together and I would love to see the community get more involved.”

Two upcoming events are being planned; the Walk to End Hunger Saturday, April 23, and the Champions’ Lunch Thursday, May 12.

A new combined website is in the works but currently for more information, visit http://www.cmoh.net, http://www.4kidsfirst.org or email info@cmoh.net.

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Hemet Fire Department discusses critical needs at city council meeting Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Hemet City Council members focused on the future and current needs of the city’s fire and police departments to serve the residents in the community at its Tuesday, Feb. 8, regular meeting.

The meeting followed a workshop and report on the proper protocols each council member needs to follow to best serve their community district. Many earlier protocols needed revision to better meet the city’s Strategic Plan.

Eddie Cell, the city’s newest fire chief, led a detailed review of the fire department’s current and future needs for the next five to 10 years.

He said there were three critical needs for new and updated fire apparatus, facilities and all-hazards support equipment that have suffered “critical mission setbacks due to aging equipment, higher than average utilization, and lack of technical support.”

He outlined each of the needs, first citing the six front-line fire engines and two reserve engines that are all aging and the cost of down times for repairs which is outweighing the purchase of new equipment. He noted five of the

eight engines are older than 15 years and three have over 150,000 miles on them, beyond the time and mileage recommended for optimal usage.

Cell told the council that the department appreciated their approval of buying a new engine but that engine still has not arrived to replace another going out of service. He recommended the purchase of new engines as soon as possible and that they should make their purchases soon before the price goes up.

Aging stations The chief said his staff members have inspected the city’s current five fire stations which are also aging, concurring with previous assessments of problems affecting all of the stations. He said his personnel staff the stations 24 hours per day, and they found more and more repairs being needed to better insure their health, reduction of injuries and improved morale. He showed photos of the older stations; some were built over 20 years ago and need extensive repairs. He said innovations need to be made to make the stations safer during adverse events.

With that assessment completed, he spoke about how more hazardous incidents were occurring and

about the Hazardous Incident Response Team the department founded 15 years ago to assist with the mitigation of chemical emergencies. The 12-member team is being classified by the state Office of Emergency Services as a Type 2 team, which makes it available statewide for large-scale emergencies even beyond chemical emergencies. The team responds with a 2000 Ford F-550 tow vehicle and a modified racing trailer. He said the equipment needed to operate and respond to a hazardous materials incident is extensive, and the equipment needed must be transported in a safe manner. The department has not replaced these vehicles, and they are past their service life. He urged the vehicle be replaced.

Timeline suggested At the end of his presentation, he said the department was aware these needs were extremely costly and a timeline for the expenditures would be premature until the new 2022-2023 budget could be determined. He suggested that most of the money needed should come from Measure AA, firefighter’s grants, American Rescue Plan funds and other alternate revenue streams.

With that in mind, he said he

would present the council with a “100 Day” plan to address the most critical needs of the department.

In his report, Cell said the “100 Day Plan will be broken up into workable segments to ensure adherence and accountability back to the city manager at 30-day intervals and with weekly updates to maintain strong communication and situational awareness prior to council meetings. The plan will address benchmarks of 30 days, 60 days and 100 days with metrics to ensure results and forward progress.”

Report available The council said they appreciated his work on the extensive review and accepted the report. A detailed look at the chief’s report is available on the Feb. 8 Hemet City Council meeting packet at http:// hemetca.civicweb.net.

In the city council’s consent calendar, two resolutions were passed, awarding $462,778.48 for the purchase of six fully outfitted 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD Non-Hybrid Vehicles from the National Auto Fleet Group utilizing the Sourcewell Master Vehicle Contract.

In continuing discussions, the council heard from the city’s re-

districting consultant at the second public hearing to determine the new district boundaries to comply with the most recent census reports. Only the existing district map was shown to the council, but the consultant said they could present any suggested changes to the boundaries at the next council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 22. Four public meetings were scheduled before the final map will be submitted to the county Registrar of Voters Sunday, April 17.

Comment needed Council member Karlee Meyer expressed concern that the public needed to be more involved in the redistricting plans and suggested the city publicize the next public hearing and where it will be held so more residents could be involved.

The Hemet Public Library could be used for the third public hearing before the council, Feb. 22, or on another date. The date, Saturday, Feb. 19, was suggested, and the consultant said that could be done.

More information will soon be available on that public hearing, and the fourth and final public hearing was set for March 8 in the council chambers.

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

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People hold signs in front of Temecula Middle School promoting anti-mask mandates as students get out of school.

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People hold other Covid-19 mandate protest signs in front of Temecula Middle School promoting anti-mask mandates as students get out of school.

[Left] People hold signs in front of Temecula Middle School promoting anti-mask mandates as students get out of school. The protest comes after a number of parents claimed the school threatened to disenroll students that do not comply with mask mandates while indoors at school.

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Wildomar to create first comprehensive general plan Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Since 2008 when Wildomar became a city, city officials had to look into Riverside County General Plan zoning maps before they could give approval to proposed residential and commercial projects. Some builders already had county approval for their projects under the county’s general plan, but the projects were not in areas new Wildomar residents wanted.

The council said it was difficult to change the county zoning maps to fit into the city’s new ideas about where residential and commercial projects should be located, although it could be done with the approval of the commercial and residential land owners and the county.

After almost 15 years, that disparity is about to be changed. Wildomar with its elected city council members and the residents will be formulating their first “Comprehensive General Plan Update” with direction from the public after extensive residential area outreach, PARROTS from page A-1 disease and have emotional issues like feather plucking.

“I learned about parrot free flight on YouTube,” Birke, 33, said. “A trainer that I look up to would regularly post videos of his flying macaws. I knew when I bought my first house that I would get a macaw. They need way more room than an apartment offers, not to mention how loud they are.”

A few months after he moved into his home in 2017, he took an online free flight course and purchased two macaws from a reputable breeder.

“Training a bird for me is super easy; it’s training the human to train their own bird that’s the challenge,” Birke laughingly said. “The most rewarding aspect of teaching is that first day outside when the parrot circles back to their owner’s hand. Both the owner and the bird are so excited. It’s comforting to know I can help people start down the path toward better parrot ownership.”

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public hearings, an advisory group and a host of other informational meetings for the plan that could extend well into the next 20 years.

Leading the city’s efforts will be a contracted firm that is already known for its work in the city. PlaceWorks Inc. was hired to reach out to all areas of the city and its residents over the next few months to see what and where they want to see new commercial and residential communities built under the city’s own land use regulations. While the city still needs to follow federal, state and county guidelines, they will have a hold on their own destiny as a city.

The announcement came from the sitting city council Tuesday, Feb. 8, after a 3-hour long workshop to begin formulating the first long-term Comprehensive General Plan with as many residents participating as possible.

“It’s wonderful. It’s amazing.

It’s been a long time coming,” the council said, during a live and teleconferenced meeting, that included Joseph Morabito, mayor pro tem from District 3; Dustin Nigg,

council member of District 2; Marsha Swanson, council member of District 5; Ben Benoit, mayor of District 1, and Bridgett Moore, council member of District 4.

Each council member complimented Mark Tique who led PlaceWorks’ work on formulating the design and planned outreach for creating the first Wildomar Comprehensive General Plan Update. It will cost the city $557,000 for the 2021-2022 first year plan and another $876,000 for the next 2022-2023 plan.

“It is money well spent,” Benoit said.

The fee for the firm was approved in a 5-0 vote in the regular council meeting that followed.

A detailed presentation of the planned dates and times to meet with the residents and commercial entries throughout the city was shown with the first public workshop being held that evening with several residents attending in person. The city will hold at least four other major meetings, and an advisory group will be formed. Ten or more community meetings will

recall training, meaning the bird will fly to its owner on cue. Once the bird is ready, they go outside through a series of locations that are designated by Levels 1-5, with 1 being for beginners and 5 the most challenging.

“By slowly going through each location, the bird learns the necessary skills to move onto the next,” Birke said. “I have seen people take a year to free flight train their parrot and I have seen birds outside flying through the different levels in a month or two; it depends on the individual bird and owner. Five out of my six parrots are able to fly at a Level 5.”

Free flight training could be compared to dog training in that since a dog has the ability to run away, a collar and leash is put on them. A parrot can fly away so a harness and leash are used on them.

“You train your dog to come to you by their name; we train our parrots to fly to us. So much time and effort is spent training dogs but people don’t realize you can do the same thing with our parrot companions,” Birke said. “We

typically use the bird’s name to recall them.”

He said parrots in the wild do a lot of fighting and bickering; it is no different in his flock and those who are involved with SoCal Parrot Free Flight. He added that some birds are super aggressive with the others and some are social butterflies.

“We do not handle anyone’s birds but our own,” Birke said. “Unfortunately, if a parrot is friendly with other people or strangers, they will get stolen so we train our birds to avoid and even be aggressive to anyone except the owner.”

Hawks, falcons, eagles and other birds of prey always pose a threat. “We keep our flyers very well trained and physically fit so if there is an encounter, the parrots know exactly how to handle it,” he said. “Parrots live among birds of prey in their nature habitat, and they learn to out maneuver them.

A hawk will give up pretty quick when they see it’s not worth the effort. We even have some macaws that will turn around and chase the hawks out of the area where we are flying.”

Free flight times vary. Birke said, “Sometimes the birds do a quick boomerang back to us and sometimes they enjoy a fiveminute cruise through the skies.

The parrots always want to go to the park and fly. We take them out as many days a week as we possibly can. I go to the park two or three days a week; more if I can.

We take the entire flock to the park on fly days.”

His birds sleep indoors in a dedicated bedroom and spend the day outside in an aviary whenever someone is home with them. Birke admits that bird ownership is not for everyone, but he personally loves their complex nature and watching how they problem solve.

“Parrots are extremely challenging pets. They are loud, louder than you can possibly imagine and they will be that loud every single day.

I’m talking screams of over 100 decibels. They use these loud calls to communicate for miles across the rainforest in the wild,” Birke said. “They are super intelligent so they need a lot of enrichment.

They are destructive by nature.

In the wild they hollow out large holes in tree trunks to make their nests. In a human home you can bet they will do the same, but straight through your drywall.”

He said parrots are very expensive to keep. The sale price of the physical bird only scratches the surface. Food, toys that have to be replaced regularly because the parrots will shred them, cages, aviaries and vet visits all add up to an extremely expensive hobby/lifestyle. He recommends researching where the closest avian veterinarian is since not all of them work with birds.

“You have to have a lot of patience in general just to own a parrot, let alone free fly one,” Birke said. “They can make great pets for the right owner so long as that person understands training is extremely important, just like with dogs. You must be confident enough to train out bad behaviors and reinforce the good ones.”

He said accepting the fact that parrots can and will bite but that there’s always a reason, usually human/trainer error, is important.

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be set, and other meetings will be hosted as needed before the final Comprehensive General Plan is finally brought before the council.

It will most likely be completed before June 30 when the 20222023 budget should be finalized.

The PlaceWorks presentation and workshop can be viewed on the city of Wildomar website.

After the workshop, the regular council meeting was called to order with the forth and final redistricting hearing showing the final six maps shown by The National Demographics Co., four of their own and two public map submittals.

The council looking over the first four maps including three versions of Map No. 1 decided that Map No. 1b, with a 7.75% deviation from the original five district map. One map did not fall into keeping the district’s contiguous rule, and the two public maps did not meet all the criteria needed. Two members of the public objected to the city remaining in the five districts instead of being an at-large city.

The council said they all agreed but fearing legal problems decided

to divide it into districts. The maps can be seen on the city webpage.

The council approved the fiscal year 2021-2022 mid-year budget report and heard the city should continue to improve its reserve fund to bring it up to standard and be prepared to determine how the remaining American Rescue Plan Fund be spent, recommending most of it be used in General Fund expenditure. They also were to take a closer look at how an estimated $300,000 from the two cannabis firm taxes collected, that far exceeded expectations, should be spent. The council was told two more of the cannabis facilities may be coming into the city in the next year. The council generally agreed it should be spent on the city’s needed infrastructure.

The council awarded a services agreement with HR Dynamics & Performance Management to make a pay classification and compensation study for use to determine staff pay and benefit scales.

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

Ryan Birke of SoCal Parrot Free Flight lets his birds fly free during a recent outing.

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Those who have trained their parrot pets in proper free flight regularly meet up to share their enjoyment of the hobby and lifestyle, including from left, Ryan Birke, Courtney Calleja, Heather Stevenson, Sydney Vanderham, Tim Schutz, Danielle and Barry Horton.

Heather Stevenson’s blue-and-gold macaw, Pappy, soars during a free flight.

Pappy, a blue-and-gold macaw, rests on a perch during a recent free flight outing.

ation, not only for the owner but for family members and neighbors as Birke said, “no amount of training will completely quiet a parrot.”

Lifespan needs to be considered with plans of where the bird will go if it outlives the owner. The lifespan differs for each species of parrot, but a macaw can live anywhere from 40-80 years. Birke’s birds are currently 1-5 years old.

“Since much is still unknown

about parrot behavior, I feel like I am constantly learning new things about how they perceive the world,” he said. “Each parrot also has their own unique personality.

Their colors and beauty are an added bonus.”

Birke posts regularly on social media as SoCal Parrot Free Flight and offers meetups for those that want to learn more.

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Black Voices of the Valley to host Night of Black Excellence Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Black Voices of the Valley is a new organization that was formed to serve the San Jacinto Valley.

Interim Director Stephanie Bruce said the nonprofit, which is awaiting final IRS approval, “was a seed that was planted by community members and was blessed by our first black elected officials for both San Jacinto and Hemet.”

Brian E. Hawkins is a council member for the city of San Jacinto, and Malcolm Lilienthal serves as mayor for the city of Hemet.

“Our vision is to build a Black culture that recognizes, rewards, embraces and celebrates Black excellence,” Bruce said. “Closing the gaps on social and racial injustices is a priority and we plan to start by building relationships with law enforcement and our young Black youth, recognizing our Black business owners and patronizing them and inspiring our youth to achieve academic excellence.”

To share this vision with the community in a big way, the organization is hosting a kick-off event. “Night of Black Excellence: Taking a Seat at the Table” will be presented Saturday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m. The awards dinner is an upscale black-tie affair that will be emceed by retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Lester Fountain. Guest speakers include Pastor Willie Oliver, president of the Southwest Riverside Chapter NAACP; Niki-

ELSINORE from page A-1 He shared some winter public safety tips for residents. He said residents should maintain a 3-foot “kid-free zone” around any open fires and space heaters.

He reminded everyone that not all fireplaces are designed for wood burning and if there is a gas fireplace installed, as with many of the newer homes, wood cannot and should not be burned in it. He stressed the importance of installing and maintaining carbon monoxide alarms to avoid the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from the odorless, colorless gas.

Olson also spoke about the

A recent meeting of Black Voices of the Valley focused on planning this month’s special event to honor Black excellence in the San Jacinto Valley.

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sha Bond, president of Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce Inland Valley; Clarence Henderson, Civil Rights Activist (Greensboro Four); and Coery Jackson, SBX Youth and Family Services founder.

“BVOV’s first annual Black Excellence Awards celebrating Black History Month will honor and recognize local Black businesses and reward six Black youth for their academic excellence,” Bruce said.

“Our goal is to build a culture of excellence among the Black community, supporting and encouraging them to thrive and contribute to building a better community, allowing them to come and take their seat at the table.”

She said both Hemet Unified

and San Jacinto Unified school districts were contacted, requesting all high school principals nominate “Black students who exude academic excellence that display exceptional grades and possess outstanding leadership skills.” Three students from each district will be honored at the special event.

Bruce said there will be several other awards presented during the evening. The organization will recognize and honor those chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Black Excellence Breaking Barrier Award, the Black Excellence Academic Award (male and female from San Jacinto and Hemet cities), the Black Excellence It Takes a Village Award,

Canyon Lake Automatic Aid Agreement that went into effect after that city opted to form its fire department, Jan. 1, and no longer be part of the co-operative fire protection program that was in place. The agreement will provide response to fire and emergency medical/rescue incidents within the Canyon Lake jurisdiction from the Riverside County Fire Department and vice versa.

The specific details of the services to be provided under the agreement shall be determined by the respective fire chiefs and shall be detailed in an operating plan which the fire chiefs shall develop and annually review. It is

understood that all plans that deal with emergency response shall adhere as closely as practical to the “closest unit” concept which forms the basis of the agreement.

The agreement requires the city of Canyon Lake to maintain in operation an engine company consisting of, at a minimum, three personnel with at least one firefighter/paramedic capable of providing advanced life support.

Olson outlined the 2022 Operating Plan that states automatic aid shall apply only to emergency incidents and shall not apply to non-emergency situations. Mutual aid will not be automatic upon request but will require duty officer

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Members of Black Voices of the Valley listen to a presentation at a recent meeting of the newly founded nonprofit organization in the San Jacinto Valley.

the Black Excellence Leadership Award and the Outstanding Black Excellence NPO Award. New and upcoming businesses also will be spotlighted.

Additionally, the event will serve as a fundraiser to allow the nonprofit to continue its annual awards program where prominent speakers, including civil rights activists and Black leaders, can share their stories and visions. Bruce said the group is also working on sponsorships for future scholarships as well as its upcoming celebration in June.

Bruce, one of the co-founders of BVOV, said the nonprofit is presently building its board of

directors. Currently serving as interim secretary is Kevin Saunders and Jeffrey Moore is interim treasurer. Bruce is also the founder of Make a Joyful Noise Community Outreach Center, and she has partnered with other organizations on projects within the Inland Empire and San Jacinto Valley that assist the homeless, the elderly and the underprivileged.

The Night of Black Excellence will be Saturday, Feb. 26, starting at 5 p.m. at Creative Touch Event Hall, 146 N. Harvard St. in Hemet.

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or duty chief approval.

“We will maintain first alarm protection capabilities within the City when considering requests,” Olson said during the presentation.

Olson also shared response statistics between the two cities.

In 2021, Lake Elsinore units responded into Canyon Lake 375 times, which is an average of 31 responses per month. In Jan. 2021, there were 30 responses, and in January, there were seven responses. When Olson offered to answer any questions, council member Robert “Bob” Magee asked how many times the Canyon Lake Fire Department responded to calls within Lake Elsinore’s city limits and the answer was “zero.”

City Council consent calendar Items 3-12 were passed with Magee prepared to support all items except for No. 11, the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail Project located near his home. In an abundance of caution, he chose to abstain from voting on that item.

Council member Steve Manos registered a no vote on item No. 8, “Continued Existence of a Local Emergency (COVID-19).” Four items on the successor agency consent calendar were passed unanimously.

A public hearing for a planning application to develop a 140-unit gated condominium community on an approximately 35-acre site for the Lakeside Residential Project was opened at 7:17 p.m. After concern from a public comments speaker about it being similar to an apartment complex, it was confirmed by city staff that the residences would be detached from each other, with separate front and back yards. The public hearing was closed at 7:21 p.m., and the council approved it unanimously.

Magee offered comments about the project stating that it will “dramatically improve the area” and “is going to improve the quality of life of the Butterfield Estates folks.”

He said, “This project will protect that habitat; the HOA will be required to protect it so we will see an improvement almost overnight once they begin to occupy this area.”

Another advantage to the project he cited is that the developer is being required to acknowledge the Machado Adobe house which burned down in 2017. Magee said the city’s Public Works staff

rescued several of the original adobe blocks which date back to the mid-1800s.

“I promised the historical society that I would say something tonight about making sure the developer works with Public Works and the city’s historical society as well as the county historical commission to utilize to the greatest extent possible the bricks that have been saved and to accurately reflect what was there,” Magee said. “That was our Wells Fargo and Pony Express depot. This developer is bringing forward a very unique and positive inclusion into our community and I think all the residents are going to benefit from that.”

Public comments about the proposed commercial retail center at Lake and Mountain streets were received, but since the issue was decided on and closed at the Jan. 25 meeting, it was a moot point and not open for discussion.

Council member Steve Manos, however, did address the issue during city council member comments by stating that there were many town hall meetings before the recent vote and subsequent passage of the application and that was the time for all comments to have been made.

Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Johnson reported that the installation of shade structures has been completed at Summerlake and Yarborough parks and is currently underway at McVicker Park.

Mayor Timothy J. Sheridan announced that with the relocation of Walmart to Grape Street, he and city staff met with representatives to find out their intentions regarding its former store that is now vacant. He said they were told that in March, Walmart will re-evaluate what to do with the vacant property.

“The city has no authority over the property but this is in my district so this issue is at the top of my priority list and I will keep you updated,” he said.

After all announcements were concluded, Sheridan said, “We are going to adjourn the meeting in memory of firefighter Jake Flores, who recently passed away.”

The next regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.

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Philanthropy and artistic handiwork are stitched together for quilt show

“Nimble Fingers Friendship Quilt 2021” is awarded First Place-Group at the 42nd annual Quilt Show. Nimble Fingers is based in Menifee.

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Billie Kercmar is the Featured Quilter at the Valley Quilters Guild 42nd annual Quilt Show. All three of her Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photo entries earned blue ribbons in their categories.

Quilter Mike Yeager with his work “Native American Women” at the Valley Quilters Guild 42nd annual Quilt Show in San Jacinto, Feb. 11.

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Veronica A. Batiz of Quilting Mannequines wears a quilted coat while holding a quilted notebook cover, just some of the many items she Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photo makes.

Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Valley Quilters Guild presented its 42nd annual Quilt Show at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s San Jacinto gymnasium Feb. 11 and 12. More than 100 displayed quilts showed a wide range of techniques, colors, themes and sizes.

Thirty-three ribbons were awarded in a variety of categories such as pieced, miniatures, hand and machine appliquéd, innovative art, hand embroidered and more.

Quilting awards included those that were computer assisted and edge-to-edge.

Billie Kercmar said it is an honor to be chosen as this year’s Featured Quilter. She made her first quilt for her granddaughter’s 10th birthday about 20 years ago.

She said she loves piecing and hand appliqué quilts and Civil War reproduction fabrics.

A Hemet resident since 1957, Kercmar has entered her works in past Valley Quilters Guild shows and has received many ribbons, including her fourth Best of Show award this year for “Lily” which took her about two years to complete. This work also earned a first-place ribbon and the Past President’s award. Her other two entries also captured the judge’s eye and received blue ribbons.

“I always look forward to reuniting with old friends from other guilds, sharing quilts with other quilt lovers and enjoying all the other beautiful quilts entered in the

show,” Kercmar said. “Quilting is not always just about the stitching but the fellowship and sharing ideas and love.”

Creative efforts Guild president Mary Myers also worked on acquisitions for the show. A member since 2008 she said she likes the people and “the camaraderie, doing something we like to do.” She said she is a “scrappy quilter” because she likes piecing with a lot of color.

“I go to quilt shows for inspiration and to visit the vendors and see what’s new,” Myers said.

Gail Jansen, of Menifee, was admiring one of Myers’ red and white scrappy quilts at the show Friday, Feb. 11. She started quilting about 10 years ago when she retired.

“My mom was a seamstress so we always had a sewing machine in the house and back when I went to high school they offered home economics so I sewed,” Jensen said. “Now it’s a pleasure to have a room dedicated to doing the quilting I thought about all those years.”

Debi Gardner of Redlands, a quilter for the past 40 years, said she visits shows to get inspiration and look at the art that is created as she is drawn into its theme. She was at the show with her friend Sharon Bergh, of Colton, who said, “I’m torn on which one is my favorite; it’s hard because they speak to you on different levels.”

Both women were admiring a President’s Choice winner created

by Mike Yeager who has been quilting for about 11 years and a

Valley Quilters Guild members help keep the 42nd annual Quilt Show running smoothly Feb. 11. From left, Amy Mora, Mary Myers and Nancy Alaksin with Cheryl Winblad’s “Kaleidoscope of Flowers,” which earned Valley News/D.L. Starkey photo a blue ribbon in the machine appliquéd division.

More than 100 quilts of all shapes and sizes are on display at the annual quilt show in San Jacinto.

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Guild member for seven. “I made this from a pattern I bought but I picked all the fabrics to make it my own,” he said.

Nancy Alaksin served as Chairperson for this year’s show, gathering committee leaders for the different jobs pertaining to the show and overseeing what was being done and what needed to be done. The 16-year Hemet resident has been a Guild member for 13 years.

“I love everything about quilting,” she said. “I love patchwork but mostly I love wool embroidery appliqué. This year I only entered piecing.”

Alaksin used to love working on the popular 1800s pieced quilt

block patterns but she has expanded lately into other styles. She enjoys the fact that quilters always lend each other a hand.

Veronica Batiz, originally from San Jacinto, is a textile artist who founded Quilting Mannequines, where she sells quilted handbags, coats, notebook covers and much more. She started out doing tote bags but during the pandemic, she branched out into making a quilted coat and enjoyed it so much she kept making them.

Philanthropic endeavors The Valley Quilters Guild, founded in 1981, is active throughout the year, conducting workshops, sponsoring speakers and promoting education and the op-

portunity to participate in the art of quilting. Since 1988, members have been making lap-sized security quilts and pillowcases to those in need in the community.

Deanna Coleman and Juergen Roesler were hand tying security quilts during the show so visitors could see what they do each Monday during a meeting of the Guild’s friendship group. All material used for the small quilts is donated.

Each year, the nonprofit Guild creates an Opportunity Quilt that is made available to one lucky winner through a ticket drawing. This year’s offering was “Civil War Tribute.” The theme for the quilt see QUILTS, page B-2

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From a top-secret wine cellar in Temecula Wine Country, it’s…

Baily Vineyard & Winery

Baily Winery & Vineyard is located at 33440 La Serena Way off Rancho California Road in Temecula’s wine country.

The main tasting room at Baily Winery & Vineyard.

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The Mystery Wino SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

It appears Temecula’s mild winter has already given way to an early spring. Soon bud break will begin, along with the countdown to harvest. Huddled masses from Los Angeles and San Diego will start flooding back into wine country. I predict that 2022 will be the busiest year ever for local wineries. Make reservations, avoid Saturdays and stock up on your favorite wines. Fac fortia et patere, which means “Do brave deeds and endure” in Latin.

This week, I visited Baily Winery, one of Temecula’s first wineries and started by Phil and Carol Baily in 1986. For 35 years, Baily Vineyard & Winery maintained a strong reputation for producing a wide selection of premium estate wines at affordable prices. Since Joe Hart’s death in November at age 90, the Bailys are now the last of the valley’s pioneers,

the final “first family.” If you’ve never been to their place, you really can’t say you know Temecula wine at all.

The background Phil and Carol Baily are typical of the first generation of Temecula vintners. These pioneers didn’t have money or experience, but they became a tight-knit community of friends and fellow visionaries.

In 1982, the Bailys planted their first two acres of riesling. Another four would follow soon after. They took extension courses in enology, including one with Joe Hart. They got advice from John Moramarco, the legendary vineyard manager for Callaway. They became fast friends with other founders: Cilurzo, Van Roekel, Callaway, Piconi, Filsinger and Poole.

In 1986, they built a small winery on Pauba Road. In 1992, they opened Baily Wine Country Café, now located in Old Town and

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Popular Baily wines from left, Grandol Rose, Meritage, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.

owned by their children. In 1999, they purchased land on Rancho California Road and built a new tasting room and Carol’s Restaurant. Somewhere along the line, they bought, renovated, and sold another winery (now Falkner). With the profits, they built their current production facility on Pauba, which doubles as a weekend tasting room for their library wines.

If that weren’t enough, the Bailys have filled countless wine-related leadership roles. Now 82, Phil Baily has been the president of the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association since 2016. Last September, Reader’s Digest named Baily as one of the top 25 wineries in the United States. This surprised some, but I think it’s a fitting tribute. The Bailys are living proof that wine is not simply fermented grape juice, but art, history, culture, friendship and passion.

The visit I took a left on La Serena Way, past the outdoor stage for Shakespeare in the Vines – the theater company produces plays at Baily during the summer – and pulled into the enormous, empty parking lot.

The winery is nestled inside three acres of tidy cabernet sauvignon and sauvignon blanc vines. The main building and its adjacent restaurant are gray and pedestrian, constructed out of unfinished cement blocks decorated with a few gargoyles and other medieval accents. The medieval theme continues inside.

Tapestries, swords and a knight in shining armor line the walls. Light streams through soaring, cathedrallike windows. The long bar has room for about 15 tasters. When I take a spot at the counter, the only other guests are a retired couple from Iowa.

Even by Temecula standards, the winery is an oasis of unpretentious stability. There are no weddings or corporate conferences here. There are no wine vans or bachelorette parties. Even on weekends, crowds aren’t usually overwhelming. Cases of wine stacked around the room underscore the fact that Baily is less about the “tasting experience” than about buying and drinking good, affordable estate wines.

A side note: Baily might be the only winery in Southern California that retains sufficient quantities of its past vintages to allow it to offer “verticals” every week; that is, tastings of wines produced under the same label but from different years. I’ve done several of these sitdown tastings at their Pauba Road location. It’s an education and a delight; one of the truly unique wine experiences in Southern California.

Some of the oldest wines in my cellar are from Baily. In fact, I recently enjoyed an amazing 2009 Meritage with dinner.

The wines Phil Baily’s approach is both old school and Old World. His focus is on Bordeaux varietals – cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, malbec, merlot – though he offers a sangiovese as well. His whites are sauvignon blanc, semillon, chardonnay and riesling. He made wine from QUILTS from page B-1 is chosen by the member that volunteers to head the committee. A picture of the finished quilt design is presented to the board, who then vote on it. This year’s quilt top was donated to a member who finished the quilt and another member quilted it.

The money raised from the sale of tickets for the Opportunity Quilt goes toward scholarships for students in and around the San Jacinto Valley.

The Inland Empire Quilting Angels, a local chapter of the Quilts of Valor Foundation, represented

these grapes for the better part of three decades. He specialized in longer-aged wines with Europeanstyle and character. Reds stay in barrel or bottle for at least 30 months, roughly twice as long as average for Temecula. At their best, his wines are complex, balanced, interesting and occasionally rustic, with depth and flavor often lacking in wines from other wineries.

My server Chuck worked at Baily forever. He also sings and plays guitar in the courtyard on weekends.

He is open and friendly, yet knowledgeable about every aspect of the 15 wines on the menu. Unlike other places, discounts usually exist for members and non-members alike, but the wine is already less expensive than everywhere else. Tastings are also a bargain at $20 for six 1-ounce pours and a souvenir glass.

I begin with the 2020 Montage, a traditional Graves-style blend of sauvignon blanc (74%) and semillon (26%). There’s a nice balance between acid and fruit, and a surprisingly long finish. I try the dry 2020 Riesling, which is nicely aromatic for a Temecula white. It has hints of grass and petrol on the nose.

On the palate, it’s crisp and citrusy.

My favorite of the non-reds is the 2021 Grandol Rosé with 70% Mourvèdre and 30% Grenache. It is Baily’s take on a Bandol-style rosé.

The nose is loaded with ripe melon and sweet roses. There is a touch of residual sugar, but the acid levels are perfectly balanced.

I taste seven of the reds. The 2017 Cabernet Franc is the most delicious wine under $40 I’ve had in Temecula in a long time. The aroma is subtle, with vanilla, spice and graphite notes. On the palate, it is all dark cherry, pepper and herbs.

The mouthfeel is generous and lush, with smooth tannins, great balance and a hint of minerality. Europeans call this a “glug-glug” wine, refer-

ring to how easy it is to drain a glass. It reminds me of my favorite Chinons from the Loire Valley.

The 2008 Cabernet Franc is next.

Nowhere in Temecula – or anywhere else in California, I bet – will you find two wines of the same varietal made roughly a decade apart on a regular tasting menu. The 2008 is delicious in a completely different way from the 2017. It has shed most of its fruit in exchange for meaty, leathery, mushroom and earthy qualities. It’s as smooth as a tawny port, but refreshing on the palate.

After tasting two excellent cabernet sauvignons, I finished with the 2017 Meritage. It is another blend one can sample in a vertical tasting at their other location. This latest edition of the Bordeaux blend is almost equal parts cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon. It reveals rich, dark fruit on the palate, lush mouthfeel, and a smooth finish. The wine will get even better over the next decade.

Go to Baily Winery if you like… estate red and white wines, Bordeaux varietals, rosés, full-service restaurants on the weekends, bargains, wide selection, friendly servers, boutique winery, small crowds, laid-back atmosphere, dog-friendly and vertical tasting experience.

Avoid Baily Winery if you like…

Spanish or Italian varietals, GSMs, Zins, sweet wines, sparkling, higher alcohol reds, small bites, beer, wine slushies, people watching, childfriendly, television, food trucks and party scenes.

Wine Wit – “Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures.” Michael Broadbent Next up: Gershon Bachus Vintners The Mystery Wino is a writer, wine geek, vineyard owner and winemaker based in Temecula.

Carol’s Restaurant at Baily Winery is reminiscent of a Medieval castle.

The restaurant also includes patio dining.

Baily Vineyard & Winery 33440 La Serena Road, Temecula, CA 92591 (main winery) & 36150 Pauba Road, Temecula, CA 92592 (estate tasting room) Tel 951-676-9463 (main); 951-972-9768 (estate) Email: contact@bailywinery.com http://www.bailywinery.com Owner: Phil & Carol Baily Winemaker: Phil Baily Founded: 1986 Acres planted: 29 Typical wines offered: cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, meritage, sauvignon blanc, sangiovese, Semillon, red and white blends, rosés.

Cases per year: 4,000 Price range: $ (of $$$) ACCESS • Hours for visits and tastings: • Open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday • Closed on major holidays.

• Wheelchair accessible TASTINGS & TOURS Charge for tasting: $20 per six pours. Includes souvenir glass.

Groups of eight or more are encouraged to make reservations.

On weekends, reserve vertical tastings available 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Estate Tasting facility on Pauba Road. Reservations required. Tours available. Call 951-972-9768 FOOD Carol’s Restaurant serves lunch indoors and outdoors, Friday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Call 951-676-9243. Charcuterie may be available as part of the vertical tastings.

ENTERTAINMENT & PICNICS • No picnic area. Dogs on leashes are permitted in the outdoor seating area of the restaurant.

• Special events: Limited private gatherings and tastings. Occasional live music throughout the year. Shakespeare in the Vines theater company performs its summer shows on an outdoor stage on the property. Gift shop. Wine club. Check the website for more details.

the national organization at this year’s quilt show. Participants are members of the Sun City Quilt Club, which was co-founded by Rose Rhoads. She said the purpose of setting up a QOV booth at quilt shows is to recruit new members, share the good work the organization does and take nominations of deserving veterans or active-duty military servicemen and women.

She said her group of less than 20 quilters were able to make and present 29 Quilts of Valor in 2021.

She can be contacted for more information about QOV at 951-5337520 or roserhoads@verizon.net.

Rhoads, a former Guild member

and past president, entered three quilts in this year’s show and earned three ribbons, one first- and two second-place awards.

Sue Anderson started quilting 20 years ago and was admiring a Rhoads’ first-place winner, “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.” Anderson, of Menifee, said, “If you stand back, the colors pop but if you look up close these are different materials that you wouldn’t necessarily put together but they blend beautifully.”

For more information, www. valleyquilters.org, info@valleyquilters.org or on Facebook.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Art springs forth in Lake Elsinore Studio 395 to host spring event through the printing, matting and displaying of their artwork – really anything that a gallery would expect an artist to know.”

The Lake Elsinore Outlets has been a huge supporter of Studio 395, giving them space on shop windows to create an alwayschanging “Window Art Walk” that showcases the work of local artists.

“There has been a constant buzz of activity at the Outlets,” Esquibel said. “And I don’t see it slowing down.”

Studio 395 Staffer and allaround artist Johnny Walker gives yesterday’s alien a spring makeover as a crew of volunteer artists get ready for the Really WonkArt Adventure on April 9.

Sonia “Sprinkles” Carrillo volunteers at the Studio 395 Artist Studio at the Lake Elsinore Outlets, offering sweet salvation to old pool noodles, redeeming them from a dreary afterlife in the landfill.

Whether from the dumpster or the dollar store, Studio 395 Creative Director Ricardo Lopez knows how to transform the ordinary into the magical.

LAKE ELSINORE – Punxsutawney Phil may have just given us six more weeks of winter, but signs of spring are bursting forth with giant lollipops and golden geese at Studio 395 in Lake Elsinore.

“We have already started planning and creating our Really WonkArt Adventure in April,” creative director Ricardo Lopez, one of the artists behind the immersive art experiences sponsored by Studio 395, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to developing and supporting the arts and the artist in everyone, said.

The Really WonkArt Adventure, a spring-themed walk-through experience inspired by Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” will take place Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Studio 395’s Village On Grand located at the Lakeland Village Community Center, 16275 Grand Avenue, in Lake Elsinore.

Old art never dies “We’ve been busy at the Lake Elsinore Outlets, taking apart ‘The Haunted Embassy’ and transforming old set pieces,” Lopez said, laughing. “We never throw any-

thing away. The sand worms are becoming candy trees – old art never dies, it just becomes a new creation.”

The Galactic Embassy project opened at the Lake Elsinore Outlets over the summer and took guests on a mission to help aliens stranded in Lake Elsinore after they came to see the poppy explosion. It was transformed in October into “The Haunted Embassy,” where trick-or-treaters got to observe alien families studying the uniquely human holiday of Halloween. Now it is well on its way to a spring rebirth.

The Really WonkArt Adventure will be the fourth spring event hosted by Studio 395. Their first was a traditional Easter egg hunt.

“But it was over so quickly,” Lopez said. “And we wanted something different and art-focused, something the community could really experience and enjoy.”

For the next two years, they presented “The Rabbit Queen,” inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

“We had a wonderful maze the first year and the next year we had to make it a drive through

experience because of COVID,” Lopez said.

This year, the event will highlight the entire property of Village on Grand, both indoor and outdoor spaces, using plenty of colorful art and optical illusions.

“I don’t want people to have to go all the way to San Diego or Las Vegas to see this kind of stuff,” Lopez said. “They should have it right here at home.”

As in the past, community partners will join the event to celebrate spring along with Studio 395. Riverside County supports the event along with other service organizations like Cops For Kids, Code Enforcement, the Riverside County Library and Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

Experience the art gallery at the Lake Elsinore Outlets For May, Studio 395 is also planning a unique art gallery experience at the Lake Elsinore Outlets.

“We want to give inexperienced or young artists a platform to show their art and learn all that is included in that process, from concept to show,” CEO Rebecca Esquibel said. “We want to bring in local professionals who can walk artists

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“It’s like a theater production every time we do a project,” Lopez said. “To get the quality we need, we need to start sooner and invite more people to help.”

Studio 395 encouraged anyone interested in helping to come by their Artist Workshop in space H-185 at the Lake Elsinore Outlets, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Community hours are available for high school students.

Submitted by Studio 395.

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HEALTH

Know the signs: What every woman should know about heart health Dr. Jamarai Damanpreet UNITEDHEALTHCARE

February is American Heart Month, a good time to focus on everyone’s heart health, including learning common symptoms of a heart attack for both men and women and what to do if one strikes.

Heart disease is often thought to be more of a health issue affecting men; however, it’s the most common cause of death for women in the United States, causing about 300,000 deaths annually.

Because symptoms in women can differ from those in men, it can be more difficult to spot the signs. By understanding the symptoms and making healthier lifestyle choices, you may help prevent your risk.

Heart disease doesn’t just occur in older women. Young women, especially those with a family history of heart disease, should also take precautions.

Knowing the symptoms, risk factors and heart-healthy lifestyle tips may help protect you.

Heart disease symptoms for women may range from the common signs like pressure in the chest, which is similar for both men and women. Women, however, are more likely than men to experience a variety of other symptoms. This may be because women tend to have blockages in smaller arteries, as well as their main arteries.

Symptoms to watch out for include nausea, vomiting, sweating, lightheadedness or fatigue. Other symptoms are pain or discomfort in

the neck, jaw, shoulder, upper back, abdomen or back.

Women also may not experience any symptoms if their heart disease is “silent” meaning they may not know they have heart disease until they experience a heart attack, arrhythmia or heart failure.

While there may be risk factors you can’t control, making the choice to start a heart-healthy lifestyle is one way to help lower your risk of heart disease. In fact, studies show that healthy choices have resulted in 330 fewer women dying from heart disease per day.

Consider these changes to help lower their risk of heart disease.

Quit smoking. Smoking damages the heart and blood vessels, which may cause heart disease. Even long-time smokers may see rapid health improvements and reduce their heart attack risk, if they quit.

Exercise regularly. The American Heart Association recommends adults get at least 150 minutes each week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes each week of vigorous aerobic activity to help stay healthier.

Eat Healthier. A diet emphasizing fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, poultry, fish and nuts may help control your weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. Limit saturated fats, trans fats, sodium, sweets and sugary beverages.

Manage your stress. The most common types of stress that can impact your heart include, workplace stress, financial stress, caregiver

The American Heart Association recommends adults get at least 150 minutes each week of moderateintensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes each week of vigorous aerobic activity to help stay healthier.

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stress and disaster-related stress.

Sleep, exercise and meditative breathing can all help ease stress.

Limit alcohol. The AHA recommended drinking in moderation, which means consuming an average of one drink per day for women. Excessive drinking may lead to increased heart health risks.

Monitor your blood pressure.

Blood pressure numbers of less than 120/88 millimeter of mercury are considered within the

normal range. If your numbers are outside of the normal range, home blood pressure monitoring may be beneficial to help keep tabs on your health, but don’t substitute it for regular visits with your doctor.

Prioritize sleep. Poor sleep can be linked to an increased risk for high blood pressure, which may cause heart disease. The AHA found most people need six to eight hours of sleep each day. Too much above or below that range may have

an effect on your heart.

During this year’s American Heart Month in February, it’s the right time to learn more about the disease and if you may be at increased risk. Don’t wait for the symptoms to appear – take preventable action to help maintain your heart health.

Dr. Jamarai Damanpreet is the senior medical director of UnitedHealthcare in California.

National health survey is coming to Riverside County RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the most comprehensive survey of the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population, is coming once again to the Riverside County The critical survey begins Friday, Feb 18.

“This survey is so important and provides information that will serve Riverside County residents and beyond,” Kim Saruwatari, director of public health for Riverside

County, said. “I urge all those who are contacted to cooperate and help collect the data.”

Residents will have an invitation-only opportunity to participate in NHANES. Addresses are randomly sampled within Riverside County. By selecting participants this way, when combining data from all counties visited this year, NHANES data can more accurately represent the U.S. population.

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selected for the NHANES and, this year, Riverside County is one of 15 counties selected to be part of this initiative. Each year, only 5,000 residents nationwide are chosen to participate in NHANES, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Participants receive a free and comprehensive health and nutrition evaluation. Participants help develop and evolve national health programs and policies. Participants receive a token of appreciation for their time. All information collected is confidential, as required by law.

NHANES provides important national data on critical public health issues.

“NHANES serves as the nation’s ‘health check-up,’ by going into communities throughout the country to collect health information,” Brian C. Moyer, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Health Statistics, said. “The survey provides

a wealth of important data about many of the major health and nutritional issues affecting the country.”

Since 1960, NHANES has had a prominent role in improving the health of all people living in the U.S. NHANES data address critical health concerns, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Public health officials, legislators and physicians use this information to develop sound health policies, direct and design health programs, and services and expand the health knowledge of the nation. NHANES data also help produce national references and standardized growth charts used by pediatricians across the country.

An NHANES team of health professionals, nutritionists and health technicians is heading to Riverside County and strongly urges everyone who has been selected for the survey to participate.

Households will be sent one or more letters inviting them to be part of NHANES by complet-

ing a brief online questionnaire to see if anyone in their home is eligible to participate. Those eligible will be contacted by an NHANES representative to set up a telephone health interview at a convenient time, followed by a health examination that takes place in the NHANES mobile examination center. While no medical care is provided directly in the mobile examination center, a report on physical findings is given to each participant, along with an explanation of those findings from survey medical staff. All information collected in the survey is kept confidential and individual privacy is protected by law. NHANES is taking all precautions needed, as recommended by the CDC, to keep survey participants and staff safe by following guidelines on social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, handwashing and sanitation of the mobile examination center and all equipment.

Submitted by Riverside County.

City of Hope opens advanced treatment facility in Corona City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The City of Hope opened the doors Monday, Feb. 7, to a new research and treatment facility in Corona, adding to its Southern California clinical network focused on treating cancer patients in all stages of the disease.

“Corona is honored to have a federally recognized comprehensive cancer treatment center in our city,” Mayor Wes Speake said.

“City of Hope-Corona will be located in the heart of the Downtown Medical District and will provide state-of-the-art oncology care for people battling cancer.

“Through Corona’s strategic geographic location, we’re confident City of Hope will continue to

expand its mission to serve more patients, families and communities across Southern California and beyond.”

The two-story, 32,500-squarefoot facility at 320 W. Sixth St. is almost three times the size of the former City of Hope treatment center, which is being replaced by the new one, according to city officials.

There are 35 research and treatment facilities throughout Southern California that are part of the City of Hope’s clinical network.

The new center will be an extension of the City of Hope’s national medical center in Los Angeles, officials said.

“The expansion of services at this site in Corona is another step in our promise to bring world-class

cancer research, care and supportive resources to more patients,” City of Hope Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vijay Trisal said.

“With a hundred-year history of understanding that cancer does not just impact the patient, but it also impacts families and communities, we are bringing City of Hope closer to where people live.”

“According to the City of Hope, research and development within the network over the past few decades resulted in the production of cancer medications such as Avastin, Erbitux, Herceptin and Rituxan.

Officials said that the City of Hope’s network will continue to expand, with plans for a new medical campus in Orange County later this year.

The Elizabeth Hospice to host volunteer training sessions TEMECULA – The Elizabeth Hospice invited individuals interested in helping adults and children facing the challenges associated with a life-limiting illness and those grieving the death of a loved one to a free volunteer orientation session conducted via Zoom.

Attendees will learn about a wide variety of virtual and in-person opportunities throughout San Diego County and southwest Riverside County, including serving as a patient companion, providing caregiver respite, performing aromatherapy, sewing Cuddle Bears, officiating at veteran pinning ceremonies and much more. Information will be provided on both the application and training process.

An email address and a device with a camera interface are needed to participate in the training session or attendees can join by phone.

Prospective volunteers can choose from the following dates: Thursday, March 17, from noon to 1 p.m.; Monday, March 28, from 4-5 p.m.; Wednesday, April 13, from 10-11 a.m.; Tuesday, April 26, from noon to 1 p.m.; Friday, May 6, from 1011 a.m., and Monday, May 16, from noon to 1 p.m.

To ensure a place at the volunteer orientation session, contact the Volunteer Department at 800-797-2050 or send an email to volunteer@ ehospice.org.

The Elizabeth Hospice, a nonprofit health care leader, provides medical

and emotional support to children and adults facing the challenges associated with a life-threatening illness and restores hope to grieving children and adults who are feeling lost and alone. Since 1978, The Elizabeth Hospice has touched the lives of more than 115,000 people in San Diego County and southwest Riverside County. The Elizabeth Hospice has earned the Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission and is a member of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

To learn more, call 800-797-2050 or visit http://elizabethhospice.org.

Submitted by The Elizabeth Hospice.

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HOME & GARDEN

Temecula celebrates opening of Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend

People gather at the new Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend for a ribbon cutting celebration, Feb. 12. The new sports park is located at 32101 North Sommers Bend Road in Temecula.

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People tour the new Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula during a grand opening celebration.

New baseball and softball fields at the Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula.

Temecula Mayor Pro Tem Zak Schwank kicks a soccer ball on the new fields at the Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend.

People enjoy the new amenities during a grand opening celebration for the Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula.

People enjoy the new large field amenities during a grand opening celebration for the Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula.

People enjoy many sports amenities during a grand opening celebration for the Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula.

The Sports Ranch at Sommers Bend in Temecula includes a playground for children.

Supervisors renew local emergency tied to citrus greening disease City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Feb. 8, approved the Riverside County Office of Agriculture’s request for a renewal of a local emergency stemming from citrus greening disease.

In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo’s emergency declaration, which has been submitted on an ongoing basis for almost five years, connected to the threat to the county’s citrus crops, valued at $187 million.

The Office of Agriculture is under contract with the California Department of Food & Agriculture to act as the enforcement agent to ensure measures are maintained to contain or eliminate greening disease, also known as huanglongbing, which is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, psyllid infestations have been uncovered in numerous locations in northwest

and southwest Riverside County.

In July 2017, a grapefruit tree and two other trees in the area of Chicago and Marlborough avenues in east Riverside became infested with the pests, prompting the state to place a quarantine over a 94-square-mile area encompassing both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Under the still-active state order, only citrus products that are “commercially cleaned and packed” are permitted to be shipped out of the quarantine zone.

No citrus nursery stock can be moved outside the area under quarantine, and no residentially grown citrus fruit can be moved.

Growers, however, are permitted to consume and share with people within the quarantined locations.

A map of the impacted area, along with the boundaries of similar quarantines in Los Angeles and Orange counties, can be found at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/citrus/ pests_diseases/hlb/regulation. html.

The board first declared a local

state of emergency in August 2017 because of the potential spread of greening disease.

The county has roughly 20,000 acres of commercial citrus crops.

The city of Riverside’s foundational citrus-bearing tree, known as the “parent navel orange tree,” located at the intersection of Arlington and Magnolia avenues, received protective netting and treatment in April 2019 to prevent an Asian citrus psyllid infestation.

The tree is listed as a California Historic Landmark and has been preserved since 1873.

Psyllids host virulent bacteria that cause greening disease, which destroys plants’ vascular systems, rendering fruits misshapen and unsellable. The disease typically kills infected trees within a few years.

The fingertip-size, moth-like insects arrived in the United States in the 1990s. The disease rampaged throughout Florida in 2005 and has since inflicted over $3 billion in damage to crops in the Sunshine State, according to a study published by the University of Florida.

Psyllids originate in tropical and subtropical regions. They first appeared in California in 2008

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BUSINESS

Temecula chamber names finalists for Business, Citizen and Organization of the Year TEMECULA – The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce will honor the businesses, organizations and citizens who have distinguished themselves through their service, contributions to their industry, business ethics and economic viability at the 56th annual Awards Gala Saturday, April 2, at Pechanga Resort & Casino, and this year they are doing things a little differently. In partnership with Shakespeare in the Vines, the Awards Gala will be transformed into an immersive theater dining experience with the theme of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The signature event is sponsored

by Abbott and Pechanga Resort & Casino and will recognize local businesses large and small, as well as honor outstanding community members with the chamber’s Lifetime Achievement, Ambassador of the Year and Chairman’s Choice award.

The chamber congratulated the businesses and individuals on their nominations.

The 2021 Bronze Business of the Year Nominees included businesses with one to five employees – A-Bell Alarms Company; JDS Video & Media Productions, Inc./JDS Actors Studio; Kre8tive Bites; Myrna Crowther of PrimeLending, A Plains Capital Company; NeoMed; Ranch RV & Self Storage French Valley; Sebaz Video Productions; Shred and Go; Temecula Valley Optometry’s Dr. Alan Winkelstein and Uhler Spine Sports Medicine & Family Practice Clinic.

The 2021 Sterling Business of the Year nominees for businesses with six to 25 employees included

Grapeline Wine Tours, Green Acres Ranch Inc., Khashan Law Firm, The Law Offices of Rosenstein & Associates, Paradyme Investments and REUZEit. The 2021 Gold Business of the Year nominees for businesses with 26-50 employees included ABC Child Care Center, Big B’s Plumbing, Fazeli Cellars Winery and Ruff and Ready Moving & Storage.

The 2021 Platinum Business of the Year nominees with businesses with 50 or more employees included Europa Village Winery & Resort, Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac, Southern California Gas Company, Southwest Healthcare Systems and The Scott’s Company.

The nominees of 2021 Ruby Charitable/Service Organization of the Year include nonprofit organizations with gross annual income less than 500K – Community Mission of Hope, The Elizabeth Hospice, Good Samaritan Community Food Pantry, Professional Women’s Roundtable and The Shella Foundation.

The 2021 Emerald Charitable/ Service Organization of the Year nominees for nonprofit organizations with gross annual income more than 500K included Big Brothers Big Sisters of Temecula, Boys & Girls Club of Southwest County, JDS Creative Academy, Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center and Rady Children’s Health Services.

The nominees for the 2021 Valley Young Professional of the Year included outstanding individuals who have been essential in fulfilling the vision of Valley Young

The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its 56th annual awards gala Saturday, April 2, at Pechanga Resort & Casino.

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Professionals. The are Krystal Aponte, Lauren Caracciolo, Jonathon Montanez, Kristara-Marie Munoz and Barbie Ray. The 2021 Citizen of the Year nominees are individuals who have shown exemplary qualities and reside in the Temecula Valley, including Tena Caracciolo, Ashlee Collins, Jami Fencel, Kara Garland, Dianne Hoffman, John Jonker, Domonic Marinello, Jonathon Montanez, Nicole Mowrey, Jennifer Sevilla, Shawn Sorensen, Jim Toth and Carla Yriqui.

The 2021 TVCC Ambassador of the Year candidates included the Temecula Valley Chamber of

Commerce Ambassador of the Month recipients – Tena Caracciolo, Diane Hawkins, Beatriz Nayeri, Matt Fallesen, Luann Jobgen, Jenny Shin, Bobbi Frye, John Jonker, Kathy Sizemore, Chirho Garcia, Megan Miller and Carla Yriqui.

Reservations are available to attend the 56th annual awards gala. Pricing is $185 for individual reservations and $1,750 for a corporate table of 10 guests. For more information, visit http://www.temecula.org. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact Amber@Temecula.org or call 951676-5090.

The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization based in Temecula. The mission of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is to promote positive economic growth while protecting the environment for all businesses and to support the programs which preserve and improve the quality of life for the entire community. To learn more about the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, call 951-6765090 or email info@temecula.org.

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JDS Actors Studio is just one franchise under the JDS Studios umbrella. Providing accessible pathways and opportunities in a broad array of niches to those who aren’t always able to learn in a conventional setting is a fundamental staple to the Strands’ vision. In 2014, they founded nonprofit JDS Creative Academy where, through their Title-17 job-training program, they teach video production to adults with autism and other

developmental disabilities.

To find out all the exciting things happening with the #JDSFamily, including current visual performing and digital arts classes, DigiFest Temecula 2022, the production of West Side Story, and the upcoming Summer Camp program, visit http://JDSCreativeAcademy.org. To learn more about acting classes, visit http:// JDSActorsStudio.com or call JDS Studios at 951-296-6715.

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What’s next for JDS Actors Studio TEMECULA – JDS Actors Studio has been anything but quiet with 2022 already making an impression. Earlier in February, they kicked off their Industry Showcase. During the coming weeks, acting students will prepare to showcase their talents for Screen Actors Guild franchised agents and managers. The five-week Industry Showcase is designed to teach aspiring actors the ins and outs of the industry, while also giving them the creative space to work on and perfect their craft.

Diane and Scott Strand, cofounders of JDS Actors Studio, said they have always been passionate about helping aspiring actors make their dreams come true.

When they co-founded the JDS Actors Studio, providing unique opportunities, such as the Industry Showcase, was a fundamental part of their vision.

The Strands have always been inspired to share their knowledge beyond the doors of JDS Actors Studio and now their highly anticipated book, “Show Business:

Breaking into the Industry as an Actor,” is set to release March 7.

“Show Business” is what Diane Strand referred to as “industryinsider” information. The book is all the information from their industry showcase workshop and a master acting class all rolled together. It will consist of clear how-to tips on studying the craft of acting and breaking into the industry, along with so much more. “Show Business: Breaking into the Industry as an Actor” is now available for pre-order at

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RWQCB rescinds waste discharge order for Indian Oaks Trailer Ranch Joe Naiman WRITER

The Regional Water Quality Control Board rescinded the RWQCB waste discharge order for Indian Oaks Trailer Ranch.

The 6-0 RWQCB vote Wednesday, Feb. 9, with Stefanie Warren not able to participate in the meeting, does not eliminate the waste discharge restrictions but rather incorporates Indian Oaks into Riverside County’s Local Agency Management Plan for onsite wastewater treatment systems.

The discharge requirements will be regulated by the county’s Department of Environmental Health.

Indian Oaks Trailer Ranch is located in the 38100 block of East Benton Road in Temecula. The on-site wastewater system collects wastewater from 67 recreational vehicle spaces and three rooms. A dump system stores wastewater in an underground storage tank, and when needed the tank is pumped and off-site disposal is utilized. The Indian Oaks dump station does not

discharge to the leach field.

The RWQCB established the waste discharge order in March 1988. Although no discharge violations have occurred enforcement letters have been sent for failure to submit complete annual monitoring reports and failure to submit timely monitoring reports. In August 2021, RWQCB staff inspected Indian Oaks and did not observe any violations of the waste discharge order.

The State Water Quality Control Board has a water quality control policy for siting, design, operation and maintenance of on-site wastewater treatment systems. That policy established a risk-based and tiered approach for regulation and management of on-site wastewater treatment system installations and replacements, and the policy also allows the Regional Water Quality Control Board to approve a Local Agency Management Plan in which the local agency regulates and enforces the waste discharge requirements. The RWQCB approved the county’s Local Agency Management Plan in November 2016.

The rescission of the RWQCB waste discharge permit eliminates the need for Indian Oaks to submit monitoring reports and pay fees to the State Water Quality Control Board. The RV park will be required to submit all waste pumping records and proposed treatment system upgrades to the county.

The RWQCB notified the Department of Environmental Health, Sept. 22, that Indian Oaks was eligible to be regulated under the Local Agency Management Plan.

The elimination of the individual discharge order allows the RWQCB to utilize its resources for higherpriority projects which are more of a threat to water quality. The tentative rescission of the waste discharge order was released for a 30-day public review and comment period Oct. 27 – the comment period was actually 32 days since Nov. 27 was a Saturday – and no public comments were received.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a lease which will allow the county’s Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio to have a remote simulcast site in Murrieta.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote Wednesday, Feb. 9, approved a lease agreement with the Daniel and Joan Hollingsworth Trust for the site in the 26500 block of Pabesu Road. The lease is for a 10-year term and includes two options to extend the lease for five additional years.

The Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system began operating in January 2014.

The county sheriff’s department and various fire departments were the original partners, and other cities subsequently joined the PSEC system. The county’s Information Technology department and PSEC user groups evaluated radio coverage performance across southwestern Riverside County and identified coverage deficiencies within Murrieta. The Pabesu Road location was identified as one which will enhance coverage sig-

CNS Engineers given design contract for Skyview Road pedestrian bridge Joe Naiman WRITER

CNS Engineers Inc. was given the design and construction support contract for the Skyview Road pedestrian bridge over the French Valley Channel.

A 5-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday, Feb. 8, approved a consulting services agreement between the county and CNS Engineers, whose headquarters office is in Riverside. CNS Engineers will be paid $553,562, and the contract will be in effect until Dec. 31, 2026.

Skyview Road connects state Route 79 and Pourroy Road. It is classified as a collector street.

A road gap exists at the French

Valley Channel approximately 800 feet east of Highway 79. The circulation element of the county’s general plan does not include a highway bridge over the channel, but the county had determined a need to provide continued pedestrian access on Skyview Road.

The pedestrian bridge will also allow bicyclists to cross the French Valley Channel on Skyview Road.

The bridge will allow pedestrians and bicyclists to access the new French Valley Library and Susan LaVorgna Elementary School.

Since the bridge must be wide enough to have a multi-purpose trail for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, the county has proposed a width of 16 feet.

CNS Engineers is an on-call

consultant for the county, and in 2018, the county engaged CNS Engineers to prepare an advance planning study for the pedestrian bridge. CNS was later assigned to perform the preliminary engineering work which included preparing a type selection report.

The contract approved Feb. 8 covers the final three phases. The design phase, including plans, specifications and estimates, will be followed by the construction bid support phase and after a construction contract is awarded, CNS Engineers will be the construction support phase consultant.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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RCWD grants overhead communications easement at Redonda Mesa Reservoir Joe Naiman WRITER

The Rancho California Water District granted Frontier Communications a non-exclusive easement at the RCWD Redonda Mesa Reservoir site.

The RCWD board voted 7-0 February 10 to grant the easement for the relocation and reconstruction of overhead infrastructure which provides service to the area. Although the water district is granting the easement at no charge, Frontier Communications will pay a $3,000 fee to cover RCWD staff time involved in processing the easement.

In 2020, the RCWD board grant-

ed a non-exclusive easement to Southern California Edison for the same alignment. Frontier Communications plans to realign its facilities using the SCE power poles which were recently constructed.

Frontier has an agreement with SCE for the use of those power poles. The overhead poles SCE and Frontier had previously used are relatively inaccessible, have deteriorated, and are planned to be removed. The new alignment made possible by the RCWD easement granted to SCE provides upgraded cabling which reduces wildfire risk and also better access to restore power in the event of a public safety power shutoff which would occur

if high winds create the risk of a power line causing a wildfire.

The easement granted to Frontier Communications is 12 feet wide and totals 0.10 acres. RCWD staff reviewed the alignment and appurtenance locations and determined that the easement would not conflict with the district’s use of the property or any other RCWD functions.

Frontier Communications will be responsible for all California Environmental Quality Act compliance and will also be responsible for the costs of the project itself.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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The county will lease 312 square feet of the Hollingsworth property for the PSEC radio site. The rent amount for the construction period will be $1,000 per month. During the first year of service, the rent will be $2,500 per month, which equates to $30,000 for the year. The rent will increase to $3,000 per month, or $36,000 per year, for the second year of service and an escalator clause will increase the rent by 3% annually following the second year of service. The county will be responsible for payment of electricity costs.

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Paloma Valley alum Orzech snaps his way to a Super Bowl championship

Matthew Orzech celebrates with his family after the Los Angeles Rams won the 2022 NFC Championship game vs. the San Francisco 49ers.

Valley News/Courtesy photo Super Bowl Champion Matthew Orzech, a former Menifee native, joined the L.A. Rams in 2021 as the team’s long snapper.

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MENIFEE – Winning a Super Bowl requires contributions from the entire roster, but make no mistake, the Los Angeles Rams were crystal clear about their intentions over the last 13 months: They were going to collect the biggest,

brightest group of stars they could find and see how far it would take them. Names like Cooper Kupp, Matthew Stafford, Odell Beckham Jr., Aaron Donald and Von Miller were stars that shined bright, but it took an entire team to carry the Rams to a 23-20 win over the Bengals for the franchise’s second Super Bowl win.

Obviously, at any given point there must be 11 players on the offensive side of the ball and 11 players on the defensive side of the ball when playing football. One of the most overlooked positions is the long snapper. The guy that has to snap the ball to the place holder before a kicker tries for an extra point or field goal. It is a pretty crucial position; just ask Matthew Orzech, who now knows the position all too well.

Orzech is the long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams and is also

a local native to the Menifee area.

The Rams long snapper actually once played on the football and baseball fields at Paloma Valley High School and now is coming off the biggest stage of all, the Super Bowl, as a world champion. In his brief time in the NFL, Orzech has played for the Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins and the Tennessee Titans, before joining the L.A. Rams in 2021.

As a baseball and football player from Menifee, Orzech took his talents to Azusa Pacific University

after he graduated from high school in 2013. Once he got on the football field, Orzech, who went to play as a receiver, wound up becoming the team’s long snapper.

The Azusa coach needed the position filled desperately and knew that with Orzech’s baseball background he could adapt well.

It didn’t take long, but he immediately asked if Orzech would give long snapping a try. It took some work to perfect his craft, but that see BOWL, page C-3

Second half offensive surge propels Broncos to rematch with Linfield in basketball playoffs

Vista Murrieta’s Derek Clos (2) drives against Fontana Summit’s Devean James in a CIF Southern Section Division 3AA first round playoff game at Summit High School.

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Vista Murrieta’s Kamryn Harding (10) is fouled by Summit’s Aaron Williams on a drive to the basket in the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

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FONTANA – Before Friday evening’s CIF-SS boys basketball division 3AA 1st round playoff game, Vista Murrieta coach Daniel Carlin was telling me one of the teams he wanted another shot at was No. 3 Linfield Christian.

After eight minutes that shot was looking doubtful as the Broncos trailed Summit 15-11. Then Vista Murrieta (20-7) hit their stride offensively and outscored the Sky-

hawks 35-12 in the middle sixteen minutes to turn a three-point game at half into a rout. They prevailed 60-38 and will host Linfield Christian this week in the second round.

Back-to-back Skyhawk three pointers by David Burnham and Mahmood Awad gave Summit a 15-9 lead with a minute left before Gary Dotson answered with a floater to make it a four-point Summit lead (15-11) after a quarter.

Dotson remarked about the see BASKETBALL, page C-2

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SPORTS

CIF-SS boys soccer playoff updates JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The CIF Southern Section released its playoff pairings for boys’ soccer this past week and here are the local matchups and scores for wild-card matches as well as the first-round of games.

CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS (All games start at 3 p.m. or 5 p.m.)

DIVISION 1 - First round, Friday, Feb. 11 No local teams DIVISION 2 - First round, Friday, Feb. 11 No local teams DIVISION 3 - First round, Friday, Feb. 11 Garden Grove – 2, Chaparral – 0 DIVISION 4 - First round, Friday, Feb. 11 Murrieta Valley – 0, Carter – 3 Centennial – 1, Citrus Hill – 5 DIVISION 5 - Wild-card matches, Wednesday, Feb. 9

Great Oak defeats Palm Desert 1-0 in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs. Valley News/Rob Davis Photography

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Marshall players overtake Elsinore’s Bryan Rodriguez (8) as Marshall gets out to an early lead in first round play of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 soccer playoffs Friday, Feb. 11.

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Lakeside – 1, Rubidoux – 3 First round, Friday, Feb. 11 Palm Desert – 0, Great Oak – 1 Cornerstone Christian 2, St. Margaret’s – 15 DIVISION 6 - Wild-card matches, Wednesday, Feb. 9 Linfield Christian – 4, Vistamar –1 Canyon Springs – 0, San Jacinto – 1 First round, Friday, Feb. 11 Marshall – 3, Elsinore – 1 Littlerock – 1, Hemet – 0 Los Altos – 5, San Jacinto – 4 Nuview Bridge – 1, Monrovia – 3 Arroyo – 2, Linfield – 0

DIVISION 7 - First round, Friday, Feb. 11 Academy for Academic Excellence – 1, San Jacinto Valley Academy – 0 Perris – 0, Anaheim Fairmont Prep – 2 Santa Rosa Academy – 9, United Christian – 0 Upcoming schedule: Second round, Feb. 15 Quarterfinals, Feb. 18 Semifinals, Feb. 22 Championships, Feb. 26 JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.

CIF girls’ water polo playoff update JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

This season it was all about the Yucaipa and Centennial girls water polo teams, as they received the top seeds in their respective divisions of the CIF Southern Section playoff pairings that were released last week. These were the first girls’ water polo playoffs in two years, as last season’s postseason was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Yucaipa (19-9), the No. 1 seed in the Division 2 bracket, faced Murrieta Mesa in a first-round match last Wednesday at Crafton Hills College, defeating the Lady Rams 17-4. Riverside Poly (18-7), the No. 4 seed in Division 3, had a first-round bye and hosted Vista Murrieta in a first-round match where they fell to the Lady Broncos, 9-8. Vista Murrieta, advancing to the quarterfinals, took on Bonita, but could not get past the Lady Bearcats, falling 6-4.

King, the Inland area’s top team this season, just missed a top-four seeding in the Division 1 bracket.

The Wolves (19-10) hosted and beat Murrieta Valley 16-4 in the first round last Wednesday. Elsinore, another of the top teams in the area, fell to Dana Hills in the second round of the playoffs, 8-4.

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Elsinore player Yalissa Teller (6) gets high in the air to attempt a block during playoff action at Elsinore High Valley News/Andrez Imaging School Thursday, Feb. 10.

BASKETBALL from page C-1 win, “We came out and trusted the offense in that second half. That, combined with a better defensive effort, allowed us to stretch things out. Last time Linfield Christian got us we weren’t ready. We’ll be ready this time around and we’re excited for the opportunity to play at home.”

The Skyhawk lead reached 19-13 with just under six minutes until half on Burnham’s floater which forced a Bronco timeout.

From there to the intermission Vista Murrieta went on a 12-3 run to grab a 25-22 halftime lead. That run was punctuated by Derek Clos’ corner 3 pointer with just under 40 seconds to intermission.

Skyhawks coach John Romagnoli said, “We hang our hats on defense so I was extremely pleased to hold them to a low twenty halftime score but when you defend so long without scoring it hurts...it’s like a defense that can’t get off the field on third down in football. My heart breaks for these seniors that we don’t get more time together, but they’ll always have a home here.”

After Awad connected on a mid-range jumper to make it 2724 Broncos with just over six and a half minutes to go in the third, Vista Murrieta went on a 19-3 run to put things out of reach. Dotson accounted for eight straight points converting a transition layup but

not finishing the three-point opportunity, going three for three on a free throw trip, and banking in a three pointer as time expired.

The Broncos led 46-27 after three quarters and were never seriously threatened again.

Carlin added, “We did a much better job on the defensive glass which allowed us to get our running game going and open things up offensively both inside and out.

This time around we actually get to prepare for Linfield Christian properly. It is a local game where everyone knows each other so everyone is excited for the opportunity to prove ourselves. Vista Murrieta is a proud school that has had some basketball success (although not a lot recently) and we want to have that again. These guys have done a great job in beginning that process.”

Vista Murrieta Scoring Dotson 16, Clos 10, Jackson 10, Je. Barrow 7, Harding 6, Gunn 6, Ja. Barrow 5 Three Pointers: Je. Barrow (1), Clos (2), Dotson (2) Summit Scoring Lundy 1, Burnham 5, Williams 2, Dawes 3, Awad 8, James 4, Parker 10, Roberts 3, Brady 2 Three Pointers: Burnham (1) and Awad (2) Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Vista Murrieta’s Brandin Jackson (1) goes to the hoop against Summit Friday, February 11.

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Valley teams well represented in CIF-SS basketball playoff draws

Vista Murrieta guard Shanise Booker (5) drives to the basket against Northview in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

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Chaparral gets 26 points from Tyler Smith as the Pumas defeat Cerritos 77-38 in first round CIF playoff action.

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Derryl Trujillo CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Tuesday, Feb. 8, CIF-SS officials announced the playoff draws for upcoming games in the CIF Southern Section Ford Championships and the area was well represented.

Earning seeds from the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches association were boys’ teams from: D1: 13. Great Oak D2A: 15. Elsinore D3AA: 2. Chaparral D3AA: 3. Linfield Christian D3AA: 10. Vista Murrieta D4A: 7. Hemet D4A: 11. Santa Rosa Academy D5A: 3. Temecula Prep Also earning seeds were the girls’ teams from D2AA: 12. Vista Murrieta

D2AA: 14. Chaparral D3AA: 16. Murrieta Valley D3A: 12. Great Oak D4AA: 4. Heritage D4A: 7. Lakeside D5AA: 4. Cal Lutheran D5A: 9. Hamilton First round action commenced Friday, Feb. 11, at night with boys’ games and Saturday, Feb. 12 the girls got going. All tip offs are 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Any team reaching a final will play at a venue of the host team’s choosing.

Finals are scheduled for February 25 - 26.

Boys First Round D1: Great Oak (No. 13) – 80, Windward – 78 Fairmont Prep (No. 11) – 76, Murrieta Valley – 47 D2A: Elsinore (No. 15) – 83, Price – 61 D3A: Bell Gardens (No. 9) – 69;

Temescal Canyon – 62 San Gabriel Academy (No. 8) – 83, Lakeside – 55 Dana Hills – 73, San Jacinto – 33 D3AA: Linfield Christian (No. 3) – 74, Adelanto – 51 Vista Murrieta (No. 10) – 60, No. 15 Summit (No. 15) – 38 Chaparral (No. 2) – 77, Cerritos – 38 Rancho Verde – 60, Silverado – 54 D4A: Moreno Valley (No. 8) – 65, Tahquitz – 60 Santa Rosa Academy (No. 11) – 55, Segerstrom – 32 Hemet (No. 8) – 69, Carter – 62 D4AA: Sunny Hills (No. 4) – 67, Perris – 39 D5A: Waverly – 69, Nuview Bridge – 41 Glenn – 55, River Springs/ Hemet – 24 Temecula Prep (No. 3) – 51, Rim of the World – 47 Hillcrest Christian (No. 7) – 59, Cal Lutheran – 56 Girls First Round D1: Paloma Valley – 47, Eisenhower – 42 D2AA: Chaparral (No. 14) – 56,

Village Christian – 52 Downey – 47, Murrieta Mesa – 29 Northview – 44, Vista Murrieta (No. 12) – 71 D3A: Elsinore – 39, Shadow Hills (No. 2) – 89 D3AA: Temescal Canyon – 38, Summit (No. 7) – 47 D4A: Lakeside (No. 7) – 45, Wiseburn Da Vinci – 41 D4AA: Artesia – 52, Heritage (No. 4) – 55 San Jacinto – 36, Lawndale – 58 D5A: Hawthorne MSA – 25, West Valley – 49 Hamilton (No. 9) – 59, Mesrobian – 17 St. Jeanne’s de Lestonnac – 20, Lancaster Baptist (No. 3) – 24 D5AA: Crossroads Christian – 20, California Lutheran (No. 4) – 67 Milliken Community (No. 2) at Nuview Bridge (Monday, Feb. 14) Noteworthy The Paloma Valley at Eisenhower girls’ game in Division 1 was a rematch of last year’s CIF-SS 2A finals, which was a 75-53 Eagles win then, and a Paloma Valley win now. Somewhere it is possible

that Wildcats coach Matt Dale and his counterpart Antonio Quintero were having a good chuckle when they saw that draw.

Three Valley teams earned seeds in Boys 3AA and if things hold, Chaparral and Linfield Christian are on a collision course to meet in the final four. The Lions under Waheed Mitchell were last year’s CIF-SS division 4A champions and made it to a regional final (there was no state final a year ago).

After winning a CIF-SS championship in 2019, the Lakeside girls return to postseason play under 2nd year head coach Donald Hutchinson and earned a No. 7 seed in division 4A. Their opening round win was only settled by 4 points.

Second round and quarterfinal games for the boys’ teams will take place Tuesday and Friday this week. The girls’ games will take place Wednesday and Saturday.

Article updates made by Valley News Sports Editor, JP Raineri.

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Pairings for CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs released, Temecula Valley No. 2 in Division 1 JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The CIF Southern Section released its playoff pairings for girls’ soccer last week and Temecula Valley, the area’s top-ranked girls’ soccer team, opened with a home match Saturday, Feb. 12, against Sunny Hills (17-6-2).

The Lady Golden Bears (17-1-1) are the No. 2 seed in the Division 1 bracket. Santiago (18-1-3) is the No. 1 seed and opened the BOWL from page C-1 position enabled him to take his game all the way to the NFL, where he is now a Super Bowl champion.

Not only was he on point in the Super Bowl, but it was during the 2022 NFC Championship game vs. the San Francisco 49ers where it was up to him to help get the Rams to the Super Bowl. The Rams and 49ers were tied 17-17 in the 4th quarter when Orzech sent a perfect spiral to the place holder for kicker Matt Gay who placed what ended up being the game-winning field goal, sealing their journey to the Super Bowl at their home stadium.

To finish off their season, it took a precise 79-yard drive capped by Cooper Kupp’s 1-yard touchdown reception with 1:25 remaining for a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. In a venue built for champions, the Los Angeles Rams carried off the crown jewel with the help of Menifee’s Matthew Orzech and his long snapping abilities. The victory gives the Rams their first NFL title since the 1999 season, and their first representing Los Angeles since 1951.

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

Elsinore player Brianna Gonzalez (7) moves the ball in front Isis Quiroz (18) in the midfield area during first round action of the Division 6 wildcard round Thursday, Feb. 10.

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Santa Rosa Academy’s Zoyia Demos (19) dribbles the soccer ball against Le Lycee in a 7-0 first round win.

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playoffs at home Saturday against Huntington Beach (14-6-3). The Sharks are seeking the program’s second Division 1 championship in three seasons.

Orange Vista (7-6-6) defeated Citrus Hill (5-12-3) to face Arrowhead Christian (17-1) in a firstround matchup after the wildcard round. The Lady Eagles finished strong to earn the No. 1 seed in the Division 5 girls playoff bracket.

San Gorgonio (16-2-1) is the No. 2 seed and hosted Linfield Christian (11-6-1) in the first round.

The Lady Lions beat Firebaugh 5-0 in the wildcard round to get there. Unfortunately, that is where Linfield would end their run, in the first round after losing a 1-1 tie to penalty kicks, 4-3.

In a turn of events, two Southwestern League teams went to overtime penalty kicks to finalize their first-round games as well.

Murrieta Valley tied Oak Hills 1-1 but lost 5-4 on PKs. Murrieta

Mesa, who went into the playoffs as an at-large bid, beat No. 1 seeded San Dimas 4-3 in overtime kicks after a 3-3 tie.

Hemet (11-6-5) is the No. 3 seed in Division 5 and opened at home in the first round against Glendale (7-5-2), who they beat 3-0. North is the No. 4 seed in the division and hosted Oxford Academy (710) in Saturday’s opening round.

Oxford Academy beat Elsinore 3-0 in the wildcard round to get to that game. Hemet will now face Katella in the second round.

Katella beat Jurupa Valley 3-2 in the opening round.

Here are the CIF-SS girls soccer playoff pairings that include matchups for the wildcard matches as well as Saturday’s first-round games.

CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS (All games 3 p.m. or 5 p.m.)

DIVISION 1 - First round, Saturday, Feb. 12

Sunny Hills – 1, Temecula Valley – 8 DIVISION 2 - First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 Eastvale Roosevelt – 0, Vista Murrieta – 1 DIVISION 3 - First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 Murrieta Valley – 1, Oak Hills –1 *Oak Hills won on penalty kicks, 5-4 Murrieta Mesa – 3 San Dimas –3 *Murrieta Mesa won on penalty kicks, 4-3 DIVISION 4 - First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 No Local Teams DIVISION 5 - Wildcard matches, Thursday, Feb. 10 Linfield Christian – 5, Firebaugh – 0 First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 Glendale – 0, Hemet – 3 Walnut – 1, Tahquitz – 0 Heritage – 0, Archer – 4

Linfield – 1, San Gorgonio – 1 *San Gorgonio won on penalty kicks, 4-3 DIVISION 6 - Wildcard matches, Thursday, Feb. 10 Citrus Hill – 2, Orange Vista – 4 Oxford Academy – 3, Elsinore –0 Ontario – 1, San Jacinto – 0 First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 Orange Vista – 1, Arrowhead Christian – 4 DIVISION 7 - First round, Saturday, Feb. 12 Le Lycee – 0, Santa Rosa Academy – 7 California Military – 10, Academy of Careers & Exploration – 0 Upcoming schedule: Second round, Feb. 16 Quarterfinals, Feb. 19 Semifinals, Feb. 23 Championships, Feb. 26.

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

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Soboba Tribal Preschool adds innovation to classrooms Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

When Bridget Lowe was asked to research curricula that could better serve the students at Soboba Tribal Preschool, she said she was happy to find one that coincided well with the new Smart Boards that had been installed in each of the classrooms.

Lowe is in her fifth year of teaching at Noli Indian School who currently teaches math, which has always been her passion. Noli’s principal, Donovan Post who is also serving as director of the preschool, selected Lowe to be the curriculum coordinator at both sites to provide extra support in that area.

“I lead the selection process, adoption and implementation of new curricula,” she said. “I support teachers in the use of curricula and related classroom programs.”

In the simplest terms, curriculum is a description of what, why, how and how well students should learn in a systematic and intentional way.

The curriculum is not an end in itself but rather a means to fostering quality learning, she said.

Lowe said the kindergartners are using Benchmark Advance, while the other classes are using levels of Ready to Advance appropriate to their grades/ages. Ready to Advance integrates language arts, mathematics, social studies and science into a rigorous, cohesive academic program. In kindergarten, Eureka Math has been adopted for mathematics.

The “top-notch curricula from Benchmark Education” is the one that has been chosen for the preschool and the staff there couldn’t be happier. Meeting the demands of the Common Core State Standards, new curricula were necessary, and this one seemed to be a good fit for students and teachers, she said.

“Previously, teachers were creating their own units of study,” Lowe said. “Benchmark Education is a leading publisher of EnglishLanguage Arts curricula. Their programs run up to grade 6.”

Locally, this curricula is being used by Hemet Unified School District in grades TK-5 and in Murrieta Valley Unified School District for grades 2-5.

Lowe said among the many deciding factors in choosing Benchmark Education were the rich text experiences, close reading, interventional options and digital components.

There are authentic literature selections included from many cultures, including Indigenous peoples. The language learning is a separate subject being taught by teachers from their own planned units of study.

This is typical as world languages are not a component of the standards for English-Language Arts.

Although the teachers and students have enjoyed working with the new curriculum in conjunction with the newly installed Smart Boards, there has been a little bit of a learning curve.

“A learning curve is always expected with a large-scale change,” Lowe said. “The teachers and classroom aides have been enthusiastically using the new program, and that really helps the students adapt.

The students see their excitement, and it gets them excited, too.”

Benchmark Education president Tom Reycraft said, “Proven time and again in field research, our programs help boost reading proficiency under the new state standards. Since our inception in 1998, our mission has remained to provide classroom-tested solutions that help educators differentiate instruction and enable every student to achieve success.”

“I have prior work experience

Soboba Tribal Preschool teacher Ana Garcia shows a sample lesson about colors using the interactive whiteboard and Benchmark Education curriculum. Valley News/Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians photos

as a training coach for several curriculum companies; Benchmark happens to be one of them,” Lowe said. “I was able to use my own expertise to provide professional development for the teachers and classroom aides.”

Since 2019, Lowe has also been the Google coordinator at Noli and took on that same position at the preschool since she began working with Post at that site about two years ago.

“The position began as the Google administrator and has grown into other instructional technology support, including Clever single sign platform at the preschool and Smart Board support at both sites,” Lowe said.

State-of-the-art interactive whiteboards were installed at the preschool at the start of the current school year. A lot of work happened behind the scenes last summer to get ready for students to return to in-person learning.

An interactive whiteboard is just as it sounds: a digital whiteboard with interactive enhancements.

Lowe said teachers and students are really enjoying this new technology and all the opportunities it provides to the learning environment. Students can use it for a drag-and-drop activity to practice sorting words by vowel sounds or read along in their books as the words are highlighted on the large monitor in front of them.

Teachers can lead their class in a real-time creation of a graph or use the interactive whiteboard in a collaboration meeting to analyze data and record ideas.

“The possibilities really are endless,” Lowe said.

Teachers continue to learn alongside their students who are always finding creative and exciting ways to use the new technology.

“It makes our job a little easier,” Ana Garcia said.

Teaching the three-year-old classes, she said the Benchmark curriculum makes it easier to present the material to her students. Having the interactive whiteboard allows her to access materials in front of the students instead of having to go to a computer to do so. Lessons can be adapted creatively to meet the needs of all the students.

“Because I’ve always taught ages 3 to 5, I look at the 3s as a ‘tween’ because they still want to be little but also want to be more independent. They are so fun,” Garcia said.

Melissa Arviso, who team teaches with Garcia, said the new whiteboard gets the children’s attention more. Everything is linked to the computer so they can read along with their lap books as well as count and recite colors and other lessons that appear on the 85-inch screen.

Their morning class has 20 students and the afternoon session has 12.

Post said when he took over as preschool director he assessed what was needed to enable staff to do their

Teacher Sierra Vivanco and kindergartner Thomas Velasquez discuss one of the features of the interactive whiteboard used in their classroom.

Pre-K teacher Amanda Vallin shows many different ways the curriculum about the letter B can be reinforced using the interactive whiteboard in her Soboba Tribal Preschool classroom.

jobs in the best way to benefit the students. Because technology plays such a big role in the life of children these days, it was an easy transition for them to get used to having such interaction in their classrooms.

Amanda Vallin is the pre-K teacher and she likes the new tools because she can add things into the lesson since the boards are connected directly to the internet. If they are learning about bears, she can show a video about them to reinforce the topic, for instance.

She can also use her computer to add interactive games that expand on what is already available in the curriculum.

Kindergarten teacher Sierra Vivanco said the board is super useful and the touch screen capabilities make it fun for all the students to participate. She said the Eureka Math program allows her to monitor a child’s progress to see if they are grasping the concepts and she can present the same information with a different approach to help them understand it, if needed.

She has incorporated a writing companion that pairs up with Benchmark Education that helps children comprehend what they are reading and this has made the lessons more engaging for the students.

Another way Vivanco utilizes the new technology is with a “dot cam” or document camera which is a small camera connected to her desk computer that can transmit images to the large monitor.

Amber Young is her classroom aide and Vivanco said they make a really good team. Young was a teacher for 20-plus years and it is Vivanco’s first year of teaching so they are learning from each other,

Young said.

“We’re really thrilled to bring these opportunities to our students and are already seeing the positive impacts of these resources,” Lowe said. “We look forward to 2022

with new achievements from our students. It is still very early in the adoption, but preliminary informal assessments are showing promising results.”

Elsinore High School captures 6th consecutive Riverside County Academic Decathlon title

Elsinore High School wins sixth consecutive Riverside County Academic Decathlon title.

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RIVERSIDE – For the sixth year in a row, the Elsinore High School Tigers from Lake Elsinore Unified School District came out on top at the Riverside County Academic Decathlon sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education.

The 39th annual competition featured teams from 12 high schools with the theme: “Water: A Most Essential Resource.”

The fully virtual competition started Tuesday, Jan. 25, with essays, then proceeded to speeches and interviews Saturday, Jan. 29.

Written tests and the popular Super Quiz took place virtually Saturday, Feb. 5.

Western Center Academy finished second while Beaumont High School finished third. Corona High School finished fourth and Great Oak High School was fifth overall. Beaumont High School was the winner of the Super Quiz.

The California Academic Decathlon will be held virtually Tuesday, March 1, through Saturday, March 12. Joining Elsinore High School at the state-level competition will be Western Center Academy, Beaumont High School, Corona High School, Great Oak High School and Hemet High School. The California state champion will advance to the United States Academic Decathlon from Thursday to Saturday, April 21-23.

“Academic Decathlon is fun.

It is an amazing opportunity that more students should experience because it encourages deep learn-

ing, teamwork, skill development and so much more,” Ryan Klopp, Elsinore High School science teacher and Academic Decathlon coach, said. “Academic Decathlon gives a deeper meaning to learning, and I am so proud of my team and all the decathletes in Riverside County for their hard work and dedication during another difficult year. It is so exciting to see our students be so successful.

Each Academic Decathlon team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three Honor level students with GPA 3.8-4.0, three Scholastic level students with GPA 3.20-3.79 and three Varsity level students with GPA 0.00-3.19.

Students accumulate individual and team points in written events in mathematics, economics, art, music, literature, science, social science and Super Quiz.

The 12 high school teams competing in the 2022 Riverside County Academic Decathlon included Beaumont, Canyon Springs, Corona, Elsinore, Great Oak, Hemet, John W. North, Patriot, Temecula Preparatory, Valley View, Vista del Lago and Western Center Academy.

The winners of the Riverside County Academic Decathlon included Hemet High from 20062008 and 2014; West Valley High from 2009-2013 and 2015-2016 and Elsinore High 2017-2022.

Submitted by Riverside County Board of Education.

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REGIONAL NEWS

Highway update

Caltrans, RCTC, Menifee and Lake Elsinore roadway improvement projects continue this week Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Excellent weather favors the continuing Caltrans and Riverside County Transportation Commission and Menifee road work continues this week on many highway projects.

RCTC said the Highway 60 Trucklane project from Beaumont to Moreno Valley is reaching another milestone that includes two lanes in each direction with wider shoulders. Work to be done now will include the eastbound truckclimbing lane and westbound truck-descending lane. Traffic

controls will be in place on occasion, and RCTC urges motorists to use caution and watch out for the workers and construction truck traffic.

The RCTC, Caltrans and Lake Elsinore joint Interstate 15 Railroad Canyon Road and I-15 intersection moved further ahead last week when some road closures forced motorists to use other local streets to allow crews to safely pour polyester concrete overlay on the northbound I-15 Railroad Canyon Road bridge. More closures may be expected as the project continues to move forward. Allow for extra travel time in the area and

follow any posted detour signs.

In the Hemet area, Caltrans said work on the $7.3 million project to install a horizontal drainage system and repair the current drainage systems on state Route 74 is continuing east of Blackburn Road to just east of Doe Canyon. There continues to be possible nightwork on the project.

Caltrans is continuing its safety work along Highway 79 in constructing and updating existing pedestrian facilities to the current American with Disabilities Act standards. That project is taking place from East Florida Avenue to East Menlo Avenue. It takes place

on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cones have been removed from the area and it is open to traffic.

Caltrans advised motorists to keep the traffic laws in the area.

Menifee listed other roadwork projects continuing in their areas include Eastern Municipal Water District’s water transmission pipeline construction taking place on the Murrieta Road to Newport Road and continuing up to La Piedra Road. Watch for heavy equipment working in the area and possible detours. Visit http:// www.emwd.org/MurrietaRoad for additional updates on this project.

Resurfacing on McCall Boule-

vard, Encanto Road and Oak Hurst Avenue in Menifee continues.

Striping work on that project has been delayed.

Goetz Road north of Kabian Park in Menifee is the scene of a Southern California Edison utility undergrounding project. Traffic flaggers may be out on this project to help maintain safe conditions.

Paving and intersection work is occurring at Scott and Leon roads but should not impact travel lanes.

For more information on Menifee road projects, visit psouthard@ cityofmenifee.us.

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

California to extend COVID-19 paid Jackpot for over half a sick leave, no tax credits for employers million dollars hits at ment that “restaurants were the first paid sick leave package, workers Pala Casino Spa Resort Jamie Joseph THE EPOCH TIMES to be closed during the pandemic and are also qualified for any paid sick SACRAMENTO – In a deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, California is expected to pass another mandatory COVID-19 paid sick leave package for businesses with more than 26 employees, retroactive to Jan. 1.

Senate Bill 114 passed the state Assembly Feb. 7, while a mirror version of the legislation, Assembly Bill 84, is making its way through the state Senate.

The proposed framework, written by the governor, Senate President Pro Tem Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, will provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for all COVID-19 related work absences for full-time employees. Part-time employees will be granted paid sick leave based on the median hours they’ve worked in a typical workweek.

The bill also allocates $1.9 billion to California’s COVID-19 emergency fund, with $1.6 billion that will go toward the Department of Public Health for contact tracing, vaccinations, testing and other COVID-19 related responses.

Several groups called into the state Assembly’s informational budget committee hearing Feb. 7 in both praise and critique of the proposal that would run through September.

Proponents of the bill, largely made up of labor unions, argue it will bring relief for workers and their families who contract COVID-19 while also mitigating the spread by keeping workers at home.

Meanwhile, opponents say this will burden the state’s businesses without an adequate plan to aid them as they recover from the effects of the pandemic shutdown.

“It is a massive new cost that is heaped upon already uncertain job creators in California,” John Kabateck, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, a nonprofit advocacy group for small and independent businesses, told The Epoch Times. “And it’s important to point out that it’s not just cost but it’s more recording requirements and opens the door to liability for small businesses.”

One of those industries became particularly battered during the pandemic, according to California Restaurant Association Senior Legislative Director Katie Hansen.

The state’s food sector bore the weight of many of the dining restrictions for more than a year during the state shutdown which was first enacted in March 2020, Hansen said, adding that the added cost of extended paid sick leave is another layer to overcome before restaurants can fully rebound.

Hansen said during public com-

will be the last to recover” from the financial impact of the COVID-19 state restrictions on indoor and outdoor dining.

“A spike in cost of labor, food and supplies, as well as any debt the business may have incurred from the pandemic; so any additional cost increases will impact a restaurant’s ability to recover,” she said.

The restaurant association, a 23-member advocacy group for the state’s restaurants, reported last year that a third of California’s restaurants had permanently shut down due to the state’s restrictions on indoor and outdoor dining. Before the pandemic, the state had 76,000 eateries and beverage establishments employing close to 2 million people.

The state first enacted the COVID-19 paid sick leave program at the height of the pandemic in April 2020 for workers sick with COVID-19 in the food sector, then extended it to all employees in businesses with more than 500 employees beginning in September 2020. Both programs expired in December 2020, but by March 2021 the program was rekindled and retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021.

The 2021 paid sick leave program expired in September and employers who offered extended paid sick leave under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act received federal tax credits, which offset much of the costs. The federal benefits expired in December 2021 for employers.

Johnnie Pina, a spokesman for the local government advocacy group California League of Cities, said the league takes a “concerning position” on the extended paid sick leave legislation.

“We have concerns in some of the language contained in this measure that creates even more administrative burdens and cost to public employers,” Pina said during public comment.

What’s In The 2022 Paid Sick Leave Package?

Though the new proposal, Senate Bill 114, contains identical language to the previous versions, it has a few new caveats. First, there’s currently no framework provided for employers to receive state tax credits, so they will have to fully fund the paid sick leave unless the state adopts the federal tax credits program that was available last year.

Not only does this variation of paid sick leave cover employees who fall ill with COVID-19, but it provides an additional 40 hours if a member in their household gets sick, too. However, they must provide documentation of a positive test to the employer. Without a positive test for themselves or a family member, the employer isn’t required to grant the paid sick leave.

In addition to the COVID-19

leave available under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act passed in 2014.

Workers who have appointments to receive any of the vaccines or booster shots are eligible for the proposed paid sick leave. If they have side effects from the injections, that is also covered in the amended language of the bill.

Employers are also required to pay for the employees’ COVID-19 test, but it’s not clear in the framework whether this is applicable to their family members, too. Additional language in the bill covers “in-home supportive service providers and personal waiver care service providers” who are unable to work for reasons relating to COVID-19.

The legislation has garnered support from several unions and advocacy groups including California Professional Firefighters, California Teachers Association, Writers Guild of America West, Service Employees International Union, California School Employees Association, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, State Building and Construction Trades Council and California Work and Family Coalition.

“The reality that construction workers would continue to show up to work as opposed to staying home while they’re sick is not just a danger to their own co-workers but also to those of the other construction workers on the project due to the close proximity on the job site,” Mike West, spokesman of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, said during public comment.

Becoming Law The proposal is expected to pass with the governor’s approval but Budget Committee Vice Chair and state Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) cross examined the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and the Department of Finance on the bill’s financial framework during the Feb. 7 meeting.

According to an analysis by the LAO, the cost to provide a statewide tax credit system for employers who must implement paid sick leave ranges from $500 million to $1.4 billion through the program’s expiration date in September.

“So, whatever cost was incurred in the previous bill would be incurred again, but we now would know with no offset?” Fong asked the LAO during the hearing.

“That is correct,” an LAO spokesperson responded. “And again, I always point to some of the other supports that are outside that we are providing to small businesses.”

Reprinted with permission.

Boy suffers head injury in quad crash on Menifee street City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 12-year-old Menifee boy was seriously injured when the quad he was riding overturned as it was being towed by another off-road vehicle, authorities said.

The accident happened about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the 23700 block of Cypress Place, near Newport Drive, according to the Menifee Police Department.

Sgt. Matthew Bloch said that the victim, whose identity was not

released, was using a “toy quadricycle” that broke down, and a girl, also not identified, who was riding a full-size quad offered to tow him.

It was unclear whether the children were related.

“The juveniles tied the two quads together and began towing the inoperative one,” Bloch said.

“At one point, the towed quad lost control and overturned. The male juvenile, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected and suffered a head injury.”

The victim was airlifted to Riv-

erside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where he is in stable condition, according to the police representative.

“The Menifee Police Department would like to offer our thoughts and prayers to the juvenile and his family for a full recovery,” Bloch said.

He said that the crash serves as a reminder that all users of off-road vehicles should remember to wear “proper safety equipment, including a helmet.”

Dan N. of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, holds a large check for a $520,098 jackpot, winnings from Pala Casino Spa Resort’s Ultimate Valley News/Courtesy photo Texas Hold’em Friday, Feb. 4.

PALA – Pala Casino Spa Resort announced a $520,098 jackpot hit during an Ultimate Texas Hold’em table game Friday night, Feb. 4.

The winning guest, Dan N., is from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

Dan N. was playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em when she was dealt a royal flush, qualifying her for the jackpot progressive. The hand also qualified for the Random Mega feature, which randomly selected a royal flush as the winning hand.

These two wins combined to earn her a total payout of over a half million dollars.

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Murrieta Rotary invites high schoolers for speech, music contests MURRIETA – Local high school students are invited to join in the Rotary Club of Murrieta’s Four-Way Speech Contest or its Music Contest. Both contests offer an opportunity to capture prize monies at the local level and even more for the ones who are selected to move to Rotary District 5330 competitions.

Entry deadlines for both contests is Friday, Feb. 25. The speech contest will be held Monday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. The music contest will be held Thursday, March 3, starting at 6:30 p.m.

The speech entry application and contest rules can be downloaded at http://www.murrietarotaryclub.org, or requested by email at murrietarotary@gmail.org.

The Music contest application

and rules are available by contacting contest Chair Rob Haskins at rob@robhaskins.com.

The Rotary Club of Murrieta is celebrating its 30th year of service, having been chartered April 28, 1992. The club is involved in many community and international activities and programs, in cooperation with Rotary International, which has as its theme “Service Above Self.” Club meetings are held Mondays, excepting holidays, at noon at Richie’s Diner, 40651 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, in Murrieta. For information regarding the club or membership, visit http://www.murrietarotaryclub. org.

Submitted by Rotary Club of Murrieta.

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Missing Oceanside woman’s body found Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

The body of missing Oceanside woman, Sara Celeste Otero, 28, was found by law enforcement near U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Tuesday, Feb. 8. She was missing since late January.

Otero was last seen in Oceanside, Jan. 28, when she left her mother’s house in a Subaru Outback SUV that morning, NBC station KNSD reported, after telling her stepfather she was meeting a friend at the gym.

Oceanside police reportedly found Otero’s Subaru Outback at Vista View Point parking lot off Interstate 5, Tuesday, Feb. 8, and subsequently searched the area, CBS station KFMB reported.

Police found Otero, deceased, at the bottom of a cliff, located in a restricted training area of U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton later that day. Foul play is not suspected, Oceanside Police Department said.

Sara’s father Greg Otero shared the news of her death on social media after writing that his daughter “decided that she had had enough of this life.”

Jenean Lubinski, center, who works as a patient registration representative at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, joins others in a demonstration against mandatory vaccinations at the Capitol in Sacramento Aug. 16, 2021.

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Don Thompson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sara Otero is shown in the photo used in a missing persons poster.

Valley News/Courtesy photo

In his post, Greg Otero thanked the community for the outpouring of support over the past 11 days.

“We appreciate all of you, but we ask at this time you don’t reach out to us directly,” he said. “It’s a

little too much to bear at this moment, but we feel your love.”

Julie Reeder can be reached by email at jreeder@reedermedia. com.

Feds allege record $25 million in claims from jobless scam Don Thompson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO (AP) – An unemployment scam operated out of California prisons sought a record $25 million from the state and U.S. governments, netting more than $5 million that went for vehicles, furniture, handbags and jewelry, federal authorities said Friday, Feb. 11.

The $25 million is the largest known single intended haul in California, former U.S. attorney McGregor Scott, who is working with the state Employment Development Department to coordinate investigations into fraud related to pandemic relief, said.

Yet it and the $5 million actual loss remains a fraction of the more than $20 billion in unemployment benefits that authorities believe has been stolen since March 2020 as the state approved fraudulent payments in the names of death row inmates and even U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Inmates Daryol Richmond, 31, and Telvin Breaux, 30, both from Los Angeles County, falsely claimed that they and others including minor children had been selling clothing or working as handymen, mechanics or in other jobs until they became unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new indict-

ment alleges.

Richmond is imprisoned at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, serving a nearly 25-year sentence as a repeat offender for robbery and attempted robbery with various enhancements, according to corrections officials.

Breaux is in the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, serving five years for robbery with a firearm, among other offenses.

They used contraband cell phones, emails and telephone calls from prison to communicate with others outside the prisons, investigators say.

The new indictment charges them along with six Southern California residents with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, charges that carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

They are alleged to have created bogus email accounts and used different street addresses across Southern California to file more than 400 fake claims.

Once they were mailed debit cards for their relief claims, investigators said they withdrew the cash at different locations, on different days and times and in varying amounts in a bid to escape authorities’ notice.

Richmond has negotiated a plea agreement that calls for him to

This March 28, 2017 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Daryol Richmond. Richmond, is one of two California prison inmates who allegedly ran an unemployment scam that sought to defraud the California Economic Development Department of an estimated $25 million.

(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

plead guilty but pay restitution not to exceed $382,000. It calls for an additional sentence of no less than about four years in prison.

Breaux’s attorney, Austin Dove, did not respond to telephone and email requests for comment Friday evening.

Board OKs planned allocations of federal ARPA funds City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Feb. 8, authorized changes in provisional spending plans for Riverside County’s share of American Rescue Plan Act funds, designating higher and lower portions of the county’s $479 million allocation to meet infrastructure, homeless relief and other needs.

County CEO Jeff Van Wagenen said that the revised disbursal schedule was based on the receipt of firmer guidelines from the U.S. Department of Treasury and other federal agencies, permitting the county to focus on more “specific” goals.

The county received the first half of its ARPA distribution – $239.9 million – last May, and the balance is due before the end of the current fiscal year.

The allocation categories are infrastructure, homelessness solutions, economic recovery, public health, revenue backfills for agencies impacted by COVID-19 containment measures, nonprofit assistance, rental assistance and child care.

The main change in the distribution formula stems from a reduction in what federal officials will permit for revenue backfill, which has been slashed from $22 million to $10 million. It prompted a reordering of priorities, according to the Executive Office.

California bill would require vaccines for all employees

Under the board-approved provisional spending plan, the infrastructure component will now be $82 million, instead of the $65 million originally proposed. Those funds will go to road improvements, but also the expansion of broadband internet access to remote areas of the county.

“A Broadband Affordability Program is being developed to support under-served households and help close the ‘digital divide,’” according to an EO statement posted to the board’s agenda.

Officials are refining the particulars of the project, which is initially likely to require $5 million to $7 million, and a presentation is expected to be made to the board by the Transportation & Land Management Agency in March.

A total of $235 million of the $479 million is expected to be made available for rental assistance, which entails providing direct payments to landlords to discharge delinquent rent payments and pay ongoing lease costs to prevent renters from being evicted.

Applicants for rental assistance must meet certain income and other criteria. Two nonprofits are coordinating with the county to handle assistance applications – Palm Desert-based nonprofit Lift to Rise and Riverside-based United Way of the Inland Valleys.

The county has set aside $50 million for homeless relief, which will be allocated to programs in each supervisorial district, officials said.

The Executive Office said $36 million is designated for economic recovery, providing monetary infusions for “programs to assist businesses and industries struggling to rebound” from the public health lockdowns.

There will be $16 million available for nonprofit assistance, shoring up organizations countywide that render aid in a variety of forms, from food banks to legal help.

About $15 million has been reserved for the child care component of the provisional spending plan, intended to support “the return of working parents to the workforce” by bolstering programs centered on expanding daycare and similar family assistance, according to the Executive Office.

The plan calls for a $30 million investment in the county health system, which remains “on the front lines” of coronavirus mitigation efforts, the Executive Office said.

In addition to ARPA funds, the county received roughly $480 million in 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act – CARES – funds.

The deadline to spend most of the ARPA money is Dec. 31, 2024; however, there’s an exception for funds channeled into infrastructure projects, which can be spent anytime between now and Dec. 31, 2026, according to county documents.

The $1.9 trillion ARPA was approved by Congress in March 2021.

SACRAMENTO (AP) – California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday, Feb. 11,

by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately criticized by Republicans as government overreach.

Employees or contractors who qualify for medical or religious exemptions would have to be regularly tested under a planned amendment to the bill. New employees would have to get at least one dose by the time they start work and the second dose within 45 days of being on the job.

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks introduced her bill months after delaying an original proposal last fall.

The previous version would have allowed workers to submit to weekly testing as an alternative to getting vaccinated, but that is not an option in her new proposal.

Vaccine mandates are highly controversial and there have been many rallies at the state Capitol in Sacramento opposing such requirements.

Wicks and other supporters said the mandate is needed even as California moves to ease other requirements and anticipates moving into a new “endemic” phase that accepts the coronavirus is here to stay but is manageable as immunity builds.

“That’s fundamentally what this bill is about,” she said. “Getting back to some sense of normalcy so we can go on with our lives, and we don’t have these constant interruptions and outbreaks and all these things that we’ve been experiencing for so long.”

The mandate would stay in place unless the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decides that COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer needed.

The bill would require state health and occupational safety officials to advise employers on what qualifies as a medical condition, disability, religious belief and valid vaccination status. Businesses that didn’t comply would face penalties that have yet to be determined.

Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said he is vaccinated and urges others to also get their shots.

“But telling people they can’t feed their family unless they get the vaccine is just wrong,” Gallagher said. “I trust Californians enough to treat them like adults who can make their own health care decisions. It’s unfortunate that a few Democrats in the Legislature don’t.”

The proposal drew similar con-

cerns from Jonathan Keller, president of the conservative California Family Council advocacy group, who said that “Government should not force employers to fire people over personal medical decisions.”

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom last year ordered all of the state’s roughly 2.2 million health care workers to to be vaccinated or lose their jobs.

He also required state workers and teachers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.

And California’s school children by summer must be vaccinated to attend in-person classes.

Wicks’ proposal is just the latest of several far-reaching measures introduced by Democratic state lawmakers this year.

Among others, Sen. Scott Wiener would allow children 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, while Sen. Richard Pan would eliminate a personal belief exemption in school-based COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

Pan argued in support of Wicks’ bill that “having a safe workplace is essential to ... keeping our economy going.”

People can’t be scared of getting infected when they go to work or while patronizing businesses, and businesses cannot endure frequent outbreaks that sideline their employees, he said.

More than 2,000 of the 30,000 San Francisco Bay Area members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 have been sickened and some have died from the coronavirus, Jim Araby, the union’s director of strategic campaigns, said.

“Just like we would never ask a construction worker to go to a construction site without a hardhat, we shouldn’t ask our members and workers who work in these essential industries to go in without the protection of a vaccine,” he said in backing Wicks’ bill.

The California Chamber of Commerce, California Restaurant Association, California Retailers Association and California chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses did not immediately comment on the bill.

But the bill has support from the Small Business Majority advocacy group that has 85,000 members nationwide, including nearly 20,000 in California.

“Small businesses don’t want to be traffic cops in debates about public safety,” John Arensmeyer, the group’s chief executive, said.

“They’re looking for a common statewide standard that disentangles them from politics and enables them to operate their businesses safely and predictably.”

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Ontario drops vaccine proof, protests persist

Don Stephens, 65, a retired graphic designer, holds a sign on Parliament Hill to support trucks lined up in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Stephens said he’s come into Ottawa twice to show support for protesters there. He views them as representatives of a “silent majority that had been longing to have their voice heard.”

(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Rob Gillies And Ted Shaffrey ASSOCIATED PRESS

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s premier announced Monday that Canada’s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination requirements in two weeks — not because of the protests that have blocked the border and paralyzed Ottawa, he said, but because “it is safe to do so.”

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced Sunday that his office and the truckers came to an agreement requiring protesters to clear residential zones within the next 72 hours.

Four other Canadian provinces have also moved to lift their COVID-19 restrictions as the massive protest by truckers continued blockades in Ottawa, paralyzing the capital city. Quebec. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward

Island provinces announced plans to eliminate or roll back some or all measures.

The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing, meanwhile, was open again Monday after police removed the last of the protesters who had bottled up the Ambassador Bridge for nearly a week in a demonstration against Canada’s virus restrictions. But the larger truck-borne protest in the capital, Ottawa, persisted as city residents seethed over authorities’ inability to reclaim the streets.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that on March 1, the province will drop its requirement that people show proof of vaccination to get into restaurants, restaurants, gyms and sporting events. A surge of cases caused by the omicron variant has crested in Canada.

The province will also remove its 50% capacity limit on restaurants

on Thursday, four days earlier than planned. Ford gave no timetable for dropping the requirement that people wear masks in public places.

“Let me very clear: We are moving in this direction because it is safe to do so. Today’s announcement is not because of what’s happening in Ottawa or Windsor but despite it,” Ford said.

Ford said he would support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government if it proposed further measures to quell the protests.

“We need law and order. Our country is at risk now. It’s not just not happening here in Ottawa, but it’s happening in Alberta and British Columbia,” Ford said. “We won’t accept. it” Trudeau planned to meet virtually with the leaders of Canada’s provinces on Monday morning, as well as with lawmakers.

The prime minister has so far rejected calls to use the military but has said “all options are on the table” to end the protests, including invoking the Emergencies Act, which gives the government broad powers to quell unrest. Trudeau has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society. Both federal and provincial politicians have said they can’t order police what to do.

Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said the army should have been deployed after a week of the Ottawa occupation.

“Not invoking it led to the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge and at the Manitoba-North Dakota border. Protesters there believed that the police would not or could not act,” Wiseman said.

An earlier version of the Emergencies Act, called the War Measures Act, was used just once during peacetime, by Trudeau’s late father, Prime Minister Pierre

Trudeau, to deal with a militant Quebec independence movement in 1970.

Demonstrations against virus restrictions and other issues have blocked several crossings along the U.S.-Canada border and disrupted the economies of both countries.

They also inspired similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands. U.S. authorities have said that truck convoys may be in the works in the United States.

Police in Windsor, arrested 25 to 30 protesters and towed several vehicles Sunday near the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor and numerous Canadian auto plants with Detroit. The bridge, which carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, reopened to traffic late Sunday night.

After protesters began blocking bridge access Feb. 7, automakers began shutting down or reducing production at a time when the industry is already struggling with pandemic-induced shortages of computer chips and other supplychain disruptions.

“Today our national economic crisis at the Ambassador Bridge came to an end,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said on Sunday.

About 470 miles (750 kilometers) northeast of Windsor, the protest in Ottawa has turned up pressure on Trudeau.

The city had appeared to have reached a deal in which protesters, who have jammed downtown streets with trucks and other vehicles for more than two weeks, would move out of residential areas and confine their demonstrations to the Parliament Hill area, but those prospects soon faded.

In a letter to the protesters, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said residents are “exhausted” and “on edge” because of the demonstra-

tions, and he warned that some businesses are on the brink of permanent closure.

While the protesters are decrying vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 restrictions, many of Canada’s public health measures, such as mask rules and vaccine passports for getting into restaurants and theaters, are already falling away as the omicron surge levels off.

Pandemic restrictions have been far stricter in Canada than in the U.S., but Canadians have largely supported them. The vast majority of Canadians are vaccinated, and the COVID-19 death rate is onethird that of the United States, although CDC director Walensky has admitted publicly that COVID-19 attributed deaths were inflated and 94% of the deaths had two to three serious ailments and were mostly aged patients. People dying from COVID-19 deaths were actually only 6% of those reported.

A judge on Friday ordered an end to the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge, and Ford declared a state of emergency allowing for fines of 100,000 Canadian dollars and up to a year in jail for anyone blocking roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomed the end of the blockade as “a win for Michigan’s working families who are just trying to do their jobs and for businesses who can get back to shipping their products and produce.” She added: “It’s important to ensure that this does not happen again.”

Gillies reported from Toronto.

Associated Press writers Ted Shaffrey in Ottawa, Ontario and Corey Williams in Windsor, Ontario contributed to this report.

Clinton campaign paid tech company to ‘infiltrate’ Trump servers at White House, Durham says Gretchen Clayson THE DAILY CALLER

Special Counsel John Durham released a new filing Friday showing that the Clinton campaign paid a tech firm to “infiltrate” the servers at Trump Tower and later at the White House in an attempt to link former President Donald Trump to Russia.

Kash Patel, the former chief investigator of the Trump-Russia probe for the House Intelligence Committee, said the filing “definitively showed the Hillary Clinton campaign directly funded and ordered its lawyers at Perkins Coie

to orchestrate a criminal enterprise to fabricate a connection between President Trump and Russia,” reported Daily Mail.

“Per Durham, this arrangement was put in motion in July of 2016, meaning the Hillary Clinton campaign and her lawyers masterminded the most intricate and coordinated conspiracy against Trump when he was both a candidate and later President of the United States while simultaneously perpetuating the bogus Steele Dossier hoax,” Patel concluded.

This latest Durham filing looked for potential conflicts of interest with

regards to former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who was indicted for making false statements to a federal agent in September 2021, according to Daily Mail.

That indictment, said Sussman, told then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016, that he was not doing work “for any client” when presented “purported data and white papers” at a meeting he requested that allegedly demonstrated a “covert communications channel” between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which has ties to the Kremlin, Fox News reported.

Durham’s filing revealed how

Sussman had “assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients,” one of which was the Clinton campaign. The other, a technological executive named Rodney Joffe, allegedly worked with Sussman at the instruction of the Clinton campaign to “assemble the purported data and white papers” to gather information that would tie Trump to Russia, the Daily Mail reported.

Durham also revealed how Sussman’s own billing records show he “repeatedly” billed the Clinton Campaign for his work on the “Russian Bank-1” allegations.

“The latest pleading from Special Counsel Robert Durham provides indisputable evidence that my campaign and presidency were spied on by operatives paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign in an effort to develop a completely fabricated connection to Russia. This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution,” Trump wrote in response to the filing.

Trudeau declares State of Emergency over protests against COVID-19 mandates Four premiers disagree with invoking the act Noé Chartier and Omid Ghoreishi THE EPOCH TIMES

The Canadian federal government has declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing protests against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions by truckers and their supporters.

In a press conference on Feb. 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the protests aren’t peaceful and are harming the economy, while measures are needed to strengthen law enforcement agencies.

Trudeau said the application of the Emergencies Act will be limited in time and will be used in a targeted and proportionate fashion.

He added that the act will be used to protect critical infrastructure such as airports and cross-border crossings.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced a number of measures to reduce funding to the protests. These include broadening anti-money laundering measures to crowdfunding platforms and digital currencies. Banks will also be able to freeze accounts of entities involved in the protests.

Freeland also said that for companies whose trucks are used in blockades, their corporate accounts will be frozen and their insurance suspended.

Trudeau is the first prime minister to invoke the Emergencies Act. In 1988, the Emergencies Act replaced the War Measures Act, which Trudeau’s father, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, used in 1970 during the October Crisis when Quebec separatists kidnapped and killed Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte.

The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec,

who have all announced lifting of the mandates, stated that they don’t support the prime minister’s use of the act.

“We have all of the legal tools and operational resources required to maintain order. The Act would add no relevant additional powers or resources,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wrote on Twitter on Feb. 14.

“The illegal blockades must end, but police already have sufficient tools to enforce the law and clear the blockades, as they did over the weekend in Windsor,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe wrote on Twitter.

“Therefore, Saskatchewan does not support the Trudeau government invoking the Emergencies Act. If the federal government does proceed with this measure, I would hope it would only be invoked in provinces that request it, as the legislation allows.”

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson also wrote in a tweet that invoking such powers isn’t needed in her province.

“I am proud of Manitoba’s law enforcement officials & have full confidence in them to protect our communities. The proposal from the federal government to use the Emergencies Act is not helpful to the situation at the Emerson Border.”

Quebec Premier François Legault struck a similar stance, saying he doesn’t want the act to apply in Quebec, as it’s an unnecessary and divisive measure, reported La Presse.

In a press conference earlier on Feb. 14, Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich said the protesters will continue demonstrating until their demands are met.

“We will remain peaceful, but planted on Parliament Hill until the

mandates are lifted,” Lich said.

Brian Peckford, former premier of Newfoundland who is acting as a spokesperson for the Freedom Convoy, said at the press conference that the protest in Ottawa has been peaceful and questioned the justification for declaring a state of emergency.

“Looking at the situation, especially as it relates to the Convoy 2022, which is here in Ottawa … is peaceful. The streets are clean [and] crime is down since the truckers arrived,” Peckford said.

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which is providing legal representation for the organizers, said in a statement ahead of the declaration that it would “immediately file a court application seeking to overturn such a declaration.”

“Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau used the War Measures Act in 1970 to deal with violence, kidnapping and murder committed by terrorists in Quebec. Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering using the Emergencies Act to deal with bouncy castles and ball hockey,” Justice Centre litigation director Jay Cameron said in a statement.

“Peaceful protesters who feed the homeless, shovel snow, pick up garbage, dance in the streets, play street hockey, wave Canadian flags, sing the national anthem and set up bouncy castles for children do not ‘seriously endanger the lives, health or safety of Canadians,’ nor are these peaceful activities ‘of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it.’”

Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen said her party will be looking at what the Liberal government is proposing and evaluate the rationale, and then decide

whether to support it.

“At first blush, we are very concerned with what we see,” Bergen said at a press conference on Feb. 14.

Reprinted with permission from The Epoch Times. For the full version of this story, go to https://www. theepochtimes.com.

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Catalytic converter theft is a real danger that all car and truck owners need to understand and counter if possible.

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Anza has a small-town flavor that attracts people to come and enjoy the seclusion from the big city hustle and bustle. But this does not mean that crime here does not exist and that residents should become complacent with the security of their homes, possessions or property. see page AVO-3

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Driving on America’s highways and byways reveal thousands of roadside memorials, from state-

compliant signs to crosses with flowers and solar lights. Carefully tended markers commemorate sites where a person or persons died suddenly and unexpectedly while traveling. Anza’s State

Highway 371 is home to several of these memorials.

Each shrine marks the last place where a person was alive, many having lost their lives due to an auto accident.

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Horse safety tips for motorists Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Horses, ponies, donkeys and mules are an important part of life in the Anza Valley for many residents. Equestrians enjoy riding and participating in horse sports. Not only is horse ownership becoming more popular, it is also becoming more dangerous.

“It used to be that just going out your driveway was all it took, you were on your way to a nice ride. You had access through your neighbor’s property, so had permission to cross their land,” Sandra Pauley said reflecting on her horseback rides.

That tradition, however, is changing. Anza is growing and more new residents mean more fences and new neighbors not familiar with horses. Horseback riding today can be increasingly hazardous. Many new Anzans may not be aware of how to travel see SAFETY, page AVO-2

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Predators abound in the Anza Valley, just waiting for their chance to make a meal of the farmer’s poultry and other small animals. Domestic livestock such as sheep and goats can fall victim to predation from various wild and even domesticated animals, such as coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, skunks, weasels, mountain lions and stray dogs.

While these hunters fully recognize humans as the apex predator and fear and respect people for the most part, most are unable to patrol their ranches in the Valley 24 hours a day. Fencing and other physical deterrents help, but sometimes the job of protecting the helpless animal residents falls on one special hero – a livestock guardian dog.

With their ancient protective instincts, these dogs with little training can successfully reduce predation on livestock. Though common elsewhere for centuries, livestock guardian dogs have only been used consistently in the U.S.

since the late 1970s. However, their popularity continues to grow.

The most common breeds are Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, Komandor, Maremma, Karakachan, Ovtcharka, Karst, Tatra, Kuvasz and Akbash. These dogs have been bred for thousands of years to protect the farmer’s or shepherd’s animals.

Whether coyotes or packs of marauding dogs, livestock guardian dogs are the best predator protection available. Guardian dogs reduce predation in three main ways: territorial exclusion, disruption and confrontation.

Territorial exclusion is particularly important for protection against other canid predators.

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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 951-7634226.

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 951-763-4622.

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 951-763-4937, 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 951-7634439 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 SAFETY from page AVO-1 safely around horses and their riders. Many studies have identified horseback riding as a higher riskactivity than car racing, motorcycle riding, football and skiing.

“In the past, if you saw a horse rider, you would automatically slow down, make sure that the rider saw you, and the equestrian would signal you to go forward or ask you to stop, wait or pass slowly, just so they had their animal under control,” Pauley said.

Some motorists are not aware of equine etiquette on the road, and Pauley shared some tips for both horseback riders and motorists.

When you see horses on the roads, pull up slowly and far enough from kicking hooves. Scared horses can sometimes kick out and strike automobiles.

Make sure you make eye contact with the rider to determine which direction they would have you take.

Don’t be too shy to open your window and say howdy to your neighbor, Pauley said. Knowing your neighbor benefits the both of you.

Be especially aware and alert when children are riding. Horses

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. can get spooked at the slightest little thing and can throw an adult or young rider in an instant. Most times novice equestrians can get into trouble they may not be able to handle safely.

A horse can weigh anywhere from 800 pounds to over a ton and in the event of a collision, your car or truck can sustain considerable damage.

“Believe me when I say that you do not want a horse hitting your car,” Pauley said. “I remember the one accident that happened on Highway 371 with a beautiful horse, there are no words to describe it.”

Slow down and be safe. Allow riders to enjoy their ride. Additionally, riders should educate their mounts to the sights and sounds of approaching traffic so they will be comfortable and calm in that scenario. It is always a good idea for equestrians to ride in groups for safety.

“Be safe, be educated and enjoy your horsey time,” Pauley said.

Both motorists and equestrians can coexist safely.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com.

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Protect yourself from catalytic converter theft

This truck’s catalytic converter is sawed off in a parking lot in Corona. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photos

Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Catalytic converter theft is a real danger that all car and truck owners need to understand and counter if possible.

This crime is on the rise nationwide. Thieves can steal a vehicle’s antipollution device in a matter of minutes and sell it to scrap metal dealers for up to several hundred dollars each, for the precious metals of rhodium, palladium and platinum it contains. A stolen catalytic converter replacement can cost as much as $3,000 and many modern cars have more than one.

More than 8,000 Californians have reported having their catalytic converter stolen in the first five months of 2021, according to police and auto insurance data analyzed by BeenVerified. That’s a 33% increase over 2020 and a 380% increase over 2019, when only 1,254 thefts were reported to law enforcement statewide.

Catalytic converter theft is a crime of opportunity. Making removing it more difficult will encourage these cat burglars to

find easier prey.

Mechanics and law enforcement agencies have sage advice to avoid the experience and a costly repair.

There are several ways to protect against catalytic converter theft.

Have your license plate number etched onto your car’s catalytic converter. Consider using a hightemperature fluorescent orange paint to mark your catalytic converter and inscribe your car’s Vehicle Identification Number on it. These methods make the part identifiable to law enforcement by providing a unique serial number on the part.

Make sure to park in well-lit areas when away from home. Try not to leave your vehicle unattended overnight, as these crooks creep around late at night. Law enforcement recommends using motion-sensitive lights in your driveway. Park in a closed garage whenever possible.

Install an anti-theft device.

There are many clever people that have designed ways to thwart these thieves. Investing in such a device is much cheaper than replacing a catalytic converter.

Some popular and effective devices include: A stainless steel shield that fits over the catalytic converter, requiring extra time and uncommon tools to remove it.

Cages surrounding the cat made of high-strength steel that’s hard to cut.

Stainless steel cables welded from the catalytic converter to the car’s frame.

Set an alarm or camera to catch thieves lurking near your car.

Many car alarms can have their sensitivity turned up so that it sounds off when a crook jostles the vehicle. Some alarms are even designed to be activated when the car is jacked up. Motion-sensitive dash cams are available that alert you of a theft in progress and even record the license plate of the crook’s car.

If you have full coverage insurance, stolen cats are covered, less your deductible amount. If your vehicle is at high risk for catalytic converter theft, consider lowering your deductible. Liability coverage doesn’t cover auto parts theft.

Know if your car or truck is

There are many anti-theft devices available to protect your car’s catalytic converter from theft.

a common target for catalytic converter theft. Ask local muffler shops what makes and models have been affected in your area.

Ford trucks, Toyota Prius, Honda Element and Jeep Cherokee are frequent targets.

Trucks and SUVs are often targeted by crooks because it’s easy to squirm under the vehicle rather than spend the time to jack it up to access the cat. Sometimes thieves unbolt the catalytic converter, but usually they just slice the exhaust pipes using a battery-operated saw, as this only takes a minute or two.

If you discover that your catalytic converter has been stolen, there are things you must do.

Contact your insurance company and take pictures of the damaged exhaust system where the cat was removed. Make a claim to have it replaced.

File a police report with the local Sheriff’s Department or the Cali-

fornia Highway Patrol. Though unlikely that your catalytic converter will be recovered, reports help police track these crimes and might assist in future arrests.

Fix the car. Aftermarket catalytic converters are cheaper, but not legal in California. A good muffler shop should know what’s legal and assist in repairing the vehicle.

While your new catalytic converter is being installed, ask the repair shop about adding an antitheft device in case the crooks come calling again.

Law enforcement is putting a lot of effort into thwarting catalytic converter theft. As consumers, there are things auto owners can do to make it harder to become a victim.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Crime prevention tips Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Anza has a small town flavor that attracts people to come and enjoy the seclusion from the big city hustle and bustle. But resdents know, or should know that it does not mean that crime does not exist around town and that residents should become complacent with the security of their homes, possessions or property.

On average, a crime occurs every five minutes in Riverside County as a whole, and that fact includes cities and unincorporated areas. This crime rate is slightly higher than other U.S. counties.

Riverside County is in the 40th percentile for safety, meaning 60% of counties are safer and 40% are more dangerous.

The chance of becoming a victim of crime in Riverside County may be as high as 1 in 13 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 40 in the southwest part of the county, according to http:// crimegrade.org.

These statistics are compiled using reports of crimes, so it is vital that anyone that has been affected by any crime reports the event, no matter how simple it may seem or what the victim’s opinion of the police force may be.

Patrol staffing in our unincorporated areas is set through discretionary funding established each year by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

Less money for law enforcement translates to delayed response times to calls, less of a presence as a deterrent and reduced personnel to perform checks and investigations in a timely manner. Sheriff Chad Bianco has been making great strides in increasing police presence, lessening response times, hiring and promoting and focusing on more training for deputies.

County officials have attributed increases in crime to the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011, which reduced punishments for repeat offenders who fall into the “non-serious, non-violent” category.

Additionally, the voter-approved Proposition 47, which changed sentencing guidelines, makes many drug and property crimes misdemeanors instead of felonies. Proposition 47 also allowed mandating resentencing of some criminals convicted of felony drug and property crimes, thus making them eligible for early release from prison.

What can be done to help make property safer and more secure?

Lock valuable items away and do not leave them unsecured in your yard or shed.

Use curtains and locks on all windows and the garage.

Have outside lighting and motion-sensing lighting in both the front and backyard.

Consider an alarm or surveillance system. Your home is 300% more likely to be robbed with no home security system.

After purchasing expensive electronics or appliances, don’t leave the box out beside the trash can or recycling bin. Crush the box and put it inside the container until you can dispose of it properly.

Always lock your vehicle and take your keys with you, even in your own yard.

Never leave any auto windows or sunroof open or property unattended in your vehicle, such as purses, wallets, tablets, phones, etc.

Park inside a garage or barn if possible.

Make your home look occupied when you go on vacation and have a good relationship with your neighbors so they can be on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary and make a report to law enforcement if needed.

Never leave a key outside in a “secret” place.

Many crimes committed in Anza and the surrounding areas are crimes of opportunity. Carelessness with car keys, leaving items out and available to steal and not being vigilant can encourage a thief to take advantage.

The goal of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is to keep all citizens safe while also improving the quality of life for those

residing within the community.

Criminal activity negatively impacts the neighborhoods.

Don’t be a statistic, instead do everything you can to safeguard yourself, your family and your property. If something does occur, be sure to report the incident to the sheriff’s department. For emergencies call 911, and for non-emergency dispatch, call 951776-1099.

For more information regarding crime prevention, visit http://www. riversidesheriff.org/crime/preventvictim.asp.

To get real time news of local crime events, safety tips and advice, plus much more, check Anza Crime Watch on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ groups/387944988000716.

If you suspect criminal activity in your area, contact the Hemet Sheriff’s Station at 951-791-3400.

Criminal activity can also be reported through the We-Tip crime reporting hotline at 909-987-5005 or http://wetip.com.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

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ANZA LOCAL

Girl Scout cookie season is in full swing

A sign helps direct buyers to the Girl Scout cookie sales booth at the Anza Valley True Value hardware store in 2020.

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Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Girl Scout cookies have arrived and in Anza and there are many varieties to select from. Local Girl Scouts are hoping to fill a

landslide of orders.

The Girl Scouts are selling cookies in person and various locations and are also accepting orders online on the Girl Scout website.

Charlotte McGraw, a 10-year-

old fourth grader, said her goal is to sell 1,500 boxes of the cookies.

“This is her fifth year in a row selling, and I am so proud of her tenacity and dedication,” her mother Katie McGraw said. “She and her troop hope to take a trip to the space museum in San Diego with their reward money.”

Charlotte said she welcomed online sales and also sells cookies by the lower Lake Riverside Dr. gate twice a week in LRE. She delivers to porches on the weekends.

Cookie season began in January and will go through April. The starting price for cookies is $5 per box, with some flavors offered at $6 a box. Proceeds from the sale go to the Girl Scout organization.

“When you make a Girl Scout cookie purchase, you’re helping the next generation of girl entrepreneurs get an important taste of what it takes to be successful, teamwork, planning and a positive outlook (for starters),” the Girl Scouts website say.

Money earned through the sale of the cookies stays local. Good marketing techniques teach the girls skills they can use to be successful as they mature. Talking to complete strangers, making change, offering products with a smile, answering questions and dedication are all valuable lessons to be learned.

The confections are a special treat with limited availability.

Many have a treasured special flavor.

“My favorite cookie is the Lemonade,” April Elizabeth Vollan said. “I have always loved

Girl Scout cookies. My daughter started selling them several years ago, with me stockpiling at the end of the season and freezing them so we have cookies for a couple more months.”

For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts have offered the cookies for sale as a fundraising event to finance troop activities. Sales began in about 1917, the very beginning years of the Girl Scouts.

The simple sugar cookies were originally baked by Scouts and other helpers and sold by the girls door to door.

By 1922, cookies could be purchased for 25 cents a dozen, wrapped in wax paper and sealed with a sticker.

In 1935, the sale of commercially baked cookies was developed, and the box labeled “Girl Scout Cookies” was first made available that year. In 1936, the national Girl Scout organization started the process of licensing the first commercial bakers to produce cookies that could be sold nationwide. By 1937, more than 125 Girl Scout councils had cookie sales.

During World War II, because of food shortages, the Girl Scouts sold calendars instead of cookies, but after the war, cookie sales boomed.

By 1948, 29 bakers were licensed to make Girl Scout cookies.

In 1951, Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints were offered and by 1966, Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies were added, along with several more varieties and produced by about 14 bakers.

In 1978, four bakers produced the cookies, and all cookie boxes had the same designs depicting scenes of Girl Scouts hiking and canoeing. In 1979, the brand-new Girl Scout logo appeared on the cookie boxes.

Choices during the 1970s included Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos®, Shortbread/Trefoils® and four additional flavors.

In the 1990s, three licensed bakers supplied 8 varieties of cookies, and in the 2000s, the bakers were reduced to two. The youngest Girl Scout Daisies were also allowed to help market the cookies.

Today the Scouts are offering the well-known treats at malls, door-to-door in their neighborhoods, at sporting events and even over social media and online. Families and troop parents help the girls with transport and coordination. Sales are excellent and the money raised helps the girls enjoy educational and fun activities for memories that will last a lifetime.

“Charlotte will be delivering cookies this weekend,” McGraw said. “Click this link and select the ‘girl delivery’ option to order. We will text you when we are on our way.” https://app. abcsmartcookies.com/#/sociallink-landing/32fd65dc-4900432e-b070-315699c81fc4.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

MEMORIALS from page AVO-1 bunches of real or imitation flowers, attached to guard rails, signposts or foliage. Sometimes these are embellished with ribbons, wreaths, holiday items, toys and solar lights.

Handwritten messages and personal mementos may be included. More sophisticated memorials may be a large cross, ghost bike or a plaque with an inscription, decorated with flowers or wreaths. A ghost bike is an old bicycle painted white and displayed at an accident site, commemorating cycling casualties.

Roadside memorials have been erected around the world for centuries. Their legality varies from country to country and state to state.

Memorials such as these are deemed illegal by the state of California, as safety officials claim that they can be a distraction to motorists. But sympathetic road crews often let the shrines remain.

California does allow special signs paid for by relatives and friends of drunk-driving victims to be posted at the scene of their deaths.

The California Department of Transportation can place and maintain memorial signs along state highways that read “Please Don’t Drink and Drive” followed by “In Memory of” with a plate bearing the name of the car-crash victim.

Caltrans places signs at the request of victims’ relatives when there is a fatality as a result of an alcohol or drug-impaired driver.

The signs are to remain in place for a period of seven years. Caltrans charges the requesting party a fee to cover the department’s cost in designing, constructing, placing and maintaining the sign.

Roadside memorials tend to be clustered along the busiest roadways and often at intersections, where accidents frequently occur.

Although these shrines have great personal significance, they also serve as a reminder and a warning to motorists of the dangers of driving and to encourage safer driving.

The use of spontaneous roadside memorials to commemorate the sites of fatal traffic accidents in the U S is a relatively new tradition.

However, there is a gravestonestyle marker in Ellington, Connecticut, memorializing a child’s death there in 1812.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the Arizona Highway Patrol began using white crosses to mark the site of fatal car accidents. This practice was continued by families of road-crash victims after it had been abandoned by the state.

While all accidents are tragic and fatalities can easily occur, these roadside memorials remind motorists of the lives lost every time they pass them. Hopefully, they encourage all to be better drivers.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

A truck speeds by Joan Terlisner’s memorial on Hwy. 371 across from Wilson Valley Road.

A flag proudly waves over this roadside memorial on Hwy. 371 near the Cahuilla MX track.

Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photos

A well-tended cross is decorated at the curve on Hwy. 371 approaching the Cahuilla Casino.

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COURTS & CRIMES

Administrator who stole from Riverside County nonprofits sentenced City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The former head of a nonprofit that serves as the advocacy arm for all school districts in Riverside County – from which he stole thousands of dollars, as well as filched an even larger sum from a school booster club – was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 10, to six months in jail and three years felony probation.

William Clarence Newberry, 62, former president of the Riverside County School Boards Association, pleaded guilty in November to embezzlement and grand theft.

In exchange for his admissions, the District Attorney’s Office dropped two related felony counts.

“Criminal conduct that violates the public trust, that involves a

breach of duty from a supposed public servant, is so corrosive to a community that it must be addressed harshly,” according to a sentencing brief filed by the prosecution.

Superior Court Judge Sean Crandell did not impose the specific sentence sought by the DA’s office, opting for a hybrid instead, permitting Newberry to spend six months in a sheriff’s work release program, rather than do an entire year in county jail, as prosecutors had requested.

The defendant had contended that he could not endure time behind bars because he required a “special diet that is high in fiber,” and he needed to continue working to support his family, according to the brief.

“If such excuses were valid rea-

sons to avoid custody, few people would ever serve time in the county jail as a result of their criminal conduct,” according to the brief.

“A custodial sentence sends a clear message to the defendant and the community that he will not benefit for the years-long violations of the duties he owed the public.”

According to court papers, DA’s office investigators were alerted in November 2018 to illicit use of funds belonging to the RCSBA, along with the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Climate Booster Club in Eastvale.

The RCSBA represents the county’s 23 school districts, providing assistance with promotional campaigns and lobbying on behalf of the districts to oppose or support legislation.

Former RCSBA Treasurer Tom

Hunt brought his findings to the district attorney’s office not long after he was appointed to his position, culminating in an investigation that uncovered numerous instances between December 2013 and February 2017 when Newberry used the organization’s debit cards to pay his bills and amortize other debts, prosecutors said.

The theft of members’ dues payments totaled $15,114, according to prosecutors.

“The defendant, over the course of several years, effortlessly spent public funds on personal bills, groceries and goods for himself and his family that in no way advanced, benefited or supported the organizations the monies were to serve,” according to the brief.

“For example, the defendant used booster club funds to pay his fam-

ily’s AT&T bill for several years, to include two to four phone lines at times, amounting to well over $10,000 in charges.”

According to the government, Newberry siphoned $19,885 from the club.

“The defendant had access to (both organizations’) financial accounts and ... took advantage of lax bookkeeping practices of the organizations and, at least in the case of RCSBA, appears to have avoided scrutiny over personal expenditures of public funds based on a few friendships he enjoyed with other members,” the brief said.

Newberry is a former member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District Board of Education.

He had no documented previous felony or misdemeanor convictions.

Hemet policeman shoots vehicle theft suspect at end of pursuit City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A man who allegedly fled from Hemet police officers in a stolen vehicle was shot, suffering a nonlife-threatening wound, during a confrontation at the end of the pursuit, authorities said.

The police shooting happened shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the 1000 block of North State Street, near Fruitvale Avenue,

according to the Hemet Police Department.

Lt. Nathan Miller said that a patrol unit spotted the suspect, identified only as a 53-year-old man, as he was driving through the area of Devonshire Avenue and Kirby Street.

Miller alleged that the patrolmen recognized the 2014 Dodge Dart as a vehicle recently reported stolen and began tailing the driver, who stomped the accelerator as soon as he was signaled to pull over.

“A pursuit was initiated as the vehicle reached speeds of 75 mph in the northwest area of the city,” the lieutenant said. “The driver and his male adult passenger ultimately led officers through a mobile home park … where he ran out of the roadway and stopped the car adjacent to a large field.”

According to Miller, there was an unspecified confrontation between one of the arresting officers and the suspect, at which point the officer

opened fire, striking the man in one of his hips.

The suspect was taken to a trauma center in stable condition and was expected to fully recover, Miller said.

The vehicle passenger, identified only as a 36-year-old man, was not injured, nor were any officers.

The passenger was taken into custody, but it was unclear whether he was formally booked into jail for any alleged offenses.

Miller said the lawman who shot the suspect is a seven-year veteran of the police department. He has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a use-of-force investigation by the Riverside County Force Investigation Detail, led by county prosecutors. His identity has not been released.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Hemet police Sgt. Gabe Gomez at 951-765-2396.

Man suspected of selling fentanyl that killed Winchester resident arrested City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 31-year-old man suspected of supplying fentanyl to a Winchester resident who died after ingesting the synthetic opioid was arrested Friday, Feb. 11, on suspicion of murder.

Justin Lee Kail of Winchester was booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta, where he was being held on $1 million bail.

Kail allegedly sold an undis-

closed quantity of fentanyl to 27-year-old Ernie Gutierrez in August, and Riverside County sheriff’s detectives spent almost six months building a case that culminated in the suspect’s arrest, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Marcuse.

Specific details regarding how Kail and the victim knew one another and the circumstances behind the deadly ingestion were not provided.

Marcuse said that Gutierrez was found dead from fentanyl poisoning at a property in the 3000 block

of Benton Street in the evening, Aug. 24.

If the District Attorney’s Office files charges in the case, Kail would be the 11th defendant charged with second-degree murder for allegedly supplying fentanyl resulting in a fatality in Riverside County over the last year.

Fentanyl is manufactured in China and smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The synthetic drug is known to be 80-100 times more potent than morphine and is a popular additive, seamlessly mixed into any number of narcotics and

pharmaceuticals.

According to Sheriff Chad Bianco, there were about 500 fentanylinduced deaths countywide last year, which represents a 250-fold increase from 2016, when only two such fatalities were documented.

Legislation written by Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, facilitating prosecutions against drug dealers who sell fentanyl with lethal results has twice been quashed by the state Senate Committee on Public Safety for unspecified reasons.

Some county prosecutors, how-

ever, including Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, have pursued murder charges against dealers who allegedly sold fatal doses anyway.

Last month, Hestrin said “profit and greed” have led Mexican drug cartels to transport the pills in massive quantities across the border, where law enforcement is “not getting any help” in stemming the tide.

Background information on Kail was not available.

Motorist suspected of killing bicyclist in hitand-run near Hemet City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A motorist allegedly fatally struck a 62-year-old bicyclist just west of Hemet, then fled the scene in his SUV but was ultimately apprehended, thanks to witnesses, authorities said.

Carlos Arturo Acosta, 38, of Homeland was arrested Thursday, Feb. 10, and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on suspicion of hit-and-run resulting in death, as well as driving on a suspended license. Acosta is being held on $75,000 bail.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the suspect was driving his 2008 GMC Acadia in the area of California and Stetson avenues when he allegedly plowed DOGS from page AVO-1 of livestock guardian dogs accomplishes this goal.

Disruption is aggressive behavior such as barking and posturing that falls short of direct physical confrontation. Livestock guardian dogs are famous for their deep, menacing barking. They warn the neighborhood that they are on patrol and to stay away.

Confrontation comes into play when predators are not dissuaded by exclusion or disruption. These dogs are not afraid to engage physically when needed.

Properly reared guardian dogs are exposed to livestock from birth. They do not regard livestock animals as competition for territory but rather an extension of their pack.

Livestock guardian dogs work best in pairs. A male-female pair, neutered/spayed, work well together. An older dog works well with a younger, less-experienced animal, teaching the pup how to refine its instincts and control the playful behavior that can result in injured or dead livestock.

It is not advised to run two intact females or two intact males together, as there can be breeding and dominance issues.

Denise Squires raises goats, sheep and poultry. Her ranch is a smorgas-

into the bicyclist, identified only as a Hemet man, shattering the victim’s bike and hurling him a short distance from the impact point.

Officer Jason Montez alleged that Acosta did not stop, speeding away northbound, but he was observed by witnesses, who provided details to the CHP. Riverside County Fire Department paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene and CHP officers proceeded to a ranch property on Ocean Avenue in Homeland, where the suspect was taken into custody without incident,according to Montez.

Jail records show that Acosta has an unresolved misdemeanor driving under the influence case out of San Bernardino County. bord for local predators, she said.

“We have two Great Pyrenees half siblings, a male and a female,” she said. “We had an Anatolian shepherd, she passed away at age 15 a couple of years ago. The Pyrs are about 9 months old. They have been reared outside and have never been inside.

They have plenty of places out of the weather but prefer to spend their nights patrolling for predators and their days sleeping. While they are friendly and socialized, they are very protective and guard the perimeter fence lines all night. One thing you need to get used to is the barking. In time you learn to tune in to barking that really needs your attention, like when coyotes are slinking around.”

Livestock guardian dogs stay outside with the stock, living, eating and playing with the herds. They take their jobs very seriously. Recently, these dogs have been in the public eye, found still protecting their flocks after devastating wildfires.

Famous for their loyalty and willingness to take care of the helpless animals on the ranch, these dogs to ranchers and farmers are the heroes of the valley, barking their defiance to the hunters slinking about in the dark.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com.

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Bonsall future leaders protest mask mandate

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

Last week, in protest, 45 students refused to wear their masks at Sullivan Middle School in Bonsall.

Thirteen year old Harrison Jones decided not to continue wearing his mask after seeing Governor Newsom at the televised basketball game maskless, in a stadium with tens of thousands of maskless people, including immunocompromised person Magic Johnson.

Harrison has already had COVID, according to his mother, so he’s one of the safest people to be around with his natural immunity.

According to Jones, her son Harrison was kept outside the classroom all day and the next day when over 40 students joined him, they all were kept outside, despite the cold windy weather with little to no supervision. Jones said the administration has treated the kids terribly. The superintendent was called for comment but as of press time had not chosen to return the call to Village News.

In the following days, the students were given work and kept inside the multipurpose room and then the library.

Jones said, “The teachers have actually been wonderful. But the administration has treated the kids terribly. I understand that the school is in an awkward position, but even the CDC says cloth masks are ineffective. Then to make things worse, they are marking the kids present for two periods

and marking them truant the rest of the day to punish them.”

The Jones have retained an attorney and sent the school district a letter. Legal counsel for ‘Let Them Breathe,’ a non-profit organization which has been coordinating action across California on behalf of over 30,000 concerned parents, sent a notice to BUSD on Feb. 5, which prompted a special board meeting last Sunday, Feb 6, according to Larissa Anderson, president of BUSD Board of Trustees.

Jones said they have tried every other avenue possible and this was their last resort.

Anderson agreed that the current mask protests at schools came after “many student families have been vocal in communicating COVID response concerns with elected officials at the county and state level for nearly two years, and the current mask protests at schools are a result of extreme frustration.”

She added, “Tensions around mask mandates in K-12 schools have been escalating across California, especially since prominent government officials were photographed mask-less at SoFi stadium at the end of January.”

She goes on to say most of the students have not caused any trouble with notable exceptions.

She voiced frustration with at least one parent who, instead of picking up their ‘disruptive’ student, brought them lunch.

Anderson said, “Non-compliant student families have said that this protest is supposed to be uncomfortable for the schools, that it is supposed to disrupt the schools in order to change the status quo around COVID mandates.

“At the special board meeting Feb. 6, the situation and potential for litigation was addressed. Public comment was heard before the board adjourned to closed session. Legal counsel for BUSD has advised that regardless of the opinions of any board member, administrator or teacher, that the law must be followed, including mask-wearing mandates under the current emergency order. Bonsall Unified School District is com-

mitted to providing a safe learning environment for our students and a safe working environment for our staff.”

According to a newsletter that was sent out from the BUSD Superintendent’s office the meeting was called “Due to a heightened concern for student and staff safety as a result of last week’s mask protest at Sullivan Middle School.”

They were holding the meeting and communicating to the parents their “Commitment to a safe learning and working environment.”

The district also wrote, “It is important that our community understand that the mandates that exist for mask-wearing on school campuses are generated by the California Department of Public Health, the County Department of Public Health, and CAL OSHA under the emergency order by Governor Newsom. Bonsall Unified School District is required by law to uphold mandates. This is not a district, school, or teacher decision.”

And that is absolutely true.

But let’s not lose sight of what a great teaching moment for those students who are learning first hand about civil disobedience, the difference between a mandate and a law, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

These “troublemakers,” the ones who are brave enough to stand up, are likely future leaders.

The school has to fight to protect themselves and their funding and the students have to fight for their rights. It’s important. Thank God there are some kids who are willing to be skeptical, question authority and think critically for themselves.

The school will likely have to decide between obeying the state and fighting a lawsuit on behalf of the students. A legal fight takes a long time but there are other school districts that have chosen to not obey the mandates.

The challenge is that they open themselves up to lawsuits. Board members could be charged with a misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 each or receive jail terms

Knowledge Saves Lives

Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

February is American Heart Month, and this year Feb. 4 was National Wear Red Day, encouraging people to wear red to help raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases.

Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of death for men and women, accounting for approximately one out of every

three deaths nationwide. Among women, cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 killer, with one death almost every 80 seconds.

An estimated 44 million women in the United States are affected by cardiovascular disease each year.

In California, nearly one-third of women’s deaths are also the result of cardiovascular disease, with Hispanic and African American women at higher-risk.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared February National Heart Health Month, nine years after his own heart attack.

Since then, National Wear Red Day, supported by the American Heart Association, has been commemorated throughout the United States to raise awareness about heart disease, strokes and their prevention. Fortunately, it is believed that 87% of all heart health-related issues are preventable.

That’s why I was so happy to join the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement to motivate women to learn their family histories and to meet

of up to six months, or both if they don’t follow the public health order, according to Kristina Funderburk, senior associate counsel for Schools Legal Service.

Funderburk also warned that school districts could lose both state and federal funding if officials fail to comply with the governor’s order or any new law adding COVID-19 experimental vaccines to the list of required immunizations. They also face fines and penalties by Cal/OSHA. “While I personally believe that children in California have suffered disproportionately from pandemic policies and support mask choice, I am disheartened that our school district has become a stage for grandstanding by a few vigilantes. It has been a frustrating two years for educators and students alike, and this protest further disrupts learning and takes the focus away from all the wonderful things that are happening in Bonsall Unified School District. I sure hope that the California state government is listening and creates better targeted strategies for protecting vulnerable populations rather than draconian one-sizefits-all approaches which clearly are not working. Regardless, Bonsall schools are still filled with dynamic and dedicated educators who pivot daily because lifelong learning is a hallmark of humanity. We will persevere as a strong community and continue to support public education as a cornerstone of civilized society,” said Anderson.

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.” Thomas Jefferson said.

Our country has a long history of using civil disobedience to protest and fight for freedom.

In current times, this sometimes means not obeying mandates, or even breaking the law.

Is it always wrong to break the law? Some laws and mandates, as we have seen over the last year, are challenged and found to not be Constitutional. But someone had to challenge that mandate or law and even possibly break that law.

This was the case in closing down churches during the pandemic.

It was a mandate, but the courts struck it down because it was unconstitutional.

Slavery was at one time a law, but it was wrong and had to be disobeyed and changed. “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws.

Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King, Jr., said.

These days, it seems “freedom” is a luxury if you are part of the ruling class.

When regular underlings want freedom to work, freedom to go to school, freedom to breathe freely without a mask, freedom to communicate a maskless smile, freedom to speak as in the First Amendment, freedom to research doctors, scientists, politicians and other Americans on the internet without censorship, those underlings are seen as “others,” “dangerous,” “trouble-makers.”

This rhetoric is dangerous and divisive. Right now, even the word “freedom” is being stigmatized.

And let’s be honest, it has nothing to do with “following the science.” Even Johns Hopkins has released a study revealing the lockdowns were ineffective. Cloth masks, even surgical masks, have been proven ineffective by our ruling agencies, but we continue the compliance charade until our leader releases us.

But that doesn’t stop him from continuing to demand masking from the underclass and the least affected by COVID-19, which is our children. This week the state announced they will not drop the mask mandate for the vaccinated.

Children, despite science, must still cover their faces, reduce their oxygen, and go without seeing the normal socialization cues (smiling, sadness, etc.) they learn from each other while playing and learning.

Gov. Newsom knows the masks are ineffective. It’s time to end the mandate and support those up and coming leaders.

COVID-19 ‘long hauler’ speaks out with their health care providers to determine their risks for heart attack and stroke. Women are encouraged to take control of their heart health by knowing and managing their total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and other factors. On Feb. 4, I joined many of my Assembly colleagues to ‘wear red’ in an attempt to raise awareness about the causes of heart disease and the steps that can be taken to lessen the risks.

So many deaths from heart attack and stroke are preventable. American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day are small attempts to raise awareness and save lives.

Assemblymember 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.

Dear Editor I’ve never sent letters or comments to any news media in my life, but this article, “COVID-19 deaths or Remdesivir deaths,” published in the Feb. 4, edition of Valley News warranted it.

I have been following the science on COVID-19 from the beginning. I’m what they call a “long hauler” and recently recovered from Omicron. I am against the vaccine mandate, and also the mask mandate, because from the beginning I felt they didn’t work since everyone was still getting infected. Science is now proving me right.

What I wasn’t aware of was the Remdesivir treatment mandated by

Dr. Anthony Fauci in all hospitals.

This treatment is an egregious overreach by Fauci on the lives of all Americans.

I certainly hope at some point he is held accountable for his actions.

In the meantime, I would like to get this article in the hands of as many of my friends and family as possible.

My heart goes out to all those people that lost loved ones in the hospital unnecessarily.

Many thanks to you for printing this information.

Jorri Caldwell Temecula resident

told them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth,’” in Genesis 9:1.

Marriage is an example of the relationship between Christ and his church.

The Apostle Paul reminded everyone of this idea when he wrote to the church in Ephesus. He said, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless,” in Ephesians 5:25-27.

God wants more children, not less of them.

The prophet Malachi reminded us of this when he said, “Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are

his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth,” in Malachi 2:15.

God said that children are a blessing and a reward from God, not a burden on your life.

Psalm 127:3-5 said that “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them.”

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.

FAITH

Where do babies come from?

Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The short answer to the question of where do babies come from is God. He is the creator of all things.

That’s why the Psalmist said, “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb,” in Psalm 139:13. We are all created with

God’s personal touch.

From the very beginning of creation, it was God’s intent for a man and a woman, the two genders he created, to come together in the unity of marriage and have a family.

It might surprise you, but making babies was actually God’s first command to Adam and Eve right after he created them. He “blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it,’” in Genesis 1:28.

Sadly, in a world full of contraceptives and abortion, marriage and children are seen more like burdens instead of God’s blessing.

I know it is culturally controversial, but it is biblically correct. Our lives should be lived by the truth of God’s word rather than by our feelings which are so fickle. God is the absolute truth we need. It’s

why Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” in John 14:6.

So, what does God say about families and babies?

Here are five biblically correct truths about marriage and babies.

Marriage, between a man and a woman, was designed by God. Jesus said, “From the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together,” in Mark 10:6-9.

Marriage is God’s plan to fill the earth to display his image.

God told Noah the exact same thing he told Adam and Eve. He “blessed Noah and his sons and

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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

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-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

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-202201064 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FELICIE NAIL SALON 29073 Overland Drive, Suite B, Temecula, CA 92591 County: Riverside Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, 42200 Moraga Road, Apt 43H, Temecula, CA 92591 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 04/08/2020 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: Trang Thi Thu Nguyen 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: 3522 PUBLISHED: February 18, 25, March 4, 11, 2022

CHANGE OF NAME

Notice To Readers: California law

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

requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that contractors include their license number on all advertising.

You can check the status of your licensed contractor at www. cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB. Unlicensed contractors taking jobs that total less than $500 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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

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

PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DIANE E. LOOMIS CASE #: PRIN 2101159 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DIANE E. LOOMIS A Petition for Probate has been filed by TODD M. LOOMIS & TAMARA RENEA LAVENDER in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.

The Petition for Probate requests that TODD M. LOOMIS & TAMARA RENEA LAVENDER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 05/09/2022 Time: 8:45 a.m. Dept. PS3 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (Form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Peter J. Babos, Esq., 6346 Brockton Ave., Riverside CA 92506 951-444-6434 LEGAL #: 3523 PUBLISHED: February 18, 25, March 4, 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

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

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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