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Volume 16, Issue 8
Community Hall Valentine’s Dinner Dance fundraiser huge success
Tony Ault Writer With the announcement KOYT 96.3 Anza radio is on the air, the station’s board of directors announced a fundraising estate sale is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. at Country Corner, 56030 Highway 371 in Anza. see page A-3
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When Anza had airmail delivery Margaret Wellman Jaenke Hamilton Museum Head Curator It’s hard for people to understand how before electricity came to this area in the 1950s, we were able to keep in touch with the outside world or even with our neighbors here the valley. There were no phones until the 1930s. see page A-3
Lou and Annamarie from Idyllwild came down to the Hall Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance to celebrate Annamarie’s birthday. The couple are still in love after 53 years of marriage.
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For whom would George Washington vote? Harold Pease, Ph. D Special to Anza Valley Outlook As Presidents’ Day and presidential primaries are upon us one might ponder whom would President George Washington support in the 2016 presidential election? The answer is found in his famous Farewell Address given Sept. 19, 1796, just before his leaving the presidency.
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Tony Ault Writer Love and great music was in the air Saturday evening Feb. 20 in the Anza Community Hall with almost
200 Anza Valley and surrounding community couples and their families celebrating Valentine’s Day at the Hall’s annual fundraiser. With the Hall parking lot full the large gathering inside enjoyed
a delicious full course dinner with pulled pork, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy and other delights served by the Community Hall directors and friends of the Hall. As guests arrived they found their desig-
nated tables decorated with a red glittering tablecloth, pink and red rose pedals, candles and a plate of grapes and candy treats. The front
see VALENTINE’S, page A-5
Two new bald eagles counted at Lake Hemet Tony Ault Writer Valentines may be on the wings of eagles at Lake Hemet where a group of observers were able to catch a glimpse of two new bald eagles who have made their home high in the pines alongside of the lake in the past year. These majestic birds, the symbol or our nation, sat side-by-side Saturday Feb. 13 in a pine tree not far from the former nesting spot of K-2 and her bald eagle mate for many years before they sailed off to a new home. The new, as yet unidentified eagles, were seen about a year ago by eagle count observers flying around the lake. The latest sightings made by volunteer observers and United States Forest Service biologists were reported during the third bald eagle count called by the local forest
see EAGLES, page A-4
U.S. Forest Service Biologist Technician La Reina Van Sant gets some information for a photographer at the eagle count. More than 25 people helped with the count. Tony Ault photo
Beauty Mountain Wilderness a great place to enjoy the outdoors overlooking Vail Lake Allison Renck Writer
From the Tule Peak Trail a visitor to the Beauty Mountain Wilderness is treated to unobstructed views of Vail Lake and Aguanga. Allison Renck photo
If location is everything, then the Anza Valley sits in a pretty special spot. In automobile travel time Anza is approximately, two hours from San Diego, two hours from Orange County, one hour from Palm Springs and about 40 minutes to Temecula. In terms of areas where people can hike, ride horses and enjoy the great outdoors, Anza Valley is smack in the middle. You see, Anza Valley has national forest on the north, Anza Borrego Desert State Park on the east, Cahuilla Mountain on the west and Beauty Mountain Wilderness on the south. Beauty Mountain Wilderness is
one of those close to Anza recreational opportunities, has the crow flies it is about six miles from Anza. Road travel puts it about 10 to 15 miles from Anza. These 15,628 acres of land received a wilderness designation in 2009. Before that time it was public land overseen by the Bureau of Land Management and had few restrictions. In the past it had been used for cattle grazing, mining and recreation. Local residents have expressed various opinions about whether the 15,628 acres that encompasses Beauty Mountain Wilderness should have become wilderness. But the federal government determined it met the
see WILDERNESS, page A-7