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City of Murrieta teams up with rotary club for special needs dance Alex Groves Staff Writer A red carpet was rolled out in Murrieta’s Community Center, which was transformed by the sound of music and cheery people shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 for a dance scheduled for adult members of the special needs community. The dance began as many dances usually do, with a wide-variety of people crowding the entrance to the community center in their excitement to get in. Parents and caregivers lined up outside the average-sized doorway to the community center with the person they were caring for, and it
see DANCE, page A-6 A number of planning issues and safety concerns voiced by Riverside County have placed the event on a temporary hiatus.
The Great Bull Run faces difficulties Mother brings to coming to Southwest Riverside awareness rare condition Alex Groves Staff Writer
The Great Bull Run, an event styled after Spain’s yearly “Running of the Bulls,” may have trouble coming to Southwest Riverside due to safety concerns and a lack of necessary documentation, according to county officials. The event would allow individuals to run in a race where they would be chased after by bulls in a secured setting and is similar to the traditional Spanish event where
individuals, often villagers of the Valencian town of Buñol yearly. But all of the decadence and town of Pamplona, are chased by a small group of bulls through a wildness of the event proved to be too much for The City of Lake sectioned off area of city streets. Elsinore, which The A meri canized event “Running with the bulls is declined to hold goes even further not as dangerous as it may the event due to concerns in its attempt to seem from the videos you safety after receiving capture aspects see on YouTube.” a large number of Spanish culture with a to– Rob Dickens of e-mails from concerned resimato fight after the race. The fight is loosely based dents. So event organizers brought it to off of another Spanish event, La Tomatina, which happens in the the Temecula Downs Event Center,
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which is located outside of city limits in an attempt to keep the event within the region. But the event still may not happen as Riverside County has voiced hesitation over holding it. The event would be difficult to facilitate due to planning issues and safety issues, according to a press release from Riverside County Public Information Officer Ray Smith. On Friday, Feb. 7 county officials notified the Temecula Downs Event
see BULLS, page A-3
in Murrieta – as he approaches his 70th birthday. “It has all rounded out the spiritual dimension of who I am,” Wright said in an interview during a break between clients. Wright noted it was his wife who suggested that he become a counselor, a career shift that occurred after he served in the Navy, worked in pharmaceutical sales and raised money for a Georgia-based international health organization. But the stage was set decades
see WRIGHT, page A-6
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Police arrest two for possession of methamphetamine, illegal fireworks Police officers arrested two people around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 in the 22100 block of Bundy Canyon in Wildomar after discovering illegal drugs and fireworks inside the vehicle they were traveling in.
Jeffrey Jay Fleming, 43, of Santa Ana and Kimberly Ann Holguin, 39, of Canyon Lake were traveling in a blue Kia Rio when they were stopped and contacted by police officers for an equipment violation, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s report. When an officer conducted a record check on Fleming and Hol-
guin, they discovered Fleming was on felony probation for a narcoticrelated offense and that Holguin had an active felony warrant, according to the report. A probation search of the vehicle was then conducted by a police K-9, which is when officers came
Fireworks that receive a class “B” distinction are considered professional grade.
see ARRESTED, page A-5
COMING APRIL 2014
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Procedural vehicle stop leads to discovery of illegal items Alex Groves Staff Writer
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Robert Wright draws from a deep well – a strained childhood, combat service and Christian faith – as he works to heal hurting marriages and families. Wright brings a rare combination of skills and personal experience to his work as he approaches his 20th anniversary of private practice as a marriage, family and child counselor. He also straddles two counties – as a resident of Fallbrook who practices his craft
see page B-5
Lake Elsinore Public Safety Advisory Commission members appointed
Fallbrook man taps his childhood, combat service, Christian faith in Murrieta counseling practice Tim O’Leary Staff Writer
When Kori Siroky, a Temecula resident, was told by doctors that her daughter Lilly Detillion-Siroky, 7, was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called pulmonary hypertension in 2007, she said it was like the scene out of a movie.
After a long hiatus, the Lake Elsinore Public Safety Advisory Commission has reconvened. City Council appointed new Public Safety Advisory Commission members during their city meeting Tuesday, Feb.11. A lack of quorum for the past year to was to blame for the interruption of the Public Safety Commission. In January, 12 applications were received for consideration. How
see ELSINORE, page A-6
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