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Winter finally arrives with Anza’s first snowfall
Volume 18, Issue 10
HEMET – Running the Hemet Unified School District’s Instructional Publication Center for the last decade, Karl Melzer knows how to handle paper jams – a common occurrence when printing 30 million pages of instructional materials each year. see page A-3
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RivCo Dept. of Animal Services to speak at upcoming AVMAC meeting ANZA – Staff from Riverside County Department of Animal speak to the community 7 p.m., March 14, about the services that Animal Services provides and address any concerns the community has regarding Animal Services in the local communities within the Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council area.
A majestic view of Cahuilla Mountain’s south side sports a coat of white Tuesday, Feb. 27.
Diane Sieker WRITER
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Entertainment
‘Circus Vargas,’ to honor special needs community heroes
The morning of Tuesday, Feb. 27, dawned cold, crisp and white. Much to the delight of mountain residents, the beautiful snowfall
created fun and a slew of wonderful photo opportunities. According to Alex Tardy of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, San Diego, Anza received an average of 2 to 5 inches
Diane Sieker photo
of snow, sleet and hail. Temperatures dipped into the low 30s and scattered precipitation continued to fall throughout the day. Snow began blanketing Riverside County’s mountains in the overnight hours as rain drenched
see WINTER, page A-3
Musicians of Anza: Danny Foye delivers ‘homegrown, all-original cowboy rock and Southern-fried blues’ Diane Sieker WRITER
TEMECULA – The circus is coming to town, as world-famous Circus Vargas has taken their family-oriented show on the road for 48 years performing for rock stars, movie directors, actresses and more. Now, Circus Vargas returns to Temecula, March 8-19, at the Promenade Temecula.
Editor’s note; Musicians of Anza is a new feature highlighting the talent in the local community. To be featured, send an email to anzaeditor@reedermedia.com. Danny Louis Foye, accomplished musician, guitarist and frontman for the band Cowboy Bang Bang, is one of the talents that proudly calls Anza home. “I bought 10 acres of sand in Terwilliger to flip in 1987,” Foye said. “Here I am 31 years later. Me and other kids either never left or all came back, and that’s a strong statement for the high country. Every morning we wake up in heaven.” And he’s in the valley to stay, making people happy through his music. Foye got an early start to his love of making music. His eldest brother brought an “arch top ‘Harmony
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the Riverside metropolitan area and other low-elevation parts of the county as the first of two winter storms began pounding Southern California.
Danny Foye rocks the crowd at an outdoor performance.
Diane Sieker photo
see FOYE, page A-4
Growing cannabis affecting Anza Electric Cooperative grid power demand Diane Sieker WRITER
Kevin Short, the general manager of the Anza Electric Cooperative, shared a wealth of information at the Cannabis Emergency Regulation Committee meeting, Thursday, Feb. 22. He addressed the effects of the explosion of large-scale marijuana cultivation on the rural electric cooperative grid. California has only three electric cooperatives, according the California Energy Commission. By definition, independent rural cooperatives are member-owned, nonprofit groups that serve small communities. The Anza Electric
Cooperative is one of these types of utility providers. According to the cooperative’s website, Anza Electric Cooperative, which was first energized in 1955, is a member of Touchstone Energy – the national brand of electric cooperatives – providing power to the communities of Anza, Garner Valley, Pinyon Pines and parts of Aguanga. The cooperative provides energy to 3,900 homes, schools and businesses and 20 irrigation loads. Their service area is nearly 700 square miles of high desert with an elevation of roughly 4,000 feet. The AEC serves about 4,000
see GRID, page A-6
The Anza Electric Cooperative finds evidence of the theft of electricity by bypassing the meter. Anza Electric Cooperative photo