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After weeks of protesting against mask mandates, a gathering of more than 100 parents, teachers and students addressed trustees at the Temecula Valley Unified School District board meeting in Temecula Thursday, Feb. 24. see page A-3

Local Menifee Council holds midyear CIP and Budget Review Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Menifee City Council heard a midyear Capital Improvement Update, budget review and suggestions on how to spend some of the American Rescue Fund money provided to the city to offset COVID-19 pandemic costs in a special meeting Wednesday, March 2. see page A-4

Home & Garden California drought worsens as state records 100-year recordlow rainfall Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

The state of California’s drought conditions continue to worsen despite December’s winter storms which dumped more than 130 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevadas, a key component of California Department of Water Resources’ water supply forecast. see page B-4

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Temecula Valley High School’s Lady Golden Bears celebrate their state championship title after defeating San Marcos 4-1 in the CIF State SoCal Regional Division 1 finals Saturday, March 5. Story and photos on page C-1.

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Hemet church’s support for Ukrainians is highly intensified Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

As Ukrainians continue to fight back against the Russian invasion, their local churches and orphanages have become havens for many refugees. One facility near Kyiv has been able to offer shelter thanks to the generosity of parishioners from Hemet’s nondenominational Cornerstone Church.

Church elder Jason Baker said that in October, when the congregation learned through Good Samaritan Mission that a Ukraine site was in need of repairs, especially to its furnace, members stepped in to provide financial support. At a recent Sunday service, donors learned that the building is now serving as a temporary home for refugees, keeping them warm as they remain displaced by the war’s devastation to their community.

Cornerstone Church has had a Ukrainian fellowship since 1995 see UKRAINE, page A-6

Serhii Rybak addresses about 100 worshipers at Hemet’s Cornerstone Church during a “Pray for Ukraine” prayer meeting March 2.

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Students throughout county report verbal, emotional abuse and segregation by school officials over masks Michelle Mears SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

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People protest against mask mandates in front of Temecula Middle School, Feb. 9. A number of parents of students at TMS were rallying in support of the students or their parents having the choice in whether or not Valley News/Shane Gibson photo their children wear masks at school.

The number of students practicing their civil rights by protesting and refusing to wear masks in elementary, middle and high schools are growing throughout the Temecula and Murrieta school districts. As a result, schools are allegedly segregating students who refuse to wear masks by placing them outside in inclement weather, unsupervised, alone in a room or sent home. Students said they are emotionally abused in what is described as a toxic environment between staff and students.

The protests gained momentum after Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and San Francisco Mayor London Breed among others were seen maskless at the NFC Championship Game Monday, Jan. 31, and see STUDENTS, page A-4

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Industrial, warehousing zone change proposal fills Menifee City Council chambers Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Making it possible for limited warehousing to build in Menifee in the southern portion of Menifee, the Menifee City Council passed on first reading an ordinance amending the area’s zoning codes at the Wednesday, March 2, council meeting. The measure was passed, over the objection of more that 15 residents who expressed their total displeasure at allowing huge warehouses coming into the city.

The zone change would redefine and permitted land uses in what is called the Economic Development Corridor McCall and the Southern Gateway Subareas if approved in the second reading of the amended ordinance. The proposed zone change would make developers exempt from California Environmental Quality Act. In the 832-acre Southern EDC, the amended zoning would allow laboratories, research and development, except for noxious, explosives or dangerous materials, general warehousing, distribution centers and storage, fulfillment centers, warehousing, logistics and distribution of goods. Many speakers just wanted the word “warehousing” to be struck from the amendment.

In addition to the many public comment speakers requesting that no large warehouses be constructed in the city, the council received several letters encouraging them to approve the amendments as they were. One speaker suggested the measure would violate the General Plan, which was refuted by Menifee city attorney Jeffery Melching who said it would not affect the General Plan. Mayor Bill Zimmerman said

he believed the amendment would better define the General Plan zones in the area.

The residents opposing the amendments argued when the city was formed there was no mention or plan for large scale warehousing.

Since then the city has grown faster than any other in the county with residential housing taking up most of the city and more coming. The residents argued that warehouses would bring even bigger traffic problems, use up much of the still scenic open land area, cause health problems with air pollution, endanger children, damage roads and bring low paying jobs to the higher pay community and those new workers would have to commute because they couldn’t afford the local housing.

Residents’ objections One speaker from the Oasis Community HOA, as one example of the many appearing before the council to oppose warehousing, said, “We are against warehousing anywhere in our city. Numerous news sources indicate warehouse fires are not uncommon and pollution from semitrucks also sully our air by adding the hundreds of trucks on the 215 and side roads that will bring continuous road repair issues and result in traffic tie ups, This does not sound like the family friendly and beautiful friendly city we now enjoy.”

After listening to the many resident speakers, the council replied with their own questions and discussion of what the amended ordinance would do for the city.

Councilmember Lesa Sobek wanted to thank 34 residents who sent in letters with their views on warehouses and the 21 residents who made pro or con comments.

Her concern was the legality of the ordinance. City attorney Jeffery Melching responded the ordinance does not conflict with the General Plan and fits the California Environmental Quality District exemption.

One “no” vote Council member Matthew Liesemeyer sought answers from Melching if more truck traffic from warehouses would be considered adverse to the environment. Melching said it would be significantly higher by technicians, but legally it is not considered adverse in the zoning ordinance. Leismeyer, not satisfied that the CEQA exemption was approved in the ordinance, was the only vote “No” in the final decision of the council.

Council member Bob Karwin argued that anyone who owns property should be able to use it as they see fit, but it must be within the law. He wanted to make sure the audience knew that the ordinance, whatever way the vote went that night, would not exclude warehousing in the city, but it would limit it to only one part of the city. He said trucks and their size was the real question and suggested some sort of limitation on the hours they could operate, but did not prohibit them in the city.

First reading passes The ordinance was passed with the 4 to 1 vote on its first reading with the assurances that the city attorney would look over the proposal and determine if any changes were necessary before it is presented for the second and final reading.

The council heard what residents will have to do with their organic food wastes or food scraps after July until under the recently passed Senate Bill 1383 and how the city will attempt to enforce it with the

help of the city’s waste hauler Western Waste Management. The council, noting it was not their action that makes them enforce the state mandated requirement. The intention of SB 1383 was to reduce the amount of ozone created by organic wastes in dumps that is hazardous to the environment and the public’s health.

New food waste law After the July date, WM would require residents to place all their food scraps inside of special disposal cans instead of their regular trash. Those cans will be distributed to customers but a charge, yet to be determined, would apply.

The council, seeing the extra cost would be restrictive to senior citizens and others on a fixed income, approved a plan where those residents could apply for the extra containers at a reduced or free cost before the July deadline. A WM representative said they are already working with residents in supplying them information on how to dispose of the waste in the appropriate containers but warned noncompliance with the state mandate would bring fines, which are yet to be determined.

Fine levies seen The representative explained there would be warnings before any fines are levied, and WM has until next year to take enforcement action. The council also learned WM had monitors that can determine what kind of trash is being disposed of and if it is organic, toxic or explosive. The city would be responsible to collect the fines. Information will be going out from the city on the organic waste mandates as well as some already sent out to by WM. Most Menifee commercial food and

retail companies,like restaurants, are already aware of the disposal rule and are in compliance, according to Waste Management.

The council voiced their opinion that SB 1823 is poorly conceived but had to pass their own ordinances to comply with it.

“It is not the city of Menifee doing this,” Mayor Bill Zimmerman said.

The final redistricting map to fit the federal and state requirements, following 4 previous meetings to review the four district boundaries before the public, was passed by the council.

Good Neighbor Policy The council gave its approval and adopted a resolution called the “Industrial Good Neighbor Policies” that tied in with the earlier warehouse and industrial zoning change in the Southern Economic Development corridor.

The council also adopted a resolution approving the Permit-Ready Accessory Dwelling Unit plan designs and an ADU Guidebook that allows residents to submit design plans, that are previously approved by the city, for accessory dwelling units, either adjacent or detached, on their residential property. The approved designs are shown in the booklet handed out by the city, that If followed, will permit building the ADUs. The state allows, or requires cities, to provide ordinances to build what are called more “granny houses,” or accessory dwellings on residential properties to provide affordable housing to help reduce the growing homeless population.

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

San Jacinto City Council approves downtown property purchase Voices support for First and Second Amendments Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The San Jacinto City Council, seeing the possibility of enhancing the downtown area, approved

the purchase of a red-tagged retail store at 163 Main St. for $110,000 at the regular Tuesday, March 1, meeting at the Pico Street Community Center.

The land purchased would be

used by the city to bring another retail business to the area that would enhance the city’s economic development.

The approval of the purchase, however, followed two strong

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Heath, a sergeant with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, made a recommendation that everyone who has the ability to use a firearm might consider obtaining a concealed carry weapon permit in the city and the region. He did not ascribe to any vigilante reasoning but simply supported people’s ability to defend themselves and their families.

“I support the Second Amendment,” Heath said. “If you have the ability to have a concealed weapon permit. I strongly recommend you do so even if you don’t plan to carry it out in town. If you haven’t gone through appropriate training and practice what we have guaranteed to us in the Second Amendment. I strongly suggest you do.”

In his statement, he pointed to what is happening in local communities and in the world with war and increasing crime. He suggested those who can contact the sheriff’s department and find out how they can get the proper firearms training and obtain a carry permit. He said he would strongly support those who do so.

Ruiz said she strongly supported Heath’s suggestions about the Second Amendment, and she was supporting the First Amendment to peacefully gather by joining up with now thousands of American truckers enroute to the District of Columbia from Arizona and New Mexico. She said she was impressed by the thousands of sign-carrying pedestrians lining the highway to support the truckers on their quest. She said she could not go with them to Washington because she had to return to the city for her work and city council duties. Organizers with the truckers, who are increasing in numbers as they drive across the United States, said they hoped to reach Washington by Saturday, March 5, according to Ruiz.

She said she conferred with some of the governor’s aides who represented Riverside County Wednesday, Feb. 23, in a video meeting. They asked her how they could help the city and the region.

She said she was blunt, telling them, “We don’t want criminals coming into our cities because they think they are going to get more votes. If you want to let the criminals out (of prison) then let them

out next to the governor’s house.”

She said she believed the criminals were coming to the county’s cities because they are released near the prisons and are not allowed to return to the place where they were arrested. She warned the criminals, saying “We have a sheriff’s department here, and they kick butt.”

Away from the council comments, the council excused Councilmember Alonso Ledezma from the meeting as he was out of the country. The council after approving the land sale focused their attention on a proposal by the Public Works Department to purchase a newer Hot Patch Asphalt Repair Truck for $213,000. The truck would allow city crews now patching the smaller street potholes with cold asphalt that only lasts until the rainstorm or extra heavy traffic to patch the holes with hot asphalt and seal them that will last much longer, sometimes for several years.

The Public Works Department said the investment would pay for itself in two to three years because of the time it takes crews to patch and repatch the potholes over and over again. The council asked how long the truck, that meets all state required regulations, would last.

The department said it would last more than 10 years with proper maintenance they would provide.

They gave their final approval to an amended ordinance replacing a chapter of the municipal code related to bidding and contracting and purchasing supplies and equipment.

Early in the meeting, Sonia Ramos from Boxing for Christ and her staff presented Ruiz with a large Champions Belt for her work with the nonprofit that helps the community’s children get off the streets and participate in competitive boxing and other events.

A longtime resident and community leader, Jack Warneke, was honored on his 90th birthday by the council for his work in the city over many decades.

Councilmember Brian Hawkins was also honored by his fellow council members for his work in his church and for helping many disadvantaged people in the city.

But Hawkins was criticized by a member of Boxing in Christ for not honoring a commitment to the organization during the public comment portion of the meeting.

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

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Temecula school board caught maskless, refuse to end mask mandate in schools Michelle Gerst SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

After weeks of protesting against mask mandates, a gathering of more than 100 parents, teachers and students addressed trustees at the Temecula Valley Unified School District board meeting in Temecula Thursday, Feb. 24.

Parent Stephanie Dawson chastised the trustees, including Superintendent Jodi McClay, whom she saw sitting at the dais barefaced, smiling and laughing during a closed session. A few parents snapped photos through the glass windows and shared them with the Valley News.

Parent Tricia Werner, who also works in education, said she was angry that school officials continue to downplay the negative effects of forced masking. Werner said the masks are a big deal and are more than just a piece of cloth.

“We teach our kids to have empathy, and it’s time we practice that too,” Werner said. “My daughter has autism and struggles with depth perception. Imagine wearing a mask that fogs up your glasses or shoving a piece of cloth so high up it shows under your glasses affecting your vision alignment.

To some this cloth is nothing but to my daughter, it’s an added layer of difficulty.”

Werner brought up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s findings in January that cloth masks are the least effective against COVID-19.

“It’s time to remove the masks,” she said. “Our kids have the right to free and appropriate education.”

Dawson also served members of the school board a notice of intent

to file a claim against their insurance policy.

“We encourage the board to vote now to lift the mandates of masks and vaccines and seize any CRT studies, any inappropriate sexual education and LGBTQ studies,” Dawson said. “If these are not removed and or halted within five days, we will proceed with filing a claim against your crime and liability policy for the codes of law that you are violating and for the violation of your oath of office.”

Teacher Steve Campos brought the board a petition with more than 300 signatures of TVUSD staff both classified and certificated who do not agree with the mask and vaccination mandates.

“The TVUSD administration has a history of retaliation and harassment,” Campos said. “Retaliation and harassment are all too real in this district and it is why too few ever speak out to address concerns.”

Campos brought along a video of children at Temecula Middle School who were placed outside in the cold and rain for not wearing masks.

Ricardo Salcedo, a teacher at Temecula Middle School, said he does not support the segregation of students who do not wear masks.

“We are moving from bad to worse,” Salcedo said. “We have parents who are willing to spend thousands of dollars on private education instead of sending their children to Temecula schools.”

Salcedo criticized the district’s leadership on the middle school losing 300 students and employee morale reaching an all-time low.

Danny Gonzalez addressed the toxic climate between staff and

students growing from the mask mandates.

“We have petitioned this board for over a year to end this nonsense,” Gonzalez said. “Oddly enough as the pandemics wanes and so-called vaccine efficacy is in question, we watched as the school board parroted the talking points of their masters in Sacramento.”

Gonzalez said he was horrified to see a school board member draft an email to parents threatening to disenroll students who chose to not wear a mask.

“This board is opening themselves up to potential legal action for harassment and discrimination and is now making up exclusion policies, segregating students who pose no safety risk. The harassing tactics by administrators are singling these brave students out, encouraging a hostile environment of bullying, some coming from the admin staff themselves,” Gonzalez said, who encouraged mass civil disobedience.

One of the last speakers to address the board was Daniel Vila, a sophomore from Great Oak High School.

“Teachers yell at me for not wearing a mask, students who are followers join in and that’s OK?” Vila said. “That is legit bullying.

You tell us ‘Don’t bully, don’t bully’ but that is exactly what it is and it doesn’t make sense.”

Vila said he feels like an outcast and that he hasn’t had a full year of school since the seventh grade.

“I spent all of the eighth grade in my room,” Vila said. “It was crippling, mentally crippling. If I don’t wear this piece of cloth over my face, I am not seen as human.”

Vila pointed out that the board

Temecula Valley Unified School District board members sit on the dais during a closed session, Thursday, Feb. 24.

A maskless Jodi McClay, left, superintendent of Temecula Valley Unified School District, talks with colleagues during a recent closed session.

Temecula Valley Unified School District board members converse during a recent closed session.

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members didn’t follow their own rules, referring to their earlier maskless faces during the closed hearing.

The public comment session ended with McClay, stating, “The

public comments tonight were particularly disheartening. What stood out to me tonight was a lot of misinformation and that means we need to do more with communication.”

Murrieta Soccer Academy and City of Murrieta announce plans to build high-performance soccer complex MURRIETA – Murrieta Soccer Academy, one of the most elite youth soccer clubs in the United States, recently announced plans to partner with the city of Murrieta to build and operate a one-of-akind youth soccer complex. This facility is posed to be the leading soccer training facility in the region and offer youth of all ages and abilities premier opportunities for personal growth and athletic advancement. The Murrieta City Council approved the project concept, and the two agencies are working to finalize a formal agreement and secure funding for the facility.

“We are thrilled that the efforts between the city of Murrieta and MSA have led to this exciting announcement and are poised to develop a long sought-after soccer complex here in Murrieta,” Rob Hawkes, president of Murrieta Soccer Academy, said. “This is more than adding fields. This project adds the elements needed to continue building an elite program, a program with an environment that is focused on player development at all levels, while providing pathways for the most advanced players. We look forward to the positive impact it will have on our community.”

The community-based, soccerfocused High-Performance Athletic Complex will be modeled after major European soccer academies that have demonstrated a proven

track record of consistent success in the development of top-level soccer players throughout the last century. This complex is slated to house roughly a 15,000 square foot building with a fully equipped gym, sports medicine rehabilitation facility, team tactics and film viewing classroom, coaches’ planning and tactics room, community lounge, food and beverage outlet, professional locker room and offices for facility management and operation. In addition to the highperformance center, there are plans to build six full-sized regulation soccer fields, remote restrooms, approximately 400 on-site parking spaces and a maintenance facility.

Murrieta Soccer Academy is a community focused youth soccer organization that offers every level of play from beginners to the most elite, nationally operated, leagues, including MLS Next and Girls Academy, Elite Academy League, Development Player League, SoCal League and MYSL Recreation.

MSA is focused on developing an atmosphere of inclusion, by providing a unique pathway for each individual athlete through a holistic approach that creates increased opportunities. MSA has a clear goal to help each athlete become the best version of themselves, while maintaining agreed values of integrity, hard work, professional standards and direct communication. MSA is inspired by their community, driven by pas-

sion and they remain focused on serving the athlete as their priority.

“We are delighted to announce plans for the new facility,” Steve Myles, head of MSA Soccer Operations, said. “MSA continues to raise the levels of our elite program which is designed to help and inspire all youth soccer players in the entire Inland Valley to dream big.

Whether your ambition is to play professional, college, high school, or just experience a fun team environment, this facility will cater to everyone as it encompasses a holistic approach to the development of our players.

“The vision has always been to build a true soccer academy in every sense which would give every aspiring young soccer player the opportunity to experience similar benefits any professional soccer club academy around the world offers. Not only are we focused on producing high level elite soccer players, we are also very much dedicated to developing an environment that also prepares our youth players for life beyond soccer,” Myles said.

Navigating the dynamics of culture and helping to create an even playing field is not an easy task; however, MSA has developed tangible solutions that speak both to current challenges and lead to necessary changes. It is a major step in the right direction toward a healthier, more inclusive, and authentic connection with the sur-

rounding soccer community.

Ivan Holler, assistant city manager of Murrieta, shared the city’s support for the project.

“The concept of having a facility like this in Murrieta is very exciting,” Holler said. “Residents will benefit from having a premier soccer complex in their community and the city recognizes

the multitude of benefits that can come from welcoming visitors to the area to participate in training and tournaments here in Murrieta.”

The complex is currently in the process of receiving the necessary approvals and has a target opening in summer of 2023.

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The shooting happened at about 4:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, in the 1200 block of South State Street, near Stetson Avenue, according to the Hemet Police Department.

Lt. Eric Dickson said the victim, whose identity was not disclosed, was waiting for her vehicle to be smog-checked when a man approached her from behind in the parking lot and tried to grab her purse.

“A struggle ensued, and the suspect brandished a firearm and shot the victim one time in the

leg,” Dickson said. “The suspect then fled on foot with the victim’s purse and ran northbound into the parking lot on the southeast corner of State and Stetson.”

Patrol officers converged on the area within minutes and attempted to find the assailant, but there was no sign of him, according to Dickson, who said the victim was taken to a trauma center in serious but stable condition, and she’s expected to “make a full recovery.”

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Menifee City Council holds midyear CIP and Budget Review Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Menifee City Council heard a midyear Capital Improvement Update, budget review and suggestions on how to spend some of the American Rescue Fund money provided to the city to offset COVID-19 pandemic costs in a special meeting Wednesday, March 2.

The lengthy meeting began with Public Works Director Nick Fidler and his staff reviewing how many Capital Improvement Projects have been made in midyear 2021 to 2022 and those that are now underway or sought in the next half of the fiscal year.

Fidler said 18 CIP improvements are now underway with five projects being delayed by the nationwide supply chain crisis. He said that 25 other CIP projects prioritized by the council for fiscal year 2021-2022 are in the design phases. The projects, now under construction and seen by Menifee residents, range from new traffic signals going up at different intersections to local highway resurfacing. He provided a list of those projects on a video slide that can be seen on the meeting’s Youtube presentation.

In his presentation, he asked that five other projects with their

estimated costs be considered in the upcoming months. They are: The Salt Creek Trail Improvements for $100,000; a Bell Mountain Middle School Pedestrian Project for $223,105; Newport Road Raised Medians for $250,000 (design only) ; Audie Murphy Ranch road resurfacing for $216,677 and Audie Murphy Ranch Skatepark Improvements for $350,000. Fiddler told the council that the suggested additions are still fundable through the city’s Quality of Life (Measure DD), gas taxes and CFD funds.

Fidler explained the five projects on hold because of the supply chain problems are: added park lighting at the pump track at Calle Thomas; an above ground fuel station for the city; police station parking lot upgrades; police station upgrades and a council chambers window upgrades.”

Other projects and their costs were also discussed with the final CIP midyear cost changes totaling about $16.3 million, but covered by added and expected grant, tax and CFD revenues.

Mayor Bill Zimmerman, Bob Karwin, Matthew Liesemeyer, Lesa Sobek and Dean Deines, who were present at the meeting, voiced their favorable opinion but inquired about the rising costs of many CIP

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projects due to inflation and how the city might withstand them in the future.

City manager Armando Villa responded that the CIP and budget reports would be brought to the council often so they could review and respond to any changes in the economy and have a timely chance to reprioritize the CIP projects to save as much money as possible.

Villa introduced city finance department staff, who made the mid-year budget review.

The presentation began with explanations about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the world and the nation but it’s now in recovery. The economic outlook, according to Menifee finance officers, looks favorable with consistent and steady residential development activity and industrial projects underway, and with strong reserves at 35%, all unfunded pension liability has been paid off and a good financial plan set for the next five years.

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Following the budget review, the council heard that the city has received $13,213,674 in American Relief Funds and has spent $3,850,306 of that amount. The finance department outlined how approximately $2,257,322 could be spent in the next year. The city has until December 2024 to spend all the allocated ARP. The recommended projects and costs included: $120,000 for a mass notification system; $500,000 for the Holland Road Sewer Replacement; $167,459 for and enhanced cleaning service for disease prevention; $500,000 for businesses hit by the pandemic and $909,863 city health and safety facilities.

The information about the CIP, budget and ARP meeting discussions can be found on Menifee’s Youtube channel.

The council went into regular city council session following these reviews.

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

Riverside County man gets 9 years for collecting fraud proceeds from elderly victims City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A Riverside County man was sentenced Wednesday, March 2, to 9 years in prison for helping collect more than $500,000 in cash conned out of elderly people by others pretending to be federal agents threatening the victims with arrest on bogus warrants.

Anuj “Mike” Patel, 32, of Lake Elsinore picked up money mailed by victims who were told that their Social Security numbers were linked to crimes and that warrants had been issued for their arrests. Victims were told that to clear the warrants they should withdraw their savings and send cash by mail to what turned out to be co-conspirators in the scheme.

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Those expenditures were totaled as of February with more expected, mostly from the hiring of more sworn officers and needed police employees that have been budgeted since June 2021. Those additional police and city employees would bring the total of city employees up to 302.65.

Most of those new employees were going into the young city police department. Those hirings in the police department will allow for 15 new sworn officers and three property and office employees.

There are seven other regular city employees slated for reclassification or hiring.

Police Chief Pat Walsh and the department captains explained the hiring of more police will bring a lower response time for officers to reach high crime scenes, much desired by the department.

thousands of others at the Superbowl Sunday, Feb. 13, in Inglewood.

Sharon Sadina’s 6-year-old son told his kindergarten teacher at Rancho Elementary Monday, Feb. 14, that if the governor didn’t have to wear a mask then neither did he.

Sadina told Valley News that her son was asking questions during the football game about why no one had masks on and he had to.

“The teacher told my son that if he didn’t wear the mask there would be consequences,” Sadina said. “So, she threatened my son with consequences.”

Sadina said her neighbor recently pulled her child from the third grade at Rancho Elementary because the teacher placed his desk outside the classroom door on multiple days for his refusal to wear a mask.

Tricia Roddy, a special education teacher in Temecula Valley Unified School District and parent, said her 13-year daughter who attends school at Murrieta’s Thompson Middle School said, “The teachers instead of teaching, berated anyone who didn’t have a mask, called them ‘selfish’ and went off the whole class time and didn’t teach.”

Roddy said Thursday, Feb. 17, staff at Thompson Middle School placed desks out onto a field and made all the students who wouldn’t wear a mask sit there.

“There was a supervisor with them, but no instruction, no learning,” Roddy said.

Students texted their parents about the situation, and parents went to Thompson Middle School and took photos which were immediately blasted on social media.

“My daughter felt so scared, exhausted from the fear her teacher put on her, that she came home and asked to be homeschooled,” Roddy said. “We also took her to the doctor, and her asthma we think is getting worse from wearing the mask.”

Jessyca Cole posted a video on Facebook that her son took at Pauba Valley Elementary School.

In the video, the student scanned the room and said, “So, they segregated me to this room again, and I am all by myself because I don’t want to wear a mask.”

A student at Temecula Middle School, Tuesday, Feb. 22, also made a video of himself shivering outside in the rain and cold. In the

guilty in March 2021 to one federal count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

From April 2019 to March 2020, members of the conspiracy, some of whom are believed to be in India, telephoned victims and pretended to be government employees or law enforcement officers.

Using false pretenses – including phony badge numbers and spoofed government telephone numbers – the scheme’s members convinced victims that their identities or assets were in trouble.

Those who were targeted were ordered to send parcels with cash to addresses in Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego counties through shipping companies that allowed recipients to pick up their mail so long as they had identification matching

the addressee.

Patel admitted he used tracking numbers to monitor the victims’ parcels, and communicated with couriers who used fraudulent identification documents matching the names listed on the parcels as addresses. Patel also admitted to receiving or intending to receive 18 packages sent by victims.

The total loss in the case was $541,420 and Patel admitted the scheme involved at least 10 victims, many of whom he knew were vulnerable people.

Two other couriers from Lake Elsinore also pleaded guilty in the case. Elmer Barrios, 37, is scheduled to be sentenced in May. His cousin, William Barrios, 37, was sentenced last year to time already served and handed over to U.S. Marshals to be deported, court papers show.

video, the student said, “I have a blanket over my head, two jackets on and a shirt, gloves on because I am outside in the cold.”

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Chaparral High School senior Hunter Roddy told The Valley News, the atmosphere on campus has been stressful all year and he has had enough.

“We had this substitute who yelled at all the students even if they took down their mask to drink water,” Hunter Roddy said. “She also yelled at students to pull up their mask while taking a test. No one can really focus on a test when a teacher is yelling at students.”

Hunter Roddy said he requested to be removed from another class during his first semester because the teacher was always ranting about the masks.

“They make us feel like we are some kind of disease that no one wants to be around like we are beneath them,” Hunter Roddy said.

The masks have also created a toxic work environment among school employees, Tricia Roddy said.

“Teachers are telling on other teachers,” Tricia Roddy said. “It’s not creating a safe mental work or learning environment for staff or students.

“According to the California State Constitution, you are not allowed to segregate students in any form. Even my special education students have to be in the least restricted environment. They also have a certain number of instructional minutes and when they segregate the children who aren’t wearing masks, they are going against that,” Tricia Roddy said.

Parent Erin Preece reached out to other parents on video, crying because her child who attends third grade at Toby Tobin Elementary School reached a breaking point on wearing the masks.

“The principal called me and told me my child was sobbing in class and was trying to talk to him down and help him have a better day,” Preece said. “It makes me so sad that our kids are in this position because so many times my son cries over wearing masks. They say our kids are fine but they are not.”

Parents in the TVUSD have begun to fill out a Williams Uniform Complaint with their children’s schools. All schools in California are affected by laws that are the

result of the Williams lawsuit settlement. Known as the “Williams legislation,” the laws seek to ensure that all students have equal access to the basics of quality education: textbooks, safe and decent school facilities and qualified teachers.

In July, an advocacy group, Let Them Breathe, along with Reopen California Schools, filed suit in San Diego to overturn the mask mandates and to challenge COVID-19 testing policies in schools, arguing that mask-wearing is harmful to children and should be optional.

Judge Cynthia Freeland dismissed the legal challenge ruling the state has a “compelling interest in preventing the spread of COVID-19” and that Newsom has the legal authority to require masks in schools.

Sharon McKeeman, founder of Let Them Breathe, said despite the lawsuit being dismissed the judge clarified some state guidelines.

McKeeman in November told media outlets, “The judge very clearly detailed that there is no language in the state guidance that directs, requires or authorizes schools to force students into an independent study if they unmask,” she said.

The judge dismissed the case due to the state’s COVID-19 guidelines being recommendations and not requirements.

School districts across the state are beginning to implement mask choice and parents in the Inland Empire are threatening to take legal action if mask choice is not offered.

As of Friday, Feb. 25, the parent revolution has resulted in 24 school districts in 10 counties throughout the state moving toward mask choice. Parents in the Inland Empire, including Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore and Menifee continue to fight their school boards to follow suit offering mask choice.

The Twitter account for Reopen California Schools has a long list of letters and videos from the school districts, stating their new position offering mask choice. For more information, visit https:// twitter.com/ReopenCASchools/ status/1496019323470893061.

Murrieta Unified School District’s public information officer was contacted with no response at the time of publication.

James Evans who is the new public information officer for Temecula Valley Unified School District did not have a statement either at the time of the publication.

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LOCAL UKRAINE from page A-1 that attends regular services and also conducts its own service afterward where they communicate, sing and read Scriptures in Ukrainian. It is common practice for them to have meals together.

The church’s hourlong prayer group March 2 was dedicated to “Pray for Ukraine” and about 100 parishioners attended.

Serhii Rybak has been the music worship leader and youth pastor at Cornerstone Church for about three years, shortly after he and his wife, Maryana, and their two young children came to America.

He thanked those that took time out of their day to pray for his country. “The Russians are trying to kill our spirit, they don’t want us to win,” he said. “The good thing is that a lot of people are accepting Christ.”

He said he received a video showing a group of Ukrainian soldiers praying before they went off to fight the Russians. He said he’s also hearing about a lot of miracles happening and soldiers can testify that God is fighting with them and “we can all be thankful for that.”

Rybak said a storm kept Russians from invading for three days and in another incident, Russian soldiers tried to parachute into the city but high winds blew them off course.

Coming to America Maryana Rybak had originally moved to the U.S. under a government program when she was about 10 and her sister was an infant.

“When we moved, my parents were in their late 30s and early 40s, therefore starting life over was very difficult for them,” Maryana, now 33, said. “Not knowing the English language or the culture caused them to miss home and we moved back to Ukraine in 2006. In 2018 my husband received a U.S. visa and we came for him to see what it was like.”

Serhii Rybak, 31, said they settled in Hemet because his wife has some relatives there but also because she had attended Baptist Christian School, which was formerly located on the site where Cornerstone Church is now.

“We did not plan to stay long in Hemet. But, because we are

believers, we wanted to join some church and we knew only about Cornerstone, because we knew their senior pastor at that time,” he said. After learning he was a musician, Rybak said he was invited to play in the worship band and about two weeks later, he was offered a position with the youth ministry.

“We became very close with the church and now they are truly our family,” he said.

Faith in Ukraine With the crisis in his home country, much of Serhii Rybak’s free time is spent focusing on doing what he can to help his people.

His parents, brother and sister and their spouses are still there, as well as many close friends.

“My family is from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. When it was bombed for the first time, they fled toward the west. In our family, only my dad has a car, so he took all of them to the western part of Ukraine,” Rybak said. “They are constantly praying and finding ways to be helpful and useful for other people. A lot of people are fighting and dying. Right now (my parents) are taking humanitarian aid to Kyiv.”

He said it is interesting to him that a lot of people are staying positive and encouraging each other. Despite their exhaustion, he said they continue to trust in God. “They are literally learning how to keep peace, how to not be afraid of death, how to be helpful to one another in that situation, how to not pay attention to your feelings but overcome it and be thankful for life, for every new day,” Rybak said. “People are praying a lot. And those who have that hope in Christ are boldly sharing the Gospel with those who are afraid and hopeless.”

Walter Fedchuk, president of the Good Samaritan Mission nonprofit, has lived in the San Jacinto Valley and has been a Cornerstone Church member for 30 years.

His organization supports multiple churches and orphanages in Ukraine, specifically Kyiv. He is the one who facilitated the building repairs last fall and reported that all 20 beds there are now full.

He said a number of people stay for a night and then leave. The

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Walter Fedchuk, left and Slavic Kovalchuk are part of a small group praying in Ukrainian at Cornerstone Church in Hemet during a recent prayer meeting.

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facility is also servicing soldiers by providing food and water and allowing them in to take showers.

“The organization was started

by Ukrainian immigrant A. Tesliyuk 50 years ago,” Fedchuk said.

“In the beginning the organization had two main purposes, to secretly send Bibles and New Testaments over to soviet Ukraine and to support women whose husbands were persecuted and put in jail for the Gospel.”

In more recent years, the organization has bought and remodeled a home for seniors in the city of Dubno and is in the process of building a rehabilitation center in the city of Polone. Fedchuk said local ministers serve people in their villages with their daily needs while sharing the Gospel with them and the Mission organizes children’s camps. Volunteers prepare widows’ homes for winters by chopping wood for them and buying necessary supplies and the group also works with people who have alcoholic addictions.

However, in recent days all their attention has turned to helping with hosting refugees, distributing food where it is not easily accessible because of the war, helping with medical supplies and daily necessities of clothing and hygiene items for those who are lacking because of the current war situation.

“We continue to do the work we have been doing usually, holding services and meeting the spiritual and practical needs of local people,” Fedchuk said.

When he immigrated to the United States in 1991 as a refugee, Fedchuk, 63, said he was escaping communism. He was asked by the Ukrainian Western Baptist Union to assist the Good Samaritan Mission president at that time who had cancer. When that person passed, after about 10 years, Fedchuk was asked to take over leadership of the organization.

The nonprofit currently services 11 churches and church-sponsored orphanages. Serhii’s father, Oleg, works with the Good Samaritan Mission. He is a pastor in a small church and the Mission supports him in his ministry.

Maryana Rybak said, “My father has always been very patriotic and passionate about our homeland and we grew up knowing that although we moved to USA, we must remember where we come from, and must do everything on our part to help our people stay strong and keep their independence from the communistic Russian regime.”

Her mother was in America when the invasion happened so she is safe.

“My father is in his home, but also he joined the patrolling forces and is standing on the defense of our city of Lutsk,” Maryana said.

War changes everything The Rybaks’ two children, who were born in Ukraine, are 6 and 8 years old. The family was able to visit the country in Aug. 2021 and Maryana said their memories are still fresh. She said her son and daughter ask many questions and when they see pictures of what is going on right now, they cannot believe that this is what it looks like.

“We honestly tell them that Russian troops invaded our homeland and are trying to take the independence of Ukrainian people. We explain to them that evil rules our world sometimes and this is what happens when evil forces are allowed to rule. Now our daughter wants to become the president of Ukraine someday,” she said.

“They are worried, stressed and

Serhii Rybak’s family members are in the Ukraine, helping the Good Samaritan Mission in its efforts to provide food and other needs to Ukrainians displaced by the war. His parents, Oleg and Oksana stand near a fully loaded van, while his brother, Alex and sister-in-law Anna are in front.

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An overflow crowd of worshipers attend a Pray for Ukraine meeting at Cornerstone Church in Hemet, overseen by Don Jentes, standing at Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photo left, Wednesday, March 2.

concerned for their grandparents, relatives and friends that they made there. They pray constantly, saying that it is their main dream, that the war in Ukraine will be over and we can go back together to help rebuild the country,” she said.

Maryana added that the crisis has given her and Serhii the opportunity to remind themselves and to teach their children how grateful they should be for a peaceful sky, for food on the table every day and for shelter.

“Not many of our people could afford to have savings. Not many have their own means of transportation. For some people there is simply a need for traveling expenses. For those who are helping to give people rides, there is a need for gas expenses. For many that have left their homes and everything in their homes, it is simply to be able to find clean clothes for them and their families. Most people and communities will need to start their life over completely and that requires a lot of resources that have been destroyed by the enemy,” she said.

Maryana said they have learned about many personal needs of friends and others who have been reaching out to them. A letter was sent out to Cornerstone Church’s congregation requesting support for Good Samaritan Mission “so that funds can be provided and food can be delivered to those in desperate need.” Fedchuk said that financial aid is the driving force that keeps everything going.

Baker, who has been a church member for the past 25 years and a Hemet resident for 38 years said, “The crisis has really hit home for me because of the many Ukrainian friends I have at church.

We have a former church member who is a missionary in Poland and is housing refugees. My son, Brayden, takes live online guitar lessons from a skilled guitarist in

Ukraine. The family fled with a two-month-old baby not knowing where they were going to stay. We knew of the missionaries in Poland and were able to set them up together. They are now under the same roof. What a blessing to have a little part in helping this family.

“It has been a blessing for our church to rally around our Ukrainian brothers and sisters. Many people in our church have talked about housing refugees if the need and opportunity arises. Not only do we have personal stories and updates of what is going on, but we have a tangible way to directly help people in Ukraine.”

Serhii Rybak said that people in Ukraine have been quickly learning the real purpose of life; that it is important to have a relationship with God and support each other.

“People are really suffering in Ukraine right now,” he said.

“They are suffering mentally and physically. They are waiting for this nightmare to be over. But this is their new reality. Some of them can’t sleep. They are constantly living in tension that Russia is going to bomb them again and again.

Some of them have already lost their homes, children or parents, relatives, friends, cars, jobs.

“It is extremely difficult psychologically and yet, they are still fighting for their independence.

They know that they have only two options, either win or die.

They are not going to live under Russian fascist regime that came to destroy. Ukrainians don’t have tears anymore to cry. That’s how sad it is right now. Please, pray for Ukraine!”

For more information, www. thegoodsamaritanonline. org (mostly in Ukrainian), w w w. c o r n e r s t o n e h e m e t . churchcenter.com/giving or www.cornerstonehemet.org.

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Ruth Atkins named Woman of the Year edgeable people in the region.

Atkins said Lake Elsinore is a great city because its “residents are wonderful people who are always willing to help others.”

According to its website, the Woman of the Year event was founded in 1987 by Assemblywoman Bev Hansen (R) and Assemblywoman Sally Tanner (D), who noticed that the California Legislature had no events planned for the month of March, Women’s History Month. In celebration of the contributions to society made by remarkable women throughout California, Hansen and Tanner arranged to invite one woman from each Senate and Assembly district to come to the Capitol and be honored for their accomplishments.

Due to COVID restrictions, the event will not be held in Sacramento this year. Atkins will be honored by Seyarto at the Lake Elsinore Historical Society Museum & Research Library, 183 N. Main Street (use Heald Avenue entrance) at 10:30 a.m., March 18.

For more information, www. womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov/ woman-of-the-year, www.lakeelsinorehistoricalsociety.org.

been recognized by both organizations for her many years of service.

She joined the Lake Elsinore Historical Society 24 years ago and served as its president for 15 years. She was recently honored by the Society and the City Council for her many years of service as she was named as its president emeritus.

She was appointed to the Riverside County Historical Commission and has been a member of the Clean Extreme Committee, the Luiseño Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for the designation of Historic Buildings and the Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce, from which she received two awards: Citizen of the Year (2002) and the John Packman Award (2005).

Atkins has lived in Lake Elsinore for 27 years and retired from Beckman Instruments Inc. after 30 years in the treasury operation.

“I like lots of history; however; Lake Elsinore’s is special,” Atkins said. “Lake Elsinore’s history filled a special niche that I had not known in my youth.”

She is always eager and willing to share important historical information about the City and its many landmarks and is widely recognized as one of the most knowl-

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Longtime Lake Elsinore resident and president emeritus of its historical society, Ruth Atkins, was recently named as a California Legislature Women’s Caucus 2022 Woman of the Year by 67th District Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta). Atkins said she was in disbelief when she received the news.

Atkins will be formally honored at a community reception March 18 at the Lake Elsinore Historical Society Museum, where she will be presented with an Assembly Resolution and award from the California Legislative Women’s Caucus.

“Ms. Atkins has been a mainstay in Lake Elsinore for nearly 30 years, working tirelessly to ensure the region maintains its historical significance,” Seyarto said. “It is my privilege to be given this opportunity to highlight her hard work and accomplishments and to thank her for her public service.

She truly embodies service above self.”

Atkins’ volunteerism is legendary with membership in the California Credit Union League for 50 years and the National Secretaries Association for 15 years. She has

Ruth Atkins is 2022 Woman of the Year.

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MENIFEE – Menifee Police Department will conduct a bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operation Wednesday, March 16, which is aimed at keeping people who exercise or run safe. A day later, Thursday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, additional officers from will again be out on patrol looking for driving under the influence drivers.

The Menifee Police Department issued the warnings, seeing the need to protect the public by looking for violations that make the roads unsafe and endanger pedestrians walking or bicycling in the city.

Menifee police Chief Pat Walsh said look out for many of his traffic and patrol officers on the road citing violators.

“Just because they are on bicycles and walking doesn’t mean traffic rules go out the window for them,” Walsh said, referring to the pedestrian and motorcycle enforcement effort “To protect you and your family, we want to make sure those that are out are following rules intended to keep them safe.”

He added that Monday, March 14, has also been designated for more officers to look out for DUI drivers.

To the drivers who are impaired by drugs or under the influence of alcohol, Walsh said, “Menifee PD is committed to keeping Menifee safe, and we have passion for enforcing impaired driving laws. 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.”

Motorcycle and pedestrian violations officers will be looking for include; drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, failing to stop for signs and signals or any other traffic violation.

Officers will also look for pe-

destrians who cross the street illegally or fail to yield to drivers who have the right of way. Bike riders will be stopped when riding on the wrong side of the road, not complying with stop signs and signals, or other violations of the same traffic laws that apply to them as drivers.

“Just because they are on bicycles and walking doesn’t mean traffic rules go out the window for them,” Walsh said.

The safety of bicyclists and pedestrians remains a top priority for the Menifee Police Department.

In 2021, the department investigated two deadly and 17 injury collisions involving bicyclists and pedestrians.

Enforcement of the DUI laws Menifee officers on St. Patrick’s Day, that often encourages alcohol in the celebration, officers will be out between 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Officers reminded the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol. Some prescription

medications or over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving.

They suggested always following directions for their 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 still illegal. Officers said, “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. Please enjoy this fun holiday but do so in a safe manner, the repercussions can be damaging to you and so many others.”

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 according to statistics.

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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TIPS FOR SAFE DRIVING PEDESTRIANS • Only cross at marked crosswalks or intersections with a stop sign or signal.

• Look for cars backing up. Avoid going between parked cars.

• Make eye contact with drivers. Don’t assume they see you.

• Wear bright clothing during the day and use a flashlight when walking at night.

DRIVERS • Wait for pedestrians to cross the street. Be courteous and patient.

• Stay off the phone.

• Follow the speed limit.

• Look for pedestrians when backing up or turning.

BICYCLISTS • Always wear a helmet. Helmets are required by law for anyone under 18.

• Bicyclists must travel in the same direction of traffic and have the same requirements as any slow moving vehicle.

Michelle’s Place announces return of Spring Fling fundraiser Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center announced the return of its annual Spring Fling fundraiser after two years.

Scheduled for Sunday, April 3, at the Temecula Stampede,

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the event will include a countrythemed dinner, silent auction, line dancing, music and a chance to ride the iconic electric bull.

Kicking off at 6 p.m. the casual country event will raise funds to provide cancer patients and their families the free resources they need while on their cancer journeys.

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Funds from the event will benefit the Purple Ribbon Assistance program that provides temporary financial assistance to anyone in cancer treatment, transportation to medical appointments, chemo kits and more.

Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased online by visiting http://www.michellesplace.org or calling 951-699-5455.

Sponsorships are also available.

Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

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Sunday Funday brings together families, friends at Vail HQ

Claire Caporaso, 2, prepares to take a ride on a pony at the Vail Headquarters Sunday Funday event in Temecula, March 6.

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Families enjoy a mini train ride around Vail Headquarters during the Sunday Funday event.

Families enjoy a farm animal petting zoo during the Vail Headquarters Sunday Funday event in Temecula.

Cowboy Bryant Rich waits to take families on tractor rides around the Vail Headquarters property in Temecula.

Yara Fox, 2, with her father Rich, pets farm animals at a mini petting zoo at the Vail Headquarters Sunday Funday event.

Live Your Dream Award winners honored during Women’s History Month by Soroptimist Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The San Jacinto Valley chapter of Soroptimist International contributes to the organization’s mission of providing women and girls access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.

Simply put, women and girls are empowered when they are free to act in their own best interest.

One of SI’s core programs that is dedicated to achieving this goal is the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women to assist women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.

Each year since 1972, through its Live Your Dream Awards (formerly the Women’s Opportunity Awards) Soroptimist has made it possible for women to fulfill their potential despite hardships. They, in turn, have improved the lives of their families and communities.

The flagship program invests in women by focusing on the one area that has the most impact on transforming lives and communities: education. Higher education is likely to lead them to securing higher-paying employment, improving the standard of living for themselves and their families, enjoying a renewed sense of confidence and hope, serving as a positive role model for their children and other struggling women and paying it forward by entering the helping professions.

Live Your Dream is a Soroptimist-powered inspirational online community where women and girls can be supported in their quest to lead better lives with the help of Soroptimist programs. The San Jacinto Valley chapter will honor two recipients at its next meeting as a way to also highlight March as Women’s History Month. Heather Allen

and Brandy Stone each received a $1,250 award to assist with their educational and vocational goals.

Allen has lived in San Jacinto for the past 20 years and has eight children, ages 2-14. She has been attending Loma Linda University full time for the past nine months, pursuing her bachelor’s degree.

“I decided on a career in the medical field because I want to help people,” Allen said. “The funds I received will help me pay for gas to get to and from school.”

She said the Soroptimist organization has been helpful in assisting with her pursuit of scholarship opportunities and other things that will help her continue her forward momentum.

“Growing up was always a struggle, so I promised myself that when I became a parent, I would strive to give my children the best life I could,” Allen, 31, said. “After my mom passed when I was 18, I was left clueless and lost. Sometime after that I knew I wanted to work in the medical field to help people who were sick like my mom was. After having my children, school became harder and harder, but my motivation only grew stronger. I will stop at nothing to give my children a life they deserve.”

Stone has five children, ranging in age from 1 to 11, and has lived in Hemet most of her life. She is in the process of becoming a Registered Alcohol and Drug Technician. She is completing some transfer classes in her final semester at Mt. San Jacinto College and will transfer to California Baptist University to continue her education to become a registered nurse.

“I started caretaking for the elderly and fell in love with it and decided I wanted to become a hospice nurse,” Stone, 30, said. “But COVID-19 really affected my life I lost my job in 2020 as a caregiver because of the potential risks to the elderly.”

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Brandy Stone, a Live Your Dream Award recipient, will be recognized in March

Heather Allen will be honored by the local chapter of Soroptimist International as a Live Your Dream Award recipient.

that time and shifted her focus to graduating, which she did with an Associate degree in 2021. She said the financial award will help with the cost of transferring to CBU and will help with paying her student loans.

“I think the Live Your Dream program gave me more motivation to keep going and stay mentally strong on my educational journey by giving me recognition and honoring me,” Stone said. “My passion for people is what motivates me to continue going to school because I love to take care of people; it doesn’t matter what age. It’s a God-given ability and I want to put it to maximum use.”

Long history of serving women Board member Linda Burke said that as the local group celebrated its 60th anniversary in late October, they were notified that they had been selected for recognition as one of the nonprofit “Gems of the Valley” in then-Mayor Karlee Meyer’s State of the City address. “We were chosen because Soroptimist International of San Jacinto Hemet Valley has posi-

tively impacted the lives of women and girls in the valley,” Burke said.

She said that the group’s local community efforts from 2008-2021 served 2,645 women and girls, with total program dollars of $124,531 spent directly on the programs to serve them.

“Beyond the numbers and dollars, we indirectly have a positive impact on our community as a whole through the collective power and activities of our diverse membership,” Burke said. “The organization has as its mission supporting and empowering women and girls through education. We have been working quietly and purposefully toward this goal since 1961 and hold charity events to raise the necessary financial resources to conduct our services and programs. For our recent Jingle Mingle fundraiser, we partnered with San Jacinto Unified School District for a highly successful event.”

Soroptimist International statistics have shown positive results for its Live Your Dream Awards program with 85% of recipients

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completing their education and improving their standard of living and 94% reporting an increase in selfesteem after receiving the award.

Soroptimist International of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley was chartered in 1961 as a nonprofit corporation under Soroptimist International of the Americas. Members are women of all ages, cultures and ethnic groups who work together to improve the lives of women and girls by participating in club service projects and fundraising events.

The nonprofit’s mission and vision very much dovetail with the goal of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women which is dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. Soroptimist International has General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is a recognized authority on matters that women value most.

For more information, 951-6520201, www.sisjhv.org, www.soroptimist.org, www.goldenwestregion. org, www.liveyourdream.org.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS If you have an upcoming community event, email it to valleyeditor@ reedermedia.com, put “attention events” in the subject line. Readers should call ahead on some listed events for the latest updates and time changes.

CHILDREN’S EVENTS March 19-20 – 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Take a ride on the Dino Train and STEAM Festival and a Polar Express Ride at the Southern California Railway Museum, 2201 S. A Street, in Perris, featuring “Buddy” from PBS SoCal KIDS’ “Dinosaur Train.” For more information and tickets, find the event on Facebook.

March 23 – Menifee Park Rangers will show how to make an aquifer in a cup on World Water Day at E.L. Pete Peterson Park, 29621 Park City Ave., in Menifee. Contact Menifee Community Services at 951-723-3880 for details.

COMMUNITY EVENTS March 11 – Healthy Living Workshops begin on Zoom with Health Living with chronic conditions presented by The Foundation for Senior Care in Fallbrook. Contact Debbie Adelman at 760-7237570 for class registration and exhibit space opportunities. See dadelman@foundationforseniorcare.org.

March 12 – 8 a.m. Birding tours have resumed in the San Jacinto Wildlands hosted by Eastern Municipal Water District. See up to 120 different species of birds each second Saturday through April. Reservations are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Join at EMWD San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility, 770 N. Sanderson Ave., in San Jacinto. All two-hour tours are subject to cancellation in the event of inclement weather. Bring a water bottle, viewing devices and closed-toe shoes. For information and reservations, visit www.emwd. org/bird-walks.

March 18 – Attend Casino Royal fun with casino games, raffles, silent auction, food and drinks at Estancia Senior Living, 1735 S. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. For more information, call 760-2575498.

March 19 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Temecula Valley Premier Job Fair in partnership with Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, city of Temecula, Visit Temecula Valley, Promenade Temecula, Mt. San Jacinto College and Riverside County Workforce Development Center will be held at Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchester Road, in Temecula. Job seekers should bring multiple copies of their resume as many businesses are participating.

Those interested in reserving a space for a business, contact EmployerServices@RIVCO.org.

March 19 – 9:30-11 a.m. Menifee History Museum presents Menifee Early Homesteaders and

interactive program at Haun Road, north of Garbani Road, in Menifee.

For more information, call 951708-6842 or visit http://menifeehistory.com.

March 21 – 10-11:30 a.m. Attend a Grief Recovery Support Group at Canyon Lake Community Church Family Center, 30515 Railroad Canyon. Road, in Canyon Lake. GriefShare is a friendly caring group of people who will walk alongside you through life’s most difficult experiences. Read more on http://AARP.org.

March 28 – 6 p.m. Temecula Valley Historical Society will host an in-person presentation with Richard Beck Esquire, who will talk about his historic property in Old Town Temecula. The public is invited to the Little Temecula History Center, the red barn at the corner of Redhawk and Temecula Parkways in Temecula. For more information, contact Rebecca Marshall Farnbach at info@temeculahistory.com or at 951-775-6057.

April 2 – 2 p.m. Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District celebrates its 50th anniversary with a community party at Diamond Valley Community Park in Hemet with opening day ceremonies, two concerts with Boys of Summer tribute to the Eagles and singer Kelsey Bridges performing modern country music from artists such as Danielle Bradbury, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton. The party will include jumpers, food trucks and carnival games.

April 3 – 3-6 p.m. Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center to host a Spring Fling fundraiser at Temecula Stampede in Old Town Temecula with country-themed dinner, silent auction, line dancing, music and a chance to ride the electric bull. Come wearing casual country.Tickets are $125 per person. To purchase tickets or sponsor the event, visit http://www. michellesplace.org or call 951699-5455. Funds from this event will benefit the Purple Ribbon Assistance program that provides temporary financial assistance to anyone in cancer treatment.

Apr. 23-24; Apr. 30-May 1 – 1:30 p.m. The “Ramona” Outdoor Pageant resumes at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheater, 27400 Ramona Bowl Road, in Hemet. See live depiction of Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona” with a cast of hundreds in the scenic outdoor bowl and hacienda house. Tickets are adults $30-$44, children $18 to $44 and seniors $28-44. For more information, call 951-658-3111.

Apr. 28 – Noon to 6 p.m. Murrieta Fire & Rescue Barbecue will be held in Murrieta Town Square Park to celebrate the department’s 75th anniversary with music and other activities.

ONGOING – The city of Menifee offers in-city or out-of-city special event vendor applications online or at Menifee City Hall to

apply for signature and other special events. Contact Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, 951-6726777, or online at businesslicensing@cityofmenifee.us.

ONGOING – Riverside Transportation Commission is offering Park and Ride Lots to connect with carpools, vanpools and transit systems in Beaumont at 600 E. Sixth Street, in San Jacinto at 501 S. San Jacinto Ave. and in Temecula at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 Nicolas Road, open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. but not on weekends.

ONGOING – Sun City Civic Association Monthly Square Dance sessions are held Sundays from 1:30-5 p.m. at 26850 Sun City Blvd., Sun City.

ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab-and-go, cooked and frozen food for pickup. Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call 800-5102020 for help.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is accepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at http://www. rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, protective equipment purchases, rent or mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with a minimum of one but less than 50 employees and operating for at least one year since March 1. For more information, call Riverside County Business and Community Services at 951-955-0493.

ONGOING – 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Temecula Winchester Swap Meet continues, 33280 Newport Road in Winchester, Saturdays and Sundays only. The small local swap meet is only 50 cents for entry, and anyone under age 10 is free admission. No dogs allowed.

ONGOING – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Every Sunday, Murrieta Village Walk Farmers Market is at Village Walk Place in Murrieta. The Sunday morning farmers market at Village Walk Plaza is a place to buy fruits and veggies, gourmet food and crafts. Come to the center in the northwest corner of Kalmia/ Cal Oaks at the Interstate 215 exit in Murrieta.

ONGOING – Temecula’s Farmers Markets are offered in Old Town Temecula Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 4100 Main St. in Temecula; at Promenade Temecula, 40640 Winchester Road, outside JCPenney every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Vail Headquarters, 32115 Temecula Parkway, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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tion and Riverside County Public Health orders, the farmers markets will be restricted to agriculture products only. Follow the Old Town Temecula Farmers Market on Facebook to stay updated. No pets are allowed.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS March 11-13 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Attend the three-day, 20-hour CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Basic Training Course at the Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, in Menifee. The free emergency basic training creates a network of residents to help in a natural disaster or other emergency in cooperation with FEMA trainers. More courses will run April 1-3. Participants must be 18 years or older and attend all three training days to receive a CERT certificate of completion. Contact Vanessa Barrera, emergency management analyst, at 951-723-3771 or vbarrera@cityofmenifee.us.

March 12 – 8 a.m to 6 p.m. U.S. Parachute Association Safety Day will be held at Skydive Elsinore, 20701 Cereal St., in Lake Elsinore.

Skydivers of all skill levels are

invited to the safety seminar.

March 14 – 5:30 p.m. Lululemon Temecula Run Club meets at Temecula Promenade, 40820 Winchester Road, Unit 250, in Temecula. These free family friendly runs range from 5K to 10K. Meet at the store every Monday evening to join the community in connecting through sweating together.

March 15 – 6-9 p.m. STAT Horse Sanctuary will host a St. Patrick’s Day Party Fundraiser at Chef’s Grille, 24660 Jefferson Ave., in Murrieta. Enjoy raffles and prizes with a $25 early bird donation or $30 at the door to support retired horses used as therapy horses. Register online at http:// STATHorseSanctuary.org/events.

March 15 – 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Temecula Valley Republican Women Federated will host a luncheon with speakers Anthony Trimino, candidate for governor, and Josh Sattley from Firefighters for Freedom at Wilson Creek Winery, 35960 Rancho California Road, in Temecula. Wilson Creek Winery must have reservations seven days before the event. Email rsvp@tvrwf.org or leave voicemail at 951-970-1314.

Movie Review: ‘Dog’

Bob Garver SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

It is said that actors should never work with children or animals or they’ll be upstaged. It is most definitely true of star/co-director Channing Tatum in “Dog.” But the good news is that the dog is so great that there’s plenty of room for Tatum to shine under his canine co-star. There’s no shame in Tatum being No. 2 to this dog, just like there’s no shame in “Dog” being No. 2 to “Uncharted” at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row. That movie had over $100 million more in its budget, plus a ton of other advantages.

Though if I had my way, “Dog” would be the better performer of the two.

Tatum stars – well, he’s the human star – as Briggs, a brokendown former Army Ranger. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder; he never sees his daughter; he works a dead-end job in fast food and he can’t even bother to get his military ID updated.

He’s one recommendation away from a job that pays $200K a year, but he’s not going to get that recommendation given his array of injuries and mess of a personal life. On top of everything, a fellow Ranger named Rodriguez just died under particularly saddening circumstances.

Briggs is made an offer: transport Rodriguez’s partner Lulu, a Belgian malinois, from Washington to the funeral in Arizona and he’ll get the recommendation he needs. The challenge is that Lulu also has post-traumatic stress disorder and is super-needy and aggressive. She’s so out of control that immediately following the funeral Briggs is to take her to another base to have her put to sleep.

He isn’t crazy about either part of the assignment, but the reward is too great to pass up.

And so the pathetic mangy mess of a creature goes on a lengthy road trip with Lulu in tow. Briggs is so irresponsible that his first stop is a gun range – with a dog with post-traumatic stress disorder that

can clearly hear gunfire from the car. Lulu destroys her cage and chews up much of the vehicle.

Briggs is shocked by this behavior, but he should really only be shocked that he was issued such a lousy cage by people who know the animal’s capabilities.

Other adventures include a kidnapping by a pair of hippies, played by Kevin Nash and Jane Adams, a disastrous attempt to pick up women in Portland, an unsuccessful visit with Briggs’ daughter, a successful visit with Lulu’s brother, a stormy night spent watching “Grey’s Anatomy” in a tool shed, and a problematic attempt to score a free hotel room in San Francisco by pretending to be a blind man and his service animal. The pair probably could have gotten special treatment just by both being Army veterans, but Briggs has to be greedy. In the aftermath of this scene, I couldn’t help but wonder if someone could take Lulu to the funeral while Briggs deservedly rots in jail for fraud – though maybe not for a hate crime – long story, but this film is a movie about dual redemption, so man and beast will either make it to the funeral together or not at all.

I’m no dog person and I strongly disapprove of some of Briggs’ choices throughout the journey, but I was surprised by how much I liked this movie overall. The tone varies wildly, but that’s because the characters are so wild – some would say “reckless” – that the subject matter can change in an instant. As a result, the movie has both light and heavy scenes that it pulls off very well without forced transitions. I mentioned earlier that neither Tatum nor the film’s box office should be ashamed of being No. 2. I believe I’ll give “Dog” the No. 2 letter grade.

Grade: B “Dog” is rated PG-13 for language, thematic elements, drug content and some suggestive material. Its running time is 101 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@ nyu.edu.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Valley-Wide to celebrate 50th anniversary with free community party

Modern country artist Kelsey Bridges is scheduled to perform at ValleyWide Recreation and Parks District’s 50th anniversary celebration, Saturday, April 2, at Diamond Valley Lake Community Park.

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SAN JACINTO – Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District is turning 50 years old in 2022. The anniversary will be celebrated at events all year, but no more so than at a community party Saturday, April 2, at Diamond Valley Lake Community Park.

The event will begin at 2 p.m. following opening day ceremonies for youth baseball and girls softball and include free admission, music, food, games and a laser show.

Highlighting the night will be two concerts. Boys of Summer, a tribute to The Eagles, will play all the classic hits, such as “Take it Easy,” “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “New Kid in Town” and “Hotel California.”

Earlier in the event, Kelsey Bridges will perform modern country music from artists such as Danielle Bradbury, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton.

The party will include jumpers, food trucks and carnival games.

Valley-Wide was officially formed July 27, 1972, after San

Jacinto Valley voters approved funding a recreation and park district. Starting with one park, Valley-Wide has grown into one of the largest recreation and park districts in California with almost 100 parks and recreation facilities in an 850-square mile area that stretches from the San Jacinto Valley to French Valley and into the San Jacinto Mountains and is home to more than 275,000 residents. There are parks, com-

munity centers and/or facilities in San Jacinto, Hemet, Valle Vista, Menifee, Winchester, French Valley and Aguanga.

Diamond Valley Community Park is at 1806 Angler Avenue in Hemet, near Diamond Valley Lake. For information, call 951654-1505 or visit http://gorecreation.org.

Submitted by Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District.

Temecula presents Carnival of Music concert by the Temecula Valley Symphony TEMECULA ─ Bring out the family, blankets and lawn chairs to the Temecula Amphitheater at the Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Road, Saturday, March 19, at 3 p.m., to experience the Carnival of Music.

The free, outdoor concert will be performed by the 60-piece Temecula Valley Symphony under the baton of Music Director and Conductor John Mario. Young musicians will also be featured from the Temecula Valley Youth Symphony, conducted by Zun-Hin Woo, and the Temecula Valley Junior Youth Symphony, conducted

by Sylvia Lee Mann, Ph.D. “Variety is key to our successful performances. I sum up our concerts as ‘symphonic music with a new twist,’” Alana Joos, executive

director and artistic director of Temecula Valley Symphony, said.

The Carnival of Music will introduce audiences to classical music and offer a chance to explore the musical instrument families.

Enjoy some of the world’s most famous composers such as Haydn’s Symphony No. 104; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins.” Music selections from “The Wizard of Oz;” “Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)” and highlights from “Wicked” will also be performed. Youth selections will include “Themes from Irish Suite” by Leroy Anderson and “Danza de mi Corazon” by Steven Rosenhaus.

“This concert is the perfect way to start the spring season by

enjoying classical and contemporary music that enriches the minds and hearts of listeners,” Temecula Mayor Matt Rahn said.

“We are fortunate to have such high-quality talent of all ages right here in Temecula. The city of Temecula is proud to partner with the Temecula Valley Symphony, Youth and Junior Symphonies to provide experiential entertainment that is free and accessible to all.”

For information on all upcoming Temecula Community Services Department events, activities and programs, visit http://TemeculaCA.gov/TCSD and follow @TemeculaParksandRec on social media for updates.

Submitted by city of Temecula.

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It’s time to fertilize rose bushes Frank Brines MASTER CONSULTING ROSARIAN

Boy, has it been crazy weather?

Depending on the location – or more specifically, that of the garden – a gardener may have experienced frost damage to their roses and tender young plants recently.

Keep an eye on those roses: If you see that frost has actually killed new growth that came out after pruning, you may need to re-prune, making your cuts just above the next outward-facing bud down the cane.

The thing is even gardens in the same general vicinity may have different effects due to their prevailing micro-climates. The next few days of March will be slightly above normal with predicted temperatures in the mid-80s. Overall temperature predicted for March is near average. Roses enjoy this weather which encourages roses to jump into life. A regular schedule for irrigating should already have

begun. Roses do love food and water for the best blooms. Rule of thumb when new growth is 2-3 inches long, it is time to begin a fertilizing program.

Take time now to inspect and make any necessary repairs to your irrigation system. Drip systems are the most efficient and they avoid problems created by aboveground sprayers and sprinklers, which waste water and can foster molds, such as mildew and rust. If possible, avoid any over-spray or misting applied elsewhere in your garden that may hit your roses; but if you use overhead watering systems, avoid doing so when there is any wind to avoid moisture evaporating or collecting on leaves which could result is sunburn or add to conditions favorable for fungal diseases.

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evening watering prevents excess ground moisture into night time.

Too wet soil can lead to unhappy roots and/or fungal diseases.

If your roses experienced fungal diseases last year and you haven’t yet done so, you might think of applying a lime sulfur dormant spray soon. You can mix horticultural oil with the dormant spray for better adherence. Read the label to make sure you can mix different sprays.

As a note of future caution, be prepared for chilli thrips as temperature warms up.

Steps to take when ready to spray. First, make sure the garden is free of left-over debris and to dispose of it in the green garden waste bin – do not compost rose debris in your yard. Backyard composting doesn’t get hot enough to kill any pathogens. Second, remove all old leaves that may be left on the bush. This cleanliness will help keep down disease. Third, read the spray label completely to ensure the proper strength of the mixture for “growing season instructions” as the new growth has begun.

Fourth, saturate all canes and the soil surface of the entire bed.

Fifth, maintain a minimum of 2-4 inches of organic composted mulch over the entire garden surface to insulate the upper 8-12 inches of the soil zone where most rose roots feed, and to reduce evaporation and

conserve water, while still providing sufficient moisture. This will also supply nutrients to build the soil for your roses over the season.

You can begin fertilizing when new growth reaches 2-3 inches long. I suggest an initial feeding each year be higher in nitrogen (N) to encourage new stem and leaf growth. In about two weeks, apply fertilizer that is higher in phosphate (P) and potassium (K) to give roots a boost at the start of season.

New information suggests that continued use of fertilizer higher in P and K will foster greater root development and lead to better growth, disease resistance and healthier plants. Look for fertilizers rated as 8-10-8 that include micro elements for greater results.

I highly recommend organic type fertilizers vs. inorganic or “chemical” ones. Organics foster better soil development, a richer, livelier, more viable community of soil organisms that break the elements into easily absorbed form and release them slowly. They will “build” soil structure into a healthy component and when used regularly will develop a soil rich in reserve energy, allowing you to use less product with the same results.

If you have completed your pruning it is likely all your pruners need sharpened. Sharp pruners make for clean cuts and the pre-

vention of diseases or otherwise damaged weak canes. The best files to use are thin flat types with diamond grit material. This type allows easier sharpening for the tight spaces between the cutting blade and bar.

Attempt to follow the current/ original bevel/angle of the sharp blade. Felco states that the angle for their pruners is 23 degrees.

Keeping pruners clean can be done using 70% isopropyl alcohol, WD40 soak or Lysol sheets. If heavy plant “juice” is a problem a small brass bristle brush will help remove it. Lubricate the mechanism with a light oil like 3-in-One. There are rose shows scheduled for Monday, April 23, at Los Angeles Arboretum and Saturday, April 30, with the San Diego Rose Society in El Cajon.

Be sure to visit the Rose Haven Heritage Garden, 30500 Jedediah Smith Road, in Temecula. The cross street is Cabrillo Avenue in Temecula. The 3.4-acre rose garden is owned and maintained by the Temecula Valley Rose Society, a nonprofit organization supported with donations.

Also, visit http://www.TemeculaValleyRoseSociety.org regularly for great information and schedule of events.

California drought worsens as state records 100-year record-low rainfall Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

The state of California’s drought conditions continue to worsen despite December’s winter storms which dumped more than 130 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevadas, a key component of California Department of Water Resources’ water supply forecast.

“We could not have asked for a better December in terms of Sierra snow and rain,” Karla Nemeth, director of the DWR, said at the time. But with January and February ending as two of the driest months in more than 100 years, water officials’ hopes of relief from the drought were quickly dashed.

With only one month remaining in California’s rainy season and no major storms in the forecast, things are looking bleak for the state.

Blaming record breaking heat waves and only light rainfall in

The U.S. Drought Monitor report for Thursday, March 3, shows Riverside County as being split between a moderate and severe Valley News/Courtesy photo drought.

Andy Reising and Anthony Burdock, engineers in the state’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, and Sean de Guzman, right, the unit’s manager, begin the measurement phase of the second snow survey of the 2022 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Feb. 1, 2022.

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the first two months of 2022 along with a diminished snowpack – now at only 63% of average for this time of year – Nemeth said Californians need to be prepared for a third year of drought conditions.

“A significantly below-average snowpack combined with already low reservoir levels make it critical that all Californians step up and conserve water every day to help the state meet the challenges of severe drought,” Nemeth said following the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near South Lake Tahoe, Tuesday, March 1.

In a typical year, Sierra Nevada snowpack accounts for about 30% of California’s water supply.

Drought Monitor shows worsening data.

The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly report, dated Thursday, March 3, showed the entire state of California in at least a moderate drought. While the March 3 map showed no exceptional drought, the percentage of the area in extreme drought now sits at 12.82%, nearly double than what it was during the same week in 2020. The percentage of the state in severe drought now sits at 86.98%.

Reservoir levels hold steady.

Despite a diminished snowpack, water levels in major reservoirs are holding steady, according to data released online by DPW, Nemeth said that Californians need

to be prepared for another year of drought conditions that are only expected to worsen.

As of the March 3 readings, Lake Perris and Lake Castaic sit at 80% at percent of total capacity, respectively. Reservoirs to the north, while seeing some gains, such as Pine Flat Lake at 32%, San Luis Reservoir at 44%, Lake Oroville at 47%, Lake Shasta at 37% and even Folsom Lake at 54%, still remain low.

California remains in a drought emergency.

All of California’s 58 counties remain under a drought emergency proclamation, and Californians are still being asked to reduce their water use by 15% over 2020 levels to protect water reserves.

“It’s important that we continue to do our part to keep conserving – we will need that water this summer,” Nemeth said.

DWR conducts five mediaoriented snow surveys at Phillips Station each winter near the first of each month from January through April and, if necessary, May. For tips on saving water, visit http://www.saveourwater.com.

Learn more about current drought conditions, the state’s response and informational resources available to the public at the state’s new drought preparedness website, https://drought. ca.gov.

Kim Harris can be reached by email at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

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HEALTH

Temecula Valley Hospital and Southwest Healthcare System to host Women’s Health Expo to educate community on women’s health

Temecula Valley Hospital and Southwest Healthcare System is hosting the Women’s Health Expo Friday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pechanga Resort and Casino Summit Ballroom, featuring heart, stroke, nutrition and gynecological health education for women.

TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital and Southwest Healthcare System, which includes Rancho Springs Medical Center and Inland Valley Medical Center, is hosting the Women’s Health Expo Friday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pechanga Resort and Casino Summit Ballroom.

The event will feature heart, stroke, nutrition and gynecological health education for women.

The event is $10 per person to attend, and lunch will be provided for all attendees. Registration is required and can be completed at https://www.temeculavalleyhospital.com/events-and-programs/ event-calendar/2022-womenshealth-expo.

This expo will provide education and resources to assist women in making lifestyle changes that can help them learn more about their health. Free screenings will be available for women to learn their numbers in terms of measurements that put them at risk. These screenings are available to ensure that every woman who attends knows her numbers.

There will be informational booths providing education on

nutrition, exercise, smoking cessation, stroke, heart disease and stress management. Local businesses will be attending and offering healthy lifestyle options to attendees. There will also be opportunity drawings to win fun prizes as well as a grand prize drawing that includes a spa experience at the Pechanga Resort.

The lunch portion of the event will include physician speakers who will discuss risk factors, lifestyle changes, how heart disease and stroke symptoms present differently in women and when these symptoms require medical attention as well as gynecological health details. The speaker panel will conclude with an audience question and answer session.

All women are encouraged to attend this informative event to receive education on their health, including heart disease, stroke, gynecological health, as well as empower themselves to make lifestyle changes that may help save their life.

Seating is limited; register soon.

For more information, visit https:// www.temeculavalleyhospital.com/.

Submitted by Temecula Valley Hospital.

Informational booths at the Women’s Health Expo will provide education on nutrition, exercise, smoking Valley News/Courtesy photos cessation, stroke, heart disease and stress management.

The lunch portion of the Women’s Health Expo will include physician speakers who will discuss risk factors, lifestyle changes, how heart disease and stroke symptoms present differently in women and when these symptoms require medical attention as well as gynecological health details.

Increased brain function Public encouraged to get monoclonal linked to increased antibodies at Riverside University physical activity Health System – Medical Center City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A study published last week by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to existing research linking physical activity with cognition – using 90 middle-aged and older subjects who wore accelerometers while physically active and completed mobile cognitive testing from home.

“The future of lifestyle interventions really needs to be remotebased,” Raeanne Moore, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study, said. “The pandemic has made this especially clear.”

According to the study’s findings, on the days their physical activity increased, the 50- to 74-year-old participants performed more effectively on an executive function task. Conversely, on the days when their physical activity decreased, so too did their cognitive performance.

The findings were published Monday in the journal JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

“It was a very linear relationship,” Moore said. “We hypothesized that we would find this, but we couldn’t be sure because we weren’t telling people to increase their physical activity. They just did what they do every day.”

Even after adjustments were made for factors such as HIV status, age, sex, education and race/ ethnicity, the correlation between physical activity and cognition remained.

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Though it didn’t fall within the purview of this study, Moore speculated that, because functionally independent adults likely perform more cognitively stimulating and social activities, which are known to have positive impacts on brain health, physical activity may have less of an impact on cognition.

Those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, however, saw a significant positive correlation.

“For them, physical activity may have a greater benefit on daily, real-world cognitive performance,” Moore said.

Moore and first author Zvinka Zlatar, a clinical psychologist at UCSD School of Medicine, said their work has implications for the development of novel digital health interventions to preserve brain health in aging.

“We don’t know yet if there’s a cumulative, long-term effect to these small daily fluctuations in cognition,” Zlatar said. “That’s something we plan to study next – to see if performing physical activity at different intensities over time, in unsupervised settings, can produce long-term improvements in brain health and sustained behavior change.”

MORENO VALLEY – Even with decreasing cases and hospitalizations, those with high-risk conditions who have tested positive for COVID-19 were encouraged to get monoclonal antibody treatment at Riverside University Health System – Medical Center.

In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration limited the use of certain monoclonal antibody therapies that were ineffective against the omicron variant. In response, RUHS – Medical Center is administering sotrovimab, an IV infusion shown to be effective against omicron and other variants.

Dr. Michael Mesisca, RUHS – Medical Center’s medical director for emergency medicine, said that monoclonal antibody treatment is one of many available tools that are key to living with COVID-19.

“As we come to terms with COVID-19 as an endemic disease, we can protect our most vulnerable residents by providing easy access to vaccination and monoclonal antibody treatment,” Mesisca said.

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There are many other conditions that qualify. Those unsure if they have a high-risk condition should contact the treatment center.

For questions and appointments, call 951-486-6520. Patients can also get a referral from their physician to the treatment center, which is located at 26520 Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley.

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BUSINESS

Temecula Valley Lexus holds ribbon cutting ceremony

Members of the community gather to celebrate Temecula Valley Lexus during a ribbon cutting event with multiple chambers of commerce, Wednesday, March 2.

The new Temecula Valley Lexus is located at 42081 Dlr Drive in Temecula.

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Members of the community gather inside the showroom to celebrate the new Temecula Valley Lexus.

Four area chambers of commerce celebrate the new Temecula Valley Lexus with a ribbon cutting. The chambers attending were Temecula Valley, Murrieta/Wildomar, Lake Elsinore Valley and Fallbrook.

SBA announces funding opportunity for eligible organizations to provide ‘Boots to Business’ training overseas WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that eligible nonprofit organizations, state, local and tribal government agencies, and institutions of higher learning may now submit their proposals to host Boots to Business courses at military installations outside the continental United States.

The awarded organization will provide B2B training to transitioning service members and military spouses at overseas military installations. The B2B program provides entrepreneurial education and training to military service members and spouses through the Department of Defense’s Transition Assistance Program. The awarded organization will provide a network of instructors that can teach B2B at overseas installations or online, as directed, as well as assist with course updates for compatibility with TAP. “Our Boots to Business class provides education and support to our nation’s service members and their spouses as they transition from service to small business ownership,” Tim Green, acting

Tom Rudnai, president of Temecula Valley Lexus, welcomes guests to the celebration for the new luxury dealership in Temecula.

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associate administrator for SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, said. “We are seeking a mission-oriented organization that will fulfill the needs of our B2B program OCONUS and provide service members with the tools they need to become entrepreneurs. Through administrator Guzman’s leadership, we want to ensure our service members and military spouses are supported so they can pivot, grow and take advantage of new opportunities presented by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” The award will be made for a five-year period of performance, consisting of a base period of 12 months from the date of award and four non-compete continuation years of 12 months each with a maximum of $1 million in funding available annually.

The SBA anticipated awarding one cooperative agreement from this announcement. For specific instructions for obtaining, completing and submitting an application, visit http://ww.grants. gov and search opportunity No. SB-OVB2-22-001.

Proposals must be submitted to http://www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Monday, March 28. No other submissions will be permitted. Any proposals received after this deadline will be rejected without being evaluated.

For issues with http://grants.gov, call the Grants.gov Support Line at 800-518-4726 or email support@ grants.gov.

The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations.

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Menifee to host eCommerce Basics Training Event for local business owners MENIFEE – Aspiring online business leaders are encouraged to attend a free eCommerce Basics Training Event hosted by Menifee and the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center Thursday, March 24, from 1-3 p.m. at Menifee City Hall, 29844 Haun Road, in Menifee.

The eCommerce Basics Training Event will provide attendees with the knowledge needed to establish a strong online presence.

Participants will learn the ways and means for choosing how they want to be online, what it takes to launch their own ecommerce platform and how to utilize the digital tools for developing a successful go-to-market strategy.

Pre-registration is required, as seating is limited. For more infor-

mation or to register, visit https:// ociesmallbusiness.org/events/ ecommerce-basics-menifee. The free seminar is made possible through the support of Menifee’s Office of Economic Development and their Menifee B3 (Building Better Business) Program.

The IESBDC offered additional no-cost business consulting and training to current business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. For more information, visit http://www.inlandempiresbdc.org or call at 909-983-5005.

For more information on events, resources and training for small businesses in Menifee, visit http:// www.MenifeeBusiness.com or email EconDev@cityofmenifee.us.

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How to build leadership programs for women NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The percentage of women who hold leadership roles in business, higher education and government grows with each passing year – sometimes dramatically, sometimes incrementally.

But every gain holds the promise of more gains, as young girls see opportunities previous generations didn’t.

“Each of us stands on the shoulders of all the women in our chosen professions who have come before us, who have blazed a trail,” retired Navy Capt. Barbara Bell, a professor of leadership at Vanderbilt University and author of ”Flight Lessons: Navigating Through Life’s Turbulence and Learning to Fly High,” said. “Others have done the hard work, and we must too.

Throughout my career, I learned many deepening skills of leadership and was privileged with many opportunities to lead.”

But Bell, who was one of the first women to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Test Pilot School, also said that businesses and other organizations

can do a much better job of helping women reach their leadership potential. And March, which is Women’s History Month, is as good a time as any to get started.

She said one way organizations can develop better leadership programs for women include providing mentors or a support system.

Certainly, a mentor can guide and advise those emerging leaders in an organization, which is valuable in and of itself, Bell said.

“But it goes beyond just having someone who offers guidance,” she said. “It’s important as women are developing their leadership skills to have someone in their corner.”

Bell said that when she was an instructor at Navy Test Pilot School, she worked for a Navy department head, Commander Dave Kennedy and a Marine Corps commanding officer, Lt. Col. Bob Price, who did that for her.

“Both of these leaders supported my work and, more broadly, helped expand the roles of women in military aviation,” she said.

Another tip is to allow them

time to grow. Bell said that, too often, people think they need to have everything figured out before they take the risk of heading down a new path or beginning a new opportunity. But organizations can help women grow as leaders if they free them of this idea.

“Women need to understand that, as you become more senior in your leadership, you should let go of the notion that you have to know everything,” she said. “They also should understand that as their leadership responsibilities grow and become increasingly more complex, they should become comfortable being more of a generalist. One way of growing in leadership is to rely on those who work for you as the specialists and lead them in the direction you want them to go.”

Bell said leadership programs should encourage and don’t discourage women. It’s easy to point out obstacles someone faces and to express doubts about their abilities to overcome those obstacles, Bell said. Avoid that temptation. She recalled a career manager in the

Navy who suggested her record wasn’t strong enough to get into Test Pilot School.

“Fortunately, I didn’t let him dissuade me,” she said. “By that point in my career, I was so used to the naysayers that I was not fazed.”

But it did affect her approach when she became a career manager later herself. She vowed never to discourage, but only to encourage those she worked with.

Last, understand that women leaders can be role models for others in the organization. In flight school, Bell became a role model almost by default because she stood out as the only woman in her Naval Flight Officer class.

“My calling to leadership included the privilege to be the example,” she said. “Other women who assume leadership roles have the same opportunity and privilege.”

And having role models who inspire others is good for any organization.

“For anyone, rising to the top takes hard work, endurance and persistence,” Bell said. “You

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Bell holds a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy, a master’s degree in astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, a master’s degree in theology from Marylhurst University and a doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University.

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Menifee seeks candidate for Quality of Life Measure Oversight Committee MENIFEE – Menifee is currently accepting applications from residents to fill the existing vacancy on the city’s Quality of Life Measure Oversight Committee. Applications will be accepted until Friday, March 11, at 5 p.m.

An appointment to the committee is expected to take place on or after Wednesday, April 6.

The position will require attendance at two regularly sched-

uled meetings per year and other special meetings as called. Applicants must be a current Menifee resident, a registered voter and not be a member of any other city commission, city office or a city employee. The term of office will end in December 2022.

Passed by Menifee voters in November 2016, the Quality of Life Measure, which is also known as Measure DD, approved

a one-cent sales tax to provide local funding that cannot be taken by the state. The funding provided by the measure has allowed the city to maintain and enhance numerous city services including emergency preparedness, police and fire services and road safety and traffic mitigation.

The committee is responsible for reviewing, monitoring and overseeing the appropriation

Menifee adopts first jobs blueprint plan in Riverside County MENIFEE – Menifee announced that the City Council has adopted the first Jobs Blueprint Plan in Riverside County, a detailed plan of action for targeted job creation and a roadmap to bring quality jobs to the region.

The plan is based on the city’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and is closely in line with Riverside County’s CEDS to ensure synergy with the region and its partners.

Menifee’s Jobs Blueprint Plan targets three key industries: health care, information technology and advanced manufacturing. The plan also outlines the career pathways

for foundational, middle-skill and high-skill development. These job and work-based learning methods include details on the pipelines available within the city and region for workforce development and provide future stakeholders with a pathway for success.

“Menifee works diligently to remain on the cutting edge of innovation and our Jobs Blueprint Plan sets the stage to continue diversifying our local economy and providing residents with opportunities to concentrate their skills locally,” Mayor Bill Zimmerman said. “We have positioned ourselves to pave the way for the

region in workforce development and showcase why Menifee is the best place to begin, expand and grow your business.”

Menifee’s Jobs Blueprint Plan is available to view at https://www. menifeebusiness.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/02/Menifee-JobsBlueprint-Plan-2022.pdf.

For more information on the Menifee Jobs Blueprint Plan or other resources available to Menifee businesses or workforce, contact the Office of Economic Development at EconDev@cityofmenifee.us or visit http://www.

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of the sales tax proceeds and to make recommendations to the city council to ensure the proposed use of sales tax proceeds is consistent with the purpose of Menifee’s Quality of Life Measure.

Each city council member selects one committee member from their respective district.

The current vacancy is for the mayor’s appointee, and applicants can reside within any city council

district to qualify.

For more information regarding the position and to access the application, contact the city clerk’s office at 951-672-6777 or visit the city’s website at http://www. cityofmenifee.us/178/Committees-Commissions.

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Lady Golden Bears dominate date with destiny, defeat San Marcos 4-1 Temecula Valley claims first-ever CIF State SoCal Regional Division 1 soccer title

Temecula Valley head coach Jennifer Guinn receives the championship plaque after winning the school’s first-ever CIF State SoCal Regional Division 1 soccer title.

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TEMECULA — With the phrase “we didn’t come this far, just to come this far” echoing in the back of their minds, the senior girls’ soccer players from Temecula Valley High School wanted their date with destiny to end the way any fairy tale should. Happily, ever after. Standing in their way was San Marcos High School, which won the San Diego Section’s Open Division girls’ soccer championship.

Temecula Valley head coach Jennifer Guinn has been repeating the aforementioned phrase to her girls all postseason, and it stuck, with each and every win.

Their final showdown, which took place at the home of the Lady Golden Bears Saturday, March 5, couldn’t have gone down between two better teams, the Division 1 CIF Southern Section Champions, Temecula Valley (24-1-1) versus the Lady Knights (18-6-3).

Temecula Valley, who were garnishing a 20-game win streak going into the game, struck early

when Camryn Vehlow scored off a goal kick from a Natalie Mitchell corner kick. As with any enchanted tale, there has to be some drama, which came when a San Marcos defender tried to clear an Annika Jost (Temecula Valley) cross kick.

Her kick went into the penalty area, where the hope was that one of her Golden Bear teammates would score, but the Lady Knights defender wound up deflecting the ball into the opposing net.

From there, Temecula Valley capitalized as Mitchell and Vehlow would connect late in the game for their final score, which came minutes after a Kate Jacobsen header went into the back of the net. With the score at 4-0, Temecula Valley would give up their only goal of the game when San Marcos scored in the 79th minute on a penalty kick by Ava Paolini. It was just the third goal allowed during their entire postseason run.

“Collectively, as a group, we accomplished everything we went after,” Guinn said.

For Guinn, her staff, her seniors, and above all, her program, the

moment was something that they put in the universe years ago.

“I’m so proud of my entire team, including the coaching staff,” Guinn said.

This is the second time in the past five years that the program has captured a regional title. The last time Guinn’s program had this amount of success was 2018, when her current seniors were only in the eighth grade. Then, it was for a CIF SoCal Division 2 State title after winning a CIF Southern Section Division 2 title as well, which makes this year’s accomplishment,

both titles coming in Division 1, that much sweeter.

“Goals were set, and they pushed through,” Guinn added.

“Our senior class was persistent, they led with passion, compassion and true leadership. They were legacy setters and accomplished the highest achievement possible in high school soccer. It does not get any better than that. I want to send a huge thank you out to our school and all the fans. From traveling, to online, to packing the house they truly were part of our family.”

Temecula Valley ended the season with a 21-game win streak and were the top team in Southern California, if not the entire state.

Oak Ridge of El Dorado won the NorCal CIF Division 1 State title, so there will have to be two top teams in California, for now. Hey CIF, perhaps an underground game to determine the overall State champs? Maybe some other time, in a land not so far, far away.

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Temecula Valley, the 2022 CIF State SoCal Regional champions.

Temecula Valley senior Natalie Mitchell sends a shot towards San Marcos keeper Vanessa Linke.

Lady Golden Bear goalkeeper Ellie Ludwig goes up to make a punch save against San Marcos Saturday, March 5, at Temecula Valley High School.

Camryn Vehlow gives Temecula Valley an early 1-0 lead after scoring eight minutes into the match.

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CIF State winter sports playoff updates Another week has gone by in the playoff world, and now, the stamp can be put on the local winter sports high school season. A few teams had made it to the CIF State tournament level this past week, which included teams from local girls’ soccer, and boys’ and girls’ basketball programs.

As already mentioned in this week’s issue, the Temecula Valley girls’ soccer team won 21 straight games to not only clinch their fifth straight Southwestern League title, but they also won their first-ever CIF Southern Section Division 1 title and accomplished the same feat at the CIF State level Saturday, March 5, with a 4-1 win over San Marcos.

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3-3 draw, but lost on penalty kicks, was not out of it. Despite the loss, their historic season was not over as they earned a bid in the CIF SoCal Division 4 playoffs. The Lady Bulldogs were seeded No. 7 and were not only able to knock off No. 2 seed Sierra Canyon but avenged that CIF Southern Section loss to No. 3 seed Marshall, earning them a spot in the championship game this past Saturday against Saint Joseph.

Hemet’s Bridget Arnold put the Lady Bulldogs up 1-0 in the 19th minute of the final game and sophomore midfielder Tyariz Hernandez added a goal in the 34th minute as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Valley Christian High School. St. Joseph didn’t flinch, and the Lady Jesters got back in the match when they scored twice in the second half to force sudden-death overtime.

In the 91st minute, Saint Joseph senior Mia Escandon took the shot for the win and nailed it. The final was a 3-2 comeback victory against Hemet to win the CIF SoCal Regional title.

CIF STATE BOYS/GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS With a loss in the CIF Southern Section finals, the Rancho Verde Mustangs did advance to the CIF State tournament this week, where they faced off in the Division 3 brackets against Grant High School in the opening round. Rancho Verde not only won that game but made it all the way to the semifinal game where they fell to Venice High School, 54-49.

For the girls’ teams, Heritage advanced to CIF State brackets, along with Fallbrook and Cal Lutheran, but each of the three teams only got one game under their belt.

Fallbrook fell to Shadow Hills in the Division 3 brackets, Heritage was defeated by No. 6 Imperial, 50-21, in the Division 4 brackets and Cal Lutheran was taken down in a heartbreaker to Maywood CES, 32-31, in the opening round of the Division 5 brackets.

CIF STATE WRESTLING UPDATES With the conclusion of the CIF State wrestling tournament taking place last weekend, two local programs were awarded as top teams from the CIF Southern Section. The Paloma Valley girls’ wrestling team was named the 2022 CIF Southern Section Ford Individual Girls’ Northern Champions and Temecula Valley was named the 2022 CIF Southern Section Ford Individual Boys’ Eastern Champions.

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The Paloma Valley girls’ wrestling team was named the 2022 CIF Southern Section Ford Individual Girls’ Valley News/Courtesy photo Northern Champions.

Temecula Valley was named the 2022 CIF Southern Section Ford Individual Boys’ Eastern Wrestling Champions.

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Murrieta Mesa boys’ volleyball take second place at Still Mill Classic tournament JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Murrieta Mesa boys’ volleyball team has been hard at work prepping for the start of Southwestern League action, which starts Tuesday, March 15, against Great Oak. With eleven games under their belt so far, the Rams are garnishing a 7-4 record and took second place last weekend in the very tough Still Mill Classic Tourney.

Murrieta Mesa went 4-2 in the tournament, with wins over Miller, San Gorgonio, Fontana and Western Christian. Their two losses came from Roosevelt, who beat them in pool play, and again in the finals, 2-0. This week the Rams will be on the court in preseason action against Beaumont, Elsinore and Hemet. Match times are set for 4:30 p.m. in each of those games.

Full schedules can be found online at http://www.maxpreps.com.

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CBU Baseball falls in final game of series with GCU

Former Linfield Lion, CBU third baseman Mitchell Simon (1) fields a ground ball against Grand Valley News/Action Captures Media Group photos Canyon University Sunday, March 6.

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California Baptist University baseball wrapped up the first week of the Western Athletic Conference season and its series with Grand Canyon Sunday, March 6.

When the dust settled, the Lopes walked away with a 19-3 victory in their final game of the weekend at Totman Stadium, where they

swept all three games.

After just three innings of play, GCU jumped out to an 11-0 lead before CBU got on the board in the bottom of the third after a double from Harrison Spohn and an RBI single for Chad Castillo. Two more Lopes’ runs were tacked on in the fifth, but CBU got them back in the sixth to make it 13-3.

Those Lancer runs came home on a double from Ulises Caballero

CBU third baseman, and former Great Oak standout, Josh Paino, looks to make a play at James W. Totman Stadium Sunday, March 6.

and a Russell Stevenson single.

Grand Canyon added six more runs in the seventh to preserve the run-rule victory.

Despite the loss, CBU collected eight hits in the game, led by a team-high two hits and run batted in from Stevenson. Castillo and Caballero also drove in runs in the game, while Spohn and Caballero both doubled. Jake Skipworth also had a hit in the

game to give him a 10-game hitting streak this season.

Ryan Delgado was CBU’s standout pitcher as he threw a shutout inning in relief, giving up one hit and striking out a batter. The loss moved CBU to 7-3 overall and 0-3 in the WAC this season. GCU are the defending WAC Tournament champions and improved to 7-4 and 3-0 in conference play.

The Lancers will play their first road games this week, starting with a mid-week game when they visited CSU Bakersfield at Hardt Field Tuesday, March 8. CBU will then head to Orem to take on Utah Valley in WAC action Friday through Sunday, March 11-13.

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Local high school baseball and softball preseason standings VALLEY NEWS SPORTS DEPARTMENT

The high school baseball and softball seasons are well past their preseason openers and have already begun league play. Here is a look at the standings for local teams, heading into the week of March 7. These standings are for teams inside the Valley News coverage area, as well as some game recaps and stats, posted from www.maxpreps.com.

Baseball Standings Southwestern League (Overall, League) Vista Murrieta – 5-2, 1-0 Murrieta Mesa – 4-1, 1-0 Temecula Valley – 5-2, 1-0 Great Oak – 4-5, 0-1 Murrieta Valley – 2-4, 0-1 Chaparral – 5-3-1, 0-1 Recent Games Murrieta Mesa – 5, Great Oak – 3 WP – No stats entered on MaxPreps LP – Wauschek MMHS: No stats entered on MaxPreps GOHS: Allinson – 2-3, SB; Rodda – 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, RS; Lake – 1-1, RBI Vista Murrieta – 9, Chaparral – 3 WP – No stats entered on MaxPreps LP – Pavlosky VMHS: No stats entered on MaxPreps CHS: Spurlock – 2-3, RBI; Osterloh – 2-3, 2B, RBI, SB; Doughty – 2-3, 2B, RS South Valley League Temecula Prep – 3-6 Santa Rosa Academy – 1-3 Nuview Bridge – 1-5 San Jacinto Valley Academy – 0-0 Cal. Mil. Institute – 0-0

Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic School – 0-0 Recent Games Arrowhead Christian – 14; Temecula Prep – 2 WP – Zack. LP – Chapman ACS: Toth – 2-2, RBI, 2 RS, 2B; Martinez – 2-3, RBI, 3 RS, 2B, SB; Davari – 2-3, 2 RBI, RS TP: Canavan 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B Inland Valley League (Overall, League) Elsinore – 5-3, 1-0 Hemet – 0-5-2, 0-0-2 Notre Dame – 1-2-2, 0-0-2 Vista del Lago – 2-4-0, 0-1 Lakeside – 4-5, 0-0 Recent Games Notre Dame – 2, Hemet – 2 Elsinore – 10, Vista del Lago –0 Ivy League (Overall, League) Riverside Poly – 1-0, 3-3 Canyon Springs – 0-1, 0-8 JW North – 4-4 Paloma Valley – 2-4 Temescal Canyon – 4-4 Recent Games Great Oak – 12, Paloma Valley – 8 Other Area Teams Linfield Christian (6-1), currently in third place in the Ambassador League Rancho Christian (2-7), currently competing in the Freelance League Recent Games Linfield – 11, Lakeside – 4 WP – Harkins LP – Quintero LCS: Malcomson – 3-3, RBI, 2 RS, 2B (2); Rezkalah – 2-4, 3 RBI LHS: Benitez – 1-2, RBI, 2B; Sotelo – 1-2, RBI Softball Standings (Overall, League) Southwestern League Great Oak – 3-3, 1-0 Murrieta Mesa – 7-4, 0-1

Vista Murrieta defeated Chaparral in their Southwestern League opener, 9-3.

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Murrieta Valley – 8-2 Vista Murrieta – 4-3 Temecula Valley – 2-3 Chaparral – 3-4 Recent Games Great Oak – 3, Murrieta Mesa – 1 Murrieta Valley – 9, Lakeside – 0 South Valley League San Jacinto Valley Academy – 1-2 Santa Rosa Academy – 1-5 Temecula Prep – 0-1 Nuview Bridge – 0-3 Cal. Mil. Institute – 0-0 Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Cath-

olic School – 0-0 Recent Games No updates on MaxPreps Inland Valley League Orange Vista – 7-2 Temescal Canyon – 6-4 Hemet – 5-5 Canyon Springs – 3-4 Recent Games Temescal Canyon – 18, Moreno Valley – 0 Ivy League Heritage – 9-2 Riverside Poly – 10-4 Elsinore – 6-3 Valley View – 6-3-1 JW North – 7-4

Lakeside – 2-2 Rancho Verde – 3-3 Paloma Valley – 2-4 Notre Dame – 1-2 Vista del Lago – 2-10 Recent Games Elsinore – 9, Vista del Lago – 2 Other Area Teams Linfield Christian (2-1), currently in 5th place in the Ambassador League Rancho Christian (0-1), currently competing in the South Eastern League *Photos and sports scores/ stats can be submitted to sports@ reedermedia.com.

Mt. San Jacinto College hosts beach volleyball team kickoff celebration Mt. San Jacinto College held a kickoff celebration last month at its Menifee Valley Campus to honor its new Beach Volleyball team and facility. The event was held at the Athletics & Kinesiology Complex, the home of MSJC’s new Beach Volleyball team.

“This is the beginning of an exciting year at our new MSJC Athletics & Kinesiology Complex and we’re proud to celebrate our new Beach Volleyball studentathletes and their new sand courts,” Dr. Roger Schultz, Superintendent/ President of MSJC, said. “We also look forward to celebrating the opening of our new stadium at the complex later this year. This facility is a game-changer for the community.”

The $41 million Athletics & Kinesiology Complex is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2022. It will fea-

ture a 5,000-seat stadium with club boxes, providing a new gathering place to celebrate as MSJC hosts graduation ceremonies, community events, concerts, Eagles football and other athletics games and more.

The college district’s 2014 voterapproved Measure AA, a $295 million facilities bond, is funding the construction of the stadium, which will include a field house; large classrooms and faculty offices; fitness/weight rooms, lockers, team rooms and a press box.

“We’re proud to welcome the Beach Volleyball team and its talented student-athletes to our department,”Patrick Springer, MSJC Dean of Kinesiology and Athletics, said. “This complex means so much and will enhance the education and training we can provide our student-athletes moving forward.”

Mt. San Jacinto College held a kickoff celebration in early February at its Menifee Valley Campus to honor its new Beach Volleyball team and facility.

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Leading the Beach Volleyball team is Serinna Eason, the MSJC Kinesiology Chair and Head Coach. She also led the indoor

MSJC Volleyball team to its second straight conference championship in November. Follow all the MSJC action on social media through

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @MSJCAthletics.

Submitted by the Mt. San Jacinto College Athletics Department.

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The Music Center selects 100 Southern California high school students as semifinalists in the 34th annual Spotlight competition LOS ANGELES – The Music Center announced 100 of Southern California’s most talented high school students as semifinalists in its 34th annual Spotlight program, a free nationally acclaimed performing arts competition, scholarship and artistic development program for teens.

Senior Preston Atkins of Idyllwild Arts Academy in IdyllwildPine Cove performed in the classical instrumental category.

Freshman Noe Lynds of Susan H. Nelson High School in Murrieta performed in the ballet category.

Freshman Calli Perryman of Murrieta High School in Murrieta performed in the dance category.

Junior Luciana Vun of Great Oak High School in Temecula performed in the dance category.

A TMC Arts program, Spotlight provides Southern California teens with expert advice, coaching, auditions and mastery classes taught by professional artists and arts administrators. The program recognizes and rewards all participants throughout the competition with a range of benefits such as individual feedback from industry professionals, performance opportunities and more than $100,000 in cash awards through three rounds of auditions.

This year, more than 1,300 teens representing more than 256 schools, 181 cities and eight counties auditioned for the program. Students compete in seven categories: acting, classical voice, non-classical voice, ballet, dance, classical instrumental and jazz instrumental.

“After nearly two years of online programming and distanced arts learning, The Music Center is thrilled to bring the Spotlight performance and in-person arts experiences back to our campus. Spotlight offers participants multiple opportunities for artistic development that help these aspiring young performers hone their craft and guide their aspirations, whether that be on stage or in the boardroom,” Rachel S. Moore, president and CEO of The Music Center, said. “We want to ensure young people have a supportive

and nurturing environment and performance experiences that allow them to develop their talents and determine their path. Spotlight offers the means for them to do that.”

All applicants received written feedback from distinguished panels of judges following each audition round to help students improve and gain knowledge in their particular performance discipline.

An important part of The Music Center’s fundamental support for arts learning, the program provides students the opportunity to develop their performance abilities, receive valuable college preparedness skills and gain confidence to pursue their dreams in the performing arts.

Through a supportive environment, students also develop important life skills, including building self‐ esteem, preparation and perseverance, that benefit them beyond the stage.

Spotlight perseverance “Despite the limitations we all faced during the pandemic, The Music Center’s Spotlight persevered. We were fortunate to be able to continue the program as a completely free competition and the results are simply spectacular, with so many young people from across the Southland applying and inspiring all of us with their enthusiasm, talent and passion for the arts,” Jeri Gaile, the Fredric Roberts director of The Music Center’s Spotlight program, said. “While Spotlight is very much a competition, we also focus on developing each student’s artistic skills and nurturing their growth. Our goal is to support each applicant in every way possible, be that providing detailed notes from a judge on how to better their performance or showing them alternative careers in the arts beyond the stage.”

Spotlight semifinalists have the rare opportunity to attend a special mastery class in their discipline with highly regarded artists, who share their expertise on performance technique, training and professional life. Experts provide students with highly valuable feedback on their performances,

offering them a rich learning experience. Each semifinalist will audition again before a new panel of judges, who will then select the top two finalist performers in each category for 14 grand prize finalists.

Judges will also name an honorable mention in each category.

The grand prize finalists will perform in The Music Center’s Spotlight grand finale performance Wednesday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m., at The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre.

Cash scholarships The Music Center ’s Spotlight program awards more than $100,000 in cash scholarships annually. Semifinalists each receive $300. The eventual grand prize finalists will each receive $5,000 scholarships, plus one honorable mention in each category will receive $1,000. The Music Center also celebrates five students in each category with the Merit Award, which acknowledges students who inspire the judges by their commitment and dedication to their art form; Spotlight Merit Award recipients each receive $100.

To help students interested in applying to the Spotlight program, The Music Center created The Spotlight Academy as an episodic series of online videos and tutorials. Designed for young artists, parents and educators, The Spotlight Academy features 15 webisodes that focus on subjects related to applying for the Spotlight program as well as advice for anyone considering a career in the arts, both on or offstage. The videos provide a deep dive into the program’s seven categories and discuss curated topics featuring alumni and experts in the field, including “Superstore” actress Carla Renata, opera singer Suzanna Guzmán and New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck, among others.

Lives transformed Since its launch in 1988, Spotlight has transformed the lives of 53,000 high school students from Santa Barbara to San Diego by

Junior Luciana Vun of Great Oak High School in Temecula is a semifinalist for dance in The Music Center’s 34th annual Spotlight competition.

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being a competition and more.

Numerous Spotlight participants have gone on to successful professional careers. Twenty-three finalists are presidential scholars, and many more have joined or performed with professional companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others. Notable Spotlight alumni include Misty Copeland, who made history in the dance world as the first African American principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre; Adam Lambert and Josh Groban, pop recording artists; Kris Bowers, Emmy Award-winning composer whose work includes the scores for “Bridgerton,” “Green Book” and “Dear White People;” Lindsay Mendez, Tony Award winner for her role in the Broad-

way revival of “Carousel” and starring in the television drama “All Rise;” Erin Mackey, star of Broadway’s “Wicked,” “Sondheim on Sondheim,” “Anything Goes,” “Chaplin” and “Amazing Grace;” Matthew Rushing, associate artistic director for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Yao Guang Zhai, associate principal clarinet of the Toronto Symphony; Gerald Clayton, Grammy awardwinning jazz recording artist and many others.

Fredric Roberts is the founding chair of The Music Center’s Spotlight program. The late Walter E. Grauman is the creator. The Music Center’s Spotlight program is supported by The Hearst Foundations.

For more information about The Music Center’s Spotlight program, visit http://musiccenter.org/spotlight or join the conversation on Facebook Submitted by The Music Center.

Notre Dame High School advances to state mock trial RIVERSIDE – After seven rounds of competition, the young legal team from Notre Dame High School was named the champions of the 2022 Riverside County Mock Trial Competition and advanced to represent Riverside County at the California Mock Trial Competition for the first time in school history.

The final round featured Poly High School as the prosecution and Notre Dame High School as the defense. In the semifinal round held hours before the championship, Poly High School defeated the 2021 champions from Martin Luther King High School while Notre Dame High School reached the finals after defeating Murrieta Valley High School.

Due to pandemic restrictions on crowds, all mock trial competitions for 2022 were held virtually. The 2022 California State Mock Trial Championship will also take place virtually from Thursday to Sunday, March 17-20.

Mock Trial involves students arguing cases in front of real judges, and scored by practicing attorneys.

The multi-round competition is open to all students in grades 9 through 12 enrolled in public and

private high schools in Riverside County. Teams consist of eight to 25 students filling the virtual courtroom roles of defense and prosecution attorneys, witnesses, clerks and more.

This year’s competition features case materials that provide the facts and legal background for the fictional trial, People v. Cobey. The focus of the trial was Jamie Cobey, a horticulturist living in the community of Burnsley, a semi rural town in the high desert. Cobey was charged with two counts, including first-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.

More than a dozen students were honored Saturday, Feb. 19, for top performances with medals, golden gavel pins, trophies and internships in local legal organizations after the fourth round of competition.

For Outstanding Bailiff, first place went to Damien Milton of Great Oak High School, second place to Aubrey Hernandez of Notre Dame High School and third place to Yusuf Ashrif of John W. North High School.

For Outstanding Clerk, first place was Stephanie Stahovich of Notre Dame High School; second place

was Brian Martinez of Patriot High School and third place was Emily Tucker of Palm Desert High School and Rend Abdulhasan of Great Oak High School.

The award for Outstanding Defense Pretrial Motion Attorney went to Erika Salcedo of Murrieta Valley High School for first place, XuanAnh Biggs of Poly High School for second place and Ayanna Grunwald of Notre Dame High School for third place. Salcedo was also the winner of Riverside County Courts Award and Riverside County Bar Association Foundation’s Honorable Douglas E. Weathers Scholarship.

The award for Outstanding Prosecution Pretrial Motion Attorney went to James Fagan of Poly High School for first place, Indiana Behr of Palm Valley High School for second place and Tara Bakhshi Dezful of Palm Desert High School for third place. Fagan was also the winner of Riverside County Courts Award and Riverside County Bar Association Foundation’s Honorable Douglas E. Weathers Scholarship.

Awards were given for Outstanding Prosecution Witnesses accord-

ing to each witness. For Witness: Dr. Charlie Dunn, first place was Nicole Wetzel of Paloma Valley High School, Victoria Castaneda of Patriot High School took second place and Tallulah Rector of Palm Desert High School was awarded third place. For Witness: Toni Garrett, Isabella Torres of Patriot High School won first place, Jose Sepulveda-Vel of Indio High School took second place and Emma Mermilliod of Notre Dame High School was in third place. For Witness: Angel Russell, first place was Luis Suarez of Great Oak High School, Savera Vakil of Paloma Valley High School was in second place and Esther Chavarria of Chaparral High School took third place. For Witness: Terry Edwards, Margaret Roemer of Poly High School took first place, Samantha Esparza of John W. North High School was in second place and Marlen Castillo Sanchez of Indio High School was in third place.

Awards were given for Outstanding Defense Witnesses according to each witness. For Defendant: Jamie Cobey, Sydney Vinson of Chaparral High School received first place, Gabriela Cruz of John W. North High School took second place and James Peters of Great Oak High School was awarded third place.

For Witness: Francis Yazzie, Jia Sergeant of John W. North High School was in first place, Gracie Carlson of Santiago High School was in second place and Daniel Rodriguez of Murrieta Valley High

School was in third place. For Witness: Dr. Tyler Clay, Samira Ahmed of John W. North High School won first place, Yousif Subhi of Santiago High School received second place and Keila Serrano of San Jacinto High School took third place. For Witness: Dani Emling, Nicholas Duran of Martin Luther King High School took first place, Zyrin Wolfinger of Temecula Preparatory High School received second place and Charlotte Trudeau of Palm Desert High School was in third place.

For Outstanding Prosecution Attorneys, Noah Gilman-Morgan of John W. North High School earned a gold medal, Jessica Diaz of Hemet High School earned silver and Melany Hernandez of Hemet High School earned bronze. Gilman-Morgan was the winner of an internship in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and the Riverside County Bar Association Foundation’s Honorable Douglas E. Weathers Scholarship.

For Outstanding Defense Attorneys, three gold medals were given.

Estera Boca of Poly High School, Aleksandra Petrovski of Murrieta Valley High School and Roxalana Johnson of Chaparral High School received the gold medals. Boca was also the winner of an internship with the Riverside County Public Defender’s Office and the Riverside County Bar Association Foundation’s Honorable Douglas E. Weathers Scholarship.

Submitted by Riverside County Office of Education.

Cynthia Sergott graduates from UW-Whitewater WHITEWATER, Wis. – Cynthia Sergott from Canyon Lake graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater at winter commencement, held Dec. 18.

More than 762 students crossed the stage to receive their degrees at the ceremony, held at Kachel Fieldhouse in the Williams Center.

The graduating class included four international students, 71 military veterans and 168 non-

traditional students, defined as undergraduate students who are 25 years of age or older. In addition, 79 self-identified students with disabilities received degrees.

Dozens of students participated in the university’s Hired Before Graduation campaign, which celebrates students who landed a job, earned acceptance to graduate school or started their own business before commencement.

Submitted by University of Wisconsin Whitewater.

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Soboba Reservation provides natural classroom for science students

Science students Tishmal Goff, Robert Valencia and Babe Briones work together planting white sage in an area of the Soboba Reservation near the Noli Indian School campus.

Noli Indian School science students Sienna Goff and Victor Chavez sample plant species in a watershed area at the Soboba Indian Reservation.

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Noli Indian School students in Jay Dagostino’s science classes are getting hands-on lessons in biology, ecology and environmental science. Utilizing an area of the Soboba Reservation adjacent to the school campus, students are learning about habitat restoration of native plants.

Teaching at the school for the past 10 years, Dagostino noticed native plants were declining and non-native weeds were taking over in a wildlife site behind the school that he and Noli cultural teacher Tashina Ornelas use for their classes. Due to erosion caused by flooding and other issues, soil had been imported from outside the reservation, which is what most likely led to the invasion.

“That’s when I decided to start the project with other stakeholders and my students,” he said.

Along with Ornelas, the collaboration also includes Noli science and oceanography teacher Sabrina Sobel and Soboba’s Cultural Resource and Tribal Environmental departments.

In addition to the project aligning with the biology curriculum in the areas of ecology and habitat restoration, students get participation points for the field work they do. They also use the data they collect to complete the scientific process through their use of the scientific method.

“I won’t have to give them a fake example of this kind of work for them to analyze because they did it themselves,” Dagostino said.

“Most students are not exposed to this kind of work until college.”

He said most students want to learn the names of the plants, why each native plant is important and why the weeds are harmful or beneficial. They also learn about soil content during the process.

“It will take time (several years) to recover, but the students should see positive results right away and be able to watch it getting better every year,” Dagostino said.

For the project, Ornelas said they discussed what native plants

would provide the best opportunity for growth, what plants would be most traditional to the space and that would allow them to create cultural resources that could be used throughout Noli’s cultural and school programs.

“The project is very much about the future,” she said. “Students can experience firsthand why native plant restoration is so vital to the continuance of culture, tradition and environmental longevity.”

Dagostino and Ornelas combine their classes whenever possible so students have both scientific as well as cultural context to enhance the curriculum of both departments.

“It’s important to provide projects such as this because it highlights the significant changes that are made both environmentally as well as man-made,” Ornelas said.

“Focusing projects like this on a high school level allows students to be active participants in understanding the relationship between the land and the people.”

Ornelas said the most important thing she wants students to learn about native plants, invasive species and the removal of the invasive, is that it takes action.

“Change and restoration is possible with action,” Ornelas said. “We can tend the land and it can provide healthy and viable resources.”

During the past five years, native plants have slowly been added to the campus’ landscape through both the cultural and science programs. All grade levels from sixth to 12th participated in planting the native plants on school grounds during the cross collaboration between the departments.

Tribal historic preservation officer Joseph Ontiveros and cultural resource specialist Jessica Valdez from Soboba’s Cultural Resource Department are currently working with Noli students on the habitat restoration/rehabilitation project as it pertains to ecology.

“The project is in its beginning stages, and thus far we have worked with one of Mr. Dagostino’s classes to remove invasive plant species from the sloped wash area, that lines the campus along

Poppet Flats Road,” Valdez said.

“Prior to proceeding with the removal of invasive species, students analyzed plant species in 200-foot long transects, every 20 feet.

“The following invasive species are currently being removed: filaree/stork’s bill, black mustard, stinknet, Russian thistle, salt cedar, tree tobacco and non-native grasses. The next steps will include replenishment of the area via planting of native plant species, such as Buckwheat, California Sagebrush, Elderberry, Chia and Western Cottonwood,” Valdez said. “It is our hopes that the collaborative learning exchange that exists between Noli and the Soboba Cultural Resource Department will result in the long-term preservation of cultural resources – materials, landscapes and traditions – for future generations to come.”

Soboba’s Tribal Environmental Department is also providing assistance to the classes.

“We wish to help his class and any other students or tribal members willing to learn the importance of environmental awareness, the consequences of degradation and destruction and the reasons why people such as us get up every morning,” environmental specialist Micah Knox said.

He said he felt it’s important for projects such as this to be implemented at a young age because it can shape young minds.

“When I was a high school student I was shaped by a very passionate environmental teacher such as Dagostino, which led me to where I am today,” Knox said. “I hope the kids learn the importance of keeping a habitat pristine.”

Knox said just having the students get outside and be with nature can help them, and anyone, better understand their environment. While not all students who attend Noli are from Soboba, Knox believes they will take the important lessons they learn home and be able to think about it more critically.

“The best I can ask for is that a student is inspired to be where I am now when the time comes, that the

Noli students Johnny Gutierrez, Jacklyn Ramirez and Eugene Espinoza plant native plants as part of their school’s habitat restoration project.

environment speaks to them as it has spoken to me in the past and that even one student decides on a career in the sciences, ultimately bettering the planet in the process,” Knox said.

Each of the following native plants that are in the process of being restored has a unique purpose.

Valdez provided an extensive list of local native species, used traditionally for edible, practical and medicinal purposes.

Buckwheat, or Eriogonum fasciculatum, flourishes in washes and canyons, dry slopes and alpine meadows. Its seeds and young shoots can be eaten. Its flowers can be steeped in water to make an eyewash or a laxative, and the leaves can be made into a decoction to cure headaches and stomach ailments. Medicinal properties are best derived when the plant is in a mature state.

California sagebrush, or Artemisia californica, grows on dry foothills, in chaparral and in coastal areas, as it is extremely drought tolerant. It is considered an important medicinal plant within traditional tribal culture.

The plant can be used in a tea to aid with illness, boiled and used for bathing to treat measles. Its leaves can be used as a poultice or hair wash to treat headaches and can be chewed fresh or dried and smoked to relieve colds. Its wood is used for fuel, while stems are used to make arrow shafts.

Elderberry, or Sambucus mexicana, grows in canyons and open flats below 4,500 feet near permanent springs, along streams and in other moist areas. Its berries, sauco, can be eaten fresh, as a sauce or in the form of a jam or jelly. Elderberry blossoms are brewed into a medicinal tea for use in curing fevers, upset stomachs, colds and the flu, although it must

be administered in limited doses.

Medicinally, the older blossoms are considered best. Elderberry plants provide two sources of basket dyes. The juice of the berry produces a purplish or black coloring for dying basket materials, while the stem is used to make a yellow or orange dye. Twigs are used to make whistles.

Chia, or Salvia columbariae, seeds can be ground into meal to make chia cakes or mush. Beverages can be made of unground seeds by soaking them in water.

Medicinally, chia mush is used as a poultice on infections. The mush is wrapped while hot in a cloth and applied to the infected area. The seeds can also be used to cleanse the eyes or remove foreign matter causing irritation.

Chia seeds are a superfood, as they are a good source of energy and protein. They are high in fiber and their gelatinous properties promote hydration. Traditionally, eaten by the pinchful, they are known to have sustained native people for up to 12 hours on long journeys.

Western cottonwood, or Populus fremonti, trees thrive in moist places, along stream sides and in alluvial fans, below 6,500 feet.

The cottonwood provides fast burning firewood and is also used to manufacture tools of various kinds. Its trunk is used to make wooden mortars for grinding soft foods. The cottonwood contains salicylic acid and has medicinal properties similar to those of aspirin. The bark and leaves can be boiled to make a solution or a poultice for headaches, cuts and swelling. Mushrooms found on dead cottonwoods are known as saqapish in Cahuilla; they are a popular food and considered a delicacy, as they can be roasted, boiled, fried and used in gravies.

Can Riverside County students read 3 MSJC receives $500,000 apprenticeship grant million words this spring?

RIVERSIDE – Edwin Gomez, Ed.D., Riverside County superintendent of schools, announced a Three Million Word Reading Challenge for students in Riverside County. As part of the ongoing Literacy by 5th Grade Initiative, the challenge will coincide with the annual National Read Across America activities that began Wednesday, March 2.

To participate, students will utilize the free Footsteps2Brilliance literacy apps that are available to all students in Riverside County from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. The top five readers in the Footsteps2Brilliance program will receive an Amazon Kindle. Additional prizes will also be awarded by individual school districts. The challenge will run until Saturday, April 30.

“Goal-setting is an essential tool in achieving greatness in all parts of life – and this includes student learning at the earliest of ages. I am confident that our Riverside County students will reach the goal of the Three Million Word Chal-

lenge while developing a love of reading that will help them achieve many future goals in their lives,” Gomez said.

The Footsteps2Brilliance bilingual literacy apps are available free of charge to every transitional kindergarten through fifth grade student who resides within Riverside County. Even students not yet enrolled in school will be able to access and use the apps. Students participating in the Three Million Word Challenge will have access to the Footsteps2Brilliance library of e-books and educational games on their smartphones, tablets or computers.

Students can participate in the Three Million Word Reading Challenge by registering for free access to the Footsteps2Brilliance apps at https://myf2b.com/riverside.

Progress towards the goal can be tracked at http://www.rcoe.us/ literacy-by-5th-grade.

The Riverside County Office of Education is a service agency supporting the county’s 23 school districts that serve 430,000 students

– more than the student population of 17 states. RCOE services include administrative support to districts, programs for preschool, special education, pregnant minor, correctional, migrant and vocational students. In addition, the organization provides professional training, support and resources for more than 18,000 teachers, administrators and staff throughout the 7,000 square miles of Riverside County. Learn more at http://www.rcoe.us.

Footsteps2Brilliance Inc. is the breakthrough early learning platform that accelerates early literacy achievement by uniting the power of mobile gaming technology with the latest in cognitive research.

Footsteps2Brilliance provides enticing, interactive, 24/7 learning experiences that digitally link school and home to give students the edge they need for success in school today and the world tomorrow. For further information, contact info@ footsteps2brilliance.com.

Submitted by Riverside County Office of Education.

SAN JACINTO – Mt. San Jacinto College will receive a $500,000 grant from the California Apprenticeship Initiative for a new Automotive and Transportation Technologies Apprenticeship.

MSJC’s Automotive and Transportation Technologies program will receive the California Apprenticeship Initiative Grant Friday, April 1, to highlight new and innovative apprenticeships.

The grant program was created to increase the middle-skilled labor workforce in California in nontraditional and innovative sectors. The grant will also help COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery efforts and provide equitable opportunities for those who often experience inequalities when recovering from an economic crisis.

MSJC receives this grant alongside Chaffey College and Riverside City College. All three are part of the Inland Empire/Desert Regional Consortium.

Apprenticeships offer students a unique experience of both realworld experience and in-class learn-

MSJC will receive a $500,000 grant from the California Apprenticeship Initiative for a new Automotive and Transportation Technologies Apprenticeship.

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ing. The programs look to bridge the gap between industries struggling to find trained workers and individuals looking for competitive, high-wage employment.

Middle-skilled workers are highly sought after in today’s market and make up the largest labor force in California and the country.

Learn more about MSJC’s apprenticeship program at http:// www.msjc.edu/apprenticeship.

Submitted by Mt. San Jacinto College.

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California GOP joins Orange County leaders and businesses to call for gas tax holiday John Fredricks THE EPOCH TIMES

ORANGE, Calif.—As the City of Orange officials and business leaders gathered in Yorba Park near the 55 Freeway and Chapman Avenue, a gas station LED sign showing prices starting at $4.89 per gallon loomed overhead across the street.

“I guarantee you that any of you wanting to go over and interview anyone filling up at the pump you would not find one person that would not be happy if the gas were less in price,” Mayor of the City of Orange Mark Murphy said to reporters. “(Saving) 50 cents per gallon for six months. Can you imagine?”

The purpose of the gathering was to discuss an assembly bill (AB 1638) introduced in January to suspend California’s gas tax for six months, and to briefly share how increasing gasoline prices due to inflation have been affecting the City of Orange and its local businesses.

California’s gas tax, formally called the “state excise tax,” is currently marked as 51.1 cents per

Gas stations serve customers at peak prices in Irvine Feb. 23.

(John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

gallon and is expected to generate a total of $8.8 billion within the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the state Legislature’s Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor.

Californians currently pay the highest gas tax in the United States and pay an average of $4.87 per gallon as of March 2, according to AAA. Although the gas tax is the primary source of funding for

maintaining state highways and roads, inflation and gas prices are becoming financially difficult for the local community, especially for working-class commuters.

Orange Chamber of Commerce President Al Ricci said minimum wage workers are spending 25% of their income on gas in order to get to work.

“I will tell you that we are having a difficult time finding a workforce to support our 16,000 businesses in our city, but 25% of

their paycheck is going to waste (on gas), and we have to stop that,” Ricci said.

Dara Maleki, CEO of The Pizza Press restaurant with several locations throughout Orange, said it is time to “make it right” as the gas price hike is negatively affecting his employees.

“My employees and employees’ paychecks are getting stretched further and further, and with rising costs of ingredients, rent, power and more, it’s harder to come back,” Maleki said. “It’s getting too expensive to drive and most residents don’t have a choice; they have to go to work.”

Republican lawmakers present were confident that if the bill is passed, eliminating gas taxation for the next six months will allow local businesses and workers to move forward amid rising inflation.

“The cost of living is devastating families, students, seniors and our most vulnerable,” Assemblywoman Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel) said in a statement. “For two years we have seen a huge budget surplus, your money. It is time we bring some relief to the

taxpayer who is suffering under the worst inflation we’ve seen in 40 years.”

Californians are also paying an average of $1.21 per gallon above the rest of the nation, which includes $1.27 per gallon due to state taxes and emergency coronavirus mandates, according to Assembly Republicans’ March 3 news release.

Assemblymember James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) told reporters that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s separate proposal to suspend the gas tax increase for one year starting this summer, which would cut the tax by only 3 cents per gallon, has been rejected by the Democrats in the state Legislature.

“We are proposing a full suspension of the gas tax to give hardworking Californians 50 cents of a gallon of gas. It’s the least that we can do in these inflationary times where it’s harder and harder for people to make ends meet,” Gallagher said.

Once passed, the bill would come into immediate effect in suspending the state gas tax as an urgency statute.

Highway update Area highway projects continuing after weather delays Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

Some highway construction may have been delayed due to the recent rainy weather, but Riverside County Transportation Commission, Caltrans and Menifee road projects continue.

The city of Menifee said work is continuing with restriping on McCall Boulevard, Encanto Road and Hurst Avenue following resurfacing work. The Rockport Ranch Development at Antelope and Briggs roads will see trucks continuing to haul dirt and other materials for

one to two weeks more.

The approved haul route and times continue as shown Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Antelope and Briggs roads. Holland Road hauls will be held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., but they will not occur Wednesdays to ease traffic congestion due to the minimum day school schedules.

Scott Road/Leon Road Intersection Improvements have been completed by Riverside County with a traffic signal now in operation.

For questions on the Menifee project/construction updates, contact Philp Southard, public information and legislative affairs officer, at 951-746-0654 or at psouthard@cityofmenifee.us.

Caltrans working in the Hemet area is continuing work on the $7.3 million project to install a horizontal drainage system and repair current drainage systems on Highway 74 weather permitting. Work will take place from 0.7 miles east of Blackburn Road to just east of Doe Canyon Road with one-way reversible traffic control in place Monday through

Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with possible weekend and night work as needed.

Riverside County Transportation Commission said daytime closures of the eastbound Gilman Springs Road on-ramp and nightly full closures of westbound Route 60 are planned through Friday, March 11, westbound Route 60 will be fully closed nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers should use alternate routes, such as Interstate 10. Construction activities are subject to change due to weather and staffing. Follow RCTC on social media @60TruckLanes for the

latest construction updates.

RCTC also said nighttime northbound and southbound Interstate 15 road closure at Railroad Road Canyon Road may still be temporarily closed as set k-rails for electrical work. Construction activity is subject to change. Follow @RailoroadCanyon for the latest.

RCTC in partnership with Caltrans and the city of Lake Elsinore is upgrading the I-15 Railroad Canyon Interchange with RCTC the lead agency.

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

Rep. Calvert announces military academy nominations for class of 2026 CORONA – Rep. Ken Calvert, announced 24 students from his 42nd Congressional District have been nominated to attend the U.S. Service Academies. As a member of Congress, Calvert has the privilege of nominating a select group of highly qualified young men and women from the 42nd District for an appointment to one or more U.S. service academies – Air Force, Naval, Military and Merchant Marine.

“These young men and women who I have nominated to the service academies have character,

integrity, motivation and pride, and I am proud to nominate them,” Calvert said. “I have no doubt that these students represent our region with honor and will serve our country well.”

Last month, Calvert’s academy nominations selection committee evaluated candidates from the 42nd Congressional District, who were seeking a nomination to one or more of our nation’s military service academies. The service academies will now evaluate the nominees based on their academic, athletic and physical qualifications

and extend an appointment to the best qualified students that Calvert has nominated.

Nominees to the U.S. Naval Academy included Danielle Bocanegra of Murrieta Mesa High School Class of 2021, currently attending Northwestern Preparatory School; David Cudeck of Santiago High School; Jacob Davalos of Norco High School; Diego Hernandez of Great Oak High School; Matthew Macaspac of Vista Murrieta High School; Cyrus Mahir of Murrieta Valley High School; Shaun Richter of Great

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Oak High School Class of 2021, currently attending University of Iowa; Cooper Rivers of Temescal Canyon, currently attending Adelphi University; Ryan Shubert of Paloma Valley High School and Aidan Wiseman of Vista Murrieta High School.

U.S. Air Force Academy nominees included Andrea Brosas of Vista Murrieta High School; Miryam Gonzalez of Santiago High School; Jacob Johnson of Eleanor Roosevelt High School; Jordan Martinez of Eleanor Roosevelt High School; Brent Mullins of Chaparral High School; Adam Najera of Murrieta Valley High School; Haley Olson of Vista Murrieta High School; Dylan Shifflet of Eleanor Roosevelt High School Class of 2021, currently attending Northwestern Preparatory School; Ryan Shubert of Paloma Valley High School and Makai Yee of Eleanor Roosevelt High School.

Nominees of U.S. Military Academy West Point included Elijah Chen of Temecula Preparatory School; Jacob Davalos of Norco

High School; Matthew Macaspac of Vista Murrieta High School; Cyrus Mahir of Murrieta Valley High School; Haley Olson of Vista Murrieta High School; Hunter Rody of Chaparral High School; John Thomas of Centennial High School and Aidan Wiseman of Vista Murrieta High School.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy nominees included David Cudeck of Santiago High School; Matthew Macaspac of Vista Murrieta High School; Thomas Maxwell of Chaparral High School Class of 2021, currently attending New Mexico Military Institute; Haley Olson of Vista Murrieta High School; Cooper Rivers of Temescal Canyon High School Class of 2021, currently attending Adelphi University; Aidan Wiseman of Vista Murrieta High School; Thomas Maxwell of Chaparral High School Class of 2021, currently attending New Mexico Military Institute.

Submitted by the office of Rep. Ken Calvert.

Man accused of assaulting dementia patient at nursing home THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEAL BEACH, (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man with sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman suffering from dementia at a nursing home in Southern California.

Staff members responding to screams last Tuesday at the nursing facility in Seal Beach found the door to the woman’s room barricaded with a wheelchair, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. They pushed through and found the man, a fellow resident, on top of the woman in her bed, prosecutors said.

Louie Alonso Alberto, 52, was charged Friday, March 4, with one count of sodomizing an incompetent person and two counts of

assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense, the district attorney’s office said.

It wasn’t immediately known whether Alberto had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

He has yet to enter a plea and remains jailed on $1 million bail, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Alberto, who also lived in the nursing home, had also been found in the woman’s room the previous day, according to prosecutors.

District Attorney Todd Spitzer said he will investigate into how Alberto, who was previously convicted of causing corporal injury to a spouse and imprisoned, was allowed to live in a nursing facility with people suffering from dementia.

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Biden bans Russian oil imports over Ukraine war Zeke Miller, Mike Balsamo and Josh Boak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports, Tuesday, March 8, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission in the massive sanctions put in place on Russia over the invasion. Energy exports have kept a steady stream of cash flowing to Russia despite otherwise severe restrictions on its financial sector.

The U.S. will be acting in close consultation with European allies, who are more dependent on Russian energy supplies. The European Union this week will commit to phasing out its reliance on Russia for energy needs as soon as possible but filling the void without crippling EU economies will likely take some time. Natural gas from Russia accounts for one-third of Europe’s con-

sumption of the fossil fuel. The U.S. does not import Russian natural gas.

The issue of oil sanctions has created a conflict for the president between political interests at home and efforts to impose costs on Russia.

Though Russian oil makes up only a small part of U.S. imports, Biden has said he was reluctant to ban it, cutting into supplies here and pushing gasoline prices higher.

Inflation is at a 40-year peak, fueled in large part by gas prices, and that could hurt Biden heading into the November midterm elections. He said two weeks ago that he wanted “to limit the pain the American people are feeling at the gas pump.”

Gas prices have been rising for weeks due to the conflict and in anticipation of potential sanctions on the Russian energy sector. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. hit a record $4.17 Tuesday, rising by 10 cents in one day, and up 55 cents since last week, according to auto club AAA. Even before the U.S. ban many Western energy companies including ExxonMobil and BP moved to cut ties with the Russia and limit imports. Shell, which purchased a

shipment of Russian oil this weekend, apologized for the move on Tuesday amid international criticism and pledged to halt further purchases of Russian energy supplies. Preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Department shows imports of Russian crude dropped to zero in the last week in February.

In 2021, the U.S. imported roughly 245 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia – a one-year increase of 24%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The White House announcement comes amid bipartisan pressure on Capitol Hill to ban Russian energy and impose other economic costs.

On Monday, Democrats on the powerful Ways & Means Committee posted, then removed, an announcement on a bipartisan bill to ban Russian oil imports and slap further trade sanctions on the country, according to an aide, because of pushback from the White House to acting before Biden had made his decision.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats in a meeting early Tuesday that the House would go forward with a vote on legislation to ban the

Russian oil imports, according to a person granted anonymity to discuss the private caucus meeting.

“The United States economy can fully handle any of the challenges associated with higher oil prices,” Jason Furman, a Harvard professor and former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama. “But it will bring some challenges. We’re going to have higher prices at the pump, and there’s no way around that.”

Before the invasion, Russian oil and gas made up more than a third of government revenues. Global energy prices have surged after the invasion and have continued to rise despite coordinated releases of strategic reserves, making Russian exports even more lucrative.

As a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and international partners have sanctioned Russia’s largest banks, its central bank and finance ministry, and moved to block certain financial institutions from the SWIFT messaging system for international payments.

But the rules issued by the Treasury Department allow Russian energy transactions to keep going

through non-sanctioned banks that are not based in the U.S. in an effort to minimize any disruptions to the global energy markets.

While Russian oil makes up a small amount of overall U.S. energy imports, the U.S. could replace Russian crude with imports from other oil-rich nations, but that could prove politically problematic.

Key U.S. senators are warning the Biden administration from seeking any oil import deal from the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela.

“The Biden administration’s efforts to unify the entire world against a murderous tyrant in Moscow should not be undercut by propping up a dictator under investigation for crimes against humanity in Caracas,” said Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in a statement late Monday. “The democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people, much like the resolve and courage of the people of Ukraine, are worth much more than a few thousand barrels of oil.”

AP writers Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro and Chris Megerian contributed.

Study shows 8,817 COVID-19 vaccine injuries to kids ages 5 to 11 reported to CDC Pfizer vaccine only 12% effective in that age group Megan Redshaw CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing a total of 1,151,450 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and Feb. 25, 2022, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. The data included a total of 24,827 reports of deaths, an increase of 425 over the previous week and 200,331 reports of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period, up 4,128 compared with the previous week.

Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, 774,373 adverse events, including 11,312 deaths and 74,257 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S. between Dec. 14, 2020, and Feb. 25, 2022.

Foreign reports are reports foreign subsidiaries send to U.S. vaccine manufacturers. Under U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, if a manufacturer is notified of a foreign case report that describes an event that is both serious and does not appear on the product’s labeling, the manufacturer is required to submit the report to VAERS. Of the 11,312 U.S. deaths reported as of Feb. 25, 18% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 22% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 60% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.

In the U.S., 552 million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of Feb. 25, including 325 million doses of Pfizer, 208 million doses of Moderna and 18 million doses of Johnson & Johnson.

Every Friday, VAERS publishes vaccine injury reports received as of a specified date. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed. Historically, VAERS has been shown to report only 1% of actual vaccine adverse events.

U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to Feb. 25, 2022, for 5- to 11-year-olds show 8,817 adverse events, including 200 rated as serious

and four reported deaths.

The most recent death involves an 8-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 2109625) from Mississippi who died 7 days after his second dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when he was found blue and lifeless at home.

He was taken to the hospital with a full code in process. A pulse was detected several times, but the boy ultimately died in the ICU. It was reported to the doctor who filed the report that the boy died from multisystem inflammatory syndrome. He did not have COVID. 17 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation).

32 reports of blood clotting disorders.

U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to Feb. 25, 2022, for 12- to 17-year-olds show: 29,797 adverse events, including 1,714 rated as serious and 39 reported deaths.

The most recent death involves a 13-year-old girl (VAERS I.D. 2115839) from Wisconsin who was severely compromised and received two doses of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. Although the cause of death wasn’t clear, she appeared to have significant health issues, respiratory distress and heart problems.

69 reports of anaphylaxis among 12- to 17-year-olds where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death, with 96% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.

648 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis with 631 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.

159 reports of blood clotting disorders, with all cases attributed to Pfizer.

U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to Feb. 25, 2022, for all age groups combined, show: 19% of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.

54% of those who died were male, 41% were female and the remaining death reports did not include the gender of the deceased.

The average age of death was 72.6.

As of Feb. 25, 5,176 pregnant women reported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 1,653 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.

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Of the 3,587 cases of Bell’s Palsy reported, 51% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 40% to Moderna and 8% to J&J. 853 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome, with 41% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 30% to Moderna and 28% to J&J. 2,339 reports of anaphylaxis where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death.

1,621 reports of myocardial infarction.

13,320 reports of blood clotting disorders in the U.S. Of those, 5,946 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 4,744 reports to Moderna and 2,568 reports to J&J. 4,060 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis with 2,505 cases attributed to Pfizer, 1,373 cases to Moderna and 172 cases to J&J’s COVID vaccine.

Pfizer vaccine only 12% effective in kids 5 to 11, study says A study released Monday, Feb. 28, showed the effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds was only 12% after a seven-week period of observation. Yet, the authors of the study still recommended the vaccine for that age group, stating it was protective against severe disease.

They also proposed the recommended dose for 5- to 11-year-olds was too small, suggesting a higher dose might solve the problem.

Some scientists at the CDC and FDA pushed for the data to be made public before an FDA meeting, scheduled for Feb. 15, to review Pfizer’s application for Emergency Use Authorization of a three-dose regimen of its vaccine for infants and children 6 months to 5 years old but the study’s findings were only made public last week.

The FDA on Feb. 11 abruptly postponed the meeting to review Pfizer’s application for infants and children under 5, stating Pfizer didn’t have enough data on the efficiency of a third dose for that age group.

In an article published March 1, Dr. Madhava Setty, senior science

editor at The Defender, examined the data in the study and outlined two flaws in the authors’ conclusions: 1) that the vaccines prevent severe disease in this age group, and 2) that increasing the dose might be appropriate.

Judge clears way for Pfizer whistleblower lawsuit A whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud during Pfizer’s COVID vaccine trials is moving forward, after a district court judge unsealed the complaint, including 400 pages of exhibits.

Brook Jackson in January 2021 sued Pfizer and two contractors that worked on its COVID vaccine clinical trials, Ventavia Research Group and ICON PLC. Jackson worked for Ventavia for a brief period in 2020, before being fired after she filed a complaint with the FDA over alleged indiscretions she observed during the vaccine trials.

She also gave The BMJ a cache of internal company documents, photos and recordings highlighting alleged wrongdoing by Ventavia.

Jackson filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, under the False Claims Act. The lawsuit includes several charges of fraud and retaliation on the part of both Ventavia and Pfizer. The complaint remained under seal until Feb. 10, when U.S. District Court Judge Michael Truncale ordered it unsealed.

Husband of woman who died from J&J shot speaks out The husband of an Oregon woman who died last year from a bloodclotting disorder two weeks after receiving J&J’s COVID vaccine spoke out publicly last week about his wife’s death.

Stan Thomas told NBC News he’s fighting to ensure his wife’s sacrifice is not forgotten.

Monica Melkonian, 52, received her J&J shot at a vaccination clinic on April 7, 2021, the same day the

CDC and FDA temporarily paused the vaccine to investigate reports of a rare blood-clotting disorder called vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia.

Melkonian’s most notable symptoms included a persistent headache and pain behind her left eye before she experienced a seizure, stroke and ultimately died from the condition.

To date, the U.S. has confirmed only nine deaths due to VITT caused by the J&J shot and 54 cases of blood-clotting conditions among J&J recipients, despite thousands of cases reported to VAERS. Booster shots causing more injuries than expected in Israel More Israelis are experiencing injuries and reactions following COVID booster shots than the country’s passive reporting system shows, according to a survey conducted by the Israeli Ministry of Health.

The MOH conducted an active survey of booster shot recipients to collect data on adverse events associated with booster doses, then compared the survey data to the data available from the country’s passive reporting system.

Out of 4,000 people who participated in the survey, results showed six of 2,049 respondents were admitted to the hospital following the booster shot, and a significant number of people reported worsening of their underlying health conditions.

Extrapolated to the millions of booster doses that have been administered, that’s 270,000 hospitalizations per 92 million booster doses administered in the U.S. and 13,000 hospitalizations per 4.5 million booster shots administered in Israel.

The MOH survey also found reports of allergic reactions, menstrual irregularities, neurological injuries, injection-site reactions and general adverse events.

Children’s Health Defense asks anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction, to any vaccine, to file a report.

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Local dog, residents enjoy new snow Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

A fluffy Pomeranian dog named Boo Bear frolicked in the new snow after the storm that deposited several inches in the Anza Valley Wednesday, Feb. 23. Boo Bear’s humerous antics were captured by owner Amy Procop.

“Boo Bear is a standard Pomeranian,” she said. “He was my dad’s and I inherited him. He’s seven years old.”

Procop’s father died in 2017 and she gladly brought the little dog home.

“My dad loved the breed. He adopted Boo Bear because he was rejected because he has a flaw in his eye, a white spot in the black part of the retina.”

That defect does not interfere with his fun-loving spirit.

“He’s very independent and is the boss of my German Shepherds,” Procop said.

The new snow provided the dog with a new, entertaining experience.

“Who’s fluffier, the snow or Boo?” Procop asked. “He loved frolicking in the snow! He was built and born for a winter wonderland with that beautiful thick and fluffy coat! Me? Bundled up with muck boots. Never too old to play in the snow!”

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The Anza Community Building Inc. board of directors has announced they will be holding elections for board positions Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. see page AVO-3

Local Ticks can infest people and pets in the Anza Valley Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Ticks are blood-eating parasites that live and feed on mammals like deer, dogs, cats, cattle, goats, sheep and horses. They even prey on birds, rodents, reptiles and humans. These pests are common in the Anza Valley.

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Boo Bear, the dog, is delighted with the new winter wonderland Wednesday, Feb. 23.

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Local Wildlife collisions a real danger

Fiddleneck plant toxic to horses

Keep your home’s water pipes from freezing

Fiddleneck plants are in bloom this month in Anza and equestrians need to know they are toxic to horses.

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Water pipes can freeze and break, possibly leading to expensive repairs.

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In rural areas it is all too common to see animals that have been hit on the roadways and Anza is no exception.

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Winter rains are bringing lovely wildflower blooms across the Anza Valley. One of the earliest blossoms to emerge is the common fiddleneck plant.

There are several native fiddleneck species in California.

Amsinckia intermedia, the Common Fiddleneck, or Intermediate Fiddleneck is a common annual herb species in the Boraginaceae family, the Borage or Forget-menot family of plants.

However, some varieties of fiddlenecks can be a problem in crop fields, orchards and pastures.

In fact, the seeds can be toxic to livestock when ingested in large amounts. Poisonings most often occur when livestock eat grain or feed contaminated with fiddleneck seeds.

Cattle and horses are most sensitive to fiddleneck poisoning, while pigs and chickens are less sensitive and sheep, goats and turkeys are the least sensitive. see FIDDLENECK, page AVO-3

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Recent hard freezes occurring in the Anza Valley caused many residents’ pipes to freeze and break, causing a lack of running water and expensive repairs. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this aggravating situation, according to water companies.

When water freezes, it expands.

This expansion can put enormous pressure on metal or plastic pipes, even causing them to break or crack.

Exposed pipes, outdoor hose bibs, pool lines, and water sprinkler lines can be affected. Pipes that run along exterior walls that lack insulation and wellhead pipes are prime targets as well.

Before cold weather is expected, protect pipes from freezing by draining water from pools and sprinkler supply lines, stowing hoses in the garage and opening hose bibs to allow water to drain.

Add insulation to exposed well pipes.

Install products made to insulate see PIPES, page AVO-4

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May 14 – 9 a.m. About That Horse You Rode In On Club’s Two-Day Obstacle Clinic and Challenge, Challenger Quarter Horses ranch, Lake Riverside, Aguanga. Learn how to compete over natural obstacles for prizes.

March 27 – 10 a.m. About That Horse You Rode In On Club’s Eagle Rock Ride, Warner Springs.

A flat, hour and a half trail ride to a grand stone monolith is planned.

April 8 – 5 p.m. About That Horse You Rode In On Club’s Cowboy Polo, Calamity Ranch, Lake Riverside Estates. Bring your broom, make goals and compete for a great prize at the end of the series.

April 10 – 10 a.m. About That Horse You Rode In On Club’s Easter Egg Hunt, Lake Riverside Estates, Aguanga. A mounted hunt for eggs.

Regular Happenings ONGOING – Anza Electric Cooperative and F.I.N.D. Food Bank offers a free mobile food pantry the second Saturday of every month at the AEC office, 58470 Highway 371, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. All are welcome. Cal-Fresh application assistance and free community health services are also available. Bring your own reusable bags to take food home. Volunteers welcome. For more information, contact the AEC office at 951763-4333.

Hamilton High School – Find out what is happening using Hamilton’s online calendar at http:// www.hamiltonbobcats.net/apps/ events/calendar/.

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.”

Backcountry Horsemen Redshank Riders – Meeting monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. Locations change, so please contact Mike by email at stumblinl55@gmail.com or by calling (951) 760-9255.

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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 951763-4226.

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 951763-4622.

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 951-7634937, anzabptistchurch@gmail. com or http://www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs 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 951-763-4439 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 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.

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Anza Community Hall board elections to take place March 24 Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Anza Community Building Inc. board of directors has announced that they will be holding elections for board positions Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m.

“Anyone who wants to run for the board will have had to renew their membership or join so that they are a member in good standing for at least 30 days before the election,” director Birdie Kopp said. “I hope that the upcoming elections for the Community Hall will drive some interest in residents who might want to become

involved in the exciting new things happening in Anza.”

Outgoing director Noel Donahue has submitted her final President’s Report.

Elected in 2015, Donahue accomplished many goals, including fixing nonprofit, tax and filing issues and negotiating solutions with Environmental Health and the Internal Revenue Service.

“I am turning over a corporation to the new board that is operating in good status,” she said.

Donahue wrote applications for grants and used those funds to replace the floors, fix the kitchen, remodel the bathrooms, paint, add

the generator and make ADA upgrades. Due to delays in the Dollar General project, the ADA upgrades will be completed during the next few months.

“The Community Hall board is a team and I’m thankful for every member of those teams I have had the privilege to work with over the past seven years,” Donahue said.

“Some board members have spent considerable time unclogging toilets or making repairs. The spouses of board members, including Frank Shafer and my husband Bill, donated hundreds of hours of labor to the Hall. Some Hall members have also donated their time and

skills making repairs. I lost count of all the hours Jeff Miller spent laying tile in the bathrooms.”

The current directors are looking forward to a full house at the meeting.

“If you want to be part of the solution to unite the Anza community, then attend the Community Hall board elections Thursday, March 24 and be nominated for a seat. Prepare a few sentences describing your ideas,” director Mike Patke said.

Community Hall board meetings are open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend.

Anyone interested in becoming

a member of Anza Community Building Inc. can call 951-4280901. Memberships are $20 per person or family (with one vote per family or person) and $35 per business (one vote). Cash and checks are accepted.

For more information, please visit the Hall on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ groups/337754646415866/ or on the web at www.anzacommunitybuilding.org.

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

FLUFFY from page AVO-1

Boo Bear the Pomeranian frolics in the snow Wednesday, Feb. 23.

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FIDDLENECK from page AVO-1 These plants can be found in disturbed or open grasslands, fields and roadsides. Of the many Amsinckia species in California, many are regarded as weeds.

Cotyledons, the seed leaves, are shaped like the letter Y, with tiny blisters and fine hairs. Early leaves are longer than they are wide and have coarse, sharp hairs.

Fully grown fiddlenecks can reach 4 feet in height.

The distinctive spiked flower heads curl like the neck of a fiddle and the yellow, funnel-shaped, five-lobed flowers attach on one side of the spike. The flowers vary from yellow-orange and orange, to dark yellow.

At maturity, the four-lobed fruit breaks into four gray, brown or black seeds called nutlets.

Insects such as Painted Lady butterflies and Alfalfa Looper moths depend on the flowers for food.

But fiddleneck poisoning in horses can be an issue. These plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are toxic in large amounts when eaten.

Although the plant is common, poisonings are quite rare because the weeds do not taste good to livestock.

However, horses that develop symptoms of poisoning usually suffer irreversible liver damage.

But if caught early, management techniques may improve and extend the animal’s life.

Symptoms of fiddleneck poison-

ing include aimless wandering, blindness, head pressing, circling, swollen legs, seizures, dermatitis, jaundice, weakness, lack of coordination, loss of appetite, photosensitivity and weight loss.

Although an animal may develop symptoms from one large serving of fiddleneck seeds, in most cases this happens over many feedings. In most horses, the signs of liver damage take several months after exposure to develop.

A veterinarian will gather as much information regarding the amount of plant material that was eaten and how long it has been since it was ingested by the horse.

Standard blood tests, including a complete blood count and biochemistry profile, are used to evaluate if any infections are present as well as establishing the levels of liver and kidney enzymes found in the blood. These tests are likely to show high levels of liver metabolites and enzymes.

The veterinarian will also recommend an ultrasound of the ab-

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domen to see the current shape and size of the liver, and a biopsy of the tissues will help to identify the fibroids indicative of liver damage due to pyrrolizidine alkaloids, and to estimate the progression of the disease.

The vet may perform a gastric irrigation procedure to remove as much of the toxic material from the digestive system as possible.

It is also common to administer activated charcoal in fiddleneck poisonings, to prevent any further absorption of the pyrrolizidine alkaloids into the bloodstream.

Unfortunately, by the time symptoms have become apparent, irreversible liver damage has already occurred.

IV fluids may be administered to prevent dehydration and combinations of electrolytes and sugars given to adjust for imbalances that may have developed.

Although the damage to the liver is not curable, it can sometimes be moderated by switching to a lowprotein diet with added vitamins and potassium. Medications to reduce the amount of ammonia in the gut can also be helpful in slow-

ing the progression of the disease.

However, most animals are not able to recover from fiddleneck poisoning.

In cases showing extreme symptoms, veterinarians recommend euthanasia in order to prevent prolonged suffering.

While fiddleneck flowers signal the coming of spring, they also present a threat to horses that equestrians need to be familiar with, veterinarians say.

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Ticks can infest people and pets in the Anza Valley Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

Ticks are blood-eating parasites that live and feed on mammals like deer, dogs, cats, cattle, goats, sheep and horses. They even prey on birds, rodents, reptiles and humans. These pests are common in the Anza Valley.

California is home to 48 different tick varieties, with the western blacklegged tick being the most common and abundant.

Adult ticks seek hosts from November until April or May. Tick activity is highest when humidity is high and temperatures are cool.

Ticks break the skin of their host to feed on their blood. Their mouthparts have backward facing projections, making them hard to remove once they have attached to the skin.

These parasites crawl up brush, shrubs or grass, and wait with their front legs extended, looking to hitch a ride on a passing host.

They do not jump or fly.

Female ticks can lay hundreds or thousands of eggs.

Larvae and nymphs feed on birds, small mammals and especially lizards. The adult females seek out medium sized or large mammals.

Their life cycle takes three years to complete, from egg to adult.

Ticks can carry and transmit diseases such as tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.

Lyme disease is a potentially serious disease that can affect multiple body systems. In California, this illness is caused by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted to people and animals by the feeding activities

of certain ticks. In California, the immature tick, called nymphs, and adult females of the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, transmit the bacterium to humans.

Most infections occur in northern California. Lyme disease cases peak from May to July.

Lyme disease was first described in the mid-1970s in Lyme, Connecticut. It has since been reported in Canada, Europe and Asia. The first Lyme disease case in California was identified in 1978.

This illness was designated a reportable disease in California and the United States in 1989 and 1991. Since then, more than 2,600 cases have been documented through 2014.

A vaccine to protect against Lyme disease was approved for human use in 1998, but decreasing sales, high cost, litigation and other factors caused it to be withdrawn from the market by 2002.

Research is ongoing.

Ticks can transmit about six other microbial disease agents, such as those causing human babesiosis, Colorado tick fever, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and Pacific Coast tick fever.

To prevent a tick infestation when hiking, stay on paths, as ticks are lurking on the plants that line trails.

Keep pets on leashes and on trail to keep them out of the brush.

Don’t feed or touch wild animals, as they are most likely carrying ticks.

Use insect repellents containing DEET or Picaridin. Apply the repellent to clothing and exposed skin, being careful to follow application directions carefully.

Wear long-sleeved shirts and

Dogs with dense coats are susceptible to tick infestations that may go unnoticed.

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long pants, light-colored clothing that shows ticks that may be crawling on you. Ticks may attach anywhere on the body, but usually seek out the scalp, behind an ear, or on arms and legs.

After exposure to a tick-infested area, examine yourself, your companions and pets for ticks and remove them right away.

Examine bedding for the next several days for the presence of detached ticks.

Research suggests that showering within two hours of exposure to ticks offers protection against Lyme disease. Dry clothes on a one-hour dryer cycle at high heat to kill any ticks that may be hiding on them.

Your veterinarian will know about products approved for controlling ticks on dogs and cats.

Lyme disease vaccines are available for protecting dogs in California.

If you find an attached tick, remove it immediately. Grasp it with tweezers as close to the skin as possible. Pull the tick straight out, firmly and steadily. Do not twist, squish or burn the tick. Apply an antiseptic to the bite location and wash your hands with soap and water. Save the tick for identification by your doctor. Prompt removal can prevent Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.

If redness or pain develops at the tick bite site or the tick cannot

be removed, consult your doctor.

In California, about half of the reported cases of Lyme disease are contracted around homes in semi rural environments like Anza.

Clearing leaf litter and using wood chip barriers between lawns and woods or brushlands can help control tick numbers.

Consult the California Department of Public Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention websites for additional information about ticks, Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses.

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

Wildlife collisions a real danger Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

In rural areas it is all too common to see animals that have been hit on the roadways and Anza is no exception.

Around 1 million animals are killed each year on highways in the United States. In the past five years, collisions involving wildlife have cost California at least $1 billion and potentially up to $2 billion, according to estimates in an annual report by the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis.

From bighorn sheep, dogs, deer and cats to squirrels, birds and lizards, it seems no creature is safe.

Rabbits, skunks, raccoons, coyotes and snakes round out the list.

But wildlife on roadways also presents safety hazards to motorists. There are over 260,000 crashes involving animals every year on average, resulting in 12,000 human injuries and over 150 human fatalities nationwide.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles, a collision with some form of wildlife occurs, on average, every 39 minutes. One out of every 17 car collisions involves collisions with wild animals. Almost 90% of all animal strikes happen on two-lane roads

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and 84% of these collisions occur in good weather and on dry roads.

The average repair cost of a cardeer collision is $2,800.

By using common sense and being alert, some of these tragic interactions may be prevented.

There are steps you can take to ensure you and the wildlife stay safe.

Slow down when observing animal-crossing warning signs.

They are there to let motorists know that the area is a high traffic animal travel path and wildlife may be crossing the road. Wildlife is most active during dawn, dusk and nighttime.

Watch your speed and drive defensively. Try to anticipate “what if” an animal darted into the road and what you would do to avoid it.

If you see wildlife in the roadway and cannot stop in time, it is usually safer for you to hit the animal than to swerve. Swerving can cause collisions with other traffic or roll you into the ditch.

If you strike an animal, call law enforcement to report the accident.

Police can safely remove the animal from lanes and summon care if it is only moderately injured.

Stay in your car and wait for help if your vehicle is damaged or you or your passengers are injured.

Roadkill observations may be reported to the web app Califor-

If your system is in a well house, leave a light bulb on when freezing temperatures are expected or install a heat bulb in your building.

Let water drip from any faucets served by exposed pipes. Trickling water through the pipe may prevent it from freezing.

If you turn on a faucet and only a trickle comes out, frozen pipes may be the culprit. Keep the faucet open. As you work on the pipe and the frozen area begins to melt, water will begin to flow through the blocked pipe.

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Anyone in California can collect this data using the app. To download the app, click www.wildlifecrossing.net/california/.

No one wishes harm on animals.

By being alert and observant, we can make a difference in the lives of our furry, feathered and scaly animal friends.

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

will help melt ice inside. Apply heat to the frozen section of pipe using a heating pad, hair dryer, space heater or even hot towels.

Apply heat until full water pressure is restored. If the frozen part cannot be located or is inaccessible, call a licensed plumber.

“As your local water well professionals, the team at Heritage Well Service is here to remind you of the importance of protecting your well system from freezing,” owner Megan Haley said. “During our most recent February storm we visited several homes where the

water systems froze. The freeze wasn’t just limited to pipes. We helped clients replace booster pumps, repair water storage tank valves and replumb entire systems due to damage caused by the cold temperatures.”

If all else fails and your well system does freeze, don’t panic.

Haley advises her clients who call first thing in the morning to always give it a few hours. This allows the sun to naturally defrost the system and saves the homeowner money from paying for unnecessary service calls. And if it does freeze,

make sure you make system upgrades to prevent further freezing in the future.

“If you’re unsure on what to do, contact your favorite local water well provider to guide you in the right direction,” Haley advised.

While no one wants to wake up to damaged pipes and expensive repairs, there are things you can do to protect your home.

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

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Man arrested on suspicion of murder in fentanyl overdose death City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 30-year-old man accused of murder for selling the fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose remains behind bars in lieu of $1 million bail.

Everardo Rodriguez of Lake Elsinore was arrested Friday, March 4, following a two-month investigation into the death of

26-year-old Gavin Battle, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Battle was found dead of fentanyl poisoning in a vehicle on the night of Jan. 5 in the 29000 block of Central Avenue, sheriff’s officials said.

Rodriguez was arrested on Limited Avenue and booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta.

Three teens accused of shooting four people with water bead gun City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Three teenagers accused of shooting several people with a water bead gun in Temecula were arrested, sheriff’s officials said.

A woman was the first to report being shot at about 8 a.m. Friday, Mar. 4, in the parking lot of a business in the 29000 block of Rancho California Road, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

The woman told authorities that a black hatchback sedan pulled up next to her and a passenger fired several shots from an airsoft-type gun in her direction, striking her five times and causing minor injury, sheriff’s officials said.

The following day, deputies received reports that three adults had also been struck by unknown projectiles in the Harveston Lake

community, again causing minor injuries.

Investigators said the shootings were random and unprovoked.

Deputies searched the area and eventually pulled over three juveniles, who were all either 16 or 17 years old, riding in a black Toyota Yaris hatchback.

Authorities searched the car and found a SplatRball gun, a fully automatic water bead gun capable of discharging 11 rounds per second at a speed of up to 210 feet per second, sheriff’s officials said.

“A SplatRball gun shoots a powerful projectile that can cause significant or life-altering injury,” Sgt. Michael Perez said.

The three teens were arrested and booked into Riverside County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and negligent discharge of a pellet gun.

Hemet boy shoved in front of car during altercation, suspects at large City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A 15-year-old boy involved in an altercation with other youths who shoved him in front of a vehicle that hit him near a Hemet intersection was in critical condition last week, while police continued working to identify the assailants.

The victim, whose identity was not released, was injured at about 4:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, on Stetson Avenue, near Seven Hills Drive, according to the Hemet Police Department.

Lt. Nathan Miller said the teenager was riding his skateboard eastbound when he encountered “a group of young people,” who initiated a confrontation.

“A brief altercation ensued, resulting in the 15-year-old being pushed into traffic lanes,” Miller said. “About that time, a Tesla being driven by a 52-year-old man, struck the teen, resulting in significant injuries.”

A felon was shot during a confrontation with Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement officers after a chase in Hemet, authorities said.

Edgar Alejandro Solis, 35, of Hemet suffered a non-life-threatening wound about 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2, in the 600 block of Hillmer Drive, near Menlo Avenue, according to the sheriff’s department.

Sgt. Edward Soto said that Gang Task Force investigators were searching for Solis, who had outstanding felony warrants for alleged carjacking, robbery and transportation of drugs for sale.

Soto said that when deputies spotted the felon sitting in a car in the 600 block of North Taschner Drive, they attempted to make contact with him.

“The suspect drove away a short distance, abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot,” Soto

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A 32-year-old man accused of allowing his infant daughter to ingest fentanyl, killing the baby, pleaded not guilty Thursday, March 3, to child abuse and other charges.

Donald Charles Wallace of Lake Mathews was arrested last week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began almost three months earlier.

Along with the abuse count, Wallace is charged with a sentence-enhancing allegation of inflicting corporal injury to a minor resulting in death.

He was arraigned before Superior Court Judge O.G. Magno, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Monday, March 14, at the Riverside Hall of Justice and ordered the defendant to remain held in lieu of $75,000 bail at the Robert Presley Jail.

said. “Deputies and (other) officers chased the armed suspect through several yards and onto a property on Hillmer Drive. Once on the property, a deputy-involved shooting occurred.”

Details regarding what specifically prompted the shooting were not provided. Soto said that California Highway Patrol officers were with deputies and also drew their weapons.

Solis was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley for further treatment and evaluation, after which he was booked into the Robert Presley Jail for the warrants. He was being held on $500,000 bail.

The deputies and officers involved in the shooting were placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation by the sheriff’s Force Investigations Detail, supervised by the District Attorney’s Office, according to Soto.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Marcuse, in the predawn hours of last Dec. 2, deputies and paramedics were sent to Wallace’s residence in the 17000 block of Crown Creek Circle, near Lakepointe Drive, to investigate reports of an infant in distress.

The 2-month-old girl, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene, Marcuse said.

He said that drugs were suspected, but there were no immediate grounds to make an arrest. Over the ensuing months, detectives from the department’s Overdose Death Investigations & Narcotics Unit developed leads pointing to Wallace as the alleged buyer of the fentanyl that the baby ingested, according to the sergeant.

“It was determined the 2-monthold juvenile was the victim of fentanyl poisoning,” Marcuse said.

On Feb. 24, Wallace was taken into custody without incident at his home, and charges were filed the

following day.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is manufactured in China and smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. The 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 public safety officials.

Sheriff Chad Bianco said there were about 500 fentanyl-induced deaths countywide last year, which represents a 250-fold increase from 2016, when only two such fatalities were documented.

During a news briefing in January, District Attorney Mike Hestrin said “profit and greed” had led Mexican drug cartels to transport fentanyl pills in massive quantities across the border, where law enforcement is “not getting any help” in stemming the tide.

Wallace has no documented previous felony convictions in Riverside County.

Felon wanted by authorities after failing to appear for hearing in Banning City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

A felon accused of pistol-whipping and shooting a San Jacinto man was being sought by authorities recently after he missed a court hearing, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.

Fernando Garcia Jr., 39, of San Jacinto is charged with firearm assault, assault with a deadly weapon, being a felon in possession of a gun, violating a criminal protective order and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for the alleged 2020 attack. He is also charged with child cruelty in connection with another case that was consolidated with the assault complaint.

Garcia had been scheduled to

The driver immediately stopped and called 911, according to the lieutenant. He said the assailants grabbed the victim’s skateboard and ran away.

The teen was taken to a regional trauma center for treatment of major injuries, but he’s expected to survive, Miller said.

The Tesla driver was questioned and determined not to be at fault in any way, the police representative said.

“Hemet PD detectives are working on identifying the suspects and their exact involvement in this seemingly senseless incident,” Miller said.

No descriptions were available, and the number of suspects involved was unclear.

Anyone who may have information, or who was driving through the area with dashboard cameras in operation at the time, was urged to contact detectives at 951-7652396.

Felon shot during confrontation with deputies, CHP officers in Hemet City News Service SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Man accused of allowing baby to ingest fatal fentanyl dose pleads not guilty

appear for a pretrial hearing Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Banning Justice Center, but according to prosecutors, he did not show, prompting Riverside County Superior Court Judge Mark Singerton to sign a bench warrant for his arrest and revoke the defendant’s $180,000 bond.

On April 30, 2020, Garcia was involved in an unspecified dispute with the victim, whose identity was not released, in the 800 block of Minor Street in San Jacinto.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. James Burton, during the confrontation, the defendant allegedly struck the man on the head with a handgun, then shot him in the back.

Deputies were alerted to the alleged shooting minutes later and went to the location, along with

county fire department paramedics, who found the man seriously wounded, Burton said.

The victim was taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where he underwent surgery and ultimately recovered.

Detectives soon identified Garcia as the alleged assailant, and he was located less than two weeks later in Hemet, where he was taken into custody without incident.

According to court records, he has a misdemeanor disturbing the peace conviction in Riverside County and a felony conviction, which wasn’t specified, in another jurisdiction.

Information regarding the child abuse charge was unavailable.

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Science doesn’t matter - Only compliance - Be a goose stepper

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

The California legislature supermajority of Democrats, not immune from pharmaceutical contributions, has introduced the most pro-pharmaceutical, oppressive and strictest set of COVID-19 bills to date in the nation, including outlawing doctors’ freedom of speech.

Become a Goose Stepper or else! Science doesn’t matter.

Goose Stepper - According to the Urban Dictionary is someone who blindly follows a political or religious movement for the sake of nationalism or imposing their views onto others. The term refers to the way Nazis used to march in line with each other.

These California bills, in addition to killing freedom of speech or medical freedom for doctors and patients, continue to push mRNA shots on almost everyone, despite what is feared to be millions of adverse effects. (A recent Harvard study suggests only 1% of people/ doctors report their adverse events, we currently have about 800,000 in the U.S. and about 25,000 deaths).

These new laws would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, put more burden on businesses and workers and infringe on the health privacy of children. They further reduce individual rights and parental rights, forcing people

to get shots that we now know in a majority of the cases don’t prevent transmission of COVID-19 as previously promised. They may prevent severe disease in seniors who are already unhealthy, but the science is showing they are unnecessary for young healthy people and in fact dangerous for many.

This week, data reviewed by researchers and the State of New York showed that the Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds has little effectiveness in preventing the disease among kids.

That science won’t matter to California goose steppers.

Now our oppressors even want to “discipline” our frontline previously celebrated doctors if they don’t goose step to the pro-pharmaceutical political lobby in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. They can’t be “spreaders of misinformation” or be involved with “unapproved treatments.”

We don’t want to allow them freedom to prescribe those early treatments that are safe, effective and cheap because that interferes with the profits of pharmaceutical companies who may line politicians’ coffers with huge contributions. Renowned leaders, like Dr. Pierre Kory, are just outright calling it fraud.

These frontline doctors in California saved thousands of lives with early treatment of COVID-19 and there doesn’t seem to be any temperance in sight for allowing the politicians drunk with power to catch up with what science is proving. These medical experts already know firsthand what works for COVID treatment with their patients and what doesn’t.

Again, it’s goose step or else.

Science doesn’t matter. Freedom of speech doesn’t matter. Doctorpatient privacy doesn’t matter.

Medical freedom doesn’t matter, only compliance.

Meanwhile, thank God, the FDA recently put off approving the vaccine for infants and toddlers under

5 until they can get more data and more pharmaceutical-related whistleblowers continue to come forward. See IAmBrookJackson. com.

And it’s not just California. If President Biden’s administration had it their way, there would be no free red states to escape from the goose steppers.

Washington, D.C. is stepping up the heat on goose stepping and further abolishment of states’ rights.

Last Thursday, March 3, as part of President Biden’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy formally requested that the major tech platforms submit information about COVID-19 “misinformation” on all their platforms, networks, search engines, crowdsourcing platforms and IM. They are becoming the Ministry of Misinformation and the national media has, for the most part goose stepped to their ever-changing “science” and now they are reaching out to the tech companies, families and neighbors of people to ensure goose stepping compliance, thought control and likely punishment.

The request demanded that the tech companies send the data and analysis on COVID-19 “misinformation” starting with vaccine misinformation as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on their website https:// www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019ncov/vaccines/facts.html.

A major issue is that the CDC “misinformation” has changed over the last two years as the “science” has caught up with their information.

First, we now know COVID-19 wasn’t as deadly as we thought.

A COVID death included anyone who tested positive with a PCR test we later found reported far more false-positives. For instance, people shot to death were included in the COVID deaths.

Secondly, CDC said masks were unnecessary, then they were mandatory, now we know that the masks most people wear are ineffective at best.

We were told locking down was the way to “flatten the curve.” As it turns out, we now know that it was the worst thing to do to put everyone in close quarters and keep them from going outside in the sunshine. In fact, it also was a huge detriment to mental and physical health as well as financial stress and there was more abuse reported as a consequence.

We were first told the “vaccines” were 90% effective and would protect from the contracting and transmission of COVID. That has been totally disproven and now, in addition to being less effective than natural immunity, we have more vaccinated people actually contracting COVID and Omicron than unvaccinated.

At first the CDC told everyone to wash surfaces regularly, now we know that didn’t really help to “stop the spread.”

We were told to stand 6 feet from each other. Now we know that was an arbitrary figure, a guesstimate.

We were initially told the COVID-19 death rate was estimated to be much more dangerous than the flu and over 3%. Now the WHO’s report has found the “median COVID infection fatality rate was 0.27%.” Other studies support this finding with IFRs of between 0.32% - 0.01%. By comparison, the flu has an IFR of 0.1% - 0.2%.

The former Director of Israel’s Health Ministry said, “You’re not more at risk of dying of coronavirus than the flu.”

The median COVID-19 infection fatality rate was 0.27%.

In addition to the “misinformation,” Biden’s Surgeon General notice also asks the companies to report how many users saw or may have been exposed to the “misinformation,” demographics

data (?), the sources of COVID-19 “misinformation” and information regarding those who engaged in the sale of “unproven” COVID-19 products. (Read: unprofitable for the pharmaceutical companies) May 2 is the deadline for submission for the tech companies to report to the federal government. While there may not be an immediate penalty, it represents the first formal request from the Biden administration for the tech companies to submit what they, in all their wisdom, consider “misinformation.”

Of course, it’s not stopping there. The Surgeon General called on health care providers and the public to submit information about how COVID-19 misinformation negatively influenced patients.

Under Biden’s COVID 19 Preparedness Plan, the “misinformation” point reads: “Continue vaccination outreach and education efforts and combat misinformation and disinformation.

HHS will continue its work to equip Americans with the tools to identify misinformation and to invest in longer-term efforts to build resilience against health misinformation.”

I’ll continue to report studies, firsthand accounts and findings that are inconvenient or unpopular, even if they go against the latest government wisdom. The free exchange of information and ideas is key to our democracy and survival as a country.

I’m hoping for a regime change because the pursuit of truth, especially when it comes to our health, requires open dialogue. The newspaper is obligated to not just present the government rhetoric. If this overreaching, oppressiveness continues, the newspaper’s future doesn’t look bright and I’ll probably be in big trouble because I’m not doing the goose step.

Not a perfect union by all means, but certainly aiming to be a more perfect union, nonetheless. But this may be coming to an end as Moscow’s mechanized hordes from hell are descending on Kyiv to crush any resistance, quell their independence and place Ukrainians back in the Kremlin’s chains.

Putin intends to uproot this fledgling democracy, by any means necessary, before it becomes a beacon of liberty at his southwestern border. His ambitions will return Ukraine to a dreary place where the textures of colors are always missing from the landscape of life, where despair shapes every day, and the malaise of communism suffocates individual rights in

every way.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been suspiciously slow-walking any aid to Ukraine.

After repeated requests for assistance, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s calls for arms and ammunition from Biden have mostly gone unanswered. Perhaps Biden is captivated by the wealth he and his family have amassed, selling their political influence on the open market to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs? Or does this demonstrate Biden’s historical pattern of inaction in times of crisis? Instead of inspiring bold actions and initiating formative détente, he seems hopelessly inept, paralyzed by political calculations.

As of this letter, there appears to be little hope that Ukraine will remain a sovereign state and not be swallowed by this beast that Putin has released. I realize not all conservatives agree, certainly not the carping castrati at Fox News who aimlessly squeal that “Ukraine’s Alamo moment” is not worth risking war. But I ask you, is their cause not ours to bear and ours to share?

Are we not instinctively called to their plight as the moth is drawn to the flickering of a candle’s light?

Are the Ukrainians unworthy of our inalienable rights and undeserving of America’s might?

commandments,” in John 14:15.

You’re not walking with God if you’re not obeying his commands.

That’s called disobedience. God wants you to walk in obedience to his word.

Walk with a message.

The Bible tells us that it took Noah about 100 years to build the ark. And in all that time, he never failed to walk in God’s direction and obedience to his commands.

This means he walked with a message.

The Bible says, “If God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others… if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from tri-

als and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment,” in 2 Peter 2:4-5, 9.

Noah was a preacher of God’s righteousness. It means that throughout his life, he told the corrupt world that surrounded him, “Hey, I’m going in God’s direction because nothing else can satisfy.”

The truth is your life preaches something. The question is, does it preach righteousness? If it doesn’t, it’s time to make a change by calling on the name of Jesus.

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,” Romans 10:13.

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.

Ukraine’s Alamo moment We have been engaged in nationbuilding most of my life, trying to bring democracy to failing nations whose people had little understanding of liberty, much less any interest in becoming a “free people.” But the plight of the Ukrainians seems eerily familiar to our unique history, a haunting similarity to our beginnings.

In 2014, tens of thousands of Ukrainians stood in Kyiv’s Independence Square in defiance of the long arm of Moscow’s authoritarianism. Determined to throw off the shackles of communism, they donned their new coat of democratic nationalism and tied their fate and fortunes to the trappings of free people. Grasping liberty by

the hand, they purged the Russianinstalled puppet master and began their journey, gathering inalienable rights for all Ukrainians along the way.

In retaliation for this act of defiance, Putin sent his army into Crimea and annexed the area. And what did Frick and Frack, aka the feckless duo of Biden and Obama do to support the Ukrainians from Russia’s armed invasion? They sent the Ukrainian freedom fighters blankets. That’s right, blankets, not missiles or rifles or even bullets, they sent blankets.

Ukraine, for the moment, is still an autonomous nation striving to live up to the expectations and principles of democratic countries.

Dave Maynard Temecula resident

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How to walk with God

Zachary Elliott SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Just about every week my wife and I take a walk. We walk on our property, in the park and sometimes in Costco while buying groceries. And do you know what we do every time we walk? We walk together.

That’s precisely what God wants to do with you. He wants to walk

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with you. It’s what Noah did, and it made him stand out from everyone else in the world. We can learn a lot from his way of life.

Genesis 6:9-12 tells us that “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” It must have been difficult for Noah considering “the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways,” in Genesis 6:11-12. Even though the people of his generation were corrupt, Noah still walked faithfully with God. And the same can be said of you.

Here are three steps to walking with God. Walk in God’s direction.

I know it might shock you, but every time my wife and I go on a walk, we walk in the same

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direction. If we’re not walking in the same direction, we will reach different destinations and miss out on the journey together. The same is true with you and God. The Bible said, “Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?” in Amos 3:3. If you want to walk with God, you must go in his direction. And in case you didn’t know, God is always going in the opposite direction to sin and the world.

Walk in obedience to God’s commands.

You can’t walk with God and in rebellion to his word simultaneously. The Bible said that “Noah did everything just as God commanded him,” in Genesis 6:22.

Noah showed his love for God and his direction by obeying his commands.

Can that be said of you? Jesus said, “If you love me, obey my

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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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201844 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE MUSE 39745 Highbury Dr, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside Peter William Thorwarth, 39745 Highbury Dr, Murrieta, CA 92563 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: Peter William Thorwarth Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/09/2022 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: 3524 PUBLISHED: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201797 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TITHAS COLLECTION 1891 Windward Ct, Perris, CA 92571 County: Riverside Martha ‘E’ Lopez Covarrubias, 1891 Windward Ct, Perris, CA 92571 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 03/12/2021 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: Martha E Lopez Covarrubias Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/08/2022 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: 3525 PUBLISHED: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201959 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YCL CONSULTING 42 Lafayette Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 County: Riverside Young Chuan Lai, 42 Lafayette Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 This business is conducted by an Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name listed above on 02/08/2022 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: Young Chuan Lai Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/14/2022 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: 3526 PUBLISHED: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201831 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: a. TREE b. WCC 63758 Orr Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Mailing address: 596 E. Boxwood Ln, Azusa, CA 91702 County: Riverside EO X WCC LLC, 63758 Orr Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company This LLC 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: Daniel Lee, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/09/2022 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: 3529 PUBLISHED: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202202358 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: a. TOTAL CARE WORK INJURY CLINIC b. PREMIER OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CENTER 72-057 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 County: Riverside WS Chief Cornerstone, Inc., 72057 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 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 08/09/2021 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: Wayne Dion Starks, President Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/24/2022 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: 3530 PUBLISHED: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201763 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ACQUA ONE FRIDGE FILTERS 41615 Date St Ste 105, Murrieta, CA 92562 County: Riverside Adrian -- De La Rosa, 31348 Canterbury Ct, Temecula, CA 92562 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: Adrian De La Rosa Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/08/2022 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: 3531 PUBLISHED: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201911 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RS DRYWALL AND RESTORATION 26610 Apple Creek Rd, Menifee, CA 92586 County: Riverside RS Drywall And Restoration LLC, 26610 Apple Creek Rd, Menifee, CA 92586 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 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: Ryan Stephenson, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/10/2022 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: 3527 PUBLISHED: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201432 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRECISE CATERING TEMECULA 30854 Bow Bridge Drive, Murrieta, CA 92563 County: Riverside a. Ceasar Delfino Solarzano, 30854 Bow Bridge Drive, Murrieta, CA 92563 b. Ali -- Badakhshan, 49480 Kiowa Drive, Aguanga, CA 92536 This business is conducted by a General Partnership 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: Ali Badakhshan 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: 3528 PUBLISHED: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201896 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RUIZ BROS CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 9391 52nd St, Riverside, CA 92509 County: Riverside a. Sergio Daniel Ruiz, 9391 52nd St, Riverside, CA 92509 b. Christian Jesus Ruiz, 9391 52nd St, Riverside, CA 92509 This business is conducted by a General Partnership This LLC 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: Sergio Daniel Ruiz Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/10/2022 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: 3533 PUBLISHED: March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202202762 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JD HAULING AND JUNK REMOVAL 25421 Jerry Ln, Hemet, CA 92544 County: Riverside Jesus Salvador Damian, 25421 Jerry Ln, Hemet, CA 92544 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: Jesus Salvador Damian Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 03/04/2022 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: 3534 PUBLISHED: March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number: R-202201963 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MEDCLAIMXPRESS 41593 Winchester Rd, Suite 200, Temecula, CA 92590 County: Riverside a. Fatimi -- Karim, 43481 Modena Dr, Temecula, CA 92592 b. Aboukinane -- Laila, 43481 Modena Dr, Temecula, CA 92592 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: Fatimi -- Karim Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Riverside County on 02/14/2022 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: 3535 PUBLISHED: March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2022

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PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAULA ANNE CRUTCHFIELD CASE #: PRIN 2101550 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PAULA ANNE CRUTCHFIELD, ANNE CRUTCHFIELD, ANNE B. CRUTCHFIELD, ANNE BOYD CRUTCHFIELD A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOAN SPIEGLER in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.

The Petition for Probate requests that JOAN SPIEGLER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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: 5/3/2022 Time: 8:45 a.m. Room: PS3 Address of court: 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 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.

Run your legal notices in the Anza Valley Outlook, adjudicated for Riverside County.

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.

n Application Order for Publication of Summons/Citation..........................$400 for 4 Weeks

Petitioner: Joan Spiegler, PO Box 1161, Boulevard, CA 91905, 619-990-8489

n Notice of Petition to Administer Estate ....................................................$300 for 3 Weeks n Order to Show Cause for Change of Name................................................ $80 for 4 Weeks

LEGAL #: 3532 PUBLISHED: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022

n Fictitious Business Name Statement ....... (Each additional name after two $5.00 each) $52 for 4 Weeks n Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name Statement ..............................$40 for 4 Weeks

n Notice of Lien Sale.......................................................................................$60 for 2 Weeks n Notice of Application to Sell Alcoholic Beverages ....................................... $35 for 1 Week

......................................$80 for 3 Weeks

n Request for Proposal .................................................................................$250 for 4 Weeks n Notice to Defendant ..................................................................................$400 for 4 Weeks n Notice of Hearing -Decedent’s Estate or Trust ..........................................$300 for 3 Weeks n Notice of Sale or Unclaimed Personal Property .......................................$150 for 2 Weeks n Trustee’s Sale ....................................................................... $200 for 3 Weeks • 1 col x 8 in

..................................................................... $250 for 3 Weeks • 1 col x 10 in n Notice to Absent Spouse ...........................................................................$150 for 4 Weeks n Dissolution of Marriage.............................................................................$250 for 4 Weeks n Land Patent ...............................................................................................$280 for 3 Weeks

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MARCH 11

Village People

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MARCH 12

Led Zeppelin Tribute By Zepparella

MARCH 13

Grupo Pesado

Showtime: 6PM • $55/$35

Showtime: 8PM • $15

MARCH 18

MARCH 19

Grand Funk

Dreaming of You

MARCH 25

MARCH 27

Special Guest Jefferson Starship Showtime 8PM • $55

Strangelove

Depeche Mode Tribute with Special Tribute to David Bowie Showtime 8PM • $15

Selena Tribute Showtime 8PM • $15

El Coyote y Su Banda Tierra Santa

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