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Volume 16, Issue 15
Huge Anza Valley drug bust has regional implications
Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR
Reality Rally 2016 is almost here and this year’s event will kick off with the newly added Reality Rally Lip Sync Showdown, Celebrity vs. Public Showdown Thursday, April 7, at Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, so get ready to rock with Reality Rally. see page A-5
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2016 Lions Club Gymkhana Season begins this weekend Jodi Thomas AREA MANGER
One of the distinct community events looked forward to in this rural community is the Anza Lions Club Gymkhana Season. People come far and wide to this event as it is the last of its kind in the area for 100’s of miles. see page A-5
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VFW Post 1873 Auction Night rewards many Tony Ault WRITER
The Anza VFW Post 1873 was filled almost to capacity with members and guests and a variety of goods, from a gas powered Craftsman Weedwacker to tiny ceramic figurines stacked up against the walls, all awaiting the auctioneer’s word to begin the long anticipated auction March 31.
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More than 15,000 marijuana plants were confiscated and entered into evidence by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department last week following a Kim Harris photo massive drug enforcement sweep in Anza that was part of a joint effort with a Joint Task Force Team out of San Diego.
Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR
A major multiagency drug bust in Anza last week resulted in multiple arrests and thousands of marijuana plants being confiscated from the illegal grows that were shut down, according to law enforcement officials.
The move is part of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s efforts to curb the ongoing problem of illegal grows in Anza Valley and the surrounding areas. The bust began in the early morning hours Wednesday, March 30, when officers from Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, in a joint operation with a Joint Task Force
Team out of San Diego, began to swarm the area in what was called a massive drug enforcement sweep of illegal grows in Anza and the surrounding communities. Six illegal grows were shut down between Wednesday and Friday as deputies confiscated 15,301 marijuana plants that were taken into evidence. At $200 to $1,000
a pound in street value, the plants confiscated were worth somewhere between $15.3 and $76.5 million depending on the quality of the plants. Seven people were arrested as a result of the investigations, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
see BUST, page A-3
Anza Valley Christian School offers unique Accelerated learning experience Jodi Thomas AREA MANAGER
Anza Valley Christian, a private school is a unique learning alternative for children in the Anza Valley. The school’s campus is located at the Anza Baptist Church in Anza located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road. What makes it so unique is students learn at their own pace yet are challenged daily to excellence, using an Accelerated Christian Education curriculum and extracurricular projects. These projects include participating in the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars speech and essay competition, Anza Days theme essay, the ACE Science Fair and ACE Conferences. The school is broken into two learning centers. The two centers are currently smaller in size. The lower learning center is for the
younger children taught by Betty O’Hanlon. The older children in the upper learning center are taught by Cindy Watson. The Accelerated Christian Education curriculum being used was created in the 1970s. Its leadership and curriculum made it possible for church schools to become a viable reality. The ACE educators also provided the curriculum for homeschooling families. ACE is now offered worldwide, reaching more than 140 countries, through its philosophy of Bible based instruction, phonics, mastery based learning and individualization. A.C.E.’s continued mission is to “Reach the World for Christ... One Child at a Time.” Accelerated Christian Education’s concepts are based on the following Five Basic Laws of
see SCHOOL, page A-6
AVC participants at the Regional ACE Conference were (from left) Rachel Clegg, Malana Dodd, Ben Clegg and Ralph Schueler. Cindy Watson photo
Supervisor Washington conducts a ‘Vision for the Third’ summit in Temecula Wine Country Tony Ault WRITER
Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Chairman Joseph Hamilton, right, and Ramona Tribe Cultural Resources officer John Gomez Jr. visit with Riverside 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington at his 3rd District Summit in Temecula. Tony Ault photo
Chuck Washington, 3rd District Riverside County supervisor, gave his “Global Vision for a Thriving Third” that included a pledge to keep it safe and economically grow at a 3rd District Summit at the South Coast Winery Resort and Spa March 31. More than 300 city officials, Chamber of Commerce officers, business men and women from the 3rd District were invited to attend and hear of the progress being made in Washington’s district during the past year of his appointed term. The 3rd District includes the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Hemet, San Jacinto; the unincor-
porated townships of Idyllwild, Sage, Anza, Aguanga, Pine Cove, Mountain Center and other areas of southwest Riverside County. “I truly believe that the 3rd District is a regional leader,” Washington said at the beginning of the summit. “Our collective strengths as a community make us such a dynamic economic and tourist destination in Riverside County. “We are here for the 3rd District. We are here to see that the 3rd District survives… to grow our economy and thrive,” he continued. He said he was looking at a larger vision giving examples of the potential of all 3rd District areas from the west to the east and north
see SUMMIT, page A-4