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Volume 16, Issue 17
Twice Loved Treasures celebrates the launch of new website, realizing a vision for change
Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR
The Riverside County Sheriff’s department announced the eradication of an additional six illegal marijuana grows in the Anza area Friday, April 15. A total of six people were arrested and 25,700 marijuana plants were eradicated from the properties. see page A-3
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From The Heart rummage sale raises funds children Allison Renck WRITER
The tables and clothes racks were full to the brim at the From the Heart rummage sale. The twice yearly rummage sale, that was held at Valley Gospel Church in Anza, raised funds for local children. The sale, which ran April 14, 15 and 16, had a variety of items for purchase including clothes, baby items and household goods. see page A-4
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CMA Riders spend ‘Unity Day’ in Anza
ANZA – Jan Torongo, owner of Twice Loved Treasures in Anza, is not waiting for any grass to grow under her feet. The savvy businesswoman has invented a niche that fits her well, collecting the things she loves and sharing them with others by selling them in her shop Twice Loved Treasures located
in Anza. Twice Loved Treasures is a not the traditional cookie cutter shopping experience full of vintage collectables. Hidden treasures abound here where you will find vintage jewelry, glassware, clothing, furniture, collectables, yard art, horse tack and some Western
themed items too. Over the years Torongo has built a loyal fan base of customers. Some travel across the ocean making it a point to visit the shop when they are in the U.S. vacationing in the desert. Others plan day trips traveling for hours to visit the mountains, making her Twice
Loved Treasures a planned stop. Torongo realized with the changing tide and growth of the Internet, that if she wanted to share her business with more people she needed a change to the shop. Torongo had started advertising
see TREASURES, page A-4
Increasing Anza Valley power demand generates rate changes Tony Ault WRITER
Tony Ault WRITER
The promise of a special time of prayer and fellowship brought almost 100 Christian Motorcycle Association members from chapters throughout the Inland Empire and the San Fernando Valley roaring into Anza on their bikes Saturday, April 16, for Unity Day at the Community Hall.
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Owner Jan Torongo and Kayte Gorino, her webmaster, are proud to announce that Twice Loved Treasures has launched its new blog website, www.twicelovedtreasures.net a perfect vehicle for small-business owners and homebased business, which was inspired by Torongo’s journey. Jodi Thomas photo
There is good news for the majority of Anza Electric Cooperative customers who will experience an electric rate reduction on their next bill and not such good news for a small number of residential customers who recently have pushed their electric power usage well beyond 1,000 kilowatts per month. Kevin Short, AEC’s general manager, during a special AEC stakeholders board meeting Friday, April 15, said he had recently done an electrical usage study on the utility’s residential customer base. He said the results were stunning. It showed that of the 4,800 residential meters on the system being read, 62 were showing 15 percent use of the AEC’s total power output. “Those are not businesses,” he said, “They are residential.” He noted the average residential meter in the network will show approximately 700 to 1,000 kilowatts usage in a month. One of the 62 meters read in the study was using 12,000 kilowatts per month.
see POWER, page A-3
This more than 50-year-old electric sub-station (poles) at the Anza Electric Cooperative headquarters on Highway 371 will be ungraded once a new substation on Bautista Road is completed. The planned upgrade and a spike in electricity demand is the reason for an electric rate change – only the second in AEC history – that will help offset the costs of adding another 5 Megawatts of power to the present 14 Megawatt system. The rate change is set for June 1. Tony Ault photo
De Anza Caballeros, builds camaraderie while revisiting history
Camaraderie is what makes these rides special. A De Anza Caballero, leaving the Anza Lions Gymkhana Field beginning his fourth day in the saddle. Allison Renck photo
Over 50 riders rode through the valley of Anza, following in the historical footsteps of the town’s namesake, Juan Bautista de Anza, April 12 and 13. These riders had begun their trek in Palm Springs California at 500-foot elevation and rode up Palm Canyon into the Santa Rosa Mountain National Monument. They then rode into the Anza Valley from Thomas Mountain, using the old Jim Trail. Since 1937 a group of Riverside County Horsemen have honored Juan Bautista de Anza by re-enacting his historical trip, by riding along portions of the De Anza Trail. In 1775 Juan Bautista de Anza lead nearly 300 colonists and 1,000 head of cattle on a 1,200mile journey from what is now the
Mexican Border to present day San Francisco, California. Each year these horsemen choose a section of the De Anza Trail to ride. This year the group rode from Palm Springs California to Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, California. The riders arrived at the Anza Lions Gymkhana Arena Wednesday, afternoon April 13, and spent the night at the Arena. “I’ve enjoyed every minute of it,” said President of the Caballeros, Gene Skala, who has participated in the ride for 43 years in a row. “The riders come from all walks of life, with a variety of experiences.” Skala says that each year it becomes a little harder to set up the routes and places where we can
see CABALLEROS, page A-7