Fashion Week keeps Temecula on trend for spring 2016, B-1
Southwestern League competitors continue to shatter Track and Field records, B-10
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April 22 – 28, 2016
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Holocaust Memorial event returns to Murrieta
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Volume 16, Issue 17
‘Every 15 Minutes’ serves as a grim reminder for students, parents
Ashley Ludwig STAFF WRITER
For Holocaust survivors and their family members, it is said that memory shapes and teaches us, and in understanding that people can find redemption. The city of Murrieta joins together with Christian, Jewish and civic leaders to show support for the Jewish people and Israel. see page A-4
Local
Menifee to host International DocuFilmFest Tony Ault WRITER
Plans to bring an international Docufilm Festival to Menifee that could bring an estimated 200,000 people, Hollywood actors and notable film studio executives to the city in December was announced last week at Menifee’s Santa Rosa Academy charter school. see page A-5
Local
VMHS World of Fashion highlights student creativity Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR
First responders simulate CPR on Michael Diaz (12th grade) during the Every 15 Minutes program at Great Oak High School Thursday, April 14. The Every 15 Minutes program is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, their community and many others. See more photos on page A-3. Amanda Schwarzer photo
Murrieta police officials honor dispatchers for National Public Safety Telecommunications Week Trevor Montgomery WRITER
Vista Murrieta High School’s Fashion Department’s annual fashion show, World of Fashion, highlights student designs but it does so much more than that, according to Adviser and Teacher Kay Mueller. see page A-6
Dining
Dining at Ponte Winery Ashley Ludwig STAFF WRITER
If you have an afternoon to spend out in Temecula Valley Wine Country, consider your luncheon at the Restaurant at Ponte Winery. This open air restaurant, with covered roof, wind-screens when the day gets breezy and a delightful country atmosphere is the perfect location for visitors to sit back, enjoy the wine delectable food that awaits diners. see page A-11
Health
‘Know the Signs’ of suicide Tony Ault WRITER
In recent years the schools, the senior community, workplaces and military have seen an increase in the number of suicides because of the pressures, strife and sometimes fear found in our complex, modern, fast moving society. More and more are having a hard time coping with what life has thrown at them. see page B-9
In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, Murrieta Police officials spent the entire week dedicating tributes to their dispatchers with photographs and posts on social media about the hardworking and dedicated members of the team. Dispatchers provide the calm and reassuring voice when taking phone calls from citizens, some of whom are experiencing the worst moments of their lives. They are then the voice that sends emergency first responders into – and sometimes guide them through – incidents that might terrify the average citizen. One of the main things officials
wanted their dispatchers to know this week was, “We appreciate everything you do.” The city of Murrieta Dispatch Center is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week and receives all emergency and non-emergency calls for the city. Based on the calls they receive, they then dispatch Murrieta police, fire, paramedics and ambulance services as needed. Citizens can “call the dispatch center to report emergencies, inprogress calls for service, criminal activity or to file a police report,” according to officials. “Each one of our dispatchers brings a unique personality and dispatching skills to help citizens with calls for service and a person
see DISPATCHERS, page A-7
Members from the Murrieta PD Records department show the Dispatch Team their appreciation. Murrieta Police photo
Murrieta-Hemet police regional SWAT works to combat crime in both cities Trevor Montgomery WRITER
The Murrieta-Hemet Police Regional Special Operations Unit recently conducted joint operations at an undisclosed location in the city of Hemet, according to a release from Hemet PD. The combined operation occurred April 7. Commonly referred to as a SWAT team, the SOU’s primary objective is to save lives and protect citizens, by quickly resolving critical incidents with decisiveness and precision. The newly formed combined teams will utilize an existing variety of specialized tools, weapons and team-based tactics, co-developed by the two cities. Its purpose is to maintain a team of highly trained officers who are prepared and equipped to resolve critical incidents that go beyond
see SWAT, page A-9
Murrieta Police Department’s Special Operations Unit poses for a group photo in front of the team’s Bearcat armored vehicle. Murrieta Police photo