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How to select a suitable lawn alternative

Volume 15, Issue 17

Dorland Arts under the Oaks celebration on Sunday

Linda McDonald-Cash Special to Valley News Howdy neighbors and fellow gardeners! This week I’d like to address lawn alternatives, as I, personally, as both a designer and gardener, believe lawns are one of the largest wasters of energy, water, etc. that we grow. see page B-2

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Murrieta Chamber of Commerce honors students MURRIETA, CA—The Murrieta Chamber of Commerce High School Student of the Month Recognition program was held on March 26 and the following six students were recognized. see page B-8

Sports

Trojans snatch Smith, top recruit from Murrieta Mesa commits to USC JP Raineri Sports Editor

Janice Cipriani-Willis, executive director of Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, checks the upper pond where resident artists often enjoy the solitude of nature during their stay.

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Tony Ault Writer Dorland Mountain Arts Colony board members and resident artists are preparing for Sunday’s annual Arts under the Oaks celebration in

hopes of continuing the rebuilding of the 10-acre artists retreat destroyed by fire a decade ago.

The colony is currently the home of four resident artists who will be showing off their special works along with entertainment and re-

freshments. Located eight miles south of Temecula on Highway 79 South, the unique artists’ hideaway will offer free admission from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The mountain retreat, a 501c (3) nonprofit organization, strives to

fulfill the legacy of the late worldrenowned concert pianist Ellen Babcock Dorland and her musicologist husband Robert Dorland.

The talented couple sought to turn

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Murrieta Chamber recognizes 40 Under 40

Nathan Smith, a high school junior and member of the class of 2016 at Murrieta Mesa, has committed to the University of Southern California to enter their fall 2016 Freshmen Class and play football for the Trojans on a full scholarship.

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Valley News’ Carlos Bazan one of 41 recognized Kim Harris Managing Editor The Murrieta Chamber of Commerce celebrated young movers and shakers throughout the Temecula Valley during the third annual 40 Under 40 event held on Thursday, April 16 at the Lake Elsinore Storm Diamond Club.

Winners were nominated community members then selected for the awards by a committee made up chamber staff and CEOs from other area chambers of commerce, according to Murrieta Chamber President and CEO Patrick Ellis.

The chamber started the program as a way to recognize younger community members who go above and beyond for the betterment of the community. Ellis said he believes that the program motivates others to get out and do great things within their respective communities.

“Southwest Riverside County is

Young movers and shakers from the community were recognized as 40 Under 40 by the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 16 at the Lake Elsinore Storm Diamond Club.

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a younger demographic overall,” Ellis said, adding that many times those recognized within a community are usually older than those

who were recognized at Thursday night’s ceremony.

“Typically younger professionals don’t get recognized for great

things they do within their communities,” he said. “When you look at

see CHAMBER, page A-6

Temecula council taps McCracken, parks commissioner, for rare open seat Tim O’Leary Staff Writer The Temecula City Council sifted through a handful of highprofile community leaders Monday night before it tapped Michael McCracken, a parks commissioner for the past seven years, to fill a rare open seat on its dais.

McCracken was the lone applicant whose name surfaced for a vote, and the unanimous decision came at the end of a nearly three hour meeting that featured little debate or contentiousness.

Afterward, McCracken said he was surprised and excited to have emerged as the top choice in a process that started with two dozen

applicants.

“All that (emotion) times ten,” McCracken said as he was swept up in hugs and handshakes from audience members after the council decision.

McCracken was one of five city commissioners who applied for the post. The field, which narrowed as Monday night’s session approached, also featured a retired city manager, a public school board trustee, lawyers, an optometrist and numerous business owners, teachers and retired or current law enforcement officials.

The field of applicants represented a cross section of Temecula’s economic and racial mix.

It included a stay-at-home dad, an

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Eagle Scout, a homecoming king and student body president, a former chief of investigations for Air Force One and a man who carried

the Olympic Torch prior to the 1984 summer games.

But Monday’s decision was not the final step of the process. The council is expected to formally validate its choice Tuesday night and then invite McCracken to take the seat once occupied by Councilman Chuck Washington.

On March 4, Washington was picked by Gov. Jerry Brown to join the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. The supervisorial opening came on Nov. 4 when Jeff Stone, a former Temecula councilman and mayor, was elected to the state Senate.

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Lake Elsinore Historical Society moves to new home

John Hunneman Columnist Lake Elsinore is a city on the move with a bright future. However, much to the relief of all involved, the 127-year-old city’s storied past has finally found a place to stay put.

On Thursday, April 30, the 3,600-square-foot history museum, run by the volunteers of Lake Elsinore Historical Society, will celebrate its Grand Reopening in the basement of the refurbished Lake Elsinore Cultural Center on Main Street.

Recently I got a preview from historical society President Ruth Atkins who, along with the 70 members of the society, has spent the past year moving artifacts back into the location after completion of an earthquake retrofit of the former Methodist-Episcopal church built in 1923.

The historical society was founded in 1996. Atkins joined the following year.

“I became interested in the history because in the 1920s and 30s this city was the center of all the action,” Atkins told me. “When the lake went dry (in the 1950s)

everything around here kept moving on but Elsinore stayed like it was. Some of the long-timers like that, but I disagree. I like that the city is growing again.”

In recent years Lake Elsinore has been ranked among the fastest growing cities in California. The active historical society ensures the city’s past won’t be left behind.

The museum, like the community, has an interesting history.

It was a conversation Lake Elsinore resident Donna Morin had with Temecula historian Tony Tobin that led to the founding of the city’s historical society.

In the mid-1980s Tobin was a cofounder of the Temecula Museum in Old Town Temecula.

Tobin urged Morin to start a museum in Lake Elsinore, Atkins said.

“At first Donna begged people to donate artifacts, but many of them said they were saving their old possessions to give to their children,” Atkins said. “It turns out their kids didn’t want all the old stuff.”

In the early days the museum was housed in the city’s library and the chamber of commerce office.

In 1998 the collection moved to a 1,500-square-foot storefront on Main Street donated by one-time city councilman Jerry Harmatz and his wife Nadine.

With more visibility donations increased and the museum was soon filled with photographs, pottery, vintage record players, televisions, household appliances and much more.

Many of the items depicted life in the 1920s and 1930s when the city, home of the largest natural lake in Southern California, was a popular destination for tourists and celebrities.

With the storefront bursting at

the seams the society and the city struck a deal to rent the basement of the city’s Cultural Center. In 2005, after several years of renovations, the society opened an auxiliary museum and research library in the basement.

Morin died in 2007.

Atkins, who is a member of the Riverside County Historical Commission, has been the society’s president since 2007.

When Harmatz sold the building that housed the museum’s storefront location the entire operation shifted into the Cultural Center’s basement.

However in November 2012, when the retrofit began, the artifacts and memorabilia where moved into storage at the former Elsinore Naval and Military Academy on Grand Avenue.

The move back into the basement of the Cultural Center location began in March 2014 “We had three 40-foot vans parked across the street,” Atkins said. “What a job, what a job.

I never want to go through that again.”

Now, with most of that work done, it’s time for the official reopening.

Atkin just laughed when I asked if she knew how many artifacts the museum currently holds.

“It just boggles my mind,” she said.

The museum is open Wednesday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Admission is free but donations are welcome.

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Yelp, what to do when reviewers and review websites go bad Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer These days, anyone can be a secret shopper. Enjoy a positive experience, give a good review at a site like Yelp. But if something goes wrong it is the business, not the buyer, who has to beware.

Many Southwest Riverside County residents use Yelp to weigh in with their two cents on businesses, rating everything from décor of a restaurant, quality of service, and of course, the food. Murrieta resident Junnelle Vargas mainly uses Yelp.com when it comes to looking for businesses to visit or restaurants.

“You can bookmark places you want to go or see pictures of what it’s like inside,” she said. “Some businesses offer discounts just by checking in too.”

Recently, she received a free appetizer and 10 percent off at a local eatery.

Yelp’s open forum caters to reviewers who review often, according to Yelp’s description of their review algorithm. The more users review, the more weight they carry. This begs the question, does frequency make for a trusted reviewer?

One frequent Yelper and local foodie weighed in with his thoughts on how to handle a bad dining experience.

“It’s always best to talk to the manager or restaurant owner when your order is late to the table or flat out wrong,” Dan Malloy said.

“I would never run right to giving a restaurant a bad review in a case like that.”

Malloy travels the country for his work, and is a self-proclaimed foodie. “When I go somewhere new, I will open up Yelp and filter my search for the most reviewed restaurants in the area. That’s how I find where to go out to eat more times than not.”

In Temecula, (as of press time) Gourmet Italia, has received the highest number of Yelp reviews, with over 1,000 on file and PUBlic House is a short distance behind at just over 900. Each restaurant has all levels of reviews, with four and five stars outnumbering the rest.

Taking it one step further, the most frequent used words in reviews are highlighted. For Gourmet Italia, those include “Live Music,” “Lobster Ravioli,” and “Lasagna.”

PUBlic House’s word frequency cycles around “Kobe Burger,” “Goat Toast,” and “Live Music.”

According to Yelp’s description of their dynamic software, reviews are recommended from users who are most active on the Yelp community, based upon quality of the review, and quantity.

“Currently our reviews are approximately 75 percent positive,” stated the Yelp website through informational video. However, negative reviews from active members can slip through the cracks, just as “too good to be true” reviews can be removed from threads by Yelp’s algorithm. When Yelp users information-gather from reviews, they have the opportunity to weigh in as to whether a reviewer was “helpful,” “funny,” or “cool.”

Temecula business owner Craig Puma took a moment to discuss his experience with Yelp and how it relates to restaurant ownership.

“My wife (Christy) used to try and write people who would post a negative review about our restaurant on Yelp,” Craig said. “Now, we just keep doing what we’re doing.

People who know us, like us, and come back. That’s what matters.”

Yelp offers ideas for business owners who are unhappy with the reviews they receive. Ideas from Yelp include registering as a verified business and responding to customer complaints as the Pumas attempted.

“Customers didn’t want to hear it, or they never responded back,” Craig said.

Temecula business owner John Llado, of Simply Dents car repair, uses Yelp personally, but agrees that the number of reviews for a business can be misleading.

“Yelp hounded me to pay to be at the top (of reviewers),” Llado said.

According to Llado, if a business pays extra, more reviews will be shown and not “filtered out” with the Yelp algorithm.

“I’ve never paid extra,” Llado said, and as of press time, his business has just over 30 reviews.

“Who knows how many reviews I’ve actually had on Yelp, and how many were hidden (because they were too positive or negative).”

Though reputation management

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Recently, a carpet cleaning business in Virginia attempted to clean its reputation through litigation in a court battle.

According to reports from www.

TheHill.com, Hadeed Carpet Cleaning sued Yelp to learn their anonymous critics’ identities. The Virginia Supreme court ruled on jurisdictional grounds, stating that Hadeed need file a subpoena in California where Yelp’s databases are stored. Though not a win for either side, Yelp posted a blog statement that there is no substitute for good customer service. “...litigation isn’t a good substitute for customer service, and businesses considering using the courts as a weapon against their customers should consider responding to them with Yelp’s free tools and providing improved service instead,” according to Aaron Schur, senior director of Litigation for Yelp.

For business owners, Facebook Reviews now offer similar methods of grooming and maintaining good customer relations, without the deletion of reviews by those who do not review often enough, or removal or reviews seen as “too good” or “too bad,” as Yelp does.

In Temecula and Murrieta, almost 19,000 Facebook fans gather weekly to bounce ideas off each other on Facebook groups such as Temecula Talk, to determine the best Mexican, Italian, or Old Town restaurant to visit for date night, and who to hire for various household services. Other review sources, Google Reviews, Trip Advisor, and AngiesList.com also offer different insights into reviewers and the businesses they praise or pan.

“Just remember to do your research, and make your own decisions,” Malloy said. “Or, you can get offline, and ask someone you really trust.”

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The opening initially netted the city 24 applications, but one hopeful was disqualified because he was not a registered voter in the city. Five others dropped out prior to the interview process without stating their reasons for doing so. One applicant did not attend Monday night’s interview session.

Several council members noted the difficulty of picking a colleague from such a diverse and talented field of applicants. Mayor Jeff Comerchero noted that, in his view, at least 10 of the applicants had the experience, skills and temperament that would qualify them for a seat on the council.

Comerchero described the session as “historic” because only two council incumbents have been defeated since Temecula became a city in December 1989 and there have been few appointments due to resignations.

It was in February 2005 that the council’s last appointee, Maryann Edwards, was tapped for an open seat. Councilwoman Edwards, a former school board trustee, has repeatedly won re-election since her appointment, At Monday’s session, several council members singled out some of the unsuccessful applicants for their presentations, their stellar resumes or their service to the city.

They included Ron Bradley, John Telesio and Lanae Turley-Trejo.

Bradley worked as Temecula’s city manager from 1994 to 1998 and served as chairman of its chamber of commerce. His resume includes stints as a police officer, permanent or interim city manager for La Mesa, Oceanside and Hemet, finance director, development consultant, college instructor and bank vice president.

Telesio is a 35-year resident of the Temecula area who was active with the incorporation effort that led to the city’s formation.

He capped a 31-year Air Force career with work as a legislative aide to two Riverside County supervisors. He then served on Temecula’s Public Traffic / Safety

Commission for two years. In 2000, he was appointed to the city Planning Commission, a post he still holds.

Turley-Trejo netted three influential recommendations early in the process. She received endorsement letters from Washington, Shawn Nelson, a former Temecula city manager, and Timothy Ritter, Temecula’s schools superintendent.

Turley-Trejo – a fitness trainer and sign language interpreter who is active in many community and church projects – was appointed to the city Planning Commission in August. Comerchero praised Turley-Trejo for making the best oral presentation during the applicants’ interview session.

Each applicant was given five minutes to make a presentation.

Many of them were then asked questions by council members.

Most of the questions were innocuous and focused on city issues or the applicants’ visions of Temecula in the future.

But Councilman Mike Naggar targeted a pair of applicants with some sharp-edged questions.

Those applicants bristled under the scrutiny, which Naggar defended as legitimate probing of applicable issues.

He questioned Angel Garcia, who finished fourth in the Nov. 4 council race for three open seats, over a newspaper quote that was attributed to him during that campaign. Naggar said he felt the quote was critical of the council because it indicated that its members were not responsive to citizens’ needs.

Naggar also targeted John Kelliher, a wine country entrepreneur who focused on the regional tourism industry during this presentation. Kelliher and his wife operate winery tours in the Temecula area, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara and Sonoma.

Naggar grilled Kelliher over his participation in an unsuccessful lawsuit that a group of wine country interests had filed against a Calvary Chapel’s plans to expand its sanctuary and campus in that agricultural area. Kelliher countered that Naggar’s questioning might have constituted a conflict of interest because the council-

man works for the church as its development consultant.

When asked for an analysis, City Attorney Peter Thorson responded that Naggar’s line of questions did not pose a conflict of interest.

When it came time to discuss the applicants, Naggar spoke first and he identified McCracken as his choice. Naggar said he appreciated the “servant’s heart” that McCracken had exhibited on behalf of the city and its residents.

McCracken served for 30 years in the Navy, a career that included a stint on the USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier that forged close ties to Temecula. McCracken has served two terms as chairman of the city’s Community Services Commission, an appointed board that advises the council on recreation issues.

He has a master’s degree, and said his love of Temecula was so strong that he performed an unofficial “ambassadorship” on behalf of the city while he traveled and was stationed overseas.

During his Monday night presentation, McCracken praised the political and practical “mentorship” that he has received from city staff, council members and his commission colleagues.

“I’m trying to make a niche in the city,” he said. “My role is to fit in, not blend in.”

When their turns came to talk, the other council members echoed Naggar’s endorsement and said they ranked McCracken at or near the top of their lists. Edwards described McCracken’s approach as “quiet, behind-thescenes leadership.” Comerchero noted McCracken’s love of the city. Councilman Matt Rahn praised McCracken’s service to his country and community.

It soon became clear that a consensus had emerged and the council voted unanimously on behalf of McCracken.

Comerchero capped the session by noting that the council is looking forward to McCracken taking his place on the panel.

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Local Lake Elsinore officials break ground on Monday, April 13 at Serenity Park.

Daniel Lane Multimedia Journalist The Lake Elsinore Serenity Skate Park project officially broke ground on Monday, April 13 as local officials turned over the first scoops of dirt with their golden shovels just after 4:30 p.m.

The $350,000 skate park marks the city’s second amenity of its kind and is expected to be completed as summer break starts for students in mid-June.

“We’re breaking ground here today,” said Lake Elsinore Mayor Pro Tem Brian Tisdale. “This is part of what we hope to be a whole expansion of this park… the skate park is just the beginning.”

Once the skate park is open, skaters will be able to enjoy the park free of charge from 6 a.m to 6 p.m.

“We want kids to play… it’s free to the public,” he said. “This is for all kids in our area to come and play, there is no way we are going to charge kids to play in our parks.”

According to Tisdale, the skate park is important to help childhood obesity by allowing kids to play and burn energy in a fun way. This project is just one of many in the works for the growing city.

“We’ve got a lot of projects in the works trying to make it more business friendly,” he said. “They have been painting and replacing equipment at parks pretty much throughout the whole city.”

Part of the city’s focus is to clean up the area to “bring back its curb appeal” to locals, visitors and businesses.

“It feels really good that we are able to get things done,” Tisdale said. “In a couple weeks we’re going to do another extreme cleanup, which is important to the city, so we are going to keep that program alive. We want people to come here because we have a lot to offer.”

Lake Elsinore Mayor Steve Manos said the city is moving forward with staff changes and other improvements.

“We had a big changeover in staff two and a half years ago, we are finally getting to full strength as a city,” he said. “With money and man power, we are able to do things that weren’t possible a few years ago.

This is a great signal and a sign of things to come. We are maximizing our bandwidth and we are doing our best to make things happen as quickly as we can.”

Lake Elsinore Director of Community Services Johnathan Skinner said the community played a big role in the design of the soon to be skate park.

“The size of this park is pretty good for the location it’s at,” he said.

“The community had a lot of input on this. We had two community meetings… when you get people together to put in input, you will get projects that people will actually want to come to.”

According to Bob Magee, who is the district director for Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, the city never lost its focus on the project despite city staff changes.

“It has unfortunately taken us three years to find the money, location, contractor and now build this,” he said. “Part of that is some significant staffing changes, but we never lost our focus. The council has been united on bringing this forward.”

While the McVicker Skate Park took nearly $600,000 to construct, the city was able to cut the cost in half for the Serenity Skate Park.

“This new council has learned from the mistakes of the past, the old skate park cost $600,000 and we are significantly below that figure,” Magee said. “That is a result of the four people I work with and our staff. The kids are going to have a better, more up to date park and the tax payers are served as well with a cheaper model.”

According to the city’s Management Analyst Nicole Dailey, the city expects to expand Serenity Skate Park in the coming months.

“We are purchasing the lot on the corner of Palomar and Corydon and that lot will allow us to add additional amenities,” she said.

Extra amenities would include

parking, restrooms and possibly a BMX park. “That is something we are thinking about and exploring,” Dailey said.

Safety is also a main concern for city officials as they move forward to the grand opening of the skate park.

“We will be looking at some safety measures that are necessary, especially with the skate park, such as crosswalks and stop signs,” she said. “We are doing those studies right now to make sure that we are keeping our kids safe that are coming to this park.”

During the Tuesday, April 14 city council meeting, the city plans to adopt a new ordinance to help ensure the park is used in a safe manor.

“We will be adopting a new skate park ordinance to make sure we have all the rules in place to keep people safe,” Dailey said. “Previously the city did not have one, but because this is our second skate park and we want to make sure we have all the guidelines in place.”

Lake Elsinore Mayor Steve Manos holds a sign showing what the skate park is expected to look like once completed.

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Local CHAMBER from page A-1 many awards that are given out, no matter the organization or the type of awards, more often than not, the awards go to individuals over 50 due to experience and longevity.”

Thursday night’s winners have made an impact with the local community through countless hours of community service with organizations such as our Habitat for Humanity, Michelle’s Place, Special Olympics, Relay For Life and Oak Grove Center.

Carlos Bazan of the Valley News was nominated as one of the 40 under 40 and said that he wasn’t sure who nominated him, but that he suspected it was due to his efforts with mentoring local businesses and entrepreneurs and to educate the community about Internet safety and security.

“I have not been informed by the chamber exactly why I was nominated, but per small talk, it was because of my mentoring activities with local businesses and entrepreneurs, aiding them in their growth, and coaching them for success,” Bazan said. “Also,

Valley News’ Carlos Bazan was recognized for his service to the local community.

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I have been actively promoting safety on the Internet, especially with kids. I have delivered speeches and seminars in the community on cyberbullying, cyber security, and digital forensics, among other business topics.

Bazan is an active member of both the Murrieta and the Temecula Chambers and was recognized as

Ambassador of the Month by the Murrieta Chamber back in January. He said he was honored to be recognized as one of the 40 Under 40.

“Being recognized by the local community and institutions for my achievements and my acts of giving back to the community made me feel extremely satisfied and happy,” he said. “At that point I felt that being given the award was not only a great honor, but also a huge responsibility to keep up with altruism and giving back.”

Bazan said that he was asked at the dinner gala who he should thank for his success.

“I believe that it is not only a person I should thank, but a whole support system, a network of contacts, people around me that have given me a hand and trusted me that have made me feel that I’m on the right track,” he said.

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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a design services agreement for a Wildlife Hazard Assessment at three county airports, including French Valley Airport.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote April 7, with John Tavaglione absent, approved a $257,830 contract with Mead & Hunt for a Wildlife Hazard Assessment at French Valley Airport, Hemet-Ryan Airport and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal. The total appropriations for the project which include county staff time and other resources were $333,333; the county will provide a 10 percent match from its Special Aviation Fund while the Federal Aviation Administration has given the county a $300,000 grant for the Wildlife Hazard Assessment.

The primary goal of a Wildlife Hazard Assessment is to identify the features, habitats, and species which are most likely to cause hazards to aircraft operations and to provide recommendations for reducing those hazards. The FAA’s wildlife strike data base includes reports of wildlife strikes with aircraft at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport and Hemet-Ryan Airport which have resulted in damage. The wildlife strike data base currently does not include strike records for French Valley Airport.

If a wildlife strike occurs on or near the airport, the FAA can require the operator of an airport receiving FAA grants to conduct a Wildlife Hazard Assessment and if necessary prepare a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan. The FAA

estimates that only 20 to 40 percent of actual wildlife strikes are recorded in the data base. French Valley is located in an area which includes open space and resources capable of supporting wildlife which could create a hazard to aircraft operations. The FAA’s Airport Improvement Program provides grants of up to 90 percent of a qualifying project’s cost.

French Valley Airport totals approximately 270 acres and includes fixed-based operators, a flight school, fuel services, hangars, and tie-down spaces. Its sole runway is 6,000 feet long and 75 feet wide. It is adjacent to an area covered by the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, and burrowing owls are known to exist near the airport.

Mead & Hunt, which was selected through a request for qualification process, will initiate the Wildlife Hazard Assessment by facilitating an on-site kickoff meeting including a wildlife biologist, airport management, and other stakeholders such as pilots and tenants. Prior to the meeting Mead & Hunt will review existing wildlife hazard data for French Valley Airport, and during the meeting wildlife hazard management activities and other site-specific issues associated with the Wildlife Hazard Assessment will be discussed. After the kickoff meeting Mead & Hunt will perform an airport reconnaissance visit with airport staff to identify on-site and off-site monitoring locations to be included in the study design and maintenance activities or short-term actions French Valley Airport staff can implement to reduce hazards prior to completion

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Panic and obsession are two words that can easily describe most people. Something goes wrong and we instantly panic, break out in the cold sweats and then we obsess over it. We even obsess over something that went wrong in the past.

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The data review and site visit will allow Mead & Hunt to prepare a project-specific study design which will include standardized survey points throughout the airport operating area and off-airport areas which could attract birds or other potentially hazardous species which could move across the airport operating area, methods to conduct standardized surveys and bird counts which will be performed at least twice each month, and specialized surveys as needed to document the presence of wildlife mammals. Two small mammal surveys and two large mammal surveys will be conducted during the 12-month survey period.

Following the survey period Mead & Hunt will review and analyze the data. The observed avian species will be categorized based on their behavioral characteristics and species-specific data will address abundance, legal status, management techniques, and the relative risk posed by the species. Mead & Hunt will develop a prioritized list of speciesspecific management measures using a risk-based approach; each proposed measure will be identified as a potentially critical, high, medium, or low priority. Mead & Hunt will also identify and evaluate the habitats on and near the airport; habitat types which are attractive to hazardous wildlife will be documented and proper management techniques will be provided.

If the FAA determines that a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan is needed, the data and proposed management measures in the Wildlife Hazard Assessment will serve as the foundation of the plan.

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especially when you consider that the room is full of people that will be the leaders in our communities for years to come,” Ellis said.

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Valley News Publisher Julie Reeder said that Bazan’s achievements are just another way to show the community how much the paper and those who work for it care about the communities that they call home.

“I wasn’t surprised by this because Carlos is a brilliant young professional that the Valley News is excited to work with,” she said.

“His knowledge of Internet and social media combined with his journalistic know how not only benefits Valley News, but also all of our customers who are learning how to use those tools to increase visibility and promote their businesses. His time spent teaching others about Internet safety is a benefit to all who live in the community.”

According to Ellis, the event is great way to recognize the future leaders in the local community.

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over and we become consumed with the problem. Sound familiar?

If this is you today, I’m glad to tell you that there’s a remedy for this specific problem. The Bible teaches us that the greatest remedy for thoughts that are full of anxiety and worry is to begin to think about something else. That something else is Jesus. God tells us in Hebrews 3:11 to “fix your thoughts on Jesus.”

Think about that for second. Too often we are consumed with circumstances and situations we have no control over. What if we started to “fix our thoughts” on the one person who can actually transform our life—Jesus Christ? I bet that if you decided every day to make it your life’s mission to think about Jesus, the one who can transform your life, you would have less panic and obsession.

When we begin to “fix our thoughts on Jesus” the Bible promises that instead of worry and fear we will have peace. It tells us in Philippians 4:7 that “the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” I don’t know a single person who couldn’t use a little more peace and a little less worry.

So try it today. Begin to fix your thoughts on Jesus because he’s the only one that can truly transform your life.

Elliott is the lead pastor at Fusion Christian Church located in Temecula. He can be contacted at (951) 676-8511.

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Temecula Valley Helping Hands event to be held Brenda Tullis Special to the Valley News On the last Saturday in April, local citizens wishing to do volunteer work for their community can have that opportunity by participating in the Temecula Valley Helping Hands event. High school students can receive community service hours for participating.

Temecula Valley Helping Hands will be serving at various locations on Saturday, April 25 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and invites others to join the efforts in a collective endeavor.

An array of prospective service projects that are being held that day can be viewed by registering at JustServe.org the website that successfully matches local organizations with willing volunteers.

“Registering is so easy,” said Chaparral High School sophomore Abby Johnson. “You just go to the website, type in your name, email address, zip code and click register.

The website will then send you a confirmation email that you click on and it’s done! From there you can see all the different service projects available.”

Temecula Rose Society CoPresident Phyllis Bettelheim adulates the service the Temecula Rose Society has received in the past and said that the service has been a huge help. “They can do in four hours what it would have taken our staff four months to do,” she said.

“In fact, we are really looking forward to this year’s event. We have a large pile of mulch just waiting for them!”

Temecula Valley High School Principal Allen Williams feels similarly regarding the success of the clean-up effort at TVHS in 2014.

“We were pleasantly surprised with the turnout and were amazed at the level of commitment these folks had to the project,” he said.

“Waves of people came out, both kids and adults.”

Williams expressed a resounding endorsement of the JustServe. org website. “Our seniors need at least 40 hours of community service before they can graduate,” he explained. “The justserve.org website partners with other organizations and serves as a conduit to help these students find opportunities so they can get these needed community service hours.”

To sign up for one of the many projects, more information on future service opportunities or to submit service projects for consideration, visit JustServe.org, which is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Temecula Valley High School Principal Allen Williams assists students and volunteers at the 2014 Temecula Valley Helping Hands event.

James and Katherine Sorge and their daughters work at the Temecula Rose Society at the Temecula Valley Helping Hands event in 2014.

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Local DORLAND from page A-1 their 300-acre homestead into a perpetual nature preserve and a haven for creative talented artists. The Dorlands worked hard to hand-build an adobe main house and four redwood cottages for their artist friends who sought a closer relationship with nature.

During the 1930s, Ellen went on many European tours and always returned to the homestead with fine books and rare antiques. Although the amenities, including electricity and gas heat were few, the antiques were spread out among the colony cottages and music room and library.

Their dream was enhanced when their close friend and naturalist Barbara Horton in 1975 a gift sale of the land to the Nature Conservancy. Taking it a step further, the Dorlands with Barbara and Melvin Horton officially co-founded the colony in 1979.

The planned colony retained ownership of the buildings and land until Ellen’s death in 1986. She was 98 at the time of her death. The colony was incorporated and given tax exempt status by 1984. The Hortons continued the colony building four more cottages for established artists.

Four to six artists were housed at the colony at a time with a total of more than 1,200 over the years.

Tragically, in May 2004 a devastating brush fire roared through the colony destroying almost everything in its wake including the eight cottages, the adobe, main house, library and music room.

“It was awful,” said Robert Willis, a watercolor artist who was and still is in residence at the colony. “We were

all evacuated. We put all the resident artists up in hotels in town until it was over. When we returned everything, I mean everything was destroyed. All of Mrs. Dorland’s antiques and books and even a donated grand piano believed to have been played by Sergei Rachmaninov himself. The only thing left of the piano was its harp that we want to display at the celebration in memory of Mrs. Dorland.” The piano was donated by 13-time resident composer Bruce Trinkley.

The real tragedy is that the antiques Ellen had acquired had so much value that insurance companies, before the fire, refused to insure them, Willis said. The colony board of directors with only scattered, but welcomed donations finds itself having a tough time rebuilding the colony to its original state.

“Our biggest cost was rebuilding everything to code including a $200,000 two-lane road to the retreat,” Willis said.

“We have replaced two of the eight cottages with up to code requirements which are now occupied,” said Janice Cipriani-Willis, the colony’s executive director. “We sincerely thank those groups that helped us rebuild in the past 10 years.”

A used single-wide commercial trailer stands on the ground awaiting refurbishing while another donated trailer serves as a third cottage and headquarters for the retreat, home to the Willis family.

“After 10 years we are on the verge of a substantial return to our full operations and still maintain the essence of Dorland legacy to make this a retreat for very creative people.

Robert Willis, resident Dorland Mountain Arts Colony watercolor artist and board member works on his Tony Ault photos latest painting at his watercolor studio trailer.

Simplify. Simplify. Simplify, was her motto,” Willis said. “We want to respect that in the confines of today’s safety requirements, particularly after the fire. We hope Mrs. Dorland would have understood. We have no choice.

We will strive to make it as natural as possible.”

While the event is free, the board and residents hope it will bring continued interest and financial help from those who love art in all its forms.

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FIVE blooms with creativity in Old Town Temecula

Refinishing furniture in beautiful ways is another of FIVE’s specialties.

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here is a home interiors gem just off Old Town Front Street and Main in Old Town Temecula. Here, Pinterest meets Anthropologie and crafty ideas come to life. “Each of us is a flower in life’s garden,” is owner and shopkeeper Toni Rae’s motto.

Rae, a designer, mother, and business woman, took a moment to share what inspires her.

“When it’s time to redecorate, I’ll stand and stare at something that inspires me,” Rae said. “Soon that drop of inspiration turns into a flood and off I go.”

Inside the shop, branches from trees around her property serve as décor, empty frames surround meaningful quotes. Her favorite, a blackboard that reads, “Forgive them, even if they’re not sorry.”

Designer, crafter, and artisan, Rae teaches her customers how to get those highly desired looks and master them for their own homes.

With a shop dedicated to the fine art of crafting from top to bottom, Rae invites all to come in and see what FIVE is all about.

“I have always loved to craft, to sew, to create,” said Rae as she pointed out elements of her store, where you can purchase crafts

already made, or the tools to do it yourself. “Now, I teach others how make things they’ve always dreamed about.”

FIVE offers classes for those who want to learn the art of cabinet re-facing, how to refinish furniture like a pro, and more.

“All of our classes are fun and purposeful,” Rae said. Class size is six or more, held in a private workshop room with walls adorned in purposeful art. The price of admission includes snacks, beverages, paint, brushes, and all you need to create your craft.

People come in as individuals but leave as friends, according to Rae. Inside the workshop, visitors learn different techniques in the space she has designed to encourage positive thinking and creativity.

“The walls are papered with an antique dictionary pages, each representing something positive about my life,” Rae said.

Describing the mod-podge decoupage project, she pointed

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out the words and their definitions.

Nothing in her store is there by accident, as Rae lives and breathes her creations.

“I want others to know how to create their space to live and breathe their home. Anyone can walk into a Home Goods and purchase something to stick on a

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“You never know where it will come from,” she said. “Just the other day I looked at my black leather boot, my jeans rolled over the top, and I just saw a whole room, a pallet for design in those different fabrics.”

She is often called to help clients

“FIVE offers classes for those who want to learn the art of cabinet re-facing, how to refinish furniture like a pro, and more.” shelf, or on top of cabinets. But if you have something that speaks to you, that makes it truly yours, then you will love and connect with your home.” Rae said.

So where does her inspiration

envision their spaces, and make houses into homes, bettering her clients’ lives.

“I want to make them feel better about being home,” Rae said of giving recommendations for how

to design the perfect space.

“Only buy things you treasure.

If you see something, think about it long after you leave a store, then you know it’s perfect for you,” she said.

One last piece of advice, according to Rae, is to take time when decorating.

“Leave the open spaces in your home, consider them, and wait until you find the perfect thing to fill it.”

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Free Comic Book Day to be held at the Temecula Public Library TEMECULA, CA—Graphic novel fans should visit the Temecula Public Library on Saturday, May 2, from 1 to 4 p.m., for Free Comic Book Day. Celebrate your favorite superheroes by coming to the library for an action packed event with several activities. Pick up a free comic book (while supplies last), check out the Children’s and Teen Zone graphic novel collections, enter to win grand prize drawings for children and teens and hang out with fellow fans.

Photos can be taken with the NerdCon cosplayers who will be dressed as “The Avengers.” Also, there will be activity stations to play games, color pictures and even make a comic book inspired pin.

The Temecula Public Library is proud to present this event in partnership with Ryan’s Comics of Murrieta and the Friends of the Temecula Libraries. This event is open to all ages and carpooling is encouraged. The library is located at 30600 Pauba Rd. in Temecula.

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Chili cookoff now accepting applications for entries TEMECULA, CA - Have you got the perfect Chili Verde? Do you think you can match taste buds with the best chili cooks in the world?

Temecula’s Western Days Chili Cookoff on May 17 has some of the top cooks in the world. Our team of judges include world champions.

With $2,000 in total cash prizes, it’s an afternoon worth the effort.

Enter the regional Old Town Temecula Western Days Chili Cookoff and you could win $500 cash for red or $300 for Chili Verde.

As a regional cookoff, Temecula’s Chili Cookoff winners automatically qualify for the World Championships this fall.

During the Western Days Chili

Cookoff, zany Wild West cowboys will be competing a block away for the best gunfight performance.

There is also live western music in Old Town during the cookoff.

Western Days, May 16 and 17, is known for the high noon bank robbery and where crazy cowboys plot in public, announce their intent, and then rob The Bank at the corner of Old Town Front Street and Main.

Chili Cookoff prizes are: Red - 1st Place $500 and a plaque, 2nd Place $300, and 3rd Place $200; Chili Verde (Green) - 1st Place $300 and a plaque, 2nd Place $200 and 3rd Place $100.

There are also Salsa and People’s Choice competitions. Top prize

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for people’s choice is $125. Restaurants compete in a separate division. Flyers and applications are available at temeculacalifornia. com, on ICS site, or call Melody at (951) 678-1456.

TVHS’s drama department showcases “Carrie: The Musical” Aldo Gonzalez Intern Temecula Valley High School’s Drama Department will present a musical rendition of Stephen King’s classic story “Carrie.”

Opening night is Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m.

The department has already presented three plays as musicals this school year, which were “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon”, “Defying Gravity” and “Deathtrap.”

“My students and I always try to do something different with each show that we produce— the idea is to always move upwards, always forward,” said drama teacher Derek Heid said. “With ‘Carrie’ the audience can expect an extension of the elements that made the year’s previous three productions a success: the cohesive ensemble work of ‘Brothers Grimm’, the strong message-oriented material of ‘Defying Gravity’, and the exploration of the human psyche in ‘Deathtrap.’

“Carrie” includes the musical aspect, brought to stunning life by our immensely talented ensemble cast and music director Carly Valdes,” Heid said.

According to Heid, the cast and crew are “electric.”

“My cast and crew are such hard workers, so committed, and so open with what they have to offer. I have all levels of high school

student represented in my cast and crew, freshmen through senior, and each of them is spectacular,” he said, adding that the students aren’t intimidated by the technical aspects of the musical.

“In a way, the technical side of this show was the most exciting part for me. Everyone that is familiar with the book and film knows that Carrie develops a form of telekinesis that becomes more focused and stronger over the course of her story; the trick was to demonstrate those powers in a believable way.

We ended up using a series of very simple practical effects to achieve some of the stage trickery in the show,” Heid explained.

Shannon Lester, a sophomore at TVHS, is excited about being involved in the musical.

“At the beginning of the show I wasn’t ever excited cause I was overwhelmed about being in high school and having to deal with sports, homework, church and another show I never really thought about how lucky I am to be involved in this show but as we near the opening night I am absolutely thrilled,” she said.

Tickets are $9 for general admission and $8 for students. Temecula Valley’s Golden Bear Theatre is located at 31555 Rancho Vista Rd. in Temecula. The play will close on Saturday, May 9 at 7 p.m.

For more information, email Heid at dheid1@tvusd.k12.ca.us or call him at (951) 704-6995.

Student art exhibition to be held at Pinnell Gallery in Fallbrook FALLBROOK, CA—A Journey in Watercolors is a student art exhibition that will be held at the Pinnell Gallery in Fallbrook from May 1 to 31.

Renowned Fallbrook artist Kay Kalar has been conducting watercolor painting classes for several years. Her adult students are each on a journey to discover and develop the artist within. Some students are

beginning painters and starting their journey while others are experienced artists and have been painting for 20 or more years. This marvelous art exhibit features the work of 32 of these artists. All artwork will be available for purchase.

The opening reception for the exhibition is on Friday, May 1from 4-6 p.m. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.;

Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. May 15 will mark Pinnell Gallery’s 15th Anniversary and to celebrate the gallery will have Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 16. The gallery is located at 124 N. Main Ave. in Fallbrook.

For further information about the exhibition, contact the gallery at (760) 728-8870.

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TEMECULA, CA—The city of Temecula and CR&R will hold a Citywide Clean-up for Temecula residents to dispose of household waste and large miscellaneous debris on April 25, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Chaparral High School, 27215 Nicolas Rd., in Temecula.

The city and CR&R are providing a central location where these

items can be dropped off by Temecula residents only. Proof of Temecula residency such as a California Driver’s License, California ID Card, recent utility bill, or property tax statement is required.

The following items will be accepted: large bulky items, green waste, motor oil, anti-freeze, ewaste (household electronics),

car batteries (two per resident, per visit), small (empty) gas operated equipment.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept the following items: household batteries, chemicals, empty drums, fluorescent light bulbs, any type of paint, pesticides, thermostats, solvents/gasoline, sharps/needles, tires and other hazardous waste.

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Devilicious Eatery brings food truck fare to Old Town Temecula

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Prices range from $6 for the Truffle Parmesan Fries—shoestring fries, prepared in black truffle oil, and served topped with shaved Parmesan—to $14 for the Devilicious Burger that boasts a half-pound specialty patty, smoked Gouda, crispy bacon, house-made onion jam, green leaf, tomato, Peppadew Honey Aioli served on a brioche bun, and $15 for the Soft Shell Crab Club, well worth the price for this buttery delicacy.

Budget conscious? Look for late afternoon happy hour specials.

With recipes that range far and wide, all served up in the traditional Food Truck baskets with paper declaring adjectives to get your mouth watering. Ken discussed his history.

A graduate of Temecula Valley High School, Ken received his degree in Economics. His job history ranges from working at a flavor company for a candy manufacturer, to working in manufacturing at Fresh and Easy before buying his first Devilicious food truck.

“I’ve always worked in the food industry in some way,” Ken said.

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evilicious Eatery owner and longtime Temecula resident Ken Danko knows his business. With two Devilicious food trucks successfully serving SoCal from San Diego to Los Angeles, Ken wanted to build a permanent home for Devilicious Eatery right in his own backyard.

Partnering with his father, Bob, the Dankos have built the Devilicious brand from one food truck in San Diego to two food trucks and the brick and mortar restaurant.

On a bright, breezy Temecula midweek afternoon, Ken paused to share his love of the Devilicious brand, and what it means to be part of Temecula’s growing foodie quarter.

“Old Town Temecula is rapidly becoming the new San Diego Gaslamp district,” Ken dished on the weekend nightlife, as well as the shopping area.

“This building became available and I knew we needed to build our permanent home here.”

The three-story brick building, near the southern gateway to Old Town

Temecula, is the perfect permanent home, according to Ken. With décor that grabs with its “food truck feel,” and a logo of “Dickey” gracing one entire wall, Devilicious sparks with energy.

Staff greets diners with a smile to seat you indoors or outside on the patio, during mid-week lunch hours.

The tap handles boast craft brews from around Southern California, such as Hangar 24, Wiens Brewing Company, and of course, Stone Brewing Company—whose gargoyle logo graces the walls in eerie perfection.

The menu ranges from Bar Bites, to Food Truck Fare, to mouth-watering sandwiches and sides. According to the well-educated staff, popular items such as the Butter Poached Lobster Grilled Cheese, Softshell Crab Club, and Salads and Wraps for those not brave enough to attempt the Pork Belly and Jelly, one of Ken’s personal

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Devilicious offers regular Wednesday Pint Nights. The Dankos are working with breweries for tap takeovers with over the next three months, and live music on Friday nights.

“It’s moving at a good, growing pace,” Ken dished on the success of the eatery. “We’re constantly rearranging tables, getting the flow right, and working with breweries to organize tap handle takeovers.”

When you come, take your time, order a drink, and peruse the wellapportioned menu. There is something for everyone, even for your “Lil’ Devils” 12 and younger.

Selecting a starter from the broad selection of Bar Bites is harder than it looks. The Chorizo Avocado Egg Rolls won out, with house-made chorizo, avocado, sweet corn, black beans, and pico de gallo served with chipotle buttermilk ranch.

Though a handful of Devilicious recipes are original from the food truck, many are Ken’s, he said.

“I love food, I love experimenting and coming up with new dishes,” Ken said. The kitchen bustled with activity while the knowledgeable wait staff busied around tables, answering questions and making recommendations.

The midweek lunch crowd starts to assemble around 11:30 a.m., and lingers until after 1 p.m. but it all starts up again with happy hour. Restaurant goers can expect regular happy hour specials from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. but don’t expect typical bar food fare.

This trip, we selected lunch from the Food Truck menu, deciding on Pork Belly Melt with Parmesan Truffle Fries and Soft Shell Crab Club. The melt arrived, served with smoked pork belly, crispy Brussels sprouts, Gruyere and Mozzarella cheeses with fig balsamic on butter toasted sourdough was a feast for the eyes. If you’ve never tried pork belly, this is a wide-slab of high-calorie, marbled bacon ripe with flavors. If

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Chorizo Avocado Egg Rolls is the perfect starter for lunch or dinner at the Devilicious Eatery.

bacon’s your thing, it’ll be worth the journey. Thin sliced, crispy Brussels sprouts top this sandwich, and the smoky Gruyere and sweetness of fig balsamic deepen the flavor offering of this longstanding Devilicious Food Truck favorite.

As for the Soft Shell Crab Club, this won our table for lunch item to order again.

The tempura battered soft shell crab, served with bacon, green leaf, tomato, and red onion, both Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses mingle with the Sriracha aioli adds just enough zing to linger in memory. Served on butter toasted sourdough bread, from a San Diego bakery, this sandwich has made it to the top of must try’s in Old Town Temecula.

A desserts case, for those with a sweet treat in mind, is packed with brownies and cookies. All under the watchful eye of Devilicious character, “Dickey,” chomping on his signature sandwich.

“Come, enjoy the food,” Ken said with a smile. “And don’t forget to say hello.”

Devilicious Eatery is located in Old Town Temecula at 28693 Old Town Front St., Suite 104.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS KIDS AND TEENS: April 24 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Science Detectives for ages 2 and over to help solve something that happened at the Temecula Children’s Museum, 42081 Main St., Temecula. Investigate who might have started the mischief – Professor Pennypickles? Beaker?

T2? Discover the clues. $5 per person. Tickets and Information: (951) 308-6376.

April 28 – 4 p.m. Day of the Child for ages 3-12 at the Murrieta Public Library, 8 Town Square.

Join in on this event celebrating children and books with music and crafts. Space is limited to the first 60 children. Information: www. murrietalibrary.info.

May 1 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Color Science at the Temecula Children’s Museum, 42081 Main St. Wear your lab coats as you will get to experiment with colors. Cost: $5 per person. Tickets and Information: (951) 308-6376.

May 1 – 5:30-8:30 p.m. Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids at the Temecula Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. This event is for kids ages 6 and up to make a Mother’s Day pop-up card and canvas painting. Materials and pizza included. Cost: $30 per person. Information: Ruth (951) 888-6893 or craftsnfun@hotmail. com.

May 2 – 1-4 p.m. Free Comic Book Day at the Temecula Public Library, 30875 Pauba Rd. Come pick up a free comic book (while supplies last) and enter to win grand prize drawings for teens and children. Information: Children’s staff (951) 693-8980.

ENTERTAINMENT: April 23 – 7:30 p.m. Jazz at the Merc, 28816 Pujol St., Temecula.

Enjoy an evening of jazz hosted by Sherry Berry in association with Temecula Presents. Tickets $15.

Information: (866) 653-8696.

April 24 – 7 p.m. BTOC Knights of Columbus presents Ticket to Ride a Tribute to the Beatles at Monteleone Meadows, 35245 Briggs Rd., Murrieta. Cost: $25 per person (Concert Only). Information: Hans (310) 548-0596 or Ed (951) 325-8880.

April 25 – 8 p.m. Comedy at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Presented by PRN Productions in association with Temecula Presents. Laugh and leave the week behind you for this unique style of audience participatory improvised comedy where you play too by helping write, direct, and star onstage. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.

April 25 – 2:30 p.m. Mozart concert performed by the Temecula Valley Master Chorale at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 Nicolas Rd. Temecula. Information: (951) 249-9380 or infoattvmc@gmail. com.

April 26 – 3 p.m. Classics at the Merc, 42051 Main St., Temecula,Classics is a weekly chamber recital series co-produced by the California Chamber Orchestra and Temecula Presents.

Performers ar e all working professional musicians or advanced conservatory students. Featuring: Tasha Smith Godinez, harp. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.

April 26 – 6:30-9 p.m. Cabaret

at the Merc at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Co-Produced by Jordan Beck and J. Scott Lapp in association with Temecula Presents. Cabaret at the Merc will bring the very best of Broadway to you! Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.

April 26 – 7:30 p.m. Jazz at the Merc, 28816 Pujol St., Temecula.

Enjoy an evening of jazz hosted by Sherry Berry in association with Temecula Presents. Henry Franklin the Skipper and Crew featuring Theo Saunders, piano, Chuck Manning, sax and Carl Burnett, drums. Tickets: $15. Information: (866) 653-8696.

April 30 – 7:30 p.m. Jazz at the Merc, 28816 Pujol St., Temecula.

Enjoy an evening of jazz hosted by Sherry Berry in association with Temecula Presents. Featuring: Keith Droste Trio with David Enos and Steve Pimberton, drums.

Tickets $15. Information: (866) 653-8696.

May 1 – 6:30 p.m. Southern CA Damekor to present a short program of Scandinavian Folk music to celebrate spring at the Little Viking Gift Shop, 28465 Front St., Suite 104, Temecula. Damekor’s program will consist of unique styles of music unique to Scandinavia including yoiking and kulning. The program will also include a song by the Swedish group, ABBA. This is a free performance open to the public.

May 2 – 7 and 9 p.m. Country Live at the Merc, at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Live Country music show featuring house band backing up the valley’s country artists. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696 or www.countryatthemerc.info.

May 2 – 7:30 p.m. Southwest Women’s Chorus: America Sings presented by Southwest Women’s Chorus at the CRC, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. Temecula. From Jazz to Pop, Spirituals to Broadway, Patriotic to Folk, come celebrate the diversity of American music. May 3 performance at 2 p.m. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.

May 3 – 1-4:30 p.m. Lakeside Dixieland Jazz Club will be providing its monthly afternoon of Dixieland and Swing music at 33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar.

This week they will be featuring the Lakeside High School Jazz band. Public, dancers and musicians invited. Information: Arlene (951) 245-9504.

COMMUNITY EVENTS: April 23 – 5-9 p.m. 3rd annual Shakespeare Scholarship Monologue Competition sponsored

by Shakespeare in the Vines will take place at the Temecula Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. All high school students in the Southwest R i ver si de County are invited to participate.

Scholarships. Applications from high school students must be received no later than noon on April 17. Application, competition rules and entry form available at www.shakespeareinthevines.org.

Information: Rob (951) 551-5338 or robcrisell@yahoo.com.

April 24- 25 – 6-10 p.m. 5th annual Taste of Temecula Valley for the Kids at Town Square Park, 41000 Main St. Proceeds benefit more than 28,000 students in the Temecula school district. This

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April 25 – 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 7th annual Special Games for athletes of all ages with developmental disabilities. Event includes opening ceremonies, non-competitive games and sporting events, sponsored lunch and awards ceremony.

Information and Registration: www. temeculaevents.org/specialgames.

April 25 – 5 p.m. Valley News Night and Night of Destruction II – Demo Cross, Figure 8s, Trailer Figure 8s and Spectator Racing at Perris Auto Speedway, 18700 Lake Perris Dr., Perris. Join us for a great night of fun. Come sit with us in the Grand Stand and cheer on the Valley News sponsored car in the Spectator Race! Information: (760) 723-7319, ext. 0 or www. perrisautospeedway.com.

April 25 – 1-4 p.m. Camp Pendleton Historical Society fundraiser at Jefferson Creek Plaza, 27309 Jefferson Ave., Suite 104, Temecula. John J. Burns Military collection sale and book signing of “SGT. Reckless” by Robin Hutton.

Live entertainment, pizza and soft drinks will be served. Information: Jennifer (949) 307-5023.

April 25 – 10-11 a.m. Walking Tours of Old Town Temecula. Start your weekend with a fun and unique experience with a historic guided tour of Old Town Temecula and feel the early 1900s come to life. The tour begins at the Temecula Valley Museum, 28314 Mercedes St. Cost: $2 per person. Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Information: (951) 694-6450.

April 25 – 5-11 p.m. The Neon Run – So Cal at Galway Downs, 38801 Los Corralitos Rd., Temecula. This event will have neon lighting, costumes, music and more. Information: info@ theneonrun.com.

April 25 – 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Temecula Valley Rose Society annual Rose and Art Show at the Assistance League of Temecula, 28720 Via Montezuma, Temecula.

This event is free and open to the public. Information: Kathy (951) 551-5505.

April 25 – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1st annual Inland Empire Science Festival at the Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Pkwy., Hemet.

The science festival will have museums, STEM related companies and vendors from a wide geographic location. Tickets and Information: Coleen (951) 791-0033.

April 25 – 8 a.m.-2 p.m. City of Temecula Citywide Clean-Up. The city of Temecula and CR&R to host this event for Temecula residents to dispose of household waste and large miscellaneous debris at Chaparral High School, 27215 Nicholas Rd. Proof of Temecula residency such as a California Drivers License, California ID Card, recent utility bill or property tax statement is required. Information: Armando (951) 506-5173 or armando.villa@ cityoftemecula.org.

April 25 – 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Clean Extreme: Grand Ave/74 Corridor.

Hundreds of local residents and volunteers will join the city of Lake Elsinore to help clean up the western side of the city starting at the Old Military Academy, 15900 Grand Ave. down to Lakeside High School. Information: (951)

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April 25 – 8-11 a.m. Free Shredding Event to help stop identity theft hosted by the city of Murrieta’s City Clerk Department at the parking lot behind City Hall at 1 Town Square at the corner of Jefferson Ave. and Kalmia St. Murrieta residents with proof of residency may bring up to 5 bankersized boxes per trip. No businesses.

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April 26 – 2-3 p.m. Surviving the Holocaust at the Temecula Civic Center in the Great Oak Room, 41000 Main St. Watch live as a Holocaust survivor shares their testimony and then answers questions through a video conference, Information: (951) 694-6450 or historymuseum@ cityoftemecula.org.

April 26 – 5-7 p.m. Special Musical Tribute to remember musician Larry Robinson at the corner of Alvarado and Main St., Fallbrook. It has been two years since the tragic killing of local musician Larry Robinson. The community continues to hold faith that the perpetrator of this crime will be brought to justice. This tribute event is open to the public and is intended to bring continued awareness of this unsolved crime.

There is a $25,000 reward for anyone who has information leading to an arrest and conviction. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (951) 955-2777.

May 1 – 6:30-10:30 p.m. Casino Night “FUN” Fundraiser for Menifee’s Boys & Girls Club which will be held at the HOA Clubhouse for the Lakes Community Association, 30416 Laguna Vista Dr. Cost: $50 per person. Hors d’ oeuvres and drinks, Blackjack, Poker, Craps and Roulette. Tickets include $500 funny money, raffle prizes and more. All proceeds go directly to Boys & Girls Club Menifee. *Must be 21 years or older to attend. Reservations and Information: (951) 246-8845 or kimw@menifeebgc.org.

May 2 – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Household Hazardous & E-Waste Collection free for all City and County residents of Lake Elsinore at the Public Works Yard, 512 N. Langstaff.

Information: (951) 674-3124.

May 2 –5:30 p.m. 11th annual An Evening Under the Oaks at the Oak Grove Center for Education, Treatment & The Arts Gymnasium, 24275 Jefferson Ave., Murrieta.

The casual affair featuring dining, live entertainment and a live and silent auction will support Oak Grove’s Children’s Fund, improve technology and a much needed parking lot expansion in light of expanding services. Cost: $85 per person or $160 per couple.

Information: (951) 677-5599 or www.oakgrovecenter.org/events.

May 2-3 – 3rd annual Dream Extreme Fishing Derby presented by the Lake Elsinore Casino at La Laguna Resort and Boat Launch, 32040 Riverside Dr. Cash and Prizes. New this year is Kids Division for ages 16 and under.

Reservations required at www. williamsboatandtackle.com or (951) 642-0640. Information: (951) 245-8848.

May 3 – 8-10 a.m. Temecula Lion’s Club to host fundraising breakfast of all you can eat pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage at Applebee’s, 32175 Hwy. 79, Temecula to promote early literacy. All proceeds will be used to furnish books for local pediatricians to give to children through a program called “Reach out and Read” Tickets: $10 per person and must be purchased in advance. Tickets and Information: Deah (951) 956-4943 or Rebecca (951) 699-5148.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: Now – MSJC Summer School to help students reach their educational goals by providing high demand classes during Summer 2015 with flexible and convenient times and locations. Summer classes available in all quarters at the Menifee and Temecula campuses.

6-week session begins June 22.

8-week session begins on June 8.

Information: (951) 506-6752 or www.msjc.edu.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest County On-Going Car Wash fundraiser – The Boys & Girls Club of Southwest County are selling tickets for $21 to Rancho Car Wash or Temecula Car Wash.

To purchase tickets to support this club please contact Beth Soltysiak (951) 699-1526, ext. 109.

April 20 – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

P a r k i n s o n ’s E d u c a t i o n a l & Emotional Support Group to meet at Atria Vintage Hills, 41780 Butterfield Stage Rd., Temecula.

Parkinson’s Resource Organization is proud to provide meetings with this tremendous importance and dynamic speakers to the Temecula area. Meetings are open to the public. Information: (877) 7754111 or info@parkinsonsresource. org.

April 23 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.

MSJC’s STEM Program (Science, Te c h n o l o g y, E n g i n e e r i n g & Math). Stem Program –STEM Student Symposium at 28237 La Piedra Rd., Room 805, Menifee.

Information: Crystal (951) 6395628 or cranthony@msjc.edu.

April 23 – 9-11 a.m. IE SCORE Workshop: Encore Entrepreneurs 50+. Are you among the 63 percent of Americans who plan to work during retirement? If so, then join SBA, AARP and Inland Empire SCORE for this workshop which will give you information to help you pursue entrepreneurship and self-employment. Registration: www.inlandempire.score.org/ localworkshops.

April 24 – 9-11 a.m. TVCC Professional Development Series: Be Irrestible and Stand Out: Attracting More Customers presented by Helene Berren, AmpUrBiz. Learn how to stand out from the crowd to get your customer’s attention. Information: Brooke (951) 676-5090 or brooke@ temecula.org.

April 26 – 7 p.m. Earn the income you want, work when you want and earn free products!

Learn more at this free seminar about becoming a Pampered Chef Consultant at the Holiday Inn Express, 27660 Jefferson Ave. Temecula. RSVP by April 24.

Information: Brianne (951) 5414538 or pamperedcjeffbk@gmail. com.

April 27 – 6 p.m. Temecula Valley Historical Society will present The Violent and Unusual Side of Temecula History with Dale Garcia using information from historical newspaper articles, maps, diagrams and photos. The meeting will be at the Little Temecula History Center, 31870 Redhawk Pkwy. Refreshments and social time begin at 5:30 p.m. This is a free event open to the public.

Information: Rebecca (951) 6995148.

April 28 – 12:30-2 p.m.

MSJC’s STEM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math).

Engineering Workshop- Lego Robotics at 28237 La Piedra Rd., Room 974, Menifee. Information: Crystal (951) 639-5628 or cranthony@msjc.edu.

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April 28 – Luiseno Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution to host their monthly meeting at the Assistance League, 28720 Via Montezuma, Temecula.

Guest speaker will be the California State Society Honorary State Regent, Debra Jameson.

The meeting will also include the awarding of the recognitions from the State Society earned by the Luiseno Chapter during 2014.

DAR meetings are open to any woman who can trace her heritage to ancestors who helped the cause of independence at the time of the American Revolution. Information: senidia@gmail.com.

April 28 – 5:30-8 p.m. Art Works Film Series 2015 at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Rd. “Life Continued Defeating Depression”- This film examines the lives of two college students from different parts of the country who fought their way through serious mental health struggles.

Seating limited. RSVP: artworks@ recoveryinnovations.org or Art Works Gallery (951) 683-1279.

April 30 – 12:30-2:30 p.m.

MSJC Amnesty International Club in association with the Diversity Committee present: Spring 2015 Film Series at the Menifee campus, 282378 La Piedra Rd., Room 927.

Featuring “Food Chains.” Movie is free and open to the public.

Information: Shahla at (951) 6395753 or srazavi@msjc.edu.

M a y 2 – 11 a . m . - 2 p . m .

Celebrating Moms: Mom & Baby Fair at 25500 Medical Center Dr., Murrieta. See the latest products and services for mom and moms to be, child safety information, free activities for kids, refreshments, fitness and beauty demonstrations, prizes and more.

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Blotter Eighty-eight-year-old skydiver killed following air emergency

Explosion rips through Murrieta Silverado Apartments

Daniel Lane Multimedia Journalist A Lake Elsinore skydiver was killed on Saturday, April 18 following an “air emergency,” according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department report.

Emergency crews were called just after 2:15 p.m. to Skydive Elsinore to investigate the report of a skydiver down, Sgt. Rick Garcia wrote.

“Officers responded and located the victim within minutes of receiving the call for service,” Garcia

Firefighters on scene Wednesday, April 15 just before 4:30 p.m. in Murrieta at the Silverado Apartments.

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Daniel Lane Multimedia Journalist An explosion in a Murrieta apartment on Wednesday, April 15 forced evacuations as firefighters extinguished the flames.

According to Murrieta Fire Department Spokesman Matt Corelli, firefighters responded to a reported explosion at the Silverado Apartments at 25100 Vista Murrieta Road just before 4:30 p.m.

The initial response team was made up of 16 firefighters.

“Upon crews arriving, smoke was seen coming from an apartment,” Corelli wrote in a press release. “Immediate evacuations were completed by firefighters of nine units adjacent to the unit where the explosion occurred.

Crews entered the apartment and extinguished the fire and found no occupants in the unit.”

Once the fire was out, investigators discovered the explosion was caused by a “pressurized aerosol can” that was put inside a refrigerator to eliminate odor.

The can was “ignited by electrical components on the inside of the appliance,” Corelli wrote. “The explosion completely destroyed the refrigerator and resulted in a fire to the kitchen area of the apartment.”

About $50,000 in damage was done to the apartment where the explosion occurred.

There was no one inside the apartment when the explosion happened and there were no injuries reported.

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Service to more than 1,530 customers was restored to most residents by 11 p.m.

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Although emergency crews gave the victim emergency treatment, he died at the scene, Garcia said.

According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, George LaPointe, 88, of San Pedro, was pronounced dead at 2:21 p.m.

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Otter, the Moorehead’s family’s 2-year-old black Labrador/Golden Retriever assistance dog for their son Blaze.

Autistic boy’s best friend is special dog Laura Rathbun Writer

Last November, CCI matched Blaze with Otter, a 2-year-old black Labrador/Golden Retriever. He’s now Blaze’s best friend and helpful companion.

Before Otter fully joined the family, Ashley and Blaze completed an intense, two-week training course with him at CCI’s Southwest Regional Training Center in Oceanside. During the training, students are strategically matched with assistance dogs and learn how to work with them safely and effectively. Ashley said that all the dogs are trained by volunteers at their own expense for two years before they are ready to become helpers to the disabled.

“Otter was the first dog that Blaze ever attempted to grab the harness with,” said Ashley, referring to Otter’s working vest that has a handle attached. “We’ve had multiple pet dogs, but Blaze never had this kind of bond with them.

As soon as Blaze saw Otter, all he needed was a verbal prompt from me. When I said, ‘Blaze, you’re supposed to put your hand right

Ashley Moorehead sits with her 7-year-old son Blaze on his special sensory swing with Blaze’s assistance dog Otter resting in front of them.

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Temecula residents Kris and Ashley Moorehead knew that their 7-year-old severely autistic son, Blaze, needed an assistance dog so about two years ago they applied to Canine Companions for Independence to get him one.

CCI is a nationwide nonprofit organization that provides free highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities.

Besides autism, Blaze has sensory processing disorder, developmental language disorder and hypotonia, which causes low muscle tone. He also has limited speech. The buzzing of fluorescent lights and bright sun agitate him.

Different places and unfamiliar faces present him with challenges, too. Sometimes his disabilities feel like a prison, according to his Ashley kisses Blaze. mother Ashley.

“Blaze is my son and I’m going command, he gently lies on top of to do everything I can to let him Blaze to apply pressure that calms be who he is in the world that we him. live in. He deserves that right like “We’ve had a lot less outbursts everyone else,” since we’ve had she said. “That’s the dog,” Kris “Autism is difficult. Blaze has trouble why we came to said.

Canine CompanOtter blended making friends. Now, Blaze has a ions for Indepeneasily into the dence.”

Moorehead famiforever friend in Otter.”

The Moorely, which includes heads researched Blaze’s 4-year-old Ashley Moorehead, Blaze’s mother assistance dog orsister, Sway, who ganizations, but has mild to modthey all required that recipients here,’ Blaze instantly grabbed it erate autism. There’s also one other fundraise at least $10,000 toward because he wanted to walk with dog and two cats. a dog or pay the full cost for one Otter. It was such a huge moment!

While Blaze attends 1st grade in from $40,000 to $50,000.

There was something about this a special education class at Helen “That’s how much a service dog dog—Blaze had an instant con- Hunt Jackson Elementary School, is worth,” Ashley commented about nection with him and immediately Otter stays at home and is off duty. the cost. trusted him.”

Ashley said Otter can’t attend The Mooreheads couldn’t afAshley said that Blaze ford paying thousands of dollars amazed her and Kris when for a dog. However, they were still he petted Otter and allowed determined to get one somehow. him onto his bed. “He will Fortunately, Ashley eventually actually let Otter tag along found out about CCI through a with whatever he is doing, person she met who had a dog from which means everything to the organization. She immediately us,” she said. contacted CCI, applied for a dog Otter has been a big help and had her application accepted when Blaze has meltdowns, after a thorough screening process. Ashley said. He goes to Then the family waited a year until Blaze when he’s distressed CCI called them with the wonderful and Ashley gives him the news that there was a suitable dog command to “Crash.” for Blaze.

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Blaze and his dog Otter wait in the car for school to start.

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Four-year-old Sway Moorehead loves her brother Blaze’s assistance dog Otter.

school with Blaze because she’s his only facilitator trained to give commands. Otter also needs some time to rest so he’s not always working.

He accompanies Blaze in the car to and from school.

“He can be a regular dog when Blaze is at school,” Ashley said.

As their bond grows, Ashley said that Otter is helping Blaze to feel more confident and secure. He can hold Otter’s harness in public, rath-

er than be strapped into a stroller to prevent him from running away.

“Otter is like Blaze’s security blanket,” Ashley said. “He can face anything with his friend. Autism is difficult. Blaze has trouble making friends. Now, Blaze has a forever friend in Otter.”

The Mooreheads are extremely grateful for CCI’s existence and the ongoing support it will give Blaze for the rest of his life. Ashley said her son will always have an assistance dog thanks to CCI.

About Canine Companions for Independence Canine Companions for Independence provides highly-trained assistance dogs to children, adults and veterans with disabilities.

Established in 1975, CCI has six training centers across the country. It’s recognized worldwide for the excellence of its dogs and the quality and longevity of the matches it makes between dogs and people. For more information, visit cci.org or call (800) 572-BARK.

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Healthy & Beautiful Gardens How to select a suitable lawn alternative

Linda McDonald-Cash Special to Valley News Howdy neighbors and fellow gardeners! This week I’d like to address lawn alternatives, as I, personally, as both a designer and gardener, believe lawns are one of the largest wasters of energy, water, etc. that we grow. Lawns were originally an idea that came over with our ancestors from Europe, places that had abundant rainfall and by the wealthy who could afford to construct irrigation systems.

Somehow it was considered a sign of wealth here in America to have a lawn, and so the practice was brought here, even to places that it’s totally inappropriate for – such as Southern California – and most of the Western states, especially considering this area is basically arid.

I do not expect you to run out and completely rip up all your lawn per my suggestions, but possibly to gradually remove a portion here and a portion there as you have time and finances to do so. If you can afford to – by all means bring in a designer to draw up a complete plan that can then be implemented either all at once or in phases, again, as suits your budget.

If you’re a regular reader of mine here you know our water district is currently paying us $2 per square foot to remove our lawn and replace it with drought tolerant landscaping. We may see that increase to $3 soon, keep your fingers crossed!

You know you can count on me to keep you posted.

Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ groundcover for semi shady areas.

No more lawn here.

Myoporum Pacifica makes a great evergreen ground cover for slopes or flat areas.

One other item I’d like to mention about this is there are many water districts out there, so you need to go online, fill out the paperwork for the turf rebate and find out exactly which area/district you fall under.

I discovered here in Temecula we have both Eastern and Western municipal water districts in conjunction with Rancho Water – they have very different rules for their rebates, so you should check it out where you live to find out exactly what you need to do if you’d like to get in on the turf rebate program where you live.

If you choose to replace grass/ lawn with another living groundcover you can still utilize the sprinklers you currently have installed, you will merely be watering less.

Drought tolerant living groundcovers can give you the “green look” but the difference is they usually can’t take much foot traffic, something to bear in mind. In order to qualify for the water district rebate in most districts you actually need to convert to drip irrigation, FYI.

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There are more efficient “sprinklers” available, called “MP rotators” and we can get reimbursed $4 per head currently for those.

For areas that you must have lawn, kids or pets or whatever, I highly recommend one of the newer artificial turfs, they look real, and they are maintenance free – I would use these in a small area only. For those areas that you wish to add living ground cover to you might consider adding stepping stones or paths, if you need to regularly walk through the areas, bearing in mind that ground covers will occasionally need clipping back as they grow – not nearly as often as mowing grass though!

Some of my top recommendations for low water living ground covers would be: sedums and crassulas, Senecio serpens “Blue Chalksticks”, Myoporum ‘Pacificum’ or ‘parvifolium’, Juniperus (creeping junipers) – low growing varieties such as ‘Communis’, ‘Blue Chip’, ‘Bar Harbor’ or ‘Blue Carpet Juniper’, Dymondia margaretae which has small yellow flowers. One of our natives, albeit a hybrid, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus ‘Hurricane Point’ or ‘Yankee Point’ both make excellent spreading ground covers.

Baccharus pilularis (coyote brush) ‘Pigeon Point’, nice solid green, this does best with partial shade

Lampranthus_spectabilis aka iceplant for those who like bright color.

Thymus-coccineus-creeping-thyme in bloom - bees love this.

The beautiful blue color of Senecio serpens aka ‘Blue Chalksticks’ is striking in any landscape.

in the inland areas here. Creeping Thyme is a nice very low ground cover for between stepping stones where you won’t be directly walking on it. There are many types of succulents that work well. As for shady to semi-shady areas I would recommend Ajuga aka Carpet Bugle. All these need to be plugged in at appropriate spacing and weeds kept out until established. I recommend putting down weed cloth first after preparing the soil.

In addition to living ground covers I highly recommend patios, decks, mulch, removing lawn and adding in “island beds” or raised beds, gravel around plantings of

shrubs and other areas that allow you to remove lawn and actually utilize your outdoor “living areas” rather than just look at them. Our yards can be so much more than just lawns with shrubs around the edges, gardens that are as unique as you are and a place you enjoy coming home to, if you ever want to leave that is. Happy gardening until next week!

McDonald-Cash is a professional landscape designer and specializes in drought tolerant landscaping. She can be contacted at www.uniquelandscapes.net or (951) 764-4762.

Water is precious Tony Falco Special to the Valley News Water is precious. Did you know when it comes to your water utility bill, water companies are counting every single drop of water that is being used?

April, being the so-called rainy month, where is the rain? So far mountains are at a record breaking low for snow levels in April. That means the natural springs water supply is even becoming scarce.

As news headlines are saying, “The Drought Continues.”

Now as of April 9, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill stating that all water utility companies in California, if not already, are to start monitoring your water usage more closely. They are to regulate when you can and can’t use your water or you will be charged.

The bill states the following: 1) Customers are allowed to water their landscaping only two days a week. 2) During precipitation and 48 hours following, customers are prohibited from watering any landscape. 3) Customers to be notified of leaks within the customers’ control to be addressed. 4) Commercial businesses like res-

taurants’, are only to serve water upon request and hotels to offer to customers the choice to have fresh towels and laundry service daily during their stay.

For more information about the bill or the drought visit www. ca.gov/drought; April 2015. Water, which is probably one of the least expensive of your utility bills is going to increase if we as homeowners don’t take the responsibility and try to conserve how much water we use at home.

Water companies measure water in units by centum cubic feet and gallons.

In California, we more commonly see units per gallon. Statistics show the average family of four uses 400 gallons of water per day, meaning an average person uses 100 gallons alone. You can help conserve water yourself starting in your home. Take a moment and look at all the plumbing fixtures in your home. Check for old leaking faucets or toilets.

Here is a quick fact, leaking toilets waste about 200 gallons of water per day. To check to see if your toilet is leaking, lift the toilet tank lid and drop a few drops of food coloring into the water, check to

see if the water in the toilet bowl has changed colors, if so then you have a leak. Keep in mind, that fixtures from the 90s and early 2000s use more units of water then those recently manufactured. When searching for a new toilet to purchase, Accurate Leak Locators, recommends to buy a toilet with 1.28 gfp (gallons per flush). When shopping for new faucets, toilets, appliances and shower heads, etc. look for the water sense logo (as shown to the right). Water sense products are EPA regulated in efforts to help you conserve water. You can also visit www.epa.gov/watersense.

Other ways you can conserve water is to limit showers to five to 10 minutes instead of baths and practice turning the sink water off while brushing your teeth. Here is another quick fact, just by turning off the water while brushing your teeth you can save up to eight gallons of water, which is 100 gallons a month per person.

Check for our May article to see what manufactures we recommend for your plumbing fixtures and appliances.

April 24, 2015 • www.myvalleynews.com • Valley News

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Home & Garden / Real Estate

Market at a glance (As of April 19, 2015) No of Homes Sold Inventory of Properties Listed Average Selling Price Average List Price Median List Price Asking Price per Square Foot Average Days on Market Most Expensive Listing Least Expensive Listing Average Age of Listing % of Properties w/ Price decrease % of Flip properties (price increase) Median House Size (sq ft) Median Lot Size (sq ft) Median Number of Bedrooms Median Number of Bathrooms Market Action Index

TEMECULA (all zip codes) 45 469 $433,259 $683,488 $489,900 $191 91 $4,700,000 $149,900 16 34% 6% 2917 8001-10,000 4.0 3.0 Seller (41.4)

MURRIETA (92562) 36 448 $343,465 $614,660 $416,000 $162 99 $4,499,000 $130,000 16 31% 6% 2894 6501-8000 4.0 3.0 Seller (42.0)

WILDOMAR 6 91 $295,992 $378,522 $360,000 $148 66 $1,299,000 $100,000 23 30% 7% 2245 8001-10,000 4.0 2.5 Seller (48.0)

LAKE ELSINORE / CANYON LAKE 32 261 $295,290 $342,394 $334,900 $143 92 $1,299,000 $80,000 20 30% 11% 2324 6501-8000 4.0 2.5 Seller (43.9)

MENIFEE / SUN CITY 40 185 $274,615 $334,364 $339,900 $143 71 $599,000 $165,000 12 32% 8% 2320 6501-8000 4.0 2.5 Seller (44.4)

HEMET 35 473 $184,965 $230,268 $199,900 $125 112 $2,000,000 $9,900 34 30% 9% 1612 6501-8000 3.0 2.0 Seller (40.2)

This Index measures the current rate of sale versus the amount of inventory. Index above 30 implies a seller’s advantage. Below 30, conditions give the advantage to the buyer.

Market data provided by Escrow Leaders (Altos Research) and is current as of 04/20/15. Sales Data provided by SRCAR (MLS) and current as of 04/19/15. Note: Sun City sales data on MLS is now incorporated into Menifee. Valley News makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this data.

9 tips on buying a new construction home and why you need a realtor

John Occhi and Mike Mason Special to Valley News The spring buying season is in full bloom with future homebuyers torn between the existing inventory of pre-built homes and exploring the potential of what a new construction home offers.

While it is more than obvious to many as to why they hire a realtor to help them find the perfect home from the existing inventory many new construction home shoppers are never even aware that a realtor can help them negotiate a much better deal than buying with the builders agents representing them.

To help you understand the pricing structure that builders use you must understand that the actual price for a new construction home is influenced by location, land cost, square footage of home, quality of building materials, labor, market conditions and impact fees imposed on the builder.

Let’s explore the many different ways that a realtor can make for a valuable member of your new home buying experience.

Buying a new home is more complicated and intimidating It is important to hire a local agent that is familiar with both the local market as well new construction process, in general.

Model homes are staffed by licensed real estate agents hired and paid by the builder to represent the builder. Typically they are not realtors and not bound by a professional code of ethics to represent you as the buyer. It is always best in a transaction of this magnitude to have an agent with a fiduciary duty and responsibility to represent your interest.

In most cases, your agent must accompany you the first time you visit a model home. Go new home shopping on your own and your right to representation may be waived forever.

When is the best time to buy a new construction home?

Most new home builders are publically traded companies that are owned by stockholders. These shareholders hold the company accountable to meet sales goals and projections. As a result, the end of a quarter is a time when new home builders will offer some of the best incentives so they can meet their goals.

The winter holiday season is another great time to buy a New Construction Home since most of the country is focused on the season and not out looking for a new home. With the looming end of year just short days away, this is a great time to aggressively negotiate some great builder incentives.

How Much Should You Pay? You may have noticed, so far we have spoken about ‘Builder Incentives’ and not price. The reason is the new home builder will very rarely budge on price because they don’t want to establish a precedent. Remember, purchase price is all a matter of public record.

With the right realtor, you should be able to sweeten the pot through a number of ‘incentives’ that may include design center upgrades or closing costs – both of which can mount into the tens

of thousands of dollars.

Realize that new home builders are motivated to move existing inventory because every day the home sits vacant and on the market it is costing them money.

When you find inventory that has been on the market for 45 to 60 days you can be assured that the builder is motivated to move that unit and will typically offer some phenomenal incentives.

Sidebar Some buyers think that if they do not use an agent that they’ll be able to negotiate a better deal by saving the commission the New Home Builder would have to pay the agent. Not true. The builder either pays it to their own staff or just allocates those funds into their marketing budget.

Remember, New Home Builders do not want to reduce their price because it will set a precedence for the neighborhood and that goes for the REALTORS® commission.

Get it in writing!

Remember, the only thing that matters in a real estate transaction is what is in writing. If a new home builder’s agent says something that is important to you while showing the home, then get it in writing.

Unlike resale real estate transactions with standardized forms each new home builder has their own proprietary contracts prepared by their team of attorneys to protect the new home builder.

Sure there are government rules and regulations they must comply with granting the buyer a minimal level of protection – just remember the forms are for the benefit of the seller and not you. It is critically important that you take the time to read and understand what you are signing.

WYSINWYG – What you see is not what you get.

That’s right, what you’re looking at is the new home builders model home that has been both professionally staged with custom furnishing to appeal to the desired buyer and upgraded with many expensive design center upgrades.

(Be aware that some builders even use furnishings built to a 80-90 percent scale to make rooms look bigger.)

Many of the upgrades are more expensive than if you were to have the work done by local craftspeople after the close of escrow. For example, that beautiful hardwood flooring – shop locally and save money. That custom built in at the end of the family room can be made by a local carpenter, with better materials, for less money.

Of course, any upgrades after the close of escrow will not be financed – nor will they be taxed as part of the value of your home when it comes to the county assessor and the property taxed you’ll end up paying on the upgrades.

Buying The Builders Model Home.

If you are fortunate to buy the builders model home, you can receive an excellent deal. Since these model homes are the showcase for the builder they typically have many of the finest upgrades being offered in the community.

Of course, the buyer can no longer weigh in on the flooring, color of the walls, kitchen cabinets, fixtures or any other improvements.

The tradeoff is minimal, since great care went into selecting the

most current palate available.

Since these homes have never been lived in, or deeded to anyone, they are still considered new. Model homes will typically sell for current market value and include the showcased upgrades.

Research The Builder.

You would never buy a new car without having strong feelings about the manufacturer. You’d never sign up for a cell plan with a provider without doing your research so it only makes sense that when buying a new home worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that you should research the new home builder, yet so few do.

Do your homework and visit other communities the builder built 2-5 years ago. Talk with people who live there or have lived there. What do they like and/or dislike about the home and community. Look for online reviews and social media to see what real people think about the product.

Investigate major components that will be used. Is the HVAC a no-name fresh off the boat from China or is it an established leader in the field. Same goes for roofing material, flooring, fixtures and everything that goes into the construction of the home. Take some time and wander around the homes currently being built – are the crews serious and meticulous or are they horse-playing around in an unorganized work space.

Trust your gut.

Who Is Your Lender?

Builders always have a ‘preferred’ lender that they’ll want you to use. Many times they’ll offer closing cost or interest buydown as a reason to use ‘their’ lender.

It’s important to shop for a loan and get the best loan for you, the buyer and not the new home builder. Who knows, based on the incentives, the new home builders

lender just might be the best loan for you!

So, if you’re even remotely considering buying a new construction home do yourself the favor of consulting with the realtor of your choice to ensure you are properly represented. Remember, it’s imperative that your realtor is there the first time you look at any model homes in any tract if you want the representation you are entitled to.

Call us today at (951) 296-8887 and get the information you need to make the right decision.

For questions regarding available inventory and/or other real estate matters please

contact, Mike@GoTakeAction. com. Mike Mason, Broker/Owner of MASON Real Estate Cal. BRE: 01483044, Board of Director of your Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors® ( S R C A R ) , Tr a v e l i n g S t a t e Director, California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.). John Occhi is a semi-retired Temecula Realtor® who is pursuing his dreams and passions traveling the country, in an RV on the “American Wine Trail”. Follow his RV Wine Adventures at www.

TheAmericanWineTrail.com.

Valley News • www.myvalleynews.com • April 24, 2015

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Real Estate / Home & Garden Recent Home Sales

List of transactions from selected cities in Southwest Riverside County • 206 closed transactions for the week of 4/13/15 through 4/19/15.

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42175 Indian Hill 39450 Terwilliger Road 58540 Mica Road 39260 Anza Road 30536 Sparrow Hawk Drive 22670 Canyon Lake Drive 30407 White Cove Court 23487 Canyon Lake Drive 30288 Skipjack Drive 932 Central Avenue 4625 Berkley Avenue 5010 Corte Cercado 604 Santa Fe Street 783 Neal Way 2320 Cristobal Avenue 599 Corona Street 2364 Corinto Court 341 Gardenia Circle 537 Buena Vista Street 549 Montrose Avenue 355 Ruby Avenue 2191 Flame Tree Way 42221 Harmony Drive 2160 Sequoia Drive 26566 Larkspur Street 1641 Ailanthus Drive 40327 Poppy Drive 2194 Daisy Way 700 Garfield Street 26926 Cornell Street 2963 Elder Way 26032 Amy Lane 1291 Palm Avenue 8161 Carnoustie Avenue 26766 HOWARD MANOR 998 Roxanne Drive 44380 Galicia Drive 43180 San Mateo Way 5526 Cheryl Street 42764 Avenida Tigre 3350 Claremont Street 1579 Elmbridge Lane 1532 Hackney Street 1437 Butterfly Court 15640 Vista Way 30505 Canyon Hills Road 32338 Rock Rose Drive 32100 Poppy Way 24 Via De La Valle 34104 Silk Tassel Road 34101 Dianthus Lane 23 Corte Montena 21252 Scenic Crest Drive 31865 Willow Wood Court 9 Plaza Valenza 316 Lewis Street 19241 Pyramid Circle 29303 Catchers Way 41 Vista Palermo 32896 Oleander Drive 17606 Brightman Avenue 32898 Pepper Drive 28844 Margarita Road 575 Highlands Road 219 Broadway Street 804 El Dorado 30077 Olive Grove Street 3366 Fern Circle 3840 Ulla Lane 30610 Brookstone Lane

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159 3rd Street 1988 Tudor Drive 1622 Heather Hill Drive 423 Wamblee Lane 1287 Las Rosas Street 1705 Beacon Court 25750 Cherry Hills Boulevard 29940 Thornhill Drive 26071 Germantown Drive 28812 Snead Drive 27975 Doreen Drive 26688 China Drive 27120 Bottlebrush Lane 29218 Annandale Road 27815 Foxfire Street 27151 Avenida Del Oro 42473 Vista Montana Court 29537 Cara Way 29724 Stonewood Road 30888 Balata Drive 40081 Charleston Lane 29691 Nightcrest Circle 27612 Sonora Circle 40154 Gallatin Court 42050 Humber Drive 39111 Trail Creek Lane 39189 Twin Creek Drive 41040 Burgess Court 31988 Calle Elenita 32036 Calle Novelda 31741 Corte Cardenas 30321 Nebula Lane 31988 Corte Ruiz 32679 Driscoll Court 40096 Pasadena Drive 32263 Corte Parado 32604 Miller Court 43564 Savona Street 43247 Via Angeles 43778 Carentan Drive 42674 Rivera Drive 31293 Taylor Lane 44669 La Paz Road 44622 Via Lucido 33424 Calle Cantu 45659 Jeronimo Street 32515 Galatina Street 42528 Garcia Way 44349 Kingston 44850 Rutherford Street 44903 Camino Veste 32213 Corte Tomatlan 45597 Olympic Way 45851 Camino Rubi 32156 Beaver Creek Lane 45262 Willowick Street 46223 Drymen Avenue 32285 Fireside Drive 33565 Pauba Road 32225 Via Arias 20310 Union Street 33795 Plowshare Road 32566 Cloud Crest Court 21425 Canyon Drive 22862 Teil Glen Road 24033 Safiro Court

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Realtor open house event provides opportunities for buyers and sellers TEMECULA, CA—Purchasing a home is often one of the most important decisions in a person’s life and deciding on a particular house comes with many options.

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“Realtors will open the doors to potentially hundreds of homes in the local area that are taking part in this year’s Southwest Riverside County Realtors Open House event,” said Connie Lynch, CEO of SRCAR. “This event is a great way for buyers to get an idea of what

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Realtors will be available at open houses to answer questions about the home buying process and local market conditions. Details of the particular properties that will show open on the weekend of April 25-26 are forthcoming. Updates will appear in the Valley News real estate sections.

According to data from the National Association of Realtors, the typical recently purchased home was 1,870 square feet and was built in 1993. The typical buyer purchased a home with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. When it comes to home features, buyers prefer central air conditioning the most, while walk-in closets were

second. The two most common rooms buyers were willing to spend more for were a laundry room and a den/home office, though a family/ media room didn’t fall far behind.

“Buyers need to have a clear idea of what features are important to them and know where they are willing to compromise;” said Linda Hofstatter, 2015 president of SRCAR. “That is where visiting open houses can be helpful. Also, working with a realtor can be a real asset. Realtors visit hundreds of homes with buyers each year, and have a unique understanding of what buyers’ value in their local markets. Their expertise and knowledge can help you achieve the dream of homeownership.”

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MVCC Board appoints interim CEO/president MENIFEE, CA—The Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of Mary Deanna “Dee” Cozart as their new interim president and CEO. She assumed responsibilities on April 13 and succeeded Dorothy Wolons, who stepped down on an extended leave of absence.

Cozart has been a resident of the Inland Empire, in the San Jacinto Valley, since 1971. She is a graduate of San Jacinto High School, Mt. San Jacinto College and University of Phoenix with a Bachelor’s degree in business management. She holds an MBA from National University and has over 30 years in management level positions in many types of industries. She was the National Red Cross’s senior director for Corporate Safety for seven years and was with Red Cross for more than 14 years before retiring to return full time to the San Jacinto Valley. She lived and worked in Washington, D.C. and has traveled to 45 of our 50 states, England, Canada, Mexico, China, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Cozart has been married for over 39 years to her high school sweetheart, Scott Cozart and they raised their two sons in the San Jacinto Valley where they graduated and are now raising their children. She has four granddaughters and one grandson ages 19 to 3 years.

Cozart is active in local charity organizations and has a passion for service. She is currently the president of VIP Tots, secretary and scholarship

Mary Deanna “Dee” Cozart has been appointed the new interim president and CEO of the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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chair for San Jacinto Valley Women’s Conference, CFO of Habitat for Humanity Hemet San Jacinto Valley and a member of the Board of Directors for San Jacinto Education Foundation. She also sits on the Ramona Pageant Advisory Board and runs her own business, Cozart Management Services. She is an active volunteer for the Soboba Foundation.

She is also a member of Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, American Association of University Women, a founding member of the National Museum of Women’s History and the National Museum of the American Indian. She is the president of Soroptimist International San Jacinto Hemet Valley.

The MVCC is committed to continuing service to their members.

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Attorney James C. Alvord’s office expands into family law practice TEMECULA, CA - Attorney James C. Alvord, with an office in Fallbrook serving all of San Diego County as well as Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore, is now accepting new clients in the field of family law.

Since opening his Fallbrook office on Main Avenue in May of 2000, Alvord has provided legal services in the areas of wills, trusts, probate, and estate planning for hundreds of clients in San Diego and Riverside counties.

While he will continue to service the needs of those clients and maintain his current practice, Alvord will now additionally provide legal advice and representation to new

clients needing help with prenuptial agreements, restraining orders, marital agreements, paternity actions, legal separations, marriage dissolutions, child support and visitation issues.

As always, the law office offers free initial consultations and significant fee discounts to seniors and the military.

A lawyer in practice since 1990, Alvord is a graduate of Western State University of Law and the University of Wisconsin. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a newspaper editor in Chicago and served as the executive editor of the La Jolla Light and a series of San Diego community newspapers. He

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was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisc. and lives in Fallbrook with his wife Valerie.

TVE2 company Anywhere Science, Inc. licenses technology to IVD Vision TEMECULA, CA—Anywhere Science, Inc., a Temecula Valleybased technology company, announced on April 14 that it has agreed to license certain technologies useful for the digital interpretation of visual diagnostics to IVD Vision of San Diego. Under the agreement, IVD Vision is acquiring a nonexclusive license to the algorithms and Cloud processes developed by ASI. ASI developed SyncMetrics as a platform to aggregate health and fitness data from a wide array of popular wearable sensors and apps.

SyncMetrics currently synchronizes information from FitBit, Withings, Garmin Connect, iHealth, RunKeeper, Fatsecret, Strava, Jawbone, MapMyFitness, Training Peaks and Daily Mile. The company has also developed a system called LabStrip that converts the iPhone into a mobile chemistry sensor (www.labstrip.com). ASI

is located in the Temecula Valley Entrepreneurs Exchange Incubator space in Temecula.

IVD Vision, LLC (www.ivdvision.com) builds imaging systems for the interpretation of opticallyinterpreted diagnostic tests (such as lateral flow assays). They have considerable expertise in the development of fluorescence, transmittance/absorbance, and reflectance instrumentation in the diagnostics industry. Their corporate offices are located in San Diego, California “We were able to amass ca.

20,000 loyal SyncMetrics users from our launch in early 2013 to the close of the pilot. The back-end Cloud infrastructure that SyncMetrics is built upon generally useful for the storage and communication of all types of scientific data. In addition, the underlying algorithms that let LabStrip convert colorimetric assays to digital results are integrated into the system and

ready for implementation and/or modification”, said Brian Noland, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of ASI. atrick Coffey, president and founder of IVD Vision LLC said, “We are extremely pleased to arrange this license to use the advanced algorithms and cloud processes by Anywhere Science, Inc. These algorithms and processes will give us an additional competitive edge for visual quantitation and Cloud data metrics that allow us to expand into additional markets.”

“The city is excited for the success of one of our first incubator companies and congratulates Brian Noland and the ASI team,” said Cheryl Kitzerow, incubator manager.

For more information, email Coffey at pcoffey@ivdvision.com and Noland at brian@anywherescience.com. For more info about TVE2, visit www.tve2.org.

RCWD given Excellence in Financial Reporting award for 20th year in a row TEMECULA, CA - Rancho California Water District, for the 20th consecutive year, was presented with the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award bestowed by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the

area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

The CAFR was judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user

groups to read the CAFR. Jeff Armstrong, RCWD interim general manager, stated, “RCWD is honored to receive the certificate.

We continue to strive for excellence throughout the organization and the excellence in financial reporting follows that tradition.”

Armstrong credits the efforts of the finance department who collectively contributed to the preparation of the report.

Master storyteller to speak at Temecula Valley Historical Society meeting TEMECULA, CA—The public is invited to attend the Temecula Valley Historical Society meeting on April 27 at 6 p.m. when Dale Garcia, a master storyteller, will

Dale Garcia, a master storyteller, will be presenting at the next Temecula Valley Historical Society meeting on April 27. Courtesy photo

present The Violent and Unusual Side of Temecula History.

Using information gleaned from historical newspaper articles, maps, diagrams and photos, Garcia will take the audience on an investigative armchair tour of the following topics as Where the Heck is Temecula?, Was the Last Man Hung in California from Temecula?, What Was the Temecula Massacre?, Temecula: The Roswell of Southern California? and Temecula and Godzilla: What’s the Connection?.

Garcia is a 25-year-resident of Temecula. He owns and operates Old Town Temecula Candlelight Walking Tours. As a docent for the Temecula Valley Museum he gives

tours to 3rd grade students. He is a member of the Vail Ranch Restoration Association and the Temecula Valley Historical Society. He is also a director on the Temecula Valley Museum board. He enthusiastically researches and retells stories about Temecula history that he has gleaned.

The meeting will take place inside the Little Temecula History Center, the red barn next to Kohls at the corner of Wolf Store Road and Redhawk Parkway. Free refreshments and a social time begin at 5:30 p.m. prior to Garcia’s hourlong presentation.

For more information, call Rebecca Farnbach at (951)-699-5148.

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The Skin Cancer Foundation urges teens to go with their own glow this prom season New York, NY - Prom season is just around the corner, and as teens prepare for the most memorable night of high school, The Skin Cancer Foundation encourages them to forgo a dangerous indoor tan in favor of a natural glow. Teens considering heading to a tanning salon to achieve a pre-prom glow should beware: using a tanning bed before age 35 increases melanoma risk by 75 percent. In addition, just one indoor UV tanning session increases users’ risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma by 67 percent and basal cell carcinoma by 29 percent.

“Any tan, whether you get it on the beach or in a tanning bed, is dangerous and damages your skin,” said Perry Robins, MD, president of The Skin Cancer Foundation. “A tan comes with consequences. In addition to increasing skin cancer risk, tanning leads to premature skin aging, including wrinkles, leathery skin and age spots.”

The Skin Cancer Foundation advocates embracing one’s natural skin tone. Those who can’t resist

the bronzed look but won’t sacrifice their health to achieve it should consider sunless (UV-free) tanners.

They are available in many different formulations, including creams, lotions, gels, pump sprays, aerosols and wipes.

Tips for properly applying sunless tanner Prep your skin. Exfoliate skin with a scrub or loofah and follow up with a moisturizer. This ensures that the sunless tanner will be absorbed evenly.

Follow the package directions closely. For example, wait at least 12 hours after shaving to apply (to avoid dark spots in hair follicles) and don’t use on skin with active eczema.

Be patient. Self-tanners can take 30-60 minutes to produce visible color on the skin, and this color typically lasts about five days.

Repeat as necessary. Generally, the product should be reapplied daily for two to three days, until the desired shade is achieved. Then, reapply about three times a week to

maintain the shade.

Go to a pro. Professional spray tans are an option for those who want to safely achieve a bronzed look in a hurry. Many salons provide automated application of high concentration, no-rub, aerosolized non-UV tanning products, while others provide a customized airbrush tan. When receiving a professional spray tan, wear protective gear for the mouth, eyes and nose to prevent ingestion or inhalation.

Don’t rely on sunless tanners for sun protection. Even if your selftanner contains sunscreen, reapply a separate broad spectrum (UVA/ UVB) sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher every two hours when spending time outdoors. Note that sunscreen is not the only form of sun protection. The Skin Cancer Foundation has always recommended following a complete sun protection regimen that includes seeking shade and covering up with clothing, including a widebrimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses, in addition to daily sunscreen use.

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Team up for success in creating a healthier life American Counseling Association Special to the Valley News Yes, it can be hard to try to lose weight, exercise more or make other lifestyle changes for better health. But a recent study out of England has shown that the odds for success increase dramatically when you make changes for a healthier you with a partner.

Researchers followed couples for four years and found that when one person lost weight, his or her partner was three times more likely to do the same, as compared to those couples where only one person was trying to drop excess pounds.

The study wasn’t limited to just weight loss. In looking at other

lifestyle changes, such as exercising more or stopping smoking, the success rate increased significantly when both partners were shooting for that shared goal.

They found that when two people are working together towards a goal they both want, they tend to inspire and encourage each other. Another factor in the higher levels of success was that each of the people tends to hold the other accountable. It’s not as easy to eat that extra dessert, or sneak a cigarette, when you know your partner will be disappointed should he or she discover you’re cheating on the goal that you both desire.

Teaming up to work toward a healthier life doesn’t have to be

with just a husband or wife, though usually, if you’re married, that would often be the partner you turn to. But if you’re single, or your spouse isn’t interested, researchers found that teaming up with friends, family or co-workers produced the same positive effect.

It isn’t a difficult process to make happen. If your goal is to shape up, sit down with your partner and discuss what each of you desires and how you could work together to achieve it. You might start with a commitment to eat more healthfully and to exercise together. When it’s a common goal, it’s much easier to plan for a healthy meal or schedule a brisk walk after work or after dinner.

A partner can also be great support when you hit those bumps that can slow down reaching that healthier goal. With a partner to work with and with each encouraging the other, you’re more likely to get past those hurdles rather than give up the effort.

So if you’re looking to make changes for a healthier you, don’t go it alone. Try working with a partner.

Counseling Corner is provided by the American Counseling Association. Comments and questions to ACAcorner@counseling.org or visit the ACA website at www. counseling.org.

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Murrieta Chamber of Commerce honors students MURRIETA, CA—The Murrieta Chamber of Commerce High School Student of the Month Recognition program was held on March 26 and the following six students were recognized.

Murrieta Mesa High School Senior Serena Hughes Hughes works hard behind the scenes to get things done. She maintains a 4.43 GPA and is an AP Scholar with Distinction. She’s president of the California Scholarship Federation, vice president of the National Honor Society and tutors students several times a week. She is also secretary of the Seniors helping Seniors Club and is involved in the Make-a-Wish Club. Outside of school Hughes is a gymnast and teaches at her church. She discovered a passion for science In an AP Biology class.

She has been accepted to UC Davis and she plans to study biological science with the goal of becoming a molecular biologist.

Murrieta Valley High School Senior Trevor McCaughey McCaughey is an AP scholar with distinction and he maintains a 4.37 GPA. He has been team captain of the varsity soccer team for three years. He is ASB Commissioner of Athletics and a member of the Paws for a Cause Club.

McCaughey is outgoing and loves helping people. He tutors other students in AP calculus and physics. He leads the “Red Zone” which promotes school spirit at athletic events. He has been accepted to UCSD. In college he plans to major in aerospace engineering and he would like to work for NASA, SpaceX or start his own company to pursue space exploration and travel.

Oak Grove Center Senior Nida Zahid Zahid is a leader on campus and maintains a 4.0 GPA while working part-time. She is gracious, compassionate and kind

and helping other people makes her happy. She has overcome more challenges than many people encounter in a lifetime and she has taken on adult responsibilities.

In spite of her challenges, Zahid made the decision work through the obstacles in her life and to commit to her education. She plans to enroll in a community college licensed vocational nursing program and then go on to become a registered nurse.

Vista Murrieta High School Senior Jeremy Rawlins Rawlins sets high expectations for himself and he never settles for less than his best. Jeremy has a 4.0 GPA and he has taken seven AP classes. He has been in the band since 4th grade and is an accomplished musician who plays the saxophone and piano. This year he is the drum major for the band and he is in the choir. Rawlins is on track to attain the Eagle Scout rank. After high school, he will be going on a two-year mission for

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River Springs Charter School Senior Tessa Fabritius Fabritius is a dedicated, independent learner who has a 4.0 GPA. She has taken AP and dualenrollment courses and she is team member at Temecula Dance Company. She has been involved in River Spring’s internship program for four years which has allowed her to tutor other students in math.

She will attend UCLA where she plans to major in economics. To combine her love for the arts with her passion for math, Fabritius would like to become a financial manager in the entertainment industry or own her own financial management company. She said the most important lesson she has learned is that hard work and perseverance are necessary for success.

Calvary Murrieta Christian High School Jonah Zimmer Zimmer is a leader on campus.

He is ASB secretary, National Honor Society treasurer and he runs track and field. He has been accepted to San Diego State University and is waiting to hear from UCLA and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Zimmer will major in electrical engineering and he plans to pursue a career in the Air Force. He has been inspired by the courage and determination of his brother who has special needs and he said he has learned that he can do anything he puts his mind to with the support of his family and God.

SOM program contacts For more information on the SOM program, contact its Founder Sally Myers at (951) 506-8024. To sponsor the SOM program, contact its Chair Margaret Jones (951) 677-4856. For additional questions, contact SOM Publicity Coordinator Karen Parris at (951) 696-1600, ext. 1022.

Operation SHADES program aims to brighten students’ futures

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The Murrieta Chamber of Commerce High School Student of the Month Recognition program for March honored six students. Standing from left to right are SOM Founder Sally Myers, MVUSD Superintendent Pat Kelley, SOM Chair Margaret Jones and CEO of the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce Patrick Ellis.

Sitting from left to right are students Serena Hughes, Trevor Mc Caughey, Nida Zahid, Jeremy Rawlins, Tessa Fabritius and Jonah Zimmer.

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TEMECULA, CA—The first conference of Assistance League of Temecula Valley’s Operation SHADES philanthropic program hit the ground running on Feb. 24 with an all-day Personal Finance Conference held at Chaparral High School in Temecula. Forty-one junior and senior students were in attendance for the class sessions that included information on banking, budgeting, credit, car buying, college prep and essentials of the job search.

The SHADES Conference was a great success at Chaparral High School,” said Linda Zimel, intervention counselor. “Assistance League showed a strong dedication to our youth by providing life-long tools regarding personal finance. Many students have shared their gratitude for having such a powerful and useful seminar on topics relevant to their approaching adulthood. Thank you, Assistance League!”

At the end of the day each student received a completion certificate, a $25 gift card to the Temecula Prom-

After completing the program, Chaparral High School students have their SHADES for success.

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enade mall and a pair of shades.

The SHADES team presented the conference to students at Rancho Vista High School on March 10, Temecula Valley High School on April 10 and Ortega High School on April 15. Another conference will be held at Great Oak High

School on April 29.

“We anticipate that with the five classes presented this spring, more than 170 at risk students will have completed this financial literacy class. This is a great opportunity

see SHADES, page B-9

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World of Outlaws all-time winners list at Perris Auto Speedway PERRIS, CA—With the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series headed to Perris Auto Speedway for the only time in 2015, it is time to check up on the all-time winners list at the track. Since the first time the Outlaws rolled into town during The PAS inaugural season in 1996, the legendary sprint car series has made 15 visits to the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval. Eight different World of Outlaws drivers have stood on the PAS victory podium.

The all-time leading winner in World of Outlaws main events at the PAS is Mark Kinser. The Oolitic, Indiana resident and 2014 inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame won the first five WoO main events at the track with his famous father, Karl, turning the wrenches. In February of 1999, Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera became the first driver other than Kinser to win a WoO main at the PAS. Since Kinser’s PAS victory streak ended, seven different drivers have won the past 10 WoO races at the track. Only Dover, Missouri’s Danny “The Dude” Lasoski, Daryn Pittman of Owasso, Okla. and Joey Saldana of Brownsburg, Ind. have been able to score more than one win and each of them has two victories. Saldana, who is the defending race champion, scored his other PAS win in 2012.

November 1, 1996 - Mark Kinser

February 15, 1997 - Mark Kinser October 26, 1997 - Mark Kinser October 31, 1998 - Mark Kinser October 31, 1998 - Mark Kinser February 20, 1999 - Johnny Herrera October 30, 1999 - Craig Dollansky February 26, 2000 - Danny Lasoski February 23, 2002 - Daryn Pittman February 23, 2003 - Danny Lasoski February 24, 2004 - Jason Meyers October 20, 2007 - Kerry Madsen March 10 - 2012 - Joey Saldana April 13, 2013 - Daryn Pittman April 12, 2014 - Joey Saldana In addition to the World of Outlaws, the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and PAS Senior Sprints will also be part of the show. Spectator gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.

Fans who order advance reserved tickets for the rarely seen show will receive a free “World of Outlaws Fan Pit Pass.” Those tickets can be ordered via phone or online at 1-877-395-8606 or http://dirtcar.ticketforce.com/ordertickets. asp?p=558&backurl=default.asp As well as advance tickets, there will be plenty of tickets for everyone at the track on race night.

World of Outlaws Points 1. Donny Schatz - Minot, ND 2093

2. Shane Stewart - Bixby, OK 2063 3. Brad Sweet - Grass Valley, CA - 2040 4. Kerry Madsen - St. Marys, NSW, Australia - 2018 5. Joey Saldana - Brownsburg, IN - 2008 6. Paul McMahan - Elk Grove, CA - 1979 7. David Gravel - Watertown, CN - 1929 8. Jason Sides - Bartlett, TN - 1926 9. Daryn Pittman - Owasso, OK - 1900 10. Kraig Kinser - Bloomington, IN - 1802

Camping is available for $25 per night for all PAS events. The campground opens at noon the day before each event. Tailgating in the spectator parking lot will begin at 1p.m. for all PAS events as well.

PAS wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2015 season. AA Lynco Painting, All Coast Construction, All Seasons Tree Repair, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, California Budget Finance, CamGuard, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Perris Com Ecco, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Drop Zone, Edelbrock, Engine Pro, Harry’s Café, HD Industries, Horizon Solar, K&N Engineering, Livingwaters Hospice, Luke’s Transmission, Moon Nursery, P.I.P.E., Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola, PickA-Part Auto Salvage, Pizza Factory, Red Lion Inns and Suites,

A pair of two-time Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaw winners.

Joey Saldana of Brownsburg, Ind. in the #71 and Daryn Pittman of Owasso, Okla.

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To keep up with all of the latest PAS news, photos, gossip and receive special offers, sign up at the PAS Facebook site at: https:// www.facebook.com/pages/PerrisAuto-Speedway/1138767986864 80?ref=hl.

You can also keep up with the latest news and receive special offers from the PAS Twitter site: Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter.

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of all racing events at PAS are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions, call (805) 8443854, email mailto:trtruex@gmail. com or visit LoudPedal Productions website.

PAS is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.

For more information on the PAS, call (951) 940-0134.

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame officially echoes World of Outlaws unofficial tribute to Kazarian Joe Naiman Writer The World of Outlaws sprint car racing circuit demonstrated appreciation to Perris Auto Speedway and to track promoter Don Kazarian by returning to the half-mile oval April 18. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame provided official tribute to Kazarian earlier this year by naming him as the national open-wheel racing Promoter of the Year.

“It’s a huge honor. It’s a recognition of all our hard work that not only I put into it but our whole staff,” Kazarian said. “It’s a great accomplishment for the track.”

The United States Auto Club had previously named Kazarian as USAC Promoter of the Year, but he had never earned the annual honor from the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, which is located in Knoxville, Iowa. “I’ve been told that I was in the running for the last several years,” Kazarian said.

Kazarian believes that the Promoter of the Year award actually recognizes his long-term contributions rather than anything specific for 2014.

“We provide more open-wheel racing than almost any racetrack in the country all year long. That culminates with the Oval Nationals which is becoming one of the top events in the nation,” Kazarian said.

If weather permits the 20th annual Oval Nationals featuring USAC National and USAC/California Racing Association sprint cars will take place November 12, November 13, and November 14.

SHADES from page B-8 for our organization to provide much needed information to these students as they prepare to enter adulthood,” said Dorcas Shaktman, program chairman.

After receiving a grant from United Way of the Inland Valleys, the league first provided the SHADES Financial Literacy for Foster Youth classes in the first half of 2014. The SHADES classes were designed by United Way of the Inland Valleys’ Financial Vision Council to help increase economic stability in the service areas in Riverside County for the most at-risk population – foster youth.

As planning began for the 2015 classes, the league adopted the SHADES Financial Literacy for Youth classes as a permanent program, Operation SHADES. The Operation SHADES classes are designed to appeal to the target group, youth ages 16-18, encouraging a gain in financial knowledge.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority tracked high school graduates from the time they graduated at age 18 until they reached the age of 22. They found that financial education in high school

The actual PAS season is scheduled to end November 26 with the 75th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix featuring the USAC National and Western States Midgets.

The Turkey Night Grand Prix has been held at nine different tracks since it began in 1934 at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles (the discrepancy between that date and this year’s 75th race is attributable to the World War II suspension of racing from 1942 to 1944 and the 1951 demolition of the Gilmore Stadium track which eliminated the race from 1951 through 1954).

Thirty of those races were held at Ascot Park, which concluded its racing history with the 1990 Turkey Night Grand Prix. The 1991 race at Saugus Speedway was the first Turkey Night Grand Prix on an asphalt track; the 1992 to 1995 races were held at Bakersfield Speedway. Perris Auto Speedway opened in 1996 and hosted the Turkey Night Grand Prix that year.

The Thanksgiving racing was held at Irwindale Speedway from 1999 through 2011 but has been at Perris since 2012. The winner of the 2012 race, Kyle Larson, was the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

The first main event at Perris was a Sprint Car Racing Association feature on March 30, 1996. Race winner J.J. Yeley is one of 27 drivers who has raced at Perris and has also raced at the NASCAR or Indy Car top level.

“A lot of excellent drivers have made it to the national ranks,” Kazarian said.

The WoO returned to Perris in 2012 after a four-year absence. The

does improve the financial lives of students upon graduation. Credit scores improved an average of 16 points; the 90-day delinquency rate on credit cards went down 33 percent.

The league has partnered with the Temecula Valley and the Lake Elsinore school districts to provide the classes as a one day, on campus, Personal Finance Conference and has taken advantage of the educational expertise of the members who volunteer to provide class instruction.

The Temecula league, a chapter of National Assistance League, is a nonprofit, volunteer philanthropic organization dedicated to serving the needs of families in Southwest Riverside County. The organization is celebrating 26 years of service to the community.

It provides its philanthropic program funding through the sale of donated items at its thrift shop located at 28720 Via Montezuma in Temecula. Funds are also generated from grants, fundraising events and from the local community.

For more information on the league’s programs, membership or volunteer work, call (951) 6948018 or visit www.temeculavalley. assistanceleague.org.

track had one WoO race in 1996, two apiece from 1997 through 1999, and one each in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. The WoO drivers have raced once each year at Perris since 2012.

“We find that’s what works for us,” Kazarian said.

Paul McMahan won the April 18 WoO main event with Joey Saldana, who was the 2012 and 2014 winner, finishing second.

Last year’s Perris race was the first time ever that WoO and USAC cars raced on the same track in different races on the same night, and the California Racing Association cars also raced April 18.

Media members, promoters, sanctioning officials, and manufacturers vote on the Promoter of the Year award which was announced January 16 during the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Okla.

Kazarian was not present when his award was announced.

“It was just a huge honor for us.

It’s nice to be recognized on the national level,” Kazarian said.

Kazarian, who moved from Rancho Palos Verdes to Temecula 11 years ago, has been the PAS promoter since the track opened.

His three older brothers assisted in track operations during the first seven years but have ventured into other pursuits. Kazarian has run

the track by himself with the help of staff for the past 13 years. In December 2014, Kazarian and the

Lake Perris Fairgrounds signed a 15-year lease extension through 2029.

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Southwestern League baseball teams storm the field during Diamond Showcase in Lake Elsinore Pumas, Broncos and Rams all victorious in triple header

Chaparral’s Luis Tade connects in the Puma’s 7-5 win during the Valley News Diamond Showcase at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium on April 17.

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Golden Bears, giving Temecula Valley some breathing room, or so they thought.

After settling down Haskell got a strike out to end the top of the first, giving the Puma’s their chance to attack, which is exactly what they did. Hitting in the two spot, sophomore Matt Happ would place a fly ball over second baseman Ford Lane and from there Chaparral went to work with Seniors Brett Bewley, Marc Sauceda and Gavin Johns all coming into to score for the Pumas who would put four runs on the board in the bottom of the first.

The game would now be in the hands of both team’s pitchers as Isaiah Moten and Haskell controlled the game for the next five innings until Chaparral pounced on the Bears putting 3 more runs on the board in the bottom of the sixth when Happ, Bewley and Johns again found their way home courtesy of Haskell who contributed on the other side of the plate as well with three RBI’s on the day.

Temecula Valley would attempt a comeback in the top of the seventh when Iwasaki and Poladian scored on a Griffin Doran single, but the combo of Sauceda and Herrera on the mound for Chaparral would be enough to stop the assault and secure the 7-5 win for the Pumas.

The second game of the day had the Broncos of Vista Murrieta looking for payback against the visiting Wolfpack of Great Oak after losing the first game of the week 9-3. It

The Valley News Diamond Showcase series saw its final triple header of the season take place on Friday, April 17 at the Diamond in Lake Elsinore with the Southwestern League teams being the ones to take the field this time around.

The past two showcases this season involved the South Valley league, where the wins went to the visiting teams and the Sunbelt League games, which were in favor of the home teams, but with this go around, the crowds knew these games featuring teams from one of the nation’s toughest divisions could be anyone’s.

The first game of the day pitted last year’s Division 2 CIF-SS Champions, the Temecula Valley Golden Bears, against the Pumas of Chaparral, who have come into league play with some pretty big wins already. With the start of the double up games last week, where all teams play each other twice in the same week, things looked bleak for the Pumas since they lost the first game of the week 22-11 against the now visiting Golden Bears.

Temecula Valley rode their enthusiasm from that game dropping three runs on Chaparral’s Cameron Haskell right out of the gate. Seniors David Maldonado and Matt Poladian led the first inning charge, Maldonado with a double down the line and Poladian with a base hit that would score two for the

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David Maldonado of Temecula Valley turns a double play against the Puma’s during this year’s triple header for the Southwestern League at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium on April 17.

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would be the Broncos second loss of league, which helped many of the teams move just a bit closer in the standings heading into the triple header.

Great Oak came out strong against junior Jack Moberg who struggled a bit in that first inning, giving up a hit on error, two hit batters and a single to left field by senior Mitch Hayes, which scored fellow senior Trey Endris. Had it not been for a bit of luck on a Brock Kocaya bunt which fell just inches from the plate on a suicide squeeze attempt, the ensuing double play

by Vista Murrieta getting the out at home and first base was enough to energize the Broncos crowd and put a damper on the Great Oak bats.

Vista Murrieta would scrape a run across the plate in the second but it would be a stellar third inning that would ignite the fire for the Broncos as recent San Jose State commit, Hunter Tidwell, would launch a triple to start the inning, scoring on a sacrifice fly by the younger freshman Moberg brother, Jake, ultimately leading to an eventual two run home run off the foul pole by older brother Jack, sending the home team crowd into a frenzy.

The Broncos would again put three runs across in the fourth inning and another one in the fifth as Great Oak would never fully recover. Great Oak did show a little life in the dugout in the top of the seventh as pinch hitter Hunter Williams would get hit by a pitch to start the inning leading to a single

by Mitchell Moralez to right field, but a groundout by Endris would finalize the game at 8-1.

The final game under the lights was a battle of the Murrieta’s between Murrieta Valley and Murrieta Mesa. Newcomer to the Southwestern League, Rams head coach Bryn Wade said before the game that his squad had a new outlook on the game after spending Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

“Our team was just recognized by the Jackie Robinson foundation on the eve of the 62nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking its color barrier. They learned a lot about the dynamic of the game and its history and though we have hit a bit of rough patch in the past few weeks, I have a good feeling about tonight.”

It was a good feeling indeed as Murrieta Mesa was able to stifle the Nighthawk’s bats all night thanks to a very successful outing on the bump by senior Kyle Curran. The game, which was a nail biter indeed, saw Mesa put up one run on

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Jack Moberg is congratulated by Coach Matt Mosiello after belting a 2-run homerun in Vista Murrieta’s 8-1 win over Great Oak at the Diamond in Lake Elsinore.

Murrieta Mesa’s Kyle Curran threw 6 strong innings to pick up the first league win for the Rams who defeated the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks 9-0 in the Valley News Diamond Showcase.

the board in the top of the first inning, which held strong throughout the game until the seventh inning when the Ram’s exploded for eight runs. Murrieta Valley senior Nikko Cottone was handed the loss, while Trae Erikson and Brad Prebay of the Rams helped with the hit barrage, both going 3-4, helping the Rams pick up their first win of league.

This week Chaparral (11-7 overall, 4-3 league) is matched up with Great Oak (9-7-1 overall, 3-3 league), Vista Murrieta (12-6 overall, 5-2 league) will be up against Murrieta Valley (15-4 overall, 4-2 league), and Temecula Valley (87-1 overall, 3-4 league) takes on Murrieta Mesa (11-9 overall, 1-6 league).

This year’s event sponsors for the Valley News Diamond Showcase included The Temecula Youth Baseball League, John Hine Temecula Subaru, Rita Johnson of Tarbell Realtors, Archibald’s, Swing Away Batting Cages, Trinity Bats, Assistance League of Temecula, John Hine Temecula Mazda, Michelle Munoz of Farmers Insurance, Swivel Vision Goggles, 44 Pro Custom Gloves, The Lake Elsinore Storm, Temecula Valley Toyota Scion and Valley News.

Don’t miss out on Sponsorship opportunities for next year’s League Showcase events, inquire early by contacting Paul Bandong for more information via email at pbandong@myvalleynews.com.

Santa Rosa Academy to host upcoming 2015 Golf Classic Tournament Fundraiser Santa Rosa Academy will host the 8th annual Golf Classic on May 8 at Temecula Creek Inn, located at 44501 Rainbow Canyon Rd. in Temecula. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. with the shotgun tee time at 1:30 p.m.

“We are excited to hold our tournament at Temecula Creek Inn this year,” said Justin Shives, Athletic Director at Santa Rosa Academy.

“The annual golf tournament not only supplements several athletic programs at Santa Rosa Academy, it also ensures the survival of other programs that operate under budget. It’s simple, without the golf tournament, several sports would not be possible at SRA. Due to the recent success of the event due mostly to generous sponsors, donors, and underwriters, the interscholastic athletics programs at Santa Rosa Academy have not only increased in quantity, but quality as well.”

The registration fee for the Santa

Rosa Academy Golf Classic is $95 per player. This includes a round of golf, goody bag, cart, access to the driving range, and admission to the 19th Hole Barbeque dinner to follow at 5 p.m. during which the silent auctions and raffle will take place. Golfers can pay their registration fee online. Deadline to register is April 27. Sponsorships are also still available.

The Golf Classic is a great opportunity for the community to get involved and have a fun day for the great cause of helping Santa Rosa Academy’s students participate in interscholastic athletics. Santa Rosa Academy is a public charter school grades K-12. Established in 2005 and chartered out of the Menifee Union School District, it serves students in Riverside County with site based, home study and combination home study/on-site programs. For more information, visit www.sra.mn.

April 24, 2015 • www.myvalleynews.com • Valley News

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Trojans snatch Smith, top recruit from Murrieta Mesa commits to USC JP Raineri Sports Editor Nathan Smith, a high school junior and member of the class of 2016 at Murrieta Mesa, has committed to the University of Southern California to enter their fall 2016 Freshmen Class and play football for the Trojans on a full scholarship.

The 6’7”, 276 pound offensive tackle was named to the 1st Team All-Southwestern League for 2014 and was recently elevated to a 4-star recruit by Rivals.com, with a 5.9 rating, making him one of the top ranked offensive linemen (#11) and overall recruits (#130) in the entire country.

Smith, who received a total of 30 full-scholarship offers had six Division I-A offers come in over Spring break, which included the University of Utah Utes (PAC 12), the Kansas State University Wildcats (Big 12), the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent), University of Tennessee Volunteers (SEC), the University of Southern California Trojans (USC / PAC 12) and the Iowa State University

Cyclones (Big 12).

“Nate now has multiple offers from all ‘Power 5’ football conferences, including five from the ACC, four from the Big 12, three from the Big 10, three from the SEC and ten from the PAC 12, and for him to commit to USC really makes a statement and I’m so proud of how he handled all the attention up to this point,” said Head Coach Justin Schaeffer.

Smith was offered full ride scholarships from Arizona State University Sun Devils, Oregon State University Beavers, University of Arizona Wildcats, University of Oregon Ducks, Washington State University Cougars and University of Utah Utes, all in the PAC 12.

Big Ten schools Penn State University Nittany Lions, University of Illinois Fighting Illini and University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, along with ACC schools, Boston College Eagles, Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Syracuse University Orangemen, University of Cincinnati Bearcats, University of Louisville Cardinals and University of Miami Hurricanes, Big 12 Schools Baylor University Bears,

Iowa State University Cyclones, Kansas State University Wildcats and West Virginia University Mountaineers, SEC schools, University of Tennessee Volunteers, University of Missouri Tigers and Vanderbilt University Commodores all jockeyed for position to bring one of the nation’s top picks to their respective schools.

Other contenders who wooed Smith included Samford University Bulldogs in the Southern Conference, Colorado State University Rams and University of Nevada, Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels from Mountain West, Montana State University Bobcats (Big Sky), University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent), University of California, Berkley Bears (Cal / PAC 12), University of California, Los Angeles Bruins (UCLA / PAC 12) and the Trojans (USC / PAC 12) With Nathan Smith returning for the upcoming season, Rams fans are even more excited for the direction the program is headed.

The Rams begin their Spring Football Camp on Monday, May 18 to prepare for the fall 2015 campaign.

Nathan Smith (77), a junior Offensive Tackle from Murrieta Mesa, received a total of 30 full-scholarship offers and has committed to the University of Southern California to play for the Trojans on a full Alicia Salcedo photo scholarship in the fall of 2016.

Senior student athletes sign on to play after high school

Chloey Cargnelutti will attend Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma to play Soccer in 2016.

Zack Myers will play football in 2016 at Minot State University in North Dakota.

Jacob Guglielmana, pictured here with Coach Peralta from Elsinore, will play football in 2016 at the University of Redlands.

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Parents, coaches and student athletes gather with new Athletic Director Jeff Nichols at Calvary Murrieta’s recent college signings.

JP Raineri Sports Editor Even though the initial signing date for many collegiate sports is the first Wednesday in February, student athletes that are seniors in high school are still eligible to sign from that day on and quite a few

from the around the valley recently signed their letters of intent.

Those that have signed are in fact signing a binding National Letter of Intent with an NCAA school, committing in writing to attend that school in exchange for a commitment from the school to receive financial aid (scholarship).

Christian Redin will attend Colorado Christian University to play Soccer in 2016.

Calvary Murrieta had eight seniors commit, while Elsinore had one as well as Vista Murrieta. The following student athletes will be moving on to play the sport they have put countless hours of work in at the next level.

Calvary Murrieta Billy Dedich, Dordt College, Iowa, Soccer Zack Myers, Minot State University, North Dakota, Football Makenna Ervin, Palomar College, California, Softball Chloey Cargnelutti, Oral Roberts University, Oklahoma, Soccer Christian Redin, Colorado Christian University, Colorado, Soccer Aaron Hammarstrom, Corban University, Oregon, Golf Danika Young, Azusa Pacific University, California, Volleyball Ted Hilliard, Undecided, Basketball Elsinore Jacob Guglielmana, University of Redlands, California, Football Vista Murrieta Hunter Tidwell, San Jose State University, California, Baseball

Murrieta strength coach to hold 2015 AAU SoCal Strength Sports Festival JP Raineri Sports Editor Ray Anderson, the founder and owner of Maxt Sports Academy in Murrieta has joined together with the Amateur Athletic Union to hold an upcoming Strength Sports Festival at his new location in Crossfit Inland Valley, located at 24335 Prielipp Rd., Ste. 120, in Wildomar on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3.

Anderson, who has been a certified personal and sports performance trainer for the past 40 years, and has

set multiple world records for lifting, will be on hand to help guide, instruct and compete in this unique event.

All ages and weight groups, for males and females, are invited to attend this qualifier for the AAU Worlds in September at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Olympic weight lifting, Power lifting and Feats of Strength competitions will take place on both days.

Applications must be sent to Martin Drake via email at naturalpower@ earthlink.net or by calling (310) 953-5030.

For more information on Maxt Sports Academy, call (951) 698-1558 or send an email to maxtsportsperformance@gmail.com, aaucoachraystrength@gmail.com.

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Beware of Internet review sites Kim Harris Managing Editor

of businesses, good or bad. But the problem with Yelp, in my opinion, is the claims of impropriety from businesses and users alike.

While I am as keen as the next person in seeing how our local businesses stack up with consumer reviews, I also take what I see with a grain of salt. One local business – my dentist’s office – for example receives only 3 out of 5 stars on Yelp. But I have had nothing but a 5-star experience and have been going there since moving to the area in 2012. Three of my kids have had their orthodontia there and the same orthodontist is doing my braces as well.

I decided to give this office a try two and a half years ago and have never regretted that decision. Yelp ratings for them were either 5-stars or 1-star, there was no in between.

So I decided to look a bit further at some of the other local services we use and the provider’s ratings on Yelp. Our dog groomer has been awarded 5-stars; our veterinarian gets 4.5. My hair salon also fared well, receiving 4.5 stars. Our pharmacy only received 3 stars as did our optometrist and our family doctor had no ranking at all. All of these businesses are top-notch according to my family’s experience, but if Yelp reviews are to be

I once saw a meme (a humorous image or video that is spread rapidly across the Internet) that said, “The problem with internet quotes is that you can’t always depend on their accuracy.” That quote was attributed to Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

While it gave me a chuckle at the time, the more I think about it, the more I think that particular meme is a great example of how ridiculous believing everything you see on the Internet is. As the World Wide Web continues to be the go to place to learn everything and anything, from where to get your dog groomed to who the original signers of the Declaration of Independence were, it’s important to remember, that not every website is going to be 100 percent accurate.

One of the sites that really irritates me is Wikipedia. Users go on and post whatever they want. While many things are well researched by those who post to the popular site, there are many that are not, which is why in journalism, Wikipedia is not considered a “credible source.”

Another site that gets my feathers ruffled is Yelp. Again, users can post their experiences with all kinds

believed, in some instances our experience may be the exception not the norm.

A recent report on Forbes.com claims that Yelp filters comments based on rules not disclosed to reviewers and that reviews may or may not remain on the Yelp site based on those rules.

A report on www.mashable.com, says 90 percent of Yelp users say positive reviews affect their decisions on where to shop and receive services and that businesses who embrace the site seem to do better than those who don’t. That could equal bad news for small businesses if the claims are true.

Other claims include that some businesses go so far as to hire people and companies to write them positive reviews and that reviews are being posted by people who have never patronized the businesses they are reviewing. Yelp – which opened its Internet doors in 2004 – is currently involved in a lawsuit with one company based on those claims. Another (class action) lawsuit filed in 2014 is alleging Yelp made millions off of small businesses by forcing them to pay to have bad reviews removed.

The lawsuits aren’t settled or over with yet, but the bottom line, in my mind is Yelp, like Facebook

and Twitter is a social media site where anyone can post anything they would like about, pretty much anything.

Knowing these facts, I prefer to go to my family members, friends and neighbors for an honest review

that I can trust. The best part about it, is when I am looking for a place to dine or for goods and services, I get to have a conversation with those people in my life whose opinions I care about. And with that, surely I can’t go wrong.

Dog-and-pony show corrupts democratic process The Temecula City Clowncil decided to fill the vacancy on the council by an application process in order to evade the democratic process and the will of the voters.

Maryann Edwards was appointed to the council the last time a city councilman became a county supervisor because she ran for the office and was runner-up, just as Angel Garcia was in the 2014 election.

Now, the rulers are changing the rules to avoid rightfully appointing Garcia, the only of 23 applicants to have ever campaigned for the seat, just as Maryann Edwards did.

In this appointment circus, the applicants were paraded at a special council meeting/public broadcast interview of nervous applicants standing behind the podium to ad-

dress the cozy council behind the dais of their palatial chamber.

The charade was revealed when Councilman Mike Naggar feigned difficulty remembering when applicant/candidate Garcia ran for city council and then proceeded to interrogate Garcia using newspaper quotes from last November’s local election coverage.

Temecula’s dog-and-pony show corrupts the democratic process so an individual gets selected into office rather than someone almost elected by the people. Temecula is the place where the sun shines through the mist, and democracy is sorely missed.

Paul Jacobs Temecula, CA

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My neuter may cost a little more since I am bilateral crypt orchid, but I am sure worth it!

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My name is Kit Kat. I am 2-year-old, tortoise shell and a real sweetie. I am good with kids, dogs, and other cats. I am litter-box trained.

My adoption will include both my adoption fee and spay fee. I am all ready to go to a loving family.

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A recent contract renewal between Animal Friends of the Valleys and the Joint Powers Authority allowing the local nonprofit to continue providing a full range of sheltering services to local cities has opened the doors for more volunteers according to Christine Antonelli, donor development and special programs supervisor for AFV. Volunteers are needed at Temecula Petco from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, the Spay and Neuter clinic from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and at the Spay and Neuter Clinic from 2 to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday for help with autoclaving.

“We are a nonprofit organization so anything that we can utilize volunteers for saves us money,” said Anotnelli. “All of the special programs that we do take money so the more volunteers we have performing these jobs the less money we have to spend hiring someone and we can use that money towards the animals.”

According to Anotnelli, volunteers must be a minimum of at least 14 years of age, but need to be accompanied by a parent until they reach the age of 16 when they can volunteer on their own.

Those who volunteer at Petco can expect to walk, feed and pet the animals as adoptions are facilitated.

“We generally take somewhere between 10 and 15 dogs out to Petco. When weather permits we have a couple of easy-ups that we put up,” Antonelli said, adding that the dogs are kept in crates. “We like to have volunteers to take the dogs out for walks so they are not confined to that little space so we need bodies just to be able to do that and to greet people who are interested in adopting dogs.”

Volunteers at Petco can also expect to help with set-up and tear down at the end of the adoption events.

“Volunteering probably gives you the greatest opportunity for interaction with the animals,” she said. “At Petco they have a great opportunity to spend time with the animals which is just as important to the animals. They need that interaction.”

Spay and Neuter Clinic volunteers throughout the day will assist staff with paperwork, crowd control, and other light administrative duties. It can get busy during the shot and Spay and Neuter clinics, Antonelli said.

“Any day during the week would be a great help to the staff. We are looking for dedicated long term volunteers for this position,” she said, adding that many of the clinic’s volunteers have been with AFV for a year or more. “We can be flexible on the time for these positions.

“Those who choose to volunteer in the afternoons at the Spay and Neuter clinic for autoclaving will help to prepare surgical packs and sterilizing the surgical tools. It’s not a job for high school students,” Antonelli said. “Due to the amount of training and the hours involved, this is not a position for seasonal help.”

Volunteers are expected to attend orientation, held at AFV on the first and third Wednesdays of the month beginning at 5 p.m. The shelter is located at 33751 Mission Trail in Wildomar. The Spay and Neuter clinic is located at 29001 Bastron St. in Lake Elsinore.

Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Wildomar, Murrieta and Temecula are all included in the agreement between the two agencies.

To volunteer with AFV or for more information on the volunteer program, send an email to Antonelli at christing@animalfriendsofthevalleys.com or call (951) 674 -0618, extension 218. For more information on the shelter including hours and how to adopt a pet, visit the group’s website at www. animalfriendsofthevalleys.com.

MSJC’s SWANS Club holds Bra Donation Drive

MENIFEE, CA—Mt. San Jacinto College’s South West Association of Nursing Students, or SWANS, is holding a Bra Donation Drive through April 30 for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal is to assist victims of sexual assault in this region.

The Sexual Assault Response Team drive is for victims of sexual assault in Riverside County. When a woman is assaulted her undergarments are collected from her as evidence to be used for DNA iden-

tification. Bras collected during this drive will be donated to local emergency rooms that will provide them to victims as a replacement.

Donation boxes are located on the Menifee Valley Campus at 28237 La Piedra Rd. in building 500 and on the San Jacinto Campus at 1499 N. State St. in building 1150.

For more information, contact Janyt Camper at (951)-6395558 or jcamper@msjc.edu.

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