Anza Events Calendar, A-2
Community invited to rattlesnake training exercise, A-3
Marvin’s Gardens is open all May, A-7
ANZA VALLEY
OUTLOOK WITH CONTENT FROM
May 8 – 14, 2015
www.anzavalleyoutlook.com
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Anza Days Parade theme announced
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Section Volume 15, Issue 19
Anza Mower Racing Season opener sees record attendance in spite of cold, wet weather
Jodi Thomas Area Manager Clubs and organizations are now well on their way to planning for the Anza Day Parade and this year’s theme will aim to celebrate Anza in all its uniqueness. see page A-3
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The other side of the Internet coin Jodi Thomas Area Manager Three current area wireless Internet providers, Mount Palomar owned by Paul Espe, Anza Wireless owned by Phil Canaday and Wireless Internet Pro owned by Mike Hansen, will be effected if Anza Electric Co-op members decide to change the by-laws and vote yes on the ConnectAnza project. see page A-5
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Saved from slaughter, HHH gives mare and foal a new chance at life Jodi Thomas Area Manager “From starving neglected and sick to healthy, happy and forever loved. This is what we do at Heavenly Horse Haven,” said Founder Gina Perrin.
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see page A-7
Mud flies as racers battle for position.
Debby Eberly Special to the Anza Valley Outlook In spite of cold temperatures and light drizzle the Anza Racing Mowers took to the track on April 25. Members arrived at the track early to get things set up and check
out their mowers. The spectator turnout was awesome; one of the biggest crowds we have had. The racers were excited to see them turn out even in the bad weather. This is a family sport; women, young people and men of all ages
Debby Eberly photo
race. Fearless leader Don Watson is sporting a new mower built over the winter made necessary after a bad crash last season. Christy Rozanski also has a new mower build by husband Big Tom Rozanski, however Christy, myself and new comer James Eberly all
experienced technical difficulties during warm ups and we unable to race. The Rozanski family was able to field two out of five racers Jimmy and Tom Tom; Big Tom and Sadie
see RACING, page A-4
The new Anza-Aguanga Community Pet Food Bank aims to feed the pets Jodi Thomas Area Manager Tough economic times have left many families juggling their needs between purchasing food and purchasing medicine and they must sometimes make the decision of whether to put fuel in the car or pay their electric bills. Sometimes these individuals have furry, four-legged family members that make those choices even harder for them. Studies have proven that pets are good for the human condition and that these family members can sometimes be essential. However, for those who cannot provide for their furry friends, the stone-cold reality that they must re-home their animals or send them to the shelter hits home. Those that keep their beloved pet can be faced with the shame that can come with poverty, ridicule and
President Greg Johnson with Anza-Aguanga Community Pet Food Bank Founder Mary Wilson, who came to share about her new organization. Courtesy photo
judgement from others as they are faced with the fact that all will eat less if their pets stay. When Mary and Frank Wilson
found themselves in such a situation for a time last fall they’re were very grateful for the food ministries in the valley. Going to these places
where you could get food boxes made the difference in their budgets; it got them over the hump and through the month. They began to think about all those people who had to give up their furry family members due to poverty and saw a need for a Pet Food Bank. The Wilson’s acted on that thought and the new Anza-Aguanga Community Pet Food Bank was born. It officially was launched this January 2015. Mary Wilson shared with the Anza Lions Club recently how many pet families her organization has been able to help just in the first half of the month of April. This would not be possible if it was not for the groups volunteers who deliver pet food to those families in need most days of the week. Wilson told the Lions club
see BANK, page A-6
My neighbor is a “greenhouse” – what Ordinance 925 means for marijuana cultivation in Anza Allison Renck Writer At a recent Q&A session with members of Riverside County Sherriff’s Department on March 13, members of the Anza community expressed concern with the recent growth of greenhouses that are cultivating marijuana in their neighborhoods. These community members expressed concern about the smell when it is being harvested, the numbers of greenhouses being put on a parcel of land without legal dwellings and fear regarding the potential of more crime being generated as a result of the cultivation. Many expressed confusion regarding how someone can legally grow that many plants and not face legal penalties. Let’s take a look at what the
These greenhouses were located in Aguanga.
medical marijuana laws look like. California voters in 1996 approved an initiative that gave certain pa-
Allison Renck photo
tients and their primary caregivers no criminal liability in California to the possession and cultivation
of marijuana. This initiative was proposition 215 called the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. The initiative passed so that the seriously ill in California would have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes when the medical use was considered appropriate and had been recommended by a physician. The patient’s physician when recommending marijuana must use a set of acceptable standards in medical practice or that physician can be held liable. In 2004, Senate Bill 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, became law. This law sets forth that the Department of Public Health had to establish a program that registers qualified medical marijuana patients and their primary caregivers
see ORDINANCE, page A-6