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Memorial Day pays tribute to those lost in service to the country
RIVERSIDE—In response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order for mandatory water reductions, Western Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors implemented Stage 4B of the Water Supply Shortage Contingency Program. The board voted unanimously on May 20 to move forward with Stage 4B, which will reduce customers’ outdoor water budgets by 30 percent from water use in 2013; commercial customer budgets will also be reduced by 10 percent. see page A-4
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Dine like a VIP at Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival TEMECULA—It is the most exclusive dining experience at the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival. Food and Wine Pairing Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31 at the festival features local executive chefs who create tasty treats on stage while explaining their culinary process. see page A-12
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Murrieta Mayor Harry Ramos salutes the wreath placed to honor those lost while serving in the Armed Forces during the city’s Memorial Day Observance Ceremony on Monday, May 25. see more photos on page A-9
Anti-GMO activists lead protest event at Temecula Duck Pond Alex Groves Staff Writer
Sara’s Way Scholarship awarded to Chaparral Student Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer Temecula Dollars for Scholars held its Community Awards Night on May 18, in conjunction with area high schools, granting scholarships to almost 300 upcoming high school graduates.
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Dozens gathered at the Temecula Duck Pond throughout the course of the day on Saturday, May 23, to protest genetically modified food producer Monsanto and advocate for better food labeling during the third annual March Against Monsanto. One of the event’s lead organizers was 56-year-old Linda Harris of Wildomar, who became interested in GMOs and genetically modified food products after retiring. After discovering that certain modified crops had glyphosate, an active ingredient in many weed killers, she was moved to action. Harris has been active on social media, where she coordinates events such as the march and also attempts to get the word out about legislation and other developments in the world of genetically modified
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Protester Margaret Melton is joined by younger protesters Presley Brown, Gus Brown and Sachi Hosokawa in the March Against Monsanto, which took place on May 23 at the Temecula Duck Pond. Alex Groves photo
Temecula couple celebrates silver anniversary on a bicycle built for two Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer Temecula residents Ric and Anne Van Der Linden have seen more ups than downs in their 25-years of marriage. In celebration of their silver anniversary the two decided to take their success story on the road, in a way they are most comfortable—from the seats of their tandem bicycle. “We’ve distance-biked on our tandem bike for many years, and often discussed riding across the United States,” Ric said. “We decided this would be the year for us to bike across the country.” Their tour begins on June 27 out of Oceanside to Temecula. On June 28, they will set off in earnest, starting at the Main Street Bridge in Old Town Temecula at 8 a.m. “We invite anyone and everyone to bring their bikes and join us, to send us on our way,” Ric said. “We are blessed with the marriage we
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Ric and Anne Van Der Linden are going to ride their bicycle built for two across the country to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Courtesy photos
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Vietnam vet returns to Temecula for balloon and wine festival
John Hunneman Columnist In April, at the 2015 Aerial Fire Fighting Conference held in Croatia, the second annual Walt Darran International Aerial Firefighting Award was presented to a French Colonel “in recognition of the most significant contribution for global aerial firefighting” according to the inscription on plaque. What, I’m sure you’re thinking by now, does that have to do with the 31st annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival set for May 29-31 at Lake Skinner. Well, let me tell you. Darran was a U.S. Navy pilot during Vietnam – he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross – and a commercial pilot for many years. He also called Temecula home from 1980 to 1987 and, as a hot-air balloon pilot, had one of the early balloon flight businesses here. In the early 1980s he organized several competitive balloon races here.
And, even though he was not a winemaker, Darren and his wife joined the local wine growers association. “All of our balloon trips ended up at the wineries,” he once told me. In October of 1983 Darran and Evelyn Harker found themselves in line at the long-gone Butterfield Savings and Loan in Temecula. Darran was hoping to boost the fledgling balloon flight business in the area. Harker, a community activist, was looking to promote Temecula and the budding local wine making region. The two agreed an event that featured both wine and balloons would be a good way to showcase the area. So in 1984, along with other volunteers, Darran and Harker launched the first Rancho California Balloon & Wine festival. The inaugural festival drew about 5,000 people (only about 9,000 folks lived here at the time) to events staged at several venues in and around Old Town Temecula. These days the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival typically draws about 50,000 people to the three-day event at Lake Skinner. Over the years proceeds from the festival, run by a nonprofit organization, have benefited many local charitable organizations. Darran left Temecula several years after the first festival and moved to Northern California. In the 1970s, before becoming a commercial pilot, he had flown firefighting air tankers. After retiring from American Airlines in 2000 Darran resumed his firefighting
duties under contract with CalFire. Darran was highly regarded in a very dangerous profession – both in California and internationally – and was known as a champion of innovation and safety. He was a mentor to many younger pilots. Though based in Chico, Darran occasionally visited Temecula. “One time I was there I couldn’t even find my old house,” he told me in 2008. “I can’t believe how it has grown.” There were other times he came back on business. In 2004 when wildfires scorched Southern California – burning on all sides of Temecula – Darran was one of the pilots who flew overhead making pinpoint fire retardant drops to help stop the advancing flames. With the 2015 festival approaching I wondered what Darran was doing these days. Sadly, I discovered he had passed away in November 2013 after battling stomach cancer. Now Darran and Harker, who died in 2004, are both gone. Events like the balloon and wine festival are sewn into the fabric of Southwest Riverside County. It takes hundreds of volunteers and thousands of hours to stage the event which showcases not only the region’s wine industry but the quality of life many of us here enjoy. At this year’s festival I will raise a glass to Darran, not just for helping to launch the event, but for the valuable and life-saving service he provided for many, many years.
Beleaguered water park plan evaporates as firm fails to close escrow on Temecula site Tim O’Leary Staff Writer A fourth bid to build a water park in Temecula has evaporated following a developer’s failure to close escrow on the city-owned site. The developer’s inability to proceed is a setback, but that doesn’t mean a water park is not in the cards for Temecula, Councilman Mike Naggar said in a recent telephone interview. “Obviously, I’m disappointed,” said Naggar, who for years has been a leading advocate for a water park in the city. The developer’s inability to proceed negated its Jan. 13 agreement to purchase 17.47 acres in the city’s northwest corner for $2.85 million. It also casts new questions over the fate of a 32-acre parcel that the city has owned for more than two decades. The land has been the target of a string of unsuccessful proposals that include a sports park, affordable housing, a mixed-use education complex and child care center and three bids to build a water park. For decades, the site was the home of tractor races and other community events. The city purchased the 32-acre site in 1992 for $3.8 million with the aim to build affordable housing and possibly other related uses there. The developer, Wild Rivers Temecula LLC, recently sent the city a letter stating that it could not close escrow by the end of the previouslyset deadline, said Armando Villa, Temecula’s community development director. No reason was given, he said. A five-day grace period expired in mid-May with no further word from the firm. That signaled the demise of the purchase deal, he said. “From a practical standpoint, we did declare the agreement void,” Villa said in a telephone interview. He said a report will be given soon to a council committee that was formed to work with the developer.
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The fate of the land will again be up to the council, Villa added. The failure came despite an optimistic outlook expressed by the company’s spokesman in January. At that time, Mike Riedel told a reporter that the project’s financial footing was “way stronger” than it had been in the past. Riedel could not be reached for comment for this story. A phone number for the firm was apparently disconnected, and a message left for Riedel at another number was not returned. All of Temecula’s water park proposals were put forth by firms that had ties to Riedel and were seen as an alternate to a facility that the parent company had operated for many years in Irvine. The first water park proposal at the city-owned site, which is located at Diaz Road and Dendy Parkway, came in 2009 when Temecula agreed to sell 20 acres for $6.7 million. That was the company’s second attempt to build a park in the area. A firm made up of Riedel and some partners initially won council approval to build a water park on a privately-owned site wedged between Ynez Road and Interstate 15. But a lawsuit by a neighboring commercial property owner prompted the original partnership to turn to the city-owned site. At one point, estimates called for the water park to cost more than $20 million to develop. It was expected to attract about 286,000 customers a year and employ 500 or more teens and adults on a seasonal basis. Naggar said he believes Wild Rivers failed to obtain financing for the project, a difficulty that doomed the firm’s previous bid as well as a previous developer’s plan to build a mixed-use college campus and nearby apartments on the site. Mayor Jeff Comerchero agreed, saying the business model for the water park has proven to be “economically challenging” for the developer.
“Certainly that has been their problem for several years,” Comerchero said in a phone interview. Naggar and Comerchero said drought conditions that have plagued California for years played little or no role in the company’s financing difficulties. Naggar and Riedel have long maintained that there is ample local demand for a water park. They remained confident despite the opening of a similar project southeast of Perris about a year ago. That Riverside County project was in the works for years before it came to fruition. In early 2011, county supervisors set aside redevelopment funds for such a recreational purpose. In May 2014, the county opened its Drop Zone Waterpark, which draws its name from that area’s skydiving industry. That $24 million county park flanks Trumble Road and features an Olympic-size pool that is available to area swim clubs and high school teams. It also includes two large water slides, a “lazy river” ride, a hydroplane “flowrider,” sand volleyball courts, snack bar, covered eating area and other amenities. The Temecula plan called for similar water features. The opening of the county park nearly coincided with the revival of the Temecula plan. At the time of the revival, Riedel said he did not view the county water park as a serious rival of a Temecula facility. Naggar said he has not given up on the prospects of Temecula someday becoming the home of a water park. “The city does want a water park and we’re in no hurry on (selling) the property,” he said. Comerchero said he hopes the property is ultimately developed into some sort of a recreational use. “We’re talking to some people,” he said. “There’s nothing concrete, and nothing more that I can say right now.”
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Lake Elsinore Skate Zone set for June opening Daniel Lane Multimedia Journalist Construction of the new Serenity Park Skate Zone in Lake Elsinore continues as its expected mid-June opening date gets closer. According to Lake Elsinore Community Services Director Jonathan Skinner, construction of the Skate Zone on Palomar Street near Corydon Road started just weeks ago and the facility’s build by Spohn Ranch Skateparks has nearly stayed on track as May comes to a close. “Construction started several weeks ago and they have been going full force on it,” he said. “It is a pretty large park and it has a lot of amenities to it.” Rain during construction has delayed crews by just a couple days, Skinner said. “The weather has mainly cooperated with us… we had some rain that delayed work,” he said.
A construction worker puts the finishing touches on a section of concrete in a skating bowl on Monday, May 4 at Serenity Park in Lake Courtesy photo Elsinore.
“Spohn Ranch is working hard to get back on track to opening in June.” The Skate Zone is being constructed in sections to help prevent skaters from using it until it’s completed. “They did it in sections so
people could not go in and try to using it,” he said. “They took safety precautions to make sure it wouldn’t be used until the opening day.” The purchase of the lot next to the current park will allow designers to maximize Serenity’s narrow
WMWD adopts stricter outdoor watering measures in response to governor’s mandate RIVERSIDE—In response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order for mandatory water reductions, Western Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors implemented Stage 4B of the Water Supply Shortage Contingency Program. The board voted unanimously on May 20 to move forward with Stage 4B, which will reduce customers’ outdoor water budgets by 30 percent from water use in 2013; commercial customer budgets will also be reduced by 10 percent. In the face of continuing extreme drought, every water agency in California is implementing measures to comply with the governor’s April 1 mandate and the State Water Resources Control Board’s subsequent framework to cut back on water use. For WMWD customers this means severely limiting outdoor water use. The district recommends customers reduce their outdoor water-
ing by 50 percent to meet this goal. If customers exceed their water budget, they will pay the Tier 5 rate for that excessive water use. “In years with normal rainfall, current efforts by our customers would have met water efficient goals,” said Western’s General Manager John Rossi. “However, California’s four-year drought calls for extraordinary measures. Given the amount of reduction mandated by the state, we must all do our part to get through these historic dry times, brown lawns included.” Outdoor water accounts for the majority of household water use, so customers must continue with the on-going mandatory actions, such as repairing leaks immediately and watering between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. The following actions are recommended to achieve a 50 percent cutback in outdoor water use. Water lawns and annuals
and linear characteristics, according to Skinner. “It has been taken to council and they are waiting to get the property to do some planning with it,” he said. “It will be a nice addition… most parks are square and this park is longer and not as wide.” Skinner said construction workers have done much of the concrete work for the elements and crews are set to work on the base of the facilty. “They cover most of the concrete work after it is done so it has the proper time to set,” he said. “A lot of the elements such as the rails and small jumps have been poured.” Before construction got underway, the city held two meetings for the community to come and help design the facility with one meeting on site of the future Skate Zone, Skinner said. “This has been a community effort… the design and the elements that are out there were developed
through community input,” he said. “This is the first time they actually had a community meeting out at a site to map out where the elements would be.” Although wet weather has caused a minor delay in the build, Lake Elsinore Mayor Steve Manos said that the build continues to move forward to becoming the city’s newest skating arena. “The recent rain event caused a short work stoppage, but Serenity Skate Park continues to move toward completion,” Manos said. “We expect to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony sometime in mid-June.” Skinner said the new Skate Zone design was done through the combined efforts of city officials and locals. “We appreciate the community’s input and patience,” Skinner said. “We dream extreme and this is one of those opportunities for us to take that dream and make it a reality.”
Couple celebrates 65th anniversary in true Norwegian style
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Mavis Lind blows out candles while her husband of 65 years, Robert looks on. The two celebrated their milestone anniversary on May 15 with Julie Lazcano, owner of My Home Caregiver in Menifee. “Mavis is part Norwegian and has told me stories of the Norwegian food, in particular, lefse so I went on a search to find someone who could make it for me as an anniversary gift,” Lazcano said. The lefse arrived, courtesy of Daughters of Norway, and was presented to the couple. “I just want to thank the Daughters or Norway,” Lazcano said, adding the couple was surprised by the hard to find treat. “They loved it.” Courtesy photo
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New street names and water conservation restrictions presented to Wildomar City Council Shelli DeRobertis Writer Renaming several streets in the city and establishing a standard street blade sign to include the city’s brand on the signs was discussed during the general business portion of the Wildomar City Council meeting on May 13. The proposed improvements presented by Assistant City Manager and Public Works Director Daniel York are aimed to provide street name consistency and add east and west identifiers to several existing streets. The total cost is estimated at $218,200, including $1,000 to cover the price of mailing the information to 1,246 property owners who would be affected by the street sign changes. “The beauty of this program is it can happen over many years when funding is available,” York said. A benefit of changing some street names include better police and fire response time, of which several city officials commented that both Orange Street and Baxter Road are “confusing.” Five streets that extend east and west through Wildomar would be
changed to “Wildomar Trail,” if the plan is adopted. Those streets are George Avenue, Porras Road, Baxter Road, Central Street and Shopping Center, and if implemented would ultimately affect 146 homeowners and businesses and a total of 14 streets in that area. The other proposed street name changes or modifications are located east and west of Interstate 15, and would affect 1,100 parcels and 16 streets. Some streets, such as Vine and Waite, will keep their names, according to the recommended plan, but have east and west identifiers added to them, according to the Street Name Consistency Staff Report. During the meeting, Mayor Ben Benoit commented about the project’s hefty price. “The big part that struck me is that it’s a big price tag,” he said. Gary Nordquist, city manager, said that staff are not seeking any general funding for the project, but that a number of funding sources, such as gas tax funds and grants will help pay for the sign changes. The money would be appropriated from the fiscal year budgets
2015-2016 and 2016-2017. He also said that $218,000 is the “worst case” price, and that number can be improved upon. The breakdown for pole signs is $200 per blade (sign), and $900 per blade installed on a mast arm sign (traffic signal). The pole street signs would each include the modified city brand (The “W” for Wildomar,) and the traffic signal mast blades would each be established with the standard city brand (logo). The cost to rename the five streets to “Wildomar Trail” is estimated at $35,600, Nordquist said. Finally, a public outreach and notification program about the street signage was recommended by city management to be authorized by the Board. In other news, a public hearing relating to impact fees concerning park improvement development, new traffic signals and road improvement was continued to June 10 to give absent Councilman Bob Cashman a chance to vote. The Board moved forward and voted on other resolutions, including authorizing third-quarter amendments to the 2014-2015 budgeted revenues and expenses.
The budget amendments were approved by the Board to increase the general fund revenues by nearly $811,000 above the amount approved at the mid-year budget, according to the Third Quarter Budget Report. The figures are specified as resulting from an increase in development activity within the city, including a 20 percent hike in the franchise fee budget for electricity. In other general business issues, the city council received a presentation from Greg Morrison, of Water Employee Services Authority, which is a joint powers authority that provides water services to The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District. EVMWD is Wildomar’s local water retailer. The EVMWD 2015 Drought Declaration presentation by Morrison reminded officials that the city is in Drought Stage 2, initiated last July, and the following restrictions are still in place: only water landscapes three times per week, don’t water landscape between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., don’t wash down hardscapes; no water served in restaurants unless requested and cover swimming pools to reduce evaporation.
Additional prohibitions in EVMWD’s Stage 2 restrictions include no irrigation with potable water and that new construction must be equipped with drip irrigation. Also, ornamental turf should be used in the city’s street medians. But, in a typed report from the city’s planning director, drip irrigation for new home construction landscaping may ultimately become banned. EVMWD has taken action with new efforts and drafted a landscaping water conservation ordinance that specifies the “issue of using potable water for irrigating turf/ grass in street medians and new home construction (i.e., front yards) without drip or micro spray irrigation systems.” It also reads: “Once the EVMWD ordinance is adopted, staff would propose to bring forward a resolution for Council review that will adopt the EVMWD ordinance by reference which can then supplement our standards as it relates to new development.” That ordinance is in its infancy, and the report says that city staff will work with EVMWD and provide City Council members with regular updates on the subject.
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food. The purpose of such outreach efforts, she said, isn’t to necessarily sway or change people’s perceptions about GMO-laden foods, but simply to inform them. “GMOs are real, they’re present in the food supply and are linked to many of the diseases that people are facing today,” Harris said. “We don’t try to push, ‘no to GMOs’ on people, we want to inform people and let them make their own decision.” This is the third year there’s been a protest against seed manufacturer and agricultural corporation Monsanto, Haris said. She added that many people united and marched to City Hall in the first year of the event to bring attention to the GMO issue, but were disappointed that their chants weren’t heard. “There was a lot of excitement,” she said, “but then when they got to City Hall, it was like, ‘nobody’s there, so who really cares?’ When
we got back, everyone dispersed and got into their own little groups and we got a lot of negative feedback.” The event has been smaller in the past two years, but more organized, Harris said. She added that it’s not so much a march as it is a friendly protest and participants really don’t walk much farther than the traffic light past the Pat & Oscar’s restaurant. One of the event’s participants who bore a sign at the pond was retired Temecula physicist Robert Platt, 66, who said he wasn’t at the rally to tout an anti-GMO positon, but rather to be an advocate for labeling. “It’s not an anti-GMO movement in my mind,” Platt said. “It’s more like, informed consumers. We don’t know, right now, which products we’re eating that have GMOs and which ones don’t.” Platt said he doesn’t trust certain academic studies that have originated in the United States, especially
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in October from Autism Speaks, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit support groups for the condition. The goal of the program is to train 200 participants a year for agricultural and food service jobs. The city funds for the June 6 event will be give organizers the use of Temecula’s convention center, which is part of the Civic Center complex. The rest of the money will be spent to help market and promote the free event. A city report notes that more than 40 vendors are expected to rent booths at the event. The event’s website indicates that booth rentals cost $99 and fees to help sponsor the gathering, which include a booth and a range of amenities, cost from $500 to $2,500. The health-related event will join four other community events that the city sponsors but does not operate. The city directly oversees a wide range of activities that include the Rod Run, Christmas and 4th of July parades, fireworks show and other popular events. The five other events that now include the Our Nicholas Foundation are funded through a city economic development program. The city backs those events, which are typically selected through an annual process, as a way to bring visitors into Old Town and other areas of the city, Christine Damko, a city economic development analyst, said in a recent telephone interview. Not all such applications are approved, and many do not receive city funding following a council committee review that is held annually, she said. “It’s a very small group,” she said. “We kind of look at it through a different lens.” All of the events benefit nonprofit groups. The other events are the Taste of Temecula, the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, the Reality Rally and TEDx Temecula. The TEDx event is perhaps the most unique, as it is limited to 100 guests who pay $40 to $80 to hear business, technology or education experts or entrepreneurs speak on a range of topics. Sponsorship fees ROUND: R3
A first-of-its-kind community event will deepen the ties between Temecula and a nonprofit group that serves autistic youth and other residents with special needs. The Temecula Valley Holistic & Wellness Fair, slated for June 6, will benefit Our Nicholas Foundation. That group will now join an elite tier of organizations that have won the city’s support in staging their fundraising events. It will be the first such event to benefit autism and special needs services, a cause that has been championed for years by Councilman Mike Naggar. Temecula cemented its support for the event on May 12, when the council agreed to provide services and facilities worth about $13,400. The funding request was considered as part of the council’s consent agenda, which is a grouping of noncontroversial items that are generally approved on a single vote. There were no comments from Naggar or the other council members prior to the item’s approval. The funds are part of a flurry of spending by the city on special needs facilities, services and events in recent years. The city’s total spending will top $1 million in the next fiscal year, which will begin July 1. That spending includes allocated $875,000 for the design and construction of unique playground and water feature at the 20-acre Margarita Community Park. A $325,000 federal grant paid for part of the cost. Naggar has been a leading regional advocate for special needs programs and services since his son, Liam, was diagnosed with autism about nine years ago. At the time of Liam’s diagnosis, Temecula’s services to the developmentally disabled were limited to its High Hopes Program, which targets area residents age 18 and older. Naggar concluded that more services were needed, and since then he has pressed for more programs and greater awareness in the
city and the region. Naggar has frequently noted that his role as a parent of an autistic child has become a spiritual journey that has intersected with his work as a council member. During the early stages of that journey, Naggar reached out to Our Nicholas Foundation. He subsequently cemented the city’s ties to the group. A city staff report lists about a dozen programs, projects or events that the group and the city have worked on together. The group offers support services that include providing computers, specialized vests and other equipment and devices to special education teachers. The group was founded after a local couple, Mark and Kathy Anselmo, discovered that their son is autistic. The website hosted by Our Nicholas Foundation states that it has no paid staff and the group is operated entirely by volunteers. Autism is a spectrum of neurological disorders ranging from mild to severe that affect attention, learning, speech, social interaction and completion of tasks. The disorder has become the focus of mushrooming interest as research makes new inroads into its cause and long-term impacts. The federal Centers for Disease Control last year announced a roughly 30 percent increase in the prevalence of the disorder. In 2012, the agency reported that 1 in 88 children (11.3 per 1,000 eight year olds) had been identified with autism spectrum disorder. In March 2014, the agency said that estimate had increased to 1 in 68 children (14.7 per 1,000 eight year olds). Naggar’s concerns over the lack of local job training assistance for autistic teenagers and adults previously prompted him to recommend council approval of the Global Citizens Viticulture / Hospitality Vocational Program. In March 2014, the Temecula council agreed to spend $10,500 to fund the program through the remainder of that fiscal year. The city opted to continue funding the program five months later. The city received a $25,000 grant
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Locals reach out to gift Rancho Damacitas kids with ‘summer fun’ Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer It may take a village to raise a child, but it only took a handful of Murrieta residents and business owners to make a summer difference to the Rancho Damacitas kids. A recent “Lunch with Friends” outreach, organized by the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce, celebrated the Rancho Damacitas children’s home, to educate all in attendance about the charity and the people it serves. “For a $10 donation, chamber members and business owners came out to learn about Rancho Damacitas, and what our needs are,” Rancho Damacitas Community Development Liaison Terry Rausin said. Rausin spoke with business owners and friends of the chamber about Rancho Damacitas, their umbrella services, new programs, and expanding to support foster kids in the community and emancipated youth through Project Independence. Rancho Damacitas also offered campus tours for anyone to connect and partner. “Miss April wanted to come right away,” Rausin said. “She brought Scott Agajanian, from the Murrieta chamber, along with her for their tour.” Floored by the campus, Agajanian and April Vidal, or Miss April as she likes to be called, explored the residential area and the yard. Before they left, the two were brainstorming Rancho Damacitas’s immediate needs for summer and how to provide something simple but impactful. “I wanted to do something for the kids, to gather the great people of our area, and support a sum-
mer of fun for the children,” Miss April said. “Rancho Damacitas is, at its heart, a campus,” Rausin explained. “We have six homes, 36 kids, and more kids in Project Independence for foster kids that are aging out of the system.” With summer coming, multiple kids in each home, that amounts to lots of food, laundry, activity, and entertainment for the months out of school, according to Rausin. “At Miss April and Scott’s request, we created a list of things that could be donated to offset costs of summer budgets for the homes,” she said. “Miss April is an ambassador, she’s amazing. She shared her passion and created amazing outreach.” Among the people touched by the summer of fun campaign were Agajanian, mother Mandy Cheek and Murrieta chamber CEO Patrick Ellis. Miss April utilized Facebook as a way to harness the giving campaign and Cheek gathered the items for delivery. “My daughter is a student at Miss April’s,” Cheek said, “and I myself am a former foster child. Around Mother’s Day, I discovered the outreach for collecting for Rancho Damacitas, and knew I had to help.” Miss April coordinated the giving effort through Facebook, offering up the extensive list. Cheek assisted, gathering the items needed from one basket into a plethora of summer fun items including beach towels, movies, brownies, summer snacks, slip and slides and more. The outpouring that followed showed the heart behind the community, according to Miss April. “They don’t want these kids sitting indoors, but working together,
Mandy Cheek and Miss April deliver summer fun gifts to Rancho Damacitas. This local donation will serve to ensure foster kids at Rancho Damacitas enjoy summer to the fullest. Courtesy photo
playing together, communicating,” Miss April said. “It’s what summer should be all about.” After learning about Rancho Damacitas, and the foster work being done there, Cheek knew she wanted to be involved. “I helped coordinate the donations,” she said. “When I started this, I’d never been to Rancho Damacitas. But I did know what it means to have people go out of their way for you, when you are in the foster system. I wanted to help so badly, right away.” The offering is much more meaningful than just the slip and
slides, ladder golf, more than 30 beach towels, movies, snacks, picnic items, juices, granola bars, and gift cards, according to Rausin. It’s granting children who might not get a summer the opportunity to play and be recognized for outstanding achievements. “We use gift cards for kids to help build their value systems. They are given one-on-one time with their house parents or counselors. If they’ve been a good citizen, kept their room clean, they are rewarded, and these donations matter,” Rausin said. “The homes are structured around core values,
and the rewards support those.” Rausin praised Cheek as a success story of the foster system in Southwest Riverside County. “Mandy has everything we aspire for our foster kids at Rancho Damacitas. She has a family, a job, and she’s giving back. We are thrilled to have her continued support,” Rausin said. If you would like to donate to Rancho Damacitas, visit their website at www.4kidsfirst.org. Organizations who wish to donate “in kind” items can call Carlie Miller in the Rancho Damacitas Development Office at (951) 302-2317.
MWD approves boat ramp extension at Diamond Valley Lake’s East Marina Joe Naiman Writer The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been struggling with the statewide drought which is in its fourth year, but on May 12 the MWD board took advantage of low storage levels at Diamond Valley Lake and voted to authorize the design and construction to extend the boat
ramp at the East Marina. The existing concrete boat ramp will be lengthened by an additional 120 feet to its ultimate build-out elevation of 1,640 feet, which would be just above the reservoir’s bottom in the vicinity of the ramp and will correspond with lake levels of approximately 293,000 acre-feet (an acre foot is approximately 325,853 gallons). Diamond Valley Lake was com-
pleted in 2000 and has a storage capacity of 810,000 acre-feet with a surface water elevation of 1,756 feet above sea level. The lake is used for fishing as well as for storage of MWD supplies. An 11-lane boat ramp opened in 2003 and was partially extended to 490 feet of ramp the following year. After a previous drought forced MWD to suspend public boat launches in fall 2008 due to low lake levels,
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the MWD board voted in July 2009 to extend the middle three lanes an additional 250 feet to a length of 740 feet. The lake was re-opened to private boat launches in December 2009. The initial 490 foot-segment of ramp is 197 feet wide and the additional 250 feet are 79 feet wide. The cost to extend the middle ramps was $648,000. To date $340,790 of that has been recovered through increased boat launch fees and lease payments while other marina revenue such as fishing access permit fees, trail fees and violation citation fine collections have provided MWD with an additional $352,969. The current drought has reduced Diamond Valley Lake’s storage volume to approximately 372,000 acre-feet, or 46 percent of capacity, and the lake level has dropped by approximately 100 feet since the drought began. On April 15 MWD once again suspended private boat launches due to the low levels. In addition to the cast-in-place concrete extension, riprap will be placed on the ramp’s outer side
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slopes to protect the underlying soils against erosion and the cable guides and stop wheel will be modified to reach the bottom of the ramp. MWD staff will perform all activities including preparing drawings and environmental documentation, procuring materials, constructing the ramp extension and riprap slope protection and modifying the floating dock system. The total expected cost is $500,000 which covers $400,000 for construction, $52,000 to prepare environmental documentation and record drawings and for project management, and $48,000 for field surveys and design. The final design is expected to be complete in July and the construction is expected to be finished in November. The money had already been budgeted in MWD’s 2014-15 capital expenditure plan. The MWD board also found that the additional work would not require any changes to the 2003 environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration or the mitigation monitoring and reporting program.
This month I’d like to let you know of some excellent websites that will clear up your confusion over child passenger restraints. We get quite a few calls each month asking us for recommendations and the law on child seats and child restraints. By accessing this DMV website you can see exactly what the law requires: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/ dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/ dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/ vc/d12/c5/a3.3/27360. The following DMV website lists some of the exemptions to 27360 of the California Vehicle Code. You can refer to this to see if any of them apply to you: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/ dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/ dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/ vc/d12/c5/a3.3/27363. So, from a legal standpoint, the State of California says you must not transport a child who is under 8 years of age, without properly securing that child in a rear seat in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting
applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. So what is an, “appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards?” This is where the final website comes in. You will really like this site. It is sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and an excellent and comprehensive website on everything you ever wanted to know about car seats and child restraints. It is put together very well and is extremely informative: w w w. s a f e r c a r. g o v / p a r e n t s / CarSeats/Car-Seat-Safety.htm. The Murrieta Police Department appreciates all the support our community gives us throughout the year. This is an awesome community. We enjoy living here and consider it an honor to serve the citizens of Murrieta in our chosen profession of Law Enforcement. I welcome your questions and suggestions for future articles and can be contacted directly at the Murrieta Police Department at (951) 461-6302 or jfroboese@murrieta.org.
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Homeless issues and city pageant pack house at Menifee City Council Shelli DeRobertis Writer The crowd at the Menifee city council meeting on May 20 spilled out of the chambers and filled up the lobby as about 100 people attended, many to either support the Miss City of Menifee pageant girls or discuss issues regarding homeless individuals and a local church they claimed is operating a homeless shelter. Mayor Scott Mann presented the outgoing Miss City of Menifee court of six girls with a certificate and pin and helped welcome the fiscal year’s new court. When he presented Miss City of Menifee Isabel Donadio with her appreciation certificate, he personally praised her efforts. “I think I’ve had the most pictures with her this year than with anybody else,” Mann said, and added that she had been at every presentation throughout the city for the entire year. When the young ladies and their entourage left shortly after the presentations, about half of the crowd remained and more than a dozen of them spoke during public comment about an issue not on the agenda: the Menifee United Church of Christ on the intersection of McCall and Sun City boulevards. Tom Therman said he was there out of personal concern for the announced plans for the church to establish a homeless shelter in one of the largest senior communities in Riverside County. He said the church in question is located by the shopping center where many senior citizens live. “There’s already an issue with the homeless and panhandlers hanging out at the Sun City Shopping Center and establishing shelter will only attract more. Build it and they will come applies here as well as with businesses,” he said. Several speakers claimed that recent thefts and burglaries from nearby homes and vehicles were traced to people residing at or near the church area, and one person gave details of homeless individu-
als intimidating a senior who was afraid to get out of her car to attend Bingo at the Cherry Hills Plaza. Another man spoke about the fear of homes being devalued due to the number of homeless people and crimes in the area. Although more than half of the public speakers were in opposition to the McCall Boulevard church operating a homeless shelter, several supporters of that church also shared their stories. Rev. Bill Freeman of the Menifee United Church of Christ was the final person to speak on the topic, but he began by saying that he wasn’t sure how the rumors started. “We have three people who live with us at the present time and have had as many as six. Two of our members have graduated from our residential assistance program. We don’t have a homeless shelter,” Freeman said. He also said that none of the people who have stayed there have been arrested or broken any laws that he knows of, and that people are vetted before given the opportunity to sleep in the residential hall. “The people who do stay with us patrol our grounds and keep people out. We’ve had our air conditioners stolen. We’ve had our water turned on … they patrol our grounds and they’re like security,” he said. He said he suspects the number of homeless people in Menifee to be about 60, although the county survey identified only 12. “We have three of them. We could house maybe nine total. Are they supposed to sleep in the parking lot next to Rite Aid, is that what we want – or in their cars at Walmart?” He finished his three minutes of allotted time by saying he can’t just turn people away. “We’re a church not a social club…I’m serving Jesus the best I can,” Freeman said. Kirk Widener is a resident employee at the church and said they don’t condone use of alcohol or drugs at the church, but will offer
Certificates of appreciation were presented to the Miss City of Menifee Court for service to the city during 2014-2015. From left, back row: Arianna Madrid, Meilan Martin, Lily Castro, Hailey Jackson, Isabel Donadio, Brittny Colindres and Kailee Miller. From left, front row: Rylee Lawrence, Ashlynn Ferguson, Bridget Olguin, Randi Ornelas, Ellyce and Williams. Girls on the left are the incoming court and girls on the right holding certificates are the outgoing court. Socorro Donadio photo
help, including financial assistance, to those who really want it and have an agenda for getting back onto their feet. “We don’t house criminals and we don’t house thieves, and as far as I’m concerned it’s the most beautiful place. They’ve done ev-
erything to help me and I’m most grateful,” he said. Richard Curry spoke and said he was one of the first people to sleep at the church, and a former homeowner in Menifee who made a generous living, but was struck with a devastating illness.
“This church actually opened their arms to me and let me sleep inside because I had nowhere to go,” he said. After public comment ended, Councilman Greg August officially requested that the matter be put on the list of future agenda items.
Supervisors modify Werner Corp. surface mining permit Joe Naiman Writer
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on April 14 to modify the surface mining permit for the Werner Corporation site in Temescal Canyon. The permit modification extends the permitted mining operations for an additional 50 years, reduces the total area to be disturbed by the three mining sites by 41.1 acres, allows for inert debris engineered fill operations and relocates a drainage
structure. The revision also consolidates three previously-approved surface mining permits, which were not scheduled to expire in the near term, into a single permit and associated reclamation plan. The permit covers mining for 233 acres of the 440-acre site south of Temescal Canyon Road, east of Glen Ivy Hot Springs Road, and west of Sage Road. The County of Riverside issued a conditional use permit in 1973 which permitted surface mining operations of sand and gravel on
approximately 80 acres within the central portion of the site and authorized expansions in 1982, 1983 and 1991. The mines were permitted to extract 2,500,000 tons annually; that amount will not change although the 50-year extension will increase the total proposed reserves to be mined to 67,600,000 tons. On February 18 the Riverside County’s Planning Commission voted 3-0, with two absent commissioners, to recommend approval of the permit modification.
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ticipating in this event,” he said. “We bring our learning disabled students out here to learn how to build boats.” While building their boats, students learn much of what it takes to build a seaworthy boat. “They learn about electrical and it also teaches them about the dynamics of physics,” Wolter said. “They also get to compete against the regular-ed students at the highest level.” Wolter said that his students have completed every race for the eight years they have competed in the race for. “It is a high level of science that these kids are competing in,” he said. “For them to compete and to finish this event is a high level of accomplishment for them.” “Most of the kids don’t know how to use power tools because they have lost wood shop in the schools,” Miller said. “It is always amazing to me to see the kids build the boats out of pieces of wood in November. Then you see them come here in May and take the boat on the water is amazing.” According to Miller, safety crews were on hand in the event of a water emergency. During Saturday’s races Coast High School’s boat took on water and was towed to shore.
Students from around Southern California hit the waters of Lake Skinner for the Metropolitan Water District’s 13th annual Solar Cup. The three-day event got underway on Friday, May 15 with the cup’s qualifying event. During the qualifying event, officials checked the teams’ boats to ensure they are seaworthy, safe and that they meet the rules of the event. Nearly 800 students from 41 schools participated in the event, according to Julie Miller, who is the Solar Cup’s project coordinator for MWD. According to Miller, once boats were qualified on the first day of the cup, they were able to move on into to the two, 90-minute, 1-kilometer endurance races on Saturday, May 16. “Today’s event is a 90-minute race with solar panels on,” she said of Saturday’s event. “The teams try to see how many laps they can complete within the 90 minutes.” Elsinore High School teacher Rick Wolter coached his learning disabled students through the process of building a solar powered boat and the electrical work that goes along with it. “This is our eighth year in par-
Students prepare their solar powered boat for the endurance category of the 13th annual Solar Cup at Lake Skinner on Saturday, May 16. Shane Gibson photos
“We have all sorts of emergency procedures in case a boat has an emergency on the water,” she said. “We also have lifeguards and all the boats have flotation devices so they don’t sink. “I do think this provides a great pathway for students nowadays,” Miller said. “Now they can see that they can do things in the engineering public sector. The following results are from Sunday’s final races with solar panels where boats ran only on battery stored solar power. Veteran teams and sponsoring member/local agency: First Place, Moreno Valley Unified School District, sponsored by Eastern Municipal Water District and Rancho California Water District. Hottest-looking Boat, Calabasas High School, sponsored by Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
California Academy of Math and Science student Caroline Fuentes, prepares to pilot her school’s solar powered vessel from the dock during the 13th annual Solar Cup at lake Skinner.
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California Academy of Math and Science student Ruben Rea, prepares to launch his school’s solar powered vessel during the 13th annual Solar Cup at Lake Skinner.
Rookie Division Teams and sponsoring member/local agency: First Place, Oxford Academy, sponsored by Municipal Water District of Orange County. HottestLooking Boat, Riverside Poly High School, sponsored by Western Municipal Water District and Riverside Public Utilities. Bart Bezyack Memorial Spirit of Solar Cup Trophy (sportsmanship) Teamwork Award: Coast High School, which had mechanical issues during Saturday’s endurance event, but returned to race on Sunday.
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It’s All About”–were announced at EMWD’s annual student recognition event, held on April 23 in EMWD’s Board Room. “Lily and the Seven Drops” was written by Vista Verde Middle School students Jasmine McGary and Michelle Sivitos. It was illustrated by Calvary Murrieta Christian School student Minji Hong. In the story, Lily must share water conservation tips to help free her seven water drop friends from Evil Queen Ivana, who has held them captive and likes to waste water. The book will be incorporated into grade appropriate classroom curriculum for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. “The California Drought: Learning What It’s All About,” focuses on students who learn valuable lessons about the state’s historic drought while on a classroom field trip. The book was written and illustrated by Abby Roth, who attends Calvary Murrieta Christian School. It is written in a fun and engaging rhyming style and will be used for upper elementary students. This marks the second consecutive year that Roth has penned a winning entry. In 2014, her book, “A Lesson From School: Tap Water is Cool” was one of three winners. EMWD and Rancho California Water District partner each year to present the Write-Off contest, during which middle school students write and illustrate a book designed for elementary school students. The series, which focus on water quality and conservation, began in 2009 as part of a “Write Off” contest among area students. Since then, six of the previous seven books have been written by area middle school students and all seven have been illustrated by students from schools within EMWD’s service area.
The other books include “Professor Purrkis Ponders Purple Pipes: A story about Recycled Water,” “Gobi’s Adventure,” “Bartholomew Investigates how to Use Water Wisely,” “Otis the Turtle gets Water Wise,” “Cody the Crocodile Contemplates his Water Wise Propensity,” “Mabel the Mouse and Breezy Bird Learn About Tap Water Quality: It’s Good!,” “Gobi and Aguat Get Savvy about Water Quality,” “Dr. Tappentu Teaches Timmy to Tap Into Tap Water,” “A Lesson From School: Tap Water is Cool,” and “Aguat’s Adventure: A Tale of Two Waters.” In conjunction with the release of the book, EMWD designs gradelevel appropriate curriculum that will be used in classrooms across the region as part of EMWD’s extensive classroom education program. EMWD’s Education Department will reach roughly 60,000 students throughout the school year with educational opportunities in classrooms and at EMWD facilities. Beginning in the fall, the two new books will be available for download as e-books on the iPad, Kindle Fire and Nook Color from www.emwd.org/ebooks. EMWD is the only water agency in California to produce e-books. “These books are two more examples of how well the students in our service area understand the importance of water conservation,” EMWD President Randy Record said. “Each year, we look forward to seeing the work the contestants produce, and each year we are impressed. “We look forward to bringing these new books into classrooms throughout our service area and using them to further spread the importance of using water wisely,” Record added.
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We all have a responsibility to be safe on the road Kim Harris Managing Editor A pretty horrific motorcycle crash on Sunday, May 24 really got me thinking about this week’s editorial. Generally I try to write something that will get people talking about current events in our area and sometimes I write about things that are designed to give readers a warm, fuzzy feeling. But after hearing about that particular motorcycle collision, I am going full-on public service announcement in this week’s editorial space. Motorcycles are less stable and less visible than cars so drivers should always be aware of their surroundings and keep an eye out for those who choose this popular mode of transportation. When motorcycles crash, their riders lack the protection of an enclosed vehicle to they are more likely to be injured or killed.
A total of 4,381 motorcyclists died in 2013, the most recent year with full statistics that I could locate. Of these deaths, 27 percent were under the age of 29, 18 percent were in the 30-39 year range, 21 percent were ages 40-49 and 34 percent were 50 years and older. Forty-two percent of motorcyclists killed were involved in single vehicle accidents while 58 percent were involved in multivehicle accidents. The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2012, the number of deaths on motorcycles was over 26 times the number in cars, according to the Insurance institute for Highway Safety. So what can be done to protect motorcyclists from a fatality while riding their beloved bikes? For starters, motorcyclists should always wear a helmet. It’s a law in California and many other states as well as the District of Columbia for
Remember our military Glenn Mollette Special to the Valley News One of my sons recently came home from a 12-month military deployment. My wife and I took a couple of days and flew to welcome him at his stateside arrival airport. We watched soldier after soldier pick up his or her duffel bags and other luggage in baggage claims. We didn’t see families or friends hugging them and welcoming them home. My son turned the corner and came into the area and I was so delighted to see him. For the first time in one year I heard his voice and hugged him. I’m sure I was missing something. Surely there was another area where spouses, family or others were located in waiting to greet these wonderful military men and women. However, I didn’t see them. I felt like my wife and I were the only two people in waiting to welcome a family member. I wonder if we are missing something altogether in this nation. Do we take for granted all that we still have in America? In Colorado Americans are free to smoke pot. In many of our states we are free to gamble our money away if we choose. We are free to choose the religion of our choice. In Kentucky we can choose Bourbon
Whiskey or from any number of multiplying vineyards. Gay and Lesbians can find a way to legally bond somewhere in America. Street Preachers in America can still cry out the gospel. States are crying for people to start businesses. All in all in America you can do most anything you want to do. America doesn’t ask a whole lot of us. We have to pay some taxes. We aren’t allowed to hurt people. We have a few rules to obey. We are to obey the driving laws and that’s about it. Soldiers are called upon to lay down their lives. We do pay them. However, most of our service people make very low wages their first few years. I realize they have some benefits but we are asking them to fight to help protect us and maintain our American way of life. This weekend or any weekend say thank you to a Veteran or to a passing soldier. They appreciate being appreciated. Remember those who gave their lives for us in war. Without their sacrifice America would have been a thing of the past a long time ago. Glenn Mollette is an American columnist and is read in all fifty states. He is the author of 11 books. This column does not necessarily reflect the view of any organization, institution or this paper or media source.
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a reason. Helmets have been proven to be about 37 percent effective in preventing motorcycle death and 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries, the Insurance institute for Highway Safety, says. Motorcyclists should also do whatever they can to make themselves visible, the headlight should be on anytime you ride, day or night. Reflective strips and decals on clothing and the motorcycle and flashing the brake light when slowing down or stopping are all ways a rider can make themselves visible to those of us who drive cars. Dressing for safety is important too, helmet, eye protection, leather or other thick protective clothing, long sleeves and pants, over the ankle boots and gloves can all help to minimize injury should a motorcyclist find himself or herself in the event of an accident. Remember the only thing between you and the road is what you are wearing.
Be aware of changing road and weather conditions. It seems like our weather turns on a dime here so remember, when it rains, the roads get slick and slow down. Motorcyclists should give themselves space and time to respond to other driver’s actions, ride in the part of the lane where they are most visible, signal moves in advance and ride extra defensively. Don’t drink and drive, ever. That goes for those of you in cars, trucks and SUVs, too. Alcohol effects reaction time, vision, depth perception, concentration, comprehension and coordination. So if you have a drink, hand over the keys, take a cab and get home safe and sound. Your family, friends, other drivers and their family and friends will thank you for it. For those in cars, you have a responsibility too. Be aware of your surroundings, keep an eye out for motorcyclists and know the
laws of the road. Lane splitting is legal in California, so check your rearview mirrors and blind spot before switching lanes. Use your signals so other drivers know what you are doing. Be extra cautious when passing. Motorists need to remember that motorcycles react quicker than cars and should maintain an adequate following distance. Rear ending a motorcycle can be fatal to the rider, and I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to live the rest of my life knowing I killed a motorcyclist because I was tailgating. Other things motorists can do include taking a second look to the left before turning, watch out for turning motorcycles and proceed slowly through intersections. We too, have a responsibility to keep motorcyclists safe, so share the road, drive responsibly and save a life.
Dear Editor, Recently, in an editorial I read, someone suggested strongly that we should not build reservoirs, but instead, we should just worry about population control, learn how to limit ourselves and stop wasting water. I disagree. We are Americans, dam it. (Pun intended.) We use our creativity, ingenuity, and resources to make life better for ourselves and everybody else. California has thousands of smart, successful businessmen lining its shores. Certainly someone has the brains to come up with some water solutions. We SHOULD be
building reservoirs, desalination plants, and anything else under the sun that gives us more water! We are not North Koreans who should just learn to eat dirt and be happy with it. Not when we have been given the bounty of this great land. We should aim to make the water supply so abundant that people don’t have to have a stress attack every time they want to brush their teeth for more than 15 seconds or take a long, indulgent hot shower after a rough day at work. Feeling guilty about water usage when we are sending millions of unused gallons of it to the sea because of
environmental regulations is just plain obtuse. The smart policies have to overcome the stupid policies, or we’ll all end of up “eating dirt” just because the environmentalists want us to. Stop feeling guilty for existing, people! We are not overpopulated, we just need to get our thinking caps on: find the creative people, use our resources well, and use state funds to build amazing, inventive water supplies, instead of high speed trains to nowhere. Jill Grell Temecula, CA
Dear Editor, Senator Jeff Stone was one of the 25 State Senators to deny the rights of Parents to decide whether their children should or should not be vaccinated. There is a case to vaccinate children from diseases that are almost always deadly like polio and smallpox.
There is no excuse to require childhood vaccinations for every possible illness. Stone is a Pharmacist. Pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies make money off of this. My wife believes she got an autoimmune disorder, as a nurse, from being vaccinated for everything under the sun. You
can’t vaccinate for every contingency. You can’t make laws for anomalies. If we make laws for every contingency, we will be under a police state Bob Kowell Murrieta, CA
An improving budget situation Assembywoman Marie Waldron Special to Valley News On May 14 Governor Brown released his $115.3 billion “May Revise,” a budget revision based on updated revenue projections. Fortunately, California’s financial picture has brightened, with revenue growth since June 2014 more than $14 billion over expectations. Protecting California’s K-12 and higher education system remains a top priority for me, and I am pleased the improving financial situation will allow more funding to support our schools, colleges and universities. In a positive move, additional funding for the UC system will only be made available if
tuition is frozen, keeping a promise made to voters when Proposition 30 passed in 2012. With California mired in a long drought, the budget sets aside $2.2 billion for drought-related programs. Water infrastructure projects, including desalination, and water recycling plants will receive millions in additional revenue. Even so, legislators and the governor must work together to ensure these projects are fast tracked. While the operating budget is balanced, California still faces billions in unfunded liabilities. The recovery remains precarious and we still have one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates. The slightest economic hiccup will generate decreasing revenues, more
spending and a return to doubledigit deficits. With these concerns in mind, the May Revise continues to build the state’s “Rainy Day Fund,” a necessary precaution in these uncertain times. As a hedge against future economic downturns, that reserve must grow and remain secure. With its focus on schools, higher education and water infrastructure, the May Revise provides a constructive blueprint for the coming fiscal year. I am optimistic about prospects for passage of a balanced budget by the June 15 deadline. Waldron is a Republican representing the 75th District, encompassing parts of Inland northern Riverside and San Diego counties.
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Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que brings spicy, family atmosphere to Promenade Temecula
The merry-go-round smoker roasts an assortment of ribs, chicken, beef, and vegetables at Lucille’s Bar-B-Que.
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ucille’s Smokehouse BarB-Que is a staple of the P r o m e n a d e Te m e c u l a restaurant offerings. Friendly service, traditional barbecue for dine in or carry out and space to accommodate large groups make this restaurant one to leave on speed dial. On a Friday at lunchtime, hickory smoke pumps out of the Southern Pride smoker at the restaurant’s heart. Lucille’s fills up with lunchtime guests as it prepares for another busy weekend. Low and slow is the order of the day, as meats and chicken are merry-go-rounded in the hickory fired smoker. The meat is prepared with a variety of rubs and sauces from different Southern regions and are available for sale in the restaurant. If you are a fan of Southern barbecue, the sweet, spicy flavors will remind of rubs from deep Louisiana, Georgia, and even Southern Arkansas. If you’ve never had the pleasure, Lucille’s will be a treat for your senses. Prices are moderate, depending on your order.
Wide open patios welcome diners, and broad dining areas encourage large groups and family style dining to this unique gem in the Lucille’s chain. “This is the upscale late ‘60s style for Lucille’s restaurants,” General Manager Mike Kern said. Indeed, the funky light fixtures, lava rock walls, retro tile, and authentic blues music join the Memphis feel of this pure southern design. Unlike its rustic, contemporary counterparts, the Temecula Lucille’s is distinct in is décor as it is in its barbecue. Lucille’s Flying Pig lounge is just the place for happy hour, featuring local and across the globe craft beers, wine and spirits, special appetizers and a full menu. When you come, be sure and bring your appetite. Each hearty portion of the varied menu also features traditional Southern side dishes such as roasted garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potato fries, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, creamy cheese grits, Southern braised greens, barbecue beans, and fresh corn, to name a few. Lucille’s opened its first restaurant
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Three new signature burgers are now available at Lucille’s Bar-B-Que restaurant in Temecula.
in Long Beach, California. circa 1999. Now, there are more than 20 locations across the Southwest. Owner Craig Hoffman’s two-year vision quest across the South for the perfect barbecue combined with an extra helping of hospitality. Here, the biscuits are scratch baked and fresh, service comes with a smile, and there’s always room for dessert. Or there should be. The Promenade Temecula location fits seamlessly into the plan of providing delicious food at a reasonable price, the perfect night out for families this graduation, father’s day and summer season. Gift cards are available for discount purchase at Costco. Sauces and rubs are sold at the restaurant, as well, and once you try them, chances are no store-bought sauce will ever taste the same again. “At Lucille’s we scratch cook most everything,” Kern said. “From the beans to the biscuits, cornbread and apple butter, every flavor is fresh, flavorful, and reminiscent of summer at Grandma’s.” The order of the day was the new Smokehouse Burgers. A half-pound
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each, these hearty burgers are created from a signature blend of brisket, short rib and chuck, handcrafted and seasoned, then served, flame grilled. With four new burgers on the menu, there is one for every flavor, and the distinct beef blend adds a unique texture and flavor for this burger offering. The burgers join with a broad selection of traditional barbecue items, including slow smoked beef and pork ribs, brisket, tri-tip, smoked chicken. All meals are served with a side dish. How to decide on one? That’s the difficult part. From crispy sweet potato fries, fresh fried potato chips, French fries, creamy coleslaw or honey roasted peanut slaw, barbeque beans, potato salad or watermelon slices. The BBQ beans are flavorful, fresh, and all about why the scratch cooking at Lucille’s is worth every bite. Dinner sides raise the bar, with the roasted garlic mashed potatoes, creamy cheese grits, braised greens, roasted vegetables and many more. “The recipes are all inspired by our founder’s trips through the South,” Kern said. “There are many burger shops around, but no one is doing beef blends like Lucille’s.” Each signature burger has a distinct hook for burger lovers. The Four Alarm Burger is just as hot as it sounds. Again, with the signature blend burger, this flame-grilled burger is basted with Lucille’s hot and spicy barbeque sauce, stacked with pepper jack cheese, smoked jalapenos, fried jalapeno crisps, chipotle mayonnaise, all served on a grilled herbed focaccia bun. If a more traditional burger is your bag, the Lucille’s All American is a
perfect fit. Once again, starting with the Lucille’s signature burger blend, flame grilled and topped with melted American cheese, tomato, pickles, lettuce, sweet red onions, and homemade thousand island dressing on a brioche bun. Paul’s Pub Burger has all the trimmings one is used to from dining at area pubs. The signature blend of meats is flame-grilled and stacked with smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese sauce, beer braised onions, and spicy Creole mustard, all served on a freshly grilled pretzel bun. It has all of the flavors one expects from Lucille’s as well as that old fashioned beer and a burger flare. But it was the Smoked Brisket Burger which won our table with the unique nature and array of flavors and textures. More than a mouthful, this burger is large enough to share, or bring home for leftovers. With Lucille’s daring new signature burger blend, this burger is flamegrilled, topped with sliced smoked brisket, Lucille’s original sweet, tangy barbequesauce, aged cheddar cheese, and butter pickles on a grilled brioche bun. Lucille’s continues to be follow their philosophy of serving the best Bar-B-Que with the finest Southern hospitality. Though a chain restaurant, the family-friendly atmosphere and large group accommodations make this a whole family dining out experience at Promenade Temecula. For more information, visit www. LucillesBBQ.com or find them on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ Lucilles_BBQ. Call ahead or make reservations at (951) 719-7427.
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FRIDAY, MAY 29 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. EUROPA VILLAGE 33475 LA SERENA WAY TEMECULA, CA 92591 Blues, soul, R&B... truly a remarkable voice.
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FRIDAY, MAY 29 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. J. CARTERS TAVERN GRILL 40365 MURRIETA HOT SPRINGS MURRIETA, CA 92563 Playing everything from Beatles to Metallica, and it’s all danceable.
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SATURDAY, MAY 30 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. SHAMROCK IRISH PUB 39252 WINCHESTER ROAD MURRIETA, CA 92563 Irish punk rock style band from Baltimore, MD.
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SATURDAY, MAY 30 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. OAK MOUNTAIN WINERY 36522 VIA VERDE TEMECULA, CA 92592 Award winning band with a variety of styles.
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SUNDAY, MAY 31 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. BEL VINO WINERY 33515 RANCHO CALIFORNIA TEMECULA, CA 92591 Performing dance, rock, blues, reggae and country.
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Summer will be EPIC for families with young kids who love to skate
Kids 10-years-old and younger can skate for free this summer at Epic Rollertainment in Murrieta. Courtesy photo
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Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer You may have taken the kids a time or two, sailed around the floor or skated the night away at Murrieta’s Epic Rollertainment. This summer, owner Shauna Gram-
matico suggests that it’s time to get kids off of their devices and into something active. “We are partnering with Kids Skate Free to offer free roller skating to families with kids that are 10-years-old and younger,” Grammatico said. Starting June 15, the reward is just in time for summer vacation. According to KidsSkateFree. com, roller skating is a fun way to increase muscular strength and cardiorespiratory endurance. Skaters can burn anywhere from 330 to 600 calories per hour. It also promotes improved balance, flexibility, with all of the benefits of aerobic exercise for people of all ages. Don’t know how to skate? No problem for Epic Rollertainment. For $15, new or wobbly skaters can register for beginner or intermediate classes to develop skills. Cost of the class includes skate rentals, and online registry is available. Epic Rollertainment also offers a Roller Fitness class for adults and reminds you to check website for
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Temecula City Hall painted by artist Bonnie Martland.
TEMECULA—Experience Temecula through the creative eye of artist Bonnie Martland now through Aug. 16 at the Temecula Valley Museum. Her artwork will be on display in the museum’s Rotunda Gallery, a new art space that expands offerings to the public. Martland, a 36-year Temecula resident and 32-year veteran art teacher, combines her passion for art and history in beautiful works of art depicting historical and modern landmarks in her hometown of Temecula. This collection, titled Local Color, features more than 20 vibrant paintings showcasing Martland’s talent for using acrylic paint to portray beautiful, life-like images.
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Many paintings represent historical scenes, such as the First National Bank of Temecula as it looked in 1914, and the Pujol School House in 1889. Martland’s work also features modern landmarks and events, including Temecula City Hall, Rod Run and Temecula vineyards. Her appreciation for the community of Temecula is clearly visible in her colorful works of art. The TVM is in Sam Hicks Monument Park at 28314 Mercedes St., one block east of Front Street in Old Town Temecula. For more information, call the museum at (951) 694-6450 or visit it Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m.
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TEMECULA—It is the most exclusive dining experience at the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival. Food and Wine Pairing Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31 at the festival features local executive chefs who create tasty treats on stage while explaining their culinary process. It’s a bit like a private invitation to “Emeril Live” as a taster. At the festival’s foodie event, however, guests taste menu items prepared from four different chefs. The four-course meal includes an appetizer, salad, main course and dessert. The best taste comes when the menu item is paired with one of Southern California Wine Country’s award-winning wines. Wine makers are on hand to describe the varietal they have paired with the menu and the process required to produce the perfect wine. Guests will learn to judge wines by their color, aroma, and taste during the sip as well as the aftertaste. Restaurants represented during the tastings include: Cafe Champagne at Thornton Winery, Baily’s Restaurant, Rustico Ristorante & Pizzeria, Monte de Oro Bistro, Bluewater Grill Seafood Restaurant, Sorrel Restaurant Bistro, Pala Resort & Casino, and E.A.T Marketplace & Eatery. Serving dessert every day is A Baker’s Dozen, a local bakery creating cupcakes, cookies and other sugary goodies like brownie bite, classic fudge and Cheesecake on a Stick. Thornton Winery, Baily’s Winery, Monte de Oro Winery, Frangipani Estate Winery, Robert Renzoni Vineyards & Winery, Wiens, Orange Coast and Europa Village will be sharing their wines during the pairing event. See the website at www.tvbwf.com or download the mobile application at bit.ly/tvbwf in your app store for a schedule and pairings. There are three food and wine pairing seatings: Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., plus Sunday, May 31, 12 noon to 3 p.m. For those who don’t obtain a coveted seat at the table, wine tasting in the wine gardens offers selection of wines poured by Southern California Wineries. Wineries already registered at press time include Frangipani Estate Winery, Beach House Winery, Coyote Oaks Vineyards, Briar Rose Winery, Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyards, Can-
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yon Crest Winery, Monte De Oro Winery, Casa Tiene Vista Vineyard, Thornton Winery and Wiens Family Cellars. Wine tasting at the festival is $20 for eight tastes of wine and a souvenir glass; reserve tasting: $30 includes eight tastes of winemaker’s award-winning reserve wines plus a large specialty glass. Guests can also buy wine by the glass for $10. Wine tasting hours are: Friday 3-8 p.m., Saturday 12 to 8 p.m., and Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. Festival wine pouring hours are: Friday 3-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival is May 29-31 and features two days of country concerts on the Main Stage sponsored by Pechanga Resort & Casino. Country Friday, features Gloriana, Love and Theft, and Chase Bryant. Sunday will feature Chris Young, currently No. 4 on the Billboard Charts, with “Lonely Eyes.” Cam will open for Chris Young. Gloriana, currently with the song “Trouble” No. 30 on the Country airplay list, makes a return visit to the Festival stage. Their hit song “(Kissed You) Good Night” made No. 2 on the charts and was certified platinum in the United States. Gloriana has opened for Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown, and in 2012 opened at the Festival for Chris Cagle and Phil Vassar. Plain White T’s joins Daughtry for the Rockin’ Country Saturday lineup. Plain White T’s is best known for their mega hit “Hey,There Delilah.” The 18th most downloaded song of all time, is just one in a string of hits that includes “1,2,3,4” and “Rhythm of Love.” Daughtry, a band carrying the name of the lead singer and guitarist Chris Daughtry, with four No. 1 hits, and over 8-million albums sold, has sold out concerts around the world. Daughtry’s self-titled debut was the fastest selling rock debut in Soundscan history and its follow up “Leave This Town” marked the quintet’s second consecutive No. 1 album. “Baptized,” Daughtry’s fourth album peaked at No. 3 with the singles “Waiting for Superman,” and “Long Live Rock & Roll.” The festival is held at Lake Skinner Recreation area in the heart of Temecula Valley Wine Country. For festival information, visit www. tvbwf.com or call (951) 676-6713.
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The beach themed location is a favorite for parents, and family friendly skate times are offered during the day and early evening hours, according to Epic Rollertainment’s website. “Adults can register their children online,” she said. “Once enrolled, they will receive two free skating passes per child, each week in their email inbox.” Adults can register up to four children—10-years-old, or younger—per email address, to receive the free passes. Each child may only be registered one time. Passes will be good for one week only, according to Grammatico. “Skate rentals are not included with this particular promotion,” she said. “However, the center will offer skates at a rental fee of only $4 per guest.” Epic Rollertainment asks that you bring your child only once a day and reminds that the passes are not applicable for use with birthday parties or special group events. For more information, visit www.EpicRollertainment.com or follow them on Facebook at www. Facebook.com/EpicSk8. Register for a free summer of skating for your kids at www. KidsSkateFree.com.
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times and dates over the summer. Inside Epic, skaters and families enjoy live entertainment, DJ thumping tunes, a full service café, little ones can play in the indoor park, large scale 2,000-square-foot arcade with prize counter, free WiFi and a wide skate track. Skate time for the “Morning Zoo” for 10 and under, plays current and past top 40 hits, creating a family friendly atmosphere for all. An “Open Skate” continues throughout the day, until 8 p.m. where censored video content plays on the large screens. After 8 p.m. the Open Skate sessions play uncensored music and videos, in a more club-style atmosphere. Wednesday and Sunday nights are for adults only, where music ranges to past hits, old school R & B, Motown, and club music, according to Epic Rollertainment’s website. Epic Rollertainment is in the process of upgrading its music software, and recently reached out to fans on Facebook for song requests. Stay tuned for more variety in the music department. Suggestions have included more tunes from the ‘70s and ‘80s, as well as the time honored roller skating “hokey pokey” tradition.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS KIDS AND TEENS: Summer Enrichment Camps – Looking for something fun for your kids to do this summer? The Temecula Community Service department is offering over 100 partial or halfday summer enrichments camps for kids and teens. These exciting fun-filled camps are a great way for kids to enjoy their summer vacation. Space is limited. Detailed camp information, available dates and registration visit www.tcsd. cityoftemecula.org or contact the Community Services department at (951) 240-4266. May 28 – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Splash Medics - a presentation about water/ pool safety for preschoolers at Menifee Preschool, 26350 La Piedra Rd., Menifee. Information: Helen (951) 672-6478. May 29 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Test Your Senses - maybe your eyes, or ears, or sense of smell will deceive you as Professor Pennypickle and his staff test and experiment with sensory phenomena at the Temecula Children’s Museum, 42081 Main St. Tickets and Information: (951) 308-6376. June 8 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Groovy Henna Tattoos at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Rd. Natasha Papousek of Crescent Moon Designs will kick start the Read to Rhythm Summer Reading Program. This program is for teens in grades 7-12 and is limited to the first 30 participants. Registration required. Registration and Information: (951) 693-8900. June 10 – 10:30-11:15 a.m. Come Rock out with Twinkle Time at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Rd. Get movin’ and groovin’ at this high energy, colorful, pop music show for kids! Space is limited. Passes issued 30 minutes prior on a first come basis. Information: Children’s staff (951) 693-8980. June 10 – One World Rhythm an interactive program where children ages 3-12 get to play an instrument in the Community Room at the Grace Mellman Library, 41000 County Center Dr., Temecula. Information: Dominique (951) 296-3893. June 15 – 7-8:30 p.m. Peace, Love, Music and Tie Dye teen program! Design a one of a kind T-shirt and see what groovy patterns you can create at the Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Rd. Information: Devyn (951) 6938980. ENTERTAINMENT: May 28 – 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: Chris Dawson Trio with Roger Shew and Sinclair Lott. Tickets: $15. Information: (866) 653-8696. May 30 – 8 p.m. Comedy at the Merc, will be at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Improve Comedy with a unique style of audience-participatory improvised comedy where you play too by helping to write, direct and even star onstage with some of the region’s most talented comedic actors. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. May 30 – 2-4 p.m. Barbra and Frank: The Concert that Never Was presented by Inland Valley Symphony at TVHS’s Golden Bears Theater, 31555 Rancho Vista Rd., Temecula. This performance is a tribute to the Voices of the Century a Vegas style show. Tickets and Information: (760) 318-0460. May 31 – 2-5 p.m. IE Entertainers performing at North Hall, 26850 Sun City Blvd., Menifee. This is a free event open to the public. Come and hear many talented IE musical artists performing. The show is limited to 100 audience members. Reservations and Information: Lenore (951) 719-0242. May 31 – 6:30 p.m. Cabaret at the Merc co-produced by Jordan Beck and J. Scott Lapp in association with Temecula Presents. Cabaret will bring you the best of Broadway on the last Sunday of each month. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. May 31 –3 p.m. Classics at the Merc, Classics is a weekly chamber recital series co-produced by the California Chamber Orchestra and Temecula Presents. Each Sunday afternoon they feature an individual musician or small ensemble performing a wide range of music. The performers are all working professional musicians or advanced conservatory students. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. June 4 – 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: Jacques Lesure Quartet. Tickets: $15. Information: (866) 653-8696. June 4 – 7-8:30 p.m. Summer
Sunset Film and Concert Series featuring “Music” Woodie & The Longboards at the Temecula Amphitheater, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. Information: Community Services Department (951) 6946480. June 5 – 7:30-10 p.m. Oak Grove Fundraiser night featuring Lee Dewyze American Idol season 9 winner and friends performing at Pala Casino, 11154 CA-76, Pala. Proceeds benefitting the Arts and Autism programs of Oak Grove Center. Tickets: Pala Box office (877) 946-7252. Information: www. oakgrovecenter.org. June 6 – 7 and 9 p.m. Country Live! At the TCC, 28816 Pujol St., Temecula Presented by Gwyn Sanborn featuring the house band backing up the valley’s hottest c o u n t r y a r t i s t s . Ti c k e t s a n d Information: (866) 653-8696. June 7 – 3 p.m. The Fallbrook Chorale will perform at the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, 2400 S. Stage Coach Ln., Fallbrook. The theme will be Americana and will feature songs from Gershwin, Foster, Folk, spirituals, popular American and patriotic renditions. Tickets: $15. Information: Lenora (760) 731-7534. June 7 – 1:30-4:30 p.m. Lakeside Dixieland Jazz Club to host its monthly afternoon of Dixieland and Swing music at the Lake Elsinore/ Wildomar Elks Club, 33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar. Public, Dancers and Musicians are invited. Featured band; 2nd Hand Brass Band. Musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments and participate in mixed sets. Information: Dr. Arlene (951) 245-9504. June 7 – 1:30-4:30 p.m. Lakeside Dixieland Jazz Club to host monthly afternoon of Dixieland and Swing music at the lake Elsinore Elks Club, 33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar. The pubic, dancers and musicians are invited. Cost: Non-members $8. Featuring the 2nd Hand Brass Band. Information: Dr. Arlene (951) 245-9504. June 11 – 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: Tickets: $15. Information: (866) 653-8696. June 11 – 7-8:30 p.m. Summer Sunset Film and Concert Series “Music” Y3K Band at the Temecula Amphitheater, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. Information: Community Services Department (951) 6946480. June 12 – 8 p.m. Debajo Del Agua presented by Temecula Presents will be at the Community Recreation Center Amphitheatre, 30875 Rancho Vista Rd. Temecula. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. June 12-13 – 8-10 p.m. American Idiot produced by Broadway Starz and Heyday Productions. This musical tells the story of three lifelong friends forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia at 42092 Winchester Rd., Temecula. Tickets and Information: broadwaystarzmarketing@gmail. com or Theresa (951) 595-7615. June 12, 13,14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 – 6:30 p.m. “The Odd Couple” dinner theater and show presented by Fine Arts Network Theater Company at The Temecula Valley Event Center, 27345 Jefferson Ave. June 12 and 20 (Felix night Salmon and Truffles) June 13 and19 (Oscar night Ribs and BBQ) June 14 – dessert and show 2 p.m. June 18 – dessert and show 7:30 p.m. June 21 – Oscars Father Day dinner (lunch and dinner) 2 p.m. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. June 13 – Speakeasy presented by David Bradley in association with Temecula Presents this live Traditional Jazz of the ‘20’s-‘40’s with performances that feature Second Hand Jazz with vocalist Rosalie Porter in rotation with prominent Southern California Traditional Jazz artists. This intimate club setting will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696. June 13 – 7:30-10 p.m. Pops Under the Stars presented by Inland Valley Symphony at the Temecula Civic Center Courtyard, 41000 Main Street. Information: (760) 318-0460. June 14 – 3 p.m. Classics at the Merc, 42051 Main St., TemeculaClassics is a weekly chamber recital series co-produced by the California Chamber Orchestra and Temecula Presents. Performers are all working professional musicians or advanced conservatory students will perform at the Temecula Community Center, 28816 Pujol St. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.
May 28 – 7:30 -9:30 a.m. State of the City Address for the city of Temecula will be held at Pechanga Resort and Casino, 45000 Pechanga Pkwy., Temecula. The honorable Mayor Jeff Comerchero will discuss the current achievements of the city as well as projections for the forthcoming and future years. Information: (951) 694-6444 or www.cityoftemecula.org. May 29 – 10 a.m. Menifee United Church of Christ offering prayer time in its Peace Garden every Friday. Scriptural Prayer and Spoken Prayer. The community is invited to take part in this weekly prayer time. The UCC is located at 26701 McCall Blvd., Menifee. Information: Rev. Bill Freeman (616) 796-5598. May 29-June 1 –6 a.m.-10 p.m. Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival at Lake Skinner. Hot air balloon launches, evening balloon glows, wine tasting, chef demonstrations, arts and crafts, concerts, freestyle motocross show on Sunday and much more. Friday night: 3-10 p.m. Sunday: 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: (951) 676-6713. May 30 – 8:30-11:30 a.m. The city of Murrieta would like to salute military moms and wives with a free brunch in memory of Kathy Moe Gibbs at Murrieta Library Garden of Verses, 8 Town Square adjacent to the Murrieta Public Library. Daycare will be provided by Centerpoint Church. RSVP: militarymoms@ murrieta.org by May 22. May 30 – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Open House for Hope Children’s Center, 29141 Vallejo Ave., Temecula. Refreshments, children’s activities and petting zoo. Information: (951) 694-3607 or hopechildrensctr@ hotmail.com. June 5 – 5-11 p.m. Menifee Chamber of Commerce annual Installation Dinner/Dance at Soboba Country Club, 10210 Soboba Rd., San Jacinto. Information: (951) 672-1991. June 6 – 1-4 p.m. Temecula Sons of Norway to host a Scandinavian Heritage Fair at the Asistance League, 28720 Via Montezuma, Temecula. Scandinavian exhibits, food, crafts, Viking photo booth and more. This event is free and open to the public. Information: Caronne (909) 239-8399 or threevannyhuis@ yahoo.com. June 13 – 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Temecula Valley Museum Bazaar at 41970 Moreno Rd., Temecula. This is a free event open to the public. Information: historymuseum@ cityoftememcula.org or (951) 6946450. June 13 – 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cruising to the ‘50s at 503 S. Buena Vista St., Hemet. This fundraiser for Home away from Home after school and sports program raising money to help build a sports park for the program and community. Music, vendors, food, classic car show and more. Information: irisjohnson@sorare.com or (951) 306-4604. June 14 – 12:30-3 p.m. Free Community BBQ at Orchard Christian Fellowship, 42101
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Moraga Rd., Temecula. Everyone is invited to join in on this community BBQ with water slide, burgers, hot dogs, jumper, rock wall, snow cones, cotton candy, games, prizes and more! Information: info@ orchardtemecula.com or Michele (951) 699-5433. 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. Six-week session begins June 22 and eightweek 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) 6991526, ext. 109. May 28 – 9-11 a.m. IE Score Workshop: Building Rock Solid Wealth. Come learn Business Continuation Planning and how to begin with the end in mind at this workshop with guest speaker, Bonnie Clark, a licensed life agent. Registration: www.inlandempire. score.org/localworkshops/buildingrock-solid-wealth. June 1 – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Gem of the Valley Art Association to host monthly meeting at the Murrieta Senior Center, 41717 Juniper St., Murrieta. This will be the last meeting before summer break and will be a pot luck luncheon with a white elephant sale. Visitors welcome. Information: Chris (951) 461-9644. June 4 – 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Professional Women’s Roundtable announces How Great Women Leaders Respond to Conflict with guest speaker, Kelly Bennett at The Grill Room, 41687 Temeku Dr., Temecula. The PWR invites all professional women and members to attend their meetings every first Thursday of the month. Reservations and Information: Annette (951) 3006676 or www.pwronline.org. June 4 – 6:30 p.m. Supervisor Chuck Washington to hold Town Hall meeting at the Frances Domenigoni Community Center, 32665 Haddock St., Winchester. Come meet and greet Supervisor Washington and representatives from his 3rd District office as he introduces himself and meets with residents of the Winchester/ Homeland area to hear their concerns and share his vision for the 3rd Districts future. Information: Claudia (951) 955-1030. June 5 – 5-8:30 p.m. MSJC’s Free STEM Summer Institute Open to High School Juniors and Seniors at MSJC, 28237 La Piedra Rd., Menifee. STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math) will be held on Saturday and Sunday June 6 and 7 from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in building 800. The public is invited to hear Dr. Pam Clute as she kicks off the event at 7 p.m. on Friday. During the event students will participate in hands-on activities, workshops and other activities that will show how important STEM is to our region’s economy. Registration: www.msjcstemsi2015.eventbrite. com. Information: Anthony (951) 639-5268 or cranthony@msjc.edu. June 5 – 6 p.m. MTRA (Murrieta Temecula Republican Assembly) dinner meeting will be held at Temecula City Hall Conference Center, 41000 Main St. Guest speaker Wes Bentley, former Marine from Far Reaching Ministries. Cost: Non-members $20. RSVP and Information: Kurt (951) 600-7370 or cradistrict36@gmail.com. June 10 – 11:30 a.m. NAFE Menifee lunch meeting at Merna’s Café & Grill, 26850 Cherry Hills Blvd., Menifee. Dynamic speaker and networking. Reservations and Information: Robbie (951) 2559200 or rmotter@aol.com. June 10 – 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. TVE2 Pitch Practice. Calling all tech startup entrepreneurs – come and practice your pitch in a fun, friendly environment. Entrepreneurs that pitch will receive feedback from a panel of experts. Information: Cheryl.kitzerow@ tve2.org or register on-line at www. tve2pitchpracticemay.eventbrite. com. June 11 – 6:30 p.m. Michelle’s Place, Breast Cancer Resource Center to host a free educational seminar with Dr. Wade Smith who will provide an in-depth look into breast oncology along with updates on what’s new in breast health including treatment strategies for premenopausal patients with earlystage, estrogen receptor-positive cancer, how breast oncologists decide whether to recommend chemotherapy in the curative setting, and recent advantages in targeted treatment for advanced breast cancer. Seminar will be held at 27645 Jefferson Ave. #117, Temecula. Information: Judee (951) 699-5455 or judee@michelleplace. org or www.michellesplace.org. June 11 – 9 a.m.-12 p.m. IE SBDC Loans for Your Business. If you need a business loan, but aren’t sure which loan you need, please attend this seminar which is designed to give you the information to prepare for the loan process with requirements and qualifications and to secure the right financing for your business. Registration: www. iesmallbusiness.com. June 11 – 5:30-7 p.m. Tri-Tech SBDC CEO Storytelling has a different story to tell and each story adds new insights and ideas for our own businesses. Join in to hear from BJ Fazeli, entrepreneur. R e g i s t r a t i o n : w w w. j u n e c e o . eventbrite.com.
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Local ANNIVERSARY from page A-1 have, and wanted to merge both a promotion of successful marriage and be an example, to provide resources for good marriages.” The question of how their marriage is not only lasting but thriving is a common one for the Van Der Lindens. Introduced by friends in college, married in Hacienda Heights afterward, their actual anniversary is in September. Both in their mid to late 40s, Ric and Anne attribute the success of their marriage to how it began. “We started with the end in mind,” Ric said. “We knew we were getting married forever, a lasting covenant under God, and a forever relationship. Also, we were willing to give, and to sacrifice for each other.” Anne agreed with her own thoughts on the matter. “I think we tried to make it easy on each other,” she said. “We don’t try to make each other’s lives difficult, but instead, try to look at the other person needs.” They’ve plotted their course, using a combination of the Trans American route and Race across
America. “We’re not racing!” Anne said with a laugh. “Just casually pedaling across America.” For Anne, her love of cycling is Ric’s doing. “I was a runner when we met in college,” she said. “Ric was the cyclist.” The first lesson in how to have a successful marriage, was compromise, and while Ric wasn’t a great runner, Anne took up cycling with ease. “He told me, you don’t see many 90-year-olds out running,” Anne said. “It’s better on the body to cycle.” Riding tandem allows Ric and Anne to have many conversations, about life, their family, their faith, and the world they’re pedaling past. Training for the journey has been what they always do, just in longer stretches. “We already ride 150 miles a week and on weekends,” Ric said. They ride with groups or solo three or four times a week. “Now, we’ll just be doing longer stretches.” Their journey, which fans can follow on their Facebook page, will start in Oceanside near the home of
one of the friends who introduced them, starting them on their marriage journey. The final stop will be in Yorktown, Va., where they will end up near another friend who introduced them. Along the way, the couple’s parents and daughter will leapfrog their journey in a motorhome. “They’ll pass us up to set up at the next camp at the end of the day,” Ric said. His mother, Sandy Van Der Linden—a resident of Hemet— weighed in on the journey ahead. “I’m quite excited to be going, and to see country I’ve never seen before,” she said. To track the tandem bike riders, Ric and Anne will be set up with a GPS tracking device so that their spotters can watch on a map and know their location at all time. Their bike tour will last an estimated 45 days of pedaling, with one day off a week and breaks in between. Their average speed is approximately 12-miles-per-hour. Crossing the country is no small feat, as there are mountains and summer in the deserts in their future. They’ve planned accordingly, investing in both a full set of
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replacement parks for their Santana Tandem bike and special UV and heat resistant sleeves for arms and legs for the ride. “When (the sleeves) get wet, they act like air conditioning, which is important in the desert where temperatures can top 120-degrees,” Ric said. “We’ll be pedaling through the desert in the heat of the day. We will need to stay cool as possible and hydrated.” The speed and pace the Van Der Lindens have set leave room for conversation, another part of lasting marriage. “We look forward to a lot of good conversations,” Ric said. “We talk about faith, family, business, things that we see.” At each stop, they plan on meeting new people, finding others who are enjoying lasting marriages, and sharing their pictures via Facebook. “We want our Facebook fan page to be a wealth of resources, for marriage counseling, marriage support organizations,” Anne said. “We’ll keep it updated every day, and ask
at least one couple that looks like a happily married couple their advice on what it takes to make a successful marriage.” At the end of their journey, Ric and Anne will enjoy a few days on the East Coast, spending time at a resort and traveling for a few days before they head home and hang their tandem bike up for a while. With his parents just celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year, and Anne’s parents married in a “till death do we part” way, they both continue to view marriage as a together, forever journey. “We both had strong examples to live by,” Ric said. “We want to continue to be an example and show that that’s how it’s meant to be.” The Van Der Linden’s will leave Temecula on Sunday, June 28, from the Old Town Bridge on Main St. 8 a.m. and invite all who wants to roll out on their bicycles for that leg of their journey. Follow them on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ LastingMarriageBikeTour
Top artists converge at Temecula winery for summer show TEMECULA –Next weekend, the dazzling work of ten acclaimed artists will be on display for a four-day show at Lorimar Winery located at 39990 Anza Road, in Temecula wine country. The event aims to raise the bar on fine art collecting in the region. The show, which runs from June 4-7, will be open to the public all four days with special evening receptions filled with music, wine and guest appearances by some of the artists. On
Friday and Saturday, the featured evening receptions are from 6-9 p.m. What sets this show apart is its wide spectrum of artists and their level of talent. All of the artists show in galleries nationwide and have strong collector bases around the globe. They hail from places like San Francisco, Uruguay and Santa Fe. Featured artists include award-winning painters Jhina Alvarado, Santiago Garcia, Jill Holland, Darlene McElroy Theresa Paden, Linda St. Clair, Marci Surratt, Trevor Swanson, and local landscape painter Jami Tobey. The wildlife sculpture of Tammy Lynn Penn will also be on display. The show features a wide range of styles from abstract expressionism to wildlife realism to landscape Impressionism and plenty in between. Lorimar Winery owners said they are excited to make progress on their pledge to bring world-class art to the Temecula Valley. “This is an unprecedented event that we are proud to host,” said Dave Lester, the winery’s art gallery director.“This is the type of show has the potential to put Temecula on the map for fine art appreciation and collecting.” Members of the public will get the chance to meet some of the artists during the show, and purchase the paintings at a promotional rate. “The art is infused with bright colors, bold statements, and unexpected surprises,” Lester said. “Talking about the art is so much like describing wine that it’s a natural match for us.” For event details, contact Lorimar Winery at (951) 6946699, Ext. 4 or visit www. lorimarwinery.com. For details on the artists, contact Weaver and Associates at (951) 259-6320 or weaverandassociatesart@gmail. com.
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Healthy & Beautiful Gardens Healthy soil explained from the ‘ground up’
Linda McDonald-Cash Special to the Valley News Hello fellow gardeners! Since spring, or is it summer, is suddenly here I thought that it might be a good idea this week to educate you a little bit “from the ground up” literally, so to speak, as soil is the foundation for your entire garden and everything growing in it. Let me start by pointing out the basic four types of soil. Sandy–you know, DG (decomposed gravel) water goes right through it; you can’t form a “ball” with it in your hand when wet. Silt– this is somewhere between the two others, some sand, some clay with a little organic matter. And then of course, what I have the most of in my yard – clay, which is the worst, due to the fact that it does not allow water to drain, and thereby suffocates
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the roots of your plants, its “slick” when wet, forms a ball in your hand easily and usually is what “dirt clods” are made of. “Loam” is that soil that usually has the most organic matter with some of the other elements in lesser amounts; it’s what we gardeners strive for! Now that you know what the types of soil are, how do you go about improving what you have? What you want is loam, obviously, but how do you go about getting it? In a word – compost. You need to add organic matter to your soil, doesn’t matter if its sandy or clay, compost will help your soil, it “loosens” clay soil so that water can move through it, it helps sandy soil “hold” water. Organic soil is
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the best, and of course, making your own is the cheapest. I will go over making your own compost in another article soon but for now go to: www.composting101.com. Adding good organic compost will also help those micro-organisms in the soil that in turn literally help your plant roots absorb nutrients from the soil! Not to get
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too technical on you, but there is something in the soil – living soil, called “mycorrhizal fungi” and this thrives in loamy soil and its job is to transfer those nutrients to the roots of your plants – in what is known as a “symbiotic” relationship – that is, one that is of benefit to both. You will need to replenish organic material into the soil regularly, at
least once a year if not more often, but it’s well worth the effort. If you have earthworms in your soil you are lucky! These little critters are one of the best you can have in your soil – not only will they “aerate” the soil, enabling your plants to thrive, but they add
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Market at a glance (As of May 24, 2015) TEMECULA (all zip codes) No of Homes Sold
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Inventory of Properties Listed
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MURRIETA (92562) (48)
WILDOMAR
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(436) 441
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(169) 160
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Average Selling Price
$377,776
$366,626
$321,573
$290,775
$259,379
$228,215
Average List Price
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$621,763
$389,296
$365,534
$349,620
$235,547
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$499,000
$425,000
$375,000
$339,900
$339,900
$209,900
$194
$162
$149
$148
$144
$126
Asking Price per Square Foot Average Days on Market
(92)
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(94)
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(59)
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(86)
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(76)
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Most Expensive Listing
$4,250,000
$4,499,000
$1,299,000
$4,500,000
$875,000
$234,547
Least Expensive Listing
$180,000
$129,900
$160,000
$80,000
$130,000
$209,900
Average Age of Listing
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Median House Size (sq ft) Median Lot Size (sq ft) Median Number of Bedrooms Median Number of Bathrooms Market Action Index
2973
2954
2400
2410
2373
1611
8001-10,000
6501-8000
8001-10,000
6501-8000
6501-8000
6501-8000
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.0
Seller (42.0)
Seller (43.6)
Seller (50.8)
Seller (44.9)
Seller (49.2)
Seller (42.7)
* 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 05/25/15. Sales Data provided by SRCAR (MLS) and current as of 05/24/15. Boxes with dual entries have last week’s number (in parentheses) and this week’s number for comparision purposes. Valley News makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this data.
SPORTS
Temecula Bowler has flawless outing at 2015 USBC Open Championships Marv Sargent of Temecula has been one of the best doubles partners in recent history at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, but he also was able to find individual success last week as he rolled the sixth perfect game of the 2015 event. The 56-year-old right-hander, who owns 12 PBA regional titles, connected on 12 consecutive strikes between games of 189 and 196 for a 685 singles series at the El Paso Convention Center. Sargent started his day with a 687 set, helping him and Marc Scherlis of San Diego into 13th place in Regular Doubles with a 1,336 total. Since 2011, Sargent and Scherlis have been a mainstay near the top of the doubles standings, recording three top-15 finishes, with a best showing of fifth in 2011. Including their performance in 2015, Sargent has averaged more than 237 in doubles since 2011, while Scherlis has come in just under 225. Founded in 1895, today USBC
and its 2,500 state and local associations proudly serve more than a million members. USBC is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, working toward a future for the sport. The United States Bowling Congress serves as the national governing body of bowling as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee. USBC conducts championship events nationwide including the largest participation sporting events in the world – the USBC Open and Women’s Championships – and professional events such as the USBC Masters and USBC Queens. More information can be found at www.BOWL.com. Marv Sargent of Temecula rolled a perfect 300 game last week at the 2015 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships at the El Paso Convention Center. Courtesy photo
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Real Estate / Home & Garden
6 things your real estate agency should tell you when listing your home
John Occhi and Mike Mason Special to the Valley News Many homeowners today are optimistic about the potential profit they will realize when they sell their home this summer. The recent headlines have reported nothing short of miraculous improvements to the housing market and sellers are gearing up for big price increases and record breaking time on the market. The downside is these lofty expectations may lead to a major disappointment. It’s more critical than ever to have a local agent that understands the local real estate market and can educate their clients on the following six very important topics. The market dictates the price – not the seller and not the real estate agent Nearly every homeowner believes that their home is special and one of the best in the entire neighborhood, and should therefore be priced higher than other comparable homes currently being sold. Knowing the competition is critical to effectively pricing a home. Your agent should be able to show you on paper where your home stacks up to the completion. However, not everyone really gets it by looking at values on a spreadsheet. If this is you, then have your agent take you on a tour of the neighborhood and preview each comparative home on the market. Once you, as the seller, have a chance to see what money will buy in the current market, you should have a better idea of where your home should be priced. Your local real estate agent knows the market and should be an expert at pricing homes for sale. Utilize this valuable expertise to your advantage. Set the stage – staging matters Sure, you live in a beautiful home and everyone compliments you on your decorating skills. This does not give you a pass at staging. Bring in an independent third party who will depersonalize and declutter the living space so that it shows its best under the brightest of lights. Have you ever toured model homes? They all look inviting and lived in yet there are never any
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personal items that will identify the occupants of the home other than a boys or girls room. Create a plan with a checklist so that for every open house or showing you can go through the home and create the desired image. You have to remember the entire purpose of staging is to allow the potential buyer to see themselves living in your home and call it theirs. Don’t forget that staging includes curb appeal, too. Fix it before you list it Any home repairs that have been on the “Honey Do” list need to be done before you ever allow one prospective buyer from previewing you home. Nearly all home repairs have a minimal cost that a potential home buyer will perceive as much more expensive and inconvenient if not taken care of first. A buyer will typically compute the cost as a negative which will be deducted from the asking price when structuring an offer. Therefore, it is much more cost effective to take care of these minor issues up front. There are a number of renovations that can be made that will add even more value to your home and increase the desirability of it to even more buyers. For starters, consider adding a fresh coat of paint to the exterior. Consider replacing the windows and exterior doors. We’ve already mentioned “curb appeal.” This goes beyond having the front lawn kept green and mowed. Consider landscaping and new LED lighting. Is your flooring up to date or dated and worn? Kitchens and baths are what sell homes are yours really the best in the neighborhood? Is the roof in good shape? How about the foundation? By all means consider a fresh coat of interior paint and a good deep cleaning of the entire home – top to bottom. Incentives are a great motivator There are a number of ways to offer an incentive to the buyer. Perhaps one of the most common that is almost taken for granted today is offering a one-year home warranty. This takes the concern of any hidden expenses for deferred maintenance that may go uncovered during inspections. No one likes those kinds of surprises. Other incentives that will help differentiate your listing from others on the market is to offer to pay some of the buyers closing costs, HOA fees for a year or even to buy down their interest rate on their home loan. While technically not a buyers
incentive, many sellers will offer a brokers incentive of extra cash above the commission if they can bring a buyer who can close be a specified date. Realize that brokers and agents sift through hundreds, if not thousands, of listings and finding the ones that pay the most just may end up on the short list of homes to show. Serious buyers are shopping 365 days a year Don’t fall into the trap thinking that buyers are only “out there” on certain days of the week and only during certain seasons of the year. Escrows are opened and closed every day – including some holidays. Your agent should have a marketing plan that covers all of the holidays for the next six months, if they want a six-month listing. While spring and summer are traditionally the hottest selling seasons locally, they also have the most competition with lots of inventory for sale, which means lots of options for the buyers who are shopping for homes. Never forget that all real estate is local and your agent should be too The news is full of headlines reporting on the real estate market, as a whole. But who really knows what’s going on in your neighborhood? Is it an agent from San Diego? Los Angeles? Orange County? I think not – it’s an agent who lives locally and works locally. It’s a real estate agent who has a vested interest in the community and understands its quality of life and everything about the community. There are many common misconceptions about real estate and market trends. To start yourself on a path to a successful sale, make sure that your local real estate agent understands and explains to you what you need to know when listing your home for sale. Mason is the broker/owner of Mason Real Estate Cal. BRE: 01483044, board of director of Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors and traveling state director of the California Association of Realtors. Occhi is a semi-retired Temecula real estate agent who’s 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. For free information regarding available homes for sale and/or other real estate matters, contact Mason at Mike@GoTakeAction.com or (951) 296-8887.
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Melissa Brown, CCAM, PCAM has recently joined Avalon as regional director of its San Marcos location. Courtesy photo
reading, hiking and spending time with her family. Avalon’s San Marcos office location, combined with its offices in Temecula and Canyon Lake, provides clients with expanded access and connections to the most cost effective and successful management group in the region. To read more about how Avalon can assist your community, visit www.AvalonWeb.com or call (800) 343-7213, ext. 101.
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Q : Mr. Dennis, I own a home that is paid in full. I have been offered a sales agreement where the buyer/tenant agrees to a 20-year lease/purchase. Due to the new sale of home taxes, will I be charged any of this year’s surcharge tax on this transaction or would I be charged this surcharge on each month’s lease payment, or is there another scenario? Thank you, Russ. A : To do a lease/purchase correctly, Russ, and without incurring unwanted taxes at this time, you really should put that transaction into three documents: 1. An option because that is what you’re actually giving the buyer. Remember, it’s his option to buy and if he should change his mind, the option is gone. 2. Lease agreement—This permits the tenant to occupy the property under the terms as a tenant. 3. Purchase agreement—Depending on how it is written, the option converts into the purchase agreement at the end of the option period. Therefore, the purchase agreement is really not needed. Under the option and/or lease
agreement the tenant/optionee can do any property modification and maintenance . . . up to a point of your satisfaction. So, how much painting and rehabbing are you going to allow which will be expressed in the agreement. Further, in 20 years the property will likely be worth more. Since you’ll have a tenant in your property for 20 years, you will have to treat the property like any other tenancy. The rent you receive is taxable, but you will also need to depreciate the property over the 20 years. The IRS demands this. Technically, the property belongs to you for the whole 20 years, and should you get into any kind of legal problem, it could be attached and the tenant could lose his tenancy in the process. So, I strongly suggest you consult with a real estate attorney to put your option/lease/purchase together. A CPA or tax attorney will disclose your tax concerns. You might ask the attorney the possibility of a non-revocable trust or a simple family trust to see if it would be apropos in your case.
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Real Estate / Home & Garden
SOIL from page B-1 a little bonus as well “castings” or “worm poop” which is very valuable in nutrients and useable by your plants. The more organic matter in the soil, the more earthworms you will have and the healthier your soil will be. The healthier your soil is, the healthier your plants will be, it’s that simple. When I see plants that are sickly, or covered with aphids or other diseases, I always check the soil first, because that’s where you will find your problems. I would also briefly like to mention soil “ph”, this is important as plants have various ranges that they do best in and you need to measure your soil ph to find out. They have inexpensive test kits available at most gardening stores/nurseries/do it yourself stores and they will also tell you if a specific plant needs a specific ph to thrive in. I find our soils tend to be on the alkaline side, our water is quite alkaline, so I occasionally use sulfur to amend my soil and lower the ph a little as needed. The “Sunset Western Garden Book” one of my “go to” reference books and a must have for any serious gardener, recommends adding calcium carbonate/lime to raise the ph of acid soil, and adding sulfur to lower the ph of alkaline soil. Ideally your soil should be “neutral” for most plants, which is between 6-7 on the ph scale, however some plants prefer more acid or more alkaline soil, and I’ll let you do your homework to find out which likes what! Blueberries, gardenias and azaleas do prefer more acid soil (5.5-6), there, I gave you a couple! It’s important you know about the basic minerals that make up most fertilizers and are critical to healthy plant growth. All fertilizers will list at least three numbers on them, something like: 5-10-5 or 1010-10, these numbers are referring to; Nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium or NPK, respectively. Nitrogen is essential for green leaves and overall healthy growth,
Healthy soil.
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An inexpensive soil test kit available at any nursery department.
phosphorous is essential for good blooms/fruit production, and potassium is essential for good healthy root structure – this is simplified, of course, but the gist of it. There are also numerous “minor” or “trace” elements that are essential for good plant growth and health, those are copper, iron, sulfur, magnesium, potassium, boron, zinc and calcium. If you are deficient in any of these nutrients, there will be signs visible in your plants usually. So make sure, in addition to compost, you get a good balanced organic based fertilizer into the soil. I prefer “organic” to chemical fertilizer due to the fact that they actually feed the soil, instead of just the plant. Chemical fertilizers create “plant junkies” that need their next “fix”, much better to go organic which feeds the soil and the plant naturally. Organic soil teems with earthworms and healthy plants. I can’t cover all the possible deficiencies and corrections for soils here but a few notables: yellow leaves with green veins – probable iron deficiency. Iron, along with
nitrogen, helps make the leaves green, and will be visible if it’s lacking, or in some cases, it may be “locked up” in the soil, in other words, because the “ph” is off, the plant is unable to utilize the iron even if it’s there, that’s why it’s important to check ph first. Leaf centers that turn reddish or yellow with dead spots between the veins indicates a magnesium deficiency and can be corrected by adding Epsom Salts (1/2 cup per gallon of water) and watering in on plant. Again, I can’t overemphasize how important good organic compost is in making all these nutrients available to your plants. Last but not least, I am going to name some of my personal favorite organic amendments (compost is a given!) in no particular order, and those are: Greensand (potassium source – flowers go nuts for this stuff!) Epsom Salts (a great magnesium source, and cheap!) Kelp Meal (also in liquid form – both great), Fish emulsion (yes, it stinks, but it’s worth it in the end!) And of course, worm castings. Note: fish emulsion and liquid kelp can be
Healthy soil explained.
mixed into a sprayer and sprayed on plants also, very beneficial. Well, that’s all for this week folks, hope you learned a little something and remember we’re still in a drought. Our water district (Rancho Water and EMWD) is paying $2 a sq. ft. to replace lawn with drought tolerant plants, and I can help you do that, just email or call me. For those of you in the Western Municipal Water District, I understand they temporarily ran out of funds, but that may change
within a week. They require a landscape plan from you and I believe they are paying $3 a sq. ft. so I strongly advise you to take advantage of this program while you can. Have a wonderful week in the garden! 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.
How to make your dishwasher work better
Dishwashers do a lot of cleaning, but they also must be cleaned in order to work effectively. Courtesy photo
The dishwasher is an unsung hero of many a kitchen. When a dishwasher is working properly, it can make fast clean-up of scores of dishes, silverware and glasses. As handy as dishwashers can be, sometimes they seem to lose their cleaning power. While inadequate cleaning may indicate the time has
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coarse filter and is meant to catch big particles that could prevent your tub from draining. Don’t forget to clean the rubber seals around the perimeter of the dishwasher where the door meets up with the tub of the dishwasher, as this is a prime location for debris to gather. Running an empty dishwasher with a clarifying rinse can help wash away any residue and improve performance. Plus, this maintenance task can remove odors and refresh the dishwasher. Put two cups of white vinegar in the bottom of the dishwasher so that it will distribute through the appliance during the cleaning cycles. White vinegar will naturally break down old dishwasher soap and scale buildup inside of the unit. Consider a short rinse afterward with some baking soda to remove odors and scour the interior of the appliance as well. Baking soda and vinegar are popular cleaning substances and are safe to use around food items. For more intense cleaning, create a bath of vinegar and water in your sink basin. Remove parts from the dishwasher, such as shelving and the utensil holder, so that they can soak in the solution. Some dishwashers have removable spinning cleaning arms. Take these off, if possible, and let them soak to dislodge any residue that has clogged the water jets. Use a pipe cleaner or another flexible device to carefully remove any debris from the water holes. You may be amazed at what has built up in these small holes. You also may need to inspect the
drain line, which is often made of plastic and connected to the trap under the kitchen sink. On occasion, this tube can get blocked and prevent the dishwasher from draining effectively. In addition to these cleaning techniques, using a rinse agent may help the dishwasher work better. According to Jet Dry, the maker of a popular rinse agent, rinse agents help your dishwasher rinse
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Real Estate / Home & Garden Recent Home Sales
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Address
Aguanga
Anza
Canyon Lake
Hemet
Lake Elsinore
Menifee
Sale Price
Sq. Ft.
Bedrooms
Bath
Days on Market
City Menifee
Address
Hemet 2355 E. Florida
Sale Price
Sq. Ft.
Bedrooms
Bath
Days on Market
Menifee 27070 Sun City Blvd.
City
Address
San Jacinto
Sale Price
Sq. Ft.
Bedrooms
Bath
Days on Market 48
42740 Wildwood Lane
$124,000
1152
2BR
2BA
20
25781 Cherry Hills Boulevard
$175,000
1588
2BR
2BA
33
1144 Roadrunner Avenue
$237,000
2214
4BR
3BA
49364 Meadowview Way
$259,900
1946
3BR
2BA
38
24320 Paseo Arroyo
$176,000
945
2BR
1BA
126
2815 Newcastle Way
$244,900
3148
5BR
4BA
67
40805 Lakeshore Boulevard
$374,000
2981
3BR
3BA
215
25910 Camino Juarez
$185,000
1251
2BR
2BA
21
1607 Heather Hill Drive
$245,000
2997
6BR
3BA
44
53211 Denny Drive
$179,000
1848
3BR
2BA
17
25906 Ridgemoor Road
$237,000
1674
3BR
2BA
69
29058 Thornhill Drive
$107,250
992
2BR
1BA
24
37875 Bautista Road
$220,000
1456
3BR
2BA
72
25100 Clover Creek Lane
$255,000
2459
4BR
3BA
28
Sun City
25647 Leah Lane
$170,000
845
2BR
1BA
45
37650 Tripp Flats Road
$230,000
1784
2BR
2BA
192
25715 Geisler Road
$266,200
1597
3BR
3BA
15
29140 Del Monte Drive
$184,000
1404
2BR
2BA
68
23760 Cassandra Drive
$119,000
1568
3BR
2BA
44
30114 Pebble Beach Drive
$285,900
1785
3BR
2BA
80
26629 Sun City Boulevard
$189,000
1713
2BR
2BA
93
24440 Paseo Nuna
$199,000
1050
2BR
2BA
28
25268 Red Fern Circle
$299,000
2119
3BR
2BA
49
25813 Sandy Lodge Road
$205,000
1603
3BR
2BA
129 83
29860 Santa Maria Drive
$230,000
1369
3BR
2BA
11
29400 Bouris Drive
$300,000
1901
3BR
3BA
12
26193 Bradshaw Drive
$260,000
1558
3BR
2BA
30096 Swan Point Drive
$325,000
1583
3BR
2BA
175
29110 Fall River Lane
$307,990
2233
4BR
3BA
183
29831 Carmel Road
$225,000
1716
3BR
2BA
64
22770 Castle Crag Drive
$449,000
2312
4BR
2BA
12
27176 Celtic Circle
$310,000
1974
3BR
3BA
11
25105 Carancho Road
$798,000
3021
4BR
4BA
78
Temecula
22354 San Joaquin Drive
$535,000
2312
4BR
3BA
22
29241 Grande Vista Avenue
$319,000
2425
4BR
3BA
6
31139 Camino Del Este
$210,000
900
2BR
2BA
303
30213 Spray Drive
$605,000
1982
3BR
2BA
47
29043 Lakehurst Court
$319,900
2407
4BR
3BA
6
40038 Spring Place Court
$275,000
1530
2BR
3BA
65
1388 Angelus Hill Road
$285,000
2477
5BR
3BA
270
23846 Cheyenne Canyon
$324,000
2795
4BR
3BA
38
39520 Shadow View Court
$280,000
1143
3BR
2BA
43
25916 Baylor Way
$58,000
860
2BR
1BA
53
29859 Camino Cristal
$328,000
1777
4BR
3BA
31
31642 Corte Tortosa
$320,000
1235
3BR
2BA
111
25921 Baylor Way
$69,990
1080
2BR
2BA
56
28853 Galaxy Way
$330,000
2654
5BR
3BA
60
39819 General Kearny Road
$327,000
2026
4BR
3BA
8
25840 Soboba Street
$80,000
1018
2BR
2BA
63
29052 Walker Point Lane
$340,000
2945
5BR
3BA
81
42174 Veneto Drive
$328,000
2060
3BR
3BA
61
585 San Clemente Street
$87,000
855
2BR
2BA
447
27757 Lake Ridge Drive
$340,000
3020
4BR
3BA
43
30105 Willow Drive
$329,000
1629
3BR
3BA
11
300 Calle Cazadero
$87,000
1007
2BR
1BA
89
29191 Shadow Hills Street
$345,000
2737
4BR
3BA
25
31950 Monique Circle
$330,000
1795
4BR
2BA
17
2392 San Helice Court
$89,000
827
2BR
1BA
88
25304 Country Fair Drive
$345,900
2886
3BR
3BA
57
31324 Enfield Lane
$339,900
1997
4BR
3BA
8
890 Gilbert Street
$109,000
1008
2BR
2BA
110
29172 Shadow Hills Street
$359,000
3140
6BR
4BA
7
31420 Congressional Drive
$360,000
2470
3BR
3BA
91
531 Thompson Street
$125,000
884
2BR
1BA
39
575 Westmont Avenue
$130,000
980
2BR
1BA
5
Murrieta
29761 Maritime Way
$364,900
2990
4BR
3BA
6
31283 Ashmill Court
$365,000
1997
4BR
3BA
73
40575 Calle De Suenos
$629,000
3173
2BR
1BA
41
39155 Pagosa Springs Drive
$418,900
2692
4BR
4BA
33
41181 Torrey Pine Court
$135,000
1036
2BR
2BA
50
40120 Calle De Suenos
$940,000
3243
5BR
6BA
103
30135 Via De La Mesa
$437,000
1850
3BR
2BA
89
895 Cameo Avenue
$142,500
1034
2BR
2BA
30
23631 Cadenza Drive
$385,000
2500
4BR
3BA
56
28989 Williston Court
$438,888
2512
3BR
3BA
56
2423 El Rancho Circle
$143,000
1294
2BR
2BA
7
23842 Jonathan Place
$617,000
2766
5BR
3BA
22
39186 Clear Creek Lane
$450,000
3009
4BR
4BA
49
542 THOMPSON
$145,000
1030
2BR
2BA
109
26302 Arboretum Way
$171,000
890
2BR
2BA
27
27549 Swallow Court
$296,000
1077
2BR
2BA
29
455 Tahquitz Avenue
$145,000
1475
2BR
2BA
2
23978 Via Astuto
$236,000
1154
2BR
2BA
29
31940 Calle Redondela
$335,900
1950
4BR
3BA
68
599 Montrose Avenue
$149,900
1339
3BR
1BA
14
23796 Corte Picante
$250,000
1263
3BR
2BA
21
43391 Calle Nacido
$365,000
2130
3BR
3BA
201
41379 Shadow Mountain Way
$150,000
1316
2BR
2BA
0
23733 Via Olivia
$255,000
1052
3BR
2BA
9
32339 Via Destello
$370,000
1914
3BR
2BA
35
878 Topaz Avenue
$152,000
974
2BR
2BA
7
27636 Desert Gold Court
$265,000
1727
3BR
3BA
43
43051 Corte Fresca
$377,000
2130
3BR
3BA
261
3509 Anchorage Street
$156,000
1128
2BR
2BA
171
24422 Rovendale Court
$273,000
1685
3BR
2BA
94
32230 Cala Torrente
$385,000
2200
5BR
3BA
6
2697 Upton Place
$174,000
1421
3BR
2BA
121
40375 Via Malagas
$282,500
1840
3BR
3BA
185
42832 Beamer Court
$388,000
2224
3BR
3BA
36
427 Copenhagen Street
$175,000
1374
3BR
2BA
7
40248 Corte Peralta
$285,000
1330
2BR
2BA
72
32663 Driscoll Court
$389,900
1628
3BR
2BA
5
25192 Steiner Drive
$183,000
1133
3BR
2BA
13
24438 Trails End Drive
$285,000
1370
3BR
2BA
2
44958 Blue Rosemary Way
$225,000
1071
2BR
2BA
93
2550 Peach Tree
$185,900
1646
3BR
2BA
7
24547 Via Las Laderas
$300,000
1489
3BR
2BA
82
31163 Strawberry Tree Lane
$252,000
1236
3BR
3BA
31
1046 Merced Way
$190,000
1183
3BR
2BA
6
39520 Crystal Lake Court
$300,000
1853
4BR
3BA
24
44628 Via Lucido
$269,000
1488
3BR
3BA
102
25966 Casa Loma Court
$190,000
1469
3BR
2BA
8
39818 Grenada Corte
$305,000
1322
3BR
2BA
20
45262 Esplendor Court
$282,500
1180
2BR
2BA
68
43705 Tiber Street
$194,250
2851
5BR
3BA
90
40723 Mountain Pride Drive
$308,000
1826
3BR
3BA
44
30913 Loma Linda Road
$310,000
1597
3BR
3BA
61
3411 London Street
$195,000
1276
3BR
2BA
93
40410 Via Malagas
$310,750
1614
3BR
2BA
51
45530 Rainbow Canyon Road
$327,000
1884
4BR
3BA
21
3460 London Street
$199,500
1374
3BR
2BA
21
23674 Morning Glory Drive
$345,000
2137
3BR
2BA
28
33208 Camino Maraca
$328,000
1553
3BR
2BA
13
1621 Cobble Lane
$199,900
1592
3BR
2BA
2
24392 Via Primero
$365,000
2591
4BR
3BA
54
31822 Tamarack Court
$330,000
2156
3BR
3BA
28
43221 San Mateo Way
$199,900
1898
3BR
2BA
76
27815 Post Oak Place
$390,000
3238
5BR
3BA
42
44703 Calle Banuelos
$340,000
1345
3BR
3BA
38
1147 Ticonderoga Lane
$200,000
1556
3BR
2BA
50
23991 Chatenay Lane
$405,000
2855
5BR
3BA
224
45667 Muirfield Drive
$343,500
1604
3BR
2BA
34
409 Sutro Court
$212,000
2122
4BR
2BA
188
23728 Sonata Drive
$460,000
3697
5BR
4BA
184
45691 Muirfield Drive
$345,000
1622
4BR
2BA
24
3395 Murray Hill Way
$219,000
1774
3BR
2BA
11
28813 Calle De La Paz
$149,900
1512
2BR
2BA
87
31291 Strawberry Tree Lane
$363,500
2111
4BR
3BA
115
25384 Bellview Street
$222,000
2176
4BR
3BA
49
28448 Gatineau Street
$275,000
1678
3BR
3BA
6
46089 Via La Colorada
$393,000
1942
4BR
3BA
33
42878 Victorian Drive
$225,000
1502
4BR
2BA
32
38144 Amador Lane
$319,000
1640
3BR
2BA
50
32079 Corte Cardoza
$400,000
1888
3BR
2BA
5
26550 Princeton Street
$230,000
2156
3BR
3BA
44
38866 Wandering Lane
$332,000
2330
4BR
3BA
114
33790 Summit View Place
$405,000
3127
4BR
4BA
115
3950 Bordeaux Lane
$239,900
2399
4BR
2BA
71
38343 Applewood Court
$335,000
2180
3BR
3BA
12
32210 Via Cordoba
$416,500
2118
4BR
3BA
6
7867 Hagen Circle
$272,500
2090
2BR
2BA
2
29201 HYDRANGEA Street
$353,000
2916
5BR
3BA
56
44547 Kingston Drive
$420,330
3717
4BR
3BA
5 17
7774 Rawls Drive
$305,000
2071
2BR
2BA
4
35521 Evening Glow Drive
$370,000
2594
4BR
3BA
118
32197 Camino Guarda
$437,500
2558
4BR
3BA
40621 Quiet Hills
$364,000
1492
3BR
2BA
101
26581 Peachwood Drive
$371,000
2698
5BR
3BA
84
33399 Biltmore Drive
$445,000
3111
5BR
3BA
10
27641 Pachea
$369,000
2294
3BR
4BA
56
29817 Gardenia Circle
$375,000
3066
4BR
4BA
36
46009 Via La Colorada
$450,000
2666
3BR
3BA
13
113 FUERTE Court
$2,400,000
1982
3BR
3BA
71
40279 Banyan Street
$378,500
2487
4BR
3BA
39
44836 Shale Circle
$499,000
3086
4BR
3BA
4
26135 Ivory Palm Drive
$30,000
1200
2BR
2BA
25
37736 Quintana Drive
$389,000
2760
5BR
3BA
31
34029 Galleron Street
$499,990
3356
4BR
3BA
42 39
17857 Foster Street
$175,000
2000
4BR
3BA
20
38082 Encanto Road
$400,000
3301
4BR
3BA
54
46305 Miner Trail
$509,999
3322
5BR
3BA
30505 Canyon Hills Road
$216,000
1633
3BR
3BA
14
29400 Wrangler Drive
$405,000
3470
5BR
3BA
114
32740 Corte Limon
$510,000
2615
4BR
2BA
43
53223 Bonica Street
$255,000
2042
3BR
3BA
554
29255 Ariel Street
$410,000
3400
5BR
3BA
115
45059 Tiburcio Drive
$555,000
3404
4BR
3BA
72
31509 Calle Los Padres
$318,500
1330
3BR
2BA
37
21574 Pecan Street
$150,000
1560
4BR
2BA
137
34170 Carissa Drive
$295,000
1919
4BR
3BA
61
29633 Baker Lane
$410,000
3595
5BR
4BA
45
45003 Carla Court
$309,000
2867
4BR
3BA
90
26324 Sweet Gum Court
$415,000
3481
5BR
3BA
38
Wildomar
34016 Corktree Road
$322,000
2257
4BR
3BA
65
30911 Windflower Lane
$417,000
3817
5BR
4BA
23
34356 Corncrib Circle
$172,500
1440
2BR
2BA
42
31537 Stoney Creek Drive
$385,000
2880
5BR
3BA
123
37665 Newcastle Road
$428,000
3595
5BR
4BA
8
34234 Olive Grove Road
$202,500
1680
2BR
2BA
304
35618 Desert Rose Way
$400,000
2493
3BR
3BA
36
30154 Trois Valley Street
$430,000
3404
5BR
3BA
53
33697 Breckenridge Trail
$269,900
1270
3BR
2BA
50
33113 Pederson Street
$170,000
1280
2BR
2BA
43
26133 Manzanita Street
$439,900
3354
5BR
5BA
50
35561 Frederick Street
$295,000
2236
3BR
3BA
40
17405 Ranspot Avenue
$175,000
1052
3BR
2BA
135
39413 Cardiff Avenue
$367,000
2289
2BR
2BA
46
21869 CARNATION Lane
$309,500
2052
4BR
3BA
28
18552 Hillview Lane
$320,000
2749
4BR
3BA
39
1499 Old Mountain Avenue
$24,500
1152
3BR
2BA
31
22130 Country Hills Drive
$310,000
2014
4BR
3BA
19
16377 Lakeshore Drive
$117,250
785
2BR
2BA
6
1353 Sierra Seneca Drive
$90,000
1100
2BR
2BA
96
34174 Clovis Way
$324,900
2472
4BR
3BA
17 44
San Jacinto
819 Canary Court
$161,000
1142
2BR
2BA
3
1471 Senator Way
$95,000
1030
2BR
2BA
13
25018 Crimson Lasso Drive
$330,000
2621
4BR
3BA
1116 Monroe Street
$200,000
1125
3BR
2BA
86
533 Reposo Street
$124,000
1308
2BR
2BA
93
32515 Falling Leaf Court
$369,000
2809
5BR
3BA
22
15017 Valencia Way
$279,460
1961
4BR
3BA
132
134 Sheriff Avenue
$125,000
1248
3BR
2BA
84
35503 Parkwood Court
$375,000
2288
4BR
3BA
17
3319 Banyon Circle
$290,000
1941
3BR
2BA
111
718 Zaphiro Court
$150,000
1316
2BR
2BA
32
32560 Meadow Ridge Lane
$429,000
2567
5BR
3BA
46
15192 Laguna Avenue
$300,000
2615
4BR
2BA
182
491 Palm Avenue
$170,000
1434
2BR
2BA
4
3932 Ash Street
$350,000
3005
4BR
3BA
262
878 Windsong Lane
$175,700
1115
3BR
2BA
167
15348 Regatta Way
$361,000
2539
5BR
3BA
54
1645 Napa Court
$210,000
1539
3BR
2BA
6
29247 Spectra Drive
$399,000
2345
4BR
3BA
96
895 Torino Avenue
$215,000
1596
3BR
2BA
5
30505 Canyon Hills Road
$200,000
1633
3BR
3BA
5
1841 Van Fleet Drive
$220,000
1855
4BR
3BA
57 117
28221 west Dr.
$130,000
660
2BR
1BA
8
1942 Warwick Street
$220,000
2050
4BR
2BA
27992 Moonridge Drive
$157,200
1139
3BR
2BA
31
1242 Sandy Nook
$229,000
2383
4BR
3BA
19
27991 Winged Foot Drive
$159,900
1012
2BR
1BA
60
694 Julian Avenue
$230,000
2238
4BR
3BA
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Make simple work of household chores Maintaining a clean and orderly home can sometimes be overwhelming. Homeowners juggling the responsibilities of work and family may find they have little energy for everyday household chores. But homeowners can employ some simple strategies to keep their homes clean and orderly without taking up too much of their time. Enlist a buddy. Work goes much more quickly if you have someone to help you. Make a list of all the jobs that need to be done and then split them among your cleaning helpers. Kids can get involved by taking care of the simpler tasks, such as dusting or wiping down counters. Clean from top to bottom. Dust and dirt will settle at the lowest possible points, so do not create extra work for yourself by cleaning floors and other surfaces and then dusting off shelves or cleaning cobwebs from the ceiling. Always work your way downward when cleaning your home. Keep stray item baskets in main rooms. Items from other rooms will inadvertently gravitate to places where your family spends most of its time. Cleaning takes a lot longer if you’re constantly interrupting your tasks to put things where they belong. Instead, toss them into a catch-all basket and make your rounds to other rooms at the end of the cleaning session. Try a chore each day. Some cleaning enthusiasts advocate performing a different chore each day. Breaking cleaning down into more manageable chunks can make the task of cleaning a home a lot less daunting. Keep cleaning items in the bathroom. Bathrooms get daily use, and they need a lot of attention. Store a
There are many ways to make the job of cleaning your home a lot less daunting. Courtesy photo
set of cleaning tools and cleansers in the bathroom so they will always be at the ready. Consider keeping a spray bottle of a bleach-and-water solution or mildew cleaner near the shower so you can simply spray down the walls right after showering. Multitask as much as possible. Multitasking works at the office, and such an approach also can pay dividends when cleaning your home. For example, unload the dishwasher while your lunch is heating up in the microwave. This saves you some time and makes use of the time you would otherwise be standing around. Do laundry daily. Laundry can quickly sneak up on you, especially in a busy household. Instead of devoting an entire day to doing laundry, try to do one full load per day. This will make the pile of dirty clothes much more manageable and ensure that you and your family members always have some clean clothes available. Find a cleaning schedule that works and then stick with it, and soon you will discover that maintaining a clean and orderly home is not so difficult after all.
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Personal interaction and care key focuses of Temecula Valley Dental Alex Groves Staff Writer In an era when many businesses are placing more emphasis on expedience rather than personal interactions, Temecula Valley Dental is doing things differently. The dental office has been in operation for four years and is led by John C. Platts, DDS. Platts aims to be personal and make people feel at home in his office whether they’re coming in for teeth-whitening, fillings or emergency dental care. “These days many offices treat patients like a number, and don’t
even learn their names,” Platts said. “Our team goes above and beyond to provide a friendly, relaxed atmosphere here.” One of the ways Platts attempts to show his interest in personable service is by trying to sooth people who are nervous about getting dental work done. He said he’s seen far too many cases of individuals who decide not to go through with important procedures simply because they find the idea of going to the dentist stressful. He tries to take extra time with patients to let them know their concerns are important to him. “Once they are comfortable, I
can educate my patients,” Platts said. “I always explain each procedure, and all the different options that they have.” The dentist explained that he never rushes patients into procedures or makes them feel like they need to go through a treatment right away. Platts’ interest in dentistry is something he has had since a young age. He was inspired to go into dentistry from his own personable interactions with his local dentist when he was young. “I had a good friendship with my dentist growing up,” Platts said. “I could tell he loved his profession
AtWork Group expands to Southern California KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—AtWork Group, an award-winning national staffing franchise, recently announced another expansion in California. The all-new franchise was awarded to local entrepreneurs Gregg Hassler and Moses Rangel, whose Southern California-based AtWork franchise, located at 27720 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 130, in Temecula, will provide staffing services to a variety of businesses throughout Southern California. “We look forward to partnering with employers and employees in our community,” Hassler said. “The fast-growing Southern California market, combined with AtWork’s national footprint, solid reputation, and operational support, have allowed our experienced team to immediately begin making a difference in the area.” The new location features a unique business model that encompasses both staffing and
pre-employment screening divisions–making it a comprehensive solution for employees and employers in the community. With more than 26 years of personal experience in the field of staffing management, Hassler has a track record comprised of opening and managing nearly 50 employment offices throughout the United States. Staffed by experienced professionals, AtWork Group Temecula holds more than 60 years of combined experience in staffing and human resources. The agency will supply local and regional companies with temporary, tempto-hire, payroll and full-time placement services. “Southern California is a major focal point for entrepreneurs, and its well-established infrastructure for business development combined with a lowering unemployment rate makes it the ideal location for AtWork Group,” said Jason
Leverant, president and COO of AtWork Group. “With Hassler’s experience in the staffing industry, I am confident his business will soon grow to become a vital player in the Temecula area’s business growth and development.” AtWork Group provides companies with flexible employment solutions with the highest level of service available. Recently named No. 349 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2015 “Franchise 500” List, as well as an Inavero’s 2014 Best of Staffing Client Award winner, AtWork Group’s list of accolades also includes: Workforce Magazine’s Temporary Staffing Providers Hot List for 2013, the Staffing Industry Analysts Largest U.S. Staffing Firms List for 2013, and the Franchise Times’ Next 300 Franchise Systems. For more information, visit www.atwork.com/atworkfranchising/ or call (972) 460-9295.
and enjoyed helping people. It really inspired me to be like him.” He has worked as a dentist for more than 20 years at offices in Santa Maria, Hemet and Temecula. He received his degree in dentistry from UCLA in 1993. Opening up an office in Temecula has been a positive experience for Platt and his family, said his wife Lisa. She said they have been residents of the valley for many years now and many of their friends had asked Platt to be their dentist. Now that they have a local office, she said, those friends can finally come in and get quality
dental care, which is marked by Platts’ signature caring and gentle approach “Beyond providing the best quality dentistry I can, I want to be sure my patients know I actually care about them,” Platts said. “Let’s face it, dentistry can be uncomfortable…so being as gentle as possible and patient with each one, is my personal goal as a dentist.” Platts’ dental office is located at 27450 Ynez Rd. in Temecula. The office accepts most insurances and can be reached at (951) 506-5300. To comment on this story online visit myvalleynews.com.
Michelle’s Place announces recipient of $2,000 scholarship award TEMECULA—Michelle’s Place Breast Cancer Resource Center announced that Erick Liscio, a high school graduate from Great Oak High School, is the recipient of the Patricia Deroeux Scholarship on behalf of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce. The scholarship is offered to students living in the city of Temecula who are in need of financial assistance for educational purposes and have lost a parent due to cancer. Deroeux was active in the Temecula community and gave much of her time to helping others. She was a single mother to one son when she passed away due to complications with pancreatic cancer. The scholarship fund was created by money raised for her son’s education. All unused funds have now become
open to qualifying applicants in the Temecula Valley. The scholarship promotes education by rewarding $2,000 annually to students under 25 years of age who are enrolled in college fulltime. Award criteria states that recipients must remain a permanent resident in the city of Temecula and have experienced the loss of a parent due to cancer. Liscio lost his mother to bone and liver cancer in May 2014 after she had beat breast cancer several years prior. He plans to pursue a business degree from Mt. San Jacinto College and eventually graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business from a four-year university where he plans to play on the golf team.
Local woman hopes invention will help people to medicate more easily Alex Groves Staff Writer Temecula resident Suzanne Robertos knows how difficult it can be to have to take medications regularly. For years she struggled with an autoimmune disorder that required her to adhere to a complex schedule of pills and supplements. Robertos’ mother regularly administered her medications and kept a log of when she had taken them. After getting better, Robertos discovered the amount of effort her mother had put into keeping track of her medications and decided she wanted to change things by inventing a product that would help people keep track of when they took their medications. With the help of her father, Fred
Ellabdallah, Robertos developed the “Lift and Twist,” a specialized pill bottle cap with a dial that indicates the time of day a medication was last taken. “You would get your prescription from the pharmacy, they would close it with a lift and twist cap,” Robertos said. “Let’s say you wanted to take your medication at 4 o’clock, you would open up the bottle, take your medication, and you would lift the outer portion of the cap, twist it to the 4 o’clock and set it down.” Ellabdallah spent nearly two years perfecting the cap and put it through thousands of tests to ensure its durability. He said he was moved by his daughter’s tenacity and also by the idea that he could prevent people from an accidental overdose.
“A lot of people die from overdose,” Ellabdallah said. “Every seven minutes all over the world (people) die from overmedication.” Robertos said she and her father realized creating something that would help people in their day-to-day lives wasn’t going to be enough to make the product successful. There was also a cost aspect to consider and she wanted pharmacies to be enticed by a low selling point. That’s why, in spite of its increased functionality, the Lift and Twist cap doesn’t cost much more than a regular pill bottle cap would, she said. “What we were trying to do was create a pill bottle cap that any pharmacy could afford to purchase and replace their outdated caps that don’t really have a function,” Robertos said.
Reception on the part of pharmacies has been mostly positive, Robertos said, with many expressing an interest in purchasing the caps and replacing their current ones with them. However, the caps would need to be child-proof certified before pharmacies could actually purchase them. “We’re trying to raise funds at this point in time to try to get child-proof certified,” she said. She added that she and her father are considering creating a Kickstarter project online so that they can receive enough funding to get the certification. They are also trying to market the product on the ABC series “Shark Tank.” Robertos said they have gone through two auditions, but have so far been unable to make it onto the show.
“We’ve done this for two seasons so far, and each season we’ve gotten to the second round of auditions, which is basically putting together a YouTube video and answering a long list of questions that they have on there,” Robertos said. “We’ve already done that, so we’re just waiting for the final call, if you will.” Robertos said she believes the product, which has received positive reception from almost everyone she’s met, will be going strong once it gets the necessary funding. “After that, I don’t think we’re going to have very many issues getting it out there,” she said. To comment on this story online, visit myvalleynews.com.
JDS Creative Academy celebrates first anniversary TEMECULA—JDS Creative Academy, a nonprofit 501c3, opened its doors a year ago to offer children, teens and young adults an education in the arts with hands-on training and skill development classes. Now, a year after its conception, JDSCA is going strong with a full slate of programs. “The Creative Academy welcomes all students who are looking for indepth arts training and apprenticeships,” said Scott Strand, the Board of Directors vice-chair. “We’re excited about how far we’ve come and even more excited about the future.” Riverside County Third District Supervisor, Chuck Washington, recently awarded the nonprofit with a $2,500 Community Investment Development Grant, and JDSCA will be utilizing the funds to provide scholarships. “We are grateful for this grant opportunity it will allow us to make an arts education more accessible to more students in our community,” said Diane Strand, the board’s chairman. JDS Creative Academy is kicking off summer 2015 with two great events that bring arts and education to the community in fun engaging ways. These include: The Artist Experience JDSCA’s first Artist Experience was such a success they’re making it a quarterly event. The next Artist Experience will be on Sunday, June 14 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Open to the public, a $5 door donation includes: admission, refreshments, and an opportunity to experience local artists of all ages, in all mediums of visual and performing art. Chords and Vines radio show will be broadcasting live from the event in addition; there will be arts, craft, and culinary vendors on site. JDSCA is currently seeking exhibitor submissions from artist,
performers, and vendors who wish to participate. Applications are available at www.jdscreativeacademy.org. Summer Camps JDSCA will offer two camps to children ages 10-17 that will broaden their acting, writing and staging skills in exciting new ways. The two-week Improv & Script to Stage Camp gives children an opportunity to learn improvisational skills then write their own play, which they will performance in on the last Friday of the session. The two-week Back Stage Camp presents the opportunity to learn “behind-the-scenes” skills doing set design, build and painting, creating props, learning stage hair and make-up, and some lights and sound. Both camps will run from June 15-26. They can be taken individually or together for a discount. More information is available at www.jdscreativeacademy.org. “The JDSCA board is busy planning the fall schedule of classes,” said JDS Creative Academy’s Board Secretary Johanna Lack. “We’re very excited about including some new programs to the fall lineup.” JDSCA’s core classes include: Scriptwriting, Stage Combat and Movement, Acting Styles and Musical Theater Show Choir. The new classes will be released prior to the August registration. About JDSCA The mission of JDSCA is to advance education and training in the arts; theatre, music, creative writing, fine art and production art. Their objective is to fulfill the Visual and Performing Arts requirement per the California Education Core Standard for the Home School, Online School, and Traditional School and Trade School populations. JDSCA’s purpose is to enhance the future of the Southwest California area,
our youth, and the arts, engineering and technological workforce in California and throughout the nation through education, training, and ap-
prenticeship. The motivation behind establishing JDSCA is to help anyone who needs or wants education and training in the arts field.
For more information on JDSCA, visit www.jdscreativeacademy.org, email info@jdsca.org, or call (951) 296-6715.
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Victim of Lake Elsinore motorcycle crash identified Kim Harris Managing Editor A motorcyclist in Lake Elsinore was killed early in the evening on Sunday, May 24 when he crashed into a tree and was ejected from the vehicle. The rider was identified as Lafayette Coons III, 32, of San Jacinto. The call of a single vehicle accident came in at 7:09 p.m., according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s press release. The incident occurred at Mach-
ado Street near Lincoln Street, the release states. Officers responded and located the collision in the 32000 block of Machado Street. The preliminary investigation revealed a motorcyclist traveling at a high rate of speed lost control for unknown reasons, striking a brick mailbox. “The solo rider of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased at the scene,” the release states. Traffic on Machado Street between Christina Court and Mari Drive was diverted for several hours while an investigation into
the incident was conducted. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding the collision is encouraged to contact Deputy Roberge of the Lake Elsinore Police Department at (951) 245-3300. The scene of a motorcycle accident in Lake Elsinore on Sunday, May 24 was littered with debris. Machado Street was closed for several hours during an investigation of the incident. Daniel Lane photo
Crews make quick work of Hwy. 79 wildfire Kim Harris Managing Editor Crews quickly contained a brush fire just off Highway 79 at Woodchuck Road in the unincorporated area of Temecula on Monday, May 25. While the fire had a moderate spread, no structures were damaged in the blaze, according to Cal Fire Spokesperson Jennifer Fuhrman. “It was reported as four spot fires when they got on scene,” Fuhrman said. “They got the first three contained pretty quickly when they got on sight. It was fully contained at 2:08 p.m.” Sixty firefighters, two helicopters and one air tanker from 10 companies responded to the fire which was initially reported at 12:38 p.m Cal Fire/Riverside, Cal Fire/San Diego, California Highway Patrol, Riverside County Fire Department and members of the U.S. Forest Service from Cleveland National Forest all assisted with the blaze. Highway 79 was closed between Pauba to Sage roads while crews fought the blaze. Fires were contained to a total of eight acres, Fuhrman said.
A Cal Fire Helicopter drops water on a vegetation fire that broke out along Highway 79 early in the afternoon on Monday, May 25. Kim Harris photo
Firefighters observe the damage following a brush fire on Highway 79 Daniel Lane photo on Monday, May 25.
A Cal Fire truck leaves the scene of a vegetation fire on Monday, May 25. Kim Harris photo
A helicopter lands on Highway 79 during a vegetation fire on Monday, Daniel Lane photo May 25.
Crime rate on the rise in Riverside County
Lake Elsinore skydiver killed in Arizona
RIVERSIDE - The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in assaults and robberies in cities and unincorporated areas served by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, according to a report issued by the department. As reported by sheriff’s officials, the overall Part I crime rate edged up 1.7 percent from early January to the end of March. Part I crimes are classified by the FBI as offenses that include murder, forcible rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, auto theft and larceny. Part I data are divided into two categories – violent crime and property crime. Sheriff’s statistics showed that an increase in robberies and assaults largely accounted for a 16 percent rise in violent crime in the first quarter of the year compared to the first three months of 2014. More vehicle thefts and larcenies drove the property crime rate up roughly 1 percent year-over-year. Burglaries were down in the sheriff’s jurisdiction, numbering 1,667 reports between January and March, compared to 2,146 during
LAKE ELSINORE - A Lake Elsinore man died while skydiving Saturday in central Arizona, on Sunday, May 24. Earl Bohm, 48, was found dead in the desert near Eloy, a small town 70 miles southeast of Phoenix. The cause of death was under
the same period in 2014, according to statistics. Homicides were also lower, with eight murders investigated during the first quarter of the year, as opposed to 10 in the year-ago quarter. Sheriff’s officials noted that drug-related bookings were down 31 percent between January and April, and there were 15 percent fewer bookings for property crimes during that period. Both drops were attributed to changes in state law stemming from Proposition 47, the initiative approved by voters in November that altered sentencing guidelines, making “non-serious” drug and property crimes misdemeanors instead of felonies. Proposition 47 also called for re-sentencing individuals convicted of various felony drug and property crimes, enabling them to get out of prison. Along with all of unincorporated Riverside County, the sheriff’s department provides law enforcement services in 17 of the county’s 28 cities.
Vehicle stuck under SUV in Temecula crash Daniel Lane Multimedia Journalist A vehicle reportedly got stuck underneath an SUV in Temecula on Monday, May 25, according to a report by the California Highway Patrol. The two vehicle crash, involving a Chevy Tahoe and a smaller car, was reported just before 12:15 p.m. on Temecula Parkway near
Bedford Court. While emergency crews worked to clear the scene, traffic on Temecula Parkway became congested forcing officials to issue a SIG Alert for the area. As of press time, it is unclear how the crash occurred or if anyone was taken to a hospital. The incident is currently under investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
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investigation, but his parachute was turned over to the FAA, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported. Eloy Police officers received a call regarding a downed skydiver just after 3 p.m. Saturday. Bohm was pronounced dead at the scene,
according to published reports, citing Sgt. Brian Jerome of the Eloy Police Department. The Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
RV connected to home catches fire MENIFEE - A fire consumed an RV and part of a home early on Monday, May 25 in Menifee. According to a Riverside County Fire report, the RV was completely engulfed in flames while
connected to the first floor of a 4,000 square foot single family home. The house was also partly damaged in the incident, Riverside County Fire officials said. The fire was reported at 5:18
a.m. and 20 firefighters contained the blaze in 30 minutes, according to the report. No injuries were reported.
Three arrested for alleged DUI at Temecula checkpoint TEMECULA – Three motorists were arrested for drunken driving and three vehicles were towed during an overnight driver’s license/ sobriety checkpoint in Temecula, a police sergeant said on Sunday,
May 24. Also, six drivers were arrested for driving unlicensed during the checkpoint on Rancho California Road near Margarita Road, which began at 7 p.m. Saturday
and ended Sunday at 1 a.m., said Temecula police Sgt. William Pratt. Pratt said 828 vehicles passed through the checkpoint.
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Award-winning year for KCR College Radio SAN DIEGO—KCR College Radio, San Diego State University’s student-run radio station, won Best Online Station at the Intercollegiate Broadcast System Golden Microphone Awards for 2015. In addition, KCR was a finalist for the Abraham and Borst award
for Best College Radio Station Overall. Brooke Howay of Temecula, a Psychology major and Bridget Rickman of Murrieta, a stainability major were a part of the awardwinning KCR team this year.
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Inaugural Temecula Valley Holistic Health & Wellness Fair to be held TEMECULA—The city of Temecula will co-sponsor the first Temecula Valley Holistic Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Civic Center in Old Town Temecula. The center is located at 41000 Main St. This free event will feature speaker sessions, live demos, and vendors with a portion of the sponsor and vendor fees benefiting Our Nicolas Foundation of Temecula. This inaugural event is presented by the city of Temecula in conjunction with Harmony Within Wellness Center, E.A.T. Marketplace, Harvest 2U and the Branding Hive. The mission of the fair to provide public education regarding alternative/complementary health care, and information about the availability of holistic health practitioners and businesses in our community. The fair will offer discussions by leaders and practitioners who
demonstrate the many ways in which people may benefit through living holistic, healthy and educated lives. It will include vendors in the holistic, food, wellness, and medical fields. There will also be live demos by Temecula Yoga Collection and Heartbeats Drumming. The fair will assemble and promote holistic businesses and providers, special needs organizations and holistic groups offering valuable information and samples aimed to improve health and overall wellness naturally. This is an excellent opportunity for the public to receive informational flyers, brochures, free samples and more. Speaker schedule 10:15 a.m. – What’s the Real Deal with Gluten? A Physician’s Perspective, Keynote Speaker Dr. Erik Lindquist of the Temecula Center for Integrative Medicine. 11:15 a.m. – Positive Speech:
How It Enhances Health & Wellness, Nate Fowler of the Sigil Social Foundation. 12 p.m. – Pranic Healing for Overall Health and Wellness, Nathan Liera of the U.S. Pranic
Healing Center. 12:15 p.m. – Pediatric Chiropractic, Chris Boman of Neuroedge Chiropractic. 1:30 p.m. – From Chronic Pain to Bright Paths, Cynde Gardner of
CHP at Bright Paths. For more information, contact Sonja Struthers at (951) 973.8887 or email info@holistichealthwellnessfair.com.
J. Carter’s Tavern Grill holds fundraiser for disease research, awareness Alex Groves Staff Writer A Murrieta woman has joined forces with an area eatery in an effort to bring attention to two diseases which affect an estimated 1.4 million Americans. Jennifer Abbot, a volunteer with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, organized a fundraiser for the CCFA at J. Carter’s Tavern Grill on May 24 after getting in touch with the restaurant’s owners, Dave Shea and Craig May. Fifteen percent of the bill from each meal purchased between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the restaurant went directly to the CCFA
to raise awareness and support medical research for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, affects a person’s colon and gastrointestinal tract. Patches of the colon or gastrointestinal tract can become diseased or inflamed, causing a person to have fevers, night sweats and difficulty going to the bathroom. Ulcerative colitis causes the colon to develop open sores that produce pus and mucous. The condition creates extreme stomach discomfort and a need to go to the bathroom frequently. Abbot, whose best friend and cousin both struggle with Crohn’s
disease, has been leading the informational charge through events and fundraisers, such as the one at the restaurant. She said she has found that while people know about other conditions, they’re usually at a loss for what Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are and how people with those conditions should be treated. Even in the times that she’s visited the hospital with her friend, she said hospital personnel seemed illprepared to help a person struggling with Crohn’s disease. Abbot’s goal for the fundraiser was to garner $2,700 in proceeds, which would go directly to the CCFA and also allow her to participate in
the Las Vegas-based Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. The running competition hosts a wide variety of participants and each participant represents a charitable cause. The fundraiser, now in its second year, also gave people an opportunity to learn about the diseases. Assorted pamphlets were available for pickup on one of the restaurant’s tables. May was excited to broker a partnership with Abbot because his son suffers from ulcerative colitis. He said he’s also seen a lack of awareness toward the disease, something he’d like to see change with the passing of time. “A lot of people support breast cancer research because of the
awareness,” May said. “We’re trying to do the same thing by supporting an effort to increase awareness.” Abbot was already excited by the number of people who were showing up to support the fundraiser and learn about the conditions. While Abbot said she hoped attendance would stay steady throughout the day and people would continue to take interest in the foundation and its efforts, Shea said he had no doubt the event would continue on smoothly. “(Visitors) are picking up those pamphlets and taking them home so that’s good,” Shea said. To comment on this story online, visit myvalleynews.com.
Midwife deliveries on the rise at Rancho Springs Medical Center Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer The 2015 New Year rang in with the addition of certified midwife deliveries at Southwest Riverside County’s Rancho Springs Medical Center. Brenda Buchanan-Vega, a seasoned, certified midwife of 14 years, delivered five babies on her first day on the job. Since then, Brenda Buchanan-Vega, a certified nurse midwife, continues to assist women both with midwife deliveries and wellness checks at Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness of Murrieta. “I developed a passionate desire to pursue a career in midwifery
after working as a labor and delivery nurse,” Buchanan-Vega said. “I believe that midwifery is one of the noblest professions that exist today.” Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness has presented themselves as the first OB/GYN office to offer certified nurse midwife deliveries in the hospital setting to the women of Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Wildomar and Perris, according to Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness Public Relations Officer Meredith Dunn. “Midwife services can include primary care, gynecologic and family planning services, preconception care, care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, care of the nor-
mal newborn during the first 28 days of life, and treatment of male partners for sexually transmitted infections,” Dunn said. “The midwives provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment. They conduct physical examinations; prescribe medications including controlled substances and contraceptive methods; admit, manage and discharge patients; order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests and order the use of medical devices.” Dunn said there is really no “traditional” form of care and that the differences of working with a midwife, rather than a “traditional” wellness and delivery provider ranges from subtle to profound.
Most Americans don’t know common stroke signs RIVERSIDE— If you’re like most Americans, you don’t know the signs of stroke. Only 8 percent of those recently surveyed in the American Stroke Association/Ad Council Stroke Awareness Continuous Tracking Study could identify each letter in F.A.S.T., an acronym of the most common stroke warning signs. “Anyone can have a stroke and everyone should be ready,” said Dr. Dan Muilli, DO, stroke director at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, who as part of American Stroke Month in May is urging residents in the Inland Empire to download a free mobile app to learn how to detect a stroke. “Learning how to spot a stroke is just as important as teaching your family CPR or what to do in the event of a fire. With stroke — just like a cardiac arrest or a fire — seconds count,” he said. F.A.S.T. is: F - Face Drooping: Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. A - Arm Weakness: Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward? S - Speech Difficulty: Is speech slurred, are they unable to speak, or are they hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence like, “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence repeated correctly? T - Time to call 911: If the person shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get them to the hospital immediately. Additional stroke signs include: Sudden severe headache with no known cause; sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; or sudden confusion or trouble understanding. The free Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T. app for iOS and Android is available in English and Spanish and includes a stroke warning sign quiz, high blood pressure chart and a searchable map
of hospitals recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke is the leading cause of longterm disability and the nation’s No. 5 leading cause of death. “Many people think of strokes as a disease of the elderly, but it can happen to anyone at any time, even very young people,” said Dr. Muilli, who is also a board member of the American Heart Association in the Inland Empire. “When someone recognizes a stroke and quickly calls 911, the person has a greater chance of getting to an appropriate hospital
quickly and being assessed for a clotbusting drug or other medical devices that may save their life and improve their chances for recovery,” Teaching people how to recognize a stroke and respond quickly is a primary goal of the American Stroke Association’s Together to End Stroke initiative, sponsored nationally by Medtronic. The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association. For more information and to download the app, visit StrokeAssociation.org.
“When you use a midwife for labor and delivery, you are working with a coach, someone who is with you and your spouse from before, during, and after delivery,” Dunn said. “Our mothers state that the midwife experience is calming, supportive and nurturing.” The midwives on staff at Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness are Buchanan-Vega and Angela Sojobi, a Nigerian born and certified midwife for over 22 years. Sojobi’s focus in Nigeria was group prenatal care, focused on involving women in all aspects of their care and support of one another. Both Sojobi and Buchanan-Vega earned their graduate degrees in midwifery from schools accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education and passed a national certificate examination administered by the American Midwifery Certification Board, according to Dunn. “I love being a midwife the most when I can empower a woman to care for themselves—physically, mentally and spiritually,” Sojobi said. “I value most being a true support to all women.”
Buchanan-Vega, born and raised in Southern California, developed a love of midwifery during her time working as a labor and delivery nurse at Martin Luther King Hospital in Los Angeles. “This was such a fascinating facility with such a wide array of experiences, and it was there that I developed a love for obstetrics,” she said. “I developed a passionate desire to pursue a career in midwifery.” Buchanan-Vega and Sojobi have joined the team along with Dr. James D. Neal and Dr. Leopoldo Valdivia. “Together, the midwives and doctors of Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness offer a full range of health care services for women, from adolescence to beyond menopause,” Dunn said. Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness, with offices in Murrieta and Menifee, provides advanced and comprehensive OB/GYN care—including the latest in minimally invasive robotic procedures. For more information about Platinum Women’s Health and Wellness, visit www.platinumwomenshealth. com or call (951) 677-0215 in Murrieta or (951) 672-3331 in Menifee.
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Foundation awards nearly $170,000 at scholarship breakfast SAN JACINTO—The Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation awarded 113 MSJC students with scholarships totaling $169,242.00 during its annual Student Scholarship Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, May 20 at the Soboba Country Club in San Jacinto. During the ceremony, MSJC student Ursula Simonoski received the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The $40,000-a-year renewable scholarship will help Simonoski when she transfers to a four-year university to earn her bachelor’s degree. The addition of the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship brought the total awarded amount during the event to $169,242. The SOCO Institute awarded a total of $7,500 in scholarships to three students for the business plans the students pitched during MSJC’s annual Business Department program called The Competition. Stephanie Vasquez, the event’s student speaker and a veteran, received the Assistance League of Hemacinto, Valley P.E.O., Golden Village Palms RV Resort, Foundation Annual Gala scholarships. Scholarship awards are based on a person’s academic metric and financial needs. The MSJC Foundation Scholarship Committee is made up of dedicated foundation board members who review each application and select the recipients. The funds can be used for tuition, books, school supplies or equipment. The MSJC Foundation accepts donations for scholarships
Members of the MSJC Foundation Board proudly present scholarships to MSJC students.
throughout the year. For more information on how to contribute, visit www.msjc.edu/foundation. The scholarship donors are: American Legion Riders Post 848; Alma Brook Memorial; Assistance League of Hemacinto; Association of California Community College Administration Scholarship; Bonnie Powell Memorial; Captain Henry O. & Elizabeth Cassle Nursing Scholarship; Cardenas Latino Scholarship; Catherine Kit Longe Stewart Scholarship; Chapter AE; Chapter AS; Chapter
VC; Charles A. Rohr Memorial; Coca Cola Scholarship; Coverdille Memorial; Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship; Dorothy and Mark McGargill; Doyle Memorial; Dr. E. Stoddard; Dr. Johnson Endowment; Edison International Scholar Program; Emma J. Hammagren; Francis Domenigoni-Gale; Gary l. Tyler Memorial; Gene Lombard Memorial; Glenn Steinback Memorial; Golden Era Production Scholarship; Golden Village Palms RV Resort; Gosch Auto Group Scholarship; Harold G. Heller Me-
morial; Heffner Memorial; Honors Enrichment Program; In Honor of Gwendolyn Schlange; Inland Empire Scholarship; J. Simpson Memorial Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship; Kenneth W. Prado for “a 2nd chance” Scholarship; McAtee Scholarship; McQueen Nursing; Menifee/Sun City Women’s Club; Mildred E. Hight; Mina Pennick Perpetual; NOLUR; P & H Iverson; Paul E. Tibbetts Memorial; President’s Pooled Scholarship; Robert & Alma Burke Scholarship; Rohrabacker Memorial; Roy B. Mason
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Memorial; Sandi Saraydarian Memorial; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians; Temecula Valley AAUW; Temecula Valley Women’s Club; The 2014 Gala Scholarship; The Cameron and Tyler Holman Child Development Scholarship; Valerie Sidlin Memorial; Valley Quilters Guild; Valley PEO; Victorina T. Edora-Kriklin; Warren & Olga Schultz Memorial; Waterhouse Edwards; William Billion Memorial; William Pemberton; WM Sprowl Memorial; Women’s Club of San Jacinto; and Zena Sharp Memorial.
Elks honor ‘Students of the Year’ for Murrieta Middle Schools
Murrieta Students of the Year. Front row from left: Anna Holman, Arielle Sarabia, Juliana Nguyen, Danielle Murasmith and Isabella Madalo. Back row from left: Southeast Elks District Leader Jimmie Spezia, Luke Noon, Nathan White, Blake Lindemeyer, Brandon Lenohan, and Middle School Student of the Year Co-chairman Bob Farrens.
MURRIETA—The Temecula Valley Elks held their 17th annual Middle School “Student of the Year” presentations recently at Van Avery Prep School. Twenty-eight students were recognized from five schools in the Murrieta area. Each middle school was asked
to submit applications for three females and three males. Each application included a 300-word essay, describing why he or she should be selected as the “Student of the Year” from their school. A committee of Elks judged the applications according to their
Murrieta Students of the Year Runner-ups. Front row from left: Amanda Meichtry, Chioma Okonkwo, Alina Vasquez, Bri Felkins, Vi Duong, Kiersten Myers, Olivia Landis and Allison Keinz. Middle row from left: Temecula Valley Elks President Ken Hauer, Southeast Elks District Leader Jimmie Spezia, Melia Webster, Sydney Horst, Vance Caruso, Hunter Escorcia, Jake Martinez, Royce Rueda, Middle School Student of the Year Co-chairman Diane Farrens, and Middle School Student of the Year Co-chairman Bob Farrens. Back row from left: Patrick Amog, Paul Garcia, Garrett Otteson and Cole Fick. Courtesy photos
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Local residents graduate from basic training TEMECULA—Army Pvt. Rodrigo G. Varela has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Varela is the son of Richard A. Pinedo of Menifee and a 2012 graduate of Temescal Canyon High School in Lake Elsinore. Army Pvt. Jacob W. Harper has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Harper is the son of Daryl and Cathleen Harper of Wildomar and a 2014 graduate of Santa Rosa Academy in Menifee. Army Pvt. Oscar A. BarruganAyala has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Barrugan-Ayala is the son of Arturo and Veronica Barragan of Lake Elsinore and a 2014 graduate of Lakeside High School in Lake Elsinore. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and
ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises. Air Force Airman Nathan D. Weaver graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas. Weaver is the son of Charles S. Weaver of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Kimberly A. Whitford of Waterford, Pa., and Keri L. Weaver of Idaho Falls, Idaho. He is a 2013 graduate of Heritage High School in Romoland. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
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Sara’s Way Scholarship awarded to Chaparral Student at Community Awards Night Ashley Ludwig Staff Writer Temecula Dollars for Scholars held its Community Awards Night on May 18, in conjunction with area high schools, granting scholarships to almost 300 upcoming high school graduates. “Dollars for Scholars encourages students to register for scholarships on our website, as early as sophomore year in high school,” stated Catherine Swetavage, president of Temecula Dollars for Scholars, a division of Scholarship America. Dollars for Scholars coordinates the matching of scholarship monies to the applicants from Temecula area high schools. “This year, we had our largest scholarship grant yet, through Sara’s Way,” Swetavage said. The $150,000 Sara’s Way scholarship was donated by the family of Sara Margiotta, and the foundation that honors her memory. “Sara was taken from us in a tragic boating accident in 2007,” said Malinda Margiotta, her stepmother. “We have honored her memory in many ways, both by providing a portable DUI checkpoint for the sheriff’s department, a 12-passenger van for transferring drunk boaters from the river to jail, and billboards for safety awareness. But the scholarships are a way to honor Sara, and where she would be, if she were still here.” The scholarship award ceremony was two days from what would have been Sara’s 18th birthday, according to Malinda. “Sara would have graduated this year, and this four-year scholarship honors what would have been her journey on to college,” Malinda said. “Sara was an amazing young lady, and it’s been a rough seven years, but we know she went home to be with the Lord.” Sara’s Way provided specific criteria for the scholarship winner, and with over 300 applicants, Dollars for Scholars narrowed down the list to those who matched what Sara’s Way was looking for in a candidate.
Temecula Dollars for Scholars reviewed applications, to a manageable number, according to Swetavage. “The selection committee then looked for someone they felt fit their criteria the best. It was completely anonymous,” she said. At the awards ceremony, 292 recipients received scholarships, from $250, $500, $750, $1,000, and more, according to Swetavage. “All of the amounts were donated from members of our community. Memorial scholarships, like Sara’s Way, to businesses who want to give back. MSPJ Engineering, former Dollars for Scholars scholarship recipients, are now giving back to the community with a scholarship of their own. “We encourage everyone to apply through our website. Be sure and start a page, fill out your criteria, update your information as you go through high school, and beyond. There are scholarships that continue through college and into graduate school,” Swetavage said. “Lots of organizations continue to give more to students once they are sophomores or juniors in college. Keep applying and searching.” Swetavage congratulated all who applied and received their scholarships of varying size. “It is always amazing to see caliber of students who apply every year and all that they do throughout school, community service, involved in school, and meet with the students and give them something, whether a little or a lot, every bit helps financially when you go to college.” The winner of the Sara’s Way scholarship, Cassandra Scholl, of Chaparral High School, reportedly had the highest SAT scores in the history of her high school, according to reports. “She’ll be attending Hope Lutheran in Fullerton,” Swetavage said. The Sara’s Way scholarship will see that Cassandra gets a sum every year that will pay for her academics, tuition, room, board, books, what-
Sara’s Way founders, the Margiotta family with four-year-renewable scholarship winner, Cassandra Scholl and her parents, at the Dollars for Scholars award ceremony. Courtesy photo
ever she needs in order to exist at the school, according to Temecula Dollars for Scholars. “It was pretty remarkable when her name was announced,” Swetavage said. “She about doubled over, walking to the stage, learning that it was a four-year renewable scholarship. As long as she keeps her grades up, she’ll have the scholarship all through college, up to $150,000.” As Cassandra shook hands with the master of ceremonies, who stated a bit about each student, he asked them what they would do with their first real paycheck. “She shook hands with him, and he read her card which stated she would be paying back student loans,” Swetavage said. “The MC just grinned, saying that Cassandra would have to think about something else to spend her money on.” According to Malinda, selecting a
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scholarship winner was a poignant moment of closure. “Sara may not be on earth, but she’s been making a huge difference,” Malinda said. For more information, and how to
register for future scholarships, visit www.temecula.dollarsforscholars. org. For more information about Sara’s Way, visit www.SarasWay. com.
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Attend an information meeting on July 15 at 5:45 p.m. at the Murrieta Regional Center. Bircumshaw presents Chase and Chad Spear with a scholarship. In the back is the father of Chase and Chad, JROTC instructor Master Sgt. Paul Spear, right, and Matero. Laura Rathbun photos
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Spring sports playoffs narrows field as finals grow closer
Despite losing in round 1 to Moreno Valley, Taylor Bush (3), who will be playing at Westmont College next year, helped lead the Lions past Desert Hot Springs in the Wildcard Round of the Division 5 CIF-SS playoffs. Courtesy photo
Great Oak’s Summer Storms circles the bases after belting a fourth inning HR to give the Wolfpack a 1-0 lead over Santa Margarita in the first round of the Division 1 CIF-SS playoffs. David Canales photo
JP Raineri Sports Editor Last week was an exciting week for many of the local student athletes in the valley as playoffs have been underway for baseball, softball, boys volleyball, boys tennis and both boys and girls track and field. Though it was deemed as one of the toughest in the nation last year for baseball, the Southwestern league this year, which was contrived of the same representation from last year in the post season, fell short in the hunt as all three Southwestern League teams were eliminated in the first round, including 2014 CIF-SS Division 2 winners, the Temecula Valley Golden Bears. The Sunbelt league still has high hopes for Co-League Champs, the Temescal Canyon Titans and the Paloma Valley Wildcats, who both moved on to round 2 next week. Linfield, who advanced past the Wildcard round also fell short in round 1 and with games still to be played on May 22 for the teams in Division 6, which include Temecula Prep, Rancho Christian, California Lutheran and Calvary Murrieta, there is still plenty of reason to get and support some of the local teams still in the hunt. In softball, only a handful of teams are still alive as Great Oak, Murrieta Valley, Temescal Canyon, California Lutheran and Calvary Murrieta were the only local teams that advanced to round 2. Boy’s Tennis playoffs have actually been underway for about two weeks now and Heritage, Hemet and Great Oak all had great runs, but it was Heritage, out of the Sunbelt league, that tested their
Vista Murrieta’s Jack Moberg (11) throws over to Ian Nowak in an attempt to pick off Harvard Westlake’s Jackson Grayson during the Broncos 6-3 first round loss in the Division 1 CIF-SS playoffs. JP Raineri photo
Great defense by Dylinn Stancil leads Great Oak to the win as she flips the ball with her glove to shortstop Serena Quinata (6) for a force out at second base. David Canales photo
strengths in the CIF-SS Division 5 Championships on Friday, May 22, at the Claremont Club. The Patriots unfortunately ended up falling to the eighth-seeded Downey Warren Bears, 79-70 on games after a 9-9 tie. The Boys and Girls Track and Field Finals did take place over the Memorial Day Weekend and results were still coming in at the time of this update and finally in boys’ volleyball, Paloma Valley was the only team to go deep in the playoffs, advancing all the way to the semifinals, where they ultimately lost to El Segundo. Here is what the remaining playoff picture looks life for the following spring sports programs:
– 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Oxford Academy – 3:30 p.m.
Baseball Division 3 Temescal Canyon – 5/21 – Round 1, 3-1 win over
Indio – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Walnut – 3:30 p.m. Paloma Valley – 5/21 – Round 1, 4-2 win over Xavier Prep – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Arroyo Grande – 3:30 p.m. Division 5 Hemet – 5/21 – Round 1, 8-3 win over Saddleback Valley Christian – 5/26 – Round 2, at Bishop Montgomery – 3:30 p.m. Division 6 Nuview Bridge – 5/21 – Round 1, 13-3 win over Hamilton – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Buckley – 3:30 p.m. Calvary Murrieta – 5/22 – Round 1, 6-2 win over Palm Valley
Softball Division 1 Murrieta Valley – 5/21 – Round 1, 2-1 win over Los Altos – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Etiwanda – 3:15 p.m. Great Oak – 5/20 – Round 1, 2-1 win over Santa Margarita – 5/26 – Round 2, at Norco – 3:15 p.m. Division 4 Temescal Canyon – 5/21 – Round 1, 8-2 win over West Torrance – 5/26 – Round 2, at Apple Valley – 3:15 p.m. Division 7 California Lutheran
– 5/19 – Wild Card, 18-2 win over Calvary Christian – 5/21 – Round 1, 23-1 win over Immanuel Christian – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Faith Baptist – 3:15 p.m. Calvary Murrieta – 5/21 – Round 1, 13-1 win over Noli Indian – 5/26 – Round 2, vs. Rolling Hills Prep – 3:15 p.m. Boys Tennis Division 5 5/13 – Heritage – 1st round, 15-3 win over Oak Hills – 5/15 – 2nd round, 10-8 win over Bishop Montgomery – 5/18 – Qtr-Finals, 12-6 win over Montclair – 5/20 – Semifinals, 13-5 win over Hemet – 5/22 – CIF Division 5 Finals, 79-70 loss after 9-9 tiebreaker to Downey Warren
Local MMA fighters flourish in Bellator 137 at Pechanga
Steve Kozola of Temecula, right, sends a strike up the middle during Bellator 137 on Friday, May 15 at Pechanga Resort and Casino.
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Gonzalez, right, and Millender take it to the canvas during their Bellator MMA 137 bout which Gonzalez won by submission in the third round. Andrez Imaging photo
Ardie Crenshaw Special to the Valley News The Battle of the Bellator returned to the Pechanga Resort and Casino on Friday, May 15, in front of a sellout crowd that was treated to 12 bouts with the main event taking place between Kendall Grove and Brandon Halsey.
The event which was broadcast on Spike TV showcased 4 local fighters. Fernando “The Menifee Maniac” Gonzalez, (23-13), as well as AJ Jenkins (17-5), Steve Kozola (5-0), and Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) who were all fighting out of Temecula. Gonzales was trailing on the score cards going into third and
final round and says he knew Curtis Miler would be dangerous saying, “I’ve just seen some holes in his game I think I can take advantage of. I definitely think I can stop him. At some point in the fight he is going to make a mistake and I plan on capitalize on it and get him out of there.” Miller made the mistake in the third and Gonzales capitalized taking the win by submission at 1:14 in the third round. Zwicker would also find himself victorious, but Jenkins did not fare as well losing by technical knockout at 4:08 in the first round of the scheduled 3 round fight. In the final bout of the evening Steve Kozola scored a first round knockout victory just 2:12 into the fight. The next few weeks will be very exciting for fans of combat sports. On Friday, May 22, the finals of the Boxcino middleweight tournament were held in Corona and were the finale of ESPN Friday Nights Fights for the season. Then wrapping up the month, on Friday May 29, Thompson Boxing Celebrates 15 years with a star studded event at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. On June 6, local crowd favorite and heavyweight, Chris Arrello (Riverside) will be fighting at the stub hub center in Carson and on June 27, Palm Springs welterweight contender Timothy Bradley will also be headlining a card at the Stub Hub center. Visit www. bellator .com to find out more info on the events.
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Triple Crown Sports hosts annual Memorial Day Baseball Tournament in Temecula JP Raineri Sports Editor The 14th annual Triple Crown Memorial Day Baseball Classic took place last weekend, May 2325, and brought with it close to 200 travel baseball teams to the area. The Ronald Reagan Sports Park was where the main headquarters was set up, but facilities like Big League Dreams in Perris and parks like Patricia Birdsall, Harveston, Temeku Hills and Los Alamos all catered to a multitude of players ranging in age from 7 to 16 years old. This particular tournament has become very popular over the past few years, not only to players and families, but also to local business owners and of course with Temecula Valley Wine Country so close, an increase in families coming from out of town a day early and staying a day later isn’t an uncommon trend anymore. “Many of the local hotels book up well ahead of time and this year we (Triple Crown) rented out the Carmike Movie Theaters in Temecula for a free showing of Rookie of the Year, which was held on Saturday, May, 23 for any players that wanted to attend,” tournament director Kyle Gribble said. Teams come in from as far away as Washington, Colorado, and Utah
Approximately 184 travel baseball teams invaded the Temecula Valley to play in the 14th annual Memorial Day Baseball Classic, which is a 3 day tournament for players ranging in age from 7 to 16 years old.
the big thrill for the local teams is that it gives the players a chance to see some fresh faces on the fields. Though no local teams took home a championship this year, the reward for the teams that did place first and second in their divisions included medals and trophies and they also received a qualifying bid to a future Triple Crown World Series event. In order to win, many of the teams that take home first place have to go through the brackets with minimal losses, and of course
it is not uncommon for the top teams to find the strength to go undefeated in order to pull out all the stops. “Some of the age groups are broken up and made into two separate divisions, a D1 and D2, which are very much necessary for some of the groups of teams,” Gribble said. “The competition is pretty fierce, especially for the teams that have been together for a long time. There are a lot of teams that use this tournament as the kick off to
The Temecula Bats, pictured here after a game at the Ronald Reagan Sports Park, were just one of the many local teams that participated in the three day tournament that was held at a multitude of locations over the three day holiday weekend. Courtesy photos
the Summer Travel season, or for All Stars and some come out using it as their season ender before they take time off, but our rules make it possible for any team to win, as long as coaches are smart with their roster moves and pitching logs.” Below is a list of winners from this past weekend’s event and for a more detailed list of all who participated, visit www.triplecrownsports. com. 7U – Chino Hills Thunder, 8U Division 1 – Chino Hills Thunder, 8U Division 2 – SGV Hustle, 9U Division 1 – SGV Hustle, 9U
Division 2 – FTC Thunder, 10U Division Gold – Pico Pride, 10U Division Silver – Del Mar Powerhouse, 10U Division 2 – Desert Knights, 11U Division Gold – BC Prospects Elite, 11U Division Silver – LA Xtreme Elite, 11U Division 2 – SoCal SWAT, 12U Division 1 – SoCal Revolution, 12U Division 2 Gold – Scripps Ranch Renegades, 12U Division 2 Silver – West Coast Clippers, 13U Division 1 – SoCal Revolution, 13U Division 2 – SoCal Warriors, 14U Division 1 – Wilson MVP, 14U Division 2 – Desert Storm, 15/16U Wood Bat – Warriors-Hawks.
CBAADA Honors 2014-15 Championship Coaches Paul Bandong Staff Writer The Citrus Belt Area Athletic Directors Association (CBAADA) honored league, CIF and State championship coaches at its annual Championship Coaches Breakfast held at California Baptist University on Tuesday, May 19. The CBAADA consists of 87 member schools from Riverside and San Bernardino schools. This year’s awardees accounted for 691 league championships, eight CIF championships, and one state title. Forty-two local valley coaches were honored for 47 league championships; one was recognized for a CIF Championship. Among local Valley winners were Temecula Valley’s wrestling coach Arnold Alpert, who recorded his 27th consecutive league win, 21 of those with co-coach Lyndon Campbell. The two also notched their 17th consecutive CIF-Southern Section Dual Meet Championship. Five other coaches were recognized for fifteen or more league wins. Special guest Rob Wigod, Commissioner of the CIF Southern Section, said of the CBAADA, “You’re the only group in the section that does this – recognizing their coaches for their achievements.” Special guest Rob Wigod, Commissioner of the CIF Southern Section, said referring to the CBAADA “You’re the ones in the trenches . . . the actual work is done by you,” Wigod told the coaches. “CIF wants to support you in your jobs. Congratulations and keep helping kids.” Outgoing CBAADA President, Rich Shearer, commented on the shared characteristics of league and CIF championship coaches: vision, genuine relationships, risk-taking, dedication to do the hard work and willingness to share the love of the sport and competition. The local league championship coaches for fall sports from Southwestern League are Doug Soles from Great Oak named in two sports, boys and girls cross country, Coley Candaele from Vista Murrieta for football, Ryan Heise, also of Vista Murrieta and Robert Murphy of Great Oak, both for girls golf, Trent Warren of Murrieta Valley for girls tennis, Mark Motluck of Great Oak for girls volleyball and Bryan Lynton of Murrieta Valley for boys water polo. Winners for Fall sports from the Sunbelt League are James Gray from Paloma Valley for boys cross country, Mike McGregor, also of Paloma Valley for girls cross
country, Kraig Broach of Heritage for football, Barbara Lewis of Temescal Canyon for girls golf, Damien Andrews, also of Temescal Canyon for boys water polo and from Elsinore, James Checco for girls tennis and Renee Horton for girls volleyball. Winter Sports winners from Southwestern League are Chris Jones and John Hanson from Vista Murrieta for girls basketball and boys soccer, respectively, Great Oak’s Bob Hickey for boys basketball, Kevin Legg from Murrieta Mesa for girls soccer, Bryan Lynton from Murrieta Valley for girls water polo and from Temecula Valley, Arnold Alpert and Lyndon Campbell, both for wrestling. Sunbelt League winners for winter sports include Pete Rettinger and Rick Woltjer from Elsinore for boys basketball, Anthony Williams and Colin Gilliland from Lakeside for girls basketball and boys soccer, Marie Dillon of Paloma Valley for girls soccer, Damien Andrews from Temescal Canyon for girls water polo and Jeff Hickok from Elsinore for wrestling. Spring Sports winners for Southwestern League are Matt Mosiello of Vista Murrieta for baseball, Jared Boyatt of Great Oak for boys golf, Sean Parks of Murrieta Valley for softball, Mike Gonzalez, also of Murrieta Valley, for boys and girls swim, Ray Fischer of Great Oak for boys tennis, Coley Candaele and Dave Olson of Vista Murrieta for boys and girls track, and Doug Soles of Great Oak for girls track and field. Spring Sports, Sunbelt League spring sports winners were Patrick O’Grady of Temescal Canyon and Chuck Kemp of Paloma Valley for baseball, David Baydala of Temescal Canyon and Cory Page of Paloma Valley for boys golf, Daniel Bosna of Temescal Canyon for softball, Damien Andrews and Katie Donatelli of Temescal Canyon for boys swim and girls swim respectively, Doug Fairchild of Heritage for boys tennis, Jeff Hodges of Elsinore for boys and girls track and Katie Bradley of Paloma Valley for boys volleyball. Tony Nobiensky, from Temecula Valley High School was also recognized for his 2014 CIF Southern Section Division II Championship in baseball. Kurt Bruich from Redlands East Valley was the only state champion coach from the CBAADA this past year, winning the CIF State Division II title with a 34-33 win over Clayton Valley Charter. REV also won their first CIF-SS title this year. Bruich was named State
CBAADA League Championship Coaches from the Sunbelt League (bottom row) stand with their Athletic Directors who are pictured in the top row.
CBAADA League Championship Coaches from the Southwestern League (bottom row) stand with their Athletic Directors who are pictured in the top row. Paul Bandong photos
Coach of the Year by CalHiSports. com; his father, Dick, won the award in 1989.
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MWD extends lease with Legends Golf Club, LLC Joe Naiman Writer The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California owns the land Legends Golf Club, LLC, uses for the Legends Golf Club course and other amenities. On May 12 the MWD board voted to extend the lease with Legends Golf Club, LLC. The lease extension is for up to 25 years. An initial five-year term will be followed by four five-year options to renew the lease. The initial rent will be $3,500 with annual rent adjustments of 3 percent.
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Legends Golf Club, LLC, will also pay the $1,000 processing fee for the lease extension. The 11,012-acre Legends Golf Club site is located on a portion of MWD’s San Diego Pipeline facility. A lease for golf course operations and landscaping activity was first approved in 1977. The most recent lease expired on December 31, 2014, although Legends Golf Club, LLC, continued to lease the property on a month-to-month basis prior to the approval of the extension. Legends Golf Club, LLC, will continue to use the property as a
golf course and golf school facility. MWD will retain the right to use the property, including access to the MWD pipeline for operations and maintenance purposes. Legends Golf Club, LLC, will continue to be responsible for abating weeds, trash, and debris on the site. MWD has the right to terminate the lease on 90 days written notice in a non-emergency situation and can terminate the lease immediately in emergency situations. Legends Golf Club, LLC, can terminate the lease upon 180 days written notice.
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Matt Mitchell takes 2nd at Perris, climbs into 2nd in USAC/CRA Sprint Car championship YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, Calif., drove to a second-place finish Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway to climb into second in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car championship. Mitchell’s runner-up run in the 40-lap “Salute to Indy” was his second straight and tangible evidence that the 28-year-old is developing a more competitive car. He also was a season-best second at Ventura Raceway on May 9.
“The car was way better than it’s been all year and I couldn’t be happier with it,” Mitchell said. “We had a better car than we’d had this season at Ventura and we played off that. It felt better here. We have the balance back in it. We have a good foundation and we definitely have something to work with.” Mitchell had been third in the points entering the seventh USAC/ CRA event of the season and moved past Damion Gardner into
second with 401. Mike Spencer leads with 426 and Gardner has 387 going into the next event on June 13 at Perris. Spencer finished seventh and Gardner 19 on Saturday. “It’s good we gained points on Spencer and Gardner and as long as we keep doing that, we’ll be all right,” Mitchell said. Mitchell, who won the “Salute to Indy” in 2011 and 2013, was third fastest in qualifying and fourth in his heat. He started on
the outside of the second row and took the lead in turn three on the opening lap. He dropped to third behind race winner Richard Vander Weerd and Gardner on the third lap, passed Gardner for second in turns three and four on the 10th lap and held it to the checkered flag despite having the methanol fuel sprayed all over his legs for much of the race. The condition caused Mitchell’s Maxim to lose horsepower from being fuel starved in the corners.
“We started spraying fuel (from a loose hose) on lap five and were running out of fuel by lap 35,” Mitchell said. Matt Mitchell’s 2015 feature results in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series: March 7—5. Perris; March 2 0 — 6 . Tu c s o n U S A R a c e way; March 21—4. Tucson USA Raceway; April 18—6. Perris; May 2—6. Perris; May 9—2. Ventura; May 23—2. Perris.
No racing at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night PERRIS—There is no racing at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, May 30. However, the So Cal Oval Karters will be holding a road race on the PAS infield on Saturday beginning at noon. The grandstands will not be open for the kart race, but those wishing can purchase pit passes and watch from the infield. Saturday night racing returns on June 6 with Night of Destruction #3. The USAC/CRA Sprint Cars return along with the PAS Young Gun & Senior Sprints on June 13. The PASSCAR Stock Car Series and the IMCA Modifieds will be back on June 27.
Advance tickets for all events at the PAS are available 24 hours a day by calling (800) 595-4849 or online at http://pas.tix.com/ Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7. For more information on the PAS call (951) 940-0134. Camping is available for $25.00 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, Archibald’s Restaurants, Ayers Hotel and Spa, BlueLine Rentals, 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, Hoosier Tires, Horizon Solar, K&N Engineering, Livingwaters Hospice, Luke’s Transmission, Moon Nursery, Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pizza Factory, Red Lion Inns and Suites, Robert Dempster, Scott Sales, Shaver Racing Engines, Sherwin-
Williams, Stassines Cross, Square H, Swedish Speed, Trench Shoring, US Foods and Valley News. 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/Perris-Auto-Speedway/ 113876798686480?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. Video and DVD productions of all racing events at PAS are available from Loudpedal Produc-
tions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing mailto:trtruex@gmail. com or you can visit the web site LoudPedal Productions 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.
2015 PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is rebranding June 6
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION III - Demo Cross, Figure 8s, Trailer Figure 8s, Spectator Race and a Block Party
June 13
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns
June 27
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Modifieds and Factory Stocks
July 4
“FIRECRACKER 40 & SKY CONCERT” USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS S e n i o r S p r i n t s , PA S Yo u n g G u n s a n d C a l i f o r n i a L i g h t n i n g S p r i n t s “Power of Purple Night” Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society.
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TEMECULA—The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce has recently announced the launch of its rebranding. No matter the size, nature, or medium of a local business, the TVCC will directly continue to position itself as a place “Where Business Meets Opportunity.” As the Temecula Business community grows and diversifies, so follows its needs, and the TVCC has modeled itself on an adaptable platform to accommodate them. Traditionally, chambers of commerce focus solely on networking events to promote their members and services. However, in a place and time where many businesses have outgrown that model (or in the case of online markets, may never have fit into it properly at all), a chamber must offer a variety of platforms for business connections. The TVCC is doing just that, with educational classes for new businesses, sponsorship opportunities for those seeking exposure, partnerships for companies wishing to build local alliances, and much more. The TVCC encompasses multiple services for a variety of business needs. What sets the TVCC apart is its ability to cater to a diverse range of business types using customized strategies for each. By dividing the chamber’s resources into four membership options, it will be able to better serve the business community by honing in on the services that are relevant to their needs. What does this mean for you and your business? With these four options you can tailor your membership to achieve your business objectives. These four categories are listed below. Education The TVCC offers a wide variety of educational opportunities to its members. Through workshops, speaking engagements, and personalized counseling, chamber members gather insight on common business and marketing problems and their solutions.
Marketing and event promotion The chamber offers the ability to sponsor events and be featured on various publications and collateral distributed by the organization. This gives members an opportunity to market themselves with less legwork and a broader reach than face to face networking strategies. Networking opportunities Many of those in the business community still greatly benefit from face to face contact with their peers. The TVCC hosts a multitude of events throughout the year, both intimate and expansive, to bring business persons together for the opportunity to network. These events are designed to suit a wide variety of business types and availabilities, and often coincide with educational workshops to increase networking effectiveness. Online promotion The TVCC wishes to cater to all business types, including the growing number of companies whose target markets increasingly come from an internet presence. For these companies, as well as those who do not have time to market themselves personally, the chamber offers opportunities for online promotion. The TVCC is dedicated to growing a healthy business community through the support of its individual members and community alliances. The TVCC has demonstrated a proven track record since 1966, advocating for the well-being of the business community as a whole by connecting local businesses with the tools they need to be a thriving success. The TVCC is continually positioning itself as an invaluable business resource and is looking forward to welcoming new members, while continuing to meet the unique and individual needs of its current members with the belief that when one business thrives, the business community as a whole succeeds. For additional information, contact the chamber at (951) 676-5090 or email asullivan@temecula.org.
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