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Volume 17, Issue 25
Crop Swap offers a neighborly way to stock up on homegrown goodies
Trevor Montgomery valleystaff@reedermedia.com
Two Anza residents died when a vehicle they were in lost control, hit a large boulder and flipped, before landing on its roof Tuesday, June 13. see page A-5
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Globalism and climate control merge Harold Pease, Ph. D. Special to Anza Valley Outlook
The first billionaire in U.S. history was John D. Rockefeller. He and J. P. Morgan dominated late 19th and early 20th centuries’ economic and political history, even more so after they teamed up to create the Council on Foreign Relations in 1921, which quickly became the most powerful political special interest group in U.S. history. see page A-6
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Protecting yourself and animals from ‘Bad Rescues’ Diane Sieker anzaeditor@reedermedia.com
“Rescue” is a buzzword that instills thoughts of relief, shelter, love and care. Animal rescues save poor, innocent and defenseless pets, right? Not always.
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Little Demi Lehner enjoys a pea pod at the June 2 Crop Swap at Minor Park in Anza. Crop Swap is held each Friday beginning at 5:30 p.m. from June through September at the park. See the story and more photos on page A-3. Diane Sieker photo
Picnickers enjoy art and readings at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
Dorland Mountain Arts Colony artists, board members and visitors gathered Sunday, June 11, to celebrate the addition of two new artist cottages and a soon-to-becompleted, multipurpose room at a picnic under the oaks off Highway 79 near Temecula. Current resident artists and writers, along with board members and guests, shared their latest creations with the picnickers sitting under the shady coastal oaks that cover the grounds. One of the two newest artist cottages served as the backdrop of the natural duff-covered speakers’ area. Resident writer Amy Cannon shared her poem written at the colony. “It was good to live lightly here,” she wrote, lauding the solitude and
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see Picnickers, page A-5
Author Meryl Peters performs a reading to Dorland Mountain Arts Colony visitors in front of one of two new cottages available to accomplished artists from all media to write, paint or compose in seclusion surrounded by nature. The public was invited to tour the new cottages at a picnic June 10. Tony Ault photo
Anza ‘Phantom Artist,’ Dr. Susan Eyr Anderson delights Art Show guests Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
Dr. Susan Eyr Anderson, aka the “Anza Phantom Artist,” with her husband Dave shows of her favorite acrylic painting of Misteno, her Kiger Mustang. The painting won a first place in the Riverside County Fair art exhibit. Tony Ault photo
Veterinarian Dr. Susan Eyr Anderson delighted residents with her special artwork June 10 and tales of her adventures as Anza’s mysterious “Phantom Artist” Saturday, June 10, at Anza Valley Artists Show and Sale at the Community Hall. The Anza “Phantom Artist,” whose true identity was revealed earlier in the Anza Valley Outlook, laughed while telling her story of painting the colorful street signs along Highway 371 and other byways in Anza right under the eyes of passing Anza motorists without anyone knowing what she was doing or who she was. Suddenly her work, identifying Anza, its main streets and places like the Anza Veterans of Foreign Wars Postwith colorful Mustang horses as the background appeared much to the awe and pleasure
see Phantom, page A-4