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Temecula’s Old Town Music Festival brings country to the city

Local LE Council proclaims July Parks and Rec Month Diane A. Rhodes WRITER

Lake Elsinore Mayor Robert “Bob” Magee made a presentation to Director of Community Services Johnathan Skinner recognizing July as Parks and Recreation Month during the June 22 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting. see page A-2

Local Hemet Council approves new fiscal year budget Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Hemet City Council approved the city’s new Strategic Plan for the next five years and the 2021-2022 budget with last minute amendments at the June 22 regular meeting. see page A-4

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Country Music Superstar Billy Ray Cyrus performs onstage at the Old Town Music Festival presented by The Stampede Saturday, June 26 in Temecula. See more photos on page B-1.

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Menifee’s newest police officers presented badges in special inaugural ceremony Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The new Menifee Police Department officers and Chief Pat Walsh, nearing the anniversary of the department with many city officials attending, were officially sworn in during special ceremonies June 21.

In addition to the off-duty officers attending the inaugural swearing-in ceremony were Mayor Bill Zimmerman, Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Sobek, Councilmembers Matt Liesemeyer, Bob Karwin, Dean Deines, City Manager Armando Villa and city officials and staff who congratulated the officers and professionals.

Also in attendance were special guest dignitaries including representatives from State Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto’s offices, Supervisor Jeff Hewitt and Riverside County District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin.

Menifee Police Department Color Guard stand in honor as the Pledge of Allegiance is said at the inaugural swearing-in ceremony for the newest Menifee police officers June 21. Valley News/Menifee PD courtesy photo

Huge crowds celebrate Independence Day early with fun and fireworks in Menifee Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

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Crowds gather at Menifee Wheatfield Park before the early Independence Day Celebration June 26 begins in the city.

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Thousands of Menifee residents, children and friends joyfully gathered to celebrate the nation’s Independence Day early with friends, family and fireworks at two nearby locations June 26.

It was more than just an early celebration of the nation’s birthday but the independence from fear, facemasks and some social distancing with the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lifted only a week before. The celebration began at 5 p.m. at Menifee’s popular Wheatfield Park and the east parking lot of Mt. San Jacinto College when just after dark 20 minutes of bright, colorful and noisy fireworks were shot high into the sky to be seen by everyone.

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Lake Elsinore City Council proclaims July Parks and Recreation Month Diane A. Rhodes WRITER

Lake Elsinore Mayor Robert “Bob” Magee made a presentation to Director of Community Services Johnathan Skinner recognizing July as Parks and Recreation Month during the June 22 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting.

While Magee did not read from the proclamation, it said in part that “parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including the City of Lake Elsinore, and are fundamental to the environmental well-being of our community.”

Skinner shared that the month will be celebrated with something for everyone. A free Kids Park Passport for ages 6-12 will give children a chance to win prizes by visiting local parks and participating in events. A free Community Services Luau Party will be at City Park July 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Disney’s “Soul” will be the Movie in the Park July 17 at Creekside Park. Free launching from Launch Pointe will be available every Wednesday in July, although lake use fees will still apply.

Two Consent Calendar items were pulled for public comments and further discussion, while the other 21 were approved. Item No. 23, to “Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement for Professional Services with Social Work Action Group (SWAG) in an amount not to exceed $100,000 in such final form as approved by the City Attorney” drew public comments that centered on displeasure that the

city had opened The Anchor, a crisis stabilization housing complex, and erroneously referred to it as a homeless shelter. Feeling that creating such a place encouraged homeless people in the region to come to Lake Elsinore, they did not want to see it funded any further.

“The item in front of us is to amend the current contract with Social Work Action Group. Before I bring it up to my colleagues, did staff want to make any comments about the term of the HEAP grant and Measure Z funding,” Magee asked.

Nicole Dailey, assistant to the city manager, came forward to clarify that while The Anchor is deemed “regional” it only applies to Lake Elsinore, Wildomar and the surrounding county areas. She said being that it is crisis stabilization housing, the city has some control over who is placed there, meaning its nonprofit partner (SWAG) is allowed to vet every person who goes into the facility.

HEAP Grant ending Dailey said the $1.5 HEAP (Homeless Emergency Aid Program) grant expires June 30 but other grants have been applied for, and some received, that have been able to cover most of the expenditures at The Anchor. This layer of different grants has allowed for ongoing funding for various needs.

She said currently there has been no need to tap into Measure Z funds and through the many grants that have been applied for, all costs appear to be covered through the next fiscal year. The amendment was passed unanimously.

In a related issue, Item No. 24

was an authorization for the city to apply for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Set Aside Funds for Project Homekey Projects.Public comment included one who said he felt CDBG grants could be better spent on local families in ways such as subsidizing camp fees for children instead of “helping only the drug addicts.”

Dailey once again spoke to clarify some misconceptions, pointing out that the federal funding is only for housing projects and is only available to applicants who had previously applied for Project Homekey.

CARES Funding “Since the city was awarded those original funds, these funds are only available to us as well as the other 41 applicants that received funds from the state previously,” she said. “This is actually CARES Act funding that the federal government gave to the state that they are getting for the homeless population. So, although there may be other uses in our community, the funds are not eligible for those uses.”

The new grant money will be used to improve individual rooms whereas the original funding focused on its infrastructure. “We are trying to reduce our long-term maintenance costs for the property with this grant,” Dailey said.

Council Member Brian Tisdale took offense to one of the public comment speakers who seemed quite adamant in his claim that The Anchor is a regional homeless shelter. As he began to address the person’s misstatements, Tisdale asked to have the person

Lake Elsinore Mayor Robert “Bob” Magee makes a presentation to Director of Community Services Johnathan Skinner recognizing July as Parks and Recreation Month June 22.

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removed, stating he was giving him the middle finger “because he doesn’t want to hear what I have to say but yet he comes before this council and before the city of Lake Elsinore and spreads his lies at every meeting.”

When he was able to continue, Tisdale said, “We in Lake Elsinore have taken a proactive stance against homelessness. Homelessness exists in every city in Riverside County and only in Lake Elsinore are we making a difference in changing lives; we are getting people back into society.

That’s what this is all about.”

Council Member Natasha Johnson, who gives a Homeless Task Force update at every meeting, said the difference between crisis stabilization and a shelter is the law enforcement component.

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“The shelter mentality doesn’t work,” she said. “We want to help people. It’s not a crime to be homeless in Lake Elsinore. The Anchor project is our way of sustaining our own success and future. All five of us are united in addressing our Anchor project, its success and how we move forward in addressing homelessness because we are making a difference.”

She said that allowing the city to seek more grant funding is a way to keep any costs from being absorbed by the taxpayers and that is a good thing.

Unique to the Area Council Member Steve Manos said, “What we’re doing now is not super unique nationally or amongst big cities but it’s very unique for our area and the way that we’re tackling this is good and necessary.

You want wrap-around programs.

I think the program’s been very successful. I support this.”

Mayor Pro Tem Timothy Sheridan said he supported Tisdale’s and Johnson’s comments. “The work that staff has done to bring solutions on homelessness to Lake Elsinore has been extraordinary.”

Magee echoed the fact the council is united on this matter. “We started pushing back in 2014 when we decided that we were going to take back our parks. And we’ve taken back our parks. Between the Social Work Action Group, The Anchor, our partners in law enforcement, code enforcement, our public works department and our private contractors, we are making a huge difference. Our programs are having an impact and it’s a positive impact and it’s like nothing else anyone is doing in Southwest Riverside County.”

The authorization for staff to apply for more grants was passed unanimously.

In further business, during Public Hearings Item No. 29, council heard a staff report from Community Development Director Karen Brindley regarding a proposed neighborhood retail center. Public Hearings Item No. 30 was a planning application for a 60-unit condominium unit within Canyon Hills, which Brindley summarized.

Item No. 31 was an item revisited from the last meeting. Sunny Express Car Wash did not get a majority of votes at its most recent planning commission meeting, due to a technicality, and the project was brought before the city council to decide rather than have the applicant start the appeal process.

There was some discussion about the saturation of car wash businesses, this one would bring the count to four within about a one-mile radius. However, the council said it is not their call to restrict private property use and if the company’s marketing department determined it was lucrative for them to put that type of business there, it was not their place to halt the process. They passed the item unanimously, 5-0.

Item No. 32 included a presentation from the Finance Division’s Fiscal Officer, Brendan Rafferty on the Capital Improvement Plan budget for fiscal years 2021-2022 to 2025-2026. Seeking a resolution to adopt the budgets, Magee said it was exciting to see all the completed projects and hear about the proposed ones and it was passed 5-0.

Sheridan reminded residents that the city would resume active enforcement of street sweeping violations July 12, having suspended it during the pandemic. Before adjourning, Magee announced a relaxed dress code for colleagues and staff through Labor Day. The next regular meeting of the Lake Elsinore City Council and Successor Agency is scheduled for July 13 at 7 p.m. For more information, www.lake-elsinore.org.

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Hemet High School graduate inspired by middle school teacher Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Always embracing her family history, Amayah Purnell didn’t realize until middle school that her interest would develop into a career path. With the help of her social studies teacher at Dartmouth Middle School in Hemet, Purnell has decided to use her academic skills and knowledge to become a teacher and return to the San Jacinto Valley to instill a love of history and social studies in other young minds.

“I am the descendant of William Purnell, a Civil War veteran in the United States Colored Infantry.

I am the descendant of Linda Purnell, whose class integrated Stephen Decatur High School in Maryland,” Purnell wrote in a scholarship application. “Through my ancestors, I am a product of courage, resilience and persistence. I carry the strengths of my ancestors with me through every journey.”

And it was the Hemet High School graduate’s educational journey through middle school that sparked her career goals, specifically in her class on social studies which encompassed history, economics, culture, geography and archeology.

“In seventh grade, I met my favorite teacher, Scott Roddy,” Purnell said. “Some students may consider history an uninteresting subject, but Mr. Roddy’s approach made history exciting and enjoyable. He made subjects like the Byzantine Empire as entertaining as ‘All American’ on Netflix.”

Purnell, who also had Roddy as a teacher in eighth grade, specifically recalled his approach to lessons about the civil rights era.

“His teaching style addressed these delicate topics in such a nonjudgmental, dignified manner that I was sparked to share,” Purnell said. “I proudly shared authentic Civil War memorabilia and Mr. Roddy shared the papers in class and gave me a special folder to help preserve the papers. His dedi-

cation and thoughtfulness inspired me to become an educator.”

Roddy, who began his teaching career nine years ago in Louisiana, said all social studies education majors at Southeastern Louisiana University are required to take courses that instruct how to implement lessons that can be difficult to teach for various reasons.

“Having attended all of my K-12 years of school in Louisiana, I have seen teachers masterfully navigate subjects that could cause there to be noticeable discomfort in the classroom,” he said. “I have always presented the historical topics covered in my curriculum in a factual manner while providing different historical perspectives on those topics through the use of primary sources. Historians rarely shy away from challenging the status quo. And quite honestly, neither do middle school students.

For me, a teacher wanting my middle school students to think with a historian’s mindset, this is a very convenient situation in which I am fortunate to enjoy in my classroom.”

Roddy said many students are not used to, or do not expect, their social studies teacher to be casually critical of or even slightly irreverent to decisions and actions of political leaders and legislation of the past.

“Also, I am the first teacher they encounter as adolescents who teaches the history of the United States,” he said. “This convergence of their maturity, their willingness to express newlygained perspectives, and an adult consistently challenging them to form opinions based on data and first-person historical accounts presents a new situation they have not found themselves in before.”

Purnell, who grew up in the San Jacinto Valley, said because she knows firsthand that teachers truly do make a difference when it comes to learning a subject, said “I would like to be able to make the same impact.”

Roddy said, “Every teacher, at all grade levels, is highly aware

of the fact that the connection you create with your students is key to your students connecting to the subject matter. I’m overwhelmingly grateful that I am able to make a positive impact on the future generation, and reflective upon how so many teachers I had as a young person made an impact on my life.”

One in particular was his seventh-grade English teacher, Mrs. Tammy Benoit, who he described as “a truly memorable and incredible educator” explaining that she “expertly crafted lessons that were both rigorous and relevant while being remarkably supportive to her students outside of the subject taught.” Roddy has had a lifelong love of learning, especially for the subject of social studies with an emphasis on geography, anthropology and economics.

“In second grade, I begged my parents to let Santa know I wanted a new globe for Christmas because the collapse of the Soviet Union had made my current globe obsolete,” he recalled.

Purnell, 17, said the strength of her ancestors supported her as she took on many activities during her high school journey. She co-created Young Black Scholars (YBS) at Hemet High in 2018, a campus club that serves as a college preparatory program that encourages learning, studying and becoming optimal leaders.

Members provided service to the school and community in a variety of ways. Serving as secretary and president, Purnell helped conduct weekly meetings and coordinate events such as trips to college fairs, Black History Month programs and beach cleanups.

Through YBS, she learned about a local program that offers opportunities for potential teachers to begin their journey after earning a bachelor’s degree. The Hemet Unified Teacher Residency Program provides future teacher candidates with a master’s degree in education and a California teaching credential during the course of one school year. But it

Dartmouth Social Studies teacher Scott Roddy had a strong influence on former student Amayah Purnell who has decided to pursue a V alley N ews/D iane A. Rhodes photo teaching career.

was Purnell’s passion for African American history that prompted her to pursue higher education with a focus in Africana Studies, which she will begin at San Diego State University in August with the help of six scholarships.

“The strength of my ancestors will again accompany me on this

next journey as I will use my degree to teach students in the San Jacinto Valley,” Purnell said.

“My influcence as a teacher with a focus in Africana Studies will allow me to incorporate an inclusive perspective, which will naturally build a more compassionate and equitable society.”

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Hemet City Council approves Strategic Plan and new fiscal year budget Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Hemet City Council approved the city’s new Strategic Plan for the next five years and the 2021-2022 budget with last minute amendments at the June 22 regular meeting.

The new Strategic Plan helps direct the council’s course for the city’s budgets for its General Plan.

The Plan also guides how the 76 sworn police officers and 49 sworn firefighters, city parks and other employees are to help the nearly 85,000 residents of the city.

The Plan approved by the four current members of the council is divided into four basic parts: it’s vision, mission, values and goals.

The goals according to the Plan document that can be seen on the city’s website, addresses what was seen as the Quality of Life, Partnership and Collaboration improving the community, Organizational Effectiveness, Community Engagement and Economic Opportunity.

The new city budget for the next fiscal year and future years includes the present council’s goals and is now available to the public. Goals are to increase ROCS’ enhancement seven days a week, partner with CR&R to offer neighborhood cleanups, undertake graffiti abatement, create streamline and pipeline into public works jobs, add funding to abatement board-ups to reduce blight, create vacant building program to ensure compliance and allocate staffing, update the city’s Homelessness Strategic Plan and allocate funding for a homeless coordinator.

Also included in the goals were to host two DUI enforcement events through the police department, host three distracted driving enforcement events through police, increase the Police Traffic Bureau by three full-time employees, host three fire prevention classes for community groups, host targeted police traffic enforcements, create a formal fire prevention program, implement

an Emergency Medical Dispatch Protocol system, expand traffic enforcement to seven days a week with coordinated traffic sweeps in conjunction with surrounding agencies, establish a Housing Program, establish Fire Engine 5 and increase police effectiveness and victim engagement with implementation of software triggers and notifications.

The 2021-2022 fiscal year budget for the city as outlined in the budget report presented by Finance Director Lorena Rocha shows in explanatory charts where it is coming from and where it is being spent in the General Fund.

Proposed revenue in the General Fund will be coming from taxes, service charges, business and development fees (totaling near $53 million). Expenditures on the chart show $45.7 million toward safety (police, fire, public safety), $3.8 million toward administrative costs, $3.6 million toward development and $2.7 million toward infrastructure (roads,

sewer, water, power, etc.) or approximately$55.8 million. The detailed large budget document outlines nearly every source of expected revenues and how much of that is to be spent in the general fund, exclusive of the nearly $12 million expected from the Measure U sales tax.

Hemet, like most cities, spends most of its earned revenues in police and fire agencies in the public safety sector.

Two of the goals were addressed in the meeting, with one being added to the budget in paying off a $2 million loan and adding $750,000 from the Measure U balance fund for any special fire or law enforcement needs in the next few years that would still balance the budget. The Measure U fund balance, or the money not spent in past years by public service, police and fire services, totaled almost $9 million held in “reserve.”

“Why can’t we spend some of that,” Mayor Karlee Meyer asked, seeing it would still be in the

public safety sector. “The people need that.” She indicated the city needs to hire more firefighters and police.

A lengthy discussion followed that on providing for the changes.

It was finally passed with the amendment in a 4-0 vote. A special election has been called to fill the council’s vacant seat.

The new city budget, according to City Manager Chris Lopez, is to provide a detailed proposed balanced budget for the next fiscal year for the city residents and to satisfy the state auditors who have recently criticized the city for its deficit spending. He said he would be making the changes as proposed by the council that evening.

The lengthy budget report also outlines the total revenues, required expenses and keeping a large amount of money in a reserve fund and for obligations as required by the state.

Tony Ault can be reached at tasult@reedermedia.com.

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Distinguished Service certificates and awards are handed out by Menifee Police Chief Patrick Walsh, center, to Menifee residents and officers at the Menifee Police Department’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony June 21.

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POLICE from pag e A - 1 Most of the 32 officers and the department’s professional staff and the police chief, meeting inperson together for the first time, showed their pride and honor as the new Menifee Police Department badges were pinned on those who joined the department after its opening day July 1.

It was even more of a celebration with 43 individuals and officers honored in the categories of certificates of recognition, Distinguished Citizen, Exceptional Service Award, Fitness Award, Team Achievement Award, Lifesaving Award and Chief’s Award.

Chief Patrick Walsh expressed his gratitude for both the premier team that has been created at Menifee PD and also for the extraor-

dinary support they have received from the community.

“The Menifee community, City Council, and City management team has been nothing short of astounding. The relationship between law enforcement and the community is a special one and it’s not always as strong as we have experienced this past year.

Our entire Menifee PD is incredibly grateful. It makes us want to do our very best to make Menifee a safe and thriving place to be,” Walsh said.

To learn more about the Menifee Police Department and its many safety and community initiatives, visit www.menifeepolice.org or call (951) 723-1500.

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San Jacinto’s ‘In the Loop’ city manager social media reports announces city projects and concerns Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

San Jacinto City Manager Rob Johnson and Tara Magner, economic development manager, posted the city’s latest update on a new “In the Loop” program that will be airing each month on social media providing the city’s residents with information on vital programs in parks, public buildings and other events.

The latest report in June stated the city will soon be opening a new National Fitness Center at Mistletoe Park and a new community garden open for residential

use at Sallee Park. Johnson said the city was also seeking a new mural in the garden. He said more information about plot availability and other things would soon be available, Magner said the city will soon be receiving grants for a proposed fitness trail and basketball court revitalization at Sallee Park as well.

She said an electronic billboard installed in front of city hall will announce city council and other commission meetings and other information needed for developers and builders.

The city is also working on a new appointment scheduling plan

that is more efficient and a new wireless and telephone city in the community building on Pujol Street, according to Johnson. He said residents can then participate in person or online in the council meetings that are held at the center.

He anticipates it will be completed by late July.

Johnson reviewed the last city council meeting that in its new improved 2020-2021 fiscal year budget would be hiring seven new police department positions, 17 new vehicle recovery FLOCK cameras, more staffing for the fire department and an outreach team for the homeless.

He explained the current and future street improvement programs and said the Eastern Municipal Water District water recycling program at Esplanade and Mountain avenues will soon see completion.

Magner explained all the current retail and commercial projects now underway or coming to the city within the next year. They include a 7-Eleven and service station at Soboba Crossroads, Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins combo store, Wing Stop, Habit Burger, Tommy’s Car Wash, Class Leasing manufacturing building, AM PM market, Los Muertos, The Magnet Shopping Center and Tumbler Egg

Ranch expansion. She mentioned that many of the new retail and commercial companies are looking to hire new people.

Johnson reviewed the latest home building projects continuing in the city. He said there are more than 3,000 homes in the “application pipeline.”

The city manager’s “In the Loop” may also be found on the San Jacinto City website sanjacintoca.org each month and on Facebook.

Tony Ault may be reached at tault@reedermedia.com.

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Marcy Riehm, Lake Menifee Women’s Club celebration parade chairperson, right, with member Laura Oglesby honor past member Linda Delfin, a founder of the Menifee Independence Day parade and celebration at the early event June 26. There was no parade this year but an in-person fireworks display was held.

Day is traditionally celebrated July 4 of every year marking the birth of the greatest nation in the world? The United States 245 years ago became one of the only free democratic republics in the world.

“People can come out and truly celebrate their independence,” Menifee Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Sobek said. She said there would be no parades this year, however, the fireworks and fun would continue.

Councilmember Bob Karwin said, “People are excited this is a live event this year and really thrilled to be out here.”

“It is a bit of normalcy,” Councilmember Dean Deines said, thankful most COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.

For the Menifee residents, the celebration traditionally comes early, explained Marcy Riehm of the Lake Menifee Women’s Club, who admitted that the club members, even before cityhood in 1990, decided to have a parade and celebrate the Fourth of July a week earlier because “fireworks were cheaper.”

Laura Oglesby and her fellow club members explained to visitors in a vendor booth at Wheatfield Park it was their tradition that “stuck” with the new people of the city and is always celebrated the week before the actual event.

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enjoyed sliding down the many huge jumpers brought to the park

by Jump “N” Party Inflatables, who were contracted by the city.

The crowds at the park kept growing as the evening wore on.

The food and drink vendors worked feverishly in the 90-degree weather at both locations to keep up with the hungry and thirsty that sometimes lined 25 people deep.

Zimmerman explained that when the fireworks exploded, more than 20 minutes worth, they would be many and shot very high in the sky for all to see. Radio Station KTMQ 103.3 from Temecula Valley broadcast patriotic hymns for everyone to hear as the fireworks ignited high in the sky.

The entire event was summed up

by Menifee resident Karley Elkins wiping up cotton candy stains on tiny daughter Luna’s face, Luna, “This is great.”

Now the people of other cities in the Inland Valley can enjoy fireworks from Lake Elsinore and Murrieta to San Jacinto on the upcoming weekend.

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Menifee Mayor Bill Zimmerman who biked to the celebrations himself said, “I think this is something of a great event. We have thousands of people here and it’s not even dark yet.”

Menifee resident Heather Arellano with her children Josiah, Julia and Jude slurping snow cones and a cool drink at Wheatfield Park before the fireworks said, “It’s great.” She explained “it seemed a little lonely last year so it’s nice to see all the people, especially without their masks. It’s great you can see the smiles.” Julia, 4, her face covered with juice said, “It was fun.” She

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Old Town Temecula street dining to continue another year Joe Naiman WRITER

Temecula City Council voted to extend street dining in Old Town Temecula for another year.

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When coronavirus restrictions limited indoor dining many restaurants utilized parking lots, and in some communities streets were closed so that patrons could dine outdoors in the street. The street dining itself became an attraction, and June 22 the Temecula City Council voted to extend street dining in Old Town Temecula for another year.

The 4-0 vote, with James “Stew” Stewart absent, approves a resolution to continue the Temporary Extended Dining Program through June 30, 2022. The street dining is still considered temporary.

In an attempt to assist restaurants facing reduced capacity and increased separation restrictions, in June 2020 the city council approved a temporary expanded dining and retail program in Old Town Temecula.

The program included the closure of certain streets to accommodate the outdoor dining. Initially Front Street between Second Street and Fourth Street was closed to vehicular traffic.

Changes in state and county regulations and feedback from various businesses led to the reopening of streets while still allowing for expanded dining. The temporary program was scheduled to expire Dec. 31 but was extended until July 1, 2021.

Restrictions on indoor dining have now been lifted, although the extension of the Temporary Extended Dining Program is subject to modifications. The city will enter into license agreements with restaurants and other businesses to use portions of certain Old Town Temecula streets for dining or sales, and those agreements will include reasonable conditions necessary to protect the city and surrounding areas.

The rental of street barricades to support the Temporary Extended Dining Program has a $3,000 monthly cost. That expense is included in the city’s 2021-2022 operating budget.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Temecula post offices after 1900 Rebecca Marshall Farnbach SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

In the early years mail was delivered by stagecoach, horse and wagon, and train. Several structures were used in different eras from the first Butterfield Overland regular mail delivery in 1859. In a previous article I enumerated the first seven structures that housed the Temecula Post Office, ending with the home of the Welty family on Main Street in 1895.

By 1915 it was time to build a structure so the Welty family home could resume some tranquility after the coming and going of postal patrons for 20 years. Hattie Welty,

postmaster, continued to serve in a new structure built for the specific purpose of Postal Service north of the livery stable, the eighth location of our post office. Today a gift shop is at the former post office location and the Bank of Plates and Pours sits where the livery stable and then a bank used to be.

The post office building was later used as Halls Café, the telephone office and a Greyhound bus stop.

Many of us remember when it was the only video rental store in the late 1980s.

For reasons unknown to us, the ninth place used as a post office in Temecula was the home of Christine Otto on Pujol Street. It would

have been a short commute in 1938 for Christine, the postmaster, to step from her bedroom or kitchen to her living room to meet with postal clients. The Temecula Valley Historical Society has designated the private home with one of the many commemorative plaques in recognition of its historic status to the history of Temecula.

The lobby of the Palomar Hotel became the 10th site for the Temecula Post Office and was utilized the longest length of time to date, housing it from 1939 to 1974.

Irene Gooch served as postmaster while it was in the Palomar Hotel.

The population held steady at about 200 during those years.

The lobby of the Palomar Hotel became the 10th site for the Temecula Post Office and was utilized the longest length of time to date, housing Valley News/ C our t esy p h ot os it from 1939 to 1974.

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After the Vail Company sold their 87,500-acre holdings in 1964, Temecula could finally grow. On land where cattle once grazed, in 1967 an additional facility, a postal annex, opened in the new Rancho California Plaza, the shopping center now known as the Tower Plaza. And housing tracts grew throughout the former ranchlands.

The 11th location for the Temecula Post Office was in the building next to Good Experience restaurant, across from the 10th post office location. The Security Savings Bank was located at the south end of the building constructed in 1974, and the post office was at the north end. The large safe from the Security Bank adds a special feature for the clothing boutique that is there now.

The population grew fast in those years and the small facility was not sufficient. Mail was sorted on the floor. Plans were made to construct a new post office for the growing community. Until the new facility was completed, in 1980 postal operations were moved temporarily into a building in an industrial park on Front Street.

Finally in 1981, the thirteenth location was completed and ready for business. It is the 4,800-squarefoot, Western-style building at Moreno Road and Front Street.

Bob Gurney was the first postmaster there in the facility that cost $280,000 to build. Some longtime residents of Temecula still have single-digit post office boxes there.

Although it was constructed to handle mail for the burgeoning population, within 10 years the Temecula postal business outgrew it. The building is still used as a branch post office.

Our current post office at the corner of Margarita and Rancho California roads opened Sept. 25, 1991. With four postal annexes, it serves more than 100,000 postal patrons in Temecula.

On April 22, 2009, the Temecula Valley Historical Society and others hosted a large celebration at

Sam Hicks Monument Park to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Temecula Post Office.

A stagecoach and a modern mail delivery vehicle stood side-byside throughout the festivities that included the swearing in of Susan Houpy as postmaster. A special commemorative stamp was designed to cancel stamps for that day only.

With the advent of new methods of communication from telegraph to telephone, fax transmission and email, and with other package delivery systems, the Temecula post offices are still busy. Many folks opt to walk to a counter and interact with a human to send a package, buy stamps, or to buy a money order.

After 163 years, the Temecula Post Office is still a hub of activity in our community. Our town has moved from south of the Temecula Creek, to the Wolf Store at today’s Vail HQ, then to Old Town, and now to encompass the entire valley. Mail delivery has gone from stagecoach and horse and wagon to rail, air and motorized vehicles.

Temecula has grown from a handful of families to over 100,000 people in our thriving and friendly community.

I hope you have enjoyed this two-part story on how Temecula has received and handled mail through the years.

Rebecca Marshall Farnbach is a member of the Temecula Valley Historical Society and is an author and co-author of several history books about the Temecula area. The books are available for purchase at the Little Temecula History Center or online from booksellers and at www.temeculahistoricalsociety.org.

Visit Rebecca’s Amazon author page at http://www.amazon.com//e/B01JQZVO5E. The Little Temecula History Museum, the red barn at the corner of Redhawk Parkway and Temecula Parkway in Temecula, is open on Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m.

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Temecula’s Old Town Music Festival brings country to the city

Country Music Superstar Billy Ray Cyrus takes to the stage at the Old Town Music Festival presented by The Stampede Saturday, June 26. Valley News/David Canales photos

Billy Ray Cyrus performs during the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry performs at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

Neil Perry of The Band Perry performs at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

David Bugenske and Kelli “Green” Barajas KFROG morning show hosts introduce an act at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

The Band Perry performs at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

Reid Perry of The Band Perry performs at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 26.

Tyler Farr looks out at the crowd during his performance at the Old Town Music Festival Sunday, June 27.

Local country music favorite Kanan Road performs at the Old Town Music Festival Sunday, June 27.

The crowds at the Old Town Music Festival Saturday, June 27, enjoyed a variety of country performers.

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CHILDREN’S EVENTS July 2 to July 6 – 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Ronald H. Roberts Public Library, Teen image decoding contest, 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula.

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July 5 – 5-7 p.m. Medical Career Pathway aimed at educating high school students about careers in the field of health care. A fourweek summer symposium begins.

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July 11 – 9-10:30 a.m. Youth Camp at West Coast Life Church 38388 Sky Canyon Dr, Murrieta.

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July 19-23 – 8 a.m. Challenger Soccer Camp – Boys & Girls Club of Menifee Boys & Girls Club Of Menifee Valley, 26301 Garbani Road, Menifee.

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July 10 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crusin/ for a Cause at Hemet Center for Spiritual Living,40450 Stetson Ave., Hemet. Benefits the Hemet community and businesses.

Aug. 20-22 – 9 a.m. Summergrass San Diego at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe St. in Vista. Bluegrass Headliners, The Lonesome River Band, High Fidelity, Special Consensus, Ramblin Boys and Virtual Singers. Ticket on sale soon at tickets@summergrass.net.

Aug. 21 – 5 to 10 p.m. Cowboy Jubilee presented by the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation with the Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute Show at Campo Caballos Ranch, Tenaja, Murrieta. Limited space for adults 21 and older. Includes Champagne, classic car display, the concert and dancing. Advance purchase only at $135 per person. Tickets can be purchased through www.Srpnef. org. This is a recovery fundraiser event.

ONGOING – Sun City Civic Association Monthly Square Dance sessions on Sundays from 1:30-5 p.m. at 26850 Sun City Blvd, Sun City.

ONGOING – Temecula’s Summer Concert Series will run through Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Temecula Amphitheater, 30875 Rancho Vista Road. Pre-registration required. $5 per registration includes up to eight people. Visit www.TemeculaCA. gov/SummerConcerts to see the entire summer concert schedule, registration requirements and COVID-19 guidelines.

ONGOING – If you know a homebound older adult, resources in Menifee are available, including grab-and-go, cooked and frozen food for pickup. Courtesy Pantry items and meals delivered with no contact. Three days of emergency food can be delivered immediately or restaurant meal delivery for those who don’t qualify for food assistance programs. Call (800) 510-2020 for help.

ONGOING – The Riverside County COVID-19 Business Assistance Grant Program is accepting online applications for business grants up to $10,000 at www. rivercobizhelp.org that can be used for employee retention, working capital, protective equipment purchases, rent or mortgage payments and paying vendor notices. Eligible businesses, including nonprofits, must be in Riverside County, with a minimum of one but less than 50 employees and operating for at least one year since March 1. For more information, call Riverside County Business and Community Services at (951) 955-0493.

ONGOING – 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Temecula Winchester Swap Meet continues, 33280 Newport Road in Winchester, Saturdays and Sundays only. The small local swap meet is only 50 cents for entry, and anyone under age 10 is free admission. No dogs allowed.

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WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 12 – 9 a.m. to 12.50 p.m.

Musicology music school interactive small group workshop on rhythm, melody and harmony, 29700 Rancho California Road No. 9, Temecula. See musicologytemecula.com for details.

July 31 – 9 a.m. Free outdoor Idyllwild Songwriters Festival under the high pines at Spirit Mountain Retreat Center, 25661 Oakwood St, Idyllwild-Pine Cove.

Features songwriters, including those who have written songs for celebrities like Rod Stewart, Celine Dion and others. You can follow the festival at www.facebook.com/ IdyllwildSongwritersFestival.

ONGOING – 5-8 p.m. The City of Temecula Community Services Department hosts ‘Art Off The Walls’ every first Friday, featuring art from a variety of artists exhibiting in multi-genre forms. ‘Art Off The Walls’ is housed exclusively at The Merc, 42051 Main Street, Temecula.

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ONGOING – 8 - 9 a.m. Attend the city of Wildomar’s Small Business Roundtable on the third Wednesday of each month on Zoom. Register by emailing kdavidson@cityofwildomar.org and put “small business roundtable” in the subject line.

ONGOING – Noon to 1 p.m. Attend Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce’s weekly business briefing via Zoom or watch live on Facebook every Wednesday.

Registration required at https://bit. ly/MWCBizBriefing. The chamber business briefing is an opportunity to hear from city, county and business leaders about current and relevant business information.

ONGOING – Everything KETO classes. These interactive step-bystep workshops and classes on Zoom will guide students to begin this new way of eating and learn how to easily steer their decisionmaking for effective results. For

more information and to register, visit www.cityofmenifee.us/register or call (951) 723-3880.

ONGOING – Menifee Community Services offers online driver’s education courses with a $21.95 fee. The course includes animated driving scenarios, instructional videos, sample test, licensed instructor available to answer questions, DMV approved certificate of completion with all lectures and exams completed from home. Designed for students and does not include behind-the-wheel instruction or a California driver’s permit. Contact (951) 723-3880 or visit the city of Menifee to register at www.city of menifee.us.

ONGOING – 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Michelle’s Place Cancer Resource Center and The Elizabeth Hospice host a virtual support meeting for caregivers every second and fourth week of the month via Zoom. Get helpful tips and learn from others who are also dealing with similar challenges. For more information and to register, contact The Elizabeth Hospice Grief Support Services at (833) 349-2054.

ONGOING – Local chapter of the National Association of Female Entrepreneurs group helps women grow both personally and professionally and meets monthly.

Contact Robbie Motter, the NAFE global coordinator, at (951) 2559200 or rmotter@aol.com for information about future meetings.

ONGOING – Hemet/Winchester National Association of Female Entrepreneurs meets monthly.

For new meeting dates and destinations, contact director Joan Wakeland at (909) 721-7648 or email Joanewakeland@gmail.com.

Lake Elsinore/Murrieta/Wildomar NAFE also meets each month in Lake Elsinore with director Sandie Fuenty. Call Fuenty at (714) 9817013 or email sandiesldy@aol. com to learn when meetings will resume.

ONGOING – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a free 12step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia, has meetings throughout the U.S. and the world. Contact (781) 932-6300, or for local meetings, call (925) 321-0170 or visit www. foodaddicts.org.

ONGOING – The Murrieta Garden Club meets each month at the Murrieta Community Center, 41810 Juniper St., in Murrieta.

Anyone who likes to garden or is interested in plants is welcome.

Membership is $10 per year. Find more information about the monthly event or project on Facebook.

ONGOING – Temecula Valley Rose Society meets each month.

For more information and new meeting dates and places, visit www.temeculavalleyrosesociety. org.

ONGOING – Menifee Toastmasters meets every Thursday at noon for one hour at a designated place to have fun, enhance speaking capabilities, gain self-confidence and improve social skills.

For new dates, call (760) 807-1323 or visit www.MenifeeToastmasters.org for more information.

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Throughout the weekend, concerts will include Pink Floyd tribute by Which One’s Pink, The Boogie Knights, Little River Band, and The Righteous Brothers with Bill Medley.

“From the nation’s Independence Day to California’s reopening, there is plenty to celebrate this July 4 at Pala Casino,” Coley McAvoy, representative for Pala Casino Spa Resort, said. “There is no better place to be than at Southern California’s Entertainment Capital.”

Pala Casino’s Summer Concert Series, which started this month, features national headliners and world-class tribute acts to deliver something for everyone. Pala Casino utilizes three venues for indoor and outdoor performances.

New events will continue to be announced throughout the season.

Privileges Club members who purchase a ticket can receive $10

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Pala Casino is still committed to Playing It Safe. All shows continue to have increased cleaning, sanitizer stations, as well as masks and gloves available upon request.

Upcoming shows are Pink Floyd tribute by Which One’s Pink?

(Starlight Theater) for $15, July 2 at 8 p.m.; The Boogie Knights (Events Center) for $15 and Little River Band (Starlight Theater) for $49, both July 3 at 8 p.m.; and, The Righteous Brothers (Starlight Theater) for $40 July 4 at 6 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now, with no service charge, at the Pala Box Office, www.palacasino.com and (877) WIN-PALA or (877) 9467252. Tickets are also available at www.etix.com and (800) 5143849.

All events and promotions are subject to cancellation without notice. Learn more about the upcoming events at Pala Casino Spa Resort by visiting: https://www. palacasino.com/entertainment/ all-entertainment/.

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SRPNEF’s Rooted in Nature Craft Brew Festival returns to Wildomar in October Tony Ault STAFF WRITER

The Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation is working with the city of Wildomar to once again celebrate the making of great craft beers by area brew makers at the planned Rooted In Nature Craft Brew Festival coming in October.

The event that captured the beer-loving hearts of many Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Diego county residents was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic but will return at Wildomar’s Marna O’Brien Park Oct. 16.

In addition to the family-oriented event that is coming to Wildomar at the Inland Empire’s “Gateway to the Santa Rosa Plateau,” it is a major fundraiser for the SRPNEF, a nonprofit agency dedicated to teaching youth about nature and the environment with the objective of teaching children and others how to become good stewards of the nature around them

like the Santa Rosa Plateau.

The SRPNEF will be hosting the all-ages event promising the tasting of the many home-brewed craft beers, while including a Family Wildlife Park for the thousands of visitors expected. Children, accompanied by adults from 2 to 5 p.m.., will be welcomed but not permitted to the beer tasting that day and evening, according to officials.

From 5 until 7 p.m., only adults will be treated to a Happy Hour After-Party featuring music provided by the award-winning duo of Jimmy and Enrique.

It will feature a wide array of more than 30 breweries from Southern California and beyond.

With them will be the Temecula Valley Homebrewer Association and Society of Barley Engineers Homebrewed Beers. As of the Valley News deadline, other local brewers and their companies were continuing to sign up. Signing up early for the event are major sponsors Stonehouse Consulting

Group, Grocery Outlet Bargain Market from Wildomar, Frontwave Credit Union, representatives of Craft Beer Week (May 11-17) and Host Sponsor the City of Wildomar. SRPNEF said other sponsors can still sign up for the upcoming event.

Adult visitors can expect unlimited pours, food trucks, vendors and exhibitors, live music all day, a silent auction, local artists from the Murrieta Arts Council with their art available for purchase, and Temecula Valley Wine Garden’s gourmet cheeses and chocolates.

For the children and families in the Family Wildlife Park there will be many interactive youth activities with an emphasis on the natural environment, learning about local wildlife, a petting zoo, games, prizes, artwork and many other yet-to-be announced activities.

The park will be fenced off except for the children and family park area with police and safety support groups. There will be early access for VIPs and parking

that will begin at 1 p.m. before the festivities begin. Parking will be allowed at designated spots in and around the park.

Tickets may be purchased at www.naturebrewfest.org. The Happy Hour After-Party is included in the ticket price.

SRPNEF said the brewfest is a major part of the Foundation’s annual fundraising efforts since its normal summer concert series under the reserve’s stage was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve stage located behind the Visitor Center was destroyed by the Tenaja Fire two years ago.The Foundation worked with the Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District by conducting two fundraising campaigns, The SRP Fire Fund and the Forever Beam Builders, to raise funds to help build a new structure now described as a pavilion.

While the project is now complete, use of the pavilion will

be delayed until all COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and the natural plants affected by the fire are recovering sufficiently. The many trails on the reserve are slowly opening, but some remain closed as of the beginning of July.

For more information, www/ naturebrewfest.org or #naturebrewfest.

Another major fundraiser in the SRPNEF’s recovery from the fire and COVID-19 restrictions is the upcoming Cowboy Jubilee Aug. 21 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Campo Caballo in Rancho de la Jolla in the Tenaja Valley that will feature “The Garth Guy Show” a Garth Brooks tribute concert, a Calhoun Family Texas Barbecue and a classic car display. Tickets are on sale through Aug. 19 for $135 per person or an eight-person table registration for $1,080. Space is limited. Reserve early at www.

SRPNEF.org. The event ranch is at 17525 Ainsley Court in Murrieta.

Oak Grove So-Cal Chef Open hosts media event Kim Harris MANAGING EDITOR

The Oak Grove So-Cal Chef Open hosted a media event Friday, June 25, introducing its celebrity chefs and judges on the rooftop patio of the Truax Building in Old Town Temecula.

Chefs Rosie O’Connor and Steven Moore, also known as Trendy Chef, along with Wahoo’s Fish Taco owner, Wing Lam were all announced as this year’s featured celebrity chefs.

Chef Rosie is executive chef and owner of Provecho Grill and appeared on Food Network’s “Supermarket Stakeout” as well as the Cooking Channel’s “Farmer’s Market.” She’s currently the only past winner to earn both the People’s Choice and Pinnacle Winner awards.

Moore is a past winner of Food Network’s Supermarket Stakeout with guest judge Bobby Flay.

Restaurateur, speaker, philanthropist and surfer Wing Lam

Past and present competing chefs pose for a photo at the Oak Grove So-Cal Chef Open media event held Friday, June 25, at the Truax Valley News/ A nd r ez I mag i ng p h ot os Building in Temecula.

serves as CEO of Wahoo’s Fish Taco and co-founded the global franchise brand in 1988 with his brothers. 2020 Pinnacle Award

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winner, Chef Justin Mabunay, from local favorite, URBN Market Fusion, will also join this year’s celebrity chefs.

Food writer Josh Kopelman from Inside Food & Drink will finish out the celebrity judging panel.

The media VIP event provided food writers, bloggers and in-

Trendy Chef owner Steven Moore prepares a treat for those in attendance at the Oak Grove SoCal Chef Open media event held Friday, June 25.

Chef Daniel of the ‘The Naughty Pig Butchery and encased meats’ speaks about his business to those in attendance at the Oak Grove So-Cal Chef Open media event held Friday, June 25.

fluencers a chance to meet the competing chefs, taste Temecula cuisine and meet the celebrity judges.

Moore’s live cooking demonstration was a highlight of the evening.

The 14th Annual So-Cal Chef Open and 19th Annual Oak Grove Golf Classic, benefiting Oak

Grove Center’s culinary program will be held Aug. 30 at the Temecula Creek Inn and Golf resort. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.oakgrovecenter.org/events/chefopen.

Kim Harris can be reached at valleyeditor@reedermedia.com.

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Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce CEO to take Coachella Valley Chamber job

Chamber Events Director Brooke Nunn is now the interim CEO for the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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The Board of Directors of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce recently named longtime chamber employee Brooke Nunn as interim chief executive officer following the resignation of chamber president and CEO Emily Falappino.

Falappino is taking a similar position with the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce after leading the Temecula chamber for nearly two years, navigating it through the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing several marketing and membership initiatives.

“We are grateful to Emily for her leadership during one of the most challenging periods in the history of our chamber and our country,” Al Rubio, chairperson of the board of directors for the Temecula Valley Chamber of

Commerce, said. “Through her hard work, vision and leadership, our chamber is poised with more resources, strength and opportunity than before.”

The Temecula Valley Chamber board of directors is working with chamber staff to ensure a seamless transition during its search for a new president and CEO. In the meantime, the Board does not anticipate any impacts to the chamber’s extensive programs and events.

“Brooke will have the help and support of chamber leadership as we transition to a new era. We know that the chamber is in good hands,” Rubio said. Nunn has been with the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce for 10 years and is a graduate of the Western Association of Chamber Executives

(W.A.C.E.) Program where she earned her ACE accreditation.

Nunn’s tenure at the chamber positions her as an ideal chamber leader with years of hands-on experience with the inner workings of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.

During her nearly two-year tenure, Falappino served on the Riverside County Economic Recovery Task Force and positioned the Temecula Valley Chamber as a leading source of information for the business community during the pandemic. Among several accomplishments, she initiated five new board-level committees that improved engagement and program development for the chamber’s members.

Falappino began her tenure with the Greater Coachella Val-

ley July 1. The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber formed in 2016 to support a diverse business community that spans nearly 45 miles and nine municipalities. It also manages several local GCV Chambers and works with dedicated partners that focus on the unique needs of various Coachella Valley business districts.

“In her short tenure with us she contributed an immense amount to add value and prepare us for the future,” Rubio said. “As a regional leader, we look forward to working with Emily and her new team as we collaborate to make all of Riverside County a great place to live, work and play.”

Submitted by the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.

New agreement for Old Town Temecula outdoor rink approved Joe Naiman WRITER

The Temecula City Council approved a new agreement with Seaside Ice LLC, for the Old Town Temecula outdoor ice skating rink.

The city council’s 4-0 vote June 22, with James “Stew” Stewart absent, approved a five-year agreement for the rink to operate during December and January. The seasonal rink is in Town Square Park which is in the 41900 block of Main Street.

“I like the concept. I like the idea. It’s a great feature to have,” Mayor Pro Tem Matt Rahn said.

Rahn desires community sponsors to help defray the city’s cost, which will be $381,055 from 2021-2022 to 2025-2026. City staff was supportive of the quest for community partners.

“We will be seeking a return to getting some costs defrayed,” Director of Community Services Kevin Hawkins said.

“We can absolutely pursue corporate sponsorships to take down the city’s costs,” City Manager Aaron Adams said.

The conditions of the contract include that Seaside Ice LLC, provide a modular railing system which includes clear Plexiglas facing toward the rink and room to display signage. The city will approve any signage.

Seaside Ice LLC, has provided the outdoor rink in Old Town Temecula since 2012, although the rink was not provided in December 2020 and January 2021 due to coronavirus precautions.

To continue providing the Temecula rink Seaside Ice had to undergo the competitive solicitation

process, although the city panel which reviewed the proposals for responsiveness, qualifications, and experience determined Seaside Ice to be the more qualified responder.

The rink will remain approximately 70 feet by 50 feet, which will accommodate approximately 125 skaters at one time. The hours of operation will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and on Fridays and Saturdays the rink will remain open until 11:30 p.m. for skaters 18 and over. Regardless of the day of the week on which New Year’s Eve falls, Dec. 31 the rink will be open until 1 a.m. Jan. 1.

Seaside Ice will be responsible for providing management staff with experience in customer service, liability prevention and public safety. The Seaside Ice staff will also include cashiers, ticket sellers,

skate rental attendants, safety monitors and maintenance personnel. A refrigeration technician will be on call for the entire time the rink is in Temecula. Seaside Ice personnel will also coordinate group sales and special events. The cash register equipment provided

by Seaside Ice will include the ability to accept credit cards.

The substructure for the rink will be built and designed by Seaside Ice. The facility will include an air-cooled refrigeration system with pumps, hoses, and an expansion tank along with a rink freezer plate system. Seaside Ice will provide a generator to power the refrigeration along with fuel for the generator. An ice resurfacing machine provided by Seaside Ice will be used daily or as needed. A sound system with public address capabilities will

provide announcements and will also play seasonal music. Seaside Ice will also provide two portable restrooms meeting Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

Approximately 220 pairs of rental skates of various sizes will be provided. The skates will be sharpened and ready for skating when rented. A skate change area with benches and a rubber floor covering will be approximately 40 feet by 24 feet.

The city will be provided with attendance statistics. Within 45 days after the rink is closed until the following December, the city will be provided with ticket sales statistics including a breakdown of tickets which were sold or donated.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

RCWD awards Vail Oak Road repair contract Joe Naiman WRITER

A January 2017 storm washed out Vail Oak Road which provides access from the Vail Lake recreational vehicle resort to Vail Lake and the Vail Lake marina. Although KEI operates the campground, the Rancho California Water District owns the property which includes the road. The water district had to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and with permitting agencies before the road could be rebuilt, but in June the RCWD board voted to award a contract to Kay Construction for the road repair.

The 6-0 board vote, with technical difficulties preventing Bill Wilson from casting his vote during the virtual meeting, approved a contract with Kay Construction for the Santee company’s bid of $272,053 and authorized an additional $265,000 of appropriations to bring the total budgeted amount to $522,450.

The access road at the Arroyo Seco Creek crossing was constructed before the water district took ownership of the property.

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The project was advertised for bid April 6, and three proposals were received by the May 13 deadline. LC Paving and Sealing, which is based in San Marcos, had the second-lowest bid at $282,140.05. The engineer’s estimate was $315,000.

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include the mitigation and other compliance measures which were later determined to be necessary.

Because work will be performed within a stream considered to be part of waters of the United States, the water district had to spend $17,500 on mitigation credits. Endangered species surveys indicated the possibility of arroyo toads in the area, which required additional surveys and trapping efforts and the establishment of mitigation measures.

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Shawna Sarnowski has a new City of Temecula contract to provide photography services at various city events.

A 4-0 Temecula City Council vote June 22, with James “Stew” Stewart absent, approved a fiveyear contract with Sarnowski which will cover July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2026. Sarnowski will be paid up to $40,000 each

fiscal year with fees determined by the specific assignment.

Sarnowski has provided photography services for the City of Temecula since 2014. The special events she has photographed include the Rod Run car show, theater performances, the State of the City address, the Halloween carnival and Santa’s Electric Light Parade.

The contract calls for Sarnowski to take individual and group photos of elected officials and city

executive staff members. She will also photograph city events, theater events, official meetings, ceremonies, dedications and awards ceremonies. Sarnowski may photograph other activities upon city request.

All images Sarnowski takes will be ready for print and emailed to the city within 48 hours after the completion of the event.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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SBA announces funding competition to organizations providing federal procurement training to veteran entrepreneurs The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that nonprofit organizations and private sector firms are now eligible to compete for funding of up to $500,000 to deliver federal procurement training to veteran and service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs. The application period is open through July 12.

Up to two awardees will use

the $500,000 in total funding to participate in the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program (SBOVVT-21-001) with grants from SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development. Awards will be made for a base project period of 12 months, with three option periods of 12 months each. These funds will be used to cover the

costs of educating veterans and service-disabled veterans who intend to pursue, or are already engaged in, federal procurement.

“With the U.S. Government being the single largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, there is a tremendous opportunity for our veteran small business community to tap into government contracting,” Larry Stubblefield,

Director Jared McBride resigns from position on EVMWD board Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) has accepted the resignation of Director Jared McBride, who began his time on EVMWD’s board of directors in December 2018. Before his resignation, McBride served as the director for Division 3, which covers Lakeland Village, areas west of Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, and unincorporated areas west of Interstate 15.

“We are grateful for Director McBride’s years of service to the

District and to our valued customers,” Phil Williams, president of EVMWD’s board of directors, said. “We have no doubt that he will be actively involved in his new community as he continues on the path of public service.”

McBride resigned June 21, due to personal circumstances, which included a change of residence to one outside of the District’s boundaries. As a lifelong resident of the Elsinore Valley and local business owner, McBride was committed

to preserving affordable access to essential water services even as external cost pressures continued to increase.

EVMWD’s board of directors will evaluate options to fill the vacancy at the next regularly scheduled meeting and more information will be published once that occurs.

For more information on EVMWD’s policies and governance, visit www.evmwd.com.

County extends Murrieta probation office lease Joe Naiman WRITER

The County of Riverside’s lease for the county’s probation office in Murrieta has been extended.

A 5-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote June 22 approved the five-year lease extension between the county and Silverhawk Business Center, LLC. The new lease is retroactive to April 12 and will expire April 11, 2026.

The county leases 13,592 square feet of the building in the 30100 block of Technology Drive. The

initial lease agreement was approved in September 2012, and a three-year lease extension was approved in June 2018.

Under the previous lease the county paid $1.55 per square foot per month, which equated to $21,067.60 each month or $252,811.20 on an annual basis. The new lease has an initial rent of $1.61 per square foot, which is $21,848.54 monthly and $262,182.48 for the year. The new lease also has an annual 2.75% increase.

Under the previous lease Silverhawk Business Center, LLC, was

responsible for custodial services.

Silverhawk no longer has that responsibility, and the county will provide custodial services or obtain a vendor. The utility payment agreement that the county pays for electrical and telephone utilities and Silverhawk pays for all other utilities will continue under the new lease.

The county has the option to terminate the lease after 36 months, or April 11, 2024, with 180 days written notice.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Associate Administrator for the SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, said. “Through our Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program, we will continue to provide grants that train and empower veterans and service-disabled veterans as they enter and expand in the federal marketplace.”

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Murrieta site to be added to public safety radio system Joe Naiman WRITER

The County of Riverside’s Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system will be adding a remote simulcast site in Murrieta.

A 5-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote June 15 approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the county and the City of Murrieta to add the site in the 26500 block of Pabesu Road. The supervisors’ action also approved a change order to the county’s contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc., to add the six-channel site.

The Public Safety Enterprise Communications radio system began operating in January 2014.

The county Sheriff’s Department and various fire departments were the original partners, and other cities subsequently joined the PSEC system. The Pabesu Road site will

to these properties, which notified owners that their delinquent charges, as well as penalties and interest, would be rolled onto their annual tax bill. The original deadline to settle bills was July 1; however, the City Council meeting was postponed, providing additional time for customers to make payments.

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be the 12th location in the system.

The county’s Information Technology department and PSEC user groups evaluated radio coverage performance across southwestern Riverside County and identified coverage deficiencies within the City of Murrieta. The Pabesu Road location was identified as one which will enhance coverage significantly.

The change order with Motorola adds $620,301 to the contract with the City of Murrieta providing $528,301 and the county funding $92,000. The cost includes the design, staging, shipment, and installation of the site equipment including backup generators, fuel tanks and radio towers. The county has budgeted an additional $39,462 for contingency.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

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submit applications for the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program funding opportunity by 11:59 p.m. EST July 12, through Grants. gov. Search for opportunity number SB-OVVT-21-001. Applications not submitted via Grants. gov will not be evaluated.

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Volunteers at the Love Your Neighborhood Multi-City Regional Clean Up Event, June 26, are provided with snacks before checking into their volunteer locations. The optional kickoff for the cleanup event started 8 a.m. at Diamond Stadium.

Equipped with their vests and trash-collecting supplies, a group of volunteers exits Diamond Stadium to begin their volunteer work for the June 26 Love Your Neighborhood Multi-City Regional Clean Up Event, June 26.

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RCWD, EMWD, EVMWD approve new rates Joe Naiman WRITER

The Rancho California Water District, the Eastern Municipal Water District, and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District approved new water and sewer rates.

The Rancho California Water District vote June 10 was 6-1 with Angel Garcia opposed. Multiple 5-0 Eastern Municipal Water District board votes June 16 approved the new rates. The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District approvals took place June 24; the 4-0 vote on the water rates reflects a vacant seat caused by the resignation of Jared McBride from the board while the 3-1 sewer rates vote had Darcy Burke in opposition.

“I think that this is the lowest responsible rate increase that this board can advocate for and approve,” RCWD board member Brian Brady said.

“We’ve been very aggressive in developing a rate structure which allows people who really conserve to pay less for their water,” EMWD board member Randy Record said.

“While it is a difficult decision to increase rates, ensuring our community receives clean, reliable drinking water now and into the future is our top priority,” EVMWD

board president Phil Williams said.

All RCWD customers are either in the Rancho Division or in the Santa Rosa Division. Customers are given a water budget based on factors including number of people in the household, landscaped area and weather conditions. Water within that budget is billed at Tier 1 rates, usage between 100% and 150% of that budget is billed at Tier 2, usage between 150% and 225% is charged at Tier 3, and customers who use more than 225% of their budget pay Tier 4 rates. Rancho Division agricultural, commercial, industrial, and institutional customers have only three tiers.

The RCWD rate increase is on a fiscal year basis and took effect July 1. For Rancho Division residential customers, including multi-family residential and landscape only, the Tier 1 rate per 100 cubic feet increased from $0.738 to $0.767, which is approximately 3.9%, while the Tier 1 rate for agricultural, commercial, industrial, and institutional customers rose from $1.351 to $1.404. Tier 2 residential purchases per 100 cubic feet rose from $1.611 to $1.674.

The Tier 3 residential rate which is also the Tier 2 rate for other uses changed from $3.118 to $3.240 while the Tier 4 residential and Tier

3 other users rate increased from $7.347 to $7.634.

Approximately 60% of the RCWD water portfolio is provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).

The Colorado River Aqueduct transports water from Parker to Lake Mathews and the State Water Project brings water from Oroville to Lake Skinner.

“The other 35% is really a blessing for the district,” RCWD assistant general manager Rick Aragon said. “It comes at 20% of the cost of the water we have to import.”

That 35% is from local groundwater sources. The other 5% is recycled water.

The Santa Rosa Division has less access to the local supply, so rates in that division are higher. The rate per 100 cubic feet will increase approximately 5.6% from $1.286 to $1.359 for residential Tier 1 purchases, from $2.044 to $2.159 for other Tier 1 use, from $2.255 to $2.382 for Tier 2 residential use, from $3.235 to $3.417 for Tier 3 residential and Tier 2 nonresidential supply, and from $7.597 to $8.023 for Tier 4 residential and Tier 3 other usage.

Eastern provides wastewater service to some RCWD customers, although Rancho’s $44 monthly

sewer rate will not change for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.

The rate increases reflect Southern California Edison cost increases as well as higher MWD rates.

“We no longer have rates that cover our expenses,” RCWD general manager Robert Grantham said.

“We have all these pressures to raise our rates,” RCWD board member John Hoagland said. “I think this is the best compromise we can make.”

In addition to adopting the various Eastern Municipal Water District rates, another 5-0 EMWD board vote directed district staff to develop a comprehensive recycled water rate study. Reduced discharge costs and reduced need to purchase imported water create benefits for customers who do not purchase recycled water. “It’s a complicated issue to develop rates for that. It’s not very straightforward,” EMWD board member Jeff Armstrong said.

The EMWD rates are on a calendar year basis. The initial proposal was to raise recycled water rates by 3.8% for Calendar Year 2022.

A compromise proposal was approved which will increase those rates by 1.8% through June 30, 2022, with a new rate to be set after the study is completed. “We’re

going to manage that the best we can,” EMWD board president Phil Paule said.

EMWD water rates will only increase by 0.5% and sewer rates will increase by 1.0% for 2022, although higher increases are planned for 2023 and Eastern also increased fixed charges for 2022.

“I’m very concerned about what I see about prices on everything going up,” EMWD board member Randy Record said.

The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District has Elsinore and Temescal divisions. The rates will take effect for Calendar Year 2022.

The domestic Tier 1 rate per 100 cubic feet will increase from $1.38 to $1.60 in the Temescal Division and from $2.57 to $2.72 in the Elsinore Division. The monthly fixed sewer charge will increase from $21.11 to $21.96 and the variable charge based on the number of persons in the household will increase from $7.21 to $7.50.

“It is important to maintain a high level of dependable service and keep pace with important water system investments,” Williams said.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedeermedia. com.

Water supply de-energization bill heads to Governor Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore), has announced that Senate Bill (SB) 708 was approved by the State Assembly with a bipartisan vote of 77-0 and now heads to the Governor for his signature or veto.

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Medi-Cal expansion: Legislature’s budget would remove some barriers for low-income residents Ana B. Ibarra, Cal Matters SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Kming Rosenthal recently inherited $5,000 after her birth mother died last year. Rosenthal, 72, who lives off her Social Security disability benefits and doesn’t have much in savings, welcomed the extra cash.

She planned to deposit most of the new money in her savings account, but soon learned that if she wanted to keep her free Medi-Cal coverage, she couldn’t have more than $2,000 in the bank because it would disqualify her from MediCal under what’s known as the “asset test.”

Rosenthal, who lives in Orange County, panicked. She needs Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance for low-income Californians, to help cover her pricy HIV medication and other costs not fully covered

by Medicare, which covers seniors. She had to spend the money — she bought a new bed and a refrigerator — so that it wouldn’t affect her eligibility.

Now she wishes she’d waited.

“I’ve recently run into some shortages and I think, ‘if only I could have kept more of that money,’” she said.

It’s too late to help Rosenthal, but the California Legislature is seeking to eliminate the Medi-Cal asset test once and for all, according to officials.

In its budget approved earlier this month, the Legislature included an ongoing $105.7 million to cover the expected increase in Medi-Cal enrollment as a result of axing the asset limit. A final budget is still pending as negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom continue this week.

The governor’s May budget revision did not address the MediCal asset test and he has not com-

mented on it publicly.

The Legislature also is negotiating or awaiting final approval for other Medi-Cal changes, including: Allowing older, undocumented Californians to sign up for MediCal at either 50 or 60 years of age.

Setting the minimum age at 60, as proposed by Newsom, would add an estimated 89,000 new people to the Medi-Cal rolls by 2024-2025 and cost about $1 billion annually.

The Legislature’s budget starts the expansion at age 50.

Extending how long women can stay on Medi-Cal post pregnancy from 60 days to a year. This expansion would be in place for five years.

Adding doula services for pregnant women as a benefit covered

by Medi-Cal starting Jan. 1, 2022.

Removing expiration dates for “optional benefits” such as speech therapy, eyeglasses and podiatry services that states are not required to cover. These benefits were eliminated during the Great Recession and restored in 2019, but have expiration dates.

“This is a complete 180, from potential cuts and rationing to program expansions,” Linda Nguy, a policy advocate with Western Center on Law and Poverty, said.

Last year, as the state planned for a budget deficit induced by the coronavirus pandemic, advocates feared losing some of the Medi-Cal gains achieved in the past years as the state recovered from the Great Recession. Although most programs stayed as is last year, planned program expansions were put on hold.

Now, with a $76 billion surplus, Newsom and lawmakers are discussing offering more benefits to more people for longer periods of time.

As of March, 13.7 million peo-

ple – about a third of the state’s population – were enrolled in Medi-Cal. That’s about 1.2 million more people than were enrolled a year earlier because people lost jobs and wages during the pandemic. Nationally 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid, the federal insurance program for the poor, during the pandemic, according to a federal report.

Claire Ramsey, an attorney with Justice in Aging, said given the need and the state’s strong economic standing, now is the time to expand Medi-Cal to people who have been left out and eliminate outdated barriers.

For years, advocates and some lawmakers have been proposing to expand Medi-Cal benefits to unauthorized immigrants. They’ve succeeded through a piecemeal approach, first opening the program to undocumented children and then young adults up to age 26. Older adults would be the latest addition.

A separate bill by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, a Fresno Democrat, seeks to expand Medi-Cal to all income-eligible undocumented immigrants, regardless of age.

People without legal status are barred from federal health coverage programs under the Affordable Care Act – commonly known as “Obamacare” – so health expansions for this population must be paid by state-only funds.

One thing “Obamacare” did do is eliminate Medicaid’s asset test for most people. It only applies to seniors and people with disabilities, driving financial instability among these already vulnerable groups, Ramsey said.

But, as Kming Rosenthal found out the hard way, besides needing a low enough income to qualify for Medi-Cal, a person cannot have more than $2,000 in certain types

‘theServiceStation” links listeners to resources that strengthen families and individuals New podcast to air experts on topics from abuse prevention, fostering, to help with food, jobs One of California’s largest public social service agencies is launching a podcast to highlight issues impacting Riverside County households and to share information on food, housing, and job assistance in the pandemic recovery. theServiceStation, a podcast in English and Spanish, is available now for download on all major platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. The podcast is one of many tools the county’s Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) is using to connect to its 1 million customers in a county of 2.5 million residents.

“During the pandemic we joined our community partners from across the county to meet the urgent social and economic needs facing

children, families and seniors,” Sayori Baldwin, assistant county executive officer of Human Services, which includes DPSS, said.

“We hope theServiceStation will become a destination for listeners of all ages as we continue to connect our communities to services that can improve their health, wellbeing and independence,” Baldwin said.

The monthly podcast will be regularly hosted by Gene Kennedy and Angela Naso with the DPSS public information team.

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Tu n e i n t o t h e S e r v i c e S t a tion, now with Marivel Castaneda from Community Outreach Branch sharing how to access CalFresh, the state’s largest food assistance program. The CalFresh program in Riverside County serves 200,000 individuals and delivers over $1 billion in annual economic benefits to markets and eateries.

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In 2013, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from more than 450,000 American adults ages 18 and older who were randomly polled across the 50 states. Participants were asked about aerobic physical activity outside of their jobs.

The findings were eye-opening.

Estimates indicated nearly 80% of American adults do not get the recommended amounts of exercise each week. People most likely to exercise, according to the CDC study, were between the ages of 18 and 24.

Lack of time and inspiration may be to blame for disinterest in exercise. Boredom with routine and being unaware of alternative fitness regimens also may be contributing factors. Increasing the fun associated with workouts could lead to greater success in or outside of the gym.

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what worked for others; find things that work for you. Exercise physiologists at John Hopkins Weight Management Center say to start with an activity that you already enjoy, even if it’s aligned with the trend of the moment. Chances are you can find a class or make up a routine that works for you.

Tweak your playlist.

Music can improve performance during a workout and may actually take your mind off of strenuous or repetitive activity. Tunes also can be coordinated to the workout.

Songs that feature lyrics such as run, punch, push, or groove can reinforce movements in the routine, offers the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Also, tailor songs to coordinate to the beats per minute of different activities.

Strength activities and endurance activities can feature songs with higher BPMs. Exercise with friends or a group.

Having other people around can make workouts more enjoyable, and that interaction may spur competition that can make you more inclined to stay the course. People who were in the competitive groups in a study of 800 graduate and professional students at the University of Pennsylvania went to 90% more classes than those who exercised independently or were not competitive. The results were published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports. Competition can be a driving factor in efforts to exercise.

Head outdoors.

You may be more inclined to work out if you do so outside.

Activities such as hiking, snowshoeing, swimming, and cycling on natural courses can be inspiring and burn calories.

Try sports or another activity.

Exercise regimens do not have to include running on a treadmill or lifting weights. All types of activities can work, and some may be more enjoyable to you than traditional exercises. Everything from martial arts to dance classes to volleyball can offer cardiovascular and muscle-building benefits in a fun atmosphere.

Making exercise fun motivates many people to embrace fitness and stick with their workout regimens.

A physician assistant listens to a patient’s heartbeat at a clinic in Bieber, California. The Legislature’s budget would expand Medi-Cal. Valley News/CalMatters/Anne Wernikoff photo

of assets; the limit for a couple is $3,000. These thresholds have not changed since 1989, when the average movie ticket cost $4.

The thinking is that if people have over a certain amount in resources, then that money could go toward paying for health care.

“That means people can’t save for uncovered health expenses…or a move; a month’s rent and deposit are more than that,” Ramsey said.

And the rules can get complicated, leaving some people confused about what counts against their eligibility. Checking and savings accounts, cash on hand, a second car and life insurance count in the asset test, but a home and one car are exempt. Ramsey said that means low-income renters whose only assets may be in cash are at a disadvantage.

Close to 18,000 people could become newly eligible for Medi-Cal if the state eliminates the asset test, according to a March 2020 report from the Department of Health Care Services, which oversees the Medi-Cal program.

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, introduced a bill that also seeks to repeal the asset test in case it doesn’t get done through the budget. AB 470 builds on legislation from 2019 that sought

to increase the limit of countable assets from $2,000 to $10,000 for an individual. That two-year bill was shelved during the pandemic.

Ramsey said health advocates are not concerned that eliminating the asset test would allow rich people to get on Medi-Cal. “That’s a unicorn problem; we’re talking about a person who would have to be very low income but somehow rich in assets. If you could afford to get care anywhere, I don’t think you’d pick a Medi-Cal bed,” Ramsey said.

Ahead of California, nine states plus Washington D.C. have increased their Medicaid asset limits, and Arizona got rid of it.

Many people on Medi-Cal may not even know about the asset rule until it comes time to renew their coverage.

“This state, of all states, needn’t look very far to see how many people are living in the streets,” Rosenthal said. “One misstep with my benefits and that could be me, and with my health conditions, that truly would be a death sentence.”

This article first appeared on CalMatters Network and is being republished under a Creative Commons license. CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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Volume 21, Issue 27

CIF State playoffs final stop for local baseball and softball teams

After blasting their way into the CIF State Regional playoffs, the Elsinore Tigers fell to Christian High School in the semifinal round of the Division 5 brackets.

Hemet’s Lady Bulldogs fell to Oxnard 8-5 in the semifinal round of the Division 2 CIF State Regional bracket.

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JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The 2020-2021 school year, which was tainted by a worldwide pandemic, has been over for nearly three weeks, but three local high school teams find themselves still battling it out for statewide recognition. The CIF Southern Section playoffs took place over the last two weeks for local baseball and softball programs at the high school level and only a handful found themselves extending their season.

On the baseball field it was the Elsinore Tigers who made it the furthest in the postseason, advancing all the way to the Division 6 finals, where they fell to La Habra 8-3. In Divisions 1 through 3, all teams that advanced to the semifinals or further, were given a bid to the State Regional tournament, and of those that were in Divisions 4 through 7, those that made it to finals were also given a bid to extend their season for one more week.

As the CIF State Regional tournament got underway this week, No. 6 Elsinore defeated No. 3 Legacy 16-0 to advance in the

Division 5 brackets. Two Tigers pitchers combined to throw the shutout as Logan Farley earned the victory lasting four innings, allowing one hit and zero runs while striking out three and walking zero. Emmerling threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.

Elsinore collected 12 hits on the day. Isaac Martinez, Kaiyu Hasegawa, and Semaj Moore all managed multiple hits. Martinez led the Tigers with three hits and Josh McAninch went deep with the long ball in the second inning.

The Tigers moved on to play the Christian Patriots (27-4) Thursday, June 24, in the semifinals (only 3 rounds in the State Regionals).

Christian, who took first place in San Diego’s City League, was on a 17-game win streak when they took on the Tigers. Elsinore fell 11-1 as Christian went on to the June 26 championship where La Habra took the regional title as well.

On the softball diamond two teams advanced to the State Regionals, while one local team opted to get their summer started early.

In the Division 2 bracket, No. 6 Hemet defeated No. 3 Redondo

The Lakeside Lancers were the only local team to win a CIF Southern Section title but opted out of the State Regional playoffs due to schedule conflicts.

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Union 9-5 and moved on to play Oxnard (No. 7) Thursday, June 24, at the Diamond Valley fields in Hemet. Oxnard defeated the Lady Bulldogs 8-5.

Over in the Division 3 CIF State Regional brackets, No. 6 Orange Vista lost their first-round game to No. 3 Fowler, 5-2. The Lakeside

Lancers, who were the only local team to win a CIF Southern Section title (Division 7), opted out to start their summer. Many girls from the team had already committed to play with their showcase/ travel ball teams in out-of-state tournaments. This being the first time in history that games have

been played this far into the summer, due to the late start caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, teams opting to not play was high on the radar for the CIF offices.

JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia. com.

2021 All-Southwestern League basketball teams announced

Great Oak’s Damien Adame led the Southwestern League with 20.9 points per game this past season and Valley News/Action Captures Media Group was named MVP of the league.

JP Raineri SPORTS EDITOR

The Southwestern League basketball coaches recently met to go over the selections for the All-League teams. For the girls’ team, Chaparral showcased junior Hunter Simon as the league MVP. Simon had a season high 267 points and scored 14.1 points per game. For the boys’ team, Great Oak showcased senior Damien Adame, who led the Southwestern League with 20.9 points per game this past season.

Murrieta Mesa was the firstplace team on the girls’ side of the court. The Lady Rams went 8-2 in league play and won their second straight Southwestern League title.

They also had two first-team selections and one second-team selection. The remaining five teams had one selection for both the first and second teams.

Great Oak took home the Southwestern League boys’ title this past season with an 8-2 record and along with their MVP selection in Adame, they had one selection for both the first and second teams.

Murrieta Valley, who also boasted an 8-2 record, but fell to Great Oak in the standings, were the only team to have two first-team selections and one second-team selection. All other teams had one selection for both the first and second teams.

2021 All Southwestern League Girls Basketball Team Most Valuable Player – Hunter Simon – Chaparral (11) GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM: Rokhaya Cisse – Chaparral (11); Kaylee Van Betuw – Murrieta Mesa (11); Makayla Rutledge –

Chaparral’s Hunter Simon, who had a season high 267 points, was named the girls’ Southwestern League MVP. Valley News/David Canales photo

Murrieta Valley (10); Makenna Ching – Vista Murrieta (10); Kayli Klemp – Murrieta Mesa (12); Madison Packwood – Temecula Valley (12).

GIRLS’ SECOND TEAM:

Alyson Pulsipher – Vista Murrieta (9); Janara Williams – Murrieta Mesa (11); Ava Black – Murrieta Valley (10); Gabriella see BASKETBALL, page C-2

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SPORTS

Local players compete in IEBCA Senior All-Star baseball game VALLEY NEWS SPORTS DEPARTMENT

Just two days after the final games of the CIF Southern Section baseball championship rounds, the Inland Empire Baseball Coaches Association (IEBCA) held their annual senior all-star game.

Founded in 2008, the IEBCA is an organization that promotes high school baseball in the Inland Empire.

The 2021 IEBCA Senior AllStar Game was held Monday, June 21, at Fiscalini Field in San Bernardino and was sponsored by the City of San Bernardino, San Bernardino PONY, Pro 9 and OC Sports. The game featured coachnominated high school seniors from member schools that play in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Players were treated to pro-style workouts before the game, as well as on-field batting practice during the day. With a 6 p.m. start time, the Riverside County All-Stars got things started first as the visiting team. Paloma Valley’s Wyatt Bush singled to lead off the game and scored when his Wildcats teammate, Dylan McEvers, doubled to get Riverside County going in the first inning. Redlands East Valley’s Chase Dabbs got the start for San Bernardino County and struck out two over two innings. He also walked twice, stole a base and scored a run.

The game would stay somewhat close the entire time as a handful of Riverside County pitchers, including Southwestern League Pitcher of the Year Jhayden Raineri (Murrieta Mesa), and IVY

The 2021 IEBCA Riverside County senior all-stars.

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league MVP Matt Gaunt (Paloma Valley), teamed up to keep the San Bernardino batters at bay during their two innings on the mound.

Raineri’s inning included a pivotal play at the plate early on when Vista Murrieta outfielder, LeTrey McCollum, helped keep a scoreless inning going with a laser beam throw to Murrieta Mesa catcher, Makana Olaso, to get a motoring Dabbs out at the plate.

Temescal Canyon’s Nolan Smith bombed a two-run home run 400-plus feet into the left-field parking lot for a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but San Bernardino County got on the scoreboard in a big way in the fourth inning when Summit’s David Fimbres and Kaiser’s Nate Campos-Jaramillo each slammed three-run homers to take a 6-3 lead.

A double by Olaso and an RBI single by Raineri would help

Jacob Kocaya (Great Oak), Dylan McEvers (Paloma Valley), Wyatt Bush (Paloma Valley), Matt Gaunt (Paloma Valley), Jhayden Raineri (Murrieta Mesa), Colby Moran (Murrieta Mesa), Makana Olaso (Murrieta Mesa), and LeTrey McCollum (Vista Murrieta) all represented the area at the 2021 IEBCA Senior All-Star baseball game.

ignite the Riverside County AllStars in the fourth inning, which was followed by Ramona senior Max Berber’s two-run double that capped a four-run fifth inning to help Riverside County retake the lead. Cajon’s Christian Leos would then reach on an error and score to tie the game in the sixth before San Bernardino County busted the game open with four more runs in the seventh for an 11-7 lead.

Bloomington’s Edward Rengifo singled and scored on Omar Rosas’ RBI triple in the eighth, and Summit’s Yahir Sotomayor pitched the eighth and Grand Terrace’s Jerry Granado pitched the ninth in the win.

Campos-Jaramillo, who won the Freddie Lee Smith MVP Scholarship award for the San Bernardino County All-Stars, went 2 for 2 with a home run, four RBIs and got the win in relief as San Bernardino County rallied to win the first IEBCA event held since 2019.

Murrieta Mesa’s Colby Moran (Southwestern League MVP) went 2 for 3 with a triple, a double, two runs and an RBI for Riverside County. Nolan Smith was the other Freddie Lee Smith MVP Scholarship award winner, taking it home for the Riverside Country all-stars.

Freddie Lee Smith was a graduate of San Bernardino High School where he played football all the way up to junior college at San Bernardino Valley College. He worked for GTE/Verizon for 39 years before he retired. After multiple sports for several years, Smith started umpiring, which he did for 29 years with IBUA. Smith, who died a few years back,

Colby Moran (8), of Murrieta Mesa, had a triple, a double, scored two runs and had an RBI for the IEBCA Riverside County senior all-stars Monday, June 21, at Fiscalini Field in San Bernardino.

Temescal Canyon’s Nolan Smith was awarded the Freddie Lee Smith MVP Scholarship for the Riverside Country all-stars.

will forever be part of a fraternity that so many long for. As a token of appreciation from the IEBCA, they present the MVP from each county a $250 scholarship to help with their college fees as a symbol of Smith’s dedication and service to student athletes throughout the Inland Empire.

The roster for the Riverside County All-Stars was: Wyatt Bush, Paloma Valley; Dylan McEvers, Paloma Valley; Gabe Castro, West Valley; Logan Hunt, ML King; LeTrey McCollum, Vista Murrieta; Chris Scovel, Centennial; Aidan Torres, Poly; Hudson Boncal, Centennial; David Butler, Ramona; Colby Moran, Murrieta Mesa; Max Berber, Ramona; Mario Landeros, Santiago; Jhayden Raineri, Murrieta Mesa; Matt Gaunt, Paloma Valley; Parker Pund, Ra-

mona; Makana Olaso, Murrieta Mesa; Seth Gregory, Beaumont; Nolan LaChappa, Hemet; Jason Del Villar, Centennial; Nicholas Salgado, Canyon Springs; Ruben Cervantes, La Sierra; Fernando Guzman, San Jacinto; Andrew Gamez, La Sierra; Jacob Kocaya, Great Oak and Nolan Smith, Temescal Canyon.

Members of the IEBCA provide exposure to players for recruiting purposes and promoting cooperation and camaraderie within the coaching ranks. Learn more by searching IEBCA online or by following them on Twitter @ inlandempirebca.

Photos and sports scores/stats/ highlights from any sport can be submitted to sports@reedermedia. com.

Perris Auto Speedway points standings The following are the points standings at Perris Auto Speedway as of Friday, June 25.

IMCA Modified Point Standings 1. Billy Griffin – Buena Park – 111 2. Tom Smith – Norco – 107 3. Chuck Becker – Yucaipa – 96 4. Carla Laney – Torrance – 90 5. Eddie Gurwell – Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 88 PASSCAR Super Stock Point Standings 1. Tyson Talkington – Riverside – 58 2. Billy Griffin – Buena Park – 57 3. David Lord – Hemet - 56 4. Dennis Woodridge – Riverside – 51 5. Ron Bartels – Marina Del

Rey – 50 PASSCAR Street Stock Point Standings 1. Stefan Davies – Murrieta - 62 2. Brandon Kelly – Moreno Valley – 58 3. Curtis Dietzsch – Riverside – 53 4. Doug Kelly – Moreno Valley – 51 5. James Altman – Lake Elsinore – 48 PASSCAR American Factory Stock Point Standings 1. Cameron Veatch – Temecula, CA – 62 2. Swede Ogren – Anza – 61 3. Mike Burks – Nuevo – 47 4. Chris Evans – National City – 46

4. Jason Cook – Temecula - 46 Online tickets for 2021 Perris Auto Speedway races are on sale at tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7.

Fans can stay up to date on track and driver news on The PAS social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching out Perris Auto Speedway or by visiting www.perrisautospeedway. com/.

Perris Auto Speedway is conveniently located on the SoCal Fair and Event Center (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, on the Ramona

Expressway and go 3 miles east to the fairgrounds. The address is 18700 Lake Perris Drive, Perris.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank the following corporate partners: Ahern Equipment Rentals, All Coast Construction, Anderson Chevrolet, Battery Systems, Bud’s Tire Pro, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris, Communication Innovations, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD Industries, Heimark/Anheuser Busch, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living Waters Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission, Moose Racing, Pepsi-Cola, Performance Online, Pole Position, PrintItNow.

com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply, Rugged Radios, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels, Trench Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner Construction and Vista Paint.

Video and DVD productions of all racing sprint cars events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions.

For more information on these productions, contact them at (805) 844-3854, trtruex@gmail.com or www.LoudPedal Productions.

DVDs of all the PASSCAR/ IMCA racing and Nights of Destruction at The PAS are available from Fourvideos. For more information, (714) 225-9500.

BASKETBALL f r om p ag e C - 1 Dimopoulos – Temecula Valley (12); Ryan Waltz – Great Oak (12); Dorothy Elemento – Chaparral (11).

2021 All Southwestern League Boys Basketball Team Most Valuable Player – Damien Adame – Great Oak (12) BOYS’ FIRST TEAM: Preston Skands – Great Oak (12); Maurier Tablada – Chaparral (11); Lewis Singleterry – Murrieta Mesa (11); Micaiah Hankins – Temecula Valley (11); Trey Booker – Murrieta Valley (12); Damien Ruiz – Murrieta Valley (11).

BOYS’ SECOND TEAM: Charles Bowman – Temecula Valley (12); Michael Davis – Murrieta Valley (11); Brandon Newsome – Vista Murrieta (12); Trajan Cong – Murrieta Mesa (11); Jeremy Sengstock – Great Oak (11); Roman Swizek – Chaparral (12).

JP Raineri can be reached via email at sports@reedermedia. com.

Murrieta Valley’s Damien Ruiz (12), seen here on defense, led the Southwestern League with 71 three-pointers this past season.

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Temecula Valley’s Madison Packwood led the Southwestern League with 38 three-pointers this past season.

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Michaels announces return to competition in Dallas next week Derryl Trujillo INLAND SPORTS SENIOR WRITER

One could make the argument that Sydnee Michaels is the most accomplished women’s golfer to come out of Southwest Riverside County.

A product of Linfield Christian, where she won the 2006 Big Sky League (now defunct) boys individual title as a senior, Michaels held LPGA Tour membership from 2012-2020 and earned $974,202 in 123 starts (74 made cuts with 5 top fives). She was a two-time winner on the Symetra Tour in 2011 earning $56,232 to finish fourth in earnings and graduate.

In a previous “Where are they now?” feature I did on her, Michaels emphasized the fact that she is semi-retired (stepped away because of back issues) and has lifetime veteran status if she were inclined to return to competition.

She recently announced a return to competition of two events thus far: the LPGA Tour Volunteers of America Classic in Dallas through July 4 and the California State Women’s Open at Carlsbad’s Omni La Costa Resort & Spa

(operated by the SCPGA), July 6 and 7.

I caught up with Michaels by phone and we talked about the road back to her first events in nearly three years.

We discussed Tiger Woods’ road back to winning the 2019 Masters and how he wanted his own children to see their dad in fighting form and Michaels said, “Seeing Tiger win that Masters in 2019 after overcoming those injuries was so inspiring to me and a huge part in pushing me to give it another go. When I was playing previously, Isla (her daughter) was just an infant but now that she’s older it’ll be a special experience to be out there for both of us.”

About her expectations these next two weeks, the former Linfield Christian Lion and UCLA Bruin added, “First, I want to make sure I complete two weeks healthy.

I’m mostly looking forward to being out there and getting my feet wet in competition again. It’s not necessarily starting from square one because as a tour player competing comes naturally to me, but I do think I’ll get the groove of things rather quickly again.”

Her fashion line, Isla Sport, recently launched, which makes it an extremely exciting time in the Michaels’ household. She remarked about it all: “It’s definitely very exciting to see everything come together and it wasn’t planned like this but I’m excited to wear my line these next two weeks and show off what we’ve worked on.”

Michaels credits instructor George Gankas with showing her some technical changes that alleviate pressure on the back, hard work in the gym, and acupuncture for putting her in a position to compete again. Her husband Glen will carry the bag on a temporary basis.

Her schedule after these two weeks is still to be determined with the possibility of some Symetra Tour events along with whatever starts she can get from the lifetime veteran category and those results.

To keep up with Michaels in Dallas visit lpga.com/leaderboard and at the California State Women’s Open visit scpga.com.

Derryl Trujillo can be reached by email at socaltrekkie@gmail. com.

Sydnee Michaels is a product of Linfield Christian, where she won the 2006 Big Sky League individual title as a senior.

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Fishermen ‘Dream Extreme’ at Lake Elsinore Fishing Derby

A handful of the most serious participants reached the lake in the early morning and cast their lines in the hopes of reeling in a large catch during the June 26 Lake Elsinore Dream Extreme Fishing Derby. Most participants worked in pairs.

Many participants for the 8th Annual Lake Elsinore Dream Extreme Fishing Derby launched their boats in the early morning June 26 in the hopes of catching the largest fish. The tournament ran from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Lake Elsinore Dream Extreme Fishing Derby festivities were hosted by Lake Elsinore Casino and the City of Lake Elsinore at The Bobber, near the boat launch port. In addition to the fishing competition, visitors could also enter in raffles and win prizes.

A pair of fishing competitors bring in their catch to be weighed by officials during the June 26 Lake Elsinore Dream Extreme Fishing Derby. Their fish weighed in at 1.80 pounds.

San Diego SCCA Autocross event speeds through Lake Elsinore [Left] A driver maneuvers his Lotus around a turn at the San Diego SCCA Autocross event in Lake Elsinore.

[Below] The driver of a 1967 Lotus hits a corner at the San Diego SCCA Autocross event in Lake Elsinore [Above] Drivers prepare their cars for the San Diego Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Autocross at an empty parking lot at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore, June 19. The two-day autocross event allows drivers to negotiate a timed course lined with cones at speeds no higher than 60 mph.

[Right] A driver receives his time after completing the autocross course at the San Diego SCCA Autocross event in Lake Elsinore.

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EDUCATION

SJUSD Parent Center resources generate results Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

Since the San Jacinto Unified School District opened its Parent Center in May of 2016, alongside its new Enrollment Center, it has been a convenient hub for parents from more than a dozen schools within the district’s boundaries to access much-needed assistance.

“We wanted a centralized spot for parents to come and know they’d get all their answers or be pointed in the right direction,” Family & Community Engagement Specialist Carla Adame said.

“In addition, about two years prior to opening, the State of California rolled out a new way of funding school districts that required an emphasis on Parent Engagement efforts.”

Adame has worked for the district since 2006 in different roles before stepping into her current position at the Parent Center. Sheila Blythe is the Parent Center Liaison and Adame’s partner there, working together to serve the district’s families. Blythe had previously worked at the Riverside County Office on Aging but said when she started at the Parent Center five years ago, she felt like it was something she was born to do.

“I feel that every experience I’ve had in my life, negative or positive, has enabled me to relate to our families,” she said. “I learned a lot of things in my past job that have helped me support our families, especially some of our senior community members who are raising their grandchildren.”

Adame said the goal of the center is to focus on supporting the “Six Types of Parent Involvement” model by Dr. Joyce Epstein, which guides school districts to ensure they are offering something for all parents and walks of parent-life.

With that in mind, the center offers parenting classes that support and teach skills for positive communication and discipline, nutrition and wellness, healthy communication and loving relationships, mental illness and more.

“In addition, we support the major communication avenues across our school district such as mass text, email and phone call messages, electronic flyer distributions, social media platform posts, website updates and LED Signs of Community communications,” Adame said. “We are also very involved in the planning and implementation of our Parent/ Community Advisory meetings which are the major source of communication between our parent/student groups and our district leadership to support equitable spending of funds and other important decision making.”

Parent Center Liaison Sheila Blythe, left, and Family & Community Engagement Specialist Carla Adame enjoy open communication with families throughout the San Jacinto Unified School District.

She noted that although parent involvement is strongest during the elementary grade levels, parents want to know how to support their teenagers with the next phase of education and life and the center is there to help them out.

“Our district puts the effort in educating and empowering parents on the important steps and skills to support their kids on their journey to career, military and/or college/ university after high school,” Adame said. “We have seen that parents are incredibly valuable in this area.”

Positive feedback She said they were delighted by the most recent positive feedback received from a couple of families.

Denise McWright said she and her husband are active parents within the district, are very familiar with the Parent Center and greatly appreciate all the communication they receive from Adame and Blythe. In mid-January an email about programs sponsored by Young Black Scholars spurred their daughter Saniya McWright, 15, to apply.

“She had a choice between two exciting business programs for high school students of color,” her mother said. One was the Wells Fargo Junior Investment Program and the other was the Pathways to Success Entrepreneurial Program.

Saniya selected the latter. “I believe she selected this program due to the example of my husband who has started his own business.”

McWright said Saniya underwent a rigorous cohort of virtual study every Saturday for two hours from January through May. On June 6, during the program’s Cel-

ebration of Achievement, she was awarded third place and a $150 prize and recognized by the program coordinator during the virtual celebration. McWright said establishing a business and developing a plan was a major component of the program and her daughter’s business model was centered on a coffee subscription service.

“This is a topic that she believes in dearly, but currently she is pursuing a pathway into the medical field; her long-term desire is to become a cardiologist,” McWright said. “She learned so much about business and public speaking through the presentation of her business plan/model. She gained confidence and was so grateful for the opportunity to participate in something outside her academic studies during COVID-19.”

A family decision McWright, an 11-year resident of San Jacinto, said Saniya normally plays club volleyball but due to COVID-19 they made a family decision for her to sit out this season.

“This program helped her do something meaningful in her free time which added to her overall well-roundedness and possibly will add to her college admissions portfolio,” her mom said.

McWright has received other resources from Parent Center staff such as information about the Black College Expo, Into the Future and many other conferences.

She has participated in numerous workshops that were hosted there, including Building Resilience and nutrition classes and computer classes. She is currently a representative for the San Jacinto African American Advisory Council.

Adame and Blythe received another example of how a Parent Center resource was beneficial when Chiriece Smith contacted them about the Riverside County Youth Community Corps paid internship work experience program that her daughters, Bryahjahne’ and Majah’Nique Smith, and niece, Monnaje “JJ” McCorley, enrolled in.

Chiriece Smith said regular communications via SJUSD’s website and emails led her to learn about the program and all three young ladies chose to work at the nonprofit ARE Animal Rescue center in Hemet for 12 weeks, starting in September, working mostly with cats. Monnaje was recognized as an “Outstanding Intern.”

“I wanted them to gain some work experience and see what it feels like to work and then get the things they wanted or needed on their own and contribute to the household,” Smith said, adding they learned how to clean and build kennels, fix food for and feed the animals, prepare vaccines, be a Team leader/Supervisor, assist with adoptions, groom the animals, unload food and help process deliveries.

Liked making money “They liked making money and being able to spend it how they wanted after they gave a portion for gas and bills, of course,” Smith said. “They got to open a bank account and get their own ATM card so they could learn about saving and budgeting. Once it was gone, they had to wait for the next check and make better choices so that it could last longer and they’d be able to shop during the holidays.

I’m glad they got this experience because it helped them grow in a way that showed a lot of maturity.”

Smith has been very active with the district during the nearly seven years she has lived in San Jacinto, including involvement with the San Jacinto African American Advisory

Council, School Site Council at the high school, PTA, parent groups and classes.

Adame said the Parent Center receives information from many nonprofits that exist to support students and families and as long as the agencies can be screened to verify that their intentions meet those of the district, they enjoy sharing the resources.

“These most recent successful examples reassure us that we should keep partnering with agencies and keep passing this information along to empower more students and families,” she said.

“We are glad to work with others who are investing in the future of our community by investing in our kids.”

Road show best Adame said she and Blythe take their “shows on the road” and utilize school campuses as often and as best as they can with the help of School Family & Community Liaisons across the district. The main reason is to be more accessible and comfortable for parents that are already familiar with their children’s school sites. Another reason is that the current Parent Center is not very large. That’s why they are looking forward to moving into a new location during the next school year. A 1,920-sq.ft. facility is under construction at the corner of Young St. and N. Ramona Blvd., giving the center more visibility and much more space than its current 870-sq. ft. building nearby.

Adame and Blythe are gearing up for the fall semester, which is scheduled to have in-person instruction and learning on all campuses starting Aug. 5. There are currently no programs in place for the summer, but parents are welcome to call or visit the Parent Center to learn about community resources that might meet their needs. For more information, (951) 929-7329.

Access to a variety of resources contributes to a strong relationship between families and the San Jacinto Unified School District, whose Parent Center offers many ways to assist and engage families.

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72-year-old graduates 50 years after leaving college

Elena Shuldiner returned to school after 50 years and earned her degree in Business Management at 72 years old.

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Christal Gaines-Emory WRITER

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, 72-year-old Elena Shuldiner was inspired to go back to school and finish getting her degree after waiting 50 years.

A resident of Corona, Shuldiner said she always knew that she wanted to go back to school, but the time was never right. She had previously completed 45 credits toward her degree 50 years ago, but she dropped out due to personal reasons.

“I was the only one in my family without a college education, and I just kept putting off going back to school,” she said.

Shuldiner realized that because of the pandemic, she would have plenty of time on her hands and she would finally be able to reach her goal of graduating from college.

She began researching different schools and decided to attend the University of Phoenix online and pursue a bachelor’s degree in business management.

She spent 14 months studying day and night, working hard to finish her remaining 75 credits. On average, completing 75 credits in person would take a little over two years since many colleges have a limit on credits per semester. However, her online classes allowed her to take as many courses as she wanted and multiple classes were completed in just a few days.

“I learned so much, and so did my husband,” she said. “We would study together over dinner; we were able to learn so much and we did it together.”

Shuldiner completed her final class May 31, and she said she was ecstatic to finally get her college degree.

University of Phoenix hosts graduation ceremonies all over the U.S., so Shuldiner chose to attend the ceremony in Chicago, so she could invite family members from all over the country, and she could have a vacation at the same time. However, the graduation ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19. Shuldiner and her entire family were devastated and disappointed by this news.

“I felt like I had no voice.

COVID was ending, and I didn’t

understand why the graduation had to be canceled,” she said. “My entire family had already bought the tickets, we were ready to go.”

This led Shuldiner to write a letter to the university explaining her situation. She did not expect to receive a phone call from the University of Phoenix’s Provost John Woods in response to her letter.

“Provost John Woods said that it was a unique situation, and the school offered to hold an individual graduation ceremony in Chicago for me,” she said. “They sent me my regalia for free, and they’re going to host the ceremony, then a luncheon for me and my family afterwards, all free of charge.”

The University of Phoenix hosted the individual graduation ceremony June 26 in Chicago, and Shuldiner had family members invited there with her. Her children and grandchildren, despite being scattered all over the country, she hoped they all would be present to support her during her graduation.

There were many photographers and University of Phoenix staff members supporting her.

“It brings tears to my eyes, thinking of everything the University of Phoenix is doing for me. It’s very emotional and very moving,” she said. “I’ve always done everything for everyone else, so it’s very moving to have something like this being done for me. I’m very thankful.”

Shuldiner said that she has felt an overwhelming amount of support from her friends and family.

“Everyone is so proud of me, they’re all telling me how proud they are every day. My best friend in New York has been very supportive and she told me that she

always knew I’d go back and finish school,” Shuldiner said. “My 17-year-old grandson asked about my classes and how school was going, and whenever we’d talk, he would say ‘Grandma, I’m so proud of you.’”

The support she has received from her loved ones has inspired her, and she is grateful for the support system at the University of Phoenix as well.

“Everyone at the University of Phoenix has been amazing,” she said. “This has been a great experience; they really took care of me.”

Shuldiner said she is also extremely grateful for her husband Richard and his constant support.

“I have a phenomenal husband, he’s my biggest cheerleader.” she said. “I’m very thankful. He supported me, helped me, encouraged me, and guided me the whole time.”

Shuldiner said she could not be more satisfied with the quality of education she received and the support from the university. This experience has inspired Shuldiner to consider starting another business with her grandson, and she is also considering continuing her education even further and working toward her master’s degree. Although she is unsure what is next for her, she is looking forward to the future and she is thankful that she went back to school.

“Regardless of age or circumstance, if going to college is something you want for you, do it,” Shuldiner said. “Nothing good ever comes easily, you have to want it and work for it, then good things will come. Never give up and you never settle. Your goal is attainable, and you can do it.”

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California bans travel to 5 more dangerous red states

Julie Reeder PUBLISHER

California has decided to restrict state-funded travel to five more red states, bringing the total to 17.

This is partisan politics cloaked in non-discrimination. This action is consistent with this whole new culture of anti-bias and social justice.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta made the announcement partly because the red states are “working to prevent transgender women and girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.” It was also targeting states that are banning sex change operations for minor children.

They can’t just allow the other states to govern themselves, they have to try and punish them or make the red states more like our

blue state. Or, at the very least take the opportunity to make them look like monsters in the court of public opinion through the complicit media.

During the news conference where Bonta announced the decision to ban state-funded travel, the red states were characterized as bastions of LGBTQ discrimination and haters of children.

California Senator Evan Low pointed out; “The current culture war is not a game. This is a fight in which our opponents are motivated by fear and hate, even though the LGBTQ+ community has always been about love and inclusion.”

Then another speaker at the news conference further spewed more partisan rhetoric. He said, “Because there are political consultants in the Republican Party on the right, who have decided that they think it might be a winning political issue to target trans youth. And when you think about it, what kind of person wakes up in the morning and when they’re brushing their teeth and figuring out, ‘what am I going to do today?’

‘I’m going to target children.’

‘I’m going to make it harder for children to play sports.’ ‘I’m going to make it harder for children to get health care.’ ‘I’m going to make it harder for children to use the restroom.’ ‘I’m going to tell children they’re not who they say

they are, but they’re just faking it to try to get some sort of manipulative advantage.’ It’s outrageous.

These are children who are just trying to be who they are and live their lives.”

So, our tax dollars pay for our representatives to malign other states, assigning motives of hate and discrimination rather than prudence.

The news organizations then grab onto the fear, hate and discrimination rhetoric and that’s what’s reported and expanded.

The red states believe they are protecting girls/women’s rights over transgender rights which are biological males competing with females. Ultimately this issue is being fought in our courts and the girls deserve for someone to at least stand up and fight for them as well.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, after being targeted by the NCAA said, “You can’t be cowed by these organizations, or particularly by woke corporations from doing the right thing,” he explained. “And so, my view was throughout this whole time, we have to protect our girls, it is discriminatory to force them to compete against biological males. And so, if the price of having a tournament is that I have to deny equal opportunity to hundreds of thousands of young girl and women athletes throughout Florida, I am much more willing

to stand with the girls.”

As for the part of Bonta’s assertion that those hateful red states are discriminating against LGBTQ health care, it is solely because they are not allowing sex change operations on minors.

There are many health care professionals who are against sex change operations on minors. But this isn’t just a cultural, ethical, medical and ethical issue, it’s also big business. In 2014, there were 24 gender clinics, mostly located on the East Coast and in California. One year later, there were 40. According to Dr. Michelle Cretella, who is the executive director of the American College of Pediatricians, there are now 215 pediatric residency programs now training future pediatricians in a transition-affirming protocol (sex change operations) and treating gender-dysphoric children accordingly. She believes gender clinics are bound to proliferate further and in states like California professionals must be “affirming.”

According to Cretella, “Last summer, the federal government stated that it would not require Medicare and Medicaid to cover transition-affirming procedures for children or adults because medical experts at the Department of Health and Human Services found the risks were often too high, and the benefits too unclear. Undeterred by these findings, the World Profes-

sional Association for Transgender Health has pressed ahead, claiming—without any evidence – that these procedures are ‘safe.’”

So, is it hate and discrimination? Or prudence? Shouldn’t we be more cautious when it comes to children having life-altering, irreversible operations when they legally aren’t even allowed to make decisions for themselves?

The red states are also considering the testimonies of minors and adults who have gone through irreversible operations and regret it. They are considering the mental health of the children who now say they wish the mental health professional they talked to before their surgery would have challenged them and counseled them, rather than just rubber stamping their idea to live as the opposite sex and simply be “affirming.”

The states are also considering the suicide rate.

I read the news story from over a dozen news organizations, and they all touted the rhetoric from the news conference without reporting the prudence from the red states. It was all about the “recent dangerous wave of discriminatory new bills signed into law in states all across the country.”

And that is what millions of news consumers are left with that the red states are haters and discriminators that we need to punish and fight against them.

Helping small business get back on its feet Assemblymember Marie Waldron SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

California is now reopening its economy, something I’ve been advocating for months. As a small business owner, I understand the disproportionate impact the pandemic had on small businesses, which make up 95% of all businesses in this region and employ the vast majority of workers.

We’re taking a huge step in the right direction, though it’s months too late.

Eliminating mandatory shutdowns is only part of the solution.

Businesses need help so that they can successfully reopen and get their employees back to work.

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The Small Business Majority provides almost weekly webinars for business owners. For more information, visit https://small-

EMWD team excels in Solar Cup competition first-place award for the “Onshape Challenge – Lesser Time Commitment Division” where students had to make three-dimensional models.

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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi inducts new members The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Misty Bell of Winchester at California State University, San Bernardino; Melissa Berry of Temecula at California State University, San Bernardino; Sophia Elfers of Winchester at California State Uni-

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GOP cries foul as California nears new governor recall rules

In this June 3, 2021, file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to questions during a news conference in San Francisco. The state Assembly passed a bill aimed at moving up Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall date.

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Kathleen Ronayne THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

California Republicans accused Democrats of acting unfairly Monday, June 28, as the state Assembly passed a bill aimed at moving up Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall date.

“The conclusion is inescapable that Gavin Newsom is cheating in the recall and this Legislature is his willing accomplice,” said Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, who is considering running in the contest.

The proposal easily passed, 53 to 18, and now heads to the state Senate. It would allow the recall to proceed at least 30 days earlier than under existing state law.

Democrats hope to take advantage of what they view as favorable conditions for Newsom as the state moves on from the worst days of the pandemic and related restrictions.

Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting acknowledged the bill will “ensure that this recall election happens as soon as possible” and

said that’s something the recall’s supporters should want.

Recall organizers collected 1.7 million signatures in support of recalling Newsom, and he’ll face an election later this year. Without the recall, he’d next face voters in 2022 for a regularly scheduled reelection.

This marks the second time Democrats are changing the rules in hopes of helping their own. Four years ago, they added new steps to the recall process as a state senator faced a removal vote. At the time, they hoped to slow things down so the vote would align with the next primary. The changes gave voters who signed the recall petition 30 business days to remove their signatures and set a process for state finance officials and lawmakers to estimate and review election costs.

Democrats’ proposal would essentially bypass the legislative review process so long as lawmakers set aside money for counties to pay for the cost of the election. The state Department of Finance already sought a cost estimate from counties and lawmakers plan to approve $215 million to cover the local expense. The bill also gives $35 million to the secretary of state, and Republican lawmakers questioned how it would be spent.

With no legislative review, Democratic Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounal-

CID funding awarded to four local organizations Joe Naiman WRITER

Valley Restart Shelter, Community Pantry, Community Food Pantry of Murrieta, and The Empowerment Center were awarded Community Improvement Designation funding during the June 22 Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting.

A 5-0 vote allocated $10,000 to Valley Restart Shelter, $10,000 to Valley Community Pantry, $7,500 to Community Food Pantry of Murrieta, and $2,500 to The Empowerment Center. Community Improvement Designation grants can be allocated to nonprofit organizations, public agencies, county departments, or other organizations with programs which serve the social needs of the county’s population. Each county

supervisor recommends the allocation of CID funding from his or her district budget, although a majority of the Board of Supervisors is needed to approve that recommendation. Supervisor Chuck Washington recommended the District 3 allocations.

Valley Restart Shelter is in Hemet. The current flooring in the multi-purpose room and the kitchen of the East Menlo Avenue building is original from the 1940s, and the CID funding will be used in a match to replace the flooring in the two rooms.

Valley Community Pantry is also based in Hemet. The CID money will be used for food, rental and utility assistance for seniors, veterans, and the disabled including the delivery of food for homebound

seniors and veterans.

The CID award for Community Food Pantry of Murrieta will be used to purchase nutritional foods such as milk, fresh produce and protein foods. Community Food Pantry of Murrieta distributes food to more than 500 income-qualified families on a weekly basis.

The Empowerment Center is based in Temecula. Its Youth Leadership Academy is a six-week program which provides character development, civil and emotional awareness skills, and financial literacy programs. The CID funding will be used for that program which seeks to build long-term resiliency of youth.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Insurance at peril for many in California’s risky fire areas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

As California’s wildfire season looms, threatening once again to break records for destruction, tens of thousands of rural homeowners risk facing the flames without enough insurance to rebuild if their homes burn.

Insurers have been taking a hard look at the millions of Californians who live in areas with a very high risk of wildfires, especially in recent years when a series of costly fires incinerated thousands of rural homes.

From 2015 through 2019, insurers dropped property coverage for more than 143,000 customers in 13 counties, according to California Insurance Department figures reported by the Sacramento Bee. In the Sierra Nevada foothills, more than 25,000 customers lost their insurance in Nevada and Placer counties alone.

“Every buyer in Nevada County is scared about that,” Tiffni Hald, a Nevada City real estate agent, told the Bee. “Every buyer is worried about, ‘Can I get insurance?’ There’s nobody writing (coverage) up here at all.”

The number of people whose policies weren’t renewed climbed

sharply in areas where wildfires caused massive damage. Replacement insurance coverage is limited and usually much more costly.

During the same 2015-2019 period, tens of thousands of people enrolled in California’s FAIR Plan, an insurance pool that provides basic fire insurance coverage for high-risk properties that traditional insurers won’t cover, according to its website. It is considered the state’s “insurer of last resort.”

Last September, the Glass Fire destroyed more than 650 homes in Napa and Sonoma counties in California’s wine country, including as many as one-third of the homes in Deer Park. Even before the fire, insurers had dropped insurance for many residents of the community, which is in an area that the state fire agency, Cal Fire, designates as a wildfire “hazard severity zone.”

“I know a lot of people are deciding, if they do rebuild, can they get insurance?” Roger Lutz III, the Deer Park fire chief, told the Bee. Last year, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a moratorium that barred insurance companies from non-renewing or canceling residential property policies for homes near or in ar-

eas that burned in 2020 wildfires.

However, the moratorium — the second in two years — expires in November, bringing a renewed threat of cancellation to more than 2 million policyholders while the summer-through-fall fire season is still in swing.

Lynn and Kirk Grace of Deer Park lost their home in the Glass Fire.

The couple saved their dog and two horses but lost a cat and chickens, along with oak and fir trees.

The Graces were covered by the FAIR Plan but the couple told the Bee it won’t pay enough to rebuild their home, a project their contractor estimates will cost at least $800,000.

“We will be hundreds of thousands of dollars short,” Grace said.

“A number of our neighbors are questioning whether they’re going to be able to do this.”

But the family, as with many others, plans to remain in the dangerous fire area.

“We would have to completely uproot ourselves and go somewhere strange in our golden years,” said Grace, 59. “My family’s been here since the 1850s; this is our new reality and we’re going to make it work.”

Jackson House Temecula given county mental crisis treatment contract Joe Naiman WRITER

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors awarded Jackson House Temecula a crisis residential treatment contract.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote June 22 approved behavioral health contracts with Jackson House Temecula and with Recovery Innovations, Inc., to provide crisis residential treatment services. Jackson House Temecula will provide the services for the mid-county region while Recovery Innovations, which is based in Riverside, will provide those services for the county’s desert region. Jack-

son House Temecula and Recovery Innovations will be awarded oneyear contracts covering July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and four one-year options through June 30, 2026, can be awarded without Board of Supervisors approval for those.

Crisis residential treatment is a short-term residential program which is an alternative to acute psychiatric hospitalization. Such treatment expands mental health crisis capacity by providing services to residents with a sudden mental health crisis or whose treatment in a standard outpatient setting has been disrupted. Most recipients of crisis residential treatment have severe and

persistent mental illness but do not require a locked treatment setting.

Crisis residential treatment is voluntary, although a court-appointed conservator may authorize such treatment.

The evaluation committee which reviewed the proposals determined that Jackson House Temecula and Recovery Innovations, Inc., were the most responsive and responsible bidders. The contract will pay Jackson House Temecula $1,314,000 each year, or $6,570,000 over five years if all four options are exercised.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

akis, a Newsom supporter, will be able to set an election date sooner.

County clerks have said they need until at least Sept. 14 to be ready.

Those who want to speed things up believe the longer the wait until voters cast their ballots, the more risk of problems arising for Newsom Recent polls show Newsom in a strong position to keep his seat.

Republicans said Newsom’s party is trying to manipulate the election.

“It is an attempt to put a thumb on the scale, to try to obtain a partisan outcome for one side,” said Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong.

Jack Citrin, a political science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said changing the calendar threatens to reinforce the public’s cynicism about politicians doing whatever they can to stay in power.

“They’re trying to create a situation that is most favorable for the partisan outcome that they favor,” said Citrin, who has studied trust in government and California’s initiative process.

It’s common for lawmakers in states that allow recalls to fiddle with election laws, but it usually happens after the contest is done, not before or during it, said Joshua Spivak, a recall elections expert.

And efforts to manipulate elec-

tion timing don’t always work, he noted, pointing to California state Sen. Josh Newman, who lost his 2018 recall election despite Democrats’ rule changes.

“That really suggested maybe we don’t know what we’re doing. You’re playing with fire by doing that,” said Spivak, who is a senior fellow at the Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform at Wagner College and runs the Recall Elections Blog.

He speculated the change could backfire because an earlier election gives Democrats less time to motivate their voters. Republicans were behind the recall effort and gathered more than 1.7 million signatures. They say their voters are energized.

The bill makes other changes sought by county clerks specific to mail ballots and vote centers. All counties will be required to mail voters a ballot.

Nathan Click, a spokesman for Newsom’s campaign, didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment about whether the campaign had communicated with Democratic lawmakers about the recall timing. Top state legislators working on the issue, including Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Nancy Skinner, declined to comment on the legislation.

Report: California governor overstated fire prevention work

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses emergency preparedness during a visit to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Cal Fire Colfax Station in Colfax, California.

On his first full day as governor, Newsom announced executive actions to improve the state’s response to wildfires and other emergencies.

Newsom has vastly overstated wildfire prevention work done under his administration according to an investigation by Capital Public Radio, published June 23, 2021. ( A P P h ot o/ R i ch P ed r oncelli , F i le)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vastly overstated wildfire prevention work completed by his administration, according to a Capital Public Radio investigation released Wednesday.

State fire officials have treated less than 18 of the 140 square miles (50 of the 365 square kilometers) that the Democratic governor has touted, the radio station reported. The land is part of 35 priority projects Newsom designated in 2019 on the heels of the deadliest wildfire season in state history.

In 2020, California’s fuel reduction efforts also dropped from the year before, and Newsom cut the fire prevention budget by $150 million, CapRadio reported.

The governor’s office declined to comment on the investigation, and state fire officials took responsibility for Newsom sharing inaccurate information. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection had not “done our job in educating the public, nor the governor’s office” on how to communicate about the efforts, Chief Tom Porter said.

Republican lawmakers and those challenging Newsom in an expected recall election later this year quickly jumped on the story as evidence of mismanagement and deceptive governing.

“It’s clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom has our state woefully unprepared for fire season,” former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said in a video posted on Twitter. “It’s time to have a governor that’s going to take it seriously, not stand up and say one thing and do another.”

State Assemblyman Vince Fong, the top Republican on the Assembly’s budget committee, called for an oversight hearing into the radio station’s findings.

Newsom took office in January 2019, months after the deadliest wildfire in state history. He spent his first full day in office committing to greater investment in wildfire prevention.

He proclaimed a state of emergency in March 2019 and directed Cal Fire to begin working on 35

projects covering 140 square miles (365 square kilometers) deemed at high wildfire risk. In January 2020, Newsom’s office issued a press release saying 34 of the projects had been completed, with work including removing dead trees and creating fuel breaks. It specifically said 140 square miles (365 square kilometers) had been treated.

“The unprecedented scale of the crisis requires an unprecedented response. These projects are part of California’s all-of-the-above and all-hands-on-deck approach to preventing and fighting wildfires,” Newsom said in the statement.

But CapRadio’s investigation found work was conducted on just 18 square miles (50 square kilometers).

For one project in Mendocino County, Cal Fire provided maps showing work was done on 1 square mile (3 square kilometers) out of more than 40 square miles (105 square kilometers) initially highlighted.

The amount of land Newsom said was treated “was the overall project area but not necessarily the area treated,” Cal Fire representative Daniel Berlant said.

Porter, the Cal Fire chief, said the state never had the environmental clearance or landowner agreements in place to treat the full land area.

Overall, the agency treated more land in 2019 than the year before.

But that number fell again in 2020, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Experts said California should be treating more than 1,500 square miles (4,050 square kilometers) annually, particularly as the state gets drier and hotter.

While spending on wildfire prevention dropped in 2020, Newsom says he wants to put $1.2 billion toward wildfire resiliency efforts this year.

John Cox, a Republican candidate running against Newsom, said the governor was “playing politics instead of solving problems.”

“Newsom promised transformational attention to wildfire prevention; instead, the only thing transformed has been California’s landscape as a result of record fires,” Cox said.

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U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq Lou Kesten, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, carried out airstrikes against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and Syria, drawing condemnation from Iraq’s military and calls for revenge by the militias.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the militias were using the facilities to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq. It was the second time the Biden administration has taken military action in the region since he took over earlier this year.

Kirby said the U.S. military targeted three operational and weapons storage facilities during the nighttime hours Sunday, June 27, two in Syria and one in Iraq.

He described the airstrikes as “defensive,” saying they were launched in response to the attacks by militias.

“The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent

message,” Kirby said.

The Pentagon said the facilities were used by Iran-backed militia factions, including Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid alShuhada.

Two Iraqi militia officials told The Associated Press in Baghdad that four militiamen were killed in the airstrikes near the border with Syria. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give statements.

They said the first strike hit a weapons storage facility inside Syrian territory, where the militiamen were killed. The second strike hit the border strip.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that closely monitors the Syrian conflict through activists on the ground, reported that at least seven Iraqi militiamen were killed in the airstrikes.

The Iran-backed Iraqi militia factions vowed revenge for the attack and said in a joint statement they would continue to target U.S. forces. “We ... will avenge the blood of our righteous martyrs against the perpetrators of this heinous crime and with God’s help we will make the enemy taste the

bitterness of revenge,” they said.

The Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iraqi state-sanctioned umbrella of mostly Shiite militias – including those targeted by the U.S. strikes – said their men were on missions to prevent infiltration by the Islamic State group and denied the presence of weapons warehouses.

Iraq’s military condemned the strikes as a “blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and national security.” It called for avoiding escalation, but also rejected that Iraq be an “arena for settling accounts” – a reference to the U.S. and Iran. It represented rare condemnation by the Iraqi military of U.S. airstrikes.

In Iran, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh accused the U.S. of creating instability in the region.

“Definitely, what the U.S. is doing is disrupting the security of the region,” he said Monday, June 28.

U.S. military officials have grown increasingly alarmed over drone strikes targeting U.S. military bases in Iraq, which became more common since a U.S.-directed drone killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani near the Baghdad

airport last year. Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also killed in the attack. The strike drew the ire of mostly Shiite Iraqi lawmakers and prompted parliament to pass a nonbinding resolution to pressure the Iraqi government to oust foreign troops from the country.

Sunday’s strikes mark the second time the Biden administration launched airstrikes along the Iraq-Syria border region. In February, the U.S. launched airstrikes against facilities in Syria, near the Iraqi border that it said were used

by Iranian-backed militia groups.

The Pentagon said those strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier that month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member and other coalition troops.

At that time, Biden said Iran should view his decision to authorize U.S. airstrikes in Syria as a warning that it can expect consequences for its support of militia groups that threaten U.S. interests or personnel.

“You can’t act with impunity.

Be careful,” Biden said when a reporter asked what message he had intended to send. The Democratic

president’s lack of hesitancy to use military action contrasts with the presidency of Donald Trump, who withdrew troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and did not initiate a foreign war.

On Sunday, Kirby said Biden “has been clear that he will act to protect U.S. personnel. Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iranbacked groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq, the president directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks.”

The Pentagon spokesman added: “As a matter of international law, the United States acted pursuant to its right of self-defense. The strikes were both necessary to address the threat and appropriately limited in scope.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Sunday that the U.S. airstrikes “appear to be a targeted and proportional response to a serious and specific threat,” adding, “Protecting the military heroes who defend our freedoms is a sacred priority.”

Associated Press writer Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad contributed to this report.

Homicides have skyrocketed in these six Democratic cities.

Black people are disproportionately the victims, data shows Thomas Catenacci, Daily Caller News Foundation SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting Black people, according to crime data.

“We are seeing an uptick in violent crime across the country, specifically gun violence,” MiamiDade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told The New York Times earlier this month.

In Chicago, Black people have been the victims of roughly 81% of the 317 murders in the first six months of 2021, data shows. They were the victims of about 70% of the 295 murders committed in the first six months of 2020.

“I am proud to lead a city council that took the first step to responsibly reduce Baltimore’s budget dependence on policing,” former Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott, who is now the city’s mayor, said after the council voted to strip funding from the city’s police last year, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Black people have represented a massive share of murder victims in six major cities through the first six months of 2021 compared to last year, which itself saw a large crime surge, according to data analyzed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The DCNF analyzed both police department data and homicide reports compiled by local news outlets to determine how Black people have been victimized in the wake of the 2020 crime spike.

The DCNF collected homicide data from Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Indianapolis, some of the only cities in which such data is readily available. Most major cities have limited statistics tracking 2021 murders and homicide victims.

The percentage of murder victims in Chicago that were Black increased from 70% in 2020 to 81% in 2021 while that figure increased from 60% to 90% year-over-year in Milwaukee, the data showed.

In one of the cities analyzed, the percentage of Black victims decreased, but the raw number of Black victims still increased.

Democratic leaders of most of the cities examined voted to greatly reduce police funding amid widespread Black Lives Matter protests last year. In the wake of the death of George Floyd, who died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck in May 2020, thousands of protests and riots took place across the country.

University of Missouri criminologist Richard Rosenfeld blamed the uptick in violence seen nationwide on the lack of trust between police and citizens, according to the NYT. “When police legitimacy is greatly reduced, you get more crime because people are no longer relying on the criminal justice system for assistance,” Rosenfeld told the NYT. “People are less willing to cooperate with police

in investigations, less willing to report crimes or other problems to the police and more willing to take matters into their own hands.”

While murder statistics in just six cities were analyzed, the number of homicides has spiked roughly 18% across the country compared to 2020, according to a random sample of 37 cities, the NYT reported. In 2020, the number of murders increased by 36.7% compared to 2019, according to data analytics reporter Jeff Asher.

Chicago, Illinois At least 317 total homicides were committed in Chicago between Jan. 1 and June 22, 2021, according to a Chicago Sun-Times database. In that same period last year, 295 murders were committed.

While Black people represented 207 of the murder victims in Chicago through the period ending June 22, 2020, they represented a whopping 257 of the victims this year, according to the Sun-Times database. That means Black people have been the victims of roughly 81% of murders this year while they were the victims in about 70% of 2020’s murders.

Meanwhile, Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed an $80 million cut to Chicago Police Department funding in October, according to Injustice Watch.

“While we will slow the rate of growth, with a resulting $80 million in corporate fund savings, on my watch we will never make cuts or policy changes that inhibit the core mission of the police department, which is to serve and protect,” Lightfoot said, according to the Sun-Times.

Illinois became the first state to completely abolish its cash bail system earlier this year, NBC News reported. The legislation laid out a new, stricter decision-making process for judges to determine if a person charged with a crime presents a threat.

“This legislation marks a substantial step toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities, our state and our nation and brings us closer to true safety, true fairness and true justice,” Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said after signing the bill in February, according to NBC News.

Baltimore, Maryland In Baltimore, Black people represented 69 of the 152, or 45%, of total murder victims between Jan. 1 and June 17, 2021, according to a Baltimore Sun database.

While murder statistics between that same period in 2020 were unavailable, Black people were the victims of 130, or 39%, of the 335 total homicides committed in Baltimore for all of last year, the database showed.

The majority of murder victims in 2020 and 2021 were listed without racial information in the Baltimore Sun database. Black people represented the vast majority of victims with their race listed.

But the Baltimore City Council agreed to cut $22 million from the city’s police budget in June 2020, according to the Baltimore Sun.

“This is just the beginning, and I intend to continue leading this process to redirect our public dollars and reimagine public safety in Baltimore,” Scott said.

In March, Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the city’s top prosecutor, announced she would no longer prosecute prostitution, drug possession or other minor offenses, NBC affiliate WBAL-TV reported.

After multiple shootings in a popular area of Baltimore earlier this month, 37 businesses threatened to stop paying taxes unless Scott addressed surging crime, according to Fox affiliate WBFF-TV. The business owners argued that allowing minor crime to continue leads to major violent crimes.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin The number of total murders increased in Milwaukee from 75 in the period between Jan. 1 and June 17, 2020, to 87 committed over that same period this year, according to murder reports compiled by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Black people were the victims of 79, or 90%, of the total murders this year, the database showed.

While isolated victim data wasn’t available for the first six months of 2020, Black people represented 74% of all murder victims in Milwaukee last year.

The Milwaukee Common Council approved a police budget cut in November that reduced the department by 120 officers, the Journal

In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, then Baltimore Council President Brandon Scott speaks during a viewing service for the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings at Morgan State University in Baltimore. After multiple shootings in a popular area of Baltimore earlier this month, 37 businesses threatened to stop paying taxes unless Scott, now serving as mayor of the city, addressed surging crime, according to Fox affiliate WBFF-TV. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Sentinel reported.

“Although the proposed budget cut would undoubtedly impact the operations of the Milwaukee Police Department, we remain committed to working and engaging with our community, elected officials and public safety partners to ensure that all of our neighborhoods are safe, vibrant and livable,” the department said in a statement after Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett proposed the budget, according to the Journal Sentinel.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania In Pittsburgh, Black people made up 90% of murder victims between January and April, according to county data. In comparison, 60% of murder victims during the same time period last year were Black.

There were 20 murders between January and April this year and 10 in that same period in 2020, according to Allegheny County. see HOMICIDES, page C-8

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Good thinking wasn’t what we thought when one of the teens deliberately touched the side of the metal fire pit at summer camp and burned himself. It was more like, what were you thinking?

Fire is hot!

The look on his face was one of pure shock. (Actually, that was the look on all of our faces.) For some reason, the thought never occurred to him that fire burns things, especially skin.

How many times have you had a similar situation? You know that awkward moment when you reach out to do something and the consequences of your actions never crossed your mind. Then you wonder why you didn’t think it through.

Let’s face it. Good thinking is essential to a successful life, but it doesn’t always come easy, does it?

We get distracted, self-motivated, or focused on the wrong thing.

Here are three steps you can take to have good thinking consistently: 1. Stop thinking about “me” so much.

Flawed thinking is rooted in selfish thinking. We can focus on our comfort, our superiority and ourselves way too much. It’s a dangerous place for our minds to be.

Romans 12:3 gives us some insight to help us get out this danger zone when it says, “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself

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more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.”

Sober thinking is humble thinking. It realizes we are all sinners saved by God’s grace. It’s the best place to keep your mind.

2. Have a closed mind.

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking; we need to have an open mind.

Right? Well, that’s true to some degree. The problem is that our minds are often too open.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) tells us to “demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

How many times do your emotions get the best of you, letting your mind wander into a dangerous place? Close your mind to negative, destructive thinking and open it to Jesus.

3. Think about how to please God. Good thinking always puts Jesus first. It considers what God wants instead of what I want.

Romans 8:5-6 (NIV) tells us that “those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.”

Question: Doesn’t life and peace sound way better than death? Yes, it does!

Did you know that your thoughts produce one or the other? If you choose to think about what pleases God, it will produce the opposite of death, life. Who doesn’t want that?

Take these steps toward good thinking and share this with a friend.

Zachary Elliott is the lead pastor of Fusion Christian Church in Temecula. For more information, www.fusionchristianchurch. com, www.encouragementtoday. tv or on Instagram.

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An ex-con who killed two young men in a DUI crash in Hemet pleaded guilty Wednesday, June 23, to second-degree murder charges.

Faalele Rosemarie Patea, 27, of Moreno Valley admitted the two felony counts, as well as sentenceenhancing great bodily injury allegations, during a status hearing at the Banning Justice Center.

No charges were dismissed under the plea agreement, which Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst is expected to certify during Patea’s

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July 8 sentencing hearing. The defendant, who is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside, is facing 30 years to life in state prison.

Patea was prosecuted for the May 1, 2019, deaths of Beaumont residents Joshua Serquina and Kyle Towai, both 22.

According to Hemet police Sgt. Dan Reinbolt, the victims’ Honda Civic was slowing for a red traffic signal on Florida Avenue at Warren Road when Patea approached from behind, traveling 100 mph in her Volkswagen Jetta, about 9 p.m. Reinbolt said the driver never slowed down, rear-ending the Honda and pushing it into

another car.

Serquina and Towai were taken to Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where Serquina was pronounced dead on arrival. Towai survived on life support for two days before he succumbed to his injuries.

The parties in the third vehicle were not hurt, nor was Patea.

Reinbolt said a field sobriety test conducted at the scene of the wreck confirmed the defendant was under the influence.

According to court records, she has prior convictions for domestic violence and assault resulting in great bodily injury.

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Los Angeles, California Between Jan. 1 and June 21, 2020, Black people were the victims of 92 of the 272 homicides committed in Los Angeles County, which includes the city and surrounding communities, according to a Los Angeles Times database.

In the same period this year, they represented 103 of the 315 total homicides.

The data showed that the share of Black murder victims in the county has stayed level at around 33% year-over-year. However, the uptick in violence this year has caused at least 11 additional deaths in Los Angeles County’s Black community compared to last year.

Hispanic people, who are the largest demographic group in the county, accounted for the majority of murder victims in Los Angeles County in both 2020 and 2021 while Black people accounted for the second-highest number of murder victims, according to the database. Hispanic people were the victims of 50% of the murder victims between Jan. 1 and June 21, 2020, and 57% of the victims in that same period this year.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $150 million cut to the city’s police department in July 2020, ABC affiliate KABC-TV reported. Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti supported the massive budget cuts.

“It will take years to recover from that,” Los Angeles Police union spokesman Dustin DeRollo told the DCNF last summer. “And it will result immediately with less

officers patrolling the streets.”

“What that means simply is longer response times to emergency calls,” he continued. “It means less time to do community-based policing like building relationships in neighborhoods. And it also will mean less ability to implement the training that everybody wants our officers to have.”

But, amid the increased violent crime, the Los Angeles County Metro unanimously approved a $36 million budget boost for transit police in March. Garcetti, who serves on the Metro’s board, voted in favor of the budget increase.

Indianapolis, Indiana Black people represented 58 of the 98 murder victims in Indianapolis between Jan. 1 and June 1, 2021, according to a homicide database created by the Indianapolis Star. Last year, Black people were the victims in 53 of the city’s 70 total murders.

While the percentage of homicide victims who were Black decreased from 75% to 59% in that period, the number of total Black homicide victims still increased, the data showed.

Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett resisted calls for defunding the city’s police department budget last year, the Indianapolis Recorder reported. Instead, he proposed a $7 million police budget increase.

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Summer thunderstorms will soon be erupting across the Anza Valley, the result of monsoonal flows that bring high humidity to the area. These sometimes-violent events can bring danger, such as flash flooding and lightning strikes. People are advised of the dangers via texts, radio Public Service Announcements and social media posts.

The U.S. Forest Service issues safety advisories before and during these storms. During the summer monsoonal season, firefighters frequently perform reconnaissance flights over the mountains to check for lightning strike fires.

The term monsoon refers to the wind shift that typically begins during the first few weeks of July and runs through September. The storms that are the result of this monsoonal flow of moist air typically come up from the south.

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the Pacific Ocean at different rates.

Land surfaces warm more rapidly than the water surfaces. The warmed earth creates low-pressure zones as the hot air rises. Once this pattern is established across the region, the winds shift to fill in this vacuum. The moistureinfused monsoon air travels north to Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California, encouraged by the pressure difference between the hot, dry desert air and cooler southern Mexican air.

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The Bautista Fire erupted Monday, June 21, leaving 95 acres scorched. Amid the blackened brush and pink PHOS-CHEK trails, the Anza sign stands untouched.

Part of a collection of handpainted road signs originally created and donated by Susan Eyer-Anderson in 2017, the Anza sign has welcomed travelers for almost four years. Featuring a silhouette of a rearing horse against a sunrise background, the artwork never fails to attract attention.

The Bautista Fire took acres of sage chaparral with a violent intensity, but it failed to devour the colorful landmark.

“The sign was spared,” EyerAnderson said. “From what I was told, it burned right up to it and around it, and even under it, but The Anza sign, painted and donated by Susan Eyer-Anderson in 2017, was spared the flames from the Bautista Fire Monday, June 21.

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Food for the Faithful – 8 a.m.

The food bank hands out food the last Friday of the month until the food is gone. The clothes closet will be open too. Emergency food handed out as needed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. FFF is a non-denominational nonprofit.

All in need are welcome; call Esther Barragan at (951) 763-5636.

Bible Studies The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Anza – Sunday Sacrament is held 10 a.m.; Sunday School is 11 a.m.

Priesthood/Relief Society meets noon; Wednesday Boy Scouts gathers 6 p.m. and Youth Night is 7 p.m. For more information, call Ruiz at (951) 445-7180 or Nathan at (760) 399-0727. The Wednesday Genealogy/Family History Class, 5-8 p.m., is open to the public at 39075 Contreras Road in Anza.

Native Lighthouse Fellowship – 10 a.m. The group meets the first Saturday of the month, and breakfast is served. All are welcome to fellowship together at the “Tribal Hall” below the casino in Anza.

For more information, call Nella Heredia at (951) 763-0856.

Living Hope Bible Study – 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at Living Hope Christian Fellowship, 58050 Highway 371, in Anza. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Kevin at (951) 763-1111.

Anza RV Clubhouse – 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of the Month, Pastor Kevin officiates at 41560 Terwilliger Road in Anza.

Monthly Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9 a.m. Breakfast takes place the fourth Saturday of each month and rotates to different locations. Contact Jeff Crawley at (951) 763-1257 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – 10 a.m. Weekly Wednesday Bible study takes place at 56095 Pena Road in Anza. Call (951) 763-4226 for more information.

Valley Gospel Chapel – 7 a.m. Saturday Men’s Study meets weekly with breakfast usually served at 43275 Chapman Road in the Terwilliger area of Anza.

For more information, call (951) 763-4622.

Anza First Southern Baptist Church – 9 a.m. The church offers Sunday school for all ages with a 10:30 a.m. worship service and 6 p.m. for prayer and Bible study. Youth ministry meets Mondays from 6-8 p.m. The women’s Bible study meets Thursdays at 10 a.m., but it is on hiatus through the summer. Celebrate Recovery meets Fridays; doors open at 5:30 p.m. with large group meeting, 6-7 p.m.; small group share,

7-8 p.m. and Cross Talk Cafe, 8-8:30 p.m. Church is located at 39200 Rolling Hills Road in Anza. For more information, contact at (951) 763-4937, anzabptistchurch@gmail.com or http:// www.anzabaptistchurch.com.

Clubs TOPS Meeting – Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group meets Wednesdays weekly. Weigh in at 8:30 a.m., meeting at 8:45 a.m. at Thompson Hall at the Anza Baptist Church, 39200 Rolling Hills Road, in Anza. For more information, visit http://www.

TOPS.org.

High Country Recreation – Second Monday of the month attend committee meetings at ERA Excel Realty in Anza. For more information, call Albert Rodriguez at (951) 492-1624 or Robyn Garrison at (805) 312-0369.

HCR Bingo fundraisers – 6:30-9:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays at Anza Community Hall.

Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 – Capt. John Francis Drivick III Post, the Ladies’ and Men’s Auxiliaries are located at 59011 Bailey Road in Anza. Mail P.O. Box 390433. Request monthly newsletter and or weekly menu by email at vfw1873anzaca@gmail. com. For more information, call (951) 763-4439 or visit http:// vfw1873.org.

High Country 4-H Club – 6:30 p.m. Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, except February, at Anza Community Hall. 4-H Club is for youth 5 to 19 years old offering a variety of projects. High Country 4-H Club is open to children living in the Anza, Aguanga and surrounding areas. For more information, call Allison Renck at (951) 663-5452.

Anza Valley Artists Meetings – 1 p.m. Meetings are the third Saturday of each month at various locations. Share art, ideas and participate in shows. Guest speakers are always needed. For more information, call president Rosie Grindle at (951) 928-1248.

Find helpful art tips at http:// www.facebook.com/AnzaValleyArtists/.

Anza Quilter’s Club – 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza.

Anza Valley Lions Club – The Anza Valley Lions Club is open to all men and women who want to work together for the betterment of the community. Guest meetings with dinner are held at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Anza Valley VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Meetings and events are posted on the Anza Lions Club website, http://www.anzalionsclub.org. For more information, call president Michele Brown at (760) 637-9173.

Boy Scouts Troop 319 – Cub Scouts meet 6 p.m. every Tuesday, and Boy Scouts meet 7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Contreras Road, south of state Route 371, in Anza. For more information, call Richard Hotchkiss at (951) 551-3154.

Boys Scouts Troop 371 – Boy Scouts meet at Lake Riverside Estates. For more information, call

Ginny Kinser at (909) 702-7902.

Civil Air Patrol – Squadron 59 is looking for new members of all ages. For more information, call squadron commander Maj. Dennis Sheehan from the Anza area at (951) 403-4940. To learn more and see the club’s meeting schedule, visit http://www.squadron59.org.

Fire Explorer Program – 6 p.m. The program meets every second, third and fourth Tuesday of the month at Fire Station 29 on state Route 371 in Anza. Call (951)763-5611 for information.

Redshank Riders – 7 p.m.

Backcountry horsemen meet at the Little Red Schoolhouse in Anza, the second Thursday of each month. Visit http://www. redshankriders.com or call Carol Schmuhl for membership information at (951) 663-6763.

Anza Thimble Club – The club meets the first Thursday of the month at Valley Gospel Chapel, 43275 Chapman Road in Anza. The social hour is 11:30 a.m., and lunch is served at noon.

Contact Carol Wright at (951) 763-2884 for more information.

Organizations Terwilliger Community Association – 6 p.m. Second Monday of the month at VFW Post 1873, 59011 Bailey Road, in Anza. Potluck dinner open to all. For more information, call Tonie Ford at (951) 763-4560.

From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries – Noon.

Monthly luncheon and guest speaker are held the second Saturday of each month. The $5 charge covers lunch at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 56095 Pena Road, in Anza. From the Heart helps the area’s neediest children and invites all women and men to join in their mission.

Donate or help with the rummage sales twice a year to raise funds for the cause or other events. For more information, call president Christi James at (951) 595-2400.

Anza Community Hall – 7 p.m. General membership meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month. Memberships cost $20 per person or $35 per business, and both get one vote. No government funds are allocated for the Hall, which pays its bills through memberships and swap meets. Voting members receive discounts off hall rentals, swap meet booths and save on propane gas from Ferrellgas. Mail membership to: Anza Community Building Inc. at P.O. Box 390091, Anza, CA 92539. The hall is located at 56630 Highway 371 in Anza. Swap meet held each Saturday of the month, weather permitting, early morning to 1 p.m. Vendors wanted. For more information, call (951) 282-4267.

Anza Civic Improvement League – 9 a.m. meets the first Saturday of each month at the Little Red Schoolhouse. The league maintains Minor Park and Little Red School House, which are both available to rent for events. No government funds are allowed; the membership pays the bills – $10 a person, $18 family or $35 business membership.

For more information, visit http:// www.anzacivic.org.

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Anza Valley Library announces upcoming events Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The Anza Valley Library continues to provide books, services and inspiration to the mountain communities. Upgrades to the facility, fun activities and new reading material availability are ongoing at the local literary reference center.

The library’s summer program is packed with interesting activities specifically designed for children, teens and adults.

Reading challenges, weekly craft projects, prize drawings, and virtual events will make this summer extra special.

“Besides the online virtual program, we have virtual crafts for our library guests,” librarian Chantel Yarrow said. “For the programs that our library is doing, we are uploading videos on YouTube and if they need craft supplies, we are giving out a limited number of craft kits for each activity.”

There’s a new video each week for eight weeks.

“If the crafters send us a picture of their completed craft or come in and show it to us, their name will be entered in a special drawing,” Yarrow said.

No computer? No problem, ask a staff member how you can participate. Sign up at www.srp. rivlib.net.

“We are also open to the public as well, if anyone wants to come in and browse the shelves,” Yarrow added. “Our hours are Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-7 p.m. and Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.”

Online events for children include: Reading Colors Your World through Aug. 6; Kids Imagine Nation through July 11; Noteworthy Puppets, Jack and the Beanstalk, a puppet musical, July 16-18; Aquarium of the Pacific, Draw With Us, July 23-26; NathaliaBilingual Music for Families, July 30-Aug. 1.

Online events for teens include Anime Your Way, create your own anime characters, July 21-23.

Activities abound at the Anza Valley Library this summer.

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July 22 - 24: Avienda music Events such as the Teen Activity Log has the teenager complete activities for each week. The more activities completed, the more points and prize-drawing tickets earned. The information may be entered at www.srp.rivlib.net or the activity log brought to a staff member at the library so it can be entered online.

Activities can be entered any time through Aug. 6. The last day to enter activities or return the activity log is Friday, Aug. 6.

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Patrons must wear a face covering at all times while inside the library.

The Anza Valley Library is a joint-use public library, located inside Hamilton High School, but a completely separate entity.

It is part of the Riverside County Library System.

Don’t have a library card? Go to www.rivlib.net to sign up online for free.

For more information, (951) 763-4216 or www.facebook.com/ AnzaLibrary/.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

MISS ANZA from page AVO-1 Winners received special sashes, tiaras and prizes. The contest was open to all girls from newborn to adult.

Contestants and their supportive families enjoyed the friendly competition and smiles and congratulations were shared during the event.

They will be featured during Anza Days festivities Saturday, July 3. The winners will be highly visible among the Anza Days celebrations, spreading good vibes during the occasion.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

Margaret Wellman Jaenke passed away on June 2, 2021 at her home in Mountain Center, California. Margaret lived a very full life up until her passing at the age of 96.

Margaret was born on July 31, 1924, in Wineville, California, to parents James F. Wellman and Elma Grace Hall Wellman. Margaret was the sixth generation of her family to be born in California.

Margaret’s great-grandparents, Manual and Dolores Garduna Arnaiz, homesteaded in Kenworthy Valley in the 1800’s. Her third great-grandfather, Jose Maximo Simon Valenzuela, was born at the San Diego Mission in 1791.

Margaret’s elementary schooling was at the local schools including Little Red School House in Anza (the original Hamilton School), Hamilton School, Kenworthy Indian Emergency School, and Idyllwild School. She graduated eighth grade at Hamilton School in 1938 and from Hemet High School in 1942.

Margaret’s joy was being a cattle rancher’s daughter and she was happy to spend as much time as possible horseback riding, roping and branding the cattle. Margaret trained a young cow to be ridden and would sometimes ride the cow the three miles to get the mail at the post office! Nothing pleased Margaret more than to hear her dad say “you are a better hand than most men!”

World War patriotism nudged Margaret into joining the war effort as a radio mechanic at Norton

Air Force Base in San Bernardino and it was there that she met her future husband, Adrian Jaenke.

After their marriage, Adrian and Margaret went on to have seven children. The children kept Margaret very busy, as she was dedicated to teaching her children to horseback ride, sew, cook, and to play musical instruments. Along with being a mother and a full-time homemaker she was also a 4-H Club leader and a PTA member.

After raising her children, Margaret focused on her pursuit of education and being an educator. She first earned an Associates of Arts in 1971 from San Bernardino Valley College. Followed by a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Liberal Arts in 1976 from California State College, San Bernardino. In 1985, Margaret received a Masters of Education from Azusa Pacific University. After obtaining her teaching credential, she taught at Hamilton School until her retirement in 1995. Margaret was a dedicated and passionate teacher and brought much local historical information to her students.

After retirement, Margaret was kept very busy as the founder of the Hamilton Museum & Ranch Foundation, a museum which shares the history of Anza and the local mountain area. She wrote three books about the local history, “In The Olden Day Revisited,” “Looking Back, Anza and Garner Valley” and “Images of America, Around Anza Valley.” Margaret spent her retirement years with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, gardening, wood carving, traveling and was an avid life-long learner.

Margaret is survived by her seven children, Art Jaenke (Irene), Margaret Teague (Dennis), Pauline Condrick (Daniel), Raini Cunningham (Bret), Adriana Taylor (Ron), Gini Spencer and Ruth Roman; her 13 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

A Celebration of Life is planned for August 7, 2021 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon at the Hamilton Museum. Please contact jaenkemargaret@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the celebration. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Hamilton Museum & Ranch Foundation, Post Office Box 391141, Anza, California 92539.

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A wildfire that erupted Monday, June 28, in Anza scorched about 3 acres and threatened structures before it was partially contained.

The non-injury blaze was reported at 12:55 p.m. in the area of Meyers Lane and Terwilliger Road, just south of Highway 371, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate to the

east in a developed agricultural site.

Several singlewide trailers were in the fire’s path as two Cal Fire air tankers began making runs on the brusher at 1:20 p.m., but there were no reports of damage as of 2:15 p.m.

The aircraft and ground crews slowed the brusher’s spread, and by 2 p.m., firefighters had made steady progress encircling it, prompting the tankers to return to Hemet-Ryan Airport, according to reports from the scene.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

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MSJC to welcome back students with face-to-face classes this fall Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) announced it is preparing to welcome students back to campus for classes for the Fall 2021 semester and now offers in-person appointments for student services such as registration, counseling and financial aid.

MSJC is scheduling a robust offering of face-to-face, on-campus classes and online classes for Fall 2021 and continues to monitor state and county guidance related to COVID-19 for any changes over the coming months.

The Fall 2021 semester starts Monday, Aug. 16. MSJC reopened the San Jacinto and Menifee Valley campuses for student services

earlier this month and is following state and county guidance.

MSJC has implemented health and safety measures as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CalOSHA to ensure a safe learning and working environment for students, faculty, classified professionals, administrators and other visitors.

MSJC is also welcoming students for the first time to the new Temecula Valley Campus for classes Aug. 16.

All campuses will continue to expand face-to-face, on-campus services and classes as student demand and state guidance related to COVID-19 allows.

Students who schedule appointments for registration, financial aid, counseling, and the Student Health Centers can now meet with MSJC professionals in person on the San Jacinto and Menifee Valley campuses. Online appointments will still be available as well. Students can schedule appointments by visiting the Student Support HUB. The MSJC libraries and learning resource centers are also open to students now.

Students can search the MSJC Fall Schedule of Classes to find face-to-face or online classes at www.msjc.edu. Priority registration begins Tuesday, July 6.

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Soboba Tribal Preschool promotes its young ones Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

The staff at Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Tribal Preschool congratulated students on completing another school year and moving on to the next level in two ceremonies. On June 9, preschoolers got to visit and receive congratulatory high-fives and hugs from teachers and smiles from proud parents who took lots of photos and videos.

Ten students who spent their first year in Jr. Preschool were Ignacio Alcala, Marla Bigsby, Ava’vash Briones, Violet Chacon, Gabriel Herrera, Penny Jo Hunter, Angelo Martinez, Koda Medina, Nova Mendoza and Clover Swan.

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June 11 was set aside for an in-person, but socially distanced, promotion ceremony for 21 kindergarten students who completed all the necessary requirements to enter first grade in the upcoming school year. The multi-purpose room was decorated in a combination theme of rainforest sloths and bees. Kindergarten teacher Cindy Lee explained that at the beginning of the school year, due to COVID-19 restrictions allowing distance learning only, the students divided their time between Lee (sloths) and teacher’s aide Antonia Briones-Venegas (bees).

“This year has challenged us as a school, as a community and as families,” guests were told. “We want to thank all of our parents and guardians for embracing the change and working through the many challenges that we have faced. Although it ended differently than a normal school year, we have many memories of the happy times we shared with each other.”

Each graduate was welcomed to the campus with a congratulatory yard sign that had their name and photo. There was a photo booth set up in the hallway and each was given individual attention as they entered the preschool with family members who preceded them into the multi-purpose room.

The students marched in along a balloon-laden path to the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” before being greeted by Lee and presented with their diploma. They were then awarded specific certificates for outstanding accomplishments.

Francis Begay, a big fan of Disney’s “The Mandalorian,” received a Perfect Attendance award, only the second time Lee has given that honor to a student in the 13 years she has been at the school. Francis was presented with a special medallion from preschool director Donovan Post.

“He was a star student and earned a Perfect Homework award,” Lee told the audience. “He also gets a Super Reader award as he’s reading at a second-grade level.”

Lee said teachers and staff also considered what each student contributed to the entire class throughout the year and Francis was given an award for “Best all-around student for academics and citizenship.”

Francis, the youngest of seven children, was applauded by about 10 family members and his mother said the past school year had been hard for him because he missed his friends. His father, Glen, said that when the school day was over, Francis would go back on the computer and rewatch some of the videos because he missed being in class.

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SuwoSwush Resvaloso gets an armload of goodies to take home after his kindergarten promotion ceremony at Soboba Tribal Preschool.

Francis Begay’s interest in Disney’s “The Mandalorian” series was evident in the sash and mortarboard he wore with his kindergarten graduation gown. He was the only student who received a Perfect Attendance award from the Soboba Tribal Preschool this year.

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Soboba Tribal Preschool kindergarten graduate Clementine Swan, celebrates her promotion with three generations of family members June 11.

Quest for first grade.

“The school made it as easy as they could and were very flexible, so he was able to adjust to everything,” his mother, Maxine Begay, said. “We worked with him over the summer and prepped him, knowing it would be a virtual setting this year.”

Lee said she had four students who were reading at a first- or second-grade level and about 10 who learned how to read during the school year, which she said was amazing since they had to learn it without in-person teaching in a classroom setting.

“We have some very good parents, that’s for sure,” she said.

Aiden Bentiste, who is also a super reader and had perfect homework completion, was excited to receive some new books from his teachers.

“Distance learning was a process but not too hard; not being able to see his friends was the hardest part,” his dad, Joseph Bentiste, said.

“We plan to take him out to eat and spend the whole day with him to celebrate his graduation.”

SuwoSwush Resvaloso, 6, earned a Perfect Homework award and Super Attendance for missing less than 10 days of class “no matter where he was connecting from.” Because of his love for math and Legos, he also was given the STEM Award for his interest in all things that revolve around science, technology, engineering and math. Lee said although he is more of a visual, hands-on learner, he did very well throughout the school year.

“He’s definitely grown a lot,” his father, Gabriel Salinas, said. “The lack of socialization was definitely the hardest part because he missed

his peers. But we just went with the flow online; at first it was a little difficult but then he buckled down and got the hang of it.”

Clementine Swan received an award for being the “Most Enthusiastic” student and when asked how she felt about the ceremony she said, “happy!” with a big smile.

She also earned a Perfect Homework award.

“It was a lot of work getting them up every day, getting them ready and keeping them on task,” her mother, Carrie Garcia, whose other daughter Clover was in the preschool class at the same time.

The busy mother also has a younger son, Cygnus.

Each student received a bucket of crafts and games, a packet of projects they had completed from their daily homework packets, a huge balloon arrangement and cupcakes.

And students weren’t the only ones that received accolades during the event. Parents, mostly moms, were presented with a certificate of appreciation and a Starbuck’s gift card to thank them a “latte” for “hanging in there and being there for your kindergartner” and helping their child succeed during this unprecedented year.

Kindergartners who are prepared to enter first grade are Francis Begay, Aiden Bentiste, Raylene Bigsby, Yawaywish Cardenas, Dean Cervantes, Maximus Guacheno, Betsy Lou Hunter, Jasper Lara, Romeo Ledezma, Dylan Medina, Annalissa Mendoza, Su’la MorenoVallanueva, Taw’val Morreo, Oóvish Ortiz, SuwoSwush Resvaloso, Suvoowut Rhodes, Aaliyah Rodriguez, Steeler Rodriguez, Náanat Silvas, Clementine Swan and Kalaeya Vega.

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AYSO seeks players for 2021 season Diane Sieker STAFF WRITER

The American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1641 is seeking players for the 2021 playing season. The AYSO season is off to a fun and educational start. The group is actively encouraging local soccer hopefuls ages 4 and older to join and play.

AYSO 1641 will have a booth during Anza Days Saturday, July 3, at Minor Park. Volunteers will be handing out informational literature, answering questions and assisting with registration/sign-ups.

“Registration is open now. Fees are $65 until Saturday, July 31, then it goes up to $85,” organizer Elizabeth Greene said.

A multi-child discount is offered. Registration closes Tuesday, Aug. 31.

“We also need volunteers,” Greene said. “Practices start in

July and games begin the first part of August.”

Coaches, referees, and others are needed to ensure the best playing season for Anza’s soccer youth.

AYSO teams are divided into age groups to ensure fair play.

Player development is one of AYSO’s core philosophies and that means that coaches take the talents that the kids bring to the field and teach them how to use them to the team’s advantage in order to score goals.

“Please feel free to send us a message if you would like more info for your kids,” Greene said.

To learn more about the AYSO program, www.ayso1641.org, www.facebook.com/aysoregion1641 or aysoregion1641@gmail.com.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

American Youth Soccer Organization Region 1641 players receive end-of-season awards in 2017.

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Semper Fi Sports offers purpose and commitment to scholar athletes and veterans Diane A. Rhodes SPECIAL TO VALLEY NEWS

While Semper Fi Sports has become known for its dedication to building strong athletes on and off the field, the nonprofit is also devoted to helping veterans at all stages of transitioning to civilian life once again. Creating the organization in 2016 was the light at the end of a dark tunnel experienced by John Lucero Jr. of Murrieta.

When he retired from the United States Marine Corps in 2006, Lucero left behind 22 years of service to his country. Having enlisted right out of high school, he hadn’t fully fathomed where he wanted to be in civilian life. He had four deployments, including those to Kuwait and Somalia, and like many other service personnel, he was diagnosed with PTSD. “I went through a really dark period and it felt like I lost my soul,” Lucero said. “PTSD hit me hard and I felt like life had no purpose.”

He felt detached from others and alone in his struggles but on his way to recovery realized he could find purpose by being a mentor and a leader for others, the skills he had used throughout his military career. Semper Fi Sports became his new purpose.

The Semper Fi Bulldogs softball season begins after most high school seasons end, allowing players to take advantage of both experiences. Nine of Lucero’s current players are high school graduates who have already committed to specific colleges and will be leaving the team, so he is actively recruiting for the next season.

“We try to find someone that can fit into our family, that shine as individuals and can embrace our core values of courage, honor and commitment; that’s why those

words are on our uniforms,” Lucero said.

The same holds true for coaches.

He has since enlisted fellow veterans to serve as head coaches and others who share his vision of creating softball teams that focus on the whole person and not just talent in the sport.

At a recent showcase in Hemet, Lucero and assistant coaches Monteith Crawford and Rick Howard led the Semper Fi Bulldogs 18ULucero team through two games.

Crawford has been coaching for about 30 years and joined Semper Fi Sports about three years ago.

“I was coaching for another organization when I met Coach John at a showcase event; we competed against his Semper Fi team,” Crawford said. “It was an amazing game as we battled back and forth but the one thing I noticed was how respectful his coaches, players and parents were and it was a breath of fresh air to the game of softball. It all stems from the leadership of the organization.”

He said that being part of Semper Fi Sports has helped him realize there is more to the sport than just winning games, adding there are so many organizations that focus on the wrong things.

“Semper Fi and Coach John Lucero are all about giving back to the veterans, relationships with the players and parents and making sure that they not only go to college but more importantly go to the college that is right for them,” Crawford, of Hemet, said.

Coach Howard’s daughter, Victoria, recently graduated from Murrieta Mesa High School and will be headed to Missouri Valley College to major in exercise science this fall. Before joining the Bulldogs, she spent a few years

Semper Fi Bulldogs Head Coach John Lucero Jr. cheers on a player after she made a base hit during a showcase game in Hemet June 12.

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‘How I Learned to Love The New World Order,’ by Senator Joe Biden

Harold Pease, Ph.D. SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK

There are few persons in U.S. leadership the last 50 years more committed to the New World Order (world government) than Joe Biden. So committed that April 23, 1992, then Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s European Affairs Subcommittee, published in the Wall Street Journal, “How I Learned to Love the New World Order.” In it he expressed a need for a “permanent commitment of forces for use by the Security Council”— a U.N. standing army adding, “Why not breathe life into the U.N. Charter?”

His plans would destroy national sovereignty and establish world government over all nations under the United Nations.

Of course a standing army empowers the U.N. beyond the ability of any participating state to resist, including the United States. Its failure to have a standing army and the Constitution, forbidding a SPORTS from page AVO-5 playing for another travel ball organization.

“This team is very different,” Victoria, 17, said. “Every coach gets to know you as a person; on the bigger teams you are just a number. It helps when you’re struggling if you know a coach will let you play through your struggles until you improve. They helped me figure out and go through hard times.”

Aside from the game itself, Victoria said she was taught how to ask questions without feeling like she was asking a stupid question and that helped her learn.

Steve Bilderain is a retired Marine who lives in Twentynine Palms and said finding his daughter an organization with the commitment, morals and values that he has found with the Semper Fi Bulldogs was critical.

“We are willing to drive two hours to practices because of the dedication they give,” he said.

His daughter, Gianna Bilderain, and her cousin Jenica Silvas have been on the Bulldogs for about a year.

“We were trying to find teams outside our small town,” Jenica, 14, said. Her mother, Rose Silvas, said she loves Lucero’s approach to the girls’ playing and development, focusing on the players.

“I love the chemistry between all the girls,” she said. “Jenica is more confident and more vocal as a result of being on the team.”

Emma Bustos is a recent graduate of San Jacinto High School and is headed to Golden State University to study biology for her nursing degree. Playing softball since the age of four, she comes from a long line of athletes with her mother, aunt and grandmother all in the softball game. She played for her high school team and joined the Bulldogs about a year ago.

“I like this coach because he actually believes in me,” Emma, 17, said. “In high school, the coach didn’t have faith in me. I was already good, and I got to prove myself on this team. It gave me confidence.”

Former players also have great things to say about their time on the team. Bryanna Gardinier, who was at the showcase to support the current team, said Lucero is the type of coach who commits to his players.

“You had a coach, but you also had a father figure,” the 19-yearold college student said.

Bryanna grew up in Beaumont but is now attending Westcliff University in Irvine where she is majoring in business administration so she can open a physical therapy business. Her grandmother, Cindy Caudill, was also at the showcase to support the coaches and players

government over it, are the reasons we are not already ruled by a world government. It is the one thing left prohibiting such. Without an army it cannot enforce its will; with one it can. To advance its causes it must depend upon persuasion of a majority of nations, rather than brute force. That is the breath of life Biden was referencing.

For America such would nullify the Constitution, which Biden has many times sworn to uphold, particularly the Declaration of Independence. Few Americans want world government. America would be subject to the whims of the majority of nations of which very few endow their people with any specific rights of freedom from the government, as does ours. Liberty would evaporate from the planet.

This was no fluke position. In a speech as vice president to the Export-Import Bank conference in Washington, D.C. April 5, 2013, he reiterated that theme. “The affirmative task we have now is to, um, create a new world order, because the global order is changing again.” The next year he told graduating cadets of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2014.

“You, your class has an incredible window of opportunity to lead in shaping a new world order for the 21st century.” In Davos 2017 he doubled down on the same theme to billionaires gathered at the World Economic Forum.

The theme showed up again in the Council on Foreign Relations January-February 2018 issue of Foreign Affairs co-written with Michael Carpenter (“Pushing the Great Reset, William F. Jasper, The and said Lucero treats each girl on the team as an individual.

“This is so good for the girls and I’m very proud he was Bryanna’s coach,” Caudill, of Beaumont, said. “He develops the athlete in each of them; he is what this sport needs. He has their backs with everything. His tone shows so much respect for the girls – he never has to raise his voice.”

Jake Briones’ daughter, Yawaywish, was on Lucero’s team for two years before heading to West Point (The United States Military Academy) and believes she gained a stronger understanding of teamwork, work ethic, respect and drive as a result.

“Yaway learned the responsibility of leadership, she took responsibility as a senior and helped lead the team; those skills I believe have helped her during her first year at West Point,” Briones said. “John Lucero helped bring the love of the game back to Yaway. Unfortunately, travel ball and youth sports have become a moneymaker and coaches and organizations have been taking advantage of families by selling dreams of Division I promises and scholarships. Semper Fi is focused on growth and development of the kids and helping them learn the skills to get to great schools no matter what division. I have honestly never seen another coach work so hard for each and every kid on his team.”

While focusing on the end game of having his players recruited by colleges where they can pursue a degree in their field of choice, Lucero also has many projects he would like to accomplish for fellow veterans. Being the recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Soboba Foundation’s ninth annual Charity Golf Tournament in May will help him with those goals.

Projects include purchasing hygiene and comfort items for veterans currently in Veterans Affairs hospitals and rehabilitation centers, donating food and other essentials to homeless veterans in the area and eventually securing a safe environment for veterans to gather to share their stories and learn about available resources in their communities.

Funding will also provide muchneeded equipment updates and uniform requirements, especially for student athletes who cannot afford to play in front of college coaches who attend showcases for recruitment purposes.

“Our story as veterans does not have to be over when we leave the service; we can help heal others while we heal ourselves as long as we have others willing to assist and provide gracious and generous offerings,” Lucero said. “We have a saying in our organization, ‘we play for those who gave their all

New American, March 22, 2021).

If Biden is committed to anything, whether cognitively failing or not, it is world government.

The latest terminology used to advance world government now is the Great Reset endorsed by the world’s billionaires notably George Soros, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and articulated best

by World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab in his book “COVID-19: The Great Reset.” To the question when things might return to normal he responded.

“The short response is: never.

Nothing will ever return to the ‘broken’ sense of normalcy that prevailed before the crisis because the coronavirus pandemic marks a fundamental inflection point in our global trajectory” (Ibid. p. 13).

Global trajectory is code for world government. Schwab was thus admitting that COVID was being used to advance rational for world government. LibertyUnderFire has published extensively on the use of climate change to advance the same objective. Both world health (pandemics) and world climate (disasters) need world government solutions, they falsely argue.

But it’s not just Biden who seeks to upend our constitutional republic with world government, his administration is brimming with those equally committed to the same; 32 thus far holding the highest offices in the executive branch (“Biden CFR-TC-BG Appointees,” The New American, March 22, 2021). It is the most world government (globalist) devoted administration in US history as measured by membership in the

CFR, Bilderberg, and Trilateral Commission.

Donald Trump only had seven such members making him the least world government influenced president in 100 years. Because Trump performed the miracle of the century—getting elected—defeating “shoe-in” globalist favorite Hillary Clinton, every globalist on the planet crawled out of the collectivist sewer to destroy him.

But the world government threat cannot end without identifying the center of the secret combination to take over the globe—the Council on Foreign Relations. Their 100year dominance of both major political parties, Republican and Democrat, stems from their infiltration of both the media and, more recently, the Internet (“Who Ran America Before Donald Trump,” LibertyUnderFire.com).

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) headquartered in New York City acknowledges its level of influence as “the nearest thing we have to a ruling establishment in the United States.” John J. McCloy, chairman of the CFR from 1953 to 1970 noted how his organization filled the positions of power in both parties with CFR members. “Whenever we needed a man we thumbed through the roll of the Council members and put through a call to New York.”

Presumably McCloy filled the ranks of nine U.S. presidents in this manner.

That a similar process was in place when Barack Obama came to power in 2008 was verified by a October 6, 2008 WiikiLeaks email from CFR senior fellow

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Michael Froman to “Barack,” providing him with a list of their selections “for senior level jobs in a potential Administration.” Not surprising,“The cabinet list ended up being almost entirely on the money” (“Biden’s Non-diverse ‘Diversity’ Cabinet,” William F. Jasper, The New American). The same is almost certain for Biden as well.

Before Trump, no one got to the top without their assistance.

In 2020, through the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history, fraught with fraud foreign and domestic, the globalists have entrenched themselves once again with a man who loves the New World Order.

Dr. Harold Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. Newspapers have permission to publish this column.

To read more of his weekly articles, please visit www.LibertyUnderFire.org.

Kailyn Bandel gets ready to bunt as Semper Fi Bulldogs first base coach Rick Howard looks on during a recent showcase game in Hemet.

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for us’ and that applies the other way as well because we as veterans give our all so our student athletes can play (sports) and live a life full of opportunities.”

“In this day and age, sports winds up being all about a championship, but that shiny ring is going to be gone one day. I don’t

want my girls to have trophies, I want them to have degrees,” Lucero said.

This season’s Semper Fi Bulldogs 18U-Lucero headed to college are Kailyn Bandel, Emma Bustos, Cayla Crawford, Anna Erikson, Amarah Farley, Victoria Howard, Brooklyn LaChappa,

Chelsi Washburn and Jacquelyn Young-Bowers. Younger players are Gianna Bilderain, Ayallah Farley, Kaylee Fraund, Jenica Silvas and Briauna Van Emmerik.

For more information, (951) 722-1920, www.semper-fi-sports. org or on Facebook.

LIGHTNING from page AVO-1

When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors.

The best way to protect yourself from lightning is to avoid lightning. Do not get caught outside in a storm. Have a lightning safety plan and cancel or postpone activities early if thunderstorms are in the forecast. Monitor weather conditions and get to a safe place before a storm threatens.

Solid buildings and vehicles are safe places. Rain shelters, small sheds, trees, fields and open automobiles are not lightning safe.

When in a building or home, don’t touch anything that is plugged into an electrical outlet, plumbing fixtures or corded phones. Cell phones and cordless phones are safe. Keep away from doors and windows that open to the outside and do not lie on a garage floor.

The threat of lightning becomes greater as the thunderstorm approaches. It reaches a peak when the storm is overhead and becomes less of a danger as the storm moves away.

If a person is struck by lightning, they will most likely require immediate medical attention. Call 911 and monitor the victim. Start CPR or use an Automated External

Defibrillator if needed. Lightning victims do not hold an electrical charge and are safe to touch.

According to Cal Fire, lightning causes less than 10% of wildland fires, yet in 2008, 332 fires were ignited this way statewide, scorching approximately 191,294 acres.

Watch for fires after the storm has passed. Be prepared for power outages and the issues associated with that such as wells whose pumps cannot work without electricity.

Enjoy the light show, the excitement of a passing storm and the refreshing scents of rain-scrubbed foliage. But also be lightning safe.

Stay indoors during a thunderstorm, unplug major appliances and computers to protect them from possible power spikes and surges, and shelter pets and livestock from potentially damaging winds, lightning and flooding. Pay attention to flash flood-prone areas and warnings that may be issued by authorities regarding this and other impending dangers.

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia. com.

conditions are optimal for their development.

The passing thunderclouds actually act as huge air conditioners, drawing down cool air into the immediate area and reducing ground temperatures with micro bursts and rainfall.

Lightning is a main ingredient in these storms. These huge sparks of electricity in the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and the ground are spectacular and very dangerous.

Normally, air insulates the positive and negative charges in clouds and between clouds and the ground. But when the differences in charges become too large, the insulating capacity of the air degrades and there is a quick discharge of electricity that is lightning.

Lightning strikes occur in the United States about 25 million times each year, killing 20 or more people and injuring hundreds.

There is no safe place outside when thunderstorms are in the area. If you hear thunder, you are likely within striking distance of the storm.

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R eg i st r ant: Ji mmy B i sm ar ck M or ales Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 02/ 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3355 PUBLISHED: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202107 9 9 5 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SEMPER FI POOL GUY 3 3 9 8 2 B ayst one S tr eet, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e Mark Christopher Lemoge, 33982 Baystone S tr eet, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 7/13/2016 I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

Registrant: Mark Christopher Lemoge Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 15 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3361 PUBLISHED: June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202107 24 2 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: UVA CONSTRUCTION 3 6 3 09 S ummi tvi lle S t, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e M i ch ael P asq uel U va, 3 6 3 09 S ummi tvi lle S t, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: M i ch ael P asq uel U va Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 02/ 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3362 PUBLISHED: June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202107 6 8 3 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EXCEL ASSISTED LIVING 2 37774 Rushing Wind Court, Murrieta, CA 92563 C ounty: R i ver si d e Excel Assisted Living, LLC, 24077 Grafton Ave, M ur r i eta, C A 9 25 6 2 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability C omp any This LLC is registered in the state of CA R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on JULY 20, 2020 I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: P aolo Ang eles, M anag er Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 6 / 10/ 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3356 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021 F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 14 2 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CHASING SUNSHINE 4 3 6 8 8 E l F ar o P lace, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 C ounty: R i ver si d e a. C h else a M ar i ah Or tuno, 4 3 6 8 8 E l F ar o P lace, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 b. Kendel Elissa Gonzales, 43688 El Faro Place, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y C o- p ar tner s R eg i st r ant h as not yet commenced to tr ansa ct business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: C h else a M ar i ah Or tuno Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 17 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3363 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021 F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 16 4 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DAD’S TOOL & DIE 29 6 5 6 Ali cante D r ., R omoland , C A 9 25 8 5 C ounty: R i ver si d e E d war d M ug i ca S zczotka, 29 6 5 6 Ali cante D r ., R omoland , C A 9 25 8 5 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: E d war d M ug i ca S zczotka Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 17 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3366 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202107 5 6 7 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ASCENSION METAPHYSICAL 2. LOLA BLACK ASCENSION 3. LOLA BLACK LINGERIE BOUTIQUE 4. BAKED BY LB 5. ASCENSION 6. LOLA BLACK 7. SWEET TREATS 4 203 0 M ai n S t U ni t A, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 M ai li ng ad d r es s : P O B ox 3 3 3 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 3 C ounty: R i ver si d e Lunja Venicia Bishop, 40394 Ariel Hope Way, M ur r i eta, C A 9 25 6 3 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet commenced to tr ansa ct business under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

Registrant: Lunja V Bishop Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 08 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3357 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021 F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 7 7 1 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ANTHEM DENTAL 29 04 9 Over land D r i ve S te C , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 M ai li ng ad d r ess: 29 04 9 Over land D r i ve S te C , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 C ounty: R i ver si d e Henry Abraham, DDS, INC., 8206 Laurel Ridge R d , R i ver si d e, C A 9 25 08 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y a C or p or ati on This Corporation is registered in the state of CA R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 1/5/2015 I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

Registrant: Henry Abraham, CEO Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 28 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3364 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CVSW2104733 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS P eti ti oner : UYNHEA HILL Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: P r ese nt N ame: UYNHEA HILL P r op ose d N ame: YASMINE LOVE BANKS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be g r anted . Any p er so n ob j ecti ng to th e name ch ang es described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to b e h ear d and must ap p ear at th e h ear i ng to sh ow cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant th e p eti ti on wi th out a h ear i ng .

NOTICE OF HEARING D ate: 07 / 29 / 2021 T i me: 8 : 00 Am D ep t: S 101 The address of the court: 30755-D Auld Road, M ur r i eta, C A 9 25 6 3 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of g ener al ci r culati on, p r i nted i n th i s county: Anza Valley Outlook D ate: 6 / 2/ 2021 Signed: Jeffrey Zimel, Judge of the Superior Court LEGAL: 3359 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202107 5 6 8 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ASCENSION HYPNOSIS 2. ASCENSION ENERGY HEALING 4 203 0 M ai n S t U ni t A, T emecula, C A 9 25 9 1 M ai li ng ad d r ess: P O B ox 3 3 3 , T emecula, C A 9 25 9 3 C ounty: R i ver si d e Destiny Paige Sutherland, 14858 Casa Loma Dr, M or eno Valley, C a 9 25 5 3 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: D est i ny P S uth er land Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 08 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3358 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 4 4 7 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STERLING HOME INSPECTIONS 8 26 8 1 Od lum D r ., I nd i o, C A 9 2201 C ounty: R i ver si d e R ob er t - - B ar r y, 8 26 8 1 Od lum D r , I nd i o, C A 9 2201 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant h as not yet b eg un to tr ansa ct b usi ness under the fictitious name listed above I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

R eg i st r ant: R ob er t B ar r y Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 22/ 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3365 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 16 5 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: a. CELEBRATE LYFE b. THE LIVING TRUST CO 53103 Belle Isis Ct., Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 C ounty: R i ver si d e Kaynaz Nikookary, 53013 Belle Isis Ct., Lake E lsi nor e, C A 9 25 3 2 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on Feb 2017 I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

Registrant: Kaynaz Nikookary Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 17 / 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3367 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

SUMMONS IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE HAMBLEN COUNTY CHANCERY COURT SITTING AT MORRISTOWN D ocket N o. 2021- C V- 28 3 JAI M AI N E M C N AM AR A and h usb and R OB E R T M C N AM AR A, P eti ti oner s vs.

AD AM R E E D M OOR E and JASMINE NOEL KILMER, R esp ond ents/ F ath er / M oth er .

IN RE: L.G. MOORE J.K. MOORE MINOR CHILDREN UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE. ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION This cause came before this Honorable Court upon the Petitioners’ Motion for Service by Publication, p ur su ant to Tennessee Code Annotated §21-1-203-204. The Court finds the Motion is well taken and sh ould b e g r anted .

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that publication of this Order shall be made for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Anza Valley Outlook, which is a newspaper published daily in the Anza, California area, and that the R esp ond ent/ F ath er b e g i ven noti ce th er ei n th at h e i s h er eb y r eq ui r ed to answ er or oth er wi se r esp ond to th e Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption filed in this cause within thirty (30) days from the date of the fourth weekly publication of this Order, and that should the Respondent/Father fail to answer or oth er wi se r esp ond to th e P eti ti on p ur su ant to th i s Or d er , th en h e sh all b e d eemed to h ave r ecei ved actual notice herof and default may be taken against him.

ENTERED: 6/3/2021 HONORABLE DOUGLAS T. JENKINS CHANCELLOR Lauren A. Carroll, BPR #029032 Attorney for the Petitioners CARROLL, ANDERSON, & FOUST, LLP 918 West First North Street M or r i st own, T N 3 7 8 14 ( 4 23 ) 5 8 6 - 5 29 1 LEGAL #: 3360 PUBLISHED: June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E S T AT E M E N T F i le N umb er : R - 202108 4 9 0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLEASANT ESCAPE TRAVEL 10592 Ridgefield Terrace, Moreno Valley, CA 9 25 5 7 C ounty: R i ver si d e Gordon Sheneka La Shone, 10592 Ridgefield T er r ace, M or eno Valley, C A 9 25 5 7 T h i s b usi ness i s cond ucted b y an I nd i vi d ual R eg i st r ant commenced to tr ansa ct b usi ness und er the fictitious name listed above on 6/28/2011 I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor r ect. ( A r eg i st r ant wh o d eclar es as tr ue any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollar s ( $ 1,000) .)

Registrant: Gordon Sheneka La Shone Statement was filed with the County Clerk of R i ver si d e C ounty on 06 / 22/ 2021 NOTICE—IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ( a) OF S E C T I ON 17 9 20, A F I C T I T I OU S N AM E STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS S T AT E OF A F I C T I T I OU S B U S I N E S S N AM E I N VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW ( S E E S E C T I ON 14 4 11 E T S E Q ., B U S I N E S S AN D PROFESSIONS CODE). I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS COPY IS A CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT ON FILE IN MY OFFICE. PETER ALDANA RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. LEGAL: 3368 PUBLISHED: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

FIRE from page AVO-1 somehow spared it. This brought tears to my eyes.”

Longtime resident Eyer-Anderson and her husband Dave relocated to Big Bear recently, but her heart remains in Anza.

“I painted that sign to represent the strong, resilient, and free spirit of the people in Anza, and also with a nod towards the history of wild horses there at one time,” she said. “It really is amazing that it was spared.

I looked at it myself. All vegetation around and underneath it was burned black, and yet the sign itself was not damaged. Did the firemen and women help protect it? I don’t know.

If they did, I sure thank them.”

Eyer-Anderson is well-known as the “Anza Phantom Artist” who created and secretly installed beautiful signs all over Anza in 2017. The signs featured the town and street names, complete with equine, sunset and patriotic images. Her detailed and colorful likenesses are familiar and appreciated by local residents.

Now an internationally known artist, she shows her fine acrylic western-themed canvases and signed prints of those works at shows all over Southern California and beyond.

“I like to think that God spared that sign,” she said. “To me, there is a metaphor here – the spirit of Anza has not died.”

Diane Sieker can be reached by email at dsieker@reedermedia.com.

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