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Temecula’s 4th of July Parade steps off in Old Town
Annette Brown VISIT TEMECULA VALLEY
Visit Temecula Valley announced its tourism impact report results for 2021 during the annual State of Tourism event held at Wilson Creek Winery Thursday, June 30. see page A-2
Local SRPNEF holds first in-person meeting at Plateau Tony Ault STAFF WRITER
The Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation Board of Directors met with Foundation members June 29 to reelect the new board and approve the nearly $500,000 nonprofit agency’s anticipated 2022-2023 fiscal year budget. see page A-4
Members of the Temecula GLITZ Cheer squad march along Front Street in Old Town during the 4th of July Parade. See more photos on page A-8. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
Edward Varso III sworn as Menifee’s newest police chief
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Tony Ault STAFF WRITER
EVMWD approves low-income rate volume allowance
Outgoing Menifee Police Chief Patrick Walsh presented incoming Chief Edward Varso III his badge following a formal swearing in of the new city police chief Thursday, June 29, in the Menifee City Council Chambers. The ceremony was capped with Varso’s daughter Paisley, pinning the chief’s badge on her father, who will take over the 3-yearold Menifee Municipal police force this month. Former Chief Walsh announced his retirement following more than 30 years of law enforcement experience and initially starting Menifee’s first police force. A force that has won the entire community’s greatest respect for the outstanding community services and law enforcement they perform. City Manager Armando Villa and Assistant City Manager Rochelle Clayton both said Varso was selected as the best candidate
Joe Naiman WRITER
The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District offers a rate assistance program for qualifying lowincome households which includes a limit on the monthly volume of water eligible for the assistance. see page C-5
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Retiring Menifee Police Chief gives his farewell address while the city’s new police chief Edward Varso III and Walsh’s wife Catherine look on at the swearing in ceremony, Thursday, June 29. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
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EMWD dedicates 3rd desalination facility PERRIS – Eastern Municipal Water District celebrated the opening of its new groundwater desalination facility Thursday, June 23. The new facility will provide additional local water supply reliability to its service area for future generations. The Perris II Desalination Facility is EMWD’s third groundwater desalter and will provide enough water for more than 15,000 households each year through its reverse osmosis treatment process. The facility is in Menifee, adjacent to the existing Menifee I and Perris I desalters. “This is a historic day for EMWD and for the residents we serve,” EMWD Board President Phil Paule said. “As we continue to face water supply challenges throughout California, this facility
will further ensure that our area is prepared to meet the needs of our customers through investments in local water supply sources.” Portions of EMWD’s service area contain groundwater that is too high in salt levels to otherwise use. EMWD’s groundwater desalination program provides the ability to use that groundwater by treating it using reverse osmosis, which removes the salts from the water supply and then delivers a clean and safe water supply source at the end of the process. The Perris II Desalter will treat approximately 5.4 million gallons of water per day. EMWD’s groundwater desalination program will collectively treat approximately 14 million gallons per see EMWD, page A-7
The Perris II Desalination Facility in Menifee will provide additional local water supply reliability to its service area for future generations. Valley News/Courtesy photo