Sparks fly as local athletes find success at National Taekwondo tournaments, B-1
Off-Road Nights Dirt Lifestyle Festival offers something for everyone, C-3
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Local Lake Elsinore Council confirms property tax levies Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
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Menifee City hosts family campout in La Ladera Park
The Lake Elsinore City Council, July 11, approved fiscal year 20172018 property tax levies, totaling $20,762,596.14 that property owners will be receiving later this year. see page A-3
Local Murrieta votes to implement city council districts Will Fritz VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The Murrieta City Council approved a switch to district council elections, July 18. The council voted 3 to 1 to approve the measure, with Mayor Pro Tem Jonathan Ingram dissenting and Councilman Randon Lane absent due to surgery. see page A-7
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Wildomar fire blamed on butane honey oil explosion
WILDOMAR – A fire that left one person injured, destroyed a home and damaged another in Wildomar Wednesday, July 19, was likely triggered by a butane gas explosion ignited during the illegal production of the marijuana derivative known as “honey oil,” authorities said.
Children lined up in potato sacks and raced one another to the finish during Menifee’s sixth annual family campout held at La Ladera Park Saturday, July 22. Their parents competed against each other soon after. See more photos on page C-1. Jacob Preal photo
Komen Inland Empire recognizes local ‘heroes’ Paul Bandong PBANDONG@REEDERMEDIA.COM
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Komen Inland Empire held its second annual “Heroes” Mixer at Temecula Creek Inn, July 18, and recognized Team Pechanga for their participation and support over the years. Joan Sparkman, affiliate founder of Komen Inland Empire, made the presentation, stating that Team Pechanga has been involved in “Race for the Cure” since 2002. In 2016, Team Pechanga consisted of 300 team members with 52 team captains and raised over $70,000 in support of Komen Inland Empire. Stephanie Smith, director of program development for Borrego Community Health Foundation, shared the impact of their partnership with Komen Inland Empire as a grantee of the program. Borrego has 26 clinics and five mobile medical clinics. Their six-phase program seeks to provide education, screening, navigation and care coordination services. In the past year, they have provided over 1,000 education interventions and 1,500 breast screenings. “Partnerships are powerful,”
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Team Pechanga is recognized with this year’s “Heroes” Award for their support and dedication to Komen Inland Empire. Andrew Abeles, Rancon Real Estate photo
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Boys of Temecula battle it out on NBC’s ‘World of Dance’ Stephanie Lai VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The dance group “Boys of Temecula” represents Temecula Dance Company and their community well, performing in the NBC show Courtesy photo “World of Dance.”
Bringing local flare to the popular NBC dance show ‘World of Dance,’ the group, Boys of Temecula, has made it past the qualifying round, performing twice on the show. Twenty boys from Temecula Dance Company performed two jazz numbers in the junior division, ultimately making it to round two of the season and even managing to raise their score for the second performance. Varying in ages from 12-16, Temecula Dance Company put together the group of 20 boys, choosing them based on network requirements and the technical ability of the young dancers. Finishing
with a score of 84.7 out of 100 points, the dance troop made it as far as the internationally renowned Jabbawockeez, receiving the same score in the qualifying round. The company is proud of their 50 male competition dancers – one of the largest groups in the country – according to Artistic Director Jimmy Peters. The boys in the group have trained with the dance company for four to nine years. After seeing a Facebook ad for the show “World of Dance,” Peters and Boys Program Director Erik Saradpon decided to submit footage of the group from a past competition. “The network was looking for
see DANCE, page A-6