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Anza Valley’s Hamilton K-8 2015-16 school plan presented

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Volume 15, Issue 35

Hamilton High kicks off the 2015 football season with traditional Chicken and Beans Game

Tony Ault Writer A comprehensive school plan including specialized teacher training, student trips, a new reading program and adding new computer equipment for Hamilton School (K-8) in Anza was presented to the Hemet Unified School District Board on Aug. 18. see page A-5

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Bank of Hemet Earns Top 200 Listing Tony Ault Writer

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The Hamilton High School Bobcat 2015 Football Team.

Jodi Thomas Area Manager

The Bank of Hemet with its six branches, including one in Anza, has added its name to the list of the “Top 200 Healthiest Banks of 2015” at DepositAccounts.com. see page A-7

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Shumaan named grand marshal of the Turkey Night Grand Prix PERRIS—The greatest driver in the history of the prestigious Turkey Night Grand Prix, Mesa, Ariz.’s Ron Shuman, has been named grand marshal of the historic running of the 75th edition of the race at Perris Auto Speedway on Thanksgiving night. The race will match the Honda USAC National and Western Midgets.

“They played really hard and both teams played pretty well, especially when a little chicken is on the line,” Head Coach Keith Moorman said jokingly. The Blue team won 11-6. After the game the teams congratulated

each other on the 50-yard line, which is a Bobcat tradition showing good sportsmanship by meeting the opposition team half way. Then the players lined up to show off team

see FOOTBALL, page A-6

Temecula Motocross team struts their stuff on ‘America’s Got Talent’ Kim Harris Managing Editor Temecula residents and freestyle motocross team, Metal Mulisha Fitz Army, have been named to the Top 36 contestants and have moved on to live showings of NBC’s hit reality-competition series, “America’s Got Talent.” Fitz Army wowed judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Mel B. with their performance of a high-flying, freewheeling stunt they call the Kiss of Death in June. The team, established in 1999, performs dirt bike stunts about 80 feet in the air and has grown into one of the best freestyle motocross teams in the world, according to a biography posted on NBC.com. Consisting of team members, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Todd Porter, Derek Garland and Destin Cantrall, the

see MOTOCROSS, page A-7

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A team member of Metal Mulisha Fitz Army performs a high-flying stunt on America’s Got Talent. The Temecula based freestyle motocross team was selected to perform on the hit NBC show in June.

High trash collection fees topic of AVMAC meeting Anza Valley Outlook

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Hamilton High School’s Bobcat 2015 Football Team played its traditional Chicken and Beans game on Friday evening, Aug.14.

The coaching staff and 1st and 2nd string teams were combined and split into White and Blue teams that battled it out. The winning Blue Team got to eat the prize of chicken with all the trimmings and the White Team got to eat only beans.

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Tony Ault Writer The increased trash collection fees recently charged at the Anza Waste Management Transfer Station, also called “the dump” off of Terwilliger Road, will be the major topic of discussion at the upcoming Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council on Sept. 9. Anza residents, at the last AVMAC meeting, met 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, his staff and Riverside County officials. Washington and his staff, fielding questions from residents, said they would look into the higher fees being charged at the dump and report back to the advisory council. The main topic of the September AVMAC meeting at the Community Building will be the fees charged at the dump. Residents claim that the fees are exceptionally high on electronic and construction waste products and believe they should be reduced because there are too few waste disposal sites in the immediate area. The Anza Transfer Station, located at 40329 Terwilliger Rd. is

operated by Waste Management, a large nationwide trash disposal and recycling company. They operate other transfer stations and dumps. The closest one to Anza is the dump in Lamb Canyon near Hemet, more than 30 miles away. Another transfer station is located off of Highway 79 near Palm Desert, about the same distance. Residents of Anza Valley argue that the property tax fee they pay the county should cover some of the costs at the local transfer station. Currently, the Anza dump charges $25 to dispose of any electrical devices with circuit boards and will not accept building construction materials that take up more than one-fourth the space in a pickup truck bed. Construction wastes above that amount require a call to the county offices for a permit. A permit is also needed to dispose of any electrical devices including cell phones. Last Saturday the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources offered Anza Valley residents the opportunity to dispose of any hazardous waste materials at the dump free of charge. Many

welcomed the opportunity and took advantage of the offer. Typical wastes included used motor oil, paint, antifreeze, household and automotive batteries, pesticides, cleaning products, sharps (needles/ syringes or lancets) and fluorescent lamps. They also offered to take in electronic wastes such as televisions, computers, VCRs and telephones free. The amount of waste transported was limited to no more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds maximum per vehicle.

The notice was printed in an Anza Valley Outlook story on Aug. 21. AVMAC representatives are appointed by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and are designed to allow people in the various county areas they represent, a means of voicing their concerns. AVMAC meets regularly to discuss the issues of concern in the valley be it highways, police and fire protection or other county services. Attempts to contact the supervisor’s office on the matter were unsuccessful this week, but residents are expecting a progress report at the upcoming AVMAC meeting that starts at 7 p.m. on Sept. 9 in the Community Building.


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