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Local Railroad Canyon Road interchange project moves to design phase
Volume 17, Issue 36
Lake Elsinore’s historic Machado House burns; mayor offers $1,000 reward
Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The final environmental document for the Railroad Canyon interchange project has been approved by Caltrans, pushing the muchneeded project into the design phase, the city of Lake Elsinore announced last week. see page A-3
Education West Valley grad attends Stanford with $100,000 scholarship Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
If a high school student excels in sports, academics or technical or social achievements, they may be offered a college or university scholarship. There are many scholarships for minority or low-income students as well, but there are few students who might claim all of these types. see page B-6
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A fire broke out at Lake Elsinore’s historic Machado House Saturday, Sept. 2, causing $150,000 in damage to the 159-year-old structure.
The blaze was first reported at 11:15 a.m. in the 15400 block of Grand Avenue in Lakeland Village, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department Spokeswoman Jody Hagemann. “The first arriving engine company reported a structure fire with
multiple palm trees and one-half acre of vegetation involved,” Hageman wrote in an incident report. Grand Avenue was closed in the fire area while firefighters battled the blaze. Twenty-two firefighters, five engine companies and one truck
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company responded to the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but Lake Elsinore Mayor Bob Magee is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction
see MACHADO, page A-4
‘Galway Downs, A Legend Reborn’ looks to the future Editor’s note: This is the third and final part of a three-part series about the plans for “Galway Downs, A Legend Reborn.” This article discusses current events and upcoming happenings as well as future plans for Galway Downs. Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
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The original fireplace inside Lake Elsinore’s historic Machado House remains standing after a blaze broke out in the home Saturday, Sept. 2.
Galway Downs owner Ken Smith looks over the rendering of the historic equestrian facility that pictures the improvements at the Downs since he took over in 2010. His family has spent $9 million in improvements to the facility that is fast becoming a dual venue for equestrian sports events and top stage entertainment. Tony Ault photo
The successful Clay Walker concert was the first step in the “rebirth” of Galway Downs into not only a recognized international equestrian event destination, but as the future location of a top entertainment venue in the nation. Galway Downs, 240 acres of grassy fields, running streams, 400 recently upgraded horse stables, race tracks, equestrian training facilities, an inviting Village Center and the scene of countless weddings, sits just outside of the growing Wine Country of Temecula off state Route 79 at 38801 Los Corralitos Road.
see DOWNS, page A-6
Luciano’s winning platter on MasterChef Stephanie Lai VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
After back-to-back episodes from the kitchen to the Malibu vineyards, Dino Luciano advances to the Top 6 of FOX’s MasterChef. The producers revamped the mystery box challenge with a surprising twist. When contestants opened the box, all that was in it was a pair of chopsticks. Previous mystery box challenges gave the contestants a variety or single ingredient with which they were required to cook. Prior, the contestants would have a preemptive idea based on the ingredients. This time around they were to create a dish that centered on chopsticks.
As most contestants used Asian inspiration, Luciano took an array of cuisines and made his own unique dish with the creative freedom from the challenge. “This dish is inspired by my life, when I stop by three restaurants on the way home,” Luciano said. “I did a Thai peanut yellow curry on top of a clove-infused rice with shrimp and cream cheese with mint-wrapped wonton on top.” He said the hardest part of the challenge was figuring out how to set up the plate in an elevated fashion. He did not want the presentation to look like his takeout meals, so he took a long plate and placed
see LUCIANO, page C-2
Contestant Dino Luciano in the two-hour “Chopsticks & Pasta/Pop-Up Restaurant” episode of MasterChef which aired Wednesday, Sept. 6, on FOX. © 2017 FOX Broadcasting photo