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Local Wildomar takes steps to defer development fees

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Volume 17, Issue 41

Murrieta honors longtime Economic Development Director Bruce Coleman

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Members of the Wildomar City Council approved a change to a city ordinance, Oct. 3, which will allow some developers to delay payment of developer impact fees until later. see page A-3

Local Menifee Council ponders police protection issues Kim Harris VALLEYEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Menifee City Council heard the benefits of creating its own police department for the city during its Oct. 4 meeting. The law firm of Hicks, Maineri and Williams completed the study, at no cost to the city. see page A-5

Health Community Health Fair coming to Hemet

Bruce Coleman, former Economic Development director for the city of Murrieta, shares a presentation on Murrieta as the “Future of Southern California” at the 2016 Murrieta Economic Outlook. Coleman has left the city to take a job outside of Dallas. Paul Bandong photo

Will Fritz VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Murrieta’s Economic Development director, Bruce Coleman, was honored with a proclamation

at the city’s regular council meeting, Oct. 4. Coleman has left the city of Murrieta to take a job as director of business development with the city of McKinney’s Economic De-

velopment Corporation in McKinney, Texas. His last day in Murrieta was Oct. 6. Coleman has served Murrieta since 2008 and was instrumental in bringing various businesses to the

city, including the Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta and the new CarMax dealership. “I’ve worked in different cities, and

see COLEMAN, page A-3

Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Flu shots, five-minute doctor consults, nutritional assessments, free health screenings and other opportunities to improve health will be available Saturday, Oct. 14, during the 2017 Community Health Fair in Hemet.

Area residents were among Cowboys & Cars 4 Kids those killed, injured in Las Benefit in De Luz raises Vegas shooting money for foster youth

see page C-1

Entertainment Murrieta Rod Run roars into Murrieta Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Murrieta merchants, restaurateurs and residents along Washington Avenue are preparing for a special event that will bring the noise and hustle and bustle reminiscent of the 1950s and 1960s when hot rods cars and teenagers roamed the town. see page C-2

Guests enjoy looking at classic cars from bygone eras at the Cowboys & Cars 4 Kids event in De Luz Saturday, Oct. 7. Alex Groves photo

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INDEX Local ..................................... A-1 Sports ................................... B-1 Education ............................. B-4 Health.................................... B-5 Business ................................ B-6 Entertainment...................... C-1 Wine Country ...................... C-4 Calendar of Events............... C-6 Dining ................................... C-7 Real Estate ........................... D-1 Home & Garden................... D-1 Pets........................................ D-5 Opinion ................................ D-5 Blotter.................................... D-6 Business Directory............... D-6 Classifieds............................. D-7

Pati Mestas, 67, of Menifee was among those killed Sunday evening, Oct. 1, in a mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip. Alexis Magana photo

Alex Groves AGROVES@REEDERMEDIA.COM

When 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending a country music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, Oct. 1, lives were changed forever. Fifty-nine people were killed, and 527 others were injured in the worst mass shooting in modern American history. Some lost parents, children and siblings, and others will deal with serious injuries they sustained in the gunfire for the rest of their lives. Among the killed and wounded

were Riverside County residents and employees. Here are some of their stories. Pati Mestas, 67, of Menifee was a country music fan with a warm personality who always seemed to be in a good mood, her family and friends said. Mestas was a mother of three, a grandmother of eight and greatgrandmother of one. She had recently retired from her job as a manager at a deli inside a Shell gas station in Corona, her cousin Tom Smith of San Antonio, Texas, said.

see LAS VEGAS, page A-6

Rock ‘n’ Roll music rang out through the air Saturday, Oct. 7, as visitors to the CrossCreek Golf Club in De Luz got to peruse a car show, gift baskets and food booths. The golf course was where the Cowboys & Cars 4 Kids Benefit, put on by the De Luz Women’s Club, was taking place. The event sought to raise money for Rancho Damacitas, a nonprofit that helps current and former foster youth. Raising funds for Rancho Damacitas Kristi Piatkowski, the director of the development for Rancho Damacitas, said Saturday’s event was specifically raising funds for Rancho Damacitas’ Project Independence, which is geared toward

helping former foster children who are now adults. “Specifically, that helps with transition,” Piatkowski said. “So, it provides secure housing, coaching, mentoring and financial coaching so they understand how to manage their money.” Rancho Damacitas is currently in the process of building a home in Murrieta for young adults who are part of Project Independence. The Lennar home will have a grandfather suite and five bedrooms so five youth will be able to live there once it’s constructed. Money raised during the benefit went toward the completion of the home, Piatkowski said. She said the home will be the “honor home” for those participants who have completed major milestones including maintaining

see BENEFIT, page A-8


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