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Local KOYT Radio howls for more time Tony Ault Writer
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Section Volume 15, Issue 46
Abandoned pet recovery and options discussed at meeting
KOYT 96.3 Radio technicians are continuing to iron out “bugs” before they can begin broadcasting local news, views and music to anxiously awaiting Anza residents. The station’s radio tower is up, the number one studio is nearing completion and internet connection with ConnectAnza fiberoptics is underway. see page A-3
Local Hamilton High receives Model of Excellence and Innovation Award HEMET – Hemet Unified School District received Riverside County Board of Education’s Models of Excellence and Innovation Award for successfully implementing the Building Assets Reducing Risks program at the district’s four high schools. Hamilton High School, Tahquitz High School, Hemet High School, and West Valley High School received the awards on Oct. 28. see page A-3
Local Hamilton High Plant Manager receives HUSD award Tony Ault Writer
Dr. Roberta Zajac and Mary Wilson at the public meeting discussing solutions to Anza Valley’s stray and lost pet problem.
Allison Renck Writer Anza residents learned about what they can do once they find an abandoned animal and when special clinics for pets will be held during a special community meeting at the Anza Community Hall Wednesday Nov. 4
Mary Wilson, organizer of the Anza Aguanga Community Pet Food Bank, conducted the meeting with special guest speaker local Veterinarian Dr. Roberta Zajac. Wilson who is well known for rescuing and helping abandoned animals in the Valley likes to call her animals her “kids.” She invited community members to come to
the meeting to discuss the growing problem of abandoned dogs and cats in the Anza Valley area. She told those who attended the meeting, “Abandoned pets are a growing problem in the United States. Statistics on the Web Site ‘Green Planet’ show that only one out of every 10 dogs born will find a permeant home and that there
see PETS, page A-3
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are 70 million stray animals living in the United States. “Wilson in a news release reported that she organized the meeting to get public input from the Anza Community on their ideas on ways to handle this local problem. Veterinarian Dr. Zajac, spoke
Barbara Bradford celebrates her 93rd birthday
Hamilton High School Plant Manager Patrick Williams has been selected by the Hemet Unified School District Board of Directors to receive the November Recognition of Excellence Award. Trustee Megan Haley nominated Williams, who in addition to his job maintaining the school, helps coach Hamilton High’s cross country and basketball teams, for the award.
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The Barbara Bradford family pictured here with Barbara on the right celebrated her 93rd birthday. Also celebrating birthdays were cousins Bill Orcutt and Edalee Harwell. Jodi Thomas photo
Barbara Bradford, an Anza resident since 1950, celebrated her 93rd birthday on Oct. 27 along with her cousins Bill Orcutt, 90 and Edalee Orcutt Harwell, 93. Each year the Bradfords and the Orcutts like to celebrate their birthdays in Anza. Her younger sister from Washington State, whose birthday is also on Oct. 27, the same day as their mother, was going to attend this year but due to health reasons could not make it. Not only does this family enjoy the gift of longevity there is a richness of unique experiences, lived throughout their lives they enjoy sharing. Ninety-three years ago Barbara was born in October 1922 to Robert
see BRADFORD, page A-7
Growing up in Anza The ranch that built me Kathie Beale Special to the Anza Valley Outlook “I know they say you can’t go home again, I just had to come back one last time.” A song by Miranda Lambert really hit home for me when I got the chance to visit my birth place on Oct. 5. Thanks to Jackie Autry, the new owner of the ranch. It is now owned by The Gene Autry Foundation where they rescue horses that would normally go to the slaughter house. I was born on, what was then Kellogg’s Farms, where my dad Ralph Nuciforo, managed the farm that I grew up on. I lived there for 13 years and I must say it was a great foundation for my whole being.
see BEALE, page A-5
“The barn shown here is where we kept our baby calves and pigs and horses. I just loved this barn. It was torn down on Nov. 7 of this year. It makes me sad,” Kathie Beale said. Courtesy photo