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Section Volume 14, Issue 47
Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 announces scholarship and award winners
Two clubs come together to bring community fun this fall
Mike Mrsny Commander, Anza Valley VFW Post 1873
Jodi Thomas AVO Area Manager
Anza Valley VFW Post 1873 Commander Mike Mrsny and Chairman Reba Schulz are pleased to announce the following winners in the 2014-2015 scholarship and awards competitions. see page A-6
A Thimble Full of News for November Anne Crutchfield Local Contributor
The first Oktoberfest Fundraiser This year the Thimble Club Ladies and the Catholic Church’s Women’s Guild at Sacred Heart combined efforts to create Oktoberfest Fun for the community. German-style food and music and a harvest theme marked the event. The night was so successful they sold out all the dinner tickets before the night was through. It was a chance to see old friends and make new acquaintances. There were various raffle opportunities enjoyed, too. In the end the ladies raised more than $1500, which was split between the two clubs.
see OKTOBERFEST, page A-4 The November meeting of the Thimble Club was held Thursday, Nov. 6. The invocation was given by Annie Ashby and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tonie Ford.
Visitors were greeted with smiles to the first Oktoberfest. The Hall was decorated with a festive flare and there were many raffle opportunities.
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see page A-6
Second Annual Fall Art Opinion & Music Festival to be Obama warned hosted at artist’s Vail against violating Lake resort studio the Constitution, again Harold Pease, Ph. D
Moist roasted turkey is a holiday favorite
President Barack Obama acted as though he was unaware of the overwhelming rejection of his policies, which he had insisted were on the ballot this election, in one of the largest mid-term election defeats in the last 100 years. see page A-8
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Jodi Thomas AVO Area Manager
Breceda creates life like subjects with his metalwork.
Jill Roberts Local Contributor Artist Ricardo Breceda talks excitedly and with passion when it comes to his art and how he feels about his artist friends. He exudes genuine compassion when says he
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plans to support all of them and help each and every one of them become successful. One of the ways he is promoting local art is by holding his 2nd annual fall Art and Music Festival
see FESTIVAL, page A-6
With the Holidays coming up, most of us dream of tasty roast turkey. Memories of that beautiful bronzed bird come to mind with all the fixings and, of course, plenty of gravy because roasted turkey can be a bit dry. My mom had developed and tried several tricks to cook moist turkey. For a while we cooked our turkeys in a buttered brown bag, then we used baking bags, and then we kept the turkey covered until the end of the cooking process. My mother even microwaved turkeys. This process turned the microwave into a turkey sauna and
it gave us her moistest turkey ever, but it was hard on the microwave. She went through many microwaves over those years. The best trick I found to work, time and time again, is to cook your turkey with the breast down then all the juices automatically flow to the meat that can be the driest: the breast meat. I quit worrying about presenting a whole bird on the table and focused on taste and practicality. I had only one oven at the time so I would do almost all of my cooking ahead of the day company would call and this included the turkey. Then I would warm it and lay it out nicely on special patters, plates
see TURKEY, page A-3
New Senate District 28 position to be filled by Supervisor Jeff Stone, new District 3 Supervisor needed Jodi Thomas AVO Area Manager Recently Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone threw his hat in the ring and was elected to the new California Senate position this November. Redistricting of the California Senate (CA) Districts had created a new hole to be filled in the CA Senate. Anza, Temecula, Aguanga and surrounding areas are now a
part of the new California Senate District 28, an area that Riverside County Supervisor Stone’s District 3 seat incorporated. This new district’s vast area doesn’t just encompass Southwest Riverside; it includes areas in several counties. Thermal, Blythe, Palm Springs, Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, San Juan Capistrano, Ranchita, Warner Springs, Fallbrook, Riverside, Corona, Hemet, Banning and Beaumont are area’s
that Stone will now represent as state senator. Stone will be vacating his county seat and be sworn in to his California Senate Seat the first week of December 2014, leaving a hole to be filled. Verne Lauritzen, Stone’s current Chief of Staff, recently visited the Anza Valley MAC meeting. MAC’s are an advisory committee made up of appointed citizens by the district supervisors meant to be a
go between the community they represent and the county. Lauritzen explained that according to the rules of the California Constitution, a county that is formed as a municipality – such as Riverside County – will have its empty seat filled by appointment of the Governor. That choice will be in effect for two years and the people of the area
see DISTRICT, page A-4