The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle - June 28th, 2019

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MARK LENTINE | STAFF WRITER

SACRAMENTO, CA – Earlier this month, The Department of Water Resources (DWR) removed a danger advisory that had been in effect since May 17 at Moreno Beach at Lake Perris in Riverside County. Swimming is now permitted at the beach, however, DWR urges all recreational users to exercise caution and avoid direct contact with blue-green algae.

DWR lowered the advisory level at Moreno Beach to caution after detecting a reduced amount of microcystins for a second consecutive week. All beaches at Lake Perris are open with a lake-wide caution advisory.

Advisories are based on the potential health risks from algae.

Exposure to toxic blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, can cause eye irritation, allergic skin rash, mouth ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea, and cold- and flu-like symptoms. Pets can be especially susceptible because they tend to drink while in the water and lick their fur afterwards.

While bloom conditions can change rapidly, and wind and waves may move or concentrate the bloom into different regions of the reservoir, the algal blooms can accumulate into mats, scum, or form foam at the surface and along the shoreline, and range in color from blue, green, white, or brown.

State guidelines on cyanobacteria and harmful algal blooms recommend the following precautions be taken in waters impacted by blue-green algae.

There is no way to tell if an algal bloom is toxic just by looking at it.

DWR regularly tests the State Water Project (SWP) water for algal toxins. When tests are positive, signs are posted onsite, at the reservoir, and online. Once toxic algae are found, testing continues, and algae levels/warnings are not reduced until lab results show the

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15 young Native Americans started working at new jobs MIKE HILES | CONTRIBUTED

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his week, 15 young Native Americans started working at new jobs as part of this summer’s WE LEAD program supported by the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Tribal TANF department. The goal of the yearround LEAD prevention program is to provide Leadership through Education, Acquirement, Desire.

WE LEAD will add Work Experience to the structured program.

Youth are provided with a collaborative network to encourage empowerment, foster positive relationships and identities and to development leadership attributes. The summer program for those who are age 14-21, gives them a chance to try new things and learn about possible career paths.

Harold Arres is the Regional Prevention Manager for the TANF Prevention Resource Center located on the Soboba Reservation. A meet and greet luncheon there on June 20 gave participating workers an opportunity to meet with their soon-to-be supervisors and/or

TANF: The Soboba Tribal Preschool is one of the worksites for participants in this summer’s WE LEAD job training program. From left, Melissa Arviso, Jayden Basquez, Jasmine Basquez and Ana Garcia in this classroom set up for the three-year-old students. | Photo: Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Tribal other representatives from the department they have been assigned to work at for 24 hours a week through July.

“They go through the hiring process just like any other Soboba Tribal employee,” said Arres, who has two daughters in this year’s program. “They all undergo

HEMET

Hemet Fire Chief Closes Park for Public Safety

A park on the south edge of Hemet will be closed to public access for the duration of wildfire season to minimize brush fire risks, city officials said today.

Fire Chief Scott Brown said Simpson Park, just east of Diamond Valley Lake, will be closed Monday and will not re-open until fire threats are minimal.

“The Fire Department remains committed to keeping the community safe from the threat of wildfire,’’ Brown said.

The chief said his closure move dovetails with Riverside County Fire Chief Shawn Newman’s decision to declare seven recreational locations off limits to hikers, off-roading enthusiasts and others starting Monday and continuing until wildfire season ends, which is generally November.

Newman received authorization from the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to close the grounds, which has occurred yearly since 2007.

The following locations fall under the county’s closure order: -- Avery Canyon, along Gibbel Road, east of State Street in southeast Hemet; -- Indian Canyon and North Mountain in San Jacinto; -- Minto Way in Sage, north of Aguanga; -- Nuevo, east of Menifee Road and San Jacinto Avenue; -- Ramona Bowl and Bautista Canyon, southeast of Hemet; -- Reinhardt Canyon, north of state Route 74 and California Avenue in Hemet; and -- Whitewater Canyon, near Cabazon.

The Ramona Bowl is just over a mile north of Simpson Park. Each spot is surrounded by rugged, inhospitable terrain. Closure signs will be posted at entry points to warn potential violators of fines and other penalties.

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a background check, drug screening, get identification badges and have a new employee orientation with HR; we make it as realistic as possible for them.”

All documentation goes through Human Resources and each applicant is also required to submit an essay to the TANF

program. A three-person panel scores everything anonymously and then conducts a face-to-face interview. The highest scoring applicants are usually able to get their first-choice job site.

“We also contact all the departments and see if they are willing and able to take on some youth workers,” Arres said. “It’s a big undertaking to train someone on top of all their regular duties.”

Soboba was able to provide jobs within its cultural resource, environmental, public works and TANF departments as well as Noli Indian School and Soboba Tribal Preschool. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians has provided worksites in its tribal administration for youth who live in the Mountain Center area.

Soboba Tribal Council Chairman Scott Cozart applauded the young men and women for taking the necessary steps to be included in the summer job training program. Tribal Administrator Michael Castello said it is a wonderful opportunity for them.

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IDYLLWILD

Route to Southern California resort to stay shut for months

A scenic highway leading to the Southern California mountain resort of Idyllwild will remain closed for months as crews repair collapsed lanes caused by winter and spring storms, officials said.

The California Department of Transportation said there’s no projection for when the heavily damaged State Route 243 will reopen, and it could stay shut until next year, the Press-Enterprise reported Monday.

Workers have to rebuild a section of a mountain slope that gave way beneath the roadway during a February downpour, said Ali Taha, a Caltrans transportation engineer.

Perched high in the San Jacinto Mountains, Idyllwild and neighboring communities are popular retreats for visitors from Southern California’s metropolitan areas.

Another way in, State Route 74, was also closed for a time after major storms in February and May. Caltrans this month started allowing mountain access on the 74 with pilot-vehicle escorts.

Alternative routes to Idyllwild are long and circuitous. The twin closures cut the town off from communities down the hill, saddling students with lengthy bus rides to high school classes in Hemet and siphoning away half of Idyllwild shops’ and restaurants’ business.

The reopening of the 74 eased merchants’ frustration and provided a glimmer of hope for a rebound in the summer tourist season, the newspaper said.

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Soboba Foundation Rewards Students THE TEAM: The WE LEAD Meet and Greet Luncheon on June 20 included Tribal Council mem-

bers, work site supervisors, Soboba Tribal TANF program employees and the youth who were hired to work in the summer program at various jobs. | Photo: Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians Tribal

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SCHOLARSHIP: Julie Moreno accepts a proclamation from the Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians and

a scholarship for $2,500 from Soboba Foundation members (left to right) Jacob Briones, Dondi Silvas and Geneva Mojado at San Jacinto High School’s Senior Awards night on June 4. | Photo: Soboba Band of Luiseùo Indians Tribal

10 students received each a $2,500 scholarship MIKE HILES | CONTRIBUTED five colleges but settled

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s part of its ongoing encouragement of higher education goals, the Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians’ philanthropic foundation awarded $25,000 in scholarships to high school seniors in the Hemet and San Jacinto unified school districts during year-end graduation and awards ceremonies. “It was money that was earmarked for education purposes because the entire foundation believes that helping youth realize their future dreams is the best way they can give back to their communities and society as a whole,â€? Soboba Foundation President Geneva Mojado said.

The 10 students who each received a $2,500 scholarship were Alexis AlcĂĄntara, West Valley; Kayla Cervantes, Hamilton; Jarrod Chapparosa, Noli Indian School; Serenah Gomez, Alessandro; Tyrese McEwen, Mountain View; Emma Medrano, Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep; Julie Moreno, San Jacinto; Alexis Randall, Tahquitz, Ashley Rae Saucedo, San Jacinto Valley Academy; and, Samantha Torres, Hemet High School.

Alexis AlcĂĄntara volunteered countless hours in her community and on campus and works two jobs to help support herself. She was accepted by

on California State University, Fullerton to pursue her degree in nursing.

Kayla Cervantes excelled academically with a rigorous course load and received perfect attendance awards. She is a lifelong dancer who will attend University of California, Davis as a nursing major with plans to become a nurse practitioner.

Jarrod Chapparosa was successful in track and field and his goal is to become a firefighter.

The young father always pushes himself to do the best he can so he can be a great role model for his daughter.

Serenah Gomez contributed many hours to community service while earning credits toward graduation. She wants to become an obstetrician and is motivated by the idea she can support others with the knowledge she will gain through her educational achievements.

Tyrese McEwen worked hard at school and was able to graduate early. He is taking automotive mechanics courses at Mt. San Jacinto Community College and wants to own his own shop one day.

Emma Medrano maintained high grades and was nominated for numerous awards while in school. She will attend the University of California, Riverside with a double major of Micro-

biology and Public Policy in order to become a research scientist tackling modern animal studies.

Julie Moreno participated in many clubs and made Honor Roll all four years. She will attend University of California, Irvine as a Biological Sciences major in her quest to become a gynecologist.

Alexis Randall has a desire to help children and finds inspiration in her mother who accomplished her goals through initiative and passion. She will attend California State University, Monterey Bay majoring in business and education with plans to become a special education teacher.

Ashley Rae Saucedo was active in her school community through various clubs and Student Council. She will attend Riverside City College as a Psychology major so she can be a child trauma specialist in the future.

Samantha Torres was an AP Scholar with Distinction, a Carson Scholar and received many honors. She was accepted into six universities and has chosen to attend USC (University of Southern California) with a major in Human Biology and then continue onto medical school.

The Soboba Foundation fully supports education and the pursuit of higher education of all students within the San Jacinto Valley.

“Their biggest emphasis should be on showing up,� he said. “During the summertime, there are a lot of distractions and showing up is hard, but it is rewarding. I hope to see how proud they are of themselves at the end of the program, knowing how much they’ve accomplished and how much they’ve grown.�

TANF Program Specialist Olga Gomez said WE LEAD offers career skills that will be valuable to the youth throughout their lives. “It’s a big deal to work with and for the Tribe,� she told them.

Victor Hurtado, 14, will be working at Noli Indian School where he is already spending time this summer in training for the football team he’ll be playing on as a freshman. “He did everything he was supposed to do to get the job,� said his mom, Kelli Hurtado, who is also Soboba Tribal Council Treasurer. “I hope he enjoys it and learns a lot.�

At the age of 13, Hurtado said she worked with a similar program – CIMC (California Indian Manpower Consortium) – and was a receptionist at Soboba’s Old Tribal Hall. “It is good to learn how to interact with others and that’s what I’m hoping for all the kids who signed up for this program,� she said.

Her son is looking forward to the experience and hopes to learn a lot from his supervisor, Andrea Helms, who works as a school resource officer for the reservation school’s campus. Victor will be the first youth to complete a work experience position there and will be setting an example for future summer employees at the

SCHEDULES: Victor Hurtado, left, schedules his work hours with supervisor Andrea Helms during their meeting during the WE LEAD Meet and Greet Luncheon on June 20 at the Soboba Reservation. | Photo: Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians Tribal

NOLI INDIAN SCHOOL: Kelli Hurtado, left and her son, Victor, 14, attended the WE LEAD Meet and Greet Luncheon on June 20. Victor is working at Noli Indian School through the end of July. | Photo: Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians Tribal

worksite.

Even before the Department Orientation Checklist for New Employees was completed by Will Booth, he shared some insights to the mechanic’s job that 14-year-old Francisca Rivera requested. “We’ll be doing fleet maintenance,� said Booth, an employee at Soboba Public Works for about five years. “She’s the first female to work in our department but it is becoming more and more common to see women in our industry.�

He said he enjoys teaching others about something he cares about, especially

TRAINING TIME: Francisca Rivera, 14, listens to Will Booth explain a little about the Public Works Department Fleet Maintenance job she signed up for through the WE LEAD work experience program. | Photo: Soboba Band of LuiseĂąo Indians Tribal

when they are as interested in learning as Francisca is. Booth said she will get more experience working in a variety of projects since his department uses the summer months to do major services on the fleet of Noli buses, Public Works and Public Safety equipment and machinery used by the Cultural Department’s Traditional Land Resource Management Crew.

Sisters Jasmine and Jayden Basquez are both new to the program and happy they have been placed at the Soboba Tribal Preschool. Jayden, 14, will work in the three-yearolds’ classroom alongside Melissa Arviso and Ana Garcia. “We are excited to have them both at the preschool,� Arviso said. “It’s always good to have extra hands to assist with the little ones.�

Jasmine, 16, has been assigned to the kindergarten classroom to work Cindy Lee and Antonia Venegas. “I like to help kids to experience new things and help them get to the next level,� Jasmine said. “It will be nice to work with the kids while I’m learning at the same time.�

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RIVERSIDE, CA.

Man Convicted of Repeatedly Raping Girl Whose Case Cost County Millions CNS | CONTRIBUTED

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Hemet man was convicted today of sexually assaulting a young girl dozens of times over a three-year period, during which she asked for help from authorities but didn’t get it, culminating in the victim becoming pregnant and suing a Riverside County agency.

A Riverside jury deliberated less than three hours before finding 30-year-old Deon Austin Welch guilty of 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child with a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation.

Welch is facing 230 years to life in state prison when he’s sentenced by Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz on Aug. 9 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

The defendant is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.

The defense rested Monday morning, after which closing arguments were made, and jurors were sent behind closed doors to weigh evidence from the two-week trial.

According to the prosecution, Welch preyed upon the girl, identified only as “J.H.,’’ beginning in 2014 when she was

11 years old. The assaults continued, unabated, until the last half of 2016, Deputy District Attorney Sean Oswill wrote in a trial brief.

Welch lived with the victim’s mother, Adrianna Dina Horowitz, who also had two young sons, and he began groping the girl when her mother was out of the apartment or asleep, Oswill said. The molestation escalated to forced rape and sodomy, according to the prosecutor.

He said that in March 2014, J.H. revealed to a family friend that Welch had been assaulting her, leading to an investigation and interview with a county forensic examiner, who was informed by the victim that she had been “raped multiple times by the defendant,’’ according to the brief.

However, a follow-up medical exam was cut short when Horowitz interfered with the process, and nothing conclusive could be determined, court papers state.

When Horowitz told Hemet police that Welch was no longer in the household and had relocated south of the border, the criminal investigation was shelved, Oswill said.

In October 2014, a Department of Public Social Services case worker interviewed J.H., who told the agent that the defen-

dant had returned to the apartment, at which point the agent met with Welch and Horowitz, without notifying Hemet police, according to Oswill.

“DPSS asked the defendant to sign off on a ‘safety plan’ they drafted, requesting he assist in supervision of the children while the mother stabilized on her medication,’’ according to the brief. “The only option left for the victim was to learn to accept the situation and survive. There was no way out and no place to run.’’

Oswill said case workers continued to visit the apartment over the next two years, and during that time, the victim denied she was being sexually abused. But in June 2016, the now-13-year-old girl was three months pregnant.

Horowitz took the child to a pediatric medical clinic and insisted that her daughter “was not sexually active, but also wanted her placed on birth control,’’ according to the brief.

When Horowitz asked clinical staff whether they could perform an abortion on J.H., police were notified, Oswill said.

During a September 2016 interview with a Hemet police investigator, J.H. “disclosed being raped at least 90 times by the defen-

dant,’’ the prosecutor wrote.

On Nov. 4, 2016, the 13-year-old gave birth, and the baby’s DNA was tested, resulting in confirmation that Welch was the father, according to Oswill.

Horowitz later admitted to police that her daughter may have attempted to tell her that Welch was sexually assaulting her, but she either couldn’t recall or tried to “block it out,’’ according to a tape played in court by the prosecution. Horowitz pleaded guilty in June 2018 to child abuse, perjury and accessory to a felony. She was sentenced to a year in jail and four years probation.

Welch was arrested in March 2017.

J.H. was appointed a guardian, who initiated a lawsuit against DPSS and the county on her behalf. That civil action led to a $10 million settlement for the victim last summer.

The case attracted extensive public attention, pointing to significant failings by the county’s child welfare apparatus. DPSS Director Susan von Zabern resigned in September, and county CEO George Johnson ordered a comprehensive review of practices and procedures within the agency, which had come under scrutiny previously for other well-publicized incidents.

BRIEFS LAKE ELSINORE

Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Ortega Crash Identified

A motorcycle passenger killed when two motorcyclists careened into stopped traffic on the Ortega (74) Highway near Lake Elsinore was identified today as a 51-year-old Corona resident.

Tina Coats was fatally injured about 10:50 a.m. Sunday in the area of El Cariso Village, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The victim was on the back of a 2008 Harley driven by 62-year-old Michael Zawicki of Corona, Officer Mike Lassig said.

According to Lassig, Zawicki was going west on the Ortega when he had to come to a complete stop because of a collision involving several cars.

As the motorcyclist and Coats sat on his idle bike, 60-year-old Faustino Ochoa of Aliso Viejo and 51-year-old Declan Kenny of San Clemente rounded a bend going west, heading toward the wreck -- Ochoa on his 2015 Yamaha motorcycle, and Kenny on his 2018 Ducati motorcycle, Lassig said.

He said both motorcyclists braked when they saw traffic stopped directly ahead of them, but one of the bikes struck the left side of the Harley, impacting Coats.

Both Ochoa and Kenny were injured. Zawicki was not hurt.

Riverside County Fire Department paramedics arrived within a few minutes and pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

Ochoa was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar for treatment of moderate injuries, but Kenny declined to be transported for treatment of minor injuries, according to Lassig.

The highway was shut down for an hour because of the crash, which remains under investigation.

RIVERSIDE

Felon Who Fired Gun During Road Rage Confrontation Sentenced A felon who shot at a Menifee motorist during a road rage confrontation, then led sheriff’s deputies on an eight-mile pursuit before making an unsuccessful attempt to flee on foot, was sentenced today to four years in state prison.

Cain Avalos Linares, 27, pleaded guilty in April to assault with a firearm, making criminal threats, felony evading and a sentence-enhancing allegation of firing a gun from a moving vehicle. In exchange for his admissions, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dropped charges of driving under the influence, possession of a banned weapon and being a convicted felon in possession of a gun.

Superior Court Judge David Gunn certified the terms of the plea agreement and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Moulton, the defendant became incensed during an encounter with another motorist at the intersection of Matthews and Palomar roads about 1:20 p.m. on Jan. 18. The circumstances were unclear, but Moulton said Linares pulled a gun and shouted threats at the victim, then fired a shot.

The motorist called 911, providing a description of the shooter and his vehicle. Moulton said a motorcycle unit spotted the car moments later in the area of Sherman Road and state Route 74, less than a mile west of where the confrontation occurred.

The deputy signaled Linares to stop, but he accelerated instead, heading south on city streets, well over the speed limit, according to the sergeant.

He said other deputies joined the pursuit, which went into the Heritage Lakes neighborhood, where the defendant drove off of paved streets and into the brush alongside the Salt Creek drainage canal at the south end of Menifee. Linares abandoned his car and fled into the canal carrying a rifle, Moulton said.

Deputies established a perimeter and initiated a search of the area, eventually locating Linares trying to hide east of Lindenberger Road. He was arrested without a struggle.

The rifle was found nearby, and inside the defendant’s vehicle, deputies seized a stolen handgun and other stolen goods, Moulton said.

According to court records, Linares has a prior conviction for possession of drugs for sale.

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Crime report throughout the San Jacinto Valley June 1 to June 7 HEMET

Sat. June 1 Burglary Commercial, 2500 Block W. Florida Ave. Robbery, 1500 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary Commercial, 1700 Block E. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 1200 Block Valencia Ave. Theft from Vehicle, 300 S. Carmalita St. Alcohol Violation, 1600 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft, 2100 Block Casita Ct. Alcohol Violation, 1300 Block E. Florida Ave. Alcohol Violation, 2500 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary Commercial, 200 Block N. San Jacinto St. Sun. June 2 Burglary Commercial, 500 Block E. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 500 Block N. Gilbert St. Grand Theft Auto, 300 Block S. Thompson St. Bicycle Theft, 500 Block Boston St. Alcohol Violation, 1100 Block E. Devonshire Ave. Assault, 600 Block E. Oakland Ave. Burglary Residential, 400 Block S. Harvard St. Grand Theft Auto, 3500 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary of Vehicle, 2000 Block W. Acacia Ave. Mon. June 3 Vandalism, 200 Block E. Devonshire Ave. Vandalism, 3500 Block W. Florida Ave. Burglary Commercial, 3000 Block W. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 600 Block S. Palm Ave. Vandalism, 300 Block Terry Ln. Unattended Death, 1100 Block Rosalia Ave. Theft from Vehicle, 2700 Block W. Devonshire Ave. Tues. June 4 Alcohol Violation, 3000 Block

W. Acacia Ave. Wed. June 5 Theft, Florida & Elk Theft from Vehicle, 1200 Block Cabrillo Dr. Weapons Violation, 300 Block Terry Ln. Theft, 3400 Block W. Florida Ave. Alcohol Violation, 200 Block N. Gilbert St. Grand Theft Auto, 300 Block Terry Ln. Grand Theft Auto, 3100 Block W. Fruitvale Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 2200 Block Woodberry Ave. Assault, 700 Block Augusta St. Theft, 2200 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft, 1300 Block W. Menlo Ave. Burglary of Vehicle, 600 Block Carson St. Burglary of Vehicle, 800 Block E. Fruitvale Ave. Thurs. June 6 Theft, 1700 Block W. Florida Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 300 Block N. State St. Burglary of Vehicle, 2100 Block E. Florida Ave. Vandalism, 4100 Block Park Ave. Theft from Vehicle, 1200 Block Rosalia Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 1100 Block W. Oakland Ave. Fri. June 7 Grand Theft Auto, 800 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft from Vehicle, Oakland & Alessandro Dr. Theft from Vehicle, 1400 Block Cabrillo Dr. Burglary Residential, 3000 Block W. Devonshire Ave. Burglary of Vehicle, 1600 Block W. Florida Ave. Theft from Building, 200 Block N. Gilbert St. Theft from Vehicle, 2100 Block W. Devonshire Ave. Grand Theft Auto, 200 Block Terry Ln. Theft, 3100 Block W. Florida Ave. Alcohol Violation, 200 Block N. Hamilton Ave.

SAN JACINTO

Sat. June 1 Breaking & Entering, 400 Block Shaver St. Sun. June 2 Breaking & Entering, 2500 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Mon. June 3 Breaking & Entering, E. Commonwealth Ave. Theft of Vehicle, 600 Block W. Esplanade Ave. Theft, 900 Block Las Rosas Dr. Theft from Vehicle, 1200 Block Reinhart St. Theft, 400 Block Idyllwild Dr. Theft, 1000 Block E. Park Ave. Theft, 900 Block S. Santa Fe Ave. Theft, 1700 Block S. Santa Fe Ave. Tues. June 4 Theft, 700 Block Shaver St. Disorder, 300 Block Sunflower Ln. Theft, 1800 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 900 Block W. Esplanade Ave. Theft of Vehicle, 800 Block E. Main St. Theft, 2900 Block Cherry Laurel Ln. Theft, 1700 Block Steinbeck Ave. Assault, 2400 Block Cottonwood Ave. Wed. June 5 Theft, 1400 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Breaking & Entering, 700 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Theft, 1800 Block S. San Jacinto Ave. Breaking & Entering, 400 Block W. Esplanade Ave. Thurs. June 6 *No Crime Report on this Day Fri. June 7 *No Crime Report on this Day

VALLE VISTA

Sat. June 1 Theft, 41900 Block Acacia Ave. Theft, Acacia Ave. & Soboba St. Theft, 26900 Block Meridian St.

In the process of developing the weekly Crime Report for Hemet, we utilize the CommunityCrimeMap.com webpage and for Valle Vista and San Jacinto, we employ the CrimeReports.com webpage to source our information. The City of Hemet Police Department and the San Jacinto Police/Riverside County Sheriff Department’s report their respective incidents of crime to these webpages from which we select the most serious crimes and attempt to reflect proportionality between cities as provided in FBI/UCR statistics. Occasionally however, these police agencies do not immediately report their crime incidents, at which time TVC weekly crime report lacks updated information for a given city for the period in question. We always try to be accurate with available crime information but rely on these sources that sometimes may be incomplete or nonexistent.

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VALLEY-WIDE

Valley-Wide All-Stars are Champions

Sport teams bring home trophies for Hemet & San Jacinto KYLE HEADLEE | STAFF WRITER

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f you ever talk to me about the local sports in the valley, you will know I’m a firm believer that this valley is rich in talent and it just doesn’t quite get the same exposure that some other cities across Southern California do. Well, the Valley-Wide All-Star teams sure made a dent in that last weekend with championship performances on the diamond.

Our girls 12U Softball team won the Inland Regional Championship with an impressive outing.

Shout out to the 15 girl roster, who played a spectacular tournament even though they were down a player. Players on the Girls Softball team include, Avilika Arana, Lucero Barreras, Priscilla Bidriezca, Felicity Bonilla, Kyeyera Cameron, Crystal Devore, Annalise Domenigoni, Jianna Esparaza, Reyna Garcia, Vanessa Garcia, Keilani Macintosh, Ellianna Pasley, Lillian Phelps, Rhiannon Rodriguez, and Miriam Manzo. The coaching staff of this team did an amazing job getting the girls ready to play, a special thanks goes out to them from Val-

SUMMER BASKETBALL

Gametime non-profit hosts summer basketball West Valley and Hemet High rivalry is still alive during summer vacation

BASEBALL: 14u Boys Baseball proved that they have what it takes. | Photo courtesy of Valley-Wide

ley-Wide, Tera Felipe, Rueben Felipe, Keith Brastisax, and Vanessa Felipe.

The 14U Baseball AllStar team got in on the action taking first place in the Southeast Region District Championship, showing all of the spectators that baseball in the San Jacinto Valley is the real deal and when they see our teams showing up to the games they should be scared of us. The boys roster included 13 players, Ritchie Flores, Steven Felipe, Ethan Medina, A.J. Ledesma, Gino Guiliano, Isaac Estanislao, Jose Gonzalez, Soowut Rodrigues, Dylan LaChappa, Donnelly Felix, Armando Avena, Fernando Ortiz, and Christian Tinoco. Valley-Wide would like to recognize the hard working coaching staff of the boys baseball team and thank them for all the time

SOFTBALL: The 12u Girls Softball Represented our valley! | Photo courtesy of Valley-Wide

and dedication they put in to it. Steve Felipe, Randy Medina, Sarah Ledesma, and Nicolas Ledesma.

Both teams proved last weekend that with hard work and determination you can fight through adversity to become a champion, the players on both All-Star teams get to look at those trophies and remember the great times they had during the season, the sweat of the long hard practices, sore shoulders, tired feet, grueling summer heat, and how it all paid off!

Valley-Wide has proven over the years that it’s the number one place to get your kids involved in recreational sports in our local valley, they have a great program backed by many amazing parent volunteers.

Valley-Wide does a great job weeding out the bad apples and encouraging the coaches that are there for the kids to come back. Many coaches teach the value of sportsmanship and love to train kids to become champions in everything they put their hands to.

Congratulations AllStars! Keep up the momentum and bring home another trophy! The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle salutes you.

KYLE HEADLEE | STAFF WRITER

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ametime is a non-profit organization that helps kids continue playing their sport all year long, during summer vacation, they take the initiative to organize and schedule basketball games for the local high schools to work on their game. The players don’t see these games as scrimmages or practices, the energy is intense and rivalries that exist during the school year are very much alive during these tournaments. The teams play on Tuesdays and Thursdays at various high schools around the valley, and it costs five dollars to get in to spectate.

On Tuesday evening, June 25th, 2019 the West Valley Mustangs and the Hemet High Bulldogs went at it and showed all the spectators why they are known to be one of the San Jacinto Valley’s biggest rivalries. Before the game started, it was all mutual respect between each other.

Childhood friends hugged, messed around, and talked about the good all days, up until the whistle blew.

Hemet won the tip-off and scored quickly from a Roman Swizek layup. West Valley’s Josh Edwards an-

RIVALRIES: Childhood friends Josh Edwards & Roman Swizek facing each other. | Photo by Kyle Headlee

swered back immediately with a bucket of his own.

There was a lot of energy at the beginning of the game. The referees had to hand out technical fouls to each team and encouraged them to quit the smack talk and play the game. The momentum started to shift West Valley’s way after that moment, and they took a commanding 13 point lead at half time. Hemet’s shots just weren’t falling that night, so their coach called a

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ON GAME: West Valley Sophomore Elijah Edwards with a beautiful layup. | Photo by Kyle Headlee

timeout and encouraged the team to start attacking the basket, getting put-backs, and fight for rebounds.

The new strategy from Hemet’s coach seemed to work, and the Bulldogs started to fight back from their 13 point deficit, West Valley needed to slow the ball down and try to waste as much time of the clock as possible, instead they decided they wanted to keep scoring the basketball and it almost cost them the game. A couple of questionable decision making and missed shots let the Bulldogs get into striking distance. The Mustangs were able to hold on to their lead and squeaked out a fourpoint victory 49-53.

If you love to watch basketball and are in the mood to watch some really awesome live competition Gametime is hosting a huge tournament this weekend at Tahquitz High School (4425 Titan Trail, Hemet, CA 92545) games start at 10:00 in the morning on Saturday, this is a two day tournament with over 30 teams showing up to play. There is a $10.00 gate fee to get in, but it is entirely worth every penny.

For more local sports updates follow Author KyleRaeHeadlee on Instagram, where I will be posting pictures/ scores and scouting reports for our local high school athletes.

If you have any questions, I’m always available at VCsportsKyle@gmail.com.

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PETS WORLD

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GROOMING

Local Professional Offers Tips to Care for Pets

Importance of Grooming and Caring Properly for Your Furry Friends

FIDEL VILLALOBOS III | STAFF WRITER

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s the intense summer heat begins, the chances of your pet dog or cat developing an issue anywhere on their body increases.

Many factors can contribute to the poor health and hygiene of your furry friends.

I spoke with Morgan, who works at a local pet and grooming shop in Hemet. She grooms dogs, cats, and also clips the nails of small animals, such as guinea pigs and hamsters. She also provides mudbath services and coat butter services that are not very common.

Morgan, 26, has been grooming pets since the age of 13. She spoke to me about the significant difference she noticed between bathing pets at home and bringing them into a professional groomer. Many of us may have bathed our pets at home and let them air dry.

However, this can cause a variety of problems for them.

“At home, air drying can grow yeast, provoke bacteria, dryness, itchiness, and rashes.” Due to this, Morgan highly recommends bringing your

...be the extra set of eyes and ears for the customers, to help watch their pet” MORGAN

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animals to be groomed professionally, at least every 2-3 months. As a professional, she noted that her favorite tool is the blow dryer, “We have been able to catch so many abscesses, fleas, ticks, foxtails, burns, and even snakebites,” says Morgan, regarding the effect of using blow dryers. Of these findings, foxtails have been, by far, the most prevalent cause of ailments and injuries. With the summer already officially upon us, she described the severity of foxtails and the dangers they pose to our pets.

Many cases have appeared where foxtails are lodged in the fur and skin of dogs. In many of these cases, the owners are not even aware of the foxtails, and wouldn’t have known about them if they did not groom their pet. Recently, Morgan groomed a dog that came into the shop, that happened to have a foxtail stuck in its nose. Sneezing endlessly, she turned the animal over

AN ENEMY: Foxtails pose many threats to our pets. | Photo by Fidel Villalobos III

to a veterinarian. The foxtail had traveled deep into the dog’s nose, and unfortunately, caused a brain tumor.

I can personally relate to these nasty foxtails wreaking havoc. I am the owner of an American Pitbull Terrier named Luke. A few years ago, he got a foxtail wedged between the toes of one of his paws. After a day of constant licking and biting into his paw, we took him to the vet. He needed immediate surgery to remove the foxtail.

The first surgery failed to remove it, and after another few days of licking his paw, we took him in for another surgery. The doctors were able to remove a piece of foxtail and had to place a tube through his paw in order to allow excess fluids to drain. A few days after his second surgery, he ferociously chewed at his paw, eventually pulling out the giant foxtail himself, and ending the chaos. He now has the battle scar down his front paw, a sign of the seriousness and severity of these tiny troublemakers.

Aside from the foxtails, the heat can take a toll on the body of your dogs and cats. Morgan groomed a cat that had a burn on its skin that the owner did not know about. A dog she groomed also had bleeding pads, after walking on the scorching cement for extended periods.

If your pet has thicker fur, or a greater amount of it, taking them into a groomer every few months is ideal. If you want to care for your pet at home, Morgan recommends brushing your pet, getting all of the

MY FRIEND: Fidel Villalobos III’s American Pitbull Terrier ‘Luke’ before his surgery. | Photo by Fidel Villalobos III dead hair off of their body. Not only will it prevent matting, knots, and poor hygiene, but it will help them stay cool.

The benefits of seeing a groomer are plentiful. Morgan loves her job, saying it allows her to, “...be the extra set of eyes and ears for the customers, to help watch their pet”.

Before taking your pet to be groomed, it is encouraged to do research, read reviews of the groomer, and even take your pet in to meet the groomer, before actually being

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Hopefully, after reading this story, you can better care for the furry friends that bring happiness and love into your life.

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EDUCATION

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From Sailing to Selling Homes Frank has become a licensed Real Estate Agent

KYLE HEADLEE | STAFF WRITER

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rank Donley graduated from San Jacinto High School in 2011, almost immediately he enlisted to serve our nation as a member of the Navy. In high school Frank was the starting pitcher on the baseball team, One of his former coaches said, “He was an all around great player, could catch behind the plate and do anything you asked of him. Very coachable, great team player, and amazing leader.” Frank joined the Navy to serve his country and get the opportunity to see the world, While enlisted he earned three Navy Achievement medals and was awarded

Junior Sailor of the Year for his ship USS Bainbridge DDG96. Frank served out his enlistment contract and re enlisted in the Navy Reserves to continue to serve his country. He plans on spending the next 13 years as a reserve, just in case his country needs him.

Frank is engaged to the love of his life Elizabeth Keat, together they have twin boys and they are adding another crew member to their family in August. Frankie Ray, Bryce Jose, and Riley are Frank’s world and he would do anything for them.

Since leaving active duty Frank has become an entrepreneur in his own right and a licensed real estate agent. He has taglined the phrase “Sail or Sell Homes” which plays on the fact that he is still in the Navy and will always be a Sailor at heart.

SAIL OR SELL HOMES: From Sailor to Seller. | Photo courtesy of Frank Donley Frank can’t wait for his boys to be old enough to play baseball so he can start coaching them and building memories

that will last a lifetime. He doesn’t just want to coach his boys, Frank has a heart to become an influencer for the val-

ley and encourage the youth to stay out of the streets, he will do this through coaching of various sports and encouraging kids to have a good work ethic. This is just one of the many ways Frank plans on helping out the youth in Hemet and San Jacinto.

Do you know a graduate of one of the schools in the Valley that is doing great things?

Whether it be running a business, charity work, furthering their education, serving their country, or something else and would like to nominate them to be the Alumni Highlight of the week? You can Email me at Vcsportskyle@gmail.com and tell me a little about them.

Make sure to include a contact number and a photo of them. I look forward to hearing about all the great people in this valley and sharing them with all of the readers.

MSJC

A New Opportunity for First Time, Full Time Mt. San Jacinto College To Launch Tuition-Free Promise Program quirements for the new program.

Those interested in the MSJC Promise program and enrolling at MSJC can learn more at www. msjc.edu/free.

Those interested must first apply for admission at MSJC offices or through their website address: msjc.edu/apply. Then apply for and join the First-Year Experience program.

Eligibility is contingent on the following factors. Applicants must:

CHRIS MILLON | STAFF WRITER

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ne of the many obstacles students face with higher education is the financial viability of pursuing that instruction. Scholarships and loans aside, there aren’t many alternatives for educational backing for students.

Student loans and competitive programs offered through accredited collegiate systems often make it difficult and increase the hardships of those seeking educational opportunities.

The Public Information and Marketing Office of Mt. San Jacinto College released information about a potential community solution. Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 26,000 students in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula.

Accompanying it’s new term, Fall 2019 registration which opens in July and the semester beginning Aug. 12, is the new MSJC Promise Program.

Mt. San Jacinto College introduces a new program beginning this Fall 2019 semester to assist first time, full time students in tuition expenses. The MSJC Promise program provides free tuition to first-time, full-time students. More importantly, it provides an opportunity to overcome those financial

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water has been below the positive test level for two weeks.

There are multiple factors that can cause algae to grow, such as warm water temperature, calm conditions, and certain nutrients in the water. Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) naturally occurs in lakes and can grow very rapidly to become an algal bloom.

What are signs of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)?

MSJC: Launch Tutuion Free Program. | Courtesy Photo barriers.

Dr. Roger W. Schultz, the Superintendent and President of Mt. San Jacinto Community College, shares students concerns. “We know that tuition can be a major financial barrier that prevents people from attending college,” said Dr. Schultz, “The MSJC Promise will remove that obstacle for incoming students who qualify. We urge students to take advantage of this great program to earn a high-quality college education tuition free at MSJC.”

When it comes to the community, programs like the MSJC Promise Program are there to benefit residents. By helping the community gain access to quality educational resources, one is molding the lives of prospective students as well as creating a platform for disadvantaged individuals to develop new disciplines. The MSJC Promise has created a door for community residents to succeed.

“We are doing what we can to help provide all residents of our communities more access to quali-

ty higher education we offer at Mt. San Jacinto College, whether we’re providing free tuition or campuses closer to where our students live and work,” Schultz said. “We are committed to providing higher education that improves the quality of our students’ lives. We will continue to look for additional avenues to help make MSJC even more accessible to our communities.”

Mt. San Jacinto Public Information and Marketing Office listed in its Press Release the eligibility re-

• Small blue-green, green, white, or brown particles in the water • Streaks in the water that look like spilled paint • Mats, scum, or foam at the surface or along the shoreline • Can have an odor described as gasoline, septic, or fishy What are the Dangers?

• Some algal blooms can produce toxins that are harmful to people and pets • Dogs and small children are most likely to be affected by HABs due to their smaller body size and probability to play in

the water for longer periods • Exposure to toxic cyanobacteria, can cause eye, nose, mouth or throat irritation, headache, allergic skin rash, mouth ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea, and coldand flu-like symptoms

borne and be inhaled.

• People can also be exposed to toxins by eating shellfish and fish from affected water bodies.

• Dogs or other animals can become ill if they eat scum or mats in the water or on the shore, drink the water, or lick their fur after going into the water.

How can I be exposed to algal toxins?

• People can be exposed to the toxins during swimming or other water contact and when they accidentally swallow lake water.

• During waterskiing and jet-skiing, the toxins can become air-

What precautions should I take if I see a potential HAB? • Follow all posted advisories • Stay away from algae and scum in the water and on shore

• Be a California resident or exempt group • Have a high school diploma or GED • Be a first-time college student (no transfer units) • Apply for FAFSA or California Dream Act Application • Be enrolled in and complete at least 12 units per term in the Fall and Spring semesters • Take English and Math in the first year • Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA while at MSJC All applications will be reviewed and considered on a first-come, first-served basis depending on the availability of funds. Fall 2019 registration opens in July and the semester begins Aug. 12.

MSJC asks that those seeking additional information on getting started, call (951) 639-5313.

• Watch children and pets closely • Do not let pets and other animals go into the water, drink the water, or eat scum and algal accumulations on the shore • Do not drink the water or use it for cooking • Wash yourself, your family, and your pets with clean water after water play • If you fish, throw away guts and clean fillets with tap water or bottled water before cooking • Avoid eating shellfish from affected areas

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FAITH & RELIGION

Friday | June 28 - July 4 | 2019

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An experience many would love to have

CEREMONY: Being Baptized in The Jordan River. | Courtesy Photo

Houston Texans Start Quarterback Baptised In The Jordan River KYLE HEADLEE | STAFF WRITER

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eshaun Watson is a Pro-bowl football player, he is entering his third year in the league and many are already talking about how he might be the number one Quarterback in the NFL. This summer he decided to tackle a different part of his life and connect with God on a deeper level. Deshaun Watson was joined by his Quarterback Coach Quincy Avery. While in Israel they got to experience many things that a lot of christians dream of being able to see.

This journey for Deshaun was about growth and reconnecting his relationship with God and the baptism serves as a public declaration of his faith for the rest of the world to see. He let his 1 million instagram followers in on the fun, going live during the baptism so everyone could experience the moment with him.

While on the trip Deshaun got to swim in the Sea of Galilee (The body of water where Jesus called Peter a “Fisher of men”) A surreal experience since many of the bible stories you grow up learning about take place either on the Sea of Galilee or around it. He got to see “Jesus’ hometown” and take a tour of it, also got to see where Mary Magdalene grew up. “This is a part of the world which gets a lot of attention internationally, and this is a chance for me to look beyond the headlines and learn more about the history and culture of this land,” Deshaun said about his time in Israel, He was asked what it meant to him and he said, “I have been blessed to visit many countries around the world, but the chance to visit the Holy Land, see the sites and meet the people of this special place, truly is a special blessing and an amazing opportunity.”

Deshaun Watson also got to

BIBLE TRIVIA 1. Is the book of 2 Thessalonians in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. Whom did God not allow to build a temple, as he had been a man of war? David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Jesse 3. In Proverbs 6:6, where/what should lazy people go to for wisdom?

Mountaintop, Temple, Priest, The ant

5. In Revelation 20, what is the eternal home for those not written in the book of life? Whirlwinds, Lake of fire, Underworld, Exile 6. Who was the father of Gershom? Adam, Noah, Moses, David

BIBLE WORD ANSWER

FOOTBALL: Deshaun Watson doing what he loves. | Courtesy Photo see one of the oldest churches/temples that we know of.

The highlight of the trip for Deshaun Watson was being baptized in the same waters that Jesus was baptized in (Matthew 3:14), for many christians this would be something that they would love to experi-

ence and Deshaun knows how meaningful this event was for him. he told a radio station, “To be baptized in the waters of the Jordan River, sail on the Sea of Galilee, I am truly in awe of this wonderful land and the wonderful people who live here.”

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Mary Catherine Garberson Hernandez

James Singleton

March 29, 1937 - June 19, 2019

December 23, 1939 - June 22, 2019

Mary Catherine Garberson Hernandez departed peacefully from this earth on Wednesday, June19th around 4:22 in the evening. Her spirit lives on and into the next chapter of the universe.

Mary’s family was originally from Scotland and Germany. She was born in Harvey, Illinois on March 29th 1937 to her parents Max and Catherine Lenke.

Mary was a passionate Aries.

In 1958, Mary had a beautiful daughter named Karla and they later moved from Chicago to Hemet, Ca where Mary then pursued a position in jewelry sales and did some fashion modeling as well. Mary was a wonderful artist, she liked to sketch and had a true talent for styling hair and a keen sense of style. She eventually owned her own hair salon called “The Hair Boutique.”

Mary’s smile would light up an entire room! She was a radiant woman who sparkled from head to toe, absolutely gorgeous down to every detail and even her nails were always the talk of the town! Mary was creative, loved to dance, and always listened to music and had a knack for naming and memorizing the words to all the songs.

Her husband and partner of 30 years is Hank Hernandez. Hank treated Mary like a queen every day of her life, spoiling her and making sure that she had the best life possible in every way. Together they traveled to many places, enjoyed cruises, and country western dancing with their many friends. If one could define Mary with a word it would be “fun.” She was always the life of the party with her soulmate Hank, and together they stunned and enjoyed life together in their fashionable country western threads.

Mary and her Granddaughter Emily had a very special, unbreakable bond, and connection. They spent a great deal of time together, and talked almost every day.

Mary Catherine was a goddess - unique and unlike any other person. She always had jokes and a sarcastic witty sense of humor. She was undeniably her authentic self and well-respected in her community. We will honor and remember Mary for the rest of our lives.

Mary is survived by her husband Hank, daughter Karla Sue, granddaughters Emily and Lydia, great granddaughter Josie, as well as many more friends and family members. For any sympathy or condolences please contact Emily or Hank.

Robert Weidemann April 28, 1955 - May 30, 2019

Robert (Bob) Otto Weidemann, age 64, passed away on May 30, 2019 after a long struggle with esophageal cancer. Born on April 28, 1955 to Robert and Jeannette Weidemann in Camden, New Jersey, they moved to California in his youth. He en- joyed camping, fishing and his 4-H activities.

Bob attended UCR where he attained a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Economics and Biology. On he went to Cal State San Bernardino where he earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration.

He started his banking career with Security Pacific Nat’l Bank. He also worked for El Dorado Bank and finally California Bank & Trust. He finished his career in Palm Desert where he was a senior vice president and manager for 30 years.

Bob was a Charter Member of the Hemet Breakfast Exchange Club. Recently he was a member of the Hemet Sportsman’s Club.

Bob is survived by his wife, Julie; 2 daughters, Amy (Zachary) Freeman and Christina Johnson; son, Andrew Weidemann; 5 grandsons, Cole, Logan, Ethan, Matthew and Dylan. Also 2 sisters, Louise (Ron) Milner and Laura (Allen) Hibbs; brother Fred (Laura) Weidemann as well as Uncle Arthur (Joan) Nied, cousins, nephews, nieces and our pet Buckwheat. Proceeding Bob in death were his parents.

Bob was known for his love of the outdoors. Many knew him as “Trail Boss Bob” as he would organize outings (mostly camping trips) for his family and friends. Fishing was his passion and he was so proud when he caught a 255 lb. halibut in Alaska. He also was a collector; among his collections are antique bottles, license plates, insulators, coins and stamps. He loved a good garage sale.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, July 6th at 5PM at Hemet Valley Mortuary located at 403 N. San Jacinto St., Hemet, California 92543. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hemet Sportsman’s Club, 43430 E. Florida Ave., Suite F, PMB 252, Hemet, California 92544.

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On June 22nd, James Singleton, loving husband, father grandfather, brother passed away at Hemet Valley Medical Center surrounded by his family.

Jim was born on December 23, 1939 In England. He was the son of the late James Singleton and the late Annie (Eddleston) Singleton. His family emigrated to the US in 1979. Jim had a Training & Communication business and was a motivational speaker. He also ran Angels of the Valley Senior Home Care with his wife and daughter Beverley. Jim was also a member of the Sun City Lawn Bowling Club and the Hemet Lawn Bowling Club.

He loved soccer and cricket, both he played in England and the US, watched soccer every chance he got. James and Sylvia had 59 years of marriage and are eternally grateful for the Love and support offered to them in this difficult time.

He is survived by his wife Sylvia, his daughter Beverley, grandchildren Colin, Annie and Gwen. Brother’s Ralph, Walter and David.

Our thanks go out to all the ICU nurses and Physicians at Hemet Valley Medical Center, who took care of him, you were incredible.

He is now with the Angels.

Please remember Jim by making memorial contributions to https://bestfriends.org/ There will be a celebration of Jim’s life on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Miller-Jones Mortuary Hemet, at 11:00 AM. A reception will follow at the Ramona Room.

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A Ballooning Independence Day BOB FRANKEN | COLUMNIST

Let’s not get too excited over the plans of the protesters to bring over the hilarious “Baby Trump” balloon from London and put it aloft during the president’s Independence Day speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

First of all, shouldn’t we remember the nation from whom we declared independence? Duh! July Fourth celebrates the selfevident truth that 243 years ago the founders declared they were cutting the cord with England. So why would we import anything from there for use on the Fourth? Besides, do you know the chances that our customs people would allow that illegal alien balloon through our ports if it tried to sneak in? The Brits would say chances are nil. We might describe it as, uh, a fat chance. Americans: Where is your entrepreneurial spirit? Shouldn’t someone in the U.S. of A. make plans right now to mass produce our own Baby Trumps? Or at the very least, shouldn’t we follow the normal corporate model and manufacture them in China — just like some MAGA hats are. (At least they are right now; we don’t know if they’d be covered if Trump really did level more tariffs on China.)

This entire discussion is based on the announced in-

tention for POTUS to take the traditional July Fourth concert and fireworks display in Washington, 40 years’ worth of tradition, and stir things up a bit. No one can stir things up like Donald Trump can, and that would seem to be the point.

His main change would be making a speech from the Lincoln Memorial, featuring who else but The Donald? It might also feature his hordes of supporters chanting “Lock her up!,” “Build that wall!” and other patriotic favorites. Protesters could respond by chanting “In prison!,” quoting their founding mother Nancy Pelosi. All of these changes require planning, months of preparation. Oh wait, it’s the Trumpster we’re talking about here. He’s allergic to planning. So with little time left, the security people, the transportation people, the PortaJohn people and all the logistical people are being instructed to wing it. They can only hope that the multitudes will stay away in droves because it looks like the whole spectacle will fill lots of cluster trucks. Even if his address is delivered to a teeny tiny audience, Trump will claim it’s the biggest crowd ever for a presidential speech on July Fourth at the Lincoln Memorial, which is probably true since no other president has ever made one at the Lincoln Memorial.

Abe himself did make a speech in 1863, but it was from

a second-floor window of the White House. And he made his remarks on July 7. But he talked about the importance of July Fourth.

Someone decided that it counted. By now, you have probably learned more about presidential Independence Day speeches than you ever wanted to know. But clearly, this one will cause your juices to flow, as will Trump’s anger at the “fake news media” who reported that only a few dozen people showed up. Most of them were celebrating “unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” by going to the beach to pursue happiness. Many of those who remained in D.C. would exercise their unalienable right to fly their Baby Trump balloon.

Bob Franken is an Emmy Award-winning reporter who covered Washington for more than 20 years with CNN.

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The work of a global professional services firm hired nearly four years ago to initiate reforms intended to net lower expenses and greater efficiencies in Riverside County government officially ended today with executives boasting of major savings to the county but emphasizing the need for ongoing leadership to keep the reforms on track.

“I genuinely believe the critical issue for you going forward is accountability,’’ KPMG partner Ian McPherson told the Board of Supervisors.

“You have to hold people to the proper performance regime and develop a performance culture.’’

Netherlands-based KPMG was retained in October 2015 to conduct an audit of public safety agencies to determine where operations were deficient.

At the urging of the Executive Office, the firm’s scope of services

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expanded just over six months later to include hands-on implementation of pilot projects to change the way the Sheriff’s and Probation departments, and the District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s offices, do business.

General government agencies were added to the reformation plan, including the Facilities Management, Behavioral Health and Public Social Services departments.

KPMG’s total contract was close to $42 million. However, final outlays cited today showed the aggregate payout totaling $35.2 million.

McPherson and KPMG Government Affairs Manager Bill Zizic told the board that more than 50,000 pages of documents were produced as part of the company’s work, culminating in 250 recommendations for changes in policies and practices.

The Executive Office estimated the firm’s efforts yielded $100.9 million in savings -- seven-eighths in public safety alone -- to the coun-

ty over the last four fiscal years, including the current one, which ends June 30. Projected future annual savings will likely total $11.5 million, officials said.

McPherson said the County Performance Unit, run by the Executive Office, is vital to maintaining data-driven results.

“There has to be policing of the system, consistency of approach,’’ he said. “Does this policy and department head reflect where we want to be?

Or, are our policies only serving the bureaucracy? Performance is critical.’’

McPherson said further that clear communication from county leadership is required because “mixed messaging will make people keep their heads down.’’

“Be consistent in supporting individuals who want to make a difference and add value to the organization,’’ he said.

Board Chairman Kevin Jeffries

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There has to be policing of the system, consistency of approach.

Does this policy and department head reflect where we want to be?

Or, are our policies only serving the bureaucracy? Performance is critical.’’

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U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California illegally used campaign money to finance romantic flings with lobbyists and congressional aides, spending thousands of dollars on meals, cocktails and vacations, federal prosecutors say.

A government court filing late Monday detailed allegations about the married Republican congressman’s affairs with five women following an indictment last year charging Hunter and his wife with misspending more than $200,000 in campaign funds on trips and other personal expenses.

Margaret Hunter, who served as campaign chairwoman for her husband, pleaded guilty this month to one count of corruption and agreed to testify against her husband.

In the new motion, prosecutors reconstructed the congressman’s alleged clandestine lifestyle with precision, providing times when he arrived and departed after liaisons and listing a wide range of expenses he represented as campaign-related activity, such as paying for dates with a woman who had become his lover shortly after she started working in his office.

He used his campaign treasury for even seemingly incidental purchases — a $7 beer at a hotel bar while on a ski trip and an Uber ride after a liaison with another lobbyist in October 2015.

The congressman has said he is the target of politically motivated prosecutors. His lawyer, Gregory Vega, didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment about the new court filing.

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It came the same day Hunter’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the search and seizure of his congressional records violated the Constitution.

Vega wrote that the Constitution does not place members of Congress above the law but does “protect them from prosecution for their legislative activities and from having to disclose legislative records, absent their consent.”

In an interview with Fox News last year, the six-term congressman said his campaign made mistakes, that he gave his wife power of attorney when he deployed as a Marine to Iraq in 2003 and that she handled his finances during his last five terms in office.

The government’s filing suggested that Hunter tapped into campaign funds because he had no other source of money to bankroll his romantic relationships.

During a weekend ski trip with a lobbyist, his personal bank account had a negative balance and he had been hit with $33 fees six times for overdrawing the account, prosecutors said.

“Given the pronounced financial difficulties the Hunters were facing, his use of campaign funds to pursue these relationships was necessary for Hunter to satisfy his desire for intimacy,” prosecutors wrote.

The filing provided a look into a string of his alleged relationships and an accounting of campaign funds that were spent. Among them: — Sometime after April 2009, shortly after coming to Congress,

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o much has been ardently argued in favor and against the decriminalization/legalization of marijuana that it has become difficult for an individual to decide which argument fits his or her moral compass.

On the one hand, during our upbringing, some of us learned that to consume cannabis is sinful and illegal; that if we violated this rule, we would be condemned to eternal damnation and incarcerated to boot, and that we would necessarily graduate to harder drugs when marijuana eventually lost its appeal. Some paid little or no attention to these threats and smoked pot at every opportunity anyway.

For several generations now, we have been surrounded by black and white men and women and people of all sexual persuasions and social status that illegally and routinely have b e e n c o n suming pot even out in the open.

Those who advocate for the legal sale of marijuana contend that to moderately use the weed is not harmful to one’s health.

On the contrary, that the byproducts derived from the weed are helpful in curing or at least alleviating certain ailments and that to continue outlawing the legal marketing of marijuana is even contrary to the concepts of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

The state of California and several other states have decriminalized marihuana

ABOUT WHAT IS FAIR Dear Editor, So I can understand this: If your parents break the law to get you into college you should be expelled from school, they should be indicted, charged and convicted of a felony and may serve some time in jail.

ALTHOUGH If your parents break the law to get you into the country: You should be given a FREE education, healthcare on the American taxpayer’s dime and EVERYONE should be given AMNESTY. Maxine Connor, Hemet

CLEARING THE AIR Dear Editor, My readers have been approaching me non-stop over the past two weeks regarding the this newspaper. I would like to set the record straight. WE ARE A BRAND NEW PAPER AND OUR NAME IS “THE HEMET – SAN JACINTO CHRONICLE. We have new owners and are a brand new paper in the valley and not to be construed with any previous publication.

In my 50 plus years of writing I have never written for a publisher so dedicated truth optisim in local news. The policy of the Hemet – San Jacinto Chronicle is to explore the wealth of information and talent in the valley and to bring the community together in a voice that reflects the goodness of our citizens and their lives.

As for myself and my employment with the Hemet-San Jacinto Chronicle, I am as happy as a hog on ice, as we used to say in the hollers of West Virginia where I grew up.

I am dedicated to continue writing about the positive things in our community and not be a toady to any organization or political entity, but I promise to 1either. Cece founded and owns the California Holistic Chamber of Commerce. Don’t bother to always be open to investigate wrong-doing in government when I have solid evidence and not just rumor or hearsay.

Remember the Hemet-San Jacinto Chronicle is your ONLY local newspaper.

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from B1 was a steadfast opponent of the KPMG contract from the outset, believing the money spent on the reformation enterprise should have been allocated to bulking up the sheriff’s workforce.

Former Sheriff Stan Sniff also passionately contested the firm’s involvement in administrative and line operations, sparking confrontations between him and several supervisors, particularly former Supervisor John Tavaglione.

Sniff gave KPMG a failing

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from B1 Hunter became romantically involved with a lobbyist and began staying at her home while occasionally spending campaign funds for food and beverages, prosecutors said.

— In January 2010, Hunter flew to Reno, Nevada, ostensibly to attend a convention for a nonprofit group. After a brief stop at the convention, Hunter and a lobbyist headed for a ski resort near Lake Tahoe,

for recreational and medical use even though the federal government continues to outlaw it. The US Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can prosecute violations of applicable federal laws even in states that have decriminalized marijuana.

While legalization is first enacted at a state level, individual municipalities define the rules and regulations for how a cannabis dispensary can operate within their borders.

The San Jacinto City Council, in their most recent meeting unanimously endorsed cannabis cultivation and sale by a 4 – 0 vote.

Concern was made patent up until the last vote as to how many sites would be allowed, at which time 8 dispensaries and an equal amount of sites for cultivation were permitted. There are 3900 acres of land for cultivation but due to infrastructure, utilities, and buildings the actual acreage for this purpose may be less than half.

Some corners in the United States theorize that illegal cultivation of marijuana coupled with huge quantities of contraband coming from Mexico and other countries will be reduced or eliminated by decriminalizing cannabis, allowing its free sale and consumption without legal hindrance of any kind.

City Council members in municipalities throughout California are presently grappling with this thorny issue. Some arguments against decriminalization are based on moral issues that seem to be unmovable while others support their position in favor of legalization based solely on the amount of taxes to be collected. The management of these new monies will be the subject of another column.

Only time will tell which approach is accurate.

grade in 2017 for efforts to reorient patrol operations at the Hemet station, which the career lawman said drove up overtime expenses. However, McPhersona and Zizic said Tuesday that at least one station -- Jurupa Valley -- had benefited from the firm’s efficiency recommendations, improving patrol response times and getting sergeants out of offices and back on the streets.

“We’ve had a rocky relationship with your team over the last four years,’’ Jeffries said. “But I have to admit, you found what we wouldn’t have if it had been left up

to us. There’s a great deal of transformation underway, and KPMG is part of that transformation.’’

Supervisor Jeff Hewitt, who was elected last November to fill the seat left open by the retirement of Marion Ashley, acknowledged that he had made KPMG a “whipping post’’ during his campaign, arguing against the contract expenditures.

But he said some of the firm’s findings shed light on financial and operational issues important to the county.

Supervisor Chuck Washington said he had been awakened, thanks to KPMG,

to how some county agencies operate like “silos,’’ not working toward the common good of the county.

“Unless we follow through on what you have recommended, we will not realize the full potential of the efficiencies you found,’’ the supervisor said.

McPherson said KPMG would make itself available to the county for future assistance, in quarterly meetings with the Executive Office, or by phone and email anytime with agency heads. He did not mention the need for retainer payments as part of that assistance.

where they spent the weekend skiing and ordering room service, according to the filing. Prosecutors said Hunter used campaign funds to rent the car, pay the hotel tab and fly back to Washington.

— In August 2012, while attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Hunter began a romantic relationship with a woman who worked for a member of the House leadership. Hunter later began staying at her home “nearly every night,” pros-

ecutors said. He used campaign funds for cocktails and Uber rides.

— On Sept. 14, 2016, Hunter and another lobbyist engaged in “intimate personal activities unrelated to Hunter’s campaign,” prosecutors said. He used campaign funds to pay for an Uber to return to his office the next morning.

Prosecutors said evidence about the congressman’s affairs is necessary to “demonstrate Hunter’s ... intent to break the law and to establish his motive to embezzle

from his campaign.”

Alluding to the motion to dismiss the charges, prosecutors wrote that the “sequence of romantic liaisons is so far removed from any legitimate campaign or congressional activity as to rebut any argument that Hunter believed these were proper uses of campaign funds.”

Hunter was re-elected by Southern California’s most Republican congressional district last year despite the indictment. His trial is set for Sept. 10.

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NASA to open moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions Certainly the anniversary increased the awareness and the fact that we’re going back to the moon.

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Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched.

The restricted lab is home to hundreds of pounds of moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts close to a half-century ago. And for the first time in decades, NASA is about to open some of the pristine samples and let geologists take a crack at them with 21st-century technology.

What better way to mark this summer’s 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on the moon than by sharing a bit of the lunar loot.

“It’s sort of a coincidence that we’re opening them in the year of the anniversary,” explained NASA’s Apollo sample curator Ryan Zeigler, covered head to toe in a white protective suit with matching fabric boots, gloves and hat.

“But certainly the anniversary increased the awareness and the fact that we’re going back to the moon.”

With the golden anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s feat fast approaching — their lunar module Eagle landed July 20, 1969, on the Sea of Tranquility — the moon is red-hot again.

After decades of flip-flopping between the moon and Mars as the next big astronaut destination, NASA aims to put astronauts on the lunar surface again by 2024 at the White House’s direction. President Donald Trump prefers talking up Mars. But the consensus is that the moon is a crucial proving ground given its relative proximity to home — 240,000 miles (386,000 kilometers) or two to three days away.

Zeigler’s job is to preserve what the 12 moonwalkers brought back from 1969 through 1972 — lunar samples totaling 842 pounds (382 kilograms) — and ensure scientists get the best possible samples for study.

Some of the soil and bits of rock were vacuum-packed on the moon — and never exposed to Earth’s atmosphere — or frozen or stored in gaseous helium following splashdown and then left untouched. The lab’s staff is now trying to figure out how best to remove the samples from their tubes and other containers without contaminating or spoiling anything. They’re practicing with mock-up equipment and pretend lunar dirt.

Compared with Apollo-era tech, today’s science instruments are much more sensitive, Zeigler noted.

“We can do more with a milligram than we could do with a gram back then. So it was really good planning on their part to wait,” he said.

The lunar sample lab has two side-by-side vaults: one for rocks still in straight-from-the-moon condition and a smaller vault for samples previously loaned out for study. About 70 percent of the original haul is in the pristine sample vault, which has two combinations and takes two people to unlock. About 15 percent is in safekeeping at White Sands in New Mexico. The rest is used for research or display.

Of the six manned moon landings, Apollo 11 yielded the fewest lunar samples: 48 pounds or 22 kilograms. It was the first landing by astronauts and NASA wanted to minimize their on-the-moon time and risk. What’s left from this mission — about three-quarters after scientific study, public displays and goodwill gifts to all countries and U.S. states in 1969 — is kept mostly here at room temperature.

Armstrong was the primary rock collector and photographer. Aldrin gathered two core samples just beneath the surface during the 2 1/2-hour moonwalk. All five subsequent Apollo moon landings had longer stays. The last three — Apollo 15, 16 and 17 — had rovers that significantly upped the sample collection and coverage area.

“Fifty years later, we’re still learning new things ... incredible,” said the lab’s Charis Krysher, holding a clear acrylic marble embedded with chips of Apollo 11 moon rock in her gloved hand.

By studying the Apollo moon rocks, Zeigler said, scientists have determined the ages of the surfaces of Mars and Mercury, and established that Jupiter and the solar system’s other big outer planets likely formed closer to the sun and later migrated outward.

“So sample return from outer space is really powerful about learning about the whole solar system,” he said.

Andrea Mosie, who’s worked with the Apollo moon rocks for 44 years and was a high school intern at Johnson Space Center in July 1969, remembers the Polaroid photos and handwritten notes once accompanying each sample. She sometimes gets emotional when talking to children about the moonshots and does her best to dispel any notion that the rocks aren’t from the moon and the lunar landings never happened.

“The samples are right here and they’re still in a pristine state,” she assures young skeptics.

Most of the samples to be doled out over the next year were collected in 1972 during Apollo 17, the final moonshot and the only one to include a geologist, Harrison Schmitt. He occasionally visits the lunar sample lab and plans to help open the fresh specimens.

The nine U.S. research teams selected by NASA will receive varying amounts.

“Everything from the weight of a paperclip, down to basically so little mass you can barely measure it,” Zeigler said.

Especially tricky will be extracting the gases that were trapped in the vacuum-sealed sample tubes.

The lab hasn’t opened one since the 1970s.

“If you goof that part up, the gas is gone. You only get one shot,” Zeigler said.

The lab’s collection is divided by mission, with each lunar landing getting its own cabinet with builtin gloves and stacks of stainless steel bins filled with pieces of the moon. Apollo 16 and 17, responsible for half the lunar haul, get two cabinets apiece.

The total Apollo inventory now exceeds 100,000 samples; some of the original 2,200 were broken into smaller pieces for study.

Sample processor Jeremy Kent is hopeful that “we will get some more samples here in the lab to work on.”

There’s space for plenty more.

Defense lawyers planned to go on the offensive Wednesday in the murder trial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing a wounded young Islamic State prisoner in Iraq and shooting at civilians.

The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the San Diego court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a Bronze Star recipient. The judge in the case rejected a defense request to issue a summary judgment finding Gallagher not guilty of murder and attempted murder.

On Wednesday, the defense planned to show jurors videotaped testimony from an Iraqi general who handed over the fighter to Gallagher for medical treatment after the adolescent was wounded in an airstrike. The general gave videotaped testimony in June when he visited San Diego.

Prosecution witnesses, including a fellow Navy SEAL, testified that Gallagher stabbed the prisoner twice in the neck in May 2017 and that the attack could have been fatal.

Defense lawyers say testimony from the Iraqi general and other witnesses will show Gallagher isn’t guilty.

They already have contended that the witnesses against him offered tainted or even false testimony. They have questioned the methodology of the chief investigator and noted the lack of a body or other physical evidence.

Prosecutors called seven SEALs from the platoon to testify in the court-martial at Naval Base San Diego that started a week ago One witness, Corey Scott, a medic, shocked the courtroom last week after he admitted to the killing, saying he plugged the militant’s breathing tube after Gallagher stabbed the boy as an act of mercy because he feared he would be tortured and possibly killed by Iraqi forces if he survived.

On Tuesday, a computer specialist testified that Gallagher had texted a photo to a comrade in which he clutched the hair of the dead captive in one hand and a knife in the other.

The specialist also linked Gallagher to a text message sent to a comrade that bragged: “Got him with my hunting knife.”

Defense attorney Timothy Parlatore called the photos of Gallagher posing with the corpse in poor taste but not criminal. Several of the same SEALs who had testified against Gallagher also posed with the dead body in a platoon photo, he noted.

No blood was found on the knife.

Gallagher, 40, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the case of the prisoner and attempted murder for his alleged shooting of a young girl and elderly man in separate incidents outside Mosul. The defense said the shooting incidents were based on the accounts of one SEAL and one former SEAL who never saw Gallagher pull the trigger.

Fellow defense lawyer Marc Mukasey suggested earlier Tuesday that the lead investigator, a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Joseph Warpinski, befriended witnesses and encouraged them to speak with each other and go after Gallagher in violation of standard investigation practices.

Warpinski acknowledged making some mistakes in the hundreds of text messages he exchanged with witnesses, but denied making friends with them or encouraging them to discuss the case to get their stories straight or to target the chief. He said he had to build rapport with members of the insular special forces community to earn their trust and cooperation.

Mukasey also suggested Warpinski had not asked pertinent questions of witnesses, such as the cause of death of the captive fighter and why Gallagher, an 18-year veteran and trained medic, would suddenly kill a patient he was treating for battle wounds.

Scott testified that he thought the patient would have survived the stabbing, despite previously telling the prosecution his life could not have been saved.

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une is ending and summer is in full swing in July. Fireworks next week, watermelon season and that Americana feeling is in every store. To wrap up this month and enter our red, white and blue season is the G-20 Summit and a meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to continue tariff and trade talks between both countries that have roiled the markets due to uncertainty.

Working in Silicon Valley after my service to our great nation in the U.S. Navy, I was quickly picked up to work with my military experience, knowledge, and clearance, during the dot com period. In working with several different technology companies dealing with software, chips, and automation I’d like to think my pulse of this sector is more in tune than most. There is a shortage of skilled labor in technology.

The U.S. issues H-1B visas for skilled workers to come fill that shortage. Working in the same lab with immigrants from India, Italy, Ireland and China is very common. I truly enjoyed it and felt challenged everyday with all those bright minds and interesting nationalities.

I think back to just 20 years ago and remember the first cell phones coming out, the internet was a hot commodity, and how fast technology changed. If you don’t know, Moore’s Law identifies and formulates how fast it changes. Gordon Moore, the founder and CEO of Intel, first predicted and then proved how fast technology would change. His law states that technology doubles every year. So, to think of a Tesla or solar on every rooftop back then to today, it makes sense.

Last month I spent a week at an annu-

al Wealth Management conference with some of the brightest minds in Finance to discuss where we are and where we are going. One of the meetings was the Big Idea.

This presentation discussed and showed a 200-year timeline of when during certain periods in history there was an acceleration of technology that changed the world.

These periods were significant and so powerful because there was more than one type of technology that changed. It was a cluster of changes happening at the same time. Think of WWII and how technology and factories recreated themselves.

The premise of the Big Idea was that the world is going into one of those periods. Right now automation is in retail and restaurants, possibly home delivery, then the autonomous vehicles and drones seem to be a breath away, the medical sector has DNA sequencing remapping and identifying solutions and problems with our health, 3-D printing is being used for customized medical health and manufacturing end solutions and then we have crypto-currency now being a part of major banks, credit cards and even Facebook.

I almost forgot Artificial Intelligence, known as AI. Add this to any of the above like DNA mapping and solutions happening at hypersonic speeds.

My point is, technology is dominating our world and where we are going. From my dot com days to 10 years from now we are going to see unbelievable change happen in our lives. So, while we are celebrating the 4th of July, waving flags, eating watermelon and the G-20 summit with the China-U.S. meeting is occurring, it’s more than tariffs.

It is intellectual property that is at risk and why the tariffs are front and center. I think it would be easy to talk trade and tariffs, it isn’t easy to address intellectual property war-

fare and what this means for our and the world’s future in technology. I don’t see how an agreement is made if the U.S. and our techn o l o gy companies’ intellectual property isn’t protected.

I expect more volatility around these discussions, which opens the door for all of us to add these technology companies to our portfolios. You won’t want to miss out on the apple pie or good old American technology companies. Watch for them to be on sale during the coming months. They are just as great as American apple pie.

Here’s to America!

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Destination becoming the place to be, in Hemet Destination Coffee Bar and Bistro to expand hours, offer entertainment

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imes are good for Patricia Yepremian and son Nick, co-owner of The Destination Coffee Bar and Bistro.

“We just passed the magic number of three years in business this past May, and business is better than ever,” said an enthusiastic Nick Yepremian.

The business has been so brisk at the morning gathering spot that hours are being expanded and more offerings-both on and off the menu-are being added. “We had teachers and students telling us that we needed to expand our hours for those just getting off work, and coming home from school,” said Yepremian, adding, “instead of 3 pm, we’re now going to be open seven days a week from 8 am to 7 pm.”

The new-look also boasts five new sandwiches, including a “Philly” cheesesteak and a Buffalo chicken sandwich.

“We actually fry the chicken right here in the store.”

Off the menu, The Destination is also offering entertainment. “So far we’ve had

two wildly successful comedy shows, hosted by well-known comic Liam Bruenle.

These are “A-list” comedians including “Pebbles” who worked with and wrote for Paul Mooney and Richard Pryor. Our headliner was Joey Gaynor who toured with Robin Williams and also worked with Richard Pryor.” The line-up of comedians includes those who’ve entertained packed houses at places like LA’s “Ice House,” and “The Comedy Store.”

These family-friendly, comedy-shows are held on the first Friday of every month.

The bookings will be skipped in July, due to the holiday. Shows will resume on Friday, August 2nd.

Initial acceptance was so positive that many people complained they didn’t know where to park. Yepremian advised that Destination’s main entrance is on State Street and that, “we also have additional parking on the side of the building. The entrance is off Inez right by the car wash.”

For information stop in at The Destination or visit their website at Destination Coffee Bar and Bistro

PATIO: A good place to have a nice time. | Photo by Mark Lentine

WELCOME: Destination’s front door. | Photo by Mark Lentine

LOBBY: They have a big menu to choose. | Photo by Mark Lentine KITCHEN: The place offers fresh treats every day. | Photo by Mark Lentine

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Hosted lunch. Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, this is an ebullient, joyful, & entertaining musical capturing the strength that young people have when they join together & stand up against injustice.”

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Big Bear Oktoberfest The 49th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest Step-on guide in German Attire will highlight the Big Bear Lake area & historical sites. Enjoy hosted German style lunch, Dance to Oompapa Band - contests & more.

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Tribute to Led Zeppelin returns to HHT SUSAN CARRIER | CONTRIBUTED

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t’s been just over a year since the tribute band LED ZEPAGAIN broke attendance records at HHT, performing their acclaimed tribute to the iconic heavy metal rock band, LED ZEPPELIN. On Saturday July 6th, the group will rock the house again, returning for an encore performance at Hemet’s vintage movie house.

The group’s popularity may seem surprising, but only The

Beatles have sold more hits in this country than Led Zeppelin. For an entire decade in the 1970’s, “Stairway to Heaven” was the most requested song on rock stations across the nation. Other top hits over the decades included “Black Dog,” “Rock and Roll,” “All My Love,” “Heartbreaker,” and “Immigrant Song.”

As a tribute band, LED ZEPAGAIN is the most authentic recreation of the look and sound of Led Zeppelin in the world. The group has taken their one of a kind show around the globe and appeared twice on AXS “TV’s World’s Greatest Tribute Bands.” Based in Palm Springs, the band consists of Swan Montgomery (lead vocals, harmonica) as Robert Plant, Anthony David (guitar, mandolin) as Jimmy Page, Jim Wootten (bass, key-board, mandolin) as John Paul Jones, and Derek Smith (drums) as John Bonham.

TRIBUTE: Led Zepagain’s singer. | Courtesy of Susan Carrier

CONCERT: Led Zepagain band on stage. | Courtesy of Susan Carrier

SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA: Tribute to Santana was a success at the Hemet Historic Theatre. | Courtesy of Susan Carrier MEANWHILE...

Last weekend’s sold out Tribute to Santana amazed the audience and packed the dance floor.

Gary Albano and Smooth Sounds of Santana were thrilled to return to HHT for the third time, telling fans that the acoustics and energy are unlike anywhere they have performed. Dozens of new patrons were on hand, astonished to find entertainment of this quality so close to home. After the show, ticket sales for upcoming shows were selling fast.

This show marked the half-way point in Season Two of the Tribute Mania Concert Series. The remainder of the season will host tributes to Led Zeppelin (7/6), Aerosmith (7/20), REO Speedwagon (8/3), and Tom Petty (8/17).

At next week’s Tribute to Led Zeppelin, the lineup

FRIDAY, JUNE 28 NATIONAL PAUL BUNYAN DAY 10 am - 4 pm: Diamond Valley Lake, 951-7659579 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951-929-4409 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654-4952 11 am - 4 pm: Estudillo Park Water Conservation Education Garden, 951-694-4952 11 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-1223 11 am – 5 pm: Art at the Center, Diamond Valley Arts Gallery, 123 N. Harvard St.* 1 pm: History of Horses of the Valley, Hemet Public Library, 951-765-2440* 5 – 7 pm: Family Fun Night, VW Aquatic Center, 951-929-0047* 6 – 7 pm: Bedtime Stories, Ramona Hillside Playhouse, 951-658-5300* 6 – 8 pm: Power Up / Vacation Bible School, Cornerstone Church, 951-658-7133* 6 – 9:30 pm: Dive in Movie, VW Aquatic Center, 951-929-0047* 7 pm: 12th Annual Lip Sync Contest, Soboba AC’s Lounge, 951-654-2765*

for Season Three will be announced, with shows scheduled through the end of the year.

In addition, there are 5 country-western concerts scheduled in the Friday Nite Live Concert Series, including: Tribute to Tim McGraw featuring Vegas McGraw (7/12), Young Guns of Country - Tribute to the Superstars of Country Music (8/23), Tribute to Brooks & Dunn featuring Neon Circus (9/20), Tribute to Roy Orbison with Neil Marrow (10/4), and Tribute to Reba McEntire featuring Corrie Sachs (11/8).

Tickets for Tribute Mania and Friday Nite Live shows are $22 presale / $25 day of show. Showtime is 7:00 pm, with doors open at 6:15 pm. Information on all theatre events is available at www.HistoricHemetTheatre.com or by calling the ticket office, (951) 658-5950.

ON STAGE: Gary Albano performing. | Courtesy of Susan Carrier

9 -11 pm: Eagles Tribute, Cabaret Lounge, Soboba Casino Resort, 951-665-1000* SATURDAY, JUNE 29 NATIONAL CAMERA DAY 8 am - 1 pm: Hemet Farmers Market, Harvard St. 11 am - 4 pm: Estudillo Mansion, 951-9277367 11 am - 4 p m: Estudillo Park Water Conservation Education Garden, 951-694-4952 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654- 4952 11 am – 5 pm: Art at the Center, Diamond Valley Arts Gallery, 123 N. Harvard St.* 6 – 7 pm: Bedtime Stories, Ramona Hillside Playhouse, 951-658-5300* SUNDAY, JUNE 30 NATIONAL METEOR WATCH DAY 10 am - 4 pm: Diamond Valley Lake, 951-7659579 10 am - 5 pm: Stepping out of the Past, Western Science Center, 951-791-0033 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951-929-4409

11 am - 4 pm: Estudillo Park Water Conservation Education Garden, 951-694-4952 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654-4952 MONDAY, JULY 1 NATIONAL POSTAL WORKER DAY 9 am - 11:45 am: Hemet Valley Knit Group, 951-330-1004 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com* 12 – 5 pm: Blood Drive, VW Recreation & Park Center, 305 E. Devonshire Ave., Hemet* 5 - 9 pm: Tacos & Karaoke w/Steve Brooks, SJ American Legion, 312 E. Main St., SJ 6 pm: Mulan, Summer Youth Theatre, Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre, 951-658-3111* 7 pm: HHT Classic Films, 951-658-5950 TUESDAY, JULY 2 WORLD UFO DAY 10:15 am: Compulsive Eaters Anonymous, San Jacinto, 951-537-8797

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11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951929-4409 11 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-1223 11 am: VV Summer Fun, Water Play Day, VV Community Center, 951-9276673* 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com* 3 pm: Classic Films, Historic Hemet Theatre, 951-658-5950 5:30 – 9:30 pm: Bingo @the American Legion Post 53, 951-658-2436* 6:30 – 8:30 pm: SJ City Council Meeting, 2045 S. SJ Ave., San Jacinto*

SATURDAY, JULY 6 NATIONAL FRIED CHICKEN DAY 10 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-1223 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951929-4409 11 am - 4 pm: Estudillo Mansion, 951-255-5598 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654-4952 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com* 4 - 9 pm: Dinner & Karaoke w/Brian Bell, SJ Amer. Lgn. Post 848, 312 E, Main St., SJ 7 pm: Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Historic Hemet Theatre, 951-658-5950*

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• Join us for some fun summer activities during Parks & Recreation Appreciation Month! Below some of our main events: • July 8, 10, 12 -- Basketball camp, Regional Park Sport Center • July 12 -- Movie in the Park, “Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse,” Marion V. Ashley Center, Menifee • July 18 -- Dodge ball, Valle Vista Community Center • July 22, 25, 27 -- Pinewood Derby, Sport Center • July 22, 24, 26 -- Fun Zone Week, French Valley • July 31 -- Water Balloon Fight, Winchester Find more events in Classifieds!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 NATIONAL FRIED CLAM DAY 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951929-4409 11 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-12230 pm: Rotary Meets, DVAC, 123 N. Harvard St., Hemet* 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com* 6:30 - 9:30 pm: Senior Dance, Hemet West Clubhouse, $6.00. Kathy Perry, 951-692-0891* 7 - 9 pm: Whodunit Murder Mystery, SJ Moose Lodge,951-282-3053* THURSDAY, JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY 8 am - 1 pm: SJ Farmer’s Market, Farmer’s Corner 11 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-1223 9 am – 1 pm: SJ 4th of July Parade & Celebration, Main & Dogwood Streets* 10 am – 10 pm: VW Independence Day Celebration, 951-654-1505* 12:30 – 4:30 pm: VW Aquatic 4th of July, VW Aquatic Center, 951-9290047* 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com* FRIDAY, JULY 5 NATIONAL BIKINI DAY 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951929-4409 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654-4952 11 am - 5 pm: Fingerprints Youth Museum, 951-765-1223 5 – 7 pm: VW Aquatic Center Family

SUNDAY, JULY 7 NATIONAL FATHER DAUGHTER TAKE A WALK DAY 10 am - 4 pm: Diamond Valley Lake, 951-765-9579 10 am - 5 pm: Stepping out of the Past, Western Science Center, 951-7910033 11 am - 3 pm: Hemet Museum, 951929-4409 11 am - 4 pm: San Jacinto Valley Museum, 951-654-4952 2 – 4 pm: Cabaret Kids Camp, DVAC, kamimartin49@gmail.com*

LOOK FOR COMING EVENTS TUESDAY, JULY 9 10 am: Valle Vista Summer Fun Bingo, VV Community Center, 951-9296673 THURSDAY, JULY 11 10 am: Valle Vista Summer Fun Disc Golf, VV Community Center, 951-9276673 1 pm: Family Fun Event, Billy Bonkers Comedy Magic Show, Hemet Public Library 8 pm: Ramona Concert under the Stars, Ramona Bowl, 951-658-3111 FRIDAY, JULY 12 5 – 7 pm: VW Aquatic Center Family Fun Night, 951-929-0047 7 Pm: Tribute to Tim McGraw, Historic Hemet Theatre, 951-658-5950 Dusk: Valle Vista Movies in the Park, VV Community Center, 951-927-6673

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Moorea:

A Tahitian island, French Polynesia, in the Society Islands Moorea, with its magnificent beauty, is a favorite of everyone visiting the South Seas. Jagged mountains and ragged volcanic spires reach into the clouds, and valleys have colors found only when tropical climates and rich, volcanic soils meet.

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n the largest ocean on earth (the Pacific), the 130 islands of French Polynesia, have an area equal to Europe.

These 1,555 square miles of land are lost in 1.5-million square miles of water, one quarter being Tahiti.

Our aircraft landed on the island of Tahiti, where three pareo-wearing Tahitians played guitar and sang so beautifully for us, it made me cry. Receiving fragrant leis, we boarded a twin engine aircraft for our flight across the Sea of the Moon to Moorea, about 12 miles distant.

Moorea, with its magnificent beauty, is a favorite of everyone visiting the South Seas. Jagged mountains and ragged volcanic spires reach into the clouds, and valleys have colors found only when tropical climates and rich, volcanic soils meet.

Our transfer from Moorea’s tiny airstrip wound among the verdant crescent of Cook’s Bay to our Sofitel Kia Ora Moorea Village hotel, with garden and beachfront pandanus-thatch fares (bungalows), among lush tropical gardens.

Over-water bungalows were the innovation of the Bali Hai boys, giving French Polynesia its trademark, with glass-paneled floors allowing you to watch exotic fish swimming below.

Our palm-thatched beachfront fare was ideal, with the turquoise lagoon at our door, and the sound of waves breaking on the distant reef lulling us to sleep and waking us to a tropical dawn with glorious sunrises over Tahiti. Shaded by Chinese almond trees and tall palms, the fares are built on raised platforms, with woven split-bamboo walls.

Our main restaurant was on piers over the water, waves smashed over the reef, and mother-ofpearl chandeliers tinkled in the trade winds. Tahitian feasts treated us to traditional Polynesian foods cooked in underground ovens. We devoured pork,

ARLENE LEHTONE: A traveler from San Jacinto Valley. | Photo courtesy of Arlene Lehtone wild bananas, and other Polynesian delicacies served from the ahimaa (earth oven). We enjoyed rum punch drinks, traditional dances performed by the delightful children of the hotel’s staff, a Polynesian dance show, a fire-eater, and walking on fire, performed by talented groups from local villages.

A young dog adopted us, sleeping on a canvas chair on our verandah.

Cute lizards named gekkos, harmless, except to flies and mosquitoes, sometimes spent the evening with us in our bungalow. Fortunately, I had my eyeglasses on, while lying in bed resting after a strenuous day on the beach, as I heard a wet splat on the right lens of my eyeglasses, when a lizard in the rafters let loose a yellow-white plop!

Lloyd uses his Swiss knife to section coconuts, and peels off the two-inch husk with his bare hands.

After we eat the coconut meat, he fills a water glass with fresh coconut milk.

Moorea, being a gorgeous, extroverted, overblown tropical island, has kept most of its outer-island charm. Offering Polynesian life in a beautiful natural setting, balmy breezes caress these magnificent islands. Many visitors come here for a few days and remain a lifetime. This image of freedom and enchantment is what lured the unhappy and penniless artist Paul Gauguin from Marseilles in 1891.

Moorea, being the fashion leader of Polynesia, Lloyd and I wore colorful cotton pareos (wraparound sarongs), which are screened, blocked, or printed by hand in the col-

ors of the rainbow.

Brightly painted “le trucks” (open-sided, wooden buses built on the back of flatbed trucks, filled with benches) are the main mode of transportation. A terrific way to see the islands, we bounced along the twisting road that rings Moorea, with Polynesian music blasting over the loudspeaker.

Lloyd and I could hear them approaching from blocks away, with their incredibly loud music. We caught the driver’s eye and waved, as “le truck” stops for anyone anywhere.

A social center on Moorea, the coastal road goes around the island’s 37-mile circumference and can be encircled in a single day. Next to the sea, we went by groves of coconut palms, trying to avoid coconuts lying where they fell, dogs, scurrying crabs, and gigantic snails crossing the road.

Possibly the most gorgeous, extroverted, tropical island in the world, Moorea jagged volcanic peaks reach into the clouds, among deep blue bays, and lush green valleys. There are beautiful fragrant flowers and clear, multi-colored lagoons in beautiful settings. The mountainous interior, not as high as Tahiti’s, is more jagged and dramatic. The needle-shaped mountain Mou’a-roa, played “Bali Hai” in the film “South Pacific.”

An island of volcanic origin like her twin sister of Tahiti, Moorea is about 50 square miles, with 40 miles of coastline, with an extinct volcano crater, six miles in diameter in the center of the island. The volcanic mountain ridges are the remains of eruptions that formed Moorea millions of years ago, a great volcano over 11,000 feet above the sea.

Lloyd and I found Old Polynesia still existing in the far-flung territory of French Polynesia, and enjoyed relaxing sunny days with bright blue skies, secluded beaches and crystal-clear lagoons, flowers and exotic scents, graceful palms, breathtaking sunsets, and soft evening breezes.

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MOOREA: Homes on the lagoon. | Photos courtesy of Arlene Lehtone

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Develop a vehicle maintenance schedule METRO| CONTRIBUTED

The oft-sudden expense of vehicle repairs can throw monthly budgets into disarray. Maintaining a routine service schedule is one way for drivers to keep repair costs down.

The online automotive resources Edmunds.com says many car owners do not adequately prepare for scheduled maintenance, and may not give maintenance a thought until it’s too late. The first step driv-

ers take upon purchasing a new or preowned vehicle should be to familiarize themselves with the vehicle’s owner’s manual, which is filled with valuable information and likely includes maintenance interval recommendations.

Next, drivers should learn about their vehicle, which is particularly relevant when buying a preowned vehicle.

Getting to know how the car or truck rides, as well as any sounds it may make, can provide drivers with a solid foundation they can then

use to keep their cars running strong.

Routine service typically includes tire rotation, oil changes and topping off of fluids. So just how long between service appointments can a car go? Here are some generalized estimates. · Oil change: Oil chemistry and engine technology have improved so much that most cars can go well beyond the once-recommended 3,000 mile interval between oil changes. Now many vehicle manufacturers recommend between

5,000 and 10,000 miles between changes, advises Edmunds. Drivers should err on the side of caution if they do a lot of stop-andgo driving and short trips.

Other drivers may want to invest in vehicles that have oil change maintenance minders built in. A light or countdown will come on the dashboard, indicating when the oil has reached the end of its usefulness. · Tire rotation: Rotating tires helps prolong the life of the tires and alleviates uneven tread and wear.

During the rotation, each tire is removed and relocated to a different position to ensure that all the tires will wear evenly. Michelin Tires states that tires should be rotated around every six months, or between 6,000 and 8,000 miles. · Vehicle fluids: Your best bet is to see what the manufacturer recommends in regard to fluids such as transmission fluid, differential oil, brake fluids, coolant, etc. Some transmissions need regular maintenance, while others can go 150,000

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Seven Gardening Gaffs Made When Landscaping MATT MCPHERSON | COLUMNIST

Many of us are outside getting the yards in order, for the upcoming Fourth of July gatherings and celebrations. Having professional landscaping can make or break the sale of a home. Getting out there with that green thumb is a great idea, but when planning larger projects always consider a professional. An indepth knowledge of local factors such as weather conditions and water availability make landscape professionals a tremendous asset to your home.

Recently real estate professionals explained to Apartment Therapy seven of the most popular mistakes home owners make when landscaping their property, and here they are: 1. ELABORATE WATERSCAPES Oversized pools, fountains, and koi ponds require consistent maintenance and can cost into the thousands to maintain every year. If not regularly maintained the repairs can be in the hundreds of thousands. Attracting insects such as mosqui-

tos is another downside to waterscapes.

“Water features in landscaping can be calming and soothing but they can also be high maintenance. Also, in terms of resale value, a buyer may take a look at the landscaping and get turned off by the perceived high cost of maintenance.”

Melissa Okabe, a real estate agent at Alta Properties in Los Angeles, California.

“Many homeowners make the common landscaping mistake of putting a huge pool in the backyard against the doors. They forget to leave room for people to sit. In cold winter months, there’s practically no yard or anywhere to enjoy the space” Tami Halton Pardee, a realtor and founder of Halton Pardee + Partners in Los Angeles 2. KEEPING THE YARD NEAT Too many different plants, colors, and landscape themes become confusing to the eye and take away from the structure as the centerpiece.

“Sellers should always trim and thin trees and bushes so the home is the focal point. [They should] pull weeds, mulch

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the flower beds for a clean aesthetic, and add a pop of color with flowers—especially in areas that can accent the front door and walkways. It should all be done in a manner that is substantial enough to not look like a quickly-flipped property.”

Nick Meyer, a real estate agent with EQ1 Real Estate in San Jose, California 3. IGNORING THE LAWN Adjusting irrigation, fertilizer, and aeration with the seasons and from year to year makes a huge difference. Too much water and your lawn becomes soggy, too little and it fades to weeds. Finding that delicate balance of green makes a huge difference with curb appeal.

“Maintaining the soil conditions in your lawn and watering your lawn in a timely fashion is a task many homeowners struggle with. There are many lawns that are watered at the wrong time, cut too short (or with a dull blade), or isn’t aerated to allow water and fertilizer to penetrate. This creates irregular dead spots, weeds, brown grass and bugs.”

Karen Kostiw, a Realtor at Warburg Realty in New York City

4. PLANTING TREES TOO CLOSE TO STRUCTURES OR SLABS. Many trees look great up against the home when first planted, but five and ten years down the road you may be spending big bucks to repair for damage to a slab, structure, or foundation. Not too mention cutting down the tree that would’ve looked that much better planted just another ten feet away.

“Remember that trees grow. Plant them several feet away from your home so their limbs won’t rub against your home.

Overhanging limbs can also damage the roof and spreading roots might damage the foundation.”

Okabe 5. FORGETTING TO FACTOR THE FAUNA One popular trend right now are front yard gardens, along with co-op and community gardens. These are a great source for produce, but again if left unmaintained can easily become overrun with local pests, such a rodents, rabbits, in-

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“I’ve seen homebuyers put huge fruit and vegetable gardens in their yard and, when they’re not maintained properly, the gardens are ruined and attract all types of animals and rodents.”

Pardee 6. ATTENTION TO THE TERRAIN Artificial lawns, fake flowers, and foreign plant species are a common mistake made by many Southern Californians and residents of the South West. Here in the San Jacinto Valley a trend towards Desert landscapes and drought tolerant plant species have created a beautiful aesthetic.

The median landscape in front of Walmart on San Jacinto Ave done by Matt King is an excellent example of creating a gorgeous landscape on a limited water supply.

“The biggest mistake I see people make with landscaping is trying to create what they had ‘back home.’ To compensate for the dry climate, I have seen people ‘plant’ fake flowers. Fake grass has become very popular here, too. Embracing the desert with all its natural beauty can be tough for people coming from a greener environment but your yard should fit into the landscape.”

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Friday | June 28 - July 4 | 2019 Tamara Heidel, a broker at Heidel Realty in Las Vegas 7. HAVE A MASTER PLAN Don’t initiate a project unless you have thought out the process from step A to step Z. An in depth knowledge of soil types, slopes, climate etc..make landscape professionals very valuable. Buying the pretty flowers or vegetable plant is the easy part. Setting up proper irrigation, fertilizer and sun exposure requires some skill.

“Make sure you think through the layout of your landscaping carefully before getting started. Or, better yet, hire a professional to put in a variety of plants based on the climate and lot size. There’s nothing worse than dead plants littering your yard. Curb appeal is the first impression a potential buyer [has] of your home, and it’s vital that your landscaping is in good shape in order to draw them inside.”

Rahul Ramchandani, president of SR Real Estate Group at Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, which sells homes in New Jersey and California.

Hopefully these tips can help any weekend warriors out there headed to the hardware store this weekend. If you have a vegetable garden this year and hope for a good yield I heard this expression today from a friend in the mid west referring to corn “knee-high by the Fourth of July”.

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ovies and hospitals have played dual roles in my life, in that I have developed illnesses from time to time while sitting in the comfort of a theater indulging myself with popcorn and coke. Mama and I shared a love of picture shows and movie stars. (We call them movies today). One of my greatest thrills was when I met her for lunch and going to the show together afterwards Those afternoons belonged to Mama and me. I saw a lot of Kay Francis movies because Kay was her favorite actress. People often commented that my mother looked a lot like Kay Francis. She even copied her hair styles. I came to know the theater ushers, so I often got in to see movies she thought I was too young to see. I was seventeen years old before I told her I’d sneaked in to see King Kong without her permission.

My last matinee with my mother occurred on my fifteenth birthday.

We went to see Bette Davis in “Dark Victory.” In the middle of the movie, sharp pains began to rip through my stomach and right side. Mama said, “You’ve just got indigestion. I told you not to eat so fast. Shut up and watch the picture.”

My agony would have to wait while we watched Bette Davis go blind and commit suicide while a young Ronald Reagan practiced alcoholism at the local country club bar.

The following morning I woke up weak, with the pain worse than it had been at the theater. Grandma called an ambulance. On the way to hospital my appendix ruptured. My twenty-one day stay at Charleston General Hospital must have been the longest appendicitis recovery in history. Mama, never much on doctors would wait until you were at death’s doorstep before calling one. Grandma had you there if you looked cross-

eyed. I sort of touched celebrity at the hospital. The City Doctor who yanked out my troubled appendix turned out to be the father-in-law of Heavyweight Champion of the World Joe Louis.

I remember when my mother, grandmother and my mother’s brother, Uncle Fred, lived in sort of a compound. I lived with mother in the front house, Grandma and Uncle Fred’s families occupied the two houses behind us.

During the dog days of August one year, when I was about nine or ten years old, I developed a very high fever. Grandma insisted that mom should take me to see a doctor, but my mother, true to her nature, resisted.

“He just has a summer cold. He’ll be over it in a couple of days. Besides, I don’t have five dollars to waste on a doctor we don’t need.”

The following day with mother at work, Grandma hauled me off to Staats Hospital where a doctor diagnosed my condition as Spinal Meningitis.

Today such a disease would put a patient in quarantine. The doctor who examined me at the hospital sent me home. I lost consciousness that night.

Mama and grandma hovered over me for several days before the fever broke and I came out of my coma. I was a lucky kid. Spinal Meningitis can be as crippling as polio.

My mother’s brother sired twelve children - six boys and six girls. His oldest boy was, like my cousin Euell, a year younger than me. The difference was that Bill and I were like brothers, more than cousins.

There were other differences between us. I was somewhat of a bookworm. Bill was anything but bookish.

He never aspired beyond just being a nice guy, having fun and taking care of business. We were the exact opposite, but no two boys ever grew up closer.

We broke all the rules and suffered the consequences. When World War II broke out we were separated

and were never the same again. Not individually or together. Wars change people. However, we had a great ride as kids.

We fought like brothers and were almost always into some kind of trouble. Our behavior got so out of control, we were forbidden to even see one another. When I spoke to him on the phone a few years ago, he reminded me of an escapade I’d forgotten.

Once, during one of my disagreements with grandma, I went to live with my mother then residing in a duplex three rooms and a sun porch (where I slept on a daybed). One weekend Bill slept over at my house. Mom worked the late shift as a waitress in the Greyhound Bus Station Restaurant. The young couple who lived on the other side of the duplex were out for the evening, or so Bill and I thought.

Anxious to get into some kind of mischief, for reasons now lost to time and distance, we decided to invade their kitchen and steal something.

“You think we might get caught?”

Bill asked.

“You’re such a sissy,” I said. “Who’s gonna catch us? Ain’t nobody around here ‘cept you and me. You afraid we might catch each other?”

“They might come home early.”

“It’s Saturday night for Christ’s sake. People don’t come home early on Saturday night. Stop being such a cry-baby.”

We found their back door unlocked.

In those days people rarely locked their doors.

While fumbling around the kitchen looking for something to filch, light from a full moon through a window focused on a large can of Del Monte sliced peaches on the table. That’s what we took. We sat side by side on my daybed and feasted. Not a single slice remained in the can. We’d heisted and feasted, and with our petty criminal egos and stomachs more than satisfied, I gave Bill a friendly punch on the shoulder. “And you

were worried about getting caught.”

A week later I came home from school to find my mother and our neighbor, Mr. Petry, waiting in the living room. I knew by the look on Mom’s face something wasn’t right. It never occurred to me that it had anything to do with me. I thought somebody had died. Maybe my grandmother.

“Raymond, you owe Mr. Petry an apology.”

“For what? I ain’t done nothin’.”

Then I remembered the can of peaches. My stomach began to churn and my knees started to buckle. They knew that I knew what was going on.

I did what I always did when caught breaking the rules. I started to cry.

“You and Bill didn’t know that Mr. Petry was home asleep. He heard a noise in the kitchen and woke up.

From the darkness he recognized the two of you. He might have mistaken you for real burglars. What if he called the police. Worse, shot both of you?” ”No, ma’am.” I didn’t deny anything. My mother could look into my eyes and know when I lied. Hanging my head in shame, tears flowing, nose runny, I muttered, “I’m sorry. I apologize.”

Mr. Petry never said a word. Mom did all the talking, but his cool grey eyes pierced holes into mine. I might as well have been sitting in the electric chair waiting for the juice to send me to an early grave.

Mom said, “If you ever do anything like that again, I will be the one who calls the police. In the meantime, young man, you will take money out of your paper route and repay Mr. Petry double for the cost of those peaches.”

“Double?” I could see myself getting out of a jam, but paying double?

“One more word of sass and I’ll close your mouth for a week.” I knew she meant it. I grudgingly repaid Mr. Petry - double the cost of those ever so tasty peaches.

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t is easy to say that Tim Burton’s masterpiece “Edward Scissorhands” is an unusual version of the “Beauty and the Beast” story, and in many ways this is true. However, it is also true that this exuberant film represents much more; it is easy to be carried away by the heartrending love story that Burton tells us, and it is the reason why it is easy to pass over certain details, unknowns that would irreversibly question our beliefs and our reason.

THE IDEA Tim Burton is well known for being exuberant, irreverent, creative and original, and like any artist, he also has thematic and visual obsessions that he has not hesitated to capture in his films. Of all his films, “Edward Scissorhands” is the work that would best define these themes, ranging from loneliness, darkness, monsters and social inequality, to art, beauty and happiness portrayed in a non-ideal way and heartrending.

For Burton, the development of the characters is important, and he creates them especially to transgress the “natural” order imposed by society, and in this way, reinterpret the original concept of the cinematic monster (first applied in literature) that would make us wonder if we really love or reject that monster.

Edward is a character born from the mind of Burton, who, according to his own words: “was created because of a drawing that he had made a long time ago. It was just an image that I liked, it came unconsciously and was linked to a character that wants to touch, but he cannot, being creative and destructive at the same time ...”

THE BIRTH OF EDWARD As mentioned before, “Edward Scissorhands” could well be interpreted as another “Beauty and the Beast” story, reflected in Edward’s intense love for Kim, and Kim’s fear, rejection and hatred for Edward, or at least in the beginning, although in the end she falls in love with him in this impossible love story.

But it also refers to titles like “Pinocchio” and “Frankenstein” if we think about the origin of Edward, who was created by an Inventor (performed by the great Vincent Price) who gives him brain, eyes, heart and an education, but he dies before giving him one last thing: Hands. Hence, Edward possesses scissor hands instead of humanoid hands. This makes him the strange and different creature that wishes to be a real boy, in order to be accepted by the society in which he suddenly begins to live when Mrs. Peg takes him to her house, and loved by Kim, the girl who stole his heart since he first saw her picture.

If we take into consideration that Edward is not human, but an android (considering that vague flashback that we can see in the middle of the film where Edward is shown as a robot that makes cookies), this story even evokes philosophical questions from the book “Do robots dream of electric sheep?.” In this book, we discover about whether robots are capable of thinking, of feeling love and hate, of being aware of their own being and not acting as a result of programming.

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uniting two completely different and opposite worlds. To make it more emphatic, Burton decides to recreate the story in a typical and monotonous American suburban settlement that embodies the Burbank of the 50’s. Here is where the kitsch style, bright colors are obvious when we see the scene of cars leaving their garages almost at the same time.

Of course, the wives stay at home doing the chores and entertaining themselves with local gossip.

The director’s attention regarding the seemingly cloned houses that define the stage is very evident, showing the way of life of the suburbs of Florida in an ironic way, making it more tangible after observing the repetitive gaudy facades and overloaded colors.

This idea is shown tirelessly throughout the film so as to not forget the main nutrient of this story: The message of rejection by a community towards everything that is different.

On the other hand, in opposition to the geometric perfection of the suburbs, we have the enchanted Castle where Edward lives, full of “Burtonian” dyes that mixes Gothic art and expressionism with nuances of Gaudi’s architecture. That serves as a stage during the encounter between Peg, the seller of Avon (which could well be the fairy who helps Pinocchio), and Edward, the creature product of the imagination of an inventor who failed to finish it.

From this point on, Edward will be the strange and different element that escapes from his dark and depressing world to enter, as if he were a bear, into a monotonous honeycomb to shake it, startle it and twist it until one of the two sides explodes. This insertion of Edward in the hypocritical society that he has always observed from his castle is established in three quarter time, manifested by a halo of timeless magic: acceptance, rupture and rejection.

ACCEPTANCE During this period, the morbid fascination that the inhabitants of the suburbs feel for the strange newcomer makes both the Boggs and their neighbors accept a freak in their social gatherings. They try in some way to reeducate him and transform him (from their perverted sense of reality) into a “normal” piece of machinery that “moves their insipid world”. Ironically, when trying to make him one of their own, they remind him at every moment how different he is.

Some good examples are the scenes in which his adoptive father talks to Edward to

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HANDLESS: The inventor showing the new hands to Edward right before his death. | Photo: 20th Century Fox

MAKEUP: Mrs. Peg working on Edward’s face to make him look normal. | Photo: 20th Century Fox

SEXUAl HARRASMENT: Mrs. Bates seducing Edward. | Photo: 20th Century Fox

THE ICE DANCE: Kim dancing in the snow. | Photo: 20th Century Fox

THE KISS: Kim kisses Edward before saying goodbye. | Photo: 20th Century Fox

encourage him to work and probably open a business to have a better future, taking advantage of his talent to create beautiful figures with the trees that he skillfully cuts with his scissor hands. Another example will be Peg’s constant attempts to make his face look more “normal” by using her Avon products, and dressing him according to the customs of that time and society to disguise the true nature of Edward, proving the absurdity of a world in which “if you do not swim with the current, you cannot be accepted.”

BREAKING OFF Here we can see how Edward little by little loses favor within that society, because he does not fulfill the expectations imposed by this hypocritical community. This is evident when Edward rejects the sexual advances made by the character Bates, who with wounded pride, begins to spread the rumor that Edward tried to take advantage of her. The theft in which Edward participates incited and deceived by Kim and her boyfriend, believing that he was doing the right thing to help the girl he loves. The rupture of his heart after being judged and found guilty, embarrassed by all and yet not giving way to anyone, he comes to the realization that she decides to stay with her boyfriend which causes him to experience an attack of jealousy that ends in the destruction of walls and curtains in the bathroom of his adoptive family. Finally, the confusion that arises when Edward hurts (by accident) the Boggs family little boy, trying to save his life.

This confusion takes place because this small town society had already decided that Edward was bad.

REJECTION Now we come to the expulsion of Edward, where you can see all the cynicism of a society that punishes the freak for the same sins that they induced him to commit. The whole town chases Edward like a horde to punish him for his “sins,” forcing him to return to his castle.

At this moment, we see the tragic ending of Kim’s boyfriend who, accidentally hurts her when he pushes her to attack Edward, crossing him with his scissors, and letting him fall from the top of his castle window.

THE END In the end we find the climax of a wonderful love story that has been developed between the characters of Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder, having reached its most beautiful visualization in the snow dance sequence, going mercilessly towards its inevitable finality.

After the first and only true love kiss, Kim makes a last sacrifice by saying goodbye to her beloved Edward, and going out to face the town that awaits outside the castle to tell them that Edward has died. As proof, she raises up a hand with scissors (a spare she had taken from the castle in order to deceive the horde).

At the end of the day, we are not talking about a character like “The Beast” of the story, capable of returning to being human through forgiveness and redemption, but a monster that is banished without mercy or remorse by a group unable to find (and accept) the goodness and beauty that is inside. The good people do not win, and the bad ones do not learn anything. It is a story that reflects the vicious cycle of a society that does not change; and of the sacrifices that sometimes must be made to keep maintaining that absurd vicious cycle.

Edward is condemned to live eternally in that lonely Castle. But when he is remembered in fantastic fables told by Kim over the years, he becomes beautiful, poetic and immortal.

PUNISHMENT: Edward lives alone in the inventor’s castle forever. | Photo: 20th Century Fox HSJC | STAFF WRITERS

Although there is a long list of cult movies that caused a great scandal, here we have 5 movies that we’ve selected especially to break your brain!

TOP 5 MOVIES of the week

3. The last temptation of Christ, 1988 Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary 2. The Skin I Live In, 2011 4. Stomach, 2007 action against the Roman occupiers A traumatic event completely Raimundo Nonato has an

by Judas at the time he is fighting his changes the life of a plastic outstanding talent in the kitchen and he is dedicated to own temptations. surgeon. Maddened, the cooking. But how did he end doctor begins to perform up in jail? several experiments with a human guinea pig, which he becomes a completely different person.

5. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975 1. Donnie Darko, 2001 Over forty years ago it opened A young stranger is often visited by a prophetic in theaters and to this day, it is considered one of rabbit, who, like him, awaits the imminent end the most influential theatrical films that has beof the world. come a cultural, aesthetic and social phenomenon.

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