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Homeless Outreach Team wins award trust us enough to someday take the step to get the help they so desperately need,” said HOT creator Karlee Meyer adding, “HOT is not an exclusive group in which one has to have a membership…it’s more like a loosely-knit group of people in our community who are willing to help and serve alongside those in need so we can provide permanent housing and friendship that can develop in the trust. We’re hoping that the
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he Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) of Hemet has no website. It has no set meeting place. It has an extremely tight budget as charitable dollars are hard to find in the city of Hemet. HOT as also just won an award from Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD with was presented at the American Legion Post 53 of California’s 36 Congressional District this past Saturday July 27, due to HOT’s tireless work and “outreach to the homeless within the community and ensuring that everyone has a place and no one left behind.” The team’s mission is not about bonding with material things like food or blankets but instead, “to provide emotional support and f r iendship. Our goal is to get the homeless to
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homeless will take a hand up out of life on the streets and possibly someday, to be in a position to pay it forward and help someone else in need...to contribute to our society.” HOT has directives for “Business Outreach Volunteers,” “Community Education Volunteers” who work with Meyer’s “Know where it goes Foundation (knowwhereitgoes.com), “Facebook/Online Volunteers,” and possibly the most important group, “Street Outreach Teams,” The people who make direct contact with homeless individuals to encourage them to reach out for help, to break the cycle of homelessness. Outreach is not a system of giving handouts, it is an initial contact…a friendly conversation or prayer in the way of giving hope and a hand up to those that many people so often avoid even a c k n ow l edge exist. Street outreach is the first step in helping reverse the pattern of the
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articipants in this year’s Summer Youth Academy had six weeks of learning new things as well as traditional things. About 30 young people, ages 12 through 19, stayed busy with field trips, educational activities and cultural workshops. Made possible by Soboba Tribal TANF, the annual SYA program focuses on culture, leadership, higher education, wellness, prevention and community service. This year’s event was from June 17 through July 24 and included 20 youths from Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians with others being from the Cahuilla Band of Indians, the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians and the city of Riverside.
Regional Prevention Manager Harold Arres said whether the youths had attended previous academies or if this was their first time, they all had to attend mandatory classes during the first week. These included an anti-bullying workshop, team-building activities and a visit from motivational speaker Joseph Matthews of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians who spoke about building a healthy relationship with the Creator. Field trips for eligible participants included a visit to Catalina Island after a tour of the Aquarium of the Pacific and Queen Mary in Long Beach at the end of June. The three-day, two-night excursion at
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uthorities are investigating the cause of a two-vehicle collision that hospitalized a motorcyclist with serious injuries this morning, Saturday, July 27. The major injury crash happened on Florida Ave., between Harvard and State streets. City of Hemet Police and Fire
Departments, along with AMR and other emergency personnel, were dispatched to the crash around 11:30 a.m. 911 callers reported a motorcyclist involved in the collision was ejected from his threewheeled motorcycle and possibly trapped under a commercial van. Officials began arriving at the scene within minutes of the dis-
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ne person was killed after flames ripped through a San Jacinto residence on the 600 block of E. Main St. Tuesday evening, July 23. Reports from the scene indicate the deadly blaze might have started in the kitchen, near the home’s stove.
Device Help - Please join our volunteers on Thursday, August 15th @ 3-4 pm to learn how to use your smartphone or tablet. Do You Hoopla? - Download the app or go to Hoopladigital.com. Log in with your library card. Borrow free digital movies, music, and more with no late fees! Historical Hemet News - You can now search the Hemet News from Home! View the Historical Hemet News from 1899-1958,
ON AUGUST 1 OF 1972
In the "Match of the Century," American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky during the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer became the first American to win the competition since its inception in 1866.
ON AUGUST 2 OF 1990
Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq's tiny, oil-rich neighbor, and gain control of 20 percent of the world's oil reserves. On Aug. 9, Operation Desert Shield began as U.S. forces raced to the Persian Gulf.
ON AUGUST 3 OF 1492
From the Spanish port of Palos, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail with three
and the Riverside Press Enterprise from 1992 to today. These resources are available with your Hemet Library card.
VALLEY-WIDE RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT Kids Belly Dance and Kids World Fusion Dance - Come join the fun! This class is designed for fun and exploration of movement. Free dancing, group dancing, veils, zills (finger cymbals), tambourines, Poi and so much more. ships -- the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina -- to find a western sea route to China, India and Asia. On Oct. 12, the expedition found the Bahamas and later sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China.
ON AUGUST 4 OF 1854
Henry David Thoreau's classic "Walden" is published. Thoreau was a 27-year-old Harvard graduate when he moved to Walden Pond and built the 10-by-15-foot cabin on land owned by his friend, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.
ON AUGUST 5 OF 1981
President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order to return to work. Two days earlier almost 13,000 air-traffic controllers went on strike over negotiations to raise their pay.
Although a teenager reportedly entered the burning home and tried to save the victim, after kicking open a back door and trying to enter the residence the teen was pushed back by the flames and intense heat from the blaze. About two dozen Cal Fire/ Riverside County and Soboba
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Through play your child will learn World Dance basics, freestyle, props, and choreography. We will be doing Middle Eastern Dance, Hula, Tahitian, Bollywood, and Latin Fusion. See more details at www.gorecreation.org Dog Obedience - Instructor Wendy Jeffries uses a gentle non-force method of training your dog in these great 6-week classes. Basic obedience including sit, down, stay, come and walk on a loose leash, taught with no-force methods. For details, check www.gorecreation.org
ON AUGUST 6 OF 1945
An American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
ON AUGUST 7 OF 1959
The American satellite Explorer 6 is launched into Earth orbit. The 142-pound spacecraft featured a photocell scanner that transmitted a crude picture of the Earth's surface from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo, received in Hawaii, took nearly 40 minutes to transmit.
ON AUGUST 8 OF 1863
After his defeat at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Davis refused the request.