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SEIU Local 721 Demonstrates Outside City Hall ANN SMITH | SPECIAL FOR THE HEMET & SJ CHRONICLE
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fter a lengthy closed session, the council meeting began at 7:15 pm. The invocation was given by the Interfaith Council’s Bill Heller with Pledge of Allegiance given by council member Linda Krupa. A Certificate of Appreciate was given to Vincent Overmeyer for his lengthy service to the Planning Commission, as well as a Proclamation for Veterans Business Day. On the agenda was the appointment of Cyndi Lemke of Hemet Chamber of Commerce, named to replace retiring Overmeyer. Once again, there was a video presentation of the city’s “milestones” (in other words, some items that should have been accomplished a couple of years ago, not just the past year); for example, city paving, Citrus Pointe Housing Development, Hemet Fire Response, Hemet Police Department, and Vote-by-mail ballot collection. SEIU Local 721 employees demonstrated in front of City Hall with union representative and organizer Tk Delgadillo. Scheduled to speak were Alan Alejo, Donald Kay, Paul Martinez, Eric Pelkey, Tommy Rodriguez, Karen Johnson, Emma Johnson (community
DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE CITY HALL | Courtesy Photo: Tk Delgadillo member), Brett Long, Matt Taylor, Gregory Meeh, Steve Feldman, Yajara Howard, & Andrea Jacomet. Speakers raised their voices in a peaceful demonstration while a dozen or so stepped up to the podium to express their concern and frustration about the fact that the city has not operated in good faith
in terms of giving them a fair contract. Particularly effective was Yajara Howard, Accounting Tech III. She described how the city has not kept given pay raises in fourteen years. She talked about her special needs child and asked that the city “invest in their employees as they
invest in the city.” You could hear a pin drop when 16-year old Emma Johnson spoke on behalf of her single mother, who works for the city of Hemet. She spoke of the fact that she has worked without a contract for 2 years. She echoed the same concerns and aggravation spoken of
by all the employees. There was no rancor in her pleas, just simple frustration with a reminder to the council that they can easily find work elsewhere if being a public servant doesn’t suit them. There were repeated stories of
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The Annual LUNAFEST offers a Virtual Film Screening for its 19th Edition
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he 19th annual LUNAFEST, a national film festival that supports films by and about women, hosted by the Soroptimist Club of San Jacinto-Hemet Valley, will have a virtual screening this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions on public gatherings. Films, rated E (equal for all genders) and suitable for adults and teens 14 and older, will be screened on Nov. 14, starting at
2 p.m. Viewers will have a 24hour window in which to enjoy the films in this flexible virtual format. Seven short films, with a total running time of 97 minutes, will be showcased. They are all designed to compel discussion, evoke laughter, tug at the heart strings and motivate viewers to make a difference in their community. Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased by visiting lunafest.org. The screening is made possible through generous community sponsors such as Valerie Tichy of State Farm
Insurance. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this annual event support the local chapter’s two main programs: Live Your Dream and Dream It, Be It. Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream (LYD) Awards program is a unique education grant for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve
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LUNAFEST: Katherine Simpson with her daughters Cheyenne, Bristyl and Presley. Katherine was a recipient of the Soroptimist International San Jacinto-Hemet Valley chapter’s Live Your Dream program award in 2018 and a regional finalist in 2019. The program is funded with proceeds from the annual LUNAFEST event. | Photo courtesy of Katherine Simpson.
MSJC to Host Public for Virtual Event to Celebrate GIS Day MSJC | CONTRIBUTOR
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t. San Jacinto College (MSJC) will join hundreds of organizations worldwide on Nov. 18 in hosting virtual gatherings to celebrate the impactful work of Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals and the latest technology and education. Sponsored by Redlands-based
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ESRI, MSJC's GIS Day celebration -- titled "Discovering the World Through GIS" -- runs from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. Students and the public can join the event through Zoom. The GIS Day agenda features seven sessions led by MSJC professors, ESRI professionals, and worldwide GIS experts. Dr. Dejan Vasic, general manager of DataDEV and a professor at Universi-
On Nov. 12, 1864
Union Gen. William T. Sherman orders the business district of Atlanta destroyed before he embarks on his famous March to the Sea. Nearly 40% of the city was left in ruin.
On Nov. 13, 1953
A member of the Indiana Textbook Commission calls for the removal of references to the book "Robin Hood" from textbooks used by the state's schools. She claimed that Robin Hood was a communist because he robbed the rich and gave it to the poor.
On Nov. 14, 1914
In Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, the religious leader Sheikh-ul-Islam declares
ty of Novi Sad in Serbia, will be the keynote speaker, focusing on "Visualizing the World Around Us: Mobile Mapping." Learn more about MSJC's event on the college website or reach out to Geography Instructor Emina Sulych at ESulych@msjc.edu. Registration for Spring 2021 begins Nov. 30. See the list of classes now at www.msjc.edu/ schedule.
an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman government, urging his Muslim followers to take up arms against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro.
On Nov. 15, 1777
After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress, sitting in its temporary capital of York, Pennsylvania, agrees to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. Not until March 1, 1781, would the last of the 13 states, Maryland, ratify the agreement.
On Nov. 16, 1959
The smash musical "The Sound of Music" opens on Broadway to the consternation of the real Maria von Trapp and her stepchildren. Nearly all of the
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Mt. San Jacinto College serves about 27,000 students annually in a district covering 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula, with campuses in San Jacinto, Menifee, Banning and Temecula. MSJC celebrated its largest graduating class in May 2020, awarding a record-breaking 3,415 degrees and certificates to 1,892 graduates.
particulars she related in her 1949 book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," were ignored by the creators of the musical.
On Nov. 17, 1973
In the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors that he is "not a crook."
On Nov. 18, 1883 American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. Most Americans and Canadians quickly embraced their new time zones, however, it was not until 1918 that Congress officially adopted the railroad time zones.