The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle - November 11th, 2021

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SAN JACINTO, CA.

San Jacinto Valley students honored in October DIANE A. RHODES | CONTRIBUTED

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he Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month program held its most recent recognition breakfast event at The Maze Stone restaurant at Soboba Springs Golf Course, October 28. Seven local high school seniors were honored for demonstrating character, integrity, love of learning, involvement in school activities, athletics and community service. Students were nominated by teachers or other school personnel for making a difference in their homes, schools and community. Program founder and meeting facilitator Karena Zermeno also represented one of the sponsors, Altura Credit Union. Backpacks filled with gifts, a plaque, certificates of recognition and much more were donated by the program’s sponsors to the award recipients. Each student was invited to the podium to share their personal story, past challenges and future goals with a room filled with supporters that included

STUDENTS: Recipients of the Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month award for October are, from left, Jasmine Proffitt, Kimora Hill, Ashlyn Miller, Mia Barcenas Hernandez, Naidelyn Franco, Korrina Flores and Alexia Granville. | Courtesy photo by Alexandrea Sponheim. principals, teachers, peers, family members and community and school district dignitaries. October’s students of the month from Hemet Unified School

District schools are Mia Barcenas Hernandez, Korrina Flores, Naidelyn Franco, Alexia Granville and Ashlyn Miller. San Jacinto Unified students are Kimora Hill

and Jasmine Proffitt. Hemet High School’s Mia Barcenas Hernandez was recognized for her dedication after coming to America in 2019 as a Span-

ish speaker and working hard to learn the English language. She assisted her English teacher in the classroom by volunteering to translate. Although she learned the language to communicate, it was joining Jr.ROTC that helped her build her self-confidence and leadership skills. She plans to attend Mt. San Jacinto Community College for a degree in aviation science and then enlist in the United States Air Force. Her stepfather, Joe, said Mia looks at challenges as an opportunity to excel and thanked all the teachers and staff at Hemet High for acknowledging Mia for the hard work and dedication to her studies she has shown. Korrina Flores from Alessandro High School suffered many medical issues throughout her life that put her behind on her education. Attending the HUSD alternative high school allowed her to spend the summer recouping 100 credits she needed to complete to be on track to graduate this academic

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HEMET, CA.

Hemet City Council Meeting a Lullaby to Dreamland RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR REPORTER

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uesday night's council meeting came out of closed session a halfhour late and by the time they got down to serious business an hour had passed. There were three items for discussion from the closed session. No action was taken with two of them. One item involving litigation was settled. The following presentations were made by the council: 1. Presentation of a Donation to the City of Hemet Fire Department Explorer Post Number 620. The family of deceased fireman Kevin Wojeck donated $15,000 in

SAN JACINTO, CA.

Mt. San Jacinto College to Hold Festive Holiday Vendor Market on Nov. 13

MEETING: Hemet city council meeting 11/09/3021. | Photo Courtesy of Rusty Strait. cash plus new helmets and boots to the local Explorer Post 620. They promised to donate in the future if needed. An emotional film depicting young Kevin's life was screened. Needless to say,

there was hardly a dry eye in the room when it ended. 2. November 11th was proclaimed Veterans Day.

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Hemet Teen Found After Being Listed as John Doe at Local Hospital NEWSBREAK | CONTRIBUTED

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fter Nathan Torres hopped onto his bicycle and ran away two days before Halloween and as days went by, the family of the 13-yearold worried that the runaway teen may never return. “I went online because we thought the worse when a kid goes missing,” said his sister Angelica Martinez. “He could have been kidnapped or tricked into meeting people (from) online.” While the family filed a missing person report the following day on Oct. 30 police struggled to find any sign of Torres — until a tip from social media helped authorities locate the boy. Torres was involved in a traffic collision about a quarter-mile

away from his home, only 30 minutes after he had ridden off from his mother’s home. The teen suffered a major head injury and was transported to a Moreno Valley Hospital, however, since he had no ID on him, he was admitted as a John Doe. While police checked with local hospitals, they could not locate the teenager since Torres was listed as a John Doe and since doctors and nurses believed he was much older, around the age of 20 or 21 years old. He laid in his Riverside University Health System hospital bed alone for five days before his family and police found him. “He’s never been awake since the accident,” said his sister. “I’m sure that he could feel that none

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t. San Jacinto College (MSJC) will hold a family-friendly and festive holiday vendor market and outdoor movie for the public from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at its new Temecula Valley Campus. All are welcome at the free and fun vendor market, which will feature about 20 vendor booths and activities such as snow play, face-painting, a balloon artist, cookie-decorating, DJ music, and a 7 p.m. presentation of the fami-

ly-friendly holiday movie "Elf." Donations of unwrapped toys or gift cards are welcome at the event to support in-need MSJC students and their families during the holidays. MSJC student groups also will accept donations that help support their college-approved activities. The MSJC Temecula Valley Campus is at 41888 Motor Car Parkway in Temecula. The public event will be held in the campus' courtyard -- referred to as The Nest -- off Margarita Road and Nicole Lane.

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