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HEMET CITY C OUNCIL
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TEACHER GRANTS
To Proclaim or Not CalRTA Div. 33 Teacher Grants to Proclaim - That Four lucky recipients each receive $100 check Is The Question RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR REPORTER
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rime, drugs, homelessness, sex trafficking and more fees and taxes plague the City of Hemet, the city council spent almost an hour at their latest meeting debating and discussing whether or not to recognize and issue proclamations to - pretty much anyone who applied in advance or at the last minute. When the council came out of private session, it was announced that a conference with labor negotiators was inconclusive, as was one with real property negotiators. However, the conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation was given direction (which means agreed to). This was followed by the usual invocation, pledge to the flag and public discussion, which turned out to be issues that will be discussed in coffee shops by the general public for some time. Sue Savage, the elected City Treasurer, assailed the council for stripping away some of her duties when they employed an outside investment firm to handle the city's investment folios. Several members of the police officers association complained that the one percent annual taxation funds taken in per Measure U were not being applied as intended. According to their reckoning, the millions of dollars collected since the measure passed were to go 70% to funding police equipment, salaries, etc and 30% to the fire department. Instead, they alleged, most of the money is sitting in bank accounts drawing interest and that was not the intent. Several citizens spoke in support of the two public safety organizations and felt that the police depart-
ment, especially, was being given short shrift in the deal. According to the Association, we only have 78 officers on duty when more than 100 are needed. The council did not respond. A representative from the Hemet Public Library gave a dissertation on Life Stream Blood Drive being conducted at the library, pointing out the necessity of giving blood regularly. She stated that it takes 45 units of blood when transplanting a liver, 4-6 units for a heart transplant and 4 to 40 units for injury in an automobile accident. Their goal is 300 to 500 units during their blood drive in 2022. Kevin Pearson from Eastern Municipal Water District gave a presentation of the San Jacinto Valley Raw Water Pipeline being installed on the West End of Hemet, which created some discussion from the council, especially from Mayor Pro-tem Karlee Meyer, who was concerned about what kind of water would flow through the new pipes. Then came proclamations as follows: • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day • National Volunteer Blood Donor Month CONSENT CALENDAR: Waived full reading and adopted by title only Ordinance 1988, an Ordinance of the City Council, adding Article VI (Cannabis Business Tax) to Chapter 72 of the Hemet Municipal Code. Waived full reading and adopted by title only Ordinance 1989, in Ordinance of the City Council amending Article II of Chapter 1 of the Hemet Municipal Code.
Waived further reading and adopted by title only Ordinance 1990, an Ordinance of the City Council, amending Articles 1 and II of Chapter 53 of the Hemet Municipal Code related to Personal Conduct. Adopted a Resolution of the City Council, approving the regular meeting schedule and canceling certain regular scheduled meetings. Adopted a Resolution of the City Council, approving the Revised Job Description for Assistant to the City Manager. Adopted a Resolution of the City Council, approving a Supplemental Appropriation and payment in the amount of $197,416 to Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to reimburse the District for incurred costs for the repair of the Whittier Flood Channel at Kirby Avenue. Adopted a Resolution of the City Council, approving a service agreement by and between the County of Riverside and the City of Hemet for Columbia Street, Newport Road, and Domenigoni Parkway Slurry Seal Improvements and authorize the Finance Director to Deposit with the County of Riverside $274,325 (including contingencies) for the Administration, Construction of improvements and inspection and testing and authorize the City Manager to Execute all contract documents. Adopted a Resolution of the City Council, approving a Second Amendment to Agreement for McSweeny Construction Management Services by and between the City of Hemet and KOA Corp,
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all it a late Christmas present or a “Happy New Year” gift, but four local educators are celebrating their random selection as recipients of CalRTA Division 33’s $100 Teacher Grants. Division 33 of the California Retired Teachers Association conducts random drawings five times each year, awarding 3-4 $100 teacher grant checks to local teachers who complete the short application, no strings attached, via an online form they receive in their school email inbox or by accessing a link on the CalRTA Division 33 website or Facebook page. Chauntai Marchal, a TK (transitional kindergarten) teacher at Ramona Elementary School in Hemet, says, “My students love dramatic play.” She plans to purchase “more toys such as dress up clothes and a pretend cash register for them to play with. This type of play really helps foster their communication skills, which in turn improves their reading and writing.” Hemet’s Tahquitz High School Special Education teacher, Shelly Hannah, says, “I will buy the students incentives, especially sensory items (designed specifically for emotionally disabled students) for our rewards program.” Ramona Elementary third grade teacher, Rachel Jones, says, “I will use it to buy art supplies for my students. We have been doing “Meet the Masters,” a program for teaching art history, and they are excited to recreate works from great artists. However, we do not have class supplies and so they have only been able to do two art pieces so far this year. I would love to do an art les-
Chauntai Marchal, Ramona Elementary. | Courtesy Photos of CalRTA Division 33.
Elaine Parsley, Chester W. Morrison, Elementary School, Menifee.
son each week with them!“ Kindergarten teacher, Elaine Parsley from Menifee’s Chester W. Morrison Elementary School, plans to use the $100 to buy “phonics and word building hands-on activity centers.” CalRTA Division 33’s popular Teacher Grant program is open to teachers in the Hemet, San Jacinto, Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Romo-
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2 Arrested in Shooting at The Bank in Old Town Temecula That Killed Hemet Father RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT | CONTRIBUTED
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wo men have been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed a Hemet man at The Bank in Old Town Temecula. Shots were reported at The Bank, a Mexican restaurant and bar in the 28600 block of Old Town Front Street, at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday. When deputies arrived, they found three people with gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Riverside County sheriff ’s officials. He was identified as 28-year-old Desmond Dyas of Hemet. He played football at Chaparral High School in Temecula and leaves behind a 4-year-old daughter. Two others, another man and a woman, were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Authorities are
Nickolas Trichanh. | Photo by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
Shots were reported at The Bank, a Mexican restaurant and bar in the 28600 block of Old Town Front Street, at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday. | Photo by CBS.
not releasing their names. Two suspects were identified in the shooting investigation – 24-year-old Kevin Hatchett Jr. of Wildomar, who was booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder; and 21-year-old Nickolas Trichanh of Corona, who was arrested on suspicion of being an
accessory to murder. Trichanh is being held on $500,000 bail and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday, while Hatchett is being held on $1 million bail and is set to face a judge on Thursday, according to Riverside County sheriff ’s jail records. Authorities say the investi-
gation is ongoing and did not release a possible motive in the shooting. Anyone with information about the shooting can call Investigator Horkel at (951) 6963000 or Investigator Manjarrez at (951) 955-2777. Tips can also be submitted online at the Sheriff ’s Homicide Tipline.
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