Anza Events Calendar, A-2
Anza Valley Artists ‘Swap Meet’ set, A-4
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Section Volume 17, Issue 13
Clampers pay visit to Anza’s Little Red Schoolhouse
Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Twenty-five years ago a historical marker was installed in front of the Little Red Schoolhouse. The plaque has been moved from the original location on the grounds to up closer to the road, where it remains today. Members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus descended upon the Little Red Schoolhouse in a festive, good-humored, patriotic and energetic manner to visit the marker Saturday, March 18. The group had installed the marker in 1991. The Billy Holcomb Chapter 1069 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus (Clampers) is dedicated to the history of the Old West, especially old mining areas and have placed more than 150 plaques at historical sites all over California, Arizona and Nevada. In November 1991, the plaque was placed at Hamilton School, now more commonly known as The Little Red Schoolhouse. The visit by the Clampers to Anza was one stop on their current Hemorroid XXXII outing. One of the men who was instrumental in making and placing the plaque a little over 25 years ago, Michael “Smitty” Smith was on hand Saturday. While wearing a dunce cap, worn due to “saying the wrong thing,” Bill “Desert Pizza” Hammontree, the Vice Noble Grand Humbug, or vice president to nonClampers, read off a history of the Anza area, as one member held up a sign that said “QUIET please.”
Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
U.S. Forest Service crews and volunteers for the past year have stepped up their pace to renovate many of the San Jacinto Wilderness area trails in the San Bernardino National Forest that were damaged or destroyed in the 2013 14,000acre Mountain Fire. see page A-3
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Hamilton K-8 hosting meeting with district superintendent Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Hamilton K-8 will host a meeting with Hemet Unified School District Superintendent Christi Barrett March 30 from 8-9:30 a.m. The event will be held in Room 301. see page A-4
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The Clampers created a 196-member crowd in front of the Little Red Schoolhouse Saturday, March 18. Diane Sieker photo
see CLAMPERS, page A-3
Anza Swap Meet brings community together in long-standing tradition
Paul J. Young SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK
Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
RIVERSIDE –Riverside County supervisors agreed Tuesday, March 21, that they’re open to relaxing marijuana regulations under the provisions of Proposition 64, but there was no consensus yet as to how to proceed.
The Anza Swap meet is a longstanding tradition that takes place at the Anza Community Hall almost every Saturday, from 7 a.m. until about 1 p.m. Are you looking for tools? Collectibles? Avon? Fine homemade soaps or lovely jewelry? You can find these things and so much more at the swap meet. More than a selling event, it is a social experience relished by locals, The Swap Meet isn’t just a place to buy and sell, it’s a time to catch up with friends, neighbors and acquaintances. Sellers like Christel Silva, who is the resident Avon lady, seem to know everyone.
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see page A-5
New and packaged items are also offered by several of the vendors at the Anza Swap Meet.
Diane Sieker photo
see SWAP, page A-4
Tiling work begins at Anza Community Hall Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Contractors began work this week to nail down the new floor support and lay new tiles in the Anza Community Hall. Bill Donahue, in charge of the renovations being made at the Community Hall, said the contract for the flooring and tiling was signed only a few days before the work started on Monday, March 21, “Our hope is we can finish up in the next few weeks.” Thursday, March 23 the contractors, hired by the Community Block Grant grantors for the Hall work, had already placed the floor supports and tiled in the chair stor-
age room and were busy screwing down floor support boards for the main hall and starting to lay tile in the kitchen area. “By next week the kitchen tile should be done and we can laminate the kitchen countertops,” Donahue said. The kitchen is rented out to the Community Café that specializes in American and Asian food and may reopen as soon at the Hall renovations are complete. The tile the Hall Board has chosen is brown and appears to be like wooden slabs which will be very serviceable when finished. Thursday, the parking lot was filled with volunteers and The FUN
see TILING, page A-6
Contractors work to screw down floor supports for the new tiles in the Anza Community Hall kitchen. Once completed the kitchen shelves and counters will be recovered and the facility open once again. Tony Ault photo