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Thimble Full of News; April a busy time for the Thimble Club, A-5
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Volume 16, Issue 20
Anza Racing Mowers prepare for season in Rancho Cordova
Jacob Preal ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK INTERN
The Bureau of Land Management will host a Wild Horse and Burro Adoption event May 21. Participants will be able to preview the mustangs and burros up for adoption at 8 a.m. and then those interested in adopting can compete in an oral bid at 10 a.m. Bids for each horse start at $125. see page A-3
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Grant approved to help with Hall repairs Tony Ault WRITER
A badly needed septic tank upgrade, a rotten floor replacement and kitchen improvements at the Anza Community Hall may soon be underway by with the approval of a long sought $162,246 Community Development Block Grant provided by the State of California and Riverside County. see page A-4
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Anza students may attend inauguration field trip Tony Ault WRITER
Anza’s school students were pleased to hear the Hemet Unified School Board approved a field trip by both Hamilton High School and middle school students to participate in a field trip to attend the presidential inauguration in January and for the Hamilton High School Girls Volleyball to compete in two-day varsity tournament in California City.
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Robert Love Jr. and Ken Eberly out front looking for the green flag to start the heat.
Debbie Eberly SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK
On the weekend of April 23 and 24 members of the Anza Racing Mowers traveled to the Big Time Speedway located in the Prairie City OHV Recreation Area in Rancho Cordova near Sacramento to compete in the United States
Lawn Mower Racing Association Nationals I and II held on consecutive days. The Big Time Speedway track is about the same size and made of decomposed granite like Anza’s track, however, it has a 7 percent bank which had the racer’s making adjustments to their mowers for the best possible performance. Join-
ing the Anza Racing Mowers in the competition were racers from Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho and British Columbia Canada. They also used transponders to track laps and speed. On the first day of competition, Don Wimpee was knocked off his mower during the second heat race causing injury to his wrist badly
Debbie Eberly photo
enough to send him back to the pits and keep him from competing any further. Wimpee was competing in the BP Class and clocked at 30.7 mph fastest lap. The other racers from Anza all competed in the FX S&T classes. In the Finals Robert Love Jr., Tom Tom Rozanski and
see MOWERS, page A-7
Local volunteers provide habitat enhancement for quino checkerspot butterfly Allison Renck WRITER
Enough invasive weeds were pulled to fill many garbage bags April 28 when local volunteers and three agency personnel from the Regional Conservation Authority provided the labor to enhance habitat for the quino checkerspot butterfly in the Beauty Mountain Wilderness in Anza. This two day project, which occurred April 21 and 28, was made possible by a grant from the Wilderness Society with matching funds from Anza’s The High Country Conservancy, Santa Margarita and SC of San Gorgonio Chapter of The Sierra Club. The lead on the project was local Anza resident Dr. Gordon Pratt, Ph.D. who is an expert in all things related to the
see HABITAT, page A-4
The quino checkerspot butterfly is found in areas of Anza and Aguanga.
Gordon Pratt photo
It’s Count down Time to Anza Days Allison Renck WRITER
Lion Mike Esposito at the Anza Days planning meeting asking all those in attendance, for their ideas and suggestions. He said he is excited about this year’s 2016 Anza Days celebration and wants everyone in the community to get involved in any way they can. Allison Renck photo
Fourteen people attended the planning meeting for the annual Anza Days 4th of July celebration, a tradition in the Anza Valley. This year’s 2016 theme for the parade, chosen by popular vote, is Disney. Volunteers from the Anza Lions Club, Anza Community Hall, Anza Civic Improvement League, and KOYT 96.3 Radio Station attended the meeting. The group of volunteers also used the meeting time to contact other local organizations to confirm activities that these groups would be hosting during the event. The Anza Days events will begin Friday, July 1, in the evening with a
see ANZA DAYS, page A-3