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Two local men among those killed on U.S.S. Fitzgerald

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Local tourism tops $700 million helping local economy in 2016

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Two graduates of local high schools were among those killed when the U.S.S. Fitzgerald collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan. see page A-4

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HVMC and HVHC awarded Gold Seal of Approval HEMET – Hemet Valley Medical Center and Hemet Valley Healthcare Center have announced they have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation and Nursing Care Center Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with the Joint Commission’s performance standards. see page B-4

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Caroline Beteta, President and CEO of Visit California shares statistics for local, regional and California tourism during the State of Tourism luncheon sponsored by Visit Temecula Valley at Fazeli Cellars Winery Thursday, June 15. See the story and more photos on page A-3.

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Outlook good for Menifee MayorWinter says at annual ‘State of the City’ Will Fritz valleystaff@reedermedia.com

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Growth was a big topic during the city of Menifee’s 2017 ‘State of the City’ address. But more than anything else, optimism was the dominant theme.

Ever since vehicle licensing fee money, earmarked for newly-incorporated cities, was redirected by the state of California in 2011, the city was losing close to $7 million annually, Mayor Neil Winter said in his Thursday morning address at the Menifee Lakes Country Club.

In November, the city passed Measure DD, increasing the sales tax rate by 1 percent, to offset the 5-year-old loss.

Then, in a surprise move, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill returning the vehicle licensing fee funds last month.

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Menifee Valley Medical Center CEO Dan McLaughlin speaks about the hospital’s recent accomplishments and future vision during the Menifee People’s State of the City 2017, June 15.

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Prostitution: The ‘Victimless Crime’ and its effects on one local family Julie Reeder jreeder@reedermedia.com

This story is one of a series of stories and interviews relating to prostitution and its effects on the community and families. Is it a “victimless crime?” Or is it just the tip of the iceberg, leaving a string of destruction in its pathway? Many therapists define sexual addiction as obsessive behavior that puts marriage, family, career, health and personal safety in peril.

In this series, Reeder Media will be examining stories of sex trafficking, child prostitution and pornography. In some instances, like this one, the names have been changed to protect the family who agreed to be interviewed. In other series pieces, the names will be changed to protect the people being interviewed due to potential danger they face by going public.

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Crime up slightly in Wildomar, official says Will Fritz Valleystaff@reedermedia.com

Wildomar city council heard an update from city’s police chief at the June 14 council meeting.

Crime statistics were up slightly for January 2017 through May 2017 compared to the same time last year, said Capt. David Anne, who serves the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office as police chief of Wildomar and Lake Elsinore. Both cities contract to the county for police services.

Anne attributed some of the uptick in crime to Proposition 47, passed by state voters in 2014, which reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors and allowed inmates in state prisons to receive reduced sentences for their reclassified crimes.

“A lot of that has do with – many of you know, we’ve had conversations about the recent law changes in the state that have trickled down to the counties, and it contributed to some of these numbers,” Anne said. “You’re seeing a lot more

people (who) used to be in jail out on the street committing some of these petty crimes.”

There have been about 800 more calls for service in 2017 than in 2016, Anne said.

Anne did point out a couple of bright spots – vehicle thefts are down slightly in Wildomar, something he said is unusual compared to other nearby cities. Felony arrests are also up by 12 from last year, though misdemeanor arrests are down significantly. There were 129 misdemeanor arrests in Wil-

Local tourism tops $700 million helping local economy in 2016

domar for the first half of 2017, compared with 229 – 100 more – during the same period in 2016.

Anne said the difference may be due to a statistical anomaly.

“We might have had a sweep at that time last year, which might account for some of those increased arrests,” he said. “It relatively has been staying the same with our limited resources, so we’re tracking well there.”

Anne also said after the council meeting that low prioritization of enforcing misdemeanor crimes

may be another reason for the discrepancy between the 2016 and 2017 numbers.

“Sometimes, with our limited resources, we have to focus our efforts on more serious crimes,” he said. “That’s probably a big part of it—the officers’ time being more devoted toward increased calls for service, increased felonies, and not having as much proactive time, meaning extra time to go out there and give the tickets, arrest people or have the time to take misdemeanor (suspects) to jail.”

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Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington shares information on some of his favorite tourism spots at the State of Tourism luncheon at Fazeli Cellars Winery Thursday, June 15.

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Visit Temecula Valley hosted its annual “State of Tourism” luncheon June 15 at Fazeli Cellars Winery. Over 300 were in attendance to hear the news that the tourism industry in the valley generated over $712 million in 2016, a 55 percent increase over the 2004 total of $459 million. More than 2.7 million visitors came to the valley last year.

“Tourism is booming!” said Carolyn Beteta, CEO of Visit California, one of the keynote speakers for the event. She stated that tourism statewide generated $126 billion in spending and over $10 billion in state and local tax revenue, the seventh consecutive year of record gains. Over 23 percent of international visitors to this country or 17.3 million travelers came to California, injecting more than $25 billion into the state’s economy.

“Tourism doesn’t just happen,” said Beteta, adding the tourism in Riverside County is important to the state “It takes people, promotion and product. Our value proposition is to fill a giant funnel by driving top-line global awareness that will result in transactions at the local levels of our state, like the wonderful Temecula Valley.”

State campaigns have created 1.9 million handoffs into local communities, including 23,000 into the Temecula Valley. “You are the story,” said Beteta, “We are the storytellers.”

Beteta showcased video promotions with themes of “Kidifornia,” “Dream Big,” “Living the Dream,” and “All Dreams Welcome.”

Riverside County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Chuck Washington addressed tourism at the regional level. He shared his journey of moving to “Rancho California” as it was called in 1989.

“I love this county,” said Washington who has lived in the state since the 1950s. “It’s amazing what we’re achieving down here and what we’re becoming. “Tourism blossomed right under our noses.”

He noted that the Coachella Valley generated $84 million last year with “Stagecoach” responsible for $21 million. He touted the Ramona Play as the oldest recreation venue in its 94th season.

“We want corporate jets and high-end spenders at our airports,” he said, surprising the audience with the fact that 91,000 takeoffs and landings occurred at French Valley airport last year, whose runway is 300 feet longer than John Wayne airport.

“With the diversity of economy, geography and what we have to offer, tourism will easily be a billiondollar economy,” said Washington, “We have just begun.”

Cherise Manning, Chairman of the VTV Executive Board, proudly shared the numbers on the local economy with spending up, earnings up, employment up and tax revenues (local and state) also up from last year and compared to 2004.

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last year’s record of $696 million.

Earnings are up to $232 million, a 77 percent increase over 2004 levels.

Tourism-related employment is up 42 percent (from 2004 levels) to 7,430.

Local tax revenues are up 105 percent to $7.8 million, state tax revenues are up 59 percent to $21.9 million in that same period. Tourism in the valley last year generated $29.7 million in state and local tax revenues.

Retail spending increased 41 percent; on-site food and beverage

climbed 93 percent; off-site food and beverage grew 90 percent.

The number of visitors, hotel stays, and average spending per person all grew.

Manning then listed projects including infrastructure, hotels, wineries and retail that will contribute to the area’s economic growth.

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Two local high school graduates among those killed on U.S.S. Fitzgerald Will Fritz valleystaff@reedermedia.com

Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, Douglass was one of seven Sailors killed when the Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with the Philippineflagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. The incident is under investigation.

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista. Sibayan was one of seven Sailors killed when the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with the Philippineflagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. The incident is under investigation.

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Two graduates of local high schools were among those killed when the U.S.S. Fitzgerald collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan.

Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Douglass, 25, was a 2010 graduate of Fallbrook High School. Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Sibayan, 23, was a 2012 graduate of Chaparral High School, and was reportedly a member of the school’s Naval Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps while enrolled there.

Both, along with five other sailors, perished in a collision with the ACX Crystal, a container ship flagged in the Phillipines, off Japan’s Izu Peninsula.

The other five were identified as Dakota Rigsby, 19, of Palmyra, Virginia; Ngoc Truong Huynh, 25, of Oakville, Connecticut; Noe Hernandez, 26, of Weslaco, Texas; Alec Martin, 24, of Halethorpe, Maryland; and Gary Rehm Jr., 37, of Elyria, Ohio.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the families of these sailors,” Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin said in a

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is towed into port following a collision with a merchant vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time, June 17, while operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan.

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The Fitzgerald suffered severe damage as flooding overtook three large compartments, including one machinery room and two berthing areas for 116 member crew, Aucoin said.

The incident occurred Saturday at 2:20 a.m. local time.

The commanding officer’s cabin was directly impacted by the collision, injuring Commander Bryce Benson. A medevac was performed on Benson by the Japanese Coast Guard, Aucoin said. A medevac was also performed on two other sailors

with minor injuries.

All three patients are alert and under observation at naval Hospital Yokosuka, Aucoin said.

“The ship’s crew was swift and responsive and I can’t tell you how proud I am of the crew for what they did to save this ship,” Aucoin said.

“So, through the heroic efforts of the ship’s crew, they prevented this ship from foundering or even sinking.”

Aucoin said the incident will be investigated.

“We owe it to our families and the Navy to understand what happened,” he said.

Hemet City Council reviews preliminary 2017-2018 General Fund budget

Hemet Mayor Linda Krupa holds a baseball presented to her and the city by the California Interscholastic Federation District 4 Tahquitz High School baseball championship team and coaches, shown here with other council members and Tony Ault photos members of the city council June 13 in the city council chambers.

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The Hemet City Council sat in a lengthy workshop meeting Tuesday, June 13, to review the proposed $49,101,160 budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year that includes the expected Measure U sales tax funds promised to the police, fire and emergency medical services.

The preliminary General Fund budget, with line by line proposed expenditures, was requested by the council before additional regular budget study workshops that are open to the public. The council received the draft of the fiscal year 2017-2018 Capital Improvement

Projects budget during a workshop May 30. The Draft CIP budget showed $30,068,370 would spent on specific projects with funding coming from many different sources such as gas taxes, grants, bonds and loans. The CIP is separate from the General Fund budget that includes salaries, equipment and general operations.

The proposed General Fund Budget revenues, as estimated by staff, will total $49,800,660, and Interfund Fund transfers $559,000 for a total of $50,359,660.

Proposed General Fund expenditures were estimated at $49,101,160 with $20,000 Interfund transfers; reserved public,

Hemet City Council introduced the fire departments three new battalion chiefs during the June 13 city council meeting. From the left is police Chief Dave Brown, City Manager Alex Meyerhoff, Councilwoman Karley Meyer, Councilwoman Bonnie Wright, Battalion Chief Kevin Kulman, Councilman Russ Brown, Battalion Chief James Majchrzak, Mayor Pro Tem Michael Perciful, Battalion Chief Skip Ireland, Mayor Linda Krupa and fire Chief Scott Brown.

education and government access television channel funds and ambulance penalty fees, $340,000 and reserved for future Measure U expenditures, $2,371,060 to be returned to the city reserve funds. The total estimated at $52,371,060 with a required variance of $2,011,400.

The staff estimated beginning General Fund resources as of July 1 would be $12,882,089 with a reserved budget shortfall of $2,011,400. The ending available resources as of June 30, 2018, is estimated at $10,870,689.

The percentage of proposed General Fund expenditures will be 22.13 percent with the General Fund reserve requirement as set by the city council is 20 percent. The city has been working to pay back the money borrowed from previous reserved funds for necessary city operations as a result of the Great

Recession that ended in 2016 that seriously reduced revenues for Hemet and cities across the nation.

The CIP and General Fund draft and proposed budgets will be carefully reviewed by the city council before being finally approved by July 1. The July 1 deadline can be extended under certain circumstances according to the city attorney. The public may look over the proposed General Fund budget by going to the Hemet City Council agenda minutes in the June 13 city council minutes at www. cityofhemet.com.

In other business, Hemet fire Chief Scott Brown introduced the city fire departments three new battalion chiefs and said the appointments bring the department up to city fire department administrative standards. The new chiefs will provide liaison with the police

department, help train and direct more emergency operations.

They include Battalion Chief James Majchrzak, Battalion Chief Kevin Kulman and Battalion Chief Skip Ireland. Majchrzak is from Orange County, Kulman from Colorado and Ireland from Hemet.

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The ownership of the Galway Downs property has been given Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorization to initiate proceedings for a general plan amendment which would transfer 161.97 acres of that land from the Temecula Valley Wine Country’s Equestrian District Policy Area to the Winery District Policy Area.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote June 6, with Marion Ashley absent, does not commit the county to such

a general plan amendment. The proposed amendment will undergo land use review process including environmental review and public hearings.

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Temecula budget rebounds due to voter-approved sales tax increase Tim O’Leary toleary@reedermedia.com

Temecula residents can expect a spending surge in the next fiscal year and beyond due to a sales tax increase that voters narrowly approved at the polls Nov. 8.

The surge will come in public safety programs as well as several major capital projects that had been mothballed or delayed for years due to a budget squeeze.

The budget, which was formally approved by the City Council June 13, marks a major uptick in the city’s financial outlook.

In May 2016, city staff had warned of pending service cuts if the Measure S sales tax increase was not put on the November ballot and approved by city voters.

“Thanks to Measure S our future is very, very bright,” Mayor Maryann Edwards said at one point during the budget reviews.

Most of the discussion of Temecula’s $73.3 million operations budget – believed to be the largest in the city’s history – unfolded in a May 31 workshop that lasted nearly three hours. The final review was shorter and it ended with a unanimous approval by the council.

The operations budget will net a sharp revenue increase from the $69.8 million spending plan for the fiscal year that ends June 30.

The operations budget pays for police and fire protection, public works, planning and many other city services.

The city’s capital improvement program, which builds city infrastructure and public works projects, will receive a similar funding surge in and beyond the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The past year has seen Temecula’s population grow by 1.8 percent to 111,024 residents, according to data collected by the

city. The number of households grew 1.2 percent to nearly 35,000.

The number of jobs based in the city grew by 1.8 percent to 51,700 positions.

About 10 audience members commented during the recent budget workshop. Many of those speakers urged the council to target an array of perceived needs that were not funded in the city’s operations budget or its capital improvement program. There were no public comments on the budget during the June 13 hearing.

Councilman Jeff Comerchero said the city has not ruled out funding some of the needs identified by the speakers, especially the construction of a second Old Town parking structure. But those decisions must come after careful planning and budgeting, he said.

“We have to make sure there’s a logical priority to what we’re doing,” he said.

As it stands, the council agreed to spend $1 million to further study Old Town’s future parking needs and proceed with the site selection, design work and environmental reviews.

Approval of the budget cemented a previous council decision to fill three vacant police positions and create seven more. That hiring spurt took effect in April, and it has allowed the city to meet its target of one officer per each 1,000 residents.

Boosting police staffing was one of the key goals identified by the city when the council scheduled the tax increase measure.

Opposition was stiff, and the tax increase passed by fewer than 800 votes, a slim 2 percent margin. Passage came after a contentious campaign, and foes were vastly outspent by such advocates as the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce.

It is predicted that the measure will pump an additional $23 million a year into city coffers.

The city began receiving income from the sales tax increase April 1. That new revenue is expected to total $5.75 million by the June 30 close of the current fiscal year.

Public safety needs will tap about 25 percent of Measure S revenues in the upcoming fiscal year. That share will increase to 43 percent, about $10.4 million annually, by the 2021-22 fiscal year.

The election was prefaced by about two years of warnings by city officials over a looming budget shortfall. City staff warned that rising operating costs could force the council to make crippling spending cuts to police patrols, paramedic squads and other key services.

City and business leaders argued that Temecula’s quality of life would plummet if Measure S did not pass. Measure S foes had countered that the city should further tighten its belt before seeking a tax increase.

The decisions on the budget and capital improvement program will breathe new life into a trio of city projects that had been halted or delayed by the budget crunch.

A community center renovation project was stopped in its tracks in October 2015, and a $3.3 million fire station has been mothballed since 2006. A proposed teen center was stalled in the planning stages for a decade or more.

Measure S has brought those three projects to the fore.

In addition to the purchase of a replacement ladder truck, the tax measure will enable the city to open and operate a mothballed fire station that flanks the Roripaugh Ranch subdivision.

A contractor was hired to build the fire station – the sixth intended to serve portions of the

city – in October 2004. More than 90 percent of the work was completed by spring 2006, when construction was suspended because the subdivision developer ran out of money to build homes and extend roads and utilities into the tract.

The city will spend $75,000 to install furniture, fixtures and other equipment in the new station. The council also allocated $868,030 to open the station in January and staff it for the rest of the fiscal year.

The city’s capital spending plan also sets a new course for another stayed municipal facility.

In 2013, the city acquired a recreation-oriented building located in Margarita Community Park. The move came about four years after a cash-strapped YMCA chapter spent $4.8 million to build and open a recreation center and indoor pool on land it leased from the city.

The city took over the building after the local YMCA chapter filed for bankruptcy and shut it down. The city toyed with renovating the deteriorated property, but halted that plan due to the high improvement costs and the lack of funds needed to staff it as a community center.

The funding surge from Measure S has prompted city officials to craft a plan to raze the existing building and construct its replacement. That project cost is estimated to total nearly $5 million, and construction work is expected to begin sometime in the 2018-

19 fiscal year, according to city documents.

It will cost the city about $730,000 a year to staff, operate and maintain that 6,000-squarefoot recreation building.

Measure S funds will also be allocated to a teen center that has been stalled on the drawing board. The teen village complex will cost an estimated $8.7 million and be built in the Ronald Reagan Sports Park along Rancho Vista Road.

The complex will include a 6,820-square-foot center and include several outdoor amenities as well as improvements to an existing skate park and amphitheater.

The need for such a facility was questioned by one audience member during the council’s budget workshop. Councilman Comerchero responded by saying the city’s teen needs have not been adequately addressed over the years.

“We do a woeful job with our teen population,” he countered.

Comerchero said Measure S will address many unmet needs for decades to come, but he warned that it doesn’t give the city a blank check for all projects.

All spending decisions must be carefully weighed and prioritized, he said.

He said city leaders “should all be very thankful to our citizens” that they agreed to raise their taxes to help meet Temecula’s future needs.

MENIFEE from page A-1 “We got our VLF fees back,” Winter told the audience, adding that the city will be able to put $2 million into reserves.

“So anytime you hear something or see something you like, feel free to get crazy,” the mayor said, eliciting some laughter from the crowd.

Thursday’s address was Winter’s first state of the city since he ousted former mayor Scott Mann, whose campaign was marred by campaign finance law violations, in the November election.

Winter, a former elementary school teacher, opened his speech with some humor.

“Most of you know that I don’t do scripts, so this is going be a real challenge for me because I like to just talk on my feet, and that’s not too good when you’re a politician, I understand,” he said. “But I won’t be doing any twittering, so don’t worry about that.”

Despite this pledge, Winter did take a couple of selfies with individuals seated near the front at the event.

Moving onto the serious business, Winter highlighted the major construction projects completed in Menifee over the last year, including the Newport Road interchange project.

Winter said the new interchange has vastly improved traffic conditions over what he and his wife saw while campaigning, when they went to some of the city’s most clogged intersections to see the gridlock.

“We got to see the pain of an infrastructure struggling,” Winter said. “The Newport interchange changed that. You can get across the freeway and go to the other side, east to west, in less than five minutes a couple of miles out.”

Winter said the city is now closer than ever to following up the Newport interchange project with a similar one at Scott Road.

“This project will be monumental for the city of Menifee and neighboring communities,” he said.

The address also featured speeches from Menifee Valley Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Dan McLaughlin and Mt. San Jacinto College President Roger Schultz.

McLaughlin said the hospital will be re-branding itself as the Menifee Global Medical Center.

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The hospital soon plans to add a “luxury chemical detox unit,” McLaughlin said.

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within the hospital … its sole focus is to provide the detox, the purification, for those that have substance abuse disorder, to get them ready to go into a treatment facility, which will be a referral elsewhere,” he said.

McLaughlin’s goal is “helping people feel good” when they’re in the hospital, he said.

“It’s my job to make sure we have the right people singing out the right script – the same script – at the same time,” he said.

Schultz described the growth in enrollment at MSJC which is one of the fastest-growing community col-

leges in the state. He also touched on the college’s ultimate plan for the Menifee Valley campus, which he said will eventually include new buildings, a football stadium and parking garages.

In the next year, architects should be working on designs for a 40,000-square-foot math and science building at the Menifee campus, Schultz said.

“Right now, we’re in 14,000 square feet (of labs),” he said. “So, you can imagine the access to the classes that students will need to pursue health care careers and other science areas.”

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Riverside County avoids potential $1.1 million per week deficit Paul Bandong pbandong@reedermedia.com

Riverside County Board of Supervisors was facing an unexpected $45 to 50 million deficit in 2017-2018 as their share of a $623 million program that the state of California was pushing back to the 58 counties in Gov. Brown’s proposed budget in January.

“We are potentially facing a $1.1 million per week deficit in Riverside County,” 1st District County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries said in March, “The state took over this mandatory program thinking they could make money through savings on health care, unionized it, gave pay raises and sick leave, found out they weren’t making money and decided to give it back to the counties without any funding. This will be devastating to counties whose budgets are already strapped.”

The governor’s proposed budget in January would have eliminated the Coordinated Care Initiative and force a significant cost-shift to counties for the in-home supportive services program. The elimination of the 2012 county IHSS Maintenance of Effort agreement would have shifted more than $623 million in costs to counties in the first year. That cost would have increased to nearly $2 billion by 2023. The county IHSS maintenance of effort agreement is due to expire June 30.

The Coordinated Care Initiative is intended to coordinate medical, behavioral health, longterm institutional care, home and community-based services in order to improve the integration of medical and long-term care services and thereby realize cost savings by reducing institutional care.

The IHSS program provides personal care services to qualified low-income individuals who are blind, aged over 65 or who have disabilities. The program serves approximately 531,000 people statewide. Services provided include feeding, bathing, bowel and bladder care, meal preparation and cleanup, laundry and paramedical care. Providing these services help program recipients avoid or delay

more expensive and less desirable institutional care settings, allowing recipients to stay in their residences much longer.

According to Mary Parks, senior information specialist, the Riverside County program has met every compliance target with most performance metrics in the 97 percent range. In May, the program titled “Ensuring Safety: IHSS Caregiver Back-up System” received the nation’s highest honors – the 2017 Achievement Award – from the National Association of counties.

In Riverside County, 31,139 residents rely on in-home services provided through the IHSS program as of April 30. Many people would not be able to stay in their homes and survive without the care provided by these services. The program has numerous client testimonials to that effect. There are over 26,000 caregivers employed through the IHSS program. Payments to caregivers in April alone totaled $39,814,216.

The average program cost of a caregiver is $1,500 per month compared to three to six times that cost for institutional care.

The program is funded with federal, state and county resources.

Title XIX of the Social Security Act provides federal funding, approximately 62 percent of the Department of Public Social Services’ $1.865 billion funding. Before the 1991 realignment, the state and counties split the non-federal share of IHSS program costs at 65 percent and 35 percent, respectively.

Counties were provided dedicated tax revenues from the sales tax and vehicle license fees to pay for share-of-cost ratio changes.

In July 2012, with the enactment of the Coordinated Care Initiative, the structure was changed based on a Maintenance-of-Effort requirement, which is different for each county based on their respective program needs. The levels were initially based on 2011-2012 county expenditures. In July 2014, a 3.5 percent annual inflation factor was approved, including any adjustments for negotiated wage and health benefit increases.

“When the state took over the program in 2012, costs were much

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from the state. Another option is to reduce service levels.

California State Association of Counties leadership and county executive officers have been meeting with the governor’s administration to discuss options for reducing the impact of the IHSS cost-shift.

The governor’s May revision to the budget now includes immediate relief of $400 million and $1.1 billion in state general fund contributions over the next four years to ease the burden on counties. The revision also includes a new IHSS Maintenance of Effort agreement, a starting inflator rate of zero percent in 2017-2018, which rises to 5 percent in the second year and seven percent annually thereafter.

“This brings our county’s budget hit down to $2 million in the first year and $5 million in the second year,” Washington said. “It will still be a challenge, but a more manageable one. We had already directed our department heads to look for process improvements, efficiency gains and administrative savings to trim their budgets by 6.5 percent, in order to address the unexpected projected $45 to $50 million increase. This will give us some breathing room.”

County supervisors statewide are relieved to have avoided a shortterm disaster, but are intent on looking for a longer-term solution.

“We appreciate that the governor and his staff understand that county services are truly vital to the health and well-being of the people we serve,” California State Association of Counties President Keith Carson said in a recent press release, “However, we remain very concerned about the growing cost of the program in future years, given changing demographics and economics. If nothing changes in a

lower,” 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington said. “Since then, annual costs have gone up with increased Medi-Cal participation, minimum wage increases, sick-leave pay and the federal government added overtime pay requirements.”

According to the California State Association of Counties, the impact to counties will be significant. Minimum wage will rise to $15 per hour for IHSS workers by 2022. The Managed Care Organization tax, which restores some of the recession era cuts to IHSS, is set to run out in 2019, leaving counties to pay 35 percent of costs, approximately another $100 million. New federal overtime regulations will cost IHSS about $463 million in 2017-2018.

The state has set a wage cap of $12.10 for their participation, even though they raised wages to $15, leaving counties to pick up the difference. The state gave IHSS workers paid sick leave in 2016 with the state picking up most of the costs; counties will now be responsible for 35 percent of those costs. The $166 million in savings from the Coordinated Care Initiative program, which streamlined care for Medicare and Medi-Cal, would be lost with the cancellation of the program.

“These programs are mandated by the federal and state government,” Washington said. “So if the costs fall on our counties, we have to pay them. We just don’t know where the money is coming from to support them, and we don’t have the ability to raise the revenues.”

Counties would be forced to divert funds from other vital services, like health and mental health programs, social services and public safety, including cuts to programs that rely on 1991 realignment funds

Hemet Measure U Citizen Oversight Committee updated on public safety expenditures Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com

approved taking $2,239,234 from the fiscal year 2016-2017 operating budget in reserve to address “urgent public safety needs.” The police and fire departments were able to begin purchasing new up-to-date emergency equipment and begin a hiring process needed to bring more police and firemen on hand to better protect city residents plagued by increasing crime and medical emergencies.

Once the Measure U money arrives in the city, the borrowed reserve money will be returned to the operating budget for fiscal year 2017-2018.

Canfield reported to the committee that the two departments as of May 31 have spent only a portion of the borrowed money. The departments’ expenditures to that date are $283,086.53 for police and $81,280.63 for fire, according to the report. A year-to-date expenditure report for police Measure U and fire Measure U budgets was presented to the committee.

During the meeting, Vice Chairman Marie McDonald suggested that the public needs to be better informed about the money being spent from Measure U funds. City

Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown and Fire Chief Scott Brown gave the Measure U Citizen Oversight Committee an update on the two departments progress in hiring and reorganizing to improve the city’s public safety status during the committee’s third meeting June 11.

The chiefs and Hemet administrative consultant Joy Canfield reported to the committee that the amended preliminary General Fund operating budget totals $42,011.060 that excludes the Measure U budgets. The proposed police budget totals $20,619,482, and fire budget totals $10,896,523 for a total public safety budget of $31,516,005. The public safety budget comprises 75 percent of the proposed budget, which is well in excess of the 72 percent provided for in Resolution 4731 as requested by the oversight committee.

After Measure U was passed in November of last year, the first allocation of the expected sales tax of one cent per dollar still would not be realized by the city until September. As a result, the city council

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Police Chief Brown and Fire Chief Brown both presented Power Point presentations on how the hiring and new equipment purchases are progressing and what steps they have taken to retain the police and firefighters they have on the payroll.

More information about the two public safety departments’ progress was discussed at the June 13 regular city council meeting.

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Drastic changes in the nation’s healthcare system could also affect the county’s hospital and healthcare network, a safety net for the poor and uninsured. The supervisors have approved an austerity program, a five-year plan for flat discretionary spending, in order to build up reserves.

“Approximately $750 million of the $5.4 billion budget is discretionary, and without increases in property values and tax receipts, we have no way of raising additional revenues,” Washington said. “The county is in the middle of a longterm cost-reduction and efficiency study with consulting firm KPMG that is identifying systemic changes that could save tens of millions of dollars. We are looking for demonstrable improvements.”

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Local CRIME from page A-1 Karen and Mark’s story For those who think prostitution is a victimless crime, Karen and her family do not agree.

There are few things more devastating to a spouse than the betrayal of infidelity, which is intensified if it is made public. Experts say there is a psychological difference between paid sex and other types of infidelity.

Visiting a prostitute is usually only about the sex. It isn’t about friendship. It isn’t about ego, or admiration or conquest. It is a cold and emotionless one-sided business transaction.

Karen and Mark from outside appearances are an All-American

repentance.

“The more anger and breakdowns I would have the less he could hear God. Yet he would still continue to frequent the massage parlors. His justification was ‘he wasn’t paying for it, he was just tipping them.’”

She continued, “I would say, ‘It’s so degrading. How could you?’

We continued to pray together and go to church. So, I gave him one year. Within that year there were highs and lows and at some point, I knew something wasn’t right and some of the old behavior started to return and there were some nights where I couldn’t relax around my

“The reality is that [paying for sex] is fleeting, the outcome is never what you hoped or expected it to be. The outcome leaves you with guilt and condemnation and a bit of ostracizing.” – Mark

“The next day I was driving and I felt like a tugging on my heart and I felt like the Lord was telling me ‘Karen, what does forgiveness look like?’” – Karen

“Paying for sex doesn’t replace Intimacy.

Intimacy is a deep level of friendship.” – Mark family. Karen stays home and has a home-based business that allows her to be with the children, Mark is a career man. He loves his wife and his children. They all go to church on Sundays and worship together.

But there was an addiction that was secretly tearing their family apart.

Karen’s perfect world fell apart after finding out that Mark had been frequenting local massage parlors, in Fallbrook on Main Avenue. She described her feelings as raw. She felt betrayed, deceived and disgusted.

Her world was shattered and she wasn’t sure if she had any blame.

She wasn’t sure if they would ever be the same again. She loved him, but wondered, “How could he do that?” She had a lot of questions, but wasn’t sure she wanted to know the answers.

Mark started going to massage parlors in search of relief. He had chronic pain and didn’t want to take prescription pain killers. As his visits grew into something more, he says fantasy fueled it and he never meant to hurt his wife, his family or himself, but his double life began and he was just looking for some “me” time.

What fueled Mark’s perfect storm was a porn addiction.

The sex industry has an excess of 25 million websites. Why is this relevant? All the people we interviewed said their sex addiction started with pornography. It is estimated that as many as 79 percent of men age 18 to 30 view porn at least monthly. Some experts believe that the addiction is stronger than cocaine in adolescents ages 11 to14. Meaning, the pathways developed in a young person’s brain upon seeing the pornographic images at that formative age has an even greater addictive effect than the actual act.

Karen took great care of herself and looked great but said, “He wasn’t really interested in me physically.” She knew something was wrong, but was shocked to find out that he was bypassing her to be with “weird looking women.

“Ultimately, I represented guilt and shame because the intimacy between a husband and wife is based on love, so how can you have that when you are off having interactions with ‘who knows what,’” she said.

“Lust is about taking – and love is about giving,” she said.

Mark agreed.

“When I found out I wanted to

husband and then I was in the position where my biggest trigger was my husband. He was still hiding something and he also realized that things weren’t going to get better.”

Karen was giving up hope as he would say, “I went to get a massage but I didn’t pay for anything.” The only way she seemed to reach him and get him to see was to say, “OK we can go to the pastor and talk to him.” She said it was then that she left because she didn’t believe anything would ever change. Leaving for the support of her family in another state, she was giving up on their marriage.

“I knew as soon as I got in the plane that I was supposed to leave,” said Karen. “The best thing I ever did was to let go and walk away. Then he sought help on his own.”

Mark called her after she left and

‘Karen, what does forgiveness look like?’ After that God validated me.

Does Mark deserve to die of AIDS, or have a lifetime of misery that he deserves? Yes, but forgiveness is taking all those things and rolling them up in a ball and throwing them out the window. He doesn’t deserve to see his daughter be born. But forgiveness is a giving up of one’s right.

God has taken all that and nailed it to the cross.

“I went back to the house and called his counselor,” continued Karen. “Bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness would have grown and grown and eventually taken over if I couldn’t forgive him. I can only deal with me. I don’t think there’s anything in Karen that could have forgiven that man. It’s only with the

furthermore, they do not appear to differ much from the general population of men.

Mark, what do you think was the reason you visited prostitutes?

“It was an offshoot of fantasy,” he said. “Some people have taken their own fantasies different ways, but for me, my body constantly hurt. My back, knees, and shoulder and I was looking for some relief. I saw what prescription drugs do to people and I didn’t drink, so I justified it in my own thinking that this is just a brief moment of reprieve, ‘me time’” Was it all that you hoped and fantasized it would be?

“The reality is that paying for sex is fleeting, the outcome is never

“There was work that I was trying to do correctly and I was still trying to be a good guy at home, but emotionally I was quick tempered, always frustrated, had unreal expectations for everybody around me because I didn’t know what a real relationship should be like,” said Mark.

How did it affect Karen?

“She went through periods of depression, anxiety and panic attacks, because of not being able to trust me, and finding out one day that I was not who she thought I was,” said Mark.

“Even at that point I had a hard time being repentant. I was sorry. I didn’t want to see her get hurt. I was sorry I hurt her. I didn’t want to hurt her. I loved her, or I had a sense of what I thought love was for her. So, in my

“I didn’t want to see her get hurt. I was sorry I hurt her.” – Mark

“She describes her feelings as raw. She felt betrayed, deceived and disgusted. Her world was shattered and she wasn’t sure if she had any blame.”

– Karen said, “I’m a coward. I did receive services.”

Karen told him she wouldn’t be coming home.

“I had friends step forward who said my children and I could stay with them but none of this I wanted for our family, and I was angry at him for doing this to my family,” said Karen.

But while she was out of town with family, Karen found out she was pregnant with his baby.

“My biggest lesson was the Refiner’s Fire – when you’re faced with

“The difference for me and what I knew was that if it didn’t work for me, I would be dead.” – Mark die,” Karen said of her husband’s extracurricular activities. “I was so devastated, disgusted by something that was meant to be beautiful. It was now dirty and disgusting. I had a self hatred and then a hatred for even being a woman. It’s interesting how I turned it inward toward myself.

Logically you realize it’s not your fault but there’s a sense of control over the situation if you believe that a change of something about yourself can make a difference. But there’s really nothing you can do.”

Karen said she “never once” turned her husband “down for sex, so it wasn’t because he wasn’t given attention at home.

“I broke down and fell apart,” she said. “If it wasn’t for the grace of God, I wouldn’t have gotten out of bed. In my head, even though it wasn’t conscious, I wanted him to see what he was missing. I would think, ‘look what you are giving up – your family, a wife who adores you, and your future.’ But trying to rationalize with someone who is in the depths of that is impossible because their mind has become so warped. It’s like trying to rationalize with someone who wants to believe the lies they’ve told themselves to continue the behavior. The wife is blaming herself and the husband is blaming her too [and the prostitute may also be blaming the wife]. It’s so emotionally and mentally draining.

I tried to guilt him, shame him into

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that type of adversity and devastation. I could have gone and cheated or justified alcohol or other selfmedication,” Karen said. “There’s a lot of temptation to gratify yourself.

There’s an emptiness and grieving and loss. It’s like a death I really was faced with and self has an insatiable appetite. Where doesn’t it end? One thing that kept me from seeking attention from other men was the thought, ‘Just because my husband lowered his standards doesn’t mean I need to.’ Or to compromise my standards for myself.

“But I found it very difficult,” continued Karen. “There was temptation. I was able to ask myself, ‘How would it end? What I found is, you don’t regret saying ‘no,’ but I would have regretted saying ‘yes.’ It was a time of self-revelation. There were some things in me that surfaced that I didn’t like.”

Mark found an inpatient program in Kentucky called Pure Life Ministry that specialized in the addictions he faced.

“After he moved back to Kentucky and was there a few months, the counselor was calling me asking if Mark could be here during the birth of the baby,” Karen said. “I said no, because missing the birth is a small price to pay for what he did.

“Then he asked me to just pray about it. The next day I was driving and I felt a tugging on my heart and I felt like the Lord was asking me,

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love of Christ.”

How were you able to be intimate again?

“It was awful,” said Karen. “Visions of other women were in our bedroom. I had to accept it and get past it. Sometimes I would break down and cry. I would think I could never go back and do that again. But the change in him was what started to bring the real intimacy back. It was his desire for his wife and the design of intimacy between a husband and a wife that brought it back. In physical intimacy, there is a bond and we had lost that. It was no longer an intimate experience that I could share with my husband, but one that would now entail battling repulsive images.”

Will things ever be the same?

“I think that it’s a delusion to think you’re going to get through life or marriage without experiencing something of the caliber where you’re going to ask yourself that question,” said Karen. “Rape victims feel that way, people who lose children feel that way. But the grace is that Christ makes all things new.

“What I wasn’t prepared for was the spiritual intimacy that would become a new part of our marriage,” continued Karen. “It was an intimacy that ran much deeper than the physical. A cord of three strands is not easily broken (Ecclesiastes 4:12). When we aligned our lives in submission to God’s will, we met on a spiritually intimate level and everything else for me became second. That is what drew us closer. The closer we both came to God, the closer we were to one another. This was new in our marriage.

“And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’” Also, He said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ (Revelation 21:5) “And this was true of our marriage. There was a sense of peace I had in knowing there was never or ever would be a prostitute who could share that with him. It belonged to us and to me that was sacred.”

Studies indicate that men who hire prostitutes are only slightly more likely to be single than married. And

what you hoped or expected it to be,” Mark said. “The outcome leaves you with guilt and condemnation and a bit of ostracizing. And now it’s a thing that you can never talk about. You’ve opened the door to a separate life or a different you, and you are who you are. You become very plastic. You start to care a lot less about people.”

Mark said he started paying for services before he was married.

“I was feeling the void of no girlfriend, no intimacy, no relationship and at the same time I was all that much more bitter toward women (he had gone through a divorce from his first wife),” Mark said.

Mark says because he was so angry and bitter that it was a miracle that he actually dated during the beginning stages (of “massages” and “extra services”).

The favors at the end (of the “massage”) I didn’t consider sex, it was just the outskirts,” said Mark. “And the problem is, if you feed your soul that junk, that’s the only thing that’s going to grow. Intimacy isn’t sex, but that’s what pop culture had (to offer).”

Was pornography a precursor?

“Yes, from a young age,” said Mark. “And if you research it enough, you will find it is ALWAYS a precursor to sexual misconduct or sexual crimes.”

He added, “Actually taking the step to pay for physical sex is much easier after viewing pornography and visualizing it for months. You’ve already done it in your head and you’ve justified it to yourself. You just need the right time and that always comes when you are so willing. The adrenaline is there and it’s not that you don’t love your wife, it’s different. I knew it was wrong. The guilt had no power to overcome the desire for self-gratification.”

Mark says he eventually felt trapped and wanted out but didn’t know how to escape its grasp on him.

Mark admits paying for sex doesn’t replace Intimacy. “Intimacy is a deep level of friendship – a man and a wife have intimacy in a healthy

thinking, according to my definition, yes (I loved her), but in that love I still cheated on her. I didn’t take care of her. I always put her below my needs. Obviously, my definition of love was screwed up at best.

“Some time after the initial confrontation I recommitted my life to Christ,” continued Mark. “Karen and I got baptized in our church but I still lacked power because my spiritual roots hadn’t grown deep enough.

“A comment that she made was something to the effect of, ‘If you don’t find a way to get some help or work this out, it’s going to kill you or you’re going to kill yourself.’

Immediately I could say, ‘You’re right.’ I knew she was right and I researched on the internet for residency programs for sexual addiction. And I knew the only real solution was going to be through God because I had already seen a sexual addiction therapist for about three months.

“When I went to Pure Life Ministry, I met lots of great guys but some of them just wanted to ‘fix this little thing.’ The difference for me and what I knew was that if it didn’t work for me, I would be dead. I would end up diseased or dead and I was at the end of my rope, and God was able to use that.

“I was shocked to learn that my sexual addiction was really sexual idolatry and that was just a fruit of a whole tree of sin where pride was at the roots. And my pride was saying ‘It’s all about me. I want what I want when I want it.’ When you’re not focused on Christ, you can justify anything.

“But the reality is if what we are doing is not for the glory of Jesus Christ, it won’t last. We’ll be left at Judgment grasping at straws for what we did for selfish reasons.”

In asking Mark if he had any parting shot, he pointed me to a Bible verse – Luke 8:38-39 (NIV).

“The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him [Jesus], but Jesus sent him away, saying, ‘Return home and tell how much God has done for you.’ So, the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.”

“The favors at the end (of the “massage”) I didn’t consider sex, it was just the outskirts. And the problem is if you feed your soul that junk, that’s the only thing that’s going to grow.” – Mark relationship,” he said. “And for instance, two guys can have intimacy without having sexual relations.”

Several years later, after you were married and it all came to light, how did you feel?

“I felt hollow,” he said. “I was tired of trying to maintain a front that wasn’t real. In some ways, I had already known that my family was gone and that was part of the hollow feeling. I was existing in that lie.”

For all intents and purposes, Mark was a “good guy.”

Mark said, “You see, I am that man. Not everyone wants to hear these things. I pray the soil of men’s hearts are not so hard and rocky as to reject the seeds from the Spirit of God. True change is impossible without Him. “Today I can love my wife with a real love not my broken misconception of love,” continued Mark. “I can love my wife because of Christ inside of me. He has shown me how to love and now I just need to follow his example.”

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Rams’ Romero named Coach of the Year, local student athletes named to All CIF-SS spring sports teams

Sara Lillie of Vista Murrieta was named to the All CIF-SS Division 1 team.

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Temescal Canyon’s Tyler Hardman, a recent commit to Oklahoma and draft pick by the Colorado Rockies, was named as an All CIF-SS selection in Division 2.

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Even though school’s out for summer, the accolades keep coming for many of the top high school student athletes from the spring sports season. Earlier this week the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation announced the All CIF-SS teams for some of the spring sports and quite a few players from the baseball, softball and boys’ volleyball teams all found themselves on the list, including Murrieta Mesa ‘s Antonio Romero who was named Softball Coach of the Year.

Romero’s Lady Rams finished third in the Southwestern League with a 5-5 record, won the Division 3 CIF-SS Championship and finished 24-10 overall.

Also representing the Lady Rams with postseason accolades is freshman Lauren Randle (.481 with 4 homeruns) and Murrieta Mesa’s ace from circle, Autumn Pease. Pease was selected as the All CIF-SS Division 3 Player of the Year after leading the Southwestern League with 257 strikeouts behind a 1.26 ERA. The junior hurler also threw a no-hitter this year, won 22 games and helped lead her team to the Division 3 Championship where they defeated Hart High School from Newhall, 3-1.

Vista Murrieta’s Sara Lillie was named to the CIF SS Division 1 team. The senior catcher helped lead the Lady Broncos to the Southwestern League Championship, Haley Cassidy from Temescal Canyon batted .435 with 10 home

runs to make CIF SS Division 3 honors and Ciara Jensen of Santa Rosa Academy was named to the Division 8 team. The freshman hit .472 with 25 RBIs for the Rangers.

On the baseball side of the fields, All CIF-SS picks include Vista Murrieta’s Jake Moberg and Temescal Canyons Tyler Hardman, a future Oklahoma Sooner, who was recently drafted by the Rockies in the 37th round of the MLB Amateur Draft, Kevin Wiseman of Linfield Christian School. Not only did a couple of Tahquitz Titans players get named, but head coach Ron Savage was also selected as the Division 4 Coach of the Year.

On the Boys’ volleyball courts, The Greeley brothers, Karson and Kade, were named to the All CIFSS Division 3 team, while Javier Castaneda of Perris represented in Division 4.

Presented by the LA84 Foundation and as selected by the CIF-SS Coaches’ Association, the following players have been recognized in their divisions: 2017 All CIF Southern Section Baseball team Coach of the Year: Ron Savage, Tahquitz – Div. 4 Jake Moberg (11), Vista Murrieta – Div. 1 Tyler Hardman (12), Temescal Canyon – Div. 2 Kevin Wiseman (12), Linfield Christian – Div. 4 Caleb Farmer (12), Tahquitz – Div. 4 Norman Power (12), Tahquitz – Div. 4 Jacob Garcia (12), Heritage – Div. 5

Murrieta Mesa head coach, Antonio Romero (right), was named the All CIF-SS Division 3 Coach of the Year after coaching the Lady Rams to their first ever postseason title.

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Autumn Pease of Murrieta Mesa High School was named the All CIF-SS Division 3 Player of the Year and led the Southwestern League with 257 strikeouts.

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Trevor Jones (11), Rancho Christian – Div. 6 Luke Nobiensky (12), Rancho Christian – Div. 6 John Carlberg (11), San Jacinto Valley Academy – Div. 7 Nehemiah Valencia (11), San Jacinto Valley Academy – Div. 7 2017 All CIF Southern Section Softball team Player of the Year: Autumn Pease (11), Pitcher, Murrieta Mesa – Div. 3 Coach of the Year: Antonio

Romero, Murrieta Mesa – Div. 3 Sara Lillie (12), Catcher, Vista Murrieta – Div. 1 Haley Cassidy (11), Catcher, Temescal Canyon – Div. 3 Lauren Randle (9), Infielder, Murrieta Mesa – Div. 3 Kenna Shernicott (11), Infielder, Paloma Valley – Div. 4 Kinsley Callicott (10), Infielder, Hemet – Div. 4 Emme Martinez (12), Infielder, West Valley – Div. 4 Ciara Jensen (9), Infielder, Santa

Rosa Academy – Div. 7 2017 Boys Volleyball Southern Section team Kade Greeley (12), OH, Vista Murrieta – Div. 3 Karson Greeley (12), OH, Vista Murrieta – Div. 3 Javier Castaneda (12), OH, Perris – Div. 4 Colton Rosendahl (12), OH, West Valley – Div. 5 Anton Mozga (12), MB, West Valley – Div. 5

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McCourt wins Demo Cross main event

Garret MCCourt of Homeland stands with his trophy and car after winning the May 20 Demo Cross at Perris Auto Speedway.

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Garrett McCourt won the Demo Cross main event May 20 at Perris Auto Speedway. The Homeland driver passed Shawn Myers during the third lap of the 20-lap race and led for the rest of the competition.

“I’m pretty excited about it,” McCourt said. “That was an awesome race.”

McCourt finished second, behind David Holmes, in the six-lap heat race. McCourt began the main event on the outside of the second row and was third after one lap.

He took over second place dur-

ing the second lap when Holmes struggled to maintain his forward momentum.

“He just disappeared,” McCourt said. “I didn’t even have to pass him.”

During the third lap McCourt passed Shawn Myers on the far straightaway. The rest of the drivers McCourt passed created a lap differential.

“I’d go inside and get under. I passed a handful of people,” McCourt said.

The question of who was on the lead lap baffled the scoreboard operator, so McCourt wasn’t sure who was immediately behind him.

Homeland’s Garrett McCourt drives a 1970 Nova which was converted into a racecar in 2016.

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“Every time I looked at the board there was a different number up there in second,” he said. “I didn’t even know who to watch out for. I knew to watch out for the trucks, because they’re heavier than I am.”

McCourt felt that he excelled entering the front straightaway.

“Turn four I had a pretty decent line going,” he said.

That was true until debris accumulated in that area about threequarters of the way through the race.

“I went for the smallest pile of stuff,” McCourt said.

McCourt also believes that the tear-off plastic strips on his helmet

provided him with greater visibility on the half-mile dirt oval.

“That’s the first time I’ve ever had tearoffs,” he said.

Dickie Vandermeulen finished second and Ryan Welfle was the third-place finisher. Vandermeulen and Welfle were on the far straightaway when McCourt took the checkered flag.

McCourt moved from Menifee to Homeland in December 2015.

His childhood included attendance at Hamilton Middle School in Anza. McCourt was part of Welfle’s crew in 2015 before making his debut as a Perris Auto Speedway driver in 2016.

“I just go out there and press the skinny pedal and hope I make it to the checkered flag,” McCourt said.

McCourt had previously competed in off-road competition.

The use of stock cars rather than specialized buggies has made Perris a more attractive racing option for McCourt.

“Racing’s expensive, and this is a nice way to do it cheap,” he said.

“I’m smiles per dollar.”

McCourt has received his enjoyment at the less expensive Perris track.

“I love it. It’s fun,” he said.

Male Tahquitz student receives cheerleading scholarship

CJ Hawkins and the Tahiquitz cheer team.

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HEMET – You might have heard about the student from Tahquitz High School, CJ Hawkins, who broke the barriers and negative stigma around male cheerleaders on campus. Well, he is back with some exciting news.

Hawkins was recently named to the University of Kentucky cheer team, which is the best college in the country for the sport.

Due to the school’s elite stature,

he was invited to try out for the University of Kentucky’s cheer team.

He spent two weeks at a cheer clinic where he was asked to cheer, tumble, and stunt for a panel of judges. After each practice, a coach would hang a paper with the people who had been cut that day; if you had not been cut then you would report to practice the following day.

Each day, Hawkins would walk

over to the piece of paper, with his anxiety level reaching a peak, and breathe a sigh of relief when he realized he was moving on. As the end of the final day approached, and he took the anxiety filled walk to the final piece of paper with the cuts on it, he was finally able to celebrate.

In addition to the tryout clinic, Hawkins toured the Engineering department and met a variety of

CJ Hawkins, seated, broke the barriers and negative stigma regarding male cheerleaders at Tahquitz High School has been named to the University of Kentucky Cheer Team and was awarded a scholarship that will pay for half of his tuition.

professors and faculty members. He plans on majoring in Biochemical Engineering. Since he made the cheer team, he has received a scholarship from the school that will pay for half of his tuition.

Hawkins said he has always been excited at the prospect of attending the University of Kentucky. However, after his visit, he is downright thrilled.

“I’m happy to be a part of a campus that is focused on bettering themselves both athletically and academically,” he said.

To recognize his accomplishments, a signing event was held for Hawkins.

The school’s Athletic Director Mike Sims opened the event by pointing at championship banners and saying, “All of these banners

around the room have brought us to this point.”

Sims thanked the team as a whole for the culture they bring to the school, and thanked Hawkins for his determination and congratulated him on becoming the school’s first student to receive a scholarship for cheerleading.

Hawkins said he is happy to be able to show his fellow male teammates what is possible. Not only is he able to continue to compete in a sport that he loves, but he was able to get a scholarship to pursue his educational dreams as well.

Congratulations on your bright future CJ Hawkins! Thank you for positively representing Hemet Unified and don’t forget to always show that Titan PRIDE, said school officials.

Lake Elsinore Fishing Report

William H. Johnson La Laguna Resort and Boat Launch Manager Special to Valley News

Catfish! Catfish! Catfish! That’ the hot bite these days in Lake Elsinore. Fish are coming into the spawning cycle and are being caught in very shallow water. Rock piles, brush piles, and vegetation along the shoreline are prime areas for anglers to target the catfish. Fish are ranging from 2 to 10 pounds using Mackerel Chunks, night crawler and shrimp.

Bass action has been fair for those willing to spend the time chucking spinner baits and crank baits. The crappie bite is still slow with anglers picking off a few in the early morning.

Carp are also being caught with regularity using dough baits all around the lake.

Tip of the week!

Fly lining (no weight) your bait when fishing in areas with lots of structure will increase your catching to snagging ratio considerably! Using a bobber will also eliminate continual snags around structural areas.

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Westmoreland receives large scholarship to pay for college tuition

Kaylee Westmoreland, a recent graduate of Tahquitz High School, has been recruited to play goalie for UCSD. Courtesy photo

HEMET – Kaylee Westmoreland, a recent graduate of Tahquitz High School, has shown continuous dedication to her future through athletics and academia and is not stopping there. After beating the 21-year CIF Southern Section record in Girls’ Soccer for most career saves this year, she has decided to attend University of California, San Diego, majoring in Mechanical Engineering to become an aeronautical engineer and design fighter jets. In addition, she has also been recruited to play goalie for UCSD. Westmoreland said she has wanted to play soccer at the col-

legiate level and worked hard to make herself a strong competitor for soccer coaches. She graduated with a 4.35 grade-point-average, and took multiple Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment classes, where she earned college credit.

Aside from her athletics and academic work, she was introduced to the concept of joining the military. This was her first year being part of Tahquitz’s JROTC program which interested her further. In January she decided to submit an application for a Navy ROTC Scholarship and at the end of April she was notified that

she had received the scholarship.

Her Navy Scholarship is worth $180,000 to help her pay for tuition at UCSD. In addition to the Navy ROTC Scholarship, she was also awarded a Cal Grant for $12,500 which will help her pay for living expenses.

“I was shocked when I heard I received the scholarship,” said Wetmoreland. “It has been nice to see all my hard work and effort pay off.”

Westmoreland will start the makeshift boot camp this summer.

This will give her an introduction into Navy etiquette and expecta-

tions. She said she is excited to learn everything she can to be successful.

Westmoreland said she is thankful for her parents, her JROTC instructor Major Williams, and family friend Matthew Sanchez, a Navy Recruitment Officer.

“Your determination and positive attitude will continue to open doors for you in the future and we look forward to seeing to what you will accomplish. Congratulations Kaylee on continuing to work hard for what you want and for not shying away from a challenge.”

Temecula United Soccer Club joins Southern California Developmental Soccer League

Temecula United Soccer Club has announced its alignment with the Southern California Developmental Soccer League for the 2017/18 soccer season.

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TEMECULA – In May of 2017, the Temecula United Soccer Club announced its alignment with the Southern California Developmental Soccer League for the 2017/18 soccer season. Every one of Temecula United’s many teams will begin playing at all flight levels in September 2017.

“It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the move to the Southern California Developmental Soccer League,” Mike Richards, president of the Temecula United Soccer Club said. “We are pleased with the opportunity to provide the Temecula United Soccer Club with the top-notch competition SCDSL offers, as well as to assist both individual players and teams meet and achieve their goals for the coming season.”

Temecula United Soccer Club teams will play in Flights 1, Flight 2, and Flight 3 of the SCDSL with

their boys and girls teams. Temecula United Soccer Club teams will compete with Boys and Girls teams from the birth year 1999 all the way through 2010.

After a lengthy run in the Presidio League, Temecula United looks forward to joining the hundreds of SCDSL teams hitting the pitch this fall, and continuing their mission to develop competitive soccer players and teams in the upcoming year.

With the growth of Temecula United, many teams are still open for tryouts, coordinated through Director of Coaches, Rob Skinner. Contact CoachRobSkinner@ Gmail.com for further information. Visit the club’s website at www.temeculaunitedsoccerclub. org or on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.

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Vista Murrieta High School band receives John Phillip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Shield Award MURRIETA – Vista Murrieta High School’s Marching Band received the John Phillip Sousa Foundation’s 2016 Sudler Shield Award, an international award recognizing standards of world-class excellence for marching bands. Only 75 bands from around the world have received the award, which is the equivalent of an international lifetime achievement award. The award was presented June 1 in the school’s performing arts center along with a concert.

Vista Murrieta High School’s marching band and color guard had an award-winning year, starting in October when the band won first place at the Bands of America

Regional Championships in Long Beach. At the regional championships, they also won awards for outstanding music performance, outstanding visual performance and outstanding general effect. With the second highest music score in the country that score placed VMHS in the top 1 percent out of 19,000 marching bands in the entire country this season. The win also qualified the band for the Bands of America Grand National Championships.

At the Bands of America Grand National Championships held in November at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, VMHS competed against 100 of the finest bands in the nation. The band made it to the

semifinal round, but they missed the finals by less than one point.

Overall, they placed 14th in the nation, and they were the only band in the nation to receive the Al Castronovo Memorial Esprit de Corps Award for the second time.

The award recognizes the band that best exemplifies pride, spirit, enthusiasm, friendliness and unity of purpose. The band first received the award at the Grand National Championships in 2008.

“We couldn’t be more proud of how the kids performed both on and off of the field,” band Director Donald Wade said. “While it is our band kids out there performing, our success is a culmination of support

from one of the best parent booster clubs anywhere, our school and school administration, district administration and our community as a whole.”

This year 350 students are involved in the school’s instrumental music program representing one out of every 10 students at the school. VMHS offers four levels of concert band, three levels of jazz band, two levels of percussion, pep band, chamber ensembles, three levels of winter color guards, varsity marching band and junior varsity marching band.

For more information, contact Wade at dwade@murrieta.k12. ca.us.

Perry graduates from Chadron State College CHADRON, NE – Jordan Perry of Murrieta earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration during Chadron State College commencement May 6.

A total of 254 seniors earned their degrees during the ceremony.

Dr. Megan Schuckman, a CSC alumna and a family medicine physician, spoke at the event.

Chadron State College, which was founded in 1911, is the only four-year, regionally-accredited college in the western half of

Nebraska. As a public institution with its roots in teacher education, Chadron State takes pride in its accessibility and affordability. Nearly 3,000 undergraduate, graduate and online students currently attend Chadron State

and its curriculum has grown to offer programs and courses in more than 50 majors and endorsements and eight master’s degree programs.

Johnson graduates from Champlain College BURLINGTON, VT – Marvin Johnson of Murrieta graduated from Champlain College with a BS degree in Integrated Studies during a ceremony held at the college May 13.

Champlain College’s 139th commencement was held at Edmunds Field in Burlington, Vermont. A to-

tal of 516 undergraduates received their associate and bachelor’s degrees during the ceremony.

Champlain College President Donald J. Laackman lauded the students with a long list of achievements the Class of 2017 has accomplished during their years at Champlain.

“Your success in the face of change, combined with your radically pragmatic Champlain College education, positions you to successfully enter a changing world,’ he said.

In addition, an honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees was presented to “Today Show” weather-

man and founder of Roker Media Labs Al Roker. Samantha Brehm ‘14 offered the alumni welcomed the graduates and their families.

Julian Lopez ‘17, an international business and finance major in the Stiller School of Business, delivered the Senior address

Hometown resident awarded degree during Salve Regina University’s 67th Commencement NEWPORT, R.I. – Kathryn Barrese of Temecula was awarded a Master of Arts degree in applied behavior analysis during Salve Regina University’s 67th commencement Sunday, May 21.

Salve Regina President Jane Gerety conferred 679 degrees in total, including 450 bachelor’s degrees, 220 master’s degrees and 12 doctoral degrees.

Internationally acclaimed musi-

cian Jon Batiste, a Forbes “30 under 30” who is the music director and bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, presented the commencement address and was awarded an honorary doctorate.

Also receiving an honorary degree was music industry icon George Wein, creator of the Newport Jazz Festival and co-creator of the Newport Folk Festival, among many other well-known events.

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“The world will be the greatest teacher you ever have,” Batiste told graduates. “Understanding what you’ve been taught, the values that

have been instilled in you in your four years here, I think you are well prepared to step out there and take the stage.”

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Health

Hemet Valley Medical Center and Hemet Valley Healthcare Center awarded Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission HEMET – Hemet Valley Medical Center and Hemet Valley Healthcare Center have announced they have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation and Nursing Care Center Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with the Joint Commission’s performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.

HVMC and HVHC underwent rigorous, unannounced on-site surveys last week. During the reviews, a team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated compliance with hospital standards related to several areas, including emergency management, environment of care,

infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management. Surveyors also conducted on-site observations and interviews.

Hemet Valley Medical Center CEO Dan McLaughlin said, “This latest award reinforces our commitment to excellence in healthcare for our valley and continuing expansion of services including our new Cath Lab, and the upcoming deployment of our Trauma Unit, Stroke Center, and Cardiovascular operating room.”

Dr. Purohit, Chief of Staff and a practicing urologist at Hemet Valley Medical Center for over 30 years said, “This is the best survey that the hospital has ever had.”

The Joint Commission has accredited hospitals for more than 60 years.

More than 4,000 general, children’s,

long-term acute, psychiatric, rehabilitation and specialty hospitals currently maintain accreditation from The Joint Commission, awarded for a three-year period. In addition, approximately 360 critical access hospitals maintain accreditation through a separate program.

“Joint Commission accreditation provides hospitals with the processes needed to improve in a variety of areas from the enhancement of staff education to the improvement of daily business operations,” said Mark G. Pelletier, RN, MS, chief operating officer, Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint Commission.

“In addition, our accreditation helps hospitals enhance their risk management and risk reduction strategies.

We commend both Hemet Valley

Medical Center and Hemet Valley Healthcare Center for their efforts to become quality improvement organizations.”

“Hemet Valley Medical Center is pleased to receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, the premier healthcare quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” added Dan McLaughlin, CEO of Hemet Valley Medical Center, “Staff from across our organization continue to work together to develop and implement approaches that improve care for the patients in our community.”

The Joint Commission’s hospital standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. The standards are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help hospitals measure,

assess and improve performance.

Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.

An independent, nonprofit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.

Rock-climbing techniques can be your life’s secret weapon Manley Feinberg II Special to Valley News

There are times when desire and commitment drive us out of any comfort zone we could possibly imagine.

I thought about that fact one day as I stared at a wall of rock in front of me in the Aksu Valley, one of the last frontiers of big-wall rock climbing, located in the country of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.

I was about to take on one of the greatest challenges in this adventure sport. But before I could do it, I had to put faith in a Russian colleague named Dima who suffered a seizure only hours before the climb.

Dima served as my belayer, the one who uses a small metal device called a belay to control the friction of a climber’s rope and save him if he begins to fall.

The belay allows climbers to safely accomplish what seems impossible. The same belay principle can be your secret weapon in life.

The idea that someone can help you stretch your own comfort zone and reach toward higher summits while encouraging you and saving you from the falls you will inevitably encounter.

The business leaders I often

advise and anyone else looking to accomplish lofty goals can use their own belay system and reach beyond their comfort zone. I offer these six tips for doing just that.

Get a safety system in place.

Climbers, like anyone looking to accomplish big things, expect to fall on the way to reaching their summit, and that’s why they use a belayer.

Before beginning the climb to your new goal, you should have processes in place to allow for your inevitable mistakes. Your own personal belayer that provides a safety system for when you fall.

Be sure to have just enough rope.

A belayer must feed a climber just enough rope to allow him to move in a desired direction. You’ll want partners in business, and in life, who give you enough rope to climb and room to grow.

Avoid too much rope.

A partner also shouldn’t give you too much slack because when you fall, the impact is going to be even greater for both of you.

Don’t let your belayer hold you back.

A belayer must feed you just enough rope as you move along.

However, they can hold you up if they aren’t giving you enough slack

to move. Identifying a belayer who is holding you back in life and disconnecting from them can be one of the most courageous and productive actions you will ever take.

Find a partner whose actions are immediate.

When you fall, which you will if you try to accomplish goals beyond your comfort zone, your partners must be fully present for you, just as a belayer must lock off the rope right away when a climber begins to fall.

Focus on reassurance after the fall.

A good partner will help you recover and get back at your endeavor as soon as possible.

When executed consistently, the belay lesson will have a dramatic impact on your life. I recommend that those looking to accomplish bigger goals should start their day with two questions: Who do I need on belay today? In other words, who can support me to help me accomplish my goals? And, who will I belay today? What individual needs my support the most today?

Manley Feinberg II is an awardwinning international keynote speaker, business leader and author.

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while growing sales to more than $474 million and landing the company on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For” list four years in a row. In his book, “Reaching Your

Next Summit,” Feinberg applies leadership lessons learned in business and adventures to life’s daily challenges. For more information, visit www.VerticalLessons.com.

work, school or daily routine, which includes sleep patterns.

The trick to sleeping well when you suffer from hay fever is to reduce the amount of pollen getting into your body at night.

People can tolerate a certain amount of pollen without reaction, but once this amount is exceeded – called the trigger level – hay fever symptoms start to occur. Stay below this level at night, you won’t get the symptoms, and your sleep won’t be affected. Go above it, and that’s when the trouble starts.

I’d like to offer a few tips on how to avoid reaching that trigger level, allowing you to rest easy at night.

Keep bedding and fabrics clean. Vacuum the house regularly, especially beds and fabrics. Vacuum the bed covers and curtains to remove pollen, dust and pet allergen particles. Wash bedding regularly to remove allergens and dry them indoors rather than on a clothes line to prevent pollen particles being blown onto them by the wind.

Keep the house closed from the outside world. Close windows and use an air conditioner, preferably with a High Efficiency Particle Arresting, or HEPA, filter to capture pollen and dust particles, as well as cool and circulate the air.

Have a nightly routine before bed.

Shower at night before sleeping to

remove pollen particles and pet hair from your hair and body. Clear nasal passages with distilled water, or use a saline nasal spray, to clear pollen from the nose. Finally, apply an allergen barrier balm to the nostrils and around the bones of the eyes to trap pollen, dust and pet allergens before they enter the body.

Ensure that pets are well groomed. If you own a pet, shampoo it as often as possible to remove pet allergens and pollen particles, or ban the pet from the bedroom completely.

Loss of sleep because of hay fever is very significant, as it can impact how a person functions the next day at school or at work. The effect of sleep deprivation on productivity and health losses costs companies billions of dollars each year.

Max Wiseberg is the creator of HayMax, a natural, organic balm that traps allergens when applied to the nostrils. As a lifelong hay fever sufferer, he was inspired to develop the balm when other allergy remedies didn’t work for him. Wiseberg, born and raised in Manchester, United Kingdom, regularly writes for newspapers, magazines and blogs on the subject of allergies and airborne allergens and has appeared on TV and radio. For more information, visit www.haymax.us.

Sleep better during allergy season Max Wiseberg Special to Valley News

Spring is the season of renewal.

Plants and trees start to rebound from the harsh winter that claimed most of their leaves and vegetation.

Birds return from their southern vacations, serenade us with their morning songs and rebuild their nests in preparation for new arrivals.

Unfortunately, there is another renewal that many people don’t look forward to in the spring: the

return of hay fever season, along with symptoms such as sneezing and sniffling that can give you sleepless nights.

In an allergy survey I conducted, 92 percent of respondents said their hay fever symptoms affect their

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When minutes matter …

Temecula Valley Hospital is recognized for its commitment to providing stroke treatment according to guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

No one expects an emergency. That’s why having a plan can make a difference when every second counts.

Knowing that Temecula Valley Hospital has received The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite is knowing you’re in good hands.

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Education

Hemet Unified School District announces its Student of the Year awardees HEMET – Hemet Education Foundation announced six Hemet Unified high school students as its scholarship winners for Student of the Year Monday, May 15.

In order to be eligible for the scholarship, students needed a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a Free Application for Federal Student Aid score in the intermediate range. These criteria were set to award students who are generally overlooked for funding. Students received a $5,000 scholarship if they attended a comprehensive high school, and a $500 scholarship was awarded to students from alternative school sites.

Kyle Roberts from Aspire Community Day School was selected to receive a scholarship. Roberts will be graduating with a 3.8 GPA and plans on attending Mt. San Jacinto College and transferring to California State University San Marcos.

He said he is interested in studying computer science, especially digital science and programming languages. He is interested in joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as a possible career option.

Joshua Macedo was selected to receive a scholarship for Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School.

Macedo has attended the high school since ninth grade. He has maintained a 3.86 GPA throughout his high school career and is excited to see what the next chapter in life will bring him. He will be enroll-

The Hemet Education Foundation awards six seniors from Hemet Unified School District with scholarships and the title Student of the Year, not in order, including Kyle Roberts of Aspire Community Day School, Joshus Macedo of Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School, Sage Williams of Hamilton High School, Caitlyn Toomey of Hemet High School, Zachary Miller of Tahquitz High School and Diana Velarde of West Courtesy photo Valley High School.

ing in Mt. San Jacinto College for two years and transferring to the University of California San Diego to major in biomedical engineering. His passion to help others will surely lead him to become a successful biomedical engineer.

Sage Williams was chosen as the Hamilton High School scholarship winner. Williams attend the University of California Merced to major in management and business economics. Throughout her high school career, she has been able to manage her time between academics, community service, volunteer work and varsity sports. She is excited to begin her life as a college

Valley Quilters Guild of Hemet awards 5 scholarships HEMET – The Valley Quilters Guild of Hemet awarded five $1000 scholarships to local students. A scholarship committee made up of guild members reviewed many students and the following students were awarded the scholarships based on grades and participation in arts, sports and overall performance toward reaching their goals.

Christopher Long from Hemet High School; Cynthia Nicole Aguilera from Hemet High School; Garrett Geboy from San Jacinto High School; Serenity Tabano from Tahquitz High School; and Gabrielle Mae Gotoman from West

student and pursue her career goals.

Caitlyn Toomey was chosen from Hemet High School to receive a scholarship. Toomey graduate with a 4.41 GPA and attend the University of California, Los Angeles, in the fall where she plans to major in engineering. Her interests lie in chemical or biomedical engineering, but she wants to keep her options open. During her high school career, she was a prosecution attorney for the school’s mock trial team and the president of a local 4-H Club. She said she is excited to further her education and gain the knowledge she needs to pursue a career in the engineering field.

Zachary Miller from Tahquitz High School was also chosen to receive a HEF scholarship. Miller will graduate with a 4.35 GPA and leave for Connecticut where he will attend Yale University. He plans on majoring in law or politics. Miller has been the Associated Student Body president, captain of the school’s water polo team and swim team, Academic Decathlon captain, and a member of the Calculus Club, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, School Site Council and has volunteered over 200 hours of community service.

West Valley High School’s scholarship committee chose Diana

Velarde to represent their school.

She will graduate with a 4.30 GPA, making her the third top student in her graduating class. This fall she will be attending the University of California Berkeley, where she will major in mathematics and pursue a career as a math teacher, engineer, architect or businesswoman.

She has been very involved in her school, participating in clubs like California Scholarship Federation, Link Crew, Fashion Club, Art Club, Mustang Maniacs and she played tennis. She said her goal has always been to push herself in everything she does so she can make her greatest support, her mom, proud.

The Hemet Education Foundation was formed in 1978 as a support group for the Hemet Unified School District. Over the years, the foundation has given financial support to libraries and fine arts programs. For the second year, HEF has awarded scholarships to graduating Hemet Unified seniors. Two years ago, students were chosen from the four comprehensive high schools, Hemet High, Hamilton, West Valley and Tahquitz. Last year, the foundation was able to add an additional scholarship for one student attending an alternative high schools, Alessandro, Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep and ASPIRE. This year, they were able to add another scholarship to help an additional student at an alternative site.

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The students and their families were invited to the Guild’s April 25 meeting for a wonderful brunch prepared by the Guild members where certificates for $1,000 scholarships were presented by the Scholarship Committee Chairwoman, Joan Dorr.

In addition to the scholarships each student was presented with a handmade quilt from different members of the Guild. Members enjoyed talking with the students and hearing about their accomplishments and goals for college and the future.

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NEWARK, N.J. – Kris Vasant graduated from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine with a degree in Anesthesiology after completing residency at Temple University Hospital in Pennsylvania.

Vasant was part of the 13th graduating class during a com-

mencement ceremony held June 1 at the Prudential Hall Theater at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey.

American University of Antigua is an innovative, fully accredited international medical school in the Caribbean. This year’s 241 graduates join a diverse alumni

community of more than 1,100 highly accomplished physicians practicing throughout the U.S. and Canada, the majority of whom are working in primary care, including family care, gynecology/ obstetrics, internal medicine and pediatrics.

Students graduate from Azusa Pacific University AZUSA – The following students graduated from Azusa Pacific University Saturday, May 6, 2017, and joined approximately 1,700 graduates at the spring commencement ceremonies.

Temecula residents graduating were Kayla Abrahamian with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, Taylor Allen with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Alexandra Citta with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Anna Kane with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts Production, Andrew

McLain with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Megan Myers with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Exercise Science.

Murrieta residents graduating were Nicole Arribere of Murrieta with a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health, Brittany Daniels of Murrieta with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Melanie Tierce with a Bachelor of Music in Music and Worship Tori Lavan of Canyon Lake earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Tristin Nelson of

Sun City earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Exercise Science.

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HEMET – At Hemet Unified School District, they are constantly looking for new programs and initiatives to support their students through their educational journey.

In addition to these various programs, they look to hire individuals who are passionate about helping students succeed. Therefore, it is no surprise that two Hemet Unified staff members were recognized by Western Riverside County Association of School Managers.

Aspire Community Day School Principal Cristian Miley was selected as the Alternative Education Principal of the Year by WRCASM. Miley had the rare opportunity to open and help design the vision of a new school. His leadership, knowledge and passion helped create a second chance for students to succeed and provided a place where they felt safe and supported.

This year, the school saw the first class of graduating students, and the pathways and goals they have chosen are a direct result of Miley’s work. Thanks to his vision and leadership, the six students graduating all have high goals for themselves and a group of educators who support them.

“Cristian is the model for all educators to follow,” Dr. Alex Ballard, director of secondary education, said. “He is an undying advocate for his school, for our community and most of all for our kids – regardless of their path to their current opportunity for redemption.”

West Valley High School’s Assistant Principal John Bradshaw was chosen as the Secondary Co-administrator of the Year. Bradshaw was chosen for the tremendous impact he has had on the West Valley campus. He consistently

Principal Cristian Miley of Aspire Community Day School is the Alternative Education Principal of the Year, chosen by the Western Riverside County Association of School Managers for his vision, leadership and passion as the new school graduates its first class of seniors.

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Chosen as the Secondary Co-administrator of the Year, Assistant Principal John Bradshaw of West Valley High School leads by example, motivating students and supporting community youth programs.

juggled the master schedule to ensure what is best for students.

He led by example and worked to improve himself in all matters of life. Aside from the work he did at West Valley, he participated in Boy Scouts of America and in various

other capacities to help support the youth in the community.

“He is a motivated and dedicated leader and continues to make his school a wonderful place for students to attend,” Derek Jindra, director of human resources, said.

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Business

Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce receives California Chamber of Commerce 2017 President’s Circle Award LAKE ELSINORE – The Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce is among a select group of local chambers of commerce that recently received the California Chamber of Commerce President’s Circle Award.

Representatives of the President’s Circle chambers were honored May 31 during the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual Capitol Summit in Sacramento.

Lake Elsinore Chamber President and CEO Kim Cousins accepted the award from California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg and board Chair

Susan Corrales-Diaz, president and CEO for Systems Integrated.

“We’re honored to take this opportunity to say thank you and recognize excellence of our top local chamber partners,” California Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Dave Kilby said. “During this past year these chambers excelled at helping their members comply with California’s often confusing and onerous HR laws and representing the interests of their members on state issues as exemplary grassroots legislative advocates.”

The award, first presented in

2009, recognizes chambers of commerce for excellence in business advocacy and helping their members comply with California employment laws. This year, the award was given to 29 local chambers of commerce from throughout California. The recipients published vote records of their state legislators on key business issues, generated letters to state elected officials on issues of interest to members and participated in the California Chamber of Commerce compliance product resale program at an exemplary level.

President and CEO of Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce Kim Cousins, center, receives the 2017 President’s Circle Award from President and CEO of California Chamber of Chamber Allan Zaremberg and board Chair Susan Corrales-Diaz, president and CEO of Systems Integrated.

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Riverside Transit Agency vehicle gets new life connecting children with after-school events put this vehicle into service right away.”

Among those attending the vehicle giveaway were Temecula Mayor and RTA board member Maryann Edwards, Boys and Girls Clubs board Chairman Jeff Kurtz and the club’s Director of Operations Daniqua Paul.

Edwards said she was proud to be part of an effort to energize the thriving program.

“This partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest County is just another way for RTA to make a difference in the community by enriching the lives

of these children,” Edwards said.

“Make no mistake, this vehicle is going to help a lot of children, and we are happy to contribute to their success.”

The Riverside Transit Agency provides public transportation for western Riverside County, operating 36 local fixed routes, eight CommuterLink express routes and Dial-A-Ride service. RTA’s service area spans 2,500 square miles, among the largest in the nation. For bus route and schedule information, contact RTA at (951) 565-5002 or go to www.RiversideTransit.com.

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The club president of Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest County, Grant Anderson, accepts a retired bus from the Riverside Transit Agency. The new-old bus will serve as transportation for thousands of children to after-school activities and field trips.

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RIVERSIDE – Thousands of southwest county youth have a new ride around town this summer.

That’s because the Riverside Transit Agency gave away one of its retired buses to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest County, which will use the vehicle to take children to and from educational and cultural events throughout Temecula and the surrounding area.

The nonprofit group accepted the 2009 Chevrolet El Dorado bus during a ceremony at RTA’s Riverside headquarters. The 26-passenger vehicle has exceeded its recommended service life and is no longer capable of remaining in RTA’s active fleet, but remains in good condition and can accommodate two wheelchairs.

At the donation ceremony, club president and CEO Grant Anderson said the bus will be a valuable addition to the club, allowing staff to pick up children after school and take them to the clubhouse at Kent

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Hintergardt Park in Temecula. The vehicle will also come in handy for field trips and other after-school activities.

The club, which was established in 1991, serves more than 1,000 children each year through its before- and after-school programs and summer camps in Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore.

“Today is a great day for the children of Southwest County,” Anderson said. “This vehicle is going to help us fulfill our pledge to serve area youth and provide them with the resources they need to succeed.”

RTA Chair Linda Krupa said the vehicle program is prolonging the life of retired buses and helping nonprofit groups such as the Boys and Girls Clubs enhance their services.

“RTA is putting tax-payer dollars to good use by giving these vehicles a longer, more productive life,” she said. “We’re thrilled to

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Annual Father’s Day Car show brings dads out in droves

People enjoy the classic and customized classic cars on display during the 47th Annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show at California Oaks Sports Park, June 18.

Brian Ruppert (left) with his dad Chris Ruppert, enjoy viewing the classic cars together on display at the Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show.

Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show judge Rick Brown, reviews and records points on one of the many classic cars on display and entered in the contest during the annual event.

People enjoy the classic and customized classic cars on display during the 47th Annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show at California Oaks Sports Park.

[Above] People enjoy the classic and customized classic cars on display during the 47th Annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show at California Oaks Sports Park.

[Left] Jeremy Melton and his son Weston, 3, tour the variety of classic cars on display during the 47th Annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show at California Oaks Sports Park.

[Above] People enjoy the classic and customized classic cars on display during the 47th Annual Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show at California Oaks Sports Park.

[Left] Austin Scola (right) helps apply sunscreen on his son Vincent, 10, during a hot and sunny Murrieta Father’s Day Car Show.

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Bella Vista Winery is a pleasant location for wine tasting this season Gloria Magallanes gmagallanes@reedermedia.com

Bella Vista Winery, located in Temecula Valley Wine Country, is a great choice when it comes to choosing the perfect place for wine tasting. Bella Vista is Temecula’s first commercial vineyard with 45

years of excellence in the trade and the first of the many wineries in the area to have certified organic vineyards.

The winery currently uses 80 percent of its estate grown grapes and 20 percent of other Temecula grapes to produce their wines which results in the production of

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19,000 cases of wine annually.

Built in 1978 and purchased by current owner, Hungarian-born Imre Cziraki, in 1998, Bella Vista has one of the largest tasting rooms in the Temecula Valley with over 20 quality wines including red, white, sparkling and dessert wines. Since the purchase of Bella Vista winery Cziraki has been working to update and modernize the winery facility and the grounds. In fact, Bella Vista winery, has a beautiful and scenic picnic area with shady palapas, brick walkways and chairs that face a duck pond, making it the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine with loved ones.

The wine tasting room is open daily with affordable prices for everyone. Visitors can enjoy their delicious wines in a friendly tasting room or lounge in the designated picnic area. The winery also gives frequent visitors the option of becoming members of the Bella Vista Wine Connoisseur Club. Members enjoy benefits that include special events and access to their exceptional wine collection. Other benefits include up to a 20 percent discount for online purchases, complimentary tasting for two, discounts on winery events and more.

Bella Vista winery hosts various events throughout the year that are fun for the whole family. Those who are interested in events can sign up for a newsletter to be informed on all upcoming and future events the winery has to offer. Bella Vista also hosts parties and receptions in their cask room, which was one of the first renovations in the winery after its purchase. However, the owner hopes to improve the facilities more in the future and accommodate even bigger events, wedding and parties.

With time, Bella Vista has become one of the most popular wineries in Temecula Valley with

Bella Vista Winery owners Gizella and her husband Imre Cziraki have Shane Gibson photos owned the Bella Vista vineyard since 1998.

Visitors to Bella Vista Winery will be treated to an exquisite and scenic evening as they enjoy a taste of Temecula wine. Frequent buyers can even pick up their own orders to cut back on shipping time.

its beautiful scenic views, duck pond and exquisite wines. Bella Vista Winery is an ideal place to visit this summer to see all it has to offer. Make sure to stop by and

visit Temecula’s first commercial vineyard, you won’t be sorry.

For more information, visit www.bellavistawinery.com or call (951) 676-5250.

Wien’s brings the rock to Wine Country with summer concert series

Scott Stapp, former front man of the 90s rock band Creed performs at Wien’s Family Cellars in Temecula Valley Wine Country Friday, June 9 as part of the winery’s ongoing summer concert series. See more photos on page C-3.

Holly Whell photo

Wine Country map courtesy of Temecula Valley Winegrowers

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Staying fit while traveling in Temecula Valley’s Southern California Wine Country Annette Brown Visit Temecula Valley Special to Valley News

Outdoor fitness options abound in the Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country allowing traveling adventurers to stay fit and healthy while visiting the region’s beautiful rolling hills, picture-perfect landscapes and sunny Southern California weather.

Explore the Temecula Valley’s Great Outdoors on Hiking, Biking and Riding Trails The rolling hills of Temecula Valley Southern California’s Wine Country provide a unique cardio adventure for cyclists seeking a challenge with a view while on vacation. Visitors to the region can rent or bring their own mountain bikes or cruisers for exercise enjoying the beautiful, Southern California sun and fresh air. The Santa Rosa Plateau’s Ecological Reserve, located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains above the Temecula Valley, offers serious mountain biking terrain as well as biking trails for every level. While at the Santa Rosa Plateau, hikers can get their hearts pumping as they walk along the paths and trails through 9,000 acres of woodlands and prairie.

In addition to biking and cycling opportunities, the trails through-

out wine country are perfect for exploration on horseback. Visitors to the region can bring their own horses, to be kept in care at one of the region’s many stables including Galway Downs or Green Acres, or those wishing to try a new adventure can book lessons or a trail ride at Green Acres Ranch. Guided trail rides through Wine Country are also available.

Learn How to Sip Temecula Valley Wine while Staying Fit Even while visiting the Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country’s wineries, visitors can do their best to stay fit (and try to offset the caloric intake of unique varietals of wine) thanks to unique programs and classes offered directly at a handful of wineries. VineyardFIT at Miramonte Winery offers semi-private, small-group fitness training by a professional trainer. The outdoor classes take place in the vineyards three times a week; visitors to the region will love that the first class is always free. At Cougar Winery, visitors can enjoy their Passion for Fitness, a bootcamp style fitness class offered throughout the year in the vineyards. At The GrapeSeed Spa at South Coast Winery Resort and Spa, guests can enjoy the combination of two stress-relieving, body-loving activities - wine and yoga - while enjoying the Vino

Vinyasa class.

Temecula Valley Fitness Events to Plan a Getaway Around Visitors to the Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country can also plan their trip around several races that take place in Wine Country throughout the year including the Rugged Maniac 5K Obstacle Race - Oct. 21 and the Temecula Half Marathon & 5K - Nov. 12. Details and event registration can be found on the event websites.

About Visit Temecula Valley With natural gifts of climate and geography Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country is recognized for scenic vineyards, awardwinning wines and 40+ wineries.

The popular, boutique destination includes the Temecula Valley A.V.A. (American Viticulture Area) as well as Historic Downtown Old Town Temecula, Pechanga Resort & Casino, and Temecula Wine Country Golf Trail. Visit Temecula Valley is the region’s official tourism marketing organization and an online resource for visitors at VisitTemeculaValley.com. Temecula Valley Visitors Center is located in Old Town Temecula (Third Street and Mercedes). For visitor information and assistance, call (888) 363-2852 or (951) 491-6085.

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Wine Country Events Calendar Friday, June 23 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Craft Faire, Maurice Car’rie Winery

2-4 p.m.

Gourmet Cheese Artisanal Tour & Wine Tasting, Avensole Winery

5-8 p.m.

Live Music, Jerry Gontag, Cougar Vineyard and Winery

6-9 p.m.

Live Music, Sebastian Sidi, Avensole Winery Restaurant

6-10 p.m.

Live Music, VIBology, Bel Vino Winery

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Live Music, Joe Baldino, Ponte Winery Restaurant

6-9 p.m.

Live Music, Kanan Road, Lorimar Winery

6-9 p.m.

Concert, Fan Halen, Mount Palomar Winery

6-9 p.m.

Block Party, Peltzer Winery

7-9:30 p.m.

Shakespeare in the Vines, Bailey Vineyard

7-10 p.m.

Live Music, The Core, Miramonte Winery

7-11 p.m.

Live Music, JD Priest, The Cellar Lounge at Ponte Vineyard Inn

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Craft Faire, Maurice Car’rie Winery

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Endeavor, Bel Vino Winery

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Jason Witt, Bel Vino Wine Lounge

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Izon Eden, Avensole Winery Tasting Room

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Alaina Blair, Robert Renzoni Vineyards

1-5 p.m.

Live Music, Justin Sanders, Fazeli Cellars

6-9 p.m.

Live Music, Camille Marsh, Avensole Winery Restaurant

6-9 p.m.

Let’s Dance, Big Truth, Maurice Car’rie Winery

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Dustin Jake, Masia de la Vinya

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Michael LeClerc, Wilson Creek Winery

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Sean Wiggins, Danza del Sol Winery

5-7 p.m.

L:ive Music, Tony Suraci, Meritage at Callaway

5-8 p.m.

Live Music, Leoness Cellars

Saturday, June 24

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5:30-8:30 p.m.

Live Music, Ron Freshman, Ponte Winery Restaurant

6-9 p.m.

Live Music, Fear of Phobias, Lorimar Winery

6-10 p.m.

Bonfire Saturday Nights, Guilty Conscience, Longshadow Ranch

7-9:30 p.m.

Shakespeare in the Vines, Bailey Vineyard

7-11 p.m.

Live Music, Kelly & Devin, The Cellar Lounge at Ponte Vineyard Inn

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Craft Faire, Maurice Car’rie Winery

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Gin Piston, Bel Vino Winery

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Izon Eden, Tasting Room, Avensole Winery

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, JD Priest Robert Renzoni Winery

1-5 p.m.

Live Music, Luciano Gherardi, Fazeli’s Cellars Winery Tasting Room

2-4 p.m.

Gourmet Cheese Artisanal Tour & Wine Tasting, Avensole Winery

2-5 p.m.

Live Music, Al & Brad, Cougar Vineyard & Winery

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wine, Dine & Painting, Jill Roberts, South Coast Winery

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bubble Brunch Buffet, Wilson Creek Winery

Sunday, June 25

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fizz Fest and Anniversary Event, Falkner Winery

11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Dog Day Sundays, Carol’s Restaurant at Baily’s Winery

12-3 p.m.

FUNday SUNnday, Falkner Winery

12-4 p.m.

Live Music, Astra Kelly, Wilson Creek Winery

1-3 p.m.

Vertical Tasting, Merlot, Monte De Oro Winery

1-3 p.m.

Paint Nite in the Barel Room, Mount Palomar Winery

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Tralain Roslyn, Danza Del Sol Winery

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Joe Baldino, Europa Village

1-4 p.m.

Live Music, Dustin Jake, Lorimar Vineyards

1-5 p.m.

Live Music, Leoness Cellars

1-5 p.m.

Live Music, Guilty Conscience, Vinner’s Garden,South Coast Winery

2-5 p.m.

Live Music, Just Us 4 Band, Oak Mountain Winery

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Live Music, Brennen & Amanda, The Cellar Lounge at Ponte Vineyard Inn

7-10 p.m.

Live Music, Midnight Satellites, Miramonte Winery

UPCOMING EVENTS

Rocker Scott Stapp brings the crowd to their feet during a June 9 performance at Wien’s Family Cellars in Temecula Valley Wine Country.

Scott Stapp, former front man of the 90s rock band Creed performs at Wien’s Family Cellars in Temecula Valley Wine Country Friday, June 9 as part of the winery’s ongoing summer concert series. The next performer in the series is Colin Hay from Men at Work who will perform at the winery Friday, July 28.

June 27, Movies Under the Stars, Vtagliano Winery June 28, Art Party, Wiens Family Cellars June 30, Desperado, Longshadow Ranch Winery June 30, Clapton Road, Thornton Winery July 1, 17th Anniverary Event, Falkner Winery July 8-9, Murder Mystery Dinner, Europa Village July 9, Paint Nite, Mount Palomar Winery July 12, Movies Under the Stars, Vtagliano Winery July 14, Heartbeat City, Mt Palomar Winery July 24, Viva Sangria Luau, Miramonte Winery July 28, No Duh!, Bel Vino Winery July 28, Colin Hay, Wiens Family Cellars July 30, Paint Nite, Mount Palomar Winery Aug 3, Sundresses & Cowboy Boots Aug 5, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Monte De Oro Winery Aug 11, The Band Who Fell to Earth, Mount Palomar Winery Aug 11, The Alarm, Wiens Family Cellars Aug 13, Paint Nite, Mount Palomar Winery Aug 19, Warrant, Monte De Oro Winery

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Scott Stapp, former front man for the popular 90s rock band Creed performs at Wien’s Family Cellars in Temecula Valley Wine Country Friday, June 9 as part of the winery’s ongoing summer concert series. Creed disbanded in 2004.

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Scott Stapp performs at Wien’s Family Cellars in Temecula Valley Wine Country Friday, June 9 as part of the winery’s ongoing summer concert series.

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Ramona Bowl Summer Theatre presents Disney’s “High School Musical”

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RAMONA – The Ramona Bowl is presenting their eighth Summer Youth Theater with Disney’s “High School Musical” June 26, 27 and 28. This is an adaptation of the popular film starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.

The Ramona Bowl’s production stars Ethan Trani as Troy Bolton the basketball star and Brooke Loomis as Gabriela Montez the science whiz. The show has all the

familiar songs and dances from the movie including “We’re All in This Together,” “Getcha Head in the Game,” “Stick to the Status Quo” and “Bop to the Top.” The plot centers around Troy and Gabriela who met over Christmas break and reunite at school just as the spring musical is having tryouts. The leads in the musical have always gone to the siblings, Sharpay and Ryan which will be

played by real siblings Dara and Aedan Bailey. Sharpay decides to make sure that Gabriela can’t make the auditions by scheduling both the final basketball game and science decathalon competition at the same time as auditions. But Troy and Gabriela’s decision to try out causes a rift in the school’s status quo and other students begin to admit they like things outside their usual clique. Turns out bas-

ketball player Zeke, played by Joseph Trani, likes to bake; brainiac Martha, played by Danielle Gamez, likes hip-hop and skater Ripper, played by Frankki Ondracek, plays the cello. Basketball player Chad, played by Daniel Trani and Brainiac Taylor, played

by Brooke Arellano, want things to stay the same. Kelsi Nielsen, played by Ellie Ballard, who wrote the spring musical wants to help

Troy and Gabriela. It becomes complicated and confusing but hilariously funny.

Over 50 students, ages 5-18, have been rehearsing under the direction of Janet Martin and Paul Fults. Stacey Bailey is still involved as the producer of the show. Tickets are available for $5 at the Ramona Bowl. For more information, call (951) 658-3111.

Comedian Jo Koy performs June 24 at Pala’s Starlight Theater PALA – Comedian Jo Koy will bring his unique outlook on the world to the Starlight Theater stage 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 24, at

Pala Casino Spa & Resort, 11154 Highway 76, in Pala.

Koy performs in clubs across the country and is well-known from his

appearances on Comedy Central, The Adam Carolla Show and as a panelist on Chelsea Lately.

Tickets are available for $45

with no service charge at the Pala box office in the casino, call (877) 946-7252 or visit www.palacasino. com. Tickets also are available

at Star Tickets, (800) 585-3737 or www.startickets.com.

Get ready for the Murrieta ‘Birthday Bash’ Ashley Orcutt Valleystaff@reedermedia.com

Murrieta turns 26 years old July 1, and to celebrate the city will host its annual birthday celebration at California Oaks Sports Park beginning at 2 p.m.

About 15,000 people from Murrieta and the surrounding communities attend each year to enjoy family friendly events around the

park including food, entertainment and plenty of good-old fashioned birthday fun.

Business vendors will be on hand to provide information about their products and food vendors will be serving delicious bites to eat. There will be fun inflatable rides to enjoy with wristbands at just $10 or tickets for those who just want to ride a few rides. There will be a fireman’s hose down at

4 p.m., where firefighters spray their hose into the crowd to cool them off.

At 5 p.m. the concerts will kick off featuring Live From Earth, a Pat Benatar tribute band. At 7 p.m., Lights, a Journey tribute band, will take to stage. Both bands provide amazing entertainment with catchy songs originally performed by some of classic rock’s favorite artists.

Immediately following the live performances at 9 p.m., the day will culminate with the city’s annual fireworks show.

According to Murrieta Parks and Recreations staff member, Laura Frasso, the Birthday Bash “really brings out that small town feel” that occurs when residents bump into their “neighbors, teachers, old friends, classmates you graduated with, and anyone else you haven’t

seen in a while.”

The event, which is the largest event of the year in the city of Murrieta, is a great way to spend the day with family members, friends and loved ones. Leave Fido at home though as no dogs are allowed.

Smoking, alcohol or barbequing at the event are also not allowed.

For more information, visit www.murrietaca.gov.

Teens create Rube Goldberg machines at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library TEMECULA – It’s time to learn about the scientific method. Get ready for some hilariously goofy fun at the teen program, “Rube Goldberg Machines” 7 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the Ronald H.

Roberts Temecula Public Library, located at 30600 Pauba Road.

A series of questions and answers will teach teens to consider the scientific method, while creating the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine.

For example, if someone uses random items like craft sticks, paper towel tubes, bouncy balls and race cars, maybe they could create a machine that can ring a bell.

Local teens are encouraged to

team up with their friends for an evening of crazy, messy fun. Sponsored by the Friends of the Temecula Libraries, this program is for teens, grades 7-12, and is limited to 40 participants. Advanced registra-

tion is ongoing before scheduled programs and events. Register at the library reference desk or call (951) 693-8940.

Sanders wins inaugural Pete Anderson Award in San Diego County Fair’s homemade wine contest Joe Naiman jnaiman@reedermedia.com

This year, the San Diego County Fair’s homemade wine contest added the Pete Anderson Award for the highest-scoring wine which was grown, produced and bottled on the winemaker’s estate. Jeff Sanders of Temecula became the initial recipient of the Pete Anderson Award.

The award named after the Carlsbad winemaker who teaches vineyard development and management at Mira Costa College in Oceanside was given to Sanders for a bottle which also won first place in the blended red Bordeaux varietals class. In addition to head-to-head

place awards for each class, the homemade wine contest also awards gold, silver and bronze medals based on the Davis 20-point scale, and that bottle also provided Sanders with a gold medal.

All six of the wines Sanders entered received a place ribbon, a medal or both. He had two zinfandel entries which took first place in that class, and both of those bottles were given gold medals. Sanders received second place and a silver medal for his tempranillo. He also took second place in the blended red Spanish varietals category, although that bottle was not provided with a medal. Sanders did not place in the blended red miscellaneous varietals

dry class, but the judges awarded a bronze medal for that wine.

The eight bottles entered by Temecula’s Brian DeClerk won five ribbons, including two for first place and eight medals. Three of his wines were in the blended red Rhone varietals competition where he received first place and a gold medal, second place and a silver medal and a silver medal for his bottle which did not place. DeClerk received first place in the blended white Rhone varietals class along with a bronze medal.

His second-place Barbera wine was also given a silver medal, as was his third-place mourvedre entry.

DeClerk received a silver medal for his cabernet franc bottle which

did not receive a head-to-head ribbon, and his viognier entry did not place in the class but was awarded a bronze medal.

Temecula winemaker Dito Diez won first place and a gold medal in the syrah class and also won a gold medal for a bottle of zinfandel which did not place in head-to-head competition.

The Temecula combination of Dirk and Michelle Uys produced wines which received two ribbons and four medals. Their riesling dry entry won second place and a bronze medal and they also took second place in the grenache class, although that bottle was not given a medal. They won silver medals

but no head-to-head awards in the blended red Rhone varietals, syrah and zinfandel categories.

Two Temecula residents placed in the fruit, non-stone – sweet, category, although neither bottle was given a medal. Jeremiah Prough had the second-place bottle, and Chuck Page placed third. Prough receive a bronze medal but not a place ribbon for his fruit, non-stone – dry, entry.

John Vigliotti of Temecula entered a bottle in the blended red miscellaneous varietals dry category and received third place and a silver medal.

A bottle of zinfandel entered by Temecula’s Brian Stigler was given a silver medal.

The O’Jays and The Whispers perform at Pala

The O’Jays, left, and The Whispers will perform at Pala Casino Spa & Resort Aug. 4.

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HAPPY HOUR 2-6PM

PALA – Pop and rhythm and blues legends The O’Jays, along with special guest The Whispers, will perform at Pala Casino Spa & Resort’s Starlight Theater 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 4.

The O’Jays are touring history and a connection to an era and sound that formed the soundtrack for several generations. Original members Walter Williams, Sr. and Eddie Levert have been friends since childhood in Canton, Ohio.

In 1972, Gamble & Huff, a songwriting production team, signed The O’Jays to their Philadelphia International label. With The Sound of Philadelphia, The O’Jays scored

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their first No. 1 hit on the Hot Soul Singles chart, “Backstabbers,” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in October 1972.

The O’Jays subsequently had a number of chart-topping pop and rhythm and blues singles, including “Love Train,” “Put Your Hands Together,” “For The Love Of Money,” “I Love Music,” “Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby (Sweet Tender Love),” “Live For The Weekend” and “Use Ta Be My Girl.”

The Whispers originated in Los Angeles and have scored pop and rhythm and blues hits since the ‘70s. They had a number of hits on

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the rhythm and blues and Billboard Hot 100 charts and hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club play chart with “And The Beat Goes On,” “Can You Do The Boogie” and “Out The Box.” In 1987, they hit the Top 10 when “Rock Steady” became their first Top 10 success on the Hot 100, reaching No. 7 while also capturing the No. 1 spot on the rhythm and blues charts.

Tickets are now on sale with no service charge at the Pala box office in the casino, call (877) 9467252 or visit www.palacasino.com.

Tickets also are available at Star Tickets (800) 585-3737 or www. startickets.com.

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Craig Yancey named Menifee Arts Council June Artist of the Month

Musician and associate faculty member of Mt. San Jacinto College Craig Yancey plays the saxophone, flute and clarinet; he was chosen as the June Artist of the Month by the Menifee Arts Council. Courtesy photo

MENIFEE – For more than 40 years, Craig Yancey has been working as a professional musician and educator. Most recently, he has been selected as Arts Council Menifee’s Artist of the Month for June.

Born and raised in Hemet, Yancey attended colleges in Arizona and Nevada where he also lived for many years. He started playing the clarinet, picked up the saxophone and majored in classical flute in college.

“Woodwinds found me,” Yanc-

ey, 61, said. “I really believe that everyone has a sound or musical voice inside of them, and when they are exposed to that sound, it resonates or speaks to them; woodwinds do that for me.”

Yancey began working at Hans Christensen Middle School in Temecula when it opened in 2009.

He was originally hired as a band director but soon took on the duties of choir director. He has been a music department associate faculty member at Mt. San Jacinto

Community College’s Menifee Valley campus since 2002.

“In my opinion, teaching is centered on assessing what skill level a student has, building their technical foundations, helping them appreciate and develop the passion for learning and the joy that comes with being successful,” Yancey said. “It doesn’t matter what age anyone is; our job is to take them from where they are and open the door to where they can go. We, as educators and in my case music educator, need to show and share our passion and joy in what we do to help inspire the student in whatever field they are chasing.”

He mainly plays the saxophone and flute but enjoys working on improving so he can feel more comfortable in any genre. He plays Selmer Vintage Tenor Mark VI and Vintage 1952 Alto Super Balanced Action saxophones as well as Yangisawa Soprano and Baritone saxophones, LeBlanc Backun clarinet and Armstrong flutes and piccolo.

“Being a teacher, we need to be able to cover a broad spectrum of music,” he said. “I feel it is very important for us to teach younger students standard literature in the element in which the students are involved.”

As a music lover, he listens to jazz, rhythm and blues, Latin, classical – basically, all good music. Transitioning from performer to teacher to director on a regular

place to be employed as such – Las Vegas.”

The process of becoming a music teacher requires students to major in instrumental, vocal or strings. Yancey enrolled and completed a program that required everyone to take method classes in all of the instruments.

“At the end of the class you had to prove basic proficiency to pass the class,” he said. “I actually took vocal lessons and sang in the university choir to gain some of that knowledge.”

After getting married 39 years ago and having two sons who are now professional musicians, Yancey felt it was important to find alternatives that made him happy but allowed him to also make a living so he started teaching. He feels fortunate that he was and still is able to also continue performing.

He said, like most teachers, his biggest reward is “seeing lights go off in people and watching and listening to them get better because they want it.” He often serves as an adjudicator or clinician for music festivals in the community.

“I am lucky to work with all age groups,” Yancey said. “It is a great educational tool for myself, because I really learn a lot when I work these events.”

For more information, visit www.artscouncilmenifee.org or call (951) 290-2781.

basis is not a problem for Yancey.

“That is really one of the beautiful things about music,” he said.

“We are all learning, performing and directing our skill sets every day. I don’t teach my students anything that I don’t work on myself. If there is a question or something that is stumping any particular student, it’s my job to be able to know how to help that person by explaining and modeling. If I can’t, I learn how. I do that for myself every day when I practice.”

With the support of great teachers, successful peers and wonderful parents who encouraged him to follow his passion for music, Yancey knew early on that music would always be an instrumental part of his life.

“My mother was a fine pianist.

She stopped playing seriously when she started her family; however, I was able to convince her to get her ‘chops’ back up to accompany me on my senior recital, and she was incredible,” he said. “My family has always and continues to honor what I do.”

He worked on getting his teaching credentials while attending college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He felt it would give him more options and diversity down the line.

“The saying goes like this: ‘No gig is forever,’ so long-term planning is difficult,” Yancey said. “I was a working musician in a great

Picnickers enjoy art and readings at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony

Author Meryl Peters does a reading to Dorland Mountain Arts Colony visitors in front of one of two new cottages available to accomplished artists from all media to write, paint or compose in seclusion surrounded by nature. The public was invited to tour the new cottages at a picnic June 10.

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for the visiting artists and want to begin some new art and music programs for the public,” Willis said.

“We have space for four more cottage we hope to build in the future.

We will build two more cottages in our next phase.”

The colony was once almost destroyed, including its six historic cabins, two art studios, adobe home, kitchen house and a rare grand piano, by the 2004 Eagle Mountain Fire that raged along Highway 79. The board has worked hard for the last 11 years to rebuild the facility with help from former residents, patrons of the arts, local businesses and contributors.

The legacy of Dorland Arts Colony founder Ellen Babcock Dorland, world famous concert pianist and nature lover, is being kept alive by dedicated lovers of art and music. Dorland initially created the Dorland Arts Colony, 36701 Highway 79 South, to give her friends and fellow artists a place to work and revive their spirits in a place of natural beauty and peace.

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ally turned over the Nature Conservancy to maintain and conserve the property in its natural state.

The nonprofit Dorland Mountain Arts Colony offers accomplished artists from all media to spend a week or two in quiet seclusion to work on their latest creations, whether in music, writing, photography, plein air painting and all forms of media. Each of the four cottages contain the most up-to-

date amenities with some including a grand piano for musicians.

Colony staff is currently installing a sturdy wheelchair ramp for any disabled artists.

For information about the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, call (951) 302-3837 or visit the website at dorlandartscolony.com or on Facebook. Cottages may be rented at nominal prices.

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Dorland Mountain Arts Colony artists, board members and visitors gathered Sunday, June 11, to celebrate the addition of two new artist cottages and a soon-to-becompleted, multipurpose room at a picnic under the oaks off Highway 79 near Temecula.

Current resident artists and writers, along with board members and guests, shared their latest creations with the picnickers sitting under the shady coastal oaks that cover the grounds. One of the two newest artist cottages served as the backdrop of the natural duff-covered speakers’ area.

Resident writer Amy Cannon shared her poem written at the colony.

“It was good to live lightly here,” she wrote, lauding the solitude and beauty found on and around the colony grounds. Another resident writer, Meryl Peters, originally from New York, delighted her listeners in reading an excerpt from the latest story, “The Girl from Albermar Road,” which focuses on a Jewish burial tradition.

“This place is fantastic, just love the new cabin,” Peters, who will be staying at the Colony for another week, said. Peters has been coming to spend a few weeks at the

colony each year for the past four years writing her stories within her latest novel, which is soon to be published.

Adding to the fun and enjoyment of the annual summer picnic were board members preparing free bratwursts and hot dogs for the guests with a variety of fine wines for a nominal donation. Guests were invited to bring a potluck item for others to enjoy.

Other writers and artists attending included: colony director and artist Noreen Ring; board member and artist Kathy Stradley; author Sharon O’Brien; poet and artist O’Dessa Cleveland and poet and writer Steve Shear. Colony resident Robert Willis, a noted watercolor artist, held meetings with visitors in his studio on the grounds.

Janice Cipriani-Willis, art colony director, welcomed visiting artists and friends to the picnic, offering tours and talks about the facility’s newest cabins and the upcoming multipurpose room for the visiting artists. The colony now has four approved cottages available to accomplished artists and rooms with acreage offering freedom in its ageless oak trees, ponds, flora and fauna. Wildlife abounds around the colony, and artist guests are allowed complete seclusion if they wish they are visiting.

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Calendar of Events CHILDREN AND TEENS: Now – Friday June 30 - Musica! Summer Strings Academy.

Diamond Valley Arts Center, 123 N Harvard St., Hemet.

Open to all ages. Classes are held four days each week for 3 weeks. As with previous years this course has two levels – Beginners 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Intermediate/Advanced 2:30-4:30 p.m. The academy concludes with a joint concert on June 30.

The concert is open to the public.

Fees are based on the skill level and ability to pay. Visit www. makingmusica.org for details.

June 26- July 7 – 8:30 a.m.

Summer Adventure Camp, It’s a Small World adventure at St John’s Church, 26410 Columbia St $20 per day (multiple day discounts). St John’s Summer Adventure Camp is designed to challenge a child’s mind, develop their creativity, and provide opportunities to enhance their physical fitness at all age levels.

Registration is available to all children in our community ages 2-8th grade. Summer Adventure Camp begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. (Daycare is available before and after camp from 6:45-8:30 a.m. & 3-6 p.m. Call for information (951) 925-7756 X221.

June 26- July 7 – 9 a.m. to noon. Western Science Center Inventors Camp at the Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Pkwy. $105 per student ($95 WSC member). Students entering grades 3-5. Discover the science and imagination behind some of the world’s most famous inventors and scientists. Through hands-on activities and building challenges find how inventors have changed the world we live in while finding your own inventor’s spark! (951) 791-0033.

June 26- July 7 – 12:30-3:30 p.m.Western Science Center Camp, Messerific (Part B) At the Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Pkwy. $105 per student ($95 WSC member). Students entering grades 3-5. OK, we know the word is made up, but what better way to describe this terrific and messy camp! Have fun while getting creative. From splat painting to snack food towers, this camp will be Messerific! Part A and B are unique sessions so campers

can attend one or both sessions.

This camp will be using some food so please let us know of any food allergies when registering.

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ENTERTAINMENT: June 23-25 - Mary Poppins, presented by the city of Temecula Youth Musical Theater at the the Old Town Temecula Community Theater. Showtimes vary. Cost: $10. Everyone’s favorite practically perfect nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane takes the stage in this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious youth musical adventure. Based on the books by P.L Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers, and astonishing stagecraft to delight the whole family! Information: tickets.temeculatheater.org June 23 – 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Movie: “Hello Dolly” at the Inter Valley Vitality Center, 214 E Stetson Ave. in Hemet. Free.

Come enjoy “Hello Dolly,” Gene Kelly’s Oscar-winning film starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau where Louis Armstrong performs his greatest hit. Bring a friend to enjoy the trivia and refreshments included RSVP required. (800) 251-8191 x625.

June 23 – 7 p.m. 10th Annual Lip Sync Contest, Soboba Casino AC Lounge, 23333 Soboba Road, San Jacinto. $25 per person. Join in the fun as teams from 12 local nonprofits compete for cash prizes in the zaniest fundraiser of the year!

Top prize $4000. Sponsored by the Soboba Foundation. (951) 665-1000.

June 23 – 6 p.m. Family Swim & Dive-In Movie at Diamond Valley Lake Aquatic Center, 1801 Angler Ave. $3 per person ($2 age two and under). Bring the family out for a fun evening at the Aquatic Center. Family swim 6:00 pm – 7:30 p.m., followed by a movie under the stars! Movie begins at dusk.

Call for info (951) 654-1505.

June 23 – Dusk. Movie In T h e P a r k a t Va l l e y - Wi d e Community Park, 901 W Esplanade Ave. San Jacinto.

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presents a fun-filled evening for the whole family. Bring your own chair/blanket and enjoy a family film under the stars. Refreshments served. Movie begins at dusk.

Call for info (951) 487-9234.

June 24 – Noon Kelsay Books Poetry Event at Diamond Valley Arts Center, 123 N Harvard St. in Hemet. Free. Poetry Readings by Kelsay Books. Charlotte Innes, Jeff Holt, Robbi Nester, Richard Nester, Marianne Smith Johnson, Karen Kelsay, Vivian Wagner, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Andrena Zwinski. RSVP at PurplePass.com.

June 26 - June 29 – 6 p.m.

Ramona Summer Youth Theater: “High School Musical” at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre, 27400 Ramona Bowl Road in Hemet. $5 general admission. The Ramona Bowl Summer Youth Program presents “High School Musical,” starring local children 5-18. Information (951) 658-3111 or (951) 316-4060.

COMMUNITY EVENTS: June 24 – 4-8 p.m. The Lake Elsinore Car Cruises return this summer. Cool classic cars will once again cruise into Lake Elsinore’s Historic Main Street.

This event is FREE. There is no pre-registration or fees, just tons of fun. During the event, attendees and participants are encouraged to visit our local downtown restaurants and stores. Many of these retailers will be offering special discounts during the Car Cruises. This event is co-hosted by the City of Lake Elsinore, Lambs Fellowship Car and Motorcycle Show (www.facebook. com/Lambsfellowshipcarshow/), and Randy Happala.

June 24, 25 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eighth annual Lemon Lily Festival at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Sponsored by Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks. Art vendors, food vendors, live music, educational walks and talks Pioneer Town for the kids with pony rides, alpacas, crafts, gold panning and more! Adults $5, children $4. Idylwild Nature Center is located at 25225 Hwy 243 in Idyllwild. Information: (951) 659-3850 or www.lemonlilyfestival.com.

June 26 – 6 p.m. Temecula Valley Historical Society pro-

gram featuring Dick Fox, a past president of the Temecula Valley Historical Society and a museum specialist for the Temecula Valley Museum will present “Newspapers in the Old West.” Fox worked in and around the newspaper business for 45 years and is an ardent fan of history and the printed word. He will explore the challenges, changes, competition and the impact that producing a newspaper these had in some communities. The stories of dangers and duels of frontier journalism will surprise and entertain the audience. FREE. A social time with refreshments begins at 5:30 p.m. The Little Temecula History Center, the red barn next to Kohl’s at the corner of Wolf Store Road and Redhawk Parkway. Information: (951) 302-0180.

Now – July 1 – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wild Desert Exhibition, Photographer David McChesney returns to the Inland Empire with a new exhibit at the Diamond Valley Arts Center. The show, titled “Wild Desert” presents striking images of desert life. Diamond Valley Arts Gallery, 123 N Harvard St., Hemet. Information (951) 652-3800.

NOW – Every Thursday at 7 p.m., Jazz at the Merc, 42051 Main St. Temecula. Presented by Sherry Berry Music in association with Temecula Presents. Tickets and Information: (866) 653-8696.

WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 6 – 11:15 a.m. Professional Women’s Roundtable.

What are the key pieces of the networking puzzle? Come learn best techniques and ingredients for productive and fruitful networking! 8bit Brewing Company 26755 Jefferson Ave., Ste. F in Murrieta. Cost to attend the luncheon meeting is $20 for members and $25 for guests. Register online at www.pwroline.org or $25 the door. Information: www. pwronline.org or call Annette LaRocque at (951) 300-6676.

NOW – Animal Friends of the Valley’s is in need of donations: Wet cat food, dry cat food, wet kitten food, dry small breed dog food, dry dog food, dry senior dog food, dry weight maintenance dog food, wet dog food, cat litter and newspaper. Donations can be

dropped off at Animal Friends of the Valleys, 33751 Mission Trail, Wildomar.

NOW – The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who served in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. This year the association will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the division which was formed in France during WWI. Information about the association and the annual reunion in Arlington, Virginia, from Sept. 13-17 contact SecretaryTreasurer Bob Haynes at (224) 225-1202 or 2idahq@comcast. net. www.2ida.org.

NOW – Desert Hills Memory Care to host a monthly Education and Connections support group at 25818 Columbia St. Hemet on the second Monday of every month at 10 a.m. Complimentary respite care will be available for loved ones during these meeting. Education and Connections is open to anyone who would like more support and education while caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia. Information: Chantelle (951) 652-1837.

NOW – Sun City Certified Farmers Market is held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday in the parking lot of the Menifee United Church of Christ, 26701 McCall Blvd. Vendors offer produce, crafts, food and more. Information: Pamela (951) 491-4111.

NOW – Memoir Writing Group every second and fourth Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the Mary Phillips Senior Center, 4845 sixth Street, Temecula, everyone has a story, join them and write.

NOW – Parent Support Group available for parents whose children of any age struggle with addiction. Education, Skills, Support. Every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 43397 Business Park Drive.

Suite D8, Temecula. Information: (951) 775-4000 or info@thecenter4lifechange.com.

NOW – Lake Elsinore/Wildomar Elks Lodge 2591 hosts Bingo at the lodge each Thursday to raise funds for its charities. Occasionally the lodge arranges for additional Bingo games to help community groups raise funds as well. Lodge 2591 is located at 33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar.

Information: (951) 674-6804.

Diamond Valley Arts Council awarded California Arts Council ‘Local Impact’ grant competition will be displayed in local businesses beginning Sept.

6, and running through Sept. 24.

Cash prizes will be given for first, second and third place entries in each of three categories: digital, 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional.

There is still time for interested youth to enter their work into the competition. To do that, an ‘Intent to Participate’ form must be submitted for each item entered.

These forms are available at www. thedvac.org or by email request to youthartcompetition@gmail.com.

The completed form can be sent to The DVAC at 140 E. Stetson Ave., #297, Hemet CA 92543 or dropped off at the Arts Center at 123 N. Harvard St. in downtown Hemet. The ‘Intent to Participate’

form must be received by 5 p.m.

July 1. Submission of the actual art will not occur until August.

New to the competition this year is a Framing and Matting Assistance Program which will cover the costs associated with assuring that the art is suitable for gallery exhibition.

“With the 2016 competition, we recognized that the requirement for all entries to be suitable for gallery exhibition could present a financial obstacle for some youth,” Committee Chairman Richard Leitz explained. “Yet, we wanted the young artists to have the full experience of a gallery show. Our answer was the Framing and Matting Assistance Program.”

The competition will conclude with an awards presentation ceremony. The event is open to the public.

The DVAC gratefully acknowledges its partners the Hemet San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce, the Hemet Valley Art Association, Hemet and San Jacinto Unified School Districts and Mt. San Jacinto College.

The Diamond Valley Arts Council is one of just 130 grantees chosen for this highly competitive program, which received applications from 203 organizations statewide. The news of The DVAC’s grant was featured as part of a larger announcement from the California Arts Council, which can be viewed online at http://arts.

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“The Local Impact program eliminates barriers keeping lowincome, rural, and historically underserved communities from equal access to arts programs,” said Donn K. Harris, Chair of the California Arts Council. The DVAC’s project helps to further the Arts Council’s vision of enriching the lives of all Californians through arts participation, while allowing the local community to access their own creativity.”

To view a complete listing of all Local Impact grantees, visit http://arts.ca.gov/programs/ files/CAC_LocalImpact_Grantees_2016-17_FINAL.pdf.

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The Local Impact program fosters equity, access, and opportunity by providing project and partnership support for small arts organizations with operating budgets under $1 million. All projects extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations that have limited access to the arts.

The funding provided by this grant will help support the second annual Art for Youth Competition. The competition is open to all high school and college age youth in the region served by the DVAC. Art accepted into the

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Dining in the Valley

Chef Ikeda from Umi Sushi Wins ninth annual Pechanga Chili Cook-Off, Benefiting Habitat for Humanity Even band members got into the spirit at the ninth annual Craft Brewfest and Chili Cook-Off.

Laurie and Glenn Lloyd from San Diego joined Justin and Jamie Lloyd from Temecula for their first time at the annual Brew Fest and Chili Cook-Off. They were among the 1,600 attendees who enjoyed unlimited food and drink at the event.

Marlene Moore of Pechanga’s Temptations Food Walk was the defending two-time champion of the chili cook-off.

The Boston Beer Company, known for its Samuel Adams lager, was one of two dozen craft beer brewers happily pouring samples all afternoon.

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Don Quiamco, chef Kiyukoni Ikeda and sous chef Jordan Garcia from Pechanga’s Umi Sushi and Oyster Bar won the ninth annual Pechanga Chili Cook-Off. Paul Bandong photos

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Chef Kiyokumi Ikeda of Umi Sushi & Oyster Bar beat out 10 other chefs, including defending two-time champion chef Marlene Moore, for the 2017 People’s Choice Best Chili Award. Ikeda and his staff prepared a sake-glazed, Kobe beef chili with chipotle cranberry cheddar, avocado mousse, Daikon French Fries, tempura shiso leaf, fried shallots, ghost pepper, micro cilantro and green bean snack chips.

“We came in second place last year,” sous chef Jordan Garcia said.

“We used two different cuts of Kobe beef and some secret Japanese ingredients this year. It feels like redemption to win!”

Garcia has been working under Ikeda for 15 months.

“I wish to thank everybody who tasted and voted for our chili,” Ikeda said. “I want to thank my staff, especially young chef Jordan. He will be very good.”

Second place went to chef “Tim” Kok Che of Blazing Noodles who prepared a spicy turkey chili with wonton chips. Chef Bruno Amato from Paisano’s took third place with his Brazilian chili with beans and fried yucca.

“I told my staff ‘win or lose, just enjoy the ride,’” Moore said. Moore competed with her two-time winning recipe “Temptations” but also added a new vegetarian chili.

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Five common mistakes to avoid when cleaning natural stone surfaces Stephanie Vozza Special to Valley News

Natural stone surfaces are a wonderful investment that deserve and require proper care. If you make a mistake or overlook maintenance, you could risk damaging your beautiful material.

While it’s true that natural stone is extremely durable and made to last, it is not indestructible.

“There is a chemistry to natural stone and making mistakes can harm it,” notes Tim Lesnar, owner of Classic Marble Restoration in Blaine, Minnesota.

Natural stone thrives under proper maintenance, says Brian Kornet, owner of Fabra-Cleen Stone & Tile Care in Plainview, New York.

“You have to take precautions,” he said. “If you avoid cleaning mistakes, you’ll need restoration services less often.”

Here are five common practices “to skip” when maintaining and protecting your natural stone surfaces.

Cleaning with vinegar “Only use cleaners that are suited for natural stone. If you use an outside cleaning service, make sure they do the same,” Lesnar said.

Lesnar adds that many people are unfamiliar with the chemistry of cleaners and of stone, and thus will inadvertently use the wrong cleaner.

“You need a cleaner that has the right pH level, which is seven (neutral). Some stones such as marble, travertine or limestone react adversely with vinegar because it is acidic,” he said.

“Vinegar and bleach are harsh,” adds Gregg Laviolette, owner of

Wipe up spills as quickly as possible to avoid staining or etching.

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Use a dust mop regularly to maintain natural stone flooring.

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Stone Restoration Services in Troy, Michigan. “They will etch or burn the surface of your stone.”

While some chemicals may not noticeably damage durable stones such as granite, they can break down any sealers that have been applied to the stone.

With proper care, natural stone surfaces will stay beautiful for years to Courtesy photo come.

“That means you would need to have your stone resealed more frequently,” Kornet said.

Choosing an abrasive tool Some homeowners think they can remove etches or stains with a scrubbing pad. Realistically, this often only makes the problem worse. Lesnar points out that scrubbing pads “act like abrasives on stone, especially when you put elbow grease into it.”

For daily cleaning, use a soft cloth and don’t attempt to “buff out” stains or scratches. Instead, call a professional.

“The only way to fix a stone that has been etched is to have it honed and restored,” Kornet said.

Skipping the dust mop “Minor dust particles and sand that you might not be able to see will act like an abrasive under your feet and cause wear patterns over time,” Laviolette said.

He recommends using a dry dust mop on floors daily or at least every other day.

“Grit will scratch floors and give them an appearance of being dull,” Kornet explained. “A polished surface is a smooth surface, and light will reflect off it,”

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he says. “Scratches refract light.

Your floors might be clean, but it has the appearance of being dull or scuffed.”

Remove dust and debris with a dust mop or vacuum, and wash your floor with a neutral cleaner each week.

Leaving high-traffic areas unprotected “Rugs can help protect the areas of your stone floors that will get worn down due to high traffic,” Laviolette said. “Walk off matting helps keep dust and debris that can scratch your floors to a minimum. Place a mat inside and outside of doors, and use runners and rugs in areas that get a lot of use, such as mudrooms, hallways and kitchens.”

me every year.”

If you do seal your stone yourself, make sure you use a solvent-based impregnating sealer, recommends Laviolette.

“It’s preventative maintenance, but it’s not a be-all, end-all cure,” he said. “It’s like applying stain and water repellant to your carpet; it can help prevent your stone from etching, but you still need to perform regular cleaning.”

With proper care and maintenance, natural stone surfaces will stay beautiful for years to come.

Every stone is one-of-a-kind and for many homeowners, little imperfections and etches in the stone’s surface become part of the stone’s unique story.

To learn more about choosing natural stone surfaces, visit www. usenaturalstone.com.

Not sealing your stone regularly For many stones, sealing is part of a recommended general maintenance plan. While it is possible for homeowners to seal their own stone, experts agree that a professional will deliver the best results.

“I tell customers to expect to see me once every three to five years,” Lesnar said. “Sometimes if it’s a high-profile area with a lot of windows, you’ll want to call Thinkstock/Mekitik_Boy image

Market at a glance (As of June 18, 2017) Temecula No of Homes Sold

Murrieta

Wildomar

Lake Elsinore

Canyon Lake

Menifee

Sun City

Hemet

San Jacinto

60

64

10

18

5

38

5

34

(364) 382

(337) 354

(87) 95

(147) 165

(101) 105

(122) 126

(143) 130

(271) 293

Average Selling Price

$473,621

$407,863

$376,115

$318,166

$369,413

$339,299

$245,000

$230,171

$256,988

Average List Price

$810,150

$776,814

$430,759

$404,161

$578,650

$418,756

$320,877

$282,981

$284,625

Median List Price

$593,450

$479,900

$439,000

$369,000

$474,990

$399,900

$304,950

$240,500

$265,000

$217

$182

$155

$172

$202

$169

$164

$145

$154

Inventory of Properties Listed

Asking Price per Square Foot

18 (88)

96

Average Days on Market

94

89

86

61

87

50

68

89

107

Most Expensive Listing

$3,900,000

$9,990,000

$874,900

$2,249,990

$1,999,900

$939,000

$875,000

$5,000,000

$1,500,000

Least Expensive Listing

$299,000

$149,000

$199,900

$129,700

$88,000

$210,000

$115,000

$57,000

$25,000

Average Age of Listing

18

18

18

24

30

14

31

37

28

% of Properties w/ Price decrease

32%

32%

34%

26%

36%

33%

30%

27%

16%

% of Properties Relisted (reset DOM)

14%

8%

9%

6%

9%

6%

7%

7%

2%

% of Flip properties (price increase)

7%

6%

5%

4%

8%

13%

5%

6%

8%

Median House Size (sq ft) Median Lot Size (sq ft) Median Number of Bedrooms Median Number of Bathrooms Market Action Index*

3108

3050

2816

2123

2375

2497

1776

1588

1641

8,001-10,000

8,001-10,000

8,001-10,000

6,501-8,000

6,501-8,000

6,501-8,000

6,501-8,000

6,501-8,000

6,501-8,000

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.0

2.0

2.0

Seller (48.0)

Seller (55.3)

Seller (53.0)

Seller (67.0)

Seller (43.3)

Seller (58.4)

Seller (59.2)

Seller (65.0)

Seller (66.8)

*This Index measures the current rate of sale versus the amount of inventory. Index above 30 implies a seller’s advantage. Below 30, conditions give the advantage to the buyer.

Market data provided by Escrow Leaders (Altos Research) and is current as of 06/19/17. Sales Data provided by SRCAR (MLS) and current as of 06/18/17 Boxes with multiple entries have previous week’s numbers (in parentheses) and this week’s number for comparision purposes. Strong Trends (multiple weeks) in each area are indicated by color: green indicates upward trend; pink indicates downward trend. Valley News makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this data.

Valley News • www.myvalleynews.com • June 23, 2017

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Real Estate / Home & Garden Recent Home Sales

List of transactions from selected cities in Southwest Riverside County • 255 closed transactions for 6/12/17 through 6/18/17.

Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 “Sterling Business of the Year” Murrieta Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 "Medium Size Business of the Year" City

Address

Sale Price

Sq. Ft. Bedrooms Bath Days on Market

Aguanga

49035 Arabian Court

$339,900

1806

3BR

2BA

15

Anza

36825 MURRAY HILLS Road

$98,987

920

1BR

1BA

12

38475 Indian Road

$270,000

1508

3BR

2BA

8

Canyon Lake

22166 Treasure Island Drive

$392,000

1252

2BR

2BA

267

Hemet

Lake Elsinore

Menifee

www.srcar.org (951) 894-2571

Murrieta 26529 Jefferson Ave.

City

Address

Sale Price

Sq. Ft. Bedrooms Bath Days on Market

Menifee

28695 Legacy Way

$415,000

2904

5BR

3BA

11

27975 Washington Avenue

$170,000

1248

2BR

2BA

1

City San Jacinto

Hemet 2355 E. Florida

Address

Sale Price

Menifee 27070 Sun City Blvd.

Sq. Ft. Bedrooms Bath Days on Market

401 Cambridge Drive

$269,000

2064

4BR

3BA

7

1593 Misty Meadow Lane

$335,000

3331

5BR

3BA

12

28421 White Oaks Street

$350,000

2199

4BR

3BA

2

1363 Galileo Way

$250,000

1397

3BR

2BA

6

30054 Wales Court

$419,900

2311

3BR

2BA

17

239 Quandt Ranch Road

$222,000

1336

3BR

2BA

4 10

22901 Compass Drive

$255,000

2302

3BR

3BA

7

30785 Stone Creek Court

$375,000

2562

4BR

3BA

2

2045 Teco Drive

$198,000

1111

2BR

2BA

23250 Canyon Lake Drive

$350,063

1757

3BR

2BA

164

28935 Via Marsala

$310,000

1449

3BR

2BA

8

984 Baker Street

$254,500

1414

3BR

2BA

4

22970 Sierra Trail

$425,000

2400

4BR

3BA

43

27458 Prominence Road

$249,900

1224

3BR

2BA

2

1192 Timothy Drive

$275,000

1917

4BR

3BA

8

30772 Emperor Drive

$425,000

2458

4BR

3BA

27

29205 Oak Creek Road

$410,000

3324

5BR

4BA

6

151 Mccarron Way

$289,000

1861

3BR

2BA

143

29593 Camino Cristal

$355,000

1953

3BR

3BA

6

907 ROXANNE Drive

$295,000

2327

5BR

3BA

85

23425 Badger Creek Lane

$328,000

1785

3BR

2BA

10

29051 Glen Oaks Drive

$210,000

1618

740 Bahama Drive

$230,000

1798

3BR

2BA

104

29141 Overboard Drive

$335,000

1885

3BR

3BA

4

28637 Milky Way

$354,000

2064

2898 Devonshire Avenue

$200,000

1465

3BR

2BA

44

29920 Westlink Drive

$254,000

1466

3BR

2BA

0

25781 Sun City Boulevard

$193,000

1055

3BR

1411 Cayman Drive

$235,000

1806

2BR

2BA

77

39720 Tinderbox Way

$410,000

2316

4BR

3BA

65

243 Appaloosa Drive

$305,000

2829

4BR

3BA

14

31161 Old Trail Circle

$425,000

3213

4BR

4BA

119

44160 State Highway 74

$150,000

816

2BR

1BA

18

30422 Franciscan Circle

$440,000

2180

3BR

2BA

91

2073 Morada Court

$96,000

820

2BR

1BA

56

26214 Manzanita Street

$390,000

2531

4BR

3BA

55

26130 Regent Court

$463,900

2761

4BR

3BA

60

42311 Chisolm Trail

$527,000

2155

4BR

2BA

64

1126 Checkerberry Court

$179,000

1440

3BR

2BA

68

23419 Mountain Song Loop

$425,000

3270

4BR

3BA

510 Boston Street

$233,900

1276

3BR

2BA

53

38501 Glen Abbey Lane

$390,000

2016

3BR

25105 Avocet Circle

$226,000

1423

3BR

2BA

11

28423 Crosby Street

$357,290

2078

4BR

40392 Lockhart Lane

$260,000

1814

3BR

2BA

38

41673 Cayente Court

$440,011

2591

5016 Merlyn Street

$225,000

1288

3BR

2BA

1

30085 Trois Valley Street

$533,500

40211 Frances Lane

$150,000

792

2BR

1BA

3

29451 Hyperion Street

1055 Lyon Avenue

$122,000

1380

3BR

2BA

20

41699 Broad Oak Street

650 Lassen Way

$162,000

1218

2BR

2BA

20

39187 Laurel Leaf Drive

24941 Howard Drive

$165,000

1870

3BR

2BA

10

24273 Burlwood Street

$465,000

3291

5BR

2133 Begonia Court

$265,000

2151

4BR

2BA

24

40445 Via Francisco

$395,000

1722

3BR

Murrieta

Sun City

1942 Hooper Drive

$176,000

1111

2BR

2BA

3

28880 Worcester Road

$183,000

1098

2BR

2BA

26

3BR

2BA

41

3BR

3BA

9

1BA

10

29860 Avenida De Real

$285,000

1293

3BR

2BA

2

39527 April Drive

$275,000

1328

3BR

3BA

121

39377 Calle Anita

$950,000

3250

4BR

3BA

266

27755 Sycamore Mesa Road

$2,050,000

6600

5BR

6BA

220

30494 Spica Court

$345,000

1413

3BR

3BA

7

86

32321 Alpine Court

$637,500

4519

5BR

5BA

91

3BA

55

40042 Portsmouth Road

$450,000

2578

4BR

3BA

90

3BA

14

45295 Esmerado Court

$354,000

1452

3BR

2BA

23

4BR

3BA

4

45866 Clubhouse Drive

$280,350

1218

4BR

2BA

21

3977

4BR

4BA

67

36970 Calle Arruza

$570,000

2488

3BR

5BA

40

$349,800

3000

4BR

3BA

29

29911 Via Puesta Del Sol

$345,000

1873

4BR

3BA

20

$519,900

3291

5BR

3BA

26

40680 Carmelita Circle

$562,500

2259

3BR

3BA

26

$375,000

2006

4BR

3BA

41

20731 Rio Linda Road

$635,000

1978

4BR

3BA

89

3BA

20

30435 Moonlight Court

$410,000

2026

4BR

3BA

50

3BA

25

44752 Corte Valencia

$585,000

3248

5BR

5BA

31

Temecula

1093 Merced Way

$217,000

1183

3BR

2BA

9

39521 Cedarwood Drive

$385,000

1685

4BR

2BA

19

45617 Classic Way

$435,000

1840

3BR

3BA

54

3924 Tulsa Court

$265,700

1998

3BR

2BA

11

37121 Cherrywood Drive

$824,000

3413

4BR

4BA

12

40427 Wgasa Place

$595,000

3457

4BR

4BA

22

145 Thompson Street

$177,500

1272

3BR

2BA

7

23834 VIA BARLETTA

$387,500

2086

3BR

3BA

34

40048 Pasadena Drive

$404,000

1991

3BR

3BA

66

42066 Levi Court

$265,000

1600

3BR

2BA

7

26181 Cottonwood Street

$475,000

2797

4BR

3BA

5

32663 Favara Drive

$644,000

2816

4BR

3BA

50 56

639 Buena Vista Street

$265,000

1800

5BR

2BA

3

23973 Via Pamilla

$299,900

1489

2BR

2BA

8

31336 Taylor Lane

$192,000

864

1BR

1BA

915 Griffith Way

$190,000

912

3BR

1BA

4

23721 Via Segovia

$575,000

3176

5BR

3BA

24

40205 Tanager Circle

$383,000

1834

3BR

3BA

6

383 Steiner Dr

$307,800

2458

5BR

3BA

61

37345 Paseo Violeta Drive

$297,500

1363

2BR

3BA

22

45703 Jeronimo Street

$434,900

1948

4BR

2BA

27

8072 Mira Loma Avenue

$269,500

1982

3BR

3BA

4

23690 Orchid Lane

$620,000

4034

5BR

5BA

19

29148 Portland Court

$349,000

1670

3BR

3BA

4

253 Glenview Lane

$247,500

1547

2BR

2BA

6

41410 Juniper St

$244,900

1235

3BR

2BA

15

41618 Big Sage Court

$391,500

1489

3BR

2BA

1 17

43379 Olive Avenue

$234,000

1397

3BR

2BA

3

24525 Pantera Court

$368,000

1923

4BR

3BA

15

44956 Marge Place

$395,000

1659

4BR

3BA

246 Jam Street

$275,000

1750

3BR

2BA

16

23634 Underwood Circle

$370,000

1428

3BR

2BA

17

31141 Black Maple Drive

$310,000

1586

3BR

4BA

10

841 San Luis Drive

$48,000

1060

2BR

2BA

12

23886 Huntington Court

$839,000

3684

4BR

5BA

8

41810 Via Vasquez

$475,000

2499

5BR

3BA

15

3089 Greengable Lane

$282,000

2902

5BR

4BA

7

37804 Veranda Way

$390,000

3092

5BR

3BA

7

41430 Anza Road

$830,000

2730

3BR

2BA

45

802 Pike Drive

$265,000

1887

3BR

2BA

3

23735 Via Alisol

$470,000

2731

4BR

3BA

5

45515 Corte Narbonne

$515,900

2934

4BR

3BA

12

802 Pike Drive

$265,000

1887

4BR

2BA

3

40187 Torrey Pines Road

$420,000

2464

4BR

3BA

18

33251 Camino Piedra Rojo

$355,000

1138

3BR

2BA

9

3721 Concord Circle

$319,999

1937

4BR

2BA

127

38132 Via Del Largo

$279,000

1440

2BR

2BA

4

30381 Pechanga Drive

$360,000

1289

3BR

3BA

26

15217 Lake Breeze Circle

$355,000

1606

4BR

2BA

85

24117 Madeira Lane

$561,000

3842

6BR

5BA

10

31695 Corte Rosario

$600,000

3087

5BR

3BA

8

45015 Promise Road

$375,000

3081

5BR

3BA

33

31970 Serrento Drive

$440,000

2380

3BR

3BA

13

44634 Via Lucido

$369,900

1330

3BR

2BA

15

17462 De Brask Avenue

$190,000

994

2BR

1BA

12

24422 Rovendale Court

$355,000

1685

3BR

2BA

8

43066 Camino Casillas

$355,000

1508

3BR

3BA

7

30505 Canyon Hills Road

$267,000

1633

3BR

3BA

41

29922 Hazel Glen Road

$417,000

2736

5BR

3BA

5

45625 Calle Ayora

$385,000

2029

3BR

2BA

6

29482 Jersey

$358,000

1739

4BR

2BA

15

24091 Golden Pheasant Lane

$376,000

1891

4BR

3BA

15

43810 Barletta Street

$575,000

3092

5BR

3BA

10

193 Woodlake Street

$320,000

1282

3BR

2BA

2

26402 Arboretum Way

$227,000

890

2BR

2BA

5

45510 Peacock Place

$484,888

3090

5BR

3BA

0

902 Heald Avenue

$175,000

922

2BR

1BA

13

39650 Copper Craft Drive

$436,000

2162

4BR

3BA

11

40209 Courtland Way

$405,000

1921

4BR

3BA

8

1800 Lakeshore Drive

$245,000

1527

3BR

3BA

15

26396 Arboretum Way

$185,000

787

1BR

1BA

7

28192 Tierra Vista Road

$480,000

2476

4BR

3BA

4

33086 Canopy Lane

$381,000

2872

4BR

3BA

23

39670 Calle San Clemente

$402,000

1669

4BR

3BA

2

41544 Avenida De La Reina

$396,000

1636

3BR

3BA

16

111 Mohr Street

$315,000

2036

3BR

3BA

13

26331 Arboretum Way

$254,500

1372

2BR

3BA

25

31714 Calle Novelda

$368,000

1339

3BR

3BA

0

5 Plaza Modena

$475,000

3235

5BR

4BA

25

23925 Via Segovia

$430,000

2508

4BR

3BA

27

46107 Toy Court

$455,000

2579

4BR

3BA

10

31668 Hidden Canyon Road

$338,000

2068

3BR

2BA

6

41410 Juniper Street

$241,500

1235

3BR

2BA

10

31854 Tamarack Court

$340,000

1650

3BR

3BA

9

34299 Woodmont

$340,000

1922

4BR

3BA

6

38909 Turtle Pond Lane

$400,000

1721

3BR

3BA

10

32932 Freesia Way

$500,000

2562

4BR

3BA

5

34335 Blossoms Drive

$384,988

2951

4BR

3BA

12

29921 Sycamore Ridge Road

$465,000

2866

4BR

3BA

10

40258 Emery Drive

$495,000

3318

4BR

4BA

5

33308 Wood Street

$363,000

2000

4BR

2BA

4

29374 Via Frontera

$232,000

1442

2BR

3BA

10

33047 Monte Drive

$460,000

2648

4BR

3BA

3 11

29006 White Sails Court

$367,000

2285

4BR

3BA

3

24007 Jonquil Circle

$423,000

2500

4BR

3BA

16

32845 Aden Circle

$469,900

2294

4BR

3BA

273 Graham Avenue

$158,000

942

2BR

1BA

6

30027 Couples Avenue

$437,000

2720

5BR

3BA

13

45356 Tejon Court

$370,000

1468

3BR

3BA

8

28227 Cobbler Court

$265,000

1586

3BR

2BA

158

41410 Juniper Street

$229,900

1159

2BR

2BA

4

31141 Black Maple

$310,000

1586

3BR

3BA

10

30293 Rustler Way

$439,990

2985

3BR

3BA

196

40451 Crystal Aire Court

$385,000

1598

4BR

2BA

15

33570 Emerson Way

$280,000

1408

3BR

2BA

8

30225 Goldenrain Drive

$389,074

2611

4BR

3BA

106

23856 Falconer Drive

$367,000

1646

4BR

3BA

4

30435 Moonlight Court

$410,000

2026

5BR

3BA

66

26285 Lilac View Circle

$399,192

3021

5BR

3BA

34

23852 Via Segovia

$515,000

3171

5BR

3BA

6

34237 Hourglass Street

$625,000

3032

5BR

4BA

5

26697 Calle Emiliano

$238,000

1355

2BR

2BA

83

35086 Speargrass Court

$415,000

2351

4BR

4BA

0

43118 Primavera Drive

$389,000

1536

4BR

3BA

7

32802 Mira Street

$430,000

3573

5BR

4BA

78

29576 Royal Burgh Dr.

$433,000

3343

5BR

4BA

27

30586 Southern Cross Rd

$387,000

1431

3BR

3BA

6

29008 Golden Lake Circle

$422,000

3342

4BR

3BA

60

38418 Tranquila

$398,000

2324

3BR

3BA

18

42143 Acacia Way

$376,000

1922

3BR

3BA

6

25611 Sandy Lodge Road

$260,000

2242

3BR

3BA

88

24078 Troyes Lane

$360,000

1392

3BR

2BA

6

30586 Southern Cross Road

$387,000

1431

3BR

3BA

6

28735 Woodchester Way

$340,000

2391

3BR

3BA

70

38418 Tranquila Avenue

$398,000

2324

3BR

3BA

15

42143 Acacia Way

$376,000

1922

3BR

3BA

6

26780 Calle Emiliano

$235,000

1237

2BR

2BA

66

33644 Cyclamen Lane

$384,000

2187

4BR

3BA

6

42981 Calle Cristal

$360,000

1523

3BR

3BA

3

28448 Port Cove

$444,900

3134

4BR

3BA

76

25832 Marco Polo Street

$375,000

2053

4BR

3BA

9

45521 Birch Court

$629,900

4151

5BR

4BA

2

26013 Desert Rose Lane

$307,490

1658

2BR

2BA

27

25555 Washington Avenue

$750,000

1403

2BR

1BA

13

41747 Borealis Drive

$385,000

1444

3BR

2BA

4

32350 Bellamy Lane

$440,000

1421

3BR

2BA

23

40012 Oak Grove Avenue

$355,000

1816

4BR

3BA

3

29573 Cambridge Drive

$355,000

2708

5BR

3BA

17

40525 Via Malagas

$332,000

1840

2BR

3BA

2

Wildomar

40360 Calle Medusa

$475,000

2670

5BR

3BA

5

33375 Mill Pond Drive

$218,650

2479

3BR

3BA

30

30348 Blume Circle

$166,000

1406

3BR

2BA

0

24909 Madison Avenue

$250,000

1232

3BR

2BA

5

35455 Marsh Lane

$400,000

2880

5BR

4BA

50

25939 Turfwood Street

$380,000

2921

5BR

3BA

4

26390 Arboretum Way

$187,000

787

1BR

1BA

1

24448 Senna Drive

$465,000

3494

5BR

4BA

49

27464 Partridge Court

$328,000

1585

3BR

2BA

7

730 Chatham Way

$239,000

1514

3BR

3BA

84

32565 Dahlia Lane

$370,000

2052

4BR

3BA

3

28505 Mission Drive

$331,000

1942

4BR

2BA

25

1833 Roanoke Street

$250,000

1759

3BR

2BA

53

23817 Cook Court

$517,500

3119

4BR

4BA

30

San Jacinto

28120 Cannon Drive

$330,000

2070

4BR

3BA

26

188 Dusk Lane

$289,999

2625

4BR

4BA

64

34538 The Farm Road

$360,000

1848

2BR

2BA

19

29164 Meandering Circle

$410,000

2916

4BR

4BA

16

568 Rosario Avenue

$267,500

1630

3BR

2BA

64

33756 Great Falls Road

$345,000

1875

4BR

3BA

18

28508 Mission Drive

$379,000

1942

3BR

2BA

21

1078 Serena Drive

$225,000

1886

4BR

2BA

54

32203 Bayberry Road

$410,000

2708

5BR

3BA

22

29272 Escalante Road

$350,000

2469

5BR

3BA

5

701 Shaver Street

$160,000

1348

3BR

2BA

28

35521 Wanki Avenue

$360,000

2219

4BR

3BA

13

24990 Mercer Lane

$239,000

1152

2BR

2BA

13

1719 Tustin Court

$244,000

1526

3BR

2BA

18

22321 Sequoia Circle

$315,000

1656

3BR

2BA

10

29047 Glencoe Lane

$359,900

2243

4BR

3BA

8

1546 Wagon Creek Circle

$340,000

3331

5BR

3BA

23

29742 Cheshire Court

$355,000

2255

4BR

3BA

11

2261 Flamingo Drive

$355,777

3689

6BR

5BA

14

28786 Mill Bridge Drive

$328,000

1637

3BR

3BA

2

1009 Fig Street

$275,000

2244

5BR

3BA

3

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cording to the NSC. Hazardous conditions at home, and not necessarily age, contribute to many instances of falling at home. Removing clutter, rearranging furniture to facilitate movement around the house, improving lighting and visibility and installing grab bars in high-traffic areas are just some ways to reduce the likelihood of falling inside a home.

Drowning The CDC reports that, between 2005 and 2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) each year in the United States. That

equates to about 10 deaths per day.

Drowning remains a major concern for children age 14 and under. Summer swimming and boating-related activities can increase the risk of drowning as well.

Instances of drowning can be prevented by providing barriers between homes and pools. Children should never be left unsupervised in the bath or near bodies of water.

Adults should avoid alcohol when swimming or boating.

Homeowners who are aware of common home hazards and take steps to reduce such hazards can dramatically lower the risk of accidents at their homes.

June 23, 2017 • www.myvalleynews.com • Valley News

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Real Estate / Home & Garden

The basics of kitchen cabinet refacing

Cabinet refacing can transform the look of a kitchen and such a project costs considerably less than complete cabinet replacement.

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TEMECULA – Homeowners who want to give their kitchens a brandnew look without the expense or the hassle of a full-scale renovation often gravitate toward kitchen cabinet refacing.

Cabinet refacing is less expensive

and more eco-friendly than a full replacement of existing cabinets, and experts estimate refacing costs roughly two-thirds less than a complete cabinet renovation. Refacing involves replacing the doors and drawer fronts of existing cabinets

during which the cabinet boxes are veneered to match the wood color chosen for the refacing, while the structure and layout of the cabinets remains unchanged. Essentially the kitchen footprint will remain the same as it was before the refinishing took place.

Kitchens are popular rooms in the home and much of the renovation investment made in the kitchen can be recuperated at resale. Homeowners looking to put their homes up for sale soon may find cabinet refacing is beneficial, as it is a relatively quick renovation that can reap big rewards.

Homeowners have options when refacing their cabinets. While some projects, such as stripping off old paint and repainting, can be a do-ityourself project, refacing cabinets may be best left to the professionals.

Veneer work, which is often part of cabinet refacing, is not a skill one can learn overnight, and it often requires the hand of a professional carpenter.

Many cabinets can be resurfaced successfully. Older cabinets are prime candidates, as they often are

more sturdy than newer cabinets. In general, cabinets can be refaced as long as their substructures are sound.

In addition to providing a new look for the kitchen, cabinet refacing is an eco-friendly project. By not demolishing existing cabinetry, homeowners are preventing old materials from ending up in landfills while saving trees from being cut down to construct new cabinets. Refacing also reduces the amount of chemical products used in the building of new cabinets, including stains, adhesives and chemically treated wood.

Homeowners can choose among wood, veneer, metal and even glass doors as replacements in the kitchen.

Coupling cabinet refacing with replacement of old appliances can completely transform the appearance of the kitchen in relatively little time.

Many refacing projects go as follows.

Measurements are taken and technical drawings are made so that new cabinet materials can be manufactured to the kitchen’s exact specifications.

Homeowners choose the type

of finish they prefer for the new cabinetry.

Manufacturing takes place, and homeowners will schedule a time when the work will commence.

Existing doors and drawer fronts will be removed and recycled or disposed of.

If cabinet frames and boxes need to be repaired in any way, some refacing companies will take care of this.

Cabinet boxes and frames are covered in a matching veneer or plastic laminate.

The new doors and drawer fronts are installed, as are new handles, pulls and moldings to complete the look.

Many companies specialize in cabinet refacing. Homeowners should request estimates from potential candidates and review workmanship prior to hiring a particular company.

Cabinet refacing is often a fast, relatively inexpensive renovation project. It can improve the appearance and functionality of a kitchen in a small amount of time, while also improving the value of a home.

How to plant a tree for successful growth TEMECULA – More sunlight and warm temperatures frequently inspire homeowners to spend more time in the great outdoors during spring and summer.

Outdoor projects often top homeowners’ to-do lists in spring and summer, with gardens and landscapes taking center stage. Planting more trees around the yard is one popular project that can improve property value and benefit the environment.

Why plant trees?

There are plenty of reasons to plant trees. Trees provide a natural form of shade, reducing air temperature by blocking the sun’s rays.

This can reduce reliance on air conditioning systems and make it more comfortable to spend time outdoors during the summer.

North Carolina State University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences says trees absorb and block noise and reduce glare. They also can trap dust, pollen and smoke.

Trees also absorb carbon dioxide and potentially harmful gasses from the air. One large tree can supply a day’s

worth of oxygen for as many as four people, while also storing 13 pounds of carbon per year.

Getting started Visit a garden center or nursery and select a tree that will be hardy in your planting zone. Choosing native trees can increases the likelihood that the new tree will adapt to its surroundings. Also, inspect trees to determine if they’re healthy before taking them home. Look for evidence of root girdling, which occurs when the roots circle around the perimeter of the container and surround the trunk. Trees should not have any dead or dormant branches.

The DIY Network suggests locating the tree where it can thrive. This means selecting a spot that can make it easier for the tree to grow tall and wide. Avoid planting near the house, where roots can crack concrete or asphalt, and always plant away from underground pipes.

Planting the tree Now it is time to amend the soil.

It’s not enough to enrich only the soil in the hole where the tree will be

placed. Move out into a circular area beyond where the roots will start so that roots can expand and properly anchor the tree. The next method of success is to ensure that the tree has a large enough hole to contain the existing root ball and allow for roots to grow and expand. Better Homes and Gardens experts say to prepare a hole that is two to three times as wide as the root ball of the tree. Treat the root ball gently. If the roots are wrapped in burlap, remove the burlap or push it to the bottom of the hole.

Backfill the hole with soil and check that the tree is straight. Stake the tree to help it stay upright and straight until the roots anchor it more effectively. A layer of mulch around the base of the tree can prevent weeds and reduce water loss. Water daily for several weeks until the roots have fanned out.

It’s best to leave trees be for the first growing season, only removing broken or diseased limbs. Resist pruning and shaping until the tree has survived its first growing season.

Learn the right way to plant a tree to improve the landscape and the environment.

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When is the right time to trade in my home…now? more time to find and buy their new home.

There is more control on the selling side.

As a seller, you have two tools that can be used to make the process run smoother. First, when you list your home, have your agent report to the MLS that the sale of your home is contingent on being able to find your new dream home. This notice will allow escrow to coordinate a dual simultaneous closing.

The other option is that when an offer comes in on the sale of your home, a good real estate agent can negotiate a seller rent-back agreement. This agreement allows the buyer to close escrow on your home and take title, while allowing you to remain in the home until you can move into your new home.

It is fairly common to allow the seller to remain in possession of the property for up to three days after the close of escrow without any financial consideration. More than three days, a rent-back agreement should be negotiated. While the amount of the rent is always negotiable, it’s typical to consider the buyers payment and add in a pro-rated share of property taxes, homeowners insurance and HOA dues, if any. A rent-back payment is intended to keep the buyer whole and not create a profit center. The buyer’s lender may allow up to 60 days of rent-back; anything more and the buyer’s lender may consider the loan to be for investment property, not allowing owneroccupied financing. In today’s competitive market, most buyers will be willing to cooperate, allowing you to find your new home and close your own escrow if the home is priced right and in great condition.

Consider applying these buying techniques.

As a move-up buyer with a house to sell, a smart move is to limit your search to homes that have been on the market or 30 days or more. While this window is not a long time in a “normal” market, the seller will no doubt be feeling anxious and probably more willing to negotiate a contingency allowing the buyer to sell their home.

The object will be to convince the seller to believe they are better off accepting your contingent offer

Mike Mason Special to Valley News

Today’s Temecula and Murrieta move-up or movedown buyers face many challenges in an ever evolving real estate market. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a larger home for your family with more yard for the children and dogs to play in or are downsizing to a smaller home with less maintenance. The challenges are all the same. Juggling two real estate transactions at once is not an easy task for even the most diligent.

Since many of our Temecula and Murrieta neighbors once again have equity in their homes, many are planning on selling their homes to buy another, as the local real estate market continues to appreciate.

The local Temecula and Murrieta market conditions can be both a blessing and a curse to the move-up buyer. While the thought of limited inventory to select a new home from is not something to look forward to, yet when selling your current home, you’ll welcome the bidding war that buyers will generate for the right home in the right neighborhood.

The trick, of course, is in managing and even juggling simultaneous transactions – a task that can be both frenzied and daunting to even the most experienced homeowner.

In the worst case scenario, not only can the dream home be lost, but the earnest money deposit as well.

While every seller and buyer is different and each has their own personal scenario unique to them, they still must answer the all-important universal question: Can I afford to pay two mortgages at once if I buy before I sell? Or do I prepare to move twice, if I sell before I buy?

Should I stay or should I go?

The biggest issue about buying before you sell of course, is financing. With the newest provision of the Dodd-Frank Act having taken effect the first of this year, it’s still unclear how the lenders will interpret the federal law aimed at protecting consumers while maintaining the integrity of federally insured mortgages. Now more

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than ever, it’s critical to speak with your lender and investigate how a “qualified mortgage” effects your personal situation.

Some move-up buyers will de-

cide to not pay two mortgage payments and just go ahead and move in with friends or family or perhaps rent an apartment or other temporary housing, giving them

than waiting for another buyer to come along. It should go without saying that a full price offer should be made with few other contingencies, and if you want a long escrow, perhaps sweeten the pot with a little extra purchase price.

By having your financing locked in, removing a loan contingency is another strong move that can work in your favor.

A seller may accept your contingent offer with a “kick-out clause” that will enable them to keep their home on the market, and if a better offer comes in, they can “kick” your contract with an appropriate notice, giving you the opportunity to move forward with your contract.

As the buyer, having more flexibility in location may work for you as well. While certain local neighborhoods turn homes quicker than others, there really are no bad Temecula or Murrieta neighborhoods. Allowing for some flexibility in location and even features can prove advantageous – without settling of course.

The devil is in the details.

The most important thing a moveup buyer can do is be prepared on every level. As we discussed above, having your financing in place is critical.

Make sure that the home you’re selling is in the best possible condition, staged to appeal to the widest audience and priced for a quick sale.

The final consideration every move-up buyer needs to focus on is a backup plan. Always keep in mind the infamous Murphy’s rule, “If anything can go wrong, it will.”

Sometimes “Plan B” turns out to be the best plan, especially if it works out.

Call us today, (951) 296-8887 and get the information you need enabling you to make an informed, educated decision. Questions regarding available inventory and/ or other real estate matters please contact Mike@GoTakeAction.com.

Mike Mason, Realtor & Broker/ Owner of MASON Real Estate.

LIC: 01483044, Temecula Valley resident for 30+ years, Board of Director (since 2011) Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors® (SRCAR).

Commercial property sells for undisclosed amount Kim Harris valleystaff@reedermedia.com

After a six-month escrow, the 18,000-square-foot building located at 611 W. Florida Ave. in Hemet, has sold for an undisclosed amount, Real Estate Broker Robert Mendieta has announced. The property once housed Nelson Machinery.

The property, situated on two parcels totaling approximately one and a half acres, had been one of the community’s eye sores because it had

been vacant for over 17 years.

“The property had been vandalized because it had been sitting empty for so long,” Mendieta said. “There have been many transients squatting there.”

According to Mendieta, most of the copper wiring and plumbing was removed and the new buyer, who runs a successful muffler shop in Hemet, will have to replace it.

“It will be great for the community to finally have it occupied,” Mendieta said.

The buyer still has to meet with city planners, but said he had “had big plans” for the space, Mendieta said.

“He said the city will be proud once he is finished,” Mendieta, who has been selling real estate in the community for over 16 years, said.

“We had many challenges to overcome on this transaction. It became an obsession to see it through,” Mendieta explained. “I can say it was one of the most gratifying transactions of my career.”

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How to conserve water when temperatures rise TEMECULA – Spring and summer are synonymous with increased hours of sunlight, warm temperatures and, oftentimes, an increased reliance on water to feed recreational pursuits and lawn and garden needs.

The Water Information Program states that 3.9 trillion gallons of water are consumed in the United States each month and the average person uses 176 gallons of water per day. Water conservation may be

essential when the risk for weatherrelated drought looms. Practicing year-round conservation efforts can help ensure smart usage of local watersheds, lakes and reservoirs and help maintain these water sources for years to come. It also helps the average person reduce his or her carbon footprint while saving people a little money along the way.

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Check for leaks around the house.

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Keep a pitcher of drinking water in the refrigerator. This way, when you come inside from the heat you’ll have a cold drink at the ready and will not have to run the tap to fill a glass.

Install a lawn irrigation system so that you can maximize the amount of water that gets to the roots. Arrange the sprinkler heads so surrounding driveways and sidewalks are not getting “watered” as well.

Apply the minimum amount of fertilizer required, as fertilizers can increase water consumption.

Aerate lawns and garden beds so the water reaches the roots rather than running off the surface of the dirt

Underground irrigation systems can be more effective and eco-friendly than hoses for homeowners who want to maintain lush lawns in spring and summer.

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Solar pool covers can warm up pool water naturally and reduce the rate of water loss through evaporation.

Inedible plants can benefit from the nutrient-rich water siphoned out of a home aquarium when cleaning the tank.

The conservation guide Earth Easy says one way to cut down on water use is to turn off the shower after soaping up, then turn it back on to rinse. A four-minute shower can use between 20 and 40 gallons of water.

Add organic matter to the landscape to increase water absorption and retention. Top dress areas as needed throughout the season.

Water conservation efforts can help homeowners maintain their lawns and gardens during heat waves and even save them a little money while benefitting the planet as well.

June 23, 2017 • www.myvalleynews.com • Valley News

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Faith / Pets

Who are you becoming?

Zac Elliott Special to Valley News

We were out for brunch Sunday and asked our server about the eggs. After telling us our options, someone in our party mentioned how knowledgeable he was about eggs. He stood with pride and said, “I learned that from Arnold!” He was pretty excited to let us know

he was following in the former Mr. Universe’s egg expertise.

We try to emulate a lot of people in life, don’t we? If we want to be better at business, we look for the best businessperson we can find and try to do what they do. We do the same thing with our sports, finances, parenting… you name it. We are natural-born followers.

Here’s the truth, God didn’t create

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you to be like people because people fail. God created you to become like Jesus. Romans 8:29 said, “God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son (Jesus).”

If you want to become the best you can be, then you need to become like the best person to ever walk the planet.

No one has ever loved more, accomplished more or sacrificed more

than Jesus did, and no one ever will.

He is the perfect example for every area in your life.

You can begin to become more like Jesus by letting God guide your life instead of others. Galatians 5:16 said, “Let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.”

When you follow God’s lead, he leads you to Jesus. He knows what’s

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So make the choice today that will move you in the direction of true success. Choose to become like Jesus.

You will never be disappointed.

Live on purpose.

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San Diego County Fair isn’t just for San Diego County Joe Naiman jnaiman@reedermedia.com

Over the years I’ve been providing San Diego County Fair stories for the Temecula/Murrieta Valley News. Although the youth exhibits are limited to San Diego County residents, most of the other exhibits and competitions are open to residents of other counties and many southern Riverside County residents take advantage of those activities. Attendance at the fair is also an activity of those who live outside of San Diego County, and for good reason.

I grew up in the City of San Diego, and before I began writing for the Valley News the fair seemed to consist of overpriced food, overpriced rides and vendors with overpriced merchandise. I won’t deny those elements, but the county fair is more than that.

Although I never covered the San Diego County Fair during my years with the Lakeside Leader, I once accompanied a Lakeside rodeo

cowboy to the San Luis Obispo County Fair in Paso Robles. Visiting a smaller county fair – even one with a rodeo and with a Suzy Bogguss concert that night – provides a perspective of how extensive the San Diego County Fair actually is.

The San Diego County Fair also has concerts, and most of them are free with admission. The Grandstand Stage has pop, country, classic rock, Hispanic music, gospel, and other genres throughout the fair, the Paddock Stage also includes nationally-prominent bands along with area, tribute and ethnic musicians, the Showcase Stage has a Solid Gold series on Thursdays with musicians who will likely bring back memories (Jay and the Americans are scheduled to perform June 29), and several other stages provide local music and tribute band entertainment.

The Paddock Stage is called that because the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club rents the fairgrounds from the 22nd District Agricultural Association (which is part of the

California Department of Food and Agriculture) during other times of the year and the area with the Paddock Stage is used for the paddocks on horse racing days. During the fair the equestrian competition is in the Del Mar Arena, which is also used for motor sports during some days of the fair. The show horse events, mounted shooting competition, demolition derbies, monster truck races and other Del Mar Arena events are also free with fair admission.

The junior livestock animals on exhibit during the final week of the fair must be raised by San Diego County 4-H, Future Farmers of America or Grange members although anybody can witness the animals, the show competitions and the auction. Some animals for display only are in the California Grown Exhibit barn, which also includes non-animal crops and noncrop animals (the edible insects booth gives away “I Ate a Bug” buttons to anyone who consumes one insect at no charge or purchases

a protein bar containing ground cricket and other insects are also displayed nearby). The infield area includes butterfly and bee exhibits as well as plants.

As for merchandise values, the gift booths at the gems, minerals and jewelry exhibition include high-quality merchandise but also have affordable items. The exhibition itself includes various rocks and fossils as well as jewelry competition entries. The Design in Wood exhibition is in an adjacent room.

The exhibits in the grandstand area include the Home and Hobby exhibits, the Student Showcase, the Exhibition of Photography, and the Exhibition of Fine Art. Those rooms are open even when the grandstands themselves include reserved seating for concerts.

The Theme Exhibit barn focuses on the year’s theme, which for 2017 is “Where the West Is Fun” and gives the Theme Exhibit a Western emphasis. That area is primarily educational with some entertain-

ment activities for children and a beverage booth. The educational items also include the 19th-century Alvarado House in the garden exhibit area.

There’s even a graveyard on the fairgrounds - several once-prominent racehorses are interred in the infield. The graves themselves are fenced off, but the tombstones are visible to the public.

The best parts of the fair aren’t the rides, the food or the vendor hall booths. The most interesting activities require only the cost of fair admission (the fairgrounds also charges for parking, but free shuttles are available from Mira Costa College in Oceanside and from the horse park on the other side of Interstate 5). The San Diego County Fair which runs through July 4 and the Southern California Fair which is held in Perris during part of October are not incompatible. The San Diego County Fair offers Riverside County and other residents multiple opportunities for enjoyment and education.

Senate Bill 96, a budget trailer bill, has been pushed through at breakneck speed to add bureaucratic hurdles and delays to the recall process. These delays include replacing the required random sample of signatures with a full count and requiring a Department of Finance analysis of the costs of a special election. These hurdles would effectively delay any recall effort for months, weakening the

entire recall process. The bill’s provisions would be retroactive, so that the current recall already approved by the Secretary of State under existing law, would be pushed out to the June 2018 primary.

Passing a budget is a constitutional requirement that should not be used as a political tool to protect the balance of power in Sacramento.

The people’s right to recall Marie Waldron Special to Valley News

The two-thirds super-majority held by Democrats in Sacramento has allowed them to pass the largest gasoline tax increase in state history. This huge tax and fee increase has proven to be extremely unpopular. Recent polls suggest that 58 percent of registered voters disapprove. In fact, 72 percent of

the Inland Empire, which is part of my district, oppose it.

Efforts are now underway to eliminate the Democrat two-thirds super-majority by recalling one senator from office. Another petition gathering effort is also underway to repeal the tax. By eliminating the super-majority, future tax increases, including proposals to weaken Proposition 13, would be difficult.

Recall elections have been an

integral part of the California political process since their inception in 1911. Even when Gov. Gray Davis was recalled in 2003, no serious attempt was made to tinker with the historic right of Californians to recall elected officials. Now however, the majority party facing backlash against their tax increase has devised a backdoor scheme to undermine this basic right of the people.

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Charges filed against man who allegedly fatally shot a Lake Elsinore clerk MURRIETA – A man accused of killing a 47-year-old Lake Elsinore convenience store clerk during a robbery was charged with murder and other felonies.

James Curtis Coon, 26, of Lake Elsinore is accused in the slaying of Eric Whitecomb of Wildomar, who

was gunned down about 5:25 a.m.

Wednesday, June 14, at a Circle K in the 16300 block of Lakeshore Drive.

Along with the first-degree murder count, Coon is charged with attempted murder, robbery, burglary and a special circumstance allegation of killing in the course of a rob-

bery. He’s being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside and is slated to make his initial court appearance at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

Whitecomb, who had worked at the store for more than a decade, was reportedly wrapping up his

shift when the robbery occurred. He was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Coon, who has no documented prior felony convictions, was arrested late that afternoon.

Another individual was in the line of fire, but authorities did not state whether the victim was a co-worker

or customer.

The company released a statement expressing sadness over “the passing of our longtime cashier and member of our team who was killed ... in a senseless act of violence. We are fully cooperating with the authorities in bringing this crime to justice.”

Probationer convicted of looking into San Jacinto homes RIVERSIDE – A probationer who peered into San Jacinto homes, possibly to prey on women and girls, was convicted of misdemeanor charges.

After deliberating only a few hours, a Riverside jury found

46-year-old Ramon Rojas guilty of three counts of peeping. The verdict came following a day-and-a-half of testimony.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas Glasser scheduled sentencing for Monday morning.

Man drowns in Temecula pool TEMECULA – A man drowned Sunday, June 18, in a residential swimming pool in Temecula, authorities said.

It was reported at 7:49 p.m. in the 33200 block of Fox Road, Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, Hagemann said. The man’s identity has not been released, pending notification of kin.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident.

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According to sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Duckett, a resident in the 300 block of Hazeldell Avenue called the sheriff’s department about 5:30

a.m. April 27 to complain about a peeping Tom prowling around houses.

Deputies cruised the area and spotted Rojas allegedly looking through the window of a property, at which point he was taken into

custody without incident, Duckett said.

According to court records, Rojas has a prior misdemeanor conviction for peeping Tom activity that occurred in 2014.

Suspected car thief on the lam TEMECULA – Sheriff’s deputies requested the public’s help in finding a man suspected of stealing a car from a Temecula auto dealership.

The alleged theft occurred 2:30 a.m. Monday, June 12, in the 41000 block of Motor Car Parkway.

Surveillance footage attained by investigators showed the suspect

driving off in a dark blue 2013 Nissan Versa that had been left at the location for service, Sgt. Chris Gaskins said.

Authorities described the suspect as a white male in his late 30s to late 40s with brown hair and a beard.

The surveillance footage showed him wearing a blue mechanic-style, short-sleeved shirt with a name

patch, a long- sleeve shirt underneath, tan shorts and dark boots.

It was unclear how the suspect entered the dealership or if he was an employee.

Investigators urged anyone who has information regarding the suspect or his whereabouts to contact the Temecula sheriff’s station at (951) 696-3000.

Firefighters extinguish Moreno Valley ‘smiley’ brush fire MORENO VALLEY – About 200 firefighters were clearing vegetation around a brush fire that has burned more than 150 acres in the Reche Canyon area north of Moreno Valley, fire officials said.

The Smiley Fire, which was reported at 2:58 p.m. Sunday near Reche Canyon Road and Haugen

Drive, was contained just 12 hours later at 3 a.m. Monday, June 19, according to Jody Hagemann with the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

Battling the blaze were 200plus firefighters, four waterdropping helicopters, four water tankers and 19 engine companies,

Hagemann said.

Before firefighters were dispatched, a man was seen trying to put the fire out with a water bottle and stomping on it, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The same area was charred by a 17-acre brush fire in May.

Crews battle wildfire near Lake Elsinore LAKE ELSINORE – An eight to 10-acre brush fire broke out in an area north of Lake Elsinore Sunday, June 18.

The Trellis Fire was reported 4:03 p.m. near State Route 74 near

Trellis Lane, Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department said.

As of press time, the fire was at 20 acres and 75 percent containment.

The California Highway Patrol advised that SR-74 was closed at Riverside Street.

Forty-five firefighters, 12 engine companies and one tanker responded to the blaze.

Alleged drunken driver strikes bicyclist MENIFEE – A bicyclist suffered severe injuries Monday, June 20 in Menifee when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver who was arrested.

The crash was reported around 2 p.m. in the 30000 block of San Rafael Street where the bicyclist was struck by a Jeep Cherokee, according to the Riverside County

Sheriff’s Office.

The bicyclist suffered injuries to his head and lower extremities and was taken to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. His injuries were not life-threatening.

The driver of the Jeep, identified as Justin Badger, was determined to allegedly be under the influence of alcohol, authorities said. He has

prior arrests for DUI and was operating his Jeep with a suspended driver’s license at the time of this crash, authorities said.

Badger was arrested and booked at the Southwest Correctional Facility for felony DUI and causing bodily injury to another person, according to authorities.

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