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Volume 17, Issue 26
Ben Robinson makes his triumphant return to Julian Blues Festival
Anza Days schedule announced Kim Harris ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
This year’s Anza Days is right around the corner, and as in years past, it looks to be an event full of fun for the entire family. see page A-3
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Chamber of Commerce beautification project vandalized Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The Anza Valley Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Trail Town Committee, has been working on beautifying multiple commercial properties along Hwy. 371. For someone, the temptation to ruin that hard work was apparently too great as vandals already have stolen part of the project. see page A-4
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Trail plan discussion set at upcoming AVMAC meeting Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Robinson connects with the band at the 19th Annual Julian Blues festival June 17.
Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Blues guitarist Ben Robinson, along with his Preacher Stone bandmates Josh Wyatt and Jim bolt, made a triumphant return to Robb Bower’s Julian Blues Bash June 17. Almost a decade ago, blues
guitar prodigy Ben Robinson, just 22 years old, performed with a band of local musicians at Robb Bower’s Julian Blues Bash Festival. Fans followed Robinson to the cool tree-strewn pastures at the Menghini Winery where the event was held. He shared the stage with some of Southern California’s most
inspiring blues artists and held his own, much to the delight of concert-goers. Robinson had a reputation for lightning fast licks, soulful playing and intense presentation. “An old soul in a little kid’s body,” commented blues experts from Georgia, where Robinson got
his start performing at jam nights in blues clubs at age 11. In 1998, Robinson and his family moved to Temecula, then settled in Aguanga. He attended local schools, receiving his diploma from Temecula Valley
see ROBINSON, page A-3
Community learns about alternative cooking during emergency preparedness event Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
A report on the Riverside County Comprehensive Trail Plan that includes many Anza Valley trails will be the topic of discussion at the Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council in the Anza Community Hall July 12.
The Anza Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints presented “Alternative Cooking,” an Emergency Preparedness event Saturday, June 24. The gathering was held at the Church in Anza. Solar ovens, box stoves, a water stove, propane grills and griddles, Dutch ovens, pit cooking method demonstrations and specially prepared and preserved foods were shown. More than displays, the stoves and ovens were put to work cooking tender roasted vegetables, rice, ranch beans, baked potatoes, beef brisket and even peach cobbler and blueberry and raspberry muffins. There were samples available of Thrive Life freeze-dried and dehydrated foods that were no less than incredible in flavor, color and texture. Emergencies and natural disasters may find residents without electricity and the finer things they take for granted every day. LDS members would like to see everyone ready for
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Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Bart Herring sliced the beef brisket cooked in a 55-gallon barrel smoker at the Alternative Cooking Emergency Preparedness event in Anza June 24.
see COOKING, page A-4
Firefighters quickly douse LRE brushfire Diane Sieker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Firefighters quickly doused a brushfire that broke out at a residence on Hopi Court in the community of Lake Riverside Estates in Aguanga Saturday, June 24. Residents and neighbors sprang into action immediately after the brusher broke out. Chandra Noble Sjostrand, who lives one house south of the blaze, said a group effort was quickly launched after the fire began. “Neighbors from all sides of the
fence joined together with extra hoses and shovels to help contain the fire,” she explained. “Josh Rivers, a firefighter and our neighbor said it took about five minutes to spread across the property. With the help from firefighters, a helicopter and neighbors, the fire was contained very quickly” The first arriving units were on scene at approximately 1:10 p. m. and discovered approximately 1 acre engulfed in fast-moving
see BRUSHFIRE, page A-6
Smoke drifted toward Hwy. 371 from the fire in Lake Riverside Estates Saturday, June 24. Chandra Noble Sjostrand photo