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Killer Dueling Pianos coming to Hall for benefit
Volume 16, Issue 27
HCR Baseball’s Closing Day give players a season to remember
Tony Ault STAFF WRITER
Ryan Bueter and the legendary Killer Dueling Pianos will be appearing at the Anza Community Hall Friday, July 15, to benefit the mission and horses of the Manzanita Ranch that provides therapy horses for veterans and others who suffer from Post-traumatic stress syndrome. see page A-2
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Voting irregularities showcased at Supervisors meeting Bryce Chechile WRITER
The Riverside Board of Supervisors convened Tuesday, June 21, to take public comments on the voting irregularities that transpired during the primary election June 7. Many of the speakers who shared impassioned anecdotes of troubles at the polls were members of the Our Votes Count Riverside effort, which had staged a demonstration outside the Riverside County Board of Supervisors before the meeting. Speakers underscored that their fundamental right to vote had been violated in the primary election. see page A-3
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On the last day of the season all of the High Country Recreation baseball players were presented with a participation medal.
ANZA – It was a successful season of High Country Recreation Baseball. Closing ceremonies concluded the regular season June 18. This year’s teams played against
teams in Cathedral City winning their share of match ups. Next up for the pint size sluggers are the All-Star games, scheduled to begin soon.
Another successful season was made possible by a dedicated group of volunteers, parents and sponsors. The players even stepped up to the plate, helping to raise money for
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the program by putting in a day of work washing cars at Dairy Queen. This year ’s High Country
see HCR, page A-6
KOYT 96.3 radio conducts first annual membership meeting at Minor Park Tony Ault STAFF WRITER
Anza’s newest Thrift Store a treasure trove Jodi Thomas AREA MANAGER
It all started with a dream, a dream to bless people and create good things in their lives by creating a place to meet and to build relationships, a place that will create jobs.
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Newly elected council members were introduced and KOYT 96.3 goals and budget were discussed at the Anza community radio station’s first ever annual membership meeting Saturday, June 25, at Minor Park in Anza. Robert McCloud, the council’s outgoing president, after a picnic lunch introduced the newest council members and announced Jim Helzman, the station’s engineer, was named Volunteer of Year by the station’s members. A number of new station members were signed up as well. The council reviewed the yearly nonprofit’s budget showing $18,200 in donations and just over $12,000 in expenditures. The remaining funds are being put aside to purchase additional needed equipment for the station’s studios, to pay fees to record labels and recording companies for the use of the music the station now plays and other operating expenses, according to Helzman and McCloud. “We are
see KOYT, page A-5
Jim Helzman, KOYT 96.3 community radio engineer, left, accepts the station’s Volunteer of the Year Award from KOYT outgoing president Bob McCloud. Helzman has spent many volunteer hours working to bring Tony Ault photo the station up to FCC standards with its broadcasting equipment and helped get it on air.
Anza Days Grand Marshal announced Jodi Thomas AREA MANAGER
Longtime Anza/Terwilliger resident and retired Lion Thomas (Tom) Spanley has been chosen to be is this year’s 2016 Anza Day Parade Grand Marshal. Joining the Anza Lions Club in 1992, Spanley sat on many committees to choose the annual parades Grand Marshal. This month he received the call from Lions Club President Mike Esposito inviting him to be the 2016 Anza Day
Parade Grand Marshal, something he said was both a surprise and an honor. “It never occurred to him that he would one day receive that call,” said Jackie, Spanley, his wife of 61 years. Tom and Jackie met while attending Proviso High School in Maywood, Illinois, where Jackie was just a grade below him. Over time their mutual like grew into mutual love and they were married soon after high school. Duty called and Tom joined the Navy where
Tom Stanley was chosen to be the Grand Marshal due to his long years of service to God and country, to his family and to the Anza Valley. Courtesy photo
he served as a Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class in the Korea War. Later he served in the Naval Reserves. His papers show he was in service during the Vietnam Conflict as well. He was stationed in San Diego when his service tour was up. The couple both had jobs waiting for them back in Maywood at the American Can Company, the main employer in the town. “You had a for sure job with them,” said Jackie, “coming right out of high school.” Jacike said that Tom had asked her if she wanted to go back or stay in California and take their chances. So they flipped a coin and they
see MARSHAL, page A-2