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Section Volume 16, Issue 28
Anza Days Parade Disney Style
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Members of High Country 4-H share their experience Paloma Landen HIGH COUNTRY 4-H REPORTER
Brothers in 4-H grow and learn in experience throughout their successful second year of being a member of 4-H. see page A-3
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Horse neglect gets couple jail time TEMECULA – A Riverside County Superior Court judge Friday, June 24, sentenced a Temecula area couple convicted of animal cruelty to jail time and no horse ownership for years.
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The Little Mermaid (America Hodges) and her friends, Teri Crutchfield and Kathy Wood on the Thimble Club float. Allison Renck photos
Anza Days own Peter Pan (Logan Sjostrand) ready to fight Captain Hook in the most unlikely location of Anza.
Allison Renck WRITER
route, which for a moment was void of fast moving traffic heading for destinations outside the little town of Anza. Since the event began years ago, it is one of only a few state highways that are closed down
Jack Sparrow, Peter Pan, Tiger Lily, Captain Hook and even Mickey and Minnie Mouse on horseback
was how the townspeople of Anza Celebrated Anza Days Saturday. July 2 when, for a brief 35 minutes, Anza’s main Highway became the “Wonderful World of Disney.” Young and old lined the parade
for a parade. This year’s theme “Disney” seemed to help with the weather, by magically cooling down the heat wave that had hit the
see PARADE, page A-4
Camp Ronald McDonald’s Apple Canyon Center offers fun, needed respite for young cancer victims Tony Ault WRITER
Homeless veterans can receive housing assistance FRENCH VALLEY – Riverside County Economic Development Agency recently received funding to support HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing needs in the county.
see CAMP, page A-6
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An exodus of hundreds of children afflicted by cancer and their siblings are on their way to the Apple Canyon Center this summer, better known as Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times. For these children afflicted with lifethreatening cancer in many forms and their brothers and sisters it is a place “Where healing happens.” Beginning July 1 the summer camp program opened with the first group of about 140 campers coming in with their parents and siblings from throughout southern California. On arrival, there to greet them is a group of 10 dedicated caring counselors with the desire and talent to please every child and help fulfill an experience they will never forget. While the tall red haired, red and white striped stockinged clown Camp Ronald McDonald campers and their counselor huddle up to cheer themselves on in the games they Courtesy photos are about to compete in on the center’s sports field.
Anza Day’s Pageant winners take the stage for the Anza Days parade Tony Ault WRITER
Disney characters from “Frozen” to “Mary Poppins,” popped in at Minor Park in Anza to participate in the annual Lion’s Club sponsored 2016 Miss Anza Days Pageant June 29 where five lucky contestants flew away with the cherished tiaras and sashes worn by the court for the July 2 Anza Days Parade. The parade Saturday saw the pageant winners at the bandstand and on the Lion’s Club Anza Days float dressed as their favorite Disney character. The Pageant contest winners this year were Miss Anza Days Lorraine Elmore, dressed as Mary Poppins, Miss Teen Sedona Floyd dressed as the infamous pirate Jack Sparrow, Miss Junior Teen Rachel Sjostrand as Val from the Little Mermaid; Emma Kate Floyd as Cinderella; and Wee Miss Leah Firth. There were 17 entrants in the five
see PAGEANT, page A-7
Winners of the Miss Anza Days Pageant held June 29 at Minor park include, left: Miss Teen Sedona Dawes, 14, as Capt. Jack Sparrow; Junior Miss Rachel Sjostrand, 11, as Val; Little Miss Emma Kate Floyd, 3, as Cinderella; and Wee Miss Leah Firth, 20 months, as Elsa. The winners had their choice of riding on the Anza Days float in the parade or sitting in front of the announcers stand. Each won a tiara, sash and $25. Tony Ault photo