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Volume 16, Issue 33
Getting ready for school, FTH’s backpack giveaway a hit for Anza students
ANZA – The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has scheduled a free household hazardous-waste collection event Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Anza Transfer Station. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents. see page A-5
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Water rights for property owners Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The 9th District Federal Court in San Diego for almost the last decade has been trying to decide who has the rights to water in the Santa Margarita Watershed, including the thousands of residents living in the Anza Valley and those living in two area Indian Reservations. see page A-6
Volunteers Katy Dickerson, Whitney (Booth) Ownes and Kay Leffel handed out backpacks to area children; they were one of the many age appropriate stations at the backpack giveaway event. Jodi Thomas photo
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Audit confirms Hemet’s need for additional revenue for public safety HEMET – The much-anticipated final report of the California State Auditor’s management audit of the City of Hemet has finally been released. The final report, released Aug. 4, confirms the city’s need for additional revenue in order to continue providing essential services such as public safety.
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Jodi Thomas JTHOMAS@REEDERMEDIA.COM
I remember the first day of school each year was met with excitement and intrepidation; new teachers, new classmates and because I
had grown new clothes, shoes and hopefully an in style haircut. I do not believe things have changed all that much. That is why I am so pleased to see the backpack giveaway succeed each year- Jodi Thomas, area manager
On Saturday, Aug. 6, the ladies of The From the Heart Christian Women’s Ministries did it again, giving away 250 backpacks loaded with school supplies to start their educational year off right. The children who attended the event
were also offered new haircuts and new shoes. This event started more than a decade ago to help area children in need. The core group now draws its members from five area
see SCHOOL, page A-3
An Anza original the Thimble Club is celebrating 104 years of fellowship and service Jodi Thomas JTHOMAS@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Thimble Club ladies came together Aug. 4 at the Hamilton Ranch Museum in Anza to enjoy good food and fellowship celebrating 104 years. Each year the ladies picnic on the grounds which is a re-enactment that echoes the first group of local ladies who met at that very ranch, fixing food for themselves and their husbands who were out working in the fields. They enjoyed the fellowship so much that they decided they wanted to meet regularly and the TC group grew into the philanthropic service club they are today. They have been responsible for changing the community and quality of life in the valley for all these years and they’re still going strong. Two of its present day members, Tony Ford and Rosemary Clark, have been TC members respectively for 26 and 27 years. They say
Jodi Thomas photo
see CLUB, page A-4
Always having fun the best theme winner of the day was Terri Crutchfield and best Hat was Kathy Woods.
Terwilliger rides again in the Anza Phantom Artist’s newest sign Jodi Thomas JTHOMAS@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The Phantom has stuck again, this time with a cowgirl riding into the sunset on her way to rope them cows as depicted at the corner of Hwy. 371 and Kirby Road, posted on the old dilapidated Terwilliger sign. It is a great addition to that corner with the sign’s beauty match the surrounding countryside. The Terwilliger Valley and surrounding area was homesteaded in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Cattle was the main enterprise in
that part of the valley for both Native Americans and settlers alike, who often intermarried and worked their ranches together when the need arose. This painting points to the Terwilliger area where the Terwilliger Ranch was located. It is a tribute, the Phantom says, to the Lions Club’s grand effort to keep tradition alive each year through the Gymkhanas. A bit of interesting info, if it is true about the Terwilliger area, is
see TERWILLIGER, page A-5
The Phantom has stuck again this time with a cowgirl riding into the sunset on her way to rope cows. Jodi Thomas photo