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Learning the hard way with red ant and bee stings, A-4
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Aguanga couple use hydroponic fodder system to grow healthy feed for their animals
By Todd Kelsey Okay neighbors, okay. Some of you may be scratching your heads in wonder, or rolling your eyes over the headline here. I told Anza Valley Library Branch Manager Doreen Nagel that I would help get the word out that Anza Valley has a public library. Yes, it opened over 15 years ago, but she told me that she is still amazed by how many people she meets who either weren’t aware of the library’s existence, or thought it was only for the high school. While the Anza Valley Public Library is connected to and housed on the Hamilton High School campus, it is a separately functioning public library. During the school year, the library is partitioned into a schooluse side, and a public-use side, or “joint use”, each with its own catalogued inventory. Even the computers are set up separately, with some on school district programs, and others on public access programs. Actually, the Anza Valley Public Library was the first “joint use” library in California. The “public” part of the library falls under the Riverside County Library System and its regulations, however it is run and managed by a private company called Library Systems Services Inc., LLC. Also called LSSI, they are based out of Germantown, Maryland, with a western headquarters in nearby Riverside. They are currently contracted to operate and staff 81 libraries in the U.S. In regards to our Anza Valley Public Library, there are four LSSI employees. Doreen Nagel, as I stated earlier, is the branch manager, and her very helpful colleagues, officially titled as “Pages”, are Chantel Yarrow, Gracie Camp
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Ron and Debbie Skinner show their livestock fodder growing system.
By Allison Renck Local Contributor Ron and Debbie Skinner have lived in Aguanga for more than 20 years. Coming to Aguanga was a natural choice for them, because they wanted more space in training their working dogs and a good kennel location. They own Pawsnclaws Dog Boarding; they also breed and
train Les Ombres Valeureux Working Dogs. As with all things related to life, nothing ever stays stagnant. Life evolves, people learn and new ideas come to fruition. Debbie said that when she and her husband first moved to Aguanga their focus was on her dogs and the kennel, but as time passed their focus changed. Debbie had always focused on
good natural nutrition for her dogs by feeding them raw healthy food. At that time she believed as long as she and Ron ate plenty of fruits and vegetables, that it was “good enough” to keep them healthy. As time progressed she and Ron began to investigate new ideas and theories about other healthy alternatives to food and nutrition. It started with what most residents
that live in Anza and Aguanga deal with: “a long commute to work.” Originally they joined a Preppers or Survivalist group, because they wanted to become more self-sufficient. They then found Homesteading, which had more information on how to raise your own food and live a more sustainable life.
see FODDER, page A-5
see LIBRARY, page A-8
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DAAN Sporthorses—A hidden jewel in the Anza Valley By Jodi Thomas
Anza Vallry Outlook
Paige Browning and her mount Mags Gambler recently won two national titles at the 2014 Youth Nationals-Training Level and First Level Dressage. Dressage is to the horse world what ballet is to dance. It is the musical movements of body and soul, of equine and human intertwined. It is the movement of two spirits as one and requires balance, patience, great finesse and strength. It is unique and precise and requires a set of learned skills. It builds confidence and stamina. It is a lifelong goal, a sport, and the discipline of Dressage is in a class of its own. It is a rare treat to watch, and in the Anza Valley we have our own highly-accomplished trainer and coach, owner of DAAN Sporthorses, Denise Nelson-Finster. Denise Nelson-Finster is a champion rider and a US Dressage Federation Bronze and Silver Medalist. She is a professional equine trainer and the developer of The Confident Rider Program. She is one of the few trainers who will teach young people. She ardently coaches two scholastic teams of young people who, because of her skill level, talent, knowledge and passion, have accomplished much, and they have the ribbons to prove it.
see DAAN, page A-4 Paige Browning and her mount Mags Gambler won two National Titles at the 2014 Youth Nationals, Training Level and First level Dressage. Courtesy photo