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Section Volume 16, Issue 35
Finding your own personal history at the Anza History Center
Tony Ault tault@reedermedian.com
The buildings shook, the noise was loud, but the employees of the business offices along Highway 371 from Bailiff to Bahram roads knew it wasn’t and earthquake and continued their work Aug. 18. see page A-3
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Renaissance Faire seeks vendors Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
The upcoming 2nd Annual Renaissance Faire in Anza Oct. 15 to support the High Country Boys & Girls Club is continuing to bring in more special events and vendors and promises to be the best ever, said event promoter Robyn Garrison. see page A-4
Volunteers and Missionary Sisters host the Anza Family History Center (AFHC) on Wednesdays that is open to the community, no strings attached. Pictured from left are Missionary Sisters Willis and Reed, “Wheezie” Louise Boyd- AFHC Director, Anza Branch President Glen Homes; Sitting; Barbara Walker- AFHC Consultant and Vickie Pisarczwk - AFHC Consultant. Jodi Thomas photo
Jodi Thomas jthomas@reedermedia.com
These days many are curious to learn about those who came before them. Our predecessors made it though many trials and hardships, they had fortitude, they survived and
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Prickly Pear Celebration Sept. 17
sas, Texas. Some married into the Native tribes, some lived among the tribes of the Creek and some married Cherokee maids who lived as their menfolk did at that time. Some chose a side and fought for the Union during the Civil War, they all raised families, some ranched or farmed. Later some
owned and ran sawmills, hauling machinery across the country to help build the new aircraft industry in California. In the time during World War II most followed the work to California, building ships and houses. Many stayed in
see history, page A-3
Sage residents urged to form municipal advisory council Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
Anza residents and area visitors will have an opportunity to learn about the prickly pear cactus plant common in and around desert areas Sept. 17 at the 3rd Annual Prickly Pear Celebration at Minor Park.
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Riverside County Sheriff and Code Enforcement officers made a special appearance at Sage Fire Station 28, Thursday Aug. 18, to update residents on their recent activities to dismantle illegal marijuana farms in the vicinity. The community meeting was called by members of the Sage Community Watch. They ask for the officers and the Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor to come to meet with them and other members of the community – plagued by the illegal marijuana grows and their operators – to learn how they can help with the enforcement effort. Sage community leaders also inquired how they can form a Municipal Advisory
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see council, page A-4
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we are here as a result. They were the people we read about in history books. They came to the Americas from across the sea, seeking a new life, one free from tyranny, free to worship God as their faith dictated. They came in the 1600s, fought in the Revolutionary War, opened Kentucky territory, Missouri, Kan-
Sage residents gathered at Fire Stations 28 Oct. 18 to get an update on illegal marijuana farm eradication being conducted by the Sheriff’s department and how to form a Municipal Advisory Council to report Tony Ault photo community problems to the County Board of Supervisors.
Petition calls for Riverside Supervisors to lift a de facto moratorium on Anza public water systems Tony Ault tault@reedermedia.com
These signs protesting Riverside County for denying landowners the right to develop community water systems went up at the entrance of the Thomas Mountain Ranch development off Bautista Road this past week. Tony Ault photo
A petition seeking economic and legal redress from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors by Anza is being passed around to Anza Valley developers and residents because of an alleged de facto moratorium on needed community water systems in approved commercial developments. For months, local developers have been arguing with the county board of supervisors claiming they been denied requests to install costeffective community well-water systems for their new home and commercial projects for fear of federal water rights lawsuits. Without the county’s approval, specifically the Environmental Health Department, permits to use their new or old water wells to supply commu-
nity water systems won’t be issued. The majority of county supervisors recently seemed to agree to such community water systems, if the well or wells have enough water flow to service 25 or more water users and meet health standards, saying they are more economical. But they worry if county permits are issued for such systems the state or federal government might come back on them legally when the federal court decides a decade old water rights court case involving the Santa Margarita Watershed. The watershed supplies most of the water to three Indian reservations, Anza Aguanga Valley residents and agricultural interests, cities downstream and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The 9th District Court in San
see petition, page A-9