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Volume 16, Issue 40
Living Free event ‘howls’ for success
Jill Roberts SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK
Anza Valley Artists Association members Valentina Lambdin, President Rosie Grindle and Past President Jill Roberts, attended “Art Uncorked” at Middle Ridge Winery’s tasting gallery in Idyllwild to support local artists currently showing at the gallery opening event Saturday, Sept. 24. see page A-3
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Supervisors consider revising mobile home rent control ordinance Paul Young SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK
The Riverside Board of Supervisors have ordered a thorough review to determine if an ordinance that governs mobile home park rents in unincorporated areas of Riverside County is due for revision. see page A-4
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AVC’s September Ride on the Rez and BBQ draws a large crowd Jodi Thomas ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
It was a warm sunny day when 52 riders and six wranglers rode out onto the Cahuilla Plains single file. They were off on an adventure, one reminiscent of a day long ago.
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The mules “Kit” and “Kat” with their handlers Danny and Terry Sullivan from Pine Cove on the wagon await the next group of visitors who want to take a hay wagon tour of the 160-acre Living Free Animal Sanctuary in Mountain Center. The hay wagon was brought to the facility for the annual Howl and Yowl fundraising event. The hay wagon is a familiar sight at the 1000 Trails camping resort near Idyllwild. Tony Ault photo
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It was loving day. The kittens purred. Dogs rolled over for a tummy rub. Children cautiously approached the horses and donkeys while parents stood by with concerned smiles. Bands under
the canopy played music for the old and the new. Young and old lounged about in comfortable lawn chairs and blankets on the cool green grass under shady trees. It was the annual “Howl and Yowl” fundraiser for Living Free Animal Sanctuary tucked away off Highway 74 in Mountain Center
Saturday, Sept. 24. The $15 admission fee was far less than the enjoyment of the 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. event that brought nearly 900 caring people from all over the Inland Empire to the sanctuary to help the more than 200 animals living there. The turnout, better than last year, said Ed O’Rourke, chairman of
the Living Free board of directors, at the new kitery building at the facility and other board members attending the special event. The donations to the 160-acre go to the maintenance and operations for the dog kennels, catteries, corrals
see LIVING FREE, page A-5
Miracle on Spitler Trail; The long wait to a good end
Jodi Thomas ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Part IV Editor’s note; This is the fourth in a four-part series of stories about the “Miracle on Spitler Trail” which may seem like a yarn but is true. Friends Michael Thomas, Tom Firth and Bobbi Harris were all out on the trail when the unthinkable happened. The group, along with their animals became intertwined with what most would consider to be a miracle. Each of the three had something to say about their experience, during the “Miracle on Spitler Trail.” Thomas was riding his horse Joe and packing his mule Rosie in the lead when the party of three, all
members of the Redshank Riders, a unit of the Back Country Horsemen of California, hit the trail Saturday, Aug. 27. Firth was on his horse Cody and packing his two mules Caldwell and Emma in the middle and taking up the rear was Bobbi Harris riding her Mule Scooter along with pack mule Johnny. The group, under the instruction of the U.S. Forest Service, volunteer their service and expertise to pack in needed supplies to crews for those who maintain our public trails. What follows is a continuation of Thomas’ side of the story. Mike Lewis, upon Tom Firth’s wife, Cathy’s request, would get the rescue ball rolling, Thomas and Harris assumed.
see TRAIL, page B-2
Cody the Sorrel horse and Caldwell the mule looking good after their fall. Bobbi Harris photo
Joseph Kinser accomplishes another milestone with U.S. Marine Corps boot camp graduation Jodi Thomas ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Joseph Kinser has wanted to be a Marine and an Eagle Scout since he was six. With one goal down this past June he then put his sights on the next goal of becoming a Marine. Pictured from left are Joseph Kinser, Joshua James, Connor Nevarez. Jodi Thomas photo
Marine Corps PFC Joseph Kinser. Courtesy photo
Raise up a child in the way he would go, that is what Marlin and Virginia Kinser have done. Their son Joseph Kinser has been brought up to respect his country and to serve others. They have helped their son follow his heart and his calling. At age six he set his sights to become a United States Marine. In the Boy Scouts, he honed his skills learning how to live his life according to the 12 points of the Scout Law. He graduated High School from California Virtual Academy of San Diego in June 2015, an online school that helps student develope not just scholastically by their individual passions as well. In June 2016 he took his oath of Eagle
see KINSER, page B-3