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Volume 16, Issue 43
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ANZA – Anza Civic Improvement League, a 501(c)4, mutual benefit nonprofit corporation will hold a special called meeting Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Little Red School House in Anza’s Minor Park. see page A-3
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Gillam receives Eagle Scout award Jodi Thomas ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Friends family and mentors gathered to witness James P Gillam III receive the honorable and well-earned distinction of Eagle Scout. Gillam is a member of Boy Scout Troop 391 which meets at the Church of Latter-day Saints in Anza. see page B-2
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Bobcats undermanned in league championship game Coach Pat McGowan SPECIAL TO ANZA VALLEY OUTLOOK
The Hamilton Bobcats went into their league championship game undermanned and the results showed in the form of a 20-60 loss to the Carnegie Wolverines.
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Anza Renaissance Faire Princess America Daniels takes a well-aimed shot with a bow and arrow at the archery target range. Guiding her with the bow is Nathan Cardenas from the Temecula Armory that sponsored the archery range. See more photos on page A-4. Tony Ault photo
Ground is broken for the AEC Sun Anza solar energy project Tony Ault TAULT@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The groundbreaking for the longawaited Sun Anza solar project at the Anza Electric Cooperative property took place Oct. 15 with AEC board members, county officials and Cenergy Power contractors attending. Barry Brown, director of engineering Arizona’s Generation and Transmission Cooperatives, gave a brief history of the five-year effort to bring a solar generation station to the AEC that includes gaining a grant through the Department of Energy’s Sunshot Initiative, working with other cooperatives and gaining permits from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. The new solar generation system that will be in operation in the next few months will provide two gridinteractive megawatts of power to AEC’s customers in the Anza and Aguanga valleys, Garner Valley, Mountain Center and parts of Sage. Nathan Hatch from the Arizona Cooperatives at the groundbreaking ceremony said the two megawatt
see SUN ANZA, page A-3
Taking part in the Anza Electric Cooperatives new Sun Energy solar project groundbreaking ceremonies, not in order, were members of the AEC Board of Directors Bill Adams, Harold Burdick, Joel Carlisle and Belinda Hepler, AEC General Manager Kevin Short and a solar energy official. Tony Ault photo
FTH host Thimble Club Speaker at monthly Luncheon Jodi Thomas ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
From The Heart Christian Women’s Ministries Luncheons are a great afternoon of food, fun and fellowship. Jodi Thomas photo
From The Heart Christian Women’s Ministries gathered together at their monthly meeting to enjoy a variety of soups, chili and bread luncheon on the second Saturday of the month. The special speaker was Anne Ashby, past president of the Thimble Club who shared what the Thimble Club was all about. “Thimble Club is 104 years old; it is the oldest service club in our area as well as in Riverside County,” shared Ashby. Lap quilts for veterans is something the club’s been involved with since World War II. In peacetime the lap quilts
see LUNCHEON, page A-5