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Volume 16, Issue 51
Olivet University conducts first Winter Art Show by students
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Six months have passed since Christi Barrett became the new superintendent of the 21,000 student Hemet Unified School District and has cemented strong relationships with the school board, teachers, staff and district students. see page A-3
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park offers night sky viewing BORREGO SPRINGS – Escape the city lights and head to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park for 600,000 acres of star- and moon-gazing beyond compare. The land conservation efforts of the Anza-Borrego Foundation have ensured that the dark skies visible in Anza-Borrego remain uniquely protected from urban lights. see page A-4
Some of the Olivet School of Art Design artists showing their work at the university’s Dec. 10 Winter Art Exhibition are from left; Katherine (Sugin Tony Ault photo Guo), Vicky (Yigin Wang), Associate Dean of Students Zimou Tan, Lisa Lin, Sophia (Lijuan Quan) and Sarina.
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The hall was filled with excitement and the students at Olivet University were all smiles showing off their pencil and oil creations at the first Olivet School of Art and
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Design winter art exhibition Saturday evening Dec. 10 at the campus on Tripp Flats Road in Anza. Smart phones and cameras clicked and buzzed as the students, all from mainland China and Inner Mongolia, judged and talked about their first creations. The Olivet School of Art,
from the dean and other artists on staff, the students have shown great achievement with both still life drawings and their own creative imagination. Several students, like Vicky or Yijin Wang, her Chinese name, while
see ART SHOW, page A-3
Washington names Comerchero new chief of staff Diane Sieker VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Special thanks to the Third Thursday Thieves whose participation made KOYT’s first annual Howl-In-One Golf Tournament, held Nov. 17, a resounding success. The community of Anza, including local businesses, raised funds for the nonprofit community radio station through their sponsorships of the golf holes.
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now awaiting approval for its curriculum from the Olivet University Regents, is led by Associate Dean of Students Zimou Tan, an accomplished artist from San Francisco Academy of Art. In the short year the students have been learning the basics of fine art
Temecula Mayor Jeff Comerchero, left, presents a City of Temecula Proclamation plaque to former Temecula mayor and councilmember Chuck Washington after Washington’s appointment to the Board of Supervisors in 2015. The proclamation designated Aug. 11 as Chuck Washington Day in the city of Temecula.
Temecula City Councilman Jeff Comerchero has accepted an appointment by Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington to the position of Chief of Staff. Comerchero replaces Verne Lauritzen, who retired from the position after serving both Washington and previous supervisor, now Senator Jeff Stone. Washington was named as Supervisor in March 2015 by Governor Jerry Brown, replacing Stone, who had been elected to the California State Senate at that time. Washington easily won his bid for re-election in November against former Hemet City Councilwoman Shellie Milne. Washington appointed Comerchero to the staff position, but Comerchero will also continue to act
as City Councilman for Temecula. “I am in my 20th year as a Temecula council member and mayor,” Comerchero said. “During that time, as with most city council members, in most cities, I have maintained a full-time job. It’s important to note that a position on the city council is meant to be a part time, essentially volunteer, position. We do get a small stipend, designed to be sufficient to cover our out-of-pocket expenses. Learning to manage my time was and is, a necessity, but it’s manageable.” Comerchero has an impressive resume. He served as Temecula’s Mayor in 2001, 2005, 2010, and 2015, as well as Mayor Pro Tem in 2000, 2004, 2009, and 2014. He has been a member of that city’s council since 1997 and served on the Board of Directors of the Riverside
see COMERCHERO, page A-4
Working from home is a great way to break out of the daily grind Diane Seiker VALLEYSTAFF@REEDERMEDIA.COM
I don’t have a “real” job. I haven’t since about 1999. I have worked shelling shrimp, baby-sitting, cooking, dish washing, waitressing, reporting, writing, typesetting, doing product inventory, photographing, selling new and used cars at dealerships, filing, reception, rendered blueprints into elevations suitable for advertising and sold print advertising. I was a PBX operator, print ad designer, sign designer, sign installer, head of an auto parts shipping department and worked at a car wash. I earned my Real Estate license and sold homes for a builder. I have had my share of jobs and learned a lot. But in 1995 I bought an old vinyl
cutter and rented a computer to run it. From home I started creating decals, signs and banners and specialized in race car and vehicle lettering, while working for a small local newspaper. I soon found I did not need the “real” job. In 2004, I decided to sell some items I had taking up space and signed up with eBay. I soon found out that I could use my knowledge of auto parts, vintage kitchen items, tools, antiques, books and other random things to get the right items listed that would appeal to buyers. I did well, and improved my skills with weighing, packing, shipping, researching and figuring values. Three years later in 2007 I discovered garbage. Yes – trash – the
see WORKING, page A-6