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Chase Bank Supports ALTV
Electra Demos, Past President and
Community Ambassador for Assistance
League of Temecula Valley (ALTV), met
Mac McNeil, Chase Bank 1st Vice
President, by chance at a mixer and after
she explained the many ways Assistance
League serves the community McNeil said
he was so impressed with the organization
that he visited their website to find out
more about Assistance League.
McNeil, as a member of the board,
shared the information with the Chase
Volunteer Leadership Group. “Assistance
League matched our criteria,” said
McNeil. “We look for organizations that
make an impact in the community they
serve.”
After reviewing the information, the
group made a recommendation to Myeisha
Peguero Gamino, Director of Chase
Global Philanthropy, for Assistance
League to be a grant recipient. A $1,000
contribution was approved in support of
the 2013 General Operating Grant. “We
take great pride in our history of supporting organizations and programs that
strengthen the communities we serve,”
wrote Gamino. “We commend the important work of Assistance League of
Temecula Valley and are pleased to
support its efforts with this contribution.”
Assistance League is a 501(c)(3)
volunteer organization serving the families
of Southwest Riverside County for 24
years. Revenue from the Assistance
League Thrift Shop in Temecula is the
main source of funding for their
philanthropic programs. For more info
about the programs and membership, visit
www.temeculavalley.assistanceleague.org
or call 951.684.8018.
Photo: Debbie Valenzuela, Assistance
League Philanthropic Programs Chairman
accepts the contribution from Mac
McNeil, Chase Bank 1st Vice President.
FEBRUARY 2014
Summer of Love - Musical
U.S. culture has seen a resurgence in
all things 60’s within the past few years
with comparisons drawn between the
“hippies” of Haight Ashbury and today’s
“hipsters,” and the comeback of apparel
and novelties bearing tie-dye and peace
signs. And then of course, there is “Mad
Men.”
In honor of the 60’s theme, The
Temecula Old Town Community Theater,
located at 42051 Main Street in Temecula,
California, will present the “Summer of
Love The Musical” at 8:00 p.m. on
Thursday, February 6. The show whisks its
audience into an emotional journey
through the 60’s counterculture of the
Summer of Love era – from its beginnings
in the burgeoning San Francisco music
scene, through the famous Monterey Pop
and Woodstock Festivals, to its fateful
demise at the Altamont Speedway, just a
few short years later. With historical audio
and video clips, the story is told through
the characterization and music of some of
the most immortalized rock stars of the
Summer of Love era: Janis Joplin, Grace
Slick, Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Joe
Cocker, John Fogerty, Country Joe (and
the Fish), while and characters Stoney
Coughalot and Hippie Dude add humor
and a bit of history to the mix.
The show, Directed by Warren Davis,
features members of the Los Angelesbased group AQUARIUS, including
Gerald Davis (as Jimi Hendrix and Sly
Stone); Connie Early (as Grace Slick and
Janis Joplin); Ron Olsson (as John Fogerty
and Joe Cocker); Brian “the Hammer”
Wood as Stoney Coughalot; and Dennis
Napolitano as Hippie Dude.
General tickets are $40 with $38
tickets available for Seniors 65 and up and
$30 tickets for children/military/students.
They may be purchased at the theater
box office or via their website at
www.temeculatheater.org
Sweetheart Car Show
It’s back! The Sweetheart Car Show
returns to St. Thomas of Canterbury
Episcopal Church in Temecula on
Saturday, February 15 from 10am to 1pm.
Car lovers are invited to see a variety of
classic and custom cars and street rods,
enjoy food from local vendors, and enter a
raffle for a chance to win prizes. This is a
pet-friendly show, so well-behaved animal
see CAR SHOW
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Golf Tournament Benefit
On Sunday, February 16, Sun
City K-9 Adoptions, a non-profit No-Kill
animal shelter, is hosting a benefit golf
tournament at Golden Era Golf Course
(19871 Gilman Springs Rd., San Jacinto).
Tickets-$50 Includes: 18 Hole
Scramble, Cart, 5 Raffle Tickets, Closest
To The Pin, Lunch, 1st & 2nd place prizes.
Fr. Robert Nagy, Vicar of St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church with
a 1967 Chevy Chevelle Super Sport.
• Check in begins at: 7:00 am
• Putting Contest at 8:00 - $5 50/50 split
• Chipping Contest at 8:30 $5 50/50 split
• Shotgun Start Tee off at 9:00
• Checks made payable to Sun City
K-9 Adoptions are mailed by Feb 11 to
Attn: Peter E. Monsen, 29239 Desert Hills
Rd., Sun City CA 92586 (951) 301-9928
Many of the articles in this print edition have been
republished from our January E-Newspaper for a broader
audience and for the benefit of clubs and youth that
scrapbook their achievements.
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Publisher Comments on
“Our Government is Failing Our Youth and Economic Vitality”
with excerpts republished from our January E-Newspaper
due to the finding that the U.S. scores have
This quasi-Editorial is in response to
been flat for the past decade compared to
the complaint that contributor Ken
other nations that have upwardly
Woytek’s opinion on government’s failure
improved test scores. Duncan told The
to improve the basic education results of
Associated Press that America needs to
American youth was not based on facts.
“invest in early education, raise academic
Woytek cited the state and federal
standards, make college affordable, and do
government’s failing in their responsibility
more to recruit and retain top-notch
to provide learning assets, motivation of
educators.”
young people to excel and compete
This statement by Education
globally, and the promotion and
Secretary Duncan appears to confirm
encouragement of productive workplace
Woytek’s opinion that the bureaucracy
opportunity. Further he stated that grant
solution is to keep throwing more grant
monies are parceled out to study the
money at the problem. But is money the
malaise in pupils, to insuring organized
problem? Not according to the report that
mediocrity in public educators who coast
compared the U.S. as spending three times
through tenure, and to prescribe “uniform”
the money on education as other nations.
standards for acceptable countrywide
Woytek stated in part, “I think Arne
achievement that seldom generates merit
Duncan and BHO need to demonstrate
in the workplace.
some of that leadership we keep hearing so
Where are the facts to support the
often in mainstream media, in regard to
claims that the government is failing in
fixing the economy and jobs failures, with
basic education for our youth to compete
a drive just half as intense and much more
globally?
compelling than medical insurance for
The Program for International Student
indigent and ignorant minorities.
Assessment (PISA) collects test results
Corporate recruiters have increasingly
from 65 countries. Results are published
resorted to importation of Asian and
every three years. The 2012 results show
other third-world nationals. Americans,
that U.S. students ranked below average in
schooled in communications, fine arts,
math and were close to average in science
sociology, psychology, professional
and reading among the world’s mostsports, government, or community
developed countries. Education Week
relations are attaining fame and fortune
reported that “In mathematics, 29 nations
with an easy ride.”
and other jurisdictions outperformed the
As for California, Woytek cited his
United States, in science, 22 education
opinion of “twisted” progressive educators
systems scored above the U.S. average and
pushing their agenda. Considering that
in reading, 19 other locales scored higher
nearly 620,000 signatures were gathered
than U.S. students.
in less than 90 days to hopefully overturn
The top overall scores came from
California’s bathroom law in November,
Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
there does appear to be a broad citizen
South Korea, Macao, Japan, Lichtenstein,
opinion of a “twisted” agenda.
Switzerland, Netherlands and Estonia.
Privacy For All Students (PFAS) is
Massachusetts, a strong-performing
leading the cause so physically male and
U.S. state, showed math scores behind
physically female genders will not have to
Shanghia at the equivalent of two years of
share bathrooms in public schools. Their
formal training, according to the study.
battle and their opinion that the “Secretary
The PISA assessment notes that there are
of State is not an unbiased referee in this
few statistical differences between the
process but an advocate for the co-ed
scores of the U.S. and those of the Slovak
bathroom law”, is republished from our
Republic and Lithuania whose results
January issue (see page 6). Included is an
were two spots behind Russia.
update on the progress in the signature
American Education Secretary Arne
count.
Duncan called the PISA findings a
Nancy Knight, Publisher
“picture of educational stagnation.” The
reason he used the term stagnation was
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Just A Minute
Movie Review
The Book Thief
The ability to read
signifies the first step in
growing up. By learning
our ABCs, a child or
even an adult can now
begin the journey that
will turn their mind into
a virtual library. At first,
they’ll hear tales of deep-sea monsters or
magical people that use their gift to help
others. Then they start to look at the world
around them and with a little imagination
turn their day from something ordinary
into something beautiful. Words carry
much weight, and reading gives us a better
idea about which words carry the most
power. Just about any scenario can be
crafted into a great story. We have
journalists that bring town stories to life
and authors that take us to other worlds.
As much as books have influenced us,
they are not on a level playing field with
the competition from television, video
games and the Internet. You can’t blame us
too much, as most of us are visual learners
and reading just isn’t as fast or easy as the
other visual mediums.
The Book Thief takes us back to a
different time, even before TV. It is a story
about one young girl who becomes
interested in the power of words; she uses
them as her only defense in Nazi Germany.
The story begins in April 1938. A boy
dies while riding on a train with his
mother and sister Liesel (played by Sophie
Nélisse). His death puts even more anxiety
on Liesel as she is being transported to a
new home with new parents to care for her.
She is placed in the care of Hans (played
by Geoffrey Rush) and Rosa (played by
Emily Watson) who enroll her in school
which is a disaster as she is humiliated
when she reveals she cannot read or write.
Hans finds that he’s connecting better
with Liesel than Rosa and he proceeds to
teach her how to read. Once she finishes
her first book (a gravedigger’s handbook),
she decides to read anything that she can
get her hands on. It couldn’t come at a
worse time as the country is under Nazi
rule. She hates that books are being burned
and ends up taking one. As the years
progress, she finds books wherever she
can, even in the library of the mayor’s
house.
Minimum Wage
The Book Thief portrays the life of a
young German girl from 1938 through
1943. When I went to the theater, I was
expecting to see a movie about a girl
struggling with her identity as a Nazi and
such. The subject is touched upon, as she
is seen singing Nazi songs, wearing a
school uniform with the swastika, and
attending a book burning but none of this
is happening because she wants it to; it’s
what she’s told to do like telling a child to
brush their teeth. The family even takes in
a Jewish runaway who also likes reading.
Some people may have wanted something
grittier, but then this movie was intended
to be a family drama. It’s actually done
very well without becoming too brutal.
The focus of the movie is on Liesel.
And she is a very interesting child. Like
Hugo Cabret in Hugo, she’s strong and
mature for her age, but she is still a child.
There’s a good balance of that, something
that’s rarely seen from child actors. I liked
watching the different relationships that
she developed with her mom, foster
parents, the Jewish runaway, and more.
The Book Thief is based on a novel of
the same name - that I haven’t read. From
what I heard, the total content of the book
would have been too difficult to transfer to
cinema. I can see why as there was already
enough material used in this film to make
two movies. I could have used about a half
hour cut, as some of the side stories go on
a little too long. The producers did want to
respect the novel as much as possible and
to that end used Death as the voiceover
narrator. Why! The story would have been
told fine without the voice over talking
about the war. At times we are distracted
from the focus of the story but not to an
extreme.
I’ll give this four burned books out of
five. The Book Thief is not for those that
want a meaty story about World War II.
But it’s a good movie about someone
learning to read and how a political
situation could have taken that love away.
This may be a good movie to introduce
children to the power and significance of
the printed word.
More Robert Nickerson reviews
are available at
www.mastermindfilmproductions.com
Eagle Scout - Peyton Heaslip
Peyton Wills Heaslip,
a freshman at Murrieta
Valley High School,
achieved the rank of
Eagle
Scout
on
November 6, 2013. His
Court of Honor ceremony
was held at Murrieta
United Methodist Church
on December 29, 2013.
To earn the rank of
Eagle Scout, a Scout must
earn at least 21 merit
badges and demonstrate
leadership and community service by organizing
and carrying out an Eagle
project.
While living in Indiana, Peyton
served as Sr. Patrol Leader, Asst. Patrol
leader and other various positions as a
member of Boy Scout Troop 508 of the
Sagamore Council in Kokomo.
Peyton was awared the Eagle Scout
rank for building a floating dock for
Oakbrook Church’s camp at Oakbrook
Valley, about 10 miles
west
of
Kokomo,
Indiana, that can be used
during their community
wide Dad camps.
Peyton is currently a
member of Boy Scout
Troop 304 in Murrieta
where he serves as Senior
Patrol Leader. He is also
a member of the Order of
the Arrow and is a member of the Crimson
Cadets marching band,
Jazz Band and concert
band, Robotics team, and
plays drums in his church
youth music group.
After high school, Peyton is planning
on attending college with majors in
chemical engineering and music.
Peyton is the son of Miles and Susan
Heaslip. He is the grandson of Richard,
also an Eagle Scout, and Faye Heaslip and
Billy and Elizabeth Seal.
When I needed
money to stay in
college after my father
cashed an insurance
policy to finance my
Betty O’Brien first year, I asked for
[email protected] and got a job at fifty
cents an hour as a
clerk in the Registrar’s Office. I never
actually saw any money; it went to pay my
tuition.
Each time Sister John Francis,
Financial Officer, entered the office I froze
momentarily at my desk fearing I might
hear her say, “You’re not Catholic,”
“You’re incompetent,” or “We have no
more money to pay a clerk.” She never
did..
My boss, Sister Madeline Sophie, the
Registrar, was unfailingly cheerful,
instructive, and tolerant of my early errors.
I liked the job immediately. It was so easy
for me to walk across the hall, or up the
stairs, or down the driveway to my classes
then come back into the office to type,
file, run errands or answer the phone.
Filling graduates’ transcript requests
required extreme attention to detail. No
errors were allowed to be corrected. Only
the single, perfect transcript could receive
the Registrar’s signature and the imprinted
seal of the college.
Because I worked year round, I
learned a lot about how the college
worked, beyond the perspective of the
student. Summers, occasionally, at their
request, I’d run up hill and off campus to
buy hot fudge sundaes for my boss and
the Dean whose office was next door.
Winters, once in a while a nun from the
kitchen would come in with an apron full
of hot muffins.
One year when I was working
between semesters there was a heavy snow
fall. The nuns suggested I stay in a convent
guest room rather than try to go home.
I was grateful, but decided to leave. I
boarded the streetcar which got me within
about a mile of home before stalling, then
walked the last mile through deep snow.
My junior year I found out that I could
take a test to possibly qualify for a
scholarship. The Financial Officer said,
“You don’t have to take the test, you’ll
pass, but you can’t have both the job and
the scholarship.” I chose the job.
My senior year I was still making
fifty-cents an hour and at graduation owed
$62.00 which I paid with my first real
paycheck.
World Series of Bingo
ESPN (Remember them??), suffering
from falling ratings amid fierce competition from MLB Network, NFL Network,
et al, announced recently it will launch its
inaugural World Series of Bingo on
Sunday, February 2, 2014.
Buoyed by the dazzling success of
paint-ball, darts and dominoes, Bingo-The
Sport!! will debut prior to football’s
holy-grail: The Super Bowl. It will be
presented semi-live and semi-commercial
free. “This sport has been in the basement
too long” gushed J.P. McReynolds, “ESPN
intends to bring it to the, well, basement,
where it belongs”.
Forty-nine states (Florida excluded
since it can’t manage ballot machines, let
alone 40 Bingo cards) will be represented
featuring the nation’s finest Bingo
athletes.
Chris (back, back, back...BINGO!)
Berman,
Keith
(aka
Logorrhea)
Olbermann and Tommy (I’ll do anything
for a buck) Lasorda will provide live
coverage and in-depth analysis. Katie (I
actually think this Bingo stuff is some type
of satanic cult) Couric, will capture
dramatic moments from her strategic
side-line position. Jeremy “Pablum”
Schaap will touch the pulse of Bingo
players with his, up-close and personal
stories. Among the several heart-stopping
tales Mr. Schaap will present is the
touching saga of one Gerda Glump. Ms.
Glump, a 42 year-old spinster from South
Pallsburg, Upper Darby, saw her dream
of becoming a jockey crushed by her
inability to pass a Burger King,
McDonald’s, or an open garbage can.
Undaunted, Ms. Glump pursued other
avenues of athletic competition and
discovered the sport she would eventually
conquer - B I N G O! In a dark, damp
basement (she knew it was a Bingo Hall
since the sign out front read: “Jesus Saves
Bingo tonight”). Ms. Glump astounded the
Bingo world by winning all eight games.
That’s right! Eight-for-eight. (Amazingly,
Ms. Glump credits her success to playing
it one number at a time). From five
difficult maneuvers on the horizontal,
vertical and diagonal to the intricate
moves of the challenging X and L to
finally... the ultimate black-out. Gerda
Glump had arrived!
ESPN: The Thrill of Viewership, the
agony of dopey interviews!! A spokesperson also hinted that ESPN will present the
World Series of Solitaire in Arlington,
Texas on Sunday, February 9, 2014.
CAR SHOW
Visitors can also get a tour of St.
Thomas of Canterbury Church, guided by
church members.
The Sweetheart Car Show offers
family fun for all. St. Thomas of
Canterbury Church is located at 44651
Avenida de Missiones, just off Temecula
Parkway. Phone: 951-302-4566
from page 1
friends are also welcome! Music and
entertainment will be provided by Sounds
Divine DJ service.
Car owners can enter their vehicles
for $15. Entrants will receive a car show
T-shirt. For entry info, email Chris Junger
[email protected]
From my November trivia question:
Who played in the most regular season
baseball games without appearing in a
post-season contest?
Answer: Ernie “Let’s play two” Banks.
This month’s did you know?? No team
had ever won its conference championship
four years in a row or appeared in four
straight Super Bowls - let alone lost all
four - before the Buffalo Bills of 1990-93
were beaten by the Giants, the Redskins
and the Cowboys (twice) in consecutive
title games.
Source Material, “The Football Book”
Sports Illustrated.
Out on a sturdy limb prediction - New
England Patriots will be awarded the
Lombardi Trophy on February 2, 2014.
Happy Month of February to All!
Edd McDermott, Menifee
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Assistance for Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren
Riverside County Office on Aging
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
program received a $750,000 grant from
the Riverside County Children & Families
Commission (First 5 Riverside) to provide
support for childcare and early childhood
education for children living with their
grandparents. The 30-month grant will be
used to cover a portion of the cost for
childcare for grandchildren from birth to
5 years old.
The program anticipates serving
nearly 200 grandchildren with this grant.
Respite, or part-time care, provides opportunities for the grandparent to take care of
family errands, medical appointments and
get needed rest. Assistance with full-time
care is provided to working grandparents
to allow them to continue in the workforce
to support their newly extended household. Eligibility is based on grandparent’s
age and household income.
Direct services include information
and assistance, care management, advocacy, education, peer support groups and the
subsidized childcare funded by First 5
Riverside. For more information, call
(951) 791-3573.
First 5 Riverside is funded by tobacco
taxes generated by Proposition 10, which
passed in November 1998.
FEBRUARY 2014
Teachers Are Heroes Recipient
The November recipient of the
Teachers are Heroes award was Mr. Josh
Martin, 5th grade teacher from San Jacinto
Valley Academy located in San Jacinto.
Mr. Martin received a certificate of
recognition, movie tickets, Palm Springs
Aerial Tram passes, San Diego Wild
Animal Park tickets, and other prizes. The
entire class received a pizza party from the
Pizza Factory in Temecula.
Mr. Martin was nominated by his
student, Faith McKee (L), who said about
Mr. Martin, “He goes beyond caring!
Whatever subject we struggle in, he takes
the time to have after school classes and
works with us one-on-one during class to
help. He’s so funny too! We think the
world of him!”
Teachers can be nominated by
students, parents, and school administrators. Winners are selected based on
compelling submissions from nominators
on the effective and creative ways teachers
work with students.
Teachers Are Heroes, is a joint project
with Azusa Pacific University Murrieta
Regional Center and KATY-FM 101.3 The
Mix. All selected teachers and their
classes will attend a celebration at the end
of the year at the Lake Elsinore Storm.
State Baton Twirling Champion
Rebecca Lantz, Temescal Canyon
Titan Thunder Regiment Majorette, won
the title 2014 California State Baton
Twirling Champion on November 24.
The all day competition took place at
Long Beach City College. Rebecca
competed against twirlers from seven
counties throughout California. She won
all her events and earned titles for 1, 2, 3
baton and xtrut. She has won the State
Twirling competition for 14 years straight.
Rebecca is the feature majorette for
Temescal Canyon High School. She is 16
years old and a Junior.
Rebecca won the title of World Baton
Champion 4 times, took the Miss
Majorette of America title 3 times and has
held titles every year in the All West
Regional and State competitions.
Rebecca hopes receive a scholarship
for college and continue baton twirling
through her college years. She is coached
by Debbie Salem and Rachelle Fawcett
who teach baton twirling in Riverside.
Lions Honor Dr. Scott Lewis
On December 4th, Dr Scott Lewis, an
optometrist in Murrieta and member of the
Murrieta Breakfast Lions Club was
presented with a placque for his dedication
and service to the community.
For the past eight years Lion Scott has
performed eye screening and exams twice
a year for over 175 students at the Oak
Grove Institute. He also participates every
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year in the “Veterans Standdown”, which
is a health fair for homeless veterans in the
LA area. He has optometry students from
Western University assist him in the
exams and to provide glasses to over 300
vets. This past September was his 7th year
for this project. Lion Scott has also
mentored optometry students for many
years.
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Editorial by Publisher Nancy Knight
Party Poopers
State Senate District 23
Bill Emmerson (R), resigned his position
with the State Senate in November stating,
“In these past few months, my passion has
waned and my constituents deserve a
Senator with the level of commitment that
I once had. My health is perfect and I leave
with the satisfaction that I worked hard
and did my very best.” Gov. Jerry Brown
called for a special election to fill
Emmerson’s seat. The primary is set for
March 25.
Riverside County Republican Party
Among those attending a recent meeting
of the minds were “Citizens’ Against
Agenda 21” who posted on their website a
synopsis of the meeting’s events.
It was reported that Nathan Miller,
Chairman of the Young Republicans, was
successful in ratifying the Riverside
County Republican Party (RCRP) ByLaws, making it necessary for a 2/3 vote to
override the Chairman’s decision on who
to endorse. The claim is that this will
effectively lock out a Tea Party Takeover
or Tea Party Candidate’s endorsement.
Tea Party Republicans at the meeting
objected but the Committee Members
passed the by-law change overwhelmingly. Randon Lane, councilman of Murrieta,
is currently the Chairman of the Riverside
County Republican Party with ambitions
similar to a former RCRP Chairman,
Kevin Jeffries. Jeffries, a Lake Elsinore
high school graduate from the 70s era who
never held a real job, advanced to the State
Assembly through Party connections and
his quid pro quo payoff from Dan
Stephenson of Rancon. It was 2005 and
Murrieta was riding high on a development frenzy so Stephenson’s money and
influence got Jeffries elected to the State
Assembly as a reward “for the courage”
to use the Party’s name to oppose
Murrieta’s Recall Measure against a three
member voting block. Jeffries has now
advanced to County Supervisor.
Look out Jeffries, Randon Lane is
highly qualified by comparison, with a
college degree and has held real jobs in the
private sector, plus he has made political
connections in all the right places. As a
career politician he would naturally look
for a seat that has no term limits, such as
County Supervisor and he would sit in the
pews of very large churches to attract
votes and support from the sheep. As
Chairman of the Riverside County
Republican Party he can now control his
own endorsement!
Republican Exodus Report
Randon Lane and Scott Mann (Menifee
councilman) hope that together as a team
they will be able to tackle the Mass
Exodus occurring from the Republican
Party. There had been rumors circulating
that the party was nearly broke but it was
reported at their recent meeting that they
have a little over $5,000 in the bank.
Preliminary comments from Tea Party
Republicans suggest many Tea Party
Republicans will leave the Republican
Party due to their disgust with the
behavior of leadership at their meetings.
Hypocrisy of the Party was cited as a
concern. Did you change your voter
registration to “Decline to State” yet or
send a letter to the Registrar to remove
your name as a registered voter altogether?
Agenda 21
Lane supports Agenda 21 and the taking of
private property through zoning changes.
As proof, I, Publisher Nancy Knight, have
had my Murrieta property rights taken
through rezoning with Lane’s approval
that effectively prohibits any future
residential permits on my estate sized
parcel. City staff refused to send a letter to
all of the affected estate property owners
in the area saying if they didn’t care to
come to the General Plan Update meetings
they don’t deserve to know. Buyers of
residential property in Murrieta beware.
City staffer Cynthia Kinser expects you to
come to city hall to check on zoning
before you make a home purchase in
Murrieta!
High Density Sustainable Growth
Lane, as a Planning Commissioner in
Murrieta, approved high density development on Commercial zoned land. As a
councilman he has adopted zoning
changes for sprawling condo development
to replace the rural estates that were
developed in the 70s in the historic area of
old town. That’s not Smart Growth for
healthy communities. but does support the
Agenda 21 portrait of packing people in
tight quarters for a commune-ist vision
of sustainable growth.
For a visual of what future “human
settlements” look like see the Sustainable
Communities Video on our website at
www.thebugle.com
Community Voice
Apathy, the new American
paradigm
In a small “lab” located right here in
Menifee, my manufactured-home community confirmed among senior citizens the
above-claimed apathy so typical of
America-wide cultural truth. My recent
crusade through 2013 invited all
responsible, security-conscious neighbors
to step up and take responsibility for
vigilance within our complex in order to
counter any present or future threat of
home invasion, assault, or thievery. A
total of five neighbors appeared at the
appointed site/time to join my effort, out
of nearly 400 residences invited in our
monthly newsletter. Of the five, four were
friends responding to my special emailed
separate appeal, largely out of consideration for my feelings of frustration over
stonewalls blocking any responsibility by
owners of the property our homes occupy.
What can be the excuse for vulnerable
seniors, reared in responsible and patriotic
times, to avoid even discussion of potential threat to their comfort or security?
This pathetic example of the new
America can only be explained by a
paradigm too dangerous to promote
further or even continue to tolerate in all
our various generations. It is no wonder
that Congressional whores and Executive
tyrants thrive in such a needy, parasitic
society, expanding with every “benefit”
bestowed on submissive, egocentric
shirkers by those whose unequal incomes
are derived from usury rather than
productive, constructive enterprise. Only
enterprise can reward stockholders’ risk
and provide opportunity for wider
employment and economic growth
through satisfaction of consumers’ desire
via free choices between competitive
alternatives.
A further example of rampant apathy
is evident in the rejection and divorce of
parents by their adult children, without
benefit of explanation or reasoned
justification for the estrangements. Many
friends, neighbors, colleagues, and
FEBRUARY 2014
Referendum Update on Privacy
For All Students - Republished from January
In a strongly worded tentative ruling,
a Sacramento Superior Court judge directed the California Secretary of State to
count petitions submitted in two northern
California counties for a referendum effort
to overturn AB 1266, California's co-ed
bathroom law.
The Secretary of State had refused to
count signatures timely submitted in
Tulare and Mono counties. In Tulare
County, mail room personnel initially
refused to accept the petitions from a
courier. In Mono County the package was
delivered but not opened for a number of
days.
The problems in both Counties resulted from the statutory filing deadline
falling on a Sunday in the middle of a
three day weekend [Monday, Nov. 11
being a holiday]. Privacy For All Students
(PFAS), the organization that promoted
the referendum, arranged for courier
delivery before the Sunday deadline in
both counties. Petitions were delivered to
the two counties in dispute on Friday
November 8 and Saturday November 9.
The Secretary of State refused to count
any of the signatures submitted in these
counties.
“It is a shame that we had to go to
court to assure that the citizens of Tulare
and Mono would not be disenfranchised
by the arbitrary actions of the Secretary of
State,” said Gina Gleason, proponent of
the referendum.
The opinion, delivered by Judge Allen
Sumner concluded that PFAS actually had
until Tuesday, November 12 to file the
petitions, due to the weekend and the
Monday holiday.
“The process of collecting 504,760
valid signatures in 90 days is tough
enough. But the Secretary of State seemed
determined to shorten the time we were
given wherever possible,” said Karen
England, a spokesperson for PFAS. “We
have slowly realized that the Secretary of
State is not an unbiased referee in this
process but an advocate for the co-ed
bathroom law.”
Nearly 620,000 signatures presented
in support of the referendum are being
validated in a joint process by the counties
and the State. Presentation of those
signatures in November suspended the
implementation of the law that would have
gone into effect on January 1.
PFAS Signature Count Update
At press time, Privacy For all
Students had announced that the 95%
valid signatures was achieved in the
random sampling. A full signature count is
in progress. If 504,760 signatures are
confirmed valid then the voters will decide
the bathroom law in November. The result
Chef Jerry
of the full signature count is expected by
February 8.
For more information about the
referendum to overturn California’s co-ed
bathroom law, visit the PFAS web page at
www.privacyforallstudents.com
As a former food editor in Tacoma, WA,
Jerry found the best recipes were ones that
were simple, easy to prepare and both
delicious and nutritious.
Country Chicken Supreme
8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup All Purpose flour
1 cup wheat bread crumbs
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup oil
Preheat oven to 350oF .
1. Whisk together eggs and milk in
a shallow bowl. Dredge chicken in
flour. Dip into egg mixture. coat
with breadcrumbs.
2. Heat butter and oil in large skillet
and quick fry chicken until golden
brown on both sides. Additional oil
and butter may be needed to brown
all pieces of chicken. Reserve
skillet for sauce prep.
3. Transfer chicken to a 13x9x2 inch
baking dish.
Sauce
1 can chicken broth (14oz)
1/4 cup All Purpose flour
1/4 cup butter
1/2 of a sweet onion, diced
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 tsp Frank’s Hot Sauce
Whisk together broth and flour.
Melt butter in skillet and add broth
mixture. Bring to a boil and stir
until thickened. Add onion, salt,
wine and mix well. Pour over
chicken.
Bake 30-35 minutes.
“Always remember the three key ingredients in the recipe of life:
Caring...Loving...and Understanding”
acquaintances include such ingratitude in
their painful familial relationships, shared
agonizingly by my wife and me. Data
show great support of needy parents by
devoted children, but the vast majority of
well-tended and lovingly raised youth
reject even a courtesy card or phone call
on holidays to active, self-sufficient
parents, out of derisive apathy for
conflicting lifestyles.
The most egregious manifestation of
apathy is evidenced by the growing
numbers of Americans who claim
victim-hood after a five year old recession
stole their livelihood in a real estate panic
instigated by politicians who awarded
homes to constituents who could not pay
for them. Many still cannot, and still more
can’t feed themselves or family without
SNAP, and millions rely on serial
unemployment
benefit
extensions.
Meanwhile, “good” jobs go begging for
lack of qualified candidates who will do
most anything to get off welfare so
demeaning to seniors and family providers
in the recent past. Welfare fraud is
rampant, disability benefits are widely
abused, and total government benefits are
now so generous that gainful work often
can’t compete with appealing lay-about
lifestyles. If this cultural evolution is not a
testament to patronizing apathy, I need to
hear what is.
Maybe a responsible, mature, ingenious, and ambitious America is just too
much to ask of distracted, diverse, and
humanistic society that is so full of itself.
Submitted by Ken Woytek, Menifee
FEBRUARY 2014
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Photography Classes
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological
Reserve is offering photography classes
conducted by award-winning wildlife
photographer Dick Cronberg. Classes
areeld at the Reserve’s Visitor Center,
(39400 Clinton Keith Rd,) on Saturdays,
from 1pm to 4 pm. Tuition for each class
is $65 for the general public; $60 for Santa
Rosa Plateau Foundation members.
Advance registration is required online at
www.srpf.org where you may also join the
Foundation to receive the class discount
and other member benefits. Portions of the
class fee supports the children’s environmental education programs at the Reserve.
Photoshop Elements – February 1
Adobe Photoshop elements is one of the
best-selling “post-processing” programs
on the market. Learn how to bring your
photos to life and take them to the next
level. Subjects covered will be: Importing,
enhancing, cropping, processing “raw”
images, enlarging, e-mailing, and restoring old photos and “special effects”. A
simple work flow will be presented for the
beginner and there will be plenty of time
for questions and hands-on work.
Adobe Lightroom – February 15
Learn the “ins” and “outs” of this incredible enhancing program by Adobe. Learn
how to upload, sort and delete photos
quickly. Then watch how you can transform your images from “Blah” to “Wow”
with easy to use tools. Lightroom was
designed for and made by photographers
so it is easy to use, “non-destructive” and
fast! If you’re wondering if you need this
program or already have it and aren’t quite
sure how it works, this is the class for you!
Wildlife Photography – March 1
– This class covers everything you ever
wanted to know about taking wildlife photos and maybe some things you never
thought about. It will review the essential
photo equipment needed to produce
stunning images and explain how to best
utilize your gear in the field.
How to Make Money with Your Camera
March 8 – Learn how and where to sell
photos (magazines, newspapers, stock
photos companies, art shows, galleries,
etc.). Learn about different products you
can make out of your photos and where to
get it done Also learn how to build a photo
portfolio, how to get started shooting wedding, family and pet photos. Next, learn
about obtaining the proper legal paperwork (business licenses and tax exempt
status). Last, learn how to mat and frame
photos for that perfect presentation.
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DYNAMIC WOMEN LUNCH MEETINGS
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Second Wednesday of each month at 11:30.
Our mission is to help women grow both personally and professionally.
Wednesday, February 12 - 11:30am • Networking and Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker: Stacey O'Byrne
“Is YOUR ASK Too Small and is YOUR BUT too Big”
Meeting Fee: Members $10, Guests $15 (Cash or check payable to Robbie Motter)
Location: Boston Billie’s (26850 Cherry Hills Blvd. Menifee).
Lunch may be ordered and paid for by the individual directly to the restaurant.
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Club/Org Events
Retired, Set, Go! meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of every month
from 11:30-12:30 at the Sun City Library, 26982 Cherry Hills Blvd.
Free and the public is invited. Topics: aging issues and fun topics
of interest to the community. Hospice of the Valleys 951-200-7800.
Seniors’ Golden Years -12:45 pm on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of each month at the Mary Phillips Senior Center,
41845 6th St. in Temecula. $ Bingo 100% payout. Lots of fun.
For info call 951-694-6466
SW Riverside County Marine Corps League Detachment 1057
meets on the last Saturday of each month at 9am at Grand Isles,
24405 Village Walk Place in Murrieta. More info: www.mcl1057.org
or call 951-775-1191.
The Mended Hearts, Inc. meets the 3rd Saturday of each month,
10 am to noon. We invite heart patients & their caregivers to join
us at the Professional Office Building (1st floor) behind the Loma
Linda University Medical Center, Murrieta. Bill: 951-461-6958
Grandparents Without Partners - A very special group of seniors
- Age 60 yrs + meet for a variety of events one or more times
monthly. Please call or e-mail GENIE for calendar of events, costs
and to make reservations. 951-461-9560
[email protected]
Personal Fitness Training now offered at Kay Ceniceros Senior
Center for adults age 65 and over. Geri-Fit® Certified Strength
Trainer. All equipment provided. Gift certificates available.
For more info or to register, call 951-694-6873 or visit gerifit.com
Murrieta Breakfast Lions - Sight and Hearing Assistance Service
Club plus youth programs. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7-8 am. Grand
Isle Apts. on Village Walk. 951-677-8548 or 461-3054
Temecula Valley Elks #2801 meet on the first, third, and fourth
Tuesday of each month at the Lodge located at 28061 Diaz Road
in Temecula. For info call 951-695-7470
Lake Elsinore/Wildomar Elks #2591 meet on the first four
Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the lodge located at
33700 Mission Trail, Wildomar. For info call (951) 674-6804.
Temecula Valley Rose Society - Third Thursdays, 10:15 - noon,
at the Temecula Public Library (30600 Pauba Road).
Feb. 20 “Raising Alpacas”. All new members who join in February
will receive a rose in March ready for planting. For more info. go
to: temeculavalleyrosesociety.org
951-551-5505
Senior Citizen Services - Monday thru Friday, 8 –noon & 1-4 pm
at the Kay Ceniceros Community Center. To report a senior at-risk
please call (951) 679-2374
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February 2014
Hoop Shoot Winners
Water Education Grant Funding
Students who won Hoop Shoot
contests in their respective schools
qualified to compete in the Elks annual
“Hoop Shoot” competition. Each young
athlete was given the opportunity to shoot
25 free throws.
The Temecula Elks honored the first
place winners at a “Family Night” dinner
where the six 1st place winners were each
presented with a tee shirt with their name
and “Elks Hoop Shoot” printed on the
shirts. They will wear the shirts at the
District Hoop Shoot that will take place at
Mesa View Middle School in Calimesa.
Their 1st place winners are: Isaiah Singh,
Rail Ranch Elem. (8-9 year old boys’
division); Sofia Inzunza, St. Jeanne de
Lestonnac (8-9 year old girls’ division);
Ethan Topacio, Nicolas Valley Elem. (1011 year old boys’ division); Grayse
Western Municipal Water District is
assisting Riverside county schools with
nearly $12,000 going directly into the
hands of teachers for their students’
learning. This past fall, teachers from
Murrieta, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore,
Corona and Riverside submitted
applications for water-related projects
with objectives and explanations on the
benefits to the students and their school.
Western’s Deputy General Manager
Craig Miller said, “In addition to several
water-quality analysis projects and
water-efficient gardens, we received a
variety of applications with projects
focusing on new lesson concepts.”
Earth Science Teacher Anna Foutz,
from John W. North High School will be
teaching her students about the effects of
fertilizer-runoff entering the water table.
Stephanie Hobbs, from David A. Brown
Middle School, will take a social studies
approach by focusing on water being the
only natural resource that touches all
aspects of global civilization. Many of the
items purchased with grant funding will be
used year-after-year and will continue to
serve as a resource for local schools.
FàAsua, Nicolas Valley Elem. (10-11 year
old girls’ division); Donavan Cox, James
Day Middle School (12-13 year old boys’
division); Sabrina Inzunza from St. Jeanne
de Lestonnac (12-13 year old girls’
division).
The Lake Elsinore/Wildomar Elks
honored their young athletes with dinner
and trophies. Their 1st place winners are:
Chandler Davidson, Tuscany Hills Elem.
(8-9 year old girls’ division); Jeremy
Erikson, Wildomar Elem. (8-9 year old
boys’ division); Makenna Ferris,
Wildomar Elem. (10-11 year old girls’
division); Amun-Ra Collins, Tuscany
Hills Elem. (10-11 year old boys’
division); Daniel Knouse, Lake Elsinore
Middle School (12-13 year old boys’
division).
2014 Lois B. Krieger
Grant Recipients
• Araceli Anguiano, Corona High
• Diane Devasier, Elsinore High
• Anna Foutz, John W. North High
• LaCrissa Godfrey-Gayagas, Luiseno
• Glenda Haas, Railroad Canyon Elem.
• Michele Hampton, Riverside STEM
• Sheri Harris, Arlington High
• Stephanie Hobbs, David A. Brown M.S.
• David Huxley, Alvord High
• Nona Jones, Sycamore Acad.
• Sunny Kaura, Centennial High
• Dennis Swift, Kennedy Elementary
• Kay Hall, Kennedy Elementary
• Abbe Kya, Centennial High
• Kelly Montega, Kennedy Elementary
• Kelley Remington, Temescal Val. Elem.
• Elizabeth Rosales, Woodcrest Elem.
• Jessie Rubner, William Collier Elem.
• Steven Stoecklein, Ramona High
• Rick Wolter, Elsinore High
• Elizabeth Yeager, Sierra Mid. School
Above - Temecula Lodge winners with Jim Beall (Hoop Shoot Committee
Member - left) and Spike Lunn (Hoop Shoot Committee Chairman - right).
Below - Lake Elsinore Lodge 1st and 2nd place winners with Richard
Garcia, Hoop Shoot Committee Chairman.
First graders participate in their Lois B. Krieger Grant water project at
Sycamore Academy.
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SECTION B • E-NEWS
Misconceptions About
Foster Care & Adoption
Every day we wonder how many
individuals and families do not apply to
foster or adopt children due to the
misconceptions about what it takes to help
a child in need. Children’s Bureau families
need to have the willingness, ability and
resources to protect and nurture children,
meet developmental needs and address
delays, support relationships with the
child’s birth families, connect the child to
safe and nurturing relationships intended
to last a lifetime and be willing and able to
work as a member of a professional team.
Beyond these minimum requirements,
there are specifics that are many times
misconstrued.
For instance, individuals do not have
to be married to foster or adopt a child.
They do not have to own their own home.
There is no age limit except for a
minimum of 21 years of age - a person
needs to have the ability to care for a child
of the age for which they show interest. A
working parent needs to have the backup
of either family members or a friend who
can transport the child in the event that
they cannot. There are monitored visits
with birth parents, visits to the doctor and
dentist and after school activities including sports or music lessons for older
children. The working parent must be
willing and able to pay for childcare out of
the stipend for the child the hours he/she is
not available. It is important to research
child care prior to having a child in the
home, so that there is no surprise with the
cost of daycare.
Individuals do not have to own their
home. They can live in a house, condo or
an apartment. They can share a home, if
the other person is willing to be
fingerprinted and has no criminal history.
There needs to be space for a child. A baby
must have the ability to move into a room
when he/she turns 2 but can share the
parent’s room until then. Children are able
to share rooms.
Adoption is not expensive. Both
foster care and adoption offer stipends to
help with the care of the child. The minimum monthly stipend for foster
care/adoption is $846 (recently increased)
for a child and goes higher with the age of
the child. The stipend continues until the
child returns to their family, goes to an
adoptive home if the family is not
adopting, or is adopted by the foster
family. Once adopted, the foster family
currently receives a stipend of about $400
from the federal government until the
child turns 18, and in some cases 21.
There is a federal tax deduction for
adoption that you may ask your accountant
about to determine your eligibility. The
process of applying and becoming a
foster/adoptive parent costs around $400
and includes the cost of fingerprint clearances, DMV clearances, CPR/1st Aid and
miscellaneous costs. These are considered
non-recurring expenses that can be
submitted to the county where you adopt
for reimbursement up to $400.
It does not take a long time to become
a foster or foster/adoptive parent. In most
cases, if documents are completed in a
timely manner, it takes 3-4 months to
become a Certified Foster Adoptive
Parent. The stipend begins when a child
arrives at your home. We have a great need
for families!!
Children’s Bureau Family Center
1910 Magnolia Ave., Los Angeles, CA
(661) 272-9996 www.all4kids.org
FEBRUARY 2014
Valentine’s Day Romance and Fun
at Harrah’s Resort Rincon
Now that the holidays are officially
over, it’s time for a little fun and romance
during the Valentine’s Day “season of
love!” We have a suggestion for the
perfect place to celebrate Valentine’s Day
- Harrah’s Resort Rincon. Whether you are
looking for a romantic overnight getaway
or just a few hours of fun with that special
someone, Harrah’s has the just the right
romantic package for you!
Would you like to whisk your
sweetheart away for 24 hours or more?
Then check out the overnight package
special – it is just right for guests who are
romantic at heart. This package includes
your choice of luxury hotel room
accommodations in our award-winning
hotel, one 50-minute Swedish massage at
the Spa at Harrah’s Rincon, one bottle
of Veuve Devienne Rose champagne,
roses and chocolate-dipped strawberries
delivered to your room, and a $50 food
and beverage credit you can use at the
restaurant of your choice (you have six to
choose from!), all included in the price of
your stay. This package is February 14th
only. To book your package, simply call
1-800-HARRAHS and ask for package
code PLOVE.
Maybe you aren’t interested in the full
package? No problem. If you prefer to just
book a room rather than the package on
Valentine’s Day, there is a special addition
you can request at time of arrival – for just
$59 room service will deliver a bottle of
Veuve Devienne Rose champagne, roses
and chocolate-dipped strawberries to your
room so you can enjoy a private romantic
celebration.
Don’t have the time for an overnight
stay? No problem, Harrah’s Rincon has
Valentine’s Day celebrations for those who
only have a few hours to spare. You and
your partner could start with dinner
at the Buffet, where our Valentine’s Day
offerings will include a delicious lobster
tail added to your meal for an additional
$20 over the cost of the dinner buffet.
To add to the romantic atmosphere,
a pianist will be performing during the
dinner hours. The dinner buffet at Harrah’s
Rincon is available from 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
No reservations are required.
Perhaps all you need for romance is
some quiet time, a glass of wine, and a
sweet treat or two. Then you should check
out Corked at Harrah’s Rincon. San Diego
County’s newest craft beer and wine bar is
offering special wine and beer pairing with
chocolate truffles for $35. The truffles
include a variety of flavors such as
hazelnut, port-flavored, pistachio, cayenne
pepper, bittersweet chocolate, and double
chocolate. Our talented sommelier
William Burtner will be offering four
different wine and beer suggestions to pair
with these chocolates – you’re sure to find
something that both of you will love.
And whether you are going up to one
of our hotel rooms or preparing to drive
home, be sure to take a stroll outside at
Dive, the beautiful pool area, to check out
the enchanting colored lights. It will
provide a perfect ending to your romantic
Valentine’s evening at Harrah’s Resort
Rincon located at 33750 Valley Center
Road in Valley Center (20 minutes
northeast of Escondido).
nation. It is composed of 72 districts and
112 colleges serving 2.3 million students
per year. Community colleges supply
workforce training, basic skills courses in
English and math, and prepare students for
transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The Chancellor’s Office provides
leadership, advocacy and support under
the direction of the Board of Governors of
the California Community Colleges.
Chancellor Brice Harris
MSJC hosted a meeting with State
Community College Chancellor and Area
Trustees/ CEOs on January 17 to discuss
issues facing higher education. The event
was organized by the Inland Valley
Community College Trustee and CEO
Association, said MSJC Trustee Eugene
Kadow (pictured below). Kadow has
served as the IVCCTCA chairman for two
years. The meeting, held about 30 miles
east of Riverside in Banning, attracted
about 40 college leaders from as far as
Ridgecrest and Blythe to nearby colleges
like the San Bernardino and Riverside
community college districts.
“We wanted to invite the chancellor to
come down and talk to us about what he is
looking forward to in the coming year as
far as finance and other legislation,”
Kadow said.
MSJC Superintendent / President
Roger Schultz said, “We are honored to
hear Chancellor Harris’ vision, especially
as the resources that will help us better
serve our students begin to return to
community colleges.”
Chancellor Harris (pictured right)
covered a variety of topics, including the
improving California state budget, the
Chancellor’s Office Student Success
Initiative, and stronger communications
and collaboration between community
colleges and the California State
University and University of California
systems.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s January budget
proposal includes funding that would
restore access to about 130,000 students
across the state, Harris said. The budget
proposal also includes funds that will help
community colleges continue to reach the
goals set forth in the 22-point Student
Success Initiative.
Harris told the group that even during
the economic crisis, community colleges
were able to boost student achievements.
Enrollment went down 22 percent during
that time due to the historic funding cuts,
yet California’s community colleges
granted 25 percent more certificates and
degrees.
Harris praised the college trustees and
CEOs for the hard work they do at the
colleges. Referring to a more positive state
budget and student successes, Harris said
that community colleges are now entering
a window of opportunity over the next
several years.
“I suspect we’re going to look back
on this time 10 years from now as a
golden era,” Harris said. “A time like the
‘60s and ‘70s, where we were opening a
new college a week and everything that
was great in community colleges was
going on in California.”
IVCCTCA is made up of trustees and
chancellors or presidents of community
colleges from College of the Desert,
Antelope Valley, Barstow, Chaffey,
Copper Mountain, Imperial, Mt. San
Jacinto, Palomar, Palo Verde, Riverside,
San Bernardino, and Victor Valley. The
California Community Colleges is the
largest system of higher education in the
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SECTION B • E-NEWS
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Are Time-Outs
Working
For You and
Your Child?
The time-out has become a timehonored response to misbehaving
children. But do they really work? Or do
they simply frustrate parents and children?
On Thursday, February 13, Child
Development specialist, Sandi Schubert,
will lead a FREE workshop to help
parents and caregivers learn how to have a
healthier and happier relationship with
their children. The one-hour program will
cover:
• Using positive discipline
• Handling your own anger
• Turning a “no” into a “yes”
• Creating boundaries for your children
• Using the “two choice” principle
• Using actions instead of words
• Modeling the behaviors you want
Sandi Schubert, a former Training
and Curriculum Specialist for U.S. Navy
Child Development Centers, has a B.S. in
Child Development from Cal State
Fullerton, and more than 30 years experience in the field. She has presented at
workshops for the National Association
for the Education of Young Children, and
has
been
a
director for private, faith-based and Indian
country schools. She is now director of the
St. Thomas Episcopal Preschool &
Kindergarten.
Workshop Details: Thurs., February 13
from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at St. Thomas
Episcopal Preschool & Kindergarten,
44651 Avenida de Missiones in Temecula.
FREE workshop with free child care
provided. RSVP: (951) 302-8498
Elks Offer
Vocational
Grants
A total of $58,000 is available for
grants of $1000 each with an option to
renew for one more year. The program is
open to American Citizens who plan to
pursue a vocational/ technical course
above the high school level. Application
blanks are available at any Elks Lodge
throughout the year or by visiting
http://www.chea-elks.org or by calling the
Lake Elsinore lodge during business hours
at (951) 674-6804.
Holiday Mail for Heroes
Prior to their annual Holiday Banquet,
members of the National Association of
Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
Southwest Riverside County Chapter
0478, signed greeting cards for service
members overseas, as part of Operation
“Holiday Mail for Heroes,” a program
sponsored by the American Red Cross and
supported by NARFE. NARFE, a not-forprofit organization, was founded in 1921
by 14 employees with a goal to protect
retirement benefits of federal annuitants,
their spouses, survivors and families.
Today NARFE’s membership includes
almost 300,000 active federal workers,
retirees, spouses and survivors, all united
in their goal of guaranteeing the economic
security and well-being of active federal
employees and those who have retired and
their survivors.
The United States government has
always recognized the invaluable resource
represented by its work force and seeks to
honor its moral responsibility to it by
offering civil service employees adequate
benefits upon retirement. Unfortunately,
other considerations sometimes take
priority. With its membership base,
NARFE has become an effective and
highly respected legislative force on
Capital Hill and in state legislatures across
the nation, including here in California, to
ensure that promised benefits are not
eroded. Also, as a special project, NARFE
has undertaken to actively support
Alzheimer’s Disease Research, and so far
has raised more than $9,000,000.
At the field level, there are 1411 local
chapters, including Southwest Riverside
County, which meets at 1 p.m., the second
Monday of each month, at the North Town
Hall, Sun City Civic Association
Complex, 26850 Sun City Blvd, Sun City.
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