CORONER IDENTIFIES YUCCA VALLEY WOMAN KILLED IN SUNDAY HEAD-ON CRASH
MARINE SERGEANT HELD IN FATAL SHOOTING ABOARD 29 PALMS BASE
TODAY IS TAX DEADLINE DAY, SOME LAST-MINUTE TIPS FROM THE IRS
AN EARTHQUAKE RATTLES YUCCA VALLEY YESTERDAY
SUPER WAL-MART EIR PUBLIC HEARING IN YUCCA VALLEY TONIGHT
29 PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON DEVELOPMENT CODES TONIGHT *
JOSHUA TREE CLEAN TEAM WORKING ON SUNBURST TOMORROW MORNING *
MORONGO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD MEETS *
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR JOSHUA TREE NATL PARK YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS *
MOJAVE MAX COMES OUT OF HIS BURROW
YV CHAMBER MIXER AT CENTURY 21 MIRAGE REALTY TONIGHT *
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT
FREE SEMINAR ON GRIEF FOR CHILDREN AT HI DESERT MEDICAL CENTER TOMORROW
YUCCA VALLEY HS TENNIS NOW 8-1 AFTER STUNNING WIN
YUCCA VALLEY HS SWIMMERS IN RIVERSIDE TOMORROW
CORONER IDENTIFIES
Y.V. WOMAN KILLED IN SUNDAY HEAD-ON CRASH
MORE DETAILS
TODAY ON A HORRIFIC HEAD ON COLLISION THAT LEFT ONE DEAD AND FIVE INJURED SUNDAY
EVENING. SHERIFF OFFICIALS SAID THAT AT 8:15, CHERYL MASON 42, OF YUCCA VALLEY
WAS DRIVING HER 2001 CHEVY METRO SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 247 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 62
AT WARREN WAY IN YUCCA VALLEY, WHEN SHE DRIFTED ACROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE…
SLAMMING HEAD ON INTO A 2006 FORD F-150 PICK-UP DRIVEN BY 33 YEAR OLD JOHN
MAYFIELD. THE FORCE OF THE COLLISION KILLED CHERYL MASON WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT THE SCENE. A PASSENGER IN THE METRO, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS "DEBORAH" OF YUCCA
VALLEY SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURES AND TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO DESERT HOSPITAL IN
PALM SPRINGS WHERE SHE REMAINS IN ICU. JOHN MAYFIELD, HIS WIFE SARAH MAYFIELD 32
AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, A 4 MONTH AND 3 YEAR OLD, ALL RECEIVED MINOR INJURES AND
WERE TAKEN TO HI DESERT MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION
REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
MARINE SERGEANT HELD
IN FATAL SHOOTING ABOARD 29 PALMS BASE
A MARINE SERGEANT HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SHOOTING OF A FELLOW MARINE. SGT LINCOLN
CRALL, 26, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING LANCE CPL. CAMERON BABCOCK, 19, HITTING HIM IN
THE CHEST, IN HIS BARRACKS ABOARD THE COMBAT CENTER. SGT CRALL SHOT BABCOCK WITH
A PRIVATELY OWNED GUN, SAID LT. JAYMIE SICKING, A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE 1ST MARINE
DIVISION. BOTH MARINES WERE ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD BATTALION, 7TH MARINES. SGT
CRALL, OF BOULDER, COLORADO NOW FACES COURT-MARTIAL ON ONE COUNT OF MANSLAUGHTER
AND IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN TWENTYNINE PALMS TOMORROW. ON JANUARY 20, MILITARY
POLICE FOUND BABCOCK, WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST AND WAS TAKEN TO THE
NAVAL HOSPITAL WERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. INVESTIGATORS SAID THE SHOOTING
APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENT HANDLING OF A PRIVATELY OWNED GUN.
IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INTENTIONAL OR SELF-INFLICTED. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHETHER
SGT CRALL OWNED THE GUN OR IT BELONGED TO SOMEONE ELSE MARINE CORPS POLICY
PROHIBITS PERSONAL FIREARMS IN THE BARRACKS. LANCE CORPORAL BABCOCK, OF PLYMOUTH
INDIANA, WAS AN INFANTRY RIFLEMAN. HE HAD RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A COMBAT
DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ BEFORE THE SHOOTING, AND WAS SCHEDULED TO RE-DEPLOY TO IRAQ
WITH KILO 3/7 THIS WINTER.
TODAY IS TAX
DEADLINE DAY, SOME LAST-MINUTE TIPS FROM THE IRS
TODAY IS THE DEADLINE
TO FILE YOUR INCOME TAX STATEMENT WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. REPORTER
DAN STORK SAYS THE IRS HAS THESE LAST-MINUTE TAX FILING TIPS.....
WHAT – YOU STILL
HAVEN’T FILED YOUR TAX RETURN!? THE IRS HAS SOME LAST-MINUTE TIPS:
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YOU CAN GET AN EXTENSION THROUGH
OCTOBER 15TH. BUT IF YOU OWE TAXES, YOU HAVE TO PAY 90% WHAT YOU
THINK YOU OWN BY APRIL 15TH IN ORDER TO AVOID PENALTIES.
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USE E-FILE OR FREE-FILE FOR
SAFETY, ACCURACY, AND TIME-SAVING.
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SPECIFY DIRECT DEPOSIT IN ORDER TO
GET YOUR REFUND OR STIMULUS PAYMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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DON’T MISS OUT ON DEDUCTIONS FOR
WHICH YOU QUALIFY, SUCH AS THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE TO SOME
LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS, EDUCATOR DEDUCTIONS FOR FULL-TIME TEACHERS WHO SPEND
THEIR OWN MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM, AND TAX CREDITS FOR HYBRID CAR OWNERS.
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YOU MUST FILE A 2007 RETURN IN
ORDER TO GET A STIMULUS PAYMENT, EVEN IF YOU WOULD NOT OTHERWISE NEED TO
FILE, BUT HAVE AT LEAST $3000 OF INCOME, INCLUDING BENEFITS SUCH AS SOCIAL
SECURITY PAYMENTS.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION
ON PAYING TAXES, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON SCAMS TO AVOID, GO TO
IRS.GOV, OR CALL 1-800-TAX-1040.
AN EARTHQUAKE RATTLES
YUCCA VALLEY YESTERDAY
A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE
RATTLED THE AREA BETWEEN YUCCA VALLEY AND DESERT HOT SPRINGS MONDAY EVENING.
ACCORDING TO CAL-TECH SEISMOLOGISTS, THE 3.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT
06:00:PM 6 MILES SOUTH OF YUCCA VALLEY AND 6 MILES NE OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS.
WHILE THE QUAKE WAS FELT WIDELY THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURY.
SUPER WAL-MART EIR PUBLIC
HEARING IN YUCCA VALLEY TONIGHT
THE YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING
COMMISSION WILL MEET TONIGHT. ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR THE NEW YUCCA VALLEY SUPER WAL-MART. CITIZENS CAN
COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE EIR. REPORTER TAMMI ROLEFF CHECKS THE
PLANNING COMMISSION’S AGENDA.... THE YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION GETS ITS
FIRST LOOK AT PLANS FOR THE NEW SUPER WAL-MART AT TONIGHT’S MEETING BEING HELD
IN THE YUCCA ROOM OF THE YUCCA VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER STARTING AT 7. UP FOR
REVIEW, THE SPECIFIC PLAN AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A 184,000 SQUARE FOOT SUPER WAL-MART AND TOW PADS FOR RETAIL AND FAST FOOD USE,
LOCATED UST WEST OF HOME DEPOT. ALSO ON THE AGENDA, A REQUEST TO CHANGE LAND USE
AND ZONING ON A 20 ACRE PARCEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHOLLA AVENUE SOUTH OF GOLDEN
BEE FROM RURAL LIVING, 5 ACRE MINIMUM TO RURAL LIVING, 1 ACRE MINIMUM.
29 PALMS PLANNING
COMMISSION HEARING ON DEVELOPMENT CODES TONIGHT *
JOSHUA TREE CLEAN TEAM
WORKING ON SUNBURST TOMORROW MORNING*
MORONGO VALLEY CSD BOARD
MEETS *
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR
JTNP YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS *
MOJAVE MAX COMES OUT OF
HIS BURROW
AFTER MONTHS OF
ANTICIPATION, MOJAVE MAX, THE FAMOUS DESERT TORTOISE WHO RESIDES IN NEVADA’S RED
ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA, OFFICIALLY EMERGED FROM HIBERNATION IN
HIS BURROW AT 11:27 A.M. YESTERDAY. IT IS HIS LATEST OFFICIAL EMERGENCE TO DATE.
WARMER WEATHER AND A SPECTACULAR WILDFLOWER SEASON FINALLY LURED HIM FROM HIS
BURROW. THE TORTOISE’S DEBUT IS HAILED BY THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN NEVADA AND
CALIFORNIA WHO HAVE BEEN STUDYING MOJAVE DESERT WEATHER, TEMPERATURES, AND
CONDITIONS TO SCIENTIFICALLY ESTIMATE WHEN MOJAVE MAX WOULD EMERGE FROM HIS
BURROW IN 2008. THEY ENTERED THEIR GUESSES ON LINE AT
WWW.MOJAVEMAX.COM . THE OFFICIAL WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. "THE MOJAVE
MAX EMERGENCE CONTEST IS ONE OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF A DESERT WIDE TORTOISE
EDUCATION PROGRAM BEING DEVELOPED BY THE DESERT MANAGERS GROUP TO HELP STUDENTS
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DESERT TORTOISE," SAID ANNE STALEY, DMG DESERT TORTOISE
OUTREACH COORDINATOR. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT STALEY AT (760) 367-5528.
Y.V. CHAMBER
MIXER AT CENTURY 21 MIRAGE REALTY TONIGHT *
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT
THE MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
BOARD MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT, REPORTER DAN STORK SAYS EARLY CONTRACT
AGREEMENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON SPENDING OF SCHOOL BOND
FUNDS......
THE OPEN SESSION OF THE
APRIL 15TH MEETING OF THE MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
STARTS AT 7 PM. THE MEETING IS AT TWENTYNINE PALMS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND
STARTS WITH A PERFORMANCE BY THE SCHOOL’S BAND. THE DISTRICT AND THE MORONGO
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION WILL PRESENT THEIR JOINT SUNSHINE ITEMS FOR THE 2008-2009
SCHOOL YEAR. THE CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR MEASURE O WILL PRESENT ITS
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE REGULAR REPORTS BY THE BOARD,
EMPLOYEE GROUPS, AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WILL FOLLOW, AS WILL A CONSENT
AGENDA WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL COURSE OUTLINE APPROVALS AND MATH TEXTBOOK
APPROVALS. ACTION ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD INCLUDE APPROVALS FOR
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THE TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
CONTRACT FOR 3 YEARS
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REVISION TO THE SINGLE PLAN FOR
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FROM FRIENDLY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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ADDITIONAL CAHSEE WAIVERS FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
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NEXT YEAR’S SCHOOL CALENDAR
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FORMATION OF A BOYS’ BASKETBALL
BOOSTER CLUB AT 29 PALMS HIGH SCHOOL
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THE MUSD/MTA SUNSHINE AGREEMENT
FOR NEXT YEAR, AND
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APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FOR CAREER
TRAINING FACILITIES.
FREE SEMINAR ON GRIEF FOR
CHILDREN AT HI DESERT MEDICAL CENTER TOMORROW *
YVHS TENNIS NOW 8-1 AFTER STUNNING WIN
8-1 IS THE LEAGUE RECORD
FOR THE YVHS VARSITY TENNIS TEAM TROJANS AFTER A STUNNING VICTORY OVER THE
CITRUS HILL HAWKS MONDAY IN YUCCA VALLEY. COACH JENNIFER HARLOW SAID 17-1 WAS
THE FINAL SCORE WITH NEWCOMER FRESHMAN JUSTIN MCGOWAN WINNING TWO OUT OF THREE
SETS IN HIS LEAGUE DEBUT. THE TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO DESERT HOT SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
TOMORROW AND TAKE ON BANNING HIGH AT HOME ON FRIDAY.
YVHS SWIMMERS IN RIVERSIDE TOMORROW *
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