DETACHED GARAGE,
WORKSHOP DESTROYED IN 29 PALMS FIRE
PHONE SCAMS USING ANTICIPATED STIMULUS CHECK
NATIVE PLANTS WIN OUT OVER PROPERTY RIGHTS AT YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING
COUNTY DECLARES ARSON AWARENESS WEEK
COUNTY OUTLINES BAD CHECK ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
YUCCA MESA ELEMENTARY STUDENT WINS MOJAVE MAX CONTEST
BROADWAY MUSIC AND A SPAGHETTI DINNER AT YUCCA MESA FRIDAY *
SCHOOL BOARD HEARS COST OF FOOD RISING DRAMATICALLY
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE TO GET $45,000.00 FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TRAINING
COLLEGE BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON
BIGHORN DESERT VIEW WATER SPECIAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON *
JOSHUA BASIN WATER MEETS TONIGHT
CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETS TOMORROW *
29 PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION ANTICIPATING 6-LANE HIGHWAY
A MORAL VICTORY FOR YUCCA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
DETACHED
GARAGE, WORKSHOP DESTROYED IN 29 PALMS FIRE
A LARGE DETACHED GARAGE – WORKSHOP WAS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER BURNING DOWN IN A
29 PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD LATE TUESDAY MORNING. 29 PALMS FIRE CHIEF JIM THOMPSON
SAID THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE NOON IN THE 6000 BLOCK OF DAISY, 1 BLOCK SOUTH
OF SUNNYSLOPE AND EAST OF ENCILLIA. ARRIVING FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THE BUILDING
FULLY ENGULFED, ALONG WITH A NEAR BY EDISON POWER POLE AND SURROUNDING
VEGETATION. FAST ACTION KEPT THE FLAMES FROM SPREADING TO THE HOME. THOMPSON
SAID THE FLAMES WERE UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND WAS DECLARED OUT AT
12:30. AN ANTIQUE CAR AND AIRCRAFT PARTS STORED IN THE BUILDING SET LOSSES AT
AROUND $100,000. NO INJURES WERE REPORTED, THE CAUSE REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
PHONE SCAMS
USING ANTICIPATED STIMULUS CHECK
AS WE
AWAIT OUR STIMULUS CHECKS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE CON MEN ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.
LOTTIE FRANCO SAYS THEY CALLED HER HOUSE, THE SCAM WAS THAT THE IRS NEEDED BANK
ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO GET HER CHECK TO HER, THE CON MEN EVEN PROMISED HER A
MUCH LARGER CHECK. FRANCO TOLD Z107-7 THAT THE SCAM ARTISTS WERE SMOOTH TALKERS
AND WHILE SHE DID MADE THE MISTAKE OF GIVING THEM HER FINANCIAL INFORMATION,
THEY ONLY FOUND AN EMPTY ACCOUNT. FRANCO REPORTED THE SCAM TO THE E SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT. THE RULE OF THUMB IS, IF SOMETHING SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT
IS. NEVER EVER GIVE OUT ANY PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE. THE
IRS WILL NEVER REQUEST INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE OR INTERNET. IF YOU THINK YOU
ARE BEING SCABBED, CHECK WITH THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
NATIVE
PLANTS WIN OUT OVER PROPERTY RIGHTS AT YUCCA VALLEY
IN A
PACKED ROOM, THE YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION DECIDED THAT JOSHUA TREES ARE
MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. REPORTER TAMI ROLEFF
WAS IN THE VOLATILE ROOM AND FILES THIS REPORT.... JOSHUA TREES: 1; BOB STADUM,
0. THAT WAS THE SCORE AT LAST NIGHT’S YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
WHEN A DIVIDED COUNCIL DENIED APPROVAL THAT WOULD HAVE PERMITTED STADUM TO RAZE
40 ACRES OF JOSHUA TREE FOREST AT ACOMA TRAIL, JOSHUA DRIVE AND GOLDEN BEE. IN
THE END, COMMISSIONERS STEVE WILLMAN, GEORGE HUNTINGTON, AND ROBERT LOMBARDO
DECIDED THAT PROTECTING THE JOSHUA TREES AND OTHER NATIVE PLANTS OUTWEIGHED THE
PROPERTY OWNER’S RIGHTS TO BUILD 64 HOMES ON HALF ACRE LOTS WHEN HIS PROJECT
WOULD HAVE REMOVED EACH OF THE ESTIMATED 1100 TO 1200 JOSHUA TREES ON THE TWO
PARCELS. FURTHERMORE, THEY EACH NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD ASKED STADUM THREE
TIMES TO COME BACK WITH ALTERNATIVES, AND THAT HE HAD FAILED TO DO SO. THE
COMMISSION’S CHAIR DENNIS MCKOY AND VICE CHAIR SHAWN GOODPASTOR, VOTED IN FAVOR
OF STADUM’S DEVELOPMENT, SAYING THAT STADUM HAD DONE EVERYTHING THE COMMISSION
HAD ASKED OF HIM—AND MORE. THE 3-TO-2 DECISION WAS MET WITH CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
FROM THE AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 3 DOZEN YUCCA VALLEY AND JOSHUA TREE RESIDENTS
WHO PUBLICLY OPPOSED THE PROJECT. IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO BUILD TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS ON LUPINE DRIVE
BEHIND THE YUCCA VALLEY POST OFFICE, CALLING THE PROJECT BEAUTIFUL AND
WONDERFULLY DESIGNED.
COUNTY
DECLARES ARSON AWARENESS WEEK
THE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION YESTERDAY PROCLAIMING THIS AS
NATIONAL ARSON AWARENESS WEEK. ARSON IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL
FIRE DEATHS AND ACCOUNTS FOR 25 PERCENT OF ALL FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES. MORE
THAN 500,000 ARSON FIRES OCCUR EACH YEAR. ARSON IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CRIME IN
AMERICA, COSTING MORE THAN $2 BILLION A YEAR IN PROPERTY LOSS. COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HAVE SET A "ZERO TOLERANCE" APPROACH TO ARSON. FIREWORKS OF
ANY TYPE IN ANY UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MORONGO BASIN
CITIES ARE ILLEGAL. FIREWORKS WILL BE CONFISCATED AND CITATIONS ISSUED. F YOU OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS INFORMATION REGARDING AN ARSON CASE, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WE-TIP AT 1-800-47-ARSON.
MORE INFORMATION ON FIRE SAFETY AND HOW TO PREPARE YOUR EMERGENCY KIT IS
AVAILABLE AT
WWW.SBCFIRE.ORG .
COUNTY
OUTLINES BAD CHECK ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
STOPPING THE USE
OF BAD CHECKS WAS THE TOPIC OF YESTERDAYS, COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR EVENT IN YUCCA
VALLEY YESTERDAY MORNING. REPORTER KARL GARDNER SAID THE COUNTY OUTLINED THEIR
NEW BAD CHECK ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.... IT’S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE, EXCEPT THOSE
WHO PASS BAD CHECKS, SAID DONNA COLVERT WITH THE COUNTIES CHECK ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAM. AT YESTERDAY’S SPARSELY ATTENDED COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR MEETING, COLVERT
OUTLINED THE PROGRAM, WHICH MIRRORS OTHER PROGRAMS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC SCHOOL.
COVERING CHECKS DISHONORED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDS, OR DRAWN ON CLOSED
ACCOUNTS, THE PROGRAM IS SELF SUSTAINING THROUGH FEES PAID BY THE OFFENDER AND
OFFERS 100% RESTITUTION TO THE MERCHANT. COLVERT ALSO POINTED OUT, BY USING THE
BAD CHECK PROGRAM, IT FREES UP VALUABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY
TIME. DOES IT WORK? YES SAID YUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHERYL NANKERVIS, WHO SAID THAT THE FEW TIMES THE CHAMBER OFFICE USED THE
PROGRAM, THEY WERE REPAID IN TOTAL. TO FIND OUT MORE OR TO REGISTER VISIT ON THE
WEB AT
WWW.HOTCHECKS.NET/SANBERNARDINO.
YUCCA MESA
ELEMENTARY STUDENT WINS MOJAVE MAX CONTEST
A YUCCA
MESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT IS THIS YEAR’S MOJAVE MAX CONTEST WINNER FOR SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY. CARRIE SCOFIELD IS IN CHERYL HOPTON’S SECOND GRADE CLASS. THE
MOJAVE MAX EMERGENCE CONTEST IS A GAME WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY
THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE WEATHER, AND THEN ENTER THEIR PREDICTION OF WHEN
MOJAVE MAX, A DESERT TORTOISE IN NEVADA, WILL EMERGE FROM BRUMATION (THE
REPTILIAN FORM OF HIBERNATION). STUDENTS GO ON-LINE AND REGISTER A GUESS
WHEN MOJAVE MAX, WILL EMERGE FROM HIS WINTER BURROW. CARRIE GUESSED MOJAVE MAX
WOULD EMERGE FROM HIS BURROW AT 1 P.M. MONDAY APRIL 14TH. MAX’S
OFFICIAL EMERGENCE TIME WAS APRIL 14TH AT 11:27 A.M. CARRIE’S WAS THE
CLOSEST GUESS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S STUDENT CONTESTANTS. CARRIE AND
HER CLASSMATES WILL RECEIVE MOJAVE MAX T-SHIRTS AND A PIZZA PARTY. MRS. HOPTON
AND CARRIE SCOFIELD WILL ALSO RECEIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES. APART FROM BEING A REAL
DESERT TORTOISE, MOJAVE MAX IS ALSO A CARTOON CHARACTER USED TO INFORM THE
PUBLIC ABOUT DESERT TORTOISES AS A THREATENED SPECIES. THE MOJAVE MAX EMERGENCE
CONTEST WILL START OVER AGAIN NEXT FALL.
BROADWAY MUSIC AND A SPAGHETTI DINNER AT YUCCA MESA FRIDAY *
SCHOOL BOARD
HEARS COST OF FOOD RISING DRAMATICALLY
THE
MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT. BOND MATTERS, GRADUATION RATES, AND
THE SOARING COST OF FOOD ALL WERE DISCUSSED. REPORTER DAN STORK WAS AT THE
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND FILES THIS REPORT.... AT THE TUESDAY MEETING OF THE
MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
MICHAEL WALKER DESCRIBED THE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE FOR GETTING $21 MILLION OF NEW
MEASURE O BONDS OUT TO THE BOND MARKET. CHARLES FEINSTEIN, THE DISTRICT’S
CONSULTANT FOR THIS EFFORT, TOLD THE BOARD TO EXPECT A GOOD RATING FOR THE
ISSUE, WHICH SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO A LOW INTEREST RATE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL
NEED TO PAY INVESTORS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT TOM BAUMGARTEN REPORTED THAT OVER 92% OF DISTRICT SENIORS HAVE
PASSED THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAMS, LEAVING 45 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
NOT. OF THESE 45, ABOUT HALF ARE ALSO LIKELY TO NOT MEET CREDIT
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. WALKER THEN REPORTED THAT RISING COSTS HAVE
RESULTED IN FOOD SERVICES OPERATING IN THE RED. BREAD AND GRAIN COST IS UP OVER
11%, DAIRY BY 50%, PROTEIN PRODUCTS BY 30%, AND SOME PRODUCE BY 68%. HE EXPECTS
THAT COST OF A LA CARTE CAFETERIA ITEMS, AS WELL AS THAT OF FACULTY AND STAFF
MEALS, WILL BE INCREASED. THE BOARD APPROVED A TRANSFER OF $100,000 TO THE
CAFETERIA FUND TO COVER THE CURRENT DEFICIT.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE TO GET $45,000.00 FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TRAINING
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A PROPOSAL YESTERDAY TO PROVIDE FUNDING
TO COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM FOR TRAINING TECHNICIANS TO
WORK IN THE SOLAR AND WIND POWER INDUSTRIES. $45,000 OF 1ST DISTRICT
DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WILL ASSIST COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE IN DEVELOPING A
RENEWABLE/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM. THERE IS ALREADY INTEREST IN
DEVELOPING MORE THAN 100 WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY, WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE PROPOSED FOR THE HIGH DESERT. THE
EXISTING LABOR POOL LACKS THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO FILL THESE EMPLOYERS’ NEEDS.
THE COLLEGE IS ENDEAVORING TO ADDRESS THIS CRITICAL SHORTAGE BY DEVELOPING THE
SPECIFIC SKILLS STUDENTS WILL NEED TO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY.
COLLEGE BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON
THE COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. REPORTER TAMI
ROLEFF SAYS THAT AFTER CLOSED SESSION THEY WILL LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH THE
NAVAL HOSPITAL TO EXPAND THEIR NURSING PROGRAM... THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ WILL BE HELD THURSDAY IN CLASSROOM 11
AT THE COLLEGE. THE BUSY MEETING STARTS WITH A CLOSED SESSION AT 2 PM TO DISCUSS
3 LIABILITY CLAIMS AGAINST THE COLLEGE; AN EMPLOYEE DISMISSAL; A CONFERENCE WITH
LABOR NEGOTIATORS FOR FACULTY, TEACHERS, AND EMPLOYEES; AND AN EVALUATION OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT/PRESIDENT. THE OPEN SESSION OF THE MEETING STARTS AT 3:30. AFTER
REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF, EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES, AND STUDENTS, THE
BOARD WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT INCLUDES CURRICULUM
UPDATES, CONFERENCE TRAVEL, AND AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE NAVAL
HOSPITAL ON THE COMBAT CENTER TO TRAIN BONA FIDE NURSING STUDENTS. AMONG THE
ITEMS ON THE ACTION AGENDA, THE BOARD WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING
APPRECIATION TO SUPERINTENDENT/PRESIDENT PATRICIA CALDWELL, HEAR A SECOND
READING ON THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS CONSTITUTION, AND ACCEPT AN $80,000 AWARD FOR
THE REGISTERED NURSING PROGRAM. THEN, IF NECESSARY, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE TO
CLOSED SESSION TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON ITEMS FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.
BIGHORN
DESERT VIEW WATER SPECIAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON *
JOSHUA BASIN
WATER MEETS TONIGHT
THE JOSHUA BASIN WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT.
ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR A DEMONSTRATION GARDEN IS ON THE AGENDA. REPORTER KARL
GARDNER LOOKS AHEAD....IT’S A RATHER ROUTINE AGENDA FOR THE JOSHUA BASIN WATER
DISTRICT BOARD, WHEN THEY MEET THIS EVENING AT DISTRICT OFFICES ON CHOLLITA
ROAD, STARTING AT 7. FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSENT CALENDAR, THE BOARD
WILL SEEK TO AWARD A $35,000 CONTRACT FOR LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
TO BUILD A DISTRICT DEMONSTRATION GARDEN. NEXT UP, THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER
OPPOSING A STATE MEASURE UNDER CONSIDERATION THAT WOULD SHIFT REVENUES FROM
SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO MAKE UP THE STATE’S FISCAL DEFICIT. GENERAL MANAGER’S
REPORT ALONG DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND REPORTS CLOSES OUT THE REMINDER OF THE
AGENDA.
CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETS TOMORROW *
29 PALMS
PLANNING COMMISSION ANTICIPATING 6-LANE HIGHWAY
THE 29 PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST NIGHT.
ANTICIPATING A 6 LANE HIGHWAY AND WATER PERVIOUS CEMENT DOMINATED A ROUTINE
MEETING. REPORTER TERRY BIGLER HAS MORE...SIX LANE ROADS MAY BE COMING TO
TWENTYNINE PALMS ONE DAY. INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WAS DECIMATED BY
STAFF TO THE TWENTYNINE PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY EVENING, AS PART OF
THE GENERAL PLAN DRAFT. UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS THE ONLY ITEM ON THE DOCKET, AN
APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE NEXT MEETING.
MOVING ON TO NON-HEARING ITEMS, A PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN ON A PERVIOUS CONCRETE
TO BE USED ON PARKING AREAS. THIS MEDIUM WILL ALLOW WATER TO SOAK THROUGH TO THE
EARTH BELOW AND WILL PREVENT RUN OFF. THE PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED WILL BE USED
AS A TEST BED FOR THE CONCRETE, WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED OR USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE
MEDIUM IN THE CITY.
A MORAL
VICTORY FOR YUCCA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
EVEN
WITH A 9 TO 7 LOSS, TUESDAY WAS A MORAL VICTORY FOR THE LADY TROJANS. THE TEAM
BANDED TOGETHER TO PLAY THEIR BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. IN THE FIFTH INNING, THE
TROJANS STRUNG TOGETHER 5 HITS TO SCORE FOUR RUNS, PUTTING THE TROJANS IN THE
LEAD BY 4. IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH, BIG BEAR CAME BACK WITH A TWO-RUN HOME
RUN TO PUT THEM TRAILING BY TWO, THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH, BIG BEAR PUT
TOGETHER A SINGLE AND 2 DOUBLES TO TIE THE GAME AT 7, AND ANOTHER 2 RUN HOME RUN
PUT THE BEARS AHEAD BY 2. TROJAN SPIRIT WAS HIGH GOING INTO THE SEVENTH INNING
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE GIRLS WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT ENOUGH HITS TOGETHER TO PUT THE
TROJANS AHEAD. THE TROJANS PLAYED ANOTHER ERROR FREE GAME. AFTER MAKING AN
UNASSISTED OUT AT FIRST BASE, SHELBY WILLIAMS FIRED THE BALL TO SAMANTHA
STUECKLE AT THIRD BASE TO PICK OFF A LINGERING RUNNER. CATCHER, HEATHER NAVA,
CAUGHT A RUNNER TAKING TOO BIG OF A LEAD AT THIRD BASE AND THREW HER OUT ON A
PICK-OFF PLAY. AT THE PLATE, THE TROJANS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY. SENIOR,
BRITTANY MCCANN BATTED 3 FOR 4 WITH A SOLO, OUT OF THE PARK, HOME RUN AND 2
RBI'S. FRESHMAN, HEATHER NAVA BATTED 2 FOR 3 WITH A WALK. SENIOR KATIE CHAMBLESS
BATTED 2 FOR 4 WITH 1 RUN AND 1 RBI. FRESHMAN ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER WALKED TWICE
RESULTING IN 2 RUNS. THE TROJANS WILL CLOSE DE ANZA LEAGUE PLAY ON THURSDAY, MAY
8 IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS BEFORE ENTERING INTO PLAYOFF ACTION. MONDAY, MAY 12 IS
THE PLAYOFF PAIRINGS FOR CIF DIVISION 5.
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