TWO FATALITIES IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES
SUNDAY MORNING
2 MINOR INJURES IN FRIDAY SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
MAJOR SEAT BELT ENFORCEMENT EFFORT
COUNTY SHERIFF EXPANDING INMATE DEPORTATION PROGRAM
29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNERS MEET FOR MASTER PLAN UPDATE
REACH OUT MORONGO BASIN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION WEDNESDAY
YUCCA VALLEY MAYOR BOB LEONE NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION
ARTISTS RECEPTION AT 29 PALMS CITY HALL TOMORROW *
MORONGO VALLEY CHAMBER MEETING AND MIXER TOMORROW *
JOSHUA TREE LIBRARY CLOSING EARLY FOR VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
COMMUNITY BASKETBALL EVENT RAISES MORE THAN $1,000.00
TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ENDS SEASON IN 4TH PLACE
TWO FATALITIES IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES SUNDAY MORNING
STILL SKETCHY INFORMATION TODAY AFTER TWO FATAL CRASHES IN TWO SEPARATE
INCIDENTS YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE, A MAN DIED AFTER
HIS PICKUP TRUCK OVERTURNED IN YUCCA VALLEY EARLY SUNDAY. COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES AND PARAMEDICS RESPONDED TO THE 57000 BLOCK OF BUENA VISTA DRIVE AT
1:15 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING. THEY ARRIVED TO FIND THAT AN EASTBOUND PICKUP TRUCK ON
BUENA VISTA HAD VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED. THE DRIVER WAS DECLARED DEAD
AT THE SCENE. HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF
NEXT OF KIN. IN THE SECOND FATALITY, A MAN DIED AFTER HE WAS EJECTED IN A CAR
CRASH EARLY SUNDAY. THE VICTIM, WHO HAD NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED, WAS TRAVELING
SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 247 AT ABOUT 1 A.M. IN A WHITE NISSAN ALTIMA WHEN HIS VEHICLE
WENT OFF THE ROAD. EXACTLY WHERE ON 247 WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE. THE DRIVER, A
MALE ADULT AND SOLE OCCUPANT, OVERCORRECTED, HIT THE BERM, OVERTURNED AND WAS
EJECTED, SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES. ARRIVING PARAMEDICS DECLARED THE DRIVER DEAD
AT THE SCENE. HIS NAME IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION, THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING.
2
MINOR INJURES IN FRIDAY SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
2 MINOR
INJURIES WHEN A 29 PALMS MAN SLAMMED INTO THE REAR OF A SCHOOL BUS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATORS SAID THAT AT 3:10, ORANGE
SHEALEY, 55 OF 29 PALMS DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS WAS STOPPED NORTH BOUND ON LEAR AVE
SOUTH OF VALLE VISTA ROAD LETTING CHILDREN EXIT THE BUS, WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS
AND SIGNS ACTIVATED. 64-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL VILLAREAL OF 29 PALMS ALSO DRIVING
NORTH ON LEAR IN A 1995 TOYOTA APPROACHED THE STOPPED BUS AT 50-MILES PER HOUR.
VILLAREAL HIT THE BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND STRUCK THE BUS.
MICHAEL VILLAREAL AND 11 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN MCBEE, A CHILD ON THE BUS, SUSTAINED
MINOR INJURIES. NEITHER SOUGHT TREATMENT.
MAJOR SEAT BELT ENFORCEMENT EFFORT *
COUNTY SHERIFF EXPANDING INMATE DEPORTATION PROGRAM
THE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING ITS EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY JAIL INMATES
WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR DEPORTATION TO OUR MORONGO BASIN JAIL. ACCORDING TO
SHERIFF'S STATISTICS, IN 2006 AND 2007, AUTHORITIES AT WEST VALLEY DETENTION
CENTER IDENTIFIED 4,100 INMATES WHO ARE SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION. THE SCREENING
PROGRAM HAS BEEN LIMITED TO WEST VALLEY, THE COUNTY'S LARGEST JAIL. BUT THAT'S
SET TO CHANGE AFTER COUNTY SUPERVISOR BRAD MITZELFELT ALLOCATED $100,000 FOR
VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ALLOW SPECIALLY TRAINED JAIL EMPLOYEES
AT WEST VALLEY TO INTERVIEW INMATES AT OTHER JAILS. THE MONEY WOULD EXPAND THE
PROGRAM TO JAILS IN THE MORONGO BASIN AS WELL AS SAN BERNARDINO, BARSTOW, AND
VICTORVILLE. THE COUNTY SPENT $24 MILLION LAST YEAR TO INCARCERATE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE THE COUNTY ONLY $600,000 TO COVER THOSE
COSTS. COUNTY OFFICIALS WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
THE FULL COST OF JAILING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IF AN INMATE IS IDENTIFIED AS
SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY, THAT PERSON IS NOT
INSTANTLY KICKED OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT HELD UNTIL AFTER THEIR CASE IS RESOLVED.
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29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNERS MEET FOR MASTER PLAN UPDATE
THE 29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEET TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
THE JOINT STUDY SESSION IS LOOKING AT MAKING CHANGES TO THE CITY’S MASTER PLAN.
REPORTER TERRY BIGLER SAYS THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE INPUT ON THE PROCESS... A JOINT
STUDY SESSION SEEKING INPUT ON THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING
IN CONCERT BY THE TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL AND THE TWENTYNINE PALMS
PLANNING COMMISSION AT CITY HALL AT 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE
STUDY SESSION.
REACH OUT
MORONGO BASIN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION WEDNESDAY
REACH OUT MORONGO
BASIN'S NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS IS LOOKING FOR FRESH FACES TO ASSIST SENIORS
CITIZENS WITH VISITING, MINOR HOME REPAIRS, SHOPPING AND ERRANDS, YARD WORK,
PERSONAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER TASKS AROUND THE HOUSE. FAMILIES ARE
WELCOME TOO AND ALL WILL BE MATCHED WITH SENIORS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
LEARN MORE AT REACH OUT'S NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION ON WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2008
FROM 5-6 PM AT THE TWENTYNINE PALMS SENIOR CENTER AT 6539 ADOBE RD ACROSS FROM
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CALL 760-361-1410 FOR MORE DETAILS.
YUCCA VALLEY MAYOR BOB LEONE NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION
AS THE
FILING PERIOD APPROACHES FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICES, THE MAYOR OF YUCCA VALLEY
HAS MADE HIS INTENTION’S PUBLIC. REPORTER KARL GARDNER SPOKE WITH BOB LEONE...
"I AM DEFINITELY NOT RUNNING", SAID YUCCA VALLEY MAYOR BOB LEONE, WHEN ASKED IF
HE WAS GOING TO SEE RE-ELECTION. MAYOR LEONE, WHO IS IN HIS 12TH YEAR
AS A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, CITED FAMILY ISSUES, HIS AGE AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS
BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR 12 YEARS, AS RATIONAL FOR HIS DECISION. LEONE HOWEVER,
DIDN’T RULE OUT RUNNING FOR A COUNCIL SEAT AGAIN IN 2 YEARS. BOTH MAYOR LEONE
AND MAYOR PRO-TEM FRANK LUCKINO’S SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR.
ARTISTS
RECEPTION AT 29 PALMS CITY HALL TOMORROW *
MORONGO VALLEY CHAMBER MEETING AND MIXER TOMORROW *
JOSHUA TREE LIBRARY CLOSING EARLY FOR VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
THE
JOSHUA TREE LIBRARY WILL BE SAYING SOME THANK YOU’S TOMORROW, REPORTER DAN STORK
SAYS THE EVENT WILL AFFECT THE LIBRARY’S HOURS... THE JOSHUA TREE BRANCH LIBRARY
WILL BE CLOSING 1 HOUR EARLY ON TUESDAY MAY 13TH, AT 5 PM, IN ORDER
TO HOST ITS ANNUAL VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION EVENT. THE LIBRARY’S REGULAR HOURS ARE
10 TO 6, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND 10 TO 2 ON SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL THE LIBRARY AT 366-8615.
COMMUNITY BASKETBALL EVENT RAISES MORE THAN $1,000.00
A NICE
SIZED CROWD OF ABOUT 200 WERE ON HAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR A FUND-RAISING
COMMUNITY BASKETBALL GAME. THE EVENT, PUT ON BY THE MORONGO BASIN ROTARACT CLUB,
A YOUNG ADULTS COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP, SAW TWO TEAMS MADE UP OF PAST, AND
PRESENT PLAYERS OF BOTH SEXES, AS WELL AS A FEW BRAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OF
NOTE, 29 PALMS CITY MANAGER MIKE TREE WAS AMONG THOSE TAKING THE COURT.
ORGANIZER CHRISTINA BENTON SAID THE EVENT MADE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP
THE TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM GO TO A INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, IN AUGUST. COACH LARRY BOWDEN SAID THE TEAM NEEDS A TOTAL
OF ABOUT $15,000.00 FOR THE TRIP. THE TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB
AND BASKETBALL BOSTERS ASSISTED IN THE EVENT. THE BOOSTERS WILL BE HOLDING AN
AUCTION THIS COMING SATURDAY TO RAISE FOR FUNDS FOR THE TRIP.
TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ENDS SEASON IN 4TH PLACE
THE TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY WILDCATS BASEBALL TEAM ENDED ITS SEASON
FRIDAY WITH A 3 2 LOSS TO DESERT MIRAGE. COACH MIKE FONTANA SAID THE LOSS
DROPPED THE CATS TO 4TH IN THE DE ANZA LEAGUE AND KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE
PLAYOFFS. FONTANA SAID THE CATS FOUGHT HARD AND WOULDN’T GO DOWN EASILY. TWICE
THE WERE ABLE TO BATTLE OUT OF A 1ST AND 3RD SITUATION WITH ONE OUT, AND IN THE
5TH INNING, GOT OUT OF A NO-OUT BASES LOADED SITUATION. DONOVAN GONZALES PITCHED
WELL, GETTING HIS 7TH COMPLETE GAME ON THE SEASON, ALLOWING 3 RUNS ON SEVEN
HITS. DANIEL HORN WENT OUT IN STYLE CRUSHING THE BALL ALL AFTERNOON AND NOTCHING
TWO HITS AND TWO STOLEN BASES. THE COACH SAID THE CATS HAD A TOUGH SEASON BUT
WERE IN EVERY GAME AND FOUGHT HARD.
