DEPUTY SEES CHILD
ALONG HIGHWAY, MOTHER LOCATED, ARRESTED
29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT, WE HAVE A REPORT
TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL FINDS OUT BUILD-OUT POPULATION LOWER THAN TOUTED
YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL CALLS SPECIAL MEETING ON GRADING AND MINIMUM LOT SIZE
*
HI DESERT MEDICAL CENTER BEGINS SEARCH FOR NEW CEO/ADMINISTRATOR
SUPERVISORS BAN SEX OFFENDERS FROM ICE CREAM TRUCKS
SUPER WAL-MART HOSTS COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW
MORONGO BASIN TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW *
YUCCA VALLEY AIRPORT BOARD MEETS TONIGHT *
CHILDREN’S CHORUS FORMING IN 29 PALMS
MORONGO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT IN SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION *
HI DESERT WATER DISTRICT BOARD LOOKS AT PUBLIC COMMENT RULES TONIGHT
EXPECT TRAFFIC DELAYS AT MARINE BASE MAIN GATE *
MEMORIAL MILITARY BALL PLANNED TO HELP MARINES AND SAILORS
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW *
DEPUTY SEES
CHILD ALONG HIGHWAY, MOTHER LOCATED, ARRESTED
A CHILD WALKING ON THE HIGHWAY PIQUED A SHERIFFS DEPUTIES’ INTEREST MONDAY,
LEADING TO THE ARREST OF 33-YEAR-OLD TRACEY SMART OF YUCCA VALLEY FOR CHILD
ABUSE. SHERIFF SPOKESWOMAN VERA MARTINEZ SAID THAT DEPUTY KATHY WAGNOR MADE A
PEDESTRIAN CHECK ON A JUVENILE MONDAY ON HIGHWAY 62 NEAR WHITEFEATHER ROAD IN
JOSHUA TREE. DURING THE CHECK, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VICTIMS MOTHER HAD LEFT THE
CHILD IN A VACANT HOME, THEN LEFT. IT’S UNKNOWN IF THE CHILD WALKED OR WAS TAKEN
TO THE WHITEFEATHER LOCATION. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WAS CALLED IN, AND THE
MOTHER, TRACEY SMART, WAS LOCATED AND ARRESTED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE 63000 BLOCK
OF STATE ROUTE. TRACEY SMART WAS BOOKED INTO THE MORONGO BASIN JAIL FOR
INVESTIGATION OF FELONY CHILD ABUSE, AND HELD ON $100,000 BAIL.
29 PALMS
CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT, WE HAVE A REPORT
WITH
JUST BARELY A QUORUM, THE 29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST
NIGHT. REPORTER TERRY BIGLER FILES THIS REPORT... WITH ONLY A QUORUM PRESENT IT
WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY EVENING.
PROCLAMATIONS OF RECOGNITION WERE AWARDED BY MAYOR BERNAL TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING TO JAY MCCORMIC, OWNER OF THE RIO RANCH MARKET FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING PLAN. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR…ONE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE CALENDAR, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 212 AND
213 WILL BE CONTINUED NEXT MEETING TO ALLOW THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE PRESENT.
UNDER REPORTS AND COMMUNICATION, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED FILING OF A LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 590,000 DOLLARS AS WELL AS CHANGES TO THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT EMERGENCY PLAN, TO BETTER DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES EXCESSIVE HEAT.
FINALLY…UNDER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE SELECTION OF FINANCIAL AUDITORS FOR THE
NEXT THREE YEARS, AND APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE AND THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, FOR CONDUCTING DESIGN ACTIVITIES
FOR A JOINT VISITOR CENTER, TO COST AN ESTIMATED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO INCLUDE
MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE MISSION BAND OF TWENTYNINE PALMS INDIANS. THIS WAS
FOLLOWED BY ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONFERENCE WITH PROPERTY
NEGOTIATOR.
TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL FINDS OUT BUILD-OUT POPULATION LOWER THAN
TOUTED
AT A JOINT GENERAL PLAN STUDY MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT IN 29 PALMS BETWEEN THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TOTAL POPULATION
BUILD OUT FIGURE FOR THE CITY WAS SOME 24,000 LOWER THAN COUNCILMAN STEVE SPEAR
HAD TOUTED DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. WHILE RUNNING FOR REELECTION, SPEAR HAD CALLED
FOR ZONING RESTRICTIONS SAYING THE MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR A BUILD OUT TO 110,000
PEOPLE. A Z107-7 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT THE MEETING SAID WHEN THE TWO AGENCIES
TOOK A HARD LOOK, THE MASTER PLAN ACTUALLY CALLS FOR A TOTAL BUILD OUT TO
86,000. THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET AGAIN AT A FUTURE
DATE TO FURTHER DISCUSS MAKING REVISIONS TO THE GENERAL PLAN.
YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL CALLS SPECIAL MEETING ON GRADING AND MINIMUM LOT
SIZE *
HI DESERT
MEDICAL CENTER BEGINS SEARCH FOR NEW CEO/ADMINISTRATOR
THE HI-DESERT MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET IN REGULAR SESSION LAST
NIGHT. REPORTER TAMI ROLEFF SAYS THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO/ADMINISTRATOR IS THEIR
TOP PRIORITY... THE MAIN ORDER OF BUSINESS AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING OF THE
HI-DESERT MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS FILLING VACANT POSITIONS. THE
FIRST PRIORITY IS TO FIND A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO REPLACE KEITH MESMER
WHO LEFT LAST YEAR. THE BOARD APPOINTED DIRECTORS ELLIN LOVELESS AND PAUL
HOFFMAN TO BE ITS REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CEO SEARCH COMMITTEE, AND IT ALSO
DISCUSSED HAVING PHYSICIANS, HOSPITAL STAFF, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
COMMUNITY ON THE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD AGREED TO HIRE HFS CONSULTANTS TO LEAD THE
NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME BLANCHING AT THE
PROSPECT OF PAYING THE COMPANY’S FEE OF $57,000. THE DEATH LAST MONTH OF THE
BOARD’S PRESIDENT, ADAM CRITES, LEFT A VACANCY ON THE BOARD, AND SO THE BOARD
WILL BEGIN TAKING APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS UNTIL MAY 27, AND WILL APPOINT A
NEW DIRECTOR AT ITS MONTHLY MEETING ON JUNE 10. THE BOARD ALSO RECOGNIZED THE
SERVICE OF CRITES, IN A TEARFUL CEREMONY IN WHICH IT PRESENTED HIS NAMEPLATE ON
A PLAQUE TO HIS FAMILY. THE HI-DESERT MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ADAM CRITES MEMORIAL FUND FOR PATIENT COMFORT, WHICH WILL
FUND PURCHASES THAT WILL MAKE PATIENTS MORE COMFORTABLE. THE BOARD ADJOURNED TO
CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REPORTS RELATING TO QUALITY ASSURANCE, POTENTIAL
LITIGATION, AND AN EVALUATION OF THE NEW INTERIM CEO LARRY MEYER.
SUPERVISORS
BAN SEX OFFENDERS FROM ICE CREAM TRUCKS
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED AN ORDINANCE YESTERDAY THAT WOULD
PREVENT SEX OFFENDERS FROM OBTAINING A BUSINESS LICENSE TO OPERATE AN ICE CREAM
TRUCK. SUPERVISOR BRAD MITZELFELT DRAFTED THE ORDINANCE IN COORDINATION WITH A
BILL PROPOSED BY STATE ASSEMBLYMAN PAUL COOK OF YUCCA VALLEY. THAT BILL HAS
STALLED IN THE ASSEMBLY, BUT THE COUNTY ORDINANCE ENACTS THE LAW IN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SPITE OF THE BILL NOT PASSING STATEWIDE. ASSEMBLYMAN COOK
PROPOSED HIS BILL AFTER PARENTS FOUND OUT THEIR LOCAL ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER WAS
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. THE PARENTS WERE ALARMED TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT
AGAINST THE LAW FOR THE MAN TO OPERATE THE TRUCK. SEVERAL OTHER INCIDENTS OF SEX
OFFENDERS OPERATING ICE CREAM TRUCKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN
RECENT MONTHS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 250 ICE CREAM TRUCKS OPERATING IN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE ORDINANCE WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 3, 2008.
SUPER
WAL-MART HOSTS COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW
WAL-MART IS HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MAY HAVE ON THE NEW SUPER WAL-MART. REPORTER KARL GARDNER SAYS WAL-MART
REPRESENTATIVES WILL ALSO BE ON THE Z107-7 UP CLOSE SHOW AT 10:00 FRIDAY
MORNING… LEARN ALL ABOUT THE PROPOSED WAL-MART STORE, AND GET ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS ANSWERED, AS WAL-MART INVITES THE MORONGO BASIN TO A COMMUNITY OPEN
HOUSE, THURSDAY FROM 2 TO 8 PM IN THE OCOTILLO ROOM AT THE YUCCA VALLEY
COMMUNITY CENTER. REPRESENTATIVES FROM WAL-MART WILL BE ON HAND TO FIELD
INQUIRES AND DISCUSS APPREHENSIONS AROUND THE NEW SUPER CENTER. INVITE YOUR
FAMILY, FRIENDS NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS. ON FRIDAY, WAL-MART REPRESENTATIVES
WILL BE ON Z107.7’S UP CLOSE SHOW FROM 10 TO 11, TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.
MORONGO
BASIN TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW *
YUCCA VALLEY
AIRPORT BOARD MEETS TONIGHT *
CHILDREN’S
CHORUS FORMING IN 29 PALMS
A
CHILDREN’S CHOIR IS FORMING IN 29 PALMS. REPORTER DAN STORK TELLS YOU HOW TO GET
YOUR KIDS INVOLVED.... IF YOUR 6- TO 11-YEAR OLD CHILD LIKES TO SING, KNOWS ALL
THE COMMERCIAL JINGLES, OR HUMS WHILE AT PLAY, YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO BRING HIM OR
HER TO THE FIRST MEETING AND REHEARSAL OF THE 29 PALMS CHILDREN’S CHORUS. THE
MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY MAY 15TH AT 4 PM IN THE COMMUNITY HALL OF
THE LITTLE CHURCH OF THE DESERT, AT 6079 ADOBE ROAD IN TWENTYNINE PALMS. THERE’S
NO COST, AND IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR MUSICALLY-INCLINED KIDS. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, CALL 808-0081.
MORONGO
VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT IN SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION *
HI DESERT
WATER DISTRICT BOARD LOOKS AT PUBLIC COMMENT RULES TONIGHT
THE
HI-DESERT WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION TONIGHT. REPORTER KARL
GARDNER SAYS A LOOK AT POLICIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE ON THE AGENDA... POLICY
ON PUBLIC COMMENT IS FIRST UP AT THIS EVENING’S HI DESERT WATER DISTRICT SPECIAL
BOARD MEETING, BEING HELD AT DISTRICT OFFICES ON THE HIGHWAY AT INCA TRAIL,
STARTING AT 6. ALSO ON THE DOCKET, THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PROJECT, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE WASTEWATER PUBLIC OUTREACH
PLAN, LOOK AT APPROVING A $14,700 CONTRACT TO CONDUCT A CUSTOMER SURVEY,
CONSIDER USING A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR FOR TELEMETRY, ALONG WITH APPROVING A 3 YEAR
PAVING CONTRACT. LASTLY, THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL WELL CONSTRUCTION
COSTS TO THE TUNE OF $27,000. COMMENTS AND REPORTS BY DIRECTORS AND STAFF CLOSES
OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA.
EXPECT
TRAFFIC DELAYS AT MARINE BASE MAIN GATE *
MEMORIAL MILITARY BALL PLANNED TO HELP MARINES AND SAILORS
A MEMORIAL BALL TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR MARINES
AND SAILORS TO AND FROM THE BASE AND THE AIRPORT IS BEING PLANNED. REPORTER TAMI
ROLEFF HAS YOUR INVITATION... SOS IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES
RIDES FOR THE MARINES AND SAILORS AT THE COMBAT CENTER TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT
IN PALM SPRINGS. SOS IS HOLDING A MEMORIAL MILITARY BALL IN HONOR OF ALL WHO
HAVE SERVED, AT THE PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM ON MAY 23. MARTY LIPSON’S 10-PIECE
MIRAGE JAZZ BAND WILL BE THE FEATURED ENTERTAINMENT, AND RADIO PERSONALITY JOEY
ENGLISH WILL BE THE EMCEE. TICKETS ARE $100 PER COUPLE; $60 FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND
ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE, AND MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL
ERICA STONE AT 799-5488.
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW *
*AVAILABLE AS AUDIO FILE ONLY
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