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Listen To Your News		Wednesday, September 29, 2010		News Archive

Edward Rosenthal

SEARCH OPERATIONS EXPAND FOR MISSING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK HIKER The Search Operation for a Hiker missing in JTNP will expand today. Park spokesman Joe Zarki said Search-and-rescue personnel from several agencies will continue the effort to locate Edward Rosenthal, an overdue hiker missing since last Friday. In support of the search effort, the National Park Service has temporarily closed hiking and equestrian trails in the vicinity of Black Rock Canyon to public access. Black Rock Campground remains open for camping. Todays search plan calls for 50 search personnel from Joshua Tree Search and Rescue and County Search and Rescue to continue ground search and equestrian patrols. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office will provide a helicopter for search activity as well as operations, planning, and logistical support. The High View Nature Trail at Black Rock Campground remains open. The backcountry road to Eureka Peak remains open to public use. Trails from Upper and Lower Covington Flats extending south and east to Juniper Flats and the Quail Mountain area remain open for public use. Rosenthal is a Caucasian male, 5’5” in height, weighing 155 pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing eyeglasses, a tan shirt, tan pants, and a tan wide-brim hat with a tail for sun protection. Anyone who might have seen Edward Rosenthal or someone matching his description are asked to call the Federal Interagency Communications Center at 909-383-5652.

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TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS GPAC, WILL DISCUSS NEW CITY MANGER PROCESS
The 29 Palms City Council met last night in regular session, Reporter Dan Stork says the bulk of the meeting was spent on whether to extend the time for the General Plan Advisory Committee, or GPAC, to review the new City’s proposed new Master Plan...
The 29 Palms City Council meeting got a late start on Tuesday night, as a scheduled workshop on the General Plan Update ran over. The main business of the Council meeting proper was consideration of a request by the General Plan Advisory Committee for more time, which had been recommended by the Planning Commission to the Council. All citizens who spoke about the issue during the public comment period also urged an extension. Council members expressed concern about additional expenses associated with an effort that is already costing the City $1.4 million, doubts about whether any revised deadline would hold up, legal issues that might arise if either of the 2 GPAC members who are candidates for City Council achieve election in November, and a perceived tendency of the GPAC to address details that are too specific for a General Plan. The Council voted to extend the life of the GPAC, subject to an acceptable budget and schedule to be presented by City staff at the next Council meeting. The vote was 3-2, with members Harris, Cole, and Spear in favor, and Klink and Flock opposed. In other business, council heard a report that the ladder truck purchase authorized by the city is “moving along”, but will take several more months to complete. Council deferred consideration of an Owner Participation Agreement for a restaurant construction project, at the request of the applicants. A closed session for consideration of the procedures to be used in selecting a new city manager will be on the agenda of the next council meeting.

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CRYING BABY LEADS TO ARREST FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY
A screaming woman and crying baby led the arrest of a Joshua Tree woman for spousal battery. Sheriffs’ spokeswoman Vera Martinez said Monday night about 9:40, authorities received a call about a disturbance in the 7200 block of Olympic Road in Joshua Tree. The caller said they could hear a woman screaming and the cries of a baby. Sheriffs’ deputy Ray Camacho responded to the house, and spoke to the victim, who said he was in a verbal argument that escalated to a physical fight, that left him with deep gouges to his face and neck. Kiern Dasilva, 25, was taken into custody, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail for investigation of spouse abuse, and held on $50,000 bail.

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YUCCA VALLEY WOMAN HELD AFTER STEALING WHEELCHAIR, CELLPHONE
A Yucca Valley woman is being held after authorities say she broke into a house and took a cell phone and wheelchair. Sheriffs’ officials said Monday morning about 8:20, dispatchers received a call from a woman in the 63000 block of Balboa Avenue who said someone broke into her house and took a cell phone and her wheelchair. An investigation led Deputy Ryan Cook to two woman at another location. One of the woman, identified as Juanita Sharp, 45, was taken into custody for investigation of burglary and grand theft, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail and held on $250,000 bail Information on the second unidentified suspect was forwarded to the District Attorney’s office for review.

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SHERIFF’S PANHANDLING SWEEP NETS FIVE
A one-day undercover operation targeting public nuisance crimes, netted 5 people for panhandling. Sheriffs’ Detective Tyson Niles said Monday between noon and 8 p.m., an undercover team focused on public areas in Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms, searching for people committing public nuisance crimes such as drinking in public and panhandling. During the 8-hour operation, officers cited Jeannie McCoy, 52, Ivor Griffiths 61, Gary Stevens, 51 and John Harrison 41 all of Yucca Valley for panhandling in the Town. Out east Danny Brown, 38, was cited for Panhandling in Twentynine Palms. A sixth person, thought to have been urinating in the WalMart parking lot was giving a verbal waning.

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YUCCA VALLEY ANIMAL SHELTER PLANNING MEETING TOMORROW
A planning session for the new Yucca Valley Animal Shelter, being built in partnership with the county, will be held tomorrow. Managing Editor Karl Gardner says the meeting is open to the public...
The Joint Powers Authority for Animal Control issue in Yucca Valley, consisting of Yucca Valley Town Council Members Lori Herbel and George Huntington, County Supervisor Neil Derry and County Administrator Brian Cronin, will meet tomorrow morning in the Yucca Valley Community Center’s Mesquite room starting at 10. Items on the docket include a report from the Architect Selection Committee, and discussion on a site for the proposed Animal Shelter facility, possibly on Town Property just off Buena Vista near the current animal shelter. There will be an opportunity for public comment.

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COUNTY SUPERVISORS VOTE FOR MORE OPEN GOVERNMENT
The County Board of Supervisors gave initial approval to a Sunshine Ordinance yesterday that would make it easier for the public to obtain county documents and help restore public confidence in county government. The ordinance, which is scheduled for final procedural approval on October 5, requires the county to comply with requests for public documents without unnecessary delays, in part by not allowing the use of time limits spelled out in the California Public Records Act as an excuse to delay disclosure. It would also mandate that the county assume all records are public unless proven otherwise rather than initially assuming they are all confidential. The ordinance would also prohibit elected county officials, administrators and department heads from destroying or removing public records upon their departure from the county. It would also require the County Administrative Officer to provide training to at least two staff members of each board office and department on how to properly respond to California Public Records Act requests.

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THEATRE 29 ANNOUNCES NEW 2011 SEASON
Theatre 29 has announced the line-up of shows and events for the 2011 Season. Reporter Mike Lipsitz says 2011 Season Tickets are now available...
Theatre 29 unveiled its 2011 live performing arts season at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center September 16th. The announcement came as part of a special event with the Yucca Valley, Twentynine Palms, and Joshua Tree chambers of commerce. The season includes six stage productions and the Halloween Haunt. Director Butch Pelfrey opens mid-January with Neil Simon’s “Come Blow Your Horn.” Then John Wright makes his directorial debut with a stage adaptation of Pinocchio.” Robin Wanless directs the third production, a modern day farce called “Barbecuing Hamlet.” Then the directorial team of Gary Daigneault and Ed Will continue a summer musical tradition with “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. Director Katherine Ferguson will cast a different light on cross-dressing when she opens “Nunsense A-Men” late August. October is set aside for Theatre 29’s Halloween Haunt. Produced by Eric Ross, next year’s ‘Haunt” will be directed by Daniel Tabeling and Frances Wright. The season wraps up with a Christmas comedy; Cheryl Gillon directs “Bless Me Father.” Tax deductible, economical Season Tickets are now available through the box office at 760-361-4151.

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29 PALMS ART GALLERY SHOW OPENS TODAY, RECEPTION SUNDAY
Paintings by Chuck Caplinger and assemblages by Ann Congdon will be on exhibit at the 29 Palms Art Gallery starting today 29 through October 31. The public is invited to meet the artists at an opening reception Sunday, from noon to 3 PM. “Wandering the West” is Caplinger’s new series of landscape oils on canvas, In “Evoking the East”, Congdon makes use of found objects and scrap materials, celebrating the authentic patina created by time and weather. The 29 Palms Art Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 3 PM, and is located just off National Park Drive at 74055 Cottonwood Drive. For more information, phone (760) 367-7819.

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DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS VAN IN YUCCA VALLEY TOMORROW
Many veterans feel confused about benefits and services they’ve earned... so many changes from one year to the next. That’s why the nonprofit Disabled American Veterans (D-A-V) offers help. The DAV Mobile Service Office will be in Yucca Valley tomorrow to provide counseling and claim filing assistance. Like all D-A-V services, help from the Mobile Service Office is free to all veterans and members of their families. From 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, the van will be at the Yucca Valley Ford Center. For further information, please contact NSO Paul Varela at (310) 477-2539.

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A REMINDER ABOUT INTERNET SAFETY
Young people are online more and more these days. ROP Broadcast Student Audrey Dee has some internet safety tips...
Are you always on the Internet? Well if you are, never give out your real name or address. You never know who you could be talking to. Never go into chat rooms either, people may have the ability to track you down. Remember, be smart on the web.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FOR TOMORROW
In local high school sports tomorrow, both the Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley High School cross county teams travel up the mountain to compete in the De Anza League Meet number one, at Snow Summit in Big Bear. Runners hit the trails starting at 3:15. The Joshua Springs High School Lighting Girls Volleyball team travels away versus to Redlands versus the Adventist Academy Bulldogs, with matches starting at 5:30.

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