Lucerne Valley Leader: December 10, 2014

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SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

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Landers solar project gets green lightLVEDA responds to High Desert Corridor proposal

PETER DAY / THE LEADERoUT-mANUEVERED oPPoNENT: Mustang wrestling was victorious over Desert Hot springs in their home dual last Wednesday. every varsity match was won with a pin, all of the pins coming in the first round except for one. The crowd was small but loud making for an exciting night. The final score was 60-18 in favor of the Mustangs.

Tuesday, dec. 26:07 p.m. A battery was reported

in the 31300 block of State Highway 18.

1:29 p.m. An arrest was made in the 36400 block of Rabbit Springs Road.

9:47 a.m. A domestic battery arrest was made in the area of Locust Avenue and State Highway 18.

Monday, dec. 110:17 p.m. A drunk in pub-

lic arrest was made in the area of State Highway 18 and Willow Wells Avenue.

4:48 p.m. Trespassing was report-ed in the 10000 block of Camp Rock Road.

11:36 a.m. An arrest was made in the area of Custer Avenue and Sherwood Street.

9:26 a.m. A battery was reported in the area of Highway 18 and Trade Post Road.

Sunday, Nov. 302:56 p.m. A public disturbance

was reported in the 32900 block of State Highway 18.

10:48 a.m. A Rabbit Springs Road resident reported a larceny.

8:57 a.m. A battery was reported in the 38300 block of Old Woman Springs Road.

7:54 a.m. Disturbing the peace was reported in the area of Camp Rock Road and Granite Road.

3:55 a.m. A Lakota Ranch Road resident reported receiving annoying phone calls.

Saturday, Nov. 292:25 p.m. A pedestrian check was

made in the area of Rabbit Springs Road and Meridian Road.

Mustangs dominant over Desert Hot Springs

LVEDA chairman writes letter to Caltrans official

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seniOR RePORTeR

LUCERNE VALLEY • The Lucerne Valley Economic Development Association is suggesting Caltrans eliminate the Apple Valley stretch of State Highway 18 from its High Desert Corridor Project plans.

“The only good solution is to

Thief steals credit card, items from mailbox

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seniOR RePORTeR

LUCERNE VALLEY • New credit cards and other items were recently stolen from a local rural mailbox, according to a resident.

Stacy Dhingra, a 5-year resident of Lucerne Valley, said she realized items were missing from her mail-box after she failed to receive mer-chandise that she ordered on eBay

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SPORTS

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The Lucerne Valley High School wrestling team had two meets last week, a home dual meet followed by a large tournament on Saturday.

The Mustangs were vic-torious over Desert Hot Springs in their home dual on Wednesday. Every varsity

match was won with a pin, all of the pins coming in the first round except for one. The crowd was small but loud making for an exciting night.

The final score was 60-18 in favor of the Mustangs.

On Saturday, the Mustang wrestlers drove to Riverside

to attend the Riverside-Poly 10-Way dual tournament. Although the team did not get any wins due to being outsized, there were a few wrestlers that deserve to be mentioned.

Jason Simonek (170 lb), team captain, earned a sil-

ver medal by adding four first round pins to his record. Jason and a wrestler from another team both went 5-0, the other wrestler had a fast-er pin time by :03 seconds thus the gold was awarded to

BMX trackhosts annual

toy driveXROADS BMX had

their annual toy drive race on Dec. 7.

Beautiful weather and a fun atmosphere lead to some great racing by some fast riders.

The toys will be placed in the hands of our awe-some Roadrunners to make sure they get to Santa before Christmas.

X ROA DS B M X i s operated by Diego Lopez. The track is at 33103 Old Woman Springs Road, Lucerne Valley.

For more informa-tion and track times, call Diego at 760-813-5393.

HIGH-FLYER: a BMX rider gets some serious air as participants of the recent XROADs BMX toy drive race gather for a photo last weekend.

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By PeTeR dAy

seniOR RePORTeR

SAN BERNARDINO • The San Bernardino County Planning Commission last Thursday voted 3-2 to approve a conditional use permit to build a 35-acre photovoltaic gener-ating facility proposal in Landers.

The applicant, sPower, requested the permit to establish a 3 megawatt solar facility on a parcel east of Bowman Trail, south of Herdmans Road, north of Summers Road, and west of Sunny Vista Road.

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DESERT VIEW: solar farm developments can be seen in the distance from a hilltop along Meridian Road.see SOLAR • PAGe 5

leader senior Reporter Peter Day visited the lions Club last week. Day shares some club news — and his enjoyment of the tasty dinner — on page 4.

Just Jewelry ‘Plus’ Craft Show Dec 13, 14

A special event the Seniors are sponsoring a Just Jewelry “Plus” Craft Show.

There will be lovely creative earrings, neck-laces, bracelets, etc. One of a kind original art works that would make beautiful stocking stuffers and perfect gifts for special people.

T h e “ P l u s ” p a r t includes other creations of our artists. When I found out what they are I will let you know. I do know one artist does beautiful leather work.

To all my crafters. Call me to reserve your table. Our hours will be Saturday Dec. 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sunday Dec. 14 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Please call Freda (760) 247-2207.

Calvary Bible Christmas events

Calvary Bible Church is hosting several special Christmas events.

The first is a Christmas play at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 14. A Christmas skit will be held at 10:30 a.m. on

Dec. 21. The Christmas Eve service will be held on Dec. 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Calvary Bible Church is located at 10099 Crystal Creek Road, Lucerne Valley. For more information, call 760-248-6100.

Toy sign ups have moved to Senior Center

The toy sign up loca-tion has been changed from the Lucerne Valley Chamber of Commerce to the Lucerne Valley Senior Center.

The Senior Center is located behind the library at 10431 Allen Way.

The sign up loca-tion at Lucerne Valley E l e m e n t a r y S c h o o l remains the same.

You must be a current resident of Lucerne Valley. Also needed is current proof of residency. It is required. No proof, no toys.

Sign up is until Dec. 18. No exceptions.

Santa Claws at the Zoo

Santa Claws is com-ing to town and he is coming to the Big Bear Alpine Zoo. This is not

your ordinary Santa but a very special one. Our Santa will be available for a visit on the first three Saturdays in December: Dec. 13 and 20 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Santa Claws is anxious to meet as many children as pos-sible and loves to have his photo taken with you and your family. So bring your camera, iPad, etc. and enjoy the holiday in the zoo.

Admission rates are: Adults $12; children 3 to 10 years and seniors 60+ $9; under 3 years are free.

The zoo’s winter hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting.

To learn more call 909-878-4200 or email [email protected] or visit our website at www.FriendsoftheBigBearAlpineZoo.org.

Lucerne Valley Youth Project seeks donations

The Lucerne Valley Youth Program is gearing

up for the holidays and inviting the community to donate to its annual teen backpack gift program.

Donors are encouraged to give items, or money, to the organization, which provides already filled backpacks to more than 100 teenagers ages 13-17.

The Lucerne Valley Youth Program wi l l begin accepting back-pack applications on Nov. 17 with the application period ending on Dec. 15. Hardwick expects the backpack giveaway to be held on Dec. 20.

Applications will be available at the Lucerne Va l l e y C h a m b e r o f Commerce office.

For more information, call Pam Hardwick at 760-684-3382.

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EXECUTIVEPresident Barack Obama (D)The White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave�� NW,Washington, D��C�� 20500Phone: 202-456-1414

U.S. SENATEBarbara Boxer (D)112 Hart Office BuildingWashington, D��C�� 20510Phone: Inland Empire Office — (951) 684-4849Sacramento Office — 916-448-2787

Dianne Feinstein (D)331 Hart Office Building,Washington, D��C�� 20510Phone: 202-224-3841

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESPaul Cook (R)1222 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, D��C�� 20515Phone: 202-225-5861Fax: 202-225-6498Apple Valley District Office14955 Dale Evans ParkwayApple Valley, CA 92307

STATE OF CALIFORNIAGov. Jerry Brown (D)State Capitol Building, Suite 1173Sacramento, CA 95814Phone: 916-445-2841

STATE SENATEJean Fuller (R)Represents 18th Senate District (includes LucerneValley)

District Office5001 California Ave�� Suite 105Bakersfield, CA 94248-0001Phone (661) 323-0443Capitol OfficeState Capitol, Rm�� 3063Sacramento, CA 94248-0001Phone 916-651-4018

STATE ASSEMBLYTim Donnelly (R)Represents 33rd AssemblyCapitol Office (includes Lucerne Valley)PO Box 942849Sacramento, CA 94249Phone: 916-319-2033Fax: 916-319-2133District Office15900 Smoketree St��, Room 100,Hesperia, CA 92345Phone: 760-244-5277Fax: 760-244-5447

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTYSupervisor James RamosEmail: SupervisorRamos@ sbcounty��govCounty Government Center385 North Arrowhead Ave��, Fifth FloorSan Bernardino, CA 92415-0110Phone 909-387-4855Fax: 909-387-3018Joshua Tree District Office63665 Twentynine PalmsHighway, Joshua Tree, CA92252Phone: 760-366-1488Fax: 760-366-1489Big Bear District OfficePhone: 909-866-0140

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Survivor recalls Pearl Harbor hell

To update your listing, email edi-tor@lucernevalleyleader��com, call 760-248-7878 or mail Lucerne Valley Leader, P��O�� Box 299, Lucerne Valley, CA 92356��

Age WiseThis is a confidential counsel-

ing service for adults 55 and older, operated by San Bernardino County�� Appointments are set up at homes and community buildings in Lucerne Valley�� Call 800-451-5633��

Alcoholics Anonymous Lucerne Valley

The groups meet daily at 32774 Old Woman Springs Road in Lucerne Valley Shopping Center�� Call 760-242-9292 for details�� Following is a meet-ing schedule:

Sunday 5:30 - 6:30 p��m��, 12 x 12 Study��

Monday 6-7:15 p��m��, Family Al-Anon and 7:30 - 9 p��m��, Spanish speaking��

Tuesday 7:30 - 9 p��m��, Podium Meeting��

Wednesday Noon-1 p��m�� Participa-tion Meeting, and 7:30-9 p��m��, Guest Speaker/Birthday Chip Meeting��

Thursday 5:30-6:30 p��m�� Spiritual Maintenance Discussion Meeting��

Friday 5:30 - 6:30 p��m��, Open Participation, and 7-9 p��m�� Spanish speaking��

Saturday 7:30-9 p��m�� Big Book

Study��

American LegionMeetings are held at noon on the

third Saturday of the month at the V��F��W�� located at 31861 Highway 18�� For more information, call 951-609-5507��

American Legion Women’s Auxil-iary unit No�� 879 meets on the first Saturday of each month at noon at Jack-o-Landia, located at 32351 Highway 18��

Calvary Bible Church youth group meeting

Calvary Bible Church is hosting a youth group meeting every Tuesday at 5:30 p��m�� at Calvary Bible Church (formerly at Pioneer Park)�� There is live music, a youth lesson and games�� All teens are invited�� For more information, call 760-248-1127��

Celebrate Recovery Hunter Harbor, a community

resource center, presents Celebrate Recovery every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p��m�� and every Friday at 6 p��m��

This Christian-based step study

program provides support for those dealing with life’s troubles, includ-ing divorce, abuse, co-dependency, domestic violence, anger/emotional issues and addiction��

The group meets at the U-Turn building on the grounds of the Crossroads Chapel, located at 32525 Highway 18 in Lucerne Valley�� Call 760-220-3287 for details��

Chamber of CommerceBoard of Directors meet at 5:30

p��m�� on the second Monday of each month at the Senior Center��

Mailing address: Lucerne Valley Chamber of Commerce, P��O�� Box 401

Physical address: 32750 Hwy 18/Old Woman Springs Road

Phone: (760) 248-7215Fax: (760) 248-2096The Chamber’s new websites are

http://lvchamber��net/ and http://lu-cernevalley��us/

Email: Crossrd@lvchamber��net and lvchamber@lucernevalley��us

For more information, call Lu-cerne Valley Chamber of Commerce office at 760-248-7215��

Community Hospice (of Victor Valley)

Anyone interested in volunteer-ing should call 760-946-4730��Community Table

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that young man. It was an outstanding perfor-mance by Jason.

Sam Aguilar (106 lb) earned a bronze medal. Sam went 4-1 on the day with two pins. Although Colby Hambrick did not receive a medal he deserved one. Colby went 4-1 with three pins in the 132 lb weight class.

Sara Sullivan wres-tled in the 120-pound weight class and was 3-2 on the day. Sara’s last match was perhaps one of the most excit-ing of the day. Her fight was so intense that she even inspired cheering and screaming from fans that were not from Lucerne Valley which helped her to claim vic-tory over a young man from Heritage High School.

All in al l it was another good perfor-mance for the Mustang team.

Mustang wrestlers on their way to the tournament at Riverside-Poly.

sam Aguilar (106 pounds) earned a bronze medal at the tournament last saturday.

WRESTLINGFROM PAGe 1

By ReNe RAy de LA CRUZ

sTAFF WRiTeR

HESPERIA • Though he’s 94 years old, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor happened 73 years ago last Sunday, veteran Jack F. Carey of Hesperia recounts the infamous day’s events in vivid detail.

Carey said all hell was unleashed as he and a group of Army buddies ate breakfast at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii on a quiet Dec. 7 morning in 1941.

“Boom, boom, boom is what we first heard, and then it got louder,” Carey said from his home. “When the pots

and pans began hitting the floor in the mess hall and the building shook, we ran outside and saw thick, black smoke.”

W i t h h i s w i f e , Darlene, sitting nearby, Carey opened a large book on the history of Pearl Harbor and point-ed to a photo of U.S. ships and planes on fire, and the smoke that he saw from the Army installation on the island of Oahu.

Carey said when he ran outside, he could clearly see “the Japanese rising sun” emblazoned on dozens

PHOTO By sARAH AlvARADO

veteran Jack F. Carey, 94, remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place 73 years ago.

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Lucerne Valley Community Table is a free dinner for the community every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30 p��m�� at St�� Paul Catholic Church, lo-cated at 8973 Mesa Road in Lucerne Valley�� All are welcome to attend, and donations are encouraged�� For more information, call 760-912-3100 or 760-912-4100��

Community Theater Group in L.V.

A community theater group is forming in Lucerne Valley�� For fur-ther details, call Pete at 760-248-7171��

desert Crossroads Garden Club

Meets at 9:30 a��m�� on the sec-ond Thursday of the month at the Lucerne Valley Community Center�� For more information call Sara at 760-248-7614��

High desert Antique Power Association

This club for enthusiasts of an-tique tractors and vehicles meets at 7 p��m�� on the fourth Wednesday each month in Hesperia��

For more information, call Larry at 760-249-4259��

His Closet, His Pantry FRee MinistriesHis Closet His Pantry FREE Ministries offers free gently used/newclothing for the entire family along with houseware items and furniture��

Our hours are 10 a��m�� to 1 p��m�� Thursdays and Fridays, weather permitting��

The ministry accepts donations and is always in need of clothes han-gars, children’s clothes (especially winter wear) and shoes��

The ministry is expanding and will be closed for remodeling from Oct�� 17 through Oct�� 31��

His Pantry will be open on Oct�� 31 for its Community Food Giveaway��

His Closet is located at 34551 Highway 18 at corner of Locust (toward Big Bear)�� For more informa-tion, call 760-248-7070��Hunter Harbor, a Community Resource Center

Workshops offered: Parenting Classes, Parent Project Program, and Anger Management for all ages�� Call 760-220-3287 for details��

Janice Horst Lucerne Valley Branch Library

The Janice Horst Lucerne Valley Branch Library is located at 33103 Old Woman Springs Road in Lucerne Valley and can be reached by phone at 760-248-7521��

Hours are Monday through Wednesday 11 a��m�� to 7 p��m��, Thurs-day 10 a��m�� to 6 p��m��, Friday closed, Saturday 9 a��m�� to 5 p��m��, Sunday closed��

Children’s Story Time is on Wednesdays at 3 p��m�� The Book Club for Adults meets the last Wednesday of every month at 2:30 p��m�� Friends of the Library meetings are held at

10 a��m�� on the second Tuesday of each month��

Events held at the library are free of charge unless otherwise noted��

Jubilee Mutual Water Board of Directors meetings for

the Jubilee Mutual Water Co�� are held at 9 a��m�� on the third Saturday of every month in the Jubilee Water Company office at 8828 Joshua Av-enue in Lucerne Valley, CA 92356�� For more information, please call 760-248-7883�� Email: jubileewaterco@gmail��com��

The Love and Compassion Ministries

The food giveaway program is from 3 to 4:30 p��m�� every second and fourth Tuesday of the month and is distributed from Midway Park lo-cated at 34824 Rabbit Springs Road��

Call Beverly Bethune at 562-688-3436��

Lucerne Valley BusProvides transportation from

5:30 a��m�� to 7:30 p��m�� weekdays, and 8 a��m�� to 4 p��m�� on Saturdays�� $2��25 per ride��

Call 760-948-4021 for more infor-mation��LVdRC – CeRT meetings

Meetings of the Lucerne Valley Disaster Readiness Council (LVDRC) and the Community Emergency Re-sponse Team (CERT) are held the 3rd Monday each month in the Commu-nity Center at 7 p��m�� A potluck dinner begins at 6 p��m�� which includes a disaster response training session at 6:30 p��m�� For more information call Bryan 760-248-2915 or Ron 760-248-2466�� The e-mail address is - LVDRC@yahoo��com��

Lucerne Valley Community Table

Lucerne Valley Community Table is a free dinner for the community every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30 p��m�� at St�� Paul Catholic Church, lo-cated at 8973 Mesa Road in Lucerne Valley�� All are welcome to attend, and donations are encouraged�� For more information, call 760-912-3100 or 760-912-4100��

Lucerne Valley domestic Violence Outreach, inc.

Call 760-248-2064 if help is needed��

For assistance with temporary restraining orders, marriage, family and anger management, counsel-ing is available by appointment�� A batterer’s intervention program is also available��

Lucerne Valley economic development Association

LVEDA holds meetings at 5 p��m�� on the first Tuesday of each month at the Lucerne Valley Senior Center, 10431 Allen Way,

off Highway 247 in Lucerne Val-ley, behind the library�� Meetings are open to the public�� For more information, call Jean Magee at 760-953-1513��

Pacific Clinics Club House food give-away

The Pacific Clinics Club House (also known as A Place to Go) holds a food give-away on the first Thurs-day of every month��

The food give-away is sponsored by the Community Action Partner-ship of San Bernardino Food Bank Program and USDA Surplus Com-modities��

Lucerne Valley elementary School Booster Club

Local residents have created a non-profit organization to help bring money back into the elementary school for teachers and students�� They plan to take care of all the fund-raisers such as Box Tops for Education, Campbell’s soup labels and many more fun projects��

They plan to raise money to help with field trips, school supplies and other classroom needs��

Meetings will be held on the first Monday of every month at 3:30 p��m�� at the cafeteria at Lucerne Valley Elementary School��

Anyone can be a booster member for an annual cost of $5 To be on the board you must have a child enrolled at LVES�� Contact Keri Lindner with any questions at 760-248-2322��

Lucerne Valley Lions Club

The Lions club holds dinner meet-ings at 7 p��m�� on the first and third Thursday of each month at Lions Pride Park�� Follow signs from Rabbit Springs Road and Highway 18�� Call 760-248-7670��

Lucerne Valley Lions Pistol, Rifle and Trap Range

Open to Public�� Rifle, Pistol range open at 8 a��m�� every Saturday - $8 per shooter, all day�� Trap range open at 8 a��m�� Saturdays - $5 per round (a round is 25 clays)�� Trap range open at 5 p��m�� Tuesday under the big lights - $5 per round�� Follow signs from Rabbit Springs Road and High-way 18�� Call 760-248-7670��

Lucerne Valley MuseumThe Lucerne Valley Museum will

be open the last Saturday of each month from April through October�� Hours will be 10 a��m�� to noon�� Any donations can be made at that time as well��

Lucerne Valley Senior Citizens

Meetings are at 12:45 p��m�� on the second Wednesday of the month at the Lucerne Valley Senior Center�� Center is open from 9 a��m�� until 1 p��m�� on weekdays��

Lunch is served at 11:30 a��m�� for senior citizens and guests, Monday through Friday�� Call 760-248-2248��

Lucerne Valley TOPSLucerne Valley TOPS No�� 1066

meets every Monday at the Lucerne Valley Community Church located at 10375 Ladera (behind the fire station)��

Weigh-in 8:15-9 a��m��, meeting 9 -10:15 a��m�� For more information, call Esther at 760-248-9320 or Sharon at 760-646-3690��

Lucerne Valley Unified School district

Meetings are held at 5:30 p��m�� on the second Wednesday of each month at the district offices on Aliento Road just south of Highway 18�� Call 760-248-6108 for details��

Lucerne Valley/Johnson Valley Municipal Advisory Council

Meetings are held at 5 p��m�� on the third Thursday of the month at the Lucerne Valley Community Center�� The public is encouraged to attend��

Agendas are typically posted in the What’s Happening section of The Leader the week before each meet-ing�� For further information, call 760-248-7048��

Moose LodgeThe Moose Lodge is open from

11 a��m�� to closing every day�� Meet-ings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7 p��m�� in the newly renovated Moose Lodge�� Guests welcome to call for information�� Monday night burgers, Wednesdays is taco night�� Friday and Saturday dinners call first�� Contact the Moose Lodge at 760-248-6164 for more information��

Outriders equestrian Club

Meetings are at 11 a��m�� on the first Sunday of the month at the Moose Lodge�� Persons interested in joining are welcome to attend�� For more information, call Marie Scafidi 760-220-2834 or Mary Daugherty at 760-333-5483��

Parents Growth GroupThis parenting group meets the

second Thursday of each month at the Crossroads Chapel on Highway 18 in Lucerne Valley��

Call Heather Otwell at 760-248-9211 or e-mail otwellfam@gmail��com for details��

Pet Overpopulation Coalition

Residents of San Bernardino County are eligible for help, to spay and neuter pets��

Receive $50 per dog and $25 per cat�� Limit of three vouchers at one time per family��

Call P��O��P��C��O at (888) 767-2550 or 760-248-7848��

RoadrunnersThis women’s charitable organi-

zation meets on the first Monday of the month at 10 a��m�� at the Lucerne Valley Senior Center�� No lunches will be served��

The group is involved in many charitable events for children throughout the year��

Call 760-248-7215 or 760-248-6176 for additional details��

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5551

The Lucerne Valley VFW is looking for new members�� Members enjoy

savings on cell phone service, education, hotel and car rentals, real estate and mortgage services, healthcare services, commercial merchandise and more�� DD214 required��

Contact the post between 8 a��m��

and noon by phone at 760-248-

7484, by email at VFWPost5551@

yahoo��com or by mail at P��O�� Box

2012, Lucerne Valley, CA 92356�� You

can also stop by the physical loca-

tion at 31861 Highway 18��

Meetings are held on the third

Saturday of each month starting

at 10 a��m��

Hamburgers and tacos are no

longer available��

CALENDARFROM PAGe 2

Swap meet a success

STORy ANd PHOTOS

By CAROLiNe LieBeR

sPeCiAl TO THe leADeR

The Lucerne Valley Senior Citizens Swap Meet took place

Dec. 6-7 at the Senior Center. The event was well attended, according to Diane Holland, the organizer of the event. She said ven-dors “came from all over the Victor Valley” to share their wares.

Many types of goods were available, including jewel-ry, dolls, toys, handmade clothes, western items and military memora-bilia.

Lucerne Valley

resident Cindee Baker and her sister Shellee Fountain of Lake Forest decided it was time to get back to attending swap meets, something they both enjoy.

“The DVD’s are selling well,” Fountain said.

Cindy Lattin-Oliveira, the food service manager for the school district, had many items displayed on her table, including a large selec-tion of hair accessories.

“I make these on the

side,” she said.The proceeds from

the swap meet will go to the Senior Center. First Mountain Bank is match-ing the proceeds dollar for dollar up to $1,000.

Vendors from the High Desert and beyond come to sell their wares

Cindy lattin-Oliveira helps a customer make a selection from her table.

Cindee Baker and her sister shellee Fountain take a lunch break during the swap meet.

Diane Holland sells raffle tickets

of aircraft, which were coming in waves and strategically bomb-ing Wheeler Army Air Field. The planes also were targeting various locations at the post, which was home to the 25th Infantry Division, established to pro-vide defense for Pearl Harbor and the island.

“I was a recruit with the Tropic Lightning Division,” Carey said. “Most of us were still in training, mainly kids in their teens and 20s. We just weren’t prepared for this.”

Carey, a native of Los Angeles, said some of the Japanese planes flew about 100 to 200 feet above them, and he could see the faces of the Japanese pilots as they banked their aircraft.

“It took a moment for it to sink in,” Carey said. “We were at war.”

As the Japanese bombed the area for nearly 30 minutes, Carey said he was able to distinguish each aircraft, from torpedo and dive bombers to the fighter planes that pounded the island and kept U.S pilots from taking off, and ground troops from returning fire.

As the aerial assault continued, Carey said his commanding officer rounded up the small group of men from the mess hall and gave them a quick pep talk.

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Read the leader next week for the conclusion of reporter Rene de la Cruz’s story on Jack F. Carey.

“It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns. There’s still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. After breaking down the door, throwing my husband to the ground, and screaming at my children, the officers – armed with M16s – filed through the house like they were playing war. They searched for drugs and never found any. I heard my baby wailing and asked one of the officers to let me hold him. He screamed at me to sit down and shut up and blocked my view, so I couldn’t see my son. I could see a singed crib. And I could see a pool of blood. The officers yelled at me to calm down and told me my son was fine, that he’d just lost a tooth. It was only hours later when they finally let us drive to the hospital that we found out Bou Bou was in the intensive burn unit and that he’d been placed into a medically induced coma.”—Alecia Phonesavanh, the mother of Baby Bou Bou

By JOHn W. WHiTeHeAD

After a year dominated with news of police shootings of unarmed citizens (including children), SWAT team raids gone awry, photo ops of militarized police shouldering

assault rifles while perched on top of armored vehicles, and reports on how the police are using asset forfei-ture laws to pad their pockets with luxury cars, cash and other expen-sive toys, I find myself wrestling with the question: how do you prepare a child for life in the American police state, especially when it comes to interactions with police?

Do you parrot the government line, as the schools do, that police officers are community helpers who are to be trusted and obeyed at all times? Do you caution them to steer clear of a police officer, warning them that any interactions could have disas-trous consequences? Or is there some happy medium between the two that, while being neither fairy tale nor horror story, can serve as a cautionary tale for young people who will encounter police at virtually every turn?

Children are taught from an early age that there are consequences for their actions. Hurt somebody, lie, steal, cheat, etc., and you will get punished. But how do you explain to a child that a police officer can shoot someone who was doing nothing wrong and get away with it? That a cop can lie, steal, cheat, or kill and still not be punished?

Kids understand accidents: sometimes drinks get spilled, dishes get broken, people slip and fall and hurt themselves, or you bump into someone without meaning to, and they get hurt. As long as it wasn’t intentional and done with malice, you forgive them and you move on. Police shootings of unarmed peo-ple—of children and old people and disabled people—can’t just be shrugged off as accidents, however.

Aiyana Jones was no accident. The 7-year-old was killed after a Detroit SWAT team launched a flash-bang grenade into her family’s apartment, broke through the door and opened fire, hitting the little girl who was asleep on the living room couch. The cops weren’t even in the right apartment.

Ironically, on the same day that President Obama refused to stop equipping police with the very same kinds of military weapons and gear used to raid Aiyana’s home, it was reported that the police officer who shot and killed the little girl would not face invol-untary manslaughter charges.

Obama insists that $263 million to purchase body cameras for police will prevent any further erosions of trust, but a body camera would not have prevented Aiyana from being shot in the head. Indeed, the entire sorry affair was captured on camera: a TV crew was filming the raid for an episode of The First 48, a true-crime reality show in which homicide detectives have 48 hours to crack a case.

While that $263 million will make Taser International, the manufacturer of the body cameras, a whole lot richer, it’s doubtful it would have prevent-ed a SWAT team from shooting 14-month-old Sincere

in the shoulder and hand and killing his mother.No body camera could have stopped a Georgia

SWAT team from launching a flash-bang grenade into the house in which Baby Bou Bou, his three sisters and his parents were staying. The grenade landed in the 2-year-old’s crib, burning a hole in his chest and leaving him with scarring that a lifetime of surgeries will not be able to easily undo.

No body camera could have prevented 10-year-old Dakota Corbitt from being shot by a Georgia police officer who tried to shoot an inquisitive dog, missed, and hit the young boy, instead. Alberto Sepulveda, 11, died from one “accidental” shotgun round to the back, after a SWAT team raided his parents’ home.

Cleveland police shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was seen playing on a playground with a toy gun. Surveillance footage shows police shoot-ing the boy after getting out of a moving patrol car. Thirteen-year-old Andy Lopez Cruz was shot 7 times in 10 seconds by a California police officer who mis-took the boy’s toy gun for an assault rifle. Christopher Roupe, 17, was shot and killed after opening the door to a police officer. The officer, mistaking the Wii remote control in Roupe’s hand for a gun, shot him in the chest.

These children are more than grim statistics on a police blotter. They are the heartbreaking casualties of the government’s endless, deadly wars on terror, on drugs, and on the American people themselves. Not even the children who survive their encounters with police escape unscathed. Increasingly, their lives are daily lessons in compliance and terror, meted out with every SWAT team raid, roadside strip search, and school drill.

Who is calculating the damage being done to the young people forced to watch as their homes are trashed and their dogs are shot during SWAT team raids? A Minnesota SWAT team actually burst into one family’s house, shot the family’s dog, handcuffed the children and forced them to “sit next to the car-cass of their dead and bloody pet for more than an hour.” They later claimed it was the wrong house.

More than 80% of American communities have their own SWAT teams, with more than 80,000 of these paramilitary raids are carried out every year. That translates to more than 200 SWAT team raids every day in which police crash through doors, dam-age private property, terrorize adults and children alike, kill family pets, assault or shoot anyone that is perceived as threatening—and all in the pursuit of someone merely suspected of a crime, usually some small amount of drugs.

Then there are the hands-on lessons being taught in the schools about the role of police in our lives, ranging from active shooter drills to incidents in which children are suspended, handcuffed, arrested and even tasered for what used to be considered childlike behavior.

Case in point: in Pennsylvania, a ten-year-old boy was suspended for shooting an imaginary “arrow” at a fellow classmate, using nothing more than his hands and his imagination. In Colorado, a six-year-old boy was suspended and accused of sexual harass-ment for kissing the hand of a girl in his class whom he had a crush on. In Alabama, a diabetic teenager was slammed into a filing cabinet and arrested after falling asleep during an in-school suspension. Seven North Carolina students were arrested for throwing water balloons as part of a school prank.

What is particularly chilling is how effective these lessons in compliance are in indoctrinating young people to accept their role in the police state, either as criminals or prison guards. For example, police officers at a Florida middle school carried out an active shooter drill in an effort to educate students about how to respond in the event of an actual shoot-ing crisis. Two armed officers, guns loaded and drawn, burst into classrooms, terrorizing the stu-dents and placing the school into lockdown mode.

If these exercises are intended to instill fear and compliance into young people, they’re working.

Sociologist Alice Goffman understands how far-

After being invited some time ago by George Yablonsky, I finally made it to a Lucerne Valley Lions Club dinner meeting last week.

What a great group!Before the meeting began, we enjoyed some

absolutely delightful pozole, a Mexican chicken soup with vegeta-bles and hominy.

LV Lions Pres ident Mike Kalinowski presided over the meet-ing, which was packed with informa-tion. Here are a few of the hight-lights:

• The LVES Drama Club raised $750 at its recent drama event, which featured food prepared and donated by the Lions.

• A Ladies Night shooting event will be held on Dec. 17.

• Several Lions member milestones were acknowledged, including the 60-year membership of Bob McDougal and the 25 years for his wife, Gert.

• Plans are beginning for next year’s High Desert Shooting Fun Fair. Last year’s event, which allows visitors to shoot any gun free of charge, attracted 800 people.

• Volunteer groups are being organized the annu-al Cowboy Shoot, which will take place in April.

A resident who lives near Midway and Wilshire roads called to say that two medium-sized black dogs have been hanging out near her property for the past month or so. For more information, call Suzi at 760-475-1205.

***It turns out I may have gotten some facts wrong

regarding my recent Reporter’s Notebook column on the Chamber. I’ll gladly publish a correction, and the Chamber is always welcome to submit a guest editorial. You can email it to pday@vvdailypress or drop it off.

***Due to our printing deadline, unfortunately we

weren’t able to give our readers a story with photos of the high school Holiday concert that occurred on Monday. Look in next week’s Leader for a report.

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Growing up in a police state

Keeping up with the Lions

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lions Club president shake hands with Gert McDougal, who has been a lion for 25 years. Her husband, Bob McDougal, seated to her right, has been a member of the lions for 60 years. JOHN W.

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Fire Department Staffing Levels

I a m w r i t i n g i n response to a story that ran in the Sept. 24 newspaper regarding the SBCFD Ambulance Operator Program. The article states that this program will increase the staffing level in the Lucerne Valley, Wrightwood and Piñon Hills areas. However this program has actu-ally reduced the number of firefighters.

In Lucerne Valley there were four fire-fighters on duty per day, but now with this new program there are only three firefighters on the fire engine with the two people on the ambulance, per the job description, being non-safety, non-firefighters. This means that if there were a house fire they would not be able to enter until another fire engine arrived, unless someone was trapped inside the building. I don’t think the public realizes what kind of sit-

uation this puts them in.The County Fire

Department also choos-es not to use closer resources to assist with fighting fires. In Lucerne Valley they rely on the engine from Spring Valley Lake, which is at least 20 minutes away, as their back up when there are fully capable firefighters closer that can assist. Yet they choose not to use them. Residents are at a great-er risk now because of this lack of staffing and cooperation that should be utilized for the safety of the residents.

My husband worked in the fire service for 36 years and this lack of cooperation was never this bad. I hear the calls on a scanner and listen to the bypassing of clos-er units to respond to emergencies. I know if I had to call for help, as long as someone shows up, I don’t care what department they work for.

Janet millerLucerne Valley

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NEWS

The Leader publishes the names of those who are arrested in Lucerne Valley as well as Lucerne Valley resi-dents who are arrested elsewhere in San Bernardino County, along with the reason for their arrest. All information comes from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

sTAFF RePORT

FAILURE To APPEAR: On Nov. 26 at 9:27 a.m. on Phantom Lane, 22-year-old Donovan Rea Bacon of Lucerne Valley was arrested on a $25,000 warrant for failure to appear. He was charged with several other charges including being under suspicion of burglary, being drunk in public, lar-ceny and more. Altogether his bail was set at $200,000 over the charges. He was booked into the High Desert Detention Center.

On Dec. 1 at 1:50 p.m., Jason Lynne Savage, 42, of Lucerne Valley was arrested on suspicion of receiv-ing stolen property. Bail was set at $50,000 and he was booked into the High Desert Detention Center.

DomESTIC BATTERY: On Dec. 2 at 10:50 a.m., 32-year-old David Torres Bahena of Lucerne Valley was arrest-ed on suspicion of domestic battery. He was booked into the High Desert Detention Center and bail was set at $25,000.

BURGLARY: On Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in Adelanto, 28-year-old Jimmie Michelle Goldsworthy of Lucerne Valley was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Bail was set at $75,000, and she was booked into the High Desert Detention Center.

WEEKLY BOOKING LOGS

10:57 a.m. A Camp Rock Road resident reported a trespassing incident.

8:55 a.m. A bur-glary was reported in the 30000 area of Old Woman Springs Road.

Friday, Nov. 285:07 p.m. Annoying

phone calls were report-ed by a Medanos Avenue resident.

5:05 p.m. A caller reported someone bran-dished a weapon in the area of Old Woman

Springs Road and Allen Way.

4:45 p.m. A distur-bance was reported in the area of Cambria Road and Camp Rock Road.

4:02 p.m. A distur-bance was reported in the 10000 block of Camp Rock Road.

9:34 a.m. A stolen vehicle was recovered in the area of Highway 18 and Custer Avenue.

5:54 a.m. A vehicle was reported stolen in the area of Granite Road and Camp Rock Road.

Thursday, Nov 271:37 p.m. Disturbing

the peace was reported in the 10000 area of Camp Rock Road.

Wednesday, Nov. 261 0 : 5 4 p . m .

Trespassing was report-ed in the 10000 area of Camp Rock Road.

10:42 p.m. Disturbing the peace was reported in the 30000 area of Carnelian Road.

7:06 p.m. A petty theft was reported in the 30000 block of Zircon Road.

6:41 p.m. A distur-bance was reported in the 10000 block of Haven Rest Road.

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el iminate the Apple Valley link between I-15 and Highway 18,” LVEDA chairman Chuck Bell wrote in a letter to Ronald J. Kosinski, deputy director of envi-ronmental planning for Caltrans’ District 7. “(It’s) not realistic anyway due to the cost of bridging the Mojave River, etc.”

The 63-mi le High Desert Corridor Project would connect Palmdale in Los Angeles County with the town of Apple Valley in San Bernardino C o u n ty. P ro p o n e n t s say the project would reduce auto and truck traffic through the San Gabriel, Santa Clarita and San Fernando val-leys while increasing freight and travel speeds. The Antelope and Victor Valleys could also benefit

by newly generated eco-nomic growth, they sug-gest.

Featuring a new, large-scale freeway running east to west, Bell is con-cerned the corridor could bring too many vehicles for the two-lane portion of Highway 18, which begins at Central Road in Apple Valley, to handle.

“Under the current pro ject descr ipt ion , which includes the Apple Valley link between I-15 and Highway 18, the Corridor’s eastern ter-minus — with its four to six lanes— dumps traffic on two-lane Highway 18,” Bell wrote. “(That) will create significant conges-tion and safety hazards on Highways 18, 247 and 62 along the route to the I-10.”

Bell also noted that the project’s draft envi-ronmental impact report doesn’t reference poten-tial impacts, “which will make it vulnerable to liti-

gation.”He suggested a solu-

tion could be to incor-porate improvements to eastern segment’s in High Desert Corridor planning and financing. Those improvements could include wider lanes, turn pockets and shoul-der enhancements.

But the best alterna-tive, Bell said, is to elimi-nate the Apple Valley link entirely. If not, the proj-ect may get delayed in the courts.

“Many agency and Apple Valley town rep-resentatives don’t even know why it is sti l l included,” Bell said. “But as long as it remains, the project is vulnerable to litigation.”

Caltrans and project partner the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority are planning to break ground on the High Desert Corridor project in 2016.

and Amazon.com. The purchased items, which were listed as delivered by the online stores, apparently were picked up by a mail thief who had taken her delivery notices to the Lucerne Valley Post Office and received the items, she said.

In addition, the thief took new credit cards

sent to the mailbox and purchased more than $800 in merchan-dise from Walmart stores in Hesperia and Victorville. The thief also used her card to pump gas at a local gas station. Several Netflix DVDs also were miss-ing, she said.

Dhingra’s mailbox was located in a tract in the eastern part of Lucerne Valley.

A f t e r t h e t h e f t , Dhingra took down her

mailbox, wrote a warn-ing sign to other resi-dents whose mailboxes could be at risk, and paid for a postal box at the post office.

“I’m sure this is going on all over the place,” Dhingra said. “They’re not just picking on me.”

Others with rural mailboxes should keep aware and watch your banking statements.

“And check your credit card statements,” she said.

New school board member to be sworn into office

By PeTeR dAy

seniOR RePORTeR

LUCERNE VALLEY • New school board member Carmen Fox will be sworn into office during the Wednesday, Dec. 10 meet-ing of the Lucerne Valley Unified School District’s governing board.

Fox, who was the only candidate to file can-didate papers for last month’s election, assumed the seat of former board member John Buchanan. Buchanan decided not to seek reelection.

Fox will join board members Jim Harvey and Dawn Turnbull, who also

will be sworn into office.After the swearing in

ceremony, the five-mem-ber board will elect offi-cers and representatives. The board will elect its president, clerk and a voting representative of San Bernardino County Department of Schools’ school and community college district represen-tatives.

S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Suzette Davis also is expected to discuss the status of the school dis-trict’s enrollment, which appears to be inch-ing upward after a slow decline over the past few years.

Several presentations are also scheduled during the meeting. They include reports from Lucerne Va l l e y E l e m e n t a r y School student Justyce Rollins, LVMS/HS stu-dent Claudia Rodriguez and LVHS FFA officers Keagan Weis.

Students Ian Roberts and James Sausser are expected to give a pre-sentation on the Regional Occupation Program’s 3-Dimensional Modeling in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design class.

The school board meets at 5:30 at 8560 Aliento Road, Lucerne Valley.

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CRiMeedUCATiON

ers representing the High Desert, Paul Smith who represents the Third Supervisorial District and Randy Coleman of the First District, voted against the proposal.

Vo t i n g fo r s Pow-

er’s application were Chairman Ray Allard of the Second Supervisorial District , Vice Chair Elizabeth Rider of the Fourth Distr ict and Commissioner Audrey Mathews of the Fifth District.

Meanwhile nearby, Nextera is seeking a con-ditional use permit for a

115-acre solar develop-ment at the site of the for-mer Joshua Tree Airport on Sunfair Road.

The Lone Valley Solar project on Camp Rock is nearing completion. The project is devel-oped by Abengoa, which has renewable energy projects throughout the world.

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Misdemeanor filings soar under Prop 47

By SHeA JOHNSON

sTAFF WRiTeR

VICTORVILLE • A voter-approved state initiative intended to focus law enforcement dollars on violent and serious crime is now leading to an influx of misdemeanor filings at the Victorville courthouse and clogging an already overwhelmed judicial sys-tem, top San Bernardino County officials say.

Passed last month, Proposition 47 reduces penalties for drug posses-sion and other nonviolent crimes. The also-retroac-tive initiative was lauded by proponents as a way to free up law enforce-ment resources and save taxpayer dollars tied to California’s overcrowded prisons.

But Prop. 47 has cre-ated unintended work-load consequences in this county, where 2,000 felons in jail and about 400 in state prison have been identified so far as being eligible for reduced sentencing under the ini-tiative, county Presiding

Judge Marsha Slough said.

Slough said there are basically three “waves” of individuals who qualify for resentencing to deal with: Those in prison and jail; those on probation or parole; and those who have served their time or completed probation and want their felony record purged.

The latter group “goes back to essentially forev-er,” she said. “That’s just a huge number. We don’t even know what that number is.”

To accommodate the “huge workload associ-ated with all of that,” the county’s central court-house in San Bernardino has set aside two court-rooms every Friday to hear resentencing cases, taking away a civil and criminal judge from other duties.

More than 250 were expected to petition Friday for resentencings.

“There’s a lot of layers to the ultimate impact,” Slough said. “But just the

immediate impact has had an amazingly work-intensive, clerk-intensive workload on the court for which we’ve received no additional funds whatso-ever.”

S a n B e r n a r d i n o County District Attorney Mike Ramos said that the initiative also has stripped prosecutors of the leverage they once had to force defendants into drug and rehabilita-tion programs.

Where defendants brought up on drug charges might have once entered into treat-ment with the promise of reducing their charge from a felony to a misde-meanor, the initiative will instead reduce the charge for them.

“There is no incentive at all for them to seek help, continue to get reha-bilitation,” Ramos said. “It would be wonderful if these people said, ‘OK, I’m going to take this opportunity to turn my life around and do some-thing positive.’ ”

A teenager wants to go to a party, but she’s sure her mom won’t let her. So she and her friend concoct a false cover story.

What’s the big deal? Most kids lie to their parents from time to time, and their parents probably lied to their parents. Despite rhetoric about virtue being its own reward, a great many adults – and a higher proportion of kids – are more likely to make their choices based on a cal-culation of risks and benefits than moral principles.

Since young people are particular-ly susceptible to choices that indulge impulses and favor immediate needs and wants, we need to teach them how making bad choices to gratify such desires can sabotage their most important relationships and impede critical life objectives.

Every dishonest act has at least two potential consequences: 1) the actual penalty, and 2) loss of trust. The second is by far the more serious and underestimated.

This is especially true in parent-child relation-ships. Where trust is important, there are no little lies. When parents don’t believe their children, their cords of control will be tighter and held longer. The price of lying is lost freedom.

It’s often difficult to predict how a decision today will affect tomorrow, but dishonesty often has a last-ing negative impact on relationships and reputations as well as self-image and character.

From both a moral and practical perspective, hon-esty is the best policy.

This is Michael Josephson reminding you that charac-ter counts.

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The cold weather has managed to make it’s way to Lucerne Valley and that means perfect chili weather. This week’s recipe is sure to

warm your bellies. My family consists of two

toddlers and two picky tweens who turn up their noses at the mere sight of a green pepper or chunky piece of tomato. And personally, I am not a fan of chunky tomatoes in my chili either, so when I created this recipe, it had to be a chili I knew everyone would enjoy. It’s simple, but still delicious and flavorful.

Up until I made this chicken chili, I was a die hard ground-beef-chili-only kind of gal. Since I have started making this for my family, I haven’t turned back. I love this version of classic chili using chicken breasts instead of ground beef. Plus, since it’s a slow cooker recipe, you can set it and forget it; and come home to the warm aroma of tomato and spices. Whip up some cornbread with it and you’ve got yourself a perfect winter meal to sat-isfy your entire family. Or, if you’re cooking for less, it freezes wonderfully.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immor-tality, then the saying that is

written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in

victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our

Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let

nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your

labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

LUCERNE VALLEY RECIPES

HOLLY SOSA

ingredientsone can tomato sauce (32 ounce)one can chili beans (16 ounce)one can kidney beans (16 ounce)one can black beans (16 ounce)one can green enchilada sauce (10 ounce)one can diced green chiles (4 ounce)1/4 cup brown sugar2 tablespoons chicken bouillon1 tablespoon onion powder1 tablespoon garlic powder3 chicken breasts, frozen (boneless, skinless)

instructionsOpen all cans & pour into slow cooker�� Do not drain cans; keep all liquid inslow cooker�� Add in seasonings & mix well�� Put chicken breasts directly on top�� Cook on high for six hours or low for eight hours�� One hour before serving, pull out chicken & dice it up�� Then return it to the slow cooker for the last hour��Optional: serve with shredded cheese or tortilla chips on top��

Holly Sosa is a Lucerne Valley blogger and mother. She is a

mother of two and step-mother of three. Holly is passionate

about kid fashion, crafting, and cooking; and claims gravy is

her soul food. She writes for her own blog, OurHollyDays.com

and contributes to CookedWithLoveByMom.com where she,

along with six other women, post daily recipes.

Religion

reaching the impact of such “exercises” can be on young people. For six years, Goffman lived in a low-income urban neigh-borhood, documenting the impact such an envi-ronment—a microcosm of the police state—on its residents. Her account of neighborhood children playing cops and robbers speaks volumes about how constant exposure to pat downs, strip searches, surveillance and arrests can result in a populace that meekly allows itself to be prod-ded, poked and stripped. As journalist Malcolm Gladwell writing for the New Yorker notes:

Goffman sometimes saw young children play-ing the age-old game of cops and robbers in the street, only the child act-ing the part of the robber wouldn’t even bother to run away: I saw children give up running and simply stick their hands behind their back, as if in handcuffs; push their body up against a car without being asked; or lie flat on the ground and put their hands over their head. The children yelled, “I’m going to lock you up! I’m going to lock you up, and you ain’t never com-ing home!” I once saw a

six-year-old pull another child’s pants down to do a “cavity search.”

Clearly, our children are getting the message, but it’s not the message that was intended by those who fomented a revolution and wrote our founding documents. Their philosophy was that the police work for us, and “we the people” are the masters, and they are to be our ser-vants. Now that has been turned on its head. Our so-called “servants” with badges are no longer held accountable to the same laws that we are. In their military gear and assault vehicles, they are allowed to operate above the law. In fact, their word is the law.

It’s getting harder by the day to tell young people that we live in a nation that values freedom and which is governed by the rule of law without feeling like a teller of tall tales. Yet as I point out in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, unless something changes and soon for the young people growing up, there will be nothing left of freedom as we have known it but a fairy tale without a happy ending.

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The Value of Trust

CHARACTER CoUNTS MIcHAEL

JOSEPHSON

Yummy Chicken Chili

special education teacher Judy Baudoux and her start their journey during last month’s Ride in the Rocks ride, run and walk event.

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