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08/12/2008 - Press Enterprise

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children Who Completed The Catch The Reading Bug Summer Program At The Mission Trial Library In Wildomar Had A Visit From Local Baseball Celebrities Last Week.

thunder, The Mascot For The Lake Elsinore Storm Minor League Baseball Team, And One Of The Storm's Star Players, Pitcher John Madden, Visited The Library Last Tuesday To Mark The End Of The Program.

video: lake Elsinore Storm Mascot Thunder Visits The Library

Children who completed the Catch the Reading Bug summer program at the Mission Trial Library in Wildomar had a visit from local baseball celebrities last week.

Thunder, the mascot for the Lake Elsinore Storm minor league baseball team, and one of the Storm's star players, pitcher John Madden, visited the library last Tuesday to mark the end of the program.

Video: Lake Elsinore Storm mascot Thunder visits the library

08/11/2008 - Press Enterprise

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while Many Teenagers Retreat From Physical Activity To Video Games And The Internet, Sam Lopez, 15, Of Wildomar, Used The Internet To Satisfy An Early Curiosity About Boxing.

that Set Him On The Path To Dramatic Weight Loss And Strength Training, Which Led To A Title Belt Last Month At The Seventh Annual Desert Showdown World Amateur Boxing Championship In Coachella Valley.

video: wildomar Teen Takes World Boxing Title

While many teenagers retreat from physical activity to video games and the Internet, Sam Lopez, 15, of Wildomar, used the Internet to satisfy an early curiosity about boxing.

That set him on the path to dramatic weight loss and strength training, which led to a title belt last month at the seventh annual Desert Showdown World Amateur Boxing Championship in Coachella Valley.

Video: Wildomar teen takes world boxing title

08/08/2008 - Press Enterprise
Wildomar Fights To Clean Up Flood Channels
Under one of Wildomar's busiest roads, teens have set up a party haven in a concrete flood channel.

08/06/2008 - Press Enterprise
Menifee, Wildomar City Council Campaign Cash Reported
Among Menifee and Wildomar's recently elected council members, the approach to campaign fundraising runs the gamut -- from accepting nothing to collecting tens of thousands of dollars, semiannual campaign-finance disclosure reports show.

Menifee Mayor Pro Tem Darcy Kuenzi raised the most campaign dollars of the 22 candidates who ran in the Menifee council race -- $42,200.

08/02/2008 - Press Enterprise
Politicians Report Their War Chests
Local politicians running for re-election in southwestern Riverside County have been busy raising money this year, according to a review of campaign-finance disclosure forms.

In Lake Elsinore, one incumbent raised nearly $100,000, records show.

The state-mandated reports were due to city clerks' offices Thursday. The latest forms cover campaign fundraising and spending from Jan. 1 to June 30.

08/02/2008 - Press Enterprise
Three Wildomar City Council Members Won't Have To Run For Re-election In November
The Wildomar City Council members with the lowest number of votes in February's election will not have to run for re-election this November -- but they will have to run again in June 2009.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Schwartz made the ruling during a hearing for a lawsuit filed by Gerard Ste. Marie.

08/01/2008 - Press Enterprise
Skateboarders Lose Place To Ride In Wildomar
The official place for skateboarders to legally "grind" in Wildomar is now gone.

Earlier this week, church officials and the teens who volunteered to run the Wildomar Skate Park decided to stop putting out the 4,000-square-foot wooden ramp because of a lack of popularity.

Officials at the Cornerstone Community Church did not return calls for comment.

07/25/2008 - Press Enterprise
Burned Out In February, Lake Elsinore Animal Shelter To Celebrate Reopening
Officials at Animal Friends of the Valleys are ready to unveil a new puppy and small dog facility that replaces one destroyed in February by a fire that killed 39 puppies and kittens.

The event, starting at 1 p.m. today, will include tours of the new trailer and refreshments. The shelter is offering half off adoption fees through Saturday and reduced price spay and neuter vouchers.

07/23/2008 - Press Enterprise
South Briefs -- 07/23
Lake elsinore

Jazz club presenting Dixieland, swing show

The Lakeside Dixieland Jazz Club will present Dixieland and swing music from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Trevi Entertainment Center, 32250 Mission Trail.

The featured band at 3 p.m. is the Jazz Cats.

Musicians may participate in mixed sets.

Information: 951-245-9504.

--Hope Pierson

07/23/2008 - Press Enterprise
Profits Go To Building Projects
What's new: Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Temecula.

What it is: A retailer of new and used building materials, appliances and home furnishings.

What it offers: The store is one of about 500 resale stores around the country established by Habitat for Humanity to raise money for building projects.