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SERVING TEMECULA , MURRIETA , L AKE E LSINOR E , M ENIFEE , WILDOMAR , H EMET, SAN JACINTO December 30, 2022 – January 5, 2023
Local Liesemeyer leaves Menifee City Council after six years of service
AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
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Volume 22, Issue 52
911 call leads to Olivet University alleged moneylaundering and human trafficking investigation
Tony Ault Staf f Writer After six years, Matthew Liesemeyer is leaving the Menifee City Council behind a legacy of seeing his District 2 grow significantly along with the rest of the now 105,000 resident city. The businessman, contractor has served the city well seeing hundreds of new homes, businesses and parks spring up. see page A-2
Education MSJC hosts Temecula Valley campus dedication ceremony
TEMECULA – Friends and supporters of Mt. San Jacinto College gathered at the Temecula Valley Campus Thursday, Dec. 8, to celebrate the facility’s dedication and to honor the district’s longest-serving trustee. see page B-1
Home & Garden A collection of cards from the Catcho children Ava Sarnowski Intern Writer For the past few years, Cora and Jackson Catcho surprised homeowners of The Collection community with handmade cards that commemorate their holiday displays. The children, ages 8 and 5, walk the neighborhood with their mother, Catherine Catcho, and decide which homes are the most well decorated.
Olivet University in Anza is named in a federal money-laundering investigation. Diane Sieker Staf f Writer A tense 911 call in March 2018 from a student who claimed she had not been allowed to leave the
Olivet University campus in Anza for months immersed Riverside County investigators in a probe alongside federal authorities, according to a recent news story published in the Mercury News.
Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, launched its investigation into Olivet University in 2019 in partnership with the Riverside County
Sheriff’s Department and county District Attorney’s Office. The focus of the probe has reportedly been fraud, money laundering and see OLIVET, page A-2
Jonathan Ingram leaves his Sensory garden fulfills termed out seat as Murrieta’s wish for San Jacinto teen mayor with honors and fanfare
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The Loza family and Henry’s nurse, Maria Radillo, at the unveiling of Henry’s Sensory Garden in San Jacinto on Dec. 16. Valley News/Diane A. Rhodes photo
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Enrique and Rayna Loza have long known that a sensory garden would be something their 15-yearold son Henry would enjoy. Thanks to a huge team effort by Make-AWish Orange County and the Inland Empire and BrightView Design Group and Landscaping, that dream was fulfilled on Dec. 16 in the backyard of their San Jacinto home. Rayna said the Make-A-Wish request was made when the family realized that Henry needed additional space around the house to enjoy. Representatives from the local Make-A-Wish chapter, including
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Outgoing Murrieta Mayor Jonathan Ingram is presented a street sign with his name by Murrieta city manager Kim Summers during Ingram’s last city council meeting as he has termed out his tenure with the city, Nov. 20. Valley News/Ashley Hutchinson photo Tony Ault Staf f Writer A little red-faced and near tears, long-time Murrieta City Council member and Mayor Jonathon Ingram officially left his 2022 may-
or’s position Tuesday, Dec. 20, in special ceremonies at Murrieta City Hall and council chambers. “I am proud to call you my friends and family,” Ingram said see INGRAM, page A-4
President and CEO Gloria Crockett, were joined by BrightView employees to help celebrate the wish unveiling that took a few days to install but was years in the planning. “I submitted the application just before the pandemic and regrettably, the pandemic put a hold on Henry’s wish,” Rayna said. “Our home is Henry’s world so this is now another place he can enjoy. Unfortunately, Enrique’s attempt to construct a pond was unsuccessful as maintaining it costs money and it wasn’t in our budget. Due to the fact that only one parent can work while caring for a child with special needs, see GARDEN, page A-6
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