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Bear Creek Taste of the Town
By Karen Robertson
What could be more fun than meeting up to eat, drink, and mingle? Bear Creek’s first Taste of the Town was the brainchild of Charlotte DeHesa and Nicole Gilmore. They saw it work in LaCresta and envisioned bringing people together socially to benefit a worthwhile cause.
September 19, 2010 is the big date at the Bear Creek Golf Course Club House. Bear Creek Master Association’s Social Committee and the Bear Creek Golf Club are working together to plan this event, open to the general public from 2:00 – 6:00 PM.
During presales, the $35 entrance fee includes $10 in tasting tickets and entertainment. Tickets at the door are $40 and there are a limited number.
Each vendor will offer $1-$5 tastes of their most popular menu items in appetizer-sized portions. Restaurants that are participating are Bear Creek Golf Club, Crivellos, D’Canters, Havana Kitchen Café, Raviolis, Temecula Olive Oil Company, The Tilted Kilt, and Truly Madly Sweetly.
Wineries will offer $1-$5 tastes in a souvenir wine glass. Participating wineries are Boorman Vineyards, Danza del Sol Winery, Keyways Vineyards & Winery, Leonesse Cellars, Monte de Oro Winery, and Stuart Cellars.
The Mark Sage Band will provide entertainment. No one under 21 years of age will be admitted. Event plans include raffles, food, fun, and fusion. All proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Temecula.
Tickets can be purchased by emailing bearcreektasteofthetown@yahoo.com or by visiting the Bear Creek Association office.New Southwest Healthcare CEO Seeks Cure for Ailing Local Hospitals
By Marcella Bingham
Southwest Healthcare System’s new CEO/Managing Director, Ken Rivers (appointed on May 1) acted immediately to forestall The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plan to cut off funding on June 1 to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, and Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta. CMS funding accounts for 40% of the net revenue to the hospitals.
On April 19, the California Department of Public Health notified Southwest Healthcare System (SWHS), that it was its intention to begin the process of revoking the operating license for the two hospitals. Referencing their letter of April 19, a second letter, “Accusation Document,” was sent on May 11, indicating that the formal process of revocation had begun. That decision has been appealed and has halted the revocation.
Rivers also said that the current relationship with the State Department of Public Health is positive. He added that federal and state have been very responsive and, “. . . are working well with us. They want us to succeed. We see this,” Rivers continued, “as an opportunity for change.”
Uncommon Valor – Very Common in Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Department
By Marian & Bob Corsiglia
“The July 5-6 rash of brush fires in Lake Elsinore showed again how the safety and security of Riverside County residents is in the hands of our heroic Sheriff’s Department — where uncommon valor is a common occurrence.
It is universally understood and accepted that law enforcement personnel face potential and real life-threatening incidents on an almost daily basis. It is also known that the brave personnel risking their lives responding to these dangerous incidents seldom receive the recognition from the media that they deserve; consequently, their courageous actions are not fully known and appreciated by the public.
The mainstream Inland area print and vocal news media gave coverage to the July 5-6 brush fires in the Lake Elsinore area. But scant attention, if any, was paid to an especially dangerous and life-threatening incident that occurred to three Riverside Sheriff’s Deputies who help staff the Lake Elsinore Police Department (which contracts with the County for these services). It was a heroic incident that deserved banner headlines and lead story status.
Judy Rosen Honors Late Husband by Finishing Marathon
Thanks to the outpouring of support, Judy Rosen was the number one fund raiser for the Orange County Inland Empire Team in Training team! There were approximately 30,000 participants in the three events at this race -- the marathon, half marathon, and relay race. Of those entrants, 4,000 were Team in Training participants from all over the country. Together, through the generosity of people like you, the reader, the event raised $12,000,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. These monies go to assist families by providing places to stay, travel, home care during treatment, and to various doctors, hospitals and universities throughout the country for research programs
Rituxan, one of the drugs Judy’s late husband, Peter Rosen, was given during his valiant fourteen year battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, helped him stay in remission for almost three years. Rituxan was developed in part due to research grants made possible by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Since the inception of the Society, it has raised $200,000,000 in the fight to find a cure for all blood cancers.
Judy said, “The race was fun, but it was also a very big challenge. It took me five hours and 43 minutes to complete. And even though it was certainly a huge personal and physical challenge, it pales in the face of what hundreds of thousands of people in the United States face every day in their battle with blood cancers. I want to thank everyone again for all of their support. It uplifted me at a very difficult time, and it made a big difference in the fight for a cure for blood cancers.”♦♦♦