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November 28, 2008
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35 years ago
In 1973, Canyon Lake was five years old, and the Community Church became a reality when James Cashman, president of the Corona Land Company, handed over the deed to a three-acre hilltop site with a panoramic view of the area. Jerry Lee, Elaine Williamson, Mabel Gay, Rae Simonson, James Chapman and Don Martin looked over the $20,000 donated parcel for the future church off Railroad Canyon Rd.
Gene Byrd was POA General Manager and the Lighthouse Magazine reported that the Canyon Lake Woman’s Club had 105 members.
A complete Thanksgiving family turkey dinner with all the trimmings was offered at the Lodge, with the option of diners taking the leftovers home. All month long, the Lodge celebrated NFL Monday Night Football, with dinners replaced by TV coverage of professional football games.
Thirty-five years ago, a “choice lake front lot in Bass Cove, Lot 207, Tract 3718” was offered at $21,500; Lot 52, Tract 3718 could have been yours on Giant Fir Place for $5,900.
30 years ago
Conrad Lange was POA President, Floyd Fidler was General Manager and Bill Reitzel was Home Owners Club president.
The gated community’s athletic supporters were pleased to learn that the Gault Field building fund continued to grow with additional contributions from the Canyon Lake Lions Club and residents, according to Lion Ray Poche. A report from the ACC revealed that there were 233 residential homes and another two mobiles under construction in Canyon Lake. Real Estate prices continued to increase in the community. A 50-foot waterfront home, with three bedrooms and two baths was advertised at $110,000, and a similar sized home with Golf Course view was listed at $85,000.
Two special events attracted large and enthusiastic crowds to the Lodge. The annual Luau at poolside was always a fall feature, and the other special event was the Las Vegas Night festivity. The largest crowd to ever attend a Canyon Lake function gambled, drank, ate all the goodies available and managed to spend enough money for the Lodge to clear $3,200 – all after expenses were paid.
25 years ago
By November 1983, the Canyon Lake’s Woman’s Club was observing its 10th anniversary. Since its inception in 1973, the club had earned and donated thousands of dollars to various local charities and causes. The club was also responsible for the founding of the Canyon Lake Public Library.
The POA approved making funds available for lighting Gault Field during evening hours.
A plague-ridden ground squirrel carcass was discovered by Jim Bagwell, Campground manager, the first such infected animal found outside the Riverside County mountains at that time. According to County Health Department officials, infected squirrels carry fleas that bring about serious sickness or death if they bite humans. Only a single squirrel was discovered and disposed of by officials.
Corky Pigeon, son of Janet Pigeon, captured a part in an movie entitled “The Monster in the Closet,” and was to appear in three “Silver Spoons” television episodes.
Molly Whelan and her friend Sharon raced around barrels in the “Stick Horse Race” held as a part of the Play Day celebration at the Equestrian Center.
Dining at the Lodge was available from Wednesday through Sunday evenings with “early bird menus” including entrees, soup or salad, chef’s choice of dessert and coffee priced at $6.95. Reservations were encouraged.
Canyon Lake’s Brownie Troop 135, under the leadership of Terry Makeig, heeded President Reagan’s plea for funds to renovate the Statue of Liberty. The girls collected aluminum cans and newspapers for recycling.
Local resident Virginia Householder was serving in New York at the United Nations Headquarters on the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. She welcomed her Canyon Lake neighbors to visit her and tour the international peacekeeping organization.
20 years ago
The Board adopted a resolution to reallocate funds from the POA’s 1988-89 budget to minimize the net loss in operations for the assessment period. The prior Board had allocated only $467.19 of the $740 assessment toward operations – almost 12 percent less than the previous year. The shortfall was taken from the Replacement Reserve and the Community Facilities Development Fund.
The POA announced an improved telephone system that featured an automated attendant and the opportunity to immediately press an extension number to be connected with an individual or department. The state-of-the-art equipment doubled the incoming lines from five to 10.
The hills east of the Canyon Lake Estates were the scene of a wind-swept fire that charred 55 acres. Arcing power lines threw sparks that ignited grass in the area. A group of 65 firefighters as well as three air tankers, an air-attack aircraft and a helicopter assisted in putting the fire out.
Canyon Lake’s Choraleers were ready to perform their holiday program at various organizations and convalescent centers both inside the community’s gates and in surrounding cities.
15 years ago
Front-page news in November of 1993 was the POA Board’s search for a new general manager after the contract of Don Drake was terminated. According to Lori Ziegler, who was then Board president, Directors were looking for “an individual with a strong business sense who is aggressive, creative and proactive.” Ads were placed in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Diego Union, as well as in newsletters for two city management associations and the California Association Institute.
A Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued for the first phase for the Holiday Harbor project as well as for restriping of the community’s streets. A grading plan was submitted to add a 10 percent slope to Indian Beach to restructure the area facing the stage to create more of an amphitheater there.
A sell-out crowd was expected for the Men’s Fashion Show, an annual event held by the Home Owners Club in conjunction with the installation of club officers. The tongue-in-cheek show featured models from the community’s clubs dressed in outlandish outfits in keeping with their organization’s activities.
Canyon Lakers said goodbye to longtime Golf Pro Gabe Hrab, who left the community after 14 years to accept a position as instructor at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. It was Gabe who started the annual Jr. Golf Clinic here.
The Board of Directors voted for a new election procedure that would take the entire process out of the hands of property owners and assign it to an independent auditing firm.
10 years ago
Election day in 1998 showed 58 percent of Canyon Lake’s eligible voters went to the polls to elect Cora Sue Barrett and Bill Trembly to the City Council and Dave Long to the position of Riverside County Superintendent of Schools.
The Friday Flyer announced that POA General Manager Clint Warrell and Director of Community Services Marti Van Houten were awarded Professional Community Association Institute designations at CAI’s 45th national conference in Arlington, Virginia.
Big excitement occurred on Loch Lomond when residents found their dog barking at a pot-bellied pig that had entered the community after barging through the perimeter fence. A chase was on, with residents and Community Patrol officers in pursuit, finally corralling the animal and feeding it dog biscuits. When animal shelter personnel got on the scene an hour later, a blanket was thrown over the pig and it was lifted into the shelter’s truck. The story was called “the pig in a blanket.”
Americans were already being warned about the upcoming “Y2K” when dire concerns were being voiced about the turn of the century. “Many analysts studying the scope of the year 2000 problem say that telecommunications, utilities, banking, transportation, emergency services and medical care could be severely disrupted for days and even weeks. Panic and civil unrest would certainly ensue,” stated an article in The Friday Flyer.
A new singles club was formed for residents under 50 for men and women who complained they were tired of doing things alone or going to singles bars. The group planned to meet for monthly potlucks and also scheduled a three-day cruise.
Canyon Lake was among 18 cities in Riverside County recognized for their recycling efforts. The community was recycling 58 percent of its trash compared to 32 percent statewide.
The POA hired “hometown boy” Ron Phipps as its new controller. Ron had lived in Canyon Lake since 1985 and was a graduate of local schools and the University of California, Riverside.
5 years ago
On November 11, 2003, Canyon Lakers remembered local service personnel and veterans with many patriotic observances. The high temperature for the week was 74.9, quite a drop from the previous week’s high of 98.8. The low was 37.2. At the same time, most residents were thankful for the 1.21 inches of rain that helper put a damper on fires raging throughout Southern California. At that time, Canyon Lake had a total of 4,225 residences, of which 3,387 were owner-occupied, 436 leased and another 24 rented on a month-to-month basis. There were 319 weekend homes and 89 spec homes. There were 46 homes under construction and 442 lots remained vacant.
Dissention among Directors of the Property Owners Association became apparent as accusations were made of improper conduct and violations of state laws.
Canyon Lake Middle School principal Mike Sepulveda was honored by being name to the El Rancho High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a baseball and football star at his secondary school in Pico Rivera and later was signed to play for the Kansas City Royals before returning to Chapman College as its coach. Members of the Canyon Lake Royal Court sponsored a “Coats for Kids” drive to collect and distribute warm clothing for families in need during chilly months.
The Operations Department was on duty in the evening with a red laser light gun to harass the cormorants roosting in the trees during the night. The crew did not harm the birds but were making them uncomfortable so they would leave Canyon Lake. In addition, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. three days a week, pyrotechnics were used to put pressure on the birds, which were unsanitary and ate a tremendous amount of fish.
1 year ago
Canyon Lake’s Emergency Preparedness Committee had been preparing for a citywide disaster drill when members faced the real deal as they were called upon to head an evacuation center in Temecula after fires there. Nancy Carroll, chairman of Canyon Lake’s Emergency Preparedness Committee, got word from the American Red Cross that volunteers were desperately needed to help evacuated members of the Pechanga tribe gathering at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.
Within an hour, Nancy, her husband Jay, and several other committee members were on their way to set up the center, where they prepared the banquet rooms of the resort with cots, bedding, comfort kits and check-in stations brought by truck from Red Cross warehouses in the area. For a week, additional committee members from Canyon Lake came in for 14-hour shifts to give aid and assistance to the tribe members and anyone else who needed to use the evacuation center.
Even after relocating last November’s POA Community Forum to the Holiday Bay Room at the Lodge, there was standing room only as almost 300 residents filled chairs and stood at the back of the room. By a show of hands, most were there to protest the proposed six-foot setback rule the Board of Directors had been scheduled to vote on at its upcoming Board meeting; and tension was clearly in the air as one Director attempted to explain the reasoning behind the proposed rule through handouts and with a slide presentation.
The POA Board of Directors appointed two new Directors to take the place of Travis Montgomery and Roger Windeler, who resigned their positions the month before. Unanimously appointed to fill the terms left vacant were Guy Kestell and Jack Wamsley.
From the opening song to the final curtain, Canyon Lake Community Theatre’s rendition of “Gypsy” was deemed wonderful. President Melanie Otten and her CLCT board said they were justly proud of a show that was technically difficult and yet artistically sound on every level, even down to the live lamb and little dog, “Sophie,” who put up with all sorts of costume changes.
The City of Canyon Lake reestablished the We Tip program, a nationwide nonprofit organization that acts as a neutral third-party to receive anonymous tips from concerned citizens regarding criminal activity.
Canyon Lakers learned a little more about World Series hero Bobby Kielty, who hit the eighth inning home run that clinched the 2007 World Series for the Boston Red Sox. Bobby lives in Canyon Lake with his wife Meredith and two daughters.
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