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Former Chronicle Publisher JohnSteppling's Contributions Endure

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VOL 115 No. 18IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Serving your community since 1904

BY MARIO CONDE

Those who knew JohnSteppling as the CalexicoChronicle publisher fordecades always consideredhim a role model due to hisinvolvement and contribu-tions to the city.

As a journalist, he wasknown for his integrity inreporting the happeningsin Calexico and peopleconsidered him a mentorand friend. Steppling wasin some ways the "WalterCronkite of Calexico" forsupporting the journalismindustry and owning ahyper-local border news-paper for more than 30years. He was often in themiddle of business andpolitical conversations,thus feeling the pulse ofthe city.

"He had a radio voice.He should have been onradio announcer, but hewas like a teacher and heloved to write about histo-ry," said Hildy Carrillo,

who became the managingeditor of the Chronicleupon Steppling's retire-ment in 1991.

City politics wasSteppling's forte, though ina gentlemanly manner,Carrillo recalled.

"He did get into thepolitics of things but hewasn't a 'hit-below-the-belt' kind of guy. He verywas fair. He didn't likecussing and had a loudvoice, not because he wasscolding you. It was loudbecause he sounded like amegaphone. But he wasreally a sweetheart," shesaid.

Carrillo said Stepplingwas an art collector and hedonated all his collectionto the San Diego StateUniversity, ImperialValley Campus, explainingif they ever need moneythey could sell the pieces.Steppling also workedwith then-Calexico CityCouncil Member RollieCarrillo and others tobring the SDSU campus to

Calexico. The campus artgallery is named after him.

"His editorials told thetruth as to how many peo-ple felt but did not expressit," said Loli Torres, whoworked for the CalexicoChronicle for 17 years."He also started the projecton Arbor Day of plantingtrees in the park and other

areas. There were just toomany projects that heinspired through the city."

She added, "He wouldalways hire the youth andstart training them in theback shop or reportingsports."

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FORMER CALEXICO CHRONICLE publisherJohn Steppling who ran the publication for 30 yearsuntil 1991. PHOTO FROM CALEXICO CHRONICLE ARCHIVES

Pioneers Museum Holds AnnualMeeting, New Look Coming

BY WILLIAM ROLLER,RICHARD

MONTENEGROBROWN AND JAYSON

BARNISKE

The alert issued by theImperial County AirPollution Control District onApril 29 was aimed at thosemost at risk to particulates inthe air, a health official said.

Stephan Munday, thepublic health officer for thecounty Public HealthDepartment, noted the alertwas at its lowest level target-ing mainly those with asth-ma or chronic obstructivepulmonary disease sincetheir respiratory systems arealready compromised.

"It doesn't mean thosesensitive to pollutantsshould not go outside but

limit exertion, sports. But itwould be O.K. to do sportsindoors," said Munday."Were we to get into higherlevels of health advisories itwould include other popula-tions and make additionalrecommendations."

Reyes Romero, assistantair pollution control officerfor Imperial County, said theApril 29 warning was a pub-lic advisory sent out as a pre-ventative measure. Windswere blowing at more than25 miles per hour and fromthe west, meaning dust wasblowing in directly from thedeserts, he said.

A peak gust of 43mphwas registered at the countyairport in Imperial, accord-ing to media reports.

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BY WILLIAM ROLLER

The Imperial CountyHistorical Society's PioneersMuseum is an attraction of whichresidents can be proud due inlarge part to its volunteers andcontributors, outgoing boardpresident Darrell Gardner said atan annual meeting on April 26."I can't say enough about our vol-unteers. They've done a whole lotof things to renovate," saidGardner. "They work hard andyou don't have to ask themtwice."

One work in progress bring-ing greater visibility is new

Western-themed signage that isbeing installed and a new frontentrance fence that will be a headturner, stressed Gardner.

"Essentially, we're trying todraw attention to potential visi-tors who'll notice us and say,'We've got to see that'," he said."As our donations grow so doesthe museum."

Pioneers will also jettisonanalogue phones for a computer-ized system that transmits callsover an Internet provider insteadof standard landlines. A savingsof $6,000 a year is expected.

Following the trail of last fall2018's successful Ride of theCentury to the East Highline

Canal, a time capsule is underproduction. The Nov. 1-2 eventinvolved 55 riders on horseback,100 campers and several hundredtri-tip dinner guests at the muse-um on the concluding day.

Riders wrote down personalperspectives of their lives,packed along with photographsand videos to be opened bydescendants in 2118 for a snap-shot in time of today's world. Theboard hopes to order a plaque andschedule a gala event to soon cel-ebrate the sealing.

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RUDY SCHAFFNER (second from left), a Pioneers Museum director, shows off the facility’s newmobile kitchen after the museum’s annual meeting on April 26.WILLIAM ROLLER PHOTO

$1 Million And CountingFor Ransomware Recovery How It Happened? Old Emails Back In Use?

BY RICHARDMONTENEGRO BROWN

A devastating April 13 ran-somware attack on ImperialCounty's computer network,website, email and phone sys-tems has already cost more than$1 million to repair with morework needed, county officialssaid.

"Like I said, it's going to be apainful process" to rebuild, coun-ty board Chairman Ryan Kelleysaid April 30. "The most impor-tant message is, county officesare fully operational and servingthe public. We will still havesome limitations as we continueto secure our network."

A malware variant known as"Ryuk" was unleashed on thecounty's computer network andan online note appeared demand-ing a ransom payment in bitcoin --- a type of digital currency --- tounlock the system and restore thecounty's access to its information,officials have said.

The ransom was reportedlymore than $1 million, thoughcounty officials have declined toconfirm the amount.

The county board during anemergency meeting April 15opted to fight back and rebuildthe system rather than give intoransom demands.

Officials have maintainedthat no personal information waslost or compromised.

Kelley said the county istracking all costs and has so farspent more than $1 million inequipment and technical assis-tance, with the lion's share of thatmoney being covered by aninsurance claim. Kelley said thecounty was insured against acyberattack.

So far, Kelley said, "We arewell within the coverage of ourclaim."

While he did not have exactamounts, Kelley said the countyis having to dip into special funds

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Opened InfectedEmail Source OfRansomware Attack


The ransomware that dis-abled Imperial County's comput-er system entered the networkthrough a 'phishing' email with anattachment that was opened,county Board of SupervisorsChairman Ryan Kelley said onMay 1.

County officials had not pre-viously revealed the cause of thecyberattack that for weeks crip-pled the county computer system,

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Gusty Winds Bring DustAdvisory; Local Air Monitored

Romero added that "higher con-centrations" of PM10 (particulatematter measuring 10 microns orless) were detected at monitoringstations in Brawley andWestmorland."When concentration of PM10 iselevated, people with respiratoryproblems, especially the elderlyand children, are susceptible tothe impact of this dust," Romerosaid.Some of the most vulnerable arechildren with asthma or adultsover 65, explained Aide Fulton,Imperial Valley child asthmadirector at El Centro RegionalMedical Center. Those with res-piratory infections must take pre-cautions, she advised."We don't want parents to beafraid to send their kids to school.They should go to school, but fol-low your asthma plan, carry yourrescue inhaler and medications,"Fulton said. She added the main asthma trig-gers are pollen, dust mites, mold,vehicle emissions and dust blow-ing off the exposed seabed on theshores of the Salton Sea."There are a lot of windy days inImperial Valley so if there is a lotof wind, cover your mouth with ascarf, take medication beforegoing outside," she said.Not all susceptible people havethe same symptoms as someshow a late response--reactions

to poor air quality hours or even aday after an advisory, Fultonnoted. The four most commonsymptoms are persistent cough,wheezing, chest tightness andshortness of breath. Asthma medication can bringrelief within minutes, but if it isneeded more than twice a day aperson should be examined by aphysician for inflammation.Most important is prevention, shesaid. People need to be aware ofair quality and one of the bestways is the school flag program.There are now more than 10schools that post colored flags towarn of poor air. A green flag indicates good airquality, a yellow is moderate airquality, orange means unhealthyfor sensitive groups, red isunhealthy for everybody and pur-ple is very unhealthy. More infor-mation about the flag alerts isavailable at www.imperialval-leyair.org. Many sensors are placed throughthe efforts of Comite Civico DelValle, a Brawley-based nonprofitenvironmental advocacy group,said Luis Olmedo Velez, its exec-utive director.Looking at his cell phone duringan interview on April 29, Velezsaid, "The conditions we record-ed today varied. I get alerts froman app we will release to the pub-lic in a few months. It is in beta

testing now."He added, "At 7:30 this morningit alerted me to unhealthy for sen-sitive groups. And it went backand forth from moderate tounhealthy. Whenever there is ashift it alters me. That last alert Ireceived was at 2:30 p.m. readinglow risk."Velez said the group has morethan 40 air quality sensors. "We have one in Mexicali andseveral others all throughout theImperial Valley up to Coachellawith the highest density of sen-sors near Imperial," he said.Rich Hill, assistant principal ofWilson Junior High School,noted the school has had an air-quality monitor on its gymnasi-um roof since the flag program'sinception four years ago.Checking the air quality on April30 he said it had a green flag."We're in the green 90 percent ofthe time," assured Hill. "We onlywent yellow or beyond two tothree days last year. Calexico andMexicali seem to have more yel-low flag days, and sometimesNiland. It seems to affect the out-lying areas more."Mike Gilbert, Pioneers MemorialHealthcare District cardiopul-monary director, stated he wasadvised by John Calderon, thedistrict asthma navigator, of thesituation singled out by the advi-sory posting.

"He said that we only had one ERasthma admission during the airquality alert," Gilbert reported inan email. "The alerts are helpfulto let residents with asthma beaware of the poor quality air. Butthere is the misconception outthere that Imperial Valley, andespecially the north end, that wehave a higher incidence of asth-ma. What the statistics actuallyshow is that our incidence ofasthma is similar to the rest ofCalifornia, but our utilization ofER and hospitalization are high-er."Munday stressed while wind-blown dust can be an irritant, it isusually filtered out by the nose.However, it is the particulates toosmall to be seen by the eye thatare most dangerous. Theseinclude PM10 and PM 2.5, fineparticles that can embed in thelungs.Romero said Air PollutionControl evaluated the data fromApril 29 and found that ImperialCounty "had no violations of thefederal standard" set by the U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency of 150 micrograms percubic meter of PM10 averagedover 24 hours.Monica Soucier, Air Pollutiondivision manager in charge of theair-monitoring stations, said "Weare not health experts, however,the U.S. EPA does have on its

website general guidelines thatall air pollution control districtsfollow. She added the site describes dif-ferent types of respiratory ail-ments that elevated PM10 "maytrigger. The caveat to that is, ifyou do feel something, go seekout a doctor."Soucier said the county AirPollution Control's website nor-mally has a weather forecast/out-look every morning, but she saidthat feature has not been avail-able due to damage from the ran-somware attack. (See related sto-ries in this issue.)Romero said that is why themedia advisory went out and alsoan advisory through the APCD'ssocial media accounts.Matt Dessert, county AirPollution Control officer, said,"This is just our effort at being alittle bit more proactive with theenvironmental justice movementand everything else happening."

BY JAYSON BARNISKE

The homeless camp atRockwood Plaza in Calexicoacross the street from city hallmight be an eyesore for residentsand a nuisance for city officials,but it is a last resort for those whohave made the park their home.

Small makeshift shelters lit-tered the park under the shadesand the around kiosk on April 29.Entering the door of her shelterrequired Hildy Rivas, 42, to getdown on all fours. Her partner,Fernando Villareal, sat outside,and her 22-year-old mentally dis-abled son sought refuge from thewind underneath the park benchconverted into a home.

Rivas excitedly crawledthrough her door and held upcopy of a recent newspaper arti-cle that began by quoting her.

Rivas explained, "I felt horri-ble when I saw my name in thepaper saying I lived here becausenothing happened. They cametook my picture, recorded mywords, but nothing happened. Iunderstand nothing is free in thislife, but I need help."

By word of mouth Rivas saidthe homeless in Calexico keepkeenly aware of shelters and pro-grams available to them. Theyeach have their own reasons, shenoted, for not being able to abideby the 8 p.m. curfew at the OurLady of Guadalupe Shelter only afew blocks away from the parkwhere they could seek nightly

refuge. Rivas continued, "My son is

mentally disabled. They don't lethim stay at the shelter closest tous, and everywhere else we havegone in Calexico and El Centroeither turns us away or separatesus, so we choose to stay here. Weused to have a house in Calipatriathat was sold by the owner oneyear ago and we were unable toget into another home. We havelived here for almost one year."

The troubled family's prob-lems were only compounded bytheir lack of citizenship. Rivasexplained without papers it isimpossible for her son to receiveany government assistance.Theirs was not the only family inthe park with adult mentally dis-abled children.

When asked what messageshe would give to city officialssitting behind the windowsacross the street, Rivas pausedfor a long moment and respond-ed, "This is an injustice. Whatelse can I do? A lot ofthings…bad things happen hereat night. Please help us."

Calexico officials on April 17removed the large shade struc-tures in Rockwood many home-less had been using as frames fortheir shelters.

Mayor Lewis Pacheco saidmoving them was due to a priordecision to use them to coverexercise equipment at otherparks. Advocates, however,alleged it was part of an effort toget the homeless to move on from

the park.Agreeing with that sentiment,

a life-long Calexico resident onlyidentifying himself as Migueladvocated for the homeless popu-lation living in the park.

"This park is located right infront of the Calexico PoliceDepartment," he said. "Whenthey look out their office win-dows, they look directly at thehomeless park. It is embarrassingfor the city and if they want tocome deal with this problem,they can deal with it."

Addressing a small groupgathered near one of the remain-ing shades, Miguel ponderedtheir fates.

"If these people were forcedto leave the here they would wan-der through the street and resttheir head where ever they lay itdown," said the man, whodeclined to identify himself."People know about programsavailable here through word ofmouth but don't have the meansor motivation to get help."

In a telephone interview avolunteer from the Our Lady ofGuadalupe Shelter explained itspolicies.

"Our shelter is only for menand the doors close at 9 p.m. Wetake anyone regardless of disabil-ity or religion, but we are not anursing home and do not have anurse on staff," said the volun-teer, who only identified himselfas Alex.

He added, "We feed every-one, have a place for the men to

take a shower. We even have ahandicap restroom. Women andchildren stay at the House ofHope Shelter in El Centro. Therethey do take in families who havechildren with mental disabili-ties."

The volunteer highlightedsome of the reasons behind thelarger issues, adding, "We get nohelp from the city. To be honest,most of the people at the parkprobably have drug and alcoholissues. We do not allow drugs oralcohol in the shelter and some ofthe people at the park wouldrather use than be here by 9 p.m."

Hildy Carrillo, executivedirector of the Calexico Chamberof Commerce, lamented on thehomeless problem at Rockwood

Plaza and said, "One day Iwalked by the kiosk and I couldtell I was entering someone'shome. It felt like I was intruding,and I was. The city hasn't doneanything about the problem.They never put up no loiteringsigns to prevent the problem andnow it is out of control."

Carrillo explained how thehomeless problem had an impacton the chamber's events.

"Three years ago the chamberwanted to the have the MariachiFestival at Rockwood Plaza.When walked through the parkwe saw blood, fecal matter,syringes, and trash bags full ofwho knows what. We had tomove the festival to CrummettPark," she said.

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Rockwood Plaza Homeless Woman Says Options Are Limited

HILDY RIVAS, ONE of the homeless living in Calexico’sRockwood Plaza park, explains the difficulties she faces and herefforts to keep her family together.JAYSON BARNISKE PHOTO

Gusty Winds...............................................from page one


Week of May 6thMental Health First Aid

(Originally aired on May 2017)The Mental Health First Aid program is an interactive training thatintroduces participants, 16 years of age and over, to risk factors and

warnings signs of mental health problems. This training buildsunderstanding of the impacts and outlines common treatments.Mental Health awareness can build safer, happier communities.

Patricia Arevalo-CaroProgram Supervisor

Center for Clinical TrainingICBHS

(442)-265-1525(442)-265-1525

(442)-265-1525(442)-265-1525

Semana del 6 de mayo

Primeros Auxilios de Salud Mental (Originalmente transmitido en mayo 2017)

El programa de Primeros Auxilios de Salud Mental es un taller inter-activo que introduce a los participantes mayores de 16 años de edad omás, a factores de riesgos y señales de advertencia de problemas de

salud mental, construye comprensión de su impacto y describetratamientos comunes.

Marie ArroyoSupervisora

Clínica de Ansiedad y DepresiónICBHS-Calexico

In an essay read at an eventorganized by the CalexicoHistorical Commission in 2014celebrating the 110 years of theCalexico Chronicle, Diana MezaScott wrote Steppling fought forthe city on a wide range of issuesover the years and was an elo-quent speaker and ambassador.

"As a journalist, his storieswere always accurate and fair,qualities he kept throughout hiscareer," Meza Scott wrote. "Hedetested closed-door, back-roommeetings in local governmentand made sure citizens knewfrom the outset that the people'sbusiness should be done in thebright light of day.

Torres recalled every weekSteppling would fire his staff butwould welcome them back laterin the day to finish the job.

"We would just walk awayand then back into the buildingand he would start giving usinstructions as if nothing hadbeen said," Torres remembered.

Steppling was a member ofthe Calexico Rotary Club, ElksLodge, Calexico Chamber ofCommerce and served as thechairman of the Calexico hospi-tal board. He also organizedcharitable fundraising events.

Torres said even though shewas his employee, he taught hera lot about life, people and how

to give back to Calexico."Even though I didn't want to

leave the Chronicle, our businesshad been affected and our pay-roll checks would bounce so hethought it was going under," shesaid. "He encouraged EddieAlbanez from the employmentoffice to give me an opportunityand I got hired by the state. Iwanted to remain, but he waslooking out for me as a youngermother."

Meza Scott worked forSteppling for 10 years andagreed that he was a mentor thatcared a lot about his employees.

"He was always by our side.Though separated by genera-tions, I would be spellbound orscared to death by his firm butgentle counsel, his admonitionsabout the importance of educa-tion, ethical behavior, morality,never taking shortcuts, absoluteaccuracy and double-checking,then triple-checking," MezaScott stated.

As the Calexico Chroniclecelebrates its 115th anniversarythis year, John Steppling's legacyand memory are highly regardedfor his journalism and mentor-ship for many young people wholater became community leaders.

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Word Is Public Accepting Of Higher El Centro Fees BY WILLIAM ROLLER

Anna Garcia recalls enthusi-astically enrolling her seven-year-old son, Michael, in the ElCentro recreation flag footballleague in fall 2018 and willinglypaying the $100 fee.

"He loved it--the first timehe's played for an organizedteam," said Garcia. "To me it'snew and I didn't know what toexpect. Flag football doesn't havethe full impact and that's a reliefhe wasn't going to get hurt.

However, for fall 2019 Garciaand other parents will have topony up $150 due to the city'srecently enacted revised feeschedule. Fees for a variety ofservices, including many recre-ation programs, needed to beincreased to cover costs, officialssaid.

Still, Garcia, a city codeenforcement officer, noted theprogram proves to be a bargaincompared to some organizedsports since jerseys are providedand players can wear any type oftrousers or shorts.

"One reason why I wantedmy son in the league was becauseI heard how good it was from

other parents," said Garcia. "Theextra cost is not a concern."

Because of the city's manylow-income residents, the cityhad to balance the need forincreased revenue with accessi-bility for recreation programs,explained Adriana Nava, commu-nity services director.

"The last time we raised feeswas in 2003 and here we are in2019," she said, adding initialresponse has been receptive. "Iactually met with a number ofparents and they honestly don'tfeel the strain because of a higherfee. I thought we'd get a lot ofcomplaints but we didn't really."

She added, "Parents I spoketo are not concerned so muchwith cost as with having moreacademic activities included withrecreation. Our Kids' Program forprimary school and runs throughhigh school, has an enrollment of30, which also increased from$35 to $50 but there's been nocomplaints."

Among the programs seeing afee increase was Stepping Stonesfor children under five that wentfrom $35 to $50. It teaches socialand academic skills and is divid-ed into Camp Pebble for agesnewborn to two and Camp Rock

for those three to five. Nava saidshe hopes it and others willremain popular despite the highercost.

"A lot of parents like our pro-grams because they're stay-at-home moms and kind of isolat-ed," said Nava. "But withStepping Stones, it's not a drop-off program. The parents areinvolved with instruction. And atthe end of May we have a gradu-ation ceremony. It's another rightof passage and they really enjoyit."

Stepping Stones is also anexample of way the city works tocontrol costs, Nava added. Itreceived a $23,768 grant fromCalifornia's Proposition 10 tobac-co tax administered through theFirst 5 Imperial Commission.The funds will be available at thestart of the new fiscal year onJuly1.

"The reason why we appliedfor the grant is to offset ourexpenses," said Nava. "The grantwill now allow us to offer somescholarships to families. But it'snot limited to Stepping Stones.We plan to subsidize some of ourswimming lessons (at ImperialValley College pool)."

There are options for families

who cannot afford the fees, Navaadded, including the RiversideCounty Office of Education andthe Campesinos Unidos HeadStart programs for children agessix weeks through five years.

Not all fees have risen Navapointed out and some, such asrentals for picnic areas, gymnasi-um courts and the CommunityCenter, remain the same.

Fees for monitors needed tooversee activities and preventfacility damage did rise from $16

to $40 but this now covers twohours. Monitors make just $12per hour, $16 when benefits arefactored in, yet that just coversthe city's expenses.

"Minimum wage keeps goingup and also when we reviewedwhat fees we needed to charge,we saw benefits rise, as well asoperating costs, department sup-port, supervision and overhead,"Nava said.

ADRIANA NAVA, EL Centro community services director,explains why some fees for recreation programs recently had tobe raised. WILLIAM ROLLER PHOTO


Having welcomed thecannabis industry with open armsin 2018 and now in the process ofgranting licenses for store-frontretail pot sales, Calexico is eyingpushing forward with expandedindustry operations.

The Calexico City Council onMay 1 was scheduled to hold apair public hearings on separatecannabis-related ordinances. Onewould allow for a cannabis-test-ing laboratory and another wouldincrease the number of store-frontretail cannabis permits from fiveto seven.

The meeting was held afterthis newspaper's deadline.

Public input was to be sought

on a preliminary decision by thecouncil on April 3 to increase thenumber of available permits forstore-front retail cannabis salesfrom five to seven.

Initially, the city's ordinanceallowed for five permits on afirst-come, first-served basis. ThePlanning Commission approvedthe first four permits to come in.However, there was a tie for thefifth permit when three compa-nies handed in their applicationson the same day.

In order to be fair, city legalcounsel, city manager's office,police chief, and Ad HocCannabis Sub-committee madeup of two council members rec-ommended awarding permits tothe all three companies. Agreeing,the council decided to revise thenumber of retail permits from five

to seven.A public hearing was also

scheduled on allowing a cannabistesting laboratory not just in thecity's established CannabisOverlay Zone in the northern partof the city, but also in commercialand industrial zones outside it.

Such facilities test small sam-ples of cannabis batches to,among other things, determinepotency and purity, a report pre-pared by Assistant City ManagerMiguel Figueroa states.

Figueroa recommended suchlaboratories also be allowed out-side the Cannabis Overlay Zonebecause their work is similar toother common types of testing,such as for food and pharmaceuti-cals. Cities such as San Diego andCoachella already have such ordi-nances.

Calexico Council To ConsiderExpanding Cannabis Operations

emails, website and parts of itsphone system. Kelley was reluctant to say itwas one person who was respon-sible for opening the email,because others opened the emailafter the initial infection. "It was a cascade of events," hesaid."I don't want to say one persondid it ... We know where the firstpiece happened; our patientzero," Kelley said. "But there'smore to it than that. Others alsoopened it."He added information is stillbeing gathered about how manycomputers were affected initial-ly, and how it spread through thenetwork."We know how far it got, but theearly stages of its entry, we'restill looking at that," he said.Kelley added the county plans toissue a full report on the attack to

the public in four or five weeks.The county discovered on April13 a malware variant known as"Ryuk" had blocked access tothe county computer network,website, email and parts of itsphone system. A ransom-uncon-firmed at more than $1 million--was demanded for access to bereturned.So-called 'phishing' scams sendout emails with attachmentsmasquerading as important mes-sages from reputable or legiti-mate businesses, such as banksor credit card companies. Kelley added the county hasreceived several calls to shareinformation with "other govern-mental agencies being attackedright now by the same malware,"but did not say which agencieshad inquired.

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Nonverbal Expression Among Bands At Pentagonal's 'Pawfest' BY LUIS BURGOS

Guests at the PentagonalBrewing Company in Imperialseem to be no strangers to danc-ing and enjoying good music, atleast that seemed to be the gener-al consensus on April 27.

Several bands showed offtheir best material to a packedhouse in the "Pawfest MusicFestival" April 26-27 in conjunc-tion with a Humane Society ofImperial County pet adoptionevent.

Professional-grade equip-ment towered over NonverbalExpression as the three-memberband jammed through its set.Such events are an excellentopportunity for local bands to gettheir music heard and expandtheir followings, the musicianssaid.

Nonverbal Expression isfrom Calexico and was foundedby its lead singer and guitarist,Javier Hernandez. Following theriveting set, the band thanked thecrowd and members discussedtheir background while packingup their instruments.

"I've been quite involved in

music ever since high school,"the 23-year-old Hernandez said."I started this band around 2015.I was playing in another bandbefore starting this one, until Ieventually felt like trying some-

thing new so I decided to go forit."

Hernandez noted he has anumber of musical inspirations,mostly from one genre.

"I've mainly been inspired by

bands like The Strokes, TheVines, The Cribs. Mainly indierock and other acts in that scene.I've always enjoyed and beendrawn to entertaining people,ever since I can remember. And

this band helps me do that," hesaid.

As band drummer RobertGraham did roadie grunt workpacking heavy equipment intothe trunk of his car, he said thelabor is worth it once the band ison stage.

"Seeing people vibe to themusic, knowing that they'reenjoying themselves, and beingable to scan the crowd from themain stage is all the reinforce-ment I can ask for," Graham said.

Many patrons of PentagonalBrewing showed support afterthe show, conversing with theband members.

"It feels great, you know?"said backup singer and bassistLou Francis. "It feels amazingwhen you're up there, and seepeople dancing or even mouthingthe words to your song. That'swhat has always drawn me tomusic, being able to expressyourself in a unique way thatpeople can resonate with. I wantto do for people what my favoritebands did for me."

Pentagonal Brewing is locat-ed at 115 N. Imperial Ave. inImperial and regularly hosts livemusic.

PMH 2019 Norm Lassey Golf ClassicTHE 17TH ANNUAL Norm Lassey GolfTournament was held Saturday, April 27, at DelRio Country Club in Brawley. Many came tohonor the late Norman Lassey. Lassey wasinvolved in many community projects. He servedon the Board of the Pioneers Memorial HospitalFoundation and received the Margaret Awardnamed after his wife in 2012. He organized a golftournament to benefit the hospital, which is nowan annual event.

Pictured: L to R: Ray Soto, Sammy Pacheco,Craig Bartel and Ryan Kelley.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMMY PACHECO

MEMBERS OF THE band Nonverbal Expression, Lou Francis (left) Robert Graham (center)Javier Hernandez (right), perform on April 27 at Pentagonal Brewing Company in Imperial dur-ing the Pawfest Music Festival. Held in conjunction with the Humane Society of Imperial County,the event on April 26-27 also included pet adoptions. LUIS BURGOS PHOTO


BY WILLIAM ROLLER

Cultivating a love of lan-guage at an early age, retiredEl Centro library directorRoland Banks viewed himselfas more of an educator, con-tinuing the vocation markingthe early years of his career.

Originally from East LosAngeles, Banks graduatedfrom Brigham YoungUniversity in 1972 with amajor in Spanish and a minorin history. He recalled aspir-ing to teach Spanish-speakingstudents in their own languageand although he received sev-eral offers after getting ateaching certification, hechose to work in ImperialCounty.

"I came to work at HeberElementary School in 1972,"he said. "I taught remedialreading but in my second yearI wrote a grant to fund alibrary because they didn'thave one. We received a TitleII Phase II (Department ofEducation) grant for $72,000and built a fine library oncampus. After building thelibrary, I became librarian foreight years."

As a child Banks went topublic school in Bell Gardens.Upon graduating, he firstworked as a hair stylist. It wasat the shop where he workedhe met his wife, Rose, whosesister was a regular customerand recommended Banks toRose.

Rose was originally fromCalexico and was training tobe a United Airlines hostess.Attracted to one another,Banks asked Rose for a dateand they went to a churchbook sale.

"The rest was history," heremembered.

The two of them wouldvisit Rose's family in Calexicoand Banks became wellacquainted with the simmer-ing summer temperatures.

"If you haven't been here itcan surprise you," he said.

Yet it was Rose whoencouraged Banks to go to theuniversity to better his life.Besides his bachelor's degree,Banks earned a master's inlibrary science from BrighamYoung in 1974.

Little did Rose have a cluethat after settling in LosAngeles she would laterreturn to Imperial County.

"When he took the job inHeber I wasn't happy but hesaid, we'd only be there a cou-ple of years. I knew we wouldnever leave," Rose explained.

In the early 1980s Bankstook a position as the ElCentro Elementary SchoolDistrict librarian based atWilson Junior High School.

He visited the entire district'sschools and monitored libraryprograms while occasionallyperforming readings for stu-dents in classrooms. Heremained there 19 years untilhis first retirement in 1998.

In that first go around withthe good life Banks neglectedto prepare for retirement andwith his inquisitive mindrecalled he was soon restlessand bored. In 2002 a positionat the El Centro PublicLibrary opened up and Bankswas hired, later becomingdirector in 2005. There were,however, distinct differencesfrom the school library he wasso familiar with.

"There's a lot of challengesat the schools. You not onlywork with children but teach-ers, administrators and par-ents," he explained.

"Schools are all aboutfinancing. If there's a financialshortfall the first thing they

think of cutting are programsthey don't have students in,"he added. "Most of the time Iwas spared, but the last twoyears at Wilson I got cut andput back in the classroom as aworld and U.S. historyteacher. I enjoyed the class-room. I always consideredmyself a teacher anyway."

Reading stories aloud tostudents, as he had occasion-ally done as the librarian forEl Centro schools, was an arthe cultivated and one that hetook with him when he joinedthe city library.

Elizabeth Tuttle, city asso-ciate librarian, recalled with-out a doubt the most memo-rable aspect of Banks' tenureas city library director was theserial Story Time programs heled at the El Centro PublicLibrary.

"Mr. Banks enjoyed read-ing to the children and theyadored him," said Tuttle.

"Story Time will continuehere but I cannot imagine itwill be the same experiencefor the children.

Tuttle added Banks wasequally genteel as an adminis-trator.

"What we'll miss mostabout him was that he was nota micro-manager. He trustedus to do our work withouthovering," she said.

Tuttle added, "In fact, hehanded off the responsibilityof ordering new items for ouronline digital library. I mustsay it was obvious he had apositive effect. Several timesover the years adults whowere former students of hiswould ask if Mr. Banks wasstill the library director andexpressed a fondness and adesire to be remembered byhim."

Along with the city'slibrary centennial in 2009, thecity library under his directionconverted a reading room intoa children's area, as well asadding the McGee Room forlibrary functions.

Tragedy struck when the2010 Easter Earthquake ren-dered the long-time librarynear Sixth and State streetsunusable. Banks recalledarrived following day to findmost of the books on the floor.

"When city engineersinspected it they said theywould red-tag it, not becauseit looked dangerous butbecause they wanted to err onthe side of caution," herecalled.

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ROLAND BANKS, RECENTLY retired director of the El Centro Public Library, discusses hiscareer during one of his regular visits to the library at 1140 N. Imperial Ave.WILLIAM ROLLER PHOTO

Roland Banks, Retired El Centro Library Director, Took Teacher's Approach

"to help pay for those securityenhancements" not covered byinsurance. "Some things are covered byinsurance, and some things aren't.That's why we're keeping track,"he added.The county did have to pay atleast $50,000 out of pocket as itscontribution to the claim, Kelleyadded."As of today (April 30), email isback up, the website(www.co.imperial.ca.us) is backup, and the reconstitution ofdepartments is staggered," hesaid. "Some have limited access,and some have full access to theirrecords."The county's main emails withthe suffix @co.imperial.ca.uswere rendered unusable by theattack but are now restored.County officials had used Google"@gmail" emails as replace-ments. County Public InformationOfficer Linsey Dale stated in anemail April 30 county informa-tion and technology staff was"migrating our email into a newsystem and is expecting to befunctioning at full capacity onMay 1. The county's website andphone system have been 100 per-cent restored." Kelley said every day the countyis receiving new equipment, suchas computers and servers. Headded there are also new fire-walls up and new protocols inplace.

Some examples, Kelley said,include guidance for countyemployees on how and why to bevigilant about what emails theyopen, and there are "added layersof protection, not just on theirworkplace computers, but on thepersonal electronic devices"employees are issued by thecounty. Such devices, he said,have been "screened andcleaned."Dale added the county has pur-chased a subscription to a train-ing platform to prevent furtherattacks and viruses. "We're able to do the business ofthe county today," Kelley said.Still, some departments havebeen badly hobbled by the ran-somware attack. Clerk/RecorderChuck Storey said April 30 hisdepartment continues to climbout from under the rubble."It wiped us out. We were downfor three days trying to figure outwhere our path was to rebuild-ing," Storey said. From April 15-17 documentssuch as deeds of trust, titlechanges, death and birth records,marriage licenses and more couldnot be recorded. Storey said itwasn't until April 18 that hisdepartment began accepting doc-uments to be recorded and pay-ment for those documents. Eventhen, he said, it was being donemanually.On April 26, the department wentback online, but only partially.The public still cannot fully

access past records through pub-lic computers at the department'sfront counter."We're still struggling to makeeverything work the way it didbefore this all happened," Storeysaid. "It's going to be a bit beforewe're back in smooth operation."He added, "My staff is just doinga wonderful job; they are bustingtheir little fannies. They arebeyond praise; they're doing mar-velous, marvelous work."The Clerk/Recorder uses special-ized software developed bySouth Tech Systems, and Storeysaid the firm volunteered its serv-ices free of charge to the countyto get the Recorder's Office backonline."Had it not been for them, we

would not be back where we arenow," he said.During the April 23 county board

meeting, as part of the consentagenda, the board voted 5-0 toissue county Chief ExecutiveOfficer Tony Rouhotas Jr., andthe county's purchasing agent"blank check" powers for expen-ditures related to "urgent technol-ogy matters" stemming from theattack.

Sometime after the dis-covery of the ransomware attack,the county contacted the FederalBureau of Investigation, whichworked with the county on aforensic investigation into theincident, Imperial CountySupervisor Ray Castillo saidApril 19. Dale stated the attack is stillunder investigation but did notanswer by whom.

The county never lostany information, officials havesaid, as all systems were backed

up.Ryuk is the same malware thatwas believed to have causedhavoc at newspapers throughoutthe country, including the LosAngeles Times, the weekend ofJan. 1, the Times reported."Once Ryuk gets into a network,it spreads from computer to com-puter, node to node, encryptingimportant files along the waywith an unbreakable code," theTimes report states. "Try toaccess the encrypted data, and themalware presents a ransom note:deposit bitcoin into an anony-mous wallet and receive a key todecrypt your entire system.Refuse to pay and the filesremain locked for good." The Calexico Chronicle firstreported April 18 that the culpritin the attack was believed to beransomware.


Mineral Extraction, Hemp Popular Topics At I.V. Energy SummitPART 1


Talk of industrial hemp pro-duction was all the rage at dayone of the Imperial Valley EnergySummit, while day two was ruledby the popularity of the geother-mal energy and its partner, miner-al extraction.

The Imperial ValleyEconomic Development Corp.staged the 12th annual summitApril 24-26. The first two dayswere made up of guest speakers,panel discussions and breakoutsessions at Imperial ValleyCollege.

The final day was mostlytours around energy facilities inImperial County, includingImperial Irrigation District's

large-scale battery-energy stor-age system and EnergySource'sgeothermal plant near the SaltonSea.

The meat of the three-dayevent was the first two days asrepresentatives from energy firmsfrom throughout the UnitedStates came face to face withlocal government officials andother renewable energy stake-holders to mingle, network andtry to establish themselves in oneof the country's renewable energyhotbeds.

"This is a good chance toshowcase Imperial County to allthe visitors from around thenation," District 3 ImperialCounty Supervisor MichaelKelley said April 25. "We have abright future in Imperial County.We cannot let it slip through ourfingers."

"It's good to bring together all

of these people interested in (pur-suing renewable energy) opportu-nities in the county," ImperialCounty board Chairman RyanKelley said April 25. "I think it(the focus of the Energy Summit)does need to change to bring inmore than just renewables …"

However, Ryan Kelley added,"It's useful to our agencies tohave networking with developersand concepts."

The ultimate goal for thecounty is job creation. Whilethere wasn't any specific employ-ment numbers to speak of, coun-ty officials said they feel thegeothermal industry and mineralextraction from the geothermal"brine," or byproduct, and theagricultural production of indus-trial hemp will create hundreds oflocal jobs in the coming years.

A geothermal plant createselectricity using underground hot

water brought up through wells.However, the water, which is re-injected back into the ground, hasa high mineral concentration.Extracting those minerals is seenas an ancillary industry that couldcreate many jobs.

While Michael Kelley said hedoesn't see many jobs being cre-ated in the immediate future, headded, "but long-term is prettydynamic … the investigation ofhemp and lithium extraction,once that happens, I think it willexplode here."

IVEDC Executive DirectorTim Kelley pointed to Australia'sControlled Thermal Resources asa major job creator on the cusp ofbeginning construction on whatwill become the largest geother-mal energy plant in NorthAmerica.

"Their geothermal plant willbe a large job creator, and their

lithium extraction facilities coulddouble the amount of jobs youwould find in a normal geother-mal plant," Tim Kelley said.

He added Controlled ThermalResources is scheduled to kickoff construction of its geothermalplant and mineral extractionfacility by the end of 2018.

What seemed to be the mostwell-attended event on April 25was the afternoon panel discus-sion, "Geothermal Tomorrow:New Developments and MineralExtraction," featuring, amongother panelists, ControlledThermal Resources ChiefExecutive Officer Rod Colwell,Vince Signorotti ofEnergySource, and Will Pettitt ofthe Geothermal ResourceCouncil.

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ObituaryDennis Croughan

1940 - 2019

A celebration of his life will beheld for Dennis Croughan at FryeChapel in Brawley on May 14that 9:30 a.m. Lunch will follow atthe Town Pump Restaurant inWestmorland. A memorial isbeing planned for Dennis.

Dennis Croughan, 78, passedaway after a short illness inPioneers Memorial Hospital onApril 16, 2019. Mr. Croughanwas born in Tucson, July 24,1940, to Donald and GladysCroughan. He lived in Tucson,Arizona until he graduated fromthe University of Arizona.

In 1963 Dennis arrived inBrawley and accepted a job toteach history at Brawley UnionHigh School. He soon moved to

teach English and settled in withthat department. During his timeat BUHS he would not only teachEnglish, but Humanities and FilmStudies. He was the yearbookadvisor as well. His summervacations were spent in NewYork City where he attendedNYU. He received his MastersDegree from NYU inCinematography. Dennis was a man of many inter-ests which included seeingBroadway plays, going to themovies, attending plays and con-certs in other cities, collectingand playing music, and readingbooks. He also enjoyed travelingin Europe and across the UnitedStates. He taught at BUHS for 41years where he shared his adven-tures and interests with his stu-dents. He enriched the curricu-lum with his love of music andtheater. The walls of his class-

room were expanded to includelearning about foreign and non-mainstream films, all areas ofmusic from popular songwrit-ers/performers to classical andopera, all forms of art, theater,publications such as the 'NewYorker' and a rich library ofimportant world literature. Therewas always music playing in Mr.Croughan's classroom. Denniswas excited to visit with his for-mer students and their families.His students loved and remem-bered him and he was the fre-quent guest of honor at many aclass reunion.

He is survived by first cousinsJoanne Burt Rasmussen: Edmore,Michigan; Dona Callihan Olsen:Nashville, Michigan; Lee BurtMeyers: Oregon; Robert Burt:Portland, Oregon; Garland BurtHundley: Sugarland, Texas; andConnie Burt Brisson; Surprise,

Arizona. In retirement, Dennisenjoyed a second family offriends in Brawley. He had regu-lar lunch buddies of gentlemenfriends, a book club, the B-TownBookies, and a monthly dinnergroup, The Geezers. The Geezersare old teaching friends andadministrators from BUHS days.Added to this groups are theservers and restaurant owners;these also became part of his'family' as his place at the tablewas always ready when he cameto dinner. Mr. Croughan's familywould like to thank this extendedfamily of friends for their loveover the years. They also givetremendous thanks to the doctorsand hospital staff at PioneersMemorial Hospital who cared forDennis and helped him at the endof his life.

Donations, in lieu of flowersmay be made to NOCCA; atten-

tion 'Dennis Croughan'NOCCA's address in NOCCAPO Box 1253, Brawley, CA92227.

"It's a matter of selecting aplace with lot of foot traffic thatdoesn't interfere with under-ground utility lines," saidGardner. "Our annual meeting is aculmination of all the work weachieved the past year and passingthe baton on to new leadership."

Leanne Rutherford is thisyear's president with Karen Ayala,president elect, Greg Smith, sec-retary, Don Glud, treasurer. JurgHeuberger, curator, DeborahThornburg, historian and RobertMenvielle, gallery representative.

There will also be nine direc-tors. For the years 2018 to 2020,they are Cliff Strahm, MarkAllegranza and Rudy Schaffner.For 2019 to 2021 it is GenevaDavidson, Lauren Layton andCarson Kalin. Meanwhile, yearsof 2020 to 2022 includes SuzanneRutherford, Terry Allegranza andDonna Grizzle.

Historian Thornburg praisedPioneers' efforts for the prior 20years of providing free museumvisits for fifth grade students tothe 15 ethnic galleries. Accordingto the California Department ofEducation, it is the fifth grade thatstands to gain the most with muse-um exposure in accordance withtheir history curriculum. The ideais focus on settlers' homelandsand what motivated them to cometo Imperial Valley, and how theymanaged.

"We've had 477 students sinceJanuary and we'll have anothergroup in May," said Thornburg."Kids go through the galleries ingroups of 10 to 12 and we get ourteam of docents to lead them.They're a great bunch of gals,retired school teachers. Studentslearn about the tools settlersbrought with them and how theysurvived and prospered."

Another point of pride is thatPioneers just completed its mobilekitchen, housed in a trailer donat-ed by Rudy Schaffner DairyFarms, Inc. The county board ofpublic health inspected the facilitythe prior week and it is cleared tobegin operation.

"The thing is, we can have up

to 10 people working in there,where before caterers had to truckin prepared food in hot boxes tokeep it warm," said Schaffner."We'll be able to add events, if theboard wants to, which wasn't anoption before."

Museum displays were alsohighlighted at the event.

Mark Allegranza, a director,called Pioneers' Cattlemen,wildlife and farm implement gal-leries "amazing" and noted a lot ofit is agriculture related.

"It was a land of opportunitybut everybody worked hardbecause if they didn't, they would-n't eat," he said. "It was theAmerican dream, resources tosupport your family but it was dif-ficult work--a hundred years agothere was no air conditioning."

Allegranza, a controller forVessey & Company farms, filledin for Don Glud with the treasur-er's report. There was income of$184,799 for 2018. Operatingexpenses were $209,560, yieldinga deficit of $24,761. However, in2017, Pioneers had a surplus of$51,000.

"So if you put the two yearstogether, we had a surplus of$26,440. We still ended up with$268,558 annual operatingreserves to cover annual operatingexpenses, which run about$175,000 to $200,000 a year,"Allegranza said. "But since wehad abnormally more mainte-nance than typical for 2018, wehad a deficit."

Pioneers maintains about 18months of operating reserves onhand and remains a viable concernsince its establishment at EastAten Road, across from ImperialValley College, in 1992.

"We're financially sound,managing our money well withfunds going to where they're sup-posed to go," he said. "What wereally want to stress is we're partof the Imperial County Parks andRecreation Department. We're apark for the entire community:snowbirds, residents and stu-dents."

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THE SOCCER FIELD is a popular place for kids all year long,and especially on days when the weather outside isn’t so nice.The area is set aside for school programs in the mornings,while being open to everyone after 2 p.m. The field is sur-rounded by a running track.

THE SUMMER’S HEAT is almost upon us, but there are waysto have fun while beating the heat. The Martin Luther King Jr.Pavilion in El Centro has an indoor basketball court and soc-cer field. LISA MIDDLETON PHOTOS

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NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ANCILLARYESTATE OF:PEDRO NAVARRO OSORNIO,Decedent CASE NUMBER: EPR000483 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,contingent creditors, and personswho may otherwise be interested inthe will or estate, or both, of: PedroNavarro Osornio, aka Pedro N.A Petition for Probate has been filedby: Pedro Osornio in the SuperiorCourt of California, County of:IMPERIALThe Petition for Probate requests thatPedro Osornio, aka Pedro E.

Osornio, be appointed as personalrepresentative to administer theancillary estate of the decedent.The petition requests the decedent’swill and codicils, if any, be admittedto probate.The will and any codicilsare available for examination in thefile kept by the court.The petition requests authority toadminister the ancillary estate underthe Independent Administration ofEstates Act. (This authority willallow the personal representative totake many actions without obtainingcourt approval. Before taking certainvery important actions, however, thepersonal representative will be

required to give notice to interestedpersons unless they have waivednotice or consented to the proposedaction.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unlessan interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows goodcause why the court should not grantthe authority.A hearing on the petition will beheld in this court as follows:Date: May 17, 2019Time: 8:30 a.m.Dept. 9Address of court:Superior Court of California, County of Imperial939 West Main Street El Centro, CA 92243If you object to the granting of thepetition, you should appear at thehearing and state your objections orfile written objections with the courtbefore the hearing. Your appearancemay be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingentcreditor of the decedent, you mustfile your claim with the court andmail a copy to the personal represen-tative appointed by the court withinthe later of either (1) four monthsfrom the date of first issuance of let-ters to a general personal representa-tive, as defined in section 58(b) ofthe California Probate Code, or (2)60 days from the date of mailing orpersonal delivery to you of a noticeunder section 9052 of the CaliforniaProbate Code.Other California statutes and legalauthority may affect your rights as acreditor. You may want to consultwith an attorney knowledgeable inCalifornia law.You may examine the file kept by thecourt. If you are a person interestedin the ancillary estate, you may filewith the court a Request for SpecialNotice (form DE-154) of the filing ofan inventory and appraisal of estate

assets or of any petition or account asprovided in Probate Code section1250. A Request for Special Noticeform is available from the courtclerk.Attorney for petitioner:Patrick M. PacePINNEY, CALDWELL & PACE444 South Eighth Street, Suite AEl Centro, CA 92243(76) 352-7800Endorsed: May 01, 2019 Superior CourtCounty of Imperial Maria Rhinehart, ClerkBy:Fernanda Aguilar, DeputyLegal 6193 Publish: May 2, 9, 16, 2019


NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OF:ANTONIO LUCIO MARES, CASE NUMBER: EPR000467To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,contingent creditors, and personswho may otherwise be interested inthe will or estate, or both, of: ANTO-NIO LUCIO MARES, aka ANTO-NIO L. MARES aka ANTONIOMARES A Petition for Probate has been filedby: Armando Mares in the SuperiorCourt of California, County of:IMPERIALThe Petition for Probate requests thatArmando Mares be appointed aspersonal representative to administerthe estate of the decedent.The petition requests the decedent’swill and codicils, if any, be admittedto probate.The will and any codicilsare available for examination in thefile kept by the court.The petition requests authority toadminister the estate under theIndependent Administration ofEstates Act. (This authority willallow the personal representative totake many actions without obtainingcourt approval. Before taking certainvery important actions, however, thepersonal representative will berequired to give notice to interested

persons unless they have waivednotice or consented to the proposedaction.) The independent administra-tion authority will be granted unlessan interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows goodcause why the court should not grantthe authority.A hearing on the petition will beheld in this court as follows:Date: May 3, 2019Time: 8:30 a.m.Dept. 9Address of court:Superior Court of California, County of Imperial939 West Main Street El Centro, CA 92243If you object to the granting of thepetition, you should appear at thehearing and state your objections orfile written objections with the courtbefore the hearing. Your appearancemay be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingentcreditor of the decedent, you mustfile your claim with the court andmail a copy to the personal represen-tative appointed by the court withinthe later of either (1) four monthsfrom the date of first issuance of let-ters to a general personal representa-tive, as defined in section 58(b) ofthe California Probate Code, or (2)

60 days from the date of mailing orpersonal delivery to you of a noticeunder section 9052 of the CaliforniaProbate Code.Other California statutes and legalauthority may affect your rights as acreditor. You may want to consultwith an attorney knowledgeable inCalifornia law.You may examine the file kept by thecourt. If you are a person interestedin the estate, you may file with thecourt a Request for Special Notice(form DE-154) of the filing of aninventory and appraisal of estateassets or of any petition or account asprovided in Probate Code section1250. A Request for Special Noticeform is available from the courtclerk.Attorney for petitioner:Patrick M. PacePINNEY, CALDWELL & PACE444 S. 8th Street, Suite AEl Centro, CA 92243(76) 352-7800Endorsed: April 17, 2019Superior CourtCounty of Imperial Maria Rhinehart, ClerkBy:` Fernanda Aguilar, DeputyLegal 6189 Publish: April 18, 25, May 2, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-245The following person is conduct-ing business as:EMIP Abrasives Suppliers633 Emilia Dr.Calexico, CA 92231County of ImperialFull Name of Registrant:Gilberto Guerrero633 Emilia Dr.Calexico, CA 92231This business conducted by: AnIndividual

Registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the FictitiousBusiness Name(s) listed above on:October 1, 2009.I, Gilberto Guerrero Declare thatall of the information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature: Gilberto Guerrero,OwnerThe filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis State or a Fictitious BusinessName in Violation of the Rights ofanother under Federal, State orCommon Law.

Filed with the Imperial CountyClerk-Recorder on: April 4, 2019.NOTICE: This statement expireson: April 3, 2024. A new state-ment must be filed prior to theexpiration date.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderVictoria Camarillo, DeputyLegal 5200 Publish: April 25, May 2, 9, 16,2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-201The following persons are conductingbusiness as:SLA Paving Inc.360 Ritter CourtImperial, CA 92251County of ImperialFull Name of Registrant:SLA Construction Inc.360 Ritter CourtImperial, CA 92251

This business conducted by: ACorporationRegistrant has not yet commenced totransact business under the FictitiousBusiness Name(s) listed above.I, Gina Hoehl Declare that all of theinformation in this statement is trueand correct.Signature: Gina Hoehl, PresidentThe filing of this statement does notof itself authorize the use in this Stateor a Fictitious Business Name inViolation of the Rights of another

under Federal, State or Common Law.Filed with the Imperial County Clerk-Recorder on: March 13, 2019.NOTICE: This statement expires on:March 12, 2024. A new statementmust be filed prior to the expirationdate.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderVictoria Camarillo, DeputyLegal 6186 Publish: Apr. 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2019

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FORCHANGE OF NAMECASE NUMBER: ECU000862TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner (name): Karla P. Berazasfiled a petition with this court for adecree changing names as follows: Present name:Kenneth Maximus SalazarProposed name:Kenneth Maximus Berazas

THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matterappear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, ifany, why the petition for change ofname should not be granted. Any per-son objecting to the name changesdescribed above must file a writtenobjection that includes the reasonsfor the objection at least two courtdays before the matter is scheduled tobe heard and must appear at the hear-ing to show cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writtenobjection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hear-ing.NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: May 24, 2019Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept.: 7The address of the court is:Superior Court of California,County of Imperial939 W. Main StreetEl Centro, CA 92243A copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation, printed in this county(specify newspaper): HoltvilleTribune, Imperial Valley Weekly/Calexico ChronicleDate: April 17, 2019Jeffrey B. JonesJudge of the Superior CourtEndorsed: April 17, 2019Superior Court County of Imperial Maria Rhinehart, ClerkBy Michelle Garcia, DeputyLegal 6191 Publish: April 25, May 2, 9, 16,2019

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OF:George B. CobarruviaCASE NUMBER: EPR000482 To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi-tors, contingent creditors, and per-sons who may otherwise be inter-ested in the will or estate, or both,of: George B. CobarruviaA Petition for Probate has beenfiled by: Sergio S. Cobarruvia inthe Superior Court of California,County of: IMPERIALThe Petition for Probate requeststhat Sergio S. Cobarruvia beappointed as personal representa-tive to administer the estate of thedecedent.The petition requests authority toadminister the estate under theIndependent Administration ofEstates Act. (This authority willallow the personal representativeto take many actions withoutobtaining court approval. Beforetaking certain very importantactions, however, the personal rep-resentative will be required to givenotice to interested persons unlessthey have waived notice or con-sented to the proposed action.) Theindependent administrationauthority will be granted unless aninterested person files an objectionto the petition and shows goodcause why the court should notgrant the authority.A hearing on the petition will beheld in this court as follows:Date: May 17, 2019Time: 8:30 a.m.Dept. 9Address of court:Superior Court of California, County of Imperial939 West Main Street El Centro, CA 92243If you object to the granting of thepetition, you should appear at thehearing and state your objections

or file written objections with thecourt before the hearing. Yourappearance may be in person or byyour attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingentcreditor of the decedent, you mustfile your claim with the court andmail a copy to the personal repre-sentative appointed by the courtwithin the later of either (1) fourmonths from the date of firstissuance of letters to a general per-sonal representative, as defined insection 58(b) of the CaliforniaProbate Code, or (2) 60 days fromthe date of mailing or personaldelivery to you of a notice undersection 9052 of the CaliforniaProbate Code.Other California statutes and legalauthority may affect your rights asa creditor. You may want to consultwith an attorney knowledgeable inCalifornia law.You may examine the file kept bythe court. If you are a person inter-ested in the estate, you may filewith the court a Request forSpecial Notice (form DE-154) ofthe filing of an inventory andappraisal of estate assets or of anypetition or account as provided inProbate Code section 1250. ARequest for Special Notice form isavailable from the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner:Ryan D. Childers1430 Broadway St.El Centro, CA 92243760-353-3484Endorsed: April 30, 2019 Superior CourtCounty of Imperial Maria Rhinehart, ClerkBy: Fernanda Aguilar, DeputyLegal 6195 Publish: May 2, 9, 16, 2019


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NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:(AVISO AL DEMANDADO):JOSE J. PINEDO, an individualand DOES 1- 20, inclusive,YOU ARE BEING SUED BYPLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO ELDEMANDANTE):STATE COMPENSTIONINSURANCE FUNDNOTICE! You have been sued.The court may decide against youwithout your being heard unlessyou respond within 30 days.Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDARDAYS after this summons andlegal papers are served on you tofile a written response at thiscourt and have a copy served onthe plaintiff. A letter or phone callwill not protect you. Your writtenresponse must be in proper legalform if you want the court to hearyour case. There may be a courtform that you can use for yourresponse. You can find thesecourt forms and more informa-tion at the California CourtsOnline Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),your county law library, or thecourthouse nearest you. If you

cannot pay the filing fee, ask thecourt clerk for a fee waiver form.If you do not file your responseon time, you may lose the case bydefault, and your wages, money,and property may be taken with-out further warning from thecourt.

There are other legal require-ments. You may want to call anattorney right away. If you do notknow an attorney, you may wantto call an attorney referral serv-ice. If you cannot afford an attor-ney, you may be eligible for freelegal service from a nonprofitlegal services program. You canlocate these nonprofit groups atthe California Legal ServicesWeb site (www.lawhelpcalifor-nia.org), the California CourtsOnline Self-Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),or by contacting your local courtor county bar association.NOTE: The court has a statutorylien for waived fees and costs onany settlement or arbitrationaward of $10,000 or more in acivil case. The court's lien mustbe paid before the court will dis-miss the case.¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si

no responde dentro de 30 días, lacorte puede decidir en su contra

sin escuchar su versión. Lea lainformación a continuación.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALEN-DARIO después de que leentreguen esta citación y papeleslegales para presentar unarespuesta por escrito en estacorte y hacer que se entregue unacopia al demandante. Una cartao una llamada telefónica no loprotegen. Su respuesta porescrito tiene que estar en formatolegal correcto si desea que proce-sen su caso en la corte. Es posi-ble que haya un formulario queusted pueda usar para surespuesta. Puede encontrar estosformularios de la corte y másinformación en el Centro deAyuda de las Cortes deCalifornia (www.sucorte.ca.gov),en la biblioteca de leyes de sucondado o en la corte que lequede más cerca. Si no puedepagar la cuota de presentación,pida al secretario de la corte quele dé un formulario de exenciónde pago de cuotas. Si no presentasu respuesta a tiempo, puedeperder el caso por incumplimien-to y la corte le podrá quitar susueldo, dinero y bienes sin másadvertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales.Es recomendable que llame a un

abogado inmediatamente. Si noconoce a un abogado, puede lla-mar a un servicio de remisión aabogados. Si no puede pagar aun abogado es posible quecumpla con los requisitos paraobtener servicios legales gratu-itos de un programa de servicioslegales sin fines de lucro. Puedeencontrar estos grupos sin finesde lucro en el sitio web deCalifornia Legal Services,(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), enel Centro de Ayuda de las Cortesde California,(www.sucorte.ca.gov) o ponién-dose en contacto con la corte o elcolegio de abogados locales.AVISO: Por ley, la corte tienederecho a reclamar las cuotas ylos costos y los costos exentospor imponer un gravamen sobrecualquier recuperación de$10,000 o más de valor recibidamediante un acuerdo o una con-cesión de arbitraje en un caso dederecho civil. Tiene que pagar elgravamen de la corte antes deque la corte pueda desechar elcaso.CASE NUMBER: (Numero delCaso): ECU000813The name and address of thecourt is: (El nombre y dirección de la

corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIACOUNTY OF IMPERIAL - EL CENTRO DIVISION939 West Main StreetEl Centro, CA 92243The name, address, and tele-phone number of plaintiff's attor-ney, or plaintiff without an attor-ney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y elnúmero de teléfono del abogadodel demandante, o del deman-dante que no tiene abogado, es):Pamela A. Wilson 158807STATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUNDP. O. Box 28917Fresno, CA 93729- 8917(925) 523-5553Date: March 14, 2019Maria Rhinehart, Clerk, by(Secretario) R. Marquez, Deputy(Adjunto)Endorsed: March 14, 2019Superior CourtCounty of ImperialMaria Rhinehart, ClerkBy: Ricki Marquez, DeputyLegal 8852Publish: April 11, 18, 25, May 2,2019

SUPERIOR COURT OF THESTATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF IMPE-RIAL - EL CENTRO DIVISIONUNLIMITED JURISDICTION

Case No. ECU000813COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES[Labor Code Sections 3850, etseq.]STATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUND,

Plaintiff,v.

JOSE J. PINEDO, an individualand DOES 1-20, inclusive,

Defendants.PLAINTIFF STATE COMPEN-SATION INSURANCE FUND(hereinafter SCIF or Plaintiff)seeks reimbursement for benefitspaid to and on behalf of ErnestoGarcia Ibarra, Ricardo NavarroDuerta, David Mejia Landa,Diana Anett Sandoval, SoniaMichelle Macedo Lopez, RicardoMacias/deceased, (hereinafterEmployees,) pursuant to LaborCode Section 3850 et seq., as fol-lows:

1. At all times hereinmentioned, SCIF, a State ofCalifornia state-owned corpora-tion, was, and now is, a non-prof-it public entity organized andexisting under and by virtue ofthe laws of the State ofCalifornia, authorized to writeworkers’ compensation insurancein California, and at all timesherein mentioned insuredHEALTH HARVESTING, (here-inafter “Employer”) against lia-

bility to its Employees for com-pensation benefits under theWorkers’ Compensation Act ofthe State of California.

2. At all times hereinmentioned, based on informationand belief, Plaintiff alleges thatJose J. Pinedo, an individual,(hereinafter “Pinedo”) was a resi-dent of Holtville, California, inthe County of Imperial, State ofCalifornia and was doing busi-ness in California, County ofImperial, California and was theowner of the vehicle involved inthis single-vehicle accident.

3. The true names andcapacities, whether individual,corporate, associate, or otherwiseof Defendants DOES 1 through20 are unknown to Plaintiff, whotherefore sues these Defendantsby such fictitious names, and willamend this complaint to showtheir true names and capacitieswhen ascertained.

4. At all times hereinmentioned, each of theDefendants was an agent,employee or representative ofeach of the remainingDefendants, and at all times here-in mentioned, acted within thecourse and scope of said agency,employment or representation.

5. The relief sought inthis complaint is within the prop-er jurisdiction of this court.

6. On or about March15, 2017, while Employees wereworking for Employer in thecourse and scope of their employ-ment, the vehicle loaned or leased

to driver Ernesto Garcia Ibarraincurred a blown tire and left theroadway, rolling over and injuringall of the above-namedEmployees and causing the deathof one of the Employees namedabove. The accident occurred onSR-78 eastbound, 118 ft. west of78 Imperial County in theBrawley Judicial District.

7. Plaintiff alleges,based on information and belief,that the vehicle, tires, wheels, andother components of the vehicleowned by defendant Pinedo wasnot properly maintained and thatsuch negligence was the proxi-mate, legal cause of the accidentand related injuries. Plaintiff fur-ther alleges defendant Pinedo wasnegligent in permitting ErnestoGarcia Ibarra to drive said vehicleas the driver’s license was sus-pended at the time of the accident.As a proximate result of the neg-ligence of Defendants, and eachof them, the Employees sustainedthe bodily injuries hereindescribed and any additionalinjuries according to proof.

8. Employee ErnestoGarcia Ibarra was the driver of thevehicle whose injuries includelacerations, chest, upper extremi-ties, shoulders, head, neck, back,psyche, inter alia, and accordingto proof.

9. Employee RicardoNavarro Duerta claimed injuriesto head, chest, upper back, neck,inter alia, and according to proof.

10. Employee DavidMejia Landa claimed injuries to

low back, head, neck, inter alia,and according to proof.

11. Employee DianaSandoval claimed injuries to lowback, head, shoulders, ears, upperlegs, neck, inter alia, and accord-ing to proof.

12. Employee SoniaMacedo claimed injuries to shoul-ders, upper arms, left knee, rightelbow, mental/physical, inter alia,and according to proof.

13. Employee RicardoMacias suffered fatal injuries andclaims for death benefits havebeen filed by his dependents.

14. As a proximate resultof the negligence of theDefendant(s) and each of them,and of the resulting injuries sus-tained by the Employees, Plaintiffhas been obligated to pay and haspaid workers’ compensation ben-efits to and on behalf of theEmployees and/or their depend-ents.

15. Plaintiff is informedand believes, and thereon allegesthat it will be required to pay fur-ther disability benefits and sumsfor death benefits for such time asthe youngest minor dependentreaches the age of majority orsuch time as the death beneficiar-ies claims are resolved, andPlaintiff prays that when the totalamount of such expenditures areascertained this complaint may beamended accordingly.

16. Plaintiff will seek acredit in the workers’ compensa-tion cases of Employees/employ-ee’s death beneficiaries for any

recoveries Employees/employ-ee’s heirs who are also death ben-eficiaries for workers’ compensa-tion purposes, make in any actionfiled by Employees and decedentemployee’s estate/heirs/depend-ents against third partyDefendants.WHEREFORE, Plaintiff praysfor judgment againstDefendant(s) and each of them,for: 1. Reimbursement of all workers’compensation benefits paid to andon behalf of the Employeesand/or dependents/heirs in theamount of benefits paid up to andincluding time of trial.2. Future disability and costs ofmedical care and treatmentaccording to proof includingliens, burial and funeral expens-es, and any and all other benefitspaid to or on behalf of theEmployees, if we are required toresolve same;3. Costs of suit incurred herein;4. Interest at the maximum legalrate permitted by law from thedate of each installment or otherpayment thereof;5. Such other and further relief asthis court deems just.Dated: March 14, 2019By: Pamela A. WilsonAttorney for PlaintiffSTATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUNDLegal 8852APublish: April 11, 18, 25, May 2,2019

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Brooks Building NeighborsRemain In Limbo

BY WILLIAM ROLLER

A representative for theowner of the buildings adjacentto the Brooks Jewelry buildingdestroyed by a Feb. 11 fire saidtenant businesses are still hopingto return to the location but can-not yet proceed with rebuilding.

The damage to the Brooksbuilding at 598 W. Main St. in El

Centro caused its owner to tear itdown in April. The fire was ruledan arson but no suspects havebeen identified, city officialssaid.

The Brooks building hadhoused El Dorado Printing andEmbroidery whose owner, JacobZavala, has not commented onthe fate of the business.

However, several businessesin the neighboring structures at584 and 588 W. Main sufferedwater damage forcing owners torelocate.

"They're still waiting for anestimate from the insuranceadjuster," said Rick McManus,an agent for his son, PaulMcManus, who owns the proper-ties.

The 588 address is where theGold & Diamond Exchange was.Lonnie Main, who leases hisspace from McManus and ismanager for the two properties,currently operates out of Simplyat Home, a nearby antiques store.Main previously said he hadcleaned debris from his formerlocation by the end February.

"The insurance company iskey and we're just waiting," saidMcManus. "Financially everyproject is a little different. But

they'll let us know when theycome up with the numbers. Theinsurance company is in full con-trol."

Other tenants experiencingwater damage were TheChopping Block hair salon andthe offices of the NationalBorder Patrol Council Local2554 union that represents 630area agents. McManus noted thecouncil would also like to return

to its former location.Some adjacent businesses are

either moving on or appear tohave been forced out of business,at least temporarily.

Chopping Block ownerCarolyn Vigil said she relocatedher business five weeks ago to485 Broadway, suite A, just afew blocks away from her formerlocation. Prior to that, a neigh-boring salon had given her spaceto serve clients.

"Had I stayed at the oldaddress I would have been out ofbusiness by now," Vigil saidrecently. "But I love it here, it'smuch brighter. There's moreoptions for parking and no prob-lems with the building."

Josie's Lingerie, an appareland accessory store at 115 N.Sixth St. was forced to abandonits premises because of waterdamage. Owner Josie Alvarezwas contacted by phone and saidshe is not currently selling hermerchandise and has not locatedan alternative space. Calls toBertha's School Uniforms thatwas located at 117 N. Sixth St.were answered with a recordedmessage saying the number is nolonger in service.

VALERIA GUIZAR (LEFT) AND The Chopping Block hair salonowner Carolyn Vigil (right) inside the business’ new location at485 Broadway in El Centro where it moved after a fire in the icon-ic Brooks Jewelry building damaged the former location.WILLIAM ROLLER PHOTO


Pettitt, whose organizationboasts 1,200 members in 44 coun-tries, stressed the need for long-term thinking in the geothermalindustry now that the state ofCalifornia has Senate Bill 100 onthe books. It calls for 100 percentof retail energy to come fromrenewable sources by 2045.

"We really need long-termthinking and we need it now," hesaid.

He explained the developmentof geothermal energy has a longlead time in development, and itscapital costs are much higher thanother renewable resources such aswind and solar. In addition, thestate is in need of a major upgradeand expansion of its transmissioncapabilities to facilitate the move-ment of energy around the power-line grid.

"The geothermal communityneeds to collaborate" and be flex-ible, Pettitt said, creating synergywith not just advocates of otherrenewable resources, but with theoil, gas and mining industries.

Supervisors' Chairman RyanKelley, who would later speakabout how legislative policyaffects renewable energy develop-ment, told the Calexico Chroniclein between sessions geothermalenergy has been a hard sell to statelawmakers in recent years. Manytax credits and opportunities haveinstead gone to wind and solar,but he said geothermal is onceagain gaining some favor as com-panies such as ControlledThermal Resources andEnergySource push ahead withplants and mineral extraction.

Mineral extraction, RyanKelley indicated, has companies"pivoting" away from talk of geot-hermal only.

"They can't get the interest ingeothermal plants, but they can inlithium extraction," he said.

Ryan Kelley added the countywants to see the emphasis putback on geothermal because of itsability to create more jobs, as wellas revenue for the county throughincreased property and othertaxes. Developing the geothermalindustry near the Salton Sea alsofactors into plans for its restora-tion and pollution mitigation.

"Geothermal has a bigger

impact in job creation and proper-ty tax. … We've been waiting tosee geothermal get a level playingfield with other renewable proj-ects," Ryan Kelley said. "It hasnot happened."

He added the county, workingwith local stakeholders such asIID, state lawmakers and lobby-ists, have "made multiple attemptsto have legislation address theneed for new geothermal develop-ment in California" and that dur-ing "this past legislative session,we came up short again inSacramento."

Ryan Kelley added the countyhas even gone through the regula-tory process with the PublicUtilities Commission and theEnergy Commission and "we stillcannot get the attention on geot-hermal."

Ultimately, he said, the countywants to see legislation that says"We want to see 500 megawatts ofnew geothermal because whereare you going to get that energybut here in Imperial County?"

He said that kind of languagehas been requested in two billsover the last four years but has notmade the cut into law.

That seems to where theextraction of minerals, and otherancillary developments to geot-hermal, can come into play, hesaid. That was also the point maderepeatedly during the panel dis-cussion.

Pettitt talked about addingvalue to future geothermal proj-ects not just by lithium mining,but even hydrogen production,desalination, hybrid solar projectsand further mining.

Controlled ThermalResources' Colwell, when talkingabout his company's project, didnot lead his discussion with talkof energy production, but withmineral extraction. He cited themajor supply gap vs. the demandfor minerals such as lithium,which is being driven by the elec-tric-vehicle industry and thedevelopment of utility-scale bat-tery storage.

Colwell spoke of the conven-tional ways that lithium, forinstance, is being mined aroundthe world today through massiveevaporation ponds and strip min-

ing, methods that are "expensiveand leave large physical foot-prints."

The process that ControlledThermal Resources will use willleave a small footprint, contain noopen cut mining, use minimalwater comparatively and be pow-ered by 100 percent renewableresources (the geothermal produc-tion), Colwell said.

As for the technology forextracting minerals from the brineof geothermal production,Colwell said it's been around for60 years.

Although Signorotti's portionof the panel presentation wasgeared more toward whatEnergySource is doing at itsHudson Ranch I geothermal plantnow, he teased the fact thatEnergySource is going "back tothe future" and will develop large-scale mineral extraction, too.

The reason Signorotti termedit "back to the future" is because,he said, the technology to extractlithium and minerals has been inplace in the Imperial Valley sincethe 1950s. Signorotti added backthen plants were focused onextracting precious metals likegold, silver and platinum, butthose early attempts were all goneby the mid-1960s.

"We're working on a mineralsproject beyond proof of concept,"Signorotti said. "As soon as nextyear we will be able to talk aboutnew developments."

He added, "We're committedto mineral extraction at the SaltonSea."

Speaking to the potential,Colwell said area around theSalton Sea in which geothermalplants can be constructed is per-haps 320,000 acres, and added itis "the most studied geothermalresource on the planet."

Next: Part 2, the industrialhemp industry

Energy Summit.........................from page six

A design flaw discoveredfrom when the library had amake-over in the late 1930s gaverise to fears the roof might not bestabile so operations were trans-ferred to the branch library onFirst Street. Because it was toocramped to accommodate all thebooks, many had to be stored.

Eventually, the library wasmoved to its current location in asection of the former shoppingmall at 1140 N. Imperial Ave.Banks was recognized there in aMarch retirement ceremony.

The library was initiallygiven a five-year lease with anoption to renew but with a yearto go in 2018 the owners donat-ed the building to El Centro.

"The city did a feasibilitystudy (on permanent library relo-cation) and the one location theyfavored the owner didn't want tosell. But then this place becameavailable so, yeah, it's great,"said Banks.

Rose explains her husband isa little more acclimated to retire-ment the second time around. Heoften rises at 6 a.m. to water hergarden of basil, mint, yerbabuena, thyme and rosemary.

"He's been cleaning and san-itizing books we sell at theFriends of the Library store,"said Rose. "I've been praying for

that for years because we deliverto WomanHaven, House ofHope, NAFEC library and thetwo prisons. I used to volunteerfor a nonprofit and found mycalling for retirement--I loved tosell. It's a challenge to convincea customer to buy. But I'velearned a lot about books andpeople. And I really care thatpeople get books they'll pick upand read."

Banks remains connected tothe library, however. Twice aweek he accompanies Rose thereand he is enthusiastic about itsfuture.

When city voters passedMeasure P in 2016 increasing thesales tax a half cent, revenueswere earmarked to pay for a newlibrary and police station. With alocation in hand, the city is turn-ing its focus on improvements.

"It's my understanding thecity is deciding among one offour different design plans forremodeling," said Banks. "It wasscheduled to open the summer of2020 yet I don't think they'llmake it. The wheels of bureau-cracy move slowly, but they'reworking on it."

Banks...........from page five

ROLAND BANKS, RECENTLY retired director of the El CentroPublic Library, leafs through a book at the Friends of the Librarybookstore inside the library at 1140 N. Imperial Ave. WILLIAMROLLER PHOTO

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REGARDING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION

Pursuant to the requirements of the CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) and the County's"RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CEQA," the Imperial County Environmental EvaluationCommittee (EEC) held a public hearing on April 25, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 940Main Street, El Centro, CA to hear the project(s) listed below and rendered a CEQA determination(s), e.g., NegativeDeclaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration or an Environmental Impact Report. (NOTE: Interested parties haveten (10) calendar days to appeal the EEC's CEQA determination from the date of the public hearing).

(Negative Declaration) Assessment #19-0001: Applicant: A & R Gonzalez and S & F Pineda, The applicant isrequesting under Parcel Map #02481 a parcel split into two parcels for the existing two residences on property underCUP#04-0002. The existing property totals 5 acres and the proposed division of said property is to create two 2.5 acreparcels. The property is legally described as the West half of the Southwest quarter of the West half of Tract 188,Township 17 South, Range 15 East, S.B.B.M. Assessor's Parcel Number 059-200-020-000 (1303 B East Highway 98,Calexico, CA 92231) (Supervisorial District #1), [Mariela Moran, Planner I at (442) 265-1736, extension 1747 or byemail at [email protected]].

(Mitigated Negative Declaration) Assessment #19-0004: Applicant: Imperial County Public Works Department(PWD), The applicant (PWD) proposes to improve the existing Coyote Wash Bridge (No. 58C-0051), which is asimply supported timber bridge (306' long x 28'-8" wide), that has been rated as structurally deficient. This triggeredthe shutdown of the bridge until safe passage for the public could be guaranteed through the improvements project,which includes the repair or replacement of the following: crushed pier caps and column/pile #6 from pier 6, and con-crete pedestals at abutment 17; it also includes the replacement or supplementation of damaged stinger, removal ofasphalt (~10") and replacement with new 3" max layer from the entire length of the bridge, and the adjustment of theapproach roadway profile in accordance with standards. The property is legally described as a portion of Tract 37,38, 39 and 59 as well as a portion of Section 20 and 21 Township 16 South, Range 10 East; (Supervisorial District#2) [Diana Robinson, Planner III at 442-265-1736, extension 1751or by email at [email protected]].

(Negative Declaration) Assessment #19-0006: Applicant: Palo Verde County Water District (PVCWD), Theapplicant proposes to replace two (2) existing water wells with two (2) new water wells (with all associated appurte-nances, including electrical components) within the Palo Verde Water Treatment Plant and Distribution System, whichis a public water system that supplies treated groundwater to a small community in Palo Verde, consisting of 124 res-idential service connections, 7 commercial businesses, one multi-family property and the Palo Verde County Park.The property is legally described as a portion of Section 13, 14, 23 and 24 Township 9 South, Range 13 East.Assessor's Parcel Number 006-120-089-000 (572 Ben Hulse Highway, Palo Verde, CA 92266) (Supervisorial District#5) [Diana Robinson, Planner III at 442-265-1736, extension 1751or by email at [email protected]].

Jim Minnick, Chairman Environmental Evaluation Committee

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Legal 8861 Publish: May 2, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-234The following person is conductingbusiness as:Integro Advanced Solutions1711 S. 19th StreetEl Centro, CA 92243County of ImperialMailing Address:P.O. Box 524El Centro, CA 92244Full Name of Registrant:Victor Lopez1711 S. 19th StreetEl Centro, CA 92243This business conducted by: AnIndividualRegistrant commenced to transactbusiness under the Fictitious BusinessName(s) listed above on: April 2,

2019.I, Victor Lopez Declare that all of theinformation in this statement is trueand correct.Signature: Victor LopezThe filing of this statement does notof itself authorize the use in this Stateor a Fictitious Business Name inViolation of the Rights of anotherunder Federal, State or Common Law.Filed with the Imperial County Clerk-Recorder on: April 2, 2019.NOTICE: This statement expires on:April 1, 2024. A new statement mustbe filed prior to the expiration date.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderRebecca Leyva, DeputyLegal 6190 Publish: April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-264The following person is conduct-ing business as:Jimmy’s Trucking952 Grant St.Calexico, CA 92231County of ImperialFull Name of Registrant:Jaime C. Camacho952 Grant StreetCalexico, CA 92231This business conducted by: AnIndividualRegistrant has not yet com-

menced to transact businessunder the Fictitious BusinessName(s) listed above.I, Declare that all of the infor-mation in this statement is trueand correct.Signature: Jaime C. Camacho,OwnerThe filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis State or a Fictitious BusinessName in Violation of the Rightsof another under Federal, State orCommon Law.Filed with the Imperial CountyClerk-Recorder on: April 10,

2019.NOTICE: This statementexpires on: April 9, 2024. A newstatement must be filed prior tothe expiration date.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderVictoria Camarillo, DeputyLegal 5198 Publish: April 25, May 2, 9, 16,2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-263The following person is conduct-ing business as:Load Boys1754 Carr Rd., Suite 209Calexico, CA 92231County of ImperialFull Name of Registrant:Ciro David Martinez Chavez1754 Carr Rd., Suite 209Calexico, CA 92231This business conducted by: AnIndividualRegistrant has not yet commencedto transact business under theFictitious Business Name(s) listedabove.I, Declare that all of the informa-tion in this statement is true andcorrect.

Signature: Ciro David MartinezChavez, OwnerThe filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis State or a Fictitious BusinessName in Violation of the Rights ofanother under Federal, State orCommon Law.Filed with the Imperial CountyClerk-Recorder on: April 10,2019.NOTICE: This statement expireson: April 9, 2024. A new state-ment must be filed prior to theexpiration date.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderVictoria Camarillo, DeputyLegal 5199 Publish: April 25, May 2, 9, 16,2019


LIEN SALEAK-C Mini Storage, 1549 Dogwood Rd., El Centro 92243, 760 -681-6555. To be paid in full by May 9th, 2019 with CASH orMONEY ORDER or will be sold.Lizeth Merino $180.00 Unit #1Jennifer Montesionos $275.00 Unit #131Ralph Collazo $405.00 Unit #129Frank Stevens $470.00 Unit #105


NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALETrustee Sale No. :00000008098097 Title Order No.:1034803 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 044-4324326 703 ATTENTIONRECORDER: THE FOLLOW-ING REFERENCE TO ANATTACHED SUMMARYAPPLIES ONLY TO COPIESPROVIDED TO THETRUSTOR, NOT TO THISRECORDED ORIGINALNOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS ASUMMARY OF THE INFOR-MATION IN THIS DOCUMENTATTACHED. (The above state-ment is made pursuant to CA CivilCode Section 2923.3(c)(1). Thesummary will be provided toTrustor(s) and/or vested owner(s)only, pursuant to CA Civil CodeSection 2923.3(c)(2).) YOU AREIN DEFAULT UNDER A DEEDOF TRUST, DATED 05/19/2008.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTIONTO PROTECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT APUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OF THENATURE OF THE PROCEED-ING AGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. BARRETT DAFFINFRAPPIER TREDER andWEISS, LLP, as duly appointedTrustee under and pursuant toDeed of Trust Recorded on

05/22/2008 as Instrument No.2008-014395 of official records inthe office of the County Recorderof IMPERIAL County, State ofCALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY:JAIME AMBRIZ AND ALICIAAMBRIZ, HUSBAND ANDWIFE, WILL SELL AT PUBLICAUCTION TO HIGHEST BID-DER FOR CASH, CASHIER'SCHECK/CASH EQUIVALENTor other form of payment author-ized by California Civil Code2924h(b), (payable at time of salein lawful money of the UnitedStates). DATE OF SALE:05/31/2019 TIME OF SALE: 2:00PM PLACE OF SALE: IMPERI-AL COUNTY COURTHOUSE,939 W. MAIN STREET, ELCENTRO, CA 92243 - MAINENTRANCE. STREETADDRESS and other commondesignation, if any, of the realproperty described above is pur-ported to be: 1228 SERENODRIVE, CALEXICO, CALI-FORNIA 92231 APN#: 058-935-005-000 The undersigned Trusteedisclaims any liability for anyincorrectness of the street addressand other common designation, ifany, shown herein. Said sale willbe made, but without covenant orwarranty, expressed or implied,regarding title, possession, orencumbrances, to pay the remain-

ing principal sum of the note(s)secured by said Deed of Trust,with interest thereon, as providedin said note(s), advances, underthe terms of said Deed of Trust,fees, charges and expenses of theTrustee and of the trusts createdby said Deed of Trust. The totalamount of the unpaid balance ofthe obligation secured by theproperty to be sold and reasonableestimated costs, expenses andadvances at the time of the initialpublication of the Notice of Sale is$172,818.55. The beneficiaryunder said Deed of Trust hereto-fore executed and delivered to theundersigned a written Declarationof Default and Demand for Sale,and a written Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. The under-signed caused said Notice ofDefault and Election to Sell to berecorded in the county where thereal property is located. NOTICETO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bidding onthis property lien, you shouldunderstand that there are risksinvolved in bidding at a trusteeauction. You will be bidding on alien, not on the property itself.Placing the highest bid at a trusteeauction does not automaticallyentitle you to free and clear own-ership of the property. You shouldalso be aware that the lien beingauctioned off may be a junior lien.If you are the highest bidder at theauction, you are or may be respon-sible for paying off all liens seniorto the lien being auctioned off,

before you can receive clear titleto the property. You are encour-aged to investigate the existence,priority, and size of outstandingliens that may exist on this proper-ty by contacting the countyrecorder's office or a title insur-ance company, either of whichmay charge you a fee for thisinformation. If you consult eitherof these resources, you should beaware that the same lender mayhold more than one mortgage ordeed of trust on the property.NOTICE TO PROPERTYOWNER: The sale date shown onthis notice of sale may be post-poned one or more times by themortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, ora court, pursuant to Section 2924gof the California Civil Code. Thelaw requires that informationabout trustee sale postponementsbe made available to you and tothe public, as a courtesy to thosenot present at the sale. If you wishto learn whether your sale date hasbeen postponed, and, if applica-ble, the rescheduled time and datefor the sale of this property, youmay call 800-280-2832 for infor-mation regarding the trustee's saleor visit this Internet Web sitewww.auction.com for informationregarding the sale of this property,using the file number assigned tothis case 00000008098097.Information about postponementsthat are very short in duration orthat occur close in time to thescheduled sale may not immedi-ately be reflected in the telephone

information or on the InternetWeb site. The best way to verifypostponement information is toattend the scheduled sale. FORTRUSTEE SALE INFORMA-TION PLEASE CALL: AUC-TION.COM 800-280-2832www.auction.com BARRETTDAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDERand WEISS, LLP as Trustee20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866)795-1852 Dated: 04/16/2019BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIERTREDER and WEISS, LLP ISACTING AS A DEBT COLLEC-TOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4691160 04/25/2019, 05/02/2019,05/09/201Legal 5201


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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALETS No. CA-18-847523-BF OrderNo.: DS7300-18004784 YOUARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED6/12/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECT YOURPROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLDAT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OFTHE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACT ALAWYER. A public auction saleto the highest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn on a state ornational bank, check drawn bystate or federal credit union, or acheck drawn by a state or federalsavings and loan association, orsavings association, or savingsbank specified in Section 5102 tothe Financial Code and authorizedto do business in this state, will beheld by duly appointed trustee.The sale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, expressedor implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay theremaining principal sum of thenote(s) secured by the Deed ofTrust, with interest and latecharges thereon, as provided in thenote(s), advances, under the terms

of the Deed of Trust, interestthereon, fees, charges and expens-es of the Trustee for the totalamount (at the time of the initialpublication of the Notice of Sale)reasonably estimated to be setforth below. The amount may begreater on the day of sale. BENE-FICIARY MAY ELECT TO BIDLESS THAN THE TOTALAMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RickLee Gray, a single personRecorded: 6/20/2007 asInstrument No. 2007-024869 ofOfficial Records in the office ofthe Recorder of IMPERIALCounty, California; Date of Sale:5/17/2019 at 2:00 PM Place ofSale: At the Main Entrance of theImperial County Courthouse,located at 939 W. Main Street, ElCentro, CA 92243 Amount ofunpaid balance and other charges:$175,502.06 The purported prop-erty address is: 426 W NECKELROAD, IMPERIAL, CA 92251Assessor's Parcel No.: 063-010-066-000 NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this propertylien, you should understand thatthere are risks involved in biddingat a trustee auction. You will bebidding on a lien, not on the prop-

erty itself. Placing the highest bidat a trustee auction does not auto-matically entitle you to free andclear ownership of the property.You should also be aware that thelien being auctioned off may be ajunior lien. If you are the highestbidder at the auction, you are ormay be responsible for paying offall liens senior to the lien beingauctioned off, before you canreceive clear title to the property.You are encouraged to investigatethe existence, priority, and size ofoutstanding liens that may exist onthis property by contacting thecounty recorder's office or a titleinsurance company, either ofwhich may charge you a fee forthis information. If you consulteither of these resources, youshould be aware that the samelender may hold more than onemortgage or deed of trust on theproperty. NOTICE TO PROPER-TY OWNER: The sale date shownon this notice of sale may be post-poned one or more times by themortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, ora court, pursuant to Section 2924gof the California Civil Code. Thelaw requires that informationabout trustee sale postponementsbe made available to you and to

the public, as a courtesy to thosenot present at the sale. If you wishto learn whether your sale date hasbeen postponed, and, if applicable,the rescheduled time and date forthe sale of this property, you maycall 800-280-2832 for informationregarding the trustee's sale or visitthis Internet Web sitehttp:/ /www.qualityloan.com,using the file number assigned tothis foreclosure by the Trustee:CA-18-847523-BF. Informationabout postponements that are veryshort in duration or that occurclose in time to the scheduled salemay not immediately be reflectedin the telephone information or onthe Internet Web site. The bestway to verify postponement infor-mation is to attend the scheduledsale. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address orother common designation, if any,shown herein. If no street addressor other common designation isshown, directions to the locationof the property may be obtainedby sending a written request to thebeneficiary within 10 days of thedate of first publication of thisNotice of Sale. If the sale is setaside for any reason, including if

the Trustee is unable to conveytitle, the Purchaser at the sale shallbe entitled only to a return of themonies paid to the Trustee. Thisshall be the Purchaser's sole andexclusive remedy. The purchasershall have no further recourseagainst the Trustor, the Trustee,the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary'sAgent, or the Beneficiary'sAttorney. If you have previouslybeen discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have beenreleased of personal liability forthis loan in which case this letter isintended to exercise the note hold-ers right's against the real propertyonly. Date: Quality Loan ServiceCorporation 2763 Camino Del RioSouth San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE infor-mation only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to:ht tp : / /www.qual i ty loan.comReinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality LoanService Corp. TS No.: CA-18-847523-BF IDSPub #01520954/25/2019 5/2/2019 5/9/2019Legal 6192

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENTFILE NO.: 19-227The following persons are conduct-ing business as:Imperial Spirits LLC703 Industry Way, Suite 1El Centro, CA 92243County of ImperialMailing Address:859 Jennifer St.Brawley, CA 92227Full Name of Registrant:Imperial Spirits LLC703 Industry Way Suite 1El Centro CA 92243This business conducted by: ALimited Liability CompanyRegistrant has not yet commencedto transact business under theFictitious Business Name(s) listedabove.I, Thomas E. Kinder Declare that all

of the information in this statementis true and correct.Signature: Thomas E. Kinder,President/CEOThe filing of this statement does notof itself authorize the use in thisState or a Fictitious Business Namein Violation of the Rights of anoth-er under Federal, State or CommonLaw.Filed with the Imperial CountyClerk-Recorder on: March 27,2019.NOTICE: This statement expireson: March 26, 2024. A new state-ment must be filed prior to the expi-ration date.Chuck Storey/County Clerk-RecorderVictoria Camarillo, DeputyLegal 6187 Publish: Apr. 11, 18, 25, May 2,2019

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Rockwood Café Sports Winning ComboBY MARIO CONDE

Coffee shops and sportsbars are in. One new Calexicoestablishment has both, mean-ing patrons can relax, con-verse and sip coffee or, as wasthe case on April 25-27,indulge in beer and fingerfoods while cheering on theNFL Draft.

Located at 2451Rockwood Avenue, Suite 115,Rockwood Café combines theelegant and cozy with thesometimes raucous and jubi-lant.

"The idea began a yearago when we thought aboutopening a café but then wedecided to incorporate thesports bar with beer andwine," said owner David Ceja.

Growing up in Calexicobut now living in Imperial,Ceja said he always had theentrepreneurial spirit and theinitiative to try something dif-ferent. Being locally ownedmeans Rockwood has aunique appeal that separates itfrom the chain locations, posi-tioning it as an alternativeCeja believes Calexico resi-dents have been seeking.

"I've always wanted tohave a sports-themed businesssince I like sports a lot and wewere able to add this new sec-tion for the public," Ceja said."We are very passionate aboutsports and coffee and we wantto show it with the service wegive our clients."

The café section has com-fortable sofas and tableswhere patrons can work using

a wi-fi connection or conversewhile enjoying a coffee andlight fare. Available are hotand iced beverages, as well ascrepes, wraps, smoothies, andother healthy food. A menuexpansion is planned.

In the sports bar sectionthere are several televisionswith sports channels andguests can enjoy a cold beerand snacks including moz-zarella sticks and nachos.

"We are still a familyrestaurant where they can sitin any area and have a wine ora crepes while enjoying agood time," Ceja said, addingMicheladas will be availablesoon.

The sports bar can beaccessed through the backdoor and the café through thefront, though the two are con-

nected.Rockwood Café is open

Tuesday-Thursdays from 4-11p.m., Fridays 4 p.m. to mid-

night and Saturdays from 10a.m. to midnight. It is closedSundays and Mondays.

THE STAFF AT Rockwood Café in Calexico is ready to servepatrons coming to visit its coffee shop or the adjacent sports bar.From left to right are Tony Rey, Kenia Galvez and AndreaNiebla Cabanillas. MARIO CONDE PHOTO

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