Lucerne Valley Leader

Lucerne Valley falls to 0-2 in DML

BY KRIS REILLY, EDITOR

LUCERNE VALLEY l The Lucerne Valley High School football team dropped its second straight Desert Mountain League game on Friday night, falling 38-14 to Mammoth at Ron Peavy Field.

The Mustangs took the lead with 7:27 to play in the second quarter on a 15-yard touchdown run by Bryce Beavers, but Mammoth responded with 32 unanswered points. Lucerne Valley’s only other score came on a 3-yard TD run by Kevin Sheldon with less than 4 minutes to go in the game.

Youngest person ever to reach Everest summit returns to LVES

FROM STAFF AND SUBMITTED REPORTS

The former Lucerne Valley Elementary School student who climbed Mt. Everest returned to Lucerne Valley last week.

Jordan Romero became the youngest person ever to reach the summit of the world’s tallest mountain, accomplishing the feat on May 22 of this year at the tender age of 13.

Roommate douses fire, then calls 911

By BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA, Staff Writer

LUCERNE VALLEY • A distraught man set himself on fire on Oct. 13, and rescuers had to airlift him an area burn center, according to San Bernardino County Fire officials.

Authorities received a 911 call reporting that a man had set himself on fire while sitting in a truck, according to Fire Dispatch Supervisor Donna Mueller.

By TOMOYA SHIMURA, Staff Writer

VICTORVILLE • A Lucerne Valley woman accused of abusing 26 horses, four of which had to be euthanized, pleaded guilty at Victorville Superior Court last Friday.

Elizabeth June Hart-Lawson, 51, pleaded guilty to one felony count of animal cruelty. She had initially been charged with 26 counts of the same felony.
She’s expected to be sentenced Dec. 9 to 270 consecutive days in jail followed by three years probation.

BY KRIS REILLY, Editor

A massive throng of motorcyclists rode into Lucerne Valley last Saturday to support local children.

The Lucerne Valley Roadrunners said 167 bikers showed up for their annual Bikers Toy Run at Pioneer Park. Each biker was asked to bring an unwrapped toy for the Roadrunners’ annual Christmas giveaway.

Groups came from all over the High Desert, and some came from even further away. About 35 members of the Pacific Coast Harley Owners’ Group (HOG) chapter rode from Westminster to deliver their toys.

By KRIS REILLY, Editor

The Lucerne Valley Unified School District’s latest enrollment figures don’t bode well for the district’s future funding.

LVUSD last week provided The Leader with statistics showing a 7.5 percent drop in enrollment — a total of 76 students — from the end of the last school year. Though enrollment has declined in recent years, this year’s drop was larger than expected; LVUSD experienced a drop of 5 percent in each of the previous three years.

By KRIS REILLY, Editor

LUCERNE VALLEY • Despite the protests of some local leaders, the Chevron Lucerne Valley Solar Project has been quickly approved by the federal government and could be operational by late 2011 or early 2012.

The project, proposed by Chevron Energy Solutions of California, will place 40,500 solar panels on 422 acres of public land on the eastern end of Lucerne Valley. The site is just south of Old Woman Springs Road near Santa Fe Fire Road.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Lucerne Valley High School High School football team suffered another close loss last Friday night, falling 17-14 to California Military Institute in Perris.

CMI made a field goal with 3 seconds to go to top the Mustangs in a nonleague game.

With less than a minute to play, Lucerne Valley fumbled near midfield and CMI recovered. The Rough Riders were able to get into field goal range on a couple of plays.

Josh Cruz scored two first quarter touchdowns to give the Mustangs an early 14-0 lead.

SUBMITTED By Zenia Lopez, FFA Chapter Reporter

As the school year gets into full swing, the Lucerne Valley High School FFA chapter is busy with several events.

The FFA officers have hosted their Chapter Leadership Workshop (CLW), the High Desert Section Meeting and a committee meeting. On Sept. 23, the officers were pumping up CLW in room F102 at the high school. Each officer gave a presentation to inspire new as well as returning members. CLW was also used to present this year’s theme: Be the Difference.

SUBMITTED BY CSA 29

LUCERNE VALLEY • CSA 29 Parks and Recreation will celebrate Halloween this year with its “High Desert Nightmare Factory” — three nights of events at Pioneer Park starting at 5 p.m. each night.