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PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE

Fiesta Day brings together families, neighbors and friends for an old-fashioned hometown
parade, followed by activities at the lodge.

POA unveils new

website for Fiesta Day

2/23 The BanD Eclipse

The POA created a new website for important role in planning this major
Fiesta Day, one of Canyon Lake’s big- event. The committee is made up of
Mon - Margarita Mondays gest events. All the latest news about Fi- community volunteers who, with the
esta Day, as well as vendor information help of the POA, plan Fiesta Day. This
and applications, can be found on the year’s committee members are:
Tues - Taco Tuesday's new website at canyonlakefiestaday.org. • Joe Grasso: chairperson
Fiesta Day takes place annually on
• LaRue McNamara: secretary
the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. • Roanne Grasso: treasurer
Weds - EDM It’s considered the granddaddy of all • Mike Shroyer: entertainment coor-
Canyon Lake events and attracts more
dinator
than 5,000 visitors. The annual tradi- • Lyne Hall: parade coordinator
Fri - Live Music tion brings together families, neighbors • Jude Donahue: booth coordinator
and friends for an old-fashioned home-
There are two committee positions
town parade through the streets of Can- open: traffic/security coordinator and
Sat - salsa Night yon Lake, followed by activities at the sponsorship and advertising coordina-
lodge that include entertainment, ven-
tor. Residents interested in filling these
dors, food, contests, a kids zone, and a positions should contact the POA.
ski show on the main lake performed by The committee chose Joanna Spiller
Sun - Karaoke Canyon Lake’s ShowCal Skiers. to serve as this year’s Fiesta Day Grand
The first Fiesta Day took place 45 Marshal. Joanna, an active volunteer in
years ago in 1973. The traditional pa- the community, served 15 years on the
rade was added two years later in 1975. Fiesta Day Committee before retiring
The Fiesta Day Committee plays an last year.
Speed trailer programmed

to capture license plates

The speed trailer is now programmed
to capture the license plates of vehicles
speeding within the community. Speed-
ers will be issued citations by mail. The
RU2 radar mobile speed trailer will be
951-244-7373 used to help bring attention to speed
control throughout the community and
31780 Railroad assist Community Patrol with issuing
tickets for speeders in multiple loca-
Canyon Rd, tions.
The speed limit on the major streets,
Canyon Lake Canyon Lake Drive South, Canyon Lake
Drive North, Vacation Drive, Continen-
tal Drive and Longhorn Drive, is 35
MPH. For all other streets, the speed
PepesCanyonLake1@gmail.com limit is 25 MPH.
Any person who receives addition-
al speeding citations within thirty-six
months of a previous offense will be
subject to a progressive fine. The pro-
gressive fine will be compounded for
each additional offense.
The POA Board of Directors ap-
proved to ratify $17,043.60 from Capital
Improvement funds for the purchase of
the speed trailer, sales tax and DMV reg-
istration, at the Regular Session Board
Meeting on Dec. 5. PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE
The board also approved $6391.85
for dash-mounted radar units for Com-
munity Patrol vehicles. The units are
calibrated before and after shifts. Resi- The RU2 radar mobile speed trailer is now
dents who are pulled over by Communi- programmed to capture the license plates
ty Patrol may review the reading on the of vehicles speeding within the community.
dash-mounted system if requested. Citations will be issued by mail.