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Canyon Lake Woman’s Club

gears up for Mermaid Festival

The Canyon Lake Woman’s
Club is gearing up for it 4th an-
nual Mermaid Festival on June
23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE
Indian Beach. This free com-
munity event will feature a
Cardboard Boat Race, Knobbly The Mermaid Grotto sits center stage at the Mermaid
Knees Contest, costume com- Festival and provides an opportunity for festival guests
petitions, Best Dressed Booth
Contest, Mermaid Grotto with to take photos with mermaids.
photo opportunities with mer-
maids, opportunity drawings, Woman’s Club
silent auction, grand prize
drawings, games and crafts
for children, vendors and food seeking Mermaid
booths.
The prizes for the grand PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE
prize drawing include an Aqua Grotto sponsor
Lily Pad, kids kayak and three
$100 cash prizes. Tickets are $5 Kids compete for Best Dressed Junior Pirate, one of several competitions held at the
each. The Canyon Lake Woman’s Club is seeking
This year’s costume com- Woman's Club annual Mermaid Festival. sponsorship for its Mermaid Grotto. The Mer-
petitions include Best Dressed Donations in the form of items and certificates are maid Grotto is always center stage at the club’s
Mermaid, Best Dressed Junior Mermaid, Best Dressed being sought for the silent auction and opportunity annual Mermaid Festival, held this year for the
Junior Pirate and the popular Knobbly Knees Contest. drawings. The donation deadline is June 15. community on June 23.
The winners will be awarded $25. The Canyon Lake Woman’s Club is a non-profit, All the decorations are made from scratch,
The Cardboard Boat Race also offers cash prizes. non-partisan, philanthropic service organization that using spray foam, Styrofoam sheets, glue, etc.
First place adult will receive $100. First place youth was founded in 1972. The club hosts several events Since the inception of the festival in 2015, im-
will receive $75. The Judges Choice and Best Dressed throughout the year to help raise money for local chari- provements have been made to the grotto by add-
Vessel winners will be awarded $50 each. Signups are ing pieces as the club could afford. For the first
taken at the POA office. Registration is free for those ties and in the form of scholarships to Canyon Lake time, the club is seeking a sponsor that would be
who sign up by June 15. Registration is $10 for those students. In 2017, the club donated $15,000 in scholar- prepared to underwrite the cost of more pieces
who sign up after June 15. ships and $16,000 to local charities. This year the club and/or contribute to making it bigger and better
Vendors are also being sought. Single vendor booths is on target to give away $21,000 in scholarships and in some way.
are $40; double booths are $80. One vendor will be $21,000 to local charities. For sponsorship information, contact Tammy
awarded $50 for Best Dressed Booth. For booth reg- For more information about this event, contact Jan Stone at 909-223-4999.
istration, contact Rose Marie Hand at 951-212-1946. May at 951-970-8333.
Canyon Lakers Price, Sacks to compete in Baja 500

Canyon Lake motocross and UTV champion Sara
Price will compete in her second SCORE event at the
50th BAJA 500 May 30 to June 3 in Baja, California.
She will tackle the complete race for a total of 542.12
miles aboard her RPM Offroad’s number 204 Trophy
Truck Spec. This year’s course is promised to be the
most challenging Baja 500 yet.
‘’We’ve been working hard with RPM Offroad and
Geiser Bros putting in Hundreds of miles testing the
truck and over 1,000 miles pre-running this year’s
course getting ready for this upcoming Baja,” said
Sara. “I couldn’t be more excited to take on the 50th
anniversary from start to finish and run a smart race,
I feel confident coming into the event. We are beyond
grateful to have the best team in our corner and have
done our homework.’’
Navigator Erica Sacks, also a Canyon Lake resident,
will be alongside Sara for the race. ‘’We’ve been team-
mates for many years building trust and strategies that
work for us,” said Erica. “The Baja 500 will be one
of the most challenging races so far together, but I’m
looking forward to getting back in the RPM Offroad
Trophy Truck Spec."
The team scored a historic win in 2017 at the
50 anniversary Baja 1000 with Mexican driver Car- PHOTO BY CYNTHIA PREFONTAINE
th
los “Apdaly” Lopez. He also won the SCORE Interna-
tional Trophy Truck championship in 2015 and 2016.
The team earned their first Baja 1000 Class 1 victory
in 2014. Canyon Lake motocross and UTV champion Sara Price will May 30 to June 3. Fellow Canyon Laker, navigator Erica
The duo is pre-running down in Mexico with Sara’s compete in her second SCORE event at the 50th BAJA 500 Sacks, will be alongside her for the race.
Super ATV Polaris RZR XP 1000 along side 5 Time
SCORE champion and RPM Offroads teammate Jus- channels. holds the record as the most winning female amateur
tin Matney. ‘’We are thrilled for the 50th anniversary In 2017, her calendar included a diverse array of to date.
Baja 500 and look forward to see the number 204 cross events including a select series of off-road races for The versatile competitor also raced UTVs and in
the finish line,” said Justin. We’ve put in an incredible RPM Offroad in Trophy Truck Spec class in the Best 2013 campaigned the WORCS series. She moved on
amount of hours to prepare for this event and feel con- In The Desert series, with a best finish of sixth. She to the Lucas Oil Regional Series in 2015 to grab sec-
fident coming into this race.” also won the Next Female Hoonigan contest to earn ond place overall in the production side-by-side cham-
Sara is set to race the full SCORE International sea- a chance to drive a factory-backed Fiat Rally Car in a pionship. She finished the Terracross Championship
son with Team RPM this season in Trophy Truck Spec, pair of hill climbs, seizing second-place result at the
a regulated class that showcases driver talent above all San Pedro Martir Hill Climb in Mexico. undefeated to take the women’s title that same year. In
else. Class vehicles are equally matched, with rules Named the 2016 Off-Road Motorsports Hall of 2016, Sara took on six races in Robby Gordon Stadium
specifying engine, suspension and wheel and tire size. Fame Rising Star, Sara’s racing career started on dirt SUPER Truck Series and became the first woman ever
Sara will also add competition dates to her schedule and she went on to join Kawasaki as the first factory- to lead laps in that championship.
as opportunities arise. She opened the season at King supported female racer. She began racing dirt bikes at When she isn’t racing, Sara works as a stunt profes-
of the Hammers in the UTV category. Her adventures the age of eight and collected 19 amateur titles and me- sional, performing on motorcycles and on four wheels,
all season will be extensively documented on her social daled in Women’s Super X at the 2010 X Games. She and as a precision driver for television and film.