News Briefs

City emergency orders update

The Canyon Lake City Council was expected to rescind the city’s emergency orders at its regular meeting Wednesday. While state and county orders would still be in place, the city would no longer place any additional restrictions on residents or businesses, and the city would no longer enforce the state or county orders, according to City Manager Chris Mann.

Chris said discussions with Canyon Lake business owners have been going well.

“The city wants our businesses to be open, provided that precautions are taken to protect employees and customers from the spread of COVID-19,” he said. “However, the city does not have the authority to give anyone permission to violate a state or county order. The city has sent letters to the state and the county expressing our desire to have our businesses re-open.

The City Council and staff understand that they need to get the local economy working again, he said.

“Our hearts go out to the many small business owners who have been suffering during this crisis,” Chris said. “We don’t want to wake up one day to find that the restaurants, shops, salons and other local businesses we love have had to close their doors for good.”

CLPOA Annual Meeting Wednesday

With little drama this year regarding the election of Board of Directors members, the Canyon Lake POA is concerned ballots will not be mailed in and quorum will not be met at its annual meeting on Wednesday.

There are two vacancies on the board, but only two candidates are running to fill them. Current board member Jim Barringham and Joe Kamashian are the two candidates expected to win spots on the board. Write-in votes are accepted.

Law dictates the election must go on, so ballots were mailed out to all property owners last month. If a quorum is not met because of a lack of enough received ballots, the Canyon Lake POA will need to hold an alternate meeting on Saturday, May 16, which, of course, is an added expense for the association.

Ballots need to arrive in time for the 9:00 a.m. annual meeting on Wednesday. The POA is encouraging members to mail their ballots no later than today (Friday) or to drop off the ballot in the ballot box located at Blue Bird Hall, which is available 24-hours a day.

Dixie State graduate

Hayden Rowe, from Canyon Lake, received his Associate of Science degree from Dixie State University in Southern Utah and will participate in a traditional commencement ceremony in December.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the university’s initial commencement ceremony plans, originally scheduled for May 1, this graduating class will still be honored with a traditional commencement. Based on feedback provided from the graduating students, an in-person ceremony will be held Dec. 11 in the M. Anthony Burns Arena on campus, dependent on no social distancing guidelines being in effect at that time.

“Commencement signifies a great accomplishment and a milestone for our graduates. It is the celebration of their completed journey at Dixie State and the beginning of forging their own path,” Dixie State University Provost Michael Lacourse said. “Although we are not physically celebrating commencement on May 1, we are doing everything we can to ensure our Trailblazer graduates know how proud we are of them until we can congratulate them in person when we host our official Commencement Ceremony on December 11.”