News Briefs

POA GM named to statewide community managers board

Canyon Lake Property Owners Association General Manager Eric Kazakoff has been selected to the California Association of Community Managers Board of Directors. Five new members were added to the board of 15 directors.

Founded in 1991, the California Association of Community Managers, Inc. (CACM) is a professional trade association focused on elevating the professionalism and success of the California community management industry.

CACM empowers a network of community management professionals working in large scale, portfolio, resort and high rise homeowners associations to share and apply California’s most effective community management practices.

With nearly 3,000 members, CACM provides a broad range of services that promote professionalism and help to solve the California community management industry’s most pressing needs including education, credentialing, compliance, networking and marketing opportunities, legislative advocacy and specialized business solutions.

Accident at lake results in elderly woman’s death

An 87-year-old Canyon Lake woman appears to have fallen into the lake last week and has drowned. It appears the elderly woman reportedly walked to the dock at her residence and fell into the lake last Wednesday.

Sheriff’s Department officials said deputies responded to the 23800 block of Fair Weather Dr. regarding a drowning incident on Dec. 9 at 3:23 p.m. On arrival, deputies found a female adult unresponsive in the lake. A deputy performed life-saving measures until relieved by AMR/CDF personnel. The life-saving measures were unsuccessful and the adult female was pronounced deceased by AMR/CDF personnel on the scene.

Triathlon Club to hold ‘Santa Ride’ for its club members

All Canyon Lake Triathlon Club members are invited to join in on a fun Santa Ride & Run in place of its annual indoor holiday party, which has been canceled because of COVID-19 restrictions. Those who wish to participate should meet at The Lodge parking lot at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday).

The ride will continue through the community (and beyond for those who would like to add more miles). Runners and walkers can join in as well for an approximately 10k course.

Those who wear a Santa hat or other holiday garb will receive a little Christmas surprise. After the Santa Ride, participants will end up back at The Lodge to enjoy mimosas, hot chocolate and cookies.

Three Canyon Lake clubs team up for community blood drive

Three Canyon Lake clubs are once again teaming up to sponsor a blood drive in the Canyon Lake Golf & Country Club. The American Red Cross Blood Drive will take place on Jan. 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Magnolia Room.

The drive is sponsored by the Canyon Lake Ski Club, Canyon Lake Women’s Golf Club, and Canyon Lake 9ers Golf Club.

“We are committed to strengthening our community and helping meet hospital and patient needs through blood donations,” said Travis Montgomery, one of the drive organizers. “This blood drive is our way of giving our neighbors and friends the opportunity to help save lives.”

Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer blood donors. According to the Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds, so blood products are always in high demand.

Donating blood helps ensure that patients in local hospitals have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs. According to the Red Cross, donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative.

For more information or to make an appointment online, visit www.redcrossblood.org with sponsor code CLGCC.

Community Theater’s ‘Got Talent’ tickets available starting Monday

Cash prizes and exposure all over the Inland Empire is being offered to those willing to share their talent at The Canyon Lake Community Theater’s virtual talent competition.

The event, Inland Empire’s Got Talent, is the theater group’s own version of America’s Got Talent and will feature local talents. Winners will receive a $100 cash prize plus a prize package.

All types of talents are welcome and anything goes. The contest will run like a show, but via Facebook. Contestants are encouraged to keep their submissions to a three-minute time limit. All ages are welcome.

Anyone interested in participating and becoming one of the contestants will need to submit an entry to iegottalent
@gmail.com. The contestant’s name, age, the name of the contestant’s Facebook profile and the type of talent being performed (and its name) will need to be included. Video entries can be submitted either via email or through a YouTube link.

Once the submissions and entries have closed, contestants will be emailed with the specifics of the competition. The deadline for entries has been pushed back to Jan. 17.

All entries will be uploaded to Facebook and may be viewed for $20 per Facebook account. Each streaming ticket purchased includes access to the Inland Empire’s Got Talent Facebook page where individuals can view contestant submissions and vote once for their favorite.

Tickets will be available on Monday and all funds will go to the nonprofit Canyon Lake Community Theater to help bring the arts to the Canyon Lake community.

The first round of the contest will air on the Facebook page on Feb. 1.