News Briefs

EVMWD invites Canyon Lake to Splash into Summer event

After a two-year hiatus, EVMWD’s annual open house event is back. Canyon Lakers and other EVMWD customers are being invited to the Splash into Summer event that will take place June 25 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the EVMWD headquarters located at 31315 Chaney Street in Lake Elsinore.

Splash Into Summer is a free family event where attendees will learn about the process EVMWD uses to treat more than 5.5 million gallons of sewer water per day, the construction and maintenance of more than 700 miles of pipeline throughout the EVMWD service area, and saving money and water with a more water-efficient home and landscape.

Attendees will get a peek into the daily work at the district through a variety of demonstrations and interactive displays. Activities include fixing a leaky water main, performing a valve exercise, cleaning up a polluted watershed, and exploring pipes with robotics and video cameras.

Visitors can also take a tour of the facility’s sewer treatment plant to see how wastewater becomes recycled water. Landscape and irrigation experts, UCCE Riverside County Master Gardeners, local nurseries, and home improvement stores will be available to answer questions about outdoor irrigation, California-friendly plants, gardening, and water-saving appliances and devices.

Kids will have activities including Bubblemania, a fully-immersed bubble experience, a kid’s construction experience with children-sized backhoes, climbing in big equipment, hopping in a sheriff’s cruiser and ambulance and more.

Canyon Lake Chamber schedules Ribbon Cuttings

The Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce has scheduled three upcoming business ribbon cuttings and is inviting the community to participate.

The first event will take place on June 24 for Daisy Dukez in the Canyon Lake Town Center. Town Center restaurant PZA will hold a ribbon cutting on July 8 and Canyon Lake Solar, located at the Eastport Center, will have its ribbon cutting on July 15.

Tickets on sale for Foreigner tribute band, 4NR, concert

Tickets are on sale for what is sure to be a popular Canyon Lake Guild FNR Concert next month. The Foreigner tribute band will take the stage on July 16 in the Lodge’s Holiday Bay Room.

General admission tickets are $25.00 each and on sale at the Canyon Lake POA’s Canyon Lake Town Center offices and online at www.brownpaper
tickets.com. VIP Reserved Seats are on sale for $45.00 each and can only be purchased online.

“The Guild is sure grateful for everyone who came out for the Tennessee River Alabama Tribute Band Concert,” Guild President Bonnie Dubbs said. “Members of the band said they were beyond ecstatic to play for Canyon Lake and they wanted to say thank you for the warm welcome they received.”

With 4NR coming in July, everyone is encouraged to get their tickets now as they will go fast. 4NR was featured on AXSTV‘s The World‘s Greatest Tribute Bands. They are dedicated to recreating the sound and spirit of the classic era Foreigner. A real live, high energy rock show is what the Foreigner Concert Experience is about. Guitars, keyboard and harmony vocals accompany multi-talented Kyle Frost as charismatic Foreigner lead vocalist Lou Gramm.

The concert will feature the Foreigner hits from 1970’s and 1980’s rock and roll. Come relive the amazing rock era with songs like, Feels Like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Hot Blooded, Double Vision, Head Games, Urgent, Juke Box Hero and the number one Foreigner hit, I Want to Know What Love is.

9-11 shirts, signs available for purchase

The Canyon Lake Veterans and First Responders Group is putting together a September 11th Tribute and Patriot Day Event and has shirts and signs available for purchase. The group is also soliciting sponsors for the event.

Shirts can be purchased for $20.00 and signs are $10.00 by emailing organizer Tim Cook at tim.cook7149@gmail.com.

Patriot Sponsorships are $1,000, Liberty Sponsorships are $500, Freedom Sponsorships are $250 and Stars and Stripes Sponsorships are $100. Each level of sponsorship offers various promotional opportunities.

Free STEM Camp available this summer

High school students will have a hands-on learning opportunity at a free, week-long event this summer designed to inspire teens to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers in the water industry.

The camp will take place July 11-15 and provides an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience and compete for team prizes of up to $1,000.

Those interested can sign up at www.evmwd.com/STEMPULL. The deadline to register for the camp co-sponsored by EVMWD and the Riverside County Office of Education is June 27.

Community Theater group needs community donations

The Canyon Lake Community Theater needs donations to stay afloat according to Nicole Garvito, publicity and PR on the board of directors for the organization.

Due to the recent pandemic, many of Canyon Lake’s clubs were affected financially, however, those that seemed to feel the biggest hit were the clubs and organizations that depended on in-person attendance.

The Canyon Lake Community Theater, which receives its funding from ticket sales to live shows, has set up a GoFundMe campaign in order to help save the club from shutting down.

“Our once-thriving company has sadly fallen on hard times,” Nicole Garvito, VP of Admin on the organization‘s board of directors, said. “We are on the brink of shutting down, and in order to continue our mission, we are asking for everyone’s help to save our organization.”

The Canyon Lake Community Theater is a non-profit theater company that has been bringing live theater arts and education to the community for over 30 years.

“This organization has been beloved by so many for years as we have been a constant in giving many talented young stars their start,” Nicole said. “Our mission is to educate and nurture budding actors with decades worth of knowledge from our directors and choreographers.”

The group also gives seasoned actors an opportunity to continue on with acting as their hobby well into their adult lives.

The Canyon Lake Community Theater’s GoFundMe goal is to raise $10,000.00. Those wishing to make donations, large or small, can visit the website and search for Canyon Lake Community Theater.

The funds received, Nicole said, will keep the organization alive so it can continue to bring quality live theater to the community and valley.