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CANYON LAKE’S NEWSPAPER • MAY 10, 2019

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Hortons to be honored

as grand marshals

BY DONNA RITCHIE nearly 40 trips to take dignitaries out on Canyon
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER Lake in their boat to familiarize them with lake is-
Nancy and Ted Horton have been chosen to serve as sues. Such dignitaries include Congressman Ken
grand marshals of Canyon Lake’s 46th annual Fiesta Calvert, Senator Jeff Stone, Assemblywoman Me-
Day on May 25. The event is considered the grand- lissa Melendez’s staff, Kevin Jeffries, EPA staff,
daddy of all Canyon Lake events. Santa Ana River Water Quality Control Board staff
Nancy and Ted moved to Canyon Lake 19 years and city councilmembers of Menifee, Moreno Val-
ago and have been actively serving the community for ley and Hemet. “Building relationships with cities
more than a decade. Nancy, who retired in 2006 from a that contribute to Canyon Lake’s improvement can
career as an educator for 42 years, was elected to city only be a good thing,” said Nancy.
council in 2008 and was appointed to serve as may- Nancy has spent years and countless hours repre-
or in 2010. During that time, she served on the Lake senting Canyon Lake, including fighting for fund-
Elsinore San Jacinto Watershed Authority Board of Di- ing, working on a lake management plan and ad-
rectors, San Jacinto River Watershed Council Board of vocating for the community.” She said she doesn’t
Directors and was a member of the Total Maximum regret one minute of it.
Daily Load Task Force where she assisted with apply- Ted was elected to the POA Board of Directors in
ing for grants to provide alum treatments in Canyon 2014, during which time he assisted with the Long
Lake. She also is a founding member of the Quail Val- Range Planning process, development of the Lake
ley Environmental Coalition. Management Plan, main gate installation and
Nancy co-founded the Canyon Lake Veterans Day Happy Camp rehabilitation.
Committee in 2009 and has served as chair of the Ted, a member of the Golf Course Superin-
team responsible for installing the Veterans Memorial tendent Association of America (GCSAA), as-
Monument in the Towne Center in 2011. She founded sisted the Canyon Lake POA in applying for
Canyon Lake’s National Day of Prayer in 2012 and has the $1.5 million grant for turf conversion to
served as the chair of the event since its inception. drought-tolerant plants at the golf course. The
In 2014, voters elected Nancy to represent Division GCSAA recently recognized Ted for 50 years
1 on the board of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water of service to the association and 45 years as a
District. certified golf course superintendent.
Over the last 10 years, Nancy and Ted have made After graduating from the University of
Massachusetts Stockbridge School
of Agriculture, Ted served on only PHOTO BY MACKENZIE DORE
three golf courses his entire career:
Winged Foot, Westchester Country Club and
Pebble Beach Company. In 2000, Ted started ering food bags for the past
his own consulting company. He retired in five years to seniors in Lake Elsinore
2018. who are food fragile. The couple recently
Ted serves as the secretary of the Canyon joined the board of the Helping Hands Group,
Lake Men’s Golf Club. He is a member of the
Tuesday Work Group and a member of sev- a local organization that offers aid and assistance in
eral Canyon Lake golf committees, including the form of long-term and immediate relief with food,
the Tree Committee and Irrigation Committee, clothing, guidance, hands-on support and prayer.
which are sub-committees of the Green Com- The Hortons are members of several Canyon Lake
mittee. He also serves on the National Day of clubs, including the Travel Club, Fine Arts Guild and
Prayer Committee with Nancy. Yacht Club. Nancy is a longtime member of the Wom-
Ted serves on the Audubon International an’s Club.
Board and is actively trying to stop the decline They are avid participants in the Parade of Lights
of monarch butterflies in the area by creating a boat parade and the Golf Cart Parade. Their entries
butterfly-friendly habitat in his own backyard
PHOTO BY MACKENZIE DORE the same. In March, Nancy and Ted presented Council or POA Board of Directors, they stay involved
have won several awards throughout the years.
and urging other Canyon Lake residents to do
Although the couple no longer serves on the City
a free program on monarch butterflies at the
by faithfully attending the monthly meetings and offer-
Canyon Lake Library for more than 60 chil-
ing their knowledge and assistance when asked.
“Ted and I are looking forward to the 46th annual
The Hortons support the city’s Turkey Drive
Longtime residents Nancy and Ted Horton will serve as grand mar- dren and adults. Fiesta Day and are so honored to be the grand marshals
each year by donating several turkeys. They
shals of Canyon Lake's 2019 Fiesta Day parade. also are HOPE volunteers and have been deliv- for 2019.”