March 7, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Temecula, California - On March 04, 2007, about 6:44 P.M., the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Perris Station, received a call of a stolen vehicle. Shortly afterwards it was located by deputies near the area of 4th Street and Wilkerson Ave. in Perris, California.The driver of the stolen vehicle refused to pull over when deputies attempted to conduct a felony traffic stop. A vehicle pursuit was then initiated. The driver of the stolen vehicle traveled southbound on Interstate 215 at high speeds and eventually lost control and crashed between Newport Road and Scott Road in Menifee. The suspect left the stolen vehicle and carjacked a red Ford Focus 4-door, which had pulled over to render aid at the scene of the collision.

The Ford was occupied by two females and the driver was able to escape. The suspect fled in the Ford with an innocent female passenger. The suspect continued southbound on Interstate 215 and exited at Scott Rd. When the suspect slowed the vehicle to turn, the female passenger jumped out of the moving vehicle.

One of the pursuing deputies stopped his unit and offered assistance to the female passenger. The suspect continued to drive away and made a U-turn on Antelope Rd. The female passenger received minor injuries and was treated medically at the scene. The suspect then drove directly towards the deputy who had stopped to help the female passenger. The deputy shot several rounds from his handgun at the approaching vehicle.

The suspect drove back onto the freeway and continued to drive southbound. The suspect exited Murrieta Hot Springs Road and continued eastbound. The California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit.

The following morning March 05, 2007, about 7:00 AM, officers from the Temecula Police Department were able to locate and arrest the suspect in this case. The suspect has been identified as Joshua Alan Richie, 19 year-old resident of Temecula. Found in Richie’s possession were personal items belonging to the carjack victim. He was found to be staying at a local motel in Temecula.
Joshua Richie was booked into the Southwest Detention Center for kidnapping, kidnapping to commit robbery, carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of stolen property.

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March 7, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE FOLKS BACK HOME

Most of you know that I hail from Kentucky but I also lived in Iowa, so here’s a little something for my friends back there.

You wouldn’t look at Larry Cleverley and think ‘Wall Street’ executive when you see him every Saturday at the Des Moines (no ‘s’, you out-of-towners) Farmers’ Market. His long, flowing gray hair and muddy boots just don’t go with a business suit. Being as he’s the one surrounded by shoppers and touting the merits of roquette with more spice and radicchio to provide better balance, Larry has made it his mission to educate the good folks of Iowa about the virtues of organic vegetables. Shoppers snap up his fresh lollo rosa, arugula, and mizuna. It was fate that brought Larry back to the Mingo, Iowa, and gave him the opportunity to turn the farm that’s been in his family for generations into a sustainable farming oasis. Now Larry’s produce is a mainstay at nearly all of the region’s better restaurants and dinner plates all across Iowa.

(This article goes out to all my friends back in Iowa and to the gourmet veggie musical group, KEENWILD, who are good at whipping up tasty non-meat dishes.)

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March 7, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

So I decided to bake some cookies the other day. I love cookies alot, and buy them all the time; however, not too often do I actualy bake them myself. I am lazy like that. I thought the easy way and purchased some of this ‘Release’ Non-Stick Foil. I opened the package and noticed the foil was different, it was new and slick. I spread it out on the cookie sheet with the correct side facing up and slapped down my cookies and tossed them in the oven for 12 minutes. I removed them from the oven and let them set for about 10 minutes to cool. I then performed ‘the test’. I grabbed the cookie sheet, being sure to grab the edges of the foil and turned the cookies upside down. Every last cookie on the sheet fell off of the foil and on to the counter with no effort. It was a perfect score on the test, and the foil gets the Full Value seal of approval.

http://www.reynoldskitchens.com for info and recipes

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