Contributed

As a very young child I watched each day as my father left for work and I happily understood that my dad was an engineer. Of course, my very young brain told me that he was the engineer of —what else? A train! How cool is that?! It wasn’t until he left for Cape Canaveral to work with the space program that I found out he was an electrical engineer. I wasn’t sure what that was but knew enough that I wasn’t going to be riding on a train any time soon! This example may be humorous but what’s happening to accuracy, reality, and truth in our society isn’t. It looks like real truth, as we have known it, is deceased - gone, kaputt. In its place we now have what is called “your truth.” It’s actually an artificial substitute for someone’s personal opinion.

The Hemet/San Jacinto Student of the Month program recently recognized seven local high school seniors for demonstrating character, integrity, love of learning, involvement in school activities, athletics and community service. Students were nominated by teachers or other school personnel for making a difference in their home, school and community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic limitations for public gatherings, the event was held virtually on March 11. About 60 participants logged onto the Zoom meeting where students shared their stories and sponsors and administrators offered their support.

On January 23, 2021, the Lake Elsinore Station Investigations Bureau along with assistance from California Fire Law Enforcement Officers, assumed the investigation regarding a residential fire that had occurred in the 32900 block of Blackwell Boulevard, in the unincorporated area of Lakeland Village. During the fire, three individuals (two juveniles, one dependent adult) perished.

At the onset of the pandemic, the ground was fertile for misinformation. While the new virus rapidly circulated, scientists scrambled to figure out how it spread, whether it was airborne and how to treat it.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opened a new ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations) site, March 15, at American Legion Post 12 in Wickenburg, Arizona.