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Holtville City Council:Four Competefor Three Seats in November

BY RICHARD MONTENEGRO BROWNAND JAYSON BARNISKE

A ransomware attackunleashed on Imperial ValleyCollege's computer system onAug. 6 brought down critical sys-tems that remained offline as ofdeadline Aug. 12, a collegespokesperson confirmed.

College officials sent out apress release Aug. 10 saying thecollege was working on gather-ing and processing as muchinformation as possible to "betterassess what systems and fileshave been affected."

"We are following recom-mended precautions and proto-cols to fix the problem and willalert our students, campus andthe external community when allsystems are back online," statedMartha Garcia, IVC superinten-dent and president, in the pressrelease.

The college computer systemwas shut down as a precautionmid-morning Aug. 6, when ran-somware was detected.

The release stated that keycampus systems remain offline,although it did not specify whichsystems those are. Additionally,the telephone communicationssystem is down, and, at this time,the college is unable to receive orplace calls, the initial releasestated.

"Key student-informationsystems" remained offline Aug.11, but no specifics were shared.

"The college continues toexperience significant technicalissues that have required severalof our student-information sys-tems to remain offline. We willnotify our student body, campusand the Imperial Valley commu-nity when systems are backonline," public information

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BY RICHARD MONTENEGRO BROWN,CELESTE ALVAREZ AND

JAYSON BARNISKE

For the first time in eightyears, members of the HoltvilleCity Council face a challenger.

The three Holtville councilincumbents, Mayor JamesPredmore, Virginia "Ginger"Ward and appointee MikePacheco, will face political new-comer Murray Anderson, theHoltville High girls' varsity bas-ketball coach, in the November

general election.No election will be needed in

Holtville for the school districtboard, as incumbents MatthewMichael Hester and Jared AdamGarewal run unopposed. The racewill not appear on the Novemberballot.

The filing period closed at 5p.m. Aug. 7 for all municipal,school board and special districtelections in Imperial County,with the exception of a few racesthat were extended to Aug. 12

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MURRAY ANDERSON JAMES PREDMORE GINGER WARD MIKE PACHECO

Abatti Will Appeal to State SupremeCourt this Month Over IID Ruling

BY JAYSON BARNISKE

Farmer Mike Abatti says he plans to askthe California Supreme Court to overturn adecision by the Court of Appeals in favor ofthe Imperial Irrigation District in his years-long lawsuit against the district over itswater-management plan, according to a state-ment released Aug. 10 through his attorney,Cheryl Orr.

Abatti, after having his petition deniedAug. 5 to have the Fourth District Court ofAppeals re-hear the successful appeal fromthe IID, hopes to have the entire issue filedwith the state Supreme Court by the end ofthe month.

The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of theIID on July 16 when it confirmed the district'sposition that there is no privileged class ofwater users. However, the appellate court did

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THE HIGHLINE CANAL is shown at full capacity as it brings Colorado River watervia the All-American Canal to the farm fields of Imperial Valley.COURTESY PHOTO

HUSD teachers to have option to teach from home or on campusBY CELESTE ALVAREZ

As schools prepare to welcome studentsback to distance learning, teachers atHoltville Unified School District will havethe option to instruct either remotely or intheir classrooms on campus.

"The teachers are very happy that theyhave the option," said Lee Austin Quarcelino,head of the Holtville Teachers' Association.

Classes are expected to resume through-

out the district on Aug. 17, with all studentsengaging in live online classes from theirhomes. Teachers, however, will be able toreturn to campus and use their classrooms andother school resources to help facilitate theirlive lessons should they choose.

"The option to work from home or schoolwas a decision that the both the HoltvilleTeachers' Association and the district came upwith working together," said Quarcelino.

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IVC Hit withRansomware

Attack; MultipleSystems

Impacted andRemained

Offline

BY CELESTE SILVA ALVAREZ

Although the halls ofSouthwest High School lacked thebuzz of the first day of school,inside Cheryl Turner's scienceclassroom came a familiar exuber-ance as she welcomed her studentsinto their live Zoom video meetingthe morning of Aug. 11.

"I'm just so excited, I haven'tseen them since May," Turner saidas she peered over her laptop tocheck if any more students werewaiting to be added to their Zoommeeting.

Turner stood at the front of herempty classroom as she calledattendance and checked in on herstudents' online connection as wellas their health.

"It's good to see you guys,"Turner told her students.

Southwest High School stu-dents, along with those fromCentral Union High School andDesert Oasis High School, all in ElCentro, became the first in theImperial Valley to resume fallschooling with campuses closedand distance-learning measures inplace to prevent the spread of thecoronavirus.

"My focus this year must be onhow to engage my students usingonline tools like Zoom and Googleclassroom," explained Turner. "Inpast years, engaging students faceto face is easy and fun because it ismuch easier to read the room andrespond quickly."

Returning for her ninth year ofteaching at Southwest HighSchool, Turner was among a hand-ful of teachers within the CentralUnified School District that choseto instruct live lessons from theiron-campus classrooms, rather thanin their homes.

"It is difficult to set up a class-

room environment in your home,"Turner said.

Given that Turner teacheschemistry, she said she chose toreturn to her science classroombecause of the extensive amountof resources that are available toher in the room and her familiaritywith instructing from a classroomsetting for the past 18 years of herteaching career. She will be jug-gling five classes this fall semesterwith about 120 students in total.

"As an educator you must bethe lead in establishing the cultureand environment that will moti-vate students and give them thebest opportunity to learn," saidTurner. "It is 100 percent up to youright now."

Prior to the pandemic-cautiousfirst day of school, the biggestconcern for most faculty on dayone would be making sure lost stu-dents are able to find their wayaround campus, explainedSouthwest High School PrincipalMatt Phillips.

"The equivalent of findingyour classrooms now is being ableto log on to your student account,"Phillips said, referencing theonline portal students use toaccess information about theirclasses and schedules.

Along with making sure stu-dents can properly log on, Phillipsalso noted that the next concern ismaking sure students have a fastand strong-enough internet con-nection to carry the live videoclasses that are vital to the stu-dents' educational interaction.

"We absolutely recognize howimportant the in-person liveinstruction is and that's one of thethings people miss most, the inter-action," said Phillips.

Additionally, with an averageof more than 2,000 studentsattending Southwest High Schooleach school year, Phillips also

notes that the school is trying tocheck in on families that might nothave registered their children yet.

"Normally we expect about2,100 students and in terms of reg-istered right now we are under2,000, so we are going to be mak-ing about 200 phone calls to seewhere everybody is," Phillips saidAug. 11.

Although late registration isnot unusual for the first day ofschool, Phillips believes some ofthe confusion may come from thefact that the district begins highschool class sessions about twoweeks before the El CentroElementary School District startsits first day of school, leavingsome students to start registering

much earlier than their youngersiblings.

"We have people who are onthe phone calling the families ofpeople we are expecting buthaven't registered," Phillips said."We need to do everything we canto find them and just see what

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Week of August 10thWhen Love Goes Into Food: Mental Health Support From a Meal

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La investigación encuentra que las personas que comen comidas caseras deforma regular tienden a ser más felices y saludables y consumen menos

azúcar y alimentos procesados, lo que puede dar lugar a mayores niveles deenergía y una mejor salud mental. Para aquellos que han descubierto la

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Rina GodoyPropietaria Antojitos Como en Casa

Tomasa J. Moran, 91, resident of Holtville, CA for 50 years, passedaway peacefully at home on July 27, 2020. Tomasa was born onDecember 21,1928 in Mexicali, Mexico. She married Richard Moran onMarch 19, 1944. Mr. & Mrs. Moran had been married for 64 years.

Mrs. Moran enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, spending time at thecasinos, and spoiling her grandchildren.

Mrs. Moran was preceded in death by her husband Richard, parentsFelipe and Carlota, and brother Esteban. She is survived by her sonsRicardo (Consuelo), Gilberto (Pilar), Jesus, daughters Guadalupe, Maria

(Cruz), Gloria (Charlie), Leonila, and Adriana (Jose), 20 grandchildren,30 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held on Friday, August 28th, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Hems Bros. in ElCentro. Graveside service will follow immediately at Terrace Park Cemetery in Holtville, CA.

Tomasa J. Moran12/21/28 - 7/27/20

Teachers.........................................from page oneHUSD Superintendent Celso

Ruiz did not return repeated phonecalls or emails seeking comment,and district board President KevinGrizzle had no comment on thedecision, only acknowledging thatteachers and faculty have workedhard this summer to make the firstday of school possible for studentsnext week.

Holtville High SchoolPrincipal Anthony Arevalo did notrespond to calls or emails by dead-line.

The option to teach from homeor on campus has alleviated somestress for local teachers, however,they are still very much in prepmode as they gear up for the fallschool year.

"The Holtville teachers weredoing live interaction with instruc-tion at the end of last school yearand now we are just taking it onestep further," Quarcelino said. "Ifeel that most teachers are just con-cerned with making sure they areprepared and ready to go that extra

step."Holtville parents were

informed in a letter from the dis-trict that unlike the hastily assem-bled distance-learning plan put inplace last March when the pandem-ic broke out locally, the fall sessionis expected to differ for manyschools given specific guidelinesand expectations issued by the stateon how schools operate their dis-tance learning.

It was reported in a school pre-view story from Aug. 6 that inaccordance with the state, a mini-mum amount of instructional timefor different grade levels has beendirected, with three hours instruct-ed for transitional kindergarten andkindergarten, three hours and 50minutes advised for grades firstthrough third, and four hoursexpected for all other grades.

"One big shift this fall will bethat (all high schoolers) will expe-rience live online classes with theirteachers," Arevalo said in a previ-ous story. "They'll also have the

same amount of class periods; theywill just be 30 minutes each."

These minimum time frameswill include both live interactionbetween teachers and students, aswell as homework and independentlearning, according to a HoltvilleUnified press release.

Holtville High students' schoolschedule will generally includelive interactive lessons in themorning, a break for lunch, fol-lowed by independent homeworkwith teacher consultation timeavailable in the afternoon if neces-sary.

"It's our hope that by startinglive online classes in the morning,it will give our students, teachersand community a sense of normal-cy," Arevalo said last week.

"It's a big shift, but live classesshould still be able to allow teach-ers to show presentations, call onnon-volunteers, check on students'understanding and have them writeand turn in assignments,"explained Arevalo.

Central Union High School District Kicks Off First Day of Online School

Southwest High School science teacher Cheryl Turner (from left)and Principal Matt Phillips greeting Turner's "class" via Zoomon the first day of school Aug. 11. The Central Union High SchoolDistrict, which also includes Central Union High School andDesert Oasis High School in El Centro, were the first schools tocome back into session this week. CORISSA IBARRA PHOTO

Staff ReportHelina Hoyt, nursing pro-

gram coordinator at San DiegoState University-Imperial Valleycampus in Calexico, has beenawarded $125,000 from SDSU'sHealthLINK Center forTransdisciplinary HealthDisparities Research (SDSUHealthLINK Center) to fund ayearlong project that will bringtogether community leaders andmultidisciplinary universityresearchers to formalize aresearch coalition and select apilot project focused on improv-ing the region's minority healthoutcomes.

The initiative is being fundedby the National Institute onMinority Health and HealthDisparities of the NationalInstitutes of Health, according toa SDSU press release.

"I am thrilled to be the projectleader of this research and inno-vation initiative," Hoyt stated in

the Aug. 10 release. "This is avery exciting process because itbuilds a collaboration through theuniversity that allows us toenhance the good work alreadybeing done here in ImperialValley."

"In essence we will makeSDSU-IV the hub to connect aca-demic and scientific expertisewith community leadership,"Hoyt stated. "This project isabout creating infrastructure thatbuilds community-academicpartnerships, produces lastingconnections and a communica-tion network that will lead to fur-ther work surrounding the questto decrease health disparities inour rural, border region."

Long before ImperialCounty's challenges in containingthe spread of COVID-19 madeheadlines, the region's health dis-parities had been well documented

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due to incumbents not filing.Election Day is Nov. 3, but

vote-by-mail ballots can be sent instarting Oct. 5.

Predmore and Ward have beenon the council since 2012 andPacheco was appointed to the coun-cil in 2019 to replace DavidBradshaw, who resigned.

"I enjoy serving the community… I've done it for eight years nowand continue to look forward toserving the community somemore," Predmore said Aug. 10when contacted.

Ward and Pacheco could notimmediately be reached for com-ment.

This will be Anderson's firstforay in politics. The Holtvilleschools' product moved out of thecity and out of the county for someyears but returned to Holtville full-time a few years ago.

"I know I'm the challengergoing up against three incumbents,but I think a new perspective isneeded, on not just Holtville but allboards every so often. I think coun-cils and boards become complacentif there is no challenge," Andersonsaid Aug. 10. "Being Holtvilleraised and educated, I want to giveback and pay it forward in the townwhere I grew up.

"I grew up here and my parentswere all about civic pride, so whenI moved back here, I knew I wantedto run for a seat on the council. Ilive here, I coach here, and I wantto be part of the decision makersshaping our beautiful town foryears to come," Anderson added.

When asked what some of thebig issues facing the city were thistime around, Predmore said hewants to see more housing broughtin to help raise the town's popula-tion and entice some "fast-foodrestaurants to Holtville," he said.

Said Anderson: "I'm notopposed to residential growth,especially considering how quicklythe new homes on the northeast endof town sold. I'm not opposed tocommercial growth as long as it'sdone strategically. And when thingsget back to 'normal,' I'd love to seethe city and schools collaborate onmore events in town like bringingback the Holtville rib cookoff."

Meanwhile, like Holtville,other normally staid elections areseeing a new infusion of life. Inrecent years, the Imperial CityCouncil has seen more participa-tion.

Incumbent council membersRobert Amparano and MayorDarrell Pechtl, who hold the only

seats available, will be pittedagainst Imperial Chamber ofCommerce Executive DirectorSusan Paradis and citizen KatieBurnworth.

Two seats are available on theImperial Unified School Districtboard and incumbents David Rossand Victor Manuel Lopez havequalified for re-election. Teacherand parent Liliana Cordova Duranalso qualified to challenge.

For political junkies, it will bean active election season inCalexico and El Centro.

Eleven people have filed forfour seats on the Calexico CityCouncil, including the four incum-bents. There are also elections forthe Calexico Unified SchoolDistrict Board of Trustees andCalexico's Heffernan MemorialHealthcare District board.

On the Calexico council,incumbent council members BillHodge, Lewis Pacheco, MorrisReisen and Camilo Garcia have allfiled for re-election.

Going up against the four coun-cil members will be challengersMichael Christopher Mayne, a for-mer city planning commissioner;former police officer and currentCalexico Wellness Center boardmember Javier Moreno; currentHeffernan Memorial HealthcareDistrict Trustee Gloria Romo; for-mer council member and mayorJoong Kim; resident MichaelAnthony Jeffers; Raul Ureña, afounding member of the ImperialValley Equity and Justice Coalition;and former Calexico police officerand current private investigatorJason Jung.

Three full four-year terms areavailable and one short-term, two-year seat is available. IncumbentGarcia, who now occupies the two-year seat, has filed for a four-yearseat. He was appointed to the coun-cil in late June to replace disgracedcouncil member David Romero.Reisen, who was appointed to afour-year seat in 2018, has filed forthe two-year seat. In the short-termrace, he will be joined by Ureña andJeffers.

The rest of the candidates men-tioned are seeking four-year seats.

With two seats up for election,Calexico Unified School DistrictBoard of Trustees incumbentsMichael Castillo and Enrique"Kiki" Alvarado will defend theirseats against business ownerMargarita Magallanes.

The race to fill three seats onthe Heffernan Memorial HealthcareDistrict Board of Trustees extended

to Aug. 12, as incumbent GloriaRomo is running for Calexico CityCouncil. Incumbents RodolfoValdez and Hector Martinez haveboth filed for re-election and theywill be challenged by Raul Ureña,who also filed for the City Council.

It was not available if anyoneelse filed for the extendedHeffernan seat as of this newspa-per's deadline the morning of Aug.12.

Meanwhile, in El Centro, threeseats are up for election on the CityCouncil, with incumbents EdgardGarcia, Efrain Silva and JasonJackson all returning to defend theirplaces on the dais. They will bechallenged by Martha Cardenas-Singh, Alyssa Ibarra-Gonzales,Silvia Marroquin, and Sonia Carter.

In El Centro, both the highschool and elementary schoolboards will see much action.

There are four seats open forelection on the Central Union HighSchool District board, three full-

term seats and one two-year seat.Because an incumbent has not yetreturned paperwork, the filing peri-od on a four-year seat was extendedto Aug. 12.

So far, in the full-term race,incumbents Jacinto Cruz Jimenezand Diahna Garcia-Ruiz have filedfor re-election and challengersMaria Laura Peinado and EricLeonard Rodriguez have qualified.Incumbent and board PresidentRyan D. Childers did not file for re-election.

Childers is in a run-off electionNov. 3 against J.B. Hamby for theDivision 2 seat on the ImperialIrrigation District Board ofDirectors. Also, IID Division 4Director Erik Ortega is in a run-offwith Calexico resident JavierGonzalez.

The race is closed for the short-term Central Union High districtseat, which is held by appointedincumbent Steven Martin Walker.Walker has filed for the election

and so has Carlos RamirezHernandez.

The El Centro ElementarySchool District board has threeseats available and all three trusteeshave filed to defend: Michael RayMinnix, Patricia Lou Dunnam, andCharles R. "Chuck" Fisher. Theywill be challenged by school psy-chologist Frances Armenta Terrazasand elementary teacher AndrewArevalo.

There were several other citycouncil, school board and specialdistrict races up for election Nov. 3.The above races are those that willbe covered by the CalexicoC h r o n i c l e / H o l t v i l l eTribune/Imperial Valley Weekly.

A complete list of qualifiedraces was posted by the countyelections department Aug. 10.Those running for city council seatsin Brawley, Calipatria, andWestmorland should be posteddirectly on those city's websites.


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Youth Training, Air-PollutionProjects, Business Opportunities

BY ELIZABETH VARIN

Imperial County is gearing upfor close to $700,000 more thisyear to fund youth occupationaland academic learning.

The county Board ofSupervisors authorized signing anagreement to release $3.57 millionin funds from the state for theWorkforce Innovation andOpportunity Act youth subgrant.

The funding goes toward workexperience, academic tutoring,preparation for post-secondaryopportunities and mentorship, saidImperial County Workforce andEconomic Development DirectorPriscilla Lopez. The county is get-ting more money this year, but it isbased on a formula that the statehas.

The supervisors also approvedair-pollution control projects thatwould add an air-filtration systemat De Anza Magnet School in ElCentro and pave the staff parking

lot at Magnolia Elementary Schoolin Brawley.

While projects are still passingthrough the Board of Supervisors,concerns about businesses reopen-ing are still making their way to theboard as well.

Tim Kelley with the ImperialValley Economic DevelopmentCorp. spoke to the board aboutworking with local businesses andthe county Public HealthDepartment to get training for busi-nesses that are getting ready toreopen. IVEDC and other groupslike the Small BusinessDevelopment Center have alreadystarted to offer webinars and othertraining on safely reopening, hesaid. These webinars and otherservices are free to businesseslooking at how to operate in aCOVID-19 era.

Businesses wanting more infor-mation can call the ImperialCounty Public Health Department,IVEDC or the Small BusinessDevelopment Center.

SDSU-IV to Lead Unique HealthDisparities Research Project

First Day.........................................................................from page twotheir status is."Like many other school dis-

tricts, Phillips and his faculty areprepared to phase into less preco-cious measures of teaching basedon when they are authorized by theImperial County Public HealthDepartment to bring students backto their campuses. Students cananticipate that the school year willprogress in stages, starting fromdistance learning and transitioninginto on-campus learning for stu-dents when it has been deemed safeto do so.

"The last thing we want to do iscontribute to the spread of the virusby anything we do," Phillips saidthrough his Southwest High Schoolface mask. "We want our kids backand we want them safe, and it isour job to do both."

Keeping a safe distance herself,Southwest teacher Jackie Valadezdecided to spend her first day ofclasses meeting with her studentsvirtually from the comfort of herBrawley home.

"I will probably go into myclassroom for specific units, but asof now I have been able to adaptthe material to work from home,"said Valadez. "All you really needis the connectivity."

Valadez has taught the school'sdental assistant course for the past13 years, in which she providesstudents the knowledge, skills, andpractice for those who would liketo obtain employment within adental facility.

"For teachers, right now it'sabout looking at things outside thebox and figuring out how students

can have a similar experiencethrough a different lens," Valadezsaid. "One way is to reevaluatehow to establish relationships inthe new learning platform."

Central Union High Schoolteacher Jennifer Burt was glad toreconnect with her students whileworking from campus Aug. 11.

"The most challenging part wassitting in a classroom, with all ofthe chairs up on their desks,empty," said Burt, who returned toteach science for her 14th year. Shewill be teaching 119 students thisfall school year.

In contrast to her empty class-room, Burt was happy to see stu-dents attend online classes prompt-ly and actively engaged.

"Students (had) positive atti-tudes, good energy, and good com-

munication skills," Burt said. "I'mproud of our Central students."

Although it is a different typeof interaction, Central Union HighSchool teacher Elizabeth Fifer alsoenjoyed the interactions she wasable to make with students on theirfirst day of her English class.

"The positive aspect is alwaysmaking connections," Fifer said."It was nice to be able to have someone-on-one meets with studentswho were doing well and those thatneeded an encouraging word."

Despite running into technicalissues that required her to jumpbetween using her mobile deviceand her home computer, Fifer washappy to see her students persevereon the first day regardless ofunforeseen issues.

"I think the most challenging

aspect was not being able to physi-cally be in the same room as mystudents," she said. "At times stu-dents were having technical issuesthat we could power through."

Like Valadez, Fifer opted toteach her five classes from herhome where she expects to spendthe majority of her instructing time.She attributed her classes' success-ful first day to the hard work andsupport her community and districthas provided her and her col-leagues leading up to the day.

"I think our parents, students,teachers, support staff, administra-tors, and community members arebeing so helpful," Fifer said. "Iwould not be ready to teach virtual-ly without every other stakeholderlooking out for what is best for ourstudents."

HELINA HOYT, nursingprogram coordinator at SanDiego State University-Imperial Valley campus inCalexico. COURTESYPHOTO


El Toro feedlot to expand by as muchas 1,700 head of cattle

BY ELIZABETH VARIN

El Toro Exports, which bor-ders Heber to the south, could seeas many as 1,700 new head of cat-tle in the next couple of years.

The Imperial County Board ofSupervisors voted 5-0 to approvean expansion plan for the compa-ny after nearly an hour and a halfof discussion and debate by agri-culture producers and interestedparties. Once the issue went backto the board, supervisors consid-ered pushing the issue to a latermeeting or even sending the proj-ect back to the planning commis-sion, before ultimately voting toapprove a zone change and miti-gated negative declaration, whichstates there will be minimalimpacts on the surrounding envi-ronment.

The expansion projectincludes two phases. The firstwould add 9,000 cattle to the feed-lot site in an area where Bermudagrass currently grows. The secondphase includes an additional 8,000head of cattle in the area where thefeedlot currently houses its com-posting operation.

The project isn't on newlyacquired property, but rather addsmore head of cattle to the currentfootprint of El Toro's operation,said Bill Plourd, president of ElToro Exports. New cattle penswould be added to existing El Toroproperty.

"The question is why? And the

answer is economics," he said. "Ingeneral, the cattle industry hasbeen good over the last few years... Our interest is to responsiblygrow our business."

The first expansion could bedone within a year, he said, addingthat the second expansion wouldoccur after a new site for the com-posting operations is found andapproved. That could take anotheryear or more.

Not only is El Toro Exportsexpanding, but other feedlotexpansions have previously beenapproved in the last few years,said Tom DuBose with DuBoseDesign Group, representing ElToro Exports. Those businessexpansions as a whole have thepotential to increase the cattleindustry by 25 percent, which hesaid would be a great boost for theValley.

"Agriculture in ImperialCounty is our No. 1 industry, andwithin agriculture, cattle and live-stock is the No. 1 agriculturalcommodity," Dubose said. "Cattlefeeding and livestock is a half abillion dollar industry in our coun-ty. … The No. 1 commodity fromthe No. 1 industry in our county isabout to significantly grow."

Some agriculture and feedlotrepresentatives spoke out in favorof the project, like Eric Brandt,president of One World Beef, whoshared his "enthusiastic support"of the project.

"Four years into our journey,we need to expand the Valley'scattle herd to accommodate our

growth objectives," he said. "...Currently we're only running fourdays a week as we await more cat-tle to process. So, we're eager forthe continued growth of localfeedlots so that we can get back toa normal five-day productionschedule, which will result in ushiring more team members."

However, the expansion wasnot without its critics.

"We have no problem with ElToro. Our history goes way backwith the original owners," saidLinda Scaroni-Rossi, who is partof the Scaroni farming familyoperation whose businesses arebased in Heber. "I think the pointhere is just the location of thisfeedlot, being so close to theHeber community and ag land, it'sjust not a good place for it toexpand. ... If the feedlot was therebefore most of the homes, that'sone thing. But to let the feedlotexpand after the fact does affectthe homes, and it does have impacton the homes and the area.

"To proceed with this develop-ment without proceeding with afull environmental impact report isjust irresponsible in my opinion,"Scaroni-Rossi added. "I wouldlike to see you send it back to theplanning department at the veryleast and vote no."

Others emphasized potentialenvironmental impacts.

"The argument is always jobsover health, and that should not bethe rhetoric anymore in theImperial Valley," said MiguelHernandez with Comite Civico del

Valle, adding that the group isstrongly opposed to the project theway it was presented to the board."Please vote no on this resolu-tion."

Others cited the method inwhich the project came before theboard and what some said was alack of notifications for the Hebercommunity.

"In no uncertain terms thisapplication has been pursued ille-gally and has not followed a nor-mal, lawful process for a zonechange and expansion of this mag-nitude and has not properly stud-ied the impacts it places on thecommunity," said Steve Scaroni,who lives close to El Toro's opera-tion. He is also founder and ownerof the Scaroni Family ofCompanies.

"Gentlemen, supervisors, youare the gatekeepers. You areresponsible for doing things cor-rectly and legally for the benefit of

the people who live in the commu-nities and this county that theboard serves," Steve Scaroniadded.

Supervisors Ryan Kelley andLuis Plancarte both emphasizedhow the project has been talkedabout for a number of years beforethe Aug. 11 vote.

"It's not something that's justmanifested in the last 30 or 60days," Kelley said before the vote.

Supervisor Jesus Escobarmotioned to allow the expansion,citing sustainable growth withinthe cattle industry being necessaryfrom a financial standpoint.

"Am I a huge proponent ofeconomic development throughindustrial as well as manufactur-ing? Absolutely," he said. "But atthe end of the day we have toremain true to our roots, and thecattle industry is true to our roots."

EL TORO EXPORT’S cattle feedyard can be seen facing southonto land in the background that will be the site of an expansionof the operation in the future. CORISSA IBARRA PHOTO

The rural, border county has apopulation of 180,000, 85 percent ofwhom are Hispanic or Latino. Thecounty has among the lowest medianincome levels in the state and one ofthe highest unemployment rates. Thecounty's rate of asthma, obesity anddiabetes all exceed the state average.

A group of 17 Imperial Countyleaders, representing diverse sectorsof the community have already vol-unteered to serve on the coalition thatwill collaborate with universityresearchers. The wide-ranging groupincludes medical professionals, rep-resentatives of both El CentroRegional Medical Center andPioneers Memorial HealthcareDistrict, and representatives fromCalipatria State Prison, the ImperialValley Food Bank, the U.S. BorderPatrol, and numerous other localorganizations.

Helen Palomino, executivedirector of the Cancer ResourceCenter of the Desert, who is on thecoalition, stated she is enthusiasticabout the process.

"It's a wonderful opportunity,"she explained. "Creating a hub towork with researchers on communityhealth needs lets us work together tosolve problems holistically."

Hoyt stated the coalition willstart by reviewing recent healthresearch completed in ImperialCounty.

"A lot of wonderful work sur-rounding health improvement andreducing health disparities inImperial County has already beencompleted," Hoyt stated. "We wantto build on that."

The coalition members will iden-tify research priorities and infrastruc-ture needs in Imperial County, while

working with the SDSU HealthLINKCenter. The coalition will select apilot project to fund that supportsthese priorities and needs to advanceresearch in rural, border communi-ties. SDSU-IV social work and nurs-ing leadership master's degree stu-dents will also have a chance to workon the pilot project, to enhance theirskills and develop the leadershipexperience needed to help solveproblems locally.

"Collaboration in this process iskey." Hoyt added. "By teaming com-munity leaders with researchers, wehave the best chance of developingsustainable solutions."

The parent award to this admin-istrative supplement, the SDSUHealthLINK Center, was funded in2018 by a five-year, $19.9 milliongrant from NIMHD and is part of thenational Research Centers in

Minority Institution Program. Thisaward was one of the largest in theuniversity's history to establish a cen-ter for minority health and health dis-parities research. The Center appliesa transdisciplinary approach to itsresearch where investigators lever-age their networks and knowledge tocollectively "link" multiple areas ofexpertise toward one goal - the devel-opment of infrastructure and servicesto advance minority health andhealth disparities research.

Locally, the SDSU-ImperialValley's Development andCommunity Affairs Department isalso hard at work building theImperial Valley's only public four-year university through philanthropy,foundation grants, corporate invest-ment, and public/private partner-ships, Director Victor Nava said. This work helps the universitystrengthen its three pillars of excel-lence first established here 60 yearsago - teaching, research, and service,

which expands that which is knownin various fields and gives studentsan opportunity to participate in aca-demic research. Throughout the years, philanthropyhas been essential in providing schol-arships to thousands of SDSU-IVstudents. For these students, scholar-ships were essential to completingtheir education. Today, many schol-arship recipients are now our alumniholding key positions in schools,hospitals and government agenciesthroughout the Imperial County.Today, SDSU-IV's Development andCommunity Affairs team has theadditional responsibility of bringingphilanthropy to support the expan-sion of SDSU-IV's academic reachinto essential areas in healthcare, sus-tainable energy, STEAM, and otheracademic programs that both supportthe higher educational needs ofImperial County and provide eco-nomic development opportunities forImperial County's future.

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Assembly Member Garcia's Lithium CommissionBringing Economic Opportunities Closer to ImperialSTAFF REPORT

The state Senate Committeeon Energy, Utilities, andCommunications voted on Aug. 3to approve Assembly MemberEduardo Garcia's Assembly Bill1657 - Blue Ribbon Commissionon Lithium Extraction inCalifornia. This measure wouldrequire the California EnergyCommission to establish a BlueRibbon Commission to exploreand expand the state's emerginglithium recovery industry.

"This is a significant opportu-nity for California as well as ourImperial Valley community toachieve our climate goals, bal-ance the electrical grid, and stim-ulate economic development inareas most in need of invest-ment," said Garcia, D-Coachella."We have not come close to tap-ping into the potential of thisrenewable power industry. Byactively expanding this energytechnology and developing acompetitive lithium industry, thiscommission could serve as avaluable lever of our state's eco-nomic recovery strategy to helpbring back jobs and recoup criti-cal economic losses due to theCOVID-19 pandemic."

State Sen. Ben Hueso, D-SanDiego, committee chair, applaud-ed Garcia and remarked on the

exciting renewable energy andeconomic possibilities for thestate and the Imperial Valleyregion they both represent.

"I support this enormouslybecause there is just so muchmore work we need to do to helpput California in a sustainablefuture and this bill is a veryimportant part of that," Huesostated in a press release.

A news release issued byBerkeley Lab last week claimedthat "Deep beneath the surface ofthe Salton Sea, a shallow lake inCalifornia's Imperial County, sitsan immense reserve of criticalmetals that, if unlocked, couldpower the state's green economyfor years to come." Accordingly,this industry has become referredto as "Lithium Valley." Theyassert that the Salton SeaGeothermal Field (SSGF) has apotential inferred lithiumresource of 15 million metrictons and quotes CEC chair DavidHochschild, saying California'sLithium Valley has the potentialto supply 40 percentof globallithium demand.

Over the last few years,Garcia and Hueso have been gen-erating support and urging theirlegislative colleagues toacknowledge the enormouspotential of this industry to meet

climate benchmarks and upliftsome of the state's most impover-ished areas. For Garcia, the pan-demic has only heightened thesignificance of this endeavor as away to bring much needed eco-nomic relief to Imperial Countywhose economic disparities havebeen further exacerbated.

Tim Kelley, president/chiefexecutive officer of the ImperialValley Economic DevelopmentCorp., testified on behalf of AB1657 before the senate committeenoting that geothermal producersare the No. 1 taxpayer in ImperialCounty and they provide over500 direct jobs and 1,500 ancil-lary jobs in a community that wasjust named by the U.S.Department of Agriculture as apersistent poverty county - withan unemployment rate of over 30percent.

In a letter of support submit-ted to the committee, ImperialIrrigation District also stated that,"Given the abundance of geot-hermal capacity and minerals atthe Salton Sea Know GeothermalResource Area, IID will continueto advocate for this importantresource and looks forward tocontinue working with theLegislature and the Commissionon this important matter."

officer Elizabeth Espinoza toldthe Calexico Chronicle when pressedfor further information Aug. 11.

The first part of that statement,though, appears to be coming verba-tim from a letter sent out to studentsin an Aug. 9 letter from IVC VicePresident of Student Services andEquity, Lennor M. Johnson.

Meanwhile, in an updated state-ment from the college earlier Aug.11, Espinoza stated:

"We realize the media has furtherinquiries, but this is an ongoinginvestigation; therefore, we are notgoing to comment beyond the infor-mation conveyed. This is a dynamicsituation, and our efforts remainfocused on taking care of immediatestudent and employee needs. We willcontinue to provide public updatesaccordingly," she stated.

Among those questions yet toaddressed was what was the ransomdemand made against the college torestore its systems, how did the mal-ware infiltrate IVC's systems, andwhat are the timelines pending todecide whether the start of the fallsemester would be affected, or whenmore information would be providedto the public.

Classes are scheduled to startAug. 17, and when asked how thatmight be affected, Espinozaanswered:

"We are considering delaying thestart date of some courses based onthe individual needs of the class andfaculty recommendations," she wrotein the Aug. 11 statement, which didnot address when that informationmight be coming.

Perhaps the largest questionlooming is whether any personal dataof students or staff might have been

compromised."Regarding information that has

been impacted, that is still underinvestigation. If it is determined thatpersonal identifiable information isinvolved, we will be notifying theaffected individuals as well as theproper authorities," Espinoza statedin the updated release.

IVC's projected fall enrollment is7,000 students.

Jeffrey Enz, chief technologyofficer for the college, reported in theAug. 10 release the college's entiresystem was taken offline as a precau-tion to isolate and prevent the spreadof the virus.

"At this time, IVC's ITDepartment continues to work torestore the system but cannot providea clear timeline as to when systemswill be back online until they ensurethe spread of the virus has been miti-gated. We apologize for any incon-venience this has caused. Please beassured that IVC has taken every stepnecessary to address the incident. Wewill keep the community informed asto any additional information wereceive," the release stated.

Imperial Valley College officialssent a message to students Aug. 9informing them the school mighthave been the victim of a ran-somware attack on the college's sys-tems.

"At this time, we believe thecampus has been impacted by ran-somware. Our (information technolo-gy) department and hired (cybersecurity) consultants are workingdiligently to restore the programs andfiles that have been affected," the let-ter from Vice President Johnson stat-ed.

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District Area 3 board member JerryHart spoke with a reporter from thisnewspaper Aug. 10 confirming theattack, but he could not confirm whatcritical systems were taken offline.

"We are trying to resolve an issuewith our software that affected ourcommunication and operationalprocess," Hart said. "We have madeefforts to get the things back onlineas quickly as possible working with acompany (firm) who is helping to fixthe issue."

"As soon as we know for surewhat is happening, we want to informour students. We hope to have someconcrete information to share withthe public by Friday (Aug. 14)," Hartsaid.

The student registration portal onIVC's website was down, Hart said.He was not able to confirm rumorsthat teachers' ability to turn in gradesfor summer school had been affected.He also did not know whether per-sonal data had been compromised,how the ransomware might haveinfiltrated the system, or what wasasked for as a form of ransom.

He said more would beannounced Aug. 14.

"We want to do right by our stu-dents, and this is getting in the wayright now, especially now that we arein the pandemic and all classes areonline," said Hart, feeling this wouldbe disheartening for students.

Two of the board members con-

tacted Aug. 10 said they wereunaware of the attack. However,Espinoza stated Aug. 11 that allboard members were informed of theransomware attack via email Aug. 9,some three days after it was discov-ered.

When contacted around 10 a.m.Aug. 10, college board TrusteeFather Mark Edney said he knew theschool sent out a message about com-puter problems, but he did not knowof a ransomware attack. He said hehad been out of town.

Board member Rudy Cardenaswasn't even aware the letter had beensent out and knew nothing of the sit-uation when contacted Aug. 10.

Meanwhile, the letter stated the"college continues to experience sig-nificant technical issues that haverequired several of our student infor-mation systems to remain offline,such as WebSTAR, Canvas, Starfish,Syllabi site, Contact Forms, andDegreeWorks. In addition, our tele-phone communication system isdown and is not able to receive phonecalls.

"Being that this is a week beforethe fall semester, we recognize thatthis is a critical time for students tofinalize their class schedules, com-plete any required paperwork, finishthe financial aid process and workwith student services to procure anyneeded accommodations. We alsorecognize there are a few of you

inquiring about transcripts and othertypes of documents needed in orderto complete transfer requirements,"the letter continued.

The letter from Johnson contin-ued:

"The Student Services depart-ment is working to ensure you cancontact us while our systems aredown:

"First, we encourage all studentsto check their IVC email daily forupdates and direction.

"Second, our webpages will beupdated, and we will post scheduledopen zoom meetings, where studentscan log on during the posted hoursand ask a faculty or staff member aquestion. The staff member willeither answer the question or referyou to someone who can.

"Third, you can use our chatboxfeature: 'Ask Pepper.' We are fre-quently updating the chatboxresponses, and questions she cannotanswer will be forwarded to a staffmember, who will reply.

"Please note: students may expe-rience delays in campus employeesresponding to inquiries due to thesetechnical issues, but they will do theirbest to answer all inquiries in a time-ly manner.

"We sincerely apologize for anyinconvenience this may have. Iassure you that we will do all we canto mitigate any problems this maycause. If you have any questions,please do not hesitate to contact medirectly. I will provide the studentbody with another update as soon aswe have additional information."

The government of ImperialCounty was the victim of a ran-somware attack in mid-April 2019. Ittook the county's website, computernetworks and phone and email sys-tems offline for more than a week, aprocess that was still being playedout late into 2019 and some of 2020as thousands of county computerswere upgraded and new security pro-tocols put in place.

Spending $1.9 million in soft-ware, hardware and cybersecurityupgrades, the county Board ofSupervisors fought back againstdemands to pay a reported $1.2 mil-lion in digital ransom (bitcoin). Theboard unanimously decided torebuild its system from the floor up atthe time of the attack.

Officials have maintained that nopersonal information was everaccessed, and that the ransomwaredid not have "data exfiltration capa-bilities," or could not copy or movedata off the infected network. Thatwas according to the results of a mid-August 2019 after-action report fromcounty information technology offi-cials and a third-party cybersecurityfirm.

The attack was first discoveredwhen county officials noticed thecounty website offline on April 14,2019, a Sunday. The ransomwarewas unleashed in stages after a coun-ty employee, and multiple employeesthereafter, opened infected attach-ments in "phishing emails." That ledto what county officials have previ-ously described as a cascading effectof events.


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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFILE NO.: 20-390The following person is conduct-ing business as:Villegas Insurance and FinancialServices1074 E Cole Blvd Ste. 4Calexico, CA 92231(760) 768-1400County of ImperialFull Name of Registrant:

Aaron Guzman Villegas2566 Vista Del MarImperial, CA 92251This business conducted by: AnIndividualRegistrant commenced to trans-act business under the FictitiousBusiness Name(s) listed aboveon: December 1, 2014.I, Declare that all of the informa-tion in this statement is true andcorrect.

Signature: Aaron Villegas,OwnerThe filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis State or a Fictitious BusinessName in Violation of the Rightsof another under Federal, State orCommon Law.Filed with the Imperial CountyClerk-Recorder on: July 13,2020.NOTICE: This statement expires

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