7-A PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDER WHETHER TO ADOPT THE DRAFT UPDATED NORTH FILLMORE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT, NEXUS STUDY FOR IMPACT FEES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADDENDUM. Staff recommends that the City Council receive a presentation on the NFSP Amendment and Environmental Addendum, ask its questions, take public comment, consider the Ordinance and Resolution on the Addendum, and continue the public hearing to October 11, 2022, to consider the Nexus Study.
Consent Agenda - 5-0 approved. 7-A - 4-O (Mayor recused herself).

7-B REQUEST. 461 Central, LLC (Alex Glasscock), Owner, is requesting that the City Council approve an Amendment to the Property Remediation Agreement (Attachment 1) for the property located at 461 Central Avenue (“Property”). The requested amendment to the Agreement would allow the Owner until April 20, 2023, to complete installation of the fire alarm system and to satisfy all of the Conditions of Approval. Currently, under the Agreement and several time extensions previously granted, these tasks must be completed by September 30, 2022.
Council approved.

7-C REQUEST. The City Council is being requested to adopt an Amendment to Employee Handbook and updated Personnel Rules to be in compliance with current laws, regulations and personnel procedures. The Amendment to Employee Handbook incorporates previous authorized amendments.
Request approved.

7-D REQUEST Staff is requesting City Council authorization to exercise the City’s option to extend the auditor contract for two years so that annual audit for FY 2021-22 can be scheduled as soon as possible.
Council approved.

7-E REQUEST. Staff is requesting that the City Council authorize staff to invest cash in U.S. Treasury notes to take the opportunity to lock in interest rates that are earning close to 4.0%. The City has approximately $35 million of liquid cash, $26 million in California Local Agency Investment Funds and $5.4 million in Certificates of Deposit held in trust by MBS Securities.
Request approved.

Michael Mobley, 66, of Oxnard.

Michael Mobley, a VC Resource Conservation District board director, resigned from two officer roles Wednesday morning, September 21, 2022, nine months after pleading guilty to grand theft in December 2021 for stealing nearly $50,000 from clients over a 7-year range. Bill Morris, of Fillmore, was chosen as vice president, and Kevin Cannon, of Santa Rosa Valley, was chosen as treasurer to replace Mobley. Mobley, 66, of Oxnard, did not resign from his seat as director, and continues to serve on the agency boards of Mound Basin Groundwater Sustainability and the United Water Conservation District.

Mobley returned $49,000 in victim restitution prior to pleading guilty in exchange for reducing the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor in a plea agreement. He was also ordered to complete 60 hours community service.

BACKGROUND:
In mid-March of 2021, an agricultural corporation identified as the Winchester Water Well group contacted deputies from the Moorpark Sheriff’s Station and reported that they were the victims of embezzlement by their property manager. The Winchester Water Well group was comprised of five ranch owners whose property was located in the unincorporated area just outside the city of Moorpark. Deputies obtained the basic facts, completed a theft report, and the case was forwarded to the Moorpark Investigations Bureau.

Over the next several weeks, investigators learned that the ranch owners hired a property management firm that specialized in agricultural land management, identified as Progressive Land Management to manage and service an irrigation water well for the ranchers. The ranch owners initially contracted with Progressive Land Management in mid-2014. Investigators determined that over the course of several years, the owner of Progressive Land Management, identified as Michael Mobley, 66, of Oxnard, stole tens of thousands of dollars from the ranch owners and falsified bank documents in order to conceal the thefts.

On the morning of May 20th, 2021, detectives from the Moorpark Station contacted Mobley as he was leaving his home in Oxnard and arrested him for the thefts, a felony. Detectives then returned to Mobley’s home and served a search warrant and seized additional evidence related to the thefts. Simultaneously, detectives from the Thousand Oaks Special Enforcement Unit, working in conjunction with Moorpark Detectives, served a search warrant at the offices of Progressive Land Management in the city of Santa Paula, where additional evidence was located and seized.

Detectives eventually determined that Mobley embezzled nearly $50,000.00 from the Winchester Well Water Group. Mobley was booked at the Ventura County Main Jail on the charge of 487(a) PC / Grand Theft with bail set at $10,000.00. He had no prior criminal record.

Hugh Elihu Warring.
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Benjamin Warring
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Missouri Warring
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Alice Conaway Warring
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Ora Comfort Warring
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Buckhorn School circa 1920.
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Courtesy Fillmore Historical Museum

Benjamin Warring was born March 9, 1831, in Tioga County, New York. In 1851 he traveled to California via the Isthmus of Panama, settling in San Jose where he had family. For a time, he was engaged in the lumber business. In 1854 he married Missouri Dorcas Easley. Missouri arrived in San Jose, from Missouri, with her family around the same time as Benjamin.

In 1869 the Warring family, which now included Benjamin and Missouri as well as their three children, Isaac, Hugh, and Emmaline, and Missouri’s father and brother, moved from San Jose to Ventura County. The trip took three weeks for the party to reach Ari Hopper’s ranch. Mrs. Warring’s older sister, Susannah, was married to Ari Hopper for whom Hopper Canyon between Fillmore and Piru is named.

In 1930, Hugh Warring told the story of how the family came to own Buckhorn this way, “My father put a shack up on the present Buckhorn Ranch. A man named Hitchcock had a possessory claim to the 160 acres my father wanted to buy. Hitchcock looked at the six-shooter my father wore and said he would trade the land for it. My father homesteaded the ranch as soon as it was open to entry.”

The area known as Buckhorn Ranch had been part of the Rancho Sespe land grant claimed by Thomas W. More. According to Hugh, “T. W. More and my father were fighting over this property until More was murdered (1877). The decision of the court was handed down during the trial of his murderers. The grant was fraudulent and whether More committed the fraud or not we do not know.”

There was an abundance of game in the area. It was not unusual to see bear prints around the area and Ari Hopper was known to have been a great bear hunter. Unfortunately, he died from an accidental gunshot wound while out hunting in 1898. It is said that Buckhorn Ranch earned its name because of the number of deer antlers which were displayed on the gate.

The first crops they grew on the ranch were hay and grain which were sold to the stagecoach companies. In 1887 the ranch was planted with apricots. The first citrus was planted in 1891 or 1892 and they began to bear fruit in 1896.

What really paid the bills in the early days was the ranch’s relationship with the stage company. Not only did they sell hay to them, but the ranch became one of the regular stagecoach stops.

In 1887 the Warrings got a new neighbor. David C. Cook from Chicago was a successful publisher of religious tracts and books. He came to California to recover his health as many wealthy people did during that period. Cook purchased the Rancho Temescal land grant from the Del Valle family of Rancho Camulos. Cook was establishing a “Second Garden of Eden” in the Santa Clara Valley. He laid out the town of Piru. When the Southern Pacific Railroad declined to put a depot in Piru since it already had one at Rancho Camulos, Cook built and staffed his own depot in Piru. He built a school, church and a large home known as the Cook Mansion. By 1890, he had recovered his health and returned to Chicago.

The Mansion and other property were first sold to the Piru Oil and Land Company. In 1907 W. A. Ramsay of Colorado purchased the Mansion for $65,000. The Santa Barbara Morning Press of October 20, 1907 reported that this was the same W. A. Ramsay who was promoting a “Ventura – Nordhoff (Ojai) – Matilija electric road.” The electric road would have been a trolley line between these points.

In 1912 Hugh Warring purchased the Mansion from Ramsey and the family owned it until 1968 when it was purchased by the Scott Newhalls.

In 1881 Hugh Warring had married Alice Conaway. Daughter of Joshua Conaway who was one of the first Ventura County Supervisors and County Assessor. Hugh and Alice would have four sons: Edwin, Floyd, Alfred and Lester. Alice died in 1896 with the official cause listed as “edema of the lungs.”

Hugh remarried in 1903 to Ora Comfort, whose family had lived in the Buckhorn area since 1878. Ora had two sons from a prior marriage and she and Hugh had two sons, Benjamin and Chester

Hugh Warring was involved in many enterprises such as the Hugh Warring Domestic Water System which provided water to the Piru community. He served one term as a Ventura County Commissioner. Running as an independent, he defeated both the Democratic and Republican candidates.

Hugh built Piru’s first school on his property in 1882. It burned down and a new one was built in its place. That structure is reported as having burned before 1913 and the third structure was built just west of its location. Benjamin Warring served as the first director on the board of the Buckhorn School District, with Hugh serving in that capacity next. His sons, some of his grandsons, his brother Walter, and his only son, as well as Ora Warring’s father, H. B. Comfort, all served as trustees on the board for the Buckhorn School District. In 1916 it got a name change from Piru School to Buckhorn School. In 1921, it was enlarged to a two-room building. It was closed in the 1960s and the building was converted to a private residence.

In 1927 along with W. H. Price, Frank Erskine, J. M. Horton, Charles Padelford and others, Hugh Warring established Ramona Building and Loan. The company was to extend loans for the building of homes and businesses in the Fillmore and Piru areas specifically. Hugh Warring was its first president. Ramona Building and Loan didn’t survive the effects of the great depression, which saw to its close in 1932. Hugh’s son, Floyd, opened the Ramona Savings and Loan with a group of investors, in conjunction with his father’s building and loan. It made it through that era, staying open to serve the Fillmore/Piru communities until the mid-1980s when it was purchased by an Orange County concern.

Warring also was a major benefactor for his community donating the land for Piru’s Warring Park in 1937, as well as a pipe organ to the “Piru Community Church.” It was dedicated on June 2, 1935, with David C. Cook’s granddaughter in attendance. The organist for the day was Mrs. Kathryn Kelley Van Duyen of Pasadena and the Buckhorn Rhythm band also performed.

Although David C. Cook founded Piru, it can be argued that Hugh Warring did more to shape the community.

Hugh Warring passed away in October on 1939. His wife, Ora, lived with their son Chester until her death in 1954.

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On September 5, 2022, at about 12:00 PM, an unknown man entered the La Hacienda Market located at 365 Main Street. The man cashed a check that was later discovered to be fraudulent. The man did not provide identification however, he stated that his nickname is “Guero” or “Jalisquillo.”

The suspect is described as Hispanic, approximately 30-40 years old, about 6’0” tall and 210 pounds. The suspect was wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans, and a trucker style hat that had the word “Jalisco” on the front. Surveillance photographs of the suspect are attached.

Anyone with information pertaining to the identity of the suspect, this crime and/or similar one’s are urged to contact the Fillmore Police Station at (805) 524-2233 or the below listed detective. The reporting party may remain anonymous.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind all business owners that cash personal or business checks to verify identification prior to cashing a check and to scrutinize the authenticity of the check. Businesses offering check cashing services should also obtain a fingerprint from the customers cashing checks.

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

Nature of Incident: Forgery / Request for Public Assistance
Report Number: 22-120412
Location: La Hacienda Market, Fillmore
Date & Time: September 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Investigations Bureau/Fillmore Patrol Services
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent, City of Residence
(S) Hispanic male, unknown
Prepared by: Sergeant Will Hollowell
Approved by: Captain Garo Kuredjian, Fillmore Police Chief

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A 20-year-old Fillmore man was arrested for stealing several hundred pounds of plants from a local nursery.

In the early morning hours of September 15, 2022, a patrol deputy located an unoccupied and illegally parked vehicle in the alley of the 400 Block of Central Avenue in the city of Fillmore. The deputy noticed a large amount of Rosemary plants inside the vehicle, unbeknownst to the deputy, the plants had been stolen a few hours prior.

Later the same morning, a local rancher called the Sheriff’s Office to report that his nursery had been the victim of a theft. A suspect had cut and stole several hundred pounds of Rosemary plants from their fields during the night.

Fillmore detectives and patrol deputies quickly followed up and investigated. Detectives identified Jose Hernandez, a Fillmore resident, as the suspect. Hernandez has a history of committing similar crimes. In 2019 Hernandez was arrested for stealing Bay Laurel plants from a nursery located in the same area as this crime.

On September 15, 2022, deputies located Hernandez along with his vehicle in the area of Saratoga Avenue in the city of Fillmore. Hernandez had attempted to conceal his vehicle by parking away from his residence. Upon contacting Hernandez, detectives located several hundred pounds of fresh cut Rosemary and evidence linking the plants to the nursery where they had been stolen. The stolen plants were returned to the nursey without being damaged.

Hernandez was taken into custody and booked at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility for felony grand theft of agriculture crops and possession of stolen property. Hernandez remains in custody with his bail set at $10,000. His next court date is set for September 19, 2022 at 1:30 PM.

This arrest was made possible due to the “Farm Watch,” a partnership between the farming community and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. Farm Watch is a county wide electronic neighborhood watch program that is distributed to more than several hundred farms, ranches, nurseries, and supply houses. This program provides information to ranchers on agriculture crime trends and on how to react and treat the crime scene so that potential evidence is preserved for immediate processing by deputies of the Ventura Sheriff’s Office.

Anyone with information pertaining to crimes of this nature are urged to contact the Fillmore Police Department at (805) 524-2233, Detective Valdez, or Detective Lemar at the below listed numbers. The reporting party may remain anonymous.

The Fillmore Police Department encourages citizens to immediately report suspicious people and vehicles, and to promptly report any crime they come across by calling 911. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank members of the public for their on-going support and due diligence in providing information to assist our agency in solving crimes. We are better at what we do because of our community partnerships.

Nature of Incident: Suspect arrested for Stealing Plants
Report Number: 22-123770
Location: 20000 Block of South Mountain Road, Unincorporated area of Fillmore/Ventura County, CA
Date & Time: September 15, 2022 @ 4:00 PM
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Detective Bureau & Fillmore Patrol Services
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age
(A) Jose Antonio Rosales Hernandez, Fillmore, 20
Prepared by: Detective Sergeant Will Hollowell
Approved by: Fillmore Police Chief, Captain Garo Kuredjian

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

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On September 13, 2022, the Ventura County Environmental Health Division (Division) received confirmation from the California Department of Public Health that a bird collected during the fourth week of August from the City of Simi Valley area tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). This is the first bird collected in 2022 to test positive for WNV in Ventura County. There are no confirmed human cases at this time.

WNV is considered endemic, so we can expect the virus to stay in our environment.

The Division monitors and controls mosquito breeding sources throughout Ventura County. All mosquito breeding sources in the area where the bird was collected will be inspected and treated if evidence of mosquito breeding is observed.

The Division also advises the public to take the following precautions to minimize exposure to WNV: Eliminate standing water from your property; make sure doors and windows have tight-fitting screens without holes; when outdoors wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts and limit activity especially at dawn and dusk; when outdoors apply insect repellent.

WNV can not only affect humans but can also affect horses. For information on WNV in horses, the owners should contact their veterinarian.

To report any potential mosquito breeding sources in Ventura County the public can call the mosquito complaint HOTLINE at 805/658-4310. The Division also provides mosquito eating fish to the public to use in non-maintained swimming pools, ornamental ponds and similar water features. To request mosquito-eating fish call 805/662-6582. To report wild birds that have died recently call the California Department of Public Health at 877/WNV-Bird (877/968-2473).

For more information about WNV symptoms and preventable measures, mosquito control, and surveillance efforts in Ventura County please visit the Division’s website: www.vcrma.org/west-nile-virus

Ventura County Sheriff's Department

On the morning of September 3, 2022, deputies from the Fillmore Police Department responded to investigate a burglary to a business located in the 500 Block of Ventura Street in the city of Fillmore.

Upon arrival, the investigating deputies determined that an unknown suspect(s) forced entry through the front door of the business while the business was closed and stole three acoustic guitars from inside the store. The deputies canvassed the area and located surveillance cameras that captured the commission of the crime, on the evening of September 2nd. From the surveillance video, deputies identified 34-year-old, Fillmore resident Guadalupe Lopez as the burglary suspect.

A search for Lopez ensued and he was located and arrested in the 500 Block of Santa Clara Street in Fillmore on September 3rd. One of the stolen guitars was located nearby and returned to the business owner. Deputies collected additional evidence which linked Lopez to commission of the burglary. The other two stolen acoustic guitars are outstanding, which are pictured in the attached photograph.

Lopez was arrested for PC 459-Burlary and was booked at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura. On September 7th, Lopez was arraigned in Ventura County Superior Court and he was held to answer on the burglary charge. Lopez is currently in custody with a bail set at $10,000. His next court hearing is scheduled for September 20, 2022.

Anyone with information about this crime or having knowledge about the location of the outstanding stolen property are urged to contact the Fillmore Police Station @ (805) 524-2233 or the below-listed detective. The reporting party may remain anonymous.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and Fillmore Police Department is committed to maintaining the safety of all residents by continued community partnerships. Join us in the fight on crime by following us on Twitter @VENTURASHERIFF, Facebook, Instagram @ VCSHERIFF, and with Nixle by texting your zip code to 888777 to receive local law enforcement and public safety alerts and advisories.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has also established a secure database to log information about who has surveillance systems. If you would like to register your surveillance information and allow authorities to contact you, should a crime occur in/or near where your cameras are installed we kindly ask that you email the Fillmore Police Department @fillmorePD.CameraShare@ventura.org.

Nature of Incident: Burglary Suspect Arrested
Report Number: 22-118058
Location: 500 Block of Santa Clara Street, Fillmore
Date & Time: 09-03-22 @ 3:10 PM
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Patrol Services
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age
A. Lopez, Guadalupe De Jesus, Fillmore, Ca., 34
Prepared by: Sergeant Will Hollowell
Approved by: Captain Garo Kuredjian

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

Tom Brown, 65, of Fillmore, was shot on Tuesday, September 6, while camping in Owens Valley, Mono County. A suspect, Deric Beach, 71, of Bishop, was detained and hospitalized, suffering from alcohol withdrawals, and injuries when captured by a police K9. Brown was shot in the shoulder/chest area and transported by Mono County medics to Bridgeport, then air-lifted to Renown Hospital, Reno. Condition was serious at the time of the incident, unknown at press time. Brown and Beach were acquainted prior to the shooting, which took place at 3am. Beach was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, September 12th.

Post Date:09/09/2022 1:50 PM

The City of Fillmore (City) is currently in the process of reviewing and updating its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) for the 2020 cycle. The City is also preparing a Water Shortage Contingency Plan, a detailed proposal for the City’s actions in the event of a water shortage condition. The Department of Water Resources requires water suppliers to update their UWMP every five years. Among other things, the UWMP will evaluate current and projected water supplies and demands within the City’s service area over a 20-year planning horizon.

The City encourages local agencies, the public, and other interested parties in its service area to participate in the update process. The City plans to make a copy of the draft 2020 UWMP available for public review by early October 2022. At that time, the plans will be available for review on the City’s website along with additional information, at https://www.fillmoreca.com/aboutus/news-list.

Please send comments to: Robert Lepore, GISP, MKN & Associates, Inc. at (805) 904-6530 or email rlepore@mknassociates.us

The City of Fillmore will review and take action on the 2020 UWMP at its City Council Meeting on January 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The City of Fillmore is set to review and update the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) as well as preparing a Water Shortage Contingency Plan to begin reviewing in October of 2022.

Votes from 6-14-2022 Council Meeting: 8-A, B, C, D, E, H, and I, approved 5-0.

8-A RESOLUTION NO. 22-3892 – APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 PROJECT LIST TO BE FUNDED BY THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 (SENATE BILL 1)

8-B 1. Approve an allocation of funds in an amount not to exceed $19,450 in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget for a contract with Planet Bids within account 101-4207-0021-245- Contract Services; 2. and approve a contract and authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the contract, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Planet Bids Innovative Procurement Solutions for the components described above. Unanimously approved.

8-C City Council approved an agreement with Planet Bids Innovative eProcurement Solutions to provide citywide web-based eProcurement, contracts, and insurance management software.

8-D Adopted Resolution declaring the City-owned real property located at 308 Chambersburg Road/SH23 in the City of Fillmore (“Property”), known as the Fillmore Equestrian Center, to be surplus, authorizing offers of the Property for purchase pursuant to the Surplus Property Land Act, and finding these activities to be exempt from CEQA. Unanimously approved.

8-E Designated a primary voting delegate; and 2) Appointed up to two alternate delegates. Unanimously approved.

8-H City Council reviewed and approved the Agreement for Services (Valve Turning) with Veolia Water Contract Services USA, LLC. Unanimously approved.

8-I Staff recommended entering into a contract with Retail Strategies for one year with options for a second and third year, in a form approved by the City Attorney’s office authorizing the Mayor to execute the contract, and approve an appropriation in the amount of $45,000 to fund the cost to be incurred during fiscal year 2022-23. Unanimously approved.

8-F Authorized the Mayor to sign contracts with Willdan Financial Services for $17,500 in a form approved by the City Attorney’s office. Approved 4-0, Mayor had conflict.

8-G That the City Council discuss and provide direction to the City Manager whether to have the CPA Conduct a feasibility study for the City. Vote not to approve, 3-2.

Horse riders just east of the corral in the mouth of Pole Canyon. Pictured are Dick Sackett, Harry McConnell, Jack Casner, Frank Arundell, Norman Arundell, Mark Richardson, Bill Akers, Steve Manriquez, standing is Joe Real and Joaquin Real.
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Casner’s Fillmore Stable
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Jack Casner was not the most colorful constable Fillmore has had, that title would clearly go to Owen Miller (but that’s another story). He was, however, one of the longest serving and most respected law enforcement officers Fillmore has had.

Casner was born in Santa Paula in 1876 and except for three years in Texas working on an uncle’s cattle ranch, he spent his entire life in Ventura County. He was married twice, first to Kathleen Ransom who died in 1917 leaving him with a daughter, Winifred. In 1920 he married Kate Brown Reams who had two daughters, Grace and Louise, by an earlier marriage. Together they had two more children, John and Emma.

He came to Fillmore at the age of 26 and in 1910 became a deputy constable under John P. Trotter. In 1914 when Fillmore was incorporated, Jack Casner was appointed its first city marshal. He would serve for 27 years. According to him, he had no close calls as marshal but he was a strong influence on the young people. In dealing with a young man who had fallen in with bad company and was subsequently incarcerated in the town jail, Jack lectured him on his bad behavior and what it would lead to. Later the youth’s cronies came to the jail to break their friend loose. Jack arrived just in time to hear the prisoner objecting to the idea, “Jack said this would be good for me, and what Jack says goes, so you guys just try to take me out of here!” There is no later word on how the young man turned out.

Jack Casner owned one of several livery stables in Fillmore. At one time he had seven men on his payroll. He owned 25 horses, 17 one-horse buggies, four surreys, four buckboards and two larger four-seaters, all of which were for hire. He also had four and six-horse teams which hauled material and supplies to the oil fields as well as hauling plaster to the cement factory which was “just west of the grammar school grounds.” When there was an event elsewhere in the county, he could expect that all of the rigs would be rented. He would also house the horses and rigs of visitors coming to Fillmore for events like the 4th of July Celebration.

When interviewed by Charles Jarrett in 1934, he admitted that he helped bring the end of the livery stable about. Once automobiles began coming to town, he would keep a drum of gasoline and sell to the automobile drivers. He missed the era of the horse and buggies, “Maybe they get there faster [in a car] but anybody whoever wrapped the lines around the whip on a moonlight night and let the horse find it’s way home, simply doesn’t know what he missed.”

Although he was busy with law enforcement and the livery stable, Jack Casner was also well known as a cattleman. He ran cattle in the Pole Creek area for many years. He was considered the “dean” of stockbreeders in the county. He was so well thought of that when he lost his herd in the early 1930s, other breeders in the county chipped in to buy a rail carload of new stock for him.

He retired in 1938 and in 1939 he suffered a stroke. He passed away on November 18, 1942.

September 11th Remembrance: 21st Anniversary of the Attack on the United States.

The Firefighters of your Fillmore City Fire Department would like to invite you to attend a memorial ceremony marking the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. As a nation, we were brought together in tragedy, captivated by the images of destruction, despair, fear, and raw emotion. The only images strong enough to help us cope with such devastation were the amazing images of Fillmore Firefighters to Remember 9/11 at Ceremony unity, strangers helping strangers, heroism, and watching America’s front line of public servants run toward the face of danger. We invite you to join us this Sunday morning to
remember the civilians, Firefighters, Police Officers, and Military Personnel who perished on that fateful day.

Let us remember the sacrifices made by so many that morning. From the everyday heroes who helped save perfect strangers, to the first responders who walked toward danger in hopes of helping anyone they could, they were all a shining example of how we can easily come together in times of national crisis. We will never forget those brave individuals, and we will never forget September 11th, 2001.

Gathering at the Fillmore Fire Station will start at 6:30 AM in the front. The American flag will be raised promptly at 6:55 followed by a Countywide radio broadcast of a remembrance.

Fillmore Fire Station 91 is located at 711 Landeros Lane. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

What will $200,000 get you? If you’re Fillmore, it’s an updated dog park and additional renovations to Two Rivers Park.

The dog park (at Two Rivers Park) closed over two years ago after violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a fact pointed out to the city by a Fillmore resident who uses a wheelchair.

At that time the cost to make the necessary corrections (dog park) would have been $52,000, which the City of Fillmore decided not to do. The corrections called for the city to redesign, relocate and enlarge the gates and provide an accessible route to the benches. ADA corrections were also needed regarding the parking lot, play spaces, skate park, and athletic field seating.

The City Council voted in 2020 to pay approximately $200,000 for the violations in the other areas, along with the dog park. In February the Parks and Rec Commission reached out to the public with a survey, and for input. By summer, the city allocated $200,000 for the dog park renovations.

Parks & Rec is looking at having everything in place by the end of the year and hoping to open the dog park by spring 2023.