Quotes this week

"Barbers never retire. They might have a close shave, but they never retire."

—— Lake Elsinore barber Fred Dominguez. The 74-year-old, whose shop has been a fixture on Main Street for decades, said retirement isn't in his plans.

"She saved a lot of animals' lives over the years. There's a humane way to care for animals, and she showed that."

—— Animal Friends of the Valleys board Chairwoman Kris Anderson, on the retirement of Anne Washington, the shelter's director, after 17 years at the Lake Elsinore facility.

"You can't do this work part time … it just totally takes over your life."

—— Anne Washington, on her decision to leave. She said she may return to the shelter as a volunteer after taking some time to travel and visit with her family.

"It sounds like 1974 and Richard Nixon all over again."

—— Murrieta resident David Kennedy, who dislikes the government's decision to extend daylight-saving time. Thirty years ago, the government made the summer time change year round for almost two years after the Arab oil embargo.

"It has become very apparent that we, as a county, do not have enough local control over the direction and policies of our fire department. We can't have policies dictated to us by people 500 miles to the north."

—— County Supervisor Jeff Stone, in a proposal to the Board of Supervisors to create a county fire chief position separate from the state Department of Forestry, possibly as a prelude to forming its own county fire department.

"I think it's another attempt to generate some publicity here."

—— Supervisor Bob Buster, on Stone's proposal.

"It's a travesty. Those are not city trees, they are not developer trees. They belong to the people of Lake Elsinore."

—- Linett Johnson, who lives in the city's Country Club Heights neighborhood, complaining about a developer cutting down palm trees to make way for the widening of Lakeshore Drive. The trees were not healthy enough to move somewhere else, said city spokesman Mark Dennis

"I got the darkest red lipstick I could find (and) kissed paper after paper after paper."

—— Christina LoCascio, a former Falkner employee whose lips were the model for the "Luscious Lips" label.

"'Kiss-me labels and labels like that are made for neophytes who enjoy wine."

—— Wilfred Wong, chief wine taster for BevMo, a chain of 50 package stores, on a new "Luscious Lips" label being sold by Falkner Winery in Temecula Wine Country.

"Their intent is to dissuade juvenile, criminal activity and anti-social behavior. How are these kids falling into this intent by walking from the theater to the curb to meet their parents?"

—— Parent Jeff Singleton, complaining to the Temecula City Council about overzealous enforcement of the city's 10 p.m. curfew by police. His 17 1/2-year-old daughter had gone to a movie and was waiting outside to be picked up by her mother at 10:05 when police cited her for violating the curfew.

"Today's a great day for Romoland. There's nothing here."

—— John Hamshaw, on the inaugural Western Day celebration in Romoland last Saturday, which was timed to coincide with the opening of his Hamshaw Farms market, and put Romoland in the spotlight.

"For years you went by and didn't see anything happen in Wildomar. Now you go by almost any area and see things are being built."

—— Bob Cashman, chairman of a group pushing for cityhood for Wildomar, cheering a retail construction boom in the community. The group, Wildomar Incorporation Now, is about to start another economic study on the community's potential for cityhood.

"There are enough jobs for our working population, but not jobs that can (pay for) housing."

—— Ron Roberts, a Temecula city councilman and staff member for 3rd District County Supervisor Jeff Stone, on U.S. Census statistics released this week showing Riverside County salaries to be the lowest among the 50 largest counties in the nation. The stats underscored the need for efforts by local officials to draw higher-paying jobs to Southwest County.

"It's good for my constituents and the people who are against the project."

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board member Chris Hyland cheering the deletion of language from the federal energy bill that would have created a right of way in the Cleveland National Forest west of the city for high-voltage power lines.

"We have found language which we believe to be very favorable to the continuation of our project."

—— Peter Lewandowski, president of Vista-based Nevada Hydro Co. Inc., the company seeking to build a hydroelectric power plant and power lines in the national forest. Both sides said the energy bill was good news for their efforts.