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VOL. 57, ISSUE 3
City uses reserves to balance budget
POWAY DIGEST Concert Sunday
The Silver Beatles, a Beatles tribute band, opens the Poway Sharp Memorial Concert Series from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 24 at Lake Poway, 14644 Lake Poway Road. Parking is free for residents and $5 for nonresidents at Lake Poway or take the free shuttle from the Poway High School north parking. For details, call 858-668-4770 or visit www.poway.org.
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Pastor Glen Larsen Jr., in historic clothing, outside the chapel of the Community Church of Poway. Photo by Beverley Brooks
COMMUNITY PICNIC SATURDAY
Historic chapel marks 125 years BY BARBARA NORTON One of the most recognizable buildings in Poway, the Community Church of Poway’s historic chapel is more than just a building. In its 125 years, the white Victorian chapel has served as a center for the community as well as a church. It is also an historical landmark and the oldest wooden church still in use in the county. To celebrate its 125th birthday, along with its recent renovation, the congregation is throwing a party Saturday, June 23 at the church on Community Road and Hilleary Drive. The community is invited to don pe-
riod attire and come to an old-fashioned picnic. The festivities begin with an opening ceremony from 3 to 4 p.m. The picnic follows from 4 to 6 p.m., featuring hamburgers from the Hamburger Factory. Entertainment will be by the Rattlesnake Creek Old Time String Band. Meal tickets are $15 for adults, and $12 for children under 12, seniors and military. Free activities include an antique car show, an exhibit of winning art depicting the chapel, games for children, and tours of the chapel. During the opening ceremony, proclamations received from the city and county and See CHAPEL, Page 13
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For years the Poway City Council has been putting budget surplus funds aside in case they were ever needed for a rainy day. It started to sprinkle a bit Tuesday night. Following less than an hour of discussion, the council unanimously approved a $73.5 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that includes using $500,000 from the $3.1 million “state economic uncertainly fund” to balance the $36.1 million general fund, out of which most day-to-day city operations are financed. “I can’t think of a better time to use it,” Councilman Dave Grosch said of the reserve account, established years ago under former City Manager Jim Bowersox. The council has a long history of being fiscally conservative. In flush years when budgets ended with surpluses, See BUDGET, Page 15
PUSD spending plan OK’d BY EMILY SORENSEN Poway Unified school board members Monday night went through the motions of approving a 2012-13 budget that will require $35.6 million in district reserve funds to be balanced. And that’s the good budget news. Looking ahead toward the next couple • STUDENT TEST SCORES, PAGE 19 of years, things are likely to get much worse, board members were told. The budget for the 2012-13 school year is based on the state’s May revised budget, as no official budget has been adopted yet in Sacramento. “We may have to adjust the budget when the state budget is adopted,” said Malliga Tholandi, associate superintendent, who presented the budget to the board. See PUSD, Page 15
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