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VOL. 56, ISSUE 34
POWAY DIGEST
FOLLOW UP TO TOWN HALL
Online survey regarding drugs, alcohol under way
Chamber mixer The Poway Chamber of Commerce will host a mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at The Terrace, 12440 Poway Road. Member admission is $5. Prospective members must RSVP and their admission is $15. For details, call 858-748-0016.
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cessful sold-out run of “Fiddler on the Roof,” which he also helped direct and produce. Knoll-Gentry was hired as an off-site director by PHS to direct and produce “Bye Bye Birdie.” He has directed community theater productions, and worked with Christian Youth Theatre for several years and is on staff at Disneyland. Sly Sybilski with the PHS Music Department will conduct the orchestra, while Nancy Gray, who is director of choral activities at PHS, will serve as music director.
Early responses to a poll about local teen drug and alcohol use suggest a crackdown on “party buses” that transport teens to proms, random drug testing of athletes, and better communication about drug offenses on campus and public notification about teen arrests by the Sheriff’s Department. Organizers of a Jan. 19 Town Hall meeting in Poway are collecting feedback about such issues via an online poll, which can be accessed at www.powaytownhall.com, according to Steve Vaus, who initiated the community forum. By Tuesday this week, 134 people had responded to the poll with strong reaction to at least four topics. They had a choice of answering: absolutely, possibly, undecided, doubtful or no way!, along with adding comments. An estimated 90 percent of survey takers were inclined to favor random drug testing of athletes, 67 percent said “absolutely” and 23 percent said “possibly.” About 86 percent of the responders said they wanted to hear about drug or alcohol offenses on campus, 75 percent answered “absolutely” and 11 percent said “possibly.” Of those comments, one person said, “when kids get caught, don’t sweep it under the rug,” while another added, “withhold names, but publish everything about arrests and anything/everything that has to do with substance abuse. No one thinks about it until we lose a child and another one, and another one. Next time, it could be your child.” Roughly 82 percent said they favored banning party buses, suggesting that such vehicles should be stopped to check that drugs or liquor are not on board. One adult said, “How about parents stop letting their kids
SEE BIRDIE, Page 14
SEE SURVEY, Page 14
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Lead actors in next week’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts are, from left, Poway High School students Jackie Foster, Chase Cullen, Luke Castor, Claire Davis and Forest Jenkins. Photo by Beverley Brooks
Poway High’s ‘Birdie’ opens Feb. 2 BY PAT KUMPAN Get ready to revisit the ‘50s with the upcoming Poway High School production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” opening 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. All performances begin at 7 p.m. and run from Feb. 2-3 the first weekend, then Feb. 9-11 the second weekend at PCPA. Director Stephen Knoll-Gentry, said that the students are eager to share their latest musical offering, following last year’s suc-
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