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New captain, lieutenant join SDPD’s Northwestern Division By Karen Billing Staff Writer Captain Albert Guaderrama recently joined Carmel Valley’s San Diego Police Department Northwestern Division as its new leader. Guaderrama has only been in Carmel Valley three weeks,

alongside another new face, Lieutenant Jerry Mills. Both men said they are ready to jump right into not just serving the community, but working with residents. “We are going to take a community police approach,” said Guaderrama. “You’re going to see a lot of us out in

See DIVISION, page 6 Community Relations Officer Adrian Lee, Captain Albert Guaderrama and Lieutenant Jerry Mills. Photo: Karen Billing

Greg and Ethan Meyer (left) and Aaron and Ceighton Mulvaney (right) enjoy a special lunch for the Ocean Air Dad’s Club on Jan. 19 at the campus. See page B11 for more photos. Photo/ Jon Clark

See LUNCH, page 6

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Dad’s Club lunch at Ocean Air

Parents ask DMUSD for healthier lunch food By Karen Billing Staff Writer A group of Del Mar Union School District parents is calling for improvement on the food that gets put on their children’s plates for school lunch. Del Mar Heights parent Lee Yen Anderson has paired with Jodie Block, a registered dietician and Sage Canyon parent, to lead an effort to overhaul the school lunch program, creating one that offers food that is more nutritious and appealing for students. The two hope to generate a parent survey to help them design a new menu and go out to bid on a food vendor to implement the menu. They are aiming for an ambitious, accelerated process that would have the survey results in by February, a board vote in March, and a contract signed by May with the new

the community. We want to focus on prevention and teach people to be a hard target for crime.” A 23-year veteran of the police force, Guaderrama comes to the Northwestern from the Southern Division, which is the division nearest to the Mexican border, serving

DMUSD moves to buy maintenance, operations building By Karen Billing Staff Writer The Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees is moving ahead on its checklist of district priorities. After purchasing a new district office in December, the board voted in closed session on Wednesday, Jan. 19, to continue pursuing a purchase agreement on a new maintenance and operations facility. The district signed a letter of intent for the maintenance and operations building, located at 11189 Sorrento Valley Road, on

Jan. 11. If both sides sign purchase agreements, the district will enter a 30-day due diligence escrow on the property. During open session at the Jan. 19 meeting, the board approved contracts for tenant improvement on the new district office building (on El Camino Real) to ready it for the district’s move-in. A second floor tenant will remain until 2013, paying $216,000 a year in rent directly to the district.

See BUILDING, page 6

DMUSD appoints new superintendent of business services The Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees took unanimous action Jan. 19 to appoint Cathy Birks as the assistant superintendent, business services of the DMUSD. The district staff

and the board of trustees members said they are looking forward to working with Cathy in her new position. Birks has been employed with the Del Mar Union School

District for 10 years, most recently as the business services specialist working under the assistant superintendent, business services. Due to the absence of an assistant superintendent, business

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services, for the last six months, Birks has been responsible for completing many of those functions. Prior to serving as business services specialist, she worked under former director of facilities,

Kathy Tanner, in the position of facilities accountant. As a member of the district’s Leadership Team, Birks will play an integral part in the strategic planning process.

JODY MCDONALD

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LISA KELLY

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