6-28-2012.Ramona Sentinel

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VOL. 126, ISSUE 19

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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

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Palomar Health officials, Arch Health Partners physicians and residents involved with bringing expanded medical care to Ramona break ground for the Ramona Ambulatory Care Center. For article and more photos, see page 7.

Ramona school district trustees fine-tuned details of a proposed $60 million bond measure Monday morning. On July 2, they plan to review and possibly vote to place a revised proposal on the November ballot. The meeting, scheduled to start at 7 p.m., will be in the Wilson Administrative Center, 729 Ninth St. “Ramona schools are in great need of repairs and

modernization,” Board President Dan Lopez said after the Monday workshop. “Many of us have seen the deterioration of our schools, leaky roofs, grassless fields, cracked blacktops, obsolete technology, and the list goes on.” The board needs to create a bond the community will support so “it’s their bond,” said Jon Isom of Isom Advisors, the firm adSee SCHOOL BOND, page 2

Deputies nab 4 teens for home burglaries Two juveniles and two adults were arrested Saturday in connection with a series of residential burglaries in Ramona and San Diego Country Estates, sheriff’s officials said. Sheriff’s detectives and deputies served four simul-

taneous search warrants in the Ramona area about 7:40 a.m., reported sheriff’s Lt. Julie Sutton. The warrants were served in connection with a string of hot prowl burglaries, where the occupants were inside a building or resi-

dence while items were lifted, Sutton said. The thefts occurred while residents slept. Numerous reported stolen items were recovered and several adults along with the two juveniles were arrested, Sutton said.

The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are anticipated, she added. The suspects, all Ramona residents, are believed responsible for the hot prowl burglaries that have plagued the area since January.

Teen center’s fate rests with volunteers By JESSICA KING If Ramona had its own “Little Engine That Could,” it just might be the Arriba Teen Center. Located on Montecito Road at the former site of Ramona Community School, the teen center attracts an average of 25 to 30 teens each day that it’s open.

Its official hours are 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, but unofficially it frequently stays open longer when teens request it. The center also serves as a host to special events and fundraisers throughout the year, such as movie nights and a Halloween haunted house. Lead volunteer Kim Lasley, who has three daughters and sits on the

Ramona Unified School District Board, is one of three adult volunteers who are regularly there to monitor the teens. If there were more adults willing to donate their time to the center, the hours could be extended, said Lasley. If more do not, the center could close by the end of the summer. See TEEN CENTER on page 16

Sgt. Brent Strahm reported that 18-year-old Garrett Jackson and 19-year-old Skylar McGee are the two adult suspects in this series. Two other adults, 52-year-old Bartt Coates and 25-year-old Kevin Murphy, were also arrested during the warrant service on unrelated charges, Strahm reported. Detectives will contact victims as evidence becomes available for release, Sutton said. The suspects entered the homes through unlocked doors, windows and garage doors and allegedly took small, easy to carry items such as wallets, iPads, jewelry and purses.


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