THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Inside Ramonan at helm Lt. James Bovet, a 10year Ramona resident, took the helm at the San Diego County Sheriff’s Ramona substation on Monday, replacing Lt. Sutton, who retired.....5
Harvest time The vines are pruned, irrigated, trained, tucked, trimmed, and tied. The grapes flowered, fruited, and ripened into bird candy, and are ready for harvest.......18
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By KAREN BRAINARD Chair Jim Piva called it a “sign of the times” as he ran through the lean Ramona Community Planning Group agenda, noting there was no business to report from any of the subcommittees. The Sept. 6 meeting lasted barely an hour. In the past, meetings have lasted two hours or longer, depending on the amount and magnitude of projects presented. “We are, I think, a telling sign there’s not a lot going on here,” Piva said. The only construction projects on the agenda were for residential properties. The board approved a waiver for a second dwelling unit proposed for property in the scenic corridor of Old Julian Highway after determining it would be obstructed from the road. The board also recommended an administrative permit be renewed for owners of a residence on Highland Mesa Drive who are planning to add a third story, not to exceed 35 feet. The owner said they had put their project on hold when the economy turned and the administrative permit expired last year. See PLANNERS, page 6
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PATRIOT DAY—U.S. flags and other patriotic displays lined Main Street on Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people when four airliners crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. For more photos, see page 15.
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Ramona’s 126-year-old newspaper has a new publisher. Phyllis Pfeiffer, group publisher of the coastal division of Ramona Sentinel’s owner, MainStreet Media San Diego, replaces Jeff Mitchell, PHYLLIS Sentinel PFEIFFER publisher since March 2008. Mitchell is returning to Northern California as publisher of the Santa Cruz Good Times, also a MainStreet publication. D e b o ra h Keller, adJEFF vertising diMITCHELL rector of the Ramona Sentinel, has been promoted to general manager and will be responsible for day-to-day management of the S e n t i n e l ’s DEBBIE business KELLER operations. Prior to joining the Sentinel, Keller was an advertising executive with several publications in San Diego See SENTINEL, page 3
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