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City Council passes on YMCA branch offer
Focus shifts to remodel or smaller new community center
Bernardo Heights Country Club remodeling done. A3
BY STEVE DREYER The Poway City Council is saying “Thanks, but no thanks” to the San Diego YMCA’s offer to build a branch in Community Park. Instead, the council and city staff will refocus efforts on either building a more-modest new center for seniors and the community that can be paid for
with cash or remodeling two existing buildings. The council on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to recommendations made by a two-member committee that had been working with the YMCA since late last fall. A memo prepared for the meeting by Mayor Steve Vaus and Councilman John Mullin said “Despite our high regarding for the YMCA … we
Festival is seeking vendors, sponsors
Toby Keith among San Diego County fair headliners. B10
BY EMILY SORENSEN The Poway Chamber of Commerce’s annual Spring Family Festival is looking for sponsors and vendors. The festival, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 2 on Midland Road between Poway Road and Hilleary Place, features live entertainment, food, crafters and the Madame Mechanic Classic Car Show. Deadline for vendor applications is Friday so there is still time to reserve a space for a booth at the festival. There will be a $50 late fee for any applications received after Friday. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available for the festival, with multiple levels of sponsorships available ranging from title sponsor for $3,000 to Friend of the Festival for $300. The festival will have two entertainment stages, with the main stage featuring soul/pop singer Natalie Clark at 11 a.m., pop-punk band Heart Like War
at 12:20 p.m. and rock-pop cover band Event Horizon at 2 p.m. The community stage will feature the Guitar Aces at 10:30 a.m., Poway Martial Arts at 11 a.m., the Poway Rodeo at noon, Abby and TJ Productions at 1 p.m. and the Highland Ranch Elementary Stallion Singers Chorus at 2 p.m. Attendees can also enjoy the Madame Mechanic Classic Car Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with check-in beginning at 9:30 a.m. This car show is open to classics from 1979 or older and the winners are voted for by the festival attendees. The car show is put on by Poway Transmissions. The Poway Rodeo will also have some family fun at the festival with its Kiddie Dress-up Review at noon on the community stage. This free contest is for children 10 and under and all participants will review a free ticket to the Poway Rodeo. The winners will SEE FESTIVAL, A13
Medical examiner says job is about both life and death
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county’s chief medical examiner recently explained his office’s responsibilities and functions while visiting Rancho Bernardo. When speaking to the Conservative Order for Good Government on March 14 Wagner said the position of coroner dates back centuries, starting as a representative
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of kings and queens at a time when the sheriff also served as tax collector. “The job of coroner was created to be the tax collector of the dead,” Wagner said. “(He) was the only one who could lock up the sheriff besides the king or queen.” SEE EXAMINER, A12
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BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Unlike all of San Diego County’s other officials, Dr. Glenn Wagner says his clients are literally “dying to see him.” Mixing history with scientific data, while tossing in a few death-related jokes to lighten the somber topic, the
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Mary Caraway of Poway and Bailey the Yorkie were the winners of the owner-and-dog lookalike contest held Saturday as part of the "Pets in the Poway" fundraiser for the Poway Senior Center, held in Old Poway Park. The inaugural event drew a large crowd and featured vendor booths, a petting zoo, pony rides and food. See more photos on Page B14.
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conclude that a collaboration with the YMCA is not practical at this time and recommend we conclude our dialog …We feel it is time to move on.” Vaus and Mullin cited several reasons for their recommendation: - Updated YMCA construction costs have increased significantly, to the point where a 25,000-square-foot building would cost close to $13 million, including SEE YMCA, A13
Spring Family Festival in Poway is April 2
■ Crime, A6 ■ Calendar, A8 ■ Seniors, A10 ■ Vacation Photo, A16 ■ Gardening, A16 ■ Opinion, A20 ■ Obituaries, A22
■ Sports, B1 ■ Entertainment, B9 ■ Classifieds, B15 ■ Kitchen Shrink, B18 ■ Business, B19
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