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INSIDE

Head Start ice cream social, open house. 5

■ Opinion, 4 ■ Skatepark profile, 8 ■ Comic-Con panel, 9 ■ Summer school, 10

Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy Saturday in Ramona. 7

■ Sports, 14 ■ Obituaries, 16 ■ Classifieds, 20 ■ Calendar, 21

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Groups brainstorm solutions to Mt. Woodson parking BY J. HARRY JONES City, county, and Cal Fire officials and other groups made some tentative progress when they met to brainstorm possible solutions to the dangerous parking mess along state Route 67 in Ramona, near an unofficial trail that leads to Mt. Woodson’s iconic Potato Chip Rock. Authorities say hundreds of cars line the busy road on weekends and holidays, with hikers sometimes darting across four lanes of traffic trying to access the trail — endangering drivers and pedestrians. As roughly 30 people gathered last Thursday to discuss the problem at a meeting hosted by Supervisor Dianne Jacob, a representative of a couple that owns 84 acres near the highway suggested a deal. A parking lot could be built on part of the land in exchange for the rights to develop the rest of the property, broker Jeff Gan said. Gan said he represents Jerry and Gina Taylor, whose land is adjacent to county-owned property near the trail. No details of how the deal might come together were mentioned, but Jacob said she and county staff would like to the tour the property soon. Afterward she said she thought the meeting had gone well. “No solutions at this time, but we have some options we didn’t have before the SEE PARKING, A18

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Ramona High School Class of 2017 valedictorian Kaley Sapper is in Montana this week competing in the Junior Olympic North American Junior and Young Rider Championship. The competition has three parts: dressage, cross country, and show jumping. She and her horse Tuk, above, complete the last obstacle in an intermediate cross-country round. For more, see page 22.

Director suggests under-funding fire department Says taxpayers should pay more BY KAREN BRAINARD Saying he wants to send a message to taxpayers that they are not paying enough to cover fire protection, a Ramona water board member suggested reallocating property tax money earmarked for fire in the district's 2017-18 budget and instead use those funds for water and sewer projects. "That may be a little piggish on my part but I think it's time we made a point," said Joe Zenovic,

who represents Division 4 on the Ramona Municipal Water District Board. "The point is we need to be fiscally responsible and if we're not going to get the help from the public to be fiscally responsible, we're going to take the bull by the horns and do something dramatic." Three of the five board members disagreed with him at the July 11 meeting, and in the end all five voted to approve the nearly $41 million budget that includes full funding of the Ramona Fire Department. The district's fiscal year began July 1. SEE FIRE, A16

Upcoming meetings focus on town center, roads The Ramona Village Center plan, Ramona Street Extension, Dye Road Extension, and Mt. Woodson trail parking are topics that will be discussed during three public meetings next week. The Ramona Village Design Group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, July 24, in Ramona Community

Center, 434 Aqua Lane, to review proposed changes to the Ramona Village Center Form-Based Code, including text revisions, side street mixed use density, and restrictions and requirements for business signage. Chair Rob Lewallen said they may discuss zoning for Jim Hagey’s property behind the Stater

Bros. shopping center but are waiting for recommendations from county staff. County representatives are scheduled to attend. The group will meet in the room on the left after entering the community center. To view the form-based code, SEE MEETINGS, A18

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BEHIND THE FRONT PAGE THOUGHTFUL—Sisters April Bellamy and Sommer Adams planned a surprise for their mother, Alice Carlson — but it depended on them placing the highest bid on the Americana bench made by students in Montecito High School construction teacher Nick Jordan’s class. The bench was a donation to Ramona Rotary’s silent auction at the fireworks event July 4. Cut-off for bids was 8:30 p.m. As the sisters approached to see if their $200 was still the highest bid, Rotarian Debra Fraser, who had outbid them at $225 and was in charge of the silent auction, prepared to claim her prize. Not knowing that Fraser also wanted the bench, they asked if they were too late to place another bid. Fraser, who had planned to surprise her husband Duncan with the bench, thought a moment, looked at the sisters, knew it was past 8:30, but said they could place their bid. So for $240, the sisters had the bench for their mother, whose birthday was July 2 and who generally attends the Independence Day celebration but was in Alaska with husband Chuck. “We’re DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) members,” they said. “She’s going to love it.” YEAR OF CHANGE AND CHALLENGES—Ramona Unified School District ends a

year of change and challenges, starting with welcoming a new superintendent, Anne Staffieri, Ed.D., to lead and steer the district. In a bit of musical chairs, Tony Newman decided he prefers being Ramona High’s principal to assistant superintendent of human resources, so Joel Garcia, Ed.D., who worked with Staffieri in Escondido Union High School District’s HR department, replaced Newman as assistant superintendent. His first day on the job was July 3. Newman realized his preference when he filled in as RHS interim principal in March, after the principal who had been there less than a year left. Also in the district office, David Ostermann, assistant superintendent of administration services for 12 years, resigned last month after accepting a job in El Centro, closer to where he lives. The district set July 18 as the last day to accept applications. Two maintenance and operations employees have not been in their offices since mid-May but remain district employees, resulting in questions and speculation. Chuck Mandala, who retired last year after 42 years with the district, came out of retirement to work as interim maintenance and operations/facilities manager. Retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Ernst is back, this time as assistant principal at Ramona High School. A

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Sisters April Bellamy and Sommer Adams sit on the Americana bench they purchased in the July 4 silent auction to give to their mother for her birthday. former Ramona High senior naval science teacher and Bulldog football coach, he spent the past two years as assistant principal in Escondido’s Orange Glen High School, where he said Garcia once worked. He replaces former assistant principal Ed VanHoose, whose resignation took

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the middle school, Abigayle Weaver replaces Arturo Ruiz as band and music teacher. Ruiz left after one year with the district. As the district works to replace teachers who resigned or retired, it received a complaint from a parent accusing a Ramona High teacher of harassment and bullying. The district must go through proper channels to determine if the complaint is legitimate, Garcia said Monday. The district and sheriff’s department are conducting an investigation to resolve the issue, he said. Because this is a personnel matter, the district did not release the teacher’s name. Among district challenges are increasing costs, particularly contributions to employee pensions at the same time it is uncertain what it will receive from the state. Pete Schiff, a retired Ramona Unified superintendent, would refer to the budget as “a moving target.” Staffieri called this year’s $58.1 million deficit spending plan “an estimate of an estimate.” ONCE IN A LIFETIME—Steve Stipp, president of the Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Society, believes he had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he connected one evening with a man in the South Pole on his ham radio. He and Joe, whose call sign is KC4AA, talked for about 7 minutes. Stipp has talked to people all over the world via SEE FRONT PAGE, A18

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Perseverance pays off in rate case ruling BY MARK MUIR hen the San Diego County Water Authority filed its initial rate case lawsuit in 2010 against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we knew it would be a marathon. Seven years later, we passed another important marker in the long-running litigation when a June 21 ruling by the state Court of Appeal sided with the Water Authority and the San Diego region on several significant issues. The decision includes a few key takeaways: •The Water Authority has a right to significantly more water from MWD than MWD had credited. A correct calculation of the Water Authority’s preferential rights Mark Muir confirms the agency’s right to tens of thousands of acre-feet more water annually for the San Diego region – a water supply about twice the amount produced annually by the $1 billion Carlsbad Desalination Project. •MWD collected tens of millions of dollars in illegal charges from San Diego ratepayers for “water stewardship.” MWD used this money to fund local supply and conservation projects for some MWD member agencies. • MWD’s “Rate Structure Integrity” contract clause is unconstitutional and the Water Authority has legal standing to challenge it. The RSI clause was designed to punish the Water Authority for its decision to challenge MWD’s rates in court and prevent the Water Authority’s member agencies from receiving funding for local water supply project development. • MWD breached its contract with the Water Authority, which required MWD to set legal rates. Unfortunately, the Court of Appeal also ruled against the Water Authority on an issue with statewide implications – whether MWD must base its rates on the costs it actually incurs in providing its various services. Legal, cost-based rates are a fundamental element of the San Diego region’s ongoing efforts to provide a safe and reliable water supply that supports 3.3 million residents and a $222 billion regional economy. The Water Authority argued successfully at the trial court that state law and the state Constitution require MWD to charge for services only what it costs to provide them. MWD convinced the Court of Appeal to reverse the lower court ruling on this key finding. We are concerned about the chilling effect this ruling could have on water transfers and their benefits for the environment. With so much at stake, the Water Authority will seek review of the appellate court ruling by the California Supreme Court. From the start, this case was expected to land at the state’s high court. While the June 21 decision secured several important victories for San Diego County, we remain determined to see this case through to a successful conclusion – and we will continue to rely on support from the region’s ratepayers, business leaders and elected officials every step of the way. More information about the case, including court documents, is at www.sdcwa.org/mwdrate-challenge. Muir is chair of the board of the San Diego County Water Authority.

OUR READERS WRITE Planning group offers best solution Caltrans has abdicated its responsibility by not addressing the years-long death trap at Highway 67 and Mt. Woodson Road. This is the classic accident waiting to happen scenario. Caltrans and the City of San Diego should be taking the lead in solving this decades-old dilemma. District Supervisor, Dianne Jacob said last week, "If they would officially designate the trail, the county would build a parking lot. The city would operate and maintain it." We've been looking into a partnership for years, but the city of San Diego has reneged on taking any responsibility whatsoever. A similar parking hazard plagued Poway's Iron Mountain trailhead at Highway 67 and Poway Road. A 100-space parking lot was built in 2010 with 20 additional slots added last year. It alleviated much of the roadside congestion along Highway 67. One alternative to be discussed is totally unacceptable. The plan calls for blocking hikers from using the access trail to the mountain park. This would add considerable length to the official dirt path that starts at Lake Poway. It's totally inconvenient. The best solution is the one recommended by the Ramona Community Planning Group. It calls for a 177-space parking lot behind the CDF Fire station. Jacob said, "The public needs to be more responsible and to be careful because their lives are at risk until we come up with a solution." Let's hope the authorities can come up with a final solution before innocent people are maimed or killed. Peter Quercia Ramona

Stop pretending on health bill So the Voting Rights Act protects voting rights and the Homestead Acts were about home ownership. Even the much-maligned Affordable Care Act’s intent was to make health care affordable. The Senate’s health bill is called the Better Care Reconciliation Act. This would lead one to believe it’s about providing better health care for Americans. I’m not convinced, however, that forcing the poor, the sick and

the elderly to pay more for medical insurance will improve health outcomes. Some senators would like to propose an amendment to allow people to buy cheap, low-coverage plans as long as the insurance company offers at least one option that meets the minimum requirements. I’m also skeptical that going back to having uninsured Americans using the ER as primary care will lead to better care. The Pay Less-Get Less Act? — Maybe. The Pay More-Get Less Act? — Likely. The We Don’t Want Taxes On The Wealthy To Benefit Poor/Old/Sick People Act? — Sure. The Congress Doesn’t Feel Like Negotiating Lower Health Care Costs Act? — Sounds about right. While the name of the bill doesn’t matter as much as what it does, the name of this act demonstrates that the Senate leadership wants to give the illusion that they want to improve the lives of Americans. If the Senate wants to try to figure out how to make sure more Americans can get the care they need when they need it without going bankrupt, then they need to write a law that does that. If they are not interested in giving more Americans the benefits and the peace of mind that come with quality health insurance, then they need to stop pretending that they do. Ken Marushige Ramona

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Head Start invites public to ice cream social, open house Program seeks to enroll more children BY KAREN BRAINARD To spread the word about what Head Start has to offer, the two locations in Ramona will each be hosting an ice cream social and open house for the public on Friday, July 21. "After a long, hot day, get something cool," said Elena Ingrao, Head Start program manager. From 5 to 7 p.m., ice cream will be served and tours and opportunities for enrolling young children will be offered at Ramona Head Start, 419 Eighth St., and Nuevo Head Start, 1401 Hanson Lane, Building C. Both locations were recently upgraded, said Ingrao. Head Start and Early Head Start are geared to low-income children and families, and serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. While the programs are child-focused to increase school-readiness, Head Start also provides individualized services to help parents with medical, dental, mental health, and nutrition needs. For Elidia Diaz, a Ramona grandmother raising two children under age 5, Head Start has been of great assistance. "I am so happy," she said. Diaz's 4-year-old granddaughter, Isabella, attends Ramona Head Start and has overcome her shyness. "She has become more social. She's able to make more friends," said Diaz, speaking mainly in Spanish with a bilingual supervisor acting as interpreter.

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Elidia Diaz holds her grandchildren, Isabella, 4, and Kevin, 2. Both, she says, have made great progress through enrollment with Ramona Head Start. Through the program Isabella is also receiving free speech therapy. That has given Diaz more one-on-one time with her 2-year-old special needs grandson, Kevin. Head Start has a home-based program where a bilingual teacher comes to the home and works with parents or guardians in academic, health, and nutrition areas. "We establish goals with the family and we work with the family," said Rosa Cabrera, center supervisor. Kevin accomplished his first goal — sitting

still. His next goal was to move his hands. "He has more movement now," said Diaz. Now the goal is for him to walk. Diaz said her goal is for Kevin to be able to attend the Head Start center. Grateful for her partnership with Head Start, Diaz said she knows lots of moms who need the program’s services. While enrollment is based on income eligibility, Ingrao said other factors can help qualify families. "All foster children are eligible," she said.

Other contributing factors include if parents are migrant workers or a single mother, or a child is disabled. The income eligibility goes by the Federal Poverty Guidelines. For a family of four, an annual income of $24,600 would qualify, although depending on space and other factors a family making up to $43,000 could be eligible. Ingrao said it's hard finding income-eligible families and every day they are doing community outreach. Both centers have openings. "We're trying very hard to recruit," said Ingrao. She oversees the Head Start programs in Ramona, Poway, and Borrego Springs, which are funded by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO). Ingrao explained that Head Start is a federal program funded by individual grantees such as CAPSLO. While the services provided are consistent nationwide, Ingrao said the programs can vary in such areas as curriculum and hours. At the Nuevo Head Start they expanded the hours based on community need, she said. Nuevo Head Start was opened as a second location at a time when there was a greater demand. If there is less of a need, that's a good sign, Ingrao said, but added, "It's a two-edged sword. It's cyclical." CAPSLO invested in physical upgrades to the centers, toys, and play and shade structures. The Early Head Start program will be getting a play structure called The Treehouse, noted Ingrao, who said they have put a lot of work into making the centers beautiful.

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ChuckAlek beer in Samuel Adams’ 12-pack BY PETER ROWE For Ramona’s ChuckAlek brewery, a 2015 internship with Samuel Adams is the gift that keeps on giving. Monday, Sam Adams released “Brewing the American Dream” 12-packs, featuring its flagship Boston Lager and beers from five independent breweries. Among the five: ChuckAlek, represented by its Time Hop Porter. “Getting a nationwide release like this is pretty exciting,” said Grant Fraley, co-owner of ChuckAlek. “We certainly don’t have this kind of reach normally.” Operating from its Ramona

headquarters and a North Park beer garden, ChuckAlek is one of San Diego County’s smaller breweries. Last year, it issued about 300 barrels of beer (a barrel is 31 gallons). This year, Fraley estimates that number will rise to 400 barrels. “We’re still a nice, small brewery,” he said. In 2015, ChuckAlek won an internship — Samuel Adams prefers the term “experienceship” — from the Boston-based company. One of the nation’s largest craft breweries, Samuel Adams annually sells more than 4 million barrels of beer. Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch

visited Fraley, co-owner Marta Jankowska and their crew in Ramona. Fraley and Jankowska were also flown to Boston for coaching by Samuel Adams’ specialists in marketing and brewing. This was part of the annual Brewing the American Dream program, which Koch said was inspired by his own memories of struggling to launch a brewery. The goal, he said, “is to support craft brewers who are facing the same hurdles around starting or expanding their nano- or microbrewery that I faced when I started brewing Samuel Adams in my kitchen in 1984.”

In 2015, Fraley and Jankowska collaborated with Samuel Adams on the beer that became Time Hop Porter. Using four hop varieties and three different malts, this dark ale’s roasty body is brightened by pine and citrus notes. The other breweries and beers in the 12-pack: Three Ninety Bock from Roc Brewing Co., Rochester, N.Y.; Desert Kaleidoscope IPA, Bosque Brewing, Albuquerque, N.M.; Boston Tea Party Saison, Woods Beer Co., San Francisco; and Oats McGoats Stout, Brewery Rickoli, Wheat Ridge, Colo. ChuckAlek’s beer was poured at a “Brewing the American Dream Speed

Coaching” session for small business owners in the craft brewing, food or beverage fields at the Marina Village Conference Center in San Diego Monday evening. Time Hop Porter also was tapped at the ChuckAlek Biergarten, 3139 University Way, San Diego, on Tuesday. It will be tapped at the brewery, 2330 Main St., Suite C, Ramona, on Thursday. And, of course, this beer is coming to a retailer near you — wherever you are. Samuel Adams is distributed in all 50 states. Peter Rowe writes for The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Wine and Grape Symposium set for Saturday BY JOYCE STRAND The fifth annual Ramona Valley Vineyard Association (RVVA) educational Wine and Grape Symposium will be held on Saturday, July 22, beginning with registration and breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in the California Center for the Arts

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Oliver, Kiwanis work on Day of Cowboy transition Ken Dower celebrates BY MAUREEN ROBERTSON Doug “Ranger Doug” Oliver started National Day of the Cowboy celebrations the same year he opened his Ranger Doug’s Shootists’ Emporium in Old Town Ramona. He sold the business to Ramona resident Dan Wisnewski this year and plans to move to Montana with his wife Lynn, so this will be the last year he will be involved in what has become a popular annual event. He’s partnering with Kiwanis Club of Ramona to present the 11th Annual National Day of the Cowboy at Mountain Valley Ranch, 842 state Route 78, from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 22. They’re calling it a transition year. Starting next year Ramona Kiwanis will be the lone presenter. Co-chairing Ramona’s 2017 Day of the Cowboy with Oliver are Kiwanians Jim Cooper and Sharon Parker. Cooper, a cowboy re-enactor, and Oliver dressed in cowboy garb Friday morning and distributed fliers with information about the upcoming event to Main Street businesses. “We were very well received,” said Cooper. Admission is free, and attendees will have the opportunity to hear cowboy music and poetry, learn about cowboy gear, watch cowboy re-enactment skits, participate in opportunity drawings, and perhaps win a door prize. Kiwanians will sell hot dogs,

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Dressed in their cowboy best, Jim Cooper and Doug “Ranger Doug” Oliver interrupt David Moniz’s haircut in Wayne Channon’s City Barber Shop Friday morning to deliver fliers advertising the 11th Annual National Day of the Cowboy celebration in Ramona on Saturday, July 22. Moniz, a Julian resident, is the head ranger at William Heise County Park. hamburgers, beans, nachos, and soft drinks from their food booth, and vendors will showcase western clothing, hats, and other goods. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3783 and the San Diego County Cowbelles are also scheduled to have booths. Opportunity drawing tickets are available for $10 each for a 45-caliber single-action revolver. Tickets are available in advance from Oliver and Kiwanis members and at Ranger Doug’s Shootists’ Emporium at 649-C Main St. The drawing for the revolver will be

held at 4 p.m. at the event. Only 300 tickets for the revolver will be sold. Proceeds from National Day of the Cowboy in Ramona will benefit Ramona Town Hall. National Day of the Cowboy, observed annually on the fourth Saturday in July, celebrates the contributions cowboys and cowgirls made to the country’s culture and heritage. For more information about the Ramona event, call 760-789-1097 or go to kiwanisramonaca.org.

Ramona resident Ken Dower celebrated his 90th birthday on July 17. Family members celebrated at a party they hosted for him, saying, “we are fortunate to call him our Dad, Papa, and Granddad. To know him is to know a fabulous man who is a proud veteran with a kind heart who continues to give of himself to Ramona and is active, “to say the least,” said Darla White, one of his daughters. His involvement in the community includes membership in Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ramona Rotary Club, and Ramona Senior Center, and he helps James Dukes Elementary School first-graders with reading. In addition, he coordinates a poker group and a bimonthly “lunch bunch” group and often reads scriptures at First Congregational Church. One of the reasons he is “90 years young” is he loves people, family members agree. “He engages with everyone he meets, he stays in touch with family and friends using

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Skatepark project opens new world for Tracy Engel BY KAREN BRAINARD Spearheading a project that many in the community have wanted for a long time, Tracy Engel has found her voice. Engel said she was an unlikely person to champion a skatepark for Ramona. “I was very, very, very introverted before this skatepark thing,” she said. “I think it’s hilarious. I am the least likely human being to be doing this.” Engel serves as president of the Ramona Skatepark Champions, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is seeking to build a skatepark at the future Ramona Intergenerational Community Campus that will be located on county-owned property on Main Street between 12th and 13th streets. Engel said she was afraid of public speaking before she got involved. For years, different groups in Ramona have tried to get a skatepark off the ground but have run into obstacles. There is still a lot of work to do, but Ramona Skatepark Champions is inching closer to seeing it become a reality. At this month’s Ramona Community Planning Group meeting, Engel introduced the group’s donor brick campaign to raise funds for the skatepark’s maintenance entity, talked about their plans, and received support from the RCPG, which agreed to allocate $250,000 of Park Lands Dedication Ordnance Funds for the skatepark. Those funds cannot be released until approved by the county Board of Supervisors, and that can only occur after the project is signed off by county Parks and Recreation, but it’s a slide in the right

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Tracy Engel, president of Ramona Skatepark Champions, points to the area behind Ramona Library where she hopes the future skatepark can be built. direction. Engel said her background in project management may have helped push the skatepark project forward, but quickly added: “I think it’s just a matter of good timing.” She moved to Ramona in 1988 from Fountain Valley in Orange County and said, “It reminded me a lot of going to visit my grandfather in Indiana on his farm.” Her family — Dad was an aerospace engineer — left Indiana for California in 1970, but took trips back to the Hoosier state

to visit relatives. “The first time I visited Ramona was in the springtime, driving up Highway 78 in the springtime and it was beautiful, just beautiful. I was sold,” she said. “I was in my early twenties when I got here.” After being in Ramona, Engel found the rural life suited her better than urban settings. She worked in the insurance industry, commuting down the hill and experiencing long days, which she said was challenging as a single mom. Her son, Aaron Taylor, is now 27 years old.

“I have always liked computers,” she said. “When Aaron was little I was teaching myself how to program at night after he went to bed.” That was in addition to her full-time job, but she noted that she never missed a soccer practice. Engel said she tried hard to be super mom but it wasn’t always easy. Engel now works from home doing data base development, business analysis, and project management for Surplus Lines Insurance Companies for managing general agents. “I made a career that kind of values quality of life over anything else so I had time,” she said. That’s how she got involved with the skatepark. One day she asked her friend, Dawn Perfect, what happened to the skatepark project that had been in the works and learned it had kind of stalled. “And I just decided, like I so impulsively sometimes decide to do things, that yea, that’s something I can do,” said Engel. Perfect serves as treasurer of the Ramona Skatepark Champions and Justin Sturgeon is secretary. When Engel isn’t working or being a skatepark advocate, she enjoys creating websites and walking her 126-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback, Odin Maxwell, who has his own website.

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BY MAUREEN ROBERTSON Comic-Con International: San Diego is more than a place to spot celebrities, eye the latest merchandise, and mingle with fans of comics, video games, and movies. As Ramona High School Class of 1981 graduate John Shableski knows, education is taking hold. “There has always been some level of academic professional development at the show, but things began to change once librarians from the public library world began submitting programs,” Shableski, a comics publishing industry expert living in Pennsylvania, said in an email. “The K-12 teacher aspect is a very recent development and I think it coincides with the partnership with San Diego Public Library. This gave Comic-Con folks a great venue for hosting educator-specific sessions and it gives SDPL a chance to show off that amazing new library.” Shableski, vice president of sales for Udon Entertainment, will be in San Diego this week for Comic-Con. He’ll spend quite a bit of time on the ninth floor of the San Diego Central Library because he played a role in developing some of the Comic-Con programs there. One will feature a panel of four Ramona Unified School District educators on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. During a conversation with the mother of one of his best friends, Shableski learned that 1998 Ramona High graduate Cori McDonald is now the school’s librarian. His friend’s mother, Carol Shimer, is McDonald’s grandmother and his friend, Mike Shimer, is her uncle. “She and her colleagues represent a new approach to introducing classic literature and developing literacy via the use of the comics medium in the American educational system,” said Shableski. “The book they used last semester is a graphic novel adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ by Gareth Hinds.” “We put them (graphic novels) in our library and kids checked them out … it’s pretty

interesting for students,” McDonald said at a recent school board meeting. The graphic novel introduces students to classic literature in a format that leads to a greater appreciation for the original text, noted Shableski. “Another fascinating aspect of the project at Ramona is that they are seeing a greater retention of the information from the students — and it doesn’t matter what skill level the student has, if they are gifted or challenged readers, the kids come away with the same experience,” he said. “They learn things like subtext and foreshadowing in a much faster manner. Even kids with autism are discovering access to reading via the graphic novel format.” McDonald, Ramona High English teachers Erin Hill and Emily Maehler, and Ramona High library technician Becky Harvey will present a panel titled “Graphic Novels in the High School Library.” Shableski will moderate. “We were thrilled and honored when our program was officially accepted for Comic-Con,” said McDonald. “There are a lot of great programs for teachers and librarians at the show. The approval of our session is really an exciting moment for us.” During their presentation, McDonald and Harvey will discuss how graphic novels are attracting more students to recreational as well as academic subject-related reading. Hill and Maehler will share their experiences using the graphic novel adaptation of “Ulysses” and their students’ response. The group will then review opportunities for collaboration and support this approach has created between the school library and the teachers. To prepare for their presentation, the four Ramona educators met last Friday morning. Already in the spirit of Comic-Con, Hill and Harvey knew what they would wear -- Hill will dress as Chell in the “Portal” video game and Harvey will be Daenerys from the “Game of Thrones.” “I guess Emily and I have some homework to do,” said McDonald.

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Summer school gives students a boost BY KAREN BRAINARD As the song goes, “School’s out for summer,” but for some students that time arrives a bit later than for others. Students in Ramona High School’s Edgenuity program have most of the summer to re-take a course to try to improve their grade. “That’s designed specifically for credit recovery,” said Mary Brumfield, secretary in Ramona High’s counseling office. Students who didn’t pass a class can take it online, choosing to either do it at home or at the school. The computer lab is open from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday until Aug. 10. How long it takes to complete the course depends on how dedicated the student is, noted Brumfield. Parents and students have to sign a contract and all tests must be proctored, so students have to take the tests at the school. Among classes the program includes are different levels or grades of Spanish, Common Core English/Language Arts and Math, history, biology, chemistry, and physics. Ramona High also offered Integrated Math I and Integrated Math II classes from June 12 through 30 for credit recovery. Brumfield explained that students who did not do well in the second semester of those classes could take the summer class and replace their grade. Approximately 120 students were enrolled, about the same number as those enrolled in Ramona Elementary School’s Summer Academy that ended June 30. The academy

brought students together from across the district in kindergarten through sixth grades for 12 days of intense reading, writing, and math on focused grade level standards where tests revealed a weakness. As an example of the program, Ramona Elementary Principal Pixie Sulser said the Grade 3+ class reviewed concepts in math “that test-wise shows the whole group could benefit.” The program is designed to help students be more successful in the grade they will be entering in August, when 2017-18 classes start. Instructors in the Summer Academy were teachers from Ramona, Mt. Woodson, and Hanson elementary schools. The Summer Academy incorporates Next Generations Science Standards in which teachers may combine the reading standard with science information, according to Sulser. That can be done by reading an article on science. “We’ll read the non-fiction text based in science,” said Sulser. The teacher can use the science information to teach reading skills, such as having students pull out key details from the article, which can give it a more real world application, she explained. Ramona Elementary also offers an extended school year for students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) who could do better without a long gap in instructional time, and for special education students.

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Swim team sends 13 to Fourth-generation racer meet at Granite Hills High wins national title BY STACEY DUSSEAULT, BECKY HOLDEN AND DAN HAMMONDS Thirteen swimmers represented Ramona Swim Team at the College Area Swim Team (CAST) A/B meet held at Granite Hills High School. Slightly more than half the team had personal best times, and more than three-quarters of the Ramona swimmers were within 3 percent of their best times. “These are excellent results,” said their coaches. Dustin Walter and Nathan Snyder qualified for Ramona’s Junior Olympic Championship team. That brings Ramona Swim’s Championship Team to five swimmers. Roger Ashburn, Katie Dusseault, and Ethan Hammonds had previously qualified for the meet. The Junior Olympics is a championship meet that includes swimmers from San Diego and Imperial counties. Each participating athlete meets required time standards to qualify for a specific event. Other accomplishments in the July 7 through 9 meet were five new Long Course A times and eight new B times. The meet began Friday evening, July 7, with Logan Barrows, Dusseault, Avonlea Hammonds, Ethan Hammonds, and Walter

participating in the 400-meter freestyle for the first time. “They all swam with heart and bravery on their first swims,” their coaches agreed. “All our swimmers began the meet with great swims in the 200-meter freestyle.” Dusseault dropped about 16 seconds and Hammonds about 5 seconds in the race. The heat was brutal the next day, and the swimmers started to feel it as the day wore on. “There were still great swims all day despite the heat,” said their coaches. Sunday was cooler and resulted in fantastic swims from everyone, the coaches noted. Dusseault received her fourth Junior Olympic cut, or qualification, by dropping 4 seconds in her 100 butterfly. Walter got his first Junior Olympic cut by dropping almost a second in his 50 backstroke. Both swimmers received the Red Team Swimmer of the Meet Paw Print bead for outstanding races and heart during the meet. Honorable mention went to Brance Douglas for competing in his first Long Course meet and getting 100 percent best times in every race. Snyder swam like the strong afternoon heat had lit him on fire, said coaches. On July 8, he earned two new A times and his first Junior Olympic cut in the 50 freestyle in the 13-14 age class.

BY KAREN BRAINARD A fourth-generation flat track motorcycle racer is racking up the championships at just 12 years old. Travis Petton IV came home to Ramona two weeks ago as the national champion in the 250cc stock class at the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Dirt Track Grand Championships at the Du Quoin, Ill. State Fairgrounds. “It’s all great. I was very surprised,” said Travis, noting some of his competitors were local racers who were used to the Du Quoin track. “He’s so excited,” said his grandmother, Rebecca Petton. “He’s been racing the 250 class since 2014.” Travis follows in the footsteps, or rather tire tracks, of his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father. His great-grandfather raced flat track in the 1960s and his grandfather, who earned the rank of 82nd in the nation, still races. His grandfather, Travis Petton II, moved to Ramona in 1980. “I still get a lot of advice from him,” said Travis, who began riding at age 5. The former Mt. Woodson Elementary School student will be a seventh-grader at Olive Peirce Middle School in August. Travis primarily races in California and his

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FROM FIRE, A1 Zenovic has complained for over a year that the annual $188.52 fire EDU (equivalent dwelling unit) fee that property owners pay only covers half the cost of fire and paramedic service. The shortfall — $2.5 million this year — is met by using about half of the district's property tax revenues, which are discretionary, for fire and paramedic service. The fire EDU fee has stayed the same since it was established in 1996 and can only be changed by a two-thirds vote of the people. Last year, Zenovic advocated for a November 2016 ballot measure to increase the fee but district staff and board president Thomas Ace said there was not enough time to prepare. An attempt to raise the fee in 2005 was rejected by voters, noted Zenovic. "They did vote to spend six to eight hours sitting on San Vicente (Road) in 2007 with the flames come leaping at their heels and they didn't want to spend the money ... 55 cents a day on fire," he said.

Zenovic said that of the approximately 13,000 taxpayers it would cost each about $200 per year, or 55 cents per day, to make up the shortfall for fire. Without the $2.5 million from property tax revenues, Zenovic said the fire department may have to cut back by having the stations in San Diego Country Estates and at state Route 67 and Dye Road open only half a day each day. He has pushed the idea of having all property tax revenues go toward water and sewer capital improvement projects, although not all taxpayers are water and sewer customers. Ace presented documents from the 1980s when RMWD was given latent powers of the fire protection district following the dissolution of the town’s volunteer fire district. A county document said that of Ramona's allocated share of property tax, the percentage that should go to fire is nearly twice the amount designated for the water district, he said. In today's dollars that percentage amounts to $3.6 million of property tax revenues for fire,

said Ace. The district has faced rising costs in the past two years between Cal Fire's increases in its contract to staff the Ramona Fire Department stations and the need for major purchases. Last year the district bought two new ambulances and a new fire engine has been ordered, all to replace aging vehicles. More will need to be replaced in the coming years. Cal fire's contract amount for 2016-17 was $5.85 million. The contract for 2017-18 is expected to be nearly $6.2 million but that is likely higher than the actual amount, said district staff. Among the estimated revenue to fund fire is the EDU fee of $2.715 million total, ambulance charges of $1 million, and fire prevention/first response fees of $35,000. Zenovic first made a motion to approve the total district budget minus the $2.5 million property tax allocation for fire. With $750,000 of that earmarked for fire department purchases, he amended his motion to withhold $1.75 million from fire. The motion failed 3-2 with Director Jim

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Arthur Richard ‘Art’ Lemke September 21, 1918 - July 6, 2017

Ramona — arthur Richard “art” Lemke, 98, died peacefully on July 6, 2017, in Ramona, Ca, at the home he had shared with his wife, Pat, for the past 44 years. art was born on September 21, 1918 in Kansas City, KS to margaret mary (murphy) Lemke and SGT arthur Lemke, who was killed in action in France during World War I, just a few days before receiving word of his son’s birth. arthur went on to join the U.S. navy at 17, barely making the height requirement at the time, as

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Elizabeth Mae ‘Betty’ Gideon Ramona — Elizabeth mae “Betty” Gideon, a long-time resident of Ramona, passed away on July 7, 2017. She is survived by her two daughters Lynn Doyle of alpine and marla Smith of Ramona, 7 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband Jack Gideon and her daughter Donna Winkelman. a celebration of life will be held on Sunday, July

and the Purple Heart. although he went on to many other vocations, his career in the navy remained the highlight of his working life. Second only to his love for his family was his love for animals—a love he shared with the people of Ramona for 20 years as owner of Ramona milling and Livestock Supply. His support to 4-H members and hobby farmers came in the form of discounts, credit and advice. art is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Patricia Carol (Reidinger) Lemke; his children

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Vernon allen (Sonia) Lemke, Theresa adele (Joe) mooney, melissa mia (Joe) Teagarden and Rebecca alane Lemke; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. art was predeceased by his parents; brother, Jack Liesman; and daughter, natilee Lynn Lemke. no services are planned. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Elizabeth Hospice elizabethhospice.org or a charity of your choice. Please sign the guest book online at legacy.com/ obituaries/ramonasentinel.

Merv Thomas Martin Ramona — merv (melvyn Thomas) martin, much loved and cherished husband, father, father-in-law and mapa of his family passed away on the 9 april 2017, at Seabrae manor, Rothwell, Brisbane, surrounded by his family. any messages of condolences can be sent to: mr and mrs Blair Savage, 1635 H Street, Ramona Ca.

Hickle voting yes with Zenovic. The board then unanimously approved the total budget. Ace told the Sentinel after the meeting that he reviewed the Cal Fire contract and there is a clause that if the district has insufficient funds or reduces or deletes the funding, the state is notified and the contract is immediately terminated. Zenovic also voiced impatience with the board's ad hoc committee, chaired by Ace, to find solutions to fund the fire department. One option being considered is merging the fire department into the San Diego County Fire Authority, taking it out of RMWD's responsibility. Ace said they have been waiting two months to hear back from the county to set up a meeting. "I'm not really convinced we're ever going to hear from the county," said Zenovic. He asked about getting the fire EDU on the November 2018 ballot. Ace noted that such measures are difficult to pass but said, "If that's the avenue we have to go, I'm supportive of it."

BY KAREN BRAINARD Ramona Municipal Water District's 2017-18 budget, approved by the board on July 11, shows $40.6 million in estimated expenditures and $33.25 million in revenues. RMWD's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. While the ending balance for fiscal year 2016-17 is $39.6 million, the projected ending balance for the new budget is $34.75 million. Chief Financial Officer Richard Hannasch said they will be spending more out of the reserves this year to pay for some of the capital improvement and deferred maintenance projects for which the district has been saving. "There is a lot of deferred maintenance to address," said Hannasch. Among the projects are $2.5 million for water system infrastructure that includes tank rehabilitation, and valve and meter replacements; $2.3 million to complete the effluent transmission pipeline and another $2 million for other infrastructure at the Santa Maria Sewer Service Area; and $1.5 million for capital replacement projects at the San Vicente Sewer Service Area. Property tax revenues totaled $5.6 million. Of that $2.5 million will go to

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FROM FRONT PAGE, A2 ham radio, but said the South Pole is one of the most difficult places to reach. “I was on the radio and I heard him call out for someone to talk to,” Stipp said. “Based on his call sign -- ham radio people can check call signs on the computer and know where the person is calling from -- I realized he was calling from the South Pole and I jumped right on it.” They compared temperatures. In Ramona that evening it was 84 degrees. It was 89 degrees below zero at the South Pole. NEW BUT NOT NEW—Retired engineer Bob Hailey is the new operations manager at the Guy B. Museum at 645 Main St. He replaces Shelley Uekert, who in February replaced Alice Funk, who retired after 18 years in the museum office. Uekert has accepted an accounting job with Poway Unified School District. She spent part of last week reviewing the many aspects of Hailey’s new post with him.

On his third day as operations manager, Hailey admitted he was in a learning mode, but said the job can be a lot of fun. Even though he’d been volunteering as a museum docent, “there’s just so much here I had no idea about,” he said. “The operations of the museum is a whole lot different than walking through it.” Among his duties are developing a budget, overseeing maintenance, overseeing development and installation of museum exhibits, cataloging, and serving as museum spokesperson to the media. He’ll be on the job 20 hours a week: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. Hailey and his wife Pat moved to Ramona 35 years ago. They have three children and 10 grandchildren. A longtime Kiwanis Club of Ramona member, he has served on the Ramona Unified School District Board and Ramona Community Planning Group and is a Ramona Town Hall trustee.

ACADEMIC HONORS Chester Billingsley earns B.A. Chester Billingsley of Ramona received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Iowa at the close of the spring 2017 semester. He also was on the university’s dean’s list for the spring semester. University of Iowa, a public research university, focuses on academic excellence, groundbreaking discoveries and creations, and a culture that prizes community, diversity, and opportunity. Known for its leadership in the arts, sciences, and humanities, it is home to the first creative writing program in the world, a world-class academic medical center, and one of the country's top teaching hospitals.

Dean’s list honors go to students who achieve a GPA of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of graded course work during the semester. Andrea Gaona on dean’s list Andrea Gaona of Ramona is on the Saint Mary's College Dean's List for the spring semester. To earn academic honors at Saint Mary's, a student must achieve a GPA of at least 3.6 on a 4.0 scale and have at least 12 graded credit hours, no incompletes, and no grades lower than a C. Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind., is a four-year, Catholic, residential, women's liberal arts college.

FROM PARKING, A1 meeting,” Jacob said. “I think there are some promising possibilities, particularly with the private property. That was new information.” For decades, the paved access road to the top of Mt. Woodson has seen a lot of foot traffic from people looking for a quick way up the mountain — rather than a longer hike along the official trail that starts at Lake Poway. Cars parking along the highway have been a problem since at least the 1980s, but in recent years, Instagram and Facebook photos showing hikers standing on Potato Chip Rock — a thin outcropping of stone near the top of Mt. Woodson — has led to an explosion in popularity at the trail. On some days well over 100 cars can be found parked along the shoulders of the highway, as traffic speeds by at 55 to 65 miles per hour. Authorities say it’s a recipe for disaster. “I’ve been a paramedic for 37 years and pedestrians struck at those speeds, well, it is a gruesome sight,” said Glen Morgan, president of the Ramona Trails Association and a captain with the Oceanside Fire Department, who attended last Thursday’s meeting. “It’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ a pedestrian is going to get struck there,” he said. The meeting marked the first time that stakeholders such as the Ramona Community Planning Group, Caltrans, the cities of Poway and San Diego, the county parks department, and Cal Fire sat down to hammer out ideas. Brian Albright, the county’s director of Parks and Recreation, said an immediate but temporary solution might be to build a small parking lot — for no more than 20 cars — on county-owned land near the Mt. Woodson Cal Fire station. The county owns more land in the area, but the rest is being used as a landing site for Cal Fire helicopters. “We don’t want to impact that operation,” Albright said.

FROM WINE, A6 media advertising, and announcements. •Federico Cassasa, Ph.D., assistant professor of Enology Wine & Viticulture Department, California Polytechnic State University, will speak on the topic of “Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI),” a term for the practice of regulating or restricting the application of irrigation water limiting the vine water use to below that of a fully watered vine. • Greg Pennyroyal, viticulture/enology coordinator for Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards will discuss “Mealy Bugs as a Model for Regional Scientific Cooperation.” Pennyroyal has broad education and research experience that includes National Institutes of Health (NIH) research resulting in a patent for the Gene Expression Assay characterization of botanical medicines. • Phil Burton, owner, Barrel Builders, Napa, Calif., will speak on the topic of “Toast Barrel Treatment” — 1 wine, 1 oak, 5 different toasts. Attendees will get the opportunity to sample the introduced variance in wine based on toast level alone, then blend those samples to enhance the complexity.

FROM MEETINGS, A1 visit bit.ly/2uBGZLZ. Also on July 24 in the community center will be a meeting of the Ramona Community Planning Group’s ad hoc committee on parking for the Mt. Woodson trail off state Route 67.

A representative of the Ramona planning group, which has been studying the issue for months, had suggested building a 177-car parking lot on the county land, not realizing the fire helicopter used it. Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head. Sometimes the station’s driveway is blocked by parked cars and often it is used by vehicles turning around during their search for a space. “Our response times are higher because of the problem,” one firefighter said. Firefighters are also tired of hikers — many of them visitors to the San Diego area — knocking on the station’s door looking for directions or for the nearest public bathroom. Jason Graham, a CHP Officer based in Ramona, said one of the biggest problems is people wanting to park along the highway, driving past an open spot, then backing up to get back to the opening as other cars come speeding toward them. There are still many things that will need to come together before any sort of parking lot is built, including who would pay for its construction and maintain it. Another question is would the access road — which is not an official trail and is unmarked except by handmade sign — ever become an official trail and, if it did, what governmental agency would be responsible for its upkeep. Jacob and everyone at the meeting seemed to agree on two things. Something has to be done before a tragedy occurs, and closing the trail is not a good solution because it is so well used. Casey Lynch of the Ramona Planning Group said shutting down the trail would “only make things worse” because of the public outcry it would cause, adding that many people hike the road daily for exercise. J. Harry Jones writes for The San Diego Union-Tribune. In addition, sponsor displays and information will be available throughout the day. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Open to the public, the symposium is $99 for: Ramona Valley Vineyard Association (RVVA) members and other association members, including, San Diego County Vintners Association, East County Vintners Association, San Diego Amateur Winemaking Society, Ramona Valley Winery Association, and San Diego County Farm Bureau. The fee is $125 for non-members. The fee covers the education programs as well as breakfast, and lunch with wine tasting. California Center for the Arts is at 340 N. Escondido Blvd. in Escondido. For more information contact Micole Moore at 541-840-5343 or ramonaranch@gmail.com. Interested participants may purchase tickets at ramonavalleyvineyards.com Champagne sponsors include Westbridge Agricultural Products, The Vintner’s Vault, and Grangetto’s. Sauvignon Blanc sponsors include LaFitte Cork & Capsule, Ramona author Joyce T. Strand, and Crop Production Services. That meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m. On Tuesday, July 25, the planning group’s Transportation and Trails Subcommittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the community center to review proposed capital improvements projects, which will include discussions of the proposed Ramona Street and Dye Road extensions.

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TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial C ode and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): ROBERT M NIETO JR, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 4/27/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0288944 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, California; Date of Sale: 8/7/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, located at 250 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92020 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $640,550.76 The purported property address is: 595 WASHINGTON ST, RAMONA, CA 92065 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 279-104-26-00 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-688243-CL . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation

address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return o f the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 O r Login to: http:// www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15-688243-CL IDSPub #0128796 7/13/2017 7/20/2017 7/27/2017 RS 5059544 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/2017

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL AND/OR BUSINESS PROPERTY Alamo West Storage, wishing to avail themselves of the provisions of applicable laws of the State of California, hereby gives Notice of Sale under said law to wit: Section 21700 through 21715 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code. On August 2, 10:00 am, at Alamo West Storage, 1037 Olive Street, Ramona, CA 92065. Alamo West Storage will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash, the contents of space # (see below) rented by (see below), consisting of household goods, business property and personal property contained in the following units: Unit Number and Name: 5x5 JOHANNA C CHAVEZ 10x20 JOSEPH K LINSALATO 10x15 MATTHEW SANSON 10x30 EUGENE A SEIDEL, JR. 10x15 JOYCE YODER 10x20 DEBBIE OCONNOR Owner reserves the right to bid and to refuse or reject any and all bids. The sale is being made to satisfy an owner’s lien. The public is invited to attend. AUCTIONEER: AMERICAN AUCTIONEERS BOND #FS863-20-14 800-838-7653 ALAMO WEST STORAGE 1037 Olive Street Ramona, CA 92065 760-789-3911 R5067707. July 13 and 20, 2017 TSG No.: 8693607 TS No.: CA1700277349 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 288-591-07-00 Property Address: 24667 WATT ROAD RAMONA , CA 92065 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/12/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 07/26/2017 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/19/2004, as Instrument No. 2004-0992658, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, State of California. Executed by: CLYDE DONALDSON, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH,

www.ramonasentinel.com TION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, 250 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92020 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 288-591-07-00 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 24667 WATT ROAD , RAMONA , CA 92065 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $224,886.54. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you

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100for - LEGAL date the saleNOTICES of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms. aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700277349 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 1500 Solana Blvd Bldg 6 Ste 6100 Westlake, TX 76262 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE

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20 THURSDAY, June 20 ■ Free Groceries, 9 a.m., Ramona Food and Clothes Closet, 773 Main St. Open to 18 years or older, first come, first served, 20 to 25 pounds of fresh produce and staples per family. Bring bags. Offered through Feeding San Diego Mobile Pantry Program. Volunteers needed to help set up. 760-789-4458 or ramonafood@att.net. ■ TOPS—Ramona Chapter of TOPS, Grace Community Church, 1234 Barger Place, 9 a.m. Weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tai Chi at 9 a.m., Adult Coloring Club at 10 a.m., Toddler Storytime at 10:30 a.m., Women’s Art at 11 a.m., 3D Printing Demonstrations at 3 p.m., All Star Learners at 3 p.m., Improv Comedy Class at 3 p.m., Teen Action Council at 3 p.m., Family Movie at 4 p.m. ■ Bingo, 1 p.m., Ramona Senior Center, 434 Aqua Lane. For 18 years and older. Cost: $14; $5 discount for first-time players. 760-789-0440. ■ Chamber Networking Mixer, 6 to 8 p.m., Chase Bank, 1467 Main St. Admission $5 for Ramona Chamber of Commerce members, $10 for non-menbers. 760-789-1311. ■ Ramona American Graffiti Cruise night, departs from Ron’s Tire & Brake, 2560 Main St. at 6:30 p.m. and continues up Main Street through Old Town and back. ■ Simply Marriage, 7 p.m., Calvary Chapel, 114 14th St. Practical tools for marriage from the word of God. FRIDAY, July 21 ■ Ramona Library, Zumba at 9:30

a.m., Bouncing Baby Storytime at 10:30 a.m., Zentangle Pen art at 1 p.m. ■ Ramona ACBL Bridge Club, open game, 9:30 a.m., 1721 Main St., Suite 101. 760-789-1132. ■ Free Farmers’ Market, noon to 2:30 p.m., First Congregational Church of Ramona, 404 Eighth St. ■ Ice Cream Socials and Open Houses, 5 to 7 p.m., Ramona Head Start, 419 Eighth St., and Nuevo Head Start, 1401 Hanson Lane, Building C. SATURDAY, July 22 ■ Kiwanis of Ramona, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Denny’s, 1946 Main St. Breakfast meeting with speaker. 760-522-2625. ■ Weight Watchers, Ramona Woman’s Club, 524 Main St., 8 a.m. ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 760-788-5270. ■ National Day of the Cowboy celebration, noon to 5 p.m., Mountain Valley Ranch, 842 Highway 78. Free admission. kiwanisramonaca.org. SUNDAY, July 23 ■ Depression and Bipolar Support Group, 10 to 11 a.m., Collier Park, 626 E St. 760-443-6861. ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday Funday at 2 p.m. 760■ Car Show, 4 to 6 p.m., Albertsons parking lot, 1400 block of Main Street. MONDAY, July 24 ■ Ramona Library, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mindful Mondays at 9:30 a.m., Adult Chess Club at 10 a.m., Billingual Storytime at 10:30 a.m., 3D Printer Demonstrations at 3 p.m., Stretch & Strength at 4:45 p.m. 760-788-5270. TUESDAY, July 25 ■ Backcountry Quilters, 9 a.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. pinecastle946@sbcglobal.net. ■ Ramona Library, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. 760-788-5270. ■ Ramona Rotary Club, noon luncheon meeting, Amici’s restaurant, 1429 Main St. 619-316-4456. ■ Soroptimist International of Ramona, 6 p.m., Hatfield Creek Vineyards and Winery, 1625 state Route 78. 858-395-3112. WEDNESDAY, July 26 ■ Veterans Services, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. ■ Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Society, 7 p.m. Ramona Library.

Soroptimists schedule Membership Mixer Soroptimist International of Ramona welcomes new members and invites women interested in learning about the organization to a Membership Mixer on Aug. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. The mixer will be in the home of Carole Orlen, this year’s president, at 24153 Del Amo Road. “Please join us to learn of contributions and service to helping women and girls live their dream,” said Orlen. “There will be wine and non-alcoholic beverages and snacks.

Bring a friend. We would love to meet you.” Soroptimist International of Ramona is part of a worldwide organization with a mission to educate and empower women to live their dream of a better life for themselves and their families. Members accomplish this through fundraising for scholarships, programs, and service projects that support their endeavors. Those planning to attend the Membership Mixer are asked to RSVP Orlen at 858-722-6810.

Senior patrol welcomes recruits San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Senior Volunteer Patrol welcomes additional recruits. Prospective recruits must be male or female U.S. citizens of legal aliens who have applied for citizenship, age 50 or older, have a valid California driver’s license, have auto and health insurance, and pass a background check by the Sheriff’s Department. Ramona has about 30 men and women who volunteer to assist the county Sheriff’s Department. Duties include: vacation checks on the homes of Ramona residents, enforcement of violations of disabled parking spaces, contacts with and visits to homebound seniors who live alone, and patrolling shopping centers, schools, and neighborhoods. When needed, they also assist in civic functions and with traffic control. Once accepted, volunteers attend a two-week academy and several training patrols. The academy teaches recruits how to perform the expected duties. Following the academy, the minimum commitment is one six-hour patrol each week and attendance at a monthly meeting. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Ramona Sheriff’s Volunteer Patrol may contact Bill Hicks at 760-738-2481. More information is on the sheriff’s website: sdsheriff.net/volunteer.svp.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS Ramona Senior Center, open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., is one of two county-designated Cool Zones. The other is Ramona Library. The senior center at 434 Aqua Lane offers lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and a variety of activities throughout the day. Partnered with Meals on Wheels, the center delivers meals to homebound seniors in Ramona and surrounding areas. A donation of $5 per person is suggested for senior and homebound lunches. Cost for others is $8. One-way transportation to or from the center is $1. A birthday lunch for seniors celebrating birthdays this month will be held Friday. MENU Thursday, July 20: Hamburger casserole with mashed potato topping, chuckwagon corn, ambrosia. Friday, July 21: Oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, cake and a banana. Monday, July 24: Tuna salad on a bed of lettuce, cottage cheese, carrot sticks, pineapple. Tuesday, July 25: Teriyaki chicken, rice pilaf, four-way vegetables, salad, Jello with Mandarin oranges. Wednesday, July 26: Beef stroganoff, egg noodles, Brussels sprouts, apricots. More information: 760-789-0440, ramonaseniorcenter.com.

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Kaley Sapper and Tuk perform a stadium jump during Intermediate Horse Trials.

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Ramona grad gallops into Junior Olympics BY ALEXIS NAGEM t’s a dream come true for Ramona resident Kaley Sapper. She’s competing this week in the 2017 Junior Olympic North American Junior and Young Rider Championship in Montana. Sapper is participating in the Olympic equestrian discipline of eventing with her horse, Tuk, who goes by the show name Tuscan Sun. She and Tuk compete in the 1*, which consists of three phases: dressage, cross-country and show jumping. “The first (phase) is all about control and obedience and just showing the judges that you’re fit to compete in the competition,” said Sapper, who graduated from Ramona High School last month. “Then the second is all about boldness and bravery. You go out and the jumps are solid jumps, wood jumps that don’t break and they’re pretty big, and so it’s all about bravery, speed, agility. Then the last day is all about carefulness, where you go in an enclosed space and you jump jumps that fall down and the goal is to not make them fall down.” Sapper has been riding horses for five years and has been working with Tuscan Sun for about three years. “He wasn’t the first horse that I owned, but he’s definitely the most experienced and the one that’s taken me the farthest,” she said. To prepare for the championship, Sapper has been training at Next Level Eventing in Temecula with seasoned riders Tamra Smith and Heather Morris. “They’re awesome,” Sapper said.

“They’ve both ridden at the highest levels. It’s a very fun but serious atmosphere. When you go to the barn, it’s not to have fun, it’s to work, but you also have fun at the same time. It’s really neat just being able to learn from the best and having them there encouraging you, but also kind of beating you up at the same time, trying to make you better.” Sapper said that she is the most confident about the competition’s cross-country phase, but that she and her trainers were still prepping last week for the dressage competition. “We’re very good at the cross country,” she said recently. “Tuk’s a thoroughbred, those are usually race horses, so he definitely has the fast, strong capabilities. He’s got that blood in him. We’re trying to clean up the dressage and the stadium jumping a little bit. He’s not bad; he doesn’t enjoy it very much. So it’s difficult, but we’re working on it.” Sapper said that she fell in love with horseback riding during her 13th birthday party when her mother Nancy gave her horseback riding lessons as a gift. “For my 13th birthday my mom got me horseback riding lessons through Groupon and I really liked it and so we decided to get a horse up here,” she said. While the birthday present was what initially got Sapper interested in horseback riding, it wasn’t until she attended a Gold Medal Equestrian summer camp in San Luis Obispo that she found her passion for eventing. “We had lessons twice a day, five

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Kaley Sapper hugs Tuk after they complete a clean cross-country run in the optimum time. days a week, alternating between jumping and working on our dressage tests,” she said. “There were lots of crafts and activities for us to do and we all stayed on the property together. We got to know each other really well and learned quite a bit. That summer camp was really what got me towards this goal where it was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is the coolest thing ever. I want to get the right horse, I want to work really, really hard and I want to do this.’ That was definitely the summer that I wanted to make the dream come true.” Sapper said that she had her good

days and her bad days during training, but she was able to keep motivated by remembering just how far she had come. “Sometimes you’re on top of the world and you’re like, ‘Yeah, we’re going to do so great, this is all worth it,’ and sometimes you’re like, ‘Oh, my gosh, why am I doing this?’” she said. “You have those days and I think what really keeps me going is that I’ve had this dream for a long time and I’m so close. It’s almost like the closer you get to it, the harder it is because it’s like crunch time. You really have to get it together; you put

all this work into it. You just really, really want to perform well. And so, you have your good and your bad days, but you have this goal, you’ve worked for it for so long, don’t give up.” Sapper also attributed some of her perseverance to the eventing community as a whole. “There’s not one particular person, but the entire eventing community is just crazy,” she said. “There’s this one woman who had breast cancer a few years ago, but she survived and she went to compete at the largest event in the United States for the past three years in a row. Stories like that are just completely inspiring. There are so many different people to look up to, I can’t just pick one.” During her time training, Sapper was also completing high school at Ramona High and graduated in June as class valedictorian. She said she was able to accomplish both her academic and extracurricular goals by knowing where to compromise her time and keeping her dream in mind. “It’s all about compromise and time management and believing that you can do it, she said. “You have to set a goal for yourself and it can’t be unreasonable, but it can be a big goal and you just have to really, really want that goal and really work toward it. You can’t be perfect with everything, but it’s a balancing act, it really is.” Sapper will continue her academics as a biomedical engineering major at California Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo.

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Jan Ryan re-elected to Realtors trade group board Ramona resident Jan Ryan of RE/MAX Direct has been re-elected for a second, two-year term on the North San Diego County Association of Realtors (NSDCAR) Board of Directors. NSDCAR is a 4,500-member real estate trade association for San Diego-area Realtors. Ryan will serve on the NSDCAR Board as an at-large member through 2019. She Jan Ryan previously served on NSDCAR’s Grievance Committee before joining the NSDCAR Board in 2016. Ryan also has served as a director with the Ramona Real Estate Association. When she’s not serving real estate clients, Ryan has several recreational activities. For the past three years, Ryan has gone skydiving nearly every chance she gets. “It’s exciting, thrilling, and lots of fun,” she said. “I have made about 160 jumps. The first time I packed my own parachute, it didn’t open, so I had to pull my reserve chute.” In June, on her birthday, Ryan and daughter Tori Gan jumped out of a hot-air balloon at about 7,500 feet (see video at youtube/0F-kPtiE1x4). A few years back, Ryan also took her mother skydiving on her mother’s 80th birthday. Last summer, Ryan learned scuba diving with her children. Their favorite dive spot is Key Largo, Fla. Ryan also flies airplanes. In 2003, she earned her private pilot’s license along with husband Jeff Gan and son Ryan Vernazza. Together, their flight plans have

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Jan Ryan and daughter Tori Gan skydive from a hot-air balloon to celebrate Ryan’s birthday. included trips from Ramona to a variety of locations, including the Grand Canyon, Sand Point in Idaho, Palm Springs, Sedona in Arizona and Loreto in Mexico, as well as Central and Northern California to visit Jan’s mother in Redding. In 2006, on a planned long-distance solo instrument flight from Ramona to Redding, Ryan’s plane’s engine sputtered and coughed dark plumes of smoke at 7,000 feet, about 13 miles over the Pacific Ocean near Monterey. For the next several miles, the engine would run a bit, smoke, and then flare back up. Oakland’s air traffic controllers gave Ryan two options, either ditch the plane in the ocean or head towards Monterey 20 miles away. She chose Monterey. When she popped out of the clouds approaching the Monterey airport, facing a 22-knot crosswind, Ryan was greeted by a

number of emergency vehicles crowding the small runway. “I followed all my emergency training, which saved my life,” she said. “After the landing, the plane was damaged by the oil spilling out of the exhaust. The mechanic later showed me the piston and it was destroyed. But that incident didn’t stop me from flying. I still enjoy it immensely.” Ryan began selling real estate in 1977, and earned her broker’s license in 1981. Jan and Jeff have lived in Ramona since 1988 and opened Ryan Gan Real Estate in 1990. In 1996, they bought a RE/MAX franchise, calling it RE/MAX Direct. Jan and Jeff recently celebrated their 25-year wedding anniversary. “I go by my maiden name, otherwise my name would be Jan Gan,” said Ryan. Their three adult children also work in the

Jan Ryan and husband Jeff Gan. real estate industry, including daughter Kelly Coleman with a brokerage, son Ryan Vernazza with a bank’s lending division and daughter Tori Gan with a mortgage company. Jan and Jeff have four grandchildren. With service centers in Vista, Carmel Valley, Carlsbad, Escondido, and Fallbrook, NSDCAR offers San Diego County Realtors access to the Sandicor MLS, along with educational training, advocacy, and other services and resources. For more information on NSDCAR, visit NSDCAR.com.

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