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Concerns mount over possible big box store

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Seth Levy places second in nation in SkillsUSA competition. 5

■ Pie Auction, 2 ■ Grand Champion, 3 ■ Opinion, 4 ■ County fair, 7 AIMEE AHLGREN

CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY

Ashley Smith and her son Hunter play with balloons during Independence Day festivities in San Diego Country Estates. For photos of the morning parade in the Estates, see page 14. For photos of Ramona Rotary Club’s 25th Annual July 4th Family Picnic & Fireworks later in the day, see page 8.

■ Crime reports, 9 ■ Obituaries, 12 ■ Classifieds, 16 ■ Profile, 19

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5 nonprofits receive $174,890 in hotel tax money BY JOE NAIMAN San Diego County’s 2017-18 budget includes $174,890 in Community Enhancement funds from Transient Occupancy Tax revenue for five Ramona nonprofits. Four of the five received everything they asked for. The fifth received three-quarters of its request. Ramona Chamber of Commerce, which requested $106,000, will receive $80,000. Other awards are: Ramona H.E.A.R.T. Mural Project Corporation, $39,140; Ramona Pioneer Historical Society, $23,600;

Ramona Town Hall Inc., $20,000; and Ramona Outdoor Community Center Inc., $12,150. Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, is collected from occupants of hotels, motels, bed and breakfast venues, mobile home parks, private campgrounds, and other structures occupied or intended for occupancy by non-residents for lodging or sleeping purposes. Each county supervisor had a Community Enhancement budget of $1.1 million, not including returned funds from 2016-17 awards, and decided how SEE TAX, A12

Trustees approve $58.1 million budget, 3-year plan BY MAUREEN ROBERTSON Ramona Unified School District trustees approved a $58.1 million 2017-18 budget that includes deficit spending, does not include one-time money of $700,000 to $800,000 expected from the state, and likely will not be a sure thing until September. With deficit spending projected for the next three years, Superintendent Anne Staffieri, Ed.D.,

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recommended that trustees hold a budget workshop after all the financial facts are in, “to talk about options before us for considering reducing that deficit.” The budget includes $55.7 million in revenue and $58.1 million in expenses. It estimates revenue and expenses, but many factors may change, said Staffieri. What she called “our decision-making budget” will SEE BUDGET, A12

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BY KAREN BRAINARD There is much concern that if a big box store opens in Ramona many stores in the downtown area would not survive, said Jim Cooper at Ramona Community Planning Group’s July 6 meeting. Cooper, a planning group member, continued his push for openness and allowing the public an opportunity to ask questions about proposed changes to the Ramona Village Center Form-Based Code. Among changes under consideration are zoning that could lead to a big box store such as a Walmart near Ramona and H streets, density and requirements for building additions in the downtown area, and restrictions on signs. At the RCPG meeting Paul Stykel and Torry Brean gave a report on updating the form-based code. Both are members of the planning group and the Ramona Village Design Group, which worked on creating the custom-tailored zoning code for the town center. Stykel said there is discussion about including Jim Hagey's 20-acre property behind Stater Bros. shopping center in the form-based code boundaries, but talks are continuing. To include the property bordered by Ramona, H, and 16th streets would give the residentially-zoned property a mixed-use designation and allow commercial. "Hagey's property — that's going to be down the road," said Brean, referring to when a decision could be made. Cooper, however, said the idea of a big box store on Hagey's property fronting H Street was brought up for the first time at a recent meeting of the Ramona Village Design Group. In the past, there was reference to a small or medium box store. "If that happens...H Street and Ramona Street will become thoroughfares," he said. Cooper referred to news stories about communities where a Walmart opened and said, "The stores along Main Street and Old Town will close.” Cooper added: "There is a tremendous SEE BIG BOX, A12

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Pie Auction, Deep-Pit Barbecue Saturday to benefit Junior Fair Truck & Tractor Show also scheduled

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Tracy Engel, who is spearheading the Ramona Skatepark project, shows one of the bricks for the donor brick campaign as she is joined by a happy group of skatepark supporters at the Ramona planning group meeting last Thursday. Pictured are: Aiden Martinez, Jacob Garcia, Cash England, Aaron Taylor, Engel, Mariano Simmons, Chase Miller, and Justin Sturgeon.

Planners OK $250K for skatepark Ramona Community Planning Group unanimously voted to allocate $250,000 of Park Lands Dedication Ordinance (PLDO) funds for the proposed Ramona Skatepark. Ramona Skatepark Champions, established as a 501(c)(3) in 2014, is working to become the maintenance entity for the skatepark and hopes to locate it on the future Ramona Intergenerational Community Campus off Main Street between 12th and 13th

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streets. Tracy Engel, who has been spearheading the project, told the planning group at its July 6 meeting about their donor brick campaign to raise money for the skatepark’s maintenance bond fund, displaying one of the bricks and receiving the planning group’s support. For more information about the skatepark and fundraising campaign, email info@ramonaskatepark.org.

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BY MAUREEN ROBERTSON Organizers of the Ramona Junior Fair Barbecue, Pie Auction, and Truck & Tractor Show promise fun and “a good old-fashioned event” starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Truck & Tractor Show will be from 3 to 7 p.m., the Deep-Pit Barbecue Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m., and the Pie Auction will start at 6. All will be at the Ramona Junior Fairgrounds, 431 Aqua Lane. Admission is free, and there is no entry fee for the Truck and Tractor Show. Prizes of banner flags will go to the winners in a variety of categories. Event coordinator Crissy Tobiason invites owners of any trucks that are old, neat or have something special about them — “big or little” — to bring them to the show. All types of tractors are welcome. Dinner will include deep-pit barbecue beef, pork, and turkey with baked beans, a variety of salads, and freshly-made dinner rolls by Ramona Country Bakery’s Carrie Badescu, who provides baked goods for Packards Coffee Shop and Ramona Family Naturals. Dinner will be $7 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and younger. Former Ramona 4-H’er and junior fair livestock ringman Brett Huff will volunteer for the third year as auctioneer during the Live Pie Auction. “If you’ve never experienced a live auction and want to experience it, you have to check this

out,” said Tobiason. “The banter of the auctioneer is infectious, and it’s easy to participate in this live auction.” Pies, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, breads, and cream puffs are among baked goods that will be presented for purchase to the highest bidders. “There’s always a delightful variety of goods for every taste bud,” said Tobiason. Those new to the auction may be surprised at some of the bids. Items such as the popular Toth chocolate chip cookies and Carol Stipp’s cream puffs usually involve competitive bidding. Friends of Angus, for example, had the high bid of $3,200 for the Toth cookies last year. Friends of Angus keep alive the memory of longtime Ramona Junior Fair supporter Angus Tobiason, who died in May of 2015. Proceeds from the annual Truck & Tractor Show, dinner, and auction help to put on the Ramona Junior Fair & Livestock Auction, maintain the fairgrounds, provide scholarships, and stage activities for the 4-H, FFA, and Grange members during the nine-day junior fair scheduled to begin this year on July 29. Proceeds from last year’s show, dinner, and auction totaled $19,783. Tobiason plans to conclude Saturday’s event in a traditional way – allowing the highest bidder to plant a pie in the face of a selected person. “That’s the plan,” she said. “Come guess who gets the pie in the face.” Anyone wishing more information about any part of Saturday’s event may call Tobiason at 951-809-6486.

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Ashley Weiman raises supreme grand champion steer BY JOE NAIMAN Taking advantage of a Future Farmers of America provision that allows an alumni year, Ashley Weiman entered a steer in the 2017 San Diego County Fair's livestock market show and earned supreme grand champion honors for market beef. "It really was super exciting, and I was in shock to win because I've never won before," said Weiman. The supreme reserve champion, Taryn Sehnert of Fallbrook FFA, was also competing in her alumni year. "We both got it our last year," Weiman said. "Kind of funny how it works out," Sehnert said. Weiman named her steer Brady, after New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Brady was a Maine cross bred by Silva Cattle, which is in the Fresno County town of Kingsburg. He weighed 550 pounds when Weiman took over his care in January and was 1,236 pounds when he was placed on the county fair scales June 26. Brady was 14 months old when Weiman showed him.

The competition begins with the FFA and 4-H weight classes. Brady placed first among medium-weight market beef animals. Weiman noted that she had entered Brady in various jackpot shows before the county fair. "I did all right with him at those shows," she said. The FFA weight class winners compete for FFA grand champion and FFA reserve champion honors. Brady took the top FFA designation. "It was nerve-wracking for sure because there's a lot of great steers I went up against, and to be able to win that is a huge accomplishment," Weiman said. The FFA grand champion, the FFA reserve champion, the 4-H or Grange grand champion, and the 4-H or Grange reserve champion animals then compete for supreme grand champion and supreme reserve champion honors. "I'm so blessed to have this steer and my parents who support me," said the daughter of Jim and Cindy Weiman. Jim Weiman owns JP Weiman Construction, which paid $15 per pound for Brady at the July 1

ON THE AGENDA Friday, July 14 San Diego County Planning Commission, 9 a.m., County Operations Center Conference Center Hearing Room, 5520 Overland Ave., San Diego. Among agenda items: major use permit for Ramona Senior Gardens, proposed for 1236-40 H St.; and tentative map and site plan for Creekside at Village Walk, a 40-unit detached condominium complex proposed for 5.5 acres near the intersection of Robertson and Pala streets. bit.ly/2tAstSV. Tuesday, July 18 Ramona Parks and Recreation Association, 6:30 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane.

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The San Diego County Fair market beef judge holds Ashley Weiman’s Grand Champion Market Beef ribbon and banner as she stands with her steer Brady, father Jim Weiman, sister Tiara, mother Cindy, and Randy Silva, Silva Cattle Company breeder. auction. Ashley Weiman and Brady also competed in the FFA beef showmanship competition June 30 and placed fourth. Weiman is a lifelong Ramona resident who attended Ramona Community School and Olive Peirce Middle School. Although she attended Mountain Valley Academy, she took an agriculture class at Ramona High School, which made her eligible for FFA membership. She graduated from Mountain Valley Academy in 2016. Because her aunt was the leader of Sagebrush 4-H in Lakeside, Weiman was part of Sagebrush 4-H rather than a Ramona chapter for the year she was in 4-H. During the 2014 county fair, she

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Darrell Beck misleads on climate change BY MICHAEL E. MANN arrell Beck’s commentary in your paper (“Climate Science, ‘Tilting at Windmills,’” 7/6/17) does a disservice to your readers by laundering untruthful climate change denial talking points. His misguided screed reads like a game of climate change denial bingo. First we have (1) “It’s the Sun!” (no it’s not—solar output has decreased over the half century, and if the Sun were the lone driver, Earth should have cooled, rather than accelerated in warming, over that timeframe as it has). Then we get (2) “CO2 is too trace a gas to have any effect” (baloney—arsenic is fatal to humans in much lower concentrations; The CO2 change we’ve caused by fossil fuel burning is already larger in magnitude to the CO2 change associated with the end of the last ice age). And finally Beck gives us (3) “climate scientists have tried to stifle debate”. Anyone with the slightest notion of the scientific peer-review process understands that the opposite is true. Scientists are rivals, and seek to pick apart each others’ work—that is the “self correcting” machinery that keeps science on the path toward objective knowledge. The real scientific debate proceeds over matters like precisely how much Earth will warm in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, how quickly ice sheets will melt, or precisely how bad drought in California will get. If anything, scientists have tended to underestimate these impacts. Despite Mr. Beck’s claims to the contrary, there is no serious debate within the scientific community about the basics: that climate change is real, human-caused, and already leading to real damages. Indeed, our military experts have pointed to climate change as the greatest security threat we face in the future because it’s what they call a ‘threat multiplier,’ taking existing tensions (like the drought in Syria that led to conflict in the region and the emergence of ISIS) and makes them worse. In his feeble attempt to attack the science of climate change, Beck engages in the shopworn denialist tactic of citing discredited allegations and innuendo arising from the industry-funded “climategate” smear campaign, where thousands of scientists’ emails were stolen and then misrepresented by climate change deniers in an effort to call into question the evidence for human-caused climate change. He conveniently fails to mention that at least ten different investigations and inquiries in the U.S. and Europe rejected the claim that there was any impropriety revealed in any of the stolen emails. Indeed, the only impropriety was the criminal theft of the emails in the first place. Mr. Beck makes demonstrably untruthful statements about my own scientific work reconstructing temperature changes over the past 1000 years, which resulted in the well-known “Hockey Stick” curve. This curve demonstrates the unprecedented nature of recent warming over the past millennium. It has been attacked by climate change deniers like Mr. Beck owing to the simple, undeniable message it conveys about the dramatic impact human SEE CLIMATE, A6

OUR READERS WRITE Ramona and Nuevo Head Start Ramona and Nuevo Head Start — getting young children and their families ready for school and ready for life. Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) is committed to the community of Ramona and has been constantly making improvements as well as living up to our motto of “Helping People. Changing Lives.” Head Start helps young children from low income families prepare to succeed in school through local programs such as the two in Ramona. (CAPSLO), a well-established (over 50 years strong!) grantee that has been providing a wide array of social services in California in four counties to over 1,200 children each year, has two beautiful Head Start locations in Ramona. Ramona Head Start is at 415 Eighth St. and Nuevo Head Start at 1401 Hanson Lane #C. Nuevo is funded for 37 slots and this year we converted all slots to 6.5-hour days (previously, the children were attending 3.5 hours a day) to best meet the needs of the community. CAPSLO invested over $100,000 of upgrades at these locales this year including new play and shade structures, gardens, countertops, flooring, cabinetry, toys, and furniture. The transformation of Ramona and Nuevo Head Start is truly spectacular and we invite the community to visit at our next open house, which will be detailed in a subsequent Ramona Sentinel article. In the Ramona community, CAPSLO also offers an “Early Head Start” center-based option for 8 children (serving prenatal mothers and children up to age 3) and 36 “home-base” slots, 12 of which are for Head Start and 24 for Early Head Start. For this program option, a Home Base teacher visits families in their own homes and works with each parent to support them in reaching academic, health, nutrition, and family goals. We base all slots on ongoing community needs assessments and parent surveys. In the center-based options, CAPSLO provides a ratio of children to teachers that goes above and beyond licensing requirements. We constantly train staff and provide opportunities for families in engagement forums and policy council capacities. Teachers work approximately nine months a year (similar to the school district) and then return to work for two weeks of preparation before the children’s return on Sept. 5. Most of our teaching staff are also

Ramona residents and we would not be able to provide such a quality program without their dedication. We value and appreciate them all. We are enrolling income eligible families at both sites so rest assured that all our tax dollars are being well spent in Ramona. Now is the perfect time to apply, so please feel free to call at 858-391-9084. Elena Ingrao Program manager

Let’s keep Ramona different As nearly 15-year Ramona residents, my family and I were deeply disturbed to learn of plans to allow commercial development on the 20 acres behind the Stater Bros. shopping center. If we are not careful, Ramona will go the way of so many other rural communities which have fallen prey to the misconception that any land that is not being used for commercial gain is an unproductive liability that must be developed in order to justify its existence. This so-called “development” entails the destruction of those very things which maintain the character of a rural community such as Ramona — a duck pond families can walk to and escape from stuffy summertime apartments, or a peaceful field crossed with a few imperfect fences and dotted with cows and horses to soothe the eyes after a grueling commute from down the hill. In the long run, it is this unique character which best ensures the continued economic and social health of our community. Let’s face it — people do not move to or visit Ramona because of the frustrating traffic on 67, the sweltering summers, or the constant wildfire threat. They are attracted to Ramona because it is different from the cancerous strip malls and cookie-cutter houses that seem to be taking over everywhere else. Let’s keep Ramona different. Ellie Carrano Ramona

Enjoyable event I would like to thank the Country Wine & Spirits for a very enjoyable event on Independence Day out in San Diego Country Estates. The food was totally acceptable for Independence Day and the camaraderie with friends and other veterans was enjoyable and refreshing. Due to personal issues with Independence SEE LETTERS, A18

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Seth Levy works on the front end components of a Harley during the National SkillsUSA competition in Louisville, Ky.

During a recent school board meeting, Seth Levy shows scholarship award certificates he earned in California SkillsUSA competitions in 2015, '16, and '17.

Levy earns second in national SkillsUSA competition BY KRISTIN BAUER-BROWN Incoming Ramona High School senior Seth Levy, 17, is no stranger to SkillsUSA. He’s been competing within the organization each year since he was a freshman, growing his expertise in all things motorcycle. A recent journey brought Levy to Louisville, Ky., where he competed in the SkillsUSA National Championship competition, and placed second in the nation, for motorcycle service technology. The national competition consists of thousands of state contest winners, coming together to compete against each other and determine the best of the best. SkillsUSA is a national, nonprofit organization that pairs students, their teachers, and industry leaders in a competitive environment, with the goal of building and ensuring America’s workforce. Students are timed while working at different stations that showcase different skills, in various fields, including cooking, mechanics, machining and drafting. SkillsUSA supporters like shop foreman Clint Bornholdt of San Diego’s Harley Davidson shop on Morena Boulevard said it’s about inspiring and encouraging teens to excel in hands-on industrial arts programs, many of which he believes are slowly fading away. Bornholdt worked with Levy and other students to make sure they were prepared on competition day. Bornholdt said, aside from Levy being a “kick-ass smart kid,” his success boils down to time in the seat. “It’s getting familiar with tools, the functions of the computers, the workings of

these motorcycles, to get an idea of troubleshooting or diagnosing the bike,” he said. Placing second was no small accomplishment for Levy, who competed against other top students specializing in servicing motorcycles. Levy’s years of training from Ramona High School teacher Robert Grace and Harley Davidson helped prepare him for just about anything involving motorcycle service. “Some of the things we had to do (were) rebuild a fork, remove and replace a front wheel, replace a steering head bearing, bleed brakes and remove and replace spark plugs and adjust the drive belt,” said Levy. The competition also included taking a theory exam and writing a repair order. Levy credits Grace and Harley for showing him, step by step, how to do things. “I mastered it by doing it over and over again,” he said. “I, for the most part, knew what to do at each station.” Learning the ins and outs of repairing a motorcycle isn’t the only thing Levy is taking away from this experience. “I learned how to stay focused on one thing at a time, with a time limit, and if you get frustrated, just take a quick breather and calm down,” he said. Grace went to Louisville with Levy. At a recent school board meeting, Grace showed trustees the silver medal Levy won after competing for two days against 28 other state champions. Levy qualified for the nationals by earning the SkillsUSA California State

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Seth Levy stands far right on SkillsUSA podium. Champion title in motorcycle service, said Grace. “He represented us very well,” said Grace, adding that about 13,000 people attended the national event that attracted students and teachers in “every area you could think of ... it was phenomenal.” Thanks to Levy’s hard work and determination, Ramona High School will be awarded a new Harley Davidson from the company. It will be used for training purposes for Grace’s students. Levy’s performance also helped earn him a scholarship at Motorcycle Mechanics Institute

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Ramona High School teacher Robert Grace shows the silver medal that Seth Levy earned at national SkillsUSA competition this summer. (MMI), where he will attend classes after graduating high school next year. Being among the top students in the nation for motorcycle service will no doubt give Levy a running start on his future. “My ultimate goal is to get on a factory race team, to be a mechanic for a rider, or just the team,” he said.

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Acting on our values, a basic right Stay open to a solution BY LARK BURKHART ny conversation about issues eventually comes down to the origin of facts. Since the 2016 election we’re pretty sure there’s real fake news out there, but whose? And what are they pushing? Knowing how we all favor information that supports our world view — and resist new ideas that threaten it — should make us both cautious and curious about the news we choose. Take climate change. It’s either the biggest hoax ever or one of the most serious threats we face. Trying to sort it out requires looking at the sources of our information and our biases. I’m a science person, I admit. Two things really moved me at this spring’s San Diego Science March. One was the UCSD professor who so beautifully sang the national anthem. The other was a scientist from Scripps Institution of Oceanography announcing that the earth had just passed a CO2 reading of 410 parts per million for the first time in known history. Carbon dioxide may be a harmless trace gas that’s vital to all life on earth, but in the atmosphere it absorbs infrared radiation, leading to the build-up of excess heat energy. Oxygen is a harmless gas, too — unless you’re

COMMENTARY on fire. It’s all a question of context. Scientists have been working for decades to determine the causes of this increase in CO2 levels. The consensus is that burning fossil fuels is a primary contributor. But the science is never settled because science is a method of inquiry. Anyone with a better hypothesis backed by research is welcome to run their claim up the flagpole and see what happens. Just saying no to someone else’s theory, especially when it’s supported by 97% of climate scientists, is a no go. If climate change is not man-made, then what is the explanation for such a relatively sudden and extreme rise in CO2 levels? The sun’s been around an awfully long time; this problem with greenhouse gases hasn’t. It’s easy to be confused by the comments of experts, especially when they’re taken out of context. The quotation by economist Ottmar Endenhofer is a case in point. Immediately before the line “we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,” he said, “First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of

the world community.” That word, expropriated, implies an unwarranted taking, which puts redistribution in a very different light. So what about the Paris Accord? The agreement allows each country to determine its own nonbinding emissions targets. It doesn’t do anything to the U.S. economy that we don’t choose for ourselves. Will the transition to renewable energy and lower-emissions technology create losses in some areas? Of course. It’s what economist Joseph Schumpeter called creative destruction, a central element of a free-market system. Can we do things to mitigate the disruption? Of course. That’s what we call responsive government. The president’s withdrawal from the Accord doesn’t mean states and cities that continue to work toward their own emissions goals are rebelling against federal authority. Nor are individuals who drive hybrids, eat less meat, and install solar panels. They’re acting on their values, and that’s a basic American right, something we all can understand and share. Lark Burkhart is a Ramona resident.

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Flinn concludes county fair career with scholarship BY JOE NAIMAN Katie Flinn's final San Diego County Fair as a junior livestock exhibitor included the Ramona Wranglers 4-H member receiving a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship for $2,500. "It was a really nice honor to have, and it was a good accomplishment after being in 4-H for 10 years," Flinn said. The Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship works with the San Diego County Fair but is a separate organization with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Most of the scholarship money is from livestock auction buyers who donate their animals back to the fair for resale with those proceeds used for scholarships. Direct donations contribute a small amount to the scholarship fund. The scholarship amounts vary from year to year depending on the amount of donations. Applications for the Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship are available online and were due in March. The students submitted three letters of recommendation and provided grade transcripts and information about their extracurricular activities. Flinn received letters of recommendation from Ramona High School advanced placement European history teacher Michael Jordan, Ramona Wranglers 4-H community leader Cindi Zeigler, and Poway High School agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America adviser Mary Martineau, who knows Flinn through their Ramona Junior Fair interaction. Flinn graduated from Ramona High School in June with a 4.44 GPA, which placed her fourth in the 2017 graduating class. In addition to her 4-H activities, Flinn was on Ramona High School's volleyball team and she also rides horses. The application included an essay in which the student wrote about the most challenging period in his or her life. Flinn wrote about when her horse had to be put down during her freshman year in high school. Interviews with the students are conducted in May. Flinn was asked about her 4-H experience and about her future plans. She will continue her scholastic activity at the University of California, Davis and plans to have an international agricultural development major with a history minor. Flinn plans to pursue a career in developmental agriculture, although she may attend law school after she completes her undergraduate classes.

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The scholarship amount is based on a student's score. The selection committee sees a bar chart with scores but no names, and committee members use that chart to allocate the scholarship amount for each person. Scholastic grades are a significant criteria in the scoring. The public release of scholarship recipients coincides with the fair's livestock auction, which this year was July 1. A student must enter an animal in the county fair and the animal must place high enough to qualify for the fair auction. The requirement to have had an animal in the fair auction is not limited to the current year. This year Flinn showed a rabbit meat pen and two lambs. The rabbit meat pen placed third among 4-H competitors. "I wouldn't have judged them any other way," Flinn said. "I'm happy for those people who got grand and reserve." One of those was Sarah Drown, who also graduated from Ramona High School in June. Drown and Flinn are friends and they were teammates in this year's Small Animal

Knowledge Bowl. Drown's rabbit meat pen received 4-H reserve champion and supreme reserve champion designation. "I was happy for her," Flinn said. Last year Drown raised the 4-H grand champion and supreme grand champion rabbit meat pen while Flinn's rabbits received supreme reserve champion and 4-H reserve champion honors. Flinn also entered a lamb in last year's county fair. He did not place in the super lightweight class but received a blue ribbon and was sold at the fair auction. Flinn has entered rabbits in the county fair each year since 2009. In 2012 she received the supreme reserve champion and her sister, Carney, received supreme grand champion. Katie Flinn won supreme grand champion honors in 2013 while Carney Flinn had the supreme reserve champion pen. Flinn has been breeding and raising rabbits for 10 years and bred the rabbits she showed at the county fair. She named the California rabbits for this year's fair UC, Da, and Vis, and each of them weighed

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approximately five pounds on the fair scales. Both of Flinn's lambs were Hampshire crosses acquired from Steve Zeigler. Tinker Bell weighed 137 pounds while Zeus was 128 pounds. That placed both of them in the 4-H medium-weight class, where Tinker Bell placed third and Zeus placed fourth. Both received blue ribbons. An entrant may only sell one large animal at auction, so Zeus was designated for a barn sale. Tinker Bell sold for $9 per pound and was purchased by Mermaid Valley Vineyard. "I was very happy," Flinn said. Flinn's teams placed first in both the Small Animal Knowledge Bowl and the Large Animal Knowledge Bowl. Flinn, Drown, and Patricia Herrera comprised the Ramona Wranglers 4-H team for the small animal bowl. Flinn, Herrera, and Blayke Della Galla teamed for the large animal bowl. "Knowledge bowl's been one of my favorite competitions to do at the fair because it's based on how much you study and how much you learn," Flinn said. The public speaking component also provides a skill that can be utilized in the future, she added. Flinn and her rabbits placed first in rabbit meat pen showmanship, which advanced them to the round-robin master showmanship involving all first-place small animals. Flinn also took first place in the round-robin showmanship. "That was awesome," she said. Drown and her rabbits placed first in the 2016 rabbit meat pen showmanship competition with Flinn and her pen obtaining second place. Flinn and Tinker Bell placed eighth in the lamb showmanship competition. The Flinn family moved from South Carolina to Ramona 16 years ago. Flinn's father was in the U.S. Navy before retiring with the rank of captain. The San Diego County Fair allows an alumni year, but since Flinn will be in Davis during the school year she will not be able to raise animals locally for next year's fair. Flinn plans to compete in the 2018 state fair in Sacramento. "Definitely memorable," Flinn said of concluding her San Diego County Fair activity as a competitor. "I've met a lot of good people, and a lot of folks have helped me," she said. "It's good to be able to compete and be friends with people."

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Rotary stages ‘best fireworks yet’ BY MAUREEN ROBERTSON amona Rotarians promised the community the best fireworks yet and, based on the oohs, aahs, and applause during the Independence Day skyshow, they delivered. “I can’t thank you all for always making sure we have the best fireworks show possible,” longtime Ramona resident Pam Thomsen posted in her Facebook shout-out to Ramona Rotary. “You make my family’s fourth the best. I know many of you give many hours to make it happen, so please know thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Event chair Kim Lasley commented on the positive posts she saw after Ramona Rotary Club’s 25th annual July 4th Family Picnic & Fireworks, saying Malinda Saucier’s was among the most special: “Thank you for the beautiful show. It was my 4- and 5-year-olds first time seeing fireworks. I wish I could have been able to get video and pictures of my 4-year-old’s reaction to it all. It was truly priceless. So again, thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Saucier wrote. “That’s what it’s about,” said Lasley, Ramona Rotary president. “Everybody had a good time.” Among those attending was North Park resident

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Kathy Bils, whose son and family from Washington also enjoyed the event. She and sister-in-law Jona Barnes, a Ramona resident, spent time placing bids on silent auction items at the Rotary booth. “This is the old-time Fourth of July,” said Bils, adding, “My children grew up camping at Dos Picos (County Park in Ramona).” Lasley put the crowd estimate at more than 2,000 but admitted it was impossible to know how many people attended the four-and-a-half-hour event. Food, family activities, music, and children’s games took place from 5 to 9 p.m., when the fireworks accompanied by patriotic music on KyXy 96.5 FM radio started. Food included everything from corn on the cob and frozen yogurt to street tacos and barbecue sandwiches, with community nonprofits manning many of the booths. Boy Scout Troop 768 offered a variety of games, and the Ramona Branch of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego, assisted by Ramona cheerleaders, provided numerous family-oriented contests. Ramona High Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets helped with event set-up and clean-up. “We couldn’t have done it without them,” said Lasley. Don Scott was in charge of security and the Ramona CERT first-aid team. Kiwanis Club of Ramona supervised parking and also helped transport, set up and take down equipment. Donations from the community once again made it possible for Rotary to stage the annual event. As of Tuesday, the club was $3,000 short of its goal of $33,000 for the 25th anniversary celebration. Additional donations may be mailed to Ramona Rotary Club, P.O. Box 276, Ramona, CA 92065, with a note on checks that the donation is for the July 4 fireworks.

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SHERIFF’S REPORTS In the past week, domestic violence cases in Ramona became more violent with assaults, reported the sheriff’s Ramona station. Early Thursday afternoon, July 6, a sheriff’s helicopter was sent out to search for a suspect after a call came in that a man hit someone with a baseball bat. The incident happened around noon in the 700 block of I Street when a 31-year-old man got into an argument with his father, 59, and broke a china cabinet and antique china, according to reports. He allegedly vandalized the house and hit his father with a baseball bat in the upper thigh. He then picked up a metal

pipe and threatened two females at the residence, ages 64 and 55, and hit one in the upper back and triceps, said Lt. Jerry Hartman. The suspect fled but deputies found him in front of Mananas Restaurant in the 1100 block of Main Street, and he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, terrorist threats, and vandalism, said Hartman. Also on July 6, a 21-year-old man was arrested for elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon in the 27600 block of Slaughterhouse Road after causing harm with physical force, said the lieutenant. After getting into an argument with his mother, age 43, the

man allegedly punched her and placed her in a choke hold. The grandfather, age 73, intervened, and the 21-year-old elbowed him in the stomach and pushed him in the chest, causing him to fall down, stated the report. Hartman said the sheriff’s department does not know why the domestic cases became worse last week. There was a full moon, he noted, or “It could be it’s the first heat wave of the year.” In other cases at the Ramona station: Sunday, July 9 • Male, 35, arrested, 500 block D Street, possess stolen vehicle/vessel.

• Male, 34, arrested, Main Street and Montecito Road, drunk in public. Saturday, July 8 • Two victims of domestic violence, 100 block 14th Street. • Grand theft from vehicle, Mt. Woodson Road and state Route 67, two cameras worth $2,600, and approximately $3,525 worth of miscellaneous. Friday, July 7 • Male, 29, arrested, 17200 block Greenbelt Road, assault with deadly weapon: not firearm. Victim suffered severe laceration. —Karen Brainard

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FROM BIG BOX, A1 amount of fear and concern that this is going to happen...and no one seems to be paying attention...The impact could dramatically impact Ramona." Hagey told the Sentinel on Friday that he has not yet worked with county staff on renderings of any potential plans for his property. In addition to a possible big or medium box store, Hagey visualizes a town square around Elliott Pond on the northwest portion of the property that would have mixed use with retail and residential. The form-based code boundary covers two to three blocks on each side of Main Street, from Etcheverry Street to Third Street, and is divided into three sections: the Colonnade, from

FROM BUDGET, A1 come after trustees know actual expenses and income from the 2016-17 year that ended June 30 and thus the actual beginning balance for 2017-18. Gary Hamels, a retired business manager working as the district’s budget consultant in the absence of an assistant superintendent of administrative services, said the anticipated one-time money from the state and a loss of about $82,000 from SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area) will go into the revised budget. David Ostermann, who as the district’s assistant superintendent of administrative services for the past 12 years worked on district budgets, resigned in June after reportedly being on administrative leave since mid-May and accepting a job in El Centro, where he lives. “Of course we’ll review everything all the way up through when we give you your first interim report,” said Hamels. Noting that he works with other school districts, Hamels said, “You are in much better shape. Everybody has a problem … You just

Etcheverry to Pala streets; the Paseo, from Pala to 10th streets; and Old Town, from 10th to Third streets. Brean said that also under consideration is establishing density in the Old Town and Paseo areas because no density was written in the code. The group may be leaning toward 4.3 dwelling units per acre instead of 7.3, he said. Another proposed change regards structural changes to existing buildings within the form-based code boundaries. If a structural modification, remodel or addition of 120 square feet or more is planned for an existing building, a site plan permit is requested and reviewed by the Ramona Design Review Board unless a site plan exemption is granted. Any changes under 120 square feet must still comply with the form-based code requirements. Businesses that want to change their signage will also need to

have a longer time to work on it than others, but you don’t want to wait until the last minute to do it because, regardless of how much it is, it’s painful, and we don’t see that the state’s going to produce more money for schools.” The budget includes six new employees — three counselors for the elementary schools, an elementary school music teacher, and an Assessment & Categorical Support person and Technology Integration & Curriculum Support person in the district office — at a cost of about $413,000. It adds an Intensive Outpatient Program at Hanson Elementary. Having the outpatient program for students needing therapeutic services in Ramona will save the district about $250,000 a year, Staffieri reported. Increases in employee pension contributions, health benefits, and automatic Step and Column salary increases based on years of employment and additional education are projected to total $1.26 million this fiscal year. On the plus side, the district will receive $202 more per student from the state for a net gain of $948,600 after subtracting the projected

check the form-based code. Several changes are proposed regarding the amount of signage allowed, maximum letter height, monument signs, outdoor menu boards, and temporary signage. To create the form-based code that was adopted by county supervisors in July 2014, the Ramona Village Design Group worked with county staff, led by Planning and Development Services Project Manager Joe Farace, and a county-paid consultant. Farace announced to the group that he is leaving county employment after 19 years and has accepted a new job. Two other PDS staff members are now working with the group on the plan’s update. The village design group is planning to conduct its next meeting July 24, possibly in the Ramona Community Center.

enrollment decline of 14, a report from Staffieri showed. Among other business at the June 29 meeting, trustees approved its second state-required three-year Local Control Accountability Plan. The 2017-20 plan is 97 pages shorter than the previous three-year plan, will be updated annually, and is on the home page of the district’s website at ramonausd.net. The plan has four goals: 1. Students will be prepared for college and career as they experience high quality, locally-controlled, standards-based teaching and learning. 2. Students will benefit from positive and supportive learning environments. 3. Students will benefit from school environments where meaningful family collaboration and community engagement are encouraged. 4. Students will be educated in school facilities that are safe, clean, well-maintained, and supportive of healthy learning environments. In addition, the plan details actions and

services to meet the goals, how the district will measure progress on the goals, and how much money the district will spend on each goal. After conducting a community survey that had nearly 4,000 respondents, the district held meetings of its Stakeholder Committee of about 70 people who included parents, students, community members, teachers, support staff, and administrators, Assistant Superintendent of Education Services Theresa Grace said at an earlier school board meeting. Grace reviewed the plan with trustees several times; presented drafts to the county office of education in April and in May; reviewed the plan with the District Advisory Committee, District English Learner Advisory Committee, and employee unions; and held a community forum before holding a public hearing at the June 15 school board meeting. No member of the public spoke and the hearing lasted 5 seconds. “I’d like to thank all the people who worked on it,” trustee Daryn Drum said. “It was definitely a community effort to put it together.”

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Betty Jane Haworth 1922 - 2017

Ramona — Betty J. Haworth, 94, was born in San Diego, Ca in 1922. She was called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 24, 2017 in Ramona, Ca. She fought a courageous battle with age-related dementia for several years. Her parents were the late, Retired Chief Petty officer USn, Claude K. and Lillian a Crotzer. Betty’s younger sister, marian newman also predeceased her. Betty was raised in San Diego and is a 1940 graduate of San Diego High School. While attending San Diego State College she met Leslie D. Haworth who later retired as the agricultural commissioner of Ventura County, Ca. Their union in marriage led to the birth of

six children, Dennis (Carol) Haworth of El Centro, Ca, Claudia (Thomas) Carmody of Ramona, Ca, Carolyn (Stephen) Juarez of minden, nV, Ellen (Craig) Stuber of Santa Clara, Ca, James (Judy) Haworth of Ramona, Ca and Christopher (Sheri) Haworth of Winchester, Ca. Betty also has 11 grandchildren and six

great-grandchildren. after the death of her husband Leslie, Betty moved to Ramona in 1980 and soon started worshiping her Lord at Grace Community Church. She participated in Bible study groups, Rechargers, serving in the nursery and for many years assisted in collecting and counting the Sunday service offerings in preparation for bank deposits. Betty loved gardening and worked many hours turning her home into a beautiful garden full of numerous types of flowers, ferns and trees. With a shovel and wheel-barrel she single handedly moved an estimated 20-30 dump truck loads of dirt as she created the terracing and zig-zag paths she wanted for the plants in her hillside

yard. Betty, mom, Grandma and Great-Grandma is greatly missed because she was loved so much by her family. We know she is with her Lord in a much better place and we know this separation from her is temporary and we will see her again in Glory. a celebration of Betty’s life will be held at 11:00am on July 15, 2017 at her church, Grace Community Church of Ramona, 1234 Barger Place, Ramona. The family would like to thank the wonderful people at the Ramona Senior manor for the outstanding care they provided Betty during the past 2 1/2 years of her life. Please sign the guest book online at legacy.com/ obituaries/ramonasentinel.

much of his or her budget would go to each group requesting money. Ramona is in District 2, represented by Supervisor Dianne Jacob. Ramona Chamber of Commerce’s $80,000 award is an increase from the 2016-17 amount of $75,000. In its application for $106,000 this year, the chamber said $60,000 would be for its annual Community Awards Gala, Ramona Open Studios Tour, Taste of Ramona, Safe Merchants Trick or Treat, Christmas Tree Lighting, Casino Night, Cruise Night, and Bike Poker Run events; $18,500 to promote agritourism; $13,000 for the Economic Development Backcountry Coalition program that also includes Julian, Borrego, Valley Center, and Alpine; $8,500 for the Last Wednesday Workshop business development series; and $6,000 for maps and guides. Ramona H.E.A.R.T. Mural Project Corp. will spend $23,760 for a mural with a topic to be determined on the west wall of Ramona Fitness Center at 558 Main St., $7,880 for a mural on the west wall of Ron's Tire and

Brake at 2560 Main St. depicting the San Diego Raceway where cars once raced in Ramona, and $7,500 for a mural on the north wall of Dave's Auto, Truck, and RV Services at 310 13th St. that will likely feature a multi-generational family reunion. The mural group received $35,040 last year. Ramona Pioneer Historical Society will use $15,000 for its operations manager’s salary, $4,200 for operating expenses, $2,400 for humidifiers for the Millinery Shop and Scenery Room and for archival boxes, and $2,000 for upkeep that includes supplies. The historical society’s 2016-17 grant was $20,000. Ramona Town Hall Inc. plans to spend $15,000 on restoration of the town hall building and $5,000 for new entry doors with secure access and egress. It received $15,000 last year. The award to Ramona Outdoor Community Center Inc., will fund $8,000 for expenses related to the Ramona Rodeo and parade and $4,150 for expenses related to the rodeo grounds and facilities. The organization received $53,365 of 2016-17 TOT funds.

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an Diego Country Estates Association’s Independence Day Parade attracted 38 entries, many with multiple participants, from throughout Ramona. During follow-up festivities in Ramona Oaks Park, judges presented awards to: • First Place, Ramona Girls Softball, • Second Place, Eastern Starr Farm, and • Third Place, Turning Pointe School of Dance. For more parade photos, see the photo gallery at ramonasentinel.com.

Cub Scout Pack 691 members, leaders, and parents march in the parade.

Aiden Linder, 6, Ruby Irizarry, 7, Emmalyn Linder, 4, and Gracie Irizarry, 4, dress for the Independence Day parade.

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Miss Ramona Emily Payne and Teen Miss Cheyenne DePhillippis wave to the crowd.

Desirae Kosut and Hannah Madison, part of Ramona Julian Academy of Dance’s performing group, strike a pose.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-014197 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Annick’s Insurance Services, Inc b. Annick’s Insurance Services c. Affordable Insurance d. Prestige Insurance Located at: 1012 Main Street #105, Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Mailing Address: PO Box 515 Ramona, CA 92065 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Annick’s Insurance Services, Inc, 1012 Main Street #105, Ramona CA 92065, S CORP California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 05/26/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 05/26/2017. Annick Shelby Laurie, President. RA 5009658 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-016618 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Olive Tree Wellness Center Located at: 1210 Olive Street, Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 1495 Pacific Highway, Suite 275, San Diego, CA 92101 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Renny Bowden, 1210 Olive Street, Ramona, CA 92065. b. Bradford Harcourt, 1210 Olive Street, Ramona, CA 92065. This business is conducted by: an Unincorporated Association (not a Partnership). 06/19/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/27/2017. Renny Bowden, President. RA5050791 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-0160047 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Ramona Tire Pros & Service Center Located at: 1811 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. American Residential Services, Inc., 15484 Harrow Lane, Poway CA 92064, CA. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/20/2017. Elmer W. Vires, President. RA 5054746 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-015401 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Elisity Located at: 17744 A Dos Picos Park Rd., Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Alexander A. Rendek, 17744 A Dos Picos Park Rd. Ramona, CA 92065. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/13/2017. Alexander A. Rendek. RA5021295 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-016728 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. D’Carlos b. D’Carlos Restaurant Located at: 1347 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Carnevale, Inc., 1347 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065, California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 02/05/2010. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/28/2017. Keith Hayden Carnevale, Vice President. RA5054749 7/6, 7/13, 7/20 & 7/27/2017

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2017-015537 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be Abandoned: a. Dutch Buddies Located at: 1908A Dye Road, Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 1908A Dye Road, Ramona, CA 92065 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on: 11/12/2014 and assigned File no. 2014-029816. Fictitious business name is being abandoned by: (1.)Elena Nevarez, 1908A Dye Road, Ramona, CA 92065 This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) This statement was filed with Recorder/County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., of San Diego County on 06/14/2017. Elena Nevarez Owner. RA5032202 6/22, 6/29, 7/6 & 7/13/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-016932 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. RBS Towing Located at: 543 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. RBS Towing Inc, 543 Main St Ramona, CA 92065, California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 09/01/2016. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/30/2017. RBS Towing Inc Elizabeth Lovelace, Secretary. RA5058615 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-017161 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Dezert Truck & Auto Located at: 1378 Ramona St, Ramona, CA 92065, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Kevin Andrew Conlan, 1378 Ramona St, Ramona, CA 92065, California. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/05/2017. Kevin Andrew Conlan. RS5065612 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3/2017 T.S. No.: 2017-00140-CA A.P.N.:288-411-13-00 Property Address: 23952 Berryessa Court, Ramona, CA 92065 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/17/2006. 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. Trustor: Anthony J. Gawne and Bernadette R. Gawne, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 05/25/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0369078 in book ---, page--- and further modified by that certain Loan Modification

fied by that certain Loan Modification Agreement recorded on 11/17/2010, as Instrument Number 2010-0632214 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Diego County, California, Date of Sale: 07/27/2017 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY THE STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 544,590.50 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 23952 Berryessa Court, Ramona, CA 92065 A.P.N.: 288-411-13-00 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. 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 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: $ 544,590.50. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 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

www.ramonasentinel.com these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this 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 may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices. aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2017-00140-CA. 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. Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 Sale Information Line: (866) 9608299 http://www.altisource.com/ MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx _______________________________ Date: June 15, 2017 Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RA5028891 6/29. 7/6, 7/13/2017

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Alamo Self 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 Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Alamo Self Storage, 327 Pine St., Ramona, CA 92065 @ 10:00 A.M., Alamo Self 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, NAME, SIZE #206 Servillano M Madla 10x20 #353 Brandon Boucher 10x10 #028 Tyce Hird 5x5 #167 Mary L Nordby 5x10 #316 Lindy L Inglis 10x20 #367 Caroline R Gordon 10x20 #377 Caroline R Gordon 10x20 #471 Condie Granados 10x10 #155 Dominic I Giusti 8x15 #204 Christine Baker 5x10 #239 Frederico Jr. Gonzales 8x10 #346 Nathan Proctor 5x10 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 Self Storage 327 Pine Street Ramona, CA 92065 760-789-6733 R5053032. July 6 and 13, 2017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-15-688243-CL Order No.: 150252353-CA-VOI NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE COPY PROVI DED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-

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100 - LEGAL NOTICES 4/19/2007. 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. 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 designa-

address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street 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 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 AUC-

CLASSIFIEDS 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

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 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 USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772NPP0310938 To: RAMONA SENTINEL 07/06/2017, 07/13/2017, 07/20/2017 RS 5044823 7/6, 7/13, 7/20/2017

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RAMONA SENTINEL - JULY 13, 2017 - PAGE A17 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000004665873 Title Order No.: 140188194 FHA/VA/ PMI No.: 044-4333488-703 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/14/2008. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/18/2008 as Instrument No. 2008-0206790 , LOAN MODIFIED

LOAN MODIFIED ON 11-02-2009 INSTRUMENT NO. 2009-0607919 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: BRIAN G. HATHAWAY, A SINGLE MAN,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 08/18/2017. TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be:16342 OAK SPRINGS DRIVE, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA 92065. APN#: 288-362-1000. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

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100 - LEGALif NOTICES designation, 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 $343,014.78. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. 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

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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 may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000004665873. 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AUCTION.COM, LLC 800-280-2832 www.auction. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 7951852 Dated: 06/27/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4625239 RA5049643 07/06/2017, 07/13/2017, 07/20/2017

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

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13 THURSDAY, July 13 ■ Ramona Business Network Exchange, 7 a.m., Nuevo Grill, 1413 Main St. Buffet breakfast. 760-788-1770 or www.bneRamona.com. ■ TOPS—Ramona Chapter of TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 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. 760-788-5270. ■ Acoustic Showcase Concert featuring Sara Petite, 6 p.m., Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. 760-788-5270. ■ Ramona American Graffiti

FROM SOLUTION, A6 usage that exceeds the recommended dosage, liver damage or death can be the result. Back to climate change and Al Gore — I did not vote for him, but his book “An Inconvenient Truth” is a brilliant, easy to read summary of the science and history of climate change. The tearing down of the scientific process to move forward an agenda of denying the established facts of climate change affects the future of all areas of scientific endeavor and will be sad collateral damage if it continues. Many of the PR people that are molding the message of doubting climate change are the same people that advised the tobacco companies to deny and deny more that nicotine was addictive or that smoking had any health consequences. This was after their own scientific inquiry revealed the truth to the companies. Look up the

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. Many businesses remain open later and offer specials. ■ Simply Marriage, 7 p.m., Calvary Chapel, 114 14th St. 760-789-6031. FRIDAY, July 14 ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Zumba at 9:30 a.m., Bouncing Baby Storytime at 10:30 a.m., Zentangle Pen art at 1 p.m. 760-788-5270. ■ Ramona ACBL Bridge Club, open game, 9:30 a.m., 1721 Main St., Suite 101. 760-789-1132. SATURDAY, July 15 ■ 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. ■ African Dress Project, 10 a.m.. to 3 p.m., Sew Easy Studio, 2405 Main St., Ste. 5. Sew dresses for orphaned African girls. 619-316-9524. ■ Ramona Junior Fair Barbecue, Pie Auction, and Truck & Tractor Show, Ramona Junior Fairgrounds, 431 Aqua Lane. Truck & Tractor Show 3 to 7 p.m., Deep-pit barbecue dinner 4 to 6 p.m., Pie Auction starts at 6. Free admission. Dinner: $7 for adults, $5 for children age 12 and younger. 951-809-6486. SUNDAY, July 16 ■ Depression and Bipolar Support Group, 10 to 11 a.m., Rose Garden at Collier Park, 626 E St. 760-443-6861 or

www.dbsasandiego.org. ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday Funday at 2 p.m. 760-788-5270. ■ Car Show, 4 to 6 p.m., Albertsons parking lot, 1400 block of Main Street. Owners of pre-1974 trucks and cars are welcome to display vehicles. Free. MONDAY, July 17 ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. 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 18 ■ Backcountry Quilters, 9 a.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. pinecastle946@sbcglobal.net. ■ Ramona Library, 1275 Main St., 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ■ Ramona ACBL Bridge Club, lessons and practice for open players with separate class for beginners, 2 to 5 p.m., 1721 Main St., Suite 101. ■ Intermountain Republican Women Federated Bunco Fundraiser and Membership Drive, 5:30 p.m., Ramona Town Hall, 729 Main St. Cost: $20. Reservations required by July 15. 760-789-0220. ■ Ramona Rotary Club, 6 p.m., D’Carlos restaurant, 1347 Main St. ■ Knit/Crochet Group, 6 to 8 p.m., Starbucks, 1315 Main St. judyportiz@hotmail.com. ■ Ramona Parks and Recreation Association, 6:30 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. For Complete Calendar See ramonasentinel.com

documentary “Merchants of Doubt” or visit their website: merchantsofdoubt.org/. When you talk about debating the existence of climate change, the science has taken place, the facts have been accepted by the industrialized nations of the world and 195 countries agreed to participate in the Paris Accord. No one is interested in debating that the Earth might be flat, whether smallpox can be avoided, or that men have been to the moon and back. This is not a delusional plot by some liberal think-tank. Even the Pentagon believes that climate change is a threat to the stability of the world order, and military establishments across the world are installing alternate energy sources and trying to plan, along with coastal cities, for the disruption caused by rising sea levels and shortage of water in developing nations when the glaciers are gone. The energy companies and even the Saudis are

in the process of changing their business models to develop a portfolio of income sources from other energy sources. Forty-three percent of all new cars sold in Norway last year were electric. The government of Norway made a fortune on oil from the North Sea but has decided to move away from an unsustainable future and is investing in clean technology by giving rebates to its citizens to move away from internal combustion engines. Volvo recently announced that they will not make cars beyond 2019 that will be powered by gasoline only. If someone accepts that the climate is changing, but is not sure if humanity plays a part, they should still be open to a solution. The legendary politician, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said: “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” Joel Cook is a Ramona resident.

FROM LETTERS, A4 Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day holidays I have not participated in any non-family activities on these holidays in more than 20 years. Maybe I am changing due to this event. Thanks. Rex A. Schildhouse Retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ramona

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It’s all about the community for Sally Westbrook BY KAREN BRAINARD hen the opportunity arose for Sally Westbrook to move back to Ramona about nine years ago, she grabbed it, and says it’s the quality of life that she loves about the community. It was her third time to live in Ramona, but even living down the hill she had continued to be involved with Ramona Soroptimist club and with the Ramona Chamber of Commerce as an ambassador. “So I was coming up here for all their events. It was just a natural thing that I moved back,” said Westbook, this year’s chamber president. Originally from Virginia Beach, Va., Westbrook said she grew up as a Navy brat. “So I was used to the military. I loved the military. When you live in a Navy town, you’re Navy 100 percent. So it was a little bit devastating to my mother when I married a Marine for my second marriage,” she said. She and her husband and her two sons moved from Virginia Beach to Oceanside in March 1979, and she noted that it was quite a difference. “We lived through May gray, June gloom, my boys and I both in tears half the time ’cause we were not used to having that type of weather. But they’re typical California boys now and I don’t know that we’ll ever leave,” said Westbrook. One son lives in San Marcos and the other in North Park, and she has four grandchildren. Westbrook first moved to Ramona in 1999, but after a divorce moved back to Oceanside to be closer to family. She was a sales manager for a title and escrow

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Sally Westbrook, Ramona Chamber of Commerce president and a Realtor at MJN Real Estate, says she loves the quality of life in Ramona. company when she was offered a position as a regional escrow manager, overseeing seven escrow offices and 14 officers and their staff. “And we made tons of money and then the market died. We lost it all,” she said. “And I moved back to Ramona.” Westbrook said that after the market fell she found title companies had their own escrow people so she activated her real estate license.

She moved back down the hill and sold real estate, but returned to Ramona when she was offered a position at a real estate office here. Westbrook joined the Ramona chamber around 1999 and was an ambassador for about 10 years. “And I loved being an ambassador, meeting all the people in the community,” she said. In 2009 she was chamber Ambassador of the

Year, and in 2011 was elected to chamber board. She was a two-term president for Soroptimists and regional membership chair for Soroptimist International. Westbrook also served two terms as president of the Ramona Real Estate Association (RREA) and is currently treasurer. She earned RREA Affiliate of the Year in 2000. And, she is vice president of the Ramona Senior Center Board. “My devotion has always been to the community in one way or another, through the chamber, through Soroptimist International, through the RREA. I feel like I’ve done really good things through all those organizations. And I want to continue doing that — just serving the community,” said Westbrook. She’s amazed at how the residents reach out to help anyone who needs it. “This community — it doesn’t matter who you are, they jump in. And I’ve never seen that before, even in the military,” she said. Westbrook is a real estate agent with MJN Real Estate, but says her chamber work is almost like a full-time job. In her spare time, she loves to read, spend time with her grandchildren, and enjoys dancing. “I’m a busy, busy person. I love Ramona. But I’m not as busy as a lot of people I work with,” said Westbrook, adding with a smile. “It’s God, country, family, and Ramona. How’s that?”

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