October 13, 2011
VOL. 125, ISSUE 34• 50¢
Ramona Sentinel
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
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RHS says thanks RHS to honor the military at football game Friday night...............5 Dusty & LoveNotes Two Ramona musicians are making a splash with their ‘bluesy country-rock’......13
Community doctor Dr. Charles Hardison, the new full-time family physician in town, says he likes the sense of community in Ramona......................19
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Presorted Standard US Postage PAID Ramona CA Permit No 136
Our Town....................7 Letters.........................8 Worship Directory.....24 Dining Guide............19 Sports........................24 Classifieds.................37 Obituaries.................39
Planners approve downscaled clinic By KAREN BRAINARD Ramona Community Planning Group (RCPG) members voted to approve Palomar Pomerado Health’s (PPH) plans for a re-designed medical clinic to be constructed on 13th Street. The RCPG vote is pending approval by the Ramona Design Review Board. PPH officials say they hope to begin construction of the Ramona clinic early next year
Horse owners work to offset higher hay fees
sible future expansion, said PPH officials. Construction is estimated to cost about $2 million. The medical clinic has been designed by Mascari Warner Architects of San Diego. The decision to downsize was necessitated by the downturn in the economy and the fact that North County Health Services could not obtain grant money to move from its current See PLANNING GROUP on page 2
This is the second in a series about challenges facing the agriculture and equine communities. By KAREN BRAINARD Higher hay prices are forcing many horse owners in Ramona to make adjustments so they can afford to feed their horses. Those adjustments not only impact what the horses eat but how the owners live, and for some maintaining a horse has just become too costly. “The prices are making it very difficult for people to hang onto their horses,” said Stephanie Sweet of CowHorse Ranch in Ramona. At Ramona’s Rocking K Ranch, Kimberly BlancheSebesta said, “Honestly there’s a lot of people getting out of the business or sport because it’s getting too expensive, and that’s unfortunate.” Robin Joy Maxson at Rancho Pama in Ramona said they have five horses See PRICE OF HAY on page 4
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and complete it within 12 to 18 months. The clinic will be built on an acre of PPH-owned property north of Main Street between 13th and 14th streets. Access will be from 13th Street across from the Ramona Library. The long-awaited clinic has been downsized from the original plan of a 36,650-square foot two-story building to a 7,600-square-foot onestory building but there will be room for pos-
Sentinel photo/Nancy Stegon
RE-ROOFING BEGINS—Three Ramona roofers and their workers start taking the roof off the historic Verlaque House on the grounds of the Guy B. Woodward Museum, 645 Main St., on Monday morning. The project is expected to take a week and a half. Ramona Pioneer Historical Society held a fundraising drive to pay for the much-needed re-roofing. Working on the project are John Schwaesdall of Schwaesdall Roofing and Repairs, Jack Schwaesdall of Schwaesdall Roofing, Ray Hosley of Ray Hosley Roofing, and Jose Gomez, Jose Montes, Robert Bruce, Larry Miller and Billy Holland. They cleaned and re-secured the gutters Monday and replaced some wood because of dry rot, said John Schwaesdall. The project required a county permit and a county inspector must OK it to consider it complete. Historical society members hope all will be ready for the Verlaque House’s 125th Birthday Celebration at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.