October 27, 2011
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
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Holiday cheer Senior volunteers with the sheriff’s department spread holiday cheer to elderly residents living alone................14
Solar farm Ramona Design Review Board develops a checklist of aesthetic changes it wants to see for the solar farm proposed off Warnock....3
Index Our Town....................7 Opinion......................8 Flickers......................12 Business News...........13 Classifieds.................24 Obituaries.................32 Coupons....................34
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WINTER WONDERLAND—“Snow” falls on children at the Ramona branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego. The snowfall was provided by Dr. Bronner’s Magic SnoFOAMing. The Ramona branch at Collier Park was the first of several boys and girls club branches in the San Diego area last week to experience the Magic SnoFOAM.
Hunter aide, former chamber leader dies in crash Well-known Ramona resident Nelson Edward “Mac” MacWilliams was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Wildcat Canyon Road on Tuesday, Dec. 20. A field representative for Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, MacWilliams was former executive director of the Ramona Chamber
of Commerce. A Navy veteran, he worked in a variety of areas for Hunter, but is most known for his role as an advocate for veterans. He also worked with the border patrol, fire victims and small businesses, serving as a liaison between the Congressman’s office and federal
agencies. MacWilliams, 54, frequently attended chamber ribbon cuttings for new businesses and new chamber members, presenting the owners with certificates from Hunter. California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the collision,
which occurred just south of Muth Valley Road about 1:20 p.m. CHP Officer Brian Pennings reported that MacWilliams was southbound on Wildcat Canyon Road in his 2004 black Ford F150 extra cab pickup truck when for an unknown reason the vehicle drifted off the right side of the
roadway and collided with a rock embankment. According to the CHP report, the vehicle went onto its left side wheels as it went back across the southbound and northbound lanes and landed upside down on the guardSee MacWilliams on page 20