November 5, 2010
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November 5, 2010
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Play 4 The Cure
Patrick Henry field hockey players take to the field to promote breast cancer awareness. Page 12
Helicopters Fly In
Volume XVI – Number X
Students Plant Fruit Tree Orchard At Saranac-Mohawk School
Possible Budget Cut: Closure of Mission Trails Campground
Grant Enables Harriet Tubman Village Charter Students To Plant Dozens Of Trees As Part Of Unique 'Fruit Tree 101' Curriculum
Staff, Visitor Centers, Pools, Rec Centers, After-school Programs Also Identified
By Jeff Barnes Students at Harriet Tubman Village Charter School will soon enjoy the fruits of their The City of San Diego Parks and labor after planting a fruit tree orchard on campus on Oct. 21. Recreation Department has identified 59 Harriet Tubman was one of possible fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget rethree San Diego schools selected duction proposals including the closure of to get an edible landscape planted the Kumeyaay Lake Campground at Misthrough a joint program with the sion Trails Regional Park. Fruit Tree Planting Foundation In an Oct. 13 memo to all Parks and and Stretch Island Fruit Co., makRecreation Department employees, Stacey ers of FruitaBü™ Smoooshed® LoMedico, Park and Recreation Director, Fruit Rolls, all-natural fruit snacks said the campground could be closed and for kids. This national program converted to "day use only." As of Sept. 1, plants fruit tree orchards at schools 2008, the campground is only open on across the U.S. and will provide Friday and Saturday nights. an educational platform for stuAnother possible cut is the closure of dents to learn about healthy eating two visitor's centers (locations unspeciand caring for the environment. fied), nine recreation centers and a 50% During the plantings, a "Fruit reduction in the hours of remaining rec Tree 101" educator engaged students in a curriculum that highlights environmental concenters. Rec centers are currently open 40 cepts, with a hands-on fruit tree planting workshop. continued on page 21 Students and volunteers planted more than 25 trees at Harriet Tubman Village Charter with the help of Kashi Company volunteers. Katherine Drotos, a health educator, led the students through an interactive program, educating them on the importance of way to play outside to the kids," Fletcher Thanks to a partnership with Parents Hills Presbyterian Preschool Director, Magazine, KaBOOM!, the nonprofit orgacontinued on page 4 Robin Watson said. "In addition to allownization on a mission to save play, and ing them time and space to run, play, jump ForestersTM, a life insurance provider that and explore outside, the Imagination Playchampions the well-being of families, three ground in a Box is a tool that allows kids to deserving communities won an Imaginacreate, imagine, build, construct, and extion Playground in a Box. plore all while playing outdoors!" On Oct. 20, Fletcher Hills PresbyteThe Fletcher Hills preschool is thankrian Preschool learned it had won the new By Loralee Olejnik ful for San Diego County's support as votplayground components. Another local winWhen Dr. Ken Anderson went into ing went right down to the wire. ner was Casita Center for Technology, SciSudden Cardiac Arrest while playing ten"We couldn't be prouder of the amazence, and Math in Vista. The third winner nis, it took the seemingly healthy Scripps ing support the families, friends, church was a school in Canada. Ranch physician by surprise. members and community showed our little With a focus on loose parts, David "I was pretty preschool through this contest," Watson Rockwell's Imagination Playground offers shocked by it all besaid. "We had the support of local busia changing array of elements that allows cause I've never had nesses, our church family, and the prechildren to constantly reconfigure their enany heart problems," school families truly stepped up to this vironment and to design their own course of said Anderson, who challenge - and won!" play. Giant foam blocks, mats, wagons, specializes in sports More than 650 communities across fabric and crates overflow with creative medicine and family pracNorth America entered their playgrounds potential for children to play, dream, build tice. into the contest, earning points for their and explore endless possibilities. Each Shocked indeed. It was an Automatic playground posting pictures to an online Imagination Playground in a Box is worth External Defibrillator, or AED, that saved record, hosting meet ups and rallying other $25,000. Dr. Anderson's, life. "We are anxious to introduce this new Anderson, 52, and his wife, Sandy, continued on page 23 were playing doubles tennis with friends on Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Lake Murray Tennis Club, when he suddenly grabbed his chest and collapsed. His wife and friends, Sue and Todd Sprague, began chest compressions and grabbed the AED out of the clubhouse. The AED delivered two shocks before paramedics arrived and transported him to the hospital. Little ones at Fletcher Hills Presbyterian Preschool are the proud winners of the continued on page 19 North America "Imagination Playground in a Box" contest.
Fletcher Hills Presbyterian Preschool Wins Int’l Contest, Awarded 'Playground In A Box'
A pair of helicopters make a special visit to one Del Cerro elementary school. Page 14
Dining & Entertainment
Three brothers bring the authentic East Coast cheesesteak experience to Grantville. Page 16
Pretties With Pitties
Pretty ladies took to the streets to walk some fun loving dogs on National Pit Bull Awareness Day. Page 9
AED Saves Doctor's Life At Lake Murray Tennis Club
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