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RUSD Approves Budget for $55.8 millionBy Ruth Lepper ~ the journal

Ramona unified School District trustees approved a $55.8 million budget, with some misgivings,

to meet the state deadline for the 2016-17 fiscal school year.

The board also gave unanimous approval for the local Control accountability Plan (lCaP), which had to be approved by June 30, per state requirements. Public hearings were held prior to each presentation, also a requirement by the state.

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ostermann told the board that no changes were made to the proposed budget since his last report at the June 16 meeting.

Total revenue is projected to be $55.8 million, while the projection for expenses is $56 million. The ending balance on June 30, 2017, is projected to be $6.1 million.

“When projecting future budget years beyond 2017, the Ramona bud-get has a difficult outlook,” ostermann reported. “However, many factors can cause the state economy to change,

which can impact RuSD’s budget. Because of this, continued diligence will need to occur to stay up-to-date on all the scenarios.”

The majority of the trustees agreed to approve the budget as presented in order to meet the deadline, knowing that state-mandated changes or adjust-ments can then be made on the local level as more information becomes available. The first interim report on the budget is due in December.

Trustee Rodger Dohm questioned the expenses being higher than the revenues, saying he wanted to approve a budget where “. . . we would not be spending more than we receive.”

Board president Kim lasley remarked, “over the next three years, we will be overspending.”

Trustee Bob Stoody asked what cuts had been made in the budget; ostermann said there were none. lasley suggested looking at ways of making cuts in the budget when it comes back before the board in the first part of the fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.

Trustee John Rajcic pointed out the percentage of property taxes RuSD receives from the county, stating that RuSD’s portion is low.

The budget was approved with a 3-to-2 vote. Trustees lasley, Rajcic and Dawn Perfect voted in favor, while

trustees Dohm and Stoody voted against it.

In other business at the spe-cial meeting on June 28, assistant Superintendent Theresa Grace gave the final lCaP report. The plan covers three years, through June 30, 2019. Grace has had numerous meetings with stakeholders — a committee composed of staff, students, parents and members of the community. The stakeholders review information provided by the district and then make recommendations to Grace and the board.

The plan focuses on local priorities as well as state mandates, including goals, actions, services and expendi-tures to support student achievement. expenses connected to the lCaP or its recommendations are covered in the budget, according to ostermann. In particular, the district is low on custodial staff, with three vacant positions.

The plan can be viewed in its entirety on the district’s website at www.ramonausd.net.

The next monthly school board meeting was moved to July 7, with the following meeting set for aug. 25, beginning at 7 p.m. Board meetings are held in the board room at Wilson administration Center, 720 ninth St. n

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An Artist’s Trip To RememberBy Johnny McDonald ~ the journal

Judy nachazel described her chance to visit Russia’s world of art as “a trip of a lifetime.”

“I saw paintings and sculptures that I had only seen before in books,” said the local artist and civic leader.

“my Ramona artist friend Ruth Barnett asked if I wanted to go on an ‘art lover’s tour,’ and naturally I jumped at the chance.”

understandably, she has a bevy of notes as a record of her nine-day trip.

The trip included an eight-hour train ride from moscow to St.

Petersburg, and she said the view of the land reminded her of an armour painting of yosemite. She was also impressed with the beautiful, ornate buildings with the onion domes.

With four others, she visited several museums and cathedrals in the two cities.

“The tour was organized by Cathy locke, who teaches at the San Francisco academy of arts,” nachazel said. “our two Russian lady guides spoke excellent english. They know more about us than we in the u.S. know about them.

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The June 29 “last Wednesday Workshop” presented by Ramona Chamber of Commerce covered

business crime prevention and safety. The Chamber brought in San

Diego County Sheriff’s Department Community Service officer Barbara J. Wallace as guest speaker. Wallace is part of the Ramona & Rural Crime Prevention unit, and she introduced workshop attendants to Ramona Sheriff’s Substation’s new lieutenant, Jerry Hartman.

With nearly 30 years of service under his belt, Hartman is a great addition to the community of Ramona. Though he is new to Ramona, he is quickly learning his way around town. This workshop was an opportunity for Hartman to introduce himself to Ramona business owners, and to learn a little more about the unique community he is now a part of.

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With a strong focus on wide-open spaces and an equine-friendly lifestyle, Ramona can certainly be considered a Western town. There’s no better way to celebrate cowboy traditions than at the national Day of the american Cowboy, to be held July 23.

The free event is hosted by “Ranger Doug” oliver of Ranger Doug’s Shootists’ emporium, who says, “Come out and celebrate Ramona’s cowboy heritage as well as the cowboy heritage of the country, and see what made america great!”

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Drummer Rocks with Joe Cocker but Chooses the BluesBy Annette Williams ~ the journal

Glen maiden doesn’t make a practice of name-dropping. But when you’ve been the drummer

for rock star Joe Cocker, it comes with the territory.

maiden is co-founder of the blues band Give me Back my Wig, which has made its mark on the West Coast music scene — and in Ramona. The group appears regularly at the San Vicente Resort.

He and his wife, Bonnie, have been Ramona residents for four years. Bonnie is a musician herself, though she prefers assisting her husband as band coordinator and roadie.

Before this band with the curious name was formed in 2001, maiden was already a los angeles-based musician with Philadelphia roots.

His personal his-tory began 63 years ago, when he was born in Roxboro, out-side Philly. His musical history began at the age of 7, when he started play-ing the drums. By the time he was 11, he was performing in his grandfather’s jazz trio.

He pursued higher education, earning a mechanical engineering degree at Penn State. Right after college, from 1976 to ‘77, he was tapped to use his drumming expertise on tour with Joe Cocker.

“Cocker battled a lot of demons with drugs and alcohol,” maiden says. “He lost his original band and searched out new musicians, and that’s how I came aboard.”

Cocker got his start in his native england, and his first single was the Beatles song “I’ll Cry Instead.” another Beatles song, “With a little Help from my Friends,” was a hit for Cocker in the u.K. and earned gold-record status in the u.S.

But by the time maiden joined him, he was more or less on his own.

“We were touring on his notoriety,” he says. “He was stuck in his career. Problems got worse, and he took it out on his management, and sometimes on the band.

“on the funnier side, half the time he couldn’t remember the lyrics, so he would either mumble and make them up, or come up to the drum riser, look at me, and I would mouth the words.”

During this period, maiden learned more about the man who had earned worldwide recognition for his rendition of Billy Preston’s “you are So Beautiful.”

In fact, few may know why the song was so important to him.

The song was originally written as a gospel number, maiden says.

“Joe sat down with him, and Billy gave him the song. Joe told me that the lyrics were restructured. Joe had just lost his mother, and Billy was helping him through that time.”

The lyrics were rewritten in honor of Cocker’s mother.

another little-known fact may explain Cocker’s finger-twitching stage mannerisms.

“The reason Joe would do his antics on stage is because at a young age, he was forced to take piano lessons,

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and he was never successful at it. He told me, ‘That talent escaped me because I have fat thumbs.’ He loved the piano, but he couldn’t play. So he was playing ‘air piano’ on stage.”

after the tour, maiden went home to Pennsylvania, doing session and recording work as side jobs.

los angeles beckoned in 1980, when he was asked to come and record with some up-and-coming artists.

“I went on to work as a studio musician at Sound City Studios, a huge recording studio in San Fernando Valley. While I was there, I played with a lot of people who are now famous, including Joe Walsh, Bobby Bell, The Gap Band, Stage Fright, XTC and Rick Derringer.”

It was common for artists and bands to produce music, even though some weren’t musicians themselves. maiden was instrumental in making their dreams a reality.

“I would show up for work, record the work and sit in the break room. a reception-ist would come in and say, ‘okay, Glen, we need a drum-mer,’ and there might be Steve Winwood there, or pre-record-ed tracks by another artist.”

after his contract at Sound City was over, maiden found himself at a crossroads.

“I’m a bit older, I don’t have any opportunities to go on tour, so I decided to put my engineering degree to work, and got a job with General Dynamics.”

During his college years, corporations often sent rep-resentatives to campuses to interview students.

“When I called, I talked to a fellow who said he remem-bered me from Penn State. So I came down to San Diego, interviewed with this fellow, laid it on the line and told him what I’d been doing. He gave me a fresh start, gave me a break into aerospace.”

He spent the next few

years away from music, focusing on his engineering career and raising his daughter, mindy.

“When she was in middle school, she showed an inter-est in learning the drums and joining the school band. I told her to sign up, but she said, ‘no, I want you to teach me.’ I told her, ‘If the teacher says you have some ability, I’ll start teaching you.’”

That’s exactly what hap-pened. With her father’s coaching, she progressed beyond expectations.

“Soon, she was leaps and bounds over everyone in her class. The music teacher said, ‘I can’t teach her any more. you keep doing what you’re doing.’”

a friend and master drum-mer with the los angeles Symphony orchestra joined their training sessions and eventually asked maiden, “When are you going to start playing again?”

“He got me thinking about it. He got some friends togeth-er, and we started playing with these guys.”

maiden quickly realized that these weren’t neighbor-hood musicians; they were professionals with music careers, but they weren’t able to play the blues music they loved while on the job.

“We spent a year just play-ing, having fun and research-ing the blues and their roots. We continued to play together, and this is how Give me Back

my Wig was born — in a back-alley garage in long Beach.”

That name, he says, was chosen after band members wrote suggestions on pieces of paper and put them in a hat — Give me Back my Wig was the winner.

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By Angela McLaughlin~ the journal

you’re driving through the neigh-borhood on the way home from work or perhaps the grocery

store, when something darts in front of your car. you slam on the brakes and pray you didn’t hit whatever it is.

a cat runs off, and you breathe a sigh of relief.

We’ve all had a similar experience.With cats being one of the most

popular companion animals in the

united States, their presence in our society is taken for granted. Perhaps you have a cat at home, or maybe a few of them have taken up semi-permanent residence in your backyard. Whether you are a cat person or dog person, or none of the above, cats are a constant reality in many of our lives.

you may have noticed cats wander-ing the streets, sliding under fences and slinking their way around town. The difference between housecats, stray cats and feral cats is often not immediately detected by the untrained eye, and many risk factors may not be considered when the topic of outdoor cats arises.

many owners choose to let their housecats outside for exercise and mental stimulation. They may watch them while they play, walk them on a leash or let them roam freely until they come back in on their own, ready for their dinner.

Stray cats are former housecats that have escaped, gotten lost or been abandoned by their owners. Strays have a good chance of joining a new family, since they are typically very social with humans.

Feral cats, on the other hand, are the offspring of stray cats. They have never been socialized among people and are therefore incredibly nervous around them. most feral cats can never be rehabilitated to live as a companion animal, and many that are brought to shelters are euthanized.

one of the best options for feral cats is to remain in the wild, and the most efficient way to control their population is through spay and neuter programs supported by groups such as the Feral Cat Coalition and The Humane Society of the united States (HSuS).

according to the Feral Cat Coalition website, www.feralcat.com,

“Trap-neuter-return (TnR) is the only proven and humane method of man-aging feral cat colonies.” The coalition says that in this process, “Feral cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ‘ear-tipped’ and returned to their outdoor homes, where they are monitored by their caretakers.”

The group says that this program is more cost-effective than lethal means of control.

HSuS Community Cats Program manager Danielle Bays adds that ster-

ilizing cats often rids them of the unwanted behaviors people want to discourage, such as unneutered males spraying or cat-calling loudly for females, and it curbs over- breeding issues. She says that TnR is one of the best options for humane population control.

If you see a stray cat, look to see if it has been ear-tipped, that is, one ear has been clipped under anesthesia, Bays advises. That means it has been sterilized and vaccinated, thus making it healthier.

June matics, director of digital media at alley Cat allies, an organiza-tion dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats, says, “TnR is proven to stop the breeding cycle of cats — litters of kittens are no longer born — and it improves cats’ lives while preventing reproduction. It stabilizes the size of cat colonies. By ending the behaviors associated with mating, it also answers the needs of the community.”

The group says that more than 575 local governments have enacted ordi-nances or policies supporting TnR, as have a number of communities and shelters across the u.S., includ-ing many in California that are suc-cessfully carrying out TnR programs. The group offers more information at www.alleycat.org.

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“These are community cats, and often the whole community can get involved with them and help them and work together on solutions,” Bays says.

once it is confirmed that a cat is truly stray or feral, the next step is determining its friendliness. If the cat is a stray and is friendly, a good option may be to contact a local animal shelter for advice — they might recommend bringing the cat to them for re-homing.

Feral cats are often difficult to cap-ture and are less likely to be adopted.

“The number-one priority should be to make sure they’re all sterilized so that we are not growing the problem,” says Bays.

Groups such as the Feral Cat Coalition provide TnR services, and they sometimes lease humane traps to residents. For those who are uncomfortable with trapping the cat, Bays encourages them to reach out to groups that will come trap them for you. The HSuS website at www.humanesociety.org has a list of

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organizations all over the country that provide this service.

What if you don’t want them in your yard at all?

Deterrents such as ultrasonic motion-sensor devices and the ScareCrow motion activated animal Repellent sprinkler that attaches to a garden hose are available.

adding rough mulch to gardens and laying chicken wire beneath the soil are good options for keeping cats from digging in the garden, she adds.

Though feral and stray cats deserve

protection, people have mixed feel-ings about their presence in neighbor-hoods. People and cats have coexisted for ages, with humans directly contrib-uting to the rise of large feral and stray cat colonies.

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Bays encourages residents to look at it as a community project — one we can work on together to obtain the best outcome for cats and humans alike. n

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It is getting down to crunch time, as young participants are busy readying their animals for the 45th

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The fair will be held at the Ramona Junior Fairgrounds, 431 aqua ln. one of the most anticipated parts of the fair is the livestock auction, which will be held aug. 6. Here, participants are able to profit from their hard work of raising the animals by placing them on

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last year was a success, with more than 26 primary exhibitors from ages 5 to 8. This year’s teen and pre-teen contestants, with animals in divisions such as sheep, poultry, rabbits, goats, beef and swine, are anxiously priming themselves for potential blue-ribbon wins.

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Complicating matters is the huge number of moving obstacles drivers in India must avoid — namely, cows.

and there’s one more important factor contribut-ing to India’s high fatality rate: a general fear of acting as Good Samaritans. In 2013, the foundation conducted a survey and discovered that a

staggering 74 percent of resi-dents were unwilling to help victims of auto accidents.

California Tops listCalifornia remains

america’s most popular state for car thieves, according to the national Insurance Crime Bureau.

The nICB ranks 380 metro areas in terms of per capita auto thefts, as reported in 2015.

California is home to seven of the 10 areas with the highest theft rates. modesto is on top with 4,072 thefts. Bakersfield, Stockton, merced, Vallejo and the com-bined areas of Riverside, San Bernardino and ontario made the list.

The San Francisco, oakland and Hayward area had 30,554 thefts combined. n

Johnny McDonald’s book “San Diego Motorsports 100 Racing Years — A Johnny McDonald Collection” is back in print, published by Williams Savage Books and available on Amazon.com.

FORUS Tournament a Successa FoRuS Golf Tournament presented last

month by Supreme lending Branch manager Shelly Heimer may have been a first, but Heimer says it won’t be the last.

“We had a great turnout for our first time,” she said. “We knew nothing about golfing, so for our first one, we did a pretty good job.”

With 62 golfers and 19 hole sponsors, the event successfully raised $7,760 to help the nonprofit Friends of Ramona unified Schools provide essential repairs and supplies for area schools as a way to help make a difference in students’ lives.

Heimer thanked members of the community for their support. “We are happy to raise all we can for it,” she said. n

supreme lending branch Manager shelly heimer is pictured with several golfers she sponsored. from left are Josh bass, Greg Perryman, doug heimer and Mike barton. Photo Courtesy of suPreMe lendinG


SDg&e Solar UpdateSan Diego Gas & electric

reached a significant milestone in renewable

energy June 29, meeting the program limit for the original rooftop solar subsidy, net energy metering.

State law requires SDG&e to transition future rooftop solar customers into a new program that will offer many of the same benefits as the current subsidy.

“Transitioning new pri-vate solar customers to the next phase of the net energy metering program is another sign that our region is a leader in the clean energy move-ment,” said Caroline Winn, SDG&e’s chief energy delivery officer. “advancing clean-energy solutions like solar and electric vehicle adoption is one way we’re working hard to provide our customers

with more sustainable energy choices.”

Future customers who install solar will see only minor changes. There will be a one-time fee of $132 for interconnecting solar panels to the power grid, excluding low-income housing programs.

This is expected to cover

the cost of ensuring that solar panels are safely connected to the electric panel, as well as the process of accepting new private solar customers.

Customers who are in the process of installing solar were notified of the coming transition.

In 2017, new solar custom-ers will be charged Time of use rates, paying for energy based on the time of day the energy is used. Customers who installed private solar prior to the limit being reached are grandfathered for 20 years from the date

they installed solar.SDG&e provides more than

33 percent of its energy from renewable sources and is on track to deliver more than 40 percent of its energy from clean, renewable sources by 2018. Visit www.sdge.com/newsroom. n

arch Health Partners

recognizedat the beginning of June,

arch Health Partners was rec-ognized for its achievement of elite status from the California association of Physician organizations for its 2016 CaPG Standards of excellence.

CaPG is the largest associa-tion in the country represent-ing physician organizations that practice capitated, co-ordinated care. each year, the organization assesses tools and processes its members have in place to meet the rising expectations of health-care purchasers and patients.

This is the third consecu-tive year that arch Health Partners has received elite status from CaPG, and it has received this award four out of the last five years.

“arch Health Partners is on a journey of excellence,” said arch Health Partners Chief executive officer Deanna Kyrimis. “We strive to respond to the needs of our patients first and foremost — to pro-vide clinical excellence to every patient, every time. our journey will never end, as we consistently work toward excellence in all that we do and to improve the services we deliver.”

For information, call 858-673-2597 or visit www.archhealth.org. n

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Ramona VFW Post 3783 Fri. and Sat. dinners and Sun. breakfast at 2247 Kelly Ave. 760-789-7888San Diego Outback 4x4 Club second Wed. 7 pm upstairs at 310 Ninth St. 760-789-8294Palomar Health free and low-cost health edu-cation classes and screenings. 800-628-2880 www.palomarhealth.org/classes

SERVICE CLUBSRamona Rotary Club Tues. at noon at Ramona Senior Center, 434 Aqua Ln. Bob Murray, 619-316-4456Kiwanis Club of Ramona Sat. 7 am at Ramona Town Hall, 729 Main St. Pat Bell, 760-533-4884Soroptimist International of Ramona busi-ness meetings second Tues. at Hatfield Creek Winery, 1625 Hwy. 78, and program meetings and potluck fourth Tues. at members’ homes. 858-722-6810

BUSINESS NETWORKINGBusiness Network Exchange (BNE Ramona) Thurs. buffet breakfast 7 am at Nuevo Grill, 1413 Main St. No meeting on 3rd Thurs. www.bneramona.comRamona Valley Vineyard Association fourth Tues. 6:30 pm at area locations. Elaine Lyttleton, 760-787-1102

RREA (Ramona Real Estate Association) third Wed. 4 pm & last Tues. 8:30 am. www.rrea.org

SUPPORT GROUPSAlzheimer’s Support Group third Wed. from 10-11:30 am at Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Ln. Elaine Bailey, 760-787-0172Capability Ranch Special Needs Activities Wed. and Sat. 2-4 pm at 18030 Highland Valley Rd. 760-443-6861 www.capability-ranch.orgDepression and Anxiety Support Group Sun. 10 am. Location 760-497-4046Free Dinner & Bible Study Mon. 6 pm, Open Door Ministry, Grange Hall, 215 7th St. 760-788-4716GriefShare Meetings new session begins July 25 and meets Mon. 6:15-8 pm at Mountain View Community Church, 1191 Meadowlark Wy. Ends Oct. 17. 760-789-4798Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meeting information, Van Reeder, 760-789-9129Parent Advocates Seeking Solutions parents and caregivers of children ages 15 and older with developmental disabilities, third Thurs. 7 pm except June, July, Aug. and Dec. St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Rd., Poway. 858-748-2594 www.powaypass.comPregnant & New Mother Support Group first and third Thurs. 6:30 pm at Ramona Pregnancy Care Clinic, 1530 Main St., Ste. 6. 760-789-7059Taking off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Thurs., Grace Community Church, 1234 Barger Pl. 760-789-0238 www.tops.org

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Wed. 9:30-1 open game; Thurs. 6-9 open game; Fri. 9:30-1 open game; Fri. 3-5 youth bridge, at 1721 Main St., Ste. 101. 760-789-1132Ramona Back Country Quilters third Wed. 6:30 pm at Ramona Terrace Estates, 1212 H St., and Tues. 9 am at Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Ln. Ramona Bar Association Free Legal Clinic first Sat. 10-noon, Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. 760-789-9314Ramona Community Planning Group first Thur. 7 pm at Ramona Library, 1275 Main St.Ramona Community Singers Tues. 7 pm at Ramona Town Hall, 729 Main St. 760-788-1887Ramona Design Review Board last Thurs. 7:30 pm, Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Ln. 760-788-4308Ramona Grange third Sat. 10:30 am, 215 7th St. [email protected] Municipal Water District Board second Tues. 2 pm, 434 Aqua Ln.Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Club (ROARS) www.roars.netRamona Santana Riders first Wed. 7 pm every other month (Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.) at International Equestrian Center Rotunda, 16911 Gunn Stage Rd. Open shows and gymkhanas. www.ramonasantanariders.comRamona Skatepark Champions third Mon. 6:30 pm in Ramona Town Hall, 729 Main St. www.ramonaskatepark.orgRamona Stars 4-H second Wed. 7 pm in home economics building, 431 Aqua Ln. Robin Evans-Becker, 760-702-1424 [email protected] Trails Association first Wed. 7 pm except Sept. and Dec. Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Ln. 760-443-0809Ramona Unified School District Board Meeting at 720 Ninth St. Meeting dates and time at www.ramonausd.netRamona Vicente Pony Club Sat. at International Equestrian Center, 16911 Gunn Stage Rd.619-517-5993 www.ramonavicente.ponyclub.org San Vicente Saddle Club second Wed. 7:30 pm International Equestrian Center, 16911 Gunn Stage Rd. 760-788-7533 www.sanvicentesaddleclub.comSanta Maria Lodge 580 second Mon. 6:30 pm dinner is open to public; 7:30 Stated Meeting. Masonic Center, 310 Ninth St. www.santamaria580.org n

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The Ramona West end Fire Safe Council has been awarded a grant to remove dead and dying trees within 100 feet of homes and/or 30 feet of access roads in the Ramona Community Planning area.

Property owners will be expected to contribute 20 percent for the tree removal, up to $200 per tree, accord-ing to Kristi mansolf, of the Fire Safe Council. Funding will cover a limited number of trees, so all requests may not be fulfilled.

any applications still outstanding will be retained to provide justifica-tion for requesting future funding.

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Trees will be treated according to best management practices, mansolf said.

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RReA Supports 4th of July Fireworks

the ramona real estate association donated $250 to ramona rotary in support of this year’s fourth of July fireworks celebration. rotarian amber ramirez, second from right, accepts the check from rrea President sally Westbrook, who is joined by members lori hoge, Karen domnitz, teresa hobbs and linda hogue.

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Commentaryrotary’s 4th of July fireworks

By Kim Lasley, Ramona Rotary President

I would like to say, “Thank you!” to everyone who helped to make this year’s 4th of July

Fireworks and picnic a huge success. This was the 24th year that Ramona Rotary has put on the fireworks in Ramona. It is great to see the faces of all those enjoying the evening and fireworks, especially the kids.

Whether you were on the field at olive Peirce middle School, barbecuing at home with friends, or at a local church, Ramona Rotary hopes

you all enjoyed watching the fireworks.

Rotary is able to do this event each year because of the generous, continuous support and donations from Ramona businesses and com-munity sponsors, along with everyone who has donated to the collection containers around town.

I am looking forward to having a bigger and brighter 4th of July celebration in 2017, when Rotary will again, “light up the Sky on the 4th of July!” n

Thank you to everyone who donated to the 2016 Ramona Rotary’s July 4th Family Picnic & Fireworks! Whether you dropped money into our July 4th canisters inside area businesses, gave a donation to Rotary Club members

stationed at local stores, sent a check, or supported the Independence Day celebration in person, you all helped make it a success! We couldn’t do it without you! — Ramona Rotary Club

Ramona Rotary’s July 4th Committee Says THANK YOU!

Special Thanks to Donors of Equipment, Services, Supplies & VolunteersThe Ramona July 4th Committee thanks the Ramona Kiwanis Club, Security Chief Don Scott, Ramona Fire Marshal, Ed Anderson of the RUSD

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Bill and Betty Anne TullochDon and Joyce Kohorst

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Ramona Chamber of Commerce welcomed new members with ribbon cuttings.

On the Cover‘Swimming Hole’ Mural Dedicated

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