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OPMS Boys Basketball Season Summary

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Hearts and Hooves Therapy is Helping Others ~ page 2

Rabobank Withdraws from Julian ~ page 9

RUSD Trustees Hear Reports on New Math Program, Teacher Honors and Projected Enrollment ~ page 15

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By Tiffany Pressler~ the journal

miniature horses and a hands-on approach to therapy are the tools that

help Hearts and Hooves Therapy enhance the lives of children and adults.

melissa Sargent, president and founder of Hearts and Hooves Therapy, says half of her clients are involved in the therapy portion, including those who have disorders and

injuries ranging from autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mood disorders and head injuries.

“We want to service all levels,” says Sargent. “I am an advocate for therapy. It can help anyone.”

The other half of her

clients are children from 2 to 18 years old who simply want to become more familiar with horses.

Sargent offers pony playtime in 30- or 60-minute, one-on-one sessions at her home with a miniature horse and instructor. She teaches basic safety and offers instruction about equine body parts, grooming and foot care. Each session is a little different and based on the participants’ ages.

Games are used to help with the education aspect and teach the children confidence, cour-age and respect. Some of the games, which include “red light, green light” and “Simon says,”

show children how to prop- erly lead, stop and back up the horses.

“If you aren’t confident, the horse will overpower you,” Sargent says, adding that big horses may be intimidating to a 6-year-old, but the miniature horses help build courage and a bond between the horse and child.

“Horses will not judge you,” she says, and interacting with them gives clients an opportu-nity to forget about the prob-lems and struggles going on in their lives.

offsite work, funded by pony playtime fees, is scheduled to

start in April at hospitals and home care locations. Sargent took one of her miniature horses to Ramona Community School for career day — her first official offsite visit. She and Tori met with students in five different classrooms. She talked about how she got involved in horses and training, showed them the basic body parts of the horse and explained the difference between a miniature horse and pony. It was a short version of pony playtime.

now that she has received her 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity designation from the IRS, she is working on building a partnership with San Diego Youth Services and county fos-ter care centers. In addition to working with these programs, she wants to start pony play-time sessions for siblings who are in the foster care system but who don’t live together. She will set up a session for the families, and the siblings will get to spend time with each other.

Sargent is one of four children, but she spent several years in foster care and was adopted when she was 2 ½ years old. She didn’t meet her siblings until she was 21.

“If this program was in my life, we wouldn’t be strangers,”

Hearts and Hooves Therapy is Helping Others

Rebecca, 16, interacts with miniature horse Chips during a session.Photos CouRtesy of Melissa saRgent

four-year-old Corben participates in pony playtime.

Kenzie, 11, enjoys a session with Chips.

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hearts and hooves therapy founder Melissa sargent, right, brings miniature horse tori to career day at Ramona Community school.

she says.She got into horse showing at age 14,

was involved in 4-H and Future Farmers of America and is a certified veterinary assistant. In addition, she is registered as a Pet Partners animal therapy handler.

“Horses have always been in my life,” she says.

Hearts and Hooves Therapy all started when Sargent rescued a miniature horse named Chips last march. She started training him to be a therapy horse.

“I knew that I wanted to get a mini-horse and get the community involved.”

In october, she got a 7-month-old miniature, Tori, and started training her and developing the program to help children and adults.

And there is nacho, another member

of the program. He is a full-size paint horse who has been part of the family since 2006. Sargent’s students can graduate from the miniature horses to the big horse as they continue to learn horsemanship skills.

The whole Sargent family is involved in Hearts and Hooves Therapy, including melissa’s husband, Ian, and kids, Kulten, Kylee and Kinlee. Every member helps take care of the horses and assist her with the training aspect.

“We have put our whole hearts into this,” she says — and the hooves are Tori, Chips and nacho.

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Two Concerts Close Association’s 30th Season

By Annette Williams ~ the journal

Ramona Concert Association will end its 30th season with a bang, as the organization presents two

concerts in march.on march 7, members of the

Ramona High School band program will perform. The bands are led by Zachary Christy, the school’s director of music.

“This will be the fourth year we have had the privilege of presenting to the community these young and talent-ed musicians,” said Concert Association President marlene Robershaw. “This season, the Royal Alliance marching Band took home several first-place trophies in their field competition.”

The RHS Jazz Band will perform first, featuring the numbers “Sister Sadie,” by Horace Silver; “Katy,” by Sammy nestico; “Get in Line,” by

Gordon Goodwin; and “Birdland,” by Josef Zawinul.

The Symphonic Band will take the stage and perform “Festivo,” by Vaclav nelhybel; “Jesu, Joy of man’s Desiring,” by J.S. Bach; “Russian Sailor’s Dance,” by Reinhold Gliere; “An American Elegy,” by Frank Ticheli; and “Danza Final,” by Alberto Ginastera.

Ticket price is $7 for this concert, with proceeds benefiting the RHS band program.

on march 21, in the final concert of the season, the Raggle-Taggle Celtic Band and dancers will present tradi-tional music from England, Ireland and Scotland. Tickets are $15.

Concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at olive Peirce middle School, 1521 Hanson Ln. Call 760-789-7474 or visit www.ramonaconcerts.com. n

Soroptimist Club Presents Seuss DinnerIt may be dinnertime, but it’ll be

breakfast foods on the menu at the Soroptimist Club of Ramona’s “Dr. Seuss Breakfast for Dinner” fundraiser march 5, from 4 to 8 p.m.

In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, green eggs and ham will be served. Club members will be decked out in pajamas, and guests are invited to wear costumes. Balloons and student-colored pictures

will add to the décor.“We have a coloring contest for

children, and an opportunity drawing is also available,” says Sonja Steiner, owner Ramona Café, 628 main St., where the event will be held. “The kids especially like the green eggs and ham.”

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By Tracy Rolling ~ the journal

Players and coaches at olive Peirce middle School (oPmS) had a lot to cheer

about at the conclusion of the boys basketball season. As a program, the team finished 14-4, with the eighth-graders earning the title of north County League Champions, and the seventh-graders finishing as League Run-ner Up.

oPmS Head Coach Thomas Pacheco congratulated the play-ers and parents for a successful season, noting that both teams were undefeated at home.

Pacheco, in his second sea-

son of coaching, said there were multiple standout kids, naming Bryce Rolling and Hunter Pietila as seventh-grade players who, “Took care of their schoolwork off the court, and while on the court, they were both aggres-sive, efficient and respectful to their teammates, coaches and opponents.”

He credited both boys for having a great attitude and always trying their best, telling how Rolling was one of two seventh-grade captains who took the role of the starting point guard, and Pietila was, “A huge spark of energy who hustled on every possession

— defense or offense. I could always count on him to raise the intensity during the games.”

He named Jacob Jovien and Cameron necochea as two eighth-grade standouts and team captains.

“most of the boys looked up to these two since they worked hard on and off the court,” Pacheco said. “They both had great citizenship in the class-room and in the gym, giving full effort during practices and games.”

He said one of the most memorable games was the eighth-graders’ away-game win against Sullivan middle School

for the league title. “We had lost the previous

matchup by two points, so going into the game, we knew it was going to be a battle. We added a couple plays to counter against their 3-2 defense, and the game ended in our favor.”

The boys played a number of middle school teams, including San marcos, Valley Center, and Sullivan, located in Bonsall, and scrimmaged against Woodland Park middle School in San marcos.

Despite a change in coach-ing staff and several players contracting the flu during the height of the season, he said

that all of the players demon-strated respect, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

“The players put effort into each and every game,” Pacheco said, adding that banners will be hung in the school gym recognizing the boys’ accomplishments.

Keeping the basketball momentum going, Ramona High School varsity basketball coach Zach Cole plans to start a local basketball academy this spring.

“Tryouts will be at the end of February,” said public rela-tions liaison Gavin necochea.

OPMS Boys Basketball Season Summary

Members of the olive Peirce Middle school seventh-grade boys basketball team watch the eighth-grade players during the championship game held at sullivan Middle school in Bonsall.

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After hearing presenta-tions from three finalists in the search for a new

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“We’re hoping it will come back at the next meeting,” Barnum said. “Either the next board meeting or the following meeting.”

An attorney from Best Best & Krieger will continue as the district’s legal counsel until another firm is hired. Jim

Gilchrist, of BB&K, gave notice to the board in July 2014 that his firm will no longer be repre-senting RmWD. BB&K has been with the district since 1997. A representative will continue to attend board meetings until a replacement firm is under contract.

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Director Arnie Cares asked if board members will have access to the other five appli-cants. Barnum told him the proposals from all the inter-ested law firms are on file at the district office and available

for review. The finalists were determined by interviews with RmWD staff, mainly Barnum and Human Resources manager Tim Clement.

In other business before the board, approval was given to purchase a new dump truck. The vehicle will replace the current five-yard dump truck that has been in use in the district for more than 25 years. The old truck will be retained as a backup vehicle, primarily for transporting equipment to excavation sites.

The directors asked staff at last month’s board meeting to look into other options for pur-chasing a truck, including lease agreements. RmWD Purchasing officer Tom mcKernan explained to the board that the

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By Johnny McDonald ~ the journal

now that Super Bowl XLIX is in the books, the attention of San

Diego’s football followers will be focused on a nine-member stadium taskforce assigned to recommend a location and propose financial solutions that will satisfy the Chargers.

Their job is complex and might be considered over-whelming. Whom do you tap for money, or must San Diegans be asked to vote on a bond issue?

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The mixture has made the library a haven for many people and a focal point for a variety of uses that on an average month include toddlers learn-ing to walk, speaking classes, fitness classes and teens taking vocal training or playing gui-tars, keyboards and drums. The chess competition for teens and adults fits in the reading room.

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The letters came from Roseville, just north of San Francisco, notifying all

account holders that Rabobank will close its Julian branch as of may 1, 2015. The decision made in an office hundreds of miles away from main Street in Julian after a “considerable study of market and operational factors across the network,” according to Greg Jones, spokesman for the financial institution, will have a considerable impact on the people who live, work and visit in Julian.

The letter went on to explain that accounts will automatically be transferred to the La Quinta branch, nearly 100 miles away. Alternatively, the letter contin-ues, customers may access services with Rabobank from anywhere 24/7 through its automated account information system at 800-942-6222, online at www.rabobankamerica.com using the Rabobank mobile Banking app, or use ATms at 500 Walgreens stores throughout California with no ATm fees, though other fees may apply, according to terms and conditions of account holder agreements.

The nearest Walgreens is more than 30 miles away.

Branch foot traffic is way down throughout the banking industry, with a significant num-ber of customers using online, mobile and ATm services to conduct banking transactions. This makes it less feasible for banks to maintain the overhead of brick-and-mortar storefronts, which in turn means a loss of jobs for employees and a loss of personalized, face-to-face service for customers.

“This decision was not made lightly. We realize that customers have choices and wanted to give them ample time to decide what is best for them,” said Jones.

To that end, branch manager Patti Bell went on a field trip to research what options are available at the banks in Ramona. Bell is prepared to share contact information about those banks with Rabobank

customers, noting that some banks prefer new customers to make an appointment to set up a new account rather than just walk into the branch.

“We’re here to answer questions and help in any way we can,” said Bell.

Taking a lesson from branch closings in Tecate and Calexico, Bell said that there are some important issues for customers to keep in mind when decid-ing how to proceed with their accounts, considering that it will take time for the bank processes to work. Also, people will need to bear in mind that different kinds of accounts may require different decisions.

Here is a list of issues that Bell recommends customers carefully consider:

• If you plan to open an account at another bank, establish the new account and

transfer any automatic credits, deposits, withdrawals to the new account before closing the Rabobank account.

• There is a penalty for with-drawal of Certificate of Deposit funds before maturity. Typically CDs are inactive accounts, so customers may want to leave those accounts open until they are mature. CD account holders will receive notification when the CD matures, at which point they can close the account if they so choose, and Rabobank will forward the funds to them.

• All contents of safe-deposit boxes must be removed and the accounts closed. SDB account holders will receive letters notifying them of the date by which this must be done. Customers must bring both keys. If they have just one key, there will be a $10 charge for the miss-ing key. There may be a prorated refund due in the case of rent that has already been paid.

• A locksmith and two bank employees (double custody) will force open boxes that have not been emptied by the required date. The contents will then be placed in safekeeping and shipped to the La Quinta branch.

• Bell recommends not wait-ing too long to find a replace-ment safe-deposit box at another

bank, as there can be long waiting lists, especially for larger boxes.

• Customers have the option of moving their accounts to a Rabobank branch other than La Quinta, if they so choose.

While there is plenty of time for Rabobank customers to care-fully make and execute decisions about their financial affairs, Bell advises not waiting until the last minute to take care of busi-ness. Some banks have a policy of placing holds on deposited checks or taking a couple of weeks to issue new ATm cards.

“What we don’t want is to create a situation where customers don’t have access to the funds because of banking processes and procedures,” said Bell.

After the initial shock of learning that the only bank in town is planning to close its doors wears off, what remains is to understand what needs to be done and move forward with a positive plan. Some hope that another bank will move in to take over the business that Rabobank leaves behind.

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Fees will include scheduled practices, weekly games and high-level coaching. Seasonal clinics featuring guest coaches and possibly a tournament or two will also be included in the program.

“We would like to have two teams for every grade level from fourth grade through eighth grade,” said necochea. “one team would be an elite, the other a developmental.” He added that those who are interested may visit the Ramona Bulldog Basketball Academy Facebook page or Twitter (@RamonaBball).

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California State Senator Joel Anderson and his staff and interns have put together a list of grants and scholarship opportunities in an effort to help current college students who could use some financial assistance.

The list is available at http://district38.cssrc.us/content/grant-and-scholarship-information-senator-anderson. Grants and scholarships with the closest deadlines are listed first.

“my wife, Kate, and I are the proud parents of two college graduates and a pro-spective college student,” says Anderson. “We understand how exciting this time can be as well as the challenges associated with finding the financial resources necessary to help students achieve their dreams.”

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ON MEMORY’S BACK TRAIL

By Darrell Beck ~ the journal

Pamo Valley is located about seven miles north of Ramona at the foot of Pamo

grade. This small, secluded valley is about six miles long and one mile wide and is completely sur-rounded by steep mountains on all sides, including Pine moun-tain, Black mountain and orosco Ridge. The Santa Ysabel Creek, Temescal Creek and other minor tributaries flow through the gentle inclines of the oak and sycamore landscape.

on the high ground and by the streams, there is an abun-dance of archaeological evi-dence indicating that the place was inhabited by Indians prior to the presence of European influences. The northern Dieguenos, who likely followed game trails, discovered the val-ley. These trails were eventually used by white settlers, thus cre-ating the primary exploration and pack trails leading from coastal villages into the back-country through Santa Ysabel Creek Canyon, Carne Canyon, Temescal Canyon and Black Canyon to mesa Grande and beyond.

Early tax records of the 1850s indicate that cattlemen named Kerr and Loyd were in the valley for a short time, running cattle in the vicinity of Temescal Creek. By 1860, William Ingraham of new York showed up on the census, and by 1862, he had been joined by John Riffles. Both raised cattle. By 1866, Ingraham had acquired 520 acres through homestead patents and purchases on the north end of the valley, where he also cultivated and sold hay. He married Dorotea, an Indian woman who was much young-er, and they had six children.

By 1870, Harry H. Warren of new York arrived in Pamo and took up a 160-acre homestead in the south end of the valley, later expanding his holdings to 640 acres where he ran cattle. During that same period, Ira King of ohio took up a home-stead and eventually acquired 540 acres. He raised bees. William Johnson of missouri showed up on the 1880 cen-sus, acquired 200 acres in the

Pamo Valleycentral and western portions of Pamo Valley and also was suc-cessful in the cattle business. Records indicate that all of the first pioneers were very suc-cessful and became reasonably prosperous in their livestock and beekeeping endeavors.

During the period of 1880 to 1885, 20 people from four families were reportedly living in Pamo. The land boom of the

‘80s was in full bloom during this period of Western expan-sion, bringing several land speculators, including William Carney, who was interested solely in land for resale, and J.m. Woods, who bought up much of the valley with visions of building a dam and impounding water to supply the needs of agriculture and newcomers to the region.

During the land boom, many schemes were in the works to impound water in the valley and acquire water rights. At this time, speculators were consider-ing a plan to divert water from the San Luis Rey River into Pamo Valley, where a dam could be constructed to supply water to the southland. As a result, the Pamo Water Company was orga-nized in march of 1888, and by 1889, Woods had sold 800 acres to that company.

This plan never material-ized, as the land boom went bust. nevertheless, it didn’t stop more people from settling in Pamo Valley.

By 1890, records indicate that 50 to 60 people lived there on a number of ranches, many of them trying to eke out a living by cultivating the soil for agricultural crops.

During the period of 1889 to

1915, a little community began taking root. In 1896, the Almond Post office was established. By 1903, a schoolhouse was built, and the Almond School District was serving the children of Pamo Valley.

In 1905, James F. Kerr acquired 200 acres and raised bees. That same year, Arthur B. Foster, C.H. Foster, C.C. Bogue and Fred Paine moved there.

After acquiring 1,630 acres in the north end of the valley, including the old Ingraham property, they formed the Pamo Dairy & Stock Company. The group built up the dairy, including corrals, silos and homes, and their venture grew and thrived for many years.

But beginning about 1907, farmers started leaving, and by 1915, most of the farmers had abandoned their land. This exodus seemed to be caused by drought and unusual climate conditions in the little valley, as well as the soil not being very favorable for crops, but better suited for beef, dairy cattle and bees.

Due to the gradual decline in population, the Almond Post office was closed in 1914, followed shortly thereafter by the school. There were only eight households in Pamo Valley by 1915. Several newcomers, including John Holland and W.W. mason, came to raise chick-ens and hogs. Livestock, dairies

a Civilian Conservation Corps tent camp was established in Pamo Valley in the 1930s. Photo CouRtesy of DaRRell BeCK

and beekeeping were the prin-cipal industries.

It was in 1917 that my maternal grandparents, mr. and mrs. Charles F. Harper, and their family of three children, including my six-year-old mother, arrived in Ramona in a two-horse-drawn wagon from Holtville in the Imperial Valley. After asking around town, they found that the old Almond schoolhouse was unoccupied, so they stayed there until Charles could find work and a permanent place to stay.

During the 1930s, a Civilian Conservation Corps tent camp was built near the low-river crossing as a lodging place for the men who worked on Works Progress Administration projects during the Great Depression. For many years, a single tele-phone line from the Ramona switchboard supplied phone service to the camp. In 1935, Ralph Foster moved his dairy operations from Lakeside to the north end of the valley, where his father, A.B. Foster, had earlier run cattle and operated a dairy.

According to Ralph Foster’s son Raymond Foster, who also worked the ranch for many years, the City of San Diego purchased the Foster property in 1964, which was leased back by the Foster interests and where it has continued to be used for cattle and dairy. After Ray Foster’s death in 2002, the lease was transferred to Robert

neal, who continues to operate a cattle ranch.

For many years, the City of San Diego remained deter-mined to build the Pamo Dam to impound water for domestic and agricultural irrigation purposes. As early as 1925, the city began purchasing portions of the valley for that purpose. By 1950, the city had acquired a permit from the state to build a 264-foot-high concrete Pamo Dam that would hold 130,000 acre-feet of water. However, by 1987 or ‘88, as the result of federal Environmental Protection Administration, regulations and public protests, the city was blocked from ever making use of the 4,300 acres for a reservoir.

Today, Pamo Valley is part of the San Dieguito River Valley Park, a plan initiated in 1986 and approved in 1995 called the “Coast to Crest Trail,” stretch-ing 55 miles from Del mar on the Pacific ocean to Volcan mountain and beyond. The park is controlled and managed by the San Dieguito River Valley open Space Park Joint Powers Authority. Park boundaries lie within a focus planning area that crosses through the juris-diction of federal Bureau of Land management lands, Indian lands, state lands, the County of San Diego, the City of San Diego, and the cities of Del mar, Escondido, Poway and Solana Beach. n

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Woman’s Club: Ramona Woman’s Club welcomes Irish dancer Katie Ward on march 5 at 1 p.m. Literary Section meets march 9 at 1; Card Party is march 12 at 11:45; and the Ladybugs Garden Section will meet for a field trip to El Plantio in Escondido on march 26 at 10. meetings are held at 524 main St. Call President Karen Stangl at 760-788-6116 or visit www.ramonawomansclub.com.

Garden Club: Ramona Garden Club will feature principles and ele-ments of floral design with floral designer and instructor Betty Patterson-del Sol at the march 11 meeting at noon at mountain View Community Church, 1191 meadowlark Wy. meetings are the second Wednesday, except July, August and December. Call 760-789-8774 or visit www.ramonagardenclub.com.

Art Guild: Ramona Art Guild’s march 18 demonstra-tion meeting will feature art-ist nancy oleksa at 7 p.m. at Ramona Library, 1275 main St. Call 760-787-1962 or visit www.ramonaartguild.org.

Republican Women: Intermountain Republican Women Federated will present guest speaker Luanne Arangio-Law at the group’s march 24 meeting at 5:45 p.m. at Ramona Valley Grill, 344 main St. She is the Community Health nurse and educator for Palomar Health. The group welcomes members, spouses and guests from Ramona, Julian, Santa Ysabel and surrounding areas. Contact 760-788-6342 or [email protected].

San Vicente Valley Club: The San Vicente Valley Club welcomes local artists Judy nachazel and Jolinda marshall to its march 25 luncheon meeting. nachazel is a past president the Ramona Art Guild and co-founder of the open Studios Tour. marshall has a studio in Ramona and is the former owner of a stained glass art gallery in northern California. meetings are at the San Vicente Resort, 24157 San Vicente Rd., with res-ervations due by the Friday before the meeting at the front desk or by calling maxine mcnamara at 760-788-6189. Check in at 11 a.m. The public is welcome. Visit www.sanvicentevalleyclub.org.

The club invites Ramona-based nonprofit organizations to submit applications for its 2015 Community Awards. Deadline is April 1. For an application form, visit www.sanvicentevalleyclub.org or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to San Vicente Valley Club, Community Funding, 24157 San Vicente Rd., Ramona, CA 92065. n

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SERVICE CLUBSRamona Rotary Club Tues. at noon at Ramona Valley Grill, 344 Main St. Craig Jung, 619-990-4469Kiwanis Club of Ramona Sat. 7 am at Ramona Valley Grill, 344 Main St. Walter Ainsley, 760-788-3601 Soroptimist International of Ramona business meetings second Tues. at Hatfield Creek Winery, 1625 Hwy. 78, and program meetings and potluck fourth Tues. at members’ homes. 858-722-6810

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By Ruth Lepper ~ the journal

The new Integrated mathematics Pathways program may soon be coming to Ramona Unified School

District. The board of trustees heard a presentation on the program from high school math teachers Cori mcDonald and ola Knutsson at its Feb. 12 meeting. The new program, if approved, will be taught progressively in all grades at the high school level.

The secondary math teachers have been working for the past year on the new mathematics Content Standards and the Standards of mathematical Practice. They have concluded that the new program will better prepare students not only for college but for the state-mandated high school exit exams, the California Assessment of Performance and Progress, and the SAT and ACT testing programs.

Trustees agreed the teachers should continue studying the Pathways program and return to the next board meeting on march 17 to seek board approval to add the classes to the courses of study at the high schools.

Teacher mcDonald, head of the math department at Ramona High School, and mayra Vasquez, counselor/psychologist at montecito High School, were recently nominated for Educators of the Year by the California League of High Schools

for Region 9. olive Peirce middle School science teacher Erica Reynolds was also nominated for the California League of middle Schools.

montecito High School/Future Bound Principal Dave Lohman was honored as Continuation/Alternative High School Principal of the Year for San Diego and Imperial Counties.

In other business before the govern-ing board, Assistant Superintendent David ostermann reported that the projected enrollment for the 2015-16 school year will be down by 108 stu-dents districtwide. The biggest drop will be in the secondary schools, with

52 fewer students. Ramona High School tops the list with 46 fewer students. next in line is the elementary level, showing a decrease of 42 students overall.

This represents a yearly decline in student population since the 2001-02 school year. The current student population is 5,692; projection for next year is 5,584.

Assistant Superintendent Tony newman reported that contract proposals between the district and Ramona Teachers Association have

been reopened. The board unanimously approved scheduling a public hearing for the march 17 meeting.

The trustees voted to cast their ballot for the selection of representatives to the California School Boards Association. Trustees Dawn Perfect and John Rajcic are among those running. There are seven vacancies for the delegate assembly.

ostermann also reported that the renovation of the dugouts at the Ramona High School ball fields has been completed. n

Dave lohman, principal of Montecito high school and future Bound independent study, was named Principal of the year for Continuation/alternative high schools for san Diego and imperial Counties.

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Christians talk about grace a lot. We sing about grace a lot, too. And we talk and

sing about grace a lot because the Bible talks about grace a lot. But what is grace?

To put it simply, grace is a gift — it is something that is freely given to you, not some-thing you earn or deserve. And grace is not just God giving us a free gift that we do not deserve, it is God giving us the very opposite of what we deserve. now that is amazing grace!

The Apostle Paul writes the following about grace:

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may

boast. For we are his workman-ship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Eph. 2:8-10, English Standard Version)

We are saved only by grace. That is, we are brought into a right relationship with God only by His grace, not by what we do. So if you are trying to make yourself right with God by what you do (i.e. by tying to be a good person, or even by being religious), you are just set-ting yourself up for disappoint-ment and frustration. Salvation is a gift of God’s free grace. You don’t earn a gift; you accept it.

And how do you accept God’s gift of salvation? Paul tells us that it is “through faith.” Faith

is the open hand that receives God’s gift — it is believing God at His Word.

Does that mean it does not matter how we live? of course not. But we must not put the proverbial cart before the horse! Paul says that we are not saved by good works, but we are saved for them. So we do not do good works in order to be made right with God. Rather, we do good works because through faith in Jesus Christ we have already been made right with God!

Gratitude for the free gift of God is the Christian’s true moti-vation for living life for God. We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!”

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The 53rd TDS Desert Safari is coming up march 6 to 8. The weekend of off-road adventures is hosted by the Tierra Del Sol Four Wheel Drive Club at the Truckhaven Hills area of the north ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area.

The event will offer fun and chal-lenging trails and rides, more than 100 vendors, a popular raffle with $100,000 in prize packages, and fireworks.

TDS President Bill Kassler and the Desert Safari organizing team promise a weekend of adventure, excitement and fun for the whole family. “From an epic trail ride, a vendor show, a world-famous opportunity drawing and a fireworks show, I’m sure you will have a great experience,” Kassler says.

TDS is well known for protecting lands for the public’s use and preserv-ing it for the enjoyment of future

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‘Amazing Grace’H. Lorraine Smith was

born Hazel Lorraine Rush in Huntington Beach. She spent most of her youth in the West Los Angeles area. In 1939, she married Charles Edward Smith in Inglewood, and in 1984, Lorraine and Charles moved to Ramona. Shortly after their arrival, they opened a novelty store, Smith’s Bargain Prices, on main Street, where they became a favorite of the community, selling toys, candy, clothes and a variety of household items. In 1994 Lorraine and Charles moved to Thousand oaks, where Lorraine worked at the local school district for the after-school program. She remained with the school district even after Charles’ passing in 1996.

Lorraine returned to Ramona in 2007 to the Ramona Terrace Estates

mobile home park, where she became a regular participant at the park’s and Ramona Senior Center’s many planned events and social gatherings. Due to failing health, Lorraine spent the last two years sharing time with her two daughters in the Santa Rosa, Calif., and Sparks, nev., areas.

Lorraine’s outgoing per-sonality, passion with keeping active and love of her family were the keys to her long and happy life. Those that were fortunate enough to spend time with Lorraine were better because of it.

Lorraine is survived by her sister, Ruth Rodriguez; her five children, Charles Smith Jr., Sharon Powell, Susan Cramer, Steven Smith and Daniel Smith; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. n

Hazel Lorraine SmithJan. 16, 1923 – feb. 11, 2015

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Friends of the Ramona Library has a successful business going, with its used book-

store, located in a corner of the spacious library. And all the money brought in goes directly back to the library, in terms of books, equipment and programs.

To do all this, the Friends group depends on volunteers and also on its membership roster. There will be a member-ship drive during the month of march, with an opportunity drawing for a gift basket as an incentive. Anyone who joins or renews their membership dur-ing march will have their name entered for the drawing, accord-ing to Cheryl Storey, vice presi-dent in charge of membership.

There will be a table set up in the library lobby from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday

in march. Annual memberships start at $15 for an individual ($10 for a student or senior) and go up to $250 for a life membership. Applications also will be available in the library bookstore.

The bookstore sells used books, DVDs and CDs that have been donated to the group. During 2014, a total of $16,007 was generated from bookstore sales. A weekly silent auction has become a popular event, with a recent auction generat-ing as much as $20 for one book. But mostly, hardcover books sell for $1 and paper-backs for 25 cents or 50 cents.

The bookshelves are stacked with hundreds of books, listed alphabetically by author or in designated sections, such as gardening, history or biography. A special section is set aside for children’s books.

The Friends sponsor several programs throughout the year, geared toward adults, teens and children. This includes “Talk Like a Pirate,” edible holiday crafts (most recently, heart-shaped cookies for Valentine’s Day) and summer reading pro-grams for children. on the teen side, there are music programs, wildlife research, chess games and a $1,000 scholarship avail-able for a graduating senior.

Adult programs are attracting large audiences, from art classes to gardening, a book club, cook-ing demonstrations, cultural programs, chess games, annual local authors’ day and special events. The Friends also spon-sored the stained-glass windows created by famed artist James Hubbell, installed above the two main entrances to the library.

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Turn Clocks Ahead March 8Daylight Saving Time will begin in

California on Sunday, march 8. Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night.

An easy way to remember which way to turn the clock is to quote the old saying,

“Spring forward; fall back.” In other words, always turn clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall.

Pacific Standard Time will return nov. 1, 2015. n

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MORE to Learn from Plastic BagsCommentary by Charlene Penner

The recent article “What We Can Learn From Plastic Bags” (Ramona Home

Journal, Feb. 12, 2015) refers to the plastic bag law as Sacramento’s “misguided” priority — not a real issue. If the plastic bag law really is not a “real issue,” why are citizens using so much time and resources to gather all those signatures to be able to override the law? How does this action

show the government that it is not a real issue? Why aren’t those citizens using their time and resources to do something about what they think is a real issue? This would make a clearer priority statement to the government.

The said article jumps from needing to pay 10 cents for recycled or reusable bags to “taxing” people for “simply wanting to take their groceries home.”

Really? We have so little imagination or creativity as to

how to get our groceries home? Reusable! Pay the 10 cents once and you’ve got a bag you can use over and over and over and over and over again.

I already have a pile of reusable bags that have been handed to me free from grocery stores and other businesses. These same bags have already been carrying my groceries home for several years. After I unpack my groceries, the bags fold into a neat little pile by the door. Each one already holds a few of the smaller individual bags that can gather a bunch of onions, separate pears from apples, or protect a head of broccoli. These little bags are

also reusable. The next time I go to my car, it’s all stuffed under the seat ready for the next use. It’s been a long time since I took out of any store any paper, plastic or reusable bag that I did not bring in.

It takes very little to create a habit that eliminates the “tax,” brings the groceries home, and reduces one source of global pollution. If we can’t handle this, how can we handle any of the “real” issues?

Its easy to say that we have a responsibility to protect the environment and that no one wants to see trash needlessly thrown out, but what attention and energy do we give of our-

selves to fulfill these words? It’s a constant labor on our road-sides to carry away bags full of trash, 99 percent of which has been needlessly thrown out — by whom?

I credit the wind with snatching the 1 percent.

I hike mount Woodson a lot. on the way down, my pockets are stuffed with trash that someone has needlessly dropped — including recycla-ble plastic water bottles. In all the years and hundreds of times I’ve done this, only twice has someone recognized what I am doing and thanked me.

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CONTRACTOR LICENSE — California law requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor and/or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. Check contractors’ license status at www.cslb.ca.gov. Business and Professions Code section 7030.5 says that licensed contractors are required to include their license numbers in (a) all construction contracts; (b) subcontracts and calls for bid; and (c) all forms of advertising, as prescribed by the registrar of contractors.

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Julian, CA 92036

[email protected] # B839759

760-310-9937Craig Heyer

“We Do It All”Over 30 Years

ExperienceFamily Owned

& OperatedBonded & Insured

Heyer Construction

ON-SITE FABRICATIONCellular, Horizontal

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Sean KinneyCertified Home Inspector

Trails Association to MeetRamona Trails Association

welcomes three speakers to its general membership meeting march 4.

mike Harrison from Congressman Duncan Hunter’s office will give a presentation about public access to publicly held lands. Jennifer Price and David Holt will present information from the first year of a three-year raptor study commissioned by San Diego County Parks in the Ramona

Grasslands Preserve, and will discuss progress regarding access and trail development in the Grasslands.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. at Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Ln., and is open to the public. n

Grady Vazquez Plays in International Bowl

Ramona high school defensive lineman grady Vazquez played in the 2015 international Bowl on the under-18 national team in arlington, tex., last month. team usa faced a tough competition, losing 25-9 to team Canada. top student-athletes are featured in the Bowl, an annual international collaboration of usa football and football Canada.

Photo CouRtesy of usa footBall


Ransom Brothers

Ramona’s Destination for Expert Lawn & Garden Advice for Over 90 Years

BEST PRICING OF THE YEAR!

www.ransombrothers.com

532 B Street (Old Town Ramona)

760-789-0240Mon - Fri: 7 am - 5 pm • Sat & Sun: 7:30 am - 4 pm

1441 Main Street(In the Albertsons Center)760-789-7898

Mon - Fri: 8 am - 7 pm • Sat & Sun: 8 am - 5 pm

399

– $1

299

Instant TVR Rebate

sale price

FINAL PRICE726398

Miracle-Gro 1 cu. ft. Garden Soil

399812634

Green Thumb 3’ x 50’

Landscape FabricSALE PRICE

699170036

1.5 cu. ft. Kellogg Patio Plus Potting Mix

SALE PRICE

599170032

1 cu. ft. Kellogg Palm, Cactus & Citrus Mix

SALE PRICE 999689867

Preen 5.625 lb.Garden Weed Preventer

SALE PRICE

999131384

Green Thumb1 gal Tank Sprayer

SALE PRICE

4999153178

Hudson Commercial Bak-Pak Sprayer

SALE PRICE

829335

1.33 gal. Roundup Pump ‘N Go

Weed & Grass Killer

1899

– $4

1499

Instant TVR Rebate

sale price

FINAL PRICE147895

BONUS SIZE25% MOREExclusive to

40 oz. Roundup Concentrate

2399

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1999

Instant TVR Rebate

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FINAL PRICE 9999409839

1 Gal. Roundup Super Concentrate

SALE PRICE

1499784470

Green Thumb 5/8” x 50’ Heavy Duty

NeverKink Hose SALE PRICE

Limit 2 Per Customer Limit 2 Per Customer Limit 2 Per Customer

Prices Good Through 3/31/15

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