Two Poway residents were among four persons arrested Wednesday in Barstow on suspicion of passing counterfeit $100 bills.

The Barstow Desert Dispatch is reporting that the arrests came Wednesday afternoon after police received reports of suspected counterfeit money from several stores at the Tanger Outlet Center. Four persons were detained and later arrested after being identified by store employees, the newspaper reported.

Arrested were Rick Offley, 40, and Lisa Offley, 26, both of Poway; Kevin Fong, 35, of La Mesa and Timothy Best, 30, of Henderson, Nev. The four were booked on suspicion of counterfeiting, burglary, and conspiracy at the Barstow jail, where they remain in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Skip cooking breakfast on Saturday and head over to the Kiwanis pancake breakfast, where you can meet celebrities and help others.

Rancho Bernardo Kiwanis Club’s 42nd annual pancake breakfast will be 7-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at Rancho Bernardo High, 13010 Paseo Lucido.

Among celebrities scheduled to help cook and serve the breakfast and meet with fans is Kate Linder, who for the past 28 years has played housekeeper Esther Valentine on the soap opera, “The Young and the Restless.”
Linder will be joined by Kathleen Bradley, an actress, singer and super model who made history as the first African-American “Barker’s Beauty” on “The Price is Right,” where she worked for 10 years.

Another first-time attendee will be Heather S. Michaels, a celebrity and sports reporter whose hosting duties have included programs on MTV, Nickelodeon, CBS, and “American Journal” and “Inside Edition.”

The segment of Ted Williams Parkway between Twin Peaks Road and Pomerado Road will be closed next Wednesday and Friday while the city applies an asphalt overlay.

Commuters using Twin Peaks Road to access Ted Williams Parkway, or vice versa, will have to use Pomerado Road. (See map.)

The project will also close the intersection of Deerwood Street and Twin Peaks Road Wednesday and Friday. Residents of Deerwood Street will have to use Silverset Street to access Twin Peaks Road.

Meanwhile, Twin Peaks Road between Ted Williams Parkway and Maplewood Street is also getting an asphalt overlay Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At times one lane will be closed each way, an eastbound lane in the morning and a westbound lane in the afternoon to accommodate commuters.

Deputies will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night and early Saturday on the 13200 block of Poway Road in Poway, according to San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Tally.

The checkpoint will start at 7 p.m. Friday and run through 2:30 a.m. Saturday, About 15 deputies trained in sobriety checks will be at the checkpoint, Road, Tally said.

Authorities said the purpose of the operation is to remove intoxicated drivers from the roads and educate the public about the dangers of driving under the influence.

Family and friends are grieving this week for plane crash victim Shawn Muscat, whom they describe as the “go to guy” who never thought twice about helping others.

A memorial service for Muscat has been planned for 2 p.m. this Friday at Lake Poway, 14644 Lake Poway Road. Details about a Celebration of Life ceremony will be announced during the memorial service.

The former Poway man’s roots went deep with family and friends in Poway and San Diego, plus acquaintances who became friends almost everywhere he went, said his oldest brother, Adam Muscat.

The 27-year-old died when the plane he was riding in, a Thorp T-18 piloted by San Diegan Glen Slagoske, reportedly spun to the ground and crashed, killing both men on Aug. 26 in Willcox, Ariz.