Archive for: November, 2008

Poway’s football season ends with playoff loss

For the first time in two years, the Poway Titans will not be one of the two teams that will square off for the Division I CIF San Diego section title at Qualcomm Stadium later this month.

Yogurt shop lets customers ‘mix it up’

Sisters Sandra Patag and Arlene Clattenburg are mixing up the yogurt business by letting customers come up with their own unique yogurt and topping combinations.

Viewpoint: We want/need Obama to be successful

The “Viewpoint” piece in the Nov. 20 paper is an excellent example of how an individual can be suckered into believing what he hears on Fox News and what he’s told by Rush Limbaugh. Then he enters into the “blame game” by faulting liberals, the press and, apparently, the vast majority of voters in the general election who overwhelmingly cast their ballots for Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in the House and Senate.

Viewpoint: Credit crisis: facts, not fiction

In a Nov. 20 Viewpoint, Don King blindly repeated the divisive rhetoric of the neo-conservatives when he wrote that the current crisis was caused by the liberals “forcing lenders to give mortgages to people who aren’t qualified and have no chance of ever repaying them.”

Viewpoint: A look back on the Seven Oaks vote

People often have erroneous understandings of both the purpose and the meaning of provisions in CC&Rs. This has happened here in Seven Oaks, and accounts for many of the problems now faced by owners and by the governing board.

PowPAC benefit will help ailing child

PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre, is coming to the aid of one of its own.

Mr. Marketing: Is this holiday season a turkey?

Happy Thanksgiving. As a confirmed “Glass is half-full” guy, I see plenty for us to appreciate this year.

Letters to the Editor: Nov. 27, 2008

Author should reread Constitution How does one begin to respond to Don King’s ignoramus Nov. 20 rant about our “scary new president”? Can’t these nutty conspiracy theorists finally go away with their “he’s a Muslim terrorist with a crazy Christian pastor” nonsense? Aren’t two wars and a second Great Depression, also during a Republican administration, [...]

Hemphill: Auto makers need tough love

Having turned around a computer company for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court — a feat that had been declared impossible by the court-appointed trustee — it is obvious to me that bankruptcy is the right course for the city of San Diego, the state of California, the banking industry and the automobile industry.

Grinch takes over Globe

He’s mean and he’s furry green and a bit of a heel and his heart is rumored to be too sizes too small, but after more than a decade, the Grinch still puts on quite a show.

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