SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The amount of fluoride in the city of San Diego’s water system will be increased beginning Tuesday, the Public Utilities Department announced today.
The higher fluoride levels are to be phased in over the next month, with the first additive going into the Miramar Water Treatment Plant, which serves the northern area of the city of San Diego, including Rancho Bernardo. Fluoride will go into the plant at Lake Murray, serving central San Diego, a week from today. The additive will go into the Otay Water Treatment Plant, which serves southern San Diego, in mid-February.
POWAY (CNS) – A disoriented 86-year-old man was spotted by deputies in a sheriff’s helicopter who used night-vision goggles to spot the man’s cellphone screen, deputies said Saturday.
Dominic Kang was hiking around Lake Poway Friday evening when he called a relative to report he was lost and very cold, San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Dave Weldon said.
Sheriff’s ASTREA helicopter units responded to the report at 8:16 p.m. Friday and called Kang, but could not ascertain his exact location because of his accent and level of confusion.
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When popular recording artist Taboo of Black Eyed Peas walked into third-grade teacher Linda Balona’s room earlier this month, she came face to face with her favorite singer.
The Painted Rock Elementary teacher “almost had a heart attack,” said parent Heather Skale.
Some fifth-graders spotted the legendary artist on campus and started screaming in excitement, Skale added.
Taboo, whose real name is Jaime Gomez, is a cousin related by marriage to Tony Olaes, one of the Painted Rock fathers.
Promoting the San Diego-Imperial Girl Scout Council’s 10th annual Operation Thin Mint cookie drive that starts Sunday are Rancho Bernardo Girl Scouts, from left, Cadette Jessica Jolley, Senior Stephanie Tutunjian, Senior Amanda Jolley and Junior Olivia Jolley, with Navy Lt. Cmdr. Carol Haddock.
One of the most beneficial, low-impact exercises growing in popularity for adults is an ancient Chinese movement known as tai chi chuan — or simply tai chi.
cut/Instructor Cielo Demisch, left, leads Inge Cody, left, and Alice Arnold in a tai chi class at the Poway Senior Cemter. (Photo by Beverley Brooks)
In China’s public parks groups of adults of all ages can be seen performing slow, graceful and ballet-like movements in unison.
Researchers have found that a consistent regime of tai chi promotes balance, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, and most importantly reduces the risk of falls in older adults.
Many younger adults turn to it for its meditative and stress-reducing aspects, according to instructor Cheri Hotalen of Poway.
Jan 29 2011 | Posted in
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Outstanding high school students are being honored with membership in the Fraternity of Academic and Civic Excellence (FACE), a program sponsored by the Pomerado Newspaper Group and Visual Photography. These students are selected by their schools for outstanding academic and community service.
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Susan Marshall and Kelly Rudiger a mother-daughter team with Prudential California Realty’s Rancho Bernardo office, were top producers for the year 2010.
Both, as residents of North San Diego County since 1981, bring a combined 45-plus years of local marketing and real estate experience top their business.
“It is our commitment to our clients to keep in tune with the changing market and how it affects our neighbors so we can best represent them in the sale or purchase of their home,” Marshall said.
Marshall and Rudiger have provided financial support to the community by making donations to the Creekside Educational Foundation in the amount of over $20,000, the Mira Mesa High School Foundation, Girl Scouts of America, and the American Cancer Society, to name a few.
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From flowers, jewelry, dining and more, local businesses offer many ways to treat your sweetheart to a day of romance.
Crystal Gardens Florist in Poway offers personalized arrangements, many with keepsake gifts to last long after Valentine’s Day. The Hershey’s Hugs bouquet ($45) features a candy dish filled with fresh flowers, and the Valentine’s Bouquet by the Faith Hill Collection has a heart-shaped glass pendant around a vase of pink and red flowers. The floral shop also has stuffed animals and items to be used for a truly personal arrangement.
“It will be their lasting remembrance of this particular day,” said owner Jeannie Hume, who will keep Crystal Gardens open Sunday (Feb. 13) before Valentine’s Day. Pre-ordering by Feb. 10 is encouraged, but fresh flowers will still be available on Feb. 14.
Other Valentine’s themed gifts include wind chimes with dangling red hearts ($8.95) and potted plants decorated for the holiday. Crystal Gardens will feature anthurium, a houseplant with red heart-shaped flowers and leaves and locally grown cymbidium orchids.
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For the 10th year, locals will be donating soup, other non-perishable food and money for the Souper Bowl of Caring held in conjunction with the Super Bowl.
Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church will be accepting donations of food and money starting next week and concluding just hours before the Sunday, Feb. 6 football game.
Church members will hold their official drive at the church in conjunction with their 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 church service and from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Feb. 6.
On the surface, there’s very little to like about Emma Woodhouse, the titular character of Jane Austen’s “Emma.” She’s a schemer and an snooty meddler, a self-centered and privileged classist who’s self-awareness is incredibly short-sighted.
Yet, readers have been rooting for the errant matchmaker for nearly 200 years, her endearing mix of assertiveness and obliviousness being the formula for many protagonists of modern romantic comedies.
