Rancho Bernardo/4S Ranch Digest – Issue of Jan. 26, 2012

Like pancakes?

Rancho Bernardo Lions and LEOs clubs will hold their sixth annual pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Rancho Bernardo High School quad, 13010 Paseo Lucido.

Tickets: $5 (under 5 years free), sold at the event. Proceeds benefit the visually impaired.

Council to meet

James Floros from The Burn Institute will speak about its programs to help burn victims and their families at 7 tonight (Thursday) at the Rancho Bernardo Community Council meeting. It will be at a new location, Oaks North Community Center, 12578 Oaks North Drive in Rancho Bernardo.

Bernardo Heights residents interested in joining the council to represent District F must attend. Agenda: www.RBCommunityCouncil.com.

Join the board

Candidacy forms for Rancho Bernardo Planning Board’s March election are available at the seven community centers, Rancho Bernardo Library, Casa de las Campanas and The Remington Club. The filing deadline is Jan. 31.

To be eligible, residents must have attended a monthly planning board meeting within a year of the election. They can fulfill the requirement on Feb. 16. The board meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday at Oaks North Community Center, 12578 Oak North Drive in Rancho Bernardo. It is not meeting in January.

Details: www.RBPlanningBoard.com.

Share your harvest

The Backyard Produce Project will collect homegrown fruits and vegetables at the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo, and The Connection Church, 14047 Twin Peaks Road in Poway, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Thursday).

All donated produce goes to local families in need. For details, contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.

Gettysburg talk

Annette Hubbell will perform, “Memories from Gettysburg” at the 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 City of Hope Rancho Bernardo chapter meeting at the Rancho Bernardo-Glassman Recreation Center, 18448 W. Bernardo Drive.

The performance explains what life was like during the July 1863 battle and its aftermath. The club will honor its charter members, past presidents and Jay O’Neal from City of Hope.

Cost: $10. Send to Enid Harris, 12868 Camino de la Breccia, San Diego, CA 92128. For questions, call Flora Kuritsky at 858-487-1776.

State of the Region

San Diego North Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the Region luncheon will be Wednesday, Feb. 15 at StoneRidge Country Club, 17166 Stoneridge Country Club Lane in Poway. It will begin with networking at 11:30 a.m. followed by the luncheon, keynote speaker and panel discussion from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Cost: $45 for SDNCC members, $75 for non-members and $500 for a table of eight. Register by Feb. 10 at www.sdncc.com or call 858-487-1767.

Free tax help

Rancho Bernardo Senior Services, 16769 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite K-14, is offering free income tax preparation and filing for seniors starting Feb. 7.

Appointments are available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Call 858-487-2640.

Paintings tour

Rose Rosenberg, Art Circle leader, and docent Cherry Sweig will lead a tour of the Poway Center for Performing Art’s “Around the World in 80 Paintings” exhibit at 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday). PCPA is at 15498 Espola Road. The tour is hosted by the Aviva Chapter of Hadassah.

Cost: Free, but RSVPs are requested. Call Rose Rosenberg at 858-674-5537.

Open house

Ed Brown Senior Center’s computer lab will hold an open house from 1-2:30 p.m. today (Thursday). It offers free and low-cost computer lessons.

The center is at 18402 W. Bernardo Drive in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. For details, call 858-487-9324 or go to www.edbrowncenter.org.

Sunday fun

The Never Alone On Sunday group is inviting locals to participate in games including bridge, canasta, contract gin and mah jong at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 and 19 at Bernardo Heights Clubhouse, 16150 Bernardo Heights Parkway in Rancho Bernardo.

Admission is free. RSVPs are required. Call Shirley Mallon at 858-451-0065.

Grief help

San Diego Hospice presents “Understanding Grief: A Workshop for the Newly Bereaved” for adults recently impacted by a death from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the RB Swim & Tennis Club, Club 21 Room, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo. Call 619-278-6141 or go to www.sdhospice.org.

New emergency website

Get critical emergency information on your computer, mobile phone or tablet using San Diego County’s new website, www.sdcountyemergency.com. Visitors can also get information about preparedness and recovery, up-to-date maps, shelter locations and social media messages.

Like to write?

Rancho Bernardo Writer’s group is accepting two new members writing a novel, memoir or articles. Members critique each others’ work. It meets 9 a.m. to noon every Friday in Rancho Bernardo. Call Peter Berkos at 858-485-7148.

Adopt a doll

Sponsors are needed to provide healing dolls to children at hospitals in San Diego and Jerusalem. The dolls are made by local Aviva Hadassah chapter members and those at Jewish Family Service at Temple Adat Shalom.

Cost: $18 to adopt a doll that will be donated to a child. Dolls are inscribed with a donor’s or honoree’s name. Call Rose Greenberg at 858-487-5882 or go to www.adoptadoll.net to adopt a doll or volunteer with the project.

Hospital seeks volunteers

Pomerado Hospital, 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway, is seeking volunteers to help in the emergency room, work in the gift shop, drive the parking lot shuttle, transport patients in wheel chairs, attend to families of patients in surgery and do other interesting jobs. Call  858-613-4659.

Have outgrown kids’ clothes?

Soroptimists of Rancho Bernardo are collecting new and gently used baby, toddler and young children’s clothing to size 7 to distribute to needy families through North County Interfaith in Escondido. Recipients will be encouraged to bring in clean outgrown clothing and take larger needed sizes at no cost.

It is hoped this will be a long term, self-sustaining project. Donations can be made by contacting Judy Horning at 858-748-0069 or any RB Soroptimist.

Book bargains

Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library has book specials from 1-7 p.m. each Wednesday in its Book Shop on the library’s first floor, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. All books are half the marked price. Call 858-613-3926.

Got news?

News brief submissions need to be received by noon Friday. Items run on a space-available basis. Submit by email at rbnews@pomeradonews.com, by fax at 858-513-9478 attention Elizabeth, or to Rancho Bernardo News Journal, 13475 Danielson St., Suite 110, Poway, CA 92064.

Help kids learn

Local elementary schools are seeking retirees and other volunteers to come to school an hour a week and help a student with reading or other subjects. No special background needed. Free training provided. Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.

Provide comfort

Volunteers are needed to knit, crochet or sew afghans or quilts that will be given to local foster children. Call Chris Bodle at 760-480-3412.

Green thumb?

Volunteers are needed to tend a garden near Pomerado Hospital in Poway, growing produce for local families in need. No gardening experience is needed. Shifts are one hour a week on the day of your choice. Contact Jane Radatz at 858-485-5449 or jradatz@att.net.

Help RB’s seniors

Rancho Bernardo Senior Services needs volunteers. Front office volunteers are needed 3.5 hours a day to answer phones, schedule appointments, greet visitors and provide community information. Drivers are needed to deliver hot meals to home-bound individuals who live in Rancho Bernardo.

The office is at 16769 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite K-14. Call Beth Wilson at 858-487-2640.

Be fire-prepared

San Diego County has a website with free information on how property owners can prepare for emergencies, especially wildfire, at www.ReadySanDiego.org.

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