Weight-loss success prompts launching of new business

When Rick Micheri lost 38 pounds using a weight-loss product, he decided to start a business to share it with others.

The business is Amazing New Me, where clients purchase a program
that includes diet supplements and consultation visits in his Rancho
Bernardo office.

Micheri said he had previously tried other diets, such as Atkins,
but found that on those diets, you lose muscle, tissue and water weight
in addition to fat and then tend to rebound.

“Typically in other weight loss systems, you’ll lose 40 percent fat,
40 percent muscle organ tissue weight and 20 percent water weight,”
Micheri said. “The problem with those programs is your body will rebuild
that muscle, water weight, so you’ll gain back 60 percent on most
weight-loss programs. That’s why most of those programs are unsuccessful
in the long term.”

Poway Dixieline again open on Sundays

Dixieline ProBuild in Poway is once again open Sundays, which
may be pleasing for local homeowners doing weekend projects.

The Poway home center is located at 13345 Poway Road, at the corner
of Community Road and Poway Road. The phone number is 858-486-6333.
Sunday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday the store is
open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with Saturday hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Although the Poway location of Dixieline ProBuild has previously
been open seven days a week, it had closed Sundays this past fall due to
the economic recession, according to Dave Vigil, who oversees the San
Diego region’s home centers.

Couple helps homeowners upgrade rooms

With the current economy where household budgets are tight,
homeowners might be more inclined to upgrade their existing homes rather
than buy new ones.

That’s where businesses like Rancho Kitchen and Baths, Inc. fit in.
The family-owned Poway business specializes in kitchen and bathroom
remodels, with a focus on inland corridor homes, such as in Rancho
Bernardo, Poway, Scripps Ranch and Rancho Penasquitos.

While consumers are still buying new homes, some prefer to stay put
to keep their roots, maintain their current level of property taxes, and
— in the Inland Corridor — have their children get a quality education
in Poway Unified School District schools.
For those homeowners,
remodeling might be the answer to improve their quality of life.

“They’re sort of creating the home they want with what they already
have,” said Rancho Kitchen and Baths co-owner Tina Spork.

Angelo Damante leads San Diego North Chamber

Longtime North County businessman Angelo Damante has worked with many
groups over his 30-plus-year career, but he seems especially excited
about the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce as he takes the position
of board chairman this July.

Describing the San Diego North Chamber as unique in its diverse
roster of businesses, as well as its “very passionate” leadership and
highly active members, Damante said he hopes to add to an already strong
chamber.

“When something’s new, there’s more passion to it,” said Damante,
founder of Mercedes-Benz of Escondido. “There’s a lot of excitement. A
lot of people want to get involved with what they think is going to have
a leadership role in the community.”

Poway chamber leader sets goals

The Poway Chamber of Commerce will be looking for
opportunities to further strengthen local businesses in its 60th year,
said the chamber’s new board chairwoman, Linda Goycochea.

“We just hit our 60th year as a chamber, so our focus is
‘celebrating the past, but building the future,’?” said Goycochea, the
branch manager for U.S. Bank at 13395 Poway Road, formerly San Diego
National Bank.

The Poway Chamber of Commerce is a business association that serves
as a resource for businesses in the Poway city limits, Poway Business
Park, and surrounding communities. Its focus is on educating and
supporting businesses of all sizes. The chamber hosts educational
workshops (on topics such as sales and marketing), and offers networking
(such as with its business expo and two street fairs every year), and
more. The chamber has also worked with city government on economic
development projects.

For Poway dentist, it’s much more than filling cavities

Individuals suffering with ailments such as sleep disorders,
vertigo, or headaches might not typically visit a dentist for help, but
Poway dentist Paul Coleman is breaking from the mold of general
dentistry to treat these difficult conditions, continually seeking new
and advanced techniques.

For example, Coleman uses oral appliance therapy to reposition the
mandible of an individual with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition
where individuals periodically stop breathing through the night. It’s
less invasive and more comfortable, he said, than the traditional
solution: a CPAP, or a mask worn during sleep that directly ventilates
the airway.

“This (oral appliance therapy) is a very cool way to help people and
to improve their lives,” said Coleman, noting that untreated sleep
apnea causes day time fatigue and impairment.

New pub to offer more than 100 beers

The restaurateurs behind the Rancho Bernardo wine bar The Barrel Room
will be expanding their range to beer, as they soon will open a
neighboring gastropub to offer one of North County Inland’s largest
craft brew selections in a single setting.

Urge American
Gastropub will feature over 100 beers – including 40 on tap – from San
Diego County microbreweries as well as non-local specialty brews from
around the country. Foreign beers will be offered from countries such as
Canada, Holland, Germany, Italy and France.

The Barrel Room
proprietors Grant Tondro, Zak Higson and his brother Nate Higson plan to
open Urge American Gastropub in July. Like their wine bar/bistro, which
the three Rancho Bernardo High School alumni started in 2007 and own
and operate, the new pub-restaurant will feature a gourmet menu to
accompany an extensive drink list.

Remodeled Veranda at RB Inn opens

Veranda at Rancho Bernardo Inn has retooled itself to be the new hot
spot for casual drinks after work or any time the mood strikes for
gourmet appetizers.

With a new bar lounge menu and completely remodeled dining areas, the
renamed Veranda Fireside Lounge & Restaurant was revealed last week.

The new Veranda Fireside Lounge & Restaurant features hearth-side
dining with the addition of indoor and outdoor fireside lounges and a
firepit on the patio. Everything is new — from the arbor system outside
to all the furniture and the indoor bar — except the sweeping golf
course view the restaurant already overlooks.

The changes are all to foster a new lounge-like feel to the restaurant,
which first opened in the early 1980s at the RB Inn, said the resort’s
general manager John Gates.

“We quickly realized if a person wanted to have a drink or appetizer
after work or after golf…we didn’t have that venue, that more casual,
quicker bite,” Gates said, noting North County doesn’t have many venues
where people can drop in for a relaxed outdoor dining experience.

House of Speed opens in Poway

Young athletes wanting to improve their speed and agility can look no
further than Poway, with the opening of a local Don Beebe’s House of
Speed franchise.

House of Speed offers speed training built around the principles and
techniques of its founder Don Beebe, the retired National Football
League wide receiver who famously dashed 40 yards in 4.2 seconds.

Training is held at one of the soccer fields at the Sports­Plex USA
complex located at 12349 McIvers Court in Poway. For information on
training, interested parties can contact Poway franchise owner George
Arrizabalaga at 858-967-5596 or george.arriza@houseofspeed.com.

Private and group sessions are available and open to all ages, though
primarily focused on youth ages 8 to 18. Training is centered on
improving an athlete’s speed and agility, and is appropriate for all
sports and positions, said Arrizabalaga.

Recycling center opens in Poway

 
If you’re looking to redeem your bottles and cans for cash or to
exercise your environmental savvy, Poway has a new recycling center to
take your drink containers, scrap metal, cardboard, newspapers and more.

Quality Recycling opened its Poway location on March 27 at 13863 Poway
Road, near Adah Lane. The phone number is 858-668-1780. The hours are 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The
center is closed on Sunday.

Owned and operated by North County residents and brothers Brent and Troy
Reynolds, the 4,000-square-foot recycling center pays consumers $1.60
per pound for CRV (California Refund Value) beverage containers —
aluminum cans, plastic bottles and glass. Currently, the center is
offering a bonus to customers with a coupon in this newspaper for a
$1.70-per-pound rate for CRV containers.

Other materials can be recycled, paying customers various amounts by the
pound: copper, brass, scrap aluminum, stainless steel, cardboard,
newspaper, mixed paper.
“It’s a good time to come to Poway,” said owner-operator Brent Reynolds,
noting they opened here because there hasn’t been a recycling center
that recycles a large variety of commodities in Poway for years.