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Walmart expansion Pomerado teacher among PUSD’s best under way ‘teachers of the year’ announced
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Poway High School students will hold a fundraising car wash benefiting the Rolling Readers program at Valley Elementar y School in Poway 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at RB Oil Change, 12472 Rancho Bernardo Road, at Pomerado Road. Car washes are $5 with all proceeds going to the program.
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BY EMILY SORENSEN
A second-grade teacher at Pomerado Elementar y School was named Wednesday as one of Poway Unified School District’s three Teachers of the Year. Kerry Araiza was surprised in her classroom Wednesday morning with a visit from district superintendent John Collins, board president Marc Davis, board member Andy Patapow, and a number of other district officials and wellwishers, including last year’s three Teachers of the Year, Megan Power, Martin Reisert and Anthony Bayro. The group congratulated Araiza and presented her with flowers, before posing for photos. Araiza has worked for the Poway Unified School District for nine years, first as a history and English teacher at Meadowbrook Middle School, and as a first- and secondgrade teacher at Pomerado Elementary for the past three years. Prior to working in Poway, Araiza taught for 10 years in Temecula, becoming an expert in classroom management, English/language arts curriculum, and bilingual
BY STEVE DREYER
Fencing and sound barriers were to be erected this week around portions of the Poway Walmart lot, marking the start of construction of the long-planned expansion. A grading permit was issued last week by the city and building permits are expected to be approved by the end of the month, said Bob Manis, the city’s director of development services. Once started, construction of the 36,996-square-foot addition should be completed District Supt. John Collins with second-grade teacher Kerry by mid-2014, Walmart cor- Araiza on Wednesday morning. Photo by Beverley Brooks porate spokesman William C. Wertz said Monday. The expanded store will encompass nearly 180,000 square feet, of which about 40,000 square feet will be devoted BY STEVE DREYER have been accomplished. to groceries. “The day-to-day business of the city The expanded store will Tuesday night’s one-hour City Coun- is in very good hands,” Councilman have a full grocer y depart- cil meeting was all about municipal em- John Mullin said following the presenment, including fresh pro- ployees and their accomplishments. tation. duce, a meat depar tment, After City Manager Penny Riley was Mayor Don Higginson presented Rideli and bakery. The tire and recognized for her 25 years of service, ley with a small, wrapped gift and noted lube center will be removed, her department heads and managers that he and his fellow councilmembers along with a detached build- reported on their efforts to reach the appreciate her “no-nonsense, take-coning that was once used as 2012-13 goals and objectives that were trol” approach to her responsibilities. a post office and later as a set last summer. Nine months into the The council’s two newest members, administrative year, many of the goals Dave Grosch and Steve Vaus, thanked See WALMART, Page A12
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her for going the extra mile to show them the ropes around City Hall. “She’s the mom and the first sergeant,” Grosch quipped. “I think she knows all 48,000 people in Poway.” Vaus also praised the city manager, adding “We all work for Penny although technically she works for us.” He said Riley has provided him “a dose of reality,” pointing out to him “why I can’t do some of the things I want to do.” See COUNCIL, Page A2
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