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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014
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INSIDE
• Rancho Bernardo woman is collecting used bras to help trafficking victims overseas. A2 • Registration opens for city's child, teen and adult recreation classes. A2
COMMUNITY
The Hole In The Wall Gang, from Lakeside, will be performing Old West skits at the Poway Rodeo on Sept. 26 and 27. See the Old West come to life with everything from re-enactments to comedy.
Rustle up tickets now for Poway Rodeo BY EMILY SORENSEN
• Knitters yarn bomb Old Poway Park tree.
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• Gently Hugged selling tickets to its Italian dinner fundraiser at winery. B2
THE ARTS
and one poker hand. Additional poker hands are available for $5 each. This is a bring-your-own-horse event. Tickets for the Trail Ride are available at http://powayrodeo.com/trail-ride. The Rodeo will be offering a dance featuring live music from Southbound Johnny, The Hole In The Wall Gang performing Old West skits and re-enactments, the Rodeo Queens, So You Think You Can Sing IV at Kaminski’s and the annual Trail Ride. The rodeo itself will feature a number of exciting events, including steer roping, the boot scramble, barrel racing, team roping and bull riding. For kids, SEE RODEO, Page A3
MEETING IS ON TUESDAY
• Speed of Sound opens PowPAC's new Guest Performer Series. B10
BUSINESS
• New chef, restaurant and suites come to Radisson Hotel in RB. A4
SPORTS
• PHS grad a heptathlon champion. B19
ALSO • Calendar • Editorial • Homes • Marketplace • Obituaries • Seniors • Vacation photos
It wouldn’t be Poway Days without the Poway Rodeo, and this year promises music, family fun and much more. The Poway Rodeo will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26 and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Poway Valley Riders Association, 14336 Tierra Bonita Road. Tickets are now available and are $14 general admission for Friday, $12 general admission for Saturday afternoon and $17 general admission for Saturday evening. Preferred, Silver Buckle and Tower
seating is also available for varying ticket prices. The rodeo fun kicks off with the annual Trail Ride, which begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, with sign-ins beginning at 8 a.m. There are three levels of difficulty for the ride, easy, medium and hard, so beginning riders should feel free to join in on the fun. Riders will be given playing cards along the ride and upon their return will be treated to a barbecue lunch and then a cash prize for the best poker hand. The ride will also feature raffle prizes with raffle tickets $1 each or six tickets for $5. The cost for the ride itself is $20 per person and includes lunch
Public input sought on proposed PUSD bond restructuring BY EMILY SORENSEN Poway Unified School District is looking for public feedback on a new proposal that could reduce some future debt from the controversial $1 billion capital appreciation bonds. A special board meeting was held on Tuesday to hear a proposal from financial expert Dale Scott from San Francisco-based Dale Scott & Company. Scott, along with Ron Bennett of School Services of California, Inc., explained how his company could help restructure the 2011 Series B capital appreciation bonds (CABs). The restructuring plan would involve Scott’s company and Barclays Bank buying back some of the CABs, the district reissuing them as lower-interest current interest bonds, and the bank being reimbursed for the cost of purchasing the CABs. This could lead to a significant reduction in future debt, but would increase current property taxes for residents living in non-Mello-Roos areas of the district. The board agreed to pursue the proposal further and will discuss it at the Aug. 19 board meeting, but wants to hear from the public before making any concrete decisions. “We need time to collect input,” said board President Todd Gutschow, who said the board would possibly do an online survey to hear from residents in the School Facilities Improvement District (SFID), who will have their taxes affected if this plan is approved. Residents living in MelloRoos districts will not have their taxes affected. Superintendent John Collins said the board really wants to hear from homeowners in the SFID, as they would be the ones affected. Collins also said he wants it to be clear that SEE BONDS, Page A3
FRESH TURF — Workers recently completed installing new turf in the football stadium at Poway High. The Titans football team got its first chance to practice on the estimated $300,000 turf last week and will play the first game on it on Aug. 29. The cost of the turf was shared equally between the City of Poway and Poway Unified School District. Photo by Sherri Cortez
Council to discuss Gwynn memorial BY STEVE DREYER Discussion on how best to honor the memory of Padres great Tony Gwynn will be among many items on the agenda of the Tuesday, Aug. 19 Poway City Council meeting. The council is also set to discuss approving a conditional use permit to continue the Saturday morning Farmers Market on Midland Road, ground water supply issues in Old Coach Estates and — for the first time in several years — will hear appeals of staff approvals of two minor development review applications.
Also on the agenda will be a request from Councilman Steve Vaus that restrictions preventing many private uses of the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, including church services, wedding receptions and business events, be lifted. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the council chambers on Civic Center Drive. It will be broadcast live on the Cox and Time Warner cable systems and will be streamed lived at www.poway.org. All five council members agreed during the July 15 meeting that some sort of municipal SEE COUNCIL, Page A3
Lowe's opens hiring center in Old Poway Village BY EMILY SORENSEN
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With the opening of its new store approaching this fall, Lowe’s has opened a hiring center at 14027 Midland Road, in the Old Poway Village. Lowe’s, located on Poway Road where the Toyota of Poway and Chevrolet dealerships used to be, is scheduled to open in late October or early November. The project was approved by the City Council in September of 2011. Lowe’s is building a 121,000 square-foot store, a 31,658 square-foot garden center and a 4,500 square-foot separate business pad on the property. Construction will include traffic lights at Poway Road and Gate Drive. The store is looking to hire about 140 people to staff its new location. While some upper management positions have been posted on Lowe’s website, the majority of the job listings went up on Monday. All positions must be applied for online at www. lowes.com/careers. Lowe’s will be using the hiring center to conduct interviews, but literature about the store is also available for potential employees. A new gun range and training facility will be opening its SEE HIRING, Page A3
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Construction progress as of Tuesday morning on the new Lowe's store in Poway. The company has opened a hiring center in Old Poway Village. Photo by Michael Bower
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