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POWAY DIGEST Midland fun Midland Elementar y School PTA’s annual Pancake Breakfast/Craft Boutique is 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at the school, 13910 Midland Road, Poway. A breakfast of pancakes, sausage, fruit and beverage is $4. Shop at craft vendors while the kids make their own crafts, then pose for a $2 photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus. For details call 619-647-1019.
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Holiday mixer The Brigantine Restaurant, 13445 Poway Road, hosts the Poway Chamber of Commerce’s holiday mixer 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Bring an unwrapped new toy for Toys for Tots. Cost for chamber members is $5, $15 for non-members.
FALL COLORS — Edward Spooner of Rancho Bernardo took this stunning photo of Lake Poway on Friday.
Boyack reflects on eight years on council
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For retiring City Councilwoman Merrilee Boyack, the best things about serving her city for the past eight years were often little things. “Having a resident call about a problem and it being fixed by the end of the day, that was great,” Boyack said a few days before her term ends on Tuesday night. Closing the book on this chapter of her life, Boyack said she had no regrets, and only a couple of second thoughts, about the many issues she dealt with and votes cast on the
council. “A couple of little votes still bother me,” she said. Both involved approving plans for large houses, one in Green Valley and the other in the Old Poway area. In both cases, the finished homes were clearly too large for their surroundings, she said. But Boyack said her advocating on behalf of several other issues brought her a great deal of satisfaction. At the top of the list was her desire to have Poway better prepared to handle the effects of See BOYACK, Page 17
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As the holiday season approaches, Poway is getting ready to celebrate the season with an old-fashioned Christmas in the Park, as well as a skating rink and snow fun at the Poway Community Park. Old Poway Park’s free traditional holiday celebration of Christmas in the Park returns from 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. This Dickens-themed events has everything from Christmas carols to a visit from the big man in red himself, Santa. The celebration begins at 3:30 p.m. in Templar’s Hall, with the New West Ballet per forming scenes from “The Nutcracker” and a Christmas marionette puppet show at 6 p.m. ER Management is sponsoring a horsedrawn hayride down Midland Road, which runs from 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. The tree-lighting ceremony will be at 5:20 p.m., led by Bob Emery, and Santa himself will arrive on the train, escorted by the Shadow River See EVENTS, Page 17
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