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RB/4S DIGEST Vocal concert Rancho Bernardo High’s Madrigals, advanced women’s ensemble and concert choirs will perform their winter concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 and Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the RB High Performing Arts Center, 13010 Paseo Lucido. Concert-goers can enjoy warm apple cider and sweat treats while listening to preconcert caroling in the lobby. Tickets: $7 at the door.
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The Never Alone On Sunday group is hosting a fun day of free card games at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 and 18 in Bernardo Heights Community Center, 16150 Bernardo Heights Parkway in Rancho Bernardo. Reservations are required. Call Shirley Mallon at 858-451-0065.
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GRANT RECIPIENTS — Representatives from 14 community groups received a combined $12,000 during the 22nd annual Rancho Bernardo Thanksgiving Luncheon on Nov. 22. The grants were presented by the Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation. For a story about the luncheon, recipients and more photos, see Page A7. Photo by Beverley Brooks
Region readies to shelter homeless BY PAT KUMPAN Coordinators and volunteers with the Interfaith Shelter Network are gearing up for two-week rotating shelters in Poway, Rancho Bernardo and in other communities as well. Director Rosemary Johnston said this week that four facilities, three churches and a synagogue in the PowayRancho Bernardo area, have locked in their dates, preparing to welcome “guests” who have no place else to go. Those who are homeless due in large part to the economy, must first be screened
Season ofSharing SECOND OF THREE PARTS LAST WEEK — FOOD THIS WEEK — SHELTER NEXT WEEK — GIFTS by Interfaith Community Services in Escondido. During the 2010-11 winter season, 39 people were sheltered in Rancho Bernardo and Poway shelters, according to Johnston. Faith-based volunteer groups are already prepared to take their turn by offering
a shelter in the rotation schedule, which begins locally with Temple Adat Shalom on Sunday, Dec. 18. The temple’s Executive Director Jeffrey Frankel said this is the second year his temple has provided space for cots and a place to sleep for about 12 people. The Interfaith Shelter Network, which also coordinates rotation shelters in other areas of San Diego, provides cots and bedding to faithbased shelters, according to the nonprofit’s director, Rosemary Johnston. The need, however, is for See HOMELESS Page A20
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domain. That week, Bernardo Town Center Property Owners Association President Ron Bamberger and RB Business Association President Larry McIntyre submitted letters stating their support. “I was surprised and do not completely understand the reason,” said Ed Muna, RB MAD chairman, who learned of the request a few weeks ago when meeting with RB Planning Board Chairwoman Teri Denlinger. “It’s frustrating because I’ve been trying to resolve the sign issue for the past two months, reaching out to Teri and the other groups. It now appears they were figuring out another way to get (their) sign through.” Denlinger said the board has wanted a transfer for years and the welcome sign is an example of the “ridiculous, bureaucratic, non-functioning process” created by not having MAD under the board. Earlier this year the sign issue came to a standstill when Refresh RB — a group DeMaio formed that included MAD, planning board, both business groups and other See MAD, Page A15
An attempt to transfer Rancho Bernardo Maintenance Assessment District oversight is being questioned by some, who allege the motivation could be the planning board’s way to take control of the welcome sign controversy. Proponents argue a switch from the RB Community Council to RB Planning Board is needed since allocation of more than $445,000 in taxpayer dollars (amount for fiscal year 2012) is annually recommended to the city council by a group not officially recognized by the city. The money goes toward maintaining medians throughout Rancho Bernardo except in Bernardo Heights. Its medians are managed by its homeowners association. Single-family homeowners in the MAD pay $18 annually through property taxes. Multifamily units are assessed $12.60. Public and business properties’ fees are based on acreage and other factors. On Nov. 11, the planning board’s executive committee sent a letter to City Councilman Carl DeMaio requesting
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