KIDS PITCH IN TO PLANT TREES FOR CUYAMACA REFORESTATION EFFORTS
Printer-friendly version December 24, 2009 (Cuyamaca) – A team of 62 sixth and seventh graders marched out to Cuayamaca State Park on December 16th armed with shovels, tubex tree shelters, weed mats and acorns. Their mission? Plant 100 sheltered trees (complete with gopher guards) in areas burned by wildfires. The effort was part of an oak woodland restoration project led by Maureen Anderson of the Cleveland National Forest Descanso Ranger District. Students first gathered acorns from grounds and trees along a quarter-mile stretch of Merigan’s fire road in the state park, then waited until after the first rain, when the soil had enough moisture to sustain the tree planting efforts. Students sorted and separately bagged separately those from the trees and those from the ground to test a theory that the more viable acorns are direct from the tree: they and ‘float tested’ the acorns when they returned to the school. On January 8, 2010, third grade students from Pine Valley Elementary School will continue reforestation efforts by planting at Camp on U.S. Forest Service land. Printer-friendly version
HOLIDAYS IN EAST COUNTY
Printer-friendly version Our"Holidays in East County" section covers holiday events through New Year’s, shopping and money-saving tips, recipes, crafts, and more. View our HOLIDAYS IN EAST COUNTY section–plus find great discounts in our HOLIDAY COUPON SECTION. ADVERTISE IN OUR HOLIDAY SECTION…STARTING AT $10 A WEEK! As nonprofit media, we’ve provided very affordable opportunities for local businesses, nonprofits and other groups to reach our readers . (We had over a million hits on our website last month). Ad space starts at just $10 a week! Link to your website or open a full-page flyer. We also offer special rates for display ads for events over holidays (in addition to our free calendar listings for events). For details, see our description and rates, holiday ad sizes, and holiday coupon sizes. Call today to reserve space: 619-698-7617 or 619-316-0657 for details, or e-mail leon@eastcountymagazine.org. NOTE: Ask about special discounts for the last two weeks before Christmas! Printer-friendly version
HOLIDAY GIFTS STOLEN FROM AGENT RAMOS’ FAMILY ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Printer-friendly version December 24, 2009 – Local groups are pitching in to help the family of a Border Patrol Agent involved in a shooting that made international news. Early this morning, holiday gifts for the Ramos family, including four children, were stolen out of their vehicle at a La Quinta Inn during a stopover en route to El Paso. Several other vehicles were reportedly burglarized as well. Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos was freed from a federal detention center, where he spent two years in solitary confinement, after President George W. Bush commuted his sentence for the shooting and wounding of an alleged drug smuggler on the Texas-Mexico border in a case that sparked headlines and controversy in the U.S. and Mexico. East County Magazine spoke this morning with Max (who asked that his last name not be published), founder of the www.AgentRamos.com, while he was out shopping with Ramos’ wife, Monica, and son, Ryan, 12. “This is their first Christmas back together; that’s what makes this so hard,” he said. In addition to Ryan, the couple has three additional children: Jacob, 10, Erin, 16, and Brittany, 18. Minutemen groups in Campo and San Diego, which rallied in support of Ramos previously, are pitching in to replace gifts for the family. Donations to help the family may be made online at the Agent Ramos website. Printer-friendly version