WANTED FELON CHRISTOPHER DONESKI SOUGHT IN RAMONA AFTER FLEEING FROM DEPUTIES
By Miriam Raftery March 3, 2014 (Ramona) – A man with a felony warrant who is also suspected of a vehicle theft in Ramona fled from deputies but eluded capture this evening, according to Lt. Hank Turner. Around 7 p.m., a deputy from the Ramona substation spotted Doneski, who had a felony warrant. The deputy tried to stop the vehicle on Ramona Street but the driver failed to stop. A check of the license plate revealed that the vehicle was stolen. He turned into a driveway in the 1500 block of Royal Vista Drive and ran into the backyard. Deputies from Poway and Ramona, along with the ASTREA helicopter, California Highway Patrol, Sheriff’s canine units and detectives from other commands all came to the scene. A perimeter was set up and a search initiated, but Doneski evaded capture and remains at large. Deputies found drug paraphernalia and a small amount of an unknown drug in the vehicle. Doneski is wanted for a felony warrant along with auto theft, possession of stolen property, evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia. Anyone with information is asked to contact law enforcement immediately by calling the Sheriff’s non-emergency line at 858-565-5200. You can remain anonymous and be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest by calling Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE GRANT APPLICATION
March 1, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) — Cleveland National Forest officials will submit a cooperative grant application to the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division for 2013/2014 “Green Sticker” grants. Beginning March 4, 2014, the application can be viewed by clicking on the “Grants” tab on the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation website at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. Comments on the application must be received by April 7, 2014. Since 2003, Green Sticker grants have provided funding to help protect, maintain, and enhance the Cleveland National Forest’s designated off-highway vehicle program. The Cleveland National Forest currently has two off-highway vehicle areas, Wildomar OHV Area in Riverside County and Corral Canyon/Bear Valley in San Diego County. If awarded, grant money would be used for OHV related facilities maintenance, signage, wildlife and cultural resource protection, restoration of unauthorized motor vehicle routes, and law enforcement support.The Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program provides for well-managed off-highway vehicle recreation in California by giving financial assistance to cities, counties, districts, federal agencies, state agencies, educational institutions, federally recognized Native American Tribes, and nonprofit entities. According to the OHMVR website, “All vehicles which are operated on public lands must be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The registration fee is $52 per vehicle, and is valid for a two-year period. The fees are used for acquisition of new off-highway vehicle areas, development and operation of existing off-highway vehicle areas, enforcement of the rules and regulations, and protection of the natural resources.” Public comments must be submitted to Jake Rodriguez, Recreation and Lands Officer on the Trabuco Ranger District, at jfrodriguez@fs.fed.us, and to California State Parks by using the “Grants” tab on their website at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. About the U.S. Forest Service: The mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20 percent of the nation’s clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion per year. The agency has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent of the 850 million forested acres within the U.S., of which 100 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live. Learn more at http://www.fs.usda.gov/cleveland # USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Anabele Cornejo Acting Public Affairs Officer United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service – Cleveland National Forest 10845 Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92127 phone 858-674-2984 www.fs.usda.gov/cleveland/
READER’S EDITORIAL: WIND 2050-A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY?
By Mark Duchamp, World Council For Nature March 1, 2014 (Denmark)–The World Council for Nature (WCFN) has been informed that Danish taxpayers’ money is being spent to the tune of €2,665,688 to spy on associations and citizens’ groups of windfarm victims (present or potential). The name of the program is “Wind2050 – Multidisciplinary study on local acceptance and development of wind power projects” (1). It is administered chiefly by the Danish multinational company Vestas, the Danish government, and Denmark’s Aarlborg University. Its aim is to break the resistance of windfarm neighbors and opponents to Big Wind in Denmark and around the world. Note: in Denmark alone there are more than 200 associations of neighbors fighting the windfarm scourge, and Vestas’ profits have taken a big plunge. The anti-democratic nature of this surveillance and targeting of windfarm victims is disturbing. WCFN warns that the obsession of the Danish government with wind farms, anchored as elsewhere in the world in the financing needs of political parties (1), is driving it dangerously close to paternalistic totalitarianism. Below is a map that the Wind2050 study has made of the web-links that connect most of the world’s windfarm victim groups to each other. It is a form of saying: we have identified the enemy, here he is. The CIA would proceed likewise with al Qaeda.WCFN wishes to remind the public that the worst crimes against nature are or have been perpetrated by political regimes which are not balanced by effective counter-powers such as investigative media and an independent judicial system. In the former Soviet Union, the Sea of Aral was practically eraced from the map by the regime’s obsession with cotton production. In very much the same way, the Golden Eagle, other raptors and extremely useful species of bats are being wiped out from countries like the UK and the US because of their obsession with wind farms. The much feared Orwellian society is dawning upon us, and “green shirts” are in the process of taking control of our lives, complete with “smart meters”, “smart grids” and imbecilic directives, with the help of self-serving politicians and pharaonic subsidies that corrupt anything they touch. “Orwellian” is an adjective describing “the societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It connotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth…” (Wikipedia). Indeed, the denial of any of the ill-effects of wind turbines is particularly obvious in today’s society: denial of the harm done to residents, and to biodiversity, landscapes, tourism, property values, the economy, sovereign debt and the price of electricity. Paid propagandists troll the Internet with a mission: to drown wind farm opponents under a deluge of half-truths so as to whitewash their industry which is essentially non-performing, extremely costly and harmful to people and the environment. Are political correctness, corruption, and wind farms leading us to a dystopian society? Source: press release from Windwahn: http://www.windwahn.de/ References: (1) – Wind250 program: http://bit.ly/1fO8eDX (2) – financing of political parties through wind farms http://wcfn.org/2014/02/10/not-renewable/ The opinions in this editorial reflect the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of East County Magazine. To submit an editorial for consideration, contact editor@eastcountymagazine.org.
CUYAMACA COLLEGE HOSTS SUSTAINABLE TURF AND LANDSCAPE SEMINAR MARCH 6
March 1, 2014 (El Cajon)–A national expert in golf course environmental stewardship is a speaker for Cuyamaca College’s 6th Annual Sustainable Turf and Landscape Seminar set for Thursday, March 6. David Phipps, a field representative of the Golf Course Superintendents Association who’s appeared on the Golf Channel, tops a list of presenters focusing on sustainability in golf course and turf maintenance Cuyamaca College, renowned for its longtime commitment to the green movement, began hosting the seminars as a forum for educators, industry representatives and local organizations interested in fostering a culture of sustainability. The event is put on by the college’s Ornamental Horticulture program. “This year we are excited to focus on the turf industry and how it is adapting to the changes underfoot for more sustainable landscape practices,” program coordinator Don Schultz said, noting sustainability initiatives by golf courses such as reducing storm water pollution and establishing wildlife habitats. “Our top-notch speaker lineup is sure to be a big draw to the golf course, sports turf and the landscape industry.” Under Phipps’ management, Stone Creek Golf Club near Portland Ore. made Links Magazine’s list of top 10 eco-friendly golf courses in the United States in 2009 and 2012, the same year Phipps won the President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America In including Stone Creek in its list, Links Magazine noted the course’s spare use of pesticides and limited irrigation. Phipps, who now represents golf course superintendents throughout Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montanan and Idaho, said operators are often unfairly painted as profligate water users. “California superintendents are some of the best water managers in the country, yet we are viewed as wasters of water,” he said. His presentation at the Cuyamaca College seminar reflects a strategy on the part of the association to change the misperception, Phipps said. “I’ll be focusing on how we should represent ourselves in the public eye when it comes to overall sustainability,” he said. ”Questions will be raised like who is advocating for the game of golf and what kind of messages are we sending. We need to focus on our message and show the benefits of our industry.” Other symposium presenters and their topics are: · Nancy Wickus / Kara Roskop Waters with the County of San Diego: Update on Pesticide Laws and Regulations. Wickus is a senior agricultural/standards inspector with the county Department of Agriculture, Weights & Measures. Roskop-Waters works in the same department in agricultural water quality and pesticide regulation. · Kimberly Gard with Syngenta Corporation, a global chemicals company which markets seeds and pesticides: Is the Future of Pesticides Sustainable? · Luke Yoder, head groundskeeper, Petco Park: Plant Growth Regulators on High Maintenance Turf · Joe Vargas, plant pathology professor at Michigan State University: Pesticides: Perception versus Reality. Vargas has published more than 200 articles on turfgrass diseases and has given more than 1,000 presentations at conferences in 19 countries. In addition to the seminar to be held from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in Cuyamaca College’s performing arts center, an outdoor trade show is planned, with typically sizable industry and vendor representation. The registration fee $75 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. For more information on the symposium and to register online, click here. Cuyamaca College is located at 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway in Rancho San Diego. For more information about Cuyamaca and Grossmont colleges, go to www.gcccd.edu.
SOPHIE’S KENSINGTON GALLERY TO WELCOME RENOWNED ARTIST JOE NYIRI
The first collaborative show will be on display from March 1 – 31 March 1, 2014 (Kensington) — For the first time, Sophie’s Kensington Gallery and Kensington Gallery will collaborate to display the work of a local artist Joe Nyiri. His collection “Birds, Animals & Humans I Admire” will be featured in this joint public display the entire month of March, and a special public reception to welcome the artist will be held on Saturday March 1, at Sophie’s Kensington Gallery from 5-8 p.m. The gallery is open regularly on Tuesdays from 12-5 p.m., Wednesday– Saturday from 12-7 p.m. and Sundays 12-4 p.m. Joe Nyiri moved to San Diego in 1962 from the University of Wisconsin. With degrees in art and education, Nyiri soon became involved in the local art scene by teaching and establishing a name for himself. A modernist-inventive sculptor, he strayed from the every-day materials and incorporated automobile bumpers, pipes and metal objects to complete his work. His deviation from the norm gained him recognition as one of the top sculptors in the San Diego art culture. A true artist by nature, he is comfortable in more than just sculpture. His skills extend to painting, airbrush and printmaking. Nyiri, dedicated to his craft, has exhibited with the Allied Craftsman for more than 40 years. He arrived in San Diego in 1962 armed with degrees in art and education from the University of from Wisconsin.. Joe quickly earned a reputation as one of the area’s top sculptors. He also held a position of teacher-art consultant with the San Diego Unified School District and was an art instructor at the San Diego Zoo. Nyiri is comfortable with a variety of media including painting, airbrush and printmaking and has exhibited with the Allied Craftsman for over 40 years. For more information regarding the event and/or meeting the artist on March 1, 2014, please call (619) 534-8120 or (619) 593-2205 and email at sophiesgallery@stmsc.org. St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center serves 400+ adults with developmental disabilities, ages 22 to 70+. Its mission is to empower its students to discover, experience and realize their full potential as members of the greater community. Developmental disabilities include autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other cognitive disorders, for which there are no cures. Programs are offered on a staff-to-student ratio of 1:3 to 1:6, depending upon the level of each student’s disability. These programs include: Activity Center; Adult Development Center; seniors (for adults age 50+); Behavior Modification; Supported Employment; and Work Activity Program. Under these program areas, students can participate in the following activities: Sophie’s Gallery Art Program; Adaptive Computer Lab; Therapeutic Organic Garden and Worm Farm; Therapeutic Aquatics and Special Olympics Swim Team; Culinary Arts; Aerobics/Fitness/Yoga/Tai Chi; Dance (in collaboration with Malashock Dance Company); Theatre Arts; Music Therapy (on campus and in the community in collaboration with Rock and Roll San Diego in Point Loma); Reading; and Speech Therapy/Sign Language. Sites: St. Madeleine’s has three sites: its main campus on the outskirts of El Cajon; Sophie’s Gallery and Gift Shop in Downtown El Cajon; and a satellite gallery, Sophie’s Gallery at NTC Liberty Station.
NFL QUARTERBACK TO SERVE AS PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AT HIS FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALPINE
NFL QUARTERBACK TO SERVE AS PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AT HIS FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALPINE March 3, 2014 (Alpine) – On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Ryan Lindley, Quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, will visit Alpine Elementary School. Lindley will assume mock Principal duties for the day at his former elementary school and spend his time reading to select classes and providing the students with helpful tips on how to excel academically. “I am looking forward to visiting the current students of Alpine Elementary,” states Lindley. “I have been afforded a wonderful opportunity to play for the NFL and enjoy reaching back to inspire kids to realize their own dreams.” Ryan has visited Alpine Elementary on several occasions to participate in their community read-in events and recently donated sporting equipment for the students to use at the playground. This will be his first time serving as Principal for a Day. “We are very excited and appreciative that one of our hometown heroes is taking time out of his schedule to visit our school. It is important for our youth to have positive role models,” states Jon McEvoy, principal of Alpine Elementary School. “On a personal note, I am ecstatic that Ryan has the intestinal fortitude to volunteer as “Principal for the Day”. Maybe I can use the opportunity to work on my golf game (LOL).” ABOUT RYAN LINDLEY A native of Alpine, CA, Ryan Lindley attended Alpine Elementary School, Joan MacQueen Middle School, and El Capitan High School in Lakeside, where he played both football and baseball. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and subsequently realized his childhood dreams when he was drafted in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Cardinals. ABOUT ALPINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Alpine Elementary is one of three elementary schools within the Alpine School District. The school was founded in 1953 and prides itself on being the oldest school in Alpine. The school currently serves grades 1 through 5 and enrollment is at approximately 400 students. Alpine Elementary had been recognized as a Distinguished School within the State of California and was recently awarded a grant by the San Diego Chargers to improve their PE programs and facilities to benefit their students. A unique aspect of the school is their art docent program, which includes many volunteers that come in to work with the students on various art projects throughout the year. Student artwork is featured during an annual art show in conjunction with the school’s open house. Student artwork is also entered into the annual San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. Alpine Elementary School’s Leadership Academy recognizes students at assemblies throughout the year for outstanding academics, citizenship and effort. Teachers are charged with nominating the students that consistently exemplify these principals at school. Students are also recognized for their adherence to Alpine Elementary School’s Principals of Leadership: (1) Be Proactive, (2) Begin with the End in Mind, (3) Put First Things First, (4) Think win-win, (5) Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood, (6) Synergize, and (7) Sharpen the Saw. To learn more about Alpine Elementary, please visit www.alpineschools.net.