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Winner of POW! Raffle Will Ride Away in Style

A 2012 Mercedes Benz in up for grabs, with proceeds benefiting the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation.

GIVE BACK AND WIN A BENZ

The 2012 POW! Mercedes Benz raffle is on. Imagine pulling up to the in your beautiful 2012 C Series Mercedes Benz. The POW! Foundation and Mercedes Benz of Escondido are giving you a 1-999 chance to win! Tickets are $100 each and you’ll be supporting arts in our community. The entry form is attached.

SENDING OUT AN ‘SOS’

The Poway Unified School District Foundation needs your help to support teachers and students now through the end of the year. The Supply Our Schools project is collecting supplies like paper, pencils, pens and dry erase markers, staplers, calculators and office supply gift cards for distribution to area schools, not only in Poway, but in Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch, Sabre Springs, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos, Del Sur and Santaluz.

You can specify a specific school by attaching the school name to the donation. Supplies may be dropped off at a variety of local businesses. In addition, the owners of Carpet Country Flooring will donate a percentage of proceeds from the sale of flooring to the program and Herndon & Herndon will donate a portion of their real estate commissions. The list of drop-off locations and more is attached.

PADRES PARTNER WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

For the third year in a row, the Charitable Partnership Program, an initiative that allows the San Diego Padres to make an impact on participating organizations and their missions, has chosen The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego as one of their 11 select charities that the Padres and Padres Foundation will partner with during the 2012 season. It provides the team with an opportunity to educate fans on the terrific things these organizations do for the community. Save the date: Padres/BGCGSD Home Stand Week is May 16-20.

BINGO!

If you’re looking for excitement, let Poway seniors show you how! Play bingo at the , located at 13094 Civic Center Dr. Win up to $1,199. The bingo hall comes alive Tuesday afternoons at 12:30 and Saturday evenings at 6:00 p.m. Anyone over 18 is welcome to play. Proceeds benefit the Nutrition Program. You’ll be having fun while providing a valuable gift to older adults. Call 858-748-6094 for information.

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Status Quo March 30, 2013 at 08:26 pm
Ken' "since most of the pro-active sports organizations (ASA (softball), AYSO, and LittleRead More League) have been doing it for years." "The only thing is that it won't stop those that have not been caught yet." Right up front, this is not attack of your insider view... however you make excellent case of the dubious nature of Mr. Maienschein's efforts. The organization you umpire, is already pro-active(if no perpetrators have been present within the org.) and legislation is an interference. Although the Assemblyman shares my Party affiliation as Republican, his legislation is a Progressive trojan-horse adding a layer of expansive over-governance. Ken, will his legislation improve the efficacy of background checks? Will it force lesser pro-active or ill-financed organizations to fold? Although I align myself with Scott Nelson's bottom line and sentiments, quite reticent to believe "local governments/state governments are willing to provide and pay for" anything themselves. For it is you and me, not legislators or governance that pays for programs such as these. I have found Government, highly inefficient and bad stewards of the interests of our children. In the interest of efficiency, I am quite confident in order to coach his daughter's soccer team he has passed his background check... and quite willing under my added mandate, to allow his check to suffice for legislative service as compliant.
Ken Mosley March 30, 2013 at 04:03 pm
Being an umpire of youth sports for nearly 40 years, I am all in favor of this, since most of theRead More pro-active sports organizations (ASA (softball), AYSO, and Little League) have been doing it for years. I am charged a fee by the organizations that I choose to officiate to cover the costs of this background check. I support knowing that the service that help to provide will not be tainted by those who have already been found to mis-behave with children. The only thing is that it won't stop those that have not been caught yet. It is a sad state of affairs that we have to do this, but it's because it's for our kids that we must.
Scott Nelson March 30, 2013 at 10:42 am
Having run a youth basketball league with close to 1,000 kids for 3 years, I can tell you that whileRead More the idea has some merit, the costs and time associated with it are enormous. If the local governments/state governments are willing to provide and pay for the mechanism to do this- great. If not, should be the responsibility of the parents to not just drop their kids and leave them for hours at a time, but actually perhaps stay for practices or heaven forbid actually help and participate to insure that everything is fine in THEIR children's environment.....A little personal responsibility for their own kids would be a new concept to a lot of parents...
Kathy April 19, 2013 at 02:40 pm
Well Colleen O'Connor, I have a daughter in the California system, and am appalled at yourRead More statements...Are you that blind. Did you write that and smile, patting yourself on the back at how 'stand up' and 'righteous' you are. Yes, instead of just going to visit, why don't you try spending a week, a month, more in the system...you think walking thru will give you an idea about how the treatment is. You won't even see the truth, even going for a surprise visit. I too do not condone the crimes, but you in your judgemental mindset have no idea. Yes, they made bad choices, but it does not make them all bad people, I agree the promotions to DA's should be more on the rehabilitation rate, rather than the number they interject into the system. Sad, your article is so sad. Think of the families of the incarcerated and how your comments can affect them as well as tjhe incarcerated, who already have their own guilt to bear, their own hurt, you have no idea how hard it is to be away from family, every movement controlled, missing births, deaths, children growing up. You don't think so many of them are sick at the situation they got themselves into? Do you not even have compassion as a person. You never expect it to happen to your loved one, my daughter was a working soccer mom, a devoted wife & mother, a loving person with a huge heart. Not everyone is evil or bad, they just made a bad choice. I agree, is the Gov. above the law cause he has a title??? Think about it.
aprillacy32@yahoo.com April 19, 2013 at 02:23 pm
Mike you are spot on this is what I have been saying and trying to get them listen CDCR, my teacherRead More and I were just discussing how lifers are the only inmates offered rehabilitation which makes no sense at all to me when a man serving 5 or 10 who will be getting out does not receive rehabilitation this is a cycle that is repeating it's self and there are so many family's kid's who need there parent's this has a far greater impact on our community in so many way's and different level's that we have to find a solution
mike April 19, 2013 at 03:02 am
The prison industry complex is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States and itsRead More investors are on Wall Street. “This multi-million-dollar industry has its own trade exhibitions, conventions, websites, and mail-order/Internet catalogs. It also has direct advertising campaigns, architecture companies, construction companies, investment houses on Wall Street, plumbing supply companies, food supply companies, armed security, and padded cells in a large variety of colors.”. This country is in a state of lock em up and forget, until it hits your family or friends. I'm am in no way condoning the crime some ding dongs commit, but sentencing in California is out of control. Its called "union". Its called Big Green (Calif Dept of Corrections). Many can become productive members of society, many cant. We need a way to sort them out. District Attorneys build their brownie points and promotions on convictions, maybe promotions should be built on rehabilitation and success rather than penalty, Things that make you go Hmmmm!
Frank H. Robles April 11, 2013 at 12:07 pm
She will run.... but not get the Nomination....!!!
Gail April 10, 2013 at 02:52 pm
Yup! I agree with it all.
Dan Wright April 4, 2013 at 10:50 am
It has only been a few weeks, but to me, it looks like Congressman Peters is doing a great jobRead More representing the diverse interests of his district. I am delighted that as a Democrat, he is reaching out to the Republicans in his district. If there were a hundred more like Scott, we would not have such partisan gridlock crippling our country.