Record-Breaking Storms Pound Ramona and Country Estates
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A SAN DIEGO COUNTRY ESTATES ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION VOL. 28 – NO. 6 Serving 3,400 Member Families AUGUST 2015 NEW! School Hours at Barnett, Record-Breaking Storms Pound Half-Day Fridays Ramona and Country Estates n School starts this year on August 24, The storms from the remnants of and Barnett Elementary has new hours. Hurricane Dolores that hit San Diego County Working parents will want to take note on the weekend of July 18 and 19 dumped a that every Friday is a half-day, and after- record-breaking 4.1 inches of rain on Ramona school arrangements may be needed. in two days, causing damage to some homes New Hours for Barnett: and amenities in San Diego Country Estates. 7:45 am – 2:20 pm Mon. - Thurs. San Diego County Supervisor Dianne 7:45 am – 11:45 am Every Friday Jacob visited the Estates community on For more information, call 760-787-3500 Tuesday, July 21, to review the damage and or visit www.ramonausd.net. flooding from the unprecedented storms. Jacob met with SDCE residents affected Rec Committee Seeks Input From Various “We are working to get Sports Interests everything back to normal n The SDCEA Parks and Recreation as soon as we can.” Committee is looking for volunteers. Nancy Zadrozny, SDCEA The committee is especially interested Equestrian Centers Manager in adding members from the various recreational groups, such as equestrian, golf, tennis, etc. For more information by the storms, accompanied by Jim Piva, or to volunteer, contact committee chair SDCEA Board president and chairman of Stephanie Norvell at 760-789-9995. the Ramona Community Planning Group; Mario Trejo, SDCEA General Manager, and Chris Anderson, president of the San Diego Fishing in the Continued on page 3 — View near the 10th tee box during the rains. Golf Course Lakes Is Prohibited n Fishing in ponds, lakes or streams on Pickin’ and Strummin’ On an Old Cigar Box the golf course is PROHIBITED. SDCEA By Chuck LeMenager will enforce this rule by calling law Whether your hobby is woodworking or enforcement upon music, or better still, both, you may enjoy confirmation of building your own cigar box guitar. So fishing activity, if happens, Jeff Kohout discovered that hobby necessary. This a few months ago and has been getting a rule is for safety big kick from it since. reasons, as well as Jeff is a homeowner who has lived for protecting our here in the estates for some three years. ecosystem. Our fish Currently active in home maintenance are very beneficial and repairs, he’s spent a lifetime working in keeping the grass in construction and repairs. Starting as a and algae blooms to youngster in Lincoln, Neb., he helped his a minimum in our father maintain all aspects of their 500- golf course ponds. unit apartment rental complex. In so doing, he acquired a broad education working SDCEA Meetings with his hands and sharpening his skills n The SDCEA Board Meeting will and ingenuity. His hobbies include fine be held in the San Vicente Room on woodworking, cabinetry and playing the Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 pm. The SDCEA guitar. So when he first saw and heard Board of Directors meets the fourth someone playing a guitar made from a Tuesday of the month, unless the date cigar box and scraps of hardwood, he was would conflict with a holiday or with the Shown pickin’ and strummin’ on the old back porch are Tom LeMenager (left), Liz and fascinated. He has made about a dozen annual SDCEA election. Jeff Kohout at a valley barbecue party. — Continued on page 4 Inside this issue San Vicente Valley News STANDARD 24157 San Vicente Road PRESORT 13th Annual Car Show ..............14 Ramona, CA, 92065 U.S. Postage Calendar of Events ...................19 PAID RAMONA, CA Draft Minutes/Financials .........16 Permit No. 45 Make Ice Cream in a Bag! ..........18 Par Lounge Offers Craft Beers ....4 Recreation Department. ..........17 Relay for Life Tournament ..........8 SDCEA Phone Numbers .............2 Page 2 SAN VICENTE VALLEY NEWS AUGUST 2015 SDCEA PHONE NUMBERS ADMINISTRATION ...........................................................................760-789-3788 Executive Secretary to GM & to ECC .................................................. Ext. 5000 ACCOUNTING .................................................................................760-789-3788 Accounts Receivable/Assessments. ....................................................... Ext. 5030 HOME of the Month RESTAURANT ....................................................................................760-789-8290 Food & Beverage Manager ................................................................... Ext. 4020 Catering Department............................................................................ Ext. 4021 Dining Room ........................................................................................ Ext. 2211 Lounge .................................................................................................. Ext. 2219 Chef ...................................................................................................... Ext. 2208 LODGE/FRONT DESK/MARKETING ..................................................760-789-8290 Manager .............................................................................................. Ext. 4024 Lodge Reservations ............................................................................... Ext. 4000 Tennis Reservations .............................................................................. Ext. 4000 COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPT until 4:30 p.m. M-F .....................760-789-8747 CRD Patrol after 4:30 p.m. M-F and on weekends ................Cell 760-522-9154 PRO SHOP ........................................................................................760-789-3477 Tee Times ............................................................................................. Ext. 3000 Golf Pro ............................................................................................... Ext. 3020 Shop Merchandiser .............................................................................. Ext. 3010 EQUESTRIAN DEPT. (CTWC & IEC) .................................................760-789-3407 RECREATION DEPT ..........................................................................760-789-4146 Aquatics Office .............................................................................760-789-9066 GOLF COURSE Supt. ........................................................................760-789-5695 LANDSCAPE/OPEN SPACE/HORSE TRAILS ......................................760-789-5695 MAINTENANCE OFFICE ...................................................................760-789-7101 SAN VICENTE VALLEY NEWS ...........................................................760-310-5107 Michael and Joan Shelby purchased property in the Estates in 1982, built their home in 1989, SDCEA WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.sdcea.net installed their pool in 1992 and have renovated the inside and outside. Needless to say, they love their SDCEA E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] beautiful home where they raised two children and enjoy entertaining family and friends. PUBLIC SERVICE NUMBERS “All the credit for our home design goes to my wife,” Michael said, acknowledging her passion Life-threatening emergencies ..................................................................911 for gardening and creating comfortable and well-designed areas around their home. The landscaped Incident/disaster information ...................................................................211 gardens and walkways create a peaceful experience outdoors. Fire Department Station 81, SDCE .............................................760-789-9465 CHP (traffic) ..........................................................................619-401-2000 Sheriff’s Department (crimes) ....................................................760-789-9157 Sheriff’s Department (non-emergency) ........................................760-789-1200 County Road Department .........................................................760-787-3312 Noise (county) .......................................................................858-694-3741 SDCEA Employee of the Month Poison Control Center .............................................................800-876-4766 Animal Control ......................................................................760-746-7307 Emergency Animal Rescue .......................................................760-789-5775 AUGUST: VALETTA GUTHRIE Ramona Municipal Water District ..............................................760-789-1330 San Diego Gas & Electric .........................................................800-411-7343 Road Repair ..........................................................................877-684-8000 Road Repair (emergency on weekends/holidays) SD County Sheriff ...858-565-5262 Valetta Guthrie has been with the SDCEA Street Light Repair/Malfunction (Dept. of Public Works) 24/7Hotline ..858-694-2200 accounting team for more than six years. Her SDCEA Community Relations Patrol primary responsibility is to audit the daily cash and Day: 760-789-8747 — Night: 760-522-9154 Front Desk (radio): 760-789-8290, ext. 4000 credit card transactions from the The Oaks Grille, The Par Lounge, the Golf Pro Shop and the San SaN VICENTE VallEY NEWS Vicente Lodge. She also assists the financial manager THE SAN VICENTE VALLEY NEWS is published monthly by and for the San Diego with month-end reports and she is the backup to the Country Estates Association as a service to its members.