New hours
Rancho Bernardo Library will be once again be open 1-5 p.m. on Sundays, starting Nov. 4. It is at 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.
It is also open 12:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays, 12:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays.
Election recap
Political strategist John Dadian will analyze the November election and share his thoughts on why particular candidates won or lost during the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Conservative Order for Good Government luncheon. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Cost: $20 for non-COGG members. RSVPs required by Friday, Nov. 9 with Carol Prendergast at 858-676-6186 or carol@cuprendergast.com.
Book sale
Rancho Bernardo Friends of the Library is holding its fall book sale 9:30 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. today (Thursday) and Friday, Nov. 2; and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the RB Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Proceeds go to supporting the library.
Del Norte concert
The Del Norte High School choir department presents its fall concert, ?Sing and Rejoice!? at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 in the DNHS Performing Arts Center, 16601 Nighthawk Lane, 4S Ranch. It will feature the concert choir, girl?s ensemble and glee club.
Tickets: $5 for students, $8 for adults at the door.
RB Lady Lions
Sandi Kimmel will give a musical performance during the 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 Lady Lions of Rancho Bernardo luncheon meeting. It will be at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive.
Cost: $22. RSVP with Sue Engelskirchen at 858-674-9656.
San Diego art history
Mary Kay Gardner, a San Diego Museum of Art docent, will talk about San Diego history and painting during 1900-1950 at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. The talk will include local painters Belle Baranceanu, Dan Dickey and the area?s famous landscape painters.
Bedtime stories
Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive, will hold pajama story time at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. Children are encouraged to come dressed in their pajamas. Call 858-538-8163.
Make a wreath
Craft expert Marta Brandes-Miesner will teach how to make a vintage-style holiday wreath from 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.
The activity is free. All materials will be provided. The program is appropriate for children 8 years and older and adults. Space is limited. Register at the library?s information desk or call 858-538-8163.
Register for 4S run
Those who want to participate in the 4S Ranch Thanksgiving Thank You Run need to register by Friday, Nov. 16 at www.thankyourun.org/registration. It will be held in 4S Ranch Community Park, 16118 4S Ranch Parkway, on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 22. The 5K will begin at 7:30 a.m., the 10K at 7:45 a.m. and the Kids 1K Fun Run for those 8 and under at 9 a.m.
Cost is $45 for the 10K, $40 for the 5K and $10 for the kids run. Proceeds benefit the 4S Ranch-Del Sur Community Foundation and Helen?s Closet, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) organization.
Travelers to meet
Rudi Thurau will present ?Mississippi River Adventure? at the 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 Rancho Bernardo Travelers meeting in the Seven Oaks Community Center auditorium, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo.
Those over 18 are welcome. Refreshments and door prizes will be offered. Call Dave Donley at 858-451-3964.
Business breakfast
Chris Meacham, president and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, will present ?Is psychological entrapment hurting your financial future?? at the 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 ?Business 4 Breakfast? event. It will be at Courtyard by Marriott, 11611 Bernardo Plaza Court, Rancho Bernardo.
Cost: $20 for San Diego North Chamber of Commerce members who pay online, $25 at the door; and $35 for non-SDNCC members. RSVP at 858-487-1767 or www.sdncc.com.
Childhood obesity
Ogie Shaw will speak about childhood obesity and physical fitness at the Thursday, Nov. 8 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.
RBHS play
Rancho Bernardo High will present the play ?Eurydice? at 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 2 and 3 plus 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in its performing arts center, 13010 Paseo Lucido. It is a contemporary version about the mythological character Orpheus.
Tickets: $10 for general public, $5 for PUSD students at the door.
DNHS play
Del Norte High will present the comedic play ?The Election? at 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 2 and 3 in its performing arts center, 16601 Nighthawk Lane, 4S Ranch.
Tickets: $7.50 at the door.
Help make dolls
The Aviva Chapter of Hadassah needs volunteers to stuff Healing Dolls that are given to children hospitalized in San Diego and Israel. The dolls bring comfort and consolation to during traumatic situations.
All are welcome to an upcoming stuffing event at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Eastview Community Center, 17520 Drayton Hall Way, Rancho Bernardo. Contact Rose Greenberg at 858-487-5228.
Essay contest
The Library Friends of San Diego County is holding its annual essay contest for children, teens and adults. The entry deadline is Saturday, Nov. 3. Prizes in each age division are $100 for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.
Answer the question, ?What?s next for the Library of the Year?? in 500 words or less. Essays must typed, preferably double-spaced and printed single-sided. Contest applications are available at any county library, including in 4S Ranch and Poway, and at www.sdcl.org.
Submit essays to any county library or mail to Dick Wayman, Ramona Branch Library, 1275 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065. Winners will be announced on Jan. 18.
Know your roots?
Genealogists Del Ritchart and Marge Kealey will talk about methods and resources available to research family lineage during the 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Rancho Bernardo Chapter of Brandeis National Committee meeting. It will be at San Rafael Catholic Church?s Pastoral Center, 17252 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo.
Cost: $10, includes refreshments. RSVP with Gerri at 858-674-0838.
Hear a siren?
San Diego Fire-Rescue has launched a website at www.sdfiredispatch.org so those in the City of San Diego can see to what type of emergencies the department is responding when they hear sirens. The site is updated every five minutes.
History talk
The final Local Voices program of this year will feature archaeologist and historian Jack Williams, who will talk about early Native Americans in North County and the impact upon them by white settlers.
It will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Rancho Bernardo Historical Society Museum at Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo. Admission is free. Call Nancy Canfield at 619-871-9333.
Have your art critiqued
Rancho Bernardo Art Association will hold its annual potluck and art critique at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 in the RB Swim & Tennis Club, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Bring one or two artworks to be evaluated by art instructor Nathan Huff.
Cost: Free to RBAA members, $5 for non-members. The fee will be credited if individual joins within 30 days. For details, go to www.ranchobernardoart.org or call Phyllis Hensperger at 858-675-2262.
Poker tournament
San Diego North Rotary Club?s biannual Texas Hold?em poker tournament will be 6:30-11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at the DoubleTree Golf Resort, 14455 Penasquitos Drive, Rancho Penasquitos.
There will be cash prizes and raffle. All proceeds will support the annual free Fun Run for elementary and middle school students, scholarships for high schoolers, clean water projects and other club charities. For details, call Matt Mahoney at 858-248-7775.
Toy drive
Rancho Santa Fe firefighters are holding their annual toy drive to benefit the Toys for Tots program and local children. They are seeking donations of new, unwrapped toys, which can be left at any of the department?s four fire stations including Station No. 2, 16930 Four Gee Road in 4S Ranch. Donations will be accepted through Monday, Dec. 10.
Drivers needed
Would you drive a neighbor to a doctor?s appointment or to the store? Sign up with Rides & Smiles, where volunteers give local seniors rides for appointments and errands.
Drivers receive liability insurance, mileage reimbursement and weekly list of ride requests to select as their schedule permits. Call 858-637-3051.
Protect RB
Rancho Bernardo Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol needs locals, 50 years and older, to join their group that assists San Diego Police Department. Members help prevent crime by serving as SDPD?s ?eyes and ears? and perform non-confrontational tasks so police can perform other law enforcement duties.
RSVP members also patrol the community, help with traffic control, make vacation house checks, visit elderly shut-ins, and make photo and fingerprint ID cards for children.
Members are trained, wear a uniform, use a provided vehicle and volunteer a minimum of three days a month. To join, call 858-538-8146.
Help at school
Local elementary schools are seeking senior volunteers to come to school an hour a week to help a child with reading. No special background is needed. Pick your day, time and school. Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449 for details.
Are you single?
Rancho Bernardo Singles is holding a membership drive. The club is open to single men and women who live in Rancho Bernardo or adjacent communities. Most members live in the age 55-plus neighborhoods of Oaks North and Seven Oaks.
The club offers a variety of activities. Annual dues are $17. Call Nedra Ward (membership chairwoman) at 858-673-9584.
Free Zumba for seniors
Rancho Bernardo Library is offering free Zumba classes for seniors at 1 p.m. on Fridays in the library?s community room, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.
Zumba is dance-style exercise done to Latin rhythms. Those who are wheelchair bound can also participate. Call 858-538-8163.
Donate magazines
Pomerado Hospital is seeking used magazines for its waiting rooms and patient magazine cart. Please donate news magazines up to a month old and monthly magazines up to three months old. Bring to the front desk, 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway. Questions? Call 858-613-4659.
Help with harvesting
The Backyard Produce Project is seeking volunteers to harvest residential fruit trees. It is an enjoyable outdoor group activity. Participate at your convenience. All fruit is donated to local families in need. Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.
Help needed
Palomar Health is looking for volunteers for its medical facilities, especially the new Palomar Medical Center opening this summer in Escondido. Positions include those with and without patient contact, various locations and duties, and flexible hours.
For details, go to www.pph.org/volunteer or call 760-739-3081 ext. 3654 for volunteer services at Palomar Medical Center and 858-613-4659 for volunteer services at Pomerado Hospital in Poway.
Flag disposal
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7766 in Rancho Bernardo will pick up worn, torn or badly faded American flags so they can be disposed in a respectful manner. Flags must be removed from poles.
To schedule a free pick-up, contact Mike Vaughn at 619-316-6851 or adj@vfwpost7766.org. To purchase a new, high quality, American-made flag, go to www.VFWstore.org.
Grief help
San Diego Hospice presents ?Understanding Grief: A Workshop for the Newly Bereaved? for adults recently impacted by a death from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the RB Swim & Tennis Club?s Club 21 Room, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo. Call 619-278-6141 or go to www.sdhospice.org.
New emergency website
Get critical emergency information on your computer, mobile phone or tablet using San Diego County?s new website, www.sdcountyemergency.com. Visitors can also get information about preparedness and recovery, up-to-date maps, shelter locations and social media messages.
Like to write?
Rancho Bernardo Writer?s group is accepting two new members writing a novel, memoir or articles. Members critique each others? work. It meets 9 a.m. to noon every Friday in Rancho Bernardo. Call Peter Berkos at 858-485-7148.
Adopt a doll
Sponsors are needed to provide healing dolls to children at hospitals in San Diego and Jerusalem. The dolls are made by local Aviva Hadassah chapter members and those at Jewish Family Service at Temple Adat Shalom.
Cost: $18 to adopt a doll that will be donated to a child. Dolls are inscribed with a donor?s or honoree?s name. Call Rose Greenberg at 858-487-5882 or go to www.adoptadoll.net to adopt a doll or volunteer with the project.
Hospital seeks volunteers
Pomerado Hospital, 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway, is seeking volunteers to help in the emergency room, work in the gift shop, drive the parking lot shuttle, transport patients in wheel chairs, attend to families of patients in surgery and do other interesting jobs. Call? 858-613-4659.
Book bargains
Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library has book specials from 1-7 p.m. each Wednesday in its Book Shop on the library?s first floor, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. All books are half the marked price. Call 858-613-3926.
Got news?
News brief submissions need to be received by noon Friday. Items run on a space-available basis. Submit by email at rbnews@pomeradonews.com or to Rancho Bernardo News Journal, 14023 Midland Road, Poway, CA 92064.
Provide comfort
Volunteers are needed to knit, crochet or sew afghans or quilts that will be given to local foster children. Call Chris Bodle at 760-480-3412.
Green thumb?
Volunteers are needed to tend a garden near Pomerado Hospital in Poway, growing produce for local families in need. No gardening experience is needed. Shifts are one hour a week on the day of your choice. Contact Jane Radatz at 858-485-5449 or jradatz@att.net.
Help RB?s seniors
Rancho Bernardo Senior Services needs volunteers. Front office volunteers are needed 3.5 hours a day to answer phones, schedule appointments, greet visitors and provide community information. Drivers are needed to deliver hot meals to home-bound individuals who live in Rancho Bernardo.
The office is at 16769 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite K-14. Call Beth Wilson at 858-487-2640.
Be fire-prepared
San Diego County has a website with free information on how property owners can prepare for emergencies, especially wildfire, at www.ReadySanDiego.org.
Rotary to meet
Maurice Wilson, co-founder of NVTSI/REBOOT, will talk about high rates of unemployment, homelessness, drug abuse and other issues associated with military-to-civilian reintegration at the 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club meeting. It will be held at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road. The speaker will begin at 8 a.m.
The optional breakfast is $15. For details, go to www.rbsunrise.org.
Join RSVP
Rancho Bernardo Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol is looking for new members, who are age 50-plus and available to patrol the community three days a month. Members must pass a background check, are trained and wear a uniform.
Duties include assisting San Diego Police, conducting residential vacation checks, visiting seniors and driving through Rancho Bernardo parking lots including banks, shopping centers, parks and schools. Call 858-538-8146.
Share your harvest
The Backyard Produce Project will collect backyard fruits and vegetables from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Thursday) outside the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo, and The Connection Church, 14047 Twin Peaks Road in Poway.
All produce is donated to local families in need. Questions? Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.
Bataan survivor shares experiences
Les Tenny, who survived the Bataan Death March in World War II, will speak about how he survived and how the death march affected his life at the Thursday, Nov. 15 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.
Euro crisis
Bill Thayer, an expert on the Euro, will speak about the Euro crisis and how it affects Americans at the Thursday, Dec. 6 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.
Musical entertainment
The Rancho Bernardo High School Madrigals will perform holiday music at the Thursday, Dec. 13 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.
Grand jury 101
Don Glover, a member of the 2011-12 San Diego County Grand Jury, will explain how the grand jury works and summarize some of its key reports at the Thursday, Dec. 20 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.
Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.
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