This week in The Alpine Sun

Lead Stories

Wright’s Field mailer adds vigor to debate
The flyer was mailed out by Richard Singer, one of the owners of the property, and discussed plans to develop some of the land and donate the remainder to the community. This, however, flies in the face of a current option agreement on the 142-acre property between the sellers, Apollo Growth Group Ltd. and Singer, and the Back Country Land Trust.

Planned patrol draws threats of fire, lawsuits
The border watch operation by Friends of the Border Patrol, slated to start Friday, has brought a flurry of threats from open borders advocates, including urging the use of fireworks to disrupt patrollers and legal action from Claudia Smith of California Rural Legal Assistance.

Judge says allegations must be proven or dropped 
The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a prominent Alpine business group have been given two weeks to re-file their complaints after an original suit was struck down in court Sept. 2.

LMVA staff celebrate centennial with free bluegrass concert
The 100-year centennial of the U.S. Forest Service, first established in 1905 was celebrated in style on Laguna Mountain over the Labor Day weekend.  

Lawsuit seeks better education, not money 
On March 5, 2001 Charles Andrew Williams brought a gun to Santana High School and opened fire killing two students and wounding many others. Shortly after the shootings, the parents of the two deceased students hired Attorney Kenneth C. Hoyt to represent them in a suit against the Grossmont Union High School District. 
 
ACC holds health seminar for seniors
Two expert speakers at the all-day health seminar for women, Melissa Olaes, a registered dietician, and Dr. John Boyer, cardiologist, offered valuable information to help keep their listeners healthy, now and for years to come. The occasion, Sept. 10, in Fuller Hall, was sponsored by the Guild of the Alpine Community Church. 

Sun office to be teddy bear drop-off
While countless familes are still struggling with recovery after Hurricane Katrina, a local woman hopes to put teddy bears in the hands of some of the displaced children. Rose Urdahl, an Alpine resident, is trying to gather more than 3,000 teddy bears to distribute to children. 

Kumeyaay Indians dance to the beat of their own drums at pow-wow 
Thousands of Kumeyaay Indians and Native Americans from across the country, gathered in El Cajon last weekend for the 16th Annual Pow-wow and Traditional Gathering.

Columns/Opinion

Class Action with Chuck Taylor: GUHSD officials will choose Alpine high school site soon

Spiritual Sunrise with Merry Murray: What are you most thankful for? 

My Turn with Jim Banks: Universal preschool would
benefit most parents, children

My Turn with Richard Singer: Wright’s Field could be so much more 

My Turn with Leona Bennett: The ‘Friends of Wright’s Field’ are not friendly

Sports

Granite Hills harriers run fast, run deep and dominate in cross country 
Granite Hills senior Josh Sandoval looks to dominate the cross country course this season after placing fourth at last year’s San Diego Section Division I race with the fifth fastest time among all 520 boys runners (all five divisions combined). Sandoval was the fourth fastest junior last year and the fourth fastest underclassman to compete. He finished 32nd in his division at the state finals.