This week in The Alpine Sun

Lead Stories

County won’t release Blackwater documents  
With a looming deadline for public comment, San Diego County officials did not respond to a reporter’s inquiries whether some comments would be included in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Blackwater USA’s proposed military-style training camp in Potrero.   

PC approves Tavern Road tentative map  
The county’s Planning Commission approved a tentative map to create seven residential lots on a 1.30-acre parcel on Tavern Road near the intersection of Tavern Court. 

Water main break leaves parts of Alpine high and dry
“Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!” — So said the Ancient Mariner in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem. But that phrase could have equally come from many Alpiners’ lips on the afternoon of last Thursday, April 19. The unexpected break of a substantial water main left many Alpiners high and dry, or all wet, for up to 18 hours   

County Supervisors authorize grant application to clean up Alpine and Jacumba burn sites
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the county’s Department of Public Works to apply for a state grant to clean up several landfills and burn sites, including the Alpine II, Jacumba I, and Jacumba II burn sites.

Students looking for Alpine locals to open homes for summer exchange
The Wesselink’s household has been a very lively place for the last decade or so. With five children of their own, they’ve also welcomed five foster kids from time to time. And according to Barbara Wesselink, the busy mother of the crew, they have also enjoyed exchange students from around the world. 
 
The Sun sponsors 2007 MS Walk
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has named San Diego Neighborhood Newspapers, Inc., publisher of The Alpine Sun, as a major media sponsor of the San Diego County Credit Union 2007 MS Walk, to be held April 28 and 29.

Planning already beginning for next year’s eighth-grade East Coast trip
On Thursday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alpine Elementary School auditorium, an information/registration meeting including a slide show presentation will be held for Joan Mac Queen seventh grade students and parents regarding next year’s Annual Educational East Coast Tour. The historical and educational destinations on this ambitious itinerary are Virginia, Washington, D.C., the Pennsylvania Amish Country, and New York City.

Civic Report: Update on search for active parkland in Alpine  
 

Columns/Opinion

My Turn with Bill Weaver: GUHSD board can not let Prop H mandates slide

Spiritual Sunrise with Merry Murray: Are you a peacemaker for God?

Just The Fact's Ma'am with Carol Lovejoy: What is your quality of life?

Hyp Talk with Judy Callihan Warfield: Using the power of mind and body against HIV/AIDS

Class Action with Chuck Taylor: Is Alpine too costly for young families?