This week in The Alpine Sun

Lead Stories

Residents hear specifics of planned Blackwater project  
Potrero Planning Group members and more than 50 residents and visitors filled the local Kiwanis building on Thursday, July 12, to discuss the Blackwater West training facility being proposed for Potrero Valley. Meeting-goers also heard three presentations about the project.  

Powerlink hearings postponed due to SDG&E errors  
A month-long set of hearings discussing the proposed Sunrise Powerlink has been postponed, after an admission by San Diego Gas & Electric that it made significant errors in estimating the benefits of its powerlink project. 

Residents get a glimpse of Dead Sea Scrolls
When the first Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin goat-herders in 1947, archaeologists were working with considerably less technology than they are today, but they still knew how to study a scroll.   

Body of man found in Jacumba was bound, beaten
A man whose body was found Sunday on a rural stretch of highway near the Mexican border had been bound and beaten and his death was being investigated as a possible homicide, according to the sheriff’s department.  

Lakeside branch library unveils mural created by local artist
A cultural and all-inclusive mural was unveiled at the Lakeside Library, a branch of the San Diego County Library. Jose Aponte, the director of the San Diego County Library, along with the staff of the Lakeside Library Branch, welcomed the public as they officially celebrated a mural that was painted by local artist, Mona Mills, in the children’s room of the library. 
 
Potrero residents submit signatures to oust planning board  
Nearly half the registered voters living in Potrero have signed petitions calling for a recall election to oust seven of the Potrero Planning Group’s eight members: Chairman Gordon Hammers, Jerry Johnson, Mary Johnson, Thell Miller, Mike Rubalcava, Eric Berger, and Janet Wright.

Sharp Healthcare nurses reach a tentative contract agreement
At the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals state office in Pomona, Calif., 1,000 blue, green and white picketing signs are lying in an office corner—printed, stapled and ready to go. Or at least 1,000 signs minus four.

Fans line up to get a copy of Potter’s final adventure
Harry Potter has finally made his final appearance on the bookshelves. J. K. Rowling has ended her series with a bang, and a lot of East County was there to collect their long awaited final Harry Potter book in the series.
 

Columns/Opinion

My Turn with Brian Bonfiglio: Fire concerns associated with the Blackwater West Project

My Turn with Carlynne Allbee: Solar program must be extended for Cedar Fire victims

Spiritual Sunrise with Merry Murray: God planned with you in mind

Hyp Talk with Judy Callihan Warfield: Do you summer from TMJ?


Sports

Alpine Little-League All-Stars’ journey ends at Solana Beach