Holiday vehicle burglaries
ALPINE — It’s that time of year when we begin to have
an increase in vehicle burglaries. Vehicle burglars are
opportunist. It takes only a few seconds for your car to be
burglarized, causing you to lose valuables and often
subjecting you to costly vehicle repairs.
Worse yet, many thieves are looking for your personal
information when burglarizing vehicles in order to make you
the victim of identity theft!
Follow these suggestions to help prevent vehicle burglaries:
Always roll up your windows and lock your car, use
anti-theft devices/alarms, never leave a running vehicle
unattended, never leave keys in your vehicle, if you must
leave valuables inside your vehicle, secure them in your
trunk, never leave them where they can be visible to
thieves.
Keep a look out, even when filling your car up with
gas. Purses left on the passenger side seat and windows open
while getting gas is a quick “grab and go.”
Please partner with us to reduce vehicle burglaries and
theft by making your vehicle a harder target.
San Diego Non-emergency: (858) 565-5200, Alpine Sheriff’s
Station: 659-2600, Emergency: 911.
Gingerbread building
ALPINE — On Saturday Dec. 19, Christ the King Episcopal
Church is hosting a gingerbread build a home for the
holidays event, with proceeds benefiting Rancho Jireh Foster
Homes.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. participants will build
gingerbread houses as well as other art activities and there
will be music and food.
Tickets are $20 (per gingerbread kit). For more info
and tickets, please call 445-3419. Christ the King Episcopal
Church, 1460 Midway Drive, Alpine.
www.ChristTheKingAlpine.org.
Santa is coming to town
ALPINE — on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 2 – 7 p.m., Santa
is Coming to Albertsons and arriving by a Blackhawk
Helicopter.
Free photo with Santa, popcorn and candy. Presented by
Albertsons, Kamps Propane and Blackhawk Helicopters, Inc.
Collections for Rady’s Children’s Hospital
ALPINE — Alpine residents have continued to respond to
requests for soaps and shampoo for the Ronald McDonald
house. They now have plenty of soap and shampoo. They could
use toothbrushes, men’s and woman’s white socks and
hairbrushes, and under garments. Ronald McDonald House, next
to the Rady’s Children’s Hospital is always in need of these
donations. Rady’s is also collecting pull-tabs from soda and
beer cans, to be recycled for money.
Ronald McDonald House houses families who have
critically ill children in Rady’s Children’s Hospital.
Kiwanis began an effort last year, collecting and donating
these items to Ronald McDonald House and they are very happy
with Alpine’s collection efforts. Items can be bagged and
dropped off at The Alpine Sun office.
Got an old car you want to get rid of? It must have an
engine, although doesn’t need to be in running order.
Contact Dick Rabell at 445-5712 to make arrangements to have
your vehicle picked up and donated. Will be auctioned off
and you will be notified. |
Toy drive
ALPINE — Alpine Fire Protection
District is accepting new and unwrapped toys for families
here in Alpine.
They will have a toy barrel in the main lobby of the
fire station from now until Dec. 21. For more information,
contact the Fire Department at 445-2635.
A place for Christmas
ALPINE — Christmas is a day
when most of us are surrounded by family. But what about
those who don’t “have a place for Christmas?” In Alpine we
have the Christmas Day Community Dinner held at the Alpine
Community Center (Dec. 25). We’d love to have you come and
be part of our Community Family — there’s room at this inn.
We even have some volunteers to pick from folks of our
Alpine community!
You can come and be part of our Family event. We’ll be
setting tables at 11 a.m.; Singing Christmas Carols at 11:30
a.m.; Dinner at Noon. There is no charge for the dinner
because its about being together with others to celebrate
the Gift of Christmas.
The Alpine Community Center is providing a room for our
Dinner.
www.FreeTeenGuitarClass.com will be helping with
carol singing. Volunteers from the community are helping
Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity with the
cooking and providing the rest of the meal. Yes, it’s our
community family pitching in to make Christmas Day a special
day so everyone can “have a place for Christmas.”
If you’d like to take part in Christmas Dinner, please
give us a call so we can set a place for you. If you’d like
to help out we’d love to have you join in; whether it’s
greeting folks as they come in; helping with tables, food,
or singing. Whether 9 months or 90 years we want you to
“have a place for Christmas.”
Please call 722-1772 (Alpine Anglican Church) to make a
reservation or signup at the Alpine Community Center desk
(1830 Alpine Blvd).
Book study group
ALPINE — A Course in Miracles: Book Study Group
will be held every Friday (starting 1/1/10), 11 a.m.- 12:30
p.m., at the Alpine Mobile Home Estates Club House, 2400
Alpine Blvd.
Sponsored by Alpine Church of Spiritual Living; learn
more about ACSL at
www.alpinechurch.com or call 473-2045. Learn more
about “A Course in Miracles” at
www.acim.org.
Thrifty Threads
ALPINE — The Alpine Community Center’s Thrifty Threads
resale shop is moving into the front half of the Old
Firehouse on Alpine Boulevard.
This will provide lots of space for larger items and
they can now accept large furniture and working appliances,
but no mattresses please.
End of the tax year is around the corner, clean your
closets and get your donations in now. All donations to
Thrifty Threads are tax deductible.
Due to the increased size of the shop, they are also
looking for a few volunteers to help run the store.
Proceeds from Thrifty Threads goes to fund new programs at
the community center. For information call 445-7330
Kiwanis community service
ALPINE — Kiwanis International has been serving the
world for over 93 years. Our Alpine Kiwanis Club has been
serving the Community of Alpine for 58 years.
We have sponsored our Local Boy Scout Troop 100 for over 50
years plus sponsoring over 40 Community Service Project’s
yearly.
With 131 members, the Alpine Kiwanis Club, is the 3rd
largest Club in the California/Hawaii/Nevada District of
Kiwanis International.
Get on the Band Wagon of Community Service by joining
the Alpine Kiwanis Club. The more members we have, the
better service we can provide our Community. We meet every
Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Alpine Elementary School.
Call Joe Brunold at 445-2827 for more information or go
to
http://alpinekiwanis.com/public/index.aspx. |
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