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Help complete Main Hall

Dear Friends,

This is Honorary Mayor Sharon Davis stopping by to say “hello” and to bring you up to date on Ramona Town Hall, and ask for a favor.

As many of you know Ramona Town Hall is up and running nicely now with the East and West Wings being rented out often. Now it’s on to the Main Hall to complete the historical restoration and return the Hall back to you, the citizens of Ramona.

Town Hall has undertaken what may very well be the largest Opportunity Drawing Fundraiser ever in the region. Win your choice of a sedan, SUV or truck from Perry Ford of Poway or $25,000 cash. Drawing to be July 4th of this year with only 2,000 tickets printed. These are very good odds.

Tickets are only $50 each and can be purchased at the Antique Fair across from Town Hall or on line at www.ramonatownhall.com. You can also call 760-789-0574 or 760-788-7215. For more detailed information, please go to our website.

Town Hall can only achieve its goals with the assistance of generous donations from members of our community. So, I write to ask you to help us help you.

We’re on track and we’re keeping our promise. We just need to light our current Opportunity Drawing Fire to help us move in to the final daunting phase of our restoration plans which require about $2 million.

I feel the continuing presence of historic properties in Ramona immeasurably enhances the quality of our lives. They help to establish our sense of place and to define the very character of our community.

To meet this challenge, please let us hear from you.

Sharon Davis

Ramona honorary mayor

Garden Club thanks

The Ramona Garden Club would like to thank the community of Ramona for helping make our biggest fundraiser, the Garden Tour and Plant Sale held in April, a great success. We appreciate the following businesses: Packards Coffee and Ramona Country Yarn Store for selling pre-sale tickets. We also appreciate the homeowners who opened up their beautiful gardens for the community to enjoy and get some ideas for their own homes.

A big thanks to the vendors who came and sold garden-related items at the plant sale. And hats off for all the patrons who braved the weather that day to visit our plant sale, and tour the homes.

With the money we raised we were able to give three graduating seniors a $1,000 scholarship each. These seniors will be entering a horticulture degree program.

We also have grant money to help the community with any type of gardening project you may have. Applications are on our website, www.RamonaGardenClub.com.

Again, a huge thank you!

Tama Wray and Sandi Clark

Co-presidents

Ramona Garden Club

Offended

Guys and Gals,

I completed my career in the United States Navy and was ordered to retire. It hurts to be told to go home from a career you love. I can tell you every hostile fire zone I was assigned to, Desert Storm being the last. I cannot tell you all of the numerous humanitarian actions I took part in during my career. They significantly outnumber the hostile fire zones and were very rewarding emotionally.

As a member of numerous veterans support and veterans associations I get e-mails and mail all the time asking for contributions. The last three days struck a bad cord. At Petco Park on Saturday, June 4, a Girl Scout troop presented colors. THEY LOWERED THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL OTHER FLAGS PRESENT. Adult oversight should have corrected it. I AM OFFENDED.

I have not seen this event mentioned on the local or national news. Other recent errors during the presentation of the national anthem have attracted national attention. I am offended by its omission.

The video presentation of the national anthem during the flag presentation remained on the first line for the entire national anthem. I am offended.

I have not seen this event mentioned on the local or national news. I am offended by its omission.

Today I received an e-mail requesting my presence and donation at a non-existent holiday. We are approaching the INDEPENDENCE DAY holiday. It is not the fourth of July holiday. It is INDEPENDENCE DAY. To call it anything else offends me. As we progress, many have moved from Merry Christmas to Happy Holidays. How soon before that becomes “Happy December 25th?” I am offended.

This fall we will find Veteran’s Day and Veterans’ Day. The holiday is Veterans Day. It is not possessive by veterans in any manner or presentation. To change it offends me.

This is the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, the Banner, of the United States of America.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,

and to the republic for which it stands,

one nation under God,

indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.”

There is no pause, no comma after “one nation.” When you put it there you are changing the Pledge and I am offended.

American by continent of birth, U.S. citizen by country of birth. Offended by the use of this English.

Rex A Schildhouse

Lieutenant Commander

U.S. Navy, retired and tired

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