Community Newsletter
Sponsored and supported by Friends of
Crest
Dear Fire Folks,
As we move toward spring we see the landscape changing, beautiful flowers and beautiful homes spring up all over Crest. WE are still here to help people who are just getting started. So come in and let us know how we can assist you.
Thanks to all who have donated recycled items for folks to use. A special THANK YOU to Dianne Brehm for contributing to our Welcome Home Baskets, and assisting us with RV’s and appliances for our volunteer labor group.
CRWRC ( Christian Reform World Relief Committee) Will be with us for a year working on homes that have been through the CRT unmet needs committee. We hope to introduce you to them at a community wide pot luck on May 14, 2005.
The Art Group Join us for some very interesting projects. Get your creativity going! Beads, greeting cards, bracelets, fimo, bring your projects and share them with us. We really have fun! May 11 and 25th
SBA meeting scheduled for those having difficulty getting the right information.
May 9, 2005. 6 to 9pm, VFW Hall in Lakeside. Call Justin Tackett at Duncan Hunter’s office to book a meeting to discuss your particular case at 579-3001.
Remember to call 44CREST for meeting dates( for CCA, Kiwanis and CCC) and important information for Crest.
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Please call us right now at 328-0900. Or send us an email at crestrecovery@yahoo.com and we will put you on the list.
Help with plans and permitting. Have questions? Deena Raver, county liaison for the CRT, will be at the Resource Center on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.
Firestorm 2003 CD’s are available for sale at the Resource Center. There are over 400 images that were taken just after the fire.
Sandbags are available at Resource Center and Crest Fire Station. Sand is on the corner of Old Mountain View and Mountain View.
Crest Rebuild Resource group. Has joined forces with the CCFRG in Lakeside- as they are a much larger group with well developed resources. Meetings are every Thursday at Lindo Lake Community Center 6:30pm Lakeside, contact David Kassel at 619-895-6790
WATER METERS: “ Please be assured that Padre Dam customers who lost their homes in the 2003 Cedar Fire are exempt from water meter installation fee increases implemented on January 14, 2005, pursuant to Board action taken November 24, 2003 on behalf of the Cedar Fire victims. If you have any questions, please contact Joni Cooley, Padre Dam, at (619) 258-4636.” August Caires, General Manager, Padre Dam Municipal Water District.
Out of 292 structures lost in the 2003 Cedar Fire,
69 have passed final inspection as of April 30th.
Check this out! Second Hand News web site. San Diego’s Online Second Hand Shopping Newsletter. Sponsored by the City of San Diego’s Environmental Services Department.
Neighbor’s and Friends, summer is coming. July4th- pie baking contest and Quilting contest, prizes for the oldest , most original and traditional. Call Tracy Baugh for info.
At 619-749-9578
Crest Community Rummage Sale
and Pot Luck Picnic
Nancy Jane Park, Saturday May 14
Set-up 7:00- 8:00am
Sale 8 to 2:00
Advertisements will run for 2 weeks in
Union Tribune and PennySaver
Everyone welcome to participate!
CCA, CCC, Kiwanis, and YOU!
Summer Camp for Kids: Salvation Army has
Summer camp applications available. Please
Come in to see Dawn Hubert for an application.
July 11-16 Community service #1 (7-12)
July 25-30 Community Service#2 “
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Out of 296 structures burned in Crest, 65 have passed final permitting as of April 25th.
Congratulations to all!
Come to the Resource Center and pick up materials on A Citizen’s Guide to Lobbying. Get active in politics and let them know what you think!
CCA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE! The CCA shares the Crest Resource Center with the CCC. We are encouraging all Crest residents to join Crest Community Association and help organize events and make this a friendly community in which to live. Please fill out the enclosed membership form today and bring it to the Resource Center along with your check. Join our CCA membership drive! Make suggestions for guest speakers,
What does this community need. Win a Door prizes !
Please call Senator Dennis Hollingsworth ( our State Senator) (619- 596-3136) and ask him why he did not vote for the SB-2 Insurance Reform bill. And call Jay La Suer (Assemblyman) and ask him to support the bill coming to vote in the Ca. state legislature.(619-465-7723)
Defensible Space California State Code
Here is the mandate state Public Resources Code that defines the 100 feet clearance around structures. It is no longer 30 feel clearance, this has been increased to 100 feet. Go to www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery? Or call Robin Kinmont, Coordinator Fire Safe Council of San Diego County (619) 562-0096, for more information.
BEWARE: There have been more thefts in the Crest Harbison Canyon area. Trucks have been seen leaving sites in the early mornings-loaded with supplies. Mail boxes are being robbed! Please fence and gate remote unoccupied areas! Get to know your neighbors, exchange phone numbers. Be a good neighbor. Please call in all suspicious activities: Alpine Sheriff: 659-2600
Or the SD County Sheriff’s non-emergency line at 1-858-5200
CCC is sponsored and supported by Friends of Crest a non-profit 501-C-3 organization.