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Conservation Science Saturday- March 20

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

Groundwork San Diego Chollas Creek and Millennial Technology Middle School invite you to…

Conservation Science Saturday
Date: March 20, 2010
Time: 9am-11am
Location: Encanto Canyon (meet in the east end of the Malcolm X Librar­y parking lot)

With the help of Groundwork San Diego members, students from Millennial Tech will be planting native plant seed, which will [...]



Rotarian Fary Moini Receives Award for Service in Afghanistan

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

The Governor of Nangarhar, Gulagha Shirzai, presented an award from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan Ministry of Education December 26 to La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club member Fary Moini. Ms. Moini gratefully accepted on the behalf of President Steve Brown and her fellow Rotarians.

The engraving on the award translates to:
“The Islamic Republic [...]



Shea Homes’ Washer/Dryer Giveaway Honors Military ‘Mover & Shaker’

Dec 23rd, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

A mover and shaker is defined as a person who is active or influential in some field of endeavor. San Diego homebuilder Shea Homes sought to honor a military “Mover & Shaker” through a recent washer/dryer giveaway with Armed Services YMCA.
After reading through 145 contest entries, each explaining his or her decision to join the [...]



Natural History Museum Field Trip Enriches Habitat Education for Local Science Students

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

From classroom lectures and laboratory research to hands-on field activities in the native open space of Encanto Canyon, local middle-schoolers this year are experiencing a unique habitat curriculum at Millennial Tech Middle School in San Diego.
MTM, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) magnet school off of Euclid Avenue, is the first to participate in [...]



Want to Skip the Cooking This Year? San Diego Thanksgiving Guide

Nov 12th, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

This article in being re-posted from the San Diego Union Tribune.
The Grand Del Mar
The Grand Del Mar’s culinary team has designed three distinct Thanksgiving meals. Diners can choose from the Thanksgiving brunch in the Capella (Price is $85 per adult; $25 per child ages 6-12); a three-course, fall tasting menu at Amaya ($65 per adult; [...]



101.5 KGB Chili Cookoff and Microbrew Festival

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

Do I smell chili cookin’? Our friends at Shea Homes San Diego will be competing in the 101.5 KGB Chili Cookoff and Microbrew Festival this Saturday! Go out to Lakeside Rodeo Grounds and give it a taste!
Here are the event details from SDBrew.com:

KGB is looking for San Diego’s best chili chef in the [...]



Higher Conforming Loan Limits Extended Thru 2010!

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

By Steve Doyle, President of Brookfield Homes San Diego/Riverside Division
On October 29th, Congress passed a Resolution to extend the current FHA and GSE conforming home loan limits through 2010, according to a press release issued by the California Association of Realtors. Part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 included temporarily [...]



2009 Miramar Air Show

Oct 6th, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

By Bob Carpenter, Friend of Scribe
No doubt you heard the sounds of jet fighters screaming through the skies in San Diego if you were anywhere near the Marine Corps Air Station from Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4. Billed as the “World’s Largest Military Air Show” but also considered one of the top 10 [...]



Brookfield Homes Donates $40,000 Worth of Model Home Furniture to BIA Cares

Sep 15th, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

Local builder Brookfield Homes San Diego recently donated over $40,000 worth of model home furniture to local charity BIA Cares. Items include a $2,500 armoire and a $1,700 master bedroom bachelors chest. These items, along with additional donations from model homes, will be sold at prices ranging from around $350 to $500, to benefit various [...]



Davidson’s Clearstory at Rolling Hills Ranch Has Just One Home Available

Sep 4th, 2009 | By Scribe Team | Category: Around SD

Just one home remains available for sale at Clearstory at Rolling Hills Ranch in Chula Vista, according to builder Davidson Communities. The final home is the Plan 2 model home, now selling for $1,079,900.

The Plan 2 model home at Clearstory is a two-story residence with five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and an expansive interior courtyard. [...]