Community Calendar - Issue of Oct. 24, 2013

THURSDAYOCT. 24

BACKYARD PRODUCE COLLECTIONS -

Donate backyard produce to help local families in need. 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo, and The Connection Church, 14047 Twin Peaks Road, Poway. For more information, contact jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.

MAYBE IT ISN’T A.D.D.

• Common vision problems may be a dead ringer for attention deficit disorder. Donald J. Janiuk, O.D., discusses how to test for vision problems that imitate A.D.D. at a free workshop 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at 12485 Poway Road, Suite 209, Poway. Call 858-748-6210 for reservations.

PRIME TIME FOR SENIORS

• Enjoy entertainment, speakers and a delicious full-course lunch at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church’s Prime Time for Seniors 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 21 in the Fellowship Center, 17010 Pomerado Road. Cost is $8, $10 on Nov. 21. On Oct. 24 enjoy bluegrass music by Virtual Strangers. On the menu, cheese enchilades. Make reservations before noon on Tuesdays by calling 858-487-0811.

POWAY KIWANIS MEET

• State Senator Joel Anderson is the guest speaker at the Poway Kiwanis Club meeting 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Hamburger Factory on Midland Road in Old Poway Park. For details, visit www.powaykiwanis.org.

RB ROTARY

• Nuvi Mehta of the San Diego Symphony talks about the upcoming season and stories behind the performances at the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club meeting noon Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club. For more details, visit www.rbrotary.org.

WORLD AFFAIRS -

How women in Cambodia are increasing their political participation is the topic of Dr. Drianne Aker and Zahra Ismail of the Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace & Justice at the World Affairs Council meeting 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba Drive, Rancho Bernardo. All welcome. For more details, call 858-592-6087.

POWAY CHAMBER MIXER

• The business community can mix and mingle at the Poway Chamber of Commerce mixer 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at Chrome Collision, 13175 Gregg St., Poway. Chamber members who preregister at www.poway.com get in free. Others should contact the chamber. For detail, visit the chamber website or call 858-748-0016.

FORKS & CORKS FESTIVAL

• Support the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum by sampling the food and drinks of over 50 vendors at the Annual Festival of Fork & Corks 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano, Rancho Bernardo. Tickets are $25 per person, $40 per couple, drink and food tickets, $1. For tickets and more details, visit www.lifestylesinfocus.com or call 760-622-0343.

RB TEA PARTY

• Ruth Weiss, the San Diego County coordinator for the Election Integrity Project, talks about the voter registration process at the Rancho Bernardo Tea Party meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road.

FRIDAYOCT. 25

BNI POWAY NEW LOCATION

• Join the BNI Poway meeting at 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at their new location, Cafe Merlot in the Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo. Guest speakers are Marco of Marco Flood/Restoration and Richard Turner of Minute Man Press. For details, email jeri.winberg@bankofamerican.com.

SATURDAYOCT. 26

RX DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY

• Turn in your no-longer-needed prescription drugs to keep them out of the hands of others during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Local drop-off locations are the Poway Sheriff’s Station, 13100 Poway Road, and the Scripps Rancho Bernrdo Clinic, 15004 Innovation Drive, Carmel Mountain Ranch. For more details, visit www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov or call 877-662-6384.

MT. CARMEL BAND TOURNEY

• The Mt. Carmel High School Tournament of Bands returns for its 37th year Saturday, Oct. 26 with more than 30 marching bands from throughout Southern California. The event begins a field show competition at 8 a.m., followed by a free parade competition at noon on Paseo Montalban and an evening competition on the field. Tickets are $9 in advance, $10 at the gate. For details, visit mchsbandtournament.com.

TOY, DOLL MUSEUM FUNDRAISER

• Help start the San Diego Toy and Doll Museum at a luau fundraiser 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in Poway. Tickets are $50 each and include a luau buffet, chances to win prizes through a drawing or bidding, plus a chance to win a resort stay in Hawaii. For more details, email Elisa.Ballard@SDToyandDollMuseum.org, call 619-992-9268 or visit www.SDToyandDollMuseum.org.

SUNDAYOCT. 27

CHOIR, ORCHESTRA CONCERT

• Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” will be performed by the Festival Choir of San Rafael Catholic Church and the Greater San Diego Community Orchestra at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 in the San Rafael sanctuary, 17252 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo. A free-will offering will be appreciated. For details, call 858-487-4314 ext. 1225.

MONDAYOCT. 28

PLANT CLUB MEETS

• Bill Toone of the Ecolife Foundation talks about how your landscape could save the world at the Lake Hodges Plant Club meeting 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. For more details, visit lhnpc.org or call 858-487-6661.

SAN DIEGO KNITTING GUILD

• A meeting of the San Diego Knitting Guild is 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Poway Senior Center, 13094 Civic Center Drive. All welcome. For details, email knittingguild@gmail.com.

WINE 101

• Learn how to select great wines for the holiday, including sampling, from chef Pam Schwartz at Wine 101 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 28 at the North Inland Older Adult Center, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway. For details, call 858-674-1123.

RESUME-WRITING CLINIC

• Job seekers can get support in building or revising their resumes and cover letters at a resume clinic 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Oct. 28 at the Church at Rancho Bernardo, 11740 Bernardo Plaza Court. Bring a hard copy of resume and cover letter. Space is limited. Sign up at /www.thechurchatrb.org/event/505075-2013-10-28-resume-clinic/.

TUESDAYOCT. 29

RB SUNRISE ROTARY

• Lane Elliot of We Tube U focuses on the benefits of video marketing in growing your website traffic and bottom line at the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary meeting 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road. Come for breakfast for $15. More details at www.rbsunrise.org.

RBHS LIBRARY FUNDRAISER

• Have dinner at Souplantation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, present the flier available at www.rbhsfriendsofthelibrary.org and 20 percent of your purchase will benefit Rancho Bernardo High School Friends of the Library.

WEDNESDAYOCT. 30

POWAY-SCRIPPS ROTARY -

For Halloween,

Poway Library Branch Manager Penny Taylor presents scary stories, readers theater-style, followed by what’s going on at the library noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Poway Brigantine, 13445 Poway Road. For details, call 858-231-3619.

ROLE OF THE PATIENT

• Arthritis experts present “The Role of the Patient in Disease Management 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the North Inland Older Adult Center, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway. For details, call 858-674-1123.

CEC AT RB

• The work of the Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice in building peace in Kenya and Cambodia is discussed by Zahra Ismail at the Continuing Education Center at Rancho Bernardo at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Cost is $5 for member, $7 for nonmembers. More details at www.cecrb.org or 858-487-0464.

RB KIWANIS

• Ellen Norton of Volunteer Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic - Hospital Infantil de las Californias talks about collecting and refitting equipment for hospitals in Mexico at the Rancho Bernardo Kiwanis Club meeting 7 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo. For details, visit Ranchobernardokiwanis.org.

GIVE BLOOD

• A Halloween blood drive takes place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in the TekWorks parking lot, 13300 Gregg St., Poway. For an appointment, visit www.mysdbb.org/Appointment/location.html?did=67143 or call 805-440-2524/

THURSDAYOCT. 31

RB ROTARY CLUB

• Just in time for Halloween, learn about the haunts of San Diego from a representative of the San Diego History Center at the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club meeting noon Thursday, Oct. 31 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club. For more details, visit www.rbrotary.org.

PRIME TIME FOR SENIORS

• Enjoy entertainment, speakers and a delicious full-course lunch at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church’s Prime Time for Seniors 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 21 in the Fellowship Center, 17010 Pomerado Road. Cost is $8, $10 on Nov. 21. On Oct. 31 Pastor Neal Nybo presents “Magic Plus.” On the menu, chicken pot pie. Make reservations before noon on Tuesdays by calling 858-487-0811.

WORLD AFFAIRS -

“The UAE: From Tribal Culture to Modernity in 60 Years” is the topic of Dr. Alsaghira Al Ahbabi and Saud Al Nowais at the World Affairs Council meeting 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 in the Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba Drive, Rancho Bernardo. All welcome. For more details, call 858-592-6087.

CEC AT RB

• The first of a two-part lecture on Karl Marx, part of “Philosophers Who Changed the World, is presented by Dr. Manual Arriaga at the Continuing Education Center at Rancho Bernardo at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 at the Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Cost is $5 for member, $7 for nonmembers. More details at www.cecrb.org or 858-487-0464.

FRIDAYNOV. 1

CITY OF HOPE

• Vocalist Sharon Mack returns for a performance at a meeting of the City of Hope, Rancho Bernardo Chapter at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 in the Rancho Bernardo Community Center, 18448 West Bernardo Drive. Send a $12 check to Barbara Wohlmuth, 17804-57 Corte Huasco, San Diego, CA 92128.

SATURDAYNOV. 2

PLANT SALE

• The Lake Hodges Native Plant Club is holding a plant sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 in front of Vons in Rancho Bernardo. California natives as well as other plants will be for sale. For details, visit lhnpc.org or call 858-487-6661.

MEDIEVAL MYSTERY, WEAPONS

• A demonstration of medieval weaponry and author Jeri Westerson discussing her newest medieval mystery, “Shadow of the Alchemist,” are slated for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road. For more details, call 858-513-2900.

MEDICINAL, EDIBLE PLANTS

• Blue Sky Ecological Reserve docent Kathy Reading describes the many medicinal and edible plants in the reserve on a hike starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. The reserve is located off of Espola Road in Poway. For details, call 858-668-4781.

MILITARY ORDER WORLD WARS

• Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Cattolico talks about his career as a combat salvage diver at the Rancho Bernardo Military Order of World Wars lunch meeting 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo. Cost is $22 per person. Make reservations by email to donald@san.rr.com or call 858-528-2513.

SUNDAYNOV. 3

BALEADA NIGHT

• Enjoy Honduran food, good music and speakers at a fundraiser for Coffee4Kids Honduras at Baleada Night 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at Penasquitos Lutheran Church, 14484 Penasquitos Drive, Rancho Penasquitos. All proceeds go to hospitalized children in Honduras.

LEARN ABOUT MEDICARE

• A free medicare informational seminar will be presented by Kevin Svetich at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 in the St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church conference room, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, a presentation of the church’s Health and Wellness Ministry.

BLUE SKY DOG WALK

• Bring Fido to the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve for a walk with docents Ann Martin and Anna Gateley-Stanton starting at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Don’t forget the leash, water and treats. The reserve is located off of Espola Road in Poway. For details, call 858-668-4781.

WEDNESDAYNOV. 6

POWAY-SCRIPPS ROTARY

• A new monthly evening meeting of the Rotary Club of Poway-Scripps begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the Mainstream Bar and Grill, 13385 Poway Road. Guest speaker is BBB President Sheryl Bilbrey, who will talk about her trip to Kenya, and her role in starting a hot air balloon business there. This is in addition to the regular Wednesday noon meeting at the Brigantine, 13445 Poway Road. For details, call 858-231-3619.

CHAMBER HOSTS PETERS

• The Poway Chamber of Commerce presents a State of the Union Breakfast with Congressman Scott Peters Wednesday, Nov. 6 at StoneRidge Country Club, 17166 Stoneridge Country Club Lane, Poway. Networking and registration begin at 7:30 a.m. and the program is 8 to 9 a.m. Cost is $20 for chamber members, $30 for non-members, and includes breakfast buffet. RSVP to 858-748-0016 or online at www.poway.com.

SEVEN OAKS GARDEN CLUB

• Conservation biologist Bill Toone talks about how your garden can save the world at the Seven Oaks Garden Club meeting 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Anyone 18 and over welcome.

THURSDAYNOV. 7

RB WOMAN’S CLUB

• The Fabulous Earrings, a singing trio, perform a USO-style show for the veterans at the Rancho Bernardo Woman’s Club meeting 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Cost is $26. Make reservations by Monday, Nov. 4 by calling 858-487-6942. Guests welcome.

RB ROTARY CLUB

• What you need to know about home health care is the topic of Elissa Hamilton of Palomar Health at the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club meeting noon Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club. For more details, visit www.rbrotary.org.

PRIME TIME FOR SENIORS

• Enjoy entertainment, speakers and a delicious full-course lunch at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church’s Prime Time for Seniors 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 21 in the Fellowship Center, 17010 Pomerado Road. Cost is $8, $10 on Nov. 21. On Nov. 7 the Sandy Devito combo performs smooth jazz. On the menu, stuffed cabbage rolls. Make reservations before noon on Tuesdays by calling 858-487-0811.

RB TEA PARTY

• An update and consequences of the Affordable Care Act is presented by Neil Crosby at the Rancho Bernardo Tea Party meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo.

WORLD AFFAIRS -

“The Impossible Mission of the U.S. State Department” and why it needs a more affordable mission in light of the national debt is the topic of Jack Browshers at the World Affairs Council meeting 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba Drive, Rancho Bernardo. All welcome. For more details, call 858-592-6087.

POWAY EMERGENCY CORPS

• Emergency communications will be covered at the next Poway Neighborhood Emergency Corps meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 14211 Twin Peaks Road, at Espola, Poway. Open to all Poway residents. Free. For details about PNEC, visit PowayNEC.com or facebook.com/PowayNEC.

FRIDAYNOV. 8

RB TRAVELERS

• “Uganda, Home of the Silverback” is presented by Bill Williams at the Rancho Bernardo Travelers meeting 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 in the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Guests over 18 welcome. For details, call 619-252-3720.

SATURDAYNOV. 9

SUPPORT PHS DANCE TEAM

• The Poway High Dance Team is holding a fundraiser garage sale starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 at 16547 Orchard Bend Road, Poway. Donations of items including furniture, sporting equipment, bikes, and good quality clothes will be accepted until Friday, Nov. 8. To arrange to drop off donations, call or text 858-231-3851 or email tammytrust1@yahoo.com.

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR

• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Rancho Penasquitos is holding their eighth annual Holiday Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 at the church, 13541 Stoney Creek Road. The fair features over 60 artisan booth of handmade crafts and holiday decor along with gift items, such as jewelry, accessories, pottery and specialty foods. Funds raised go toward supporting the parish, including its newly completed sanctuary.

STARGAZE AT BLUE SKY

• Travel through the solar system on a 1.5-mile hike through the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve to meet up with the San Diego Astronomers Association who will have telescopes available for viewing the night sky. Hike times are 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. Cost is $5. Space is limited. Register on the City of Poway website, Poway.org. For questions, call 858-668-4781.