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El Cajon Valley Host Lions ClubServing East San Diego County since 1947 |
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November 20, 2004 In the Otay Water District Board race, Mark Robak edged Richard Wright for the open Division 5 seat. Robak, who will join the board in January, received 6,027 votes to Wright's 5,951. Robak, 43, a commercial real estate broker from Spring Valley, served on the Padre Dam Municipal Water District from 1996 to 2000. He has said his priorities include restoring the public's trust in the district and reviewing the management structure. The board sets the ordinances, policies, taxes and rates for service in
the 125.5-square-mile district, which has 182,000 residents in the southeastern
portion of the county. The 172-employee district has a $47 million operating
budget this year, a $31 million capital improvement program and $92 million
in reserves. Structure in El Cajon is hit for third time
By Irene
McCormack Jackson February 5, 2003 EL CAJON – Twelve years ago, a loaded dump truck smashed through the rear wall. Nine years ago, a woman drove her sedan into the side wall. Early yesterday, a suspected drunken driver crashed a sport utility vehicle through the front wall of Parker Systems Printing, destroying $60,000 worth of printing equipment. "It's been hit three times and it's still standing," building owner Dennis Muckey said while sweeping up debris. "To hit the other wall, they're going to have to go through the other building first." Business owner Bruce Boorman, Bulletin Editor with the El Cajon Valley Lions Club, said his alarm company notified him about 12:30 a.m. When he arrived 15 minutes later, he saw the tail end of an SUV sticking out of the front wall. The plate glass window was shattered. The vehicle was inside, its headlights still on. Reams of colored paper were strewn everywhere and three damaged printing machines were shoved up against the back wall. The driver was gone, he said. But not for long. Police tracked the registered owner of the vehicle – the driver's mother – and found the suspected motorist near his mother's home, just three blocks from the shop. Officers arrested the 20-year-old El Cajon man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, El Cajon police Lt. Tom Gay said. When the man was brought back to the vehicle and saw the damage, he moaned, "I'll never drink again," over and over, Boorman said. Accident investigators said the driver was heading east on Persimmon Avenue, which ends at North Second Street. Instead of turning to avoid the building in front of him, he drove over the curb and a shin-high concrete wall and rammed through the front of the building. The air bag deployed and the driver climbed out of his car. Because the business was fortified with deadbolts, he couldn't open the front or back doors to escape. "So he knocked out that window over there and ran away," Boorman said, pointing to the hole where the front plate glass window once was. Fears that the building's structural integrity may have been compromised kept crews from extricating the vehicle until 10:30 a.m. yesterday, said Boorman. After an inspection, the building was cleared, said Muckey, who spent the day boarding up the gaping holes. He's at a loss to explain why the building is a vehicle magnet. "I've got three other buildings where this has happened," Muckey said. "It happens more than you think."
1st VP Ed Waymire being presented Volunteer of the Year by the El Cajon Community Development Corporation (Downtown El Cajon) on December 5, 2002
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