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Alpine residents honored for saving jogger

ALPINE ---- Kellie Peel didn’t know the unconscious man she stopped to help on April 3 lying beside Victoria Drive in Alpine. Neither did fellow good Samaritan Joe Kuhn. It didn’t matter. The two Alpine residents called 9-1-1 and kept Brian Bristol alive with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and the help of Heartland Fire Dispatcher Yasmin Eaddy until an ambulance and fire crew arrived.

Paramedics stabilized Bristol, superintendent of the Lakeside Union School District, and took him to a hospital. “In less than two weeks he emerged from that hospital, full of life,” Division Chief Brad Rushing of the Alpine Fire Protection District said May 15. Rushing spoke at a ceremony honoring Peel, Kuhn, Eaddy and others who helped with the rescue. Bristol, Peel and Kuhn shared hugs during the emotional event that the fire district and San Diego Project Heartbeat held at district headquarters at 1364 Tavern Road.

Pictured left to right: Joe Kuhn, Brian Bristol, and Kellie Peel.

Alpine Auto Repair named Senate district Business of Year

ALPINE ---- Alpine Auto Repair owners Rob and Claudia Rowsell will receive the Business of the Year Award from Senate District 36 on June 11 in Sacramento! Alpine Auto Repair at 2417 Alpine Blvd. is one of five businesses the Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce referred to State Senator Joel Anderson as his possible district choice for the honor. “Alpine Auto is an example of the American Dream come to life,” Anderson said after announcing his selection. “They provide outstanding service, and are dedicated to the betterment of their community. I am honored to nominate them as the small business of the year for Senate District 36.”

The “California Small Business Day 2012” awards ceremony will be held by the California Small Business Association (CSBA) at the Sacramento Convention Center. “We’re very excited and we’re very honored to get that recognition,” Claudia Rowsell said.

Certificates of recognition congratulating the other nominees members the Chamber referred to Anderson for consideration are to be sent to The Alpine Sun Newspaper, Comfort Keepers, Alpine Special Treatment Center and the Alpine Community Network. As a volunteer-driven, nonprofit, non-partisan organization, CSBA is dedicated to providing small businesses with a meaningful voice in state and federal governments.
The association’s popular annual event brings together legislators as they honor hard-working small businesses in their districts.

The Rowsells, who also own Claudia Buys Houses and Bob Bowen Auto Service in La Mesa, received four certificates of recognition earlier this year from Sen. Anderson’s office. The certificates recognized Alpine Auto Repair and the Rowsells’ other businesses ---- Bob Bowen’s Auto Service in La Mesa and Claudia Buys Houses ---- for “outstanding automotive service” or “outstanding service.” Rob Rowsell received the fourth certificate for “outstanding participation and dedication to being a highly respected business owner… esteemed community leader, community activist” and Alpine Chamber Ambassador. For more information, call the Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce at (619) 445-2722; Alpine Auto Repair at (619) 445-1444 or visit www.csba.com.

Alpine students compete in state history finals

RIVERSIDE ---- Six Joan MacQueen Middle School students were among San Diego County representatives April 27-28 at the state finals of National History Day-California in Riverside. Alpine students Jack Schaefer, Josh Hank, Marco Barron, Thomas Cooney, Dominic Garza and Cole Tart made it through heavy county competition on March 17 in order to be among 952 statewide contenders.

Although the Alpine team didn’t win at the Riverside Convention Center, they were excellent representatives who worked hard, according to Joan MacQueen teacher Susan K. Lancaster. “These young minds simply amaze me with their knowledge and their talents,” Lancaster said.

The Alpine students worked for six months researching, interviewing, composing and creating exhibits, research papers and documentaries. They studied the Supreme Court decision that led to the Civil Rights movement; reformation of industry when child labor was addressed; the revolutionary ship design leading to exploration of the Americas and the effects after the USA and the USSR each got half of Germany’s scientists after World War II. At the county level the Alpine team won in Individual Documentary, Group Documentary and Group Exhibit, Lancaster said. “All were outstanding,” she said.

After the state competition, the only San Diego County students to go on to the national level were from Francis Parker and Oak Grove Middle School, Lancaster said. “We wish these students success this summer,” said the Alpine teacher. Lancaster said she and teachers Robbie Skovmand and Penny Garza now have more information to help next year’s students be even more successful. The Kiwanis Club of Alpine and the Alpine Education Foundation are raising funds to help cover this year’s competition costs. Community donations to help can be made to Friends of Joan MacQueen or Alpine Educational Foundation, c/o 2001 Tavern Road, Alpine CA 91901. For more information, call Lancaster at (619) 445-3245, ext. 602.

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