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"Children in the Poway Backyard Swim program listen intently to water safety directions from Gordon Crismon, instructor. From left are Patty Harrewl, an instructor, who aided with the lesson; and Janet Fuller, Anita Fuller, Valerie Webster, Laura Webster, Bob Hahn and Clarence Wahlstrom, the pupils."

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"Line of live Christmas Trees - Poway [California]."

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[Author's account of cancellation of high school classes, online learning, isolation, and family members' struggles with COVID.]

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[Envelope contains images related to class project at Mount Carmel High School, Rancho Peñasquitos (Poway Unified School District). Physics students built a boat with plywood with the intention to float it across the pool. Images were shot at Mount Carmel High School. Unknown if images were published in the newspaper.]

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[Photographer's assignment reads "A bunch of 3- and 4-year-olds who attend Poway Nursey School will hold their first graduation. I think there's 36 kids." Images taken at Poway Nursery School, located at Morning Creek Elementary School, Poway California. Unknown if images were published in the newspaper.]

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[Envelope contains images of people and railroad rails, possibly intended for work with the Poway-Midland Railroad, a heritage railroad in Old Poway Park in Poway, California. The railroad was under construction in 1992, and track work was completed in June, 1993. Unknown if images were published in the newspaper.]

Scope and Contents "Chidren gather around George Milne, director of the Poway Community Day Care Center, to look over the games and books which will be available to them. The day care center will open Sept. 10 (Left to right) are Jenifer Stevenson, Joyce Lynn Stevenson, Milne, Jane Stevenson, Gail Dershem, Missy Milne and Caroline Johnson. The center, located at 13502 Community road, will be open from 6 a.m. until 6p.m. Milne and his wife are co-directors for the center which is sponsored by the Community...

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An oral history interview with Leslee K. Roberts, a Marine Corps veteran, who shares her experiences growing up in Ohio, deciding not to become a nun and choosing to leave Ohio by joining the U.S. Marine Corps. She discusses some military regulations, meeting and marrying her husband, and her various homes in North County. She talks about her involvement and support of the Poway community as well as Poway’s early development.