The Borrego Sun

Regardless of all else that goes on in the world, every Borregan looks forward to picking up his mail late Wednesday or early Thursday, every other week. Why? Because that is the day the Borrego Sun is delivered to each subscriber's Post Office box!

The "Sun" has been the major source of news in Borrego since 1949. It is truly a "down-home" newspaper and is full of all kinds of news...who had a baby, what's for sale, important meeting dates, an opinion page, letters to the editor, an editorial,a crossword ( new ), ads and lots of other things of community interest. Judy Meir has taken over Joe Stone's old column and is doing a great job. This time of year, the paper is understandably thinner than during the season, but, as always, chock full of information that is fascinating and refreshingly upbeat when compared to the big papers.

The photos on the first page are often of Borrego kids who have made a name for themselves...Youth Theater actors, graduates, or current events like flooding, beautiful fields of flowers, sunsets, clouds, farmer's markets, fiestas, parades, plein aire painters and the like.

In the most recent paper, I found out the General Plan Update had finally been approved by the County. I went to the on-line site and read the entire thing. I think it bodes well for the future of Borrego Springs and am thankful for all the time and effort of the many volunteers who worked so hard and for so many years on the plan.

There is even a CRIMEWATCH section I definitely enjoy reading. Of course, not much is usually in it. This time of year, especially...in August. Someone damaged a gate to gain entrance to a swimming pool, used the pool and left "beer cans scattered about". Rangers rescued two men stranded in the mud caves. The item that alerted me to what is really going on was the group of naked meteor watchers who were issued warnings. They were amongst a group of 70 "mostly clothed" viewers watching the Perseid Meteor shower from Font's Point. Also, some welding tools were stolen from a shed. That's it!