Steve Hall ABR, CDPE, GREEN, SFR

GRAND OPENING!!! WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH 3PM-7PM

The farmers market is coming to San Marcos and will be held every Wednesday from 3pm until 7pm at Cal State San Marcos in parking lot B. Come out and meet your local San Diego farmers.

• Fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and greens
• Fresh baked artisan breads
• unique handcrafted arts and crafts

For more information on San Diego agriculture, visit their website. San Diego County Farm Bureau

First-ever festival to be held June 6

The City of San Marcos and Allen's Wrench will present the first-ever Classic Rock 'n Blues Festival in the Wood House Gardens in Woodland Park, 1148 Rock Springs Road, on Saturday, June 6 from 3 to 8 pm.

Four bands including Off Track, Craig's Band, Bill Magee's Blues and Aunt Kizzy's Boyz will provide music at this outdoor venue. Attendees should bring low back beach chairs or blankets for lawn seating. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

Tickets are available at the door or online. Ticket prices are $8/presale, $10/at door, $5/children under 10. Parking is free.

The San Marcos Fire Department will conduct structure fire training on Thursday, May 7 at 8 am using a house in San Marcos that was slated to be demolished. The training exercise is scheduled until 5 pm, but may conclude sooner. The house is located at 419 Autumn Drive.

During the exercise, training instructors will set fires in prepped rooms. Fire crews will size-up the fire and then select and execute the appropriate strategies and tactics for the situation. This will be repeated several times as long as the building remains safe. When the house is damaged to the point that training activities are no longer safe, the house will be allowed to burn down completely. Fire crews will remain on hand until the fires are completely extinguished.

Live fire training provides experience for firefighters that will make them safer and more effective during actual fire emergencies.

No street closures are planned during this exercise; however, local residents should be advised of the activity.

For more information, please call San Marcos Fire Department Division Chief Chuck Morton at (760) 744-1050, extension 3502.

Every year, Americans buy more than 100 million cell phones, yet fewer than 20% of old cell phones are recycled. Discarded phones represent about 65,000 tons of electronic garbage every year.

Instead of leaving your old cell phone in your junk drawer or putting it in trash, which will cause it to end up in the landfill, PLEASE donate your old/used cell phones to the San Marcos Historical Society. The San Marcos Historical Society will make sure that the old cells phones are recycled properly while at the same time raising a few dollars to help sustain the operation of the museum and the homes at Heritage Park.

The Museum is located at 270 W. San Marcos Blvd and is open 12-4 Wednesday through Sunday.

Now is your chance to see what the Kiwanis Club of San Marcos is all about. Our club is very active in the community, which includes a very special literacy program with the elementary schools. Our club is also active in the Relay for Life, Rady Children's Hospital in addition to working with most of the youth groups in the community.

This special One-Day event will include participation from local youth groups; the Boys and Girls Club and a local Brownie troop.

Our meetings are held on the first, second and fourth Friday of each month at 7:15 am. For those that cannot attend morning meetings, we also meet on the third Thursday at 6:00 pm.