PRESERVE WILL UNVEIL NEW MILL MODEL

Ron Norris, Valley Center artist extraordinaire, recently completed a scale model of the old mill (which now consists of ruins) at Wilderness Gardens Preserve. The County Dept. of Parks & Recreation, which commissioned the model and operates the preserve, will dedicate the model on Aug. 8, 10 a.m. at the preserve. It's 6 ft long and 3 ft high. Light refreshments will be served and Lynne Christenson (County Historian), will give some history on the preserve.

Norris tells me, "I made my first model, out of a willow stick when I was six; now 70 years later I'm getting paid for something I enjoy. Great world, isn't it?"