Day of donating in Rainbow
RAINBOW ---- Want to help someone out? Bring your clean blankets, coats and new white men's tube socks to donate from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Rainbow Oaks Restaurant in Rainbow, 4815 5th St./Old Hwy 395.
This event will include a blood drive and support several charities, including the nonprofit Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary and some that help the homeless.
Fresenius lauds local dialysis centers
OCEANSIDE ---- Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation’s leading network of dialysis facilities, recently named two of its area dialysis facilities "Centers of Excellence" for achieving the highest standards in patient care in 2008.
The company’s annual Center of Excellence awards recognize those clinics nationwide that have delivered the highest levels of quality patient care, based on objective measurements of the patients’ status. This year’s Center of Excellence award winners in the area are Fresenius Medical Care Buena Creek in Vista, and Fresenius Medical Care North Coast Kidney Center in Oceanside.
For more information about these and other Fresenius Medical Care dialysis clinics, call 1-866-434-2597 or visit www.ultracare-dialysis.com.
Builders announced for Carlsbad new homes
CARLSBAD ---- Three residential builders have new homes coming soon at the first master-planned community to be built in Carlsbad since 2006. Construction continues on schedule toward a 2010 opening for new home neighborhoods at The Foothills.
The builders are Brookfield Homes, William Lyon Homes and D.R. Horton.
Brookfield Homes and William Lyon Homes are framing model homes within the new master-planned community located off Cannon Road, just east of El Camino Real in Carlsbad. D.R. Horton plans to begin construction in December for its model home complex.
Expected to open in February is Blossom Grove at The Foothills, built by William Lyon Homes. Offering 110 single-family Carlsbad homes with approximately 1,992 to 2,840 square feet, three to five bedrooms, and two to three bathrooms, the one- and two-story homes are expected to be priced from the low $600,000s.
Brookfield Homes' Rockrose at The Foothills will offer 101 new single-family detached homes in Carlsbad ranging from 2,116 to 3,167 square feet.
With an information center planned to open in January, Alcéa at The Foothills by D.R Horton features 84 detached condominium homes with approximately 1,747 to 2,052 square feet.
