Week in Review

• The sound of in the Mission Trails Regional Park amphitheater is as natural as the air we breathe. Players of the San Diego County Flute Circle gather on the second Sunday of each month for their regular practice session and Cynthia Robertson put up some great video, pictures and a story in her the first piece of her new column, "Portfolio Pages," looking at Santee's arts and outdoors.

•  Friday was opening night for Grossmont Conference league play for girls and boys high school basketball. Santana boys basketball beat El Cajon Valley last night 80-40! Girls won 55-27! Great wins in the league opener!

• It was a packed room at the Wednesday night, over 70 residents showed up for an answer from the City as to what will be done about the of the northern stretch of Fanita Parkway. And they .

The Council voted unanimously to direct the City staff to repair the whole northern stretch of Fanita Parkway and to talk with Padre Dam Municipal Water District and the owner about their participation in the repairs.

•Last year the number of , essentially "check-ins," that were conducted in Santee quadrupled when compared to 2009, according to the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force (SAFE) report released last week.

• , of Santee, turned 94 on Dec. 24. His family operated the Ferrari Dairy in Mission Valley. This is our first, and quite an interesting, obituary. If you have obituary information about someone in the community, please email StevenBartholow@patch.com.

• The famed seems to be coming to town. An official with the company confirmed recently that the Irvine-based burger chain is scouting sites in Santee for a new store.

• were sold in Santee in 2010 than in 2009, but the median price for homes sold rose $15,000, according to figures released Monday by the San Diego Association of Realtors.