April 26, 2013

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Dana Hills High School senior Yossymar Rojas overcame a language barrier, bullying and shyness to become the Boys & Girls Club state Youth of the Year award winner. Photo by Brian Park

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THE LATEST: Mayor Steven Weinberg addressed a crowd of 200 people Monday at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa and used his State of the City speech to highlight the city’s assets and progress.

Weinberg stepped away from the lectern and took a non-traditional approach to his speech, handing the spotlight off to himself in a video. The Mayor’s video presentation focused on the town’s history, leading to the Dana Point of today, and how the city’s five-star standard can be maintained for the next 100 years. He pointed to projects being worked on including Harbor and Doheny Village revitalization, Headlands preservation and Town Center to achieve this goal.

Awards were presented to area organiza-tions working to enhance the city.

An award was also given for revitalization efforts at the OC Dana Point Harbor, and Harbor director Brad Gross and Orange County supervisor Pat Bates were on hand to accept it. Other notable guests included representatives from the offices of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, state Sen. Mark Wyland and state Assemblywoman Diane Harkey.

WHAT’S NEXT: No questions were asked during the mayor’s call to the audience. Weinberg thanked the city council and staff in working toward a common goal of balancing the city’s budget, maintaining services and being fiscally responsible.

“Our city is still in great shape and pro-viding five-star service to our citizens and visitors,” Weinberg said.

The event was hosted jointly by the city of Dana Point and the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce.

FIND OUT MORE: Check out www.danapointtimes.com for the full story.—Andrea Papagianis

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THE LATEST: Poche Beach earned an “A” grade from the ocean monitoring orga-nization, Heal the Bay, the first time the beach has achieved the designation for an entire month in years.

Last week, Tom Bonigut, the San Clemente assistant city engineer, told the Coastal Advisory Committee the bacteria and pollution levels at the beach—which kept it listed on a long-term basis on county water advisories—had been much lower over the course of the year, and the beach had no days where it exceeded levels set by the county.

The beach has been listed on the organizations “Beach Bummer” list of unhealthy beaches since 2008.

Bonigut said while it’s not certain what the cause of the change was, there were a couple of modifications in the area that could account for the positive develop-ments. The nearby Prima Deshecha land-fill hired a falconer to keep birds away and an ultrasonic device was installed near the beach, seemingly forcing many birds out.

Committee member Don Brown said on a recent visit to the beach, he’d only seen two birds in the water, where dozens had formerly congregated.

WHAT’S NEXT: On Saturday, May 18, the committee will host a two hour informa-tional walk on the Prima Deshecha Wa-tershed at 9 a.m. The walk will end with a discussion on the state of the beach, and Bonigut and committee members will answer questions and provide informa-tion at several different stops along the watershed.

FIND OUT MORE: For more on the story, visit www.danapointtimes.com — Jim Shilander

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THE LATEST: In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Dana Point Police Services is providing the pub-lic with an opportunity to rid their homes of unwanted, unused and expired prescrip-tion drugs.

As part of the sixth National Drug Take Back Day in three years, law enforce-ment agencies hope to mitigate the abuse and misuse of medications by properly disposing of the drugs. Additionally, the effort aims to keep medications out of area landfills and water supplies. On Saturday, April 27, medications will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dana Point Police Services, 33282 Golden Lantern.

WHAT’S NEXT: With the drug ‘take-back’ box at Dana Point Police Services, anony-mous medication drop-offs are available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Thurs-day from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. No syringes, illicit drugs, medical or hazardous waste will be accepted.

FIND OUT MORE: Stay tuned to www.dan-apointtimes.com for updates.—AP

THE LATEST: The Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved cutting 61 non-teach-ing positions due to budget reductions, although only 32 employees will actually be affected by the cuts.

Jodee Brentlinger, assistant superinten-dent for personnel services, told the board that nearly half of the positions were cur-rently vacant, and with funding uncertain it

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THE LATEST: Orange County Transporta-tion Authority officials said Wednesday at a quarterly stakeholder meeting on the Interstate 5 widening project that costs, and the need to coordinate with San Diego County, prevented extending a high occupancy vehicle lane to the San Diego county line.

WHAT’S NEXT: Work on Interstate-5 will likely detour vehicles off the freeway and into Dana Point.

Work between Pacific Coast Highway and San Juan Creek Road will likely entail overnight closures of both southbound and northbound lanes at different points to remove and then put up signage that stretches across the length of the freeway, Mario Montes said. Traffic would likely be diverted onto Camino Capistrano and back onto the interstate.

FIND OUT MORE: For information on the project, visit www.octa.net/i5pico. — JS

CITY AND BUSINESS CALENDAR

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

Headlands Preserve Cleanup8 a.m.–1:00 p.m. In honor or Earth Day, the Dana Point Nature Inter-pretive Center, 34558 Scenic Dr., will host a cleanup of the Head-lands Preserve. For information on cleanup supplies and instructions, call 949.542.4755.

Farmers Market 9 a.m.–1 p.m. La Plaza Park, 34111 La Plaza Street. Admission is free. For more information or to inquire about purchasing a booth for $25, call

949.573.5033 or visitwww.danapoint.org.

Recycling Event at Dana Hills High9 a.m.–11 a.m. Drop off plastic bottles and aluminum cans at Dana Hills High School, 33333 Golden Lantern St. To find out more, email [email protected].

TUESDAY, APRIL 30

H20 for HOAs Forum 9 a.m.–noon. This free workshop, hosted by Tri-City Water Savers and the South Coast Water District, is designed for

HOA board members, property man-agers and contractors to learn about water saving tools, incentives and more. San Juan Capistrano Commu-nity Center, 25925 Camino Del Avion. To register, email Betsy at [email protected].

THURSDAY, MAY 2

Youth Board Meeting 4 p.m. Dana Point Youth Board meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at City Hall Council Chambers, 33282 Golden Lantern, 949.248.3593, www.danapoint.org.

was best to eliminate them. Among staffed positions being eliminat-

ed, a number were instructional assistant jobs and positions in the district’s bilingual programs. Trustee Ellen Addonizio op-posed the measure.

WHAT’S NEXT: The board also approved spending more than $1.6 million to outfit 36 additional campuses with wireless internet connectivity upgrades.

Twenty schools, including San Clem-ente, Dana Hills and Capistrano Valley high schools, were upgraded between 2010 and 2012. The district will be going to bid this winter on connectivity services.

FIND OUT MORE: For more on the meet-ing, visit www.danapointtimes.com—JS

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No Stopping This Kid

By Brian ParkDana Point Times

Bright future ahead for Boys & Girls Club state Youth of the Year winner

ack in the fall of 2000, on what was his first day of school at Del Obispo Elementary, young Yossymar Rojas

was so frighteningly lost, he couldn’t utter his own name during the morning roll call.

How could he? After all, English was still a new language to Rojas, who was born in Mission Viejo but only spoke Spanish at home with his parents, Luis and Lourdes, immigrants from Pueblo, Mexico.

So when the teacher and nearby stu-dents asked him, “What’s your name?,” all Rojas heard was jargon. What’s worse, he was in the wrong class.

“I spent the first two hours in the fourth grade and I didn’t know they were ask-ing me for my name,” Rojas said. “Other kids started catching on and asked me my name in Spanish. That’s when they realized and took me to the kindergarten area.”

Just getting to school that morning had been a puzzling experience, said Rojas. His parents knew the bus—not the school’s but the Orange County Transportation Authority’s bus—would take their son in the general vicinity of the school, so they put him aboard and sent him on his way.

“My parents had no knowledge of the education system. They probably thought a teacher would be outside and say, ‘Wel-come to Del Obispo Elementary,’” Rojas said. “I was completely confused.”

The first few weeks and months were “a blur,” Rojas said. By the third grade, he had made the transition from speaking intermittent English to speaking it with more fluency. But communication with teachers and schoolmates still proved challenging and made him a target for bullying.

“When I look back, it must’ve been because I was different. I couldn’t get my ideas across,” Rojas said. “The bullying led to a sense of shyness.”

Whatever reservations Rojas felt didn’t stop him from succeeding in the class-room, where he excelled in math and was placed into an accelerated course. By the time he reached the sixth grade at Marco Forster Middle School, Rojas, who’s known by friends and family as “Yossy,” had become fluent in English and more comfortable speaking with others.

It’s around that time that fate dealt Rojas a fortunate hand—or rather, the image of two hands clasped—in the form of the Boys & Girls Club.


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Rojas’ parents, who both worked long and irregular hours—Luis as a restaurant busboy and Lourdes as a nanny—didn’t want their son walking home alone from school. Instead, they sent their son to the Boys & Girls Club of Capistrano Valley, just across the street from Marco Forster.

“I remember just looking at the club from the outside and seeing hundreds of kids walk in. Just because I was bullied as a kid, I thought anyone of the kids could bully me,” Rojas said. “In fact, they were all inviting and genuinely kind. I seriously think it was just a week in that I realized the kids were alright and the staff was amazing.”

To say Rojas simply did well at the Boys & Girls Club would be a gross understate-ment. As a member of the club’s teen program, Keystone, Rojas has become a leader among his peers and to the club’s younger members. Through Toastmas-ters, he’s shed his former shyness and has become an adept public speaker.

What’s more, Rojas has broken new ground at the club. In February, Rojas, now a senior at Dana Hills High School, was named the club’s Youth of the Year. In March, Rojas’ story of overcoming a language barrier, shyness and bullying earned him the county Youth of the Year honor—just the third member in the club’s history.

And it hasn’t stopped there.Just this month, Rojas became only the

second Capistrano Valley club member to win the state Youth of the Year award, beating out eight other contestants. Along with the award, Rojas received a $15,000 scholarship from the Boys & Girls Club of America, two round-trip tickets to anywhere in the country and an additional $10,000 scholarship from the California Youth of the Year Alliance. In total, Rojas has received more than $27,000 in scholar-ship money. He’ll have a chance to add to that in July, when he faces off against eight other state Youth of the Year winners in the Pacific Region competition.

“This is one of the best highlights, not just for me, but for the entire club,” said James Littlejohn, who’s been the executive

director of the Capistrano Valley club for 12 years. “I was able to learn a lot about Yossy throughout this process. The future is so bright for him, but he’s very humble. He knows where he wants to go, but he hasn’t forgotten where he comes from.”

Rojas has a small handful of people to thank for their help and mentorship, most notably his family and the staff at the Boys & Girls Club. It started with his older cousin Julio Moreno, who Rojas calls a “trailblazer” in his family. When Rojas was still learning English, Moreno, who is four years older and recently graduated from San Francisco State, tutored his cousin and helped him with his homework.

“He was always more of a brother,” Moreno said. “In a way, he’s kind of be-come the representation of our family and having contributed to that is such a great feeling. I’m very proud of him.”

Throughout the Youth of the Year process, which involves public speaking and interviews, Rojas had the advantage of having some experienced coaching on his side. His mentor, Navid Rastin, was a club member turned staffer who won the county Youth of the Year award in 2007.

“We connected because he was so competitive, not just in the gym, but in everything,” Rastin said. “When he started high school, that’s when I started to see him really focus on what he was doing and where he wanted to go.”

Where Rojas is now is near the top of his class. Rojas has a 3.92 weighted GPA to his credit, along with nine Advanced Placement classes and four years of track and field and cross country. Where Rojas is going is UC Irvine, where he intends to study biomedical engineering.

“A simple explanation would be I’d help amputees,” Rojas said. “I’ve been taught that helping out people is an amazing thing, so biomedical engineering was something I was really interested in as a potential career.”

When he graduates in the spring, Rojas will become the first person in his family to earn a high school diploma. Lourdes Rojas said her oldest son has become a role model for her youngest children, Yaradset, 15, and Luis, 8.

“The values we instilled in him at a young age have made all the difference. I’m happy to see the seed we planted has borne fruit,” Lourdes Rojas said through her son.

“Looking back, I know I couldn’t have done everything without those people—my family and the Boys & Girls Club,” Rojas said.

Even after he moves on to college, graduates and continues along his upward path, Rojas said he’ll remain an active presence with the club. One of his goals, he said, is to become financially successful enough to support the club in the future.

“I want to make sure this club never closes its doors,” Rojas said. “If the Boys & Girls Club could change that shy and confused kid into the person I am today, they can do that with everyone.” DP

Above: Yossymar Rojas reacts after learning he was named the winner of the 2013 Boys & Girls Club state Youth of the Year award. Right: Former NBA star and Boys & Girls Club alumnus A.C. Green congratulates Yossymar Rojas for winning the 2013 Boys & Girls Club state Youth of the Year award. Courtesy photos

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League of Women Voters Pre-senting Homelessness Program

u The Capistrano Bay League of Women Voters invites the public to a panel discus-sion on understanding the homeless in south Orange County and the programs that exist to help them.

Attendees will learn about programs cur-rently available to the homeless and govern-ment mandates affecting the homeless.

Panel members will include Susan Parmelee, chairwoman of San Clemente Collaborative, Mary Perdue, executive direc-tor for Family Assistance Ministries, Karen Williams, chief operating officer of OC Part-nership for the Homeless and Dwight Smith, executive director for Isaiah House.

The program will be held Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Dana Point Library, 33841 Niguel Road. At noon, all those interested are invited to continue the conversation over lunch at Quench Bar & Bistro, 2 Ritz Carlton Dr. #102, Dana Point. Information on the league can be found at www.lwvcba.org.

CUSD Superintendent to Speak at Splash Talk

u The Splash Foun-dation, a nonprofit organization support-ing Concordia Elemen-tary School, will host a forum on Wednes-day, May 1 featuring Superintendent Joseph Farley of Capistrano Unified School District.

Farley will discuss the district’s finances, class sizes and volunteer opportunities. The forum will conclude with a question and answer period. The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Concordia Elementary School, 3120 Avenida del Presi-dente, San Clemente. For more, visit www.splashfoundation.com.

Col. Roger Turner, Commander 5th Marine Regiment; Terry Rifkin, President of the Dana Point 5th Marine Support Group, Capt. Ben Middendorf, Maj. Scott Gehris and Candace Middendorf gather at the launch event for Companies for the Courageous, Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Rose Society Tour Highlights South Orange County Gardens

u The Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain is sponsoring a self-guided tour of five homes in San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Laguna Hills and Capistrano Beach on Saturday, May 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to exploring area gardens, the tour will pass thru three of the garden homes. Tickets available for $25 online at www.rosesrosesroses.org or for $30 on the day of the tour at 25284 Ericson Way, Laguna Hills. This event helps sponsor horticultural scholarships to local colleges and universities.

Cardiac Screening Event Offered at Dana Hills

u The Dana Hills High School PTSA is hosting a cardiac screening event at Dana Hills, 33333 Golden Lantern on Sunday, May 5 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Heartfelt Cardiac Projects, a grass-roots cardiac screening organization, will perform comprehensive cardiac evalua-tions for $85 per person. The organization, founded by Holly Morrell, aims to save lives through early detection, education and increased public awareness of cardiac diseases.

Screenings are offered to children ages 5 and up and will be open to all students, athletes, their families and community members. School physicals will also be available. To register, visit www.heartfelt-cardiacprojects.org.

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o help American troops acclimate to professional and civilian life, this week the Dana Point 5th Marine

Regiment Support Group launched Com-panies for the Courageous, giving local businesses an opportunity to join their cause.

The mission of the group is to supple-ment existing programs by adding op-portunities for business leaders to mentor, train and hire Marines transitioning out of military life.

On April 23, about 100 people gathered on the terrace of Cannon’s Restaurant to learn about this opportunity to assist locally-based Marines. While enjoying ap-petizers, guests listened to three speakers.

The first was retired Marine Corps Col. Tom McKeown, who spoke about his rocky experience as a young Marine returning from Vietnam. Upon his return home, a “hippie” greeted him, shouted at him and then spit on him. As McKeown and his comrades searched for jobs, they were told not to wear their uniforms, because it could prompt fights.

McKeown said, his comrades had no support and no training, and he stressed his belief that this new group will help tremendously, because “it is tough to translate marching through the desert with getting a job.”

The second speaker, Col. Roger Turner, commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, applauded the concept of the newly formed group and spoke for fellow Marines in thanking the support group and city.

According to Turner, there are cur-rently 7,000 Marines in Afghanistan, and a total of 55,000 troops from all branches of service still fighting there. Families are here alone and your support is crucial to them, he said.

Rounding out the trio of speakers was Army veteran Joshua Stone, currently

a student at Orange Coast College. His message was that the same principles and values are important in all branches of the Armed Forces.

There is a standard of excellence for courage, and no double standard for char-acter, he said. To succeed and become productive in the work place veterans used to depend on the GI Bill. Now there is a group at OCC, started by Stone, called the Veteran’s Resource Center. With it, Stone said, he hopes it will slow down the 80 percent dropout rate among returning military personnel and keep these young soldiers in school.

Julie Simer, chairman of Companies for the Courageous, spoke about the need to fill the void for those returning from battle. The group’s plan is to recognize the companies who participate with a logo sticker that will be recognized by the public frequenting their businesses.

“All levels of sponsors will be recog-nized on our website,” Simer said. “Spon-sors at the platinum level will have the logo of their business on a flag standard, displayed at all the summer concerts in Dana Point.”

Terry Rifkin, president of the support group, introduced the Marines present, and asked all who had served in the mili-tary to stand and thanked them for their service. Everyone raised their glasses in a champagne toast to its success.

Bob Beaulieu, president of the 5th Marine advisory brigade spoke about how difficult it is to translate military experi-ence into a resume. These returning soldiers need help from human resource departments as well as financial help. Beaulieu presented a $10,000 check from Pacific Western Bank and loud cheer rang out from above the Harbor.

For more information on how your business can lend its support and enjoy the benefits of becoming a sponsor, call 949.373.5375 or log on to www.danapoint-5thmarines.com. DP

Returning From the Frontline

By Barbara MerrimanDana Point Times

Marine support group launches new effort to involve local businesses in supporting troops

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u Angelina’s Pizzeria32860 Pacific Coast Hwy., 949.429.1102, www.angelinaspizzerianapoletana.com

Sandro Nardone isn’t the only Italian import at Angelina’s Pizzeria.

The Italian native and third generation Neapolitan pizza maker, ships in specialty items from the “old country” to recreate the authentic pies made famous in Naples, Italy.

Certified by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana (VPN)—an international non-profit founded by Neapolitan pizzaiolis, or pizza makers, to protect the tradition of the Naples style culinary art—Angelina’s is one of three Orange County pizzerias meeting strict guidelines to receive designation by the Italian government for preserving pizza making traditions.

Topped with the finest ingredients, the base of the pizzeria’s thin pies with San Marzano tomatoes and poppolo di buffalo mozzarella really comes down to the dough. The foundation of Nardone’s creation starts with flour, yeast, water and salt. It then rises for 18 hours before finishing touches are added, and the pie is baked for mere minutes in the wood-fired oven.

From the margherita, the traditional pie with a tomato base, mozzarella and basil, to the dessert pizza topped with Nutella, fresh pears and cinnamon, Angelina’s offers a taste of Italy right here in Dana Point.

Business Beat BY ANDREA PAPAGIANIS

News and updates on Dana Point’s business community

Owners of Kenny’s Music Store, Kenny and Kim-berly Williams, are celebrating their 20th anniver-sary in business with an open house and barbecue on May 1. Courtesy photo

Sandro Nardone, owner of Angelina’s Pizza, imports specialty items from his native Italy to craft Neapolitan pizza, a Naples creation. Photo by Andrea Papagianis

discovered a new wave of bikes. After purchasing two electric bikes from

Pedego Electric Bike Company, Kaplan found his next endeavor. The Irvine-based company—whose aim is to make cycling ac-cessible to non-bicyclists—produces a line of electric-powered bicycles that are sold, much like cars, in a dealership setting.

While the parts and service department is there and customers can test drive their rides before making a final decision, Ka-plan’s dealership, which opened two months ago, sings the Pedego tune.

“The Pedego mantra is ‘hello fun’ be-cause it makes bike riding fun,” Kaplan said. “You can peddle when you feel like peddling, or you can kick back. On a single charge, you can go 25 miles, and that’s if you don’t do any peddling.”

Designed by a company that focuses solely on electric bikes, Kaplan said their bikes’ performance is unmatched. The aluminum-framed beach cruisers, city com-muters, trail trackers and tandem bikes are regular cycles with a quiet, built-in electric motor to assistant on rides with distance, hills and headwinds.

“It allows people who can’t really ride anymore, maybe because of age or an injury, to get on a bike and go out and enjoy them-selves,” Kaplan said.

With summer approaching, Kaplan hopes to offer guided bike tours from Dana Point to neighboring cities like San Juan Capistrano, where riders can browse shops, have lunch and explore other south Orange County of-ferings such as The Mission.

Pedego electric bikes are fully customiz-able and run anywhere from $1,995 for the basic model to over $4,000 for a fully-equipped ride. If you aren’t looking to pur-chase, beach cruiser rentals out of the Dana Point shop go for $14 an hour for a minimum of two hours, or $50 for the day.

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u Kenny’s Music Store24731 La Plaza, 949.661.3984, www.kennysmusicstore.com

Celebrating 20 years in Dana Point, Kenny’s Music Store will host a free open house and barbecue on Sunday, April 28, from noon to 5:00 p.m.

“We want to take this opportunity to ex-press our gratitude to all the musicians and their families we’ve been able to serve over the past 20 years,” said Kenny “Big Daddy” Williams, who is co-owner of the shop with his wife, Kimberly.

A new music-themed mural by San Clemente-based artist, Mary Von Lortz, on the outside wall of the store will be unveiled at the event. Barbecue duo Two Guys Grill-ing will be manning the grill and Kenny’s music teachers will entertain guests with live music.

to the dimly-lit room, you definitely feel as though you’ve taken a step into the 1920s prohibition era. Carbajal said even the drinks served have a classic twist.

StillWater is true to Dana Point, right down to the food. All produce and meat are bought locally, a true testimony to the pride and love these owners have for their city.

When asked what one focus or philoso-phy the owners hope to convey, Carbajal said, “We are keeping it classy, we are not trying to be fancy.”

Meaning, you don’t need to show up in a three-piece suit and a monocle. Instead, if you are gallivanting about town and decide to stop by for a drink or a bite to eat, you will be taken care of with high regard.

One of StillWater’s main attractions is their live entertainment and performances take place almost every day of the week.

Equipped with expert mixologists, a full-service indoor and outdoor kitchen and bar, StillWater can accommodate over 150 guests. Swing by its prime location on the cross streets of Del Prado Avenue and Golden Lantern, and trade in your baseball cap for a top hat and enjoy the roaring 20s. —By Victor Carno

FAREWELL

u Beacon Printing After 30 years in business, current

owners of Beacon Printing, Brad and Judy Brandmeier, have closed their doors to enjoy retirement, but the avid volunteers aren’t going far.

“We have always felt that you get back what you give,” Judy Brandmeier said. “From the first day of ownership we joined most every nonprofit group, donated lots of print-ing and lots of our time to help them grow, and in turn we stayed in business all these years.”

Brad, a Long Beach native, found the printing trade in the mid ‘70s, when he returned to Southern California after serving in the U.S. Army.

The couple met while working at the same company in 1976, married in 1977 and moved to Dana Point two years later. Brad joined the Beacon Printing staff—then known as Beacon Newspaper, which produced a small local paper—in 1980 and bought the company in the early ‘90s.

Operating out of the same La Plaza Park location, at the heart of the city, for nearly 20 years, the Brandmeiers said leaving the business is bittersweet. But assured they would be around to give updates on the city and maybe sneak a sweet treat or two.

“We want to thank all of Dana Point for keeping us going. We are so grateful to live in such a beautiful place (paradise), and we will continue to volunteer to help our beauti-ful city grow,” Brandmeier wrote in a farewell letter. “Many thanks and much love to all.”

Opened in 1993, Kenny’s Music Store sells a variety of musical instruments, provides music instruction and offers instru-ment repairs and rentals. They also offer special programs throughout the year such as a “Summer Band Camp” for kids.

“We love the city of Dana Point and we look forward to many, many more years of providing the best in musical instrument products and lessons to the residents of this town and surrounding communities,” Williams said.

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u StillWater Spirits & Sounds24701 Del Prado Ave., 949.661.6003, www.danapointstillwater.com

Part restaurant, part history book, Still-Water Spirits & Sounds’ mission is “to bring history to Dana Point,” said co-owner Edgar Carbajal.

Co-owners Damian Collins and Carbajal walked into the former Renaissance Restau-rant, and decided to unveil the significance behind the historic building. The renova-tions were completed earlier this year and the restaurant had its grand opening on Valentine’s Day.

Carbajal gave a brief history lesson, explaining that Dana Point Harbor used to be known as Stillwater Bay and the restau-rant used to be one of the original buildings, known then as The Woodruff.

Sydney Woodruff, famous for developing Hollywoodland, built the pier, in what is now known as the OC Dana Point Harbor early in the 20th Century. Woodruff had envisioned building a grand hotel, but his dreams were cut short by the Great Depression. All that remained of his dream was the pier and the speakeasy. That speakeasy was once called The Woodruff and is now known as StillWa-ter Spirits & Sounds.

That history is made apparent right when you walk through the doors, from the staff’s attire and the building’s wooden crossbeams

u Pedego Electric Bikes34155 Pacific Coast Hwy., Suite A, 949.488.0696, www.pedegoelectricbikes.com or www.pedegodealer.com

Local entrepreneur Howard Kaplan, of Laguna Niguel, found business success throughout the years, but when he tried his hand at retirement, he became bored and


By Robert Sedita, Management Analyst, Dana Point Community Development

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All information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website. The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an in-cident often differs from what is initially reported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided. An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD website.

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DP Sheriff’s Blotter

Sunday, April 21

TERRORIST THREATS Marquesa Drive, 0 Block (8:42 p.m.) A woman reported that her husband threatened her and told her “she would regret the day she lived.” Deputies came to assist the woman at the location, but her husband left before they arrived. No weapons or narcotics were seen.

TRAFFIC HAZARD Del Obispo Street/Stonehill Drive (8:25 p.m.) Dispatch received a call about a man who ran into traffic between Stonehill Drive and Pacific Coast Highway. He had curly hair, wore dark clothing and was carrying a bag.

SUSUPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Stonehill Drive, 24400 Block (7:36 p.m.) A woman reported a homeless man who looked like he was setting up camp behind the complex. He was holding blue back-packs and ended up in the ravine, which was on the left side of the complex. When deputies arrived the man was gone.

WELFARE CHECK Golden Lantern/Terra Vista (6:27 p.m.) A woman witnessed another woman yell-ing at her young son for losing her credit card and cell phone. The boy was wan-dering around the parking lot and when asked if he needed assistance, he claimed he was looking for his mother.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Golden Lantern, 32500 Block (3:46 p.m.) A caller reported a man in the Ralphs parking lot was trying to buy people’s gro-ceries with his food stamp card for cash. He was described as being in his late 20s, with a goatee, tattoos and wearing a white tank top with shorts.

Thursday, April 18

WELFARE CHECK Elisa Drive/Acapulco Drive (7:28 p.m.) Dispatch received a call of a 20-year-old woman with a baby who seemed disori-ented. The woman had blonde hair and was wearing a blue and white striped sleeveless shirt with blue jeans. She was last seen walking toward the park.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Camino Capistrano, 34900 Block (6:24 p.m.) A caller reported three to four men at Pines Park were tying ropes to trees so

that they could walk on them. The caller was concerned they might damage the trees. No contact was made.

CITIZEN ASSIST Bluehill Bay, 23800 Block (4:54 p.m.) A woman reported that someone left a note on her door warning her not to go to sleep or she will die.

DRUNK DRIVING Via California/Via Gomez (4 p.m.) A call-er reported that a two-door black Honda, with a duct taped side-mirror on the driver side, was swerving, making U-turns in the middle of the street and stopping random-ly for no reason. The caller suspected the driver was drunk or on narcotics.

WELFARE CHECK Pacific Coast Highway/Del Obispo Street (3:23 p.m.) Deputies received a report of a man who walked into traffic on PCH causing cars to stop. He made an obscene gesture to drivers and continued on to the ampm convenience store. The man appeared to be intoxicated.

CITIZEN ASSIST Cheltam Way, 33400 Block (1:03 p.m.) A man stated that his female roommate threw out his stuff after he was in jail for 60 days. He thought she was at a motel allegedly “getting high.”

Wednesday, April 17

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Pacific Coast Highway, 34300 Block (10:15 p.m.) Authorities searched for two men near the dumpsters. The caller believed they were using narcotics and had a bike

with a strobe light on the handlebars.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Alta Vista Drive, 24400 Block (9:59 p.m.) A caller reported three men from a nearby rehab facility were loitering in the front yard, smoking narcotics and were letting their dog run loose.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Mariana Drive, 33700 Block (9:58 p.m.) A woman reported that she heard a dispute between a man and a woman from one of the houses next door. She said she could hear the man slapping the woman.

CITIZEN ASSIST Camarillo Street, 24700 Block (6:08 p.m.) A man stated that he had his car at a repair shop in San Juan Capistrano. He found out through his insurance company that a man had driven it, crashed it and returned it to the shop. The man who took his car was reported for possible joyriding.

RECKLESS DRIVING Pacific Coast Highway/Golden Lantern (5:16 p.m.) Dispatch was notified of a 19-year-old man driving a maroon or red Ford and was not letting anyone drive next to him. He cut drivers off and swerved his car toward anyone who came near him.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES Alcazar Drive, 34000 Block (12: 17 p.m.) A woman reported 10 people inside her house who were taking all of her things and one was allegedly on “PCP.” The woman regularly calls dispatch reporting the same issue.

or more than 30 years, Dr. Robert Amster has been a board certified emergency and occupational medi-

cine physician who served as both the director of local emergency departments and as a medical director with Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Nearly 10 years ago, Dr. Amster saw the need for an innovative approach to patient care, and established Your Neighborhood Urgent Care and urgent care centers, including the Laguna Dana Urgent Care, in Dana Point.

Still owned and operated by Dr. Amster and managed by daughter Jackie Amster, the company has grown to include 10 urgent care locations, throughout Orange

and San Diego counties. Staffed by two doctors, Laguna Dana

Urgent Care facility provides a wide range of services to meet its patients’ care needs—treating everything from the common cold and seasonal flu to broken bones and burns. Staff also fills medica-tions prescribed by clinic physicians and provides sports, school, pre-employment and pre-operation physicals, drug screen-ing, immunizations, flu shots and annual check-ups. Laguna Dana Urgent Care is also one of the few facilities offering full digital x-rays.

The staff at Laguna Dana Urgent Care, at 24060 Camino Del Avion, prides itself on providing superior quality of service and offering a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, to make a patient’s road to recovery as smooth as possible.

In addition to patient care, Laguna Dana also provides service to the community, as they sponsor a variety of activities at Dana Hills High School and donate their time to offer free physicals to the local Pop Warner football and Pony league baseball teams. For more information, visit www.ldurgentcare.com. DP

The city of Dana Point and the Chamber of Commerce named Laguna Dana Urgent Care, owned by Dr. Robert Amster, as the April 2013 business of the month. Pictured (L to R) Jackie Amster, Robert Amster, Mayor Steven Weinberg and Chamber Executive Director Heather Johnston. Photo by Andrea Papagianis

City of Dana Point April Business of the Month: Laguna Dana Urgent Care

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Letters to the EditorHOORAY FOR THE BAG ANDSTYROFOAM BANSFRANCES LAM, Irvine

In 2000, the State of California’s ocean economy was worth nearly $43 billion. The state’s 19 coastal counties generated $1.15 trillion—with a “T”—of economic activity, amounting to 86 percent of total state economic activity.

Over 72 cities and counting have bag bans in place, representing 60 percent of all California cities. How wonderful that the city of Dana Point is also a part of the solution and can now start saving our tax-payers millions in clean up and negative water quality.

With more businesses adopting a sound environmental policy and seeking destina-tions that follow similar values, Dana Point now plays a critical role in becoming a leader among Orange County’s cities in eliminating plastic waste.

Dana Point receives nearly 60 percent of its operating budget due to its resort tax. We have world class resorts here, but if our beaches, waterways, streets, canyons and freeways are visibly littered with plas-tic bags and Styrofoam, we’d lose valuable tourism revenue to others.

Major hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, The St. Regis, Doubletree, and Laguna Cliffs Marriott, have engaged their guests with interactive sustainability programs.

These programs have increased their business and resort demand, and those tourism dollars trickle down to the restau-rants and retailers who are eco-friendly.

Municipalities spend more than $25 mil-lion dollars each year to clean up plastic bags and Polystyrene foam containers from public places, storm drains and waste streams. Local taxpayer dollars are also spent to comply with Storm Water Permit requirements and other standards in com-munities with “trash-impaired” waterways, as defined under the Federal Clean Water Act.

There are challenges in switching to

bringing your own bag, but this time next month, everyone will remember their re-usable bags. Socially responsible practices like these immediately reduce taxpayer dollars expended, finite resources saved for more responsible usage and opportuni-ties for sustainable green (not dying) jobs and economic growth.

TOWN CENTER SIGNAGE FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONSJIM SANDERS, Dana Point

Really? Dana Point finally “gets off their wallet” and builds a great looking pedes-trian bridge at Pacific Coast Highway and Del Obispo Street that basically says “Wel-come to Dana Point” but opts to go cheap on the sign that indicates Dana Point’s Town Center?

It looks so basic and cheap that I am embarrassed it’s even there. The kids at Malcom Elementary School could have designed a better sign with crayons and construction paper.

CLEARING UP ANY MISCONCEP-TIONS ABOUT PLASTIC BAGSXAVIER STEVENS, Capistrano Beach

With Earth Day upon us, I wanted to offer a rebuttal to an opinion piece by Councilman Bill Brough in the April 19 issue of the Dana Point Times on the city’s single-use plastic bag ban.

I hope this will help clear up some of the misinterpretation and misinformation for not only Councilman Brough, but the public in general. I aim to point out the actual goals of a single-use plastic bag ban and some of the disturbing facts that drive the motivation for one in the first place.

The U.S. uses roughly 100 billion plastic bags every year. The mere creation of these bags takes around 504 million gallons of oil. At current crude prices this comes out to just over $1 billion. You might ask, but how many get recycled? Unfortunately, the answer is plastic bags

have a horribly low recycling rate, ap-proximately 1 percent.

Plastic, as you may know, doesn’t bio-degrade. That means of those 100 billion plastic bags, every single one will still be on Earth 500 years from now. Plastic photodegrades, however, this isn’t a par-ticularly good thing. It disintegrates into smaller and smaller particles until all you have left are molecular polymers.

During this disintegration some plastics will leach toxic chemicals such a Bisphe-nol-A, PCBs and polystyrene derivatives. These chemicals and polymers then have the potential to contaminate our water supply and re-enter the food chain. In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, for instance, the concentration of polymers has been observed at seven times the number of zooplankton.

Wildlife, from lanternfish to whales, then ingest these polymers and it enters our food chain. Not only do polymers and chemicals make their way up the food chain, but larger wildlife such as fish and birds also directly ingest plastic directly, mistaking it for natural food sources. It is estimated fish off the coast of California ingest upward of 24 million pounds of plastic each year.

In short, we’re using a lot of resources to create something with a 12 minute aver-age lifespan, that doesn’t biodegrade, kills wildlife both on land and in the sea and endangers human health.

I commend Councilman Brough for mentioning that simply switching to paper bags is not environmentally friendly. But the goal of banning single-use plastic bags was never to just have people switch to paper. The goal of the ban is for people to change their habits and actually start bringing their own reusable bags, if they haven’t done so already. And this may take longer than 22 days after the ban went into effect. Most studies that I’ve seen cite habits usually change within 180 days.

Of course there will always be a few holdouts, but the vast majority of us quite

happily change our ways for the better.Councilman Brough also mentioned

that merchants passing on the costs of paper bags is effectively an indirect tax. It isn’t. It’s a fee. It’s a cost that the merchant chooses to pass on to customer or not.

Merchants traditionally covered the cost of a plastic bag for consumers, but they were by no means free to them. There is an easy solution to this of course. Bring your own bags. Not only do you not get charged for bringing your own bag, some grocery store chains like Trader Joe’s will put you in a monthly raffle for doing so.

Councilman Brough conflated the issue of bacteria levels at Doheny State Beach with the single-use plastic bag ban. The plastic bag ban doesn’t have much of any-thing to do with bacteria levels at Doheny. There are two main sources of pollution and bacteria at Doheny—Dana Point Har-bor and San Juan Creek.

Brad Gross, the Dana Point Harbor director has already taken steps to reduce harbor pollution and bacteria. I applaud and encourage him to continue his efforts. The remaining major source of bacteria and pollution at Doheny is caused by urban runoff that flows into the San Juan watershed. This runoff comes not only from Dana Point, but inland cities as well, and eventually empties into the ocean via San Juan Creek just south of the lifeguard tower. I am a resident of Capistrano Beach and recreate in the ocean at Doheny.

Pollution and bacteria are continu-ing concerns of mine, so if Councilman Brough would like to talk about ways to mitigate those I would be happy to discuss the matter with the council.


YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER

GETTING OUT

THE LISTA day-by-day guide to what’s happening in and around town. COMPILED BY TAWNEE PRAZAK

ROUTE 66 8 p.m. Cabrillo Playhouse presents a musical review of the classic ‘50s-’60s automotive songs onstage. $20-$25. Shows through May 12. 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San

Clemente, 949.492.0465, www.cabrilloplayhouse.org.

HART AND SOUL 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. The group plays live the third Friday of the month at Adele’s. 2600 Avenida Del Presidente, San Clemente, 949.481.1222, www.adelesatthe-sanclementeinn.com.

SUNSET HIKE: TWILIGHT IN THE TREES 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Celebrate Arbor Day with a twilight hike through the oaks and sycamores of The Reserve/Richard and Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy. $5-$10. Call for info and directions, 949.489.9778, www.theconservancy.org.

LORD OF THE STRINGS: MARTIN TAYLOR 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. The multi-award-winning Scottish guitarist and composer performs at the Dana Point Com-munity House. Tickets $25. 24642 San Juan Ave., 949-842-2227, www.LordOfTheStringsConcerts.com.

NATE HANCOCK 8 p.m. Live music at Wind & Sea Res-taurant. 34699 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.6500, www.windandsearestaurants.com.

SASHA AND JOE 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Live music by the “Lover’s Quarrel” duo and wine tasting at DaVine Food & Wine (wine tasting starts at 4 p.m.). Tasting fee $15 for five wines. 34673 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.493.4044, www.davine-wine.com.

SCHOOL BOY CRUSH 8 p.m. Live entertainment at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa’s OverVue Lounge featuring classic rock. 25135 Park Lantern, Dana Point, 949.661.5000, www.lagunacliffs.com.

POWELL MOUNTAIN CELLARS 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Wine tasting with the Paso Robles winery at SC Wine Company that includes complimentary cheese plate and chocolate. Cost $18 each. 212 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.429.7067, www.scwinecompany.com

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SAN CLEMENTE TRAIL RUN/WALK 5K AND 10K7 a.m. Participate in a trail 5K or 10K run. Register now at active.com or www.sanclement-etrailrun.com. All proceeds for

Family Assistance Ministries.

EWASTE AND DOCUMENT SHREDDING 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Surterre Properties hosts this free community event. Drop off unused computers, TVs and more for recycling. Document shredding will be handled onsite by ProShred. South Shores Church parking lot, 32712 Crown Valley Parkway, Dana Point, www.surterreproperties.com.

PAWS IN THE GARDEN 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Ark of San Juan’s fifth annual tour of four gardens with proceeds benefiting The Ark’s mission of rescuing pets. More info: 949.388.0034, [email protected], www.arkofsanjuan.org.

20TH ANNUAL WAG-A-THON 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk to raise funds for the SC-DP Animal Shelter at the Dana Point Harbor and enjoy entertainment, refreshments, shopping and more. Bring your pet. Registration $35. 34624 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, www.petprojectfoundation.org.

BACKYARD SKILLS WORKSHOP: CHEESEMAKING1 p.m.-3 p.m. The Ecology Center’s workshop on making fresh homemade cheese free from preservatives, stabiliz-ers, and plastic wrap. Cost $10-$15. 32701 Alipaz St., San Juan Capistrano, 949.443.4223, www.theecologycenter.org

PANEL DISCUSSION ON HOMELESS 10 a.m.-Noon Panel discussion on the homeless population in south Or-ange County and on programs that can help them. Held at the Dana Point Library and hosted by the Capo Bay LWV. 33841 Niguel Road, Dana Point, www.lwvcba.org.

HUTCHINS CONSORT3 p.m. Concert at St. Mark Presbyterian Church featuring the West Coast Premiere of Henry Brant’s ‘Climates’ plus favorites from Bartok, Janacek,

Barber, Gershwin and more. $25. 2200 San Joaquin Hills, Newport Beach. 888.996.2838, www.hutchinsconsort.org.

THE BEST OF BRUCE 2 p.m. Camino Real Playhouse presents The Best of Bruce featuring six of Bruce Alex-ander’s award-winning 10-minute comedic plays from the ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival. Shows through May 5. $18. 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Cap-istrano, 949.489.8082, www.caminorealplayhouse.org.

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CASINO NIGHT MARDI GRAS STYLE 6:30 p.m.-11 p.m. San Clemente Junior Woman’s Club is hosts the casino night at Talega Golf Club with auction fundraisers, Texas Hold ‘Em tournament, refreshments and more. $50. 990 Avenida Talega, [email protected], www.scjwc.org.

BUTTERFLY WALK 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Explore and learn about butterflies at The Reserve/Richard and Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy. Cost $5-$10. Call for info and directions, 949.489.9778, www.theconservancy.org.

SCAPINO 8 p.m. Camino Real Playhouse presents an Italian farce directed by Robb Rigg. Tickets $24. 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.489.8082, www.caminorealplayhouse.org.

MARIACHI FOR ALL SHOWCASE 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Students of Mariachi For All perform at JSerra; event includes a raffle. 26351 Junipero Serra Road, San Juan Capistrano, 949.680.8972, www.mariachiforall.org.

ANYTHING GOES 7 p.m. Students perform the musi-cal play at Capistrano Valley Christian Schools over two weekends. Tickets online. 32032 Del Obispo, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.5683, www.cvcs.org.

EARTH DAY CLEAN UP 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Meet at the Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center. 34558 Scenic Drive, Dana Point, 949.542.4755, www.danapoint.org.

ROBERT JON AND THE WRECK WITH MICAH BROWN AND WELL HUNG HEART 9 p.m. StillWater. 24701 Del Prado, Dana Point, 949.661.6003, www.danapointstillwater.com.

It’s the mark of a true movie star when an actor can open a No. 1 film at the box office based simply on his name. Even in 2013, no one is a bet-ter example of this than Tom Cruise. At almost 51 years old, Cruise is still at the top of his game physically, in the public eye and as an actor. While he has chosen to play it safe with the action genre the last three years, save for Rock of Ages, there are still times when he can deliver something a little different. Universal Pictures’ Oblivion returns him to science fiction for the first time since 2005. In 2077, Jack (Cruise) and Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) are sent back to a post-apocalyptic Earth to clean up any remaining human resources before relocating with the rest of humanity to Titan. But one day, he discovers a crashed

spaceship with unidentified creatures and a woman (Olga Kurylenko) who has been in his dreams lately. Like Cruise’s Minority Report, Oblivion is visually captivating, but like the film’s director Joseph Kosinski’s previous film, Tron: Legacy, it lacks an intriguing plot. Cruise is fine and comfortable as usual as the lead, and Riseborough adds another impressive per-formance to her resume, but Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are underused and wasted on screen. Oblivion has the setting and feel of an action film but none of the excitement.—Megan Bianco

AT THE MOVIES: ‘OBLIVION’ IS UNINTRIGUING

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YOUNG DUBLINERS 8 p.m. The Coach House. Tickets $15. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

VON COTTON 8:30 p.m. Live music at The Swallows Inn. 31786 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.3188, www.swallowsinn.com.

WHALE AND DOLPHIN TOURS Get eye-to-eye under-water with dolphins and whales without getting wet on Capt. Dave’s hi-tech Catamaran sailboat. $55 adult, $35 child (3 to 12), under 2 free. 24440 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.488.2828, www.dolphinsafari.com.

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Acting Academy for Kids

Summer Performing Arts Camps serving ages 4-13. Campers are guided through a full theater-immersion

experience via four daily classes (music, art, acting and dance), and the culminating event will be a Friday per-formance on the main stage at Camino Real Playhouse and the Cabrillo Playhouse. Children can participate for one week, the entire summer or anywhere in between. It’s time to watch your star shine. Camino Real Play-house, 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, Ca-brillo Playhouse, 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente, 714.747.4915, www.actingacademyforkids.com

949 Volleyball949 Volleyball club offers six summer camps for boys and girls. Players are introduced to the fundamentals of the sport as well as high-level techniques. Camp is held at San Juan Sports Park (Boys & Girls Club of Capistrano Valley). Each session

is $145 for four days of training. Camp ends with a tournament for prizes, so players can implement what they have learned. For more details go to www.949vb.com. Contact [email protected]. Space is limited, so sign up today.

Boys & Girls Club of the South Coast Area

Introducing the Boys & Girls Club of the South Coast Area’s PLAY GREAT Summer

Program. Offering more than 25 summer programs including athletics, arts and crafts, computers, games, field trips and special events at a low ($30 annually) or no-cost to our members (small additional fee for field trips). The club is located at 1304 Calle Valle, San Clemente. Summer program runs June 20–September 6. Hours are Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. 949.492.0376, www.begreatsanclemente.org.

City of San Clemente Summer Adventures

The city of San Clemente’s Sum-mer Adventures have arrived and everyone is invited. Explore over 300 classes and events from the beaches to the parks. Add some play to your day with the Beach Concert Series, Summer

Splash, Active Adventures Camp, Guard In Training, San Clemente Playschool and so much more. For infor-mation, registration and to sign up for the Recreation Newsletter, visit www.san-clemente.org/recreation or call 949.429.8797. “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sanclementerecreation.

The City of Dana PointThe city of Dana Point offers a variety of fun summer camps for ages 4-14 years. Programs include ceramics, drawing, golf, basket-ball, soccer, musical theatre, Me-dieval Adventure Camp and the very popular Lego® Engineering

Camps. Lego camps feature different themes including Green Engineering with Lego, where children design and build machines run by alternative energy sources, and the popular Jedi Engineering, where they build X-Wings, droids and create motorized sand crawlers, battle cruisers and more, all inspired by a galaxy, far, far away. For more information, call 949.248.3530 or visit www.danapoint.org.

All Star DugoutAll Star Dugout will be offering: Baseball camp, June 24-28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon-Fri. Ages 6-7 and 8-10. Cost $200 Chapparosa park in Laguna Niguel. Softball Camp, August 12-16, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Ages 6-7u, 8-10u, 11-12u. Niguel Hills Middle School, Laguna Niguel. Sign up online at www.allstardugout.com. Serving south Orange County youth since 1998. Fully Insured. [email protected].

Camp Broadway BoundThe No. 1 musical theater camp in south OC. With a new themed musical show every week, we combine games (to build

acting skills and self esteem), crafts, music, dance and fun. Camp meets July 8-August 23, Mon–Fri from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily with a big camp show every Friday night. Join us for one or two weeks or the entire summer. No experience necessary. Last summer we sold out before school let out, so reserve your spot today. Locations in San Clemente and Mission Viejo. 949.388.3846, www.broadwayboundoc.com

Aloha Beach Camp15th Annual Summer Beach Camp is designed for boys and girls of all surfing abilities ages 6-16. For personalized instruc-tion we provide surfing groups with 1-2 instructor to camper ratio. Bodyboarding, body surf-ing and beach activities run at a 1-5 ratio. We provide the safest

learning environment in San Clemente with special focus on the education of ocean safety, hazards and wave judgment. Private Lessons offered year round. Find out more at www.alohabeachcamp.net.

Capo Beach Christian School Summer Quest

Summer Quest is a faith-based day camp run by certified teachers with loving hearts. Each day brings hours of creative play, new friendships, character building and exciting adventures.

With weekly beach days, pool days, park days and field trips to fun places like Knott’s Berry Farm, Legoland, county fairs and water parks, you will never hear those dreaded words, “I’m bored.” The small teacher-to-child ratio insures safety and quality care. Located in Capistrano Beach. 949.496.3513, www.capobeachchristianschool.org.

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Cola’s Surf CampCola’s Surf Camp has been in operation for over 15 years. Mitch Colapinto, the camp’s founder, and his staff run a program dedicated to the safety and well-being of the child while providing a positive atmosphere in which to learn

surfi ng and other ocean sports. This year, Cola’s Surf Camp will open a second location at Crystal Cove State Park. For more information about camp and both locations, please visit www.colassurfcamp.com or call 949.547.6203.

Dana Wharf Sportfishing

Sundays are all about the kids at Dana Wharf Sportfi shing, with free kids’ fi shing clinics at noon. Children of

all ages are invited to a 30-minute dockside lesson including hands-on experience with fi shing rods, reels,

live bait, knot tying and one-on-one time with the captain and crew. A half-day fi shing trip is offered after the lesson. Or, try one of our week-long summer camps, July 8 and July 22. For more information, call 949.496.5794 or log on to www.danawharf.com.

Danman’s Music SchoolNot your father’s band. DanMan’s fi ve-day intensive

workshops let campers create and name their own rock bands and put on a real show for family and

friends. Instructions on guitar, piano, drums, bass and vocals are provided by inspiring professional music teachers. Exercises include creating set lists, making band posters and rehearsing for the big gig. Cost is $225 per camp. Bring in DanMan’s ad from this issue before June 30 and receive $25 off. The jamming begins July 8. Check out www.danmans.com or call 949.496.6556 for more information.

Emerald CoveDay Camp

Emerald Cove Day Camp in San Juan Capistrano offers children creative

outdoor fun in a nurturing, faith-based environment. Emerald Cove Day Camp‘s program is designed to help children grow in character, skills, relationships and faith. Session I: June 24-July 5; Session II: July 8-19; Session III: July 22-August 2, Mon–Fri 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include archery, nature exploration, horse-manship, adventure games, creative arts, fi eld trips, singing and daily inspirations led by an exceptional staff. 949.361.3077, www.emeraldcovedaycamp.com.

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Etnies SkateparkAt over 62,000 square feet of concrete paradise, this is the award-winning, premiere skateboard facility. We offer a wide variety of skateboard lessons, classes,

summer camps, video camps, band nights and even affordable birthday parties. We also offer pre-school

Endless Summer Surf Camp

Learn to surf and have fun at San Clemente’s premier surf camp. Endless Summer Surf Camp has been making surf dreams come true since 1992. Whether

you have never surfed before or if you just want to take your surfing to the next level, we have surf instruc-tion and coaching for you. Day and overnight camps offered all summer long for ages 10 and over. New this summer, Surf and Turf Camps with Talega Golf Course. 949.498.7862, www.endlesssummersurfcamp.com

skate school all summer for 3- to 4-year olds. Check us out on the web at www.etniesskatepark.com or follow us on Twitter or Facebook. 949.916.5870. Located at 20028 Lake Forest Dr, Lake Forest.

Julie Foudy Soccer Camp

The Julie Foudy Soccer Camp for Girls ages 8-16 is returning to Mission Viejo, July 8-11, for our 18th year! Our unique full-day camp is highlighted by fundamental training, leadership development and mentoring

moments from some of the most successful women soccer players and coaches in the game. New this summer, we’re excited to offer the Julie Foudy Happy Feet Program; 1/2-day soccer fun for little ones (boys and girls) ages 3-7. www.juliefoudysoccercamps.com

JP’s Surf CampJP’s Surf Camp, North Beach, San Cle-mente will run from June 17 through August 16 this summer. Small group sessions are from 9 a.m.-noon or 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. daily starting at age 6 to adult. Advanced instruction

is also offered. Half-day sessions are $60 each. Check out our epic camp discount online at www.jpssurf-camp.com or contact us today at 949.547.2088. We look forward to surfing with you this summer.

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OC Junior GuardsOC Junior Guards is staffed and operated by OC Lifeguards. Junior guard instructors are certified lifeguards who teach students critical ocean safety fundamentals through hands-on experience in a variety of

lifesaving and waterman/woman activities. Get safe for summer. Ages 8-15. Location: Strand Beach, Dana Point. Times: Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dates: Session 1: June 24–July 12. Session 2: July 15–Aug. 2. Session 3: Aug. 5–Aug. 23. Cost: $425 per session. Sign up at www.ocjuniorguards.com, 949.443.0773.

Kids Yoga CampKids yoga camp offers instruction just for kids, on the beach, with small groups and individual attention.

Spark creativity with art projects, practice mindfulness and environmental awareness. Our program cultivates an attitude of gratitude by giving back, all while hav-ing summer fun! Tuesdays and Thursdays, full-day 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (half day subject to availability). Best for ages 7-12. Space is limited. See www.playfulpractice.wordpress.com for details. Like us at www.facebook.com/theplayfulpractice or call 760.889.3829.

Kenny’s MusicAspiring young musicians have fun while learning the ins and outs of

the music business at Kenny’s Music summer camps. Participants form bands, rehearse and end the summer with a live performance at a local club and a studio recorded CD of their music. Other highlights include coaching by industry professionals and a field trip to an entertainment venue. The experience not only forms better practice habits and added confidence but also teaches the valuable skill of working well with others. Kenny’s Music, 24731 La Plaza, Dana Point, CA. 92629. 949.661.3984, www.kennysmusicstore.com.

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Mission San Juan Capistrano is pleased to offer summer programs the entire family can enjoy, includ-ing weekly activities and summer camps. Weekly craft activities (ages 6-12) run from June 24 through Aug.

30. Summer camps include Ceramic Clay Camp and the popular Adventure Sleepover: Night at the Mission. And for the “big” kids, the Mission offers its Music

Under the Stars concert series in the beautiful Mission Courtyard, every other Saturday beginning July 6. For more information on all the summer fun, go to www.missionsjc.com or call 949.234.1300.

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San Clemente PreschoolA fun-packed summer camp filled with field trips, shows and play time is lined up at San Clemente Preschool’s all-new Camp SCP. Children ages 2 to 6 are invited to join in the weekly, themed adventures

such as Dance Party USA, Under the Sea, Planetarium, SCP Summer Olympics, Community Heroes, the SCP Barn and Sweet Treats Carnival. Camps run weekdays June 1 through August 30. Call 949.498.1025 or visit www.sanclementepreschool.com for tuition and sign up info. Camp T-shirt included.

Progressive Martial ArtsMMA Camp 2013: Completely safe and fun. Get personally trained by world famous coaches and fighters at renowned acad-emies by trainers of several Pride and UFC veterans. Three camps

are available —June, July and August—with two train-ing sessions per day, just like the pros. Two classes for kids age 5-14 and kids and adults age 14 and up. Train-ing consists of teaching competitive spirit, wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu skills. For sign-up and more info call 949.735.8414.

Ocean InstituteLet your child explore the mysteries of the ocean world through our unique, hands-on

marine science and maritime history summer camps. Campers can study marine wildlife in our labs, take a cruise aboard our research vessel Sea Explorer, or even step back in time to the life of a tallship sailor in the 1800s. Camps are suitable for kids and teens 5 to 17 years old and include week-long day camps and overnight adventures. 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2274, www.ocean-institute.org

San Clemente Dance & Performing Arts Center

San Clemente Dance & Performing Arts Center was established in 1995 by Judy Corfman-Kelly. Our new Talega facility houses

three large dance rooms with sprung floors and a dancewear store. We offer classes in tap, ballet, jazz,

Shea Center 2013 Summer Horse Camp

The Shea Center’s integrated day camp for kids with and with-out special needs is a five-day introduction to horseback riding, learn-

ing how to appreciate and care for horses, and meeting and interacting with other kids. It is a comfortable, fun learning experience, taught by equestrian professionals who work with kids nearly every day. It is said, “No one knows and loves kids and horses more than The Shea Center equestrian staff.” Space is limited. For more information call 949.240.8441, ext. 123.

Slam SportsJust like last sum-mer, Slam Sports carries an abun-dance of Junior

Lifeguard suits and boardshorts, as well as the manda-tory “Duckfeet” fins. This year they have added the “Duck-Swap” exchange program which allows parents to swap out last year’s fins for credit toward fins that fit growing feet. Owners Dan and Dagmar are continually coming up with creative ways to help the environment as well as save people money. Definitely a refreshing business approach. Thanks Slam! 69 Via Pico Plaza. 949.429.7948

St. Anne SchoolSt. Anne School offers a variety of programs for Summer 2013: Summer Knights Summer School, Day Camp, and Sports Camps. With flexible programs, available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, we have everything cov-ered for a summer of fun, adventure,

and learning, including our Jumpstart Series, science, field trips, sports and more. Visit www.st-anne.org or call us at 949.276.6700. St. Anne School is a WASC and NAEYC accredited National Blue Ribbon School, located at 32451 Bear Brand Road, Laguna Niguel.

St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea United Methodist Church

At St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea UMC “Kingdom Rock” Va-cation Bible School, children don’t just hear about God’s love; they experience it through crafts, games, drama and an opportunity

to serve others in our community. Through these activities, children deepen their understanding of God’s love and how that love helps us to “stand strong.” July 22–26 from from 9 a.m.–Noon. Special “Kingdom Rock” family worship services with the children on Sunday, July 28. $55/child. www.sabts.org to register.

lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, breakdancing, ballroom, musical theater and tumbling for ages 2 and up, begin-ning to advanced. SCDPAC is a positive and nurturing, family-friendly community dance studio offering the highest level of training, technique and dedication to our students. 1321 Calle Avanzado, San Clemente, 949.498.7571.

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St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

Students of all ages are invited to tap into new passions and explore the far corners of their brains this summer at St. Margaret’s. The expert faculty will challenge kids’ minds in an unforgettable, fun-fi lled summer of innovation and collabo-ration. Robots, motherboards, 3D printers, iPADs, instruments,

music, color, nature, dirt, sand, sun and of course the all-powerful brain will be their tools. Choose from a variety of exploration sessions that are right for your child. St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, 31641 La Novia, San Juan Capistrano, 949.661.0108, www.smes.org.

Summer SoulSurf Camp

Volcom presents the Summer Soul Surf Camp, located in San Clementeat San Onofre Surf Beach. Weeklong day and over-night camp programs for

Steve Johnson’s Tennis Academy

Located at the beautiful Rancho San Clemente Tennis & Fitness Club, the academy has a sum-mer program for all

levels of juniors. Eleven one-week sessions begin June 17. Full-day camps, half-day camps and hour classes are available. Tournament and high school-level players will meet in the afternoons at 2 p.m. The pro shop is stocked with Babolat rackets and accessories including Asics and Babolat shoes for everyone. Custom string-ing is also available. 949.492.1515, www.sjtennis.com.

Sunshine Art CampsSan Clemente Art Supply Presents 2013 SunshineArt Camps “Art Through-out History.” Three spectacular, all new

camps with instructor Sandy Reid include professional materials, wonderful projects, snacks, games and fun with friends. $120 + $30 materials fee per session. Drop-in fee $45, Mon–Thu. Cave Art to Ancient China: June 17-20. Leonardo and the Renaissance: July 15-18. Great Modern Art Creations: July 29-August 1. Sum-mer Art Workshops: Ages 11-16, Sculpting: three-day from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 25, 26, 27. Fee: $85 + $20 (material). Charcoal Still Life: two-day from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. July 9 and 10 Fee: $60 + $15 (materials). Collage: two-day from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. July 23-24 Fee: $60 + $15 (materials).

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boys and girls ages 9–16. CPR and fi rst aid certifi ed instructors are experienced surfers committed to being role models both in and out of the water. Spend your summer surfi ng during morning and afternoon sessions. Learn to play the ukulele and eat s’mores by the campfi re with your friends. 800.522.1352, www.summersoulsurfcamp.com.

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Westwind SailingWestwind Sailing has been providing boating education

in an atmosphere that’s safe, fun and encourages per-sonal success since 1987. Summer fun at Westwind in-cludes sailing classes, paddling classes and day camps for all ages and skill levels. Programs are sanctioned by US Sailing and Community Sailing, and are US Sailing, USCG, ASI, ACA, CPR and first aid certified. Camps and classes meet at OC Sailing & Events Center, 34451 Ensenada Place, Dana Point Harbor, 949.492.3035, www.westwindsailing.com.

Tstreet Volleyball ClubTstreet Volleyball Club trains over 350 athletes be-tween the ages of 9 and 18, and is recognized as one of the top clubs in the country. Conveniently located in the

Spectrum district of Irvine, Tstreet offers a full range of position specific, general skills, sand camps and clin-ics throughout the summer. All participants, whether beginning or advanced, are placed in serious learning environments. Experienced coaches, led by two-time Olympic gold medalist and club owner Troy Tanner, teach proper volleyball mechanics in competitive, fun drills. 949.305.8083, [email protected].

Waterbabies Swim School

Waterbabies Swim School is located in the heart of downtown San Clemente at 142 Avenida Granada. Our parent and me classes are not only a great time and good for your baby’s brain growth and motor develop-

ment, but are also a vehicle for creating water safety from a very young age. Children older than 2 years can attend a class without a parent in the water, and will ap-preciate the warm inviting atmosphere and loving teach-ers. 949.488.2512, www.waterbabiesswimschool.com.

TLC Summer CampsTLC Preschool and Elementary Summer Camps exist to provide quality, fun, enrichment and care in the San

Clemente area for ages 3-12. Our camps are designed to support our community by providing children with weekly activities, field trips and adventures. Striv-ing to provide affordable child care, summer options stem from our ultimate goal of loving and nurturing each child in our care by encouraging their journey of spiritual growth, physical activity, creative, social and academic development. Contact us at 949.493.1980 or check us out at www.talegachurch.com.

YMCA Summer CampsJune 12 - Aug 30 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. www.ymcaoc.org/sum-mercamp. What better way to start your summer than at the YMCA Summer Camp? Each day of camp comes packed with

the perfect amount of activities and fun. There will be weekly field trips, specialty clubs like art, cooking and photography, sports and more. Register by Monday, May 13 and receive $150 off per month (new and returning camp enrollments only - CC008).

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GETTING OUT


COASTAL ODYSSEY SAILING ADVENTURE 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Ocean Institute invites you to travel back in time onboard the tall ship Spirit of Dana Point for a Coastal Odyssey Sailing Adventure. Cost $40 adult, $23 child. 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2274, www.ocean-institute.org.

STUDENT ART EXHIBIT 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Final day to view the “Tomorrow’s Artists of Today” exhibit at Casa Roman-tica. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

WINE AND MUSIC CRUISE 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Dana Wharf’s cruise on a luxury catamaran with wine, snacks, music and more. Tickets $49. 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.5794, www.danawharf.com.

ASHUN 8 p.m. Live music at Wind & Sea Restaurant. 34699 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.6500, www.windandsearestaurants.com.

THE SERRA CHAPEL TOUR 11:15 a.m. Tour at The Mission in honor of Father Junipero Serra, who was born 300 years ago this year. Offered Sundays. Admission $6-$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

NATE HANCOCK 11 a.m. Live music at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

FLOCK OF 80’S 3 p.m. StillWater. 24701 Del Prado, Dana Point, 949.661.6003, www.danapointstillwater.com.

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STORY TIME FOR CASA KIDS 10 a.m. Every Wednesday kids ages 3-5 are invited to hear stories at Casa Romantica. Free.

415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

ZAKK WYLDE 8:30 p.m. Special acoustic show at The Coach House. $30. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

THE BISHOP’S CHESS CLUB 6 p.m. San Juan Capist-rano Library. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capist-rano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

THE BOUNDARY BIRDS 11 a.m. Live music at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS: MAY 4

7TH ANNUAL BUILD-A-BOAT CHALLENGE The Ocean Institute presents its seventh annual Build-A-Boat Challenge, a one-day contest in which participants design, build and race their own boats. 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2274, www.ocean-institute.org.

MAY 5

OC MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON 5:30 a.m.; 6:15 a.m. The full marathon starts near Fashion Island and ends at the OC Fair. There are also half-marathons and a 5K. More info: www.ocmarathon.com.

SEVENTH ANNUAL DANA POINT GRAND PRIX OF CYCLING 7 a.m. Cycling race featuring multiple events for professionals, amateurs and kids taking place in downtown Dana Point. This year there will also be a Cinco de Mayo Street Festival in conjunction with the race. More info: 619.504.9977, www.danapointgrandprix.com.

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FOOD TRUCK: CURBSIDE BITES 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Head to San Clemente High Schoolfor some good eats with OC’s top gourmet food trucks. 700 Avenida Pico, San Clemente,

949.751.6192, www.curbsidebites.com.

SWALLOWS WALK AND TALK 1 p.m. Tour at The Mission that gives visitors an opportunity to learn about the Legend of the Swallows of Capistrano, hear facts and see the Mission’s Swallows Vocalization Project. Offered daily. Admission $6-$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Cap-istrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

10TH ANNUAL TANTARA WINE MAKERS DINNER7 p.m.-9 p.m. St. Roy at Vine San Clemente host a special food and wine pairing dinner featuring Tantara Wines.

211 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2079, www.vinesanclemente.com.

HALF-PRICE WHALE WATCHING Noon and 2 p.m. Dana Wharf offers half-price whale-watching trips and more Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month. 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.5794, www.danawharf.com.

COOKING CLASS: MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH 6:30 p.m. Chef Caroline Cazaumayou teaches you how to prepare a great meal for mom at Antoine’s Cafe. Cost $50 each; includes recipes, dinner and a glass of wine. 218 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.492.1763, www.antoinescafe.com.

HEALING HANDS FUN-DRAISER 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Art fundraiser at Transformation at Gallery 1951 with local stu-dents and Wisdom Spring Inc. raising money to bring the

water to a village in north India. Features a silent auction and more. Fundraiser continues through Sunday start-ing at noon daily. 1951 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 703.505.5152, www.wisdomspringinc.org.

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avern on the Coast pairs modern American cuisine prepared with French culinary techniques and a

contemporary, yet warm and inviting atmosphere that includes outdoor, fireside seating. The result is California casual tavern—elevated.

Owners, restaurateur Veronica Scala, General Manager Pamela Dickin-son and husband, Chef Bryan Podgorski celebrated their grand opening April 19.

“It’s all about the ingredients,” said Podgorsky. “We are not going for a fine

Waiters Steven Temple and Lauren Andreini present a flat bread fresh from the oven.Photo by Andrea Swayne

Tavern on the Coast owners (L to R) Veronica Scala, Pamela Dickinson and Bryan Podgorski celebrate the grand opening of their new restaurant. Photo by Andrea Swayne

dining experience. We want this to be that comfortable go-to place for really great flat bread.”

And the daily inspired flat breads are great. The dough is made from scratch and topped with fresh seasonal vegetables, cheeses and delectable meats—like one recently offered with duck confit. The roasted garden beet salad with toasted hazelnuts, sunchokes, wild arugula and truffle vinaigrette is but one of many interest-ing salad options. Other popular menu choices include the Tavern Burger, tuna tartare, grilled ribeye steak, herb roasted chicken and a pan seared Scot-tish salmon, all served with an array of sides that could very well stand alone. From the bar, try the Afternoon Delight, a refreshing concoction of Bombay Gin, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, Earl Grey tea, thyme, fresh lemon juice and agave nectar.

“We’re just hungry locals who like our neighbors and wanted to create an environment where you can hang out and have some fun, a great cocktail and delicious food,” Scala said.

RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT Tavern on the Coast

PRICE RANGE: $5 – $30PAYMENT: Cash, creditRESERVATIONS: Not necessaryHOURS: Sunday-Thursday, 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to midnight

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34212 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 949.415.5888, www.tavernonthecoast.com

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BILLY WATSON AND ROBIN HENKEL 7 p.m.-10 p.m. The duo plays live blues and jazz at The Cellar, 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663,www.thecellarsite.com.

ALEX AND MICHAEL FROM FLOCK ACOUSTIC THURSDAYS 9 p.m. The Coach House. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

JAM SESSION 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Bring your in-struments and jam at the San Clemente Senior Center. 117 Avenida Victoria, 949.498.6524.

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Nona Associates-Raymond J. Nona A.I.A 949.496.227526901 Camino de Estrella, www.raynona.com

ARCHITECTURE - PLANNING

Oasis Air Conditioning & Heating 949.420.132131648 Rancho Viejo Rd. Ste. A, www.oasisair.com

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

Dream Team Properties 949.481.1788Mike Rosenberg, BrokerCapistrano Beach, www.FindMyOCHome.com

REAL ESTATE - RESIDENTIAL

UPHOLSTERY

Jeddy’s Yacht & Home Interiors 949.240.956934118 Pacific Coast Hwy, www.jeddys.com

Bayside Window Cleaning, Inc. 949.215.2323www.baysidewindowcleaning.comClear Windows 949.485.8793San Clemente, www.clearwindows-llc.com

Offshore Construction 949.444.6323www.offshoreconstruction.org

WINDOW CLEANING

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Dylan’s Ding Repairs 949.607.9406www.facebook.com/dylansdingrepairs

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MUSIC INSTRUCTION

Corinne Rupert PhD, PsyD, MFT 949.488.264833971 Selva Rd. Ste. 125, www.danapointpsychotherapy.com

PSYCHOTHERAPY

A to Z Leak Detection 949.499.4464www.atozleakdetection.comChick’s Plumbing 949.496.9731 www.chicks-plumbing.com

Dawgy Style 949.496.331534085 Pacific Coast Hwy, Unit 112, www.alphadoggroomshop.com

PLUMBING

PET GROOMING

San Clemente Preschool 949.498.1025163 Avenida Victoria, www.sanclementepreschool.com

PRESCHOOLS

Kenny’s Music & Guitars 949.661.398424731 La Plaza, www.kennysmusicstore.com Danman’s Music School 949.496.655624699 Del Prado, www.danmans.com

Dana Point Lock & Security 949.496.6916www.danapointlock.com

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Patricia Powers 949.496.190024551 Del Prado, Ste. 364, [email protected] Farm/Ted Bowersox 949.661.320034085 Pacific Coast Hwy., Ste. 204www.tedbowersox.comStatefarm/Elaine LaVine 949.240.894434080 Golden Lantern, www.elainelavine.net

INSURANCE SERVICES

Coffee Importers Scoop Deck 949.493.777334531 Golden Lantern, www.coffeeimporters.com

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The Captain’s Chair 949.496.195720 Monarch Bay Plaza, www.thecaptainschairdp.com

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delta G electrical 949.360.9282CA #657214, www.deltagelectrical.com

Vorteil Dermatology and 949.276.2600Aesthetic Science33971 Selva Road, Ste. 200, www.vorteildermatology.com

ELECTRICAL

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Mills Construction 949.212.7699Dana Point, www.millsbuilds.com: CA # 973483

CONSTRUCTION/REMODELING

San Clemente Computer & Network [email protected] 949.276.1581

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THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE® RUMMAGE SALE / FUNDRAISERSaturday April 27, 7am - 1pm, 1328 Altura, San Clemente. All proceeds will go to benefit Relay for Life and The American Cancer Society. Clothing, household goods and electronics and we will also be accepting cash/check donations for those who just want to donate to the cause.

MOVING SALE: 814 CARNAROS SAN CLEMENTE4/27/2013, 7 am - 12 pm. All sorts of items for you to buy!!

CASITAS DEL RIO COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Saturday, May 4, 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Corner of Alipaz and Camino Del Avion

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Pod Squad Stoked with National Showing

he self proclaimed “Nerds of the Sea” flexed their knowledge on the national stage, and in the team’s first-ever national appearance brought a seventh

place trophy back to Dana Point. Coached by marine ecology teacher Randy Hudson for

nearly 15 years, the varsity National Ocean Sciences Bowl team from Dana Hills High School has many times come close, but never advanced past their regional competition, until this year.

“It’s a tough pill to swallow when you’ve invested that much time and effort to come in second and have it mean nothing,” Hudson said.

But this year’s band of five seniors, led by veteran team-mates Bree Williams, Arvin Arce and Meriah Long were determined to advance to NOSB finals in Milwaukee.

Up against Scripps Ranch High School for the second year in a row, the Pod Squad—with rookie seniors Lulu Erkeneff and Leila Haghi on board—dominated the Grun-ion Bowl’s elimination rounds and came out victorious.

“I think the biggest change this year was, we had the experience,” Arce said. “Coming into this year, we were all very prepared. We were all seniors in the marine ecology course and we knew our stuff and were prepared to win.”

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The team traveled to Wisconsin facing 25 regional contest winners from across the country, for the marine sciences-based Jeopardy-style competition. The team advanced through preliminary buzzer-quiz rounds, and dominated their science expert briefing assignment to enter the elimination rounds, where they fell in the last event of the day.

“I’m stoked, we worked really hard and Hudson put a lot of time in and we did too and I am just really glad we


By Andrea PapagianisDana Point Times

In first National appearance, Dana Hills varsity team takes seventh at 16th annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl final

The Dolphins varsity National Ocean Sciences Bowl squad splits shortly from final competition to play around in Milwaukee. Pictured (L to R) Bree Williams, Leila Haghi, Randy Hudson, Arvin Arce, Meriah Long and Lulu Erkeneff. Courtesy photo

SUDOKUby Myles Mellor

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium

Last week’s solution:

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fter preparing, learning and anticipat-ing since the beginning of the school year, 71 seniors and 45 supervisors

left Dana Hills High School Saturday, April 7 at 4:30 a.m. for a 15-hour journey to Bahia de las Animas, in Baja California.

The annual trip, in its 40th year, is spe-cially designed for seniors enrolled in marine

ecology, as well as for those who were able to continue through the rigorous curriculum. For many marine ecology students, the Baja trip is a key motivator to take the class, though a majority would attest to the downsides of the field study—no fresh water for showering, no public restrooms and no suburbia for a number of miles.

got to a place where we can all look back and say, ‘That was worth the effort we put into it,’” Haghi said.

For the last three years students at the national level have been challenged beyond the standard quiz compe-tition. In advance of finals, teams were given an actual proposed congressional bill on this year’s theme, invasive species.

Students were tasked with reading the bill and assum-ing one of five stakeholder roles—federal scientist, state scientist, university researcher, industry engineer and the head of a non-governmental organization, which doubled as an economist—with each composing a report on their viewpoints, as the stakeholder, on that particular bill.

Reports were handed in weeks in advance, but in less than five minutes at the competition, teams provided a three-judge panel with their individual abstracts, and pro-ceeded to field questions over their findings.

“You have a lot of top brass there, professors and recruiters and it is like an impromptu recruiting ground, where professionals are seeing what the future looks like for leaders and researchers,” Hudson said of the national competition.

“I want to see students stick with this,” he said. “We have a number of our NOSB kids who have gone on to get degrees within marine programs, so it’s effective in im-mersing students very early, and deeply in the study.” DP

Biology and marine ecology teacher Randy Hudson, orga-nized, led and taught throughout the trip. His purpose was not only to allow students to apply their strong knowledge, but also for the students to bridge the social gap that often comes between high school cliques. In order to carry this out, Hudson assigned car and field study groups to specific student personalities.

During the week, field study groups rotated to collect data and studied from different ecosystems, including rocky inter-tidal, sandy intertidal, mangroves, mudflats and reefs.

One of the favorites, the reef ecosystem, included a snorkeling trip to study the ocean zones, as well as count-ing regional fish. Most participants said the highlight of the study was the opportunity to swim with sea lions.

Senior Emma Suffrage said, “The reef study was truly amazing. The sea lions (swam) right up to you and blew bubbles in your face as they tried to get you to play. This is an experience that is truly unique to Baja.”

The students returned from the trip on Sunday, April 14. The marine ecology class final will be a report that includes collected data, studies and outlook regarding the Baja trip. The students developed a slogan that they deemed best fit their experience and modern culture, “YOBO,” which stands for “You Only Baja Once.”

Senior Bella Rose Dalton interpreted the slogan. “You Only Baja Once basically states this is a once in a

lifetime opportunity. Every day we treated the trip as if we would be leaving the next day,” Dalton said. DP

YOU ONLY BAJA ONCE For 40 years, Dana Hills Students have explored Baja California ecosystems on yearly tripBy Grace Willett, Intern for THE PAPER, a Dana Hills High School publication

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Wine Enthusiasts Descend on Doheny for Seaside Fest

Text and photos by Andrea PapagianisDana Point Times

Guests sampled hundreds of regional wines at the California Wine Festival

he fourth annual California Wine Festival, Orange County edition, came to an end Saturday as more

than 1,000 people flocked to Doheny State Beach to sample hundreds of state-made wines.

“I don’t think there are many similar events like this in Orange County and the wineries love coming down here and high-lighting their wines to this great commu-nity,” said Emily Kaufman, vice president of operations for the festival.

Featuring more than 50 wineries, the festival highlighted regional wines from Temecula, Lodi, Napa, Sonoma and Santa Barbara, providing guests with a wide sampling of California wines in one afternoon.

In addition to Saturday’s fest, reserve wines flowed Friday evening at Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa. California wine tastings continue in Santa Barbara


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GUEST OPINION: On Life and Love After 50 By Tom Blake

Women Should Avoid Misconceptions about Single Men

early every week, I receive an email from a woman telling me the reason she doesn’t date much is that men

are intimidated by her beauty, intelligence and confidence. In last week’s newsletter, Rose mentioned that a friend had told her that.

Maria, age 68, responded to Rose’s com-ment, “When we are happy with ourselves, we won’t see the need to change who we are by thinking that men are intimidated by intelligent, confident and attractive women. I don’t think most men are intimi-dated, but find women of this nature to be more interesting. Don’t cut yourself short ladies, just to fit an image you think men have. Be authentic.”

Bravo to Maria for saying that. And since she opened the discussion on men not being intimidated by women, let’s look into it further.

Not one single, older man I know is intimidated by a woman’s intelligence, beauty or confidence. Take, for example, my friend Ken, a retired man, who visits my deli often. He’s tall, intelligent, good looking, a great dancer and financially comfortable. Ken is not intimidated by

Nwomen with those quali-ties. In fact, he will only date women with them.

Women who believe they intimidate qual-ity men because of their intelligence, confidence and beauty are kidding themselves. Quality men appreciate those charac-teristics and other quali-

ties such as kindness, consideration and thoughtfulness as well. Men I know do not look for women they can manipulate. They look for women who are equals.

California Guys are JerksAnd being a California guy, another issue

that bugs me is when women suggest that all older, single California men, or guys from anywhere for that matter are jerks, as Sonya wrote in last week’s newsletter.

Maria also commented on that: “I live in California and as a New England-raised per-son, find men in California different in their outlook, and yes, their tendencies to want someone 10 or more years younger. But I also think they are not all bad and a lot of

men do look for women their own age. If we hold the negative frame of mind that there are no good men here, that’s who we will attract, all the bad guys, like a magnet. I hope Sonya tries to change her attitude.”

Maria said after moving to California, she dated for a year and then stopped: “I decided this wasn’t the fault of California men (and I did a lot of blaming), but it was me and my negative attitude. I realized I had subconsciously put up a no vacancy sign.”

“I’m waking up now, changing my at-titude to a more open frame-of-mind and trying to figure out how to get to know men again with my confidence intact. (It’s why I’ve signed up to get these newslet-ters—good practical doses of reality and advice). There are plenty of high-energy, spiritual men around who are older.”

Healthy Relationships: The Need for Balance

And since we are on a roll with Maria’s thinking today, there is another point she made about later-in-life relationships.

“I believe the best kind of relation-ship offers each other balance. We don’t

have to be exactly the same—I think the differences are much more interesting. The important thing is that each partner enhances the quality of life of the other through encouragement to develop who they are as individuals as well as who they are as a couple … leave expectations at the door except unconditional love for each other.”

With such sage wisdom, and a re-vamped attitude regarding men, Maria’s dating path will be much brighter than in previous years.

To comment: [email protected] Blake is a Dana Point business

owner and San Clemente resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. See his website at www.findingloveafter50.com.DP

Mistaken beliefs about the opposite sex could mean missing out on something good

ON LIFE AND LOVE AFTER 50

By Tom Blake

PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the DP Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the DP Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at [email protected]

Janice Davis pours a glass of the 2010 Fortune 1621 cabernet sauvignon, from Darms Lane, a Napa Val-ley family owned and operated winery.

Chris Wentworth, of Fountain Valley, said his hand-crafted pretzel necklace kept him standing up Saturday at the fourth annual California Wine Festival-Orange County.

Gayla Schatz pours Emily Norton a glass of the 2011 pinot grigio Hybrid by Peltier Station at the California Wine Festival on Saturday.

Whendy Martinez (center), from Garden Grove, Anita Bassler and Lindsey Kent, both from Newport Beach sample Karl Strauss, a San Diego microbrew, at the California Wine Festival at Doheny State Beach.

from July 18 to 20, for the festival’s 10th anniversary.

For more information, visit www.califor-niawinefestival.com. For a full slideshow, visit www.danapointtimes.com DP

5STORIES, SCORES, SCHEDULES & MORE

SPORTS& OUTDOORS

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Dolphin ReportBy Steve Breazeale

DOLPHINS BASEBALL LOSES CLOSE ONE TO STALLIONS • With runners at second and third and one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, San Juan Hills senior shortstop Colby Schultz laced a two RBI single down the right fi eld line, scoring what would be the go ahead run in an important 2-1 Stallions victory over Sea View League opponent Dana Hills on April 23.

The Stallions (13-10, 4-3 league) entered the game in a three-way tie for second place in the Sea View League and broke that tie with the win. Laguna Hills (4-4) and Aliso Niguel (3-3), both sitting idle on the day, now trail San Juan Hills in the standings.

Both teams were forced to scrape together whatever runs they could in what was a clinical pitcher’s duel between San Juan Hills’ Evanne Wilkes and the Dolphins’ Grant Dyer. Both pitchers went the distance. Wilkes scat-tered two hits and two walks over seven innings of work while punching out six. Dyer matched his counterpart by dealing out fi ve hits, two strikeouts and no walks in six innings.

Dyer faced the minimum amount of batters (15) before the decisive sixth inning, which started with a leadoff single by San Juan Hills senior David Brawner. Freshman Jack McCarthy would follow with an infi eld hit.

Both runners would advance on a wild pitch, setting the stage for Schultz’s timely hit.

The Dolphins won the rubber game of the series 1-0 on April 24. Senior Blake Taylor was the winning pitcher. Next Game: 5/1 vs. San Clemente, 3:30 p.m.

DOLPHINS TENNIS FALLS TO TRITONS ON THE ROAD • The Dana Hills boys tennis team suffered back to back losses to Woodbridge and San Clemente on April 17 and April 18, respectively.

The Dolphins (8-7, 4-3) traveled to play Woodbridge in a non-league match and lost 18-3. Dana Hills then played against fi rst-place San Clemente and lost 12-6.

The team’s fi nal league match was set for April 23 against El Toro. Results were not available at press time.

DANA HILLS GOLF FINISHES SECOND IN LEAGUE • The Dana Hills boys golf team fi red off four straight wins to end their season and fi nish 14-6 overall and 8-3 in the South Coast League. The Dolphins fi nished the year in sole possession of second place.

Despite some confusion and disarray at this year’s Salt Creek Half Marathon, hundreds of runners enjoyed the race atmosphere on April 21.

According to event organizers, most of the runners veered off of the designated course midway through the race due to inadequate course markings and staffi ng. The roughly 400 runners competing in the famous race that snakes from Salt Creek Beach up to Niguel Road were forced to get back on track and complete the race.

Because of the number of people who either ran for too long of a distance or too short, depending on the race, no of-fi cial times were posted and the runners

have been offered complimentary entry into the next race in the Go Forward Rac-ing circuit.

One race that went uninterrupted was the Kids 1K Fun Run. Jaden Rosenhain, 9, of Dana Point fi nished second.

Several runners competing that day decided to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. 11-year-old Luc Dubray of Laguna Niguel came up with the idea for his family and friends to wear neon green T-shirts inspired by the “B Strong” One Fund Boston campaign. Dubray and his friends each hand painted their own shirts and proudly wore them while running in the event’s 5K race. —Steve Breazeale and Andrea Papagianis

Dana Point’s Jaden Rosenhain, 9, fi nished second in the Salt Creek Half Marathon Kids IK Fun Run. Photo by Andrea Papagianis

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT SALT CREEK HALF MARATHON

Tanner Foust, seen here racing in last year’s X Games, was forced to withdraw from the RallyCross fi nals on April 21 following a crash Photo courtesy of ESPN

Early Crash Mars Foust’s Hope for X Games Gold

By Steve BreazealeDana Point Times

apistrano Beach resident Tanner Foust looked to be in good position to challenge for the Ford Ral-lyCross Championships at the 2013 X Games in Foz

do Iguacu, Brazil on April 21 but suffered a string of bad luck as a packed 10-car scramble and dust-up through the fi rst turn ended his chance at a gold medal.

Foust, a veteran RallyCross racer and host of the popu-lar television show “Top Gear USA” on the History Chan-nel, was among the top qualifi ers leading into the event and started in the No. 2 position at the gate.

But a dramatic, and dusty, logjam heading into the fi rst turn of the fi rst lap resulted in several of the extremely fast and expensive cars to crash into one another. Foust could be seen spinning a full 180-degrees down the track after the crash took place behind him. He was able to gain

control and get back into the race, but the damage was already done.

Before the race could become offi cial, the red fl ag came out, signaling a restart, and the competitors were forced to stop. Pit crews were allowed to try and fi x minor dam-ages to the cars but Foust’s was deemed beyond repair and he was unable to fi nish the race. Foust was one of four racers in the fi eld who did not return to the track follow-ing the crash.

American Scott Speed, who started in the pole position, wound up winning the event.

Foust had barnstormed his way to the fi nals by being the fastest fi nisher in the seeding session (heat No. 2) and was tops in preliminary heat No. 3 to earn his berth to the championship race. DP

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Dana Hills senior Blake Taylor pitched in the second game of the week between the Dolphins and San Juan Hills baseball teams. Photo by Steve Breazeale

DOLPHINS TRACK AND FIELD CLEANS UP AT OC CHAMPIONSHIPS • The Dana Hills boys and girls track and fi eld teams had successful days at the OC Champion-ships at Mission Viejo High on April 20.

The girls team was led by several top fi nishers in a variety of events and fi nished in second place overall with 62 points.

Senior Brenna Barker nearly swept her three major fi eld events by placing fi rst in the triple jump (36-7), second in the high jump (5-4) and fi rst in the long jump (17-5).

Michaela King placed in both hurdling events, fi nishing second in the 300 hurdles (44.21 seconds) and third in the 100 hurdles (14.89).

Emily Harper placed second in the 1600, posting a time of 5:18.59.

The Dolphins also got a boost from their pole vaulters Claire Kao and Sierra Hansen, who both cleared the 11 feet, 4 inches mark and tied for fourth place.

The boys track and fi eld team placed fourth overall, tally-ing 61 points.

The relay teams were strong for the Dolphins, especially the 4x400-meter relay squad, which placed fi rst with a time of 3:20.62. The 4x100 relay team placed second (42.93).

Alec Cranford came in second in the discus (162 feet, 1 inch) and third in the 400 (49.85).

Jake Ogden fi nished second in the 3200 (9:24.12). The Dolphins went on to lose to Mission Viejo in dual

meet action 81-55 on April 24.

SCOOP ON THE LOCAL SURF COMMUNITYDP SURF

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DPDana Point

Age: 6, Concordia Elementary

Surfing and skateboarding just comes natural to some people. Cannon Carr is one of them. Already a talented athlete on both types of boards, Cannon is one of the most talented up-and-coming groms in San Clemente. He started surfing at the age of 3, and skating even earlier, under the tutelage of his dad who said he just took to it like a fish to water. Cannon enjoys both, but admits that skating is his favorite. “Surfing is great because you can get barreled and when you fall it doesn’t hurt as much as it does on the concrete, but I love skat-ing anyway,” he said. Cannon has entered a few contests in both sports for the past couple of years and took second place at last year’s SC Open skate contest. He plans to make his series debut next season and will commit to surfing the WSA Championship Tour and do-ing many more skate events. Until then he will continue to practice both every day. On his skateboard he’s been working on layback turns on the street, and in the park, disaster slides both front and backside, airing the corners and an over the hip ollie grab. In the water, he has been concentrating mainly on floaters and hitting the lip. Cannon also spends time training every day on his Syck Trix ollie training board, invented by his dad. In school this year Cannon earned an achievement award in math, his favorite subject. He also enjoys art and said his favorite things to draw and paint are barreling waves, “of course.” —Andrea Swayne

GROM OF THE WEEK Cannon Carr

Cannon Carr. Photo by Andrea Swayne

By Andrea Swayne Dana Point Times

Surfing Heritage Foundation rebranding, moving forwardunder new leadership

SURF FORECAST

Water Temperature: 59-62 degrees F

Water Visibility and Conditions: San Clemente: 6-10’+ Poor+ Catalina: 10-15’+ Fair

Immediate: A mix of easing long period south groundswell and trace northwest windswell continues to ease on Friday, set-ting up knee-waist high+ surf (2-3’+) at the better breaks. Light/variable to light morn-ing winds give way to a moderate westerly sea-breze in the afternoon.

Long Range Outlook: A modest new south groundswell fills in for the weekend setting up more knee-waist-chest high waves (2-3’+) for best exposed breaks. Trace northwest windswell blends in for a few broken up/sectiony lines at the combo beachbreaks. Check out Surfline for all the details!

SURF RESULTS

NSSA Southwest Open, Event No. 10, April 20-21, San Onofre State Beach, Upper Trestles

First place and local finishers only.

MEN: 1. Thelen Worrell, Malibu. JUNIORS: 1. Thelen Worrell, Malibu; 4. Kei Kobayashi, San Clemente. BOYS: 1. Eithan Osborne, Ventura; 3. Cole Houshmand, San Clem-ente. MINI GROMS: 1. Kade Matson, San Clemente; 4. Kai McPhillips, San Clemente. WOMEN: 1. Moana Jones, HawaiI; 2. Tia Blanco, San Clemente. GIRLS: 1. Moana Jones, Hawaii; 2. Malia Osterkamp, San Clemente; 4. Alexxa Elseewi, San Clemente. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: Thelen Wor-rell, Men; Jake Marshall, Juniors; Eithan Os-borne, Boys; Kade Matson, Mini Groms; Tia Blanco, Womens; Malia Osterkamp, Girls.

SSS High School State Championship, April 20-22, Oceanside Harbor

Section A Team

OVERALL TEAM WINNER: 1. San Clemente. MEN: 1. San Dieguito; 2. San Clemente; =5. Dana Hills. MEN LB: 1. San Clemente; 3. Dana Hills. WOMEN: 1. Carlsbad; 2. San Clemente; 3. Dana Hills. WOMEN LB: 1. San Clemente; 5. Dana Hills. COED BODY-BOARD: 1. Dana Hills; 2. San Clemente.

Section B Team

OVERALL TEAM WINNER: San Juan Hills. MEN: 1. Willy Eagleton, Santa Cruz; 5. Gar-rett Brown, Dana Hills. MEN LB: 1. Christian Stutzman, Torrey Pines; 2. Noah Cardoza, San Juan Hills; 5. Ben Cardoza, San Juan Hills. WOMEN: 1. Danielle Wyman, Dana Hills. WOMEN LB: 1. Rachael Tilly, San Clem-ente. COED BODYBOARD: 1. Sean McElroy, Carlsbad.

Log on to www.danapointtimes.com for full results.

UPCOMING EVENTSApril 27-28: WSA West Coast Champion-ship, San Onofre State Beach, Church Beach

May 4: NSSA Southwest Explorer, Event No. 9, San Diego, Pacific Beach, Crystal Pier

May 5: NSSA Southwest Explorer, Event No. 10, San Diego, Pacific Beach, Crystal Pier

May 4-5: SSS Middle School State Champi-onship, Oceanside Harbor

The New Shape of Surf Culture

The San Clemente-based Surfing Heri-tage Foundation has begun rolling out a new logo and tagline for 2013,

following a renaming of the organization to Surfing Heritage & Culture Center and announced the departure of Executive Director Bolton Colburn.

Along with the rebranding, come SHACC’s new tagline “Shaping surfing’s past, present and future” and the renewed promise to continue to preserve past surf culture and inspire new generations of surfers.

According to a statement from SHACC officials, the new brand will have its official debut at the upcoming Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction: California Gold, May 11 at the Orange County Fair-grounds and the launch of a new website is expected later in the year.

Colburn, who came to the Surfing Heri-tage Foundation in November of 2011, an-nounced his resignation in March and said he is leaving to pursue other interests.

During his time at the helm, he used his experience as an art museum director and curator to develop a rotating exhibit program and initiated programs for long term funding to ensure the sustenance of the organization into the future. Member-ship revenue increased by 60 percent, an annual fund that brought in $40,000 in its first year was established and a new donor program was launched, under his lead.

“Bolton leaves the organization stronger having accomplished many of the goals and initiatives that he proposed at the onset of his involvement …” said Board of

Directors Vice President Steve Pezman in a statement. “ … With these initiatives up and running, SHACC is on solid ground to become the world’s premiere institution focusing on surf culture.”

Paul Strauch, legendary surfer and board of directors member, was chosen to serve as acting executive director, ef-fective April 1. Colburn will continue as a consultant through the middle of May and see the organization through the Vintage Surf Auction event.

“This is my dream come true... work-ing to guide and sustain the SHACC, a museum rich in surfing history and lore,” Strauch said. “My Hawaiian roots and ide-als, the connection between the ocean and myself, and now, SHACC, are a perfect fit … I would also like to acknowledge the vote of confidence the Executive Board demonstrated when they asked me to step into this position. This was a career change that I did not hesitate to accept.”

To find out more about all of the changes happening at SHACC and see a preview of auction items up forbid at the Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction: California Gold, log on to www.surfingheritage.org. DP

The Surfing Heritage Foundation has been renamed the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center. This new logo was created as a part of the organi-zation’s rebranding. Courtesy SHACC

The Surfing America USA Masters team held on for a bronze medal at the ISA World Masters Surfing Champion-ship, April 14 in Montañita, Ecuador.

The Hawaiian team successfully defended their 2012 title, taking the gold medal, and the Eduardo Arena Perpetual Team Trophy with 10,844 points. South Africa took silver with 8,976 points, fol-lowed by team USA in bronze with 8,165 and Brazil in copper with 8,087.

Three USA team members brought home individual medals: Dean Ran-dazzo, Grand Masters, copper; Ricky Schaffer, Kahunas, copper and Allen Sarlo, Grand Kahunas, bronze.

For full results and video highlights, visit www.isawmsc.com. —AS

TEAM USA WINS BRONZE AT ISA MASTERS

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