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By Bianca KaplanekDEL MAR — Council
members approved a $630 amonth raise for CityManager Scott Huth with a4-0 vote at the April 1 meet-ing. Councilman Al Cortiwas absent.
The boost represents a4.2 percent increase forHuth, who joined the city inJanuary 2012 with a three-year contract requiring aperformance evaluation atleast once every six monthsfor the first year and annu-ally thereafter.
After meeting in closedsession, a requirement forpersonnel matters, councilmembers Lee Haydu andDon Mosier were appointedto negotiate the terms withHuth, who came to Del Mar
after serving as the publicservices director forCoronado since 1995.
“Our city manager isbasically a 24-hour job,
seven days a week,” Haydusaid. “Scott even works onvacations because I’ve got-ten calls and emails fromhim.
“Even though we’re acity of 4,000 people, wehave got big city problems,”she added. “We’ve gotbeaches. We’ve got the (DelMar) Fairgrounds in ourcity limits. So we have a lotmore responsibility for ourcity manager than sometruly small towns of 4,000. Ithink Scott does deservethis raise.”
Haydu noted Huthjoined the city while it wasdeveloping a ballot initia-tive for downtown revital-ization and trying to settle alawsuit with the fair-grounds over expansionplans there.
“He kept poundinguntil we got what we want-ed,” she said. “So he hasworked very hard for hisfirst year and gotten uspretty far.”
Under the amendedagreement, Huth willreceive an annual cost-of-living adjustment based onthe county’s consumer priceindex. The increase cannotexceed 3 percent annuallyand it will not be reducedby a negative CPI.
The 2013 increase,retroactive to Jan. 1, is $255
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By Tony CagalaRANCHO SANTA FE —
For more than 200 years nowthe music of JohannSebastian Bach has been per-formed in concert halls andchurches worldwide.
His music has beenetched onto a record made ofgold that is still todayhurtling through interstellarspace on the Voyager space-craft in the hopes that ifintelligent life does exist,and played the record, theycould experience his musicamong other sounds andimages of Earth.
Conductors Richard andHelen Westerfield are look-ing to bring Bach a little clos-er to home, allowing listenersto experience Bach in awhole new way with theirinaugural concert at theVillage Church April 13.
The program will be thefirst time they’re workingtogether so intensely on cre-ating a new vision to Bach’smusic, Richard said, who hasbeen a conductor of world-renowned orchestras since1993.
Helen serves as thedirector of music ministriesat the Village Church.
The married couple thatnow resides in Del Mar meteach other prior to studyingmusic abroad in Europe onFulbright scholarships.
“We got to know eachother in the hills of Bavaria,”
Richard said. “It looked verymuch like ‘The Sound ofMusic,’ with lots of flowerscows…it was very muchromantic. And we got
engaged shortly after that.But the thing that was excit-ing for us is that we shared acommon interest in musicand especially in the music
of Bach.“And that began all the
way back then, and we’vehad the idea of doing withBach, something distinctivewith Bach really, since then.”
As a piano player andcomposer Richard, who oncefilled in to conduct the NewYork Philharmonic on a day’snotice, said he was drawn toconducting because of thefact that it was done withother people.
“It was a teamwork, col-laborative effort and that aconductor actually doesn’tmake any sounds at all,” hesaid. “It’s all about inspiringother people to play theirbest, and to play in a waythat’s together.”
But during this perform-ance, Richard will get achance to make his own“sounds,” in a sense, by pro-viding commentaries andsome brief biographicalnotes on Bach and his music.
“It’s an attempt to helppeople find a way inside themusic so that they can relateto it and appreciate it more,”Richard said.
With the couple havinglived with and studied Bach’smusic (Helen studied Bachwith conductor HelmuthRilling, co-founder of theOregon Bach Festival), it’sbeen a dream of theirs forthe past 25 years to present
Helen and Richard Westerfield are collaborating on a new musical per-formance that will provide an exploration into some of Johann SebastianBach’s compositions at the Village Church in Rancho Santa Fe. Visittheranchosantafenews.com to see a video clip of Richard talking aboutBach’s music. Photo by Tony Cagala
Couple shines new light on Bach’s music
Del Mar OKs raise for city manager
By Sandy CoronillaRANCHO SANTA FE
— The Rancho Santa FeAssociation board votedunanimously at its March22 meeting to move for-ward with the purchase ofthe Rancho Santa FeGarden Club property formore than $2.3 million.
The Garden Club isused commonly used as acommunity gatheringplace for both special occa-sions like graduation cere-monies, cotillions and wed-dings as well as GardenClub events.
After two years of dis-cussions between the cluband the association, anunderstanding was metlast month, which includedthe sale of club property tothe Association, however,the Garden Club itselfwould continue to use thefacilities for its events.
Association ManagerPete Smith said otheroptions besides acquiringclub property were consid-ered, including the possi-bility of selling the proper-ty on the open market orhiring a property manager.
“Under the firstoption, the AssociationBoard shares the GardenClub’s concern that a newproperty owner would notoperate the property in thebest interest of the commu-nity and there would be noguarantee that the pro-ceeds of the sale would bereinvested in the communi-ty,” Smith said.
And the second optionwas tossed out because theGarden Club would have toincrease its money makingevents at the club, includ-ing events for “outsidegroups.”
“This would have anegative impact on conges-tion,” Smith said, “anddiminish the value of theproperty to our communityas an exclusive amenity.”
The proceeds from thepurchase of the GardenClub will be deposited intoa special Community Fund
to be held at theFoundation for the benefitof the community living inthe covenant area. In thefuture, local nonprofitorganizations could submitrequests to an oversightpanel consisting ofAssociation board andGarden Club board repre-sentatives.
“For many years theGarden Club has struggledwith the issue of maintain-ing the facilities and prop-erty,” Smith said. “Inrecent years, it had provento be a very difficult taskto find willing and compe-tent volunteers to take onthe challenging task ofmanaging the property.”
That is, until Helenand Steve DiZio steppedup, Smith said.
“The DiZios and theGarden Club board havecome to the conclusionthat the current structurefor running the facilitiescannot be maintained,” hesaid.
Helen DiZio spoke tothe challenges and herhope for the future successof the Garden Club proper-ty.
The board meeting,which occurred outdoors,lasted more than hour andincluded questions posedby association board mem-bers and audience mem-bers alike.
There was a livelygive-and-take, with mostguests registering theirsupport for the acquisi-tion.
One area nonprofit’spresident, Carla DiMare ofthe Rancho Santa FeSenior Center, asked theboard to consider givingthe funds directly to com-munity organizationsrather than making themgo through hoops to bene-fit from the purchase ofthe garden club.
“I think it’s a betterway to allocate the funds,”DiMare said. She suggest-
Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club president Helen DiZio (at podium)addresses the Rancho Santa Fe Association board and members ofthe community. The board voted unanimously March 22 to purchasethe property using Covenant Enhancement Funds for more than $2.3million. Photo by Sandy Coronilla
Association agrees to buyGarden Club property
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City Manager Scott Huth (center) talks with Councilwoman Lee Hayduand resident Bill Michalsky during his 2012 welcome reception. Councilauthorized a $630 monthly increase to Huth’s contract at the April 1meeting. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek
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A Canyon Crest Academy student interviews San Diego County Mayor Bob Filner at the grand opening ofthe CCA Foundation Carmel Valley Farmers Market. Photo by Sandy Coronilla
Mayor Filner inaugurates newfarmer’s market at CCABy Sandy Coronilla
COAST CITIES — SanDiego Mayor Bob Filnerattended the grand openingof the CCA FoundationCarmel Valley FarmersMarket last month.
The farmers marketofficially re-opened undernew management inFebruary. Raquel Pena, whoalso manages the RanchoSanta Fe Farmers Market, isthe new manager.
“This grand openingsignifies the partnershipthat we have with the com-munity and the school,”said Joanne Couvrette,executive director of theCanyon Crest Academy
Foundation.Canyon Crest Academy
is a public school in the SanDieguito Union High SchoolDistrict, which encompass-es a part of the city of SanDiego.
Filner cut the ribbonand met district boardmembers and students whowere also present.
“What’s great aboutthis is that it’s really a win-win because every dollarthat’s spent here benefitsthe school,” Couvrette said.“The foundation helps fundall the activities that (SanDieguito Union High SchoolDistrict) does not have theability to fund anymore.”
The academy’s athlet-ics and arts programs willbenefit from the farmersmarket, Couvrette said.
Envision, the school’sarts program, utilizes aclose relationship with theprofessional arts communi-ty. Foundation funds helppay for guest artists to workalongside faculty, leading toan exceptional educationalexperience, Couvrette said.
“Students can comeout and play music and usethe space. The farmers mar-ket is their marketplace aswell.”
The farmers market isopen Thursdays from 2 p.m.to dusk.
Ribbon cutting ceremony opens Life Spring House By Promise Yee
VISTA — A ribbon cuttingceremony April 1, marked thecompletion of renovations onLife Spring House and a posi-tive start for five young menwho will to be the first resi-dents of the transitional homefor youth who have aged out ofFoster Care Services.
The transitional all-menhouse was opened by NorthCounty Lifeline.
The organization saw aneed for transitional servicesfor Foster Care youth.
Countywide there is awaiting list of hundreds ofyoung adults in need of transi-tional services.
“The need is there forsure,” Alexis Parker, executivedirector of HomeAid, said.“They are expected to live ontheir own and be self sufficient,but haven’t had life skills.”
Selection of the first fiveresidents will be made by inter-viewing men ages 18 to 24 onthe Child Welfare waiting listand selecting five who are high-ly motivated to pursue educa-tion,work and independent liv-ing.
Mayor Judy Ritter saidLife Spring House reflects thecity’s mission of providing serv-ices that lead to self-sufficiency.
The transitional house willprovide a balance of independ-
ent living, and guidance in theresponsibilities of adulthood.
Each young man will signa lease agreement and pursueprogram goals during their two-year stay.
They will be given a smallstarter allowance and beexpected to pay monthly renton a sliding scale equal toabout one-third of theirincome.
Part of the rent paymentwill go into a savings accountand be returned to the youngman when he moves out on hisown.
“The goal is independentliving,” Don Stump, executivedirector of North CountyLifeline, said.“It is not a grouphome. It’s a shared living expe-rience.”
A case manager will meetwith the young men Mondaythrough Friday to help them setand reach goals, connect withresources, and teach them lifeand relationship skills. Stumpdescribes support services asthings “parents might havedone.”
The transition house islocated across the street fromthe North County Lifeline serv-ice center where the men canreceive career planning, jobhunting and financial manage-ment services.
A resident advisor will
check in with the men after 7p.m. and on weekends.
“We will not let them fail,”Stump said.
The furnished house hasfour bedrooms, a living room,kitchen, bathroom, two staffoffices and an outdoor area.There is also an independentliving suite in the house with itsown entrance, bath andkitchen.
The building was ownedby North County Lifeline andpreviously used as office space.
After staff identified theneed for a transitional house,fundraising began and renova-tions of the house soon fol-lowed.
The process took aboutthree years, with renovationscompleted in one year.
“We sought funding fromall sources,” Stump said. “Thislittle house took a village to puttogether.”
Key contributors includedHomeAid San Diego,HallmarkCommunities, Supervisor BillHorn, NeighborhoodImprovement Funds, and BIACares.
“Giving back to the com-munity is what it’s all about,”Mike Hall, president ofHallmark Communities, said.
North County Lifelineplans to open additional transi-tional houses in the future.
Don Stump, of North County Lifeline; Mayor Judy Ritter; Alexis Parker, of HomeAid; Mike Hall, of HallmarkCommunities; and Councilwoman Amanda Rigby cut a ribbon to open Life Spring House. The transitionalhome will serve Foster Care young men. Photo by Promise Yee
Project Turnaround hosts fundraiserBy Bianca Kaplanek
COAST CITIES — ProjectTurnaround, a nonprofit organ-ization devoted to developingsocial, cultural and artistic pro-grams and events for youngadults with developmentaldelays, will hold an Italian din-ner fundraiser April 17 at St.James Catholic Church, 625 S.Nardo Ave. in Solana Beach.
Happy hour will begin at 6p.m., followed by dinner at 7p.m. that includes a margheritapizza appetizer, Caesar salad,lasagna or spaghetti Bolognese,bread and white chocolatepanna cotta.
The cost is $25 per person.Call Nydia Abney for tickets ormore information at (858) 481-3998.
Project Turnaround is try-ing to create an ecovillage thatwill provide a supportive andenriching living environmentas well as opportunities for
meaningful work.Project goals are to create
a program that encourages thedevelopment of communica-tion and social skills, providepractical opportunities toincrease life skills and responsi-bility, and facilitate in the
advancement of true independ-ence.
An informational meetingis planned for 1 p.m.on June 14in the Del Mar LibraryCommunity Center,13th Streetand Camino del Mar in down-town Del Mar.
Kristin Rompf and Philip Schmid, members of Project Turnaround'sPioneers Club, share a laugh before a spring 2010 show. A fundraiserfor the nonprofit organization is scheduled for April 17. Photo by BiancaKaplanek
OPINION&EDITORIAL Views expressed in Opinion & Editorial do not reflect the views of the Rancho Santa Fe News
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSA4 APRIL 5, 2013
By Thomas D. EliasSpend more than $30 million
to pass a temporary tax increaseproposition.
See a governor put his entirepolitical capital on the line to passit, including airing countless tele-vision commercials featuring thatman almost begging voters for ayes verdict. Threaten draconiancuts to schools and colleges thathave already seen programs paredto the bone.
Result: The measure — lastfall’s Proposition 30 — passes by a55-45 percent margin, with everyexit poll showing that, as FieldPoll director Mark DiCamilloreported, “White non-Hispanicsdivided their votes evenly…butethnic voters (Latinos, Asian-Americans and AfricanAmericans) collectively support-ed it by a 20-point margin, givingit its entire margin of victory.”
Another result: A sudden pre-sumption that passing tax increas-es in California has become easy.
One product of this new
assumption is a $2.2 billion peryear tax increase proposition nowbeing circulated primarily by lib-eral Democrats.
This one — likely to be votedon in November 2014 — wouldadd 2.5 cents per gallon to thealready sky-high price of gasoline,tax alcoholic beverages varyingamounts between a nickel and$1.65 per gallon and add a newlevy on tobacco sales of 1.25 centsper individual cigarette.
The money would all be ear-marked for higher education,with 80 percent going to theUniversity of California and theCal State system and the rest tocommunity colleges.
One thing for sure about thisproposal: If it gets the 807,615valid voter signatures it needs toreach the ballot, you won’t seeGov. Jerry Brown staring into atelevision camera and imploringall Californians to vote yes.
For Brown himself wouldalmost certainly share the ballotwith this proposition, and he’s notlikely to stake the outcome ofwhat’s likely to be his final politi-cal campaign on the outcome of atax proposition.
Yes, two tax measures didpass last fall: both Proposition 30and the unrelated Proposition 39,which is now raising $1 billionyearly by closing some tax loop-holes gifted to international cor-porations by ex-Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger as part of a 2009budget deal.
While the effort to pass 30was difficult and in doubt untilElection Night, many voters saw39 as a no-brainer because itessentially taxes companies ontheir California profits, endingthe previous shell game thatallowed them to doctor theirbooks by moving profits madehere to other countries wheretaxes might be lower.
Even at that, about 40 per-cent of voters still said no.
The fact those two measurespassed at a time when state gov-ernment had pled poverty foryears and voters had seen roadsdeteriorate while many otherservices were cut does not meanpassing more taxes will be easy.
Especially when the taxesproposed, as in the plan now cir-culating, would be permanent,unlike the levies of Proposition30, which expire after four yearsunless voters okay an extension.The presumption behind 30 isthat the economy will improve,eliminating the need for most ofits taxes.
Schwarzenegger learned asrecently as May 2009 how difficultit can be to pass even a temporarynew tax, when his sales taxincrease Proposition 1A lost by a65-35 percent margin in a specialelection.
The makeup of the electoratehas surely changed a bit sincethen, with more Latinos andAsian Americans now on the rolls.
But any such change does notcome close to accounting for thehuge difference between that out-come and the Proposition 30 win.
A sense of near panic overwhat might happen to schools, col-leges, roads, water quality andmany other state functions isabout the only thing that canaccount for what amounts to a 20percent swing in the vote betweenthe two elections.
There is no longer any suchsense, nor a great likelihood thatany substantial political figurewill even attempt to encourageone.
So the notion that passing yetanother tax measure will be easyholds no water. Which suggeststhe newest tax increase effort isdoomed long before it even quali-fies for a vote.
Email Thomas Elias [email protected].
Elias is author of the currentbook “The BurzynskiBreakthrough: The MostPromising Cancer Treatment andthe Government’s Campaign toSquelch It,” now available in anupdated fourth printing.
For more Elias columns, go tocaliforniafocus.net.
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New age yoga: Old age theft and surrender By Swami Param
What is Yoga? Hinduism.Some 5,000 years ago, there werepeople living in a place whichcame to be known as the(H)indus river valley. It wasthese (H)indus that created thereligious language known asSanskrit. The Sanskrit/Hinduword “Yoga” means: “Yuj AtmanBrahman ca,” (“To yoke to one’sindividual Soul and SoulSource.”) The various (authentic)Yogas are the means by whichHindus achieve this Soul/Self-Realization: Karma Yoga(ethics), Bhakti Yoga (devotion),Raja Yoga (meditation) andJnana Yoga (outer and innerstudy or enlightenment). Thereare other Yogas within theseclassic Hindu/Yogas, such as:Hatha Yoga (Hindu devotionalpostures).
It is Hatha that is, generally,distorted by the simplistic use of“Yoga.” With a vital ethical anddevotional attitude (posture),the Hindu (or student ofHinduism) is now ready for thephysical postures (asanas). Theasanas represent a specificallyHindu worldview. “Hatha” refersnot only to nature worship(moon; sun: tha) but also to theHindu deities Siva, Vishnu(Hara; Hari).
The “Soul” purpose of theasanas is to create a healthy
body, calm mind and emotions inorder to enter the spirit realms.It is for this Soul purpose that, ofall the Hindu/Yogas, Hatha Yogawas supposed to be kept, rela-
tively, secret. Sages realized thatthe immature would emphasizethe body, thus, completely dis-torting the spiritual intent.Feeling good at the expense ofothers is not an ethical choice.
New Age Yoga (NAY) is: HotYoga, Power Yoga and GentleYoga, to name few. There areespecially arrogant individualswho even attach their own namesto these Hindu disciplines. Thereare so-called 200 hour CertifiedYoga Teachers and YogaTherapists.
Imagine treating Baptismand Communion as anUnderwater Therapy and WineTasting business! Envision aFitness Rabbi, Diet Pope andGaming Imam! Picture HotBaptism (at your local gym),
Power Mass and GentleGenuflecting! How about a 200hour Certified CommunionTeacher greeting students withHallelujah and denying any
Christian connection? Howabout marketing Baptism pantsto display one’s physical accom-plishments! As ridiculous as thisseems, this is exactly how cal-lous, absurd and insulting is theNAY crusade.
How many also realize that,factually, the following aresacred Sanskrit/Hindu terms:Namaste, Karma, Mantra, Guru,Swastika and Chakras? Howmany are aware that Hindusinvented the all-important zero?Along with Yoga, these Hinduterms have been co-opted anddistorted beyond recognition.Unfortunately, not a week goesby that the press and MadisonAvenue do not aid in reinforcing
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By Sandy CoronillaCOAST CITIES — Torrey
Pines High School’s mocktrial team won first place atthe 2013 San Diego CountyHigh School Mock TrialCompetition last month.
The three day long com-petition places students in anactual courtroom setting, inthis case San Diego SuperiorCourt downtown, where theyassumed the roles of lawyersand witnesses in a hypotheti-cal case. This year’s fictionalcase was called People v.Vega, and it involved a hit-and-run trial and a pretrial
argument on the FifthAmendment.
Attorney volunteercoaches Brandon Saxon of thelaw firm Gordon and Reesand assistant U.S. AttorneyWilliam P. Cole assisted theTorrey Pines team. Saxon isalso a Torrey Pines graduate.
The seventh annualevent was organized by theSan Diego County BarAssociation, San DiegoSuperior Court, San DiegoOffice of Education andConstitutional RightsFoundation. Second andthird place winners were
Westview and La Jolla HighSchool, respectively.
“It’s incredible to havecourtrooms full of superachieving, dedicated highschool students, their teach-ers, parents, volunteer attor-ney coaches, and volunteerattorney scorers and localstate and federal judges con-ducting mock trials andselecting San Diego County’sbest team for the statewidecompetition,” said JudgeYvonne Campos, who co-chaired the program.
On March 24, the TorreyPines team moved on to rep-
resent San Diego at thestatewide competition, how-ever they didn’t place; thestate champions came fromLa Reina High School inVentura County.
“We all celebrate therule of law, our democracyand our Anglo-Americanjurisprudence which weexport to other countriesstruggling with inept justicesystems,” Campos said.“Whether or not these kidsare tomorrow’s lawyers, at aminimum they are tomorrow’scitizen jurors and our commu-nity is better for it.”
The Torrey Pines High School mock trial team celebrates their achievements with San Diego Superior Court Judge David. Photo by Lauren Radack
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City working to fill ingaps in youth servicesBy Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — Thecity prioritized the need foradditional youth servicesMarch 27, following theshooting at Libby Lake Parkon March 13 that killed twoyouths and injured two oth-ers. The victims weredescribed as “good kids”who were in the wrong placeat the wrong time.
The city is installingadditional park lights andmoving trees and vegetation,and city staff has beendirected to come back withrecommendations on how tofill in gaps in youth services.
Steep city cuts havebeen made in youth pro-grams over the last fiveyears. The John LandesRecreation Center wasclosed in the summer of2009. Funds were reducedfor other community cen-ters.
Since 2010, fundingdropped for the ChavezResource Center from$100,216 to $44,095. The JoeBalderrama RecreationCenter budget was trimmedfrom $368,699 to $115,610.Crown Heights CommunityResource Center fundingwent from $94,593 to$82,753. The Libby LakeCommunity ResourceCenter budget was reducedfrom $157,539 to $144,786,and bookmobile funding wascut from $138,513 to $28,375during the last three years.
“The youth are ourfuture, it’s a small invest-ment,” Angel Jarguin, anOceanside resident, said.“The programs are resourceslet’s use them to our advan-tage — and have somewherefor them to go, somewherefor them to grow hope.”
Brendan Mangan,Neighborhood Services man-agement analyst, said to fillin the gaps in services, earlyevening and weekend pro-grams are needed. Currentlymost youth programs runMonday through Friday from2 to 6 p.m.
Oceanside teenagerJackie Andrade, 17, thankedCity Council for its safetyefforts following the shoot-ing and asked the city tokeep its promise of parkimprovements.
“I look forward to see-ing new lights shinning inour parks,” Andrade said. “Idon’t want to lose any moreof my friends.”
Andrade is a REACHyouth leader at the LibbyLake Community ResourceCenter. The REACH pro-gram provides mentoringand a safe haven for kidsafter school. The programhas a structured routine ofhomework tutoring, grouplessons on avoiding gangsand drugs and recreationalactivities.
Many of the teens in the
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Anyone who hasreceived news of a signifi-cant medical diagnosisknows that it can be a devas-tating experience for bothpatients and their familyand friends. The momentwhen patients and thoseclose to them hear news of adifficult condition —whether it’s cancer, heartdisease or another major ill-ness — is the beginning ofthe loss of the person theyknew.
Ideally, patients andtheir loved ones will effec-tively grieve what is lost andmove on to manage the newtasks and find new meaningin their lives.
Here are some tips tohelp with the process of emo-tionally coping with a seri-ous medical diagnosis.
It’s OK to Feel This Way.Understand that it is notunusual to have a strong psy-chological reaction to asevere medical diagnosis.The experience of shock, dis-tress, confusion, anger andanxiety are to be expected.Also, there may be a wave ofpowerful responses such asguilt, denial, blame, disbe-lief and shame to grapplewith. Be aware that thesereactions are common andpart of the grieving processfor many patients.
Work Through the Grief.Be prepared to experiencethe stages of grieving. Thereare unique intellectual andemotional sequences forgrief.These stages may occursimultaneously or in anyorder. They may include aninitial crisis state, followedby a transitional stage whendenial retreats and feelingsof guilt, anger, self-pity, oranxiety emerge, then anacceptance stage. Many fac-tors may affect a person’sresponses to a difficult diag-nosis, including age, gender,
previous physical or emo-tional trauma and the typeof illness.
Assemble a Team. Thetask of emotionally copingwith a serious medical diag-nosis requires a solid sup-port system. Call on a physi-cian, family, friends, spiritu-al advisors, and others tohelp in this time of need.Support can cover simpleday-to-day issues, like trans-portation to appointments.
It may also include morecomplex areas, like draftingan advanced directive, a doc-ument outlining patients’medical care wishes if theybecome unable to make deci-sions on their own.
Keep Grief Effective.While it is common to grievefollowing a serious medicaldiagnosis, it is important tokeep grief as productive aspossible. Violent outburstsmay feel like effective griev-ing, but in many cases, suchoutward manifestations failto help patients and theirloved ones deal with thestrong emotions involved.
Keep in mind, though, thatpeople grieve in differentways and it is not helpful orconstructive to criticize orjudge how others are griev-ing.
Go With What’sComfortable. When facedwith a serious medical diag-nosis, it may be a good ideafor patients or their lovedones to rely on familiar cop-ing skills.
Think of coping skills asfiling up a fuel tank for thejourney through grief. If apatient enjoyed painting orplaying music to cope withprevious crises, then return-ing to those activities mayprovide the solace theyneed.
Dealing with a majormedical diagnosis is not usu-ally a good time to pick up anew coping mechanism.
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I figure I relinquishedany remnants of privacywhen I got married.
For those wonderingwhat happened to the littlebubble of privacy they oncelived in, I call it theInternet.
Fact is, there is somuch information floatingaround the public domainthat it doesn’t take mucheffort to discover somesalient facts about justabout anyone. Even new-borns (see pictures postedby proud parents on suchsites as Facebook, Tumblr,Pintrest, et al.).
But that hasn’tstopped Google from beingtargeted in a half dozenlawsuits filed around thecountry from people claim-ing the social media giantviolated their privacy,along with various stateand federal laws, by scan-ning electronic messagessent via their Gmail service— a service used, Googlesays, by more than 425 mil-lion people worldwide.
In case you haven’t fig-ured it out, Google makesmoney off Gmail in part byselling ads relevant to auser’s particular interests,interests it learns about byautomated snooping ofyour electronic messages.
The first case lodgedagainst Google was filedalmost three years ago by aTexas resident namedKeith Dunbar who signedup for his email servicethrough his cable televisionprovider. Dunbar says heand other customers neverconsented to having theiremail scanned when CableOne hired Google to takeover the service in 2010.
He claims Google isviolating the ElectronicCommunication PrivacyAct.The lawsuit seeks dam-ages of $100 per day foreach member of the classfor each day of the allegedviolation.
Though cases filed inMaryland, Illinois,California and elsewherediffer on some of the facts,they’re all basically thesame.
Being the sleuth that Iam, I followed up my beingstuck one day last week inSan Diego federal courtmonitoring some procedur-al matters in the cases byheading to coastal NorthCounty for an unofficialsample of what people hereare thinking.
No one had heard ofthe litigation that — whoknows? — may one daymake its way to the U.S.Supreme Court. When Igave them a quick synopsis,responses varied.
“I’m wise enough toknow that anything you puton the Internet is not pri-vate,” said Luke Lara, acounselor at MiraCostaCollege in Oceanside. “But
I don’t pay attention to theads anyway, so it doesn’treally bother me. I’venever clicked on any ads.Ever.”
George McNeil, anOceanside resident whosits on the MiraCostaCommunity CollegeDistrict’s board of trustees,largely echoed Lara’s senti-ments.
“I figured somethingwas up,” said McNeil, whohas been using Gmail sinceshortly after it was offeredto the public in 2007. “I’dsee ads pop up related tosomething I had writtenearlier in an email. I under-stand how some peoplewould be bothered by it,but it doesn’t bother me.Anything you put up in anemail or on the Internet,someone could know aboutit.”
Oceanside residentRobert Ahmad Williamshad a different take.
“It’s part of an ongoingloss of our rights,” he said.“It’s part of an ongoingplan to control what weread and what we see.”
His buddy, Cory Allen,didn’t go quite that far.
“I don’t think theyshould be able to do it,”said the Gmail user. “Imean, if you’re a childmolester or something, Idon’t have a problem withpeople monitoring whatyou’re doing. But I’m notlooking at the ads anyway,so it’s really a waste.”
For those of you cough-ing up your morning coffeein disgust of Google’s prac-tices, it’s not like they’vebeen trying to keep theirstrategy under wraps.Indeed, when you sign upfor Gmail service, Googleoffers this disclaimer:
“We collect informa-tion to provide better serv-ices to all of our users —from figuring out basicstuff like which languageyou speak, to more complexthings like which ads you’llfind most useful or the peo-ple who matter most to youonline.”
For the record, I useGmail. But I’m like Lara; Inever click on the ads I seewhile perusing throughweb sites and emails. I had-n’t even noticed, until now,that Gmail even placed theads above my inbox.
Although, come tothink of it, I wonder if Ishould look into that offerfor online classes fromPepperdine University.
Are you feeling the ogling eyes of Google?
DavidOgul
David Ogul is a longtime reporterand editor who has worked atnumerous Southern California dailynewspapers in a career spanningmore than three decades. He nowruns his own communications com-pany and writes a column for TheCoast News. He can be reached [email protected]
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RSF Fire tohost fire safety talk
RANCHO SANTA FE —The Rancho Santa Fe FireProtection District will beconducting a presentation tohelp community membersunderstand their home fireprotection system.The forum,open to all residents in thefire district, will be April 30 at6:30 p.m. at the San DiegoCounty 4S Ranch Library,10433 Reserve Dr.
Those interested inattending should RSVP withJulie Taber by calling (858)756-6008 or email [email protected].
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By Lillian CoxLEUCADIA — Last
Saturday morning SherylSmith arrived at theMonarch Butterfly Programonly to discover that she wasa week early. The facility,which includes a butterflyhouse (vivarium) and green-house, closes in Novemberand re-opens the firstSaturday in April.
“I live in Hillcrest butmy cousin lives up here,” shesaid. “I told her about thisplace, but I wanted to makesure it was open. It’s a littlesecret — like a fairyland —where you can put your fin-ger down and a butterfly willcome up and stand on it.They also do such a great jobof educating children aboutbutterflies in their habitat.”
Founder and ExecutiveDirector David F. Marriottcautioned Smith that thebutterflies would be lateagain this year and not toexpect too many until the fol-lowing Saturday.
“It’s because of the cli-
mate,” he said. “The averagetemperature is three degreesmore than 50 years ago. Wedon’t notice it as much ashuman beings, but a one tothree degree temperatureincrease is a hell of a lot foran insect.”
Marriott explained thatthe warmer weather is caus-ing butterflies to lose theirmigratory instincts.
“When the weatherchanges year by year, it willhave an effect on the lifecycle,” he said. “We’ve onlybeen studying butterflies fora very short time.”
Marriott said that it was-n’t until the 1800s when but-terflies began to be named,and collected. No one stud-ied them until WinstonChurchill.
“He began raising but-terflies when he was 6 yearsold,” Marriott said.“He was abutterfly house pioneerbecause they were becomingextinct in England. He need-ed to build a butterfly housebut couldn’t do it until after
World War II. When he did, itbecame very popular.”
The first public butterflyhouse in the United Stateswas Butterfly World inCoconut Creek, Fla. whichopened in 1988. Four yearslater a butterfly and hum-mingbird pavilion was builtat the Wild Animal Park.
Marriott said he used tocatch butterflies as a kid, butlost interest when he grew upand decided to become aclassical guitarist and earn aPh.D. in music history andtheory.
When his son becameinterested butterflies, hebecame re-engaged, particu-larly with Monarch butter-flies who, after being caughtand released, are known totravel several miles to returnto the same branch.
“I was in Idyllwild with afriend, having a beer, when Idecided to start a nonprofit,”he recalled.
In 1990 Marriott found-ed the Monarch ButterflyProgram. In December 1991,
Encinitas resident JohnRenaker donated funds tobuild a butterfly house on hisnursery property. Eventually,he donated the use of abuilding for a classroom andoffice, and a greenhouse andoutdoor area for growingplants. As a result, educationprograms were started thattoday serve thousands ofschool children annually. Thegreenhouse provides an areato grow butterfly host plantsand livestock, which is amajor source of revenue bysupplying butterfly houses,teachers and the public.
“Butterflies are like thecanary in the coal mine,”Marriott said. “Scientists arecurrently mapping wherethey are. What used to be apoor habitat is now a goodone.
“Our focus is on educat-ing the public about whatplants would be good in theirbackyard. If you have theright plants, you’ll have visi-tors in your backyard that aregreat pollinators. Butterfliesat all stages are an integralpart of the flora.”
Mark Walker, an engi-neer at General Atomics,became friends withMarriott when he met himbutterfly hunting in LagunaMeadows in 1998.Today, he ispresident of the program.
“We can help butterfliesmate so there will be plentyof them,” he said.
The Monarch ButterflyProgram is at 450 OceanView Ave., Encinitas.Beginning April 6, the facili-ty is open to the public from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.From the second week ofJune through Labor Day, thehours extend to Thursday,Friday, and Saturday.Admission is $7 for adults, $6for teens and seniors, and $5for children 4 to 12. Children3 and under are free.
For more information,call (760) 944-7113, (760) 599-7228 or [email protected].
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Weiss Walker, 8 and Savannah Walker, 6, help prepare the MonarchButterfly Program for the 2013 opening April 6 after a long winter. Theprogram’s Founder and Executive Director David F. Marriott explainedthat the warmer weather is causing butterflies to lose their migratoryinstincts. Photo by Lillian Cox
Making way for the Monarchs:Butterfly facility readies to re-open
College hosts science event
OCEANSIDE —MiraCosta College’sBiotechnology Program willhold a speaker series at noonApril 5, in the MiraCostaCollege Little Theatre (Room3601), 1 Barnard Drive,Oceanside.
The speaker will be JamesKasselmann, senior director ofmanufacturing at GileadSciences.
His topic will be“Advancing Therapeutics,Improving Lives,” whichaddresses life-threatening dis-eases with unmet medicalneed.
The program is designedfor students who want to obtainbiotechnology certificates,earnan associate in arts degree,and/or prepare to transfer to afour-year institution. For addi-tional information, contactinstructor Mike Fino at (760)757-2121, ext. 6499 or [email protected].
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That extra edgeDan Tricarico is launch-
ing Rancho Santa FeTutoring, an in-home tutor-ing program, for the resi-dents of Rancho Santa Fe.Tricarico has been a mem-ber of the West Hills HighSchool English Departmentfor more than 20 years andhas earned his master’sdegree in EducationalAdministration, and servedon several district commit-tees that created curricu-lum guides that align withthe Common CoreStandards in English. Formore information, visit ran-chosantfetutoring.com.
New sponsorNirvana Surfboards
announced its has part-nered with Cardiff SoccerLeague to share in the mis-sion of providing localyouth the opportunity toplay recreational and com-petitive soccer. NirvanaSurfboards moved its globalheadquarters fromAustralia to North County,in 2008. CardiffRecreational Soccer willkick off with “Walk-up”Registration on from 4 to 6p.m. April 5 at the Rimel’scourtyard at The CardiffTown Center. Visit cardiff-soccer.org for updates.
Tennis champSolana Beach’s
Keystone Academy student,11-year-old BrandonNakashima, has beenranked second in the nationfor players under 12.Nakashima recently tookfirst place for ages 12 andunder in the USTA NationalOpen, and won first placefor ages 14 and under in aLong Beach tournament,marking a move up to the14 and under division.
Student winnersMiraCosta College
earned top honors from theNational Council forMarketing and PublicRelations, with a goldmedal to Web services, sil-ver to the Newsletter(MiraCosta, TransformingLives) and a silver to theOnline Catalog. MiraCostaCollege competed againstmore than 200 colleges.
New galleryErik Skoldberg, a local
contemporary artist, hasopened his first gallery at1555 Camino Del Mar, Suite117, in the Del Mar Plaza,showcasing Skoldberg’s artin a 2,000 square foot spaceon the Plaza’s third level.Skoldberg is known forlarge-scale, abstract paint-ings that explore vivid colorschemes. Skoldberg Gallerywill host weekly art classesfor children and adults. Thegallery is open seven days aweek from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.The gallery is located at onthe Del Mar Plaza’s top
level. For more information,visit erikskoldberg.com.
Grauer toursThe Grauer School, a
non-profit, independentmiddle and high school(grades 6-12), 1500 S. ElCamino Real, Encinitas,invites fifth-grade familiesto attend the upcoming“Discover Grauer SixthGrade” campus tour eventto learn about the school’sexpeditionary-style learn-ing, emphasis on relation-ship-driven education,sixth-grade arts rotation,foreign language program,challenging academics,integral humanitarian serv-
ice and global expeditionprograms. RSVP at (760)274-2116 or e-mail [email protected].
FreebieDel Mar residents and
businesses may qualify toreceive a free BelkinConserve Smart surge pro-tector. Sign up for MyAccount at sdge.com/myac-count. Click on the “MyEnergy” tab and print thepage. Bring a copy to DelMar City Hall to receive afree surge protector.
Anniversary dinnerThe Winston School is
celebrating its 25th
anniversary with a dinnerat the Mission Tower, DelMar Fairgrounds April 20.Individual tickets for thisfamily-friendly event areavailable for $50 and tableof 10 for $450 through theschool's Web site at thewin-stonschool.com.
Chavez joins committeeA s s e m b l y m e m b e r
Rocky Chávez (R-Oceanside) announced hisappointment to the newlycreated Governor’s MilitaryCouncil. Chávez was select-ed by Assembly SpeakerJohn A. Pérez to sit on theCouncil as a representative
of the California StateAssembly.
Coastkeeper leadersSan Diego Coastkeeper,
an environmental organiza-tion that protects andrestores fishable, swimma-ble, and drinkable waters inSan Diego County, wel-comes Lee Barken, EverettDeLano, Stewart Halpern,and George Yermanos to itsboard of directors.
Hotel promotionsThe Hilton Carlsbad
Oceanfront Resort & Spa at1 Ponto Road, Carlsbad, hasannounced three new man-agement appointments.
Phillip Simons has beennamed Chief FinancialOfficer. Sales and market-ing activities are now led byDon Chock. Sally Stirnkorbhas been named MarketingManager.Business news and special
achievements forNorth San Diego County.
Send information via email tocommunity@
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County launches new emailalert system for residentsBy Rachel Stine
COAST CITIES — SanDiego County officials havelaunched a new system toalert residents about thenearly 5,000 registered sexoffenders living in theregion.
Yet authorities lamentthat the law prevents thealerts from publicizingmore detailed informationabout these offenders,insisting that privacy foroffenders should be castaside in favor of anunproven attempt atincreased public safety.
Started earlier thismonth by the San DiegoCounty Sheriff’sDepartment, DistrictAttorney’s Office andCounty Supervisors,sandiegocountysexoffend-ers.com allows residents tosign up for email notifica-tions for updates on theaddress and status of regis-tered sex offenders within aspecific zip code. The emaildirects recipients to checkCalifornia’s Megan’s Lawwebsite, which publishesmore extensive informationabout these offenders.
“We have seen the trag-ic consequences of thesesex offenders living in ourneighborhoods. By knowingwho these offenders areand where they live, we arebetter able to protect ourchildren,” said San DiegoCounty Supervisor Bill
Horn, who was a leadingforce behind the site’s cre-ation.
Tragedies haveoccurred within the countyat the hands of convictedsex offenders in recentyears, most notably themurders of 14-year-oldAmber Dubois fromEscondido and 17-year-old
Chelsea King from Powayby convicted sex offenderJohn Gardner III.
“We need to knoweverything they’re (regis-tered sex offenders) doing,”said Sheriff’s Cmdr. TimCurran. “The more (author-ities) can make you awareof that person and theirmovements, the safer weare.”
The entire programcost $20,000 to create and$2,400 each year for main-tenance, according toMelissa Aquino, a Sheriff’sdepartment media relationsofficer. About 5,500 peoplehave signed up to receivealerts through the site so
far.San Diego’s new system
is intended to better broad-cast the information avail-able on the Megan’s Lawwebsite.
The Megan’s Law web-site provides informationabout registered sex offend-ers including full name, aphotograph, physical
description, exact address,and details on convictedoffenses, but does not offernotifications for when itsdatabase is updated.
“No one has time to gothrough (the Megan’s Law)list every single day,”Curran said.
“The current systemthrough the Megan’s Lawwebsite is a very passiveway of notifying residentsabout the sex offenders liv-ing in their communities,”said Horn.
The email alerts notifyrecipients if sex offenderswithin a specific zip code
The more (authorities) can makeyou aware of that person and theirmovements, the safer we are.”
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Meet Miracle, a 5-year-old, 43-pound,female, spayed terrierblend has a gentle spiritand an ever-wagging tail.As she waited hopefullyat an east coast facility,Hurricane Sandy struckand her temporary homewas devastated. Heradoption fee is $269 andhas all of her vaccina-tions.
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RSF’s Village Market helps raise money RANCHO SANTA FE —
The Rancho Santa Fe VillageMarket,16950 Via De Santa Fe,will focus on vision disordersduring its April point-of-pur-chase fundraiser.
When customers checkout, shoppers can donate $1 or$5 to The Vision of ChildrenFoundation (VOC).
VOC was founded in 1991by long-time Rancho Santa Feresidents Sam and VivianHardage, whose son was bornwith a rare genetic eye disordercalled Ocular Albinism.
VOC raises money to fundresearchers around the worldwho are working on cures forhereditary blindness and othervision disorders. It also pro-vides a support network forhundreds of families nation-wide and donates state-of-the-art, hand-held magnifiers toschools.
At the time, very little wasknown about the disorder andthey were told that there wasno cure, no treatment and nohope.
The Hardages found thatunacceptable and vowed thatno other parents should have tohear those words.
Since then,VOC has been
a pioneering force in drivingresearch on hereditary visiondisorders, many of which arelesser-known, and therefore,under-funded. “The focus is onfinding the genetic pathway to
various retinal eye disorders,”said Sam Hardage, who is alsoco-founder and chairman ofThe Hardage Group, a hoteland real estate developmentcompany headquartered inSan Diego.
“We know that gene ther-apy is a viable solution that hasbeen proven to work.
Still, there’s much morework to do before we can erad-icate genetic eye diseases, andwe’re very grateful for theStump family’s willingness tohelp us raise funds so we canexpand the number ofresearchers working on a cure.”
In addition to the VillageMarket, the Stump’s Family
Marketplace in Point Loma willalso participate in the month-long fundraiser for VOC.“We’re happy to give back tothe community in which weoperate,” said Matt Basham,manager of the Rancho SantaFe Village Market.
“We’ve worked with localsports teams, churches andscouts,and we just recently fin-ished the Buy A Shamrockcampaign to support theMuscular DystrophyAssociation.”
For more informationabout the Vision of Children,visit visionofchildren.org ore m a i [email protected].
For the month of April, shoppers atRancho Santa Fe Village Marketcan join FACE Foundation’sfundraiser for The Vision ofChildren Foundation. VOC, found-ed in 1991 by long-time RanchoSanta Fe residents Sam andVivian Hardage, raises money tofund researchers around the worldwho are working on cures forhereditary blindness and othervision disorders. Courtesy photo
Student journalists raisemoney by washing dogs
COAST CITIES — TorreyPines High School journalismstudents worked with a localdog wash to raise more than$400 for their student news-paper with a new spin on thecar wash fundraiser model... adog wash. Twelve studentsheld the wash at family-owned Dirty Dogs with a largepercentage of the proceedsgoing to the Torrey Pinesnewspaper, the Falconer.
March 23 the studentswere first educated aboutwashing dogs and then super-vised by the professionalwashing staff at Dirty Dogs.The students, led by staffreporter, Natalie Dunn, tookover the self-serve tubs andoffered dog baths to the com-munity. The students washedmore than 20 dogs in just afew hours.
“It was a blast hostingthe fundraiser for the TorreyPines Falconer. The studentswere gung-ho to wash allkinds of dogs and theyshowed amazing attention to
detail especially with dryingdogs, which on a long-haireddog, can take a long time,”said Riley Bandy, manager atDirty Dogs. “The best part forus is seeing kids who aretimid while washing theirfirst dog, develop confidenceworking with the animals. Bythe end of the event, theywere comfortable and chal-lenging themselves to washlarger, more time-intensivebreeds.”
The students workedwith Dirty Dogs to create aflyer and get the word outabout the event.They also vis-ited local dog parks andbeaches to spread the newsand let people know aboutthe charitable wash. “The dogwash was a lot of fun,” saidTorrey Pines student NatalieDunn. “I’ve washed my dogplenty of times but many ofthe other kids had neverwashed a dog before… by theend we were all pretty good atit and we raised a lot ofmoney at the same time.”
Torrey Pines High School students Savannah Kelly and Crystal Park,with the Torrey Pines Falconer, the school newspaper, scrub up pups fora fundraiser. Courtesy photo
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gourmet food and brewscene in North County, it’s
nice to have a place like theAmerican Legion, Post 416in old Encinitas where youcan check your pretensionsand foodie snobbery at thedoor.
The Legion takes meback to Michigan, whereservice organizations likethis were on every cornerand it seemed like all myfriends’ dads were eitherElks, or Masons, Moose orsimilar. They were all placeswhere parents could enjoy adrink with their kids aroundand food was always part ofthe scene. The Encinitas
post was formed in 1932, sothe term old school reallydoes apply here.
The EncinitasAmerican Legion, located at210 W. F Street betweenSecond and Third in down-town Encinitas, is just ablock away from the hipeateries and watering holeson Coast Highway. For me atleast, the Legion is arefreshing change of ven-ues, with a group of down-to-earth folks who are verywelcoming.
My dad was a MarineCorps veteran who servedproudly on Guadalcanal inWorld War II so I was able tojoin as a Son of a Veteran. It
should be noted that even ifyou don’t have immediatefamily that served, theyhave a fairly liberal mem-bership policy that countsgrandparents and aunts oruncles and the public is wel-come to pop in.
My first experiencewith the Legion was at anafter parade party we heldthere with some co-workers.
There was a killer bluegrassband playing and solid foodcoming out of the kitchen.And the kitchen is impres-sive with a six-burner Wolfrange with a flattop andplenty of prep area.
The band was jamming,kids were dancing, cheapdrinks were flowing, and I
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A royal tribute to the ‘King’ of Chardonnay
Crisp and rich with theflavors of tropical fruit, theappreciative guests raisedtheir just-poured 2010Chardonnay as one, and salut-ed the lone host of theevening, Mike Grgich, in cele-bration of his 90th birthday.
Grgich, the maker of thewine, and many other winesof choice, flashed his famoussmile under his iconic Frenchberet and acknowledged theassembled guests with awarm, “Thank you.”
It was not so long agothat he earned his greatestsalute when his 1973 NapaValley Chardonnay was sentto Paris in 1976 to competewith the Chardonnays ofFrance, thought to be the bestin the world. It was a blindtasting, and a challenge toEuropean wines on theirhome ground.
George Taber was thereporter who flashed theshocking news — MikeGrgich’s Chardonnay hadbeaten the French and otherCalifornia entries. It was the“Judgement of Paris.”
It was the miracle thatNapa Valley had been waitingfor. For the hard workingwineries of this spirited place,it had the feeling of exuber-ance equal to that of CharlesLindbergh’s solo flight toParis in the Spirit of St. Louis.It was the singular greatestmoment in the history ofwine.
We all know that wineimproves with age. Some say,jokingly, that the older weget, the better we like it.
With Mike Grgich theolder he got, the better hemade it. After his huge suc-cess in Paris, he founded hisown winery with the coffeemagnate, Austin Hills, andcalled it Grgich Hills Estate inRutherford, central to NapaValley. What got him this farwas his strong work ethic. Hewas the youngest of 11 chil-dren in Croatia, where hestudied winemaking.
He came to California in1958 to make wine. Nearlypenniless and with little morethan the clothes on his back,he kept his big smile anddetermination to make “ele-gant wine.”
He made friends withthe great wine makers of thatera, Andre Tchelistcheff atBeaulieu, Brother Timothy atChristian Brothers and thelegendary Robert Mondavi.Eventually the SmithsonianInstitute would unveil a dis-play of his accomplishments.
Today, as Grgich passeshis 90th year, his winery haswon many other awards foroutstanding CabernetSauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandeland Fume’ Blanc, as well asother vintages of Chardonnay.
He is now committed tonatural winegrowing and sus-tainability, farming five vine-yards using passion and art tohandcraft food-friendly, bal-anced and elegant wines.The goal of a wine maker isnot to produce more andmore wine, but to reveal theearth, or “terroir,” throughthe wines, and natural grow-ing does just that.
All of Grgich’s 366 acresfollow his rule of: Every daydo something just a little bet-ter.
This year, he has bottleda special selection 2010
“Paris Tasting” Chardonnayfor $90 in celebration of hisbirthday.Visit the web site formore information atgrgich.com.
Wine BytesLe Papagayo in Encintas
is the scene for a SupportLocal Now Launch Party andwine dinner April 8 from 7:30to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $45, andincludes a five-course dinnerwith locally grown food andwine, live music and aSupport Local Now presenta-tion. Call (949) 302-7012 foran RSVP.
The Grand Del Mar WineRoom is the location for a“Catch of the ?Day” cookingdemo and dinner with winepairings, April 11 from 7 to 9p.m. Demo, dinner and winefor $65. RSVP at (858) 314-1996.
A Wine Tasting & CheeseMaking Demonstration is fea-tured at Milagro FarmWinery in Ramona April 13from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is$80. Details at (858) 384-6566.
Meet the Chefs of DelMar and taste great food andwine at the 17th annual eventat the Hilton Del Mar, April14 from 1 to 4 p.m. $150, gen-eral admission, $200 for VIP.Funds to benefit Casa deAmparo.
SDSU will be offering awine course featuringAustralian wines April 10 toApril 24 from 6 to 9 p.m., aspart of the Business of Wineprogram. For more informa-tion, call (619) 594-1138.
The 33rd WineExtraordinaire is being heldat the Anaheim HiltonConvention Center April 14from 2 to 5 p.m. Hundreds ofboutique wines will be high-lighted with local restaurantsampling. Silent auction.Cost is $50. Call (714) 708-1636.
Mike Grgich points to a display of the actual bottle of the 1973 Chardonnay that won the “Judgement of Paris”wine tasting of 1976 and put Napa Valley on the world's wine map. Photo by Frank Mangio
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This wineis packed withrich aromas ofblack cherry,black licoriceand a hint ofroasted coffee.Its full bodyand smoothtannins makeit the perfect partner withgrilled steak, rack of lambor roasted duck.
Fermentation wasdone using only yeasts thatnaturally occur on thegrapes and allowed thewine flavors and color thatnatural winemaking cangive.
Blending is 94 percentCabernet, 5 percent PetitVerdot and 1 percentCabernet Franc.
The wineryFounded by Mike
Grgich who first earnedworldwide recognitionwith his Chardonnay in the1976 Paris Tasting when hebeat the best of France,Grgich Hills Estate is inRutherford, Napa Valley,farming five vineyards nat-urally without pesticides.There were 15,500 casesmade, aged for 21 monthsin French oak and yielding14.6 percent alcohol con-tent.
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Filmmaker Jack McCoy films at Teahupoo in Tahiti. His latest film, “A Deeper Shade of Blue,” will play April 5 at the La Paloma Theater. Photo byTim McKenna
PLUNGING THE DEPTHS
Surfers like to tinker.They’reconstantly reworking andperfecting their art. Dingrepair is a DIY project.
Shaping is more popular than ever. Andthere’s an entire consumer arena for surfinvention — wetsuit socks, gear bags, findesigns, repair products, UVapparel…in many cases — junk.
Despite the novelty and the kitsch,
that’s how surfing moves forward.Tinkering, advancing, progressing.
And in many ways, that’s the prem-ise of Jack McCoy’s latest film, “ADeeper Shade of Blue.” The projectspans the full scope of surfing’s historythrough the lenses of watermen andtheir tinkering. The often interrupted,nonlinear storyline propels forwardbecause of surfers with ideas.
Tom Blake developed the first fin, aconcept he borrowed from his sailboat.Tom Morey’s body board, or boogeyboard, married an otherwise exclusivesport with sudden Costco accessibility.And Pat O’Neill’s leash has saved count-less boards and prevented incalculableinjuries. (Of course, it also directly
caused the need for Jack O’Neill’s iconiceye patch.)
“The goal of the film was to sharewhat I’d learned and lived through,” saidMcCoy. “Ninety-eight percent of surfersworldwide have no idea of the trial anderror it took to refine the little plastictoys they all enjoy today,” he added. “Injust over 100 years, surfboards evolvedfrom cutting down a tree and crafting itwith crude tools, to the lightweight, plas-tic magic carpet of today.”
It’s this breed of story that clearlyraises McCoy’s interest. And that makessense. McCoy himself is a part of thathistory. He’s a mainstay in surf cine-
Minor league ballcalled out this seasonBy Tony Cagala
COAST CITIES —Carlsbad resident JimHoynes has a passion forbaseball. That much is evi-dent by his attempt to bringprofessional minor leaguebaseball to North County thisseason.
But being unable tosecure a partnership with CalState San Marcos, and withno other useable baseballdiamonds available to playon, the hope for bringing ateam to fruition this season isover.
“We were pretty close,”Hoynes said about openingthe season this year.
Hoynes purchased afranchise team from theAWBL (American WestBaseball League) last year,and was to serve as theteam’s owner and generalmanager, to what would havebeen the North CountyCannons.
The Cannons were slat-ed to open the season in earlyJune and play through earlySeptember.
Cal State San MarcosDirector of Athletics JenniferMilo said the school hadbeen in talks with Hoynesand the league since earlysummer last year about theteam using the school’s field.
But with the league’srequirements for facilityupgrades, a lack of donorsand a looming timeline, theschool decided the projectwasn’t to going to be feasible.
Some of the upgradesrequired were to have lightsinstalled, locker rooms andupgraded seating.
“With regards to theirneed for facility upgrades,wejust don’t have the money toput in to put lights on thefield right now,” Milo said.“And I know that was one oftheir big requirements. Andthey needed locker roomsand we just simply don’t havelocker rooms so, from a facili-ties standpoint, it just wasn’ta match based on theirneeds.”
With the help of a nam-ing rights donor, Hoynes wasplanning to install about2,500 seats, lighting, a pressbox and the installation ofdugouts in the ground.
But a donor was neverfound.
“I was hoping therewould be,” Milo said. “Inorder to make this happen,there needed to be a donor atthe level of $2 million tomake this happen.”
Cal State’s baseball fieldwas opened on Jan. 28, 2011,and hosts the Cougars’ base-ball team, a second fieldhosts the women’s softballteam.
Upgrades to the base-ball and softball fields areone of the school’s fundrais-ing priorities, including thebuilding of a multi-purposearena on the campus, Milosaid.
The upgrades on theirwish list also include theadditions of lighting, perma-nent dugouts, improved seat-
ing and landscaping, accord-ing to Milo.
Milo added that theschool is out talking withdonors but cultivating thattype of money in the millionsof dollars takes time, and tofind the right donor that isinterested in that type ofproject.
The AWBL held tryoutsin December and Hoynes, aretired Marine Corps officer,drafted and signed severalplayers and was working tosign a manager.
Of the players thatHoynes had drafted andsigned, five of the eight werefrom the San Diego Countyarea.
Hoynes contacted all ofthe players weeks ago to tellthem there wouldn’t be ateam this season, but thatthey may still be able tosecure a tryout with anotherteam or go for some otherkind of league.
One player, Hoynes said,opted to accept a coachingposition in Tennessee; anoth-er player was granted his out-right release and joined ateam with the IndependentProfessional BaseballFrontier League.
“I have just a greatbunch of players,” he said. “Ifeel badly. I expressed that tothem but it’s not going tohappen for us here in NorthCounty. There’s obviouslyother opportunities they canseek in some other leagues inArizona or other places.”
According to the AWBLwebsite, Michael Cummings,the league’s founder andCEO, said he decided “to cre-ate a new league that wouldsupport the team membersand their organizations, pro-vide an opportunity that ballplayers would be looked at byscouts and other leagues, allthe while providing FriendlyFamily Entertainment.”
The league is slated tobegin its inaugural seasonthis summer, but no officialopening day has yet beenannounced.
Still, Hoynes said he’smore determined than everbefore to bring minor leaguebaseball to North County.
“This is the place tobring minor league ball, notonly (to) North County, but Ithink (to) all the outer edgesof San Diego County, EastCounty, South County.
“Just the response, theoverwhelming enthusiasm Ireceived from the Chambersof Commerce I joined, andthe events I went to, it’s amaz-ing. People are really excitedto have this kind of familyentertainment venue and Iknow it’s going to be a bigsuccess.
“I had all kinds of spon-sors lined up that wanted toparticipate with it and equityinvestors.
“I wouldn’t take any oftheir money because I didn’thave a stadium lease,” hesaid.
“But I think they’ll bethere waiting for the futureto participate in it,” he said.
Longtime surf cinematographer Jack McCoy’s newest film spansthe full scope of surfing’s history in “A Deeper Shade of Blue”
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REACH program live adjacentto the park and heard the shotsthat were fired March 13.
The day after the shootingkids came “running”to the pro-gram after school. Many camewith questions on what hadhappened and wanted to clari-fy rumors they heard on thecondition of the victims.Two ofthe victims were REACH stu-dents.
All of the victims werewell known by the students.
It was also the third fullday on the job for REACH proj-ect coordinator JimmyFigueroa.
Figueroa said it was notthe first shooting he had gonethrough. He grew up inOceanside, dropped out of ElCamino High School andearned a GED.Then he attend-ed MiraCosta College,earned aFulbright Scholarship to UCBerkley, and returned toOceanside with a universitydegree and a calling to serve.
“My heart’s here,”Figueroa said.
The day following theshooting the REACH programhad counselors and instructorson site to clarify information,talk things out with kids, andhelp them through their grief.
Oceanside police officerswere also on site to providesafety and help kids with theirhomework.
Figueroa said discussionsthat day led to a list of thingsthe students wanted from thecity. Andrade presented thatlist to City Council.
“My kids have taken own-ership of their community,”Figueroa said.“They will makethe difference in this communi-ty.”
There were also studentsfrom Joe BalderramaRecreation Center at the coun-cil meeting who shared theirconcerns and needs for moreservices.
Councilwoman EstherSanchez praised the studentsfor being “leaders.”
“You are our bright stars,”she said. “That’s why we need
to continue our commitment toour youth.”
Councilmen Jerry Kernand Gary Felien noted thatadditional services need to bebalanced with the reality oflimited city funds.
“Deficits are going for-ward as far as the eye can see,”Felien said. “Anything we’recommitting here has to be cutsomewhere else.”
Mangan said the depart-ment is not asking for a set dol-lar amount from the city. Theimmediate goal is “just keep-ing the basic stuff we havegoing.”
Current youth programsrun by Vista Community Clinic,North County Lifeline andInterfaith Community Servicesare funded through a combina-tion of shrinking city, state andfederal funding.
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the abuse of these reli-gious terms. NAY is bring-ing in big money.
In the “NAYsayers”dogma, Yoga is everythingbut religion. To them, Yogais a physical exercise and,perhaps, an elite universalspiritual practice. Thethoughtless cliché: “I amspiritual but not religious,”is a common deception. It isin this pseudo-spiritualitythat NAY gets very bizarre.
Covertly indoctrinat-ing one into any religion isabusive. Scattering Hinduterms and displayingHindu images into a so-
called Yoga class should because for not only question-ing the religion of theteacher but also the intent.And, “naturally,” it costsmoney for these “spiritualteachings.” Those who feelsuperior to the more reli-gious should remembereveryone is free to go intoany religious service.
There are many estab-lished religions. Of course,a truly creative individualmay come up with some-thing new. However, steal-ing from an existing reli-gion (and/or culture), thendenying it, and profitingfrom it is the M.O. of theusurper. Repeated inva-sions of India have left
many Hindus in a state ofconfusion, at best.
Hindus have historical-ly been “an easy mark” andare at fault for not learningand protecting their reli-gion. Some Hindus simplygive up: “If you can’t beatthem, join them.”
Divorcing any aspect ofYoga from its Hindu roots isdishonest and a graveinsult to a great world reli-gion and it adherents.Presently, the Yino flock totheir studios and complete-ly shun HinduTemples/Ashrams andteachers. Ironically, quali-fied Hindu teachers havebeen denied teachingHatha Yoga in a public set-
ting not only because it isreligion but also becausethey did not have a WesternYoga Certification! The“Certified Yogis/Yoginis”are, actually, clueless notonly to the facts of Yoga butalso to the austere anddevoted lifestyle of thetrue Yogi.
If one wants to learnHinduism/Yoga (and per-haps become a Hindu), dothat.
If one wants to stretchand relax, be thoughtfuland considerate and don’tcall it Yoga.
Swami Param is presi-dent of the Classical YogaHindu Academy inBarnegat, N.J.
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matography. He’s producedmassive surf films for 40years, and he holds more than25 film credits. McCoy grewup in Oahu, Hawaii, where hestarted surfing at a youngage, and dabbled in surf filmpromotion and distribution asa teen.
He moved to Australia in1970, and began work on hisfirst film, “Tubular Swells,” in1975. His subsequent titlesinclude,“Storm Riders,”“TheSons of Fun,”“Sik Joy,”“Occythe Occumentary,” “Sabotaj,”“Blue Horizon” and “Free asa Dog.”
McCoy also sustains hiscareer as a surf cinematogra-phy specialist, consulting for
commercials, music videos,documentaries and films.
His latest film is poisedto be “the greatest surfingstory ever told.” It’s certainlyepic, and not in the way thatyour friend describes the surfon a choppy two-to-three-footday. It’s the story of this time-less art disguised as a sport.The timeline is there.The keynames and moments are high-lighted. The past is balancedwith the future. And it fitstogether nicely.
But it’s made for themasses. And I’m not certain Ilike that. It’s educational andit’s accessible. Historically,surfing is neither.
The strongest segment ofthe film featured big-waverider, Marty Paradisis ofTasmania. The scene was set
to Foo Fighters, which reallyworked for me, and the mas-sive footage of Paradisis at hisfrigid, shark-infested homebreak was simply incredible.
Paradisis said, “We knowwe’re in the middle ofnowhere. And we know we’reso far away from everything.”
Part of this relates to thedanger of the setting. Part ofit, I think, relates to theappeal of the setting — moresimply, the appeal of surfing.
Feeling detached anddeeply connected at once isan omnipresent theme inMcCoy’s film. It’s true of theimpressive stuff, likeTeahupoo and Tasmania, andoccasionally, it can be true ofsurfing in general.
I think that uniqueappeal leads McCoy’s catego-
rization of surfing as an artform. “To dance on a liquidplatform moving quickly to itslast gasp is not a sport in myeyes. It’s an art,” said McCoy.
Let me be clear. McCoy’sfilm didn’t make me want tosurf Tasmania, but it didmake me want to surf. And Ithink that’s the point of anygood surf film.
La Paloma Theatre inEncinitas is hosting a limitedscreening of “A Deeper Shadeof Blue,” starting April 5. Fordetails, visit lapalomathe-atre.com or jackmccoy.com.
Spencer Hirsch is a marketing pro-fessional, community worker andwriter. Follow @spencerhirsch onTwitter and Instagram, and emailhim at [email protected].
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have moved. But, state lawprevents them from publish-ing all of the details includedin the Megan’s Law databaseto prevent harassment of sexoffenders living in the com-munity.
Horn said he hopes tochange state law such that allof the information in thedatabase can be publicized inthe email notices.
“Sacramento is resistingchange, but I will continue tofight for the protection ofchildren and families asopposed to the rights of con-victed sexual predators,” hesaid.
Yet the county is notexactly sure how effective itsefforts will be.
Curran said that theemail alert system is the firstof its kind, and no one knowsif it will increase public safe-ty.
The alert websiteacknowledges that, “the vastmajority of these offendersremain compliant with thelaw.”
Furthermore, not all sex-related offenses that requirethe perpetrator to register asa sex offender are violent orare against children.
Offenses that requireregistration range broadlyfrom forcible rape to publicurination.
Regardless, the site and
officials still insist that con-stant tracking of these indi-viduals is warranted.
When asked why thecounty does not track andnotify the community aboutother violent criminals,Curran said that he did notknow the reason, but empha-sized the importance of track-ing registered sex offenders.
“There’s no worse crimi-nal out there than somebodywho targets our children,” hesaid.
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was immediately taken bythe realness of it all. Noposers here. Besides theband there is a killer juke-box and a built in PA sys-tem so it’s easy for bands orDJs to set up.There is a reg-ular Friday night jam ses-sion that is full of goodmusicians and it should benoted that local hipstershave discovered the Legionas a place to host companyevents and birthday par-ties. It was bound to hap-pen but hey, that adds somevariety.
Besides the bar area,there are tables and a spotfor a full band to set upplus an attached hall that isused for bingo but is a per-fect spill-over area for larg-er events.
Just remember, this is aservice organization, com-mitted to mentoring youthand sponsorship of pro-grams in our communitieswhile advocating patriot-ism. That is reflected in thetheme of the military andpatriotic décor. At $50 to$100 to rent it’s a heck of abargain for a fun eventspace in a great location.
Of course food plays abig role at the Legion with
dinners every Saturdaynight and Sunday brunch.Members cook up their spe-cialties including some ofthose home style favoriteslike pot roast, spaghetti,sauerbraten, chickenparmesan, and some tastydesserts like the one thatCris Hicks, wife of LegionCommander Bill Hicks gaveme the recipe for. It’s alemon torte pie and giventhe lemon tree I have in myyard, I had to give it a shot.This is a world-class piefolks.
Start by making thegraham cracker crust with1.5 cups ground grahamcracker crumbs, 2 to 4tablespoons of butter, and1/3 cup sugar.
Mix it together thenpress into pie tin and refrig-erate. Separate three eggs,beat yolks with a fork thenadd one can sweetened con-densed milk.
Mix and add gratedrind of one lemon and 1/3cup fresh lemon juice. Beatthe egg whites until theystand in peaks then add tothe other mixture and foldtogether.
Pour into crust andbake 25 minutes at 325degrees. It’s a delightful piefor this time of year.
The crew behind the
bar includes RosieHarrison, Cris Hicks,Kristen Rock andStephanie Ullman and theyare the friendliest in town.This is not a place to findthe latest craft brews butcome on, give that a breakfor a change and their vari-ety works just fine. I’d alsolike to give a shout out toDon Tennille, the cowboywho is a regular and a heckof a nice guy.You can’t misshim so say howdy when youpop in.
The public is welcomeat the Saturday dinners orSunday brunch or to stop infor a drink to inquire aboutmembership, which I wouldencourage.
Also remember theLegion as a great locationfor your next event. BillHicks is the Legion com-mander and the guy to con-tact with any questions orcheck them out at calegion-post416.org.
Lick the Plate can now be heard onKPRi, 102.1 FM Monday-Fridayduring the 7pm hour.David Boylan is founder ofArtichoke Creative and ArtichokeApparel, an Encinitas basedmarketing firm and clothing line.Reach him at [email protected] or (858) 395-6905.
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Encinitas has long beenknown as a spiritual center.Legend has it that in the1930s an energy vortex wasdetected in the area and thusParamahansa Yoganandalocated his Self RealizationFellowship monastic ashramhere.
Artist Don Doerfler hascaptured the essence of thelocal spiritual community inhis 2013 Arts Alive bannertitled “Lotus Blessing,” cur-rently on display in front ofthe SRF bookstore.The imageportrays an opening lotusblossom, along with an ethe-real Yogananda bestowing ablessing of “spiritual unfold-ment” beneath the artist’srendition of the arched towerand gleaming Lotus domes.
Since readingYogananda’s “Autobiographyof a Yogi” decades ago,Doerfler has been a devoteeof SRF and often visits theMeditation Gardens to reflecton his spiritual journey. Hesays of the monastic center, “Ialways find great inspirationin its presence... It remindsme of what a paradise we livein.”
Born in Wailuku, on theisland of Maui, Doerflermoved with his family toOrange County when he wasa toddler. After years of vaca-tioning in Encinitas, he andhis family settled here perma-
nently in 1973.As a third generation
professional artist, art hasbeen one of Doerfler’s lifelong pursuits. His grandmoth-er was a founding member ofthe Whittier Art Association,while his mother worked as acell and background painterfor Walt Disney Studios, con-tributing to classic animatedfilms such as “Fantasia” and“Snow White.” His fatherworked as an animator for
Chuck Jones and WarnerBrothers Studio with BugsBunny and Elmer Fudd as histwo main characters.
Following the family tra-dition, Doerfler pursued abachelor’s degree in Art andDesign at Cal State Fullerton.He became an early adopterof the Macintosh computerand related design programs.Through a combination of tal-ent, expertise and good for-tune, Doerfler was hired todesign all of the graphics andlayout of “Compton’sInteractive Encyclopedia,”which won all top awards forthe web based encyclopedias.He later designed and builtnumerous websites, includingtemplates for BMW car deal-erships nationwide.
Doerfler later designedmulti-format audio CDs forrecording artists such asSound Garden, The Doors,and Terrence Trent Darby.For three years he traveledextensively to meet withinternational celebrities suchas the Eagles, Madonna, andJohn and Bo Derek. Althoughhis life was exciting, Doerflereventually recognized that hiswork was keeping him awayfrom home and family.
He says of his successfulart career, “I’ve positivelytouched thousands and thou-sands of people with my art-work in print media, CD, andweb. How could it be betterfor any artist?”
After having grown andcollected orchids most of hislife, in 2008 Doerflerembarked on a new businessventure: Encinitas Orchids,Inc. With hundreds of speciesof plants from all over theworld, he says, “My businessis all about making floralsculptures and designs withorchids and other tropicalplants.”
He continues,“This is mydaily creative outlet. Workingwith plants and gardening ingeneral is a meditation of itsown. There is no way to becloser to the Divine Sourcethan through Nature.”
Each week his live orchidarrangements beautify thelobby areas of both the SRFTemple on 2nd Street and thenew SRF Meditation Chapelon J Street.
“Lotus Blessing,” his ArtsAlive banner, can be seen cur-rently in front of theEncinitas Self RealizationFellowship Books and Giftshop, located on Highway 101at K Street.
For more information onDoerfler’s artwork visitpainterofparadise.com. Tolearn more about his exoticplants visitencinitasorchids.com.
Don Doerfler’s banner titled, “LotusBlossom” is on display in front ofthe Self Realization FellowshipBooks and Gift shop, located onHighway 101 at K Street. Courtesyphoto
Kay Colvin is an art consultant anddirector of the L Street Fine ArtGallery in San Diego’s GaslampQuarter. She specializes in promotingemerging and mid-career artists andbringing enrichment programs to ele-mentary schools through The Kid’sCollege. Contact her [email protected].
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Banner depicts essenceof spiritual community
Renowned ukulele star toplay at music museumBy Lillian Cox
CARLSBAD — At 15,Hawaiian Brittni Paivasecured her place on theleading edge of a globalgroundswell in renewed pop-ularity for the ukulele byadapting it from Islandmusic to classical, jazz, worldbeat, pop, Flamenco andLatin.
Six weeks ago she wasinvited by Carlos Santana toplay his iconic “Samba Pa Ti”at a sold-out concert in Oahu.As concert footage onYouTube demonstrates, thecrowd went wild.
At 2 p.m. April 13 Paivawill perform at the“Sincerely, Ukulele” show atthe Museum of MakingMusic.The program will kickoff with a brief talk and booksinging by Jim Tranquadaabout his new release, “TheUkulele: A History,” writtenin collaboration with JohnKing. Tranquada will discusshow an obscure small, four-string, folk guitar fromPortugal became the nation-al instrument of Hawaii andwent on to experience theglobal resurgence.
Paiva will follow up witha concert that will includeoriginal songs from heraward-winning CDs as wellas covers from Katy Perry,Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Santanaand “other surprises” shesays.
Raised in Hilo, Paivabegan learning the piano atage 4. At 11, her grandfathergave her a ukulele.
“From the first momentI played it I knew I wouldlike it,” she remembered.After two years of lessons,she decided to quit and teachherself.
“I wanted to learn mod-ern stuff, solo-intensive typesof music,” she recalled.“That’s when I decided tobranch out on my own. I hada dream to do a CD and aftera couple of years I had anopportunity to record a demofor contacts in the Hawaiianmusic industry. Someone atthe studio said, ‘While youare here you might as well doa full CD.’”
Only 15, her 14-track CDtitled “Brittni x 3” won theprestigious Na HokuHanohano Award from theHawaii Academy ofRecording Arts for MostPromising Artist of the Yearin 2005.
Within the year she pro-duced and released a 12-track recording titled“Hear,” which won UkuleleAlbum of the Year at theHawaii Music Awards, other-wise known as Hawaii’sPeople’s Choice Awards, theNa Hoku Hanohano Awardfor Best Instrumental Albumof the Year and FavoriteEntertainer of the Year.
Simply titled “Brittni,”her third self-producedalbum won Ukulele Albumof the Year in the HawaiiMusic Awards in 2007 andwas nominated for two NaHoku Hanohano Awards.
Paiva’s success contin-ued with a fourth CD titled,“Four Strings: The FireWithin,” which included“Somewhere Over TheRainbow,” made popularagain by the late IsraelKamakawiwo'ole. It wonnominations for BestInstrumental Album of theYear 2010, Na HokuHanohano Awards andUkulele Album of the year2010, Hawaii Music Awards.
Grammy-award winnerTom Scott produced “Tell UWhat” last July, which givesinsight into Pavai’s affectionfor jazz, R&B, pop, funk reg-gae and classical. “With therelease of this CD, Brittniwill have earned a placeamong the finest instrumen-tal soloists of today,” he said.
Also last year, Paiva’s“Living Ukulele” DVD,which features footage ofperformances, interviews,lessons and music videosfilmed on location in Hawaiiand Australia earned her theaward of 2011 Entertainer ofthe Year at MauiFest Hawaii.
Paiva attributes hermusical influences to gui-tarist Orianthi, who playedon Michael Jackson’s “This IsIt” tour before he passedaway, Santana and bass play-er Tal Wilkenfeld.
When she’s not on con-cert tours, she’s teachingukulele at home in Hilo orjamming with friends.
“Our goals are the sameand we have different stylesin approaching the instru-ment,” she said. “The way Iapproach the ukulele is com-pletely different than theway a friend will play. It’s like‘iron sharpening iron’ — weall learn from each other.
“A lot of ukulele playershere in Hawaii take theukulele to the next level andput it in same class as guitaror another high-class soloinstrument. It has fewerstrings and fewer octaves,but it can do anything a gui-tar can do. It’s just a matterof how you are going to pullit off. I have a lot of fun tak-ing it to the next level andenjoy the surprise peoplehave.”
Paiva, who will turn 25this year, continues to marchto the beat of her own drum,in and out of the recordingstudio.
“I love working on mycar and drag racing in myspare time,” she said. “Ienjoy modifying my car tomake it go faster and faster!Once you're bitten by theturbo bug, you'll most likelynever be cured!”
Ticket prices are $15 formuseum members and $20for non-members and can bepurchased online at museu-mofmakingmusic.org or bycalling (760) 438-5996. Formore information, visit brit-tnipaiva.com.
Hawaiian Brittni Paiva is on the leading edge of a global groundswellin renewed popularity for the ukulele by adapting it from Island musicto classical, jazz, world beat, pop, Flamenco and Latin. At 2 p.m., April13 she will perform at the Sincerely, Ukulele show at the Museum ofMaking Music. Photo by Tracey Niimi
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Her suggestion wasshot down after Steve DiZioexplained that there wouldbe no divvying up of fundsequally amongst the eightorganizations in town.
Zoning of the clubproperty will have tochange to provide forAssociation ownership andthe continued use of theproperty. It’s currentlyzoned under the RanchoSanta Fe covenant as resi-dential with a specialallowance for private orsemi-public clubhouse. Itwould need to be rezoned
for public use with an addi-tional authorization forretail since the club cur-rently includes a resaleshop.
The association boardwill seek a community advi-sory vote to see how itsmembership feels about thepurpose, but whatever theresult of the vote, it won’tbe binding.
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the music in a way that con-nects it with the ideas that gaverise to it and the lives of people.
“I think…musicians whostudy this music really know itsextraordinary characteristics,”Helen said. “But for those peo-ple who’ve never heard itbefore, we have to…coachthem along, and then suddenlythey’re, ‘Oh, wow,’ they get it.”
One of those extraordi-nary characteristics thatRichard points to is Bach’s abil-ity to seemingly play numbergames in his compositions. Hesays that Bach did that as a wayto make the music as specialand as perfect as he can.
“Everything he did in hislife was devoted to making thismusic as extraordinary and asmuch of a praise to God in asense,” he said.
And Richard’s own abili-ties with numbers, having atone time worked at J.P.Morganin a group that helped thirdworld developing nations gainaccess to financing, helps togain insights into the music.
He explained that musicand mathematics go togetherin the sense that both are aboutsequences and patterns, and a
way to organizing information.But it’s so much more than thenumbers, he added.
“It’s about what you feel,”he said. “Music ultimately isabout something that’s beyondthinking, and it’s a way ofexpressing things that we can’tput into words or certainly thenumbers. It’s conveying some-thing about life that we canonly get a taste of throughmusic. Music is a window intosomething larger about ourexperience and what it is to bea human being.”
Many of Bach’s composi-tions were created while he wasa civic employee in Leipzig,Germany, where he oversaw aschool and prepared music forchurch services. And it’s fromsome of those works that willbe performed in the concert.
The program will includemusic from the Psalms, whichRichard said, provides manyemotional themes.
“In the music there arepsalmists who are saying ‘I’m sothankful and grateful,’ andthere are others who are say-ing, ‘Help, I’m in deep trouble,’and so you have a lot of emo-tion,” Richard said.
“This music is not a kindof studied or intellectualapproach to religion or theolo-
gy,it’s a very emotional and realand honest look at all the wayswe are,” he added.
Bach, who certainly wasn’tfamous, but relevant during hislife, Richard said, is still just asrelevant today, and is widelyregarded as the greatest com-poser ever.
“You sense this extraordi-nary genius,this ability to comeup with music that goesstraight to the heart,” he said.“And across all his music,there’s just an unbelievablelevel of consistency. It’s not likethere are three or four or five or10 or 30 works of genius and300 that aren’t. The level ofgenius is just unbelievable andyou look at his life and how lit-tle time he had to write all thismusic, it’s almost unthinkable.”
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a month, or 1.7 percent ofhis initial annual salary of$180,000.
Huth is also receiving a2.5 percent merit increasethat amounts to $375 amonth.
At an annual cost of$1,956, the city will also payfor short- and long-term dis-ability premiums, a benefitoften provided for city man-agers.
Huth will also beallowed to sell back up to 40hours of leave a year oncehis leave balance reaches400 accrued hours.
This was added to thecontract because it is“entirely possible that cer-tain years it may be diffi-
cult to take the allottedvacation time due to workload and the current situa-tion would lead to the lossof leave,” according to thestaff report.
Despite the increases,when compared to othercity managers in San Diego,the salary for the positionin the county’s smallest cityis among the lowest.
“I think from a per-formance compensationstandpoint this is merited,warranted,” said MayorTerry Sinnott, who wasinvolved in hiring Huth andnegotiating his originalsalary.
Sinnott said going for-ward he would prefer to usebonuses rather than salaryincreases. He said he wouldlike to establish four to six
overreaching goals thatcould be used to measurethe performance of the citymanager.
“I’m supportive of thischange but I’m also lookingforward to … chang(ing)slightly how we’re doing ourcompensation review,” hesaid.
There were no publiccomments regarding thecontract amendments, butSherryl Parks said sheappreciates Huth’s helpsince joining the council inDecember.
“I wanted to thank himfor the level of attention todetail that he’s provided meto sit on this dais and feelcomfortable,” she said.“He’s prepared the fresh-men to do at least an ade-quate job.”
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Rats: They’remore than afour letterword
Small Talk
JEANGILLETTE
“Oh rats!” This hasbecome more than anexpletive to me.
I don’t, fortunately,seem to have any of thecritters in my house, butaccording to our neigh-bors, our mutual back-yards are a hawk’s heav-en, if only they could getto it. The rat populationwasn’t such an issue whenI had two dogs in thebackyard all day. I thinkthe minute we becamedog less, the word wentout that a new 24-hourvermin buffet hadopened.
Oddly, I never seethem. I only see thepeanut and macadamiashells they leave behind.Yes, the macadamias areour fault, as we have mactrees, but I have no cluewho is leaving peanutsout or for whom. I hate totell them that the birds orsquirrels aren’t gettingany of these exotic offer-ings.
Meanwhile, I wentstraight to the big gunsand called the VectorControl folks who gaveme large bait stations. Idutifully placed them andeventually they becameempty, so some rat some-where is no longer withus. The problem, theexpert explained, is thatthere is so much readilyavailable food growing inSouthern California, thatthe poison is only a snackon the way from one tastyplant to the next. In mynext life, I may come backas a Southern California
After a slow start this season the Flower Fields in Carlsbad are coming alive. The slow start has benefits though, with the col-ors appearing more deep and richer than usual. San Diego residents Jessy Ashton and Erica Wessels are dazzled by the seaof colors. Photo by Daniel Knighton
IN BLOOM
CountylobbiesHUD forfundsBy Rachel Stine
COAST CITIES — SanDiego County has the thirdhighest number of home-less people in the country,yet because of an antiquat-ed government formula, itis only eligible to competefor the 18th highest amountof federal funding in thenation for its homelessservices.
Under the current sys-tem, more than a dozenareas with lower homelesspopulations are able toreceive tens of millions ofdollars more in fundingthan the county.
Now San Diego offi-cials are starting to takenotice and are pushing forrevision of how the U.S.Department of Housingand Urban Development(HUD) allocates its funds.
“Clearly there is afunding imbalance and weneed to change thedecades-old, federal fund-ing formula so we providemore transitional housing,rental assistance, shelterassistance and other pro-grams to help the home-less,” said Chairman of theSan Diego County Board ofSupervisors Greg Cox.
The HUD reportedthat San Diego County hadan average of more than10,000 homeless people ona given single night in 2012,according to a reportreleased last November.
Only New York Cityand Los Angeles Countyhad larger homeless popu-lations with averages ofmore than 56,000 and42,000 homeless people,respectively, on a givennight in 2012, according tothe HUD data.
San Diego County waseligible to compete for upto $15,707,214 from the
City cafes taking it to the streetsBy Rachel Stine
CARLSBAD — Newpatio dining areas may bepopping up in the Villagethanks to approval fromCity Council for a three-year curb café pilot pro-gram.
Through the program,Village restaurants inapproved locations couldbuild temporary decks foroutdoor dining over streetparking spaces in front oftheir businesses.
“I believe (curb cafes)to be a progressive, a realsexy idea for something wecan incorporate in thiscity,” said Alfredo Gonzales,whose family has ownedGarcia’s MexicanRestaurant in downtownCarlsbad for over 50 years.
Local restaurants, mostnotably Garcia’s, haveimplored the city for the
The above is a rendering of a proposed curb café in front of Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant on State Street,which would consist of a temporary deck that would take up two parking spaces. Image courtesy of Kirk Kellerfrom Studio One Eleven at Perkowitz + Ruth Architects.
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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSB2 APRIL 5, 2013
Nonprofit starts stairway adoption programBy Jared Whitlock
COAST CITIES —Wooden steps bounced upand down as a family of fiveslowly hiked up a staircasethat connects the beach withthe San Elijo campgroundsabove.
Standing mid-way downthe same staircase, BillWisener pointed with his footto some slats where rot is par-ticularly bad.
Next, he ran his indexfinger over the splinteredhandrail. Then, Wisenerturned his gaze to one stepwhere a few nails looked indanger of springing loose.
“The old wood and nailsspell trouble for the entirestairway,”Wisener said.
Other local stairwaysleading to the beaches are ina similar state. With this inmind, the nonprofit FCCSB(Friends of Cardiff &Carlsbad State Beaches)recently launched an adopt-a-stairway program.
Wisener, FCCSB’s presi-dent, has overseen the effort.
“Millions of people usethese stairways to get to thebeach every year,” Wisenersaid. “Preserving the accessis something we’re passion-ate about.”
Similar to adopt-a-high-way, individuals, foundationsor businesses can fund therepairs and ongoing mainte-nance of nine stairways inEncinitas and Carlsbad toprotect them for future gen-erations.
For donors that wish tobe recognized, there will be
plaques and chances to dis-play their logos at variouspoints along the stairways.
The stairways fall underthe jurisdiction of theCalifornia Department ofParks and Recreation.Although they were built inthe 1960s, they haven’tundergone major renova-tions since. Wisenerexplained that parks andrecreation is unlikely to fundrepairs due to the state budg-et crisis.
“They’re having a hardtime staffing employees —stairs are low on their priori-ties,” Wisener said. “We sawan opportunity for locals toget involved.”
Wisener said he isn’taware of other nonprofitsdoing similar adopt-a-stair-way initiatives, potentiallymaking the program the firstof its kind.
Over the years, the SanElijo and Carlsbad camp-grounds have lost eight stair-ways, largely because ofstorms.
They haven’t beenreplaced, and it’s no wonder,said Ken Hays, who owns aconstruction business andwho is teaming up withFCCSB for the program.
Putting in stairwaysrequires meeting strict guide-lines from the CaliforniaCoastal Commission and con-ducting environmental stud-ies. All told, the cost of a newstairway is an estimated$250,000 to $300,000, accord-ing to Hays.
“Instead of a costly
replacement, all that’s need-ed (is) for the stairs to berevamped,” said Hays,adding that the supports ofthe stairways are generally ingood condition.
Also, repairing the stair-ways doesn’t demandapproval from the coastalcommission and other agen-cies. At a cost of $18,000 to$20,000, which includes threeyears of maintenance, over-hauling a stairway is alsomuch cheaper.
Contractors that donatetheir time aren’t included inthe price of the stairways, asthat’s expected to be coveredby volunteers. Hays notedpeople can contribute cash,materials or labor.
Each stairway will takemore than a week to reno-vate. During repairs, thestairways would be closedperiodically. Once thefacelifts are complete, thelives of the stairways wouldbe extended by more than 25years.
Hays kicked off theadopt-a-stairway programrecently by reconstructing astairway in Carlsbad. So far,he’s added a new supportbeam and revamped thehandrail, among otherimprovements.
“I’ve heard people Idon’t know passing by com-ment how much better it isalready,” Hays said.
FCCSB is a 501 (c) 3 ded-icated to education andpreservation at San ElijoState Beach and SouthCarlsbad State Beach.
Ken Hays (left) and Bill Wisener are heading efforts to maintain nine bluffside stairways in Carlsbad andEncinitas. Photo by Jared Whitlock
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Let us know about new businesses, newbabies, new marriages and admirableanniversaries. We’d like to let your neigh-bors know what you’re doing for fun, what’shappening downtown, what your club hasbeen planning, what your Scout troop isdoing, what sports your youngsters areenjoying and excelling at, and all aboutsummer or future projects, travels andaccomplishments.
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Committee votes down outsourcing harbor opsBy Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — TheHarbor and Beaches AdvisoryCommittee unanimouslyvoted down outsourcing har-bor operations, after costcomparisons showed out-sourcing would at best save$62,000 in the $2.7 millionannual budget.
Oceanside is consideringoutsourcing solely to savemoney. Comparisons to pres-ent operating costs showed amuch smaller percent of sav-ings than anticipated.
A bid by California YachtMarinas showed a small$62,000 annual savings thefirst year.
A bid by AlmarManagement Inc. came in
$321,000 over what it present-ly costs the city to run the har-bor.
“Staff is leery aboutentering into negotiations,”Frank Quan, Harbor andBeaches coordinator, said. “Idon’t feel the dollar amount isenough to justify this particu-lar agreement.”
Quan said companiesthat bid commented on cost-efficient city services andwell-kept harbor facilities.
“Normally outsourcinghappens when customers arenot satisfied with services,”Quan said. “This is not thecase here. We provide goodservice and keep slip feesunder market rate.”
Commissioners voiced
concerns that slip fees mightbe raised by an outside man-agement company in fiveyears or sooner and theamount may be higher thanwhat the city would set, whichis currently below area aver-age rates.
There were also ques-tions about the level of serv-ice outsourcing would provideand risks the city would face.
“It opens up the city toan enormous risk of theunknown,” CommissionerJohn Metz said. “We wouldhave less control of the har-bor.To have control we’re in amuch better situation to dealwith problems in the future.”
Commissioners statedthey did not want to pursuethe item further.
“In my opinion table it,”Commissioner ScottTownsend said. “The harborbelongs to the people ofOceanside. I want to see thatcontinue.”
Despite information pre-sented, Councilman JerryKern said long-term costs ofthe city operating the harbormight prove to be greaterthan outsourcing. He addedthat he would look into theexpense of city employeePERS and health care costsbefore the item is brought toCity Council on April 3.
If harbor outsourcinggets approved 12 city employ-ees would be laid off. Fourcity positions would remain inadministration and mainte-nance.
Snail Mail: There’san App for That
Wait ... What? A start-up company in Austin,Texas, also serving SanFrancisco, promises to takeits customers’ incomingU.S. mail three times aweek, photograph it anddeliver it back to the cus-tomers via mobile phoneapp, for $4.99 a month. Thecompany, Outbox, providessome value-added services,removing the customerfrom junk-mail lists andpaying bills. Still, Outbox’sunorthodox businessmodel assumes that agrowing number of peopleabsolutely hate opening,filing or discarding piecesof paper. Co-founder WillDavis told CNN inFebruary that at least hedoes not fear competition:“No one is crazy enough todo what we’re doing.”
Oops!College basketball
player Shanteona Keysmakes free throws at a 78percent rate for her career,but on Feb. 16, she weaklyshanked one of those 15-foot shots, causing it tothud to the floor abouteight feet short of the rim— the worst collegiatefree-throw attempt of alltime, according to severalsports commentators whoviewed the video. Keysexplained toDeadspin.com that shealways brings the ballclose to her face when sheshoots, “and my fingernailgot caught on my nose, so Icouldn’t follow throughcorrectly.” Her GeorgiaCollege (Milledgeville,Ga.) team lost to rivalColumbus State, 70-60.
Family ValuesRachel Hope and
Parker Williams, bothapparently intelligent andattractive, decided to pro-create and fully raise achild together — eventhough neither has roman-tic intentions toward theother. Their relationship islikened to a business one,according to a FebruaryNew York Times profile, inwhich they do their respec-tive biological duties, sepa-rately, and then each basi-cally outsources half thesubsequent child-rearingto the other. Said anotherparent in a similar rela-tionship: “When you thinkabout the concept of thevillage, and how the vil-lage was part of child-rear-ing for so many cultures ...it makes total sense.”
The Continuing CrisisProfessor Peter
Froehlich, who teachescomputer science classesat the highly competitiveJohns Hopkins University,contractually grades “on acurve,” automaticallymarking the highest gradean A, with other gradestrailing based on theirproximity to the class’sbest. One clever studenttried to organize the entireclass for December’s finalexam, to persuade every-one to do no work at all —thus rendering the “high-est” grade a zero, meaningan A for everyone.
(Of course, if a singlestudent broke ranks, every-one except that studentwould receive an absolutezero.) Fortunately for thestudents, according toInsideHigherEd.com, theclass held together, and ashocked professorFroehlich nonetheless hon-ored his contract, givingeveryone an A (but subse-quently closing the loop-hole).
ODDFILES
by CHUCKSHEPHERD
The harbor is well-kept and slip fee rates are below market rate.Concerns with outsourcing include possible raised fees, unknown levelof service, and loss of city control. Photo by Promise Yee
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A summer camp you’ll rememberCarlsbad Art Farm in
north coastal San DiegoCounty has a well-deservedreputation for consistentlyoffering elementary andmiddle school students amemorable summer campweek of extraordinaryencounters with animals, art,and nature.
Winner of this year’sRed Tricycle Award for“Most Awesome Camp forKids in SouthernCalifornia”, Art Farm offersstudents a chance to spend aweek working with localteaching artists in outdoorstudios on 10-acres of wood-land habitat along side amenagerie of friendly farmanimals that double as artmodels.
“Art Farm is amazing,”notes one parent. “I had noidea a place like this stillexisted in Carlsbad.
Art Farm Founder andOwner Perrin Weston, whoreceived her fine arts train-ing at the Academy of Art inSan Francisco, says she hearsthis all the time. “Art Farm islike a secret garden,” shesaid. “When students crossour bridge, they respondwith wonder. Really, theirjaws just drop. It’s hard toget them to leave at the endof each day.”
Weston grew up innorthern California on herfamily’s 250-acres pear farm,first established in the1880s. She spent summersroaming the orchards bare-foot with her sister, her farm
dogs, and ever-present artsupplies. “I like to tell ArtFarm parents that I’m recre-ating my childhood summersfor their children, and it’strue. Animals, art and acresto explore. Does it get betterthan that?”
Well, yes. What makesArt Farm’s summer programso valued by students andparents is Weston’s commit-ment to crafting classes foryouth based on a traditionalatelier approach to teachingdrawing, painting, and otherart forms. All of this takesplace outdoors in dedicatedwork areas where studentsstudy in small groups attheir grade level with localartists, all with degrees infine arts, illustration and ani-mation, printmaking andother disciplines.
“Many of our instruc-
tors come back each summerbecause they are stimulatedby the teaching environ-ment,” Weston said. “It’shighly creative while beingdisciplined. We aren’tbabysitting here. We wantstudents to leave at the endof their camp week withsome solid new skills.”
Art Farm’s one-week,full-day camps include threeclasses daily. Built into eachday is plenty of structuredfree time for visits to thecreek, helping out with thefarm animals, and hangingout with friends. Westonknows this is summer campand it can’t be all art, all day.Parents often tell Westonthat their kids come homefrom camp each day happilyexhausted. “We won the“Most Awesome Camp forKids” award for good rea-son,” Weston notes. “We dodeliver a week to remember.It doesn’t matter if your kidsare into art or not. It’s notjust about making art. It’about time spent immersedin this truly magical world.”
Art Farm’s varioussocial media outlets offer arich mix of information andvisuals for parents and stu-dents wanting a virtual tour.Artwork, animals, and muchmore is on display on ArtFarm’s website, FacebookPage, and blog, all accessiblethrough the website. Formore information aboutCarlsbad Art Farm SummerCamps, visit the website atwww.CarlsbadArtFarm.com
Whenstudents crossour bridge, theyrespond withwonder. Really,their jaws justdrop.”
Perrin WestonArt Farm Founder and Owner
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Attack RecreationalSummer Soccer Camps
Online registration isnow open for Rancho SantaFe Attack’s Spring andSummer Recreational SoccerCamps and our FallRecreational program. Moreinformation on these and allof these programs can befound on the League websiteat www.rsfsoccer.com.
This summer the campswill be held in Rancho SantaFe, Solana Beach and CarmelValley. These camps aredesigned for all players whowant to have FUN whileworking on their technicalability and improving theirskills.
The camp is open to allages and will be conducted byAttack Director of CoachingMalcolm Tovey and his profes-sional staff. Every player willreceive a customized ball andt-shirt for attending. Walk-insare accepted at all camps.
Our first camp will runthe week of June 17-21 andwill be held at the RanchoSanta Fe Sports Field. Afterthat we will move to CarmelValley and will hold our sec-ond camp the week of July 1-5 at Carmel Creek Park. Thiswill be just a 4 day camp. Ourthird camp will be back at theRancho Santa Fe Sports Field
the week of August 5-9 andour final camp will be held atSolana Santa Fe School theweek of August 19-23. All ofour camps start at 9:30 a.m.and run until noon.
We also have our Spring
Break camp, which is stillaccepting applications, takingplace next week at theRancho Santa Fe SportsField.
The camp will run dailyApril 8-12 from 9:30 to noon.Walk-ins are always acceptedand you can pay by the day ifthat works better for yourschedule. Information on theSpring Break and Summercamps can all be found onlineat www.rsfsoccer.com.
For those that are inter-ested in signing up your childfor our 2013 Fall RecreationalProgram, registration is
OPEN and can also be com-pleted online or the forms canbe downloaded at this time.Walk-In Registration will beheld on Saturday, April 27that Rancho Santa Fe Schoolfrom 9:00 a.m. to noon. Allforms must be completed andnew players must include acopy of their birth certificateor passport. Coach and Teamrequests will only be accept-ed through the 27th. You maybring your signed forms to theWalk-In Registration or mailthem to the Attack office.
Attack also has a nation-ally recognized competitiveprogram that is always look-ing for players from 7-18 yearsold. Our teams compete inthe top leagues and play insome of the top tournamentsaround the country, as well asinternationally.
Contact our Director ofCoaching Malcolm Tovey ifyou are interested in learningmore about this program.
Sign up now to ensurethat your child has a spot inour camps and this fall in ourRec program. Questionsabout the camps or our Fallprogram can be directed tothe League office at760.479.1500 or by [email protected].
These camps aredesigned for allplayers whowant to haveFUN.
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSAPRIL 5, 2013 B5
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
Engage your child in an extraordinary academic experience at Pacific Ridge
Pacific Ridge School ispleased to announce itssummer programs for 2013.Multiple sessions will runfrom June 16th throughAugust 2nd, and are open toall students in the San Diegoarea.
A variety of learningopportunities are availableto challenge and inspire stu-dents entering 7th through12th grades, including cours-es in writing, mathematics,applied science, music,dance and both digital andvisual arts.
Athletics offeringsinclude sport-specific camps
such as volleyball, basket-ball, lacrosse, soccer andtrack and field, as well asstrength and conditioningsessions to help young ath-letes take their skills to ahigher level. Pacific Ridgewill also host a coed Nikebasketball camp.
New this year for stu-dents entering 5th through7th grade is the ultimatecombination of fun, project-based learning and discov-ery: The Firebird DayProgram.
Designed for youngerstudents, each day includesmorning sessions of hands-
on, project-based learning,followed by afternoons filledwith sports, games and funactivities.
All summer programsutilize Pacific RidgeSchool’s state-of-the-artfacilities and are staffed byexperienced teachers andcoaches.
Class size is limited to16 students and sportscamps will have a low play-er-to-coach ratio.
For more informationand to register for summerprograms at Pacific RidgeSchool, please visitwww.pacificridge.org.
OMWD continues pursuit of groundwater By Jared Whitlock
ENCINITAS — TheOMWD (OlivenhainMunicipal Water District)proved that there is morethan a passing interest ingroundwater desalinationat its board meeting onWednesday. In fact, the dis-trict took another steptoward making groundwa-ter a permanent part of itswater supply.
Last year, OMWDdirected scientists to drill a1,200-foot test well at theSan Elijo Lagoon with theaim of finding useablewater. Encouraged by theexploratory effort, OMWDis seriously consideringinstalling another well sev-eral miles east of the firstsite.
Kim Thorner, generalmanager of OMWD, andothers in the district, willscope out the exact locationof the new well, ask for bidsfrom contractors and pres-ent a contract for boardapproval in the next fewmonths.
Ultimately, the dis-trict’s goal is to reduce itsdependence on importedwater.
“Our board of directorstoday was clear: we need todiversify our water portfo-lio, and groundwater couldbe a big part of that,” saidThorner after the meeting.
OMWD is weighingwhether it should build adesalination plant and aseries of wells a couple ofmiles east of the San ElijoLagoon to produce waterfor years to come. OMWDestimates that the desalina-tion plant and wells couldgenerate up to 1.5 milliongallons of water per day,making up as much as 10percent of the district’spotable water, and also achunk of its recycled water.
In October, researchersset up a 40-foot drill, whichloomed over Interstate 5, atthe San Elijo Lagoon to tapthe first well. All traces ofthe project were removedonce it wrapped up inDecember. But scientistsare still combing over datafrom the pump test.
Specifically, they’re inter-ested in the quality andquantity of the groundwa-ter.
To that end, the waterwas much less salty thanoriginally anticipated. Thegroundwater’s salinity isaround 1,800 parts per mil-lion, lower than the esti-mate of 3,000 parts per mil-lion, making treating thewater through reverseosmosis cheaper.
The well only produced50 gallons of water perminute, only a third of whatwas originally expected.But because the ground wastougher than expected todrill into, researchers saidthat could have skewed thegallons per minute lower.As such, it’s likely the testwasn’t truly reflective of
the aquifer’s yield.For this reason, OMWD
commissioned moreresearch. The findings con-cluded that OMWD shouldtry and install another wellin the area of the under-ground Lusardi formation,further inland than the dis-trict was once considering,near Rancho Santa FeRoad. At this spot, the gal-lons per minute should behigher, and the water quali-ty should hopefully be simi-lar.
The Lusardi formationwould only require drilling600 feet, not 1,200, to reachgroundwater. And theground isn’t as hard. Due tothese factors, the cost toinstall the well — expectedto be around $250,000 —isn’t as high.
Considered unchartedterritory, there’s a lot ofknowledge to gain from theLusardi formation, Thornernoted.
“The new well will tellus the capacity of theunderground basin (of theLusardi formation) andwhere that water is comingfrom,” Thorner said.
While the first well wasfor monitoring, Thornersaid the new one will becloser to the productionwells that would actuallysend water to a desalinationfacility.
Also, with the analysis,OMWD learned that theLusardi aquifer isn’t con-nected to the San ElijoLagoon. That means the
A drill rig that burrowed a 1,200-foot test well at the San Elijo Lagoon. With the well, scientists gauged thequality and quantity of groundwater. The rig and well were removed in December, and based on data gleaned,the Olivenhain Municipal Water District continued its commitment to groundwater desalination. Photo by JaredWhitlock
EUSD sees effects ofProp. 30’s passingBy Jared Whitlock
ENCINITAS — TheEUSD (Encinitas UnionSchool District) didn’t seean influx of new money asa result of Proposition 30passing. But the ballotmeasure still saved the dis-trict from some budgetcuts, including preventingas many as 30 teachersfrom receiving pink slips.
In November,California voters backedProp 30, which hiked taxeson those earning morethan $250,000 a year andincreased the state salestax by one-quarter cent.
Prop 30, billed as away to avoid deep spend-ing cuts for schools, trans-lated into EUSD keeping$2.3 million that wouldhave otherwise gone to thestate.
John Britt, assistantsuperintendent of busi-ness services for the schooldistrict, said Prop 30 fundsaren’t “new money” thathas to be earmarked,which makes it difficult tosay where “each dollar” isgoing.
But because Prop 30money buoyed EUSD’s fis-cal outlook with addedrevenue, the districtrefrained from issuing lay-off notices, rescinded
planned furloughs andcontinued an after-schoolprogram calledIntervention.
Several years ago, thestate enacted a “fairshare” cut for districts likeEUSD that receive most oftheir money from propertytaxes, as opposed to otherdistricts that get most oftheir funding from thestate’s attendance-basedformula.
If Prop 30 hadn’tpassed, EUSD would havelost $5.2 million from thefair share cut this year.
But with the measuremoving forward, the dis-trict was allowed to keep$2.3 million of the $5.2million not only for thisyear, but potentially forthe future as well.
Britt said the district’sfair share cut is likely tohover around $3 million insubsequent years, thoughthat depends on what hap-pens at the state level.
“Fair share has beenextremely tough on us,”Britt said.
The district had bud-geted the 2012-13 schoolyear assuming Prop 30wouldn’t pass. But due toits approval, the district
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A view from outside the Encinitas Union School District’s office. Prop30 buoyed the district’s fiscal outlook, a big reason the districtrefrained from issuing layoff notices this spring. Photo by JaredWhitlock
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSB6 APRIL 5, 2013
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Enrolling in a qualitycollege preparatory schoolenhances students’ chancesof attaining the academicand emotional preparationneeded to succeed at theuniversity level and beyond.This preparation ideallystarts in Middle School.Pacific Academy, establishedin 1997, has been a private
school for grades 7-12. Inorder to best serve studentsand its community, PacificAcademy is expanding it’sMiddle School Program, toserve 6th grade. MiddleSchool Students at PacificAcademy enjoy a 1:10teacher-student ratio unat-tainable by today’s publicbudget strapped schools.Smaller class sizes allowteachers to provide hands-onproject-based learning andcommunity based learningthat students find relevantand enjoyable. Teachersactively identify studentstrengths and develop indi-vidual education plans thatinclude parents and cater to
individual needs and learn-ing styles. Parents receivefrequent progress reportsand are encouraged to con-tact staff. As a result, ratherthan possibly falling throughthe cracks in a crowded pub-lic school, ninety percent ofPacific Academy studentsachieve honor roll status. Inaddition, students receive
individualized college coun-seling, starting in the 6thgrade, to provide all the sup-port needed through thedevelopmental process.
This Middle Schoolexpansion will allow 6thgraders to take advantage ofmiddle school programs andprivileges experienced byour students. All of our stu-dents, high school and mid-dle school, participate inexploratory education eachFriday and may include com-munity service projects,field trips, workshops, guestpresentations, or studentprojects. All teachers havefull teaching credentials andbachelor degrees, and many
hold Masters or Doctoratesin Education like Dr. ErikaSanchez, Pacific Academy’sprincipal, who earned aMasters and Doctoral degreein sociology with an empha-sis in education.
“Our ultimate aim,”stated Erika Sanchez, “is todevelop ‘Global Citizens’ ofthe 21st century, criticalthinkers [who] make choicesguided by respect for oneselfand others.” Character traitslike responsibility or cooper-ation permeate the curricu-lum each quarter, and stu-dents who demonstrate theemphasized character trait,receive recognition. Mr.Vikas Srivastava, this semes-ter’s project-based learningfacilitator, and all studentscollaborated and are plan-ning a three-legged walkthat pairs students fromdiverse backgrounds in aneffort to eliminate discrimi-nation and stereotyping. Mr.Vikas explains, “The theoryis that everyone is diversebecause we all have uniquestories, and if we got to knowone another’s stories, wewould have more under-standing and compassionbetween us.” After partici-pating in numerous projectslike this one, it’s no surprisethat Pacific Academy stu-dents become compassion-ate, creative, inquisitive, andresponsible global citizens.
Ninety percent of Pacific Academystudents achieve honor roll status
Our ultimate aim, is to develop‘Global Citizens’ of the 21stcentury.”
Dr.Erika SanchezPacific Academy principal,
Adam Bolt graduatedwith honors from UCBerkeley and is now on theroad to earning a law degreeat UC Davis.
Christie Yorke is earningher doctorate from UC SantaBarbara with plans to eitherwork as a researcher at a uni-versity or land a job in the sci-ences with the government.
Andrew Pinkard is decid-ing whether he wants to earnhis Ph.D. in chemistry fromStanford, Columbia, orCalTech, all top-flight univer-sities where he has beenaccepted.
Jonathan Henderson is asenior at Cal State University,Dominguez Hills contemplat-ing whether to earn his mas-ter’s and doctorate degrees atUSC, UCLA or UC Berkeley.
What do Bolt, Yorke,Pinkard and Henderson havein common? They began theirhigher education journeys atMiraCosta College.
“MiraCosta has someamazing professors,” Yorkesaid.“I did very poorly in highschool, and I didn’t believethat I was a good student orcould be a good student. Butmy instructors and the col-lege instilled me with confi-dence, taught me good studyskills, and provided theresources to help me suc-ceed.”
In 2009, Yorke trans-ferred from MiraCostaCollege to Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo and two years laterearned her Bachelor ofScience degree. She has beenin the Ph.D. program at UCSanta Barbara for more thana year.
Bolt, who grew up inEncinitas, saw MiraCosta’sSan Elijo Campus as an obvi-ous choice, and began takingonline courses while still inhigh school.
“MiraCosta was a fantas-tic launching pad for me to goto Berkeley,” Bolt shared.
“It gave me an opportu-nity to explore an extremelywide range of subjects. Thatfreedom to explore exactlywhat you want to do is some-thing you don’t get to do at afour-year college.”
Many of Bolt’s professorshad come to MiraCosta fromesteemed universitiesbecause they want to focus onteaching rather thanresearch, and Bolt contendsthat MiraCosta instructorsare as good as they come.
“It’s also economical,” hesaid. “With the extreme
amount of debt you take onwhen getting an advanceddegree, or even an undergrad-uate degree, going toMiraCosta can be invalu-able.”
Pinkard agrees. He ini-tially planned on attending aUC campus, “but it wasexpensive and my family did-n’t really save for my collegeeducation. So I went toMiraCosta.”
Upon graduating in 2010,Pinkard enrolled at Cal StateSan Marcos, where he earneda bachelor’s degree in chem-istry. He quickly landed aninternship at the NationalRenewable EnergyLaboratory in Golden,Colorado, and later this yearwill attend graduate school.
Pinkard said that goingto MiraCosta was one of thebest decisions he’s made.
“It didn’t limit me at all,”he said.“I got into some of thebest universities in theworld.”
Henderson agrees,adding that he had poorgrades in high school, but “atMiraCosta, I got it right.” Hiscareer plans, after obtaininghis doctorate, include college-level teaching.
“My mentors atMiraCosta got me into themindset that I was going toearn my Ph.D.,”
Henderson said. “Theysupported me every step ofthe way.”
MiraCosta hassome amazingprofessors.”
Christie Yorke Former MCC student
MiraCosta College Graduates GoOn to Earn Advanced Degrees
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSAPRIL 5, 2013 B7
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
The Grauer School, anon-profit, independent mid-dle and high school (grades 6-12) located at 1500 S. ElCamino Real in Encinitas,invites fifth-grade families toattend the upcoming"Discover Grauer SixthGrade” campus tour event onThursday, April 18th from9:15 am to 10:30 am. TheGrauer School, established in1991 and now in its 22nd year,is a small school by designwith only 150 students, ensur-ing close working relation-ships for the entire facultyand student body within a col-lege preparatory environ-ment.
Enrolling in The Grauer
School’s sixth grade classallows students adequatetime to develop the core val-ues that The Grauer Schoolattributes to its high collegeacceptance rate and associat-ed merit scholarships, such asresourcefulness, compassionand intellectual curiosity.
The tour will allow fami-lies with 5th graders to learnabout The Grauer School’sengaging expeditionary-stylelearning, emphasis on rela-tionship-driven education,dynamic sixth grade arts rota-tion, diverse foreign languageprogram, challenging aca-demics, integral humanitari-an service, award-winningsports and academic teams,
exciting global expeditionprograms, and outstandingcollege acceptance record.Families will be given theopportunity to meet faculty,students, and parents as wellas tour the campus.
Families are asked toRSVP by phone at (760) 274- 2116 or [email protected]. Currently, a limited num-ber of 6th grade enrollmentopportunities are available tostudents who academicallyqualify, and scholarships areavailable. Applications maybe downloaded and/or com-pleted at http://www.grauer-school.com/admissions/appli-cation-forms/.
The Grauer School to host 6th grade tour on April 18
City to keep 10-cent fee for paper bagsBy Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — A10-cent fee for paper bagswill remain in effect inSolana Beach, where theirsingle-use plastic counter-parts have been bannedsince late last year.
After more than anhour of public input and dis-cussion at the March 27meeting, Councilman TomCampbell received no sup-port from any of his col-leagues for a motion to fur-ther explore options thatwould allow retailers, ratherthan the city, to determinewhat fee, if any, they wantto charge.
“I think we’ve exhaust-ed this subject,”Councilman Peter Zahnsaid. “To have a motion anda mandate that we look atfurther alternatives I don’tthink is a productive use oftime … and staff.”
The council votedunanimously in May 2012 toban single-use carryoutplastic bags.
Of Solana Beach’s morethan 460 licensed retailbusinesses, approximately160 provided the plasticbags, resulting in about 6.5million of them being dis-tributed annually in the city
The law was imple-mented in two phases — inAugust for grocery stores,food vendors, pharmaciesand city facilities and inNovember for retail busi-nesses and other vendors.Restaurants are exempt.
Storeowners can pro-vide recycled paper bagsbut they must charge atleast 10 cents each. Thatprovision was included atthe request of theCalifornia GrocersAssociation and is support-ed by the CaliforniaRetailers Association.
They claim the mainpurpose of the fee is toencourage the use of reuse-able bags and discouragecustomers from just switch-ing from plastic to paper,since making paper bagshas a greater impact on theenvironment.
The money collectedgoes back to the businesses.
City officials hoped thestores would use it to pro-mote and encourage reuse-able bags rather than coverthe cost of the paper bags.
Of the 71 jurisdictionsin the state that have simi-lar bans, 65 charge any-where from 10 cents to 25cents for paper.
While most SolanaBeach residents support theban, some have complainedabout paying for somethingthat was free six or sevenmonths ago.
Campbell asked thatthe ban be revisited afterone-time Mayor CelineOlson made a request at aJanuary meeting, but hesaid he had heard com-plaints from other residentsand businesses as well.
When it was announcedthe ban would be revisited,the city received dozens ofemails from residents whomostly support keeping thelaw in place as is, includingrepresentatives from Vonsand CVS Caremark, thecity’s biggest retailers.
“Our experience inother jurisdictions showsthat amending the ordi-nance to delete the mandat-ed charge for paper will dra-matically increase single-use carryout bag usage,”wrote Carlos Illingworth,director of public affairs forVons, and Eric Douglas, sen-ior director of governmentaffairs for CVS.
“Moreover, our experi-ence in other cities demon-strates that ordinances likeSolana Beach’s proposedamendment would signifi-cantly increase our opera-tion costs,” they wrote. “Ifcorrectly implemented aban of plastic coincidingwith a charge for paperordinance can achieve max-imum environmental gainwith minimal business dis-ruption.”
But Mark Tackabery,senior manager for RetailProperties, wrote that cus-tomers at Lomas Santa FePlaza “like the new no plas-tic bag ordinance, but theydon’t like paying the $.10paper bag fee.”
Jane Morton described
the fee as “offensive,” andDoug Friedman said whenhe learned he would have topay for paper bags, hedecided to shop elsewhere.
“I care for the environ-ment but I do not believethat this ban is the way tomake a statement or evenhelp the environment in asignificant way,” he wrote.
Others, such asJeanette Freeman, said theydon’t mind paying the fee.
“Sometimes I forget mybags and have to pay 10cents, but I think that atthis point I have saved sev-eral hundred plastic bagsfrom ending up as landfill,”she wrote. “I am happyabout that.”
Another two dozen peo-ple addressed council dur-ing the meeting, including arepresentative from theCalifornia GrocersAssociation, who said itcosts the stores 10 cents foreach paper bag.
“With all due respect Ihave a really hard timeaccepting that,” Campbellsaid. “I just don’t buy it. …They don’t want to bearimpact on their bottom line.
“I don’t believe it’scosting Vons or CVS 10cents for a paper bag,” headded. “If they can show methat I’m wrong I’ll eat thosewords.
“I truly do support theban on plastic bags,”Campbell said.
“I have no problemwith that at all. And I don’teven have a problem withthe fee.
“My problem is that it’sbeing mandated by thecity,” he said.
“If they feel they needto charge a fee for a paperbag, then let them do it.Right now, they’re makingmoney off of this. Of coursethey don’t want us tochange.”
Rather than change theordinance, council directedstaff, with help fromSurfrider Foundation andthe city’s Clean and GreenCommittee, to work withretailers and better educateeveryone about why the feeexists.
Horizon Prep in Rancho Santa Fe celebrates its finalists in the Association of ChristianSchools International (ACSI) Math Olympics who will represent the school at the District levelcompetition April 12. Top middle-school math students include, from left, first row, AbbyGammel, Camille Lundstedt, Kirsten Hilling, Taylor Sparks and Yechan Choi, with, from left,second row, Jake Pezzi, D.J. Younkin, Carson Wright, Hayden Center, Tate Thompson,Antonio Partida and, not pictured, Alex Partida. Courtesy photo
MATH MASTERS
Roaring 20s fundraiser readiedRANCHO SANTA FE —
Tickets are available now forthe Rancho Santa FeCommunity Center Roaring‘20s-themed Gatsby Gala onMay 18 at the Fairbanks RanchCountry Club.
The center’s annual galawill start at 5:30 p.m. with aclassic jazz pianist, cocktailreception and time to minglewhile perusing an array ofsilent auction offerings. A din-ner and live auction will followalong with dancing into thenight to Liquid Blue.
This year, the Gala com-mittee plans to enchant guestswith Gatsby-era glitter, classiccars and a Roaring 20’s goodtime.The evening will recreatea speakeasy atmosphere andclassic 1920s cocktails. Contactthe Community Center to pur-chase tickets and for moreinformation on how to becomeinvolved in the event.Call (858)756-2461 or visit rsfcc.org.
Guests are encouraged toget creative and dress in 1920sera attire. Tickets are $250 perperson and tables seat 10. A
variety of special sponsorshipand donation opportunities areavailable.
The Rancho Santa FeCommunity Center has a richhistory of community involve-ment. Established in 1972, thecenter began as an after-schoolcare facility and has grown toprovide a variety of activitiesthat connect neighbors,
friends, families, schools andbusinesses through a creativeassortment of classes,programsand events.
Attending and supportingthe Gatsby Gala will help thecenter continue to providethese important services thatallow the Rancho Santa Fecommunity to grow together.
From left, Gatsby Gala Committee members Melissa Russell, RachelDouglass, Graham Milner, Alexia Bregman, Cindy Moran, Lauren Gilland John Rikkers put the final details on the upcoming Rancho Santa FeCommunity Center Gatsby Gala, coming May 18 at the Fairbanks RanchCountry Club, 15150 San Dieguito Road, Rancho Santa Fe. Courtesyphoto
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSB8 APRIL 5, 2013
Happy trails when you take a spring desert hike
My Midwest friends justdon’t get it; they don’t under-stand the desert.
They think the word issynonymous with sand dunes,barren landscape and a placedevoid of life, but weSouthwesterners know differ-ently. We also know thatspring is the ideal time toexplore the deserts — to getup-close-and-personal to seethe magic that happensbefore temperatures soar.
I travel to the Phoenixarea several times a year andalways try to take advantageof some of the open spacesthat serve well its 3 millionresidents and a whole lot ofsnowbirds. I’m speaking ofthe city’s South MountainPark; Scottsdale’s McDowellSonoran Preserve; andTempe’s Town Lake Park andCrosscut Canal Park.
South Mountain’s 16,000-plus acres qualify it as thecountry’s largest municipalpark. I’m grateful thatPhoenix had the foresight in1924 to buy the initial 13,000acres (for $17,000). Today, it’sapparent that the citizens gottheir money’s worth. Thepark’s 58 miles of trails arewell used, but rarely feelcrowded.
In January, I hiked thepark with two of my sisters,and though we were but a fewminutes from their homes, itfelt as though we had trav-eled much further. It wasearly in the area’s high sea-son, but the winter rains hadworked their magic. A fewcacti were already in bloom,and the panoramic view fromthe park’s many elevationsgave the impression that thedesert wore a fine, green vel-vet cape.
We began our hike onthe Mormon Trail, which goesmostly up, then took theHidden Valley Trail, whichprovided some dramaticlandscape, thanks to thegiant boulders and rock for-mations. Our three-hour hikecovered only a fraction of themany trails. Visithttp://phoenix.gov/parks/trails/locations/south/.
McDowell SonoranPreserve is a gem for whichwe can thank the residents ofScottsdale, who taxed them-selves (twice!) to buy a good-ly portion of the 27,800 acres(43 square miles) that com-prise this choice piece ofdesert landscape. Multi-kudos also go to theMcDowell SonoranConservancy whose volun-teers worked ferociously toput this spectacular realestate off-limits to develop-ment. The preserve alsoserves as a wildlife corridorleading to the nearly 3 mil-lion acres of Tonto NationalForest. The goal is to expand
the acreage to 34,000, nearlya third of Scottsdale’s landarea.
From the trails hikerscan see magnificent saguarosand many other cacti, as well
as abundant wildlife.The pre-server is a natural paradisewithin a sprawling metropo-
lis. We chose the Gatewayentrance, one of many,because it offers ample park-ing, restrooms and a beauti-ful ramada (open shelter)
Jenny Lucier of Tempe, Ariz., points out the topo map engraved into theCrosscut Canal path that highlights surrounding natural features. Themultiuse path also is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Bobbi Jones of Tempe, Ariz., stops to contemplate one of about twodozen public art pieces that have been installed adjacent to the path thatcircumvents Tempe Town Lake. The lake is the second most-visitedattraction in Arizona after the Grand Canyon.
It’s not unusual to run into horses and riders while walking, running orbiking on the Crosscut Canal Multiuse Path in north Tempe, Ariz. Photosby E’Louise Ondash
You’ll have to take off your back-pack to squeeze through Fat Man’sPass on the Hidden Valley Trail atscenic South Mountain Park inPhoenix.
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A giant saguaro cactus marks theGateway entrance to the McDowellSonoran Preserve in Scottsdale. Itis popular because of the ramada(shade structure), restrooms, park-ing and information/nature centerthat are available.
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSAPRIL 5, 2013 B9
Restaurateurs want to bringrental services to city beachBy Rachel Stine
CARLSBAD — To theapprehension of theCalifornia CoastalCommission, two local entre-preneurs are applying to openan umbrella and chair rentaland butler service on one ofCarlsbad’s beaches.
Restaurateurs LeoneD’Arcangelo, owner of FrescoTrattoria in the Village, andFrank Morelli are trying toestablish a rental service on astretch of beach nearCarlsbad Village Drive. Theirapplication proposes settingup umbrellas, chairs and cool-ers over a 1,400 square-footarea of public beach and thenrenting out use of that furni-ture for a $20 to $30 fee.
Their business wouldalso offer a butler service forbeachgoers to order foodfrom nearby Village restau-rants and have their ordersdelivered. “I’m in the restau-rant business, and I want todo the best for my customers.I want to do the same on thebeach,” said D’Arcangelo.
Yet the CoastalCommission is concernedabout the business’s potentialimpact on public access to thefree, public beach inCarlsbad, according toKanani Brown, a coastal pro-gram analyst for the CoastalCommission’s San Diegooffice.
While the businesswould not place barriers tosection off a portion of thebeach, its set up would dis-courage the general publicfrom using the area withoutpaying for the offered servic-es, she explained. “Actuallysetting up umbrellas andchairs in an area would dis-courage people from usingthe area for free,” said Brown.
Jeff Lassle, D’Arcangeloand Morelli’s consultant forthe project, argues that thebusiness would in no wayinhibit beachgoers from usingthe area without using theservice. “There is no restric-tion to people accessing thebeach at all…we are just rent-ing the equipment,” he said.
D’Arcangelo said hisproject would improve thebeach and mimic successfulservices seen everywhere inEurope. His business wouldcreate summer jobs andattract greater tourism to thearea.
He also said that his staffwould clean the beach everymorning. “I think it’s a really
good service,” said Sam Ross,executive director of VisitCarlsbad, which offers touristinformation about the city.Hesaid that tourists would likelyuse the service, but acknowl-edged that the businesswould not be enough toattract more tourists.
In any case, the applica-
tion has remained incompletesince the applicants first sub-mitted it to the San DiegoCoastal Commission officeover eight months ago, saidBrown.
The Coastal Commissionwill not review the proposaluntil all materials have beensubmitted.
A proposed beach equipment rental service intends to save people the trouble of hauling their own chairs,umbrellas, and coolers to Carlsbad’s beach near the Village. Photo by Rachel Stine
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Horse Show returns to Del MarDEL MAR — Saddle up
for the 68th annual Del MarNational Horse Show April 18through May 5 at the Del MarFairgrounds Arena. The showoffers three equestrian disci-plines —Western, Dressage,and Hunter/Jumper.
Western Week is April 18through April 21. Four AQHAand PCQHA shows, and aNRHA show are the hallmarksof Western Week.The Del MarNational is one of the fewremaining shows offering per-petual trophies which stilltravel with the winners,as wellas individual class trophiesand keepsake ribbons.Admission is free on weekdaysfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reservedseats for week-night and week-end daytime performances are$10 for grandstand seatingand $15 for box seats (subjectto availability). Grandstandtickets are $19 for eachSaturday evening highlightevent, and are on sale nowthrough ticketmaster.com.
The highlight of WesternWeek is the Night of the Horseshow, April 20, beginning at 7p.m. This year’s theme is aBuffalo Bill-style show high-lighting, “The Wild West” withreturning favorites TommieTurvey and the One-Arm
Bandit. New this year will beGary Sanstead’s, chuck wagonraces, the Escondido MountedPosse comedy routines, TheGolden West Cowgirls drillteam, the Wells FargoStagecoach, and The RoyRogers MountedSharpshooters. Dressage Weekis April 25 through April 28includes qualifying competi-tions for the USEF NationalGrand Prix and IntermediaireChampionships, Adequan FEINorth American Junior andYoung Riders’ Championships,USEF National Pony RiderChampionships, MasseyFerguson/USEF NationalJunior and Young RiderChampionships, USEFBrentina Cup Championships,Markel/USEF Young HorseChampionships, USEFNational Developing Horse,Prix St. GeorgesChampionships,and the USEFNational Developing GrandPrix Championships.
Special preparations areunderway during DressageWeek, April 25 through April29,for the official retirement ofAkiko Yamazaki’s, Ravel. Themagnificent gelding wasnamed the USEF 2009 Horseof Year, won the World CupChampionship, and was a two
time-Olympic partner toSteffen Peters of San Diego,California.
Ravel, a 14-year-old DutchWarmblood, was inducted intothe U.S. Dressage FederationHall of Fame in 2012 followinghis participation as part ofTeam USA in two Olympics, aWorld Cup victory, BronzeMedals in the 2010 WorldEquestrian Games, and morethan 40 Grand Prix victoriesduring his career. The retire-ment ceremony will at be at 7p.m.April 27.
Hunter-Jumper Week isApril 30 through May 5 featur-ing the $100,000 Grand Prix ofDel Mar, beginning at 6:45p.m.. May 4. Oregonian RichFellers, last year’s Grand Prixwinner, rode his 16-year-oldsuper stallion, Flexible, tobecome the first American in25 years to take the coveted2012 Rolex/FEI World Cup™Jumping title.
This year, duringHunter/Jumper Week of theDel Mar National Horse Show,top riders will compete formore than $200,000 in prizemoney. The $25,000 SurfsideGrand Prix presented byiJump Sports is at 7 p.m.May 2.For more information, go todelmarnational.com.
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In-N-Out closer to opening in EncinitasBy Jared Whitlock
ENCINITAS — In-N-Out Burger is poised tocome to town after gettingthe green light from theEncinitas PlanningCommission.
The commission unani-mously approved In-N-OutBurger’s application for acoastal development permitand a major-use permit atits March 21 meeting.
If someone appeals thedecision within 15 days ofthe meeting, the EncinitasCity Council will vote onwhether the popular ham-burger chain can open thenew location.
It’s also subject to aCoastal Commissionappeal. Otherwise, In-N-Outis set for Encinitas.
The restaurant has itssights on 130 CalleMagdalena, the spot whereDel Taco is currently locat-ed.
Del Taco would bedemolished and construc-tion would begin on a 3,700-square-foot In-N-Out with adrive through, a setup simi-lar to other locations.
Additionally, the menuwould be the same as other
In-N-Outs, according an In-N-Out representative at themeeting.
The representative saidthe goal is for the restau-rant to debut by the end ofthe year.
City staff said the In-N-Out would increase trafficby an average of 944 dailytrips in the area.
Two residents at themeeting were worried thata swell of cars could choke
up roads near In-N-Out.“The concern of the
church is the amount oftraffic that would be gener-ated onto Calle Magdalena,“ said Frankye Filteau, arepresentative from the SanDieguito United MethodistChurch.
Linda O’Brien said thatthe city should complete afull traffic study.
But city staff said afull-blown traffic study is
only required if a locationadds more than 1,000 dailytrips to the area.
Several weeks ago, CarlVan Fleet, the vice presi-dent of planning and devel-opment for In-N-Out, saidthe hamburger chain hasconsidered Encinitas forquite some time.
“It is a vibrant commu-nity and an area that we’vehad our eye on for manyyears,” Van Fleet said.
This Del Taco at 130 Calle Magdalena will be demolished and replaced by an In-N-Out if a recent decision bythe city’s Planning Commission isn’t appealed. Photo by Jared Whitlock
So, the weather is final-ly warming up with springand the thoughts of rain arestarting to abate. Last col-umn though, we had justgotten through some down-pours and I was talkingabout the problems thatmany people along thecoast in Encinitas, SolanaBeach and Leucadia facewhen heavy rain comesdown.
Most homes along thehillsides above the beachback up to each other in ourtown and the run-off fromthe roof and surroundingproperty often ends up inneighbors’ back yards,garages and sometimeshomes. Upon the saturationof the soils, water runs likea river in sheets down hillcarrying debris and dirt
with it.The property I am
working on right now expe-rienced the same problemduring the last deluge.Unfortunately, they had nodrains in their yard nearthe fence line and theresulting water coursedover the retaining wallbelow the fence and filledtheir bocce ball court withfour inches of standingwater.
Ground water is anoth-er issue that they have tocontend with but the newconstruction of their homeincluded placing an 18-inch-deep French drainbelow grade between thehome and the subterraneanflow of water coming fromup above their property.
As you have probablyguessed, French drains arenot from France.
In their earliest forms,they were simple ditchesthat were pitched from ahigh point to a lower oneand were filled with gravel.These early ground watercontrolling inventions weredescribed and popularizedby Henry Flagg French onlyabout 100 years ago. Henry,who lived from 1813 to1885, was an AmericanAssistant U.S. TreasurySecretary from Concord,Mass.
During his day, hewrote a book in 1859 called“Farm Drainage.” His earlydrains were made of sec-tions of ordinary roofingtile that were laid with aneighth-inch gap betweenthem below grade to admitground water. Later, spe-cialized drain tiles weredesigned with perforationsand coarse gravel was intro-duced below, around andabove the tiles to preventclogging from sediments.
Today, we install manyvariations on a theme ofthis but we have advancedthe technique by using per-forated plastic corrugatedpipe wrapped in filter fab-ric and setting it belowgrade in a bed of gravel tohelp prevent sediments andsoils from entering thedrainage pipe and cloggingit.
In my experience overthe years, I have seen manypipes wrapped with filterfabric eventually becomeclogged with soils and fromtraveling roots. Roots frommost trees or shrubs usuallyfollow the water. Theysearch it out below grade tosustain the thirsty plantsabove and can heave con-crete where the joints areseparated already allowingmore moisture down to thesearching roots.
These roots are inter-esting in that they haveincredible power and canstart from tiny hair-like sin-gle cell projections andgrow to be many feet acrossin diameter. The filter fab-ric in most landscape burri-to wraps or filter fabricwon’t stop these tiny rootsfrom passing through themand eventually over time
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Carlsbad authoramong Amazonbest-sellers By Sydney LeBlanc
CARLSBAD — ThankfulStrother was born in GrandLake, Arkansas, in 1943 andthis is where his story begins.His book, “Alien in theDelta,” chronicles his lifegrowing up in rural SoutheastArkansas between 1949 and1961 and includes his militaryand corporate America expe-rience. Written more as per-sonal memoir than conven-tional autobiography,Strother,shares with the read-er both a personal narrativeof facts and feelings in a con-cise and credible 200-pagework.
Strother is offering hisKindle edition free for a limit-ed time. “Alien in the Delta”is currently in the top 100Amazon Best Sellers eBooksand Kindle Edition List.Download a free copy (KindleEdition) April 6 and April 7from amazon.com/Alien-in-t h e - D e l t a -ebook/dp/B00BXN4IO2/ref=la_B00AX5USJU_1_1_title_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1364575001&sr=1-1.
Six years in the making,Strother, now retired inCarlsbad, was inspired towrite after some light nudg-ing by his daughter,Christine,who regularly listened to herdad’s stories as she grew up.
Said Strother, “She kepttelling me that I should writethis down, that I ought towrite a book. So, about sixyears ago, I started going outto the beach with a personaltape recorder and dictating astory at a time,” “About 14tapes later, I was ready tocommit to writing, and it allcame together,” he said.
Strother’s timelineoccurs against the familiarbackdrop of American post-World War II history, includ-ing the segregation,prejudiceand inequality that was syn-onymous with the times andgrowing up in the ArkansasDelta.
To his credit, though,
Strother doesn’t focus solelyon the hardness of the timesduring which he grew up. Heshares in equal parts his feel-ings of amusement, happi-ness and sense of humor. Herises above stereotypicalthinking, reflective, but neverbitter about the adversity hefaced.
Strother’s narrativebrings the contrast of therural South to experiences hehad later in life, such as livingin Germany in the 1960s andlater being in the corporateworld, where he worked forsuch tech giants as NCR andAT&T.
While Strother says he isnot a speaker or advocate, hisimpressive resume later in hislife, lends itself to beingequal parts inspirational andtheatrical. His story is one ofcoming up from relativepoverty to having a successfulmilitary and corporate career.“I am really not advocatingfor anyone or anything,” saidStrother.“I just wanted to tellmy stories about what I expe-rienced. There was excite-ment, humor and history withthose times.”
Carlsbad author ThankfulStrother’s memoirs “Alien in theDelta” is currently in the top 100Amazon Best Sellers. eBooks isoffering his Kindle edition free fora limited time. Courtesy photo
DEAR BRUCE: I am 54years old, and I left my 401(k)with a former employer.However, in examining it moreclosely, I saw there were a cou-ple $800 losses (quarterly) in athree-year period. I haven’tcalled them, thinking theymight say anything just to keepmy money invested with them.It had almost reached $80,000.
My wife says to sit tight,that the economy is tough andit’s not just me it’s happeningto. It may get worse before itgets better. She withdrew the$60,000 for her 401(k) a fewyears ago and has no retire-ment money, plus we got hithard with the penalties fromthe IRS.
Should I contact mybanker and see about rollingthe money into a no-penaltyCD or program to gather inter-est instead of having a loss? —R.M., via email
DEAR R.M.: Your wifemay be right in suggesting youshould keep the money invest-ed where it is.The fact that youhad an $800 loss a couple oftimes is not a big deal. Howabout the times when you hada decent return?
Since you haven’t contact-ed your 401(k) managers, I sug-gest you sit down and talk withthem. Your $80,000 is nothingto sneeze at, and they shouldmake plenty of time for you.Ask what they are planning foryou and how much your invest-ment has earned in the lastthree or four years. After youget some answers, you candecide who is going to handleyour money.
As for your wife, she took$60,000 from her 401(k) andhas no retirement money.Whathappened to that money?
DEAR BRUCE: My hus-band and I are 73 and 74. Weown our home outright.Presently, our Social Securityand small IRA give us an annu-al income of about $40,000.Weown our car. We have somesmall bills. Living on thisincome is excessively tight forus. In today’s market, our homeis worth about $150,000,although it could go higher asthe economy improves.
Do you think a reversemortgage would be beneficialfor us? I don’t know if we willbe able to come up withenough this year for our prop-erty taxes of about $1,700.Plus,we have long-term care insur-ance,car insurance and proper-
ty insurance to pay every year,of course. Then we have pre-scriptions and medical care.(My husband needs $1,300worth of dental work.) Thereare gifts, Christmas, etc. Canyou give us advice? — S.M., viaemail
DEAR S.M.: I think areverse mortgage is going to benothing more than a Band-Aidon your problem. At your rela-tively young ages, a $150,000house MIGHT result in $70,000to $80,000 in proceeds from areverse mortgage.What’s goingto happen when that money isdepleted? How are you going toaugment your $40,000 income?
It might be better to sellyour home and rent a smaller,
less-expensive place. Let’sassume that you sold yourhouse for $150,000 and netted$140,000 after expenses.Thoseproceeds could be invested inthe marketplace, conservative-ly yielding a 5 percent return.That would give you $7,000 ayear for additional income.That should be adequate foryou to live in a small apart-ment.
You would then reduceyour insurance payments andeliminate property taxes andthe other expenses of maintain-ing a home.
It’s not a very pretty pic-ture, but I think it would be farbetter than going into a reversemortgage.
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Baby jackrabbit on the mendRANCHO SANTA FE —
The first day spring broughtan unexpected guest — ababy jackrabbit, veterinaryworkers are calling “Spring,”to Helen Woodward AnimalCenter. In a hospital wherenormal clients include dogsand cats, a local canineturned out to be a gentlecourier for the tiny rabbit’sdelivery.
March 20, a RanchoSanta Fe woman arrived atHelen Woodward AnimalCenter’s Companion AnimalHospital with a tiny bunnyhuddled in a make-shift bedformed from an lambs-woolslipper. She informedstaffers that her dog had car-ried the tiny creature to her,
in his mouth, and gentlyplaced it at her feet. Thejackrabbit appears to beonly weeks old and is show-ing positive signs of life,although the center workershave some concern about hisback legs. Worried that theymay be paralyzed, the babybunny will be under con-stant surveillance over theupcoming days.
“We really try to dis-courage people from disrupt-ing nature and handling wildanimals,” said Chief of StaffDr. Patricia Carter. “It isvery possible that thisbunny’s mother would havereturned to look for it. Ithink the woman whodropped it off was well-
intentioned and concernedthat this bunny may havebeen injured or that themother was gone for good.Now that it’s here, we’ll doeverything we can toincrease its chances for sur-vival.”
The days ahead of“Spring,” will include plentyof hydration, a warm place tosleep, and an intense focuson getting the tiny jackrab-bit to eat and receive thebest nutrition possible. If theveterinary team can getSpring back up and “hop-ping,” he will be introducedback into the wild within amatter of months.
With spring in fullswing, Helen WoodwardAnimal Center would like toremind the public of the fol-lowing information:Removing bunnies from anest greatly reduces theirchance of survival. If an indi-vidual finds a wild nest ofbunnies with no motherpresent, the nest MUSTremain undisturbed. Motherrabbits forage during the day
and return to their nestsonly at night, staying away asmuch as possible so as not toattract predators.
If your dog disturbs anest, HWAC suggests youmake all attempts to returnthe bunny to the nest unin-jured. Nests should be recon-structed as best as possiblewith grass, hay and straw.Should the nest require acomplete rebuild, try toplace it no further than 10feet away from the originalsite.
Dig a shallow hole aboutthree inches deep and returnas much of the original mate-rial as possible into this newnest, placing the baby bun-nies inside.
If the baby bunnyappears to be injured, HelenWoodward Animal Centerrecommends that you callProject Wildlife at (619) 225-9453 or the Wildlife Centerat (858) 278-2222
For more information onthe well being of “Spring,”contact Jessica Gercke at(858) 756-4117, ext. 335.
It wasn’t the Easter bunny, but an injured baby jackrabbit, who arrived atHelen Woodward Animal Center this spring. Veterinarians are caring forthe young rabbit. Courtesy photo
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TICKETS NOWBAGS & BAUBLESTickets and sponsorships forthe American Society for thePrevention of Cruelty toAnimals annual “Bags andBaubles” silent auctionfundraiser, set for April 28,are now available. The eventwill be held at a privateestate in Rancho Santa Fe.For reservations, or to makea donation, [email protected], orcall (858) 450-FACE.
APRIL 5RANCHO LIBRARY FUNNational Library Week, fromApril 15 through April 20,will offer youngsters aLibrary Scavenger Hunt.April 18 at 3:30 p.m., come“Plant Your Own Sunflower,”and at 3:30 p.m. April 25enjoy a Dia de los Ninos cel-ebration with kite-making.ACTING CLASSES Weeklyacting classes for ages 4through 16 start in April atEncinitas CommunityCenter, 1140 Oakcrest ParkDrive, Encinitas; New VillageArts Theatre, 2787 State St.,Carlsbad and Carmel ValleyRec Center, 3777 TownsgateDrive, San Diego. For moreinformation, visitkidsactsd.com or call Aletaat (760) 635-3340.RAIL REPAIRS The NorthCounty Transit Districtreminds residents of Del Marthat, continuing intermit-tently through the summer,ongoing construction in therail right-of-way will occur.Specifically, , from 70 a.m. to6 p.m. April 5. a work crewwill be performing systemupgrades and repairs for con-duit near Powerhouse Park.The work will occur wherethe rail line intersects CoastHighway and at a secondlocation to the south.SOCCER SIGN-UPSCardiff Recreational Soccerwill kick off with “Walk-up”registration from 4 to 6 p.m.April 5 at the Rimel’s court-yard at The Cardiff TownCenter at San Elijo Avenueand BirminghamDrive. Visit cardiffsoccer.orgfor updates.
APRIL 6ON STAGE A two-man play,“Oleanna” will be presentedby the Intrepid ShakespeareCompany to begin SeasonFour April 6 through April14. Tickets are $35, students$25. Call (888)-718-4253 or(760) 295-7541 or visit intre-
pidshakespeare.com.
APRIL 7PASTA PLENTY The NorthCounty Italian Associationinvites all to a Pasta Dinnerand Silent Auction at 4 p.m.April 7 at St. Michaels-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church,2755 Carlsbad Blvd.,Carlsbad, to fund its $1,000scholarships to graduatingNorth County High Schoolseniors of Italian heritage.Cost is $18 pre-paid or $20 atthe door. Children 7 to 12$10, 7 and under free. ToRSVP, call Len at (760) 637-5181 or visit northcountyital-ianassociation.org.
APRIL 8LOCAL NOW Join us forthe launch of Support LocalNow at 7:30 p.m. April 8 atLe Papagayo, 1002 N. CoastHighway 101, Encinitas, fea-turing music from TraceyS t o c k a l p e r a n d T h eShantyannes and an opendiscussion on how we cansupport Leucadia. Your $45ticket includes a five-course,sit-down dinner, music and achance to meet local busi-ness owners. For more infor-mation, visit supportlocal-now.org.
APRIL 9HEALING WORKSHOPSt. James Catholic Church,525 S. Nardo Ave., SolanaBeach, will present an “InnerHealing and Inner Vows”workshop at 7 p.m. April 9.Elizabeth Daly Gerhart willbe the speaker.
APRIL 10CONNECT WITH YOURKIDS “My Therapist Sez,”6:45 to 8 p.m. April 10 atCarlsbad CommunityChurch, 3175 Harding St.Carlsbad on the topic"Connecting With YourChild. For more informationor to reserve childcare, con-tact Mike McElroy at [email protected] or (760) 721-6052.
APRIL 11HOW TO RETIRE TheRetired Public EmployeesAssociation, Chapter 049,will meet at 10 a.m. April 11for a breakfast meeting atthe Broken Yolk Cafe, 2434W. Vista Way, Oceanside. Formore information, contactKenneth Tomlinson at(760)722-5889) or KarenQuimby at (760) 941-4258.
APRIL 12WALK AND WAG You canbenefit Canine Companions,of Oceanside at the 4Ke m B A R K a d e r orun/walk/roll/wag at 8 a.m.April 13 EmbarcaderoMarina Park South, 200Marina Park Way.
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I’m more relaxed onInterstate 5 at rush hour thansurfing Cardiff Reef on a sunnyweekend. The place is hasbecome an anonymous fiber-glass jungle where the surferwith the most drop-in powerwrestles away wave possessionfrom those with smaller water-craft.
First it was longboardslording it over shortboards.Then it became a haven forSUPs and kayaks. Yesterdaythings hit an all-time low with akiteboarder and a windsurferdropping in on everyone else,plowing through the pack.Things haven’t been so unevensince jet skis were legally rid-den there and Tommy Lewisreacted by claiming priority inhis lobster skiff.
The problem is not a lackof rules, but that the one, pri-mary old rule no longer makessense. From the moment theycan paddle, a surfer is taughtthat, “The surfer closest to thecurl has wave possession.”Thatmay have worked in the pastwhen surfboards were all ofsimilar sizes, but ever since thereturn of longboards to the line-up in the mid-80s, when theyshared breaks with short-boards, things have brokendown.
It should be obvious that a
surfer with a 10 foot, 3-inchthick, 22.5-inch wide boardwith paddle gloves can strokemore than twice the speed of akid on a 6 foot, 2 inches thick,18-inch wide board using noth-ing but their hands to propelthem. When you add a paddleto the mix, somebody is goingto get the proverbial short endof the stick.
Common courtesy worksfor some, others “give” wavesas if they owned them, andsome take whatever rollsthrough. Still, the old rule pre-vails. It’s posted at the entranceto surf spots, quoted by surferswith longer boards,and perpet-uated by surf school instructorsthroughout the world. But itmakes no more sense in thesetimes than it would if an oiltanker showed up, dropped in,and claimed wave priority.
After a seven-year layoff, Ireturned to riding longboardsin 1973 for a few years, inresponse to small summer surfand large summer crowds.Because there were no morethan a dozen longboarders inNorth County at the time,waves were ours for the taking.But most of us didn’t harvestthem all, generally yielding tosurfers on smaller boards evenwhen we were in position, inorder to keep things fair.
Over time, the limitationsof longboards sent me back toshorter boards, settling into themid-7-foot range, which is notshort by today’s standards, butcan,nonetheless be a disadvan-tage when surfing crowdedbreaks.
Some have asked me why
I don’t simply ride a longerboard or switch to an SUP.These questions are generallyfrom well-intending friendsand so I generally reply politely,while thinking that it would belike driving an 18-wheeler inorder to dominate the freeway.To me,more freeway space justisn’t worth sacrificing maneu-verability.
Of course not everyonewith paddle advantage takesadvantage of the situation.Longboard master CliffHansen and SUPer MichaelFukumura come to mind asgreat representatives of theirchosen craft. There are alsojerks on shortboards who willburn you any chance they get.The difference, however, is thatthe surfer on the giant surf-board or SUP has the destruc-tive potential of a nuke, whilethe shortboarder is armed witha paintball gun.
As for SUPs in particular,there has been a lot of talk ofrestricting them to their ownzones. I would rather not seethat happen for a number ofreasons. Primary among themis that the out-of-the-way surfspots will become packed withSUPs and rendered unsurfableto those who want to get a wavealone. If surfers don’t learn toshare waves, however, the statewill enter the mix and segre-gate us according to boardclass. Maybe I’m being idealis-tic, but I would rather see a seaof happy faces sharing a giftthey did not bring, with every-one enjoying the waves togeth-er, regardless of the type ofcraft they ride.
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Emily Esh, a Carlsbad resident and student at La Costa Heights Elementary School, dancesthe part of a frog in “The Beauty and the Beast” staged by the San Diego Civic Youth Balletthrough March 30 at Casa del Prado Theater in Balboa Park. The next recital will be theSpring Show Case May 18. Courtesy photo
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that features informationabout the area’s ecosystem.You could spend all day andthen some in the preserve,but it’s also perfect for briefhikes. Visitscottsdaleaz.gov/preserve.
Tempe offers manyurban trails; I’ve discovereda couple.
The Cross CrosscutCanal Multiuse Path is awalker/runner/cycl ist ’sdelight. While some indus-trial areas are visible alongthe way, you’re much morelikely to see beautifuldesert terrain, a waterfallwith riparian foliage, riders
on horseback and the publicart that is incorporated intothe path, which is alsoaccessible to wheelchairs.The canal's reservoir is ahotspot for wildlife. Thepath runs from downtownTempe, along Town Lake,through the Arizona StateUniversity area and PapagoPark, and ultimately todowntown Scottsdale. Visittempe.gov/index.aspx?page=486.
Lastly, I may never getused to the fact that Tempehas a lake, but the city’sman-made Town Lake hasbecome the second most vis-ited destination in the state(the Grand Canyon is first).More than two dozen pieces
of public art punctuate thepath, which circumvents thelake. A wildly contemporarypedestrian bridge connectsthe north and south shores,and south shore-walkers willpass the Tempe Center forthe Arts, a dramatic build-ing that features an “end-less pool.” The bridge alsoserves to shade the massiverubber dam that created thelake, part of the Salt River.V i s i ttempe.gov/index.aspx?page=1193.
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E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer liv-ing in North County. Tell her about yourtravels at [email protected].
these French drains dobecome clogged.
The secret to givingthese important subsurfacedrains longevity is to creategood fall for the water in thedrain to move to. This is typi-cally a quarter inch of dropper foot of drain pipe. Whenthe drains are dry, the mois-ture seeking roots will notfill the drain pipe because ofdehydration.
One mistake many con-tractors make is to connectthe surface drains around
the property and the raingutters to the subsurfaceFrench drains which shouldeventually lead to the street.This continual hydrationbelow grade can eventuallysaturate the soils or nearbystructures if water is presenton a regular basis. Here indry California, this can bedue to run-off from lawn orplanter irrigation.Unfortunately, this alsoenhances the possibility ofroot development and theocclusion of the French drainsystem over time.
I install two drain sys-tems in problem areas. We
direct subsurface wateraway from the foundationwith filter fabric and perfo-rated pipe. This eliminateshydrostatic pressure behindwalls and foundations. Thenwe install sealed PVC drainpipe to dedicated surfacedrains that remove any sur-face water from run-off.
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HUD last year to fund home-less services including shel-ters, interim housing, sup-portive housing, and rentalassistance.
Yet the maximumamount of federal funds thatthe county was eligible fordidn’t just fall third to NewYork City and Los Angeles,but also millions of dollarsbehind 15 other areas in thecountry that have thousandsof fewer homeless people.
By comparison, the cityof Chicago reported 6,710homeless people on a givennight, yet was eligible tocompete for more than $51million in funding from theHUD last year.
HUD funding isobtained through local bod-ies known as Continuums ofCare (CoC), which coordi-nate the homeless organiza-tions for an entire city, coun-ty, region, or state to applyfor this federal fundingannually. The funding isused to finance homelessservices including shelters,interim housing, supportivehousing, and rental assis-tance.
The HUD relies on adecades-old formula todetermine how much home-less assistance funding eachCoC can compete for.
In a letter to the HUD
last year, several members ofCongress identified discrep-ancies in these formulasthat placed East Coast citiesat an advantage for fundingeligibility.
“The current formuladoes not correlate with indi-cators of homelessness orneed for homeless assis-tance grants,” stated theNov. 16 letter.
“The current formulafor determining levels offunding for Continuum ofCare (CoC) grants,…severe-ly disadvantages CoCs in thesouthern and westernregions of the country.”
This imbalance came tothe attention of San Diegoleaders after the issue wasbrought to light by a Voice ofSan Diego article in earlyMarch.
At its March 19 meet-ing, the County Board ofSupervisors unanimouslyvoted to lobby to change thefederal formula.
As chairman, Cox subse-quently sent a letter to thesecretary of the HUD urgingfor more balanced fundingfor homeless services.
The number of home-less people on a given nightis growing in San DiegoCounty, according to HUDdata.
The number had one ofthe highest increases in thecountry, 6.1 percent, since2011.
Many factors contributeto the county’s ballooninghomeless population, suchas the area’s gentle climateand position as a militaryhub, according to the facili-tator of San Diego County’sCoC, Patricia Leslie.
The county uses HUDfunding for more than 50programs, including NorthCounty’s InterfaithCommunity Services,Community ResourceCenter and Women’sResource Center, she said.
Local resources like pri-vate foundations and com-munity development fundsmake up the financial gapnot covered by federal fund-ing.
Yet there is still a greatneed in the county for moreresources, and that need willonly increase.
The region currentlylacks about 3,000 places forpeople to live on an averagenight and the wait foraffordable housing is about60,000 people long, accord-ing to Leslie.
“With sequestration,the funds that the localagencies use to match thefederal homeless funds arebeing cut — the demandsare increasing. We canstretch, can use our fundswisely, but you know the oldsaying, ‘You can’t get bloodfrom a turnip’ — there arelimits,” she said.
rat.Meanwhile, I felt
much better, and my stom-ach hurt from laughing,after hearing a rat storyfrom a friend with a classicTexan mother.
Mom called to telldaughter about how shewas baking a cobbler,opened the drawer to graba hot pad, and what was inthe drawer staring at her“with those beady little
eyes!”? A big ol’ rat.Being a tough Texas
woman, her first instinctwas to grab that sucker andprobably ring its neck, butit fled into the dishwasher.Mom ran that dishwasherthrough one cycle, sure itwould drown, but uponopening the door, shefound that hardy critterstill alive.
So she ran it throughanother cycle, only to findthe rat still quivering. Shegot her high-shelf grabberand tried to snag it, but
that very clean rat racedaway and has not beenseen since.
Our SouthernCalifornia rats may betough, but at least theydon’t have gills or the abil-ity to hold their breath forhalf an hour.
For that, I am thank-ful.
opportunity to establish out-door eating areas that do notcrowd sidewalks.
Curb cafes have alsobeen recommended as partof the Village revitalizationefforts.
“This (curb cafes) is tohave more of an outdoorpresence for people to seeeach other and be seen,enjoy the weather, and make
(the Village) a much moresocial area,” said SteveGibson, president of UrbanPlace Consulting, the firmhired by the city to managethe Village revitalizationprojects.
As a new city endeavor,curb cafes will initially beallowed through 2015 to givecity planners the opportuni-ty to evaluate the project toensure safety and success.
During the trial period,restaurants must receive a
permit and pay more than$1,000 in various city fines tobuild a temporary curb café.
According to cityrequirements, curb cafes canonly be built on streets withlittle traffic and cover a max-imum of two parking spaces.The city will only allow up to11 curb cafes within the pilotperiod.
City Council unani-mously approved the pro-gram at its March 12 meet-ing.
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was able to reverse thecuts built into its budget.
In November, the dis-trict reversed plans for twounpaid furlough days forteachers and managementat a cost of $375,000.
Also, the district wasable to put $85,000 towardthe Intervention after-school program for stu-dents who are strugglingacademically.
With Prop. 30, the dis-trict was also able to main-tain current class sizes.
The district wouldhave been looking at send-ing layoff notices to 30teachers, which wouldhave increased kinder-garten through third gradeclass sizes from 24-to-1 stu-dents to teacher, to 31-to-1for the 2013-14 schoolyear. The layoff noticeswould have saved $2.2 mil-lion.
But the pink slipsaren’t on the table, largelydue to the district’s budgetoutlook improving as aresult of Prop 30, said Britt
Should Prop 30 havefailed, the district would
have either issued the lay-off notices or funded theentire cost of the teacherswith deficit spending,Britt said.
As of Jan. 31, with theProp 30 money included,the district’s revenuestotaled $44.7 million,while expenditures wereabout $48.8 million.
“If Prop 30 hadn’tpassed, we would havelooked at further digginginto reserves to fund theteachers,” Britt said.
He added that the dis-trict is still dipping into itsreserves, just not as much.
Lusardi aquifer could“recharge” quicker afterwater has been pumpedfrom it.
“That’s really goodnews, that opens up a lotof doors for us,” Thornersaid.
Southern Californiawater districts, includingOMWD, are reliant onimported water, leavingthem open to supply dis-
ruptions and price hikes.Currently, groundwater ismore expensive than buy-ing imported water. ButThorner said groundwaterwill make economic sensein the next 10 years as thecost of imported waterrises.
Thorner said that ifthe OMWD board signs thecontract, the well could bebuilt before the end of theyear, although that’s only aloose timeline.
OMWD’s attempt is
the first foray into tappinggroundwater in NorthCounty, a methodemployed by a couple ofdistricts in the city of SanDiego.
Should OMWD opt tobuild a desalination facili-ty for groundwater, itcould go online as early as2018.
“I’m excited there’sthis opportunity, and I’meager to analyze it,”Thorner said.
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APRIL 13SPRING SALE San DiegoCounty Flower & PlantAssociation hosts a plant sale8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13 atthe Specimen House
Nursery, 782 Leucadia Blvd.,Encinitas. Choose fromindoor, outdoor bedding,color baskets, succulents andmore.COASTAL JAZZ Enjoy aconcert by the Coastal CitiesJazz Band with special guest,Wayne Bergeron, at 2 p.m.April 14 at the CommunityChurch, Jefferson and Pine,Carlsbad. Tickets are $15.Call GaryAdcock for advance ticketsat (858) 775-1113.
YOUNG VOICES The SanDiego Children's ChoirBoard will host a casino nightwith a silent and live auction6 to 9 p.m. April 13 to benefitthe Children's Choir atDoubletree Hotel, 11915 ElCamino Real, Carmel Valley.Tickets are $50 and includethe Casino Night and a silentauction, food, drinks and$200 in chips.Call Donna Icenhower at(858) 587-1087 or visit [email protected].
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Carlsbad resident Elaine Bryan teaches a yoga class at the Agua Hedionda DiscoveryCenter every Saturday morning. Bryan has been teaching yoga for six years, and whenthe weather’s nice she likes to bring her class outdoors. Photo by Daniel Knighton
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013In the year ahead, it’s quite likely thatyou will find yourself entertainingsome grandiose hopes. Others mightfind your thinking to be wishful andextravagant, but that’s because theylack your luck.
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I just finished my taxesand I’m pissed. I’m either get-ting really old or my hand justshakes writing a check to theIRS. I think my contributionto the government machine isequivalent to a drop of hum-mingbird pee in the PacificOcean, but to me, that hard-earned money “is” the PacificOcean, especially when I seehow the government spendsit.
We baby boomers shouldbe aghast at what is going on.During the 2008 campaign,President Obama calledPresident Bush a traitor forrunning up $4 trillion in debtover eight years and causingthe depression. That’s chumpchange now for this presidentand all his talking heads thatnow say there’s “no problem”with the growing debt, that itis sustainable. I guessPresident Bush must be a realpatriot now.
I’m starting to think Ilive in the Twilight Zone. Thelast time I looked, if a familyhad a budget like our govern-ment, state and federal, momand dad would be huddlingwith their kids under abridge.
During the “Fast &Furious” covert scheme in2011 that sent some 2,000semi-automatic guns with 100round cartridges to “shoot-em-up” drug gangs in Mexicoso that some in our govern-ment could justify their cam-paign against the secondamendment, journalists werecrawling all over themselvesto write stories of the grue-some deaths in Mexico butsomehow overlooked storiesof the two border patrolagents’ murders at the handsof those same guns.
Unfortunately, those sto-ries all but shut downAmerican tourism to Mexico.The Mexican tourist economysuffered immeasurably as didthe people who dependedupon the tourists. But, thosesame journalists wouldn’ttouch the gang murders inChicago until after the 2012elections. Did I mention thatSasha and Malia vacationedin Cancun on my dime duringthat same period? Yes, theywere in Mexico while theState Department was tellingAmericans it was unsafe to goto Mexico. Again, are we liv-ing in the Twilight Zone orwhat?
Speaking of Mexico, myreal estate partner in PuntaMita, which is a tiny enclaveoverlooking Malibu-like righthanders in warm turquoisewater about 40 km north ofPuerto Vallarta and next tothe Four Seasons and the St.Regis, is having her best yearin sales since she went there12 years ago.
Now that Fast & Furiousis no longer in the public eye,magically there aren’t anymore of those dastardly mur-ders in Mexico anymore.Have you noticed? SavvyAmericans are now snappingup Mexican oceanfront realestate at bargain basementprices while the rest of theworld is asleep or frightened,one or the other. Babyboomers! Plan ahead.
Mexico is also numberNo. 1 in the world for medicalvacations. Their medical sys-tem is excellent and veryaffordable. We baby boomersmay end up being at themercy of a panel of decisionmakers real soon regardingour health coverage.
If anyone hasn’t beenpaying attention lately,Mexico is primed to becomethe next China in economicpower. They have the naturalresources and the employ-ment base. They would alsohave all the illegal aliens nowliving in the U.S. floodingback to join the work force aswell if Mexico starts landinginternational manufacturers.
President Nieto is youngand charismatic enough tohelp modify their tax laws tocreate the lure. They alsohave zero debt. There is noSocial Security in Mexico noris there welfare. You work oryou die but you know what,no one is starving.
Sociologically, the familyis very important. There isonly a 4.5 percent unemploy-ment rate which makes themthe fourth best in the worldright now. Yup, Mexico, and,they don’t have a nuclearweapon nor any beef withanyone. So, who is going tohurt Mexico if the world col-lapses? No one.
And, they're self-sustain-ing.They need not trade with
the rest of the world.And, cit-izens have to show identifica-tion when they vote.
I was reading a columnby a noted economist theother day. He said that theU.S. dollar is the world’sreserve currency and that ifthe world loses trust in thedollar we’re basically toast.He said the governmentcould end up printing dollarslike they are going out of styleand that we baby boomerswho have worked hard ourentire lives and saved whatwe could, could end up likethose people in pre-WorldWar II Germany where theirsavings became worthlesswhen they needed a wheel-barrow filled with “GermanMarks” to buy a loaf of bread.
I also heard that theGerman people didn’t stealmoney from others then, theystole their wheelbarrowsinstead. If that was to happenhere then all those whodepend upon the governmentfor subsistence will get cut off(baby boomers on SocialSecurity?).
He also said that if thatdid happen then there wouldbe huge civil unrest, whichcould lead the government todeclare Martial Law, suspendthe Constitution and basicallybecome a police state. Maybethat’s why the governmentdoesn’t want us to have guns.Maybe they know somethingwe don’t.
What a crazy twilightzone world we’re leaving ourkids. Hopefully our 8-percent-approval-rating-Congress canget their act together and fixthe mess we’re in. But, withall that doom and gloom, I’mgoing “back to my little grassshack” in Mexico for somepeace along with a whole lotof smart “gente” with wheel-barrows of money that’s beenwisely withdrawn from bankswhere governments will soonbe seizing their accounts forincome as Cyprus has done.
I can breathe some freeair since they don’t have cli-mate change taxation lawsdown there and carbon diox-ide isn’t a bad word. Theirforests thrive on their exhaledbreath. Unfortunately sincethe dollar is getting weakerthe peso is getting stronger. Iused to get 13 pesos to thedollar but now it’s down to11.5.
But, I’ll just let the worldfigure it all out for a couple ofmonths and maybe, justmaybe, I’ll return to learnthat this whole mess is justanother Twilight Zoneepisode and this is really the1950s and MLK’s favoritepolitician, Dwight D.Eisenhower is our presidentand life is peaceful.
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St. John School students, from left, front row, Cameron Bernard, Matthew Hall, Kate Petosaand Alyssa Vacheron, with, from left, second row, Emily O’Heir, Madeleine King, LaurenDefesche and Ameya Patel, and, from left, back row, Blake McCorkle, Joey Tanaka, TomHollerbach, Michael Madden and Anthony Adessa, earned Second Place Overall at the 17thannual San Diego Diocesan Academic Decathlon, a competition for middle-school students.St. John School had six top finishers, including, first-place English - Ameya Patel, second-place math - Joey Tanaka, fifth-place Fine Arts - Emily O’Heir, plus sixth-place in the TeamSuper Quiz and second in Team Logic. Courtesy photo
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Camp Erin San Diego isnow accepting applicationsfor campers and volunteersfor the June 2013 camp. Moreinformation is available atelizabethhospice.org/camperin, [email protected] orby calling (760) 737-2050.
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Camp Erin San Diego ispart of the largest nationalnetwork of bereavementcamps in the country estab-lished by The MoyerFoundation; a nonprofitorganization founded byWorld Series Champion andMLB All-Star Jamie Moyerand his wife, Karen. TheFoundation’s mission is tohelp children in distress.
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The great debate over pizza
People either love pizzacrust edges or hate them. Ifyou have a crust-hater in thefamily, cut his or her crustedges off prior to serving.
You can stick them inthe fridge or freezer to uselater with soups/stews,spaghetti, casseroles or evenegg dishes at breakfast.
The first reader sharesher pizza end-crust tip:
Bread sticks: When weorder pizza, we usually getdeep dish. It fills you upfaster so you can eat fewerpieces and have leftovers.
I sometimes add somebasil and oregano to an 8-ounce can of tomato sauceand heat it in the microwave.Then we cut off the edges ofthe pizza crust and dunk it inthe sauce — free breadsticks!Ranch dressing, barbecuesauce or any other flavor canbe used instead of or in addi-tion to tomato sauce. — S.D.,Minnesota
No-knead bread: I sawyour no-knead bread recipein a recent column, so I’d liketo share one of my favoritebread recipes. Just bewarned: This bread is sogood, you might end up eat-ing both loaves beforethey’ve even had time to
cool! No-Knead French Bread1 1/2 cup warm water
(not hot)1 teaspoon sugar1/4-ounce package
active dry yeast3 cups flour1 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon cornmeal
(to add texture)shortening or oil to
grease bread troughs
Put water and sugar in alarge bowl. Sprinkle theyeast over it and let sit for 10minutes to activate yeast.Stir in flour, salt and corn-meal. The dough will bespongy and batterlike. Placea clean towel over the bowland let sit in a warm placeuntil it doubles in bulk(about 1 hour). Stir doughagain.
Lightly grease breadtroughs. With WET hands,form dough into two ropelikeloaves and place in breadtroughs. Cover with a dampcloth and let sit 10 minutes.Place rack in middle of ovenand preheat oven to 375degrees F.
Place troughs in ovenand bake 40-50 minutes, untilgolden brown and crusty.
For crustier bread, boilwater and pour into shallowpan placed below troughs. Oryou can mist the bread whilebaking. Makes two loaves.
(Note: In dry ingredientsI have added chopped garlic,basil, oregano, parsley, redpepper seeds, etc. and then
mixed the bread. A friendadds chopped olives.) —Bobbie R., Arizona
Hair static: During coldand dry days, the last three tofour inches of my hair isfilled with static electricity.Rather than using hair condi-tioners, I take a dryer soften-er sheet and rub it in my hair.It works! — Deanne, email
Less salt: When I buytuna in the can with water,it’s always way too salty, so Ithrow the contents into astrainer and rinse with coldwater.The tuna is much tasti-er and healthier with lesssalt. — Harvey H., email
Reuse coffee container:Keep a large coffee contain-er on your counter with veg-gie bags or quart-size baggiesinside. Put your “garbage,”i.e. egg shells, veggie scrap-ings, coffee grounds, etc., init.
When it’s full, haul thesmall container to your larg-er outdoor compost bin anddump it.
Containers for this pur-pose are sold in stores foraround $10. Make your own!— Carolyn S., email
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Sara Noel is the owner of FrugalVillage (www.frugalvillage.com), awebsite that offers practical, money-saving strategies for everyday living.To send tips, comments or questions,write to Sara Noel, c/o UniversalUclick, 1130 Walnut Street, KansasCity, MO, 64106, or [email protected].
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