San Clemente Times

L O C A L N E W S Y O U C A N U S EM AY 2 6 –J U N E 1 , 2 0 1 1

VOLUME 6, ISSUE 21

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San Clemente resident Bill Maben took home the Grand Prize in the Spanish Village Foundation’s Spring Photo Contest with his picture “Where Would You Rather Be?”

Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Service Antennas

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San Clemente High Names Alum Lacey Burns as Varsity

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Spring Photo Festival winners showcase the city’s splendor and

earn awards along the way.

Sweet Home San Clemente

Couple Compiles Compendium of

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THE LATEST: Of the city’s $114.3 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, only $112,540 is surplus, leaving San Clemente with very little room for error.

During budget meetings last week, City Manager George Scarborough noted that while this year’s budget is balanced, it contains the smallest surplus he has ever overseen. The budget is a $1.7 million increase over last year’s.

Residents can expect a 12.6 percent increase to their water rates and a 6 percent increase to sewer rates. Water alone is expected to increase by $1.05 million next year because of a 6.7 percent from the city’s water source Metropolitan Water District.

San Clemente is bracing for a 16 percent reduction in income in fiscal 2012, notably from a $9.3 million drop to its interfund revenues such as grants from Measure M and for recycled water programs.

The bulk of the city’s expected income arrives by way of $24 million in property taxes or 49 percent of overall revenue, and sales taxes reap 14 percent or $6.8 million in revenue. The remaining income is a com-bination of revenues labeled as other, taxes, fees, service charges and interest and rent.

On the other end of the balance sheet, San Clemente’s largest expense is the $12.5 million for police services followed closely by Beaches, Parks and Recreation’s $11.3 million, Public Works at $7.7 million and fire at $7.3 million. The remaining departments in order of cost are general government, community development and finance and administration for a total of $12.4 million.

The city plans to spend $10.1 million on 25 capital improvement projects, including $1.5 million toward the Ole Hanson Beach Club, $1.5 million for the Prima Deshecha Canada Rehabilitation and $1.2 million for parking improvements at the MO2 channel near North Beach.

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANOSome 19,805 San Juan Capistrano residents

are registered to vote in the June 7 refer-endum on a development project just east

of the freeway. The period to register to vote in the special election ended on May 23, the orange County Registrar of Voters said. Several people registered in the last few days to make sure they could vote in the June 7 election, the Registrar’s office

said in a release. The town had slightly more than 18,100 voters for the November 2010

election. Capistrano residents will decide between a 440-home project or a mixed

project of homes, retail space, apartments and up to 500 horses on the open land off

La Novia. San Clemente resident Charles Mann, who owns property in Capistrano, is

a leader in the referendum.

News Next Door

DANA POINTCity Council on Monday unanimously voted to go after four Strand at Headlands homeown-ers who owe Dana point more than $86,000 in special property tax assessments and penalties. According to the city staff report, the vote “authorized the city attorney to prosecute a foreclosure action and to collect, in the name of the city and on behalf of the owners of the bonds, all amounts due on account of the delinquent special taxes with respect to the property identified in referenced resolution.” The multi-million dollar homes, located in one of the priciest coastal neighborhoods in the state, are part of a Mello-Roos district—a special tax method that uses the sale of bonds to pay for public amenities and improvements then assesses special taxes on residential properties to pay down principal and interest on the bonds.

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THE LATEST: Soon residents in Talega won’t have to ask, “Can you hear me now?”

Cell phone service will get a boost from added antennas proposed by AT&T and Verizon Wireless, said Assistant City Planner Cliff Jones, the city’s point man on antenna requests.

City Hall has received complaints from residents who had difficulty with cell

THE LATEST: In a 3-2 vote, the City Coun-cil gave the green light to bring in the terra-cotta colored tile and concrete to the service road to the pier.

Mayor Lori Donchak and Councilman Bob Baker cast the no votes.

The approval—at a Friday 9 p.m. meeting that lasted 27 minutes—expanded the work from a crosswalk of the Ole Hanson tiles to the entire portion of road leading up to the railroad tracks.

The affected area went from a $28,000 price tag to $43,000 and from a 310-square-foot crosswalk to a total of 1,425 square feet, of which 1,025 square feet is tile and the remaining 400 square feet of dyed concrete.

The change came at the request of the Pier Bowl Merchants Association. Already, the city, under its Redevelopment Authority,

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The budget also plans for staffing increases for the La Pata-Vista Hermosa Park, including $22,330 salary for a rec-reation facilities specialist, $43,646 for a full-time recreation specialist, $26,340 for a staffing change for a full-time recre-ation coordinator and $153,660 for pool lifeguards and monitors, which the City Council approved last week.

The city’s police services contract with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will go up 2 percent to $11.8 million and by 3 percent for the Orange County Fire Authority to $7.3 million, according to the budget.

WHAT’S NEXT: The public hearing on the budget is scheduled for June 7 at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

A Metrolink train passes in front of the service road to the San Clemente Pier. The City Council approved road upgrades that include Ole Hanson tiles and terra cotta-colored concrete. File photo

phone service in the backcountry.T-Mobile was the first carrier to increase

service in Talenga when the cell phone car-rier put up its first antenna on a Santa Mar-garita Water District water tower located at 1 Via Belleza on April 13, 2010.

WHAT’S NEXT: Jones said AT&T’s antenna, located on the water district’s tower at 1498 ½ Avenida Talega, will be in operation in coming months. Their application for work at the site was first approved June 17, 2009.

“They’re doing work out there right now,” the associate planner said.

Verizon Wireless submitted its application May 12 to go onto the same water tower as AT&T. The application is under review and will be placed on a Planning Commission agenda in coming months, Jones said.

FIND OUT MORE: See www.sanclement-etimes.com for updates.

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FIND OUT MORE: For more information, visit the budget questions section on the city’s website at www.san-clemente.org.

—Stacie N. Galang


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Thursday, May 26

SCC Leadership Meeting 3 p.m. San Clemente Collaborative group meets at the Community Resource Center in the San Clemente Presbyterian Church. 119 N. de la Estrella, 949.547.7260, www.sanclement-ecollaborative.com.

Chamber/City Business Seminar 4 p.m. Seminar titled “How to Protect Your Business from ADA Lawsuit” at Community Develop-ment Dept. 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, 949.492.1131, www.scchamber.com.

Friday, May 27

Chamber Meetings 12 p.m. SC Chamber membership orientation and ambassador’s council meetings at Round Table Pizza. 949.492.1131, www.scchamber.com.

Saturday, May 28

Yoga in Nature 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. the Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy. Tick-ets $5-$10. Call for info and directions, 949.489.9778, www.theconservancy.org.

Sunday, May 29

Bookstore Silent Auction 9 a.m.-1 p.m. San Clemente Friends of the Library ongoing auction displayed in the Library lobby case; bids taken now through June 5. 242 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.276.6342, www.sanclementefol.org.

Monday, May 30

Memorial Day

City offices closed City offices and other businesses closed in observance of the holiday.

Tuesday, May 31

General Plan Advisory Committee Meeting 6 p.m. Community Development, 2nd Floor Conference Room. 910 Calle Nego-cio, 949.361.8200, www.san-clemente.org.

Wednesday, June 1

Tree Sale The Shorecliffs School Garden Committee is offering Valencia orange trees available for pick up at the SMS Open House for only $35 (retail $150). 240 Via Socorro, 949.498.7023.

Thursday, June 2

BNI Meeting 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Meeting every Thursday at the Bella Collina Towne and Golf Club. 200 Avenida La Pata, San Clemente, www.bellacollinagolf.com.

City andCommunity Calendar

• Teen VolunTeers: Applications for teen volunteers to help with the library’s Summer Reading Program are now being accepted. Volunteers must be entering grades seven to 12 in the fall or be between age 12 and 17. Volunteers must work two hours a week fulfilling duties such as assisting readers with program sign-ups, handing out prizes and offering general help. Interested teens should call

the library at 949.492.3493 or visit the library’s information desk to fill out an application. The program runs the month of July.

• Traffic Talk: The public is invited to a Local Traffic Forum June 2, at 7 p.m., at the Community Center’s Ole Hanson Fireside Room located at 100 North Calle Seville. Residents can voice their concerns on existing hot spots

or traffic frustrations that merit attention. The city’s Traffic Task Force previously addressed issues such as side-walks on Avenida Palizada, J-turns on Avenida Del Mar, parking and traffic signal improvements at San Clemente High and more. “As chair of the Traffic Task Force, I am proud of the progress we have made to eliminate traffic hot spots in San Clemente,” said Mayor Lori Donchak in a press release. “Our pedestrians and motorists are safer because of the successful work of the solutions-oriented task force members.”

• logo DeaDline: The deadline to enter the city’s logo design and fine art contest is July 6. The selected logo and artwork will be featured in the revised General Plan, which serves as the city’s 20-year blueprint for planning and conservation. Entries must be emailed to [email protected]. Prizes will be awarded to winners. For contest details, visit www.san-clemente.org or call 949.361.8254.

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THe laTesT: The family of Danny Mendez, the San Clemente High School student who shot himself to death in a Talega neighborhood, has settled its law-suit against the Capistrano Unified School District alleging school officials did not do enough to stop bullies from picking on Mendez.

Attorney James Traut, who represented the family, did not return a call for com-ment, but told Orange Coast Magazine in a story on the case this month that the family did not receive any money from the district.

But in a related issue, the Cool 2 B Kind (C2BK) Club started at San Clemente High in the wake of Mendez’s death is be-ing honored next month by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County as a “2011 Ambassador of Peace.”

The club set up hotlines and a safe atmosphere for kids to talk to other kids.

WHaT’s neXT: The coalition will honor the club between noon and 2 p.m. on June 3 at a luncheon in Costa Mesa.

finD ouT More: See the Beyond the Blackboard blog at www.sanclement-etimes.com for details on the settlement and www.vpcoc.org for details on the Violence Prevention Coalition. C2BK has a Facebook page and can be reached by email at [email protected]

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THe laTesT: The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the $70 million Avenida La Pata connection between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.

Supervisor John Moorlach called the route, decades in the planning, a vital link for regional transportation as well as a necessary alternate to the San Diego Freeway, particularly in times of emer-gency.

The Final Environmental Impact Report, approved Tuesday, studied the proposed project that will widen, improve and extend the roughly four-mile road connecting San Juan Capistrano to San Clemente. The plans call for upgrades to the existing 1.8-mile portion of Avenida La Pata south of Ortega Highway, outside San Juan Capistrano, and the creation of two miles through to Calle Saluda in San Clemente. The project also includes the Camino del Rio quarter-mile extension just east of San Clemente’s Camino de Los Mares. The plan will create a four-lane roadway.

Supervisors supported the so-called eastern alignment for the road, which was also endorsed by the city of San Clemente as well as the Talega and Forster Canyon homeowners associations.

San Clemente’s traffic engineer, Akram Hindieyh, traveled to Santa Ana on Tues-day for the hearing and also spoke in favor of the plan, which moves the roadway more than 350 feet from the closest home. Another route studied, the western align-ment, had more utility and right-of-way issues.

WHaT’s neXT: Money will be an issue. Of the more than $70 million required to build the project, only about $30 million is identified, leaving a $40 million funding gap, the county said. Officials are working on “federalizing” the road, meaning it will be eligible for federal funding. A consul-tant is expected to be brought on board

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finD ouT More: See www.ocpublicworks.com

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approved $1.8 million in upgrades that included the sidewalk tiles, streetlights and more.

As completion of the work neared, the merchants asked for additional Ole Hanson tiles for the service road, which had not been a part of original renovations. The City Council approved the tile crosswalk May 17, but association president Rick Anderson rallied members to donate or fundraise the estimated $10,000 difference to ensure the service road makeover and appealed to the City Council.

By Friday, the cost had gone up another $5,000 because city officials preferred lay-ing eight inches of concrete to the design’s original six inches. But the City Council agreed to pay the added $5,000 and Ander-son agreed to raise the $10,000, signing a promissory note for the funds.

“It’s forever, and it’s important,” said An-derson, owner of the Casa Tropicana Inn, of the roadwork.

He said business owners have also spiffed up the area by painting at least the first-floor level of their buildings.

“This summer, with the hanging baskets, streetlights and pavers this whole block is going to look brand new,” the innkeeper said. “We’re just really proud of it and want it to shine.”

WHaT’s neXT: Anderson has pledged $1,000 and fellow Pier Bowl merchants Bob Novello of the Fishermans to donate $2,000 and John McKinley of the Seahorse Inn and Villa Del Mar to give $1,000. Anderson plans to raise the rest through fundraising with the help of the Downtown Business Association and the Chamber of Commerce. The association president said he had 18 months to raise the $10,000 but expected to have the funds much earlier.

“Hopefully, we can get it put together pretty quickly and get it paid off,” he said.

Anderson and the association have a rib-bon cutting tentatively planned for June.

finD ouT More: To learn more about the plans, see the staff report on the city website at www.san-clemente.org.

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ill Maben had to climb around the bushes of an abandoned house to get his photo just right, but the result—a

sunset that transitions from orange to purple with the San Clemente Pier in the distance and all of it framed by the silhou-ette of a house and foliage—made the effort worth his while.

In fact, the effort earned the San Clem-ente resident $1,000 in the Spanish Village Foundation’s third annual Spring Photo Contest, presented by the San Clemente Times. This year’s theme was “Sweet Home San Clemente,” and the foundation received nearly 130 entries. Not surprisingly, many of the submissions captured the city’s breathtaking ocean views, its iconic pier and beach life as only San Clemente offers. Interspersed in the mix were snapshots of life—a newly married couple driving in a golf cart and a child checking out a red sports car—and stills of a San Clemente city sign announcing the population of 706 and colorful buoys hanging from a patio.

Foundation President Michael Cotter said that for every year of the contest, the level of work improves. The nonprofit is dedicated to reinforcing all that is good about San Clemente.

“The participation is high, and the quality of the photographs gets better every year in my opinion,” he said.

SC Times City Editor Stacie N. Galang, San Clemente Journal Publisher Don Kindred and longtime newspaperman and columnist John Hall sifted through the entries to pick the winners.

Maben accepted his check and grand prize award from Mayor Lori Donchak for his photo entitled “Where would you rather be?” Friday during a reception in the patio outside Carbonara Trattoria.

“It’s a real surprise,” said the photogra-pher who attended the event with his wife Julie Maben and son Michael Maben. “I looked at all the photos, and I didn’t think

Foundation’s Spring Photo Contest Draws 130 Entries By Stacie N. GalangSan Clemente Times

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“Sweet Home San Clemente” theme inspires photographers to snap shots of city’s unique beach life

mine would be voted the best.”When he entered the contest, Bill Ma-

ben said he took the photo in January at a point high above the pier.

“I took the photo for what it was worth,

a pretty sunset,” he said.Weeks later when he went to write the

caption, his imagination wandered, leav-ing him to guess about the homeowners and where they might be.

“Nobody has been in this house for many years, and I wonder where else would you rather live,” he wrote in his caption. “I am sure someday they will be back to enjoy one of the best views in San Clemente.”

The photographer has been capturing images since shortly after graduating from college. With his first paycheck, Maben said he bought a bicycle, but it was his second purchase of a camera that would kick off a lifelong hobby he now shares with daughter Andrea Maben.

Incidentally, her photo, “Training at Trestles,” received an honorable mention in this year’s contest.

“I really like to take a lot of pictures, especially in the winter,” said Bill Maben who entered the contest for the second

time this year. “My pictures are either of landscapes or my son and daughter run-ning track.”

Roberta Lloyd received the People’s Choice Award for her image of a bird in silhouette flying across a cloudy sky as sunlight pierced out from the heavens.

She picked up her first camera, a Brown-ie, in grammar school and has enjoyed capturing the moments of life ever since. Her father was a “big photographer,” too.

The hobby fits in well with her love of scrapbooking, said the grandmother to seven. Lately, she has started creating photo books on her computer.

Lloyd said she walks almost every day with her friends on the pier and more often than not takes her camera with her. She had transitioned to her second digital camera.

“I keep learning more and more things,” said Lloyd, 75, who attended the event with her friend Tanya Johnson.

To view all the entries, visit www.spanish-villagefoundation.org. SC

Bill Maben, center, accepts his blue ribbon and $1,000 check from Mayor Lori Donchak Friday while John Alpay, a Spanish Village Foundation director, holds the grand prize photo. Photo by Stacie N. Galang

Second place: “Breaking Out” by Diana Ivanova. Third place: “My Son at San Clemente Pier” by Kevin Siegel.

People’s Choice: “Home Free in San Clemente” by Roberta Lloyd.

Winners Grand Prize Bill Maben – Where Would You Rather Be? Second Place Diana Ivanova – Breaking Out Third Place Kevin Siegel – My Son at San Clemente Pier People’s Choice Roberta Lloyd – Home Free in San Clemente

Honorable Mentions

Phil Kohler – Sweet Sign

Valjean Funk – Linda Lane Beach Bunnies

Mark Newe – Reflecting

Andrea Maben – Training at Trestles

Roberta Lloyd – Home Free in San Clemente

Barry Klaas – Evening Shadows and Peaceful Views

Sean Lara – Pier Sunset

Charles Briscoe-Knight – San Clemente Does Hitchcock


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SC Sheriff’s Blotter

Complied by erin Thomas

all information below is obtained from the orange County

sheriff’s department Web site (www.ocsd.org) and re-

flects data available from calls placed from the field by the

responding officer(s). an arrest doesn’t represent guilt.

The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed

on the oCsd Web site.

Monday, May 23

DisturbanceEsplanade, 100 Block (7:15 a.m.) A person called police after seeing a woman carrying a garbage bag and digging in trash cans. The informant asked her to stop but was ignored.

sunday, May 22

DisturbanceEl Camino Real, 1400 Block (9:16 p.m.)A woman called 911 after hearing her neighbor slamming doors and speaking in a foreign language. A translator deduced that he was cursing and yelling to no one in particular. The informant believed that her neighbor was under the influence of drugs.

traffic HazarDEast Avenida Pico/Interstate 5 (7:38 p.m.)A man called police to report a box in the road near the freeway on-ramp. He stated that the box belonged to him and asked of-ficers to toss it to the side of the road where he would pick it up later.

Disturbance-faMily DisputeEscalones, 100 Block (7:02 p.m.)A person called 911 after overhearing a fight—between a man and a woman—that lasted for 20 minutes.

batteryAvenida Mateo, 100 Block (6:51 p.m.)A man called police after being assaulted and hit in the head by an 18-year-old female friend of his niece.

traffic HazarDAvenida Victoria, 200 Block (4:45 p.m.)A person called 911 to report a skateboard ramp in the street launching its riders into traffic. The informant was also disturbed by the noisiness of the metal ramp.

suspicious person in VeHicle Calle Doncella/Calle Esteban (4:19 p.m.)Two teenagers were reported smoking what appeared to be drugs in a car.

suspicious person in VeHicle Via Oviendo, 0 Block (3:27 p.m.) A person called 911 to report solicitors who asked the informant strange questions about the owner of their home, their car and the time of the homeowner’s return. Both of the solicitors were dressed professionally.

assist outsiDe agencyCamino de Los Mares, 600 Block (3:34 p.m.) A person at a bus stop called police to report a woman had confronted him and threatened to assault him after he had given her some advice about the bus schedule. The informant believed that the woman had been drinking and saw her yelling at the bus driver.

Keep tHe peaceMarquita, 200 Block (3:05 p.m.) A man called police and stated that his neighbor was accusing him of hitting her vehicle. The informant sounded very drunk during the phone conversation, dispatchers noted.

DisturbanceAvenida del Presidente, 2600 Block (2:31 p.m.) A person reported a man who kept falling off his skateboard and yelling at passersby, possibly under the influence of drugs. The informant witnessed the man get into a car and believed that the man did not know the driver, but just jumped in.

Disturbance-faMily DisputeAvenida Vista Montana, 200 Block (11:31 a.m.) A woman called 911 during an argu-ment with her boyfriend and stated that he was throwing her possessions out the door. She called back later and said that she had her property and was leaving, but her boyfriend was still belligerent.

DisturbanceEl Camino Real, 1600 Block (3:28 a.m.)A man and a woman hopped over the fence to a pool area at the Best Western Casablanca Inn. When questioned, they claimed to be guests.

DrunK in publicAvenida Serra, 100 Block (2:44 a.m.)A person called 911 after an intoxicated man banged on his flower delivery truck and asked for a ride.

suspicious person – circuMstancesVia Viejo, 2100 Block (2:25 a.m.) A woman called 911 after being woken by noises in her residence and hearing inte-rior doors opening and closing. She could not contact her roommate who was not in the residence.

DisturbanceCalle Frontera, 2000 Block (1:17 a.m.)A person called deputies to request help for a 25-year-old sister who was acting wild. The woman was on a new medica-tion and had attempted to overdose the night before. She was heard screaming in the background during the phone conver-sation, saying that she did not want to go

to the hospital.

suspicious person – circuMstancesCalle Miguel, 600 Block (12:28 a.m.)A woman called 911 after finding six people in her backyard. When she shined a flashlight on them, they ran down the back hill and were picked up by a car.

saturday, May 21

suspicious person – circuMstancesCapistrano Lane, 100 Block (11:45 p.m.)An informant called to report that a friend walked to her car to get something and didn’t return. The informant and other friends searched for the missing woman but couldn’t find her.

DisturbanceAvenida Vaquero/Camino de Los Mares (10:48 p.m.) Two carloads full of juveniles were reported for throwing water balloons at each other and passersby.

DisturbanceVia San Gorgonio/Calle Vista Torito (10:29 p.m.) A person called 911 after see-ing a group of juveniles throwing bottles at the informant’s house and van. The juveniles were also breaking the bottles by throwing them at the house where a party was being held and in the street.

suspicious person – circuMstancesNorth Ola Vista/Avenida del Mar (8 p.m.)An informant called police after seeing a woman begging a male driver to let her out of a car and trying to escape.

suspicious person – circuMstancesCamino Capistrano, 2800 Block (10:43 a.m.) A person called 911 after a known 22-year-old was seen tampering with the caller’s truck. The informant noticed that a hose was disconnected. The suspect, wearing a dark, striped hoodie, ran off and jumped into an apartment balcony.

friday, May 20

VanDalisM in progressCamino la Pedriza/Calle Altea (9:15 p.m.) A person reported three juveniles vandal-izing an area with graffiti of male genitalia in a children’s park. The informant got into an argument with the juveniles who later returned to remove the graffiti.

DisturbanceVia Malaga, 100 Block (7:07 p.m.)A woman called 911 after her ex-husband barged into her home and got into an ar-gument with her while attempting to pick up their children.

suspicious person – circuMstances Avenida Granada, 100 Block (12:32 p.m.)A person called police to report a man driving through the neighborhood on a scooter and checking door handles of parked vehicles. The informant believed that the man had been involved in other

burglaries in the area.

suspicious person – circuMstancesEstancia, 2900 Block (4:36 a.m.)A man, using a flashlight, was arrested af-ter he reportedly went through a neighbor-hood and checked car doors. He and the female juvenile with him attempted to run away from deputies on foot.

fireworK ViolationDel Cabo, 100 Block (8:57 p.m.) A man called 911 to report people setting off fire-works on the hillside behind his residence.

suspicious person – circuMstancesAvenida de la Grulla (8:19 p.m.) A person called 911 after hearing a woman scream at a man to leave her alone for 10 minutes.

suspicious person – circuMstances Avenida Victoria, 600 Block (7:35 p.m.)A person reported a group of six juveniles panhandling outside of a local market and asking adults to purchase alcohol for them.

DisturbanceAvenida Barcelona, 100 Block (6:30 p.m.)A person reported an ongoing dispute between the caller’s son and a neighbor. The caller said that the neighbor had made violent threats. The informant called back and stated that a group of juveniles was walking through the neighborhood yelling at the informant’s son.

citizen assistAvenida San Carlos, 500 Block (4:28 p.m.)A person called police to report a road-rage incident that had occurred earlier that morning. He didn’t immediately contact the police but later began to fear for his safety.

suspicious person – circuMstancesCalle Valle, 1300 Block (3:41 p.m.) A man, who appeared to be on drugs, was reported hanging onto a van outside of the Boys & Girls Club.

DisturbanceCalle Amistad, 100 Block (3:37 p.m.)A person called 911 after hearing their neighbors arguing over a fight between their dogs. Animal Control was contacted for one dog that bit the other.

petty tHeftEl Camino Real, 800 Block (2:08 p.m.)Two men were reported taking Jagermeis-ter from a Rite Aid and left without paying.

suspicious person – circuMstancesVia Umbroso, 600 Block (1:21 p.m.)A satellite TV installer was arrested after a customer caught him stealing her 9-year-old daughter’s underwear in her home.

DisturbanceEl Camino Real, 3900 Block (12:41 p.m.)A woman was arrested after yelling at bystanders in a local fast food restaurant, refusing to leave and breaking a window. She appeared to be homeless, but stated her occupation as an artist.


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Garden Club Tour Set for June 4

u the san clemente garden club presents the 2011 garden tour on saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the self-guided tour features six unique coastal gardens, highlighting landscape and horticulture. Proceeds from the tour support the club’s scholarship program and community horticulture projects. advance tickets are available through June 3 for $25 each. tickets purchased on the day of the tour are $30 each at 112 W. Paseo de cristobal, san clemente, 92672. a group discount for 10 or more tickets is available. optional prepaid box lunches will be available for purchase for $12 each until May 30. for ticket and lunch details, visit www.sanclementegardenclub.com. for more information, contact Mary Mohr at 949.498.2818 or [email protected].

Art Association Names Best of Show Winner This Month

u the san clemente art association awarded its Best in show to gil Park for his oil painting entitled “a local gallery sitter” at the association’s May 7 reception for the summer judged show. Judges were emilee reed, rose-marie rush and danny Von der ahe. the art is available for purchase from the gallery, which is run by volunteer artist-members. the summer show will be open through June 16. the san clemente art gallery is located in the com-munity center at the corner of avenida del Mar and north calle seville. gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m., Monday through friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. admission is free. for in-formation, call the association at 949.492.7175 or Pam Hill at 949.369.0260. for a full listing of winners, visit www.scartgallery.com.

Earth, Oceans Advocate to Speak at SC Spiritual Center

u the san clemente spiritual center is hosting grandmother Pauline eunice tangiora

who will be speaking about the earth and the oceans at a June 1 fundraiser. a Maori elder from the rongomaiwahine tribe of aotearoa, new Zealand, tangiora is an ambassador for the international council of the 13 indigenous grandmothers. she is returning from alaska for a gathering of the grandmothers. “this is our opportunity to support her work around the world by gathering with her, listening to her heartfelt wisdoms and offering donations towards her work,” wrote spiritual center owner ann Hale by email. the event, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., will be at the center at 1705 n. el camino real in san clemente. dona-tions of between $10 and $25 are requested. Proceeds help further assist tangiora and her mission. for more information, email ann Hale at [email protected] or call 626.756.6204 or email Jackie coburn at [email protected] or call 949.370.7113.

Super Bowl’s Darth Vader Makes Appearance in San Clemente

u actor Max Page, 6, who appeared in the Volkswagen’s super Bowl commercial and on the Young and the Restless, met fans and signed autographs May 14 at the san clemente orthodontic office of frank Mo-gavero. Proceeds from the event benefited san clemente charity family assistance Ministries. the commercial on Youtube has received over 38.6 million views.

SC High Students Lauded for Achievements in ROP

u fifty-six top high school and adult students from the capistrano-laguna Beach regional occupation Program took center stage May 11 at the san Juan Hills High school theatre to be recognized as this year’s distinguished students. More than 270 guests, including students, family members and district officials from cap-istrano Unified and laguna Beach Unified school districts were on hand for the event. the capistrano-laguna Beach roP offers instruction in more than 50 career and technical education courses, including 220 sections this year. a panel of judges inter-viewed the student nominees and a select group of 20 from the 56 nominated students received additional recognition and scholar-ship awards, including san clemente High students rachelle Bieser who received the fashion institute of design & Merchandising scholarship award, Mackenzie nelson who earned the special achievement award and samantha Hansen who was named High school student of the Year.

Box Top Fundraiser Comes to Marblehead Elementary

u Marblehead elementary school is

Mary Perdue of Family Assistance Ministries and orthodontist Frank Mogavero stand with Jennifer and Buck Page and their sons Ellis and Max, an actor. Courtesy photo

collecting Box tops for education. each Box top is worth 10 cents to the school, and Marblehead raises more than $1,000 each year. this money is used to help support Pta-sponsored programs, including art Masters, field trips and purchasing teacher supplies. Box tops may be dropped off at the school or mailed to: Marblehead elementary school, 2410 Via turqueza, san clemente, ca 92673. for more information, contact coordinator teresa Bettenhauser at [email protected]. Marblehead thanks san clemente for its support.

Memorial Ride Slated for May 29 u the John cuchessi third annual

Memorial Bike ride is planned for sunday, May 29, at 8:45 a.m. the event starts at san clemente cyclery, which cuchessi opened and ran. riders will pedal the 12 miles to las Pulgas canyon road and back to shop. less experienced cyclists can ride shorter distances. for more information, contact san clemente cyclery at 949.492.8890.

Ocean Fest T-shirts on Sale Now

u t-shirts and other merchandise for this year’s ocean festival are available for sale at five san clemente locations, including dave cook’s golf shop at the san clemente Mu-nicipal golf course, denault’s true Value Hardware, designs By nature, the Hobie surf shop and the Post stop. for the past 20 years, local artist Bob Harlow has designed the shirts featuring the event’s unofficial

dolphin mascot. “the ocean festival thanks local artist, Bob Harlow, who has been creating whimsical and colorful t-shirt designs and creating a much-needed revenue source for the event’s continued success for the past 20 years,” executive director Peggy Vance said. “Bob is not only the artist for the ocean festi-val, but a dedicated volunteer and supporter.” Prices for merchandise range from $10 to $30. sales are for a limited time only. the items will be available for sale on select weekends at the san clemente Pier and at the san clemente arts and crafts on avenida del Mar. for more information, visit www.oceanfestival.org.

Three Local Triathlon Day Competition Winners Announced

u Mathnasium of san clemente announced that third-grader thomas Bock, fourth-grader Wyatt Moody and sixth-grader anh-Vy Pham each earned first place in the math learning center’s triMathlon day math competition. the competition, for students in grades 3 to 6, was held in conjunction with the chain’s national triMathlon day, created to generate excitement about math among kids. scores of the local winners will be ranked against those of other competitors nationwide. national winners will be announced in late May. “congratulations to the triMathlon winners and all of the partici-pants,” said san clemente Mathnasium owner Kapil Mathur. “We hope this competition was a fun and rewarding experience that continues to strengthen their passion for math.” for more information, contact Mathur at 949.429.3020 or email [email protected].

Shorecliffs Media Tech Honored by Capo Unified May 16

u six members of the capistrano Unified school district non-teaching staff were named 2011 classified employees of the Year at an awards ceremony May 16. the ceremony kicked off classified school employees Week, and 123 nominees were recognized. Winners in six categories were announced, including sho-recliffs Middle school library media technician stephanie Zenisek for the support services and security award. Zenisek and the other five win-ners will represent the district in the orange county office of education classified school employee of the Year program.

Artist Gil Park earned Best of Show honors May 7. Courtesy photo

Caption: Marblehead students, from left front, are Grace Van Kampen, Sarah Cahill, Sydney Betten-hauser, and in back, Collin Meyer, Tristan Weber, Sean Cahill and Evan Van Kampen. Courtesy photo


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ONlINE POllWhat do you think of the new

Ole Hanson tiles in the Pier bowl?

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back to the Future: behind the Numbersand provide for protection in case of reces-sion or other unforeseen events. Today, we have a stable and balanced budget and fully funded reserves based on a strong commitment to fiscal discipline, thus, our reaction today is much less dramatic than was necessary in the past.

So what do we do and what don’t we do to make this work? Here are my thoughts.

We don’t gamble; we plan: We don’t rely on luck in producing balanced budgets. Our financial planning process takes into account what we know and we plan accordingly. Thus, we don’t include future proposed development such as the Marble-head project or even the Target store until we have the cash-on-hand to allocate, that is, we don’t spend it till we got it. It works.

We do have sound fiscal policies: Our fiscal policies guide the development of the budget, and the core of our policy is to produce and maintain a positive operating position where on-going revenues exceed ongoing expenditures. This means living within our means and ensuring that we are adequately protected with a proper amount of reserves for emergencies, economic declines and replacement of assets and

he local economy continues to suf-fer the effects of a recession which has stifled development activity

and restricted consumer spending for two years.” Is this a reflection on our economy today? Perhaps, but in actuality this is an ex-

cerpt from the city budget 20 years ago. Some things never change…or do they? To find out, I com-pared the city’s proposed 2012 budget to the one prepared in 1992 and was struck by how similar our economic circumstances were, but how different

our reactions to those conditions are today. Man we was broke.

A look behind the numbers reveals what is, in my view, a budget based on the future. This means that the proposed budget takes into account not only our current fiscal posi-tion but how today’s financial decisions will impact future budgets. Twenty years ago, we were compelled to react to dire econom-ic issues. We dramatically reduced expendi-tures in order to maintain essential services while creating reserves to protect city assets

“Tinfrastructure.

We don’t allow kick-the-can-down-the-road budgeting: Our City Council makes hard budget decisions now instead of kicking-the-can to future generations. Sometimes this is not easy when there are essential programs and projects that have to be delayed until funding is available. The tough choices are made today to keep future budgets in balance.

We do rely on conservative projections: In order to avoid spending what we don’t have, our budgetary projections and fiscal forecasts are cautious. We don’t just hope for the best and then have to react when the best doesn’t happen.

We don’t produce cross-your-finger budgets: Local economic assumptions are carefully evaluated to ensure that balanced budgets are not produced using unrealistic suppositions, for example, property taxes, which represent almost half of our revenue collections, are very sensitive to economic conditions, so a minor variance in either direction can have a significant impact on budget projections. Enough said.

We do look back to the future: By ap-plying far-sighted financial principles to

Pall Gudgeirsson

Too pricey. City money is better spent elsewhere.

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“It was 20 years ago today...” (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

I didn’t even notice.

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GUEST OPINION: by Pall Gudgeirsson, assistant city Manager and city treasurer

the development of the city budget today, we ensure not only our current fiscal integrity, but we also improve the chances of fiscal suc-cess tomorrow.

In conclusion, the current proposed budget reflects the city’s fiscal values, which will serve to guide us into the future. Maybe things have changed from 20 years ago today when…“Sgt Pepper taught the band to play.”

The 2012 proposed budget is available at www.san-clemente.org.

Letters to the EditorDATING COLUMN: SENDS WRONG MESSAGE TO READERS

MArk HuggInS, San ClementeDoesn’t anyone believe in “commit-

ment” anymore? (“Dating When a Spouse is Institutionalized with Alzheimer’s,” SC Times, May 12) Does the phrase “to death do us part” mean anything to anybody? We wonder why the divorce rate is closing in on 60 percent.

The ’60s taught about free love, peace

and doing your own thing. Do what you want. Live for yourself. It is your turn; you deserve it. That is what Hollywood has been pumping out for years and as Ameri-cans, we have all bought into the lie.

In the past, you would hear stories where they would interview an elderly woman whose husband had been hospital-ized for the last 20 years battling a disease and finally succumbed to it. She would say, “ I stayed by his side because I made a commitment to him 55 years ago.”

In today’s society, if you’re pregnant and it is inconvenient it’s, “get an abortion.” If your marriage is not working and you no longer communicate, it’s “get a divorce.” If you bought a house and you over extended your credit, it’s “declare bankruptcy and get the government to bail you out.” The attitude is, “It is not your fault. You need to take care of you.”

The greatest generation was so great because of its commitment: Committed to god, committed to their marriages, (Cont. on page 14)

committed to their families, committed to their country. They knew the difference between right and wrong, and they always did the right thing.

SUPPORT OF POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT COME DOWN TO PARTY

JEff kurSzEWSkI, San ClementeI read Jim kempton’s column this week

(“unintended Consequences,” SC Times,


SOAPBOX

May 19) and agree with much of what he had to say. To lay off thousands of public sector workers immediately is no better for our economy than laying off thousands of private sector workers. It has a similar effect on our local businesses, housing market and tax revenues. However, we do have $14.4 trillion of national debt in this country and need to change the direction of government if we are going to leave our children with similar or better opportunities than we had.

The only one in Washington even taking a stab at protecting our economy, which is still the largest economy on the planet, is Paul Ryan, a 12-year Republican congress-man from my birth state of Wisconsin and

chairman of the House Budget Committee. According to the Wall Street Journal, Paul Ryan’s budget proposal will cut $6.2 trillion in government spending versus President Obama’s 2011 budget proposal over the next 10 years. Congressman Ryan’s pro-posal will shrink government spending by reducing agricultural subsidies, reducing the federal workforce through a “sensible attrition policy” and targeting inefficien-cies in the Pentagon. Among other things, Ryan also calls for Welfare reform and protecting the solvency of Medicare and Social Security with proposed changes scheduled to take effect starting with 2022 retirees, which means no significant changes to Medicare and Social Security for the next 11 years.

While many on the left—and Newt

Gingrich—will disagree with the specif-ics in the Ryan proposal and attack his motives, none can argue that he is the only one in Washington showing any leadership in addressing our problems. Putting our heads in the sandy beaches of San Clem-ente and hoping our government debt will simply go away will lead to “unintended consequences.” It will take courage and bipartisan support to tackle the underly-ing special interests that have this country $14.4 trillion in debt and counting. We can no longer just support politicians just because they have a “D” or an “R” next to their names. We have to look at their ideas and leadership and ask ourselves who is really committed to leaving a better and more competitive America for our children and our children’s children.

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Make your Voice Heard in State’s Redistricting Process people from the San Fernando Valley. Then given Friday traffic, I missed a few speakers, but I came in just as a speaker was proposing districts for all of Orange County, excluding our end of the county. And when the commission asked her whether San Clemente and the end of the county would fit in with counties to their east or south, she said somewhat uncertainly, but based on her information from Berkley’s mapping mentioned on the commission’s website that those southern most cities find themselves relating to San Diego and or the mountains to our east. That convinced me to speak up.

Fortunately, there were a few other speakers as far south as Lake Forest who even mentioned that Camp Pendleton is a natural barrier so I wasn’t a lone voice by the time I did speak. However, out of over 60 speakers, there were three of us asking to keep South Orange County cities within Orange County districts. Our tri-city community—San Clemente, Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano, as well as our beach-related communities at least up to Laguna Beach—were the major commu-nities that I mentioned. And, it probably makes sense to go inland from these cities, including the rest of South Orange County to make up the 466,000 population of an Assembly District. (A Senate district is twice that size and a congressional district is 703,000.) The Commission did hear multiple definitions of South Orange County that include all cities south of Irvine.

Most of the speakers presented their requests to create districts where the Vietnamese community of interest would be represented to keep other Asian com-munities together, and to keep Hispanic communities together. And, in keeping with the Voting Rights Act, the mapping

re you tired of being represented in Congress by someone from River-side where most of his district ex-

ists? And being represented in Sacramento in the State Senate by someone from Del Mar with most of his district in San Diego County? These representatives may have an office nearby, but are they ever there? I recently visited our Congressman Ken Calvert’s office in Rancho Santa Margarita in a Water District building where the building receptionists said, “No one is ever in that office.” Is that representation when not even his staff is there to see us?

Because I think San Clemente deserves better representation than we now have, I have been following the current redis-tricting process. Therefore, I attended a hearing of the Citizens Redistricting Commission May 6 in Santa Ana, and, of course, I was the person who drove the furthest in Orange County, but there were

Acriteria should be used to create districts to give communities of interest, those of ethnic and racial minorities, a chance to elect representatives of their choice. But communities of interest should also extend to common social and economic interests.

What do you feel is your community? I think of my community as San Clemente and its neighboring cities, Dana Point and

San Juan Capistrano and then South Or-ange County, where I live, shop, dine, at-tend events and belong to organizations. But Dana Point is not in my California Senate district. Neither is it in my Con-gressional District nor is half of San Juan Capistrano. And, even if they are in my State Assembly district, that district also includes Camp Pendleton and Oceanside of San Diego County. My community is a beach community, and a commuter com-munity and it is in Orange County, not San Diego County or Riverside County. Also, parks, lack of roads, Camp Pendle-

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GUEST OPINION: By Judy Jones

ton, undeveloped areas are all barriers that separate us from other cities and counties.

My major concern and reason to write, is to urge more people in San Clemente and neighboring communities to at least write to the Citizens Redistricting Commission to express concern that we don’t want to be an afterthought attached to some group of cities where our voice isn’t heard. South Orange County has about one-third of the population of Orange County, but less than 5 percent of the speakers at this hearing were from South Orange. If we don’t speak up, we will get split up, the larger numbers present-ing their interests will be mapped first, and we will get lumped with the leftovers of other counties.

Submit your concerns to the Citizens Redistricting Commission soon. They are drawing the maps now in May. The easiest way is to send an email to [email protected] or go to the website that has a form to submit your message at wedraw-thelines.ca.gov. Don’t let the guidelines and information on their website discour-age you. You really do know more about your community than the commissioners; I definitely learned that many people in North Orange or Central Orange County have little knowledge about our end of the county, and you don’t want them deciding our redis-tricted fate for the next 10 years. Participate so that our votes truly count.

Judy Jones is a 15-year resident of San Clemente, a 25-year resident of California and ran as a democrat for State Assembly in 2008 and 2010.

YOU’RE INVITED!

Please join us the first and third Friday of every month for our

open community forum.

8 a.m.Friday, June 3

at Café Calypso

Thanks to Last Week’s Guest Speaker Rick Anderson

South Orange County Faces Splitting

“What do you feel is your community? I think of my community as San Clemente and its neigh-boring cities, Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano and then South Orange

County, where I live, shop, dine, attend events and

belong to organizations.”

Polynesian Festival & luau Feast 10 a.m.-10 p.m. The Hawaiian Surf Club of San Onofre presents its 20th annual festival at the San Clemente Community Center

complete with live entertainment, arts and crafts and more; free. At 5 p.m., the luau and show doors open with dinner at 6:30 p.m.; tickets for dinner and show are $25 adults, $10 kids 12 and under, or $27.50 at the door. 100 N. Calle Seville, San Clemente, 714.396.0475.

tomorrow’s artists today 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The 8th Annual San Clemente Student Art Exhibition at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens featuring art work of students from local school. On display through June 5. Admission $5. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clem-ente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

Two observances for Memorial Day are scheduled for Monday. The city invites the public to commemorate its fallen soldiers of war at 11 a.m. on the lawn area of the Community Center at 100 N. Calle Seville. The keynote speaker for the hour-long ceremony is Lt. William Burwell, a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 pilot currently stationed at Sector San Diego. Retired U.S. Marine Lt. Col. John Carretti will be a guest speaker. San Clemente Mayor Lori Donchak will pres-ent the welcome address and recognize resident Dorothy Weirick, 96, who served in World War II in the Women’s Auxillary Corps. Other city officials will participate in the ceremony, and patriotic music by local groups will be a part of the mix. Later in the day, a Memorial Day Remembrance will be held at Park Semper Fi at 1:30 p.m. Lt. Col. Carlton W. Hasle, commanding officer of San

Clemente’s adopted squadron HMLA-367, will be the guest speaker at the hour-long event sponsored by the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation and the city. Members of the helicopter squadron based at Camp Pendleton will also be on hand for the event. Music will be provided by Pete Jacobs and the Wartime Radio Revue Swing Big Band. Both event programs are free. For more information, visit www.san-clemente.org or www.marinemonument.com.

nathan & Friends 9 p.m. Back-porch blues at BeachFire. No cover. 204 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.366.3232, www.beachfire.com.

hulaville oPen mic night6 p.m.-8 p.m. Hulaville invites all musicians, singers and hula dancers to step up and showcase your talents onstage. Every Thursday. 2720 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com.

trivia night9 p.m. Fun at Molly Bloom’s. 2391 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente 949.218.0120. www.mollybloomspub.com.

satin Blues7 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Cellar with three male musicians on guitar/vocals and blues harp/vocals. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

Blue machine7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Iva Lee’s. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.


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The ListA day-by-day guide to what’s happening in and around town this week. Compiled by Tawnee prazak

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steel guitar workshoP 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Workshop at Hulaville taught by Kay Das. Call for fees. 2720 Camino Capistra-no, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com

heron winery in sonoma/naPa, caliFornia - wine tasting 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. San Clemente Wine Company welcomes Eric Reichenbach of Heron Winery. Tasting Fee is $15 for seven wines with cheese, crackers and chocolate. Eric will also be raffling off a few bottles. 212 1/2 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.429.7067, www.scwinecompany.com.

Jack the music 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at Adele’s. 2600 Avenida del Presidente, San Clemente, 949.481.1222, www.adelesatthesanclementeinn.com.

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denny white 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Cellar with three male musicians on guitar/vocals and blues harp/vocals. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

will & gary 9 p.m. Live music at Molly Bloom’s. 2391 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente 949.218.0120. www.mollybloomspub.com.

trouBle maker 9 p.m. Live music at Goody’s Tav-ern. 206 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.492.3400, www.goodystavern.com.

dJ & groove lounge 9:30 p.m. Dance while great DJs spin hit music at OC Tavern. No cover. Every Friday and Saturday. 2369 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.542.8877, www.octavern.com.

karaoke 9 p.m. El Mariachi Restaurant hosts Karaoke Night in English and Spanish every Friday and Saturday. 1925 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.369.5111.

aloha Friday 9 p.m. Live music and more at BeachFire; dress “island style” for specials. No cover. 204 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.366.3232, www.beachfire.com.

the Freemonts 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Iva Lee’s. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.

carl Pino 8 p.m. Live music at Wind & Sea Restau-rant. 34699 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.6500, www.windandsearestaurants.com.

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theo & Zydeco Patrol 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Iva Lee’s. 555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.

Faith ako concert 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Concert at Hulaville featuring the Bay Area’s premier female vocal-ist in traditional Hawaiian music. Tickets $5. Call for reservations. 2720 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com.

BedaZZled 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Popular drag queen show at Adele’s. Tickets $10, 18 and older. 2600 Avenida del Presidente, San Clemente, 949.481.1222, www.adelesatthesanclementeinn.com.

loss oF control 9 p.m. Goody’s Tavern. 206 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.492.3400, www.goodystavern.com.

elliot on Piano 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Live piano at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

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taryn donath 7 p.m.- 11 p.m. Live music at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

Bluegrass Brunch & music 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Brunch at The Next Door with lively and harmonious bluegrass music starting at 11 a.m. 647 Camino de los Mares, 949.940.8845, www.nextdoorsc.com.

hawaiian dancers & singers 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Maui Visitors Bureau visits with dancers & singers at Hulaville. 2720 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com.

ukulele night 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Music at Hulaville. 2720 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com.

san clemente Farmers market 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh produce, flowers and more every Sunday along Avenida Del Mar. Rain or shine.

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go.SEE.Do MeMorial Day observances

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34700 Pacific Coast Highway, Capistrano Beach, 949.276.8880, www.sunsetsbar.com

Best known for: An incredible ocean-view patioMost PoPular iteM: Angus burgers

The smell of the ocean breeze sweeps past the open doors to an inside setting reminiscent of the Big Island. The feel of Hawaii has been made more accessible to guests in Sunsets, a restaurant and bar. “The aloha spirit was born in Sunsets restau-rant,” said manager Ken Moon, just “Moon” to those who know him. “We definitely wanted to make it a fun place to go and know [our guests] will always want to come back because of the warm, fun atmosphere.” The restaurant has live entertainment each week, with local bands or a disk jockey. He has also made it his priority to pro-vide “high-end, good-tasting food” to accompany the full cocktail service. “I don’t like going out to eat at different restaurants because you don’t know how they are cook-

ing your food,” Moon said. “I make sure that we have food that uses the right oils and ingredients to make it taste good for my guests.” The menu has more than a dozen offerings, including an ahi-avocado-mango stack, crab cakes and more.

PriCe range: $6 - $16 PayMent: Cash and all major credit cards accepted, ATM on sitereservations: Not needed Hours: Open everyday at 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays, with later closing on weekends and busy nights.

By Evelyn Caicedo

Go to www.sanclementetimes.com and under “Getting Out” share your thoughts about this week’s restaurant.

SC Times Restaurant SpotlightSunsets Capo Beach

MeMorial Day BBQ 12 p.m. Swallow’s Inn hosts a special event for the holiday with barbecue food and live music by Family Style starting at 2 p.m. 31786 Camino Capistrano, San

Juan Capistrano, 949.493.3188, www.swallowsinn.com.

annual MeMorial Day ServiceS at PineS Park 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Dana Point Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9934 and the City of Dana Point hold services at Pines Park to honor all military personnel. 34941 Camino Capistrano, Dana Point, www.vfwpost9934.org.

$5 MonDay’S 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Join SC Wine Company for Happy Hour featuring three wines for $5, glasses of selected wines for $5 and mugs of beer from $5 and up. 212 1/2 Ave-nida Del Mar; 949.429.7067; www.scwinecompany.com.

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Benny on FlaMenco Gui-tar 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

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*For our full calendar, visit the “Event Calendar” at www.sanclementetimes.com.

kiDS StorytiMe at the caSa 10 a.m. Casa Romantica hosts story-time for youngsters ages 3-5; free. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente,

949.498.2139, wwwcasaromantica.org.

vine Wine taStinG & FooD PairinG 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Educational wine tasting at Vine featuring four wines paired with food; $40 per person. 211 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.9376, www.vinesanclemente.com.

raBBi Blue 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Cellar. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

coMeDy niGht 9:30 p.m. Get some laughs at Molly Bloom’s Irish Bar & Restaurant. 2391 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente 92672, 949.218.0120, www.mollybloomspub.com.

Dan & the thuMPerS 7 p.m.-10 p.m.World-class rock and blues at Renaissance. 24701 Del Prado, Dana Point, 949.661.6003, www.renaissance-danapoint.com.

JareD FroM knockout 9 p.m. Live music at BeachFire. No cover. 204 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.366.3232, www.beachfire.com.

DuPP BrotherS 8 p.m. Live “hippy hillbilly” music at The Rib Joint. 34294 Pacific Coast Hwy., Dana Point, 949.661.9500.

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ON STAGE

orty years ago, the Marshall Tucker Band roared out of Spartanburg, SC at the dawn of

the ‘70s. They began forging a musi-cal legacy that quickly turned into a legend. on April 5, marking the band’s 40th anniversary, the band released The Marshall Tucker Band: Greatest Hits (Shout Factory).

we caught up with lead singer, and sole remaining original mem-ber of the band, doug Gray, on his thoughts about the upcoming show.

sC tiMes: Have you performed at the Coach House in the past? what is your impression of the Coach House as a venue?

it is a very intimate venue and filled with most of our friends that have been there with us over the past 20 years.

sC tiMes: will the majority of the songs come from the greatest Hits release? will it include venerable hits like “Heard it in a love song” or “Can’t you see?”

of course. it would be foolish of us to not play those fan favorite songs. our fans are great and so supportive, and we love giving them what they want.

sC tiMes: you simultaneously released a long-lost r&B

solo album of songs from 30 years ago entitled soul of the south. what’s the backstory on finding those songs?

The Marshall Tucker Band was in between records (in 1981) so i had the time, and i owned the stu-dio so i recorded these soul songs. i stopped short of completing a full album because it was time to do another MTB record so i put the tapes away and never looked back until now.

sC tiMes: you just returned last week from kuwait and iraq having played for our troops and are currently on a multi-city

tour… what do you do with your free time if there is any? i think about occupying my free time (laughs). And try to

spend as much time with friends and family especially both of my daughters.

Friday will be rockin’ at the Coach House. See you there.The Marshall Tucker Band headlines the Coach House May

27. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com. SC

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love 146 event 7 p.m. Free “awareness” event at The Cellar on the fight against child trafficking. Complimen-tary snacks and wine for purchase. More information: San Clemente Abolitionists Facebook. 156 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.492.3663, www.thecellarsite.com.

San cleMente FrienDS oF the liBrary Book-Store Silent auction 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Books will be displayed in the Library lobby case. Bids taken now through June 5 at the Friends Bookstore only. 242 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente, 949.276.6342, www.sanclementefol.org.

tWo-For-one at the WharF Dana Wharf has half price on all fishing trips. 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.5794, www.danawharf.com .

cheryl SilverStein anD FrienDS 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Swinging tunes at Renaissance with Cheryl on vocals, John Paul Keene on piano, Carl Freedman on saxo-phone/violin. 24701 Del Prado, Dana Point, 949.661.6003, www.renaissance-danapoint.com.

the Marshall tucker Band headlines the Coach House May 27. Courtesy photo

triFecta SunDayS 5:30 p.m.-late. OC Tavern presents their horse racing wagering sports bar plus live music at 8:30 p.m. by Gary Roach and Will Hurd. 2369 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.542.8877, www.octavern.com.

MiSSion tourS 11:15 a.m.; 1 p.m.; 2:15 p.m.; 3:45 p.m. Special tours at Mission SJC to enhance your experience and learn the history of Mission grounds and California history. Admission $5-$9 plus $1-$2 for tour. 26801 Ortega Hwy., 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

hot auGuSt niGht 7 p.m. Neil Diamond tribute at The Coach House also with Roy Orbison Experience. Tick-ets $15. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

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SUDOKUby Myles Mellor

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

Last week’s solution:

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Inspiring a Sea of Change Begins With Small Steps

s summer shifts into full-swing, beachgoers begin spending long days lounging near the sandy shoreline and building majestic sandcastles under

sunny skies.Then, as the sun starts to set, they packup their beach

toys leaving behind the shimmering sea and, all too often, excess trash and waste affecting already fragile beaches.

This summer, one environmentally conscious San Clemente couple hopes to inspire everybody under the sun to take some simple steps to protect and preserve the ocean. Duffy and Elizabeth Laul Healey recently published Sea Voices, a 192-page coffee table book filled with 138

interviews presented in a friendly question and an-swer format and illustrated with informative images.

The Healeys trace their love of the ocean back to their childhoods. Duffy Healey grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. and spent his youthful summers at Rockaway Beach. Later, he headed west for high

school and surfing in San Diego.“I’ve always been connected to the ocean,” he said.“My mom was an activist,” his wife added. “I’ve been do-

ing beach clean-ups since I was a little kid.”Together, their love for the ocean and their two children

provided the inspiration for Sea Voices. “We dedicated our book to our children and all the

children out there; they’re the ones that are going to make the changes. If we teach the kids while they’re young, their future will be much better,” Elizabeth Healey said.

Duffy Healey, a publisher for 20 years, and Elizabeth Healey, a professional photographer and an artist, came up with the concept for the book a couple of years ago.

“We started talking about when we were kids and there were thousands of shells on the beach and you’d always see fish in the water; then, we started learning what bad shape the ocean is in, and we thought everybody should be privy to this information,” she said.

Published in October 2010, Sea Voices features prominent artists, athletes, academics and activists like Ted Danson

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and Kelly Slater discussing their personal crusades to save the ocean. The book takes a positive and solution-based stance toward healing the ocean.

“We didn’t want to make it all doom and gloom,” Elizabeth Healey said. “There are a lot of problems with the ocean but we wanted to give hope.”

Both Healeys believe that with knowledge comes power. Many people just don’t realize their actions hurt the ocean.

“The world’s largest landfill and trash depository is actu-ally the ocean,” Elizabeth Healey said.

According to the Healeys, the No. 1 change people can make to reduce pollution locally and globally is to reduce or eliminate using single-use plastics such as sandwich bags, straws and foam.

“When people go to the beach and throw away plastic bags into trash cans, often this trash blows off into the ocean. When a plastic bag goes underwater it looks physi-cally like a jellyfish and the number one thing that sea turtles feed on is jellyfish. They eat these plastic bags, and they choke and they die; we think if people realized this, they’d be a lot more careful with their trash,” she said.

They’re always educating their children about plastics, too. The mother of two said her call to arms came after discovering a startling statistic.

“What really stopped me in my tracks and made me say, ‘I have to do something,’ is the fact that in the last 50 years we have overfished all of the large fish—90 percent of the large fish in the ocean are gone.”

Nearly a billion people worldwide rely on the ocean’s fish as a source of daily protein, but it’s not an

inexhaustible resource. “The bad news is the fish can’t reproduce fast enough,”

Elizabeth Healey said. “We need to stop [overfishing] and give them the chance to replenish themselves. The good news is that if we can educate people fast enough we can make a difference. The ocean is extremely resilient.”

Elizabeth Healey advised the public to treat the ocean like they treat their children, nurturing them. Her husband exhorted people to be a part of the solution by picking up trash at the beach and taking up projects that make a differ-ence for the ocean. While the couple hopes for change, they understand it’s hard to break old habits.

“People don’t have to do every single thing suggested in the book, but if they can just start with one or two things like not using straws anymore or bringing their own bags to the grocery store, just think about the thousands of pounds of plastic saved by changing just a couple little habits your-self,” Elizabeth Healey said. “We don’t claim we’re perfect—this was a learning journey for us, too.”

Sea Voices is available at Costco and on line at www.seavoices.com, facebook.com/seavoices. SC

Couple Pens Book on Ocean Preservation

Authors Elizabeth Laul Healey and her husband Duffy Healy put together their book Sea Voices and dedicated it to their children. Courtesy photo

MAking A splAsh

Kelsea Spotts, 12, left, Joshua Smith 8, Eli Spotts, 10, and Bryce Smith, 7, who were on the San Clemente Pier Friday, jumped up as large waves splashed through the wooden slats beneath them. The Smith children live in Marblehead and were on the pier with their cousins who also live locally. Courtesy photo


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Avoid Romance Scamsmails with subject lines like this get my attention: “Boy have I gotten scammed,” wrote Marilee.

Marilee described the charade: “I origi-nally joined Match.com last summer and a couple months later this drop-dead-gor-

geous contractor started emailing. I mean GQ-model worthy. Almost too good to be true!

“The pictures were great; he was an architect and supposedly had a job in Malaysia and lived in Greenville, Missis-sippi. When he was done, originally to be in about 5 weeks, we’d meet. Right

away the emails were off—you get that feel-ing—never any specifics. Just that six years earlier his wife had been killed in a car ac-cident. OK, the sympathy factor—then his poor son with him, but never any specifics. No matter what approach I took and no mat-ter how I phrased it, he sent no details.

“At one point there was so much prosy prose I asked if he copied that out of a romance novel! There were some tense us-

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On Life and LOve after 50

By Tom Blake

ages that were incorrect and a few cracks in the timetable. Then, an email that said he and his son had been mugged. It was time to go for the jugular—my money!”

When Marilee didn’t send the money, the guy disappeared. She said two more guys with the same modus operandi also contacted her: Working overseas but

from the USA…will get together when I return…timetable to meet gets pushed back…and then, the inevitable plea for money.

Marilee’s experiences are just your typi-cal romance scams. She was smart and avoided losing any money.

On May 4, The Wall Street Journal featured an article titled, “Online, Is Dream Date a Scam,” written by Elizabeth Bernstein.

Bernstein wrote that many profiles on websites are fake, “…created by scam-mers looking to defraud individuals. In many cases, they are able to take in sophisticated victims…”

Bernstein related a story of a 45-year-old business manager based in Washing-ton, D.C. who met a 28-year-old woman who looked like a model on eHarmony. They emailed for two months, spoke on the phone and even viewed each other on Skype.

Bernstein’s article stated, “They never met in person. Then one day, she wrote and said her mother was very sick and she was trying to raise money to pay the hospital bill. She asked for $5,000. Mr. Samuels wired it to her.”

She disappeared. He’d been scammed.What happened to Marilee happened

on Match.com. What happened to the businessman happened on eHarmony. Regardless of what these dominant dat-ing websites claim, there are romance scammers lurking on them. And when the victims contact these big sites to com-plain, they usually reach an outsourced-customer-service representative based

in—you guessed it—Malaysia or India or the Philippines—countries where the labor is cheap.

Marilee was right. The guy sounded too good to be true and he was. Every senior who is looking for love online must ask themselves, why is this drop-dead-gorgeous person interested in me? Trusting one’s instincts can keep a person from being scammed.

A good website to learn about romance scams is www.RomanceScams.org. Site statistics reveal there are 17,323 current members. Since 2005, there have been 48,432 members who have admitted losing $14 million. There have been 5,545 scams reported and 7,761 pictures of scammers submitted to the site.

Older singles might also want to access Bernstein’s article.

Most importantly, people should never give money or personal financial informa-tion to a stranger!

Tom Blake is a San Clemente and Dana Point resident who has authored three books on middle-aged dating. See his website at www.FindingLoveAfter50.com and email him at [email protected]. SC

Milestone or Much Ado about Nothingy younger son had his wisdom teeth extracted last week—all four of his hidden molars eradicated. Before

his oral surgery, I began to consider his post-op care, but I couldn’t remember the rules for treatment: Ice or heat; straws or

no straws; soft foods or shakes? So, I sought the advice of friends and, in an exchange of emails, one girlfriend referred to my son’s extraction as a rite of passage.

That thought hadn’t occurred to me, which is surprising since my boys’ baby books rival the Phy-

sicians’ Desk Reference in size (but with prettier pictures) and mark every milestone of their early lives.

Selfishly, to me, my son’s oral surgery meant couriering missed homework as-signments, rescheduling skipped sports practices and cleaning out cluttered closets while housebound and acting as his nurse.

It’s true though. The removal of his wis-dom teeth represents a ritual event marking a significant stage in his life—a milestone.

When I think of milestones, especially this time of year, graduation ceremonies

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come to mind. My sister, who lives in the Bay Area, is busy preparing for her daughter’s graduation—a graduation from preschool to kindergarten. The 4-year-old’s ceremony includes full cap and gown, and, of course, a diploma. Any day now, I expect to receive an announcement celebrating my niece’s academic and social ac-complishments.

Intrigued by the trend of preschool gradua-tions, I jumped online and quickly found numerous websites of-fering assistance in plan-ning this top achieve-ment. One website suggests songs to play during the ceremony, my personal favorite: “Let Them Be Little” by Lonestar. I’m not fa-miliar with the country song, but I do enjoy the irony.

Another site reminds preschool parents of the importance of using “a little makeup for your child to look flawless” in gradu-ation photos. Culinary tips to commemo-rate the leap from preschool to kinder-

garten range from the usual humdrum chicken nuggets to creative personalized pizza pouches.

But, probably the most sensible site I found offers words of wisdom for stumped speakers; if the class valedicto-rian chokes-up, someone needs to stepup

and comment on the occasion.

I am not the parent of a preschool child, but I have been. I’m all for celebrating children and acknowledging their special achieve-ments—but, really, a cap and gown graduation? Why so much pomp and circumstance for kids who can’t define com-mencement or even spell the word? Won’t celebrat-ing everyday expected achievements deflate or

devalue celebrating future, hard-earned successes?

In 2008, presidential hopeful Barack Obama voiced his opinion on the subject in a pre-presidential platform speech made in Chicago: “You know, sometimes

I’ll go to an eighth-grade graduation and there’s all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it’s just eighth grade…an eighth-grade edu-cation doesn’t cut it today. Let’s give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!”

Apparently, Capistrano Unified School District agrees with President Obama. “CUSD does not do a middle school gradu-ation. Instead, we do activities the students want to do: Eighth-grade awards, Wild Riv-ers and a special eighth-grade dance where students dress up and have fun activities as well as a slide show of their middle school years,” said Holly Feldt, principal at Ber-nice Ayer Middle School.

Shorecliffs’ Principal Kenny Moe, sum-marized, “Graduation implies the successful completion of a program. In public schools, the program is K-12. A student ends the program at the completion of 12th-grade.”

My younger son’s 12th-grade graduation ceremony falls in 2015. I’ll be one of the thousands sitting in the stands at Thalassa Stadium witnessing the rite of passage as my high school senior transitions to college freshman and sets-off for somewhere in the 50 states or beyond. Truthfully, I’d prefer attending his preschool graduation. SC

Ever-evolving rites of passage provoke careful thought, consideration

“Marilee was right. The guy sounded too good to be true

and he was.”

“It’s just eighth grade…let’s give them a

handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!”

Life’S a BeaCH By Shelley Murphy

BOYS GOLF • Triton varsity golfer Kevin Allen was the lone member of his team to advance to the CIF-SS Finals on Monday, May 23 at Industry Hills Golf Club in the City of Industry. Despite a strong effort during the round, Allen did not make the cut to play in the SCGA So Cal Champi-onships at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena on Tuesday, May 31.

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CHEERLEADING • More than 82 hopefuls participated in tryouts for the San Clemente High School cheer team in April, but only 51 will represent the high school for the forthcoming 2011-12 academic year.

The girls went through a grueling three-day process of learning a dance routine and a cheer. They also had interviews with the coaches and showcased their tumbling skills.

Cheerleading at the high school consists of two teams—JV and varsity—and all girls, regardless of grade, were eligible to tryout for either team.

The following girls were chosen to rep-resent the varsity team starting in the fall: Madison Adler, Tori Bang, Melissa Barras, Corin Burns, Brie Camilleri, Kirstyn Carl-son, Makena Chamoures, Tiffany Chau, Kelley Clinkenbeard, Ashley Collins, Malaika Donaldson, Madison Foster, Brit-tany Hitt, Brookie Hitt, Delaney Knappert, Kathryn Kobayashi, Sarah Masters, Jamie Park, Alexandra Perry, Daitlin Rodriguez, McKenna Rossi, Lauren Smith, Whitney Tarrant, Summer Thompson and Mikail Tudor.

And the junior varsity team is also com-prised of the following members: Shaina Aellig, Nicole Amico, Devin Antonio, Paige Augello, Callan Bleick, Kendra Burns, Morgan Casey, Cortni Chantry, Delaney Cooney, Kenley Cummings, Delaina Engberg, Natalie Faulkner, Molly Ferrall, Kendall Goldberg, Natalie Green, Nicole Guillotte, Sara Hartanov, Laurn Hoffman, Paige Humes, Emily Jackson, Savanah Kitchin, Sabrina Lobdell, Sydney Montoya, Emily Murphy, Lauren Vancamp and Caro-line Weis.

Both levels have already begun their


Dirtbags vs. AnteatersAnteater BallparkMay 28, 2 p.m.

UC Irvine faces Long Beach State in the second of a three-game series to wrap the regular season before tournament play commences.Info: www.ucirvinesports.

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A’s vs. AngelsAngel StadiumMay 26, 12:35 p.m.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim wrap a four-game series with the Oakland Athletics during the day.Info: www.losangeles.angels.mlb.com

CIF MastersCerritos CollegeMay 27, TBA

San Clemente will have one of its track and fi eld athletes advance to the CIF Masters Meet in an effort to advance to the state meet in early June.Info: www.sctritons.com

Marlins vs. DodgersDodger StadiumMay 27, 7:05 p.m.

After playing through two separate three-game series on the road, the Dodgers return home for a series with the Florida Marlins.Info: www.losangeles.

dodgers.mlb.com

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USTA ChallengerHome Depot CenterMay 24-29, 10 a.m.

Head out to the Home Depot Center for the Main Draw and watch the tennis stars of tomorrow compete for a grand prize of $50,000.Info: www.homedepotcenter.com

SOFTBALL • The Lady Tritons (14-17) had its postseason efforts extinguished following a 2-1 loss to Mission Viejo’s Lady Diablos in the fi rst round of the CIF-SS Divi-sion 2 playoffs at Mission Viejo High School on May 19. San Clemente got its lone run of the game in the top of the fourth inning when Shannon McCasland stepped up to the plate and roped a hard double to drive in her sister Kailey McCasland.

However, with momentum on their side, the girls could not fi nd a way to pad the lead. With the Lady Diablos remaining scoreless through six straight innings, Mission Viejo knocked in one run to tie then rounded the bases again for the walk-off win.

San Clemente fi nished with four hits on the day with no errors, while Mission Viejo had its bats going for seven hits and one error.

In all, though the Lady Tritons capped the season with an early exit from the playoffs, they did fi nish the regular season tied for second place with Aliso Niguel in the Sea View League.

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BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD • San Clemente High School had two members of its boys varsity track team in Her-bert Gamboa and Oscar Munson advance to the CIF-SS Finals May 21 at Cerritos College, but only one athlete left with a title in hand.

Munson, a senior at San Clemente High, ended up taking the Division 1 high jump title solely based on taking fewer jumps to clear the 6-5 mark. Earlier, Canyon junior Cody Crampton and Segerstrom High senior Winston Lawson tied for the county’s best clearance in the high jump at 6-6. Crampton then went on to earn second place in the high jump based on taking less overall jumps.

Next 7 days: May 27 at CIF Masters at Cer-ritos College, TBA

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twice-weekly practice schedule in anticipa-tion of attending cheer camp at Loyola University in July.

Moreover, May 15, the girls cheered on the walkers in the Orange County Arthri-tis Walk held at UC Irvine, and, despite the wet weather, the walk was a huge success in raising funds and awareness for a great cause.

On May 16, the girls and their mothers also held a bunko night complete with a potluck dinner to help kickstart a wonder-ful evening.

GIRLS BASKETBALL • Lacey Burns takes the helm for the Lady Tritons

San Clemente High School recently announced the hiring of Lacey Burns as its new varsity girls’ basketball head coach. Burns most recently has been an assistant girls basketball coach at Vanguard Univer-sity following stints at Cal Poly Pomona and JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano.

Burns is a 2003 graduate of San Clem-ente High School where she won three CIF championships as a member of that il-lustrious group under former coach Mary Mulligan whom she is replacing.

Burns went on to play at Vanguard Uni-versity for her college career where she played in two NAIA National Champion-ship Final Fours and was an All American her senior season.

“Once again we feel very fortunate to have one of our most successful former student/athletes come full circle and realize her goal by becoming our varsity girls basketball head coach,” SCHS athletic director Jon Hamro said. “Lacey knows full well how important girls bas-ketball is to our school and community as well as the tremendous success the program has achieved during the past couple of decades. She is going to be a tremendous role model and leader for our girls, and we are thrilled that she has accepted the position. Lacey is embrac-ing the challenge, and we look forward to working with her to see that our program continues to have long term success both on and off the court.”

Ohio State’s Grayson Overman, a 2009 San Cle-mente High grad, helped the team to their NCAA Division I championship. Courtesy photo

OVERMAN, BUCKEYES WIN NCAA MEN’S NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Grayson Overman, a starting sopho-more middle blocker for the Ohio State University and a 2009 graduate from San Clemente High School, helped the Buckeyes win its fi rst men’s national volleyball title on May 7 at Penn State University.

Ohio State went on to beat UC Santa Barbara 3-2 as Overman fi nished with 12 kills on 15 errorless attacks for an .800 hitting effi ciency. He also had four assisted blocks and an ace. Ohio State also defeated Penn St. 3-1 in its semi-fi -nal game on May 5 to advance to the title game against the Gauchos.

The Buckeyes (26-6) fi nish the season ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll.

Overman is also a 2011 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Academic All-Conference selection.

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AreA middle school golfers tee off for AwArds, honors

The City of San Clemente’s middle school golf program concluded its spring season on May 19 at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course. The golfers took to the fairways to compete for a school title and individual prizes. After the dusts of competition settled, Shorecliffs Middle School finished in first place, followed by Bernice Ayer Middle School in second place and Vista Del Mar Middle School in third place.

Individual results are as follows: Best score male: Shane Barreira of Bernice Ayer, runner-up Ryan Moore of Bernice Ayer team; best score female: Alexan-dra Cooper of Vista Del Mar, runner-up Molly Harmon of Vista Del Mar; closest to the pin male: Daniel Yunn of Bernice Ayer; closest to the pin female: Brooke Hendrickson of Bernice Ayer; longest drive male: James West of Bernice Ayer; longest drive female: Madison Wiedman of Vista Del Mar.

YOUTH GOLF

girls bAsketbAll cAmp slAted to begin in JulyFormer San Clemente High School girls basketball head coach Mary Mulligan Crapo

will be holding her annual youth girls basketball camp for girls in fifth- through eighth- grade July 5 to 8. Practices will be held at the gymnasium at San Clemente High School from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for the first session. The cost is $100 per athlete.

A second session is also scheduled July 18 to 22 for girls entering first- through fifth- grade and will go from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during those days. Practices will also be held at San Clemente High. The cost for the second session is $120 per athlete.

No experience is necessary to participate, and the camp also features discounts for siblings and any other players who are enrolled for both sessions.

For more information on how to register your child to participate in the upcoming basketball camp, contact coach Mulligan-Crapo at [email protected].

YOUTH BASKETBALL

ricArdo’s plAce softbAll teAm wins leAgue chAm-pionship

The City of San Clemente now has a new champion to repre-sent its adult softball league. The Ricardo’s Place softball team recently won the title following a grand tournament performance. Ricardo Beas, owner of Ricardo’s Place restaurant in San Juan Capistrano, has been sponsor-ing the team since 2005, and, after coming in second place the last few years, his team finally brought home the champion-ship.

Team members include Lou De Stefano, Ricardo Beas, John Franz, Susan De Stefano, Lauren Leszinski, Jeff Boyd and Michele Anderson.

sofA kings looking for more plAyers to Add to rosterThe Sofa Kings, part of the City of San Clemente’s adult softball league, are looking for

players age 50 and above to become part of the slow-pitch team. New players will be asked to participate in several upcoming tournaments this year. For more information, call at 949.300.0226.

COED SOFTBALL

the ricardo’s place team recently won the city of san clemente’s adult softball league championship. Courtesy photo

two sVVc teAms win bids to plAy in Junior nAtionAlsSaddleback Valley Volleyball Club had two of its teams earn a trip to play in the Junior

Nationals following solid performances at the recent Kansas City Show Me Tourna-ment in Kansas City, Mo. The clubs’ 18-Kelly and 17-Brian teams both played out their matches for huge notches in the win column and will each advance to Junior Nationals competition beginning June 25.

Players for the 18-Kelly team include Taylor Arizobal of Dana Hills High, Katrine Doherty, Verleea Hardaway, Chelsea Heier of San Clemente High School, Katherine Kolodziej, Stephanie McFadden, Jessica Neves, Sophie Rowe, Shaquilla Torres and Laurel Wroblicky.

And players for the 17-Brian team include Nicole Carter, Karley Christian, Franki Darnold of San Clemente High, Hayley Gerken, Hannah Hielmstrom, Brittany Johnson, Alexis Radecki, Karli Thompson, Nicole Vogel, Breanne Wiekamp of Dana Hills High, Katy Woodward and Claire Young.

YOUTH VOLLEYBALL

bernice Ayer middle school’s shane barreira finished off the recent round of tournament play earning the best male score for the city’s middle school golf program.

Courtesy photo

JAime Arroyo soccer AcAdemy Accepting sign ups for summer cAmp Jaime Arroyo Soccer Academy is set to run its Summer Break soccer camps in San

Clemente in June and July. The first of the two outdoor camps will be held June 27 to 29 at Liberty Park in San Clemente while the second camp is set for July 18 to 20 at Forster Ranch Park No. 6 also in San Clemente. Both camps are for players ages 6 to 15.

Camp curriculum runs daily from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $100 per player. The cost of the camp also includes a camp T-shirt. Sibling and team discounts are also available.

The camp is designed for soccer players who want to improve their striking and play with more power and accuracy, develop a better first touch, substantially increase foot speed and agility, improve mental focus and confidence for faster decision making, and master the moves needed to play at all skill levels. The academy encourages its players to compete honorably within a fun and positive environment.

Academy camps also put southern Orange County youth soccer players in contact with some of the most qualified trainers in the Southern California area. For more information on how to register your child for the upcoming soccer camps, visit www.jasocceracademy.com or call 949.291.2678.

YOUTH SOCCER

saddleback Valley Volleyball club’s 18-kelly and 17-brian teams will advance to compete in tournament play at the Junior nationals beginning June 25. Courtesy photo

tiberi cups hole-in-one shot At sc muniSan Clemente’s Carol Tiberi found the bottom of the par three 13th hole with a nice

eagle at San Clemente Municipal Golf Course on May 15. Tiberi lined up from more than 100 yards out and sunk the hole-in-one shot using her No. 9 iron. Mary Jo Bundy and Gus Nelson were also part of the group playing the round of golf with Tiberi for the day and paid witness to the shot.

GOLF


Age: 13, Shorecliffs Middle School

After capturing both the win and the season title in Girls U14 Longboard at the WSA West Coast Championships earlier this month, Rachael Tilly went on to take the Scholastic Surf Series (SSS) state championship title in girls longboard last weekend. Rachael was also recognized with the season’s Scholar Athlete Award. Her 4.0 GPA coupled with her highest contest placings made her the top female middle school SSS surfer/scholar in the state. Last week she also joined an esteemed list of Hobie riders who have had a custom signature surfboard model designed and named exclusively for them. Master shaper Terry Martin worked with Rachael, even letting her participate in shaping her custom model. “Rachael really understands the features of a board that work well with her surfing and inviting her to the shaping room with me was such a privilege,” said Martin. “I watched her surfing at length and tailored the board to work well with her talent. She’s very light on her feet and can pull off moves that many surfers can’t.” The Rachael Tilly

model will be available at the Dana Point Hobie Surf Shop next month and both agree that its features make it a great ride from beginner to expert. “We worked the rails so that this board rides well in all conditions and is great for the way I mix traditional and progressive styles,” said Rachael. “Working with Terry was great. I will never forget it.”—Andrea Swayne

Grom of the WeeKRachael Tilly

SCOOP ON THE LOCAL SURF COMMUNITYSC SURF

6SCSan Clemente Rachael Tilly and the Rachael

Tilly Model. Photo by Andrea Swayne

Water temp: 59-64˚F Water visibility and conditions: San Clemente: 8-12’ Poor-Fair; Catalina: 10-14’ Poor-FairRemarks: A small mix of easing South to South-Southwest groundswell and building North-west swell-mix prevails on Thursday. Surge is moderate and visibility is generally pretty low, making for poor-fair diving conditions at best. Short range: Size is in the 2-3’(knee-waist high) zone on Thursday as old Southerly swell fades and Northwest swell-mix builds. 2-3’+(knee-chest high+) zone surf is on offer Friday as a new Southwest groundswell builds in. Condi-tions look favorable for the morning with light to light/variable Southerly winds.Long range: Fun surf continues for the weekend as Southwest groundswell holds, mixing with small Northwest swell. Better exposed breaks are good for 3-4’+(waist-shoulder high) surf through the weekend, while top Southwest ex-posed breaks see occasional slightly larger sets. Stay tuned to Surfline.com for updates.

SuRf foRecAST

he Scholastic Surf Series (SSS) fin-ished its inaugural season with a bang at the Middle School State Champion-

ships, May 21 and 22 at Oceanside Harbor. Competitors from 21 middle schools from Santa Cruz to San Diego gathered to battle it out in the head-high to overhead surf on Saturday and 4- to 5-foot waves on Sunday.

Shorecliffs Middle School surfers be-came the first-ever team champions of the SSS—created just this year as a division of the San Clemente-based Western Surfing As-sociation (WSA). With an overall points total of 267, Shorecliffs ran away with the title besting runner-up Aviara Oaks (Carlsbad) by 83 points.

Champions included Rocket Klein of San

A Season first

By Andrea SwayneSan Clemente Times

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SURF RESULTSNSSA West Coast Championships May 19-22, Huntington Beach, PierLocal finishers only. oPeN MeN: 1. Trevor Thorn-ton, San Clemente. oPeN JuNIoRS: 1. Griffin Colapinto, San Clemente. oPeN BoYS: 2. Griffin Colapinto, San Clemente. oPeN MINI GRoMS: 3. Cole Houshmand, San Clemente. oPeN WoMeN: 4. Tia Blanco, San Clemente. oPeN GIRLS: 2. Tia Blanco, San Clemente. eXPLoReR JuNIoRS: 1. Breyden Taylor, San Clemente. eXPLoReR MeNeHuNe: 2. Griffin Colapinto, San Clemente. eXPLoReR WoMeN: 4. Tia Blanco, San Clemente. eXPLoReR GIRLS: 2. Tia Blanco, San Clemente. WeST coAST AIRSHoW cHAMPIoNSHIPS: 1. Trevor Thornton, San Clem-ente; 2. Jeremy Carter, San Clemente; =5. Jake Davis, Capistrano Beach; =5. Colin Deveze, San Clemente. For full results, log on to www.sanclem-entetimes.com.

Clemente in co-ed Bodyboard and Dylan Cox and Rachael Tilly (both of Capistrano Beach) in Longboard. Dylan and Rachael were also honored with Scholar Athlete Awards. “Although there were many kids with 4.0 GPAs in the running this year, Dylan and Rachael had the highest placing contest and heat finishes making them both tops in the state,” said competition

Shorecliffs Middle School surf team takes the win at the first ever SSS State Championships

Director Carolyn Krammer.The many other impressive performances

by Shorecliffs earned them a complete sweep of all divisions in team competition.

“We would like to thank the coaches and the parents for supporting our scholas-tic surfing kids,” said Krammer. “We are already gearing up for next year’s season so check the website for complete team results

BOARD SHORTSDLSA Elects New OfficersDoheny Longboard Surfing Association has chosen the following long-time members to serve as new officers for the club: President-Mark Calkins of Mission Viejo; Vice President-Rubio Smith of San Juan Capistrano; Treasurer-Tom Hammer of San Clemente; Sergeant at Arms-Geno Arriola of Capistrano Beach and Secretary-Rachael Calkins of San Clemente. Surf Team Captain is Katie Calkins of Mission Viejo and the Food Czar is Dave Rosenburg. New board members also include Justin Scheller, Takahiro Makino and Jeanette Francis. Interested in joining the club? Just show up at the next general meeting, Saturday, June 4, 9:30 a.m. in front of the concession stand at Doheny State Beach. For more information, see www.dohosurf.org or contact Denny Michael at [email protected].

Aloha Friday at Surfing HeritageOn June 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. the Surfing Heritage Foundation, 110 Calle Iglesia, San Cle-mente, will be hosting an Aloha Friday Taste of Oahu event in conjunction with the Oahu Visitor’s Bureau and Quiksilver. The event is free and there will be free Hawaiian leis for the first 200 guests, pupus, no-host bar, live music by the female Hawaiian duo, “Makena” and giveaways, including a free roundtrip airfare for two to Hawaii. Wear your festive Aloha attire and join the fun. See 18 boards—all but one vintage—presented to the Surfing Heri-tage Museum by the recently closed Haleiwa Surf Museum. Included in the newly acquired collection—Dick Brewer’s own gun with the words, “Shaped by Dick for Dick” written on the deck. Randy Rarick will be there to “talk story” on surf history. For more information, call 949.388.0313 or log on to www.surfingh-eritage.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 21-29: Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships, Peru May 28-29: Bud Light Lime Series, San Onofre State Beach, Church Beach June 11: DLSA Back to the ’60s Contest, Dana Point, Doheny State Beach June 16-18: NSSA National Interscholastic College, High School and Middle School Championships, Dana Point, Salt Creek June 18-19: Surfing America USA Championships, Huntington Beach, Pier June 25: DLSA Menehune Surf Championships, Dana Point, Doheny State Beach June 21-25: Surfing America USA Championships, San Onofre State Beach, Lower Trestles June 25-July 3: Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, Panama, Play Venao June 26-July 3: NSSA National Open, Explorer and Airshow Championships, Huntington Beach, Pier

and the 2011-2012 competition schedule.”For full results, log on to www.sanclem-

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The Shorecliffs Middle School Surf Team wins the inaugural SSS State championship title. Photo by Sheri Crummer/seasister.com

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