Editor’s note: This is thefourth in a recurring serieshighlighting the v ariousRancho Santa Fe Associationcommittees that help run thecommunity.This week we willlook at the Trails andRecreation Committee.

By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE

— It has been said thatRancho Santa Fe has oneof the best trail systems inthe country.

Could be. With themiles and miles of trailsrunning through the com-munity, urban San Diego isout of sight, out of mindfor horseback riders, jog-gers, walkers and hikers.

It is the job of theTrails and RecreationCommittee to keep it thatway, said Jerry Yahr, chair-man of the group. He saidin addition to trails, thecommittee oversees thevarious sports fields, parksand open space within theCovenant.

“The committee isimportant because thetrails throughout RanchoSanta Fe are a significantpart of the community andan asset enjoyed by horse-back riders, hikers, jog-gers, walkers,” he said.“The trails have a broadappeal and are one of thereasons why people buy inRancho Santa Fe as tohave access to them.”

“We have a number ofloops within the communi-ty you can do on trail ridesthat are 10-mile loops or15-mile loops or muchlonger. It’s beautiful coun-tryside, not just ridingalong the street, it goesinto natural preserveareas,” he said.

Yahr is a jogger andruns the trails on a weeklybasis. He and his wife walktheir dog on the trailsevery day, he said.

The rest of the groupalso keeps their eyes onthe trails because they alluse them.

“We have a mixture ofhorseback riders, a coupleof us are runners. Some

use them for walking. Wesee everything,” he said.

Although the RanchoSanta Fe staff does theactual, day-to-day work ofmaintaining the trails, it isthe job of the committeeto provide oversight, hesaid.

“We have to makesure they are properlymulched, fixed after rains,bushes trimmed and prop-erly taken care of becausethey get a lot of use fromhorses which are heavyanimals,” he said. “We arealso responsible forobtaining new trail ease-ments or right-of-ways tocreate new trails.”

Looking for new con-nections when property issold or subdivided orgoing through an upgradeis also a part of their job.

“We work with thosehomeowners to see if theywant to work with us,”Yahr said. “Most peopleare trail users themselves.If it makes sense and doesnot affect the property ina negative way, they areaccommodating.”

He said the commit-tee has a list of possiblenew connections andworks toward the point tocorrecting the route when

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By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE —

An increase in water rates forusers of the Santa FeIrrigation District went intoeffect on Jan. 1.

While how much more awater bill will rise depends onhow large a property and howmany people are using waterat the home, the average fam-ily will see their bill riseabout $28 every two months,or about $14 a month.

The vote on the increasewas decided in November,before the terms of boardmembers Ken Dunford andRobert Irvin expired and thenewly elected board memberstook their places.

The vote was a result of itbeing the final year of a three-year water rate proposalapproved by the board onNovember 2010 at a publichearing.

“We did a public notice,which means we sent to eachof our customers a notice thatwe were having a public hear-ing and that we are consider-ing a rate increase on a cer-tain date.We tell them we aregoing to set the rates for thenext three years,” said JeanneDeaver, administrative man-ager for the district.

“In 2010, we said it couldgo up 12 percent each of thethree years,” she said. “It didgo up 12 percent the firstyear, but in 2012 it went uponly 6 percent and in 2013,only 6 percent.”

The 6 percent increasebeginning this year is to beused to buy imported waterfor the San Diego CountyWater Authority and formaintenance to the district’sinfrastructure.

Newly elected boardmember Greg Gruzdowichtold the Rancho Santa FeAssociation that he asked thecurrent water board to waiton the November 2012 votebecause of the possibility ofnew board members.

“I asked them to waituntil after the election, butthey refused,” Gruzdowichsaid at a November meetingof the Association.

Gruzdowich and AlanSmerican were elected inNovember, but their termsdid not start until Januaryafter the increase was decid-ed.

Santa Fe IrrigationDistrict provides water to aportion of Rancho Santa Feand to a total of 20,000 cus-tomers. It is governed by afive-member board electedfor four years. Each repre-sents a geographical divisionof the service area, but theyall make decisions affecting

Water ratesto rise thisyear

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Robert Haley, the new chief of police, sits in his office at the EncinitasSheriff’s Station, which serves three cities and the unincorporated areaof Rancho Santa Fe. Haley, who leads nearly 100 deputies, said he’s abig believer in data-driven crime prevention. Photo by Jared Whitlock

New sheriff takeshelm for new yearBy Jared Whitlock

During his first day on thejob, Capt. Robert Haleyacknowledged there’s much tolearn as the new chief of policeat the Encinitas Sheriff’sStation. Not only does he nowoversee Encinitas, but he’s alsoin charge of Solana Beach, DelMar and Rancho Santa Fe.

But Haley said he’s readyto tackle any challenges thrownhis way, calling the new assign-ment “an opportunity, not aburden.”

A proponent of communi-ty-oriented policing, Haley saidhe’s interested in the crimetrends in each of the communi-ties that are under his watch.

“Using community-orient-ed policing, you have to doresearch to find out the root

cause of things,” said Haley.“Sometimes it’s talking to thecommunity you serve.Sometimes it’s using crimeanalysis — what’s referred to asinformation-led policing.”

By continuously analyzingwhere and when past crimesoccurred, the department canbetter allocate resources tostop illegal activities. Haley,who has served with the countysince 1985, noted law enforce-ment’s approach has changedover the last decade.And right-fully so, he said.

“We used to be beat-driv-en; we said this is your area andthat’s that,” Haley said, addingthat spotting crime trends inthe past was difficult, becausearrests weren’t analyzed asthoroughly.

“These days we respondmore to data and trends to findthe cause and hopefully solvethe problem,” Haley said.

Data-centric enforcementisn’t necessarily new for theEncinitas Sheriff’s station;Haley said this approach suc-cessfully curtailed vehiclebreak-ins this summer, whichhe’d like to continue.

But Haley said he’d like toemphasize the philosophy evenmore, particularly in areas likedowntown Encinitas, as manyresidents believe late-nightdrinking has gotten out of handthere.

“It’s checkpoints at theright spots, increased patrolsduring certain days and nights,getting people from other com-mands to come in at times — tolet it be known that illegalbehavior won’t be tolerated,”said Haley, adding that he alsohas his eye on burglaries in

Encinitas.Haley said the communi-

ties under the department’sjurisdiction have unique issues,including traffic caused by spe-cial events. Here, too, data-driv-en policing is important, hebelieves. Based on traffic pat-terns, the department can sendthe proper number of deputiesto the Del Mar Fairgrounds, forexample, to direct cars when aspecial event is on tap.

Del Mar City ManagerScott Huth said he wasimpressed by Haley’s take onspecial event managementwhen they met twice duringthe interview process. Huth,along with two other city man-agers, had the final word onwhether to approve Haley forthe job.

“We’re on the same pagewith how to handle these

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Using community-oriented policing, you have to do researchto find out the root cause ofthings.”

Capt.Robert HaleySan Diego County Sheriff

By Tony CagalaThey weren’t working

under the darkness of night.There was no signal overheadbeaconing for their help.

They were acting on theirown all in the hopes of a mak-ing a difference in the commu-nity.

A band of three cos-tumed crime fighters werespotted patrolling Encinitas inresponse to a recent potentialkidnapping in the area.

Mr. Xtreme, VigilanteSpider and Divine Force, asthey call themselves, took tothe streets of Encinitas, main-ly focusing on Saxony Roadlast Friday.The three are partof the Xtreme Justice League(San Diego Chapter) a leaguethat patrols all of San DiegoCounty.

“We’re going to startworking Encinitas and thenwe’re going to start gettingmore into different communi-ties in the North County,” saidMr. Xtreme.While they patrolareas of the county on a rota-tional basis, the team was in

Encinitas trying to inform peo-ple about the Dec.31 attempt-ed kidnapping, where an 18-year-old woman was pulledinto a truck, but able to fightoff her attackers and run to anearby residence to call forhelp.

“These guys could beanywhere in the NorthCounty,” said Mr. Xtreme.“We’re going to try to getthese goons’ faces out there,sohopefully somebody recog-nizes these guys and calls it into the Sheriff’s department.”

Clad in a bulletproof vest,which he modified with greenpaint, a green crash helmetand eyewear to conceal hisidentity, Mr. Xtreme joinedthe League wanting to make adifference in the community,he said, adding that he hadgrown tired of all the apathyand indifference and violentvictimization he was seeing.

For about six years he’sbeen with the Xtreme JusticeLeague. He’s armed with non-lethal weapons, as he emptiedhis camouflaged cargo pants,showing: handcuffs; a stungun flashlight, pepper blaster;pepper spray gun; a two-wayradio and a first aid kit.

“We do our own train-ing,”he said.“We train in mar-tial arts weekly and we do sce-nario training and then wetrain our members in citizens’arrest procedures, and how touse less-lethal weapons andverbal de-escalation skills,”he

added.“There are two things

that we’re going to be focusingon for a little while, we’regoing to be focusing on themid-city area of San Diego,and then we’re going to be get-ting back into the NorthCounty area,” Mr. Extremesaid.

At this point, the Leaguehasn’t had much interactionwith the Sheriff’s department,he explained. “In areas whereit’s patrolled by the Sheriff’sit’s still kind of new to us.”

But they do have interac-tions with the San Diegopolice and other law enforce-ment agencies in the county.“Hopefully, down the line, ifwe start getting into moreareas that’s patrolled by theSheriff’s, we’d like to try andset up a meeting with themand see how we can assistthem,” Mr. Xtreme said.

They do give the localagencies a courtesy call to letthem know they’re patrollingthe areas.

The new EncinitasSheriff’s station Capt. RobertHaley said he was aware ofthem patrolling in the city,andthat he was a little bit familiarwith League and their work inSan Diego. He said he didn’thave problem with thempatrolling and passing outpamphlets.

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By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE —

A wily coyote has been caus-ing concern for golfers at theRancho Santa Fe Golf Coursein recent weeks. Not only isthe animal cocky, he seems tohave little fear of humansand has even gone so far asstealing golf balls from thefairway.

“We saw the coyote atthe golf club while we weresitting outside having lunch,”said Elizabeth Monge, a long-time Rancho Santa Fe resi-dent. “This coyote walked upto the 18th fairway, walkedaround the fairway and allaround the green. He went tothe ninth hole and just stoodthere.”

She said that many peo-ple have seen the coyote andare sure it is the same one.

“This thing is big. It waslike a German Shepherdwalking around,” he said.“People came up to play andit stood there and did notmove. It’s unusual to see acoyote that brave.”

Janet Christ said she hasseen it several times on thegolf course.

“It feels to me that itlives between the second andeighth hole. It roams prettyoften between the first,ninth, second and eighthhole,” she said.

On New Year’s Day atabout 2 p.m., she said therewere two groups of four play-ing the first hole, one groupon the tee box and the otherwaiting to tee off.

“There were eight peo-ple out there. He casuallystrolled down the first fair-way like ‘Hi. What are yougoing to do about me?’ Hehad a lot of moxy,” she said.

She said even thoughthe groups were shouting atit trying to scare it away, thecoyote stood its ground.

“It didn’t blink an eye.He was standing no morethan eight yards from us,”

she said.“It comes out during

tournaments. It is veryhealthy and swarthy. Heprances around like aGerman Shepherd.”

She said one time thewomen were playing in atournament when the coyotecame out on the fairway andtook a woman’s ball andwalked away. She saw thatwith her own eyes, she said.

Christ said she and oth-ers fear something bad isgoing to happen maybe tochildren who are walkinghome from school on thetrails alone.

And there are rumorsthat a coyote took a small dogright off its leash.

“I don’t walk around thegolf course anymore with mydog,” she said.

Jerry Yahr got off a cou-ple of photos of the coyoterecently.

“It seemed healthy. Notsickly in any way,”Yahr said.

He said he is not fright-ened by the coyote and hehas lived in Rancho Santa Fesince 1993 and uses the trailsregularly and he has seenmany of them by accident onthe trails.

“I’d rather see a coyotethan the mountain lion theytalk about,” he said.

Andrew Hughan, publicinformation officer for theCalifornia Department ofFish and Wildlife, said whatis happening at the golfcourse is not uncommon.

“For coyotes, it’s allabout food,” he said. “Oftensmall dogs and cats are easytargets.”

He said officials havebeen unable to verify thatsmall dogs are taken right offtheir leashes,but he said peo-ple who walk their dogs offleash have lost them to thepredators. Hughan said coy-otes have been known to getover six-foot fences to get tosmall dogs.

“We as a department,most of us are pet owners andwe feel bad when it happens,but it is nature beingnature,” he said.

He said the best defenseis prevention.

“Keep dogs on a leashand keep them close. Lookaround often. We get peoplecalling us who said theyturned around and there wasa coyote. Take off the head-phones. Be aware of your sur-roundings. Carry somethingthat makes noise,” he said.

He suggests a little airhorn that can be purchased

This wily coyote is causing concern among golfers at the RanchoSanta Fe Golf Club. He seems to be unafraid of humans and as goneas far as stealing golf balls from the fairways. Photo by Jerry Yahr

Coyote pesters local golfers

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Xtreme Justice League members from left: Vigilante Spider, Mr. Xtreme and Divine Force patrol alongSaxony Road in Encinitas last Friday in response to an attempted kidnapping in the area Dec. 31. Theyexpect to patrol other North County cities in the coming weeks. Photo by Tony Cagala

Masked men patrol NorthCounty in name of Justice

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By Jared WhitlockENCINITAS — The San

Diego Botanic Garden inEncinitas has longed toexpand its grounds for years.The hope looked like a long-shot with developmentincreasingly swallowing upthe surrounding area.

But growth might be insight after all.

The Leichtag Foundationproposed a plan last Saturdayto gift land that’s adjacent tothe northern part of theBotanic Garden.

Last month, the LeichtagFoundation completed its pur-

chase of the 67-acre EckeRanch property. Under theLeichtag Foundation’s plan, itwould donate around 12 acresof that land to the 37-acreBotanic Garden.

A new parking lot, wel-come center, possible arts vil-lage and other potentialamenities could be built onthe land, where poinsettia-growing greenhouses can befound presently.

“This could be our lastchance to expand,”said JulianDuval, president of theBotanic Garden. “This is aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity.If it all goes well this would becelebrated for hundreds ofyears.”

While more than worth-while in his mind, Duval cau-tioned that moving forwardwith the plan “won’t be easy,”because there are “some fairconcerns” that need to beaddressed.

For the expansion to getthe green light, the BotanicGarden will have to raiseenough money and meetother requirements laid outby the Leichtag Foundation,according to Jim Farley, theorganization’s president andCEO.

Jim Farley said theBotanic Garden must bring inan estimated $25 million to$40 million from donors toconstruct improvements, par-ticularly a new parking lot and

welcome center.Farley explained that

most believe the current park-ing lot at the Garden is notwell placed for visitors, andthe expansion would onlycompound this problem.

Among other amenities,funds would also go to an artsvillage in the vein of offeringsat Balboa Park, Farley said.

“We want a robust collab-oration between differentgroups; the idea is that thiswould create a lot of enthusi-asm by getting people in thecommunity involved,” Farleysaid.

Farley said the arts cen-ter would likely fit within theland’s current agriculturalzoning.That’s because the artscenter would place agricultur-al education at its core, hesaid.

The second qualificationto get approval from theLeichtag Foundation: Farleybelieves the Botanic Gardenmust settle on a better way toit select its board of trustees.

All of the more than5,000 Botanic Garden mem-bers can weigh in on who isappointed to the board. Fewpractice their voting power atmeetings, so in theory a fac-tion of members could colludeand hijack the process with-out others knowing.

“There’s a really smallchance of that,” Farley said.“We’d still like to see bettergovernance.”

Lastly, Farley said theBotanic Garden needs a newmodel for ownership.

Currently, San DiegoCounty and the City ofEncinitas own the BotanicGarden under two differentleases, both of which expire atdifferent times. This could beproblematic in the event ofthe leaseholders going “in twodifferent directions,” Farleysaid.

“We want donors to beassured this will stay as publicland and not be subject tolegal fights or anything likethat,” Farley said.“Some kindof joint ownership may be asolution.”

Farley said it’s difficult topinpoint a project timeline forthe land gift, but noted itcould be five to 10 years or sobefore the requirements arefulfilled.Until then,the green-houses that dot the land willlikely remain in place.

“We have a real chanceto serve the community andfuture families,” Farley said.

Big winAviara Oaks Elementary

School teams won the City ofCarlsbad Parks & RecreationD e p a r t m e n t / C a r l s b a dUnified School District Copade Carlsbad soccer tourna-ment at Pine Park Dec. 13. Aboys and girls team fromnine of the city’s elementaryschools took the field, with144 youngsters participating.

Solana Beach needscommissioners

The City of SolanaBeach is currently seekingvolunteers to fill 19 expiringpositions on its five CitizenCommissions. Applicationsare being accepted until Jan.15 at City Hall. For moreinformation, contact CityHall at (858) 720-2400 or city-ofsolanabeach.org.

Chavez appointedA s s e m b l y m e m b e r

Rocky Chávez (R-Oceanside)has been appointed byAssembly Speaker John A.Pérez to serve as vice-chair-man for both the HigherEducation and VeteransAffairs committees for the2013-14 Legislative Session.Chávez will also serve as amember of the Water, Parksand Wildlife, Education andBudget committees.

The Higher EducationCommittee overseesCalifornia’s university andcommunity college systemswith jurisdiction over post-secondary education and stu-dent financial aid. TheCommittee on VeteransAffairs oversees the Cal-Vethome loan program,Department of VeteransAffairs, National Guard,State military and Veterans.The Budget Committee over-sees California’s yearlyspending plan.The AssemblyWater, Parks and WildlifeCommittee covers the areasof water resources, floodmanagement, fish and game,parks and recreation andwildlife.

Donation for dogsPotts by Patt florist in in

Pacific Beach donated itsentire inventory of linen andother party and event sup-plies to Rancho CoastalHumane Society.

Thousands of linen

tablecloths and other sup-plies were sold with all pro-ceeds supporting RCHS pro-grams.

The Community PetFood Bank at RanchoCoastal Humane Society, 389Requeza Street in Encinitas,will be open 9 to 11 onSaturday mornings throughJan. 19.

New ABIHM headDr. Mimi Guarneri,

founder of the ScrippsCenter for IntegrativeMedicine and attendingphysician in Scripps Clinic’sinterventional cardiologyprogram, has been installedas 2013 president of theAmerican Board ofIntegrative HolisticMedicine. In her role as2013 ABIHM president,Guarneri will focus onexpanding the presence ofthe ABIHM as integrativeholistic medicine takes on amore prominent role in theevolving health care land-scape. In November 2012, theAmerican College ofNutrition honored Guarneriwith its Grace A. GoldsmithAward for significantachievements in the field ofnutrition. Earlier in 2012, Dr.Guarneri received the LinusPauling Functional MedicineLifetime AchievementAward from the Institute forFunctional Medicine.

Charity poker at Pala A seven-way chop deter-

mined the winners of PalaCasino Spa & Resort’s NewYear’s Day poker tournamentwho earned $1,260 for theAmerican Red CrossHurricanes 2012 Fund, ear-marked for the victims ofHurricane Sandy.

The one-day tournamenthosted 65 players and paidthe top 10. The top sevenearned $377 each and includ-ed Roger Bennett, Oceanside;Bob Muehlberg, Temecula;Sharon Thorson, Ramona;Tammy Murray, Fallbrook;Showguang Lee, DiamondBar; Kristen Penney,Temecula and Vinnie Engen,Murrieta.

Reaching outChristopher Estrella,

founder of CStarProducitionz, organized thepreparation and distributionof sandwiches,fruit and waterto the homeless in downtownSan Diego Christmas morn-ing. The undertaking wasspur of the moment with an e-mail blast Christmas Eve.Those free on such shortnotice met downtown andtraveled on foot, each carry-ing a different food itemwhich were systematicallyhanded out to hungry people.

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The Carlsbad-based nonprofit Leichtag Foundation completed thepurchase of the 67-acre Paul Ecke Ranch site in Encinitas last month.The foundation announced it would be gifting 12 acres to the SanDiego Botanic Gardens to help them expand, though the gift comeswith some conditions. Photo by Tony Cagala

Land gift is seen as ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity

Horizon Prep fifth-grader Gaby Beltran takes part as Agroup of 33 Horizon Prep students helped set a GuinnessWorld Record for “Most People Sport Stacking at MultipleLocations” recently. The Horizon Prep Lions joined morethan 483,658 stackers from 2,375 schools and organiza-tions representing 30 countries around the world. Courtesyphoto

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Association hears ideasto boost membershipBy Patty McCormac

RANCHO SANTA FE —The Rancho Santa Fe GolfClub needs new blood and itis proposing a few changes tothe membership categoriesto provide an infusion.

Officials from the golfclub brought their ideas tothe Association meeting onJan. 3, including a new cate-gory of a Junior ExecutiveMember that would allow aresident to pay installmentsof the $50,000 enrollment feeuntil the age of 48.

“It is a way for them tojoin the club sooner thanlater,” Al Castro, generalmanager of the club, said.

The idea behind this newcategory is to give a break tothe younger homeowner, whomaybe still has children athome, who moved herebecause of the excellentschools or has other financialresponsibilities that wouldkeep him or her from joininghe club.

“Association votingmembers who have not yetreached the age of 48 mayapply as a Junior Executivemember. The enrollment feewill be divided equally overthe years remaining until age48 but will not be greaterthan 10 years,” Castro said.

He said for instance, if amember is 35 at the time ofthe application, they will payone-tenth of the currentenrollment fee in install-ments.

A member who is 45 atthe time of the applicationwill pay one-third of the cur-rent enrollment fee.

“They will be chargedthe same dues, assessmentsand other charges as a regu-lar member and will enjoythe same privileges as a regu-lar member,” he said. “AJunior Executive member ingood standing at the timethey reach the age of 48 willautomatically a regular mem-ber.”

Association DirectorEamon Callahan called theproposal “discriminatory.”

“What about the guywho has been working all thetime and now has the time toplay golf? How come they arediscriminated against?”Callahan asked. “I don’tknow why 48 is a magic num-ber.”

Golf clubs everywhereare suffering the same issueof losing members faster thannew members can be signedup. In addition, the competi-tion between golf clubs toattract members is keen.

“I understand the chal-lenges you are goingthrough,” Larry Spitcaufsky,Association director. told thegolf club officials. “The onlyplace to go to get new mem-bers is from the member-ship.”

Steve Dunn, chairman ofthe golf club’s membershipcommittee, said attractingnew members has been diffi-cult.

“We are running as hardas we can to keep up,” hesaid.

The optimum number ofmembers at the club isaround 700. Over the past fewyears, the club has lost about200 members, Dunn said.

Association DirectorCraig McAllister said offer-ing golf club membership at areduced rate is a terrific mar-keting tool. Perhaps peoplesitting at home in a snowstorm in Connecticut wouldsee that as a catalyst to makethe move to Rancho Santa Fe.

Also proposed to theAssociation at the meetingwas reducing the number ofyears from 10 to five for aFormer Resident AssociateMember category. It was alsoproposed that the ceiling of20 members be stricken and anew maximum number ofmembers in this categoryadjusted as needed.

The Association boarddecided to table the proposaluntil it could be discussedfurther, perhaps at theupcoming annual retreat dur-ing which directors discussplans for the future.

This couldbe our lastchance toexpand.”

Julian DuvalPresident,San Diego Botanic

Garden

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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSA4 JAN. 11, 2013

By Thomas D. EliasNo one spent more money

trying to influence Californiapolitics during last year’s elec-tion season than the billionaireMunger siblings, Molly andCharles Jr., the children ofCharles Munger Sr., who hasprovided them piles of money hemade as the business partner offamed investor Warren Buffett.

Molly spent just short of$45 million on a failed attemptto raise taxes on almost allCalifornians to benefit publicschools from kindergartenthrough high school.

Meanwhile, the $37 millionput out by Charles Jr., a physi-cist at the Stanford LinearAccelerator Center south of SanFrancisco, went toward efforts todefeat Gov. Brown’s relativelymodest tax increase propositionand to push for the latest incar-nation of the three-time-loser“paycheck protection” planaimed at reducing the politicalpower of workers and theirunions.

But Charles Munger Jr. wasalso active on the intimidationfront.

This effort demonstrated agross disregard for the futureability of Californians to chal-lenge initiatives and other laws.

It stemmed from Munger’s2010 investment in Proposition14, which established the “toptwo” primary election systemthat last fall produced numerousrunoff races matching membersof the same parties.

Minor political parties con-sidered themselves the primevictims of the new system,whose hope it was (still is) to putmore moderates into stateoffices and break some of thepartisan deadlocks that oftenafflict California and the nation.

Top two cost minor partieslike the Libertarians, Greens,American Independent andPeace and Freedom their usualspots on the November ballot.Of course, their members hadthe same opportunities to runand to present their ideas asanyone else during the primary.None advanced to a runoff.

Rather than going back tothe drawing board and devisingways to develop more massappeal, they and their support-ers sued the state. EnterMunger, as an intervenor. Hecontended state AttorneyGeneral Kamala Harris andSecretary of State Debra Bowenwere not equipped to defendProposition 14 on their own.Thiswas entirely his choice.

Munger, as usual, spent big,hiring a prominent, politically-connected law firm with officesin Sacramento and MarinCounty to make his case.

When the plaintiffs, led by69-year-old minor-party advo-cate Richard Winger, longtimepublisher of the Ballot AccessNews blog, lost the case, Mungerinsisted they be dunned for hislegal fees.

A San Francisco SuperiorCourt judge assessed Winger

and his fellow plaintiffs$243,000, of which Winger isliable for one-fifth as things nowstand. He says paying that sumwould just about break him andlikely put his blog out of busi-ness.

It’s clear Munger doesn’tneed the money. It’s also clearhe wants no mere citizenactivists to interfere with any ofhis future efforts. Keep theworld safe for billionaires,seems to be his motive. Hislawyers have refused to answerquestions on why they’re intenton collecting from people expo-nentially less wealthy thanMunger.

But Winger and his fellowplaintiffs are not meekly accept-ing the trial judge’s assessment.They’ve appealed to the stateCourt of Appeals and they mayhave a better shot at winningthere than they did in the lateOctober hearing where thatjudge denied them so much as are-hearing on the issues of thefees.

While their lawsuit was pur-sued by the private practitionerattorney Gautam Dutta ofHayward, the appeal has beenpicked up on a pro bono basis byAndrew Byrnes, a partner in thelarge international law firm ofCovington and Burling, who hasconsiderable experience in elec-tion law and some clout of hisown: He’s co-chair of the financecommittee of the stateDemocratic Party.

Since the junior Mungerhas been most active over theyears on behalf of Republican-backed measures, this can nowbe seen in a political context,with a major behind-the-scenesDemocrat moving against a GOPmoneybag.

Like Munger’s attorneys,Byrnes says little about theappeal.

But most large law firmsdon’t expend unpaid time oftheir partners on cases theydeem insignificant.

So it’s clear Covington andBurling agrees with those whosee Munger’s insisting on col-lecting what is a pittance to himbut an enormous sum to thosewho might have to pay as anattempt to intimidate futurepossible plaintiffs from chal-lenging any of his upcomingefforts.

Whether or not you agreewith Winger and friends that toptwo should go (and this columnhas frequently disagreed withthem), it’s clear the large feeassessment does not serve theoverall public interest.

The more that can be doneto overturn it and make theworld a little more uncertain forbillionaires, the better.

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Misleading commentaryLynn and Russell Marr’s Community Commentary

contains numerous false, misleading and nonsensicalstatements regarding the already-approved improve-ments to N. Highway 101. Cyclists are not “primarilyriding in packs” or “mostly southbound” or “on week-ends, not so much during the week.”

Yes, there are cyclists who ride with others, andmore on the weekends, but plenty of individual ridersseven days a week, including commuters and students,as well as recreational cyclists and those riding for ath-letic training. Wherever they’re going, they also comeback, so the northbound and southbound numbers aresimilar. The Marrs mentioned that the northboundlane diet won’t effect pedestrians on the west side orslow southbound traffic (they stated this twice). Duh!The speed limit has recently been lowered to 35 mph.If cars are going faster it’s a law enforcement issue.They also mentioned traffic circles, which are not evenpart of this project! It’s just resurfacing the road andpainting lines. I am looking forward to the improve-ments.

Gerry Rahill,Leucadia

Lawsuit filed against Del MarDid you know that a commercial property owner

in Del Mar has filed a $14,762,000-plus attorneys andlegal costs lawsuit against the City of Del Mar? Youwon’t believe what it is all about!

After the city adopted an over-whelming volumeof Zoning Code regulations for developers and resi-dents to abide by, this commercial property owner hasproduced a very extensive list of commercial propertydevelopments that have been approved, and allowed toproceed, over the years in alleged violation of adoptedzoning code regulations. Looking at the list, it wouldappear the property owner has a legitimate caseagainst the city, but it will be up to the court.

We are beginning a New Year with two newCouncil members who have not been involved with anyof these alleged violations. Let’s hope that henceforththe City Council, with accurate advice from the CityAttorney, will make sure future developments will onlybe approved per the adopted regulations of the cityand state, as interpreted by the ordinary and custom-ary use of the English language.

Please, no more twisting of the rules and lan-guage, which may lead to expensive lawsuits.

Ralph Peck,Del Mar

Dwindling open space in CarlsbadTried to get to the freeway lately or drive at the

interface between Oceanside and Carlsbad onCollege? Traffic is about to get a whole lot worse withthe HUGE housing development being proposedbehind Kohls. The developer, “McVillian” has submit-ted a plan to the City of Carlsbad for 656 home units— more than twice what it’s zoned for. This develop-ment called “Quarry Creek” would like to have homeson the hilltop directly facing the Historic MarronAdobe and wrapped around the (not yet opened to thepublic) Buena Vista Valley Ecological Reserve.

To visualize the effects of this monstrosity pleasecome to the West end of Haymar Dr. (off College) at 10a.m. Jan 26, where you can see the extent of what weare about to loose and take a stroll into the Reserve.With a large public outpouring of all North CountyResidents this can be scaled back. Call the Mayor andCouncil at (760) 434.2808 or email them atcouncil@carlsbadca.gov and ask them to keep develop-ment off the panhandle and follow existing zoning.

Take 5 minutes to view this video about the loss ofopen space in Carlsbad: http://youtu.be/OzvLHIxl7Ks

Yours in Conservation,Kasey Cinciarelli,

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By Bianca KaplanekSAN DIEGO —

Surrounded by his family,Dave Roberts was sworn inJan. 7 as the 3rd District rep-resentative on the countyBoard of Supervisors, the firstnew face on the five-memberagency since 1995.

After taking the oath,administered by retired ViceAdm. Harold Koenig, Robertsshared his five goals for thecoming year.

The former Solana BeachCity Councilman said he willcontinue the county’s commit-ment to strong fiscal disci-pline.

“I won’t be afraid to sup-port wise investments thatpay dividends into thefuture,” he said. “I’ll ensurethat we maintain our highbond rating. I’ll always pro-tect the tax payers, defendthe ratepayers and ensurethat those who are eligible forcounty services have theopportunity to receive countyservices.”

As the father of fiveadopted children, Robertssaid he has firsthand experi-ence with San Diego fostercare.

“I’m going to review thecounty’s foster care and adop-tion programs … to ensurethat they’re not only workingfor our most vulnerable citi-zens – our children – butthey’re also working for bothbiological and foster parentsalike,” he said. “It’s importantthat we find the right balanceto protect our children.”

Roberts also pledged to“protect and sustain our frag-ile environment” by support-ing open spaces such as theSan Dieguito River Park, SanElijo Lagoon and EscondidoCreek.

“I’m going to work to pro-tect our neighborhoods fromoverdevelopment, but I’mgoing to support good land-use planning,” he said. “I’llensure that we have sufficientopportunities for public inputprior to decisions being madeby the county Board ofSupervisors.”

Saying quality of life“must be front and center,”Roberts also vowed to sup-port libraries, arts and cul-ture, animal shelters andsmart transit solutions.Specifically, he said, he willseek to “invigorate” SanDiego’s solar industry, whichhe believes could be done“with almost no governmentinvolvement” and just “a fewtweaks of policy here in thecounty.”

“We can reduce ourdependence on fossil fuels,”he said. “We can build oursolar industry to create local,good-paying jobs.”

Roberts said he plans toinvestigate the creation of acountywide utility service ini-tiative that provides “100 per-cent green energy alterna-tives.”

He said the still-fragileeconomy will present thebiggest challenge when itcomes to county programs.

“So much of that moneycomes from state and federalfunding,” he said. “It’s criticalthat we continue to providethose services on the money

we get. I’m nervous aboutthat.”

Supervisors are eachallowed to distribute $1 mil-lion of discretionary fundsannually to community organ-izations in their district.

Money would not beavailable to Roberts untilJuly. In the meantime, he saidhe has asked for a review ofthe program to ensure it is asfair and transparent as possi-ble.

“They’ve done a good jobin the past but it could beimproved,” he said. “I want tomake sure everyone has anequal opportunity to com-pete. I want to see a do-not-fund list for those organiza-tions that haven’t followedthe rules.”

Roberts prevailed overSteve Danon in the Nov. 6election with 51.14 percent of

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Dave Roberts is sworn in Jan. 7 as the 3rd District representative on the county Board of Supervisors. Holdingthe Bible is his eldest son, Robert. Looking on are his husband, Wally Oliver, and their four other adopted chil-dren, Natalie, Julian, Alex and Joe. Roberts, the first new supervisor in 18 years, chose retired Vice Adm.Harold Koenig to administer the oath. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek

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FOOD&WINE

I’ve never met a PinotNoir I didn’t like that camefrom an Oregon winery. It isthe American home for thiscomplex yet smooth, velvety,delicate varietal. I have talkedto many wine aficionados whoeither have gone though thismagnificent state or who willbe making plans to go in thenext year, to visit as many ofthe more than 500 wineries asthey can.

After California, whichproduces about 90 percent ofall the wine in the U.S.,Oregon is one of the top threeU.S. producers of wine. Thewineries are dotted alongquiet, twisting roads withsmall family-run operations,most of them along the ruggedcoastline led by theWillamette Valley.

Pinot Noir is king and iscompared to the grape’s originin the Burgundy district ofNorthern France.Sunlight andheat are in short supply mak-ing for a fragile harvest, whichseems to fit the Pinot profile.So is Oregon a “one trickpony” with just one star wine?I put that question to a coupleof star owners of the leadingwine and beer shop in Bend,Oregon, twin sisters Michele

and Melanie Betti of the WineShop & Beer Tasting Bar.Theyagreed that “no,Pinot Noir hasbeen the grape that winemak-ers have done very well withand they are known for that,but whites do well here, likePinot Gris, Chardonnay andPinot Blanc in the WillametteValley. In Southern Oregon,they make quality Cabernet,Syrah, Merlot andTempranillo.”

I asked them how busi-ness has progressed since theyopened 7 years ago.

Melanie, who is the on-site manager, pointed out that“we opened only as a bottleshop, but found that our cus-tomers wanted the try and buyconcept, so that we now havesix different wine flights dailyby the glass. We serve wine inthe world-class RiedelStemware, fitting the glass tothe wine. We not only serve 30plus wines, we now featureover 70 Belgian and otherinternational beers with beerflights, plus ports, cider andsake. ?We give our customersa European style experience,taking time to pass alongknowledge and get to knowthe customer.”

Oregon’s winemakers areshooting for the high-end,focusing on customers that arewilling to pay $35 or more abottle. If Oregon wines fityour taste, you virtually haveto visit places like the WineShop and Beer Tasting Bar,winery web sites and plan atrip there. Most wineries

make just 1,500 cases of theirwines, so they pretty much arenot available at SoCal wineretailers.

In 2011, the TravelOregon tourist bureau report-ed 1.5 million visitors to thestate.

The Bettis’ advise thatWillamette Valley has six subAVA’s, each one with its ownexclusive taste characteristic.They point out that “each ofthese sub-regions will give youa different tasting experience.They are: ChehalemMountains, Yamhill-Carlton,Ribbon Ridge, Dundee Hills,McMinnville and Eola-AmityHills.” Some wine names theyrecommend include: ArcherySummit, Domaine Druhin,Sokol Blosser, Bergstrom,Ayres, Ken Wright, DukesFamily and Cristom.

Find out much more atoregonwine.org andthewineshopbend.com.

ISOLA Revealed – LittleItaly’s New Pizza Favorite

Massimo Tenino is theowner of a recently openedItalian Restaurant in SanDiego’s Little Italy where allmenu items are baked in awood-burning oven directfrom Naples Italy. It’s a brightfire engine red cave that guar-antees crunchy, smoky pizza,with one size, 12 inches, serv-ing all.

From the bread dough tothe wines, ISOLA is a familyoperation. “My Nonna’s namewas ISOLA, a wonderful cookwho inspired my passion forfood and fresh, simple ingredi-ents,” he said. “ISOLA isproud to serve the savoryingredients from the vine andtree to the table.”

Tenino has a familyowned winery in Piemonte,offering native grapes likeNebbiolo, Barbera, Barbarescoand Barolo, plus many otherItalian made fine wines. Seeisolapizzabar.com.

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San Diego WineCompany on Miramar Rd.presents a Zinfandel TastingJan. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Charge is $10. Details at (858)586-WINE.

Il Fornaio at the Del MarPlaza celebrates Italy’s Friuli-Venezia District now thru Jan.20, with special dishes andnative wines. Call (858) 755-8876.

Encinitas Meritage WineMarket opens Rhone Valleywines Jan. 18 from 5:30 to 8p.m. Check with the shop forpricing (760) 479-2500.

The biggest festival forZinfandel in the world kicksoff Jan. 31 and goes to Feb. 2,in San Francisco at theConcourse. Winemakers andexecutive chefs abound; grandtasting 2 to 5 p.m. Check outinfo@zinfandel.org.

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Frank Mangio is a renowned wine con-noisseur certified by Wine Spectator.His library can be viewed at www.taste-ofwinetv.com. (Average Google certified900 visits per day) He is one of the topfive wine commentators on the Web.Reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.

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An intense, red colorwith ruby shade.

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Find your bagel paradise at Garden State Bagels

Garden State Bagelshas been at their Encinitaslocation for 28 years.

That in itself should beall the proof you need thatthey are doing bagels right.And how, you may be ask-ing, does someone do bagelsright?

Well, in the humbleopinion of “Lick the Plate,”there are several key ele-ments involved in makingworthy bagels.

It’s good to know thatthere are some East Coastroots involved in the busi-ness.

It’s even better if thereare still some relatives backthere keeping the bagelmaker honest. Bagels aretaken very seriously backeast and that passion needsto be present.

The next key element isprobably the most impor-tant; the bagels must bemade from scratch, onpremise, by mixing andkneading the ingredients toform the dough, then shap-ing the dough into a tradi-tional bagel shape with ahole in the middle from along, thin piece of dough.

That should be fol-lowed by boiling the bagelin water then baking.Simply ask your bagel shopif they are hand-rolled, ket-tle-boiled bagels made on-premise.

It is this unusual pro-duction method that is saidto give bagels their distinc-tive taste, chewy textureand shiny appearance.

In recent years, a vari-ant of this process hasemerged and is favored bychains, producing what issometimes called the steambagel.

To make a steam bagel,the process of boiling isskipped.

The steam-bagel is notconsidered to be a genuinebagel by purists, as itresults in a fluffier, softer,less chewy product.

Many of the chains alsobring their bagels in frozenfrom a regional distributioncenter.

I was also surprised by

the number of places thatdon’t even make them in-house, opting for the con-venience of bringing themin from an outside supplier.I’d have to be very desper-ate to go that route.

Steve Amster, whoopened Garden StateBagels first location in1985, is a New Jersey nativewhose dad taught him thefiner points of bagel mak-ing, having been in the busi-ness for more than 50 years.

A tour of his kitchenconfirmed that he takesgreat pride in his equip-ment that includes severalindustrial size mixers, ket-tle boilers and ovens.

His passion for what hedoes comes across whentalking about the demise offamily-owned, independentbagel shops.

He may be a bit moresensitive than most, beinglocated El Camino Real, onone of the most chain-domi-nated strips anywhere.

It really is refreshing tosee a guy like Steve stillthriving amongst the chainsand franchises.

What’s even better, isknowing that a sizable seg-ment of the local popula-tion is supporting him.

Besides more than 30varieties of real-deal bagelsand several cream cheese

spreads, Garden Stateoffers up some fine delifare.

If you have not tried abagel sandwich, it works onso many levels.

Their offerings includedeli meat sandwiches,chicken, tuna, and whitefishsalad sandwiches, cheesemelts, pizza bagels and evenbagel dogs. The open facednova with capers, freshtomato and red onions is abest seller.

Their breakfast sand-wiches are in a league oftheir own; give them a trynext time you are headingto McDonalds for an EggMcMuffin.

All the salads are madein-house and the chickenand whitefish salad rankright up there as some ofthe best I’ve had.

Because bagels are besteaten as close to fresh-out-

of-the-oven as possible,there is always the questionof what to do with day-oldbagels.

Toasting is an optionand does suffice, but nexttime, try smothering eachbagel half with butter, thenfrying them up in a hot pan.

I put a heavy pan ontop of the bagels to infusethe butter and soften up thewhole bagel half, and theresult is a crispy, chewyfried bagel delight, ready tohold an egg, some cheeseand a slice of Canadianbacon.

Or simply smother itwith your favorite creamcheese, preferablywhipped.

Garden State Bagelshas been voted “BestBagels” in San Diego moretimes than any other bagelin town.

If you like bagels, andhave not tried theirs, I urgeyou to give them a shot.

Besides discoveringreal bagels, you will be sup-

porting a local, independ-ent, family run business.

They have two loca-tions, the original at 191 N.El Camino Real #106Encinitas, and also at 755Carlsbad Village DriveCarlsbad.

Visit gardenstate-bagels.com for more infor-mation.

Garden State Owner Steve Amster with his 75-year-old classic bagel dough mixer. Photo by David Boylan

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JAN. 11ART OF WEBB Through Feb.28, see Steve Webb’s art show,“Whimsy, Landscapes andAnimals” at the Civic CenterGallery, City Hall, 505 S.VulcanAve., Encinitas.JAN. 13JUST JAZZ At 3 p.m. Jan. 13,enjoy a concert by guitaristFrank Potenza and jazz guitarlegend Mundell Lowe alongwith Rob Thorsen on bass anddrummer Ramon Banda, at theFirst Christian Church ofOceanside, 204 S. Freeman St.,Oceanside, plus a meet andgreet post-performance recep-tion.JAN. 14WATERCOLOR Consider cityof Encinitas sponsoredIntermediate Watercolor class-es Mondays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,$30 with Jayne Spencer. Call(619) 889-1478, or visit jayne-spencer.com.

JAN. 15‘KING LEAR’ The NorthCoast Repertory Theatre, 987Lomas Santa Fe Drove, Suite D,Solana Beach is offering a one-night, classic reading ofShakespeare’s “King Lear,”directed by David Ellenstein,for one night only, at 7:30 p.m.Jan. 15. Tickets are $25. Call(858) 481-1055 for more infor-mation.

JAN. 16OCEANSIDE ART Attend areception to “Meet the Artists”and view an exhibit of art from1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 16 byOceanside artists at the ElCorazon Senior Center, 3302Senior Center Drive,Oceanside. Exhibiting artistswill be on hand to talk with vis-itors and staff members willconduct tours. For more infor-mation, contact B.A. Stuber viaemail at bastuber@dslex-treme.com or call 760-435-5302.

JAN. 17WOMAN’S VIEW Come see“Miss Representation,” at 6p.m. Jan. 17 at the GrauerSchool, 1500 S. El Camino Real,Encinitas. The documentarydiscusses how the media con-tribute to the under-representa-tion of women in Americanleadership positions and over-emphasize youth and beauty.Appropriate for ages 13 andolder. For more information,visit grauerschool.com or call(760) 944-6777.

JAN. 18MUSIC BY THE SEA Enjoya Music By The Sea Concertwith Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 atthe Encinitas Library, 540Cornish Drive. Tickets are $12.To purchase tickets, visitEncinitaCA.gov/Concerts.DRAWING THE BODYLearn at the Encinitas LibraryFigure Drawing Group, with alive model on Fridays noon to 4p.m. at the library, 540 CornishDrive, for a $10 donation. Call(760) 942-8738.

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Mixed media painterRebecca Bauer says: “Thereis an absolute wisdom innature that has always had aprofound effect on me.” Theintuitive work of this Cardiff-by-the-Sea artist reveals natu-ral inspiration through highlycontrasting design elementsand richly textured materi-als.

At age 8 Bauer felt shehad been “transported toanother world” when herfamily moved from CostaMesa to Leucadia, which in1973 was full of magicalgroves, open fields, andenchanted beaches.Captivated by the wildness ofher environment, the youngBauer left no natural wonderunexplored.

Maintaining her rela-tionship with the naturalworld into adulthood, Bauer’sfavorite activity is walkingthe shoreline as she observesits colors and textures. Shesays, “I am happy if I can cap-ture even the tiniest glimmerof this essence and beauty inmy paintings.“

Growing up in a familyculture of “creatives” speak-ing the language of art, Bauerbegan her artistic explorationwith printmaking. However,as daughter of accomplishedwatercolor painter SandraBray, it wasn’t long before shebegan exploring water-basedmedia.

Since joining the SanDiego Watercolor Society in2001 Bauer has found herniche in her current style,which she refers to as “mixed

media with an emphasis onpainted collage elements.”By hand painting and shap-ing all components incorpo-rated into her work, she hasfreedom of texture, size andshape, as well as control overnuances of color and value.She says, “All of these ele-ments are ever-present in mythoughts as I strive to developa sense of connectedness andharmony in my paintings.”

Bauer muses, “My art-work is an expression of mylove of nature… a celebrationof life on this earth in all ofits many forms and facets.”She continues, “It is also ametaphor for life: all of ourlife experiences go into mak-ing us who we are. Not everypiece is beautiful on its own,but all together the piecesmake us who we are.”Because of this awareness,Bauer gives close attention to

the individual components ofwhich her paintings are com-posed and continuouslystrives to create an excitingand mesmeric sense of inter-relationship and unity to allof her pieces.

According to noted artistand art workshop instructorCarol Thomason, “Rebecca’swork gives me the feeling ofbeing centered and balancedwhen viewed from a distance.Then when I approach for acloser look, my eyes aredelighted by the myriad andvariety of small details. Theartwork is just like Rebeccaherself: centered, balanced,yet bubbling with enthusi-asm.”

In contemplating thefuture direction of her art-work, Bauer comments,“Shape, color and texture arecurrently the focus of mywork.As my work evolves this

will be forever changing,much like the changing cur-rents of the oceans, whichoften serve as my artisticinspiration.”

Bauer’s most recent workwill be on exhibit in“Changing Currents” at LStreet Fine Art in San Diego’sGaslamp Quarter throughFeb. 15 with an openingreception Jan. 5.

More information aboutthe artist can be seen atrebeccabauerfineart.com.

Kay Colvin is an art consultant anddirector of the L Street Fine ArtGallery in San Diego’s GaslampQuarter. She specializes in promotingemerging and mid-career artists andbringing enrichment programs to ele-mentary schools through The Kid’sCollege. Contact her atkaycolvin@lstreetfineart.com.

A Brush With Art

KAYCOLVIN

Wisdom in nature has ‘profound effect’ on artist

Rebecca Bauer translates nature into mixed media paintings in her Cardiff-by-the-Sea studio. Photo courtesyof Topher Riley

Aval exhibit runsthrough March

RANCHO SANTA FE —Come and enjoy“Impressions of the Soul”where you can view excep-tional art beginning Jan.10 atthe Rancho Santa Fe ArtGallery, 6004 Paseo Delicias,next to the Union Bank.

This exhibit presents thelatest collection of award-win-ning, featured artist ManssAval through March 2.

Any artist interested injoining the Rancho Santa FeArt Guild, in invited to visitranchosantafeartguild.org forinformation and require-ments.

The Rancho Santa FeArt Guild, a 501(c )(3) organi-zation’s purpose is to embracethe visual arts, provide exhib-it space, enhance communityawareness and foster artisticskills.

Gallery hours are 10:30to 1 p.m.Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to4 p.m. Wednesdays throughFridays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturdays,closed Sunday andMonday. For information call,(858) 759-3545.

The show is sponsoredby the Union Bank RanchoSanta Fe, The Rancho SantaFe Foundation and TheCountry Squire in RanchoSanta Fe.

Join PACT performingworkshops

If you are looking for away to make a difference andget on stage at the same time,Positive Action CommunityTheatre (PACT) presents itswinter eight-week seriesGoldmine InclusivePerforming Arts Workshopsfrom Jan. 19 to March 9 AtDance North County, 535Encinitas Blvd., Suite 101.

The PACT classes workto teach life skills and creat-ing community for children,teens, and adults with autismand other disabilities. Theschedule includes:

— Children’s TheatreWorkshops, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.Tuition: $150

— Teen/Adult TheatreWorkshops, 2:30 to 4 p.m.Tuition: $175

— Teen/AdultPerformance Arts Workshops,4 to 5 p.m.Tuition: $150

Partial scholarships areoffered, based on need. Itsgoal is a 50/50 combination ofpeers with and without dis-abilities.

For more information,call (760) 815-8512 or visitpacthouse.org or emailinfo@pacthouse.org.

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By Noah S. LeeGripping in its tense

atmosphere and unyielding inits determination, “Zero DarkThirty”is an intricately crafted,no-nonsense thriller that offersa stark depiction of our nation’shunt for Osama bin Laden.Andfor that, it deserves the highestrespect.

I’m not going to lie to you.“Zero Dark Thirty” was, formany months, the film I dread-ed most to see.

Everything I heard — con-troversial depiction of the useof torture,possibility of improp-er access to classified informa-tion, a Senate committee inves-tigating the CIA — plantedseeds of fear in my heart thatgrew bigger and bigger themore I kept seeing that three-word title. In other words, Ibecame afraid of what thefilm’s lasting effects might haveon my mind.

After having seen the filmin its entirety, I can safely say Iam grateful I summoned thecourage to put my dread asideand see for myself if my worstfears were true.

Fortunately, they were dis-proven. However, this film isnot for the faint of heart. As Icame to understand, “ZeroDark Thirty” has many legiti-mate reasons as to why itshould be regarded withrespect.

Following the devastatingtragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, theUnited States began a man-

hunt for Osama bin Laden, thefounder and leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

After years of eludingdetection, he was finally killedin May 2011 by a contingent ofNavy SEALs, who were carry-ing out the CIA-planned opera-tion.

Many citizens alreadyknow by now some of the basicnon-classified facts about theraid that resulted in binLaden’s death.

What we didn’t know for along time, however, were theevents that happened duringthe period between Sept. 11and his demise. For the firsttime on the big screen, we getto see America’s decade-longsearch for the man whoattacked us.

I applaud directorKathryn Bigelow and screen-writer Mark Boal for gettingstraight to the point and notwasting time on the unimpor-tant details. The moment yousee Jason Clarke resort tohumiliation and waterboardingtactics to break a suspect whilea silent Jessica Chastainobserves the interrogation, itbecomes clear you are witness-ing a story of great gravity.

There are no attempts toglamorize the CIA’s efforts tolearn what each potential al-Qaeda suspect knew about binLaden, nor are the means weutilized to take him down pre-sented in a black-and-whiteperspective.

It’s not just the interroga-tions to which you should payattention; we are also asked tokeep in mind the people whowere either killed or nearly gotkilled while participating inthis mission. In the end, “ZeroDark Thirty”asks the audiencethis question: what did we haveto do in order to deliver thecoup de grâce to the world’smost dangerous man?

The omnipresent tensionin the film falls into the catego-ry of “you-know-what-will-hap-pen-but-want-to-know-how-we-got-there.”

Complications thatChastain runs into — uncoop-erative superiors, false leads,her fellow co-workers’ deaths— raise the feeling of despera-tion to just the right amounteach time as the film progress-es in its depiction of the binLaden manhunt.

Speaking of Chastain, herperformance as a resilient yetvulnerable CIA operativenamed Maya is by far thepoignant one in the entire film.

There is not a momentwhere her feelings about tak-ing down the world’s mostwanted man don’t coincidewith our feelings about how hewill eventually meet his fate. Iwouldn’t be surprised if shewins an Academy Award forthis role.

One of the more memo-rable scenes in the film is theclimactic raid on theAbbottabad compound inPakistan.

The nighttime settingimbues the scenario with aneerie quality; the SEALs’ move-ments are not unlike that ofghosts. Plus, the “night vision”appearance the camera wearsas it follows the SEALs pro-ceeding into the building helpsto establish the idea that youare experiencing a recreatedhistorical event, one that weknew was coming since thebeginning.

Do I dare say that “ZeroDark Thirty” is a fine film? Yes.Is it worthy of respect? You betyour life, and not one you wantto start an argument against.

MPAA rating: R for strong violenceincluding brutal disturbing images,and for language.

Playing: General release

Runnig time: 2 hours 37 minutes

Stationed in a covert base overseas, Jessica Chastain plays a memberof the elite team of spies and military operatives who secretly devotethemselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in “Zero Dark Thirty.” Photo byJonathan Olley

IntheHunt

■ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ puts viewers in a ‘What wouldyou do?’ position

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for a few dollars just aboutanywhere and another sugges-tion to put coins or rocks intoa tin can which can be shaken.

“Coyotes are a species in56 counties in California.They are predators and peo-ple need to be aware of them,but coyote attacks on humans

are extremely rare,” he said.He said last year, there

were only two attacks in thewhole state, both in PalmSprings, both to 69-year-oldwomen and a week apart.

“We do not know the cor-relation,” he said.

He said there is greatadvice about living withwildlife on the department’swebsite, dfg.ca.gov.

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the votes after longtimeSupervisor Pam Slater-Priceopted not to run for the seatshe held for 20 years. District3 includes North Countyjurisdictions such as Del Mar,Solana Beach and Encinitas,as well as several areas in thecity of San Diego, includingCarmel Valley.

Greg Cox and DianneJacob were re-elected to theirDistrict 1 and 2 seats, respec-tively, and were also sworn induring the Jan. 7 ceremony atthe County OperationsCenter in Kearney Mesa.

The event began with aninvocation by MonsignorDaniel Dillabough and thePresentation of Colors by theSan Diego County Sheriff’sHonor Guard. Roberts’ eldestson, Robert, led the Pledge ofAllegiance and held the Bibleas his father was sworn in.

More than 300 peopleattended, including mayorsfrom several cities, such asBob Filner of San Diego,Teresa Barth from Encinitas,Jim Wood of Oceanside and

Chula Vista’s Cheryl Cox, whoadministered the oath to herhusband.

Roberts said he was toldit was a record crowd for theevent. “That made me feelreally good,” he said.

Also on hand wereSolana Beach CityCouncilwoman Lesa Heebner,council members Lee Hayduand Don Mosier from Del Marand representatives from the22nd District AgriculturalAssociation, includingPresident Adam Day andGeneral Manager TimFennell.

“I believe I’m bringing anew activist perspective onsome issues and a sharedvision on other issues,”Roberts said. “To all my newcolleagues on the board, Ipledge I’ll work with you tomake our county even better.We may disagree on occasionbut I pledge that I will not bedisagreeable.

“You can always count onme and trust me to do my verybest for the public good,”Roberts said. “I’m ready toroll up my sleeves and get towork.”

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‘spread the word,’ is whatthey’re doing now…We’renot against it. If they’re eyesand ears out there for us,we’re all for that. It doesn’tmatter what they’re dressedin,” he said.

With the possibility ofthe League increasing theirpresence in the NorthCounty, Haley said he didn’tthink that would become adistraction.

“It’s like neighborhoodwatch or anything else.…

“Our crime preventionfolks work with a variety ofneighborhood watch organi-zations and other folks to dojust what they’re doing,whether it’s pass the word orobserve and report, which is,I assume, what they’re doingright now.”

Haley added that heapplauds them for whatthey’re doing.

“We have nothingagainst it,” Haley said. “It isinteresting that they’redressed creatively, I guess. Iapplaud them for whatthey’re doing.

“We haven’t heard any-thing negative about it. If wedo, we’ll address it at thattime but I don’t think, at thispoint, they’re doing anythingoutside of their rights as citi-zens of the community, whichagain, we applaud.”

The public response, Mr.Xtreme said, has been prettypositive lately, too. “In theearly days, when we firststarted about six years ago, itwas a little bit more of a chal-lenge. People weren’t asreceptive. But the public, ingeneral, seem like they’remore supportive of ourefforts.

“Because we’re here tostay; we’re not going any-where. Not until there’s nomore violent crime; whenthere’s no more violentcrime, then we’ll think aboutdoing something else.”

As for the bad guys, hesaid, “they get offended byus being out there, but that’spretty normal.”

Apart from patrollingthe streets for bad guys,Vigilante Spider, who’s beenwith the League for aboutfour years, but an independ-ent crime fighter for about a

decade, said they also do out-reach in the community.

“As far as safety patrols,we do a lot of that,” said thered-masked man.

“We do a lot of homelessoutreach; we do a lot of com-munity outreach, so it’s notjust about one thing or theother. But right now, ourfocus is to get informationabout (the potential kidnap-pers). That is our objectivetoday.”

Wearing a purple maskthat half-covered his face,Divine Force was still gettingfamiliar with the costumedpatrols. “When I started out,I didn’t really have any skillsets,” he said. “But theseguys…they just really tookme under their wing andhelped me out to get familiarwith this,” Divine Force said.His name, he said, comesfrom his religiosity and alsobecause it “sounded cool.”

Since joining theLeague, a little more than ayear ago (he was still in highschool at the time) he’s seenhis fair share of bad guys.“Lot of drunken brawls inthe Gaslamp, some gangthreats, some attacks. Mainlydown in the Gaslamp, peopleget rowdy,” he said.

On this patrol he wascarrying pepper spray and aradio. Normally, heexplained, he carries twostun guns, but added that hewas pretty light on the equip-ment side.

Divine Force joined theLeague after being inspiredby a documentary on real-lifesuperhero movement called,“Superheroes.”

“I saw that, and I didn’tknow that existed and it justseemed like a really coolidea,” he said.

The band of crime pre-venters planned to walkthrough Encinitas over theweekend, with possible plansto be heading to anotherNorth County city in the fol-lowing weeks, handing outflyers and talking with citi-zens.

“It really just comesdown to being vigilant andcontacting as many people aswe can,” Vigilante Spidersaid.

They can be reachedonline through facebook oremail at xtremecrimefight-er@yahoo.com.

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events,” Huth said.“Notthat we weren’t diligentbefore, but we really wantedto address potential concernswith permits, traffic controland people being in the right-of-way with so many newevents happening. The sher-iffs play a key role for all ofthese things.”

During talks with Haley,Huth said he also communi-cated the importance of thesheriff’s department beingvisible in the community.

“We want them interact-ing with residents and busi-ness owners on a regularbasis — keeping a high pro-file so to speak.”Huth said.“Ithink he (Haley) believes inthat as well — that’s key.”

Haley, who currentlylives in Escondido with hiswife, has a jump start interms of familiarity with thecommunity. Of the areas heheads, he’s called Encinitas,Solana Beach and Del Marhome at various points in hislife.

After graduating fromTorrey Pines High School,Haley studied to become amath teacher at MiraCostaCollege. A friend, however,thought Haley’s personalitysuited law enforcement.Haley’s dye was cast as ateacher, or so he thoughtuntil he gave a police ride-along a shot.

“I immediately saw thisis something I really want todo — that it’s different everyday,”Haley said.“I’ll tell you,

this is my 28th year, and I’venever been bored one day. Idon’t think there are manyprofessions where you cansay that.”

Looking back at hiscareer so far, Haley said he’sespecially proud of helpingto orchestrate a drug ringbust while he was command-er of the Sheriff’s Fallbrooksubstation. With the help offederal agencies,50 drug andweapons dealers were even-tually arrested last Octoberas a result of the complexoperation.

Haley then left thatposition to recruit and hiresheriff’s deputies for thecounty. He said the experi-ence cemented in his mindwhat it takes to work in lawenforcement.

“People have to have acertain makeup for this lineof work,” Haley said.“If gun-fire started right now, we runtoward gun fire.That is not anormal human reaction, butthat’s how we’re wired andthat’s how we train.”

Haley replaced Capt.Sherri Sarro, who command-ed the Encinitas Sheriff’sStation for two and a halfyears. Sarro will take over asthe head of the Sheriff’semergency services division.

“This is bittersweet,”Sarro said. “I’m excited formy new opportunity, but I’llmiss the people ofEncinitas.”

“I’m confident (Haley)will use all of his experienceto step in and do great,” sheadded.

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committee is also responsi-ble for all parks and openspace within the Covenant,like the Arroyo propertyand sports parks likeRichardson Field whichinvolves not only mainte-nance, but making surethey are fairly scheduledwith all those who want to

use them.“All are natural grass

fields so we have to makesure they are properlycared for,” he said.

The fields are used byall kinds of sports such asyouth baseball, soccer andLacrosse and by adults onSunday during the verypopular soccer games.

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the entire district. At themoment, the district pro-vides 60 percent importedwater, 35 percent local waterand 5 percent recycled water.The new board will continueto grapple with the issues ofever-rising prices for import-ed water,an aging infrastruc-ture and how to keep opera-tion costs as low as possible.

The cost of importedwater has skyrocketed in thepast few years and the ratesto the customer have contin-ued to rise.

Customers have seen a74 percent increase in theirwater bills over the lastdecade.

Deaver said the onlyreaction she has gotten fromcustomers is when someonecalls and wants to know whytheir water bill is higher.

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By Lillian CoxJonathan McMurtry has

one of those recognizablefaces, especially among tele-vision viewers who can seehim regularly on popular sit-coms such as “Cheers,”“Frasier” and “ModernFamily.”

Equally impressive isthat McMurtry, a graduate ofthe Royal Academy ofDramatic Art in London, hasearned the distinction of hav-ing the longest associationwith one theater of any stageactor in the United States.

This was accomplishedduring his 50-year career asassociate artist with The OldGlobe Theatre, where he hasacted in all 37 plays writtenby Shakespeare. He alsoteaches in the Master of FineArts program offered by TheOld Globe and the Universityof San Diego.

Currently, he is beinghonored by lending his nameto The Jonathan McMurtryActors’ Fund, which will beused to pay the salaries ofprofessional actors at NorthCoast Repertory Theatre —

where he has appeared inmore than a dozen produc-tions.The fund, he says, prom-ises a better future for work-ing actors.

“This encourages morelocal actors to become unionmembers which will helpthem find work,” he said. “Itwill also bring audiences intothe theater because theactors will be professionals.”

Now 75, McMurtry saysthe parts that come his wayare fewer as he gets older.

“I played old men a lotwhen I was young, but I can’tplay young lovers now thatI’m 75,” he said, smiling. “Butgetting older helps me withteaching, which I like to do.”

David Ellenstein, artisticdirector of the North CoastRep, has known McMurtrysince he was a child. Hisfather, the late RobertEllenstein, and McMurtrywere old friends.

“My father was my num-ber one mentor and Jonathan

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OTTERS ONTHE MOVE ?With the U.S. Fish andWildlife Serviceoverturning a ruling on“otter free zones” SanDiego may see theincreasing presence ofotters. B2

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I didn’t fearthe dentist,until now

Small Talk

JEANGILLETTE

What the heck hap-pened here? Dentistsused to ask me if I evenused my teeth.Apparently, pride goethbefore the fall and thedentist’s appointment.

I used to shake myhead in puzzlement atpeople who winced at avisit to the dentist. Thiswas in my salad dayswhen I had perfect teeth.As with far too manythings, I presumed Iwould always have greatteeth. Simply put, giventime all things change. Sonow I am paying off thedentist’s home loan,requiring three crowns inthe span of 18 months,plus getting a night guardto stop my teeth grinding,and coming within agnat’s eyelash of gettingbraces. When I said Iwanted to feel 16 again,braces were not reallywhat I had in mind. Ichickened out at the lastminute. The $5,000 pricetag helped dissolve myresolve.

Meanwhile, a chunkof one of my molars disap-peared during the holi-days. I have always had a

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New chairman beefing up Foundation’s marketing By Jared Whitlock

RANCHO SANTA FE —New chairman Neil Hokansoncalled the Rancho Santa FeFoundation “a well-keptsecret” in San Diego. One ofhis goals during his two-yearterm: get the word out.

The foundation is a pub-lic charity that’s manageddonation assets for individu-als and institutions for morethan 30 years. But unbe-knownst to many, the founda-tion’s 29-member boardserves all of the county andother areas, not just RanchoSanta Fe, Hokanson noted.

“While many of ourdonors are in Rancho SantaFe,we really are a countywideand beyond organization,”Hokanson said. “We want todo a better job of making thatpoint.”

To increase outreach,Hokanson said the founda-tion’s marketing committeehas recently beefed up socialmedia efforts.

Also, members will beencouraged to emphasize the

scope of the foundation whentalking with organizationsand potential donors. Third,letting the financial commu-nity know about the founda-tion is a priority.

“They have clients thatare philanthropicallyinclined,” said Hokanson,

who himself is the presidentof Hokanson Associates, afinancial planning companyin Solana Beach.

Hokanson said someother areas of the foundationcould use polish, but said thathe’s largely happy with itsdirection. He noted the foun-

Longtime actor lends name to a new role

Jonathan McMurtry has been honored with The Jonathan McMurtryActors’ Fund bearing his name, which will be used to pay salaries forprofessional actors at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Photo courtesy ofAaron RumleyTURN TO ACTOR ON B8

Neil Hokanson is the new chairman of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation. He’d like to step up marketing to letmore people know about the foundation’s reach. Photo by Jared Whitlock

TURN TO FOUNDATION ON B8

People arebeyond just writing a check.”

Neil HokansonChairman,Rancho Santa Fe

Foundation

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By Jared Whitlock COAST CITIES — Otters

will likely migrate to San Diegothanks to a new ruling from theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Fish and WildlifeService recently ended the“otter-free zone” rulingbecause of objections fromenvironmentalists and othergroups.

After being banned inwaters south of PointConception for more than 20years, the otters will be free toroam the entire coastline. Butdon’t expect to see them inlocal waters in the near future.

Sea otters are rare in SanDiego, and it could be “severaldecades or more”until a steadypopulation is established local-ly, according to Lilian Carswell,southern sea otter coordinatorfor Fish and Wildlife.

“The recent ruling equalsotters returning to their naturalmigration,”Carswell said,refer-ring to otter territories thatonce peppered northernMexico to San Francisco.“Fromhistory, the otter populationmoves in fits and starts. It’s dif-ficult to anticipate where exact-ly they’ll move to and the timeframe.”

Typically, otter colonies onthe move don’t migrate morethan 5 to 20 miles a year. Untilthen, San Diegans might spotan otter here or there,but that’sit, Carswell said.

No matter the otters’speed, many SouthernCalifornia fishermen have stat-ed they’re concerned aboutotters encroaching on their ter-ritories. Fisheries blossomed in

the absence of abalone andurchin-devouring otters.

Pete Halmay, a localurchin fishermen, believesthere are more pressing issuesthan otters for local fishermen.

“I think the otter-free zonewas a bad idea enough to beginwith,” Halmay said.“That said,I like to look at the big picture,”Halmay added. “Issues likeocean acidification are moreimportant in the long term.Acidification could wipe outspecies of fish.”

Steve Shimek, director ofThe Otter Project, cheered theruling.

“The zone was a messfrom day one,” Shimek said.“The otters weren’t going toconform to an imaginary line.They were following their natu-ral range.”

He believes the greaterenvironmental protections thatwere a part of Fish andWildlife’s decision will curbincidents of otters being shot orrun over by boats. Now theycan safely migrate south, hesaid.

“This decision will jump-start the otter population inCalifornia,” Shimek said.

With the zone being lifted,Fish and Wildlife will no longerbe removing the otters fromSouthern California waters.Also, the decision guaranteesotters the same environmentalprotection as otters to thenorth, and development planshave to take them into account.

Carswell noted that scien-tists estimate 16,000 otters,some of which were in SanDiego, populated California’s

coastline in the early 1800s.Butfur traders almost hunted themto extinction.

Carswell explained that 30years ago people were worriedthat an environmental disasterlike an oil spill could wipe outthe dwindling population ofsea otters along the coast ofCentral California.

In response to those con-cerns Fish and Wildlife relocat-ed 140 otters from Monterey toSan Nicolas Island,off the coastof Ventura, with the hopes ofcreating a thriving colony.

As part of that relocation

process, Fish and Wildlifebanned sea otters from movingsouth of Point Conception toappease fishermen, who wereworried the otters would wipeout the urchin and abalone.

To enforce the otter-freezone in Southern California,divers from Fish and Wildlifecaptured stray otters via non-lethal means. However, manyotters still swam back toCentral California. Othersmade their way into the otter-free zone.Unable to control theotters,Fish and Game scrappedthe San Nicolas relocation pro-

gram in 1993, according toCarswell.

“Relocating them wasn’tfully thought through,”Carswell said.

More than 150 ottersmoved en masse into the otter-free zone in 1998.

In response, fishermensued Fish and Wildlife,demanding the federal agencytrap and remove them.

Fish and Wildlife won thelawsuit and said it would nolonger restrict the otters’ move-ment.

But because the otter-freezone was technically still inplace, many environmentalgroups said the otters weren’tafforded environmental protec-tions, preventing them fromsuccessfully traveling south.

Currently, there areapproximately 3,000 otters inCalifornia. Some of the ottersface a depleted food supply inparts of Central California.Accordingly, they’re motivatedto move south, where urchinsand abalone are more abun-dant.

After recovering over thelast few decades, the otter pop-ulation has plateaued in thelast five years. Food shortagesare one reason; sharks preyingon the otters is another.

“We’re not entirely surewhy there’s been a rise inshark-bite mortalities,”Carswell said. Still, Carswellsaid Southern California beingopen again could give the otterpopulation a chance to grow.

“They have a new area tomove into,” Carswell. “Thereare more food opportunities.”

Otters eventually to arrive in San Diego with ban lifted

With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service overturning a ruling on “otter freezones,” the waters off of San Diego’s coastline may see the increasingpresence of otters in the next several decades or so. Photo courtesy ofThe Otter Project and Jeff Foott

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by CHUCKSHEPHERD

Three-Star RoomThat’s a Dump

The usual 20,000 or sovisitors every year toBelgium’s VerbekeFoundation art park havethe option (365 of them,anyway) to spend the nightinside the feature attrac-tion: a 20-foot-long, 6-foot-high polyester replica of ahuman colon created byDutch designer Joep VanLieshout.

At one end, of course,another body part is repli-cated (and gives the instal-lation its formal name, theHotel CasAnus). The facili-ty, though “cramped,”according to one promi-nent review, features heat-ing, shower and doublebed, and rents for theequivalent of about $150 anight. The 30-acre art parkis regarded as one ofEurope’s “edgiest” art des-tinations.

CompellingExplanation

Retrials and appealsare sometimes granted if aconvicted criminal demon-strates that he received“ineffective assistance ofcounsel.” Among the rea-sons that the lawyer forconvicted Joliet, Ill.,q u a d r u p l e - m u rd e re rChristopher Vaughnoffered in his Novembermotion was the ineptnessof other lawyers (but nothimself).

Specifically, heargued, the lawyers for theconvicted wife-killingpolice officer DrewPeterson put on such a dis-gusting case that they gaveall defense lawyers a badname. (The websiteLoweringTheBar.net point-ed out that Vaughn lawyerGeorge Lenard himselfviolated a lawyers’“kitchen sink” standard byoverlisting 51 separate rea-sons why his clientdeserved a new trial.)

Chutzpah!Mauricio Fierro

gained instant fame inDecember in Sao Paulo,Brazil, as the reported vic-tim of a car theft (cap-tured on surveillancevideo) when he dashedinto a pharmacy.

He went to a policestation to file a report, butencountered the pharmacyowner making his ownreport — that Fierro wasactually robbing him atthe moment the car wastaken.

More surveillancevideo revealed that whileFierro was standing out-side the pharmacy, won-dering where his car was, aman ran by and stole thestolen cash.

Fierro then immoder-ately complained to thepolice even more aboutSao Paulo’s crime rate andlack of security.

Afterward, Fierroadmitted to a local newswebsite that in fact he hadstolen the very car that hewas reporting stolen.

RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSJAN. 11, 2013 B3

Introducing The “New” St. James AcademyRolling Out Our NewBrand

For over 60 years, St.James Academy has exempli-fied a higher devotion toexcellence.

Many things havechanged over the years: thebuilding has been complete-ly remodeled, technology islightning quick, communica-tion is global, access to infor-mation is immediate, andnow we have a new brand.This spring we are rolling outa new logo, website, sloganand other brand elements.

This new brand wasdeveloped to update our lookand represent us to the high-est standards of academiceducation and our caringCatholic values.The Heart Of Our SchoolRemains The Same

We are not changingwho we are just our look. Ourlearning is based on theteachings and philosophy ofthe Catholic Church and fol-lowing Gospel values tomake a difference in ourworld.

As the challenges of con-temporary life evolve, St.James Academy continuous-ly evaluates the best process-es to enable our students tomeet the current and futureneeds of our community. Thevision for St. James Academyis to enable students, educa-tors, and our community togain both the desire and the

opportunity to practiceChrist-centered action ineveryday life.Our Cherished Preschool

In living our vision, wehave grown to include an out-standing preschool.

This program’s goal forthree and four year olds is toensure that your children's

first school experiences arefilled with love, laughter, andlearning.One to One iPad Program

We are in our pilot yearof a one to one iPad program.Next year the program willinclude fourth grade throughseventh.

The rest of the schoolutilizes a school set of iPadsas this program is offeringour students the opportunityto utilize new technologiesand learning techniques inorder to give them a greateradvantage in their learningand future educational andcareer choices.

The Junior High ProgramWe have an almost com-

pletely new Junior High pro-gram.

They have some extraminutes in their day, 2 dayseach week of block schedul-ing, a choice of electives anda flex period where they canget extra help from teachers,retake or makeup tests, workon homework, and a new surfclub!Fully Accredited AndDedicated

St. James is a fullyaccredited, Catholic elemen-tary school (K-8) that hasbeen serving the San DiegoNorth County Coastal com-munity since 1952. St. Jamesemploys fully accreditedteachers. Students at St.James are blessed with adedicated teaching and sup-port staff committed to pro-viding a strong educationalprogram that integrates spir-itual, moral, academic, social,cultural and physical pre-cepts.

The Academy is part ofthe vibrant St. JamesCatholic Community.A Hidden Gem

St. James Academy istucked away in a beautifulSolana Beach neighborhood,which gives us a great senseof privacy. If you live in NorthCounty, call us for a tour ofthis hidden gem at (858) 755-1777 or visit our website atwww.saintjamesacademy.com.

North County’s Premier Catholic Elementary School

We are notchangingwho we are,just our look.

At MiraCosta College, you’re not just a number

There are a lot of thingsthat Caitlin Clark likesabout MiraCosta College.The money she’s saving intuition when compared to afour-year college, for exam-ple. That she’s not one ofhundreds of studentscrammed into a lecture hallis right up there, too. Andthen there’s the small-town,welcoming atmosphere.

But it’s the college’sattention to student successthat has Clark convinced shemade the right move comingto MiraCosta College beforeenrolling in a university.

“The services they offerhere, everything from tutor-ing to resume workshops, arefree,” the Carlsbad HighSchool graduate said.

At MiraCosta College,the small class sizes, freetutoring in nearly every sub-ject and commitment to aca-demic achievement meansthe focus remains on you.

“I’ve been at eight dif-ferent institutions in my 36-year career and MiraCosta isby far the ‘Number 1’ stu-dent-oriented place as far ashaving support servicesavailable,” said Dr. EdwardPohlert, the college’s facultydirector of retention serviceswho serves as the lead of theTutoring and AcademicSupport Center.

Among the services are

facilitated group learningsessions comprising fromfour to 12 students that aretied to specific classes suchas biology, math and chem-istry, “the sort of classes thatstudents can struggle with,”Dr. Pohlert said.

There are also the col-lege’s Student SuccessWorkshops, which covereverything from libraryresearch to stress manage-ment, along with onlinetutoring sessions in subjectsranging from accounting toweb development. AndMiraCosta offers a numberof drop-in sessions for biolo-gy, chemistry and math, “ifyou just need quick help, 10or 15 minutes, which fits stu-dents well because noteveryone has 50 minutes fora full tutoring session,” Dr.Pohlert said.

The college’s First YearExperience is a program thathelps students taking pre-transfer level classes. AndPuente is a highly rated aca-demic program that com-bines rigorous writinginstruction and intensiveacademic counseling, alongwith mentoring by businessprofessionals.

The result? Statisticsshow that more than 8 in 10students who use the col-lege’s academic supportservices will boost their

grades.MiraCosta College’s pro-

grams are far more thanwhat Clark could haveexpected had she gonestraight to San Diego StateUniversity from high school.

“I do tutoring everyweek,” she said, “and it’shelped my grades tremen-dously. In my accountingclass alone, after three tutor-ing sessions, my grades weregoing from a C to a B-plus.”

The support shereceived is helping Clarkreach her goal of transfer-ring into San Diego StateUniversity or Cal StateFullerton next fall. Fromthere, she plans on securinga master’s degree in psychol-ogy or a related field andbecoming a counselor.

Caitlin is so convincedthat MiraCosta College wasthe right choice that she nowworks as a student ambassa-dor who visits local highschools. “My whole job is notonly to get kids intoMiraCosta but to help themtransition from high schoolto college and to succeedhere,” she said.

In that sense, Caitlin iscarrying on the MiraCostaCollege tradition of ensuringstudent success.

“Coming here was thebest decision I made,” shesaid.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

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Where our school is your child’s 2nd home.We appreciate the opportunity to introduce you toOCP and look forward to sharing with you the uniqueadvantages of our environment and programs.

We invite you to tour our facility, meet our teachers, and see for yourself how kids are laughing and growing while learning at OCP.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Olivenhain CountryPreschool and Infant Centerfor the Arts mission is to pro-vide your child with a safe,loving, nurturing environ-ment to acquire proper skillsand values to prepare themfor their future.

Children need a balanceof academics and arts. Wehave studied Beverly Boss'theory of learning and inte-grated some of her thoughtson kinesthetic and tactileexperiences for the youngchild.

A child will retain moreof the knowledge he is givenat a young age, if it is pre-sented through many medi-ums, including cooking, the

arts, drama and expression,rhythm and movement, andeven gardening.

Our teachers provide aclassroom environmentenabling them to expressthemselves at each stage ofdevelopment.

Our daily activitiesinclude a variety of learningtools for your child to gaininterest in learning as wellas using their imagination.Our monthly curriculumstake the child through aworld geared to his level.

We look forward to shar-ing with you the uniqueadvantages of our environ-ment and programs. Weinvite you to tour our facility,

meet our teachers, and seefor yourself how kids arelaughing and growing whilelearning at OCP.

Come and experiencewhat makes us unique:

• A safe, loving, nurtur-ing environment

• Hands on art & crafts,cooking, gardening

• Our family values:politeness, good manners &respect

• Art & nature explo-ration in a cheerful setting

Come and visit ourunique preschool inEncinitas. Monday - Friday -7:00am- 6:00pm. 448 RanchoSanta Fe Road, Encinitas,(760) 942-5434

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The Nativity School hosts annual open house

RANCHO SANTA FE —On Jan. 27,The Nativity Schoolwill host its annual open housefor K-8 families from 10 a.m. tonoon.

Parents and students willhave the opportunity to meetthe school’s leader and princi-pal, Margaret Heveron, thefriendly and inviting teachers,and explore the beautiful cam-pus and classrooms.

Small class sizes, stimulat-ing curriculum enhanced byspecialists, and a dedicatedCatholic community, are threeof the features that TheNativity School provides toeach family.

The Nativity School is ded-icated to providing a challeng-ing educational environment,as well as developing the moraljudgment and decision makingskills nurtured in the school’sCatholic values.

The school’s philosophy ofeducation, based on theMultiple Intelligences byHoward Gardner, is the founda-tion that cultivates the intellectof each student.

This philosophy promotesthe sound spiritual, social,emo-tional, and physical growth ofits students.

All students from gradesK through 8 are nurtured andaccepted for individual differ-ences and talents.Encouragement and positivereinforcement are used to allowindividual development, bothsocially and academically.

One parent stated, “Theteachers truly bring much love,learning, and excitement to mychild every day.”

Another parent agreed.“They are wonderful teachers,

and have been doing a fantasticjob.

“It amazes me how mucheffort, thought, and kindnessthey show each student individ-ually and as a group.

“The teachers do an amaz-ing job academically teachingto each student. I feel mydaughter is not only getting agreat education, but a well-rounded,enriching preparationfor the next levels ahead.”

The Nativity School usesSchoolwide LearningExpectations as a frameworkfor establishing overall goalsfor student growth and achieve-ment.

The rich and challengingcurriculum of the core subjectsreligion, language arts, math,reading, science, and socialstudies, are enhanced with spe-cialized curriculum in Spanish,technology, art, music, andphysical education.

Technology is available toall students in every classroom,and is infused into the curricu-lum to support and enhancethe learning process.

The Nativity Schoolopened its doors in September1996 as an integral part of TheChurch of the Nativity.

The addition of the schoolrepresented phase two of themaster plan of the parish, andits commitment to serving thespiritual, academic, emotionaland physical needs of Catholicfamilies.

To learn more about TheNativity School, please come tothe Open House event on Jan.27 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Please call (858) 756-6763to RSVP or to obtain moreinformation.

Happy New YearRancho Santa Fe. I hopethat you had a splendid hol-iday season. I managed tosqueeze in a trip back to thesnowy Midwest to see myparents.

This column happenedmainly “out of town” overthe last couple of weeks. Iwill say when you leavehome and come back toyour normal routine; thereis nothing like a fresh per-spective that shows you howwonderful your home sur-roundings are in SouthernCalifornia.

Rancho Santa Fe hasnever looked better.

With the shortest daybehind us and all of our gift-giving out of the way areyou ready to conquer 2013?I know I am.

I am looking forward todiscovering new storieswithin this magical commu-nity that we are lucky expe-rience on a daily basis.Moving forward, set reason-able New Year’s resolutionsand try to tackle one majorgoal verses several.

That’s my approach forthe New Year. Also, I will besharing with you where you

can get in shape at theRancho Santa FeCommunity Center. Makebig dreams, but also remem-ber to keep your feet firmlyplanted on the ground.

Around TownOn Dec. 26, I flew off

into the clouds with my sonon a overly crowded flightback to the Midwest.

The Denver airport hasnever seen so many travel-ers packed with carry onpresents. I read my veryfirst Jack Reacher novel byLee Child.

You may already beinto this series of books, butI am just now discoveringthem. I am excited now tosee the new Tom Cruisemovie that just came out.

Although I did find outover Christmas from myFacebook page that somediehard Jack Reacher fansare not too thrilled with thechoice of casting.

All I can tell you is I amsure Lee Child is absolutelythrilled one of the biggestsuperstars in the world isbringing his popular charac-ter to life.

Now my son and I arehooked and plan on readingall of them in the New Year.

On Dec. 27, my parentsand I headed to the mainstreet of Spirit Lake that isalso a popular tourist desti-nation in the summertime.

However, there is some-thing magical about the

wintertime, too. The bluesky looks dreamy over thesnow covered downtown.

Snowflake flurriesdrifted slowly in the wind asthe sun filled the streetswith warm sunshine.

I have included a photoof my parents that I justlove looking festive in theirhometown of Spirit Lake,Iowa.

I am always lucky tospend time with my par-ents!

On Jan. 3, I receivedsome important news fromthe Rancho Santa FeCommunity Center: Fitnessclasses are resuming afterthe holidays!

From yoga toJazzercise, local residentscan lose those extra holidaypounds and have fun meet-ing other residents at ourvery own CommunityCenter in the heart of town.

Pricing is reasonable, too.Ten classes are only $125.For drop-in rate it’s only$15. For more informationon times and schedulingcheck out rsfcc.org/adult-fit-ness for times and instruc-tor information.

If you have a story you would likeMachel to share, please email her atMpenn@coastnewsgroup.com.

Machel’s Ranch

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Resolutions and fresh perspective in 2013

Downtown Spirit Lake, Iowa during the Holiday season. Photo byMachel Penn Shull

William and Micky Penn are the parents of columnist, Machel PennShull. Photo by Machel Penn Shull

Don’t miss out on getting in shape at the Community Center in RanchoSanta Fe. Courtesy photo

Read the Jack Reacher booksbefore you see the movie. Photoby Machel Penn Shull

RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSJAN. 11, 2013 B5

It’s beginning to look a lotlike winter here in SouthernCalifornia.

Here in North County, weenjoy walking in the cold morn-ing air and sliding into the hottub on these crisp, clear nights.

But the nice thing aboutCalifornia is that, if it’s genuinewinter you want,you can find itnot too far away.

And even better are thegreat deals to be had at thistime of year. Read on:

Early and ample snowfallhas made Sequoia NationalPark in the eastern Sierras aspectacular winter wonder-land, which can be appreciatedboth from indoors and out.Special offerings from thepark’s cozy Wuksachi Lodgeinclude the Winter RomancePackage (locally-crafted choco-late truffles, bottle of red wine,

souvenir wine glasses andthrow blanket) which starts at$88.

The Winter Family FunPackage (winter sports map,snowshoe rentals and a newsnow disc for kids) starts at $77.The Sweet Treat Package (twoSequoia souvenir mugs withhot cocoa mix, marshmallowsand bottle of peppermintschnapps) starts at $70.

The Winter AdventureDeluxe Package (full-day snow-shoe rentals,winter sports map,box lunch, daypack and sou-venir Sequoia thermos filledwith hot cocoa) starts at$107.50. All prices are per per-son, per night, double occupan-cy. Rates valid through March31.

Maybe best thing of all atSequoia is the free snow-chainconcierge service (weekendsonly) for Wuksachi Lodgeguests.

Check road conditions bycalling the National ParkService hotline at 559-565-3341.VisitSequoia.com.

A less-than-three-hourdrive north will take you to Big

Bear ski country where there’splenty of snow for skiers, snow-boarders and anyone whoenjoys the mountains and allthat white stuff.

Big Bear Lake ResortAssociation is offering “Liftand Lodging” deals like themidweek packages that start aslow as $69 per person per night,double occupancy.

Weekend packages startat $89 per person per night,double occupancy (with mini-mum of two nights and twodays of lift tickets). Lodgingchoices include private homerentals, bed-and-breakfasts,condos and cabins. SnowSummit and Bear Mountainoffer 435 developed acres, 26lifts, four high-speed chairs and1,800 vertical feet. Visit big-bear.com.

You don’t have to go to themountains and the snow forgreat winter deals. TheBoutique Hotel Collection onthe much-overlooked CentralCoast is offering specialprices at its four properties:the Apple Farm Inn andSycamore Mineral Springs in

San Luis Obispo, and theThe Cliffs Resort andSeaVenture Resort inPismo Beach. TheCliffs underwent amultimillion-dollarupdate July 2009,so therenovation plus itslocation on thebeach makeit a won-d e r f u lplace tospend af e wwinter days. Stay inSLO Town (its res-idents werevoted the hap-piest in thecountry) andenjoy thepopular

T h u r s d a yfarmer’s mar-ket where youcan meet

locals ande n j o yl o c a lf o o d ,p r o -d u c ea n dcrafts.Don’tm i s sthe his-t o r i c

MissionSan Luis

Rey or thedowntown shops

and restaurants. Allcan be seen on foot.Visit boutiquehotel-collection.com/ for

specials at allfour hotels.

Regardless of the season,there’s always plenty to see anddo in New York City, but thecost of lodging in Manhattancan cause heart palpitations.However, visit the Big Applebefore Feb. 28 and take advan-tage of bargain prices at sevenHilton Worldwide hotels.They’ll throw in a coupon forRipley’s Believe It Or Not -Times Square, too.

Rates start at $129 at theseven participating hotels:Hilton New York FashionDistrict; Hilton Times Square;DoubleTree Suites by HiltonTimes Square; DoubleTree byHilton Metropolitan - New YorkCity; Hilton Garden Inn NewYork/West 35th Street; HiltonGarden Inn Times Square; andHampton Inn ManhattanTimes Square North.

Call (800)-HILTONS andrequest plan code KX or KX1.

Hit the Road

E’LOUISEONDASH

Plenty of winter fun to be had

Winter scenes don’t get much better or more beautiful than this. Visitors toSequoia National Park are welcomed by spectacular vistas like this alpine trail.Visitors can play for a few hours in the snow, then head back to WuksachiLodge for hot cocoa and peppermint schnapps. Courtesy photo

This snowboarder flies down some of the 1,800 vertical feet avail-able to those who come to Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, lessthan a three-hour drive from North County. Midweek “Lift andLodging” deals are available for as little as $69 per person.Courtesy photo

November through February is the best time to watch elephant seals on Piedras Blancas beach where theymate and give birth to their pups. Piedras Blancas is a short drive from Pismo Beach where The Cliffs Resortand SeaVenture Resort offer special winter rates. Photo by Jerry Ondash

Snow blankets Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park in the eastern Sierras. Numerous specially pricedpackages are available during the winter months, and the lodge provides a free snow-chain concierge serv-ice for its hotel guests. Courtesy photo

E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer liv-ing in North County. Tell her about yourtravels at eondash@coastnewsgroup.com.

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Well, the holidays arebehind us.

I can’t believe we don’thave anything exciting tolook forward to through theupcoming dreary winter.

I think that’s why wemen barricade ourselvesbehind the football play-offs, the Super Bowl andthen the Final Four.

That should take careof those cold or wet week-ends until mid-March or so.

Life for baby boomershas to be more excitingthan that.

Certainly, life for babyboomers has to be betterthan looking forward toanother tax year endingand starting a new one.Grind, grind and moregrinding seems to be ourcredo while the Canadiansare whistling Dixie downhere.

Though I am typing thiswhile seven stories up over-looking some of God’s natu-ral beauty.

I’m still on my balconydown in Puerto Vallartaoverlooking the Bay ofBanderas and the SierraMadre Mountain backdrop.This place is packed withpeople escaping the cold.There are baby boomers allover the place here.

It is extremely tough

getting a beach or poolchair. That seems to belife’s biggest hassle here.

I haven’t met anyonefrom California visitingdown here yet. In fact, therejust aren’t that manyAmericans at all.

There is a splatteringof people from Minnesota,Utah and Michigan.

There are at least fourto five Canadians for everyAmerican here if not more.

I was down on thebeach today with a few peo-ple from Canada.

I was lucky as theysaved one chair as a bufferfrom the crowd next tothem and they invited me totake it. I most willingly didand was grateful. Lying inthe sand is fine, but havingthe lounge chair is definite-ly a step up.

I asked them why theycome down to Mexico whenthe papers are filled withviolence. The usualresponse is, “What vio-lence?”

You see, in Canada,they didn’t get involved intrying to eliminate theirsecond amendment like ourgovernment did.

They already havestrict gun laws there.

Our governmentthough gave more than2,000 high-powered assaultweapons to the Mexicancartels in the Fast andFurious ordeal in 2010 and2011 and then turnedaround and fed our mediaheadlines with all thekillings down in Mexico

while blaming it all on theease of acquiring weaponsin the United States.

Only problem is it allturned out to be a fraud anda ruse with ulterior motivesand continues to be investi-

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gated by Congress andspecifically our own DarrellIssa out of Vista in theHouse OversightCommittee of the House ofRepresentatives.

The decent 99.99 per-cent of Mexican people whohave nothing to do with thedrug cartels or small towngraft got caught in the mid-dle of the ruse and are suf-fering the loss of Americantourism in Mexico.

I can tell you one thing,I have been coming down toPuerto Vallarta for morethan 10 years now and Iwould rather walk down thestreet at 1 a.m. in PuertoVallarta than any street inSan Diego County at thesame time.

The people are so niceand so friendly that I don’thave to walk with one eyeover my shoulder.

I don’t even want tostart in on what living inChicago must be like wherethey have more killings in a

week than Mexico has in amonth and surpassed thenumber of deaths in Iraqand Afghanistan in a short-er period of time.

I only bring that upbecause reality trumps fic-tion.

The American presslikes Americans to thinkthat 131 Americans werekilled in Mexico in 2011alone.

Even Fox News report-ed that without followingup. I did follow up with theState Department inWashington.

I wanted to know whothese 131 Americans werethat went unnoticed in allthe U.S. news.

I found out that all butone were dual citizenMexicans in the drug car-tels.

One tourist died divinginto shallow water while onvacation.

But that isn’t the newswe get and so everyone isafraid to come down to aplace that world travelersnow call their second

homes. I’m sure there arebetter places in the worldbut for the value, nothingeven comes close.

Just ask anyone whohas invested down here.

It is so beautiful andpeaceful here and I’ve beenan absolute bum for fiveweeks so far.

Actually I’ve beenrecovering from doubleknee surgery and a ton ofdental work, which I spokeof in my last column abouthaving done for about 20cents on the dollar.

I’m feeling great which,unfortunately, is just intime to come home on the18th to begin my wintersojourn working again.

If I want to live freedown here for about ninemonths out of the year Ihave to rent my condo hereduring the high season,which is now.

I won’t be able to comeagain until April when theworldwide CheerleadingCompetitions begin againright here at my own condobuilding in the Holiday Inn.

Ah, to be young again.Can you imagine hun-

dreds, if not thousands, ofcheerleaders in one placerelaxing on the beachbetween competition?

I still encourage anybaby boomers looking forthat slice of paradise to giveanother look at Cabo orPuerto Vallarta.

If you don’t run drugsyou have nothing to fear.The economy here isvibrant and new construc-tion continues unabatedwith a huge middle classgrowing here.

The Mexican peoplehere are not what you envi-sion Mexican people to belike.

They’re upscale andmodern. I found my peacedespite the media accountsand that’s all we babyboomers should be lookingfor. Find yours in 2013.

The clock is ticking.

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was number two,”he said.“Webecame close in Hamlet pro-duced by the Arizona TheatreCompany in 1977, which myfather directed. That was thefirst time we worked togetherand we became part of anextended family of friends andcolleagues.”

Ellenstein said he isamong a legion of peopleinspired by McMurtry becauseof his ability to forge a lifelongcareer in theater, not only inSan Diego,but also throughoutthe U.S. and Canada.

“For a stage actor in theUnited States to have a careerlike his is really unusual,” headded.

“The theater is changingall the time and the ones whostick to it are fewer and fewer.

Jonathan has a sense of histo-ry having been around SirLawrence Olivier and Sir JohnGielgud and bringing that tra-dition back and having thebedrock of knowledge to standon. There aren’t too many ofthat breed left.”

Ellenstein explained thatthe idea to pay tribute toMcMurtry came up initially,followed by the means to dothis through an actors’ fund

that would continue in perpe-tuity.

“Jonathan epitomizeswhat an actor is,” he said. “Idoubt that there are many, ifany, equity actors on the WestCoast with more weeksworked than JonathanMcMurtry. He’s been such atreasure in San Diego.”

An event to honorMcMurtry will be held on Feb.5 at North Coast RepertoryTheatre.

“We want everyone tohave the opportunity toexpress their gratitude toJonathan while he is in goodhealth so he can enjoy it,” headded.

McMurtry will partici-pate in a reading of “KingLear” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15.

“I’m looking forward to itbecause I’m playing The Fooland am doing it with Ken Ruta

so it will be fun,” he said.“I’vedone 20 plays with him at theGlobe. I think the first time Iworked with him was 1965.”

McMurtry’s awardsinclude the KPBS 2006 ShileyPatte Lifetime in TheatreAchievement, numerous SanDiego and Los Angeles Critics’Circle Awards and the 2008Craig Noel LifetimeAchievement in the TheatreAward.

Also in 2008, the city ofVista and the county of SanDiego proclaimed June 30,2008, as “Jonathan McMurtryDay.”

Theater fans that want tosupport professional actors bycontributing to the fund cando so online atnorthcoastrep.org or contactKathryn Byrd at (858) 481-2155, ext. 211 orKathryn@northcoastrep.com

Jean Gillette did not appreciate herflawless grin when she was 15.Contact her at jgillette@coastnews-group.com.

perverse skill at gettingsick before a big date, orwhile traveling or whenevery facility needed is, forsome reason, closed. Uponfinally getting into the den-tist’s chair, my need for thatthird crown was confirmed.Despite my $400 nightguard, I had managed tocrack yet another tooth viamy nightly tooth-grindingWeltschmerz.

You thought that wastiresome? Now I really getto start whining. After fourhours of Novocain, drilling,scraping, cheek stretching,jaw cracking, gargling, cast-ing and creating a crown“while-you-wait,” the den-tist placed it on and told meto bite down hard. Always

an obedient child, I did,causing the crown to sum-marily crack in two. It wasreally hard to tell who want-ed to slap somebody more… the dentist or me. Weboth knew there was no oneto slap, but it didn’t makeus any less inclined.

I then got to rise and beat the dentist’s first thingthis morning to finish thejob. All seems to be well. Ithink they may have sentout for an extra-durablecrocodile tooth, this time, asthere is some suspicion Imight have been that, ahyena or perhaps aRottweiler in my last life.

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Helen WoodwardAnimal Center is locatedat 6461 El Apajo Road in

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Wellness Weekbegins this month

The DowntownEncinitas MainStreetAssociation (DEMA)announced that its thirdannual Wellness Week willbegin with a largeindoor/outdoor festival atthe Encinitas Library Jan.19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This free event willfeature dozens ofexhibitors offering freemini-treatments (e.g.acupuncture, massage,reflexology), free productsamples, free healthscreenings, cookingdemos, performances (e.g.Aikido, Kids’ Yoga,

Zumba), and special activi-ties for kids.

During the week thatfollows (through Jan. 26),the public is invited totake advantage of numer-ous other free classes,treatments, consultationsand presentations, held atthe library and at otherparticipating organiza-tions.

These are all part ofWellness Week, a week-long program of events andspecial offers that allowspeople to learn about andexperience ways toimprove their physical,mental and spiritual well-being. All events areopen to the public andfree of charge. Most willbe held at the EncinitasBranch of the San DiegoCounty Library.

For more information,visit encinitas101.com.

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ACTORCONTINUED FROM B1 Jonathan

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dation has grown rapidlyover the last decade; andattributes the rise to morepeople wanting to identifyhow exactly they can giveback.

“People are beyondjust writing a check,”Hokanson said.

“People realize for avariety of reasons theywant to become philan-thropically involved,” headded. “Do they want toframe a house for habitatfor humanity, do they wanttheir children involved, dothey want this locally orabroad — there’s lot ofissues. Some people havethought that through, butothers want to explorethis. We help themexplore.”

Further, the founda-tion offers charities feed-back in order to makethem more attractive fordonors.

“We do a great job ofthis, and I’d like to contin-ue that,” Hokanson said.

Hokanson, who beganserving on the foundationboard five years ago, cred-its post-college travel withsparking an interest incharity and aiding the less

fortunate.“After graduating

from college, I spent threeplus years overseas,”Hokanson said. “I workedmy way around the worldwith odd jobs. I worked inIran teaching helicoptermechanics, I ran sheep inChile, cattle in Uruguayand picked apples in NewZealand.

“I spent a lot of timeon the streets, watchinghow people beg and howcrime transpires,” he said.“That’s far away in my cur-rent world, but it’s helpedme understand some ofthe challenges and oppor-tunities of philanthropy.”

Hokanson was electedas chairman about 12months ago. But he’ll stepinto the position a yearearlier than planned“through an unfortunatesequence,” as ChairmanRon McMahon is recover-ing from a stroke and can-not carry out the rest of histerm.

To prepare for his newrole, Hokanson said he’sbeen interviewing pastleaders of the foundation.

“I want to draw ontheir knowledge andvisions to incorporate thebest ideas into the founda-tion,” Hokanson said.

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By Bernice Bede Osol

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013From time to time in the year ahead,you are likely to be privy to some valu-able information that won’t be avail-able to just anybody. If you’re smart,you’ll figure out how to use it to youradvantage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Asituation in which you’re involved hasbeen inhibiting your performance,though it was initially intended other-wise. Changes ahead will give yougreater authority to remedy this.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Youare entering a cycle that bodes well forthe establishment of new friendships.One particularly strong one might bewith a person who was born in a dis-tant land.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Bothcircumstances and chance couldserve to awaken some fresh ambi-tions in you, as long as you can adaptquickly to unexpected circumstances.

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I will start getting mypension next year. We don’tneed the income. I have alarge sum in a traditionalIRA, getting 3.76 percentinterest. We also have onelarge CD (we never touch theprincipal), plus several otherinvestments.

My full retirement ageis 66.

If I take Social Securityat 63, it would be about$1,400, at 66 about $1,600and at 70, $2,200. My hus-band says I should take itearly, because you don’tknow what the federal gov-ernment is going to do withSocial Security.

I say wait, because ifsomething should happen tohim, I would get his fullSocial Security when I am 66and I could defer mine untilI am 70.

Both of my parents livedinto their late 80s, and Idon’t want to outlive myassets.

At 70 1/2, I will have totake required minimum dis-tributions from my IRA.Should I take Social Securityat 63 or wait? Why are wesaving all of this money? Thegrandkids will get a tidysum!

Thanks a lot. We loveyour column and havelearned a lot! — K.S. inFlorida

DEAR K.S.: You’re for-

tunate to have a problem ofthis kind.

Your husband makesthe case that he doesn’tknow what the federal gov-ernment will do with SocialSecurity.

That is not necessarily aproblem but definitely a con-sideration.

The question is, howlong will you live? If you takeSocial Security at age 63 anddie before age 80, you will beahead of the game. If you dielater than that, from age 80until you pass away you willbe behind, collecting lessultimately than you wouldhave otherwise. You say youreally don’t need the money.Do you want to gamble,which is what it comes downto?

Personally, if I were ingood health and didn’t needthe funds, I would wait untilthe maximum age and drawthe maximum amount. If, onthe other hand, my healthwas precarious and it didn’tappear that I had a lot oflongevity ahead, I wouldstart collecting as early as Icould.

Let’s face it, if you dieearlier, it really won’t mattermuch to you. Best of luck!

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7 money stumbles to avoid

Everyone makes moneymistakes.

But missteps or miscal-culations can cost you a lotover the long term and couldinadvertently hurt your fami-ly when you’re gone.

Consumer Reportsoffers seven ways to correctyour missteps or at least mit-igate the damage they cancause.

1. Not updating yourbeneficiaries. In ConsumerReports’ recent nationallyrepresentative survey aboutAmericans’ money habits, 86percent of respondents saidthey hadn’t created their willand other estate-planningdocuments or updated themwithin the past five years.

Even if nothing haschanged in your life, everyyear you should check yourbeneficiary designations inyour will, insurance policies,investment accounts andretirement plans such as401(k)s.

2. Withholding informa-tion from family. The surveyshowed that in only 40 per-cent of households did bothspouses know where to finddetails of their financialaccounts, required passwordsand keys to safe-depositboxes. An easy solution is todesignate a safe, file cabinetor safe-deposit box to hold allimportant documents andaccount-access information.

C o m m u n i c a t i o nbetween generations canalso reduce hassles and mis-understandings.

Yet just 37 percent ofrespondents with adult chil-dren said they’d told theirkids where to find importantdocuments, accounts andpasswords. Adult childrenstand a better chance ofgaining their parents’ trustand helping them makeplans if they get their ownfinancial houses in orderfirst.

3. Botching your 401(k).In interviews with ConsumerReports subscribers who’vebeen successful savers andinvestors, a common refrainwas to start saving early inlife, invest consistently andput the maximum allowedinto a retirement plan. But inthe survey, two-fifths of

respondents with 401(k) andsimilar retirement plans saidthey were investing 6 per-cent or less of their income,the typical ceiling for gettinga full employer match.

Notably, a large percent-age of survey respondentsmentioned costly investmenterrors, such as buying or sell-ing at the wrong time.Investing at regular intervalsand holding over the longterm is the most surefire wayto avoid those mistakes andbuild wealth in a relativelyrisk-free way.

4. Underinsuring yourhome and your life. Only 36percent of the homeownerssurveyed said they’d pur-chased replacement-cost cov-erage, a more expensivehomeowners insurance thatprovides replacement ofyour home with like-kindand quality materials. Andonly 20 percent have umbrel-la coverage against liabilityclaims.

Two other coveragesthat should not be over-looked are life and disabilityinsurance.

Term life insurance ismore economical than othertypes. Use an online brokersuch as Accuquote,SelectQuote, Find MyInsurance or LifeInsure.comto compare premium quotes.

5. Not preparing foremergencies. MostAmericans don’t save evenhalf a year’s worth of livingexpenses. Saving a bit at atime — say, $20 a week —can help build your cashbuffer.That money should gointo an accessible bank orcredit-union savings account.

6. Ignoring your credit

report. Consumers canobtain a credit report fromeach of the three major cred-it bureaus — Equifax,Experian and TransUnion —free through the industry’sofficial website, at annual-creditreport.com.

To most efficiently mon-itor your credit, ConsumerReports recommends stag-gering your report requeststo one every four months.

7. Mismanaging debt.Credit cards generate amongthe most expensive type ofconsumer debt; the averageinterest rate is about 14.3percent, according toLowCards.com, a credit cardcomparison website.

In spite of those loftycosts, almost half of the sur-vey respondents with creditcards said they carry a bal-ance on their cards.

To begin to free yourselffrom that balance, considerconsolidating your debt witha home-equity line of credit;rates on HELOCs averagebetween 4 and 5 percent,according to Bankrate.com.Focus on retiring your debtby paying more than the min-imum due each month.

In a recent Consumer Reports survey, only 36 percent of the home-owners surveyed said they’d purchased replacement-cost coverage,insurance that provides replacement of a home with like-kind and qual-ity materials. Image courtesy Consumer Reports

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