The Paper 03-17-22

March 17, 2022

Volume 52 - No. 11

Preface: That crazy pandemic has messed up both business and recreational travel plans for most of the world.

Our world traveler, Cecil Scaglione, offers some travel plans you may wish to consider once the wanderlust in you kicks back in and transport by air, sea and land, once again becomes practical.

Time to start planning? Have a good read and decide for yourself.

But . . . be flexible. Read on.

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By Cecil Scaglione

Flexibility: that’s the key ingredient to freighter cruising.

Weather had sealed our 51,000-ton roll on-roll off freighter, the Grimaldi Line’s Grande Ellade, in port overnight.

We were behind schedule and uncertain where our next stop would be. We were never sure of when and how long any stop would be during our 10,000-mile round-

trip voyage out of southern England’s bustling port of Southampton.

When we boarded the eight-story vessel about the size of a city block to begin our five-week journey, we learned that our initial stop, Rome, was cancelled. We were told the next morning that our first landfall would be Valencia, on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

That drove home the primary rule of our freighter trip: Be flexible.

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We spent anywhere from four to 24 hours in the 16 cities and towns we slipped into. Temperatures varied from just over 100 degrees in the Mediterranean to below freezing in the North Sea. Our first test came on our second day out.

The ship and its cargo of some 4,500 vehicles, a couple of dozen officers and crewmen, and eight passengers bounced around the edge of an Atlantic tempest as we skirted the Bay of Biscay. “We hit

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bottom several times,” complained my wife, Bev. “I didn’t know there were so many potholes in the sea.”

The Ellade’s cruising speed of 20 knots an hour got us to Valencia, home to what is believed to be the chalice Jesus and the Apostles used at the Last Supper, on our fourth day out of England. Several crewmen gave the Spanish city their highest praise: “Nice city.”

We split up into two parties. Lou and Jean, my brother and his wife from Toronto, joined us in one cab.

Jack and Sally Beaton and Bob and Lynne Blount, all from Canada, took another. We agreed to meet our drivers at a prearranged place and time, a practice we pursued in most ports, to return to the ship. After a quick tour of the sights, smells and sounds around the main plaza dominated by the cathedral’s octagonal bell tower, we relaxed over brunch in a small cafe nestled in a nearby market.

Our confidence strengthened at our next port of call as we walked from the docks into Salerno, the largest city on the Amalfi coast and a major stepping stone during the World War II Allied invasion of Europe.

The ships cook, Salvatore Punzo, cell-phoned reservations at a seaside restaurant and, with a second visit scheduled for this city, we

Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!

Friend: What are you doing?

Me: Having a glass of wine.

Friend: But that’s a bottle.

Me. The bottle is made of glass.

•••• It’s been a strange day. First, I find a hat full of money.

Then I get chased by an angry man with a guitar.

•••• The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.

AGENT: I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.

RANCHER: Well, there's my hired hand that’s been with me for 3 years.

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made notes over lunch on what we intended to do when we returned in 10 days.

That evening, we sipped espresso on the Ellade’s bridge with the master, Captain Michele Siniscalchi, as we skimmed atop the silky sea into the two-mile wide mouth of the Strait of Messina that separates Sicily from Italy’s mainland.

It took the better part of the next day to slip through the 400 Greek Islands – actually, 100 of them are Turkish – before docking at the Athenian port of Piraeus.

We walked to a nearby bus stop, got directions to the central agora (marketplace) and clambered aboard a bus headed that way,

After our cameras captured some of the local sites and sights, we took a cab to the Microlimano neighborhood that abuts Athens and picked out a waterfront bistro that gave us a panoramic view of the Greek capital and the Parthenon atop its acropolis.

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I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.

AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.

RANCHER: That would be me.

•••• What Is Butt Dust?

What, you ask, is 'Butt dust'?

Read on and you'll discover the joy in it! These have to be original and genuine. No adult is this creative!

JACK (age 3) Was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister... After a while he asked: 'Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk? ' STEVEN (age 3) Hugged and kissed his Mom good night. 'I love you so much that when you die I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window.'

BRITTANY (age 4) Had an ear ache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: 'How does it know it's me?'

SUSAN (age 4) Was drinking juice when she got the hiccups.

By Sean Dietrich

He sat alone in a breakfast joint. He was old, wearing wrinkled clothes, with white stubble on his chin, like he forgot to shave. He was doing a crossword puzzle.

When I am old, I will forget to shave and do crosswords.

He wore a Navy ball cap with scrambled-egg embellishments on the bill, his reading glasses on his nose.

Buck Owens was overhead singing “Together Again.”

I pulled up a stool beside him.

Socially distanced, of course. We micro-smiled at each other. The waitress handed me a menu, I gave it back and replied, “Three eggs, sunny, and bacon, please.”

another formal grin. Minutes went by. He broke the ice first. “Where’s home, fella?”

When I am old, I will call strangers fella.

I jerked a thumb behind me.

“About three hours that way. You?” He laughed. “Nineteen hours in the other direction. On vacation with my kids in Crawfordville this week.” He looked at me over his readers. “Had to get outta the condo, my granddaughters were driving me insane.”

The waitress refilled his mug. The man used six packets of sugar in his coffee.

I will someday use six packets of sugar.

The old guy and I exchanged

'Please don't give me this juice again,' she said, 'It makes my teeth cough..'

DJ (age 4) Stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: 'How much do I cost?'

CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried when his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, 'I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in it?'

MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: 'Why is he whispering in her mouth?'

TAMMY(age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew.

Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, 'Why doesn't her skin fit her face?'

JAMES (age4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: 'The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.' Concerned, James asked: 'What happened to the flea?'

And finally the answer to the question: This particular Sunday sermon....'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust...' He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt

dust?'

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•••• You hate to find this out at the airport but I just found out I have a “blurred groin.”

•••• Don’t sell yourself short. What do you suppose would have happened to World History if Alexander the Great had settled for the title, Alexander the Pretty Good?

•••• The Republicans strongly believe in sex after marriage, but not with their wives.

•••• I guess if you spoke your mind you’d be pretty much speechless, huh?

•••• I hate it when people see me at the supermarket and say, “Hey? What are you doing here?”

And I reply, “Oh, you know, hunting elephants.”

•••• Swearing: Because sometimes “gosh darn” and “meanie-head” just doesn’t do it.

•••• A woman stopped by, unannounced, at her son's house. She knocked on the door then immediately walked in.

She was shocked to see her daughter-in-law lying on the couch, naked.

Soft music was playing, and the aroma of perfume filled the room.

"What are you doing?!" she asked.

"I'm waiting for Mike to come home from work," the daughter-in-law

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Social Butterfly

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well. They butchered a couple of hogs at night, dressed them out, cutting them into large chunks. They used a ladder to climb inside the chimney, drove spikes into the walls and hung the meat on them. This not only kept the meat safe, it also helped cure it, thus ‘saving their bacon.'

Evelyn Madison The Social Butterfly Email Evelyn at:

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DAR Celebrated Their Patriots at a Recent Chapter Meeting The Santa Margarita Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), celebrated their patriots at a recent chapter meeting.

Lesley Clifton spoke of James Tarbell of Massachusetts. James was one of eleven children, seven of whom fought in the Revolution, four of which died. The daughters made blankets, knitted socks and any other items that would provide comfort. Lesley’s family is fortunate that the family Bible and letters from that time still exist.

Alida Woodward spoke of Oliver Lamphear, a ship’s captain from Connecticut. While Oliver was at sea his wife and sons worked hard to protect their belongings from the British. They hid some items in the

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Above: Montaza Palace

Conversation centered on the benefits of this boat trip. The low cost – about one-third the price we would have paid on a regular cruise liner - topped the list. The facilities ranked almost as highly. Fellow passenger, British Columbian Bob, said: “This is the biggest cabin we have ever had, and that includes several cruise ships.”

Next was the ease of getting off and on the vessel in each port without having to battle passels of other passengers. Getting quick tips from the ship’s crew on where to go and not go to best enjoy our time ashore was also cited as a plus.

And we learned something else happened – when we headed home from town whether in daylight or dark, we headed for the docks because they became home wherever we were.

The following day we were in Izmir, near Turkey’s ancient arche-

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ple enlisted, and fought bravely.

Their promise of freedom was sometimes met but most often not.

The actions of Jack Peterson of Westchester thwarted Benedict Arnold’s treasonous plans and led to the capture of Major Andre.

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Woodward, Laura Horn, Lesley Clifton.

Wanda Prosser spoke of Elisha Bailey of Virginia who was at the Battle of Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington. Elisha then helped with the march of prisoners to the Maryland line where they were turned over for processing.

Regent, Laura Horn, presented each with a Certificate of Appreciation.

In honor of Black History Month the efforts of many free blacks such as Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Salem Poor, Barzillai Lew were talked about. Many enslaved peo-

ological city of Ephesus. Because of the shore-time allowed, we opted to look and loiter around the modern center of the city and sample the local cuisine.

With only a few hours in Alexandria the following day, we climbed into a taxi for a quick tour of some locales we never got to see because the drivers extemporized and took us to other sites. The hair-raising drive itself was worth the money for even the most avid carnival-ride junky. The white lines on the roads seemed to be for decorative purposes only.

Our next anchorage was Limasol on the Greek south coast of Cyprus.

We hopped a bus for a 15-minute ride into town and had all day to meander around the market, mosque and medieval museum in the Byzantine castle where, according to tradition, Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre and crowned her Queen of England in 1191.

We were awakened the following morning by the rumbling anchor chain and spent the day rolling gently among a dozen or so other ships awaiting the Israeli port of Ashdod to reopen at sundown. We had arrived on the Sabbath, when the whole country shuts down. “It’s just like Sunday in Italy,” said chief engineer Antonino Esposito.

It gave us the day to do laundry, trim hair, manicure hands and/or feet, and lounge in the sun on deck

A License to Love! License Fees Waived! As clocks spring forward this weekend, we're encouraging dog owners to spring into action to keep pets safe — by ensuring their dog's license is up to date! Now through March 25, San Diego Humane Society is waiving all licensing fees (including late fees) during our A License to Love campaign.

This offer is for new or renewed one-year dog licenses for pet owners who live within our jurisdictions. Licensing can be completed chairs. Other shipboard pastimes during the voyage included writing post cards or knitting afghans while listening to the music from CDs, watching movies, picking our way through jigsaw puzzles, or checking the Milky Way and counting the shooting stars. We also raided the kitchen for tidbits and sipped libations purchased from the cook.

Wine was served with lunch and dinner. Meals were served at 7:30 a.m., 11a.m. and 6 p.m. Those hours and the periods in ports became the only important markers as time lost all meaning.

In Ashdod, the local Grimaldi agent arranged for us a 10-passenger bus and guide to take us for a tour of Jerusalem. It was a bit difficult to feel the spirit in the Holy City because of our haste, the clamor and commercialism, and the packs of pilgrims pushing and prodding their way through the narrow streets and archways.

A side trip to Bethlehem on a nearby hill was scrapped by the lack of time and the need to change vehicles, guide and driver because our Israeli team was not allowed into the West Bank city that is controlled by Palestinians.

Besides, dinner on board, prepared a la Napolitano by Salvatore, sounded just as appealing as any we would have found ashore. Pasta in all its modes, calamari, thinly sliced

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A license provides proof of a pet’s ownership and rabies vaccination.

Licensed dogs receive a Pet Hub tag, which comes with a QR code that can store phone numbers, medical information and a secondary emergency contact, like a veterinarian. If someone finds your dog, they just need to scan the code with their cellphone to bring up your contact information!

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This special offer applies to firsttime licenses, renewals and all late fees (if applicable).

The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce First Blood Drive, Ever!

Many know there is, and has been, a blood shortage crisis in the United States. In an effort to utilize our space, staff and presence in the community the Carlsbad Chamber is hosting its first Blood Drive in

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The inscription on his ballcap caught my eyes, it read: “Navy Chaplain Corps.”

I pointed to his hat. “Bet I can guess what you did for a living.”

The man smiled. “Yep. I’m an inactive chaplain—there’s no such thing as a retired chaplain.”

“So, how’d you get into the business of saving Navy souls?”

He laughed again. “Well, I didn’t save’em. I just listened to a lot of’em talk.”

Silence.

He added, “My daddy was a preacher. But that ain’t what made me wanna be a Holy Joe.” “What did?”

“Oh, lotta things.” He looked at me with eyes of slate blue, the color of dungarees. “You ever hear of the SS Dorchester?”

I shook my head. “Was that your ship?”

“No way. The Dorchester was back during the War Against Hitler, in

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Historic buildings in Escondido hit by month-long wave of vandalism

Over the past three weeks, 18 large glass panes on historic buildings in Grape Day Park have been smashed.

Robin Fox, Executive Director of the Escondido History Center loves to discuss school tours of its historic buildings in Grape Day Park, classes, public events and curating an archive of historic city photographs that’s open to the public.

But lately, the center’s executive director has spent much more time dealing with ongoing vandalism.

Over the past four weeks, vandals have visited the property on three weekend nights and bashed out 18 large windows in the research center, Victorian house, barn, train depot and blacksmith shop.

Since then, the city — which owns and maintains the exterior of the buildings — has replaced several of the broken windows. But maintenance workers haven’t been able to keep up with the vandals’ return visits. A few weeks ago all seven ground-floor windows of the 1890era Hoffman House were shattered.

And on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 19, Fox arrived to discover that seven more windows had been broken in the center’s office and research center, an 1895 building that once served as Escondido’s first library.

The cost to replace just the windows in the library building will be up to $3,000.

The 1890-era Hoffmann House is one of the historical buildings at Grape Day Park in Escondido that was recently vandalized. Seven of its windows were smashed out a few weeks ago.

Fox said vandalism has been a periodic problem ever since the History Center moved to the park at 321 N. Broadway in the mid-1970s. In those early years before Escondido’s city hall was built next door, there was a large homeless encampment in the park. To protect the center’s historic buildings from break-ins, bars were installed on all the windows. The park’s homeless problem has become far less of an issue in recent years and the bars have long since been removed, but vandalism still occurs.

About 18 months ago, an arsonist set fire to an historic outhouse inbetween the library and Hoffman House and nearly razed both buildings. Right around the same time, a man was arrested for breaking windows at the old train depot. Graffiti has also been an enduring problem.

Fox said whoever has been breaking windows in the park over the past month isn’t interested in what’s inside the buildings. The city has armed all of the structures with motion sensors and alarms, but nobody has attempted to enter the buildings or taken anything inside.

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Mikki’s Restaurant - A Review

Man About Town

One of Our Favorite People Gets Recognized

When I dine out, whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner, I expect a few things as a matter of course. A good menu, good food, reasonable prices, excellent service, a pleasant, bright and amiable atmosphere.

I found most of these at Mikki’s Restaurant in Escondido at 1639 E. Valley Parkway. Several areas, however, were lacking.

The food? Delicious. I had the Prime Rib for breakfast, tender, juicy, a very large plate with home fries, pancakes and two eggs. (No, I couldn’t eat it all. Really big plate, very generous servings).

Palomar Health President and CEO, Diane Hansen has been selected as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Healthcare for 2022 by Modern Healthcare. This award honors female executives who are guiding healthcare delivery improvement across the country. The annual pro-

Mary, my ex-wife, is a very light eater. She had a fruit cup and several cups of coffee. Again, a generous serving of fruit. Both my breakfast and Mary’s was priced very reasonably.

Service staff was competent but a bit slow and not terribly warm personalities. I counted four servers

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Fox said one solution to help police solve the latest crime spree would be for the center to buy and install cameras to capture images of the vandal or vandals in action, but the center’s budget is too small. For the past three years, Fox has been the organization’s sole employee.

Founded as the Escondido Historical Society on Feb. 3, 1956, the organization began establishing its Heritage Walk of historic buildings in Grape Day Park in 1975.

Over the next five years, several local historic structures were relocated to the park, including the library building, the 1901 Penner Barn, the 1908 Bandy Blacksmith and Wheelwright shop and the 1888 Santa Fe Train Depot, which is one of the oldest buildings in the city. In 1978, a Victorian home was moved from Ivy Street to the park, but it was destroyed the following year by an arsonist. In 1980, the Hoffman House was donated to take its place. In 2006, the society changed its name to the Escondido History Center.

Fox said the city has been a gracious landlord over the years, taking care of the buildings, paying the electric bills and installing security systems. The city also does periodic restorations on the buildings and had already planned to do some work on the Hoffman House later this year. As a result, the city will

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and one bus-boy and the restaurante was, perhaps, 75% full, with a capacity of, perhaps, 100. A number of empty tables were available as well as counter service.

Still, service was a bit more slow than I am used to . . and the server, though competent, did not make me feel welcome and was not particularly friendly. I know and like most of the servers I deal with. I didn’t have a warm, friendly feeling about this staff.

The decor: Mikki’s could, at a minimum, use a coat or two of paint; preferably a complete re-decoration and/or remodel. The decor might best be describede as . . . drab.

My partner, Evelyn Madison, told me she and her late husband, Gene, used to frequent Mikki’s. The food was always great and their reputation for great Prime Rib was unrivaled.

Then, there must have been a change of management or ownership and the food and service seemed to deteriorate.

They stopped going.

Prior to today I had been a patron of Mikki’s on one occasion. Was not terribly impressed. Neither positive nor negative impression; just enough that I had no great compulsion to go back.

Will I go back? Probably.,

Food and prices are good. I just

Letters to the Editor A Reader’s Comment

Lyle, I saw the U.S. Route 66 cover story (3/3/22 issue) & jumped for joy!

Then I read it.

Lyle, we love you. We truly do.

But my joy quickly turned sour.

The narrative was pedestrian at best. And yes, I've read the previous Letters to the Editor criticizing The Paper's latest debacle in cover stories (The Arabia and This Is Alabama).

And you're right, Lyle, when you answered "We write for a broad spectrum of readers. Not all readers are interested in the same sub-

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look forward to a warm, amibale welcome and I enjoy getting to know my servers and like to see bright eyes and smiles (even with masks you can “see” the smiles in the eyes of your server(s). . .)

Hoping ownership/management at Mikki’s takes note of my review and makes some adjustments.

And breaks out the painting gear.

And has a chat with the service staff about being happy in their work and making the customers feel equally happy. Time to lighten and brighten up!

••••• Random Thoughts:

1. The WNBA athlete that was arrested by the Russians has only herself to blame; traveling with drug paraphernalia? In a hostile country? Not the smartest move to make . . and it creates all kinds of diplomatic problems for the US at a sensitive time. When the State Department should be working to help the Ukrainians they have to divert some of their effort to rescue this poor, innocent, but dumb, athlete. Stupid!

2. American Idol offends mine ears. I turned it off after two acts.

Not impressed with the quality of talent. Or the judges. Not one of my favorite programs.

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beef, assorted cheeses, gelato, roast chicken, fresh fish and pizza were but a few of the entrees. Steward Milen Slavov, who shepherded us passengers through the vagaries of freighter travel, capped every meal with a steaming espresso or cappuccino.

With all day in Salerno on our second stop there, we got to see more of the town, including the cathedral that houses the bones of St. Matthew and the Norman castle that straddles a rocky outcropping 900 feet above the Mediterranean.

We also picked up goodies we had ordered at a bakery on our first stop to celebrate Jean’s birthday back aboard ship.

The Amalfi coast offers some of the most beautiful village and coastal views in all of Europe. The views from the town of Ravello perched above the gulf of Salerno felt like a gateway to paradise.

We cruised by the candy-like lights of the coast before pointing north to berth overnight in the Italian Riviera town of Savona, where shopkeepers closing down for the night directed us to a local restaurant that still sparkles in memory.

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A little-known attraction here is a replica of the Matthew, the squarerigged caravel John Cabot sailed to Newfoundland in 1497. There’s also a life-sized bronze statue downtown of Cary Grant, who was known as Archibald Leach when he was born and grew up here.

It was a brief overnight trip to Cork in southern Ireland, where Bev remarked “The Emerald Isle is really emerald.” Our driver John Carroll explained it’s because “we get rain seven days a week.”

The Ellade’s foghorn awakened us the next day, which was when we learned the North Sea deserves the bad rap everyone gives it. We bounced around like a chip on its shoulder as force-10 winds, killer waves and freezing temperatures trampled the region. We zigzagged and circled for two days awaiting the storm’s departure and, while we accepted weather as our dictator, time was becoming our nemesis.

The delays were pushing some of us critically close to our scheduled flight departures.

The seas softened and temperatures tumbled as we cleared the northern tip of Denmark. The only warmth we ran into in Stenungsund, a 30minute drive from the port of Wallhamn, was the people’s friendliness.

We walked into the Danish town of Esbjerg the next morning, where shore leave was from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and spent most of it in a computer café confirming our returnhome travel plans.

Our next night was a six-hour run through a sci-fi Marscape as we glided through the massive industrial complex surrounding Antwerp.

Lighted towers lining both sides of the inlet marched off endlessly in all directions.

Two days after coasting by the French Riviera, we sailed by the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar) and on to Setubal, our last warm-weather stop. We strolled along tailored terracotta streets in this Portuguese town and picked up some pharmacy needs for Salvatore. Mr. Jack got a haircut. Lou tracked down an automated teller machine for more funds. And we had a beer in a MacDonald’s with third officer Antonio Auceli and cadet Michele Cesaro.

The next night we squeezed our way through the lock system that protects the British Port of Bristol from one of the highest tides in the world, second only to those in Canada’s Bay of Fundy. The 18meter (60 feet) structure seals off the harbor from the 14-meter (45 feet) tide.

Alan, our cab driver, said a local activity involves “Surfing the Severn.” Youngsters haul their boards to the nearby Severn River to ride the tidal bore that rolls upriver when the sea surges inland.

Lou and Jean left us in the morning and took trains to Brussels and then through the Chunnel to London to catch their Toronto flight the following day.

The rest of us passed up on the hour-long trip into town, and another hour back, because our scheduled stay was only a few hours as the Ellade loaded 1,400 cubic meters (370,000 gallons) of fuel before returning to Southampton to start its five-week tour all over again.

We opted to pack and prepare for our airport runs and flights home two days away. We wound up spending more than 12 hours tied up because United Nations divers closed the only exit lock to inspect it for security breaches.

Reminding us to the end: Be flexible.

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hold off on replacing the home’s seven broken windows, which are now boarded over with plywood.

Vista Deputy Mayor and Candidate for the Mayor’s Chair Raises Schools/Parent Notification Issues

Deputy Mayor John B. Franklin, a candidate for Mayor in Vista, seeking to replace retiring Mayor Judy Ritter, and who has Mayor Ritter’s endorsement, has reached out to the community with a request to demand answers concerning what many parents and students at Rancho Buena Vista High School are calling a disorganized and ineffectual response by school and district officials to a report of a gun on campus that forced the school into a lockdown.

At approximately 7:25 a.m. on Monday, March 7, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from a parent at the high school who relayed their child had seen another student carrying a firearm on campus, according to Principal Jose Villarreal.

The school’s administration was immediately alerted, and Sheriff’s deputies subsequently arrived and conducted a search of the campus until determining there was no credible threat to safety.

However, some are expressing frustration that parents and students were only told of the threat an hour later, at 8:30 a.m.

A number of parents were annoyed school officials sent out an email, as opposed to a robocall or text message, to announce the lockdown.

Deputy Mayor Franklin urged concerned parents to contact their School Trustees to both express their concern and demand answers.

Trustee Area 1 Rosemary Smithfield rosesmithfield@gmail.com 760-445-3004

Trustee Area 2 Debbie Morton debbiemorton4students@gmail.com 760-822-0638 Trustee Area 3 Martha Alvarado marthaalvarado@vistausd.org

Trustee Area 4 Cipriano Vargas - Board President cvargas.trustee@gmail.com 760-213-4498 Trustee Area 5 Julie Kelly juliekelly@vistausd.org 760-672-2527

All 5 emails: rosesmithfield@gmail.com; debbiemorton4students@gmail.com;

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3. Some wealthy individual has offered a $1 million dollar bounty for whomever assassinates Putin.

Senator Graham also called for someone to take him out. He's gotten some criticism . . but not from me. I totally agree. Take Putin out.

He is so isolated and closely guarded, however, that it will have to be an inside job. One of his trusted security people will have to do it.

He'll be killed, of course, but his family would enjoy the $1 million bounty.

4. We should implement a plan similar to The Flying Tigers of WWII fame.

General Claire Chennault headed up this group, funded by a third party . . aircraft, fuel, maintenance, ammunition, and pilots, were all paid by a "neutral" third party.

Not by the US Government. We should do the same . . . and fast. Also, we need to "lend-lease" some A10 Warthogs to Poland, who would then lend them to Ukraine; pilots would be recruited who know how to fly the Warthog. It's a notorious and highly successful tank killer.\

5. I hate the Russian government, headed up by Putin . . . but I don't hate the 18-19-20 year old Russian kids who are being killed in this war. Many of whom do not support the war but are following Putin's orders under threat of death if they don't comply.

6. If, and I emphasize "If," Russia is successful in taking over all the major cities . . . Russia will then face guerilla warfare. A nation with its residents who would be fully supportive of it guerilla forces can bleed Russia dry. In addition to taking out military troops they will break up supply lines - cause food and ammunition shortages . . and, ultimately, Russia will retreat . . . leaving a devastated, but free, country behind.

Just some random thoughts from an old fella who has seen much of this scenario before. I have a hunch a lot of my military pals will agree with much of what I have to say.

•••• Mack Hembree, the owner of the Gems N Loans Pawn Shops located throughout North San Diego County and Temecula, has come up with a brilliant idea and we are proud to join him in the effort. This weekend, Gems N Loans will hold a sale on specially marked items at all of its locations and 100% of the proceeds will be sent to the Ukraine! (See Page 8 for their ad that gives locations and times).

This is just one more example of a local businessman stepping up to the plate and helping out those in need. The whole world is inspired by the courage of the Ukranians and the wonderful resistance they are offering against the Russian invaders. We hope and think the

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Letters to the Editor Cont. from Page 4

ject. We've learned you can't please everyone all the time." And Lyle, that is true. And you're absolutely right.

But this is different. That wise assessment from you, well (honestly) it doesn't fit or justify a (questionable) trend here of possibly (real) debased journalism, etc. in The Paper as of these last three consecutive cover stories (including this week's Route 66 which I initially was so enthused & excited about!).

Yes, there will always be differences of opinion. And yes, you can't please all the people all the time. But it is equally true that those statements may not apply to (truly) bad writing. It pains me to compose this because I truly fell in love with The Paper as a relatively new reader and it became my catnip every week.

I still am loyal to you for bringing us past joy in exclusive cover stories, which I now miss. Please, turn the ship around & reclaim your past greatness!

From ardent fans of yours, Kenneth Warren, family, friends, and coworkers in North San Diego County.

And a Different Point of View from a Different Reader

Lyle!

Phabulous (born in Phoenix) story of famous Route 66! Loved it!

However, you forgot “Winona” AZ!

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us who represent your younger generation of readers want you to know just how much we appreciate you as a writer and publisher who has brought countless hours of engaging entertainment, fascination, and enlightenment into our lives!

Please never forget how much the younger demographics of readerfans love and support you!

Also, as with many other readers, we look forward to Friedrich Gomez closing in on his historic 200th story! But you're right Mr. Davis -- he's very shy and will not wish too much fanfare! My family and all my university friends have adopted Friedrich into our lives, and he is greatly loved! I take him virtually everywhere with me. And my parents have fallen in love with Friedrich, as well as our neighborhood of active & retired military families.

But Mr. Davis, you alone have made this a better world with The Paper giving us a "window to the world" and momentarily taking us away from a divisive world and enlightening us on our common history, such as with the Arabia, This is Alabama, and now Route 66. Your stories remind us all that we, as Americans, stand on common ground and share the same history. And as Editor-in-Chief, you never let thugs, extremists from WOKE, or radical political correctness, run your newsroom! For all of that, you are a true American in our eyes.

You have no idea, Mr. Davis, just how much you are admired and loved by my generation, the future of America! --

Listen to the song, “ . . . . .

Flagstaff Arizona, don’t forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino, get your kicks on Route 66. “.

Geeeezzzzzzz!

/s/ Royce Moore Sent from my Lamborghini North San Diego County,

And Still Another Point of View

Dear Mr. Lyle E. Davis, Chief Editor & Publisher of The Paper weekly magazine; As a 24-year-old UCSD-La Jolla student, I totally fell in love with your Route 66 cover story! My dad has all of Michael Wallis' books & VHS videos on Route 66 and my favorite videos are, "A Journey Down Route 66, The Mother Road" and "Route 66 Revisited." Not only did my parents enjoy your cover story but also all my university friends on campus, all of whom represent your younger fan base of The Paper! Mr. Davis, all of your cover stories are beautifully written. Two of my 'profs' were fascinated with the Alabama story and also your Arabia steamship historical piece of the sinking and rediscovery of this cargo & passenger vessel that travelled up and down the Missouri, Ohio and Mississippi rivers! What an amazing piece of U. S. history! Mr. Davis, many of

From Kimberly Oceanside.

Hastings,

And Yet Another Comment

Lyle, just read your brilliant cover story on Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Pacific Northwest Indian tribe. Engaging, interesting, and intelligently written. The cover story's substance and smartly-written prose was a literary triumph!

Take a much-deserved bow!

-- Emailed from Patrick Flannigan, North San Diego region.

And More . .

Attn. "Letters to the Editor" dept.

The current cover story on Chief Joseph by Lyle E. Davis just blew the freakin' rooftop off, and established new heights of writing-

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March 17, 2022

No Excuse for $6 Gas

Every day, gasoline prices set a new record. While some of the recent increase is attributed to uncertainty following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, prices have been shooting up for over a year and there’s no end in sight. That is why I am supporting legislation to suspend the gas tax and I joined a bipartisan group of legislators urging the Governor to take advantage of California’s abundant inland natural resources.

Instead, the Governor has offered only partial relief and tax rebates that will come far too late for many commuters.

With no oil pipelines connecting us to other states, California is an “energy island.” The oil we don’t produce is imported to us on supertankers, a major source of air pollution. We consume 1.8 million barrels each day, with 1.4 million imported from countries exempt from our environmental laws. While our oil reserves are among the world’s largest, state mandates have reduced production by 89,000 barrels daily since 2018 – and the Governor has failed to approve over 1,000 drilling permits. If the Governor wanted, we could eventually replace all the oil we import from Russia (6% of our own state supply).

Approving leases would generate high-paying jobs. Roughly one in seven workers in Kern County, which produces 70% of our oil and 90% of our natural gas, are employed by the energy industry.

This provides 55,000 jobs for union members, veterans, second chancers with an average annual salary of $125,000, nearly double the national average!

With its strict environmental laws, California produces the only “climate compliant crude” in the world. Curtailing oil production here, while replacing it with noncompliant crude shipped thousands of miles from countries with lax environmental standards, costs us jobs, increases inflation, and degrades the environment – it is counterproductive on all levels. We must act now!

Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R-Valley Center, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

5th District Supervisor

Jim Desmond

It's inexcusable to see pictures of gas prices in the $6 and $7 range. I cannot stand by and let San Diegans suffer while Sacramento politicians build up their coffers. I admit this is a short-term problem and longer solutions need to be looked into, like America becoming less dependent on foreign nations but, that’s a federal issue. In the meantime, San Diegans need help and it’s time for Sacramento bureaucrats to step up.

Last week, I submitted a Board letter to the County Board of Supervisors asking for a one-year suspension of the State of California’s Gas Tax.

With soaring gas prices, increasing energy and utility costs, out-of-control housing costs, and the rising cost of goods due to inflation, many San Diegans struggle now more than ever to afford basic needs.

Many seniors, living on fixed incomes are struggling with their monthly bills. Many families are struggling to put food on their tables.

On Friday, California set an all-time record with the average gas price over $5 (and climbing). To alleviate the financial burden of the rising gas prices in California, it is critical that a temporary suspension of the

$0.51 per gallon state gas tax is enacted. With at least a $45 billion surplus (of taxpayer dollars) I'm requesting the State of California help everyone by utilizing the budget surplus to ensure maintenance of California’s roads and infrastructure.

Traditionally, the gas tax is used to pay for road maintenance and repairs throughout the state. To compensate for the tax suspension and cover road maintenance and safety costs, the Governor and State legislature should backfill funds using the estimated $45 billion state budget surplus. For Fiscal Year 2021-22 the State’s gas tax is expected to raise $6.8 billion from gasoline purchase for vehicles using public roads, according to the State’s Legislative Analyst Office.

Using only 15% of the projected State surplus can lower gas prices by 51 cents per gallon throughout California this year.

To contact

North County Office – by appointment only 325 S. Melrose Ave., Suite 5200 Vista, CA 92081 Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Website: www.supervisorjimdesmond.com Email: Jim.Desmond@sdcounty.ca.gov

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PROBLEM SOLVED

Q: I rented a vehicle from Avis in Seattle recently and had an accident while visiting Mount Rainier National Park. A local towing company towed the vehicle away. I reported this to Avis and gave them the towing company's contact number and address.

An Avis representative said they would work with the towing company to recover the vehicle from them and that I didn't need to do anything.

I still followed up with them almost every day for two weeks to ensure they had the car.

Avis hasn't recovered the vehicle yet and it is still at the towing company's facility. An Avis representative keeps telling me the case is being processed and that the car will be recovered soon.

But now I'm dealing with a few other issues. My rental contract is open and I keep getting billed for the vehicle. I am not sure what attempts Avis is making to recover the vehicle. At the same time, I'm getting emails from the Avis loss prevention department asking me to return the vehicle.

I contacted the loss prevention department, and a representative asked me to disregard the email because their system wasn't aware of the report I had filed and they would recover the vehicle without me interfering.

But yesterday, I got a certified letter from Avis demanding that I return the vehicle. I'm worried that Avis will report the car as stolen. I am not sure how to proceed here. Any help will be appreciated. -- Mayank Kumar, Seattle A: I'm sorry you got into an accident in your rental car. Avis should have done what it said -- taken the car back and marked it as returned. Waiting for days and sending you threatening letters is not a shining example of good customer service.

Here's the problem: You should always call the car rental company before making arrangements to have a car towed. The vehicle belongs to the company, and it has procedures for handling an accident.

You say you called Avis roadside assistance after the accident and then connected them to a tow truck driver at the scene of the accident. Avis insisted on sending its own tow truck to retrieve the car. But the local tow truck driver said it would would take hours for Avis tow truck to arrive and that law enforcement wanted the car removed right away.

The Avis roadside assistance representative eventually allowed him to tow the car, according to you. But I think Avis may have misunderstood what happened.

You were correct to be worried about the return. I would have called the company every day, too. And I would have called even more after I started receiving emails that the company told me not to worry about. When a

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company tells you not to worry, you should worry.

I think Avis would have eventually tracked down your damaged car. But in enough time to keep its loss prevention department from calling the cops? I don't know about that. Other car rental companies have reported their customers to the police, with traumatizing results.

I might have appealed this to one of the <a href="https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/avis-budget/">Avis customer service contacts</a> I list on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org.

At the very least, they could have sent you something in writing that assures you the return was processed.

I contacted Avis on your behalf. It closed out your rental and marked the car as returned.

Christopher Elliott is the chief advocacy officer for Elliott Advocacy.

Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help with any consumer problem by contacting him at http://www.elliott.org/help © 2021 Christopher Elliott.

TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Q: My husband unexpectedly lost his job last year. We had to cancel a twoday vacation rental through Vrbo. I spoke to a Vrbo representative, who agreed to issue a partial refund of $751. I waited a month but did not receive anything.

I called Vrbo and the company told me it approved the refund, but that I would need to contact the property owner since the owner was the one that was holding up the refund. I contacted him again. Now he says he doesn’t know anything about a refund and never agreed to a refund.

March 17, 2022

Historically Speaking

by Tom Morrow

The Sun Shines Brightest on the Pacific

My first adventure following the Western Sun took place in March of 1959. A year earlier I had joined the U.S. Navy to see the world. After several months of training in San Diego, Norman, Oklahoma and Brunswick, Georgia, I received orders to a flight squadron (VW-3) on Guam. Getting there took two flights of some 16 hours West from Travis Air Force Base, California, first on a Military Air Transportation Service (MATS) Super G Constellation to Pearl Harbor, then aboard a Pan American Boeing Stratocruiser. This trip was a few months before Boeing 707 jetliners began flying across the Pacific, which would have cut my flight time in half.

The first stop was the tiny island of Wake, one of the 1930s Pan America Clipper seaplanes’ famed Pacific “stepping stones,” which served as refueling stops for the huge flying boat airliners.

Wake Island is little more than a mile wide coral atoll just barely above sea level at high tide. It’s in the western Pacific Ocean, some 1,501 miles east of Guam, and 2,298 miles west of Honolulu. While this was my first big leap in my worldly travels of “Following the Sun,” in reality this trek goes so far West that once we crossed the International Date Line, I was then at the farthest point “East.” Wake is one of the most isolated locations in the world. The nearest inhabited landfall is Utirik Atoll some 590 miles to the southeast. Its position on the globe gives new meaning to “… located in the middle of nowhere.”

Can you help me sort this out?

Initially, all I wanted was a refund of the cleaning fee since we weren’t there. But ideally, I would like them to honor their promise of a partial refund. -- Betsy Bair, The Dalles, Ore. A: Vrbo's refund policies vary. You have to click on the property page to see the exact terms and conditions for your rental. Generally, they can range from a lenient policy that offers a 100 percent refund if you cancel at least 14 days before check-in, to a strict no-refund policy. On this point there's no debate: You were past your refund period.

Your paper trail -- the correspondence between you and the owner -- is problematic. If you read it a certain way, it looks as if some kind of refund is due.

And you say that Vrbo promised you a refund. But the rental manager also says no refund is due. That's confusing.

So what's going on? To find out, you

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The United States took possession of Wake Island in 1899, and is administered by the U.S. Air Force. The center of activity on the atoll is the air field, which continues as a mid-Pacific refueling stop and an emergency landing field. South of its 9,800-foot runway is the Wake Island Missile Launch Center.

Within a few hours of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, (it was Dec. 8, 1941 on Wake because it is located on the other side of the International Date Line), Americans were attacked by Japanese bombers, which marked the commencement of the “Battle of Wake Island.” Marines, sailors and 300 civilian construction

workers held out for 12 days before surrendering.

The movie, “Wake Island” is a 1942, Hollywood propaganda film starring Brian Donlevy and Robert Preston. It tells the story of the U.S. military garrison and some 300 civilian construction workers repelling the onslaught of the Japanese.

During the atoll’s defense, the Marines and sailors put up a fierce fight. During the surrender, the surviving civilians were kept prisoners on Wake. Because a Japanese cruiser was sunk, some American troops were beheaded on the way to Japan to work as slaves in coal mines. The island remained occupied

by Japanese forces until it was surrendered to the U.S. in September 1945 at the end of the war.

My travels chasing ol’ El Sol is not unique. North San Diego County probably has more retired military personnel per capita than any place in the U.S. Oceanside’s Bob Neal, a long-time reader of this column, is one well-traveled old Marine who recently wrote me about his adventures … and they were many: “I got to Montreal, Canada, San Jose Costa Rica, Okinawa, Vietnam, Hong Kong, of course multiple U.S. cities, plus the 1963 New York World Fair. Of course, during my time assigned to the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., I pulled guard duty at the White House, Camp David and was around the Presidents (Kennedy and Johnson) a lot. My big history event was Kennedy’s assassination. I was a casket escort down Pennsylvania Avenue and at graveside in Arlington Cemetery.

“I was on the White House Ceremonial Detail with (President) Johnson, and had one unusual assignment: I was one of the Marines who stood as a ‘guard’ for 30 consecutive days in February 1963, at the showing of the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery of Art. “I always say one thing in my life I did correctly … I joined the Marine Corps.

I always look at the highlights of my time in the Corps, in spite of all of my (Washington), D.C. experience, I had something few experienced.

Vietnam was my highlight. I stood my ground and did my job in a shooting war. I can call myself a 'combat Marine.' I'm proud of that!

“Today, it's rewarding to sit on my porch and review my life and all the roads traveled. I'm from ' N o w h e r e ' Kentucky; I couldn't run away from home because there was no railroad to follow. If I went to the road and turned left, I didn't know where that went. If I turned right, I knew I could only go 12 miles … I didn't know where the road went from there.”

Right now, there are thousands of our military folks “Following Their Sun” like Bob and I did before them.

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Holy Joe Cont. from Page 3

‘43. I was busy filling diapers in ‘43. You weren’t even a glint in your grandfather’s eye.”

I will also tell youngsters they weren’t glints in their grandfathers’ eyes.

“The Dorchester was a troop transporter, carrying 904 passengers.

They were in a three-ship convoy in the North Atlantic when they sank.”

“Sank?”

“Sank.” He nudged his cap backward and acknowledged a young waitress who had joined our little conversational soirée. I got the feeling the old preacher didn’t get captive audiences like this anymore.

“How’d it sink?” asked the waitress.

“Torpedoed.” He clapped once.

“The Dorchester got attacked by a German sub, middle of the night, just off Newfoundland. Enemy fire knocked out the electrical system, left 904 folks in the pitch dark.”

He leaned forward and lowered his voice for effect.

The waitress leaned in too.

“You wanna talk fear, fella? Try being stuck in the North Atlantic in the dark.”

He let the melodrama breathe for a few moments, then pretended to work on his puzzle again. He was probably waiting for us to beg him to keep talking.

Preachers.

“So what happened?”

The Holy Joe shrugged. “Panic.

Suddenly, the crew was going ape, screaming. The ship was going down. Crewmen were trapped below deck. Game over. No hope.”

By now, another young waitress had joined storytime circle.

“So,” the old man went on, “guess who helps organize an orderly evacuation, guess who calms everyone down and keeps 900 people from losing it?” He thumped his hat.

“Chaplains. There were four of’em on the Dorchester.”

He placed four fingers on the bartop. “George Fox, Alex Goode, John Washington, and Clark Poling—a Catholic priest, a rabbi, and two old-school preachers.”

The waitress interjected. “I’m Methodist.”

Everyone paused to look at the young woman with confused but polite smiles.

“Well, I am,” she said quietly.

I attempted to bring us back on track. “So they sank?”

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“I’m getting to that part. See, these four chaplains were in charge of getting the panicked and wounded to safety, but first they had to pass out life jackets to everyone—in the dark, mind you—and that’s when it all hit the fan.”

He froze to add more tension. This guy was a showman.

“So what happened?” said the professed Methodist.

“What happened is they ran outta life jackets, and without those, you’re dead. Lotta men died.

“Survivors said the only thing you could hear that night were prayers in Hebrew, English, and Latin, filling the air—it was the voices of the chaplains. The chaplains never quit praying. There were 674 lives lost at sea.”

“Wow,” muttered the waitress.

I looked downward at my coffee and thought about brave men I never knew.

The old man’s voice hushed.

“Survivors were swimming away from the wreckage, dog paddling through 34-degree water. Some said they looked at the ship behind them, in the glow of the emergency flares, and you know what they saw?”

“What?”

“The four chaplains were removing their own life jackets and giving their jackets away to save others, while the ship was going down.”

The old man had glazed eyes now.

“Last thing anyone remembers seeing was one priest, one rabbi, and two preachers, holding hands, linking arms with crewmen, and singing hymns. The waves crashed in, swallowed everyone whole, killed’em. And those four chaplains went down singing.”

He turned back to his crossword.

“That’s what made me wanna be a chaplain.”

Sean Dietrich, “Sean of the South” is a columnist who specializes in stories that inspire and motivate.

He is a regular contributor to The Paper.

Letters to the Editor Cont. from Page 6

excellence!

Lord have mercy! You ain't gonna see much better story-writing come down the pike than this gem! You sure as hell can bet the farm on that!

From: Terry "Terrance" Galloway family & friends, Escondido, Poway & San Marcos.

Social Butterfly Cont. from Page 3

our 99 years on Monday, April 11 | 9 AM - 3 PM.This will be held inside the Carlsbad Chamber offices. We only have 17 spots left and they will go quickly. If you are able and ready to donate please take a moment to save your spot here ASAP! THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO YOUR COMMUNITY!

The Escondido Republican Club (TERC) meeting will be on Monday, March 21 at our new location - the American Legion hall at 230 E. Park Ave. in Escondido. Check-in begins at 11:15 AM, and there is no fee to attend. We have our own spacious private meeting room. We will feature two speakers at this meeting June Cutter and Kristie BruceLane. Both of these well-qualified Republican women are running for the 76th District Assembly seat, which includes Escondido, in the new re-districting.

The meeting will begin promptly at noon and conclude around 1:10 PM. We will not have food service; however you are welcome to bring your own brown bag lunch. To RSVP, please call 760-489-2663.

RSVP is not required for this free meeting, but is appreciated. Please come - it will be a great opportunity to learn what is happening in this key election race.

Pet Parade

Meet Kylee!

She’s a gentle soul looking for a new home. Pigs make wonderful pets! They need a large outdoor space, appropriately fenced with pig-proof paneling and containing access to a predator proofed indoor shelter area. Most pigs are food motivated and enjoy the mental stimulation of positive reinforcement training. They can be trained just like dogs! If you're looking for a new farm friend, come meet sweet Kylee today! She is available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Drive. To learn more about making her part of your family, please visit sdhumane.org/adopt or call 619-299-7012.

Online profile: https://www.sdhumane.org/adopt/available-pets/animalsingle.html?petId=723665

Rady Children’s Hospital Celebrates Doctor’s Day: Doctor’s Day Is March 30. We look up to them. Children dream of being one when they grow up. It is their hands that our health is trusted day after day. On March 30, we celebrate Doctors’ Day. Atim Ekpenyong, MD, emergency medicine physician and ultrasound director at Rady Children’s emergency department grew up in Nigeria and continued her medical career in the United States in search of ways she could make a difference back home. Thankfully, along the way pediatrics “touched her heart” and she is now bringing point-of-care ultrasound to physicians at Rady Children’s as well as across the globe. By supporting Rady Children’s with a tribute gift in honor of Dr. Ekpenyong (or the physician of your choice), you can help bring more technology to the physicians caring for kids at Rady Children’s.

We’re expecting! Kitten season is full bloom, which means San Diego Humane Society will be welcoming thousands of orphaned kittens in need of lifesaving care. But we can't do it alone!

By donating a special gift during our virtual Kitten Shower, you’ll give fragile kittens the chance to grow big and strong. Choose from our most-needed items, including:

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Pet Parade

Miguel is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

He’s a 4-year-old, 8-pound, male, Domestic Short Hair cat with a Red and White Tabby coat.

Miguel is confident and outgoing.

He likes people and other cats. He was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society from a crowded shelter in Riverside County through the Friends of County Animal Shelters (FOCAS) program.

The $100 adoption fee for Miguel includes medical exam, neuter, up to date vaccinations, and registered microchip. For information about adoption or to become a Virtual Foster visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza Street in Encinitas, call 760-7536413, or log on to www.SDpets.org.

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A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.

San Marcos • Mayor Rebecca Jones

Become a contract instructor for the City of San Marcos

Do you have a special talent or skill that you would like to share with your community? San Marcos’ Parks and Recreation Department is currently seeking contract instructors or companies to facilitate classes and specialty camps. This is a great opportunity to engage with your community, share your skills and bring smiles to participants.

Contract instructors are responsible for designing their own program content. Program topics range from fitness and arts to technology and more – there are plenty of possibilities!

Interested? You can submit a proposal to be considered for upcoming contractor instructor opportunities. To learn more about current contract class offerings, visit sanmarcos.net/register.

For more information on how to become a contract instructor for the City of San Marcos, visit san-marcos.net or call (760) 7449000.

Escondido • Mayor Paul “Mac” McNamara Greetings Escondido,

Recently, I was invited to co-host with Congressman Issa, Supervisor Jim Desmond, District Attorney Summer Stephan and Senator Ben Hueso a panel on the increased use of Fentanyl. It was attended by a number of other elected officials throughout the county as well as Law Enforcement agencies some of whom had representatives speak. It was an eye-opening experience even for us who were aware of this growing problem.

There is not enough space in this column to do the forum justice, but it is important to note that we had one and that Fentanyl is a growing problem that cannot be ignored. If you are not that familiar, I would suggest that you conduct some research and get yourself familiar. It is one of those issues that impacts our community across a wide spectrum beyond the personal addiction of an individual. And both the supply and demand side need to be addressed if we have any hope of getting it under control.

I am a big believer in preventive programs. And in discussion with our Police Chief, we have robust programs at the middle and high school level.

And as unbelievable as this may seem what we need to work on is the 8 to 11-year-old age group. The vulnerability of this group was reenforced at the forum.

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Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter

San Marcos Chamber News and Events:

Library Provides Basic Tax Forms

It’s that time of the year and many people are beginning to work on their taxes. Visit a San Diego County branch library, including the Vista Library, to pick up any of the basic tax forms. The Vista branch is located at 700 Eucalyptus Avenue.

To get help with more specialized forms, preparing your taxes, or have special tax-relations questions, dial 2-1-1 at any time of the day or night. 2-1-1 is a resource and information hub that connects residents across the San Diego region with community, health, and disaster services. To learn more about tax preparation assistance or other needs, such as housing, or COVID testing or vaccination sites, contact 2-1-1 or check online at 211sandieogo.org.

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•••• Pirate Plunge Event at Alga Norte Aquatic Center, 3/26/22: Enjoy pirate themed pool activities and games during the City of Carlsbad’s annual Pirate Plunge event at Alga Norte Aquatic Center at 6565 Alicante Road on Saturday, March 23 at 5 p.m. Movie starts at dusk.

Come dressed in a swimsuit and enjoy the fun, swashbuckling activities which include diving for treasure, ship raider race and more.

Race across the floating obstacles and walk the diving board plank.

The Splash Pad will also be open for the little ones. Dry activities

include a pirate ship slide, a photo op and a treasure hunt where children will have the chance to follow a map around the decks collecting treasure along the way. As the sun goes down, finish the night off with a special presentation of the movie, Treasure Planet (rated PG) on the giant outdoor movie screen.

Cost is $10 per person. Children ages 3 and under are free but still need to be registered. Food and beverages are available for purchase at the event. Purchase advance tickets at www.carlsbadconnect.org, keyword search “Pirate Plunge.” Rachael Shay, special events supervisor, 760521-0741 or rachael.shay@carls-

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EVERY TUESDAY 3:00 - 7:00 PM Beautiful open-air market which features fresh local produce, bread and baked goods, cheese, eggs, yogurt, bone broth and scratch made soups, tamales, fresh flowers, Kombucha, prepackaged foods, delicious hot foods, artisans, crafters, and live music.

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from the stressful conditions of public life into the cozy private world of the family.”

The Computer Factory 845 W. San Marcos Blvd 760-744-4315 thecomputerfactory.net "High Tech with High Touch “Cocooning” in California.

“The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose.” This is from Jimmy Carter’s famous “national malaise” speech in 1979. In 1981 futurist Faith Popcorn coined the term “cocooning” to describe the reactions of Americans during that three year period of double digit inflation and gas lines at the pumps. Webster’ defines cocooning as “a retreat

For twenty seven years we’ve observed community life in San Marcos through the front door of our shop, The Computer Factory.

During periods of cocooning consumers tend to defer spending on non-essential items. Sales of new cars, major appliances, luxury items and other discretionary spending take a back seat to the prevailing mood of uncertainty and caution. The terrorist’s attacks of 9/11/2001 shook our confidence and we cocooned for several months. The bear market of late 2007 through 2009 and the bank failures in 2008 kept us on our heels for two years. Those times were tough but nothing like the perfect storm at our doorstep today.

For the past two years we’ve endured restrictions at our work, schools and public places. We’ve stayed home, masked up and taken precautions. We grumbled but we mostly took it in stride because it was for “the common good.” We looked hopefully at 2022 as a turnaround. With Covid winding down might we see a return to some semblance of normalcy? Not a chance.

We’re rapidly closing in on double digit inflation. The stock market has dropped at an annual rate in excess of 50% since January. Gas prices are rapidly approaching all time highs, murder and other crime is increasing at an unprecedented rate in our major cities. Criminal

The Appraiser’s Corner Action Figures

By Jeff Figler

If you go into any toy store, you are likely to see row after row of action figures, one after another.

If you are under forty, you are thinking that it was always that way.

Wrong!

Action figures first started in 1964 by Hasbro. Up to that time the only figures were of the Barbie doll which was released in March 1959. So in February 1964, thanks to Stan Weston, a 12 inch action figure was introduced at a toy fair. Inspired by the 1945 movie “The Story of G.I. Joe”, the G.I. Joe action figure was born. In 1966 its license was awarded to Palitoty, an English company, that released the figure under the name of Action Man. Other licenses were given in other countries, including one to Takara, a Japanese toy company, that went on to create an action figure with robotic parts. Takara developed a smaller version, named it Microman, and released it in 1974. It was unique in that it has interchangeable parts.

In the United States, comic books became increasingly popular in the 1970s. Comics involving action figures began making contact with potential licensing companies, and sure enough, Mego began licensing action figures for various different comic book characters beginning in 1971. Mego was a big hit until it lost

the Star Wars license to Kenner Products, which did exceptionally well.

In the 1980s action figures got even bigger as cartoons on television included action figures, including shows like Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, and Thundercats.

In the 1990s, Spawn’s action figures were introduced, as well as another Star Wars line. It became apparent action figures were not only for young boys. Older youngsters were collecting them as well.

Then along came the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures, and, as was the case with many of the action figures, they flooded the market. The market was saturated, which drove down the price of the figures.

Starting in the 2000s, there was a transition made into movies, in which popular movies would have action figures of their own characters.

In addition, figures of athletes and musicians were also created. The market keeps on expanding, with companies such as McFarlane Toys, NECA, and Palisades. The toys are especially appealing to adult collectors. The details of each of the figures is outstanding, even down to the slightest particle.

Of course, collectors have been quick to pick up on action figures. Many of the figures hold a special meaning to some collectors, especially the baby boom collectors, played with them

cartels use our porous borders as super highways to our metropolitan areas. Vast populations of illegal aliens from all nations walk across our border and are night-flighted into America’s interior and drug and alcohol addicted homeless hordes are encouraged to set up tent communities in our city centers.

These are American problems but the left coast states of Washington Oregon and particularly our home state, California, have elevated these common problems to a whole new level. Among the many prestigious categories in which our home state proudly leads the nation are highest minimum wage, taxation, home prices, gas prices, most homeless and the number of people moving out (367,220 in 2021).

If these domestic problems aren’t enough, we also have to worry about the possibility that a true superpower (China) is getting ready to invade the Democracy of

Taiwan. We also watch helplessly as an unhinged bully with a third rate rust bucket army rapes and plunders Ukraine while threatening to nuke us if we try to help them resist. Somehow standing by while innocent civilians are slaughtered doesn’t feel quite right. Our elected officials don’t inspire a lot of confidence either. Clueless Joe, Kackling Kamala and Fancy Nancy seem like characters from the Wizard of OZ. Who is running the store? It’s more than a bit worrisome.

So cocooning is certainly justified these days. Driving somewhere, eating out, going to a movie, stopping for a drink? Somehow we’d rather just go home and be with someone we care about. But if you do get restless and feel like letting go of some of your eroding cash pile, pop on in and we’ll upgrade your or PC or get you a better one.

Spending a little money, it might even make you feel better. I know it will make me feel better.

when they were younger. Many of the very same figures that they enjoy they have saved, or else they may have purchased figures that they admired years earlier.

they could have gotten these figures when they were younger, but their parents would not buy them for them.

Take, for example, the Captain Action: Doctor Evil. This 1966 doll made by Ideal went for nearly $600. Another figure, this one of Luke Skywalker went for around the same amount.

However, it did come up for auction in 2003, and went for, oh well, $200,001.10. A bit more than pocket change.

Many of the vintage action figures go for a bundle of money.

It’s simply amazing that these dolls, which may have cost around $5-$10 when they were first introduced, now go for as much as they do.

Of course, any collector knows that a boxed figure is worth more if it is not opened. But then you can’t play with the action figure itself. What fun is that?

As for pricier items, how about these figures. A Captain Action – Second Issue Box, which was issued in 1967

by Ideal, went for $1140. Likewise, a G.I. Joe, Action Soldier, African American figure, made by Hasbro in 1965, was auctioned for over $1200.

The African-American G.I. soldier is one of the real rare and unique of all G.I. Joes, and extremely difficult to find. So when it ever appears in an auction, there are lots of bidders, and the cost is high. However, a Super Queens: Wonder Woman, from 1967 was sold for nearly $5000 in an Heritage Auction. The Super Queens was introduced as a result of the success of Captain America.

Yet another Super Queens, this one of “Batgirl Posin’ Doll”, created by Ideal, went for over $6500. It must be terribly frustrating for collectors to know that

But one item their parents could not have bought for them was the G.I. Joe original prototype. That was never possible to buy.

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March 20 at 4pm: The Poway Symphony Orchestra is a 65-member semi-professional orchestra, celebrating its 18th year of presenting concerts in the state-of-the-art Poway Center for the Performing Arts.

Music Director and Conductor John LoPiccolo will lead the orchestra in its next concert, “Romantic Gems”. The concert will open with the brass section performing the glittering Fanfare from “La Péri” by Paul Dukas, followed by the Cello Concerto No.1

by Camille Saint-Saёns. Principal cellist Daniel Grab will be the soloist for the Cello Concerto. The concert will conclude with the popular Symphony No. 8 by Antonin Dvořàk. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM, at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road, Poway, CA, 92064.

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would have had to contact Vrbo directly. I don't see any correspondence with Vrbo in your paper trail.

But you can easily reach out to the company online. I list the names, numbers and email addresses of the < a href="https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/vrbo-customer-service-contacts/">Vrbo executives</a> on my consumer advocacy site.

I checked with Vrbo. It doesn't have any record of offering you a refund.

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That still leaves $663 in charges, which you say Vrbo promised it would refund you. A Vrbo representative told me that you were not eligible for a refund.

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You did that, but unfortunately, you were not eligible to file an insurance claim because your husband lost his job within 10 days of purchasing the policy. The insurance says it has to be at least two weeks before you can file a claim.

I relayed that information to Vrbo, and it offered to advocate for the insurance company to honor your claim. You received a full refund.

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Carlsbad Republican Women (CRWF) welcomes Summer Stephan, San Diego District Attorney, on March 22nd!

Carlsbad Republican Women (CRWF) welcomes Summer Stephan, San Diego District Attorney, as keynote speaker on March 22nd. Summer Stephan is a career prosecutor who served as a Deputy District Attorney for 28 years, was elected as District Attorney in 2018, and is up for reelection in 2022. At the March luncheon, Stephan will provide “An Update on the San Diego’s District Attorney’s Office.”

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Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and the program begins at 11:00 a.m. Cost is $32 per person. Please RSVP and pay online at www.CarlsbadRepublicans.com; lunch reservations close at end-ofday on Wednesday, March 16th. No payment accepted at the door. For more information, contact Kris at (760) 707-7777 or crwfevents@gmail.com.

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The Busters are Working! The Busters project is going stronger than ever, due to the feature about the project that ran on the PBS NewsHour last July. Over 550 more women across the country were able to learn about this new approach and have already received their Busters and joined us as co-sponsors We were also able to add four more members to the Buster’s team, so now we’re at full strength with seven of us creating Busters.

Because of the enthusiasm and generosity of our co-sponsors in 2021, SBW was able to share $9600 in surplus funds with three other non-profit organizations – our usual donation to Sharp Memorial Hospital, KPBS – San Diego, and The Pink Ribbon Girls.

All donations were given from SBW in memory of Bernice Dufour, the SBW member who appeared with us in the interview.

Sadly, Bernice lost her battle with breast cancer only days after the NewsHour broadcast.

Until now, we have concentrated mainly on reaching women who are back in the mainstream, coping with silicones. But now a new issue has come to light -- the difficulty some new survivors are encountering in even obtaining silicones! The COVID lockdown has forced so many of the small specialty boutiques out of business

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We’ve decided to expand the project to help meet this new need, and are asking your help to spread the word about Busters The most logical way for new mastectomy patients to learn about Busters is thru the patient navigator in the hospital when they have their surgery. However, the medical community has been slow to accept this new approach. The only hospital in the country to offer this option to their patients is Sharp Memorial Hospital here in San Diego. We have had a mutually successful relationship with them for over five years (and have also donated $15,000 to their breast cancer support program during that time).

They include a copy of our flyer in the resources packet they provide their patients and show a sample of Busters and leave it to the patient to decide if she's interested in Busters -- if so, she contacts us directly and we send them to her. The hospital’s only role is to provide the information about Busters.

Hugs,The Busters Team(Pat Anderson, Pat Moller, Jan Rillie, Pat Hamada, Ann Hornby, Bobbie Weiss, K.J. Koljonen)

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Franklin urged parents to reach out to your member of the VUSD School board to let them know you want our School Resource Deputies returned to our schools.

Carlsbad City Clerk’s Position Could Become Appointed Rather than Elected

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Carlsbad voters will decide June 7 whether to switch from an elected city clerk position to a full-time appointment for the job.

The council voted unanimously recently to place the measure on the primary election ballot. If approved, it would give the city manager the authority to appoint the position.

State law requires every city to have a city clerk, and the position can be elected by voters or appointed by the city manager or city council.

Only three cities in San Diego County still elect the position, Carlsbad, Oceanside and National City. Of the 482 cities in California, 383, or 79.5 percent, now have elected city clerks, according to a survey by the Carlsbad staff.

Oceanside had a similar measure on the ballot in 2020 that would have switched both the city clerk and city treasurer there to appointed positions. The measure failed with almost 75 percent of voters saying no, and the positions remain elected.

In Carlsbad, the official position is part time and largely ceremonial, with most of the city clerk duties handled by full-time employees.

Carlsbad has left the position vacant since City Clerk Barbara Engleson retired in August 2021 to move outside the city after almost nine years on the job. Her final four-year term expires in November. Since her departure the City Clerk’s Office has been led by Faviola Medina, city clerk services manager and formerly the senior deputy clerk.

The City Council decided at the time of Engleson’s retirement to have staffers prepare a possible ballot measure that, if approved by a majority of citywide voters, would switch the position to an appointment.

“Our city clerk has really just been a figurehead since 2012,” said Sheila Cobian, legislative and constituent services director.

"This is my love dress," the daughter-in-law explained.

"Love dress? But you're naked!"

"Mike loves me and wants me to wear this dress," she explained. "It excites him to no end. Every time he sees me in this dress, he instantly becomes romantic. He can't get enough of me."

The mother-in-law left. When she got home, she undressed, showered, put on her best perfume, dimmed the lights, put on a romantic CD, and lay on the couch, waiting for her husband to arrive.

Finally, her husband came home.

He walked in and saw her lying there so provocatively.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"This is my love dress," she whispered sensually.

"Need's ironing," he said. "What's for dinner?"

He never heard the gunshot.

•••• A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, 'This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.' The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, 'Which do you want, Dan?'

The boy takes the quarters and leaves the dollar. 'What did I tell you?' said the barber. 'That kid never learns!'

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store & says: 'Hey, Danny! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?'

The boy licked his cone and replied, 'Because the day I take the dollar, the game's over!'

•••• Hi, my name is Matt and I’m an alcoholic.

Sir, this is triple A.

I know. I’m just explaining why my car is in the lake.

•••• The crisis in Ukraine shows us exactly why The Founders of America wrote the Second Amendment.

Our Second Amendment Rights are non-negotiable.

•••• Sometimes you gotta find a big stick and whack the hornets nest!

It may not accomplish much but it sure gets people moving!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003800 The name of the business Carpenter’s Wood Company, located at 947 Dale Court, San Marcos, CA. 92069 Registrant Information: Beau Johan & Alexandra Robin Carpenter 947 Dale Court San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by A Married Couple.

First day of business 2/14/2022. /s/ Beau Johan Carpenter

Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County

Clerk/Recorder of

San Diego on 2/14/2022

2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003236 The name of the busines 2000 Paces Photo Organizing, located at 1165 Linda Vista Drive Suite 113, San Marcos, Ca. 92078.

Registrant Information: 2000 Paces Photo Organizing 1165 Linda Vista Drive, Suite 113 San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business 1/1/2017. /s/Ann Rachel Arbuckle, Presodemt

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Registrant Information: LoLita Gatmaitan

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San Marcos, CA. 92069

This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 5/02/2005. /s/LoLita Gatmaitan

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2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004048 The name of the business Glass Moon Astrology, located at 500 Rancheros DR. #144, San Marcos, CA. 92069.

Registrant Information: Kimberly Laura Matthews 500 Rancheros DR. #144 San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Kimberly Matthews Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/16/2022 2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9002564 The name of the busines: Hernandez Field Services, located at 1280 N. Citrus Ave, Apt. 4, Vista, CA 92084 Registrant Information: Ricardo Hernandez 1280 N. Citrus Ave, Apt. 4, Vista, CA 92084 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a /s/ Ricardo Hernandez Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 1/31/2022 2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003932 The name of the busines: Old Fashioned Woodworking, located at 3456 Descanso Ave., Apt 1, San Marcos, CA. 92078.

Registrant Information: Oscar Rene Iglesias 3456 Descanso Ave., Apt 1 San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 01/01/2022. /s/ Oscar Rene Iglesias Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/15/2022 2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004285 The name of the busines: Momentum Workforce, located at 500 Venetia Way, Oceanside, CA. 92057.

Registrant Information: Graciela Major and Paul Redgate 500 Venetia Way Oceanside, CA. 92057 This business is operated by a General Partnership.

First day of business N/A /s/ Graciela Major Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/18/2011 2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003934 The name of the busines: KRC Property Management, located at 1132 San Marino Drive, #100, San Marcos, CA. 92078 Registrant Information: Ktesius Realty Corporation 1132 San Marino Drive STE 100 San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business 10/01/2008 /s/ Richard Farmer Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/15/2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003754 The name of the busines: Falafel Express, located at 1515 S Melrose Dr., #90, Vista, CA. 92081 Registrant Information:Megan Amir Botros 1515 S. Melrose Dr. #90 Vista, CA. 92081 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 1/13/2022 /s/ Amir Botros Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/14/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9001704 The name of the business Arangos Cleaning Services, located at 709 Sylvis Way, San Marcos, CA. 92078.

Registrant Information: Apolinar Sanchez Arango 709 Sylvis Way San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 1/21/2022 /s/ Apolinar Sanchez Arango Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 1/21/2022

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2/24, 3/03, 3/10. & 3/17/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004057 The name of the busines: Mz. Drywall, located at 1245 N. Las Flores Dr., San Marcos, CA. 92069.

Registrant Information: Sergio Meraz Medrano 1245 N. Las Flores DR. San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Sergio Meraz Medrano Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/16/202 2/24, 3/03, 3/10 & 3/17/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004284 The name of the business QFlowers, located at 2929 Fairview Dr. Vista, CA. 92084 Registrant Information: Lonnie Graves 2929 Fairview Dr. Vista, CA. 92084 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 9/16/2016 /s/ Lonnie Graves Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/18/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004615 The name of the busines: Sedna Crystals Therapy, located at 1669 Live Oak Rd., #29, Vista, CA. 92081.

Registrant Information: Gloria L. Robles 1669 Live Oak Rd. #29 Vista, CA. 92081 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Gloria L. Robles Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/23/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003528 The name of the busines: Inkalicious; Inkalicious PMU; Inkalicious Permanent Makeup, located at 7188 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad, Ca. 92011 Registrant Information:Megan Kathryne Liuchan 6834 Pear Tree Drive Carlsbad, CA. 92011 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 1/13/2022 /s/ Megan Liuchan Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/10/2022

3/03, 3/10. 3/17 & 3/24/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003716 The name of the business Live on Grand Tasting Room and Lounge, located at 141 E. Grand Avenue, Escondido, CA. 92025.

Registrant Information: Live on Grand, LLC 141 E. Grand Avenue Escondido, CA. 92025 This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Kathryn Gray, Managing Member Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/14/2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME 37-2022-00005674-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Alexis Ariel Ramirez Santiago filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Alexis Ariel Ramirez Santiago to Proposed name Ari Schwab Ramsan. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 4/5/2022, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25 The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated February 14, 2021 /s/ Pamela M. Parker, Judge of the Superior Court 3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

3/03, 3/10. 3/17 & 3/24/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003904 The name of the business Gnatcatcher Press, located at 1122 Festival Rd., San Marcos, CA. 92078.

Registrant Information: Timothy Miller 1122 Festival Rd. San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 2/09/2022 /s/ Tim Miller Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/15/2022

3/03, 3/10. 3/17 & 3/24/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004313 The name of the business Elevate Sports SD; Elevate Sports San Diego, located at 1651 S. Juniper St., #99, Escondido, CA. 92025 Registrant Information: Jessi Nix 1651 S. Juniper St., #99 Escondido, CA. 92025 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 2/22/2022 /s/ Jessie Nix Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/22/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005384 The name of the busines: SouthCA Paint, located at 1245 N. Las Flores Dr., San Marcos, Ca. 92069.

Registrant Information Francisco Javier Torres Cortez 1245 N. Las Flores Dr. San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Francisco Javier Torres Cortez Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/04 /2022

3/03, 3/10. 3/17 & 3/24/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003824 The name of the business Torralba Painting, located at 1335 Monte Mar Rd., Apt 15C, Vista, CA. 92084.

Registrant Information: Jesus Torralba Heron 1335 Monte Mar Rd. Apt 15C Vista, CA. 92084 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 1/01/2022 /s/ Jesus Torralba Heron Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/15/2022

3/03, 3/10, 3/17 & 3/24/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004462 The name of the business Petals by Pam, located at 1835 Lindsley Park Drive, San Marcos, CA. 92069.

Registrant Information: Pamela Dolojan 1835 Lindsley Park Drive San Marcos, Ca. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 2/21/2022 /s/ Pamela Dolojan Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/23/2022

3/03, 3/10, 3/17 & 3/24/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

2022-9005048

The name of the busines: Inflow Social Media Marketing, located at

305

Belmont

Marcos, CA. 92069.

Court,

San

Registrant Information: Ismael Eduardo Pohlert 305 Belmont Court

San Marcos, CA. 92069

This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 10/15/2019 /s/ Ismael Eduardo Pohlert

Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County

Clerk/Recorder of

San Diego on 3/01/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005059 The name of the busines: Ramborista Splice; Ramborista Tree Service, located at 1212 N. Broadway #J, Escondido, CA. 92026.

Registrant Information: Alejandra Velazquez 1212 N. Broadway #J\ Escondido, Ca. 92026 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 3/01/2022 /s/ Alejandra Velazquez Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/01/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005147 The name of the busines: Kaveer Auto, located at 263 Glendale Ave., San Marcos, CA. 92069.

Registrant Information: Massouod S. Sohrabi 263 Glendale AVe. San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business Feb., 2012/s/ Masswoud Sohrabi Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/02/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005326 The name of the busines: Competitive Detailing, located at 3532 Seagate Way, Unit 110, Oceanside, CA. 92056.

Registrant Information: Mark L. Proscelle 2696 Waterbury Way Carlsbad, CA. 92010 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 10/26/2009 /s/ Mark L. Proscelle Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/03/2022

3/10, 3/17, 3/24 & 3/31/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005728 The name of the busines: GMT Wheels & Tires, located at 751 W. San Marcos Blv d, #101, San Marcos, CA. 92078 Registrant Information: GMT Industry LLC 973 Iron Horse Dr. San Marcos, Ca. 92078 This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Anthony Tran, CEO Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/08/2022,

3/17, 3/24, 3/31 & 4/06/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9004754 The name of the busines: Duarte Bros Mechanical, located at 2720 Roosevelt St., Apt #, Carlsbad, CA. 92008 Registrant Information: Nathan Duarte 2720 Roosevelt St. Apt E Carlsbad, CA. 92008 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Nathan Duarte Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/24/2022,

3/17, 3/24, 3/31 & 4/06/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005710 The name of the busines: CMC Properties, located at 436 Dunsmore Crt., Encinitas, CA. 92024.

Registrant Information: Cathline Macceca 436 Dunsmore Crt. Encinitas, CA. 92024 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Cathline Macceca Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/08/2022,

3/17, 3/24, 3/31 & 4/06/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005738 The name of the busines: Mission Car Care Center, located at 1618 Mission Ave., Oceanside, CA. 92054.

Registrant Information: Bazarak Motor Inc. 23276 S. Pointe Dr. #206 Laguna Hills, CA. 92653 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Matin Atta Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 3/08/2022,

3/17, 3/24, 3/31 & 4/06/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9003800 The name of the busines: Carpenter’s Wood Company, located at 947 Dale Court, San Marcos, Ca. 92069.

Registrant Information: Beau Johan and Alexandra Robin Carpenter 947 Dale Court San Marcos, CA. 92069 This business is operated by Married Couple.

First day of business 2/14/2022 /s/ Beau Johan Carpenter Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 2/14/2022,

2/24, 3/3, 3/10 & 3/17/2022

Local News Cont. from Page 14 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Marcos, hereinafter referred to as Agency or City, invites proposals for the above stated Project and will be available on line via PlanetBids. Proposals are due up to the hour of 4 p.m. on April 11, 2022.

PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING – None.

WORK DESCRIPTION The work consists of as-needed audio visual production services.

LOCATION OF WORK Citywide.

ESTIMATED BUDGET The estimated overall budget is $35,000 annually.

TERM Three (3) years with two (2) one-year options to renew.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS The City uses PlanetBids to post and receive bids/proposals. Only vendors that are registered will be eligible to submit a bid/proposal for formal solicitations with the City.

PlanetBids is accessible via the City’s website and direct link provided below and provides all documents at no cost to bidders/proposers. http://www.san-marcos.net OR https://www.planetbids.com/po rtal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=39 481 GENERAL The company to whom the Contract is awarded, and any subcontractor under such company, shall hereby ensure that minority and women business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids for subcontracts.

Further, there shall be no discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, age, or sex.

DOP: 3/17/22

Eliminating the position can save the city $40,000 a year, Cobian said. The job’s base salary is $12,840 annually, along with a $2,400 annual car allowance, a $540 annual car allowance, health insurance, life insurance and other benefits.

No additional employee would be hired if the ballot measure is passed, she said. The work would continue to be done by the current staff.

Council members had few questions or comments about the ballot measure.

“Nothing has fallen through the cracks,” said Councilmember Teresa Acosta. “We are doing all the work.

There’s just no ceremonial person in front of that, right?”

Cobian assured her the work was covered.

The duties of the city clerk have changed significantly since the city incorporated in 1952, she said. Many of the record management duties were assigned to full-time personnel in 2012.

The city clerk’s role has become increasingly technical over the years and requires skills, experience and reliability, according to a city staff report. Employees in the office publish notices of public meetings, post agendas, take meeting minutes, administer oaths of office, record the economic statements of elected and administrative officials, collect candidates’ campaign finance forms, and work with the county registrar of voters on local elections.

Most cities that appoint someone to the position require applicants to be certified by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, which includes 300 hours of training.

The Paper • Page 16 • March 17, 2022