The Paper 11-26-20

November 26, 2020

Volume 50 - No. 48

By Friedrich Gomez

Take this fun, interactive, multiplechoice Thanksgiving Day quiz and, at the same time, learn some shocking, colorful, and unbelievable trivia about Thanksgiving Day history in America!

Choose teams, keep score, and select one person to read the questions out loud! Great fun for both adults and kids to join together in friendly team competition – before, during, or after Thanksgiving Day dinner!

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There are a total of 18 multiplechoice questions about Thanksgiving Day. Have fun . . . and good luck!

KEEP SCORE FOR FUN: 14 to 18 Correct Answers: Expert 9 to 13 Correct Answers: Excellent 4 to 8 Correct Answers: Very Good 1 to 3 Correct Answers: Average

(1) TRUE OR FALSE: THE PILGRIM’S FIRST SO-CALLED THANKSGIVING DAY WAS NEVER CALLED “THANKSGIVING” As shocking as this may be

to many people today, this first statement happens to be true. The so-called “Thanksgiving Day” celebration by the early Pilgrims back in 1621 was actually called a “Harvest Festival” or a “Harvest Feast” to celebrate the first successful crop harvest in the New World. However, since Pilgrim members were deeply religious and motivated by religious beliefs and deep faith in God, they used this first Harvest Feast in giving thanks and prayers for blessings bestowed upon them by a gracious God.

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Today we celebrate Thanksgiving Day as both a religious and secular holiday.

(Note: Thanksgiving services and feasts were routine in what became the Commonwealth of Virginia as early as 1607 with the first permanent settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, holding a thanksgiving celebration in 1610. Nevertheless, the Pilgrim’s first thanksgiving celebration of 1621 is traditionally the one which most Americans identify with, in their annual observance of the holiday.

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2) TRUE OR FALSE: TURKEY WAS (NOT) EATEN AT THE PILGRIM’S FIRST THANKSGIVING? This question had to be asked.

Why? Primarily because the wrong answer has become one of the biggest misconceptions on the worldwide internet (social media, blogs, various information websites, etc.) which continue to perpetuate a longstanding myth.

Correct answer is false, because the Pilgrims did, in fact, eat plenty of turkey on that first Thanksgiving Day celebration – despite much misinformation that they did not.

How do we know this to be fact?

Because rare, surviving documents by the Pilgrims, themselves, clearly record these trivial facts in great detail and clarity, which all reputable historians are in full agreement.

For example, English Pilgrim, William Bradford (1590-1657) was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. Bradford’s journal called “Of Plymouth Plantation,” covered the years from 1620 to 1646. He recorded that plenty of turkey was eaten that day.

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

I couldn't help but over-hear two guys in their mid-twenties while sitting at the bar last night.

One of the guys says to his buddy: "Man you look tired."

His buddy says: “Man I'm exhausted. My girlfriend and I have sex all the time. She's after me 3 and 4 times a day, I just don't know what to do."

A fellow about our age, sitting a couple of stools down, also overheard the conversation.

He looked over at the two young men and with the wisdom of years says: "Marry her. That'll put a stop to that crap."

•••• Do you talk to your dogs?

I do. We have hearty conversations

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As governor, and actual eyewitness who attended this historic first Thanksgiving, William Bradford clearly recorded, in his own words: “And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with little help beside, served the company almost a week.”

So, despite what you might read on the internet, or any place else to the contrary, the world’s foremost authorities all agree that the Pilgrims did in fact eat turkey on their first Thanksgiving.

(3) HOW MANY PILGRIM WOMEN WERE AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION OF 1621?

A. 4 B. 30 C. Over 200 Sadly, the correct answer is “A.” Only four adult, married women lived to attend the Pilgrim’s very first Thanksgiving Day dinner (Harvest Feast). According to surviving documents from the Pilgrims themselves, five women survived the first brutal winter conditions, but one of them died (Mrs. Katherine Carver), thus leaving only four: Eleanor Billington, Mary Brewster, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Susanna White Winslow.

Many women died of scurvy, contagious diseases, and exposure to severe winter conditions which facilitated colds, pneumonia, and

almost every time I see them.

They love their daddy. They jump and wag their tails, and run in circles, anxious for me to take my place, on the floor, with my back to the couch. They then take their assigned places like well schooled students, Trixie at my left thigh, Cindy at my right thigh.

The conversation begins:

ME: Where are my beautiful girls?

Has daddy told you how beautiful you are? How clever you are?

Oh, your daddy has missed you so much! I haven't seen you in almost two hours!

You two are the most beautiful girls in the whole wide world!

Yes, you are!

Daddy loves!

Yes, I do!

You want daddy to rub your tummy?

(At that question they eagerly roll over on their back, exposing their tummies so Daddy may more easily rub them. They seem very, very relaxed.)

OK, that's enough. Should Daddy let you out in the backyard to play?

other forms of illness.

For the record, there was a total of 53 colonists at that first Thanksgiving Day celebration: 22 men, 4 adult married women, and 27 teens and children.

Approximately 90 Wampanoag Indians celebrated with the Pilgrims, bringing with them a huge abundance of food. The feast was cooked by the four adult Pilgrim women along with young daughters and male and female servants.

(To give the reader proper perspection: There was originally a total of 102 passengers onboard the Mayflower when it set sail from England: 74 males and 28 females.

While no women would die during the Mayflower’s 66-day ocean voyage, most perished after their arrival in the New World due to severe conditions, previously mentioned.)

(4) WHICH EATING UTENSIL WAS (NOT) USED AT THE PILGRIM’S FIRST THANKSGIVING? A. Spoons.

B. Forks.

C. Knives.

Correct answer is “B” forks.

Although forks trace back to the ancient Greeks who used twopronged forks to secure their meat while being cut, no forks were used at the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621. Only spoons, knives, and fingers were commonly used during the period.

(At this question they again wag their tails and run in circles, then head for the kitchen and the sliding glass door that leads to the fenced backyard. I open the door and let them run outside to play and to do their business).

EVELYN: Harumph! Why don't you talk to me like that?

ME Want me to rub your tummy?

EVELYN: NO!

ME: That's why.

•••• Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys and other things thus doing more walking. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God saw there was another need. In His wisdom He made seniors lose coordination so they would drop things requiring them to bend, reach & stretch. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God considered the function of bladders and decided seniors would have additional calls of nature requiring more trips to the bathroom, thus providing more exercise. God looked down and saw that it was good.

So if you find as you age, you are getting up and down more, remem-

Among the early colonists, the fork was introduced 12 years later, on June 25, 1633, by Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but only in small numbers.

The fork did not really become popular until the 1700s in the New World.

AMUSING FACT: When the fork was finally used by the colonists, it was often called the “split spoon” at the dinner table. The fork was sometimes called “evil” by some members of the clergy back then, because it resembled ancient images of the Devil’s pitchfork!

(5) WHICH ITEM BELOW WAS (NOT) EATEN AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN 1621?

A. Cranberries.

B. Pumpkin Pie. C. Lobsters & clams.

Correct answer is “B” for pumpkin pie. There was no pumpkin pie, although pumpkins were definitely eaten at the first Thanksgiving Day in 1621. Why weren’t there any pumpkin pies on that first historic celebration with the Native Americans?

Because the pilgrims did not have ovens at the time.

However, raw fruits and berries such as cranberries were popular with the various Indian tribes as

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ber it’s God’s will. It is all in your best interest even though you mutter under your breath.

•••• Nine Important Facts To Remember As We Grow Older:

#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world. #8 Life is sexually transmitted.

#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. #6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich. #5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years unless you give them your email address. #4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. #2 In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY TO ALL READERS OF 'THE PAPER' !

This Thanksgiving Tale is No Turkey - Once upon a time, as storytellers like to say, chances are that if you had turkey on your American Thanksgiving table, it came from a Valley Center ranch whose owners claimed they had the largest turkey farm in the world.

Documentation in the archives of the Valley Center History Museum reveal that more than 2,000 acres housed the Mizpah Rancho turkey operation which raised and processed up to 150,000 turkeys a year and boasted a freezer that could hold 40,000 pounds of turkey.

The turkey story starts in the 1930s when the Compas brothers, Steve

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well as with the Pilgrims. Also, members of the Wampanoag tribes taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn, and fish, as well as how to catch lobster, eel, clams, etc. All of these items were eaten at the first Thanksgiving celebration as recorded and preserved in historical archival records today.

(6) HOW LONG DID THE FIRST “THANKSGIVING DAY” CELEBRATION LAST? A. One day.

B. Two days.

C. Three days.

Correct answer is “C” three days!

Unlike today, when Thanksgiving is a one-day event, there was such an abundance of food brought by the Native American tribes that the feast lasted a full three days! The most abundant meat at the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving celebration was, by far, turkey and deer (venison).

As recorded: “At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, and many Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon our captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of

and James, began acquiring parcels of land along Lilac Road. Their turkey empire eventually reached 2,189 acres including a secondary farm on Lake Wohlford Road. The mammoth operation consisted of hatcheries, brooders, a feed mill, processing plant, and freezers.

They dredged land for a lake that attracted ducks, geese and aquatic birds of all kinds. And Mizpah was not the only turkey farm in Valley Center; there were others, although considerably smaller.

Along with multiple photos of the Lilac Road operation, the History Museum collection includes original plastic bags in which the frozen turkeys were wrapped. The brand names were Mizpah and Palomar.

Seeking to expand, the Compas brothers built auxiliary turkey processing plants in the Riverside County towns of Corona and Norco, and in eastern San Diego County at Ramona which was beginning to boast of its own turkey farms. It was Ramona, however, that optimized its turkey reputation by celebrating Turkey Day and crowning a Turkey Queen with a dress made of turkey features (no, this is not fiction). Said to be wealthy, the Compas brothers sold Mizpah Rancho in 1951 whose new owner resold the farm to an investment company in 1959. The operation apparently was still successful in 1961 when it was featured in Southern California Rancher, a regional farm magazine.

By 1976, however, years of neglect

God, we are so far from want that we often wish you, partakers of our plenty.”

Turkey was also an abundant and popular meat at the three-day Thanksgiving celebration. There was so much turkey that it lasted them a full week (long after the celebration was over!)

(7) WHICH U. S. PRESIDENT REFUSED TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY? A. George Washington B. Thomas Jefferson C. Abraham Lincoln

As shocking as that question may sound, the correct answer is "B" Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson refused to celebrate, or even recognize, Thanksgiving Day as a national day of observance because he steadfastly believed in the "separation of Church and State." Since Thanksgiving Day centers around giving prayers of thanksgiving blessings, etc., Jefferson believed such a day of prayer and divine reflection violated the First Amendment. Jefferson thought it best that if Thanksgiving Day was to be enacted, that it was better to be a state holiday, and certainly not a federal or U. S. holiday.

(8) WHICH U. S. PRESIDENT MADE THANKSGIVING DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY? A. George Washington.

B. Abraham Lincoln.

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The correct answer is “B” for

spelled doom for Mizpah when a finance company took over the property and sold parcels at auction.

Fast forward several years and some of the main buildings were converted into retail space that continue to operate as Harvest Farms Village. As for the 2.5-acre lake that once welcomed fowl of all kinds, it became the centerpiece of a mobile home park that continues today as Hide-Away Lake, a development of 135 homes.

mail, email at museum@vchistory.org or by calling (760) 749-2993. Although the museum remains closed due to the pandemic, a volunteer responds to all inquiries.

By ROBERT LERNER, Historian Valley Center History Museum

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Abraham Lincoln. This question can be confusing because our first George President, S. U. Washington, made a “proclamation” that the American people should celebrate Thanksgiving Day (offering thanksgiving to God) And other U. S. annually.

Presidents continued the tradition every year after Washington.

But it wasn’t until our 16th U. S. President, Abraham Lincoln, who formerly, and officially, made Thanksgiving Day a National Holiday.

On October 3, 1863, Lincoln’s proclamation officially stated, in part: “ . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”

(9) WAS IT A WOMAN OR A MAN WHO HELPED CONVINCE A U. S. PRESIDENT TO MAKE THANKSGIVING DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY? A. Man B. Woman Correct answer is “B” for woman.

It was a woman behind the history of Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday. Though some may have endorsed the sentiment, few acted upon their emotions. The woman who wrote “Mary Had a Little Lamb” is also the person responsible for helping to make Thanksgiving Day an official holiday. After relentlessly petitioning

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and writing letters to the U. S. Government for over 17 years, writer Sarah Josepha Hale (1788 – 1879) finally succeeded in convincing President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to make Thanksgiving Day a formal annual holiday for the entire country.

Sarah Josepha Hale died at the great age of 90, having achieved her lifelong ambition.

By the way, the first Pilgrim baby born after the Mayflower arrived in New England was also a female: a baby girl, named Virginia Dare. As the Hand of Providence would have it, the infant’s very surname “Dare” was a most appropriate one for such a infant to be born with; a name that – in reality -- would dare to face down adversity, struggle, and embrace the boldness necessary to survive a most hostile environment in which she grew up.

(10) WHICH U. S. STATE EATS THE MOST TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING DAY? A. Massachusetts.

B. New York.

C. California.

Correct answer is "C" California.

According to the National Consumer Marketing Statistics, the state of California consumes more turkey every Thanksgiving than any other state.

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Local News

The Paper Governor Newsom Orders Statewide Curfew: Strong Reistance Anticipated

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, the State of California is imposing an overnight curfew which will take effect Saturday 11/21 at 10pm continuing to 5am and indefinitely while the county remains in the purple tier.

County Issues Cease and Desist Order to Vista Businesses

Three Vista businesses were given cease and desist orders as of Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

Smitty’s Downtown, Anytime Fitness and The GYM on Thibodo Road. These businesses were operating outside the Purple tier guidelines according to the county.

As of 11/21/2020 at 10pm ONLY essential travel is allowed after 10pm in the county. The County of San Diego Health Department along with San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies are enforcing the Order.

Man Arrested on Arson Charges

A man is in custody on suspicion of setting a car on fire in the North County. It happened on Tuesday, November 17th just after 10:00 p.m. in the 1200 block of E. Vista Way in Vista.

Deputies from the Vista Sheriff’s Station were responding to a report of a car fire. On their way to the scene, a witness reported seeing a man, who appeared to be homeless, walk by the car, break a window

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and start the fire.

When deputies arrived, they found a man who matched the suspect’s description. He had a lighter in one hand and a pipe used to smoke illegal drugs in the other. A witness identified the suspect in a curbside lineup and he was arrested. The Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit is investigating the incident Jose Garcia was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on charges of arson and possession of illegal drugs.

Carlsbad Train Vs. Pedestrian Accident

On November 19, 2020 just after 7:15 p.m., deputies from the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station’s Transit Enforcement Unit responded to a report of a pedestrian who was struck by an Amtrak train just north of the Carlsbad Village Station platform in the city of Carlsbad. Upon arrival, the subject was deceased.

Deputies are investigating the incident and manner of death will be determined by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Anyone with information about this case can call the Sheriff’s Department’s non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200 Oceanside Expands Search for Next Chief of Police

Oceanside’s city manager said this week she will widen the recruitment effort for the next police chief to include outside candidates, a change that came after residents objected to her initial focus on an

help defeat the Evil Empire."

evelyn: (touching lyle tenderly on the shoulder) "Oh, Johnny, please come back safe and sound! I simply could not live without you!"

Man About Town

About a week ago I was channel surfing and stumbled across a movie, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," starring Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, and Phyllis Thaxter (the love interest).

I cringed as I watched this 1944 film - not so much at the movie but at the dialogue.

"Did people really talk like that?" I wondered? The dialogue was . . . sappy.

Using the movie dialogue as a guide I prepared the following scenario: INTERIOR, EVELYN MADISON MANSION:

lyle: "Well, Evelyn, this is it. I've got my orders, bags are packed, my plane is ready and I'm on my way to

lyle: (placing hand tenderly on evelyn's hand) "Well, Evelyn . . . we have to make our sacrifices to defeat the evil enemy. I hope to return . . . and I will return. You simply have to believe in me! And you have to believe in our nation . . . and the thousands of men and women who lay their life on the line every day! I am but one of many, Evelyn (and, by the way, my name is lyle, not Johnny). evelyn: "Oh, sorry, Johnny . . . I mean lyle . . . we've lost so many good men and pilots in this crazy war. When's it all gonna end, Jo. . .lyle?"

lyle: "It will end when good overcomes evil - when tyranny is replaced with honesty and integrity.

When the bad guys are eliminated and only good will prevail. See ya when I get back, kid. (lyle hugs evelyn, evelyn hugs johnny/lyle . . . they part: lyle enters a waiting car and is off to the airport.

EXTERIOR: Airport . . . C-47 troop carrier taxis down runway, gains speed, lifts off into the air . . .fades into the distant sky.

Did people really talk like that? Do they today? Not in this house.

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internal promotion within the Police Department.

Oceanside Police Chief Frank McCoy announced in July that he would retire at the end of October.

He later agreed to stay on until Dec. 28 when the search for his successor took longer than anticipated.

Finalists will be evaluated by a professional panel of police chiefs and city managers from other jurisdictions, a city panel of department directors who work closely with the Oceanside Police Department, and panels with representatives of minority groups including the LGBTQ, business and faith communities, schools and city commissions.

City Manager Deana Lorson said, “It is anticipated that this process will take 12 to 16 weeks, which will require an interim police chief to be appointed upon Chief McCoy’s retirement.” It is my intention to interview the current police captains and select one of them to serve as interim police chief.”

“The Police Department has made significant progress in reducing crime and building a positive community relationships under Chief McCoy’s leadership over the last 15-1/2 years,” Lorson said Tuesday, and she expects the next chief to continue and improve upon that work..”

Side note: I was heartbroken to learn that Van Johnson, the AllAmerican Boy, the always handsome freckle-faced redheaded, blue-eyed hero . . . was a hopeless "Queen" who reveled in dressing in women's clothes and playing the role of a proper lady. This was common knowledge within the Hollywood community but I didn't learn about his (or Jeff Chandler's) strange lifestyle until about 10 years ago. Destroyed the image I always had of him. He was one of my favorite actors. Johnson died in December 2008, aged 92.

••••• I acknowledge we have a major pandemic problem in this country and deeply regret we’ve been placed in the “Purple Tier” category that requires our restaurants to eliminate “in-room dining” and only offer patio dining, pickup/or delivery.

It’s a major inconvenience for consumer and the food service industry alike.

Very little of the covid19 increase can be laid at the door of the North County restaurants and service facilities . . yet we are swept into the dragnet and having to cut back drastically. The fraternities, sororities, and general student population at SDSU and other San Diego metro colleges and universities contribute a far greater number of covid19 cases, thanks to the college party atmosphere that prevails and that college students, who are certain they will live forever, party on

Letters to the Editor

In Celebration and Remembrance of Thanksgiving, We Offer this Letter From White Eagle

In many ways, I wouldn't be alive today if if weren't for you and Lovable Lyle, and THE PAPER.

I was broken in pieces at Palomar hospital fighting for my life. I became a cripple; had to be carried to the restroom, and given sponge baths. I had to learn how to walk all over again, like the baby, I once was. They gave me shots in my stomach daily to prevent me from having a stroke. I was a total mess, with seven doctors and specialists trying to keep me in this world of ours. Trouble is, I lost my will to

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without observing masking or safe distancing . . .and the rest of the county and its businesses wind up paying the price.

Still, area restaurateurs have come up with creative solutions to help ease the pain. I was very proud of Charlie Mitich, his daughter, Suzie, and son in law Bill Meleka, who combined to move their indoor dining capacity outdoors and still comply with the law. They set up an attractive outdoor tent, white with red decor, complete with heaters for cooler weather, and are able to legally serve 18 tables for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

We dined at Charlie’s Friday evening and all was perfect. Great food, great service by both Tina and Suzie . . .and all at a fair price.

••••• Thanksgiving is one holiday I rather enjoy. Kick back, relax, watch some football on tv (though this year’s football games are real turkeys . . and enjoy a leisurely meal.

Low key, very little pressure unlike other holidays where it’s rush, rush, rush, spend, spend, spend, and subject yourself to commercialization. Just some quiet, relaxing time with family. I think that’s what holidays are meant for.

To slow down, spend some family time . . . and give thanks for all that you have and/or survived. Even in a pandemic year we can find some good things that have happened.

And family is one of them.

The Paper

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(11) WHICH U. S. STATE PRODUCES THE MOST TURKEYS EACH YEAR? A. Minnesota.

B. North Carolina.

C. Arkansas.

Correct answer is “A” Minnesota.

Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with almost 50 million turkeys annually. North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri, and Indiana, together, produce two-thirds of the birds raised in the United States.

(12) TRUE OR FALSE: ONLY MALE TURKEYS MAKE A “GOBBLE” LIKE SOUND, NOT THE FEMALES. Kids as well as adults love these types of fun questions. Correct answer, surprisingly, is true! Only male turkeys, aptly called "gobblers," make the actual sound. Female turkeys "cackle" instead of "gobble," according to breeders and bird authorities known as ornithologists (or zoologists).

Preschoolers often learn this, so don't be surprised if the kids scream out the correct answer instead of the adults!

13) TRUE OR FALSE: TODAY IN AMERICA, PUMPKIN PIE IS THE MOST POPULAR PIE ON THANKSGIVING DAY? This might shock a lot of people, or even start an argument, but, the correct answer is false – pumpkin pie is NOT the most popular pie on Thanksgiving Day!

Chuckles Cont. from Page 2

Prozac to make it normal. #1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.

Please share this wisdom with others while I go to the bathroom.

For our Southern Friends . . .

ALABAMA

A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck.

"Where's Henry?" the others asked.

"Henry had a stroke o' some kind.

He's a couple of miles back up the trail," the successful hunter replied.

"You left Henry layin' out there and carried the deer back?" they inquired.

"A tough call," nodded the hunter.

"But I figured no one's gonna steal Henry!"

Georgia

The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help.

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Here’s what causes some confusion: Yes, it is true, that more pumpkin pies are sold and eaten on Thanksgiving Day than at any other time of the year, but we’re ONLY talking about pumpkin pies here.

According to the American Pie Council and the National Consumer Statistics, Apple pie is, by far, the most popular pie (among ALL pies) not only on Thanksgiving Day -but all year long!

Among Americans, apple pie (in all its variation, such as cinnamon apple pie, apple crumb, etc.) is the undisputed “King of Pies” among Americans!

(14) WHAT IS THE WORLD’S RECORD FOR THE HEAVIEST TURKEY? A. 37 lbs.

B. 63 lbs.

C. 86 lbs.

Correct answer is “C” for 86 pounds! The heaviest turkey ever recorded was a living, large turkey that weighed an astonishing 86 pounds, the biggest for a stag, named Tyson. The giant gobbler was reared by Philip Cook of Leacroft Turkeys Ltd, in Peterborough, in the United Kingdom, and won the “Heaviest Turkey” competition in London in 1989. It has (officially) held the record ever since.

(15) IN AMERICA WHAT MEAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ALTERNATIVE TO TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING DAY? A. Roast Beef.

B. Ham. C. Chicken.

He called her into his office and said, "Y'all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?"

The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everthang but my earrings."

Louisiana

A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying "When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana."

When asked why, he replied, "I'd rather be in Louisiana 'cause everythang happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the world."

North Carolina

A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it.

Then he got back in the car to wait.

A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.

The man replied, "I got a flat tahr."

The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?"

The man responded, "When you break down, they tell you to put flares in the

Correct answer above is “B” for ham.

(16) WHAT IS AMERICA’S FAVORITE SIDE-DISH DURING THANKSGIVING DAY? A. Cranberry Sauce.

B. Mashed Potatoes.

C. Stuffing.

Correct answer is “C” for stuffing.

But they are all popular!!

(17) THE 4-DAY THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND IS THE BUSIEST FOR WHICH PROFESSION BELOW? A. Doctors.

B. Dentists.

C. Plumbers.

Correct answer is “C” for plumbers.

The four day Thanksgiving Day weekend is the single biggest time when Americans eat more food than any other day of the year.

Therefore, it is also the biggest day of the year for plumbers: unclogging sinks, garbage disposals, drains, sewers and, of course, toilets, etc. (The list above does not include Black Friday retail store clerks and other professions and is only limited to those professions listed above.)

(18) TRUE OR FALSE: ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN’S FIRST MEAL AFTER WALKING ON THE MOON WAS TURKEY? Correct answer is true! Both U. S. astronauts had foil packets with roasted turkey after they walked on

front and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither."

Tennessee

A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65.

The trooper asked, "Got any ID?" The driver replied, "Bout whut?"

Texas

The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch.

The Sheriff asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch?

Don't you see that sign right over your head."

"Yep," he replied. "That's why I'm dumpin' it here, 'cause it says: 'Fine For Dumping Garbage’. " Y'all kin say whut y'all want 'about the South, but y'all never heard o' nobody retirin' an' movin' North.

Table of Excuses

To save time for this department and yourself, please give your excuse by number. The list below covers most situations.

1. That's the way we've always done it.

2. I didn't know you were in a hurry for it.

3. That's not in my department.

the lunar surface! And just think, they could eat as much as they wanted because on the Moon you only weigh 1/6th of your normal weight back on Earth!

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING DAY BIRTHDAY DEDICATION: I wish to dedicate this special Thanksgiving Day cover story to my two nephews: Shane Maddox Brock (nicknamed “The Little Cowboy”), who is 11-years-old and in the 6th grade. And to his baby brother, Weston Apollo Brock, who will turn 2-years-old the day after Thanksgiving!

And to all my fellow Americans, all of whom I cherish and deeply love.

May God bless you all, each and every one. May we forever honor our flag, military, seniors, and children of whom I pray will preserve America’s highest principles which make our country great.

Left, Shane Maddox and Weston Aollo Brock.

Right, Friedrich Gomez; this is his 164th cover story he has written for The Paper

4. No one told me to go ahead.

5. I'm waiting for an OK. 6. How did I know this was different?

7. That is his job, not mine.

8. Wait till the boss comes back and ask him.

9. I forgot.

10. I didn't think it was very important.

11. I'm so busy that I just can't get around to it.

12. I thought I told you!

Vaccines

The vaccine should be tested on politicians first.

If they survive, the vaccine is safe.

If they don't, the country is safe.

•••• In a small American town a band of squirrels had become quite a problem The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation.

After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.

At the Baptist church the squirrels had taken an interest in the Baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the

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wants to order some good stuff for holiday gifts; wants to eat healthy nuts for yourself; and/or wants to support the American Business Women's Association (ABWA), local Soaring Eagles Chapter, fundraiser. Soaring Eagles ABWA has opened a Webstore with Terri Lynn Fundraising - just go to this website and order: https://abwasoaringeagles.terrilynn.com It's that easy! You can order for direct delivery to your home or direct to someone else you know across the country. Click 'View All' on the left side of the screen. You can support our cause by purchasing these premium nuts, gourmet confections, and sweet and savory snack mixes. You are going to love these premium products. They are really something special! Start shopping to support us here: https://abwasoaringeagles.terrilynn.com Everything you buy gets shipped right to your door, and a portion of every sale goes directly to support our cause. Our fundraising goal is $750 this holiday season to support our educational programs, including scholarships for local students.

Thank you for helping us raise the funds we need to make a difference in our community. If you have any questions, contact Mary at 760.807.3077

"Marketing for a Cause -- Giving Back" - Free this year to attend; hear directly from those giving in our community and learn where you can simply help.

On Friday, December 4th at 7am, will be this non-profit forum, "Marketing for a Cause--Giving Back." Many businesses do not know what causerelated marketing means and, yet, it is a more than $2 billion industry. It benefits both the giver and the receiver. Come learn about marketing for a cause, how it can help your business grow, and benefit the community at the same time.

Registration required, at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, 5934 Priestly Drive, Carlsbad, 92008.

The Chamber Presents 2020's Outstanding, Local Organizations American Cancer Society, Inc.; Carlsbad Fire Department Foundation; Ecolife Conservation; Environmental Innovations, Inc.; Mitchell Thorp Foundatrion; Museum of Making Music; San Diego Botanic Garden; and USO Camp Pendleton.

Watercolor Painting Class Fundraiser - Eden and Aleta's Zoom Watercolor Painting Class Fundraiser will be on Thursday,

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December 10th, from 4pm to 5:3pm. Registration is $40, and includes all supplies delivered to your home. How to Sign Up: Request invitation or Zoom invite by emailing Eden at edweinberger2@gmail.com You will get step by step instructions to create this painting, and it makes a great holiday gift. Register and pay online at www.soroptim i s t v i s t a . o rg / p a i n t i n g - c l a s s fundraiser/. Any questions, contact Eden at edweinberger2@gmail.com or Aleta at adirdo@gmail.com.

Proceeds go to Soroptimist Dream programs to help women and girls get the education and training they need to succeed. Artist Ronni Rosenberg will lead you through the steps needed to do the painting.

If desired, she can make your creation into a greeting card for you to send for the holidays!

The $40 price includes all art supplies delivered to you prior to the class: brushes, paint, watercolor paper, tracing paper, small palette and a copy of the art for the painting.

This will benefit the Soroptimist International of Vista & North County Inland. Visit the website at www.Soroptomistvista.org.

"Project Patriot"-- Local DAR Chapter Supports Women in the Armed Forces Overseas - Due to travel restrictions during COVID19, many of our troops are unable to travel on leave back to the states to be with their families for the holidays. The Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) stepped up to ensure that Santa delivers a sleighful of sweet surprises this holiday season. From candy to coloring books, from face soap to face masks, over 1,500 care package items are on their way to active duty service women overseas. As part of Project Patriot, this local DAR chapter donated, packed and shipped nineteen large boxes of gifts in hopes of bringing a bit of holiday cheer to female military personnel far from home.

Group photo, from L to R: Daughters of the American Revolution, Rincon del Diablo Chapter members Shannon Merrill, Traci Merrill, Cindi Maher, Connie Munoz

Project Patriot is the official Daughters of the American Revolution mission that supports America’s men and women serving in uniform at home and abroad.

Over the years, countless care packages have been sent by thousands of DAR members to Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard, and National Guard units on the front lines and at sea. Members of the Rincon del Diablo Chapter DAR volunteer on over 40 service

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November 26, 2020

Does California Owe You Money?

The state could owe you money. The holiday season is fast approaching and many are suffering from severe economic distress resulting from the COVID-19 shutdowns, so take a few minutes to see if you have some money coming to you. The State of California is sitting on almost $10 billion in unclaimed properties. Some of that money could be yours.

Under California’s Unclaimed Property Law, banks, insurance companies and other businesses are required to transfer property to the Controller’s office if it goes unclaimed over a specified period of time, usually three years. Bank accounts, stocks, bonds, uncashed checks, insurance benefits, wages, and the contents of safe deposit boxes are common types of unclaimed property. Funds are held for as long as it takes to reunite the property with its rightful owner, so the pot keeps growing simply because many do not search for the property they may have coming.

Checking to see if you have unclaimed funds is easy. Visit the State’s Controller’s unclaimed property website (claimit.ca.gov) and simply type in your name and see if you are listed. If it looks like you have some funds coming to you, you can file a claim immediately if the value is less than $5,000.

Higher amounts require you to mail a form and takes longer to process. Also, please remember that there is no

charge to retrieve your property from the State Controller – so watch out for scams that try to charge for this free service.

Thousands of people have received their unclaimed properties over the ears, valued at over $23 million. You could have been one of them. So don’t let the state keep funds that may rightfully belong to you., – visit the Controller’s website today at claimit.ca.gov, or call (800) 992-4647.

Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, 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.

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5th District Supervisor

Jim Desmond

We Can Do Both

Throughout the past seven months, I’ve tried to follow the facts and the science. I’ve listened to our public health officials and the great work they’ve done.

I’ve tried to get as much information as possible when it comes to this virus and I must say, I am concerned about the increase in positive cases. As the cases increase, it’s vital we have the available hospital capacity. People need to observe the safety protocolsdistancing, masking and sanitization.

I do hope everyone keeps in mind the balance that is needed, including the socio-economic impacts. We have strip clubs open and churches are closed to in-person services…that just doesn’t make sense. We still have many kids without the option to going to school in-person. That is not optimal. We have Rady Children’s hospital reporting a substantial increase in suicide attempts, physical abuse and sexual abuse.

We know it’s going to be like this until we have a vaccine. This is the new normal. We are getting some great news about potential vaccines, but we also

know it’s going to be a long time until it’s completely effective. In the meantime, we need to learn to live safely with this virus.

We should allow all businesses the same opportunities to remain open, while following all the safety protocols. We should protect the most vulnerable. Some people are trying to frame this as a choice between opening businesses or saving lives. I believe we can do both. We can save lives AND open businesses.

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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Native Americans -- in particular - don't take too kindly to having their 'wings clipped.' One miserable day when my pupils first took in the filaments of early morning, I moaned in pain and cursed my existence.

Then, one magic day, a kind patient across the hall brought me my very first copy of Lyle E. Davis' THE PAPER. I read the chuckles and my laughter could be heard down the hospital halls. It was that loud. Scared the cider out of my doctors who came running to my bedside! When they found out that the cause of my sudden 'turn in life' was a newspaper, well, they just stood and looked at each other! The orthopedist quipped, "Hell, maybe we should have this damned newspaper in all the patients' rooms!"

It was only a matter of time that the doctors discovered a small stack of THE PAPER under my pillow.

When it came time for my injections on my stomach I began crying all over again, then one of the doctors got a bright idea: "Let him hold the stack of those newspapers." They did. And I hugged them and stopped crying.

The doctors knew. The ophthalmalogist who saved my eyes, the orthopedic surgeon who rebuilt my leg with titanium, the specialist who first discovered the hematoma that bled in my brain, well, in short, all of them knew . . . they knew that laughter can sometimes be the best medicine the world has ever known. And THE PAPER gave me that medicine each and every Thursday!

Once, when my physical therapist took me outside for the first time to practice walking, she asked me, "White Eagle, where do you want to go first?"

That was an easy question for me.

"Take me out to the front entrance, where the newspaper racks are," I nearly begged.

She walked me slowly, holding onto me with her arms. When I got within 10' of the stack of papers, I excitedly said, "Now let me go, let me walk the rest of the way by myself, please . . . " With great apprehension, she slowly let go and I slowly walked -- teetering now and then, which caused her to gasp -- and I slowly made my way, like a small child, and picked up my own copy of THE PAPER -by myself!

As melodramatic as that moment may seem to you, it was my first moment of liberation, my first donning of wings, and I heard myself say: "I want to live. I want to live. I no longer wish to die!"

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Baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.

The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide The Episcopalians tried a much more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels with alcohol poisoning They sadly learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do,

Historically Speaking

by Tom Morrow

Ted Vallas: A Man For All Reasons

One of my most unforgettable characters I have known in my eight decades on this good earth was Oceanside and Carlsbad entrepreneur Ted Vallas.

Unless you live in Southern California there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of him, but Ted was the epitome of a self-made man. Actually, several self-made men.

But the Catholic church came up with a more creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.

And not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him.

They haven't seen a squirrel since.

A great philosopher once said, (it may have been my very own self): "Be what you is, not what you isn't.

Cause when you is what you isn't You isn't what you is."

Telling a person to calm down is about like baptizing a cat.

Prayer is the original wireless communication.

My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness.

I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it."

I thought growing old would take longer.

Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say: "close enough."

Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.

I'm a multitasker. I can listen, ignore and forget all at the same time!

Went to an antique show and people were bidding on me.

Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

My heart says chocolate and wine, but my jeans say, please, please, please, eat a salad!

My spouse says I have 2 faults. I don't listen and...something else.

While in elementary school, Ted began working to help support his widowed mother and family six brothers and sisters. He still managed to continue in school, becoming a standout in football, basketball and baseball.

In 1940, when it became obvious the United States would soon be at War, Ted joined the Navy, qualifying for flight training in Pensacola, Fla. While in training, he made the air base’s football team as a halfback. He played alongside bigger and older college athletes, with one or two former professional players.

Before Ted could finish his pilot training, he and most of his classmates were commandeered as crewmembers aboard the recently-launched USS Wasp, at that time the Navy’s newest carrier. What was supposed to be a temporary duty for the “shakedown” cruise, became a permanent duty station.

“The Navy needed deck hands more than pilots. If they didn’t have sailors to man carriers, pilots wouldn’t have anything to land on,” Ted said, chuckling in his recollections.

One of the first missions for the Wasp was to cruise to northern Scotland to pick up a number of British “Spitfire” fighter planes. They were loaded via crane and the Wasp headed for Malta destined for the Royal Air Force base on Malta. Officially, America hadn’t entered WWII, hence the “Spitfire” mission was a secret. A few weeks later, Ted and the Wasp had gone through the Panama Canal and were cruising in the Pacific. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into the War. Ted found himself a gunner on a

two-man TBF torpedo bomber, attached to squadron VT-7 (torpedo squadron 7).

“One day we were mustered and told we were being split-up to form a new squadron, VT-8,” Ted recalled. “I became a crewman in VT-8, which was assigned to the USS Hornet.”

During the infamous Battle of Midway, Ted’s former squadron, VT-7, was wiped out without one of the squadron’s dozens of torpedoes hitting a Japanese ship. Only one crewmember survived. Pilot Ens. George Gay floated on a life raft while watching the epic naval battle take place.

During the war Ted attained the rate of Chief Petty Officer and became the youngest CPO in the Navy.

After the War Ted enrolled in college, primarily for the purpose of playing football (halfback). After a year or so, Ted ended up in San Diego. He played for a short time as a member of the San Diego Padres, then a minor league team of the Pacific Coast League.

By age 30, Ted figured he was getting a little too old for professional baseball so he began a career in business. In telling his long story, which of Ted’s more than 30 businesses do I tell you about? At one time he owned or salvaged at least seven golf resorts; designed golf courses in the Virgin Islands, England, Ireland, France, Holland, and Morocco where he built a personal course designed for the king of that North African nation.

In the fifties, one of Ted’s most successful acquisitions was the El Camino Country Club in Oceanside. He staged one of the West coast’s first PGA golf tournaments and would go on to resurrect at least four more golf resorts in Southern California. In the sixties he built the Olympic Club Resort & Spa in Carlsbad.

Ted learned how to fly helicopters, and later bought a small commuter airline from American Airlines, operating it out of San Diego’s Lindbergh Field.

I first met Ted when I helped him write his autobiography, “Life is an Opportunity!” I then worked with him for the next 11 years to get another airline off the ground. And, he did it, sort of …

California Pacific Airlines actually flew one 50-passenger jet on a daily schedule between Carlsbad, San Jose, Phoenix, and Las Vegas the month of November, 2018. But a succession of governmental obstacles as well as a lack of finance grounded CPA. But to the end Ted maintained his dogged pursuit of one last goal to his multi-layered business legacy.

Unfortunately, Ted died Friday, Nov. 13, falling short of his 100th birthday next March 11. His nephew, T.G. Vallas, will continue his uncle’s quest to re-establish a scheduled airline to fly out of Carlsbad airport.

I can truly say Ted was one of my life’s most unforgettable characters. He was a talented guy, a good friend and one for the history books.

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Financial Moves for the Recently Divorced

Divorce is common in our society, but that doesn’t make it any easier to navigate. If you’ve recently finalized a divorce, you’ve likely been coping with uncertainty and tension, but you can still avoid turning an already difficult situation into one that’s even more challenging.

How? By making the right financial and investment moves, including the following:

Establish your separate financial presence.Even when you were married, you and your spouse might have maintained some separate accounts. But if you only had joint accounts, now is the time to open your own checking, savings and credit accounts.

Update your budget.It’s likely your budget needs updating. Your household income may be lower or may need to be adjusted for alimony or child support (paid or received).

Additionally, your living expenses may have shifted, either higher because you’re no longer splitting

expenses such as housing or utilities, or possibly lower because you're no longer supporting your ex’s spending habits.

Understanding your new budget will help you feel better informed about your financials options and more in control of your new situation.

Prioritize emergency savings.

Divorce is expensive and may have depleted your savings. To get back on your feet, you may want to build an easily accessible source of funds for unexpected drops in income and/or spikes in expenses. If you’re not retired, you may want to keep three to six months’ worth of expenses in emergency savings, although even much smaller amounts can boost your feelings of financial security.

Evaluate your retirement plan contributions.When you were married, you may have been counting on sharing resources and expenses with your spouse in retirement. But now, you may be solely responsible for your retirement, so if you can afford it, you may want to ramp up your retirement plan contributions.

You may want to consult a financial professional about setting and achieving new goals.

Think about Social Security.Your divorce could play a role in the benefits you can receive. Once you are eligible for benefits, if you were married at least 10 years and you

haven’t remarried, you might be able to receive up to 50% of your ex-spouse’s benefits, offset by your own benefit. If your ex passes away and you haven’t remarried (or you remarry only after age 60), you could receive 100% of their benefit in place of your own. This could be beneficial if your ex-spouse had a higher income or spent longer in the labor force. Since rules can be complicated, contact your local Social Security office to better understand your situation, and keep a record of your ex’s Social Security number.

Review your beneficiary designations and legal documents. You’ll likely need to revise the beneficiary designations on your retirement accounts and life insurance policies.

These designations carry a lot of weight and can even supersede the instructions in your will. And,

speaking of your will, you’ll likely need to revise it too, along with other legal documents, such as a living trust. Consult with your legal professional to make these revisions.

It can feel like a long road to stability after a divorce – but by following the above suggestions, you may be able to make the trip a little less bumpy – and hopefully shorter – as well.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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Holding that paper in my hands, I clutched it to my breast, then I yelled a Kumeyaay yell and clapped my hands with excitement!

Why am I telling you all this?

Well, because it was the turning point in my life. And I owe it to you (Evelyn Madison) and Lyle.

You may not think it a big deal, but, trust me, it turned my life around. /s/White Eagle

Editor’s Note: The writer, White Eagle, you know better as Frederick Gomez. He has become one of our brilliant writers and has had four or five of our cover stories published in The Paper. In addition, he has become a close personal friend of both The Paper and of the Publisher and Associate Publisher, lyle e davis and Evelyn Madison.

We were glad our newspaper helped provide the inspiration to Frederick so that he healed. To see him today, you’d never guess that he was at one time, near death.

We are grateful he is still with us.

(Now, Frederick . . . get busy! Go write another cover story!)

Update: Friedrick Gomez has now written over 165 cover stories for The Paper! (This Letter to the Editor was originally written and published in November, 2012, eight years ago. Friedrich has come a long way since then.)

Shame on the Governor

It brings tears to my eyes that our precious and beautiful Escondido businesses may not survive this pandemic. Our families and friends in Oceanside, Vista, San

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Exploring her surroundings, following you around and window-watching are other likes, and if you give her a toy, she'll happily play with you for hours.

If you want an affectionate, sassy and playful kitty, Chrissy's your gal!

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Marcos all feel the same.

While our beautiful North San Diego County is in a death struggle, our California Governor Newsome was hypocritically caught celebrating and breaking his own Covid-19 restrictions when he attended a large birthday celebration with dozens of friends and other "outside households" at a posh restaurant.

And now he apologizes. But only after he got caught.

during these troublesome times is invaluable. No other paper compares to yours. You're the best and we salute you Mr. Lyle E. Davis, owner, publisher, and esteemed editor of this weekly magazine. And kudos to Mr. Tom Morrow, the Social Butterfly, and our precious Friedrich Gomez who is priceless to all us readers!)

From Arlene Ann Tibbets & many friends, North San Diego County..

Our own San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer condemned Newsome for secretly living a lie, and celebrating a different life than the rest of us. In the Union-Tribune Faulconer said about Gov. Newsome: "His kids can learn in person. But yours can't. He can celebrate birthday parties. But you can't. He can dine on a $350 meal at one of California's fanciest restaurants during the worst recessions in generations. But you definitely can't. Can you believe this? I can't."

The next time Gov. Newsome states that it tortures him to have to further shutdown businesses but that we must commit to following the law, well perhaps he should just have another slice of birthday cake to ease his "pain" at his next secret gathering with outside household members not wearing facemasks.

Perhaps Newsome is related to Marie Antoinette who, when she was told that the peasants had no bread to eat, callously said: "Let them eat cake."

(Personal comment: May I state here and now that we love The Paper and the open forum of four North San Diego County mayors that you present to us weekly. No other paper does that. And the four different pastors who speak to us

The Pastor Says...

Shift Gears. Don’t run yourself ragged and wear yourself out.

Slow down. Pause. Reflect. “Be still and know that I am God,” is a good verse for Christmas.

Sometime in the summer, a family member asks, “Who’s in charge of Christmas?”

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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism.

Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 185,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world's largest and most active service organizations. DAR members are committed to volunteer service, having served more than 12.5 million hours in communities throughout the world during the past three years. To learn more about the work of today's DAR, visit www.DAR.org or connect with DAR on social media at faceb o o k . c o m / To d a y s D A R , twitter.com/TodaysDAR and youtube.com/TodaysDAR."

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Pastor Tom Fry, Retired Church of the Nazarene

She was surrendered by her owners who said they had too many cats. That might be why she’s underweight. After that Willow was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society from a shelter in Riverside County through the FOCAS program.

projects emphasizing veteran support programs, DAR schools, Native American women in crisis, historic preservation, JROTC, and citizenship awards through education. Area residents interested in membership may reach the Rincon del Diablo Chapter via Facebook or online at www.rincondeldiablodar.com.

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Where will the family gather for the exchanging of gifts, attending church, meeting new and/or evening.

This year, it seems, an elusive virus is in charge of Christmas. In California the colors of Christmas will likely be red and purple instead of the traditional red and green. The most popular word this Christmas might be “Zoom.”

Christmas is a big stressor in a good year. In a Covid year, it could be much greater. Here are some ways to reduce your stress at Christmas time.

Be Realistic. The sky high, unrealistic goals of other Christmases must be set aside. You can’t do all the things you would like to, so don’t sweat it. Just thinking about Mary and Joseph, pregnant out of wedlock at census time, traveling a longways and finding no place to stay makes your life seem simpler already, doesn’t it?

Invest in someone else. Someone who cannot return your investment, who may otherwise be overlooked. The whole reason for Christmas is that God was investing others by sending his son into the world.

Focus on Jesus. We struggle to get into the spirit of Christmas.

We blame it on the weather or the kids growing up, moving away or not coming home. This year, we blame it on the virus. Christmas still has a deep spiritual meaning.

The Savior in the manger brings us into the Spirit of Christmas.

Sing the carols. Read the stories.

Reflect on the person of Jesus.

Let the Spirit of Christmas get hold of your life. It will completely change you.

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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 Grateful for San Marcos!

It’s no secret that the traditional Thanksgiving feast we all know might look different this year.

2020 has been a year of firsts. It was the first year in a new decade. It was the first time any of us experienced a global pandemic.

It was the first time students across the nation switched to distance learning.

There were many firsts, and as your mayor, my heart was there with the community as we faced a year of “firsts.”

Though so much has changed, I have learned in this year of firsts that tried and true things remain the same. Compassion, kindness and gratitude have always been essential. Showing love for our neighbors and families as we all go through this year is how we have all come this far.

Although we have not been able to gather and support each other in person, we have transferred the love with family Zoom calls, virtual play dates and online conferences and events. I am eternally grateful for our community and wish you all a safe and happy holiday!

Escondido • Mayor Paul “Mac” McNamara Greetings Escondido,

Thanksgiving has turned out to be my favorite holiday.

Why? Because it is the least commercialized, but even that status is being assaulted. Be assured I am like everyone else; I like lights at Christmas time and the flag waving during the 4th of July and all the other decorations during the year. But I have to admit, I think folks are right when they say too much of the decorations and associated glitz takes away from the meaning of the holiday. In my mind, Thanksgiving has held the line. It remains a time for pause and reflection and most importantly gratitude. There is almost a somberness to it because it asks us to look both outward and inward and find those things, we are grateful for. When I think about it, I have a lot to be grateful for and those daily trials and tribulations seem to grow pale in comparison to the blessings we have in this community and country. So this is just a friendly reminder to remember to count your blessings and be grateful for them. Happy Thanksgiving!

Stay informed, Be Kind, Remember your neighbor, and Stay safe!

Semper Fi, Mac

Paul P. McNamara Mayor of Escondido pmcnamara@escondido.org

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campaign of picking up trash around Vista was started back in January 2017 by Sarah Spinks - and the November group showed enthusiasm and great success! After quiet summer months, over 50 participants with gloves and bags donned masks and kept social distance to clean up the town. The group received instructions from coordinator Alexis Panchevre, and then spread out from Frazier Farms in all directions, including Vista Village Creek.

An amazing array of unsightly dumped detritus was gathered by the masked community crusaders: plastic and glass containers, cigarette butts, beer cartons, straws, takeout containers, and lots of paper. Thanks to Frazier Farms for allowing the Only Losers Litter group to fill their dumpster to overflowing.

Thanks to Mrs. Cindy Brooks (CSF

advisor at Vista High School) and David Hanlon (Character Leaders advisor at Vista High) for promoting and sharing this opportunity for students to earn community service credit. Students and adults were happy to pitch in and make a difference.

A positive movement has come back to life in Vista - can you join us and take the responsibility to put litter in its place? The next Only Losers Litter trash cleanup will be on December 20 at 2:30pm, location TBA. Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/onlyloserslitter

DAR Chapter Heard Message About Gold Star Mother's Organization - The November meeting of the Santa Margarita Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), conducted by Regent Laura Horn, was held via Zoom. Thanks to 1st Vice regent, Kellie Stafford, members were treated to a message from the Gold Star Mother’s representative,

Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter

Celebra ting the Holiday s During the Pandem ic We’re are nearing the end of a year that none of us could have predicted in 2019. While it was a time of great uncertainty and anxiety for all of us, I want to take a moment to assure the community that the City of Vista and our community partners continue to work quickly and innovatively to meet each new challenge.

Creative thinking, meeting challenges head-on, and coming together as a community, have been benchmarks for Vista since our incorporation in 1963. The pandemic is testing us in ways never seen before; especially during this holiday season; however, I remain confident that Vista will weather whatever this virus sends our way. Please continue to be well, be safe, and wear your mask, wash your hands, and keep up the physical distancing! My best wishes to you and your loved ones for a safe and happy holiday.

Oceanside • Mayor Peter Weiss

The California Surf Museum has been in Oceanside for over three decades serving tens of thousands of annual visitors from over 40 nations annually.

With a permanent collection which chronicles the history of surfboards and wave-riding, the museum also offers many revolving exhibits each year. It currently houses a rare set of archives and collections gathered over more than 30 years, comprising one of the world’s richest troves of surfing history.

The museum has grown into a major attraction for Oceanside, San Diego County and Southern California. The California Surf Museum’s history is defined by the multitudes of passionate volunteers who have given thousands of hours of time to make CSM what it is today. Many businesses have also supported CSM through its growth and transformation. Nearly 650,000 visitors have entered CSM’s doors to see and read about the surf lifestyle and history.

Come to downtown Oceanside and visit the California Surf Museum.

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Check our menu, call us. We’ll give great food and service! And now, Dine Outside with Street Side Dining Teresa Bullock. Mrs. Bullock, herself a US Army veteran, became a Gold Star mother on March 7, 2007, when her oldest son, US Army SSgt Christopher Webb died in Iraq, another casualty of an IED. She is also a Blue Star mother with her youngest son, US Army SPC Coy Bullock. An honorarium was presented with a certificate and gratitude from the members.

Honorary Chapter Regent, Wanda Prosser, presented Adele Lancaster and Bonnie and Mike Clifton with Champions of Literacy Awards.

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Lancaster received hers for her ongoing support with children’s books for the Reading Legacies project. The Cliftons received theirs for making a twenty chapter book available via closed circuit technology so that Bonnie could continue tutoring three children. A memorial service was conducted by chaplain, Pam Fetzer, for deceased members Mary Ann LeMay and Jacqueline Reynolds. As soon as classes begin again, the $260 worth

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you look back through your life, count your blessings and give thanks to whoever or whatever we believe is responsible for your existence. If you believe in God, you have an object for your gratitude, if you don’t, perhaps the “tooth fairy” will have to do.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving will be a little weird this year. We’ve always had a full dance card for Thanksgiving weekend. Usually there was the multi-church sponsored community Thanksgiving dinner at the San Marcos senior center which we supported and attended over the years. Always there was a family get together at some ones home during Thanksgiving weekend.

This year there are no community events, no multi-household holiday gatherings and we have to be home be ten PM. It’s the law but its sure a drag.

Thanksgiving is the time when

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Big News! "The Winter Dance Party" Concert @ Pala Casino Resort & Spa Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 is sure to be a sell-out.

Tribute artists saluting Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the legenday “Big Bopper,” all recreated on the Pala Entertainment stage.

Tickets are available for our concerts and events at the Pala Privileges Center, or by calling 1877-WIN-PALA and asking to be transferred to the Privileges Center. Our main concert areas are the Events Center and Starlight Theater.

While visiting Pala, you can purchase tickets at the Pala Box Office with no service charge.

You may also purchase tickets for most shows at www.etix.com or by calling 1-800-514-3849. Use Your Privileges Dollars or cash towards purchases of concert tickets.. Must be 21 or older to attend.

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Nome and I feel especially blessed.

We’re more than a decade beyond the “mandatory retirement age” and still we get to go to work six days a week. Our good health has allowed us to live pretty much without compromise, we have fifty-five years plus of sharing our lives together and we’re still BFF. We have challenging, interesting work and we get to enjoy old friends and neighbors and meet new ones all day, every day.

but as being a part of growing up in America, it’s mostly a relic of bygone days. The craving for connectedness is still strong and younger generations satisfy that need through narrower affiliations like school, politics, church, and other social and civic organizations.

We all need to be an integral part of something that’s bigger than us, and we find ways to meet that need in different ways. Older generations may lament the lack of community connectedness in younger generations but it’s still there, it’s simply taken a different form. So if you’re old school, like us, quit worrying about the kids, different times create different and

perhaps incomprehensible (to us) answers to human needs. Just “stay in your lane” and “hang on to what you got.”

So to all the friends in our “community” we say, don’t stop doing what you’re doing. We need each other to stay connected. Keep that fudge coming Jackie and the Brownies Little Carolyn. Keep baking Mr. Cookie man and we love your pies Brad. By next week we should be able to start bringing our Meyers lemons to work.

Our friends who share the fruits from their trees, veggies from their gardens, and goodies from the kitchen know that they’re sharing far more than the food they bring.

As humans, the craving for “connectedness” as in our DNA. For those like us who grew up in 20th century small town America, our “connectedness” was satisfied through a sense of belonging to the community or neighborhood. In small town America everyone was connected in some way, and we instinctively liked, trusted and cared about one another. Your home town or neighborhood was like family and it’s human nature to love the things you know.

21st century America is more urban and less locally connected.

The feeling of “community” still exists in some ethnic and rural area

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of school supplies for the 5th grade class that the chapter sponsors at North Terrace School on Camp Pendleton will be delivered.

Daughters persevere in fulfilling their mission of historic preservation, education and patriotism. The DAR is open to any female eighteen years of age or older who is lineally descended from an ancestor who participated in some way in the patriots fight for independence in the American Revolution. Visit www.santamargarita.californiadar.o rg

Outreach Homeless New Initiative - 'The San Diego Rescue Mission has received a $100,000 grant from the Lucky Duck Foundation to launch a new countywide outreach initiative. The new program, called Walk With Me, aims to lovingly engage and encourage our neighbors without homes through the power of friendship.

Walk With Me will be a collective partnership with local churches, service organizations and volunteers who will develop a unique one-on-one relationship with an individual who is experiencing homelessness and living on the streets. The mission is to transform the lives of people experiencing homelessness by equipping and supporting volunteers to walk alongside them as a friend for an extended period of time where trust is built, connections to resources are

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made, and the two move forward together.

"Our hope is that all of our vulnerable friends experiencing homelessness can feel valued, loved, and seen just as God sees them," said Donnie Dee, CEO of the San Diego Rescue Mission. "We are inviting the community to join our faithbased initiative to use the power of relationships to help those most in need."

All outreach volunteers will be fully equipped with 8-10 hours of comprehensive training before starting the "Journey of Relationship" with a new friend. Commitment is five to seven hours a month and a minimum of one year. The Rescue Mission will refer to the men and women experiencing homelessness as "neighbors" and individual volunteers who pair up with them as "friends."

"We are pleased to fund the launch of this special and important initiative that will help those in need make progress towards a safer and more fulfilling life off the dangerous streets," said Drew Moser, Executive Director of the Lucky Duck Foundation.

"And we applaud Mary Benirschke, San Diego Rescue Mission Board Member and Founder of the program, for her vision and efforts to bring this program to life."

For more information and to sign up as a volunteer for Walk With Me program, please visit www.sdres-

cue.org/walkwithme. The online training will be offered starting in January, with relationship pairings made shortly thereafter. For additional information about the S.D. Rescue Mission, visit

"Better Together"--Our 2020 Annual Report - On behalf of The San Diego Foundation staff and Board of Governors, we are honored to share the 2020 Annual Report. The San Diego Foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve quality of life in our region. For more than 45 years, The Foundation and our donors have granted more than $1.2 billion to support nonprofit organizations and strengthen our San Diego community.

Learn more at SDFoundation.org and consider a donation to the San Diego COVID19 Community Response Fund, helping nonprofits and San Diegans affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The San Diego Foundation is located at 2508 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106.

Visit the website at SDFoundation.org.

The past year has challenged us to come together like never before.

Thanks to your generosity, The San Diego Foundation granted more than $77 million to nonprofit organizations that strengthen our community – the most charitable year in

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (City Council)

The San Marcos City Council will hold the following public hearing telephonically at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 08, 2020.

Project No: PA18-0003/ND20004 Climate Action Plan update Applicant: City of San Marcos Request: The City of San Marcos intends to adopt an update to its Climate Action Plan (CAP) to be consistent with the State’s requirements to meet the Greenhouse Gas reduction targets as stipulated in AB 32, SB 32 and Executive Order S-3-05.

Environmental Determination: The City prepared a Negative Declaration (ND20-004) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Location of Property: Various/Applies to all area within the City limits.

Planning Commission Action: The Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed project to the City Council by a 7 to 0 vote.

Pursuant to Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N25-20: Members of the San Marcos City Council and staff may participate in this meeting via teleconference. In the interest of reducing the spread of COVID-19, members of the public are encouraged to submit comments via email. As standard practice, City Council meetings are streamed lived on our City website at: h t t p s : / / w w w. s a n m a r c o s . n e t / y o u r government/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas. All relevant project plans, reports, and resolutions will also be posted on the City’s website a week before the hearing date and project presentations will be posted the day of the public hearing. To provide comments on the project during the hearing, follow instructions below.

Public Comment: To submit a comment in writing, please email pscollick@sanmarcos.net and write “Public Comment” in the subject line.

In the body of the email, include project number PA180003/ND20-004 and /or title of the item as well as your comments. If you would like the comment to be read out loud at the meeting (not to exceed 3 minutes), please write “Read Out Loud at Meeting” at the top of the email. Comment emails will be accepted until the end of the comment period of the public hearing on this project.

Comments can also be submitted via telephone, by calling (760) 744-1050, extension 3145 and leaving a message indicating that you are “providing public comment for the City Council on Climate Action Plan update and then state your comments. All comments received via email will be included in the Public Hearing for the item. All comments received via telephone by 4 pm on December 8, 2020 will also be included in the Public Hearing. Notice: The hearing before the City Council is a de novo hearing and any correspondence submitted to the Planning Commission that you wish presented to the City Council must be resubmitted for the Council’s consideration.

Contact the City Clerk for resubmittal of any correspondence and/or petition for/or against the project. The City of San Marcos is committed to making its programs, services and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation to participate in a public hearing

or any other city program, service, or activity, please contact the City Clerk’s office at 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069, or call (760) 744-1050, extension 3145.

Phil Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos.

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The annual report of the Lloyd Ellis Griffin Scholarship Foundation is available for observation at the home of James Biever, Treasurer, 12541 Palero Road, San Diego, CA. 92128.

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our history. Collectively, we also surpassed $1 billion in assets, a true testament to the unmatched kindness of San Diego donors.

For all the positivity that philanthropy brings to the region, it is difficult not to focus on the hardship and loss that the events of 2020 have brought to our doorstep. As we share this year’s Annual Report, COVID-19 continues to harm our communities, the devastating effects of climate change mount, and the generations-long fight for racial equity persists. These are challenges we must meet head on. And we will, together.

We're A Top Workplace Award Winner! - The San Diego Humane Society is thrilled to share the news that they have been named a "Top Workplace" by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

This honor is awarded based on survey feedback from our employees, who ranked us above the national average on collaboration and inclusion.

To receive this recognition, particularly during the most challenging year in recent memory, means a great deal. Our mission as an organization is to create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people. And we achieve this by staying committed to our core values: compassion, courage, impact, inclusion, and integrity. We’re so glad that our employees feel these values in action every day.

With nearly 600 employees across five campuses throughout San Diego County, San Diego Humane Society is often hiring! Check out our available jobs and learn more about how you can join our team. Located at 5500 Gaines Street, San Diego, 92110; Contact us at 619.299.7012.

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estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.

(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the

personal representative will be required to give notice to

interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed actions.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested per-

son files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: 12/23/2020 Time: 1:30 p.m. . Dept: 502

Address of court: Same as noted above.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should

appear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-

ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the

decedent, you must file your claim with the court and

mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from

the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in Section 58(b) of the

California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of

mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under

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The Paper • Page 15 • November 26, 2020

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FORMER APPLEBEE’S DEMOLITION – 573 GRAND

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that IDS Real Estate Group and the City of San Marcos (City) request proposals from qualified contractors DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Work includes complete demolition and removal of a former restaurant building including utility safe-off and minor sitework. The work will occur at 573 Grand Avenue, San Marcos, CA. Contractors must meet or exceed the specifications and requirements stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP).

CONTRACT TERM The Contractor shall diligently and continuously prosecute the work to completion, which shall be no later than June 30, 2021.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: All proposals must be received by the project construction manager via email no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Proposing contractors are required to request a read receipt or a reply from the project construction manager for confirmation of delivery.

Facsimile submittals are not acceptable.

Proposals should be addressed to City of San Marcos c/o IDS Real Estate Group, Attn: Construction Manager, 629 J Street, Suite 204, San Diego, CA 92101. All proposals are to be electronic and shall be sent to: cmaurer@idsrealestate.com

PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING AND SITE WALK: A mandatory pre-submittal meeting has been scheduled at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, meeting at 573 Grand Avenue. The purpose of the pre-submittal meeting is to discuss the Scope of Work included in the RFP and answer questions proposers have relating to the RFP and/or the Contract. A mandatory site walk of the project will immediately follow the pre-submittal meeting. All proposers must attend the pre-submittal meeting and site walk. Failure to attend either of these events shall be cause for rejecting proposals.

selected service provider. The Owner reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and to use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected.

PREVAILING WAGE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the San Marcos City Charter and the San Marcos Municipal Code, payment of prevailing wages and compliance with the California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq is required for this project. The Contractor will be required to comply with all of the terms and conditions (including State General Prevailing Wage requirements) prescribed for Contractor performing public works construction projects.

The California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates for the State and are available at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov, or from the City of San Marcos’ City Clerk Office.

DIR REGISTRATION Under (SB 854), “contractors” are required to register with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) on an annual basis (July 1-June 30). All contractors and subcontractors submitting bids will be required to have registered in advance with the (DIR) and must meet the minimum program qualifications necessary to be eligible to work on public works projects pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and Public Contract Code Section 4104. & 11/26/2020 DOP 11/19 & 11/26/2020

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SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: A complete RFP package is available for download electronically from:

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that IDS Real Estate Group and the City of San Marcos (City) request proposals from qualified contractors for the above stated project.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Work includes the complete tenant improvement of the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos per the drawings included in the Request for Proposal (RFP) including all trade work as well as design build mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire sprinklers.

The work will occur at 413 Autumn Drive, San Marcos, CA. Contractors must meet or exceed the specifications and requirements stated in the Request for Proposal (RFP).

CONTRACT TERM The Contractor shall diligently and continuously prosecute the work to completion, which shall be no later than July 9, 2021.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: All proposals must be received by the project construction manager via email no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021. Late proposals will not be accepted. Proposing contractors are required to request a read receipt or a reply from the project construction manager for confirmation of delivery. Facsimile submittals are not acceptable.

Proposals should be addressed to IDS Real Estate Group, Attn: Matthew Katz, Construction Manager, 515 South Figueroa, 16th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071. All proposals are to be electronic and shall be sent to: mkatz@idsrealestate.com

PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING AND SITE WALK: A mandatory pre-submittal meeting has been scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, meeting at 413 Autumn Drive. The purpose of the presubmittal meeting is to discuss the Scope of Work included in the RFP and answer questions proposers have relating to the RFP and/or the Contract. A mandatory site walk of the project will immediately follow the pre-submittal meeting. All proposers must attend the presubmittal meeting and site walk. Failure to attend either of these events shall be cause for rejecting proposals.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: A complete RFP package is available for download electronically from:

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It is the responsibility of the proposer to download and carefully review the contents of all documents provided in this RFP, including the addenda and any exhibits attached thereto. Proposers must provide a response to all components specified in this RFP. Incomplete proposals, proposals containing errors or inconsistencies, failure to comply with the submission requirements contained in the RFP, or other process or content errors or deficiencies may constitute cause for rejection.

Submission of a proposal indicates acceptance by the proposer of the conditions contained in the RFP and the attachments thereto, unless clearly and specifically noted in the proposal and confirmed in the Contract executed between the Owner and the

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TENANT IMPROVEMENT – 413 AUTUMN DRIVE

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It is the responsibility of the proposer to download and carefully review the contents of all documents provided in this RFP, including the addenda and any exhibits attached thereto. Proposers must provide a response to all components specified in this RFP. Incomplete proposals, proposals containing errors or inconsistencies, failure to comply with the submission requirements contained in the RFP, or other process or content errors or deficiencies may constitute cause for rejection.

Submission of a proposal indicates acceptance by the proposer of the conditions contained in the RFP and the attachments thereto, unless

clearly and specifically noted in the proposal and confirmed in the Contract executed between the Owner and the selected service provider. The Owner reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and to use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected.

PREVAILING WAGE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the San Marcos City Charter and the San Marcos Municipal Code, payment of prevailing wages and compliance with the California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq is required for this project. The Contractor will be required to comply with all of the terms and conditions (including State General Prevailing Wage requirements) prescribed for Contractor performing public works construction projects.

The California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates for the State and are available at the DIR website, http://www.dir.ca.gov, or from the City of San Marcos’ City Clerk Office.

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DIR REGISTRATION Under (SB 854), “contractors” are required to register with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) on an annual basis (July 1-June 30). All contractors and subcontractors submitting bids will be required to have registered in advance with the (DIR) and must meet the minimum program qualifications necessary to be eligible to work on public works projects pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and Public Contract Code Section 4104.

DOP: 11/19 & 11/26/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9018165 The name of the business: York’s BBQ Sauce with That Show Me State Taste, located at 13409 Midland Road, #154, Poway, CA. 92064 Registrant Information: York Christopher Young 13409 Midland Road #154 Poway, CA. This business is conducted by an individual.

First day of business 3/21/2013 /s/ York Christopher Young Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/04/2020.

11/26, 12/03, 12/10 & 12/17/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9017570 The name of the business: Noah’s Park Preschool; Noah’s Park, located at 855 E. Barham Drive, San Marcos, CA. 92078.

Registrant Information: Grace Community Church 855 E. Barham Drive San Marcos, CA. 92078 This business is conducted by an unincorporated association other than a partnerhship.

First day of business1/1/2006 /s/ Lee S. Johnson Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on10/27/2020.

11/05, 11/12. 11/19 & 11/26/2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #2020-9017716 The name of the business: True Seal Services, located at 1249 W. Washington Ave., Escondido, Ca. 92029.

Registrant Information: Francisco Eduardo Menijivar 1750 W. Citracado Parkway Spc 26 Escondido, CA. 92029 This business is conducted by an an individual.

First day of business n/a. /s/ Francisco Eduardo Menjivar Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/30/2020.

11/12. 11/19, 11/26 & 12/03/2020

SUMMONS CASE NO. 37-2020-00020447-CU-BC-NC

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO VISTA DIVISION 325 S. Melrose Drive Vista, Ca. 92081 760.201.8094 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: STRATEGIES FIRST CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Florida corporation; IMR DEVELOPMENT CORP., a Florida corporation; MONIQUE ZALSOZ, an individual, and DOES 1 through 50.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: JOHN HARRIS, an indvidual.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you wihtout you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) your county law library, or the county courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an atorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Service Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org). the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.cortinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar associataion. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 325 So. Melrose Drive Vista, CA. 92081 North County Division CASE NUMBER: 37-2020-00020447-CU-BC-NC

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff wihtout an attorney is: DUNN DESANTIS WALT & KENDRICK LLP 750 B Street, Suite 2620 San Diego, CA. 92101 Phone: (619) 573-4488 DATE: June 17, 2020

Clerk, by: A. Carini, Deputy

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