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The former Country Club has been surrounded by chain link fence.

The court ruling gives Schlesinger the opportunity to move forward with developing the site, although the city is keeping their options open regarding an appeal. Photo by Ellen Wright

Signaling of spring The Paper Kite butterfly from Southeast Asia lands on one of the many unique blooms in the terrarium of the Butterfly Jungle at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The exhibit opened on March 14 and runs through April 12. See full story on page A2. Photo by Ellen Wright

Judge returns Country Club back to residential zoning

By Ellen Wright

From left, Raham Khodadadadeh, Larry Peifer and Mona Mahmoudi at a recent screening of the documentary “To Light a Candle,” at the Vista Library. The documentary tells of the religious persecution and blocking access to higher education of people of the Bahá’í religion in Iran. Photo

by Tony Cagala

Iranian students still find ways to learn

By Tony Cagala

VISTA — Just six months ago Raham Khodadadadeh arrived in the U.S., leaving Iran, the country he was born and raised in. Some two months ago, he was enrolled at MiraCosta College — all in the name of pursuing his higher education.

In Iran, Khodadadadeh, 34, was banned from receiving any access to higher education.

That’s because he’s of the Bahá’í faith, a religious minority in Iran, which has been subject to religious persecution, including not being able to study in any of Iran’s colleges and universities.

“It’s impossible,” he said of receiving higher education as a member of the Bahá’í religion in Iran.

Though Khodadadadeh is not without higher education under his belt.

Where the Iranian government

was blocking access to college, people of the Bahá’í faith were finding their own way to achieve access to higher learning.

Khodadadadeh is one student of many that have “graduated” from the Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), of which his father was one of the founders.

BIHE began as a sort of underground university founded entirely by volunteers more than 20 years ago, to provide Bahá’ís a chance to pursue their higher education.

From makeshift classrooms in people’s homes when it began in 1987, BIHE has now shifted more to the Internet with online courses taught at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels from volunteering professors around the world.

Though it’s not an accredited university, the students that do complete the coursework, which is recog-

nized by more than 100 universities and colleges, receive a certificate.

Larry Peifer has been a faculty member of BIHE since 2009.

Despite being suppressed, Peifer said the students in Iran are so jovial and motivated.

“I’ve taught at universities here, the difference is like night and day,” Peifer said. “The motivation to learn is very high.”

Students in Iran don’t pay for the courses, but they do have to qualify, Peifer said.

They have to take an entrance exam and an English proficiency exam because all of the courses are taught in English.

He said Iran’s government is aware of the online university and that sometimes things get blocked, but overall, he’s found that the stuTURN TO LEARNING ON A15

ESCONDIDO— After months of back and forth between Escondido and Stuck in the Rough Principal Michael Schlesinger, a decision has been made on the legality of the city’s permanent open space declaration of the former Escondido Country Club.

On March 13, Judge Earl H. Maas III ruled in favor of Schlesinger and restored the residential designation to the 110-acre site.

Mass found the city’s declaration of permanent open space discriminates against Schlesinger’s particular project.

“Clearly, the purpose of the Ordinance was to defeat any housing project for the golf course, by amending the general plan to designate Stuck In the Rough’s property as ‘Open Space-Park.’ The Ordinance unfairly discriminates against (the property) and is therefore invalid,” Mass wrote in the court order.

The golf course had been zoned for single-family residential use since the early 1960’s.

In 1964, the city granted a special use permit for the golf course.

It eventually faced financial problems and Schlesinger’s company purchased the property after it was foreclosed on in 2012.

After a large opposition group formed, Escondido Country Club Homeowners Association or ECCHO, the city declared the property permanent open space so the golf

course could not be developed.

In a statement released

by Schlesinger’s spokesperson Dick Daniels, he said he wants to work towards a compromise.

“The court’s decision to restore the residential designation for the former Escondido Country Club site paves the way for the city, neighborhood homeowners, and ourselves as the property owner to resolve the future use of the site,” Schlesinger said.

His spokesperson Daniels said Schlesinger has been proposing 270 homes with average lot sizes of 9,500 square feet since January.

Schlesinger originally hoped to build about 600 homes, which the zoning allows for.

He scaled that number down for an initiative, which was on the November ballot, to build 430 homes.

Voters did not approve the initiative.

In a closed session meeting March 18, city council decided to keep their legal options open.

“The City has determined to continue studying the legal options which are available following Judge Maas’s decision from last week,” City Attorney Jeffrey Epp said.

Thus far, the city has spent nearly $500,000 on legal fees.

In his written statement, Schlesinger said the city is responsible for paying both parties’ legal fees, totaling more than $2 milTURN TO COUNTRY CLUB ON A15

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Butterflies signal spring at San Diego Zoo Safari Park The Tailed Jay butterfly hails from Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia and Australia. Photos by Ellen Wright

By Ellen Wright

ESCONDIDO — The butterflies at the Butterfly Jungle in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park throw caution to the wind and disobey the no touching rule, landing on visitors’ heads, shoulders and anywhere else they please.

Visitors are often treated to a quick landing of the more than 30 species of butterflies.

The month-long exhibit has been open more than 20 years and Bird Curator Michael Mace said it’s held every spring to celebrate the coming of the new season.

Visitors are checked before and after coming into the giant terrarium, to ensure no butterflies make an escape on an unwitting guest.

Butterfly pupas, which are similar to caterpillar cocoons, are shipped in from Central and South

America in a delicate casing, like cotton.

The butterflies live out their life span in the enclosure.

According to Mase, the exhibit is strategically planned so about the same number of butterflies are always fluttering about.

“We’re releasing butterflies everyday.

We keep the experience at the same level throughout the entire period of time,” Mace said.

The Butterfly Jungle promotes conservation and preservation in the Americas.

Instead of clearing the forest to raise farm animals, families can farm butterflies.

“It allows the forest to remain in tact by purchasing and helping a family in a range country,” said Mace.

The enclosure is also a

The Paper Kite butterfly from Southeast Asia lands on one of the many unique blooms in the terrarium.

butterfly sanctuary.

More than 100 butterflies in the enclosure were confiscated at the Los Angeles International Airport after a traveler from the Philippines failed to get

the proper permits.

“Not only do we take care of a collection or do research but we’re also a sanctuary so here is a great example of being a sanctuary to animals that would

normally be challenged to (survive),” Mace said.

The exhibit opened Saturday and runs through April 12.

It is free with admission to the Safari Park.

More than 30 species of butterflies can be found throughout the Butterfly Jungle. New butterflies are released daily in the enclosure to keep the amount at a steady level.

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Earth Day proclamation provokes council unease

By Gideon Marcus

VISTA — A unanimously presigned city proclamation caused a stir at Tuesday’s City Council meeting when several councilpersons discovered they did not agree with the statement to which their signatures had been affixed.

The beginning of every council meeting is reserved for city honors and proclamations.

The sole proclamation for this meeting declared that April 11 will be “Earth Day” in the city of Vista.

But after a quick and uneventful meeting, the council’s newest member, John Franklin, took issue with the language in the proclamation’s preamble, particularly the use of the terms “sustainable environment” and “sustainable economy.”

“I’d like to make a request that we don’t print substantive proclamations that make statements of policy, particularly when we’re talking about economic policy on pre-signed... proclamations,” Franklin said.

He urged that proclamations be presented to the council before their names are affixed. “’Sustainable economy’ is an overly broad term,” Franklin said after the meeting’s close, describ- Vista Mayor Judy Ritter and Alta Vista Gardens CEO Kevin Morse shake hands after ing the term as code for a politi- the reading of the Earth Day proclamation at the March 24, 2015 Council meeting.

Photo by Gideon Marcus cally partisan agenda.

“The environmental movement has a lot of additional policy aims that aim at redistribution of wealth and tend not to be what I would call a socially conservative pattern of thought.”

Though Franklin’s fellow Councilpersons did not comment on the matter during the meeting, afterwards, they voiced a set of

I don’t think it’s appropriate for something that everyone is going to sign blindly.”

John Aguilera Councilman, Vista

varied but strongly felt opinions.

“Sustainable environment is, I guess my interpretation is different from yours and different from his,” Councilman John Aguilera said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for something that everyone is going to sign blindly.”

“I didn’t like it either,” said

Mayor Judy Ritter, whose first time reading the proclamation was the actual pronouncement.

“Earth Day has nothing to do with a sustainable economy.”

Councilwoman Amanda Rigby, who often sees eye to eye with Franklin, had no problem with the term.

“It’s political but I don’t find it particularly objectionable because I actually think, even being a conservative Republican, that I’m all for protecting the environment,” she said. “I think we all need to be good stewards of the environment,” she said.

Councilman Cody Campbell went even further. “I felt it was a watered down Earth Day proclamation, and I personally would prefer that we had language that recognizes the fact that we need to have an integrated approach to sustainable environment and economies and address global climate change.”

CEO of Alta Vista Gardens Kevin Morse, who drafted and submitted the proclamation to promote Earth Day and events scheduled for that day, was puzzled and bemused by the controversy.

“I copied the proclamation that we used two years ago when the city issued the exact same proclamation,” he said.

Pump station upgrades go 24 percent over budget

By Ellen Wright

ESCONDIDO — On Wednesday the City Council approved a budget adjustment of about $1.37 million to go towards the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility pump station project, which was approved in October 2012.

According to Director of Utilities Christopher McKinney, the 50-year-old pump station, located in southern Escondido, processes 83 percent of the city’s sewage.

Its aging and corroding pipes need to be replaced because otherwise, there is a risk of a leak or a catastrophic failure, McKinney said.

The budget adjustment is almost 24 percent over the original contract of $8.1 million.

During construction, the project ran into a few obstacles.

There were unforeseen underground conditions, including rocks and undocumented pipes that slowed down the project.

There were 8-inch potable water lines and 12-inch recycled water lines that had to be temporarily rerouted.

Staff had to install permanent pipes, which cost a total of $248,000.

The rocky conditions also changed the plans for building a 1,100-foot wall that buffers the pump station from a neighboring mobile home park.

McKinney said the city saved some money because they sped up the wall project and combined it with another construction phase so they didn’t have to mobilize workers twice or do two

demolitions.

The removal of the rocks cost $91,000 and the new wall design and construction cost more than $316,000.

Part way into the project, operations staff requested a wider screen for the project. Screens remove debris from wastewater.

The wider screens will ensure the plant can process all flows. They cost nearly $62,000 more than the originally approved budget.

The budget for the wall and the new screens don’t need to be approved by council because their combined cost was within 10 percent of the previously approved budget.

Changes within 10 percent don’t need city council approval.

Another obstacle staff ran up against was the vactor dump station. The original plan was for wastewater collection staff to use an existing clarifier while the dump station was under construction.

The clarifier was deemed unfit for temporary use so a permanent one was built at a cost of $287,000.

The work to the pump station is limited to the dry season between April 1 and October 31.

McKinney told the council that operations had to shut down during the wet season because it wouldn’t be possible to respond to a storm if one was in the forecast.

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SWITCHED PLATES DRAW SHERIFF’S ATTENTION Over a dozen police cars swarm the AM/PM at 1403 South Santa Fe Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, cornering a two-door car sporting a truck’s license plate and a trunk-load of eucalyptus leaves. Mismatched plates often indicate a stolen vehicle, but this car was not any of the automobiles currently on the Sheriff’s Department’s list. “It’s a big fat zero,” commented Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffery Houser (pictured) of the County’s Transit Division. According to Sheriff’s officials, the car wasn’t stolen, but possibly someone trying to avoid registering the vehicle. Photo by Gideon Marcus

Sheriff’s Department seeks help to find missing woman SAN MARCOS — The Sheriff’s Department wants your help in finding a missing person at risk in San Marcos.

Victoria Arizmendi, 81, was last seen just before 7 a.m. on March 26 at her home in the 500 block of Rush Drive.

She suffers from numerous health issues, including dementia.

Before Arizmendi walked away from her

home, she reportedly told her daughter she wanted to go climb a mountain.

There are mountains located just south of Arizmendi’s home in the community of Discovery Hills.

Sheriff’s Search and Victoria Arizmendi, 81, went missing from her San Marcos home on thursday.

Courtesy photo

Rescue volunteers will be searching the area.

Arizmendi is a Hispanic woman who stands 5-feet tall, weighs 130 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing glasses, a large brown jacket, grey or blue pants and a black purse.

If you see Arizmendi, call the Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200.

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Opinion&Editorial

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Community Commentary

Disappointed over building heights

By Madeleine Szabo

Will lawyer hiring lead to lower utility rates?

California Focus

By Thomas D. Elias t’s now possible that mid-February will I be remembered years from

now as a fateful time in the century-long history of the California Public Utilities Commission. That’s when, without offering any legal justification, the five commissioners spent public money to hire a criminal lawyer.

If courts find this move was as blatantly illegal as it looks to some, they may soon cease treating this powerful but disgraced body that sets power and natural prices for most Californians with the extreme deference they traditionally have evinced.

Should judges reverse this possibly illegal PUC decision, how long before they begin looking askance at some of the commission’s other dicey rulings favoring giant utility companies over their customers.

Right now, state and federal authorities are investigating the commission and its immediate past president Michael Peevey.

Among tens of thousands of released emails are some showing inappropriate, potentially illegal, contacts between Peevey, at least one present commissioner, and high officials of regulated companies like Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co. This was predictable from the moment Peevey joined the commission more than 12 years ago, first appointed by then-Gov. Gray Davis and later reappointed by ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. No one could reasonably expect Peevey, a former Edison president, to deal objectively with his friends and former colleagues.

It was a classic case,

first noted here in 2004, of putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

The lawyer-hiring decision shows that despite pious declarations from Peevey successor Michael Picker about how “decisions should be based on the record developed in public,” things may not have changed much since Peevey departed as 2014 ended.

With criminal investigations in full swing, commissioners signed a $49,000 contract with the Los Angeles law firm Sheppard Mullin, defense attorney Raymond C. Marshall of the firm’s San Francisco office in the lead role. Marshall is charging a “discounted” rate of $882 per hour. The $49,000 won’t go far at that rate.

The commission has also used Walnut Creek lawyer Katherine Alberts to stonewall requests for records of PUC communications about a 2014 settlement forcing customers to pay $3.3 billion of the $4.7 billion cost for retiring the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station, owned

by Edison and the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. But California Government Code section 995.8 says that a “public entity is not required to provide for the defense of a criminal action…” It adds that before hiring defense lawyers, an agency like the PUC must formally determine such a defense “would be in the best interests of the public entity and that (employees involved) acted...in good faith…and in the apparent interests of the public entity.”

The PUC made no such determination and held no public hearings on hiring attorneys. Nor has it said whom its criminal lawyers will defend.

This spurred a lawsuit from former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre and

his partner Maria Severson.

They want the commission to reveal whom its new lawyer will defend and hold hearings on whether that’s in the public interest.

Aguirre said other commission decisions may have been made improperly, even criminally, including the San Onofre settlement.

Another he cited was a ruling last November assessing a measly $1 million fine against multi-billion-dollar PG&E, also cutting its natural gas rates by $400 million a year as penalties for its conduct around the aftermath of the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion that killed eight persons. Even new commission president Picker, who voted for those penalties, now says the company should pay much more.

Aguirre also questioned a $14 million settlement with SDG&E after a 2007 fire ignited by power lines downed because of poor maintenance. That blaze destroyed 1,500 homes in northern San Diego County.

The courts’ traditional deference to the utilities commission has never before encountered criminality in commission conduct of its business. Meanwhile, the commission refuses to answer questions about its legal authority for hiring outside criminal lawyers.

All of which means utility regulation in California has moved into a state of high flux.

Who knows? It might soon be open season on those other questionable decisions and more and that could lead to rolling back some of California’s sky-high utility rates, which are at just as onerous and compulsory as high taxes.

Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. For more Elias columns, visit californiafocus.net

Many residents are disappointed by the vote at the March 18 Carlsbad Planning Commission Meeting that recommends to the City Council an amendment to allow taller buildings in Carlsbad. Two hotels have requested permission to add a 4th floor (the Carlsbad standard is three floors) in a building with a 45-foot height (a height approval is also needed). By offering ocean view rooms on the fourth floor, the two hotel chains stated that they would then be able to obtain more revenue from these rooms.

We hope, when the final vote goes before the City Council, that the Council Members advocate for the residents of Carlsbad, not for the profit of the hotels. We hope they will uphold the scenic and uncluttered beauty of our city and Envision Carlsbad’s defining attribute, “small-town feel of our beach-side community,” for all residents and visitors to Carlsbad.

With this amendment, Carlsbad will have FOUR floors of bright lights at night instead of three; thus, the resort will appear much larger and more noticeable than any other hotel in Carlsbad.

The residents were well served when Commissioner Scully (who cast the lone vote against the amendment) rightfully pointed out that, without the amendment, the two hotels can still build a beautiful quality hotel within three floors as all the other hotels in Carlsbad have done.

Now, with the approved additional floor, the resort will obviously impact the countryside.

At the meeting, the hotels claimed that four floors “will give more open space”. Regardless, the resort will be larger.

The argument of “more open space” could support requests to add floors to any commercial building in the city. Thank

goodness, the buildings in Carlsbad are only three stories, wider rather than higher and thus less obtrusive.

Thank you Carlsbad Council for generally, in the past, not approving more floors, more lights, more obstruction of the panoramic views.

Each Commissioner mentioned a concern for setting a bad precedent, yet five Commissioners voted for the precedent-setting amendment. Other hotels (and commercial developers) will justifiably say that, if the Commission granted approval to these two hotels, then they too want to “improve their amenities” and gain “a view of the ocean” with more floors. They will capitalize on this new amendment and could rightfully call it favoritism to specific hotel chains if they too don’t get amendments to achieve “better resort amenities.” In fact, at the meeting on March 18, the hotel management company also pointed out a precedent that was set years ago. These two hotel chains want similar treatment given to another hotel in Aviara that exceeds the standard height and number of floors. When will it stop? It won’t.

The Commissioners frequently said that they will be more vigilant in the future about more floors in tall buildings — why not now?

The fight for the residents isn’t over.

Only the Planning Commission voted to approve the additional floor within the additional height.

It still needs to be approved by the Council Members who must continue to stand firm against the push for taller buildings.... that have more floors to light up the sky.

Madeleine Szabo is a Carlsbad resident.

Letters to the Editor Boardwalk relocation As part of the ongoing restoration of the San Dieguito Lagoon the time has come to restore the South Overflow Lot at the Del Mar Fairgrounds to its natural (or as natural as feasible) state.

Bisecting this site is a boardwalk. While supporters of this boardwalk are well intentioned, the original Coastal Development Permit considered the future restoration project in issuing the placement of the boardwalk as an interim location until restoration takes place. It was a Special Condition granted temporarily until the restoration work started.

There has been much misinformation about the

relocation of the boardwalk.

Claims have been made that the boardwalk will not be relocated, yet it is stated in the original Coastal Development Permit that it will be moved to the periphery of the restoration area. The relocation of the boardwalk is the fiscal responsibility of the 22nd District Agricultural Association (22nd DAA).

While the environmentally sensitive habitat areas are currently disturbed, restoration can only take place if the area is returned to a natural state.

The boardwalk splits the area most in need of restoration and should be moved to the inland edge of the restoration site to assure the res-

toration is effective.

The importance of preserving and restoring as much environmentally sensitive habitats as possible must be a priority before it is all gone.

While there may be a push to support the present location of the boardwalk the Coastal Act (the California Coastal Act is the one that assures you access to the beach, sand on the beach, protection of sensitive habitats and coastal views to enjoy) does not support permanent placement of the boardwalk in an environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA).

Pamela Heatherington, San Diego

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With KIA Classic in town, Wie focuses on game and carnitas fries

sports talk jay paris The manicured course at Carlsbad’s Park Hyatt Aviara Golf Club is to die for.

But what’s killing Michelle Wie is a hunger that can only be satisfied by a local eatery.

“Definitely a hole-inthe-wall Mexican,’’ Wie replied, when asked of its name. “I just know how to get there.’’

It’s likely on nearby Coast Highway 101 as that’s where Wie, in town for the KIA Classic, is prone to chill.

“I love it,’’ Wie said of coastal North County. “I was kind of near the beach all day (Tuesday), kind of took a quick visit to Encinitas. There’s definitely a lot of great food here this week and I’m definitely going to take advantage of it.’’

In between bites of her beloved carnitas fries, Wie looks to rustle up more than good grub.

Now that she has her good health, watch out.

“Just feeling sick (stinks),’’ Wie said. “Especially if you feel sick for a month. But I feel a lot better and hopefully I’m getting over it.’’

Wie, ranked No. 8, was derailed when the curtain lifted on this season. She had flu-like symptoms, which became strep throat, which became a sinus infection.

Not quite the recipe for winning golf, even if you’re as talented as the 6-foot Wie. In five starts, she’s missed a cut and finished no better than tied for 24th.

“I feel like my energy level is coming back,’’ Wie said.

Wie reflects on 2014 and there’s her wide grin again — we didn’t even mention carnitas. Among her two ‘14 titles was the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2, her first major among her four tour championships.

Her final-round, 15-foot birdie putt on No. 17 kept her clear of second-place finisher, Stacy Lewis.

“It was a lot of emotions,’’ Wie said. “A lot of tears. But it was fun.’’

And to many, a long time coming.

Wie, 25, turned pro in 2009 and it came with a splash. She was the can’t-

miss-kid with smooth strokes, a rich Nike contract and even competed in some men’s events.

But many thought her game was more hype than low scores. Heavy expectations always weighed Wie down, and she agrees.

So guess what follows her Open win?

“More expectations,’’ Wie said.

Although that’s not a negative.

“I mean it’s good,’’ Wie said. “I think that after I kind of did it, I know I can do it and it’s easier to replicate a feeling than to try and create a feeling. So it’s really good to always go back and look back to like, ‘what did I do that week?’’’

It’s certainly not a weak field at the Kia Classic. All top 10 women players are here and that includes defending champion, Anna Nordqvist.

The KIA Classic’s spot on the calendar is the game-changer, as it leads into next week’s Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour’s first major. That’s where Wie turned her play around last year by finishing second.

“I’m focusing on this week,’’ she said. “Just focusing on getting things comfortable, feeling good about my swing, feeling good about my game. Just trying to focus more on smaller things.’’

That includes Aviara’s plus-sized greens. They are huge, tricky and tough to master.

“You have to keep the ball in the right places,’’ Wie said. “You can’t leave yourself weird, downhill putts. Just keeping it below the hole, just know where to miss. That’s definitely the key.’’

Solve that, and a key for a new KIA might come Wie’s way on Sunday, when the winner is crowned.

And if not, that’s OK, too.

“I think hard work pays off,’’ Wie said. “And sometimes the struggle is fun.

The struggle of the game, working on stuff and everything, and I think that’s the nature of it. You’re just always working on something.’’

Like finding the next hole-in-the-wall. If Wie is California dreaming, it’s about the burrito sharing the Golden State’s name.

Contact Jay Paris at jparis8@aol.com. Follow him on Twitter at jparis_sports and at mighty1090.com

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CSUSM celebrates ceremonial groundbreaking of its sports complex

By Aaron Burgin

SAN MARCOS — Cal State San Marcos celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking of its 2,200-seat on-campus arena this week.

Athletics officials, school administrators and students hailed the forthcoming $11.4 million Cougar Sports Center as a huge achievement for the campus as it transitions from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA. Crews will complete construction by August 2016, in time for the 2016-17 women’s volleyball season.

“The Sports Center is a game changer, literally, for all of our 300plus student-athletes, coaches, the department of athletics, and mostly our university,” athletic director Jennifer Milo said. “The impact will be felt immediately.”

Cal State San Marcos’ court sport programs — volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball — have had a successful run in their four years of existence, including nine conference championships and an undefeated “home” record for the highly-touted men’s basketball team over the past two seasons.

This success, however, has come with sacrifices for the nomadic teams, which play most of their

Cal State University San Marcos officials make the ceremonial groundbreaking on their new sports complex this week. Photo courtesy Cal State San Marcos

games in front of sparsely attended crowds at local gymnasiums, including Pacific Ridge and Escondido high schools and MiraCosta College.

“I don’t think people understand how hard it is not having a home gym,” said MacKenzie Harnett, a senior on the women’s basketball team.

“We play mostly in front of family and friends, but it is hard to get students out there.”

Andrea Leonard, the head women’s volleyball coach, said the new arena would be transformative for TURN TO GROUNDBREAKING ON A15

No local TV blackouts for Chargers, NFL this season

By Tony Cagala

REGION — If the Chargers don’t sell out each home game this season, fans won’t have to worry about missing any of the action on TV because of the NFL’s decades-long TV blackout policy.

Earlier this week, every NFL team voted in favor of suspending the blackout policy for oneyear during the 2015 season, which includes all preand regular games.

The vote came during the owners meetings, which are being held in Phoenix, Ariz.

According to an NFL spokesman, there were no TV blackouts last season and just two the season before that — one of which was a Chargers game.

The Chargers have experienced TV blackouts of home games before (in 2010 they had two and in 2009 they had four) all due to not selling out the required amount of tickets to home games (amounting in approximately 85 percent or more of the stadium).

The Chargers and the city have been embroiled recently in talks for a new stadium, and the organization has more than hinted that it would relocate to

All of the NFL clubs vote in favor of a one-year suspension of the league’s decade’s-old TV blackout policy if home games aren’t sold out. The policy includes all pre- and regular games this season. File photo by Bill Reilly

another city, specifically Carson, Calif., if a stadium deal couldn’t get done soon.

The league will evaluate the impact of the suspension after the season, according to the NFL. Whether this might impact ticket sales this season, a Chargers spokesman said that the team has worked hard to build a base of solid fan support and enthusiasm for the team.

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“We’ll wait until after the season to evaluate its impact,” he added.

Ticket sales have been at the forefront of the NFL’s blackout policy.

So far, season ticket sales are “tracking on a relatively equal pace as last season,” according to the spokesman.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had proposed a rule change in December of 2013 that

would eliminate the its sports blackout policy.

Prior to this season’s suspension, the NFL was the only league to blackout home games if they weren’t sold out.

But, per an NFL spokesperson, the NFL is the only sports league that televises every one of its games in local markets on free, over-the-air television.

The Chargers are attributing the lack of local blackouts last season to the fans’ enthusiasm about the team and their belief that they’re heading in a positive direction, according to the organization.

The schedule of home game opponents at Qualcomm Stadium include the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers and the Miami Dolphins.

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Escondido Police Department encourages STEM

By Ellen Wright

ESCONDIDO — The Escondido Police Department is trying to get kids in the region excited about math.

As part of the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering, officers spoke with kids throughout the region about how they use the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, (STEM), everyday.

Officer Scott Christensen talked to students about how the traffic division uses math to solve major collisions.

He told the students that he regretted not paying enough attention to math during school because he didn’t believe he would need it as a police officer.

“I knew for a long time I wanted to be a police officer, so I didn’t pay a lot of attention to math or science. I thought you just chased down the bad guys,” Christensen told the group of about 60 on Monday.

Later, he had to go through 500 hours of college level physics and math courses as part of his training to become a traffic investigator.

He showed the students how geometry is used when measuring accidents and how he uses the quadratic formula to determine the speed a car was traveling when it crashed.

El Capitan High School teacher Sandy Martinez brought her forensic science students to see the police department’s real world use of lessons they’re learning in the classroom.

“It’s a total reinforcement of what they’re learning. We’re getting out to see the stuff we do in class to show them it’s real,” Martinez said.

The forensics class explores the application of the scientific method in

La Posada de Guadalupe shelter provides low cost semi-private rooms for workers. Regional housing falls short of demand. Photo by Promise Yee

Caroline and Laura Pool of the Metro San Diego area fingerprint themselves as Officer Lynn Feely looks on. Caroline is interested in forensic science so she and her mother attended the event Monday. Photo by

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criminal justice and Martinez said about 50 percent of her students have shown an interest in pursuing a career involved in criminal justice.

After hearing from Christensen, students were given a lesson in forensic crime scene investigation

by Officer Lynn Feely.

Feely talked about the department’s use of DNA and fingerprinting when investigating crime scenes and the importance of a statewide database.

Sergeant Scott Walters said the department has been involved with the science festival for about five years.

He hopes to get students excited about STEM fields and understand real-world applications.

“Law enforcement is

really one of those fields that a lot of kids would never expect to see science or math. Even if it’s not law enforcement we try to encourage them that you never know when you’re going to need that stuff,” Walters said.

Over the years Walters estimates about 600 students have come to the free presentations.

The lessons were part of a larger regional effort to encourage students to get involved in STEM. All over San Diego, businesses, universities and professionals are holding demonstrations for kids.

“We all know San Diego is a hot bed for scientific innovation, in a region which offers a uniquely collaborative spirit, high con-

centration of world-class research institutions, and a strong foundation for new company creation and development,” Managing Director of the festival, Sara DW Pagano said.

San Diego is the third largest biotechnology and biomedical hub in the nation, behind Boston and San Francisco.

“Our festival is a catalyst to transfer that knowledge and collaboration to show students and their parents how science translates into careers and further fuels our economy in San Diego County.”

EXPO Day, the culmination of the weeklong event, was held at Petco Park on March 21.

More information can be found online at lovestemsd.org.

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La Posada helps fulfill housing needs

By Promise Yee

REGION — North County migrant farm workers face numerous health challenges, one of the foremost being a lack of access to the basic necessities of food, water and shelter.

The migrant nature of their work, which calls for them to follow the crop season from farm to farm, and lack of transportation, does not allow them to become established in one spot.

Added to this, minimum wages they receive makes finding suitable housing especially difficult.

Some farm workers live in self-made encampments that have no running water, and are often looted by gang members.

Others find assistance through charity housing services.

One such housing service is La Posada de Guadalupe shelter in Carlsbad, which is run by Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego.

La Posada has 50 semiprivate long-term beds for farm workers. Workers must provide identification and pay a $60 monthly room and board fee. In turn they receive three cooked meals, and a bed in partitioned quarters adjacent to one or two other beds.

Shower facilities are also on site.

La Posada has been serving migrant farm workers for decades. The facility was first housed in trailers.

In 2013 major renovations were made and permanent mission-style stucco buildings were constructed for housing quarters, dining and staff offices. The grounds also

include an open-air patio that overlooks the fields where many of the workers labor during their stay.

Ed Bermar, a board member and volunteer at La Posada, said workers range in age from “fairly young” to late 60s and 70s.

“They work from sun up to sundown five to six days a week,” Bermar said.

“They’re extremely hard workers.”

When the crop season changes and workers move on, there is not always similar housing available near their next job site in Fallbrook, Bonsal or Del Mar. Bermar said the reason there are not more housing facilities for workers may be the demands of federal guidelines, or the cost to run facilities.

Fernando Sañudo, Vista Community Clinic CEO, serves the health needs of North County migrant farm workers.

He said he sees the toll hard labor and lack of basic necessities takes on workers.

Sañudo said while there are admirable efforts in North County to provide shelter, and incorporate housing units for migrant farm workers within low-income housing projects, the supply falls short of the demand.

“It’s always been an issue,” Sañudo said.

Sañudo said leaving workers to fend for themselves in self-made encampments is not acceptable.

“You can’t help but think about them when it’s pouring rain, or super cold in the morning, and they have to get up early in the morning and go to this job that’s so incredibly exhausting,” he said.

Sañudo said adding to the problem is a lack of responsibility on the part of farm owners who employ migrant farm workers.

He added there is also a shortage of human concern by the community at large who look past the problem as they stock up on affordable fresh fruits and vegetables, which are often harvested by the workers.

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Students of San Marcos Middle School are taking part in an event that simulates a UN Summit, in which the “delegates” — students from hundreds of schools across the globe — work together to draft resolutions to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. Photo by Aaron Burgin

Students prepare for mock UN summit

By Aaron Burgin

SAN MARCOS — The 18 well-dressed middle-school students sat in front of a small crowd in the multi-purpose room of San Marcos Middle School on Wednesday evening.

Two-by-two, the students stood up to a microphone and stated their name, the country they represent and the social issue they hoped to address.

"It's been more than two decades since we've discovered AIDS, and we still haven't found a vaccine, and that is something that must change," said Brian Acuna, who will be representing the nation of Nicaragua in New York in a week and a half. "We are working towards the global eradication of AIDS." Brian isn't really from Nicaragua. He and his classmates will be representing countries at the Global Classrooms International Middle School Model United Nations Conference, held March 26 through March 28 in New York City.

The middle school Model UN conference simulates a UN Summit, in which the "delegates" — students from hundreds of schools across the globe — work together to draft resolutions to solve some of the world's most pressing issues — global pandemics, energy poverty, gender equity and international peace and security.

"I think the Model UN

program is so great because it teaches students how to negotiate, collaborate and speak in front of a throng of students from 14 nations and 13 states," said Lawrence Osen, a U.S. history and geography teacher at San Marcos Middle School who is the model UN adviser. "They learn to interact, exchange ideas and seek to find solutions to major global challenges. It makes them think global."

The group has prepared since the fall for the big conference, participating in two local model UN summits, one at UC San Diego and the other at Mission Viejo High School.

During these summits, the student delegates give speeches to the delegation, and then are broken into their committees — the General Assembly, World Health Organization, UN Women and the UN Development Program are among the assignments — where they attempt to get their ideas included into the group's resolution, which is then presented to the entire assembly for approval.

"You want your ideas incorporated into the resolution, or even better, you want to co-sponsor or author the resolution," Osen said.

They also did significant fundraising over the same time period to help pay for the trip, as several corporations and local busi-

nesses, including Lusardi Construction, Kahoot, Stone Brewing Co., Teamwork Athletic Apparel and the San Marcos Community Foundation opened their coffers to the students to make the trip possible.

"We've had tremendous support for the students throughout the community," Osen said. "It wouldn't have been possible without their support."

Wednesday gave the student delegates an opportunity to present their respective platforms to the audience of parents and local dignitaries, including San Marcos Mayor Jim Desmond and Councilman Chris Orlando, and Poway Superintendent John Collins.

Acuna and his partner, Gabriel Rodriquez, are representing Nicaragua on the World Health Organization committee, and are drawing up a plan to eradicate AIDS and raise awareness to the threat of Hepatitis A, tuberculosis and malaria to the country, as well as lead an effort to adopt strong pro-childhood vaccination campaign in the country.

"We in Nicaragua believe that every child vaccinated is another life saved," Acuna said.

Representing Senegal on the same committee, Matthew Ramon and Grant Reynolds proposed a fourpronged plan to fight AIDS in the African nation- education youth and teens on sex education, increasing

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the accessibility to healthcare, decreasing the cost of healthcare and increasing access for citizens to non-governmental organizations that serve similar purposes.

Ryan Giometti and Logan Smith will represent Senegal on another committee dealing with sustainable energy.

Their proposal: creating a giant solar farm in the Sahara desert and a giant wind farm in the Himalayas to provide West Africa and Southeast Asia, respectively, with affordable energy.

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search for the perfect mother-of-the-groom dress has gone.

You may rest easy. It has been found, altered and pressed.

I love almost everything about it. It is gray and silver with a design and jacket that accentuate my positives and eliminate my negatives.

My only hesitation is that half of it a silver print.

Sparkly silver, if you will.

I’m not terribly comfortable with sparkly.

All the other votes from friends say it is lovely and that I need to get over it.

I am trying, but I did feel the need to remove the rather gaudy rhinestone clasp on the jacket. I replaced it with an under-stated silver-gray frog. (No, not a frog-frog. It’s a style of knotted, cloth button).

This is a dress I would never have pulled off the rack, had I been shopping alone.

And that is just one more reason to celebrate girlfriends.

You need to go shopping with that dearest of friend whose style you admire and will tell straight out when something’s just wrong.

However, this same beautifully dressed friend

loves heels and likes sparkly a bit more than I do. To her dismay, I have chosen gray pearl earrings rather than rhinestones.

She would also have me wearing gorgeous, trendy and incredibly painful heels she lent me.

They are perfect with the dress, but my feet said, “Oh, I don’t think so!” To my joy and relief, I found some adequately sparkly flats that are equally perfect.

So the dress is done and dusted, but wait!

There’s more! I need an outfit for the rehearsal dinner, too. Business casual, the bride said.

Around here, that’s jeans and a hoodie. In Philadelphia, I think more is expected.

After two weeks of searching online and in store, for simple, black pants, I had an old pair altered. I will wear them with a lovely, blue-green jacket that just needs a plain, same-color top underneath. This has turned out to be more of challenge than the dress or the pants, but I shall persevere.

Out there somewhere, hopefully on a sale rack, hangs that perfect, dressy but-not-too-dressy, bluegreen T-shirt.

I have three weeks to hunt down this final piece of my wedding ensemble.

It’s time to power shop.

Jean Gillette is a freelance writer whose normal wardrobe is pretty much T-shirt and sparkle-free.

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‘Thorny’ issue getting better along roads Vista: An economic model for North County craft beer

By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — There was a time that bicyclers riding through Leucadia would avoid the east side of Coast Highway 101 and the west side of Vulcan Avenue between Encinitas and Leucadia boulevards at all cost.

The reason: Tiny jagged-shaped thorns that would flatten cyclists tires — from school-aged children to Councilman Tony Kranz and everyone in between — at a prolific rate.

“It’s always been a problem,” said Len Nathe, who was cycling along the east side of Vulcan Avenue Thursday morning, largely to avoid the dirt path. “One year, I remember blowing three tires in a span of two weeks.”

Goat heads, puncture vines or stickers — all common names for the spiny menace — are becoming less of an issue these days along the stretch, largely due to a renewed effort by North County Transit Dis-

trict to prevent the weeds that spawn them from growing and to eliminate the thorns when they appear on the path.

Recently, the goat head situation came up in a City Council discussion of traffic and safety issues at Paul Ecke Central Elementary, as parents, administrators and volunteers talked about the thorny situation, which keeps many kids from riding their bikes to school.

“In the past, you’d see kids coming to school with four or five patches on their tires because of all of the thorns they’d hit,” said Christine Andrade, who has volunteered for Central’s safety patrol the past four years. Andrade keeps bicycle tire inner tubes in her trunk just in case kids need new ones after encounters with the thorns.

“Kids just stopped riding their bikes because they would end up having to carry them to school,” she said.

Crafting North County

By Vince Vasquez

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ver the last few years, craft brewing in San Diego has dramatically increased, creating thousands of new jobs and fostering millions of dollars in new investment. If North County leaders can support industry collaboration, greater industry growth and activity will be drawn to our part of the region.

Without question, craft brewing has been good for the North County economy. According to a key report by the National University System Institute for Policy Research, craft brewing in North County had a $272 million economic impact in 2013, generating $185 million in total annual sales across a broad spectrum of industry enterprises, and directly employing 850 workers.

The report found that while the industry was generally supported across cities and unincorporated communities north of the 52, one city stood out as unique among its peers for its supportive efforts.

The most active North County area for craft brewing is Vista.

As of March 2015, Vista has 10 breweries, with four more to open by the end of the year.

Overall, one out of 10 breweries in the county is based in Vista.

According to Melody Campbell, the Chair of the Vista Brewers Guild, the City of Vista has more breweries per capita than Portland, Oregon.

Much of the success of Vista brewing can be attributed to a unique public-private partnership.

Early on, city officials took a pro-active approach to supporting the industry.

Most notably, the city of Vista helped establish the Vista Breweries Guild

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Safety patrol volunteer Christine Andrade shows off the bicycle tire inner tubes that she keeps in her car for cyclists that pop their tires on goathead thorns along Vulcan Avenue near Paul Ecke Central. Photo

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This prompted Deputy Mayor Catherine Blakespear to inquire about the issue with the transit dis-

trict, which is responsible for maintenance of the paths, which are on the district’s rights of way.

“We are making strides with this endemic goat head problem in the railroad right of way that pops bicycle tires and the public should know,” Blakespear wrote in an email to interim City ManTURN TO THORNS ON A15

in 2012 to work with the industry as a whole.

T h e Gu i ld , w h i c h m e e t s m o n t h l y, facilitates d ia logue and collaboration between the City and brewery owners on common goals – promoting Vista and industry growth.

According to Kevin Ham, Director of Economic Development at the City of Vista, this partnership has fostered positive change for the local industry.

City ordinances were changed, allowing tasting rooms in industrial zones, and permitting food trucks in business parks so long as tasting rooms are open.

In 2012, the City Council unanimously approved live entertainment permits for breweries, allowing live acoustic music in tasting rooms.

City officials also worked with federal authorities to enable brewers to ship overseas, and connected brewers with beverage store giant BevMo! to sell more of their beer to consumers.

The city continues to work with the Guild and its members on local and state legislation.

Strong communication and collaboration has helped generate industry investment in Vista, creating good-paying jobs ($39,000 average) and a more vibrant and diverse economic climate.

Why not the rest of North County? If elected officials in neighboring communities followed suit, job creation and economic activity could reach every corner of our part of the region.

Vince Vasquez is a think tank analyst for National University, which is based in Torrey Pines. He is a Carlsbad resident.

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The Resource Conservation District (RCD) of GreatMIRACOSTA SEEKS er San Diego County, in conTRUSTEE junction with Altman Plants The MiraCosta Commu- of Vista, gave away thounity College District board sands of plants in March to of trustees is reaching out to help support school garden the Carlsbad community for programs throughout San applicants to fill the trustee Diego County. This is the slot held by Leon Page, who sixth year that the RCD has announced his resignation facilitated this much-needfrom the board effective ed school plant giveaway, March 16, 2015. Page is relo- benefitting 132 elementary cating his family to an area and middle schools. To learn outside of the MiraCosta more about the RCD’s School College district. Page’s seat Garden and Milkweed for represents Trustee Area Monarchs programs, visit 4, the Carlsbad portion of rcdsandiego.org, or contact the college district, and the Ann Baldridge, RCD Edusuccessful candidate must cation Coordinator, at 619live in that trustee area. In- 562-0096 or ann.baldridge@ terested applicants should rcdsandiego.org. contact Evelyn Crogan, executive assistant to the su- NEW URBN PIZZERIA perintendent/president, at San Diego restaurateur, Jon (760) 795-6610 or ecrogan@ Mangini has opened a miracosta.edu. fourth URBN Coal Fired Pizza at 764 S. Coast HighPIANO FOR LIBRARY way 101 in Encinitas with Julie Watkins, of San his New Haven-style pizza.

Marcos, donated a grand “I’ve always had a soft spot piano to the Valley Center for Encinitas,” Mangini Branch Library and four pi- said, who recently moved to anists will perform at a free North County with his wife dedication concert at 2 p.m. and children. Hours are April 12. The event is spon- Sunday to Thursday noon sored by Friends of the Val- to 10 p.m. and Friday and ley Center Library, which Saturday, noon to midnight. set out to find someone who Call (760) 943-8620 or visit would donate a piano to re- urbnrestaurants.com place a vintage spinet. Instead of a baby grand, the GOOD NEWS FOR search committee wound up TAXPAYERS with a full-size grand piano.

Local taxpayers have a The newly-acquired instru- lighter load to pay, thanks

to Palomar College’s refunding of Series A general obligation bonds that were put into place as a result of the passage of Proposition M in November 2006. “We saved the taxpayers $17.5 million by refunding those bonds,” said Palomar College Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Ron Perez. At the February meeting the Governing Board passed a resolution for a new issuance of Series C Bonds.

BEST IN ITS BUSINESS Hanger Clinic, an orthotics and prosthetics patient care company in Escondido, was awarded the Sustained Excellence Award for Operations by its parent company, Hanger, Inc. The award recognizes Hanger centers that provide superior clinical care, reliable customer service, and have succeeded at meeting and exceeding operational goals and objectives for three consecutive years. Visit hangerclinic.com HIGH TECH HIGH EXPANDS With the completion of the new elementary school, High Tech High North County, High Tech Middle and High Tech Elementary are now a campus. From 3:30 to 7 p.m. May 1, the San Marcos mayor will kick off a celebration at 1420 W. San Marcos Blvd. with live performances by students, robotic demonstrations, sporting games, art exhibits, food, festival games, and a raffle are planned. Proceeds from Village Fest will go towards

providing the materials and a private dinner celebration resources to the school. with their families and executives from KPBS and Union CHOCOLATE KING Bank.

Pala Casino Spa & Resort Executive Pastry Chef THORNER LAUDED FOR Albert Cruz won “Best in WATER REUSE Theme” honors as he helped Olivenhain Municipal raise funds for at-risk youth Water District’s General at the March 12 San Di- Manager, Kimberly Thornego Youth Services Creations in Chocolate in Point Loma. This year, chocolate creations recognized the career and community activism of San Diego Padres Hall of Fame pitcher Trevor Hoffman. Cruz’s “Best in Theme” was a 5-foot-tall trophy tribute to Hoffman’s career, created with 300 pounds of white, dark and milk chocolate. It took 30 hours to create, sculpt and build the display.

er, was recognized by the WaterReuse Association of California as 2015 Recycled Water Advocate of the Year at the 2015 WateReuse California annual awards.

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IT’S HAGGEN NOW Haggen Market replaced the Albertson’s at 7660 El Camino Real in La Costa on March 11. This was Haggen’s first doors to open in Southern California followed by La Jolla and North Park March 18. Two more San Diego stores in followed by another location in Chula Vista March 22, along with some in Orange County and Los Angeles. Haggen was founded in 1933 in Bellingham, Washington.

CARDIFF RESIDENT HONORED In celebration of Women’s History Month, Union Bank with KPBS honored Cardiff resident Shara Fisler, founder and executive director of the Ocean Discovery Institute. She will be recognized in March at

Dr. Hoon Lim, DC

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Interpol starts new chapter without old bassist

By Alan Sculley

Interpol’s recently released fifth album, “El Pintor,” was the band’s first studio effort without bassist Carlos Dengler.

But ask Interpol’s lead songwriter Daniel Kessler how the project was different without the bassist, who had been a considerable contributor to songwriting on Interpol’s other albums, and you won’t get any drama-filled stories about overcoming the loss of a key band member.

“I feel like this is a new chapter, and it’s just like we made a record that, it sounds like Interpol in a lot of ways,” Kessler said in a recent phone interview. “So something’s different, but what it is, I can’t say I feel like I’ve lost something.”

Perhaps worries about becoming a “new Interpol” didn’t play much into making “El Pintor” because Kessler is a songwriter who stays in the moment and doesn’t worry about the result as much as the process.

It’s an outlook Kessler thinks he gained during Interpol’s early years — well before the band was touted, alongside the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as part of a wave of exciting new bands coming out New York City.

“I think I have a weird thing about me, and I think it comes from things not happening so early on with the band,” Kessler said, noting the group formed in 1997 and got several demos before finally getting a record deal and recording its first album in 2002. “It tests your will as a band, like as a young band.

“I very much remember having probably in early 2001, having sort of this like affirmation after rehearsal, where I think we were going through a bit of a special time in songwriting, and we had just kind of put together (songs) like ‘NYC’ and ‘Obstacle 1’ and maybe ‘Hands Away’ and a few others,” he recalled.

“It was just kind of like if no one ever hears anything we’re doing, it’s enough for me. It’s OK. I was at peace with it. I was sort of, I realized you do this for yourself. You’d love the opportunity to make an album, but if that never happens, it’s OK. That’s not the end result. The end result has to be you had this wonderful artistic experience, even if it’s just for the four of you.”

That ability to just focus on the process — as well as the excitement and discovery of making music — may partly explain why thoughts never really entered Kessler’s mind about how Interpol would work without Dengler or whether the group would create music as a trio or bring in a bassist at some point in the process.

Instead, Kessler, who plays guitar in the group, simply started writing songs on his own before getting together with singer/guitarist Paul Banks to continue developing the songs.

Any questions about how the creative process would change without Dengler answered themselves almost immediately.

“I think by the end of day one, Paul was like ‘Hey, maybe I should bring

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MARCH 27 CHILD’S ART MiraCosta College’s Child Development Center is hosting its 10th Annual Children’s Art Show on Friday, March 27, 5:30-7 p.m. in Building 8000, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside.

Fundraising includes an art auction, sale of notecards and an opportunity for attendees to make chalk drawings. For more information, contact the center at (760) 795-6656.

Interpol is performing at Humprhey’s Concerts By The Bay April 9.

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a bass because I sing to bass lines and I think that will provide some foundation to these words,’” Kessler related. “That was the first time we had that conversation, and by the end of day two we had gotten pretty far with a couple of songs that are now on the record, ‘Anywhere’ and ‘My Desire.’ I think when those things were happening so fast and were exciting…I didn’t really think about what we were missing or how it was different.

I never did.”

The album that emerged is justifiably being touted as one of Interpol’s best, with songs that take the group’s sound in a bit more rocking and aggressive direction.

Standouts on “El Pintor” include the urgent and tuneful “All The Rage Back Home,” “Anywhere” and “Ancient Ways.”

Meanwhile, “My Desire” and “My Blue Supreme” are a bit more textured and a little softer rhythmically, but still generate a pleasant tension.

The more energized sound of “El Pintor” is a bit of a throwback to Interpol’s first two albums, “Turn on the Bright

Lights” (2002) and “Antics” (2004).

The group then went on to explore more textured and atmospheric directions on its next two albums — 2007’s “Our Love to Admire” and “Interpol.”

It was after completing recording for the “Interpol” album that Dengler left the group.

The group, which also includes drummer Sam Fogarino, brought in Brad Truax to play bass and former Secret Machines frontman Brandon Curtis to play keyboards and add backing vocals on tour.

Traux and Curtis are again touring with Interpol, and Kessler feels the continuity in the live lineup is paying off.

“I feel like we’re playing some of our best shows we’ve ever played right now, I really do,” he said.

“We’re a very strong live entity. I think we’re playing very well together…

And that’s great to see. It’s great to feel.

“It kind of gives you a bit of confidence each night when you go on the stage that you can do something special. It’s really been fun.”

MARCH 28 TEEN TALENT Come early for good seats at the Encinitas Library-sponsored Teen Talent Show at 2 p.m.

March 28, at the Encinitas Branch, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. For new information, visit (760) 753-7376. Entry deadline was March 10.

HIP-HOP VIOLIN Violinist, singer and composer Paul Dateh will perform at 7 p.m.

March 28 at the Museum of Making Music, 5970 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. Tickets are $15 general seating; $20 premium seating. Call (760) 304-5844 or visit museumofmakingmusic.org.

ART ON THE GREEN Saturday and Sunday March 28 and March 29. (weather permitting), Carlsbad Oceanside Art League Gallery member artists display their artwork for sale at Art on the Green, on the lawn in front of the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort, 3075 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad.

MARCH 29 ARTS FEST The Encinitas Arts Division and the San Dieguito Academy Foundation invite all to its Encinitas Arts Festival, with a battle of the bands, dance and theater on three stages, plus art export and student art from noon to 4 p.m. March 29 at 800 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas. For more information, call (760) 633-2746.

MARCH 30 ALL ABOUT COLOR Classes in “All About Color – Any Media” will be held for five Mondays beginning March 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lake San Marcos Resort Pavilion, 1105 La Bonita Drive, San Marcos.

Register with Osher Lifelong Learning at (800) 5009377. For more information, call Linda (760) 944-8991 or email linda@lindaluisi.com.

SING SONG STORY TIME Carol Ann Ashley Birtwell will read her new book, “Freddie and Bibelle: An Extraordinary Encounter” for toddlers at 9:30 a.m. and for babies at 10:30 a.m. March 30 at the Solana Beach Public Library, 157 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach.

APRIL 1 ARTISTS’ MARKET New Village Arts Foundry Studios present its free First Wednesdays Artists’ Market from 5 to 8 p.m. April 1 at 2787 State St., Carlsbad.

This month's show, "Heart for Art,” features resident artist Debra Melendez.

ART IN NATURE The Art in Nature Alliance, PleinAir Painters of America, and the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy host “Art in Nature: Legacy of the Land” a plein-air exhibition from March 22 to May 3 at the California Center for the Arts, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Admission is $8 Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets online at artcenter.org/museum/.

APRIL 3 FOREIGN FILMS MiraCosta continues its free International Film Series with a screening of “Hannah Arendt” Germany, 2012, at 7 p.m. April 3 in the MiraCosta College Little Theatre (Room 3601) at 1 Barnard Dr. in Oceanside. English subtitles.

MARK THE CALENDAR ART FAIR Oceanside Days of Art committee continues its call to visual artists and artisans to participate in the 23nd annual Oceanside Days of Art, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 18 and April 19.

Download the 2015 Artist Application Form, at ocaf.info/ or email inquiries to oceansidedaysofart@gmail.com.

AUDITION The Lake San Marcos Players announces open auditions for the “Carol Burnett Comedy Buffet” show at 6 pm April 13 at the Lake San Marcos Recreation Facilities, Conference Center, 1105 La Bonita Drive, San Marcos. Available roles: Six to eight male actors and Six to eight female actors, ages 18 and up. Readings will be provided by the director. Performances May 15 through May 17. Contact sanmarcosplayers@gmail.com for any questions.

SWEET SOUNDS The Quartetto Gelato will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 7 at the Center Theater, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido. Tickets are $10 to $35 at (800) 988-4253 or online at artcenter.org

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ncinitas 101 MainStreet follows its mission and mantra: “Downtown Encinitas — a place to Live, Work, and Play,” in presenting First Thursdays, a free monthly community evening of food, art and entertainment along Coast Highway 101.

Originating a few years ago as a means of drawing residents and visitors to eat, drink and shop on Highway 101 on week nights, First Thursdays have been evenings when shops and restaurants along the 101 strip stay open late to offer entertainment and special discounts.

Beginning April 2, Encinitas 101 MainStreet’s new Executive Director Thora Guthrie shakes things up with an explosion of visual and performing arts.

With an infusion of fresh vitality, the reenergized monthly event is not to be missed.

Guthrie, who just weeks ago took the reins at

Encinitas 101 MainStreet, comes from a strong artistic perspective.

An artist in her own right, the recent member of the Encinitas Commission for the Arts brings her extensive background in design as well as communications, marketing and public relations.

With First Thursdays, Guthrie focuses on local artists and performers gaining exposure.

She has assembled an exciting lineup of visual artists and musicians paired with local businesses to kick off the new and improved series of events.

Guthrie says enthusiastically, “Connecting our prolific art community with the public in a family-friendly atmosphere will be dynamic, valuable for everyone and make this an event that people will look forward to every month.”

On April 2 at the Encinitas 101 MainStreet office, located at 818 S. Coast Highway, Marvin Free and his Jazz Trio “Endangered Speciez” perform, while the E101 Gallery hosts a reception for artist Cathy Carey whose bright paintings are on exhibit.

In the nearby Lumberyard’s central plaza, original indie rock band Triceratropical entertains the

Wade Koniakowsky’s “Light Waves” (18x36” oil on canvas). The world famous artist appears at Hansen’s during First Thursday on April 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. Image courtesy Wade Koniakowsky

crowd, while attendees visit with artists such as Judy Salinsky at the Off Track Gallery, and other artists at Movin’ On Shoes. Ballet Folklorico de San Dieguito performs in the same plaza at 6 p.m.

Ironsmith Coffee, newcomer to the 400 block of the Coast Highway, collaborates with Arnette Eyewear to host printmaker Jason Markow and live music by folk rock duo "Professional Friend," rotating with creative acoustic guitarist Katya Brown from Fine Tune Academy.

The Roxy Restaurant features renowned

local jazz musician Peter Sprague, while Art N Soul (633 S. Coast Highway 101) hosts an artist reception featuring refreshments.

Bliss hosts a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception for local photographer/mixed media artist Laura Cunningham.

Artists will guide youth in painting a mural on the paper-clad south-facing wall of Detour Salon at the corner of E Street and Coast Highway, which will also be the site of future First Thursday live paintings and graffiti paint-outs.

Across the street in the Small Mall, artist Michelle

Gonzales performs face painting and displays her artwork, accompanied by acoustic guitar/singer songwriters Nicole Burns and Jacob Mobley, both from Fine Tune Music Academy.

In front of Bier Garden (641 S. Coast Highway), artist Jolee Pink of Wabisabi Green displays her coastal themed creations including textiles, ceramics and tiles, which are for sale along with her recently published Living Coastal book, featuring table décor and recipes by local artists and chefs.

At the northern end of the Lumberyard, Lobster West offers complimentary

snacks while Hula hoopers perform at Soulscape.

The SAID Space Gallery features an artist reception and “Lazy Left” exhibit preview, featuring art by noted designer and edgy artist Dustyn Peterman (aka “Dusty Dirtweed”).

Wade Koniakowsky, one of the nation’s leading ocean-inspired artists, demos his painting techniques while displaying his artwork at Hansen’s (1105 S. Coast Hwy 101), accompanied by Norbert Wild and friends playing folk and Hawaiian slack key guitar.

Additional artists and musicians will be added to the roster for this and future First Thursday events throughout the year.

Happy Hour prices and discounts are available during the event at Union, Roxy, the Lumberyard Tavern, and Blue Ribbon Pizza when guests mention First Thursdays.

Come downtown Encinitas April 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. for an evening full of art, entertainment, food, drinks and special offers not to be missed.

For more information on First Thursdays and an updated guide of participating artists and merchants call their office at (760) 9431950 or go to encinitas101. com/events/first-thursdays/

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Join the free Earth Day Festival at Alta Vista Botanical APRIL 1 MEET THE MUSEUM Gardens from 10 a.m. to 3 The Vista Historical Society pm. April 11 at 1270 Vale needs reservations by April Terrace. Activities include 1 for its “Get To Know The Earth Day ROCKS!, interMuseum” coffee from 10:30 active educational displays, a.m. to noon, April 7. RSVP games, a plant sale, a cotto (760) 630-0444. ton-spinning demonstration, MEET THE KIDS The worms and compost, music San Marcos Senior Center, and Rancho Folklorico danc111 Richmar Ave., San Mar- ers. For information, visit alcos, wants to create an envi- tavistagardens.org. ronment bringing youth and STRAWBERRIES AND older adults together from MORE Get ready to taste 8 a.m. to noon April 1. Vol- the Strawberry Festival at unteers are needed to team San Marcos Farmers Marup with K-6 students for a ket‚from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. morning in the park. Sign up April 12, with a Strawberry at the front counter. scavenger hunt, live music INTERVIEW SKILLS by “Sol Remedy” and the Escondido Public Library 30 vendors of fresh local offers a three-week course, and organic produce and Tuesdays and Thursdays more. For more information from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on contact the San Diego Farm “Successful Interviewing: Bureau’s farmers market Tips for Job Seekers,” April manager Christy Johnson at 7 through April 21, at the Es- (760) 580-0116 or christy@ condido Technology Center, sdfarmbureau.org.

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Pendleton community comes together to care for pets

By Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez

CAMP PENDLETON — Each day is a new day for the dogs and cats at the Camp Pendleton Animal Shelter, and with it comes a chance for a family to adopt them and give them a home. For them, each day is a chance to be saved.

The shelter is staffed by five Department of Defense employees and two contractors that work as caretakers.

On a normal day, they clean, feed and treat the animals.

They also license pets that

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come on base and allow potential adopters to interact with the animals.

The Caretaker Tim Wensel is one of the caretakers at the Pendleton Animal Shelter. Alongside volunteer Marines, he assists base personnel, civilians and animal owners and helps them take care of animals.

As part of the animal shelter, he is part of the team that holds events to promote pet adoption.

“The St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Adoption Event was an opportunity for residents on base and off base to adopt an animal at a reduced rate,” said Wensel.

“We want to provide the animals with a home and enrich their lives. For some people pets are a part of their family and if people have children, it’s an opportunity for them to learn responsibility and care for someone.”

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Brennon and Christopher Weaver play with puppies during the St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Adoption Event, on March 14 at the Camp Pendleton Animal Shelter. With events like the St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Adoption Event, the base shelter hopes to promote pet adoption by reducing normal adoption fees from $110 for dogs and $85 for cats to a cheaper amount which the adopters randomly draw from a hat. The fees are inclusive of neutering, a rabies vaccine, tracking microchip, a distemper vaccine and flea control. Photo by Cpl. Shaltiel

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Patrick’s Day Lucky Adop- tion fees of $110 for dogs to a cheaper amount which tion Event, the normal adop- and $85 for cats are reduced the adopters randomly draw from a hat.

The fees are inclusive of neutering, a rabies vaccine, tracking microchip, and a distemper vaccine and flea control.

The Volunteer For Lance Cpl. Tatiana Resto, a volunteer at the base animal shelter, her work is a labor of love.

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“I’m an animal advocate, so volunteering like It does not matter whether you choose the this is my outlet,” said Resmost modest or the most elaborate funeral to, a volunteer at the Camp ceremony; whether you choose burial or choose Pendleton Animal Shelter, cremation. You deserve to have your needs met as she picked up two small with compassion, respect, and dignity. Taking Chihuahuas, Beans and Burcare of the myriad details to create a memorable rito, coddling them in her tribute to your loved one’s life is our honor. arms. “It’s bittersweet when an animal gets adopted. I You may be assured that we will help you love them so I want to keep personalize your services as you choose. Allen them, but I want them zto Brothers is a full-service, full-choice mortuary. have a family at the same Our staff are available 24 hours a day to help time.” you through these difficult times.

Many kinds of people adopt animals at the shelter CHOICES

for various reasons, from active-duty Marines to civilians and retired personnel off-base. The one common factor they look for in the pets is the feeling of faithful companionship.

The Family Lance Cpl. Dakota Bracken is an infantryman and he will soon deploy with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. He and his wife Lauren came to the base shelter to find a dog that can keep her company and protect her as he goes away.

Together, they’ve adopted Rambo, a four-year-old American Bulldog, and he is now a part of their family. Rambo is a common bond they share despite their distance apart.

“I’m going to deploy soon and me and my wife thought it would be a good idea bring a dog into our family,” said Bracken. “Dogs are faithful companions.

It’ll be nice to have Rambo with the family all the time.

I can imagine him running around back home and having fun, especially with all the cows he can play with.”

The Rescuer Petty Officer 3rd Class Mary Miller wanted to have a positive impact in the animals’ lives. She came to the St. Patrick’s Day event to adopt a dachshund, not only to give it a home, but to also free up space at the shelter.

This allows the shelter to house more animals, providing them with a safe environment to thrive in.

“I learned about the event online and when I came here and saw this dog, I immediately wanted to adopt him,” said Miller.

“When I adopt this dog, it opens up a spot at the shelter for a dog that could be put down any day now.”

At the end of the day, the relationship is mutually beneficial. While the dogs and cats provide companionship, the families provide a better future for the animals at the shelter.

“I wanted to give him a home and be able to save him,” added Miller. “It feels good to be able to make a difference in the animals’ lives.”

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CAMP PENDLETON — Lance Cpl. David Wadleigh, military working dog handler, Military Working Dog Platoon, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, posts security during the patrol with his dog, Hugo. Marines with MWD Platoon, 1st LEB and Assault Breacher Vehicle Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Combat Engineers Battalion, participated in Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training aboard Camp Pendleton, March 10, 2015. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jenna Loofe

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Educational Opportunities Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego’s Ultimate Summer Camps

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Odd Files

By Chuck Shepherd Man’s Best Friend Researchers are now preparing a study seeking to confirm that dog slobber, by itself (and not just the psychological advantages of playing with and petting a dog), might provide human health benefits (such as relief from asthma, allergies and inflammation).

Specialists from the

University of Arizona and University of California San Diego point to existing evidence of the comparative healthiness of dog-owning families and suspect that canine saliva, like yogurt, may have unusual probiotic value.

Updates India Justice: The open caseload grew to 31,367,915 by the end of that year — a quantity that, if all of the country’s judges, working around the clock, each resolved 100 cases an hour, it would still take 35 years to

clear. Bloomberg Business Week reported in January that lawyers needlessly fatten the backlog with multiple filings, mainly to jack up their fees (and thus encouraging “extortion threats,” in place of “law,” as the preferred method of resolving disputes). ª Death-penalty opponents have long sought a clear-cut case in which an obviously innocent person was wrongfully executed, and unsurprisingly, the great state of Texas appears about to provide

SAN MARCOS — Taylion San Diego Academy is now enrolling with two locations to serve North County. Taylion offers programs in home school, independent study and a virtual program, and has open enrollment throughout the year. With locations in San Marcos and Vista, the charter school has a program to meet the needs of students in need of a more personalized education.

The charter school opened in 2013, and has since grown to be a partner in the North County community. During its first year of existence, the school was granted accreditation by the Western Association of Schools (WASC), and has now expanded into Vista. The school even has an Associated Student Body (A.S.B.), which plans field trips and fundraisers throughout the year.

Taylion’s programs is an option for students K-12, who find that a traditional school setting just isn’t a fit for them, academically or otherwise (bullies, etc.). A large number of their student population are high school students. “Kids that come to us, are for whatever reason, not thriving in a traditional public school setting,” said Taylion San

I think, first of all, parents consider what their kid’s needs are. ” Diego Academy’s Director of Business Development, Shannon Smith. “It can be for a variety of reasons: academics, socially, and they come to us where they find a place where they can academically and socially thrive.”

Taylion offers three separate learning environments for students: online education programs, a homeschool program, and an independent study program. Programs are often blended to meet the needs of students.

Some additional learning opportunities include small group instruction and online learning programs. School officials say the program offers individualized learning, a safe environment with less distraction, higher parent involvement, credit recovery, credit acceleration, greater

access to new educational resources, and unparalleled flexibility in utilizing various instructional delivery methods based on the particular student’s learning style.

When asked what parents should look for in a choice for education, Smith said, “I think, first of all, parents consider what their kid’s needs are. What is it that they think can help their kid to be successful, and then go look at what the options are, and that’s what is wonderful about charter schools. At Taylion San Diego Academy, we are able to customize their learning program. We offer independent study, online classes, homeschooling and a blended model. We are able to take each student, assess where they are at, determine what would best help them and design a program for them individually.”

The San Marcos campus is located at 100 N. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. #110, San Marcos, CA 92069, while the Vista site is located at 1661B South Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081.

For more information regarding enrollment and upcoming parent information sessions, call (855) 77-LEARN or (760) 2955564, or visit taylionsandiego.com.

that, in Cameron Todd Willingham (convicted in 1992 and executed in 2004). Since his trial, the arson evidence “proving” murder has been thoroughly discredited, and recently an ex-cellmate’s 1996 letter surfaced — demanding that his own prosecutor comply with the sentence-reduction he was promised if he claimed that Willingham had “confessed” to him (and in fact the cellmate’s sentence was substantially reduced after he wrote the letter, though the

cellmate later appeared grievously remorseful).

Prosecutor John Jackson is facing a state investigation for not disclosing the sentencing promise before trial.

• Elf Justice: Public policymaking in the United States is often gridlocked by recalcitrant ideologues, but at least administrators are not constrained by elves, as in Iceland. After seven years of controversy, the country’s Road Administration recently approved a new pathway near Reyk-

javik that had been delayed by a troublesome, 70-ton boulder in the right-of-way — which could not be dislodged because it is believed to be a “church” for the country’s legendary “hidden people.” The elves’ leading spokeswoman, Ragnhildur Jonsdottir, finally declared, to officials’ relief, that the elves had accepted the boulder’s relocation (to the side of the road), having “been preparing for this for a long time, moving their energy to the new location.”

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Nonprofit links businesses with disabled employees

reason the non-profit has such longevity in the community is because they listen to their clients.

“We try to understand the needs of the people we serve,” Berger said.

“Everything we do is about the client’s choice.”

PWI just opened a doc-

ument destruction service in San Diego and he said workers who don’t want to leave PWI can choose to work there or continue in one of their training facilities.

They also offer job coaches who work with clients like Carr, at no cost to the hiring business.

In the beginning, coaches work with the client full-time or nearly fulltime.

Then as the new employee becomes more comfortable, the coaching tapers off.

While PWI has been successfully operating for 30 years, Berger said state funding cuts are proving difficult for the organization.

“We’ve been sustaining 10 percent cuts since 2008.

Each year our rent and insurance go up,” Berger said.

To make up the difference they fundraise.

PWI is also spurring new business activity for additional revenue streams.

The document destruction facility is in its second year.

“It’s now profitable and we hope to be employing new workers as that program grows,” Berger said.

porary rental pumps and remove temporary installations, which cost $517,000.

“All these change orders were necessary for the safe completion of the project and the continued operation of the (pump station),” McKinney said.

Construction will resume on the project April 1.

McKinney told the council there was an issue with internal tracking of

the costs and staff didn’t realize they had gone over the allowed 10 percent budget threshold until it was too late.

“Unfortunately, we did not come to you in a timely fashion,” McKinney said.

“We’ve gathered as a staff to identify why that happened and to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

The council unanimously approved the budget increase.

tards the growth of weeds — along the paths, said Dahvia Lynch, the transit district’s chief planning officer.

Lynch said the district redoubled removal efforts after the thorn issue resurfaced during the discussion at the March 18 council meeting.

“It came to our attention that it was affecting people riding bikes, so we got active and began removing the plants and the thorns,” Lynch said. “We

believe the issue has been significantly reduced. We didn’t see any new plants, and are putting the crews out once a week based on community feed back.

“We are very vigilant about this,” Lynch said.

Andrade said the thorn situation is much better than in year’s past as a result.

“It’s gotten a lot better,” she said. “I still keep my tubes in the car, but you can definitely notice the difference.”

transition to Division II by the 2017-18 school year.

The 25,000-squarefoot arena, which is being paid for primarily through student fees, will seat 1,400 for athletic events, but has a maximum capacity of 2,200 for other events.

Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes likened the arena’s impact to the student community to that of the university student union and the health and counseling student services center, which have helped boost the school’s profile.

The Sports Center, she said, has the potential to be a huge regional draw.

“The Sports Center will tie our university closer to the region we serve,

as a new destination for, not just exciting sports action, but also large-scale entertainment and educational programming,” she said. “Indeed, this will be a new rallying point of pride for our region.”

For Harnett and other seniors, the new arena will arrive well after their departure from campus, but they plan on returning for its opening, and many other games to come.

“I’m pretty bummed I’ll be gone long before it’s done,” Harnett said.

“But I will be back for alumni games and things like that. I am just glad they are taking this step, because it shows that the university is really taking athletics seriously.”

By Ellen Wright

CARLSBAD — At 9:30 a.m. every morning for nearly a decade, Perry Carr led stretches in his office at the 24 Hour Fitness on Palomar Airport Road.

He also made sure to greet each one of the 30 employees every morning.

After 24 years at 24 Hour Fitness, Carr has retired.

His tenure there represents a successful pairing for Partnerships With Industry (PWI), a nonprofit that teams with local businesses to offer employment to people with developmental and other disabilities.

Since 1985, PWI has matched more than 12,000 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities with jobs throughout San Diego.

They partner with businesses like Home Depot, the Omni Hotel, Legoland and the San Diego Zoo, as well as cities like Vista and Solana Beach.

PWI President and CEO Mark Berger said since many of the jobs are entry level they usually have a high turnover rate.

Clients of PWI tend to stick with jobs for an average of four-and-a-half years, which helps businesses.

“They want reliable people that will be there and that they can count on,” Berger said. “We’ve met that need.”

He said they often partner with the hospital-

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dents will find a way to get access.

The persecution of the Bahá’ís is the subject of a new documentary, “To Light a Candle,” from journalist Maziar Bahari.

Bahari, who was also imprisoned in Iran in 2009 without any charges filed against him, was the subject of the feature film “Rosewater.”

Mona Mahmoudi also grew up in Iran. She came to the U.S. in 1970 where

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lion.

Nowhere in the court order does it say the city is responsible and City Attorney Epp said he doesn’t believe the city is responsible.

At a recent workshop held by the city, ECCHO

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1990s as Project Manager for OMWD. OMWD and its partners pioneered a collaboration with Carlsbad Municipal Water District, Leucadia Wastewater District, and San Elijo Joint Powers Authority leading to the first regional recycled water project in San Diego County known as the North County Recycled Water Project.

After spending 24 years in the offices at 24 Hour Fitness, Perry Carr retired two weeks ago. Staff at Partnerships With Industry worked alongside Carr throughout his career to ensure his success. Courtesy photo

ity sector and some of the jobs include, hotel porters, cleaning jobs, food service and administrative work.

Nora Conner, supervisor at 24 Hour Fitness, said that while Carr did administrative work for the company, he meant a lot more.

When the company first introduced the stretching program, Conner said people weren’t extremely enthusiastic.

“The problem was, people didn’t get up and do it but because he was asking everybody to come up and stretch, everybody

was more willing to get up and stretch because he was the one leading it,” Conner said.

He was so successful with leading the stretches the company eventually asked him to go to different departments to lead the stretches.

Conner said it became an important community builder.

“At 9:30 a.m., he brought everybody together. There’s people in other cubicles that we may not talk to all day but we were able to socialize with each

she would earn her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. in mathematics. She had the plan of going back to Iran to really be a “shaker and mover” of things, she said.

But things had changed significantly in Iran with the 1979 revolution. Both of her parents had been executed for being associated with the Bahá’í faith.

Mahmoudi, who now lives in Carlsbad, was featured in the documentary.

She said the number of Bahá’ís in Iran is unknown, because while a lot have left the country, there are

people that are converting to the faith, but don’t say anything for their safety.

“In Iran you can never be sure. There is risk possible,” Khodadadadeh said.

He continues to teach Sociology online with BIHE while undertaking his own courses here.

He described his experiences teaching students still in Iran as difficult, but also meaningful, powerful, and illuminating.

“Because there are people who are very eager to learn and they have no other opportunities.”

President Mike Slater said the majority of the members want some form of a golf course to remain.

Another group, ECC Partners LLC, spoke at the workshop to tell the city of their plans to fund a feasibility study for the golf course.

Ben Gage, of ECC Partners, said they hired

three different consultants to find out whether there are economically viable alternatives to a housing development on the site.

The report is expected in three to four months.

Schlesinger has yet to submit any official development proposals for 270 homes.

OMWD AWARDED At the Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s March 18 meeting, the OMWD board of directors accepted the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, and the Excellence in Operating Budget Award from the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers.

E STREET EYES Dr. Jeff Anshel has opened E Street Eyes, at the corner of E Street and Second Avenue, where the E Street Café used to be.

Anshel is the founder of the Ocular Nutrition Society and offers orthokeratology, sometimes called “non-surgical LASIK,” using a contact lens worn at night.

He has been practicing in North County for 40 years.

For more information, call (760) 931-1390.

other for 10 minutes everyday so it helped us (get to) know each other better,” Conner said.

Since Carr retired two weeks ago, his co-worker Jeff Lee took over the stretches. Lee is also a PWI client.

Berger said part of the

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at a time,” McKinney said.

That’s fine during the summer because there is little rain so there is much less water flowing through the pumps.

All of the obstacles slowed down the project and construction had to stop last October before the project was complete.

Staff had to get tem-

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ager Larry Watt.

The transit district weekly has probationary crews — lawbreakers who have to serve community service as part of their conditions of their probation — scouring both sides of the street picking any thorns along the path.

In addition, the district twice a year sprays both herbicide and pre-emergent — a chemical that re-

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the entire university community, both for morale and from a recruiting standpoint.

“This will be our true home court advantage where our student population can easily arrive from class to cheer on their team, parents and families arriving with ease and our teams raising those championship banners to the sea of blue,” Leonard said.

The arena is also a necessary step for the university to complete its transition to NCAA Division II athletics. The athletic programs will begin playing NCAA Division 2 schedule and are expected to fully

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Altruistic builders earn Ruby award SAN MARCOS — The San Diego Housing Federation announced North County winners of its 2015 Ruby Awards winners.

The Ruby Awards will be held from 4:30 to 9 p.m.

April 24 at The Westin Gaslamp Quarter, to honor the best people, projects and overall achievements during the past year.

Karl Schwarm, Director of Housing & Neighborhood Services for the city of San Marcos, won the John Craven Memorial Award for oversight of the creation of 3,500 quality affordable homes for seniors, families, veterans and residents with special needs.

The Outstanding Development Partner award was given to North County Lifeline, a nonprofit human resources organization, who along with development partner Community Housing Works, built the North Santa Fe Apartment project in Vista for young adults transitioning out of the foster care system.

Presented by US Bank, the 2015 Ruby Awards and 25th anniversary celebrates special guests and friends of the affordable housing industry, including: California State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego); Emcee Todd Gloria, San Diego City Councilmember representing District 3; and Event Chair Frank Urtasun, Regional Vice President of External Affairs for SDG&E and San Diego Housing Commissioner.

Contact San Diego Housing Federation Events and Membership Coordinator Katy Lillig at (619) 239-6693.

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T he C oast News - I nland E dition SAN MARCOS — The city of San Marcos presents its annual holiday breakfast and egg scramble from 8 to 10 a.m. April 4 at Walnut Grove Park, 1950 Sycamore Drive.

The event includes breakfast with Peter Cottontail inside the Williams Barn in Walnut Grove Park.

This early morning breakfast of pancakes and eggs will be prepared by the Life and Eagle Scouts Kah-Shinni Chapter Order of the Arrow BSA. Tickets can be pur-

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Immediately following the breakfast at 10:15 a.m. sharp, toddlers through fifth graders are invited to the Spring Egg Scramble‚ where prize-filled eggs will be scattered throughout the park.

Each child should bring a bag or basket and participants should arrive at the park by 9:45 a.m.

For more information, call (760) 744-9000 or visit san-marcos.net

BROADCASTING AWARDS Shown in the studio of Palomar College’s Radio Station, KKSM are award winners Zeb Navarro, seated, with, from left to right Serena Reid, Eric Rallos, Lilly Lopez and Brianna Harley.

Not pictured are Jennifer Fasulo and Kenneth Hladky who also won awards for work they produced in Palomar digital broadcasting program. Photo by Jim Odom

‘Tea & Tonic’ welcomes NFL star McPherson REGION — The Center for Community Solutions (CCS) announced its annual “Tea & Tonic” event from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

April 24 at The Grand Del Mar, in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Cyndi Benson and Terri Kelly, long-time supporters and volunteers of CCS, invite all to high tea, followed by a VIP reception, “Tonic After Tea.” Professional football player Don McPherson will be the celebrity keynote speaker.

Best known for his accolades on the field as a quarterback for Syracuse University and in the NFL, Don McPherson

has since made a name for himself as a motivational speaker.

After retiring from the NFL in 1995, McPherson turned his focus to the issue of “men’s violence against women” and emerged as a national leader and advocate for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence.

Tickets for the 2015 “Tea & Tonic” start at $150 per person, online at ccssd.org.

For more information, contact CCS at (858) 272-5777, ext. 120. Event Chairwomen, “Tea & Tonic” works to raise overall awareness of and funds for all its var-

ious types of assistance.

Net proceeds from the event will be used toward CCS’ full range of domestic violence and sexual assault crisis intervention programs, including emergency response teams, a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelters, victim advocacy, transitional housing programs, court accompaniment, clinical services and legal services.

About Center for Community Solutions: Center for Community Solutions (CCS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that provides prevention and intervention services for sexual assault and relationship violence survivors.

April 11, 2015 from 8 a.m. - 7p.m.

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, we welcome the entire community to our campus. We’ve planned a day long schedule of events and activities for attendees of all ages!

At Discover CSUSM Day you can:

• View the sun through a solar telescope • Cheer on CSUSM’s baseball team in a double-header • Discover if Bruce Wayne or Batman is a better crime fighter • Visit labs, watch musical performances, paint a mural, listen to lectures and much, much more.

For a complete program of the day’s events visit:

www.csusm.edu/25

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