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VISTA, SAN MARCOS, ESCONDIDO
VOL. 13, N0. 26
SEPT. 8, 2017
Park soccer arena addition reconsidered
CSUSM hosts first matches as D-II school
By Christina Macone-Greene
VISTA — Proposed renovations at Bub Williamson Park were a major topic of conversation at the Aug. 8 Vista City Council meeting. Neighbors living near the community park voiced concerns about a proposed soccer arena at the 9-acre park at the end of a residential street. Councilwoman Amanda Rigby said that the idea to rehab the park, a culmination of longtime discussions, began back in February. A few years ago, the City Council approved a $2.8 million renovation. The proposed renovations included a new lit soccer arena, two playgrounds for different age ranges, ADA-compliant restrooms and two dog parks to accommodate big and small dogs. “The soccer arena that was in the conceptual plan for that would take out the
By Aaron Burgin
SAN MARCOS — When Karly Dunning headed a free kick from teammate Jessica Harloe inside the right post to give Cal State San Marcos women’s soccer a 1-0 lead 11 minutes into an Aug. 31 game against Concordia University, a new era began. Dunning’s goal was the first point for a Cal State San Marcos team as a National Collegiate Athletics Association Division II institution. It was the realization of a decades-long process that technically completed July 9 when the NCAA notified the school it had completed its transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to NCAA membership. The university celebrated its first Division II sporting events Aug. 31 before the women’s soccer team took to the field. “A goal is a goal, and a point is a point, but this goal meant that finally the recognition and credibility that our department may have lacked is now finally there,” university Athletic Director Jennifer Milo said. “I think this goal carries more weight, not that it means more, but it puts an exclamation point on how hard we’ve worked to get here.” “Getting here” dates back to before 2006, when the school began to build
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The Vista Viking Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary during its Sept. 23-24 event. See story on Page 12. Photo by Julie Watts
two existing ball fields, take down the fence that is from the ball field to the free, passive grass area that is used right now for a lot of pickup games in football and soccer,” she said. “That fence would come down, and the soccer arena would take over a vast majority of the park that would be lost.” The original contractor opted out of the project. A new request for proposal is still on the backburner. Rigby said during the lag timeline of this process, she was contacted by a community member who shared that some residents were gathering for informal meetings about the park renovations matter. They were very upset about the negative impact of a soccer arena. Rigby attended one of those meetings. TURN TO PARK ON 7
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Jose Trimino, 80, of Arizona, is a frequent flyer enjoying iFLY Oceanside, which opened
TURN TO CSUSM ON 3 Aug. 24. There are about 25 iFLY facilities worldwide. Photo by Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — iFLY Indoor Skydiving opened for family fun Aug. 24. First to try out the facility were friends and family of the owner and VIP guests including city firefighters and pageant princesses. “Everybody truly enjoys it,” Christy Loiacono, iFLY director of sales, said. “It's an exciting, high-energy sport.” A mix of 3- to 80-year-olds were the first group to experience the sensation of flying inside the facility's massive vertical wind tunnel.
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Participants suited up in a onepiece jumpsuit, earplugs and helmet. One at a time they entered the flight chamber. First they were individually guided by an instructor to acclimate to laying belly-down and being suspended by forced air. Then they joined hands with the instructor and propelled together to the top of the chamber, which exceeds 40 feet. Observing human flight was sensational. Experiencing it was described as magical. TURN TO IFLY ON 13
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