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There’s a new farmers market in town! April 8 marked the first day of the new Thursday market at Cielo Village. The farmers market will be held weekly from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Above, Rancho Santa Fe resident Melissa Gilbert picks up some red raspberries. See more photos on Page 30. Photo by Daniel Knighton
Ranch couple funds senior center SAN DIEGO — The Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, funded by Rancho Santa Fe residents Gary and Mary West, opened it doors April 21 at 1525 Fourth Ave. The Senior Community Centers organization received a $3 million gift from the Gary and Mary West Foundation to make the collective vision a reality. The facility is bright, colorful, energy-efficient and dispels the notion that a senior facility has to be boring. It was designed to feel more
like a thriving college campus than the stereotypical senior center. As baby boomers reach retirement age and San Diego’s cost of living continues to rise, Senior Community Centers has seen a dramatic increase in the number of low-income seniors seeking services. The new Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center will transform the traditional senior center concept into a hub of innovative services that help seniors prolong independence, enhance
quality of life and promote overall health and wellbeing. The new community center includes a nutrition center capable of serving up to 500 meals a day. It also features a center for healthy aging, offering seniors access to medical and mental health care, case management and referrals to partners in the aging network. A partnership with San Diego State’s College of Health and Human Services TURN TO SENIOR CENTER ON 34
APRIL 23, 2010
Meeting set to inform about undergrounding By Patty McCormac
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Association’s board of directors is encouraging everyone to come out for a public meeting to learn about the process of undergrounding overhead utility lines and also the possibility of adding more natural gas lines within the Covenant. The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. May 6, at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. Ivan Holler, planner for the Association, said at a meeting earlier this month that the Local Agency Formation Commission gave the Association the goahead to enact its latent powers, giving its communi-
ty service district the power to help neighborhoods begin planning their projects. “It’s going to be interesting and complicated, but it’s there for us,” said Bill Beckman, board president. “Now we can wade through it.” Holler said the projects will take several years and will play out in phases, with neighborhoods stepping forward, forming assessment districts for themselves. There will be a process, which will start when property owners submit a petition to establish an assessment district to the community services district, which TURN TO MEETING ON 34
PROTECT YOURSELF Lorenzo Patino, 10, learns how to break the grasp if caught in the clutches of a stranger from instructor Jennifer Johnson. Photo by Patty McCormac
Community Center hosts timely class on children’s self-defense By Patty McCormac
RANCHO SANTA FE — On the afternoon of April 16,22 children gathered in the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center to learn a little about stranger danger and selfdefense. The children ages 8 to 11, listened to their instructor Jennifer Johnson, a former
police officer, who taught them how to recognize the dangers of being approached by someone they don’t know. The class is timely in light of the recent events of a stranger trying to lure local children into his TURN TO SELF-DEFENSE ON 31
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APRIL 23, 2010
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS
ODD Speech contest held at Community Center FILES
by CHUCK SHEPHERD
By Patty McCormac
LEAD STORY Computer hardware engineer Toshio Yamamoto, 49, this year celebrates 15 years’ work tasting and cataloguing all the Japanese ramen (instant noodles) he can get his hands on (including the full ingredients list, texture, flavor, price and “star” rating for each), for the massive 4,300-ramen database on his Web site, expanded recently with “hundreds” of video reviews and with rereviews of many previously appearing products (in case the taste had changed, he told journalist Lisa Katayama, writing in April on the popular blog Boing Boing). Yamamoto said he had always eaten ramen for breakfast seven days a week, but cut back recently to five. “I feared that, if I continued at (the seven-day) pace, I would get bored.”
Compelling Explanations — In January, the California Historical Resources Commission formally claimed, on behalf of the state, about 100 items of property on the surface of the moon having been left behind during the 1969 Apollo 11 landing (since California companies were instrumental in that mission and since only the moon surface itself is off limits to ownership claims under international law). Among the items declared are tools, a flag, bags of food and bags of human waste left by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. — Louis Woodcock, 23, testified at his Toronto trial in March that he was not involved in the 2005 shooting of a woman, despite being seen on surveillance video approaching the woman and holding his hand inside his jacket until gunshots rang out. He said he often kept his hand inside his jacket to keep from sucking his thumb, which is a habit he picked up in childhood and which did not go over well on the street. (The jury, apparently not seeing him as the thumb-sucking type, convicted him of manslaughter.) — In February, Jesse McCabe, 29, was spared jail time (probation and community service only) for his conviction in connection with a missing $18,000 in bank deposits he was to have made for his employer in New Port Richey, Fla. Police discovered 13 deposits, from a six-week period, in McCabe’s home, but all the money was recovered, and McCabe persuaded the judge that he just hadn’t been able to make it to the bank yet.
Ironies — Karen Salmansohn, TURN TO ODD FILES ON 32
RANCHO SANTA FE — Shapar Ostovar’s compelling speech about how she escaped a violent marriage in her native Iran through education and determination won the Toastmasters International Speech Contest at the spring area contest on April 17 held at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center. Ostovar, a member of the Del Mar Toastmasters, will now advance to regional competition May 1. The culmination of the competition of about 10,000 clubs worldwide will be the World Champion of Public Speaking, at the Toastmasters International Convention in Palm Springs this summer. “You might be in the presence of greatness,” said Distinguished Toastmaster Gerry Rose, who emceed the Rancho Santa Fe event. “The winner of the international contest this year is the first step of the journey.” Six toastmaster clubs including Del Mar, Callaway, Encinitas, North Coast, Palomar Airport and Rancho Santa Fe fielded contestants in two categories during the event, each having won the contest at their own clubs. Emiko Jaffe started things off by giving an inspiring speech about mastering skills. The idea was to give contestants something to constructively criticize during their own Evaluation Contest during which they were evaluated by judges. Steve Ostrow of the North Coast Club won first place in the Evaluation Contest, with Patrick Crais of the Rancho Santa Fe club
By Randy Kalp
WINNERS Area governor Woody Wilson stands with International Speech Contest winners Shapar Ostovar, first place, and Dan Williams, second place. Photos by Patty McCormac
coming in second. Other contestants in that competition were Brent Ringoot of the Encinitas Club, Chad Rothbart of the Calloway Club, Peggy Evans of the Del Mar Club and Shelly Murasko of the Palomar Airport Club. Coming in second behind Ostovar in the International competition was Dan Williams of the Palomar Airport Club with his speech about “Mistakes,” which can provide valuable feedback. The other contestants in the international category were Ingrid Pederson of the Encinitas Club, Laura Akers of the Rancho Santa Fe Club, Jason Jordan of the Calloway Club and Jim Hardison of the Del Mar Club. The event was hosted by
HEAD TOASTMASTER Laura Akers, the president of the Rancho Santa Fe Toastmasters, represented her club in the International Speech Contest.
TAKING TROPHIES Patrick Crais and Steve Ostrow pose with their trophies for the Evaluation Contest. Ostrow came in first with Crais second.
area governor Woody Wilson. and David Glendenning was Past District Governor Joyce the chairman of the contest. Persichilli was chief judge
Ranch resident was pioneer in sky and on ground By Lillian Cox
RANCHO SANTA FE — Few readers are old enough to fully appreciate the zest for life exhibited by women during World War II, which opened doors for many more of us today. One in our midst was Olive O’Neill Alexander of Rancho Santa Fe. She passed away at her home April 2. She was 88. In 1941, at the age of 20, Alexander was one of a handful of women in the United States to qualify for a scholarship from the federal civilian pilot training, or CPT, program. The scholarship was created by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Association, predecessor to the Federal Aviation Administration, in response to the large-scale flight training of civilians by Nazi Germany and Italy prior to World War II. As the United States prepared to enter the war, women were barred from CPT participation. “I just got in under the wire,” she told her hometown newspaper at the time. In completing the training Alexander became the first woman in Darien, Conn., to earn a private pilot’s license. In 1942, nine months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Alexander earned another distinction in Darien when she became the first woman to enlist in the Women’s Auxiliary of the U.S.
Gardner pleads guilty to murder of teen girls
ONE OF A KIND Above left, Olive O’Neill Alexander was one of the first women in the country to graduate from the federal civilian pilot training program in 1941. She was one of five pilots in her family — including her uncle, father and two of her brothers — who became known as “the flying O’Neills” in the community of Darien, Conn. After Pearl Harbor she enlisted in the Navy as a WAVE, later transferring to the Coast Guard as a radioman, third class, stationed in Boston. Above right, Alexander was a resident of Rancho Santa Fe for 35 years. A member of the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, she had the distinction of shooting a “hole in one” on two occasions. Alexander died at her home on April 2. She was 88. Photos courtesy of the Alexander Family Collection
Navy, or WAVE. After completion of a four-month course at the U. S. Naval Radio Reserve School at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she received a petty officer’s rating. She was subsequently transferred to the Coast Guard in Boston where she served as a radioman, third class. Olive Alexander was one of five pilots in her family — including her uncle, father and two of her brothers — who became known locally as “the flying O’Neills.” According to her son, John Alexander, she is thought
to have stopped flying shortly after marrying Gerard Alexander, a marine officer she met during the war. “The story she often told was taking my dad up for a ride, probably from the field in Connecticut where she most often flew, when she was quite pregnant with her first child,” he said. “There was some weather that day, so it was a rather choppy ride, and when they landed my dad was quite green around the gills. So my dad grounded her, at least for the duration of her pregnancy.”
Gerard Alexander went on to enjoy a successful career in civilian life as a manager at Dupont in Wilmington, Del., and later as president of the B.F. Goodrich Tire Co. in Akron, Ohio. He and Olive moved the family to Rancho Santa Fe around 1975. Once a mother, Olive Alexander redirected her sights on raising four children and perfecting her golf game. A member of the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, she scored two holes-in-one in her lifetime.The last time she played, shortly before her death, she defeated her partner who was 20 years her junior. “My mom’s experiences before World War II, as the only woman in what was then a men’s-only club of pilots, were typical of how she lived her whole life, and by example taught others who admired her attitude,” John Alexander said. “From her I learned to think for myself, and never hesitate to go after an important goal, even if others tell you it’s beyond your place in life.” Olive Alexander was interred at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma next to her husband, Gerard. The family requests that any donations in her memory be made to the Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild, 17040 Avenida de Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 92067.
SAN DIEGO — Convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III admitted April 16 to killing two North County teenagers. At a hearing in a downtown San Diego Superior Courtroom, Gardner pleaded guilty to murdering 17year-old Chelsea King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois. He also pleaded guilty to an assault with the intent to commit rape relating to another female jogger last December in the Lake Hodges area. His plea means Gardner faces life in prison without parole and has waived his right to an appeal. He admitted to the crimes after prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty. Gardner admitted to the kidnapping, rape and killing of Dubois as well as the rape and murder of King. Prior to his plea, Gardner had not been charged with Dubois’ murder because of insufficient evidence to link him to the crime. Prosecutors said both families agreed to the plea deal. King’s body was found March 2 in a shallow grave a short distance from her car in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. King, a senior at Poway High School, had vanished Feb. 25 while running near Lake Hodges. Police arrested Gardner three days later in Escondido after linking DNA on an article of King’s clothing found at the crime scene to him. Following his arraignment for King’s murder on March 3, Gardner agreed to lead police to the bones of Dubois, who vanished in February 2009 while walking to school. Under his agreement with authorities, they could not use that information against him in court or go public with it; however, prosecutors were still able to use any evidence found at the crime scene to build their case. Despite their efforts, officials were not able to gather enough evidence to charge Gardner with the murder of Dubois. Gardner’s plea agreement comes just 10 years after his last plea deal for the sexual assault of a 13year-old girl in his parents’ Rancho Bernardo home where he had been living at that time. In that case, Gardner served five years of a six-year prison term and upon his release in 2005 was placed on probation for three years. At the time of King’s death, Gardner had been living with his parents in Rancho Bernardo despite being listed as a Lake Elsinore resident. Coincidentally, when Dubois vanished, authorities said Gardner resided in Escondido. A sentencing date was set for June 1.
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS APRIL 23, 2010
OPINION&EDITORIAL
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We’re making progress, but we have a long way to go Another year, another Earth Day celebrated by the eco-conscious masses. Nothing too remarkable to report this time around, save for the fact that Earth Day officially turned 40 (hooray!). What began as an honest environmental effort by a select few on the hippy front is now a full-blown feel-good festival. One can almost sense the original tree huggers’ astonishment as they witness their movement transcend stereotypes and misconceptions simply to become “green,” America’s favorite household catchphrase as of late. You have to admit we’ve been busy patting ourselves on the back, and for good reason. It’s refreshing to know our efforts are perhaps beginning to pay off. Better now than never, you could say. Recycling has become more efficient and mainstream; more and more people are aware of their dayto-day purchasing and disposing options; Hummers, for whatever reason, are discontinued; plastic shopping bags are treated none too kindly in some parts; and so on and so forth. Even better, local schools are teaching our children firsthand where trash comes from and where it often ends up, sometimes going as far as to create really neat art with it, as we recently saw at Jefferson Elementary School in Carlsbad. The environmental revolution, it seems, is moving fullspeed ahead. It shows that with a little forethought and significant wherewithal, we trash-producing human beings can be nice to Mother Earth if we feel up to the challenge. But this isn’t to say we’re out of the
ERIC MURTAUGH Outside Perspective woods, so to speak. I happened upon an interesting e-mail the other day, sent to me from the kind folks over at Coastkeeper and the SD Surfrider Foundation. In it were results from beach cleanup efforts held throughout the county in 2009. As you can imagine, their numbers paint a somewhat different picture. For starters, roughly 6,000 pounds of trash was removed by the two groups from local beaches last year. And in that figure lies an ugly truth: we love smoking cigarettes in San Diego, if the 48,154 discarded butts found on the beach are any evidence. Volunteer trash pickers also came across 109,404 pieces of plastic and 12,126 pieces of Styrofoam. In fact, Styrofoam, cigarette butts and “other plastics” have topped this annual report card for three years running. This, I would suggest, says something about our patterns of local consumption. Not to be outdone by Coastkeeper and Surfrider, other local nonprofit organizations reportedly collected a combined 680,000 pounds of trash from local waterways and inland canyons! We’re talking a whole lot of garbage that would have stayed put had it not been for the efforts of our modern TURN TO OUTSIDE ON 33
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Sea walls now a hot-button issue in C’bad They used to be contested in Solbeach Seawalls that for years dominated Solbeach news now are the topic 14 miles up the road in C’bad, where they were recently the subject of a passion-charged Planning Commission meeting. Arguments, pro and con, were similar to those heard in Solbeach. At issue is a wall 97 feet in length and up to 24 feet in height that was permitted as an emergency last summer.There had been a bluff collapse on the Terramar beachfront endangering some homes. It was argued seawalls have a long-term effect on beaches and an adequate environmental report was not made available to the public. The wall has been allowed to remain. Not likely that the issue has been put to rest.
Roundabouts
BILL ARBALLO Eye on the Coast other students from other schools. Nicole Ann Lobo of Aviara Oaks Middle School in C’bad was a runner up. Kudos to both.
Good or not?
Prop. 14 initiative on the June primary ballot may have long-lasting effect on future elections. Basically, all candidates vying for an office will appear together regardless of party affiliation and the two top vote receivers will compete in the general election. Not surprising, major organizations don’t like the Headed for the nationals idea and will be urging you to vote Earl Warren Middle School no. Principal Anna Pedroza has reason to be proud of one of her eighth- Back eventually graders. Alex Kahng of the Surfside Sand erosion on Southland City is headed for the Scripps beaches was reported to be the National Spelling Bee finals in worst in recent years. It will return Washington, D.C., in June as the by summer. The sand disappeared county’s official rep. He won the overnight and beach visitors were prestigious honor by outspelling 86 forced to lay their blankets on piles of cobblestones for a spell.
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In the 1960s, the Charles Manson hippie clan rocked the Southland with a series of gruesome murders. In the Surfside City, the Johnsons, who lived in the home built by Pat O’Brien, were savagely beaten to death. The crime remains unsolved. But not if you talk to super sleuth Tom Clotfelter of Rancho Santa Fe, who spent lottsa time on the beach. He believes Manson did it. He said Manson was frequently in the area where he had friends. “He did it. No question about it,” Clotfelter said.
With roundabouts becoming increasingly popular as trafficcalmers in contrast to stop signs and electric signals, at least four are recommended to be included on El Camino Real east of the Surfside City and Solbeach when it is widened to four lanes. Most prominent will be one in the area of Mary’s Tack & Feed Shop on Villa del Valle.The roundabouts received almost unanimous OK from the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board. Surfside City and Solbeach have them under consideration as they ponder redevelopment of their stretch of historic 101, La Jolla has installed several of them in the Bird Rock area and Encinitas has ‘em on two of their thoroughfares. Not a new concept, roundabouts have been in place in other countries for more than a century.
General plan update
Four educational meetings remain for the Flower Capital general plan update. These include Smart Growth & Sustainable Design on May 3; Transportation on June 7; Alternative Transportation on July 5; and Public Health on Aug. 2. According to Planning Dept. folks, guest speakers will be present to discuss subject topics. May 1 will be a Community Visioning workshop. And whatever happened to the Cardiff Specific Plan that was launched in 2001?
Recycled water project Olivenhain Water District has completed a connection between its recycled water system and the Harbor City that will enable it to add customers in its service area including Rancho Santa Fe Farms Golf Course and by and by, the TURN TO EYE ON THE COAST ON 34
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APRIL 23, 2010
RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS
Del Mar takes a closer look at undergrounding By Bianca Kaplanek
WELL SAID Horizon Prep first- to eighth-grade students, top from left, Courtney Conway, Austin Merrill, Sydney Sparks, Andria Carpenter, Presley Simo, Sam Nassar, Jaden Bueno, Antonio Partida, Madison Hansmeyer, Isabella Landis, and Brandon Bay and bottom from left, Sarah Mahooti, Kylie Dypvik, Camden Brown, Lucas Grizzle, Grace Catherine Schreckengaust, Jake Pezzi, Madison Mansukhani and Kylie Preske recently participated in speech competitions. Four winners from each grade will advance to a regional competition May 7. The four categories of the competition are poetry, fable, patriotic oration and dramatic Bible prose. Courtesy photo
Philip Rivers offers youth football camp LA JOLLA — San Diego Chargers Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers will host a youth football camp from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 10 and July 11 at UCSD. Proceeds from the twoday event will benefit the River of Hope Foundation, which creates tranquil and healing retreats at the homes of individuals with cancer.
Rivers will be on-site to direct camp activities and provide instruction.The camp will also be lead by some of the top prep and collegiate coaches from the San Diego area. Open to boy and girls ages 7 to 14, campers will move from numerous stations, learning fundamental football skills and the team con-
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DEL MAR — The undergrounding assessments for at least 32 of the 468 parcels in the North Hills and Sunset districts could be reduced after council members directed the engineer to review requests from property owners who believe they are being unfairly charged. Speaking on behalf of themselves or their neighbors at the April 5 meeting, many residents who addressed council said they believe some parcels were assessed for a benefit they will not receive or without special circumstances being taken into consideration. They also expressed concerns about having the same engineer, Ernesto Aguilar of PBS&J construction management, review his own assessments. North Hills resident Sharon Hilliard, wife of Councilman Carl Hilliard, said Aguilar had already heard the arguments and told residents his assessments were made using the approved methodology. “He’s basically already turned it down,” Sharon Hilliard said. “These people deserve an opportunity to appeal to the council.” Her husband, recused from the hearing and speaking as a resident, agreed, but also noted that when applying
the assessment methodology, Aguilar was required to follow guidelines adopted by the city in October 2002. “It’s too late to change these guidelines at this point in time in the process,” he said. “Further, the assessment engineer is bound to follow the assessment law. And the sticking point is the constitutional change adopted by the voters in November of 1996.” Hilliard was referring to Proposition 218, which requires assessment district costs to be allocated based on special benefits and not divided equally among parcels. “So a smaller lot surrounded on three sides by overhead wires winds up paying more than a larger lot with wires on only one side,” Hilliard said. “The result is forced by Proposition 218,” he said. “It’s not something that we could change. So I don’t think that referring these cases to the assessment engineer will gain anything.” He added that council can make adjustments in special circumstances. Because the city attorney said there was no legal conflict of interest having Aguilar reassess the parcels — and extending the vote to work out the issues would be problematic — council members said TURN TO UNDERGROUNDING ON 34
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Local flying club members keep dreams high in the sky By Alyx Sariol
CARLSBAD — A group of local pilots have been cleared for takeoff at Carlsbad’s McClellanPalomar Airport thanks to a passionate local flying club — the Pacific Coast Flyers. For the past 12 years, the Pacific Coast Flyers, or PCF, has been helping local residents achieve their dreams of becoming a pilot. With licensed instructors and a fleet of well-maintained planes on hand, PCF provides an affordable opportunity for pilots to explore the skies above. “We keep the costs low because we don’t have overhead,” flight instructor Jeff White said. “It’s one of the last affordable places left out of the flying clubs.” White describes the club as a nonprofit cooperative, where he and two others, Mike Smith and Mike Richardson, volunteer their time to keep the PCF fleet up and running. Their dedication to the club and its members help keep the piloting dream accessible to the community. “We do it because we believe in it,” he said. Members pay annual dues and rental fees to have access to the fleet of 12 airplanes at both the Carlsbad and Oceanside airports. While PCF strives to keep the planes in top-notch shape, members contribute
SKY CAPTAINS Mike Smith, Mike Richardson and Jeff White volunteer their time to keep Pacific Coast Flyers’ fleet available to local pilots. Photo by Alyx Sariol
to the maintenance by keeping a close eye on the planes before and after each flight, White said. The club has secured a variety of models, including Cessnas and Light Sport Planes, to offer the most options to members. The planes are used for everything from weekend trips to Big Bear and Las Vegas or to teach newcomers how to fly. “My upside is that I’ve
got a place that I can teach,” White said. “I keep musician hours — I work all night and teach in the afternoons.” People join PCF, also known as “North County’s Flying Club,” for a number of reasons, whether it’s to travel for work or to fulfill a lifelong dream. Members represent both longtime pilots and people who just got their licenses and are working toward different
ratings. However, despite their differences, there is one thing they have in common — food. “Flying somewhere to get something to eat is the greatest pastime,” he said, noting that members often secure the planes to grab breakfast or lunch at nearby airports. The shared interest of
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vehicle parked on Orkney Lane in Cardiff-by-Sea was reportedly burglarized of a $300 mp3 player around 11:30 a.m. April 9. TECH WARS Someone reportedly stole a $1,800 computer and other electronics from a vehicle parked on Santa Fe Drive in Cardiff-by-the-Sea sometime after 7 p.m. April 9. CAR STOLEN A vehicle parked on Stevens Avenue in Solana Beach was reportedly stolen sometime after 3 p.m. April 10. TAKE A PICTURE A computer and camera were reportedly stolen from a vehicle on 2nd Street in Encinitas sometime between 7 and 11 p.m. April 9. LOGGING IN Someone reportedly stole $3,000 worth of computer equipment from a vehicle parked on 4th Street in Encinitas sometime between noon and 6 p.m. April 11. CASHED OUT A Del Mar residence on 8th Street was reportedly burglarized of nearly $6,000 sometime between 6 and 9 p.m. April 7. ON A DIET Someone reportedly stole 72 bottles of Alli, a weight loss product valued at $70 a bottle, from the Costco on Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad on April 8. NO TUNES A vehicle parked on Hosp Way in Carlsbad was reportedly burglarized for the
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car’s stereo and an iPod sometime before 5 p.m. April 8. VANDAL ROLL Someone reportedly vandalized Harney Sushi on Mission Avenue in Oceanside sometime after midnight April 6. O’SIDE ROBBERY A robbery reportedly occurred around 9:50 a.m. April 9 on South Tremont Street in Oceanside. WHILE YOU WERE OUT A residence on Roselle Street in Oceanside was reportedly burglarized sometime between 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. April 6. ATTEMPTED MURDER An attempted murder reportedly occurred around 12:30 a.m. April 9 at a bar on Monroe Street in Oceanside. RISING CRIMINAL Rising Star Academy on Roymer Road in Oceanside was reportedly burglarized around 9 p.m. April 6.
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ENCINITAS Petty Theft 1, Burglary 1, Vandalism 0, Assault 0, Grand Theft 0, Robbery 0 CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA Petty Theft 0, Burglary 2, Vandalism 0, Assault 0, Grand Theft 0, Robbery 1 DEL MAR Petty Theft 0, Burglary 2, Vandalism 0, Assault 0, Grand Theft 0, Robbery 0 CARLSBAD Petty Theft 11, Burglary 3, Vandalism 11, Assault 1, Grand Theft 2, Robbery 0 SAN MARCOS Petty Theft 2, Burglary 4, Vandalism 1 Assault 0, Grand Theft 3, Robbery 0 OCEANSIDE Petty Theft 3, Burglary 4, Vandalism 2, Assault 2, Grand Theft 1, Robbery 1 VISTA Petty Theft 5, Burglary 12, Vandalism 2, Assault 1, Grand Theft 5, Robbery 0
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Ramiro Lizarraga Murder November 2007
Brandon Scott Ellis Conspiracy September 2008
Julio Cesar JacoboCuriel Murder San Marcos, 2008
Gerardo M. Gomez Attempted Murder December 2004
Imedo Molina Laurel Murder December 2005
Jose A. Lopez Attempted Murder December 2004
Ricardo Persona Rape, Child Molestation San Diego, Jan. 1997
Julio Romero Child Molestation Ramona, 2005
Arturo G. Gomez Rape with Force San Diego, May 2007
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SOLANA BEACH — For the second time this year, Solana Beach officials are recommending that a draft environmental impact report for a project in an adjacent city be revised and recirculated. At the April 14 meeting, council members unanimously authorized the city manager to submit comments to the city of San Diego regarding the Flower Hill Promenade renovations. The 15-acre project site, east of Interstate 5 on Via de la Valle, is located in San Diego but has a Del Mar ZIP code. To the north, directly adjacent to Flower Hill, is the Lomas Del Mar housing development in Solana Beach. Many of the comments from Solana Beach are similar to those the city made to the 22nd District Agricultural Association in February regarding expansion plans for the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Based on an initial review, staff found the Flower Hill EIR to be incomplete in identifying the project’s impacts and mitigation measures. The document is inadequate in addressing issues such as land use, noise, air and water quality, visual effects, neighborhood character, transportation, circulation and parking. When the notice of preparation was released last year, Solana Beach submitted 10 comments. The city of San Diego, the lead agency for the project, only responded to three of them, the staff report states. San Diego also did not respond to comments from the Lomas Del Mar Homeowners Association. Because Solana Beach provides sewer and firstresponder public safety services to the site, it is considered a responsible agency, according to state law. But the EIR does not adequately address Solana Beach as an adjacent city and responsible agency. “The proposed project will create significant, cumulative and unmitigated impacts to Solana Beach’s residents, visitors, businesses and public services,” the staff reports states. The document also doesn’t take into consideration any analysis of the impacts on Solana Beach when the proposed TURN TO FLOWER HILL ON 39
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Vietnam memorial wall replica comes to town By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — The traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was displayed at El Corazon Senior Center from April 15 to April 18. The black wall holds the 58,253 names of U.S. soldiers who gave their lives serving in the Vietnam War. The wall arrived in Oceanside packed in a 60foot-long fifth wheel trailer and escorted by 300 motorcyclists from the Bikers for Christ ministry that sponsored the exhibit. Fred Zariczny, better known as Pastor Z, a veteran and pastor who founded Bikers for Christ, said the church sponsored the exhibit to bring veterans together and help them heal from the experience of war. “It’s good to remember,” Jim Ferguson of Oceanside said. Ferguson served as a Navy journalist in the Vietnam War. He and his wife Aileen Ferguson visited the memorial to remember friends who had served. Visitors reflected, rubbed transfers of loved ones’ names, and left flowers and small memorials. “The legacy of the Vietnam War is never again will a warrior be blamed for the war,” Steve Doty, the exhibit owner, said. The 380-foot traveling wall is a replica scaled to 80
IN MEMORY Aileen Ferguson, of Oceanside, makes a rubbed transfer of a friend’s name. Jim Ferguson, of Oceanside, stands by her side. Photo by Promise Yee
TOUCHING TRIBUTE Pastor Z, founder of Bikers for Christ ministry, in front of the traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. Photo by Promise Yee
percent of the size of the monument in Washington, D.C. To make it portable it is made of aluminum panels. The exhibit has been traveling across the United States for 12 years. Steve Doty and
his wife Shirley Doty bought the exhibit in 2008 and continue to display it across the United States upon request. This year the wall will be displayed in 35 cities. In addition to the
Vietnam Wall Memorial there are accompanying displays to remember soldiers who served in battles that followed the Vietnam War. Doty said he put together the additional exhibits after
veterans asked him why the wars they recently served in were not represented. Included in the displays is a wall of dog tags that lists the names of soldiers who died in battles that span
from the Bay of Pigs Invasion up to the present invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Doty said he travels with the exhibit because as a veteran he feels that he needs to give back to fellow soldiers. “It’s to honor, respect and remember those who have served,” Doty said.
Ranch businesses host event to support Chelsea King nonprofit RANCHO SANTA FE — Studio Felando, Bernardo Winery and Café Merlot will co-host a fundraiser to raise money for Chelsea’s Light Foundation, the nonprofit organization launched by the parents of the slain Poway teen, at 4 p.m. April 28 to be held at the salon, 16921 Via De Santa Fe. The evening will feature a silent auction and raffle as well music from the EC Project. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served and Rick Roberts, morning talk show host, will be the evening’s keynote speaker.
Steve Finley, formerly of the San Diego Padres, will also be in attendance. “This evening is about reflecting and joining together as a community in honor of Chelsea,” said Suzanne Felando Mattson, owner of Studio Felando. “It is such an honor to be able to host this event to benefit the foundation.” All proceeds from the event will be donated to Chelsea’s Light Foundation. “We are so grateful to Studio Felando for committing their time and energy to this
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Hawaiian native brings hula to happy hour community CALENDAR By Lillian Cox
Got an item for the calendar? ENCINITAS — Loretta Send the details via e-mail to Cho and her chorus line of calendar@coastnewsgroup.com. hula dancers make happy
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FORE! Carlsbad Golf Center will host the eighth annual Spring Demo Days & Custom Fitting Experience from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 23 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24, 2711 Haymar Drive, Carlsbad. Golfers can test the latest equipment and speak with more than 35 brand vendors. For details, call (760) 720GOLF or visit www.demodays. carlsbadgolfcenter.com. HANDY HELPERS San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy will present its latest informative lecture at 7 p.m. April 23, MiraCosta College, San Elijo Campus, 3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Michael Klein will present “Insects: One of Nature’s Helpers in Plant Reproduction.” Visit www.san elijo.org/education to learn more.
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BIRDING Buena Vista Audubon Society will host a basic birding outing at 8:30 a.m. April 24. Meet at the Buena Vista Lagoon landing on Jefferson Street in Carlsbad. Spring nesting season is in full swing, so there will be plenty of activity. Call leader Tom Troy at (760) 439-3649 to learn more. BIRTHDAY BUDDAH The Vista Buddhist Temple & Japanese-American Cultural Center will host the Hanamatsuri Bazaar from noon to 6 p.m. April 24 and April 25, 150 Cedar Road. The free festival, which marks Buddha’s birthday, will feature Japanese cultural entertainment and food. Call the temple at (760) 941-8800 or visit www.vbtemple.org to learn more. FOR THE KIDS Eastside Neighborhood Association will host its sixth annual El Día del Niño celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 24, Joe Balderrama Park, 709 San Diego Street, Oceanside. The event celebrates the wellbeing, prosperity and healthy development of all children. Visit www.northcoastalpreventioncoalition.org to learn more. FEELING FIT Ezia Human TURN TO CALENDAR ON 27
hour on Wednesdays a sublimely intergenerational experience. Today’s Pizza & Salad, located in the Santa Fe Plaza Shopping Center, seems like an unlikely venue for an authentic Hawaiian party, but it works. In fact, it’s perfection with music provided by Frank Leong and the Moonlight Beach Ukulele Strummers. Cho comes by her ability to transcend barriers of age, culture and inhibition naturally. During the 1800s her great great-grandfather Kia Nahaolelua was assigned responsibility for educating Europeans about Hawaiian culture by King Kamehameha IV. The dance troupe’s name, Kia Nahaolelua O Lehua, bears his name. Cho’s great grandfather was governor of Maui. His wife served as interpreter for Queen Liliuokalani on a voyage to meet the Queen of England in the 1890s. Hula dancers range from age 30 to 70-something, from flight attendants to teachers and retirees. Cho’s motto is simple: Leave your troubles at the door and remember that you don’t have to be perfect. “I’m the most uncoordinated person around and the biggest tomboy,” said surfer
HULA HULA Loretta Cho teaches hula at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays at Today’s Pizza & Salad at the Santa Fe Plaza Shopping Center in Encinitas. She continues a tradition established by her great great-grandfather Kia Nahaolelua who was assigned responsibility for educating people about the Hawaiian culture by King Kamehameha IV during the 19th century. Music is provided by Frank Leong and the Moonlight Beach Ukelele Strummers. Photo by Lillian Cox
Debbie Tom. “I would never get in front of people before. I’ve made friendships and improved my self-esteem. It’s because of Loretta that we all stick with it.” Cho teaches traditional hula from 5 to 6:30 p.m. To keep things fresh she includes classic hula to familiar songs such as “Little Grass Shack” as well as Jawaiian, which blends hula with hip hop. The fun continues after 6:30 p.m. when Leong and his ukulele players fill the room and inspire moms, dads, kids
Parenting skills seminar offered RANCHO SANTA FE — R. Roger Rowe School parent Dave Austin, mental performance coach, is hosting an educational talk from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. April 27 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club, 17025 Avenida De Acacias, that he believes can make the difference in your child’s life. It will cover the topics of: — How can parents better support their kids in achieving their goals and
dreams? — How important is developing a positive mental attitude? — What is the “Process” to develop a stronger belief in yourself? — What are the keys to help your child focus more in class and in everything they do. The event is being sponsored by the RSF School Educational Series for Families. For details, call (858) 756-1141.
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and grandparents to join in a sing-a-long or stand up and hula to Hawaiian songs. Cho ended up teaching hula in Encinitas quite accidentally. A native of Hawaii, she joined her daughter in Las Vegas six years ago after her husband of 30 years passed away. Being so far away from the ocean didn’t agree with her so she accepted the invitation of a cousin to stay in Encinitas for a while. “I got a job and started working,” she said. “Someone
introduced me to Frank Leong, who was already playing ukulele at the restaurant.” Her class began when a man asked if she would teach the hula to his wife. “She invited two women and we had our first lesson in the kitchen,” Cho said. Group lessons on Wednesday nights are available for a $5 donation. Private lessons cost between $15 and $20 for two hours of instruction. The last Saturday of the
month the group gathers on the grassy overlook at Moonlight Beach where they hula above the ocean from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Cho, who is an LVN supervisor in the assisted living unit at Seacrest Village, promotes the health advantages of hula. “It helps with arthritis because you’re moving your hands and feet,” she said. “It also strengthens your mind because you have to think about what you are doing, how many steps you take forward and backward. When we dance at the beach everything moves together to cleanse our selves, mentally and physically.” Equally important are the bonds that form. “Being a nurse, I’ve been with people as they get close to death,” she said. “They don’t ask about their jewelry and assets, it’s their family and friends that they want to be with.” She continues. “We are so busy that we forget a simple hello,” she said. “That’s what Wednesday nights bring. You have to enjoy life each day.” The Kia Nahaolelua O Lehua dancers perform locally at the Woody Festival and fundraising events including Breakfast for Santa, which benefits HeadStart. Early next year the dance troupe is planning a group tour of Hawaii.
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Junior League of San Diego set to host annual fundraiser LA JOLLA — The Junior League of San Diego will host its 10th annual Island Divine fundraiser from 3 to 7 p.m. May 1 at Ellen Scripps Browning Park, 8200 Camino del Oro. The afternoon consists of wine and food tastings from San Diego restaurants and shops and a silent auction alongside La Jolla Cove. Numerous local philanthropists will be in attendance, including Kiptyn Locke of “The Bachelorette,” who will be up for auction. The highest bidder will win a date with the star. Also on the guest list are local fashion designers Jesus Estrada and Gordana Gehlhausen, both former con-
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Vista man accused of prostituting girlfriend
STELLAR SCIENCE Fifteen students at Santa Fe Christian Schools, including, from left top, Benton Weeks, Connor Rice, Bryce Aggasid, William Blackburn, Robert Bussey and Tyler Stephens, from left, bottom, Tyler Bennett, John Nydam, Christina Fischer, Taylor Ryan, Ben Ellerbrock and Max Gardner, demonstrated excellence in areas of science at the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. Seventh-grade students Bennett, Stephens and Ellerbrock were singled out for their awards and selected to compete at the state level. The winning projects include Stephen’s study of classical and rock music on memory, Ellerbrock’s look at genetic inheritance of fingerprints and Bennett’s examination of the effects signs have on speeding in residential neighborhoods.
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ESCONDIDO — A 39year-old man accused of raping his longtime girlfriend after prostituting her for years will have to stand trial on charges relating to sexual assault and prostitution, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled April 14 at a preliminary hearing in a Vista courtroom. David Venegas Sebastian of Vista is charged with two counts each of pimping and pandering and one count of rape by force relating to an alleged Jan. 24 rape at an Escondido hotel. The assault sparked the victim to come forward to authorities that she had worked as a prostitute under Sebastian for more than three years. The woman’s name has been withheld from the story because it is the policy of The Coast News not to report sexual assault victims’ names. If convicted of all charges, Sebastian faces more than nine years in prison, said Deputy District Attorney Roy Lai outside the courtroom. For two days in January, the victim said she was placed into an Escondido Super 8 hotel while her boyfriend TURN TO PROSTITUTING ON 33
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Vienna’s golden age in music: Mozart and Berg in concert LA JOLLA — The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus present works fromVienna’s golden age of music: Mozart’s Symphonies No. 40 and No. 41 and Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, at 8 p.m. May 1 and 3 p.m. May 2 at the Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD, 9500 Gillman, La Jolla. Violinist Pasha Tseitlin, a past winner of the LJS&C Young Artists Competition, solos in the Berg. The program also premieres the 2010 Thomas Nee Commission, “In Paradisum,” by Benjamin Sabey. Music Director Steven Schick will conduct the performance. Tickets are $29 for general admission, $26 for seniors and $15 for students. Group dis-
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Castello Banfi again named best winery in Italy FRANK MANGIO
Taste of Wine Castello Banfi, the anchor to the worldwide Banfi Vintners, has been honored again as Italy’s top winery at the annual VinItaly wine fair in Verona, Italy. An international panel, through rigorous blind wine tasting, awarded Banfi Italy’s “Gran Menzione,” the equivalent of the gold medal. It is the 12th time in 17 years that Castello Banfi has been declared Italy’s best winery. Three generations of the Mariani Family have built Banfi Vintners into a worldwide name in imported wines, from the original Castello Banfi in Tuscany, to other properties in Europe, South America and the new Chateau Tanunda in Australia. The original winery was established in 1978 when John and Harry Mariani purchased 7,100 acres within several vineyards at the base of Montalcino, a medieval village rising 600 meters from the valley floor. Brunello, a premium clone of the Sangiovse grape of Chianti fame, is their signature wine. The Castello is a Romanesqe fortress, masterfully restored as a hospitality center, formal restaurant, taverna, enoteca, glass museum and recently opened five-star Il Borgo villas, with luxury rooms and suites. Names to know in the Banfi family of wines include: Rosa Regale, a festive sparkling wine from
ALL IN THE FAMILY The founders of Banfi Vintners are, front from left, John and Harry Mariani. Present family proprietors are, top row from left, Cristina Mariani-May and James Mariani. Courtesy photo
Piemonte, perfect as an aperitif when chilled; Don Melchor from Concho Y Toro, Chile’s ultimate Cabernet; and the Banfi Brunello Di Montalcino, the 100 percent Sangiovese with a production process of nearly four years plus additional time in bottle before release. Currently the 2004 is available. Characteristics are intense ruby red, velvety encounters, beautifully integrated tannins with traces of spice.This was the first wine to achieve the ultimate Italian standard of “DOCG” status. Priced at $60 in a majority of wine shops. Despite hard times for wines (the largest wine distributing company in the world just reported a sales drop of nearly 4 percent last quarter), Italian wines are up so far this year, with Sangiovese up a
whopping 13.8 percent. Italy beat the other leading U.S. imports by a wide margin. It bodes well for Banfi, especially when wines priced $20 and above showed solid growth in dollar sales and volume. See more at www.banfivintners.com.
Spirits festival comes to SD June 2 to June 5 If at first you succeed, make it even better next time. Liz Edwards of Let’s Play Downtown has San Diego waiting for her second annual San Diego Spirits Festival June 2 to June 5. The location is the Hilton San Diego Bayfront next to the Convention Center, with the Grand Tasting Friday on the 4plus-acre Waterfront Park next door. Right now there is a call for exhibitors who are
related to the beverage industry, and media alliances are being formed daily. Seminars and competitive tastings are firmed up. You can get the latest upto-date information on this exciting event by visiting www.sandiegospiritsfestival.c om. To speak with the director, call (858) 551-1605.
Wine Bytes — Live Jazz and Wine is the feature attracting crowds at WineStyles Wine Lounge in Encinitas with Suzanna Kurner playing from 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 23. Wines by the glass or flight, plus pizzas, panninis or cheeses available from $15. Also live music on Saturday 7 to 9:30 p.m. Call (760) 633-0057 for details. — VR Green Farms at Bella Collina Towne and Golf
Club in San Clemente is hosting a Sapore Della Domenica (“Flavor of Sunday”) Italian celebration from 2 to 6 p.m. April 25. Italian cultural dishes, wine, artisan bread, olive oil, honey and fava bean tasting. Live music, a car rally and artisans will also be featured. Now that’s Italian! Limited seating at $50 per person. Tickets can be ordered at www.vrgreenfarms.com or by calling (949) 697-0032. — Firefly Grill and Wine bar in Encinitas is planning a Pahlmeyer Vineyards Wine Dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. April 27. Enjoy this NapaSonoma powerhouse and its ’06 Pinot Noir, Merlot, Pahlmeyer Red Blend and other winners. Main course is Braised Beef Cheek from Executive Chef Aaron Daily. These are top tier wines in their prime. The cost is $75 each. RSVP at (760) 635-1066. — Opolo of Paso Robles is spotlighted at The Wine Encounter in the Hillcrest area of San Diego from 7 to 9 p.m. April 27. Cost is $15. For more information, call (619) 543-9463. — The Four Seasons, Aviara Carlsbad, is presenting an Orin Swift Cellars Wine Dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 29. These fine wines will be presented by Orin Swift family member Melissa Leonardini, along with a perfectly paired dinner. The cost is $121.91 per person. Call (760) 6036800 to RSVP. Frank Mangio is a renowned wine connoisseur certified by Wine Spectator. His library can be viewed at www.tasteofwinetv.com. (Average Google certified 900 visits per day) He is one of the top five wine commentators on the Web. Reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.
Four-way stop OK’d with resident funding By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — When seeking approval for a project, it’s long been thought that you can’t fight City Hall, but no one ever said you can’t help fund it.That’s what a group of Del Mar residents discovered during a recent attempt to gain council support for an all-way stop sign at the intersection of Coast Boulevard
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Land lease fee available for public comments By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — A plan to help Solana Beach meet its goal of eliminating sea walls by 2081 is now available on the city website. Residents are encouraged to view and comment on the proposal, which requires bluff-top property owners who build shoreline protection devices to pay a fee. Sea walls, which are allowed in Solana Beach only under specific circumstances, prevent natural bluff erosion that creates beaches. The purpose of the fee is to compensate the public for that recreational loss of the beach. It is part of the city’s long-term shoreline protection management plan to preserve and enhance a safe beach for the public while protecting the rights of bluff-top property owners. The land lease and recreation mitigation fee, as it is known, was created by determining the value of public land. To do that, the city hired a consulting firm that applied data to an economic model known as travel and time cost, which was used because it is considered to be replicable and cost effective. It also requires a reasonable sample size. Consultants monitored beach attendance and conducted random surveys of beachgoers 16 and older for one year beginning in July 2008 to find out how much time and money it took to get to the beach each day. After that number was determined, it was used to calculate a fee of $4.80 per square foot of beach area leased annually. Also factored in was the annual rate of beach erosion. Property owners will be required to pay at least one-third of the fee upfront. The total fee amount will depend on the size of the sea wall and the year in which it is constructed. Owners will have the option of paying in full or amortizing the cost through 2081. The land lease fee is part of the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan the city has been developing for more than a decade. An LCP is the basic planning tool used by a city to guide development in its coastal zone. It is required by the California Coastal Act of 1976 to ensure coastal areas are used and developed according to statewide public objectives. Solana Beach is unique in that the entire city is considered a coastal zone. It is one of six cities statewide, and the only one in San Diego County, without an approved LCP. Sea walls have been the most controversial part of developing the LCP. A citizens advisory TURN TO LEASE ON 33
Who’s NEWS? Business news and special achievements for North San Diego County. Send information via e-mail to community@ coastnewsgroup.com. Team Paradox ENCINITAS — Team Paradox of Encinitas 4-H Club was among the nine 4-H Robotics teams to compete at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology National Robotics Championship in Atlanta on April 14. Nearly 450 teams of young people from all across the country competed in complex robotics challenges that combined the excitement of sports with engineering and technology skills.
Super scholar OCEANSIDE — MiraCosta College student Jeremy Orosco was named a 2010 Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation national finalist and will receive $1,000. Orosco is a mechanical engineering major who will be transfering to UCSD next year and hopes for post-graduate work at MIT. Orosco has been very active with a host of charities through Phi Theta Kappa and is currently working to found a chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, the mathematical honors society of community colleges. He does this while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
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ENCINITAS — St. John School’s Simple Supper on March 30 raised $3,110.41 to benefit Father Joe’s Villages. The lenten community outreach event offered school families the opportunity to donate $5, and bring a bowl, cup and spoon to save waste From Peru to you ENCINITAS — Encinitas and give more money to St. resident, pro surfer and team Vincent de Paul’s Villages. manager/team rider for Dunkelvolk Clothing Steven Moving up VISTA — Rick Ferriss Moore wants to let the surfing world know that his favorite has been named vice presiclothing line is expanding its dent of operations of Alta online sales for the first time Vista Insurance Agency, Inc., 1020 S. Santa Fe Ave., Suite. by mid-May. Dunkelvolk surf wear is K. Ferriss has been an insurall made in Peru and the board shorts and T-shirts are ance professional since 1983. “like wearable art with really and will be responsible for wild, bright and visual developing new sales strategies, mentoring the sales designs,” Moore said. For more information, force, and assisting in all agency operations. visit www.dunkelvolk.com.
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The Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club was honored April 12 as it became only the fifth club out of 60 in its district to be named a Paul Harris Club. Within the Rotary Club, an individual becomes a Paul Harris Fellow after contributing $1,000 to the foundation and earning 1,000 points. To have an entire club gain the honor means that every club member has been named a Paul Harris Fellow. There are 1.2 million members of Rotary in more than 200 countries worldwide. The Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club is in District 5340, which includes San Diego and Imperial Counties.
The greenest! CARLSBAD — The La Costa Heights Elementary School Green Team received a Certificate of Recognition from Assemblyman Martin Garrick, 74th District, in honor of “Creating an EcoConscious Environment and Community.”
CARLSBAD — Jason Walesh of Carlsbad has launched a site for Home Service professionals at www.contractorgallery.com. He and a partner in Wisconsin started the home service comparison network here in California to allow home improvement professionals the ability to post all their information on a network without ever having to pay annual fees or fees for leads like most major sites. The genesis of the company is to help small businesses compete for jobs without having to buy leads at hefty prices.
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Lux Art hosts wine night, cocktail evening in Ranch RANCHO SANTA FE — Lux Art Institute will host a “wine night” cocktail evening from 6 to 8 p.m.April 29 at the private home of Gigi Fenley, 6083 Mimulus, Rancho Santa Fe. The event is a precursor to the organization’s annual fundraising gala event Lux After Dark, which will take place Oct. 9. Guests can enjoy a sneak preview of live auction items, hor d’oeuvres by
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ChileCo and wine tasting by PRP Wine International. Hosted valet parking will be available. There is no cost to attend the wine evening, though each guest is asked to bring a fine bottle of wine that will be auctioned off at the annual event in October. For more information and to RSVP, contact the Lux office at (760) 436-6611 or info@luxartinstitue.org.
Sergeant testifies about one of areas oldest gangs By Randy Kalp
OCEANSIDE — “God loves you Primo. And I love you too,” said Martin Englebrecht as a family member prepared to testify against him recently during his attempted murder trial. On April 15, Oceanside police Sgt. Adam Knowland walked jurors through the inner workings of gang life, in particular the details relating to Varrio Posole Locos, a third-generation Oceanside gang, which prosecutors allege Englebrecht belongs to. Knowland said Englebrecht’s spontaneous comments to his family member, whose name has been with-
held to protect his identity, were a reminder to “remember where you’re from” and an attempt to dissuade his relative from testifying. The family member, who is facing a prison sentence relating to federal crimes, agreed to testify against Englebrecht in an attempt to lessen his potential sentence. Englebrecht, 33, is on trial for the alleged attempted murder of his neighbor and two other teenagers in what prosecutors believe was a mistaken retaliatory gang attack more than two years ago. If convicted, Englebrecht faces up to life in prison.
Knowland said the Varrio Posole Locos or Posole is a predominately Hispanic street gang with its origins rooted in three Oceanside families — the Englebrechts, the Morenos and the Jaimes. The Posole gang has approximately 300 members, a good portion of whom are related, and operates in the Eastside neighborhood, he said. “You become aware of that gang the first day you start,” Knowland testified. Additionally, he said the gang has ties to the Mexican Mafia, a Hispanic prison gang predominately located in Southern California correctional facilities. Oceanside has 13 crimi-
nal street gangs, five of which are Hispanic, Knowland said. Englebrecht lived on Parkside Drive in a duplex located near Fireside Park. His neighbor in the duplex was teenager Dareius Berry and his family. Berry identified Englebrecht as the man who shot him on the evening of April 15, 2007. Berry was shot in the thigh, shin and hand. Two of the teenager’s friends also received nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds during the attack in which Berry said Englebrecht and several other unidentified men opened fire on them as they TURN TO GANGS ON
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Park play dates have gone to the dogs JEAN GILLETTE Small Talk The scene and the sounds are very familiar. “Stop jumping around!” “Ralphie, come back here.” “Play nicely, now” “Behave yourself and I’ll give you some snacks.” “Uh, oh. Somebody needs to go potty.” I could swear I had been transported back 15 years when we neighborhood moms gathered at the nearby park with our toddlers every after-
noon. We spent our time trying to teach our bambinos basic social and safety skills — how to play together, share toys, not leap off the top of the slide or run up that way-toosteep hill. You’d hear those same refrains when one of them occasionally strayed away from the pack following the odd butterfly, collided with another child in their dash for the swings, or grabbed the other kid’s bag of pretzels. So who the heck are we hollering at and chasing now? It’s not grandchildren yet. Nope. It’s the four-legged, very hairy family members. Most of us are still walk-
ing the dogs we bought for our now-grown, I-promise-I’llwalk-her-every-day-foreverplease-please-please children. Some of the braver parents with softer hearts have actually gotten new puppies and, just like our toddlers, all these critters need to get outside at least once a day, often twice. In the natural flow of things, we bump into one another at the top of the hill, start to chat and eventually, once again, gather at the park for much the same reasons as we did back when. We’re neighbors and friends, and we still have a really cute, but not-reallytrained, rambunctious charge
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San Elijo Lagoon gets annual flush By Wehtahnah Tucker
CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA — Heavy equipment operators revved their engines early April 19 to begin the process of flushing the San Elijo Lagoon inlet that extends to the Pacific at Cardiff State Beach. Under the direction of the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, the sand berm was removed. According to the organization, the berm has accumulated at the inlet as a result of storm surges and resulting migration of beach sand. The lagoon inlet is located under the Pacific Coast Highway bridge, just south of Cardiff State Beach. “Keeping the inlet open to the ocean is critical to maintaining the health of San Elijo Lagoon,” said Doug Gibson, principal scientist and executive director of San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy. “The conservancy’s efforts to maintain the inlet open to tidal
flushing have substantially improved habitat quality relative to the stagnant conditions that previously developed when the inlet was closed for prolonged periods.” In 2001, a long-term financial endowment was established to actively fund maintenance of so-called “tidal flushing.” Efforts to keep the lagoon open to tidal circulation have shown that significant ecological benefits result from increased tidal flushing, as evidenced by increased diversity and abundance of fish, improved water quality, reduced production of mosquitoes, enlarged nesting areas for California least terns, Belding’s savannah sparrows, and Western snowy plovers, and increased foraging by birds according to Gibson. These ecological improvements have also fostered significant public enjoyment of TURN TO LAGOON ON 33
Private security patrol reinstated in Solana Beach By Bianca Kaplanek
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guards were on duty, a negative outcome was observed when the patrols stopped, the staff report states. Funds for the current program ran out at the end of February. City Manager David Ott said city staff recently noticed an increase in problems. Deputies were called to a house in the 800 block of Vera Street off Valley Avenue on March 7 after four people were stabbed in an apparent gang-related incident. Use of the private security patrol also allows the city to leave public restrooms open longer. Restrooms were previously only available during park hours, weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. To accommodate requests from residents such as early morning swimmers, bicyclists and joggers, it cost the city $68 per day to pay in-house staff to unlock the facilities earlier. When staff was unavailable, the alternative was leaving the restrooms unlocked overnight and on weekends. The result was “heavy vandalism,” Ott said, and some people using the facilities for shelter. Full funding for the program will cost the city $41,600 annually.
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Original art, beautiful homes on display COAST CITIES — The San Dieguito Art Guild is offering its 16th annual Mother’s Day Weekend Artist Studio and Garden Tour, featuring nine Guild members’ homes, gardens and art studios May 8 and May 9. The Off Track Gallery, 937 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, Suite C-103, will open at 8:30 a.m.for ticket sales and the homes will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets for the self-guided tour are $20.Tickets will also be sold online at Off TrackGallery.com 10 days before the event. Tickets are also available at each home on the days of the tour. Each home will feature several artists and will offer refreshments. Some homes will also have entertainment. All of the studio homes are in the North County coastal area so as to be easily accessible in a day. Not only are the homes interesting and the gardens tended and lush, but most are homes of a working artist, including Charlene Bonney, Lindsay Duff, Darlene Katz, Rusty Loftin, Bobbi Hirschkoff and Manuelita Brown. All of the art on display will be for sale at prices directly from the artist and will include paintings, prints, ceramics, sculpture, glass, textiles and jewelry. The San Dieguito Art
A BEAUTIFUL HOME The Carolyn Cope home, among those on display for the San Dieguito Art Guild Mother’s Day Weekend Artist Studio and Garden Tour May 8 and May 9, has been transformed by the artistic hand and imagination its lifelong owner. The front of the stucco facade has a stenciled design done by a local artist, as well as the handcrafted walls of the butterfly room/patio where color is used profusely and comfort abides for a restful, playful experience. Walking through the home gives one a spectacular 180-degree view of the ocean and sky, with a calming and graceful Japanese garden, koi pond, towering bamboo, Wisteria vine covering, and a stone waterfall. Courtesy photo
money taken in from the tour help off-set rent and other operating expenses for the Off Track Gallery.In addition a portion of the proceeds from this tour will be donated to several local high school’s art departments. Homes being shown in this year’s tour include:
domed pizza oven, and large barbecue with a lawn area filled sculptures and fountain. — Manuelita Brown’s home is tucked behind blossoming trees and features the workshop where she sculpts, surrounding by flowering and fruited trees, an organic vegetable garden and koi pond.
charming and everything you would imagine from a novel written about love and living by the sea. One’s imagination fills as one steps through each romantic room while listening to the sound of waves breaking on the nearby beach. Courtesy photo
— The Bonney home is a quaint, cozy, charming life by the sea. — Lindsay Duff’s adobestyled home has stone steps cut through southwest landscaping a hand-built glass mosaic
— The Cope home has a front of the stucco facade has a stenciled design done by a local artist. Walking through the home gives a 180-degree view of the ocean and sky with a graceful Japanese garden.
— Bobbi Hirschkoff’s home has two acres of inviting sculptured gardens, a combination of rose gardens, vegetable beds, xeriscape and tropical landscaping. Hirschkoff does fused glass, jewelry, bronze and ceramic sculpture, and painting. — Bryan Morse’s home is a sculpted patio and raised pool area, circles and curves on the fieldstone and lapis stonework is surrounded by a backdrop of southwestern and tropical growth. — Donna and Rusty Loftin work as a team on their pottery business and caring for their home and gardens, both tropical and vegetable plantings. — Darlene Katz’s home sits atop a canyon, with a western view and Katz’s oils exhibited in the upper halls.The large studio windows, framed by roses and fruit trees in bloom, offer a view of the canyon and Pacific. — Nancy Lee’s home has made use of warm woods, lovely furnishings and elegant arches with a view of the eastern mountains. Lee’s art studio is an artfully converted garage, full of her works in progress and completed pieces.
Students take field trip to study state government RANCHO SANTA FE — Horizon Prep fifth-graders struck pay dirt with California history on their two-day field trip to Sacramento and Coloma. The youngsters’ rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the workings of the California Congress was made possible by a family friend and Sergeant-at-Arms.
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Parking time extended for downtown Del Mar By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Visitors to downtown Del Mar now have a little more time to shop, dine and stroll the village after City Council agreed at the April 5 meeting to extend the two-hour timed parking zones in a few key areas. On 15th Street, parking will be allowed for two hours on the south side from Ocean Avenue to the start of the 20-minute zone west of Stratford Court. The two-hour zone will also be extended on Camino del Mar between 13th and 11th streets on the west side and from 10th Street north to Del Mar Plaza on the east side. The 1300 block of Maiden Lane is now a twohour zone as well. The changes were implemented April 12. About five years ago, the Del Mar Village Association recommended changing downtown parking restrictions to promote revitalization and dissuade employees from using prime storefront spaces. One suggestion was to split long-term parking along Camino del Mar into 90120-minute zones and designate 15th Street as a 90minute area. At the time, council members opted to change the downtown timed-parking area to a 90-minute limit. But that plan ended about seven months later after the city received nega-
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RANCHO SANTA FE — Promises2Kids will host its annual summer concert gala from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. June 2 at the private estate home of Joan Waitt, with feature acoustic performances by Pat Benatar and guitarist Neil Girlado. The evening will also feature a sit-down dinner provided by the Hyatt Regency La Jolla and a silent and live auction. Tickets are $250 for general admission or $475 for VIP admission. Promises2Kids aids children who are victims of abuse, including former and current foster children. The organization runs the Polinsky Center, an emergency shelter for abused or neglected children, and San Pasqual Academy, a residential high school for foster children, both located in San Diego. This year’s event co-chairs are Ann and Ben Haddad, and the honorary co-chairs are Mayor Jerry Sanders and hostess Joan Waitt. For more information,visit www.promises2kids.org.
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A slice of city cool at East Village in downtown Encinitas DAVID BOYLAN Lick the Plate So being a marketing guy who has launched and rebranded businesses for many years, it’s always refreshing to see a restaurant that
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initely put their own touches on it and the result is a clean, original, funky space that has an urban hipster vibe without going overboard. They could probably lose the construction fence, but that’s just my hypersensitive aesthetic freaking out. So the French Culinary Institute-trained, half Korean husband Daniel and his Japanese wife Michiru already had a head start with their small bistro in Rancho Santa Fe called Pantry. Michiru is an accountantturned-baker whose cookies challenge people’s diet resolutions daily, especially the brownie chunk cookie, which really is in a league of its own and sold at area markets. They wanted a place that served good, clean, healthy Asian food and beer in a place that was not filled with all the standard Asian clichés. The result was their Space Invader/industrial metal/beatup wood/pan-Asian eatery with killer music. And at that, my friends, I do believe they
succeeded. Asian fusion always made sense to me. Take the best of many cultures and blend them into something unique and delicious. I’m not a stickler for authenticity when it comes to food, unless the word authentic is used when it is obviously not. Italian restaurants come to mind but I will stick to the topic at hand. The menu is divided into snacks, sandwiches and wraps, salads, and East Village specialties. The snacks range from carrot-ginger soup to curry dip with paratha flatbread to Vietnamese tofu summer roll to kimchi with many more tantalizing choices, none of them more than $9. Sandwiches and wraps include mr. lee’s bbq pork sandwich with slow roasted pulled pork, spicy bbq sauce, fresh Asian slaw and house chips. Yes, pulled pork and slaw, you have heard me rave about that combo before now imagine it with an Asian twist. Nothing over $10 in this section. Big salads eh? A little
“Seinfeld” reference there? I like it if it is. Nothing to report on the big salads other than they sound delicious. From their simple salad to a chicken bulgar salad to the grilled tofu spinach salad, I’ll have to come back when I’m in a healthy eating mode. Salads top out at $9.75. The EV specialties are where the fusion really starts to happen. The nihon beef curry bowl is really good. And the monk’s bowl — which I did not have, but was bummed that no one else in my party ordered either — has marinated spinach, cucumbers, bean sprouts, carrots gobo, shitake, spicy sauce, rice, then topped with an over-easy egg. Yes, eggs make everything better. They were out of the beef power noodles that include thinly sliced marinated beef, snap peas, shitake, carrots, scallions and glass noodles. Next time for sure. There is some more standard fare on the EV specialty portion of the menu like grilled teriyaki
chicken and Chinese chicken and broccoli so it’s not all fancy fusion.The Korean short ribs are the most expensive thing on the menu at $13.75. Daniel told me they plan on serving full dinners until at least 11 p.m., maybe later. Always a good thing in Encinitas and probably a really good thing for them with hungry Saloon and First Street drinkers looking for a late night Mexican alternative. I liked this place a lot. Eclectic vibe without being aloof, nice funky soundtrack, and really interesting and delicious food. They have filled a void in downtown Encinitas dining and for that they are definitely worthy of many more plate lickings. Check out www.eateast village.com where you will find the eatery’s hours, location and menu. David Boylan is the founder of Artichoke Creative, an Encinitas based integrated marketing agency. He can be reached at david@artichoke-creative.com.
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RANCHO SANTA FE — The invitation to the Sunset Soirée asked the friends and family of the Encinitas Country Day School to attend its very first fundraiser for the school and it was truly a family affair. The event starred singer Elliot Yamin, who happens to be the brother of Jodi Queen, one of the organizers of the event.Yamin, who now lives in Los Angeles, said he has been spending a lot of time recording and appreciated the break. “This is family,” Yamin said. “It gives me the excuse to come down, see family and do something for the kids.” Yamin came in third in the fifth season of “American Idol.” The two other musical groups appearing at the April 10 event came from the Encinitas Country Day family. Glancing Love is made up of Theresa RochelleRoss and Rachel Amou. Rochelle-Ross teaches history and English at the school. The two play Celtic, gypsy and original music. The other was the duo of Enrico Piazza and Kirk Ensor, who call themselves Ensor & Piazza. They do cover tunes from the 1950s through the 1980s. Piazza is a coach at the school. School Principal Graeg Lehmunn was one of the silent auction prizes. Whoever “won” him got to have him over for dinner. “I don’t understand the logic of being invited to dinner with them and eating their food as a prize, but if it helps the kids, I’ll do it,” he said with a chuckle. Another prize was a dinner party for 12 prepared by popular chef Joey Maggione. The guests sipped wine and beer while noshing on appetizers. The event was held at the gorgeous home of Patty and Jack Queen. It was cochaired by Jodi Queen and Jennifer Levine.
Erin Niedermeyer, Alicia Sundstedt, Leslie Hoffman and Wendy Jodi Queen and Jennifer Levine, who co-chaired the Sunset Soiree. Oxenberg. Photos by Patty McCormac
Theresa Rochelle-Ross and Rachel Amou of the musical duo Glancing Jack Queen, Patty Queen, Elliot Yamin, Chris Queen and Jodi Queen. The event was held at the home of Patty and Jack Queen. Love. Rochelle-Ross teaches history and English at the school.
Tom Velez and school principal, Graeg Lehmunn. Lehmunn was one of Enrico Piazza and Kirk Ensor of Ensor & Piazza. Piazza is a coach at the school. the silent auction items at the event.
Dear Sara: Freeze cole slaw? Can it be done? I made way too much and I would hate to waste it. The slaw itself is already made. I’m not thinking of making freezer slaw. How long will slaw keep in the fridge? — Kettel, Ohio Dear Kettel: Cole slaw made with mayonnaise doesn’t freeze well, but you can store it in the refrigerator for about three days. Freezer slaw can last about five to seven days in the refrigerator. I’m including a recipe for freezer slaw because readers will ask about it out of curiosity.
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1 medium head cabbage (about 10 cups), shredded 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar 1 cup cider vinegar 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon mustard seed 1 large carrot, shredded 1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper
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Local teens plan fundraiser for cystic fibrosis foundation CARMEL VALLEY — A group of North Coast students has organized a Movie Under the Stars showing the Disney film “Up” at 7 p.m. April 30 in the Torrey Pines High School quad, 3710 Del Mar Heights Road to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Aditi Trivedi, Max Smiley and Emily Morgan, the organizers of the event, are asking for donations of $10 for students and $15 for the public. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door or in advance at cff.org/chapters/ sandiego. Minors under 15 must have a parent or guardian present. Every ticket
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purchased will be entered into an opportunity drawing for a new Toshiba laptop computer. Torrey Pines freshman Morgan and Canyon Crest Academy seniors Smiley and Trivedi thought the movie night would be a special and fun way to raise some money for CFF. The youngsters all serve on the Curefinders youth board for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s San Diego and Imperial County chapter. Cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults. While life expectancy has
increased as treatments have developed over the years, there is still no cure. Max especially wanted to get involved with Curefinders as his cousin Ross has cystic fibrosis. “It’s extremely hard on him,” said Max, describing how Ross has to wear a vibrating vest that helps clear the lungs from mucus building up. The students have been involved with Curefinders for two years, attending monthly meetings. “Our job is to recruit schools to do fundraisers to raise money to find a cure and raise awareness,” Aditi said.
One of the group’s other fundraisers is a coin drive they run at local elementary schools. Often a young cystic fibrosis patient will come to the school to promote the drive, sometimes it is Hazel Remington, the daughter of Canyon Crest teacher Mike Remington. “The students get really involved and really care when they see another kid who has it,” Max said. At the movie night, the “rival” schools will compete to see which school can get the most students to attend and raise the most money. If a
school raises more than $1,000, BJ’s restaurant will match the $1,000 donation and give an additional $1,000 to the school. The San Diego Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is now accepting nominations for the student youth board of its successful CureFinders program. The CureFinders Student Youth Board will provide students with an opportunity to learn leadership skills, gain fundraising experience and become involved in the planning and execution of a school-based change-collection program.
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Women’s peace league set to meet
LA JOLLA — The spring quarterly meeting of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom will be held at 11 a.m. April 24 in the community room at La Jolla Village Square, 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla. Current issues of peace and justice will be discussed and actions considered. All are welcome. For more information, call (858) 279-0192 or (858) 535-0949.
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5 ways to slither into skinny jeans for ‘Sex and the City’ premiere in May At Thyme in the Ranch today, I ran into a lovely realtor I know — Ashley with the Prudential office in town. She was so sweet, she said,“You’re still looking thin.” I replied, “I have to look pretty for my husband, don’t I?” Sort of a corny retort I guess, but for the rest of the day, I drifted around in a haze feeling rather good about my recent diet changes. If you read my column last year, you might recall a weight loss program I did just in the nick of time for my wedding last July. The good news is I’ve learned a few tricks that actually work. Here are five little secrets that have me excited to wear my favorite pair of skinny jeans to the new “Sex and the City” movie this May: 1. Take Omega 3 pills or fish oil pills daily. I take three in the morning and three midday (if I can remember).Why? Omega 3s are a natural appetite suppressant that help keep hunger pains away, while adding lustrous shine to your skin and hair. 2. Cut out all red or white wine. Sound difficult? Ask me, I know. Last summer when I first started my program, I absolutely had a thing for heavy cabernets, or a good glass of pinot noir.Wine packs powerful antioxidants, just like a chocolate bar. However, I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to eat more than one piece of chocolate, sort of like wine. Unfortunately, we as a society have been seduced by the fabulous wineries throughout the world. And, if you are a woman, you might have watched one too many “Sex and the City” episodes of Carrie and the girls lapping up the vino. Unfortunately, wine may appear to be sexy and sophisticated, however, the many useless calories that are filled with sugar tend to hang around your midriff area. If you know me around town, you know my newly inspired happy hour drink is tequila. Yes, that’s right, chilled with just a touch of salt around the edge. Tequila spikes the glycemic index
MACHEL PENN SHULL Machel’s Ranch lower than most any other alcohol.Trust me, say goodbye to wine and slither into your skinny jeans. Do your own research on this topic. 3. Cut out all diet colas/energy drinks and switch to Pellegrino/soda water and green or black teas. Most are under the assumption that soda water contains quite a bit of sodium, which makes you retain water. Not true. There is a minimal amount that lends to kicking that afternoon treat you really don’t need, while taking in part of your eight glasses of water for the day. 4. Keep fat free cool whip in your freezer with some frozen berries. If you are like me, it feels pretty fabulous to indulge in a simple sweet tooth-fix once on occasion. While I followed my weight loss program, this was my secret trick for having a sugary treat. Of course, don’t sit there and eat an obscene amount of blueberries and whip cream. We’re talking an elegant cup at most as your dessert to treat yourself before your evening is over. (If you don’t like whipped cream, try Greek yogurt, with a Splenda packet as a substitute with the berries). 5. Eat a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. This wasn’t actually part of my diet plan. But since I’m a runner, I have found out that this is an excellent source of fiber and “good carbs” for your body. Add some raisins and some flaxseed, and you have the perfect meal to run a 5K in under 28 minutes. Just know that this is not a way to lose weight, but merely tips on how to cut unwanted calories from your diet, while still enjoying some other indulgent you might have missed if you hadn’t read the latest “Machel’s Ranch.”
CENTER STAGE Back row from left, Kevin Changaris, Alec Rogers, Katie Brown and Henry Johnson in Santa Fe Christian’s “Cinderalla.” Courtesy photo
CINDERELLA AND HER PRINCE Santa Fe Christian’s Cinderella and Prince Charming: Sarah Filiciotta-White and Alec Rogers. Courtesy photo
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Around town On April 3, I celebrated my son’s 10th birthday at Dave and Busters with all of his best friends. I have to admit I did feel a bit weepy this year since my son is now in the double digits. Jackson, however, is proud as punch as they say back in the Midwest. That day felt like a mini trip to Vegas for kids. I had never been before, so now I know why it’s an instant hit. Reese and Holden MacDonald, Chloe Temple, Matthew Sorge and Atiana Smith posed with Jackson for a photo on this fun day, which truly was special for all there. Thanks to the mothers that let their children stay longer that day. No one wanted to leave … except for me! On April 6, I ran into a wonderful Ranch resident at Thyme in the Ranch on my lunch break. Her name is Michelle. As I was standing in line for my favorite half cobb salad, we began a lovely conversation. “I love your column,” she said. “I look forward to it whenever the paper comes out and have my coffee, while I read. It’s sort of the US Magazine for Rancho Santa
the Start Theatre in Oceanside.You may not know this, but the late Heath Ledger’s costar and former girlfriend Michelle Williams is a Santa Fe Christian alumni, and was very active in the art department. The lead was played by Sarah Filiciotta-White and Prince Charming was played by Alec Rogers. Katie Brown, Henry Johnson and Kevin Chanaris are also featured in a behindthe-scenes photo featured here. Thanks Jill Sorge for sharing these wonderful pictures. Her son Anthony played the drums. And congratulations to the cast of “Cinderella” at Santa Fe Christian. Who knows, maybe one of you will grow up to be
nominated for an Oscar, like Michelle Williams! For more information regarding Santa Fe Christian, visit www.sfcs.net. On April 12, I attended the Rancho Santa Fe Rotarian Club and found out some very exciting news. The Rancho Santa Fe Rotarian Club has been acknowledged by the Paul Harris Club.What does this mean? This means that donations amounting to $1,000 per member have been donated to the Rotary International Foundation. Only four other Rotary clubs in a “district of 60” other clubs have been bestowed this honor. Paul Harris was
Fe.” Well, you could say Michelle made my week that day. How sweet. I’m so glad to hear it’s perceived that way, because that is my intention, indeed. Then Michelle showed me her fabulous wedding ring, which was just upgraded after being married for 27 years. At least 20 or so karats! She and her husband flew to St. Thomas to renew their vows. I do believe there was a yacht involved on this trip that sounded right out of a summer read paperback TURN TO MACHEL’S RANCH ON 39 novel, and I was charmed. I didn’t snag a photo of Michelle that day, because she was being shy, so I am sharing with you a shot of one of my favorite places where we met, Thyme in the Ranch. Michelle, congratulations on your wonderful marriage, and newly upgraded impressive rock! Please contact me anytime. I would love to feature any “around town” stories you have to share. Thanks for reading. On April 8, I received some wonderful photos from CONGRATS The Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club is now a Paul Harris Santa Fe Christian. For the Club. Photo by Machel Penn Shull last two weeks in March, SFC Drama department presented Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” showcased at
BIRTHDAY AT BUSTERS Front row Reese MacDonald, Atiana Smith and Chloe Temple. Back row Matthew Sorge, Holden MacDonald PROUD POP Patrick Galvin’s son, also named Patrick, received word HONORED Congratulations to the Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club on and Jackson Tuck celebrate Jackson’s birthday at Dave and Busters. your outstanding achievement. Courtesy photo April 1 that he was accepted to Harvard. Photo by Machel Penn Shull Photo by Machel Penn Shull
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Top chefs raise money for local organization Show set By Wehtahnah Tucker
DEL MAR — Hundreds of supporters gathered poolside April 18 at the Hilton Del Mar to raise money for Casa de Amparo. The 14th annual Meet the Chefs of Del Mar event brought together 19 local masters of cuisine from 17 restaurants to share their unique epicurean delights with the crowd. The signatures dishes were paired with wines from Young’s Market Company. “It’s a great opportunity to sample all of the wonderful food and wine offerings while helping a good cause,” said Cheryl Sevilla who attended the event with several coworkers. Many of the guests were longtime supporters of Casa de Amparo. For more than 32 years, the nonprofit has been a major force in preventing child abuse and assisting victims. Pamplemousse Grille chef and owner Jeffrey Strauss said he looked forward to participating in the event for the 14th straight year. “I have a huge spot in my heart for the children helped by Casa de Amparo as well as the organization itself,” he said. “This event brings local chefs together with the community and raises much needed funds for children who’ve been abused.” Jade Cole, international supermodel and finalist in “America’s Next Top Model” on season six, was on hand to assist with the live auction. The controversial contestant said she heard about the organization through family and friends.“I was touched by their vision of ending child abuse and decided to become a volunteer,” she said. Proceeds from the event directly support Casa de Amparo’s five integrated programs including Hayward Child Development Center, a therapeutic childcare and preschool; Supervised Visitation Program, which provides safe, supervised visits for parents wanting to reunite with child who have been removed from the home; counseling that is available to children and families of all programs; The Children’s Shelter, an emergency shelter and support for children who
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have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect; and New Directions, a transitional housing and support program for youth who have aged out of foster care. For more information, visit www.casadeamparo.org.
The Live Auctioneer wheels and deals as attendees bid on items such as dinner at one of the 17 restaurants that participated in the 14th annual Meet the Chefs of Del Mar. Sarah McNew, Karen Chung, Kim Barrett and Chris Geirman. Photos by Wehtahnah Tucker
Left, Cynthia Ellis inspects one of the hundreds of prizes in the silent auction. Right, Carolyn Rhein, Julia Coulman, Holli Coulman and Jan Compton enjoy the music and food.
Left, Steve Block pours Roy Creed a glass of one of the various wines for sampling. Right, Poseidon Restaurant Chefs Timothy Gutmann, Jamal and Pica served a delectable seared scallops with grape, orange and mint compote at the 14th annual Meet the Chefs of Del Mar Fundraiser benefitting Casa de Amparo.
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Half-price book sale set at Ranch library
Left, Virginia Gonzalez and Hope Spadora of Life Technologies, celebrate a large donation from Life Technologies, an event partner. Right, Lorene Bowers, Charlene Zettel and Jo Konrath enjoy the tastes.
A Stroll & Wheel to heal walk to benefit health institute SOLANA BEACH — Local real estate team Andrea Lajoie and Jennifer Wanner, with the Sterling Company in Rancho Santa Fe, are hosting the first A Stroll & Wheel to Heal, benefiting Awakenings Health Institute at 10 a.m. April 24 on the Solana Beach Boardwalk, starting at the Lomas Santa Fe entrance. “We wanted to get
involved in something that could benefit the local community and AHI is right in the heart of Solana Beach,” said Lajoie, co-chairwoman of the stroll.“Because this is our first year, we are reaching out to our sphere of influence, but we hope this will be a giant stepping stone in making this event bigger and better each year.”
AHI is a communitybased, nonprofit organization that serves individuals with spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders, such as MS and Parkinson’s. The institute provides affordable and accessible exercise programs to enhance the rehabilitation process in a specialized holistic health and fitness facility. “This organization does
tremendous things for people trying to improve their quality of living,” said co-chairwoman Wanner. “And what better way to highlight their efforts than organize a charity event for the entire community to enjoy.” The team is reaching out to local businesses for corporate sponsorship opportunities, donations for prizes, food
and beverages. Each participant is expected to raise at least $100 for the cause. If they reach that goal, they will receive an event T-shirt. There will be a prize for the top fundraiser. To get more information regarding this event, contact Andrea Lajoie at (619) 4599119 or Jennifer Wanner at (858) 518-1537.
Local woman injured when car rolls over in 4S 4S RANCH — On April 15 at 4:03 p.m., Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District firefighters responded to the report of a roll-over traffic accident on Camino Del Norte near Camino San
Bernardo in 4S Ranch. Upon arrival, the firefighters found a mid-sized SUV that had rolled over multiple times and landed upright on the side of the road. The driver, a 24-year-old female, was not
wearing her seat belt and sustained major injuries to her hand, back and neck. She was transported by Mercy Air to Scripps La Jolla. There were no other occupants in the vehicle and no other vehicles
involved in the accident. In addition to the firefighters from Rancho Santa Fire Protection District, emergency personnel from San Diego Medical Services Enterprise, San Diego Fire
LA JOLLA — “Shir L’Chaim: A Song to Life,” a variety show concert to benefit Jewish Family Service older adult centers, will take place at 2 p.m. May 23 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive. A complimentary hors d’oeuvres reception will take place immediately following the show at the Classic Residence by Hyatt, 8515 Costa Verde Blvd. Tickets cost $20 per person.To purchase tickets, visit www.tickets.lfjcc.org or call (858) 362-1348. All proceeds from the concert will benefit Jewish Family Service older adult centers. Performers for the concert include a wide variety of talent starting with Kavannah, a teen band started by Temple Solel’s director of youth programming, Craig Parks. Kavannah leads teen-only Friday night services monthly that attract large groups of Jewish teens that come to celebrate Shabbat and their Judaism with a spiritual service, which includes original and traditional liturgical music, meditation and meaningful discussion. Joan Kurland, well-
Department, and California Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Traffic on Camino Del Norte was briefly stopped in both directions to allow for Mercy Air to land.
RANCHO SANTA FE — May is just around the corner and with it comes May’s Half-Price Book Sale at the Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild Book Cellar, below the Youth Services Wing of the Rancho Santa Fe Library, 17040 Avenida de Acacias. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting May 6 through May 8, the Book Cellar’s entire inventory of books and other items are 50 percent off the regular price. In keeping with tradition, there will be a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at 4 p.m. May 8. Staffed and managed by volunteers, the Book Cellar and all proceeds from the half-price sale are used to maintain and improve the Rancho Santa Fe Library. The Book Cellar keeps its selection of books fresh by continually culling and restocking the shelves. The Book Cellar has its own entrance through the side patio, featuring used books, large print books, collectors and audio books. The Book Cellar is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (858) 756-4780 or visit www.rsflibraryguild.org.
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ARTFULLY DONE RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation presented a Kids’ Art Auction on April 15 at its annual Toast of the Town event honoring all contributors. The student council was on hand to showcase the extraordinary talents of the school’s young artists, and to assist with the silent auction of their artwork that raised nearly $8,000 for the foundation. Many parents helped to organize this event, including Karin Erdossy, co-organizer of the art auction, and Kim King. The funds provided to the district from the Education Foundation are used to support the Five-Star Education program, including small class size, and programs in science, art, athletics, math and music and the Columbia University Reading & Writing program. The event was underwritten and hosted by The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, with special thanks to Wells Fargo, a year-long supporter and community partner to the Education Foundation. See more photos on Page 31. Courtesy photos
Stacey and Michael Feinberg admire Michael’s fifth-grade class artwork at the Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction.
Tiffany Catledge and Allison Williams admire Carey Cimino and Todd McKinney, co-chairper- the crafty and colorful “toy-horse” auctioned at sons of the Education Foundation, were on hand this year’s The Rancho Santa Fe Education for the special event. Foundation Kids’ Art Auction.
Already in the thick of things, new family Audrey and Todd Buechner, parents to first-grader Tyler and and second-grader Brook, enjoyed the Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction.
Student Council members and volunteers fo this year’s Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction, from left, Alexandra Carter, James Cimino, Jack Harris, Griffin McComb and Peter Lillian. Not pictured are Travis Headapohl and Jonathan Liang.
Lynn and Todd Frank on the Kermin Beriker, of The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, a generous supTravis Headapohl, Superintendent Lindy Delaney and James Cimino with Delaney’s handmade bench made from their daugh- porter and member of the Education Foundations Leadership Team, admired the youngsters’ handiwork. quilt as a contribution to the The Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction. ters class.
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Performance will partner with The Whole Journey and Seaside Market to create a comprehensive one-day nutrition and fitness intensive seminar for athletes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 24, Ezia Human Performance, Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Visit www. eziahp.com or call (760) 6351200 to sign up. GARDEN TOUR The 2010 Charity Garden Tour & Ecke Plant Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24. This tour will include five residential garden stops in North County, and admission to Ecke Ranch to purchase a selection of plants. Register online at www. crcncc.org or by phone at (760) 230-6305. GO LEFT The Democratic Club of Carlsbad-Oceanside will meet from 10 a.m. to noon April 24, Carlsbad Woman’s Club, 3320 Monroe St., Carlsbad. The group will discuss current issues related to the Democratic Party. Call Robin at (760) 804-2754 or email Rfriedheim@roadrunner. com for more details.
SPRING CLEANING Solana Center for Environmental Innovation will hold a free electronic waste drop off from 9 a.m. to noon April 24, 137 N. El Camino Real, Encinitas. Residents are welcome to drop off all types of computers, TV’s and small electronic devices, which will be appropriately recycled by Recycle San Diego. For a complete list of accepted items, visit www.solanacenter. org or call (760) 436-7986, ext. 213. YUM! The Carlsbad Village Farmers Market will hold its annual Strawberry Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. April 24, 2930 Roosevelt Street. The festival will feature a scavenger hunt, live music and fresh local strawberries. Call (760) 434-2553 or (760) 687-6453 for more details.
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will present a service on how faith communities can identify and respond to the needs of veterans, active military and their families. Call (858) 755-9225 or visit www.uufsd.org to learn more.
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Oceanside Museum of Art will host a reception for the exhibit “Painting the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars” at 2 p.m. April 25, 704 Pier View Way. The exhibit will feature juried art by youth ages 9 to 18 from Camp Pendleton Youth Centers, whose parents are active military. Call (760) 435-3720 for more details.
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FAITH BASED Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito will present Chaplain Dick Millspaugh at 10 a.m. April 25, 1036 Solana Drive, Solana Beach. Millspaugh is the chief of Chaplain Service at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, and FAMILY
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County Genealogical Society will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 27, Carlsbad City Council Chambers, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive. “Diseases that Ravaged Our Ancestors” will be the topic. For details, call (858) 509-4937.
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IVORY TOWER LIFE at MiraCosta College will meet at 1 p.m. April 30, 1 Barnard Drive, Room 1068. Oceanside. Godfrey Harris, who is on the advisory board of the International Ivory Society, will discuss the importance of ivory and its historic COMPOST 101 Solana and modern uses. Call (760) 721Center for Environmental 8124 to learn more. Innovation will host composting workshops from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 28, 137 N. El Camino Real, Encinitas. Learn how to create CLASSES rich garden soil, save water, and COMPUTER Internet Literacy classes will be reduce trash at the landfill by recycling your kitchen scraps offered Thursday mornings at 10 and garden debris. Pre-registra- a.m. and Intro to Excel tion is required by visiting Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. www.solanacenter.org or calling for adults ages 50 and over, Carlsbad Senior Center, 799 (760) 436-7986, ext. 222. Pine Ave., Carlsbad. Each class SUPPORT GROUP Tri-City is four weeks in length. To regisMedical Center will host a ter, call (760) 602-4650. breast cancer support group from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.April 28, DANCING SINGLES North 4002 Vista Way, French Room 1, County Singles Social Club is for Oceanside.This support group is Baby Boomers 55 and older who for community members who like to ballroom dance. Join have been diagnosed with them at the Vista Elks Lodge breast cancer. Call (760) 940- any Friday night for dinner and dancing to live music. You can 3632 for more details. visit three times before deciding
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to join. The cost is only $14 but reservations are required. Call Geri at (760) 942-2719 for reservations and membership information. SUMMER FUN Santa Fe Christian Schools will offer a variety of summer programs including academic and athletic camps open to all San Diego students entering pre-school through 12th grade. More than 60 programs will include SeaWorld, big sports challenge and survival skills camps, comprehensive self-defense program for students and adults, and a college essay writer’s workshop. For more information and to register, visit www. SFCSsummer.net. WEIGHT LOSS The Encinitas chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly will hold meetings at 5:30 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. Wednesdays, San Diego County Credit Union Community Room, 501 El Camino Real, Encinitas. To learn more, call Diane at (760) 753-2484 or visit www.tops.org.
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‘HONK!’ The North County cast of “Honk!,” the contemporary adaptation of “The Ugly Duckling,” will be offering four performances at 7 p.m. April 30, May 1 and May 8, and at 2 p.m. May 9 at Sunshine Brooks Theatre, 217 N. Coast Highway 101. Tickets are available by calling (760) 754-8207 or e-mailing laurabassett@cox.net. Tickets also will be available at the door. The cost is $14 for adults, $8 for children, 12 and younger. Carlsbad resident Andrew Scher, a sophomore at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas, plays the lead role of Ugly. Oceanside resident Winter Bassett, who has appeared in 15 local productions, plays the role of the Bullfrog. Courtesy photo
Citizens urged to be registered for June election Pala to host free COAST CITIES — The League of Women Voters urges citizens to register to vote for the June 8 primary election. Citizens can register in California if they are a California resident, a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age on or before an election, and not in prison or on parole for a felony conviction. If a voter’s address or name has changed, or one wishes to
change party affiliation, reregistering is required. A driver’s license or ID card with the voter’s name and current address is required. The voter registration application deadline is May 24 for persons to be eligible to vote in the California June 8 primary election and is free. Voter registration forms are available at libraries, post offices, city clerk offices, the DMV, or from the League of
Women Voters. Voters can check on their registration status on the Registrar’s website at www.sdvote.com or call the Registrar’s office at (858) 565-5800 or (800) 696-0136. Voting is a privilege of citizenship in the United States. The League of Women Voters encourages voters to become informed about the political process and how it affects their lives. To learn more about the issues and
candidates, see the website, called Smart Voter, www. smartvoter.org/ca/sd/, which displays nonpartisan election information and comprehensive coverage of candidates, as well as state and local ballot measures. The League of Women Voters never endorses or opposes candidates for public office or political parties. For more voting information, contact the league at (760) 736-1608.
Coldwell Banker welcomes new team RANCHO SANTA FE — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Rancho Santa Fe office announced the arrival of Becky and June Campbell, a mother-daughter Realtor team. The pair have been recognized in the top 1 percent nationally by their previous company, Prudential California Realty.
Their slogan, “A Legacy of Success … A History of Results” goes hand-in-hand with the heritage of Coldwell Banker. “I love the longevity of Coldwell Banker and the global opportunities, but the local, personal boutique feel of the Rancho Santa Fe office is what makes it even better,”
June Campbell said. “Everyone is so warm and works as a team and with the changes in the market we’ve experienced over the last few years, that’s what we need for the good of our clients — both buyers and sellers.” The Campbells specialize in representing buyers and sellers in the areas of
Rancho Santa Fe, Fairbanks Ranch, La Jolla, Del Mar, Carmel Valley and the Coastal North County. This dynamic duo has a combined 50 years of experience serving clients. They are known in the industry for their professionalism, dedication to client satisfaction and extensive knowledge and experience in the San Diego real estate market. The duo are dedicated to giving back to the communities where they live and work. They donate a portion of their commission from every closed transaction to the San Diego affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. “We work to create and maintain client relationships, with a focus on customer service,” the Campbells said. “We strive to make ourselves available and put our client needs first. Customer service is the cornerstone of our business.” For residential real estate needs, contact Becky and June Campbell at (858) 481-6750 or (858) 756-3060, email beckyc510@sbcglobal. net or visit their website at www.BeckyandJune.com.
concerts in May PALA — Pala Casino Spa & Resort continues its Free Concert Series featuring dance bands at 9 p.m. on Fridays and tribute bands at 8 p.m. on Saturdays during May in the Grand Cabaret. Due to other events, there are four free concerts in May. An added attraction in May is a free country dance party starting at 7 p.m. May 22 in the Events Center following that day’s Professional Bull Riding competition at the Pala Rodeo Grounds. The free dance party will feature popular country band Hill Country and line dance lessons. The schedule includes: — May 7: Ascension at 9 p.m. — May 15: No Duh: A Tribute to No Doubt at 8 p.m. — May 21: Spuntaneous at 9 p.m.
— May 22: Hill Country, a free country dance party, at 7 p.m. May 22, Pala Events Center following the professional bull-riding event at Pala Rodeo Grounds. May 29: Alan Iglesias & Crossfire: A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble at 8 p.m. The recently expanded Pala Casino Spa & Resort includes a Las Vegas-style casino with 2,000 slot machines, 15 poker tables and 87 table games; a 507room hotel; a 10,000-squarefoot, full-service spa and salon that features 14 treatment rooms; a state-of-theart fitness center; swimming pool with 12 private poolside cabanas, and dual-temperature outdoor Jacuzzi. Pala also offers 10 restaurants and 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. For more information, visit www.palacasino. com.
Self-defense seminars offered by Dollars for Scholars CARMEL VALLEY — The Torrey Pines High School Dollars for Scholars chapter is hosting an hourlong self-defense seminar Survival Under Pressure at 4 p.m. May 6 at the Ocean Air Recreation Center, 4770 Fairport Way. The fast-moving seminar will highlight the secrets that perpetrators don’t want you to know, including simple, practical ways to avoid becoming a victim. The seminar will be taught by Shell Winder, a
multiple assault survivor and certified World Martial Arts Instructor and thirddegree black belt. Cost for the class is $20 for individuals and $35 for parent/daughter pairs. All proceeds will be used to support TPHS Dollars for Scholars scholarships. Registration forms can be found at www.tphs.net under the Arts & Events calendar. For more information, email dollarsforscholars.tphs @gmail.com.
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Del Mar resident Mark Langford plays Spanish style guitar for the patrons of the Farmers Market.
VEGGIN’ OUT Above, residents enjoyed having a selection of fruits, vegetables, and other products available straight from the growers at the first Farmers Market at Cielo on April 8. Left, Valley Center resident Shelen Alexander of Morning Star Ranch has been selling at farmers markets for a year and a half and enjoys meeting her customers. Below, Rancho Santa Fe residents Jorge and Barbara Llorente examine the locally grown strawberries from Carlsbad Strawberry Farms. Photos by Daniel knighton
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Right, Carey Cimino, cochairwoman for this year’s RSF Education Foundation, and Karin Erdossy, co-organizer to the art auction were delighted with the art the youngsters produced. Below, Carol Leung and Travis Headapohl show off some of the student artwork ready for The Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction at its annual Toast of the Town event. Bottom, James and Kim King bid on daughter Jasmine’s class art project at the Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation Kids’ Art Auction.
pickup truck. Making the class even more urgent was that it was on the same day John Gardner confessed he had also murdered Escondido teen Amber Dubois about a year before he killed Chelsea King of Poway. The old idea of “things like that just don’t happen here,” is clearly out the window, so children of all ages need to know at least the basics. Johnson said teaching younger children about this subject must be done in general terms so that they are not frightened. “I just give them information, then answer their questions or let them tell about their experiences in the past and clear up any misconceptions,” she said. To make the hour-long class more interesting for the youngsters, she asked them to participate by calling for volunteers to come up and help her demonstrate and rewarding them with candy. Gabriella Patino, 10, helped demonstrate how to stay out of reach of a stranger. Later her brother Lorenzo, also 10, learned how to defend himself if he did get caught in the grasp of a predator. Lorenzo also takes karate, and knew
GET BACK Students demonstrate how to discourage a predator by putting up their hands and yelling “Stay away!” Photo by Patty McCormac
most of the moves already. Johnson told her students to rely on their feelings in a questionable situation. “Follow your instincts, anytime you feel uncomfortable, follow them,” she said. And she wants them to go a step further. “If you feel uncomfortable, tell an adult you trust right away,” she said. Because about three quarters of the children have cell phones, she said they could call 911 if they felt it necessary when they were away from a trusted adult. “When you are not with your parents, who is responsi-
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They learned that adults should not ask children for help in finding puppies or helping them was any other task which might put them in a precarious position. “It is not your job to help adults,” Johnson stressed. “Adults help other adults.” Mother Sarah Flatley stayed to watch the class and was pleased with it. “I think kids haven’t heard the information in such detail,” she said. Johnson, 31, who was a police officer in both Sacramento and Carlsbad, teaches self-defense for all ages through her company HEAT, an acronym for health, empowerment, awareness and tactical defense. Johnson’s motto is a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” To learn more about selfdefense classes,call Johnson at (858) 254-9935 or visit www. heatselfdefense.com. North County
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— Britain’s National Health Service in Warwickshire recently assigned Mavis Eldridge to receive care at the Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham for the age-related macular degeneration she is suffering in her left eye. The decision was puzzling to Eldridge and her doctors because her right eye is already being treated for the same disorder at University Hospital in Coventry, 20 miles away. University officials said they were booked up. — Paula Oertel, on Medicare, has a brain tumor that had miraculously been in remission for nine years thanks to a type of interferon approved for multiple sclerosis but not for cancer. Medicare had been paying about $100,000 a year for the drug, but when Oertel relocated from one county in Wisconsin to another, 30 miles away, it triggered an automatic, full-scale review of her records, at which point officials realized that her drug was unauthorized and stopped paying. According to a March Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report, her doctors scrambled to find a drug on the “approved” list, but discovered neither a less expensive one nor one nearly as effective, and Oertel’s tumor has returned.
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despite some of our best efforts. As painful and difficult as it is, we can do so much more. And it begins on a local level, at home and in the community. Are you up for the challenge? Happy Earth Day!
eco-warriors. To that end, I offer a heartfelt thank you. Now, does any of this read as “clean” and “green” to you? We could pour over the numbers, perhaps attempting to negate those glaring, unpleasant Eric Murtaugh is out hugging a facts. But really what it tree. E-mail him at says is that we’re still dirty, emurtaugh@coastnewsgroup.com.
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committee of environmentalists and bluff-top property owners spent years developing a document that includes compromises from both groups. LCPs were submitted to the California Coastal Commission in 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2008. One provision in the document requires that all shoreline protection devices be removed by 2081, while another grants the city first right of refusal to buy bluff-top homes when owners decide to sell. That program will be partially funded by the land lease fee. Solana Beach resident Jim Jaffee, who was a member of the citizens advisory committee, described the
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walked in the 500 block of Fredricks Avenue, less than a mile from Fireside Park. None of the victims in this case were affiliated with a criminal street gang. The area around Fireside Park is the turf of a rival Posole gang, and it is where Berry witnessed Englebrecht get assaulted by rival gang members several hours before the shoot-
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the lagoon. “It’s been just a trickle lately,” said Josh Stevens as he walked over the rushing inlet after a morning surf session. “If it’s good for the lagoon and it doesn’t hurt the ocean then I can handle the dump trucks for a day,” he said. Water levels in the lagoon have risen substantially in recent weeks due to the inlet blockage, prompting calls to conservancy and agency offices concerning mosquitoes and
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land lease fee as a “critical cog in the whole LCP.” “Sea walls do have an impact,” he said. “This is the study that can finally mitigate that impact.” Jaffee, vice president of CalBeach Advocates and a member of the San Diego Surfrider Foundation, had issues with some elements of the fee plan, including the estimated annual erosion rate, which he felt was too low. “In general, it’s a good report,” he said. “This is a very important element. We’ve got to keep it moving.” The fee will be reviewed and likely updated before 2081. The land lease report can be viewed at www.ci.solana-beach. ca.us. Residents have until June 14 to submit written comments.
less person. Norrie prefers to live that way, and two doctors had certified that the former York Times/CBS News poll, male is now “physically and androgyasking respondents if they psychologically approve of gays serving open- nous.” ly in the military, found that 79 percent of self-identified Creme de la Odd Democrats approve if openly What stunned officials in serving gays are referred to in Polson, Mont., the most wasn’t the question as “gay men and that Brent Wilson, 53, was lesbians.” However, when the charged in March with openly serving gays are attempting to illegally referred to in the question as acquire ownership of some“homosexuals,” only 43 per- one else’s house. It was that cent of self-identified Wilson had attempted to regDemocrats approve. (2) In ister the title as property March, the government of located on the “third planet New South Wales in Australia from the sun” and as a congranted “Norrie” a certificate veyance from God, in a transas the state’s (perhaps the action that has yet to take country’s, perhaps the place (scheduled for the year world’s) only official gender- 6010). Authorities believe
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Wilson might have fallen for the elaborate teachings of a scammer who conducts seminars on outsmarting the law governing foreclosures. Wilson was also charged with breaking into the house illegally and changing the locks. Said the recording supervisor of Gallatin County, “I can’t explain why people do what they do.”
An Odd Files Classic (November 2003) In October 2003, West Point, Ky., hosted 12,000 visitors for the weekend Knob Creek Gun Range Machine Gun Shoot, billed as the nation’s largest, with a separate competition for flamethrowers. Especially coveted
is “The Line,” where 60 people (the waiting list is 10 years long to be admitted) get to fire their machine guns into a field of cars and boats, and during which a shooter might run through $10,000 in ammunition. Among the champions: Samantha Sawyer, 16, the top women’s submachine gunner for the previous four years. One man interviewed by the Louisville CourierJournal said he met his future wife at a previous Shoot, impressed that “she could accept flame-throwing as a hobby.” Said another: “This is one of those times when you know (America) is the greatest place on Earth.”
ing occurred. Knowland said the shooting was a “mandatory” retaliatory hit for the earlier beating Englebrecht received. The assault was a disrespect to not only Englebrecht but the Posole gang and the only way for the gang and its members not to appear weak was to retaliate, the sergeant said. Englebrecht remains in custody on $1 million bail. He has denied any involvement in the shooting. KING-SIZE ACCOMMODATIONS Many of the staterooms on the Queen Mary have been renovated and feature king beds and flat-screen
odors. These conditions result from excess nutrients in the captive lagoon water, resulting in excessive plant growth and ultimately decomposition Gibson said. The San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy is a nonprofit formed in 1987 with the mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve and its watershed. The reserve is one of the few remaining coastal wetlands and home to more than 700 animal and plant species. We don’t allow fighting, we keep a close eye on where our critter is and what it is up to, and we clean up after them. It was a hilariously natural transition. Whether you jog along with your dog or simply stroll, you really should consider jazzing up your ongoing dog duties with a party. I find it really helps my attitude when I’m home scraping black fur off the new tan sofa.
diligence we had to give our babes, caring for dogs allows for some new options. Next thing we knew, Friday dog walks ended with a happy hour, with everyone bringing something yummy to share. It truly promotes neighborhood camaraderie and who can’t love an outdoor cocktail party? Even though we can drink the occasional beer Jean Gillette is a part-time editor and now, the old park habits writer whose dogs no longer have come right back into play. more fun that she does.
televisions, but most of the original teakwood built-ins and hardware have been preserved. Photo by E’Louise Ondash
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every conceivable space.These were later replaced by “standee bunks,” nothing more than canvas strapped to metal frames which were installed even in the ship’s swimming pool. To make the ship less high-profile, the wartime Queen was painted gray, and the forward section was fitted with new windows and antiaircraft guns. To preserve the ship’s sumptuous appointments, the teak woodwork in staterooms, first-class dining and other public areas was replaced with leather. Six miles of carpet, the crystal and silver service, tapestries, paint-
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rounded up customers for her to have sex with. After spending two nights with two different men, her boyfriend returned on the morning of Jan. 24 and forced her to have sex with him, the woman testified. “I told him many times not to do it,” she said through her court-appointed translator. The victim testified Sebastian grew increasingly jealous of the flirtatious rela-
ings and 220 cases of china were stored in warehouses throughout the war years, according to ship historians. The most amazing story about the Queen Mary occurred in December 1942 while carrying more than 16,000 troops from New York to Britain. The ship was 700 miles from Scotland when during high winds it was broadsided by what some say was a 92-foot wave. It was later determined that the ship tilted 52 degrees, and would’ve capsized if she’d rolled another 3 degrees. I really couldn’t imagine this as we gazed on Long Beach Harbor from one of two portholes in our stateroom (about $140 a night), recently
renovated to include a kingsized bed and flat screen television. But thankfully, original hardware and the beautiful teak/ Art Deco built-ins like the vanity and sitting area remained. We found it fascinating that passengers had a choice of hot and cold fresh-water or salt-water showers, and that the stateroom provided much more storage that we anticipated. We decided that maybe we could live aboard for 10 days, which is how long it took to cross The Pond before there were trans-Atlantic flights. We chose to cross the bridge and have dinner on the mainland overlooking the harbor because the posh and pricey five-star Sir Winston’s
restaurant (Winton Churchill was a passenger for several crossings) was a bit out of our league and didn’t open early enough for us to get to the theater. Earlier we visited the snack shop, its walls lined with posters of movies filmed on the Queen Mary: “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Aviator,” “He’s Just Not That into You,” “Being John Malkovich” and “Pearl Harbor,” to name just a few. Several tours of the Queen Mary are available without spending the night. Visit www.queenmary.com.
tionships she had to develop with her clientele to ensure repeat business. She said Sebastian would threaten to tell her family about the prostitution or have her deported if she refused to participate. The victim admitted to being in the country illegally. “I was afraid about my children,” the woman said. Throughout her testimony, the victim referred to Sebastian as her husband; however, the couple are not legally married. Sebastian,
who is in the country legally, met the victim 18 years ago at a former migrant work camp in Carlsbad where Legoland now stands. After being raped in January, the victim said she and Sebastian watched television. Further, she said she didn’t call the police about the incident until two days later after the couple had another fight. In the meantime, the victim said she had sex with Sebastian once. Sheriff’s Detective George Crysler testified he contacted
Sebastian immediately following the victim’s 911 call on Jan. 26 walking away from the couple’s Vista home. In a translated statement to Crysler after his arrest, the defendant admitted to prostituting his girlfriend to support their family. He said the couple got into prostitution after he lost his job three years ago. Sebastian remains in custody on $200,000 bail. His next court date is an arraignment hearing scheduled for April 29, at which time a trial date may be set.
E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer living in North County. Tell her about your travels at eondash@coastnewsgroup.com.
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approximately $10,000. In many cases, the procedure must be repeated, doubling the cost. Not everyone is a successful candidate and there’s a possibility of infection, a long recovery period, scarring or patchy hair growth. And finding a skilled surgeon can be a challenge. The CRH survey found that women were especially
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eventually helps them design the project. They pay only for as much as they benefit and can have it either added to their property tax
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hankering for cornbread. What should I fix with it? Considered chili, but don’t want something so spicy. — O.H., e-mail Dear O.H.: I like cornbread and could eat it with most anything or all alone. Dishes that it tastes especially good with are ham or pork, ribs, various beans, roasted or fried chicken, for breakfast with eggs and sausage, soups and stews, cooked cabbage
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vacation ownership condos. The general manager of nearly 21 years, Randal Chapin, will oversee the endeavor.
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Aguilar should do the work, but with specific direction. As part of the re-evaluation process, council members requested that Aguilar determine the value of each special benefit or circumstance so that amount could be deducted from the assessment if the original cost was deemed unfair. Proposition 218 prohibits increasing the assessment for one parcel to make up for a decrease in another. The difference must come from the project contingency fund. Mark Delin, assistant city manager, described that fund as “pretty big” — about $1.3 million for both districts combined— but said unforeseen
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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS who still have their hair but are looking to cover grays, a new test of home hair dyes found that Clairol Textures and Tones, L’Oreal Paris Superior Preference, Clairol Natural Instincts and Clairol Natural Instincts For Men work best. CRH tested 13 home hair dyes consumers would Covering up use to dye gray hairs brown and rated them on how well the grays For those consumers they covered grays, how
bothered by hair loss. Fiftyfive percent of women who had hair loss, compared to 24 percent of men surveyed, said they worried a lot about losing more hair in the future. Women who had lost hair were more likely than men to pay attention to other people’s hair or lack of it, stare in the mirror, and feel self-conscious about their appearance. The survey found that masking baldness might
very well be the ideal option. Sixty-five percent said that they found wearing a wig or toupee was very or somewhat effective, while 46 percent of men liked shaving their head, and 46 percent of people said that simply dressing better was effective for hiding hair loss.
bill or they can pay it all up front. “This is a tried and true (method) which worked in Del Mar and other places,” Beckman said. The project has been in progress for several years,
Holler said at the Association’s April 15 meeting. In an earlier interview, he said not only is it good to remove the visual clutter, but there are safety reasons, citing the cause of the 2007
Witch Creek fire which is suspected of being sparked by power lines during high winds. In other Association news, ground is about to be broken for the tree planting at Village Park.
Beckman suggested that some kind of a ceremony be planned to commemorate the day. “This has been a twoand-a-half-year project and I am so glad to see it coming into fruition,” he said.
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opened the East Village Asian Diner on April 5, saying that, “We’ve always wanted a place in North County to hang out and eat that wasn’t a bar, but was also not a formal restaurant setting.” The diner is just south of E Street at 628 S. Coast Highway 101, offering flat screen monitors showcasing
responsible for leading the AHLF in its mission to preserve, protect and enhance the natural resources of Agua Hedionda Lagoon and Lagoon leader its 30-square-mile watershed CARLSBAD — The which includes portions of Oceanside, San Agua Hedionda Lagoon Vista, Foundation named Ron Marcos and Escondido. Sipiora as executive director. In this newly created Better eye care position, Sipiora will be CARLSBAD — The
Ocular Nutrition Society President and Carlsbad optometrist Jeffrey Anshel announced that the ONS is now reflecting interest of ophthalmology, as well as nutrition/vision researchers. The expansion was made because the group wanted to expand its reach to all eyecare providers who treat chronic eye conditions.
conditions could result in not enough money to finish the project as designed. “The city might be on the hook for the difference,” Delin said.“So it’s a risk.” The cost to underground utility poles and wires in both districts is estimated at $10.8 million. Residents must approve the project with a majority vote before it can move forward. Citing financial concerns, some speakers tried to convince council members to stop the process before the vote. Councilwoman Crystal Crawford said she was concerned the project was causing anger, stress and frustration, but she reminded residents that City Council did not initiate the undergrounding.
“The council did not go out and solicit this project,” she said, noting that a “healthy majority” of people in both districts supported undergrounding when the idea was presented in 2007. “The residents came to us and asked to go through the process and we agreed to that,” she said. “It’s regrettable that many things have changed in the last several years that are now creating a great deal of concern and may well mean that when this project goes to a vote it is not successful. But there is no way ... for us to know that without going through and completing the process. “I do hear you but I do not have the power to snap my fingers and change the process that we’re in,”
Crawford said. “I can’t abide by what you’re asking tonight because I have also embarked on a process that said we will follow this through so that we can be fair to everyone involved, including all those people that came down here several years ago that put their money in, that spoke up and said they wanted to do this.” One resident noted that the Manhattan Beach City Council halted a similar project this past December before the vote. Crawford said she looked into that decision after it was brought up at a previous hearing.“I was certainly interested when I heard that,” she said. “But as I recall, their situation was quite different than ours. No two cities are alike.”
Residents who feel their parcels were unfairly assessed should contact City Hall as soon as possible. Crawford said council members did override the assessment engineer’s determination for at least one property owner when undergrounding took place in the Ocean View/Pines district in 2006. Ballots must be received by the city by 5 p.m. April 26. Ballots postmarked by that date but not received will not be counted. If a majority of residents oppose the project, it cannot go forward. If there is no majority protest, council members have the option of continuing or not. If there is no majority protest but the vote is close, council members have said they are inclined not to move ahead.
proof of it in the display.
Nevertheless, at the County Fair the FFA and 4-H Clubs, also agriculture oriented, play an important role. Were it not for their animals, city folks and kids would never be exposed to steers and poultry, General Manager Tim Fennell points out.
enable it to proceed with a $753 mil. expansion program that will include a 500-room hotel ... The Flower Capital city is accepting apps through May 27 for its Youth Commission that represents seventh through 12th grades ... San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy will host Lagoon Day on May 15 with a Habitat Restoration & Volunteerism theme ... Surfside City Council has OK’d $5.6 mil. in state and federal funds for the improvement of North Torrey Pines Bridge south of the city ... San Onofre State
Beach rangers are pinching (no pun intended) sunbathers who enjoy the area sans their clothes ... C’bad Village Assn. has announced plans for a skateboard museum and park ... MiraCosta College in O’side has opened a spiffy veterans lounge on campus.
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common area in Village Park. for farmers Future Farmers of Ladies surfer America, a vibrant youth museum organization that was foundA special section has ed in schools in 1928 to recently been set aside for a expand the studies of farmladies’ surfing exhibition in ing and livestock, has been the O’side’s Surfing Museum expanded to include engiat 312 Pier View Way. It will neering and other sciences. remain in place for at least a Reporting in USA Today, year and is already receiving Judy Keen notes most memhigh acclaim. Most folks who bers do not live on farms and visit it weren’t aware ladies are more skilled in the sciwere surfin’ almost as long as ences than they are the men and there is ample about raising livestock.
old school kung-fu and the latest sports action, all within an open and airy motif. Open seven days and late.
One-liners Green Chamber of San Diego County headed by Peter Zahn held its kick-off event recently in Solbeach ... An additional six acres of bayfront land adjacent to San Diego Convention Center will
easy they were to use, and whether the color was blotchy or streaky. The top products scored high marks across the board when tested on tresses of grey hair. The results show that for less than $13 — well below salon prices — consumers can easily and effectively cover their grays. Visit the Consumer Reports Web site at consumerreports.org.
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Hasta la Vista Bill Arballo is an opinionated, retired journalist in the Flower Capital of the Universe and he is the father of Encinitas City Councilwoman Teresa Barth. . E-mail barballo@coastnewsgroup.com.
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will provide an interdisciplinary “learning laboratory” to help students better understand the importance of providing an integrated system of care for older adults in order to achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Classes will be offered through the John M. Sachs lifelong learning institute, including crafts, cooking, fitness and photography. A cyber café will also be open, an intergenerational experience where seniors will learn how to use a computer and receive on-line training conducted by at-risk high school students. Seniors will learn how to access their medical history and obtain health benefits information online. The center will also house a civic engagement program that will assess seniors’ skills and abilities and match them with meaningful volunteer opportunities in the community. For more information, visit www.servingseniors.org.
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known in the Jewish party and wedding circuit, will also perform. Singer Alisha Zalkin, a vocalist whose musical strengths range from pop to Latin to rock and theater, will also perform. Brother-sister duo Jasmine and Matt Commerce will present their repertoire of songs, spanning several decades and genres of music. The concert will also feature Yochanan Sebastian Winston, a flutist, saxophonist, conductor and composer.
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to strengthening sex offender laws and changing current policies. For those who are unable to attend the event but still wish to make a donation to Chelsea’s Light Foundation, checks can be mailed to: Chelsea’s Light Foundation, 12463 Rancho Bernardo Road San Diego 92128-2143. For more information about Chelsea’s Light Foundation, visit www.chelseaslight.org.
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flying and food, among other things, has helped PCF become more than just airplanes for rent — the members consider themselves one big family. Several times a year, the club hosts group outings to take members to places they might not visit on their own, White said. “This is the way that we can get people energized to go do new things,” White said. “There aren’t a whole lot of places left to do that.” To learn more about the Pacific Coast Flyers club or flight lesson opportunities, visit www. pacificcoastflyers.org.
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SOUP TO NUTS by Rick Stromoski
Friday, April 23, 2010
FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves
THE BORN LOSER by Art & Chip Sansom
BIG NATE by Lincoln Peirce
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Both friend and foe might observe the way you react to developments today, and if you’re not careful the wrong type could use this against you. How you behave will become very important. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - A job you’re doing could take on greater significant than you first suspect. To be on the safe side, go over your work with a fine-toothed comb to make sure everything is perfect. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Someone who isn’t part of your normal peer group might ask you to participate in something s/he has created. Don’t hesitate to join in if you think you would enjoy it; it could as expand your circle of friends LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Desire is a strong motivator in getting what you want. If it is important enough to you, you will figure out a way to acquire what you crave without making things more complicated than they should be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Don’t assume others will realize that if you do something for them, they should automatically do something for you in return. If you want a favor from them, make an agreement up front. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Early
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indicators may only be straws in the wind, and not likely to give you clues as to what’s to come. Make sure things go as you want by pressing forward at all times to achieve the end results you desire. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - If an important matter needs to be taken care of properly today, don’t delegate the job to another. There will be no one more effective in handling it than you would be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) At the moment your sign is very much in tune with some strong financial trends, so although it is important that you use good judgment, you can still be a bit bold, resourceful and imaginative. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) What makes you more popular than usual with your peers is that you’ll instinctively be looking for the virtues in your friends, not picking on their faults or the things they do wrong. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Although it might not be evident to you until later on in the day, you will be lucky before midnight strikes. Hang in there. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Because you’re likely to be such an attentive listener to a progressive friend who is starting a new endeavor, there may be a way for you to fit into the picture if you want to. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Keep your work-related plans to yourself today. You might be tempted to discuss them with a co-worker, but that could end up working against you if they become known before you can implement them.
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MONTY by Jim Meddick
Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present. Each letter in the cipher stands for another. TODAY'S CLUE:
K equals V
ARLO & JANIS by Jimmy Johnson
THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr
COW & BOY by Mark Leiknes
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enjoy the taste of fine scotch and smoking a good cigar, Delicias will be hosting its Cigar and Scotch Evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. Enjoy exquisite hors d’oeuvres, PayneMason cigars and Johnnie Walker scotches, plus more. This will be a feature event for every second Tuesday of the month. For more details, call Laura at (858)-756-8000 or e-mail Laura@deliciasrestaurant.com. Guess what? The first 20 guests that call to RSVP for this evening will receive complimentary gifts. I can think of one particular male group in the Ranch that will be thrilled this evening is happening! Maybe I can feature who they are in my next column ... stay tuned.
p.m. May 7 at the La Costa Resort, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad. This is the annual Glamourama event that benefits Rady Children’s Hospital. This will be presented by the North Coast Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary. The theme this year is Wicked/Wizard of Oz and the Yellow Brick Road. The fundraiser will showcase up to 20 local vendors and includes a silent auction. To add to the fun theme, there will also be feature card readers, astrologers and massages available to all of the guests that attend. Where do I sign up? Call Laura Stearn at (760) 4193259 to reserve your tickets today.
replaced with a 35,000-squarefoot Whole Foods Market. Flower Hill Drive will be realigned to improve traffic movement on San Andres Drive. According to the draft EIR, the project will most likely make traffic worse on nearby streets, including Via de la Valle. Flower Hill Promenade was built in the 1970s. When Protea Properties bought the site in 2002, everyone agreed it needed rejuvenation. In response to community input, redevelopment plans have been scaled back twice since they were first introduced in 2005. An opposition group, Citizens Against Flower Hill’s Excessive Expansion, said
despite the changes, the proposed project is still too big for the area. Solana Beach City Council members seem to agree. “There are some very serious omissions in this document,” Councilwoman Lesa Heebner said before she and her colleagues authorized submission of the letter to the city of San Diego. In addition, council agreed with Heebner’s recommendation to also send the letter to County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, San Diego City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner, the California Coastal Commission, the Torrey Pines Planning Group and the Lomas Del Mar Homeowners Association.
the original founder of the Rotary Club. Margie Cole, the district governor, shared the story of how Paul and four of his friends started the Rotary Club in 1908 with only four members. To quote him, “Service above Self,” which is one of their famous mottos. And, if you are wondering where this money goes, it is distributed all over the world to the less fortunate that need our help. Congratulations Rancho Santa Fe Rotary for achieving such a distinguished honor. I have included a photo from that day. On April 13, I received some exciting news from Laura Koring, marketing manager for Delicias Save the date If you have a fun event you would like Restaurant. Men, don’t miss Have a Heart fundraiser Machel Penn Shull to cover, contact out on this event. If you coming up from 6 to 10:30 her at mpenn@coastnewsgroup.com.
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fairgrounds expansion and Interstate 5 widening projects are completed. Ultimately, the report “failed to study, evaluate and provide feasible mitigation measures to reduce the adverse impacts to the city,” the staff report states. Plans call to add about 61,000 square feet of commercial space to the existing 112,116-square-foot facility.The end project will include 8,754 square feet of retail space, nearly 29,000 square feet of office space and a 397-space multilevel parking garage. The 14,000-square-foot movie theater will be demolished and
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Exceptional gentle dental care for you and your family • Cosmetic Dentistry • Emphasis on Prevention • Specializing in Crown & Bridge Work • Periodontics • Root Canal Therapy • One Hour Relines • 24 Hour Services Most Insurance Companies Welcome • Se Habla Español
Edward B. Coffey D.D.S., M.S. 1445 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas
760.942.7272
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Beading Class With this coupon. Call to rerserve your space
NEW PATIENT SPECIAL
59
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Reg. $221
Includes: Cleaning • Polishing • Exam • Consultation • Bitewing X-rays • Check for Gum Disease
TEETH BLEACHING
99
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Per Arch Reg. $375
With coupon. Offers expire 5-17-10
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