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VOL. 25, NO. 36
SEPT. 16, 2011
General plan draft draws criticism
THISWEEK WIN ONE, LOSE TWO
By Wehtahnah Tucker
The Chargers start on the right path towards a championship, but injuries may place a fork in that road. A8
GREEK FEST
Cardiff festival gives patrons the chance to go Greek for the day. B8
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Hoedown funds horse therapy, preschool programs By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — The 7th annual Western Hoedown brought together horses, cowboys and country fun to raise money for Ivey Ranch equestrian therapy programs and preschool programs Sept. 10. Riding demonstrations, a VIP dinner, a fundraising raffle and a kids game area all shared a Western theme. Kids enjoyed horse drawn wagon rides, a game of horseshoes, face painting, arts and crafts, and feeding carrots to horses. “The main goal is to raise money for our programs and amp up our equestrian programs,” said Kelsey Scrupps, program coordina-
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Equestrian therapy programs at the ranch help 200 disabled youth and military veterans a week. Monies raised last year helped fund a new multipurpose room that will be used to train and certify therapy instructors. This new addition to Ivey Ranch enables it to become an accredited center. The previous year funds went towards building a new barn that provides space for additional horses. Four large horses were acquired to use in the Horses for Heroes vetON THE FENCE 6789( :;<=0( >8?@A7:B( *CCA;( D8?9EC0( #E9EC=FE erans program. G8>HAC@0(*CCE(D;>F=8:I0(GJC=;7(/8C78K0(/FE7:8==;(L;BB;(ECI(+EM7A;:E All horses are donated .ENE778(N8:JC=;;7(AC(=F;(-N;K("EC>F(;OJ;B=7AEC(=F;7EPK(P78@7E9B'($F; <JCI7EAB;7(F;:P;I(;<<87=B(=8(>8CB=7J>=(E(C;?(9J:=APJ7P8B;(78890(?FA>F ?A::(F;:P(=7EAC(ECI(>;7=A<K(C;?(=F;7EPK(ACB=7J>=87B'
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WE LOVE MAGGIE! If you live in Encinitas, or within North County at all, you know Maggie Houlihan. There’s a good chance you have spoken with her but no doubt you have seen that bright, redhaired dynamo somewhere getting things done. Maggie has been larger than life from the time she settled in Encinitas four decades ago. She retired from UCSD after 27 years, raised her family here, and was never shy about
stating firmly “I absolutely love my city.” Winning by a landslide that began as a grassroots campaign, her 12 years on City Council made that abundantly clear - and she has never stopped serving. Even bedridden by the cancer that is taking her from us, she rallied to take a stand on the issues that matter to us all. Our beloved Maggie may not live to see this tribute, but she knows this city reveres her
Special thanks to the Gaylord Hansen Metlife Team for donating this spot for Maggie. Their ad is on page A11.
and that she felt the same. Her life was important. She made a real difference. She fought the good fight. She is part of history and without her presence, there will be an irreparable tear in the fabric of our lives.
Maggie, I love you too. Jim Kydd, Publisher - The Coast News
ENCINITAS — The vision of the city’s five distinct communities was released in draft form and delivered to the City Council Sept. 14, but over a dozen speakers expressed dissatisfaction with the contents of the massive document. Earlier in the week, Mike Andreen, executive director of the New Encinitas Network, sent out an e-mail blast to approximately 1,800 recipients, railing against the draft plan, calling it “flawed.” Specifically, Andreen criticized the possible changes in land use along Encinitas Boulevard and the El Camino Real corridor. In a November 2010 public workshop, the planning department, along with consultants from MIG, Inc. explored the idea of increasing residential and mixed-use into those and other areas around the city. Andreen asserted that changes in the commercial zoning had not been “professionally vetted by actual business people, as to its potentially significant financial and cultural impacts on New Encinitas and the annual income stream for the city of Encinitas annually. “As we all know, traffic in the New Encinitas areas is already a challenge and further degradation of services as the potential and additional 2,200 homes will only make it more difficult for customers to reach/visit the shopping centers, businesses or services that currently generate an enormous amount of sales tax revenue that literally underwrites our local government,” he stated in his e-mail. Beginning in January 2010, a general plan advisory committee, along with city TURN TO DRAFT RELEASE ON A17