The Coast News, Sept. 7, 2012

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THE COAST NEWS

MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

VOL. 26, NO. 34

FINDING FAITHS Solana Beach author and psychologist Dr. Ed Siegel pens new book on the ties that bind all faiths. B1

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SEPT. 7, 2012

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THISWEEK

Arts & Entertainment . . A10 Camp Pendleton News . . B9 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B23 Coastal Cosmos . . . . . . A16 Comics & Puzzles . . . . . B22 Food & Wine . . . . . . . . . . A8 Hit the Road . . . . . . . . . A6 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . A19 Local Roots . . . . . . . . . B11 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . B8 Odd Files . . . . . . . . . . . . B3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Small Talk . . . . . . . . . . . B1 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . A17 Who’s News? . . . . . . . . . B8

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POWERING THROUGH IT With the Labor Day weekend unofficially signaling the end to summer, North County beaches were flittering with activity. The beaches saw larger than normal surf, resulting from a series of storms in the South Pacific and also from Tropical Storm Ileana. Average wave size in the northern part of the county was six to nine feet with a few bigger sets on occasion. Above: Carlsbad resident and professional surfer Taylor Knox shows that power surfing still has a place in the lineup. Photo by Bill Reilly

Best and worst of architecture highlighted By Jared Whitlock

COAST CITIES — Orchids for designs that inspire; onions for flawed and unsightly creations. That’s the idea behind Orchids & Onions, an annual contest weighing in on public art and architecture in San Diego. In the quest to find the good, bad and ugly, last month San Diegans submitted online nominations, and there were no shortage of North County projects in categories like landscape architecture, historic preservation and sustainable design. A jury will soon vote on the Orchids & Onions, and an award ceremony will be held Oct. 11. Until then, locals can browse and comment on 145 nominations on the Orchids & Onions website. And beginning in more than a week, the public is encouraged to vote on the people’s choice categoTURN TO ARCHITECTURE ON A27

The Fletcher Cove Community Center in Solana Beach earns an orchid nomination for its design. Courtesy photo

ENCINITAS — The City Council is moving forward to create a policy that addresses the flaws in the way permits are approved for banners to hang on the city’s light posts. Under threat of litigation, the City Council voted 4-1 in April to permit organizers of the Arts Alive program to submit a new application that would allow for the image of late Councilwoman Maggie Houlihan to be unmasked from the back of the 101 banners currently hanging from city light posts. Organizers had sought to have the banners created by local artists, a decades-old tradition, display a likeness of Houlihan on the back only to be denied during the permitting process. As a result the Arts Alive program put vinyl stickers to cover the image. In letters to the council from the Coast Law Group and the ACLU, attorneys argued that the decision amounts to “viewpoint” decision-making and is a violation of the first amendment. Both letters cited numerous legal precedence. The city code referenced in the decision to cover the image reads, “Said banners are for civic and non-profit, city wide recognized special events.” Vina has said in the meeting that the image of a political figure would not fit within that language. The City Council voted on Aug. 22 to create a subcommittee to revise the rules regarding the use of the poles and appointed Council members James Bond and Mark Muir to the panel. The newly created council subcommittee met for the first time on Sept. 5 to discuss the issues surrounding the TURN TO PANEL ON A20


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