The Coast News, October 5, 2018

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Beacon’s reopens after shark attack

By Coast News Staff

ENCINITAS — Beacon’s Beach reopened to the public on Monday, Oct. 1, just 48 hours after a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shark attack at the scenic northern San Diego County surf break. With no reported shark sightings in the area following the weekend attack, the city decided to allow the public back onto the stretch of Encinitas Keane Hayes shoreline. Lifeguards and police will continue running extra precautionary patrols at the beach off Neptune Avenue by ground and air throughout the week, according to city officials. Keane Hayes of Encinitas was mauled by a shark of undetermined type about 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 while lobster diving on the first day of this year’s season for legally harvesting the crustaceans.

Witness Chad Hammel told reporters he had been with a group of friends when he heard the boy screaming. “His whole clavicle was ripped open,” Hammel said. “We told him he’s going to be OK, he’s going to be all right — we got help. I yelled at everyone to get out of the water.” Four beachgoers, including a kayaker, helped the injured boy get to shore and provided first-aid prior to the arrival of an ambulance. Physician Tim Fairbanks, chief of pediatric and trauma surgery at Children’s Hospital, said the teen “did well in the operating room” while undergoing surgery for a “very large injury.” Gregg Ferry, who has surfed at Beacon’s for 10 years, said he felt sorry for the boy “I feel bad for the kid, but it happens, it’s part of the sport,” said Ferry, who said he had been bitten twice by sharks. “You go out there, you take a risk and TURN TO SHARK ATTACK ON A3

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Leucadia ‘owner’ drops cease and desist orders after community uproar By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — Fewer communities across the country have a stronger attachment to their name than the residents in the northwest quadrant of town have to the name of their community — Leucadia. For years, locals have proudly worn shirts and waved banners that read “Keep Leucadia Funky,”

an effort to keep the laidback, surf town vibe with which Leucadia is synonymous. So, when a company sent letters to several shops and groups in town — one of which pioneered the “Keep Leucadia Funky” T-shirt — saying that it alone had the rights to the name “Leucadia,” the town erupted. “Leucadia has always

been a crazy town and people get riled up about stuff, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” said JP St. Pierre, a longtime Leucadian who owns Surfy Surfy surfboard shop in town. “People were coming in bright red with steam coming out of their ears.” The company behind the cease-and-desist letters, Flashbuz, registered

the town’s name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2016 for a clothing line branded Leucadia. A brand counsel and manager with the company issued a statement Oct. 2, calling the cease and desist letters “a simple mistake with a swift correction,” and said that they have all been rescinded. But the community is

not letting it go, as they see the very act of trademarking the town’s name as unacceptable. A group of residents, including St. Pierre, is rallying to have the trademark revoked. The saga started in mid-September, when Ryan Shatto, owner of Shatto and Sons Custom T-Shirts, received a letter from the company telling them to cease and desist

use of Leucadia on its merchandise. Ryan’s father Jim started making the Leucadia T shirts in 1975, including the iconic “Keep Leucadia Funky” shirt with the silhouette of a Volkswagen bus with surfboards on top. Ryan said that he soon learned that Shatto and TURN TO LEUCADIA ON A15

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