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Mayor to retire, endorses successor
Highland Games bigger than ever
By Gideon Marcus
June 23. Lanspery added that the situation was originally expected to be worse, but Metropolitan Water District, SDCWA’s primary water supplier, only reduced their supply this year by 13 percent instead of the projected 20 percent. This still leaves a big water
VISTA — Longtime city servant Mayor MorrisVance announced June 17 that he would not run for a third term and endorsed three-term City Councilwoman Judy Ritter in the mayor’s race scheduled for next year. “With the amount of time I’ve been with the city,I think it’s about time someone else be given the opportunity to not only serve the city but take it to the next level,” Vance said before a small audience in front of Vista’s soonto-be-demolished old City Hall. Vance has been affiliated with the city for 25 years, first as city manager and then for two terms as mayor after the death of former city executive Gloria McClellan. He touted the accomplishments the city made during his tenure, including a new Civic Center, amphitheater, two fire stations and the successful downtown expansion anchored by the Krikorian Cinemas. The mayor then praised Ritter for her part in these accomplishments as well as her integrity and community rapport. He also conveyed Mayor Pro Tempore Robert Campbell’s endorsement. Campbell was on the East Coast at the time. Vance said he would be an active partner in Ritter’s campaign, assisting in fundraising and community outreach. “I think she’ll do a very good job if she’s elected, and I’m very, very confident that she’ll be elected,”Vance said. A realtor and business owner, Ritter said her experience in the private sector keeping and balancing budgets would translate directly into the public sector. She emphasized her experience in dealing with hard economic times. “As a business person, I’ve been through recessions and laying off people and making those cuts that are tough to make,” Ritter said. She stressed the importance of communications with the city’s residents, ensuring that they are always kept abreast of the nature and justification of service cuts. Ritter said public safety was her top priority and that she would work to maintain and enhance fire and police service. She also pledged her support of redevelopment downtown and along blighted South Santa Fe. Ritter said those improvements would increase city income
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THE VIKINGS OF SUMMER Vista’s Norway Hall celebrated the summer solstice with some very old-fashioned traditional Norwegian 10 activities
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VISTA — Nearly 15,000 Scots and admirers of Scotland from far and wide crowded Brengle Terrace Park to the skirl of a hundred pipers for the 36th annual San Diego Highland Games the weekend of June 27 and June 28. Each year brings a consistent suite of entertainment. The mass band of pipers and drummers paraded around the main field led by the Colour Guard of the 42nd Blackwatch Highland Regiment. Graceful dancers showed off the steps of Scotland. Clever sheepdogs competed in the ancient art of sheep herding. A missing attraction was the Friday night concert at the nearby Moonlight Amphitheater that traditionally precedes the games. Renovation had just been completed on the theater, and the concert was pre-empted by Moonlight's preopening gala on Saturday night. Games Publicity Officer Lori Butler lamented the situation, saying that the concert was usually a big draw as well as a money-maker for the city. On the other hand, for the first time, Pendleton Marines faced off against a group of burly Scots in a tug of war contest. In a huge upset for the home team, the Marines won the Saturday afternoon contest. The Highland Games will HEAVE! Vista’s Elizabeth Fairhorc lofts a small sheaf of hay during the 36th annual San Diego Scottish Highland Games at Brengle Terrace Park on June 27. return to Vista next year, and there Photo by Gideon Marcus will surely be a rematch.
Water shortfall forces area to conserve By Gideon Marcus
SAN MARCOS — A thirsty San Marcos is about to feel the pinch. Drought-watch measures approved by the San Diego County Water Authority, or SDCWA, in April went into effect July 1, restricting the water supply by 8 percent and increasing prices. Client water agencies, including Vallecitos Water District, have instituted a
number of mandatory conservation measures and are also raising rates. Severe drought conditions on the Colorado River, low levels in local reservoirs and a freeze on pumping in Northern California to save an endangered species of smelt fish all factored into SDCWA’s decision, SDCWA Deputy Chairman Paul Lanspery said in a presentation before City Council on
Former coach sentenced to prison for sex with players By Randy Kalp
VISTA — A San Diego Superior Court judge sentenced a former North County volleyball coach to prison June 15 in connection with having unlawful sexual relationships with three of his former players.
Judge Timothy Casserly sentenced Steven Antony to two years in prison in accordance with his plea agreement. Antony, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of committing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old with the allegation that Antony was 10 years
older than the victims, as well as three counts of engaging in sexual intercourse with a person under 18 and who was at least three years younger than the defendant — all felonies. Under his plea agreement, which he took in May three days before his
trial was scheduled to begin, Antony could have received nearly six years in prison; however, Casserly chose to run the charges concurrent with a mid-term sentence. Prior to his plea, Antony faced more than a dozen TURN TO COACH ON 11
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VISTA / SAN MARCOS NEWS
Treasures to be found between the coasts
I’m as guilty as the next East/West Coaster when it comes to dismissing The Big Flyover — that middle section of our country where supposedly there is nothing worth seeing or doing. But on a recent visit to northeastern Ohio, I was once again (happily) proved to be oh-so-wrong. We flew into Canton/Akron airport and stayed outside of Warren, a semi-rural area where the recession and unemployment has hit hard. The jobless rate in this corner of the state runs between 7 percent and a staggering 17 percent.You can see evidence of this in the many abandoned homes and shuttered businesses in and HORSING AROUND Visitors like to stop for a picture with the giant wood sculpture of a typical Amish horse-and-buggy, commonly seen on the around the city of roads in northeast Ohio. Photo by E’Louise Ondash Youngstown, a former shell of itself. Once a thriving steel manufacturing base, the city has resigned to being smaller, and the citizens are trying to replace the dilapidated houses with small parks and open spaces. There also are still some beautiful tree-lined streets on the south side that continue to be showplaces — stately brick mansions with proudly maintained landscaping and blossoming trees. Locals will tell you that “young people” from this area go away to college and don’t return, mostly because there’s nothing to hold them. However, drive a half-hour in any direction and you’ll dis-
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cover some of the most picturesque farm country anywhere — scenery that resembles a movie set, or maybe a picture postcard from the 1950s. I expected to see Norman Rockwell characters emerge from the doorways of the meticulously kept homes, with their manicured lawns and gardens, surrounded by lush-and-leafy hardwood trees that don’t exist west of the Rockies. Early summer is especially beautiful in northeast Ohio. The spring flowers still thrive and a few trees still display white and pink blossoms. The temperatures remain in the comfortable range and the mosquitoes haven’t yet mustered full forces. We were invited to drive north toward Lake Erie late one afternoon and visit one of the many wineries that appear to be thriving despite hard times. The drive up state route 534 through villages with amusing and intriguing names (Mesopotamia and nearby Delightful are my TURN TO HIT THE ROAD ON 19
Quarantined students return home from China By Jeannie Sprague-Bentley
CARLSBAD — The local students who were stuck in China after an endof-year educational trip are now home. Twenty-nine students and teachers returned home June 20; however, the five students and one teacher who tested positive for the swine flu virus stayed behind while recovering in a hospital in China. Those students returned home a few days later. The students from Pacific Ridge School, a private school located in the Bressi Ranch area, left for China on the school’s annual 13-day trip and were due home June 15. However, just days into the trip some of the students on a side trip to
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Three Gorges Dam aboard a river cruise began to feel ill. The students who tested positive for the H1N1 virus reported being well taken care of in a Yichang hospital where they were quarantined. The students were able to talk on their cell phones to friends and family from their individual hospital rooms. The remaining students who were exposed to the virus were isolated from one another for a week in the hotel and were given computers and phones to communicate until they were retested to make sure they never contracted the virus. School officials and students said they learned a lot on the trip and that the experience will not make them change plans for another trip to China next year.
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JULY 3, 2009
Civil suits still await in road-rage cop case
by CHUCK SHEPHERD
Lead story A 48-year-old immigrant from Malta regularly hangs out in various New York City bars, but always on the floor, so that he can enjoy his particular passion of being stepped on. “Georgio T.” told The New York Times in June that he has delighted in being stepped on since he was a kid. While one playmate “wanted to be the doctor, (another) wanted to be the carpenter ... I would want to be the carpet.” Nowadays, he carries a custom-made rug he can affix to his back (and a sign, Step on Carpet) and may lie face-down for several hours if the bar is busy. He is also a regular at “high foot-traffic” fetish parties, where dozens of stompers (especially women in stilettos) can satisfy their own urges while gratifying Georgio.
Compelling Explanations — Steven Gilmore Jr., 21, was arrested in Gainesville, Fla., after an aborted convenience store robbery in which he shot a clerk with a BB gun. Police said Gilmore confessed to the crime, explaining that he is an aspiring rap singer and felt he needed to commit a violent crime to gain “street cred” as a thug. — Marcella Rivera said the last she heard was that her soldier-husband, William Rivera, would try to reconcile with her and their five children when he got back from Iraq, but then her mother saw a TV program on returning soldiers that showed William being married to another woman. Marcella pressed a bigamy charge in Independence, Mo., but prosecutors dropped it in May after William convinced them that “post-traumatic stress disorder” suffered in Iraq had made him forget that he was married.
Ironies — Evils of Renewable Energy: (1) Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick calls the Evergreen Solar Panel manufacturing plant in the town of Devens “the leading edge of our clean energy economy,” but neighbors continue to complain vociferously about the dizzying, 24-houra-day noise. According to a June Boston Herald story, farmers report that their horses are developing ulcers and that other animals are behaving strangely. (2) Four hundred goats have mysteriously died since the installation of eight noisy, 24-hour-aday wind turbines in the Penghu region in Taiwan, according to a Council of Agriculture official cited in a May Reuters report. — Sexual Confusion: (1) Researchers from the University of British Columbia nursing school reported in December that TURN TO ODD FILES ON 8
WILD TIME Tamara Green from Carlsbad-based Wild Wonders recently visited the kindergarten and firstgrade classes at Faith Lutheran School in Vista. Wild Wonders is a wildlife education organization that travels throughout the United States providing exotic animals for school programs and exhibits. Pictured from left holding Brownie the Boa are firstgraders Cozzette Beasley, Colby Howard, and kindergarteners Jonas Gilbert, Logan Allee. Courtesy photo
By Randy Kalp
Man found guilty of toddler torture, murder By Randy Kalp
ESCONDIDO — A North County jury convicted a young man June 30 of charges relating to the torture and death of his girlfriend’s toddler son, which will now send the case into a death penalty phase. Jose Maurice Castaneda, 24, was found guilty of murdering 2-yearold Cesar Razo in the firstdegree with the special circumstance allegation that the boy’s death was the result of torture. Because the jury found true the special circumstance, Castaneda’s case will now enter the penalty phase, which will task the jury with determining if Castaneda should be executed. Castaneda, of Guatemala, and the boy’s
mother, Maria Razo, 27, took an unconscious Cesar Razo to the Palomar Medical Center around 4:40 p.m. June 25, 2005, telling the staff the toddler fell from a playground swing set. Doctors pronounced Cesar Razo dead a short time later. An examination of Cesar Razo found approximately 354 external marks on the boy’s body, including his genitals. Additionally, he lost a cup of blood, his bowel was lacerated and he suffered from internal bleeding. According to the autopsy report, Cesar Razo died of a blow to his abdomen and the back of his head. The boy’s sister, who was 5 at the time, testified Castaneda beat, punched and slammed her brother against a bedroom wall during an approximately 30-
minute attack because Cesar Razo wouldn’t stop crying. In addition to the charges stemming from Cesar Razo’s death, Castaneda was also charged with felony child abuse and torture. The jury acquitted Castaneda of torturing Cesar Razo’s sister; however, they found him guilty of a lesser include charge of misdemeanor child abuse. Additionally, Castaneda was convicted of a single felony count each of assaulting a child under the age of 8 that resulted in death, torture, child abuse with the allegation of great bodily injury — all related to Cesar Razo. As Deputy District Attorney Lucy Weismantel started her closing argument around 1:50 p.m. June
25, she made sure to remind the panel that it was four years ago to the day of Cesar Razo’s tragic death. The prosecutor said Castaneda suffered from dual personalities. On one hand he was a friend, father and all around nice person and on the other he was a lying, sadistic murderer. “When things don’t go his way he turns to evil,” Weismantel said. To prove Castaneda inflicted torture on the young boy, Weismantel highlighted evidence like testimony that Castaneda made Cesar Razo sleep in the family’s bedroom closet, three home videos, one of which shows the defendant documenting the toddler’s injuries, and his “torture TURN TO TORTURE ON 14
School district budget saved by federal funds By Gideon Marcus
VISTA — Just two weeks earlier, on June 10, trustees on the Vista Unified School District board of directors considered sweeping manpower and salary cuts to close a $9.7 million gap in the 20092010 budget. Thanks to an 11th hour infusion of federal funds, the board was able to unanimously approve a balanced budget June 25, which avoided service or personnel cuts. “We’re very pleased,” Superintendent Joyce Bales said. The district had already sliced $11.8 million from the budget in February and March meetings. This left virtually no discretionary funds for the further cuts mandated under Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s revised state budget put forward in May. Luckily for the district, one-time federal aid was far higher than expected — $11,894,715 in State Fiscal Stabilization funds and IDEA Special Education funds. The district will have to institute a series of assessments to make sure it uses the monies according to federal and state guidelines, but Deputy Superintendent Sandy Genewicz said the district will not have to alter its methods or quality of service. Genewicz said that other states with less distressed finances are using the federal stimulus funds to launch new programs rather than plugging budget holes. “Perhaps in other states
this would be a real boon,” she said. “For us it was a matter of just plain survival.” Board President Carol Herrera expressed concern that the sudden budget reprieve made the board lose credibility with the public, creating the perception that they were crying “wolf” when it there was, in fact, money to be had all along. Donna Caperton, the district’s chief business officer, said that information on funding was put out to the board and public as quickly as she received it. She had not known how much the government would be providing until June 12. Caperton also stressed that the federal stimulus money only constituted a oneyear respite for the district. She described the 2010-2011
budget deficit as horrid, anticipated to be $12.5 million. The cuts anticipated for this year will have to be revisited before the first interim budget report is written at the end of October. “We’re going to have to either negotiate with our union, maybe increase class sizes a bit more, maybe we take an across the board pay cut, maybe we cut days,” Caperton said. “I think the next round of cuts will truly have to be some human resource cuts,” Genewicz said. “We’ve done everything else.” The Vista Unified School District Budget Advisory Committee meets July 7 to discuss next year’s budget. More information can be found at www.vusd.k12.ca.us.
Chamber of Commerce installs new board VISTA — The Vista Chamber of Commerce recently installed the 2009-2010 version of their board of directors and rewarded chamber volunteers for their service to the community. Steve Harrington, the chambers 2008-2009 chairman of the board, awarded the Chairman’s Award to Jonathon Cuyno for his work on the annual Vista Chamber
Business Expo. Under Cuyno’s leadership, the expo has become the regions largest event of its kind. In recognizing Harrington’s service, Mayor Morris Vance spoke to the chamber’s success in remaining stable during the economic downturn. During his year as chairman, Harrington oversaw the creation of strategic partnerships between the chamber
and other organizations, such as the California Center for Sustainable Energy and the San Diego World Trade Center. Harrington also created the Vista Magazine. Paula Waring was recognized as Rookie of the Year for the value she brought to the chamber membership. Bret Schanzenbach and Kam Shelhoup were released from their service as board
members and Brad Peterson and Kathy MacDougal were installed as new additions to the board. Cliff Kaiser was also installed as chairman. In his remarks, Kaiser pointed to an expanded regional presence for the Vista Chamber, including the creation of more strategic alliances with other organizations, including MexPort and the Irvine Chamber of Commerce.
OCEANSIDE — Officer Franklin White sat motionless, eyes closed, as the Superior Court clerk announced he was acquitted in the off-duty shooting of a mother and her young son. Despite the acquittal, White’s ongoing saga with the justice system is far from over; however, this time around he has company. The 29-year-old San Diego Police officer,as well as Chief William Lansdowne, the San Diego Police Department and the city of San Diego have been named in lawsuits filed last year in Federal Court by Rachel Silva and her son, Johnny, relating to the March 15, 2008, road-rage shooting incident. In part, the suits allege that the incident could have been avoided if not for a lack of administrative policies relating to the training, supervision and monitoring by the San Diego Police Department. In addition to unspecified monetary damages, the suit also seeks policy changes for law enforcement personnel of the San Diego Police Department. Johnny Silva’s suit was filed by his father, Luis Silva. He was 8 years old at the time of the shooting. White, who was off-duty in plain clothes, fired five .38caliber rounds at Rachel Silva’s vehicle after she recklessly pursued he and his wife, Jacquellyn, through the Lowe’s store parking lot in the 100 block of Old Grove Road in Oceanside. At the trial, both White and his wife testified that they feared for their lives as Rachel Silva revved her engine, squealed her tires and reversed her vehicle into their Mercury Milan, which caused minor superficial damage to both vehicles. Rachel Silva was shot twice in her arm, while Johnny, was shot once in his leg near his knee by White who unloaded his revolver firearm through his closed driver side window. A jury acquitted White on June 22 of one felony count of discharging a firearm in a gross negligent manner with two allegations of great bodily injury and exhibiting his firearm, a misdemeanor. Attorney Michael Pancer, who’s representing Rachel Silva in her civil case, said despite the acquittal in the criminal matter, his civil case will still go forward. “This decision doesn’t end the civil case because the standard of proof is different,” Pancer said. In a civil case, the standard is met if the claim is more likely true than not true, as opposed to a criminal case, in which the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. White and his TURN TO ROAD-RAGE ON 19
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OPINION&EDITORIAL
VISTA / SAN MARCOS NEWS JULY 3, 2009
Drought: a good enough reason to build the desal plant “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting over,” — Mark Twain July 1 marked the “official” beginning of mandatory water restrictions throughout most of San Diego County. While this may appear to be insignificant news, I believe it symbolizes a certain milestone. Essentially what a water restriction represents is the acknowledgement of drought conditions, and a concerted effort between water districts and their customers. This seems to be a positive step in the right direction, but really the battle has only just begun. Imported water and drought have forever been two tricky issues, particularly in the west, where a burning question remains. Do we truly retain all rights to water that must be channeled and pumped hundreds of miles to meet our demands? We’re now faced with a myriad of equally controversial alternatives; the “toilet to tap” solution perhaps being one of the most divisive substitutions. Water rate increases could be a potentially effective response to drought. Dry times call for desperate measures, and one way to tell a man to stop hosing down his driveway is by hitting his wallet. In San Diego, I am of the strong opinion that the desalination plant must become a reality. Our top priority at this time is water and where to find it. As expected, the Surfrider Foundation opposes the desal plant for its own reasons, essentially slowing the building process to a halt. What irritates me the most about Surfrider’s stance is their disregard for the Colorado River.Are they not aware of the environmental degradation caused by damming and diverting one of the most important waterways in the west? I too am concerned with how the Agua Hedionda Lagoon will be affected by the desal plant, but it’s borderline insane to think we should con-
ERIC MURTAUGH Outside Perspective tinue relying on exported water to survive. Believe it or not, San Diego actually has 11 water cops on its payroll. The problem with this seemingly benign concept is that most folks don’t want to be told how they can and can’t use their water. Water cops are a means to enforce cooperation and compliance, but house calls and gentle reminders hanging from doorknobs will only infuriate their customers. Some are even comparing the program to “Big Brother.” Not surprisingly, cities such as San Diego are receiving a deluge of mostly anonymous voicemails from tattletale neighbors. Instead of convening in town hall settings to discuss drought solutions, people are having law enforcement intervene. This creates a hostile environment and solves very little. For all this water restriction talk, cities around the county sure are doing a terrible job setting the standard. How are we supposed to react when new meters are installed, or large fountains run all day, or city-owned golf courses are excessively irrigated? A few climate experts are predicting a wet, El Nino winter. It’s too early to rejoice in this prediction, but the good news could be the recharging of aquifers and a heavier snow pack. Otherwise, as Mark Twain so deftly noted, water is for fighting over. A second Civil War is in our future if we don’t find an immediate solution to our drying environment. Eric Murtaugh is doing his part to fight this drought. E-mail him at emurtaugh@coastnewsgroup.com.
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They don’t feel your pain Gas prices not a problem Do you wonder why Sacto electeds aren’t making a big fuss over the skyrocketing price of petrol? It’s becuz they have no reason to whine. Almost all of them have gas credit cards in their wallet and the taxpayer is the payee. For the most part the electeds also tool around in fancy wheels paid almost entirely by taxpayers. The electeds choose the brands. L.A. Times reporter Pat McGreevy did an entertaining piece on April 16 in which he came up with some pretty interesting observations. In addition to gas cards and autos subsidized by taxpayers, insurance is included and it’s OK for family members to drive state-owned cars. And he cited a couple instances where a family member was involved in a wreck. Who paid for repairs? Guess. Unanswered questioned: In the event of a lawsuit, who is the defendant? Local Solbeach Assemblyman Martin Garrick, Assemblyman Marty Block of the Harbor City and Sen. Mark Wyland of Escondido drive their own wheels.
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Booze ban Becuz of a small bunch of rowdies who couldn’t control themselves after they’ve consumed a coppla glasses of adult beverages, North County Transit District has decided to impose a no booze after 9 p.m. ban. Folks were complaining about the deportment of these people.
Postal dilemma
Recent 2 cent hike for first class postage helped but didn’t solve current deficit woes according to a high up postal official who sez the p.o. suffered a $2 billion loss for the second quarter that ended March 31. Also, to save overhead, the number of employees has been reduced from 800,000 to 636,000 workers it was reported. And noticeable is the reduction in the number of hours the service counter is open.
Higher fees
The Board of Supervisors has jacked up the clean air fee on vehicles from 2 bux to 4. Funds are earmarked for air pollution control. At least for now.
Pot dispensary moratorium
A temporary moratorium in O’side on marijuana peddled at special dispensaries has been extended for 10 months and 15 days to allow “for further study.” Prediction is the prohibition will become permanent. Marijuana is a no-no nationwide, but some states allow its sale at dispensaries when the user can show documentation its use is for health purposes. In California, voters approved the sale of the weed under these conditions in 1996. Reports are these conditions are by and large ignored.
Waring is back
James Waring, former Harbor City land-use chief, who quit under a cloud a coppla years ago, is back as an appointee to the San Diego TURN TO EYE ON THE COAST ON 15
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JULY 3
SPELLING BEE North Coast Repertory Theatre will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” July 3 through July 25, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. This is a two-time Tony Award winning musical, and will be directed by Rick Simas. Call (858) 481-2155 for details.
JULY 4 OOH, AHH The city of San Marcos will host its annual Fourth of July Celebration from 5 to 9 p.m. July 4, Bradley Park, corner of Linda Vista Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos. Entertainment includes the Sketch Band, followed by the country music of Southbound Jonny. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. Call (760) 744-9000 or visit www.san-marcos.net to learn more.
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The Oceanside Museum of Art will host a Free Family Art Day at 11 a.m. July 5, OMA, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. The event will feature discussions with Holocaust survivor Sol Berger and memorial tile painting. Call (760) 435-3720 or visit www.oma-online.org/ calendar.html to learn more. ROCK ON The city of Encinitas Parks and Recreation Department will present the fourteenth year of its Summer Sunday Concert Series from 3 to 5 p.m. July 5, Moonlight Beach, 200 B Street, Encinitas. Call (760) 633-2740 or visit www. EncinitasRecReg.com for details.
JULY 6 CAMP TECH The city of San Marcos will offer two summer camp programs, Video Game Design and Web Design, for children aged 8 to 14 from July 6 to July 10, San Marcos Community Center, 3 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos. The Video Game Design class is offered from 9 a.m. to noon and the Web Design Class is offered from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Register by visiting www.san-marcos.net. For details, call (760) 744-9000. COMPUTER CLASS The city of Carlsbad Recreation Department will host The Computer Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon July 6, Carlsbad Senior Center, 799 Pine Ave., Carlsbad. The class is for adults ages 50 and over, and TURN TO CALENDAR ON 14
young local musician By Jeannie Sprague-Bentley
CARLSBAD — Although Luke Walton has always been busy, a flurry of activity has surrounded the local musician since he graduated early from La Costa Canyon High School in January. The mostly self-taught singer and songwriter,who also plays piano and guitar, has spent the last few months recording CDs of original music and performing around town, while documenting the climb of his musical career and posting the series of episodes on the Internet titled “Six Months to Make It.” “‘Six Months to Make it’ is my journey from being an amateur to becoming a professional musician,” Walton said. “It’s more of a business relationship with my music.” So far, he said, it has been
an interesting journey. In one of his earliest Webisodes, Walton applied to the new popular music program at USC. “Students and faculty worldwide have wanted a music program like this, so when USC announced this major, tons of musicians applied,”Walton said. And in a subsequent Webisode, Walton found out he was one of only 14 students accepted. It comes as no surprise to those who know him. Walton has always been well-known among his peers for his multiple musical talents, winning all but one year in the school’s battle of the bands competition, and winning this past year with his current band, Blue Suburbia. But these days he is gaining national notoriety and
hearing his songs played on the radio while making numerous guest appearances on local television and radio shows. Walton caught national attention when he rewrote and posted “Love Song” for country music sensation Taylor Swift on YouTube. “It all started off innocently enough, we were just having fun,” Walton said. “It just snowballed from there.” So far, it has received more than 60,000 hits. And with every hit,Walton said, the video is one step closer to the top in the search engine and one step closer to being seen by Swift. His hopes, he said, are for her to eventually see the video and contact him. But so far, it has been seen by just about TURN TO MUSICIAN ON 19
WE KNEW HIM WHEN ... Local musician Luke Walton, pictured here with his “biggest fan,” his sister Shayne, wearing a star with a “W” in the middle, pose for a photo after Walton’s performance at E Street Cafe on June 20. Walton has been gaining national notoriety for a video he posted on YouTube of his version of “Love Song” to country music star Taylor Swift. Photo by Jeannie Sprague-Bentley
Perjury case could mean prison for O’side officer By Randy Kalp
OCEANSIDE — A former California Highway Patrol officer and a middle-aged woman will have to stand trial on charges relating to the prosecutor’s allegation that a sexual favor was traded for the dismissal of a traffic infraction, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled June 24 in a Vista courtroom. Abram Anthony Carabajal, a retired Oceanside CHP officer, is charged with one felony count each of perjury, receipt of a bribe and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Shirin Zarrindej, of Encino, is charged with subordination of perjury, bribery of a witness and conspiracy to obstruct justice — all felonies. Both defendants face up to five years, four months in prison, if convicted. Judge Runston Maino set a July 9 arraignment hearing for the defendants, at which time their trial date may be set. Prosecutors allege the two defendants went to Vista Traffic Court on July 1, 2008, for a ticket Carabajal, 52, issued to Zarrindej, 48, that March. Once in front of the judge, and after both defendants had been sworn in, Carabajal asked for the case to be dismissed citing that he never received a subpoena.
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Sgt. Tom Greenstone, of Greenstone said the two they spoke for a few seconds in the California Highway Patrol, defendants arrived at the the parking lot and then left for testified he set up an undercov- courthouse separately. TURN TO PERJURY ON 19 er operation with three other Following the hearing, he said officers to investigate Carabajal’s actions that day, in part because of past complaints dating back to 2006 of the officer giving out his personal work number to female motorists that he cited.
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CRIME LOG Compiled by Randy Kalp The following information was gathered from law enforcement’s most available records for the week of June 23, 2009 to June 30, 2009
MOST WANTED Gregorio Flores-Albarran and people outside a local bar. Four of his brother, Rodolfo Floresthe victims died as a result of their Albarran, are wanted for their gunshot wounds. alleged involvement in a quadruOn Aug. 22, 2003, state arrest ple murder in Clewiston, Fla, warrants were issued after approximately 60 miles west of Gregorio and Rodolfo FloresWest Palm Beach. Albarran was Albarran were charged with murborn May 29, 1967, in Guerrero, der. The Flores-Albarran brothers GREGORIA Mexico. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall were subsequently charged with FLORESand weighs 180 pounds. He has unlawful flight to avoid prosecution ALBARRAN black hair and brown eyes. and federal arrest warrants were Albarran usually wears a mustache, and issued by the United States District Court. has ties to Georgia, Florida and Mexico. If you have any information concernOn Aug. 16, 2003, Gregorio and ing this man, contact the nearest FBI offiRodolfo Flores-Albarran allegedly shot five cer or American Embassy.
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Will Michael Jackson be remembered more for his music or personal life?
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Sunny days and no-kitchen nights Hey. It’s summer. Get the heck out of the kitchen. You’re making me look bad. I maintain it is the time for fast food with a clear conscience. I like to rationalize it this way. I could be on an expensive vacation somewhere, spending oodles of money. But since I am still home, dealing with all the cares of home, then I will take my own sort of mini-vacation — from the kitchen. Well, you could argue that I have more time to cook, but I counter that I have less inclination, if that is possible. Besides, I am out and about, at the beach, on the road. It’s time to live on made-to-order sandwiches, Mexican food and soda pop at least three times a week. In my further defense, I will say that during the school year, when life is regimented, I was known as the vitamin pill drill sergeant and the green vegetable queen. I never had any compunction about denying my children anything palatable unless they had choked down some zucchini or broccoli first. But when you do summer, do it with gusto and the main rule is that there are fewer rules. Breakfast, eaten by my champion sleepers at around 11 a.m., ranges from cold pizza to cold cereal. It is based on the well-known dietary laws of whatever is closest when they open the refrigerator. They used to graze until we hit the road, when they were always, suddenly ravenous. I love the idea of real drive-ins with those nifty window trays and big root beer floats. Most drivethroughs just aren’t the same and just to complicate things, my children no longer consume the real, down-and-dirty fast food. It has to be somewhat fresh, and not altogether packaged. That takes us into a new price range, but they have discovered some great spots. Still, I sometimes go by that funky hot dog hut with the killer chili dogs. They usually break down and manage to gobble down some chili fries, just to be polite. Occasionally, at some point in the summer hiatus, I am stricken with a wave of nostalgia and I will actually peel, boil, mix and bake the picnic fare that made my childhood summer’s memorable. For me it was homemade potato salad, barbecued chicken and chocolate cake with fudge icing. It will never taste as good as it did TURN TO SMALL TALK ON 22
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I think it’s the music. He’s gone now.There’s no more news.They’ll want to remember the best part of him.
I think Michael Jackson will be remembered mostly for his music as opposed to his little time span of deviant behavior because he was such an icon. His music went on for at least 20-plus years and that bad behavior was just for a little while, which I can’t say he was ever convicted of.
Definitely his music. Music lasts and it’s a legacy that everyone loves and it’s what we all listen to all the time. And the gossip and the little stories will fall by the wayside.
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I think ultimately his music is going to live on because it was so strong. I think his music set new boundaries so it will be impossible to look past his music in my mind. But at the same time I think that what he became as a person and his changes in appearance and anytime there’s talk of him molesting boys makes my stomach turn.
I think in the near future the easiest thing to do will be to judge the man, especially since his passing …in the end the music and the popularity of that will transcend anything he’s ever done.
Local nonprofit benefits from ‘The Call to Serve’ By Jeannie Sprague-Bentley
CARLSBAD — At first glance, it may seem unusual to see college-aged men sitting around a sewing circle of women cutting cloth and stuffing beds at an animal shelter on a summer day in Southern California. But that is exactly the perception the three young men visiting from Pittsburg are hoping to change. “People think we should be on the beach,” joked Andrew Blythe, one of the three men traveling across the United States, in a quest to help others. “But we have a real passion for community service.” “We’ve been traveling across America, volunteering since May,” said Adam Kunes, who along with Blythe, helped create the faith-based traveling service club they represented. “We wanted to create something for youth, put a spin on volunteerism and inspire them.” The new spin has been raising awareness, they said, along the way at each stop on their journey, as they lend a hand to a different charity in each new town. The Call to Serve, their not-for-profit organization (the status is still pending) started in Pittsburg, Pa., and has made stops in New York,
St. Louis, New Orleans, Houston and Phoenix. They reached the final leg off their cross country trek when they rolled into San Diego County in an older model recreational vehicle they purchased with donations from sponsors, such as their local Rotary Club. The three were all college students when they first met in 2007 as volunteers rebuilding homes in New Orleans that had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. “We’re now attempting to keep the service spirit alive and raise awareness about volunteerism,” Blythe said. “There are a variety of different service projects and different ways to volunteer.” And on the afternoon the three lent a hand to the project at the animal shelter, Joan Laisney said she couldn’t have been happier. The roomful of volunteers worked together to make beds at the San Diego County animal shelter in Carlsbad on June 19 for Laisney’s nonprofit Kennel Comforters Volunteers Project. Laisney said she created the nonprofit organization eight years ago, after she was inspired to help others by the
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and enjoys the fellowship of those who help. And on this particular day, the group of unlikely friends shared a common bond. “It really is about the animals,” Laisney said. “I am so impressed by the boys,
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lesbian and bisexual high school girls are seven times more likely to get pregnant than other girls. A leading hypothesis is that those girls may try to disguise their sexual identity by uninhibited heterosexual behavior. (2) Addressing a conference in Hobart, Australia, in May, professor Julie Quinlivan, dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s medical school, said that for disadvantaged teenage girls, becoming pregnant is a good thing,
teaching a sense of responsibility that may otherwise not develop. Such teen mothers were more likely to stop smoking, stay in school and find jobs. — Even though life and health insurance companies now routinely penalize smokers with higher premiums (or by refusing their business), the companies themselves own tobacco company stock worth at least $4.4 billion, according to a recent New England Journal of Medicine report. Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 400,000 Americans die
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VISTA — The official unveiling of the downtown Vista Free Wi-Fi service occurred July 1. The ceremony took place in front of the Krikorian Theaters.The Wi-Fi system, covering most of historic downtown Vista and the newer Vista Village development area, is the product of the combined effort of County Supervisor Bill Horn, the Vista Chamber of Commerce, the Vista Village Business Association and the city of Vista. The new system will provide Internet access at no cost to shoppers, diners and strollers in the downtown Vista area. “Downtown Vista is vibrant and active despite a slow economy,” said Paul O’Neal, Vista Chamber of Commerce CEO. “Pedestrian traffic has greatly increased with growing shopping, great restaurants and entertainment opportunities.” Janet Puckett, Vista Village Business Association executive TURN TO WI-FI ON 19
Local theater sponsors PSA
VISTA — UltraStar Cinemas recently sponsored a public service announcement produced by the California Smokers’ Helpline to show in all local theaters this summer. UltraStar Cinemas, headquartered in Vista, operates movie theaters throughout San Diego County and Southern California The California Smokers’ Helpline provides free counseling and education for smokers to quit. Smokers can call the Helpline at 1 (800) NOBUTTS to learn more.
Vista club installs new officers
VISTA — The Vista Friends and Newcomers recently installed new officers for the 2009-2010 year at the El Camino Country Club. Mary Dahlberg was installed as president; Janet Leary as vice president of Leo’s and Luncheon’s; Maureen Tutino as vice president of programs; Diane Granger vice president of membership; Carla Berhold as treasurer; Naomi Brownell as recording secretary; and Rosemary DuBail as correspondence secretary.
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We almost thought we were interviewing a member of the witness protection program. To begin with, La Paloma Owner Steve didn’t want us to use his last name. Then, he wouldn’t identify his cook by name. (“People would wonder if a dish was changed by a specific cook,” he insisted.) He said his background included being a very big corporation head. “A Fortune 500 corporation?” Letty asked. “Bigger than that,” Steve answered. But he wouldn’t say what. “Where did he learn his trade?” In his family’s restaurant, a place he had worked at age 12. But he wouldn’t tell us the name or place of the eatery. John and Letty decided he was the restaurateur who talked with us the longest, was most generous with his time,
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Vista celebrates Solstice Norwegian-style Youth By Gideon Marcus
VISTA — Spear throwing, a roaring bonfire and endless calls of “skaal” marked the revelry at Norway Hall’s Summer solstice event June 20. One hundred and forty guests, Norwegian in ancestry or just in spirit, came from all corners of the county to celebrate the longest day of the year. The solstice has been an integral part of Norwegian culture since prehistorical times. In pagan belief,
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because the evil spirits would come out and play havoc,” event organizer Robert Undheim said. “Witches would come out, the herbs grown on this day had special powers, it was thought.” Ancient Norwegians would light huge bonfires to ward off these supernatural horrors, he said. In time, Christianity came to Scandinavia and gave the holiday a makeover. “Sankt Hans” became “Jonsok,” the celebration of the birth of St. John the Baptist. The roaring bonfires became a show of
faith instead of a ward against spirits. The nature of the event has remained the same, however, all the way to the present. For Njaal Undheim, HEAVY METAL Daniel Raymor and Lou Ellen Raymor from Oceanside duke it out with rattan swords on the self- steel armor at Vista Norway Hall's Summer Solstice event June 19. Photo by Gideon Marcus
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proclaimed “old man” of Norway Hall, the night’s event faintly recalled the cozy, pleasant solstice feasts from back home in rural Undheim. “I remember when we were kids, on all the highest mountains or hills, we kept dragging up all the stuff that
could burn to have the biggest bonfire, bigger than our neighbors,” Njaal Undheim said. This year’s solstice was a joint production of the two organizations based out of Norway Hall: the local chapter of the Sons of Norway, a fraternal service group, and the Norwegian Fish Club Odin, a cultural heritage
group. Some came to the event to reconnect with friends and family from the old country. Others were drawn by the allure of simpler Viking times. “This is their annual solstice pillage event; later on we’re going to go up to the parking lot and turn all the TURN TO NORWEGIAN ON 19
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Tri-City Healthcare District awards $300,000 in community health grants OCEANSIDE — North County Health Services, YMCA Oz North Coast, the Women’s Resource Center, and Mama’s Kitchen were among the 19 North County nonprofits that were recently awarded grants by the Tri-City Healthcare District board of directors. As a result of the grant it received, Mama’s Kitchen will once again be home-delivering meals to North County residents with severe chronic illnesses such as cancer, AIDS and heart disease. Meals With Love will be delivering meals to senior citizens and the disabled. The Trauma Intervention Program will provide care and support in the hours immediately after a trau-
matic event such as an unexpected death of a family member. “We received many extraordinary proposals,” said board Chairperson Madeline Rodriguez. “We are pleased and proud to know that so much good will be done as a result of these grants.” Other projects receiving funding ranged from a plan that provides follow-up and ongoing care for people with no medical home who have been treated in the Tri-City Medical Center emergency room to counseling for teenage girls at risk for mental health problems due to drugs and sexual abuse. Each year, funds are allocated by the Tri-City
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charges relating to his sexual exploits. Throughout the case the three victims maintained that they pursued their relationships with Antony and were in no way harmed by him. “When I think of Steve I think of a man who is kind and loving,”Renee H.wrote in a letter to the judge. “In no way do I feel that he ever took advantage of me or preyed on me like the pedophile he is being portrayed as.” Antony met Renee H. in 1996 when he was the girls’ junior varsity volleyball coach for Vista High School and she was one of his 14-year-old freshmen players, according to court documents. Renee H. said their sexual relationship lasted several months and that she was not only the aggressor in the relationship, but also broke it off. His relationship with Aimee A. was Antony’s next with one of his players.The two started having a sexual relationship in 1998 when Aimee A. was 15. The two eventually married but divorced in March 2008. Following his divorce,
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(1) When Ian Platt, 51, married Lisa, 42, in Leeds, England, in May, he dressed in traditional morning suit in a ceremony heavily attended by his family. However, after the family members departed, Ian slipped away, donned a wedding dress, and reappeared before friends to take vows as his preferred identity, Susan. Both ceremonies were approved by Lisa.
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Big winners ENCINITAS — The grand prize winner of $1.3 million in cash in the fifth annual Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego’s fundraiser was Renee Spencer from San Diego. The Dream House was in Encinitas. One of the big ticket winners was Lauren Greider of Encinitas who won a Hawaiian vacation or $5,000 in cash.
Sal Orozco, a student at North Coastal Consortium for Special Education in San Marcos, was chosen as Student of the Month for June for his personal and academic achievements. The Kiwanis Club of Sunrise Vista presented the award. Sal is pictured with, left, Gloria Simmons, education coordinator at NCC, and his parents. NCC for Special Education is geared towards emotionally challenged students.
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aqueducts into the region currently run over earthquake faults. Lanspery urged the council and city residents to lobby their state legislators on the importance of these projects so that they don’t get mired in red tape. Vice Mayor Hal Martin agreed. “The same people that have brought us the smelt and cutting our water supplies are the same people who make it very difficult to permit our desalination plants,” Martin said. “The best thing we can do is work on our legislatures to allow the processing of desalination plants to go through.” More information on Vallecitos rate changes and mandatory measures can be found at www.vwd.org. Vallecitos offers a free landscape auditing service.
believed Maria Razo’s deep depression and family background, one of corporal punishment, may account for the explosion she unleashed on her son. However, Bloom was quick to point out to the jurors that their job wasn’t to determine who killed Cesar Razo, but rather if Castaneda committed the crimes. Bloom portrayed Castaneda as a kind, caring man who just prior to meeting Maria Razo had been in a relationship with another woman who had children approximately the same age as Maria Razo’s; however, no physical or mental abuse was ever reported. “The evidence in the case points powerfully
towards Maria and away from Jose,” Bloom said. Maria Razo pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of felony child abuse with the allegation that she inflicted great bodily injury in 2007. Under her agreement, she will be sentenced Aug. 21 to 16 years and eight months in prison. Additionally, she will have three strikes and will be deported back to Mexico. Both Castaneda and Maria Razo were found to be living illegally in the United States. The couple had been dating less than a year at the time of Cesar Razo’s death. They had lived together with another family in an apartment on Bear Valley
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Betty Ferguson, director for Vallecitos, stressed that the new rate schedule does not affect those who have already taken conservation to heart. “We don’t want to penalize the people who are really trying to conserve, but the people with large landscape areas are going to have to take another look at their landscaping,” Ferguson said. “Landscaping takes up most of the water residents use.” “We really need a new water ethic,” Lanspery said. “It doesn’t mean it has to look like a desert. There’s a lot of tools out there to make our landscaping look attractive and save water.” SDCWA is banking on diversification of resources to beat the water crisis. Several desalination plants are in the works. The
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tools,” a cable cord and broken plastic hanger, which the prosecutor said he used to inflict injuries on the boy. “This man enjoyed torturing this little boy and was fixated on him,” Weismantel said. Castaneda’s attorney, Allen Bloom, told jurors Cesar Razo’s death was a “function of rage … some sort of monstrous explosion.” Bloom pointed toward Maria Razo citing Castaneda had been at work until around 12:30 p.m. that day. While we may never know exactly what happened, Bloom said he
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PIPER AWARDED Kyle Radwanski, a seventh-grade student at Madison Middle School, was presented with a Visual & Performing Arts Scholarship by the Kiwanis Club of Sunrise Vista. The awards will go toward his lessons on the bagpipes. Kyle recently performed at the San Diego Scottish Highland Games at Brengle Terrace Park on June 27 and June 28. Courtesy photo
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with flavored olive oil which will complement my pasta tossed with exotic mushrooms, tiny, odd-colored tomatoes and olives from the far corners of Greece. Then I remember that one or both of my children won’t eat fish, mushrooms or things with strange grill-stripes on them. The meal, which would cost $50 per person, would go right down the disposal. So it’s back to basics. Tonight, hoagies and watermelon. And in my house, ketchup is still a vegetable.
when mom made it because I don’t risk our lives like she did. I fear the key to that flavorful potato salad was that it was just this side of bursting out in salmonella. But if our generation has learned anything, it’s that almost everything good is bad for you. Then occasionally, I flip through a cooking magazine and get delusions of grandeur. For a few minutes, in my mind’s eye, I am at the backyard grill, preparing per- Jean Hart Gillette is an editor and writer fectly seasoned shrimp- stocking up on sandwich fixings. Contact kebabs, vegetables drizzled her at jgillette@coastnewsgroup.com.
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deals with unexpected computer issues. To register, call (760) 6024650, apply in person at the Carlsbad Senior Center, or visit www.carlsbadconnect.org. MOM’S PLACE Encinitas Chapter 239 of the AARP will present Jan Kovacs at 1 p.m. July 6, Encinitas Senior Center, 1140 Oak Crest Drive, Encinitas. Kovacs is an elder care advisor with A Place for Mom, a free eldercare referral service, and she will discuss “Navigating the Senior Care Maze.”Call (858) 7555011 to learn more. PEER SUPPORT Recovery Innovation of California will hold peer employment training from noon to 4:30 p.m. July 6, North Coastal Regional Center Community Room, 1701 Mission Ave., Oceanside. The free 75-hour training is for people who have experienced recovery from mental health and/or addiction challenges, and will prepare them for work as a peer support specialist. Call Judy Holder at (619) 5421660 for details.
HEALTHY NUMBERS Prime Timers Ministry and Parish Nurse of Calvary Lutheran Church will offer a Know Your Numbers screening from 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 7, 424 Via de la Valle, Solana Beach. The screening, held the first Tuesday of each month, will include blood pressure measurement, weight, height and BMI calculations. Call (858) 755-2855 for details. HEART TO HEART The North Coastal Womenheart will meet at 10:15 a.m. July 7, Glen View, 1950 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad. The group welcomes women with concerns and challenges about cardiac health to share information and sisterhood.Call Marilyn Deak at (760) 438-5890 to learn more.
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John and Letty are Christian authors who live in Vista. His latest book is “Church-Led Evangelism Ministry.” Hers is “In the End It’s Faith.” Both are available on Amazon.com.
SIMPLE LIFE The North County through July 12, North Coast Women in Networking will meet from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 8, Lake San Marcos Country Club’s Terrace Room, 1750 Lake San Pablo Drive, San Marcos. The speaker this month is Andrea Littlejohn of Transformational Coaching, whose topic will be “Life Is As Simple as ABC,Always Be Conscious.” Call Cynthia Bullock at (760) 215-3342 to make your reservation.
JULY 9 YOGA RETREAT Soul of Yoga is holding a five-day immersion called Essence of the Soul from July 9 through July 13.The immersion is meant to cultivate a personal spiritual practice that is based on love and trust, the yogic way of promoting physical health, mental clarity and divine awareness. The program is available to people with all levels of experience. Call (760) 943-7685 for details and registration.
HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS TriCity Hospital Auxiliary will hold its bi-monthly orientation at 9 a.m. July 8, 4002 Vista Way, Oceanside. Volunteer opportunities are available in several hospital departments. Participants can pre-register by calling (760) 940- OVER THE TAVERN North 3125 or by visiting www.trici- Coast Repertory Theatre will
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Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. “Over The Tavern” will be directed by David Ellenstein. For ticket details, reservations, and show times, call (858) 481-1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org. SUMMER’S HERE! The Solana Beach Summer Day Camp will run through Aug. 14. The seven weeks of camp includes different themes, including Time Travel, Fun to Be Fit,World Explorers, It’s a Zoo Out There, etc. Camp is for ages 6 to 12, but a Leader In Training Program for ages 13 to 17 will be offered as well. Call the Parks and Rec. Department at (858) 720-2453 to learn more. WATER REFLECTION The exhibit “Water Reflection” by artist Wade Koniakowsky will run through July 23, Ocean Art by Koniakowsky, 346A S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. Among the new works are both local glimpses of the Pacific, seen in the context of what is familiar to North County dwellers, as well as the tropics. Call (858) 259-8920 to learn more.
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Housing Commission. He was named by hizzoner Jerry Sanders and the action was ratified by City Council. Waring signed off on a Sunroad application that allowed it to construct a building that was higher than the allowed 160 feet becuz it was in the Montgomery Field flight pattern. By the time Waring departed, Sunroad had already added a top floor that it had to remove.
grunion runs in July and August with dates to be announced.And if you are wondering about grunions they are tiny silvery fish that come ashore to bury their eggs in the sand. It’s OK to scoop them up ... Art Gonzalez, the deposed majordomo at Tri-City Hospital in O’side, is the new head of Hannepin Healthcare Systems Inc. based in Minnesota ... Young potential athletes who try drugs becuz they believe Lima bean festival they will enhance their chance Evelyn Weidner, of begoOne-liners of being really great can take a nias fame, and folks from San There will be a coppla page from Ryan Leif, a promisDieguito Heritage Museum,
Visitor center
Volunteers are operating a visitor center on Saturdays at Powerhouse Park courtesy of Del Mar Village Associaiton in cooperation with the city. According to staffers, visitors are anxious to know more about the city, what to do, and where to go for their needs.This is the second year for the center.
are engrossed in planning the first Lima Bean Weekend, set for Sept. 25 to Sept. 27. The event will include a variety of activities related to the lima bean, like a cook-off and a lima bean fashion show. According to residents that were around during that time, more than 1,000 acres from Carmel Valley to Olivenhain were planted in lima beans — one reason being they are a dry farm crop.
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ing Chargers quarterback, who is in a bucket of trouble with the law becuz of his drug problems ... Folks are wondering why some sports teams in the Flower Capital get a free pass on the use of fields while other organizations like senior groups have to pay to use the facilities ... Whooping cough, not the swine virus, has been diagnosed among children in Solbeach ... The highly popular Dog Days of Summer mutt frolic sponsored by Cardiff 101 Chamber of Commerce will be held Aug. 8 ... “Growing
Passions,” produced by Nan Sterman of the Flower Capital, is airing on Ch.4 Fridays at 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Hasta la Vista Bill Arballo is an opinionated, retired journalist in the Flower Capital of the Universe. E-mail barballo@coastnewsgroup.com.
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ELECTRONICS - 2 silver emerson full range dynamic speaker system 8x13” $15; computer with cpu, monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse $30; interested, please call (760) 5215079 anytime HOME THEATRE - PALERMO VA6.1 never been used, still in box digital cinema with 4 speakers (dvd video/ cd audio/ dts & digital movie system) selling for only $150 - genuine buyers, please call anytime to view (760) 521-5079 LEXMARK PRINTER print, scan, copy from pc # x1240 color, black cart. email:sunufabutch@yahoo.com or call $29 (760) 439-2996
Furniture CHINA CABINET Dark wood, $75. (760) 433-2298. LAZY BOY Small lazy boy blue recyliner, $20. Wave surfboard, $125. (760) 739-5608
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BURMESE JADE PENDANT Heavily carved on both sides; multi-colored; 2-1/2”L x 1-1/2”W $40 (760)599-7219 CANON CAMCORDER $195 NEW ES65 8mm video camcorder NEW (760)599-7219 CASTLE BY LENOX 16 towers, 173 windows, 11 staircases. Paid $150, asking $40. cash. (760) 944-0257 CHANDELIER Decorate with a brass chandelier - 2 styles, $75 ea., 5 armed candle bulbs, ceiling plate with 3 ft. chain, all wiring. (760) 942-3309. COMIC BOOKS 50 comic books 1980’s in bags with boards, near new condition. Take all, $35. (760) 8453024, leave message DUVET COVER King size, custom made, pale rose with extra bolted material, $100, mint condition, like new. (760) 944-6460. EARRINGS 100 pairs costume earrings, each pair on boards, take all for $30. (760) 845-3024 ELECTRIC GUITAR Black & white Yamaha & Squire, 45 amp with gig bag & strap, $85. (760) 753-5837. EXTERIOR DOORMATS with calvanized wire - SHEDLESS, 1/2 moon shape new, unused, $20 ea. (760) 9446460 FIBER OPTIC FLOWERS in 17” Pagoda style case, asking $20. Flowers turn & change colors. (760) 944-0257 FIREWOOD FOR SALE For Home or Camping. Three differant types of Wood. U-Pick -Up or We”ll Deliver. No order to small (760) 727-7404
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FRANKLIN MINT Indian girl/ceramic wolf, $20. 1950 Ceramic lamp, 26” tall, $25. (760) 599-9141.
$25 SWORD Chinese sword, reproduction, 26” long metal blade. 760.599.7219
FREE CEMENT BLOCK free cement block, you load in driveway. 884 del riego avenue/leucadia blvd, encinitas
10-BOX COLLECTION All sizes & shapes, $100, (760) 433-2321
GARAGE DOOR SPRING New, 18 1/2” strength, $14. (760) 599-9141. 15 gallon aluminum tub, new, $14. (760) 599-9141
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BRAND NEW MEN & LADIES SHOES Men’s Brown Green ease slip on (8W), Beige Florsheim comforttech (11), Black dresports rockport (10.5) $15 each, black ladies highlights (11W) & Original rugged Outback (10) $10 each, interested, pls call 760 521 5079 anytime
TOASTERS Wide slot, white, one 4slice, one 2-slice, (760) 721-2779.
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WITTNAUER BAROMETER Large vintage compensated barometer. Domed glass window with 4” face signed “wittnauer” “usa”. Dual scales read in inches/milli bars. 6”x3” brass case mounted in 15”x2” solid walnut boat wheel. Adjustable for altitude. 3 pounds. $108 others available (760) 942-2025
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MICROWAVE Emerson, black finish, good condition. 19.5 L x 11.5 H x 13.5 D, $40. (310) 616-6262.
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BED SKIRT Brand new, Queen size, navy blue, tailored boxed pleated, $18. (760) 944-6460.
GIG BAGS 2 gig bags for electric or small acoustic guitars, $5 & $15. (760) 942-5692.
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BICYCLE PARTS wheels, tires, seats, seat posts, stems, pedals & more, (760) 942-5692.
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HEAVY DUTY WHEELCHAIR $100; walker, $10; shower chair, $15; raised toilet seat, $25. (760) 747-5883 or (760) 703-4388.
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BOOKS 4 Popular Science, 7 Mechanic Illustrated - 1950’s. Take all $18.00, leave message. (760) 8453024.
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HOT box of fifty hot wheels in original packaging. random models. $40 (760) 726-8491
PARAKEET A cute little white parakeet bird plus cage & stand, $59. (760) 635-3356
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LUGGAGE Black leather with fabric on wheels, 6 pieces (as well as one hanging folding garment bag), great for cruises. $150 OBO. (760) 944-6460 MISC ITEMS Crochet quilt, unused, $15; Nokia 8290 car charger/accessories, $18; tennis rackets: Wilson/men’s, $12; Fox/men’s, $10; Aero Dynamics/ladies, $8. (760) 5999141. PANASONIC 18” Panasonic tv, black ($30) Technics casett player($20) Sonny fm/am receiver ($20) (760) 721-8250 PIANO WITH BENCH Betsy Ross Spinet, fully tuned, $150 firm. (951) 347-0171. PINECONES 10 (760)599-7219
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Sporting Goods SNOWBOARDS Two boards 125.00 each (760)685-8222 WETSUIT Spring suit, large, made by Ricco, excellent condition, $25. (760) 931-8233.
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PART TIME DRIVER needed once or twice a week. Car required. Call 9:00am to 6:00pm. (760)-476-9859
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SOUP TO NUTS by Rick Stromoski
Friday, July 3, 2009
FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves
THE BORN LOSER by Art & Chip Sansom
BIG NATE by Lincoln Peirce
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — An opportunity to show your stuff could occur in an area you do not consider a customary channel. It’ll serve to be a pleasant diversion, as well as a new source of future income. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It behooves you to discuss your thinking with your mate before acting on a social decision that could affect both of you. His or her ideas could be a bit different than yours — and maybe even better. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Something you’ve been reluctant to pursue should not be ignored any longer. Once you act on it, your apprehensions and reluctance will evaporate and you’ll feel better for taking the bull by the horns. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Be more assertive about something that needs doing. Just believe in yourself, and you’ll easily be able to advance past your fears. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Although you might be a slow starter, once you get going, you’ll keep your eye on the target, shift into high gear, and move things along at a fast clip. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You are a natural-born salesperson, yet it behooves you to work
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director, agrees. “This is not just fun, it is a powerful change, one that will not harm the eclectic flavor of Main Street but rather enhance and expand the attraction of shopping, din-
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everyone but Swift. “A nationally syndicated local country radio deejay picked it up first,”Walton said. “Then, I just started stumbling upon the story when I Googled, ‘Luke Walton and Taylor Swift.’ I’d find links to NBC.com, USAtoday.com, AOL, Yahoo, blogs, fan sites, and various country radio sites across the nation that were all covering my story.” Just how does all this publicity make him feel? “It feels like I’m one step closer to dating Taylor Swift,” he half-joked.
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favorites) proved to be, well, positively delightful. Each little burg has a general store, a gazebo in a round-about, and perhaps a carriage-only parking zone.This is Amish country, and it wasn’t long before we encountered a half-dozen buggies on the two-lane road. These transportation throwbacks are driven mostly by middle-aged, bearded farmers or teen boys, some of them barefoot. Their neat-as-a-pin farms are scattered throughout this area. There are many sects of Amish — mostly in the Midwest — but they are universally known for living without modern conveniences of any kind. They also have a reputation for serving bountiful home-cooked meals in their homes to busloads of tourists. (An interesting note: The Amish eat this same hardy fare of meat, potatoes, gravy, farm vegetables and breads, but because their way of life demands such physical rigor, they have the lowest incidence of heart disease in the country.) Our destination was the Ferrante Winery in
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JULY 3, 2009 ing and enjoying downtown Vista,” Puckett said. “The Wi-Fi project is the perfect addition to our downtown.” To learn more about WiFi in downtown Vista, contact the Vista Chamber at (760) 726-1122 or the Vista Village Business Association at (760) 414-9391.
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With a few more months to “make it” before leaving for college, Walton’s journey is far from over. Walton is busy playing the fair and local coffee houses and restaurants. He continues to make Webisodes, and has written and recorded a sequel for Swift, called “Hello Beautiful.” “One of my favorite things to do is write songs,” he said. “Some kids like to party, I like to write songs.” ROAD-RAGE To follow Walton’s CONTINUED FROM 3 Webisodes, help him “get a date with Taylor Swift,” or find co-defendants have filed a out where he is playing around countersuit against Rachel town, visit Lukewaltonmusic. Silva. In addition to denying com. the claims made in the Harpersfield Township, just Silvas’ civil complaints, City Attorney south of Geneva. Apparently Deputy Donald Shanahan said the there is something about the microclimate on the southern countersuit puts the responshore of Lake Erie that is per- sibility for Johnny Silva’s fectly suited to growing grapes, which the Ferrante family began doing more than 70 NORWEGIAN years ago.The restaurant, how- CONTINUED FROM 10 ever, opened just 20 years ago. cars over and burn them,” The large, contemporary wood- joked Eric Joseph, an armorer and-brick building has spa- from Julian and a regular cious dining areas and a large attendee of the autumn Viking patio overlooking a pond and Festival at the hall. 65 acres of vines. Both the dinAs the sun finally set and ing room and patio were boom- the air turned unseasonably ing with visitors, enjoying the cool, Robert Undheim, dressed guitarist, singer and small as the All-Father Odin himself, band. Dinner was superb; my baked sea bass was some of the PERJURY best I’ve ever had, and the oth- CONTINUED FROM 5 ers in our party gave a thumbs up to the veal parmesan and a the hotel in separate cars. spicy chicken and linguine After about an hour in the dish. The pinot grigio was hotel room Carabajal left, pleasant but not outstanding, Greenstone said, and that is according to my husband, but when the officers contacted a my niece was highly enthusias- partially naked Zarrindej in tic about the Ferrante sweet the room. Zarrindej, whose birthday whites. A visit to the gift shop after dinner proved this. She was on the day of the alleged came away with three bottles incident, told the officers she and Carabajal had sex because for the home larder. they were dating, Greenstone said. He said she knew about E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer liv- his wife and kids, as well as a ing in North County. Tell her about your nickname Carabajal went by. Greenstone testified his travels at eondash@coastnewsgroup.com.
The Vista Elks Lodge, under the direction of Bill Ijames, Past Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight, held a barbecue picnic for the students of Sierra Vista High School, a school for children with special needs. Pictured from left are lodge members Fred Jones, Dick Wisely, Dick Bundy and Joe Koller, who cooked and served the food. Courtesy photo
injuries on his mother. “What we are saying is that she is essentially responsible for the boy’s injury,” Shanahan said. Rachel Silva, who was 28 at the time, pleaded guilty to a single felony count of child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.15 two hours after the incident
and tested positive for marijuana and amphetamines in her system. Additionally, she was driving on a suspended license. She will be sentenced later this summer. Meanwhile, White, who had been on unpaid voluntary leave from the department, returned to active duty earlier in the week. He still faces a mandatory internal
affairs investigation from within the department regarding his adherence to policy and procedure. If the case does go to trial, which could be at least a year away, Shanahan said the results of the criminal matters are usually not allowed to come into a civil case. A readiness conference for the civil cases is scheduled for Aug. 17.
welcomed his guests in Norwegian and invited them to make merry. They feasted on ribs and beans as storytellers told ancient lore. A highlight was the initiation of Bob and Bonnie Gjerde, long pillars of the Sons of Norway, into the Fish Club Odin. “The Fish Club is more fun, with the drinking and the carousing,” Bob Gjerde said,
smiling. Festivities, and toasts of akvavit, continued long after twilight. Even though solstice is over, the groups of Norway Hall have begun the prepara-
tions for the biggest party of the year, the Viking Festival, Sept. 26 to Sept. 27. More information on that event and Norway Hall can be found at raidersfromthenorth.com.
investigation revealed approximately 13 to 16 hours of phone conversations between the two defendants from March 12, 2008, to July 1, 2008. Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Dort said Carabajal retired July 2, 2008, after 26 years as CHP officer in Southern California. Dort said Zarrindej was convicted in 1999 of bribing a witness relating to her arrest in Los Angeles County during a prostitution sting. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Carabajal and Zarrindej remain out of custody on $50,000 bail.
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