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VOL. 25, NO. 13

THISWEEK

IRON WILL

More than 2000 participants from around the world took part in the Rohto Ironman, with an American winning the men’s category and an Aussie taking the B1 women’s title

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Camp Pendleton News . . A21 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B20 Consumer Reports . . . . . B3 Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6 Frugal Living . . . . . . . . . B7 Hit the Road . . . . . . . . . B5 Hot Off the Block . . . . . A12 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . A20 Lick the Plate . . . . . . . . A9 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . B6 Odd Files . . . . . . . . . . . . A3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Second Opinion . . . . . . A12 Small Talk . . . . . . . . . . . B1 Taste of Wine . . . . . . . . B4 The Law & You . . . . . . . B11 Who’s News? . . . . . . . . . A9

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APRIL 8, 2011

Ethiopians sweep the Carlsbad 5000 CARLSBAD — Dejen Gebremeskel and Aheza Kiros gave Ethiopia a sweep of the men’s and women’s invitational races on the 26th annual Carlsbad 5000 on April 3. Both events produced dramatic finishes. Gebremeskel, last year’s runner-up, sat behind defending champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya for most of the 3.1mile race before spurting ahead in the final 100 meters and finishing in 13 minutes, 11 seconds. The time matched Kipchoge’s winning performance of 2010 and equaled the fourth-fastest clocking in history. By winning, Gebremeskel spoiled Kipchoge’s bid to break the world record of 13:00, established by Sammy Kipketer in 2000 and tied by him a year later. Kipchoge had said prior to the race that he thought he had a good chance of taking down the record. However, he was sidetracked RUN FOR IT *<>E70(C67(:78=(D8@R(>F(C67(58;C79;(S>A7B(T43(8B=(>E79U(8C(C67(8BBO8:(/89:;<8=(V333(>B(*D9?: by pacesetter Haron Lagat. L'($8B?8(W?;@679(>F(#8BC8(5>B?@80(.>'(V3K10(F?B?;67=(F?9;C'(X8C6:77B(Y><7;(>F(I7C6:767A0(!8'0(.>'(P343Z0(@8A7 TURN TO CARLSBAD 5000 ON A17

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3 arrested in connection with latest Carlsbad homicide By Shelli DeRobertis

VISTA – Three suspects arrested April 1 in connection with the shooting death of Michael Sahagun, 63, all pleaded not guilty to felony charges at their arraignment April 6 in a Vista courtroom. Grant MacGregor Hunter, 23, and Mercedes Tiffany Yorba, 19, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, firstdegree robbery, first-degree burglary and conspiracy. Gary Dean Gomez, 26, pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting after the homicide, and for possession of narcotics. The prosecutor said that the victim was targeted by Hunter and Yorba in a preplanned attempted robbery of the victim’s house. At 1 a.m. on April 1, neighbors called police and reported hearing gunshots and seeing CRIME SCENE $67(/89:;<8=(!>:?@7(/9?A7(#@7B7(&B?C(D97D897;(C>(:78E7(C67(;@7B7(>F(8(6>A?@?=7(B789(C67 three people fleeing from the ?BC79;7@C?>B(>F(G8::7H(#C977C(8B=(I98=H(/?9@:7(J6797(KLMH789M>:=(5?@687:(#868NOB(J8;(AO9=797=(?B(C67(789:H garage at the 3000 block of Valley A>9B?BN(6>O9;(>F(*D9?:(P'((,89:H(97D>9C;(;C8C7=(C68C(C67(E?@C?A(68=(<77B(;C8<<7=0(<OC(?C(J8;(:8C79(97:78;7=(C68C Street, said Deputy District 67(=?7=(>F(8(;6>CNOB(J>OB=(C>(C67(@67;C'($6977(;O;D7@C;(J797(:8C79(8997;C7=(8C(C67(5>C7:(K(>B(!:8Q8(%9?E7(?B )@78B;?=7' Photo by Daniel Knighton

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Fire dept managing practices questioned By Wehtahnah Tucker

ENCINITAS — A local group has publicly chastised the city’s fire department management for not being transparent in its practices and policies. According to Encinitas Taxpayers’ Association board member Steve Meiche, the department is poorly run at great expense to the residents. “This is a case of transparency and open government not just misconduct,” Meiche, a longtime Leucadia resident said. He recently outlined on the Leucadia Blog several acts of negligence and misconduct by the department. “We want the city to address our concerns and show that a proper investigation was done, corrective actions were taken and what measures are being done to ensure that acts like these don’t happen again,” he said. However, his efforts have fallen on deaf ears. According to Meiche, Fire Chief Mark Muir has yet to respond to his assertions that disciplinary actions and corrective measures for violations of policy have consistently been neglected by management within the department. “The majority of Encinitas firefighters are dedicated and doing a good job,” Meiche, who is a firefighter and paramedic for Los Angeles County, said. Muir did not return telephone calls for this story. “I met with the firefighter union president and he was open and honest and assured me that the incidents of misconduct were addressed and handled although he had no documentation to prove it,” Meiche wrote in an e-mail to this reporter. “He also assured me that the Encinitas Firefighter rank and file are looking out for TURN TO FIRE DEPT. ON A14

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