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table of contents Coronado Cultural Arts Comission Celebrates 10 Years

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44| A Fresh Take on a Familiar Face in Coronado: 50| Coloring Connie Spitzer’s Experiments in Art

68| Rotary Places a Focus on Peace Green and Cathy McJannet 72| Katy Scholarships Help Sharp

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82| The Final Word Cover Photo and above photo by Hattie Foote

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The First Word This June’s Coronado Magazine is something a little special as we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Coronado Cultural Arts Commission!

Coronado is truly blessed to have a vibrant community of artists, and supporters of the arts. From the Coronado School of the Arts to Art-in-the-Park, from the bayside to the beachside, and everywhere in between, artistic creativity is on full display. With this issue we suggest pouring yourself an Old Fashioned and taking the time to meet your Cultural Arts Commission as you read about all the wonderful partners and opportunities available in Coronado. You can work with your hands alongside pottery artist Wade Zolla, and enjoy Connie Spitzer’s experiments in art. It is June … are you prepared for a hot and spicy summer? Enjoy a “Home Town Makeover” in Wetumpka, Alabama … and celebrate the community contributions of Coronado Rotary and Sharp Coronado Hospital members.

Art! As though everyone couldn’t have seen that coming, given our special focus for this month’s issue?

Art, each one of us has an understanding of the word, but the exact definition dances just out of reach. There are many cliches that touch upon the elusiveness of a definition … “We know it when we see it .. one man’s trash is another man’s treasure .. it’s not for everyone.” And on-and-on-and-on.

Simple or complex, art illustrates the beauty in the world around us. Be it found in the breathtaking or the nostalgic, the eye-stopping or the thought-provoking, even in the simple illumination of the here-to-fore unseen … in word and image, act and voice, exploration and exposition, art takes us to places both old and new, but always it makes us better for the perceiving.

Regardless of what art may be, it always requires nurturing, and Coronado is lucky to have organizations dedicated to the nurturing of art in all its myriad forms.

I encourage you to pause a moment and enjoy the art that calls to you - it’s a beautiful thing!

Dean K. Eckenroth Jr Editor & Associate Publisher

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CORONADO CULTURAL ARTS

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GOALS: SUPPORT: GOALS: Recognize and encourage the pursuits of individual artists, as well as organizations that enrich Coronado lifeRecognize by bringing cultural and artistic works of performances, diverse mix of other arts SUPPORT: and encourage the pursuits ofart, individual artists, and as a well as organizations that related enrich events to thelife city. private and nonprofit artsofgroups operating in and the benefit citizens Coronado

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ENRICHMENT: Encourage educational arts experiences for children and citizens of every age. Offer recommendations to the City Council regarding or exhibition of quality works of of art.every age. Offer ENRICHMENT: Encourage educational arts acquisition experiences for children and citizens recommendations to the City Council regarding acquisition or exhibition of quality works of art.

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CORONADO CULTURAL ARTS

The Coronado Cultural Arts Commission is an advisory body to the Coronado City Council and, as such, seeks to partner with our many local artists and cultural arts organizations, and to act as a catalyst in further developing a vibrant and cohesive arts community, strengthening education, enhancing economic and tourism development, and enriching life. This Commission's creation is a statement that the City of Coronado finds value in the arts and invites its citizens to engage and participate in them. city Council Created September 26, 2011, by the City Council Resolution #8507, the Commission consists of seven volunteer commissioners who are appointed to serve up to two three-year terms. As a sign of the times in which the Commission was created, there was no designated budget and Library Director, Christian Esquevin served as the city's liaison to the Commission.

Since early 2012 the Commission has met on the first Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

This year the Commission will celebrate a decade of accomplishments and looks forward to the next decade ahead. Lots has transpired since that September evening in 2011 when the Council established this Commission. Below is a timeline of sigificant events for the last ten years.

2012

Established a framework for the Commission approving seven distinct Program Areas: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Public Art, Media, Arts Education, Arts Advocacy andFundraising Fundraisingand andPublic PublicRelations Relationsand andFilm.

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Advocay and Celebrated the placement of Sea Level at the City's new Boat House.

Assisted in facilitating the purchase of Handstand and installation at the Coronado Community Center.

Researched and assisted in the development of a comprehensive Coronado Public Art Master Plan.

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Public Art flourished in Coronado thanks to the creation of and adoption of the 2013 Public Art Masterplan by the Coronado City Council.

Launched CoronadoARTS.com the leading online resource for Arts & Cultural information in Coronado. A service of the City of Coronado’s Cultural Arts Commission, this site is intended to provide wide-spread, easily available “one-stop” information on events, classes, lectures, and exhibitions representing the full spectrum of cultural activities designed for cultural enthusiasts of all ages.

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Produced Oz Con International in conjunction with San Diego based Winkie Con, a 10-day series of collaborative events with Coronado’s Arts Partners celebrating Coronado’s unique connection to Wizard of Oz author and former Coronado resident, L. Frank Baum.

Launched Coronado Writers Workshop (CWW). The one-day event consisted of 10 sessions with 15 presenters and attracted over 75 participants.

Acquired Imagine Dragon as a permanent addition to Coronado’s Public Art Collection.

Developed and launched a Summer Intensive program of dance, TV and Film in collaboration with the CoSA Foundation a program which continues today with a component for International students including Englaish classes.

A spin-off from the Commission, the Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) announced IRS approval of its 501c (3) Tax Exempt Status and sets official launch date for first film festival on Martin Luther King Weekend 2016.

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Provided leadership, planning and coordination of the City of Coronado’s year-long 125th Anniversary celebration including 17 CAC and 18 community-sponsored events.

Introduced and distributed 3-on-Thursday, a weekly e-blast to 1000+ subscribers, promoting Coronado’s art & cultural events happening during the upcoming week.

Produced CAC fundraising activities for 2015 including the sale of CC125 commemorative items and the Mayors’ Dinner at the Del which netted nearly $120,000 in funds for future arts and cultural events and activities.

Opened the first city-owned and operated Art Gallery, the C3 Gallery located in the Coronado Community Center. The gallery fulfils one of the Commission's original top priorities, establishing a local venue for ongoing art exhibitions by community artists.

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Celebrating five years of hard work, the Commission recognized the importance of planning and initiated the process to commence a citywide arts and culture planning process that is reflective of our community and diverse arts organizations.

On Veterans Day 2016, the City dedicated “First Ashore” in Glorietta Bay Park. The monument commemorates Coronado’s rich and unique 70-year history with the U.S. Underwater Demolition Teams and the U.S. Navy SEALS. The City unveiled the kinetic sculpture “Transition” by artist Jon Koehler on the lawn of Coronado’s newest public facility, the John D. Spreckels Center and Bowling Green (JDSC).

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Unveiled a large, original oil quadriptych entitled “1904 Tea Garden” by Bronle Crosby, sited in the JDSC great room.

Dedicated two large, bold, floral mosaics by local artist Kirstin Green, “Zinnia” and “Hibiscus” that were incorporated into the design of the Spreckels Replacement Bathroom and dedicated in July. “Concert in the Park,” three mosaic panels by artist Kirstin Green was also restored as part of the project.

“Sit a Spell and Play a Tune” a public piano was sited in Coronado Rotary Plaza from May through the annual holiday parade in December. Wrapped in a design of Coronado iconic images designed by local artist Jody Esquer the piano was enjoyed by many in this public plaza Established the library's signature program the Coronado Community READ. a program that encourages residents to join in the shared experience of reading and discussion of one book with corollary events happening throughout the month.

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2018

The City unveiled and dedicated eight artfully wrapped Caltrans signal boxes on Orange Avenue, featuring the artwork of 15 student artists.

The Commission hosted an inaugural Indie Author Day event in October with the Coronado Public library that included informative panels, readings, networking, and 30 local authors and literary groups displaying and selling their books.

CoronadoARTS.com website was reviewed and updated with new features, including a monthly “Live Music” Calendar. The Commission also issued a weekly e-mail, “3 on Thursday,” highlighting upcoming community events, to approximately 2,500 subscribers.

At the close of 2018, the Commission held a special joint-meeting with the Coronado City Council to highlight the State of the Arts in Coronado. Demonstrating that the Arts are strong, vibrant, and growing; and most importantly, are supported by this community.

Coronado CREATES was presented to the Council as an aspirational plan and set of recommendations. The plan itself is not a prediction or guarantee of funding or approval by the City Council, but rather a set of recommendations and goals to provide future direction for the Commission. It offers guidance by which the Commission can plan toward articulated ends with identified steps, and the City leadership and elected officials will continue to review and approve projects and initiatives as they are presented for action.

2019

The CAC actively engaged in the review of FY2019-20 Coronado Community Grants Arts and Culture grant applications and made funding recommendations to the City Council.

The CAC explored a framework for a 501(c)3 foundation to maintain and expand public and private investment in Coronado nonprofit cultural organizations. The CAC also began to investigate opportunities regarding the establishment and operation of cultural place-making (districts) and cultural arts venues.

Dedicated six additional artfully wrapped Caltrans signal box on the Strand Highway from the Amphibious Base to the entrance of the Coronado Cays featuring the photography of local photographers Brian Lippe, Daren Case and Jody Esquer. Box art was selected in partnership with the Strand Beautification Committee.

The Coronado Cultural Arts Commission continues to manage the C3 Gallery located in the west wing of the Coronado Community Center.. Since opening, the gallery has held 15 exhibitions, featuring over 150 artists and over 1000+ pieces of original artwork.

The C3 gallery hosted an exhibition “In Defense of Art,” featuring artwork from artists associated with the military.

Hosted a special co-exhibition with the Coronado Public Library of the works of Dr. Seuss from the private collection of local resident Louise Wicarius.

Planned a celebration for the 50th Anniversary Celebration for the San Diego Coronado Bridge.

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2020

Expanded use of public spaces for public art and venues for art and cultural events with the opening of a second cityowned and operated Art Gallery in the John D. Spreckels Center Planned celebrations for PAWS 5-Year Celebration and the 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Coronado Cays.

Accepted the invitation of OH! San Diego to join the program in 2020 and open three city-owned facilities in March 2020.

Launched a spin-off, the Coronado Community Foundation set up as a result of Commission work with a mission to provide new streams of revenue for Coronado's nonprofit organizations.

2021

City Council formally adopts the 2021 Public Art Master Plan. An update to the 2013 Public Art Master Plan.

City Council approves the acceptance of a gift of Public Art "The Knot" by Coronado artist James Wood.

City Council approves the purchase and installation of "Crossing Paths" by Kinetic sculptor Amos Robinson through a collaborative agreement with Coronado Shores.

2022

Student exhibition "Magnetic" opens in the C3 Gallery after a three year break for students from exhibiting artwork due to COVID-19.

"Summer Sizzle" opens on June 16 featuring the work of six local artists.

For the first time in the history of the City, the Cultural Arts Commission is participating in the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 sponsored by the Americans for the Arts.

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Over the years, Public Art has gradually become a more exciting feature of the Coronado landscape. Thanks to the early efforts of The City of Coronado, the Unified Port of San Diego, various civic clubs and private individuals, we have a substantial collection.

In early 2001 with several major capital improvement projects on the horizon, the members of Coronado’s Design Review Commission became convinced that Coronado would benefit from an organized public art program. After securing support from City Council, the Public Art Sub-committee was established in June of 2001. At that time many historical pieces such as the Terrazzo Compass and Sidewalk on Orange Avenue (both 1947) and the El Día del Mercado mural (1938) were identified and preserved for all to enjoy. During the first decade of the 21st Century there were some wonderful additions to the Coronado Public Art landscape, namely the Wizard of Oz panels at the Public Library; Imagine: Tent City; the Sea Passage fountain; and the Freedom sculpture to name a few.

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Since the Cultural Arts Commission was established in 2012 Public Art has been a priority. One of the first tasks was the development of a Public Art Master Plan that was presented to and adopted by the City Council in 2013. That plan served as a roadmap for the Commission and the Council in developing public art projects over the last decade. In 2020 the Commission launched the Coronado Public Art App that is free to download from your phone's app store.

In 2020 the Commission revisited the Public Art Master Plan and made major revisions to the focus and process by which the City procures public art. The City Council again reviewed and approved that plan in 2021 and a copy of the City of Coronado Public Art Masterplan is available for review on CoronadoARTS.com.

2022 is looking to be an exciting year for public art in Coronado with the dedication of a new kinetic sculpture on the path between the Coronado Shores and the Hotel del Coronado. Artist Amos Robinson creator of "My Bike" in Tidelands was commissioned to create this unique sculpture to define the area where the "paths cross" and to remind all to jump off your bike to walk in front of the Shores or go left to continue your bike ride. The project was a collaboration between the City of Coronado and the Shores.

You may read more about this piece on the Coronado Public Art app or better yet, join the festivities on June 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the sculpture to meet the artist and enjoy this newest piece of art. The event is free and open to the public.

There is one other approved piece of art that the Commission is currently working on. "The Knot" a bronze sculpture by James Albert Wood was donated to the City of Coronado by the artist's daughters, Jody Wood Esquer, Terry Wood Doughtery and Wendy Wood Parker. It is scheduled to be installed this summer near the Coronado Community Center.

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CORONADO CULTURAL ARTS

As the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission moves into its next decade, it is comprised of a group of enthusiastic, passionate, committed individuals working in concert to support and promote Coronado’s Creative Community. In this issue of Coronado magazine, you will see featured both the Commission’s work from the past as well as the work it is doing today. And, you will see a list of our Volunteer needs. If you want to have fun, want to meet some new people, want to help build the fabric of our community’s culture and arts, please consider joining us. Whether you have a little or a lot – time, talent, or skills – We’ll joyfully accept whatever you want to give!

Our only requirement is that you share our love of arts and culture!

2022 Coronado Cultural Arts Commission (L-R: Jeanmarie Bond, Teresa Espaniola, Marcus Echols Booth, Heidi Wilson, Deb Kaller, Dawn Richards and Paul Schutz

In the early years the Commission’s website was its basic form of public communication and the CoronadoARTS.com brand and logo worked well. But technology has progressed over the course of the past 10 years and the Commission now communicates through a broad range of social media tools including Facebook, YouTube and Instagram in addition to its website. These changes encouraged the Commission to move beyond a “.com” brand.

And while it is uncommon for a City commission to have a distinct brand and logo as many of you now know, the Cultural Arts Commission is an uncommon group. Having a public “face” allows the Commission to meet its mission to promote a broad range of events, activities and organizations without having it appear as though they are all sponsored by the City of Coronado - an important distinction. So look for the new CCA logo - wherever you see it there is sure to be something interesting attached to it!

Kelly Purvis was hired as the first Contract Arts Administrator for the City of Coronado and staff liaison to the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission. She joined the team in December of 2013. In February 2019 she was hired as a Senior Management Analyst for Coronado and continues to work in support of Arts and Culture and the Cultural Arts Commission. A local arts supporter and longtime community volunteer, Purvis assists the Cultural Arts Commission in fulfilling its mission to strengthen, coordinate, and connect the arts with the citizens of Coronado.

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Unlike Coronado’s other city commissions the Cultural Arts Commission is a “working” commission meaning that each Commissioner oversees a specific program area with a working team of community volunteers who work together to bring ideas and initiatives from the community to the commission as a whole. These are the current Commissioners; their program area Mission statement and highlights of their 2022-23 work:

VISUAL ARTS

Mission: To provide avenues to promote, encourage and raise awareness of Coronado’s vibrant visual arts community; to support visual arts to fire the imagination, inspire creativity and encourage artistic excellence; to create collaborative opportunities for Coronado artists to show and sell their work; to present a wide and diverse display of visual arts for the enjoyment and enrichment of residents and visitors.

Organize a first ever “Artists Event” on July 23rd inviting all artists who live or work in Coronado to come discuss ideas and interests; continue to schedule shows and exhibitions in the City’s C3 and Spreckels Galleries and other venues as may present themselves; continue the Artists on Orange banner program.

| Commissioner Teresa Espaniola

COMMUNICATIONS, PR AND MEDIA

Mission: To utilize traditional and digital media to convey and promote the arts-related activities and events supported by the Cultural Arts Commission and its working teams; to use these same communication channels to publicize the creative and cultural endeavors of the community and its organizations, businesses, and individuals.

Launch the new CCA branding and the new CoronadoARTS.com website; develop a team promoting the arts via social media; continue to promote organizations, artists and events on a variety of media platforms including the website event calendar.

| Commissioner Jeanmarie Bond

ARTS EDUCATION

Mission: To embrace artistic creativity and encourage arts education experiences for all ages; to pursue the goals of promoting arts education and performance/exhibition opportunities for arts learners; to facilitate arts education partnerships between city, school district and private entities; and support professional development in the arts for teachers.

Produce the Summer Arts Education Directory listing arts experiences available for all ages from 3 103; create an event to recognize the significant contributions of Coronado Arts Educators and promote new levels of engagement with the Commission and each other.

| Commissioner Paul Schutz

ARTS PARTNERS

Mission: To assist and promote city and local organizations in the presentation of cultural arts activities for residents and visitors alike; to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, plans and scheduling information; encourage collaborations within the community; and to identify and establish associations and partnerships with local, regional and national arts service organizations; to articulate the economic and quality of life impact and contributions of Coronado’s arts organizations to the City of Coronado and the greater San Diego region.

Launch a monthly TV show highlighting the work of individual artists and arts related non-profits and their events; Engage Art Partner non-profits in a community-wide celebration during 2023 focusing on the 50th Anniversary of the return of the Vietnam POW”s to tie-in with Coronado’s. celebration of Sybil Stockdale and her League of Wives; Continue to encourage and support collaboration between Arts Partners; develop an event to recognize the significant contributions volunteers make to Coronado’s non-profits organizations.

| Chair Heidi Wilson

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LITERARY ARTS

Mission: To support the Coronado Public Library and energize the literary climate of our city. To identify and showcase local authors, playwrights, screenwriters and anyone involved in literary arts. To enrich the literary environment for those writing and for our community. To encourage local literary groups In Coronado and facilitate and support literary events that will artistically enrich and Inspire our writers and the public at large.

To support existing writing groups and assist in the development of new ones to support Coronado writers; to assist the Coronado Public Library in their efforts; to seek innovation in developing new ways to engage and challenge Coronado’s literary community.

PERFORMING ARTS

Mission: To encourage self-expression through performing. To provide a wide variety of opportunities for residents and visitors to explore their emotions and expand their imagination through the performing arts. To build social equity in our community as we discover, develop and experience artistic and cultural practices that provide meaning, inspiration and joy.

To promote live music offerings; to incubate and assist emerging performing artists and groups; assist and encourage new opportunities for benefit of the community.

| Commissioner Dawn Richards

PUBLIC ART

Mission: To enhance the cultural and aesthetic quality of life in Coronado by actively envisioning, commissioning, and curating public art that preserves our cultural heritage, reflects our collective history, celebrates our current times, speaks to our evolving lifestyles, and embraces our social diversity.

Oversee current public art projects including the installation of "The Knot" and possible acceptance of the League of Wives Memorial; assess and evaluate the condition of art in the City’s Public Art Collection and develop a maintenance plan and schedule; develop an appropriate way to add QR codes to public art pieces and incorporate into the PA Walking Tour App.

| Vice Chair Deb Kaller

ARTS + PROSPERITY

Mission: To support and expand Coronado’s thriving creative community through the City’s grant program and create opportunity for additional streams of revenue for local artists and organizations through the exploration and identification of and negotiation with, other government, corporate and private funding sources.

Execute the plan for the American for the Arts AEP6 Survey including 10 audience participation surveys over the course of 2022; work with the local non-profits for the 2nd phase of the Survey demonstrating the specific economic Impact of arts and cultural activities in Coronado; develop a database of grant opportunities for use by Arts Partner non-profits.

| Commissioner Marcus Echols Booth

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The Coronado Cultural Arts Commission is comprised of an amazing, passionate, energetic group supporting the arts in Coronado. Please consider joining us through volunteer opportunities in the following areas: ARTS + PROSPERITY ~ This program area identifies resources and assists Coronado arts-related non-profit organizations in support of their economic viability.

Working Team members needed to: Survey Assistants to execute the Americans for the Arts AEP6 Audience Participation Surveys at various designated events through the rest of 2022.

Researchers to identify local sources for grants including public and private foundations and businesses with grant programs.

Utilize computer skills to develop a local, regional and national database (above local sources + State + Federal grant options) of grant sources for Coronado’s local nonprofits and others in our creative community.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Marcus Echols-Booth - mbooth914@gmail.com

ARTS EDUCATION ~ This program area Identifies and supports arts education opportunities both in schools and the private private sector to offer to the community a wide range of arts education experiences and opportunities.

Work Team members needed to: Assist in updating the Arts Education Directory listings prior to its publication.

Assist in the update and maintenance of the arts education database of local arts educators in private and public schools as well as other local teachers who offer arts education experiences for all age groups.

Assist in the planning of Arts Educator events for teachers in both public and private schools.

Assist in research and discovery of best-practices and success stories in youth and adult community arts education.

Assist in curating local stories about arts education.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Paul Schutz - paulschutzjr@gmail.com

ARTS PARTNERS ~ This program area works with Coronado’s arts related organizations to provide a platform for the distribution of information of interest to all, the exchange of scheduling information and to encourage collaborative events within the community.

Working Team members needed to: Recording secretary to take notes at monthly Arts Partner’s meetings.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Heidi Wilson - coronadoclassic@gmail.com COMMUNICATIONS ~ This program area oversees and updates the Commission’s website CoronadoARTS.com and promotes CAC events and activities throughout the community via a mix of communication platforms.

Working Team members needed to: Manage social media to develop a team (including other Commissioners) to promote the CAC on social media.

Contacts Arts Partners, as needed, to find out their upcoming programs/productions/events.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Jeanmarie Bond - jmbond@ucsd.com

LITERARY & PERFORMING ARTS ~ This program area supports existing and emerging performing arts individuals and groups, and works in collaboration with the Coronado Public Library to meet the needs of Coronado’s literary community.

Working Team members needed to: Assist in the development of a database of local writers and database listing local performing artists and groups.

Assist with keeping the music calendar up-to-date.

Assist with CAC Performing Arts events and CAC sponsored events.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Dawn Richards - email: dawn_richards@mac.com

PUBLIC ART ~ This program area oversees Coronado’s extensive Public Art Collection and evaluates opportunities to add new pieces to the collection.

Working Team members needed to: Assist with the public art selection process, as well as projects such as cataloging the community art collection and events specific to new works or annual celebrations such as the public piano roll-out.

To volunteer contact Commissioner Deb Kaller - firecooked@gmail.com

VISUAL ARTS ~ This program area oversees visual arts shows in the City galleries in the Coronado Community Center and the John D. Spreckels Center; the Banners on Orange Avenue and organizes other visual arts opportunities for Coronado artists.

Working Team members needed to: General Working Team members who have a love of visual arts to assist in the planning of gallery exhibitions and other visual arts events and activities.

Exhibition Coordinators to oversee the planning and set-up of specific exhibitions.

Banner Coordinator to oversee the planning and execution of the Banners on Orange Avenue program.

oner Teresa Espaniola - teresa@teresaespaniola.com teresa@teresaespaniola.co To volunteer contact Commissioner

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CORONADO CULTURAL ARTS

The arts bring us inspiration and joy, and make our communities beautiful places to live and work. But the arts do so much more. From coast to coast and from our smallest rural towns to our largest urban cities, America’s 100,000+ nonprofit arts and culture organizations make their communities more desirable places to live and work every day of the year. Nonprofit arts and culture organizations are also businesses and will be critical to our economic recovery. In 2017, the nonprofit arts industry generated $166.3 billion in economic activity, supporting 4.6 million jobs and generating $27.5 billion in government revenue.

While the arts have the potential to impact many aspects of a community, the truth is they also have a power all on their own. The arts are an open invitation to engage in our history, our heritage, our politics, the way we learn—in short, the arts are part of our daily lives, and play a role in all aspects of the human experience.

The City of Coronado, with the Cultural Arts Commission leading the effort, is participating for the first time in the Americans for the Arts Economic Prosperity Study.

Economic impact studies like AEP6 expand the conversation about how many people view the arts. While most appreciate the cultural benefit provided to our community, few realize that our local arts industry supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is a cornerstone of tourism. The CAC is pleased to collaborate with our local arts nonprofits to survey audiences over the next year at various events. The study will provide information for key stakeholders to make decisions about grants and other funding for the arts in our community.

Let’s change the conversation.

The arts mean business.

For more information visit americansforthearts.org

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Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) COSA, a nationally acclaimed and award-winning public arts conservatory program within Coronado High School, reaches out to talented grade 9 -12 students in San Diego County. CoSA offers aspiring young artists classes in one of six conservatories: Theatre Production, Design and Management, Classical and Contemporary Dance, Digital Arts, Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre and Drama and Visual Arts. Additionally, during the school year students produce all phases of professional level productions in theater and dance in the CoSA Performing Arts Theater as well as offering galleries and exhibitions in Film, Animation, Graphic Design, Photography and Visual Arts.

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ADDITIONALLY, in July the CoSA Foundation offers 2-week master classes. Coronado Summer Art Intensives available in dance, digital arts, ceramics visual arts and drama along with a program for International students wishing to study arts and English. cosafoundation.org/summer/

Shaun Briley, Library Director 640 Orange Avenue (619) 533-7930 ca-coronadolibrary.civicplus.com/

One of Coronado’s most beloved icons, the Coronado Public Library offers one of the finest libraries in the county and houses a beautiful collection of historic art as well as current art exhibitions in the Spreckels Reading room gallery. Long appreciated as a community hub for events, exhibitions, lectures, and concerts the library also provides meeting space to countless clubs, organizations and groups - all provided free of charge. For upcoming events, please visit the Library's website.

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201 Sixth Street (619)522-8911 adulted.coronadousd.net Coronado Adult Education provides low-cost artsrelated classes each season to stimulate the mind and expand creative horizons.

Founded in 1997, Coronado Concert Band’s mission is to create opportunity for musicians of all ages to come together in an ensemble to exchange ideas, develop skills, and have fun while producing quality music for the entertainment of the greater community. The various bands perform diverse music, from traditional wind band literature that spans more than a century, to contemporary works by celebrated composers. Greatest Marches, Patriotic Music of America, Jazz Standards, Big Band, Broadway Shows, Hollywood Films, Sentimental Ballads, Holliday Favorites, and more. Beloved by families for keeping this traditional form of music alive from one generation to the next, the concert band welcomes musicians of all ages and skill levels. The Concert Band proudly opened the Summer Concert series In Spreckels Park on May 29th at 4:30.

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The Coronado ecreation epartment offers a wonderful assortment of arts related classes year- round including summer and school holiday camps for young people designed to stimulate creativity, teach new skills and provide new sources for inspiration in addition to the normal recreation programs. This summer there are camps and classes for every age group and every interest and this summer’s catalog even sorts what’s available by age as well as class description.

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Coronado sland Film Festi al C FF is a Coronado based non-profit whose mission is to welcome makers and lovers of film from all over the world to the storied seaside village of Coronado, to celebrate the magical art of visual storytelling. Coronado’s enduring love affair with Hollywood began more than a century ago at the iconic Hotel del Coronado, our festival's Presenting Sponsor.

Launched in 2016, CIFF quickly established itself as a unique, walkable, destination film festival. Through year-round events and screenings, Q & A’s, workshops, live performances, informative panels, celebrity tributes, and awards presented by juries of respected industry pros, the festival continues to attract filmmakers at every level of their craft, celebrities, and various industry notables who come to experience the best of independent, studio and student films in an intimate and welcoming environment.

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Coronado Communit la house is the oldest community theatre in San Diego County has been serving Coronado since 1946. With a desire to challenge, educate, entertain, and enrich its constituency, they draw upon local creative and technical talent to give Coronado and San Diego residents access to experience training in the theatrical arts while offering a wide variety of shows on a year around basis. Located at the Community Center on the Bay CPH offers cabaret seating with a full bar available. Now playing: The intoxicating music of Fats Waller will delight and energize audiences as well as provide great insight into a vibrant time in American history and music: Ain’t Misbehavin’ playing through June 19th.

Tickets at CoronadoPlayhouse.com 1845 Strand Way 619.435.4856

Elena Vizuiet Musicavitale.com usica itale is a professional ensemble presenting a cappella chamber works of Western European and Slavic origin from the last 300 years maintaining the highest artistic standards, preserving the heritage of vocal chamber music, and bringing enrichment to the community through public performances. Musica Vitale has been bringing music to life since 2005, when a group of professional singers came together to perform a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. At this concert, the group revealed its unique potential and Musica Vitale was born. During these years of exceptional music making, the group became one of the premier ensembles in the county and won the hearts of a larger San Diego following. Most recently, Musica Vitale produced a number of concerts to benefit and assist the people of Ukraine.

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Penny Rothschild, Founder 619-322-7227 coronadomusicfestival.com

The Coronado usic Festi al is a three day, family-friendly, free Music Festival in Coronado CA, featuring local and regional musical talent of all genres and visual arts .

Sponsored by the Coronado Music and Arts Foundation (CMAF), a nonprofit, whose mission is to provide cultural music and art experiences for at risk and homeless individuals including special needs adults through a variety of settings in Coronado and San Diego. Our motto is “Bridging the Cultural Arts Experience”, highlighting the exchange of creativity and education in a variety of art and musical mediums between both sides of the Coronado Bridge. In San Diego, CMAF has partnered with the Salvation Army and St. Paul’s Senior Services, offering bi-monthly, free art workshops for their low-income seniors and homeless clientele. In Coronado, CMAF also offers workshops and classes for seniors, and military kids. CMAF also sponsors a free, monthly, open-mic event and art show at Emerald C Gallery for individuals to showcase their musical, visual arts and literary talents.

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Coronado ainStreet td was started by the City of Coronado in 1988 when our downtown was deteriorating and had a vacancy rate of 35%. The City adopted the successful “Four Point Approach”, a program developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as the strategy to revitalize our commercial area. This unique approach identified and solved our particular problems through community consensus building, making Coronado the diverse and vibrant meeting place that it is today. Mainstreet sponsors Coronado Currency and events including: Motorcars on Mainstreet; Mainstreet goes Ghostly and Shop Small/Win Big.

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Robert Smyth, Artistic Director 1142 Orange Avenue (619) 437-0067 LambsPlayers.org

am s la ers heater is one of the region’s leading not-for-profit professional theatres and recently celebrated 50 years of providing a varied theatrical menu each season offering musicals, drama, comedy and adventurous premieres in their beautiful Resident Theatre located in the iconic Spreckels Building in the heart of Coronado which recently underwent a significant upgrade with a new HVAC system for your comfort and safety. Get tickets for their acclaimed “Million Dollar Quartet” reliving a historic evening with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins online or at their box office in downtown Coronado.

Cathy Brown, President CoronadoConcert.com

Coronado romenade Concert s free summer concerts have been a staple of Coronado life for decades and this year they celebrate 50 years of bringing great music to Coronado’s Spreckels Park.

Every Sunday evening from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends the series features classic Rock & Roll, Blues, Jazz, Military and Concert bands, and Swing. This year’s 15 concert series kicked off on May 29 and runs through September 4, 2022. For the complete summer schedule visit their website.

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CORONADO CULTURAL ARTS

Coronado Schools Foundation supplements state funding for 2 pathways in the public schools of Coronado Unified School District: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) and Arts. Funds raised by CSF pay for teachers and other educators whose positions the state of California does not fund or require but our parents and educators consider necessary for a quality education. They offer a wide variety of arts experiences in their upcoming Summer Academy running from June 20 to July 8th.

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Generations of people have enjoyed the pristine beauty of Coronado and its beaches, bays, and parks. Emerald Keepers is the only civic non-profit organization in the City of Coronado whose sole purpose is to address local needs related to environmental stewardship and sustainability. Increasing levels of trash and pollution of our waterways and air threaten the well-being of residents, the economic success of our city, and our children’s future. Emerald Keepers’ provides ecologically-focused leadership to foster awareness, provide a forum for discussion and debate, and promote achievable public-private, community-driven solutions. Emerald Keepers’ community-based programs and educational outreach encourage community involvement while fostering pride in Coronado. For information on upcoming programs please visit their website.

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The Coronado Floral Association is a volunteer organization with over 800 members. The Association takes pride in joining with the City of Coronado each April to organize, produce, and present the nation’s largest tented Flower Show and spring community beautification effort. Every spring over 250 CFA volunteers take part in the Flower Show weekend and over 100 volunteer judges award ribbons are presented to Coronado home fronts, apartment buildings, condominium complexes, churches, businesses, and school gardens; a community united in the continued beautification of Coronado.

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Coronado Fourth of July is the 501(c)(3) non-profit group of all volunteers that organizes and funds the Coronado Independence Day festivities. Coronado's legendary 4th of July parade showcases small town America at its best. The parade begins at 10AM and is followed by a full day of activity including concerts, Art in the Park and sky dives, ending with a spectacular show of fireworks over Glorietta Bay.

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Mary Hale, President coronadoartassn.com

Coronado Art Association Is celebrating 75 years carrying forward a popular tradition of Art-In-The-Park the first and third Sundays of each month year around in Spreckels Park. It features more than fifty top artists in every genre including oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, etching, photography, wood and metalworking, stained glass, ceramics and a variety of other unusual and distinctive art forms. The artists whose work is on display reside throughout San Diego County. They have been selected by a jurying process to insure consistent professional quality and originality. CAA artists also show their work in various venues and shows around Coronado and beyond.

Christine Stokes, Executive Director 1100 Orange Avenue (619) 435-7242 CoronadoHistory.org

The Coronado Historical Association was founded in 1969 to help people understand and appreciate Coronado’s unique history, art, architecture, and historical resources and they wear many hats. in addition to their critically important mission of preserving and sharing Coronado’s rich history, they operate the Museum of Art and History housed in Coronado’s first designated Historic Commercial building.

CHA offers ongoing exhibitions and lectures, educates Coronado school children on local history, and sponsors the annual Mother’s Day Historic Home tour. Join them for the upcoming Wine and Lecture The Last Cave Artist on June 9th.

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Our sincere thanks to the following Commissioners who have carried forward the work of the Commission throughout the past 10 years. Unlike any other City commission, the Cultural Arts Commission is a “working” commission meaning that these Commissioners worked countless hours throughout each month in their specific program areas in addition to attending to the needs of the overall Commission.

Sherril Altstadt, Sondi Arndt, Steve Baker, Doris Besikof, Jeanmarie Bond, Marcus Echols-Booth, Susan Enowitz, Teresa Espaniola, Mariah Gillespie, Healy Henderson, Frances Howdyshell, Deb Kaller, Kari Kovach, Helen Kupka, Peggy Lindquist, Bill Lowman, Kris McClung, Maryellen McMahon, Doug Metz, Mark O’Brien, Brenda Jo Robyn, Dawn Richards, Paul Schutz, Nancy Swanson, Doug St. Denis, Amy Steward, Jeff Tyler, Lei Udell, Brad Willis, and Heidi Wilson.

We would also like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who have worked on events and activities and most importantly, those who have populated our Working Teams. These “fingers into the community” have provided us a broad reach in addressing the needs of our community and are the foundation of the Commission’s success.

Also, thank you to Coronado, the residents, the visitors, the businesses who continue to engage in the arts and make all the hard work worth it!

In addition to “incubating” a number of initiatives and new nonprofits in the community, the Cultural Arts Commission has helped hone the leadership skills of the following former Commissioners who have gone on to leadership roles including the following: Amy Steward (Emerald Keepers) Doug St. Dennis (Coronado Island Film Festival) Helen Kupka, Jeff Tyler, Bill Lowman (Coronado Community Foundation) Kris McClung (Create California) Kari Kovach (SD Museum of Art) Brad Willis (League of Wives Memorial Project) Stephen Baker (Sarasota Opera) Brenda Jo Robyn (Library Board of Trustees)

While hundreds of people have contributed their time, talents and funds to our Commission, there are a few key individuals who played unique roles in our evolution and made significant contributions upon which we stand today. We would like to acknowledge them with gratitude and appreciation for believing in us and believing that Arts and Culture are important elements in the fabric of our lives. ~ 2011 Coronado Mayor Casey Tanaka - Mayor Tanaka took a bold and decisive step when he supported the community's efforts to establish a Cultural Arts Commission. His leadership and unfailing support created an environment which allowed the arts to both strive and thrive! ~ 2011 Coronado City Council members: Carrie Downey, Mike Woiwode, Al Ovrom, Barbara Denny - a few thought it was a great idea, some thought it was a good one and at least one wondered aloud if he wasn’t making a mistake but in the end they all came together to take a leap of faith and voted to establish the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission thus creating what has become one of the City’s most active bodies of citizen involvement benefitting the arts and our community in ways large and small. ~ Our Commissioners - many wondered what they got into when they realized what the words “Working Commission” meant but all have tirelessly given hundreds of hours of their time and freely shared their talents to bring new levels of excellence in arts and culture to our community and in doing so have accomplished things bigger city’s only dream of. ~ Dean Eckenroth and the Coronado Eagle-Journal newspaper for ongoing support and coverage of Commission events and activities. Without this ongoing and consistent support and coverage our efforts would have gone largely unnoticed. ~ David Axelson, former writer for the Coronado Eagle -Journal whose early articles launched us in the community! ~ Doug St. Denis - the vision existed but without the creative spirit, energy, passion and community connections of founding vice-chair St. Denis, the vision would never have been realized. ~ Kelly Purvis~from volunteering to make the first video which introduced the idea of a Commission to the City Council and the community to her work today as the City’s Arts Administrator, Purvis has been the glue that’s held the Commisison together and her unfailing cheerfulness, ready smile and “can-do” attitude will continue to power us as we move into our second decade!

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OH MY GOUACHE! A CALL TO ALL CORONADO VISUAL ARTISTS

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A Tribute To An Amazing Coronado Treasure Her bio states: Experienced Art Administrator with a demonstrated history of working in government as well as the private sector. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Event Management, Volunteer Management, and Team Building. Strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) focused in Political Science and Government from University of Southern California. But as the saying goes, “That’s only the tip of the iceberg.”

History has its “Unsinkable Molly Brown” and Coronado has its “Unsinkable Kelly Purvis.” Kelly’s official title since joining the city full-time is “Senior Management Analyst/Arts and Culture | City of Coronado” working out of the City Manager’s office but as it turns out, that title ends up covering just about anything that needs to be done, anywhere at any time.

Kelly has lived in Coronado for nearly 40 years and she seems to know everybody and everything – prompting the nickname: “Coronado’s Siri.” She has been involved with just about every organization in town at one time or another either as a member or assisting them in staging an event or activity – always helping to keep things moving!

Vivacious and unfailingly cheerful - always with a ready smile and a word of encouragement, Kelly sees both the big picture and the smallest details. Give her a job and it’s done right - on time - on budget with flair

and a touch of panache. She gets more done in a day than most people accomplish in a week. She never says “no” and always finds a way… ALWAYS! For the Cultural Arts Commission she is the hub that keeps the wheel turning; the glue that has held the Commission together and moving forward through numerous changes in leadership and on a commissioner level. She knows the history of our town better than most politicians and the best way to get things done in and out of city government. From finding a comedian to entertain at the City Employee Recognition dinner to organizing the layout for the Commission’s 10th Anniversary in this magazine, Kelly has done it all. She is the unsung hero of late night runs to Costco to get appetizers for an event the next day; the one to organize city events like the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Bridge; the Avenue of Hero’s program; the one who washes street grim off the “Artist’s Banners on Orange” in her back yard when they come down so the artists can buy their banners – all clean and fresh.

She’s the one who steps in to organize the City Manager’s weekly update when others are called to more pressing duties or covers when someone goes out on family leave.

She’s always there; she’s always reliable and she ALWAYS puts the needs of the Cultural Arts Commission, this City and this community - ahead of her own. Money alone could

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never pay her enough to do what she does but she does it because she has a passion for her work and most especially, she does it because - along with many of us – Kelly Purvis LOVES Coronado!

So Kelly, while we can never say enough “thank yous” and we can never make up for all the lost nights and weekends you have spent pulling things together and making us and the City of Coronado look good, we can honor you in this moment and let the rest of the city know what we know: there is only one Kelly Purvis and we are so very lucky and blessed to have her working for us!

Heidi Wilson, Chair, Coronado Cultural Arts Commission

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surgery like a trip to the grocery store,

veterans waving from their classic cars, re-

and images on magazines are airbrushed,

alizing what they have seen and endured,

how do we explain to our children and

and yet here they are with us aging, proud

ourselves that growing older and wiser is

and still a vital part of what is Coronado.

a blessing not a curse?

That, my friend, is motivation.

I remember growing up surrounded by

I am proud to say that I am now eligible

a large family who cooked, drank wine,

for a senior discount (ok, I’m not truly

spent time with family and never wasted

happy with that moniker). But I know

a minute of their day thinking about ag-

with all my heart that when I explain to

ing and how they appeared to others.

my 20-year-old daughter about why I do

I was blessed to spend my youth and

the things the way I do - tell her it’s the

adult life with great aunts and uncles

old fashioned way - it makes me proud.

who passed away in their 90’s, and two

I have put in the time and gained the

grandmothers – one who died at 100 and

experience to see both my mature side

another one who will be celebrating her

and my young side who tries to keep up

101st birthday this June. They all aged

with my college student daughter. While

gracefully, happy and feeling blessed to

I strive to always be one of the cool kids,

have had a life where they experienced so

the truth is, being old fashioned is an elite

many incredible things and lived to tell

club that one day we will all proudly be-

their grandchildren and great grandchil-

come a part of.

dren all about it.

That mature side also gives me the abil-

When I think about the things that at-

ity to realize it’s five o’clock somewhere.

tracted me to living in Coronado, being

When my Snow White mirror shows me

surrounded by my elders was a promi-

the wicked witch face, it’s time to sit in

nent factor. As I walk my dogs around

my favorite chair and make a drink with a

the island, it warms my heart to see peo-

history like no other, the Old Fashioned.

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The Old Fashioned

This cocktail takes a bartender about 10 minutes to perfect this classic. Supposedly, the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky, invented the cocktail in 1881. A bartender made it to honor Colonel James E. Pepper, a prominent bourbon distiller. Of course, anything original has origins and claims that are disputed. But in 2015, the City of Louisville named the Old Fashioned cocktail as its official drink and celebrates Old Fashioned Fortnight during the first two weeks of June each year.

- Rocks cocktail glass - 2 sugar cubes

(can substitute 1/2 teaspoon sugar)

- 3 dashes Angostura bitters - 1 teaspoon water - 2 ounces bourbon (experts recommend high proof bourbon)

- Garnish: orange peel and Luxardo cherries

Add sugar cubes and bitters to a rocks glass, add water and stir the ingredients until the sugar is completely dissolved (hint: no sugar crystals should be seen). Fill the glass with large ice cubes, add bourbon. Gently stir to combine. Stirring consistently for about a minute is recommended for enhanced flavors. Cut a slice of orange peel (just the peel, no white pith) and twist over the glass, peel side down, to express the citrus oil onto the surface of the drink. Rub the rim of the glass with the orange peel. Place 1-2 Luxardo cherries on a cocktail stick, add with orange peel to glass.

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a Familiar Face

By Lauren Curtis The smell of fresh clay mixed with surfboard wax and salt hit me as I opened the studio door. As I looked around I noticed walls lined with a unique collection of vintage guitars, album covers, and handmade pieces of art. To my right was a large red drum set. To my left sat a wall of surfboards with a small standing lamp and an old wooden chair tucked into one corner.

The funky tunes of “King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard” filled my ears and the feeling of both strangeness and comfort brought a smile to my face. Anyone who knows him will tell you how perfectly this moment in this room capture the essence of Wade Zolla.

Wade is a local artist, but if you ask him what he does for a living? “That’s a very good question,” he laughed. Wade does a little bit of everything, many would call him a jack of all trades. He works multiple jobs at once and more than a few of those satisfy his

Wade runs his own pottery studio out

from the outside I would have never known.

artistic inclinations. Including working for

of his home right here on the island. To

He sat down at his wheel and immediately

the popular locally-owned print company

get to his studio you must walk through

got to work. His movements were precise,

Orange & Park, where he has worked for

his backyard and past a large six-foot skate

each decision ever so slightly altering his

over 10 years. He also teaches surf lessons

ramp that he and a friend built by hand.

outcome. He picked up each tool one by

through Coronado Surf Academy and helps

Once inside his studio, I was able to watch

one, meticulously placing them back into

run SUP Coronado, a stand-up paddle

his artistic process unfold. “It starts with

their respective homes, it was nothing short

board lesson and rental company. But the

a mess,” he explained of his process, “it’s

of mesmerizing. Before I could blink, the

reason for my visit was to discuss a business

kind of just me throwing everything at the

beginnings of a beautiful vase started to take

of his very own.

wall and seeing what sticks.” Watching this

shape between his clay stained fingers.

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Wade was born and raised here in Coronado and belongs to the Coronado High School graduating class of 2010. It was during his freshman year, in 2006, that he was first able to sit behind a potter’s wheel and get a feel for the art he would grow to love. Funnily enough, he has a simple scheduling error to thank for a now 16-year run as a ceramicist.

“Actually I was supposed to be in woodshop, but something happened with my schedule and I was put into a woodshop class that didn’t exist,” Wade explained, “so when I went to the office they said there had been a mistake but told me I could take ceramics instead.” The rest is history.

Wade’s knack for art began at a much younger age, when his dad enlisted him to help refurbish old furniture. From the age of seven, he began helping paint and sand as well as distress pieces of furniture, “This was when ‘shabby chic’ was a big thing,” Wade laughed. He continued helping his dad with small projects throughout his pre-teens and swiftly turned that artistic drive towards his own endeavors. He began building skate ramps and building out skateboards, eventually funneling that creativity into pottery at CHS. Wade still has deep roots at the high school. During our time together we ventured over to the art wing at CHS, where Wade was greeted with hugs from multiple teachers. Here he was able to show me the final steps to finishing a pottery piece. He is close friends with current CHS ceramics teacher Kelly Telebrico, and spends his free time between jobs volunteering in her classroom. “I signed up as a high school volunteer,” he told me as he placed a few of his pieces into the bisque kiln, “and I also come in at least twice a semester to help the kids out especially when they are getting

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behind the wheel, which is more my speciality.” Wade said as he walked me through his next steps. First, his pieces go into the previously mentioned bisque kiln. This step removes all of the moisture from the piece, leaving it porous and ready for the next step. Next, the piece gets painted or dunked in glaze and placed into the larger gas kiln where the temperature will reach approximately 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the piece has been ‘fired’ in the kiln and has time to cool down, you are left with a beautiful piece of finished pottery. Wade shared that his favorite item to make is a coffee mug. “Because,” he explained, “a long time ago I figured out that nobody wants to hang an ugly painting on their wall, but an ugly mug still holds coffee.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

It was here in this same exact kiln that Wade retrieved his first-ever completed piece. “This place is where I started,” he said gesturing to the CHS studio, “and I am very lucky that I still get to work here.” At that time, the CHS ceramics teacher was Eric Rempe. “He was a really prolific and talented wheelthrown potter,” Wade said of his former teacher and current friend, “and when you first see someone sit down, who is a

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master at throwing on the wheel, it is just really impressive, he is

End in Pacific Beach, as well as at Seaside Papery here in Coronado.

definitely one of my biggest inspirations as far as pottery goes.”

He also runs an annual sale, which he soon hopes to make a biannual event. “Every Christmas,” he said, “it’s called the ‘Last

If you were to meet Wade today, you would meet an eccentric,

Minute Market’ where I invite other artists, artisans, and friends

outgoing, and lively person with an infectious sense of humor. You

that I know make cool stuff, anything from craft coffee to baked

would never know the hardships he has endured to make it to where

goods to photo prints,” Wade went on, “I even had one guy who

he is today. I decided to ask him what one word he would use to

makes banjos out of gourds!”

describe himself, and his raw and unexpected answer? “Resilient.”

He said matter-of-factly. “I’ve been through a lot with my family

You can also view more of Wade’s work on his Instagram page: @zollaceramics.

over the years, I lost a parent,” he said with a pause, “and honestly just handling rejection.” He went on to explain that as an artist “you

Wade hopes to one day own a pottery studio, and would love to

face a lot of rejection… but if I had quit the first time someone told

teach beginners as well as welcome seasoned potters to create in a

me no, I wouldn’t be here doing this today.”

studio that belongs to him. Although this is a dream of his, he made sure to note that the only place he hopes his art takes him is towards

You can view and purchase Wade’s work at a few different places around San Diego. He has pieces for sale at the Gallery At Lands

“a lifetime of happiness.” As far as an end goal? “There is no end goal,” he smiled, “the goal is to just keep creating.”

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Coloring in Coronado: Connie Spitzer’s experiments in art

By Linda L. Austin Discovering your talent early in life often

When a watercolor teacher, Doris Rice,

stay home, and Frank could handle the real

leads to a career that melds a job with a

told her the colors of her home, yellow

estate business. It would give me a week

passion. Stumbling on your talent later in

outside with a blue door, indicated she did

off, and it was really an excuse not to work

life may cause laments of regret, but it may,

have an artistic bent, Spitzer said, “Well,

initially…. I realized when I was painting

also, add an unexpected sparkle in the daily

I like colors. There’s no doubt about that,

how relaxing and how in the moment you

routine when the job is winding down. The

but I’m not an artist;” however, the teacher

are, and it just relaxes my brain. It gives me

one art class Connie Spitzer took as a child

encouraged her to take a class, and that

a rest from everyday things.”

was more of a craft class. Since the family

was the beginning of a different path for

did not encourage art, she moved on to

her. She borrowed paints for the week. “I

Independence Realty, but she managed to

other activities.

looked at it as a staycation, where I could

do several paintings a month. As a house-

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Spitzer was still working at the time with

warming gift, she would paint a buyer’s home and present it to them. The gifting expanded to birthday gifts for friends, a painting of their home, which might include animals but no people. “I don’t like to do people, but I like to do animals, and that’s how it started.”

Her painting remained a hobby until a friend recommended she put her art in the community center for an exhibit. After a

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Brad Willis Facebook posting, people began calling with requests to paint their home.

While she protested, referring them to her art teacher, they were adamant that they wanted her style and a local artist. When she finally agreed, she added the caveat, “You don’t have to pay for it if you don’t like it.” In 2021, Spitzer did over 50 home portraits.

Mary Hale, a friend and president of the Coronado Art Association, approached her to apply for Art in the Park participation.

Over many protests, Hale persisted until Spitzer agreed to try it. “I still don’t love sitting out in the park selling things, but there’s not a lot of pressure. You don’t have to do that every time…. It’s not been a full year (in the Association), but I can tell you that the people on the board of the Coronado Art Association, that’s Mary Hale and Tina Christensen, they have been unbelievably supportive of my art.”

Christensen saw Spitzer’s whimsical art of local public subjects outlined in black as perfect for a children’s coloring book. While turning her art into a watercolor book had never occurred to her, Spitzer approached the volunteer project enthusiastically.

With its public debut and sponsorship by the Coronado Library, the first printing includes some of her former paintings and some pages completed specifically for the watercolor book. Spitzer’s colored picture appears opposite the page with the outline. A pencil, watercolors, and a brush are included in the package.

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The second printing, which will be primarily for resale, adds instructions on how to do plein air painting, encouragement to view the art subjects around town while coloring them, and cautions about protecting the eyes from the glare of the white paper. Spitzer will add the book to her Art in the Park display, and she hopes to have the watercolor book available at the Ferry Landing and near the Hotel Del. For travelers, it is easy to pack as a gift for young ones back home.

The coloring book diverted Spitzer from a project she had started, a book of paintings on what makes Coronado special.

“There are so many aspects of Coronado that are special, but in a way I think this is a more salable thing because you can do

a beach theme, and he put in crabs and

something with it. It kind of diverted my

other sea creatures. I just love it.”

original goal, but it still tells people how

The Spitzers have two sons. Blake, a gen-

special Coronado is.”

eral surgeon at Sharp Chula Vista, is mar-

The next big project soon followed when

ried to Christina. Jacques and Tiffany live

the Historical Society asked her to paint all

in Coronado and are Deacon’s parents. He

six homes on the Mother’s Day Historical

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Home Tour, which they displayed in the

which had the number one ad on YouTube

homes.

during the pandemic. He also had a Super

Each painting starts with a pencil sketch

Bowl ad for Doctor Squatch, a man’s soap.

first, then later another critical look. She says, “A lot of times you’ll see something

Spitzer’s favorite painting is one of her

with a new fresh eye on it. It doesn’t look

grandson Deacon, her favorite subject,

right, so I tweak it.” After the pencil sketch

bringing flowers to her. Her son took the

come the Sharpie black lines and then the

picture, and the painting is “Flowers for

color. The next day, she reviews the work,

Nana.” At six-years-old, he seems to already

redoing some lines or adding shading until

have a start in the artistic world. “He loves

it is ready for the public. Each painting

to paint. He’s a little artist. He took my col-

takes about eight hours to complete.

oring book and took the page where there’s

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The families have several of Spitzer’s paintings and often bring her photos they think might be a good subject. With the recent water coloring book and the Home Tour paintings, “I’m starting again painting as less than a hobby, but it’s surprised me. All this is recent.” Spitzer is a prolific artist who adds her imaginative variety to the Coronado art scene.

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Hot and Spicy Summer

By Hattie Foote

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Summer is here and you know what that means, ZONIE invasion!

Just kidding, in all seriousness I have a soft spot for our desert friends. I know some feel a certain way about the influx of summer tourists, but can you blame them for wanting to escape that extreme heat? There is nothing better than a beach day followed by a Moo Time ice cream, and being from New Mexico I can appreciate Arizona’s deep love for our little paradise. In fact, in between summer camps and lazy days, we have planned a road trip to Arizona and New Mexico this summer. So maybe if you are feeling like the island is getting a little crowded this summer, this will give you some inspiration to cross the bridge and visit some of that desert magic.

I was born in Bozeman, Montana, and fun fact I was named Gallatin County’s first Agricultural Day Baby. I know, I know, very impressive. I bet you didn’t know you

Being the dramatic teenager I was, I insist-

there was a celebrity amongst us! After

ed on staying in Albuquerque with my dad

anymore, I have such a deep love for it. It

being showered with many gifts from farm

to finish high school. I spent every holiday

is an incredible state and such an easy trip

groups including a pig skin rose, my dad

and summer in Coronado. After graduating

from San Diego. Summer is hot, not as hot

accepted a job as a professor of Chemi-

college, I worked for Southwest Airlines,

as Arizona, but sweaty. The summer mon-

cal Engineering at the University of New

and the flight benefits allowed me to fly to

soons are my favorite, there are so many

Mexico. So, while I was born royalty in

San Diego every week, sometimes even just

hikes/museums/activities, and do not get

Montana, I consider Albuquerque, New

for the day to have lunch with my mom at

me started on the food. Oh my gosh, there

Mexico my hometown. People are always

the Brigantine! My husband Chris and I

is nothing like it. Let’s get it straight, do

curious what brought you to Coronado, so

decided we had nothing to lose, it was now

not expect Tex Mex, or our fresh California

these are my cliff notes. My mom, stepdad,

or never to relocate. We sold everything

Mexican, it is New Mexican food. Tortillas,

and sister moved to Coronado for work

and moved to Coronado, one of the best

meat, potatoes, cheese, tequila, and green

when I was a sophomore in high school.

decisions of my life if I do say so myself.

or red chile. Local’s tip, if you want both

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As much as I did not want to live in NM

types of chile just say you want it Christmas style. Make sure to order sopapillas with butter and honey for dessert, you can thank me later. If you can’t fit New Mexico into summer plans, Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. The Balloon Fiesta is a must, the air smells like roasted green chile and it is crisp and delightful. There is skiing in Santa Fe and Taos in the winter, and so many amazing places like White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns to explore in the spring.

So, this summer we are roadtripping to Santa Fe, stopping at the Grand Canyon on the way there and Tucson on the way back.

We will be lightly toasty and ready to jump into the ocean when we get back.

I hope you all have an amazing summer, and if you ever have any New Mexico questions just holler at me. I am so happy to help, and I accept frozen green chile as gratuity. Fair warning, we put chile on literally everything, so brace your stomach for that!

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In Wetumpka the emphasis is on WE. This Alabama Main Street city was the first pick for a “Home Town Takeover”

Story and photos by Kris Grant Wetumpka, Alabama has certainly taken its licks.

It was ground zero for a 4.7 mile-wide

times it reduced me to tears, as a son (Billy Crudup) tries to make sense of the tall tales

meteor that hit about 85 million years ago,

spun by his dying father (Albert Finney).

changing the topography of the region and

“Big Fish” also happens to be Erin Napier’s

the course of the Coosa River, which today

all-time favorite movie. More on the “Big

runs through the center of the city.

Fish” house in a moment…

More recently, on Jan. 19, 2019, an

Erin Napier of The Home Town Takeover show designed a mural that captured the Wetumpka town spirit; the Coosa River runs through the town, with the Bibb Graves Memorial Bridge uniting the residential side with the historic business district.

The “Big Fish” house, made famous by the Tim Burton movie of the same name, overlooks downtown Wetumpka and is now owned by Wetumpka’s Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shelli Whitfield.

I re-watched this classic film and both

Traveling eastward 200 miles from Laurel,

EF-2-level tornado traveled down the river

Mississippi, the Napiers’ hometown and

and veered into the residential side of town,

site of their original series, “Home Town,” I

destroying homes, the city’s police station,

crossed over the Coosa River via the Bibb

the Presbyterian Church and more.

Graves Memorial Bridge and entered We-

Those reasons, along with Wetumpka’s

tumpka’s charming historic downtown.

“Can Do!” spirit, may be why the producers

Completed in 1937 and named for

of the popular series “Home Town,” and its

Alabama’s 38th governor, this beautiful

hosts Ben and Erin Napier, chose We-

bridge of five rainbow arches is one of only

tumpka out of 2,600 applicants to be the

two bridges in Alabama suspended using

first city for their new series, “Home Town

steel-reinforced concrete. Pedestrian paths

Takeover.”

run along both its sides, providing up-close

But what may have tipped the scales was the “Big Fish” house.

The big white house that played a starring

viewpoints of the river and the slanted boulders that protrude from its depth.

The degree of their slant helped scientists

role in Tim Burton’s 2003 film, “Big Fish,”

determine the exact degrees, be it 35 or 40,

looms large over downtown Wetumpka.

from which the meteor struck. The city is

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Fain remembers his childhood fondly.

Roy Rogers brought Trigger to Wetumpka, and the Three Stooges also came by. Hank Williams, born in nearby Montgomery, was friends with his grandparents and would play for them as they boated down the Coosa.

Although the theatre closed many decades back, it is now in the process of an adaptive reuse with a wine and cheese shop, “Provisions,” set to open in the front of the building, and an Airbnb under construction at the rear. Fain said the wine and cheese shop was planning a number of special events, including screening of black-and-white classics. When the new owners asked for donations of mementos or photos of the former theatre, Fain gave them the theatre’s original cash register, where he vividly recalls his grandmother selling tickets when she was in her 90s. “The register still had rolls of tickets in it and the price was 20 cents,” he said.

Wetumpka began to fall into decline in the 1960s when Highway 231 that runs Dennis and Lynda Fain celebrated the opening of the nonprofit Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery; art plays a major role in Wetumpka’s revitalization.

now seeking funds to develop an interpretive center.

The town itself was incorporated in 1834

Dennis Fain, Wetumpka Main Street’s first president and now its secretary/treasurer, led me on a tour of his city. A seventh

and was a center for growing cotton, and

generation Wetumpkan, Fain traces his an-

a transportation hub, where steamboats

cestral lineage back to a soldier who fought

carried goods down the Coosa River. The

in the Revolutionary War.

economy came to a halt with the Civil War

In 1937 Fain’s grandparents bought the

and, like many cities in the South, it took

town theater that had been built in 1913

years for Wetumpka to recover. In 1866

but had been shuttered during much of

the city was named the County Seat for

the Depression. The opening night film

the newly created Elmore County. By 1909

in 1937 was “A Star is Born” – the original

Model A’s were chugging down the town’s

version starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric

Main Street, and in 1923 paved roads

March that predated the Judy Garland/

brought the town closer to the state capital

James Mason, the Barbra Streisand/Kris

in Montgomery.

Kristofferson and Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper versions.

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on a ridge above the town, was widened into four lanes, making it easy for locals to travel to Montgomery and its new shopping malls. In the ’70s and ’80s, about 50 percent of the buildings in Wetumpka were vacant as “everyone used the four-lane,” Fain said.

By the 1990s the buildings began deteriorating through disuse. “We were fortunate our city government looked at revitalization programs in the 2000s, came up with a plan in 2010 and began to implement the plan in 2012,” Fain said.

The first thing the city did was replace underground infrastructure -- water lines and brittle terra cotta storm sewer lines.

That took a year and a half. Then three phases of street improvements ensued with new sidewalks, streetlights and lampposts.

The Home Town Takeover crew built a “Farmer’s Market” picnic area on the banks of the Coosa River where the EF-2 tornado roared through in 2019

“The previous streetscape was cold and drab,”

back a few steps. Richard Rogers, owner

home for two home town hero firefighters,

Fain said. “Now flowers are everywhere.”

of The Copper House Deli, so named for

and the renovation of the “Big Fish” house,

In 2016 Main Street Wetumpka was

its flooring of 177,000 pennies, picked up

which is owned by artist Shelli Whitfield

formed, just as Fain was retiring from his

the story. “We were just getting ready to

and her family.

work as a CPA, where he worked for the

open for the day,” he said. “My son was on

same firm for 43 years. Wetumpka is now

a ladder, working on our windows, and he

band decided they had had enough of harsh

one of 27 Main Street cities in the state of

said, ‘Dad, this is weird… the streetlights

Colorado winters and Shelli led the search

Alabama.

are all sideways.’

to find a place within reach of beaches, that

Five years ago, Whitfield and her hus-

Fain pointed out new programs intro-

“We are from Missouri and I knew it was

duced by Main Street, including “Mer-

a twister,” Rogers said, “So we retreated to

flew to Atlanta, and, renting a convertible,

chant’s Alley,” located on the backside of

the women’s restroom in the center of the

headed west. “The third day I drove over

downtown buildings that face the river. On

building. Fortunately, we didn’t sustain any

the Bibb Graves Bridge and saw downtown

the first Thursday of each month, vendors

damage, the advantage of a brick building.”

Wetumpka spread out before me, I knew

was outdoorsy and with low crime. She

set up canopied booths, selling jewelry,

The Home Town Takeover series took on

food and arts and crafts. A statue garden

12 projects in the city – six commercial and

has been added to the river walk area and

six residential, each being the subject of the

which sits on a hill overlooking down-

the merchants along the alley have begun

weekly series, which began airing in April,

town. Sitting vacant for 16 years, it was in

reorienting their businesses to welcome

2021, just a month before I rolled into

huge disrepair, with drywall falling in. But

visitors through their back doors as well as

town. One was the installation of a “To-

Shelli’s artist eye saw the possibilities. With

those facing the street. He also pointed to

gether Wetumpka Can Do It” mural, with

a big gulp, the Whitfields bought the “Big

singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow showing up

Fish” house, with the family of four camp-

for the unveiling.

ing out on the first floor, while they began

“the Alley” where Main Street took over a little-used city-owned space and created a community gathering space where occasional concerts are held.

The 2019 tornado set the revitalization

Among the residential projects was a

this was perfect.”

She quickly spied the “Big Fish” house,

renovation on the second. Shelli also set up

renovated home for the Moody family and

an artist studio just off the living room and

their several foster children, a renovated

sold 77 paintings her first year in town; by

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The Alleyway is part of the Main Street Wetumpka’s Tulotoma Snail Trail, a “cultivating place” project that uses art to tell the community’s history. The Alleyway elevates Wetumpka’s historic business district by providing a central gathering space for individuals and group entertainment with benches, greenery, lighting, stonework, as well as permanent and movable furniture.

the second year she was teaching art in the

complete with new outdoor spaces and

local schools and asking businesses to pitch

a refurbished interior. And another was

the Home Town Takeover show was “The

in for supplies. Then she was asked to step

interior renovations and brightened exterior

Tapp 18.” “When the show aired, the shop

into her current role as the Chamber of

signage and graphics for Coaches Corner

received over 4,000 hits within 24 hours on

Commerce executive director.

Sports Bar & Grill, as a way to thank the

its website and merchandise sold out. Mer-

owners for immediately rising to the occa-

chants from other shops stepped up to help

probably the main reason, she attests – that

sion with food deliveries to residents whose

the mother and daughter owners Tabatha

the series chose Wetumpka. “We were

homes were destroyed or greatly damaged

and Madison Power fulfill all the orders.

already doing the work,” she said, noting

by the tornado.

She points to another important reason –

One of the shops that was renovated on

that Main Street, the Chamber and the city of Wetumpka work hand in hand. “They knew that after they left, work would continue; it would be sustainable. We had a plan, and we were already working it. They loved that.”

When the Home Town crew saw the house, they offered to renovate the first floor, a project that took three months, rather than the 15 years Shelli first envisioned. She is ecstatic with the results.

The Napiers also built a farmers market and picnic area near the Coosa riverbank where the twister tore out the former police station, a visitor kiosk called “the Tourist Trap.”

Another project was a revitalized civic venue space for meetings and special events,

Sweet Home Books still has the barber pole out front from the days when Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis brandished shears.

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Wearing a sheepish grin, Fain pulled up in front of a storefront, explaining that this was once the barbershop that the Napiers renovated for the city’s mayor Jerry Willis.

But Willis had hung up his barber shears several years back and had sold the building in 2019. Still, the producers loved the concept of a barbering mayor and felt they could take a little off the top of the truth since the mayor had indeed cut hair there for 50 years, and occasionally would roll out the shears for special friends. But it’s now a peach of a bookstore, Sweet Home Books, owned by Diane Castro. Diane and her husband, Tim, make their home

“The Tourist Trap,” operated by Main Street Wetumpka at 215 Orline Street is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and helps visitors make the most of their time in Wetumpka. Housed in a converted container unit, the center was funded by a USDA grant in 2019.

IF YOU GO…

Main Street Wetumpka

Wetumpka High, went on to play football

Here you’ll find a great map of the city’s downtown, with names of shops and restaurants, plus an event calendar. www.mainstreetwetumpka.org; 114 Company Drive.

for Auburn University to great acclaim.

Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce

in Wetumpka and Tim, a 1996 graduate of

There’s still a barber pole hanging out front, and the floor, back wall and other improvements made by the Napiers remain.

Earlier this year, at the Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting, Whitfield summarized the effect that the television exposure, which still lives large in reruns and on demand on the Internet, had on her little town of 7,200 residents.

“Last year we added 48 new members to our Chamber, added tons of new businesses, our downtown is full and we don’t have any areas for rent. We had 14 or 15 ribbon cuttings in the middle of the pandemic,” Whitfield said. “We are just doing so well!”

“Wetumpka is such an amazing place. We sit right on the river, we have all these cute old buildings, great art, and amazing history. We’ve been telling people they should come visit, but now everyone is seeing us on TV so they are actually stopping by. We have seen a great influx of tourism and it’s just been phenomenal.

“You couldn’t have asked for a better year,” she said.

Here you’ll find a director of lodging, dining, retail and other businesses plus event information. www.wetumpkachamber.org; 116 East Bridge Street.

LODGING: The Hampton Inn

I paid $136/night with AAA discount, which included a full breakfast. The hotel is one block from downtown and I enjoyed my stay there. There aren’t many hotels (yet) in Wetumpka, but there is the nearby Wind Creek Casino & Hotel and a few Airbnbs. www.hamptoninnwetumpka.com;

RESTAURANTS: Our Place Café

Extraordinarily good; American and seafood specialties.

Reservations recommended; locals fill it up: 334-567-8778; 809 Company Street.

Coaches Corner Sports Bar & Grill

Known for its wings and 17 sauces, along with big burgers and an extensive sports-bar menu. www.coachescornerbarandgrill.com; 203 Orline Street.

Copper House Deli

From brisket to banana pudding, it’s a locals’ favorite, on the ground floor of one of Wetumpka’s oldest buildings. www.copperhousedeli.com; 100 East Bridge Street.

Frio’s Gourmet Pops

You have to try one of these homemade ice cream bars on a stick from this small Alabamabased chain that you’ll only find in the South. I recommend the creamy strawberry shortcake bar or the refreshing raspberry-peach-thyme. www.friospops.com; 100 Company Street.

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ROTARY PLACES

A

FOCUS

From left, Coronado Rotary President Rob Taylor, Coronado Rotary President-Elect LuAnn Miller, Nancy Nguyen, Rotary Fellow; Rotary District 5340 Governor and Coronado Rotarian Dan Gensler; Coronado Rotary Peace Projects Co-Chair Sharon Raffer

By Sharon Raffer, Rotary Club of Coronado

members in San Diego and Imperial Coun-

zations like the United Nations and the

ties. Dan is a member of the Rotary Club

World Bank. Opportunities are really end-

with pride the announcement from Rotary

of Coronado where he was named Rotarian

less for these students,” Dan said.

International that Nancy Nguyen has been

of the Year in 2004 and served as Coronado

selected as a Rotary Peace Fellow. She will

Rotary President in 2006-07.

The Rotary Club of Coronado celebrated

be attending the University of Queensland

The Rotary Peace Fellowship is designed

“The work of actively building peace and understanding has been a hallmark of Rotary since its earliest days. With the cre-

in Australia for the Masters of Peace and

for leaders with work experience in peace

ation in 1999 of the Rotary Peace Centers,

Conflict Studies, an 18-month fully-funded

and development. Rotary Fellows are com-

we began a bold new chapter in this story,”

program, beginning in February 2023.

mitted to community and international

Rotary International Foundation Trustee

service and the pursuit of peace. Each year,

Chair John Germ said. “This year marks

need for motivated individuals applying

The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50

the 20th anniversary of the inaugural class

their energy and expertise to the achieve-

fellowships for master’s degrees and 80 for

of peace fellows; the innovative program

ment of worldwide peace.

certificate studies at premier universities.

continues to merge a strong, academic

The conflict in Ukraine highlights the

“This is a real honor for us as a club and

“Many Rotary Fellows go on to ca-

understanding of the roots of conflict

as a district,” said Rotary 5340 District

reers with governments, the military, law

with practical tactics for solving real-world

Governor Dan Gensler. The district in-

enforcement, NGOs (Non Government

problems.”

cludes 61 Rotary Clubs consisting of 2,790

Organizations), and international organi-

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ON

PEACE

Nancy was chosen from a pool of global candidates for this highly competitive program. Her present role is as a Civic Engagement Community Organizer at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) in San Diego.

As the most active resettlement region in California and a border city to the world’s largest binational region, Nancy’s work at PANA allows her to be on the front lines of refugee advocacy. For her work “fostering relationships with coalitions and organizations that work on advancing immigrant and refugee issues locally and statewide,” she was recognized as a 2021 Women of Distinction in Youth Empowerment by the San Diego Mayor’s Office. Nancy is a 2019 graduate of San Diego State University, Honors College.

Nancy’s longstanding commitment to

“This was my classroom in Thailand where I was a Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand through the Princeton in Asia Fellowship,” said Nancy Nguyen. She facilitated intercultural understanding between ethnically Thai, Chines, Burmese, Karen, Sahn, South African, European, and U.S. students from different socio-economic, religious, and political backgrounds. “The things my students are holding up are self-decorated lunch bags I used for a class activity.”

community members there often had my

reaching international, national, and local

peace and international development is

parents’ refugee background. I didn’t know

experiences including creating programs

reflected in her years of international and

at the time, but growing up around these

and policies focusing on refugees, youth,

local policy, advocacy, civic engagement,

community members with that background

and community peace-building.

and direct-service work. She assisted an

really informed my passion for justice

The combination of Nancy’s academic

emergency influx of oceanic Congolese

particularly in the refugee and migrant

and on-the-ground experiences, plus her

refugees to a Uganda refugee camp, and

communities,” said Nancy.

passion and ideas for the future, give her a

facilitated intercultural understand-

Last year, Nancy contacted Coronado

strong foundation for the challenges that lie

ing between ethnically diverse students,

Rotary and connected with Past President

ahead in a career as a peacemaker. Coro-

particularly Burmese and Thai refugees as a

Tami Sandke through an email for a Rotary

nado Rotary became Nancy’s club sponsor

Princeton in Asia Fellow. She also published

Fellowship application endorsement and

and recommended she connect and be in-

and presented international policy propos-

possible club sponsorship. This was fol-

terviewed by District 5340 representatives

als to U.S. diplomats. Endeavors like these

lowed by further connections made with

and send her application forward to Rotary

are strongly connected to Rotary’s “service

Peace Projects Committee co-chair Sharon

International.

above self ” advocacy in advancing human

Raffer, Coronado Rotary President-Elect

“It is so important for the young people

rights and promoting peace and good will.

LuAnn Miller,. and President Rob Taylor.

of today to be made aware of the opportu-

“My parents are refugees from Viet-

Through phone and in-person conversa-

nities available for scholarships, internships,

nam. They migrated to the U.S. after the

tions, Nancy demonstrated her excellent

and organizations that develop volunteer

Vietnam War and we grew up in a low

communication skills and her engaging

experiences that bring goodwill and benefit

income neighborhood in the Bay Area. The

personality. Her background includes wide-

others,” said Coronado President-Elect

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Luann Miller. “Nancy will be visiting Coronado Rotary in the next few years as we follow her path as a Rotary Fellow at the University of Queensland. She will also work with us in connecting to other young professionals in Rotary’s Rotaract Clubs and at colleges and volunteer organizations to share what scholarships and grants are available to enable them to further their careers and experiences.”

Miller continued, “Peace is more than the absence of conflict. It brings freedom, security, and happiness. It is central to Rotary’s mission and a driving force in efforts

“This is me and my rural homestay family in Kapchorwa, Uganda,” said Nancy Nguyen.

“Here I am with my coworkers in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement,” said Nancy Nguyen of her time in Uganda. “The water behind us is Lake Albert, where refugees escaping the DRC would arrive on boat.”

such as eradicating polio across cultures and in areas of conflict. Looking ahead, our world’s future needs to be filled with the creative ideas and incredible leadership of today’s young people. Rotary’s worldwide support has been and can continue to be invaluable. Rotary believes that if concerned citizens work together to create peace locally, lasting change can happen globally. I am excited to be focusing on this at our club, and to be connecting with Rotary International further with this focus.”

According to Rotary International President-Elect Jennifer Jones, “When an organization like Rotary dreams about big things like ending polio and creating peace, it becomes our responsibility to make them happen. You don’t imagine yesterday, you imagine tomorrow.”

The Rotary Club of Coronado, through its Club Foundation, is a 501(c)3 non-

“I assisted an emergency influx of oceanic Congolese refugees to a Ugandan refugee camp by organizing relocation logistics for those experiencing domestic violence/political persecution within the camp, distributed core-life items, and set up temporary living structures for women and children,” said Nancy Nguyen

profit and one of over 46,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary, which now has 1.4 million

disease, particularly polio; providing clean

members, was founded in 1905; the local

water, sanitation, and hygiene; supporting

Club was chartered in 1926. Rotary areas

education; saving and enhancing the lives

Rotary, please see the website Rotary Club of

of focus include: promoting peace; fighting

of mothers and children; growing econo-

Coronado, coronadorotary.org.

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mies; and protecting the environment.

For more information about Coronado

Bay Books Book Club Corner What books people are reading…

Churchill & Son

Home for the Summer

By Josh Ireland

The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill’s enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph. Randolph may have been born in his father’s shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far.

For decades, throughout Winston’s climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable—dining with Britain’s elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston’s power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son’s future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures.

A Sunlit Weapon

By Jacqueline Winspear

By Holly Chamberlin

A mother and daughter escape to coastal Maine to find healing in the wake of heartbreaking loss in a poignant novel.

The journey to Yorktide, Maine, was always a happy one for Frieda and Aaron Braithwaite and their two daughters. Frieda loves her mother’s old farmhouse, and the girls have grown closer there, sharing a bedroom and spinning stories into the night. But that was before—when tragedy was something that happened to other families.

Since the car crash that claimed the lives of her husband and their younger daughter, Frieda has struggled emotionally and financially.

Bella, now seventeen, is withdrawn and wary, and Frieda fears losing her too. At her mother’s urging, Frieda decides to return to Yorktide with Bella for the summer.

One Italian Summer

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear’s beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged.

She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.

By Rebecca Serle

When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone.

To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy’s father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone. But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and, of course, delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life.

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By Ivy Weston Longtime Sharp Coronado Hospital nurses Katy Green and Cathy McJannet

called her to discuss an idea.

Wendy and Dev give money to Sharp

were surprised by their colleagues on Janu-

Coronado every year. But this year, “it came

ary 26 when they were summoned to the

to me that I’d like to do something particu-

hospital for a photo session for new head-

larly for nurses,” Wendy said.

shots. Cathy dreaded it because she hates

Cathy and Wendy are members of

getting her picture taken. Katy had to be

Coronado Soroptimists. Because she knew

reminded on the 26th because she thought

that Cathy was the head of the Coronado

it was a different day. Then she sped off

Soroptimist scholarships committee for

to the hospital in her casual clothes from

Southwestern College, Wendy called her

working on her “she-shed” once a colleague

and asked, “Would anything like that be

called and asked where she was, saying,

needed or wanted for the nurses in the

“Katy, today is the 26th.” Both were up for

ER?”

the hospital’s Core Awards and figured they

Cathy was very excited about the idea.

were selected and that the headshots would

“She called me around Christmastime,”

accompany the award announcements.

When they arrived, they were surprised

Cathy recalls. “I’m a nursing educator and so I want people to improve and take better

by a group of their colleagues, as well

care of their patients. So I said ‘You know

as Coronado resident Wendy McGuire,

what I would want? I see all our techs in

whose mother, Blossom Sanger, is a retired

the ER doing all the pre-reqs to get into

become a headmistress so she could support

anesthesiologist and whose father, George

nursing school. I would give them money

her family.

Sanger, is a retired OB/GYN. Wendy’s

to get through nursing school, and they’ll

parents worked with Cathy and Katy for

stay with us. We’re growing our own.’”

many years.

Wendy and Dev are funding the initial

When he grew up to become an accountant, an uncle urged Dev to go to America and attend Harvard to get his

three to five years of the scholarships. They

MBA. Dev scoffed, but applied and was

Cathy know that a scholarship fund – the

insisted that Katy and Cathy decide the cri-

admitted. But Harvard did not give him

Sharp Coronado Katy Green and Cathy

teria, that there be few restrictions, and that

a scholarship. So he went to everyone he

McJannet Nursing Scholarships – had been

Katy and Cathy choose the recipients.

knew and asked them for money. He got

The surprise party was to let Katy and

set up by Wendy and her husband, Dev

Dev grew up in India. His father died

many small donations and then some

Purkayastha. The fund is for educating

when he was really young, leaving behind

money from one philanthropic and one

Sharp Coronado staff to become nurses,

Dev’s mother and three children to man-

corporate foundation. All in all, it was

and for continuing education for nurses.

age without a man in a patriarchal society.

enough.

Cathy had completely forgotten that

His mother got a small scholarship, which

about a month beforehand, Wendy had

allowed her to go to school and study to

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“He’s always believed that recognition, and a small amount of money, can save

­

your life,” Wendy said.

Katy and Cathy, now both retired,

Katy was Head Nurse when Cathy, hav-

Katy and Cathy agree.

worked tirelessly for decades, dedicated to

ing recently arrived in Coronado from her

Many of the non-nursing staff at Sharp

Sharp Coronado, their patients, continuing

native Canada with her military husband,

Coronado make very little money and can’t

education for nurses, and advocating for

applied for a job in 1990.

afford the tuition and books for nursing

better patient care

programs. Just to get a two-year RN from

scholarships are a way for them to keep

a community college costs about $1500 a

contributing to the future of the profession.

year. If they go to school for one year past

Katy started at Sharp Coronado

“I wasn’t going to hire her because I was too intimidated by her resume and her references, but my Medical Director said we had to,” Katy laughed, adding that she

that, they will have a BSN (Bachelor of Sci-

Hospital in 1967, having moved here as a

was intimidated because she had to manage

ence in Nursing). The scholarships would

Navy wife. She had recently finished her

Cathy but she was “so accomplished, and

allow them to afford school and be more

education to become a nurse. She was 21

we were such a small facility and she was

likely to stay at Sharp Coronado for their

years old and her husband was in frogman

coming from big places.”

careers, as Katy and Cathy did.

training.

“They already know how complex it is,

“I applied at the hospital and they had

“But that’s what you need at Coronado ER,” Cathy countered. “You can’t be a new

how technical it is, and they still want to

no jobs,” Katy said, “so I thought ‘OK, I’ll

nurse. Because we’re little, you need to

go to nursing school,” Cathy said. “They’re

just be a Navy wife.’ My dad was career

come with experience and problem-solving

mentally prepared. They know what it’s

Navy so I thought that would be kind of a

skills because you don’t have the support

like to work 12, 13 hours, so you’re getting

fun thing to do.”

that the big hospitals have. Sometimes you

people who are aware of the stress, the

Two days later she got a call from the

hours, the workload and I think those are

hospital, asking if she could start the next

people who are going to be successful.”

day, in OB/GYN.

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are the nurse.”

Katy retired in 2014 after 47 and a half years at Sharp Coronado, almost all of

it in the ER. Cathy retired in April 2022 after 50 years of nursing, most in the Sharp Coronado ER. Both were so excited to learn about the new Sharp Coronado nursing scholarships - particularly when they were told they had carte blanche as to how the program would be administered, including choosing the scholarship recipients. The Sharp Terrence and Barbara Caster Institute for Nursing Excellence holds and releases the funds.

So Katy and Cathy got together to decide the fund’s criteria and specifics.

These include: applicants must be Sharp Coronado Hospital employees but can be full time, part time, or per diem/casual

(meaning these staff get to pick and choose when and how much they work, which is

be $6,000, to start small. Larger amounts

good for parents, and for military family

will be awarded in subsequent years, and

experience, Wendy says, “Sometimes schol-

members who could get deployed).

Katy and Cathy hope that people in the

arships are just about somebody saying ‘I

community will donate to the fund so it

see you.’ If the recipients understand that

round of scholarships opened May 1 and

can grow. The total amount in the fund

they’re not only seen and rewarded, but

closes May 31. The winners will be chosen

right now is $30,000.

they are seen by these two highly respected,

The application window for the first

by July 15. There are three types of scholarships that are available in 2022: • Undergraduate nursing • RN (Registered Nurse) to BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) • RN professional growth and development

The scholarships could not come at a

Mentioning Dev and his mother’s

highly experienced professionals? That

better time, because the United States is

is enough to get them through the final

heading into “the worst nursing shortage

push.”

ever,” says Cathy.

The leadership of Sharp Coronado Hospital is thrilled about the scholarships.

“Over the last 20+ years, it has been my

Katy and Cathy could not be more proud of the scholarships named after them.

“We get to, in our own little way, pass

honor to work alongside Cathy McJannet

these values on,” says Cathy. “We can be

To qualify, those applying must show

and Katy Green, two of Coronado’s best

mentors to these people we’re giving schol-

they’ve been accepted into a nursing pro-

nurses who dedicated their lives provid-

arships to. It all focuses back to patients, to

gram at a community college or four-year

ing nursing and nursing leadership here

improve patient care.”

college.

at Sharp Coronado Hospital,” said Susan

Plus, “Katy and I are getting old,” she

The RN professional growth and de-

Stone, Chief Executive Officer of Sharp

added. “We need these nurses to take care

velopment scholarship was Katy’s idea. She

Coronado Hospital. “Together we have

of us!”

thought, “What can we do for our nurses?”

cherished our years serving this community.

“I’m certified in emergency nursing, it’s

Congratulations Cathy and Katy, I and

an exam I have to do every four years, and

your entire Sharp Coronado family are so

we want more nurses to be certified,” adds

very grateful and proud of you.”

Cathy. “You have to rise to a certain level to pass those exams; they’re really tough.”

The total amount awarded this year will

These scholarships will change the trajectory of the recipients’ lives for years to come.

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To donate to the Sharp Coronado Katy Green & Cathy McJannet Nursing Scholarships, contact Nora Allen at the Coronado Hospital Foundation, Nora.

Allen@sharp.com or 619-522-3703.

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Arts and Culture, to me, are the portals through which man gets a glimpse of spiritual sentiments that resonate positively in his soul.

It could be a work of Michelangelo in marble or paint, Pavarotti singing “Panis Angelicus” with his father in their parish church, a gripping scene on film or stage, or even the echoing words of a dying ballplayer in Yankee Stadium - these moments elude our palace guard and move us in ways that can bring us to tears, spicing our humdrum lives and making us yearn for more.

Other experiences can come close to touching us, but the culture of arts is by far the most durable and exhilarating instances we have of emotional bliss.

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In our postEnlightenment world, the rational mind reigns with a bevy of words.

Language sculpts our understanding of everything we do, especially as we live further into the age of digital connectedness.

And yet somewhere deep in the core of our being is the soul that existed before language shaped our reality: a creation of God’s own perfection, made in God’s very own image.

Inviting us beyond words, art and culture express and explore the indwelling Spirit, God’s breath within us.

Through art and culture, our divine essence takes flight in a world governed by language and lines. With art and culture, we soar as God’s beloveds in a landscape of imagination and love.

The Rev. Regan Schutz Christ Episcopal Church Coronado, CA

I had the pleasure of serving as a member of the Cultural Arts Commission for several years after retiring to Coronado in 2015. As Commissioner who supported Arts Education I observed, firsthand, the excellent programs at the elementary and middle schools and the superb training at the Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA).

Many cities in the US of great size that are flush with financial resources have no such commitments to excellence in arts education.

To me, arts and culture exalt both the universal as well as the unique nature of humanity. These pathways of expression often transcend simple written words, allowing for unspoken and unconstrained communication.

Embedded within arts and culture, however, are intensely signature elements, intoxicating us with their difference, their intricacies, and their surprise. For me, arts and culture open up a capacity for connectedness and shared understanding while celebrating the beauty of individuality and authenticity.

Societies that make arts and culture accessible will succeed in fostering a community comfortable with each and everyone.

I also chaired work on a Strategic Plan for Arts and Culture. I interviewed every arts organization in the city, every city council member and every interested citizen who supported the arts. It was a positive and fulfilling experience that made me realize the depth of generosity and support that exists in our island community. Most recently, the Coronado Community Foundation was created to endow charitable giving and encourage philanthropy throughout our city and region. I applaud the city for Dr. Christina Bagaglio Slentz establishing the Cultural Co-Chair League of Wives Arts Commission and look Memorial Foundation forward to its continued effectiveness.

William M. Lowman President Emeritus Idyllwild Arts Founder Nevada School of the Arts Co-founder Coronado Community Foundation

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When asked “What does Arts & Culture mean to me?”, I began thinking about it in terms of our nonprofit Friends of Children United Society, FOCUS. For an organization, culture represents your set of shared beliefs and values. At FOCUS, that means community-based individuals who want to better the lives of at-risk children.

Art is important for children especially during their early development. Research shows that art activities develop brain capacity in early childhood. Art engages children's senses in openended play and supports the development of cognitive, social-emotional and multisensory skills. Through the many FOCUS-partnered aid agencies, opportunities to explore art are provided by ensuring basic need care and the creation of environments to leverage art to create healthy, productive lives.

We are so fortunate to live in the Coronado Community where the city, its organizations and its people work collaboratively to extend our riches and improve the lives of so many.

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