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MAY 2010
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Announcing the 2nd Annual TCSD Solana Beach Training Program to Benefit TCSD Cares! The Solana Beach Training Program will be an 8 to 10 week program of events, seminars and training leading up to race day on. Many members of the original Team Solana from 2009 will be volunteering as coaches and mentors. The cost of the program is $350. The program begins the week of May 17th, but latecomers can start any time in the first two weeks. To reserve your spot (no commitment required) and sign up on our roster go to www.tcsdcares.org and click on ‘Team Solana’.
Complete details available on the TCSD Cares’ website.
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“You have the right to remain silent.” Geez, how did I get caught up in this mess? “Anything you say can and will be held against you.” They’ve got the wrong guy. I keep telling them. “You have the right to an attorney.” I don’t need an attorney. I need them to realize the truth. Under the amber light of a street lamp, I felt a hand guide my shoulder into the back seat of a police cruiser as the voice continued reciting my Miranda rights. With my hands cuffed behind me, I could not wipe the perspiration pooling around my eyes. Sweating this profusely, why don’t they believe I was out for a long run, not here for a drug pick-up or whatever trumped up charges they’re arresting me for? So what if it’s two AM. I was half-way through a ten-mile run, that’s all. It’s not a crime to run at night. The cackle of voices on the police radio
interrupted my thoughts as the two policemen prepared to drive me to the station. I glanced at the scene I was leaving on a mid-town corner reputed for illicit activities—three police cruisers with lights flashing, and a half-dozen cops talking to two men and two women. The police had separated the men and handcuffed them. The women clad in tight party dresses and high heels stood to the side. I presumed they were prostitutes. One of the women seemed familiar. She was young, perhaps in her teens still. I studied her for a few moments, trying to figure out what I recognized in her. My early morning running route on other days took me by a high school where I often saw both boys and girls sports teams out for runs. Is she one of the girls from that school? Certainly no high school athlete would be out soliciting in this neighborhood after continued on page 3