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RB/4S DIGEST Join dance class San Diego Civic Dance Arts has room in its beginning jazz class for adults (18 years to senior) that meets from 6:10-6:55 p.m. each Monday at RB-Glassman Recreation Center, 18448 W. Bernardo Dr. Cost is $48 for the semester (through May 14). Students must join by Monday, March 5. Just attend the class or call 619-235-5255 for details.
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The Never Alone On Sunday group is inviting locals to participate in games including bridge, canasta, contract gin and mah jong at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 4 and 18 at Bernardo Heights Clubhouse, 16150 Bernardo Heights Parkway. Admission is free. RSVPs are required. Call Shirley Mallon at 858451-0065.
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BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK ect — the first in a year-long
BALL HONOREES — During the 23rd annual Gold & Silver Ball, Rancho Bernardo Soroptimists honored, from left, Kathryn Vaughn, Gretchen Means, Cara Kiggins and Stephanie Weisenfarth for their efforts to help others. Saturday night’s masquerade gala at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo raised money for the chapter’s work to help women and children. Photo by Steve Logsdon
If there is a street sign that is faded or damaged, Rancho Bernardo Public Safety Committee wants you to report it this month. The committee, part of Rancho Bernardo Community Council, is asking residents to inform the group about the signs so at month’s end it can turn a list over to city officials. Jerry Sack, the committee’s chairman, said the proj-
series — is the volunteer group’s effort to be proactive rather than reactive to issues impacting the community. In future months, based on suggestions from a national fire safety website, the committee will focus on other topics, such as earthquake preparedness, drowning prevention, fire and fireworks safety, and home hazards, Sack said. The first focus — street SEE SIGNS, Page 20
Recession, family history lead to domestic violence increase BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK In San Diego County, more than 200 restraining orders are issued weekly, often for domestic violence, according Superior Court Judge Christine Goldsmith. A judge in the family law division for the past dozen years and wife of San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, she spoke about a rise in domestic violence cases at a Feb. 23 Continuing Education Center at Rancho Bernardo lecture. Though domestic violence can happen at anytime and to anybody, Goldsmith said there is usually an uptick in restraining order requests during or
following holidays, three-day weekends and sporting events like the Super Bowl. There has also been a correlation to the recession. “We’re seeing more (cases) during the bad economy,” Goldsmith said. “They are not just violent but desperate, doing extreme things we did not hear of a few years ago.” Goldsmith, who has been a judge for more than 25 years, said domestic violence reports have risen in the last couple decades because before then victims — most often women, but sometimes men — did not know where to go for help and society did not discuss the issue. Judges have also been trained to
better identify and understand it. “It was the common belief that women stayed with their abuser because it was no big deal and the man was entitled to run his home (as he saw fit),” she said. “That belief infiltrated society and the bench ... (so victims had) nowhere to go.” “Domestic violence is abuse committed by a person who has some relationship with the victim of abuse. ... (It) can occur between teenagers in a young relationship and ... in long-term marriages,” according to San Diego Volunteer Legal Program. Another form is elder abuse. SEE VIOLENCE, Page 20
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