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Carmel Del Mar International Potluck

Spanish program ends at Del Mar Heights School board votes 4-1 to follow the letter of the law regarding fundraising

Carmel Del Mar School’s International Potluck Dinner gets the thumbs-up from students Zoe, Kendall, Casey, Galit and Milou on Jan. 19. See page B14 for more. PHOTO: JON CLARK

DM passes off-leash hours for Shores Park BY CLAIRE HARLIN EDITOR@DELMARTIMES.NET

The Del Mar City Council on Jan. 23 passed an ordinance outlining shared use of the Del Mar Shores Park, which has for months been a point of contention namely between the Little League and dog communities. The ordinance, which will be assessed after a six-month trial period, will allow Little League or other licensed sporting groups to use the park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:30 p.m. until dusk. Dogs will be allowed off-leash every day from 6 to 8:30 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to dusk on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The ordinance originally allowed morning off-leash hours only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, however, the council heeded suggestions from community members and amended the ordinance to open the park to dogs every morning. All other daylight hours not included in the ordinance or used by the Winston School will be reserved for general park use, with dogs on leashes and no organized sports.

The issue first came to the council’s attention in October, when a plan that involved putting up a fence on the park was presented by Friends of Del Mar Parks and supported by the council. But after extensive public testimony, the council shifted gears on Dec. 5 and directed staff to develop an ordinance that would take on a shareduse approach that designated certain hours for sport and off-leash use. The resulting ordinance, presented Monday by Assistant City Manager Mark Delin, originally contained a section requiring people to buy dog tags to use the offleash area. The number of tags (costing $50 per year) allocated would have been capped at 100, with 75 of those being reserved for residents on a first-come, first-served basis. Community members voiced concern over both the number of tags issued and hassle involved, so the council obligingly omitted that requirement from the ordinance. Del Mar resident Nelson Brav, for exSee OFF-LEASH, Page 6

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BY KAREN BILLING The Del Mar Heights School Spanish program ended Jan. 20, following a Del Mar School District board vote of 4-1 on Jan. 18. The underlying issue the decision was based on was the role PTA (parent-teacher association) fundraising plays versus Del Mar Schools Education Foundation fundraising. Simply put: According to district rules, people come from the foundation, programs come from the PTA. The board was placed in a difficult position as Del Mar Heights parents donated more than $15,000 with the intent of paying for a Spanish teacher, which was perceived by the board to be a consultant, not a teacher. District superintendent Jim Peabody admitted “full blame” in thinking that it was an after-school Spanish program, as it had been the previous year, not a class that would be taught during school hours. As a result of the board’s approval of what they thought was just a consultant, Mary Zobell has been teaching Spanish at

The Del Mar Union School District’s Jan. 20 meeting was well-attended. Photo/Bill Morris

the Heights since the beginning of the school year. Now, per the board’s vote not to approve her performance agreement, the Heights Spanish program ended on Jan. 20. Peabody said it is inappropriate for an independent contractor or “professional expert” to act as an employee and the Spanish teacher did not meet IRS requirements as a consultant. The vote was painful, most noticeably See SPANISH, Page 6

Solana Beach School District selects new superintendent The Solana Beach School District Board of Education recently announced Dr. Nancy Lynch as the finalist for the superintendent position. Lynch comes to Solana Beach from Placerville Union School District where she has served as superintendent since 2007. With more than 24 years of education experience, she has served as an elementary teacher, principal, and district office administrator in Palm Springs and Beverly Hills. Ratification of the contract is scheduled for the regularly scheduled meeting

of the Board of Education on Feb. 9. Lynch brings a range of experience and expertise that matches the needs and demands of Solana Beach. Her teaching and administrative leadership will support Solana Beach School District’s continuous improvement efforts and commitment to enhancing and enriching learning for all students. “Dr. Lynch is a perfect match to lead Solana Beach School District at this time”, said Jeff Busby, board presi-

dent. “She has demonstrated her commitment to student learning, effective communication with both staff and community, and the ability to openly collaborate with all stakeholders.” Lynch has said, “I am honored to have been selected for the position of Solana Beach superintendent and I look forward to joining such an exceptional school district team and supportive community.” Dr. Lynch will begin her assignment in Solana Beach in April. — Submitted release

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VOLUME 28 NUMBER 4

Jan. 26, 2012

Carmel Del Mar International Potluck

Spanish program ends at Del Mar Heights School board votes 4-1 to follow the letter of the law regarding fundraising

Carmel Del Mar School’s International Potluck Dinner gets the thumbs-up from students Zoe, Kendall, Casey, Galit and Milou on Jan. 19. See page B14 for more. PHOTO: JON CLARK

DM passes off-leash hours for Shores Park BY CLAIRE HARLIN EDITOR@DELMARTIMES.NET

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Miami Marlins baseball player Heath Bell shares life’s lessons with Ashley Falls students BY KAREN BILLING Give former Padres pitcher Heath Bell the opportunity to speak to a class full of children and he will attack it with the same enthusiasm he gives to running to the mound in a Major League Baseball All Star game (Google it: It starts with a full-out sprint from the dugout and ends with a slide). Bell was funny, engaging and open with fifth graders at Ashley Falls on a visit on Jan. 18. Parent Nina Detrow won the opportunity with Bell, now on the Miami Marlins, in a charity auction and shared it with Ashley Falls fifth graders who, this spring, will use baseball statistics in their math class. Bell talked to the students about the importance of school, accomplishing goals, his path to the major leagues and took the time to sign endless autographs. “My father took me to an Angel game when I was 5 years old,” said Bell, who was born in Oceanside and re-located to Orange County. “I fell in love with baseball. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.” Bell wasn’t always a star on his team throughout the years. He said he was just “average” on his little league and high school squads, so it took a lot of work to improve. His parents made him do homework before he could play outside so he would do it as soon as possible—sometimes even doing homework during lunchtime so he could get to practicing. Bell told the kids he loved being outside. Items that crashed through the windows of his home included a hockey puck and a soccer ball, and he once dented the family car with a basketball. If his father wasn’t available for a game of catch, Bell would throw balls against his wooden garage door. He’d draw a strike zone on the door and hurl wet tennis balls. The wet balls would leave a mark and Bell could chart where his pitches had landed. As hard as he worked at baseball, he worked even harder in school. “I crushed the books so I could go to college and try to get drafted,” Bell said, noting he was the only person in his family to go to college. “School’s fun,” Bell said. “Listen to your teachers, hang out with your friends. Do your homework right away when you come home…Teachers are cool, they can be your

Heath Bell with Liz and Nina Detrow. Heath Bell with Ashley Falls fifth graders. Photos/Karen Billing friends. My elementary school teachers came to see me play at Petco Park.” Playing at the community college level, he still was an average player but he said the coaches liked him because he “tried his best every single day.” An open tryout landed him on a minor league team and he spent nine, long years at the minor league level, his wife begging him to get a real job to support their growing family. But Bell never gave up on his major league dream and it finally became a reality in 2004 when he was called up to the New York Mets. His first career outing was against the Padres. He said he still remembers the huge smile he had on his face walking from his hotel to the stadium, thinking, “I’m in the major leagues.” “I don’t know how I stuck it out,” Bell said. “My dream came true and I’ve been blessed ever since then. I was never supposed to be doing what I’m doing right now.” “Then why are you?” asked one inquisitive fifth grader. “A lot of hard work, dedication and never giving up,” Bell said, not missing a beat.

Some more questions Bell fielded from the kids: How many homeruns have you hit? “I don’t hit home runs,” Bell said. Bell is still without a hit in his major league career. The fastest you’ve ever pitched? 99 miles per hour. Best friends in baseball? Padres catcher Nick Hundley, Marlin Hanley Ramirez, Derek Jeter of the Yankees and new Angel player Albert Pujlos. What’s your best pitch? “It’s not a fast ball, change-up or curveball. My best pitch is strike three and my favorite one is the one they swing and miss,” Bell said. Most embarrassing moment? Bell said he tries not to let things embarrass him, but it would probably be the time there was a bunt and he dove for it, flipping the ball to first base before he hit the ground. He thought it looked good but then-Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez told him he looked like “a beached whale.” “Not a top 10 play on ESPN?” Bell said he asked Gonzalez. Bell said that “Gonzo” replied: “Maybe the blooper reel.” What Bell most cared about: He got the out.

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Condoleezza Rice visits, offers inspiration to Bishop’s students

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepts the Bishop’s Medal from Head of School Aimeclaire Roche during a presentation at the Bishop’s School, Jan. 19, 2012. Photo/Pat Sherman Following her presentation, Rice fielded questions from students. Sophomore Alejandra Gallegos asked Rice for her definition of success. “Financial success can go away just like that,” Rice cautioned. “To me the most successful people are people who find meaning in their lives. They believe that they are having an impact on issues or causes that they care about.” Seventh-grader Andres Worstell asked, “How do you argue against a president when you disagree with their action, statement or decision?” Rice said the key is to have an “open and honest” relationship with the president. “If the president ultimately disagrees with you and takes another course, if it is something that somehow violates your values, then you have one

choice, which is to resign,” she said. “Then you can say whatever you want. “I never faced that situation with President Bush. I never felt that a decision — if it was a decision that I didn’t agree with — had violated my principles.” In regard to the Bush Administration’s decision to enter into war with Iraq, sophomore Hanna Bourne asked, “Knowing what you know now, is there anything you would have done differently?” Rice answered, “Where we really didn’t succeed was in quelling the violence in Iraq among the insurgents. We probably didn’t have enough troops on the ground. ... We put too much focus on Baghdad, and not enough focus on what was a very big country. Yes, there are several things that I would do differently, but the one thing I would not do differently? I would not leave Saddam Hussein in power.” Freshman Adeline Shin asked what it was like to experience the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 as a member of the Bush Administration. Rice said the worst moment of that day was “15 awful minutes” in which she and other White House officials believed that the Pentagon had ordered the military to shoot down United Airlines Flight 93, which she said they later learned had been “driven into the ground by passengers to prevent another attack.” “What happens to you if you’re in a position of authority on that day is you resolve that can never let it happen again,” Rice said. “I’ve often said that after September 11, every day after that was September 12.” Following the presentation, Rice lunched with eight people who won the honor through a school auction. “Collectively, the people who bought this opportunity raised the equivalent of two full scholarships to Bishop’s,” said the school’s director of marketing and communications, Suzanne Weiner. “It goes to our financial aid program, which speaks to Condoleezza’s passion for children and education.”

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BY PAT SHERMAN Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered words of inspiration and encouragement to students at the Bishop’s School on Jan. 19, urging them to follow their passion and make the most of their education. Rice addressed students during the school’s Endowed Leadership Lecture Series assembly. The annual event brings to the school individuals whose leadership achievements make them role models for Bishop’s students. Prior to the presentation, Rice was awarded the Bishop’s Medal — the school’s highest honor. During her address, Rice encouraged students not to coast along with a sense of entitlement. “There are many, many people just as smart, just as intelligent, just as capable, who will never get the chances and the opportunities that you’re getting,” she said. “It’s a privilege to get a great education. Never take it for granted.” Rice spoke of her youthful ambition to become a concert pianist, a dream she abandoned in college after attending the Aspen Music Festival and School training camp, where she discovered there were students more advanced than she. “I thought, uh-oh. … I’m about to end up teaching 13-year-olds … or maybe I’m going to play piano bars or at Nordstrom,” she quipped. As a student at the University of Denver, Rice took a course in international politics and became smitten with Russia. “There was no Earthly reason that a black girl from Birmingham, Alabama ought to want to be a Soviet specialist,” she said. “It was just what I was passionate about. … Don’t let somebody else define your passion by your gender or your race or where you come from.” In order to be on top of their game, Rice advised students not to burn the candle at both ends, taking time to get rest and exercise. “When I was the Secretary of State … I told my staff, ‘You do not want me making decisions on behalf of the United States of America on four hours sleep,’” she said. “Take care of yourself now. Your body will take care of you when you are older.”

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A Main Street for Carmel Valley Del Mar school board briefs; Jan. 18 meeting BY KAREN BILLING Ashley Falls mourns third grader Red ribbons (shown in photo above) were tied all over the Ashley Falls School neighborhood recently in remembrance of Joshua Chang, a third grade student who died as a result of a brain tumor. Red was Joshua’s favorite color and students were also wearing red bracelets with a “J” on them to honor their classmate. The Del Mar Union School District board members all expressed their condolences to the family at the Jan. 18 meeting. Board member Kristin Gibson wore red and president Scott Wooden wore a red bracelet that his daughter knit for him to remember Joshua. Ashley Falls is also planning a memorial garden on campus in honor of Joshua. Del Mar Schools Education Foundation fundraising deadline is April 30 Del Mar Schools Education Foundation is entering into its rush season of fundrais-

ing before the April 30 deadline. Many schools will be hosting jogathons and fairs in the coming months to help raise money toward the $2 million goal to fund the district’s Extended Studies Curriculum (ESC) program, which includes science, technology, PE, art and music. President Drew Isaacman said that 601 families have so far contributed $425,000 and he continues to be impressed with the community’s generosity. “We’re running a little behind last year, but I’m confident we’ll raise the same [amount] of money we have in the past,” Isaacman said. A contribution of $800 per child is needed to keep current programs intact. Last year the foundation funded 13 full-time equivalent ESC positions across the eight schools. The current fundraising would fund only four positions for the 2012-13 at the schools. Learn more about the foundation and giving at www.delmarkids.org

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SPANISH continued from page 1 for board president Scott Wooden, and the trustees tried to find some way to be able to keep the program or save it from being cut midyear. The only option would be to offer a contract, but as trustee Doug Rafner pointed out, that would not be fair to the other schools. “The message that is sent to other schools in the district is that to get funding, just give to the PTA and you can get whatever you want. That’s not how things can happen. This employee wasn’t brought in through the front door. ‘Professional expert’ doesn’t tell me she’s a teacher,” said Rafner. “We look like we have egg on our face and we look silly for turning away a fully-funded program but our obligation has to be to the entire district.” Trustee Doug Perkins was the sole vote in support of renewing the performance agreement. “This would be an easier decision to make if this was at the beginning or end

of the school year,” Perkins said, noting that because of the misunderstanding and that the students have had Spanish for half of the year, they should work on finding a way to fix the problem instead of cutting the program. The Heights Spanish program can still be allowed at the school but only during after-school hours, as an enrichment program. Peabody reported having received 54 emails and one letter from parents on the subject, including two emails from Del Mar Hills parents addressing a rumor that they caused the Heights program to be cancelled. “I can assure everyone that’s not the case,” Peabody said. “It was a request from the board to get an update on PTA and DMSEF fundraising, and the Spanish performance agreement was terminating on Jan. 20 and the board was required to approve a new one.” Upon hearing that their program could be cut, a large crowd of Del Mar Heights parents came to the meeting in support of Spanish and their school’s goal to

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create a global village. Parents told stories of how much their children loved Spanish and were sad to see it go—Tamar Gollan said her daughter almost started to cry when told the program would no longer be available. Parents said that Spanish was more than just learning a second language; it had given their children an appreciation for a culture that is very engrained in the San Diego community. Parents told anecdotes of students recognizing Spanish art and styles, coming home singing Spanish songs and speaking the language with a fine-tuned accent. “This isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ program, I think it can be a very interesting opportunity for our students in this state,” said parent Jennifer Crittendon, noting over 30 percent of the population speaks Spanish at home and the state’s Hispanic population is 40 percent and growing. Parent Katherine White lamented some of the programs besides Spanish that the district has lost, such as instrumental bands. “It’s time to stop losing programs,” White said “We need to find a way to make this all work…We’re a great district but we can be greater.” Wooden said that while

it’s true that the district has lost some programs, it’s because of the foundation that they have been able to keep some programs that other schools “can’t even dream about having,” such as music and art. Since 2009, the district has operated on the model that DMSEF monies come in and are allocated throughout the district schools. Each school site makes the decision on how to split up the money between music/art, PE, science and technology. Spanish used to be a part of ESC but the board decided to remove it in 2009. “Every school in 2009 offered Spanish and we did away with Spanish as ESC,” said Comischell Rodriguez. “We are not saying goodbye to Spanish tonight.” Rodriguez said she was insulted to be in this position because it was made very clear to the principals what the formula was. She recalled PE teachers who attempted to save their jobs when their ESC time was reduced in 2009 and parents weren’t able to fund their contracts or allow them to come back. “There’s egg on the district’s face because we have to abide by the law and it doesn’t feel good at all,” Rodriguez said. Trustee Doug Perkins wondered whether it still

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several members of the council agreed with: There must be objective metrics outlined by which the council can determine whether the ordinance was a success after the six-month trial period. The council said it would work with staff to document in advance some metrics, which could involve factors such as cleanliness, safety and access for residents. Deputy Mayor Terry Sinnott said he was also in favor of the fenced plan, but was the minority on the council. Resident Richard Curley thanked the council and said he believes the council listened to the entire community. “Nobody is going to be 100 percent happy, but you’ve done the fairest thing,” he told the council. Mayor Carl Hilliard said he was not only involved in the acquisition of the park but every other aspect since. He reminded the council and community that the park was purchased for 25 percent of market value under the Naylor Act, enacted in 1980 to discourage school districts from selling surplus property to developers. Under the act, Del Mar agreed

continued from page 1 ample, said the tags are an “interesting approach, but they are going to drive you nuts and alienate a lot of people.” He also said he goes to the park every morning between 6 and 7 a.m. to exercise his Labrador, and generally there is only one other person there. He was one of several who successfully pushed for implementing early morning off-least hours seven days a week. Tom Sohn, of Del Mar, expressed concern that the council’s ordinance, as drafted, required “a terrible amount of manual enforcement” when “virtually nothing in Del Mar gets enforced.” “Are you really going to ask the code enforcer to corral a running dog by the collar and look at its tag?” he said. Sohn, as well as two other speakers, were highly opposed to the shared-use concept, and supported the original plan presented by Friends of Del Mar Parks. “The fenced lot gave everyone uninhibited access to everything they wanted at any time of the day,” he said. Sohn made a point that

made sense for the district to operate under those same foundation guidelines for parity. “I’m looking at a three-year-old policy and seeing if there’s a better way to do it and I think there is. I fear that the equity model loses ground to a site-based model,” Perkins said, expressing an idea about incentivizing schools to increase giving and once they hit that incentive they could take site-based revenue for something additional. “It’s sad that we’re going backward and eliminating programs.” Trustee Kristin Gibson agreed that the foundation policy may deserve a fresh look but said that for now, the board couldn’t operate outside the policies until they officially changed them.

TPHS student chosen as National Youth Correspondent Harrison Schneider, a student at Torrey Pines High School, has been selected to represent California as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2012 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Harrison joins a select group of students from all over the country for an intensive study of journalism and media. Schneider was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in journalism and media studies. With distinguished faculty, guest speakers, and direct access to elite D.C. practitioners, The Washington Journalism and Media conference offers aspiring jour-

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that the land would remain a ballpark. Later, however, the city dropped the Naylor Act so it would not have any restriction regarding park use, other than the priority it upholds to the Winston School, which gets full access because the school contributed more than $3 million to help purchase the land. He reiterated that the park is owned by the community and its use is completely at the decision of the community. In the future when funds are available, Del Mar officials will outline use of the park in a master plan, and Councilman Mark Filanc stressed the urgency in getting that off the table as soon as possible.

Torrey Pines Community Planning Board seeks candidates for March elections The Torrey Pines Community Planning Board (TPCPB) will hold elections on March 8 for six of the 16 seats on the board. The TPCPB is an officially recognized local advisory group of elected volunteers who evaluate issues affecting the community. The board makes recommendations and communicates neighborhood concerns to the City of San Diego and the Planning Department. Local residents and business candidates are encouraged to join the board. Major issues such as the Kilroy - One Paseo mixed use development and I-5/SR-56 Connectors present a unique opportunity to get involved in your community planning. The TPCPB is a member of the Community Planning Committee (CPC) and reviews issues related to all of San Diego. Another key function of the TPCPB is working with the City of San Diego Development Services Department in reviewing discretionary permits and helping to foster high quality architectural and landscaping design within the Torrey Pines Community. The following seats are up for election: One Business Seats; One Board Seat for Community Area 1; One Board Seat for Community Area 2; Three Board Seats for Community Area 3. See ELECTIONS, page 21

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858 Tea Party comes Becker’s Hospital Review names local resident Van to local communities Gorder among most powerful people in health care •First public meeting to be held Jan. 31 BY JOE TASH Graham Ledger is convinced the United States is moving away from its founding Constitutional principles, and individual rights and liberties are under fire. But it was thinking about the future of his teenage daughter that spurred him to action. Concerned the country was headed toward fiscal disaster, he decided, “I couldn’t live with myself, knowing that I didn’t at least lift a finger to try and prevent that from happening.” So late last year, he began to organize the 858 Tea Party, the newest entry onto San Diego County’s political stage. Ledger, a resident of coastal North County, said the county already had Tea Party groups in central San Diego, East County and North County. But no similar group existed for La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Del Mar east, Mira Mesa, Rancho Santa Fe, and other communities in the 858 area code. “It got my mind working, if there is a gap, maybe I can help fill it,” said Ledger, who is well-known to many San Diegans as an anchor for 14 years on KFMB Channel 8’s news broadcasts. He now anchors a news program on the San Diegobased Wealth TV cable network. The demand for a new Tea Party group in the 858 area code will become more apparent on Tuesday, Jan. 31, when the group holds its first public meeting at Chevys restaurant, 2730 Via De La Valle in Del Mar. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., and candidates for local, state and federal offices have been invited to speak to the group. According to Ledger and other supporters of the Tea Party movement, the key issues include government spending and the mandate to buy health insurance contained in the new federal healthcare reform law. “Most people who study the Constitution find nowhere in that document that the federal government has the authority to compel an American citizen to enter into a private transaction,” Ledger said. “That one seems to have galvanized millions of Americans around what has gone wrong with the U.S. government.” Craig Wood, a Carmel Valley resident who works as a software and technology consultant, said he has known Ledger for several years, and shares many of

his concerns. Wood said he considers himself a fiscal conservative, a supporter of a small, limited government and of a strong national defense. He advocates cuts in government spending and regulation of businesses to spur economic growth. “The best way to create jobs is to create entrepreneurship. Allow people to go out there and set up businesses. Take the yoke off and let them go. Be pro-business,” he said. “Let the people go, let them be who they are.” Maggie Acerra, an organizer of the San Diego County Tea Party Forum, a website and related Facebook page for Tea Party enthusiasts, said the creation of a new Tea Party group for the 858 area code is a positive step, because it offers another place for people to connect and debate issues. “We have Independents and Libertarians and Republicans and some Democrats in there. We’re all individuals, we all have our own thoughts and opinions. That’s why the debate part of it is so important,” she said. “This isn’t about combat. We’re all trying to find a way to put the country on the right track,” she said. Tea Party activists saw a similar sentiment arise at the very beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last year, Acerra said. “Their instincts were telling them something was very wrong with this country just like we had felt.” Occupiers and Tea Partiers disagree on the source of the problem, according to Acerra, with Occupiers believing that government and more spending offer the best solution. Del Mar resident John Stahl, who is running against incumbent Congressman Brian Bilbray in the newly reconfigured 52nd District — a race that also includes Democrats Scott Peters and Lori Saldana — said he gravitated toward the Tea Party because it offered him a venue to express his conservative message of Judeo-Christian principles, the Constitution and common sense. A friend of Ledger’s. Stahl said he plans to speak at next week’s 858 Tea Party meeting. “I’m running as a Republican and they won’t let me speak at their meetings. I need another avenue to get my message out,” Stahl said. For more information about the 858 Tea Party, visit www.858TeaParty.tk.

Becker’s Hospital Review has named Scripps Health’s President and CEO Chris Van Gorder one of the 40 of the most powerful people in health care in its January-February edition. This list recognizes leaders who have shaped the health care industry with their policy work, clinical research, company leadership and commentary, among other contributions. This recognition follows Van Gorder’s listing as No. 18 on Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking of the nation’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, published last year. “As president and CEO of San Diego-based Scripps Health since 2000, Chris Van Gorder has led the nonprofit health system through a series of financial and culture changes, positioning the system as one of the nation’s leading health providers,” the Becker’s Hospital Review listing states. “When Mr. Van Gorder was appointed CEO in 1999, Scripps Health was losing $15 million a year, and the management had recently received a ‘no-confidence’ vote from its medical staff. Mr. Van Gorder responded to the crisis by implementing a physician leadership cabinet, building strategic alliances and pushing a more transparent management style. Through a joint venture with North Ameri-

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Del Mar school board strikes a blow against kids BY MARSHA SUTTON Trustees for the Del Mar Union School District voted last week to cancel a fully-funded Spanish program that was up and running, loved by students, and taught by a popular teacher they threw Marsha Sutton out the door midyear. Kids first, huh? The vote was 4 to 1. At least trustee Doug Perkins, the lone dissenter, had the sense to realize that cutting a successful program halfway into the school year was clearly a bad move. But the others … Are they so caught up in legal wrangling and policy guidelines that they can’t see the forest for the trees? According to DMUSD superintendent Jim Peabody, the school board had the power to sustain the Spanish program at Del Mar Heights School for the rest of the year. Board members only had to allow the Heights to continue to employ Spanish teacher Mary Zobell, whose contract was set to expire on Jan. 20. “The board has the option if they so choose … to hire Mary as a temporary employee through the end of the year and continue the program,” Peabody said in an interview before the Jan. 18 board meeting. Instead, four board members, relying on legal technicalities and a narrow interpretation of arbitrary district guidelines, resorted to a disgraceful display of complete disregard for student interests. The item on the agenda listed Zobell as one of six contractor agreements needing board approval. “The superintendent recommends board approval/ratification of site performance agreements,” read the summary for all six. Peabody acknowledged that her employment was technically out of compliance with labor laws, and that he mistakenly approved her contract for the first half of this year. Even so, he appeared to support the continuation of the Spanish program, in both his written recommendation to the board and in his interview with me. “They were just trying to be creative and I understand that,” said Peabody of the Heights, calling the school’s action an “error of exuberance.” Heights principal Wendy Wardlow appreciated Peabody’s support for her school’s efforts to find creative ways to offer special programming. Although she acknowledged that the arrangement was problematic and said it was an inadvertent mistake, she held out hope that the school board would find a way to approve the agreement, perhaps as a pilot program as other schools in the district have. But trustees rejected the contract, even though they had the authority to let it continue. The issue, as Peabody explained, concerned Zobell’s history with the district as a former employee, as well as the role of the Del Mar Schools Education Foundation in funding salaries for teachers of non-core, Extended Studies Curriculum subjects. Zobell’s salary this year was funded by the Heights PTA through private donations directly to the school. Normally, PTAs fund programs, not salaries. The item before the

board Jan. 18 was to approve $15,000 for Zobell for the period of Jan. 23 through the end of the school year. This was the second half of a one-year contract, one that classified her as an independent contractor. Zobell taught Spanish during regular school hours at Del Mar Heights as a temporary employee of the district in 2009-2010, according to Peabody, which he said makes her ineligible to work as an independent contractor by the same employer in the future. Last school year, 2010-2011, Spanish was taught as an after-school program rather than during the school day. This year, the Heights wanted to integrate Spanish back into regular school hours, so all children could benefit from the language instruction, not just those who paid for after-school enrichment. So the school’s PTA provided funds to hire Zobell as an independent contractor. “They were just trying to add to the kids’ programs,” Peabody said. “They really wanted to get the program up and running again. But we can’t be out of compliance on the labor code.” Professional expert The original performance agreement was approved at the beginning of the 20112012 school year, to run through Jan. 20, 2012. Peabody said he approved it, but added, “I probably should have paid closer attention.” To continue Zobell’s employment through the end of the school year, the Heights submitted an item for the Jan. board meeting to extend her contract. It is this extension that the board denied. Peabody was made aware of the problem by parent Beth Westburg, a Del Mar Hills School parent who raised the issue during public comment at the November 2011 school board meeting after noticing a donation on the agenda of $20,000 for the Heights for a professional expert. “So I just asked what that was,” she said. After learning it was for a Spanish program instructor, Westburg said she asked some follow-up questions of the district, “because we wanted to see what they were doing so we could copy it.” Others have challenged that contention, saying the Heights has been specifically targeted and repeatedly harassed. “It looks like they did the right thing,” Westburg said of the vote. “I feel bad for the parents, but I feel bad for all parents in the district. We’re all losing ESC.” Although the contract was out of compliance with labor codes, Peabody said the district could have resolved the problem by hiring Zobell as an employee. But the board needed to weigh in on this, he said, because employees teaching non-core subjects like ESC are funded by the foundation and not normally by private donations directly to schools through the PTA. The frustration for parents at the Heights is that many feel their school’s contribution to the foundation exceeds the resources they receive in return, since the money raised for the DMSEF is distributed to the district’s eight schools based more upon enrollment numbers than per-school contributions. “The Heights feels they raise more money than they get back,” Peabody said. “They’re right. They get about 80 percent back. I understand their position.” See EDUCATION, page 19

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Biological collector uses his expertise to create a unique undersea laboratory with the remains of a dead fin whale BY ARTHUR LIGHTBOURN When a dead 67-foot fin whale recently washed up on a Point Loma beach, city authorities and lifeguards realized they had a huge problem — how to dispose of the 30-ton carcass. But Eddie Kisfaludy, 34, a former Scripps Institution of Oceanography biological collector, and SIO professor/ curator Greg Rouse saw it as a unique opportunity to create an undersea “whale fall” laboratory by sinking the remains of the whale in the ocean off La Jolla — instead of standing idly by as city crews carried out a plan to somehow haul the whale’s remains to the Miramar landfill for disposal. “Sinking a whale offshore in the ocean,” Kisfaludy said, “is the more ecological and environmentally responsible thing to do because we don’t want to fill our landfills with whale and it’s more of a natural process…We are just adding one more whale to the millions who have died and sank throughout the oceans.”

The purpose of a scientific “whale fall” operation, Kisfaludy said, was to return the whale to the sea while creating an accessible site that researchers could revisit in the months and years ahead to monitor the biology of the “whale fall” as it provides an ongoing feast for countless sea creatures and sustains a complex local undersea ecosystem. “This is the largest whale ever sunk by science,” he reckoned. “You could consider this the largest fishfeeding that man has ever done. It’s an incredible organic input to the sea floor.” The successful sinking of the fin whale climaxed a multi-agency coordinated effort by SIO, Virgin Oceanic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and SeaWorld. We interviewed Kisfaludy mid-morning last week on the sunlit patio of Caroline’s Seaside Café on the SIO campus. While we talked, dolphins could be seen leaping just beyond the breakers. The story of the ill-fated

fin whale and its contribution to science began last November shortly before Thanksgiving when the whale’s carcass was spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter as it floated toward shore and eventually washed up in a cove just north of the Point Loma sewerage plant. Fin whales, Kisfaludy said, are much larger than the average gray whales that occasionally wash up on San Diego beaches and that are routinely transported by dump trucks for disposal in the local landfill. “But you couldn’t put a whale this size in the back of a dump truck,” he said. “You’d have to cut it up into three pieces which would have been a daunting task. The logical thing was to tow it offshore.” Kisfaludy and Greg Rouse actually devised a plan to create scientific whale falls using gray whales three years ago, but they were unable to raise funds for the project estimated at a cost of $15,000 per whale. When the fin whale washed up on shore, the Na-

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tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approached Kisfaludy and Rouse for help. “This was two days before Thanksgiving and everybody was on holiday,” Kisfaludy recalled. “So I got on the horn and called as many people as I could; and in six hours we had the Virgin Oceanic catamaran lined up, we located 14,000

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Mixed-use pedestrian-oriented plans like One Paseo can help reduce local auto travel Regarding William C. Bibb’s letter (“Traffic is the elephant in One Paseo/Main Street’s room,” Jan. 12 issue) and his dizzying flurry of numbers, let’s respectfully leave traffic analysis to the commissioned experts. His letter projects hypothetical traffic impacts of the One Paseo project which may or may not materialize. Kilroy is engaging the same process that every developer follows in the City of San Diego. Although lengthy and arduous, the process was established by San Diego government, and is designed to professionally audit multiple aspects of every proposed project, including traffic. It is irresponsible to release actual traffic data before review and approval by the city. Kilroy has transparently publicized One Paseo plans, has peti-

tioned community input, and has responded to suggestions by amending major details. It seems likely that Kilroy would incorporate the same diligent approach to traffic planning as to other aspects of One Paseo. Kilroy has already agreed to invest millions of dollars to improve local traffic conditions. Mr. Bibb loses credibility by claiming that “synchronized lights just bring one more quickly to a stopping point.” This is not true. Thorough study of local traffic patterns and optimizing signal accommodation of traffic flow is a proven method of clearing congestion. The City of San Marcos recently adopted a light synchronization program for San Marcos Blvd., one of the busiest thoroughfares in San Diego County. Peak travel

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delays were reduced 46 percent, fuel consumption by 7.8 percent and automobile stops were reduced by 39.1 percent. In many cases, mixed-use pedestrian-oriented plans like One Paseo actually reduce local auto travel because multiple services are provided in a single, walkable space. Also, Carmel Valley residents will less frequently drive away from our neighborhood for quality retail and entertainment. By bringing products, services, and jobs into Carmel Valley, travel time will often be reduced, convenience for residents improved, and this means fewer cars on the road. Steve Laverson Carmel Valley Homeowner & Parent

Solana Beach and adjoining cities can take pride in the official announcement by Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts to run for the County Board of Supervisors. Those who know Dave know him to be a person of the highest integrity and committed to community service. Dave attended public schools and worked to put himself through college and graduate school. He started his own business and he helped build local SAIC into a Fortune 500 company. He is a nationally-recognized expert on healthcare policies and has been appointed by the administrations of both Presidents Bush and Obama to serve as an advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, he has served in leadership roles as a North County Transit District Board of Director where he helped expand public transit service, reduce fares and was recognized by the SD County Taxpayers Association for fiscal stewardship with the Golden Bulldog Award. Dave has served on the San Dieguito River Valley Joint Powers Authority and, as chair, worked to expand the acquisition of property from Del Mar to Escondido for trails and parkland. He

served as chair in 2008 during the critical efforts to rebuild the park’s infrastructure after 60 percent of it was destroyed by the wildfires. Already, Dave has represented much of the Third Supervisory District by serving on the Public Safety Committee of SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) and on the county-wide Consolidated Transportation Services Agency. Dave also served as an alternate board member on the San Diego County Polinsky Children’s Center, which serves as intake center for abused and neglected children. He has adopted five children from the county system, ranging from age 3 to 16. The Third Supervisory District needs Dave Roberts because he has the experience to replace Supervisor Pam Slater-Price. This is a non-partisan position. The current dysfunction of “politics as usual” need not be an issue. We don’t always have the choice of a candidate of this caliber. Regardless of party affiliation, we need to work together to get Dave elected. Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts will serve us with honor. Mary Jane Boyd

I applaud the Torrey Hills community’s efforts to slow traffic on East Ocean Air Drive by reducing the speed limit from 40 to 30 mph. However, in my view, additional measures will have to be taken if safety is to be significantly improved in the area. I have lived there since the first houses were built 11 years ago, and since I walk my dog in the vicinity every day, I can say from long experience that speeding cars represent a clear and continuous danger in that neighborhood. East Ocean Air Drive runs from a point just east of Carmel Mountain Road, westward past the Vons shopping center at the intersection with Carmel Mountain, and on toward the various access roads leading to the 5 and 805 freeways. As such, it is heavily traveled by commuters on weekday mornings and evenings. And at all times of the day and night, on weekdays and weekends, far too many drivers travel on it at speeds of 50 to 60 mph, untroubled by the blind spots resulting from curves and the crests of hills. The worst of the drivers routinely exhibit complete disregard for the safety of the people walking or jogging along that road and especially the people crossing it, a good number of them residents of the housing developments and the large apartment complex on the south side of East Ocean Air. Over a distance of nearly a mile, there is only one crosswalk on East Ocean Air Drive (at Senda Acuario) between the shopping center at Carmel Mountain Road and Calle Mar de Mariposa, the street leading to Torrey Hills Elementary School. So naturally children cross East Ocean Air at odd points on their way to the school, just as adults do as they head for the nearby park to exercise, walk their dogs, or push their young children or grandchildren in strollers. Many times I’ve witnessed (or been in) situations where a speeding driver is

fast approaching a spot where someone is crossing East Ocean Air Drive. The driver neither stops nor even slows down, despite the legal and moral requirement to yield to pedestrians and to be especially cautious in residential areas. Instead, the driver maintains his excessive speed and SWERVES AROUND the anxious pedestrian, crossing into the only other lane on the road and creating the risk of a head-on collision with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Such drivers will certainly not be deterred from speeding or recklessness by a 30 mph sign. So in addition to lowering the speed limit, we must propose other remedies. I believe that two more stop signs and crosswalks are called for along East Ocean Air Drive, preferably at the points where Vereda Mar Del Sol and Corte Jardin Del Mar intersect it. The first of these residential streets lies at a point where westbound drivers tend to speed up; the second is on a stretch where a sharp curve and a hill crest create blind spots for drivers moving in both directions. Additional stop signs accompanied by crosswalks would provide a threefold benefit. First, they would slow the traffic on East Ocean Air Drive. Second, they would improve safety conditions for pedestrians, particularly children and older people, who may be less alert to traffic dangers or less able to move quickly out of harm’s way. And third, for residents of the housing developments along that road, they would significantly reduce the risk of being broadsided by a speeding car as they turn from their side street onto East Ocean Air Drive. If these extra measures are not yet part of the community discussion, I urge residents of Torrey Hills to take them under consideration. Winnie Woodhull

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the sea floor. “We chose that depth,” Kisfaludy explained, “because we wanted to put it deep enough where it would be interesting biologically, but shallow enough to where the Scripps’ remotely operated vehicle (ROV) could access it.” Kisfaludy was raised in Pacific Beach a couple of blocks from Mission Bay. His father, an auto mechanic, now retired, specialized in European cars. “My father emigrated from Hungary to New York with his family aboard a refugee ship when he was 10.” Kisfaludy’s mother is a dental hygienist. Asked what attracted him to a career in marine biology, he said, “That’s easy. All my time when I wasn’t in school, I spent at the beach, snorkeling or spear-fishing or jumping off cliffs or doing something in the ocean.” While attending Mission Bay High School, he realized eventually he would have to get a job, “but I wanted to do what I was doing for fun.” “The difficult part was to figure out how you get paid for having fun. I went over to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. I thought it would be fun to be a diver in their kelp tank and get paid to do that. Turns out they only gave volunteers the opportunity to do that.” So he volunteered and kept at it while studying for his degree in biology at SDSU. Then when the marine collector at Scripps needed help acquiring living speci-

mens in support the research and educational requests of faculty, staff and students at SIO, Kisfaludy was offered the position, again as a volunteer. He took it, without hesitation. “It was a dream come true,” he said. “So I started working with my predecessor. I was at Scripps two to three days a week. It was hard to keep my grades up at SDSU. But that’s what I did. Then after about four years volunteering with him, when my predecessor retired, I was graduating at the same time, and, for some strange reason, Scripps wanted me to do his job.” One of his heroes and an inspiration during his career at Scripps, he said, was biologist/collector Ed Ricketts, a friend of novelist John Steinbeck, who was featured in Steinbeck’s nonfiction book “The Log from the Sea of Cortez,” and who served as the model for the fictional character of “Doc” in Steinbeck’s classic novel, Cannery Row. Kisfaludy was employed at SIO for 10 years as a biological collector, marine technician, experimental aquarium manager, animal welfare curator, and boating safety manager and pilot. As a “jack of all seas,” at Scripps, he logged more than 2,000 days at sea and led 800 oceanographic excursions around the world. He even had a new species of salt-water rotifer, a near-microscopic multicellular parasitic scavenger, named after him, Paraseison kisfaludyi. Rotifers are important participants in aquatic food chain, consuming various microorganisms and detri-

tus, and, in turn, being eaten by tiny crustaceans. Kisfaludy’s parasitic species of rotifer was found feeding on the gills of shrimp-like Nebalia crustaceans that he collected for an SIO class during an 80-foot scuba dive into an area of dead sea grass a mile off of Scripps pier. “It was quite an honor,” Kisfaludy said of the naming, regardless of it being a parasite. “That’s what Scripps is in the business of doing, things that nobody has ever done. If somebody has done it before, there’s no place for you at Scripps,” he said of his former employer. “So my job was to be in the business of making things happen that had never been done before, and this fin whale fall was no different than collecting a nebalia and finding a parasitic rotifer on its gills.” It was a first. While at Scripps, Kisfaludy also combined a love of the ocean with a passion for flying. “That was my big hobby,” he said. “I took every dollar I made and threw it straight up into the sky or at an airplane. I ended up being a commercial pilot with a flight instructor rating, bought a plane, and developed two businesses around it.” Kisfaludy will narrate a 30-minute video presentation on the whale fall titled “A Whale of a Tale,” on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., at the Del Mar Television Foundation’s Communications Building, 240 10th Street, Del Mar. For more information, you are invited to call: 858-224-3888.

Del Mar Foundation seeks part-time Executive Director •Corrected from Jan. 12, 2012 The Del Mar Foundation is seeking an outgoing, part-time Executive Director to organize, implement and coordinate a comprehensive philanthropic program with support from the Del Mar Foundation Board of Directors. As Del Mar’s oldest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the mission of the Del Mar Foundation is to promote civic pride and cohesiveness, acquire and preserve open space, improve beaches and parklands, raise and grant funds, and sponsor diverse cultural programs and community events in Del Mar. The candidate for Executive Director must be a self-motivated leader who can be flexible, innovative, creative and work in an entrepreneurial environment. The primary focus of the Executive Director is to build long-term sustainable major and planned gift funding from individuals, with additional efforts placed on foundation/corporate grants, annual donations and special event support. The Executive Director will be the face of the Del Mar Foundation in the community. The responsibilities of the Executive Director are: •Work with the Board of Directors to organize and implement a comprehensive fun-

draising program to include annual support, major gifts and planned giving; •Organize and administer the Foundation office; •Coordinate all marketing and publicity for the Foundation and its special projects; •Promote the mission of the Foundation and its activities to the Del Mar community; •Support the Board of Directors, attend board meetings and other committee meetings as required, and help prioritize and coordinate all committee activities. Qualifications for the position include a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, familiarity with the Del Mar community and its residents, an outgoing and engaging personality, ability to work well with volunteers, five years experience implementing a comprehensive fundraising program, computer literacy, including familiarity with donor software, and strong managerial, communication and organizational skills. This is a part-time staff position with a work requirement of 20 hours per week. Salary is negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Please submit a resume and cover letter to pblair@manpowersd.com. The deadline for applications is Jan. 26.

EDUCATION continued from page 11 But he said with districtwide fundraising the money is spread around. “It is not a dollar-for-dollar exchange,” he said. “Some schools make out better than other schools on what they get back.” Children come second Forcing parents to donate to a foundation that distributes money unevenly, on programs for other schools, is an unfair policy in need of change. Making matters worse, parents are being coerced into giving money to the foundation for teachers’ salaries, when the school board betrayed parents’ trust by doling out to employees, in individual $1,000 bonuses, about $500,000 the district received last year in Federal Education Jobs Fund money. While other districts used the Jobs Fund money to save temporary teachers’ jobs or to offset the impact of statewide budget cuts to the general fund, Del Mar, alone

PATRIOT continued from page 14 parents. “We have the people involved and excited.” MJ beams talking about the Children’s Book Exchange, a program she started, that gives kids a chance to check out books from the Gator Library, get a book bag to decorate, eat ice cream and socialize. MJ can hand a [free] program like this over to volunteer Family Readiness Assistants (FRAs) to implement in their own companies. “We give them everything they need, except the ice cream.” The Spouse Club doesn’t advertise the people they assist. MJ states, “It’s just what we do.” It could be helping a family buy gas to visit a sick baby in a far-away hospital, finding someone to fix a lawnmower or another to bring in meals. How many people are helped or problems averted is hard to tally. “You know it’s really working when you have a new spouse log on to our Spouse

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among local school districts, gave all employees cash. Had the DMUSD contributed the money to support the ESC program, that $500,000 could have saved the Spanish program and many others. It’s galling for the board to tell parents to give money to the foundation for ESC teachers, when the district won’t even support the ESC program with free money from the feds. Denying a fully-funded program of enormous value for students – at a time when intensified demand for foreign language instruction for young pupils is at an all-time high – is not just idiotic, it’s shameful. But this is about more than cutting a Spanish program. Bashing Del Mar Heights and shuttering innovative programs that parent and staff ingenuity have put in place has become jolly sport for far too many in this district. This recent debacle seems more like a punitive measure meant to send the message that independent-minded schools do not dare step out of line. Lingering hostility toward Heights programs, policies and personnel translates into suspicion and resentment over every original idea Wardlow and her team might develop. The Heights raises more than its share of money for the foundation, has an inventive principal who collaborates with staff to develop creative programs that sometimes drift outside standard operating procedures, and engages actively involved parents who show fierce loyalty toward the school, admiration for its dedicated teachers and zeal for innovation in learning. People are punished for this kind of behavior in highly politicized bureaucracies like public education, not rewarded. Although they are no longer learning Spanish, there’s one lesson kids can comprehend quite well: The best interests of children will come in second every time to a system that supports blind allegiance to petty positions and narrow-minded attitudes. Marsha Sutton can be reached at SuttComm@san.rr.com.

Club Facebook page saying, ‘My husband’s gone. I don’t know what I’m doing — help.’ That means the word’s getting out and she feels comfortable posting that information.” “If our Marines and sailors can train in the field or deploy overseas knowing in the bottom of their hearts their families are being taken care of and active in the battalion, this allows them to focus on being the most ready. For my husband,” reflects MJ, “the end result is mission accomplished.” Back home, it’s a mission in progress. Ways to help the battalion: •Dear Marine – Children’s letter writing campaign for deployed Marines of the 3rd AABN. (how to at: www.gatorspouses. com) •Monetary donations via www.gatorspouses.com to create and enhance these fabulous programs for our military families.

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Week in Sports BY GIDEON RUBIN Boys basketball: Cathedral Catholic opened its season with an 11-game winning streak, and now the Dons have another one going. A decisive 81-64 Western League victory over Lincoln on Jan. 20 was the Dons eighth straight win since experiencing their only loss to perennial Orange County power Brea Olinda in a nonleague ESPN Holiday Classic tournament game on Dec. 27. Niksha Federico scored 24 points to lead a balanced Dons offense, with four players reaching double figures and all seven scorers contributing at least seven points. Xavier Williams and Brendan Reh each contributed 12 points, and Nick Prunty added 10. Williams led the team with seven rebounds. Brandon Michel and Michael Rosenburg each contributed eight points. Michel also had nine steals, and Rosenburg contributed eight assists. The Dons improved to 5-0 in league and 19-1 overall for the season. ***** Canyon Crest Academy left nothing to chance as the Ravens snapped a four-game skid with a 72-30 shellacking of Mission Vista in a League game on Jan. 20. J.P. Chenevey scored 21 points to lead the Ravens, and Akira Tachiwana and Riley Adams each added 12 points. Dylan Osetkowski pulled down 20 rebounds and also contributed 11 points for the Ravens, who improved to 1-1 in league and 7-12 overall for the season. ***** Torrey Pines lost to Westview 67-54 in a Palomar League opener for both teams on Jan. 17. The loss followed a 55-43 win against Bishop’s in a nonleague game a day earlier. Joe Rahon scored 18 points and had nine rebounds and three steals to lead the Falcons in the Westview game. Garrett Galvin contributed 15 points, and Sean Murray added 14. Galvin scored 20 points and Sam Worman added 14 points to lead the Falcons in the Bishop’s game. The Falcons fell to 0-1 in league and 10-8 overall for the season. ***** Santa Fe Christian lost to Army-Navy 59-57 in a Coastal

League game on Jan. 20. The loss followed an 85-71 loss to La Jolla Country Day two days earlier. Justin Byrd scored 21 points and Grant Corsi added 17 points to lead the Eagles in the Army-Navy game. Byrd scored 23 points and Corsi added 20 in defeat for the Eagles against LJCD. The Eagles fell to 0-3 in league an 11-7 overall for the season. ***** San Diego Jewish Academy lost to TPHS Garrett Galvin had 15 points in Escondido Charter a Jan. 17 loss against Westview. 53-48 in a Pacific Photo/Anna Scipione League game on Jan. 18. Jacob Katz and Ryan Marchetti each scored 15 points in defeat for the Lions. Katz also had six rebounds and three steals. The Lions fell to 1-1 in league and 6-8 overall for the season. **** Girls basketball: A balanced offense and a dominant defense were more than enough for Canyon Crest Academy, which trounced Mission Vista 53-10 in a Valley League game on Jan. 20 despite no individual Ravens player reaching double figures in scoring. Julia Brew and Carly Sherman each scored nine points to lead the Ravens, who had 11 players get into the scoring column. Brew also had six rebounds, and Sherman contributed

five assists. The Ravens improved to 1-1 league and 9-9 overall for the season. After taking their lumps playing a tough nonleague schedule, Santa Fe Christian’s girls’ basketball team seems to have turned things around just in time for the start of their Coastal League North campaign. The Eagles are 3-0 in league and are making it look easy. Their 68-8 trouncing of San Diego Jewish Academy on Jan. 19 followed a 67-23 shellacking of Pacific Ridge the previous day. After a 4-9 start, the Eagles have outscored their three league opponents by a combined 196-63. Erin Moody and Makenna White each scored 14 points to lead the Eagles in the SDJA game. Lindsey Almquist scored 11 points to lead the Eagles in the Pacific Ridge game and White added 10 points. The Eagles improved to 7-10 overall for the season. ***** Torrey Pines lost to Poway 57-44 in a Palomar League game on Jan. 20. Sarah Lawrence scored 21 points to lead the Falcons. The Falcons fell to 0-2 in league and 9-10 overall for the season. Girls soccer: Santa Fe Christian defeated Escondido Charter 3-1 in a Coastal League South game on Jan. 20. Paige Stehly scored two goals to lead the Eagles and Kayla McGuiness had two assists. Eagles goalie Madalyn Tschantz had 18 saves. ***** Canyon Crest Academy defeated Mission Vista 6-0 in a Valley League game on Jan. 20. Kate Spitters scored two goals to lead the Ravens and Meredith Rauch had contributed two assists. The Ravens improved to 2-0 in league and 5-6-4 overall for the season. Boys soccer: Canyon Crest Academy defeated Mission Vista 6-0 in a Valley League game on Jan. 20. Brady Seitz and Colin Seitz each scored two goals and had two assists to lead the Ravens. The Ravens improved to 1-0-1 in league and 12-2-3 overall for the season.

Surf Boys U10 White Team: Coach Dave Currie; Back Row: Kai Haseyama, Kian Hogan, Trevor Lyons, Michael Scavuzzo, Derrik Stephenson, Henrique Bueno; Front Row: Ish Uno, Carlos Zuniga, Francisco Gomez, Chase Marion, Eitan Breziner, Chris Hegardt.

2012 Legends Cup Champs Surf Boys U10 White San Diego Surf GU12 Premier Team wins Prestigious Laguna Eclipse Soccer Tournament Coach Beto Villela led his girls premier GU12 to an undefeated victory in a two-day soccer tournament held Jan. 21 and 22 in Orange County. Congratulations Surf! (Above) In front: Bailee Monjazeb; Bottom row, l to r: Kendall Coate, Kelli McKinnon, Olivia Lovenberg, Kylee Steele, Katie Cameron, Carissa Foster; Top row, l to r: Isabella Willyard, Malia Kealaluhi, Nina Venzon, Taylor Washington, Lauren Gross, Emelia Owen, Raemi DeWent, Coach Beto Villela.

2011 State Champions, Surf Boys U10 recently went north to the Legends Tournament in Chino Hills to prepare for the 2012 State Championships, which will begin in a few weeks. The team faced off in the finals against their rival, last year’s State Championship game opponent FC Golden State Academy (previously LA Cosmos). As always, the game was a hard-fought battle between the two determined teams. Identical to the 2011 match up in this same tournament, the game went to overtime. The score was 1-1, when the whistle blew in regulation. In the second period of golden goal, with about 30 seconds left before penalty kicks the Surf team scored the winning goal. Coach Dave Currie couldn’t have been happier with the consistent strong play of his team throughout the tournament. The championship was truly a team effort. He felt the boys played their four best games of the season. The team now prepares for their first round of the state tournament, which begins on Feb. 11.

Carmel Valley News fact, all our opponents played excellent soccer,â&#x20AC;? noted Coach Illingworth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We scored almost every way you can â&#x20AC;&#x201C; headers, corners, direct kicks, penalty kicks, hard shots from outside the box, finesse shots pushed past the keeper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and then for our defense to allow only one goal was just incredible.â&#x20AC;? In group play, Manchester bested La Roca (UT) 6-0, Fire FC (UT) 8-0, and Arsenal (CAS) 7-1. Manchester then earned a hardfought 3-0 victory in a physical semifinal

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Manchester SC BU10 Academy, left to right. Back row: Jonathan Esposito, George Cole, Liam Koeneke, Bryan Delgado, Zebastian Dimas, Daniel Delgado, Zahid Pinzon, Erik Figueroa, Head Coach Jeff Illingworth. Front row: Diego Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hansen, Jorge Kuri, Marcos Calderon, Andrew Espinoza.

The bylaws stipulate that residential candidates for the TPCPB must attend at least one board meeting before the election. Board meeting are held at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Del Mar Hills PAC Room, 14085 Mango Drive, Del Mar. Community Area 1 comprises the area located north of Del Mar Heights

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match against Heat FC (NV). Supporting Manchester from the sidelines in the semifinal were BU10 players from tournament host LVSA, which in the prior yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final had narrowly defeated Manchester in overtime. In this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final, Manchester scored early and never let up against a skilled team from United FC of San Juan Capistrano (CAS). When the final whistle blew, Manchester had the 3-0 victory â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the championship of Vegas Cup 2012.

Road, west of 1-5, and extending towards the northern terminus of the community; Community Area 2 is located south of Del Mar Heights Road, west of 1-5 and north of Carmel Valley Road east or north of the Torrey Pines Preserve; Community Area 3, also known as Del Mar Terraces, is south and west of the Torrey Pines Reserve with Carmel Valley Road as its southernmost boundary.

All candidates should announce their interest in running for election during the Feb. 9 Torrey Pines Board meeting. Election submission forms can be downloaded from the TPCPB web site: www.torreypinescommunity.org . For more information, please contact Dennisridz@ hotmaii.com or visit www. torreypinescommunitv.org

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Manchester Soccer Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BU10 Academy are champions of the prestigious Vegas Cup held Jan. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16 in Las Vegas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a fantastic tournament for our team, one of the most dominating performances Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in this age group in my 40 years of coaching,â&#x20AC;? said Head Coach and Co-Director of Manchester Coaching Jeff Illingworth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a total team effort with all players contributing with excellent defending, passing, and scoring.â&#x20AC;? Competing as one of 12 teams in BU10 Division 1, Manchester won five games with 27 goals for and one against. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our team made it look easy with some lopsided scores, but, in

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San Diego Surf ‘98-’99 BU13 Team wins two tournaments in a row Congratulations to the San Diego Surf ‘98-’99 BU13 Team and Coach Michael “Nico” Nicholson for winning back to back tournaments. They won the Surf Thanksgiving Tournament in November and recently came out on top at Legends Tournament in Chino Hills. This past weekend was extremely exciting with the boys winning 1-0, 3-1, 2-0, 2-0 and headed into overtime in the finals tied 1-1 against a very strong Legends team. Goalkeeper Tyler Dean was outstanding and blocked 4 penalty kicks, while Jake “Edu” Edwards and Owen “back flip” Achieris connected on their kicks to assure the win for Surf. Izzy Gutierrez, Chris Depetro, JT Henderson, Greg Matus and Jordan Karam also scored goals for their team this weekend. Jimmy Ryan and Michael Stewart impressed with their speed and passing while Peter Copp, Nick Lagotta, Connor Robinson, Cameron Bishop and Ryan Coughlin held strong in the back and midfield. Goal keepers Tyler Dean and Jake Mendelsohn allowed only 2 goals and continue to impress. This team grows stronger each day and has two upcoming tournaments as they get ready for National Cup in February and March. Go Surf! Not pictured, but missed, Gabe Gitler.

Surf GU 9 wins Legends Tournament, meets David Beckham of the LA Galaxy The Surf GU 9 team recently won the Legends Tournament and had the opportunity to meet David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy professional soccer team. Pictured in front is: Abba Dunbar, Ashlin Thompsen, Lorena Montgomery, Annabelle Mitchell, Megan McCrank,Emily Sway; Second row is: Mia Savage, Alaina Butcher, Isabella Grust, David Beckham, Dorian Savage, Gabriella Grust, Makena Crimaldi. Missing Coach Steveo Leacock, Lexi Wright, Raquel Aguirre, Carly Reeves.

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acts of poetry Lisa Kaczmarczyk (right) with a friend in the Colorado Rockies.

CV author’s new book shows how computers can be used to make a difference BY KATHY DAY Lisa Kaczmarczyk figured out how to combine her interests in social issues with her expertise in computer science by writing a book, “Computers and Society – Computing for Good.” “I wanted to write about societal issues in a way that hadn’t been done before,” the Carmel Valley resident said last week. “So often we hear about problems with computers – hacking, privacy issues – but I wanted to show how people can make a difference using computers and make a living doing it.” Kaczmarczyk didn’t take a direct route into a career in computer science. Her undergraduate degrees are in drama and Spanish, but she said she always had an interest in computers so she took lots of classes as an undergrad. “I talked my way into a lot of classes,” she said, adding that when she graduated she had enough training that she was able to get a job in the computer industry before going back to school for a master’s degree. When she got back into school, she said, she really liked graduate school and completed two graduate degrees, including a Ph.D., along with extensive course work in Intercultural Communication studies and Systems Science. Then she got two job offers: One in Silicon Valley, one to teach at a community college. She took the teaching job and “never looked back.” It was then she started doing research and tried to get papers published. Following a pattern of “school-work-school-work,” she eventually returned to a computer industry job “that didn’t turn out to be what it was supposed to be.” Today, she is an evaluation and assessment consultant, working with faculty who have National Science Foundation grants in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – research. She serves as an external evaluator on their projects. Settling in Carmel Valley about two and a half years ago, she decided to pursue her interest in writing a book that “puts a human spin on what people in the computer industry do.” It’s not all about “sitting in a cubicle in a dark office or being a code monkey,” she said, adding that computers frequently come into play for the good of our society, and that’s where she chose to put her focus. Her book is designed as a textbook, with case studies SEE AUTHOR, PAGE B27

BY CLAIRE HARLIN editor@delmartimes.net “This is a random act of poetry,” said Dylan Barmmer as he handed a note card to a passing girl at the Solana Beach Amtrak Station on a recent Wednesday evening. She read it:

Heart Don’t be Heartbroken you know that thing’s a muscle tear it to build it She raised her hand to her mouth, letting out a sincere gasp. “Oh my gosh, how did you know I needed to hear that?” she said. “Wow, you really made my day.” For Barmmer, such a reactions are not uncommon. They’re the reason he has continued to share at least 3,000 random acts of poetry — all in the haiku form —around North County in the last couple of years. If you frequent the local farmers’ markets or coffee shops, it’s likely he has handed one to you. Or, you may have seen his poetry cards on a shelf or bulletin board at Bindu Yoga in Del Mar or Java Depot in Solana Beach, to name a couple of places they’re often left. “Nobody else is really doing this that I know of and most people seem surprised at it,” said Barmmer. “If it’s only a few minutes a day, it gives me something to do that people aren’t going to encounter anywhere else.” Barmmer, who makes his living in the field of web marketing, really got into poetry a few years ago when he went to a poetry reading on a massive lawn surrounded by redwoods at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur. “I was learning how to have control of my mind and harness my thoughts a little bit better, so I went to an open mic,” said Barmmer. “I wrote some things on the fly and went on stage and I got a great response.” He started writing more and more, and he said it was therapeutic. His “random acts of poetry” idea came later, but at first it didn’t involve note cards with haikus. The original idea, he said, was to video record poems in different locations, chosen according to the content of the poem. For example, when Barm-

Dylan Barmmer has been brightening people’s days in North County for more than two years by passing out haikus at random. PHOTO: CLAIRE HARLIN

mer was let go from his job a few years ago — during a tough recession — he wrote a poem for those experiencing job loss and read it in front of his former employer’s office building. “It was about dealing with job loss and stepping into uncertainty and following your heart,” said Barmmer of the video, which can be viewed along with his others at www.youtube.com/ wordisborntv. “I got more feedback on that than any poem, and that was the genesis for me to dive deeper into it.” But after making almost 90 videos, Barmmer decided to take a different direction with his random acts of poetry. “It seems like it was all about me and I thought that was kind of egocentric, so I started going around with blank cards and a pen. I asked people to give me a topic and I would write them a poem,” he said. “I did that once all day at the Encinitas Street Fair. I got like $100 in tips, but I also got really sunburned.” Now, he keeps about 25 poems in circulation that he said people have responded positively to, and he hands them out. On the back of each card is information about his “WORD” poetry readings that take place every third Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at E Street SEE POETRY, PAGE B27

Barmmer’s “random acts” of poetry aren’t always random. He’s left the following haiku in ATM cash slots:

Direct Deposit The money we make can’t buy us True Happiness but Love shines like Gold He’s left the following near clothing boutiques:

Passion Victim Fashion is fleeting but Passion lasts forever dress yourself in LOVE He’s left the following on the beach:

Surf Yes the Surf is up but is your Soul moving too flowing and churning?

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Adventurer from St. Louis ends 2,500-mile walk in Del Mar BY CLAIRE HARLIN EDITOR@DELMARTIMES.NET

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On Aug. 8, Anthony Lambing set off walking in Charleston, S.C., and he had no intention of stopping until he reached Del Mar. At three miles an hour, the 26-year-old from St. Louis made his way across America, and on Jan. 20 around 2 p.m., he arrived on the beach at Powerhouse Park — rugged and sunburned — to meet his anxiously waiting family. “I’m so relieved and I wasn’t even the one walking,” said his mom, Sherry, as he strolled in. “I knew this was something he really wanted to do, and it went so much better than I could have imagined.” So why did Lambing make the 2,500-mile, five-month trek across the states? Simply put, he wanted to quench his thirst for adventure. “The idea of traveling across America crossed my mind, and I just couldn’t get it out of my head,” said Lambing. “I decided to walk because I hadn’t been on a bike in forever and running seemed like a lot of work.” Lambing carried a bicycle trailer with him along the way. On it, he fixed a sign with his blog address, www.anthonywalksamerica.com. He mainly camped and stayed with acquaintances along the way, but some cities he passed through were kind enough to make accommodations for him. “The morning I’d be going into a town, I would call the City Hall and tell them my website and tell them what I was doing and ask if I could put up a tent overnight,” he said. “A lot of times they would pick the fire department as a place to stay … One Town Hall directed me to a local who loved travelers, and a couple hooked me up with a free hotel room.” Lambing has amassed quite a following and befriended many throughout his travels. He has well over 1,000 followers on his Facebook page, “Anthony Walks America,” and his blog has a total of about 28,000 views. But those aren’t all unique views, he said. “I can probably tell you that my mom checks it three

Anthony Lambing (second from right) stands on the beach in Del Mar with his brother, Nick, and his parents, Patrick and Sherry, after finishing a five-month trek across the United States. Photo/Claire Harlin times a day,” he said. And Sherry confirmed that. “I checked it obsessively,” she said. Sherry and Lambing’s father, Patrick, were very much a part of their son’s travels throughout the entire trek. Lambing talked to his mother on the phone several times a day, and both Sherry and Patrick tuned in on speaker phone at night. Sherry said she followed him on Google Earth, examine the terrain and surroundings of all his locations, and Patrick said he would often go back and look through all the photos on his son’s blog, start to finish. Lambing said the experience never got old, however, he did at one point feel fed up with walking. “Halfway through New Mexico, I decided I was tired of

walking. I wasn’t tired of traveling, but I was tired of walking,” he said. “It became completely normal and it was what I was doing for so long that the fact that there would be an end didn’t really register.” Lambing said he strategically plotted his course in order to see areas he was interested in — namely the South — and he ended his travels in Del Mar because he has a great aunt, whom he had never met, who lives in the area. It’s hard to say what place along the way was his favorite, he said, but he found Georgia to be surprisingly interesting because there were so many small towns where movies and TV shows had been filmed. “If you were to drive across America, you would just get off the highway for gas. But I got to see the places that you would only see if you lived there. Places that nobody would go except the locals,” he said. One striking feature of the small towns, he said, was the fact that people congregated and made a hangout of the local gas stations. “I also couldn’t believe it when I saw people in the South buy a 20-ounce soda and pour a bag of peanuts in it,” he said. “I’m from Missouri and you just don’t see those kinds of things there.” The biggest challenge Lambing said he ran into was running out of money, but his followers, acquaintances and family helped sustain him financially during the last half of his trip. He said he spent about $5,000 over the course of his travels. Not only did his supporters help him along the way, but he said he’s made lifelong friends. He said a number of people checked in frequently to support him on his blog and Facebook page, and some acquaintances even called to check in on him occasionally. “I can probably take a vacation to every state I went through for sure and have places to stay for free,” said Lambing, who now plans to return to his job at Target. To read more about Lambing’s voyage, visit www.anthonywalksamerica.com.

CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING The Sacred and the Profane in Art: From the Greeks to the Renaissance Tuesdays, January 31 and February 7, 14, 2012 The lectures will contrast the art and architecture of the ancient Greeks and the Greek emphasis on humanism and secularism with the Byzantine Christian world, an age marked by art of great, glittering beauty and insubstantial otherworldliness. This will then yield to the Renaissance and the resurrection of the humanism of ancient Greece after a thousand-year interregnum.

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The Tuna Crisp is topped with red onion, shiso and white truffle oil.

Flavor Del Mar ■ 1555 Camino del Mar, third floor of Del Mar Plaza, Del Mar ■ (858) 755-3663 ■ www.flavordelmar.com ■ The Vibe: Romantic, upscale casual, chic ■ Happy Hour: • 4-6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday ■ Signature Dishes: Tuna Crisp, • 2:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday Butterscotch Budino • All day Sunday ■ Open Since: 2010

■ Hours: • 4 p.m. to close, Monday and Tuesday • 11:30 a.m. to close, Wednesday-Friday • 11 a.m. to close, Saturday and Sunday

■ Reservations: Yes ■ Patio Seating: Yes ■ Take Out: No

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi with parsnip puree, melted leeks, spinach, pearl vegetables, and vanilla beurre blanc.

The patio provides views of the ocean and Del Mar Village.

Feast on fantastic fare with an ocean view at Flavor Del Mar BY KELLEY CARLSON visit to Flavor Del Mar serves as a feast for the senses. For starters, the California contemporary cuisine is uncomplicated, yet is concocted to delight the taste buds. “The chef uses few ingredients on the plate, but creates innovative combinations that are delicious,” Assistant General Manager Gabrielle Clift said. “They’re not fussy and not over sauced; they’re simple, clean and fresh.” The restaurant’s interior, and its views from the third floor of the Del Mar Plaza, are certainly easy on the eyes. The ocean can be seen from every table. “There isn’t one bad seat in the house,” Clift said. “The sunset views here are amazing.” The marine theme is reflected in Flavor’s decor, featuring varying shades of white, green and blue. At the bar, there is cerulean-hued glass simulating waves. While guests can’t hear the crashing surf, they can tune in to sounds from the ’80s and today’s Top 40 hits during the lunch hour. The tempo picks up at dinner, becoming more “clubby” and electronic, and a disc jockey plays dance music from 8 p.m. to close Fridays with no cover charge. For the ultimate Flavor experience, Clift recommends arriving during happy hour and munching on Pickled Potatoes, a play on salt-and-vinegar chips that is served with a side of crème fraiche and chives. “It’s the perfect thing to snack on with a cocktail in hand at the bar,” Clift said. Make sure to have an early reservation on the glass-enclosed, temperaturecontrolled patio in order to watch the sun

Prime Flat Iron Steak includes shallot jam, potato-arugula salad and soy-garlic sauce.

Sip at Flavor features community tables and more than 40 selections of wine. PHOTOS BY KELLEY CARLSON

On The Menu Recipe Each week you’ll find a recipe from the featured restaurant online at delmartimes.net. Just click ‘Get The Recipe’ at the bottom of the story. ■ This week:

Flavor Del Mar’s Pickled Potatoes

Pickled Potatoes, with crème fraiche and chives, can be enjoyed with a cocktail.

dip below the horizon — the dinner rush usually picks up around 6 p.m. and quiets back down at 8 p.m. Whether you’re sitting by a window or the cozy fireplace, arrive with enough of an appetite to sample several courses. Share a Tuna Crisp topped with red onion, shiso and white truffle oil. Or open the meal with Scallop Ceviche, a Pear Salad or a Foie Gras Doughnut. For the main course, try the Maine Diver Scallops with potato two ways, cauliflower, wild mushrooms and Meyer lemon. For a “meatier” entree, there’s Braised Prime Beef Short Rib, with potato puree, quail egg ravioli, gingered carrots, onion chip and natural jus. Children may select from items such as beef sliders and pasta with butter and cheese. Next, savor the Butterscotch Budino, an Italian pudding with crème fraiche,

caramel and Maldon sea salt. Finish the night off around the corner at Flavor’s wine bar, Sip, with a glass of port and a cheese platter, sampling from up to 25 artisanal varieties. There are more than 40 wines by the glass to choose from and two large community tables designed for interaction with other guests. Sip is open from 4:30 p.m. to close Sunday through Friday and from noon to close Saturday. Wine tastings are held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, with different regions and producers highlighted each week; it’s $10 for eight selections. The same bar menu is served at Sip as Flavor, and all specials apply to both sites. On Mondays, a trio of Niman Ranch Beef Sliders and any beer is offered for $15; Wednesdays is half-off suggested wines by the bottle; and Sparkling Sundays features 50-percent off sparkling wine by the bottle.

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DMP is proud to support the following community based organizations & events: Torrey Pines Lacrosse, Torrey Pines Volleyball, Torrey Pines Basketball, Earl Warren Surf Team, Powerhouse Paddle, Del Mar Lifeguards, Kids in a New Groove, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Del Mar Village Association, Del Mar Art Stroll, Solana Beach 4th of july Fun Run, EMW Foundation

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Friendships take an unexpected turn in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Recommendationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BY DIANA SAENGER â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Recommendation,â&#x20AC;? an upfront look at real friendship, began its world premiere in The Old Globeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre on Jan. 21. In the script written by Jonathan Caren (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends in Transient Places,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catch the Fishâ&#x20AC;?) and directed by Jonathan Munby (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tale,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Canterbury Talesâ&#x20AC;?) two young men â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of upper-class, the other middle class â&#x20AC;&#x201D; must re-examine their friendship when a third person becomes involved. The cast includes Jimonn Cole (Dwight Barnes), Brandon Gill (Iskinder Iudoku), and Evan Todd (Aaron Feldman). Todd (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Seagull,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Raisin in the Sunâ&#x20AC;?) and playwright Caren were attending the same school when Todd approached Caren to see if he had written any plays with a

If you go What: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Recommendationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; When: Matinees, evenings, Jan. 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 26 Where: 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park Tickets: From $29 Box Office: (619) 23-GLOBE Web: www.TheOldGlobe.org

20-year-old character in mind. He discovered Caren had just finished his first draft of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Recommendation,â&#x20AC;? and later Todd auditioned for the role of Aaron. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I found the play funny, but at the same time, serious,â&#x20AC;? Todd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smart, but not overly intellectualized and touches on a lot of issues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; class, friendship, and to an extent, race. The play has depth and is contemporary. The writing is very good, and the characters are fun to portray.â&#x20AC;? The smart and charming Aaron comes from a privileged background, but

his new college roommate, Iskinder (Gill â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holler If Ya Hear Me,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neighborsâ&#x20AC;?), hails from a middle-class immigrant family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aaron is a guy that every one knows or has in their lives,â&#x20AC;? Todd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charming, has family connections and knows how to work the system â&#x20AC;Ś through his own ambitions, drive and determination ends up on top.â&#x20AC;? At first Aaron becomes a mentor to Iskinder and opens new doors for him. Then Dwight (Cole â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taming of the Shrewâ&#x20AC;?), an

accused felon, enters the picture and everything changes for the three men. Aaron discovers it will take more than his clout or money to solve sudden problems. All three actors attended The Julliard School, and Todd previously worked with Gill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this benefited us in working together here, and gave us a bit of insight into the way we became these characters,â&#x20AC;? Todd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The play is so relatable to situations that take place today and raises a question about giving something to someone: Is it really selfless or does that giver expect something in return? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Recommendationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is interesting and lively, and audience members will find some of the circumstances funny because they have been in those exact situations.â&#x20AC;?

Brandon Gill (Iskinder), Evan Todd (Aaron) and Jimonn Cole (Dwight) mix up the drama in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Recommendation.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Photo/Henry DiRocco.

Hands United for Children to host art-inspired gala to foster education programs in Africa and San Diego On Saturday, Feb. 4, from 6-10 p.m., Hands

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grams such as free meals, free uniforms, free afterschool activities and free bus tickets to alleviate obstacles in the way of under-served teens. The organization has a new force behind them to rejuvenate its mission with a team of champions led by Executive Director Agnes Barrelet. She and her energetic, passionate board have the gumption to show the

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public how education can create an exit out of the cycle of poverty, from Africa to the United States to Latin America and beyond. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I finally spend my days doing what I believe I was brought to earth to achieve; bringing education to children lacking the opportunity, creating a difference and making the world a better place. By educating the youth, we reduce the crimes and the wars we see around the globe. I introduced the art because I strongly believe art helps bring beauty into the lives of all. Our event encourages young artists to be engaged as part of a solution to educate. This is the key to our success. At Hands United for Children, we mean what we say and we do what we promise,â&#x20AC;? stated Barrelet about her purpose and position at the organization. The evening will consist of a cocktail reception, a gourmet three-course dinner designed by Executive Chef Jesse Frost, a live auction, a raffle for an eight-day safari and an art showcase of West African and local artists. Tickets: $200 per person or $1,600 per table (8). For more information or tickets, please contact Executive Director Agnes Barrelet at agnes@handsunited4children.org; or visit www. handsunited4children.org.

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SALOME By Richard Strauss

JANUARY 28, 31, FEBRUARY 3, 5 (M) A One-Act SHOCKER! Salome’s disturbing obsession with John the Baptist drives her to make a shocking request – his severed head as a reward for performing the sensuous Dance of the Seven Veils. Thrilling, seductive and chilling.

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An Important Letter To All Solana Beach Residents And The Solana Beach City Council The Solana Beach City Council is inaccurately portraying any opposition to a proposed low-income housing project as the irrational fear of residents to affordable housing in their neighborhood. The proposed project would replace a dedicated beach access parking lot in the 500 block of South SierraAvenue. This property was deeded to the City of Solana Beach by the County with the restriction that it be used for public parking. This dedication was a promise to the public that it would have open access to the public beaches indefinitely. If the Solana Beach City Council approves this project, the valuable beach access parking lot will be leased to the Developer for 65 years at the rate of One Dollar ($1.00) per year. At the same time, the City is struggling to balance its budget. In addition, the City Council is willing to lend at least 2.3 Million Dollars ($2,300,000) to the Developer with no evidence that repayment will occur for decades, if at all. Finally, the proposed tax credits obtained by the developer would result in a loss of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in revenue that could otherwise be used for education and other public services. The Solana Beach City Council has received hundreds of signatures opposing the replacement of the beach access parking lot with this project which will remove all visible open parking spaces. The Developer and the City have yet to adequately address how the public and residents will safely exit the parking lot without eliminating even more public parking and beach access. Yes, nearby residents do object to the size and scale of the project. The project requires the Solana Beach City Council to grant multiple exemptions from our current building codes, such as maximum height, parking minimums, set backs and compliance with the Solana Beach Corridor Specific Plan design and guideline requirements. The Corridor Specific Plan, with input from residents, defines how the corridor of South Sierra Avenue must be designed. Approval of the project’s density by itself would violate the State and our City’s density bonus law. Most residents of Solana Beach have objected to any project if the size and

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Local youth to perform in ACT San Diego’s ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ Actors’ Conservatory Theatre (ACT- San Diego) will present Once Upon a Mattress, from Jan. 27-Feb. 4, a hilarious musical story of romance in a fantasy kingdom. Once upon a Mattress will bring back the joy of bedtime stories and take the audience back to their childhood. ACT- San Diego’s production comes to life through a promising local cast of rising young stars. Propelled by a score from Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer, this fantastically entertaining and enchanting production is filled with music and dance, making it perfect for the whole family. Two different casts will perform this musical. The production will be held at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre (6611 University Ave., San Diego, 92115). For tickets and more information, visit www.actsandiego.com.

View special collection of red artwork at Del Mar Art Center’s ‘The Red Event’ Red, red, my love is red...so is the art at “The Red Event,” to be held Feb. 11, from 2-6 p.m., at the Del Mar Art Center. Come see the special collection of red artwork just in time for Valentine’s Day. Get to know your local artists and learn something about the artistic process through the art demonstrations that will take place throughout the day. A portion of sales will benefit the Del Mar Foundation, which produces cultural events for the community (DelMarFoundation.org). The Del Mar Art Center is a nonprofit artists collective of painters, potters, sculptors, photographers, glass artists and jewelers who provides art enrichment for the community. Piece by Pamela Linton. The Del Mar Art Center is located at 1555 Camino Del Mar, Suite 112, Del Mar, 92014; www.dmacGallery.com.

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Headliner Lucie Arnaz to sing at North Coast Rep Gala North Coast Rep is celebrating its history with a “30th Anniversary Gala,” a fundraiser on April 22 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club, honoring the history of the theatre and raising funds to support the artistic excellence the theatre has achieved. Artistic Director David Ellenstein has secured Emmy Award-winning Broadway veteran Lucie Arnaz to provide entertainment at the gala. The “30th Anniversary Gala” is being chaired by Justin Tipp and his wife, Leslie, of Del Mar. Located in Solana Beach, North Coast Rep currently is presenting “The Lion in Winter,” which runs through Feb. 5. Tickets are $225 per person; Champagne tables of 10: $2,750; Tables of 10: $2,250. For tickets call: Kathryn Byrd, development officer: 858-481-2155, ext. 211.

Students encouraged to enter Del MarSolana Beach Optimist Club’s essay contest The Del Mar-Solana Beach Optimist Club is holding an essay contest, asking students to contemplate the phrase “How My Positive Outlook Benefits My Community,” as part of the Optimist International Essay Contest for 2012. “Young students today have so many fresh ideas about the world and their future,” David Eller, club president, said. “As Optimists, our goal is to encourage them and do what we can to bring out the best in each of them. This gives them a wonderful opportunity to tap into their creativity and pursue possible scholarships at the same time.” The club will judge the students’ essays and winning pieces will be sent to the district level. At the district level, college scholarships are available for the top winners. District winners are entered into the international level judging and one first place winner will be awarded an engraved plaque and recognition in The Optimist magazine. Students wishing to participate in the essay contest can find out more by contacting Jon Vance at (858) 472-2425 or by e-mailing jon.vance@wellsfargoadvisors.com.

Public invited to learn integrative approaches to heart health at free Feb. 21 seminar San Diegans can learn practical ways that integrative medicine can help strengthen their heart health and overall well-being at a free public seminar led by Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The seminar, titled “Your Heart, Your Life, Your Dreams,” will be presented from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Dr Mimi Guarneri, medical director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, will lead the program. The event will offer practical strategies to help each attendee chart an individualized path to optimal heart health. Topics to be addressed will include proper nutrition, sleep, fitness and resiliency to stress. The program will be held in the Schaetzel Center at Scripps La Jolla, located at 9890 Genesee Ave., La Jolla 92037. For more information or to register to attend, call 1-800-SCRIPPS.

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Biologist Eddie Kisfaludy to present ‘A Whale of a Tale’ at DMTV Feb. 2 “A Whale of a Tale,” to be specific a fin whale, will be presented at the Del Mar Television Studio on Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. Join biologist Eddie Kisfaludy as he presents his video capturing the unique adventure and dramatic efforts of scientists to collect specimens and sink this adult fin whale that beached off the San Diego coast. This was a multiagency effort with Scripps Oceanography, NOAA, Sea World, lifeguards, and Virgin Oceanic. This is the largest whale fall known to science and you can watch what Biologist Eddie Kisfaludy turned out to be a dramatic effort that came together in amazingly short time span. This is the second presentation that Kisfaludy has shared for the Del Mar Television Foundation’s Oceans Awareness Series. As former Field Curator for Scripps Oceanography, his expertise as a biologist and pilot has sent him all over the world and he is currently working with Sir Richard Branson in efforts to explore the ocean’s five deepest places using a manned submarine. Please join Del Mar TV as Kisfaludy takes everyone on another ocean adventure, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Communications Building, 240 10th Street, Del Mar. For more information,

ITF tennis event at Morgan Run needs volunteers Morgan Run Resort and Club is one of the venues for the International Tennis Federation’s World Individual Seniors Championship, Feb. 12-19, and they are in need of volunteers to help run the competition. La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club and the San Diego Sports Commission have helped organize the event, which has not been held in the United States for 10 years and has never been held in Southern California. Morgan Run will host the men’s 45 division for the team event and the men’s 45 and women’s 40 for the individual championships. Every site is relying heavily on volunteers, and Morgan Run could really use volunteers for the week of the individual world championships. Volunteers should be tennis players or familiar with tennis, since the duties include court monitoring and match allocation. Lesley Waite, a member of the USTA Senior International Competition Committee, is heading up the volunteer effort and anyone interested in volunteering can contact her at (858) 755-8110 or e-mail lesleywaite@aol.com.

California Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc., of North San Diego County, comprised of Palomar Division 63, North San Diego County Division 45 and Avocado Division 81, recently announced that scholarship applications for school year 2012 – 2013 have been delivered to North County high schools. The Scholarship Foundation works to provide scholarships for deserving future teachers graduating from North San Diego County high schools. The scholarships are available for graduating seniors who will attend a California public community college or state university (CSU or UC system) for the upcoming year. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need, scholastic record, community service, work experience, a personal statement, and letters of recommendation. Scholarships of $1,000 are awarded to students attending junior college; those attending a CSU or UC school receive $1,500. Students wishing to apply for a scholarship from the California Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Foundation can obtain an application through the appropriate office in their high school or go online and download one at http://classjump.comretiredteacherscholarshipfoundationnsdc. The deadline for applications is March 12, 2012.

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Betty Ford Center’s ‘Young Adult Track’ program created in response to growing youth drug problems BY DIANE Y. WELCH It’s a sobering thought that for the past century car crashes have been the nation’s leading cause of accidental death. Yet today, more Americans are dying from prescription drug overdose than from any other accidental cause, according to a recently published statistical report by the Center for Disease Control. And it’s not just adults who are abusing. A report published in 2011 by the Partnership at Drugfree.org indicates a recent sharp rise in prescription substance abuse among adolescents, following a prior decade of continuous decline in other substance abuse. “What’s happening today is kids are becoming chemically dependent on prescription pain medication like Oxycontin, Percocet and Vicodin, and often they are getting the drugs from the medicine cabinet at home,” said John T. Schwarzlose, CEO of the Betty Ford Center, a residential rehabilitation facility in Rancho Mirage. “If kids get caught with heroin or cocaine they are arrested and placed in the legal system; kids who get caught with Vicodin that came from their parents may not get arrested at all. They learn very quickly, ‘Why take illegal drugs when I can take prescribed medications and get just as good a high.’ This is truly an epidemic across the nation,” Schwarzlose said. Founded by former first lady Betty Ford and Leonard Firestone in 1982, the Betty Ford Center has focused on a singular mission: To provide effective treatment services for alcoholism and other drug dependencies. One of its most recent programs is the Young Adult Track (YAT) created for 18-25 year-olds. The youth program was established in response to a marked increase in phone calls to the center from parents with similar stories: Their college-aged children, well-educated and intelligent, had dropped out because of drug abuse. “Now they are back home, hanging out on the couch, when they are not doing drugs they are playing video games or watching TV, and their parents are wondering what to do, they are desperate,” said Schwarzlose. Unlike other rehabilitation programs, the Betty Ford

The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage. Center focuses on the entire family. “The only way we will accept a new patient is if the family commits to coming in for a full five-day intensive family program that offers group and individual therapy and counseling,” said Schwarzlose. This five-day program educates other family members about the challenges of addiction and substance abuse, offers them emotional support and gives an introduction into the rehabilitation process for the patient. For one North County-based family, the Betty Ford Center youth program has been a lifesaver. “This is my second round with drug addiction in my family,” said the mother of three who chose to withhold her name. Her oldest child, a son, who would have been 30 last month, developed a drug problem in eighth grade. Struggling with his addiction for nine years, he eventually died from an overdose that had left him stranded and suffering from exposure in the desert. Alerted to the dangers that addicts face, when her teenage daughter started abusing drugs as a freshman in high school, action was needed. With unacceptable behavior, a DUI, breaking house rules and continued drug use, the situ-

ation was out of hand. Online research and referrals from friends led the mother to the Betty Ford Center. “I gave my daughter the choice of leaving our home for good or going into a treatment program at Betty Ford,” she said. The daughter chose treatment. The center’s program, based on the Twelve Steps of spiritual and character development central to Alcoholics Anonymous, was excellent for the teenager and gave her valuable coping tools, said her mother. Being kept busy all day, the daughter had productive therapy sessions with certified professionals trained in drug counseling, a strong structure, daily exercise and emotional support. Graduating last month, she volunteered for a continuous year of monitoring, was placed in a sober-living facility and continues to be drugfree. “I now see a smile on her face I haven’t seen for years,” said the mother. The YAT program is designed to meet the unique treatment needs of young female and male adults who are financially dependent upon their parents or other family members. Patients receive enhanced treatment activities to meet their unique development and gender needs. A minimum length of stay is 90 days, with the recommended length of stay 120 days at a cost of less than $500 a day, inclusive of everything: The medical care, the family program, the psychiatric care, room and board and followup. For those with an inability to pay there are scholarship programs available, said Schwarzlose. And advice is given for alternative programs. “We are here to help,” he said. Visit www.BettyFordCenter.org for more information about programs. The website has a toll free 24 hour hotline, 800-434-7365, that people may call for immediate advice.

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TPHS visual artists’ work honored at Del Mar Highlands event About 14 years ago, Del Mar Highlands Town Center and its merchants wanted to reach out and support their local schools and their young community members. With pressure emanating for funding of school art programs and classes jeopardized, the Be True To Your SchoolSave the Arts program was born. The program has evolved over the years with multiple formats inviting the schools to participate in various ways to receive a share of the donation allotment to support their school’s art programs. In 2002, the program transformed to a center-wide art walk for a two-week period. Each year since then an average of 600-900 pieces of student art has been displayed in merchants’ store-front windows for the community to view. Due to construction and renovations of Del Mar Highlands that took place this last year, the format was changed to offer a contest for local school students to create holiday cards for soldiers. The best were selected to be reproduced into packets which were then sold to help fund The Vision of Children, a foundation which funds the cure of genetically-caused childhood blindness. (Above) The two Torrey Pines High School visual artists’ exceptional entries chosen for reproduction were created by Junior Hannah Buechler (left) and Senior Anna Grace Irwin (right).

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Solana Beach Library half-price sale on now The Friends of the Solana Beach Library is holding a half-price sale in the used book shop now through Jan. 28. The shop is located at 157 Stevens Ave in Solana Beach, 858755-1404. Hours are: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.

Got worms? Solana Center can help Don’t you hate throwing out fruit and veggies that you just didn’t get around to eating on time? Start the New Year right by feeding your foodwaste to your worms. Solana Center for Environmental Innovation will help you and your worms turn foodwaste into valuable soil amendments, or compost. Solana Center sells Red Wiggler Worms needed for vermicomposting (composting with Worms). Give your worms a home in the” Worm Factory 360.” This composting bin works well for people living in single family homes, as well as condos and apartments. The bin prices are discounted due to subsidies from various municipalities. Solana Center has expanded its hours of sales to Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sales are at their facility located at 137 N. El Camino Real, Encinitas. For more information contact www.solanacenter.org

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Former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis visits local school • Wife, Kitty, tells parents how shock therapy helped her cope with severe depression BY PAT SHERMAN Former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, visited La Jolla Country Day School Jan. 20, speaking with parents and students as they toured the campus. Their day began as Kitty met with a group of parents to discuss her book, “Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy.” In 2001, Mrs. Dukakis began undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock, a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients. The treatments are used to manage the symptoms of catatonia and chronic depression, which Mrs. Dukakis formerly treated with a heavy regimen of antidepressants. The controversial treatment received attention when actress and author Carrie Fisher discussed her success using ECT to treat bipolar disorder, which she recounts in her recent memoir, “Shockaholic.” “She brought it to the public in a way that, frankly, left me horrified,” Mrs. Dukakis said. Seated in the room with his wife, Michael Dukakis told how ECT treatments have mellowed during the decades. He said the practice has come a long way since its depiction in the 1975 film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in which Jack Nicholson’s character receives vicious jolts of current in a “shock shop.” “It’s a very different treatment today,” Mr. Dukakis said, noting that the patient is anesthetized and less electricity is used. Mrs. Dukakis said she received her first ECT treatment on her and her husband’s wedding anniversary. With ECT treatments, she was able to stop taking antidepressants. “Look at her, folks,” Michael Dukakis said. “Here she is, 75 year of age. I keep introducing her as the best-looking social security recipient in the country.”

(Right) Former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, greet a parent at La Jolla Country Day School. However, he noted, his wife’s depression is chronic and must be constantly managed. She receives ECT treatments once per month at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Dukakis said the procedures have caused some memory loss in his wife. After undergoing one of her first ECT treatments, Kitty Dukakis had no recollection of a trip to Paris. When the couple returned, it was as if she were experiencing the city for the first time. “That’s kind of become a model for us,” Mrs. Dukakis said. “You just forget.” Following the discussion, Mr. Dukakis visited several classrooms to speak with students and field questions about his two terms as governor of Massachusetts, as well as his stint as the 1998 Democratic presidential nominee. Addressing students in Robert Grasso’s eighth grade American History class, Mr. Dukakis said his positive impetus to seek public office was John F. Kennedy, and his nega-

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International potluck at Carmel Del Mar

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Playhouse presents irreverent comedy about history across a trans-border landscape BY DIANA SAENGER San Diego native René Millán returns to take the lead in La Jolla Playhouse’s production of “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,” Jan. 27-Feb 26 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre on the campus of USCD. Directed by Jo Bonney and written by Richard Montoya with Culture Clash, “American Night,” a comedic satire, is a co-production with Center Theatre Group and was originally commissioned and produced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José” is about a young family man hoping to become a U.S. citizen until the pressures of accomplishing that feat make him think twice. Millán (“Don Quixote,” Broadway’s “The Wild Party”), who has performed at OSF since 2005, said he found everything about the script appealing and grabbed

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(Above) Richard Montoya, Rene Millán and Stephanie Beatriz star in La Jolla Playhouse’s production of ‘American Night: The Ballad of Juan José.’ Photo/Jenny Graham. can history. Some are good, but others are quite ugly. He begins to question if he wants to even become a citizen and if he should go back to Mexico.” The cast includes: Stephanie Beatriz (Lydia/Ensemble); Rodney Gardiner (Ben Pettus/Ensemble); David Kelly (Harry Bridges/Ensemble); Terri McMahon (Mrs. Finney/Ensemble); Culture Clash founder/member Richard Montoya (Juan José the First/Ensemble); Kimberly Scott (Viola Pettus/Ensemble); Culture Clash founder/member Herbert Siguenza (Neil Diamante/Ensemble) and Daisuke Tsuji (Johnny/Ensemble).

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(Left) The 2012 Bishop’s School auction cochairs Kelly Dorvillier, Melissa Swanson and Bridget Musante are ready to get down and boogie with the announcement of the school’s annual auction theme, “Disco Knights,” to be held on campus April 21. All proceeds of the auction benefit the school’s “Need-based Student Financial Aid and Faculty Professional Growth” programs. Visit www.bishops.com

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Karate Black Belt Level 8, Life Scout, and TV producer among accomplishments achieved so far by student with Asperger syndrome Winston School junior Tim Higgins is a Karate Black Belt Level 8, a Life Scout (one step before Eagle), and he produces television shows for Del Mar TV. He also scuba dives, and volunteers at the YMCA, as well as for the White Sea Bass Project. And he shares a passion for trains with his father, volunteering weekends as a docent cashier/ tour guide for the San Diego Vintage Trolley. Looking at him today, it would be hard to comprehend that before starting at the Winston School (www.thewinstonschool. com) in November 2010, he was a struggling student with Asperger Syndrome trying to make his way in classes with 40-plus students and bullies around every corner. Even the previous school’s “solutions” became problems, Higgins said. “They pull you out of the regular class to go to resource class, but classes wouldn’t crossover. I’d get double the math work — 60 problems a night — that became even more difficult because I spent time in resource class during the traditional math class.” Higgins’ mother, who is a special education advocate, attended the Winston School Conversation series featuring speaker Ed Asner and knew the school was a good fit for her son. From that first day, Higgins liked the school. “It was enjoyable to come to Winston and see more traditional classrooms and functioning school grounds where everyone gets along. I didn’t have to watch my back and wait for someone to attack me like at the previous school.” He said he has made many friends at Winston in the last year and appreciates the diversity of students. “I have a lot of friends. Everyone has groups of friends they hang out with in different environments. They sit in the auditorium, outside, have a game day pass where the can play video games, but that’s not a priority for me as I don’t play them. Here I can get along pretty much with everyone – at other schools the kids were getting into things they shouldn’t – attitudes are off. You can connect with the people here – including the teachers. “All the teachers have been influential,” he said. “They’ve all influenced me in their own way, even teachers I haven’t had. It’s a community here so even if you don’t have them they still talk to you, it’s really nice.” Winston Headmaster Mike Peterson underscores his student’s point, but says there’s more to the story. “At Winston, it is the entire community that educates and not just inside the classroom. But this effect is greatly magnified when you have a student as

Tim Higgins willing to engage, as curious and as observant as Tim. He’s a remarkable young man.” One teacher he immediately connected with was Dan Peragine. Higgins had already discovered an interest in video production before his first day at Winston when he met the popular Winston teacher. Peragine recognized Higgins’ talent and immersed his new student in the school’s video program. Higgins’ first project was editing the online video of the school’s production of “Grease” and he has edited all the other productions since, including “Footloose” and the most recent production, “Wizard of Oz.” He also produced videos for the school’s talent shows, and middle and upper school bands. Higgins’ video work has also extended beyond the school. “The Winston school has encouraged everything I wanted to do – I’ve gone from one tiny camera to a three-camera set up,” he said. Through his work with Peragine, Higgins has also become a certified producer through The Del Mar Television Association. After taking a four-hour course and learning how to operate the equipment, he also started producing healthy family lifestyle training videos with a local chiropractor and recently completed a short video on the vintage trolley Silverline that runs in downtown San Diego on the weekends. Higgins is also in the planning stages of producing a monthly segment for Del Mar TV called “Winston Windows” and he’s working on another episode of “Healthy Family.” He said this latest show will focus on healthy eating and recipes from the Paleo Diet, incorporating foods that are gathered or hunted – nuts, vegetables and meat. A big part of his life since he was 5 has been karate. Currently ranked a level 8 junior black belt, he’s planning to train for adult black belt next year. He is also a volunteer teacher at the YMCA. Boy Scouts has been another constant and he’s in the proSee STUDENT, page B23

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Students encouraged to participate in Del Mar- Pacific Ridge classmates give back to Solana Beach Optimist Club Oratorical Contest college students impacted by cancer

The Del Mar-Solana Beach Optimist Club is holding an oratorical contest, encouraging area students to speak their minds on the topic: “How my Optimism Helps me Overcome Obstacles.” The Optimist Oratorial Contest gives youngsters the chance to speak before an audience. Winners at the club level win $150 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place. The Optimist Club will judge the local students’ speeches based on content and presentation to determine the top winners. Club winners will be sent to the zone level and zone level winners to the district level for the opportunity to win college scholarships. The deadline to hand in speeches is Feb. 10. Students wishing to participate can pick up an entry form at the Solana Beach Library at 157 Stevens Avenue, Solana Beach, 92075. Students can also download the entry form at www.optimist.org/form/oratorical_rules_pade_11-12.pdf. Completed forms can be dropped off at the library. For more information, contact Pat Tirona at (760) 717-7093.

Classmates from Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad have created a service learning group, The Phoenix Foundation, to help college students who have had cancer. The students recognize that cancer is devastating not only for the individual, but also for his or her loved ones, and that chemotherapy is costly and can quickly deplete a college fund. As part of the service learning experience, Levine and his classmates will learn about the different types of cancer that inflict teenagers and the ways that cancer can change lives. To take this knowledge and put it to

use for the good of the community, the group will work with the charity Cancer For College, which awards scholarships to cancer survivors. The students will advocate for the charity’s efforts and volunteer their time during service learning class periods and after school hours. The students’ goal: to meet a scholarship recipient that they’ve helped and to have that student come to Pacific Ridge School to talk about his or her experience. To learn more about Pacific Ridge School, visit www.pacificridge.org.

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Solana Beach (in Lomas Santa Fe Plaza) 858-755-MATH (6284) • solanabeach@mathnasium.com ST.JAMES ACADEMY, 623 S. Nardo Avenue, Solana Beach, Preschool-8 858.755.1777 • www.saintjamesacademy.com St. James Academy weaves Christ’s message into the fabric of each school day so that the whole child can develop in body, mind and spirit. In our commitment to excellence, a student-centered, Catholic curriculum is provided which values faith development, challenging academics, leadership opportunities, and service to others. Open House: Sunday, January 29th 8:30am - 11am

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St. James Academy to hold Open House for prospective students and their families St. James Academy will be hosting an Open House for prospective students and their families on Sunday, Jan. 29, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. The school will provide student-led tours of the facility, as well as the opportunity to meet teachers, staff, and students and their parents. Refreshments will be served. Also, there will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;See Us in Actionâ&#x20AC;? tours led by current Academy parents between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. on Jan. 26, Feb. 8 and March 8. St. James is now accepting applications for the academic year 2012-2013. St. James Academy is a preschool-8 elementary school serving the North County communities of Solana Beach, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, Cardiff by the Sea, Carlsbad and San Marcos. St. James Academy is part of the St. James Catholic community, which includes St. James Church and St. Leoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mission. The Catholic Faith Community of St. James Academy weaves Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message into the fabric of each school day so that the whole child can develop in body, mind and spirit. Working within an educational program that integrates spiritual, moral, academic, social, cultural and physical precepts, the faculty and staff assist parents in the education of each child. For more information, go to www.saintjamesacademy.com or call 1-858-755-1777.

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‘My Recycled Valentine’ class to be offered at Re-Gallery Feb. 11 What could be more thoughtful on Valentine’s Day than a homemade gift from the heart? Re-Gallery invites all artists to its latest class, “My Recycled Valentine,” to create pop-up Valentines from recycled materials. All re-claimed supplies will be provided, but students are encouraged to bring their own materials to personalize their cards. Gallery founder and instructor Les Corral will provide hands-on instruction, creative ideas, and guidance. Students may create as many cards as they choose during the session. This class is designed for artists of all skills and abilities,

families and couples. “My Recycled Valentine” will be held at Re-Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The cost of the class is $35 per student, or $55 for one adult plus one child. To register or for more information, please call 858-259-2001 or email lester@regallery. org. Please RSVP for this class by Thursday, Feb. 9. Since June 2010, Re-Gallery has been opened for business at 348H S. Cedros Avenue in the Solana Beach Design District. For more information, visit www.regallery.org

San Dieguito River Park Trail Patrol training to be held; Trail Patrol volunteers needed Trail Patrol volunteers assist the San Dieguito River Park Rangers with patrolling established trails within the River Park, meet park visitors and answer questions, provide information, and identify trail problems and maintenance needs. Train to become a San Dieguito River Park Volunteer Trail Patrol Member. Protect the natural and cultural resources of the River Park and provide information and assistance to River Park patrons while you exercise in the fresh air and sunshine! Volunteers are asked to commit to at least one 3 or 4-hour patrol shift per month. The Trail Patrol training will be held in Escondido area on Jan. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. Trail Patrol volunteers will be trained in natural resources identification, visitor relations, equipment procedures, and emergency situations. There will be several SDRP Ranger led presentations, a guest speaker from the Oceanside Police Department presenting “Verbal Judo,” and in the field scenario/role playing. Whether you are interested in hiking the trails, patrolling by bicycle, or taking your horse out as part of an equestrian unit, you are needed. You must be at least 18 years of age. No fees: Training provided and paid for by the San Dieguito River Park. Refreshments will be provided! For more information or to register and receive a confirmation letter please contact Leana Bulay at Leana@sdrp.org or call (858) 674-2275 ext.14 For more information, including trail maps and activities, visit www.sdrp.org.

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Regional events: Concerts, literary events, planetarium shows and more offered Art on Wheels “Vochol: Huichol Art on Wheels,” a display of more than 2,277,000 glass beads arranged on a classic Volkswagen Bug, continues the first stop on its international tour through March 10 at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. “Vochol” integrates the Huichol artistic tradition with an icon of pop culture. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $12. (619) 232-7931. TheSanDiegoMuseumofArt.org Dancing with Bach Bach Collegium San Diego and IMAGOmoves will present the dance collaboration, “J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and 4 at the Molli and Arthur Wagner Dance Building on UCSD campus. Rodolfo Richter of Britain’s Academy of Ancient Music is guest director and Yolande Snaith, head of UCSD Graduate Dance Theatre, the choreographer. Solo alto Angela Young Smucker will be joined by eight musicians and five dancers. A discussion of the work begins 6.45 p.m. Tickets $20-$40 at bachcollegiumsd.org. Sacred Music Performing on period instruments in keeping with historical practice, the San Diego Early Music Society presents a program of sacred music, 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 at St. James by-the-Sea. Soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and countertenor Daniel Taylor, accompanied by Musica Angelica and led by Thomas Haselböck, will perform works by Handel, and Bach’s setting of Psalm 51, “Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden,“ based on the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Tickets $18-$35. sdems.org. Up in the Planetarium Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park reignites its first Wednesday planetarium shows on Feb. 1 and launches a daily show on Feb. 4. At 7 or 8:15 p.m. Feb. 1, an astronomer will talk about “The Sky Tonight.” If conditions are right, the San Di-

ego County Astronomy Association will provide free telescope viewing. Three days later, the Fleet is set to debut “Black Hole, the Other Side of Infinity,” narrated by Liam Neeson. (Date subject to change.) Details at tinyurl.com/7mrkar3. ‘Salome’ in San Diego Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” renowned for the “Dance of the Seven Veils,” launches the 2012 International Season for the San Diego Opera on Saturday, Jan. 28, with additional performances on Jan. 31, Feb. 3 and 5. Lise Lindstrom returns in the lead role with Greer Grimsley as Jochanaan and Alan Glassman singing Herod; Irina Mishura makes her company debut as Herodias. Tickets from $130, some balcony $50. (619) 5337000. sdopera.com Your Zen Moment Poet and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer will read from his newest work, “Conflict,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Ave. Known for his interest in how Zen relates to Western culture and everyday life, the book-length poem explores conflict within one’s self and between friends, lovers, communities, nations, war and torture. Free. (858) 456-1800. dgwillsbooks.com Author Visits Join best-selling author and investigative journalist Caitlin Rother, 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the La Jolla Riford Library as she talks about her new crime novel, “Naked Addiction,” and the updated version of her story of the Kristin Rossum case, “Poisoned Love.” Free. 7555 Draper. (858) 552-1657. lajollalibrary.org Library Screening “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen’s latest romantic comedy, is the Jan. 31 installment of the La Jolla Riford Library’s Last Tuesday series. It screens at 2 p.m. Free. 7555 Draper. (858) 552-1657. lajollalibrary. org

Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year Fair is Jan. 28-29 The 30th annual Chinese New Year Food and Cultural Fair will take place this weekend, Jan. 28-29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District at Third Avenue and J Street in San Diego. The Fair, an event of the San Diego Chinese Center, celebrates 2012, the Year of the Dragon. People born in Dragon years (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, and 2000) are said to be powerful, artistic, intuitive, and even lucky. Featured both days are lion dancers; entertainment, including traditional Chinese dancing, theater and music; a children’s area with Chinese crafts a lantern parade for kids at noon on both Saturday and Sunday; and food and vendor booths. Admission is free.

New Coastal Artists’ exhibit opens Feb. 2 at Del Mar Highlands Town Center Coastal Artists’ new exhibit in ArtWindow #4 opens on Feb. 2 in Carmel Valley’s Del Mar Highlands Town Center plaza. Nine artists will be featured in this multimedia display, which will be shown until March 14. A public reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. at ArtWindow#4. This window is on the lower level of the plaza just north of Tilly’s store, in space J9. The plaza is on the corner of Del Mar Heights Rd. and El Camino Real, and the lower level entrance is on El Camino Real. For more information please call 858-259-5690.

Spend Valentine’s Day at San Diego Botanic Garden For the second consecutive year, San Diego Botanic Garden is offering a one-of-a-kind romantic evening on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. The Garden has extended the time by one hour this year. From 5 – 8 p.m., couples will enjoy a sunset stroll through the Garden, complete with special touches, including champagne, exquisite hors d’oeuvres, an assortment of chocolate, live entertainment, music, a professional photo and more. Couples will also take home a commemorative champagne glass and a unique swag bag full of goodies. Tickets are $75 per couple (this includes two adults). Tickets are limited. Attendees should order as soon as possible. Parking is free with this event. Tickets must be purchased by noon, Feb. 10, via PayPal at www.SDBGarden.org/Valentines.htm or by calling 760 4363036, x206, with a credit card.

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Have a jolly good Yorkshire Pudding Day on Feb. 5 The Kitchen Shrink

BY CATHARINE L. KAUFMAN While France bubbles over with Champagne, Spain paella, Italy pastas and pizzas, England (more revered for its castles than its cuisine) pays kudos to its iconic dish by celebrating Yorkshire Pudding Day the first Sunday in February. When wheat flour became available to commoner cooks in Northern England, they concocted a batter blended with pan drippings from roasted meats. In 1737, the foreloper to the modern day Yorkshire pudding recipe, called “a dripping pudding,” was published in “The Whole Duty

of a Woman” cookbook: “Make a good batter as for pancakes; put in a hot tosspan over the fire with a bit of butter to fry the bottom a little, then put the pan and butter under a shoulder of mutton, instead of a dripping pan, keeping frequently shaking it by the handle and it will be light and savoury, and fit to take up when your mutton is enough; then turn it in a dish and serve it hot.” A decade later food writer and cook, Hannah Glasse, rejiggered the original batter recipe and renamed it “Yorkshire Pudding” in “The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Simple.” The cookbook became a blockbuster making the dish a smashing hit throughout the land. This savory, fluffy sidedish, typically served with lamb or beef, was elevated to a frugal first course as a cheaper way of filling hungry tummies, followed by smaller portions of costlier meat entrees. Leftover Yorkshire pudding was devoured cold from the icebox or enjoyed as a dessert with a dollop of jam or a sprinkling of dried fruit.

The delightful dish has stood the test of time, surviving both World Wars, food rationing of the 1950s, and the Mad Men era of the ’60s. However, during the explosion of convenience foods, fewer housewives were home on the range, and Yorkshire pudding took a powder. This paved the way for Aunt Bessie’s brand, the first commercially produced Yorkshire pudding in 1995. The beloved British carb has become such a national treasure that even the Royal Society of Chemistry issued a ruling to regulate its dimensions: it must be more than four-inches tall to be considered a bonafide Yorkshire pudding. Recently, Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh lobbied for Yorkshire pudding to have protected status, like French Champagne and Greek feta cheese. And of course, the greatest honor that was bestowed on this beloved British staple was creating a holiday that bears its name. Reach the Kitchen Shrink at kitchenshrink@san. rr.com

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Apple & Blueberry Yorkshires A sweet new twist on this old fave, comes compliments of Florence Sandeman, publisher of www.Recipes4us.co.uk. Cheerio! Ingredients Vegetable oil 2 small apples 1 ounce of butter 2 ounces sugar (granulated, brown or caster) 5 ounces of milk 1 egg 3 ounces of unbleached flour 2 tablespoons maple syrup, plus extra for serving 3 ounces of frozen or fresh blueberries Method 1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Place about 1/4-inch of oil in the bottom of 4 of the holes of a large 6-hole muffin tin, and place in the oven while it’s pre-heating. 2. Peel and core the apples, then dice (no larger than 1/2-inch). 3. Melt the butter in a small frying pan. Stir in the sugar then add the apple. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes, turning and stirring frequently, until just softened. 4. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the apple mixture to a large plate, spread out

and place in the fridge while you make the batter. 5. Place the milk, egg, flour and maple syrup in a mixing bowl and beat with hand whisk or electric mixer until well blended and smooth. 6. Add the cooled apple to the batter and mix well. 7. Make sure the oil in the muffin tin is very hot. Once sizzling, divide the apple/batter mixture between the 4 holes, then sprinkle the fresh or frozen blueberries on top. 8. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and slightly risen. Drizzle with maple syrup and a dollop of ice cream. (Serves 4)

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A champagne toast with Nuvi Mehta, Lorenzo Palomo, Audrey Geisel, Jessie Chang, and Pam Slater-Price. Photo/Susan DeMaggio

Unique premiere of ‘The Sneetches’ is Symphony tribute to Audrey Geisel The San Diego Symphony honored Audrey Geisel for her long-time support of the arts at the West Coast premiere of “The Sneetches,” a work for narrator and orchestra by Spanish composer Lorenzo Palomo, Jan. 17, at the Neurosciences Institute Auditorium. The Sneetch story, by Geisel’s husband, the late Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), explores the folly of prejudice — some Sneetches have a green star on their bellies, and some of them don’t — and the narrow-mindedness that results, inviting more foolishness. The composition was commissioned for the Rochester (New York) Philharmonic by physician Sid Sobel, and will have its “official” premiere there in the spring of 2012. Some 350 friends and associates attended the special event in La Jolla, which included a family-friendly reception and a performance by the Symphony’s brass quintet followed by “The Sneetches” for two pianos (performed by Jessie Chang and Bryan Verhoye, with narration by Nuvi Mehta), and a post-concert Champagne toast. Celebrity guests filled the audience, including Lorenzo Palomo, who attended the premiere along with North County’s musical Romero family, Symphony board members, Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling (husband of pianist Jessie Chang), and Pam Slater Price, San Diego County Supervisor of District 3. Visit www.sandiegosymphony.org

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001588 Fictitious Business Name(s): Magellan Consultants Located at: 726 Seabright Lane, Solana Beach, CA., 92075, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 726 Seabright Lane, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ﬁrst day of business: was 1/7/2012. This business is hereby registered by the following: Raana Azad, 726 Seabright Lane, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. This statement was ﬁled with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/18/2012. Raana Azad, DM605, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001403 Fictitious Business Name(s): New Realty Real Estate Located at: 1041 Market Street, #205, San Diego, CA., 92101, San Diego County. Mailing Address: Same. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Daniel G. Aguilar, 1041 Market Street, #205, San Diego, CA., 92101. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/17/2012. Daniel G. Aguilar, DM604, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001174 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Body Mind Innovations b. Body Mind Innovations, LLC. Located at: 910 Camino Del Mar, Suite G, Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The first day of business: was 1/12/12. This business is hereby registered by the following: Grako Pilates, LLC., 910 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA., 92014. State of Incorporation/Organization: CA. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/12/2012. Jill Grako, DM603, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001670 Fictitious Business Name(s): Sandra Calmo house cleaning Located at: 27038 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA., 92026, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Sandra Calmo, 27038 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA., 92026. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/18/2012. Sandra Calmo, CV301, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00090755-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 22 West Broadway, San Diego, 92101. Branch Name: Central Courthouse PETITION OF: Serena Nicole Schultz for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Serena Nicole Schultz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Serena Nicole Schultz to Proposed Name Serena Nicole. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: Feb. 29, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 8, Room 2nd flr. The address of the court is 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Carmel Valley News, 13475 Danielson Street, Suite 110, Poway, CA., 92064, . Date: Jan. 17, 2012. Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court CV300, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012

NORTH COAST ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00090895-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF 1555 Sixth Ave., San Diego, CA., 92128, Branch Name: Family Court PETITION OF: Gilda Oliveira Bateman for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Gilda Oliveira Bateman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Gilda Oliveira Bateman to Proposed Name Bianca Braganca de Bourbon. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: Mar. 06, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 8. The address of the court is 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Carmel Valley News. Date: Jan. 19, 2012. Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court CV299, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2012 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 570 Rancheros Drive, Suite 240, San Marcos, CA., 92069 (760) 471-4237 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: January 9, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: New Albertsons Inc. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 2707 Via De La Valle, San Diego, CA., 92014. Type of license(s) applied for: 42 - On-Sale Beer and Wine Public Premises, DM602, Jan 26, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001243 Fictitious Business Name(s): Briteworld Productions Located at: 628 Marsolan Avenue, Solana Beach, CA., 92075, San Diego County. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 91, Del Mar, CA., 92014. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Andrea DeBell, 628 Marsolan Avenue, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/13/2012. Andrea DeBell, DM601, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00090614-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Central Division, Hall of Justice, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. PETITION OF: Zhang, Zhanming for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Zhang, Zhanming filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Zhang, Zhanming to Proposed Name Zhang, Calvin. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should

not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: Feb. 28, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 8. The address of the court is 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Del Mar Times. Date: Jan. 12, 2012. Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court DM600, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-000661 Fictitious Business Name(s): NCA Engineering Located at: 2157 Caminito Del Barco, Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County. Mailing Address: Same. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: was 1/1/12. This business is hereby registered by the following: Norman C. Arndt, 2157 Caminito Del Barco, Del Mar, CA., 92014. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/09/2012. Norman C. Arndt, DM599, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001095 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Reading to the 3rd Power b. Reading to the Third Power Located at: 10622 Riesling Dr., San Diego, CA., 92131, San Diego County. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 500315, San Diego, CA., 92150. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Stone Educational Systems Inc., 10622 Riesling Dr., San Diego, CA., 92131, California. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/11/2012. Suki Stone, CV297, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001072 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. The Sure Shine Company b. Sure Shine Window Cleaning Located at: 11921 Carmel Creek Rd, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 5663 Tulane St., San Diego, CA., 92122. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: was 11/12/2006. This business is hereby registered by the following: Justin Keller, 11921 Carmel Creek Rd, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/11/2012. Justin Keller, CV298, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-001063 Fictitious Business Name(s): Provident Auto Sales Located at: 536 N. Santa Fe, Vista, CA., 92083, San Diego County. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1991, Carlsbad, CA., 92018. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Provident Auto Sales Inc., 536 N. Santa Fe, Vista, CA., 92083, California. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/11/2012. Thomas Baer, CV296, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-035655 Fictitious Business Name(s): Tre Beca Consulting Located at: 3580 Carmel Mountain Rd., #300, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: PO Box 3243, Rancho Santa Fe, CA., 92067. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: was 7/1/11. This business is hereby registered by the following: Rebecca Ostrander, 3580 Carmel Mountain Rd., Suite 300, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/30/2011. Rebecca Ostrander, DM597, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-000229 Fictitious Business Name(s): Haro Design Group Located at: 135 Liverpool Drive #E, Cardiff, CA., 92007, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The first day of business: was 01/01/2012. This business is hereby registered by the following: Performance Branding LLC, 135 Liverpool Drive #E, Cardiff, CA., 92007, California. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 01/04/2012. Robert B. Haro, CV295, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00090043-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. PETITION OF: Gina M. Seau, Tiaina Baul Seau, on behalf of Hunter Tiaina Seau, for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Gina M. Seau, Tiaina Baul Seau, on behalf of a minor, Hunter Tiaina Seau filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Hunter Tiaina Seau to Proposed Name Hunter Travis Seau. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: Feb. 21, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 8. The address of the court is 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each

week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Del Mar Times. Date: Jan. 03, 2012. Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court DM594, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 02, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-035368 Fictitious Business Name(s): Ginny Located at: 14022 Condesa Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: was 12/14/11. This business is hereby registered by the following: Virginia Kaufmann, 14022 Condesa Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/28/2011. Virginia Kaufmann, DM595, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-035118 Fictitious Business Name(s): Dipped Located at: 625 Solana Glen Court, Solana Beach, CA., 92075, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: #1. Alan P. Irwin, 625 Solana Glen Court, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. #2. Charlyne G. Irwin, 625 Solana Glen Court, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/23/2011. Alan P. Irwin, DM593, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-034771 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Innate Troubleshooting Dynamics b. Innate Troubleshooting Dynamic Networks c. Innate Troubleshooting Dynamic Networx d. ITD Networks Located at: 3995 Ambervale Terrace, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 3995 Ambervale Terrace, San Diego, CA., 92130. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Robert P. Yorba, IV, 3995 Ambervale Terrace, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/20/2011. Robert P. Yorba, IV, DM592, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-033533 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Artison b. Artison Cuisine

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looking at Internet voting, efforts to alleviate poverty in the Peruvian Andes, and marrying digital imaging technology with a state-ofthe-art computing system to improve patient care in a children’s hospital. It wraps up with a chapter on starting a business. Written primarily for upper division or graduate level students with some technical expertise, it can be used in a wide range of majors, her website notes, including “computer engi-

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Cafe in Encinitas. “It’s forcing me to hand write. It’s a good creative outlet, and I am passing it on,” he said. “I hope it makes people think ‘When was the last time I wrote something down?’” Barmmer said sometimes people tell him they have his poems framed in their homes, or people even more frequently take photos of his poems and share them on Facebook. “There’s this interactive aspect to it that’s evolved,” he said, adding that he is c. Artison Woodfired Cuisine d. Artisan Woodfired Cuisine Located at: 3830 Valley Centre Dr., #705-506, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: Same. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: JNK Foodservices Inc., 3830 Valley Centre Dr., #705-506, San Diego, CA., 92130, California. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/06/2011. Jacob Kahn, DM591, Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2012

January 26, 2012 PAGE B27 neering, computer science, computer information science, information technology, health information science, business management and political science.” Each chapter includes questions to promote discussion and ideas for class and individual projects, as well as technical information in what Kazmarczyk calls “sidebars.” Even if you’re not technically inclined, she said, “you can still get everything important out of it. … it’s very human.” Conceding her own bias about it, she added, “I think it’s fun to read. It’s

about people who are passionate about what they do and are making a difference.” Her sense of the book’s readability was evident, she said, when her mother — “being a good mom” — took a copy to her book club and someone described it as “a book about computers being used for something good.” For more information about Kazmarczyk and her book go to http://www.computers-and-society.com. The book, published by CRC Press, can be purchased through the publisher or at amazon.com.

the self-proclaimed, indisputable and first-ever Poet Laureate of Facebook. One time Barmmer said he left a poem in a journal at Staples in Solana Beach (where he buys all his note cards) and months later he got a text message from an old friend he hadn’t seen in years telling him she happened to buy that journal and found the poem. As a writer, Barmmer said he can get introverted, so passing out poetry — or leaving them around town like Easter eggs — has helped him communicate, perform, interact and make

connections with others. “I hope it’s also a good inspiration for people to express themselves better, especially now when I see people use text or email to say things they would never say in real life,” he said. “It also promotes just doing something nice at random, not just around the holidays.” Barmmer’s spoken word albums “Love is Yoga” is available on iTunes and CD Baby. For more information on Barmmer, visit www.wordisborn.net or www.facebook.com/ dbarmmer.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-034489 Fictitious Business Name(s): Precious Bottoms Diaper Service of San Diego Located at: 278 Sanford St., Encinitas, CA., 92024, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ﬁrst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Matt Goldberg, 278 Sanford St., Encinitas, CA., 92024. This statement was ﬁled with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 12/16/2011. Matt Goldberg, CV294, Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-034939 Fictitious Business Name(s): The Verde Bag located at:13486 Mango Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ﬁrst day of business: was May 25, 2006. This business is hereby registered by the following: Gina Sample, 13486 Mango Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014. This statement was ﬁled with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on 12-21-2011. Gina Sample, DM590, Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2011.

NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The Del Mar City Council introduced the following ordinance on January 23, 2012, with the following vote: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 8.12 OF THE DEL MAR MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ALLOWED AND PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN DIEGUITO LAGOON AND SAN DIEGUITO RIVER AYES: Mayor Hilliard, Deputy Mayor Sinnott, Council Members Filanc, Haydu and Mosier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Adoption of the ordinance will be considered on February 6, 2012 Mercedes Martin January 24, 2012 DM612 Mercedes Martin, City Clerk Date Jan. 26, 2012

Diamond Boutique showed people what it’s like to feel like a million bucks BY CLAIRE HARLIN, EDITOR@DELMARTIMES.NET

Until Jan. 21, at 6 p.m., Diamond Boutique, located in Flower Hill Promenade, gave guests the chance to try on a 18.26-carat, near flawless, round-cut diamond. Some 120 people came through the jeweler’s doors on the first day of the promotion to see, hold, wear and even have their photo taken with the penny-sized gem, bigger than Kim Kardashian’s engagement ring. “A person interested in buying something like this might be an investor,” said Diamond Boutique spokeswoman Denise Mahaffey. “It’s museum quality, but when diamonds like this are in a museum they are behind glass. This [was] a really rare chance to see it up close and hold it.” The first 100 people through the shop’s doors received a voucher for a free floating pearl necklace (worth $135). Malli Digius, the shop’s owner, also gave away the necklace vouchers to a number of nonprofits as door prizes at fundraisers. “Not everyone can afford a $1 million diamond,” said Mahaffey. “But Malli [wanted] everybody to be able to walk away with something.” The Diamond Boutique is located at the Flower Hill Promenade at 2710 Via de la Valle, #B-280, Del Mar, CA, 92014; www. diamondboutiqueonline.com; 858-720-1800.

Danielle Hun came from Coronado to try on Diamond Boutique’s $1 million diamond after hearing about the opportunity on the news.

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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The Del Mar City Council introduced the following ordinance on January 23, 2012, with the following vote: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY OFF-LEASH AREA AT THE DEL MAR SHORES PARK AYES: Mayor Hilliard, Deputy Mayor Sinnott, Council Members Filanc, Haydu and Mosier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Adoption of the ordinance will be considered on February 6, 2012

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