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VOLUME 27 NUMBER 42
Oct. 20, 2011
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Ag. district suspends buy-back program
Board seeks east-west trail, ranger enforcement BY SUZANNE EVANS Contributor Mountain biker coalitions are urging a few more trails be included in the eastern portion of the Del Mar Mesa Preserve, while the Del Mar Mesa Planning board continues to pursue inclusion of its long advocated east-west trail and ranger enforcement. “We don’t have a reasonable (trail network) now without an east-west corridor,” said Mesa board member and avid
BY JOE TASH Contributor A program under which Del Mar Fairgrounds employees could cash in paid leave, which has drawn criticism from state auditors, has been suspended until a new audit of the state-owned facility’s operations is made public. Adam Day, president of the nine-member volunteer board that oversees the fairgrounds, said he has instructed fairgrounds staff to temporarily suspend the buy-back program for paid leave until an audit covering 2009 through 2010 is released by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, possibly in time for the fair board’s scheduled meeting on Nov. 8. Day said he also wants a review of the rules related to such leave buy-backs. “Obviously, all applicable rules and regulations
biker Allen Kashani at the board’s Oct. 13 meeting, adding that he also likes to make a circular trip around the preserve from Pacific Highlands Ranch to Carmel Mt. Preserve and back. “We are not adding extensive trails,” Kashani said, referring to a map drawn up by chair Gary Levitt to be presented in a letter to Chris Zirkle, city deputy director of open space and to senior city planner See TRAIL, Page 6
Policy change sought for Del Mar Shores property use
Gracie Perkins and Vinny Truong were crowned Torrey Pines High School Homecoming queen and king during the homecoming game Oct. 14. See page B10 for more. PHOTO: ANNA SCIPIONE
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BY CLAIRE HARLIN editor@delmartimes.net Community members filled the Del Mar City Council chambers and flooded out into the parking lot on Oct. 17 to voice concerns and opinions regarding use of the 5.6-acre Shores property that has become a subject of contention for many who use it — namely, but not limited to, off-leash dog owners and Little Leaguers. A number of possibilities were discussed, but the council decided to exSee SHORES, page 19
Local residents filled the Del Mar TV studio Oct. 17 for a hearing about the shared use of the Del Mar Shores property. PHOTO: CLAIRE HARLIN
Thinkers/authors debate life’s eternal questions UCSD, Atlantic magazine host Scripps forum with Chopra, Mlodinow BY JOE TASH Contributor Two prominent thinkers and best-selling authors Oct. 18 debated whether science or spirituality can best answer the eternal questions facing mankind
as part of a forum of ideas hosted by UCSD and The Atlantic magazine. Deepak Chopra, bestknown for his writings about mind-body healing and spirituality, and Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist
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and writing collaborator with Stephen Hawking, took the stage at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Seaside Forum during a morning session before a packed auditorium. Moderating the conversation was
Atlantic editor James Bennet. Other speakers during the three-day event, called The Atlantic Meets The Pacific, included entrepreneur See QUESTIONS, page 19
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