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Touch-up time for Carmel Grove Park By Karen Billing Staff Writer Improvements six years in the making for Carmel Grove Park may begin in the coming months. The park, located on the corner of Carmel Grove Road and Carmel Creek Road, will be getting new playground equipment as well as a new

bench, drinking fountain and picnic table. The changes were approved at the Jan. 27 Carmel Valley Community Planning Board meeting and the following week at the Feb. 1 Carmel Valley Recreation Council. The Americans with Disabilities Act is driving the

changes, requiring increased accessibility to the park’s playground. Additionally, there have been changes in playground safety laws since the park was built in 1988. “There are quite a few things that need to be done,” said Todd Schmit, city project manager.

In addition to the new playground equipment, ADA improvements include replacing the existing walkway from the southwest corner of the park to the play area, replacing stairway handrails, stairway treads and painting a curb near

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Softball season gets the green light

Carmel Grove Park’s playground structure will be replaced. Photo/Karen Billing

Parents critical of high school textbook Three local residents say book ‘romanticizes’ history of Islam

Christina, Kirsten, PJ and Erin of the Green X-Treme attended the North Shore Girls Softball League opening ceremony held Feb. 4 at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center. See Page B14 for more. Photo by Jon Clark

By Joe Tash Contributor Three North County residents contend a textbook used to teach seventhgraders about the Islamic religion in the San Dieguito Union High School District “romanticizes” the history of the religion, and they want the district to use supplemental information to provide what they say would be a more balanced view. Michael Hayutin and Linda Sax, both of Carmel Valley, and James Freedman

of Rancho Peñasquitos, presented their findings in a 21page report to the school district’s board of trustees at a meeting last Thursday, Feb. 3. They have also met with school administrators and teachers, including Rick Schmitt, associate superintendent of educational services. Hayutin, whose daughter is a senior at Torrey Pines High School and son is a college student who also attend-

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Del Mar council OKs framework for new fairgrounds governance model By Marlena Chavira-Medford Staff Writer During its Feb. 7 meeting, the Del Mar City Council approved a basic outline for a new governance model for the Del Mar Fairgrounds, should

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have included up to five seats for Del Mar, and the fact that this latest model only has one seat for Del Mar was of concern to a handful of residents

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Crimes and arrests in January 2011 Carmel Valley youth hopes neighborhood tire swing can stay By Karen Billing Carmel Valley resident Jack Atkinson, 15, has brought a simple, oldfashioned form of recreation to his neighborhood. The Santa Fe Christian freshman has strung up a tire swing in a tall tree in a grassy spot near his home on Sandshore Court. One of the first days he put the swing up he went inside to get something from his home and came back out to find it swarmed. “There were 30 kids on it, all having a blast,” Jack said. “The whole street loves it.” Jack climbs up the tree to put the tire up daily and takes it down at night— he can shimmy up and down in a matter of minutes. However, on days when he’s left the swing up longer, he’s run into some issues with the city. He came home one day to find a city employee holding a large tool to cut it down, but Jack was Jack Atkinson with his tire swing. able to convince him not to. One weekPhoto/Karen Billing end, he saw workers taking pictures of the swing. The swing is, in fact, a violation of the Neighborhood Code Compliance. Per San Diego Municipal code, no object (structure, basketball hoop, etc.) is to be placed in the public right-of-way. While he hasn’t received any official notice from the city, Jack worries that he may be forced to take the swing down for good. Jack said he understands it could be a liability for the city and was thinking about putting up a sign that reads: “Ride at your own risk.” “I’m just hoping I can talk to them and think of some kind of compromise to let us keep it up,” Atkinson said.

The numbers of crimes other than domestic violence and selected arrests with valid addresses that were reported to the San Diego County’s Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) by Feb. 5 for the month of January 2011 in Carmel Valley, North City, and Torrey Highlands are shown below for the various incident types that can be selected in ARJIS Crime MAPS at www.arjis.org. There you can also get a map of incident locations and a report with incident hundred-block addresses, dates, and times. Carmel Valley 25 Crimes: 1 malicious mischief/vandalism, 3 residential burglary, 3 simple assault other than DV, 9 theft, 6 vehicle break-ins, and 3 vehicle theft 12 Arrests: 1 curfew violation, 4 driving under the influence, and 7 narcotics North City 8 Crimes: 2 residential burglary, 2 theft, 3 vehicle break-ins, and 1 vehicle theft Torrey Highlands 5 Crimes: 1 sex other than rape, 1 theft, and 3 vehicle break-ins 1 deadly weapon possession arrest CRIME PREVENTION TIPS Go to www.sdranchcoastnews.com, click on Carmel Valley News, and look at the Region page under News for the article entitled Home Security Tips. It provides tips on preventing home burglaries, vandalism, and other property crimes by controlling access, providing visibility, and maintaining your property. — Adrian Lee, SDPD Northwestern Division Community Relations Officer

DM Highlands Town Center donates materials to Carpentier Park The Del Mar Highlands Town Center is helping to keep Carpentier Park truly green, not only with lush vegetation but also with the use of environmentally-friendly materials. Carpentier Park, located in the heart of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, is a linear park bound by the train tracks, San Elijo Avenue, Chesterfield Drive and Birmingham Drive, close to the historic Pacific Coast Highway. Park coordinator Linda Lee has managed Carpentier since 2002 on behalf of the Cardiff Botanical Society and the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, also known as Cardiff 101 MainStreet. “One of our ultimate goals for the park is to demonstrate how to have a beautiful park and save water at the same time. The park, which has come to fruition solely through the use of donated and recycled materials, uses 75 percent less irrigation water,” explained Lee. The Del Mar Highlands Town Center is marking its 20-year anniversary with a renovation that will provide enhanced family-oriented amenities such as improved gathering spaces and an increased variety of quality dining, shopping and entertainment options. In an effort to recycle items no longer needed at the center after the renovation, the Del Mar Highlands Town Center donated more than $20,000 in plants and materials to Carpentier Park. Among the materials that will enjoy a second life at the park include dozens of iceberg roses, pigmy date palms and ferns, as well as more than 4,000 water-permeable walkway pavers, terra cotta pots and bicycle racks. For more information or to make a donation to the Carpentier Park project, visit www.cardiffbythesea.org

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Tick tests positive for Tularemia Cathedral Catholic 11th grader wins 3rd near Los Penasquitos Canyon Annual San Diego Regional Brain Bee County Vector Control officials recently today that a Pacific Coast tick found on Feb. 1, near Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve during routine monitoring, has tested positive for Tularemia, also known as Rabbit Fever. “Tularemia is a bacterial, vector-borne disease that can be transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks, or through direct contact with an infected animal such as rabbits and other rodents,” said Jack Miller, director of the County Department of Environmental Health. “We recommend using insect repellent to prevent ticks and other insects from biting, especially when hiking in bushy areas. Flea and tick control products should also be used on pets.” Ticks get tularemia by biting infected rabbits, rodents or other animals. “Symptoms in humans include lymph node swelling, headache and fever. Other symptoms include a skin ulcer at the site of the bite, fatigue, body aches and nausea,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County Public Health Officer. “Tularemia cannot be transmitted from person-to-person, but it can be transmitted by handling infected meat, or drinking

water contaminated by an infected animal. Tularemia can also cause death in rare cases, but is treatable with antibiotics.” To avoid tick bites: •Stay on designated pathways, choose wide trails and walk in the center. Avoid grassy or brushy areas and do not handle wild rodents. •Wear light-colored, long-sleeved clothing; tuck shirts into pants and pants into socks. •Apply insect repellent to clothing and footwear. •Check clothing, body and companions for ticks frequently. •Leave pets at home or keep them on a leash. If they have not been already treated with a tick and flea regimen, use insecticide powders or sprays labeled for tick control. •Carefully remove attached ticks immediately. Remove embedded ticks by grabbing them with tweezers as close to your head as possible and pull out steadily and firmly. For more information please contact the Vector Control Program at www.SDVector.com or call 858-694-2888

Abby Stuart, a junior from Cathedral Catholic High School, competed with 35 students from 17 local high schools and came out the winner of the third San Diego Regional Brain Bee competition held at The Neurosciences Institute on Jan. 29. Abby will go on to represent the San Diego area at the National Brain Bee competition to be held March 17-18 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Abby took home a trophy, a $500 Amazon.com gift certificate, and will receive round-trip airfare and accommodations for two to the National competition. Vaishnavi Rao, a 10th grader from Canyon Crest Academy was 1st runner up and received a $250 Amazon.com gift certificate. The next three finishers received $100 Amazon.com gift certificates and were Marci Rosenberg, Priyanka Bisarya, and Praneet Mylavarapu, all from Torrey Pines High School. All participants received t-shirts, a take-away bag of goodies, and a certificate of participation. They competed in front of an

audience of parents, siblings, teachers, and neuroscientists. The Brain Bee is a live Q&A competition that tests students’ knowledge of brain function and dysfunction, physiology and chemistry. Using "Brain Facts," a text developed by the Society for Neuroscience and the Dana Foundation, all students answered three randomly picked questions during the First Round, with the top 10 finalists announced after a short break. Rounding out the top 10 were Michael Bergsma (Francis Parker School), Apoorva Mylavarapu (Torrey Pines High), Devan Diwanji (Francis Parker School), Gautam Soundararajan (Francis Parker School), and Gi Hye Im (Eastlake High School). Each contestant was eliminated after they missed three questions in the Final Round. Life Technologies, The Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation, The Neurosciences Institute, the Dorris Neurosciences Center, and the San Diego Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience sponsored the competition.

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Sycamore Ridge school hosts spring rummage sale Feb. 12 "Trash To Treasure!" Spring is here, it's time for chores. We've cleaned out our closets, cabinets and drawers. Now our treasures can be yours! Please come to our first ever Spring Rummage Sale at Sycamore Ridge Elementary School located at 5333 Old Carmel Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92130. The event will take place at the school on Sat., Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Families from Sycamore Ridge Elementary School have worked hard on their spring cleaning and have donated their goods for sale to benefit the programs at our school. So, come shop the mother of all yard sales for clothes, toys, books, household appliances, kitchen supplies, bedding, sporting goods, electronics, you name it. Coffee and sweets will be available too!

TEXTBOOK continued from page 1 ed district schools, said he, Sax and Freedman take issue with two chapters about Islam in a textbook called “World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times.” The chapters are used for a twoweek unit of study about Islam. In a summary heading the report, the trio wrote: “The text romanticizes Islamic history with respect to religion, government, conquest and culture. The positive aspects or achievements attributable to Islam are exaggerated and the negative downplayed or ignored. The errors are of both inclusion and omission. Critical facts that demonstrate the less admirable religious and cultural episodes and practices in Islamic history are absent or understated.” “If we teach them a glossed over, pretty version of history that isn’t accurate, they won’t be able to evaluate what’s going on today,” Hayutin said after the meeting. As examples, the report cites references to the Prophet Mohammed, slavery, the spread of Islam, polygamy and other subjects contained in the two textbook chapters. Under the heading “The ‘Spread of Islam,’” the report cites numerous places in the text where the phrases “Islam spread” or “spread Islam” are used. “More accurate words to describe what occurred might include ‘conquer,’ ‘defeat,’ ‘invade,’ ‘capture,’ or ‘destroy,’” said the report. Tehseen Lazzouni, a parent in the San Dieguito district, member of the Muslim Community Center of Greater San Diego and director of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of San Diego, said the references in the report are taken out of context and “inflammatory.”

If you have items you'd like to get rid of, you can donate those too. Bring them by the school on Friday, Feb. 11, between 3:30 and 9 p.m. and organizers will take them off your hands. All items remaining after the sale will be donated to Good Will. Organizers will also collect your used electronic equipment such as cell phones & PDA, laser and inkjet cartridges, laptops, iPods, video games & consoles, digital cameras, DVDs, GPS devices and calculators for recycling through the Cartridges for Kids project. Funds earned through recycling will also directly benefit our school. Please feel free to contact Trisha Klimisch with any questions at trishak17@yahoo.com.

‘If we teach them a glossed over, pretty version of history that isn’t accurate, they won’t be able to evaluate what’s going on today.’ — MICHAEL HAYUTIN Carmel Valley resident “The sources that they used here are anti-Islamic books. It’s no surprise they came up with so much material against Islam. The authors of these books have made it their mission to defame Islam,” Lazzouni said. The Koran, Islam’s holy book, states that no one can be forced to become Muslim, Lazzouni said. It also states that Muslims are allowed to fight only in self-defense and against oppression, and that innocent civilians or places of worship are not to be targeted. “My understanding of how Islam spread is that people came into contact with Muslims and saw from their way of life that Islam was a religion they wanted for themselves,” Lazzouni said. The report was not on the school board’s agenda, and the presentation was made during a segment of the meeting reserved for public comment. A reporter contacted all five members of the school board seeking comment, but none of the trustees responded by presstime. The district’s 10 middle and high schools serve students from five elementary school districts in North County: Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, Cardiff, Solana Beach and Del Mar. Schmitt said he and other school officials have been meeting with Hayutin, Sax and Freedman for nearly a year. He said district officials listen whenever a member of the public has concerns about material taught

in the district’s schools, which is what happened in this case. Schmitt said his opinion of the report’s contentions — which he declined to state — is not relevant because, “Only the state of California gets to determine what we teach and how we teach it.” Schmitt said the district can choose from a “very short list” of textbooks approved by the state on any subject, including history, and that all textbooks go through an exhaustive, fourto six-year review process involving people from all segments of society, from university professors and teachers to clergy and elected officials. “We get a book that’s been checked out,” said Schmitt. As to whether the report prepared by Hayutin, Sax and Freedman might be somehow incorporated into the seventh-grade history unit on Islam, Schmitt said, “In this district, we don’t have homemade curriculum. We teach to the state standards.” He also said he does not know what the district’s response to the report will ultimately be, or if any changes will be made. “No decisions have been made at all around that. We’ll work toward some mutually acceptable resolution.” Lazzouni said one of the leaders of the Muslim Community Center of Greater San Diego, Imam Taha Hassane, would welcome the opportunity to have a community meeting

to discuss the points made in the report. The community center is in Santaluz. Hayutin said he, Sax and Freedman are Jewish, but their religion has no bearing on the findings of their report. The three did not conduct a similar analysis of the chapters on Christianity and Judaism, he said, because they didn’t find errors in those chapters. He said the negative aspects of Christianity such as the Crusades are treated in “clear and brutal terms.” Hayutin said it is important for students to have a balanced picture of the origins of Islam to understand the dynamics of today’s world, including acts of terrorism committed by Muslim extremists such as the Sept. 11 attacks. “They (the hijackers) were praising Allah as they vaporized themselves and 3,000 people. The vast majority of Muslims would never do anything like that or aren’t like that, but there is a cancer that is metastasizing in Islam. If Muslims don’t recognize that, it will consume them,” Hayutin said. Lazzouni said the Sept. 11 attacks violated the precepts of Islam, which are illustrated in Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the Koran: “If anyone unjustly killed a person it would be as if he killed all of humanity. And if anyone saved a life it would be as if he had saved all of humanity.” “This shows how precious human life is in Islam. So I think it’s important for people to go back to what the Koran says, which Muslims believe to be the word of God, and also to how the Prophet Mohammed lived his life. That’s the true Islam. So when we see acts of terrorism committed in the name of Islam, it’s a complete misuse of Islam and a twisting of its ideology,” Lazzouni said.

PARK continued from page 1 the accessible walkway. “The great news is we get new playground equipment, in addition to the increased accessibility,” said Carmel Valley Recreation Council Treasurer Ginny Barnes. “It’s a win-win-win for the community.” The improvement costs of $481,000 are already available in the Carmel Valley Facilities Benefit Assessment (FBA) funds. It should take 12-15 months to complete the work. When the project was put forth nearly six years ago, Barnes said the neighbors came up with a list of things they would like to see on the playground, such as single and double wide slides, “little tykes” play structure, tic-tax-toe panel, crawl tunnel, step ladder, curly climber and swings. The city plans to work with the Carmel Valley Recreation Council and neighbors as they develop the play area plan. “We want the most variety of activities for the children,” project manager Kevin Oliver said. Resident Karen Cody said that there were problems with the original installation of the play-

MODEL continued from page 1 who addressed the council to voice their opinions. Councilmen Mark Filanc, who was instrumental in drafting this Public Trust Indenture model, said that while he understood those concerns it was important that everyone “keep their eye on the ball” and “not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure the fairgrounds.” This new model will also help to quell fears from others in the region that the fairgrounds may be overdeveloped down the road, or that the uses of the property could change at the hands of a future Del Mar City Council, he added. “We have to get regional support or else this thing is going to get shut down,” he said. “With this model, now we have something to throw darts at.” And, in fact, the council plans to host a special meeting so the community can give its input, although that has yet to be scheduled. That

ground equipment, especially the metal slide. “The actual structure gets too hot,” Cody said. “The actual orientation of the slide is a biggie that needs to be reviewed. There are a lot of condos around the park that have small children and that park is used an awful lot.” Schmit said that since 1988 there have been many improvements in playground equipment and they will take the sun angle into consideration, but the material used most these days is plastic, not metal. A new rubberized surface will also cover nearly half of the playground area, Schmit said. At the Carmel Valley planning board meeting, board member Christian Clews asked why it will take so long to build. Oliver explained that with the city’s design/build method, they have to gather input, get together a design packet and put out the bid for contractors, all of which takes time before they can put “shovel to ground.” Several Carmel Valley parks are on the list for similar ADA and playground improvements. Barnes said after Carmel Grove is finished, they will move on to Torrey Highlands, Del Mar Trails and others.

feedback will help council flesh out the details of the Public Trust Indenture model, such as what should be the qualifications for the board members, for example. Del Mar Mayor Don Mosier stressed the importance of involving the community in finalizing the details, and assured them that this was by no means set in stone. “If this thing doesn’t look good, I’m prepared to pull the plug,” he said. Former Del Mar Councilwoman Crystal Crawford, who was involved in the early stages of the fairgrounds purchase and is now on board giving the city pro bono legal counsel, publically spoke in favor of the new model. She said the bill that would authorize this sale, SB 1, should already be assigned to committee for review — but due to the state’s budget crunch, that has not happened yet. That delay could actually work in Del Mar’s favor because it is buying the city more time, she said.

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Del Mar physician devotes his skills to saving lives as director of critical care in the ICUs at Sharp Memorial By Arthur Lightbourn When he’s not hammering away at home improvement projects, gardening or writing poetry, you’ll find him trying to save lives in the intensive care units at the new Sharp Memorial Hospital in Kearny Mesa. Dr. David Willms is director of critical care services at Sharp. Last month, in recognition of his achievements, contributions and research over 22 years in critical care, a specialization that administers to and monitors patients whose conditions are often lifethreatening, he was honored with induction as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. We interviewed Dr. Willms at his Del Mar home where he lives with his wife,

former critical care nurse and now golf pro, Patty Atkins, and their sons. The 54-year-old physician is 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, with hazel eyes, and sandy brown hair graying at the temples. He speaks with a hint of a Texas drawl. And why not? Willms was born in Big Spring, Texas, while his father served as a pilot stationed at a nearby Air Force base. The family later moved to Lockhart, Texas, outside of Austin, where his father took up farming. Willms was the eldest of two brothers and a sister. He developed an early interest in science and in high school decided he wanted to be in some field of science where he could be of help to people. “And medicine fit the

Quick Facts Name: David Willms, M.D. Distinction: Recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Willms is director of critical care at Sharp Memorial Hospital and medical director of the respiratory therapy program at Grossmont College, El Cajon. Resident of: Del Mar Born: Big Spring, Texas, 54 years ago Education: B.A. with honors in psychology, University of Texas, Austin, 1978; M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1982; internship and residency in internal medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1983-1986; fellowship, pulmonary and critical care medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1986-1988. Family: Married to golf pro Patty Atkins. Four children, Alex, 12, Kurt, 13, Austin, 22, and Zachary, 24. Interests: Gardening, home improvement, literature, writing poetry. Physical regimen: “Don’t take the elevator. Climb the stairs at work, run, work out at home, live a healthy lifestyle and eat a healthy diet.” Recent reading: Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days, by literary biographer Scott Donaldson. Favorite films: “Million Dollar Baby,” and “The Night of the Iguana.” Favorite vacation area: California’s central coast around Santa Barbara Philosophy: “My experience in medicine shows me every day the potential abruptness of life so out of that I think it’s important to make every day count.”

bill for that,” he said. As an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, he earned a B.A. in psychology, graduating in 1978 with honors. Four years later, he earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, followed by an internship and residencies in internal medicine at the University of Texas Science Center in San Antonio, and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSD (1986-1989). He joined Sharp Memorial in 1990, serving in various capacities until his appointment as director of critical care in 2002. The new expanded 368bed Sharp Memorial Hospital, called the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center, was completed in 2009. It has two state-of-the-art intensive care units (ICUs) with a total of 48 beds, “and we tend to run close to full at all times,” Willms said. “It’s almost always a lifethreatening situation,” he added. “It might be from trauma, a motor vehicle crash. It may be after major or complicated surgery. It may be after heart surgery. All patients after heart surgery go to the intensive-care unit. “Or it might be a medical condition like pneumonia or respiratory failure or sepsis, severe infection. Any of those might get you transferred into the ICU.” Sharp Memorial is home to San Diego’s largest emergency and trauma center and, as such, many of its trauma patients end up in intensivecare. Sharp is also renowned for heart surgeries and multiorgan transplantations. Willms, in addition to being board certified in critical care, is also a board certified pulmonologist, so that much of what he does in the ICU involves treating respiratory problems. “So I do certain procedures that involve putting tubes into the windpipe to assist breathing and I run mechanical ventilators or breathing machines,” he said. A common cause of respiratory failure is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, a disease affecting at least 12 million U.S. adults, caused often by smoking.

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While there is no known cure for COPD, fortunately it can be managed. The first step is to stop smoking, Willms said. Then, there are medications available to ease the breathlessness and improve lung function. “COPD has a major impact in our ICUs because in the very advanced cases, patients can develop respiratory failure and are much more prone to severe pneumonias that require ICU management.” Over the span of his career, Willms said, there have been “phenomenal” advances in critical care. “Especially in the last decade,” he said, “there has been an increasing pace of evidence-based therapies,” eliminating those therapies that were found to be no longer useful and replacing them with more effective therapies. “The way we ventilate patients with various respiratory disorders has changed drastically in the last 10 to 15 years,” he said. A ventilator is a mechanical device that forcibly delivers air and oxygen into the lungs. It can be 100 percent oxygen if the patient requires it, or a mixture of air and oxygen. The job of the ventilator is to simulate normal breathing for the patient. “One of the major dis-

eases we treat and that I’m an expert in is called ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Back in the 1980s and even the ’90s, it was common, when patients were on the ventilator to use very large volumes of air for each breath to try to improve their oxygen levels. “What we learned through animal and human research was that was actually harmful to the lungs. It was hurting patients rather than helping them. So we learned to ventilate people’s lungs at a much lower volume of air and prevent some of the injurious effects of the breathing machine.” There have also been significant advances in trauma care, he said, and improvements in devices to support patients who are in heart failure — who otherwise die. “One of the biggest killers in the ICU is sepsis,” he said, “which is an overwhelming infection that causes the body to lose control of its responses and damages organs, all of them. “Over the last 15 years or so, there has been a series of sepsis treatments that have been developed, not just antibiotics, but the best ways to treat patients with fluids and with other supportive care.” Willms admits that in

working with the seriously ill on a daily basis, it’s difficult not to get caught up in the drama and the sadness of some of what goes on in the ICU. “But part of what we are charged to do as critical care professionals is help people not only survive or get cured, but sometimes we’re there to help people be comfortable and as free of pain as possible and to be psychologically supportive through the end of their lives if that’s what happens to be happening.” Asked what improvements in critical care he would hope to see in the near future, he offered the following: “A much more potent, effective, and specific pharmacologic therapy for severe sepsis (infections) would be one of my dreams and that is something I’ve worked on in research for a number of years. Not an antibiotic, but something that reverses the organ failure effect of sepsis.” The lay term for sepsis is blood poisoning. Once an infection gets established and causes severe sepsis, releasing a number of poisons into a patient’s blood stream, causing “all of the bad things connected with sepsis,” including low blood pressure, respiratory failure and kidney failure, it has a mortality rate of between 30 to 50 percent. “It’s a terrible killer,” he said. “We and others have been able to reduce the mortality by implementing a whole variety of therapies,” but “what we need are drugs that will turn off that cycle of development and release of those poisons into the blood stream. “Another [hoped-for advancement] would be new developments in the field of respiratory failure that would allow us to better support breathing. That might be a better mechanical ventilator or a different device that would help the body stabilize after respiratory failure.” Outside of his medical practice, Willms is involved as an entrepreneur in medical device design and production. “A friend of mine and I have started a company, Pacific Partners in Innovation, based locally here in Oceanside, to make medical devices that we hope will improve safety for patients and for health care providers, mostly in the hospital setting.”

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Family fun offered in February DM entrepreneur launches at St. Peter’s in Del Mar Here are three family-friendly events coming this month to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar: Saturday, Feb. 12: Chocolate Party and Old Fashioned Taffy Pull. All ages are welcome to come join for an evening of macaroni-and-cheese dinner, a chocolate fountain, chocolate games and an old-fashioned taffy pull. From 5:30–7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20: SOS Sunday. After the 9 a.m. service, families are invited to participate in Serving Others Sunday. Everyone can pitch in to help pack lunches and sort clothes for our Helping Hands Ministry, which provides food, showers and clothing for the many homeless that come to our church for assistance.

Saturday, Feb. 26: Annual Meeting and Project. Wildlife From 4–6 p.m., the church will be holding the St. Peter’s Family Reunion, a.k.a. the Annual Meeting. All are welcome, and all communicants in good standing are eligible to vote on such issues as new vestry members. At the same time, on the church campus kids will be invited to meet some unique animals with a representative from Project Wildlife. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is located at 334 14th St in Del Mar village, one block east of the 101. For more information, contact Anne-Marie Dicce at mdicce@stpetersdelmar.net or 858-755-1616.

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TPHS grad launches new iPhone app, website aimed at rec sports By Karen Billing Most people prefer to play sports as a team rather than alone but that isn’t always easy for a good pick-up game. A new iPhone application and website called Sportaneous hopes to bring like-minded athletic locals together for some healthy and social competition. The new application and site was founded by a group of friends, including Ricky Pentella, a Torrey Pines High School graduate. “We just wanted to create an easier way to link up with people and exercise in your community,” said Pentella, who Ricky serves as Sportaneous’ vice presPentella ident of strategic planning and media marketing. Pentella said cities have done so much to create nice spaces for recreation it seemed like a good idea to promote their use. Using Sportaneous is an alternative to a gym membership and a great complement to recreation sports leagues, Pentella said. San Diego was the first launch city for the application and website, and the first Sportaneous game was played at the La Jolla Recreation Center in late January. “It went really well,” said Pentella of the launch and the first pick-up basketball game. “We’re on track to have 10,000 users by the end of the month and we’ve definitely seen an increase in games proposed.” Launches in cities such as New York City,

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Torrey Hills shines at Science Olympiad Torrey Hills Elementary School Science Olympiad teams won 8th place at the Regional Science Olympiad competition held last weekend in San Diego. This Division B competition is mainly for middle schools, with 6, 7, 8 and 9th grades. Thirty students in 5th and 6th grades, representing two teams, the Black Hawks and the Red Hawks, competed in 23 events. This is the largest regional meet in the country with 85 teams competing, and Torrey Hills was the only elementary school. Students worked many hours, before school, after school and on weekends, building towers, aquifers and trebuchets and studying anatomy, meteorology, fossils, microbes, diseases, and shooting bottle rockets and running battery buggies. This competition has inspired and motivated the students to look for more challenges in science. See www.delmartimes.net for more photos.

Longtime Carmel Valley resident Janice Coy will be published in “San Diego Writer’s Ink: A Year in Ink Vol. IV.” Coy’s short piece “Almost Gone” was chosen for the anthology, which will be released Feb. 15. “I wrote the piece about my youngest daughter Janice Coy who was a senior at Torrey Pines High School at the time,” Coy said. Coy first presented the piece at an open mic night for short prose. Anthology judges and editors were Laurel Corona, prolific author and humanities professor at San Diego City College, and Jericho

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‘Teen Speaking Skills’ students Women of Dedication Luncheon is Feb. 24 shine during showcase speech event

The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary will present the 46th Annual Women of Dedication Luncheon. "Fifteen Fantastics,"will be held on Feb. 24 at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina — Grand Ballroom, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. The 2011 honorees are Carol LeBeau, Joan Embery, Fary Moini, Reena Horowitz, Enid Allen, Marla Black, Teresa Figueredo Doyle, Vicki Eddy, Cythnia Olmstead, Dr. Emerald Randolph, Cathy Richman, Sara Jane Sayer, Carol Vassiliadis, Lynne Wheeler and Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome. "Fifteen Fantastics," will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a reception, silent auction and boutiques. Lunch, mini-live auction and the presentation will follow at noon. Pat Brown, 10 News Weather Anchor, will emcee the event. Auctioneer is Bill Menish. Music and entertainment will be provided by Bryan Verhoye, pianist-San Diego master chorale. Registration is $95 per person and all proceeds will benefit the Door of Hope Restoration Project that is due to start construction in 2011. Call (619)446-0273 or visit www.sandiego.salvationarmy.org

Bumper To Bumper Teen Speaking Skills students celebrate graduation. The Teen Speaking Skills students who recently completed the eight-session course to improve their confidence, leadership, and public speaking skills celebrated their achievements during their graduation event on Jan. 29. First, the teenagers showcased their enhanced communication skills as they presented persuasive charity speeches and competed to win a $25 donation for the charity of their choice. The students spoke passionately as they shared which charity they selected and why that charity is close to their heart. The outward philanthropic focus was selected by course instructor Kathleen Behrens to help the students overcome any nervousness and realize they have the power to positively influence the world with their communication skills. During the second part of the graduation event, the teenagers were individually recognized and honored for their accomplishments. Throughout the eight-session course each student improved his or her public speaking skills by preparing and-presenting four speech projects. The students also took turns being the President and leading the meetings. The graduation ceremony concluded with the presentation of the awards for first and second place and the grand prize. Congratulations to Charu Sinha who won second place with her speech “Health is Wealth.” Congratulations to Aathmika Krishnan for winning first place with her speech “Easier to Live,” which honored her late grandfather. Aathmika also won the grand prize of a $25 donation from Teen Speaking Skills for her charity, the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Teen Speaking Skills was founded to help teenagers become confident, effective communicators. The February and March sessions are currently underway. The next Teen Speaking Skills sessions will begin during the third week of April. In addition to week day and weekend sessions of the teen basic course, an advanced course for teens, a pre-teen course for third through fifth grade students, and an interview skills course for high school students will be offered as well. For additional information on course dates and times, please visit www.TeenSpeakingSkills.com.

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Q. Anonymous: Gas prices are killing me — can I run 87 octane gas in my car that requires 91 octane gas? I was told that it would do damage to the fuel injectors. I drive a 2002 Corvette in case you were interested.

A. Dave: If the vehicle requires 87 octane, you need to run 87 octane. If it requires 91, you need to run 91. The car’s computer modules communicate with each other and adjust when the vehicle is not within its parameters — and your emissions and fuel mileage will be affected. Wash and wax your car, inflate your tires to their maximum requirement, drive like you have an egg under your gas pedal, avoid excessive lane changes, do a fuel injector service every 30,000 miles or sell your Corvette and buy a Hybrid! Q. Leroy: I just noticed after the last rain storm that my left-turn signal light on my dash flashes faster than the right side. The emergency flashers work fine. Is this something I should be concerned with? Could I fix it myself? Sorry for all the questions — money is tight. A. Dave: Most likely your left-side turn signal light bulb is burned out. It could be either the front or the rear. Turn on the ignition and flash the left side and walk to the front, then to the rear and see which one does not flash. Yes, you should be able to replace the bulb yourself, but if you can’t it shouldn’t be a costly repair. If you go it alone, make sure there is no water in the lens that has the burnt out bulb. If you find water in the lens, this may be the problem. Seal the outer edges of the lens with silicone or replace the gasket if it comes with one.

Q. Bill: I would like to learn how to replace the brakes on my truck. How hard of a job is it? The price at repair shops is outrageous. I have seen the brake pads — how difficult can it be? I have changed my own engine oil, replaced wiper arms (which was a task), so any help you can give me would be appreciated. A. Dave: Dave: Since you have never done a brake job, it could be a little difficult for you, but the real concern is the safety of others. If you don’t do the job correctly and the brakes fail, you could be endangering yourself and others — not to mention damaging your vehicle and whatever you may hit. That would offset the savings of doing your brake job yourself. I would recommend stopping by a garage and asking the manager if you could observe a technician doing a brake job. Don’t be offended if he says no. You would be taking business out of his shop and also there is the insurance issue. The other problem with doing the brake job yourself is having the tools for removing the rotors and measuring them to see if the thickness falls within the federal safety standards, and then taking them somewhere to have them cut. Last but not least, if a shop does the work and something fails, at least you have a warranty! Q. Frank: I have a Toyota Tundra with 140,000 miles on it and I was concerned about the timing belt. Should I change it now or wait? Please let me know so I won’t get into any engine trouble. A. Dave: It depends on which engine you have under the hood. If it is a four-cylinder, it has a chain and there is no recommendation to change it out. If you have a V6, it has a belt and needs to be replaced at 120,000 miles. Good luck!

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Week in Sports By Gideon Rubin Boys basketball: The San Diego Section commissioners can shake up their league alignments all they want. None of it seems to bother Torrey Pines much. The Falcons, back in Palomar League for the first time since 2008 after a two-year stint in the Avocado League, are back to their winning ways, regardless of whichever league they happen to be playing in. They’re on they’re on their way to a fifth consecutive league title after opening league with a 6-0 start. The Falcons concluded the first round of league with their perfect record intact after defeating Rancho Bernardo 73-54 on Feb. 2, and Westview 51-37 two days later. Nick Kerr scored 23 points to lead the Falcons in the Rancho Bernardo game, and Jesse Neugarten added 21 points. Max Heller led the Falcons with 14 points in the Westview game, and Joe Rahon added 14 points. The Falcons improved their overall record for the season to 18-5. ***** Cathedral Catholic defeated La Jolla 49-35 in a Western League game on Feb. 4. Matthew Rosenburg scored 13 points to lead the Dons, and Marco Kengott added 12 points. Juan Martinez contributed 10 points, and Xavier Williams added four points and nine rebounds. The Dons improved to 4-4 in league and 14-8 overall for the season. ***** Santa Fe Christian lost to Bishop’s of La Jolla 75-63in a Coastal League South game on Feb. 1 despite a great individual effort from Grant Corsi, who scored a game-high 30 points for the Eagles. Ryan Moore contributed eight points and Cole Shields added seven points. The Eagles fell to 0-5 in league and 7-13 overall for the season. ***** Canyon Crest Academy experienced its first Valley League loss, but the Ravens still remain locked in a two-way tie for first place. The Ravens fell to 4-1 in league and 15-8 overall for the season after suffering a 45-40 loss to Valley Center on Feb. 5. Valley Center, which avenged a loss to

CCA earlier this season, moved into a tie for first with the Ravens. Corey Osetkowski led the Ravens with 19 points, 21 rebounds, and five blocks. ***** San Diego Jewish Academy moved into second place in the Coastal League North after a big week that included a victory over the league’s first-place team. The Lions beat previously unbeaten Calvin Christian 42-39 in a league game on Feb. 1, and then beat Escondido Charter 54-33 two days later. The Lions improved to 3-2 in league and 11-6 overall for the season. They trail first place Escondido Charter (4-1) by just one game going into the second round of league. ***** Girls basketball: After a 1-3 Palomar League start, Torrey Pines has moved back into title contention after two impressive wins. The Falcons improved to 3-3 in league and 10-12 overall for the season after defeating Rancho Bernardo 72-46 on Feb. 2, and beating Westview 58-53 two days later. Megan McClurg scored 33 points and Mandy Castro added 17 points to lead the Falcons in the Rancho Bernardo game. McClurg scored 25 points to lead Torrey Pines in the Westview game. ***** Cathedral Catholic defeated La Jolla 51-23 in a Western League game on Feb. 4. Haley Syroka scored 11 points to lead the Dons, and Malia Nawahine added 10 points. Emily Kearney and Wendy Anae each contributed eight points. The Dons improved to 6-2 in league and 12-11 overall for the season. ***** Santa Fe Christian rebounded from its first Coastal League North loss with a resounding 48-17 league victory over Pacific Ridge on Feb. 4. The victory followed a 51-43 loss to TriCity Christian on Feb. 1. Makenna White scored 15 points to lead the Eagles in the Pacific Ridge game, and Bekah Askew added 12 points. Brittany Bushor contributed nine points, 11 rebounds, and five steals. White also had seven steals and three assists.

White scored 18 points and Askew added 13 points and 10 rebounds in the TCC game. The Eagles improved to 4-1 in league and 7-12 overall for the season. ****** Girls soccer: Torrey Pines had its 14 game unbeaten streak snapped as the Falcons lost to Rancho Bernardo 1-0 in a Palomar League game on Feb. 2. The loss dropped the Falcons into a twoway for first place with Rancho Bernardo. The Falcons bounced back with a 1-0 league win against Westview on Feb. 4. Falcons’ goalie Heather Schlesier had three saves in the Rancho Bernardo game.

Kylie McArthy scored the only goal of the game for the Falcons against Westview off an assist from Katie Trees. Hunter Rittgers had six saves and was credited with the shutout in the Westview game. The Falcons improved to 4-1-1 in league and 14-2-3 overall for the season. Boys soccer: Cathedral Catholic defeated Mission Bay 3-0 in a Western League game on Feb. 3 Mike Semenza, Anthony Baini and Dylan Stafford each scored one goal to lead the Dons, and goalie Nicola Garbella had four saves. The Dons improved to 3-2-1 in league and 11-5-4 overall for the season.

(Above left) Torrey Pines Falcon Joe Rahon scored 14 in The Olive Garden in a 51-37 win over Westview on Feb. 4. Students have named the Torrey Pines gym The Olive Garden after Coach John Olive; (Above right) Mandy Castro moves through traffic in a game against Westview; (Bottom left) The Torrey Pines dance team provides halftime entertainment for the Friday night basketball crowd. Photos/Anna Scipione

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Carmel Valley: A decade in review — Years 2007-2008 This is the third part of a series titled Carmel Valley: Decade in Review. Look for the final year (2009) in an upcoming issue. 2007 Many will remember 2007 as the year of the firestorm. As the Witch Creek Fire blazed in the neighboring communities of Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Santa Fe, many Carmel Valley residents were evacuated from their homes on Oct. 21. It was an exhausting and nerve-wracking few days as Carmel Valley was never specifically mentioned in TV fire coverage and people just weren’t sure if their homes would be safe or not. While the fire never did reach Carmel Valley, the community reached out to help others through volunteering and fundraising efforts. • Despite years of development and hopes as well as a $2.7 million fundraising campaign, the YMCA of Encinitas cancelled plans for a Torrey Hills facility, citing insufficient community support. The projected 38,000 square ft. facility was expected to be a recreation center and pool on a 4-acre parcel of Torrey Hills Neighborhood Park.

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• The CV planning board held a design workshop for the new Carmel Valley Skatepark. Local skaters helped design what they wanted for the park. • Torrey Pines High School football coach Ed Burke announced his retirement after 21 years. During his 21 years, he recorded a 182-60-5 record, winning eight league championships — five Avocado and three Palomar titles — and four CIF San Diego section titles in 1992, 1997, 2003, and 2004. He was instrumental in seeing more than 100 college scholarships go to his players, and coached four NFL players in John Allred, Brody Hefner, Chad Hutchinson and Hayden Epstein. “Leaving the program is like a portion of your heart is being taken out," said Burke. “It will take time for it to grow back.” Assistant coach Scott Ashby took over the program and the Falcon Stadium field was named in Burke’s honor. • Carmel Valley’s Northwestern Division police station had a grand opening celebration on March 22. In June, Kathy Healey was named the captain of the station. • The Optimist Club of Del Mar and Solana Beach hosted its 25th annual Children’s Challenge Awards Ceremony celebrating local kids who do amazing things. The awards were the brainchild of Victor Kops, a Carmel Valley resident. Kops unexpectedly died at the age of 61 from a heart condition just weeks later on June 12. The awards are now named the Vic Kops Children’s Challenge Awards in his memory. • An early morning fire destroyed the nearly completed Hilton Garden Inn on Vista Sorrento Parkway. The fire caused about $8.5 million in damages and destroyed 30 parked cars. It also damaged the Hilton Homewood Suites next door. • Iraq protests started up in Carmel Valley on the corner of Del Mar Heights Road and El Camino Real. The protesters promised to be out protesting the war every Sunday until the end of the Iraq War. • Ocean Air School opens with Gary Wilson as principal. • The Grand Del Mar Resort opened, a $270 million resort on 380 acres including a golf course designed by Tom Fazio. 2008 2008 was a dramatic year for DMUSD. In February, the board bought out 10-year Superintendent Tom Bishop’s contract. Bishop’s departure led to some mixed emotions with district employees and parents. Trustee Linda Crawford’s emotions were not mixed. She resigned from her post after Bishop’s ouster, ending her 11-year term. Candidates were then scouted in a nationwide search, eventually finding new Superintendent Sharon McClain. Trustee Crawford’s interim replacement, Doug Perkins,

would then be appointed after an unprecedented public interview session with seven candidates at Ocean Air School. • SDUHSD Superintendent Peggy Lynch retires, Ken Noah is named as her replacement. • A revision of Flower Hill Promenade’s expansion plans reveal the UltraStar Cinema will be replaced with a Whole Foods Market. • Canyon Crest Academy graduates its first senior class in June. In October, they celebrated their first homecoming and their new mascot, Rupert the Raven, was unleashed. • The Pacific Highlands Ranch Station 47 opened for service. • The Hilton Garden Inn in Torrey Hills opened nine months after a fire completely destroyed the Inn while it was under construction. • Torrey Corner opens on East Ocean Air Drive and Carmel Mountain Road, the site of the controversial Chevron station. Zip Fusion Sushi, Love to Dance and Bank of America are among the tenants. • Ocean Air Community Park held a groundbreaking ceremony with hundreds of neighbors in attendance. • Carmel Valley seven-year-old Max Mikulak loses his battle with cancer. His family starts the non-profit Max’s Ring of Fire in his honor, holding events like Touch-A-Truck and a 5K race this past year. • The long-awaited Carmel Valley Skatepark opened. City cuts would lead to the park to be free and unsupervised in 2009, raising some concerns about safety as many riders opted not to wear helmets. • A much-used system of trails known as “The Intestines” was permanently closed in Del Mar Mesa. In December, the city closed another popular system of trails called the tunnels in the mesa and began work on developing a new resource management plan. A revised trail map has yet to be completed and the trails remain closed in 2011. • PHR Town Center plan was finally approved by the planning board after months of review. The project, at the empty lot on Carmel Valley Road and Village Center Loop Road, will feature 286 residential units along with a boutique grocery store, shops, office space, restaurants and a movie theater. The board estimated a 2013 opening. • The CV planning board adds two Pacific Highlands Ranch seats. • Cathedral Catholic football team made its first appearance in the State Championship, claiming the Div. II title 37-34. Standout running back Tyler Gaffney set a state bowl record, rushing for 339 yards and five touchdowns on 33 carries. He now plays for Stanford.

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Magnet balls should never be put in one’s mouth Over the weekend a Muirlands sixth grader presented to the emergency department and ultimately was admitted to Children's Hospital because of swallowing a number of "magnet balls." These small neodymium rare earth magnets are very powerful and typically come as small nickel-plated balls, approximately 3-4 millimeters in diameter. They can be formed into many shapes and even strung end-to-end in a necklace. Apparently, some of the students have been "playing" with them and placing one on the top of the tongue, and one on the bottom of the tongue in order for it to appear as if their tongue were pierced. Some students have been placing them on their braces way back in their mouths to avoid detection at school. The problem is that in playing with them in this manner, some students have also been swallowing these magnets. Swallowing one or two at a time when they are stuck together is probably not too much of an issue, but the problem comes if multiple magnets are ingested at different times. As these magnets traverse the intestine and lodge in different parts, they can

attract each other across the intestinal wall, trapping the bowel between them, and cause obstruction and even perforation. There are many reports in the medical literature of just such occurrences and in most of the cases surgery was required to remove the magnets and repair the intestine, and there have even been a couple of deaths reported. If a young man or woman swallowed multiple magnet balls with intervals of hours or days between then they should see their doctor. If abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or fever occurs in the setting of swallowing multiple magnets don't wait, go to the emergency department. I thought it would be wise to spread the word that these magnets should never be placed in the mouth or nose for any reason in order to avoid a possible ingestion, and some serious complications that can ensue. Stephen R. Hayden, MD, FAAEM FACEP Professor of Clinical Medicine, UC San Diego Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Last comic standing swinging â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;foreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; smiles at Fresh Start for Kids Celebrity Golf Classic On Sunday, March 13, The 19th Annual Fresh Start For Kids Celebrity Golf Classic welcomes comedian Dat Phan, the Original Winner of NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Comic Standing. A native San Diegan and local favorite, Dat Phan has made numerous TV and Movie appearances including â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Family Guyâ&#x20AC;? voiceover, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cellularâ&#x20AC;?, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tyra Banks Show.â&#x20AC;? Dat was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up struggling and poor in San Diego, CA. His culturally insightful comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shares his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage. He has been included in The Smithsonian Institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition of The Top 10

Most Influential VietnameseAmerican Individuals. Dat is joined by Hollywood actors and professional athletes as they hit the green at Morgan Run Golf Club to help Fresh Start Surgical Gifts transform the lives of children with physical deformities through the gift of reconstructive surgery. During the tournament, each foursome will be paired with a celebrity to participate in contests and sample delicious food and beverages at each hole. Celebrities who participate each year include: Hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Grant Show, Sam

Scarber, Darren Carrington, AndrĂŠ Reed, Marcus Allen, Darren Carrington, Alex Hyde-White, Kathleen Bade, Randy Jones, Seth Joyner, Tina Mikelson, Steve Hegg, Gregor Itzin, Jeff Rector, Lyman Ward, Kellen Winslow, David Justice, Leslie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal, Hank Bauer, and Mike Scifres. Join us March 13 for a silent and exciting live auction with all of the proceeds benefiting Fresh Startâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical programs. Space for the dinner and performance by Dat Phan will be very limited. Please contact Fresh Start now to reserve a foursome/sponsorship. Michelle Pius 760-448-2019 or Amanda Thompson 7610-448-2018 or visit www.freshstart.org

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La Jolla edges Cathedral Catholic in tight water polo match By Rick LeBeau The season may appear to be winding down for most high school girls’ water polo teams right now, but it’s still heating up for La Jolla Vikings and Cathedral Catholic Dons, who are vying with Coronado to take down this season’s favorite, The Bishop’s School, when CIF playoffs start just after Valentine’s Day. While Bishop’s has appeared dominant this season, the Vikings, Dons, and Islanders have been scrapping for Varsity Water Polo at Cathedral High vs bragging rights and seeding positions. LaJolla High school. Cathedral Varsity #4 Liz Having both recently defeated Mock raiser her arm to block #9 La Jolla # 9 Coronado decisively in recent weeks, Delany McComb’s shot. Photo/Jon Clark La Jolla visited the Dons recently at their aquatic complex on campus. As billed, the game was tight from the outset. Both teams played a clean game, and 6on-5 opportunities were rare, due to the few ejections called. Facing mostly outside shots, goalies Stevie Schweighardt for the Vikings and Jilian Wilding for the Dons kept the game close, with the score knotted at 3 as the first half came to a close. The third quarter opened with La Jolla showing more energy, but the game remained a defensive battle, with coaches Bret Ormsby (Dons) and Dante Laghetto (Vikings) trying to figure a way to give their team a match-up advantage. The chess match continued into the fourth quarter, with Victoria Frager and Ariel Arcidiacano leading the scoring for La Jolla, while Rachael Rosi and Emilie Myers carried the offense for Cathedral. Finally, with the game tied at 5 in the fourth quarter, La Jolla was able to put the game away with the final two goals of the contest. Sarah Young scored the insurance goal in the 90 seconds, locking up the win for the Vikings.

Canyon Crest wrestling team off to strong start The CCA wrestling team is off to a great start. Jeff Lorenzen, received the Champion and Outstanding Middleweight award at the recent San Ysidro wrestling tournament and also the Gold Medal in the Mater Dei Dual. Other winning team members are Aaron Baer, KO Hwang, Ben Pearlman, Alec Berry, Skyler Wities, Charles Zhou, Corey Carillo, Ryan McCurdy and Josh Glassman. For more team information, please contact Coach Craig at RavensWrestling@gmail.com.

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Casual Saturday Socials at Carmel Creek Elementary Carmel Creek Elementary School recently offered a new opportunity for families to connect and have fun together. The popular P.E. coach Mr. Richardson led the organized outside games for the first and second grade students and their families. The fun activities included playing with the parachute, shooting hoops, practicing baseball batting and dancing with the hula hoops. At the end of the games everyone went home knowing at least one new friend. More Saturday socials are planned for the other grades.

(Above) Bob McCausland in action on the field and (left) ball carrier Jeff Balos being pursued by Roy Foss at a recent noon pickup soccer game. The games are held during the week at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center. Photos/Jon Clark

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Maxey-Allison savors ease of being outdoors Julie Maxey-Allison grew up in Los Angeles, but she spent a good chunk of her life in the Big Apple, where she was part of the editorial teams at several publications including Ladies’ Home Journal, Self, New York and the New York Times Magazine. In the early ’70s Maxey-Allison moved to Del Mar when her husband, David Maxey, became editor of Psychology Today, which was then published in Del Mar. The family Julie Maxey-Allison returned to Manhattan in the mid 1970s when the magazine relocated. Her husband, David, passed away in 1984 and, eventually, Maxey-Allison switched careers to real estate sales and is associated with Brown Harris Stevens. She was president of the West Side Children’s Fund in New York City, and now that she has settled in Del Mar, she recently joined the board of the Del Mar Foundation, where she will serve as chair of the hospitality committee. Maxey-Allison lives in Del Mar with her husband, Bradford Allison, a professor at California State University.

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1. What brought you to Del Mar? Whimsy. My husband David Maxey, who died in 1984, took a job as editor of Psychology Today, which was then located in Del Mar.

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2. What makes this town special to you? The ocean, the vegetation and the ease of being outdoors. 3. If you could snap your fingers and have it done, what might you add, subtract, or improve in the area? I would reroute the trains away from the city, and bring a hardware store to the city. 4. Who or what inspires you? Intelligence, wit, style, kindness, ocean sounds, and the endless variations of nature. 5. If you hosted a dinner party for eight, whom (living or deceased) would you invite? I would host a potluck dinner outdoors, moonand candle-lit, with fragrant flowers and music by Mozart, Chopin, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Try and whatever early musicians the guests request. Including my husband Brad and myself, the guests would include: my father who died a very many years ago, Cleopatra and her choice of either Julius Caesar

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ber of the Fair Trade Federation, hires these women to make the bags, which are then distributed around the world to stores and people like the Bettencourt sisters in Solana Beach. Once the bags sell, all of those profits go back to the women, providing them a salary, health insurance and retirement. “This is a simple way to help women who are trapped,” Hannah said of the bags, which are made from organic, biodegradable jute and recycled materials. “Before, I’d probably buy a Roxy bag, or some other namebrand. But now, I’d much rather buy a bag that helps stop human trafficking, plus is good for the environment.”

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Torrey Pines Pop Warner Youth Football and Local resiCheerleading opens 2011 season registration dent admitted to prestigious dance program

Are you ready for some football? Torrey Pines Pop Warner’s 2011 season registration and sign-ups are underway for football and cheer and the in-person registrations will soon take place at Ashley Falls Elementary School multipurpose room beginning Saturday, March 19, from noon to 5 p.m. Two additional registration opportunities will happen Wednesday, April 6, from 4 – 7 p.m.; and Wednesday, April 20, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. In order to maintain player status, returning players much register by April 6. All participants – new and returning must pre-register at www.torreypinespw.com, and bring the following to the in-person registration: •Parent and child must be present at registration •Copy of child’s birth certificate •Headshot size photo of child •Completed, signed player agreement (available on TPPW website) “Each year TPPW builds on the success of the previous years and takes it a step further,” said Tonya Montes, TPPW president. “In 2010 we had several football and cheer teams successfully advance to win their respective Palomar

Conference championships and many who competed and won regional WESCON titles as well and competed at the National Championship in Orlando, Fla. This program continues to teach our participants the fundamentals of football and cheer, while also developing teamwork, confidence, character and scholastic achievement. Pop Warner is such a rewarding experience for all players – both cheer and football — whether they are new to the sport or have some experience behind them. We are all looking forward to another great season.” Pre-registration is now open at www.torreypinespw.com. Once registered and paid online, a parent and player must be present to register at one of the in-person registration dates. A priority number is given at registration so the league encourages early registration for any new players. New players are entitled to play on a first come, first serve basis. Returning players and cheerleaders must register by April 6 in order to maintain returning status. For more information, please visit www.torreypinespw.com.

Rotary Club hosts 15th Annual Bocce Ball Tournament The Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club will host the 15th annual Turf Bocce Ball Tournament on Sunday, March 6, at the Del Mar Horsepark. The one day event is the organizations’ primary fundraiser and the beneficiaries this year are the Community Resource Center, Voices for Children and the San Diego Advocates for Youth. The club hopes to raise $50,000 through sponsorships and proceeds from an auction. The tournament will field 125 bocce teams, including the Mayors of both Del Mar and Solana Beach. First time to experienced players are encouraged to participate. It is also family friendly, with a jump house and face painting for the kids. The tournament provides an excellent opportunity for local businesses to get involved and support the community. For more information go to www.dmsbrotary.com, or contact Vicky Mallett at (858) 245-7968.

Alexandra Allman, a local resident, auditioned for and was successfully admitted to the Summer Modern Dance Intensive program at Interlochen Fine Arts School in Interlochen, Michigan. Alexandra, a dancer from age 3, has studied at the Royal Dance Academy in Carmel Valley with Francine Garton, director, since 2002. She dances modern, jazz and ballet and is working toward her Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Certification at the intermediate level. Alexandra, a sophomore at The Bishop's School in La Jolla, also dances in the school's Performing Dance Group.

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By Joe Tash Jasmin Darznik was helping her mother sort through her father’s things shortly after his death when a photo slipped from a stack of letters written in Persian. She was stunned — the photo showed her mother, then 13, on the day of her wedding to a man Darznik had never seen before. The revelation touched off a series of events that led to the publication in January of “The Good Daughter,” Darznik’s memoir about her mother’s childhood and early adulthood in the family’s native Iran. Darznik, who will give a reading and sign copies of her book at Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, asked Lili, her mother, about the photo. Lili later sent her 10 cassette tapes, on which she recounted being physically abused, forced to give up her infant daughter, tricked into taking a near-fatal opium overdose and other secrets she had never shared with Darznik or her closest friends in America. “This is all unknown to me, completely shocking, as if I was meeting another woman entirely,” said Darznik in a telephone inter-

view about her reaction to her mother’s taped account. “She was very unsentimental. Listening to her revealed a woman I had never known.” Among her mother’s reasons for keeping the story secret is that in Iran, especially when her mother was growing up, divorce was considered shameful and on a par with prostitution, even when the woman’s husband beat her. Darznik, a professor of English and creative writing at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., said she decided to write the book because little has been written about the lives of ordinary Iranians during the 1950s and 1960s. “What I can offer is a true story that hasn’t been told, and hopefully break down the shame and secrecy that we’ve preserved even in America in the Iranian community,” Darznik said. At the time her mother sent her the tapes, Darznik and her mother were barely on speaking terms. Darznik said her mother’s harsh rules and restrictions during her own childhood had led to her to reject both her mother and the Iranian culture.

Jasmin Darznik “I didn’t want to have anything to do with this Iranian world of hers,” Darznik said. “Iran was my mother, my mother was Iran.” In fact, during her own youth and young adulthood, in the after-

math of the Iranian hostage crisis and later the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Darznik said she intentionally hid her heritage and sought to “pass” as another nationality. Darznik used her mother’s tapes as a jumping off point — she spent a year meeting with her mother and interviewing her about her life and also conducting research. The result is a book filled with rich detail about the food, the home life, the clothing and rituals of life in Tehran, Iran’s capital, in the 1950s, especially from a woman’s point of view. An example is a passage describing how 13-year-old Lili was prepared for her wedding night: “The Khorammis rented the whole bathhouse, and it was there that her aunts and cousins commenced to groom her from head to foot. First they washed her body with a mixture of milk and honey, lathered her hair with yogurt, and rinsed it clear with rose water... They scrubbed Lili vigorously with kiseh, the rough woolen mitts that drew out every impurity from the skin. They worked quickly, two of them tending to each part of her body, and when they finished rinsing and tow-

eling her off they rubbed her all over with a mixture of Vaseline and rose essence… After a lunch of pomegranate-and-walnut stew, they slapped their copper bowls against the tiles to make music and danced for each other in turn.” “I wanted to flesh out the textures of life in Iran, especially in the years before the (1979 Islamic) revolution,” Darznik said. “The sights and smells and sounds and feel of that old Tehran that really doesn’t exist anymore.” While the book details the painful reality of life in pre-revolutionary Iran, including the mistreatment of women, Darznik’s appreciation for the culture shows through. And she said writing the book has helped her appreciate the positive side of her heritage, to the point where she speaks in Persian to her own son. “I feel like in the writing of the book I was able to reclaim Iran in a very particular and special way,” Darznik said. “The Good Daughter” was published by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc., and is also available on Amazon.com.

Barbara and William Karatz Chamber Concert Series, 2010-2011 The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s chamber concert series continues with three more memorable performances. More information is available online at www.ljathenaeum.org/chamberconcerts. Feb.15 - Carpe Diem String Quartet, $40/45 Mar. 25 - Henschel Quartett, $40/45 Apr. 15 - Patrick Jee, cello, $30/35 CALL FOR TICKETS (858) 454-5872 ljathenaeum.org

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Scout earns Eagle rank Friends of Dakota Speas, of Encinitas Boy Scout Troop 2000, recently earned his Eagle Scout rank. A junior at San Dieguito Academy, he is the president of the Christian Club, a member of the Speech/Debate Team, a member of the Theatre Club and active in numerous theatrical productions, and speaks three languages. He has earned 30 merit badges in addition to the honorable “God and Country” patch. He was awarded the James S. Copley Award for Citizenship in 2004. For his Eagle Project, Dakota designed and installed a rain/sun shelter for the animals and people at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe.

Del Mar Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby The Del Mar Cub Scouts (Pack 705) held their annual Pinewood Derby recently at Del Mar Hills Academy. To participate, the boys had to design their own cars. (Above) Troop members hold their cars, trophies and certificates.

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Literary Feature: Daniel Okrent

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candidly admitted in an interview prior to his Feb. 3 luncheon address to the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society at The Grand Del Mar. Initially, he thought the behavioral changes in America, such as the flappers and speakeasies, were a direct result of Prohibition and peculiar to America only. Wrong. These behavioral changes also flourished in Britain in the moderniza-

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tion aftermath of World War I where there were no Prohibition laws. And he thought that advocates of Prohibition were all “narrow, right-wing, small town” folk, but, in fact, he discovered that Prohibitionists included the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), elements of the Socialist Party, the Progressive Party, and improbable alliances with racists, including the Ku Klux Klan — so a number of things that were the “easy answers” were wrong, Okrent said. In his book, acclaimed for its extensive research and accessible writing style, Okrent explores the “how’s” and “why’s” of America’s failed attempt to legislate drinking out of existence. He traces its origins from America’s early unquenchable thirst for hard liquor and wine, and eventually beer, to the initial calls for “temperance” by women who tired of their husbands’ drunkenness, to the formation of the women’s right-to-vote movement, the powerful, maledominated Anti-Saloon League, and the resultant adoption of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, creating Prohibition, and its repeal 14 years later with the 21st Amendment. Okrent said it took him a total of four years to research and write his social history of Prohibition. He particularly enjoyed doing the research. “That’s the part that I like. The research. It’s the writing that I can’t stand. It’s just very, very hard. And the more that I do it, the harder it gets,” he said. Okrent, 62, was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a lawyer. Over the past four decades, he has worked as a book editor, magazine editor, freelance writer and author of several books. His book, “Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center” (2003), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history. It all began with a letterto-the-editor to the Detroit Free Press, which he wrote with the encouragement of his father’s savvy friend who

Daniel Okrent is the author of ‘Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.’ Courtesy photo suggested, to guarantee its publication, he begin the letter with the words: “I know I am only eight years old, but….” He did. “And then I saw my name in the newspaper and that’s when I became interested in it [journalism].” In middle school, high school and college, he was an editor of the school newspapers, and spent a summer working as a copyboy at the Detroit Free Press and another summer, while in college, as a reporter for a chain of suburban newspapers, covering sewer board hearings and zoning boards. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1969. “But my first job out of college, I went into the book publishing business. I was a book editor for the first nine years of my career. I stumbled into it by accident… I started with [Afred A.] Knopf, my first four years, at the very top. Then I went down a little bit… at Viking and my last job was at Harcourt Brace. Then I left to write.” Asked if that was a difficult decision to leave the security of book editing for the insecurity of freelance writing, he said: “Well, the decision was partly made for me. I was fired. That helped. I

was in way over my head. I had been named editor-inchief of Harcourt Brace when I was 28. I had no idea what I was doing. I knew I wasn’t qualified, but they didn’t know I wasn’t qualified…I lasted a year and a half and they were right to throw me out. “I was bruised and embarrassed and thought maybe I should take advantage of this and see if I can do it myself, if I can write. “It was a struggle,” he said. “My wife and I left New York City. We couldn’t afford Central Park West when I was trying to make it as a freelance writer. We moved to a small town in western Massachusetts and I got on my feet.” A magazine editor friend of his suggested he write about what he loved. “And I cared a lot about baseball,” he said. Within six years, he wrote and published two books on baseball, “The Ultimate Baseball Book” (1979); and “Nine Innings: The Anatomy of Baseball as Seen Through the Playing of a Single Game” (1985). He continued writing books while serving intermittently as a columnist for Esquire, founding editor of the New England Monthly, managing editor of Life mag-

azine, editor-at-large and editor of new media for Time magazine. After taking an early retirement from Time Inc. in 2003, Okrent agreed to serve for 18 months as The New York Times’ first “Public Editor,” an ombudsman position created by the newspaper in the wake of a scandal in which one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, resigned after plagiarism and false reporting charges. As public editor, Okrent’s mission was to monitor the newspaper’s performance without guidance from the paper and without fear or favor. “It was an extremely intense and, at times, unhappy, but always fascinating, 18 months,” Okrent recalls. “Everybody I dealt with was angry. You don’t go to the complaint department if your shirt fits. People came to me because they had a complaint about the newspaper. So they were angry. Then I’d go to the writers and editors, and they’d see me coming and say, ‘What the hell are you doing here?’ And they didn’t want to deal with me. “I got knocked about a bit and I have a bad habit when somebody hits me, I hit back. And that was not the right posture to take in that job. I got too bumptious. I’m proud of what I did, but I think I would be more temperate if I was doing it today — and I’m not going to do it again.” Okrent’s biweekly columns addressed subjects ranging from the paper’s erred coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in the run-up to the Iraq War to the coverage of political candidates and revamping of the paper’s “corrections” policy, from the minor for-therecord corrections to those requiring more substantive explanations. In 2006, Okrent published “Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns (With R e f l e c t i o n s , Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of The New York Times.” Okrent and his wife of 34 years, poet Rebecca Okrent, live half the year in Manhattan and half in Cape Cod.

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The Birds, The Bees and Blended Families

When stepfamilies break up Six years ago, my brother married a woman who had two little children from a previous marriage. Over the years, I developed a very close relationship with them. My brother and my sister-in-law are now divorcing and I hardly see my niece and nephew anymore. Their divorce is pretty bitter and my sister-in-law is keeping her distance from our whole family. I want to stay in touch and continue to be their aunt but I don’t want to step on any toes or make things more difficult for anyone. My brother needs my support but I feel like the kids do too. My brother doesn’t seem to care about maintaining his relationship with his stepkids. Do you think that it’s inappropriate to continue treating them as if they are part of my family (inviting them to holidays etc)? I’m Diana Weissconfused as to how to handle this Wisdom, Ph.D. break up in my family. — Heartbroken StepAunt

Dear StepAunt, Your dilemma is one of the most painful and common side effects of every divorce, not just one involving a blended family. In your case, these kids have already had a broken family crisis in the past. So, they may be especially sensitive, even reactive, while they are reminded of all the old injuries. But now is the time to do everything that you can to reduce any psychological fall out that you can. I think it’s helpful to first understand how these things usually go. When stepfamilies break up, the biological parents often have the primary say-so in how involved stepparents and other extended family members will be. There are not any rules for how to handle these kinds of things. If the children want to continue a relationship with you and their mother does not object, it could be really good for them. They would see that while their family is breaking up (again), other loving relationships born from that family remain intact. Helping the kids see that their significant loving relationships continue can help them to weather the transition.

If, for some reason, your brother has a problem with having his ex-stepchildren attend holiday gatherings, you can see them on your own. Sometimes, the hurt feelings or anger is so great, that people need a break from extended family relationships at first. So, I would suggest proceeding gingerly testing the water to see the temperature. Your brother may expect you to side with him and your sister-in-law may think that blood is thicker than water. If you diplomatically assume the position of Switzerland, your chances of being included in the lives of your stepniece and stepnephew will be better. The enlightened approach to every divorce is to think of the children and their needs above your own. And to convince your soon to be ex-spouse or family member to do the same. There is an abundance of evidence gathered over the years that divorce is most damaging to kids when things are acrimonious. Hopefully, there will be room for your relationship in their lives because kids can use all the love they can get. Diana K. Weiss-Wisdom, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist (psy#12476) in private practice in Rancho Santa Fe, California, 92067. She specialized in Couples Counseling, and Blended Families. You can reach her at (858) 259-0146 or through her website: w w w. d rd i a n a w e i s s wisdom.com

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Girl’s dream brings disparate family together in ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ By Diana Saenger Contributor Watching a rehearsal is always fun but especially so recently at the La Jolla Playhouse as it readies the world premiere of “Little Miss Sunshine” for a musical opening Feb. 15 on stage at the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The inside of the rehearsal room is like a train station with so many people moving in different directions. The floor is marked for where the young pageant girls will strut their stuff in the play’s climactic competition scene. That’s where this production, based on the 2006 Oscar-winning film, takes us as we travel along with the dysfunctional Hoover family who make a road trip to get their youngest member, sweet little Olive, to a beauty pageant. The infamous “Sunshine” prop van appears in different forms —from a small radio-controlled car to one without a roof so singers are visible. There are four different

IF YOU GO What: ‘Little Miss Sunshine, A Road Trip Musical’ When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 8 p.m. ThursdaysSaturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; 7 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 15–March 27 Where: La Jolla Playhouse’s Mandell Weiss Theatre, UCSD campus Tickets: $44-$100 Contact: (858) 5501010. lajollaplayhouse.org sized vans used in the production, said Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning director/writer James Lapine. His long-time collaborator William Finn is composer/lyricist of the play. “This is a very free adaptation and not slavish at all to the movie … we’ve been lucky to invent scenes of our own and develop characters in ways movies can’t,” Lapine said.

The cast and creative team began working on the show nearly two years ago so it’s been a big commitment and labor of love for all involved. The star, Olive, is 10year-old Georgi James, who began acting in commercials at age two and recently appeared in Broadway’s “Billy Elliott.” From the moment she strolls across the rehearsal room until she sings her first song, there’s no doubt she’s perfect for the role. “When I saw the movie I wanted to be that girl,” James said. “When I saw it was going to be a play, I had to try out for it.” The relationship between Olive and her cantankerous grandfather (Dick Latessa) is key to the story. Latessa’s (“Cabaret” “Damn Yankees”) singing, acting and dancing talents have made him a veteran of theater, film and TV, plus a Tony Award winner for “Hairspray.” He didn’t have to audition for the role of Grandpa. “I got the call from Bill, said yes, and have been

Olive (Georgi James) and her grandfather (Dick Latessa) rehearse a conversation in ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ opening Feb. 15 at The La Jolla Playhouse. Photo/Kathy Foster working on it since 2009,” said Latessa. “I’m the antagonistic grandpa in the play. He’s a wonderful character.” Taylor Trensch (national tour of “Spring Awakening”), who plays Olive’s mostly silent brother Dwayne, began acting at age six. “This movie touched

me so much and the creative team for this show includes people I’ve been looking up to since I started in theater,” he said. “James Lapine and Bill Finn are my Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears. Their sensibility and what they bring to a stage made me want to do the show.” One of the script

changes includes a flashback of Olive’s parents (Jennifer Laura Thompson and Hunter Foster) when they were dating. “I think (the stage play) will be a different experience for the audience. They will recognize the movie, but it won’t be like seeing the same thing over again,” Lapine said.

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Local resident launches online dating site By Tina Safi Contributor The new online dating site Heart & Hobby (heartandhobby.com) connects people through their common interests. Local resident Alice Vysata, 32, started the site after spending years working in real estate. “I’d been thinking about creating an online dating site for nearly 10 years and the idea was born in Miami,” Vysata said. “I was sitting on a jet ski in the middle of crystal clear water, thinking that it would be great if I could find someone who enjoyed boating and exploring Bahamian islands as much as I did.” But it wasn’t until the construction market stalled that Vysata had the time to sit down and develop her idea. “As a child, I helped my father restore our 1890s Italian Renaissance house in New Jersey,” Vysata said. “He was very good at carpentry and I always helped

The online dating site heartandhobby.com helps link likeminded people. Courtesy photos him by carrying materials, stripping paint down from the original millwork, helping to re-wallpaper each room, etc. This is where my interest in and love of historic homes began. “When I had the opportunity to see how custom homes are built after college, I jumped in and felt right at home.” Vysata’s work in real estate continued for a decade and took her to Las Vegas as a developer in

2004. When the market took a downturn, she moved to this area and began contemplating a new career path. To begin with, she considered the void in the online dating world that she witnessed. “My experience (in addition to my friends' experiences) in online dating has been that you pull hundreds of profiles in your Zip code without an initial way to see if you actually have anything in

common with the person,” Vysata said. “I wanted to focus on bringing people together on a deeper level than physical characteristics, which unfortunately is the way that many people narrow down their dating choices online.” Vysata maintains that common interests and hobbies are important in keeping a relationship going after the “honeymoon phase” is over. At Heart and Hobby, the goal is to create longer lasting, deeper bonds between partners. The site, which had to be coded from scratch due to lack of precedence in the market, took about eight months to create. The finished product allows users to search for their interests first, ultimately finding profiles of other singles who share those same interests. “Initially, I could not figure out how the site should be laid out,” Vysata said. “It’s not like other dating sites where people

just submit profiles. I had to draw out and then redraw out the way it was going to be organized, and I eventually decided the site was going to be organized by the interests and hobbies themselves, with user profiles inside.” Vysata has faced some setbacks along the way. “Some people sign on, create a profile and don't go beyond that because they are so used to other dating sites operating that way,” Vysata said. “On Heart and Hobby, you actually go and choose the Interest Groups you want to be categorized in, and some people miss that step.” To alleviate this problem, the site now features explanation buttons. Vysata will be spending Valentine’s Day in Florida, promoting her site and attending parties. Is she too busy to use heartandhobby.com? “I poke around the site when I have some time, yes!” she laughed.

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Dr. He Said, Dr. She Said The wrong reasons to stay in a marriage By Hanalei Vierra, Ph.D. (Dr. He) and M’Lissa Trent, Ph.D. (Dr. She) We talk a lot about ways to build the strength of a relationship, but today we wanted to share with you what we believe to be the wrong reasons to stay in a relationship that has completely broken down in trust, love, respect and appreciation, despite all your efforts to save the marriage. 1. For the children: We know that it is devastating to break a child’s heart, and this is the number one reason couples who are unhappy in their marriages try to stay together. However, you must also remember that the tension, negativity, detachment and coldness that the children will feel from you if you continue to live in

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trust you more than watching you make a choice to live in agony. Teaching them that being in a miserable relationship is a good decision is not the message you want to send your children. 2. For financial reasons: This is a big reason couples stay together and there is a lot of fear wrapped up in this one! Yes, the finances get more difficult and lifestyles need to change for awhile. However, time and time again we see couples adjust and find their happiness to be far more valuable then tightening their purse strings. Children also adjust to a change in lifestyle if the parents become more authentic and relieved after making their decision. Money is not the

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great equalizer for happiness so a readjustment of values is necessary when it comes to tackling the financial changes that come with divorce. 3. Loneliness or lack of confidence. Staying married because it beats being alone only sets you up to be depressed for the duration of the marriage. Yes, it is scary to be on your own out there in that big world. Take this time as an opportunity to rebuild and retrieve the aspects of yourself that have been squelched in your unhappy marriage or never even allowed to emerge! There is a lot of support out there so you don’t have to do it alone. Staying in a relationship due to loneliness and lack of self-confidence is a “known” factor that will make you unhappy. Taking a risk to rediscover yourself and who you are in the world is a courageous act that most likely will pleasantly surprise you. Of course there will be an initial grieving period, but this can be embraced as part of the journey of rediscovery! 4. Because of what others will think. Some people stay in marriages because of religious beliefs, what parents think or because it will break up a community of friends. All of these reasons are very difficult to face but if your religion, parents, and friends have not been able to influence the relationship in a positive way up to this breaking point, you have to take the reigns of full responsibility for the decision. Remember that you are the only one who knows the true dynamics of the relationship and it is for this reason that it is your decision only. Getting advice from friends can be tricky because they will tend to project their own reasoning due to their life onto you and it might not be an appropriate comparison. 5. Because you are co-dependent and feel it is your responsibility to take care of your partner even though you are both miserable. If you are the one wanting to leave and you are staying only because you feel responsible for the other person’s feelings, the best thing to do is to encourage your partner get some help so they can have additional resources to assist them through the break up. If you stay in the marriage under these conditions you will either be miserable, act out (i.e., have an affair), or completely emotionally detach from your partner making you both despondent! Be honest with your partner along the way so they are not shocked by your decision in the end. People who are co-dependent tend to tip toe around their partners’ feelings and tend to shock them when they finally reveal their unhappiness. Walking on eggshells will send your partner into a more difficult spin then disseminating information along the way. 6. Because your parents never got divorced. Holding on to the “forever” picture of marriage that your parents role modeled for you is not necessarily a bad thing, unless it becomes another excuse for you to avoid facing your responsibility to yourself to live a genuine, authentic, and (therefore) happy life. In other words, if being married means playing the role of “dutiful-married-person-because-no-one-ever-getsdivorced-in-my-family”, then the marriage is empty as a result of the lack of authenticity required to play that role. Hanalei Vierra, Ph.D. (Dr. He) and M’Lissa Trent, Ph.D. (Dr. She) are a married couple who have worked together for over 15 years coaching troubled relationships to clearer communication, deeper intimacy, and healthier partnership. See their web site at www.sandiegotherapists.com/conjoint.html Please email any questions to: DrHanalei@aol.com or DrMlissaTrent@aol.com. For more information on Relationship Advice for Men, go to www.HowToKeepHer.com on the web.

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To Your Health Preventing and managing chronic diseases: What matters? By Mimi Guarneri, MD, Scripps Health With more than 80 million Americans living with some form of heart disease, 5.3 million with Alzheimer’s and 46 million with arthritis, it is easy to believe that such chronic diseases are an inevitable part of aging. The truth is, we can prevent the onset and slow down the progression of most chronic diseases that people suffer with today by taking the right steps to care for ourselves. This holistic approach includes not just our physical bodies, but our mind and spirit as well. Let food be your medicine. We can get most of the vitamins, minerals and nutrients our bodies need to stay healthy and fight off disease through the foods that we eat every day, but we need to make smart choices. Minimize your intake of simple carbohydrates, such as cakes, cookies, chips, sugary cereals, and white bread and rice. Simple carbohydrates also include liquids such as fruit juice, alcoholic drinks and soda (even diet soda can cause weight gain). Low in nutritional value and high in calories, simple carbohydrates make it easy to gain excess weight, which can lead to obesity and heart disease. Moreover, they can raise your blood sugar levels, making you more prone to develop diabetes. One easy rule to follow is to avoid white foods, such as white bread, rice and pasta, as well as foods made with white sugar and flour. Build meals around lean proteins and whole foods high in fiber, such as vegetables,

fruits and whole grains such as brown rice and whole wheat bread. Don’t be fooled by brown breads and pastas that appear to be whole grain; some of them are colored to look healthier. Check the labels and make sure that “whole wheat” or another whole grain is the first ingredient. Minimize inflammation in your body. Inflammation is a factor in many chronic conditions including coronary artery disease, autoimmune disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, obesity and cancer. An anti-inflammatory diet that emphasizes increasing foods that reduce inflammation and minimizing foods that promote it can have a significant influence on the prevention of disease. Foods that promote inflammation include trans fats and saturated fats, such as junk food, high-fat meat and full-fat dairy products, and foods rich in arachidonic acid (red meat and egg yolks). Conversely, “good” fats, such as Omega-3 essential fatty acids found in coldwater oily fish, walnuts and ground flax seeds, have powerful anti-inflammatory properties, as do antioxidants, soy isoflavones, plant sterols, probiotics and fiber. Follow a “Mediterranean diet” that includes lean proteins like fish, beans and lentils, nuts and seeds, and heart-healthy olive oil, all of which can help reduce inflammation. Include antiinflammatory spices, such as ginger, turmeric, garlic, cloves and rosemary. Take the right supplements. Evidence-

based supplements which are backed by medical research, such as fish oil, can reinforce the body’s systems and further help ward off disease. Ask your physician about taking supplements, and look for products that follow United States Pharmacopeia (USP) standards and NPA (Natural Products Association) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) guidelines. Address the psychological causes of disease. How we live and perceive our life has a profound effect on our health. Stress, hostility, anger and depression can all hurt us not just emotionally, but physically. For example, an outburst of anger increases the risk of a heart attack in the next two hours by 230 percent. Chronic stress raises blood pressure, causes arrhythmia, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, heart attack, high cholesterol, muscle spasm and even stroke. Stress hormones, such as cortisol, will worsen diabetes and cause mid-line weight gain. Hans Selye stated that “aging is nothing more than the sum total of all the stressors that we place on your life.” Frequently we cannot change situations in our life, but we can change our response and perception. The path to transforming stress may vary from person to person. Some may prefer to chant, pray, repeat mantras or meditate. We should practice one or all of these on a daily basis. I believe we also need to practice monitoring our thoughts throughout the day and observe how we respond to others in order to shift our perception.

Nurture your whole being. A healthy mind and spirit are as important as a healthy body. Spend time each day in nature: walk, bike, hike or swim. Take a break from the demands of technology and spend one day per week without using a cell phone, computer, television, or any electronic device. Spend the day with loved ones or in quiet contemplation. Instead of watching news or talk shows that focus on negative reports which promote fear and anxiety, read uplifting books or watch movies that renew your sense of hope. Each night before going to sleep, write down five things for which you are grateful. Any time you feel stressed or overwhelmed, stop what you are doing and take a few moments to focus on your breathing. Deep, focused breaths –inhaling and exhaling for five counts each – are an excellent tool to calm body and mind. Mimi Guarneri, MD, is a world-renowned cardiologist at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. Join Dr. Guarneri for a special lecture celebrating national heart month on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Schaetzel Center on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus. Learn about the importance of genetic and diagnostic testing that can help determine a woman's risk for heart disease, explore the role of hormones, nutrition and mind-body medicine, and enter a drawing for a chance to win a free heart scan. There is no cost to attend; please register by calling 1-800SCRIPPS.

Local students create Arts Alive banners for Solana Beach Nine students from Santa Fe Christian Schools Advanced Art Program had their designs approved by the City of Solana Beach for the city’s Arts Alive banners that will soon be flying along Highway 101. Each student created and designed a color sketch of their banner and, after approved and selected, transferred the designs in acrylic to the 3x8 banners. Pictured at left is Megan Sacher, a junior at Santa Fe, with her creation depicting imagery of Solana Beach. Santa Fe Christian Schools is a Christian, college preparatory school located in Solana Beach, CA. For more information please contact us at: (858) 755-8900 or www.sfcs.net

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Local blues singer helps create the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Special Olympicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of music

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that together we can do a wonderful thing.â&#x20AC;? UBM was born some months later, and Candye, who has lived a blues life herself, became its bandleader, mentor and coach. The blues seemed the right kind of music for people dismissed by society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disabled people are historically chanceless people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like blues people,â&#x20AC;? van Wijngaarden said. UBM was created to offer them chances. First, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the chance to come to an open audition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a party,â&#x20AC;? he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone can come, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all part of the event, and they all get to go onstage. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an audience to applaud them, whatever they do.â&#x20AC;? But only the best and most motivated are chosen, mentored, and given a chance to perform for the general public. For many of them, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looked at for something they can do. And for the professionals, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time they see how blurred the line is between â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? and not. As one client wrote in a song: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m

not special, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just like you.â&#x20AC;? After four concert tours and 60 shows in the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, and South Africa, UBM has now crossed the Atlantic, under the direction of Barbara Hammerman, a Seattle-area resident and longtime friend of Candyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who has spent 30 years in nonprofit fundraising and development. Born in Louisiana, she grew up loving the blues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call it the blues there. We just called it music,â&#x20AC;? she said. She went on to serve on the National Blues Foundation in Memphis, and received the National Keeping the Blues Alive Award in 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three years ago, when Joris wanted to expand into the U.S. and Canada, Candye told him: youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to meet my friend Barbara,â&#x20AC;? Hammerman said. Now UBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North American Director, she successfully shepherded UBM through a summer of concerts from Vancouver to Santa Cruz. She calls what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Special Olympics of music.â&#x20AC;? The local event, featuring performances by Candye and Friends, drew a small but enthusiastic crowd of about 40 musicians, mental health workers, and prospective volunteers and donors.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? Next month, UBM will be back, for what Hammerman called â&#x20AC;&#x153;a more in-depth conversation.â&#x20AC;? Interested? Contact Barbara Hammerman at barbara@unitedbymusic.o rg For more details on Oasis concerts, contact Martha Sullivan at MarthaSullivan@mac. com It was hosted by Martha Sullivan, a Del Mar resident who produces house concerts at The Oasis, an attractive space that doubles as a showroom for her online art, crafts, and book store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Candye performed at Oasis a year or so ago,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then Barbara friended me on Facebook, and we met when I was up in Seattle. She told me about UBM and I said I was interested. And when they decided to introduce UBM here, I had the perfect venue, and a list of guests to invite.â&#x20AC;? Van Wijngaardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit also included a chance to see Candyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s autobiographical musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toughest Girl Aliveâ&#x20AC;? at Moxie Theatre. UBM sponsored the Jan. 30 matinee, which quickly sold out.

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Help make your dog a ‘canine good citizen!’ By Linda Michaels, MA Does your dog run the other way at the dog park when he hears you calling “Come”— your strained voice alternating between sugary sweetness and anger? Does he take you for a daily drag down the street? If so, here’s a training plan developed Linda Michaels just for you. It’s the Canine and Victoria Stilwell Good Citizen (CGC) Program® designed to teach and reward dogs who practice good manners at home and in the community. This is a wonderful program for any dog and particularly for breeds or individuals than could benefit from being reclassified as “Good Citizens.” CGC is American Kennel Club (AKC) sanctioned, but has nothing to do with show dogs. It’s available to all dogs, regardless of breed, age, or history who can pass a 10-item test demonstrating social skills and basic obedience. You can start with an AKC S.T.A.R. puppy certification by successfully completing any

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Watercolorist Sharon Hinckley channels energy into plein-air photos By Jenna Jay Contributor A small but sprightly photography display in the window of Nelson Photo on Fay Avenue in La Jolla earlier this month got passersby to slow their strides to study Sharon the vivid Hinckley in a images of self-designed area beachhat es, flowers and figures. This is the work of watercolorist Sharon Hinckley, whose first photography exhibit embraces her plein-air (a French term that means sitting outside) artistic style through images of San Diego scenery and activity. "I call it plein-air photography because it's essentially the same way I would make a painting, only using the camera instead of a paintbrush," Hinckley said. Hinckley's fascination for art through the telephoto lens has materialized

after years spent behind an easel. She retains the similarities in her art forms through a naturalistic style that paints a straightforward picture of outdoor surroundings. In photography, Hinckley often finds surprises in her images that are only clear to her after snapping photos. "I discovered things I never noticed before, like squirrels and crows play together," she said. "I would never have thought that those two species would have gotten along." Hinckley, an accomplished artist specializing in watercolors, has only recently taken the plunge into the realm of photography. In such, she has become a student to an art form rather than a teacher, the role she’s had over the last several years leading art classes and yoga sessions. A yoga and painting instructor by patience and practice, Hinckley has enhanced both passions by relating them to her everyday life. "I probably did the

Sharon Hinckley in a self-designed hat. whole thing backwards. I knew when I was painting that I was doing something that I wasn't doing in the rest of my life," Hinckley said. "Whatever it was I was doing when I was painting was a very good thing; I just didn't know how to verbalize that, so when I started doing yoga I was like, 'Oh, that's what I was doing when I was painting.'" Finding a correlation between yoga and creating art through what she calls "relaxed attention,"

Workshop offers free, hands-on tips for eco-savvy living on Feb. 26 Eco-savvy experts will take guests into the garden for a series of interactive workshops on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Rockrose Education Gardens at 3538 Glen Ave. in Carlsbad. Water. Grow. Eat. is the first in a series of hands-on eco-savvy special events hosted by Del Mar-based builder Brookfield Homes. The Feb. 26 workshop is free to the first 30 people in each program who register at www.brookfieldsd.com.

Hinckley has coached a range of pupils through her creative processes, whether at painting workshops around town or in yoga classes she leads locally. Hinckley encourages students to "have fun and just enjoy what you're doing," which is advice she has taken to heart. A Maryland native and Stanford University graduate, she first got into watercolor painting by accident, stumbling upon a watercolor class after quitting a different course when she did-

n't care for the instructor. Similarly, she never predicted she would get involved with teaching yoga, and professional photography sent yet another unexpected twist her way. Learning to embrace whatever comes her way is an acquired skill that’s helped Hinckley to excel in photography. Frequenting high traffic areas like Windansea to capture moments, colors and actions on film, Hinckley has utilized her renowned plein-air art technique and particular interests in light and color in more than one form, parlaying them into a multifaceted career. She continues expanding her market, with watercolor paintings on sale at My Art Shed, greeting cards available at La Jolla Mailbox, and a book, "Watercolor Basics: Painting Flowers," on shelves at Warwick's. Her next photo exhibit will run March 1-31 at Nelson Photo in Little Italy.

ART TIPS FOR BEGINNERS • Keep a sketchbook. • Keep working. "I threw away at least 600 paintings before I kept one." • Be gentle with yourself. "If you come back with an absolutely horrendous painting but it’s got really nice green in it, then you go, ‘that was the best green I ever made,' because every painting has something in it.” • Don’t be afraid to try something new. "I’ve been teaching yoga for 11 years now, which was not something I ever planned to do." • Learn how to see things. "Painting is easy. It’s the learning how to see things and where to emphasize things that is hard." — Sharon Hinckley

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Market Street Group plans silver anniversary exhibit By Diane Y. Welch Contributor Twenty-five years ago a group of fine artists banded together in the spirit of cooperation to provide a venue to exhibit and a place to learn. The association called itself the Market Street Group, a nod to its location in downtown San Diego, an area noted for its vibrant art community in the mid 1980s. In celebration, the public is invited to attend an anniversary art reception at the group's current location â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Studio 247, 2400 Kettner Street in San Diego's Little Italy. The studio will open at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 with an award program starting at 7 p.m. The Sebastian Capella Scholarship Award, named for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder, will be given to Barbara Trzcinski, an art student of outstanding ability from La Jolla's Athenaeum. Capella and Athenaeum executive director Erika Torri will present the award that grants free access, classes, and full use of the studio for a three-month period. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The winners will be able to learn from the others, to receive critique, and to exhibit,â&#x20AC;? said longtime member George M. Wahab. There is also an additional award for two emerging artists to use the facility, without fee, for one month. The exhibition will feature the work of Capella, plus art from group members past and present. Much talent has grown from its inception in 1986 when Capella, a transplanted Spanish artist and teacher in the classical tradition, created the Market Street Group with five of his students: Jeanne Zvetina, Ilse T. Hable, Aline Gest, Andrea Gaye, and Alberta Casey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said 'It's not enough for you to take classes, you have to practice art to develop your skills,' â&#x20AC;? said Wahab, a retired physician, who joined the group 20 years ago, steered it through its ups and downs, and remains an active member. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The group also acted as an incubator for emerging artists, protected them, gave them an environment to perfect their skills, and after a few years, they were able to have independent success. Many notable artists in San Diego started in the group.â&#x20AC;?

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Members Ken and Stephanie Goldman, and Kirby Kendrick are three such artists, now enjoying international acclaim. Figure drawing sessions are a key benefit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have models sit, four times a week, for our three-hour drawing classes. As a cooperative studio, each member shares the expenses, making it affordable, and each has the freedom to come and go to work anytime,â&#x20AC;? said Wahab. The work created ranges from landscape to portraiture to still life and more. Members are in their 30s through 80s, and the group recently celebrated the 84th birthday of Robert Crisler. Until his death last year at age 94, Ralph Geisberg was the oldest member. Under Wahab's watch, the group held an exhibition at the Mona Bismark Foundation in Paris in June 1990, and several members have held leadership positions in the local art community. Wahab, like Ron Spelman, was past president of the San Diego Portrait Society. Stephanie Goldman and George Wahab each served as past presidents of the San Diego Museum of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Artist Guild, and were also SDMA board trustees. Other members have been active in the San Diego Museum of Living Artist, the La Jolla Art Association, and the Pastel Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The story of the Market Street Group is a unique one,â&#x20AC;? said Wahab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kept secret for a long time. It deserves to be uncovered and brought to the public attention.â&#x20AC;?

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www.sdsockers.com Koi Club of San Diego 24th Annual Open Koi Show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Feb. 19-20 Description: Competition show for koi hobbyists, plus koirelated products. More information: www.sdfair.com/calendar or http://koiclubsandiego.org San Diego Sockers vs. Edmontonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Feb. 26 Description: Professional indoor soccer league play. More information: www.sdfair.com/calendar or www.sdsockers.com Silver Bay Kennel Club Dog Show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Feb. 25-27 Description: The Silver Bay Kennel Club dog show is one of the largest in the United States. More information: www.sdfair.com/calendar or www.jbradshaw.com/64/index. htm

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see cymbidiums being neglected, when in fact they are easy to care for. Then the same people say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why those plants are dying.â&#x20AC;? Cymbidiums derive from the mountainous climes of Asia, India, China, and Japan, and they can flourish in our climate zone. They like cool nights at 4550F and warm days at 70F or higher. As terrestrial orchids, cymbidiums thrive in a potting mixture of two parts medium bark, two parts ground redwood mulch, and one part coarse sand or pea gravel. First, place several shards and heavy gravel in the bottom of each pot. Make sure that each pot is about two inches larger all the way around the plant. The gravel is good for drainage and weight, and oversized pots allow the cymbidiumsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vigorous roots to grow freely. Always keep the plants well watered, and if the days get too hot, spray the plants during the day and before nightfall. Never let the leaves burn. Cymbidiums grow best

Del Mar Rose Society welcomes guest speaker to Feb. 24 event The Del Mar Rose Society presents Jolene Adams on Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Powerhouse Community Center in Del Mar. Guests and prospective members are welcome to attend to hear Adams present "Know your Bugs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The 'Speed Freak' â&#x20AC;&#x201D; good bugs and not so good bugs.â&#x20AC;? Adams is the current vice president of the American Rose Society (ARS) and will be installed as the president in October 2012. She has held numerous positions with ARS and has served roses in many capacities as president of local societies, program chair, show chair, membership chair, and publicity

chair. She is district director for the Northern California-Nevada-Hawaii District, Master Rosarian, Master Gardener, and Rose Hort Chair for the California State Garden Clubs, Inc. Adams teaches about roses, dreams about roses and enjoys meeting "rose people." Adams fell in love with roses as a teenage and hasn't gotten over it. Prospective members welcome. Please contact Del Mar Rose Society Membership at 619-203-1534.

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Cymbidium orchids are a success story. There are only 52 species, but there are tens of thousands of hybridized varieties, far too many to account for here. That is why we are dazzled when we see their lovely blossoms in the supermarkets and nurseries. And, they are not very expensive. Their blossoms will Frank La Rosa last up to 10 weeks on the plantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;far longer than cut flowers. Their beauty, moderate prices, and ease of care are wonderful but are also the cause of their neglect. Some people expediently consider them as cut flowers, part of the throw away culture. So, when the plants are finished blooming, people think cymbidiums are expendable. That means thrusting them outdoors to languish in an obscure corner of the patio. This troubles me when I

with a temperature differential of about 25 degrees; thus the watering before nightfall keeps them cool. If the leaves are deep green you have grown the plants in too much shadeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bloom well. The leaves should be yellowishgreen, which is the result of moderate sun, about 50 percent shade and sun. Generally, fertilize cymbidiums every two weeks with orchid or a good all purpose plant food. I do not fertilize my plants in the very coldest winter months. They do not require it. I abhor seeing these plants beings used as expendable gifts, bouquets, or â&#x20AC;&#x153;whatevers.â&#x20AC;? Terrible! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve saved many a trashcantossed-on-the-curb reject. But, these tough plants do come back, survive with care and attention. This proves their resilience. Cymbidium orchid plants can last a very long time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got plants from the time I began growing them 35 years ago from a few pseudobulbs somebody threw away. In earliest spring, about January or February, cymbidium blossoms of every hue can grace the niches, alcoves, and tables of our homes.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-002421 The name of the business: a. BICP b. Business Intelligence Competency Partners located at: 12626 High Bluff Drive, Suite 460, San Diego, CA 92130 San Diego County, is hereby registered by the following: Business Intelligence Competency Partners (BICP) LLC 12626 High Bluff Drive, Suite 460, San Diego, CA 92130 Nevada. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The transaction of business began on: 12/26/2008. This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on JAN. 25, 2011 Sean Lesher DM443 Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2011

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-000462 The name of the business: Wine Glamour located at: 14658 Via Fiesta #2, San Diego, CA 92127 San Diego County, is hereby registered by the following: Elizabeth Mikhalsky 14658 Via Fiesta #2, San Diego, CA 92127. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The transaction of business began on: n/a. This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on JAN. 05, 2011 Elizabeth Mikhalsky DM439 Jan. 27 Feb. 3, 10, 17, 2011

this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a 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: FEB. 4, 2011. Aaron H. Katz, Judge of the Superior Court DM449 Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2011

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2011-001683 The name of the business: Advanced Imaging Center for Education, LLC located at: 11622 El Camino Real, Ste. 100, San Diego, CA 92130 San Diego County, is hereby registered by the following: Advanced Imaging Center for Education, LLC 11622 El Camino Real, Ste. 100, San Diego, CA 92130 California. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The transaction of business began on: 01/19/11. This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on JAN. 19, 2011 Lori R. Covington, Member CV214 Jan. 27 Feb. 3, 10, 17, 2011

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00051184-CUPT-NC SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO NORTH COUNTY DIVISION 325 S. MELROSE DR. VISTA, CA 92081-6643 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioners Carmine Cozzolino and Laurie G. Cozzolino, on behalf of Alexander Francesco Cozzolino, a minor, have filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Alexander Francesco Cozzolino to Alex Francesco Cozzolino . THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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. MAR. 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM in DEPT. 3 at the address: 325 S. Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081. A copy of

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2010 -0066226-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Homan Moazzam filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Homan Moazzam to Maxwell Homan Moazzam. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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. MAR. 22, 2011 at 8:30 AM in DEPT. D-8 at the address: 220 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a 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. 27, 2011. Kevin A. Enright, Judge of the Superior Court DM448 Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2011

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TO PLACE A LEGAL NOTICE Call 858-218-7235 Fax 858-513-9478 Email: Melissa.Eder@SDSuburbanNews.com City of Del Mar Design Review Board Agenda Del Mar Communications Center 240 Tenth Street, Del Mar, California Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES UPDATE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD/STAFF DISCUSSION (Non-Application Items) Review and approval of Design Review Board educational handout on the new Citizens’ Participation Program (draft from DRB Chair McCay). HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION AND BRIEFING (Application Items) CONSENT CALENDAR CONTINUED APPLICATION: ITEM 1 – DRB-10-20 APN: 300-040-45 Location: 627 15th Street Applicant: John Jensen Architects Property Owner: Chloe Grey Trust Representative: Steve Ragan Zone: R1-10 (Low Density Residential) Overlay: WUI, Wildland Urban Interface Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Jean Crutchfield Description: A request for a Design Review Permit to remodel a two-story SFR and site improvements to include: enclosing a breezeway on the first floor into habitable space; new cantilevered front porch on the west side of the residence; new driveway gate and decorative vine-covered lattice located north of new front porch; reconstruct deck located south of the residence to include a minor modification in footprint; grading and retaining walls under the existing deck to create a new covered deck area; new exterior building materials; window/door changes; relocate chimney; and new planter walls with site hardscape/landscaping. NEW APPLICATION(s): ITEM 2 – DRB-10-24 APN: 301-024-03 Location: 334 Hidden Pines Road Applicant/Owner: Eric and Lisa Campbell Representative: Howard Anderson Architects Zone: R1-10 (Low denisty Residential) Overlay Zone: WUI, Wildland Urban Interface Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Jean Crutchfield, Associate Planner Description: A request for a Design Review Permit to: construct a 105 square foot addition located on the west building face; expand a trellis cover on the west building face; and reconstruct existing patio improvements located east of the residence to include seat walls, water feature and fire pit, associated with the remodeling of a two-story, single-family residence. ITEM 3 – DRB-11-01 APN: 299—072-50 Location: 2104 Christy Lane Applicant/Owner: Melody Bacha Representative: Brian Church, AIA Zone: R1-10 (Low Density Residential) Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Matt Bator, AICP, Senior Planner Description: A request for a Design Review Permit to construct: a 545 square-foot, two-story, entryway addition; new exterior balconies and roof decks, new roof coverings for some of the proposed decks; and various door, window and exterior-material modifications associated with the remodeling of a three-story, single-family residence. ITEM 4 – DRB-11-02 APN: 299-065-07&08 Location: 2606 and 2610 Oceanfront Avenue Applicant/Owner: EWM Investments Representative: Bokal & Sneed Architects Zone: R1-5B Overlay Zone: Beach Overlay Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Matt Bator, AICP, Senior Planner Description: A request for a Design Review Permit to construct a new roof deck with an open-trellis deck cover/structure at the western portion of the roof at 2610 Oceanfront. The deck would be accessed via a proposed second-story bridge that would “link” the residences at 2606 and 2610 together. The applicants are proposing (under a separate Boundary Adjustment Process) to merge the two lots and convert the residences at 2606 and 2610 into one single-family home. Other proposed improvements include exterior window, door and material changes associated with the remodeling of the [now] separate units into one singlefamily residence. ADJOURNMENT DM450 2/10/11

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