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Vol.99 Issue 5 February 3,2011
Bird Rock may get a farmers market BY DAVE SCHWAB Staff Writer Negotiations are in the works for a new farmers market serving Bird Rock that would be held Friday evenings starting this spring if it all of the details, including the necessary community approvals, are resolved. Some Bird Rock Elementary School parents reportedly are forming a new nonprofit group to bring a farmers market to the community to raise money for their elementary school. “We’re negotiating right now and we’ve pretty much
settled on a site, Mira Monte just off La Jolla Boulevard in front of La Jolla Methodist Church,” said Catt Fields White, operator of SD Weekly Markets, which has three existing San Diego farmers markets in Normal Heights, North Park and Little Italy. Fields White said she wants to contract with the new Bird Rock nonprofit group to set up, market and manage their market. School representatives and Joe Parker, who heads the Bird Rock Community Council (which is not involved in the negotiations),
The proposed location of a new farmers market is in front of La Jolla Methodist Church. DAVE SCHWAB would not comment, saying any response is premature. The proposal would have to go through community review before the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation (T&T) Board and La Jolla
Community Planning Association (LJCPA). “We are thinking of starting in April,” Fields White added. “But we haven’t been through the permit process yet. That would be
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Ron Reagan talks about life with his father, President Ronald Reagan, to promote his new book ‘My Father at 100.’ He was a guest of The Revelle Forum at the Neurosciences Institute on Jan. 26. CAROL SONSTEIN
guest of The Revelle Forum to promote his book, “My Father at 100,” which debuted Jan. 18 at No. 13 on the New York Times bestsellers list. He was interviewed on stage by Phyllis Pfeiffer, publisher of the La Jolla Light. Ron told the audience that he wrote the book as his father’s 100th birthdate approached, with the hope of discovering the “10 percent of my dad’s isolated core that he closely guarded, and that
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even my mom couldn’t penetrate.” Ron said he began to piece together impressions of his father’s early years by using the archives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley and by taking trips to the Midwest towns his father grew up in. His findings, he said, led him to the conclusion that “Dad, early on, began to create a template for his life, deciding
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BY SUSAN DEMAGGIO Lifestyles Editor on Reagan proved he’s every bit The Great Communicator’s son as he entertained an audience of 100 guests at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla on Jan. 26 with tales of growing up with actor/politician/statesman Ronald Reagan as his father. His storytelling would do dad proud. Ron, age 53, came to town as a
our intent if all goes well.” Some have expressed concerns that a new farmers market in Bird Rock might conflict with the La Jolla Open Aire Market, held Sundays on the grounds at La Jolla Elementary School at 1111 Marine St. That market, which benefits La Jolla Elementary School, has grown from a handful of vendors to more than 150 in 12 years. Fields White said she doesn’t see a conflict arising between the two.
BY PHIL DAILEY Staff Writer Before Anthony Paolucci teed off at the Farmers Insurance Open last week he described his first PGA Tour event as a win-win situation. After making the cut and finishing the tournament with a 3-under par — tied for 29th —there’s no doubt that he was right about his assessment. Paolucci, who is a senior at La Jolla Country Day and a Rancho Santa Fe resident, made waves all tournament long Anthony as he showed just Paolucci how talented he is and just how bright his future might be. He finished the event ahead of golf’s No. 3-ranked player, Tiger Woods, who ended the tournament at 1-under par. Not to mention the 70-plus professionals who failed to make the cut.
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