La Jolla Light
Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913
Vol. 100 Issue 6 • February 9, 2012
Online Daily at www.lajollalight.com
PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID SAN DIEGO, CA PERMIT NO. 1980
Postal Work: 150 rally to preserve La Jolla’s beloved Wall St. post office
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— Thomas Grunow, task force member and president of La Jolla Historical Society Board of Directors
Valentine’s Day special section has tips and teases, A14
Want to learn more? ■ The post office sale will be the main agenda item at La Jolla Town Council’s meeting 5 p.m. today at the Rec Center, 615 Prospect St.
■ savelajollapostoffice.org Above: A USPS delivery truck makes its way up Prospect Street during the recent rally. Left: La Jolla residents Ginger and Tony Waller sign the petition to save La Jolla’s Wall Street post office. Pat Sherman photos
12 La Jolla groups direct community life, B1
By Pat Sherman bout 150 people gathered in front of Wisteria Cottage Feb. 4 to protest the U.S. Postal Service’s planned sale of its Wall Street building. A roster of community activists spoke of the 1935 structure’s historic, economic and civic importance to the Village, including members of the newly formed Save the La Jolla Post Office Task Force. La Jollan Ann Craig said her late husband, Roger, who served as USPS deputy general counsel and assistant postmaster general, would have had fun “leading the charge” to save La Jolla’s post office. The crowd cheered as several postal trucks drove past the rally on Prospect Street – one USPS driver honking his horn repeatedly in seeming approval of preservationists’ plans. “We need to reach out to everybody about this,” said task force member Joe LaCava. “I know the (postal) employees are on our side, whether they officially can say that or not.” Longtime La Jollans Ginger and Tony Waller were among nearly 240 people who signed a petition that
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s much as we may despise what the postal service is doing, we have to come up with a win-win. It has to work for everybody.
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Light launches community networking website La Jolla Voices, an exciting new social networking and community forum website, debuts Feb. 13. “Powered by the La Jolla Light, VoicLa Jolla Voices es is a local Facebook for La Jolla residents and businesses,” said Light publisher Phyllis Pfeiffer. “The new site lajollavoices.com, is custom tailored for Jolla residents, community groups, social clubs, religious organizations, non-profits and businesses to network and exchange your voice counts
Bishop’s comes up big on Senior Day, A20
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ideas, share information, and find great local businesses and deals.” Individuals, groups and businesses can communicate with friends, neighbors, colleagues and customers or clients on La Jolla Voices through Buzz Boards, Event Listings and Comments. The Buzz Board is a local bulletin board to post announcements in
real-time on the front page of La Jolla Voices. “It’s the public address system for La Jolla,” Pfeiffer said. There is also a private or personal real-time textual interactive board for making personal connections. It can be used to build connection lists of neighbors, classrooms, sports teams and more. For organizations and businesses, it’s an affordable way to create a personalized connection with local resi-
dents and build organizational or brand loyalty. Any member can create a group and invite others to join. Groups are a great place to keep members informed about what’s happening. Individuals, organizations and businesses can also post events to let friends and neighbors know what’s happening. Readers can take a sneak peek now at lajollavoices.com.
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