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SB superintendent Fausset retires Educator made mark at local and state levels during distinguished 40-year career

■ Stay-at-home mom debuts on bestseller list with humorous novel.

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North Coast Rep Patron Party

N Earl Warren students create mosaic installation

■ Hard work earns Canyon Crest junior Eagle Scout distinction.

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Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society President Carol Childs observes March 22 as dozens of art students at Earl Warren Middle School put their hands to the tile under artist Betsy Shultz’s direction. The students created four works of art that will be installed at the Fletcher Cove Community Center as part of the city’s renovation efforts. See page B3 for more. Photo/Claire Harlin

orth Coast Repertory Theatre’s Board of Trustees President Dr. Allen Moffson, and his wife, Judy, hosted a patron party for North Coast Rep’s upcoming gala at their oceanfront Solana Beach home March 25. roadway veteran and Emmyaward winning actress and singer Lucie Arnaz will sing at the gala celebrating North Coast Rep’s 30th anniversary. The Bow Tie & Pearls Gala will be held April 22 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club.

(Above) Artistic Director David Ellenstein, Vice President Jay Sarno. See page B13 for more. Photo/Jon Clark

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DM business owners weigh in on Village revitalization • Environmental Impact Report to be discussed April 2

BY CLAIRE HARLIN EDITOR@DEMARTIMES.NET

■ Cirque du Soleil pops up in S.D. — and they’ll be back.

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Matthew Bergman, owner of Folio Design, doesn’t live in Del Mar, but he said downtown Del Mar is like his living room — and he’s ready to see it get renovated.

“There will be immediate hardships, and the construction period is going to be a challenge,” said Bergman, comparing the city’s proposed streetscape improvements to the home interior overhauls he oversees at his Del Mar Plaza design

business. “But the long-term improvements will be so much greater than that.”

The City of Del Mar is the closest it has been to implementing changes meant to reflect the community plan goals set forth in 1976, which outlined a need for a pedestrian-friendly, vibrant downtown. Revitalization is no new concept for Del Mar — parking, traffic and aesthetics have been much-discussed for years. But this month the city finally released its first draft of a Village Specific Plan, along See VILLAGE, page 4

BY MARSHA SUTTON When Leslie Fausset retires on March 30, she will have concluded a remarkable career in public education spanning four decades.

After seven years as superintendent of the Solana Beach School District, Fausset ends her career with a long list of awards and accolades all around. She is widely praised for her extensive knowledge, depth of experience, gentle style, collaborative approach and calm demeanor – and unanimously applauded for her ability to keep the interests of students front and center in every debate.

“At the local level and the state level, she’s been a wonderful champion for all kids and for education, and exemplifies what a superintendent and what an educator should be,” said former state Senator Dede Alpert.

“I am personally forever in her debt and believe she is an unsung hero in one of

the toughest and the most important fields of endeavor in our state and nation, education,” said Delaine Eastin, former state Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Born and raised in Ojai, Fausset, 64, began her career in public Leslie Fausset education in 1972 as a first-grade teacher in the Poway Unified School District, where she worked for 26 years.

After six years as a teacher, she became a reading specialist, then project coordinator for state programs, then assistant middle school principal, elementary school principal and middle

SEE FAUSSET, PAGE 6

Oversized vehicle parking debate rolls on

BY KAREN BILLING After complaints at last month’s Carmel Valley Community Planning Board meeting about oversized vehicles parked in residential neighborhoods, officials from the San Diego Police Department were invited to discuss efforts taken to help alleviate the problem.

It’s a complicated issue that the police have dealt with for a long time in the city, said Joe Arway, parking enforcement supervisor.

Some residents see the oversized vehicles as a blight, but the owners might like seeing their vehicle parked outside their

Carmel Vista Road in Carmel Valley home. As long as they are moved within 72 hours, they are parked legally.

“This is not just a Carmel Valley issue, it’s a citywide issue,” said Arway, noting he drove around

Carmel Valley to gauge the issue locally and reported that he got an “eyeful.”

Per San Diego Municipal Code, no vehicle can be

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CV/DM burglary series over, police say Local residents honored with The “Silver and Gold” burglary series, in which 38 homes around San Diego — including Carmel Valley and Del Mar Heights — were targeted for jewelry and valuables, is officially over. Adrian Lee, community relations officer for the San Diego Police Department’s Northwestern Division, said that all of the burglary suspects are in custody and all evidence has been submitted for prosecution. The burglaries in the series occurred late last year and early this year. However, as always, police urge residents to take safety precautions by making sure all doors, windows, etc. are locked and alarms turned on. — Karen Billing

Crimes and arrests in the CV/DM area, February 2012 The numbers of crimes and arrests/citations with valid addresses that were reported to the San Diego County’s Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) by March 5 for the month of February 2012 in the San Diego City neighborhoods of Del Mar Heights, Carmel Valley, North City, and Torrey Highlands and the City of Del Mar are shown below: Del Mar Heights 2 Crimes against persons: 2 simple assaults 9 Crimes involving property: 1 residential burglary, 1 financial, 1 theft other than shoplifting and vehicle, 5 vehicle break-ins, and 1 vehicle theft 2 Other lesser crimes 14 Arrests/Citations: 12 traffic other than DUI and speeding, and 2 other types Carmel Valley 3 Crimes against persons: 1 aggravated and 2 simple assaults 50 Crimes involving property: 2 commercial and 5 residential burglaries, 8 financial, 9 malicious mischief/ vandalism, 8 theft other than shoplifting and vehicle, 15 vehicle breakins, and 3 vehicle theft 4 Other lesser crimes 37 Arrests/Citations: 1 assault, 3 burglary, 1 drunk in public, 2 speeding, 27 traffic other than DUI and speeding, and 3 other types North City 1 Crime against persons: 1 simple assault 6 Crimes involving property: 1 commercial and 1residential burglary, 2 financial, 1

malicious mischief/vandalism, and 1 theft other than shoplifting and vehicle 1 Other lesser crime 8 Arrests/Citations: 3 speeding, 4 traffic other than DUI and speeding, and 1 other types Torrey Highlands 1 Crime against persons: 1 simple assault 12 Crimes involving property: 3 residential burglaries, 1 financial, 1 malicious mischief/vandalism, 2 shoplifting, and 5 theft other than shoplifting and vehicle 2 Arrests/Citations: 2 traffic other than DUI and speeding City of Del Mar 1 Crime against persons: 1 simple assault 16 Crimes involving property: 1 commercial and 1 residential burglary, 2 financial,1 malicious mischief/vandalism, 4 shoplifting, 3 theft other than shoplifting and vehicle, and 4 vehicle break-ins 43 Arrests/Citations: 1 DUI, 39 traffic other than DUI and speeding, and 3 other types You can get a map that shows the location of each incident and a report that lists date, time, and hundred-block addresses at www.arjis.org. Click on Crime MAPS, read the disclaimer and background information file, and then specify a location, incident type(s), and time period.

— Adrian Lee, SDPD Northwestern Division Community Relations Officer

UCSD Faculty Excellence Awards What do a political scientist, pathologist, psychologist, neurobiologist, molecular biologist and musician have in common? They are all recipients of prestigious awards presented by the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Associates donor group for excellence in Alan Houston teaching, research, community service and performing and visual arts. The annual recognition ceremony and reception will be held Thursday, March 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Atkinson Hall, located at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) on the UC San Diego campus.

The annual event honors UC San Diego faculty as a whole, while highlighting the important contributions of the university’s most exemplary teachers and researchers via brief video presentations. Chancellor’s Associates, a program for donors who give an annual leadership gift of $2,500 or more to the university, will recognize the outstanding accomplishments of university faculty members with a citation and $2,500 award.

The recipients of the 2012 Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards include: Carmel Valley resident Alan Houston, Ph.D., professor of political science, for excellence in undergraduate teaching; and Del Mar resident William Kristan, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology, for excellence in gradu-

ate teaching.

“This year’s honorees exemplify our tradition of excellence and innovation,” said Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. “They are exceptional teachers, researchers, community leaders and campus citizens. I applaud their achieveWilliam Kristan, ments and dedication to Ph.D. the university, and I congratulate them on this much-deserved recognition.”

Award candidates are nominated by their academic peers, with final selection by a committee comprising Chancellor’s Associates donors. Criteria for selection are based on faculty member achievements, reputation and impact on students and the academic community. Since 1974, UC San Diego has recognized more than 100 extraordinary faculty members with Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards.

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VILLAGE continued from page 1 with a corresponding Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and it’s headed for a community vote in November — but not before the community gets its say in the proposed changes, estimated to total between $4.5 and $5.5 million. The City Council will hear input on the EIR at its April 2 meeting, and there will be several opportunities for input thereafter, including question-and-answer sessions on April 4 and April 10, a full workshop on April 30 and a special business community meeting in mid-May. Many owners of businesses along Camino Del Mar are more reluctant than Bergman, and there’s some concern that the interests of residents may not reflect the interests of business owners — many of whom will not get to vote on the Village Specific Plan if it makes it to the ballot as planned.

“If you don’t live in Del Mar, you don’t vote in Del Mar,” said Nicolo Becucci, owner of Crepes & Corks, located at 1328 Camino Del Mar. “A lot of us business owners don’t live in Del Mar and we want Del Mar to be more business-friendly, but the people who live

in Del Mar don’t always like that.”

Becucci said the Del Mar City Council is good at being pro-business, but “as a whole, they are scared of bringing up new ideas because they are afraid of being shut down by the public.”

Becucci said all the ideas presented in the Village Specific Plan are good ones, however, a priority should be placed on parking.

“Adding a parking structure at Ninth Street would stretch out the entire town center,” he said. “Parking is the No. 1 complaint of customers. A parking garage would be the best money spent for tomorrow.”

Randy Gruber, owner of Americana Restaurant, located at 1454 Camino Del Mar, said he wants to see revitalization, but he’s not sold on the concept of roundabouts.

“All these other towns around us didn’t put in roundabouts,” he said, using Encinitas as an example of a city that has done a great job of enticing new business and upgrading its commercial center. “They fixed the sidewalks and the storefronts and it’s rocking over there.”

Most importantly, Gruber said he is concerned that the construction will hurt

businesses like his that depend on people being able to pass through or walk around the town and have easy access to stores and restaurants.

Del Mar Planning and Community Development Director Kathy Garcia said there is no way at this point to estimate how long construction would take, but there are numerous ways to mitigate the effects of construction, including staging the work at different times of the day and doing only half of the street at a time.

“We could build the sidewalks first and keep them open so people can still access the shops,” she said, adding that weekly meetings with business owners before and during the construction would be effective.

“We also know we won’t be able to work in the summertime,” she said. “It’s just too busy here then.”

Julie Zozaya, owner of Julie’s Beach Wear, located at 1414 Camino Del Mar, said she would like to see features like plants, trash cans and benches, but she doesn’t want to see the city spend money to “rip up what we have and start over.”

“Roundabouts aren’t going to help with traffic,” she said. “They are just go-

ing to take away money we’ve already spent on putting in new sidewalks and a median. Are we just going to rip up all that and put in something we don’t need?”

She said she’d rather see money spent on advertising, similar to the commercials for Carlsbad and La Jolla she often sees on the Travel Channel at night.

There is about a month remaining in the public comment period on the Village Specific Plan and the EIR, which will be discussed at City Council on April 2.

The EIR outlines potential impacts of and alternatives to the changes proposed in the Village Specific Plan. It is also a major factor in the decision-making of the City Council.

“It’s time for people to ask questions,” said Garcia.

“The plan is on the street and they can read through it … A lot of people have questions because it’s a very technical document.”

To access these documents, visit www.delmar. ca.us and click the Village Specific Plan and EIR link on the right side of the page.

Upcoming question-and-answer sessions will be held in the City Hall Annex on April 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. and on April 10 from 2 to 4 p.m.

“Overnight you’ve got Flower Hill, the Del Mar Highlands, stuff happening in Encinitas and now One Paseo … We don’t have the luxury of sticking our head in the sand.”

MATTHEW BERGMAN Owner, Folio Design President, Del Mar Village Association

“Del Mar has kept its tradition. It’s a wonderful little town the way it is. I don’t think they need to do anything.”

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“Reopening the train station would be great for business. It was closed years ago, but times have changed. Look at what the train station did for Solana Beach. That whole area exploded.”

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Canyon Crest Academy students earn honors at Science & Engineering Fair Canyon Crest Academy students recently honored at the 58th Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair included (Advisor: Wendy Slijk): Manita Singh (Senior) – 1st place: Engineering-Material Biology Senior INTEL ISEF Trip Sweepstakes General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation Society of American Military Engineers Society of Women Engineers ***** Dillon Patel (Sophomore) – 1st place: Engineering – Energy and Transportation Freh H. Rohr Science Award Sr. Sweepstakes Runner-Up American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astro.

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College of American Pathologists ***** Sara D’Souza (Sophomore ) – 1st place Biochemestry ***** Wynton Goulding (Junior)-2nd place Medicine College of American Pathologists Brian Sandler and Daniel G King (Senior) 3rd place: Medicine College of American Pathologists ***** Nicholas Merchant-Wells (Junior) – 4th place: Environ mental The Canyon Crest students who qualified to compete at the 2012 California State Science Fair in Los Angeles on April 30-May 1 are: Dillon Patel, Yousuf Soliman, Manita Singh, Vaishnavi Rao, Sara D’Souza, Eric Chen and Michelle Xie.

Local residents win cash prizes in 2012 Dream House ‘Early Bird’ drawing Eight participants in the 8th Annual Dream House Raffle benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities® of San Diego are being awarded with $35,000 in cash prizes in recent early bird drawing, which gives raffle participants who purchased tickets early an extra chance at winning big.

Hank Brodnick of San Diego won $15,000 cash. Jo Merritt of San Marcos also took home money in the amount of $10,000. Suzette Cristobal-Williams of Carmel Valley received a cash prize of $5,000, and five winners won $1,000 each: Jeanette Tomlinson of Carmel Valley, Frank Santana of Ramona, Elizabeth Smiley of San Diego, Murray Ogman of Escondido, and Maureen

Tremeasne of San Diego. Each of today’s winners purchased a $150 raffle ticket and is still eligible for the grand prize, a gorgeous five-bedroom, five-bathroom home in San Diego County, or $1.5 million cash.

The dream house sits on more than two acres and boasts an infinity-edge pool, swim-up bar, outdoor kitchen and gorgeous views of North County. The 4,600 squarefoot home or $1.5 million cash are still up for grabs, and all it takes for a chance to win is a $150 raffle ticket. Tickets are available until May 4 and can be purchased by calling 888/824-9939 or visiting www.sdraffle. com.

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One Paseo would create a sizable economic boost for the community, pumping millions in revenues into San Diego and producing thousands of jobs. The project would be completely privately funded, with no city subsidies or credits.

One Paseo is projected to generate thousands of jobs and millions in revenue for local schools $13+ million in fees benefiting Carmel Valley $10.6 million in fees to local schools $1.8 million annual net fiscal surplus for the City More than 1,700 permanent direct jobs More than 4,000 direct construction jobs

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FAUSSET

tin, who served from 1995 to 2003, during a pivotal time in public education, when the movement toward greater accountability, testing and assessment took shape. During this time, the Public Schools Accountability Act, the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program, and its achievement indicator the Academic Performance Index system, were implemented.

“I was privileged to have Leslie as my chief deputy at the department of education for over four years,” Eastin said in an email. “She was a principled, tireless, brilliant and talented chief deputy who assisted me to transform the department into a much more field- and child-focused entity.”

Fausset helped the department focus on how decisions affected children, Eastin said. “Whether it was preschool or school safety or immigration or testing or some other gauntlet, Leslie was sturdy and true to the children and their welfare,” she said.

Working with Alan Bersin In 2003, Fausset left Sacramento to work for about a

continued from page 1 school principal.

“That was quite a transition and very fun,” Fausset said of her middle school years. “I was terrified of middle school kids and [in the end] absolutely loved them and left tearfully.”

She then was named Poway’s director of communication, evaluation and staff development, a post she held for two years until she was promoted to assistant superintendent responsible for grades K-8. Her last position in Poway was as area superintendent with K-12 responsibility for one of three areas, from 1989 to 1998.

To Sacramento When Fausset accepted an offer from Delaine Eastin in 1998 to be California’s Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Fausset’s reputation expanded statewide. During five years in this position, she became known in Sacramento for her knowledge, child-centered focus and ability to forge consensus.

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year as a consultant until Alan Bersin, then superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, asked her to join his team as chief of staff and, a few months later, as deputy superintendent.

On July 1, 2005, her title changed again, to interim superintendent, when Bersin left the 132,000-student district and a replacement was being sought.

Bersin’s seven-year tenure at the helm of SD Unified, the second largest in the state, was a turbulent time, and Fausset’s arrival in 2004 helped provide a steady, calming influence.

Bersin, who called Fausset “a consummate educator and terrific human being,” said she “knows budgets and personnel rules to be sure, but she knows how to apply them to organize schools and districts to maximize good teaching and better learning.”

“These qualities – developed and practiced by Leslie at every level of California’s educational system, from the classroom to the principalship to the superintendency, at the state, local and county levels – distinguish her career as unmatched in breadth,

depth and scope,” Bersin said, in an email.

“I know of no one who has replicated her experience with the degree of achievement that she has attained,” he said. “Big districts, small districts, poor schools, rich schools – all of them mattered the same to Leslie Fausset.”

Fausset, he said, “saw through the unimportant and never lost focus on the goal of education reform: the improvement at scale, on a systemic basis, of teaching and learning in the classroom.” Bersin thanked her “for what her professional life has meant and the impact that it has had on that most precious of gifts: a free and democratic public education.”

Note: Bersin is currently assistant secretary of international affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

To Solana Beach One of the highest ranked districts in the county, SBSD serves about 3,000 students in grades K-6 at six schools – three in Carmel Valley, two in the city of Solana Beach and one in Fairbanks Ranch.

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A lifelong resident of Solana Beach, Fausset viewed the chance to work in a small district, with elementary age children, at an office five minutes from her home, as serendipity.

Debra Schade, who was first elected to SBSD’s board of education in 2002 and is the longest-serving trustee, was part of the team that selected Fausset for the position of superintendent in 2005.

“The Solana Beach School District has been very fortunate to have Leslie Fausset lead our district for the past seven years,” said Schade, who called her skill in developing and mentoring staff and building consensus masterful. “Her laser focus on what is best for children has been at the heart of every decision.”

SBSD’s assistant superintendent of instructional services Katie McNamara joined the district in 2004 and said, “Leslie’s career has been defined by her clarity of vision and focus on meeting the needs of every student.”

Other education leaders also commented on Fausset’s skill and contributions.

“From the time I arrived in 2008, it was apparent that Leslie was a leader among educational leaders, not only in North County, but the greater San Diego region and state,” said Ken Noah, superintendent of the San Dieguito Union High School District. “Her wisdom and experience are unparalleled, but her thoughtful, student-centered approach has helped guide us in our individual and collective decision-making.”

Rancho Santa Fe School District superintendent Lindy

Delaney called Fausset “the consummate professional.”

“I have the utmost admiration for Leslie as an educational leader in her district and the north coastal schools,” said Dee Rich, former San Dieguito Union High School District board member. “She set the highest standards of educational excellence for her district and shared her knowledge with all the other districts.”

Overcoming poverty Fausset’s advice to education leaders is to always keep kids at the center of every decision. Her principals echo this message.

Brian McBride, principal of Solana Pacific, a grades 5-6 school in Carmel Valley, called Fausset “a thoughtful and compassionate listener [who] has consistently put kids first in any conversation.”

Principal Jerry Jones of Solana Highlands, a grades K-4 school in Carmel Valley, said, “She has always been child-centered and has always supported our district to find ways to continually help all children maximize their learning potential.”

Teaching, Fausset said, is “a very isolated profession,” recalling how difficult her first year of teaching was and how she might never have continued if not for the support she received from veteran teachers. She considers professional development one of the highest priorities.

Julie Norby, principal of Solana Santa Fe in Fairbanks Ranch, said Fausset often shared her experiences as a first-grade teacher. “It was obvious that she loved being

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Del Mar resident receives academic honors at Northeastern University Northeastern University recently recognized those students who distinguished themselves academically during the course of the school year. Del Mar resident Jessie Contour, a digital arts major, was recently named to the University’s dean’s list for the fall semester, which ended in December 2011.

To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of a possible 4.0 and carry no single grade lower than a C- during the course of their college career. Each student receives a letter of commendation and congratulation from their college dean.

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FAUSSET continued from page 6 a classroom teacher and that she held the core belief that the most important factor in the success of a child is the teacher in the classroom,” Norby said.

Principal Lisa Denham of Skyline Elementary School in Solana Beach called Fausset “a visionary leader with integrity, a passion for children and education, and an ability to communicate with staff, students and parents across the district.”

Fausset called the con-

PARKING continued from page 1 parked continuously at one location on any public roadway for more than 72 hours.

Arway said owners often know how to “play the game,” just moving vehicles and boats around on the same street.

“If it’s moved any length of a distance, they’ve moved the vehicle and we have to assume that complaint is satisfied,” said Arway. “For all intents and purposes, they are legally parked.”

Arway explained the contentious history of a proposed city oversized vehicle ordinance—he was part of the committee that framed the language of the original ordinance in 2004.

The ordinance was put to rest then and again in

March 29, 2012 tinued decrease in education funding tragic, saying, “We’re cutting days and we’re cutting years and cutting back on time when honestly there’s more to learn and more to experience today than we had even yesterday.”

Fausset’s most passionate plea was for society to recognize the special needs of low-income students.

“We have to figure out how to help our children overcome poverty,” she said. “[Otherwise], they will never, particularly in this complicated world we are living in now, be able to access success.”

Still hopeful With an institution that is by nature static, Fausset said educators must find a way “to become much more dynamic to deal with the changing needs of our students and the changing world we’re living in.”

One of the biggest challenges, she said, is how to stay current with technology and how to integrate technology successfully with teachers in real classrooms.

“I think there will always be a school,” she said.

“There’s always going to be a role for instruction and a role for [face-to-face] interaction. But I think it might

look differently.”

Despite all the hurdles facing public education, she is inspired by the enthusiasm and willingness of young educators to change and adapt to new styles of learning and teaching.

“There are incredible young people coming forward,” she said. “I meet people and kids every day who make me feel a lot better about the future. So I’m very hopeful.”

Among Fausset’s many achievements in the district, one highlight has been her work to strengthen the Solana Beach Foundation for Learning, which raises vol-

2008 due to initial start-up costs and opposition from RV owners.

Initial start-up costs, for posting the ordinance throughout the city, could cost $1.9 million, a cost that proved dooming for the ordinance. In opposition, RV owners argued that they paid taxes, insurance and registration on their vehicles and they should be able to park them in front of their own homes.

There were also concerns about San Diego being a large tourist city and that an oversize ordinance might be too restrictive and deter visitors and the resulting commerce.

Arway said the enforcement unit is willing to listen to any possible ideas or solutions residents may have.

“Anything is on the table at this point,” Arway said.

Like residents on Quarter Mile Drive, residents of Carmel Vista complained of a similar situation in their neighborhood at the March 22 meeting.

“We have this big car dealership in front of our homes,” the resident said.

“There are 17 to 20 vehicles lined up on one street…

Why would you let this happen in our community?

Right now the laws are not in favor of the homeowners.”

The resident said the oversized vehicles are not only a blight, but could prove to be dangerous as they are hard to see around.

“I don’t think they even live in our neighborhood,” the resident said of the vehicle owners. “It’s irresponsible owners, they should be storing them somewhere else.”

Arway said that is some-

thing that could be handled with red curbing and twohour timed parking spaces.

Lt. Paul Connelly said a traffic engineer can review the situation and it could be a couple months before the curbs are painted or the signs go up.

One resident said it appeared people were even living in the car or sleeping in sleeping bags in a tarp-covered boat.

“That’s against the law,” Arway said. “You cannot live on city streets and if you have that, call us.”

The number in that situation would be (619) 5312000.

To report vehicles parked longer than 72 hours, call (858) 495-7800.

The vehicle abatement unit can be reached at (858) 4957856.

untary contributions to support many school programs.

Bryan Pruden, father of two Solana Beach children and president of the Solana Beach Foundation for Learning, called Fausset “incredibly humble” but someone who “has personally been more responsible than any other person I can think of in the positive effect she’s had on the Solana Beach community.”

“She has preserved one of the best educational experiences in the country for our children in very challenging times,” he said.

Fausset expressed “heartfelt appreciation to

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the community, students and staff for the privilege of working with them. I think that we have charted a path to ensure success for all students, and I appreciate the dedication and the care that this community has to that end. I have every confidence that the district will continue to thrive To read in full what parents, administrators, board members, legislators and friends wrote about Leslie Fausset’s 40 years in education, please go to this newspaper’s Web site www.delmartimes.net and click on the News or Schools category.

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Former ad executive, stay-at-home mom finds writing voice in humor and launches career with bestselling novel Editor’s Note: British-born novelist Helen Simonson was the guest speaker at the March 21 luncheon of the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society at The Grand Del Mar. Her debut novel, “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” is a New York Times bestseller. The annual six-event luncheon series is sponsored by Northern Trust, the RSF Literary Society, the RSF Community Center and this newspaper.

BY ARTHUR LIGHTBOURN Helen Simonson is a very funny lady with a delightful British sense of humor, but it wasn’t until she accepted this about herself and allowed it to come through in her writing that she was able, in her mid-40s, to launch a second career as a bestselling novelist.

Her debut novel, “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” hailed by critics as “a classic comedy of love and manners,” is set in a small English town filled with colorful, eccentric, sometimes nasty, but always very human characters, caught in an undercurrent of ludicrous class snobbery and Empirederived racism.

We interviewed the former advertising executive and stay-at-home mom in the library of The Grand Del Mar March 21 prior to her luncheon talk to the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society

sponsored by Northern Trust.

Simonson is a long-time resident of Brooklyn, New York.

She was born Helen Phillips in the industrial town of Slough, Buckinghamshire, England.

Her father was an industrial chemist.

“He got his chemistry degree and master’s the old-fashion way, at night school, while working,” she said. “So I was actually the first in my family to go to college.

When she was a teenager, the family achieved the ultimate English middleclass dream of moving to a house in the country — in East Sussex, “a much prettier part of the world” and the chosen locale for her debut novel with its rolling hills, thatched cottages, and medieval smuggling towns that attracted some of England’s most prominent writers, including Henry James, Virginia Woolf and Rudyard Kipling of “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din” fame.

Drawn to writing in her teens by the surrounding literary heritage, she was mildly encouraged by her parents, who thought that being a writer would be “a lovely hobby for the weekend,” but, she should really concentrate on preparing to get a proper job…

“So I didn’t have a background that said I have permission to write,”she said.

Both of her parents were town councilors “which is why, I think, I ended up at the London School of Economics. I was planning on being a politician or a diplomat, helping to serve the world.

It took me about six months to figure out it wasn’t all idealism and building youth centers and it wasn’t me.”

But, at the London School of Economics, she did meet her future husband, an American who was doing a year-abroad program — “One of those programs where you drink beer and meet girls, and he managed to do both,” she laughed.

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After graduation, she joined an advertising agency in the seaside East Sussex town of Eastbourne, as a trainee copywriter, which, she believes, was excellent

training for a future fiction writer “because you have to condense everything into very few words.”

“I was there a year,” she said, “then married, came to the States and got into travel advertising here. I worked for a tour company that did tours to Russia and worked in the cruse line industry as an advertising director, which was great because I loved writing, advertising and travel.

“I would spend my

whole life travelling if I could.”

With the birth of her two sons, she retired from advertising to become a stay-at-home mom. For fun, she said, she and her husband enrolled in a ballroom dancing class, but she soon discovered she had “two left feet and I like to lead.”

She recalls asking a young accountant in the dance class what he was planning to do on his summer vacation.

“He said he was staying home to write a screenplay.

And I said that was lovely, but, inside my head, I was screaming: ‘But you’re an accountant. You’re not qualified to write.’ That’s when I realized that I didn’t feel qualified to write and never had, partly because of being British. We know what we’re supposed to do in the world and what we’re not.”

She attributes her turnaround in attitude as a gift from America where she was assured by New York Lottery advertisements that everyone with a dollar can have a dream “and made me realize that in America everyone can have a go.”

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“Some of the merit badges, like the personal fitness badge, take six months to earn. I took an initial fitness test and trained a few times each week for six months in order to reach my required goal and earn the badge. Even though they require a lot of work, they really do make you a more well-rounded person,” said Kimball.

Already exceeding the 21 badges required to become an Eagle Scout, Kimball was able to focus on his Eagle Scout project. The principal of Solana Pacific Elementary School Brian McBride brought an issue to his attention and simultaneously sparked the idea behind his project.

“At Solana Pacific Elementary School, the kids used to track dirt into the hallways and classrooms when they came back from recess, so I decided to make stone paver pathways from the blacktop to the door entrance of the school to solve this problem,” said Kimball.

Kimball reveals that, surprisingly, the most difficult part of the 7-month project was getting the plans approved. Kimball typed up the entire concept, complete with schematics, images and step-by-step plans to present to the District Eagle Project Coordinator and the Boy Scout Council, who then reviewed it and suggested changes.

After receiving the much-earned approval, Kimball mapped out the area,

purchased the materials, and with the help 39 friends and family members, completed three 30-foot pathways after 287 hours of work.

However, he still wasn’t done. Before receiving his Eagle Scout Award, Kimball had to meet with a final board of review to be approved.

“The board can ask you anything regarding your Boy Scout experience and it only approves those who exemplify a well-rounded, productive member of society,” explained Kimball.

It is no wonder then that Kimball was approved as he is well versed in a plethora of different areas.

When he isn’t earning a merit badge as a scout, Kimball can be found at an Academic Team competition, a Stock Market Club meeting or at Scripps Memorial Hospital, where he volunteers, sitting in on surgeries and gaining insight into his prospective career as an orthopedic surgeon.

On March 24, Kimball arrived at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar clad in his scout uniform and sash covered in 34 badges worth of achievement and adventure for his Eagle Court of Honor.

“I’m definitely going to continue earning badges even though I’ve received my Eagle Scout Award. The best part about being a scout is all the friends I’ve made through the program. Some of my closest friends are people I’ve met through the troop,” said Kimball.

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Father and son share special journey in new book

BY KATHY DAY Major League Baseball players know road trips, hotel rooms and being away from family.

Mike Luery and his son Matt do, too, only they skipped the being away from each other during the years they trekked all around the country to 32 different ballparks.

Mike, an investigative reporter for television’s CBS13 in Sacramento, has taken his love of the game and of writing and put the two together in “Baseball Between Us — 16 Years, 32 BallParks, 43,000 miles.”

And Matt, who was 5 when the adventure began and is now a 23-year-old architecture student at USC, contributed the epilogue.

On March 24, Mike was in San Diego signing books and talking about the lessons learned. He also talked about them in a recent interview.

Those lessons are an intermingling of parenting and the game.

“Both involve rules — you break a rule, you answer to the boss, whether it’s the parent or the manager,” he said.

And one of the big advantages to ball games is the

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There was the time when Matt decided to call his father “Mike” instead of Dad, telling him it was “an old-fashioned concept so get used to it.”

Here’s how the conversation ended, as revealed in the book: “Being a dad is a lifetime deal. It doesn’t end when your son turns 18 or even 21. So I told Matt, “Show me a little respect,” adding, “Your old man isn’t

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“How about just saying, ‘Sure Dad’, I asked with a gleam of hope in my eye.

“OK Mike,” was the response.

And after a couple of days, it went away, Mike said.

And there were lighter days like the one in Toronto when Matt offered to buy his dad a beer.

“I said, “You’re not even 21,” Mike said.

Matt responded: “Guess what, this is Canada.”

So there they sat in the Sky Dome, drinking a Molsen.

As they talked, Matt told him the “best part was not having to use my fake ID.” A couple of years later, in Anaheim, they shared an American beer.

“It was a real rite of passage,” Mike said.

Growing up in Connecticut, Mike was a big Yankees fan and he too bonded with his dad over baseball, he said.

The two saw his team face off against the Dodgers in the 1963 World Series — when baseball was played in the daytime. “But they didn’t win,” he recalled.

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“Sandy Koufax struck out 15, including my hero Mickey Mantle two times. I cried all the way home.”

That memory, he said, was part of the inspiration for passing the torch to his son. The first road trip was paired up with business trip to St. Louis. Matt and his sister Sarah, now 25 and a graduate student at Cal State Northridge, went with their dad to see the Cardinals play.

“I’m very blessed,” Mike said. “My wife is very supportive — she is one of those who says watching baseball is like watching paint dry.”

And he acknowledges Sarah “is a little bit into base-

ball,” but hasn’t been on many of the road trips. So mostly it was just the boys.

When Mike was 16, they flew to Detroit and saw the Tigers in the new Comerica Park, then drove to Chicago to see the White Sox and then to Milwaukee to see the Brewers.

That wasn’t quite the end of it, though. Off they went to see the Dakotas — one the things on Mike’s “bucket list” was to visit every state, so they knocked off two more, all while getting to meet Maury Wills, the Dodgers’ legendary shortstop and stolen base king. They also visited a museum paying tribute to him and another museum honoring legendary Yankee Roger Maris in, of all places, a Fargo, N.D., shopping mall.

Mike’s own favorite memory was being in San Francisco when Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run and broke Babe Ruth’s record, Mike said. “Even with the steroid controversy, it was the most electric moment.

The entire stadium erupted, jets flew overhead, there were fireworks and confetti.”

Mike can talk for hours about baseball, the parks, and what he and his son have learned along the way,

from why the World Series should be moved back to daytime starts to how to be an effective father.

One of the best lessons, he said is “how dynamic the father-son relationship is and how it evolves.”

For Matt, who’s still occasionally joining his dad for a road trip — the last one was in 2010 but they’re hoping to make it to the Marlins’ new park in Miami this year — the memories are strong too.

His epilogue tells his side of the story. Here’s a sampling: “Learning not only about my dad’s strength, like his political knowledge, but also his weaknesses, like his sense of direction, has made our relationship stronger and more equal; he certainly knows all of my faults from 22 years of raising me. And I’m proud that we can relate to each other well enough now to be able to joke around — just like I do with my friends. I also admire my dad for being able to put up with me constantly challenging his authority throughout the trip. Based on what my aunt and uncle have told me in recent years though, it seems the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

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Del Mar resident among five named ‘Distinguished Alumni’ by Caltech Del Mar resident Charles E. Wheatley III was one of five graduates recently recognized by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Since its inception in 1966, the Charles E. award has been granted to outstanding Wheatley III alumni in the sciences, engineering, business, and the arts for a particular achievement or series of achievements.

Wheatley (BS ’56) was recognized for his work with spread spectrum systems and his contributions to the design and development of CDMA cellular systems supporting high-speed data transfer and GPS systems.

Presently he is Senior Vice President of Technology at QUALCOMM, Inc., where he has worked with DS as applied to cellular/ personal communications. He joined QUALCOMM in 1987, and there, with two technicians, he designed and hand-built the first proof-of-concept CDMA radios. Wheatley later contributed to the successful deployment of CDMA in the United States, China, and India. Initially called cdma2000, it has been continually enhanced and is now recognized as 3G, 4G, or LTE. It supports highspeed data, GPS navigation, and a voice capacity more than 100 times that of the 1980s AMPS radio.

“I always liked puzzles and still treat technical problems as puzzles. Caltech taught me basic tools to solve fundamental problems, and to not give up when they became difficult. If you give up, you’re guaranteed to fail.”

During his first 35 years of employment, he worked on a variety of military surveillance, communications, and navigation systems, including the U.S. combat net radio (SINCGARS), Milstar, and GPS—he was responsible for many of its early system designs—as well as the atomic frequency reference used in the GPS satellites. He is currently working on wireless charging for portable devices.

Wheatley earned an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1958 and his PhD in systems engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1972. He has published over a dozen articles and co-authored “On the Capacity of a Cellular CDMA System,” which won the 1991 Best Paper Award from the Vehicular Technology Society. He is an IEEE life fellow and a Qualcomm fellow, and he holds over 100 patents on systems and methods related to communications and navigation.

The awards will be presented at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus. Late last year, CalTech was rated the world’s number one university in the 2011–2012 Times Higher Education global ranking of the top 200 universities.

Jeff Barnouw, KC Vasiadis, Sean Current and John Wilcox help “revitalize” the main downstairs hallway at the Stratford Building. Photo/Jon Clark

Del Mar History Committee begins ‘revitalization’ project Members of the Del Mar History Committee gathered March 19 at the main downstairs hallway at the Stratford Building to begin their “revitalization” project of the hallway. This is in cooperation with Jim and KC Watkins who are donating supplies and other resources, and with the help of volunteers from the Del Mar Village Association and Del Mar Rotary.

This will be the first step in sprucing up the “history hallway” in order to further the History Committee’s mission to discover, record, collect, preserve, perpetuate, and display for public benefit the historical facts, artifacts, properties, and other material concerning the history of the village of Del Mar. The Committee’s long-range goal is to have a permanent and proprietary space for Del Mar’s history, with the idea and hope of eventually moving the Alvarado House from its spot at the fairgrounds to a location in Del Mar. In the meantime, the Stratford hallway has been and continues to be one of the main spaces in the Village where historical photos and other pieces of information are displayed for the public.

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CV resident joins Trigild as Chief Financial Officer

Don Johnson and Del Mar Mayor Carl Hilliard

Client Juanita Patterson and Solana Beach Mayor Joe Kellejian

DM and SB Mayors help promote ‘March for Meals’ The respective Mayors of Del Mar and Solana Beach (Carl Hilliard and Joe Kellejian) joined together March 21 to participate in Meals-on-Wheels’ “March for Meals� Awareness Program. Each Mayor helped deliver meals to the homes of local seniors in their community in hopes of raising awareness for this program that benefits so many each month.

March For Meals is an annual campaign designed to raise awareness of senior hunger and to encourage action at the local level. Senior Nutrition Programs across the United States promote March For Meals in their communities through public events, mayoral and local business involvement participation, volunteer recruitment efforts and fundraising initiatives.

This year, March For Meals celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the inclusion of Senior Nutrition Programs in the Older Americans Act (OAA). In March of 1972, President Nixon signed into law a Title of the Act that laid the groundwork for more than 5,000 Senior Nutrition Programs. The OAA is the primary piece of federal legislation that authorizes and supports vital nutrition services to Americans age 60 and older.

For more details about March For Meals or Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc., please visit www.meals-on-wheels.org or call (800) 5-SENIOR.

San Diego-based Trigild — a full service real estate services company specializing in receivership, property management and consulting services — has named Mark E. Oemcke as chief financial officer.

A seasoned financial industry executive, Oemcke will oversee all Mark E. Oemcke accounting functions and take charge of leading and managing the financial structure of Trigild, which works with commercial, hospitality, retail, multifamily, industrial and petroleum properties nationwide.

Trigild’s chief operating officer, Judy Hoffman, said the company is looking forward to tapping Oemcke’s 30 years of experience that ranges from management, finance and accounting to policy implementation and strategic planning. “Mark’s varied and broad background in investments, real

estate, accounting, technology, non-performing loans, finance and business will be an enormous benefit to Trigild as we continue to expand nationwide,� Hoffman said.

Oemcke spent the last three years as CFO of Equastone, a privately held commercial real estate landlord and fund manager which was a victim of the real estate crash.

During his tenure there, he was primarily responsible for liquidation of the company, which included dealing with both investors and lenders.

Prior to that, he was chief operating officer and CFO of Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity investment advisor, with assets under management of over $15 billion.

The Carmel Valley resident spent 11 years with Price Waterhouse in San Diego and Zurich, and then with Scripps Bank as CFO. He also served as CEO of a start-up technology development and service company.

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Ocean Air’s Future Problem Solvers

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Ocean Air’s Future Problem Solvers qualify for State Bowl

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BY KAREN BILLING The future looks bright, if Ocean Air School’s Future Problem Solvers have anything to do with it. Twentyseven intelligent young fifth and sixth graders recently qualified for the California Future Problem Solving State Bowl, capping a year’s worth of learning on real-world problems and coming up with possible solutions.

“They give up their lunch to talk about human rights and trade barriers,” said teacher Ariella Leeder of her impressive group.

Five teams from Ocean Air qualified, as well as seven as individuals for the State Bowl which will be held on April 28-29 in San Diego. Winners from the State Bowl will advance to the International competition.

Qualifying team members included Maclaine Parish, Nicole Golden, Caroline Mackey, Boopala Arul, Joo Seung Kim, Mindy Xu, Rachael Liu, Issac In, Sathya Krishnasamy, Sarah Teruya, Rithvik Rao, Presley Silahian, Shreya Gopala, Nathan Zhang, Alan Zhu, Soumika Guduru, Erica Hwang, Joanne Kang, Amy Yan and Stanley He. Individuals who qualified are Kevin Hu, Megan Tran, Cecilia Zhang, Andy Zhu, Alyssa Cho, Jordan Naughton and Soumya Kalluri.

“At the end of the day, it’s not just for competition but for real-life purposes,” Presley said. It’s all going on right now, all the same problems that we still have now.”

It’s empowering for the students to know that their

opinions matter and that they’re not treated like just a 12-year-old kid.

“I love that feeling,” Rithvik said. “It gives you an opportunity for your ideas to be known and valued and they might also be used someday.”

In competition, students are asked to analyze a scenario set 20-40 years in the future relating to each of the five topics they have researched throughout the year, from coral reefs to emergency planning. Their most recent competition, the qualifying match, was on human rights. In the state competition, they will be problem solving about trade barriers.

In competition, they are given two hours to work on a booklet in teams of four.

“We write solutions to the underlying problem and everyone has to cooperate,” said Sathya.

Adds Boopala: “Two hours seems like a long time but it goes by really fast.”

They also have to perform a skit based on their solution.

“It’s an immense collaboration to get it done as fast and efficiently as possible,” Rithvik said.

At the individual level, students have to write a 1,500 words or less story that relates to one of the five issues studied throughout the year and it must take place at least 20 years in the future.

“You have to convey a message to the reader about the future, what you want to happen and what you don’t,” said Soumya.

They send their pieces

to judges who send it back with lots of feedback—so much so that many of the students re-wrote their stories. Winners are revealed at the competitions.

“It takes a while to think about your story, but once you get inspired you start typing like crazy,” said Sarah. “We edited each other’s and got feedback from the judges. I thought everyone’s stories were great.”

“It’s so hard to stay within 1,500 words,” said Presley. “Once you start typing, you want to keep typing.”

Boopala said the hardest part is not making it too sci-fi, since it does take place in the future.

The group meets at lunch to talk about the topics throughout the year, many of them very challenging for young minds.

Leeder loads them up with information in “really big packets,” as Maclaine described them. The students try to soak up as much information as they can on their own and then come to the group to discuss it further.

“My mind was bulging with so much information,” said Stanley of his first year as a problem solver.

For the most part, the students enjoy their “bulging” minds.

“Before I joined, I didn’t know a lot of these things,” said Sarah. “I didn’t even know there was a war in Iraq. It opens your eyes to the real world, not my own self-centered little world. I love the feeling of getting a new packet. I tear through everything and gain new knowledge.”

Spring Tea, Fashion Show & Spring Bonnet Contest Join Del Mar Community Connections on Tuesday, April 10, from 2-4 p.m., for an afternoon of socializing and celebrating the latest spring and summer fashions from Chico’s.

The event will be held at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 334 14th St., Del Mar. Show off your hand-decorated spring bonnet to win a prize. Gather with your friends to have a bonnet-decorating party before the tea.

Lori Ritman will play piano favorites. Sponsored in part by St. Peter’s Church, Chico’s and First Republic Bank. Reservations required. Call 858-792-7565.

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I realized this was what I wanted to do and I thought it would be very easy and in a couple of years I would be a novelist and that would be a very good second career for a woman with small children.”

As it turned out, it took longer, 12 years, in fact — and after she had earned a master’s degree in creative writing from the State University of New York — that her first novel was finished, accepted and published in 2010 by Random House.

She admits it took her some time to find her authentic “voice” as a writer.

“And that’s very hard for a struggling writer who hasn’t been published because for many years you try to write like your favorite authors. You want to be the next Hemingway or Virginia Woolf and all you can hope to achieve is a

March 29, 2012 pale imitation, while what you can give to the world is your authentic voice.”

The love interest in her novel revolves around 69-yearold widower Major Ernest Pettigrew, Royal Sussex, retired, and the beautiful, no-nonsense, literature-loving widow and owner of the village grocery shop, Mrs. Jasmina Ali, of Pakistani heritage.

And, therein lies the problem, complicated by the Major’s twit of a son, Roger, an ambitious London banker totally obsessed with advancing his career, no matter how, and making money, and a cashstrapped aristocrat, Lord Dagenham, who, with the help of a rapacious American developer, envisions subdividing the village into an enclave of manors “available only to old money.”

Before finding her voice as a writer willing to expose her sense of humor, she said, “I wasted a lot of time trying to write the kind of gritty, con-

temporary stories that perhaps would get me published in small literary magazines… but my heart wasn’t in it…and one day I had to write a short story for a workshop and I gave myself permission to write something just this once, just for me, something that I would want to read if I was in bed tucked up with the flu and looking for a good book.

“So I wrote a short story called ‘Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand’ and I expected everybody in my writing workshop to hate it. There were plenty of young Hemingways in that class but when I got to class everyone had fallen in love with the Major…and insisted they wanted to know what happened to the Major tomorrow and next week…”

Simonson spent the next five years expanding her short story into her first novel and thesis for her creative writing master’s degree.

“I was very interested in

taking what might be stereotypes of British people, such as you might see in a British sitcom on PBS, and kind of exploding those stereotypes and peeling away the layers, and perhaps showing that we English people are individuals just like everybody else.”

The Major, with his droll sense of humor, is rarely at a loss for words and is a master of witty, incisive comebacks.

“I have to confess I’m one of those people who are usually tongue-tied in public,” she said, “and then half an hour later I think of just the perfect thing I should have said to the person who just insulted me. So that the Major is somewhat aspirational on my part in that he often manages to get in his word in time.”

In her personal life, Simonson said she relates very much to Hyacinth Bucket, the main character in the longrunning British BBC sitcom, “Keeping Up Appearances,”

who insists her surname is pronounced ‘Bouquet.’

“I am Hyacinth ‘Bouquet’,” Simonson laughs. “I’m always asking my husband, when will we have a house with room for a pony?”

“Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” has been optioned for a movie.

“When movie directors started calling,” she said, “that’s when my boys [now ages 19 and 17] noticed that I had written a book.”

Simonson is currently working on her second novel, which, she says, will not be a sequel. She hates sequels.

It will, however, also be set in Sussex, but in the late Edwardian period, with perhaps an emphasis on the area’s drainage systems, which, in her historical research, she finds intriguing “because if you don’t know where the bathroom is, how can you know anything else?”

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DM National Horse Show coming to Fairgrounds In its 67th year, the 2012 Del Mar National Horse Show will run Thursday, April 19, through Sunday, May 6, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Arena. The Del Mar National Horse Show continues to be among the most respected, distinguished and popular equestrian events on the West Coast, if not the entire nation. Consisting of three distinctly different equestrian disciplines — Western, Dressage, and Hunter/Jumper — the Del Mar National represents the best in competitive opportunities for world-class equestrians and is unrivaled in its entertainment appeal for everyone.

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Letters to the Editor/Opinion Transitional kindergarten funding secure I would like to clarify one point in your recent article on transitional kindergarten (TK): School districts should no longer feel like they are in funding limbo with TK. The School Services bulletin mentioned in the article refers to Gov. Brown’s January budget proposal to eliminate TK. Since this initial plan, Gov. Brown has released trailer bill language which states that, even under his proposal, school

districts offering TK will get full Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding.

On March 2, School Services released a followup bulletin on TK to confirm the full funding message within Gov. Brown’s trailer bill language. Under current law or the governor’s proposal, school districts will collect full funding for TK. Districts should keep in mind that the Kindergarten Readiness Act is still law, re-

quiring each district to offer TK in the fall. Preschool California and the Save Kindergarten Coalition hope that school districts uncertain about TK will join the more than 120 California school districts moving forward with TK. Catherine Atkin President, Preschool California www.preschoolcalifornia. org/savekindergarten

Oppose the plastic bag ban in SB In regard to the Solana Beach plastic bag ban: It is proved that for every letter written to a newspaper, 200 people have spoken. Hopefully, this letter applies.

Government is overstepping boundaries. A directive to bag one’s garbage before putting it in the can was given for some purpose. However, now the bag will be banned.

No plastic bag under this household’s

control is ever without a recycled use.

Should Solana Beach ban single-use plastic bags, Encinitas becomes the city of choice for purchasing all items.

The use of canvas bags is important.

[But] there are products that are incompatible with canvas, e.g. roasted chicken.

Definitely count this household as being against single-use plastic bag ban.

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One Paseo PR campaign filled with half-truths I want to thank this newspaper for identifying the One Paseo/Main Street project as one of the most important issues confronting Carmel Valley in 2012 and for enabling, through its Letters to the Editor, a print media forum for civil discourse regarding the pros and cons of the project. This forum reaches many residents not comfortable with digital forms of media and has significantly raised awareness within the community of some of the project’s issues.

Unfortunately, as I learned when my most recent letter did not appear in the two weeks following its submission due to its length, the paper is limited by space [on the opinion page] in covering complex issues in depth. Thus, many people’s understanding of the proposed project is largely defined by colorful brochures and web sites, vague promises, and misleading half-truths coordinated by the developer’s expensive PR campaign. The developer has largely taken control of the information process, allowing only what it wants to reach public eyes, deferring all other requests for reasonable factual information, saying, in effect, “Trust me, all will be revealed to your satisfaction when the Draft Environmental Impact Report is released by the City.”

With just a small space allotment, let me address

just one of the many misleading half-truths utilized by the developer. The developer and its supporters claim that it will spend “millions of dollars addressing existing traffic problems” in the community. Note the clever language of saying “addressing,” not “solving” the problems, and “existing traffic problems,” not new traffic problems caused by One Paseo, and implying that the act of spending millions of dollars would take care of everything.

At one of Kilroy’s recent informational meetings, I heard a representative say the developer might install at its expense an adaptive traffic control system such as the “QuicTrac” system recently installed along San Marcos Blvd. He mentioned a study that, among other things, reported dramatic results of up to 46 percent reduced traffic delay after the system was installed. I was amazed that such a result was possible, and wondered why, if it was really this good, it was not being used in every city in the country.

I decided to visit with San Marcos traffic engineers, who revealed that the 46 percent reduction in traffic delay was for eastbound noon traffic, and was accompanied by a 32 percent increase in traffic delay in the opposite direction. There was a 47 percent increase in westbound AM peak traffic delay. Further, traffic delay (defined

as the amount of time a vehicle was stopped or moving less than 5 MPH going between two points along San Marcos Blvd.) was not considered to be a particularly important metric—total travel time was. The study showed the total travel time in various time periods showed a maximum reduction of 13 percent and a maximum increase of 4 percent.

San Marcos traffic engineers concluded that the adaptive traffic control system was reasonably effective during non-peak periods, but made relatively little difference when traffic approached road capacity.

They stated their biggest problem — just like it would likely be on Del Mar Heights Rd. — was that freeway ramp metering is timed to keep traffic moving on the freeway, not to accommodate traffic backing up on arterial roads intersecting the freeway.

I find the developer’s statement to be a misleading half-truth to try to allay the concern in the community about traffic coming from the proposed One Paseo project.

To see examples of other such misleading halftruths, please visit the “Truth in Advertising” page at www.WhatPriceMainStreet.com.

Bob Fuchs Carmel Valley resident and former long-term office tenant in the High Bluff corridor

Who develops Del Mar? EMERSON’S CORNER We do! Downtown Del Mar is called out in our Community Plan as a viable BUD center with EMERSON small resiDel Mar dent-serving businesses in a pedestrian environment with one lane of traffic in each direction.

For about four decades we have been holding on to this vision waiting for it to happen. Two large projects, the Plaza and L’Auberge, were narrowly approved by voters a long time ago and little else has happened since. The Garden development on 10th was approved by voters two years ago but their business plan was unrealistic and it went bankrupt.

All three of those projects were initiated by developers to be reviewed by Del Mar and approved by the voters. A very reactive approach.

We have now launched a very different approach to downtown development.

We Delmarians initiate and developers get to react, a proactive approach. We specify what we want, including all of the specifics and the outer limits. Developers must operate within the limits we specify. We do this using a process to develop a “Specific Plan.” We vote on this and, if approved, we control our future development.

We are now at a crucial decision period in the history of our community, per-

haps the most consequential since the Community Plan was approved in the ‘70s.

After months of citizen input, our city planners have developed a draft of a new Specific Plan. For the next few months, we need to roll up our sleeves, get out our fine-toothed combs and mold this plan into shape.

We get to decide what our downtown will look like and how it will operate for decades into the future.

In August, the City Council will formally vote to adopt this new Specific Plan and put it on the November vote. In November, Del Mar voters will have the final say.

Sounds easy and logical, but to get it right we have to get off our keesters and go to work. If you have enjoyed what the hard-fought Community Plan brought us for the last several decades, you can look forward to what this Specific Plan for downtown will bring to the quality of our lives for the next several decades.

So, how do we proceed.

First, read the draft plan.

Find it at the library, city hall, or on line at delmar. ca.us. Attend one or more of the scheduled briefings and workshops, listed in the paper and on Del Mar’s web site. Contact your Council members. Talk to your friends and neighbors. Exchange ideas, make suggestions. Help to reach a community-wide consensus.

Above all, do not wait until November. Election time is often irrational, emotional and polarized. Acting now to get involved, we can improve the odds that we achieve unity and a shared future.

We define our future, not developers. Go to work Delmarians.

Put sanity back into govt. — elect Roberts I think we all are fed up with the partisan bickering that is tying Congress in knots. Fortunately, we have a candidate for District 3 of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors who eschews such petty gamesmanship and works diligently to bring people together for real solutions.

Dave Roberts has a proven record of bipartisan accomplishment, be it on the Solana Beach City Council, where he brought disparate groups together to achieve pension reform, on the San Diego County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency, of which he chairs the board of directors, where he has helped launch public/private transit opportunities for seniors, persons with disabilities and social service recipients in San Diego County to meet their transportation needs — or any of the many civic, volunteer or business organizations with which he works.

He even successfully chaired the board of directors for the San Dieguito River Valley Joint Powers Authority in 2008, during which time renovation efforts began after 62 percent of the park and its infrastructure burned in the 2007 fires.

Let’s put sanity back into government. Let’s elect Dave to the County Board of Supervisors. We all benefit greatly when the focus is on solutions, not ideological stubbornness.

Marvie J. Bowlin, Carmel Valley

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Letters to the Editor/Opinion Ceaseless vigilance on land-use rights required It’s encouraging that the residents of Carmel Valley have coalesced into a community that recognizes the threat posed to its quality of life by the very forces that brought it into being in the first place. For many of them, the prehistory of what is now their community is probably shrouded in the mists of time. But those of us who, as neighbors, lived through the birth-pangs of that development, can help put their present struggles against the One Paseo project in its true context.

When conceived, the development we now know as Carmel Valley was a project called North City West. The essence of the project was to shoehorn a large, but relatively low-intensity development into an area that the City of San Diego General Plan had set aside as open space for potential future development. For several years, the proposal was stalled by its failure to capture a majority of votes on the San Diego City Council, not exactly a development-averse group.

(How that stalemate was resolved in favor of the developers represents a fascinating insight into Southern California land-use realpolitik, but we can’t get into that now.)

The North City West plan that was ultimately approved, if it had anything going for

it, at least mandated a relatively low development density, bringing with it the promise of tranquil suburban living with a great deal of open space. But within milliseconds of project approval, the developers were back before the City of San Diego wanting to eliminate a park here, or increase a development density there. Ultimately, this strategy worked appallingly well, thanks to turnover of San Diego City officials and exhaustion on the part of local activists. So as the years went by, North City West, as it morphed into Carmel Valley, became increasingly densely developed, but even then nothing could have anticipated the staggering inappropriateness of One Paseo within this context.

One Paseo represents the exact antithesis of such promise as North City West provided. One could argue that it represents a fraud on those who purchased residential property in the area, misled by illusory images of an idyllic lifestyle.

To the Carmel Valley activists, the message is simple: Ceaseless vigilance, relentless struggle for your land-use rights.

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William Kristan has devoted himself to graduate student education for nearly four decades while maintaining an exceptional level of research productivity as a world-class neuroscientist.

He established a highly intensive immersion course called Neurobiology Boot Camp, which is today emulated by other prominent graduate programs across the country, and has been a catalyst in propelling the UC San Diego Neurosciences Graduate Program to one of the top in the nation. Since he established the course in 1998, Kristan has organized and taught the course every year.

Willard Vincent “Bill” Markey 1913 – 2012 Bill Markey, a La Jolla resident for 64 years, passed away on February 12, 2012.

He was born April 4, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, to Andrew Vincent and Maude Renaud Markey.

Bill attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, then finished his education at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in the Bronx from 1931-1935. During WWII, Bill built ships for the Navy, holding supervisory positions at Sun Ship, Bethlehem-Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland, and Consolidated Steel Corporation. Orange, Texas.

After WW II, he purchased and ran Teche Steel Works, Inc., New Iberia, Louisiana, where he built smaller Naval vessels.

In 1948, Bill and his wife, Florence, moved to La Jolla where he participated with the La Jolla Players Community Theater, the patrons of which included Ms. Caroline Cummins, Ms. William S. Kellogg, and Gregory Peck.

In 1951, Bill bought Acme Ornamental Iron Works Inc. in National City, which he ran as President for 27 years before his retirement in 1978. He parlayed his

shipbuilding skills into steel fabrication and participated as a subcontractor in the construction of many San Diego buildings, including the Aviary at the Wild Animal Park, Scripps Memorial Hospital, The Bishop’s School, Mr. A’s, and the San Onofre Power Plant.

His favorite construction always remained his home on Country Club Drive and the Two-Headed Eagle at the Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley. Bill donated the eagle in 1965 after being a member of the first Scottish Rite class to be held in that building.

Bill was a member of the La Jolla Masonic Lodge for 54 years. He served as Master of the Lodge in 1964, and received the Hiram Distinguished Service Award in 2000. He was an avid and excellent bridge player, joining the La Jolla Men’s Bridge Club in 1948, where he served as President several times, organizing annual meetings and fund raisers to encourage new membership. After his wife’s death, Bill played duplicate bridge at the Soledad Bridge Club, the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club and Adventures in Bridge, eventually becoming a Life Master. He was a Life Associate and 50year member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Because Florence and Bill loved to travel, they visited many countries.

After her death, Bill joined Global Volunteers Service Program to teach English to high school students in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Italy, even though he was in his late 80’s. He also volunteered in the community by reading to preschoolers at the La Jolla Library and kindergarten at Pacific Beach Elementary.

His strong sense of civic responsibility, commitment to bettering the community, and love of La Jolla led him to establish the Markey Family Grove of Trees at the La Jolla Cove.

Bill was known for being a true gentleman. He could be spotted a block away by his warm smile, beret and bowtie. He enjoyed people, young and old alike. He was always up for an adventure and showed a vitality and passion for life to the end.

He will be profoundly missed by many.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 53 years and two brothers, Milton and Richard. Survivors include one daughter, Melissa Renaud Markey of La Jolla, California, as well as several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on his 99th birthday, April 4, 2012, at 2:30 PM at St. James Bythe-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect Street, La Jolla, with interment and reception immediately following.

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Top row: SFCS Coach Dena Coykendall, Sophia Hasson, Faith Reynolds, Lindsay Fryer, Peyton Leggett, Nadia Marjanovich, Christina Johnson, Sarah Mirenda, Jacqui Martin, Brianna Healy, Kelly Hoffman and Grace Gunness Bottom Row: Kelly Thomas, Alanna Lucier, Molly Stead, Hollie Pelland and Brianna Askew.

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San Diego Mustangs U19 Men’s Rugby Team Encinitas Gamers Baseball Club to hold 16U Open Tryout undefeated, preparing for playoffs

BY TIM PICKWELL The San Diego Mustangs U19 Men’s Rugby Team ran their record to 8-0 (6-0) in the South Division of the Southern California Youth Rugby League with a 36-24 victory Saturday, March 24, over the Empire Rugby Silverbacks. The Carmel Valley-based Mustangs are now preparing for the Southern California playoffs, and anticipate being seeded first in the 8-team field.

On Saturday the team took a trip to the Inland Empire to play a “friendly” (nonleague) night-game against the Silverbacks.

The Mustangs were without three starters, but defeated the decidedly bigger Silverbacks, 36-24. Jonathan Raby, a Torrey Pines High School junior, was involved in the first two scores: first pitching to teammate Jess Krause (Senior, La Costa Canyon High School) who scored the first try of the match, and then scoring himself after a tough run and pitch from teammate Joey Kuperman (Junior, Cathedral Catholic High School).

With the score, 12-5, Mustangs, the San Diego Club got a quick turnover and rapid pitch to outside center Andrew Fargo (Se-

nior, Torrey Pines), who stiff-armed a Silverback and dashed in to make the score, 17-5.

Scrum-Half Bradley Roberts (Senior, Canyon Crest HS) had two spectacular tackles to deny Empire. With only a few minutes left in the first half, a 200 LB Silverback Center broke into the clear and looked ready to score when Roberts tackled him from behind. The shocked Empire player coughed up the ball and the Mustangs turned the play around for another score. In the second half, Roberts took down a 300 LB forward with a deft ankle shot to save another score.

Afterwards, in the Tongan spirit of fellowship and rugby camaraderie, the teams devoured massive chili dogs while an Empire player strummed a ukulele.

The deep and talented Mustangs Club draws players from six different high schools, and was able to survive the Colton game despite losing two starters (Billy Maggs, Tyler Gaffney) to the U.S. National Youth Team and a third (David Lederer) to a weekend college tour. The Mustangs next play Saturday, May 31, at 1:30 p.m. at Fallbrook.

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The Encinitas Gamers Travel Baseball Club will hold an open tryout for its 16U team on Sunday, April 15, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at Westwood Club Field, 17394 West Bernardo Drive, in San Diego. The team plays at the highest level of travel baseball.

The club is looking for more than good baseball skills. Effort in the classroom and sound character are important. The team will play 12 league games, four tournaments, including the Fourth of July Firecracker in Orange County, the West Coast’s highest rated showcase, and the USABF World Series. The Firecracker winner advances to the Mickey Mantle World series, where, in, 2009 the team placed fourth in the nation in only its third year.

Over a four-year span, the team has won eight summer tournaments. Past 16U Gamers are playing at USD, U. of Arizona, Dartmouth, Cal State-Northridge, Occidental College, John’s Hopkins, Concordia College, Miami Of Ohio, and Palomar JC. To be eligible, you must be 16 or younger on May 1, 2012. Please report in base-

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Del Mar Little League League Standings as of 3/25/12 AAA – American League

AAA – National League

Team

W L T Streak Last 5

Owlz

4 2 0 Won 4 4-1-0

Rattlers

7 0 0 Won 7 5-0-0

Scrappers

2 4 0 Won 2 2-3-0

BlueClaws

5 2 0 Lost 1

Thunder

2 5 0 Lost 2

Mud Cats

4 2 1 Won 1 3-1-1

Pawsox

1 5 0 Lost 1

1-4-0

Red Wings

4 3 0 Won 1 2-3-0

Knights

1 5 0 Lost 3

1-4-0

Threshers

2 4 1 Lost 3

2-3-0

AA – American League

Team

W L T Streak Last 5 3-2-0

1-3-1

AA – National League

Team

W L T Streak Last 5

Team

Bulls

6 1 0 Won 5 5-0-0

Sea Dogs

W L T Streak Last 5 5 1 0 Won 3 4-1-0

Storm

3 3 0 Won 1 3-2-0

Hooks

4 2 0 Won 1 3-2-0

RockHounds

3 4 0 Lost 2

1-4-0

Raptors

2 5 0 Lost 1

2-3-0

Mud Hens

2 5 0 Lost 2

2-3-0

River Bandits

2 6 0 Lost 2

1-4-0

League Highlights Del Mar Little League 2012 season is in full swing. The fans and the games have been great.

Congratulations to our recent Home Run hitters: Majors: Grant Anderson (Giants), M.J. Metz (Brewers), Colin Springer (Angels), Camden Yu (Blue Jays) AAA: William Alter (Threshers), Ryan Kaney (Owlz), Carson Wiener (Pawsox) League Reminders For league updates, scores and standings visit the league website at www.dmll.org

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Torrey Pines High School Varsity players lift weights year-round in the team’s custom weight room. In this photo, returning Falcon players (from front to back) Collin Brown (RB / Special Teams), Michael Cox (Line), Grant McGahey (Defensive Tackle) and Phillip Wright (Defensive End) get ready to lift. Teammates (from left to right) Jack Condon (laughing), Garrett Roper, Dillon Loyek, Andrew Maneval (on platform, with belt), Johnny Yacovelle, (left of pole), Jacob Alsadek (right of pole) and others help spot or encourage them. On the right, Chase Pickwell (black shirt, hands on hip), looks on with Sean Haratyk (far right). Photo: Susie Talman

Falcon football players taking year-round approach to conditioning

BY TIM PICKWELL The 2011 Varsity Football Season ended for the Torrey Pines Falcons on a cold Friday night in La Mesa, as they fell in the CIF quarterfinals to eventual CIF and State Champions, Helix High.

The long offseason lasted . . . about two days.

Then it was back to Football PE and weight lifting on Monday. Year-round conditioning is a tradition for the Torrey Pines football players.

Every member of the program, freshman through senior, enrolls in year-round Football PE where they lift, stretch, run, and lift some more. Freshmen are introduced to the weight room during a summer lifting session, while older players are lifting year-round.

Torrey Pines has its largest junior class in several seasons. Over 35 players are expected to return as seniors for the 2012 Fall season.

They have high expectations. They want to be bigger, stronger, work harder, and play better. Several juniors, including Miles Ahles, Jake Ashby, Mike Cox, Sean Haratyk, Cole Jaczko, Grant McGahey, Andrew Maneval, Chase Pickwell, Nolan Weinberg, and Philip Wright, met a few weeks ago in the team room to figure out how to prepare to meet those expectations. They decided lifting every other day in Football PE wasn’t enough.

They sent a delegation to head football coach Scott Ashby and asked him if he would open the weight room after school in the offseason.

“We have a very dedicated group of lifters,” said a pleased Coach Ashby. “They are always looking to lift more.”

Like several of his teammates, Mike Cox lifts six days a week. The promising junior lineman currently benches 280, squats 360, and can clean 215 pounds. His focus is to “get bigger for football and rugby.” Said Cox, “I lift here at school when I can, otherwise at a gym.”

Defensive Tackle Grant McGahey was the Falcon of the Week in the team’s first-round playoff victory over Morse High. He is also a regular at the after school lifting sessions. The 5’ 10”, 215 LB Junior can bench 315 and clean 235. When the Torrey Pines weight room is closed, McGahey spends his time at the Pacific Athletic Club doing—what else?— lifting.

An in-school weightlifting session with the team is a high-energy, fast-paced affair.

The players are separated into groups of three.

At a signal from the coach, they attack the weights, rotating between lifts and spotting.

Another signal, and they shift stations, hollering and encouraging each other.

“The more energy you have,” says Ashby, “the more fun. The more fun, then the more

you want to lift.”

Junior Chase Pickwell was named Defensive Player of the Week for his 3-sack performance against Olympian High. But, he is expected to carry the ball from the Fullback position next season. “I’m hoping to play both ways on offense and defense next year,” he said, “and that will require me to be in the best shape of my life.” He used to have three different gym memberships, and a private lifting instructor. But he prefers working out with his teammates. “It’s a great group. We support each other and motivate each other to do better.”

Players use the weight room to build strength, but also to rehab from injuries.

Safety Cole Jaczko suffered a knee injury during the 2010 Varsity season. The promising player required surgery.

“Initially,” he said, “I couldn’t do anything with my legs. Once my doctor cleared me to work on my leg, the weight room became crucial to helping me get back what I lost from my injury. This place was a huge part of my recovery.” The rehabbed junior was an Honorable Mention All-Palomar League Selection in 2011.

The team measures “maximum lifts” for all players on a regular basis, and recognizes members of the “1,000 Pound Club” (combined squat, clean and bench equals 1000 pounds). If you can squat 400 pounds, you get a t-shirt.

The team’s undisputed heavy lifter is 6’ 8” 318 pound junior lineman, Jacob Alsadek, a two-time All Palomar League Honorable Mention at Tackle. He squats 450 pounds, cleans 260, and benches 345. Alsadek is expected to lead a strong Falcon line that will include returning starters Andrew Maneval, 6’ 3”, 250 LBs (Right Tackle) and Jake Ashby, 6’, 220 LBs (Center), both regulars at the afterschool lifting sessions. Between the three of them, Alsadek, Maneval and Ashby (twice) were selected Falcon “Offensive Player of the Week” four times — a real coup for a lineman.

Playing against other large football programs in North San Diego County, the lineman can expect to face big, fast defenders, including the occasional Division I College prospect. To beef up, Maneval is focusing on his bench, clean and squat (which is currently a t-shirt-earning 405 pounds). “My goal is to gain explosiveness,” said the junior lineman.

He lifts five days a week, including after school.

While tracking impressive lifting totals is a good tool, “it’s not all about how much you lift,” says Ashby. “The emphasis in weight training is to become more explosive, to get stronger, and to be better football players.”

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Musician Steven Ybarra balances community devotion with big stage ambitions

BY MATT LIEBOWITZ On Sunday, April 29, Carmel Valley’s Grace Point Church will host an event to support its Faith in Action program; church members and the larger community will assemble packages of food and supplies to feed and aid more than 100,000 Hondurans. Steven Ybarra, a celebrated San Diego musician, will, as expected, play the event.

It’s expected beSteven Ybarra cause for the past two years Ybarra has served as the church’s worship arts director. But there’s another reason Ybarra wouldn’t miss this — while his music may be heard around the world, Ybarra’s heart is truly at home.

“It’s a logical extension, a creative outlet,” Ybarra says of his role at Grace Point, in which he incorporates not just music but theater, photography, video, dance and other mediums into a comprehensive, and entertaining, whole. “It’s all encompassing, and it’s very fulfilling,” he said.

Ybarra regularly wields his musical spotlight to illuminate the work of numerous charitable causes.

He’s performed at three Surfrider Foundation benefit shows, a March of Dimes event, at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Team in Training” program, and at the “Chaos for the Kids” Toy Drive among many others.

This balance, between using microphone (and guitar) to give voice to the causes of others and to follow his personal goals, is what keeps his music, and the man himself, in demand.

The demand, coupled with his persistence and flat-out solid modern country rock songs, is what has kept Ybarra in the game for nearly 20 years, from touring and releasing albums — his band was signed to EMI — to a stint as part of a songwriting team on Nashville’s famed songwriting Music Row. Most recently, it was Universal Music Group that came knocking. Ybarra’s song “Love Love Love” from the 2008 album of the same name was recently licensed by Universal for an international marketing campaign. A five-time San Diego Music Award winner, Ybarra’s tunes, from “Love Love Love” and his 2011 follow-up, “Best Days,” have also appeared in MTV’s “Road Rules” and “Undressed,” on ESPN and in several surfing movies.

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Cirque du Soleil characters prowl S.D. Balboa Park appearance promotes troupe’s upcoming show at DM Fairgrounds

BY MARSHA SUTTON Four Cirque du Soleil actors surprised and enchanted wide-eyed visitors at Balboa Park’s Natural History Museum last week to promote their newest touring show, TOTEM, which arrives in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on April 25 for a limited engagement.

Dressed in full makeup and costume as a frog, monkey, caveman and human tracker, the actors leaped, staggered, posed and pranced around the museum display depicting early evolution, with characteristic Cirque du Soleil dazzle Tim Smith and Cirque du Soleil grace. artistic director The performers charmed their impromptu audience with personal interaction and unrehearsed spontaneity, giving mesmerized children and delighted adults an upclose view of elaborate costume designs and makeup creations for which Cirque du Soleil is famous.

Accompanying the actors were the show’s artistic director Tim Smith and head of wardrobe Amanda Balius who said the tracker’s makeup takes about 90 minutes to apply.

Costumes, she said, are inspired by both the story line and nature itself. The frog’s Lycra body suit, for example, matches the colors of real frogs, with an added shine to give it its wet rep-

tilian look, she said.

One of the main characters, the Crystal Man, wears an eight-pound leotard with 4,001 mirrors glued in place. This, Balius said, was probably the most challenging costume and is checked carefully each day to ensure the mirrors are in good condition.

The costumes, Balius said, must be made to give the artists maximum flexibility to move freely in acts that often involve highly skilled acrobatic maneuvers, without sacrificing the integrity of the costume design.

The story line for TOTEM traces the evolution of humankind from its original amphibian state to scientific heights. TOTEM is inspired by many cultures’ founding myths and illustrates through its 11 separate acts the evolutionary progress of the species.

Artistic director Tim Smith said the show evolves with each performance and each performance presents challenges that require actors and support staff to prepare for any occurrence.

“There’s a chance for anything to happen,” said Smith, who leads the show’s artistic team.

TOTEM features 52 acrobats, musicians, singers and actors from 20 different countries.

The artists in character appearing at the Natural History Museum last week were Yann Arnaud (caveman) from France, Joe Putignano (monkey) from the United States, Ante Ursic (tracker) from Germany and Caoliang Wang (frog) from China.

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Menswear staple in Del Mar going on three fashionable decades

BY CLAIRE HARLIN editor@delmartimes.net There’s an intuitive art to helping men find the right outfit, says Yvonne DiChiara. And she should know — the Durante’s Menswear shop owner has been doing just that in Del Mar for 29 years and counting.

“Men don’t like to shop, so you have to ask a lot of questions and really understand them instead of throwing things at them,” said DiChiara, a Del Mar resident of more than 20 years. “You have to make sure what you give them is right for them, and the less you give them the better.

Selling to a man is a psychology; it’s an emotional connection.”

It’s that connection that has kept loyal customers coming back to Durante’s, located at 1412 Camino Del Mar, for decades.

DiChiara has kept the shop consistent since its beginnings in the early 1980s, providing what she describes as “updated but traditional clothing and beach wear.”

She said Durante’s has

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“Selling to a man is a psychology; it’s an emotional connection.”

become a tradition for both locals and tourists who visit Del Mar frequently.

“A lot of people, they come to town and eat at the same places and shop at OWNER, DURANTE’S the same places,” she said. sign, but before opening “They know what they like Durante’s she had no idea and they come in and they she would end up specializtell me they always have to ing in men’s clothing. The buy something when they opportunity came to her come to town. They tell one day when she was ridme, ‘I have to get a shirt ev- ing her bike through Del ery year.’”

Mar and stopped in the forDiChiara said her conmer women’s clothing sistent quality and modershop, Kobo. The owner at ate pricing keeps people the time had a small menscoming back, as well as her wear section of that store expertise and the time she that was doing well, and spends with each customer. wanted to open a separate “I remember everyone store, she said. who comes in here. I re“I mentioned I wanted member people who came to open a clothing shop, in a year ago and I rememthat I had experience as a ber what they bought and buyer in New Jersey, and he what they liked,” said asked if I wanted to go into DiChiara, who rightfully business,” she said. “I was calls herself a “clothing hesitant with men’s but I consultant.” thought, ‘Why not?’ and it DiChiara has a degree was the only men’s shop in textiles and fashion de-

YVONNE DICHIARA

Yvonne DiChiara has owned Durante’s Menswear boutique for 29 years. for years. It was a great decision.”

She said the name was the idea of the man who drew the renderings for plans to upgrade the shop’s front door in the 1980s.

She loved the name recognition associated with Jimmy Durante, and “it ended up being a great name,” she said.

DiChiara said she has

enjoyed working on Camino Del Mar almost every day over the years and seeing the area evolve, but what she loves most about Del Mar is that it hasn’t changed too much — and she’d like it to stay that way.

“Del Mar has kept a lot of its tradition. You can’t get rid of the beauty of Del Mar and the Village atmo-

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sphere,” she said. “That’s why people come here, because of the relaxed atmosphere, because our beaches are pretty, because they like our shops.”

“I hope it stays the way it is,” she said. “I want to be here for another 29 years.”

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Earl Warren students create mosaic installation for Fletcher Cove

La Jolla Cultural Partners

BY CLAIRE HARLIN editor@delmartimes.net The recognizable mosaic work of Betsy Shultz is a major part of the Solana Beach identity, adorning the arches of the Coastal Rail Trail and several spots in Fletcher Cove and the adjacent community center. Soon the community will get yet another Shultz masterpiece in the form of colorful sea creatures atop four picnic tables outside the newly renovated Fletcher Cove Community Center, however, this time it was not the artist herself who completed the mosaics.

On March 22, dozens of art students at Earl Warren Middle School put their hands to the tile under Shultz’s direction and created four works of art that will be installed at the community center as part of the city’s renovation efforts.

Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society president Carol Childs said she remembers when she was a teen and the adults were more active in the community. Now a very active community member herself, that memory inspired her to involve the community’s younger generation in an art

project that will be part of the community for years to come.

“We, as children, felt less involved, so that’s the reason for the Earl Warren involvement,” said Childs, a major supporter of the sweeping improvements that have been made to the community center over the past year.

The idea behind the tables at the community center is that they will be identified by the different sea creatures that adorn them.

“People can say, ‘Meet me at the lobster,’ or ‘Meet me at the garibaldi,’” Childs said.

Tami Austin, the students’ art teacher, said the students treated the task of coordinating the mosaics like a puzzle, getting each piece to fit and blend perfectly.

“It’s such a rich curricular experience for students when a community member and artist like Betsy comes to the classroom to share their passion for art, and then gives students a chance to help create something for their Solana Beach community,” Austin said.

Above: Hayley Crooks (left) and Ruby Pederson work on a pelican mosaic on March 22 at Earl Warren Middle School.

Artist Betsy Shultz (right) shows students how to piece together mosaics as Carol Childs (right), Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society president, watches. PHOTOS: CLAIRE HARLIN Right: Betsy Shultz, Kayleen Afsahi and Cooper Mittleman; Far right: Nate Barnes, Zoe Husted and assistant Mikael Thomson construct a lobster mosaic to be installed at one of four tables at the newly renovated Fletcher Cove Community Center.

PHOTOS: CLAIRE HARLIN

Main and Rotunda Galleries Exhibition Openings

2011 San Diego Art Prize Winners Jay Johnson, Adam Belt, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, and Tristan Shone On view March 31-May 5, 2012 Opening Reception, Friday, March 30, 6:30-8:30 PM Free Admission

For the second consecutive year the Athenaeum presents the work of the San Diego Art Prize winners. The San Diego Art Prize spotlights established San Diego artists together with emerging artists. In 2011 the winners were Jay Johnson with emerging artist Adam Belt and Rubén Ortiz-Torres with emerging artist Tristan Shone. Tristan Shone fabricates “sound machines” and will incorporate a performance into the opening reception. Always innovative Rubén Ortiz-Torres creates artwork in the form of paintings, photographs, objects, installations, videos, and films.

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Friday March 30, 2012 at Anthology An evening of cabaret featuring the signature songs and stylings of Kurt Weill, Édith Piaf, Astor Piazzolla and Jacques Brel.

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HANDS ON A HARDBODY Performances begin April 27 Ten strangers compete for a new hardbody truck.

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■ Reservations: Yes

Menu

■ 7550 Fay Ave., La Jolla ■ (858) 454-5013 ■ www.berninisbistro.com ■ The Vibe: European, relaxed, casual

■ Patio Seating: Yes

■ Signature Dishes: Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Eggs Diavola, French Toast, Filet Mignon, Salmon Alla Griglia, Salmon Giudea, Tiramisu

■ Take Out: Yes

■ Open Since: 1989

The Mediterranean Scramble contains feta cheese, tomatoes, black olives and dill, and is served with potatoes and homemade whole-wheat bread.

■ Happy Hour: No ■ Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Bernini’s Bistro owner Hamdi Gumustekin promises that guests will love the Tiramisu.

Bernini’s Bistro serves up dishes in the European tradition gold-framed mirror hangs above a polished heater.

BY KELLEY CARLSON In another section, the brick walls and wood floor are ernini’s Bistro presents a European-style dining experience in the heart of the American jewel of La subtly bathed in a warm glow from overhead lights; a wine rack houses Old and New World vintages. There are Jolla. Much like some overseas counterparts, the colorful paintings of such scenes as a farmers market and establishment offers moderately priced fare in an elegant the village of Positano, Italy. setting that is casual enough to be family-friendly.

Nearly everything is homemade in the bistro, which The brick sidewalk patio, bordered by foliage, is serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. One breakfast item enticing to passersby, especially on sunny, warm days. that gets rave reviews is the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes Seats tend to fill quickly at these tables, which feature with butter and syrup. Another popular choice: Eggs pots of poinsettias that add a touch of pizzazz. “It’s a Diavola, which consists of grilled polenta rounds great place to sit,” said Hamdi Gumustekin, who has (handmade corncakes) that are owned Bernini’s since 1998. topped with poached eggs, Pasilla When night falls and temperatomato sauce and cheddar cheese. tures dip, there are heat lamps to There is also French Toast, served regulate the comfort level, and tiki Each week you’ll find a recipe with whipped cream. torches provide a festive touch. from the featured restaurant The steaks and meats on the Gumustekin’s artistic talent is lunch and dinner menu are allshowcased throughout the eatery online at delmartimes.net. natural, with no preservatives or — from the hummingbird and Just click ‘Get The Recipe’ hormones, according to flowers painted on one of the at the bottom of the story.

Gumustekin. He favors the patio’s brick columns to the 10-ounce Filet Mignon, which is “Welcome to Bernini’s” sign over flame-broiled and served with a the entrance. Ninety percent of ■ This Week: baked potato and vegetables. the paintings were created by the Bernini’s Lentil Soup Seafood dishes to try include the restaurateur, including portraits of Salmon Alla Griglia, which is his daughter and a local dentist (a grilled salmon on butternut squash risotto; and Salmon regular customer) just inside the front door.

Giudeam featuring salmon sauteéd with sweet red Upon entering the establishment, customers will find onions, red grapes, parsley and sauterne wine. a full bar, with lights fashioned from Grey Goose Vodka For dessert, there’s a homemade Tiramisu. Gumustekin bottles. High on the wall on one end is a mural of chefs is so confident in the sweet treat — layers of sponge cake preparing pizzas; on the other end, two wide-screen soaked in coffee and liqueur with chocolate and televisions. Gumustekin can often be found mingling mascarpone cheese — there’s a money-back guarantee if with patrons in the bar in the evenings. customers don’t love it. “It’s perfect,” he said.

The main dining area is divided into a couple of To enhance the experience, check out entertainment sections. One offers natural lighting with large, redfrom 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Styles framed windows sometimes open to permit a sea breeze. range from jazz piano to guitarists performing flamenco, Landscape and portrait artwork decorate the yellow rock and pop. walls; guests’ heels click along the warm-hued tiles. A

B Colorful artworks adorn the walls in the main dining area.

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San Diego Blood Bank Bloodmobile to visit TPHS April 3 The San Diego Blood Bank bloodmobile will accept blood donations at an open to the public blood drive hosted by Torrey Pines High school, 3710 Del Mar Heights Rd., San Diego, CA 92130, Tuesday, April 3, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The bloodmobile will be parked in the Quad.

Participants will have the opportunity to join the San Diego Blood Bank’s Donor program, which includes access to an online store for donors and the ability to track cholesterol, pulse, and blood pressure after each donation.

Anyone who is at least 17 years old, in good health and weighs at least 110 pounds

may be eligible to give blood. A good meal is recommended prior to donation.

Established through the support of the San Diego County Medical Society in 1950, the San Diego Blood Bank, a non-profit organization, is the largest blood collection agency in San Diego County. A member of America’s Blood Centers, a national network of community-based blood banks, the San Diego Blood Bank serves patients in 50 hospitals throughout Southern California.

For donor requirements or to make an appointment, call the San Diego Blood Bank at 1-800-4MY-SDBB or visit www.sandiegobloodbank.org.

Three pianists headline spring jazz series The Athenaeum’s jazz program returns to the Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., for its annual spring series.

It will feature concerts by three pianists — the local debut of jazz-flamenco pianist Chano Dominguez (8 p.m. March 29); a long-awaited return visit by the Brad Mehldau Trio (8 p.m. May 14); and a rare solo piano performance by NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron (8 p.m.

May 24). Series tickets are $75-$90, single concerts are $27-$32 at (858) 8454-5872.

Lecture series to spotlight American art museums Art historian James W. Grebl, Ph.D., will lead a virtual tour of some of the most visually stunning, historically significant, and artistically rich art museums in America during the four-part lecture series, “Great Museums of the United States,” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in April at The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. Series tickets are $40 for members, $60 for non-members or $12-$17 per individual lecture at (858) 454-5872 or ljathenaeum.org/lectures

Ocean Air Spring Carnival to be held April 1 Please join the Ocean Air School Community, 11444 Canter Heights Lane, for the third annual Spring Carnival on Sunday, April 1, from 1-4 p.m. The fun has something for everyone including game booths, dunk tank, bungee run, mechanical bull, Angry Birds, photo booth, and much, much more! Tasty treats include woodfired pizza from Amalfi Pizzaria, Dippin’ Dots, popcorn, candy cart, cakewalk, and bake sale!

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to speak April 3 Gordon Brown, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010, will present a free lecture on “Meeting the Millennium Development Goals,” 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa across from the campus of UC San Diego. Space is limited and reservations are required by e-mailing John LeJeune at jlejeune@ucsd.edu.

The lecture is presented by the UC San Diego Center on Global Justice in partnership with the UC San Diego Helen Edison Lecture Series, which is administered by UC San Diego Extension, and the university’s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.

Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 Gordon Brown to 2007. An advocate for global action to ensure education for all, Brown has co-led the Global Campaign for Education’s High Level Panel. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Edinburgh and he was a member of Parliament since

Relationships next topic of BF mental health lecture series On April 12, the International Bipolar Foundation will hold its free mental health lecture series with guest speaker John McManamy on “Living with Someone who has Bipolar; Living with Someone who has Normal.” The event will be held from 5:30-6 p.m., social; 6-7 p.m., lecture and Q&A. Please R.S.V.P. to areitzin@internationalbipolarfoundation.org. Event and parking are free. Location: SanfordChildren’s Research Center (Building 12), 10905 Road to the Cure, San Diego, CA 92121. For more information, visit www.internationalbipolarfoundation.org

Join Kids Korps USA for Super Star Gala April 28 Kids Korps USA will bring a taste of British sporting heritage and tradition this year to San Diego through the annual Super Star Gala, “A Night at the Royal Ascot” scheduled for Saturday, April 28, at the Del Mar Country Club. A fundraising event inspired by the elegance, mystique, sporting competition and style of the Royal Ascot.

All proceeds will go directly to help fund Kids Korps USA, a nonprofit organization that engages youth ages 5-25 and their families in hands on volunteer service, addressing the needs of more than 350 organizations in our community. The organization strives to instill in America’s youth the spirit of giving while providing valuable education in leadership and responsibility — developing leaders for life through youth volunteerism.

Guests can purchase tickets online at www.kidskorps.org or by calling McFarlane Promotions at 619-233-5008 or kidskorps@mcfarlanepromotions.com.

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Spring 2012 Egg Hunt at CV Community Park A Spring 2012 Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 7, from 9-11 a.m. at the Carmel Valley Community Park, 3777 Townsgate Drive, San Diego, CA 92130.

The event is sponsored by the Carmel Valley Recreation Council.

Egg Hunt Times: 0-2 years 9:30 a.m.; 3-4 years 9:45 a.m.; 5-6 years 10 a.m.; 7-8 years 10:15 a.m.; 9 years & up 10:30 a.m.; Hunts begin Eggsactly on time! Grab your basket and camera!

Spring Egg Hunt at Torrey Hills Park The Annual Torrey Hills Spring Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 7, from 9-11 a.m. at Torrey Hills Community Park (4262 Calle Mejillones, San Diego, 92130).

Times: 0-2 years, 9:30 a.m.; 3-5 years, 9:40 a.m.; 6-8 years, 9:50 a.m.; 9 and up, 10 a.m.

The event is sponsored by the Ocean Air Recreation Council and Torrey Hills HOA. For more information, call 858-552-1687.

Del Mar Foundation’s Children’s Committee to hold Easter Egg Hunt On Saturday, April 7, an Easter Egg Hunt will be held by the Del Mar Foundation Children’s Committee at Seagrove Park at 11 a.m. Advance reservations are required as space is limited. Register at www.delmarfoundation.org.

Children’s Spring Festival & Egg Hunt to be held in Solana Beach The City of Solana Beach invites everyone to The Children’s Spring Festival & Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 7, at 10:30 a.m., at La Colonia Park (715 Valley Ave., Solana Beach). The event will include an Egg Hunt (plastic eggs filled with treats), games and refreshments.

Bring a bag to collect your treats. The Egg Hunt is limited to children in the 3rd grade and under.

For more information, call 858-720-2453.

Solana Beach Library offers Read for Wags Program Come to the Read for Wags program at the Solana Beach Library.

Trixie and Maddie are trained therapy dogs who love to come to the library. Children at any age can practice their reading skills with these non-judgmental, non-threatening creatures to improve their confidence in reading.

The canine literacy team visits the library on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The library also offers its Fireside Storytime at this hour so there are lots of activities for the whole family. Check the online calendar at www.sdcl.org or call 858-755-1404. The Solana Beach Library is located on the campus of Earl Warren Middle School at 157 Who wouldn’t Stevens Ave., Solana Beach. love to read to these guys!

Carmel Valley Library book sale fundraiser is March 31 The Friends of the Carmel Valley Library will hold a bargain book sale fundraiser on Saturday, March 31, to benefit the library. Proceeds will go to buy new materials for the library and to pay for children’s programs, art and music programs. The book sale will take place from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Community Room of the Library. It will feature bargain books (cookbooks, children’s books, mysteries, fiction, etc., etc.) priced to sell at only 4 for $1!

The Carmel Valley Library is a branch of the San Diego Public Library. The library is located at 3919 Townsgate Drive, directly behind the Del Mar Highlands Town Center. Our phone number is (858) 552-1668 and our Web Catalog address is www.sandiego.gov/public-library/

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Culinary trio creates new catering and events company

BY KELLEY CARLSON Stingaree Executive Chef Antonio Friscia has blended his culinary talents with two other chefs’ skills to create a new catering and events company in San Diego County.

Campine, which officially launched this month, is the collaboration of Friscia; chef/partner Andrew Spurgin, formerly of Waters Fine Catering; and Brian Malarkey, chef/owner of Searsucker, Burlap, Gingham, Gabardine and the upcoming Herringbone. The venture assists with event planning — from backyard soirees to black-tie galas — and presents cuisine paired with mixed drinks from Snake Oil Cocktail Co. Campine has the ability to draw from resources made available through the chefs’ restaurants, including talent booking, menu conception and event production.

“I’m thrilled to be working alongside two incredibly talented chefs and comrades in a way that allows us to evolve from the walls of our restaurants and bring the best of our offerings to people in unique and private settings,” said Friscia, a Del Mar resident.

The 45-year-old is able to draw from years of experience in the food industry. His culinary training began at age 5, when he helped his father, Antonio, and grandfather, Carlo, at wholesale

From left, Brian Malarkey, Andrew Spurgin and Antonio Friscia are chef/partners in the new catering and events company Campine.

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seafood distributor A. Friscia Seafoods in San Francisco’s North Beach Italian community.

“It was my inspiration for cooking — seeing all the chefs as a kid, and all the action going on in the kitchen,” Friscia said in an interview. “It was exciting to me.”

He also discovered that the skill came naturally to him.

“In my family, all of them are really good cooks,” Friscia said.

Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from San Francisco City College, he left for Italy and studied under Chef Gualtiero Marche-

si and Chef Nicola Tadescino at Scuola Albergeria, mastering Italian pizza and perfecting the art of rotisserie and grilling. He served as sous chef for Tadescino’s Ristorante Pedrocchi, as chef/pizzaiolo for Ristorante Sei Camini, and was contracted to design and open an Italian restaurant at the Surya Beach Hotel on Bali.

After spending two years in Italy and one in Indonesia, Friscia traveled throughout Southeast Asia and Thailand, and took notes for future culinary endeavors.

Once he returned to the United States, Friscia opened five restau-

rants in the Bay Area. In 1998, he moved to Del Mar and became director of operations and executive chef for Alfiere Mediterranean Bistro at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, before partnering with the Enlightened Hospitality Group to open Stingaree in 2005.

The idea of Campine — named for a heritage breed chicken — came to fruition last June. Malarkey and Friscia, who had done much fundraising work together and were longtime friends, began to toss around the idea of a catering company, despite being busy with their restaurants. According to Friscia, both agreed that their colleague Spurgin would be the best person to bring in for a catering and events business.

“Neither one of us is as much of a logistics type as he (Spurgin) is,” Friscia said. “Both of us are chefs.”

So they contacted Spurgin — who has won prestigious industry awards such as Catersource’s ACE Award for Best Caterer in the West and the Spotlight Award for National Caterer of the Year — and he agreed to come on board.

“I have been in the catering business for 35 years and have experienced firsthand all of the incredible growth within the industry,” Spurgin said in a news release. “That said, I know when it’s time for a change, and Campine is

Campine serves all types of cuisine tailored to its customers’ needs. exactly the invigorated change the catering business needs.”

According to Campine’s blog, the company’s moniker was chosen because “sustainability and respect for food and its providence is a shared value to our kitchen.

Without heritage breeds like the Campine and heirloom crops we risk losing critical biodiversity. We support local and regional farmers, fishers, ranchers and artisan producers first where possible.

Choosing the name Campine symbolizes this important component of our makeup.”

Each member of the trio has found a niche within Campine.

Spurgin handles the logistical aspects and sales, while Malarkey, who was a contestant on Bravo’s reality competition show “Top

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Local performers at the 9th Annual Unity in Diversity festival held March 18 at the Poway Performing Arts Center. ma Shah and Ambika Singh (Solana Pacific), Riya Gandhi from Torrey Hills, Nishita Vattikonda,Sanjana Shrivastav and Neha Pubbi from Sycamore Ridge, and Divya Bhatia from Del Mar Pines, were among the other wedding party dancers.

The point of this event — to reach out beyond immediate boundaries to promote unity — was well received and beautifully conveyed with the support of parents, friends who attended from the San Diego community, the congressman, the guest of honor and the organizers.

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The San Diego Indian American Society held its 9th Annual Unity in Diversity festival March 18 at the Poway Performing Arts Center. The beauty of this year’s program was in its true implementation of the theme “Unity in Diversity� by expanding outside of its traditional participants.

This annual program traditionally featured dance numbers from various parts of India, however, this year the program incorporated Egyptian dancers and Native American dancers, as well as a Japanese Taiko drum performance.

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by Monica Zeck from Channel 39. The guest of honor was Gregory Lucier the CEO of Life Technologies. Congressman Bob Filner also graced the event.

The program featured a lot of color, energy and talent as both kids and adults show cased their dance moves. Amongst the many performers were several Carmel Valley residents and here are some of the highlights of the festival‌.

The dance “When Krishna Descends...� done in the classical South Indian Bharatnatyam style featured TPHS 10th grader Priya Garcia as Krishna, Sycamore Ridge 5th grader Anjali Haripriyan as a devotee and King Mahabali, Carmel Valley Middle School (CVMS) 7th grader Solana Garcia as a devotee, Vaamana the dwarf, and the snake; and CVMS 7th grade Namrata Sampath as a devotee and the mountain Mudra. This dramatic piece, choreographed by Uma Suresh, Artistik director of Natyapriya dance academy, depicted stories of Lord Krishna as he descends to protect his people.

The number “Naagara Holey Ammaale or Serpent Stream is a tribal dance done by a group of women celebrating and rejoicing life. This happy, light song left the audience smiling.

Among the women dancing were Carmel Valley residents Kavitha Rao, Nandini Nadig, and Vidya Dixit. “An Indian Wedding� was a grand piece featuring many dance forms including Kathak, Bollywood, Tap, and Rajasthani Folk.

Sycamore Ridge 6th grader Niharika Vattikonda was the bride. Rhea Agarwal (Solana Highlands), Karish-

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Little Rascalz Soccer offers unique, fun sports program for kids

BY KAREN BILLING Beth Hooshidar is in the business of sloppy kisses and snuggle zones, silliness and soccer balls. As the owner of Little Rascalz Soccer, she has brought soccer to the younger set (children ages 18 months to 5 years old) throughout San Diego for the last seven years.

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“Pre-schoolers are a different breed, they’re peculiar little folk, very unique and special,” said Hooshidar, describing her playful work of laughing, herding kids that don’t exactly pay attention all the time, playing games and laughing some more. “This beats working for a living. I still pinch myself every day.”

Classes are held from Carlsbad to Coronado, including at Carmel Grove Park, Carmel Knolls Park, the Ocean Air Recreation Center and Carmel Valley Recreation Center.

Hooshidar, aka “Coach Bethy,” and her husband Siamak, known to the Rascalz Soccer kids as “Coach Smacky,” founded Little Rascalz together, trying to make a dream come true.

Hooshidar, who was a pre-school teacher in her native England, had come across the pond to the San Francisco area to work as a nanny.

While living in San Francisco, she saw a program attempting to teach soccer to pre-school children and just knew they were taking the wrong approach.

“I thought, this is something we could do in a different style so I Googled the most affable climate in the U.S. and this is where we came up with,” Hooshidar said.

They packed all their belongings in a U-Haul and came down south, “so broke it was untrue,” begged for permits and fields, and started their first class at Kate Sessions Park with six children.

“We have 4,000 children every year now,” Hooshidar said. “Talk about the American dream, I mean really, big time…I never in my wildest dreams of thought we’d get to this point.”

Their business has grown every year, even during a recession and Hooshidar believes it’s because their product is unique and has a high quality people can recognize.

“It’s just resonated with people, especially in [this area],” she said. “Carmel Valley is a quarter of our entire business.

We have four locations here in this teeny, tiny area.”

Little Rascalz classes hope to instill a passion for the

Little Rascalz Soccer has brought the sport to children ages 18 months to 5 years old throughout San Diego for the last seven years. Courtesy photo game in a play-based environment — balls become dinosaur eggs or sparkly jewels and the children have to get them to their nest or princess castle, respectively. They learn fundamentals and the kids are constantly in motion, everyone participating in the game at the same time, not waiting their turn.

“It’s action-packed and it has to be,” Hooshidar said, comparing her coaches running around to the cartoon of Bugs Bunny playing all the positions in a baseball game.

While Little Rascalz runs all year long, spring is always a very busy season. Classes are offered in an eight-week sessions for Mommy (or Daddy) & Me (18 months to 2 1/2 years old), a regular class that is suitable for the majority of children, a veterans class (ages 4-6) and an advanced class (5-6ish). They also offer summer camps and birthday parties.

For more information on schedules and registration, visit www.littlerascalzsoccer.com or call 619-309-9626.

Code29 opens in Solana Beach

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Upcoming: Surf-sessions, E3 Beach Sculpt and Jewelry making classes.

Marie Joyce, Mayor Joe Kellejian, Dave Roberts, Scott Smeltzer, Sharon Smeltzer and the kids are Andrew and Sydney.

The Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce welcomed new business Code29 to Solana Beach. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on March 15 at the Code29 store, 616 Stevens Avenue. Owner, Scott Smeltzer was with his family to participate in the ribbon cutting.

Code29 offers sales, service and repair of computers, game systems and phones. For more information, call 858-461-7275 or visit www.code29.com. Photo/ Anna Mitchell

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Canyon Crest Academy Foundation Retro-Prom ‘Stairway to Heaven 2012’ Gala & Auction to be held April 21 Vivid memories of her own prom and the very different, creative roads taken to success sparked Canyon Crest Academy Foundation fundraiser Randie Sturtevant and her team to choose their 2012 Gala theme of “Retro-Prom “Stairway to Heaven 2012,” the seventh annual Canyon Crest Academy Gala to be held April 21 at the Del Mar Hilton. The event will include a cocktail reception with silent auction from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

“Guests will step back in Coco Bay Beach, views from Villa Santaluz, Costa Rica time and celebrate the ‘70s Still working on that SAT score? “CCA and ‘80s when we were some2012” will offer unique and sought after what the same age as our kids are right now,” said Gala Coordinator and CCA Foun- auction items including College Prep from start to finish: Academic and college coundation VP Fundraising Randie Sturtevant. seling, private SAT and ACT prep, including “and all are invited to dress one more time two subject tests, help with applications and in their great prom outfit (if they happen to college essays, an exclusive package from the find it somewhere).” gala’s educational title sponsor SUMMA or a Sturtevant explained that the Gala will year tuition at renowned FUSION academy, combine truly spectacular ingredients: The a summer course from High Bluff Academy, Hilton Del Mar’s wonderful ambience, “RetSAT/ACT Prep from EUREKA and Brady Colro” cocktails, incredible cuisine food stalege Counseling or interview training from tions; Eve Selis — the hottest international Peggy Making Conversation and others. acclaimed band in town with music trends “Proceeds from the Gala will help susfrom the ‘70s and ‘80s ; and a spectacular tain programs in academics, the arts, athletlive and silent auction with items you don’t ics, student services, and engineering & want to miss.” In the swing as event emcee technology. This funding is vital to mainwill be proud CCA “power dad” Rick Barretaining the academic excellence and excepra. tional opportunities that have become the Gala tickets are $75 per person and hallmarks of Canyon Crest Academy,” Sturavailable for advance purchase at www.cantevant explained. yoncrestfoundation.org.

Corporate sponsorships, along with siReady for your next big vacation? How lent and live auction donations, are greatly about your group of 18 guests head to Costa appreciated and underwriting opportunities Rica for seven nights in the 6,500 ft., sevenare available. For more information about bedroom ocean view Villa Santaluz with full the CCA Gala “Retro-Prom Stairway to service, pool in the private, gated communiHeaven 2012” or to receive an invitation, ty of Coco Bay Estates. Or you might want contact: Randie Sturtevants randie@sturteto choose the five bedroom condo steps vants.net; for donations and corporate sponaway from the beach. This year’s vacation tisorships please contact: Anna Lillian aliltle sponsor, CRDG Services, has generously lian@san.rr.com (858)245 3379. For informadonated these two villa vacations that offer tion on the CCA Foundation visit www.canthe benefits of a private home with the seryoncrestfoundation.org. vices of a five-star hotel.

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Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show and benefit coming to Canyon Crest Academy The Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show is coming to North County San Diego sponsored by the Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise Rotary Club.

They will play a local team, Rotary Ravens, with the net proceeds of ticket sales to benefit: •Boys & Girls Club Of San Dieguito •Canyon Crest Academy Foundation The total community event will be held at Canyon Crest Academy in Carmel Valley on Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m.

The Harlem Ambassadors (www.HarlemAmbassadors.com) play over 200 games annually, partnering with local nonprofit and service organizations by holding “Harlem”-style basketball family-oriented entertainment. The team includes male and female players who are college educated, drug-free and positive in appearance, with a commitment to serve as role models for young people.

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Del Mar HillsFest fundraiser

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he Del Mar Hills Academy PTA hosted HillsFest, its biggest fundraiser, March 24 at Arterra in the Del Mar Marriott. The evening featured an auction, great food, and dancing to ’80s music. PHOTOS: ROB MCKENZIE

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Christy Mohler, Debbie Romine

Ana Maria Abba, Tom and Trisha Klimisch

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Richard and Carol Moon Patricia and John Tishler

Cliff Alberts, Mary Buckley

George and Raquel Dixon

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orth Coast Repertory Theatre’s Board of Trustees president Dr. Allen Moffson, and his wife, Judy, hosted a patron party for North Coast Rep’s upcoming gala at their oceanfront Solana Beach home March 25. Broadway veteran and Emmy-award winning actress and singer Lucie Arnaz will sing at the gala celebrating North Coast Rep’s 30th anniversary. The Bow Tie & Pearls Gala will be held April 22 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. PHOTOS: JON CLARK

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Cathedral Catholic lacrosse games benefit military

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he Cathedral Catholic High School lacrosse teams held a benefit game March 24, with all proceeds going to the Warrior Foundation and the Navy SEAL Foundation. The girls’ and boys’ varsity lacrosse teams each played a home game, interspersed with a performance by the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, appearance by the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard, and singing of the national anthem.

Ten members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team jumped from an aircraft and landed on the field at Manchester Stadium.

During the boys’ lacrosse game, there was a special halftime presentation of a custom jersey and plaque by the team to Warrior Foundation representative Juan M. Cano (U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Purple Heart recipient, retired). PHOTOS: JON CLARK

Cathedral lacrosse Dons scrimmage.

Varsity lacrosse players Olivia Downing, Kate Larkin, Roisin Gargan, Cathie Haynor, Rachel Larkin

U.S. Marine Color Guard

Cathedral Catholic Assistant Principal Dave Smola and coach Glen Irvine and honorary lacrosse captain Nick Wallace accept a photograph from CWO Keith Pritchett of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team during the Military Appreciation Day ceremony at Manchester Field.

U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, jump into Manchester Field at Cathedral Cathedral.

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First Thursdays hosts an evening with ‘The Kristin Korb Duo’ The Del Mar Foundation’s First Thursdays event March 1 featured Kristin Korb, a singing bassist, and Bruce Forman on guitar at the Del Mar Powerhouse. Korb transports you to other worlds with her ballads. Korb is currently the president-elect for the International Society of Bassists. Forman has been an important part of the international jazz scene for more than two decades and has been featured as a leader, as well as a sideman, at most of the prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout the world. Photo courtesyTanys Evangelisti

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The Del Mar Country Club and The Guiltinan Group hosted a fundraiser to benefit the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Family Foundation on March 24 at the Del Mar Country Club. The event, hosted by T. Boone and Madeleine Pickens, kicked off with an optional game of golf followed by a gala evening of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and a sit-down dinner prepared by the award-winning chefs at the Del Mar Country Club.

The NSW Family Foundation, supports individual and family readiness through programs that help the Naval Special Warfare Community to maintain a resilient, sustainable and ready force. (Above) John Plewes, left, mingles with T. Boone Pickens and Madeleine Pickens. For more photos of this event, visit www.rsfreview.com (under “Life� category) Photo/Jon Clark (Left) Kay Hentschae, Ted Delancey, Kathy Delancey (Right) Dana Wilcox, Becky Chamberlain

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Rotary Corner

Del Mar Rotarians put the fun into fundraising and service into action

BY EMILY FIGUEIREDO, PUBLICITY CHAIR FOR THE DEL MAR ROTARY CLUB As spring is upon us, the Rotary Club of Del Mar is eager to be out in the community spreading the word of how much fun our motto of “service above self” can really be.

We encourage community members to join our club’s upcoming events that truly put the fun in fundraising, as well as show our community that we don’t just talk the talk; Del Mar Rotarians put their promises of supporting others into action.

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Ybarra remains humble about his accomplishments, maintaining a kind of reserved and modest confidence; he writes emotionally charged songs, and prefers to let them do the talking.

“It’s always a challenge, musically, to write a song that’s moving and taps into [the listener’s] personal emotions and experiences,” Ybarra said. “If I can write a song that happens to connect with millions of people — wow.”

As the frontman for his former band, Liquid Groove (later known as 34Below), Ybarra has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sugar Ray, Hootie & the Blowfish, Switchfoot, Lit and the Gin Blossoms, and played hundreds of venues, from The Belly Up, the House of Blues and the Whiskey A Go Go to Coors Amphitheater and San Diego Street Scene.

On Saturday, April 28, Rotarians will be in communities worldwide working on projects that better the lives of our children, families and neighbors.

This year, Del Mar Rotarians will continue their efforts at the San Dieguito River Park, as well as improve a therapy room for veterans with post traumatic

It makes sense that Ybarra could live the life of a successful touring musician.

He’s done the touring part, and experienced the success.

But, in late 2005 his life changed — and almost ended. Ybarra became seriously ill with meningitis. Not only could he no longer perform with the band, he could barely move.

“I was near death,” he said. “I couldn’t physically do anything. It took me out of the game.” The experience marked a changing point in his life — “that’s when I devoted myself to Christianity,” he said — and ultimately, it led him to where he is now, a solo artist with big talent, big ambitions, and no ego.

If the title of his latest album, “Best Days,” is any indication, Ybarra is doing just fine on his own, writing and performing his honest and heartfelt tunes and working to get them heard.

His audiences are receptive, and there’s no shortage of gigs. On April 19 at 6 p.m. he’ll play a show at the Rancho Bernardo Inn’s “Tunes & Tastes” event; on Saturday, April 28, he’ll play the main stage at the Mission Federal Artwalk downtown.

But, like the doting dad he is, Ybarra’s favorite audience, smallest not in support but only in height, can be found in his living room. Ybarra and his wife, Kellee, a Carmel Valley Middle School teacher, have two children, a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old daughter.

“My son is so crazy about my music,” he said.

“I’ll be playing guitar and he’ll play his little guitar with me. It’s so awesome.”

More information, including tickets to Ybarra’s shows, can be found at www.stevenybarra.com.

stress at the ACVOW center (American Combat Veterans of War) in Oceanside.

The club has another exciting fundraising effort currently taking place. For only $15, you can be entered into an opportunity drawing to win an iPad and a MacBook Pro! Please visit our website for entry details and to purchase tickets.

Only 1,000 entries will be sold to maintain great odds at winning this amazing Apple package! The win-

ning ticket will be pulled at the 6th Annual Sunset Soiree on Tuesday, May 22.

Winners need not be present, but we certainly encourage it since the Soiree will guarantee to be another fun event. The Soiree will be held on the ocean view deck of the Del Mar Plaza and your ticket includes unlimited food and beverage tastings from top restaurants, breweries and wineries in the area, as well as exciting bidding for silent and live

auction items and fabulous entertainment.

If you think you would like to join the Rotary Club of Del Mar’s efforts of serving the community and putting fun into fundraising, please visit our website at www.delmarrotary.org or join us for a weekly meeting.

Our club meets each Thursday at noon at the Fellowship Hall of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on 14th Street in Del Mar.

Artists’ documentation of Salton Sea Odyssey at Re-Gallery Re-Gallery will present a collaborative exhibition by local artists assuming the identities of Harriman, Fawcett and Falcon. The exhibition will examine the Salton Sea from its rise as a popular recreation destination in the mid-20th century to its decline into a harsh, ecologically devastated landscape. Harriman, Fawcett and Falcon — an unlikely trio of disgraced captain of industry, archaeologist and explorer — document their individual experiences at the Salton Sea via installation, illustration, hand drawn maps, case notes of their findings, soil samples, and photography. Harriman, Fawcett and Falcon’s exhibition will be opening at Re-Gallery in Solana Beach on March 30, from 6-9 p.m. The exhibition will run from March 30 through May 30, 2012. Re-Gallery is located at 348H S. Cedros Avenue in the Solana Beach Design District. For more information, visit www.regallery.org

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Ashley Falls Carnival A great time was had by all at the Ashley Falls Spring Carnival on March 25.

The event included new attractions, including a surf simulator, Spill tank, cake walk, silent auction, and a live band. Photos/Jon Clark

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(Above) Royal Dance Academy performs to “Ballroom Blitz�; (Inset) Jessie Harden, Natalie Harden

Sydney Guastucci, Sofia Guastucci, Isabella Astencio, Cade Ramseyer

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Digital animation work helps local man achieve lifelong goal in aviation

BY KELLEY CARLSON CONTRIBUTOR For decades, Steven Smith dreamed of a career in aviation. Today, the 58-yearold Del Mar resident is on Cloud Nine, as a courseware graphics specialist at King Schools.

Headquartered in Montgomery Field, King Schools is a producer of aviation training videos and computer software. Experienced pilots collect information and write material for the courses, which is then distributed to different departments to develop.

Smith, who has been at King Schools for two years, reads the coursework and subsequently develops visual components to help people taking the course understand the concepts. He utilizes Adobe software products such as Photoshop and Illustrator, and creates digital 3-D animations with the 3ds Max program.

Although Smith had been interested in aviation from a young age, he had no previous experience in the field before joining the staff at King.

It was a long — and sometimes turbulent — journey before Smith was able to find the right path to reach his goal.

As a teenager nearing high school graduation, Smith set his sights on attending flight school. But while speaking with Navy and Air Force recruiters, Smith was told that their cockpits could only accommodate a certain size, and

Steven Smith that his growing 6-foot-1inch frame might pose an issue.

“That kind of wrecked my dreams,” said Smith, who eventually topped out at 6 feet 4 inches.

So he turned to a career of faux finishing and applying Venetian plaster in homes throughout San Diego County.

However, Smith discovered a new interest when he began working with his father, Bob, who established a desktop publishing business that focused on guides to harbors, anchorages and marinas in California.

Smith said he found computer work more enjoyable than the continuous hard labor of faux finishing, and began to take classes at Platt College in San Diego.

He earned his multimedia arts degree in 1998; among the skills he acquired were standard print productions, such as the creation of business cards; video editing; digital art for the Web, including templates and banners;

and 3-D animations.

Initially, Smith set up an independent business under his own name, but formed an animation company titled Pixel Showcase in 2002.

Through Pixel, Smith completed architectural animations for developers, such as the proposed Cedros Crossing in Solana Beach, a project that would have transformed parking lots at the train station into apartments, shops and underground garages. He also produced 3-D animations for periodontists to teach different types of surgical procedures.

In 2007, Smith shut down Pixel and moved to Reno, Nev., with the intent to start a new business focused on architectural design animation.

But immediately after he arrived, the economic recession hit Reno hard, and the city seemingly “went broke in seconds.”

“I had never seen so many foreclosure signs in my life,” Smith said.

After several months in Reno, Smith severely injured his back, and he returned to San Diego for therapeutic services.

When Smith began to seek employment, he decided to pursue his interest in flying and stopped by King Schools for an application.

He was hired to be a multimedia intermediary for the school’s course production program, which provides thousands of DVD disks and online courses with the information needed for pilots

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However, he will soon have the opportunity to begin pilot training with King, and has already been in the air numerous times. Smith said he hopes to begin the first course in a month or two, and he’s very excited to fulfill his goal of earning his license.

“It’s been an incredible journey,” Smith said. “I love learning things, and doing computer stuff is great for me. The last one-and-a-half years has been like going back to school, but I’m having so much fun with it.

There’s so much to learn out there.”

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Aaron H. Katz Judge of the Superior Court CV333, Mar. 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00093572-CU-PT-CTL SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 330 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101. Branch Name: Hall of Justice Courthouse.

PETITION OF: Kyle Courtney Wynn for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Kyle Courtney Wynn ďŹ led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Kyle Courtney Wynn to Proposed Name Kyle Sodaro.

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Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court DM641, Mar. 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007884 Fictitious Business Name(s): Del Mar Liquor & Deli Located at: 1149 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County.

Mailing Address: 1149 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA., 92014. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ďŹ rst day of business was: 3/20/2012.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Jamil Gabbara, 2809 Hartford Ct., San Diego, CA., 92117. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/20/2012. Jamil Gabbara. DM640, Mar. 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007184 Fictitious Business Name(s): Devoted Advocates Located at: 3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #223, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #223, San Diego, CA., 92130. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ďŹ rst day of business was: 03/05/12. This business is hereby registered by the following: Debra Margolin, 3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #223, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/13/2012. Debra Margolin. DM639, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007452 Fictitious Business Name(s): Vibe Located at: 4428 Convoy St. #330, San Diego, CA., 92111, San Diego County.

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: MN Y & K Two, 4428 Convoy St. #330, San Diego, CA., 92111. State of Incorporation/Organization: CA. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/15/2012. Kwang. CV332, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007454 Fictitious Business Name(s): Manna B.B.Q. Located at: 730 Nordahl Dr., San Marcos, CA., 92069, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: MN Y & K San Marcos, 730 Nordahl Dr., San Marcos, CA., 92069.

State of Incorporation/Organization: California. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr.,

Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/15/2012. Kwang.

CV331, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007310 Fictitious Business Name(s): B. Made Belle Located at: 14262 Pinewood Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014, San Diego County.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Christina Butler, 14262 Pinewood Dr., Del Mar, CA., 92014. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/14/2012.

Christina Butler. DM638, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 570 Rancheros Drive, Suite 240, San Marcos, CA., 92069 (760) 471-4237 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: March 13, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: WINE BATTLES, LLC The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 10637 Roselle St., Ste. G., San Diego, CA., 921211532. Type of license(s) applied for: 20 - Off-Sale Beer And Wine, CV330, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007067 Fictitious Business Name(s): Live To Thrive Institute Located at: 11772 Sorrento Valley Rd., Ste 157, San Diego, CA., 92121, San Diego County. Mailing Address: PO Box 503608, San Diego, CA., 92150. This business is conducted

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by: A Corporation. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Stephanie Buchert MD Inc., 11772 Sorrento Valley Rd., Ste. 157, San Diego, CA., 92121.

State of Incorporation/Organization: California. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/12/2012. David Blair.

CV329, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-007150 Fictitious Business Name(s): Redhouse Consulting, LLC. Located at: 3721 Valley Centre Dr., Suite 100, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Redhouse Consulting, LLC., 3721 Valley Centre Dr., Suite 100, San Diego, CA., 92130.

State of Incorporation/Organization: California. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/13/2012. Rex McGuire.

CV328, Mar. 22, 29, Apr. 5, 12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-006320 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Americal Business ďŹ nance b. Athletes Business Consultants Located at: 3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #365, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: J. Wolf LLC., 3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #365, San Diego, CA., 92130.

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Daniel Patz, 11019 Caminito Alvarez, San Diego, CA., 92126. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/01/2012. Chad Recchia. CV326, Mar. 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00051135-CU-PT-NC SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego Superior Court, North County Division, 325 South Melrose Drive, Vista, CA., 92081-6627.

PETITION OF: Lindsay Lawson for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Lindsay Lawson ďŹ led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Lindsay Lawson to Proposed Name Linzi Lawson.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of

name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must ďŹ le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely ďŹ led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: April 10, 2012, Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 3. The address of the court is same as noted above.

A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Del Mar Times. Date: Feb. 23, 2012.

Aaron H. Katz Judge of the Superior Court DM633, Mar. 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-006305 Fictitious Business Name(s): KJ Health Located at: 704 Sonrisa Street, Solana Beach, CA., 92075, San Diego County.

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 131, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The ďŹ rst day of business was: 03/01/2012.

This business is hereby registered by the following: Frogg Investment Corporation, 704 Sonrisa Street, Solana Beach, CA., 92075. State of Incorporation/Organization: California. This statement was ďŹ led with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/05/2012. James Schmedding. CV325, Mar. 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 2012

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PETITION OF: Kovner for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Jennifer Natasha Kovner ďŹ led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Jennifer Natasha Kovner to Proposed Name Natasha Kovner.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must ďŹ le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely ďŹ led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: April 17, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 3. The address of the court is same as noted above.

A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each

week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Del Mar Times. Date: Jan. 19, 2012.

Aaron H. Katz Judge of the Superior Court DM632, Mar. 15, 22, 29, Apr. 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-005813 Fictitious Business Name(s): Clutter Queen Organizing Located at: 7652 Marker Road, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The ďŹ rst day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Lisa Berquist, 7652 Marker Road, San Diego, CA., 92130.

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PETITION OF: Renee Ganon Mangubat for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ďŹ led a petition with this court for a

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NORTH COAST decree changing names as follows: Present Name Renee Ganon Mangubat to Proposed Name Renee Mangubat Maher.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: April 18, 2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 8. The address of the court is 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA., 92101.

A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Carmel Valley News. Date: 03/05/2012.

Robert J. Trentacosta Judge of the Superior Court CV323, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-005912 Fictitious Business Name(s): Vbayauction Located at: 13866 Torrey Bella Ct., San Diego, CA., 92129, San Diego County.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Ho Son Ngo, 13866 Torrey Bella Ct., San Diego, CA., 92129. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/01/2012. Ho Son Ngo. CV322, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012

March 29, 2012 PAGE B21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-005731 Fictitious Business Name(s): Saffron Located at: 12614 Carmel Country Rd., #47, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The first day of business: has not yet started.

This business is hereby registered by the following: #1. Leena Nilesh Dharajiya, 12614 Carmel Country Rd., #47, San Diego, CA., 92130. #2. Nilesh Dharajiya, 12614 Carmel Country Rd., #47, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 02/29/2012. Leena Dharajiya. CV321, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-006065 Fictitious Business Name(s): Baby Bleat Located at: 12325 Kerran Street, Poway, CA., 92064, San Diego County.

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Bleat Enterprises Inc., 12325 Kerran Street, Poway, CA., 92064. State of Incorporation/Organization: California. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/02/2012, Nicole Levy.

CV320, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012-005926 Fictitious Business Name(s): ThePrintersCircle Located at: 5280 Caminito Vista Lujo, San Diego, CA., 92130, San Diego County. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business: has not yet started. This business is hereby registered by the following: Samuel J Kmety, 5280

Caminito Vista Lujo, San Diego, CA., 92130. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/01/2012. Samuel J. Kmety. CV319, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2012-00075349-CU-PT-SC SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO South County Division, 500 3rd Ave., Chula Vista, CA., 91910.

PETITION OF: Oscar Rugama Yesenia Ruiz for change of name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Oscar Rugama filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name Analia Aridez to Proposed Name Analia Rugama Ruiz.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: 04/12/2012 Time: 8:30 a.m, Dept 7, Room 2nd Floor. The address of the court is A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, Carmel Valley News. Date: Feb. 29, 2012.

Kenneth J. Medel Judge of the Superior Court CV318, Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2012

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Tonya Paul joins Coastal Premier Properties Coastal Premier Properties welcomes Tonya Paul, realtor, to its group of distinguished agents.

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brings to Coastal Premier Properties and her clients a true commitment of excellence and professionalism.

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The special complimentary presentation was titled “Wine, Women and Hormones…Relief Is On The Way,” featuring healthy aging subject experts Chris Givant, RPh, and co-owner of La Vita, as well as anti-aging specialist Dr. Andrea Cole of the Center for Age Management, Encinitas . Both featured speakers specialize in women’s health issues and are nationally recognized experts in the fields of balancing hormones and healthy aging.

The evening began with Gila Rut Aveda Salon owner Keri Davis welcoming the audience. Topics covered by Dr. Cole and Ms. Givant ranged from “clearing up the confusion around hormone therapy” to simply “dispelling myths and providing answers to questions that women are often too embarrassed to ask.”

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Standing at front of audience is guest anti-aging specialist Dr. Andrea Cole of the Center for Age Management. Standing on the far side of the class are Keri Davis, owner of the Gila Rut Aveda Salon – Torrey Hills where the seminar was held and healthy aging expert Chris Givant, RPh, co-owner (with Deb Hubers) of La Vita Compounding Pharmacy that hosted “Wine, Women and Hormones.”

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SURE Real Estate welcomes three new agents SURE Real Estate recently announced the addition of three new agents.

Pat Dunlap, a 25-year Del Mar resident and owner of one of the finest ocean view homes in Del Mar Terrace, offers over 30 years of sales experience and was previously awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year� in San Diego. Dunlap, and her husband, Wayne, can be thanked for many of the critical improvements enjoyed by residents in Del Mar Terrace over the years such as street paving and area improvements. Dunlap specializes in assisting buyers and sellers in Del Mar, Carmel Valley and Solana Beach.

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Recently Uhlir was selected by the City Council of Del Mar as its Exclusive Listing Agent to sell the “Balboa Lot.� His efforts resulted in a record sale of $4.4 million, the highest priced lot sale in the history of Olde Del Mar. The City used the proceeds of that sale to pay off a bond to purchase the “Del Mar

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OPEN HOUSES CARMEL VALLEY $425,000 12988 Carmel Creek Rd #173 Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 3BR/2BA Joseph & Diane Sampson, Sampson CA Realty (858) 699-1145 $429,000 3675 Caminito Cielo Del Mar Sat 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm 2BR/2BA Joseph & Diane Sampson, Sampson CA Realty (858) 699-1145 $509,000 4026 Moratalla Terrace Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2BR/2BA Schroedl/Medina, Prudential CA Realty (858) 922-2115 $529,000 3695 Ruette De Ville Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 3BR/2BA Joseph & Diane Sampson, Sampson CA Realty (858) 699-1145 $619,000 12422 Carmel Cape Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2BR/2BA Charles & Farryl Moore, Coldwell Banker (858) 395-7525 $719,900 12662 Caminito Radiante Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/3BA Kevin P. Cummins, Coldwell Banker (858) 750-9577 $735,000-$750,000 3425 Lady Hill Rd. Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 3BR/3BA Pepper Coffey/host: J. McCaw-Prudential CA Realty (858) 735-4000 $769,000 4509 Vereda De Ponderosa Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/3BA Joseph & Diane Sampson, Sampson CA Realty (858) 699-1145 $1,395,000 4915 Concannon Ct Sat 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 5BR/5BA Charles & Farryl Moore, Coldwell Banker (858) 395-7525 $1,688,800 5490 Harvest Run Drive Sat 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 6BR/5.5BA Devon Boulon, Coldwell Banker (858) 335-2008 $4,999,000-$5,999,000 6960 The Preserve Way Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 6BR/8.5BA Rebecca Wood, Prudential CA Realty (619) 867-8317

DEL MAR $399,900 2BR/2BA $760,000 2BR/2BA $950,000 3BR/3.5BA $1,395,000 2BR/2BA $1,695,000 8BR/7BA $3,498,000 4BR/2.5BA $3,500,000

HOME OF THE WEEK

2745 Caminito San Pablo Sun 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Elizabeth Lasker, Del Mar Realty Associates (858) 481-8185 12825 Caminito Del Canto Sun 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Kay Hoeprich, Coldwell Banker (858) 775-6442 3311 Caminito Cabo Viejo Sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Kyle Belding, Del Mar Realty Associates (858) 525-2291 1095 Klish Way Sat- 1:00pm – 4:00pm Sun 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Toni Cieri, RE/MAX Distinctive (858) 229-4911 15185 Sun Valley Ln Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Becky and June Campbell, Coldwell Banker (858) 449-2027 13045 Via Grimaldi Sun 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Steve Uhlir, SURE Real Estate (858) 755-6070 429 Carolina Rd Sat-Sun 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Steve Uhlir, SURE Real Estate (858) 755-6070

RANCHO SANTA FE $950,000 5838 Linea del Cielo Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 3BR/2BA Joseph & Diane Sampson, Sampson CA Realty (858) 699-1145 $995,000 16938 Blue Shadows Lane Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/4BA K. Ann Brizolis/host: C. Sunstrom-Prudential CA Realty (858) 756-6355 $1,199,900 14271 Caminito Lazanja Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/4BA Gretchen Pagnotta, Coldwell Banker (760) 715-0478 $1,249,000 17026 San Antonio Rose Crt Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/4.5BA K. Ann Brizolis/host: G. Shepard-Prudential CA Realty (858) 756-6355 $1,795,000-$1,895,876 7233 La Soldadera Sat 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 5BR/6BA P. Rogers & S. Caruso, Prudential CA Realty (619) 228-1073 $1,795,000-$1,895,876 7233 La Soldadera Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 5BR/6BA Polly Rogers/host: K. Guzik, Prudential CA Realty (760) 672-1818 $1,895,000 6635 Lago Corte Sun 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/4.5BA Robyn Raskind, Prudential CA Realty (858) 229-9131 $2,177,000 5154 Linea Del Cielo Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm K. Ann Brizolis/ hosts: D. Buckeley & D. Cathcart, Prudential CA Realty (858) 756-6355 4BR/5.5BA $2,750,000 6619 La Valle Plateada Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/5.5BA Bill Talbott, The Sterling Comany (858) 756-6280 $3,495,000 7024 Rancho Cielo Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 4BR/5BA Jana Greene/hosts: S. & P. Linde-Prudential CA Realty (760) 585-5824 $3,895,000 15852 The River Trail Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 6BR/6.5BA Jana Greene/host: R. Patrize-Prudential CA Realty (760) 707-6140

Tuscan Treasure Secluded behind a long picturesque gated drive, this Tuscan treasure has soaring ceilings, elegant European accents, French doors to multiple private patios and gardens, bright open spaces, and impressive detailing throughout. Be the Contessa of the Cucina in the gourmet kitchen with commercial grade appliances, granite countertops, and custom detailed cabinetry along with a butler’s pantry and oversized walk-in pantry. The fabulous family room boasts an impressive wet bar, surround sound with Crestron remote for the large flat screen TV and a custom built fireplace. This 6 bedroom, 6.5 bath home with a full guest house, is located on the horse trail and has a 3 stall barn.

Offered at $7,495,000

SOLANA BEACH $1,395,000 4BR/2.5BA

659 Canyon Drive Toni Cieri, RE/MAX Distinctive

Sat-Sun 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (858) 229-4911

Contact Colleen Gray TODAY to Receive YOUR FREE* open house listing!

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NORTH COAST

March 29, 2012

CROWN POINT CONDO WITH VIEWS

$255,000

UPGRADED DOWNTOWN CONDO- SHORTSALE

$285,000 POPULAR SEVEN OAKS COMMUNITY

$309,000

SURF'S UP! Get back to the beach...

PICTURESQUE VIEWS IN TIERRASANTA

$829,900

Stop by for a FREE TIDE CHART

SPACIOUS LA JOLLA TURN-KEY

$950,000

SANTALUZ FAMILY RETREAT

$1,075,000

PRIVATE SANCTUARY IN DEL MAR

$1,375,000

PRISTINE COASTAL CLASSIC IN LA COSTA RIDGE

$1,495,000

DEL MAR CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC

$1,495,000 JUST STEPS TO THE OCEAN IN SOLANA BEACH

$1,595,000

OCEANVIEW CARDIFF ESTATE

$2,495,000

SERENITY ON THE SAND IN OCEANSIDE

$3,485,000 COUNTRY LIVING IN DEL MAR

$3,600,000

DEL MAR ITALIAN FARMHOUSE

$5,750,000

1424 CAMINO DEL MAR • DEL MAR La Jolla • Rancho Santa Fe • Carmel Valley • Point Loma • Coronado • Downtown • Fallbrook

858.755.6761

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