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Volume 30 Number 34
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May 5, 2011
Village Community Church to receive Lily Award Design and construction excellence, which has been a hallmark of Rancho Santa Fe since its founding, will again be honored through the presentation of a Lily Award at the annual meeting of the Rancho Santa Fe Association. The meeting will be held on May 12 at 5 p.m. at the RSF Garden Club. The highly-sought “Lilies” honor Association members and their design teams who produce architecture and land developments which continue the traditions instituted by Rancho Santa Fe’s first architect and building commissioner Lilian Rice in the 1920s. This year’s award recipient is the Village Community Presbyterian Church. The winner was selected by a threemember committee, which was chaired by Association board president Tom Lang , and included Association Art Jury President Midgie VandenBerg and Covenant member Paul Slater. The Lily Award Selection Committee members said they particularly appreciated the effort by those who helped to make the church a special community building.
Group of RSF residents prepare to tackle Grand Canyon’s Rim to Rim hike BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER A crew of 60 Rancho Santa Fe residents has spent a year prepping to conquer the Grand Canyon’s Rim to Rim hike on May 28, a 22-mile trek that works up to an 11,000-foot elevation. “It’s quite a hike,” said Rancho Santa Fe Association Manager Pete Smith, who has organized the journey along with Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club President Patrick Galvin. Over their year of preparation, the dedicated group has endured one broken finger, one rattlesnake bite, snow, rain, sun-drenched 90-degree days and night hikes with head lamps. The rattlesnake bitten participant was Smith himself, getting nipped on a hike in the Anzo Borrego Desert. He had to spend a few days in the hospital but Smith said it wasn’t as the painful as the teasing afterward—more than one rubber snake has been tossed in his direction and baby rattles shaken outside his office door. This will be Smith’s 20th year doing the Rim to Rim hike, a trip he does with a group of friends every year. “It keeps me in shape and gives you something to work toward,” Smith said. The shortest time the group has completed the Rim hike is seven hours, but it has also taken as long as 16 hours. Aware of Smith’s yearly adventure, Galvin invited Smith to speak at a Rotary meeting last year. “We were really overwhelmed by the excitement and enthusiasm of the Rotarians,” said Galvin. With so many people interested in going, they began putting together the trip. See HIKE, page 21
RSF Library Guild Fashion Show shines again (Above and right) The popular annual Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild Fashion Show dazzled again on April 27 at the RSF Garden Club. The fashions were presented by Lourdes Chavez and Edwards-Lowell of Beverly Hills. The event also included a presentation of Lilly Pulitzer’s new line for children and adults. See page 12-13 for more. Photos/Jon Clark
RSF Community Center Spring Luncheon The Rancho Santa Fe Community Center held its premier luncheon of the year, the annual Spring Luncheon, on April 29 at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. This event promotes a day of creativity and fun as groups of women join to decorate their tables with exquisite, never-before-seen arrangements and themes. (Left) Kim Howard, Patty Andre and Diane Lekven See pages 24-25. Photos/Jon Clark