8-11-2011 Rancho Santa Fe Review

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Director resigns from RSF Association board

Survey on undergrounding shows lack of interest

BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER Going underground didn’t go over too well in Rancho Santa Fe, according to the results of a recent RSF Association survey. The Utility Undergrounding Interest survey, which went out in June, found that just 25 percent of the respondents were willing to participate in an undergrounding district. Of the people who do have a line on or near their property, 41 percent would be willing to participate.

“The majority [of respondents] were not interested in participating, but some certainly were,” Covenant Administrator Ivan Holler said.

Property owners within the district have to come together to submit a petition to the Community Services District (CSD), which then jumpstarts an assessment engineers’ report and boundary map analysis.

District residents then vote on the project, knowing how much they will be assessed. The assessment amounts are weighed by how much individual property owners will benefit and assessments can be paid up front or over time on a property tax bill.

A total of 778 surveys were returned from the June survey, a “phenomenal” response, Holler said, which statistically makes the margin of error very low. Sixty percent of respondents reported having a utility line on or adjacent to their property.

BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER Rancho Santa Fe Association Director Jack Dorsee has resigned. The announcement was made at the RSF Association Board of Directors meeting on Aug. 4. According to board president Jack Queen, Dorsee said he hadn’t expected the significant time commitment required to serve on the board and needed more time to focus on his business.

A replacement board member will be appointed at the Sept. 15 RSF Association board meeting. At the Aug. 4 meeting, the board members said they would discuss their options in private executive session, with Queen assuring the community that they will aim to get “the best representative that they can.

Judge denies request to stop construction at Flower Hill

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RSF Association looking into village parking woes

BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER The RSF Association board recently formed a committee to re-visit the parking problem in the RSF village. One of board president Jack Queen’s priorities has become supporting local merchants and the lack of available parking spaces has long been a chief complaint about the village.

“There’s got to be an answer there someplace,’’ Queen said. ‘‘I don’t know if we’ll be able to solve it [entirely] but if we can solve it even 40 percent, that will make a huge difference.”

Queen had invited RSF resident and longtime RSF Realtor Chaco Clotfelter to the Aug 4 meeting to thank him and the Association’s Shannon Mountain for their work putting on the July 4 parade, but Clotfelter also gave input on the parking issue.

Clotfelter said real estate offices in the village are probably the biggest culprit behind the parking problems, as the retail sector has evolved to include a lot of offices with high desk counts. Getting agents to park in peripheral streets is always a potential solution, See PARKING, page 24

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RSF summer fun RSF children are participating in a variety of creative and athletic events sponsored by community organizations this summer. (Top) Sarah Shirazi, Paloma Ezzet and Nida Shirazi enjoy a treat and celebrate a summer of great books at the RSF Library’s Summer Reading Program Ice Cream Social held Aug. 5; (Bottom right) Young players hit the field at the Rancho Santa Fe Youth Soccer League’s Summer Recreational Soccer Camp held at the sports field on Rambla de las Flores in RSF. More than 60 kids attended the camp. (Bottom left) Andrew, Sean and Rohan focus on building creations at one of the RSF Community Center’s many unique camps.

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BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER An effort to halt construction at Flower Hill Promenade was blocked in court on Friday, Aug. 5. At a preliminary injunction hearing, San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Prager denied the work stoppage effort in the “Citizens Against Flower Hill’s Excessive Expansion’s” case against the Via de la Valle mall and its holder Protea Properties.

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Buzz: RSF Association board vacancy

BY RSF ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JACK QUEEN Regrettably, last week director Jack Dorsee stepped down from the RSF Association board.

Due to unforeseen fu- Jack Queen ture commitments, Jack realized that he would have to miss a number of upcoming board meetings and felt it would be in the best interest of the community if he allowed someone else to serve. In Jack’s letter of resignation he stated that he thought it would be unfair to the residents of Rancho Santa Fe if he continued on the board.

I think his comments reflect his dedication and commitment to our community and I will miss his participation on the board. I would personally like to thank Jack for the time he spent on the board and his service on the Osuna Committee.

Under the provisions of our bylaws, the vacancy is filled by an appointment by the remaining members of the board no sooner than 30 days after the vacancy is created. The board has set a

date of Sept. 15 as part of our regularly scheduled meeting, for the board to select Jack’s replacement. It is important to fill the vacancy as soon as possible as we have a full slate of priorities to accomplish this year. It is also important to our members to have a full seven-person board as some of our approvals require a set number of board votes, up to six in the case of an Art Jury appeal, regardless of the number of board members present. If anyone has a desire to be considered as a candidate for the board, please contact Pete Smith at the Association or any board member. We will be accepting applicants up until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

At the board’s May 19 meeting, we authorized an appraisal to begin a feasibility review for the potential purchase of 48 acres of land for open space. The property we were considering is located on the southeast corner of El Acebo and Rambla de las Flores and appeared to be a good fit for our open space program. After careful consideration, including a cost benefit discussion, the board decided at our recent retreat to cancel our negotiations with the seller. The board felt that the price offered by the seller and the

terms of the sale were very favorable to the Association and reflected the seller’s desire to see the property held in perpetuity as open space.

However, given the current economic conditions and the fact that half of the property is already held in an open space reserve with the county, it was hard to justify the expenditure for overall benefit. The board will continue to look for potential open space purchases and now is the time to be a buyer especially when the intent is to enhance and protect the rural character of our community.

On a lighter note, I had the opportunity last week to escort two of my grandchildren during their effort to complete the RSF Library “Passport” treasurer hunt.

Each child explains which books they are reading to a variety of establishments around the Village and receives a stamped confirmation of the visit and a gift.

When the passport is completed they return to the library and receive a book. A great way to encourage reading and have parents (or grandparents) get to know some of the Village merchants. Congratulations to everyone involved, a great program.

Patrol Chief says crime remains relatively low Rancho Santa Fe Patrol Chief Matt Wellhouser offered a “snapshot of activity” for the first six months of the year at the Aug. 4 RSF Association meeting. There was not a lot of change in the crime numbers from the first six months of 2010: There have been 14 burglaries in Rancho Santa Fe so far this year, up one from the same months last year. Of the burglaries, 13 were residential and one vehicle.

The Ranch did have one “hot prowl” burglary, which means the suspect breaks in

while a resident is still at home. In this case, dogs barking scared the suspect away and nothing was stolen.

Wellhouser said there was a big jump in traffic collisions, from 48 in the first six months of 2010 to 63 accidents in 2011.

Wellhouser attributes the increase to the rainy winter and spring. None of the accidents in 2011 have involved major injuries and the primary collision cause appears to be excessive speed. — Karen Billing

RSF residents return home after gas leak

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE Residents from 10 Rancho Santa Fe homes who were evacuated were allowed to return home the evening of Aug. 4 after officials determined a gas leak was caused by a broken valve on a filled 400-gallon propane tank and repaired it.

The gas leak in the 6100 block of Paseo

Delicias was reported about 4:20 p.m., said Julie Taber of the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District.

Ten homes were evacuated as a precaution and Paseo Delicias was closed between Via de la Valle and El Tordo, Taber said.

By 6 p.m. residents were escorted back to their homes by firefighters, who checked the air quality to make sure it was safe.

Injury lawsuit out-of-court settlement reached

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE A $1.25 million out-of-court settlement was reached in a lawsuit involving a 67-yearold woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease who was seriously injured in a fall at the Crosby Estates Sports Center in Rancho Santa Fe, it was announced Aug. 8.

Marilyn Cooper, who has had the degenerative disease of the nerve cells that control muscular movement for 36 years, was injured as she drove her motorized wheelchair toward a family reunion celebration, said her attorney Robert J. Francavilla.

Attorneys for the defendants, Troon Golf LLC and Crosby National Golf Club LLC,

could not be reached for comment on the settlement. Francavilla said his client, who lives in Northridge, broke a hip and sustained other injuries when she toppled down a two-step stairway that blended into the background and created an illusion of a flat surface.

The attorney said the change in elevation in the stairway lacked signage, visual cues and hand rails, and Cooper could not see the steps. Francavilla charged that the defendants chose aesthetics over safety and violated the California Building Code and the American Disabilities Act. The defendants maintained that a dirt path provided adequate handicapped access, according to Francavilla.

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Q&A: A conversation with Santa Fe Irrigation District General Manager Michael Bardin The Santa Fe Irrigation District lifted mandatory water use restrictions for its customers in May after Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California’s drought, but major challenges remain, mostly relating to money.

The district, which provides water to some 20,000 residents of Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach and Fairbanks Ranch, is trying to cope with rising water costs while keeping rates under control and maintaining its Michael Bardin aging network of pipelines.

The public agency’s territory covers 16 square miles, and its annual budget is just under $21 million. The district is run by a five-member elected board of directors.

Like its fellow water agencies in San Diego County, Santa Fe has raised rates more than 60 percent over the past three to four years, and customers appear to be in for additional rate increases over the next few years.

In response, the district has faced increased scrutiny from some members of the public who want Santa Fe to do more to cut operating expenses, including employee pensions.

We sat down with Santa Fe general manager Michael Bardin to discuss the issues facing the district as it moves beyond the recent drought and works to continue carrying out its mission of providing water to customers.

Bardin, 53, is an East Coast native who has worked for 30 years in the water and wastewater industry. He came to the Sana Fe District in 2004, and immediately before that worked at the Leucadia Wastewater District.

Bardin attended the State University of New York, where he earned an environmental science degree, and the University of Redlands in California, where he completed a degree in business administration and management.

When not occupied with his officials duties, Bardin is an avid boater and fisherman. He lives with his wife and three sons in Oceanside.

We met with Bardin on a recent Friday morning at his office at district headquarters in the Rancho Santa Fe village.

The responses have been edited for brevity, but the intent and meaning of the comments have been preserved.

Q. What are the significant issues and challenges facing the district?

A. There are a lot of issues in the water industry today, some are common to water agencies, and government agencies in general, and some are specific to us.

In general, pressure on water rates is one of the most significant issues that we’re dealing with. Rising costs are putting pressure on our water rates and our customers’ costs.

And the economic conditions out there affect us and the community we serve.

Another big one is aging infrastructure. This agency is 86 years old. We have probably $300 million of assets in the ground…if you put a cost on the water system and treatment plant’s value in today’s dollars, it’s up around $300 million. But a lot of that is old stuff, it’s been in the ground a long time. So aging infrastructure is a big issue not just to us but in the utility industry across the United States.

There’s a lot of old infrastructure that needs to be maintained and replaced. That’s a common issue.

And workforce management is a big issue. Obviously today with labor relations and all the hot issues about public pension reform and public compensation, those are topical issues, but regardless of whether those are going on you still have the typical workforce (issues). Succession planning, making sure you have the right talent, and like any industry, the workplace is changing with technology. So we have to be prepared to have our people have the right skill sets to deal with that.

And I guess… something common to us and not to the industry, is managing our local resources, Lake Hodges.

We’re one of the few agencies that are fortunate enough to have that local water supply source which is really a lowcost supply. A lot goes into managing that and maximizing the value of it. So managing those local resources is big.

Also, because water supply is so critical nowadays, the development of local supplies. We do some recycled water,

we’re trying to do more recycled water, we were pushing hard and we were involved in the desalination project, we’ve kind of taken a step back from that now.

So, developing those alternate supplies, conservation with our customers, protecting Lake Hodges, pressure on rates, and aging infrastructure, that’s probably… the big ones.

Q. How does today’s pressure on rates compare to other periods in the past?

A. I think these are unprecedented times. The Southwest is an arid region, and in the ‘30s and ‘40s, we built engineering marvels. We tamed the Colorado River, and then in the ‘60s we built the state water project. And those major infrastructure projects allowed the development of the Southwest, and California grew faster than other states.

Globally, and even in our country which is highly developed, particularly in the Southwest, I think there’s been a move from simply an extraction mentality of resources, you build a dam and you take your water and you use it, to around the ‘70s and ‘80s we realized that had an impact on the environment.

Slowly we’ve realized you have these competing needs.

You have the growth of the populations in the Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, on the river, then you have agricultural needs, then we have to take care of the environment. And there’s only so much water to go around, which makes the water that we have more precious and more valuable.

But not one of those needs can be met at the complete sacrifice of the other one. As we moved into the 2000s it became really apparent that we have to get smarter about the use of water.

And I think all those things have put pressure on the availability of water as well as the cost of water. That’s on a macro level, then you come down to the micro level and you bring it down to us. Our costs go up, our labor costs go up, our costs of power goes up, just like the average consumer, we’re impacted. All those things come together almost like a perfect storm, to continue to put pressure on us to manage our costs and try to mitigate those costs going forSee BARDIN, page 22

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Local residents help bring clean water to African village

BY JENNA JAY Contributor A vision by NIKA Water company to use its profits to bring clean water to parts of the world living without the vital necessity has spawned a global initiative.

Together with the organizations Free the Children and Me to We, NIKA cofounders Jeff Church, a Rancho Santa Fe resident, and Mike Stone assembled a crew of 50 family members, friends and business distributors for a June 20-27 trip to the Maasai Mara in southwestern Kenya.

There in the Pimbiniet village, the volunteers helped construct buildings, interact with locals, and participate in a water ceremony to celebrate the first streams of clean water pumped into the village through a pipe system.

“What was funny was what the locals said when they first drilled and the water started coming out clear,” said Tom Keck, whose family went on the trip and witnessed the water ceremony.

“People looked and said, ‘We can’t drink that; it’s not yellow.’ “ Bringing clean water to the African village is just one

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• www.nikawater.org • www.freethechildren. com of four initiatives that Free the Children has put into place as goals to the village’s self-sustainability. The fourstep model is one that NIKA CEO Jeff Church said he sought when searching for a non-profit organization for his company’s profits.

“We only work with NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that have a holistic approach to poverty,” Church said, “and by that I mean a focus on bringing clean water, providing ways for people in the village to create income for themselves, health care, and education. It’s kind of like a fourlegged stool.”

In African villages, such as Pimbiniet in Kenya, women called “mamas” cannot attend school because they spend their days walking to and from the river to carry water to their villages. By implementing this four-step plan, mamas can focus on

developing income instead of on transporting water, and coupled with health care and education, the village can improve its overall stature.

Volunteers on the trip helped with the water initiative as well as embracing the culture through interactions with the children, Maasai warriors and tribe mamas.

“We went on a water walk with some of the mamas,” said 12-year-old Bishop’s student Lily Keck, who asked for donations for Free the Children in lieu of gifts for her birthday last month.

“My favorite memory was with all the school kids. I had to go down to lunch so I was walking with them and I had no idea where I was going and they were all holding my hand, bringing me down to their lunch.”

Seeing their efforts and the efforts of NIKA Water put to use was something Lily’s father Tom said he took away from the trip. “What was neat was we have watched Mike and Jeff start NIKA; we kind of knew that it was about clean water and it was a good cause, but this allowed us to see firsthand where those profits go and the good that it can do these people.”

So far, NIKA has provided aid to communities in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and Ecuador, with plans for expanding to more countries.

Over the last three years, NIKA Water has established relationships with 700 stores around the country. Bottled NIKA Water can be found locally at Jimbo’s Market in Del Mar, Jonathan’s Market in la Jolla, Burger Lounge, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Lean and Green, Burns Drugs, and some coffeeshops around town.

Lily Keck (left) and Rachel Church carry water to make a concrete floor.

Attend RSF School ‘Newcomers’ Welcome BBQ and Orientation’ The Rancho Santa Fe School District and Education Foundation will host their annual Newcomers’ Welcome BBQ and Orientation on Friday, Aug. 26, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the RSF School, Performing Arts Center, to introduce all new families to the R. Roger Rowe School. This is an ideal opportunity for newcomers to walk the wonderful campus, get an overview of the school, learn about the school and its history and most importantly, meet the school administration and staff along with making new friends. The delicious BBQ is a perfect way to finish the event and top off a great summer.

Parents will be welcomed by the district superintendent and introduced to the teaching staff. Parents will be provided information about specific Foundation programs for the upcoming year, understand the benefits of contributing early, and encouraged to

participate in activities throughout the year. On the orientation tour, new students can become familiar with the school campus before the first day of school.

A staff member from the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center will direct games and activities for the kids.

This year’s event is sponsored by Wells Fargo, The Private Bank. Thanks also to the Ranch Hands, a group of parent and child volunteers that will conduct campus tours and provide dessert. Newcomers’ events are organized by parent volunteers and made possible by donations through the RSF Education Foundation.

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Martin Katz home to half-million-dollar gold horse

BY CLAIRE HARLIN STAFF WRITER It’s no rare occurrence for clients of high-end jeweler Martin Katz to contract special, one-of-a-kind ornamental pieces worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But Katz, who owns shops in Rancho Santa Fe, New York and Beverly Hills, recently decided to make a masterpiece especially for the Del Mar/Rancho Santa Fe community — and it just arrived this month.

Priced at more than a half million dollars, a solid gold polo horse, fit with sapphire eyes and diamond hooves, is the highlight of the Martin Katz collection at its store located at 6016 La Granada in Rancho Santa Fe, and there is nothing else like it in the world.

“Everyone has been in amazement when they see it, so blown away,” said John Matty, the shop’s managing director.

Designed by Katz and crafted in the jeweler’s European Shop, the horse exhibits precise detail in texture — the tail is braided with diamonds and even the jockey’s straps are functional. To further set the piece apart, it is mechanical. The jockey’s arm moves to hit a ball with a mallet.

“When you go back and look at it again and again, you can notice more and more details,” said Matty. “If you were to go to a pony match on Sunday, this is what you’d see on the field.” For more information, visit www.martinkatz.com.

Melissa Braun, manager of Martin Katz in Rancho Santa Fe, shows a precious gold horse, crafted especially for local horse lovers. Photo by Claire Harlin

RSF Education Foundation to host Newcomers’ ‘Welcome Cocktail Party’ The Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation will host its annual Newcomers’ “Welcome Cocktail Party” on Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at a RSF home, welcoming all families who are new to the R. Roger School. The cocktail party is a casual and friendly environment for parents to meet other parents who are new to the school, as well as established families and leaders from the Education Foundation.

Superintendent Lindy Delaney and Principal Kim Pinkerton will also be in attendance. Appetizers and cocktails will be served. It is the perfect venue to ask questions and learn more about the school, the Education Foundation and the “Five-Star Education” program. This event is sponsored by corporate community partner Wells Fargo, The Private Bank.

For more information, contact Tiffany Catledge (Newcomers chair): tiffcatledge@mac. com; 702-408-8612.

A place to embrace…

RSF Education Foundation’s ‘Newcomers’ Pool Parties’ welcome families to RSF The Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation will host its annual Newcomers’ Pool Parties on Aug, 17, 18 and 19, from noon-3 p.m. at private residences, for new families to the Rancho Santa Fe School District to meet others and make new friends prior to the beginning of the school year. Pool parties are hosted by parents of current students at private homes in Rancho Santa Fe, with

refreshments and desserts donated by the Ranch Hands, a group of other families currently in the school. Newcomers’ events are organized by parent volunteers and made possible by donations through the RSF Education Foundation. The Newcomers Chair for 2011-12 is Tiffany Catledge. For details and more information, contact Catledge at tiffcatledge@mac.com; 702-408-8612.

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‘Book & Bake’ event to be held for RSF Library The 2017 class of the National Charity League Del Norte Chapter, is hosting a “Book & Bake” for the Rancho Santa Fe Library on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon in front of the library, which is located at 17040 Avenida de Acacias in the RSF Village area. Those donating used or new books will receive a baked good from the class in appreciation.

If someone wishes to donate books prior to the event, please contact Lauren Grizzle at (760) 550-2900.

Village Church Community Theater to hold auditions Auditions for “Where There’s a Will, There’s a Murder,” a comedy mystery spoof on Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians will be held at the Village Church Community Theater, 6225 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, on Monday, Aug. 22 and Tuesday, Aug. 23 from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Roles are for three men and four women. The dinner theater performances are on Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1. For audition information and appointment, contact Margie Wood, villagechurchcommunitytheater@gmail.com.

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Golf Classic to be held at Morgan Run Club & Resort to benefit military Pin Pals Junior Links, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, will be hosting the Operation Game On Golf Classic fundraising golf tournament on Aug. 15 at Morgan Run Club & Resort to benefit Operation Game On and its Little Heroes programs.

Operation Game On was established in February 2008 to provide a golf rehabilitation program for the returning physical and mental combat injured troops by providing 40 weeks of free golf swing lessons at the Del Mar Golf Center, on course golf lessons at Morgan Run Resort, and custom fitted Taylor Made golf clubs, golf bags, Adidas golf shoes, and golf apparel provided by National University Systems.

Why golf? It has been determined by doctors, prosthetic specialist, physical therapist, and counselors at the Naval Medical Center San Diego that Operation Game On has become a very popular program for use as an essential link to the rehabilitation process for combat wounded military personnel who have returned home with extreme physical and mental disabilities. Golf gives our combat injured troops the confidence to regain an active lifestyle and provides hope for a bright future.

Little Heroes was created with a partnership with the Armed Services YMCA of San Diego and this program is exclusive to the children of our active military personnel.

The free program consist of five, eight week sessions of golf lessons to children ages 7 to 17. All lessons are free to the families and the ASYMCA and conducted at Riverwalk Golf Club.

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Beware of counterfeit meds from online pharmacies

BY LYNNE FRIEDMANN CONTRIBUTOR Ordering products and services from Internet e-commerce sites has become a way of life for many who find online shopping easy, convenient, and economical. But consumers need to think twice when it comes to online pharmacies which, in too many cases, deliver inferior or counterfeit medications.

This is the message of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) in a report, issued July 28, on Internet drug outlets that found 96 percent of 8,000 rogue websites operate out of compliance with U.S. pharmacy laws, fuel prescription drug abuse and misuse, and provide an outlet for counterfeit medicines to enter the U.S. drug supply.

“The fake online pharmacy crisis has reached an epidemic level,” said NABP President Malcolm J. Broussard, RPh, in a press release. “This problem poses a clear danger to Americans’ health and safety and weakens the essential relationships between pharmacists and patients.”

The NABP public health alert calls upon on pharmacists, physicians, and other health professionals to educate patients about the growing public health threat posed by these illegal online enterprises.

[Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: July 2011 is available at http:// bit.ly/qAzc2O.] According to the World Health Organization, one in two medicines sold over the Internet is fake. A 2008 report by the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines, a community interest organization, also noted that three in five medicines sold over the Internet are either counterfeit or substandard.

Among popular medications targeted by counterfeiters are lifestyle drugs like Vi-

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agra, but also medications for acute and chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and cancer.

Often concocted in crude, unsanitary conditions, “counterfeits are sophisticated and hard to identify,” according to John P. Clark, Pfizer’s chief security officer and vice president of Pfizer Global Security. Clark recently met, at the invitation of BIOCOM, with San Diego reporters on the topic of counterfeit medications.

Counterfeiters need repeat customers.

So, in some cases fake medications might contain 10 to 20 percent of authentic ingredients.They also might contain boric acid, brick dust, and even floor wax.

“While counterfeit meds won’t poison you, realize that your disease condition isn’t being treated properly,” said Clark.

To help consumers find safe sources for purchasing medicine online safely, NABP developed the VIPPS (Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites) accreditation program.

Consumers can look for the VIPPS Seal on accredited online pharmacy sites, or check NABP’s database at http://vippspharmacies. net.

If you have bought online and suddenly don’t feel right when taking your usual medication, pills taste bitter, or an injectable product produces an unusual burning sensation, suspect a counterfeit.

“Patients think ‘It’s not the product; it’s me,’” Clark said.

Consult with your pharmacist who can send the product for free testing to verify if it is legitimate.

When visiting your healthcare provider, it’s important to tell your physician not only what medications you are taking but also where you purchased them; particularly if that purchase was made online.

— Lynne Friedmann is a science writer.

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Scripps sports medicine pediatrician urges parents/coaches to ‘redefine’ their definition of ‘success’ for kids in sports

BY ARTHUR LIGHTBOURN Contributor Paul Stricker is unique by any standard.

His father was a doctor.

His mother is a doctor. His three brothers are doctors.

And, he, of course, is a special kind of doctor.

Although he admittedly was a late bloomer when it comes to competitive sports, in college, he achieved NCAA All-American status in swimming, and later served as team physician for UCLA, Vanderbilt University and, for the U.S. Olympic team at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.

And, for the past 11 years, he has served as a staff physician at Scripps Clinic in San Diego with the distinction of being one of only eight doctors in California and 150 in the entire U.S. who are board certified both in sports medi-

cine and pediatrics.

Stricker is also the author of “Sports Success Rx!,” a guide for parents who want to provide their children with a positive experience in sports while avoiding physical overuse injuries, emotional stress and possible burnout.

We interviewed the youthful-looking 51-yearold sports medicine pediatrician in his office at Scripps Clinic Carmel Valley.

During the past decade, in his practice, Stricker says he has seen an alarming 25 percent increase in the number of sports-related overuse injuries among his young patients — and the injuries are becoming more severe.

“Stress fractures were unheard of in children just a few years ago,” he said, “but now have become relatively common. That’s what

Quick Facts Name: Paul R. Stricker, M.D., FAAP Distinction: A college All-American swim champion, Dr. Paul Stricker is a sports medicine pediatrician at Scripps Clinic Carmel Valley. For parents and coaches, he will lead a free presentation at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla on Aug. 25 at 5:30 p.m. on practical ways to improve children’s experience in organized sports Born: Rolla, Missouri, 51 years ago, and raised in nearby St. James, Mo., population 3,000.

Education: B.S. in life science, Missouri Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, 1982; M.D., University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Mo., 1982-85, 1986-87; research in sports medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1985-86; pediatric internship and residency, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1988-91; fellowship, primary care sports medicine, UCLA, 1991-93.

Interests: Swimming, cooking, and composing music Favorite getaways: Santa Barbara and his home state of Missouri Favorite TV: The new “Hawaii-Five 0,” and “Top Chef” Favorite films: “August Rush,” 2007 drama starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Robin Williams, and the 2011 Academy Award winner “The King’s Speech,” starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.

Recent reading: “The Wellness Revolution,” by Paul Zane Pilzer Philosophy: “If I feel like I’ve had a positive impact on a child’s life, to me that’s a day well done.”

we get when we train kids at adult levels.”

Today, in the U.S., a record 44 million kids are playing in at least one organized sport, according to the National Council of Youth Sports.

While Stricker agrees that sports participation can bring many benefits, including improved fitness, better social skills and less downtime to get into trouble, too much pressure on kids to succeed, by parents and coaches, however well intentioned, can result in serious problems, both physical and mental.

“Children build their athletic abilities in a progressive sequence that we can’t dramatically speed up,” Stricker warns.

Better knowledge of children’s developmental processes by parents and coaches, Stricker said, is essential “to help kids withstand some of the excess pressures that exist today in organized sports due to inappropriate training, unrealistic expectations and a distorted meaning of the term ‘success’.”

At a no-charge educational presentation on Aug. 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Stricker will be providing parents and coaches with practical tips on how to improve the youth sports experience in today’s highly competitive organized sports climate.

If parents buy into society’s mantra that a child’s success in sports depends largely on coming out on top and winning gold medals, then they are likely in danger not only of becoming disappointed, but of harming their child.

He urges parents to examine and possibly “redefine” their definition of success when it comes to a child’s achievements in sports.

“If you have 44 million kids in organized sports from age 6 to 18, and you do,” Stricker said, “you are not going to have 44 million first place, gold medal winners. Not possible. And yet the other 43.99 million kids need to have success in order to have a positive outcome in their lives.

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“On a day that there is a great personal achievement [for a child], an improvement, or a skill they learned but didn’t know before, mastering those kinds of things absolutely should be treated as success,” Stricker insists.

Stricker recognizes that in today’s tough economic climate some families are looking at a college sports scholarship as a hopeful financial way to pay for a child’s education.

“So some of these kids have an added pressure on them not only from a performance standpoint but now they may feel they have to find a way to take the financial burden off their parents.”

Yet, in reality, he said, only about 2 percent of promising young high school athletes actually succeed in getting college sports scholarships.

Stricker was one of those lucky 2 percent.

He won a swim scholarship to the University of Missouri at Rolla, now called Missouri Science & Technology.

Stricker was born in Rolla, Missouri, and raised in nearby St. James.

His father, Eamil, was a

general surgeon, who also made house calls. His mother, Paula, was also a physician. He was the youngest of four brothers.

“I’m from a small town of 3,000 people where our sports were hauling hay and mowing the yard. But lucky for me, I had three older brothers so we played baseball, football and basketball around the house and ran and chased each other and that kind of thing.

“So, we were involved [in playing sports] but it was always the way I would hope for kids. It was fun.

No expectation, no pressure. And all generated by us and not by adults.”

He wasn’t good at ball sports, he recalls, and after he broke his elbow, part of the treatment was to swim — “and a swimming coach came into town that very year, lucky for me, because that was where I found my niche …” and discovered a sport he loved and that had a natural ability for.

He was 10 at the time, “a very late starter,” he said, “compared to today ” where kids often begin participating in organized sports as early as 4 or 5 years old.

His two eldest brothers

knew from an early age they would follow in their parents’ footsteps. He and his next youngest brother took a little longer to decide on medicine as careers.

Initially, when he won his swim scholarship to college, Stricker was planning to study architecture but he changed his mind when he discovered the possibility of combining a love of sports with the newly emerging field of sports medicine.

Winning the NCAA AllAmerican Swim Championship in the 400 meter individual medley in 1982 became the sports highlight of his college career “simply because I never envisioned myself as being able to achieve that because I was always very small, I was the smallest person in my class.

I didn’t grow until I was a freshman in college. So I really always felt I was just glad to achieve whatever I could get.

“Based on the fact that I had a coach who was incredibly supportive and parents who were very, very supportive, I feel that I over-achieved my potential,” he said.

He earned his B.S. degree in life science from the University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo., in 1982; his medical degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine, in 1987; his pediatric internship and residency, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1988-91; and a fellowship in primary care sports medicine, UCLA. “When we understand how a child’s sport skills develop,” he says, “and then allow those skills to progress with patience and support, we provide the best opportunity to maximize performance and minimize pressure.”

At his upcoming presentation on Aug. 25 at Scripps La Jolla, Stricker will offer a sampling of physical sports-skill milestones that parents can watch for in the development of their children.

Cost of the presentation is free and validated parking will be provided.

To register, call 1-800SCRIPPS (727-4777).

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Longtime RSF philanthropist to be honored by Orchestra Nova at ‘Elsie Weston Day at the Races’ RSF’s Elsie Weston, a life-long supporter of the arts in San Diego, will be honored at Orchestra Nova’s Elsie Weston Day at the Races at noon on Aug. 14 at the Del Mar Race Track.

Under the dynamic Elsie Weston leadership of artistic director and conductor Jung-Ho Pak, Orchestra Nova is fast becoming San Diego’s most talked-about and exciting music organization and they are proudly honoring one of their most fervent supporters throughout most of their 28-year history (formerly as the San Diego Chamber Orchestra). Weston was the orchestra’s board president from 2003-2005 and again as the interim president in 2010.

Weston says that “music has always been a part of my life.” She grew up attending Boston Symphony performances and playing the violin from an early age. Thirtyfive years ago, after a move from the east coast to San Diego, she started working with the San Diego Opera. This was just the beginning of her involvement in the San Diego arts community. She has since served on the boards (often as president) of nearly all major arts organizations in the county, including the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Museum of Art, California Center for the Arts and Orchestra Nova. She has also vol-

unteered extensively with social services organizations as a board member, including the YMCA, Salvation Army, Scripps Memorial Hospitals and the San Diego Center for Children where she chaired the production of five benefit concerts in conjunction with the San Diego Youth Symphony. These programs were a tremendous success for the Center for Children, allowing “children to help children.”

Orchestra Nova’s music education programs, some of the most extensive in San Diego County are among the orchestra’s many programs which will be supported by proceeds from the Elsie Weston Day at the Races.

The orchestra’s 35 talented professional musicians perform in venues throughout San Diego County from October through May and most performances are sold out.

Guests are immersed in the Nova experience from the minute they enter through the doorway and are personally greeted by Maestro Pak and the musicians until they walk out the doorway. Their 2011-2012 season will open in October with a significantly enhanced Nova Experience inside the halls and in lobby areas, with multimedia presentations and visual arts complementing the beautiful classical music.

The Elsie Weston Day at the Races skybox experience includes a California-inspired lunch, wine and champagne, horse

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The Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club welcomed new member Brad Britton on Aug. 8. (Above, L-R): Katie Hawkes membership chair, Brad Britton and RSF Rotary Club President Alan Balfour. Photo/Matt Wellhouser

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Dawn Hummel, TERI capital campaign chair, Dave Boyce, CEO Fundly, Cheryl Kilmer, TERI CEO and founder, Nigel Thorp, area market director, San Diego Marketplace -Canon Business Solutions, Inc., Michelle Williams, national spokesperson.

Training, Education & Research Institute kicks off largest fundraising campaign to date with Grammy Award-winning musician The Training, Education & Research Institute (TERI, Inc.), a San Diego-based private, non-profit center of excellence and social change for persons with autism and other developmental disabilities and their families, launched its largest fundraiser to date on July 27 with Grammy award-winning songstress and Broadway performer Michelle Williams. TERI’s Power of Ten fundraiser aims to raise $5 million by New Year’s Eve 2011, for the completion of the non-profit’s Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality.

“This fundraising goal is our most aggressive to date,” said Cheryl Kilmer, founder and CEO, Training, Education & Research Institute. “But now more than ever, in light of budget cuts and rising diagnoses of autism and other developmental disabilities, the Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality is needed to serve as an international model of cutting-edge programs and solutions that ensure the highest quality of life for individuals with special needs across their lifespan.”

Hosted by Fundly, TERI’s Power of Ten campaign asks every individual from every walk of life to simply donate $10 and “tell a friend.” In addition to Michelle Williams, local divisions of corporations such as Lowe’s and Canon, have already signed on in support of the campaign to raise $5 million by

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Over the last 31 years, TERI has worked to enrich the lives of individuals with special needs, supporting the health, happiness and quality of life for thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities, and their families. Now we’re building to help millions of others around the world.”

Since 2010, Williams has used her voice to spread and advocate TERI’s mission that every individual with autism and other developmental disabilities has the right to lead a valued, meaningful and fulfilling life of uncompromised quality. Williams’ partnership with TERI coincides with the completion of the Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality, which is slated to open in San Marcos, Calif., in 2014.

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Group gets retired racehorses ready for rest of their lives TROTT Charity Fundraiser to follow Pacific Classic

BY CLAIRE HARLIN Staff Writer Haley Sweeting, 15, dreams of being a horsemounted police officer one day, and she works at the groom tidying stalls just to be around the gentle giants.

Since childhood she has wanted a horse of her own to care for and eventually train to be a police horse, and earlier this year her mother decided she was ready to take on the responsibility.

But the Sweeting family, of El Cajon, couldn’t afford to buy a horse for the going rate of $5,000 or more. So they contacted TROTT (Training Racehorses Off The Track), a Southern California nonprofit that trains and rehabilitates retired racehorses to transition them healthily into positive new roles — saving many from slaughter or trauma.

The group recently connected Sweeting with Mikey, a thoroughbred that was in-

jured and never made it to the track, and the two have become best friends. “She spends every waking moment with him and they’ve made such a difference in each others lives,� said Bonnie Adams, TROTT founder and president. “I know what it’s like. Since the day I could talk I wanted a horse and got my first horse at the age of 8.�

With Sweeting by his side, Mikey will probably go on to be a police horse, but not every former racehorse has a bright future. 1986 Kenucky Derby winner Ferdinand, for example, was sold as a stud to a breeding farm in Japan in 1994 and reports indicate the thoroughbred was eventually slaughtered.

Hearing about cases like Ferdinand led Adams, of Orange County, to found TROTT in 2009, and the 501(C)(3) nonprofit is having its biggest fundraiser yet in Del Mar on Aug. 28 — right after Del Mar’s richest

and most prestigious race, the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic.

The dinner event will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. at the San Diego Polo Club and will feature a golf cart polo match, in which professional polo players will drive carts, and a traditional “pretty woman� divot stomp. A live auction will offer packages like a trip to the CMA Awards in Nashville, a Mardi Gras vacation and a VIP Churchill Downs experience.

The event’s honorees will be acclaimed trainer Jack Van Berg and jockey Mike Smith, who is known for riding the victorious Zenyatta, who won two Breeders’ Cups to become the richest female racehorse.

Adams said TROTT has a long waiting list, which grows by as many as eight horses every week, and money raised at the Aug. 28 event will make it possible to care for and rehabilitate more horses at a time.

They’ve got the room, just not the money to feed them, Adams said. (Horses in training and ready for adoption, are located at Stonepine Estate outside of Monterey, Calif.)

“It costs a minimum of $300 a month to keep a horse, and once the horse goes to training it’s about $500 to $600 a month,� said Adams. “Our adoption fees are very low — $1,000 to $2,500 — so we never get our money back. But it’s not about that; it’s about finding the right fit.�

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Haley Sweeting, 15, rides Mikey, a retired racehorse she adopted through TROTT. COURTESY PHOTO the waiting list and accept every retired racehorse that comes her way. “If we focus on our mission, we’ll be able to pay our bills,� said Adams. “As soon as we can get the funding, we will say ‘yes’ every time and no horse in California will disappear.�

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Turner brings lifetime of invaluable experience to role as Chargers’ head coach

BY JOE TASH Contributor As San Diego football fans look forward to the start of the Chargers’ 2011 season with high hopes for the home team, one person is leaving nothing to chance – head coach Norv Turner.

Turner, 59, is starting his fifth season as the Bolts’ boss. As with his entire coaching staff and players, Turner has to make up for lost time following the NFL owners’ lockout, which ended last month after players and owners came to terms on a new, 10-year collective bargaining agreement. The lockout meant that training camp and other normal pre-season preparations had to be put on hold through much of the summer.

The local resident is a selfprofessed “early guy,” who hits the Starbucks near the Chargers’ Mission Valley headquarters about 5:15 a.m. on his way into work, then spends his day in a non-stop succession of meetings with players and coaches, along with daily four-hour practice sessions.

Turner said he usually heads home about 11 p.m., feeling like he still didn’t get everything done. But he expects the hard work and long hours to pay off.

“We’ve got a very strong nucleus of veterans and a lot of good young players. And we had an outstanding draft,” Turner said.

The coaching staff has some new additions: notably, Greg Manusky, former defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, will run the Chargers’ defense, after former defensive coordinator Ron Rivera left to become head coach of the Carolina Panthers.

The Bolts also have a new special teams coach on board, following a series of missteps on special teams during the 2010 season.

“I’m excited about where we’re going,” Turner said.

Charger fans are hoping the team will rebound from last year’s disappointing finish, when it failed to make the playoffs for the

sive quality control coach for the Carolina Panthers.

Turner said he turned to coaching after his college playing career because he thought it was something he would enjoy and a career where he had something to offer. Another reason, he said, was the inspiration of coaches he had growing up, from his Little League coach to the coach of his high school football team, who he said is one of the best coaches he’s ever been around at Norv Turner at work. any level.

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Chargers “When you’re first time in four seasons under around strong people like that it Turner. There were bright spots, does affect you,” he said. however, the Chargers had the Working with experienced league’s top-ranked offense, with coaches, such as John Robinson, 395.6 yards per game, and scored Ted Tollner, Jimmy Johnson and 441 points, the second-highest in others, allowed him to observe the NFL last season. how they handled the daily stressTurner has coached football es of such a high-profile position for 35 years, 27 of them in the as head coach of an NFL team, NFL. One of five children raised Turner said, especially when the by a single mom in the Bay Area unexpected occurs. suburb of Martinez, Turner played “I think the experiences football in high school and colyou’ve had throughout your calege, and coached at the Universireer prepare you for that,” he said. ty of Southern California and Los “You’re with those guys, you obAngeles Rams under John Robinserve them handle those situason before becoming offensive cotions.” ordinator for the Dallas Cowboys As for the celebrity that in 1991, where he helped the comes with his job, Turner said team win back-to-back Super his kids have probably expressed Bowls. it best. When asked how they He later served as head coach cope with being the children of a for the Oakland Raiders and head coach, they said they had Washington Redskins before joining the Chargers at the start of the grown up with the spotlight on their well-known father, and it be2007 season. came second nature.

Football runs in Turner’s fam“It’s part of the territory,” ily: his younger brother, Ron, served as offensive coordinator for Turner said.

Among the highlights of his the Chicago Bears for nine years, career so far, Turner said, are winand is now the wide receivers ning the Super Bowl with Dallas, coach for the Indianapolis Colts. and his first season with the CharTurner’s oldest son, Scott, is offen-

Tee Up to benefit Rady Children’s Hospital Dedicated golf enthusiasts should keep their eyes wide open for the first ever Tee Up Fore Rady Children’s Hospital 2011 Invitational Scramble. This scramble allows players to share the fun of a beautiful day on the fairways of Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, all to benefit The Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Rady Children’s Hospital.

Not only does this event include 18 holes of golf for those who want to participate, but it also includes fabulous food, prizes, and enticing opportunity drawings. Each person who signs up can look forward to tasting stations for a boxed lunch selection and a chance to win a special piece of jewel-

ry donated by The Diamond Boutique.

Non-golfers are welcome too, as this event also offers a gourmet sit-down dinner where guests can enjoy music as well as other festivities.

Tee Up Fore Rady Children Hospital will take place on Oct. 3. Sponsorship opportunities are available starting at $500.

Those who are interested in participating or are looking for more information regarding this event can visit the Rancho Santa Fe Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary at www.rcha-rsf.org, may contact Shaunna Kahn at 858-414-6296, or send an email to sdenuijl@cox.net

Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers with Norv Turner.

Photo/Greg Wiest gers, when the team was undergorants. Thanks to the lockout, he ing a major transition, and it went snuck in a few extra rounds of on a winning streak after struggolf this summer. gling to a 5-5 record. The 2007 “It’s a great place to live,” he Chargers won two playoff games said. before falling to the New England The couple live with their Patriots in the AFC Championship youngest son, Drew, a senior at game. the University of San Diego.

“To come in with this group Their daughter, Stephanie, is an and accomplish those things, actress who lives in Los Angeles, that’s as big as it gets for me, evwhere she has appeared in several erything we went through that movies and television shows. year,” Turner said.

Turner said one of the best Along with the pressures he parts of his job is working with faces on the field, Turner has also players. known adversity in his personal “I love the coaching part of life. When he was a young boy, it, I love the teaching, the interachis mother, Vicky, was diagnosed tion with young men,” he said. with multiple sclerosis, which ul“It keeps you young and keeps timately left her wheelchair you going.” bound. His oldest sister, Janis, Like any job, there might be also suffers from the disease. things he would change if he Turner and his brother, Ron, could, but he said he’s not the lend their names to fundraising type to dwell on the negative. efforts, such as an annual golf Many people, he said, grow tournament at the La Jolla Counup with the dream of playing or try Club. coaching in the NFL, which has In the rare moments when he its tough times along with unbeisn’t sleeping, eating or breathing lievable highs. football, Turner said he likes to “The worst day is pretty good walk with his wife, Nancy, and when you look at it in that mindtheir two dogs along the beach set,” he said. and among the local hills. They also like to have dinner with friends at one of the local restau-

Participate in San Diego Max’s Ring of Fire Lemon Run and help raise funds to battle childhood cancer Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Max’s Ring of Fire (MROF) will team up for the first time to host the MROF Lemon Run, a 4.6-mile run/walk and family fun run, on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 8 a.m. The event, which will take place at Lake Miramar in Scripps Ranch, will bring together athletes of all calibers to run or walk the lake’s full distance of 4.6 miles in honor of the 46 children who are diagnosed with childhood cancer each week day. Last year, MROF hosted its first run before joining forces with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for the 2011 event.

Running enthusiasts and all supporters of the battle against childhood cancer are invited to participate or attend the event to

help both foundations in their quest for better treatments and cures. The run and walk fee is $30 per person, and the family fun run is $15 per participant by Aug. 25. All participants must register in advance. Those participants who want to start their own team to honor a cancer fighter or to create team unity are encouraged to do so. As an added incentive to register early, those who register

by Aug. 25 will be guaranteed a limited edition long sleeved MROF Lemon Run t-shirt.

For more information on the event, to volunteer, register, or become a sponsor, visit www.AlexsLemonade.org. Additionally, questions can be directed to Elizabeth Gustavson at (310) 855-4851 or L.Gustavson@ AlexsLemonade.org.

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This classic European-Style Manor estate in Rancho Del Lago possesses the enviable style of Rancho Santa Fe. Interiors exude effortless elegance with finishes of granite, stone, faux painting, and rich wood. Large windows frame pictures of the mountains, serene countryside, lush lawns and mature landscape.

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In my last article, “Rancho Santa Fe Real Estate: Inventory Age vs. Seller Motivation”, how average marketing time in Rancho Santa Fe (defined for the purpose of this ana attached and detached residential properties listed with the San Diego Multiple Listing S the 92067 and 92091 zip codes) is invariably and significantly understated, since prop relisted without incorporating the days on market of their former listing periods. I contin article, by looking at a similar distortion created in pricing.

A common and important statistic in real estate is the discount from the original list not unusual for a property to start with an original list price, but then have that list price after assessing the market’s reaction to that price. The most common change is a downw adjustment to create greater interest in the property. This downward price adjustment discount from the original list price.

It is helpful to look at the historical average discount from original list price. Unfortunate not find true historical average discounts, since one must aggregate all the times a pro continuously relisted in order to find its first original list price and its last list price. As m discrepancy over the last decade. Essentially, if a property was listed for sale and then matter if the property was re-listed over-and-over as long as the gap between listings w of all the successive listings, just as if the property was one long listing, starting with t much more accurate discount from original list price emerges.

To best assess discount behavior in Rancho Santa Fe, I created three charts that plo discount rates for all three original listing price submarkets, i.e. less than $3 million $3 million and $5 million, and greater than $5 million. Chart A depicts the historica reduction (or discount) from original listing price for all properties that were listed fo did not ultimately sell. Chart B shows those properties that did sell, but the discount s represents the discount from the original list price to the last list price, not the actual s Finally, Chart C goes that one step further than Chart B by plotting the discount from th listing price to the actual sold price.

Common amongst all three charts is that average discount rates for all three price su increased after the banking crisis of 2007 and the discounts were proportional to th listing price. However, we can also see seller motivation differences when we com properties that did not sell (Chart A) to the properties that did sell (Chart B). The r compare Charts A and B for this purpose is because these two charts represent the d sale negotiations. Clearly, when comparing these two charts, especially after 2007, we c those properties that did not sell. Remember, this discount does not include the price reduction. Also worth noting is that this additional discounting, between properties tha to a smaller degree.

Probably the most surprising feature this analysis shows by reconstructing the comp history of properties is the magnitude of the average discount rates. This is most not comparing Charts B and C which represent the discounting that occurred on sold prop previously mentioned, Chart B represents the discount from original listing price to th price prior to sale negotiations; while Chart C goes that one step further and uses the to calculate the complete discount from the original listing price. When we compare Cha C, what we are seeing is the additional discounting that occurs from buyer/seller negoti average, these negotiations account for an additional 5-10% of discounting.

One thing worth noting is that these discount rates represent the average for all sold p The actual discount rates of the individual properties varied above and below that avera properties sold very close to their original listing price, even sometimes higher, wh incurred haircuts (or discounts) greater than the average. What the discount rate is rep is how mispriced the property was at the time of first listing. Clearly, pricing has beco difficult due to the increased uncertainty post-2007. This is why we have seen the disco Unfortunately, mispricing almost always extends marketing time which is costly in the po

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Couple’s passion for racing stronger than ever after almost 50 years

BY JULIE SARNO Contributor When it comes to thoroughbred racing, few people are as persistent as Richard (Dick) and Linda Laird.

The local residents have owned horses for more than 45 years. They are positive and relish their involvement with the sport. They can be found every day of the Del Mar race meet in their box near the finish line.

We’ve done it all,” said Dick Laird, while spending the morning at trainer Eoin (pronounced “Owen”) Harty’s barn in the stable area at Del Mar. “We’ve bred horses, we’ve claimed horses, we’ve bought horses.

We’ve put little (ownership) syndicates together. We’ve done it all and we love it all. Until I run out of money, I’ll keep doing it.”

The Lairds bought their first horse in 1966 when they lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dick was in the construction business and met colleagues for breakfast at Pleasanton, one of the Northern California fairs where racing is con-

ducted. Over their meal, a friend asked Laird if he owned a horse. Laird replied, “No,” and was told about a Chilean-bred runner whose owner was not paying his training bills.

Laird could have him for $2,000. Laird recalled the first time the horse started, he ran third at Pleasanton.

“We were so excited, we nearly fainted,” chimed in Linda. “His name was Jonico.”

The Lairds’ first trainer was Jimmy Wise, a former jockey who had ridden with Red Pollard of Seabiscuit fame. Since then, the Lairds have had horses with many other trainers, including Tex Johnson, Charlie Comiskey, Bob Baffert and, now, Irish-born Eoin Harty.

Harty is a former assistant to Baffert who has been training on his own for a number of years.

“We paid $8 a day then for training with our first horse,” chuckled Dick Laird, acknowledging how much more expensive horse ownership is nowadays. “Jimmy would tell me stories for hours on end. He gave me a

Linda and Richard Laird win picture from a race he won in Tijuana in 1926. We still have it. We were his only client. His dog, Reuben, his pick-up truck and our horse were his whole life.”

The Lairds’ second horse, named Fledge, was with Wise, who came from Idaho. When Fledge needed a little rest and relaxation, Wise took him to Idaho “to stand in the snow all winter.” Fledge returned to Northern California and won a race at Santa Rosa with then-jockey Art Sher-

man aboard. Now a trainer, 74-year-old Sherman races at Del Mar each summer and saddled Ultra Blend to win the G1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes on Aug. 6.

As Dick Laird’s career advanced, the couple’s involvement with racing grew. Laird became a construction manager, then vice president of Elliott Homes. He is still on the board of directors of the company, which has built homes in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, the Bay Area, Tucson, Phoenix and Hous-

ton. Dick Laird retired in 1991 and the couple decided to move to Solana Beach in 1997, after spending many happy summers at Del Mar. They have owned pieces of as many as 13 horses at one time. Currently, they own majority interests in two horses, Wild Date and Willyconker, both with Harty. Wild Date is a 2-year-old daughter of Full Mandate.

She is preparing for her first-ever lifetime start at Del Mar later in August. She is owned in partnership with Andy Boud and Mike Levy. Willyconker is an Irish-bred 4-year-old by Pyrus, a son of top North American sire Mr. Prospector. He was selected by their trainer, Harty, and his father, Eddie Harty, a bloodstock agent in Ireland. The bay gelding notched his first victory for the Lairds on August 6.

Working with Harty, the Lairds have purchased five horses from Ireland.

Their biggest thrill to date in racing has been owning Irish-bred Shamoan. The gelding won nearly

$400,000 for the couple.

Racing at three in 2005, Shamoan compiled a noteworthy record. His victories included the $250,000 Iowa Derby (G3) at Prairie Meadows. He was second in the Lone Star Derby (G3) in Texas and fourth in the West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer. The couple travelled the United States, watching Shamoan’s races.

“We went to Dubai with Shamoan in 2006,” recalled Laird. “We were treated so well. Shamoan finished fifth in the Godolphin Mile. We received $30,000 for his fifth-place finish and the free trip.”

“We’ve had more horses than we’ve got pictures,” said Linda Laird, acknowledging with a smile that not all their horses make it to the Winner’s Circle.

“We’ve met so many people we’ve stayed friends with over the years. There’s something about people involved in horse racing that just glues you together. We all speak the same language– have the same interests.”

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Del Mar Racing Feature Deliciás restaurant pairs fresh seasonal More than 40 food trucks roll up ingredients with award-winning wines to Del Mar for first-ever festival The new menu and recent awards for Deliciás are recognition of the restaurant’s exceptional quality and value, showcasing why Deliciás has been a favorite dining destination for nearly 20 years.

In addition to the usual favorites of prime beef and fresh seafood, new fresh handmade pastas, wood fired pizzas and the $5 tapas menu utilize the freshest local ingredients and pair wonderfully with selections from the award-winning wine list. Wine Spectator Magazine has awarded Deliciás the “2011 Best of Award of Excellence” for a second year for their wide selection of wines, including over 340 labels, 2,000-plus bottles and 24 new wines-by-the-glass. One of only five San Diego restaurants to receive the designation, Deliciás proves why it is the premier destination for premium wines.

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The Del Mar Racetrack is nearing the midseason mark and is still chock full of fast races, big bets and bigger concerts. Next weekend, racetrack goers will experience a Del Mar first – the Gourmet Food Truck Festival as well as a blast from the past performance by Devo.

• 4 O’Clock Friday Devo Concert – Fri., Aug. 19: The iconic ‘80s band and their classic red hats are back! Some of the greatest hits of the decade came from Devo, including “Whip It” and “Freedom of Choice.” Racetrack goers will delight in the sights and sounds of the Seaside Stage.

•Gourmet Food Truck Festival – Sat., Aug. 20: More than 40 of the most popular food trucks from Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego will gather at the Del Mar Racetrack for the first-ever gourmet food

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Del Mar Racing Feature Top trainer’s experience with thoroughbreds traces back to childhood

BY KELLEY CARLSON CONTRIBUTOR J. Eric Kruljac bought his first racehorse at age 21 — having never laid eyes on it — from his grandfather, thoroughbred breeder Walter Markham.

That horse, Grappler Dan, “was a bum,” Kruljac said.

“My grandfather taught me a lesson — never buy a horse sight unseen,” he added with a laugh.

Kruljac learned plenty from Markham during his earlier years and has since found success as an owner, breeder and trainer. The parttime Del Mar resident —who also has a home in Arcadia — trains a string of about 25 racehorses. In addition, he owns a broodmare in Arizona and has some weanlings and yearlings at Tommy Town and Rancho San Miguel farms in Central California, plus retains a piece of ownership in some of the racehorses he trains.

The 58-year-old Kruljac is perhaps best known for training multiple stakes winner Leave Me Alone, whom he purchased for $35,000 at a yearling sale in Del Mar. The filly went on to win more than $650,000, with her most notable win coming in the Test Stakes (Grade I) at Saratoga in 2005. She was sold as a broodmare prospect at the Fasig-Tipton auction in Kentucky for $1 million the following year.

Another top horse Kruljac selected at auction was

Bullsbay, whom he bought for$130,000 at the Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale in Kentucky. The horse ran in a couple of allowance races for Kruljac before being sent to Graham Motion, trainer of this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom. Bullsbay went on to win the Whitney Handicap (Grade I) at Saratoga and the Alysheba Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs in Kentucky in 2009 for Motion, and now stands at stud in Maryland.

Kruljac’s knowledge and experience with thoroughbreds trace back to his childhood experiences. He grew up on a ranch between Carmel and Salinas, where his grandfather, Markham, raised cattle and bred racehorses.

“He (Markham) always carried 10 to 15 broodmares, so I was exposed to that,” Kruljac said. “He would take me to the races all the time (Bay Area fairs, Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Fields).”

When Kruljac was 6 years old, his father followed the produce business to Phoenix, and the family set up a home there. But summers were still spent in California at his grandfather’s ranch. Kruljac loved to hang around his grandfather’s horses, and he had the opportunity to learn about racing from Markham’s trainer, Hall of Famer Buster Miller-

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At age 22, Kruljac started his own private detective agency, but he continued to buy and sell horses over the years. His brother Edward Kruljac trained some of the horses he bought for him.

After 16 years, J. Eric Kruljac said he had a “premature midlife crisis” and decided to give up his agency.

“I wasn’t enjoying the investigation business,” he said. “I wanted to spend all my time around horses.”

So Kruljac became a trainer — his stable spent winters at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, and raced in California the rest of the year. In 2008, when Kruljac’s youngest child, Mack, started college, he shut down the barn in Arizona and became a full-time

Trainer J. Eric Kruljac, center, with his sons Ian, left, and Mack, and the 3-year-old filly Bauble Queen. Photos by Kelley Carlson

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Around this time, he started buying his first horses — along with Grappler Dan, he claimed two horses at Del Mar named Schuss and Julie’s Beau. Kruljac freshened up the claimed horses, ran them at Pomona, and both won.

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Canyon Crest Academy graduate expands Cubbfest

BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER When he was in high school at Canyon Crest Academy (CCA), Chris Cubbison used to scribble makebelieve music festival concert posters with his friends’ band names. He gave his concert the name Cubbfest, cribbed from his own last name, and envisioned his mascot as a friendly-looking hipster bear, with “Cubbfest” scrawled across its bear paw knuckles.

Cubbison soon realized that the posters didn’t have to be just pretend, that he could put on the show for real.

Over a year later, on July 31, Cubbison was hosting his second-annual music festival, this one an expansion on the original. The first Cubbfest in 2010 was held at a friend’s house in Encinitas, but this summer’s Cubbfest evolved to two stages and 20 bands outside Vision Pulse in Sorrento Valley.

From noon to 10 p.m., Cubbfest rocked with 10 hours of music and close to 400 people attended the event.

“It was a really good

Cubbfest creator Chris Cubbison, center, flanked by Cubbfest team members John Warlick and Austin Cesear.

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time,” Cubbison said, quick not to take all the credit for the show. “So many people were involved in so many ways, it was really a group effort…A lot of volunteers treated it like their summer jobs.”

He said it was cool to have everyone working toward a common goal, giving them a result they could be proud of.

Cubbison, a 2010 graduate of CCA now attending UC Santa Barbara, received a lot of help planning the event from fellow CCA grads, including Grant Jorgenson, Michael Christy, Pablo Mi, Danica Hoeprich

and a slew of others.

“Last year it was thrown together at a friend’s house, we didn’t have a venue until the week before,” Cubbison said. “This year was different, there was many more people working on it and word really started to spread. It started as something regional, but this year managed to hit all parts of the county.”

Bands from Carlsbad to La Jolla played the festival, including some acts from Los Angeles. The Cubbfest crew built one stage using the back of a semi-truck and used the venue’s stage as the other.

The festival featured bands such as the Triptides, Range Rover, Tan Sister Radio and the Chabi Chavi Collective, a group made up mainly of former CCA students who specialize in art and music.

Large red letters strung across a wire welcomed people to the outdoor festival and there were Henna tattoos, impromptu chalk art, tacos from a food truck, as well as cool treats like Otter Pops. A Cubbfest Art Gallery was held indoors, with pallets of wood serving as displays for artwork—there was even a giant roaring bear created out of wood by CCA graduate Ryder Noll-Robles.

Spoken word poets performed in between music sets.

Cubbison is currently studying literature at UCSB, but hopes to continue promoting art and music, something he feels is truly important. Cubbfest III could be coming next summer, possibly even bigger than this year. “Every year is a learning process and every year we look to legitimize it more and more,” Cubbison said.

Visit www.cubbfest.com

Above, Cubbfest bear created by CCA graduate Ryder Noll-Robles.

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In Memoriam

Howard Young Howard Young loved the logic of mathematics and imparting his knowledge to the hundreds of La Jolla and North County students he tutored. Analytical, inquisitive and curious, he craved the “aha” moment when a complex issue suddenly made sense. He often repeated his professional mantra — “math is fun” — to teenagers who found math distasteful. He was a numbers person.

To his students, he was far more.

“Howard gave us the priceless gift of self-motivation, confidence and drive to solve problems on our own,” said Danielle Gibbons, who graduated from The Bishop’s School in 2005. “It was the perfect combination with Howard — your best friend as your teacher.”

Molly Eldridge, whose brother, sister and daughter studied with him, added: “We would spend a few minutes catching up, but it was always right to the kids. They were his priority, and he was their advocate, their confidante, their friend. ‘Math tutor’ just doesn’t cut it as his title in life.“ Young died July 31 after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Aug. 12 at Ellen Browning Scripps Park.

His methods were customized, unusual and sometimes playful. Besides empathy and patience, he used Jelly Belly candies to motivate and relax his students, so-called MOL — meaning-of-life — discussions to engage them, mythical bonus points to reward them and brain-teasers to challenge them.

RSF’s Ashley Geier, who acknowledged struggling with math, recalls sessions starting with Howard saying he had created a way to make the concepts more understandable.

Born in a New York City suburb, Young moved to Los Angeles in 1979, shortly after graduating college. Though he adopted Southern California for the weather, scenery, and pace, he maintained the pointed opinions and direct style of an East Coast native.

His lifelong friend Peter Kay recalled that Howard attributed his multi-faceted personality to his parents: “He and his

mother are emotional, caring people with a love of art and beauty. He had enormous respect for his father’s intelligence and witty sayings that encapsulated life lessons.”

Young was an accomplished athlete, earning four soccer letters in college, finishing a number of marathons, and, in 1986, setting a world record time for running 5,000 meters while juggling.

One of his happiest moments came in 1994, when he was at Madison Square Garden to see his beloved New York Rangers Howard Young and RSF’s Haley Geier eating Swedish Fish candies as part of a math tutoring session, one of her many over the 10 years she studied with him.

Young died July 31 after a long illness and will be remembered at a memorial service Friday morning.

Courtesy: Geier Family win the Stanley Cup. A torturous itinerary allowed him to balance tutoring and his vow to be present if the Rangers were ever in a position to clinch.

The way he viewed team sports — valuing the assist more than the goal, Kay noted — mirrored how he lived: “He was the consummate team player. He loved working with students so much that he felt guilty taking money to do it.”

The families were delighted to engage him. “Before (we) even moved to La Jolla, we were informed that we should hire Howard Young, THE math tutor, no matter what,” said Jan Moorad. “’Get on his list’ is how it went — Howard would ensure your kids know the whys of math.”

Cathy Geier of Rancho Santa Fe, whose five children studied with Howard, recalled: “I’ll never forget when he interviewed us to see if he wanted to tutor our kids. The kids thought it was nuts that I pulled them off the beach to meet a tutor.

He had them laughing in five minutes. We made the cut and the rest was history. My five kids would bargain every week for their time slot like it was gold. He made every parent and child think they were his favorite.”

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BARDIN continued from page 3 ward onto our customers.

At the end of the day, with all that said, the thing I would really point out, is that, … the Santa Fe Irrigation District, we have one of the lowest water rates in the region. We’re in the bottom third of the cost of water when you compare us to other agencies. But the cost of water has been going up dramatically.

The region, the cost of water has gone up about 60 percent in the last three or four years. That’s not just us, that’s happening to everybody. (The Metropolitan Water District’s) cost is going up, the (San Diego County) Water Authority’s rates have gone up, a lot of that’s pushing down to us.

We try to manage the local water supplies. So it’s really the cost and availability of water is just becoming increasingly complex. And more costly.

To put that in context, that’s a half a cent a gallon, it’s still probably one of the best deals in our society, but the cost has been going up and it’s a concern. When the economy is bad and the costs are going up, it’s tough on consumers.

Q. Do you see in the near term, that trend (of rising rates) is going to continue?

A. Unfortunately, I think that’s the case, when we look out at what’s going on, fixing the Bay Delta, that has a huge price tag, that’s going to flow downhill to the consumers of water in Southern California.

If and when they can even figure out the solution, it’s going to be in the billions of dollars. That fixing of the delta is really fixing the plumbing in the state. That system’s been in place since the ‘60s… I’m talking about diverting water out of the Bay Delta that goes south to the Central Valley for farming and it comes to Southern California, you know the Bay Delta is a crisis waiting to happen.

Q. How about the protection of local water supplies at Lake Hodges? What needs to be done in that area?

A. It’s almost a microcosm of the bigger macro picture where the states are fighting over the Colorado River, (and the) north and south of California have to divide the water.

But to simplify it, the districts generally have rights to half of the water that comes out of that watershed… us and the San Di-

Rancho Santa Fe Review eguito Water District. The city of San Diego owns Lake Hodges. When the lake was sold to the city, part of the deal was these districts retained rights to the water that comes out of the lake.

So since the 20s, the districts have been the primary user. The city of San Diego has never had a straw in the lake.

And with the reoperation of the lake where it gets connected to Olivenhein, and connected to the aqueduct system… that will enable the city of San Diego to finally access their portion of the water that comes out of that watershed.

Let me describe what I mean by reoperation. That lake has been an isolated facility. The challenge comes now in integrating that isolated asset into the regional water system. That’s really what the reoperation means. The Water Authority wants to be able to store water in there for emergencies, which benefits the region, they’re going to generate power by moving water back and forth between the Olivenhein reservoir, so there’s this emergency storage component that we’ve all paid for that benefits the region, there’s also the fact now that the city will realize the value from the asset that they purchased in the 20s, and there is the opportunity in the years when there are major rain events, to possibly capture more water than we were able to in the past.

So there’s a lot of opportunity with the reoperation but it’s very complex and there’s a lot of significant issues. Our primary issue is we understand there is a regional benefit for the emergency storage because we’re on the end of the aqueduct. If there’s an earthquake, this region only has the amount of water that’s stored in reservoirs. So being able to connect that and store water there is good for the region. We need to make sure that those new operational aspects don’t compromise our ability to collect and beneficially use the water that comes out of that watershed.

Q. With regard to pension reform, what do you see the district needs to do and where are you heading on that?

A. Obviously the issue of pension reform is a hot issue. We participate in the CalPERS retirement plan.

It’s a state retirement system for state employees that probably 50 years ago was expanded to include local governments, cities and districts as well. They don’t pay into Social Security and

“We asked our customers to conserve water and reduce their water consumption during the water shortage, 2009, 2010, and they not only responded, but they exceeded what we asked them to do...” if you only work here, you would not have built up any credits for Social Security.

The concerns are about fiscal sustainability. Under current law, promises that have been made to employees legally can’t be undone.

So we’ve looked at those issues and we understand we have to operate within the confines of the law. So going forward… to try to manage and mitigate those costs, the options that are available to us that we can do are to look at going to second tiers, which really is a reduction in the benefit level going forward…. And what I call risk-sharing and costsharing with our employees.

There’s a portion of the retirement plan that the employees can pay for, many agencies in the past have picked up those costs, the trend today is to move in the other direction.

Now what’s happened here, in 2007, we had a retiree health program here.

And our board went to a second tier. In 2007, we negotiated with our employees for a second tier and that second tier retirement reduced the annual value of that benefit by $10,000 per employee.

That’s retiree health. So basically we changed that program dramatically. We reduced it down to the minimum amount that it could be per employee.

At the same time we worked with our employees, to go “Look, we need you to start picking up more of the share of this (pension) cost.”

Right now they’re paying 2 and a half, were in the middle of a two-year memorandum of understanding and at the end of that they’ll be paying 3 percent.

So what we’re doing is working in a kind of progressive manner towards the full 8 percent, we addressed the retiree health issue, we worked with our employees on our last memorandum to reset all of our salary scales to the average in the region, then in this last MOU, frankly, it was a takeaway for our employees. It was a two year-deal with no cost

of living raises but continued contributions to the pension plan.

The second (retirement) tier is something were looking at…There’s concern about the program in general and these are the options that are available to us so, looking at the second tier and looking at employee compensation, contributions are the things that we’re evaluating and we will work with the employees to try to accomplish.

The programs are changing. Everybody knows it. The boards know it, the communities know it, the employees know it, I think there’s a debate about what’s the rate that that change occurs. Does everything happen overnight or does it happen over some period of time?

It’s a significant issue that we need to look at and we need to do it in the context of working with our employees as we have in the past.

Q. Are local water districts, including Santa Fe, looking at consolidation as a way of cutting costs?

A. It’s always a possibility. I don’t think there’s a big push… there’s no major undertaking going on right now to do that. I think the average citizen would be surprised at the amount of collaboration and interagency cooperation that goes on and has always gone on between the agencies.

I think that this agency, as a responsible agency, if there are opportunities to improve our service or reduce our cost to our customers, were going to look at all those opportunities as they come along.

Q. What about recycled water and desalinated water?

A. The only supplies that are available to us are imported water, our Lake Hodges water, recycled water, desal and potentially ground water, although there are limited ground water sources around here and probably pretty expensive to develop. So we have to protect Lake Hodges, we already serve recycled water in Solana beach, our western service area, and we are just finishing a major facilities plan that is going to identify the facilities necessary and the cost to bring recycled water to our eastern service area.

The western service area, we serve recycled water, all the golf courses, the Caltrans median, some of the big (homeowner association) landscaped areas, the schools and the parks, about 500 acre-feet of recycled wa-

ter in the west, and we’re looking at a project to get from 300 to 700 acre-feet of recycled water in the east.

And that report is going to be released over the next couple of months and we’re going to be working with the Rancho Santa Fe golf course and different folks to try to make that a reality out here.

The challenge with recycled water and I’m not going to sugarcoat it is always the cost. That becomes a matter of we can have that reliable drought supply, are we willing to fund that program to build a new distribution system?

There’s the big capital costs, you have to build new pipes and new reservoirs, you have to build a whole other distribution system to serve it because you can’t put it into your regular system.

I think from a water supply perspective, our big concerns are now, we need to protect Lake Hodges and make sure that the reoperation moves forward and we’re not harmed and maybe even we get a greater benefit. We will have to fund recycled water development for the eastern service area because it’s going to be expensive, and do we want to take a second look at the (Carlsbad desalination) project if and when the finances are all clear and everybody understands the true cost?

Q. Any final thoughts?

A. This may be the most difficult time in California water history. On top of the difficulties we’ve had with the economic downturn, these are difficult, challenging times for our nation. And Santa Fe is no different. Whether it’s the water supply challenges, whether it’s the workforce management issues, it’s a difficult time.

We just came through a difficult period with a water shortage, we had water-use restrictions. And I wanted to thank our customers.

They did an amazing job.

We asked our customers to conserve water and reduce their water consumption during the water shortage, 2009, 2010, and they not only responded, but they exceeded what we asked them to do, and what that meant was, we were able to continue to provide water supply for essential needs, and we avoided financial penalties for exceeding our allocations from Metropolitan.

Across the board, we achieved a 20 percent reduction in water demand, that was truly amazing and peo-

ple embraced it. One message I would like people to understand, water is so precious today, that we kind of take it for granted living in Southern California. But it’s all of our civic responsibility to use water responsibly.

And our customers did that and they continue to do it, and they should be congratulated for a job well done and thanked for being responsible citizens in doing their part and responding to what we asked them to do.

While times are difficult, Santa Fe is a well-run, well-organized agency.

We’re a triple A-rated agency. In 2007, we refinanced our only outstanding debt, and when we got a credit rating in 2007, we received a triple A rating. There’s no other public agency in San Diego County that has a triple A rating. There’s only a handful of water agencies in the state that have a triple A rating. So we have one of the lowest rates in the county, triple A rating, local water supply, a commitment to aging infrastructure. I want people to understand when you get down to those big issues, that’s what Santa Fe Irrigation District is.

Are we grappling with the economy? Yes. Are we grappling with workforce issues? Of course we are, everyone is. But this agency has been here 86 years, and were going to continue to be successful. And I think those four or five key points demonstrated at the end of the day as a water utility, we’re as good as you’re going to get. Low rates, commitment to infrastructure.

We have talented, hardworking people here who are positioned to do what needs to be done to continue to provide safe, clean water.

Half a cent a gallon, less than half a cent a gallon delivered to your house. For the cost of your Starbucks here… we’re going to give you 750 gallons of water, delivered to your house for probably three bucks, less than a cup of coffee. That’s one of the greatest bargains in our society today. And I think we take it for granted, living in the wonderful place we live and how sophisticated our society is.

And that doesn’t just happen, there’s a cost to that, and for that to be reliable, reliability comes with a cost.

So we’re here, we’ve been here a long time, we’re reliable, we plan to be here for a long time, and we’re as successful today as we’ve been in 85 years.

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Maggie + Alice = A digital wonderland for viewers of all ages

BY LONNIE BURSTEIN HEWITT Contributor After over a decade as a still-life photographer, digital artist Maggie Taylor started using a flatbed scanner to bring the haunting, dreamlike images in her head to life.

For all her 21st century skills, her favorite century is the 19th, perhaps not so surprising for someone who received a B.A. in philosophy from Yale. And her masterwork, “Almost Alice,” a series of images she created to accompany the text of Lewis Carroll’s Victorian classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” is now on exhibit at Carlsbad’s Cannon Gallery, part of a national tour.

The Alice project was a three-year adventure for Taylor, from 2005-2008. She began in her usual way, by collecting antique photographs and other paraphernalia from thrift shops, scanning them, combining found images with her own, and layering and manipulating them with the help of Adobe Photoshop. Alice shows up as a different Victorian girl in each piece, and the process is long and meticulous, with Taylor often using up to 60 layers of scanned tintypes, small toys and figurines to create a single image.

Last spring, Joseph Bellows Gallery showed selections from Almost Alice in La Jolla, with the Florida-based artist and her husband (and

‘Golden Afternoon’ was 8-year-old Diana Madden’s favorite piece in the exhibit. She loves the trees in the background that look like they were made of lace.

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former photography professor) Jerry Uelsmann on hand at the opening. In the fall, Uelsmann and Taylor displayed some of their photomontages at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, in a show called “New Realities,” which included a few of the Alice illustrations.

But this is the first time all 45 of them will be on display in

our area, and truly, it’s a wonderland for viewers of all ages.

The exhibit opened on July 17 with a mad tea party, hosted by the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts, in the Cannon Gallery courtyard at the Carlsbad City Library complex. Fanciful Alice-related table decorations were designed by library staff volun-

teers, and tea-time sweets and savories were served to all comers.

On Aug. 20, families are invited to make mad hats with the Rad Hatter, Tony Melendez, who has been helping folks create their own fantasy headgear out of brown paper bags for the past 20 years. The afternoon event will also include a dance performance by the California Ballet, featuring scenes from “Alice in Wonderland.”

“Kids can really get to see the story come to life,” said Judy Sharp, who has been the company’s ballet mistress since 1988 and also teaches ballet at UCSD’s Department of Theater and Dance. “It’s a great way to combine literature, music and dance, and we even invite kids to come up onstage.”

Carlsbad Arts Education Coordinator Tanya Rodzach added, “Our family events are super-fun to plan and create. Maggie Taylor’s pieces are so whimsical and yet elegant, they really lend themselves to a family event. And we’re excited to be bringing a ballet here. It’s a wonderful tie-in to the exhibit.”

If you go What: ‘Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland

by Maggie Taylor’ When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays–Saturdays; 1-5 p.m.

Sundays to Sept. 9 Where: William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad City Library complex, 1775 Dove Lane Contact: (760) 602-2021 Web: www. carlsbadca.gov/ arts Note: A Gallery Guide with excerpts from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ helps you follow Alice’s adventures as ‘Strange Adventures’ by digital you enjoy Mag- artist Maggie Taylor gie Taylor’s images, but it would be great to read the book — or watch the movie — with your family before seeing ‘Almost Alice.’

Free Event: Saturday, Aug. 20, Family Open Studios with the Rad Hatter and California Ballet, rad hatmaking and other art projects, plus guided tours of the exhibit 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Performances 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

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Other options voiced at the meeting included the “underutilized” lot at the Christian Science Church on La Flecha — Clotfelter wondered if the church would be interested in making extra money by renting spaces out to realty offices. Clotfelter said he pays $100 a month to park in the lot on the corner of El Tordo and Avenida de Acacias (site of the proposed and now-defunct Lilian project) and perhaps the church could offer a similar deal.

Clotfleter also proposed converting the vacant lot on Via de Santa Fe and Paseo Arbolado at the entrance to the village into a lot with paving or decomposed granite ‘ or exploring use of the Garden Club parking lot.

Lee Timmons, owner of Timmons Galleries, said that village merchants need to change their mindset about parking and suggested that more conversations and reminders need to be consistently given to merchants about the need to keep village parking spaces

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Timmons, who said she is very happy to be back in the village (she moved back into a RSF village location this year from Del Rayo Village), hopes to do more to promote a sense of community and bring people to Rancho Santa Fe. She’s getting a jump on it by hosting “Thursday Evenings,” every Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. She hopes people will stop in for fine art, live music and wine tasting.

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Now, during the summers, Kruljac divides his stable between Del Mar and Santa Anita.

“Certain horses do better at Santa Anita,” he said.

“The ones that are raceready, I bring down here.”

Among his nine trainees at Del Mar is the 3-yearold filly Bauble Queen, a $130,000 Keeneland auction purchase that is owned by Class Racing Stable. Kruljac has high hopes for this daughter of Arch — she has two wins and a second from four starts, with her most recent victory coming in an allowance race on July 29 at Del Mar. Another of Kruljac’s stakes horses is Screaming Regal, owned by Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, whose accomplishments include a runner-up effort in the Melair Stakes at Hollywood Park this year.

However, some of the trainer’s best horses are out with injuries: La Nez, whose victories include the Irish O’Brien Stakes at Santa Anita and the Fleet Treat Stakes at Del Mar; and Major Art, whose accomplishments include a second in the Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes at Goodwood in England. Both horses are owned by Class Racing Stable.

According to Kruljac, it will be at least another six

months before La Nez returns to the races; she suffered a hairline fracture in her hind leg.

“There’s a strong prognosis for her to return to racing,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kruljac has her little sister, Vonn Nez, racing at Del Mar. As for Major Art, “he won’t be back for three to four months,” Kruljac said.

“It’s been a tough year for me. (Major Art) strained a tendon — it’s very minor.

Sometimes I feel like I’m running a hospital instead of a barn.”

Kruljac and his team are part of the “early crew” at the track — they’re up around 4 a.m. and are usually done with training by 7 a.m. The trainer has been enjoying having his children around in the barns this summer — Chance, 29; Meghan, 28; Ian, 23; and Mack, 21.

When he’s not at the track, Kruljac may be teeing off at the golf course — something he does only a few times a year, and only when he’s in Del Mar, he said.

Kruljac also loves the dining scene.

“There are some great restaurants — Red (Tracton’s), Sbicca, Pacifica,” he said. “I love all the people who own those ... They’re all about the racetrack.

“This is a great community.”

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vs. Protea Properties) is set for this Friday at 10 a.m.

Currently, there’s a tug of war over who has authority for the project between the city of San Diego and the California Coastal Commission. In April, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the renovation project, which includes adding office and retail space, a new Whole Foods Market in place of the UltraStar Cinema, and a fourstory parking garage. Last month the Coastal Commission tagged Flower Hill with a stop-work order, contending that the mall is not within the city’s certified Local Coastal Program and that only they could give the go-ahead to a project in that area.

The opposition group’s attorney, Abigail Broedling, said that the Coastal Commission has taken a clear position on its authority to issue a coastal development permit for the project from the beginning, and that the Commission asserted its authority in a letter sent to the city on April 18, one day before the city council hearing. There was no formal reply to the letter as it was sent after the public comment period.

Attorney Suzanne Varco, representing Protea Properties, said that the city’s authority is shown in the North Coast Local Coastal Program land use plan, as well as Map No. C-730-1, a map used since the late 1980s. City Council relied on those maps when they gave approval to the project, Varco said.

Broedling argued that the particular area in the map is not certified and not part of the community plan.

“The city can’t have jurisdiction without an approved map,” Broedling said.

Judge Prager said the question before him was whether the city had adequate information before them to make a determination on the project.

“It appears that they did,” Prager said. “The city decided they did have jurisdiction based on the facts presented to them. Their findings did have some basis, the facts supported their jurisdiction.”

SURVEY continued from page 1 When asked if they would pay a fair share portion of an engineering assessment study, about $2,000, 478 people answered no.

In another question on the survey, only 198 said they were interested in participating in an assessment district.

The rest, 400 respondents, said they would not be interested, understanding that the costs may be substantial and that the approval of any assessment district would be subject to a vote of the property owners.

Very few people had an interest in serving as a district captain, leading the charge for their neighborhood: 12 said they would be interested, 631 said they would not be.

The next step for the Association will be taking the people who have an interest (the survey was not anonymous) and plugging their address into a geographic information system to see if there are clusters of interest within a neighborhood. Holler said the process would take some time, but he would report back to the board on their findings.

“We may find out, as Del Mar did, that it’s just too expensive to do,” board president Jack Queen said.

In 2010, two utility districts went to a vote in Del Mar. One cost $7.5 million to establish a district, split unevenly between 321 parcels, and the other cost $3.2 million among 132 parcels. Both efforts failed to get a majority vote.

There are a proposed 39 districts in Rancho Santa Fe, with about 48 parcels each.

This undergrounding survey was slightly different from the long-range planning survey that went out earlier this year—the long-range panning survey asked people if they thought the Association should help finance an undergrounding effort, with 36 percent agreeing and 39 percent somewhat agreeing.

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RSF Community Center to hold Open House

By Erin Leahey, summer! There are many great ways to keep your children enExecutive director RSF Community Center tertained including opportuniThe RSF Community Center is very exties for learning with exciting cited about our new and returning programexperiments, construction, proming for this upcoming school year! Join us pulsion, transformation and Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 3-4 p.m. for an more! Spend an entire week at Open House to meet all of our teachers and learn about our upcoming class offerings.

Erin Leahey Del Mar beach playing volleyball and having some fun in the This open house will be fully interactive for sun! Or for the sports enthusiasts, spend an the kids and a whole lot of fun! Amazing entire week playing football at the Rancho Dana the Magician will be here doing some Santa Fe field! Please check out our line up magic tricks! David Dunn will be pulling up of remaining camps below. Also, for more in his Gamez on Wheelz truck and opening information you can visit our website at up his gaming theatre for all to try! Sheila www.rsfcc.org or call the Community Center Dawson will be bringing her woodworking at 858-756-2461. bus and letting the kids practice drilling Week 9: Aug 15-19 holes and driving nails. There will also be a Camp Rancho/ Awesome Art Week: 9 snow cone truck, a hoops contest, drawing demonstrations and much more! Don’t miss a.m.-3 p.m., Ages 6-11, $250 Beach Volleyball: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Ages out on this free family event and the chance 6-12, $375 to learn more about all our class offerings Wonders! Science Space and Rocketry: 9 this school year! a.m.-noon, Ages 5-13, $235 Back to School Bash Wonders! Math: 1-4 p.m., Ages 5-13, Save the date for our annual Back to $150 School Bash on Sept. 9 from 3-5 p.m. here at Flag Football 9 a.m.-noon, Ages 7-11, the RSFCC. There will be all of your favorite $150 carnival games from last year, food, jumpy Finale Week: Aug 22-26 houses and more! This event keeps getting Camp Rancho/ Fun Finale Field Trip better every year!

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Event co-chairpersons Jeff and Jenna Daley display some of the unique silent auction items that will be available at the “Teens, Jeans and Dreams” Team Penning event. Jenna is wearing a mink and fox coat, donated by Sidestreet Boutique of South Lake Tahoe, and Jeff is displaying a beautiful bronze sculpture, donated by Dove Hollow Dressage.

Local equestrians ride for foster teens of San Pasqual Academy Friends of San Pasqual Academy is organizing a Team Penning event to benefit the 150 foster teens of San Pasqual Academy.

The event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Chairpersons for this competition are local Rancho Santa Fe residents John and Gina Daley and Jeff and Jenna Daley. Charger Quentin and Alicia Jammer are Honorary Chairpersons and are looking forward to the festivities of the evening. Premiere Sponsors are Ken and Carole Markstein, Bill and Donna Herrick, Marc and Patty Brutten and Art and Catherine Nicholas. Committee members for this event include Ann Boon, Teri Summerhays, Karen Ventura, Heidi Hollen, Joanie Spence, Kathy Lathrum, Carol Tager, Marcy Gehrke, Patty Brutten, Dagmar Helgager, Anne McCabe, Monica Sheets, Jenn Marun, Lois Jones, Tina Caldwell, Nicole Johnson, Debby Syverson and Joan Scott.

If you would like to ride, sponsor or attend this event, please call (858) 759-3298 or visit their website at www.friendsofsanpasqualacademy.org. VIP Sponsor boxes and general admission tickets can be purchased by sending a check for amount of tickets to P.O. Box 8202, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. Tickets will be placed under your name at Will Call after 4 p.m. on the day of the event, Sept. 10. General Admission tickets can also be purchased at the Del Mar Fairground’s box office the day of the event.

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Micah Parzen brings new view and vision to Museum of Man Micah Parzen is the executive director of the San Diego Museum of Man in Balboa Park. He has a unique professional background that includes a doctorate in anthropology, expertise as an employment attorney and business counselor, and significant nonprofit leadership experience as a board member for ElderHelp of San Diego and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program.

Micah Parzen Prior to joining the Museum of Man, Parzen was a partner at Luce, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP, where he served as the firm’s pro bono program coordinator.

After nearly a year at the helm of the region’s only museum of anthropology and archeology, Parzen has

brought in a series of panels and exhibits to prove that anthropology can be intriguing and relevant. The recently opened exhibit, “Modern Day Mummy: The Art & Science What brought you to this area?

My parents packed our bags and moved my three older brothers and me from Chicago in 1971. As a 1 1/2-yearold, I didn’t have much say in the decision, but I can confidently report it was a great one. My mom was very involved in the Museum of Contemporary Art and the richness of the cultural community was a critical component of our upbringing. It made an enormous imprint on my life.

If you hosted a dinner party for eight, whom (living or deceased) would you invite?

of Mummification,” educates visitors about this ancient technique and showcases multiple mummies, including a man that was mummified in the mid-1990s.

Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Margaret Mead, Gary Snyder, James Taylor, and my wife and two sons.

What are your five favorite movies of all time?

Pollock, Harold and Maud, Dog Day Afternoon, On Golden Pond, and, of course, Rocky.

What is your most prized possession?

My wedding ring.

What do you do for fun?

I hike, kayak, tide pool, and museum-go.

What is your greatest accomplishment?

Getting my Ph.D. in anthropology and making partner at Luce Forward were both huge accomplishments, but I have never been prouder than the day I was appointed executive director at the San Diego Museum of Man. What is your philosophy of life?

Think and care. It’s basically what we want people to do when they leave the San Diego Museum of Man. Hopefully, they will think about an issue, other people, and/or themselves a little differently, and care a little more deeply about their fellow humans.

DR. He SAID, SHE SAID: Too much alcohol

By Hanalei Vierra, Ph.D. and M’Lissa Trent, Ph.D. Dear Dr. He Said, Dr. She Said, My wife Hanalei Vierra, Ph.D. has always felt (Dr. He) and M’Lissa that it is my reTrent, Ph.D. (Dr. She) sponsibility to make her feel good. Ever since we dated, we’ve always enjoyed going out and partying and having a good time. But now she wants me to stop having a beer in the evening so that I don’t tempt her to drink. I think she’s the one who has a pretty bad drinking problem, but I am getting resentful that she is laying this on me and not taking care of herself. What should I do?

Dennis Dr. She Well, Dennis, it sounds like your wife has become pretty dependent on you. She may also have some underlying resentment that is causing her to lay the blame on you and not take responsibility for herself. Her part of the equation is to figure out what she is holding you hostage about and take responsibility for attending to her feelings and address her addiction.

Your part of the equation involves a few ideas:

It’s Time to

1) Notice how you may encourage your wife to be dependent on you. Do you tend to be the primary decision maker? Does your wife feel she has a voice in the relationship or do you take control?

2) If your wife has a drinking problem that is out of control, I would encourage you to read a book on co-dependency or go to an AA or Alanon meeting to gather more information regarding how you can be more helpful and to help you to understand the dynamics occurring between the two of you.

3) It sounds like it is time to encourage your wife to attend some AA meetings. By going to an Alanon meeting yourself, she will see that you are taking her drinking seriously and also taking your part in feeding the unhealthy dynamic that is occurring between you seriously.

4) This would be a great time for you to get some counseling.

couples get into, however, occurs when they both expect the relationship to function the same way that it always has despite their growth as individuals. For example, maybe your relationship with your wife has always been based on making each other feel good about yourselves.

This is what we call living life from the “outside in”, where your personal happiness is dependent on what is happening in your environment. The problem with this is that when your environment changes, so does your happiness. Living life from the “inside out”, that is, creating a foundation for happiness based on how you feel about yourself as a person, makes you less vulnerable to whatever chaotic conditions you might encounter that would pull you away from that foundation. This is a very natural growth progression that every relationship

needs to go through, Dennis, and it seems like it’s now time for you both to challenge each other to learn how to achieve some “inside out” living. All of the above suggestions from Dr. She would help a lot, as well as getting into some counseling for yourselves individually or together as a couple.

Hanalei Vierra, Ph.D. (Dr. He) and M’Lissa Trent, Ph.D. (Dr. She) are a married couple who have worked together for over 14 years coaching troubled relationships to clearer communication, deeper intimacy, and healthier partnership. See their web site at www.sandiegotherapists.com/conjoint.html For more information on Relationship Advice for Men, go to www.HowToKeepHer.com on the web, where you will also be able to purchase Dr. He and Dr. She’s new eBook entitled “Making Relationships Work”. Please email any questions to: DrHanalei@aol.com

Artists invited to enter Black and White Juried Art Exhibit Dr. He Dear Dennis, Another way of looking at this is that it sounds like your relationship with your wife needs to grow into something different than what it’s been. We see this in couples all the time—and we have had to do the same thing with our own relationship! In other words, as two people grow and develop over the years, their relationship cannot help but need to change also. The problem most

The La Jolla Art Association, as a part of its 93rd anniversary celebration, is presenting the 2nd Annual Black and White Juried Art Exhibit.

This exhibition is open to all media and all Southern California artists.

Julie Weaverling, nationally known artist and assistant director of the Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad is the juror.

The exhibition runs Sept. 20 - Oct. 15. The application deadline for entry is Aug. 20.

A reception is scheduled to honor the artists and present the awards on Saturday, Sept.

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Awards: There will be a ribbon and cash award for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners as well as a Juror’s Special Award of Recognition For entry fees and more information, visit lajollaart.org/juried-exhibition.

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he Rancho Santa Fe Library held a summer reading ice cream social Aug. 5 at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center.

The event capped the summer-long ‘One World, Many Stories’ program.

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In Maya Time: Special event comes to Institute of the Americas

BY LONNIE BURSTEIN HEWITT Contributor The Mayans of Mesoamerica, masters of math and astronomy, were known for having the most sophisticated calendar in the ancient world, including a 260-day year and a “long count” — a cycle of 5,125 years. Unless you’ve been living underground, you’ve heard something about the “Mayan prophecies,” as the current cycle of time is due to end Dec. 21, 2012 — less than a year and a half from now. On that day (the winter solstice) the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years.

A number of books, blogs, and talk shows have been discussing this date for the past half-decade. What does it mean? The dawning of a new age? The end of the world as we know it? Or just the start of another long countdown into the future?

This month, the Institute of the Americas, is staging a three-evening event to bring some of these issues to light. “Heading Toward 2012: The Grandeur of the Mayas” will feature a talk by

The Temple of the Magician is a focal point at the ancient Mayan site of Uxmal, an area once ruled by the Xiu dynasty. Don Gaspar Xiu, a descendant of the dynasty, will speak about Maya prophecies on August 17.

Don Gaspar Xiu, professor, politician, and descendent of a dynasty of Mayan kings, and three showings of a new documentary about the meaning of the Mayan calendar, “The Alignment Within.”

The Institute, on the campus of UCSD since 1983, generally focuses on Latin American policy and economic issues. From time to time, they also stage cultural events.

“There’s been a lot of interest in the Mayans as

2012 approaches,” said Isabel Escale, director of community programs. “Many people are saying they’re influenced by the Mayan calendar, and that it has changed their lives. This event will bring up questions about who we are, the world we live in, and the rules we live by. It’s a hot topic. I’m curious myself about how it portends for the future.”

José Jaramillo, director of “The Alignment Within” and an earlier film about the

Mayan concept of time, “Between Two Worlds,” explained the distinction between the Mayan calendar and the Gregorian one we’ve been using for the past 450 years.

“The Mayans understood time science,” he said.

“The Mayan calendar is a sacred calendar, and more scientific than the Gregorian one. It’s a system that keeps everything in order, in harmony with the universe. It helps you understand why you are here.”

According to the Mayans, when one cycle ended, another began. “Like the waves of the ocean,” Jaramillo said.

“The main purpose of the Mayan calendar is not just about discovering the alignment of the solstice sun with the center of the galaxy in 2012,” he explained. “It’s ultimately about connecting the universe with the core of oneself, so that at the end of the great cycle we all will manage to achieve an alignment within.”

Jaramillo is working on a documentary about Don Gaspar Xiu called “The Last Mayan King: Holder of the Prophecies.”

Don Gaspar Xiu at Uxmal, site of his family roots.

If you go What: Heading Toward 2012: The Grandeur of the Mayas Where: Institute of the Americas, Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium, 10111 North Torrey Pines Road Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m.: Keynote speech by Don Gaspar Xiu “The Signs of Maya Prophecies” (in Spanish, with English translation) Aug. 18: 7:30 p.m.: Premiere of “The Alignment Within” followed by Q&A with director José Jaramillo.

Aug. 19, 7:30 and 9 p.m.: Additional showings of “The Alignment Within” Admission to screenings includes refreshments and DVD of Jaramillo’s first film, “Between Two Worlds.”

Tickets: Online registration requested, $20-$15, cash only at the door.

Web: http://www.iamericas.org/en/events/1732-heading-toward-2012-the-greatness-of-the-mayas/ Phone: (619) 559-4493 or (858) 453-5560 ext. 122

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ocal youngsters had a great time at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center’s recent Camp Rancho Weird Science Week.

They also did some learning at camps such as Lego and theater.

‘Battle of the Exes’ Anna, Linda, Kate, Atalia, Channing, Ella, Paige

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Brandon and Dylan

(Above) Mike Smith, aboard Joker Face, leads Chantal Sutherland, on Parable, during the ‘Battle of the Exes’ match race on Aug. 7 at Del Mar. (Right) Jockeys Mike Smith and Chantal Sutherland pose in the winner’s circle on Aug. 7 at Del Mar after their

‘Battle of the Exes’ match race.

Smith won the onemile race by 2 1/4 lengths aboard Joker Face, holding a clear lead over Sutherland and her horse, Parable, the entire way.

This was the fifth match race in Del Mar history, and the first since jockey

Pat Valenzeula narrowly defeated rival Julie Krone in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ in 2003.

Photos by Kelley Carlson

New Musical SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT! “CRITIC’S CHOICE!” – San Diego Union-Tribune & North County Times What if Sleeping Beauty overslept... by 900 years? ...and woke up in a 21st century sleep disorder clinic? Meet the modern-day Beauty and her unlikely prince in the romantic new musical, Sleeping Beauty Wakes.

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Enjoy live music, great food and drinks for purchase, and the amazing views from the aquarium Tide-Pool Plaza. The Green Flash Concert Series, now in its sixth year, is brought to you in partnership with KPRi 102.1 FM and Gordon Biersch Brewery.

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August 11, 18, and 25

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Enjoy lush cinematography, tasty wines, and hot popcorn on the Athenaeum's outdoor patio. Must be 21+ years.

In 2009, celebrated San Diego-based photographer Philipp Scholz Rittermann set out to capture China’s rapidly evolving economy with a study of life along its historic Grand Canal. Join Rittermann and MCASD Chief Curator Kathryn Kanjo as they discuss the accelerated changes of this ancient waterway captured in Rittermann’s images on view in the current exhibition, Emperor's River: Philipp Scholz Rittermann.

David Chan, Sheryl Staples and Toby Hoffman join other talented artists on a beautiful program, Serenades and Romance (Aug. 12), featuring Strauss’ Metamorphosen and Dvořák’s Quintet in G Major.

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RSF soccer camp Young players hit the field at the Rancho Santa Fe Youth Soccer League’s

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Grauer School student establishes award-winning equestrian team Grauer School student Katelyn Kasino (’10) spearheaded the development of the Grauer School equestrian team in 2010 and sisters Savanah (’14) and Mikayla (’16) Stuart have excelled in the program by finishing the 2010 season 23rd overall out of 59 teams countrywide as the only two riders on the team. Savanah competed at varsity level and completed the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) lettering program, the first student to letter for the Grauer School equestrian team and sister Mikayla competed at the junior varsity level. Most recently, Allie Negroni (’14) was selected by the USEF’s High School Equestrian Athlete program this year.

According to Grauer School social studies teacher and equestrian team coordinator Kate Napier, “Like many things at The Grauer School, our team is built by our students for our students. We make it possible for our students to have access to leadership and promote resourcefulness, curiosity, accountability, perseverance, compassion and self-advocacy. Each one of these are emphasized and

accentuated through the regional competitions and overall horsemanship. We hope to share the value of equine companionship with the community through promotion of the team’s and school’s values and service work in the area.” Napier is a graduate of the United States Pony Club at C3 Level and competed at the collegiate level in Intercollegiate Horse Show Association at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The Grauer School is a UNESCO associated, independent grades 6 –12 college preparatory school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It is renowned for its expeditionary learning and Socratic methods, enabling the school to provide the most balanced pathway to top colleges available. The Grauer School Equestrian Team is one of many athletic programs available to enrolled students. To learn more about The Grauer School experience or athletic team programs, visit www.grauerschool. com or call 760-944-6777.

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Vegetarian Pizza with grilled eggplant, onions, zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes, fontina and roasted garlic sauce.

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza ■ Nearby locations include: • 12925 El Camino Real, Del Mar (858) 259-6600

■ Web: www.sammyspizza.com

• 702 Pearl St., La Jolla (858) 456-5222

• 8650 Genessee Ave., UTC (858) 404-9898

■ Take Out: Yes

■ The Vibe: Casual, relaxed

■ Signature Dishes: Balsamic Grilled Chicken Salad, ■ Happy Hour: No Mini Duck Tacos, LaDou’s Barbecue Chicken Pizza, ■ Hours: Hummus, Chicken Tequila Fettuccine, Messy Sundae • 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday • 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday ■ Open Since: 1989 • 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday ■ Reservations: Recommended for parties of six or more • Summer hours open until 10 p.m. daily ■ Patio Seating: Yes through Labor Day

Mini Duck Tacos topped with feta cheese, tomatoes, cabbage and creamy tomato-cilantro sauce. PHOTOS BY KELLEY CARLSON

Organic Arugula and Pear Pizza.

Sammy’s serves up a lot more than pizza these days

BY KELLEY CARLSON ammy’s Woodfired Pizza is perhaps best known for its namesake pies. But that’s just a slice of the offerings from this restaurant chain whose flagship site is in La Jolla.

General manager Russ Henschel recommends coming in for an early dinner at the La Jolla location (around 5 p.m., before the rush begins) and sitting on the newly remodeled patio, which provides an airy feeling. Find a spot in one of the reupholstered white booths and gaze up at yellow, white, orange and pink flowers hanging from baskets between pillars, or glance at the patio sides with the “living walls” of plants. A fireplace sparks interest in the center; a white awning provides some shade while it’s still light outside.

To kick off the meal, Henschel suggests ordering the Mini Duck Tacos, which are topped with feta cheese, tomatoes, cabbage and creamy tomato-cilantro sauce.

Other tapas from which to choose include Hummus and Parmesan Crusted Artichokes, or there are soups such as Kobe Beef Chile.

Next, “order one of our fresh salads,” Henschel said. The most popular is the Balsamic Grilled Chicken Salad, but options also include Chilled Roast Vegetable and White Tuna and Spinach.

“Top it off with a pizza,” he added. “You can’t go wrong with

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The newly remodeled patio at Sammy’s on Pearl Street.

The main dining room at Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza in La Jolla.

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Each week you’ll find a recipe from the featured restaurant online at delmartimes.net. Just click on ‘Food’ or ‘On The Menu.’

■ This week: Sammy’s Chilled Roast Vegetable Salad (gluten-free)

Chilled Roast Vegetable Salad with spinach, mozzarella pearls, edamame, artichoke, yellow tomato, red bell pepper, onion, basil, lemon, balsamic and extra virgin olive oil. any of our pizzas.”

There are more than a dozen woodfired pizzas — Organic Arugula and Pear, Margherita, Hawaiian Pineapple and so on.

There are also rustic Neapolitan and artisan thin crust pizzas.

Guests who desire an entree other than pizza can select from pastas, tacos, mini burgers, sandwiches, wraps and specialties such as Oak Roasted Salmon Filet and Grilled London Broil.

To finish the meal, order Sammy’s signature dessert, the Messy Sundae, Henschel said.

Children have a special menu that includes pizzas, salad and pastas, and kids can color on it while they wait for their meal.

Besides the patio, there are other areas of the restaurant to nosh on food. Inside, there are the main dining room, bar and “east side” that are decorated in warm, earthy tones, with wood tabletops, brown

booths and some walls that incorporate stone. Large windows provide views of the businesses and pedestrians along Pearl Street and Draper Avenue. A TV high up on one wall broadcasts sporting events; top 40 music plays in the background. Patrons seated at the bar can get a glimpse of the staff creating pizzas and baking them in the woodfired oven.

A private room that seats 14 is similarly decorated to the other areas, but also features a pair of prancing horse sculptures on a narrow ledge with wine bottles stored in racks neatly above them.

There is no charge for the use of the room, but there is a two-hour limit, Henschel said.

Sammy’s often fills up with guests after 7 p.m. during the summer, and they often stay late, although as the days get shorter, the dinner rush starts around 6 p.m., Henschel said. Late-lunch clientele often arrive between 3 and 4 p.m., and Saturday afternoons are busy as well, he added.

The restaurant frequently hosts fundraisers, with Sammy’s donating 20 percent of a bill (not including gratuity) to a specific nonprofit on a designated night.

“Our commitment to customer service, along with the standard of the kitchen, what we serve and the ingredients we use are what makes Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza stand out,” Henschel said.

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John Williams to premiere ‘Quartet La Jolla’ at SummerFest concert

BY WILL BOWEN Contributor Where does music come from?

How do composers get ideas and develop them into works of art?

Music lovers will have a chance to ponder the mysteries of composition and hear new works at the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest concert “Commissions and Premieres,” 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug.19 in Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art. “There is tremendous excitement in the air over this concert. This is music that no one has heard before.

It is like we are witnessing the birth of something very special and brand new,” said LJMS CEO Christopher Beach.

Adds LJMS Music Director Cho-Liang Lin, “This concert will be at the cutting edge. People will see what the current generation is doing and where the next generation is going. This is a glimpse into the future of American classical music.”

The four composers and their compositions are Sean Shepherd with “Oboe Quartet,” Marc-Andre Dalbavie with “Piano Quartet,” Joan Tower with “White Granite,” and John Williams, who has written a special work just for SummerFest that Cho-Liang Lin has named “Quartet La Jolla.”

Sean Shepherd, 32, is an American composer who earned his B.A. in music from

Indiana University, MFA from Julliard, and is completing his D.M.A. at Cornell. Shepherd has won various awards at the different stages of his career and has had major commissions by the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. His music has been described as “sharp and fierce with a kaleidoscopic use of orchestral color.”

Marc-Andre Dalbavie, 50, is a French composer who studied at Conservatoire de Paris, did research at IRCAM on computer-assisted composition, and teaches at Conservatoire National Supe-

ieur de Musique de Paris.

He won the Rome Prize in 1994, meaning he got to live and work in Rome for a year for free. In 2004, he was Knighted as a Chevalier de Arts et Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Dalbavie is known for his use of computers and for the unconventional placement of his musicians — sometimes around the audience or in the their midst.

Joan Tower, 73, was born in New Rochelle, New York and is known for her bold and energetic composi-

tions. The New Yorker magazine has called her “One of the most successful woman composers of all time.” Tower earned her D.M.A. from Columbia University and is on the faculty of Bard College. Her composition, “Made in America,” which was recorded by the Nashville Symphony in 2008, won three Grammy Awards, including Best Orchestration, Best Classical Album, and Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

John Williams, 79, is probably the most well

known name on the bill, having won 5 Academy Awards, 4 Golden Globes, and 21 Grammy Awards. He is the second most-nominated person in Academy Award history, behind Walt Disney.

Williams was born in Flushing, New York, attended UCLA, and later earned a degree from Julliard. He composed the film scores for “Star Wars,” “Superman,” “Jaws,” “ET,” “Jurassic Park,” “Schindler’s List,” and “Harry Potter,” as well as the TV show “Lost in Space.”

John Williams’ career as a composter/conductor has spanned five decades.

Note: Williams will not be at the concert, but organizers hope to Skype him into a rehearsal.

PHOTO: BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

If you go What: SummerFest Concert ‘Commissions and Premieres’ When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 Who: John Williams “Quartet La Jolla,” Sam Shepherd “Oboe Quartet,” Marc-Andre Dalbavie “Piano Quartet,” Joan Tower “White Granite” Where: Sherwood Auditorium at MCASD, 700 Prospect St. Tickets: $50-75 Contact: (858) 4593728 Web: www.ljms.org Related events Aug. 18: Conversation with the Composers, 1 p.m. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. Open Rehearsal 2:504:15 p.m. Sherwood Auditorium

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TP’s Dadkhah takes a bigger role: Falcons look to senior standout for leadership

BY GIDEON RUBIN CONTRIBUTOR Torrey Pines cross country standout Ashlyn Dadkhah has been a key role player in one of the county’s most dominant programs ever since making the varsity as a freshman.

She’s now taking on a bigger role.

After graduating cross country titans Erin Gillingham in 2008, Megan Morgan in 2009 and Alli Billmeyer earlier this year, the Falcons are counting on Dadkhah to take on a leadership role she’s never had to assume in previous years.

“It’s definitely going to be different for me,” Dadkhah said. “Before I had older (teammates) who were role models for me, and that helps me realize that this is my time.

“I need to take that leadership (role) and kind of follow in their footsteps.”

All indications are that, so far, Dadkhah appears to have embraced her new role.

“She’s been very good with her teammates,” Falcons cross country coach Brent Thorne said. “She’s able to balance her own determination with what she wants to accomplish while recognizing where everybody else is at in their development.”

Dadkhah has been handed the keys to what from a high school sports standpoint is the equivalent of a Lamborghini. The Falcons have been one of the state’s most successful programs over the last decade, winning the state title in 2009, and capturing five consecutive San Diego Section Div. I titles from 2005 to 2009.

And by all accounts those keys are in very capable hands.

Dadkhah is an early favorite to win the Palomar League, and is considered among the top contenders to win the section championships.

She placed fifth in the section finals last season, clock-

ing a 16 minute, four second time on a 2.75 mile course at Morley Field.

“I think living in the shadows of those kinds of girls can work in different ways,” Thorne said. “Now that she’s on her own, I just see her highly motivated, and really focused on what she wants to accomplish.

“It could be a very good year for her.”

It could be a very good year for the Falcons, too.

Although losing Billmeyer will hurt, Torrey Pines graduated just three seniors and Ashlyn Dadkhah returns six of its top seven runners from last season.

Other key returnees include juniors Kelsey O’Connell and Tori Casella, and sophomore Marina Kemper. Freshman Taylor Seamans projects to make an impact, as well.

Dadkhah said that her former teammates have inspired her to become an effective leader. She said that style matters less in the leadership department than caring for teammates and a will to bring the team together.

“Someone who doesn’t just focus on themselves and thinks more about the team,” Dadkhah said when asked what makes an effective leader.

“Everybody’s different. Megan’s leadership (style) was different than Ally’s leadership. It’s not just the running aspects, but showing people that you care, and that you want them to do well.”

Dadkhah has demonstrated that commitment to caring for her teammates in early season workouts, Thorne said, noting that Dadkhah has approached him with concerns about how to push her teammates in practices.

“She’ll come to me and say why aren’t we doing more?”

Thorne said.

“She doesn’t know how to approach her teammates with that yet, so she’ll bring it to me, which is good because it shows a concern about the overall team versus just ‘Well I don’t care how they run, I’m just going to take care of myself.’ She wants the whole team to do well.”

Dadkhah herself has a bright future in cross country.

She’s being recruited by several Div. I programs, and her stellar academics gives her additional options. Dadkhah has a 4.09 GPA and plans to major in biology. She’s considering a career in forensic science down the road. She’s getting looks from several Ivy League schools, and other top schools including UC Berkeley. Her top choice is Harvard.

But right now she’s focused on helping keep up Torrey Pines’ winning tradition.

Dadkhah acknowledged that there is some pressure that comes with her new role, but she has a pretty good idea of where she wants to take her team.

And following the footsteps of some of the program’s leaders in recent years is a nice start, she said, noting that team dinners on nights before meets will likely remain a Falcons tradition as long as she has a say in the matter.

“There were so many team-bonding aspects of our team,” she said.

“It wasn’t something we did because we felt that we needed to, we did it because we wanted to do it. I think that’s the biggest way they influenced me.”

Tennis Talent (Left) Rancho Santa Fe tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe had a strong showing at the recent Mercury Insurance Open at La Costa Resort and Spa. Vandeweghe defeated Olga Savchuk in the second round 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, marking the farthest she has ever gone in the tournament. On Thursday, Aug. 4, she faced world 24th ranked Sabine Lisicki in the third round and lost 6-4, 6-3. Photos/Paul Rode

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These 10 food facts may surprise you as they amazed me!

CATHARINE L. KAUFMAN Contributor t the market the other day, I overheard a mom tell her young daughter (who had an egg sensitivity) that they couldn’t buy certain brands of ice cream because they contained egg yolks. I didn’t know that (Food Fact No. 1) and as a cholesterol-conscious foodie, I am now reading all labels with a Hubble telescope, scoping out frozen treats without egg products.

Here are more food facts for your good health: 2. Land of Milk and Mummy Honey has one of the longest shelf lives of any food. When stored in a cool, dry place, liquid honey maintains its integrity for at least a year. In fact, this Methuselah of foods has been found in the ancient tombs of Egyptian pharaohs by archaeologists who claim the honey was still quite edible.

3. Snails, s’il vous plait?

In France they consume 40,000 tons of snails or escargot a year — most are artisanal or gathered wild. Whether prepared in Burgundy wine, a butter or garlic sauce, or wrapped in puff pastry, snails are a motherload of calcium, magnesium and Vitamin C. 4. Slice of Life In the U.S. of A. people chow down on 350 slices of pizza each second, that translates to 100 acres per day, 3 billion pies sold every year. That’s 23 pounds or 46 slices a year per person.

5. Give Wheat the Shaft Quinoa, pronounced (Keen-wah), the Incan “mother grain,� not only contains more protein than any other grain, but is also a complete protein with the full load of eight amino acids. High in unsaturated fats and low in carbs, quinoa has become the grain of choice by the glitterati of chefs.

6. Call Me Mellow Yellow Ripe, spotted brown bananas are sweeter than their green counterparts since they contain 17-percent more sugar.

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7. Stalk Options Asparagus comes in green and designer shades of purple and pale ivory, grown underground to prevent them from developing color. The plants live between 8 and 10 years, the thicker the stalk, the older the plant. One peculiar property of this member of the lily family is its effect on urine odor, which has been the subject of great scientific debate for centuries.

In the early 1990s, an all-men’s club in Britain posted a sign that read, “During asparagus season, members must not relieve themselves in the hat stand.�

About 40 percent of the population experiences a phenomenon known as “asparagus pee,â€? a pungent aroma permeating from the urine after eating asparagus. Researchers believe that during digestion, sulfurous amino acids are broken down into stinky compounds in all those who eat asparagus, but only some possess the gene for detecting the odor ‌ the nose knows.

8. Heard Through the Grapevine As red wine might trigger migraines, best to drink purple grape juice for the same assorted health benefits – reducing the risk of blood clots, putting the skids on bad cholesterol, maintain-

ing healthy blood pressure levels, and supplying a load of antioxidants, such as resveratrol and flavonoids. Better yet, eat whole red or dark purple grapes with the added boon of fiber, nature’s ExLax. 9. Take With a Grain of Salt If you are GMO-conscious, choose sea salt over table salt since the latter usually contains a Frankenstein grain to prevent clumping. Besides, sea salt is a more healthful, natural choice, minimally processed, as it’s the product of the evaporation of seawater, including trace minerals and other elements in the mix, which add texture, color and flavor.

10. The Dirty Dozen Buy organic and local, where possible, especially when it comes to these fruits and veggies with the highest levels of pesticide residue when grown conventionally: 1) Strawberries 2)Bell Peppers (tied with No. 3 Spinach) 4) Cherries (grown domestically) 5) Peaches (from Chile) 6) Cantaloupe (from Mexico) 7) Celery 8) Apples 9) Apricots 10) Green beans 11) Grapes 12) Cucumbers.

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After the Finish Line fundraiser

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ocal nonprofit After the Finish Line held “A Tribute to the Majesty of Thoroughbreds,� at its 2011 annual charity fundraiser, Aug. 4 at the Del Mar Hilton. Event proceeds go toward rescuing thoroughbreds no longer able to race or breed.

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Marie Cassidy, Gerry Grant

Dawn Mellen, After the Finish Line president; Abbey Esty; Corrine Hanley

Karen and Gene Ventura, Dawn Mellen, Benny Domingez

Debbie and Jeff Reeder

Lisah Nicholson, Donna Mattingly

Lisa Bergstebt, Michael Mellon

Linda Harris, Andi Kessel

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Robert Hanley, Michael Villani

Pete Eurton, Barry Becker

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Women’s Museum features authors of ‘Women I Want to Grow Old With’ Who are the top three friends you’d call if your life fell apart today? That’s the question authors Diane Gage Lofgren and Margaret Bhola ask in their just-finished book, “Women I Want to Grow Old With.� Making sure women have friends when they need them the most is the theme of a talk the authors will give at 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Women’s Museum of California, located in San Diego at 2323 Broadway, Suite 107.

At the event, authors and speakers Lofgren and Bhola will help women realize that a strong circle of female friends fills unspeakable voids, provides certainty in an uncertain time, and offers a protective network of love. They will share the deep personal experiences that triggered them each to realize how much they wanted and needed girlfriends in their lives.

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10 QUESTIONS

Planned Parenthood a passion for Jennifer Dreyer When Jennifer Dreyer joined the debate team at San Diego State University in 1992 she had no idea that it would lead her to the love of her life — not once, but twice. It was on this team that she met her husband, Greg Patton, to whom she has now been married to for 17 years. The couple has two daughters, Natalie, 7, and Nicole, 5. She also fell in love with Planned Parenthood, the non-profit health care organization that provides preventive reproductive health care services, education and advocacy. Dreyer began as a volunteer at a local Planned Parenthood center and now serves as its chair of the board of directors.

Jennifer Dreyer Her passion for the cause is boundless as she devotes countless hours to ensuring that women and men in this region have access to care.

In addition to leading Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, she is the president of Tamayo Consulting, a training and consulting firm that specializes in leadership and team development. This allows Dreyer to use her strong communication and teaching skills while helping organizations become more effective. She received the “Outstanding Teacher Award” from SDSU School of Communication in 1991. She was also honored with Sara Moser award for outstanding volunteer service from The Planned Parenthood Action Fund in 2009.

1. What brought you to this area?

My husband considers anything over 80 degrees too hot, so we only looked at homes close to the coast. I was also working in North County so this area is a perfect fit. Coastal North County is such a wonderful place to raise a family because the schools are terrific, the weather is perfect, the people are wonderful and we have a diverse cultural life.

2. What makes your work special to you?

In both my professional work as the president of Tamayo Consulting and the chair of the Board of Directors for Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, I work with an incredible group of people. I get to plan, collaborate with, teach, and learn from people who I think are kind, smart, and spectacular human beings.

3. What would you still like to achieve professionally?

I would like to serve on a Fortune 100 Board of Directors, and be appointed to a White House Commission on women in the workforce.

4. Who or what inspires you?

I am inspired by people who get up every day and work for the betterment of others. As the chair of the board of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, I get to see the positive impact our work makes every single day in the community. Without our health centers, many women and men would have no access to basic health care, including cancer screenings and contraception.

5. If you hosted a dinner party for 8, whom (living or deceased) would you invite?

The Dalai Lama, Melinda Gates, and Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama. I would, of course, include my two daughters, Natalie and Nicole, so they could learn firsthand from these wise people about happiness, the power of education, and balancing motherhood with your passions and profession.

6. Tell us about what you are currently reading.

“The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working” by Tony Schwartz. This has completely changed how I spend and renew my energy. It’s also the only

thing that got me to commit to seven hours of sleep a night!

7. What are your favorite films?

Hmmm…I have seen so few movies since my first daughter was born more than seven years ago. So, I guess I’d have to go all the way back to an all-time favorite, “The Dead Poet’s Society.”

8. What do you do for fun and what is your favorite vacation destination?

I love watching my girls dance. I think they are adorable and I love how they’ll spontaneously dance in public, and could care less about what others think of their “moves.” My favorite family vacation is Lake Tahoe, and if it’s just my husband and me, definitely Napa.

9. Please describe your greatest accomplishment.

Raising two healthy, curious, independent girls with my husband.

10. What is your motto or philosophy of life?

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Your Family Matters: Fighting procrastination in kids

BY DR. KEITH KANNER With school just around the corner, parents once again have to deal with helping their kids focus on getting through daily homework, projects and studying, none of which Dr. Keith Kanner are on the “top of the list” for many kids and teens. Procrastination of projects, schoolwork, and many other activities is a common manifestation for children, adolescents, and adults alike. The outcome can be devastating – poor grades, low self-esteem, and a lack of promotion just to name a few.

Breaking a procrastination habit or pattern is not an easy task for the underlying causes are frequently hidden and not easily identifiable. In fact, in certain cases, medication is prescribed with the determination that the cause is traced to an Attention Deficit Disorder. Interestingly, even in these cases, only sometimes do the effects of the medication help with the problem, indicating that the etiology is often more complex than meets the eye. Procrastination also seems to change and vary in appearance.

For example, many only procrastinate in certain circumstances and not in others.

For children, procrastination is higher when dealing with something that they either do not like, find difficult, or are related to some circumstance that they do not feel good about. Procrastination is also at a peak just prior to and after vacations.

Procrastination, like many other unfortunate occurrences, such as panic attacks, is a symptom of something else going on inside of the person causing extreme conflict and anxiety. These conflicts are typically unconscious and the person usually is not aware of the root of the issue. This is especially true in children for they do not have the intellectual capacity to utilize insight to help themselves solve internal struggles.

Often times, when insight becomes available, the symptom disappears and the

problem is solved. In other cases, it may take time and may require professional assistance if it continues to cause extensive problems, like failing grades.

In most cases, the root of procrastination is either anger, fear, or a combination of the two, and are not immediately aware to the person. Instead, they avoid the condition that they dislike or fear, and then their feared condition comes true because they were not able to help themselves through the struggle. 10 year-old Sam was a solid A/B student without any difficulties getting his work done, except in math, where he always seemed to put off doing his homework and often forgot to even turn in completed assignments, leading to a failing grade. It turned out that Sam had some very strong negative feelings about his math teacher that he did not let himself know about and, instead, his uncomfortable angry feelings came out on himself through his procrastination and forgetting.

Why was Sam so uncomfortable with these feelings and why take them out on himself?

13-year-old Kim always falls apart academically just prior to vacations. It seems that no matter what she does, her grades suffer just before a vacation and she struggles to remain focused on her work. The outcome is her feeling ashamed and tends then to have a damper on her full enjoyment of her vacation.

For both Sam and Kim, they are both uncomfortable with their angry feelings – Sam towards his teacher, and Kim having to wait for her vacation to begin – because both are unaware and uncomfortable, their feelings play out in another way – procrastination.

So, how can a parent help their child both better understand their minds and not compromise themselves for strong “normal” feelings? The answer is that the parent needs to be both insightful about their child’s feelings and help them understand the normality of them and how to best manage them.

In Sam’s case, telling him that it is “okay” to feel mad (not get mad) at his teacher, but not to let his feelings compromise his work, would be helpful to him.

Being empathetic to Kim’s feeling of frustration about having to be patient about her upcoming vacation might have been enough to help her stay on top of her work prior to the vacation.

The point here is that feelings need to be recognized, not avoided, and managed in a way to promote success, not limit it. Most children do not have this “automatic” capacity until late in their adolescent years and therefore need their parents to help them better understand and manage themselves, especially during times of the strong pressing of feelings.

Key Points: 1. Procrastination is a symptom of “uncomfortable” feelings 2. Anger and fear are usually the cause 3. Parents need to help their children validate their internal feelings 4. Feelings, not actions, need to be “normalized” 5. Forward incentives are also helpful to motivate staying focused Dr. Keith Kanner is host/ anchor - Your Family Matters - WSRADIO; contributor to LifeChanger, Extra TV; a syndicated columnist; author of “Your Family Matters — Solutions to Common Parental Dilemmas” (in press); board certified & licensed clinical child, adolescent, & adult psychologist & psychoanalyst; Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; National Board Member - KidsKorps USA; and a father of three great kids.

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Great theater now playing in SD •Caroline Sheen stars as Mary Poppins, with Katie Balen as Jane Banks, Bryce Baldwin as Michael Banks and Nicolas Dromard as Bert in the National Tour Company of “Mary Poppins,” Aug. 10-21 at San Diego Civic Theatre. Tickets from $20. (619) 570-1100. Broadwaysd.com. Photo by Joan Marcus • The Old Globe’s Summer Shakespeare continues through Sept. 25 under the stars in Balboa Park with “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Tempest,” and “Amadeus.” (619) 23-GLOBE. theoldglobe.org. Added: Hersey Felder stars in “Maestro the Art of Leonard Berstein,” through Aug. 28 at The Globe.

• The musical, “Sleeping Beauty Wakes,” is at Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse to Aug. 28. Tickets from $37. (858) 550-1010. lajollaplayhouse.org • The side-splitting musical romp “Five Course Love,” at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach has been extended to Sunday, Aug. 14. Tickets $30-$47. (858) 481-1055. northcoastrep.org

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Free Flight open house

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ree Flight, Del Mar’s one-of-a-kind bird sanctuary, held an open house July 16. Admission was free, and guests roamed the facility, met Free Flight’s exotic birds and enjoyed a kids’ area. Free Flight members have year-round access to the sanctuary, all the while helping unwanted birds find homes. For more, visit www. freeflightbirds.com.

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SPOTLIGHT on LOCAL BUSINESS Bitsy Clayton helps fit plans to travelers

Loan or line of credit: Which is best for your business?

You wouldn’t plan your future finances without consulting a professional.

The same logic applies to travel, said cruise and vacation specialist Bitsy Clayton.

“I create trips with customized itineraries the travelers couldn’t create themselves,” she said, noting she’s got the international hotel and other contacts to make that happen. She also finds savings wherever possible for clients.

“Travel is not one-size-fits-all,” said the consultant, noting she collaborates with people to help them maximize all their travel values.

“I make sure what they’re getting is what they really want,” she said. “If I can save them $500 or $600 on international air fare — that’s a good day.”

Clayton, who began her travel career Bitsy Clayton in the ‘90s working with Northwest Airlines, joined the travel-planning world in 2003. Her personal travels to Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska gave her great exposure to the most popular travel destinations.

She routinely books clients with companies like Regent Seven Seas, Crystal, Silverseas, Tauck Tours, Insight Vacations and Brendan Vacations, among others.

Clayton talked about the types of clients and tours that are her forte.

“My typical clients are looking to do a Mediterranean cruise on a luxury cruise line, usually a ship of 1,000 passengers or less,” she said, adding clients usually have an idea of what destinations that want to include on their trip. “I work with them to give them options, create a complex itinerary that matches their desires.”

Clayton is a member of the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Pacific Asia Travel Association and OSSN. She is a certified California Seller of Travel (CTS# 2083299-40) and is an authorized Independent Affiliate of CADENCE, a virtuoso agency.

Call Clayton at (858)451-6524 or toll free at (888)451-6524 or go to www.claytonvacations.com.

When considering business financing, you might wonder which is best– a loan or a line of credit.

Both can help you meet your goals, such as upgrading equipment, raising working capital, financing inventory, or expanding your business. But each have different features and benefits.

With a loan, you borrow a specific amount of money at one time and make regular payments on a set schedule. A business line of credit allows you to draw funds as needed as long as the line remains open.

To decide which works best for your business, ask your business banker about the interest rate and terms. With a line of credit, your interest rate will generally fluctuate based on market rates, while a loan may have a variable or fixed interest rate.

Loan or line of credit? Call California Bank & Trust for answers.

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It’s all glitz and glamour at 65th Jewel Ball

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as Patronas hosted its 65th annual Jewel Ball benefit gala on Aug. 6 at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. With the theme “Sapphire,” the evening’s décor and events were inspired by the ocean deep and included food, drink and entertainment by the Liquid Blue band and “sea creature” aerial artists.

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Cardiff Greek Festival 2011 to be held Sept. 10-11 Be Greek for the day and enjoy authentic food, music, live entertainment, dancing, and more for the entire family at the 33rd annual Greek Festival held at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 11, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The event is located a half mile east of I-5 at the Manchester Avenue exit in Cardiff-by-theSea. Admission is $3 for adults and free for children under 12. Free parking is available at adjacent Mira Costa College. For two days, the church grounds are transformed into a quaint Greek village atmosphere where you can experience fine food, traditional Greek dancing, and the warmth of Greek hospitality.

The open marketplace typifies a traditional bazaar with Greek imports, pottery, fine jewelry, artwork, Greek Deli specialty food items, a selection of special Greek wines, and an array of items at YiaYia’s (Grandma’s) Treasures.

Visit the North County Greek School booth and learn to say and write your name in Greek. Then get a personal-

ized T-shirt with your new name in Greek letters. While adults are shopping, the children can enjoy the new Fun Zone with crafts, game booths and carnival rides for kids of all ages.

Church Tours will be held each day at 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, 4:30 pm, and 6 pm where visitors may view the magnificent mosaics and Botticino marble. Father Angelis will explain the iconography adorning various architectural pieces of the Church, which were produced under the direction of Bruno Salvatori, a world recognized master of mosaics. From its unique stained glass windows that feature early Byzantine symbols, to the golden dome that portrays Christ the Pantokrator, the church represents one of the finest works of Byzantine art in the world.

A live auction featuring many valuable donated items will take place at 5 p.m. both days. The annual drawing for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C300 Sedan will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. Tickets are only $10 each and limited to 7,500 sold. Tickets can be purchased at the festival or on the website at cardiffgreekfest.com. Winner need not be present.

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Midsummer Night of Fun and Frivolity

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Midsummer Night of Fun and Frivolity was held Aug. 3 at En Fuego in Del Mar. Guests enjoyed a buffet dinner, auctions and a 50/50 raffle, with proceeds from the event going toward the construction of the new Community Services/Lifeguard Headquarters at 17th Street. Friends of the Powerhouse hosted the event. The organization took on this fundraising effort in 2007 and are on the final leg to replace the antiquated tower, along with the lower drainage ditch, which is on Coast Boulevard and 17th Street in Del Mar. Groundbreaking is slated for September. Brick orders are still being accepted and donations of any size toward the effort are welcome. PHOTOS: JON CLARK

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In Rancho Santa Fe you can find glossy monthly magazines, a daily San Diego paper, a bi-weekly local paper and The Review...which is published every week of the year. So what makes The Review the most read publication in town?

Every week here in Rancho Santa Fe, someone or something is making news you’re interested in.

It could be an important land use decision that affects you; or news about schools that impact your children and family; or briefings about an impending social gathering; or news of someone’s passing, current real estate listings, or time-sensitive ad offerings from the businesses in town.

The point is, Rancho Santa Fe is a dynamic place. A lot of important things go on here in the space of 7 days.

Miss a week here, and you miss out on a lot.

The Review is part of people’s weekly “life cycle” Just think about it, most of the important events in your life have a weekly “cycle”.

You have a “work week”.

Your kids have a “school week”.

You go to church weekly.

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Local football games are played weekly.

You look forward to weekends to cap-off the “week”.

And, like most people, you read The Review—every week.

To keep pace with your life, and the life cycle of the most meaningful events in town, is the reason The Review is published every Thursday.

And how important are the news and local events stories in The Review to local residents? Consider this: a national newspaper auditing services, proves The Review has the largest circulation of any publication in town—by a wide margin. That means almost everyone reads it.

Yes, the paper could save money and spend less energy if it was published bi-weekly or monthly. But would Rancho Santa Fe benefit? No. The readers of this paper say it’s important to know what their neighbors are thinking and doing every week. People here want to be an active part of the local conversation. That’s largely why they read The Review.

If The Review was published every other week, or

every month, the news would be “old news”, and mostly irrelevant by the time it was printed.

Why you’ll get more business putting ads in The Review

Most people read it because it’s the “voice” of RSF...

When you go to the Post Office on Thursday to get mail, notice that people keep The Review. Notice too, how many people throw the other papers in the waste basket.

If you’re currently running ads in other local papers... it has to give you a sickening feeling to see your ad tossed before it’s read.

So to grow your business every week...you need to promote your business every week. Not every 14 or 30 days.

Make a smart business decision: pull your ads from the papers and magazines that don’t publish weekly. Put them in The Review—and watch your sales improve.

The Review gives you the assurance your ad will be delivered every week, by the U.S. Post Office to every resident in town. If you were advertising in other local publications, you’ll see what it’s like to instantly double the people seeing your ad!

Just as importantly, The Review can help you create effective ads. Recent training has given their staff the tools to make “direct response” ads. These ads generate more leads and sales than traditional ads. Call Don Parks at 858-756-1403 X110, to meet and discuss your new ads.

The Review is the most accurate and up-to-date local news reporting source there is in Rancho Santa Fe. No other news source—including other newspapers, magazines, internet sources or media outlets—reflects the heartbeat of everyday life in Rancho Santa Fe like The Review.

If something’s going on here, the paper knows about it. The paper attracts important news precisely because it’s the essential voice of Rancho Santa Fe. And as the “voice” of the community, its news stories and events coverage are always “fresh”.

The Review sits at the center of the important “conversations” that take place here weekly. What fills its pages are the debates, the dialogue and the stories that make this town vital and “alive”.

The Review is growing...its pages are getting thicker Of course you have a choice of the local papers you read. But if you put both the local community papers— The Review and The News—side by side, you’ll see something obvious.

The difference is the thickness of each paper.

The Review is twice the size of The News.

Why? Because The Review carries more news stories, more commentary, editorial, real estate news, and information about local sports, schools, businesses and churches.

It also carries more than twice the number of ads.

Thorough and complete coverage makes for a thicker, more complete, paper.

DID YOU KNOW?

Q 80% of your market shops within a 5 mile radius of your store or business.

Q The Review reaches 100% of the Rancho Santa Fe market.

Q Direct response ads are 4 to 5 times more effective than traditional ads.

Q Research by Yahoo Labs, reveals hyperlocal targeting of retail display ads generated more than 21 times return-on-ad-spend for customers within 2 miles of a store or business.

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LEGAL notices LEGALS NOTICE OF TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE T.S. No: V526915 CA Unit Code: V Loan No: 6010000424/KUNKLE AP #1: 266-292-36 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trustee under the following

described Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, certiďŹ ed or other checks speciďŹ ed in Civil Code Section 2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property hereinafter described: Trustor: LYNN R KUNKLE Recorded June 26, 2003 as Instr. No. 20030760511 in Book â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- Page â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- of OfďŹ cial Records in the ofďŹ ce of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County;

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CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded April 20, 2011 as Instr. No. 2011-0205531 in Book â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- Page â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- of OfďŹ cial Records in the ofďŹ ce of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County CALIFORNIA. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED JUNE 23, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 17144 VIA DE LA VALLE, RANCHO SANTA FE, CA 92067 â&#x20AC;&#x153;(If a street address or common designation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its completeness or correctness).â&#x20AC;? Said Sale of property will be made in â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? condition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note provided, advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

Said sale will be held on: AUGUST 18, 2011, AT 10:30 A.M. *AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING 321 NORTH NEVADA STREET OCEANSIDE, CA At the time of the initial publication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $762,833.09. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. Regarding the property that is

the subject of this notice of sale, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;mortgage loan servicerâ&#x20AC;? as deďŹ ned in Civil Code 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has not obtained from the Commissioner a ďŹ nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time frame for giving a notice of sale speciďŹ ed in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney. Date: July 20, 2011 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee, T.D. Service Company Agent for the Trustee and as Authorized Agent for the BeneďŹ ciary SANDRA M. ARMENTA, VICE PRESIDENT T.D. SERVICE COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The BeneďŹ ciary may be attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. If available, the expected opening bid and/or postponement information may be aobtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com. TAC# 941638 PUB: 07/28/11, 08/04/11, 08/11/11, RF180

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Polo for a Purpose to benefit Kids Korps USA The 2011 San Diego Polo Club’s USPA Rossmore will benefit Kids Korps USA, America’s leading youth volunteer organization. FINE Magazine is once again an event sponsor.

Polo for a Purpose takes place on Sunday, Aug. 28, starting at 12:30 p.m. at the San Diego Polo Club. This event includes a live and silent auction, and a half-time fashion show featuring the work of fashion designers Nicole Miller, TRE Clothing and Mister B, coordinated by local fashion designer Brittany Simpson from Fashion Forward.

The Rossmore Cup is a USPA sanctioned event, assuring a competitive field for a prestigious trophy, with coverage from ESPN and other national media’s. The semi-finals begin at 12:30 pm on Sunday, Aug. 28.

If you are interested in tickets or a VIP table, visit the Fine Magazine website visit: https://www.finehomesandliving.com/Polo-For-a-Purpose/index.php? Tickets to this event are $20 regular tickets / $75 VIP tickets (includes reserve seats, lunch and champagne) Sponsorship opportunities for this year’s tournament are still available at various levels; please call Veronica Baker at Kids Korps at 760-452-2676.

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By Alexa Mikalaski, Teen Korps freshman at San Pasqual High School Many young volunteers and students benefit from joining Kids Korps. Not only do they receive the required community service hours for high school graduation, but they also become more well-rounded students, which can later help with college admittance. While the volunteers are benefiting greatly from Kids Korps, it’s the people on the other end that are truly being served. Recently, Kids Korps partnered up with Starbucks to help less fortunate children get the school supplies they need for the upcoming school year.

These donations will go to two deserving organizations: Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA, and New Alternatives, Inc. Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA is a civilian non-profit organization located on Camp Pendleton’s base, whose mission is to enhance the lives of military personnel and their family members. Military families will benefit greatly from Kids Korp’s school supply donations, because it’s not always an easy life that military families choose, but they choose it to help our country be a safe and

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The other organization that will benefit from the school supplies fundraiser is New Alternatives Inc., which is a foster care agency. There are over 6,000 children in the foster care system in San Diego alone. Foster parents are very dedicated, hard-working people who have stepped in to help make a foster child’s life a better place and provide them with a home and a loving family. The least we can do to help support these families is to provide a backpack or other school supplies to help their foster children continue their education to the best of their ability. Jennifer Galvan, a Program Director as New Alternatives Inc. for 14 years said, “Providing them a backpack full of needed items for school is one way to break down the barriers that our clients have to learning. I think we both recognize that education is the stepping stone to a bright future for these children.”

You don’t have to be a super hero or donate millions of dollars to make a difference in someone’s life. In this case, all you have to do to help our local kids is drop off a pack of pencils, a backpack, or other school supplies at your local Starbucks while you’re grabbing your morning coffee. It may not seem like your donation would make a difference, but if everyone comes together the impact will be huge.

As Andrew Carnegie once said, “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision and the ability to

direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

Donations are being collected now through August 12.

Additional details are on www.kidskorps.org. Thank you for your support!

Ernst & Young Connect Day With Kids Korps

By Tracy Villarreal, 2011 Ernst & Young Horizon Intern Volunteering with Kids Korps made us, a group of Ernst & Young interns, aware of all of the generous and truly amazing people that perform this work every day. As a nonprofit organization, Kids Korps sees the good in all and coordinates events to benefit the community and the environment in various ways. While volunteering my time, I felt that the smallest tasks I did made a world of difference. Our team was so happy to be a part of something that both helped our environment and the lives of those around us.

Whether performing administrative work to relieve a load off of the office staff, or creating artistic masterpieces using recycled energy components, or cleaning the shores of Moonlight beach to restore the beach to its natural appearance, we were all very happy to be given the opportunity to do our part in our community. As a college student, I feel that volunteer work is very important to our well being. We learned about our different talents—a few interns have quite an eye for art. The event also brought our team closer together. The feeling one gets when doing such work is like no other; feeling appreciated and valued to know that even the smallest helping hand can make a great difference.

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Street makeover gives rise to ‘Cedros South’

BY CLAIRE HARLIN Staff Writer The area of the Cedros Design District from Rosa Avenue southward is letting its identity shine — makeover style.

The 14 retailers of the mini-district have banded together to create “Cedros South” and completely change the façade of that end of Cedros Avenue. Not only will they be installing new crosswalks, sculptures and photographic banners, but they are adding a number of features to enhance the visitor experience: bike parking, new lighting facilities, dog watering stations and sitting areas, to name a few.

The changes are drastic and fast-moving, said Cedros Avenue Design District Association spokesman Sean MacLeod. Merchants thought up the idea only five months ago, and improvements are expected to be complete in two months, culminating with an open house event on Oct. 15 — which will be a “big, lovely party,” said MacLeod.

“We have such a wonderful community of friends and merchants at the south end.

We would get together and have wine and cheese amongst ourselves, and one day I

said ‘Hey, we ought to take this idea further and highlight our unique identity,’” said MacLeod.

He added that the Cedros South area is not trying to compete with or break away from the rest of the district.

“We are one big happy family on the whole avenue, but if people respond to ‘South Village,’ they’re going to come to Cedros anyway,” he said. “We are just enhancing one part of the street.”

The merchants are particularly excited about the installation of a large sculpture called “Love My Bike,” by Amos Robinson.

Currently a prized possession of Manhattan Beach, the sculpture will be relocated to Cedros Avenue and soon adorn the entrance of Cedros South.

“The artist knows Cedros and grasps our vision,” MacLeod said.

MacLoad said the South Cedros facelift will not only solidify and give a name to the identity that already exists past Rosa Avenue, but it will also highlight the fashion and art-oriented merchants who reside there.

“There are some fascinating people down there,” he said.

Fragrant and very beautiful

BY FRANK LA ROSA Fragrant, white chalice-flowers suspended among dark green, leathery leaves make Magnolia grandiflora a fine urban tree. This magnolia is native to central Florida up to N. Carolina, Frank La Rosa and over to Texas. In the South, magnolias reach over 90 feet, the record being 114 feet in Mississippi, the magnolia state.

I see many Magnolias planted as expedient “whatevers” in my area, so some of them really don’t develop the grandeur that they are capable of.

So, begin properly. To keep them vibrant, plant them in large, well prepared holes. Although magnolias have roots mostly at the surface, they still need big holes with lots of good earth and compost to hold water. After you plant them, slowly drip water from a hose for the first twelve hours. If you have a magnolia in need of resurrection, it needs the same kind of watering or drippage. A shabby magnolia will recover, but it requires time. Therefore, it is best to start off well with regular soakings and fertilizer; nitrogen in light increments.

Too much nitrogen causes leaf burn.

One choice hybrid magnolia is Magnolia X soulangeana created by one of Napolean’s generals. It has deep pink on the outside of the petals, and light pink on the insides, and the lovely, fragrant flowers appear before the leaves. It is of branching form from the base. The best ones I have ever seen are in the planters at Vons in La

Jolla. After flowering, M. soulangeana produces brilliant red seed pods.

Magnolia X loebneri can grow to 20 feet, is also a branching form, and has narrow, white petals of exquisite beauty. This magnolia can be planted out in the garden or in large ceramic pots. It, like other magnolias, does well with an acid earth of about 5.0 to 6.5 ph, but you don’t need to worry over this if you use good compostyearth. I, being a great lover of coffee, use

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13669 Winstanley Way, Charles Moore, Coldwell Banker Residential

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$1,400,000 5BR/6BA

14086 Collins Ranch Place K. Ann Brizolis, Prudential California Realty

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$2,545,000 5BR/6.5BA

5158 Rancho Verde Trail The Michael Taylor Group, Prudential CA Realty

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6046 Blue Dawn Joseph and Diane Sampson, Sampson California Realty

flowers are used in Nag Champa Incense,

Italian botanist.

Michelias require rich earth and a soaking drip of twelve hours every two months.

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and I believe it. The genus was named after Pietro Antonio Michele, an 18th century

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Michelia champaca of the Magnoliaceof yellowish orange cast. It is said that the

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my coffee grounds to create acid earth. ae produces beautiful, many petaled flowers

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$1,100,000-$1,300,000 16938 Blue Shadows Lane 4BR/4BA K. Ann Brizolis, Prudential California Realty

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$1,240,000 4BR/3BA

3921 Avenida Brisa Shannon Biszantz, Coldwell Banker

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$2,450,000 6BR/6.5BA

6072 Avenida Alteras St Becky and June Campbell, Coldwell Banker

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These frequent soakings leach out the salt that accumulates in our clay soils and makes for leaf tip burn and chlorosis, those

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yellowish green leaves.

Michelia doltsopa, (a terrible species name for such a beauty) is a Himalayan

$339,500 2BR/3BA

7855 Via Belfiore #5, SD 92129 ReMax, Mukesh Jain

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$729,000 5BR/3BA

5058 Sea Mist Ct, SD 92121 Charles Moore, Coldwell Banker Residential

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$829,000 4BR/3BA

12253 Misty Blue Ct, SD 92131 Charles Moore, Coldwell Banker Residential

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gem of dark leathery leaves, and cup shaped white flowers of exceeding beauty.

It is easier than champaca.

Finally, there is M. figo, “banana shrub.” This Michelia has small, marzipanlike, purple tipped flowers that spread a banana-champaca fragrance that is unbelievable. Smell the blossoms at the Armstrong Nursery fence at Via de la Valle and you will believe me.

I would grow all the Michelias, but alas, plants are many and the lots are small.

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