Volume XV, Issue 40
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Sept. 29, 2011 Published Weekly
Ripple of store closings create ‘perfect storm’ at Beachwalk Loss of Blanca, Cold Stone, AT&T, Leisher, offers opportunity to rebrand
■ See our annual ‘Best of ’ North Coast section inside.
BY CLAIRE HARLIN Staff Writer In the past three months, the Beachwalk retail center located, at 437 S. Highway 101, has seen a cascade of store closings, some anticipated and others totally unexpected. “It’s been quite shocking,” said
Maya Hausmann, property manager at Beachwalk, which has lost Blanca restaurant, an AT&T store, The Leisher Group and Cold Stone Creamery, one after the other. The close of highly-acclaimed Blanca was particularly surprising, Hausman said, but the sudden
changes have been “the perfect storm.” The Muller Company, which owns Beachwalk, is not only using the opportunity to rebrand the shopping center as a healthy destination, but it has been bombarded with interest in the space that was formerly Blanca, Hausman said. “When that space became available it was like a wildfire spreading,” she said, adding that
SEE BEACHWALK, PAGE 6
History textbook free of bias, state claims
Author event
■ Knorr Candle Factory and shop listed for sale. Page 17 The Coastal Community Foundation held a luncheon with Ken Blanchard, author of “The One Minute Manager,” on Sept. 21 at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club in Solana Beach. (Above) Bruce Genung, Kelly Briggs, Greg Angela and Marty Ummel (Cal State San Marcos) were among those who attended the event. See page B8. Photo/Rob McKenzie
BY MARSHA SUTTON Senior Education Writer A complaint objecting to the representation of Islam in the seventh-grade history textbook in use by the San Dieguito Union High School District was rejected Sept. 1 by the California Department of Education, after the CDE sent the complaint to the textbook’s publishers for review. Thomas Adams, director of the standards, curriculum frameworks, and instructional resources division of the CDE, notified SDUHSD superintendent Ken Noah that the publishers of “World History – Medieval to Early
Modern Times” – published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston – reviewed the objections point by point and determined that changes were not needed. “The publisher responded at length to the allegations of inaccuracy included in the complaint,” Adams wrote to Noah. “After reviewing the contents of the original criticisms and the publisher’s response, we have determined that there is no need to change current materials.” “We’re disappointed, [but] it’s not unexpected,” said Michael Hayutin who, with colleagues Linda
SEE TEXTBOOK, PAGE 19
Meet Your Neighbor: retired economist Peter House Four-year resident has already enhanced community in myriad ways ■ ‘Common Sense Czar’ T.J. O’Hara shares his vision. Page B1
BY DIANE Y. WELCH Contributor If you frequent Java Depot in Solana Beach or visit City Hall the chances are you’ll see Peter House. Dressed in his distinctive attire comprising a crisp white shirt, black vest and matching black pants, he is easily recognizable. That outfit used to be his comfort-
able weekend attire, he said, but House, now retired, wears it every day. Being retired has not meant slowing down, however, for House, a former economist and expert in policy analysis. On the contrary, since his relocation from Washington D. C. to Solana Beach four years ago with his wife, Carol
Childs, his life has been very busy. House is president of the 101 Merchants Association, a board member of both the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce and the North Coast Repertory Theatre, co-founder of the Solana Beach Community Foundation, and a member of both the Del-Sol Lions, and the Solana Beach Civic
Historical Society, where his wife serves as president. When Childs asked House to retire to Solana Beach it was her plan to return to the community she loved, where she was born and raised. But House had recently completed law school and had his own
SEE HOUSE, PAGE 6
Peter House