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Volume I • Issue 27

Community

■ Encinitas council backs crosswalks on Saxony Road, Quail Gardens Drive. Page 3

■ Young Encinitas equestrian wins competition by using soft touch. Page 11

Lifestyle

■ For photos of a variety of community events, see pages 12, 14, 17 and 21.

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City manager to leave post in January BY JARED WHITLOCK City Manager Gus Vina’s time in Encinitas will come to an end next month. Vina, who unexpectedly announced last week he will step down to take a city manager position in Northern California, asked the council to approve Jan. 16 as his last day. Although his contract calls for 90 days’ notice in the event of resignation, the City Council unanimously voted Dec. 17 to let him leave as early as Jan. 16 and as late as Jan. 31. “We don’t want to keep someone here who is moving on with their future employment,” Mayor Kristin Gaspar said. Gaspar noted in previous conversations with Vina, he stated his end date could be pushed to the end of January if the city needs him, but not much later due to the start of his new job. So, Councilman Mark Muir recommended giving a range from mid to the end of January. When asked by the council, Vina said the timeline works for him. He didn’t say anything else regarding the agenda item.

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Vina has yet to announce which Northern California city he’ll serve as the city manager. As Encinitas’ city manager, Vina oversaw day-to-day operations, including major projects such as construction of the soon-to-open Encinitas Community Park. Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said Vina’s departure in January doesn’t give the city a lot of time to find an interim city manager. But she added the city lacks the power to keep him there until the end of his contract in March. She advocated for the end of January to “give the city more cushion.” Vina was hired in 2011. His salary started at $210,000, and he’s currently See MANAGER, page 23

High school district plans second Prop AA bond draw BY KAREN BILLING The San Dieguito Union High School District plans to issue its second Prop AA bond draw, a total of $125 million, in spring 2015. At its Dec. 11 meeting, the board discussed the type of bond sale and whether or not to engage one or more underwriters in advance of the sale. The board discussed whether to have a negotiated or competitive sale. A competitive sale is when an underwriter is not selected in advance and is awarded the bonds through a bid process on the day of sale, explained Eric Dill, associate superintendent of business services. A negotiated sale is when an underwriter is selected before the day of the bond sale and is active in structuring the bonds and reviewing all the legal and financing documents. This type of sale also gives flexibility in the sale date, allowing a “fall back” option if the conditions are not favorable on the sale day. The district had success issuing the first series of bonds via a negotiated sale in 2013. The board seemed to lean toward the negotiated sale and gave the nod to the district staff to put out a request for proposals for underwriters. At its January meeting, the board plans to look at the numbers of what a potential sale could look like and what estimated payback ratios would be.

Surfers nabbed 5- to 8-foot waves in Encinitas the morning of Dec. 16, before the wind and rain arrived. A strong northwest groundswell kicked up wave heights, with another solid swell due to arrive the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 20. See more photos on page 14. (Above) A surfer cracks off the lip of a wave in Cardiff. Photo by Jared Whitlock

Sober-living homes offer second chances, but have neighbors concerned BY JARED WHITLOCK A duplex near Stone Steps Beach offers sand, surf — and sobriety. Known as a sober-living home, the Neptune Avenue duplex provides 12 recovering addicts a safe environment in which to kick their habits. But some neighbors, citing safety concerns and smoking nuisances, want stricter regulations slapped on it. Concerns have flared up over alcohol- and drugfree homes in other Encinitas neighborhoods as well. But because of federal and California laws, the homes aren’t subject to permitting and receive no state oversight. Ann Sullivan, who lives near the Neptune Avenue duplex, believes Encinitas should join forces with other cities that are trying to regulate such homes to demand reform at the state and federal levels. “It is a disservice, especially to recovering addicts, not to regulate this industry,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said in the absence of state or federal standards, those running the homes in Encinitas and elsewhere could prey on the vulnerable to turn a buck.

Some neighbors say they want stricter regulations for sober living homes, including one establishment near Stone Steps Beach. Photo by Jared Whitlock “The recovering addicts and their families are paying thousands of dollars,” Sullivan said. “At the same time, there are no uniform rules for treatment standards or staff quality.” Cities have passed laws to regulate the homes, but it remains to be seen whether those will hold up in court. Facing a proliferation of such homes, Costa Mesa in October approved an ordinance requiring homes to obtain a special-use permit. A lawsuit followed shortly after. It argues that the ordinance discriminates against addicts because, among other reasons, they’re protected under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. And the lawsuit says the federal Fair Housing Act prevents cities from discriminating in housing based upon disability. Newport Beach passed regulations to address over-concentration, resulting in an ongoing courtroom battle. Robert Crocker, director of operations for Southern California Recovery Centers, which runs the Neptune Avenue See HOMES, page 23

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Encinitas council backs crosswalks on Saxony Road, Quail Gardens Drive BY JARED WHITLOCK Those advocating for slower traffic on Saxony Road and Quail Gardens Drive recently had cause to celebrate. The Encinitas City Council voted 4-0 Dec. 10 to approve crosswalks on both Saxony and Quail Gardens, as well as nearby signs flashing drivers’ speeds. Six public speakers said the two major roads, from Leucadia Boulevard to the north and Encinitas Boulevard to the south, have become unsafe with so many cars speeding past. “They’ve become a veritable racetrack,” said Dick Stern, president of the Encinitas Ranch Community Association. He added the problem is due to get worse thanks to a 60home development in the area that will soon open. A new educational cluster called E3, made up of six organizations located on the roads, pledged to kick in money for the crosswalks and signs. That way, the city doesn’t have to pick up the entire tab. Jim Farley, CEO of the Leichtag Foundation, an E3 member, said the crosswalks and signs are a step in the right direction. Looking long-term, Farley said E3 hired a traffic consultant to identify additional infrastructure that would further reduce the speed limits. E3’s ultimate goal is bring down the speed limit on the two roads from 40 mph to 25 mph. “As organizations that serve thousands in our community, we have a responsibility to ensure our constituents’ utmost safety,” Farley said. E3, which also includes the San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas Union School District, Seacrest Village Retirement Community, the San Dieguito Heritage Museum and Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA, formed last spring to collaborate on educational initiatives. The Saxony Road crosswalk, complete with pedestrianactivated lights, a handicap access ramp and an overhead safety light, is intended to help seniors at Seacrest Village walk across the road to the YMCA. Right now, quick-moving traffic deters seniors from frequenting the YMCA, E3 representatives said. According to Farley, the YMCA and Seacrest Village will each contribute $10,000 toward the $100,000 crosswalk cost.

Cars dart by Quail Gardens Drive, near the Encinitas Union School District’s new 10acre farm. The Encinitas City Council voted in favor of a crosswalk near this location, along with a crosswalk on Saxony Road. Photo by Jared Whitlock And the Leichtag Foundation will pitch in half of the $80,000 cost for eight signs showing drivers’ speeds, which will be strategically placed throughout the two roads, between Leucadia Boulevard and Encinitas Boulevard, Farley stated. Studies have shown the signs reduce speeds from 2 mph to 4 mph, according to Rob Blough, the city’s traffic engineer. The Quail Gardens Drive crosswalk aims to protect students at the Encinitas Union School District’s new 10-acre farm. District Superintendent Tim Baird said students at the farm would probably use the

crosswalk to visit the Botanic Garden just across the street. And EUSD could potentially contribute toward the $15,000 Saxony crosswalk, according to E3 officials. Because the farm is a school site, under state law, signs stating “25 mph when children are present” will be posted adjacent to the site by the end of the year. Once the crosswalks and signs are installed on Saxony and Quail Gardens, the city plans to remeasure speeds as legal justification for posting a lower speed limit. Under state law, limits are set at the

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Encinitas, San Marcos face tough labor talks over aides • Part-timers also negotiating for benefits and hours BY PAT MAIO, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE School districts in Encinitas and San Marcos are locked in labor negotiations with an employees union that wants health benefits and more work hours for instructional aides, the front-line workers who help students with special needs. The talks come as the result of growing concern over high turnover rates for part-time aides and new Obamacare rules beginning Jan. 1 that mandate health care benefits to employees who work more than 30 hours a week. In many school districts, instructional aides are parttime workers who log 15-20 hours a week and don’t qualify for health benefits. The California School Employees Association, which represents classified workers ranging from bus drivers and gardeners to nutrition workers, is pushing the Encinitas Union School District and San Marcos Unified School District to offer more hours and benefits to hundreds of aides as a way to stabilize a workforce that they say is in turmoil. “These people are living in poverty,” said Scott Hendries, a CSEA labor relations negotiator in San Diego and Imperial counties. “There are people out there trying to make a living for a family, and providing food, and they can’t. It’s a really a sad situation.” District officials acknowledge there are challenges. A fifth of the instructional aides in the Encinitas district resigned at the end of last year, moving to better-paying jobs, said Angelica Lopez, assistant superintendent in charge of administrative services. “The turnover problem is a real concern,” she said. “We are always in a hiring mode.” The aides work with kids who have individualized educational plans, or IEPs, and need special assistance. Some of those students may be autistic, have Down syndrome, or have severe learning disabilities. “A high turnover rate doesn’t allow for strong relationships with IEP students,” said Lopez, whose district employs about 100 instructional aides. Since July, she said, the dis-

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trict has conducted at least four to five rounds of interviews with 60 candidates to fill job openings. San Marcos Unified officials did not return phone calls this week seeking comment on the negotiations. Still reeling from years of recession and state budget cuts, school districts are under pressure to keep spending under control. Adding increasingly pricey health benefits for hundreds of workers would be a major expense. For that reason, part-time aides make more economic sense. The CSEA chapters in Encinitas and San Marcos want aides to get at least six hours of work daily, giving them access to more coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare. In the San Marcos district, the three-year contract with CSEA Chapter 413 expired June 30. It covers about 1,100 workers, including about 700 part-time workers. Roughly half are instructional aides who don’t receive health benefits. The remaining 350 part-timers are food service, security, transportation, office, gardeners, nutrition and other classified workers who also don’t get health care benefits. In the Encinitas district, the three-year contract with CSEA Chapter 493 expires in June 2016, and covers roughly 250 workers, including just under 100 instructional aides. The two sides are negotiating a change in the existing contract to grant some benefits to instructional aides, according to CSEA officials and Lopez. Lopez says her district has told the union it may be willing to give 40 instructional aides six hours of work each day. As some aides resign, other aides could pick up the extra work, and get the health care benefits in the process as they reach the 30-hour work week threshold. The sticking point, however, is that the district doesn’t want to pay for family coverage. Both sides are worried about the declining supply of qualified instructional aides, who must have taken at least

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Hergesheimer named high school district board president

BY KAREN BILLING San Dieguito Union School District Superintendent Rick Schmitt welcomed new member Maureen “Mo” Muir to the board at the Dec. 11 meeting, and the trustees elected their new leadership positions. Beth Hergesheimer was elected board president, Amy Herman was named vice president and John Salazar was elected clerk. At the meeting, Schmitt also acknowledged outgoing president Joyce Dalessandro for leading the district through a “rich and full” 2014. He remarked that she effectively oversaw the first year of the Common Core State Standards implementation, the beginning of several Prop AA projects, the hiring of five new principals and the first year that the district has really examined how it enrolls high school students. “It’s a lifestyle for you, and it’s not just a job,” Schmitt said. In approving the meeting schedule for 2015, Salazar asked whether trustees might consider rotating the location of school board meetings to various school sites to promote more community involvement. Schmitt said staff will consider scheduling three to four meetings at SDUHSD school sites next year.

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Leucadia a ‘problematic area’ for illegal railroad crossings BY JARED WHITLOCK There’s a legal crossing at Leucadia Boulevard, but it’s common to see people just north breaking the law by walking across the railway. In hopes of cutting down on illegal crossings, North County Transit District (NCTD) recently identified north of Leucadia Boulevard as one of three focus spots. “It’s proven to be a problematic area for us since we’ve had a heavy number of incidents there,” said Katie Whichard, NCTD’s public information officer. According to NCTD data, four of the eight train fatalities in Encinitas since 2011 occurred near Leucadia Boulevard. “It’s a very high number compared to the other areas our trains go through,” Whichard said. Torrey Pines State Beach and the Del Mar Fairgrounds are two other focus areas, according to a recent NCTD board presentation. Whichard said people frequently cross north of Leucadia Boulevard to get to businesses and the beach. She added that, unfortunately, some don’t realize how fast the trains are moving until it’s too late. NCTD and the city of Encinitas are gearing up for a study to determine specific hotspots in Leucadia for illegal crossings and infrastructure that might prevent the problem, Whichard said. “We will work with community partners to identify solutions,” Whichard said. In the meantime, NCTD has partnered with Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit dedicated to railroad safety, to distribute educational fliers warning people and Leucadia businesses about the dangers of illegally crossing the tracks. NCTD contracts with the Encinitas-based Sheriff’s Transit Services Unit, which handles education and enforcement along the tracks. A representative from the Sheriff’s Transit Services Unit did not return a request to comment on whether more deputies will be posted to monitor due north of Leucadia Boulevard. A citation for illegally crossing the tracks can run as much as $1,000 and require a court appearance.

Leucadia Boulevard. If the trains ran underneath the intersection, this would make it easier for pedestrians to cross and greatly improve traffic flow, he said. “That intersection is dangerous because of so many cars, so many trains and so many pedestrians all competing,” Kranz said. The cost to underground the tracks at the intersection is estimated at $150 million. Kranz said while expensive, undergrounding the railroad should still be pursued. “Rail issues are such a huge part of our quality of life,” Kranz said. “In the past, many have said that (trenching the tracks at Leucadia Boulevard) will never happen, but I think we have to try. And so I’m dedicated to searching for funding to underground the railroad.” Kranz said the city will hold a rail summit sometime in the next few months to get input on what might be done to address trespassing and other rail issues.

Parent pushes for pool for San Dieguito schools

A man illegally crosses the train tracks north of Leucadia Boulevard, an area North County Transit District recently prioritized. Photo by Jared Whitlock In June, a deputy from the unit told the Encinitas Advocate citations are generally reserved for egregious violations like intoxicated people stumbling along the railway. Instead, the deputy said the unit has generally opted for warnings and education. The city has sought to construct undercrossings at Grandview Street, El Portal Street and Montgomery Avenue to cut down on railroad trespassings, but has been unsuccessful in grant bids. Currently, there are only eight places to legally get across the tracks in Encinitas, with the Santa Fe undercrossing being one. Councilman Tony Kranz, the city’s representative on the NCTD board, said in addition to undercrossings, he believes the city should pursue grants to trench the tracks at

BY KAREN BILLING La Costa Canyon parent Lucile Lynch is hoping that the San Dieguito Union School District will take a deep dive into the issue of building a pool for the district’s swimming and water polo teams. After the Mavericks water polo team’s successful run to the CIF finals and a celebratory banquet last week, Lynch said she owed it to the athletes to approach the board at their Dec. 11 meeting about getting a pool the district can call its own. “I’ve spoken with the other schools’ coaches and parent representatives and there’s a cry for a pool in the district,” Lynch said. “It’s an unusual situation to not have immediate access to a pool facility. We have to pay $100,000 a year through parent resources to outside agencies to use See POOL, page 23

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; humorously explores writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;irrationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sense of failure

BY JOE TASH Bernadette Fox is a mother, a transplanted Los Angeleno living in the damp confines of Seattle, and a once-promising architect who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t create anymore because of the trauma of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Huge Hideous Thingâ&#x20AC;? she experienced. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the main character of Maria Sempleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d You Go, Bernadette,â&#x20AC;? published in 2012 by Little, Brown and Co. When Bernadette writes a rambling, self-pitying email to her former teacher and mentor back in Los Angeles, he responds tersely: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you done? You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t honestly believe any of this nonsense. People like you must create. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.â&#x20AC;? That line is a central theme of the book, said Semple, the featured speaker at the Nov. 21 meeting of the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society, held at The Grand Del Mar Resort. The novel, she said, is an autobiographical work that grew out of her own struggle with feelings of failure when her first novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This One Is Mine,â&#x20AC;? was not a commercial success. Semple admitted that her response was irrational, because many people would consider it a triumph simply to have a novel put in print by a prominent publishing house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t experience it that way,â&#x20AC;? she said. Bernadette is a kind of alter ego to Semple â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the character is devastated when an acclaimed house she designed is demolished. Like her character, Semple also moved to Seattle from Los Angeles, where she and her boyfriend, George Meyer, known for his work as a writer for â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Simpsonsâ&#x20AC;? animated TV show, now live with their daughter, 10-yearold Poppy. And Semple had her own â&#x20AC;&#x153;a-haâ&#x20AC;? moment during a call to her â&#x20AC;&#x153;ex-shrinkâ&#x20AC;? in Los Angeles, when he told her essentially the same thing Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teacher wrote in his email â&#x20AC;&#x201D;that if she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write, she would become a menace to society.

Literary Society President Candace Humber, author Maria Semple, Chapter leader Gayle Allen. Photo/McKenzie Images The book is her imagined response to the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would I be like in 15 years if I never wrote again?â&#x20AC;? Semple said in interview before her talk at the Literary Society luncheon. Although Bernadette isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the happiest or most well-adjusted person, the book is buoyed throughout by Sempleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of humor, honed during 15 years as a writer for such TV sitcoms as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellen,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad About Youâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrested Development.â&#x20AC;? There are battles with a snarky neighbor, confessional emails to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;virtual personal assistantâ&#x20AC;? in India, and a wild adventure in Antarctica, just to name a few of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plot developments. Semple also takes a few potshots at her adopted hometown, where she first felt out of place, suffering from â&#x20AC;&#x153;culture shock,â&#x20AC;? but which she said she has since come to love.

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Such as this gem: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are two hairstyles here: short gray hair and long gray hair.â&#x20AC;? Or this one: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a hypnotist put everyone from Seattle in a collective trance. You are getting sleepy, when you wake up you will want to live only in a Craftsman house, the year wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter to you, all that will matter is that the walls will be thick, the windows tiny, the rooms dark, the ceilings low, and it will be poorly situated on the lot.â&#x20AC;? When Semple began writing the novel, it was in the first-person form, in Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice. But she said after a few dozen pages, she got sick of the characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;insufferableâ&#x20AC;? personality. So she began thinking about other ways of presenting the story, and hit on the epistolary form, a novel told through a series of letters or documents. In this case, most of the story is told through letters and emails between characters, along with a magazine article, medical reports and a ship captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s log, among other documents. Semple said she relishes the challenges of overcoming obstacles during the writing process. To illustrate the point, she cited a passage in a letter that Bernadette wrote to her daughter, Bee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a creative problem-solver with good taste and a soft spot for logistical nightmares,â&#x20AC;? Bernadette writes. Semple said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s me, that was my little embedded thing of how I view myself.â&#x20AC;? Semple, who also teaches writing and studies poetry with a private teacher in sessions at a local diner, said writing a novel entails emotional risk and a lot of hard work. But it also allows her to express her own personality, likes and dislikes in a way that her TV writing career did not. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I refer to writing novels as a tantrum of taste,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you. You make all the decisions.â&#x20AC;? For more on Semple, visit www.mariasemple.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d You Go, Bernadetteâ&#x20AC;? is available on Amazon.com and at Barnes & Noble, and online at www.barnesandnoble. com.

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Mentoring experience leads local man to Big Brothers Big Sisters chairmanship BY JOE TASH As a senior at Stanford University, Derek Bruton served as a volunteer Big Brother to a young boy whose father was incarcerated. “The child had no one to really talk to, especially about guy stuff,” said Bruton. “It was a tremendous experience; it left an imprint on my life.” Bruton, who is now a father of two, and CEO of a financial services firm, has come full circle with the mentoring program: He serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County. In that capacity, Bruton helps guide a nonprofit that serves 1,725 boys and girls in San Diego County, providing them with Big Brothers or Big Sisters who act as role models, mentors and companions to their young charges. Some little brothers and sisters have parents who are deployed overseas with the military, others have parents in jail or prison, and still others simply need someone to talk to or help them with their homework. Making those positive connections at the formative ages of elementary and middle school can have a long-lasting impact on children, making them less likely to turn to drugs or drop out of school, said Bruton. “Developing a one-on-one mentoring relationship with these children so they avoid behaviors that could lead them down the wrong path, and really instilling confidence in them, which is what they need at that age, makes a big difference,” Bruton said. The relationship between “Bigs” and “Littles,” as the organization calls them, carries benefits for both sides. Adam Johnson, 29, has been matched as a Big Brother to a local boy for the past two years. Johnson said he got involved through a friend, who gathered a group of people to attend a Big Brothers Big Sisters orientation session. Johnson said he gets together with his 11-year-old Little Brother, Niko, at least twice a month, when they might have dinner, shoot baskets, do homework, or go for a bike ride. Sometimes they attend sporting events such as Padres games, outings that are organized by Big Brothers Big Sisters. “He is like a little brother to me. We’re definitely close,” said Johnson. “To be part of a program like this and give back in some way is very rewarding.” Johnson, who moved to San Diego from Philadelphia several years ago, said he can envision the relationship continuing into the future. “It’s definitely something that can keep going. Both of us are very happy with the match. I feel we are very lucky, I hit the jackpot, so to speak, a great kid, and a great mother,” Johnson said. He encouraged others to volunteer with the program, noting, “It doesn’t take that much time,” but makes a big difference in kids’ lives. “The juice is definitely worth the squeeze,” he said. Haleh Gianni, Niko’s mother, said she signed up her son to provide a positive role model. “I really believe in the positive impact of mentorship for young kids.” Gianni and Niko’s father are divorced, and while his father does spend time with him, Gianni said, she thought the boy would benefit from a mentor who was not a parent, someone he could relate to and learn from. When Niko comes back from an outing with Johnson, said Gianni, her son is happy and excited. “It’s so interesting to see him open the door for me, or

Derek Bruton encourages people to volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters. ‘The juice is definitely worth the squeeze,’ he says. say ‘Mom, do you need help? I’ll carry the bags for you.’ Seeing those little things, I know they come from watching Adam,” she said. According to the San Diego Big Brothers Big Sisters website, potential “Bigs” must be over 18, have a valid Social Security number and commit to volunteer in San Diego for at least one year. The program carefully screens applicants before they are paired with children, said Bruton. Volunteers meet with their Little Brothers or Sisters twice a month, and each visit or activity runs two to four hours, he said. Over the next five years, Bruton said, the group would like to expand its programs to serve 4,000 to 5,000 San Diego youths. Among the specific needs, he said, are mentors who speak Spanish, and those willing to travel to Camp Pendleton or Coronado to serve as Big Brothers and Sisters to the children of deployed military members. “We’re on a quest to find those,” he said. Visit www.sdbigs.org.

Brandeis chapters host University on Wheels Jan. 7

San Diego’s Brandeis National Committee chapters, San Dieguito and Rancho Bernardo, will host Brandeis University’s annual outreach program, University on Wheels, with a Jan. 7 luncheon. Each year during the winter break, the university sends its most popular professors to speak to BNC chapters around the country. This year’s speaker is Dr. Bruce Magid, dean of the Brandeis International Business School, who will speak on “Energy and Social Justice: A World Ablaze.” Although the United States has been the dominant economic, political and military force in the world for many years, as we enter 2015, America’s leadership is being challenged by China, Russia, and the political chaos in the Middle East. Dr. Magid will discuss the conflicts and the choices we can make that will affect politics and the distribution of power and wealth. Magid has been at Brandeis since 2007; previously he was dean of the College of Business Graduate School at San Jose State. He has also worked in government and private business in Venezuela, Brazil, and the U.S. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 7 at the Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, San Diego. The cost is $40 or $50, to benefit the BNC Sustaining the Mind project. Call 858-309-8348.

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GolfTEC franchise lets Encinitas golfers take a swing at new technology BY DIANE Y. WELCH While Suzanne LaTour’s peers are raising children, she jokes that she is raising three San Diego County GolfTEC franchise locations. While two are established — one at Rancho Bernardo and the second in the Golden Triangle area — the third just launched on Dec. 6 at the Encinitas Ranch Golf Course. It is the first GolfTEC facility to be located on a golf course property in Southern California, said LaTour. The new 2,500-square-foot building houses four teaching bays, a putting lab and a fitting studio. During the opening celebration, almost 100 attendees toured the facility, played a virtual course and learned about the custom technology-based instruction that is taking the world of golf by storm. Founded in 1995 by two Denver-based golf professionals, Mike Clinton and Joe Assell, GolfTEC uses proprietary technology to provide high-tech indoor golf lessons. The customized system focuses on five factors for maximum improvement: fact-based diagnosis, sequential lessons, advanced retention tools, video-based practice and precision-matched clubs, according to GolfTEC’s website. GolfTEC is the nation’s leading provider of golf instruction, giving millions of lessons a year in 180 high-tech settings across the U.S. with overseas locations in Mexico, Canada, Korea and Japan, and plans to open in Chile and China, said La Tour. LaTour is a wealth management adviser

and first vice president-wealth management in the financial services division of Merrill Lynch’s downtown San Diego branch. A native New Yorker, she relocated to San Diego in 1988 to work in the world of finance. A certified financial planner, she is also designated as a Certified Investment Management Analyst through the Senior Consultant’s Course at the Wharton School of Business. She has mostly individual clients and manages about $150 million in private client money, she said. “I’m like a general-practice doctor; I love all my clients and really enjoy what I do, but I wanted to diversify and do something else.” Wealth management had been LaTour’s one-and-only career, a 24-year endeavor, when she began researching to invest in a pedestrian-type franchise business like a coin-operated laundry or a dry cleaning company. But fate stepped in as La Tour, an avid golfer, was taking a series of GolfTEC lessons, when she inadvertently overheard that its San Diego-based franchise was for sale. “I called GolfTEC’s Denver headquarters immediately and they confirmed the sale, but they told me I would have to buy the whole region and ultimately build out four centers,” recalled LaTour. “I thought, ‘Of course! Why would I want to start off small?’” she joked. Being passionate about “the addictive game of golf” and understanding the strong desire to improve skills, LaTour dove into the venture in 2010. Since then she has gone from one staff member to nine, with See GOLFERS, page 9

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Dijkstras take independent approach to art collecting • ‘NAKED: 20th Century Nudes From the Dijkstra Collection’ on view at Oceanside Museum of Art BY JAMES CHUTE, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE Some of Bram Dijkstra’s best friends are art dealers, but he has a word of advice: “You can never trust a dealer — never,” said Dijkstra, who with his wife, Sandra Dijkstra, is among the region’s most active and eclectic art collectors. “The complete insanity of the contemporary art world is based on dealers.” Instead of dealers, the Dijkstras have largely relied on their own intelligence, intuition and luck in acquiring a remarkable collection of paintings once neglected or discarded by other collectors. They have frequently lent works to local museums, and a selection of their art is now on view through March 8 at the Oceanside Museum of Art: “NAKED: 20th Century Nudes From the Dijkstra Collection.” In “NAKED,” you won’t see any of the name-brand, marquee artists whose work dominates the art market. Dijkstra blames the massive inflation of the price of such work on dealers who cater to “the 1 percent of the 1 percent,” billionaires who may have little appreciation of art but who think they know a good investment when they see one. “What happens is, they decide they have to do something with all that money and they invest it in art,” Dijkstra said. “They invest in what the dealers are pushing, and the prices go up and up and up, although it’s completely unimpressive. “The only people who really think Jeff Koons or Andy Warhol are worth all that money are the dealers and those to whom they sell.” Instead of Koons or Warhol, in “NAKED” you see arresting canvases by Reid and Woolrych and dozens of others. There’s Alexander Brook’s evocative “Ann” (which the Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccessioned); Anne Goldthwaite’s pensive “Nude Woman” (formerly owned by the San Diego Museum of Art), and Charles Webster’s fascinating untitled nude (which the Columbus Museum of Art decided it could do without). “For a while, we called our collection ‘the collection of discarded art,’ because so much of the work seemed to be so completely unappreciated for what it was,” Dijkstra said. “That really extends even more to the nude.” Naked ambition From the beginning, when they started collecting art in the early 1980s, the Dijkstras focused their efforts on one fundamental mutual interest — women. Bram Dijkstra taught cultural history at UC San Diego and wrote numerous articles and books on women’s roles in society (including “Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture” and “Evil Sisters: The Threat of Female Sexuality and the Cult of Manhood”). Sandra Dijkstra, who now runs her own literary agency, was also a university teacher and an early member of the Modern Language Association’s National Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession. Their emphasis on female artists and art about women also had a practical aspect: The art was more available and less expensive. “We often came across wonderful, truly first-rate work by little-known women —

which was usually far more affordable than much less-accomplished work by much better-known men,” said Bram Dijkstra. “We also discovered that many American collectors seem to find it embarrassing to confront the undraped figure in art — and that made great paintings of the nude more accessible to us.” Indeed, there’s no denying the content of these paintings and their potential for creating awkwardness or even controversy. “The nude is a personal subject and inherently brings up issues of sexuality, identity, religion and many major life choices, individual values and beliefs,” said Tara Smith, the exhibit’s curator. “With this in mind, showing the nude is important for art museums to keep pursuing.” But even if the exhibition’s title screams “NAKED” (a topic Bram Dijkstra knows in depth, having written the definitive book in 2010, “Naked: The Nude in America”), the nudity is almost beside the point. More than anything, the exhibit is a celebration of these largely forgotten artists. Does anyone remember Jean Donald Swiggett? Perhaps his name is still recognized by some old-timers at San Diego State University, where he studied and taught for three decades. His expertly rendered “Remembrance of M. Boucher and Miss O’Murphy” might be his masterpiece. Of course, there’s Miss O’Murphy in the buff, but what draws you in as much as the character reflected by her face, the positioning of her body and the composition of the painting are the immaculately rendered details, from the texture of the sofa to the pattern of the wallpaper. “I’m a huge admirer of people who have the patience to do work like this,” Dijkstra said. “A lot of work like this isn’t very good; but you can really distinguish the difference between people who just paint the objects and people who are obsessed with objects and who infuse the objects with life.” Independent thinking There is a feast of other images, including Lily Harmon’s intriguing “My Nude Mother-in-Law” (what is she thinking?), James Aitchison’s humorous “Prick,” or a more recent work by Hugo Crosthwaite, the evocative “Urbanidades — La Mariposa.” They show that despite the best intentions of mainstream contemporary art over the last half-century, the figure is not dead. “The point is, until the 1950s, nobody, but nobody, who wanted to be an artist could get away from drawing the nude, working from a model,” Dijkstra said. “Then the critics started to essentially say, look, all of this figurative work is really vulgar; it doesn’t lift the spirit the way abstraction lifts the spirit. Therefore, to still focus on the figure is really an indication of your mediocrity, your primitivism, your lack of avant-garde spirit.” But the Dijkstras have made up their own minds about what lifts their spirits and constitutes artistic excellence, and their collection challenges others to form their own opinions as well, free of the idea that a painting’s price reflects its aesthetic value. “People don’t trust themselves,” Dijkstra said. “People have always felt, ‘What do we know about art?’ There’s a kind of builtin inferiority complex about that … “If only people were willing to develop

Top: Jean Donald Swiggett’s “Remembrance of M. Boucher and Miss O’Murphy.” Bottom: Art collectors Sandra and Bram Dijkstra at home. — Nelvin C. Cepeda their own sense of what is good and bad — but for that they’d have to do some studying; they’d have to look around and spend some time.” “NAKED: 20th Century Nudes From the Dijkstra Collection” at the Oceanside Museum of Art is a good place to start. And there won’t be a dealer in sight. For more information, visit www.oma-online.org.

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Young equestrian wins competition by using soft touch • Encinitas teen uses gentle techniques to accustom wild mustang to handling BY KELLEY CARLSON A local girl recently had quite a ride with a young mustang — without ever getting in the saddle. On Nov. 29, Sophia Schmidt, 17, and a horse she adopted, CoCo~Cola, won the Southern California Youth and Yearling Mustang Challenge at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. As part of the event, Sophia and other youths from California adopted young wild horses through the Bureau of Land Management and the Mustang Heritage Foundation. The youths trained them from the ground; “gentled” them over a 60-day period; and competed for the titles of “champion” and “Most Adoptable Mustang” and other prizes. Afterward, the public had the opportunity to bid on and adopt several of these mustangs. It was a new experience for Sophia, who has been around horses since age 7. Starting with her mom’s Arabian, Rio, and then her first horse, Domino (believed to be a mustang/Quarter horse mix), the Encinitas resident learned many important areas of horse ownership. Sophia continued to hone her skills over the years through riding lessons and clinics. Eventually, after dabbling in and observing many equine disciplines, she realized she wanted to excel in a softer way of handling horses, a way, she said, that “emphasizes gentleness rather than performance.” Intrigued by the idea of creating a stronger bond between horse and handler, Sophia began practicing such techniques on her horse at the time, Domino. She also found that her current horse, a 9-year-old dunskin Quarter horse gelding named Stars Music Mac (nicknamed “Coda”), responded very well to this style of horsemanship. So when she learned about the Southern California Youth and Yearling Mustang Challenge, Sophia decided to take things to another level. Since the challenge is limited to ages 8-17 and she would no longer be eligible to compete as of April, “I jumped on the opportunity,” she said. The first step of the challenge — hosted by Sue Watkins Horsemanship and funded by the Mustang Heritage Foundation — was for participants to travel to a Bureau of Land Management wild horse facility to select their horses. Those from Northern California went to the corrals in Litchfield, while Southern Californians had planned to travel to Ridgecrest. However, Sophia said that about 15 horses were brought to a satellite adoption facility in Redlands to help cut travel time for the Southern California youths. When the participants arrived at the corrals, they took time to observe the mustangs. Right away, a bay filly from Fish Lake Valley, Nev., caught Sophia’s eye. “I loved that she was very ‘put together,’ and I liked her face,” she said. The filly wasn’t necessarily flashy, but she seemed intellectual when interacting with the herd and wasn’t getting in “trouble,” Sophia noted. Ironically, the horse was the only one in the group born wild, she said. Sophia speculated that because the horse seemed to pose more of a challenge — being used to a herd more than

people — the other participants didn’t seem to be as interested in the filly. It worked out perfectly for Sophia, because although she was among the last to select a horse, she got her first choice. Her chosen mustang — which she named CoCo~Cola (or Cola) — was carefully loaded into a trailer by BLM staff and brought to the Olivenhain home of family friends Liz and Mark Brolaski. Once Cola was acclimated to domestic life and ready for more socialization, Sophia was able to take her to Rancho East in Rancho Santa Fe, where Sophia has ridden and trained almost exclusively since 2007. Over the 60-day period, Sophia spent many hours with Cola — waking up at 5:30 a.m. daily to feed her and clean her corral, then spending several hours after school training her, while juggling homework and extracurricular activities. During the training, Sophia initially implemented techniques and ideals she learned from her Mustang Challenge host, Watkins. It wasn’t long before she was using the core horsemanship skills she had been learning with her mentor, Juliet Hendershot, and clinician Buck Brannaman. All the training was done with Sophia working from the ground and a portion from sitting on a fence. One of the keys was gaining Cola’s trust, and once Sophia had that, “(Cola) would do anything for her,” said Sophia’s mother, Geanna Schmidt. Sophia said the most difficult part was getting Cola to completely “hook on” to her.

Sophia Schmidt holds the bridle of CoCo~ Cola, with whom she won the Southern California Youth and Yearling Mustang Challenge at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds on Nov. 29. Below: Sophia and CoCo~Cola during the competition. Photos courtesy Geanna Schmidt.

“My goal was for her to be willing to walk, jog, stop and back up right in time with my movement,” she said. “Juliet Hendershot, one of my great mentors, offered to lead (pony) Cola off of her horse. Cola couldn’t resist the power of Juliet’s horse the same way she would occasionally resist me, so eventually she gave up trying, and understood. From then on, she walked right next to me every time I was with her.” And Cola proved to be a willing “student.” “There were easy parts all along the way with Cola

because whenever I thought she was ready to try something new, she always was,” Sophia said. “She loved to jump, take the bit, pick up her feet, and other things that were unexpectedly easy for a wild horse to do.” Sophia learned that working with a wild horse is both easier and harder than working with a domestic horse. See EQUESTRIAN, page 20

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24th Annual Paul Ecke, Jr. Poinsettia Ball The Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA hosted the 24th Annual Paul Ecke, Jr. Poinsettia Ball on Dec. 13 in the Gary E. Biszantz Family Gymnasium. Guests welcomed in the holiday season with a formal evening of live entertainment, gourmet dining, silent auction items and displays of beautiful Poinsettia species. Photos by McKenzie Images. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

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’Tis the season for surfers Surfers nabbed 5- to 8-foot waves in Encinitas the morning of Dec. 16, before the wind and rain arrived. A strong northwest groundswell kicked up wave heights, with another solid swell due to arrive the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 20. Photos by Jared Whitlock

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There was no shortage of people in the water, requiring surfers on waves to carefully navigate the crowd.

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Operation Game On preview event for upcoming 15-Inch Cup Challenge The First Annual Operation Game On Media Challenge was held Dec. 8 at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. The event was held to highlight Operation Game On’s 15-Inch Cup Challenge, which will be held Jan. 12, from noon-3 p.m. at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. “Whether one is a scratch golfer, novice or pro, take the challenge and experience the fun of Hack Golf at this event and up your odds of scoring a hole-in-one. All participants will be entered into a chance to go home with two tickets to The Masters or a round of golf for two at Pebble Beach. “The driving range will be the backdrop for the Challenge with four distances ranging from 75-150 yards, with the new 15-inch cup instead of the typical 4.5-inches. Every hole-in-one pays cash prizes. “Operation Game On gives returning combatinjured troops suffering from physical and mental disabilities a very special custom intro-to-golf package.” For more information on the Challenge and Operation Game On, visit www.operationgameon. org/15-inch-cup-challenge/ or www.operationgameon.org Photos by Jon Clark.

Operation Game On’s Tony Perez talks about the challenge while golfers practice their chip shot game.

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2014 Encinitas Holiday Parade winners Tens of thousands turned out to watch perhaps Encinitas’ biggest Holiday Parade yet on Dec. 6. This year’s parade theme was “Droppin’ In for the Holidays,” and many entries went all out, representing Encinitas’ claim as the Action Sports mecca. The Encinitas City Council, the Encinitas Holiday Parade Committee and the Parks and Recreation Department thank this year’s Parade participants for such a memorable evening in downtown

Encinitas and congratulate the winners. Plenty of great pictures can be found in the Holiday Parade photo album on the City of Encinitas Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/City-of-Encinitas. (link) The 2014 Encinitas Holiday Parade category winners are: Best Use of Theme 1st: Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA Redhawk Nation 2nd: Hansen Surfboards 3rd: Nixon Watches

Best Use of Lights 1st: Encinitas Rotary Club 2nd: Encinitas Country Day School 3rd: Encinitas Main Street 101 Best Spirit 1st: Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA Redhawk Nation 2nd: Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA Wildcat Nation 3rd: Santa Claus Best Children’s Group 1st: Magdalena Ecke Family

YMCA Redhawk Nation 2nd: Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA Wildcat Nation 3rd: Encinitas Ballet Best Performance 1st: Mira Costa College 2nd: Encinitas Ballet 3rd: All Star Dance Best Marching Band 1st: San Dieguito Academy 2nd: Ada Harris Elementary “Wildcat Band” 3rd: Oak Crest Middle School

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What’s going on in and around Encinitas

CCA Grad Nite calls for boxers, community support Canyon Crest Academy is gearing up for Grad Nite 2015 and the students need the community’s help! Each year, a committee of parent volunteers works tirelessly to put on this event for graduating seniors. It is a safe, drug and alcohol-free event held on the CCA campus — providing the students with a private, secure venue to celebrate with classmates. The committee tries to keep the costs down so it can be affordable as well — and this is accomplished through generous donations from parents and the community. You may be wondering, why do they need boxer shorts? Well, one of the fun activities planned for CCA’s Grad Nite is Boxer Bingo. The winner of each game wins a pair of fun, colorful boxers (like those being modeled in the photo by some of the Grad Nite Committee volunteers). Needed are boxer shorts of all sizes with cool designs — superheroes, cartoon characters, animal prints, etc. — unused, of course! Local retailers are encouraged to donate items and gift cards for the raffle drawings that are held throughout the night. Restaurants and bakeries can donate snacks — multiple food and drink stations need to be stocked. Anyone can donate bottled water, raffle prizes and gift cards (perhaps those cards you received at the holidays that you aren’t planning to use). And of course, cash donations are always welcome. All vendor donors will be acknowledged on the CCA Foundation Grad Nite website. For information or to coordinate a donation pick-up, e-mail gradnitecca@gmail.com.

For more on these events, visit http:// bit.ly/16cvgmJ. • Ballet Folklorico de San Dieguito: 1-2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, for grades 2-6. Ocean Knoll Elementary School, 910 Melba Road, Encinitas. Also 1-2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, for grades 2-6 at Ocean Knoll Elementary School, 910 Melba Road, Encinitas; and 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19 for grades 7-8 and 3:30-4:30 p.m. for grades 9-12 at Encinitas Community Center dance studio, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas. Cost: $5 (scholarships available) Info: 619-446-7283 or 760-633-2746. Learn the traditional dances of Mexico in this new program that develops skills and talent, and is fun! No experience necessary. Instructor: Nadia Arambula. • Lagoon Platoon: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 20, San Elijo Lagoon, 2710 Manchester Ave., Cardiff. Free. Fall is native planting season! Join volunteers to work behind-the-scenes to improve native habitats at San Elijo Lagoon. Nature tour included. • Holiday Guided Walk, 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, San Elijo Lagoon, 2710 Manchester Ave., Cardiff. Free. Winter shorebirds are here to spend the season, many of which come from the high Arctic. Enjoy the fragrance of sages described along the way, and see the native red “holly” berries of Toyon, offering a splash of color on the hills. • Garden of Lights: 5-9 p.m. Dec. 1223 and 26-30, San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Members $8. Seniors, active military and students $10. Non-members $14. Children ages 3-12, $6. The Garden is transformed into a dazzling winter wonderland with more than 100,000 sparkling lights for a magical holiday experience! With horse-drawn wagon rides, holiday crafts, marshmallow roasting, live music, hot mulled wine (on select nights) and visits with Santa. • Composting Workshop: 10 a.m.noon Saturday, Dec. 20, Ocean Knoll Educational Farm, 701 Bonita Drive, Encinitas. Free. Learn how to make rich, organic soil

amendments in your own back yard through traditional and worm composting methods taught by expert staff from Solana Center. • The Poinsettia: noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, San Dieguito Heritage Museum, 450 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Free. Call 760-632-9711. Every weekend, enjoy fun activities that revolve around a historical theme. Ever wonder how the poinsettia came to be known as the Christmas flower? Learn about the Ecke Ranch and how the Ecke family made the poinsettia a Christmas icon all over the world! We’ll create holiday decorations. Suitable for all ages. • Big Screen Movie Matinee: 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, Cardiff Library, 2081 Newcastle Ave., Cardiff. Free. Call 760753-4027. Come to the Community Room and enjoy a delightful family movie on the big screen! (Call for film info.) • Encinitas Ballet: The Nutcracker: 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, Thompson Performing Arts Center, 1 Maverick Way, Carlsbad. Tickets: $25, $20. Call 760- 632-4947. Candy canes leap through the air, giant mice battle toy soldiers, snowflakes dance and the Nutcracker transforms into a handsome prince, with music by Tchaikovsky in this cherished ballet. Directed and choreographed by Sayat Asatryan and Olga Tchekachova. • Christmas Vespers Concert: Handel’s Messiah: 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas. Freewill offering. Call 760-753-6582. The monumental oratorio will be performed by soloists Kelley Hart, Janelle DeStefano, Kyle Malone, and Michael Blinco, the Chancel Choir and orchestra. William Hatcher conducts. • La Paloma Theatre: 471 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas. Tickets: $9, $7. Call: 760-436-SHOW (7469). “Gone Girl,” “Awake: The Life of Yogananda,” and Friday Midnight Movie: “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

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The Elks Lodge of Encinitas offers Friday Night Dancing, open to the public, at the invitation of the bands. Fees vary, but generally are $10. Marty’s Big Band Express, a 16-piece orchestra, is playing from 6-8 p.m. Sunday evenings. The Elks Lodge is a private organization, but as these are rentals, they can invite the public to a performance. Swing bands, often with free dance lessons, have been playing for the past four years as public events. The lodge is at 1393 Windsor Road, Cardiff. Call 760-753-2243.

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Scripps Encinitas Champagne Toast and Celebration The seventh annual Champagne Toast and Celebration was held Dec. 4 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club to honor the generosity of donors and volunteers who support Scripps Encinitas. Donors, volunteers, physicians and staff of Scripps Encinitas attended the event. Photos by McKenzie Images. For photos online, visit www.rsfreview.com.

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USMC recognizes Rancho Encinitas Academy for support of Marine families at holidays The U.S. Marine Corps, School of Infantry (West), recognized the efforts of teachers and students at Rancho Encinitas Academy for their support of Marines and their families during the holiday season. A certificate of appreciation signed by Col. Christopher J. Williams was presented to teacher Amy Becker, who spearheaded the campaign to collect gift cards and shop for toys and clothes for two military families in need. The schoolwide event raised more than $2,000. After collecting all the donations, the middle school Karey Jaeger, left, co-director of Rancho Encinitas students shopped for gifts Academy, and Amy Becker, middle school teacher, with and clothes with their teach- the certificate of appreciation from the USMC School of ers. The items, with several Infantry. gift cards, were presented to two Marine Corps families, who were selected and surprised by their Senior Leaders. One of the families includes a couple with five children, and the other family has a baby on the way. “Any nice gesture will surely lift their spirits during this holiday season,” Becker said. In a letter addressed to the school, Col. Williams highlighted the difference that Rancho Encinitas Academy has made for local military families. “Please know that your contributions have immeasurably enhanced the quality of life for many of our Marine Corps families,” he wrote. “I have received numerous positive comments from Marines of all ranks expressing their substantial appreciation for the generosity your group has demonstrated during this and past holiday season.” Rancho Encinitas Academy prides itself on the many service-oriented projects it provides to the community including volunteering each year at Rancho Coastal Humane Society, feeding the homeless, disaster relief, and the annual support provided to Marines and their families during the holiday season. Call 760-942-2011 or visit www.ranchoencinitasacademy.com or connect on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RanchoEncinitasAcademy.

Middle school students used some of the donated money and gift cards to shop for gifts and clothes for the military families in need.

Tickets for ‘Dirty Dancing’ musical premiere on sale Broadway/San Diego announced recently that individual tickets for the San Diego premiere of “Dirty Dancing — The Classic Story On Stage” are on sale now. Tickets are available at the San Diego Civic Theatre Box Office or by visiting www.broadwaysd.com. The staged musical version of the 1987 worldwide smash-hit film ‘Dirty Dancing’ (pictured at right) will play at the San Diego Civic Theatre from Jan. 6-11, 2015.

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“A wild horse has never experienced anything remotely close to what you are asking them to do, making them infinitely more sensitive and responsive,” she said. By the end of the 60 days, the former wild horse accepted baths, ropes and saddles, along with being tied, having her feet trimmed and using a soft bit. She became used to flapping flags and other movements and objects often scary to a horse, and was able to load into a trailer with the point of a finger. Then it was competition time, and Sophia admitted she was nervous going into it. The challenge finals event — held Nov. 29 — began with three qualifying classes: Handling and Body Conditioning (similar to showmanship), In-Hand Trail Obstacle Pattern, and Horsemanship. Points were awarded to the top finishers in each class, and the highest number of points advanced to the final Freestyle class. Cola and Sophia won the Handling and Body

Conditioning and trail obstacle classes, and finished second in Horsemanship. In the Freestyle, while many of the competitors dressed in costumes, Sophia and Cola focused on physical maneuvers to impress the judges — they wove between poles and tires, went over small jumps, kicked a yoga ball and roped with a lariat, all in time to music. The routine clearly impressed the judges, as Sophia and Cola were named champions of the competition. Among the prizes they received were a goodie bag; a wild rag (similar to a bandana); $400; a belt buckle; a neck sash for Cola; and the honorable Mustang Ambassador Award, which gives Sophia and Cola the opportunity to represent BLM wild horses and the Mustang Heritage Foundation at the Horse Expo Pomona in January. The victory came as a pleasant surprise to Sophia, who reiterated that her filly was absolutely wild 60 days before the show. “I thought it was really cool,” she said. “I really believed we would be fifth or sixth. “She won champion, and I’m very proud of my little girl for having blown

away my expectations. Thank you to all of our incredible youth trainers, judges, sponsors and parents for making it such an amazing experience!” Unfortunately, Sophia wasn’t able to keep CoCo~Cola after the 60 days, citing costs and the fact that she still has Coda to keep fit and train. Cola was adopted by Dusty Jeans Ranch in Norco. “Overall, the experience was nothing short of amazing,” Sophia said. “Naturally, I’m not a very competitive person, so I wasn’t going into the competition to win as much as I was to give a horse a good start in life. I never expected to bond with a wild animal so well just over 60 days, and letting her go was by far the hardest part when it was all over.” In the meantime, there are plans for Sophia and Cola to reunite at the January horse expo if their youth exhibit schedules allow. And the San Dieguito High School Academy senior — whose family has lived in Encinitas for five generations and owns Schmidt Electric — has plenty of additional activities to keep her busy. She’s president of the San Diego County 4-H Equine Education Ad-

visory Committee, and is a member of the San Dieguito 4-H Club, the San Dieguito Riders and the National Honor Student Society. Sophia also enjoys cooking, reading and stand-up paddleboarding. She is also looking ahead to college: She already has been accepted to Montana State, and has applied to schools renowned for

their agricultural programs such as UC Davis and University of Kentucky. Sophia said she plans to major in animal or equine sciences. “She’s very humble — I love that about her,” said Geanna Schmidt. “She keeps growing, and is always learning something new. I’m incredibly proud of her.”

Conservancy hosts native plant restoration project Dec. 20

The Cottonwood Creek Conservancy is hosting a native plant restoration project from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Native plants will be replacing ice plant removed last summer on the slopes west of Highway 101, across the street from Leucadia Pizzeria. The sign-in table will be about 150 feet west of Coast Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard, on the trail to the tennis court there. The conservancy volunteers have been restoring native habitat on this portion of Cottonwood Creek since January 1993, with monthly work parties. On a wet Saturday in January 1993, 130 volunteers removed 160,000 stems of an invasive plant called Arundo donax, commonly known as giant reed. This aggressive plant grows up to 25 feet tall with stems up to 2.5 inches in diameter, creating dense, jungle-like thickets. Each stem had to be individually cut off at ground level and then passed hand to hand up the steep slopes, where four tree chippers worked nonstop turning the material into mulch. The mulch was then spread along the railroad right-of-way to control weeds. This was the start of the first successful large-scale Arundo eradication project in the state. Other weeds have continued to invade over the years, requiring ongoing efforts to remove and replace them with native plants that create habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife. At the Dec. 20 event, volunteers will be installing plants where they had previously removed invasive ice plant and other non-native species on a steep slope and at other bare soil locations along B Street. Wear work clothes and sturdy shoes.Bring gloves and shovels if you have them, and buckets to haul water to the new plants. Younger children will also be able to participate by scattering wildflower seeds throughout the site. For information contact project manager Brad Roth at 760-436-2632 or by email at bwmoth@gmail.com. You can also view photos of past events at www.facebook.com/CottonwoodCreekConservancy. If time permits, there will be a short educational tour of the Creek at the 10:30 a.m. break.

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Vintage Faire Fun The Vintage Faire was held Dec. 7 on the grounds of the San Dieguito Heritage Museum in Encinitas. The event featured tables of antiques and collectibles, crafts, flowers and plants. Live music, a kids’ craft area and gourmet food trucks were also highlights of the event. The San Dieguito Heritage Museum is at 450 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. Call 760-632-9711. Photos by McKenzie Images. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

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duplex, said he is proof of the homes’ benefits. Crocker, a former addict who turned his life around five years ago, said residing in a sober-living home for a period was a key part of his journey. For him, running a home is a public service “and a way to give back,” he said. The Neptune duplex, which opened in September, doesn’t take those who just gave up drugs and alcohol. They must first attend an inpatient treatment facility for a minimum of a month. “The transition time between an intensive in-patient center and the real world is where I come in,” Crocker said. “They still need to have that highly structured living format.” Two house managers at the duplex enforce the rules: Residents must have jobs, attend school or volunteer. Curfews and attending meetings dedicated to recovery are also mandatory. While it didn’t have to get a state or federal license to open, the Neptune Avenue home is working toward voluntary accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, an international nonprofit that provides certification in health and human services. The industry, Crocker said, is mainly driven by referrals. “I’ve accumulated friends throughout the state and country who trust and believe in me, and they know what I’m about,” Crocker said, noting he grew up locally. Marketing also appears to play a role, with some of the homes touting Encinitas’ sunshine and beaches online. The website for a soberliving facility in Cardiff states, “Home to Tony Hawk, Shaun White and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Encinitas is home to colleges, recovery resources and 12-step meetings.” In his experience, Crocker said, the tranquil atmosphere of Encinitas is the ideal spot for those turning over a new leaf. At a community meeting with city officials two months ago, concerned neighbors said the Neptune Avenue home is responsible for excessive trash, and they complained smoke often wafts from the property. They also raised concerns after learning that some in the house have criminal records. Crocker said people deserve a second chance, adding that his main goal when interviewing house candidates is to determine whether they’re serious about sobriety. “I have a criminal back-

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ground. If somebody didn’t give me a second chance, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. Crocker said he was surprised to learn about some of the complaints because he’s hauled away trash and renovated the duplex, which was cited for a number of city code violations before the sober-living home opened. “I think they have a sore eye for me due to the reputation that the house had before we moved in,” he said. But this gives him more motivation “to keep our side of the street cleaner.” Because permits don’t have to be filed, the city has no way of knowing how many sober-living homes are in Encinitas, according to Joan Kling, city code enforcement manager. Crocker said he knew of six people who own at least one sober-living facility in Encinitas. Some of the other establishments have drawn neighborhood protests. Notably, residents complained about suspicious characters and other problems at Sandalwood Court, which has a sober-living home and nearby drug- and alcohol-treatment center. The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs requires licenses for houses that provide onsite treatment. Yet sober-living homes are only considered drug- and alcohol-free zones, exempting them from licenses. Two years ago, Councilman Mark Muir, who lives by Sandalwood Court, organized a meeting to educate the community about the issue and let neighbors speak about their concerns. One takeaway from the meeting: Although various laws protect sober-living homes, illegal or questionable activity should be reported to law enforcement, Muir said. He added that people were reluctant or maybe didn’t think to call. “No one should have to live in an area where they’re scared or people are doing stuff that’s not appropriate,” Muir said. Since sober-living homes have become a citywide issue, he requested the topic be put on a future City Council agenda as an informational item. “People need to understand we really need to work within the social and legal framework if they want to make any changes,” Muir said. For now, Muir said he’s closely watching the lawsuit in Newport Beach and other related legal action. “Tracking what’s happening up north, if there’s opportunities to deal with some of these issues legislatively, then we can explore that,” Muir said.

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their pools, and that’s quite a large sum.” Parent-driven fundraising has helped secure pool times for several district teams. At San Dieguito High School Academy, parents sold candy and held fundraisers to rent lanes at Alga Norte Aquatic Center in Carlsbad. The 2014 CIF champion swim team at Torrey

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paid $216,000. Later, the council adjourned to closed session to discuss finding an interim city manager. The reported actions

Pines practices at the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito in Solana Beach, while the boys water polo team travels to UCSD’s pool. Canyon Crest Academy uses neighboring Cathedral Catholic High School’s pool. Because of availability at these rented locations, students are waking up to practice as early as 5:30 a.m. and some don’t get home until after 10 p.m. because of late-scheduled practices. Lynch said she understands that pools are very

expensive, but she believes there could be a way to help fund the pool and maintain it on an annual basis. She requested that the district put together a committee to explore the issue. She said the district has numerous talented people who would be willing to share their expertise on such a committee. Superintendent Rick Schmitt said he would discuss the issue with his cabinet and be in touch with Lynch.

out of closed session: The council directed Gaspar and Deputy Mayor Catherine Blakespear to identify interim city manager candidates for council consideration, according to Shaffer’s Dec. 18 online newsletter. And the council recommended a firm to begin recruiting a long-term city manager, she said. Resident Dennis Lees, the only public speaker on the agenda item, urged the council to select a replacement city manager with a background in coastal and environmental issues.

Holiday guided walks offered at lagoon Holiday guided walks at San Elijo Lagoon will be offered from 10-11 a.m. Dec. 20 and 27, and Jan. 3, and from 3-4 p.m. Dec. 21 at the San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center Loop Trail. Visitors will enjoy the colors of the season: red berries of the green toyon and whiteflowering coyote brush. Cooler days herald the arrival of migratory birds. They wade, hover, hunt, and rest in the salt marsh and mudflat habitats upon which they depend. This is life between the tides at one of San Diego’s largest coastal wetlands. You might see mullet splash from the water. Glimpse Osprey and Egrets hunting fish and invertebrates in the salt marsh. Free. All ages. San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center is at 2710 Manchester Ave. in Cardiff-by-theSea. Support for guided walks is provided by: SDG&E, Coastal Conservancy, California Coastal Commission Whale Tail, Qualcomm, Union Bank, City of Encinitas and County of San Diego. Visit SanElijo.org.

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