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Community

■ SDSU basketball coach speaks at Del Mar Rotary event.

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■ Local resident named one of CNN’s “Heroes” Page B1

San Diego ban on overnight parking for oversized vehicles takes effect

August 7, 2014

Supporters welcome home Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks

BY KAREN BILLING San Diego’s oversized vehicle ordinance is now in effect, restricting overnight parking of oversized vehicles on city streets.

The ordinance addresses any vehicle exceeding 27 feet long and 7 feet high, as well as recreational vehicles such as camp trailers, campers, boats or all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

Violations will result in a $100 fine. A grace period for enforcement will be in effect until Aug. 16.

Per the new ordinance, oversized vehicles cannot be parked on public streets between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Residents can obtain a temporary overnight vehicle permit that will allow for overnight parking on their own block at a cost of $1.25. A maximum of 72 permits are allowed per address per year and cannot exceed three consecutive 24-hour periods. Permits can be obtained online at sandiego.thepermitstore.com/purchase.php.

Per San Diego Municipal Code, no vehicle can be parked continuously at one location on any public road for more than 72 hours. To report vehicles parked longer than 72 hours, call 858-495-7800. The vehicle abatement unit can be reached at 858-495-7856.

Friends, families, coaches and other supporters all turned out at the airport recently to greet the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks GU17 Elite soccer team as they returned victorious from the 2014 U.S. Youth National Championships in Germantown, Md. The team also won the national championship last year (as reported last issue). For more photos and honors won, see page 26. COURTESY PHOTOS.

Lifestyle

New Carmel Del Mar principal selected

■ CV gardener wins conservation landscape contest.

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Oversized vehicles on Townsgate Drive will no longer be able to park on the street overnight without a permit because of a new city ordinance. PHOTO/KAREN

The Del Mar Union School District (DMUSD) recently announced that Jessica Morales has been selected as the next principal for Carmel Del Mar School. “Morales is an exceptional educator, with 13 years of experience as a classroom teacher and administrator,” according to a district press release.

Morales has most recently been an assistant principal in Carlsbad Unified School District, where she “excelled at establishing strong relationships and supporting children, families, and staff.”

Prior to working in Carlsbad, Morales was a teacher in DMUSD at Ocean Air School and Sage Canyon School. While a teacher in DMUSD, Morales was also a member of the district’s Mathematics Curriculum Committee.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club makes additional adjustment to its turf racing Del Mar recently made further adjustments to racing on its turf course following injuries on the new surface, which had been expanded and installed this past winter to replace its previous course that was more than 50 years old.

According to an Aug. 1 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club press release, the changes consisted of the following items:

•No turf sprints will be conducted •No races for claiming horses will be written for the turf •Because of the provisions stated above, overall turf racing will be reduced by approximately one-third at the meet, allowing for additional aggressive maintenance •Renown surface expert Dr. Michael (Mick) Peterson has been enlisted as a track

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consultant •Pre-race inspections of all racehorses will be enhanced •All racing at will be conducted on its Polytrack main track through Friday, Aug. 8; turf racing is scheduled to return Saturday, Aug. 9 “We are doing everything within our power to ensure a safe turf course,” said DMTC president and CEO Joe Harper. “Our riders and our trainers have told us that it is a

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safe course from the start and they continue to support us in that regard. Preparing to resume turf racing next week will allow our crews to perform additional safety measures.”

Following the injury to a horse on the course Thursday, July 31, Del Mar announced that it would not conduct any grass racing through last weekend. During that time – and into the coming week –

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track crews will further aerate the course and include additional watering on it in an attempt to provide additional softening to the surface.

Del Mar’s executive vice president for racing, Tom Robbins, said that the adjustments the track is making take all their earlier safety precautions yet another step ahead.

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Longtime teacher combines several passions in new children’s book ‘Torrey Pines Summer’

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Having overlooked the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve for more than three decades, it was easy for Alice Michael Evans to choose a setting for her children’s adventure book. “When I moved out here, I couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like for a child to grow up here,� said Evans, a recently retired teacher who has lived in Del Mar for 31 years. “Children who grow up here are among the luckiest on Earth. I don’t think they always realize that.� “Torrey Pines Summer� follows two children as they explore the 2,000 acres of the La Jolla-based coastal state park.

Illinois farm boy Kai and his younger cousin, Izzy, hike the trails, visit the Birch Aquarium, and learn about the Kumeyaay Native Americans and more with Uncle Dylan, the supervising park ranger. “They have the summer of a lifetime at the reserve,� Evans said.

Born and raised in an Illinois farming community, Evans drew from her own life story while writing the book.

Her 10-year-old grandson Malaki, also known as Kai, inspired the story’s main character.

With her home so close to the reserve, Evans took her two daughters to the coastal state park as they grew up. An avid hiker, she now shares the reserve with Malaki and her other two grandchildren, ages 6 and 3. “The reserve is just an educational gold mine for kids,�

Evans said. “It’s so much fun, too. There’s always something new to see.�

With 40 years of teaching experience, Evans crafted the book so that it is a learning tool for parents and teachers. “Torrey Pines Summer� features numerous photos, as well as nearly 100 questions aligned with Common Core State Standards.

Although it is geared for second- through fourth-graders, Evans said readers of all ages would enjoy the book.

Alice Michael Evans at her home, which overlooks the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.

Photo by Kristina Houck “It is a fun adventure story, but the teacher side of me couldn’t resist putting in a lot of educational components,� said Evans, 60, who started teaching at 19 years old and retired from San Diego’s Doyle Elementary School last June. “Not only is it a book for students in this area, but I think children outside of California would love to explore a summer in California by reading this book.�

Published in July, “Torrey Pines Summer� is available as an e-book from Smashwords. All proceeds from the book will benefit the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. “I just love this reserve,� Evans said. “Through this book, I wanted to give back and do something for not only my community, but for children in this area and across the U.S.�

For information or to buy a copy of the book, visit torreypinessummer.blogspot.com.

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SDSU basketball coach Steve Fisher shares memories of past, hopes for future with Del Mar Rotary

BY KAREN BILLING San Diego State University’s The Show was almost The Fish Bowl.

Sixteen years ago, when Coach Steve Fisher first arrived on the Mesa and was trying to ramp up fan support for his Aztecs basketball squad, unable to even give tickets away (“I’d give them free and they still wouldn’t come,” he says), he met with representatives from a fledgling student section about bulking up their corner of the arena. The early idea to call themselves The Fish Bowl was nixed immediately by the ever-humble Fisher, and instead The Show was born.

Sixteen years, multiple giant cardboard heads and “I Believe” chants, and eight consecutive trips to the post-season later, SDSU basketball is now one of the hardest-to-get tickets in town.

There is a wait list for tickets and the Aztecs basketball team has sold out its 12,414-seat Viejas Arena for the past three years.

“We average more fans than UCLA and USC combined, and those are pretty historic programs, ” said Fisher. “We’ve become relevant, and we’re proud of that.”

Fisher, a Del Mar resident, visited with the Del Mar Rotary Club on July 31, on the verge of a new season after finishing first in the Mountain West Conference last year in dramatic fashion and making the Sweet Sixteen.

“He’s a great coach, an Aztec for life and a great friend,” said Larry Cook, a Del Mar Rotarian and president of the Aztec Club.

Fisher recalled his first job when he was 22 years old, at a high school in Park Forest, Ill. He was hired not because of basketball, but because he could teach math. He taught math, physical education and driver’s education — for extra money he picked up bus and cafeteria duty.

“I made $7,000 and thought I had died and gone to heaven,” Fisher said.

He still has a close relationship with the best player on his first basketball team at the school who was only a few years younger than he was when Fisher coached him: Larry McCarren, who went on to play for the Green Bay Packers football team.

Fisher was an assistant coach at Western Michigan and the University of Michigan before taking over head coaching duties and winning the NCAA Championship in 1989.

Del Mar Rotary President Bill Rawlings, San Diego State Basketball Coach Steve Fisher and Larry Cook, Rotarian and President of the Aztec Club. Photo by Karen Billing He was at the University of Michigan for eight years, famously coaching the “Fab Five,” a group of freshmen stars who reached the NCAA finals in 1991.

The first time Fisher had ever been to San Diego was in 1975, to watch UCLA Coach John Wooden win his last championship at the then-Sports Arena. He said he marveled at the beauty of San Diego and hoped he could return to vacation — 16 years in, he said he is starting to feel like he belongs here.

“SDSU is a phenomenal place; it’s a wonderful university. If you came there now and you hadn’t been since 1999, you wouldn’t recognize it — it’s changed

dramatically,” Fisher said.

As an example, Fisher’s office is now in the Fowler Center, which is where the swimming pool used to be.

On Aug. 27, SDSU will break ground on the new 23,500-square-foot Jeff Jacobs JAM Center, an idea Fisher said he first “ran up the flagpole” in 2001. The basketball performance center will include two fulllength courts, locker rooms, film rooms, training rooms and team lounges.

“It’s going to be spectacular,” Fisher said of the center, slated to be complete

by August 2015.

In his first year at SDSU, Fisher asked his players to close their eyes and dream of hanging a banner

in Cox Arena (now Viejas) because there were none.

His third year he hung that banner, and now he asks players to envision a NCAA championship banner — to bring the team to a place they’ve never been before, a Final Four.

Fisher admits they’ve gotten close and had their chances. In 2011, they reached the Sweet Sixteen and lost to eventual champions Connecticut. In 2014, the Aztecs were beaten by Arizona, “as talented a team as we’ve ever faced,” Fisher said, noting that two players went pro.

The Aztecs had a strong recruiting class last year, and Fisher is excited to see what this team can do.

He said this year will be a crucial year for junior forward Winston Shepard and he thinks senior forward Dwayne Polee is a phenomenal athlete. “He has an opportunity to be a real star for us,” Fisher said.

Fisher said he is very eager to see what his “new kids” can do, such as Trey Kell, a freshman guard from St. Augustine High in San Diego.

The teacher in Fisher is still alive. Besides basketball, he teaches his guys that the way they act is important, especially when they think

no one’s watching — because someone is always watching.

While every player thinks they are NBA-bound, Fisher instills the value of a good education and a degree.

And he gets his guys to grind.

When recruiting players to come to San Diego, Fisher said he sells State’s alumni, the fans and the people. It’s not a hard sell.

“The bricks and mortar is really good, but what will make your experience are the people, and we do believe that we have the kind of people moms and dads want their sons or daughters to be a part of. And not just the Kawhis of the world,” Fisher said, referencing Kawhi Leonard, the former SDSU player who was the 2014 NBA Finals MVP for the San Antonio Spurs.

“In 1999, we went 5-28 and were 0-14 in the league, and those are some of the same people who are still engaged and connected and feel they are a part of the foundation to where we are now.

They all want to come back because of how it feels in the community. To me, that’s what’s allowed us to grow the program. I don’t like to boast but we have a program now that can compete with most of the country.”

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Irrigation District receives national award in financial reporting for eighth year

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The Santa Fe Irrigation District provides water and related services to residential, commercial and agricultural customers in the communities of Solana Beach, Rancho Santa Fe and Fairbanks Ranch.

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by the district and its management.

An Award of Financial Reporting Achievement has also been awarded to the District’s Administrative Services Manager, Jeanne L. Deaver, for her responsibility in preparing the award-winning CAFR. The award program was established in 1945 to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial reports that motion the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal.

The CAFR was judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program, including demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and to motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR. The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving nearly 17,400 govern-

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renovation plans. Through market surveys and online research, nearly 500 people offered input about the retailers and services they would like to see at the center.

Survey participants wanted an upgraded center that would maintain the neighborhood’s charm, Schreiber said. Community members also wanted new stores and healthy eateries, as well as improved accessibility.

With the community’s goals in mind, Schreiber said the remodel would continue the local tradition of craftsman architecture found in Del Mar. Plans include new architectural designs and details to freshen the look and feel of Beachside Del Mar. Buildings will be painted green and brown, and accented with white trim, new storefronts and vine-covered trellises.

The landscape, plazas and sidewalks will reflect the beach community with sand-colored concrete. New open spaces will feature casual seating with a tiled water feature, collections of potted plants and benches.

Donahue Schriber is also exploring ways to enhance accessibility to the shopping center, including parking lot upgrades and improvements to the center’s pedestrian and vehicular entries.

Construction is expected to be complete by midNovember.

“We just think it’s really important to listen to what the community has to say and try to incorporate their feedback,” Schreiber said.

“We’re honored to be part of the community.”

For information about Donahue Schriber, visit www.donahueschriber.com.

“Our turf sprints put extra stress on the course and by not running claiming horses on it we expect to be working with our very best horses,” he said. “We’ll aggressively aerate more, water more and – with the goal of returning to grass racing next weekend – we’ll have the inner turf rail out to 24 feet, basically racing our horses over a fresh surface.”

Del Mar has six different moves with its inner turf rail, going in six-foot increments from zero to 30 feet. Earlier in the meet it had raced at zero, six and 18 feet.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club officials noted that they had begun consultations with renowned surfaces expert Dr. Michael (Mick) Peterson, the executive director of the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory, working in conjunction with the track’s turf superintendent Leif Dickinson.

“I am aware of the Del Mar turf course and all signs are that it is a safe one,” noted Peterson. “The measurements and readings I’ve seen indicate they are well within proper parameters.

I’ve worked with Leif (Dickinson) in the past and have great confidence in his ability to do things the right way.”

Further, steps are being put in place to provide enhance pre-race inspections of all racehorses, something the track and state veterinarians conduct on racing days. All racehorses go through four different veterinary inspections – first in the morning, then on three other occasions throughout the day — prior to racing in the afternoon.

Del Mar officials also stated that they will continue to work with the California Horse Racing Board safety stewards – in conjunction with their own safety steward – to be positive that all possible avenues have been explored in providing safety on the course.

Those same officials said they will continue full communication with their partners in racing in Southern California, the Thoroughbred Owners of California, the California Thoroughbred Trainers and the Jockeys Guild.

Del Mar’s 36-day meeting is scheduled to run through Wednesday, Sept.

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Solana Beach recognized for Coast Highway 101 renovation

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Solana Beach may be the second smallest city in the county, but it is receiving big national attention for its work on Coast Highway 101.

Dangerous by Design 2014, a report by Smart Growth America’s National Complete Streets Coalition, recognized the city for its $7 million renovation of the road. Completed last year, the project features narrowed lanes, continuous sidewalks, curb extensions and mid-block crosswalks.

The report notes that Highway 101 was regularly used as an alternative route to Interstate 5, which resulted in drivers speeding through the historical downtown, to the detriment of local businesses and pedestrians.

“Through an extensive planning process that engaged community members and business owners, Highway 101 was redesigned to be a safe and appealing complement to the community’s character,” states the report, which was released in May. “The safer and more appealing street has encouraged store owners to renovate their facades, and new businesses have opened.”

From 2003 to 2012, more than 47,025 people were killed while walking on streets throughout the country, according to the report.

Another 676,000 were in-

jured, meaning someone on foot was hit by a car about every eight minutes.

In 2012, pedestrians accounted for nearly 15 percent of all traffic deaths, up 6 percent from 2011 and representing a five-year high.

Dangerous by Design looks at where fatalities happen and who is most at risk, presenting data from every county, metro area and state.

The report issues a Pedestrian Danger Index, which indicates the likelihood that a pedestrian will be fatally hit by a vehicle.

With a 2008 to 2012 PDI of 244.28, Orlando was ranked the most dangerous of the 51 metropolitan areas ranked. Boston had a 2008 to 2012 PDI of 18.65, making it the safest.

San Diego County ranked 29 with a PDI of 66.02.

“Little Solana Beach got put in this national report about how to do things right,” said Councilman Mike Nichols during the July 16 special meeting when the council discussed parking solutions for Coast Highway 101 and the Cedros Design District. “It was just impressive to see us included in that national report.”

For more about the report, visit www.smartgrowthamerica.org/research/ dangerous-by-design/ dbd2014/national-overview.

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Solana Beach photographer opens first mixed media show at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club

Catherine Wu, right, won the silver medal at the 12th International Linguistics Olympiad. The U.S. team won the gold. Courtesy photo

CCA student wins silver at Linguistics Olympiad as U.S. team wins gold On July 21-25, eight American students traveled to Beijing, China, to join 38 other teams from 28 countries around the world at the 12th International Linguistics Olympiad.

Catherine Wu, a former Canyon Crest Academy student who just graduated in June 2014, received the Silver Medal, and the USA team won the Gold Medal.

Catherine won the Gold Medal at the 24th International Biology Olympiad at Switzerland last year, and this is her second time to win the International level competition at the different subjects.

The International Linguistics Olympiad, one of international science Olympiads, consists of two events. The first is the individual contest, a six-hour test, which this year had problems about Benabena, Kiowa, Tangkin, Engenni and Gbaya. The second event is the team contest, which this year involved building a grammar for Armenian and translating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Armenian to English.

To solve these problems, contestants must apply knowledge about the way languages work as well as logic and reasoning skills to decipher unfamiliar languages and writing systems. The Team USA was selected through the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad. This annual competition, held since 2007, has two rounds, which are held at universities and high schools throughout the USA and Canada.

“I was really excited that I made the International Linguistics team,” Catherine said.

“The IOL was a great experience since it let me get to know people with similar interests from all over the U.S. and all over the world.”

BY KRISTINA HOUCK After working as a photographer for more than 40 years, Peggy Stokes is thinking outside the lens.

The Solana Beach resident’s new art show “Out Side The Box” showcases her mixed media pieces at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club.

“I needed to expand,” said Stokes, who has lived in Solana Beach since 1988. “I look at things differently now.”

Stokes began experimenting with mixed media just two months ago. The entryway of the country club features 15 of her latest pieces, ranging from acrylic paintings to hanging tapestries.

“I’m really enjoying it,” said Stokes, 71, who is a member of the San Dieguito Art Guild. “It’s fun to share.”

A Michigan native, Stokes earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Central Michigan University and worked as a teacher for three years.

Peggy Stokes: ‘I look at things differently now.’

Photo/Kristina Houck While working as a graphic designer at Diablo Valley College in the Bay Area, Stokes studied photography in the 1970s, learning the basics from professors John Weir and Michael Harris. She was 30 years old when she shifted careers.

“Art is a very personal thing,” Stokes said. “I just enjoyed expressing myself.”

A longtime member of the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, Stokes has previously had four photography shows at the club. This is her first time sharing her mixed media work, which is available for sale.

“I hope my work makes others smile and feel good inside,” she said. “I enjoyed making it.”

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Carmel Valley resident named to SD Women’s Foundation board

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The San Diego Women’s Foundation recently announced that Carmel Valley resident Kathy Jones is among four new board members who will help guide the critical work of the organization in the upcoming fiscal year.

Jones joins Jean Kaiser, Carolyn Konecki, and Alexis Lasheras as new appointees to the board. “We are thrilled that Kathy, Jean, Carolyn, and Alexis have joined our board as we begin another exciting year of pooling our resources to enhance San Diego through investing in impactful non-profit programs,� said Leigh Hartman, president of the San Diego Women’s Foundation’s Board. “The impressive set of skills and experience each brings will undoubtedly help create our best year yet, proving again the theme in which we all believe: women can do more than woman.�

Jones has been a foundation member since 2011. She is co-chairwoman of the programs committee and has actively served on the education, grants review, and DIG committees.

She is a former professor of exercise and wellness, and has Kathy Jones taught at Arizona State University and San Diego State University.

Since moving to San Diego in 2002, Jones has been an active volunteer, serving as a county Master Gardener for 10 years, Mission Hills Town Council member and chairwoman, and Mission Hills Garden Club President. She is serving on the board of the YMCA’s Youth and Family Services branch as chairwoman, on the San Diego Youth Tennis Board as secretary, and also on the San Diego County YMCA board.

Jones has a B.A. in sociology from UC Berkeley, a master’s in exercise science and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Arizona State University. She also teaches nutritional cooking classes for children and is a graphic artist.

Founded in 2000, the San Diego Women’s Foundation has more than 200 members dedicated to pooling their resources and enhancing the community through grant making.

As of June 1, 2014, more than $2.7 million has been awarded to 71 nonprofit programs for their efforts to initiate or improve existing programs. Each grant, $25,000 or greater, targets an area of focus for the community. Visit www.sdwomensfoundation.org.

CV resident named to Meals-on-Wheels board Noah Katsell of Carmel Valley has been named to the 2014 Board of Trustees for Mealson-Wheels Greater San Diego. The board consists of business leaders from across San Diego County. “Meals-on-Wheels is thrilled to have so many well respected San Diegans and local businesses represented on our Board to help further our mission and contribute to the overall well-being of San Diego seniors,� said Debbie Case, president and CEO of Meals-onWheels Greater San Diego.

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It’s no stretch for local yoga instructor to ‘give back’

BY KRISTINA HOUCK As one of North County’s most prolific yoga instructors, Stacy McCarthy doesn’t just teach yoga, she lives the yoga lifestyle.

Selfless service, or seva in Sanskrit, is an important concept of yoga — one that the local resident practices daily.

“When we give and we give from the heart, there’s nothing more gratifying than that,” McCarthy said.

Although it’s home to the San Diego Padres, hundreds of San Diego yoga devotees transform Petco Park into a giant yoga studio every year.

To raise awareness about the benefits of yoga, as well as funds for research, treatment and education programs, McCarthy co-led a master yoga class in June during City of Hope’s fourth annual Yoga for Hope at the downtown San Diego ballpark. Having participated in the event since it first launched, she has helped make it the success it is today.

This year’s event raised more than $80,000 for City of Hope, one of the nation’s leading centers for cancer treatment and research, through more than 70 donation-based yoga classes and the fundraising efforts of participants.

“It’s been so rewarding to watch this event grow,” she said.

McCarthy’s connections in the yoga world have definitely helped.

With more than 20 years of teaching experience, it’s a network she has developed since 1991, when she helped launch the original Frog’s Athletic Club in Solana Beach.

In 1992, McCarthy brought yoga class-

es to the health club, recruiting Dominic Corigliano to teach the first classes. Corigliano quickly became her mentor.

“I’ve just lived and breathed yoga since then,” said McCarthy, who began teaching classes in 1994. “It’s been my passion ever since.”

In the years that followed, enrollment in the yoga sessions increased, and McCarthy worked her way up through management at Frog’s. She was promoted to chief operating officer in 1997. After a corporate merger and acquisition, she decided to open her own business.

“It was kind of a desk job, so it did not fit my nature,” explained McCarthy, who has a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science from Colorado State University.

“Since then, I’ve slowly built my business.

I’ve done just about everything there is to do with yoga.”

Yoga NamaStacy launched in 1999. In 15 years, McCarthy has taught thousands of students and trained hundreds of teachers.

She’s released five “Yoga Body” instructional DVDs and is the author of “Transformational Teaching Through Yoga Adjustments,” published in 2012.

Besides holding private classes and wellness retreats, McCarthy is a yoga teacher and faculty member at MiraCosta College. She also teaches at Bay Club Carmel Valley and offers classes on SprioFIT, a live, on-demand online fitness network.

“I’m most proud of making a difference, making people feel like they’re becoming the best version of themselves — not through me, but through the introduction and practice of yoga,” McCarthy said.

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Whether it’s through her business or volunteer work, McCarthy said she is “blessed” to share yoga with others.

In addition to Yoga for Hope, McCarthy has held a number of Doga Yoga classes with her Bernese Mountain dogs, Lily and the late Buddha. Event proceeds have benefited the Helen Woodward Animal Center and Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

“I’ve always felt that when you’re blessed to do what you love to do, you need to give back,” McCarthy said. “If I’m available and someone asks me to do something to help their cause, I always say ‘yes.’ It brings me as much joy as anything else.”

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Others argued against the project, saying they feared it would increase crime and traffic while decreasing property values.

In a recent interview, Ginger Hitzke, president of Hitzke Development Corporation, said that her company is not only replacing the public parking, but that the public will be able to use the residential and commercial spaces during the day.

“In effect, we’re really increasing the daytime parking,” Hitzke said.

“I feel like the real motivation is that they’re concerned about their property values and they are responding out of fear for that,” she added. “I definitely feel bad that they’re having those feelings, but there is no evidence anywhere that having housing with a deed restriction next to housing without a deed restriction devalues property.”

The Pearl is estimated to cost more than $6 million. With the council’s approval, the city will loan the developer more than $2 million for the project, which includes $648,000 in redevelopment funds and more than $1.4 million in general funds to be used for housing.

The loan must be paid in 55 years with 3 percent interest when the long-term lease expires.

The lawsuit alleges the city’s approval was an illegal use of taxpayer funds.

The lawsuit also claims the city failed to prepare an environmental analysis or consider feasible alternatives with fewer impacts.

“There are a number of good claims in this case,” DeLano said. “There are a bunch of issues going on with this particular site and this particular project.”

In an email, City Manager David Ott said the city policy is “not to comment on the merits of litigation other than to say the city’s position will be defended vigorously.”

At the April meeting, City Attorney Johanna Canlas said she took “great issue with any allegations of illegality” when some opponents argued that the council’s decision should have been delayed or that the project should have been denied, claiming residents didn’t receive proper notice of the meeting.

Several speakers also pointed out that the city denied applications for view assessments from the homeowners association and Sand Pebbles Resort.

The city is required to publish the staff report at least 72 hours before a pub-

lic meeting.

Canlas said city staff hand-delivered copies of the staff report to the homeowners association and resort 10 days before the meeting — the same time the council received the report. Notices of the meeting were also published via the city’s website, email distribution list and social media pages.

Canlas also explained that a homeowners association, which is a corporation, can’t file for a view assessment. A time share, which is defined as commercial use under the city’s zoning ordinance, also can’t file for a view assessment.

Since the lawsuit was filed, DeLano said he met with representatives from the city and the developer on July 14 to propose a settlement, which was not accepted.

Although the lawsuit is ongoing, Hitzke said she believes the project is going to move forward and hopes to work with community members throughout the construction process.

“We’re moving forward,” Hitzke said. “We think it’s unfortunate that this lawsuit was filed. We do think that we will prevail, and I hope that at the end of the day, there aren’t any hurt feelings. I certainly won’t have any.”

Pegasus Rising nonprofit in urgent need of new home for therapy horses

BY KAREN BILLING The horses of Pegasus Rising are in need of a rescue again.

After six years at the Valenti Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, the organization that provides equine therapy to military personnel is in urgent need of a new home: They need to be out by Aug. 15.

Irene Valenti had donated the use of her property to Pegasus Rising but is no longer able to accommodate the program, according to Gary Adler, president and CEO. “We are very grateful for Irene Valenti’s generosity and support,” said Adler. “We’re appealing to the public to help The therapy horses of us financially with the relocation, and we’re also looking for Pegasus Rising in Rancho information, anyone who knows or owns any property that Santa Fe need a new is vacant and (is) willing to allow us to maintain it as our home — and fast. home and improve it so we can continue to operate our pro- COURTESY PHOTO grams.”

Pegasus Rising began in the Sacramento area in 2008, when a herd of 14 horses was rescued from a farm that could no longer care for them. The 14 horses went from a life of neglect to serving a noble purpose: Their traumatic history allows them to be empathetic and mirror the anxieties exhibited by people who have been exposed to violence.

The organization serves between 1,000 to 1,200 people a year, predominantly military personnel, many of whom have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries. Through the therapy program, humans and horses are partnered for healing.

Adler said they are hoping to find a new home close by, somewhere above SR-56, between Interstate 5 and Interstate 15, south of SR-78. Having the horses too far east or inland will make it difficult to operate their programs, he said.

Adler said he has been working with some potential refuges for the horses if a permanent location isn’t found right away. Any help that people are willing to provide is welcome at this time, he said.

“The No. 1 thing that would save us would be a home,” Adler said.

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Upcoming breast cancer forum to address ‘tough topics’ • Hosted by breast cancer support group Linked by Lynn, the forum will feature breast medical oncologists Dr. John Link and Dr. Wade Smith, who will address new alternative and complementary therapies, as well as hospice and advanced directives.

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Although some cancer patients turn to alternative therapies, all too often, unproven treatments provide false hope.

As the leader of a local breast cancer support group, Lynn Flanagan has seen those grasping for hope reach for the wrong options.

“It breaks my heart to hear that people are preyed upon,” said Flanagan, a Carmel Valley resident. “I think it’s time that we openly talk about the choices that people are faced with. It’s really important that we understand that in some cases an individual with cancer can be preyed upon by people who want to make money, and because they’re absolutely desperate, they’ll believe what some of these individuals are promoting.”

To help inform people about their choices, Flanagan is working with Breastlink Laguna Hills to offer a multi-topic forum Aug. 16 at its Laguna Hills location. Hosted by Flanagan’s breast cancer support group, Linked by Lynn, the forum will feature breast medical oncologists Dr. John Link and Dr. Wade Smith, who will address new alternative and complementary therapies, as well as hospice and advanced directives.

“I want people to understand and hear from professionals about how they can complement the choices they have made for their standard care,” Flanagan said.

An 18-year breast cancer survivor, Flanagan launched Linked by Lynn about 17 years ago. Since then, she has organized more than a dozen breast cancer seminars, but most have focused on breast cancer risks and early detection. She decided to organize a forum to discuss these topics so others could be better informed before they make decisions about their treatment and their future.

“This idea is coming from many, many years of walking beside people who are faced with making these decisions,” Flanagan said. “I think it’s time that we talk openly about it.”

In addition to alternative and complementary therapies, the forum will tackle tough topics such as hospice and advanced directives. The topics hit close to home for Flanagan, as her 93-year-old mother, who has congestive heart failure, dementia and hearing loss, recently started in-home hospice care.

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TPHS baseball alum Taylor Murphy excelling in pro ball

BY GIDEON RUBIN It was during a breakout senior year at Torrey Pines High that Taylor Murphy first popped up on the radar of professional scouts.

Shortly after graduation, Murphy was selected by the hometown San Diego Padres in the 40th round of the June 2011 amateur draft.

He declined, honoring a commitment to the University of the Pacific in Stockton.

Three years later, Murphy, who earlier this year completed his junior year at Pacific, got another shot at professional baseball.

And this time, he pounced.

Murphy was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the amateur draft. He was the 548th overall pick in this year’s draft.

His improved draft status makes reaching the majors more realistic. “This time it was more feasible that I was actually going to commit to it and go do it,� Murphy said. “I was going to give pro ball a shot.�

Murphy’s draft stock skyrocketed during his junior year at Pacific. The Tigers’ right fielder was named to the All-West Coast Conference honorable mention team after batting .315 with five homers and 34 RBI in 53 games.

His junior campaign followed two seasons that did not go well from a baseball standpoint. He batted just .232 his freshman year and .211 as a sophomore.

Murphy underwent surgery for health problems that helped get his career back on track. “Things started clicking for me this

year, I started playing the way I should be playing,� he said. “I struggled at first, but this year I found my potential again, and I definitely feel that I’m on the upswing now.�

Murphy has carried that upswing into the early portion of his professional career.

In his first two months since being assigned to the Class-A Mahoning Valley (Niles, Ohio) Scrappers in the New YorkPenn League, Murphy is putting up big numbers.

Through his first 26 games, he was batting .315 with three homers and 14 RBI. “I’m just trying to carry over what I was doing at Pacific this year, keeping it loose and not taking myself too seriously and just having fun with the game,� Murphy said.

Baseball hasn’t always been fun for him, though.

He credits a solid support system, which includes his family and the coaching staff at Pacific, with helping him get through a difficult first two years of college ball in which his health issues and subpar performance weighed on him. “Using ‘the village’ to make it through that whole experience without having to rely exclusively on myself helped me a lot,�

Murphy said.

Among those he turned to was cousin Geoff Blum, a former major league infielder who has mentored Murphy practically since he was a toddler. “When I started playing Pony League he’d always be there for me when I had questions about the game,� Murphy said. “He’s always been there to text or call or meet up with at all the family events (so I

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can) just pick his brain.�

Murphy credits Blum with helping the transition to pro ball seem less daunting. “Just having somebody that close to the game in the pros made it feel accessible and not so far away,� he said.

Murphy acknowledged experiencing

adversity from a baseball standpoint even before he went to college.

He didn’t distinguish himself until winning the starting shortstop job his senior year. He batted .345 (45 for 155) that year in 37 games as an everyday player.

As a junior, he batted .286 (16 for 56) in 26 games.

Unlike most of his college peers who were standouts at their programs, Murphy came out of a Torrey Pines program in which standing out was no easy task — even for a player who would soon go on to join the professional ranks. “It was definitely a competitive team,�

Murphy said. “Getting to play shortstop for that team (senior year) was great.�

He believes his high school experience helped prepare him for future challenges. “The adversity and the failure I went through at Torrey Pines definitely helped prepare me for endeavors at Pacific and now in pro ball,� he said.

Murphy said he never regretted walking away from an opportunity to play professionally right out of high school.

He majored in business administration at Pacific. “I knew I made the right decision,� he said. “Being a late-round draft pick out of high school, that wasn’t going to be enough to pull me away from a good scholarship.�

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Royal Dance Academy announces new Performing Arts Center (RAPA) The Royal Dance Academy (RDA) in Carmel Valley has provided dance classes for thousands of children over the past 13 years. It is well known as the dance studio that many children call “their second home” but has been bursting at the seams for a number of years now.

Due to a high demand for more dance opportunities and additional performing arts programs, RDA is expanding and introduces “Royal Academy of Performing Arts” (RAPA) soon to be opened in Sorrento Valley. RDA will continue to operate from its very successful Carmel Valley Studios (next to Ace Hardware & Hallmark), and RAPA will be a new entity on the Carmel Valley/Sorrento Valley border.

RAPA will not only provide an extensive dance program incorporating all aspects and styles of dance, but it will also provide acting lessons, singing/voice lessons, musical instrument lessons, yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, nutrition, conditioning, life coaching and educational tutoring. The new 15,000-square-foot facility will also host a juice/snack bar, five large dance studios, Pilates reformer studio, acting studio, three music / voice rooms, a large studio, including an auditorium with retractable seating for in-house performances, homework room, large waiting area and a dance store. Bringing the” best of the best” to Carmel Valley is the aim for RAPA. RDA already has a fantastic ballet program, offering many ballet classes for recreational dancers to pre-profes-

The Royal Academy of the Performing Arts in Sorrento Valley will have five dance studios and will also offer modeling, yoga and a homework room for students. sional level dancers. RDA is the only studio in San Diego offering the world-renowned “Royal Academy of Dance” ballet syllabus which trains dancers as young as 5 years of age.

Dancers in the RDA program have an opportunity to take ballet examinations where an examiner flies in from anywhere in the world to assess them. The results have always been outstanding and the children love receiving their cer-

tificate from the Royal Academy in London.

RDA also has a thriving competitive program with over 30 teams of dancers competing in Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Lyrical, Musical Theatre and Contemporary. Students also have the opportunity to perform solos. Although RDA produces excellent dancers and winning teams, the whole experience is more important than just winning the trophy. RDA provides more than just a dance class and technique. Children learn life skills, build friendships and create memories to last a lifetime. That is what RDA and RAPA will always maintain as their mission statement.

As well as a thriving competition program, RDA and RAPA hope to provide the whole spectrum of performing arts opportunities for children of all ages and levels. RDA has been voted “Best dance studio” for the last four years and is proud to be serving the local community and surrounding areas.

RAPA is scheduled to open in early September and is offering special scholarship opportunities for boys and a $200 discount for children in the 3-4 and 4-5 year old classes. For more information and to enroll in classes for September 2014, please call 858-350-9770 or visit www.RoyaldanceAcademy.com.

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BY MARSHA SUTTON Some of you have asked why my columns are so long.

It’s a Marsha Sutton g o o d question, because I never set out to write so much. It’s hubris to think my words are so important – I recognize that.

Every time I sit down to write, it’s always with the goal to keep my words under 1,000 – 800 is the target.

But here’s a perfect example of how it happens.

I recently reviewed the agenda for the San Diego County Office of Education’s last board meeting and read in the minutes of the June 11 meeting that board president Sue Hartley (who represents this district, District 5) announced that in closed session the board had given county superintendent Randy Ward an exceptional rating in his annual evaluation.

The board then approved the eighth amendment to Ward’s contract which provides a salary increase equal to the increase given to SDCOE certificated teachers – 2 percent retroactive to July 1, 2013 and 1 percent retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014.

The motion passed 4-1, with board member Gregg Robinson (District 1) opposed.

“I know my salary was stuck at $286,073 for a long time,” said Ward in an email. He said he started at $265,000 eight years ago.

After the recently approved raises, the county reported that on Jan. 1, 2014, Ward’s annual salary was $294,713, and on July 1 it increased to $300,608.

Gasp. Many of us are definitely in the wrong business.

Back to the minutes.

The SDCOE board then passed another motion (again 4-1, with Robinson opposed) to increase board members’ monthly compensation 5 percent over the current rate, which is $486.20 per month. The $24.31 increase brings each member’s monthly compensation up to $510.51.

As an aside, although this has little to do with the subject (see how easy it is to digress?), Robinson was the lone “no” vote on a third item of interest in those minutes.

The Sweetwater Union High School District has had some trouble of late, with four board members criminally charged. Apparently it is proper procedure for the county to step in and appoint temporary board members to serve until elections can be held.

So the board majority (the four) appointed themselves “to temporarily serve as trustees” of Sweetwater.

Robinson was not one of the appointed four, and he abstained from the vote.

That provides some background into the situation at the county board of education as Del Mar resident Doug Perkins, who was elected in June, steps in later this year to take Hartley’s place.

So back to the matter at hand. Here’s how it starts – that word-length problem.

This SDCOE report made me curious about other school districts and if other districts’ board members get paid for public service – and what local superintendent salaries are.

So I asked Rick Schmitt, superintendent of the San Dieguito Union High School District, if his board members are paid. Yes, he said – and eligible for full health benefits.

And so it begins. One question leads to three more. It’s like peeling away the layers of an onion to get to the really smelly part.

Back I went to the county to ask about health benefits for elected school board members, who of course approve salaries of staff.

According to Michele Fort-Merrill, SDCOE’s assistant superintendent of human resources, SDCOE board members are eligible to participate in the SDCOE health insurance plans. It gets complicated.

All five board members, she said, participate in the county’s life, supplemental disability and travel accident insurance plans. SDCOE pays $14.25 per board member per month for life, $5.40 per month for supplemental disability, and $5.21 per month for travel accident.

Board members pay nothing for these.

Four of the five participate in the vision plan (Lyn Neylon of District 2 does not). The cost for board members is zero, and SDCOE pays $9.10 per month per member.

Four of the five also

participate in SDCOE’s dental plan, although Sharon Jones of District 3 is a partial participant (Neylon opted out of dental as well). Board members pay nothing. SDCOE pays $62.80 per month for Jones and $125.61 per month for Mark Anderson (District 4), Hartley and Robinson.

And three of the five – Hartley, Jones and Robinson – participate in the big one, medical, although they participate in varying degrees. SDCOE pays $1,044.53 per month for Hartley, $930.38 for Robinson, and $442.59 for Jones. For their part, Jones and Robinson contribute $57.44 each month, and Hartley contributes $411.76 monthly. Neylon and Anderson have opted out of medical benefits completely.

For a map of the five SDCOE districts, see: http:// www.sdcoe.net/Board/Pages/ Board-Members.aspx.

Local districts Now back to San Dieguito, to see the degree to which that district’s trustees participate in health benefits and what they are paid.

Schmitt said all five board members are paid $400 per month and participate in the district’s paid medical and dental plans, except Barbara Groth who only takes dental benefits. San Dieguito board members pay no monthly premiums. Now there’s a deal.

And we wonder why board members run for their seats term after term.

As long as we are on the subject, this report wouldn’t really be complete if we didn’t find out how local elementary school district board members stack up. I had to ask, right?

We can start with the easy one. Rancho Santa Fe School District Superintendent Lindy Delaney wrote back immediately, saying, “Our five school board members do not receive compensation of any kind for serving on the school board. They do not receive a stipend and/or health benefits.”

“Have a nice day,” she added, which was off to a great start given her response.

Not so lucky with the Del Mar Union School District, however. DMUSD superintendent Holly McClurg said board members are paid $246 per month, for an annual salary of $2,952 per member.

Only one board member has chosen to enroll in the district’s insurance program – Doug Perkins, who participates in the district’s medical, vision and dental plans. The total monthly premium for medical, dental and vision coverage is $1,539.81, an amount that Perkins pays outof-pocket, McClurg said.

“The district does not contribute anything to his in-

surance,” McClurg said. “Doug pays what the insurance carrier charges the district for each of our employees.”

Solana Beach School District superintendent Nancy Lynch said board members receive $240 per month -$2,880 per year. And complicated insurance benefits.

The district has four options – HMO medical, PPO dental, vision and life. Jeff Busby takes none of the four.

For life insurance, the other four take it, costing the district $151.20 annually for each member. Board members pay zero. Rich Leib takes only life insurance – not medical, dental or vision.

For family vision, which costs the district $190.80 per year per member, with board members paying nothing, Vicki King, Debra Schade and Julie Union all participate.

For family dental, King, Schade and Union pay $515.00 annually, and the district pays $1,385.30 annually for each trustee.

Union is the only trustee who participates in the district’s medical plan. For this benefit, she pays $1,143.50, and the district pays $17,134.80. Both are annual fees.

These costs, by the way, are typically what the districts and employees pay as well. Health benefits are considered one-third of an employee’s total compensation package. So the benefit is not insignificant.

Salaries We’re really not done until we compare salaries of superintendents, given that’s where we started, with Randy Ward’s salary raise.

Schmitt earns $220,000, Lynch earns $175,203, Delaney earns $181,011 and McClurg earns $185,000. McClurg was appointed superintendent in 2012 at a salary of $158,000.

Last year it was increased to $170,000 – and now it’s $185,000.

Revealing salaries really doesn’t tell the whole story, and I see we are well over my self-imposed 1,000-word limit.

Nonetheless, here’s the fine print.

Lynch noted that she also gets $450 per month for mileage and $2,000 annually as a doctoral stipend. McClurg said she receives a doctoral stipend of $10,000 annually and a potential bonus of $5,000 – twice a year! – if she meets board-specified goals.

If you are wondering why McClurg’s doctorate is worth five times more than Lynch’s, you’re not alone. McClurg started in 2012 with a doctoral stipend of $2,500.

Delaney receives $400 per month in car allowance and no bonuses or stipends.

Schmitt receives no performance bonuses and is reimbursed for mileage at the standard IRS rate.

Now we’re well and truly out of time and space. I’m approaching 1,400 words, but even so, the report is incomplete. I didn’t go back to Ward to ask about his extra income.

Taking a short cut, I’ll borrow from a July 27 report in the San Diego U-T indicating that Ward received $11,155 in “other pay” and $33,404 in benefits. This was before his most recent salary raise.

We didn’t discuss yet how evasive agency employees can sometimes be when questions are asked – and how one answer prompts so many more questions. Two recent exchanges illustrate this point.

When one administrator at SDUHSD answered a question with a bare minimum response, he closed the email by writing, “Let me know if you have any more questions.” My reply was, “hahahaha” – because it was funny. Of course I had more questions.

Another had a unique way of not responding to a question. Because I hadn’t heard back after a few days, I wrote a follow-up email, asking if my earlier question had been confusing.

Her reply: “Your question was not confusing.” That was it – no actual answer to the question. Meanwhile, days passed and deadlines were missed.

So there you have it: how your tax money is spent on superintendents and elected school board members – and how my columns grow so long.

Clocking out now at 1,614 words.

— Marsha Sutton can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.

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Kelp? Help!

Residents and visitors alike can’t help but notice the bumper crop of kelp on Del Mar’s beaches this summer. Even kids, who are usually endlessly amused by the piles of brown, brackish stuff, are steering clear.

Whether a change in beach maintenance or some quirky tidal shift is the principal cause, the effect of all this algae is an unsettling, noxious odor; swarms of pesty insects, and heaps of charmless gunk that ensnare the feet of walkers and runners. That puts a stain, literally and figuratively, on our normally pristine sand and public image.

Can the Del Mar City Council take some emergency action to rectify this problem, either by increasing clean-up or adding summer staff? Particularly since we aren’t anywhere near high season for kelp, and there are forests out there just waiting to wash ashore. Thank you.

Joe Azzinaro Del Mar

A view of 10th Street, looking west, circa 1890. The Alvarado House, built in 1885, was situated at 144 10th St. (second from right). It was bought by the Del Mar Historical Society and now resides at the San Diego County Fairgrounds, still up on moving blocks. Photo courtesy of the Del Mar Historical Society

Alvarado House still has no home

BY THE DEL MAR HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alvarado House was the first house sold by Jacob Shell Taylor, the original developer of Del Mar, in 1885. On Nov. 5, 1885, the house was bought by Don Diego de Alvarado (no relation to the Don Diego of County Fair fame). It was located on the lot next door to Taylor’s magnificent two-story resort hotel, Casa Del Mar, and would eventually become 144 10th St. Fresh water was supplied by Taylor to house from local artesian wells; however, there is no evidence that the water was piped into the house.

The house was occupied for 100 years until 1985.

Another of its notable residents is Bill Arballo, former city councilman and mayor.

Arballo came to Del Mar with his father and two sisters in the mid-1930s and lived in Alvarado House for 36 years. In 1985, the property was sold, and the new buyers wanted to build a new larger home.

After some negotiation, the structure was given to the Del Mar Historical Society and moved to the City Hall parking lot. It sat there, still up on the moving blocks, for three years while the society searched for a new site. When none could be found, an agreement was reached with the 22nd Agricultural District for the house to be sited in the Garden Section of the San Diego County Fairgrounds, with the stipulation that the house be maintained by the society and be open to the public with docents during the annual fairs.

The house that used to be a home has sat forlornly for 26 years, still up on the moving blocks.

Financing tools for water, energy conservation

BY SUPERVISOR DAVE ROBERTS The Golden State is rapidly turning brown, thanks to three back-to-back dry years.

Combined with an increasing demand for fresh water, conservation is becoming an increasingly important piece of our water supply puzzle.

State and local officials are urging the public to use less water. With voluntary reductions falling short, the State Water Resources Control Board is moving forward with steep fines for water waste. That means watering sidewalks or ignoring restrictions on outdoor watering could get you a fine.

This might not change for quite a while. Our reservoirs and mountain snow packs are at near-record-low levels. Bone-dry conditions have communities bracing for another dangerous wildfire season. Even farmers are struggling. Without water, their livelihood is at stake.

For Californians who are already taking steps to use less water, we must find ways to help them do even

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more. And for those who have not cut their water use, something needs to be done.

The good news is that many communities are beginning to implement conservation measures that actually work. Some utility bills feature water-use report cards. Other counties and cities offer personalized tips for cutting back. Even “cash for grass” programs that pay people to trade water-guzzling lawns for drought-resistant landscaping are now in place.

At the county, I have partnered with Chairwoman Dianne Jacob to bring forward Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, which allows residential property owners to purchase water-conservation and energy-efficiency upgrades by financing them through

their property tax bills.

The HERO program has now been launched under PACE. This program supports investments that make conservation seamless for homeowners, like waterconserving sprinklers, highefficiency shower heads and toilets, and other devices that cut water use without changing habits.

HERO and other PACE financing programs have been shown to generate jobs and economic activity. More than 150 cities in California have embraced PACE programs. The HERO program alone, which specializes in residential PACE financing, has supported $250 million in projects and helped create more than 2,400 jobs in California since launching in 2011.

The program enables homeowners to finance thousands of options for water conservation, as well solar power panel installations and energy-saving windows and doors. These improvements can increase property values and lower utility bills — and the interest pay-

Disappointed to read about increasing enrollment at TH School Re: “New housing at Torrey Hills bumps up DMUSD enrollment”: As a Torrey Hills School parent and homeowner, we were disappointed to read about increasing enrollment at Torrey Hills School due to large apartment complexes under construction next to the school (“New Housing at Torrey Hills bumps up DMUSD enrollment,” page A4, July 31, 2014).

The community map from 1999 showed that only one apartment complex was supposed to be built next to the school. Before we purchased our home, we also phoned the Del Mar Union office and was told that class sizes were going to be 18-19 in kindergartenthird grade, and between 24-26 in fourth-sixth grades.

In 2002, there was a lawsuit over a bio-tech company that wanted to build their complex on land next to the school. Eventually the bio-tech complex was not built, and I believe the Torrey Hills Community Planning Board then very unwisely changed the zoning from “future office/corporate headquarters” to apartments.

Homeowners were all opposed to this change in zoning, as the traffic around Torrey Hills School is often gridlocked. Instead, these complexes were approved and now Torrey Hills School is becoming too crowded, with at least 160 new students already set to start in the fall from the complexes that are still largely under construction. We now have four very large apartment complexes next to the school instead of the one that was planned to be there.

Last week’s article also states that, unfortunately, the Del Mar California Teachers Association voted to raise class sizes in 2013, against the wishes of parents in Torrey Hills. It states that the average class sizes in Del Mar Union were 21 students in K-third grade and 25 in fourth-sixth grades, when in fact the average at Torrey Hills School is 24 students in second-third grade and 28 in fourth-sixth grades, including a sixth-grade class with 31 and a second grade with 27, with classrooms smaller than those at Ocean Air School and Sage Canyon School nearby.

Furthermore, many people in my neighborhood complained to the city about the 30 mph speed trap next to these complexes on West/East Ocean Air Drive up to the Vons shopping center for years. The city listened to our numerous complaints, and raised the speed limit to an appropriate 40 mph. Then only weeks later, a few members on the Torrey Hills Community Planning Board voted to decrease the speed limit to 30-35 mph, causing traffic backups in the mornings and afternoons, which will only get worse when construction is completed.

This is not the community we had envisioned when we moved into our home in late 1999, and are very disheartened, particularly about the negative impacts on school class sizes.

Carla Mapes Torrey Hills ments are tax-deductible.

Everybody wins, and best of all, San Diego County is likely to see tremendous water savings through the program. In fact, a recent National Resources Defense Council report found that California residential users could improve water-use efficiency by as much as 60 percent through PACE. Thank you for doing your part to conserve. As we adapt to a drier future, San Diego County will keep developing innovative programs to help people make positive changes for themselves and their community.

Supervisor Dave Roberts represents the Third District on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Local author’s book No. 1 on Amazon list “Every Woman Should Know Her Options: Invest Your Way to Financial Empowerment” hit the No. 1 spot on the Amazon Best Sellers list last week in the stock market investing and options trading categories.

The book was written by Carmel Valley resident Laurie Itkin, financial advisor with Coastwise Capital Group, an award-winning independent investment advisor specializing in sophisticated money management techniques.

“Laurie is gifted in explaining stock market investing strategies in a language that everyone, regardless of their investing experience, can understand,” says Scott Kyle, CEO/chief investment officer of Coastwise. “I’m not surprised that her book stands among the top sellers of the over 30,000 introductory investment books available on Amazon, lined up next to such classics as William O’Neil’s ‘How To Make Money in Stocks’ and Peter Lynch’s ‘One Up on Wall Street.’”

For information about Itkin and to buy her book, visit www.theoptionslady.com.

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San Dieguito Union High School District board election draws seven candidates for three spots so far As the Aug. 8 filing deadline nears, seven candidates have pulled papers for November’s San Dieguito Union High School District election. The candidates are seeking election to three available spots on the board.

The most recent candidates to pull papers include Maureen “Mo” Muir, a school board member/businesswoman, parent Rimga Viskanta and incumbent John Salazar. Other candidates are incumbents Barbara Groth and Amy Herman, as well as new candidates Steven McDowell and Simeon Greenstein. — Reported by Karen Billing

Fairgrounds worker saves boy from RV fire

BY PAULINE REPARD, SPECIAL TO THE DEL MAR TIMES, CARMEL VALLEY NEWS, SOLANA BEACH SUN A worker at the Del Mar Fairgrounds hauled a 7-year-old boy out the back window of a burning motor home early Wednesday, Aug. 6, saving his life.

Encinitas Deputy Fire Chief Mike Stein said the worker smelled smoke and noticed flames coming from the back of one of about two dozen motor homes parked next to each other at the fairgrounds shortly before 6 a.m. Stein said the man saw a child in a rear window and tried to get to him through the front door, but was forced back by smoke and flames.

Running to the back end, he forced open a window and pulled out the child.

“He was obviously very brave,” Stein said. “I’d call him a savior.”

He didn’t know if the man or boy suffered any injuries, or where the child’s parents were.

Flames spread to two adjoining RVs and destroyed all three, Stein said. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.

Authorities said everyone got out of all the RVs safely. They were parked in a long line near the southwest corner of the fairgrounds, being used by people involved in the ongoing horse racing at the facility.

Horse dies from apparent heart attack at Del Mar racetrack

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE A horse suffered a heart attack and died while racing Aug. 2 on the Polytrack course at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, a track official said.

The horse, 3-year-old Chattering Gambler, was running in the third race Aug. 2 that began shortly after 3 p.m. when he collapsed near the finish line and died from an apparent heart attack, Senior Media Coordinator Dan Smith said. The jockey, Aaron Gryder, was uninjured.

Chatting Gambler is one of several horses to die at Del Mar since racing began on July 17. Chattering Gambler is owned by the group Kynaston and Watson and trained by Ray Bell, Smith said.

New tenants coming soon to Beachside Del Mar

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Del Mar residents could have a few new places to shop locally for the holiday season. Four spaces are available at Beachside Del Mar as construction crews renovate the space.

“We are in negotiations with three very strong tenants right now for some of those vacancies,” said Elizabeth Schreiber, vice president of operations and development for Donahue Schriber, owner and operator of Beachside Del Mar. “As soon as the leases are signed, we’ll announce those names.”

Formerly called Del Mar Heights Village shopping center, Donahue Schriber announced the center’s new name in January, along with plans to give the center a makeover.

The renovation kicked off mid-June, with construction under way at the former Navy Federal Credit Union, which closed in February. Donahue Schriber is in negotiations with a coffee shop and restaurant to fill the space, which will be divided into two, Schreiber said.

“This little shopping

With four spaces available at Beachside Del Mar, the shopping center’s owner is currently in negotiations with potential tenants as construction crews renovate the space. Photo by Kristina Houck center has been under-loved for many years,” Schreiber said.

“We’re confident that our renovation will be well-received.”

Beachside Del Mar hasn’t been renovated since it was built in the late 1970s, she said.

Located on Del Mar Heights Road near Mango Drive in Del Mar, the shopping center has 33 tenants. Vons and CVS Pharmacy anchor the more-than-107,000-square-foot center, which has been owned and operated by Donahue Schriber since August 2012.

“We bought the shopping center because we saw tremendous potential,” Schreiber said. “We saw tremendous opportunity to renovate and upgrade a center that really has had minimal attention over the years.”

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Local athletes medal at Track and Field Jr. Olympics Del Mar bodysurfers win gold for DMBC Carmel Valley resident Charlotte Maher continues her reign as javelin champion, taking the gold medal recently at the AAU Track and Field Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlotte won the 13-yearold girls division with a throw of 32.76 meters.

Teammate Christopher White of Del Mar took the bronze medal in javelin for the 12-year-old boys division with a throw of 35.45 meters. Charlotte also took 11th in high jump and 21st in shot put for 13-yearold girls.

Chris White holds his bronze medal.

The previous week was the 48th USATF Junior Olympics held in Houston. Under blazing skies, Charlotte placed third in javelin for 13/14 girls. Teammate Christopher White placed 12th in javelin, 33rd in discus and 30th in shot put for 11/12 boys.

Both athletes are members of Millennium Express Track Club.

Joshua Marsters of La Jolla rounded out the regional javelin accomplishments, placing ninth in the men’s 17/18-year-old javelin event. Joshua is a member of Team Edge.

Peyton Rodgers of Solana Beach took 12th in the boys 8 and under long jump event.

Arman Irani, a Canyon Crest Academy athlete in the boys 17/18 division, ran the 3,000-meter race, placing ninth in the nation and in the 1,500-meter race, placing 30th.

Del Mar school district offers free and reduced-price lunches Del Mar Union School District will provide free and reduced-price meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program for school year 2014-2015.

Applications are available at www.dmusd.org/lunch. Household size and income criteria (provided in the application) will be used to determine eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch benefits.

Children from households whose income is at or below the levels in the application are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Children who receive Food Stamp (CalFRESH), California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits are automatically eligible for free meals, regardless of the income of the household in which they live. Any foster child in the household is eligible for free meals, regardless of income.

Briguitte Linn Wiedemeyer and David Lane of the Del Mar BodySurfing Club won gold medals in their age/gender brackets International Bodysurfing Championship in Manhattan Beach. The annual event was held Saturday, Aug. 2, as part of the annual International Surf Festival (www.surffestival.org).

Bill “Froggy� Schildge, 62, took home a bronze medal in the mens Legends division.

Schildge is widely acclaimed for his contributions and efforts to the development of the sport throughout France, a country that has recently produced some of the world’s best competitors.

David Lane, 58, won the mens Grand Masters division. Lane earned an M.A. and Ph.D. at UCSD and is a professor of philosophy and sociology at Mt. San Antonio College.

Briguitte Wiedemeyer won the women’s division. A resident of Brazil, Wiedemeyer comes to southern California most summers to pursue competitive bodysurfing.

On Aug. 16 and 17, Lane, Wiedemeyer, and Schildge, along with many more male and female members of the Del Mar BodySurfing Club, will compete in the Bodysurfing World Championships in Oceanside. Visit www. worldbodysurfing.org.

The DMBC congregates every weekend at 9 a.m. on the beach in front of the Del Mar Motel to enter the waves for about one hour. The club was formed in late 2012, and has raised a fund to help promote the DMBC and the sport of bodysurfing.

Recreational and competitive bodysurfers of all ages are encouraged to participate with the Del Mar BodySurfing Club! The club plans to take members on exchange programs to several countries, including Australia in March 2015.

David Lane and Briguitte Linn Wiedemeyer with gold medals at the 2014 International Bodysurfing Championships.

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Local skateboarder is 2nd youngest to take X Games gold

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BY KAREN BILLING Incoming high school freshman Tom Schaar has some “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” stories that will probably trump most of his peers.

The 14-year-old skateboarder started his summer break in June by becoming the second youngest gold medal winner in X Games history, throwing down a 900 in the last round at X Games Austin in the big air competition and beating a childhood hero, skateboarder Bob Burnquist.

Tom followed up his gold medal revolution with national and international skating competitions and camps, looked up to the

NBA’s Kevin Durant at the ESPYs (“He’s really tall,” Tom marveled), and cruised the orange carpet at The Kids’ Choice Sports Awards.

Tom is a recent graduate of Earl Warren Middle School and will attend San Dieguito High School Academy in the fall.

He started skating at age 5, teaching himself at skateparks in Los Angeles.

By the time he was 8, his family had installed a wooden miniramp in the backyard for him to work on his tricks.

“My brother and I skated all the time, all day long,” Tom said.

A new miniramp is in the backyard of his family’s new home and many days a week you can find Tom riding at the Encinitas YMCA. He’s very much looking forward to the new skatepark opening at the Encinitas Community Park close to his home later this year.

While Tom mostly skated for fun, he started taking the sport more seriously a few years ago when he realized his skills were historic — epic, even.

In 2012, Tom became

the only person ever to land a 1080, at age 12. The stunt involves three full revolutions in the big, open air and a perfect landing — Tom landed it on MegaRamp at Woodward West in Tehachapi.

Tom pulled out the trick again at 2012 X Games Asia to become the youngest-ever International X Games champion.

Recognition for Tom grew, and he is now sponsored by Red Bull, DC Shoes and Element Skateboards.

Last week, Sony Action Cameras added him as one of its athletes.

Since his first X Games competition in 2012, Tom has competed in six X Games all over the world — Brazil, Barcelona, Munich and the U.S. venues of Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.

Barcelona was his favorite city to skate, although Brazil was admittedly cool — the vert ramp set up in front of the stunning, giant Iguaçu Falls was taller than Niagara Falls, as high as 270 feet, stretching 1.7 miles with more than 275 drops.

This year’s X Games Austin was held in front of a

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huge crowd at Circuit of the Americas, a Formula 1 racetrack venue. Tom said he tries not to think about the number of people watching him skate, and he doesn’t get nervous.

Practicing to tackle a ramp in competition isn’t the easiest thing to do.

“It’s hard to prepare for because there’s so many different lines. You have to figure out all the different curves; it’s kind of like surfing,” Tom said.

In the big air competition, Tom did a 720 (two full mid-air rotations) over the gap and landed “weird” and a 900 in the quarter-pipe, spinning backward in the air and grabbing mute (grabbing the board with his front arm).

“I’m not sure which trick won it. The 900 was harder, but the 720 was better because I landed weird and I don’t think anyone thought I was going to make it,” Tom said.

Beating Burnquist was a feat that he never expected.

“I’ve looked up to him ever since I started skating,” Tom said. “The craziest thing is that I got to skate at his house (Burnquist lives in Vista). Most people go to his house to practice for X Games, and it’s really cool skating with him and all the other guys. It’s crazy to be able to skate against him in X Games.”

Does mom Regan get nervous watching her son flying high through the air?

“I don’t get scared,” Regan said. “It’s not like he’s never been on a big ramp before, I’m mostly nervous that he’ll do his best. He’s very safe.”

Tom has recorded “just” a broken shoulder, two broken arms and one broken ankle — which is not too bad, considering his hobby.

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“Tricks like the 900 are scary tricks, so you have to be really careful” about practicing, Schaar said. “I go about it really slow and work spins and get used to it; it’s a long process.”

After the X Games in June, Schaar went on to compete at the Dew Tour in Ocean City, Md., placing second in the bowl event. From there, he spent a week and a half at Camp Woodward, an enormous skate camp in Pennsylvania, and then went on to place fourth at the Vans Van Doren Invitational Skate Competition in Vancouver, British Columbia.

He got back to California in time to hit the ESPYs on July 16 in Los Angeles and go with a pack of friends to the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards the next day. He said seeing David Beckham was a highlight.

Despite the sponsor perks, his X Games gold medal (which doubles as a belt buckle) and international travels and attention, Tom is just your average 14-year-old going on 15. He still has braces and no hint of ego.

He’s just a guy who wants to have fun on his board — and handle high school.

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Surf GU12 EGSL Albion Cup Champs The Surf GU12 EGSL are Albion Cup champs for the GU12 Showcase division. They recently defeated Arsenal FC-Brown Pre ECNL by a score of 3-0. Seated, bottom row: (L-R) Dorrian Savage, Alaina Butcher, Gabriella Grust, Isabella Grust, Angelica Clairborne, Aila Swinton, Nya Harrison, Mandalyn Taylor. Top row: Alyza Eckhardt, Charlize Adams, Aba Dunbar, Coach Mark Spooner, Daniela Chavira, Angelina Perritano, Sam Duggan, Annabelle Pham.

(Above) The Rancho Santa Fe Attack U15 Boys Team (also pictured at left) and their families recently visited England for the Keele Cup International Soccer Tournament.

Keele Cup Trip a family affair for RSF Attack This past weekend the Rancho Santa Fe Attack U15 Boys Team competed in the Keele Cup International Soccer Tournament in England.

The team and their families converged on Keele University, just south of Manchester, England. The visit included a guided tour of Old Trafford Stadium, home of Manchester United, as well as a training session at Etihad Stadium with the Manchester City Football Club coaches.

The boys stayed the week in Keele University dorms, bonding as a team and competing against teams from Norway and all over England.

The Attack U15 Team qualified in pool play for the Flight 2 semi-final and beat Bradley FC from north of London to advance to the finals. In the finals they lost to a tough team from Manchester.

Coach Marc Muchnick commented that the international competition and the camaraderie of living together in the dorms were a great way to get the boys ready for the upcoming San Diego Development Academy season.

The boys will next compete in the Attack Summer Classic Aug. 16 and 17 back in San Diego.

Front row (L-R): Bianca Caetano-Ferrara, Taylor Hansen, Ana Gil, Savanna Madden, Jessica Lempe, Ariana Robles. Middle row: Arlie Jones, Yasmin Ahooja, Chloe Frisch, Lauren Washington, Fernanda Osorio Gracia, Julia Kappes, Caterina Macario. Back row: Head Coach Mark Spooner, Grace Carter, Taylor Kornieck, Tatia Dumbadse, SD Surf Director of Coaching Colin Chester, Lauren Hess Locquiao, Lucy Rickerson, Courtney Van Winkle, Jordyn DiCintio and Coach Paul Dolinsky. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF MADDEN

San Diego Surf U15 team wins Elite Clubs National League Championship The girls San Diego Surf under-15 team won the Elite Clubs National League Championship on July 17 in Richmond, Va. The girls qualified for the finals by being the only U15 out of the top 35 in the national to go through bracket play in the playoffs in Seattle without giving up a single goal.

After toppling the best soccer talent in the nation at the ECNL finals, Surf U-15 came home and won the Surf Cup tournament on July 27 on the San Diego Polo Club fields.

The girls are led by Coach Mark Spooner, who last coached with the MLS club Chicago Fire.

The championship was the culmination of an 18-2-2 season that started last September with league games and continued until Memorial Day weekend, with a break for high school competition from December to March. The local league’s 12-team conference consists of teams from Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.

This year, the top five teams in the conference advanced to the ENCL National Playoffs in Seattle to compete against the top 32 teams in the nation. Group games determined which eight teams advanced to the National Finals in Virginia. Surf and two other U-15 conference teams from Orange County survived the playoffs and headed for Virginia.

At nationals, Surf went undefeated after three games in group play, scoring 10 goals and conceding none.

Surf beat the No. 1-ranked defending champions, the De Anza Force from the Bay Area, and highly ranked Real Colorado to advance to the finals against Player Development Academy. This particular PDA team lost in the finals last year and hadn’t lost a game since.

The U15’s 1-0 victory marked the end of a long, hard season and was a testament to great coaching and the players’ persistence, character and desire.

Between the playoffs in Seattle and the finals in Richmond, coaches representing 100 or more colleges and the U.S. Women’s National Teams were on the sidelines to watch these girls play.

Two players from the Surf team, Chloe Frisch and Catarina Macario, have received nationwide recruiting attention as U.S. National Team members.

Catarina is a Brazilian national who came to the U.S. to play soccer for San Diego Surf.

She attends and plays soccer at Torrey Pines High School. Catarina was also named MVP of the Surf Cup tournament.

Chloe plays for La Costa Canyon, and scored two goals in her first game back from injury during the national finals.

These two standouts aside, the championship was a true team effort, where every player needed to know their responsibilities, and had to deliver when called upon to achieve this first in the nation ranking.

SD Surf’s ECNL finals performance was unprecedented this year, with the U15s finishing first, the U16s finishing third, the U17s finishing fifth and the U18s finishing third in the nation.

TPHS Junior Falcon Cheerleading Clinic to be held Aug. 23 Torrey Pines High School Cheer’s eighth annual Jr. Falcon Cheerleading Clinic will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23. Learn the newest cheer routines, chants and dances. Participants will be grouped into teams by age, and team photos will be taken immediately after checkin.

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Two DMCV Sharks teams (above, combined) will be touring England in August, starting with Manchester and finishing up in London.

Two DMCV Sharks teams to tour soccer sites, see games in England DMCV Sharks are sending two of their elite boys teams from the SDDA Academy division to England.

Coach Roy Ashcroft and his BU13 Academy and BU14 Academy teams are headed out to tour England this month. The boys have worked hard all year, both on the field winning more than six tournaments this past year, as well as fundraising for the trip. Each boy set a goal to raise the funds for the trip through a variety of activities, and as a group had great success in earning the majority of the funds.

They start their trip in the north of England in Manchester and travel southward down to finish in London. They will tour three stadiums, Anfield, Old Trafford, and the Emirates and train and scrimmage with EPL Academy teams along the way.

The boys will also attend two Premier League games to share the excitement and local flavor of true English football.

This will not only be a great soccer experience, but a learning experience that they can share for the rest of their lives as they use soccer to explore the world and make friends along the way.

Good luck to the boys, and have a great trip.

Back row (L-R): Nikhil Sonthalia, Coach Lopez, Jake Goodyear, Daniel Kim, Zander Samara-singhe, Vincent Cateriano, Travis Hackett, Osvaldo, Neven Zivkovic, Evan Doan, Matt Allen, Coach Beto Villela; Front row (L-R): Reif A., Tarek Hamideh, Marc Begin II, Finn McDevitt, Andy Aldecoa, Noah Hoffelder. Not pictured: Lucky BabcokChi and Evan Chang

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Two-time National Champions: Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks GU17 Elite Friends, families, coaches and other supporters (see page 1) all turned out at the airport recently to greet the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks GU17 Elite soccer team members (above) as they returned victorious from the 2014 U.S. Youth National Championships in Germantown, Md. The team, coached

by Felicia Kappes, also won the national championship last year (as reported in a story last issue).

Here is the team roster. Asterisks indicate graduating seniors and their chosen universities: *Jennifer Ballez (Pt. Loma Nazarene) *Mari Briggs (Cal Poly SLO) *Rachel Carroll (Utah State) Crystal Cordova ( NC State)

(Above) DMCV Sharks Hailey Harbison and Sydney Wootten, Julianne M De Armas (University of first and second from the right, San Diego) were named to the U17 Girls Na*Dominique DeCoy (Cal State Fullertional Guard Best 11 Team of the ton) U.S. Youth National ChampionBrooklyn Gonzalez (Fordham) ships. Coaches voted at the end of *Hailey Harbison (Pepperdine) each game and the girls with the Hannah Keogh (NC State) most votes at the end of the week Franzisca Komar were named to the National Guard Shelby Lee (UC Irvine) Best 11.

Melissa Lowder (Santa Clara) (Right) DMCV Sharks Goalie Kirsten McBeain (Mercer University) Sydney Wootten received the U.S. *Angelina Meriwether (University of Youth Soccer National ChampionNevada, Reno) ship U17 Girls Golden Glove Gianna Montini (Auburn) award in Germantown, MD on Natalie Saddic (UC Davis) July 27.

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Inspirational local resident named one of CNN’s ‘Heroes’ • Robyn Benincasa, a San Diego firefighter, was honored for the inspirational work she does with her nonprofit Project Athena.

BY KAREN BILLING Robyn Benincasa, a San Diego firefighter, has been named among the CNN Heroes, one of 30 “everyday people changing the world.”

Benincasa was singled out for the inspirational work she does with her nonprofit Project Athena, which helps women who are survivors of medical or traumatic setbacks live an adventurous dream as part of their recovery — from learning to run again or standup paddleboard after losing a leg to amputation to besting the Grand Canyon after battling cancer.

Women come to Project Athena from a place of uncertainty and are given hope.

“Very often people are saying, ‘OK, I survived, but now what?’” Benincasa said. “We want to be that ‘now what.’”

Benincasa was completely surprised when informed she was a CNN Hero; several Project Athena participants had nominated her. The network will whittle the 30 heroes to a top 10 and finalists will be notified in mid-October. The public then votes on which of the top 10 will be named the Hero of the Year and featured on an end-of-the-year show.

“I would be just be floored if I made it to the top 10,” Benincasa said. “I never imagined this in a million years (when starting Project Athena). I thought I’d help maybe one to two people a year. We’re super-psyched that it’s been successful because there’s really not anything out there like it.

“It’s about getting your spirit back. These women need to find out how strong and amazing they are and it’s our job to facilitate that process.”

Benincasa, who lives locally, has been a firefighter in San Diego for 15 1/2 years, spending three years at Pacific Highlands Ranch’s Station 47 and now working out of Station 46 in Santaluz.

What she enjoys most about being a firefighter is the problem-solving, being there for people who are often in “the worst moments of their lives.”

“They’re waiting for the cavalry to come, and we get to be the cavalry,” Benincasa said.

Project Athena was born in 2007 out of Benincasa’s own physical challenge.

For her entire life she has been an athlete to the extreme: seven years of elite gymnastics; three years running track; six years of diving; six years of judo; 10 Ironman triathlons; and 36 expedition-length adventure races. Not sure what an adventure race is? Think teams competing nonstop for seven to 10 days in a variety of disciplines such as trekking, kayaking and mountain biking through tough terrains in places such as Borneo, the Himalayan peaks of Tibet and desert of Namibia.

In 2007, during the last 36 hours of a 10-day-long adventure race in Scotland, Benincasa’s body completely shut down and she was in terrible pain. She found out that she had stage-four osteoarthritis in both hips and was told she would never run again.

At age 40, she underwent four hip replacement surgeries.

Benincasa realized how she had taken being healthy and her ability to move for granted. She was determined to

Robyn Benincasa Robyn Benincasa, center, was named one of CNN’s Heroes.

With Project Athena, she helps women who have survived medical setbacks live adventurous dreams like hiking the Grand Canyon. Courtesy photo keep fighting, to make the best of who she was now, on her two “bionic” hips.

As she set out to reach goals for herself, she wondered whether others were in the same predicament, looking for inspiration to achieve some kind of physical and mental milestone. She wanted to help, and Project Athena was her way to do that.

“The journey is really not about setbacks, it’s about the comeback,” Benincasa said.

Since 2008, when her organization received 501(c)3 status, Project Athena has made what once seemed impossible, possible for 170 female survivors. The organization has “Gods” and “Goddesses” who serve as trainers and motivational coaches for the women. The Gods and Goddesses also fundraise, which helps Project Athena provide equipment, airfare, entry fees and whatever else the Athenas need to live their adventurous dreams.

“We make sure they’re trained appropriately so they have a great time on their adventure and they’re not just struggling through it,” Benincasa said. “We try to make the adventures things that even people who haven’t had a setback would be amazed to accomplish, such as paddling from Key Largo to Key West or hiking the Grand Canyon.”

For someone who has been through a double mastectomy, hiking rim to rim of the Grand Canyon becomes just a “blip on the radar screen,” Benincasa said.

There have been many stories of inspirational Athenas over the years.

One Athena, Alli Morgan, started with the organization when she was 18 years old after tearing her ACL playing field hockey at age 15. After routine surgery, her knee had become infected and she spent four years in and out of the hospital for different treatments. After 46 surgeries, her leg was locked straight.

Morgan made the difficult decision to have an elective amputation above the knee at age 21.

“When she first came to us, she wanted to ride in a bike race,” Benincasa said. “She stayed with us three years and we were her ‘chief inspiration officers’ through three years of change. She wanted to get her life back.”

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Morgan was able to accomplish Project Athena’s Florida Keys to Recovery Adventure, a 100-mile kayaking, cycling and multi-sport adventure over three days.

“She was great and now she’s taken up skeleton and is on the Paralympics Team.

She’s just an awesome kid who really has no limits,” Benincasa said. (Skeleton is “a fast winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down.”)

The survivors have been through cancer, debilitating illnesses, traumatic injuries and horrible personal losses.

“One woman lost two kids to suicide — where do you go from there? She said she likes to walk and run because that’s her time with them,” Benincasa said. “Endurance sports can really change your life because it makes you realize how strong you are.”

This summer, the Project Athena fundraising team ran the San Francisco Marathon in July and another group of Athenas completed the rim-to-rim Grand Canyon hike in June. Another hike will be held in October, and Athenas will return to the Florida Keys in November.

Benincasa has not slowed down at all. In addition to being a full-time fire-

fighter, running Project Athena and working as a motivational speaker, she still pushes herself to compete and accomplish the unthinkable.

In November 2013, Benincasa set the Guinness World Record (her third) for the greatest distance of stand-up paddleboarding in 24 hours — she paddled 90.7 miles in 24 hours. She set two previous Guinness records in the greatest distance paddled by canoe or kayak on flat water in 24 hours by a female in 2010, and the greatest distance paddled by canoe/kayak in 24 hours on moving water by a female in 2011 on Canada’s Yukon River.

She’s training for a 340mile kayaking race down the Missouri River on Aug. 12. In September, she plans to take on a 22-mile standup paddleboard across Lake Tahoe.

She still runs, although she calls it more of a “lumpy-walk-jog.” She’s not as fast as she used to be, and she can’t run longer than two hours anymore, but she still can do it.

Some may call her a hero, but Benincasa knows that everything she’s able to do with Project Athena would be impossible without support. She has Andrea Randle, her VP of synergy; Louise Cooper, her chief inspiration officer; Anne Hall, her commissioner of courage; and numerous, generous volunteer Gods and Goddesses.

“I had to have a team to really make it happen, and I have found really great people willing to make it happen,” Benincasa said.

“There’s no way I could’ve done it alone.”

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Local artists to join ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station

BY KRISTINA HOUCK When Solana Beach artist Todd Murphy gave his girlfriend portraits of their four dogs, he didn’t realize his art project would turn into a growing business.

“We needed some art for our house, and I always promised her I would paint them,” said Murphy, a Los Angeles native who has lived in Solana Beach for two years. “She gave her input and I ended up with the style that I have now.”

Murphy launched Smush Face Dogs, a pet portrait service, four years ago. Inspired by pop art and vintage advertising, the vivid portraits are hand-painted in acrylic on wood panels. Each portrait is based on a photograph provided by the client.

“I enjoy it when the owner sees it for the first time,” Murphy said. “In some cases, their dog isn’t around anymore and all they have left is a photo.

So when I show them their dog’s portrait and they can hang it on their wall, they’re really excited. It’s a way to preserve the feeling of having that pet, more so than just a photo can. Someone took the time and energy to pay attention to its likeness and apply it in a different format.”

Murphy’s paintings will be featured in the ninth annual ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station Aug. 16-17. The original portraits of his two French bulldogs, Boston terrier and boxer will also be on display.

“As a fan of art, I feel like I’ve seen the same things over and over,” said

Murphy, who recently participated in Mission Federal ArtWalk. “I think the Southern California art scene could use some new faces, and I want to be one of those new faces that isn’t necessarily bringing what you’d expect to see at a coastal art show.”

More than 175 local, regional and international artists will showcase their work in this year’s ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station, including La Jolla photographer John Maher.

Relatively new to the art scene, Maher established his business in January. His work is already available and on display at Form and Function, a boutique on Cedros Avenue that offers outdoor and indoor furnishings, floral design, interior design and landscape design, as well as Encinitas-based Bliss 101, a shop that offers fair trade and locally made art, clothing, home accessories and gifts.

Although his company is new, Maher recalled developing an interest in photography when he was a young child. His mother is a ceramic artist, his father is a photographer and his uncle is a painter.

For most of his career, however, he has worked as a professional surfer, first sponsored when he was 11 years old. With a background as a lifeguard and surf guide as well, Maher, now 32, has spent years documenting his travels to various surf destinations.

“I was always traveling for surfing, and I always brought a camera,” said Maher, a San Diego native. “I wanted to capture the memories, and share

them with family and friends.”

Maher began posting his photos on a travel blog he launched for family and friends. People began asking whether they could purchase his photos, Maher said, so he launched his business at the start of the year.

Maher’s photos feature the ocean and beach culture. Many capture life above and below the water, as well as surfers catching waves.

“It’s a unique look at the ocean through the eyes of someone who is in it every single day,” Maher said. What separates his photos from those of other photographers, he says, is that “the experience that I have in the ocean allows me to get into places where I can compose unique angles and perspectives that most people wouldn’t have the opportunity to see otherwise.”

This is Maher’s first time participating in ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station.

“This is the first year I’ve ever tried to put myself out there,” he said.

“If you don’t have a gallery, it can be tricky to put your work out there so a lot of people can see it. ArtWalk is great because it targets art lovers and people who appreciate art.”

ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 16-17 at Ingram Plaza, 2645 Historic Decatur in San Diego.

“I encourage people to come out to ArtWalk because there will be a variety of artwork on display,” Maher said.

“There’s so much good work from all different mediums. It’s going to be a

Top left: Todd Murphy of Solana Beach paints pet portraits, including “smush-face dogs” like the Boston terrier. Top right: Todd Murphy. Bottom left: One of La Jolla photographer John Maher’s surf photos; Bottom right: John Maher, left, with surfer Rob Machado. really fun event.”

Formerly known as ArtWalk on the Bay, the free twoday festival features art from a variety of mediums, as well as food and live entertainment.

For more about ArtWalk NTC @ Liberty Station, visit www.artwalksandiego.org/ntc.

For more about Maher, visit www.johnmaherphoto. com. For more about Murphy, visit www.toddmurphyart.co.

Fair Trade Decor welcomes Fair Trade Federation official Renee Bowers, executive director of the Fair Trade Federation, made a special first visit to the colorful Fair Trade Decor store in Del Mar recently, the first time the head of the Fair Trade Federation has visited. She’s pictured above with business owner Betsy Paganelli and her husband, Jude Paganelli. Fair Trade Decor is San Diego’s first 100 percent fair trade store. All products are handmade from more than 40 different countries and help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and promote sustainability. Products are made by artisans using recycled materials and/or materials grown or found in their home environment. Most important, Fair Trade revolves around protecting the planet, building business, empowering women, supporting education, fighting poverty, and providing health care. Fair Trade Decor is located at 1412 Camino Del Mar and open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For information about the store and loom demonstration, visit www. fairtradedecor.com or facebook.com/fairtradedecor.

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‘Words by Ira Gershwin’ returns to North Coast Rep in Solana Beach

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BY KRISTINA HOUCK Although Ira Gershwin died more than 30 years ago, his words still live on today.

Still, it’s his little brother George who is most well-known.

As the composer of countless hits and numerous Broadway shows, it’s easy to see why George’s name lives on. But a song is not a song without lyrics, and George’s older brother wrote the lyrics for most of his songs.

Nearly two years after it made its world premiere at North Coast Repertory Theatre, “Words by Ira Gershwin” is set to return to the Solana Beach theater to once again give the lesser-known brother a chance to be heard. The musical play is back for a limited run beginning Aug. 14.

“Most people are familiar with George and don’t know about Ira,” said David Ellenstein, North Coast Rep’s artistic director.

“The insight into who he is is interesting, and the music is incredible.”

“Words by Ira Gershwin” was first unveiled to theatergoers in October 2012.

The musical play was written by Joe Vass, a Minnesota-based author and composer, who first created a tribute to George Gershwin in “The Soul of Gershwin: The Musical Journey of an American Klezmer.”

The hit musical debuted at the now-defunct Coconut Grove Playhouse in Florida.

When Vass brought “Words by Ira Gershwin” to a producer at Coconut Grove Playhouse, the producer contacted Ellenstein. Having worked with Ellenstein before, the producer suggested the musical play and North Coast Rep might be a perfect match.

“The reviews were good and the audiences liked it a lot,” said Ellenstein, who

noted the original four-week run at North Coast Rep was extended another week.

“Some people came back and saw it more than once.”

After debuting at North Coast Rep, Vass and Ellenstein took the play to the 380-seat Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., where it ran for five weeks at the end of 2013 with a different cast and band.

At the start of 2014, Ellenstein directed the play for four weeks at Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine. Once again, he worked with a new band, but this time Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, who debuted as Ira Gershwin in Solana Beach, returned to the stage.

Mongiardo-Cooper will again portray Gershwin during the play’s second run at North Coast Rep. “It’s kind of gone through changes,” Ellenstein said. “It’s been refined and altered in some ways — not drastically, but just little things to make it better.”

This isn’t the last time Ellenstein is set to direct the play. “Words by Ira Gershwin” will make its Los Angeles debut April 18May 17, 2015 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Still, Ellenstein said he’s proud the hit debuted in Solana Beach.

“It’s exciting to watch things that we start move on so others can embrace them and do them their own way,” Ellenstein said. “It makes me feel like North Coast Rep has become the creator for world premieres, right here in Solana Beach.”

“Words by Ira Gershwin” will run Aug. 14-24 at North Coast Rep, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, in Solana Beach.

“It’s just a great experience,” Ellenstein said. “I’ve done it three times. This will be

Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper as lyricist Ira Gershwin.

Photo by Aaron Rumley my fourth time, but I haven’t gotten tired of sitting in the rehearsal room, listening to the amazing music and great words. They’re just timeless songs.”

For information or to purchase tickets, call 858-4811055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org.

Now in its 21st year, the Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational (formerly known as the Luau and Longboard Invitational) will kick off 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17 on the beach near Scripps Pier.

A luau follows at noon with live music, traditional Polynesian dancing from the Heali’i’s Polynesian Revue and a tropical buffet.

Live and silent auctions will feature one-of-a-kind surfboards, memorabilia and vacation packages.

The program closes with the presentation of the Rell Sunn Award.

Since its inception, the event has raised more than $6 million to help transform cancer prevention, detection and care at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

The surfing tournament is free to view; tickets to the luau are $175 per person.

Sponsorships are available.

For details, call 858-5344289 or visit luauandlegendsofsurfing.org.

For more about UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, visit www.cancer.ucsd. edu.

This summertime favorite is back!

Join us this summer on Thursday nights for late night tours of Treasures of The Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, music curated by the Roots Factory art collective, and specialty cocktails (cash bar). BYOP (Bring Your Own Picnic) and enjoy views of the beautiful La Jolla coastline while surrounded by art in the Edwards Sculpture Garden.

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8/7: North by Northwest (1959) with cabernet from Washington state and chardonnay from Oregon.

8/14: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) with literary wine.

8/21: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) with bubbly sparkling wine.

8/28: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) with burgundy wine.

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Full Moon Pier Walk August 9 & 10: 7–9 p.m.

Explore the Scripps Pier, normally closed to the public, on this moonlit night of exploration. Walk the entire length of the pier, learn about the structure’s history, perform experiments, and learn about the life below the pier.

Members: $22, Public: $25 Pre-Purchase required at aquarium.ucsd.edu or by phone at 858-534-7336.

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FREE events throughout the festival, including SummerFest Encounters at the Athenaeum, Coaching Workshops at The La Jolla Riford Library and Open Rehearsals at MCASD Sherwood Auditorium and The Auditorium at TSRI. Visit our website for a complete listing.

SummerFest 2014 Single Tickets On Sale Now! (858) 459-3728 www.LJMS.org

By Elizabeth Egloff Directed by Michael Wilson THE EUPHORIA AND DEVASTATION OF DISCOVERY When a new treatment promises to eradicate pain, a doctor and his student play out an epic battle between altruism and ambition.

Based on the true story of the discovery of ether as an anesthetic in 1846, Ether Dome explores the pain that afflicts humankind, our attempts to find relief and the beginning of healthcare as big business.

Tickets start at $15 (858) 550-1010 www.LaJollaPlayhouse.org

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CV gardener wins SD conservation landscape contest Second CV gardener earns honorable mention in same competition

BY KAREN BILLING Two Carmel Valley gardeners have shown that being water-wise and having drought-tolerant landscaping doesn’t have to mean “ugly.”

Carmel Valley’s Amelia Lima was named the winner of the California Friendly Conservation Landscape Contest sponsored by the city of San Diego’s water conservation program and public utilities department, while another Carmel Valley resident, Nancy Dalton, received an honorable mention.

Both women’s gardens are alive with more than just rocks and a couple of cactuses — they are colorful, lush and full of visual interest.

“I’m very concerned about water in our climate, as everyone should be,” said Lima, a landscape horticulturist who owns her own landscaping company.

Lima said between 50 and 60 percent of all water in Southern California is used outdoors and, for the most part, people overwater their gardens. She said many people mistakenly think if a plant is not doing well, it’s because it lacks water. Her biggest tip is instead of dousing those struggling plants with more water, to find plants that actually want to live in this unique environment.

Lima said that San Diego is a Mediterranean climate and only four other regions of the world share that climate — the Mediterranean basin, South Africa, Australia and Chile.

“Of all of those places, San Diego receives the least amount of water,” Lima said. “Our plants need to be tough — this is a tough environment for them to live in.”

When Lima moved into her Carmel Valley home 14 years ago, the front yard looked drastically different than it does today. Grass covered the sloping lawn, and a virtual jungle of cycads was so overpowering that you couldn’t even see her home from the street.

“I knew grass had no place here for several reasons,” Lima said. “Because of the incline, it’s not safe to mow, and in our climate, you should not have grass unless it’s for dogs or children to play on.”

Little by little, Lima made changes, but three years ago she started a serious overhaul. Cutting down a wall in her yard from 4 feet to 2 feet, she created a set of steps, making sure to leave a space between the steps and the wall. That space is now teeming with succulents.

Most of those cycads were removed, although some were transplanted to other parts of her yard. She said her neighbors must have thought her crazy when she planted several tiny cuttings of agave and other succulents throughout the yard. Now their rosettes colorfully fill every corner.

She placed one succulent, Agave bovicornuta, very close to her stone path because as the leaves unfurl, it leaves markings that she finds beautiful, and she wanted to be close enough to see them. The succulent has happily grown huge and Lima loves it, even thought the spikes on its leaves are precariously close to the walkway.

Dymondia, a very drought-tolerant ground cover, grows in between stepping-stones, and the garden has no flowers.

“You can do a very colorful garden without flowers,” Lima said.

Dymondia is also a big feature in Dalton’s lovely back yard. Dalton moved to her Carmel Valley home 20 years ago and both her front and back yards used to be grass. She started the transition away from grass in her back yard four years ago and in the front yard a little over a year ago.

“My main motivation was to cut down on water,” she said.

In her front yard, a stone pathway cuts through gravel ground cover and succulents of all shapes, sizes and colors.

Michael Buckner harvested plants for her, and she poked them in wherever she wanted.

In her back yard, she worked with Barrels and Branches Nursery in Encinitas. Lush dymondia coats the ground between succulents in oranges and greens, purples and blacks.

Hummingbirds are constantly attracted to one of the red flowering bushes.

One of the gorgeous features of her garden is a bed of river rocks where each rock has been placed just so, creating a sweep about 2 feet long and a foot wide.

“It took four people two days to put it down,” Dalton said. “That was really labor intensive. You have to dig out the area and stand every stone individually.”

She likes the rock bed, as it gives her garden some movement — it doesn’t just lie flat.

Cactuses of all kinds are featured around Dalton’s home,

Top: Aeonium and other water-wise plants in Amelia Lima’s prizewinning garden. Below: A dramatic sweep of river rocks gives the illusion of water flowing past plants in Nancy Dalton’s garden.

in pots and displays. One she calls her “old man cactus” looks a bit like the Addams Family’s Cousin Itt — inexplicably hairy. Another twisty, curvy one in a pot near her front door just won’t stop growing, she said.

“I just dig pieces out and poke them in someplace else.

They don’t take much care or much water, and they’re very forgiving,” Dalton said. “I don’t like cacti in the main parts of the garden because they bite you.”

Dalton uses a graywater system at her home, where all of the washwater from her laundry waters a large portion of her property.

She waters her yards only once a month. Typically, during the winter, she does not water at all. However, this winter was especially hot and dry. Her many potted plants do get water every other week.

Thanks to her graywater system and removing all of the grass at her home, her water bill has decreased about 52 percent.

Lima said she waters her garden every nine days.

“You will never see water running in my garden,” she said. “The water that I put on my garden stays on my garden.”

She uses a Netfim drip irrigation system: Pipes are set up on a grid on the topsoil and the water is put out very slowly, about .6 gallons an hour. Over time, the small pools of water meet and the whole surface has been watered.

Lima said with that system, her stepping stones also never get wet. As she noted, Southern California water is full of minerals, so any surface that is watered all the time will start to show calcification. She does not have that problem.

As Lima has only one downspout in the front of her house, next to her garage, she connected it to a perforated pipe that crosses the entire yard.

“Rather than all the water running into the street, it’s diverted to my garden,” Lima said.

Lima said that homeowners should remember that they don’t have to apply all the water at the same time. On a day that they water, she advises using three smaller cycles. “You never want to see the water run,” she said.

Lima likens soil to a sponge — if you put a lot of water on a very dry sponge, it will run off and fail to be absorbed.

But if you apply a little at a time, the sponge has time to breathe and absorb it, thus holding the water longer — just like the soil.

Besides choosing the right plants, another of Lima’s big

Amelia Lima’s prize-winning garden.

Succulents offer more color than many people think.

This bright display is from Nancy Dalton’s garden. The red flowers are from Crassula perfoliata var. falcata, commonly called propeller plant. To the right of the plants is a bed of water-wise dymondia. Photos by Karen Billings. tips is to use at least 3 inches of ground mulch in the garden.

She said mulch helps keep the moisture where it’s supposed to be and if you choose good-quality mulch, when it breaks down, it actually feeds the soil.

A centerpiece to Lima’s garden used to be an agave in full bloom, with a stalk that had grown taller than her house.

Lima said it was “amazing,” but over the past month, it was knocked down.

“Gardens are all about evolving,” Lima said. “Start to enjoy and find beauty around you. A garden is where you should find peace in your environment. Gardens should not be fussed about.”

Dalton said her garden will evolve, too — she is getting ready to get rid of all the rock areas on the sides of her home because she wants something new. And as Lima advises, Dalton has already found peace in her garden.

“It’s my therapy,” she said of her time in the garden.

Dalton noted that it’s very chic these days to transform your garden, and resources abound at local nurseries. Find more about California-friendly gardening, and the city’s residential rebates and survey offerings, at sandiego.gov/water/ conservation.

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Wildlife program to visit SB Library on Aug. 14 Del Mar Library offers herb gardening class on Aug. 9 Look whooo’s coming to the Solana Beach Library!

Yes, it will be Owl and his friend Tortoise coming for an end-of-summer children’s program at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 14. This interactive experience will be presented by Living Coast Discovery Center from Chula Vista. The mission of the organization is to encourage a respect for nature and wildlife in people of all ages. But will Owl whoo, whoo for us? Come and listen!

The library is at 157 Stevens Ave. Call 858-755-1404.

Mary Friestedt, president of the Del Mar Garden Club, will discuss and share her knowledge about growing herbs at 10 a.m. Aug. 9 at the Del Mar Library, 1309 Camino Del Mar. Call 858-755-1666.

Carmel Valley Library to host ‘Monthly Recipe Exchange’

Divorce support group starting Sept. 7 A new support group for those grieving a separation and/or divorce starts at 10:15 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 7, at St. James Catholic Church Ministry Center, 625 S. Nardo Ave., Solana Beach. For details, contact Frank Grant at 760-533-1520 or fwgrant@gmail.com, or Jan Nadler, Ph.D., at 760-814-8604.

Guitarist Robin Henkel to play at Zel’s Del Mar Award-winning blues guitarist and singer will be playing two shows at Zel’s Del Mar in August, both from 8-10 p.m.: Saturday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug. 30. Zel’s is at 1247 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar. Call 858-755-0076.

Calvary Lutheran offers divorce seminar for teens Being a teen is hard enough. Being a teen whose family is experiencing divorce or separation is even harder! Calvary Lutheran Church in Solana Beach is offering an event specifically geared for teens. Learn the tools to help go beyond the pain and experience true healing. “The Big D: Divorce Through the Eyes of a Teen” starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, with two-hour sessions and continues through Dec. 9 at the church, 424 Via de la Valle, Solana Beach. Call 858-755-2855 or visit www.calvarylutheranchurch.org/life-issues--resources. html to register.

DM Art Center hosts Season 3 reception Aug. 16 The Del Mar Art Center is celebrating Season 3 with a grand reception from 5-8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 16. New work will be displayed by all 36 gallery members. Come and meet “Computer Man.” Refreshments served; two-hour parking validated. The art center is in Suite 314 at the Del Mar Plaza, 555 Camino Del Mar. Call 858-481-1678; email info@dmacgallery.com; visit www.dmacgallery.com.

The Carmel Valley Library is once again hosting a “Monthly Recipe Exchange” at 10 a.m,. every first Monday beginning in September. Participants will bring a dish to share and copies of the recipe. The program will continue only if a minimum of five people sign up.

Please reserve to Brenda Wegener at bcwegener@sandiego.gov or at 858-552-1668. The first meeting will be Monday, Sept. 8, with the theme “Foods From Around the World.”

‘Why Give?’ is topic for panel discussion Aug. 25 The Family Philanthropy Services Division of Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. (based in Carmel Valley) is hosting “Why Give? A Summer Evening Chat” from 6-7:30 p.m.

Aug. 25 at the Bella Vista Social Club & Caffe in La Jolla. This free gathering features three panelists who will examine “The Top 12 Reasons For Giving.”

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A to explore how to give time, money and talent to your community. Panelists are Valerie Jacobs, a wealth and philanthropy consultant and chair of the Jacobs Family Foundation; Nancy Jamison, the executive director of San Diego Grantmakers; and Chris Weil of Del Mar, chairman of the board of Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. and director of the Patricia & Christopher Weil Family Foundation.

For information or to reserve, contact Macy Olivas, director, CWC Family Philanthropy Services, at 858-724-6065, 858-724-6040, or molivas@cweil.com.

Lux hosts grillfest, garden, great art on Aug. 14 Lux Art Institute invites all to “Creative Nights, Family Style” from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 14 at the institute, 1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas.

Bring the kids and celebrate the end of summer with an evening of music in the garden, art in the studios, and “Cardiff Crack” on the grill.

Local students from School of Rock will open for teen band Step Forward Lads, Cardiff Seaside Market will be serving their legendary burgundy pepper tri-tip, and artists will have the whole family busy making art all night long.

Dinner and two soft drinks are available as a package for $15 or a la carte for members.

Nonmembers $20; 45 per child ages 5-18; children under 4 are free.

Come enjoy some family fun before school starts!

Call 760-436-6611; visit www.luxartinstitute.org.

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Mother-daughter duo open boutique for mothers and their children in Del Mar

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Inspired by their children, a local mother-daughter duo have recently opened a new store for moms and their kids in downtown Del Mar. From maternity clothes to children’s toys, Vanilla Squid & Friends, Ink. carries a variety of products for moms and moms-to-be.

“I just felt there was a gap for moms,” said Carmel Valley resident Diana Carolina Becerra, who co-owns the store with her mother, Isabel Nielsen. “We needed a place where moms, babies and their siblings could come and find unique items.”

Located at 1150 Camino del Mar, Vanilla Squid & Friends opened its doors July 16. Although it’s their first store, Becerra and Nielsen both have years of experience in the industry.

Born in Colombia, Becerra and her family relocated to the United States 12 years ago. For 10 years, the 31-year-old has worked in retail and fashion while attending school and raising her son and daughter, now 8 and 7 years old. Her mother worked as a fashion designer in Colombia.

The pair developed the concept for Vanilla Squid & Friends after having difficulty finding one-of-a-kind clothing and toys for their children and grandchildren in the local community. They named the store Vanilla Squid because Becerra’s daughter likes vanilla and her son is fascinated by squids.

“It’s been very nice to work with my mom at a place for mothers and their children,” said Becerra, who is also the founder of NielCuBe, which provides sales support and consultation services for retail stores. “Her experience as a mother, grandmother, businesswoman and a designer really goes well with my background in retail and fashion. It’s very rewarding to have a family business for families.”

From Babiators sunglasses to UMA baby clothing, Vanilla Squid & Friends offers a variety of sustainable and socially responsible clothing and product lines. Because conscious fashion is her passion, Becerra and her mother handpicked the store’s items from local and international trade shows.

“I wanted to stay away from the mass-produced and the poorly made. It just creates more waste,” she said. “We look

Vanilla Squid & Friends owners Isabel Nielsen and Diana Carolina Becerra Photos by Kristina Houck for well-made stuff, things that you can pass on to your family members and friends to reduce waste.”

In addition to the store’s products, Becerra and her mother plan to use the space to host consultations and workshops for expectant mothers. Details will be posted on the shop’s Facebook

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Encinitas 101 presents the 25th Annual Taste of MainStreet from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Treat your taste buds to food samples from more than 30 restaurants, and quench your thirst with wine and beer served at Sip Stops hosted by shops and salons. Pause along the way to enjoy live music at multiple venues.

Tickets are available online at www.encinitas101.com/events/annual-taste-of-mainstreet and at the office at 818 S. Coast Hwy 101. Advance tickets are $35, including food, wine and beer (for those 21+). Same-day tickets (if available) are $45. No refunds. Please note that it’s one ticket per person (no sharing), with the exception of children under 12, who may share with an adult. If you are unable to get a ticket, you’re still invited to come downtown, mingle with your friends, listen to some good music and enjoy a meal at any one of Encinitas’ many outstanding restaurants.

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Hubert Point-Du Jour (Valentine), Britney Coleman (Silvia), Kristin Villanueva (Julia), and Adam Kantor (Proteus) in Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona.’ Photo courtesy Jim Cox.

Old Globe’s ‘Two Gentlemen’ embarks on journey with a different ending

BY DIANA SAENGER Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” is a comedy about love, friendship, infidelity, and in director Mark Lamos’ production, spunk.

What happens when friends Valentine (Hubert Point-Du Jour) and Proteus (Adam Kantor) set out to seek their fortunes turns into a rivalry for the Duke of Milan’s beautiful daughter Silvia (Britney Coleman).

This does not set well with Julia (Kristin Villanueva), who is in love with Proteus.

After some discussion about how dark Shakespeare’s original ending was (an attempted rape), Lamos and his cast at The Old Globe worked on creating their own ending with a more contemporary slant.

“We sat down to talk about it,” Coleman said. “It wasn’t really the direction we wanted for our audience, so we adjusted things to keep it lighter. The characters are younger, so they are really naïve and don’t really know what they’re doing.”

Villanueva pointed out that “back in the day when Shakespeare wrote this (believed to have been between 1589 and 1592), it was a very common story and there was a code where friendship and brotherly love were on a higher level than romantic relationships. We’re still honoring that theme, but it’s exciting that Mark is game to try out various endings of how the four lovers manage that end.”

Villanueva said her character, Julia, is Shakespeare’s first cross-dresser, as compared with Viola from “Twelfth Night.”

“After my research on this play, I discovered it’s not really an original tale,” Villanueva said. “There were prior stories about females dressing up as males to follow their loved ones. Our Julia is very young, only 15.

She doesn’t have a mother figure in the show. They mention she has a father, but no siblings. She has a friend, Lucetta (Erin Elizabeth Adams), who she’s very close to. Julia has a lot of suitors but she doesn’t realize they are suitors. Then she gets a letter from Proteus saying that he loves her. She dresses up like a boy so she won’t be raped along

the road, and travels to Milan only to discover that he’s in love with someone else.”

Coleman finds her character, Sylvia, very sweet.

“I love this character,” she said. “Silvia is the object of all the boys’ affections. She’s the daughter of the Duke, is gorgeous, smart, well-endowed, and she knows how to spin boys to get them to do court her properly. She holds her own against her kidnappers and has some spunk. As delicate as she may come off as, she can pack a punch, which is really fun to play.”

No matter which of Shakespeare’s plays are in production, playgoers return to see them again and again.

“It’s because the text is so rich,” Coleman said. “I think the first time around, they’re like me. I’m listening very hard to get an idea of who those characters are and what their relationships are. So sometimes you just have to see his plays a couple of times to get the full scope.

Shakespeare’s stories are classic. He laid out all the stepping stones that inspired so many of the stories we have today.”

Another aspect of concern to both female leads is that at the end of the play, Silvia doesn’t speak for the last 10 minutes.

“In many of Shakespeare’s plays, the heroines don’t talk at the end,” Villanueva said. “What’s up with that? One scholar defended this silence (calling it) a golden silence, inferring that Silvia has done everything she could within her power, and now she chooses to be silent.”

Coleman added, “We wondered with that left open, did she cry, have her heart broken, or what? So we had many ideas we all talked about. It was gracious of Mark to allow the cast this opportunity. The play runs about an hour and a half, and Mark cut a lot of the lines that weren’t very actiondriven. It’s a fun show everyone will enjoy.”

If You Go: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” runs Aug. 10-Sept. 14 at The Old Globe’s outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, Balboa Park. Tickets from $29. (619) 23-GLOBE. TheOldGlobe.org

DM-SB Optimist Club members bring ‘Treasure Bags’ to kids at Camp Reach for the Sky The Del Mar-Solana Beach Optimist Club presented hand-made Treasure Bags and toys to children attending the Seany Foundation’s Camp Reach For the Sky in Julian this summer. Camp Reach for the Sky is a free summer camp for kids with cancer and their siblings. Visit www.theseanyfoundation.org and www.optimistdelmarsolanabeach.org. Courtesy photo

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Solana Beach Day at Petco Park also marks Chamber of Commerce’s 70th year The Padres beat the Atlanta Braves in extra innings, while more than 350 Solana Beach residents and Chamber members attended the first Solana Beach Community Day at Petco Park and helped celebrate the Chamber of Commerce’s 70th anniversary. The group was also joined by Solana Beach firefighters, sheriffs, Solana Beach city staff, and families from Casa de Amistad. The Chamber was honored on the field for its 70th anniversary and Carolyn Cohen, chamber president, threw out the opening pitch. The Solana Beach Chamber looks forward to hosting Solana Beach Community Day at Petco Park every year.

Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce: (L-R) Tina Tharp, Carolyn Cohen, Jason Smith, Marcia Lee, Nichole Peterson, Merek Findling. Courtesy photos.

Carolyn Cohen, president of the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce, threw out the opening pitch.

The Solana Beach community enjoying the game.

Ryan White and daughter

It’s not a party without cake! The Chamber’s 70th Anniversary cake was a dazzler of a dessert.

Tina Tharp, partner at Hamilton Tharp CPA, with daughters Alyson and Audrey

The Chamber’s anniversary is recognized on the video screen at Petco Park.

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SPOTLIGHT on LOCAL BUSINESS Home Furnishings: Bold accents spark subdued shades at Nativa Interiors in La Jolla and Solana Beach

BY MARTI GACIOCH Bold accents are punching up neutral shades in decor this year at Nativa Interiors, said senior designer Lori Bertran, A.S.I.D. “Contemporary furniture designs have moved away from darker browns in favor of grays, taupe and honey tones that can be sparked with turquoise, plum, greens and yellow accessories,” she said. “Even traditional furniture is trending away from the darkest browns, like espresso, to a tobaccolike medium brown.”

Nativa, a one-stop shop for timeless home furnishings for every room in the home, is known for its beautifully handcrafted solid wood pieces that range from contemporary to traditional designs with a Spanish and Mediterranean flavor. Nativa’s interior designers work closely with customers to achieve a timeless look for their homes that they’ll love for years.

“In fabrics, and in general, there’s a trend toward a lighter, fresher feel for interiors now, and with gray, it’s fun to work in pops of color like plum,” Bertran said. “We’re redoing our La Jolla showroom emphasizing new color palettes like turquoise, plums, blues and greens.”

Nature-inspired pieces built with the environment in mind continue to resonate with customers. Nativa’s furniture craftsmen use bamboo, cherry, alder and ironwood, which are easily replenishable without harming the environment.

“We’re showing petrified wood pieces and items made of natural materials that you’d find in nature, including tables made of tree trunks, but with a glass tabletop it looks sophisticated,” Bertran said. “We also feature eco-friendly fabrics and lines of furniture where the manufacturer uses ecological processes.”

Nativa Interiors is now showing “The Limousine,” a dove-gray leather sectional by Italian furniture maker Gamma with coastal color accessories at Nativa’s showrooms in La Jolla and Solana Beach. (Courtesy Photo) Accessories add sparkle to the new subdued decor lines with metal pieces, glass sculptures and mixes of metallic with tarnished silver, gold leaf and chrome on mirrors and end tables. Nativa carries Beatriz Ball metal serving pieces and colorful German ceramics by Lunares.

“We’re featuring new outdoor patio furniture lines and outdoor fabrics that customers like so much, they want to use them indoors as well,” Bertran said.

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“Travelers visiting San Diego like to bring a piece of the city back, and they’re drawn to the gallery,” Bertran said.

Nativa offers full service interior design service for furniture layout, color selections, window covering, and flooring, as well as kitchen and bath consultations.

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Local resident’s unique nonprofit Art for Barks helps support animals and artists

BY KAREN BILLING Through her nonprofit Art for Barks, local resident Lynn Moon has found an outlet that combines all of her passions: her drive to help others; her commitment to raising awareness about animal issues and promoting better pet care; and her lifelong love of art and support of artists of all kinds.

Art for Barks is a unique nonprofit that creates an online community to showcase animal artists and writers, and offers services to assist pet parents while supporting local animal charities. Moon’s goals are to be a major voice for service dogs and mustangs, and to reduce animal abandonment.

“We’re using the visual images and literary works to create an entire new and larger community of pet lovers who are charmed by the substance of what we’re doing,” Moon said.

The organization’s first big charity fundraiser will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the San Diego Polo Fields. The event will feature polo matches, an animal fine art show, an Arabian horse demonstration, a wine tasting and an after-party social hour. Main sponsors include The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, Marvin K. Brown Auto Center and Fashion Week San Diego, which will also put on a fashion show with service dogs walking alongside the models.

Leading up to the event, people will be able to vote through social media in a Hero Service Dog contest and the award will be given at the party.

The contest is just one way to educate the public about all of the things that service dogs can do, Moon said.

The Art for Barks website offers a high-quality art museum focusing on works featuring dogs, cats, horses and wildlife. Moon said just as an aquarium uses fish to educate about conservation, Art for Barks uses art and literary works to inspire and educate about quality pet care.

Art for Barks has about 30 artists displaying works with the nonprofit, such as artist Trish Biddle’s warm tribute to a service dog and Carol Santora’s stunning impressionistic mural of running horses, a mural showcased at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. Providing support for artists is important to Moon as well — since 2008, two-thirds of all art galleries in the country have closed. She said animal-theme writers have also had challenges because of changes in the publishing industry.

A native Californian, Moon and her husband, David, have lived in Rancho Santa Fe since they married at age 30.

Her pet family includes two Labradors — Chaco and Sage — and four feral cats.

Moon said she has always loved animals and, like many children, once aspired to become a veterinarian. Her career took a different route, however, into business and finance — she was the first female in the country to be hired by the stock brokerage firm E.F. Hutton & Co. “I love to create and to make a contribution to the community, so I needed to be in a self-employed role so that be-

(L-R) Art for Barks founder Lynn Moon and her dogs, Chaco and Sage; “Healing Touch” by Trish Biddle; “Unbridled” from the Carol Santora Collection at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. Courtesy photos

ing a woman would not limit me in terms of what I did,” said Moon, whose self-employed finance career allowed her the flexibility to pursue philanthropy and art. “So often we think we can only do one thing, but I’m not of that perspective.”

Moon has been an artist for most of her life, focused on sculpture. When she first retired, she went to classical art school, studying drawing and anatomy.

“I was the only one in the room that was a beginner, so I had to work really hard,” Moon said. “That’s when I developed a love and appreciation for artists.”

Moon has been working on building Art for Barks for the last 3 1/2 years. As the website is so important for all the services Art for Barks provides, one of the biggest tasks for Moon was finding a corporate programmer to make the art gallery, the pet registry and pet care information come together and work efficiently.

“I didn’t realize that I would be working 12 to 14 hours a day. I think when you have a sense of responsibility — and we’re low-budget, just a few volunteers have to do everything — to do it properly you have to work pretty long hours. It’s joyful hours. When you work by inspiration, your quality of life goes way up. It’s very different than working for money.”

Art for Barks’ primary service is its free Pet Care Registry that helps pet parents prepare for emergencies and protect their pet’s health and welfare. The registry includes names of people who can care for the pet if the owner is not available, as well as details about medication and foods.

They have a “very novel” medical records drop box where pet parents can upload all of those paper records that tend to get lost.

“It really protects the pet families,” Moon said. “If a pet emergency happens after hours when a general vet is closed, an emergency clinic can have access to all of a pet’s records. It

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‘Concert at the Cove’ in Solana Beach is Aug. 14 The Hullabaloo Band will perform at the “Concert at the Cove” in Solana Beach on Thursday, Aug.14, from 6-7:45 p.m. at Fletcher Cover Park. For more information, visit www. cityofsolanabeach.org or call 858-720-2453.

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Art for Barks has also developed a wallet emergency card that provides the “who and how” to care for pets.

“It’s something that no one thinks about until it’s too late,” Moon said.

The card has spaces for people to fill out their pet information, as well as a link to the Art for Barks pet registry.

“There are a lot of gaps out there in pet care,” Moon said.

“We’re just trying to think of those things and provide them free to the public. And if the public appreciates those things, they can donate to our charity and we’ll be able to expand our services.”

Last year Art for Barks also worked with the R. Roger Rowe School on a yearlong program about service dogs in conjunction with the assistance dog charity Tender Loving Canines. Art for Barks’ book club had the children creating art and literary work about service dogs that resulted in a book.

She hopes to continue the program this year.

They are also working on a mobile app that will make Pet Registry information uploads even easier, and they are also looking to partner with a manufacturer of a quality dog tag that could direct people to the Art for Barks website.

In life, Moon said her philosophy has always been that when you’re handed lemons, you make lemonade. Building Art for Barks has had its share of trials and tribulations, but it just makes the positive results even sweeter.

“You have to be resilient and creative and you have to find support,” Moon said. “We’re out there now looking for support.”

To support Art for Barks, visit artforbarks.com.

Next Del Mar Twilight Concert is Aug. 12 Haute Chile will perform at the next concert in the Twilight Summer Concert Series at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Powerhouse Park, 1658 Coast Blvd., Del Mar. Opening act will be Lee Coulter.

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‘Boost for Heroes’ golf event set for Aug. 25 New artist joins Del Mar Art Center The San Diego Financial Literacy Center is proud to announce that in conjunction with Del Mar Country Club, the first Boost for Our Heroes Golf Classic will take place on Monday, Aug. 25.

The Golf Classic will benefit Boost for Our Heroes, a military education and assistance program started by the center to support active, transitioning, and veteran military members and their families. All proceeds will be reinvested into the program to continue free workshops and quarterly awards.

Sponsors of this year’s event include Gallagher Levine Insurance, Beck Steel, Inc., Vertical Direct Marketing, Loan Libre, Silvergate Bank, REIG, On Budget, BIOCOM, DebtWave, EverBank, Sure Ascent, The Patio on Lamont Street, Primary Funding Corporation, NetSuite, and Glassey Smith.

The nonprofit San Diego Financial Literacy Center offers free and unbiased financial literacy education through workshops, seminars and one-on-one consultation. The center is open to the public, and community members are encouraged to take advantage of free resources, materials, interactive tools and educational opportunities. Information about programs, workshops, partnership opportunities and special events is available at www.sdflc. org.

The Del Mar Country Club is a proud supporter of the United States military and holds all active-duty military and veterans in high esteem. In appreciation, the club partners with many military organizations and sponsors events and fundraisers throughout the year.

Humphrey’s concert Aug. 14 for Scripps Diabetes Institute Tribute band Oh, What a Night! will perform songs from the Broadway hit and movie “Jersey Boys” at the 15th annual benefit concert for Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Aug. 14 at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego.

Presented by the Scripps Health Foundation, the concert will feature songs by the original Jersey Boys — Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The event includes a cocktail

reception, buffet dinner and silent and live auctions. Proceeds benefit the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute’s campaign in support of research, education, community outreach and prevention programs.

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Marcus Thorne is the newest addition to the Del Mar Art Center. An accomplished architectural designer and artist, he also teaches Wine and Canvas painting classes at local venues, including Mia Francesca at the Del Mar Highlands Town Center.

At DMAC’s Gallery of Fine Art, Thorne’s oil paintings feature contemporary seascapes and landscapes of California.

“My paintings reflect my California lifestyle and the beauty that surrounds me. What I enjoy most about painting is seeing my sketches and vibrant colors transform into unique works of art that remind me of a special time or a memorable place.”

Thorne’s passion for painting began at age 5 when his mother taught him how to paint and fostered his creativity. In his teen years, he was known among friends as “the artist” while he often won art competitions, painted commissioned works, and sold his paintings in galleries. Back then, his small bedroom doubled as his studio.

Then he shifted gears to architecture and after more than 20 years of designing hospitals, office buildings and more, his love for the California coast reignited his passion for painting. He discovered “plein air” outdoor painting, and now his studio is wherever he wants it to be.

Thorne’s most notable architecture project in San Diego is the new Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, for which he was lead designer. In addition to Marcus Thorne Fine Art (marcusthornefineart.com), Thorne also owns and teaches painting classes at Wine and Canvas San Diego (wineandcanvas.com), a mobile art business that offers public and private painting events at local venues, corporate settings and private homes.

The nonprofit DMAC Gallery and its artists are committed to contributing to charitable organizations and to helping the community. The gallery is on the upper level of the Del Mar Plaza.

Bulls take to the track Aug. 16 at Del Mar Professional Bull Riding returns to the Del Mar Arena on Saturday, Aug. 16, during the ninth annual Del Mar Invitational, a Touring Pro Division event.

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‘Stills of Solana Beach’ Reception A reception was held Aug. 1 for a photography exhibit, “Stills of Solana Beach,” by David Kloz, who also works as a management analyst for the city of Solana Beach.

A collection of his photos is currently on exhibit at the Solana Beach City Hall.

From surfers to sunsets, “Stills of Solana Beach” features about 70 photos of the community. Installed July 9, the free exhibit is open through Aug. 15 at the City Hall Gallery.

For more information about Kloz and his work, visit ageofaquariusphotography.com.

For more information about the City Hall Gallery, visit www.ci.solana-beach.ca.us.

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Guests view “Stills of Solana Beach” at the SB City Hall

Neil Barry, Dayna Crawford

Trasie Phan, Linda Fradkin, Meg Ling, Patti Stewart-Garbrecht, Sinead Thornton

Marie Berkuti, guest artist David Kloz

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Sounds of ‘Boogie Woogie’ featured at Summer Serenades Concert The Summer Serenades Concert held on Aug. 3 at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center featured “Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra.” For the final concert on Aug. 10 from 5-7 p.m., Upstream returns with their smooth reggae sounds. For additional information, visit www.CVSD.com or call 858-552-1616. Photos

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Western Regional Chili Cook-off Racegoers enjoyed free chili samples Aug. 2 during the Western Regional Chili Cook-off held at the Del Mar Racetrack, in the concert area west of the Grandstand. Following the Chili Cook-off and the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last race, Weezer performed on the Seaside Stage as part of Del Marâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer Concert Series. For more information, visit www.dmtc.com.

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LeucadiART Walk is made possible through a grant from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Sponsors include Vigilucciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria Italiana, The Leucadia Beach Inn, Swell Property, and Sterling King Surf Hut Art Gallery.

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SPOTLIGHT on LOCAL BUSINESS Fitness studio puts clients on healthy path Former ‘Biggest Loser” contestant now helps others reach their health goals

BY JOE TASH Mike Messina spent most of his life under a cloud of obesity and related health problems. At one point, he tipped the scales at nearly 400 pounds.

Things began to turn around for the 43-year-old Encinitas resident in 2011, when he was selected as a contestant on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” reality TV show.

Although he was voted off the show after only two weeks, Messina decided to stick with the weight-loss and training regimen on his own, and he eventually lost 174 pounds in six months, claiming a $100,000 prize as the show’s home winner.

“I wanted for the first time in my life to finish what I started and not quit on myself,” said Messina. Three years later, he has kept the weight off, maintained a healthy lifestyle with diet and exercise, and is now using his experience to help others achieve their health goals.

Messina works as a health and wellness consultant at San Diego Premier Training, a Carlsbad-based studio that offers group and private training for clients of a variety of ages and fitness levels.

Mike Deibler, who owns and operates the studio with his wife, Emily, and a staff of 14 trainers, said Premier Training seeks to offer a complete fitness program for clients, as opposed to large gyms where people are basically on their own as they try to get into shape.

“We want to take different approach. We look at what a person is trying to do and give them a plan, show them exactly how to do it,” said Deibler.

The studio specializes in such areas as weight loss and overall strength and fitness training, according to Messina.

Clients include professional athletes, a high school sports team, teens and adults in their 90s, said Deibler. Access to group training sessions is available for as little as $59 per month.

“We can really service a wide range of fitness levels and goals,” Deibler said.

“If you just want to be healthy, or become a Ninja war-

(Above) Owner Mike Deibler works with clients at San Diego Premier Training. (Right) Mike Messina, before and after his weight loss. He is a health consultant at San Diego Premier Training. rior, we can accommodate you,” added Messina.

The studio is in its sixth year, and has continued to grow. In 2012, San Diego Premier Training moved from its original 1,000-square-foot location to a 5,000-square-foot facility on El Camino Real, south of Palomar Airport Road.

Deibler said they’ve continued to expand their offerings — for example, adding a Pilates class, and planning a women’s self-defense course.

Deibler said he doesn’t want to expand to the point that the studio loses the close-knit, community feeling that clients have come to appreciate.

“We don’t want to be overwhelming; we want people to feel comfortable,” he said.

That effort seems to have paid off for the studio’s clients.

“I am a die-hard San Diego Premier Training fan!” wrote client Ashley Babiarz in an email.

“I credit Mike and Emily with keeping me fit during my pregnancy and helping me get my body back. Thank you SDPT for being a warm, friendly place to get your butt kicked.”

According to his bio, Deibler holds a master’s degree in sport and exercise sciences from the University of Florida, and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

After achieving his weight loss and fitness goals, Messina worked as a trainer with a weight-loss and fitness program in Hollywood, which he called his apprenticeship. He joined San Diego Premier Training in May, and his role is to meet with clients to determine their personal fitness goals, then direct them to the best program to achieve their

goals.

M e s s i n a ’s own physical fitness was put to the test seven weeks ago, when he suffered a fractured vertebra after being slammed into a sandbar while boogieboarding at the beach in Del Mar. He spent two days in the intensive care unit, then wore a neck brace and had physical therapy.

Messina is convinced his conditioning helped him bounce back quickly from his injury. He was back at work within a few days, and is now able to play basketball again.

“Why have muscle? It’s body armor,” he said. “Call it luck, but had I been out of shape, would I have played basketball last night or been working three days out of the ICU? No.” For information, call San Diego Premier Training at 760-268-1023, or visit www.sandiegopremiertraining.com.

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VA System Working with Local Providers to Reduce Wait Times Wait times at the VA has been a common headline lately. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has come under fire as tens of thousands of veterans nationwide have been waiting three months or more to get their first VA medical appointment. This has caused dozens of investigations and led Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.

But how bad is it here in San Diego

County? While the VASDHS is not under investigation and officials say that existing patients see a doctor within two weeks, the average wait time for a new patient in San Diego is still 44 days (as compared to 56 days in Los Angeles and 30 in San Francisco). And the call center in Mission Valley, which handles all appointments has lately received more than 10,000 calls a week.

So even though staff and resources are strained, there is good news, and things are being done: – The VA system is opening a new clinic in Sorrento Valley this summer which will initially have capacity for 4,800 patients and eventually 7,200 patients.

– Seven new Nurse Practioners are being hired along with additional staff and added mental health providers.

– Recently, the VA Central Office has given VASDHS an additional $11 million.

– Clinic hours have increased to include evenings and weekends.

Quite possibly the biggest aid, however, is coming from local healthcare providers outside the VA system. In fact, all veterans with an appointment beyond 90 days are being contacted and offered to see a provider in the community at the VA expense. Last year, the San Diego VA spent more than $35 million of its $622 million budget on non-VA care. And according to Jeff Gering, director of the VA medical system in San Diego, this number is expected to be well-exceeded this year.

San Diego is not the only area, however, looking for outside help to ensure that veterans receive the care they need in an appropriate time. Many in Congress have

been pushing for legislation that would allow veterans to get private care if they have been waiting 30 days or more to see a doctor within the VA system.

Sen. John McCain, who has been a proponent of this action, said, “We need to allow flexibility for the veteran[s] to go to the place where they can get health care in the most efficient way possible, rather than these unconscionable delays.”

At Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center we pride ourselves in working with the community to make certain that the people of San Diego County are getting the care they need. If you or a loved one has questions about skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, please contact us at http://encinitasnursingandrehab.com or call us at (760) 753-6423.

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100 - LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF DEL MAR 1050 CAMINO DEL MAR DEL MAR, CA 92014 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning and Community Development Director will hold a hearing and will make a determination regarding the application listed below on: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the Del Mar City Hall Annex, 235 11th Street, Del Mar, CA 92014.

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Submittals for an appeal of the Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination shall be pursuant to the Del Mar Municipal Code.

Important note: This project also requires the receipt of a separate Design Review Board Permit (DRB14-031), Coastal Development Permit (CDP14-017), and Land Conservation Permit (LC14-010), which has been applied for and is being processed as a separate review.

FDP14-002 APN: 299-062-12 Location: 244 26th Street Applicant/Owner: Joseph and Jenny Potocki Zone: RM-East (Medium Density Single-Mixed Residential) Overly Zone: Floodplain Environmental Status: Exempt

Contact Person: Joseph Smith, AICP, Associate Planner Description: A request for a Floodplain Development Permit to construct a new two-story single-family residence within the Floodplain Overlay Zone.

If you are interested in reviewing plans related to the proposed Coastal Development Permit and/ or obtaining further information related to the hearing process, including how to present your comment, objection, or support for the proposed project to the Planning and Community Development Director, please contact the Planning Department located at 1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 or by telephone at (858) 755-9313. Public counter hours are Monday to Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

FDP14-002. DM1216. 8/7/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-019110 Fictitious Business Name(s): EZ Ride 4 U Located at: 7791 Linda Vista Rd., #19, San Diego, CA, 92111, San Diego County. This business is registered by the following: Ali Aghababaee, 7791 Linda Vista Rd., #19, San Diego, CA 92111.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was 12/1/13. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/16/2014. Ali Aghababaee. DM1204. July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018506 Fictitious Business Name(s): K A Management Located at: 6965 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA, 92009, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 6965 El Camino Real, Suite 105 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Box 146, Carlsbad, CA 92009. This business is registered by the following: Kristine Anderson Litwak, 2223 Palomar Airport Rd., Carlsbad, CA 92011.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse PETITION OF: TAN BUI for change of name.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2014-00024365-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TAN BUI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Present Name TAN BUI to Proposed Name JOHN BUI. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes

the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 9/5/14 Time: 8:30 AM Dept 46.

The address of the court is: 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101.

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

Date: Jul 22, 2014.

David J. Danielsen Judge of the Superior Court CV631. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-020602 Fictitious Business Name(s): Jean Claude Salon/Atelier Located at: 3594 5th Ave., San Diego, CA, 92103, San Diego County.

Mailing Address: Same as above.

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5th Ave., San Diego, CA 92103, CA. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business was 01/01/2003. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/31/2014. Jean Claude Aldibs, President. DM1214. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-020507 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. WDS by Jenny Livits b. Wardrobe Design & Styling

by Jenny Livits Located at: 143 S. Cedros Ave., Suite V-104, Solana Beach, CA, 92075, San Diego County. Mailing Address: Same. This business is registered by the following: Jenny Livits, 12868 Via Latina, Del Mar, CA 92014.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business has not yet started. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/30/2014. Jenny Livits, Owner. DM1213. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-020491 Fictitious Business Name(s): Sam’s Dental Laboratories Located at: 7975 Raytheon Rd., #290, San Diego, CA, 92111, San Diego County. This business is registered by the following: 1. Hung Ku Pak, 5786 Aster Meadows Pl., San Diego, CA 92130 2. Hyun Sook Pak, 5786 Aster Meadows Pl., San Diego, CA 92130 This business is conducted by: A Married Couple. The first day of business was 09/01/1999. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/30/2014. Hung Ku Pak, Owner.

DM1212. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-020293 Fictitious Business Name(s): Word Ablaze International San Diego Located at: 10325 Craftsman Way, #306, San Diego, CA, 92127, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 10531 4S Commons Dr., Suite 491, San Diego, CA 92127. This business is registered by the following: Word Ablaze International, Incorporated, 10325 Craftsman Way, #306, San Diego, CA 92127, Georgia.

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business has not yet started. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/29/2014.

Thomas Di Noto, COO. CV630. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

CITY OF DEL MAR Drought Response Stage 2 On July 21, 2014, the Del Mar City Council declared Drought Response Stage 2 to be in affect within the City of Del Mar due to the deterioration of waters supply conditions statewide. It is the City’s policy that all water customers of the City of Del Mar use water with a conscientious effort to conserve water. Mandatory water conservation measures in effect in Del Mar include: • Limiting outdoor irrigation to between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. except for drip or micro irrigation systems • Controlling irrigation to avoid runoff to adjacent properties or

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Individual. The first day of business was 7/8/14. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/09/2014. Kristine Anderson Litwak. DM1215. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

NORTH COAST public and private roadways • Using brooms to clean outdoor paved areas and not water washing except to alleviate immediate safety or sanitation hazards • Washing cars only using hand held hoses with positive shut off nozzles • Restaurants only serving water upon request • Repairing all water leaks promptly • Only operating ornamental fountains that recirculate water The City’s Code Enforcement and Clean Water Program will continue to be the primary monitors for water use violations. Customers are encouraged to report violations through the Clean Water Program by email (cleanwater@delmar.ca.us) or by phone at (858) 755-9313 x172.

Pub.Notice.Drought Response.

DM1210. 7/31, 8/7, 8/14/14.

Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Elite Test 360 b. Garcinia Cambogia Slim Fast c. Jacked Muscle X Located at: 2658 Del Mar Heights Road, Suite 368, Del Mar, CA, 92014, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 2658 Del Mar Heights Road, Suite 368, Del Mar, CA 92014.

This business is registered by the following: Delux Advertising LLC, 2658 Del Mar Heights Road, Suite 368, Del Mar, CA 92014, CA. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The first day of business has not yet started. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/11/2014. Jack Cooper, Managing Member. DM1207. July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-019964 Fictitious Business Name(s): Sobel Global Publishing Located at: 13231 Denara Road, San Diego, CA, 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: Same.

This business is registered by the following: Shahpar Ostovar, 13231 Denara Road, San Diego, CA 92130.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business has not yet started. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/24/2014.

Shahpar Ostovar. CV628. July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-019703 Fictitious Business Name(s): SDJMC Located at: 4656 DaVinci St., San Diego, CA, 92130, San Diego County. This business is registered by the following: Brian Castle, 4656 DaVinci St., San Diego, CA 92130.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was 1/1/2014. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/22/2014. Brian Castle.

CV629. July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-019992 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Decorama Decor b. Need It Now E-Learning Located at: 6439 Amethyst Way, Carlsbad, CA, 92011, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 6439 Amethyst Way, Carlsbad, CA 92011.

This business is registered by the following: Peggy J. Edwards, 6439 Amethyst Way, Carlsbad, CA 92011.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was 07/24/2014. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/24/2014. Peggy J. Edwards, Sole Proprietor. CV627.

July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-019983 Fictitious Business Name(s): Salty Air Art Studios Located at: 904 Santa Queta, Solana Beach, CA, 92075, San Diego County. This business is registered by the following: Salty Air Art Studios, Inc., 904 Santa Queta, Solana Beach, CA 92075, California. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business was 07/08/14.

This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/24/2014. Nojan Omidi, President.

DM1209. July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018751 Fictitious Business Name(s): Ripped Muscle X Located at: 2683 Via De La Valle, #G516, Del Mar, CA, 92014, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 2683 Via De La Valle, #G516, Del Mar, CA 92014. This business is registered by the following: Tarr Inc., 2683 Via De La Valle, #G516, Del Mar, CA 92014, CA. This business is conducted by: A Corporation.

The first day of business has not yet started. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/11/2014. Richard J. Fowler, President. DM1208. July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018750

FCC NOTICE - KUAN-LP On August 1, 2014, NRJ TV LA License Co, LLC. filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for renewal of license of KUAN-LP, which is licensed to serve Poway, California. The station transmits from a site on Mount Woodson, Poway, California with an effective radiated power of 3.4 KW. The station rebroadcasts KSCI, Channel 18.9, Long Beach, California. Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts relating to the renewal application and to whether this station has operated in the public interest should file comments and petitions with the FCC by November 1, 2014 by writing to the FCC, Washington DC, 20554. P4193.

Aug. 7, 2014 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Civil Division PETITION OF: MELISSA ANN PUENTE for change of name.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 37-2014-00023668-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MELISSA ANN PUENTE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Present Name MELISSA ANN PUENTE to Proposed Name MELISSA ANN DE la CRUZ. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing Date: 8-29-14 Time: 9:30 AM Dept C-46.

The address of the court is: 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper

of general circulation, printed in this county: Carmel Valley News.

Date: Jul 17, 2014.

David J. Danielsen Judge of the Superior Court CV626. July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018665 Fictitious Business Name(s): The Branding Experience Located at: 4876 Santa Monica Avenue, #205, San Diego, CA, 92107, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 4876 Santa Monica Avenue, #205, San Diego, CA 92107. This business is registered by the following: Essex Investments Inc., 4876 Santa Monica Avenue, #205, San Diego, CA 92107, California. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The first day of business was 03/15/14.

This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/10/2014. Michael Nittoli, Chief Technology Officer. DM1205. July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018757 Fictitious Business Name(s): Mora Translations Located at: 14085 Barrymore Street, San Diego, CA, 92129, San Diego County. Mailing address: 9921 Carmel Mountain Rd., #428, San Diego, CA 92129. This business is registered by the following: Mora Meter, 14085 Barrymore Street, San Diego, CA 92129. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was 7/10/2014.

This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/11/2014. Mora Meter, Owner.

CV625. July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018493 Fictitious Business Name(s): Serene Gardens Located at: 261 Sea Forest Court, Del Mar, CA, 92014, San Diego County.

This business is registered by the following: Tim Klier, 261 Sea Forest Ct., Del Mar, CA 92014. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was 05/23/14.

This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/09/2014. Tim P. Klier. DM1203.

July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-018298 Fictitious Business Name(s): Del Mar Music Group Located at: 12675 Camino Mira Del Mar #164, San Diego, CA, 92130, San Diego County. This business is registered by the following: Craig A. Israel, 12675 Camino Mira Del Mar #164, San Diego, CA 92130.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business was June 1, 2009. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 07/07/2014. Craig Israel, President. DM1202. July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2014-017011 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. CalFortune Homes b. CalFortune Realty Located at: 17145 Ralphs Ranch Rd., San Diego, CA, 92127, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 10531 4S Commons Dr., #440, San Diego, CA 92127. This business is registered by the following: Connie Xue Zhao, 17145 Ralphs Ranch Rd., San Diego, CA, 92127. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The first day of business has not yet started.

This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/ County Clerk of San Diego County on 06/20/2014. Connie Xue Zhao.

CV624. July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 2014.

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Del Mar Integrative Medicine Open House “The staff at Del Mar Integrative Medicine wants to thank all attendees of their Open House on Wednesday evening, July 30. It was a wonderful success. Many Del Mar residents came out for the event to meet the staff and enjoy the fantastic bill of fare catered by Bull Taco and Café Secret.

Flower arrangements from Jolie Fleur also got raves, and Kathy Robbins provided soft guitar and vocal background music.

“Lively conversation with Dr. Arnold Kremer and the gracious and informative Del Mar Integrative Medicine team members created a warm and enlightening evening.

The full service medical practice is dedicated to wellness and healthy living — feeling well, looking well, and living well.

There were demonstrations of nutritional value, skincare analyses and general medical discussions.”

For more information about Del Mar Integrative Medicine, call 858-925-8233 or visit delmarintegrativemedicine. com.

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Culinary tricks for beating the summer heat The Kitchen Shrink

BY CATHARINE KAUFMAN When it’s sauna hot and sticky outside, it seems the only thing you’re inclined to make for dinner is reservations. Here are some savvy seasonal tips for keeping cool, refreshed and energized — at least until the mercury aligns with normal.

Cool as a Cucumber Chill with a heap of super hydrating fruits and veggies, especially the cool cucumber. This magnificent water reservoir, a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals dilutes the blood and releases heat. Also loaded with sulfur, the cuke helps

flush out toxins via the kidneys.

There’s more. Packed with balancing silica, a full complement of B vitamins to put the skids on stress, and replenishing potassium this gourd acts like nature’s plastic surgeon, whether you place refreshing slices on your tired and puffy eyelids or eat this cooling food, your skin will be treated to an anti-aging boost. Whip up a chilled soba noodle and cucumber salad, a cucumber sushi roll, high-tea finger sandwiches with Persian cucumbers and goat cheese or munch on a crispy dill pickle.

Choose melons with high water content like honeydew, cantaloupe and the quintessential fruit of summer, the mighty watermelon, a mother lode of H2O along with tons of Vitamin C and antioxidantrich lycopene, magnesium and potassium. Try a sweet and savory watermelon Greek salad with crumbled feta and black olives tossed in a zesty vinaigrette, or make melon juice ice cubes to enliven your drinks.

Zesty radishes are cooling roots endowed with po-

tassium and other replenishing minerals to dial up digestion and diminish excess body heat. Other hydrating coolers include tomatoes, dark electrolyteloaded leafy greens like arugula, kale and spinach, peaches, plums, juicy strawberries and citrus, especially oranges.

Grapefruit, although refreshing and rife with potassium is not recommended for those on certain medications or supplements as it tinkers with the pharmacology.

Lemon Law “Cook” with lemon or other lip puckering citrus juices instead of using heat.

Marinating fish or other proteins overnight in an acid mixture will denature the fibers without the need for cranking up the heat.

Try a mixed seafood ceviche cocktail blending scallops, shrimp, snapper, chopped tomatoes and avocado in an intoxicating lime marinade.

Spice It Up Eating fiery foods has been found to hike body temperatures triggering sweating, followed by a cooling down period like a human a/c system. Shred a little fresh ginger, a sprinkle

Local Vons to ‘round up’ Easter Seal funds The Vons stores in Carmel Valley at 4627 Carmel Valley Road and 3850 Valley Centre Drive, and in Del Mar at 2606 Del Mar Heights Road, are raising money during August for services provided by Easter Seals to local residents with disabilities.

Throughout the month-long charity campaign, customers have the option at every check-out counter of contributing to Easter Seals Disability Services by selecting Easter Seals Southern California and indicating a donation amount on the register pinpad. Customers can also request to have their receipt totals rounded up to the nearest dollar and the difference donated to Easter Seals.

Donations help Easter Seals provide autism services, job training and employment programs, early childhood development, independent living options that keep people in their own homes instead of institutions, and services that help adults learn daily living and social skills that most of us take for granted. Additionally, Easter Seals provides one-on-one employment support services that assist veterans to transition out of the military to civilian jobs. For more about Eas-

ter Seals, visit www.EasterSeals.com/SouthernCal. “Easter Seals Southern California has benefited tremendously from the money raised each year by Vons and Pavilions stores during this nearly decade-long campaign, and we are honored to once again have the support of Vons along with their employees and customers,” says Nancy Weintraub, chief development officer, Easter Seals Southern California.

“Last year’s People With Disabilities Campaign raised more than $1.5 million in support of Easter Seals Southern California.

We are truly grateful for the continued financial support that enables us to empower children and adults living with disabilities.”

“Vons is proud of the fact we have been an Easter Seals supporter for over 20 years and we are looking forward to another successful People with Disabilities check stand fundraising campaign this year,” says Lori Raya, president of Vons. “It is gratifying to know that supporting the work Easter Seals does directly impacts and strengthens our local communities. For more about Vons, visit www.vons.com.

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of cayenne pepper, a dollop of wasabi mustard or some hot chilies on everything from grilled chicken and fish to fresh fruit and dips, and perspire away.

Mint Condition Add some exhilarating minty leaves to your meals.

This herb with cooling and soothing properties and an invigorating perfume perks up heat-induced logginess.

Create a minty green tea over ice with organic honey and splash of lemon. Put a dollop of mint jelly on your roasted lamb. Toss some fresh sprigs in fruit salad, or chew the leaves straight-up.

Take It with a Grain of Salt To quickly chill beer bottles and carbonated drinks, simply toss a tablespoon of salt into a small tub of icy water. This will lower the water’s freezing temperature creating an arctic bath for your brewskis.

Stove Stunts Opt for the stovetop over the oven to whip up some quickie flash stir-fries, sautés and one-pot meals that won’t heat up the kitchen. Also prep dishes in the early morning or late night that’ll be ready to just heat up or eat cold. If you must use the oven, cut

down on preheating time by cranking up the broiler for a few minutes. Better yet, grill outdoors and dine alfresco.

Unhappy Hour Cut the caffeinated coffee and teas, along with alcohol, some major diuretics causing fluid loss. Best to stay hydrated with plenty of H2O and electrolyte rife fluids.

Soup’s On Indulge in a slew of chilled summer soups for a light and refreshing treat bursting with vibrant colors and sun-ripened flavors.

Showcasing the season’s bountiful beauties are such liquid salads as avocado chili bisque, roasted red pepper gazpacho, spicy mango ginger, Greek Karpouzosoupa, (watermelon mint soup), raw chilled corn chowder and blueberry vichyssoise.

Chilled Persian Cuke Soup Ingredients Serve this Middle Eastern chilled soup in champagne flutes or martini glasses.

2 cups Greek yoghurt 1 1/2 cups ice-cold spring water 1/2 cup toasted walnuts or pistachios, chopped 2 Persian cucumbers, diced 1/2 cup sultana raisins 1/4 cup fresh chopped mint 1/4 cup fresh chopped chives Sea salt and cayenne pepper to taste Meyer lemon zest Method: In a large mixing bowl, blend yoghurt and water. Add nuts, raisins, cucumber, herbs and

seasonings. Mix thoroughly. Chill well. Ladle into martini glasses and garnish with lemon zest.

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Nares Foundation sets Harvest for Hope benefit Sept. 7 The Emilio Nares Foundation presents the 11th annual Harvest for Hope from 1-4 p.m.

Sept. 7 at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center.

Harvest for Hope is a food and wine fundraising event bringing together some of San Diego’s finest chefs to create dishes with selected wineries from all over the world. The result is a beautiful, fun afternoon of great food, wine, music and friendship benefiting the Emilio Nares Foundation. The foundation was created when Richard and Diane Nares lost their only child, Emilio, to cancer. Turning tragedy to hope, the Nares family created the foundation. Richard Nares was named a 2013 top 10 CNN Hero for his work.

The foundation provides information, programs, and services for low-income, underprivileged families whose children are battling cancer in San Diego. The “Ride With Emilio” program ensures no child misses cancer treatments because of lack of transportation in San Diego. The evening’s emcee will be Carlo Cecchetto, KFMB/CBS 8 Evening News anchor.

This year’s honoree will be Xavier-the-Xman (Xavier Soriano) with Magic 92.5.

The San Diego Wine and Culinary Center is at 200 Harbor Drive, #120, San Diego.

Tickets are $125 per person or $1,000 for 10 people. Reserve online at www.EmilioNaresFoundation.org. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Heidi Cramer at 760-310-9467 or email enf.development@att.net.

‘Snoopy’ plates help museums stay afloat To help generate funds for the California’s museums, pre-order an official Snoopy license plate, featuring a reproduction of an iconic Snoopy drawing by “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles Schulz and the phrase “Museums are for everyone.”

As soon as 7,500 are sold, the DMV will start producing Snoopy plates, and 1,400 California museums will have a new funding source.

The Snoopy plate is also an opportunity to commemorate Santa Rosa cartoonist and cultural icon Charles Schulz. His widow, Jean Schulz, founder of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, is allowing access to the drawing for this special plate. If not enough pre-paid orders are received by late January 2015, the California Cultural and Historical Endowment will either refund plate orders or, with the permission of the purchasers, retain funds to extend the campaign for a second year.

Snoopy license plates are $50 initially ($40 per year to renew) at www.snoopyplate.com Purchasers may also choose to have the plate personalized for $98 the first year ($78 to renew). A portion is tax deductible.

16th Art in the Village on scene Aug. 10 in Carlsbad Held on the second Sunday of August, The Carlsbad Village Association’s Art in the Village will return Aug. 10, bringing more than 100 local and regional artists for a one-day, open air event.

Art in the Village will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10. Artists who are interested in participating should call Show Manager Brian Roth at 760-945-9288 or email info@kennedyfaires.com. For information and updates about Carlsbad Village and the CVA’s events, please visit www.carlsbad-village.com.

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Michelle Sargent chooses Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is pleased to announce that Michelle Sargent has joined the company’s team in the Del Mar office. “Michelle brings an extensive knowledge of sales and marketing to her new career,” says Delorine Jackson, manager. “With her passion for real estate and determination to succeed, she will quickly rise to the forefront of our industry.”

As a pharmaceutical sales manager and territory manager in the biotechnology industry for 12 years, Sargent learned that building relationships is the key to establishing a successful business. “To understand your customers’ needs, you have to be a great listener,” explains Sargent. “This is also critical to figuring out the type of service a person prefers, and which method of getting and receiving information is their favorite.”

Sargent credits her listening skills and commitment to ethical business practices for consistently making her one of the top five associates out of 50 representatives in her area.

“I enjoy helping people and getting to know them better, plus I have always been interested in architecture, building and decorating,” explains Sargent, when asked about why she decided to concentrate on residential sales.

With a master’s degree in marketing from the University of Maryland, Sargent is highly adept at creating innovative marketing campaigns and engaging advertisements. A graduate of Howard University, where she earned a degree in business, she is uniquely qualified to provide her clients with short market times and high sale prices.

When she isn’t busy working, Sargent enjoys going to

Michelle Sargent the beach and spending time with her friends and family, including her dog.

She is an avid volunteer for the Del Mar PTA, which she supports by raising funds and helping to coordinate events.

Michelle Sargent can be contacted through Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, at 858999-1005, or via email at michellesargent@bhhscal. com.

Limited number of custom homesites still available at Pardee’s Alta Del Mar in the Del Mar Mesa area Luxury custom home building is alive and well at The Prestige Collection of Alta Del Mar, Pardee Homes’ stunning new home community on an elevated plateau in coastal North San Diego’s Del Mar Mesa area. In just 18 months, Pardee Homes has sold 21 of the 29 homesites available for buyers who want to create the home of their dreams, from the ground up.

“Although the appeal of this high-end community is to a small percentage of homebuyers, sales have been phenomenal,” said Matt Sauls, regional director of marketing for Pardee Homes. “The location, open space and lot size all resonate with buyers who seek luxury coastal living. And with just eight graded homesites remaining, the time to buy at Alta Del Mar is now.”

Custom homesites at Alta Del Mar range in size from .4 to 1.1 acres and can accommodate homes up to 12,000 square feet, depending on the lot size. Sites are delivered graded with easy access to utilities. Architectural standards ensure the community and neighborhoods will live harmoniously with the natural environment and surrounding homes. Pardee Homes’ custom program provides generous time frames for design, approvals and construction.

The gated Alta Del Mar enclave is situated on a ridgeline above the Grand Del Mar Resort and Golf Club on a serpentine finger

of land surrounded by expanses of coastal sage and undulating topography. This elevated site and picturesque setting are considered to be among coastal North County’s last opportunity for custom home building in a planned community.

In addition to the custom lot program at Alta Del Mar, The Prestige Collection of Alta Del includes an enclave of estate homes on lots averaging a half acre with approximately 4,151 to 6,235 square feet. Four floor plans are available, each spacious and unique, embodying the heritage architecture of coastal California with classic facades, timeless materials and hand-wrought details.

Designed by the award-winning architectural firm of Bassenian/Lagoni of Newport Beach, Alta Del Mar incorporates elements of Spanish and Monterey design such as exterior gated porticos, charming interior courtyards, grand entries, outdoor rooms and classic brick and wood detailing; authentic wrought-iron detail, stone facades, vestibules and formal hallways evoke French Country and Tuscan architectural styling.

Amenity-filled homes with private interior and side courtyards, as well as generous back yards, have up to six bedrooms. Pricing ranges from $1.85 to $2.4 million.

For more information about Alta Del Mar, visit www.altadelmar.com or call 858461-0109.

Four undeveloped home sites are sold at The Bridges Four of the last nine remaining undeveloped lots within The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe have just been sold to a custom home builder for $3.4 million. The lots are approximately half-acre parcels and will be built out as custom homes.

Purchaser of the land was Bridges Calle Messina LLC, a consortium of several highly regarded developers with extensive portfolios in San Diego and Orange County.

“Conveniently located near The Bridges’ $5 million Tennis & Rec Centre, these home sites have been held back since The Bridges opened in 2000,” said Director of Real Estate Bob Jackson.

The design process is being led by Roger L. Basinger, executive vice president of architects BP associates of San Diego. Plans are currently being reviewed by the County of San Diego and The Bridges Design Review Committee, with framing expected to begin this fall.

“All four homes will be single level, featuring California Ranch architecture so familiar in the Rancho Santa Fe area,” said Jackson. “The builders and design team are creating floor plans that range from 5,000 to 6,000 square feet with four to five bedrooms. Plans feature oversized kitchens, great rooms and master suites as well as flexible space to accommodate home offices, more formal dining, or additional bedrooms. All homes include a wine room, a four-car garage, pool and landscaping.”

For more information on these newly released home sites at The Bridges, contact Bob Jackson at The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe Sales Company, 858-756-8700.

Realtor Wes Pantling joins Willis Allen Real Estate’s Del Mar Branch Willis Allen Real Estate’s growing Del Mar branch has added yet another talented Realtor to its team. Wes Pantling, a former professional poker player, has joined the ranks.

“I vow to achieve the specific visions of my clients by exercising a relentless focus on progression and attention to detail,” says Wes. “I don’t stop until the job is done, never have, and never will.”

Pantling, a self-described explorer, says he chose to join the Willis Allen team after considering a number of other brokerages because of the company’s “great brand and great people in an exciting environment.”

“Wes is an engaging, enterprising man whose business savvy makes him an exceptional fit for our Del Mar office,” notes Del Mar Branch Manager Judith Bradley.

For more on Willis Allen, which is celebrating its centennial year in 2014, visit www. willisallen.com. To learn more about Realtor Wes Pantling call 858-880-4770 or email wpantling@gmail.com.

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