Encinitas 06.02.17

Volume 3, Issue 40

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Council reviews proposed city operating budget

BY BRITTANY WOOLSEY The Encinitas City Council on May 31 began reviewing a proposed city budget for the next two years, which includes an increase to the general fund.

Proposed operating revenues for all city funds total $92 million for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 and $95 million for FY 2018-19, according to a city document.

About 76 percent of the total combined city budget is the general fund, which pays for law enforcement, fire protection, parks, beaches and street maintenance.

In FY 2017-18, the general fund is proposed to increase by 2.3 percent to $61.6 million. In FY 2018-19, it is proposed to increase an additional 3.8 percent to total $64 million.

Costs will cover items such as law enforcement services contracted with the San Diego County Sheriff; landscape and tree maintenance; base salary increases for city workers; $100,000 additionally to the Public Works Department each year for a city arborist consultant; and unfunded pension liability payments of $505,313 to CalPERS, according to city staff.

In public safety, fire operations is requesting replacement of thermal imaging cameras and marine safety is requesting additional swift water training and equipment. Public Works costs include enhanced tree maintenance services, storm drain asset inventory and SEE BUDGET, A22

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Scouts attend 2017 Memorial Day Ceremony

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Encinitas Cub Scouts from Troop 772 and Boy Scouts from Troop 777 attended the Memorial Day Ceremony held May 29 at the San Dieguito American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas. More more photos of the Memorial Day Ceremony, see page A11. Online: www.encinitasadvocate.com

Contract canceled for Cannabis Festival in Del Mar Door left open for revised contract ■ See inside for a variety of photos of community events.

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BY SEBASTIAN MONTES After meeting harsh rebuke from the Del Mar Fairgrounds directors, organizers of what would have been the largest cannabis festival in San Diego have been sent scrambling back to the drawing board to write a new contract in time for the Sept. 23 event.

Except this time, Lawrence Bame, lead proprietor of the Goodlife Festival, will have to expressly state that cannabis consumption will not be welcome.

Bame, who has put on dozens of home and garden shows at the fairgrounds, signed a $12,000 contract at the end of March with the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which runs the state-owned fairgrounds. But when the DAA’s board of directors caught wind more than a month later that a cannabis-centric event had been slated for the fairgrounds, they called for a special hearing to curry public input and hear from state officials.

More than 100 people packed into the Tuesday,

May 30 hearing, filling the board room and overflowing into the courtyard.

Opponents wanted the festival shut down completely, appalled by the notion of marijuana being promoted on the fairgrounds marquee and the implicit message of pot-tolerance it would send to children. Supporters countered with assertions of marijuana’s therapeutic benefits, imploring the board for a chance to give San Diego’s cannabis community an educational opportunity on a scale it has never had.

Not one of the 50-plus speakers suggested a festival without cannabis. And after four hours of impassioned testimony, the board’s discussion did not take up the morality of cannabis, but rather hinged on their personal and professional liability if they were to approve a contract that would so openly flout federal law.

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“What you’re seeing here, I think, is a board that isn’t willing to take an undue risk,” board member David Watson told Bame. “But the board is not willing to say no absolutely. So if you were to revise your document to deal with the language about what you cannot bring to the festival to include marijuana, that would go a long way to reassuring this board when the contract comes back to us. We’re not saying no; we’re saying let’s rework it a little bit.”

The DAA board then voted 8-0 to rescind the contract and direct staff to work with Goodlife to draft a new contract with a more detailed description of the festival and that expressly discourages cannabis on site.

The decision left Bame at a loss for words. “I don’t really know what happened,” he said immediately after. “To have a show about a product that isn’t at the show, it’s sort of like if I were to teach you French but there’ll be no French spoken. That’s a problem. I just don’t know. But I haven’t given up.”

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Man arrested for allegedly killing father in Rancho Santa Fe A 71-year-old man was found dead Tuesday afternoon, May 30, by his wife, in Rancho Santa Fe, a sheriff’s official said. The dead man has been identified as the homeowner and resident Leighton Dorey, III, according to a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department press release.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed the autopsy in this investigation. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso as well as strangulation. The manner of death was ruled a homicide.

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near Calle Dos Lagos about noon after getting a 911 call from a woman who came home from running errands and found her husband mortally wounded, said sheriff’s homicide Lt. Kenn Nelson.

According to the press release, during the investigation overnight, homicide detectives identified Dorey’s adult son, Leighton Dorey IV, 39, as the suspect in his death. With the assistance of the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force, Dorey IV and his vehicle were tracked to the community of Idyllwild in Riverside County.

Dorey IV was located early this morning

in a heavily forested area near the town and arrested without incident by task force members. Dorey IV was transported back to San Diego County and will be booked into the Vista Detention Facility on a single count of murder, the press release said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974- 2321, after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

— San Diego Union-Tribune writer Karen Kucher contributed to this report

Carlsbad assistant pastor arrested, accused of child molestation

BY TERI FIGUEROA An assistant pastor at a large Carlsbad church was arrested Wednesday, May 31, on suspicion of multiple counts of molesting a child over the past year, sheriff’s officials said.

The arrest of 43-year-old Matt Tague came after staffers at North Coast Calvary Chapel learned of an accusation against him and immediately reported it to law enforcement, according to a statement the church released Wednesday evening.

The alleged crimes were unrelated to Tague’s duties at the church and didn’t occur on the campus, church and sheriff’s officials said.

Tague, a San Marcos resident, was jailed on suspicion of 16 counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to online jail records. His bail was

set at $1.9 million. Jail records indicate he is due in Vista court for arraignment on Friday, June 2.

“We are utterly heartbroken by these events,” the church said in the statement.

Sheriff’s Lt. Karen Stubkjaer said detectives have no indication there are additional victims.

Tague — who has been fired from his post, the church said — had been a family pastor at North Coast Calvary, as well as a pastor for the church’s ministry to people aged 30 to 40.

A biography previously posted on the church website said he has been married for 20 years and that he and his wife have six children.

The investigation into the allegations began Monday, May 29. Stubkjaer said the sheriff’s department is handling the case because the alleged incidents took place

within the department’s jurisdiction.

She declined to provide any further details about the case.

“There is still a lot of investigation to be done, and I cannot elaborate at this point,” Stubkjaer said.

In the statement, church officials said they have “strict requirements and procedures in place for hiring pastors and staff, including professional background checks and exhaustive interviews,” and that Tague had no prior record of arrest or criminal charges.

North Coast Calvary Chapel is one of the largest churches in Carlsbad, with several thousand people typically attending its weekend services.

— Teri Figueroa is a writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Issa appears on rooftop as hundreds protest outside his Vista office

BY TERI FIGUEROA, JOSHUA STEWART AND SARAH WIRE U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa stepped out on the roof of his Vista office building May 30 to snap a few photos of hundreds of people protesting his stance on healthcare reform and other issues.

The rooftop excursion — captured in a photo that soon ricocheted around Twitter — came after Issa and a protest organizer briefly chatted on the sidewalk, and later accused each other of failing to engage in polite dialogue.

On Twitter, many compared the photo of Issa to a scene from the popular television show “The Office.” Left-leaning media outlets quickly publishing headlines like “Darrell Issa Appears to Flee to Building Roof to Avoid Protesters.”

Like most things, what really happened appears to have been more nuanced. In a phone call to The San Diego Union-Tribune, Issa said he asked protest organizers if he could address the crowd and field their queries, but they declined.

Ellen Montanari, who organizes the weekly rallies and often “They weren’t interested in having an exchange with me, or leads the crowd chants, said she tried to shake Issa’s hand and asking me questions,” he said. He later posted photos on was rebuffed. Montanari said Issa told her “step away, you are Twitter that showed him talking with individual protesters. a protester” and that she replied “I am a constituent.” She said he then made “disparaging remarks” about the protesters and the signs they carry.

Montanari said it was “very clear that he was not interested in listening,” so she decided not to invite him to speak to the crowd. “He was so rude to me, and I wasn’t going to subject the people at the rally to that rudeness,” she said.

A bird was responsible for an outage that left His appearance at the rally and on the rooftop led to tweets thousands without electricity May 28, a San Diego Gas — including from Issa himself. It also prompted tweets from & Electric Company spokesperson said. environmental attorney Mike Levin, an Orange County-based Crews were able to restore power for 2,237 customers Democrat who has declared his intention to run for Issa’s seat. in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Cardiff-By-The-Sea, La Costa Levin was at the protest. and Olivenhain shortly before 10 a.m., according to Issa is back in his home district this week during a SDG&E’s website. congressional recess, and he also plans to hold a town hall in The bird hit a switch around 7:12 a.m., said Sabra San Clemente on Saturday morning.

Lattos of SDG&E. Power was restored to most circuits His office has been the target of weekly opposition rallies shortly later, and the final bloc of 835 customers got that routinely draw roughly 300 protesters. On previous their power back at 10:09 a.m. — City News Service occasions, he has spoken to the crowd, but on this day did not.

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Rep. Darrell Issa hands cake to a sole supporter during an opposition rally outside Issa's district office in Vista on Tuesday morning.

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On Tuesday morning, Issa did give a smile and a piece of cake to an Oceanside man and President Donald Trump supporter who attends the weekly rallies as a counter protest.

“The historical significance of that was not lost on the group,” Montanari said, referencing the famed “let them eat cake” quote from Marie Antoinette.

Issa’s spokesman, Calvin Moore, said that even though Issa wasn’t given the microphone to talk to the crowd, “he spent some time talking to a few of those gathered regardless, then headed upstairs to take a pic of everyone gathered.”

As the peaceful weekly rallies have grown — one drew more than 800 people — the city of Vista cracked down on where the protesters can stand. Citing safety reasons along the curvy road, city officials moved the crowd from the sidewalk in front of Issa’s office to the dirt path across the street earlier this month.

The permit for the protests expires at the end of May. Organizers have asked Vista to extend it through the summer; city officials said Tuesday they will decide this week whether to extend it through June.

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Veteran conquers 81-mile Badwater race for fellow wounded warriors

BY KAREN BILLING It was Ben Brown’s feet that gave him away as a runner.

As he built gingerbread houses in his daughter’s classroom at R. Roger Rowe School in Rancho Santa Fe last December, fellow gingerbread craftsman and ultrarunner Mike Trevino noticed the signs of feet that had put in some serious mileage. Trevino asked Brown “Do you run?” and the two stuck up a conversation, finding out that they both took to running late at night when they had trouble sleeping.

A former Army Ranger and Purple Heart recipient, Brown’s sleepless nights came when he couldn’t block out the sounds and images of IED explosions, fire fights and putting his brothers-in-arms in body bags. He would throw on his shoes in the middle of the night and run around the golf course until he got tired and his mind quieted, sometimes for three-hour spells.

On their first eight-mile running “date” together, Trevino, who once ran 275 miles nonstop down the coast of California and was the winner of the 2001 Badwater 135-mile ultramarathon, asked Brown if he would be interested in running April’s 81-mile Badwater Salton Sea race with him. The difficult route covers 81 miles through desert and mountains, from below sea level in Salton City, over Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and finishing with a climb up Palomar Mountain, a total elevation gain of over 9,000 feet. Brown had only run a 50 mile-ultra before but nonetheless he agreed with an “OK cool,” figuring he could get himself into shape over the next few months.

Three weeks before the race, the two-man

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Veteran Ben Brown, left, runs through the desert in the 81-mile Badwater Salton Sea with teammates Katya Meyers and Mike Trevino. team roped in “someone even crazier” than the two of them: Katya Meyers, a 36-year-old professional triathlete and ultrarunner from Solana Beach. It was a wild idea for Meyers, as well, since the longest run she’d ever done was 50 miles (one 50-mile race came just weeks after giving birth) and she was set to fly to India the morning after the Badwater finish but, nonetheless, she was in.

The lead-up training to Badwater was not ideal for all three runners. Meyers only had the three weeks to train and Brown had to take off the month of February after hurting his achilles

tendon. In his six weeks of training Brown got in a 26- and 30-mile run but only two more runs with Trevino, who came down with pneumonia before the race and had to take off the month of March.

The team was able to battle together and finished third in the mixed division and seventh overall in 19 hours and 38 minutes.

For Brown, 35, the race was a chance not only to cross an item off his ultrarunning bucket list but it was also an opportunity to raise awareness and funds for his nonprofit, the 9 Week Warrior Challenge.

At no cost to the veteran, they get nine weeks of personal training, massage, nutritional support/planning, constitutional homeopathic treatment, yoga and acupuncture. After his military service, Brown struggled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury and at his lowest low was suicidal.

He was able to find his “why” that helped bring him out of his lowest point in life-- his wife Chondra, his five beautiful children, coaching sports, running, weight training and helping others.

“Not everyone has had the ability to find their ‘why.’ I am committed to helping our nation’s heroes find their ‘why.’ We have lost too many, we continue to lose too many, and too many are lost trying to find any solid plan of how to care for their minds and bodies. They need to heal,” Brown said. “My whole goal to run the race was to do it because I can. More than a handful of great guys don’t have two legs and can’t run this race, why not do it for them?”

With the Badwater race, Brown raised over $27,000 for 9 Week Warrior.

Fitness has always been a big part of Brown’s life. After graduating from Torrey Pines High School, he played lacrosse and participated in Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at Providence College--he was drawn to the Army’s opportunities to jump out of planes at Airborne School, become an expert with demolitions and receive small unit patrol tactics at the prestigious U.S. Army Ranger School.

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A world-record view at 10,000 feet

BY SEBASTIAN MONTES World records, for Jerry Jackson, are getting to be old hat.

The 67-year-old local resident notched his 13th and 14th records earlier this month when he joined a group of over-60 divers hell-bent on breaking every skydiving mark they can.

On May 4, the Skydivers Over Sixty group (SOS) took to the skies over Perris, Calif. to create the largest freefall formation of people aged 60 or more. That jump assembled 65 divers, breaking the record of 60 they set five years ago.

Two days later — and after repeated attempts — they pulled off the far trickier feat of the largest “two-point sequential freefall,” in which jumpers build a formation, break up, then re-form in a different arrangement. The 60 divers in that jump shattered the previous record of 31.

As the final jumper in the formation, Jackson has to plummet at speeds topping 200 mph to catch up to the formation, then at just the right moment, cut his speed

in half in order to approach his target at their exact velocity and trajectory.

Somehow, it all feels only natural.

“Humans have always wanted to fly, ever since we were cavemen watching birds,” Jackson said. “It’s in our subconscious. For a human to be able to finally pull off that dream of flight, part of our DNA says, ‘This is really cool.’”

Expert skydivers from at least five countries came together thanks to SOS, which is a subgroup of the Parachutists Over Phorty Society (POPS). Most members have logged thousands of jumps over their 30, 40 and even 50 years of skydiving. Several of the divers are more than 80 years old.

They convene every year to try to attempt record-breaking jumps. This year, they were under the tutelage of Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, a world-renowned skydiver and motivational speaker.

Jackson, an environmental engineer with a deep love of aviation

— he also builds and flies experimental airplanes in his free time — has been skydiving for 45 years. Each dive stokes his love of flight and his engineering mindset. But when he’s in the air, falling in unison with dozens of others, it’s the elegance that’s strikes him the most, the bodies carving vertically through space, hurtling inevitably toward the ground.

“There’s a lot of poetry and art — the speed, the grace, the beauty of it all,” he said.

More than half of his world-record jumps have come over the skies at Perris, the same drop zone where he took his first-ever plunge 45 years ago. In those days, Perris was a dirt field with a Cessna. Now, the airfield is a world-class skydiving hub that he goes to once a month to keep his skills sharp.

On Friday, May 19, he’ll be putting those skills to the ultimate test, when he makes his highest-altitude jump yet, of 30,000 feet — a full 10,000 feet higher than any jump he’s ever

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Jeremiah “Jerry” Jackson helped set a world record when 65 skydivers over age 60 took to the skies above Perris, Calif. on May 4. tried. And later this year, he’ll be joining another group of skydivers for a world-record attempt in North Carolina.

Those record-breaking jumps offer more than mere thrill, he said, recalling the time he was part of a world record for the largest formation ever attempted.

“I found myself turning and seeing the other jumpers coming down and thinking, ‘What a view. No human being has ever seen this before, no other human being has seen 316 people converging in freefall.’”

That record got beaten by a 400-person formation 12

years ago. But he’s showing no sign of slowing down, leaving plenty more jumps and plenty more records yet to come.

“We all think we can jump forever,” he said.

“We’re all looking forward to turning 70 and breaking big records. There is no reason to stop.”

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BY JOE TASH When Encinitas resident Laurel Amtower was diagnosed with cancer in late 2009, she and her parents were floored. Laurel, an English professor at San Diego State University, had been having trouble keeping her balance, and her family doctor sent her to have a magnetic resonance imaging test, or MRI. A doctor came into the room and told Laurel, “You have a brain tumor.”

“We had no idea where to go,” said Laurel’s mother, Pat Amtower, a Rancho Santa Fe resident. Doctors later told Laurel her tumor, called a glioblastoma multiforme, was inoperable, and she died about 10 months after her diagnosis.

Pat and her husband, Dick, felt their family needed much more support during the traumatic experience of the cancer diagnosis, and that the follow-up by their health-care providers at the time was chaotic and uncoordinated. They determined to do what they could to prevent other families from going through the same thing.

“We had a horrible experience,” said Dick.

The Amtowers, through a $5.7 million donation to Sharp HealthCare, founded the Laurel Amtower Cancer Institute and Neuro-Oncology Center, which opened its doors in 2015. The center, located at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, is designed to provide patients and their families throughout the region with state-of-the-art care, as well as a variety of emotional and practical support as they deal with their diagnosis and treatment.

The center’s focus is on brain and spinal

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Richard and Pat Amtower at the opening ceremony for the Laurel Amtower Cancer Institute and Neuro-Oncology Center at Sharp HealthCare. They are standing in front of a plaque honoring their daughter, Laurel. tumors, and it’s aim is “to help our patients and families with a difficult diagnosis and difficult times,” said Dr. Charles Redfern, the center’s medical director.

Redfern and the Amtowers spoke with a reporter in a conference room in the cancer center named in tribute to Laurel Amtower, during the month of May, which is Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

The center treats patients from all three hospitals in the Sharp system, including Sharp Memorial, Sharp Grossmont and Sharp Chula Vista. Annually, the center treats about 165 patients with primary brain

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tumors, and another 350 patients whose cancer began elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain, said Redfern.

In establishing the center, said Pat Amtower, one of the couple’s requirements was that any patient would be seen by a cancer specialist within 48 hours of contacting the program.

“You’re not going to sit around worrying about this,” Pat said.

Redfern said he personally meets with the new patients and helps them come up with a plan for moving forward, which could include treatment at Sharp or referral to another facility.

When you get a brain tumor diagnosis, Dick said, “You want to be seen ASAP.” “We can design a plan to optimize your chance of defeating this,” said Pat. The Amtowers moved to Rancho Santa Fe 17 years ago to help Laurel and her husband with their baby daughter. Dick’s background is in manufacturing electronic inspection systems and Pat helped drug and medical device makers get their products through the regulatory approval process.

Laurel’s brother, Rich, lives with his family in Washington state, where he works in the video gaming industry with Nintendo.

The couple has devoted their time to caring for Laurel’s daughter - their granddaughter - who is now heading off to Cal Poly to study agricultural science.

In addition to supporting the Sharp brain cancer center, the Amtowers support such programs and causes as Meals-on-Wheels, education, government oversight and SEE BRAIN, A18

The Grauer School in Encinitas recently announced that the following local student scholars were inducted into the National Honor Society at this year’s annual exercises at the school: Jade Blanchard, Linda Chen, Tristan Cousin, Cody Dunne, Alexa Espana, Zachary Faith, William Fallmer, Eva Fleet, Quinn Giessow, Kiana Harnish, Kendal Heiskala, Clara Hunt, Oceane Ignatov, Zoe-Daphnée Lavoie-Gagne, Krystal Mei, Arabel Meyer, Madeline Nicklo, Nicole Schriber, Emerson Sims, Kai Stern, Sophie Stockton, Tavin Way, Christopher White, and Claudia Whitehead. Including the previous inductees, 55 current students from The Grauer School have been invited into the honor society.

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Birch Aquarium is teaming up with KPBS and Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles for Ocean Friends Forever Day. Join us as we celebrate World Oceans Day a little early with interactive ocean art, crafts, costumed characters, and educational activities throughout the aquarium along with a giveaways and a screening of Splash and Bubbles.

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POP Factory: Monte Carlo Moves Downtown July 29, 2017 > 6 PM-12:30 AM MCASD Downtown, Jacobs Building

After 40 years, MCASD’s annual benefit takes on new life within the Jacobs Building at MCASD Downtown. Join fellow art supporters, artists, and MCASD Members for a night of dining, dancing, and philanthropy as the Monte Carlo gala moves downtown. All funds raised provide vital support for MCASD’s exhibitions and education programs.

Get your tickets now at www.mcasd.org/POPfactory

SUMMER BOOK SALE Saturday, June 10 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For over 20 years, the Athenaeum has enticed members, students, and passersby with quarterly book sales. Some real gems have been found nestled under otherwise steadfast and comfortable bricks of literature. Local author Katherine Porter will be signing her recently published book and there will be a selection of artisan goods on the portico.

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Author’s debut novel digs into roots and impacts of slavery

BY JOE TASH Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel covers a huge sweep of history, touches on the lives of dozens of characters and takes place in two geographic settings - what is today the nation of Ghana, and the United States.

“I wanted it to be clear that the things we see in the present do not appear out of nowhere,” said Gyasi, the featured speaker at the May 18 meeting of the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society, held at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar resort, discussing why she decided to cover such a large period of time in the novel.

The novel “Homegoing” covers the origins of the slave trade that joined Africa and America, and explores themes of love, loyalty, betrayal and cruelty, as well as painful truths about man’s inhumanity to man. The novel is structured as a series of interlocking stories, beginning in Africa’s northwest coast in the 1770s, and continuing to contemporary Harlem, Alabama and Palo Alto.

The book was published in 2016 by Knopf.

One thread that weaves through the novel is fire, and its flames lick at the reader’s consciousness from the book’s opening paragraph: “The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged through the woods just outside her father’s compound. It moved quickly, tearing a path for days. It lived off the air; it slept in caves and hid in trees; it burned, up and through, unconcerned with what wreckage it left behind, until it reached an Asante village. There, it disappeared, becoming one with the night.”

Each chapter of “Homegoing” is named for a central character; the book’s chronology follows a

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TPHS students Margaux Paul and Chelsea Xu, Pacific Ridge student Simran Israni. Standing: Jonathon Paul, TPHS teacher Lisa Callender, author Yaa Gyasi, Anjali and Dean Israni family tree provided at the beginning of the novel. The story unfolds along parallel tracks, with each line of the family descending from one of two half-sisters.

In an interview, Gyasi, who was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, said she got the idea for her first book when she was visiting her native country on a college fellowship to do research for her writing. She toured Cape Coast Castle, which was built by British colonizers, and learned that two different worlds existed simultaneously in the building.

Above ground, British officers - some of them with African-born wives - lived lives of relative luxury. But down in the castle’s dungeons,

Africans destined to be shipped off to America for the slave trade were housed in horrific conditions. Gyasi set out to chronicle the dichotomy of those two very different experiences. At the center are the half-sisters, Effia and Esi, one of whom married a British officer and the other who was captured and shipped to America as a slave.

Along with the barbarism of slavery, the book grapples with historical details of the slave trade, including the participation of African tribes in selling their countrymen into bondage.

Details of the author’s own life wind up in her fictional account, as one character experiences racist attitudes at her high school in Alabama,

and another pursues graduate school at Stanford, where Gyasi earned her undergraduate degree before attending the Iowa Writers Workshop MFA program.

Gyasi spent seven years working on her book, including a large amount of research on a wide range of topics. One searing chapter concerns a character’s entanglement with the infamous convict leasing system, in which freed slaves, after the Civil War ended, were jailed on minor or even made-up charges, then hired out by Southern states to private companies, such as mines and logging operations. The men were forced to work for no wages in a form of state-sanctioned slavery.

“That system was kind of the beginning of the project of criminalizing black men for petty crimes,” and today’s mass incarcerations, Gyasi said.

Gyasi, who now lives in New York, is working on a new novel, but said she is “superstitious” about discussing the project, which is in its early stages.

As for her early success as a writer “Homegoing” was one of Oprah’s 10 favorite books of 2016, and it was also named NPR’s debut novel of the year - she said, “You never can predict how a book is going to do when you’re sitting at your desk writing it. So, to see it come to light in this way has been really amazing.”

Also at the May 18 meeting, the Literary Society named the winners of its 2016-2017 Season annual writing contest. They were Chelsea Xu, Torrey Pines High School, first place; Simran Israni, Pacific Ridge School, first runner-up; and Margaux Paul, Torrey Pines High School, second runner-up.

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Heartland tunes warm ‘Spitfire Grill’ at North Coast Rep Theatre

BY LONNIE BURSTEIN HEWITT “The Spitfire Grill,” a down-home musical now in previews at North Coast Repertory Theatre, opened off-Broadway in 2001, and has been produced worldwide ever since. Called “soul-satisfying” by The New York Times, it’s about a young woman just released from prison who hopes to make a new life for herself in a small town far away from her sad, Southern roots. She manages to find a job as a waitress in a café called — you guessed it — The Spitfire Grill, and a room in the home of its crusty-but-kind-hearted owner.

Step by step, she starts out on her rocky road to redemption.

The musical was based on a 1996 film featuring Ellen Burstyn as the café owner, Marcia Gay Harden as a downtrodden young wife and mother, and the less-famous Alison Elliott as the unlucky but plucky ex-con. It won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and several years later, caught the attention of James Valcq and Fred Alley, two writers who were old high school music camp pals. They had just done a show at the American Folklore Theatre in Wisconsin, where lyricist/librettist Alley was co-founder and artist-in-residence, and thought they could turn the

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Meghan Andrews, Devlin and Aurora Florence star in ‘The Spitfire Grill,’ at North Coast Repertory Theatre, May 31-June 25. film into a great, rootsy musical play.

The show they came up with, replete with catchy, country-style tunes by New York-based composer/musician/former boy soprano Valcq, changed the locale from Maine to Wisconsin, combined two male characters into one, and gave the script a more upbeat ending. After a New Jersey production in 2000, where they were mentored by renowned

playwright/director Arthur Laurents, New York’s Playwrights Horizons chose it to kick off their 2001 season. Then, a week before the pre-show workshop, Alley died of a heart attack during a run near his Wisconsin home. He was only 38, and his untimely ending sounds sadly reminiscent of Jonathan Larson, creator of the mega-hit musical “Rent,” who died of a heart attack at 35 the night before his off-Broadway opening.

But, as with “Rent,” “The Spitfire Grill” goes on. At NCRT, it’s helmed by Jeffrey Moss, an award-winning director whose credits include developing new musicals and staging tours of Broadway hit shows. In 2014, he came to NCRT to direct “Rothschild & Sons,” which went on to New York and is now headed for London. Last year, artistic director David Ellenstein invited him back and gave him a copy of

“The Spitfire Grill” to consider.

“I’d heard of the show, but never seen it,” Moss said. “It was a new discovery for me, a kind of hidden treasure. I’m all about putting humanity on the stage, and this one does it in a very lyrical and sweet way.” Moss compares “Spitfire” to classic musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

“There are tunes, real tunes, and the songs are compelling,” he said.

“They tell the story, expose the hearts of the characters, and reach out and connect with the audience. I don’t call this a play with music, I call it a folk opera; it has strong, big emotions that are captured in the songs, and there’s a sense of humor too. And NCRT is such an intimate theater, a good match for the show.”

The cast is terrific, Moss added, and even in rehearsal, the play is moving. There’s live music, too, by a trio of local musicians, playing guitar, mandolin, violin and cello.

As one of the songs goes: “Something’s cooking at the Spitfire Grill.” See for yourself, through June 25, at NCRT. ■ IF YOU GO: “The Spitfire Grill” is on stage through June 25 at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive Solana Beach. Tickets: $42-$53. (858) 481-1055. northcoastrep.org

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Ask the Financial Expert

by Aubrey Morrow, Certified Financial Planner®

How to WRECK Your Retirement by overlooking possibility of need for Long Term Health Care Jesca Daniels and Mark Daniels, of San Diego, did not have a wedding ceremony when they were married eight years ago.

Jesca Daniels, along with her two daughters, visits The Bustle in Del Mar to pick out her free wedding gown.

Del Mar bridal shop donates dress to military bride

BY BRITTANY WOOLSEY June 8 plays a big role in Jesca Daniels’ and Mark Daniels’ lives.

It’s the day that the San Diego couple will finally have a proper wedding ceremony after being married for eight years.

It’s also the day their world changed forever in 2013.

Mark, a U.S. Marine, was traveling with his dog, Aura, and other service members in a vehicle after a patrol in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated under the car.

Mark, who was sitting with Aura toward the front of the vehicle, was flung to the rear and knocked unconscious, resulting in a traumatic brain injury, Jesca said.

After being sent back to the U.S. and months of rehab, with Jesca helping him with daily tasks like getting out of bed and putting on clothes, Mark, 34, decided he wanted to have a proper wedding. He also decided to stay enlisted, despite being offered medical retirement.

“I never thought I wanted a wedding,” Jesca, 35, said.

“We just decided back then we didn’t really need to do anything big. When Mark got injured in 2013, I guess that made him realize that he wanted those memories with all of our friends and family.”

Hope for the Warriors, which supports wounded soldiers and veterans, granted the couple’s wish to pay for a wedding in Mark’s hometown of St. Louis, Mo. The June 8 ceremony will include about 60 of the couple’s friends and family members, Jesca said. Aura, who was injured with Mark in the explosion, is in the wedding, along with the Danielses’ two young daughters.

In addition to the free ceremony, The Bustle Bridal

LONG-TERM CARE is the #1 Financial Risk faces by retirees.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, at least 70 percent of people over 65 will eventually need long-term care, either at home or in a nursing home, and that can be very expensive. The average stay for a woman entering a nursing home is almost four years; if she’s in a semiprivate room that costs in San Diego is about $375,000. For married couples, the chances that one spouse will need long-term care rises to 91%.

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$4,300+

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Adult Day Health Care

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$1,700+

0%

$42,000

$3,500+

1%

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$94,000+

$7,800+

5%

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$128,000+

$10,600+

7%

Assisted Living Facility

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Jesca Daniels and Mark Daniels, who have been married for eight years, will have a proper wedding ceremony June 8 with a dress donated by The Bustle Bridal Boutique in Del Mar. Boutique in Del Mar, offered to donate a dress and alterations to Jesca, totaling about $1,800.

The Bustle owner Jason Pasiut, who served in the U.S. Army and medically retired in 2010 due to injuries he sustained while serving in Iraq, said he felt a need to help the Danielses.

“I totally relate to that couple and would do anything for people like them,” said Pasiut, who had his hip replaced as a result of a combat injury three months before his own wedding. “I know all about having a disability. I know [Jesca’s] husband has disabilities that would allow him to retire but he decided to stay in. I have nothing but respect for someone who makes a decision like that. It was the icing on the cake for me to help his wife.”

The Bustle, which has donated dresses to military brides on several occasions over the years, treated Jesca to a private fitting room with

consultants, champagne and cake as she selected through six dresses before ultimately deciding on “the one,” Pasiut said.

“It didn’t hit me until I actually put the dress on that [a wedding] was something I wanted to do, too,” Jesca said. “I started crying when I put it on. I felt so beautiful.”

She said she is grateful to The Bustle and Hope for the Warriors for their support.

“I’ve told them thank you 10 million times and I’ll probably say it 10 million more times,” she said. “I think it’s amazing that they help military brides. That’s an awesome thing because for newlyweds and military couples in general, it’s really hard to have an actual ceremony or that dream dress. They’re willing to help with that, and that’s a huge thing in its own way as far as morale goes.”

For more details on The Bustle Bridal Boutique, visit www.thebustledelmar.com.

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Sell home – terrible decision to make Cash Value of Life Insurance – depletes the death benefit Purchase Long Term Health Care Insurance individual policies – problem of increasing rates.

Purchase Certificate of Deposit Type Policy which provides substantial LTC benefits, life insurance to heirs if LTC is not needed and return of original deposit if requested Count on Medicare. Medicare only covers up to 100 days of rehabilitation following hospitalization. Then, nothing.

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Off Track Gallery to host artists’ reception The public is invited to an artists' reception honoring two talented San Dieguito Art Guild members, Karen Fidel (pottery) and Dolores Renner (jewelry), on June 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Off Track Gallery, 937 South Coast Highway 101, suite C-103.

Fidel is a ceramic artist.

She loves to make wheel-thrown pottery and then alter them by hand — adding natural organic elements such as rocks, driftwood, and shells.

Most of her pottery have natural color glazes, which are all lead free, food safe, dishwasher safe, microwaveable and oven proof.

Fidel continues to take workshops and classes to keep up-to-date on new techniques and glazes. She has her studio in her home, including her own kiln.

Renner is a local, self-taught bead artist. She started beading eight years ago while taking time off work to care for her mother full-time. Renner specializes in various

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Earrings from “The Rainbow Collection” by Dolores Renner will be displayed at a reception at Off Track Gallery on June 10. bead-weaving techniques, using Swarovski crystal and glass pearls.

Renner will be featuring her latest work “The rainbow Collection.” She donates 10 percent of each sale from this collection to the North County LGBTQ Resource Center located in Oceanside.

Refreshments will be served at the reception. All artwork in the gallery will

be 10 percent off the entire day from 10 a.m. to closing. This event is free and open to the public.

The Off Track Gallery is owned and operated by the San Dieguito Art Guild, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization made up of over 200 talented local artists.

For more information, visit offtrackgallery.com.

— Submitted press release

Emilio Nares Foundation announces new directors The Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF), a nonprofit that helps families navigate their child’s journey through cancer, has announced a new executive director, Karen Terra, and a new director of development, Renee Conrad, who both bring extensive experience in leading and advocating for youth organizations.

Previous executive director Richard Nares will assume the role of lead visionary, allowing more time for outreach for ENF’s programs.

ENF co-founders Richard and Diane Nares, who started the foundation after losing their son Emilio to cancer, welcome this growth of the leadership team, which will bolster the Emilio Nares Foundation’s dedication to pediatric cancer patients and their families with safe and reliable transportation and other important services to support children’s best chance of recovery.

Terra has been a dedicated ENF board member for the past nine years and is looking forward to her new role with the organization.

She brings 23 years of nonprofit experience in strategic planning and implementation, working with boards, managing and developing staff and fundraising for several San Diego nonprofits including, most recently, Special Olympics San Diego County. Terra holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Bonaventure University and a Certificate in Fund Raising Management from The Fund Raising School, a program at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

“After being an active ENF board member for nine years, this new position is a natural fit,” said Terra. “I look forward to devoting even more energy to fulfilling the many needs that pediatric cancer patients and their families

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Renee Conrad, of Encinitas, has been announced as the new director of development for the Emilio Nares Foundation. have.”

Conrad, of Encinitas, brings more than a decade of experience fundraising for children’s programs through collaboration with individuals, foundations, government agencies and nonprofit partners. She has led fundraising programs for The Grauer School, an independent college preparatory school in Encinitas; The Parkside School, an elementary school serving students with special needs in New York City; and the EastLake Educational Foundation in Chula Vista, which supports technology enhancements for six public schools in the EastLake area. Conrad holds a SEE DIRECTORS, A22

Roxy’s grand re-opening to benefit Scripps Cancer Center 2017 Recrea#onal Summer Camps We offer 5 Weeks of Camps!

SHARKS CAMPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 5"14 YEARS OLD • June 19th–23rd at Torrey Hills Park • July 10th–14th at Sage Canyon Park • July 31st–Aug 4th at Torrey Hills Park • Aug 14th–18th at Torrey Hills Park • Aug 21st–25th at Torrey Hills Park

REGISTER ONLINE: WWW.DMCVSHARKS.COM Fees are $185 which includes a camp t-shirt and a Nike soccer ball. *All campers must bring soccer cleats, shin guards, water, sunblock and a snack.

After an extensive remodel, iconic North County restaurant The Roxy Encinitas will celebrate its official grand opening with a special event to benefit the Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center and The Seany Foundation on Tuesday, June 13, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Famous for its falafel burgers, The Roxy has been a fixture in the Encinitas community since opening in 1978 at 517 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, 92024.

In recent months, the restaurant’s premises have been remodeled in the jazz and art deco style of the 1920s. The Roxy has also expanded its food and beverage offerings and now offers live music nightly, as well as weekend brunch.

The June 13 grand opening will be an all-ages event and open to the public. Guests can enjoy a red carpet entrance, silent

auction, hosted hors d’oeuvres and live music.

All sales proceeds from the event will benefit Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center and The Seany Foundation. In addition, The Roxy’s wait staff and musicians will donate their tips for the evening to these organizations, and donations from guests will be requested at the door.

Reservations are not needed and more information is available by calling 760-230-2899.

Encinitas resident and Roxy owner Paula Vrakas wanted to give back to the community and benefit the recently announced Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, as her father, Dan Vrakas, was successfully treated for prostate cancer at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center.

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Community Resource Center presents summer sales

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The Community Resource Center's three retail stores will host their summer sales, where shoppers can get 50 percent off everything, on June 9 and June 10.

The stores are located at: in Encinitas, 1331 Encinitas Boulevard from 10 a.m.

to 7 p.m.; in Carlsbad, 1055 Carlsbad Village Drive from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and in San Marcos, 210 South Rancho Santa Fe Road from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, please visit crcncc.org.

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2017 Memorial Day Ceremony

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Memorial Day Ceremony was held May 29 at the San Dieguito American Legion Post 416, in front of the historical American Legion building in downtown Encinitas.

Colors were provided by the USMC MLG HQ Battalion of Camp Pendleton. A compliment of MCAS 3rd Marine MAW musicians and

numerous bag pipe players from The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, San Diego Firefighters Emerald Society and The Nice Guys of San Diego were in attendance. Local resident and national country recording artist Amy Scruggs sang the National Anthem. The event also included more music and a luncheon.

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Locals gather for the 2017 Memorial Day event outside the American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas

County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, Matt Shillingburg

PHOTOS BY JON CLARK

Bill Steinauer, Steve Lewandowski, Chip Hayes

Chuck Camarato, Ed Grimsley

Encinitas city councilman Joe Mosca, Ralph Bettencourt, Terry Kaltenbach, George Barlow (in-coming Post Commander)

Cheryl Bruun, Cheryl Fleming, singer Amy Scruggs, John Brauun, Katharine Bruun

American Legion Post 416 commander Steve Lewandowski speaks at the Memorial Day event

James Crowley, Frank Wolcott

Annette Grimsley, Lauree Camarato, Janelle Darter, Shirley Reeves

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2017 Pacific Ridge School Offers Summer Programs Open to Community Carlsbad’s Pacific Ridge School is offering summer camps and programs for children in elementary through high school.

For students entering 3rd through 7th grade, the Firebird program includes morning STEAM sessions ranging from robotics to animation. Afternoon Firebird

camps include PE-style games and fun.

Non-credit academic workshops for middle and high school students, and sports camps for athletes of all ages are also available.

Visit http://www.pacificridge.org/ summerprograms for more information.

Enjoy surfing, marine science and more at the Watersports Camp The Watersports Camp at Mission Bay Aquatic Center is an exciting and educational day camp offering full and half-day options including wakeboarding, surfing, sailing, paddling, marine science and MORE! Whether your camper wants to shred on a wakeboard or catch their first wave, there is an activity for every kid ages 6-17! We

focus on providing high-quality camp experiences in a safe, fun and educational environment! Weekly Camps start June 12 and run through August 25. Register online at watersportscamp.com or call (858) 539-2003. -Operated by Associated Students of SDSU, UCSD Recreation and sponsored by the YMCA.

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SEBASTIAN MONTES

Wave Volleyball’s three-year effort to build an unrivaled facility has come to fruition.

Wave Volleyball is taking its game to new heights

BY SEBASTIAN MONTES It’s safe to say that Wave Volleyball suffers from an embarrassment of riches.

The Del Mar-based club boasts top teenage talent guided by dozens of elite coaches and alumni every year who ascend to the best collegiate programs in the country.

And now, they have the facility to go with it.

Three years after embarking on their vision to turn a 55,000-square-foot dirt lot on Jimmy Durante Boulevard into a cutting-edge volleyball operation, Wave at last put the finishing touches on their gleaming facility this spring to include offices and space for players to relax and do homework. Wave’s owners and coaches celebrated the milestone with a ribbon-cutting last week.

It was the culmination of a decade-old dream for Brennan and Kristen Dean, who bought Wave five years ago then partnered with their friends Doug and Rosanna Forsyth to take the club to a whole new level.

“Our goal was to make the best facility in Southern California,” Brennan Dean said.

“One sand court had been the initial idea.

Then we saw this space and realized we could do a lot more.”

So they turned the dirt lot across from the Del Mar Fairgrounds into a volleyball facility without rival in the San Diego region, with lighted sand courts, an on-site exercise facility tailor-made for volleyball training, and three indoor courts featuring Olympic-quality flooring.

That Teraflex surface is key.

“The wood floors will tear you up pretty good,” Dean said. “[Teraflex] still has the bounce that a basketball floor has but it feels like a yoga mat when you sit on it.”

The facility is fast becoming a regional hub for competitive youth volleyball. They’ve already hosted a tournament of 16 teams. In a few months, they’ll host a tournament of 32 high school teams.

When Wave was founded in 2000, Brennan and Kristen were on board as coaches. They’re now married, and Wave now draws top teenage talent from San Clemente to Temecula to the Mexican border. Demand the last couple years has shot through the roof, especially since the NCAA made women’s sand volleyball an official sport.

They start at kindergarten age — with the aptly named “ripple” program — and go up to 18 years old. There are 40 teams in all, totaling some 600 kids. Year in and year out, Wave is one of the top 10 clubs in the country, Dean said. Two of its coaches are former USA volleyball Olympians. The rest of the coaching roster is littered with current players at UC San Diego, the University of San Diego, Sand Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University. They have full-time staff dedicated to college recruitment, and nearly all the players go on to compete at a four-year college, Dean said —dozens of them on full scholarship.

“We really make sure that we’re preparing our athletes for the next level by giving them next-level coaches,” he said. “We’ve got great families coming to support this club.

We work really hard to get scholarships for our kids and get them opportunities.

Another thing that we’re proud of here is the life skills that we’re able to teach these athletes. We think it’s a very unique, special place to teach kids.”

And with the gleaming new facility, it’s not solely for the crème de la crème.

“Because of this expansion we’re now able to bring any level of volleyball into this facility,” Dean said. “Beforehand we were only an elite volleyball club that had to turn away, unfortunately, a number of families due to the space. But now we’re able to expand and bring so many more new kids of different levels, so it’s really exciting for all of us to work with them.”

Learn more at www.wavevb.com.

Sage Garden Project makes learning fun and delicious

There’s nothing like a garden-ripe tomato, plucked straight off the vine in the summer sun. We specialize in introducing fruits and vegetables to children. The Sage Garden Project delights students all year with lessons in science and nutrition, based in the garden and kitchen classroom. But in the summer, we’re focused on fun.

Experiments, crafts, messy projects and multi-day recipes? Bring ‘em on, we’re gonna have a blast. Learn more at sagegardenproject.org

GARDEN, COOK, EAT, AND PLAY! So much fun, campers don’t know it’s good for them!

We’ll tinker in the garden, create in the kitchen, dabble with art projects and play outdoor games that might be messy, but will be fun for all.

Two different week-long camps for ages 7-12.

One-week camps for ages 7-12: July 17-28 in Encinitas

July 31-Aug 11 in Vista

SHOP THE GARDEN

Harvest the bountiful summer garden each morning, deciding what to create for the midday meal. Get a taste of wacky science experiments and games, as well.

STUDENT CHEF COOK-OFF

Learn to cook 4 essential dishes, then compete in teams for coveted chef’s wear. Tend the kitchen garden, and blow off steam with crazy games, too.

Supported by:

More info: 760-652-9229 Info and sign up online at: sagegardenproject.org

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Encinitas Advocate Test return policy; counselors per student; teacher salaries; donations vs. fees

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s the end of the school year approaches, before it’s too late I want to circle back and follow up on the test return policy at the San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD).

In my April 27 column titled “Reviewing your child’s tests at home,” SDUHSD administrators made it clear that teachers are obligated to send tests and quizzes home upon request, to make it convenient and easier for parents to review them with their kids.

Since then, I’ve heard from far too many parents saying that teachers are still refusing to send tests home. And principals are not helping.

If teachers stall long enough, the point becomes moot. And that appears to be one very effective tactic.

The day after my column ran, Torrey Pines High School parent Michael Robertson, who sued the district for not allowing tests to be sent home, had what began as a hopeful sign.

Robertson said the TPHS principal, Rob Coppo, told Robertson, at long last, that his son’s tests could be picked up in the principal’s office to be taken home.

Then here’s what happened next, according to Robertson: “Principal says it’s at his office. I ask if my kid can pick it up. He says yes. My kid goes to pick it up, and they say, ‘We sent it to your dad.’ He tells me, and I tell him that I didn’t get them and to go back the next day. He goes back, and they give him a blank test but not with his answers. I tell them we need the tests and his answers. He goes back again to the principal’s office, and they say they don’t have it and he has to go to the teacher. He goes back to the teacher who says he ‘lost’ it.”

And that, Robertson said, is “the end of a

disappointing and frankly perplexing story.”

Parents have the right to have their child’s tests sent home. SDUHSD Associate Superintendent of Educational Services Mike Grove said the district can and will compel reluctant teachers to send assessments home for parental review.

So don’t give up or sit still for unreasonable barriers and delays. Go to your teachers and get the tests.

If the teacher won’t deliver, go to the principal. And if that doesn’t work, call Mike Grove directly at the district office.

Give them each one day – no more. And don’t take excuses that serve to delay until the information is no longer relevant.

This is your right, and parents and students are not being pushy or out of line by asking for this – repeatedly if need be.

Student-to-counselor ratios Meredith Wadley, SDUHSD’s director of school and student services, spoke at the May 11 school board meeting on an agenda item titled “student wellness.”

She said the national recommendation for the ratio of students to counselors is 491 to 1, and the Calif. average is 822 to 1. She congratulated the San Dieguito district for being below both averages, with a ratio of 430 to 1.

She called this “remarkable.”

However, Wadley didn’t cite her source for that national recommendation of 491:1.

Two credible organizations had different numbers. The American School Counselor Association and the National Association of School Psychologists both recommend 250 students per counselor.

At 430:1, San Dieguito is a long way from that 250:1 recommended number.

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that time Preserve Cardiff Rail Corridor had lost a number of speakers that had family and children to care for. Did Commission staff, knowing that Preserve Cardiff and the City of Encinitas would have a number of speakers against staff’s recommendation, place the Rail Trail agenda item at the very end of the long agenda knowing full well from experience that the item would come up late in the day, when Commissioners would be eager to adjourn and so the time for presentations and discussion would be squeezed and ignored? In fact, as expected the Commission rushed through the item, limiting speakers and their own discussion. It worked beautifully for staff’s recommendation. With limited time the built-in Commission’s bias toward staff recommendation was decisive in the 7-5 vote.

Commissioners were setup to default to the staff recommendation due to over scheduling the agenda and not providing the time needed for a thorough discussion of the item. Five of the Commissioners voting against Coast Highway never asked a single question nor made a comment, didn’t appear to try to understand a very confusing item, never questioned staff,

Why are people cynical about government The Coastal Commission hearing on the Cardiff Rail Trail (5/11/17) was a frustrating lesson in why residents find themselves disconnected and cynical of government. That is certainly how Cardiff residents who took the day off from work or family time to spend 10-plus hours waiting for the item to be heard, only to be rushed and strongly encouraged to abbreviate our communication to the Commission. We watched as Commissioners, with a few notable exceptions, showed a marked indifference to Cardiff residents’ input. The result was a Commission that did not understand the item, didn’t question staff or proponents, and defaulted to staff’s recommendation.

Lack of Opportunity for Residents to be Heard The hearing started at 8 a.m. and the Cardiff Rail Trail item was not called until after 7 p.m. By

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www.encinitasadvocate.com I was able, however, to independently confirm Wadley’s state average. A chart compiled by the American School Counselor Association shows the student-to-counselor ratio by state in 2013-2014. The only state higher than Calif.’s 822:1 is Arizona at 941:1.

An internal SDUHSD report shows that Canyon Crest Academy has a student-to-counselor ratio of 465:1, La Costa Canyon High School is 459:1, San Dieguito Academy is 475:1, and Torrey Pines High School is 419:1.

The ratios at the district’s middle schools are in the 700s for Carmel Valley, Diegueno and Oak Crest. Earl Warren is 536:1, and Pacific Trails is 602:1.

Again not citing a source, Wadley in her report said the recommendation for students per school psychologists is 1,450:1. She told the board that San Dieguito is below that, at 1,076:1.

But the National Association of School Psychologists recommends one psychologist for every 500 to 700 students.

The NASP also recommends a ratio of students to social workers of 400:1. Wadley said San Dieguito just this year hired four social workers.

The district has more than 12,000 students.

Teacher salaries A comprehensive comparison of teacher salaries county-wide has been released by the San Diego County Office of Education for the 2016-2017 school year.

As expected, given the contract wording that requires San Dieguito teachers to be the highest paid in the county, it turns out they are.

For teachers with bachelor’s degrees, San Dieguito was the highest, with an average annual salary of $61,449 (daily rate of $330.37).

The Del Mar Union School District ranked fifth, at $53,000, and the Encinitas Union School District ranked 27th, at $41,142.

Gong back one year, in the county’s 2015-2016 report of teacher salaries for those with bachelor’s degrees, SDUHSD ranked first for those with 10, 15 and 20 years of experience.

Average SDUHSD annual teacher salaries, according to the chart, are $101,806 for 10 years, $104,640 for 15 years, and $110,308 for 20 years.

SEE EDUCATION MATTERS, A22 never acknowledged the large opposition, and never explained the reason behind their vote.

Prejudicial Commission Staff Errors Commission staff displayed a clear bias against Preserve Cardiff Rail Corridor. For example, Commission staff accepted correspondence from opponents without names and address. Preserve Cardiff was initially told letters without names and addresses would not be accepted by Commission staff.

Several Preserve Cardiff letters and reports were omitted from the Commissioners’ package.

Staff indicated it was done in error.

Web pages with the Cardiff Rail Trail agenda correspondence could not be opened to review information provided to the Commission, in violation of open government rules.

Why do we allow Commission staff with no ties or regard for our community to impose a project on Cardiff that will harm the coastal environment, eliminate coastal parking and access, cost taxpayers $1.5 million more, and will destroy 2 acres of open space?

Ralph Thielicke Cardiff

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‘Passport to the Silk Road’

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he Encinitas Friends of the Arts presented “Passport to the Silk Road” May 13 at the Encinitas Community Center. The event featured many of Southern California’s finest cultural artists, musicians and dancers. The event raises funds for arts programs in the city. For more information, visit www.EncinitasArts.org.

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Adam Pierce, Mahsa Olamai Artist Heather Gibb

Carol Murphy, Carolyn Rudd

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Jeffery Laudenslager, Encinitas Friends of the Arts board member/Arts Commissioner Deanne Sabeck

Reza and Afsi Mahini, Saeed and Megan Kamkar

EVENT BRIEFS Shavout Festival Coastal Roots Farm will celebrate Shavuot by inviting you to the farm for a Festival that celebrates gleaning of the fields and kindness, and is open to all. Enjoy storytelling, flower crown and dairy making workshops, nature play and contemplative walks through the labyrinth.

Sunday, June 4,10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Coastal Roots Farm, 800 Ecke Ranch Road.

Free.

To register, visit http://bit.ly/2r721Q1.

Rising Seas Family Fun Day San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center, 2710 Manchester Avenue, will spotlight changing climate on June 4 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For more information about this free event, visit http://bit.ly/2qshINL.

Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival The 14th Annual Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival will be held Saturday, June 3 from 5-8 p.m. at the Encinitas Ranch Golf Course (1275 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas CA 92024). The net proceeds from the event will be divided between several 501c(3) charities.

The event will feature beverages from 25 wineries, breweries and other vendors, a

taste sampling of over 24 local restaurants’ best dishes and desserts, live music, and a large silent auction and a raffle that has over $5,000 of items from local businesses and friends to support the event’s beneficiaries.

Ticket sales close the evening of Friday, June 2. For tickets, go to encinitaswinefestival.com

First Sunday Concert: Allison Adams Tucker Quartet International jazz vocalist Allison Adams Tucker will perform a free concert at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, on June 4 at 2 p.m. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2rZv6uN.

Bollywood Dancing This type of dance, which fuses Indian and Western styles, will be taught every Sunday in June from 3 to 6 p.m. at Performing Arts Workshop, 1465 Encinitas Boulevard, suite A102.

The cost is $60 for all four classes. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2r5sX0J.

La Paloma Theatre Now showing: The Lost City of Z, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tickets: $10 (cash only). 471 Coast Hwy. 101. For show times, please call 760-436-7469.

Carole Mayne, Julie Briggs, Marcy Senese, Marti Belknap, Diane Stacey

In Loving Memory Create a lasting record of your loved one’s life, and inform the community of your loss.

Your notice also will appear on the national obituary website – legacy.com.

Life Tributes

Everlasting memories of loved ones

Marjorie May ‘Marje’ Halterman March 1, 1923 - April 1, 2017

SOLANA BEACH — “It’s not what kind of life one has, it’s how it’s lived.”

Marjorie was born in Quincy, IL, on March 1, 1923, daughter to James Franklin “Frank” and Nellie Gray Anderson.

The third of seven children growing up in the depression, Marjorie learned early the rhythm of life, constantly gaining experience that was interwoven throughout with joys, sorrows, adaptations, giving, and taking.

Marjorie developed a love of art very early. As a second grader, a chalk snow scene of hers was displayed in the city library in Quincy. In high school, the Quincy art school awarded her an art scholarship.

Marjorie left Illinois in 1946 for Long Beach,

CA. Here she found employment at the Long Beach Naval Station in bookkeeping and in film retouching. Her classes in early childhood education led to a job as a Head Start teacher. It was in Long Beach that she met and married Jacob Henry Halterman and started a family.

Marje spent many summers in the Sierras

with her family, inspiring her love for nature and the outdoors. Marje valued her time as a member of the San Diego Sierra Club.

She loved hiking in the mountains and working in the kitchen at the Nature Knowledge Workshop at Foster Point.

Marjorie loved gardening and was quite active at Quail Botanical Gardens, now the San Diego Botanic Garden. She took great pride in her own gardens, was an excellent seamstress, and enjoyed corresponding with her family and friends. She lived independently into her 90s.

Her many passions played an important role in her volunteer work with the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. It was here that she did most of the painting, producing scores of sceneries in

a relationship with the theatre that lasted nearly 35 years.

Marjorie is survived by a brother, Carl Anderson; three children, Leslie Klusmire, James Halterman, Lisa Halterman Blackburn; three stepdaughters; and three grandchildren.

For those who knew Marjorie, join us for a celebration of her life at the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach in the Cafe, Saturday June 10, 2017, at 10:30 am.

Memorial donations in honor of her passion for the theatre may be made online at northcoastrep. org or Mail: North Coast Repertory Theatre c/o Marjorie Halterman Memorial Fund, 987 Lomas Santa Fe, Suite D, Solana Beach, CA 92075.

Please sign the guest book online at legacy.com/ obituaries/delmartimes.

Call Monica at 858-218-7228 or, email her at inmemory@mainstreetmedia.com

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Cardiff Library presents scholarships for graduating seniors The Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library will present four $1,500 scholarships to local graduating seniors on June 3 at 11 a.m. in the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library community room, 2081 Newcastle Avenue.

All awardees have submitted an essay addressing how their library experiences have influenced their lives and educations, as well as two letters of recommendation from non-family members. Present at the ceremony will be San Diego County Library director Migell Acosta, and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear.

For more information, call 760-753-4027.

San Diego County Fair opens June 2 The San Diego County Fair opens June 2 and runs through July 4 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The theme of this year’s fair is “Where the West is Fun.” The fair is closed on the first four Mondays (June 5, 12, 19 and 26) and the first three Tuesdays (June 6, 13 and 20).

Learn more at sdfair.com

CCA EVA Conservatory seniors to hold art show June 9 in Del Mar

EVA Conservatory seniors from Canyon Crest Academy are hosting their cumulative art show on Friday, June 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This group of 13 dedicated art students are showing their diverse and creative bodies of work at the Del Mar Art Center Gallery located in the Del Mar Plaza, 1555 Camino Del Mar, #314, Del Mar. Visit www.dmacgallery.com.

Conservatory students spend an average of eight extra hours a week working on the craft and learning from specialized professional artists in many different media as well as taking a minimum of two high school day classes a year. Their art displays their dedication and talent.

Please join them for an evening filled with art, music and brilliance.

Next Good Earth/Great Chef event is June 11 The Good Earth/Great Chef series presents Joshua McFadden Sunday, June 11, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe with his new cookbook “Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables.”

The San Diego food community is invited to attend the event for an exciting morning with the author, complete with music, drinks and small bites inspired by the book.

McFadden, chef and owner of renowned trattoria Ava Gene’s in

FROM VETERAN, A4 dangerous capacity that I was able, as a Ranger,” Brown said. “After successfully graduating Army Ranger, Sapper, and Airborne schools, I realized at that point, I had learned more about myself and life in general within that short year than all of my previous 21 years lumped together. I felt confident in any situation that I was placed in.”

Brown served as an officer in Iraq, leading a platoon of soldiers, some of whom had been in the Army longer than he was alive. Brown deployed in 2004 and was in Iraq for 15 months straight--he led extremely tough missions that involved removing roadside bombs, enduring daily detonations on his vehicle and patrol. In one incident, he lost his driver after an IED exploded and his patrol came under a small arms fire ambush; in another he had to pull his squad leader out of a burning Bradley assault vehicle.

His squad leader survived but he lost his leg.

After he got out of the military in 2010, Brown struggled with flashbacks and PTSD and at his lowest point was considering suicide. He credits his wife Chondra as being his “angel,” helping to pull him out of his darkest depths, building him back up and finding his “why” in his family. He has five children and one on the way and is devoted to coaching his kids’ sports teams and volunteering at R. Roger Rowe, where he attended himself and his mother Barbara was a teacher for 37 years.

“My ‘why’ is to be the best dad that I can be and make sure my kids go into this world with confidence and honesty and a concept of service above self, to give back to the community and give back to the planet,” Brown said.

Running became an important tool for Brown to cope and heal and find peace.

When not training for an event, he never has a set distance in mind when he goes out for a run, sometimes with his service dog Stella. He just listens to his body and what feels good at the time.

“Running has became a mental, holistic soul-cleansing thing,” Brown said. “That’s what fitness has turned into for me, more of a mental-type therapy than physical.”

Portland, Ore., is a vegetable whisperer. After years racking up culinary cred at New York City restaurants such as Lupa, Momofuku, and Blue Hill, he managed the trailblazing Four Season Farm in coastal Maine, where he developed an appreciation for every part of the plant and learned to coax the best from vegetables at each stage of their lives.

Rain or shine, free. Chino Farm is located at 6123 Calzada del Bosque Rancho Santa Fe. Visit goodearthgreatchefs.com

After Trevino found about the 9 Week Warrior Challenge, he felt it would be a good ‘why’ to suffer through the Badwater. This was Trevino’s second time running the Badwater Salton Sea---he ran the 81 miles last year as a member of a two-member team.

“Mike told me after the first 20 miles you’re not running with your body you’re running with your mind,” Brown said.

The race started around 6:30 a.m. on April 30. The elevation of the first 40 miles of race is flat but hot--it reached 105 degrees on the road and Brown said the Salton Sea smells of fish bones. The race then goes for about 10 miles on a trail section before the ascent up Mount Palomar.

The team dynamic of the race added complexity because they have to stick together and run the same pace. As Trevino was still feeling the effects of pneumonia, he basically could not breathe by the time the group was about 20 miles into the race.

“He was in bad shape but he rallied. He felt every step of that race,” Brown said. “There’s no quit in him, he’s the most mentally tough person that I know. That guy amazes me.”

He described Katya as a “total beast” and also the team’s mother--always setting the pace.

“It was cool to see the team dynamic come into play, we stuck together as a team,” Brown said. “I felt pretty good. If I was by myself I would’ve ended up in a lot of trouble because,like a lot of runners,I make the mistake of going out way too fast and hitting the wall. We had a pretty good pace and we slowed down after Mike started puking.”

As the rules of the race are that the team members can’t be more than 25 meters from each other, they had to work together to finish. They plied Mike with Pedialyte and salt tablets and used a run-walk method as he recovered.

The run-walk was killer on Brown’s feet--it hurt more to walk than to run at that point.

At 6’3” and 225 pounds, Brown doesn’t have a typical distance runner build. While during the race Trevino and Meyers didn’t eat much food, Brown said “What didn’t I eat?”---for a man his size, he needed to restore about 400 calories every hour. He slammed about 25 peanut butter and jelly

COURTESY

The cover of cookbook “Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables” by Joshua McFadden.

Bayside Summer Nights concerts take place at Embarcadero Marina Park South.

San Diego Symphony announces Bayside Summer Nights 2017 lineup The San Diego Symphony recently announced an impressive lineup of artists for its 2017 Bayside Summer Nights, including legendary crooner Tony Bennett; star of Hamilton and Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr.; internationally-acclaimed Brazilian artist Sergio Mendes; country songstress Wynonna Judd; Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo; and films accompanied by live orchestra, Academy Award-winning “La La Land,” “Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets” and “E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial.”

The San Diego Symphony’s long-running summer concert series located on the Embarcadero Marina Park South provides audiences with an unparalleled experience of live concert music in one of the most beautiful settings in America. The series kicks off June 30-July 2 with the “Star Spangled Pops.” For more information and tickets, visit www.sandiegosymphony.org.

sandwiches and turkey sandwiches, countless Oreos, gummy bears, bananas, dates and avocados--at one point he even ate a cheese pizza rolled up like a burrito.

They all had about 50 salt tablets and went through about five or six gallons each of Pedialtye and water.

Their support crew vehicle on the race included his wife Chondra.

“I was really grateful that my wife could be out there with me,” Brown said. “I feel like I’m centered and grounded when she’s with me.”

It got dark on the racers around 8 p.m. and they strapped on mandatory reflective gear and lights.

They crossed the finish line a little after 2 a.m. and earned their Badwater belt buckles and bragging rights. Seven teams that had started the race weren’t able to finish.

It’s now on Brown’s bucket list to run the Badwater 135. Just to get into the race he has to complete two 100-mile races that Badwater recognizes---he is shooting to get into Badwater 2019. He has his friend Trevino to help him get there.

Brown is excited about launching the 9 Week Warrior Challenge and about helping others. The goal is for participants to become certified personal trainers themselves so they can start working for 9 Week Warrior and continue to pay it forward.

“There’s nothing else that motivates me more than breathing life into people who come to us completely broken and hopeless. I get emotional talking about it because it’s my passion. I love it.

There’s nothing else that I’d rather be doing,” Brown said.

After the race, Brown experienced a lot of swelling and pain in his feet--he lost four toenails and after a late night trip to the emergency room on Monday, May 1 was given six IV bags in 45 minutes and nerve blockers from the ankle down, causing him to be on crutches the first day after finishing.

By Thursday, May 4, he was finally able to get his blistered and roughed-up feet back into shoes again.

He was hurting but it wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle. He had a lacrosse practice to coach.

For more information, visit 9weekwarrior.com

FROM BRAIN, A6 cultural entities, said Pat. According to Pat and Dick, Laurel earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Washington, after doing her undergraduate work at UC Irvine. Her specialty was critical theory and medieval literature.

During the semester when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, Laurel invited her graduate class to have their final session at her home. She taught her last class, on Chaucer, online, creating podcasts for her students each week. She also wrote a blog during her illness, sharing her positive approach to dealing with such problems as vertigo and memory loss.

One thing that impressed her friends and family was the strength and positive attitude she displayed during her illness, said her mother. She even joked about her cancer, describing it with a line from the film “Ghostbusters:” “Here we have a Class 2 non-repeating phantasm. Nasty bugger, too.”

Laurel died on Aug. 29, 2010. She was 44.

For more information about the Sharp brain and spinal cord cancer treatment program, visit bit.ly/2pG6A4l

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Cardiff Library presents scholarships for graduating seniors The Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library will present four $1,500 scholarships to local graduating seniors on June 3 at 11 a.m. in the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library community room, 2081 Newcastle Avenue.

All awardees have submitted an essay addressing how their library experiences have influenced their lives and educations, as well as two letters of recommendation from non-family members. Present at the ceremony will be San Diego County Library director Migell Acosta, and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear.

For more information, call 760-753-4027.

San Diego County Fair opens June 2 The San Diego County Fair opens June 2 and runs through July 4 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The theme of this year’s fair is “Where the West is Fun.” The fair is closed on the first four Mondays (June 5, 12, 19 and 26) and the first three Tuesdays (June 6, 13 and 20).

Learn more at sdfair.com

CCA EVA Conservatory seniors to hold art show June 9 in Del Mar

EVA Conservatory seniors from Canyon Crest Academy are hosting their cumulative art show on Friday, June 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This group of 13 dedicated art students are showing their diverse and creative bodies of work at the Del Mar Art Center Gallery located in the Del Mar Plaza, 1555 Camino Del Mar, #314, Del Mar. Visit www.dmacgallery.com.

Conservatory students spend an average of eight extra hours a week working on the craft and learning from specialized professional artists in many different media as well as taking a minimum of two high school day classes a year. Their art displays their dedication and talent.

Please join them for an evening filled with art, music and brilliance.

Next Good Earth/Great Chef event is June 11 The Good Earth/Great Chef series presents Joshua McFadden Sunday, June 11, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe with his new cookbook “Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables.”

The San Diego food community is invited to attend the event for an exciting morning with the author, complete with music, drinks and small bites inspired by the book.

McFadden, chef and owner of renowned trattoria Ava Gene’s in

FROM VETERAN, A4 dangerous capacity that I was able, as a Ranger,” Brown said. “After successfully graduating Army Ranger, Sapper, and Airborne schools, I realized at that point, I had learned more about myself and life in general within that short year than all of my previous 21 years lumped together. I felt confident in any situation that I was placed in.”

Brown served as an officer in Iraq, leading a platoon of soldiers, some of whom had been in the Army longer than he was alive. Brown deployed in 2004 and was in Iraq for 15 months straight--he led extremely tough missions that involved removing roadside bombs, enduring daily detonations on his vehicle and patrol. In one incident, he lost his driver after an IED exploded and his patrol came under a small arms fire ambush; in another he had to pull his squad leader out of a burning Bradley assault vehicle.

His squad leader survived but he lost his leg.

After he got out of the military in 2010, Brown struggled with flashbacks and PTSD and at his lowest point was considering suicide. He credits his wife Chondra as being his “angel,” helping to pull him out of his darkest depths, building him back up and finding his “why” in his family. He has five children and one on the way and is devoted to coaching his kids’ sports teams and volunteering at R. Roger Rowe, where he attended himself and his mother Barbara was a teacher for 37 years.

“My ‘why’ is to be the best dad that I can be and make sure my kids go into this world with confidence and honesty and a concept of service above self, to give back to the community and give back to the planet,” Brown said.

Running became an important tool for Brown to cope and heal and find peace.

When not training for an event, he never has a set distance in mind when he goes out for a run, sometimes with his service dog Stella. He just listens to his body and what feels good at the time.

“Running has became a mental, holistic soul-cleansing thing,” Brown said. “That’s what fitness has turned into for me, more of a mental-type therapy than physical.”

Portland, Ore., is a vegetable whisperer. After years racking up culinary cred at New York City restaurants such as Lupa, Momofuku, and Blue Hill, he managed the trailblazing Four Season Farm in coastal Maine, where he developed an appreciation for every part of the plant and learned to coax the best from vegetables at each stage of their lives.

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After Trevino found about the 9 Week Warrior Challenge, he felt it would be a good ‘why’ to suffer through the Badwater. This was Trevino’s second time running the Badwater Salton Sea---he ran the 81 miles last year as a member of a two-member team.

“Mike told me after the first 20 miles you’re not running with your body you’re running with your mind,” Brown said.

The race started around 6:30 a.m. on April 30. The elevation of the first 40 miles of race is flat but hot--it reached 105 degrees on the road and Brown said the Salton Sea smells of fish bones. The race then goes for about 10 miles on a trail section before the ascent up Mount Palomar.

The team dynamic of the race added complexity because they have to stick together and run the same pace. As Trevino was still feeling the effects of pneumonia, he basically could not breathe by the time the group was about 20 miles into the race.

“He was in bad shape but he rallied. He felt every step of that race,” Brown said. “There’s no quit in him, he’s the most mentally tough person that I know. That guy amazes me.”

He described Katya as a “total beast” and also the team’s mother--always setting the pace.

“It was cool to see the team dynamic come into play, we stuck together as a team,” Brown said. “I felt pretty good. If I was by myself I would’ve ended up in a lot of trouble because,like a lot of runners,I make the mistake of going out way too fast and hitting the wall. We had a pretty good pace and we slowed down after Mike started puking.”

As the rules of the race are that the team members can’t be more than 25 meters from each other, they had to work together to finish. They plied Mike with Pedialyte and salt tablets and used a run-walk method as he recovered.

The run-walk was killer on Brown’s feet--it hurt more to walk than to run at that point.

At 6’3” and 225 pounds, Brown doesn’t have a typical distance runner build. While during the race Trevino and Meyers didn’t eat much food, Brown said “What didn’t I eat?”---for a man his size, he needed to restore about 400 calories every hour. He slammed about 25 peanut butter and jelly

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The cover of cookbook “Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables” by Joshua McFadden.

Bayside Summer Nights concerts take place at Embarcadero Marina Park South.

San Diego Symphony announces Bayside Summer Nights 2017 lineup The San Diego Symphony recently announced an impressive lineup of artists for its 2017 Bayside Summer Nights, including legendary crooner Tony Bennett; star of Hamilton and Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr.; internationally-acclaimed Brazilian artist Sergio Mendes; country songstress Wynonna Judd; Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo; and films accompanied by live orchestra, Academy Award-winning “La La Land,” “Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets” and “E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial.”

The San Diego Symphony’s long-running summer concert series located on the Embarcadero Marina Park South provides audiences with an unparalleled experience of live concert music in one of the most beautiful settings in America. The series kicks off June 30-July 2 with the “Star Spangled Pops.” For more information and tickets, visit www.sandiegosymphony.org.

sandwiches and turkey sandwiches, countless Oreos, gummy bears, bananas, dates and avocados--at one point he even ate a cheese pizza rolled up like a burrito.

They all had about 50 salt tablets and went through about five or six gallons each of Pedialtye and water.

Their support crew vehicle on the race included his wife Chondra.

“I was really grateful that my wife could be out there with me,” Brown said. “I feel like I’m centered and grounded when she’s with me.”

It got dark on the racers around 8 p.m. and they strapped on mandatory reflective gear and lights.

They crossed the finish line a little after 2 a.m. and earned their Badwater belt buckles and bragging rights. Seven teams that had started the race weren’t able to finish.

It’s now on Brown’s bucket list to run the Badwater 135. Just to get into the race he has to complete two 100-mile races that Badwater recognizes---he is shooting to get into Badwater 2019. He has his friend Trevino to help him get there.

Brown is excited about launching the 9 Week Warrior Challenge and about helping others. The goal is for participants to become certified personal trainers themselves so they can start working for 9 Week Warrior and continue to pay it forward.

“There’s nothing else that motivates me more than breathing life into people who come to us completely broken and hopeless. I get emotional talking about it because it’s my passion. I love it.

There’s nothing else that I’d rather be doing,” Brown said.

After the race, Brown experienced a lot of swelling and pain in his feet--he lost four toenails and after a late night trip to the emergency room on Monday, May 1 was given six IV bags in 45 minutes and nerve blockers from the ankle down, causing him to be on crutches the first day after finishing.

By Thursday, May 4, he was finally able to get his blistered and roughed-up feet back into shoes again.

He was hurting but it wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle. He had a lacrosse practice to coach.

For more information, visit 9weekwarrior.com

FROM BRAIN, A6 cultural entities, said Pat. According to Pat and Dick, Laurel earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Washington, after doing her undergraduate work at UC Irvine. Her specialty was critical theory and medieval literature.

During the semester when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, Laurel invited her graduate class to have their final session at her home. She taught her last class, on Chaucer, online, creating podcasts for her students each week. She also wrote a blog during her illness, sharing her positive approach to dealing with such problems as vertigo and memory loss.

One thing that impressed her friends and family was the strength and positive attitude she displayed during her illness, said her mother. She even joked about her cancer, describing it with a line from the film “Ghostbusters:” “Here we have a Class 2 non-repeating phantasm. Nasty bugger, too.”

Laurel died on Aug. 29, 2010. She was 44.

For more information about the Sharp brain and spinal cord cancer treatment program, visit bit.ly/2pG6A4l

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29th Annual Heritage Museum Deep Pit BBQ

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he San Dieguito Heritage Museum presented the 29th Annual Deep Pit Barbecue May 20 at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum in Encinitas. The fundraising event featured barbecued food, live entertainment, craft brews, kids games, a petting zoo, silent auction, bake sale and photo opportunities.

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Bake sale hostess Bea Lambert, Lois Sunrich

Marshall Doug Jones

Standing: SDHM Executive Director Barbara Grice, Encinitas council member Joe Mosca. Seated: Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Gattinella and chamber administrator Mimi Gattinella

Marie Coté with Roman and London

Left Coast Willie and Friends

Mary Witesman, board member Evelyn Weidner

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Kids events included painting

Carol Stone, Judy Cunningham

Jessica and Josh Westerman, with Roma and Nicolina

Jim Lyman, Chuck Lyman, Kim Zielinski, Tom Lyman

Encinitas Rotary President Greg Day, Doug Long, SDHM President/Encinitas Rotarian Ralph Stone

Encinitas council member Tasha Boerner Horvath, with Maya and Máté

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EVENT BRIEFS 10th annual Lung Hsiang Exhibit and Sale The 10th Annual Lung Hsiang Exhibit and Sale features original Chinese Brush Paintings created by members of the Lung Hsiang chapter of the American Artists of Chinese Brush Painting – a group that has been painting together for 25 years. The exhibit and sale is open daily through July 11 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Ecke Building at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive.

For more information, visit http://www.sdbgarden.org/events.htm

Blue Star Museum Program The San Diego Botanic Garden will offer free admission to all active duty, National Guard and Reserve members of the U.S. military and their families May 1 through Labor Day on Sept. 4.

Military members who show their active duty I.D. cards are invited to bring up to five immediate family members. Attendees will be able to enjoy the 37-acre Botanic Garden, featuring 29 uniquely themed gardens and 4,000 different plant species. There are also children’s gardens and special events held throughout the summer, including Thursday Family Fun Nights each Thursday from June 1 through Aug. 31; Fairy Festival on June 17; and Insect Fest on July 22 and 23. For more information, visit sdbgarden.org/events.htm

The Art and Science of Composition No matter what type of photography you enjoy, composition is fundamental in creating great pictures. In this four-hour workshop on June 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the San Diego Botanic Garden, you’ll learn the ‘rule of thirds’ as well as how to fill the frame using lines and shapes. Plenty of one-on-one instruction and camera time included.

The cost is $62 for members and $74 for non-members.

For more information, visit www.sdbgarden.org/classes.htm.

Living Wall/Vertical Garden Learn the basics of planting a living wall by making your own 10” x 20” wall with a variety of succulents at the San Diego Botanic Garden on June 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Living walls can be used exterior or interior with multitudes of colors, textures and sizes.

This class is popular, so early registration is suggested. The cost is $30 for members and $36 for non-members, plus $80 in materials.

For more information, visit www.sdbgarden.org/classes.htm.

Abstract Collage Backgrounds Nicole Austin will lead this mixed media class on June 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Art Lounge on 101, 816 South Coast Highway 101. The class costs $95.

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Messy Mixed Media Portraits Nicole Austin will lead this class on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Art Lounge on 101, 816 South Coast Highway 101. The class costs $75.

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Coastal Roots Farm Volunteer Days Every Tuesday from 8 to 10 a.m. and every Wednesday from 8 to 11 a.m., residents have the opportunity to volunteer at Coastal Roots Farm, 800 Ecke Ranch Road. Participants should enter at the Ecke Road entrance.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2s4ZZ03.

Solana Center at the San Diego County Fair The Solana Center will host an interactive educational booth in the Infield Farm at the Del Mar Fairgrounds as well as give tours of our new Eco Learning Lab from June 2 through July 4 at Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Visiting the booth is free with paid admission.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2s54hom.

Music and Movement for Kindergarteners and Parents Every Saturday in June from 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., parents and their children aged 4 to 6 can learn rhythms and notes in an entertaining fashion at the Encinitas Community Center, room 120A, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive. The cost is $95.

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Encinitas Guitar Orchestra to perform in concert The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra, a group of 35 local professional and amateur guitarists, will present their latest program at 7:30 p.m. on June 2 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 925 Balour Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024.

For more information, including information about upcoming summer guitar workshops, visit www.encinitasguitarorchestra.com.

Families Make History: Art Rocks!

The San Dieguito Heritage museum every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. in the month of June will present a free class where participants can paint and decorate small rocks, gathered from local beaches. The classes will take place at 450 Quail Gardens Drive.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2qkP06q.

Encinitas Library book sale The Encinitas Library Book Store, 540 Cornish Drive, will sell thousands of books priced from 25 cents to $1 on June 3. The store will open to members only at 9 a.m. before opening to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2rHMK9b.

Movie time: Saturday Summer Surf Film On select Saturdays this summer at 2 p.m., the staff at the Cardiff Library, 2081 Newcastle Avenue, will bring out feature films from their surf collection to screen on the library’s big screen. For movie titles, please check with library staff.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2qkVDpq.

Opening Reception: Gregory Brown, In The Moment This free show will feature line drawings inspired by psychedelic art on June 3 from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center Art Gallery, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2qs5fcU.

Performing Arts for Teens and Adults with Autism Positive Action Community Theatre (PACT) offers improvisational theatre, choreographed dance, and group singing workshops designed to teach life skills and provide community.

Save-The-Date: on Sunday, June 11, 7-8:30 p.m., PACT’s traveling theatre troupe will perform Beyond Bullying Theatre Event.

Saturday, June 2, 10 and 17, 2:30-5 p.m. 535 Encinitas Blvd., Ste. 101. $20 per session, scholarships available.

Info: 760-815-8512.

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Lux After Dark gala

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he Lux Art Institute’s annual gala “Lux After Dark” was held May 13 at the Lux Art Institute in Encinitas.

The event raised funds that help the Lux Art Institute bring national and international artists to the community, art enrichment programs to local schools, and helps to connect kids, teens, and adults “with the artist inside everyone.” Visit www.luxartinstitute.org.

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Lux Board President Linda Brandes addresses the guests

Lux Director Reesey Shaw, Laura Vargas, Stephanie Wood

Rachel Hunt, Charles Webb

Tom Buttgenbach, Iliana Belinc, Greg Mauro, former artist in residence Claude Moxon, board member Sean Leffers

Christina Fink, Marina Pastor, Kathy Hoffmann

Pete Morimoto, Alex Abeling, Michele and Steve Carter

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Whitney Fields, Mindi Hey, Janice and Ken Grosse

Molly McKellar, Joan Warren-Grady, Sue Davsko

Claude-Anthony and Deborah Marengo, Nancy Borrelli, Steve Grady

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FROM EDUCATION MATTERS, A16 Santa Fe school districts are not included in the reports for 2015-2016 or 2016-2017.

Del Mar ranked third in all three categories: Solana Beach was included in the 2014-2015 $85,520 for 10 years of experience, $93,606 chart, but not Rancho Santa Fe. Donations vs. fees for 15 years, and $96,301 for 20 years.

Encinitas ranked 17th for 10 years of Here’s an old topic that keeps coming experience ($73,233), ninth for 15 years back. ($85,575), and ninth for 20 years ($90,512).

Foundations and high school For teachers with master’s degrees, San administrators need to be more clear about Dieguito once again ranked first in all three what’s a donation and what appears to be a categories (10, 15 and 20 years of experience) mandatory fee.

– and is about $20,000 higher than the Foundations are not allowed to charge for districts ranked second. physicals for students to participate in Specifically, for 10 years of experience, first athletics. Flyers are not making it clear that is San Dieguito ($111,627 average salary), these $25 “fees” are in reality voluntary second is the County Office of Education donations – nor do all flyers state clearly that ($89,832), and third is Del Mar ($88,020). physicals can be obtained elsewhere.

For 15 years of experience, first is San Also, those caps and gowns for graduation Dieguito ($114,461 average salary), second is are technically not required. Students may Del Mar ($96,106), and third is the County wear whatever they want.

Office of Education ($95,219).

If they do choose to wear the traditional For 20 years of experience, first is San cap and gown, each school has them Dieguito ($120,129 average salary), second is available on loan at no charge. Information Encinitas ($101,209), and third is Oceanside flyers are also not making these points clear.

Athletic team managers cannot demand Unified ($100,306). Del Mar dropped to fifth payment for … well, anything. And that ($98,668), behind fourth-ranked Cardiff includes riding the bus. Some teams are ($100,169).

SDCOE’s 2015-2016 chart of the Maximum demanding bus money (typically $100) in Attainable Salary places San Dieguito on top, order for kids to play their sport, which is with a salary of $129,017. This is a daily rate illegal. of $693.64, which is more than $100 higher One volleyball team parent than the second-ranked district. communication reads, “The foundation has Second on this list is Encinitas, with a asked that everyone get the bus fee in ASAP, salary of $108,615 (daily rate of $587.11). Del or your son may not be allowed to ride the Mar is eighth, with a salary of $104,129 (daily bus to and from games. If they do not ride rate of $562.86). the bus, they cannot play.”

Clearly, with that 12.5 percent raise last The longer these tactics persist, the more year, SDUHSD teachers are in good shape. likely entire programs will be jeopardized.

Opinion columnist and Sr. Education Writer The jury’s still out, though, on the district’s Marsha Sutton can be reached at overall fiscal condition.

Inexplicably, the Solana Beach and Rancho suttonmarsha@gmail.com.

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Within the general fund, 67 percent accounts for salaries, 19 percent accounts for retirement expenses, 9 percent accounts for flex benefits and 4 percent accounts for medicare, unemployment, workers’ compensation, long-term disability and life insurance.

City Finance Director Tim Nash said Encinitas is in one of the best positions regarding pensions compared to other cities, but Council member Mark Muir said Encinitas should still be cautious.

“I know you say we’re better than most, but that’s like saying we have the best seat on the Titanic,” he said.

In April, the city council at a planning session identified its top focus areas for the next two years: attain a legally compliant Housing Element; improve connectivity and mobility for all users; make the rail corridor a better neighbor; and promote green initiatives and protect natural resources.

Mayor Catherine Blakespear said the city should focus on proposed new trails, which currently will not be built for another four years. She requested those trails be moved up within the next two to three years to help improve quality of life.

“The cost is construction and design,” she said. “We don’t have to acquire the land. We just have to build it.”

Additionally, at the same April meeting, the city council identified its top priority project for funding in the six-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which contains $88.6 million in capital improvement/work projects over the next six years. Of the six-year total, $15.8 million is programmed for FY 2017-18.

These priority projects include rail quiet zones ($5 million); the North Coast Highway 101 Streetscape ($15,120,000); recreation trails and open space acquisition ($2,690,000); Beacon’s Beach access ($4,250,000); the El Camino Real Streetscape Study ($250,000); and a roundabout at Leucadia Boulevard and Hygeia Avenue ($2,050,000).

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In August, Scripps announced a partnership with the nation’s No. 1-ranked cancer care provider, MD Anderson Cancer Center, to create a comprehensive and clinically integrated cancer care program in San Diego. Work to establish the Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center is now underway, and the program will be developed during the coming months.

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FROM DIRECTORS, A10 bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of San Diego.

“Because supporting our youth has always been a cause close to my heart, the work I do is completely fulfilling,” said Conrad. “ENF’s powerful mission, enthusiastic board of trustees and collaborative staff made joining the organization an easy choice.”

With the support of the entire staff and

Council member Tasha Boerner Horvath said she believes the North Coast Highway 101 Streetscape should be the city’s top priority and should not be spread out over the course of years.

“There are negative side effects of not getting it done as soon as possible in terms of safety,” she said. “I think we can safely say that since the beginning of this project, traffic has increased significantly.

It’s not a matter of if someone is going to get hurt. It’s a matter of when.”

Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz said the city should wait for its Environmental Impact Report (EIR) first before finalizing decisions regarding the Streetscape, with Council member Joe Mosca agreeing.

Instead, Kranz advocated for the roundabout at Leucadia Boulevard and Hygeia Avenue.

Muir said the access to Beacon’s Beach should be expedited to decrease safety hazards.

“I don’t like knowing there’s a potential threat and not addressing it,” he said.

An additional $36.1 million of the CIP will pay for infrastructure maintenance projects, including street overlay ($17,400,000), waste water collection systems ($8,450,000), city facility major maintenance ($2,830,246), technology replacement ($2,376,060), governmental education access equipment update ($1,598,000) and drainage systems ($1,525,000).

The city’s operating budget is prepared two years at a time to “maximize efficiency,” according to a city document.

Preparation of the two-year operating budget began in December.

The council unanimously instructed staff to make about a dozen adjustments to the budget before adoption, including planning a walking audit of El Camino Real with community members, evaluating and justifying the amount for tree maintenance, planning for open space savings, getting an estimate hardware for banners and holiday lights for El Camino Real, evaluating the Fourth Street pump and adding trails into the two-year budget.

The budget will be brought back for final council review on June 28, when it will be considered for adoption.

Diego-based nonprofit organization that offers various programs to enhance the quality of life for children and families coping with cancer. Its largest program, Seany’s Camp Reach for the Sky, is an award-winning summer camp and lifelong support network for kids with cancer, their siblings, and families with a parent going through cancer, or who are bereaved. The program has served more than 18,000 campers, spanning three decades.

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board, Nares looks forward to expanding his role in the foundation.

“I am excited to continue to advocate for ENF and focus on growing the Ride With Emilio transportation program and implementing Loving Tabs Healing Shirts in children’s hospitals across the country,” said Nares.

For more information, please visit www.enfhope.org.

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www.encinitasadvocate.com FROM CRIME REPORT, A2 • Felony take vehicle without owner’s consent/vehicle theft - 2000 S block 101, 9 a.m.

• Misdemeanor unlawful possession/use of tear gas or tear gas weapon - 1600 block Landquist Drive, 2:06 a.m.

May 26 • Misdemeanor drunk in public: alcohol, drugs, combo or toluene - 100 W block D Street, 6:09 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 1000 N block Vulcan Avenue, 6 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 8800 block Harmony Grove Road, 1:03 p.m.

• Misdemeanor petty theft (shoplift) - 400 block Santa Fe Drive, 7:41 a.m.

• Rape - 500 S block 101, 1 a.m.

May 25 • Fraud - 14800 block Carmel Valley Road, 4 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 14800 block Carmel Valley Road, 4 p.m.

• Fraud - 100 N block El Camino Real, 10:10 a.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 1500 block Leucadia Boulevard, 8:30 a.m.

May 24 • Vehicle break-in/theft - 900 block Woodlake Drive, 9 p.m.

• Misdemeanor vandalism ($400 or less) 2000 block Shadow Grove Way, 8 p.m.

• Misdemeanor use/under the influence of controlled substance - 4th Street/W D Street, 4:57 p.m.

• Felony obstruct/resist executive officer with minor injury - 10200 block Rancho Bernardo Road, 3:15 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 2000 block Mar Azul Way, 3:05 p.m.

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• Residential burglary - 1000 block Devonshire Drive, noon • Vehicle break-in/theft - 300 block Santa Fe Drive, 10:40 a.m.

• Felony transport/sell narcotic/controlled substance - 100 block Rodney Avenue, 9:26 a.m.

• Felony vandalism ($400 or more) - 800 block Santa Fe Drive, 9:10 a.m.

• Misdemeanor DUI alcohol - 900 block Nardo Road, 8:10 a.m.

• Felony burglary (vehicle) - 900 block Woodlake Drive, 8 a.m.

• Misdemeanor drunk in public: alcohol, drugs, combo or toluene - 300 block Santa Fe Drive, 3:42 a.m.

• Misdemeanor possession of controlled substance paraphernalia - 100 block Las Banderas Drive, 3:04 a.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 1400 block Burbury Way, 2:15 a.m.

• Misdemeanor possession of controlled substance paraphernalia - 800 block Cannondale Court, 1:54 a.m.

May 23 • Misdemeanor possession of controlled substance - 100 N block El Camino Real, 10:21 p.m.

• Misdemeanor vandalism ($400 or less) 600 block Cerro Street, 7:30 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 100 E block D Street, 5 p.m.

• Street robbery - weapon used - 1900 N block 191, 4:50 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 2100 block Pleasant Grove Road, 4:30 p.m.

• Vehicle break-in/theft - 200 block Santa Helena, 10 a.m.

• Misdemeanor possession of controlled substance paraphernalia - 700 block Plato Place, 8:10 a.m.

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ENCINITAS RANCHO SANTA FE $1,549,000 4 Beds 3 Baths

3934 Via Valle Verde Dan Conway, Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty

Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

858-243-5278

$1,700,000-$1,795,000 17473 Luna De Miel 4BD / 4.5BA Peter Lewi, Coldwell Banker/Host: Dee Dee English

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-525-3256

$1,898,000 5BD / 5.5BA

7951 Nathaniel Court –The Crosby Colleen Roth,Coldwell Banker

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-357-6567

$2,150,000 5BD / 3BA

4611 El Mirlo Joanne Fishman, Coldwell Banker

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-945-8333

$2,695,000 3BD / 3.5BA

17174 El Vuelo Heidi White, Berkshire Hathaway CaliforniaProperties

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-353-1171

$2,880,000 4BD / 4.5BA

7560 Montien Rd – Santaluz Danielle Short,Coldwell Banker/Host:Eveline Bustillos

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

619-708-1500

$3,450,000 5BD / 5.5BA

7396 Turnberry Court Mary Chaparro, Berkshire Hathaway California Properties

Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

619-884-4477

SOLANA BEACH $719,900-$739,900 530 Viadela Valle, Unit F 2BD / 2.5BA Chris Lin, Berkshire Hathaway CA Properties $2,159,000 6BD /5.5BA

1412 San Lucas Court Peter Cavanagh, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Sat & Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-605-8355 Sun 1p.m.-4p.m.

858-755-0075

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