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Del Mar is one of our favorite places to show ever. It’s a great atmosphere, great show grounds and they get great crowds. Having a great crowd can really get you pumped up. Mandy Porter
BY KAREN BILLING The San Dieguito Union High School (SDUHSD) board heard strong support for the new School of Universal Learning (SOUL) charter school at its Sept. 15 meeting. The hearing was the next step in the process for the district’s first-ever charter school petition — the board will make a final decision on whether to approve the school at its Oct. 13 meeting, to be held at San Dieguito High School Academy. In over 45 minutes of public comment, teachers, parents and young students said they would love to see a school like SOUL come to the Encinitas community. One eighth grader at Diegueno Middle School spoke about being severely bullied in the fourth grade and being diagnosed with depression and anxiety. She said she has become fearful of going to school, crying herself to sleep at night and, two summers ago, feeling suicidal. She said she is so scared of going to high school that she has considered online school. “I know I’m not alone but I feel alone. I don’t tell many people for the fear of the embarrassment or the rumors,” said the brave young student. “I had lost hope but I now I have a glimmer of hope that maybe I might find a place where I fit in, where I’m not constantly depressed. SEE CHARTER, A21
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Mandy Porter, an Encinitas resident and world class show jumper, rides Eminent at Del Mar in a previous year. Porter expects to compete in this year’s World Cup qualifying event as part of the Del Mar Horse Show in October.
Encinitas show jumper gets set for Del Mar event Porter is excited for the Grand Prix World Cup qualifier BY CHRIS SAUR tandout show jumper Mandy Porter has traveled the world to win competitions, represented the United States on three Nations Cup teams and qualified for four World Cups. But once a year, the Encinitas resident gets to compete at the highest level, right in her own backyard. The Del Mar International Horse Show runs from Oct. 12 through Oct. 30 at the iconic race track, but the crown jewel of the event is the
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Longines FEI World Cup, a Grand Prix level event set for Saturday, Oct. 22. Porter and her horses will compete in the show jumping portion of the horse show from Wednesday of that week through Saturday. She will ride about six different horses throughout the week — and clients she’s trained will add to the number of competitive horse/rider teams connected to Porter — which means Porter, 50, could be in the saddle from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. SEE PORTER, A19
SDUHSD finishes school year with $4 million financial surplus BY KAREN BILLING The San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) ended the 2015-16 school year with its fourth consecutive surplus, Interim Superintendent Eric Dill reported at the Sept. 15 board meeting. The district went from a projected $2.4
million deficit in the spring to a $4 million surplus with fall’s unaudited actuals. “This continues our pattern of showing deficits throughout the year and then closing the gap by the end of the year,” Dill said. “I said twice in this very room that was our
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“There is quite a bit of good news,” Perley said, noting that they saw $1.5 million in savings in books and supplies and recognized a savings in special education after a two-year effort to build local programs that bring students back to SEE SURPLUS, A18
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layers from the Encinitas Soccer League, left, prepare for a demonstration at the Sept. 16 ceremony, which introduced the Leo Mullen Sports Park’s new artificial turf field to the public. Originally built in 1997, the park revamped its field after receiving approval from the Encinitas City Council in January. The turf field — completed by Byrom-Davey Constriction and Fieldturf — is designed to conserve water and improve playing conditions. COURTESY
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Former La Costa Canyon High baseball star Mickey Moniak, who was picked No. 1 in the MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, stands between his dad and Encinitas Mayor Kristin Gaspar after receiving a proclamation from the City Council.
Mickey Moniak honored by Encinitas City Council Local prep star has had a good start to his pro career BY CHRIS SAUR Unless they saw him pull up in his Maserati sports car — the one splurge Mickey Moniak made on himself after being picked No. 1 in the June Major League Baseball Draft and inking a deal with a $6.1 million signing bonus with the Philadelphia Phillies — community members attending and watching the Sept. 14 Encinitas City Council meeting probably didn’t notice anything remarkable about the 18-year-old kid with the entourage of friends and family. Until the meeting started. That’s when Encinitas Mayor Kristin Gaspar, wearing a La Costa Canyon High shirt proudly as an alumni of the school, announced that Sept. 14, 2016 was Mickey Moniak Day in Encinitas. Moniak, a star baseball player for the Mavericks the last four years, accepted the proclamation with a huge smile that betrayed his young age. ”We need more positive role models like you out in the community,” Gaspar told Moniak, who moved to Leucadia in 2008. “Please know that the city of Encintias is so proud of you.” He was honored while being home for just a few days between the end of his first few months of minor league baseball (playing for the Phillies’ Gulf Coast League affiliate in Florida), and a three-week Instructional League that began this week back in the Sunshine State. “Encinitas will always be home and I’m honored that they did this for me, it’s a huge blessing,” Moniak told the Encinitas Advocate. “I still look forward to coming home and just being a normal kid. “Playing four years at La Costa Canyon were some of the best years of baseball in my life … playing with all of my best friends to this day. “ Playing with some new friends in Florida, Moniak helped lead his team to the Gulf Coast League finals, where they lost in a best-of-three series. For the 46-game season,
during which he played mostly center field and a little designated hitter, Moniak led the team with 28 RBIs, was fourth among players that played at least half the season with his .284 batting average and cracked 11 doubles, good for third on the squad. “I had a good year, just getting a taste of pro ball is fun,” Moniak explained. “Playing every day gets a little tiring, I’m not gonna lie, but (I) knew it was going to be a grind and (I) prepared for that. And playing baseball every day for a living isn’t too bad.” The gaudy numbers came as little surprise considering he hit .476 with a .921 slugging percentage his senior year at LCC and batted .390 for his prep career. Those numbers were the main reason the Phillies made him the first high school outfielder selected No. 1 overall since 2003. “It’s more of an honor than anything else,” Moniak said of being picked first. “I look at it as a great opportunity, an opportunity to play baseball for a living and hopefully fulfill a major league dream.” The next step toward that major league dream is the Instructional League, where Moniak will work on his game in a less competitive environment and learn from all of the organization’s coaches. After that, its four months of rest back in Encinitas before spring training begins in March. Moniak expects to be assigned to Lakewood, New Jersey for low-A ball to start the 2017 season. “I just go and play, my goal is to do my best every time I set foot on the field, do what I know I can do as a baseball player,” Moniak said “Hopefully if that works out, I’ll be moving up (the Phillies system quickly). I’m excited.” Many members of his family and a support system of friends joined Moniak next to the City Council dias on Sept. 14, including his grandfather Bill Moniak, who spent six years in the Boston Red Sox organization, where he got some hitting tips from Ted Williams. It certainly seems like some of those tips got passed down to his grandson.
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Clothing drive to support victims of domestic violence The Encinitas-based Community Resource Center (CRC) is partnering with TRE Boutique to collect gently-used clothing to support victims of domestic violence through Oct. 5. Donations — which will be accepted in Encinitas at the TRE Boutique store, 1006 N. El Camino Real — will directly benefit domestic violence survivors, many of whom have fled from abusive situations with only the clothes they were wearing. Donations are tax-deductible and donors can receive a 15 percent discount for one new item from TRE in exchange for their gift of used clothing. Then on Oct. 6, TRE Boutique is hosting a shopping party at its Del Mar store, in Flower Hill Promenade (2720 Via de la Valle, Del Mar) , from 2 to 7 p.m. Fifteen percent of sales will benefit domestic violence victims. “We appreciate TRE Boutique working with us to make a generous donation and to draw
attention toward this very serious issue,” said Rebecca Palmer, the Director of Programs at CRC, North County’s leading provider of domestic violence services. Every month, the center receives more than 200 crisis calls on its domestic violence hotline. In 2015, the center received 2,454 such calls. “I’m so pleased that a family-run business has joined hands with one of the county’s strongest social service partners,” county Supervisor Dave Roberts said in a release. “One in four women will be victims of domestic violence or abuse in their lifetimes. Every day, Community Resource Center provides comfort to families impacted by domestic violence.” Visit the Community Resource Center web site at www.crcncc.org. — Submitted press release
KAABOO Del Mar announces 2017 dates Although KAABOO Del Mar just came to a close, festival organizers have already announced dates for the third annual three-day event. KAABOO is set to return Sept. 15-17, 2017, to the Del Mar Fairgrounds. “We started working on the lineup even before KAABOO happened last year,” KAABOO founder and CEO Bryan E. Gordon recently told this newspaper. “We’ve already started work on next year’s lineup.” The inaugural KAABOO debuted last September with more than 100 acts on
seven stages, attracting 50,000 attendees. The second annual KAABOO kicked off Thursday, Sept. 22 with the VIP Amplify party featuring singers Chris Isaak and Macy Gray. The three-day music, comedy and art festival then ran Friday through Sunday with headlining performances by Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band, Aerosmith, Jack Johnson and Fall Out Boy. “Early bird” passes priced at $199 to $2,599, plus service fees, are already on sale for next year’s edition of KAABOO. For more about KAABOO, visit www.kaaboodelmar.com. – Kristina Houck
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EUSD certified as first organic school district in the U.S. By passing a rigorous organic inspection with the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), the Encinitas Union School District has made history by becoming the first district in the country to grow for its school lunch program on certified organic farms. Organic certification is a lengthy process that ensures the integrity of soil health and crop management, and confirms best practices in a growing operation. EUSD has two educational farms which, in addition to growing food for school lunches, also offer outdoor education opportunities for the district’s 5,400 students (K-6). Farm Lab is the largest of the two EUSD farms. The nearly 10-acre satellite campus and crop production farm on Quail Gardens Drive also features a DREAMS campus, which offers Next Generation Science lessons that engage students in design thinking, research, engineering, art, math and science. While its one-acre educational garden is slated for completion this school year, 1,700 students have already attended the program, utilizing the neighboring San Diego Botanic Garden for research. All EUSD students will be invited to participate in the educational program this school year. “Program sustainability will be multi-pronged, and being certified organic not only supports EUSD’s overall effort to provide healthy produce for our students, it could also facilitate the sharing of healthy food with
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Farm Lab director Mim Michelove, left, and EUSD Trustee Carol Skiljan hold the document proclaiming the district as the first in the U.S. to be certified organic. our community,” Farm Lab director Mim Michelove said in a news release. “Local grocers, including Jimbo’s Naturally, have shown interest in potential partnerships as well.” Several acres of farm fields are being cultivated to produce consistent crops for all nine EUSD school salad bars and more. The initial farm fields have been producing fresh food for kids for over a year, thanks to a crop succession plan designed and implemented by the farmers at neighboring Coastal Roots Farm. Two hundred heads of organic lettuce per week were supplied to the Food Services Department last year, and students enjoyed Farm Lab’s salad bar lettuce so much, that production will increase to 300 heads of lettuce per week in this year’s plan. Celery, snap peas, cucumber and carrots
will also be in rotation this year and over 2,500 pounds of Farm Lab heirloom watermelon has already welcomed students back to school. Over the summer, more than 3,000 pounds of Farm Lab tomatoes and peppers were roasted and frozen for pizza and marinara sauce. “EUSD leadership knows that healthy students are more successful students, and that serving organic food at school is a direct investment in the health of our children and our planet,” Michelove said. Ocean Knoll Farm, a one-acre site located on the Ocean Knoll Elementary School campus, also received its organic certification. This farm has become an extension of the classroom for every grade, and is where many of Farm Lab’s pioneering program concepts were piloted. — Submitted press release Book your appointment right on your phone with the new V’s App or online.
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WEEK IN SPORTS BY GIDEON RUBIN Volleyball San Dieguito Academy defeated Westview, 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-20, 26-24), in a nonleague match on Sept. 15. Sarah Colla had 18 kills to lead the Mustangs and Kianha Holmen added 15 kills. Kathleen Brown and Faith Kelly each had 15 assists and Kelly Burns contributed 11 assists. The victory followed a 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-19) nonleague win over Mission Hills two days earlier. Colla had 17 kills to lead the Mustangs and Holmen added 10 kills. Brown had 15 assists and Savannah Hyndman and Kellly added 10 and nine assists, respectively. The Mustangs improved to 10-1 overall for the season. Canyon Crest Academy defeated Ramona, 3-1 (25-19, 25-21, 10-25, 25-10), in a nonleague match on Sept. 16. Ashley Sung had 17 kills and 17 digs and setter Olivia Lovenberg had 50 assists to lead the Ravens. Olivia Schewe added 15 kills. The Ravens improved to 2-1 overall for the season. Water polo San Dieguito Academy defeated El Cajon Valley, 21-1, in a nonleague match on Sept. 15. Kekoa Wheeler scored four goals and had one assist to lead the Mustangs, while Jack Stevenson added three goals and one assist. SDA goalies Conner Dahl and Wesley Tyler had five and three saves, respectively. The victory followed a 17-12 nonleague
win over Rancho Buena Vista the previous day in which Matheus Gensler scored seven goals and had four assists to lead the Mustangs and Nate Conger added four goals and one assist. SDA improved to 4-1 overall for the season. Cross country The La Costa Canyon girls team had two runners win their respective divisions at the Sept. 17 Mt. Carmel Invitational meet at Morley Field. Kristin Fahy won the Division II sophomore heat, running the rugged 2.75-mile course in 15 minutes and 41 seconds. McKenna Brown won the Division II juniors race, clocking a 15:57.0. Jessica Reidman (16:27.4) placed second for the Mavericks in the sophomore heat. Field hockey La Costa Canyon went 3-0 at the Sept. 17 Serra Tournament. The Mavericks shut out all three opponents playing in Pool D. They concluded the tournament with a 1-0 victory over San Pasqual, as Kendall Nicholas scored the game’s only goal. Mavericks goalie Marina Keller had five saves. LCC opened the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Hilltop, as Cassidy Solomon and C.J. Jones each had one goal and one assist. Keller had two saves. Keller then had four saves and Riley Laver, Madison Theodore and Nicholas each scored one goal to lead the Mavericks in a 3-0 victory over La Jolla. LCC improved to 7-1 overall for the season.
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Jack Tempchin gets peaceful easy VIP feeling at KAABOO BY GEORGE VARGA Jack Tempchin is beyond delighted that the KAABOO Del Mar festival is just a 12-minute drive from his home in Encinitas. “This is the greatest thing!” the veteran singer-songwriter said early Sunday evening, just before he launched into an infectious version of “Already Gone,” the 1974 Eagles’ hit that he co-wrote with Rob Strandlund. “My friends were worried I wasn’t getting out to hear enough music,” Tempchin continued. “So they said: ‘How about
having a giant music festival close to Jack’s house?’ ” He was kidding, of course But KAABOO almost qualifies as a backyard gig for the veteran troubadour, whose other songwriting credits also include the Eagles’ “Peacful Easy Feeling” and Johnny Rivers’ “Slow Dancin’,” both of which he performed Sunday for a select audience at the KAABOO Hang Ten Trestles Stage. SEE TEMPCHIN, A23
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Rhodes School’s nationally-recognized scientists Alexandra Orczyk and Katrina Ordway.
Rhodes students named Broadcom MASTERS semifinalists BY KAREN BILLING Three young scientists from the Rhodes School were named semifinalists in the Broadcom MASTERS, the nation’s most prestigious STEM competition for middle school students. Rhodes eighth grader Alexandra Orczyk and Rhodes graduates Katrina Ordway and Alexa Infelise were named in the top 300 out of 6,000 students nationwide. In the last 12 years, Rhodes and science teacher Roxanne Hunker have had six national finalists in the competition. Alexa, whose family has moved out of state, was honored for her eighth grade project “Impacts of the Decoy Effect on Promoting Positive Choices in an Academic Setting.” Alexandra won for her seventh grade project “Investigating Impacts of Human Intrusion on Lottia gigantea Tide Pool Populations” and Katrina, now a freshman in high school, won for her eighth grade project “Effects of Quercus engelmannii on Native vs. Invasive Plant Species.” “I was really surprised because I didn’t think I had much of a chance,” said Alexandra, who is also a pianist and a published poet. Just to apply for Broadcom MASTERS was a four- to six-hour process, with required essays and a lot of personal and innovative-thinking questions to answer. “I’m really happy for the amount of effort that I put into this project,” Katrina said. Both Alexandra’s and Katrina’s projects were inspired by time spent outdoors in San Diego, enjoying nature and the coastal environment. Alexandra’s project focused on tide pools in Point Loma. “I always saw so many visitors and I wondered what kind of impact all these visitors had on the inter-tidal environment,” Alexandra said. In science class she had learned about
the intertidal animal the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea), a species of sea snail, and how it was at risk due to poaching. “What makes the problem worse is that owl limpets start out as juveniles with no gender and once they grow larger they become male and then later in life become female. Poachers tend to take the larger owl limpets which are the females so this creates a skew in the ratio of male to females,” Alexandra said. She contacted local marine biologist Dr. Keith Lombardo and he told her about the surprising drop in number of owl limpets throughout the state — she wanted to investigate further. From Lombardo, she received maps of tide pool zones — zone one has 200,000 visitors annually and zone two has only 20,000 annually — her project would compare the two zones to see how much of an impact the visitors had. Alexandra started researching in late September 2015 and collected data over several trips. Because she only had a few days’ worth of research, she also received and organized 80 pages of raw data from 1990-2013 to compare her results. “Surprisingly, there was no statistically significant difference in sizes or numbers of owl limpets between the two zones,” Alexandra said, noting she also compared the high-tide zones to middle-tide zones to see limpet recruitment — many juveniles are born in high tide and replace the females dying off in middle-tide zone. On average, the limpets are smaller in high tide than middle tide and Alexandra thought recruitment could explain the large drop-off and hopefully predict that as they grow larger the population will go up again. “I think these visitors didn’t make much of an impact because the tide pools are protected and the visitors are SEE STUDENTS, A18
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he Lux Art Institute held an opening reception Sept. 9 for Colombian artist Camilo Restrepo. Lux Art Institute will feature five artists from all over the world coming for residency in its 10th anniversary season, beginning with Restrepo. In residency now through Oct. 2 (the exhibition runs through Oct. 29), Restrepo will work on two separate pieces created from collected newspaper clippings and drawings
from his personal sketchbooks. These works will focus on concepts of failure and appropriation in relation to the drug-trade, and will be exhibited at ArtBo in Bogotá upon their completion. The Lux Art Institute is located at 1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas. For more information, visit www.luxartinstitute.org. Online: www.encinitasadvocate.com and www.rsfreview.com.
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A journey to happiness BY KAREN BILLING After four eye-opening, life-altering months in Central America, Torrey Pines High School graduate Jake Heilbrunn came back with a whole new outlook on life and the material for his first book, “Off the Beaten Trail: A Young Man’s Soul-Searching Journey Through Central America.” The book shares Heilbrunn’s story of overcoming a chronic skin condition and depression by taking an unexpected path: He dropped out of college at 18 and went on a solo backpacking trip through Central America despite having his knowledge of Spanish language not reaching far past “Hola” and “Gracias.” His story told is raw and honest. “It’s the definition of an open book,” said Heilbrunn, now 19 and living in Carmel Valley. “The way I see it is that the best way to connect with someone is to be vulnerable.” Heilbrunn first shared his story with 2,000 Torrey Pines students at the school’s Yellow Ribbon Week in the spring, a week devoted to mental health awareness. As he noted, no one likes to talk about their depression, anxiety or life’s struggles — and yet one in 10 high school students suffer with mental health challenges. “Millions of kids feel like this and we’re not talking about it,” Heilbrunn said. “To know that you’re not alone, that’s the biggest thing. To reach out and say ‘Hey, I’m struggling.’ That’s what I did.” Heilbrunn will host a book launch party at Swell Coffee in Flower Hill Promenade, Del Mar on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The book is now available on amazon.com. In high school, Heilbrunn said he was a happy kid. His anxiety and depression didn’t start until he landed as a freshman at Ohio State University. Three days after arriving at college, he broke out in hives. He was uncomfortably itchy, anxious and quickly lost confidence and became depressed as he didn’t understand what was causing it to happen or when an outbreak might occur. He was eventually diagnosed with chronic urticaria and he went through numerous pills, creams and tests but nothing seemed to work. “I was halfway across the country, 18-years-old and alone,” Heilbrunn said. “I began to realize that my stress and anxiety stemmed from a misalignment within myself, a disconnect between my dreams and passions and what I was actually doing…that discomfort manifested itself in a skin condition.” While he was grateful to have grown up in a community like Carmel Valley, with it came a lot of expectations and perceptions of success — he didn’t ever hear about kids doing things a different way such as taking a year off school to travel and volunteer and think about what they wanted to do instead of rush right into what was expected. Conversations with an Ohio State career counselor became therapeutic and helpful. He realized he hadn’t really wanted to go to college, he wasn’t really interested in studying business. Ohio State was in celebration mode after the football team won the national championship, but Heilbrunn could no longer ignore his unhappiness. “I hope more kids have the courage to do what’s best for them without the worry of expectations,” Heilbrunn said. He made the decision to leave Ohio State and to travel, returning home to San Diego to
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San Diego International Film Festival back Sept. 28 through Oct. 2
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BY KRISTINA HOUCK Celebrating the year’s best independent cinema from emerging and established filmmakers around the world, San Diego International Film Festival is back bigger and better than ever before — with a new name. Although the film festival has always highlighted regional, national and international filmmakers, the word “international” is now officially part of the festival’s name. “We’ve always had a strong international film lineup, but this year even more so,” said Tonya Mantooth, executive and artistic director of San Diego International Film Festival. “We felt like it was an important time for us to transition because that’s truly who we are. We receive films from 65 countries.” Produced by the San Diego Film Foundation, the 15th annual film festival runs Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 and features nearly 100 films at two festival villages. This year’s lineup features 95 films, including six gala films, 20 narrative competition films, six narrative spotlight films, nine documentary competition films, five documentary spotlight films and 49 short films. Screenings will be held in the newly-renovated historic Balboa Theatre and Regal Theaters in downtown San Diego, as well as ArcLight Cinemas in La Jolla. “It’s always really exciting,” Mantooth said. “You’ve got different films and different activities and events going on every year.” The selection process started in February. There were more than 2,000 entries this
Last year's film festival. year. About 70 screeners were selected to view the films. Every film is viewed twice, Mantooth said, and based on the rankings, selected films moved forward to the next step, where they were viewed again. “We begin to identify the best of our features, the best of our documentaries, the best of our short films,” she said. “We make our selections from there.” As executive and artistic director of the film festival, Mantooth screens every film. This year she started reviewing films in February. Since then, she has logged about 350 hours of screening time.
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“I see every single one of them,” she said. “When I program the festival, I really try to give our audience a really broad spectrum of films to consider.” San Diego International Film Festival opens Sept. 28 with the Opening Night Film & After Party at Balboa Theatre. The Night of the Stars Tribute is set to take place the following day on Sept. 29 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. Co-hosted by film critics Jeffrey Lyons and Ben Lyons, the event honors some of the industry’s most accomplished actors, directors and filmmakers. This year’s
honorees include four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening. She will receive the Gregory Peck Award for Excellence in Cinema. “We are super excited for our celebrity tribute this year,” Mantooth said. Leading the festival lineup are gala presentation screenings, which include Mick Jackson’s “Denial” starring Rachel Weisz, Pedro Almodóvar’s “Julieta” starring Adriana Ugarte, Kevin Pollak’s “The Late Bloomer” with Britany Snow, Maria Bello and J.K. Simmons, “Citizen Soldier,” from directors David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud, and “Trespass Against Us” with Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson and Rory Kinnear. “Everybody will find something that they will enjoy,” Mantooth said. “We’ve got some great gala films that star some terrific actors.” The lineup also includes “Po,” a film starring young Del Mar actor Julian Feder. Based on a true story, the film follows a single working dad who cares for his autistic sixth-grade son. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at ArcLight Cinemas and at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Geoffrey Theater. “‘Po’ was a film that really was near and dear to my heart,” Mantooth said. “It was handled with real honesty and real grace.” Passes and individual tickets are currently on sale. In addition to screenings and events, passes provide access to the official festival lounge and parties where pass holders interact with festival filmmakers and professionals in the film community. For more information or to purchase passes or tickets, visit www.sdfilmfest.com.
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Come taste Beans & Greens at Heritage Museum Cook-off honors Encinitas’ history with the lima bean The San Dieguito Heritage Museum has rounded up creative amateur and professional chefs to compete at the eighth annual Beans & Greens Cook-off and Faire, set for Oct. 8. Early settlers in this area found little water and arid soil and, with just the spring rains and the nightly ocean fog for nourishment, only lima beans (a dry-season crop) would yield. Unappetizing as lima beans might have seemed, they were the first crop planted when Encinitas was being settled in the late 1800s, and were the foundation of the beautiful today. Limas were Encinitas’ claim to fame for many years, from the 1880’s to the 1940’s. Nearly 140 years after those first settlers, the Heritage Museum, at 450 Quail Gardens Drive, celebrates the lowly beans with its annual Beans & Greens Cook-off. Bean ice cream, cake, cookies, dips and many other exciting dishes have been winners of previous contests — nothing like your mama’s lima beans. With today’s emphasis on healthy eating and vegetarian fare, the recipe ingredients have been expanded
to include any type of beans and/or greens, served either solo or in combination. Celebrity judges will determine awards in each division for each category and for the Best Vegetarian Dish. A “People’s Choice” award will be selected in each division by the tasting public. Remember to arrive early so you don’t miss all the tastings from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Chefs will be competing for cash prizes, gifts and the coveted Lima Bean Trophy. This traditional Encinitas fall celebration is free, with many kid-friendly events throughout the Museum grounds. This year, kids will have more fun than ever with crafts, games, a 4-H petting farm, face painting and photo ops in vintage clothes. Adults, meanwhile, will have plenty to enjoy with live music, vintage cars, a silent auction, bake sale and tours of the Museum and Teten House. Besides the Cook-off tastings, there will be beer and wine, veggie burgers and hot dogs, and a smoothie booth. For more information, to enter as a chef or to buy pre-event tasting tickets, visit www.sdheritage.org or call 760-632-9711. Tasting tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, $5 for children 12 and under.
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FROM JOURNEY, A11 “I realized any person can make a difference in someone else’s life. The fact that a few stickers created such bliss in these children’s lives sent a powerful message to my soul,” Heilbrunn said. “We have limitless potential to make a positive impact on the lives of others.” Later that afternoon he met a cacao shaman who guided him and fellow travelers in a meditation using the pure, raw chocolate. During the meditation, they were encouraged to smile and feel the effects of the cacao. He admits he thought the smile was cheesy at first but then he had a vision, another “a-ha” moment, that he would write his book. In “Off the Beaten Trail,” he covers his experiences, his lessons learned about triumph over tragedy and pursuing a life that makes you happy. Everyone has challenges, Heilbrunn says. It’s about finding a way to turn suffering into a positive force and finding light in the darkness. “It’s in the pursuit of our dreams and passions, not the destination, where we find personal fulfillment and inner peace,” Heilbrunn said. Getting the book out is the truly the beginning, Heilbrunn said, noting he sees himself doing more traveling and more public speaking which he has a real passion for. He would love to get involved with an organization that offers students a “gap year,” encouraging young adults to allow themselves the time for important personal development and to travel — he strongly believes that through travel students can gain compassion, empathy and understanding, which creates a more conscious global culture. There is so much pressure to be successful, he said, he would love to alter what society believes is
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EVENT BRIEFS Cornucopia exhibit at Botanic Garden Cornucopia, a botanic art exhibit of edible plants by members of the Botanical Art Guild of Southern California, begins Friday, Sept. 23 and runs through Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive. The exhibit is free with paid admission or membership. Thirty-nine pieces of art from 18 different artists from the Southern California Botanical Art Guild will celebrate the diversity of plant life that humans use for food, beverages and to enhance the flavor of their favorite cuisine. A reception for artists on Sept. 23 from 3 to 6 p.m. is included with paid admission to the Garden. For more information, visit www.sdbgarden.org/events.htm.
West African dance Learn from L.A. choreographer Kara Mack, who performed at this year’s Grammy Awards, at this Friday, Sept. 23 class, which is accompanied by live percussion. Class runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Dance North County, 533 Encinitas Blvd. St. 100, and the cost is $15. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/EncinitasWestAfricanDance or call 760-402-7229.
NCPS photography exhibition The North County Photographic Society is hosting its 21st annual Members’ Photography Exhibition through Oct. 29 at the Encinitas Library Community Room, 540 Cornish Dr. Ninety-one professionally judged images in eight categories from 47 artists will be on display for the viewing public during library hours, Monday through Thursday
from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday/Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 24, a free artist reception will go from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. The event will feature appetizers, live classical music and a chance to speak with the artists.
Echophonic Band to perform at SDA water polo fundraiser The San Dieguito Academy boys water polo team is holding its annual Parents’ Night Out fundraiser at Cardiff Beach Bar @ Tower 13 on Friday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 11 p.m. A San Dieguito Academy Foundation-sponsored event, the fundraiser will feature live music by Echophonic, a local cover band, starting at 8 p.m. Proceeds will help fund pool rental. Cardiff Beach Bar @ Tower 13 is graciously supporting the team as, in addition to providing the talented band, it is donating a percentage of food sales. This, coupled with a suggested $15 donation at the door, should go a long way in helping the Mustang boys water polo team. Cardiff Beach Bar @ Tower 13 is located at 2633 South Coast Highway 101 in Cardiff. For more information, visit www.tower13.com. For questions regarding the Parents’ Night Out fundraiser send an email to sdaboyswaterpolo@gmail.com. For more information on Echophonic, visit www.echophonicband.com.
Cabaret Caccia Hear jazz, funk and laid back ballads in arrangements of songs by Cole Porter performed by vocalist Rebecca Jade and the Peter Sprague Quintet on Sunday, Sept. 25 with table seating and candle light at the Encinitas Library. Concert is at 7 p.m. but come early to enjoy
complimentary wine on the patio at sunset (6:15 p.m.). Tickets are $20 at http://planetcoleporter.brownpapertickets.com or $25 at the door. For more information, visit www.cabaretcaccia.com.
Art Lounge on the 101 On. Saturday, Sept. 24, Cliff Oliver will teach Visual Storytelling Photography from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Art Lounge on 101, 816 S. Coast Hwy 101. Cost is $55. Later that night, instructors will demonstrate technique, with crowd participation, at the Art Lounge on 101 anniversary celebration. Running from 5 to 9 p.m., this free event features live music and refreshments. On Sunday, Sept. 25, work on a Mosaic Tray with Diane Ziegler from 2 to 6 pm. Cost is $76. For more information on these and other Art Lounge on 101 classes, visit http://artloungeon101.com/events.
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Coastal Club It’s a morning of fun events on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Coastal Club, 3575 Manchester Ave. After Cozy Café at 9:30 a.m., Fit and Flexible with Danyll begins at 10 a.m. The 11 a.m. showcase is Celebration! The Music Doctor: Yiddish and Latin Music. Tommy Gannon and Yochanan Sebastian Winston (aka “The Music Doctor”) bring a delightful program of wonderful Jewish tunes and songs from the Great American Songbook. Entertainment and a lunch of Chicken Cacciatore cost $5 each. To reserve a spot, please call 868-674-1123 by 8 a.m.
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EVENT BRIEFS SDA presents ‘Boy Meets Girl: A Young Love Story’ San Dieguito Academy will present Sam Wolfson’s production of “Boy Meets Girl: A Young Love Story,” starting Lawrynce Cecio as Sam and Thea Farber as Katie, on Thursday Sept. 29 (4 p.m.), Friday, Sept. 30 (7 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 1 (7 p.m.) at the Clayton E. Liggett Theater on campus, 800 Santa Fe Dr. Following “Boy Meets Girls” and a short intermission, audiences will be delighted by a handful of short performance pieces, all centering around the theme of love. Tickets ($5 for students and $10 for adults) can be purchased in front of the theater at lunch, at the door, or by visiting www.seatyourself.biz/sandieguito.
Free foreign film San Elijo Life presents a free showing of the polish film “Ida” on Friday, Sept. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Sa Elijo Campus of the MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Ave., room 204. In Polish with English subtitles, the PG-13 movies centers around a young nun in 1960s Poland. For more information, send an email to lifesanelijo@gmail.com.
Orchid clinic On Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the San Diego Botanic Garden presents an orchid clinic featuring four great education sessions. Free with paid admission or Garden membership — or for card-carrying members of the American Orchid Society and the Southern California Society — attendees can learn how to select, grow and care for their orchids from local, expert orchid growers. Local orchid vendors will be on
hand selling orchids and also available to answer your questions. Speakers include, Alex Nadzan from the Palomar Orchid Society (Orchid Basics 101 at 10 a.m.), Nico Goosens from Lico Orchids and Flowers (How to buy Orchids at 11 a.m.), Deborah Halliday from the San Diego County Orchid Society (Maintaining, repotting & reblooming your phalaenopsis orchid at 1 p.m.) and Paul Tuskes from the San Diego County Orchid Society (Growing Orchids Outdoors in Southern California at 1 p.m.).
Worldwide photo walk The Encinitas Library will participate in the ninth annual Worldwide Photo Walk, which set for Saturday, Oct. 1 in thousands of cities around the world. Up to 50 people may register for the two-hour Downtown Encinitas & Beach View Walk — featuring the 1883 Schoolhouse, Boathouses, La Paloma Theater, D Street Beach Overlook, and the unique storefronts, architecture and colorful murals of downtown — which will begin at 12:45 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. Throughout the country, walkers meet up at pre-designated locations to spend a few hours socializing, capturing images and sharing with like-minded people. At the end of the photo walk, most groups convene to share their images and experiences over refreshments. The event is free, but online pre-registration is required at http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/downtownbeach-2.
Live music: Robert Disanto San Diego-based solo acoustic Jazz/Flamenco guitarist Robert Disanto will present a free dinner show at the American Legion Post 416, 210 West F. Street. The show runs Saturday, Sept. 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 760-753-5674.
Scream Zone returns The Scream Zone, San Diego County’s largest Halloween haunt, invites everyone to come and experience the supernatural and sinister scarefest for half-price on opening night, Friday, Sept. 30 at the Del Mar “Scaregrounds.” The Scream Zone returns for its 18th year, located deep in the west corner of the dark and secluded Del Mar “Scaregrounds.” The Scream Zone runs Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Oct. 6-9, Oct. 13-16 and Oct. 19-31. For more information, visit www.thescreamzone.com.
Oktoberfest to be held Sept. 25 The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe will host a Bavarian-style Oktoberfest celebration on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 3 to 7 p.m. This family event will feature a Biergarten, live music, German faire and a kids zone. Visit www.theinnatrsf.com
Job Fair and Open House Looking for a job? Classic Mitsubishi, the YMCA, Pick Up Stix and the California Conservation Corps will be among the dozen companies and organizations on hand for a MiraCosta College Job Fair set for Sept. 28 at the Community Learning Center at 1831 Mission Avenue in Oceanside. The job fair will run 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. On Oct. 8 from noon to 4 p.m., the Community Learning Center will hold an open house with free food, music, kids’ activities and a wealth of resources. Among the community organizations on hand will be Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County, the Job Corps, North County Health Services, Vista Community Clinic, the Arc of San Diego and more. For information, call 760-795-8710. Check out the city’s newsletter at http://bit.ly/2cMpW0t for more information.
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an Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas hosted its annual fundraiser, “Gala in the Garden: Grow With Passion,” Sept. 10. This year’s event honored Nan Sterman, host of “A Growing Passion” on KPBS. Guests had the opportunity to explore the Garden’s trails, enjoy fine wine, craft beer and the best dishes from local restaurants. Live entertainment and exquisite floral designs were also part of the outdoor festivities, with proceeds going to benefit Encinitas’ Garden jewel. For more information, visit www.sdbgarden.org. Online: www.encinitasadvocate.com
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Michael Guberek, SDBG President & CEO Julian Duval, gala honoree Nan Sterman, Curt Wittenberg, Miriam Guberek
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Gregg Berry, Alissa Adams-Simmons, Ron Simmons, Jan Berry, Miriam Levy, Paul Bussell
Larry Watt, Encinitas City Council Member Mark Muir, Honoree Nan Sterman, San Diego County Supervisor Dave Roberts, Wally Oliver
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ncinitas’ modern boutique spice and cooking store, The Spice Way, held a free annual honey tasting and cooking demonstration Sept. 18. Another free honey tasting and cooking demonstration will be held Sept. 25. The event featured a spread of eight naturally-flavored honeys and selected food pairings, intended to highlight the many health benefits of using honey in everyday cooking. On Sept. 25, honey tasting will be available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include Clover, Orange, Creamed, Cinnamon, Hawaiian, Blueberry, Wildflower and Raw Honeycomb. The Spice Way featured cooking demonstrations with owner Debbie Kornberg on Sept. 18 and will do so again with Chef Jodi Abel of La Jolla Cooks 4U on Sept. 25, both with the theme of “Honey.” Cooking demonstrations are held at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. The event takes place at Village Plaza, 260 N El Camino Real. Admission is free and all are welcome. For more information, visit www.thespiceway.com. Debbie Kornberg with her roasted sweet potatoes with Online photos: Indian curry and Hawaiian honey www.encinitasadvocate.com.
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the district. San Dieguito’s contribution for special education decreased by $1.9 million due to savings in legal expenses, mediation settlements, non-public agencies, non-public schools and residential treatment center costs as students transition back to district programs. The district has also met the board’s requirement of maintaining a 4.5 percent minimum reserve. The reserve for economic uncertainties is 9.16 percent, in addition to the board’s 4.5 percent requirement. “Our unrestricted reserves are higher than they’ve ever been in terms of dollar amounts. In percentage terms they’re the highest they’ve been since 2001-2002,” Dill said. Dill said looking back the district has had surpluses in eight out of the last 10 years — the only years the district had deficits were coming out of the recession, “the worst economic times that any of us had ever seen.” Recently, the board’s fiscal responsibility has been questioned by board members as well as members of the public. In June, the district was awarded the Grand Golden Fleece Award by the San Diego Taxpayer Association for its approval of salary increases for staff in 2015 that were projected to cause deficit spending. SDUHSD Vice President Joyce Dalessandro said the reported 15-16 actuals are an example of the great job the district staff does every year. “There have been so many inaccurate, uninformed claims regarding the financial health of this district that I have found to be appalling. Letters have been printed in the press and elsewhere accusing the staff and board majority of bankrupting this district,” Dalessandro said, noting people often do not understand how school financing works or how the budget builds over the course of the school year. “They have no idea how year in and year out, this board majority and our staff create budgets that work, that we are actually incredibly conservative in our expenditures with an understanding that ending balances always change.”
more well-informed,” Alexandra said. “The average visitor would be well-informed enough to know to not pry an owl limpet off a rock. If we protect more intertidal areas and educate visitors we can help protect owl limpets even more.” Her project placed first in animal sciences at the Greater San Diego Regional Science and Engineering Fair and earned professional awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the San Diego Audubon Society. In the California State Science Fair, she took second place in zoology. Katrina’s interest in her science project stemmed from the number of hikes she takes throughout San Diego — she always paid attention to different types of plants and trees and wondered about their impacts on the environment. “I was really interested in one particular type of tree because it seemed to have no shrubbery growing around it underneath or very little invasive species growing around it, while other types of oaks seemed to have more invasive vegetation,” Katrina said of the Engelman Oak tree (Quercus engelmannii). Katrina found that the allelopathic properties of the Engelmann Oak had never been explored and her project was set. As she explained, allelopathy is the chemical inhibition of one plant
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that hinders other plants from growth. For her experimentation she went on many different hikes and measured the distance in a 10-meter and 5-meter radius to the trunk and created log forms that would document the approximate number of each species found, whether native or invasive. She also documented the air temperature, the percent relative humidity, the lux (sunlight), the soil moisture, the soil pH and the soil temperature. She then compared those graphs to see differences and possibly spot to whether the oak was effective in inhibiting the growth of invasive species. “As the second part of my project, I collected leaf litter and used the leaf litter to create my own form of natural herbicide that would hopefully prevent the invasive species from growth and not harm the native species,” Katrina said. She conducted tests for eight weeks and recorded growth patterns, in addition to observing the trees in nature. “I was able to find in the log forms that I wrote down during the hikes that I took, that there were close to no invasive species in the 5to 10-meter radius of the oak tree other than small, unidentifiable grasses. With the native species they were able to grow more abundantly around the trunk which showed me that perhaps the Engelmann Oak tree did possess the allelopathic
properties,” Katrina said. Her controlled test with the herbicide she created produced similar results. She applied the herbicide to five different native and five different invasive plants and after eight weeks, the invasive were wilting and dying while the native were “growing in a healthy matter and perhaps even stimulated by natural herbicide,” Katrina said. At the county science fair, Katrina won first place in plant biology and the runner up sweepstakes award, as well as a professional award from the San Diego Zoo. In the state fair, she received first place in plant biology. Honker, who has been at Rhodes for 30 years, said she ignites students’ interest in science as early as kindergarten. She shows all grades the connections between physics, chemistry, biology and math, and tries to incorporate a lot of phemomena and make science real and relatable to students. “I think that’s important. And I think they, as young scientists, realize that they can also explore and contribute to scientific knowledge,” Honker said. “For me, Ms. Honker would always make it fun,” Katrina said. “That was one of the big things about it, that I actually found myself really enjoying science which made me want to do more science.” “It’s true, we have a lot of fun,” Honker agreed.
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www.encinitasadvocate.com FROM PORTER, A1 for each of the five days. Hundreds of horses and riders will compete in all classes of show jumping, culminating in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier event, where the top 40 horse/rider duos will be vying for points toward the March World Cup finals. At least one of Porter’s horses, 11-year-old Milano, is expected to be ready for Saturday night’s main event, but Porter will ride him in lesser events in the days prior to gauge if he is truly ready. “My goal would be to see if (Milano) can be ready to compete (in the World Cup qualifier),” Porter said. “If I don’t feel he can be competitive, I wouldn’t start him in it. My goal is not to compete just to say I competed.” After a course walk earlier in the day, and a brief warmup on the horse prior to Saturday’s post time, Porter and her horse will enter the arena and have roughly 45 seconds to complete the 13-17 jumps on the course, trying to avoid any point deductions in that first round. That is followed by a second round, called a jump off, that is contested on a shorter course and the fastest time in that round wins. The winner Saturday gets the most points toward qualifying for the World Cup finals. “At this level of competition, pairing up with the horse is really important,” Porter said. “You want to have a partner out there … and the better you know each other, and can work with each other, the better it can be.” Porter competed at the World Cup finals when they were in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2008 and also qualified for the 2014 event in Lyon, France, but was unable to go because the horse was injured. She has competed in World Cup finals in Las Vegas on two other occasions, including the 2007 event, which was her best performance to date. This season, the world’s top 45 or so horse/rider duos will compete for the ultimate prize in Nebraska in late March. The qualifying season features 14 events with World Cup points available, seven on each coast. Del Mar is one of the most popular events on the West Coast circuit. “Del Mar is one of our favorite places to show ever,” Porter explained. “It’s a great atmosphere, great show grounds and they get great crowds. Having a great crowd can really get you pumped up. I can’t wait to go compete at Del Mar. “That atmosphere is really electric, I can’t say enough good things about showing there.” A charity event called Woof Cup Classic — which benefits six different charities and shows off the work done by Shelter for Soldiers — is the same night as the World Cup qualifier, also at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Six dog agility teams will be matched with six Grand Prix riders and horses to compete for the Charity Woof Cup. “To be able to raise money for an organization like that is so amazing, I commend the show management and staff for doing that,” Porter said. Porter’s path to such exciting and meaningful events began at a very young age as her grandfather and mother introduced her to the world of horses. Then living in the small Southern
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My goal would be to see if (Milano) can be ready to compete (in the World Cup qualifier). If I don’t feel he can be competitive, I wouldn’t start him in it. My goal is not to compete just to say I competed.
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California city of Rolling Hills Estates, Porter participated in her first horse show when she was just 7 years old, and not long after that, she was competing in show jumping. The family moved north when Porter was 14, settling in Diablo, a small population center just outside of Danville, where she and her friends could ride all around the neighborhood. She kept horses at home at that point, which made it easier to become immersed in the activity. Porter took care of the horses before school, after school and on weekends. And the competitions got more and more frequent, as well as more prestigious. “That’s when it became a way of life,” Porter said. “I enjoyed competing and I just stuck with it, we would go almost every weekend to smaller shows. We would aspire to go to shows like the one at Del Mar.” Porter went to college at Cal Poly, but didn’t slow down with her jumping. She continued going to shows on weekends and, after the first year, she brought a horse of her own down. “I just always wanted to be around horses, they have this calming effect on me,” Porter said. “I just love the animals, love being around them all day. It’s a lot of little girls’ dream.” Porter says she “dabbled” in Grand Prix level jumping near the end of her college years in the late 1980s, but then moved to Europe for a few years. After she returned to the U.S., she got back into it even more seriously and was a regular on the West Coast circuit. She eventually settled in Encinitas in 2001 and, depending on the horses in her stable, Porter has been in contention for World Cup qualification almost every year since. Porter runs ACP Enterprises, where she works with her longtime boyfriend Craig Starr. The business also has four grooms to work with the horses every day and a few other people that help out. Their dog Tater also “lends a helping paw.” “(At ACP Enterprises) our primary focus is training horses and … (they are) from all levels,” Porter explained. “We keep our business smaller so we can be hands-on with every individual horse or rider. We only have a very small handful of students that we teach and they keep their horses here, where we train them.” Because of having a current crop of horses that are nearly ready for high level competition, Porter in 2016 has focused more on riding than teaching, with Starr handling more teaching duties. Which is fine with her, as she loves all aspects of working with the animals, whether it is watching a young horse grow and improve, the bright lights of a huge competition or that moment at the barn when no one is around except her and the horses. “At the end of the day, it’s still all about the horses.”
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www.encinitasadvocate.com FROM CHARTER, A1 That glimmer of hope brought me here, it’s the reason I’m talking to you….When I read about SOUL in the newspaper, I smiled. A real smile. It may not feel like much to others but it is a big deal to me. So I ask please, please approve SOUL.” SOUL’s co-founders Michael Grimes and Marisa Bruyneel are hoping to open the 7-12th grade school in 2017, with a capacity that would reach 600 students. “Our vision for SOUL is to create and prove a new model of education, one that emphasizes holistic education, connects students to their life’s passion and purpose, and enables them to develop the tools and skills needed to live their best lives,” Bruyneel said. They aim to create a “conscious and intentional culture” on a campus where students feel safe. A typical day includes their unique “Integra” program in which students start the day by setting their intentions and meditating, have a midday focus on self development and an end-of-the-day reflection session. Academics are a combination of experience-based and project-based learning and required electives, including entrepreneurship and essential life skills. Grimes said all of the Common Core State Standards will be mastered and students will be assessed with MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests and Smarter Balanced Assessment tests like all public schools. The school expects to be fully accredited by the Western
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Association of Schools and Colleges and its courses University of California approved. “We’re completely dedicated to ensuring the success and happiness of our students, teachers, staff and administration,” Bruyneel said. “We will honorably represent this district and prove a new model of education that will be exceptional in every way.” At the meeting, SOUL got an endorsement from Miles Durfee, managing regional director of the California Charter Schools Association, (CSSA) who has children in the district. His daughter attended Earl Warren and his son loves Pacific Trails Middle School, which Durfee considers a fantastic, innovative, tech-savvy school with engaged teachers. He said the district has “phenomenal” schools of choice, but he was able to have his kids attend them by moving to the area. He said he believes SOUL meets all the legal standards for charter schools and the CSSA has developed a great relationship with Bruyneel and Grimes, whom he finds to have the kind of passion that makes schools great. “I hope we can all work together to see another fantastic choice for 600 students,” Durfee said. In the board’s questions to SOUL, SDUHSD Vice President Joyce Dalessandro wondered how deeply the charter school had investigated the district’s Sunset High School. “There’s a lot going in this district and these are schools of choice,” Dalessandro said, noting Sunset seems to achieve many of the goals they have presented.
Bruyneel said they are not comparing themselves to SDUHSD schools but offering something different. She said she has not seen the focus that they have in developing the whole child and their Integra program in SDUHSD schools. Bruyneel and Grimes also said that there were some “alarming statistics” at Sunset in terms of students not performing at their highest. “Having another option only helps meet more students’ needs,” Grimes said. Rick Ayala, Sunset’s principal for the last eight years, said Sunset is technically a continuation school but he thinks there are a lot of misconceptions about that term – it is a school of choice, an alternative to the comprehensive high schools in the district. “Ninety-five percent of our students are here voluntarily for three reasons: Some are here to accelerate their progress to graduate early, some are here to recover credits and get caught up, and others because they’d rather be at a small school,” said Ayala of the school that typically peaks at 160 students. Ayala did not agree with the statements that his students were not performing or failing. “To me it just sounds like somebody asked SOUL a question and they had a knee-jerk reaction because they weren’t prepared to answer that question,” Ayala said, noting no one from SOUL has ever spoken to him about the school or visited, which Grimes did acknowledge. “My gut feeling was that was a jab at what we do without the person knowing what
we do. To say that students are failing is an uninformed statement.” Ayala gave just one example of a former student who spent four years at Sunset, graduated early to attend UC Berkeley, where he graduated with honors, and is now attending Yale Law School. The board also voiced concerns about the math curriculum and meeting state standards, the enrollment process, funding and the school location. Trustee John Salazar asked how the school will handle special needs students with a relatively small budget. Grimes said the math curriculum being developed will specifically meet the state standards and noted that it is illegal for charters to have admissions requirements. As far as funding, they plan to launch a crowd-sourcing campaign in October and are eying the Pacific View property as a potential location. Grimes said for their budget, they are working with Charter School Management Corporation as their “back-office provider” for financial management and operations expertise. One Encinitas resident, Justin Stockton, had questions about whether project-based experiential learning is achievable in large segments and also had concerns about the school’s “spiritual” side —after seeing the “brouhaha” created by yoga in the elementary school, he wondered about the legal challenges and the potential litigation with a school that takes that approach with public dollars. Bruyneel said they have moved
away from using the highly-charged word “spiritual” in their petition and have changed it to “personal development.” She said the school is in no way religious. She also noted that their class sizes will be small at a 25:1 ratio. Tony Ricciuti, an Encinitas native who has 24 years of experience in education, praised the school for what they are trying to accomplish. “It breaks my heart everyday when kids come to middle school and they’ve already been beaten. They tell you ‘I’m stupid’ or ‘I don’t know things’ and it makes me want to cry,” Ricciuti said. “I’ve been trying to do the things they’re talking about doing within the public education system…I hope San Dieguito will open your arms and welcome them. If they don’t, somebody will.” Robert MacPhee, an Encinitas speaker and facilitator who helps colleges and high schools like San Dieguito through his” Excellent Decisions” program, also complimented SOUL for the conversation they are starting. “Our young people are going out into an environment where they are faced with incredible stress and pressure,” MacPhee said, noting students need to develop a strong sense of self to make decisions about issues such as binge drinking, drugs, bullying, sex and, as they heard that night, suicide. “What I’ve seen is that the students with the strongest sense of self, who really know who they are in addition to having all the academic skills, are the ones who are truly thriving.”
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Edema and Vein Health—Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Fluid Retention What do your varicose veins and swollen ankles have in common? Both have to do with damaged veins, often caused by increased pressure within the damaged veins. Sometimes swelling is just that—you’ve eaten too much chips and salsa, or splurged on something fried. Other swelling is caused from too much standing (at a concert or theme park, or even a long day at work), or sitting (on a plane or long car ride). Even hot, humid weather can cause some
swelling of the legs and feet. This is edema, which can be benign or serious. Sometimes, blood plasma leaks out of damaged veins, seeping into the peripheral tissue. This fluid buildup that causes the swelling in the legs, feet, or hands is called peripheral edema. It’s also common among pregnant or menstruating women because of hormone changes. Generally, minor swelling will occur in the legs, ankles, and feet and will disappear overnight, absorbed by the body during sleep. Swelling that disappears within a day or two shouldn’t be a cause for alarm. Generally, the culprit is venous insufficiency or vein damage, when the valves in the veins, especially in the lower extremities, are so weak that blood can’t pump back up toward the heart, so instead, the blood pools in the damaged veins of the legs and feet, causing those unsightly varicose veins. But note, too, that varicose
veins themselves can cause additional swelling of the legs, ankles, and feet. What may surprise many people is that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen and ibuprofen can actually worsen edema, as can drugs prescribed for diabetes, hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, and certain antidepressants and even blood pressure medications (calcium-channel blockers). However, in serious cases, the source of edema is kidney or liver disease, or even heart disease, which can cause fluid to enter the lungs and abdomen, if not elsewhere. If swelling persists after a day or two or even worsens, consult a doctor quickly, especially if the swelling is accompanied by a shortness of breath, as severe fluid buildup can be caused by heart failure or lifethreatening kidney, liver, or thyroid disease. Oftentimes in such cases, the swelling in the extremities occurs because the heart is too week to pump blood efficiently.
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How to prevent edema? If you already have vein disease, that can’t be cured. Varicose veins can (and should) be treated with sclerotherapy, to prevent additional problems, but the underlying cause won’t go away. But varicose veins can be a symptom of something more serious, so it’s good to get regular checkups. As for the basic edema, if you have a clean bill of health and don’t suffer from heart failure, liver or kidney disease, then try cutting down on the sodium intake. Some doctors may prescribe a diuretic for more significant edema-related swelling, but be wary of overthe-counter homeopathic remedies, as those haven’t been fully vetted. If prescription medication for high blood pressure or an unrelated condition is the cause, consult with your doctor about trying a new prescription medication instead. Beyond that, try to avoid sitting or standing for long stretches at a time, and maintain good allaround physical health and mobility.
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Education Matters
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BY MARSHA SUTTON
Money is flowing, but in the right direction?
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he state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) has provided school districts with significantly increased revenue which was intended to address the needs of traditionally under-performing groups of students, as well as advance achievement for all students. Using LCFF funds for across-the-board increases in teacher salary is essentially paying more for the same level of service, many experts say, and does not promise an improvement in the delivery of instruction or quality of instructional materials. In addition, many have argued the LCFF money should not be used for salary increases, because it is one-time funding and raises are a multi-year commitment. Yet, many districts — including the San Dieguito Union High School District — did it. No one would argue that San Dieguito’s teachers didn’t deserve a structural salary increase after seven years of going without — although “going without” is misleading because teachers receive regular increases in pay under the step-and-column system which rewards teachers annually for years in the district and education credentials. But the size of the raise was staggering. One issue before voters this election year is whether the raise — 12.5 percent for every employee in the district — was appropriate, so it’s fair to revisit the decision. Three of the five San Dieguito board members — Joyce Dalessandro, Beth Hergesheimer and Amy Herman — voted in favor of the salary increase, with Mo Muir and John Salazar opposed. Although the district also recorded revenue from other sources, LCFF was a windfall. Last year, Eric Dill, then Associate Superintendent of Business Services and now the district’s Interim
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Superintendent, said the district received about $94 million in Base Grant LCFF money for 2015-2016, and all that “is unquestionably flexible.” “The use of Base Grant funding is completely discretionary as part of the local control granted to each school district,” Dill said in an email. He said the Supplemental Grant portion of the LCFF that the district received — about $1.6 million — is all that must be dedicated to serving low-income and English learner students. The combined amount of about $95.8 million, he said, adds up to the total entitlement from the state for the district in 2015-2016. State assembly woman and local education hero Shirley Weber — never shy about speaking her mind — said in an article in July 2015 with “LA School Report” that the LCFF money was not intended for teacher raises. Weber, a Democrat, was reacting to Calif. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson’s misguided interpretation of the 2013 LCFF law which he said allowed districts to use the cash to give teachers raises if districts can simply argue that the pay increases would “make a difference.” The original intent, Weber said, was to improve achievement and address the needs specific to low-income students, English learners and foster youth. In the 2014 election, San Diego County went for Torlakson’s opponent Marshall Tuck, by 55.9 percent over 44.1 percent. Torlakson won though, benefiting from major donations from the California Teachers Association which supported his re-election. An across-the-board salary increase, ill-advised by many education experts, does not target students in low-performing sub-groups. Nor does it address the need for crucial supplies
www.encinitasadvocate.com that aid learning. Diegueno Middle School’s science department, for example, recently sent a note to parents asking for donations to its science lab “to support the hands-on lab experiments in the classroom.” Listing items needed that the dept. said were costly, the note states, “Our budget has been cut 80 percent over the last 10 years, yet our student population has remained the same.” At La Costa Canyon High School, a teacher had to beg for money for more lunch seating and to provide a sunshade for students at lunchtime. The amount he asked for? A measly $1,800. Wouldn’t it have been nice if San Dieguito had allocated even a tiny fraction of the millions that went to salary increases to address student needs like these? The district’s school foundations seek donations every year to pay for academic and athletic programs. La Costa Canyon parent Lucile Lynch, who alerted me to these two examples, commended the foundations and teachers for their efforts to generate the supplemental funding to support academic programs. But, “At some point,” she said, “families and community members have to wonder where the (district’s) money is going and why not more of it is going directly to these and other programs.” She said La Costa Canyon families were recently notified that the Pathways program is not fully funded and that additional funding will be needed to continue this academic endeavor. “The list goes on and on,” she said. “We hear all the time how we’re doing great, but maybe we’re not doing great in how we allocate some of the funding,” Lynch said. “If the district has the money, then let’s take parents, community members and teachers out of the fundraising business.” It’s an insult to ask — nay, beg — parents for money for every little thing when so much has been provided for salary increases. Before anything else, when allocating “extra” revenue, the district should place at the top of its list science lab supplies, classroom instructional materials and other minor one-time expenses that directly and positively impact student learning and well-being. Sr. Education Writer Marsha Sutton can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.
OUR READERS WRITE School choice: It’s a good thing
I was pleased to read in the Sept. 15 edition of this paper that San Dieguito Unified High School District (SDUHSD) is considering a petition for a 7th-12th grade charter school. I hope the proposal for The School of Universal Learning (SOUL) Charter School will receive a thorough but fair review by district staff and the board of trustees, unbiased by the politics and rancor that sometimes afflict considerations of charter schools. Residents of this district are fortunate to have access to many wonderful schools, some of the best performing in the state; however, our high schools are large, with student bodies approaching or exceeding 2,000 students. Not all students thrive in such a setting. My eldest son, who is now a college sophomore, left our home district of SDUHSD to attend Coleman Tech Charter High School in San Diego Unified. Coleman Tech (soon to be renamed The School for Entrepreneurship and Technology, or SET) is a charter school based on the principles of the small schools movement: small student body, small class sizes, individualized instruction. My son thrived there. We feel fortunate to have found SET and that it was an option for him.
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I don’t know anything about SOUL Charter School beyond what I read in this paper, and I have no vested interest in it. I’m not advocating for its approval, only for it to be considered fairly and impartially by the district and its stakeholders. Having schools of choice that are designed to meet the interests and needs of all students will only make the district stronger. Diane Jacobs Baizer Del Mar
School boards are supposed to be nonpartisan
I was somewhat amused by the title chosen for the recent letter from Randy Berholtz. It should have read, “SDUHSD needs a fiscally-responsible board with a shared Republican vision.” Our school boards are supposed to be nonpartisan. Yet the 3-2 split on the budget vote was directly along party lines. And this year, many SDUHSD board candidates have accepted an endorsement from a major political party — including Mr. Berholtz. I think this is irresponsible. A school board member’s priority should be to our students, not advancing a political agenda. I agree with Mr. Berholtz that the district deserves a
fiscally-responsible budget, but he should check his facts before proclaiming that the district also deserves a budget “with no deficit spending.” Under recent CA law, the district was required to reduce its reserves, hence the deficit for the coming year. The real challenge is finding the right mix of ongoing versus one-time expenses. In response to Mr. Berholtz’s claim that the “district leadership has been fiscally irresponsible,” he is both right and wrong. Our teachers should be better compensated. They are the reason our schools are among the best in the state. But handcuffing the board with a regional “most favored nation” salary clause effectively outsources local control — and the board’s fiduciary duty — to other districts. As a businessman, I believe this kind of inflexibility is bad for taxpayers. It is bad for the students. It is bad for the teachers. Meeting the district’s fiscal challenges will require careful analysis and consensus building, not party-line rhetoric. Each issue facing the board should be considered on its own merits, not on a pre-conceived ideology. Bob Nascenzi Del Mar Mesa
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concerts (in one). I think next year I’ll bring my wife; she was busy with our daughter this weekend.” There was an additional perk for Howard and the other Hang Ten pass holders on hand to hear Tempchin. After his performance, they each received free samples of his award-winning Peaceful Easy Feeling California Cabernet Sauvignon — and an autographed complimentary bottle to take home. “I’m giving my wine away!” laughed Tempchin, whose newest album, “One More Song,” came out Sept. 2. After praising this weekend’s KAABOO performances by Aerosmith and Jimmy Buffett, Tempchin offered an appraisal of the festival’s VIP amenities. “I think they’re terrific,” he said. “The Woodstock generation wants to sit in a comfortable chair and they want the music to sound good. I’m part of that generation and so do I.” — George Varga writes for The San Diego Union-Tribune
His listeners, who numbered just a few dozen, had paid $2,499 each for a Hang Ten pass, the festival’s most expensive VIP option. He was performing on a large balcony overlooking the Del Mar Racetrack’s grassy paddock area and the large Trestles Stage below. Other artists who appeared at the three-day festival on the intimate Trestles Hang Ten Stage included Matt Costa, The Aggrolites, Blues Traveler front man John Popper and San Diego troubadour Steve Poltz. Mark Howard, who lives in nearby Cardiff-by-the-Sea, smiled as he listened to Tempchin’s half-hour mini-set. Howard, who sells medical equipment was attending the two-year-old KAABOO for the first time. “It cost a lot of money,” he said of his Hang Ten pass, “but it was worth it to have this kind of access that is not shoulder-to-shoulder. I’ve never been to a festival before, but this is like a lot of
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